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Portraits fall/winter 2017

Telling the Stories of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford

Jim Evans and Lisa Fiorentino are ready to drive off into retirement

A Wonderful Life Jim Evans, VP and dean of students, will retire next summer from his dream job

ROTC Bravo Company — an Evans legacy

President Alexander delivers final campus report

Tom Kenyon ’00 teaching by day and raising goats at night

Advice on personal style from Imani Jahaan Boyd ‘14

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Portraits Telling the Stories of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford

A Turning Point

Senior Editor

Pat Frantz Cercone Editor

Recent developments during the current academic year are signaling the dawn of a new era and a turning point in the history of our great institution. In the midst of grappling with some of the most formidable challenges of our time, e.g., population decline, intense competition, decreasing federal and state financial aid support for students, and the New York Excelsior free tuition program, our campus now looks to deal with a host of personnel transitions in the faculty, staff and administration. One personnel transition that is fraught with mixed feelings is the decision by Dr. K. James Evans to retire in August 2018. The current issue of Portraits is dedicated deservedly to the man who institutionalized Student Affairs at Pitt-Bradford and brought a personalized outlook to student life that was rarely seen on college campuses in 1976 when Dean Evans started his career at Pitt-Bradford. We congratulate Dean Evans on his highly successful career and are happy that he will be able to cherish the positive and very personal and enduring impact he’s had on an overwhelming majority of the students who’ve studied on our campus. Of course, as we anticipate his departure, we dread the thought of a Pitt-Bradford campus without a Dean Evans. Perhaps the only consolation is that the infrastructure he established and some of the accomplished personnel he assembled will remain to continue his legacy. Among the other key personnel transitions, occurring during the upcoming year will be the departure of Dean Evans’ longtime associate, Dr. Holly Spittler, whose personal impact on students is legendary as well. We wish Holly well, even as we congratulate and bemoan the upcoming departures of several deeply rooted faculty with established records of excellence: Professor Tim Ziaukas and Drs. Carys Evans-Corrales, Gautam Mukerjee, Lisa Fiorentino, and Rick Frederick. Finally, I wish to salute and extend my sincere appreciation to Craig Hartburg, who recently completed his distinguished service as chairman of the Pitt-Bradford Advisory Board. Craig provided magnificent leadership of the Board for 12 of the most successful years in our very successful history. What will ensure we are able to move through the upcoming transitions unscathed is the continuing support of our many constituents who help us in so many ways to execute our mission and advance our vision. We thank you for your continuing support. Warmest regards,

Kimberly Marcott Weinberg copy Editors

Laurie Dufford Judy Hopkins ’71-’73 alumni Editor

Lindsay Hilton Retchless ’98 art director

John Sizing www.jspublicationdesign.com photographers

Alan Hancock ’07 Erika Helo ’18 Paul O’Mara Lindsay Hilton Retchless ’98 Ashley Young-Waters ’15 printer

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on the cover: Students know Dr. K. James Evans’ ’76 Corvette Sting Ray T-top, but they probably don’t know it belongs to his wife, Dr. Lisa Fiorentino.

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Some snowy days on campus are like being on the tundra, others are like this winter wonderland. departments

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Known simply as “Dean Evans” to generations of Pitt-Bradford students, Dr. K. James Evans will retire next summer as the longest-serving administrator in the college’s history and the longest-serving chief student affairs officer in the history of the University of Pittsburgh. While any administrator with that length of tenure would be sure to have a lasting impact on a campus, Evans has changed not only the physical space and student affairs structure at Pitt-Bradford, but also the very campus culture.

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Student Matthew Brahaney catches a friend and his snow spray at Holiday Valley.

4 Panther Press Student standouts conduct research on campus and serve as an intern at federal prison; Athletic Hall of Fame inducts three alumnae; Keith Stauffer named AMCC Men’s Golf Coach of the Year; Tom Kenyon ’00 raises fainting goats.

Jim Evans brought ROTC to Pitt-Bradford the year after it began granting fouryear degrees. A beneficiary of an Air Force ROTC education himself, he wanted to give students an opportunity to serve and earn money toward their college education as well. The result was the Bravo Company of the Seneca Battalion at the nearby St. Bonaventure University.

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Dr. Livingston Alexander delivers his final state of the campus report before retiring in June 2018.

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Remembering Dr. Augie “Doc” Freda; alumna attends writing conference on scholarship; PBAA ready to hit the road in Erie, Washington and Ellicottville. Imani Jahaan Boyd ’14, founder of her own vintage clothing site, talks about personal style.

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Catching air Matthew Brahaney, a broadcast communications major from Salamanca, N.Y., captured a friend and his snow spray midair during night ski at Holiday Valley Resort in Ellicottville, N.Y., 40 minutes from campus.

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The Allegheny River Scholars marked 20 years and floated its last trip during the summer of 2017. Dr. Carol Baker, dean of academic affairs, conceived of the trip as a way to strengthen the Bradford campus’s ties to Pittsburgh and promote the university’s ideal of being a community of learners. Each summer, anywhere from 16 to 40 students, staff, faculty members and alumni would paddle canoes down river for two or three days. Along the way, they would test water quality, tour sites such as an abandoned iron furnace and hear star talks.

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Professor started economics major in 1980s Dr. Gautam Mukerjee, associate professor of economics, retired from Pitt-Bradford in December, after 34 years of service. Shortly after his arrival at PittBradford in 1983, he developed a joint major in economics and mathematics in 1985 that became the university’s economics major in 1987. In recent years, he wrote a free downloadable book on globalization for his students. He was the 2006 recipient of the Pitt-Bradford Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award and 4

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served as president of the Faculty Senate. “He is essentially the embodiment of Pitt-Bradford’s goal to aid students beyond their college studies,” Joshua Bridge ’02 said at the time. He is now bound for Pittsburgh, where he hopes to fill his days with some of the things that had been put on hold: painting, sculpting and endless philosophical rumination. “I will certainly miss the students who have never ceased to engage, amaze and entertain me,” he said. fall/winter 2017

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Christina Brunecz ’18 Brunecz, a biology major from Bear Lake, Pa., spent her summer working with Dr. Lauren Yaich, associate professor of biology, on research into the anti-inflammatory properties of garlic using Drosophila (fruit flies). Brunecz designed her own experiment, bred the fruit flies to create flies with tumors that could be tested and carried it out using powdered garlic from the local grocery store. Her results were showing promise when the end of the summer cut the experiment short, but what she really got out of the project was research experience.

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Joshua Walker ’18 Walker, a criminal justice major from Rew, Pa., was an intern this summer at the Federal Correctional Institution — McKean where he worked with re-entry affairs coordinator Cheri Harrington to learn about prison re-entry programs. Previously, he earned a degree in construction management and now hopes to use that working with inmate vocational training in the Bureau of Prisons.

Longtime staff members retire Two longtime members of the staff retired during the summer – mail center supervisor Colleen Gleason and nurse Bonnie McMillen. Gleason has been at Pitt-Bradford for 25 years. She took over as mailroom supervisor from her mother, Dusty Gray. As one of the staff members whom students see every day “both Dusty and Colleen have had a great way of dealing students,” said Rick Esch, vice president of business affairs. “It wasn’t like, ‘I’m your best friend.’ It was like, ‘I’m your best adviser.’” McMillen has worked both as a part-time nurse on campus and as the full-time director of student health services. Dr. K. James Evans, vice president of student affairs, praised McMillen’s ability to deal with significant issues. “Bonnie was able to identify when a student needed to be referred. She’s cool, calm and collected and never panicked over any student coming through the health center.” bookshelf Jamie Lackey ’06 published a short story collection, “The Blood of Four Gods and Other Stories,” with Air and Nothingness Press. According to the publisher, the volume contains 14 short tales set in fantasy worlds inspired by Asian, Native American and African myth and history. She lives in Pittsburgh with her husband and their cat and primarily writes science fiction, fantasy and horror short stories. Lackey has more than 130 short fiction credits as well a short story collection, novella and novel and has appeared in “Daily Science Fiction,” “Beneath Ceaseless Skies,” and the Stoker Award-winning “After Death …” Her fiction has appeared on the Best Horror of the Year Honorable Mention and Tangent Online Recommended Reading Lists, and she’s a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

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Volleyball falls in AMCC tourney semifinal

Stauffer named Coach of the Year Head men’s golf coach Keith Stauffer was named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Coach of the Year after the team finished fourth of nine teams at the conference championships for the second straight season. Freshman Cary Ignaczak was named to the all-conference second team, and senior Brett Gardner and sophomore Matt Moonan were both named to the all-conference third team.

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Women’s volleyball made it as far as the semi-final match in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s championship tournament before falling to Penn State Behrend. Junior setter Payton Orzech of Somonaugh, Ill., was named to the all-conference team after assisting on all 29 of the Panthers’ kills in the team’s final match. Going into the tournament, the Panthers had tied for first place in the conference and were seeded second. It was the final game for the team’s lone senior Erin Fagan of Waverly, N.Y., who earned more than 500 kills during her Pitt-Bradford volleyball career and helped the program to a conference title last season. The Panthers expect to return many members of its talented, young roster for the 2018 season.

Darlene Walker O’Connell ’80, Jackie Podrasky-McFadden ’11 and Jennifer LewkeTortora ’05 (left–right) were inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame during Alumni and Family Weekend.

Three women inducted into Hall of Fame Three women were inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame during Alumni and Family Weekend this fall, two volleyball players and a bowler from the campus’s original program. “All three of these women left their mark at Pitt-Bradford as members of their respective teams,” said Bret Butler, director of intercollegiate athletics. Bowler Darlene Walker O’Connell ’80 helped put the Pitt-Bradford bowling program on the national stage during its first year competing in the National Junior College Athletic Association in 1980. The Bradford native placed fourth at Nationals and became the first Pitt-Bradford female NJCAA All-American. In addition to her groundbreaking success athletically, she shined just as bright in the classroom, carrying a 3.9 GPA as a computer science major. Jennifer Lewke-Tortora ’05 was a member of the volleyball team from 2001-04. As a Panther, she still ranks second in school history in blocks, third in sets played, fifth in service aces and sixth in kills. She is currently an investigative reporter for WHEC news in Rochester, N.Y., and has won an Edward R. Murrow Award for her reporting. Jackie Podrasky-McFadden ’11 was the volleyball program’s first All-American in 2010. That same year, she was named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Player of the Year and the Pitt-Bradford Athlete of the Year while leading the Panthers to the program’s first AMCC title. In her career, she logged more than 1,000 career kills and digs – just the fourth player in program history to do so. She holds a doctor of physical therapy degree and is a physical therapist in Pinehurst, N.C.

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Math teacher has sideline raising fainting goats His day job: Teaching geometry, physics, pre-calculus and calculus at Cuba-Rushford Middle High School in Cuba, N.Y. His sideline: In 2005, Kenyon and his wife, Julie, bought Slate Brook Farm in Black Creek, N.Y. They were looking for something to raise when a friend suggested myotonic, or “faint-

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ing,” goats, a gentle heritage breed that’s good for dairy, hair and meat. The “fainting” they’re known for is actually a seizure that causes their legs to stiffen if they’re startled or frightened. If they’re off balance, they fall over. Why he likes it: “If you’re in a bad mood and you go home and spend a

little time with the goats, you just relax. They’re nice and peaceful. They’re a very gentle breed of goat. We’ve held so many babies in our hands. The kids are fun to watch bouncing around. Hopping all over and jumping and skipping, and occasionally they faint while they do that.”

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In the fall of 2014, Dean Evans chats with students during a break on campus.

