WINTER 1984 Vol. 3, No. 1 Mercyhurst magazine

The pen and ink drawing of the Mercyhurst Gates on the cover of this issue of the MERCYHURST MAGA­ZINE is one in a series of eight original zoorks of Mercyhurst by James E. Sabol, a 1970 alumnus of the College.

Sabol has captured the familiar im­ages of Mercyhurst's Tudor-Gothic architecture and its pastoral campus setting in draioings that averaged ap­proximately 20 hours each. These works were commissioned by the Board of Trustees of the College for initial use in Mercyhurst's capital campaign materials.

Likeioise, Sabol's draioings zoill be shozocased on the covers of the MER­CYHURST MAGAZINE this publi­cation year. Each zoill be accompanied by an inside article relating the history of the building or site.

Prints of the eight drawings zoill be available to Mercyhurst alumni and friends beginning zoith the next issue of the magazine.

Winter 1984, Vol. 3, No. 1 Mercyhurst magazine

President Dr. William P. Garvey

Chairman of the Board of Trustees William C. Sennett, Esq.

Editor Mary Daly

Alumni Editors Gary L. Bukowski 73 Corrine S. Halperin '80

Sports Editor Greg Yoko '85

Editorial Assistants Sheila Flanagan Sr. M. Damien Mlechick '56

Contributing Writers Dr. David W. Allen Donna Boetger James E. Brennan Gary L. Bukowski 73 Linda Salem Burtis '68 Dr. William E. Bryan JoAnne DeMeo Corrine S. Halperin '80 Joyce A. Savocchio '65 Greg Yoko '85

Art Direction Judy Olowin Tucker 78

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Alumni Association

Officers

Michael E. Heller, '79, President Joyce Metzler McChesney '69, Vice President Regina C. O'Connor '80, Secretary

Directors

Dario Cipriani 74, Erie, PA Deborah S. Duda 77, Palo Alto, CA Sr. Mary Lawrence Pranklin, '41, Erie, PA Russell H. Franklin 74, Erie, PA Thomas D. Heberle, Esq. 74, Erie, PA Joan Kostolansky Evans '60, Erie, PA Patricia J. Liebel '53, Erie, PA Regina Scura Merz 77, Rochester, NY

Features

Mercyhurst History: The Gates by Gary L. Bukowski 73

"Thanks, Gerry!" by Joyce A. Savocchio '65

Marva Collins at Mercyhurst by Donna Boetger

Politics of the Supreme Court Judicial Selection by Dr. David W. Allen

Reins and Romance by James E. Brennan

Celebrating the Arts by Corrine S. Halperin '80

Life of a Coach's Wife by JoAnne DeMeo

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About the cover: The majestic Mercyhurst Gates carry a history unknown by most who enter the College through them. The Stanford White-Evelyn Nesbit-Harry K. Thaw story, subject of the

movies "Girl in the Red Velvet Swing" (1955) and more recently, "Ragtime" are part of the Gates' past. Gary L. Bukowski 73 tells how the gates that once guarded the multi-million dollar Lyndhurst Estate in Pittsburgh became the Mercyhurst Gates in 1950. See article on page 2.

The Mercyhurst Magazine is published by the Office of External Affairs of Mercyhurst College, Glenwood Hills, Erie, PA 16546. Copyright © 1984. News items and letters to the editor should be sent to the Assistant to the President for External Affairs.

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MERCYHURST HISTORY

THE GATES

E ver hear of Stanford White — America's foremost architect at the turn of the century? Ever hear of

Harry K. Thaw — eccentric Pittsburgh millionaire who committed the "murder of the century" in 1906? Ever hear of Evelyn Nesbit — the "Marilyn Monroe" of early 1900 and "The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing?" Ever pass the ornate and impos­ing Mercyhurst Gates on East 38th Street?

Those gates - valued at $150,000 thirty-five years ago — came directly from the former Harry K. Thaw estate in Pittsburgh. Twenty feet high, made of puddled iron, weighing twenty-five tons, designed in England and made in France expressly for the Thaw estate in 1923, the Gates were headed for the scrap heap in 1950 as a housing project doomed the elegant estate to demolition.

Fortunately for Mercyhurst, Brandon Smith, the architect for the college's Little Theatre and Weber Hall, became aware of the Gates' availability and informed Mother Borgia, founding dean of the col­lege, of their existence. Mother Borgia acted quickly and purchased the stately gates for a modest cost to augment the entrance then being planned for the hilltop college.

As the gates were being reconditioned by Erie's Althof's Iron Works, a message was found on one of the inside pieces. Scrawled in chalk by the French workmen were the words, "Bon Jour aux Americans — June 15, 1923" — a message apparently intended for the Thaws.

The Gates, designed in French Renais­sance style, came complete with stone pillars which supported two miniature iron globes. These globes when lighted created a striking picture of elegance and dignity

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for those who approached Lyndhurst, the multi-million dollar Thaw estate.

The Thaws were one of Pittsburgh's most aristocratic families. William Thaw, Harry's father, had amassed a fortune in canals, railroading, and related enterprises. When he died in 1889, Harry inherited a fortune of $3 million plus valuable coke-producing properties.

Short, bespectacled, and unimpressive in appearance, young Harry soon distin­guished himself as an eccentric and a playboy. Attending Harvard (he never graduated), Harry found time to make fre­quent European jaunts, gave elaborate and expensive dinner parties including one in Paris where 100 actresses were invited.

In 1901, Harry Thaw became infatuated with Evelyn Nesbit, a popular model and Gibson Girl. Strikingly beautiful, Evelyn Nesbit came to New York from poor Pitts­burgh origins. At the young age of sixteen, she attracted the attention of Stanford White, a prominent architect then in his fifties and at the pinnacle of his career. An exuberant, jovial, powerful, artistically gifted man, Stanford White came from an elegant Boston background. He was widely respected for an ornate style of architecture based on classical precedents.

Excessively fond of good food, good wine, good friends, and good women, Stanford White entered into a relationship with the young impressionable Nesbit. The eccentric Thaw, who liked to drive his car on side-walks, was quite disturbed over the account of her early years with White.

One hot summer night (June 25, 1906) Thaw and Evelyn (now his wife) en­countered Stanford White sitting alone at a table on the roof garden of Madison

Square (which he had designed) watching a performance of "Ma'mzelle Champagne." As the Thaws left, Harry suddenly lagged behind, walked over to White's table, pulled a revolver from his coat pocket and fired three bullets into White's head, so close that the victim's face was blackened by the powder. He died instantly.

A sensational murder trial followed. Thaw's mother, a strong-willed dowager active in the church and philanthropic causes in Pittsburgh (and who had strenuously opposed her son's marriage to Evelyn), dedicated herself and her checkbook to her son's defense.

She described her son as "an average young man with a chivalrous nature" who was being persecuted by a cabal of Stan­ford White's influential friends. The first trial ended in a hung jury, the second in Thaw being sent to a State Hospital for the criminally insane, from which he was later released as "sane" in 1915.

Thaw later divorced Evelyn Nesbit and continued his eccentric and often sensa­tional life. In 1955, the White-Nesbit-Thaw story was made into a movie entitled "The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing." Thaw died in 1947 and is today buried in the Thaw family plot in Pittsburgh.

The Gates of the estate however, live after him in Erie on East 38th Street. Today the stately entrance to a quiet and beautiful campus of a thriving college, the Mer­cyhurst Gates conceal a story of a much more tempestuous past.

GARY BUKOWSKI is director of development and alumni relations at Mercyhurst College. He did his undergraduate studies at Mercyhurst and received his Master's degree from Case Western.

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"<qerrif, ionAMt JOYCE A. SAVOCCHIO '65

T he last night of the Democratic Convention was something very special. Mothers brought their in­

fants and children to the floor of the Convention. They wanted their children to experience history. And I knew the feeling. The air was charged, factions disappeared. Delegates were there to vote unanimously for the first woman Vice Presidential can­didate in American history. I was one of those delegates.

I wanted to attend this convention. I knew it would be a significant one and I knew Mondale would select Geraldine Ferraro. As a woman and an officeholder and a "first" myself, I wanted to be there to vote for her and share that moment with her and all American women.

Geraldine Ferraro was impressive that night as she was earlier in the Convention week when she appeared with Walter Mondale at the Eleanor Roosevelt Recep­tion before a backdrop of one hundred female leaders of this country. These were some of the women who had helped to bring Geraldine Ferraro to this moment in history and I couldn't help but reflect that these women had also helped bring me and many other women to public life and leadership.

Geraldine Ferraro understood the role she was playing and the moment she was living. Her manner, her speeches and her actions all spoke to this. She had my ad­miration, my respect, and for a fleeting moment, my sympathy because for a time and possibly for a long time, her life would never be the same. In my own way I understood what that meant.

I left San Francisco charged with excite­ment and possibility. I had not been this politically enthusiastic since my high school years when in 1960 I was a "Ken­nedy Girl" — that rare breed of political idealist.

Some three months later, I found myself on the air strip at Erie International Airport full of anticipation waiting for Geraldine Ferraro's plane to land. I found myself again identifying with this woman. I remembered my own campaign for office — the ups and the downs emotionally, the fatigue, the workers' efforts and support, the hours of hard work, hand shaking and little sleep.

All those thoughts disappeared when out of the back of the plane came an en­thusiastic, smiling, confident candidate with all the trappings of a presidential officeholder. I had an opportunity to speak with her at the airport and again at the downtown rally.

Ferraro, Savocchio

I was most grateful to the Ferraro staff for their agreement and arrangements to stop off at Strong Vincent High School on the way from the airport to the downtown rally. When she arrived downtown, I sat next to her and asked about the stop at Strong Vincent. Flashing a smile, she thanked me for suggesting the stop and stated she was thrilled — that "the kids" made her day. I believed her as one teacher to another.

We continued to talk about the weather and as we talked, her eyes darted over the crowd apparently looking at signs. I named several groups represented in the audience and she was very pleased by the signs stating "Catholics for Ferraro."

The Geraldine Ferraro I saw and heard at San Francisco was a confident, intellec­tual and articulate candidate.

The Geraldine Ferraro I talked with in Erie was a human, caring, person, and the Geraldine Ferraro I heard at the rally in downtown Erie was the seasoned, tested candidate that would have made an ex­cellent Vice President.

Ms. Ferraro made me proud — proud to have voted for her as a delegate, proud to have voted for her as a citizen, and proud to be a fellow female officeholder. She created a moment of belief, charisma and possibilities, and she gave me the incen­tive to try even harder — women have to do that — you know.

Thanks, Gerry! (fl!

JOYCE SAVOCCHIO majored in history at Mercy-hurst Collegeand received her M.Ed from the Univer­sity of Pittsburgh. She teaches social studies at Strong Vincent high school in Erie. In 1981 Savocchio became the first xooman elected to seme on Erie City Council and today she is the first woman President of Council

WINTER, 1984

MARVA COLLINS AT MERCYHURST

She Lives to Teach

DONNA BOETGER

A verse from the Book of Proverbs reads: "Honor is the portion of wise men, but fools inherit shame."

Controversial Chicago educator Marva Col­lins has used that Biblical axiom as the cornerstone of her existence.

Marva Collins lives to teach. The search for knowledge is all-consuming for Collins, who appeared at Mercyhurst College as part of the Chautauqua on the Hill sum­mer lecture series.

The 46 year old Collins founded the Westside Preparatory School in Chicago after a series of disappointments she en­countered within the system prompted her to go out of the system for answers. She was a teacher in the Chicago public schools, but became frustrated with her colleagues and administrators.

A strong willed, often brash woman who alienated some of her colleagues but never her pupils, Collins became a media per­sonality in 1979 after a segment on CBS's "60 Minutes" was devoted to the innovative teaching approach she uses at Westside Prep. What was so unusual about her pupils was that they were elementary age students who were reading and under­standing classics by such heavyweights as Shakespeare and Chaucer. Books such as Great Expectations, Candide, Crime and Punishment and O'Henry's Tales were standard fare for the inner-city children.

The furor began to grow as Collins became the object of more and more media attention. "The Marva Collins Story," a TV-docudrama about her life, starring Cicely Tyson, was aired in 1981. It was followed by an appearance on the Phil Donahue Show, and numerous articles in news­papers and magazines.

Collins' success was seen as a reproach to the failure of public schools to teach. It was acknowledged that "Johnny" didn't know how to read. Our nation of 35 million functional illiterates could attest to that. Because Collins was able to teach Johnny to read Dostoevski, she became a sort of educational maverick, and the butt of criticism as well as praise for her "miracle children."

Some critics maintained Collins was ex­aggerating her results. Most of the jabs hurled at her bordered on hyperbole, but to her detractors she would quote a line from an old poem: "I have no answer to

"I really do think self-pride is more important than

black pride'/

Marva Collins

my critics because The louder the clamor, the greater the works' " Collins knew that she was achieving something when she created such a fuss.

Rocking the boat is what she does best. During her Mercyhurst lecture, Collins delivered a series of one-liners which, although designed to illuminate, probably infuriated some educators in the audience. She began by saying, "Our children are choking on boredom—choking on bore­dom because publishers of educational materials have watered them down so much. I'm tired of those cutesy pre-pack­aged lesson plans and all those visual aids. All a good teacher needs is a blackboard."

Collins likes to see each child as an empty canvas waiting for the teacher to fill with knowledge. The child's past educa­tional experiences are unimportant. "Nothing that anyone has predicted about a child is relevant" she said, "and I don't think their background effects their poten­tial. I don't believe in learning disabilities either, only teacher inabilities. Anything works if the teacher works!"

And work is exactly what she expects from her teachers at Westside Prep. "You show me a good teacher and I'll show you

someone leaving school loaded down with books and papers. The bad teacher will leave school carrying only her purse."

Only good teachers are hired at Westside Prep. One of the most important criteria used for hiring is that a teacher love children. Westside teachers are dedicated hard workers who are not even permitted to sit down. "We don't have teachers' desks," Collins said. "My teachers are on their feet all day moving between the children's desks. How can a teacher know what's going on if she stays sitting at her desk? A teacher's feet might hurt, but she doesn't go home burned out. Our kids don't have to be beaten and threatened because they've been motivated to learn."

Motivation seems to be the key to Collins' success. She likes to tell her children that she will not let them fail, and that they are capable of anything. Collins refuses to see any child as unteachable and believes structure is an important key. Her curriculum includes Latin, French, biology, sciences, social studies, literature, algebra, phonics, and reading comprehension. Westside Prep has no physical education program. Said Collins, "We live in the ghetto. The one thing these kids get plenty of is physical exercise, but what they don't get in the ghetto is Spinoza and Aristotle."

Coupled with classics is a good healthy dose of discipline. No gum chewing, finger popping, loose shirt tails or jive talk is allowed. Collins believes "Black English" has been a barrier confining people to the ghettos and she will not tolerate it in her classroom.

"I've been criticized a lot for it, but I really do think self-pride is more important than black pride. Besides, I want our children to grow up to be more universal people -citizens of the world."

Her mission has been to teach pride and self-reliance to her students. And she likes to tell her children this little proverb. "If you give a man a fish, he will eat for only one day. But if you teach him to fish, he can feed himself for a lifetime."

Marva Collins wants her pupils to be able to feed themselves when they grow up. The welfare mentality is anathema to her. She knows that a good education is the only ticket out of the ghetto; that is her gift to the children of Westside Preparatory School.

DONNA BOETGER is a freelance writer in the Erie community.

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THE POLITICS OF

SUPREME COURT JUDICLAL SELECTION

DR. DAVID W. ALLEN

A s Robert Dahl (1967) says, "Americans are not quite willing to accept the fact that . . . [the

supreme court] . . . is a political institution and are not quite capable of denying it." This common view endows the court with a high degree of legitimacy which keeps it safe from the maelstroms of political con­troversy which are often visited on the other branches of government.

Indeed, the entire process of judicial selection is shielded by the pervasive sense of legitimacy. Most Americans view this process in "textbook" terms, i.e., in terms of the U.S. Constitution which asserts that the President nominates and the Senate confirms supreme court justices. This ap­proach glosses over an important question: How do Presidents select the nominee who

If the five oldest justices were to

retire, Reagan would probably fill these

vacancies with con­servative Republicans, thereby insuring an

overwhelming conser­vative majority on

the court for at least the next decade.

is placed before the Senate for confirma­tion? This simple question is relevant in the latter part of this decade.

The advanced age of the current supreme court indicates that President Reagan may have the opportunity to appoint five new justices during his second term. He has already appointed one justice during his first term. If the maximum number of ap­pointments materialize, Reagan will join the ranks of only three former Presidents who have had the opportunity to appoint six or more justices.

Contrary to popular opinion, justices of the supreme court are not politically neutral. For some time, both the press and scholarly literature have been able to isolate conservative and liberal coalitions among the members of the court — and the cur­rent court is no different. Table I lists the current members of the court, their ages and ideological predispositions. If the five

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Table I The Current U.S. Supreme Court

Justice Brennan Burger Powell Marshall Blackmun White Stevens Rehnquist O'Connor

Age 78 77 77 76 76 67 64 60 54

, * * Ideology Liberal Conservative Moderate Liberal Liberal Conservative Moderate Conservative Conservative

*Age data was compiled from Chase and Ducat (1983: 16074818). Ideological position for Brennan to Rehnquist was established by Crowley (1983) and for O'Connor, see Kerr (1982).

oldest justices were to retire, Reagan would probably fill these vacancies with conser­vative Republicans, thereby insuring an overwhelming conservative majority on the court for at least the next decade.

In the best of all possible worlds, a Presi­dent will tend to appoint a young justice — someone under 55 years of age — who is of the President's party and who has spent sometime on the lower court — pro­vided the nominee has the correct "real politics." By selecting young, ideologically compatible nominees, Presidents can in­fluence the decisional output of the court long after they have left the White House.

Most scholars agree that Presidents rely on two general techniques to assess the "real politics" of their nominees: partisan affiliation and prior judicial experience. The term "real politics" indicates that the ideological worldviews of the nominee and the President are compatible. Partisan af­filiation tends to indicate the nominees general acceptance of certain clearly de­fined social, economic and constitutional attitudes. Prior judicial experience allows the President to assess the judicial track record of a nominee. This "track record" serves as a reliable indicator of how the nominee will act after elevation to the high court.

. . . only eleven Presidents have crossed

party lines when nominating a justice.

All Presidents have used partisan affilia­tion to simplify the selection process. This norm is so well engrained that it can be demonstrated by pointing to the few in­stances when Presidents ignored it. As shown on Table II, only 11 Presidents have crossed party lines when nominating a justice. The "cross over" appointees con­

stitute only 12% of all justices who have served on the court. All of the "cross party" nominations have been explained by Henry Abraham in his seminar work, The Judicial Process (1968). The most notable examples are set forth in the following paragraphs.

Whig President Tyler had no choice. As a lame duck President his attempt to fill a single vacancy with a Whig appointee was rejected on five occasions because of decisive opposition from a hostile Senate. Harrison's appointment of the Democrat Jackson can also be explained by the "lame duck" timing of the vacancy and a hostile Senate who would not accept a Republican as the new justice.

Lincoln's appointment of the Democrat Field was motivated by political considera­tions. First, Field was from California, a part of the country not then represented on the court, and Lincoln felt his nominee would help to "fuse" the Northern cause by preserving the loyalties of California. Second, Field's many influential friends

Contrary to popular opinion, justices of the supreme court are not

politically neutral.

put considerable pressure on the President to secure the nomination. Finally, Field's brother, David Fields, had played a con­siderable role both in organization of the Republican Party and in Lincoln's nomina­tion as its standard-bearer in 1860.

Table II The Presidents Who Appointed

Across Party

President/Party

Tyler/Whig (1845) Lincoln/Rep (1863) Harrison/Rep (1893) Taft/Rep (1909)

(1910) (1910)

Wilson/Dem (1916) Harding/Rep (1922) Hoover/Rep (1932) Roosevelt/Dem (1941) Truman/Dem (1945) Eisenhower/Rep (1956) Nixon/Rep (1972)

Lines

Justice/ Party

Nelson/Dem Field/Dem Jackson/Dem Lurton/Dem White/Dem Lamar/Dem Brandies/Rep Butler/Dem Cardozo/Dem Stone/Rep Burton/Rep Brennan/Dem Povvell/Dem

Source: Compiled from Chase and Ducat (1983: 1607-1618).

Taft's appointments of Lurton and Lamar and his promotion of White are attributable to a combination of personal friendship or esteem and ideological compatibility. The close friendship and ideological compa­tibility between Taft and his Democrat ap­pointees indicates that Taft could afford to appoint members of the other party be­cause he was getting justices with the right "real politics". Indeed, the cross-party appointments of Wilson, Harding, Truman and Nixon are four more examples of justices with the wrong party label but the right "real politics".

Throughout the nation's history, Presi­dents have sought out former judges to fill supreme court vacancies. Since 1789, ap­proximately 60% of the nation's 105 supreme court justices had seen previous service on either a state court or a lower federal court prior to the elevation. How­ever, the period of the modern presidency evidences a substantial deviation from the long term trend: only 42% of the justices appointed since Roosevelt's first term were former judges.

Table III, which lists the justices ap­pointed by the modern presidents and their level of prior judicial experience, in­dicates that the 18 point difference between modern presidents and the historical trend line is a statistical artifact, i.e., two periods are evident within the modern presidency. The first period extends from Roosevelt through Truman. During this period only 30% of the appointed justices had pre­viously served on a lower court. The second period encompasses all administra­tions from Eisenhower to Reagan; and, during the latter period, 60% of the ap­pointed justices had seen previous service on a lower court before taking their place on the nation's high bench. The disparity between the two periods of modern presidency requires an explanation.

Two major events in the courts history took place during this period. The election of Franklin Roosevelt marked the begin-

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ning of a major political epoch. During the early part of this era, Roosevelt and the Supreme Court were at odds over the New Deal legislation which the court had de­clared unconstitutional. Indeed, in an ef­fort to stack the court with pro-New Deal justices, Roosevelt unveiled his famous court packing scheme in 1937. The scheme failed to gain substantial support. How­ever, the confrontation between the Presi-

Because the Supreme Court is a political body, the decisions

of the court are shaped by the

type of individuals who make up

its membership.

dent and the court provides two insights: a new constitutional philosophy was re­quired in order to turn the ideas of the New Deal into favorable judicial decisions, and the judiciary was not the place to recruit new justices.

Both state court systems and lower federal courts did not contain the new breed of justice which Roosevelt needed and wanted. Instead, Roosevelt turned to a pool of individuals who had either been his staunch supporters during the abortive court packing crisis or who had been openly critical of the nine justices who had opposed the New Deal. These individuals occupied positions in Congress, the ex­ecutive bureaucracy and academia.

Truman institutionalized the New Deal — and to insure that his nominees to the court would continue to protect it, he did tend to use the marker of prior judicial ex­perience to read the "real politics" of two of his nominees. However, the fact that Truman appointed half of his justices from outside the judicial establishment indicates that the right "real politics" for this era were generally found in the more robust political arena.

The Eisenhower years marked the re-emergence of supreme court nominees with previous judicial experience. In fact, Eisenhower made a conscious effort to ap­point former judges to the U.S. Supreme Court. This policy was due, in part, to the fact that he was publicly committed to the appointment of a "quality" judiciary.

The high level of former judges among Eisenhower's appointees is also due in part to Earl Warren, Eisenhower's first justice. Eisenhower had assumed that Warren was a moderate Republican — not an overt

Table III Judicial Exc ierience and

Modern Presidents

Roosevelt: Black Reed Frankfurter Douglas Byrnes Stone Jackson Murphy Rutledge

*promoted to chief j associate justiceshi]

Truman: Burton Vinson Clark Minton

Eisenhower: Warren Harlan Brennan Whitaker Stewart

Kennedy: White Goldberg

Johnson: Fortas Marshall

Nixon: Burger Blackmun Powell Rehnquist

Ford: Stevens

Reagan: O'Connor

None None None None None Yes* None None 4 years

ustice from ?

»

None 5 years None 8 years

None 1 year 7 years 3 years 4 years

None None

None 4 years

13 years 11 years None None

5 years

7 years Source: Compiled from Chase and Ducat, 1983: 1607-1618.

liberal. All of Eisenhower's subsequent ap­pointees had their judicial track records assessed in order to insure that they were ideologically compatible with the Presi­dent. Indeed, to one degree or another, every President who followed Eisenhower tended to take cognizance of the fact that prior judicial experience was a reliable in­dicator against which to assess a nominee's ideological propensities.

By selecting young, ideologically compatible nominees, Presidents

can influence the decisional output of the court long after they have left the

White House.

Because the Supreme Court is a political body, the decisions of the court are shaped by the type of individuals who make up its membership. Presidents who fill vacan­cies on the court, do so with an eye toward shaping the decisions of the court by selec­ting nominees who reflect their ideological propensities. This long term norm of presidential behavior is evident in the latest addition to the court.

Justice O'Connor is a 54 year old former judge who has had a long history in Republican politics in Arizona. A close reading of the opinions she authored during her state appellate court service indicates that she fits into the Reagan ideological world. Thus, even the path breaking appointment of the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court fits into the procedural mold utilized by American Presidents in their efforts to leave a lasting mark on the nation's high court. fiM

References: Abr.ih.mi, Henry J. (1968) Hie Judicial Process, 2nd Edition, (New York: Oxford University Press).

Crowley, Donald W. (1983) "The Burger Court and the Right of Privacy", paper presented at the 1983 annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association.

Dahl, Robert (1967), "Decision Making in a Democracy" 6 Journal of Public Law: 279.

Ducat, Charles and Harold Chase (1983), Constitutional In­terpretation, 3rd Edition (St. Paul: West Publishing Co.).

Kerr, Virginia (1982), "Supreme Court Justice O'Connor", December, MS Magazine: 52.

DR. DAVID ALLEN is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Mem/hurst College.

WINTER, 1984

A TALE OF REINS AND ROMANCE

JAMES E. BRENNAN

A year ago, when Jim Crawford, 23, graduated with a geology degree from Mercyhurst College, he had

no idea he'd be driving a hack for a living. "My career thoughts were toward oil ex­

ploration, and horses were the farthest thing from my mind," Jim says. "But then, my sister, Anne Ashberry, came up with this idea of starting a horse-drawn livery service in Buffalo, and here I am."

Jim is the vice president and general manager of Crawford Carriage, Inc., a galloping concern that caters to hotel guests, wedding parties, prom dates and cozy couples out for a moonlit ride around the Erie Basin Marina. A half-hour ride costs $20. Carriages can be hailed at the downtown Hilton, Hyatt or Holiday Inn, or on the street like a taxi.

"My career thoughts were toward oil explor­

ation, and horses were the farthest thing

from my mind."