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r. K. James Evans remembers the exact moment when he decided he wanted to become a dean of students. It was spring of 1970 at Grove City College, where he was a senior chemistry major about to receive his commission in the U.S. Air Force. In his role as student government president (of course he was student government president), Evans had worked closely with Grove City’s dean of students, and he was looking forward to taking a school trip to Europe with the dean that summer before receiving his military orders – possibly to Vietnam. “I remember I was sitting out in the sun on the lawn with some of my friends, and it just came to me like a thunderbolt,” Evans said. “I said, ‘I want to be a dean of students in a small college.’ I made my decision right then and there.” When chance took him not to Vietnam, but South Dakota, where he would be a missile launch officer at Ellsworth Air Force Base, Evans immediately looked into graduate programs at nearby South Dakota State University and began working toward a master’s degree in counseling. In another stroke of Evans-style luck, two years later, he finished his master’s degree and was simultaneously discharged early from the Air Force as part of the military drawdown as the United States pulled out of Vietnam. The next month, he was in a classroom at Pitt working

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Evans and his wife, Dr. Lisa Fiorentino, associate professor of nursing, will both retire next year, giving them more time to tool around town in the ‘vette and travel the world.

he also told McDowell that he was not sure he had enough experience to be a dean of students. As Evans remembers, McDowell said, “Hell, Evans -- if I could be president at 29, you can certainly be dean of students at 28.” He joined a faculty and staff so small that they fit into one large classroom in Swarts Hall for the opening of school convocation in 1976. His staff consisted of one part-time nurse, Carol Mulvihill. Thus, his first order of business was to hire an administrative assistant, Cindy Cavallero, and a director of residence life, Henry Enright. Slowly, he would build the office of student affairs, as it is known today. He wrote a grant and began the – Tracy Karstetter Kiras ’91 office of career services in 1977 and established the office of student activities and campus police university. He had had to let the fellow go. He in 1979. Counseling services and community called a friend at Pitt to ask for some candidates. engagement followed in later years. The friend, of course, suggested Evans. Universities were entering a new time, When Evans came to campus for an interview, McDowell said. Student protests during the it was “love at first sight,” McDowell said. Vietnam War and Civil Rights era had shaken Evans agreed. “We just clicked,” he said, but toward his doctorate in higher education administration. While working on his doctorate, he served as the assistant director of residence life at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. “But I always had my eye on the job I really wanted,” he said. Meanwhile, in Bradford, Dr. Richard E. McDowell, the then-33-year-old president of PittBradford, had had a rough time with his first dean of students, which was a new position at the

‘He was always very patient … and would bring the hammer down if he needed to, but I always left knowing that I was supported on campus.’

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he’d always say, ‘Hi, Amy,’ and then introduce himself to my friends and ask about Dean Evans is always them.” up for anything, Walking across camsays his colleague, pus with Evans is like Dr. Holly Spittler, walking through director of career Bedford Falls with services. In 2008, he George Bailey. Pat Frantz tried serving as the Cercone, executive direcmodel for “What not tor of communications to Wear” at Backand marketing, who pack to Briefcase. worked closely with Evans as co-chair of the university’s 50th anniversary celebration committee, has seen it herself. “He is one of those distinguished gentlemen from another era,” she said. “When he remembers something about you, it does make you feel special. He’s so genuine and so authentic. Young people can pick up on that.” For students who do not come across his path, he will reach out further. As soon as he hears about a troubled student, he sends them an email asking them to stop in to see him. They do – both announced and unannounced. A box of tissues sits on the coffee table in his office between two couches and is often used. Evans does more than give students a place to unload; he will follow up with faculty or others on a student’s behalf, balancing the needs for privacy and understanding to give others a “heads up” that a student is having a hard time. While he exudes warmth and understanding, he also has a calming authority that assures students there is a way to handle any situation. “Unflappable” is how colleague Dr. Holly Spittler refers to him. In 1981, he hired Spittler to be director of career services. They have worked together ever since. Spittler has watched Evans work his magic on students for 36 years. “Students respect and love Dean Evans, and many, many have been mentored, guided and sometimes disciplined by him,” she said. “Whether they were a student leader or the student he had to sanction for a violation of the Alan Hancock ’07

Evans and Dr. Richard E. McDowell, president emeritus and Evans’s boss for 26 years, laugh like old times during a donor reception.

up campuses and spurred them to create new services in the area of student affairs. The field was a new one, and Evans learned as the university grew, becoming a four-year degree-granting institution in 1979. No matter how large the university would grow – more than tripling its student population during his tenure – his relationship with students remained at the core of everything he did. Some students swear that he knows every one of them by name, but he says he gets too much credit for that. “I wish I knew the name of every student, but I don’t,” he said. However, he is not the kind of administrator who knows only a few students. He knows lots of them well, and it is something he has worked at,

constantly reaching out in person and via email. Amy McCoy Moffatt ’08 was a student leader on campus who would also go on to serve in higher education administration. She is an assistant director for out-of-state recruitment at the University of South Carolina. “I was probably one of the students at the time who had more interaction with him because of my leadership roles on campus,” she said. “When he’d see me walking with my friends in the Commons,

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‘He is one of those distinguished gentlemen from another era.’ — Pat Frantz Cercone

Dean Evans is handcuffed and locked up along with Jen Martin ’97, left, and Kim Dolansky ’96 as part of an Alpha Phi Omega fundraising project.

Student Code of Conduct, they continue to call, visit and keep in touch with him long after their graduation.” That’s right – the students he disciplined stay in touch with him and are some of his biggest fans. “Students feel that he is on their side,” Spittler said, “even if he has to discipline them.” Tracy Karstetter Kiras ’91 was another student who would follow Evans and Spittler into the world of higher education administration. She now works in residence life at the University of Maryland.

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“I landed in his office once because of a roommate issue,” she said. “Dean Evans was someone I respected and feared because I didn’t want to disappoint him. When someone shows such concern and compassion for students, you want to give your best. Dean Evans brought that out in me. I’ve seen him stern, but I don’t know if I ever saw him angry. He was always warm and someone that students wanted to be around. “I just remember having some really profound educational conversations with him – what it means to be a good roommate; what it means to be a leader on campus. He was always very patient and used a lot of active listening skills and would bring the hammer down if he needed to, but I always left knowing that I was supported on campus. That’s exactly what you need and want 12 PORTRAITS

in a student affairs professional. “Dean Evans had a profound impact on my decision to pursue student affairs as a career.” For students who were interested in following him into student affairs, he has been a mentor. Brandon E. Nelson ’07 is now the assistant director of university housing at Appalachian State University. Evans had served as executive dean several times for Semester at Sea, an academic semester on a cruise ship circumnavigating the world. He encouraged several students to make the trip themselves, including Nelson. A native of nearby Warren, Pa., Nelson had not traveled and was nervous about the prospect. Evans encouraged him and walked him through the necessary financial aid. “I decided to go and got accepted, and that trip changed my life,” Nelson said. “That was by far the best thing that happened to me in college, and I would not have done it without Dean Evans. “His providing the opportunity of Semester at Sea impacted me so much, that if I could do that for just one other person, that would be huge, and he’s done that for hundreds of people.” Evans helped him look at graduate school

programs, and they visited three campuses together. Now they see each other annually at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators conference. “He’s always been very thoughtful about reaching out, checking in,” Nelson said. “Whenever you talk to a Pitt-Bradford alum, they know Dean Evans.” This personal touch has become a hallmark not only of Evans, but of the entire Pitt-Bradford fall/winter 2017

One of the tasks that has befallen Jim Evans during his time at Pitt-Bradford is organizing and directing Commencement. The military man in him makes sure the exercises always start right on time.

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of students at a small college was his dream job. “Every day is different, and our Pitt-Bradford students are a joy to work with. That’s what’s so enjoyable about the job,” he said. But it’s not just working with the students that keeps things fresh. “What you see here did not exist,” he says of the campus when he arrived. “There are very few opportunities to help grow a college like this today. There was always a sense of entrepreneurship and excitement at Pitt-Bradford.” He wants to retire, he said, with the same energy for the job that he had when he started. That is something Spittler attested to. “When something happens, whether it’s a flood or a power outage, he’s the first to come out and spend all night with the students in the Commons, and he’s full of energy the next morning.” Evans plans to keep his energy in Bradford, continuing to watch the campus grow and perhaps taking on a select special assignment or two. “I feel so fortunate to have been invited and to have worked for two fine presidents,” he said. “Both Dr. McDowell and Dr. (Livingston) Alexander have been exceptional in their leadership. I’m extremely optimistic about the future of the college and believe the best days for Pitt-Bradford are yet to come.”

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community. “Think of the words we use to describe Pitt-Bradford,” McDowell said – friendly, personalized, safe, nurturing. “He developed that culture across our campus. That’s his nature,” McDowell said. Evans has modeled how those values look, and faculty and staff follow his example by frequently checking in with students, spending time with them outside the classroom and being willing to help them toward their academic and career goals. Evans said, “If I played a part in developing that culture, then I’m gratified. I think the culture is really embedded in our institution.” In 1988-89, a special assignment would change Evans’ life when he served as the interim dean of academic affairs. While in that position, he worked with Dr. Lisa Fiorentino, head of the nursing department. Once Dr. Carol Baker was hired to be the dean of academic affairs, Evans and Fiorentino began dating. They married in 1993. When they retire next summer, Fiorentino will have spent 33 years in the Pitt-Bradford nursing department. Evans will retire with 42 years of service as the longest-serving administrator in Pitt-Bradford history and the longest-serving chief student affairs officer in the 231-year history of the University of Pittsburgh. Along the way, he had chances to move on to larger universities or larger offices, such as a university president. He knew, McDowell said, that he had what it takes to do that. However, Jim Evans at 32 and 42 and 52 knew the same thing he did at 22 – that being the dean

In honor of Dr. K. James Evans’ career at Pitt-Bradford, the university has founded the Dean Evans Legacy Fund. The fund will specifically help students whose college careers are at risk due to an inability to meet unpaid balances on their tuitions. Those unpaid balances prevent students from registering for classes to continue their schooling. If PittBradford raises $200,000 for the Dean Evans Legacy Fund by June 30, 2018, donors will give an additional $200,000. For more information or to make a contribution, visit www.givetoupb.org or contact Jill Dunn, executive director of the Bradford Educational Foundation at [email protected].

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In 2003, Cory Angell’s first deployment took him to Kandahar, Afghanistan, on a search-and-sweep operation clearing Taliban fighters from caves.

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The ROTC presents colors during a commissioning ceremony in the Harriett B. Wick Chapel.

When Dr. K. James Evans, vice president and dean of student affairs, retires next August, one of the lasting legacies of his tenure will be the Bravo Company of the Seneca Battalion Army ROTC. In January of 1979, the Pennsylvania Department of Education gave final approval to Pitt-Bradford’s new status as a baccalaureate-granting institution. Evans, who had been dean of students for 2 ½ years, could now work on bringing something to campus that had been important to his own education – a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program. Founded in 1916, ROTC programs prepare college graduates to become officers in the U.S. military. Students in the program have the option to apply for and sign a contract to serve in the military through active duty or a reserve or National Guard unit. In exchange, the military provides financial assistance to all contracted cadets and full tuition scholarships to many of them. It was an opportunity that Evans himself had taken. He attended and graduated from Grove City College on an Air Force ROTC scholarship, was commissioned as a lieutenant and served two years as a missile launch officer for the Minuteman 1 Weapon System at Ellsworth Air Force Base. The Air Force even helped pay for his doctoral program fall/winter 2017

through the GI Bill, which gives benefits to veterans. Evans knew that nearby St. Bonaventure University, just 21 miles across the New York State border, was home to the Seneca Battalion, which had been training Army officers since 1936. Evans established a cross-enrollment agreement with St. Bonaventure, opening the doors for PittBradford students to participate in Army ROTC through the Seneca Battalion. The presidents of each university and Brig. Gen. Cecil Adams signed the agreement to take effect beginning in the fall of 1979. Pitt-Bradford’s first commissioned officers were James Chapman ’79-81 and Lt. Col. Patrick Sutherland ’83 in 1981. A few more would follow during the 1980s – Marcella Davis ’85 and John Gondos ’84 in 1983 and Joyce Holden ’85 in 1985. In the 1990s, a better relationship with the Soviet Union led to a military drawdown, and nationwide, the ROTC shrunk its programs and limited the number of scholarships it offered. According to The New York Times, the Army closed half of its 416 college and university units. Pitt-Bradford would not have another commissioned officer until 1997. Cory Angell ’96, a native of nearby Port Allegany, Pa., had already joined the Pennsylvania National Guard unit in PORTRAITS 15

A cadet during field training in spring 2014.

Bradford when he went off to his freshman year at Mercyhurst University in Erie. After a semester, he wanted to transfer home to McKean County and Pitt-Bradford. He had already gone through basic and other training. “I had an interest in pursuing something more in the military, but my dad wanted me to finish college first,” he said. When he met Evans on campus, he asked if there was a way that he could pursue becoming an officer. “I happen to know you can do that here,” Evans said. As the only Pitt-Bradford student enrolled in ROTC at the time, Angell would have to drive to St. Bonaventure for his military science classes. Angell was commissioned in 1997 and has served most of his career as a public affairs officer, something that made the most of his broadcast communications major. He has served in Iraq and twice in Afghanistan, most recently for the Special Operations Command in Bagram in 2016. “It’s the greatest honor I’ve had in uniform,” Angell said. Following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, ROTC programs expanded across the country, including the Seneca Battalion and Pitt-Bradford’s Bravo Company, which would commission more than a dozen officers between 2001 and 2017. For much of that time, Lt. Col Rick Trietley was the officer in charge of the battalion. As the unit commander and professor of military science, Trietley was with the Seneca Battalion from 2003 through 2008. Previously, he had served as a junior officer with the battalion as a recruiter from 1993 to 1996. In addition, he had been commissioned by the battalion as a 1986 St. Bonaventure graduate. “It’s been an incredible program,” Trietley said of the

Pitt-Bradford cross-enrollment agreement with St. Bonaventure. “Pitt-Bradford officers have done very well in the Army, and the person who’s kept that going is Jim Evans.” Currently, any student can enroll in military science on the Bradford campus. Students can take their first two years of classes in Bradford. “We really strongly encouraged any student to try it,” Trietley said. “It’s leadership training. They’re earning electives toward their degree and getting fit. What a lot of students love is that it’s a different type of class.” During labs, students fire rifles, rappel down buildings and take part in land navigation exercises. “It’s a nice break from the normal routine,” Trietley said. “A lot of students love to take it as a change of pace, and some stayed.” Interest in the program grew nationwide as the United States began withdrawing troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, and the 2008 housing market crash left students looking for ways to pay for college. Another reason the program grew in Bradford, Trietley said, was an active National Guard unit based at the Bradford Regional Airport and the efforts of a National Guard recruiter who was also a Pitt-Bradford alumnus, Warren Shaw ’97. Students began joining the ROTC as a way to become officers in the Pennsylvania National Guard and earn a scholarship without having to make a fulltime military commitment upon graduating. In 2006, 29 students were enrolled in one of 10 military science courses offered. By spring 2014, that number had more than doubled to 72. Since then, enrollment has declined again. This fall, 10 students were enrolled. During the 2012-13 academic year, Tiara Brown ’13 set a new milestone when she became the first Pitt-Bradford cadet to serve as Battalion Commander. That fall, through a nomination by Trietley, the Seneca Battalion inducted Evans into its hall of fame. “Dr. Evans has provided unparalleled support, mentorship and encouragement to hundreds of UPB cadets who have enrolled in ROTC classes,” Trietley wrote. “Perhaps his greatest legacy in this role, though, is the incredible service, accomplishments and sacrifice of the … UPB students who have been commissioned as Army Officers.”

Since 1979, the Seneca Battalion ROTC’s Bravo Company at Pitt-Bradford has commissioned more than a score of officers for the U.S. Army, reserves and National Guard.

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The Pitt-Bradford Experience A productive and successful year

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e had another magnificent and very productive year in fiscal 2017, in spite of familiar challenges and unanticipated setbacks. We continue to attract students from our local region, from counties throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, states throughout the country and as many as 15 to 20 foreign countries. We are expanding our campus facilities to accommodate the students, near and far, who are choosing to enroll at our beautiful campus. We also continue to develop a host of academic and social engagement programs and services to ensure students are empowered to achieve their educational goals. We refer to the atmosphere and setting in which students grow and mature as scholars as the Pitt-Bradford Experience.

NEW LEVELS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE — Establish standards of excellence in academic programs that distinguish Pitt-Bradford as an outstanding provider of higher education. • •

New academic programs in forensic science and international affairs are being offered for the first time; and new programs in mechanical and energy engineering technology, physical therapy assistant and occupational therapy assistant will soon be available for our students. Our most popular academic programs are biology;

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The Pitt-Bradford Experience is the outcome of the ongoing efforts of our faculty and staff to create a unique campus experience, one that students cannot obtain anywhere else. The principal features of the Pitt-Bradford Experience are as follows: • A friendly, safe and academically focused environment; • Strong interactive bonds between students and our faculty and staff; • A spirit of compassion manifested in all relations; and • Abiding respect for and appreciation for people of all races, genders, nationalities, sexual identities and orientations, and religions. We welcome and embrace the opportunity to positively influence the lives of our students and the communities we serve. Our Pathways to Excellence and Distinction Strategic Plan continues to be our roadmap to the future and key to achieving our vision and realizing our aspirations. Following is a brief summary of progress during the past year in implementing our strategic plan.

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business management; computer information systems & technology; criminal justice; and nursing. Computer information systems & technology has emerged as the “best of its kind in the region.” Dr. Shailendra Gajanan, professor of economics, and Tim Ziaukas, professor of public relations, received the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, Scholarship and Service. Ziaukas also received the PBAA Teaching Excellence Award.

STUDENT ENROLLMENT — Recruit qualified students to meet enrollment targets and promote high standards of performance in scholarship, innovation and service. STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS — Create a vibrant academic campus culture that fosters a sense of belonging for all students, engages them in the academic and social life of the campus, supports student success and promotes a life-long affiliation with Pitt-Bradford. fall/winter 2017

Pitt-Bradford 2016–2017 educational, economic and cultural development of Northwest and North Central Pennsylvania and Western New York. Ashley Young-waters ’15

Tom Mitchell, a computer information systems and technology major from Erie, Pa., uses a Microsoft Hololens in the new virtual reality lab. • • • • •

After several years of enrollment declines, our full-time equivalent enrollment increased in fall 2016 to 1,403. We enrolled 402 new freshmen and 116 new transfer students. Our six-year graduation rate of 50.7% was the third highest rate all-time. We piloted a new Summer Bridge Program for at-risk freshman students, which produced higher retention rates than the average for the general freshman population The new Excelsior Free Tuition Program in New York State is adversely affecting our recruitment and retention of students from New York.

A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS — Create a mutually respectful, enterprising and intellectually curious community of students, faculty and staff who value and embrace diversity in all of its forms, manifestations and expressions. We enhanced student-life programming and our academic curriculum to adapt to our increasingly diverse student population. Open forums enable productive discussion about on-campus and off-campus climate for all students, including students of color, women and members of LGBT community. We continue to strive to ensure that applicant pools for faculty/staff vacancies contain adequate proportions of individuals from under-represented groups. We are exploring unconventional and creative approaches to diversify the staff workforce, especially in the academic support area.

REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH — Enhance the quality of life in the region by sharing our expertise, knowledge and experience in service to the fall/winter 2017

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS AND ENHANCED VISIBILITY — Communicate our mission/vision/ values to external as well as to internal constituencies, utilizing our institutional strengths to advance the institution and to support our vibrant campus culture and sense of belonging of all constituencies. • •

For the 14th consecutive year, Pitt-Bradford has been recognized as one of the best colleges in the Northeast by The Princeton Review. Washington Monthly magazine recognized Pitt-Bradford as a Top 20 college in the nation for earning a bachelor’s

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Pitt-Bradford continues to add value to the region through continuing education, conferences, training for business and industry and summer camps. The Marilyn Horne Museum and Exhibit Center opened to the public on May 6, 2017, and is attracting tourists to the region. The Advisory Board’s Community and Corporate Outreach Councils are leading the way in helping to create a college-town atmosphere and improve town-gown relations. An internship coordinator was appointed, and the internship process was revised. Our arts programming series — Prism, Spectrum and Kaleidoscope — provide audiences of all ages with high-quality entertainment and cultural enrichment. • Audiences increase each year. • • • • •

Marietta Frank, director of Hanley Library, left, and reference librarian Kim Hanold help graduates Jerry Clark and Kellie Nugent adjust their hoods at commencement. A strong interactive bond between students and faculty and staff is a hallmark of the Pitt-Bradford Experience.

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Students in Dr. Denise Piechnik’s entomology class collect aquatic insects in the Tunungwant Creek on campus. Piechnik, an assistant professor of biology, is using some of the same techniques to study streams in the Allegheny National Forest. Select students will have the opportunity to work on the three-year project with her. Undergraduate research opportunities like this are one of the reasons biology has become one of Pitt-Bradford’s most popular majors. • • •

degree (19th) and a “best bang for the buck” university. The Council for Aid to Education ranked Pitt-Bradford fourth on a list of colleges that devote the highest percentage of their dollars in financial aid. For the third consecutive year, Pitt-Bradford was named a College of Distinction, which also recognized the university’s business management, education and nursing programs. National marketing firm Stamats has been engaged to review our marketing and messaging efforts.

FINANCIAL AND CAPITAL RESOURCES — Enhance and leverage financial and material resources in order to most effectively serve a population of 1,500 to 1,800 FTE students and an engaged community of faculty and staff. • • • •

Pitt-Bradford raised $1,435,456 in pledges and cash in FY17. Faculty and staff giving participation reached 62 percent. For the 12th consecutive year, members of Pitt-Bradford’s Advisory Board reached the 100 percent giving level. For the 20th consecutive year, members of the PBAA Board of Directors reached the 100 percent giving level.

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Forty-three percent of the Class of 2017 contributed to the Senior Class Gift for a total of $684. The scholarship was endowed thanks to a gift of just over $9,000 from Dr. Richard E. and Ruth McDowell. Alumni giving participation reached an all-time high of 8.4%, propelled by the 100K Alumni Challenge issued by George ’82 and Lynda Repchick, resulting in the award of a $100,000 gift to scholarships. We hosted cultivation and stewardship events for alumni through regional receptions, personal visits and campaign regional events. By the end of 2017-2018, our campus will have completed 19 capital projects at a cost of $33 million, producing a massive economic impact on the local community.

VIII: CAMPUS AMBIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY — Pursue and promote environmentally sustainable operational practices, as well as architecturally consistent design, construction and landscaping, in order to most responsibly steward and further enhance the beauty and functionality of our campus. • • • •

Our campus earned the “Tree Campus USA” designation by Arbor Day Foundation. Faculty sponsored Earth Day Recycling and GIS Day student poster competitions. Faculty installed solar panels as an instructional exercise and created a plan for installing small-scale wind turbines. The Energy Institute partnered with five local energy companies in developing the Energy Engineering Technology curriculum.

Strategic planning at Pitt-Bradford is comprehensive, broadly participatory and aligned directly with campus financial resources. A culture of planning is so deeply entrenched that members of the faculty and staff automatically think of the Planning and Budgeting Committee as a critical first step in securing additional resources to implement priorities in their units. Even as they compete for resources for their respective units, members of the campus community understand that campus priorities take precedence over unit priorities and, therefore, understand when they do not always receive the resources they are requesting. Qualities such as these are what account for our perennial success in advancing the goals of our strategic plan. Accordingly, I am deeply grateful to our faculty, staff, Advisory Board and Alumni Association for the important roles they are playing in helping to advance our campus mission and our vision to become the college of choice for students in our region and beyond. fall/winter 2017

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A lasting legacy

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utumn is a time of change. We have our annual changes, such as the shifting seasons and the start of a new academic year. This year, however, we have some additional, significant changes as we simultaneously transition leadership of the Advisory Board and prepare for Dr. Livingston Alexander’s retirement next summer. As we move along in this process, we are navigating the same headwinds and challenges faced by colleges and universities across our country, such as maintaining enrollment and an uncertain future for continued state funding. Successful execution of strategic plans, solid campus and community support and excellent leadership have built a strong and vibrant campus that is an integral part of our community. Now more than ever, we must hold true to this tradition to ensure we find the right person to become PittBradford’s next great leader. As chairwoman of the campus Advisory Board, I have the opportunity for the next two years to represent Bradford on the University of Pittsburgh’s Board of Trustees. The first meeting was held in September, when I had the tremendous honor of speaking in support of naming our new residence hall the Livingston Alexander House. The Board of Trustees’ support of this resolution is a testament to Dr. Alexander’s transformative leadership of this campus for the last 15 years. Not only has our campus grown its facilities, but we have seen the development of 16 new majors, increased diversity, national recognition of its achievements and increased fiscal security. Dr. Alexander leaves a brilliant legacy and, as a member of the committee tasked with finding Pitt-Bradford’s next president, I will help to ensure that his successor has both the skills and the vision to maintain this progress. Input from our students, faculty, staff and Advisory Board will be vital to this search. Craig Hartburg’s excellent leadership of the Advisory Board during the last 12 years has prepared the group for the important task that stands before it now. In the last year, I have had the good fortune to work closely with Craig and Dr. Alexander in preparation for this new

role, and I hope to continue this forward-thinking tradition to ensure Pitt-Bradford remains the valuable asset it has become to our region. With Craig’s guidance, Dr. Alexander and our campus leadership have harnessed the talents of each Advisory Board member to position Pitt-Bradford for continued success.

Jeannine Schoenecker, Chairwoman

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Honor Roll of Donors

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Number in ( ) indicates number of consecutive years giving since 7/1/1989. Donors reaching 5 years, 10 years, 15 years, 20 years or 25 years of consecutive giving are highlighted in green for achieving these milestones. Congratulations and special thanks to these loyal donors.