"A carriage ride can be quite romantic," says this blond bachelor. "The Visa-Vie (an open-faced coach with a convertible top that seats up to six passengers) has kerosene lamps that flicker in the fog as the horse clip-clops around the marina."

The carriage trade is not all moonlight and roses, though. There's also a little matter of getting rid of the fertilizer pro­duced by a 3-mUes-per-carrot hayburner. "We take care of that problem with a manure receptacle," Jim explains. It's kind of a Horse Huggie, a leather diaper, that keeps the animal from littering the streets.

There's also the chore of cleaning out the stables, feeding the two horses (Flash and Sox) at 7 a.m., brushing and grooming them, taking them for shoeing, and walking them to cool off after workouts. Crawford's stables are located at Chicago and Miami streets in the building that once housed the horse teams for the Buffalo Ex­press newspaper delivery wagons.

Jim is assisted by stableboy, John Covell, 12, and gets help from his three brothers, Mark, Neil and Patrick, and their parents, Norine and James J. Crawford. "We're not horse people," Jim says. "My family never

Jim Craiuford

owned horses, and except for occasional horseback riding, I was never around horses a lot.

"One thing I've learned is the horses stay a lot warmer than the driver in Buffalo winters" he says. "They grow thick winter coats. I put on three pair of long under­wear, and I'm still freezing."

Is it hard to maneuver a horse and surrey-with-the-fringe-on-top through downtown traffic?

"Not as long as you obey traffic signs, try to anticipate things like left turns way in advance and never get into a position where you have to back up," Jim says. "Horses can back the carriage up a little, but it's hard to drive a wagon in reverse."

What's the most annoying thing about the job?

"The people who whinny at the horse," he says. "I don't mind the folks who beep their horn in a friendly way, but the guys who lean their heads out the window making ridiculous horse noises and expect the horse to answer back are the silliest."

Jim's horse once had the last laugh on a human. "Some people stopped me in Delaware Park to ask for directions, and while I was looking the other way," Jim says, "my horse stuck his head through an open car window and began to munch on this woman's straw hat. I thought her husband was going to split from laughing so hard,"

JAMES E. BRENNAN is the assistant editor of the Sunday Magazine, "Buffalo Ncios." Photo by Ronald J. Collemn of the 'Neios!

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TRUSTEES

J. Robert Baldwin John E. Boyle Charles H. Bracken Lorenzo T. Carlisle, III Dario Cipriani

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George J. DAngelo, MD Charles A. Dailey Catherine M. Durkin, Esq Albert R Duval William P. Garvey Sr. Carolyn Herrmann, RSM F. William Hirt Mrs. William R. Seach William C. Sennett, Esq Sr. Maura Smith, RSM Sr. Joachim Stabler, RSM Sr. Eustace Taylor, RSM Jane Theuerkauf Barrett C. Walker, DDS James A. Zurn

PRESIDENT'S ASSOCIATES

William C. Bloomstine Donald C Buseck, Esq Jack Collage Stephen Gutting David Hallman 4 _ ^ \,A T A V 4 A J i t 1 1 f 1 U l l t

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Patricia Liebel Frank Marra A 1 U 1 1 I N 1 V 1 CI 1 I c l

Geoige R. Metcalf, III Betsey Miller Charles V. Monaghan, Jr Robert B. Munson Paul C Roche Mary E. Schaaf William G. Sesler, Esq M. O. Smith Ralph T. Smoot Susan N. Sutto Mario Victor Larry D. Vollmer, DDS Patrick J. Weschler, Esq Sarah R. Wright Patricia S. Yahn Maryann Yochim

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CARPE DIEM

Cora D. Anderson Martha S. Austin Hermine K. Bauschard Barbara N. Beatty Alta Bower Barbara E. Bracken Irene K. Brown Remle Cann Mary DAngelo Alice D. Davis Louise C Druckemiller Marcella L. Egan Ruth V. Ehrler Dorothy Giermak Rita A. Goebel Billie R. Grunden Susan P. Hays Elizabeth C Horan Mary C. Illig Ruth S. Jageman Catherine C Keim Mary Alice Kern Verle F. Lander Dolores K. Lasher Mildred L. Lasher Mary Jane Layden Marilyn G. Levinson Patricia J. Liebel Sally A. Lund Darlene R. Lyons Mary J. MacDonald Lydia M. McCain Mary E. Mead Marie Meagher Louise A. Meiser Betty B. Peebles Elizabeth M. Piper Virginia S. Reitzell Susan VanCleve Riehl Marian Roberts Natalie G. Strayer Frances Strong Patricia S. Yahn Kathleen Zurn

HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

With gratitude for their generosity to Mercyhurst College, we recognize the donors to our 1983-84 Annual Giving Program.

This roster of donors reflects gifts totalling $224,753 contri-buted July 1, 1983 to June 30, 1984.

FRIENDS

Mr. Edward P. Boyle Dr. Richard W. Brown Dr. and Mrs. David Cooper Mrs. Catherine Brown Crawford Mr. Keith Crouse William H. Druckemiller, MD Erie Advertising Club Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fatica Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Fish First National Bank Income Trust Mr. Bart J. Freedman Mrs. Martha S. Gashe Edward W. Goebel, Jr. Esq

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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gottschalk Mr. George M. Henne, Jr. Mr. Robert Hessinger Mary Ann Kibler, MD Mrs. Eleanor M. Kinnane Mr. Edward J. Kozalla Miss Arlene Lauber Atty. and Mrs. George Levin Mr. and Mrs. John C. Lillis Mr. Robert Lowry Mr. and Mrs. Carmen E. Merritt Bishop Michael J. Murphy Mr. Eugene Orlando Mr. Raymond Renaud Mrs. Marian Zurn Roberts Mr. Christ Scott Mr. Robert F. Taft Raymond L. Tipton, MD

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PARENTS

Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Alessi Mr. and Mrs. Fred Beemus Mr. and Mrs. William F. Benuso Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bonello Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Burkhart Mr. and Mrs. Jan Caap

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Mr. and Mrs. John Cacciola Mr. and Mrs. William Casey Mr. and Mrs. Paul Chylak Atty. and Mrs. James Conway Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Dee Mr. and Mrs. Dominic Diaco Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Dischner Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Duval Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D'Valle Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Favo Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Fitzgerald Dr. and Mrs. Paul Frederick Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Glanding Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gredler Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hader Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Herman Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Hirsch Dr. Joseph Jenci Mr. and Mrs. Edward Juenemann Mr. and Mrs. Victor Kaliszak Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Kelley Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kenerline Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Lawry Mr. and Mrs. John Lillis Mrs. Nanette Lindner Dr. and Mrs. John Marcy Dr. and Mrs. A. F. Maruca Mr. and Mrs. Howard McMullin Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nesser Mr. and Mrs. Arthur O'Hara Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Persons Mr. and Mrs. John Randall Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Roarty Mr. Carmen C. Roman Mr. and Mrs. Max Sayers Mr. Paul J. Serrins Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Shaw Ms. Betty Jo Skelhe Mrs. Robert L. Snyder Dr. Frank J. Theuerkauf, Jr. Mr. Thomas Thompson Mr. M. J. Victor Mr. and Mrs. James F Vogel Mrs. Lorene A. Wagner Mr. Richard J. Walsh Mr. and Mrs. P. E. White

CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS & MATCHING GIFTS

Aetna Life and Casualty Foundation The Allstate Foundation American Home Products Corp. Amoco Foundation, Inc. ARA Services, Inc. Bell Laboratories Black & Decker Manufacturing Co. The BOC Group, Inc. Borden Foundation Campbell Soups Charles A. Dailey Foundation Charles B. Padden & Son Chevron U.S.A., Inc. Church & Murdock Electric Conoco, Inc. Consolidated Edison Co. of N.Y., Inc. Dart Kraft Foundation Dravo Corporation Eli Lilly and Company Equitable Gas Equitable Life Assurance Erie Community Foundation Erie Insurance Exchange Erie Steel Products Federated Dept. Stores, Inc. First National Bank First Seneca Bank Florence S. Patton Foundation Ford Motor Company Fund Foundation for Independent Colleges Gannett Foundation General Electric Foundation General Telephone Co. of Ohio General Telephone Co. of PA General Telephone Co. of the Southwest Glenn Electric Heater Corporation Gulf Oil Foundation

Hallmark Cards, Inc. Hammermill Foundation Hallman Chevrolet, Inc. H. J. Heinz Company Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc. Household Finance Inland Container Corporation International Business Machines International Multifoods Foundation Isaac Baker & Son J. C. Penney Company, Inc. Knight-Ridder Newspapers, Inc. Koppers Foundation Lord Corporation Lubrizol Foundation Marine Bank McCain Foundation Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Metropolitan Life Foundation Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Foundation, Inc. Margarite Urban Murray Fund Nabisco Brands, Inc. Nationwide Foundation Northeast Utilities Pennzoil Company Philip Morris, Inc. Price Waterhouse Foundation Sears-Roebuck Foundation Shell Oil Co. Foundation Sifco Foundation The Singer Company Foundation Smith Kline Beckman Foundation Smith Meter, Geosource, Inc. Stouffer's Corporation Technicon Instruments Corp. Teledyne, Inc. Times Publishing Company Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby, Inc. The Travelers Company TRW Foundation Union Carbide Corporation Warner-Lambert Technologies, Inc. Welch Foods, Inc. Westinghouse Educational Foundation William Cochrane Memorial Fund Xerox Foundation Zurn Industries Anonymous

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Class Coordinators We extend our appreciation to the

11 Class Coordinators who worked on last year's Alumni Fund by re­cruiting Class Agents for the years noted.

Sr. M. Eustace Taylor '29 1929-1933

Alice Brugger '36 1934-1938

Gloria M. Lutz '43 1939-1943 . A . ^ \ j ^ x • i ^ /

Dolores DiVinsenzo Scura '46 1944-1948

Helen Pat Curran '52 1949-1953

Rita A. Walter Weiss '57 1954-1958 ™ ^ ^ " ^ ^™ ^ » ^ ^ r ' ^ ^ ^

Joan Kostolansky Evans '60 1959-1963

Joyce A. Savocchio '65 1964-1969

Russell Franklin 74 1970-1975

Patrick Weschler, Esq. 78 1976-1980

Andrew Findlay '81 1981-1983

ALUMNI During the past year, alumni contributions, restricted and unrestricted, totalled $56,450. Alumni participation reached 30.09%. These figures represent a 19.29% increase in dollars and a 10.6% increase in donors over 1982-83.

29 Class Agent - Sr. M. Eustace Taylor, 83% participation Sr. Elizabeth Behr Clementine Depkievvicz Sr. Jane Frances Raffetto Sr. Eustace Taylor _̂ b .•-»

30 Class Agent - Bianca Abramoski, 77% participation Bianca Surgo Abramoski Agnes Bremer Friant Margaret Burkhardt Kirk Grace McBride

f^+4 31 Class Agent - Mary Thompson, 100% participation Teresa A'Hearn Brown Irene Dolan Carlson Edana Duguay Margaret Burns Farrell Bertha McHale Ross Helen Huether Storey Mary McCrady Thompson

32 Class Agent - Alice Stainbrook, 73% participation Natalie Ford Allen Mary Cronin Foht

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Marie Cieslinski Kowalik Helen Cummings Lymph Veronica Pyne Alice Dolan Stainbrook

33 Class Agent - Sr. Celine Fasenmeyer, 100% participation Honey Daly Aiello Katherine Barrett Jeanette Bonnell Sr. Celine Fasenmeyer Sr. Valeria Gloeckner Catherine Ryan Gray. Jane Turgeon Hurley Lu Ella Haaf Jones Marie Lynch Margaret Blair Maclnnes Helen Kowalski Reski Sr. Marcella Sullivan Caroline Neuburger Walker

34 76% participation Margaret Bacon Helen Loebelenz Boyle Catherine O'Leary Crowley Margaret Clark Filson Ruth Sterrett Konnerth Alice Reeder Lockhart Irene Strahl Miller

r\ ^ 35 66% participation Kathryn Reiser Brugger Margaret Clemens Crawford Kathryn Harrington Anna McGrath Kuhns Kathryn Conner Lampman Lolita Lepper Mehl Mary Skene

36 90% participation Catherine Green Bogle Kay Strahl Bradley

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Alice Martin Brugger Catherine Durkin Muriel Lehman Flecken Elizabeth Montgomery Fleming Marie Dillon Loguidice Margery Potter Nix Virginia Mehler Peter Susan Neiner Sternberger Anne Weiner Anonymous

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Class Agent - Margaret Emling, 100% participation Marjorie Alge H. Virginia Anderson Inez Bellotti Elba Armstrong Blila Margaret Mooney Emling Anna Chambers Finegin Anna Neuburger Fratus Pauline Urich Jageman Rita Rectenwald Kantz Eleanor O'Sullivan Keller Martha Kettering Kessler Betty Taylor Kleindinst Jane Sawdey McCarthy Margaret McMahon Nancy Blair Meech

Pauline Shanor Neuburger Margery St. Lawrence Schmid Mary Ciaiola Simson Katherine Lechner Tellers

38 Class Agent - Mary Pirrello, 97% participation Florence O'Neil Bernard Nora Ibrquer Brackett Mary Brennan Helen Durkin Annette Miller Greiner Pauline O'Laughlin Hergenrothe Sr. Carolyn Herrmann Marie OTvIalley Kane Jeanne Nuber Kennedy Margaret Thompson Kirwin Britta Sullivan Ladd Margaret O'Sullivan Lardie Frances Malaney Madeline Wilbert McDowell Ellen Heintz Munson Mary Massello Pirrello Elizabeth Harrington Sullivan Mary Mead Thomsen