Cornerstone Society Annual Giving Fund and capital gift donors of $5,000 or more in 2016-2017 Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation Anonymous Dr. James L. and Catherine Baldwin (18) Nadine E. Bognar Edwin Clemens (11) Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Martin J. and Deborah T. Digel Shirley J. Digel George B. Duke (4) Dr. George P. and Susan I. Evans (16) Friends of Hanley Library (24) Anonymous (16) l Glendorn Foundation (5) Hannah L. Hamlin Memorial Fund, Inc. Dr. Jan and Christine Hendryx (6) Italian American Progressive Club (5) Richard S. Johnson ’88-’90 (12) Susan Griffith Johnson Ann E. Keane (10) Kevin and Cindy Keane Marina Kellen French Richard L. and Ann O. Kessel (22) l Carol and Larry Killian (14) KOA Speer Electronics, Inc. (28) Mary Ann Lambertsen and John Lambertsen (3) H.F. (Gerry) Lenfest William H. Mallinson (3) Dr. Richard E. and Ruth M. McDowell (28) l Metz Culinary Management (5) Mukaiyama-Rice Foundation (18) Northwest Charitable Foundation, Inc. (3) Northwest Bank (22) Bernard and Barbro Osher Peter J. Pantuso ’73-’75 (21) R. Bruce and Beverly M. Perry (5) l Philo and Sarah Blaisdell Foundation (28) Gary J. Rathburn ’68-’70 George S. ’82 and Lynda Repchick (15) Frank C. ’64-’66 and Mary M. ’64-’66 Rizzo (10) Saber Healthcare (2) Jill Sackler Mary Ann Satterwhite John H. ’65-’67 and Mary Jean ’64-’66 Satterwhite (11) 22 PORTRAITS

William P. and Mary Slivinski (12) The Bernard Osher Foundation The Stackpole-Hall Foundation (9) Vira I. Heinz Endowment Whirley Industries, Inc. (2) Sara Wilford Zippo Manufacturing Company (27) Roundtable Society Annual Giving Fund and capital gift donors of $2,500 to $4,999 in 2016-2017 Dr. Livingston and Mrs. Evelyn Alexander (14) l Timothy J. and Kristin A. Asinger (9) Dr. Patricia S. Bianco (2) Leanna Cameron ’10 (2) Jack Jr. ’67-’69 and Martha Mackowski ’70-’72 Campbell (26) NancyBell Coe and William Burke Thomas B. Cole ’80-’82 (9) CollegeBoard (2) Control Chief Corporation (4) Drs. K. James Evans and Lisa M. Fiorentino (27) l Craig A. ’73-’75 and Nancy F. Hartburg (21) Martin E. Katz Kessel Construction Inc. (7) Douglas ’88 and Lynne Kuntz (10) McCracken Energy Services Chip and Marsha McCracken (2) Lester S. and Dinny Morse Drs. Francis M. and Mary N. Mulcahy (14) Nicaise-Brownstein Trust/Frederick J. Nicaise Santa Barbara Foundation Robert and Corinne Sze Terry Reily Memorial Golf Tournament Committee (2) The Morse Family Foundation, Inc. William J. and Amy Wagner (4) President’s Club Annual Giving Fund and capital gift donors of $1,000 to $2,499 in 2016-2017 René J. and Susan A. ’78 Al (4) American Refining Group, Inc. (14) Amark Environmental LLC (2) Harriet Armstrong Mark W. Austin ’09 (5) Benevity Community Impact Fund

Ron and Morgan Binder (7) l Bradford Wal-Mart Margaret T. Bryner (8) Carl E. Swanson and Sons, Inc. (8) Mike and Susan Carlson (13) Robert J. Carola ’98 (4) Dominic A. and Pat Frantz Cercone (15) William W. Chapman, CFP ’86 (15) The Hon. John M. and Julia S. Cleland (21) Michael J. Colborne Dr. Michele T. Cole (6) Joseph P. ’94 and Heidi Colosimo (20) Peter B. and Mary C. Daubenspeck (19) Sara Bryner Delo (8) Robert C. Jr. ’89 and Jennifer T. Dilks (25) Jill M. Dunn (7) E and M Engineers and Surveyors P.C. (2) Ed Shults Toyota Inc. (3) Ira Eisenstadt and Deirdre Howley Elk County Council on the Arts Estate of Tom Joseph Ruby Timothy B. ’78 and Deborah A. Fannin (20) Frederick W. and Leilani Fesenmyer (13) Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund (5) James F. Flynn ’67-’69 (28) John R. Foerstner ’79 (14) Frederick W. and Beverly N. Gallup (12) Georgia Pacific Corrugated (2) Dr. Luis C. and Andrea Gonzalez (12) Stephen P. and Gail M. Grillo (7) Jeffrey C. and Joan Guterman (28) Dr. Tammy M. Haley (11) l Alan M. Hancock ’07 (7) Dr. Steven E. and Ingrid M. Hardin (12) Barbara Hocher Robert Huber and Family (5) Shawn and Stephanie ’04 Huber and Family (5) Jamestown Macadam, Inc. (3) Jacquelyn A. Jones (25) l Mr. David Krantz and Ms. Silvia Martinez (3) William J. Krieg ’64-’66 (25) David Y. K. Lee (7) Russell L. Jr. ’80 and Pamela S. Lombardo (23) Deborah S. Lowery (26) James J. ’85 and Dr. Sandra J. ’80-’82 Macfarlane (26) MacLachlan, Cornelius and Filoni, Inc.- Architecture, Planning and Interior Design

Manning and Napier Advisors, Inc. (2) Overhead Door Co. of Jamestown The Hon. Richard A. and Martha K. Masson (21) Lorraine R. Mazza (11) l John E. McCool ’79 (12) Madeline Miles (29) l Minard Run Oil Company (7) Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert R. Mintz ’69-’71 Mark C. Mittelmeier Sr. ’85 (2) David G. Morris (4) Michael L. Mulvihill (2) Dr. V. Rao and Rajeswari ’91 Nadella Alexander P. Nazemetz (16) New York State Oil Producers Association, Inc. (7) Carolyn B. Newhouse ’86 Elaine F. Northrup ’68-’69 (27) Kathleen A. Obermeyer (4) John R. Jr. and Rosemary Osborne (12) Dr. Jill M. Slike-Owens ’93 (18) Mark Paup Stanley E. and Patricia A. Pecora Emi Peluso Gerald and Mimi Pitman Port Erie Plastics (4) Linda Powell (3) Pure Tech LLC. (12) Robert and Sharen M. ’01 Radzavich (27) Bernard and Mary Van Deusen Renois (4) Dr. David R. ’72-’74 and Elizabeth D. ’72-’74 Robinson (27) Elihu and Susan Rose David and JoAnne ’99 Ryan (18) Robert L. and Duane C. Saunders (10) Jeannine T. and Brett Schoenecker (5) Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Sculco Rick Seager and Tricia Durbin (9) John W. ’72-’74 and Marie R. ’72-’73 Seltzer (21) Sally G. Siebert (2) Gregory E. ’73-’75 and Susan H. ’72-’74 Silvestri (28) Southern Tier Building Association Dr. Holly J. Spittler (28) l T. Scott Stackpole (18) Anonymous (7) Louise Stoltz Dr. J. Michael and Sandra ’98 Stuckart (28) SuperUser Technologies, Inc. Susan and Elihu Rose Foundation, Inc. Alan M. Swanson ’81 (8) Targeted Pet Treats, LLC

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The campus’s newest residence hall, opening in August 2018, will be named in honor of Dr. Livingston Alexander, president, who is retiring in June 2018. The University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees approved the naming in September. Meanwhile, a committee led by Larry Feick, vice provost for special projects at the Pittsburgh campus, has begun searching for a new president for the Bradford and Titusville campuses. Feick and Executive Search Consultant Robert Holyer met with faculty, staff and Advisory Board members this fall and have advertised the position. Candidates will be brought to campus in late winter, with an announcement anticipated before Alexander’s departure. Troutman and Troutman Contractors Dr. Jean M. Truman (17) United Refining Company (2) Wal-Mart Foundation Dr. Robert J. and Mary B. Weiss (2) Thomas L. ’64-’66 and Doris A. Williams (28) Hilton L. “Woody” and Patricia A. Woodruff (23) Quadrangle Club Annual Giving Fund and capital gift donors of $500 to $999 in 2016-2017 Paul R. and Constance E. Abbey Daniel J. and Audrey D. Abrashoff (12) G. Carlton Adkins Jeffery D. and Sara A. ’79 Andrews (27) Dean Bauer (7) Michael Benchetrit Burton M. Bland (5) Butler Manufacturing Company (2) Karen S. Bowen ’63-’66 (9) Bradford Festa Italiana (2) Anonymous (4) Marianne Jacaszek Brown ’84 (5) Stephen M. ’83 and Susan Budihas Michael F. ’81-’82 and Millicent E. ’85 Cahill (7) l Maurice and Nan Cashman (2) Michael D. Coradi ’72-’74

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Ellen Tyne Daly Joseph and Suzanne DeMott (9) Steven T. ’05 and Jennifer Douglass (5) Gordon and Jane Olson Downing Dr. Donald D. and Carol O. Esch (3) Richard T. ’83 and Lisa L. ’90 Esch (20) Pamela ’10 and Michael Eschrich Mary Lou Falcone and Nicholas Zann Dr. Howard and Ann Westerberg Ferguson (4) David G. and Diana L. Ferguson (6) Howard Fesenmyer (26) l Michael and Jennifer ’10 Forney (5) Dr. Richard G. and Janet S. Frederick (14) Raymond R. and Sherill Geary (7) Alan and Nancy H. Gordon (24) l Jacqueline A. Gregg ’87 (4) Dr. Anita J. Herbert (21) l William F. and Pauline G. Higie (24) l Robert M. and Marie E. Jarrett (6) Ernest D. Kallenbach, Jr. (9) Kenneth C. and Ann M. Kane (10) Dr. Laurie J. Kirsch (3) LJ Stein Carol B. Luke and Humbert Piscitelli Christopher L. ’94 and Megan Luke (10) Dennis M. ’16. and Leasa A.’03 Maley (20) Robert H. ’83 and Julie A. Marasco (8) Dr. Jacinth Maynard (13) Shane E. McCormick ’02 (3) McCourt Label (6)

Raymond W. McMahon (12) Janice Melaro (2) Glenn R. ’04 and Melissa Melvin (16) Lisa S. Minich Kathy L. Moonan (2) Christopher D. Napoleon ’87-’88 (9) Dr. BioDun J. Ogundayo (2) Larry F. Pace ’64-’66 Mariann Pascarella (7) Pioneer Management, LLC Pitt-Bradford Office of the President (7) William P. Platko ’70-’72 Frederick V. Proper ’89 (21) Dr. Larry Schardt ’72-’74 Seneca Chapter Trout Unlimited State Line Supply Co. (6) Sundahl and Co. Inc. (9) Michael C. Taylor ’89 The Norweb Foundation Tabatha Wybiral YMCA of the Twin Tiers (4) YourCause, LLC Trustee for Chevron David E. ’71-’73 and Julie M. ’86 Zuckerman (5) Blue and Gold Club Annual Giving Fund and capital gift donors of $300 to $499 in 2016-2017 Marilyn R. Blackmore (5) Bonadio and Co., LLP

Gregory W. and Cheryl L. Booth (14) Bret A. and Jackie Butler (7) Frances N. and Rita J. Carducci (9) Dr. James W. Carlson Dr. Yong-Zhuo Chen (27) Dr. William C. and Veronica Conrad (4) Peter M. ’02 and Stephanie A. Eckstrom (14) Energized Substation Maintenance, Inc. Robert and Ann Esch (5) Fagan Engineers and Land Surveyors, P.C. Joseph F. Fire ’65-’67 (6) Thomas and Diane Fleet Mark A. ’71-’73 and Debra M. George Georgetown Emporium: Dr. Joan Zoltanski, Helen B. Zoltanski, Monica M. Zoltanski, Mary E. Zoltanski Martin M. Glesk and Margaret Lauerman (5) Ronald and Rebecca Goss Anonymous (5) David E. Hunt ’73-’75 (3) Col. Jerome M. Jankowiak ’76-’78 (10) Rhett F. ’92 and Kara J. Kennedy (20) Charlotte Loudermilk Layton ’88 (13) Brett E. and Gail L. Lewis John M. and Natalie ’09 Marasco and family (8) Lizbeth A. Matz (27) l Roger L. Moore ’81 Dr. Narayan P. and Saguna N. ’85 Nayak Lucille M. Nuzzo (4) Bernard J. Picklo Jr. (10) Mark and Vicky L. ’93 Pingie (11) Ann R. Robinson (15) James R. Smith (2) Southern Tier Municipal and Construction Supply Co. George J. Stanley ’64-’66 (13) Ye Wang (2) Klaus Wuersig (17) Richard S. Barton and Dr. Lauren E. Yaich (19) l Joseph M. Young ’64-’66 (5) Daniel M. and Emily N. Zinsner (9) Century Club Annual Giving Fund and capital gift donors of $100 to $299 in 2016-2017 ABC Bus, Inc. and The Cornell Family Howard Adelson ’68-’69 Martha T. Ahrens John L. Allen ’71-’73 Alpha Phi Omega American Society of Assoc Exec (6) Christopher A. and Nancy Anzuoni Holly E. Appleman ’84 (27) l Barbara A. Atkins (4) Anonymous

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Robert J. and Vickie L. ’03 Baker Stanley C. Bandur ’65’-66 Jamie Barton Stephen and Lisa A. Bastedo ’71-’72 Gregory and Jennifer Bauer (7) Bayline Insurance Agency Dr. Widad E. and Cheryl A. ’90 Bazzoui (4) Matthew S. ’04 and Kimberly A. ’04 Beacom Christine Bedford Jackie Bedford Matthew S. Bent ’95-’96 (2) Bruce A. ’63-’65 and Mary J. ’63-’65 Benton Udele A. Bingaman ’09 (2) Bisett Building Center (7) Bob Cummins Construction Co. (9) Jeffery S. ’13 and Jacqueline M. Bosworth ’94 (5) l Patricia Bovaird Bradford Area School District Bradford Forest Inc. Bradford Hospital Foundation (3) Bradford Owls Wrestling Booster Club Max and Sharon Brady (7) Kristin M. Braun ’10 Daniel J. Brinsky Thomas R. and Jean H. Bromeley (27) Danny G. Brooks Jr. ’01 Michael S. ’72-’74 and Joan L. Brownlee Justin R. Yadlosky ’97 and Laura L. Brown-Yadlosky ’95 (2)

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John W. and Kelly Bryner Peggy Burgess F. James Burns ’83 Adrian C. Byler ’05 Lawrence M. Byrne ’79 (5) C.J. Wallace Engineering, LLC Caldwell’s Windoware, Inc. Callahan Vending, LLC Rocco Camas Jr. (6) Judy A. Cameron (9) Jim and Joyce A. Campbell Jason and Lynette Campogiani (7) Michael R. ’03 and Jackie ’08 Carlson (5) Thomas E. Carroll ’71-’72 (20) John C. ’65-’66 and Theresa C. Carson Steven J. Causer ’82 (2) Joseph C. and Deidre L. Cervini Charlotte Regional Visitor Authority Stuart I. Chase ’91-’93 Christy L. Clark (2) Carol A. Coats ’63-’66 (12) Dr. Steven C. and Flora F. Cohen (28) l James M. Colestro Jr. ’08 Richard J. and Patricia M. Colosimo (7) Anthony J. Comilla Jr. (2) Jim Comilla (4) Rosanne J. Conaway (28) l Earl A. Condon and Rebecca Manno Bradley G. Conquer ’88 Sasha Cooke Mrs. Hanley B. Cox (4) Richard Cox

David L. Crandall ’65-’66 John J. Crawford (2) Kevin B. Cronin ’64-’66 (5) Dan Simrell Advertising Co. David A. and Ann M. DeDionisio Michael E. DeFrank ’80-’82 (5) Marcus DeLoach John P. DePetro Jr. (10) Michelle L. DeStefano ’93 Dexter’s Service Center (3) Anita L. Dibble ’79-’81 (2) John and Dana M. Dimenno Theresa Dipietro James H. and Mary Jane DiSorbo (8) Louis A. and Rose Marie DiSorbo (5) Shannon G. and Lori R. DiSorbo (2) Michael A. ’80-’82 and Anita ’88 Dolan (18) Elizabeth J. Dolan ’83-’84 Robert and Diana Donnelly (2) Dr. Jon Draeger Duggan and Duggan General Contractor Inc. (4) Dr. Andrew A. and Elga Dzirkalis (28) l Peter A. Dzirkalis ’00 (11) Anonymous (2) Eastern Sintered Alloys, Inc. (6) Philip J. Eberl (2) Lynn and Joseph Eckl (4) Dr. Betsey A. Eggler ’66-’67 (11) Larry R. ’63-’83 and Noreen I. Eliason (13) Justin Elmore ’09 (3)

Daniel C. Emery ’73-’75 (2) John P. Eschrich ’67-’69 (16) Dr. Carys Evans-Corrales and Scott Corrales (23) William S. Fargo ’80 (18) John and Linda Farrell Raymon L. Fasnacht ’80 Mary Ann Fensel (4) William Ferguson Kerry S. and Betty Fetter (16) Meghan Fetterman ’11 (3) Anthony J. and Jill A. Fiorini Flexospan Steel Buildings, Inc. Donald D. Fox ’82 (10) Dennis J. and Marietta A. Frank (23) l Gregory B. ’85 and Beth Franson (3) Donald J. and Pamela B. Fredeen (16) Tim W. and Suzanne A. Funk Rev. Stacey M. Fussell (6) l Lee Gardner (13) l Ward L. Garner ’89 Edward J. ’87 and Lisa K. Gasper Stephen M. and Marianne K. Geary James S. and Karen R. Gelston (24) l Thomas J. Gill ’76-’78 (4) Carolyn L. Goble ’83 (3) Charles and Helen Goble (7) Lynne Gokey R. Stephan ’78-’84 and Joan A. ’86 Gollaher (4) Harvey L. and Barbara P. Golubock (16) Dr. George H. Grabe ’63-’65 (2) Richard J. and Elizabeth C. Greville (12) Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. and Ruth Fasnacht ’81 Griffin (4) Dr. Joshua B. Groffman (2) Edward ’98 and Karie ’98 Gunkle Sara Hamlin Patrick G. Hanley ’73-’75 Hardware Specialties Inc. (2) Jason Hardy Dr. William K. ’75-’77 and Michele Harkins Wendy B. Harmer Craig L. ’72-’84 and Neidra ’73-’74 Hart (15) Jay W. and Jacqueline Hart Michael Hartburg ’92 (18) Stephen M. ’67-’69 and Gail E. Healy Magnolia E. Hernandez ’00 (4) Dr. Steven Herrmann Courtney L. Hickman ’99 Jack A. and Lori J. Hollabaugh Alicia J. Hooks ’12 (4) Carma L. Horner (12) l Barry L. and Arlene K. Householder (2) Ronald D. and Shirley L. Houtz (3) Dr. and Mrs. Keith L. Howard (3) David and Carla Hribal Ronald R. and Stephanie M. Hribal Andrew and Lucia J. Hunter

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Pitt-Bradford 2016–2017 Nancy A. Hurley-Sauselein ’74-’76 Melissa J. Ibañez (17) Richard E. and Amy J. Irish (3) John J. and Julie A. Irving (2) Jamestown Heating and Air Systems, Inc. Jamestown Mattress Co. (4) John L. Jr. and Cynthia L. Jarzab (2) Jerry L. Johnson Jr. ’90 (4) Michael L. Johnson ’64-’66 Thomas H. Jones ’81 Thomas K. and Kimberly A. Kauffman (6) John M. Kearney ’73-’75 (14) Ronald J. Keim ’68-’70 (3) Dr. Mark ’03 and Barbara Kelley (8) Mr. William R. Kessel Norman and Connie King (9) Anonymous (2) Donald and Mary Kline Brian and Julia Kopp Dr. and Mrs. Matthew M. Kropf (4) Jessica M. Kubiak ’06 Scott A. ’01 and Allison D. ’01 Kunkel (10) Joseph E. and Katherine W. LaBarca (16) LabelPack Automation, Inc. (4) Leslie A. Lafferty ’93 (9) Drs. Lawrence R. and Helene M. Lawson (26) Anna Lemnitzer (2) Anthony R. and Patricia A. ’64-’65 Lenkner (4) Craig R. and Joy Guidry Isabel Leonard William J. Leven Jr. and Terri A. Leven ’69-’71 (19) l Robert R. Lines ’03 (6) Kristi Liptak ’02 (14) Sherrill L. and Susan L. Livesay Donna Loewy Logistics Plus, Inc. (2) Kenneth P. Luchetti ’75-’77 (2) Richard J. and Cheryl L. ’69-’72 Lutz (25) Thomas D. Lyons ’66-’68 (6) Thomas M. Madine ’79-’81 (7) Badiene Magaziner John B. Maitland Jr. (13) Bryan R. ’89 and Marcell A. ’90 Mallette Earl A. Condon and Rebecca Manno Laurie Marcello ’14 (3) Bradley E. ’03 and Karen S. March Mick and Michele Marshall (2) Dr. Joel O. Martin ’66-’68 (7) Carrie-Ann Matheson John C. ’80 and Juanita B. ’78-’81 Mattiola James W. Maxwell ’02 (8) Mazza Sheet Metal, Inc. A. James McGill l McKean Insurance Agency, Inc. (2) Michael J. and Cathleen C. Medden Jessica A. Melincavage ’03 (2)

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Dr. Richard F. Melka (2) l Patricia C. Melniker* (4) Winnie Rajakumar ’07 and Kathleen Melvin ’08 Gregory H. Merkle ’85 (6) Metalico Bradford, Inc. Daniel J. Miller ’93 (7) Lisa B. and Philip R. Miller Tamra E. Minnier ’81 John G. Mishtal ’71-’73 (28) Amy M. Moffatt ’08 (9) Robert S. Molnar ’05 (2) Trisha A. Morris (3) l Mary F. DePetro Murphy (10) National Philianthropic Trust (3) Lois A. Nease ’91 (26) Harold E. and Carol A. ’99 Newman (11) Michael and Marsha Newman Richard and Martha W. Nork (2) Barbara A. Norman ’88 (27) Michael Nye Sally W. Oberdick ’82 (4) Nancy E. O’Day (8) Thomas T. Ordiway (2) Lyndon C. Orinion ’11 (7) Ronald L.’77-’79 and Theresa M. Orris Shane E. Oschman (8) l Ott and McHenry Pharmacy Sidney Outlaw Christopher D. Parry ’89 (27) James M. Pasinski ’00 (15) Col. Wade L. Paton USAF (Ret) ’65-’66 (20) Robert K. Patterson ’98 (3) The Rev. Richard and Danielle C. ’08 Pearson (9) Michael J. Salerno and Stacie A. Pecora-Salerno ’83 (12) Matthew D. Pekular ’15 (2) Pembroke Foundation (14) Penn York Oil and Gas Affiliates of the Desk and Derrick Clubs (7) John H. Peterson ’99 and Denise A. Seagren-Peterson ’90 (4) l Judith H. Pfleegor ’76-’78 (10) Keith Phares Barbara Phillips (4) Joann M. Piatko (3) l Ann O. Pinkerton David E. Pinyot ’76-’78 (3) Dr. Anil G. Pradhan Steven J. ’99 and Anna Prior Kyle T. Pugh ’88 (24) Clare A. Pusateri ’70-’71 (9) Michael H. Quan ’99 Ryan W. Race ’07 (2) Jody A. Randolph ’15 (17) Debra B. Rathbun ’83 (3) Mrs. Edie Raught (11) Mr. and Mrs. Gregory R. Reese (4)