39 Class Agent - Eugenia O'Brien, 93% participation Ruth Hays Baker Ruth Scobell Barrett Bertha Halperin Blau Margaret Flynn Eldridge Frances Hauser Jones Catherine Sins Lefaiver Edna Londregan Eugenia Andrecovich O'Brien Dolores Kelley Pote Catherine Knauer Rose Betty Meyer Schreier Mary Kuhn Schultz Eileen Richard Wardell Eleanor Eisert Watts

40 Class Agent - Gertrude Merski, 85% participation Allene Stephens Bakley Elaine Boyd Carroll Josephine Murf Casavale Carol Russell Cochran Marie Mclntyre LeLand Collette Gabreski Beatrice Hinkler Heuer Mary McClafferty Keefe Betty Flaven Leavitt Mary McCray Ruth Frost McManus Mary Matlehner McMurray Gertrude Pletz Merski Frances Miller Poux Mary Mahoney Schmidt Janet Eichenlaub Woodward

41 Class Agent - Anne S. Haughney, 90% participation Ruth Brugger Anne Crowley Anne Stout Haughney Rosemary Klos Jankowski Rita McCann Milan

Sr. Teresina OToole Jeanne Weir Ramsey Eleanor Dumitru Romcea Anne Boughton Rose Betty Schutt Maryalys Klinger Sell Helen Sullivan

42 Class Agent - Claudia Garvey, 93% participation Margaret Aaron Asel Margene Betts Giovina Musi Bradley Mary Parmeter Cawley Burnham Nehin Cutler Pauline Lynch Elliott Feme Striffler Erskine Claudia Evans Garvey Mary Hilkert Hendriksen Amelia OT>ea Hopkins Genevieve Grotz Howen Mary Walsh Kelly Elizabeth Donatelli Lofink Dorthy Lanagan Manhold Sara McClain Regina Brugger Niemic Helen Mault Robinson Dorothy Wadlinger Ronan Carmelita Savage Annette Morell Suttell Rosemary Ullrich Eileen Joyce Weithman Priscilla Jenkins Whitehill

43 Class Agent - Mary Ellen Avery, 76% participation Mary Linney Avery Gene Hendrickson Coda Nora Stephens Downey Dorothy O'Hara Downs Rita Franklin Jeanne Gough Gloria Lutz Yvonne Levoie Nolan Sr. Eymard Poydock Kathryn Tansey Sackett Harriet Milloy Schaper Josephine Cirrito Sciarrino Dorothy Szyplik Jeanne Fairgraves Weber

44 Class Agent - Jane Seubert, 90% participation Evelyn Gerbracht Butler Margaret Johnston Evans Eva Jacobs Eyermann Elinor Klos Frantz Madge Baltus Hymers Regina English Ingram Catherine O'Rourke Knapp Anne Johnson Lasser Elaine Cleveland Loose Patricia Buffington McGrath Josephine Musi Rakow Mary Jane Walsh Seubert Charlotte Cushman Stoddard Gloria Heberle Sullivan Eileen Walsh Thompson

45 Class Agent - Margaret Darragh, 100% participation

Loretta Crowley Bauer Julia E. Reagle Brown Sr. Francine Butler Margaret Scullion Cannon Margaret Savage Darragh Margaret O'Connor Foster Dorothea Budche Higgins Charlotte Rumsey Jackson Alvina McDermott Johnston Elizabeth Rogers Kulyk Patricia DeFbrrest McCotter Dorothy Harrington Meseck Mary O'Hara Rosemary Held Schitea Elaine Brown Schuster Frances Honeck Sigler Marilynne Cooper Sullivan Marjorie Punchner Treis Rita Rittenhouse Wiesner

46 Class Agent - Teresa Quinlan, 70% participation Virginia Walsh Braun Helen Martin Calhoun Mary McDowell Gardner Mary Dobosiewicz Horkowitz Teresa Lennon Quinlan Dolores Divincenzo Scura Marie Gould Seaton

47 Class Agent - Mary Lamp, 69% participation Elizabeth Fitzgerald Ashton Dolores Ernst Aube Geraldine Meahl Baron Barbara Fleming Butler Dorothy Dpnatelli Cibulas Mary Costanzo Mary Masterson Fitzgerald Mary Henretty Mary Mohr Lamp Helen Fabian Mullen Elinor Keeler Murray Janette Fournier Regner Marcelene Schwabenbauer Marilyn Cummiskey Souders Mary Doyle Sprague Margaret Peck Trojanowski

48 Class Agent - Natalie Woehrlen, 95% participation Margaret Rigard Blatty Mary McLaughlin Craig Constance Schneifer Dean Antoinette Denuding Helen Walters Donley Anne Nickum Gazda Jeanne Lawler Hacherl Elizabeth Ahlgren Jeska Marilynn Miller Jewell Betty Rock Kirby Mercedes Baumbeck Lawry Rose Buehler Martyn Theresa Sabella Palumbo Kathryn Young Robertson Mary Phillips Schaeffer Danula Telerski Shearon Sr. Maura Smith

Joan Knapp Spakowski Lucille Vitello Sturtzer Audrey Welther Twiss Constance Finch Wendlandt Natalie Cooper Woehrlen

49 Class Agent - Dorothy Stiglmeier, 91% participation Margaret Bodenschatz Cannin Joan Cavanaugh Lucille Heidt Clark Alice Feehley Crotty Rosemary Guinnane Davies Ellen Hickmott Ehrhart Dolores Fitzgerald Coletta Crawford Ginnard Carolyn Wick Haley Eileen Jacobus Hall Mary Donaher Hanna Elizabeth Smith Hartnett Mary Plack Healy Audrey Sitter Hirt Mary Jones Rose Ratajczyk Leonette Mary Reynolds McCloskey Mary Ann Black Morton Elaine Forgette Murray Agnes Nakich Olesky Virginia Stephens Pompeani Jean O'Neil Rubino Jean Brauch Scott Joan Houch Seiiert Dorothy Maloney Stiglmeier Eileen Held Vanscoter Patricia Vanderveldt Wood

50 Class Agent - Mary E. Kienzle, 82% participation Marilyn Langmyer Angevine Sr. Mary Matthew Baltus Carolyn Cains Brabender Margaret Dease Joan Riley Dori Colleen McMahon Doyle Patricia Jack Fessler Miriam Gemperle Audrey Dudenhoeffer Hersch Mary Stanny Kienzle Dorthy Zak Markes Jane Kelly McCrone Mary Kenny Phelan Phyllis Hamilton Rand Adeline Rees Sr. Ignatius Schlaak Anne Hantz Torrell Kathleen Rahill Trimbach Janet Blackmore Walker Cecile Jewell Wolszon Patricia Sontheimer Yahn

51 Class Agent - Margaret O'Connell, 79% participation Rayetta Beaver Mary Stephens Boyce Pauline Speno Cheche Mary Cleary Ann Deckop Eileen Joyce Gugino Joan Harf Margaret Jetter Margaret Phelan O'Connell Jane Breyley Olson

Kathryn Sterrett Pericak Rosemarie Irrgang Sargent Dolores Wally Smith Mary Witt Sprowls Dorothy Klein Steigleder Claire Kraus Weber

52 Class Agent - Janet Mille^ 57% participation Lydia Davey Asplund Helen Curran Mary Bougie Gensheimer Ruth Lauler Hernandez Mary Seman Landon Mary-Jo Babowicz Maier Arlene Murphy Nuckton Jeanne Farrell Parker Dorothy Szawczuk Reese Mary-Jo Royer Rodgers Marilyn Garden Seach Elizabeth Peters Strong

53 Class Agent - Judy Carlow, 64% participation Janet Davis Aroh Judith Carlow Norma Scott Crane Patricia Cosgrove Dunning Camilla Decampli Fellner Joan Davis Goodknight Margaret Green Graves Joann Weaver Johnson Louise Kamenjar Mary Dvvyer Kaufman Mary Rawa Kingsley Patricia Liebel Ann Cobbe Root Rita Shanahan Schiffhauer Mary Sennett Smith Sr. Josephine Songer Frances Sullivan Sr. Norberta Veit

54 64% participation Sofija Mazionyte Beiga Geraldine DeFazio Dougherty Mary Anne Hayes Greg Rozella Ulan Harpst Virginia Kelly Kreydt Vija Odeiko Liepa Ingeborg Loesch Nelson Ann Kennedy Powers Mary Mullaney Schenk Mary O'Donnell Schultheis Pauline Turner Dorothy Zuzula

74% participation Audrey Hannah Margaret Kelsey Held Jane Conrath Husband Patricia Egan Langmyer Marjorie Williams Laughlin Mary Nash McCormick Margaret Foley Ringwood Mary Scirto Sr. Christina Shaftic Mary Kienzle Smith Mar)' Ree Theuerkauf Travers Frances Chang Tu Geraldine O'Doherty Zaworski

56 Class Agent - Patricia Maley Burns, 78% participation Barbara Coole Ayers Patricia Murphy Azzarello Jean Bryson Burney Patricia Maley Burns Josephine Ciancaglini Martha McNulty Cuddy Carole Roberson Dyne Roberta Imboden Grimshaw Dorothy Rudge Herschel Helen Kennedy Holliday Kathleen.Cooper Hunter Mary Haughton Loftus Mary Lawrence Luke Sr. Damien Mlechick Marilyn Genck Newsham Georgia Lackey Patriarca Alyce Weber Piskura Lorraine Enright Rogers Kathleen Smith Margaret Hirsch Whyte

57 Class Agent - Mary Bittner Simpson, 64% participation Sheila Flyn Bianchi Patricia Klein Burton Joan Coyle Clark Jeanette Mancuso Gerace Sr. Justina Jerko Ann Schultz McCormick Ann McGinnis Minnium Mary Moran Priscilla Prenatt Oliver Marjorie Karaffa Rodenbaugh Marcia Meagher Shramek Mary Bittner Simpson Mary Songer Rose Zinni Szadek Charlotte Tisdel Tesoniero Josephine Unger Barbara Story Walk Rita Walter Weiss

58 60% participation Patricia Murphy Bluemle Linda Collin Barbara Jakubowski Costello Catherine Misfeldt Dickey Mary Hagedish Doty Ruth Friel Doyle Joanne Schmalzried English Mary Walsh Galvin Elizabeth Schnatter Guelcher Elizabeth Wahl Hilbert Saranne Durkin Karalus Elizabeth Tatu MacKenna Vivetta Petronio Catherine Burns Plavcan Mary Hayes Schulz Katherine King Tolhurst

59 Class Agent - Dr. Helen Zimmerman, 74% participation Elizabeth Phelan Amari Barbara DeSantis Bates Angela Moore Bishop Eleanor Cavanaugh Bruckwick Nancy Plunkett Evans

Dorie Andrie Fauceglia Martha Lally Furey Patricia Foley Gullo Judith Aquino Hokaj Susan McCartney Horowitz Weiling Chang King Barbara Matts Kolstee Barbara Dibble Kuenzig Joan Imhof Lockhart Sally Fleckenstein Mastrog Rosemary Crawford McGinley Frances Reynolds Quadri Carroll McGinty Rios Elaine Schwab Mildred Manzione Schwarz Ann Bergan Teed Rosemary Wiesen Vorhaben Frances Balzer Yokajty Helen Zimmerman Sr. Mary Agnes Zore

60 Class Agent - Mary Lou Kelly, 64% participation Janet McGough Balonick Agnes Siracusa Bays Louanne Stout Boiand Barbara Chambers Patricia Green Conner Joan Bye Dengler Joan Kostolansky Evans Mary Koss Flynn Barbara Ayers Frederick Anonymous Mary Bescher Johnson Mary Bacik Kelley Mary Kelly Patricia Cavanaugh Kirk Elizabeth Dorsogna Kissell Charlotte Gray Kneidinger Dolores Natili Leal Laurel Lockhart Gayle Cummings Martin Janet Kuss Martin Jane Canada McNierney Carolyn Heyl Mraz Terri DeMatteo Mueller Marlane Franco Paruso Sr. Joachim Stabler Virginia Foht Strucker

61 Class Agent - Kathryn Cook Hoffman, 65% participation Virginia Rossoni Adair Suzette Cassidy Casey Elizabeth Naples Dent Mary Zimmerman Doolin Eleanore Hertel Gamble Susan Hall Kathryn Cook Hoffman Rita Hinman Lohan Gretchen Malley Jeanne Boes Morehouse Rita Nerz Eileen Quinn Nill Eva Paul Plonsky Susan Stark Quattrp Virginia Accetta Rathbun Susan Avery Royer Louise Rubino Sacco Carol Sullivan

62 Class Agent - Carolyn Kaczmarek Zack, 84% participation Rosemary Asher Shirley Banic Margaret Lynch Cammarata Patricia Sullivan Crowley Denise Dwyer Sondra Konkoly Eckstein Marilyn Millard Gunther Patricia Harkins Carol Amenta Kingsley Camilla Kwolek Matusz Jeannie Jackson McGinley Rita Quinn McGowan Kathleen Dwyer O'Brien Patricia Richards Ogilvie Bonnie Osinski Cynthia Percenti Ann Fondy Pysh Barbara Boyd Ravenstahl Mary Stadter Rinderle Susan Cutter Snyder Myra Williams Spangenberg Roberta Donahue Vanslyke Jacqueline Pontello Vesely Therese Taccone Wilson Carolyn Kaczmarek Zack