Register Graphics, Inc. (2) Tom and Michele K. Reighley The Huber Family Charitable Fund Charles L. and Karen R. Renn (2) James ’03-’04 and Jessica J. Resig ’10 (2) Jeffrey C. ’86 and Julie L. ’89 Rice (2) Alex Richardson Jennifer Rivera Andrea M. Robbins (4) Lisa and Richard Roberts (3) Bill and Linda Roemer (2) Thomas and Julie Rook Virginia Rook Marilyn Y. Roslinski (2) Karl L. ’06 and June F. Ross (4) Matthew ’05 and Sara Rowles (7) Emory M. Royall Elaine B. Royer ’63-’65 (3) Christine A. Sala-Porco ’68-’70 Kenneth and Patricia Schaming Anonymous (3) Charles G. and Shirley A. Schreiber (16) Michael J. Schweinberg (3) Roger A. Scott Jr. Carolyn L. Sekerka ’64-’65 Kevin L. Shannon ’74-’76 Gale Arnold Shay ’93 (2) Patrick G. Shields ’67-’71 (6) Dr. Karl E. Shuey ’68-’68 Dr. Joseph R. ’65-’67 and Linda D. Siebert (12) Bruce Sledge Dr. Gary S. ’82-’84 and Lorna J. ’82-’84 Smith (2) Todd P. and Lori L. Smith (3) Dr. Abaz and Samila Sosic ’11 Dr. Jonathan Spaulding (5) St. Marys Insurance Agency, Inc. Starr Transit Company, Inc. Barry R. and Joyce E. Stauffer Robert and Dr. Lorelei Stein Thomas J. Stengel ’68-’70 (4) Robert A. and Kathy M. Stidd (2) Erica Strauss Elaine Summerday (5) Bob and Becky Tahara James ’88 and Carol ’89 Tamsen (2) Richard E. ’95 and Ami L. ’92 Tarburton Taxi Tours, Inc. William R. and Debra L. ’89 Taylor (24) Donald R. ’70-’71 and Kathleen M. Taylor Peter W. and Kathleen B. Taylor Thomas E. Taylor Gary B. Tessmer Paul H. Titus Trans-Bridge, Inc. Lawrence J. Trulick ’64-’66 (7) David E. Tuttle (6) Brent ’01 and Christine ’16 Tyler (4) Charles E. Vanderhoof III ’81

Mary Ann Vantine James ’88 and Carol ’89 Tamsen (2) James E. and Deborah A. ’73-’74 Vecellio (2) Paula M. Vecellio ’80 (2) Rita Y. Verolini (6) Pasquale J. ’89 and Jessica N. ’09 Vigliotta (5) Andrew B. ’95 and Robyn M. ’95 Wagle Dr. Christophas H. Walker ’90 Curt ’00-’02 and Stacy Sorokes ’01 Wallace (13) Thomas J. ’70-’72 and Laura L. ’71-’73 Wash Howard Watkins Marie A. Weaver (8) Daniel Weeks Steven E. Wesmiller ’74-’76 (9) John F. ’79 and Charlene Wesoloski (8) Allen and Karen L. Whitaker Robert Whte Earl T. and Mary E. Williams Steven E. and Dayna L. Williams (11) Wm. T. Spaeder Co., Inc. Richard W. and Bette Wright Michael Wurm Joseph H. and Wendy Yaros (2) Sharon B. Yeager (3) Randy and Leslie A. Yokeley Jeffrey K. Young ’88 (2) Dr. Hashim A. Yousif (27) William E. Zahn (4) Lew Zande (7) Alessandra Zorgniotti and Michael Berlin Susan Bross Zweier ’95 (16) Other Donors Annual Giving Fund and capital gift donors up to $100 in 2016-2017 A. J. Kautz and Son (2) William J. and Marcia P. Abbott (6) l Troy E. Abel ’84-’86 Judith S. Albaugh ’14 (4) Denise P. Albert ’69-’71 (2) Roger D. and Patricia A. ’67-’69 Alexis (2) l Susan A. Aljoe ’84 (3) Pamela Amabile Penny M. Amacher ’14 (2) Ameriprise Financial Services David D. Anderson ’89 (15) Dennis J. Anderson ’72-’73 (2) Jennifer R. Anderson ’13 Margaret M. Archer ’83 (2) Maxwell L. Asinger ’15 (3) Carl W. and Roberta A. Augostini (11) Erik Austin ’12 (4) Gary A. and Catherine M. Austin Marcia A. Avey (5)

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President’s Report Honor Roll of Donors (cont.–) Phyllis L. Babasick (2) Thomas Bagwell Kimberly M. Bailey ’03 (18) l Ralph Bailey ’67-’70 (7) Tina Baker ’94-’00 Dr. Sean P. Barbabella ’92 Thomas M. Barbera ’93 (10) Darnell D. Barksdale (2) Barbara J. Barnes ’76-’78 The Rev. Christopher M. Barnes ’95 (5) Scott S. Bartholomew ’71-’73 (2) Timothy J. and Donna M. Bates John R. and Debra L. Bauer (4) Ellen H. and Jeffrey P. Bauman Guy P. and Patricia H. Bauman Timothy J. Bean ’85 (3) Dianna Beaver (9) l The Rev. W. LeRoy and Audrey A. Beckes Timothy L. G. Beckes ’88-’89 Matthew C. Bedekovich ’16 (2) Kayla M. Beers ’15 John and Shirley Behm Roger and Lucy Beimel (5) Jim Belardia (7) Greg and Jane Harris ’67-’69 Bell (2) Kathleen Bellush David and Alberta Benedetto (2) Dean P. Benedict ’89 Jonathon and Kathleen Benedict (4) Kim R. Benjamin ’75-’77 (2) Matthew D. Bennett ’16 (2) Meti Berki ’16 (2) David A. Betron ’64-’65 (3) Seth A. Bickford ’08 Lisamarie Bielicki ’01 (4) Gerald and Sarah Bignotti Dr. Michael B. and Nancy K. Binder Julie A. Bish ’94 (9) Christopher ’11 and Christina ’17 Bishop Bill and Barb Black (7) Allen P. ’82 and Jennifer A. ’79-’82 Blum Crawford and Bonnie Bolten Pamela Bond l Theresa M. Bond (2) l Book Friends Marian and James Booth (4) Marissa A. Booth ’16 (2) JoAnn Borgo ’72-’74 (2) Brian and Diane L. Boser ’90 (2) Mary K. Boser ’84 l James Botos Donald J. and Anne E. ’86 Bouquin (12) Sara L. Bova ’15 (3) Marcia Bower Rotary Club of Bradford Brenda R. Brandon ’14 (4) Mary C. Brandow (5) l Dan P. and Susan P. Brennan Dr. Wayne J. Brinda Patricia Roth Bristor ’83 (4)

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Robert A. Bromley ’81 Christopher D. Brooks ’07 Charles M. and Maryellen Brooks l Dr. Jerard W. Brown ’65-’66 Joan M. Brown (6) Sean E. Brown Sr. (2) Kim L. Bruner Tina and John Bulmer (2) Katherine A. Burleigh ’79-’81 Burlington Trailways Laura Burt (2) Mark E. Byrne ’98 (2) James M. Cable ’13 Peter J. and Kelly D. Calla Jonathan L. Campbell ’08 Jacob ’10 and Melissa ’12 Canaan (2) Denny and Sandy Caprarotta (3) l Rick W. Caranfa ’91 Cheryl A. Carfagna-Tracy ’74-’75 Judith Caribardi Allegretto ’88 (9) Dennis C. Carlson ’65-’67 (11) Scott J. ’99 and Katie E. ’06 Carlson (3) Megan Carpenter ’12 Scott E. Carpenter ’92 James J. ’87 and Gianna M. Carroll (2) Nancy L. Carson ’81 Ron ’64-’69 and Karen Carty Jeffery Cattoni ’16 (2) Thomas P. Causer ’78 (4) Barbara Cavalcanti (2) Rita Cecco ’13 (3) Isabelle A. Champlin ’64-’65 (12) l The Rev. Brett E. Charsky ’91 (2) Beth Christman ’12 David L. and Donna Clark Janet L. Cleveland ’85 (4) William and Leah Coersmeyer Lori A. Coffman ’05 (9) Patrick J. and Linda K. Cogan Michael T. and Mary R. Coglio Sara M. Cohen ’16 Karin J. Cole ’00 (4) Vicki Colley (2) Richard and Stacey M. Colosimo ’17 (2) Nicholas E. Comilla Concreteman Inc. (4) Joseph C. Conklin ’03 Carlyle C. Conn ’73-’75 (12) Robert M. and Shirley A. Corelli Nicole Corliss ’13 William A. Cornell Jr. ’70-’72 James R. Cosgrove Maria G. Costanza ’12 Frank A. Jr. and Melanie M. Costanza Ed Pecht and Karen A. Costello-Pecht ’11 (5) Katherine N. Cotton ’15 M. Wayne and Mary Ann Crissman (7) l Hannah Crone Jamez and Jennifer L. ’08 Crytzer (2)

l Member of the Friends of the Hanley Library DandS Glass Service LTD. Sharon L. D’Allessandro Carly S. Dalton ’16 (2) Dr. David J. Daly ’64-’71 (2) Danny’s South Inc. Kristy L. Darby ’02 Michael J. Dattilo ’73-’75 (4) Craig V. Davis ’82 (2) Robert J. and Constance A. Dawson Eugene D. and Helen DeFrank (3) Debra ’96 and Greg Delach Justin S. Demiter ’04 Adam ’11 and Nuwangi ’13 DeNault Benjamin J.’15 and Erin K. ’14 DeNault Deng M. A. Deng ’15 James P. DePalma ’63-’67 (4) Vincent A. and Bonnie H. Derosa Valerie M. Detweiler ’09 Immanuel W. Diamant ’11 Anonymous (5) James DiBella ’68-’70 James V. DiFonzo ’90-’91 (4) Sandra Ryan DiGiulio ’67-’70 Craig R. Dillaman ’01 Beverly A. Dittman ’83 (4) David A. and Ruth Dixon Drs. Andrew and Donna M. Dombeck (10) Joseph D. Donahoe ’74-’76 Rev. Lawrence C. and Patricia A. ’03 Donahue (15) Kimberly M. Douglas ’99 (5) l Robert P. Douglas ’77-’85 (5) l Lee A. Doynow (3) l Patricia C. Drummond ’80 (19) Laurie K. Dufford (2) Mark S. Dutchess ’71-’73 (11) Deborah Easley ’12 Drs. Jason ’00 and Jennifer Eastman (3) Kari A. ’98 Eaton Timothy Edborg John C. and Susanne Egbert Char Eggleston Ron E. and Gaetana Ehrhart Nicholas A. Eichenlaub ’04 (2) Stephen E. Eidson ’73-’75 (13) l David J. Einwag ’71-’72 Yara T. Elbeshbishi ’15 Andrew R. Eliason ’14 (2) Jeanette L. Elliott ’98 Robert J. ’99 and Amy E. ’00 Ellison (2) Steven D. Ellison ’01 (2) Rachel Elser (2) Frankie Embrescia ’14 Jeffrey Engels ’14 (2) Bruce L. ’66-’68 and Michele Engman (13) Danielle L. Erdley ’14 William J. ’70-’72 and Catherine L. Erlanson Andy A. and Janet B. Fada James P. Fada

Joseph L. and Candace L. Fada Robert A. and Nancy L. Fada Robert G. and Patricia L. Fada James V. ’88 and Amy L. ’91 Faes (26) Timothy Fallon Beth and Todd Fantaskey (5) Lori J. Faulkner (2) Norman M. Faye ’65-’67 (16) Dennis Fellows Connie L. Ferguson ’14 (2) P. Louis Fiorentino and Family Michael Fitzpatrick ’16 (3) Boyd G. Fitzsimmons ’86 Patricia F. Fitzsimmons ’94 Kristen R. Fleet Kayla M. Flick ’09 (7) Matthew Foerstner Dr. Terje S. and Ingrid Fokstuen (7) l Megan C. Follmer ’14 James J. and Lucy M. Ford Zachary Foster ’12 (2) Ronald E. and Denise Fowkes Dennis J. Fox ’78 Kathleen E. Fox ’81-’84 (15) Kevin S. and Judy M. Fox (2) Staci K. Frantz ’94 (15) Nicolette A. Fruehan ’14 Bobbi R. Furnas ’75-’77 Catherine R. Gabel ’91 (21) Regina C. Gabriel (4) l Nancy Gaffney Robert A. Gaige ’67-’69 (2) Julie L. Galbraith ’93 (5) Rilan Galicic ’17 Michael F. Gallina ’14 John and Ann Gannon (11) Diane F. Gardner ’00-’04 Olyver M. Gardner ’16 (2) Peter L. ’75-’78 and Diane F. ’04 Gardner Tammy L. Gardner ’13 (3) Teresa A. Gardner David A. and Rebecca A. Gatesman ’99 (8) Stephen M. Gatesman ’98 Linda M. Gault ’89 (22) Arthur R. Geahr ’07 Christine A. Geary ’84 Avril M. Gedman ’14 (2) Margaret Giacobello Nicholas J. Gier ’14 Patricia A. Girard ’81 (27) Anthony J. Girata ’82-’83 Stephen G. Glasl ’88 BriAnne M. Gleason ’13 Jonathan C. Goble ’91 Kelsey E. Gordon ’16 (2) Courtney L. Gorrell ’14 C. Gregory and Jane Graham Yvonne M. ’72-’74 and Harry Graham-Lis (3) Kelly J. Sewell ’01