63 Class Agent - Sheila Himes Fiscus, 69% participation Linda DeSantis Arrowsmith Rita Strobel Bajura Theresa Murphy Beckman Paulette O'Gorman Brown Joan Warnock Carlin Mary Wernet Eichelsdorfer Sheila Himes Fiscus Mary Cuddyre Ghezzi Reinette Boling Jackovic Ann Lecker Jackson Yvonne Spirito Kemock Judith Spaeder Kendziora Bonita Kinsinger Sr. Christian Koontz Elizabeth Yonushonis Kubiak Barbara Sabo Leo Michaelene Kroko McCahan Colleen McCafferty Moren Judith Wozniak Perschler Bonnie McGough Pounds Loretta Stadelmaier Power Carolyn Anderson Ruth Amy Skinner Sargent Barbara Barrett Schumacher Nancy August Voskuhl

64 Class Agent - Jania Hanlin 73% participation Geraldine Walko Allison Jeanette Chmielowiec Bangs Barbara Behan Roberta Behringer Mary Defonzo Budny Mary Nash Butke Joyce Hill Campbell Rita Cappello Jane Matjasko Chiu Carol Weber Collis Emily Lincoln Costigan Harriet Kantor Cottrell Judith Young Crews Sr. M. Pierre Dembinski

Mary Joyce Demetter Sr. Mary Felice Duska Suzanne Gloekler Esser Joan Kreutter Jarzomski Maryann Komazec Jeanne Genung Kuhns Carol Mueller Lyons Marion Michaels Markovvicz Anita Ricci Mazzi Theresa Donohue Medlock Nancy Nolan Norberg Carol Fuller Palcic Marilyn Smith Pluta Ellen Becker Scharff Laurel Tarby Skalko Donna Gottry Trautman Marilyn Schreiner Wagner

65 Class Agent - Judith Mastrian, 71% participation Phyllis Aiello Mary Mahaney Baumeister Susan Smith Beidler Judith Feldbauer Brody Karen Bobish DeCarlo Patricia Hodgkiss Elder Anne Ledoux Erwin Regina Conti Evans Marilyn Schmitt Fecht Elizabeth Bott Fitzgerald Margaret Blydenburgh Geary Maureen Aleci Gray Margaret Hock Heetmann Mary Dunn Lohse Marcia Rzepka Mestrits Elaine Berchtold Migchelbrink Marjorie Neverdale Podlogar Rosemarie Pucci Quagliariello Joyce Savocchio Katherine Scott Velma Cloyd Shipley Maryann Sabolsky Sieczka Joyce Almeda Smith Helen Balzer Spalthoff Camilla Kane Stadtmueller Elizabeth Cicholski Vargo Marlene DeSantis Waldron Ann Langmyer Ward Mary Kelly Whitney Kathie Davis Winseck Mary Magnotto Wood Catherine Dumphrey Wyshyvanuk

66 Class Agent - Mary Ann Daly, 77% participation Sandra Selva Belfiore Patricia Dubiel Birk Cecelia Ceremuga Marjorie Sechrist Cunningham Mary A. Daly Kathleen Levis Davis Mildred Boles Donovan Joan Glance Dorothy Delaney Glover Linda Culver Hokaj Mary Hull Christine Valentine Johnston Marlene Guerra Landon Anne David Lynch Maureen Bees Madonia Teresa De Fino Mannen Susan Spangenberg May Margaret Sandle McBride Gail Wozniak McMahon Kathleen Keim Meko

Catherine Matjasko Parsons Antoinette Cuneo Pavlik M. Suzanne Sontag Mary Berloffa Temple Mary Kraus Tirak Mary Rittle Tomasello Gail Flynn Warner Sabina Wells Genevieve Mastrian Wiesen

67 Class Agent - Katherine Cantoni, 51% participation Jeanne Bricher Bender Kristine Monroe Camp Katherine McCarthy Cantoni Beverly Heintz DiCarlo Diane McKeon Friske Constance Fuhrman Haibach Donna Gemma Nolfi Jane Prosser Pkrrish Judith Pitney Judy Bauer Salcedo Judith Oliver Samson Carol Piotrowicz Skrocki Barbara Brown White Marion Hughes Young

68 Class Agent - Jane A. Carney, 63% participation Mary Brown Kathleen Airo Buczynski Linda Salem Burtis Sandy Crytzer Burton Kathleen Deger Byrnes Georgina Cantoni Jane Carney Esther Szczypinski Cross Susan Donahue Deet Helen Cozma Deneselya Elaine Wilson Dullea Madeline Furgiuele Janet Boling Glassmacher Ann O'Laughlin Greene Mary Zeitler Hannibal Anne Canali Hermann Marcia Bojalad Hope Elizabeth Barczak Horrigan Sharon Jenkins Carol Kaminski Sharon Labosky Korb Elaine Bigwood Lewis Patricia Nicolette Loncto Kathryn Goetz McKeown Marlene DiTullio Mosco Jeanne Keim Phillips Margaret M. Pietraszek Rita Banic Pyrdek Donna Rossoni Radloff Judith Sandrock Rawa Suzanne Steines Robertson Karen Zmsylinski Romanowicz Mary Patalon Schaaf Camille Tyczkowski Schroeck Velia Grazioli Sebald Barbara Kahl Shutes Marjorie Rogers Smith Susan Sutto Bernadette Hordinski Triola Lorraine Condino Walley Diane Doleski Weber Janet Yaple

69 Class Agent - Kathleen Polito, 60% participation Christine Syguda Bailey Patricia Beisel Anita Bernstein Mary Morton Bliley Maureen Walsh Brennan Daniel Burke Rita Adams Daub Ellen McWilliams Doane Marcella Mikulec Galitsky Mary DAlessandro Galla Mary Thompson Hespenheide Kathryn Welsch Ishler Barbara Gutoski Johnson Elaine Kolat Kavanagh Kathleen Hall Kennedy Nancy Regruth Latimer Karen Schreckengost Leahy Mary Lipani Leah Edell Maselli Joyce Metzler McChesney Judi Meseck Janet Gustavson Miller Mary Pacileo Paulitz Diane Zareski Piper Kathleen Cermak Polito Patricia Trabold Preusser Carolyn Funari Radkowski Therese Zupsic Reese Sylvia DAurora Reising Suzanne Schuff Sanko Ann Knoll Schlaudecker Ann Brugger Schoeller Barbara Gloekler Sears Emily Fatica Sertz Christine Riehl Simonsen Maripat Smith Cheryl Stroup Marlene Kelly Young

70 Class Agent - Lorraine Weiner, 70% participation Mary Bula Benton Sandra Przybyszewski Berchtold Rosemary Blieszner Christine Bojt Sheila Boss Mary Cross Brustrom Marilyn Rose Buonviri Joann Smith DAmbrosio Jeanne Mahaffey Donato Christine Bogdanski Finnegan Chris Staynoff Gigliotti Louise Durr Guarnaccia Isabella Hagelstein Judy Duerr Jeanblanc Nancy Carnicelli Jordan Roberta Carson Kase Christa Vaughen Koster Margaret Fox Kovacs Kathleen Kopen Lanier Loretta Guiffre Latore Barbara Scully Liston Margaret Edwards Moriarty Rosemarie Bartnik Musser Diane Molvin Myers Pamela Kline Parenti Ellen Wilson Paulucci Susan Radanovich Linda Colvin Rhodes Gail Dunningham Rieder Mary Horsington Salibrici Mary Schlegel Samios

Martha Soroka Betsy Morrell Stille Karen Burke Traskey Mary Pleak Weber Cynthia Herbst Wegs Lorraine Weiner Gail Whiteman Kathleen Sullivan Yates

71 Class Agent - Gretchen Langnei; 63% participation Eileen Greka Bishop Jean Bojalad Jean Kuchinski Britt Roseanne Savino Corrigan Julianna Pieton Dvornek Mary Zampogna Frank Beverly Eiswert Gorski Mary Bartran Harvey Mary Pat Helbig Margaret Bostaph Hutzelman Margaret Froncek Kubiak Mary McCarthy Lahiff Gretchen Meehan Langner Margaret Fox Lape Mary Turek Margolis Anne Meyer-Wilber Frances Jurewicz Moyles Collette Pariseau Carolyn Billig Rapp Nancy Ryan Laurann Phillips Scheffner Rhonda Mahoney Schember Gloria Sertzen Susan Souders Sidorick Dorothea Volzer Skowron Dolores Krasinski Stockman Rebecca Smith Uveges Susan Walsh Margaret Fee Wargo Wendy McCabe Weber Rochelle George Wooding Maryann Schneider Yochim

72 Class Agent - Tom Becht, 28% participation Dennis Andres Mary Cosgrove Andres Carol Klakamp Axelrod Mary O'Dowd Bauer Thomas Becht Theresa Brady Kathleen Maloney Campbell Kathleen Caulfield Patricia Sutto Chiz Sheila Sullivan Coon William Dopierala Virginia Marciani Gance Stephen Gutting Mary McGarrity William Sachse Melanie Carlucca Schaffner Judith Szoda Weigold Linda Ruddy Zaycosky

73 Class Agent - Marlene Smith, 35% participation Barbara Lyon Andrews Mary Bader Alan Belovarac Gary Bukowski Diane Sandberg Dougan

Susan Dwyre Sherry Keefe Fitzgerald Patricia Jurewicz Flynn Salvatore Gallo Gail Gerono Ellen Gloekler Patricia Hunt Sue Hurley Jane Steinbaugh Hynes Mary Martin Marie Martone John Maus Maureen Sullivan Maus Margaret Benedict McEwen Carol White Mohamed Joan Page Moore Karyn Smith Nagle Kay Devine Pagni Linda Thanos Parks Robert Parks Mary Dahlkemper Razanauskas Phyllis Rzodkiewicz Wanda Anderson Salvia Marlene Smith Karen Stofan

74 Class Agent - Julie VanVolkenburg, 35% participation John Beck Lee Petonyak Belovarac Christine Shenk Borden Kenneth Burkhart Carol Carion William Chatenka Dario Cipriani David Collins Gary Dudenhoefer Russell Felix Russell Franklin Cathy Ryan Glotzer Mary Needham Gorndt Audrey Hartmann Thomas Heberle Phyllis Herbstritt Mary Hoffman Steven Kim Karen Hunt Koza James Lieb Mark Lloyd Jeffrey McCann Jeff McConnell Michael Minadeo Jon Myrick Chris Dodd Pettinelli Robert Pettinelli Jack Riley Georgiana Rudella Holly Henes Runo John Ryck Georgette Urgo Schriefer Jane Scura Rosemary Slater Ralph Sortino Kathleen Thompson Swanson Frances Daniels Tucker Julie Samick VanVolkenburg Paul West David Wieczorek John Wojdyla Marcia Sluser Zaremski Mark Zine

75 Class Agent - James Mahoney, 34% participation

Frank Abate Teresa Salvaggio Allemang Tod Allen Dianne Walsh Astry Karen Schultz Benzel Dan Bukowski Kathy Jurkiewicz Bukowski Mary McFarland Chatenka John Crupi Gretchen Krampf Dameron Evelyn Bogdanski Depalma Laverne Dabney Dothard Betty Gartner Laura Grotzinger Cheryl Lossie Hellman Romaine Kirkwood Denise Bole Krol Patricia Campbell Kubicek James Mahoney William Martin Collen McManamon Linda Hubler Moehler Mary Hergenrother Murosky Mari Garofolo Musial Mark Musial Beverly Welsh Pini Catherine Riehl Louise Herbst Rosenfeld Joan Popovich Schrecengost Lloyd B. Schrecengost Roberta Wenstran Vitron Nancy Nies Washek John Welsh Candace Yanker-Wrobel Kathryn Zboyovski Debbie Zera

76 Class Agent - Mike Lattanzio, 32% participation Patti Agnello Robert Amann Vicki Limoggio Atkins Sally Schismenos Baumgardner Therese Bechtos Michal Wrobel Callaghan Rosalie Coletta Thomas Crofoot Valeria Sherrange Crofoot Patty Malloy Crupi John Daly Edward Danial John Demeter Dorothy Meneely Diaco Michael Diaco Barbara Engel Pamela Fitzgerald Patricia Flanagan Terry Frontino Frank Garvvol Bruce Gingrich James Hallamyer Becky Bove Hart John Heise Dan Hill Sharon Smith Kubeja Nancy Borowski Layman Cynthia Leopold Debbie Mattes-Kulig Mary McGowan McConnell Deborah Mulcahy McVey John McVey Daun Miller

Joel Miller Dianna Vacco Mroz Kathryn Pilewskie Roy Reeves Robert Repko Thomas Ritchie Peeey Weber Rogers Mark Ruttenberg Annette Schiappa Elizabeth Stage Christine Dedad Stan-Gregory Vogelman Karen Wilmer Waldo Richard Washek Cynthia Kowalewsky Way Timothy Yeager

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79 Class Agent - Joann DeSantis, 25% participation Susanne Sontag Beck Peter Bozic Gary Calabrese Stephen Callaghan Cindy Sims Carney Mark Chaffee Elaine Hilsinger Condrin Joann DeSantis Philip Dubsky Shelagh Murphy Dubsky Jeanne Palmer R)rnarola Paula Fritz Raymond Gruss Eric Hackenberg Michael Heller Nancy Knoblock Heller Paul Huber Ann Hughes James Jacobs Stephen Joyce Terry Kelly Rosella Kwitowski Roseane Law Mary Leone Candace Locke Donald Mihoci Janet Artuhevich Miller Mary Nestor Patricia O'Neill James Paskert Richard Porris Carolyn Quinter Gregg Rautenstrauch Kevin Rozich Jeffrey Schmidt Kathleen Sellers-Hanse Gail Hudak Stahura Shirley Stebell

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80 Class Agent - Steve Frisina, 30% participation Carlee Bennett Jane McLaughlin Blackburn Roberta Bogart Kimberly Flick Borczyk Ron Borczyk Bernardine Borinski William Cain Kelly Conaway Mary Ferraro Dudenhoefer Thomas Fahey Richard Fischer Pauline Fisher Nancy Fouse Robert Franz Michele Frasca Stephen Frisina

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84 Class Agent - Sheila Delaney Margaret Doherty

"Summerhill, by A. S. Neill, remember that provocative book, Dr. Bryan? You assigned it in Child Psychology I, a course I took in the late 1960's. I don't know where my worn out copy is, but no matter. Its main thesis, to treat children in a laissez faire fashion, courses through my blood­stream these sixteen years later! Give kids lots of freedom and they'll come up with decent answers minus all those indecent hang-ups, Neill (and you) argued.

And so, prompted by your enthusiasm for breaking out of traditional modes of behavior and "getting in touch with one's feelings," I pumped SummerhiU's a'la Bryan with the same intensity that young hunks today pump iron. I pumped it on the streets of Manhattan as a social worker for foster kids who didn't mind at all. I pumped for hours in play therapy sessions with autistic kids (you should've heard those results!) And, I even pumped it with my own kids, for a while anyway.

Nothing like a little motherhood to pull one's philosophical insides apart. Some­how, the Summerhillian way was leading to an overload of "meism" and becoming insufficient to the task of raising a pair of decent, social-minded daughters.

Now, I know that you never one-solutioned your way through a problem, that you never meant "hands-off" child-rearing to be the only answer. But, you never did say what the other half of that equation was. Where are you now, Dr. Bryan, and do you teach a course called Child Psychology II?

Linda Ann Salem Burtis '68 Elsmore, New York

Dear Linda:

"Summerhill" I remember it well! Neill did, and I still do, believe that human nature is pro-life. Neither Neill nor I were advocates of laissez-faire child

Thanks Prof DR. WILLIAM E. BRYAN

raising and education. He and I do believe that children are capable human beings, that education should be child-centered, that their freedom should be respected, that we should deal with them honestly, and that we should help them know and feel their way through life. He and I did emphasize loving them more than control­ling them and teaching them to exercise their freedom in responsible ways. He and I both may have erred in the degree of freedom we advocated. However, I would always choose to emphasize love and freedom as they are pro-life ideas.

I applaud your efforts to love children in your personal and professional lives. It is always frustrating to forfeit the artificial control that we have and to assume the role of helper and not mentor. The issue is really not our comfort but their growth that matters. I am confident that your love was felt on the streets of Manhattan, in the quiet world of the autistic child, and in the daily lives of your daughters. The test of your success is your willingness to love and not their willingness to change.

I share with you the anxieties of par­enting. I have used the thoughts of Neill and Gibran to maintain my perspective. My children are not mine; they may come through me and are with me, but they belong to themselves. I trust them to design their own lives more creatively than I could do for them. I applaud their suc­cesses and regret their failures, but their lives are their own project.

You are already enrolled in Child Psychology II. It began in Manhattan and continues in your home. The children in your life continue to change as their world unfolds. Obviously, you are not satisfied either with Bryan's answers of yesterday. Neither is he! Certainly, you are continuing the quest to better understand the role of freedom and love in human nature and in the development of children. I am also con­tinuing the quest as I am now advocating

the need for physician education that is patient-centered and respects the pro-life power of the human being to maintain health and to be self-healing. Child Psychology II must go on for life!

Finally, Neill remained alive as long as he lived. Among his last words at age 90, he wrote, "I don't fear death, I fear ceas­ing to live." I challenge us both to continue this quest for life.

Students together, William E. Bryan

A Quote: "Dr. William Bryan . . . a man recognized

as a leader not only by his colleagues but also by the students . . . admired as a pro­fessor whose teaching does not end with the bell. . . appreciated as a counselor with an open door and a willing ear . . . respected as an initiator of ideas . . . A man whose personality is expressed by the impatient pushing back of an unruly lock of hair . . . a slight grin that becomes a burst of laughter . . . the extended arm that asks, "Are you coming to grips with the material?"

From Praeterita 1968 Dedication

Since 1982, DR. WILLIAM BRYAN has been the associate dean for administration and institutional development at the University of Medicine and Den­tistry ofNeio jersey, School of Osteopathic Medicine, Camden, NJ. He was President of Salem Community College from 1977-1982 and three years prior was the deputy superintendent of Sommerset County Voca­tional Schools, Bridgeioater, NJ. Dr. Bryan was a member of the Mercyhurst Education faculty from 1964 to 1973.

WINTER, 1984

ON THE HILL

Record Breaking Enrollment

When Mercyhurst began its 58th year in September, the College recorded its highest student population with 1,750 students. In­cluded in the record breaking totals were 360 new freshmen.

According to Thomas Billingsley, direc­tor of administration at the College, "Enrollment at Mercyhurst has more than doubled since 1970 when students numbered 743."

Billingsley added that the flexibility of Mercyhurst's programs of evening, weekend, and off-campus classes at the Corry Center, have made it possible for an increased number of adult employed students to attend Mercyhurst. "This year we have a record breaking part-time enroll­ment at the College as well," said Billingsley.

The quality of the Mercyhurst student continues to improve according to statistics from Andrew Roth, admissions director. Average SAT scores of Mercyhurst freshmen have jumped nearly 100 points in the past four years—the result being that nearly 70 percent of this year's freshman class graduated in the top half of their high school classes.

Students in the Class of '88 come from 12 states and six foreign countries. Seventy-four percent of the incoming class are resi­dent students. One other notable statistic shows that 47 percent of the freshmen are males and 53 percent are females.

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

Two Added to Advancement Team

Two Erie civic leaders were named to ad­ministrative posts at the College in November by appointment of Mercyhurst President William P. Garvey.

F. Brady Louis, former President and owner of WRIE Radio, was named assist­ant to the president for the Mercyhurst Capital Campaign, and Gary L. Bukowski, promoted to director of development and alumni relations.

Louis, who formerly served for ten years on the College's President's Board of Associates, will concentrate on business and corporate cultivation, and will work as a team with Bukowski in managing the Capital Campaign and annual fund. The College is currently in the internal com­munity phase and advanced gifts stage of the Campaign, with a public announce­

ment of goals to come in late January. Bukowski, in his expanded duties at

Mercyhurst, will be in charge of long range gifts from alumni, parents, and friends of the College, as well as being responsible for the implementation of a prospect research program for the future advance­ment of the College.

E Brady Louis Gary L. Bukowski

He has served the College in the past as director of career planning and placement, and more recently, as director of alumni relations. He has been a member of Erie County Council since 1977, and served as council chairman in 1982.

In making the announcement, Dr. Garvey said, "I feel confident that with our new team of Mr. Louis and Mr. Bukowski we are well on our way to meeting our campaign goals and to strengthening the long-term resource base of the College."

Kilduf f Wins Grand Prize in D'Angelo Competition

Barbara Kilduff, a 24 year old soprano from New Haven, Connecticut, was the 1984 grand prize winner in the Eighth D'Angelo Young Artist Competition held in May at Mercyhurst College.

Kilduff received a $10,000 cash award and performance prizes with the Erie Philhar­monic Orchestra and the Chautauqua In­stitution. Ms. Kilduff received her Master of Music degree from Yale and did her undergraduate studies in voice at SUNY Fredonia. Kilduff also was the 1984 first place winner in the Metropolitan Opera District Competition in New Haven.

The second place award of $5,000 was presented to 24 year old Gretha Boston, a mezzo soprano from Champaign, Illinois. Third place honors of $3,000 went to 26 year old baritone Kevin McMillan of Jackson Heights, New York.

Robert Jacobson, editor of "Opera News" and recognized as the leading music jour­nalist in America, was the senior ad­judicator for the voice competition. He was joined from New York City by Madame

Licia Albanese, one of the most celebrated Metropolitan Opera stars of our time. Also on the panel of jurors were John Wustman, accompanying division chairman and pro­fessor of music at the University of Illinois, and Maestro Walter Hendl, conductor of the Erie Philharmonic.

The 1985 DAngelo Competition in strings will be held at the College on April 25, 26 and 27th.

Irish Scholarship Program Established at Hurst

Recognizing the Irish heritage of Mer­cyhurst College and honoring its founding Sisters of Mercy from Dublin, Ireland, Mer­cyhurst officials have established the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Irish Scholarship Program.

Designed to aid selected young people from Ireland who wish to continue their higher education in the United States, the Irish Scholarships to Mercyhurst will cover costs for four or five years of study at the College.

The first gift to the Irish Scholarship Fund came from The Most Reverend Michael J. Murphy, bishop of the Erie Catholic diocese, whose contribution was given in memory of his mother, the late Mary Bridget Patton Murphy of County Mayo.

The 1984 recipient of the Mercyhurst Kennedy Scholarship is Michael D. Kelly from Dublin. The oldest of five children, Kelly is a hotel-restaurant management major at Mercyhurst and a member of the Laker soccer team.

Eventually six to ten Irish students per academic year will be part of the Mer­cyhurst student body. Toward this end, col­lege officials will be seeking additional funds for the Kennedy Scholarship Pro­gram at Mercyhurst from Irish-American families, Irish Cultural Societies, and from Irish Foundations.

Apartments Purchased Over the summer, the College purchased

four Baldwin apartments on Briggs Avenue to house its growing residential student population.

The once red-bricked apartment ex­teriors are being given an English-Tudor look to blend with the architecture of the main campus. The four buildings accom­modate 56 units and can provide additional on-campus housing for 168 students.

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MERCYHURST CELEBRATES THE ARTS

CORRINE S. HALPERIN '80

M ercyhurst's strength has long been the humanities. Music, dance, theater, poetry, films,

stimulating and provocative lectures, in­novative programs which help both the performer and the audience learn and grow, have been hallmarks of a great tradi­tion. In 1983, all of these areas were pulled together for the first time and Mercyhurst invited the Erie community to help CELE­BRATE THE ARTS. The addition of the In­ternational Poetry Forum allowed the Col­lege to present six Pulitzer Prize winning poets to the College and community.

SUMMER ON THE HILL '84 began with the rollicking Canterbury Feast which sold out each performance for the second straight year. Canterbury was followed by the appearance of the first of eight lectures presented in conjunction with Chautauqua Institution as Marva Collins spoke on 'Ex­cellence in Education' before more than 100 educators and laypersons from the area. The CHAUTAUQUA ON THE HILL initi­ative, funded in part by the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, allowed Mercyhurst to present Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and the Chautauqua Dance School, the Chatauqua Opera Company, Chautauqua Festival Orchestra, the Logan (formerly Chautau­qua) String Quartet as well as lectures by Mrs. Collins, attorney Barry Reed, critic Lionel Abel, and Foreign Affairs journalist John Wallach.

An innovative program, NATIONAL PLAYWRIGHT'S SHOWCASE, used Mer-

Doris Keanis

Rico Serbo and Diana Soviero in "La Boheme"

cyhurst as homebase for a new playwriting contest which drew over 230 entries from 23 states and resulted in three premieres of works on campus. THE LAST LAUGH, by Steven Williams, TOMATOES AND BEER, by Randall Silvis, and WATCH-NIGHT, by Roma Greth were presented over eight weekends, making their debuts to Erie audiences. Each was well received and the SHOWCASE will become a part of Mercyhurst on a more permanent basis in the future. The popular and informal MUSIC IN THE GROTIO series continued as Erieites brought blankets and chairs to relax in the cooling summer breezes listen­ing to local artists present a variety of musical treats as the sun set on the hill. One of the most attractive offerings of SUMMER ON THE HILL, the open air in­formal concerts, drew over 400 people over the summer.

So as fall arrived at Mercyhurst, the celebration continued. Lectures by John Anderson and Doris Kearns, ambitious theater directed by Lucian Zabramny and Paul Iddings, the second annual Madrigal dinner sponsored by the HRM, D'Angelo School of Music and Dance departments, and a series of exciting art exhibits in the new Cummings gallery ushered in a new season.

On October 14th, a new tradition A SUNDAY AT THE ARTS began as new dance director Jean-Marc Baier presented his faculty recital and the Sr. M. Angelica Cummings Memorial Exhibit opened. More than 70 paintings on loan from members of the Mercyhurst community

and the citizens of Erie graced the walls of the gallery which bears her name. The next SUNDAY AT THE ARTS will be held on January 6, 1985, showcasing the Mercy­hurst collection by James E. Sabol. The collection consists of pen and ink render­ings of the Mercyhurst campus especially commissioned by the College for use in a variety of ways, including literature for the upcoming capital campaign. The spotlight will also be on the D'Angelo School of Music that day, as faculty member Carolyn Englert and her Cambridge Ensemble present a recital in the auditorium under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association.

Two performances with the International Poetry Forum are part of this year's series. On December 4th, Dr. Samuel Hazo, president of the Forum joined forces with Paul Winter & Ensemble (from Paul Winter Consort) to present a poetry and jazz suite, SUN SINGER. March 5th will feature Tammy Grimes and Fritz Weaver in Edgar Lee Master's SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY.

The National Shakespeare Festival's pro­duction of MACBETH on April 23 will be the highlight of the theatre season. April will also feature the Ninth Annual D'Angelo International Young Artist Com­petition which turns its focus to strings this year. In addition, our dance majors will perform a spring concert in mid-April in the Zurn Recital Hall.