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Josh Gray ’12 Katie D. Gray ’16 (2) Greater New Jersey Motorcoach Association, Inc. Sandra M. Green Paul R. ’05 and Amy Gregg Emily R. Gress ’01-’03 (2) Jacqueline T. Grimenstein ’69-’71 (4) James D. Guelfi (27) l James C. and Beverly K. Gula Samantha S. Gutshall ’86 Jon Hagberg David Haggstrom Tad M. and Kristin L. ’97 Haight (2) Thomas H. and Kathy L. Harbaugh J. Bruce ’66-’71 and Sharon Hare (28) Steven J. Harner ’76-’78 (28) Robert F. Harrington Cynthia Harris Maisha A. Harris ’16 (2) Wildrick and Geraldine A. Hart l Jude W. Harter ’15 Edward J. Hayden ’02, ’07 Scott W. ’87 and Carol A. Hazlett (2) George Hazuda Mackenzie L. Heale ’14 (4) Richard and Peggy Heath Stanley C. and Lynn E. ’78-’86 Heckathorn Louis and Janet ’84 Heinaman Delaney R. Held ’16 (2) Fred C. Henke* Christen Lowery J. Downs and Sondra Herold (4) Colin E. ’63-’65 and Molly Heron (8) l Kelly E. Herzog ’01 (7) David G. ’74-’76 and Georganne M. Higie (28) Jonathan G. and Lisa S. Higie William F. Jr. and Anne C. Higie Meagan E. Hillard ’16 (2) James M. and Margaret Hillery (2) Dr. Patricia Hill-Zeigler (2) Fred G. and Beth L. Hilzinger Thomas E. ’76-’81 and Janice M. ’80 Himes Beth A. Hinog ’85-’87 Janice A. Hinojos Todd Hnatyszyn Lisa L. Hoch ’08 Casey J. Hoffman ’12 (4) Kacie R. Hoffman ’02 Robert E. Hogue Jr. (2) Phillip and Sandy Hoh (2) Samantha J. Hoh ’16 (2) Jasent ’02 and Kristy ’01 Holland Margaret E. Holland (7) l Mary P. Honard ’94 Paul R. Horenstein ’65-’66 (2) Susan E. Horton ’11

David Y.K. Lee and his daughter, Allison, attend the Leadership Donor and Founders’s Society Reception in 2016. Lee has established the Ann E. Lee Nurse Practitioner Memorial Scholarship in memory of his wife, who died in 2016. Ann Lee ’02 was a part-time member of the nursing faculty.

Amy J. Houghtling ’94 Cody C. ’04 and Tiffany M. ’06 Housler Sean ’00-’02 and Sarah ’12 Housler William and Melinda Howard ’88 (4) Anonymous Randy L. Howell ’83 (3) Gary W. and Kay Hoyt (2) Dr. Robert M. Hrisak ’90 Gregory A. and Mary M. Huber (2) Sandra D. Hudspith ’83 (3) Evan B. Hughes William P. Hughey ’68-’70 (2) Doris J. Hungiville ’76 (2) Linda L. Huntoon ’81 Kay A. Hurley (4) l Weston Hurt J. A. Luciano and Sons The Hon. Kenneth M. and Denise E. Jadlowiec (2) Patrick F. James ’16 Robert V. and Ann M. James Richard H. Jarrett ’94 Harry F. and Teri L. Jaszcz Janet M. Johnson ’79 Jenelle M. Johnson ’08 Thomas A. Johnson ’87 Tianna R. Johnson ’14 Diane E. Johnston ’82 Cynthia L. Jones ’80 (2) Kathleen Jones Julian Joyner ’16 (2) Mary Kafferlin (2) Martin and Teri Kahle Chad P. Kamler ’06 Zachary A. Karenchak ’12 Douglas G. Kassab ’77-’78 Laurie G. Kassab ’71-’72 John R. and Pamela M. Kautz (4) Celeste Kearns ’11 Brittany R. Keck ’13

Kenneth P. ’67-’69 and Denise E. Kelly (18) Kathleen H. Kennedy l Emily Kenyon ’16 (2) Bonnie A. Kettle ’92 (2) Keystone Powdered Metal Co. Bethany A. Kier ’17 (2) John and Marlene K. Kijowski (2) Kelsey Kilhoffer ’13 David G. Kindervater ’91 Tracy Karstetter Kiras ’91 Chad C. Kirk ’06 Dr. Michael Klausner (7) Stephen G. Kleinhenz ’94 Cheri Kline Hunter Kline ’16 (2) Kenneth W. Kline (2) Dr. Shelly Klinek Edward A. Klitsch III ’72-’74 Edna M. Knauer Helen Knauer Lynn McLaughlin Knezevich ’72-’74 (3) Jessica L. Kniss ’11 Larry W. ’86 and Carol K. Knowlton (9) Andrew O. Koenig ’14 (4) Darien L. Kontes ’95 (10) Jean M. Koontz ’82 (5) Kevin J. ’98 and Stephanie L. ’99 Kost (4) Ronald and Sherri L. ’90 Kotwica Joshua D. ’16 and Jessica Kramer ’05 (2) Janine F. Krans Jacobs ’86 (2) Anonymous (7) Kelsey A. Krepps ’15 Roberta K. Kribbs ’98 (2) Sherri M. Kwence ’06 Ryan Labrozzi Roxanne M. Langianese ’85 Nora K. Latcovich ’83 Jerry L. Lawson ’86 Nathan Lawyer ’18 Mark J. and Penny Leary (2)

Jay Leipheimer ’13 (3) Susan J. Lenny ’15 (3) Nancy L. Leonard (25) l Bob and Eleanor Leslie (24) l Brent M. Liberati ’14 Joan E. Lindy ’04 (8) Cheryl A. Lipsky ’99 Harold E. Little Jr. ’93 James P. Little ’94 (3) George and Milagros Lockhart Peter and Yvette Loftus J. Paul Lombardo Ronald and Susan M. Lombardo (3) Jacob Loree ’11 Jose Lozada Charles A. and Jennifer L. Luba Mary Lee Lucas (5) Scott A. Luce ’08 (6) Mr. and Mrs. Michael Luciano (12) Stacey L. Lunn ’89 Lester Lynch Shannon R. Lynch ’14 (4) Sandra S. Lyter (7) l Jolene M. Mackcoviak ’99 Kristin Mackey Michael J. and Martha A. Madden Brady M. Major ’16 (2) Amy S. ’91 and Jim Mallison-Austin Nancy C. Manchinski (2) Shawn ’08 and Rose ’13 Manning (2) Samuel Marchini Richard J. and Carol Marcott l Jason E. Marinin Ann Markowitz (2) l Paul A. ’04 and Holly A. ’68-’70 Marocchi (2) Michael J. Martin (3) Shane M. Marucci ’16 (2) Kara B. Mascitti Eric D. Matheson ’16

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James and Marcia A. McAndrew (4) l Michele L. McCann ’16 Robert M. McCann Alyssa M. McClelland ’11 (2) Seth A. McClymonds ’04 (2) Andrew D. ’93 and Stacy R. ’95 McCole Virginia McCullough Christy A. McDermott ’97 Peggy A. McGee-Leonard ’91 (18) Jeannie B. McGinley (6) Patricia McGinnis ’81-’85 (9) Steven J. McGonnell ’98 John W. McGriff George ’09 and Jeanine ’10 McGuire (2) Brent and Julie A. ’06 McGuire (2) James C. McHale ’85 Anonymous Andrew McKenna Raymond J. and Cheryl A. McKenzie Allen D. McLaughlin ’82 (18) Bethany L. Mealy ’14 (4) Douglas M. Meley ’64-’66 (13) Yuri T. ’02-’05 and Buffy Fitzsimmons ’03 Merrick (2) Joseph and Patricia Messina Raymond A. and Kathy K. Metz Lindsay R. Metzger Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Meyer (5) Sean G. Mickail ’84 (4) Ann Marie L. Miller ’85 (2) l Elmer Miller Jr. Jennifer M. Miller ’02 Nancy R. Miller (2) l Carol J. Minard ’79 (2) Bradley M. Miner ’14 (4) Marilyn M. Minnier Susan ’88 and John Montour Bart A. ’86 and Catherine A. ’88 Moody Britt C. and Kristy Moore (4) Jan Moore (2) l Jill A. Moore ’06 William L. ’76 and Donna M. Moore (7) l Kevin W. Morgan ’15 Patricia A. Moriarty ’90 (5) Kathleen Morton ’15 (3) Martin L. Moses ’89 Robert M. ’03 and Olivia Mosier ’09 Casey J. Moyer ’13 Kelley Moyer ’09 Joseph D. Muhitch ’96 (13) Timothy F. Murphy ’83-’85 Shawn W. T. Murray ’01 and Lauren E. Murray (7) Spencer S. Myer Celeste Myslewski ’77 (4) Dr. David and Celeste ’77 Myslewski (4) Michael R. and Rae J. Nelson Rubie-Ann S. Nelson ’17 The Hon. Michael L. ’64-’65 and Martha J. ’64-’65 Nenno (3)

Architect Albert Filoni, right, talks with Dr. Livingston Alexander, president, during the dedication of the Harriett B. Wick Chapel in 2010. This fall, Pitt-Bradford posthumously awarded Filoni its highest honor, the Presidential Medal of Distinction, for his work developing a comprehensive facilities plan for the university as well as designing virtually all of the campus’s construction projects during the last 20 years. Cory F. Newcombe ’09 Garrett Newhouse ’14 (2) Anjanette R. Nicolazzo ’08 Susan G. Niegowski ’09 Patricia S. Niemic Roslyn Niphadkabin Kevin Niver Gail R. Nunn Katherine E. Nussbaum ’10 (3) Louis A. and Barbara J. Nuzzo Kevin D. and Susan M. Nye Shirley Oblinsky Joanne S. O’Brien ’94 (15) Martha Oertly ’84 (5) Lars and Karen Olsson (7) Katharine M. O’Neil ’15 Carrie L. Orr ’94 (2) Allison L. Osborne ’16 (2) Carmine J. Pagano II ’83-’85 Jana I. Pahler ’06 (11) Roger E. ’65-’67 and Mary M. ’75-’76 Pais (2) Emily A. Parana ’99 (2) Douglas A. Parson ’99 (2) Nancy B. Pascale (13) l James J. Pascarella ’11 (7) Mariann Pascarella Nancy M. Pascarella ’63-’64 (17) Steven M. and Cynthia L. Pascarella Cyrus S. Patell ’16 (2) Rebecca W. Patterson ’87

Carol M. Pecora (2) l Roy R. and Barbara A. ’96 Pedersen Hiree M. Peoples ’16 (2) Amanda D. Perkins ’13 Krista M. Perkins ’12 Nathan J. Perkins ’05 Roger A. Peters (8) l Lynn Petrun Mark S. Petrusic (2) Cornell N. Pfohl III (7) l Laurel Retzer Phillips ’06 (18) Shane Phillips ’10 Sharon R. Phillips ’65-’66 (2) Tina Phillips (2) Troy W. Phillips ’14 Herman M. and Marilyn Pickles (6) Anonymous (2) l Rose M. Piganelli ’71-’76 Pitt-Bradford Facilities Management Robert J. and Rebecca A. Porkolab (2) Dennis S. and Donna M. Posteraro Dan and Rose Prenoveau Deborah L. Price (5) l Col. George J. Proeller ’69-’72 Jonathan M. and Katie Prosser Sharon L. Purtymun Q-Charlotte, Inc Kevin D. Quinn ’74-’76 (2) Jasmine G. Ralat ’85 (2) Thomas R. Raught ’63-’65 Vincent F. Recine ’65-’66