The arts and humanities are alive and well in Erie, and some of the best are living on the Mercyhurst campus. Come and join the celebration! SM\

Haskell Small

WINTER, 1984 II

A Day in the Life of a Coach's Wife

JoANNE DeMEO

7:30 Wake-up time. I look out the bedroom window. The weather will dictate my morning-of-the-game conversation. The following guidelines have evolved over ten years of marriage to a football coach:

torrential downpour: Take your coffee to a quiet corner, read paper, do not bother to speak to the coach at all.

cloudy, threatening: Go about normal business, but do not refer to the weather in any way. Even a simple, "Will you pour my coffee?" is risky.

sunny, promising: Rejoice. Feel free to talk about anything.

8:00 This morning we talk about the books we are reading. I feed him bits of wisdom from Plato's 'Apology" which I am reading for a course at the college.

"Socrates believed that no one really knows anything and that if you think you know something, you are just a fool," I tell him.

He notes with a grin that this has wide-reaching implications. He mentally files what I have told him.

He talks excitedly about Denis Waitley's Seeds of Greatness and emphasizes how much he is enjoying, even savoring, this

JoAnne and Tony DeMeo

book. He has captured my interest. I in­sert this one into my mental booklist.

8:45 The coach leaves for 8:45 Mass and then game preparations at the college. I wonder aloud about the wisdom of pray­ing about a football game. Polite, but visibly "put out", he replies that he prays there will be no injuries and that he only hopes for victory.

8:45-11:30 I go about my normal motherly business. All the while butterflies gather in my stomach, one at a time.

11:30 Time to get my daughters and myself ready. With all the tension of being on the coaching end of a football program, I find relief in treating the game as a social event. I will dress in my nicest football-game clothes, and I look forward to visiting with many friends who will be at the stadium this afternoon. My two older girls are all decked-out in Laker blue and green and discussing what treat they will get at the concession stand. The two-year old will remain home, and anyone who has met her knows why.

1:45 It is exhilarating to drive down State St. and see block after block filled with cars. As we arrive at the stadium, I see a good crowd has gathered on "our" side.

Some of my friends have saved seats for us on the 50 yd. line. One friend has a

thermos of something that I know is warm and will relax my senses.

2:00 The Mercyhurst Lakers take the field. I wonder if the coach will always be able to keep up with the team on the sprint to the 50 yd. line.

2:30 Our opponent, St. Francis Col­lege, appears to be tough in the first quarter. But we convert three fourth and long plays into first downs and pull out ahead.

I enjoy football. With scrutiny of line play and extensive reading, I would understand the game's intricacies. But I deliberately avoid this. I do not want to feel the urge to question him in this area. He needs one fan who is blindly loyal, supportive, and unquestioning.

3:00 Half-time. We had an excellent second quarter highlighted by two T.D. passes, one from each quarterback, and both caught by Craig Zonna. Despite our dominance in the game, there are some fans who grumble. They spew forth remarks with no consideration for a coach's wife sitting nearby. I must constantly re­mind myself of two things:

1) This is entertainment. Fans have the right to enjoy it in any way they see fit.

2) You are the coach's wife. Behave with restraint, and resist your gut instinct to react to each play as if your life is going on in front of you.

3:45 After watching Jerry Spetz and Dave Scarsella give each other what I can only describe as a "high forehead", I shuf­fle around for a bottle of aspirin. Perhaps I should save a few for the St. Francis quarterback who has been sacked by our defensive powerhouses more times than I can count.

4:30 At 68-0,1 am searching for a new verb. But to be succinct: We won! I wait at the top of the stadium steps while the coach is being interviewed by a local sportscaster. Then a crowd of people want to congratulate him. Finally, he comes to me, gives me a quick kiss, and heads for the locker room.

To some it may seem that he might have kissed a telephone pole with as much feeling. But to one "in the know", he has reaffirmed my importance in these en­deavors with a simple look in his eyes. I head home . . .

6:00 The coach comes by to pick me up. The girls will stay home with the sitter who is in the process of earning a very good day's wage. We will dine at the Erie Hilton, whose proprietor is a staunch Laker Foot­ball fan. Then I am hoping we will go to a little place called "Pal Joey's" for some jazz and jubilation. Tonite, I think, I will have anything I desire. f l̂

JoANNE DeMEO is a 1974 graduate of the College of Neio Rochelle where she majored in the classics.

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Green Leads Attack

Billy Kalbaugh begins his fourth season at the helm of Laker basketball with high expectations. His '84-85 edition boasts seven returning lettermen, three freshmen, and one transfer.

'Tor the first time since I've been here, we have very good overall depth," says Kalbaugh. "We're very experienced with three four-year starters back."

Leading the Laker attack will be senior Ail-American candidate John Green from Binghamton, NY. The Mercyhurst "Scor­ing Machine" comes into the season with 1,681 points, needing just 70 points to become the all-time leading scorer for the Hurst. A 6-1 guard, Green averaged 20.1 ppg in '83-'84. Kalbaugh feels that Green is the best pure shooter in Division II.

Over the last few years, rebounding has been the Mercyhurst team's major weakness. This year, however, rebounding could be the team's strength. The Lakers have six players who are 6-6 or taller, in­cluding a pair of 6-9 centers.

Coach Kalbaugh feels his team is ready to make a serious challenge for a NCAA Division II playoff berth. "We went from 11-14 my first year to 14-14 to a winning record of 15-12 last year. Now we have the biggest and hardest jump to make—going from a winning team to a tournament team."

Standing between Mercyhurst and a Division II playoff bid is a schedule Kalbaugh calls "the most difficult we've played." The Blue and Green will play 28 games, 19 of them against Division II teams including local rivals Gannon and Edin-boro University, a Division II playoff en­trant last year. For the Hurst to earn a playoff berth, Kalbaugh sees twenty wins a must.

Men's Crew Sweeps Title in Philly

Penn, Temple, Rutgers and Princeton were just a few of the schools that the Mercyhurst men's varsity crew competed against in the Frostbite Regatta in Phila­delphia on November 17. And although the race results were divided into divisions be­

tween Ivy League and small schools, everyone competed together on the course.

The men's freshman eight rowed to an overall victory beating all 21 teams com­peting in their event and with 14 seconds ahead of the second place team.

Coach Allan Belovarac is pleased with the Laker Men's fall season. The men's freshman eight went undefeated and the varsity eight won the Head of the Mus­kingum, beating Marietta and Charleston for the first time in 15 years.

For the women's varsity crew, the high points of the season came, according to Coach Jack Beck, when they finished second to Purdue in Columbus and beat the strong Canadian women's team from the University of Toronto at the Brock Invitational.

Laker Football Records 8-1 Season

The 1984 Laker football season will be remembered as one of excitement, success, and yet, disappointment. Under fourth-year coach Tony DeMeo, the Lakers re­corded their best outing in the abbreviated Mercyhurst history, finishing 8-1. The Blue and Green set numerous standards in this, their most successful year.

After opening the campaign with a 35-6 triumph over Sienna College, the Lakers traveled to Philadelphia to challenge the highly touted Pioneers of Widener Univer­sity. Not only did the Hurst provide a challenge for the "winningest team of the decade," Mercyhurst shocked the host crowd by defeating Widener 17-7.

Consecutive victories over St. Francis of PA (68-0), Frostburg State (30-27), and Marietta (14-3) gave Mercyhurst an un­blemished record of 5-0, undoubtedly their best start.

But a stunning disappointment against the Bengals of Buffalo State cost the Lakers an undefeated season. In a game riddled with missed opportunities and crucial penalties, the Bengals ruined the Hurst's hopes with a 12-10 upset.

However, the team rebounded with concluding wins over Canisius (31-0), Duquesne (48-20), and a win over peren­nial Division III power, Alfred University, kept Mercyhurst's playoff possibilities alive.

But while the team finished better than any previous Laker Club — and better cer­tainly than any, if not all, knowledgeable football skeptics said was possible — the 8-1 record wasn't good enough.

The NCAA's limit of only two teams from each of the four regions advancing to the post-season competition was one fewer than the Lakers needed.

For the 19 senior players (17 had been with the program since their freshman year), the end of the 1984 season likewise marked the end of their collegiate playing days. They carry with them, however, the distinction of writing the first chapter of Mercyhurst football history and of having been the core ingredients of the newest college football program in the country.

1984-85 •

BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

Nov. 17 Nov. 26 Nov. 29 Dec. 1 Dec. 5 Dec. 7 Dec. 11 Dec. 15 Dec. 17 Jan. 4 Jan. 5 Jan. 9 Jan. 12 Jan. 14 Jan. 16 Jan. 19 Jan. 25 Jan. 30 Feb. 1 Feb. 4 Feb. 6 Feb. 9 Feb. 11 Feb. 13 Feb. 19 Feb. 21 Feb. 23 V-eb. 25

Gary Miller Classic vs. Alliance SAGINAW VALLEY STATE (H) ALLIANCE (H) at Canisius at Clarion ST. JOHN FISHER (H) at Edinboro ASHLAND (H) at Buffalo State at Mercy at Southampton CLARION (H) UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO (H) SOUTHAMPTON (H) MANSFIELD (H) CHEYNEY (H) at St. John Fisher at Central State COPPIN STATE (H) EDINBORO (H) LAROCHE (H) CENTRAL STATE (H) at St. Francis (PA) Gannon at Malone INDIANA (PA) (H) at LeMoyne BEHREND (H)

Tipoff 8 PM Home Games - Campus Center

GREG YOKO is the sports information director for Mercyhurst College.

WINTER, 1984 13

Sister Eymard Receives Alumni Award

Sister M. Eymard Poydock, professor emeritus of biology and director of cancer research at Mercyhurst College, has been selected the Distinguished Alumnus of 1984 by the Mercyhurst Alumni Board.

A member of the 1943 graduating class of the College, Sr. Eymard received her Master's degree from University of Pitts­burgh and her doctorate in Biology and Experimental Medicine from St. Thomas Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio. She did addi­tional study at the National Science Foun­dation's Institute of Microbiology, Durham, North Carolina and spent two summers perfecting tissue cultures and bone mar­row techniques at Roswell Park, Buffalo, NY.

In addition to her scholarly achievements and practical cancer research, Sr. Eymard is an accomplished artist presenting over 15 exhibits and having sold more than 250 of her paintings.

Sr. Eymard has served as a member of the Erie Unit of the American Cancer Society's Board of Directors, as Secretary to the Board, and as chair of Cancer Prevention Studies I & II. She is an honorary member of Zonta Club of Erie II and served on its Board of Directors. She holds membership in the Pennsylvania Academy of Science and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Sister has presented papers on her cancer research around the world. Her cur­rent research with vitamins has proven that Vitamin C-B complex stops cell division in mouse cancers with no apparent side effects.

In 1983, Sister Eymard celebrated her Golden Jubilee as a Sister of Mercy.

Alumni Board to be expanded

At its most recent meeting, the alumni board voted to expand from its present 11 members to 15 members. Anyone who is interested in becoming a member of the alumni board and who would be available to attend from four to six meetings per year should contact Gary Bukowski at the

Alumni Office or any board member. In­terested alumni will be screened over the next several months with the hopes that the four new members will be ready to take on their duties by the March meeting.

Alumni Directory in the works

If you have had little or no success in tracing the whereabouts of your freshman roommate — last seen in Tahiti, or was it Topeka? — relax, help is on the way! A comprehensive alumni directory is now in the works and is scheduled for release in Fall 1985. The publication will be a reference volume for alumni who wish to know where their friends are and what they are doing now.

The directory will be divided into four sections:

• Pictures and information on Mercy­hurst College

• Alphabetical listing on each alum including name, class year, degree and professional information, home and business addresses, and tele­phone numbers.

• Alumni listing by class • Alumni listing by present geographic

location (city, state, foreign country) The directory is being researched and

compiled by Harris Publishing Company. The information will be obtained through questionnaires sent to alumni in December 1984, and will be verified by telephone in April 1985. Your cooperation in providing the most up to date information will en­sure the success of this fascinating and comprehensive alumni directory. Each alum will be given an opportunity to order the directory when information is verified by phone.

The entire project will be undertaken at virtually no cost to Mercyhurst College. The Harris Company will finance the operation through the sale of these direc­tories to Mercyhurst alumni.

So, for those of you who have wondered, "where are they now?," you will soon find out. In the very near future you will be receiving a questionnaire, and we hope that you will make every effort to fill it out in its entirety since this will help us to ac­complish this project by the fall of '85.

New Officers Elected Michael E. Heller 79 has been chosen

President of the Mercyhurst Alumni Association. Heller is a senior accountant with the newly developed comprehensive professional services department at Price

Michael E. Heller

Waterhouse in Buffalo. Active as a student leader while at Mercyhurst, Mike was stu­dent government president and the recip­ient of the Carpe Diem award at commencement.

Other officers serving are Joyce Metzler McChesney '69 as vice president and Regina C. O'Connor '80 as secretary.

Homecoming / Alumni College

More than 200 alumni attended Homecoming '84 this fall. Festivities in­cluded a tailgate party before a victorious football game, and a scrumptous dinner buffet following.

September 28, 1985 has been set by the alumni board for a combined Homecoming and Alumni College Weekend.

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Club Notes

Washington Washington area alumni met September

14 at the Holiday Inn in Georgetown. Debbie Mattes-Kulig was instrumental in organizing the event for the more than 20 alums who attended.

Philadelphia When Mercyhurst beat Widener College

in a real upset September 15, the Hurst was well represented with alums in the stands. A get together on the Widener campus for the Philadelphia area alumni followed the game.

Pittsburgh Before the Mercyhurst vs Duquesne

game October 27, Pittsburgh area alums met at Mario's on the southside of Pitts­burgh for a little pre-game cheer.

Syracuse

Fifteen members of the Syracuse alum­ni club met recently for a dinrier party in the home of Martha McNulty Cuddy '56. The chapter plans to meet again Saturday, March 30.

California California alumni met over the summer

at the home of Anne Neckum Gazda '48 in Costa Mesa. Others met in San Francisco at the Sheraton Palace Hotel arranged with the help of Debbie Duda 77. Flying from Erie were Gary Bukowski 73' alumni direc­tor, Joyce Savocchio '65 and Patricia Liebel '53 who were delegates to the Democratic National Convention. While in California, Bukowski also met with Margaret Burkhardt Kirk '30 in San Luis Obispo.

Credentials Update Upon written request of an alumnus,

Mercyhurst will update the references and letters of recommendation in the College's Career Services Placement Office. If you feel more current references would better serve your placement needs, please write or call Tyrone B. Moore, director of career services and cooperative education, Mer­cyhurst College, Glenwood Hills, Erie, PA 16546 (814) 825-0426. Individuals who will be your new references should send letters directly to the career services director for insertion in your files. It is suggested that you ask to have a copy forwarded to you, as well.

42 JO MUSI BRADLEY has retired and is traveling extensively. Prior to her retirement, she taught nutrition to pre-school mothers in Lan­caster, PA and edited a cookbook.

MERI HOLWAY has retired from the State Department in Washington D.C., where she worked for the Diplomatic Corps (OAS) for many years.

NORMA JEAN BROWNYARD and CLAUDIA EVANS GARVEY both report that their eldest children are married and have potential can­didates for Mercyhurst College.

ANNETTE MORRELL SUTTELL is living in St. Petersburg, FL, where she has been in the real estate business for many years.

47 The Syracuse Chapter of Mercyhurst College Alumni Association has begun a memorial for one of its deceased members, GLORIA MCQUILLEN WILLIAMS, who died October 18,1983. Friends and classmates who wish to make a contribution to the memorial are asked to earmark their annual alumni gift to 'The Gloria McQuillen Williams Student-Athlete Fund" and direct it to the at­tention of Gary Bukowski in the alumni rela­tions office.

51 JANE CAROLINE BREYLEY OLSON is a public school teacher in Green Bay, WI.

56 MARILYN GENCK NEWSHAM received her Master's Degree in Special Education from Mercyhurst and is teaching in the Wattsburg (PA) Area School District.

57 SYLVIA CHRISTIE TUCKER is a flower show judge. She has conducted workshops and lectured on design in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. RITA WALTER WEISS was one of 95 at "THE EXECUTIVE PROGRAM" at Dartmouth's Amos Luck School this past summer.

61 CONSTANCE MUSI SCHWARTZ-WELDER was appointed director of counseling and student development at Atlantic School this past summer.

63 BUNNY STADELMAIER POWER is tutor­ing elementary reading and math under the Chapter I program in Deerfield, IL.

D O MARY DALY was the 1984 recipient of the George J. Mead Distinguished Career Award from the Erie Advertising Club. Daly is assistant to the president for external affairs at Mercyhurst College.

MARIE MELONI MINUNNI was recently elected to the office of New York State President of Alpha Delta Kappa International Sorority for Women Educators. Marie lives in Lockport, N.Y where she teaches vocal and instrumental music.

class notes

69 DANIEL BURKE, chairman of the Mer­cyhurst art department, held a one man show of 42 works at Allegheny College. He was also featured in a show entitled "Five Painters" at Bruce Gallery at Edinboro University.

71 RHONDA MAHONEY SCHEMBER writes a column for the Erie Times-News called "Food for Thought" which appears each Sun­day in the LIVING section of the paper.

73 THOMAS M. FRANK completed his Master's Degree in Criminal Justice at the Hurst this year, and is working as security manager at Unibanc Trust in Chicago, IL.

ROBERT PARKS, general manager of the Tri-State Gazette in Port Jervis, NY, received a com­munity service award for his series on the Novel­ty Slipper Factory.

CYNTHIA GUSTIN WIRT has been promoted to Consumer Affairs Coordinator for the Penn­sylvania Department of Banking.

74 SHELLE LICHTENWALTER BARRON's mixed media work "20th Century Blues" was awarded the News Company Purchase Award and Hoyt Institute Cash Award by the Hoyt In­stitute of Fine Arts in New Castle, PA. Shelle teaches in the art department at Mercyhurst and is pursuing her MFA in painting at Edinboro University.

DARIO CIPRIANI captured his first Erie Golf Association Amateur Championship title at the Lakeview Country Club.

JUDITH GORMONT EMICK was appointed assistant banking officer at Marine Bank's Drake Mall community office.

/D WILLIS CARDOT, JR. is currently practic­ing orthodontics in Erie after completing his studies at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Dentistry.

EVELYN BOGDANSKI DEPALMA received her Master's Degree in systems management from the University of Southern California. She is a systems analyst for the Department of Defense.

76 WILLIAM GLINKA was promoted to criminal investigator, US. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service in Newark, NJ.

DEBRA MATTES-KULIG launched a computer diet analysis firm from her home in Arlington, VA. She uses a personal computer to evaluate the diets of people concerned about what they eat and how it will affect their health. Debbie also teaches a class in weight loss at Alexandria Hospital.

LORI WEAVER HORDYCH was named Outstanding Young Woman for 1983-84 by the North East Junior Woman's Club in recognition of her commitment to the North East Community.

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77 DEBORAH DUDA, manager of treasury operations at Apple Computer in Cupertino, CA, was featured in an article in the April 12, 1984, issue of "Pension & Investment Age."

REGINA SCURA MERZ has been promoted to manager of property accounting at Gannett (Newspapers) Company.

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78 VALARIE A. FERRO has joined the staff of Huth Engineers, in Lancaster, PA as a marketing coordinator.

DANIEL R. FRANKS has been named vice president and credit officer for the First National Bank of Pennsylvania. He is enrolled in the M.B.A. program at Gannon University.

JAY KIRK is teaching jazz and jazzercize classes at Homestead Dance Academy, Homestead, PA.

80 WILLIAM R. GRAHAM, II graduated from Farleigh-Dickinson University and is now a resident dentist for Metropolitan Hospital in New York City.

WALTER R. GREEN received his Master of Divinity from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY Walt completed work as a prison chaplain at a prison near Louisville.

MELINDA MICKLER MARCUM is working in the intensive care unit of Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, MD.

81 ANNE O'NEILL was installed in the Erie chapter of the Jaycees. She was one of five women who were the first to be admitted to the once all male organization.

DIANE PARSONS received her B.S. in Nursing from Widener College and is currently working at Misericordia Hospital in Philadelphia.

GARY D. VESHECCO received his juris doc­torate degree from Ohio State University Petitt School of Law.

82 GARY DAGAN is working as a field auditor for the FBI in Washington D.C.

83 LISA M. GUNTHER has been named training and communications specialist for Dahlkemper's in Erie.

MICHAEL C. SMITH was selected to be writ­ten up in International Youth in Achievement. Selections are made on the basis of leadership, growth, achievement and creativity since graduation.

DONNA PETERSON is a public relations assis­tant at the Independent Liquid Terminals Association in Washington, D.C.

PHON-A-THON '85 Plans are currently underway

for the Annual Alumni Phon-A-Thon '85.

Phones will be ringing the first three weeks of February.

STEPHANIE HULTBERG was recently in­stalled as a member of the Erie Jaycees.

1984 Grads . . . What Are They Doing Now?

MARY JO ALLEN, Helicopter Association International, Washington, D.C.

STEVE AYERS, manager, Burger King, Erie, PA DEIDRE BAAS, leads coordinator, Prentice-Hall,

Inc., Paramus, NJ MARY BALDUF, staff accountant, Ernst &

Whinney, Baltimore, MD PATRICIA K. BALINSKI, purchasing agent,

Better Baked Foods, Inc., North East, PA BECKY BURKE, fifth grade teacher, St. Titus

School, Titusville, PA JANE-ANNE BURNS, special education teacher,

Chesterfield County Public Schools, Rich­mond, VA

BONNIE CLARK, administrative assistant, alumni relations, Mercyhurst College

CHRISTINE CRAWFORD, teacher, St. Boniface School, Erie, PA

SUZANNE DALEY, trainee, Saks Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA

SHEILA DELANEY, electronic data processing auditor, Standard Oil of Ohio, Cleveland, OH

MARGARET DOHERTY, foods service manager, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

ROBERT DUMEYER, assistant food service director, LeMoyne College, Syracuse, NY

JEFFREY GAZICA, assistant housekeeping mgr., Marriott Hotel, Washington, D.C.

KAREN GENS, personnel director, Afro-Lecon, Inc., Jamestown, NY

ANN GILLIGAN, programmer-analyst, Com­puter Synergy, Inc., San Francisco, CA

MARY CATHERINE GWIAZDOWSKI, man­ager in training, Ponderosa, Marlton, New Jersey

MARIA HAAS, diet technician, Meals on Wheels, Buffalo, NY

LUIS HERNANDEZ, service manager, Saga Foods, Oakland University, Rochester, MI

SHARON JOHNSON, special education teacher, E. Orange School, East Orange, NJ

STEVE KAYNER, music teacher, Venango Christian High School, Oil City, PA

BRENDA SULLIVAN KNAPP, secretary, Smethport Specialty Company, Smethport, PA

KERRI MCCORMICK, art therapist, Bergen Center for Child Development Inc., Haworth, NJ

KRISTINE GREGONIS MOROSKY, interior designer, Design I, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

TOM MURPHY, clinical dietitian, Erie Co. Geriatric Center, Erie, PA

DARLENE NOLAN, food service manager, Saga Corp., Hartford, CT

MARY NOLAN, mental health therapist, Bradford Hospital, Bradford, PA

KATHY O'CONNER, first grade teacher, Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament School, Depew, NY

KENNETH PAUL, National Fuel Gas, Erie, PA KAREN RASTETTER, designer/buyer/consult­

ant, Arthur F. Schultz, Erie, PA MARIA SANTANGELO, Peace Corps, the

Phillipines DONNA SATMARY, drug and alcohol specialist,

GECAC, Erie, PA CAROL SCHAAF, third grade teacher, St. Luke's

School, Erie, PA

MIKE SCHELLHAMMER, rifle platoon leader, 101st Airborne Division, Ft. Campbell, KY

SANDRA SOLLE, legal secretary, Manning, Fulton & Skinner, Raleigh, NC

LAURIE SPURLIN, teacher/counselor, Abraxas Foundation, Marienville, PA

GREGORY SUROVIEC, loss prevention manager, Peter J. Schmitt Co., Buffalo, NY

ELIZABETH TIRDEL, secretary, Massaro Cor­poration, Pittsburgh, PA

BARB REDDING THROPP, counselor, Childrens Home of Bradford, Bradford, PA

MARY BETH WALSH, assistant food service mgr., University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

BRIAN WARD, direct marketing representative, Movie Exchange, Audobon, PA

THERESA WESTON, contract specialist trainee, VA Medical Center, Erie, PA

LISA YOUNG, patio manager, The Woodstock Inn, Woodstock, VT

GRADUATE SCHOOL:

JUDY CUSIMANO, counseling psychology, St. Bonaventure University, Olean, NY

PIERRE DONYEGRO, international business/ tourism, Nova University, Sunrise, FL

KAREN GODUTI, art therapy, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

MICHELLE HURLBURT, chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

YOLANDA HUNTER, social work, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

WILLIAM NELSON, human resource man­agement, LaRoche College, Pittsburgh, PA

DONNA SATMARY, criminal justice, Mercy­hurst College, Erie, PA

REGINA ZEYZUS, medicinal chemistry, University of Texas, Austin, TX

If s A Girl Maureen Anne to ELAINE (HILSINGER 79)

and PATRICK J. CONDRIN 79 Colleen Virginia to NANCY (KNOBLOCH 79)

and MICHAEL HELLER 79

If s A Boy Jonathan James to SUSAN (BAUER 75) and JIM

CHUNKO Brandon T. to GAIL (HESS '80) and TIMOTHY

COOK David Thomas to SUSAN-RAE MELCHIONNE and WILLIAM GLINKA 76 Twins: Benjamin Robert and Daniel Gregory

to MARIA (KANICKI 74) and BOB JOHNSON

Benjamin Nicholas to MARI (GAROFALO 74) and MARK MUSIAL 75

Marriages Frederick Adamus II '81 and Carrie L. Horn Mary Jane Barber '81 and Richard Tanner Sue Berardinelli 78 and John Koester Yvonne Chizewick '82 and Johnnie Long, Jr. Teri Lin Dewey '83 and Ronald L. Worley, Jr. Beatrice Donaldson 40 and Herbert C. Heuer Kathleen Dwyer '62 and Roderick G. O'Brien Mary Jane Frankiewicz '83 and Matthew Fitch Christine S. Frisina '83 and Terry Tighe Walter R. Green '80 and Cheryl Devall William Hall '83 and Jane Schneider Thomas G. Hannon '83 and Cindy Crain '83 Katherine A. Klapec '83 and James G. Grimes '83 Douglas Kramer '84 and Wendy Sue Matson Patty Marchwinski '83 and Robert Tobin 78 Joanne Maslak 70 and Lee Wheaton III

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