Carrie L. Redman ’01 Dan M. ’06 and Tracy R. ’04 Rees Anthony L. Reese ’64-’66 (2) Alex J. Renwick ’16 (2) Lindsay E. Retchless ’98 (18) John and Elaine Rice (2) Shannon M. Ridenour (4) Kelsea E. Robbins ’17 Bryant H. Robey ’64-’66 Dan ’14 and Melissa ’14 Robinson (4) Raymond S. and Karen Rogozinski Bart and Lynn M. Rojek Dakota Z. Roller ’12 Rookies Sports Bar Sierra M. Rose ’17 Charles R. and Martha W. Ross Marissa R. Roth ’16 (2) Richard C. Row ’66-’68 (5) Kimberly D. Rublee ’09 (6) Sherillyn Ruggiers Rundell and Armstrong Agency, Inc. William G. Runyan ’65-’67 (2) Dr. Michael A. ’93 and Natalie Rutter Patrick C. and Carol N. Ryan (2) John and Rebecca Norton Ryan (2) l Fred L. and Susan A. Schenfield (2) Tamra A. Schettler ’96 (3) Frederick J. ’73-’75 and Irene T. ’74-’75 Schnepp (3) Danielle A. Schoonover-Wils ’11 Alexander R. Schrock ’13 Herbert A. and Lois J. Schueltz (3) l George J. and Katherine A. Scull Brittany C. Seiler ’14 (2) Ralph B. Sgamma ’63-’65 Jon H. ’79-’81 and Dawn M. ’79-’81 Shaffer Thomas J. and Diane L. Sheeley (2) Alyssa Shembeda ’15 David J. and Cheryl A. Sheneman (7) Patricia A. Shinaberger ’84 (10) l Avinash Shrikantia ’12 James F. Shuey ’65-’66 (15) Robert E. and Willie A. Shultz Barbara M. Shurilla ’91 (4) Craig S. ’99 and Martha J. Simmons (12) l Paul R. and Joan M. Simmons Dr. Robert W. and Michelle B. Simon (3) Brian L. Skelly ’91 (21) Zygmond E. ’04 and Amy L. ’03 Slevinski Neil E. Slevinski ’64-’66 (4) Sheri R. Smay ’13 Andrew J. and Cheryl A. Smith and Family (2) Cynthia K. Smith ’74-’76 Timothy G. and Pam Sneeringer (5) Douglas F. and Cynthia C. Soley (3) l Dr. Michael A. Soltysiak ’81-’83 Southern Tier Family Dentistry PC

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Lori L. Van Aken ’02 Traci Vangor Lois J. VanHoutte ’72-’74 (27) David F. Vecellio Patricia D. Vecellio (7) l* H. Thomas Vinciquera ’88 Ted Viola (2) Geraldine M. Vogt ’10 (14) l William R. Jr. and Marlene A. Walb (3) Dr. Donna M. Wallinger-Lee ’79-’81 (15) Wendell J. Walls ’67-’69 and Dianne M. Wagner Mark W. Walters ’08 Amy L. Ward ’05 Joelle A. Warner (10) Kevin P. and Terri E. Warras David and Karen Washabau L. Joseph Waskiewicz ’70-’72 (7) John W. and Maureen Watson (2) Mary Jo M. Watson ’68-’70 Janet L. Weber ’76-’78 (23) Caitlin M. G. Webster ’12 William J. Weidner ’97 Timothy J. Weidow ’11 Kevin M. Weigel ’72-’74 Richard E. ’94 and Kimberly Marcott Weinberg (21) Lawrence A. Weisenbaler ’99 (4) Karen A. Welch ’72-’74 James D. Weldon ’74-’76 (4) William P. West ’98 Carol Westfall (2) Wilma L. Whitmore

l Member of the Friends of the Hanley Library Thomas L. Wight Sharon McGraw Williams ’96 (21) Breea C. Willingham ’95 (2) Anna, Doug and Sheila Wingard Brittany A. Winner ’09 Annie J. ’96 and Jeffrey Wolfe Nick III ’02 and Brooke M. ’03 Wolosewicz Christopher A. and Lori A. ’88 Works (2) Timothy J. ’10 and Noel M. ’09 Woughter Cindy A. Goble Wright ’90 (9) Tricia Wright l Sharon E. (Vogt) Wyland ’88 (5) Karen Wax Yahr ’76-’77 Raymond D. and Jill Yingling (2) Ms. Judith A. Yorks Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Yormick Ashley L. Young ’15 Carley Younger ’17 Mark J. Zampogna ’88 Helene A. Zannelli-Doucet ’76 (2) Kaitlin M. Zapel ’12 John J. ’92 and Kimberly A. ’93 Zelinski (3) Shushan and Julia Zhao Timothy F. Ziaukas and Dr. Christopher J. McCarrick (23) l Thomas M. Zimbardi ’79 * (9) Katherine Armeny Zukowski ’63-’66 (3) Thomas J. Zurat ’86-’88

Class of 2017 Scholarship Donors Meni A. Ashu ’17 Lauren Ball ’17 Kierra D. Barber ’17 Jacqueline R. Bedford ’17 Gretchen F. Bennett ’17 Drew J. Bentham ’17 Elaine A. Blauser ’17 Todd & Sharon Blauser Briana M. Bookhard ’17 Zachary S. Brumbaugh ’17 Laura Buchheit ’17 Jaylin A. Burroughs ’17 Christopher G. Capo ’17 Rebecca Cardoni Everett S. Chronowski ’17 Stephen A. Clad ’17 Erin N. Clancy ’17 Taylor M. Clever ’17 Karen Clow ’17 Aubrey L. Coast ’17 Brian Conley Justin R. Conley ’17 Lisa M. Cook ’17 Mikhalla R. Cooper ’17 Alassia R. Cousins ’17 Jerry K. Davis ’17 Chelsea P. Dechow ’17 Sean Defazio ’17 Theodore Dodson ’17 Jordan J. Dugan ’17

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Ryan K. Sowers (3) Stephen J. and Julie A. Spencer Chad S. Sprohar ’15 Joan Stack John C. Stahlman ’15 Nadine M. Staiger ’79 Aaron P. Stang ’10 Austin G. and Bonnie Stanley Zach and Nicole Stark (5) Stavish’s Parkwood Tavern Allen L. Stephens ’65-’67 (4) Fran Stewart Randy and Melissa Stiles (10) Vera M. Stobricki ’15 Robert R. Stoltz Jr. ’79 (3) Karen L. Strotman (6) Jennifer Strouse (2) May Sukanovich Everett J. Jr. and Dixie Sutherland Robert A. ’99 and Kellie Swales Rodney A. ’05 and Dianna M. ’03 Swank Carl I. Swanson Devon Swatt ’14 (4) Phyllis A. Sylvester (4) l Ron and Kathy Symington Steven W. Talkington ’11 Edward L. Tanack ’71-’73 (10) Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tanner Stephanie N. Tarullo ’10 Irene Taurins ’65-’67 Shari L. Tennies (2) Matthew A. Teribery ’12 (4) Michael L. Tessmer ’15 John R. Thomas ’06 Bruce F. Thompson ’91 Kathy Thumpston (4) Elizabeth A. Tillman ’13 (2) George Tillotson (2) l John F. and Mary Kristen Tim (4) l Timothy P. ’86 and Sarah J. ’94 Tingley Angelina F. Titus ’13 Jason T. Tobias ’03 (4) Wehonna R. Toth ’16 (2) George M. and Darlene R. Trkulja Jere A. Troka (14) l Domenic A. Trombatt David L. and Karen L. Troutman (9) Laurence E. and Rise L. Tucker Sharon Cockburn Tucker ’81 (5) Brandon ’11 and Sierra ’12 Tully Christopher A. Turton ’15 (2) Evelyn A. Tyler (3) l Rebecca J. Tyler ’04 Dr. Donald I. Ulin (2) l Dr. Raymond J. and Barbara J. Uscinski (9) Megan A. Uscinski ’02 Malik Utendahl ’15 Paul J. Valentine Jeff S. Valerius



Graduating members of the Class of 2017 presented their gift to Dr. Livingston Alexander, president, during the graduate reception in May. Dr. Richard E. and Ruth McDowell provided a supplement to endow the Class of 2017 Scholarship. PORTRAITS 29

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Veronica C. Dugan Chelsea R. Erick ’17 Jillian V. Fleming ’17 Eduardo & Julie Franchi Samuel E. Franchi ’17 Timothy Friede Colin R. Frownfelter ’17 Amy Gaberseck ’17 Rilan Galicic ’17 Katrina M. Gardner ’17 Brandon L. Garske ’17 Stephen M. & Marianne K. Geary Megan E. Geary ’17 Colton Gotshall ’17 Timothy Gotshall Archangela L. Graffius ’17 Evan J. Greening ’17 Alyssa Gregg ’17 Evan R. Griffin ’17 John W. & Claudia Griffin Zachary Hadfield ’17 Danielle E. Hadley ’17 Jonathan C. Heck ’17 Abigail L. Holland ’17 Nicholas D. Hutchinson ’17 Kyle H. Jackson ’17 Clairice M. Kalkhof ’17 Bethany A. Kier ’17 Cheri Kline Hunter Kline ’16 Marta Kolb ’17 Kaylee Krepps ’17 Billijo M. Kriner ’17 Katelynn J. Langhans ’17 Merinda S. Lawrence ’17 Allison Lindquist ’17 Falon L. Ljunggren ’17 Jonnie Mascho ’17 Evelyn Maze ’17 Laura A. McKibbin ’17 Matthew McSparren ’17

Samantha A. Mellin ’17 Rebecca R. Merrill ’17 Miranda M. Mowery ’17 Alecia E. Myers ’17 Katelyn M. Nedz ’17 Erin N. Neuhard ’17 John M. Parsell ’17 Todd M. Parsell Leonard E. Pell ’17 Christopher D. Piechocki ’17 Maljahrae D. Pullium ’17 James Qualters Anthony Quinn Shannen Quinn ’17 Denise Romesburg Miranda L. Ruffner ’17 Amanda J. Sandroni ’17 Cassandra J. Slagle ’17 Cheryl A. Smith ’17 Tayler A. Smith ’17 Erica N. Sorrells ’17 Kyra L. Spadaro ’17 Amanda L. Stady ’17 Peter Y. Stercho ’17 Betsy L. Strayer Cameron V. Strayer ’17 Jennifer Tamburlin ’17 Jordan R. Tatsch ’17 Adam C. Taylor ’17 Kayla B. Taylor ’17 Amy S. Thomas ’17 Susamma Thomas Terra Thompson ’17 Jaylen E. Vails ’17 Lori B. Vickery ’17 Amber D. Wagner ’17 Yilong Wang ’17 Alyssa Warner ’17 Chad M. Whippo ’17 Jalen Wilder ’17 Troi M. Williams ’17

MEMORIAL AND TRIBUTE GIFTS Gifts made to the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, both directly and through the Bradford Educational Foundation, in memory or in honor of a friend or loved one hold a special significance for both the donor and Pitt-Bradford. Contributions were received between July 1, 2016, and June 30, 2017, the following individuals. This list includes book memorials placed with the T. Edward and Tullah Hanley Library.

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In Memory of Lois Abbey Jeffrey P. Armstrong David Augustine Anne T. Babasick Phyllis L. Babasick Edward G. Bahan Robert P. Barczak Keith Basom Debra J. Baxter Jack S. Blaisdell Patricia Blessing Ashley Susan Booth Griffin Carl B. Brown Richard L. Brown Agnes M. Buchheit

GIVEN BY The Norweb Foundation Gerald & Sarah Bignotti Patricia Bovaird Tim W. & Suzanne A. Funk C. Gregory & Jane Graham Carol B. Luke and Humbert Piscitelli Ann P. Ranney Emory M. Royall Bradford Area School District Harriet Armstrong Richard J. and Patricia M. Colosimo Steven D. Ellison ’01 Anna Lemnitzer Brent & Julie A. ’06 McGuire Marilyn M. Minnier Thomas J. and Diane L. Sheeley Randy & Melissa Stiles Steven E. & Dayna L. Williams Richard J. and Patricia M. Colosimo Peter B. and Mary C. Daubenspeck William R. and Debra L. ’89 Taylor Martha T. Ahrens Peter W. and Kathleen B. Taylor Donald R. ’70-’71 and Kathleen M. Taylor Dr. James L. and Catherine Baldwin Lori J. Faulkner Geraldine M. Vogt ’10 Louis A. and Rose Marie DiSorbo Carol B. Luke and Humbert Piscitelli Sandra M. Green Carol B. Luke and Humbert Piscitelli Ron & Kathy Symington Mr. and Mrs. Michael Luciano Gregory W. and Cheryl L. Booth Samantha S. Gutshall ’86 Drs. K. James Evans and Lisa M. Fiorentino Alan and Nancy H. Gordon Book Friends Pure Tech LLC. Carl E. Swanson & Sons, Inc. Pitt-Bradford Facilities Mgmt Jeffery S. ’13 & Jacqueline M. Bosworth ’94 Peter J. & Kelly D. Calla Drs. K. James Evans and Lisa M. Fiorentino Donald J. and Pamela B. Fredeen Craig A. ’73-’75 and Nancy F. Hartburg Richard L. and Ann O. Kessel William J. Leven Jr. & Terri A. Leven ’69-’71 Dr. Richard E. and Ruth M. McDowell Patricia S. Niemic Dennis S. & Donna M. Posteraro

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Jeff Guterman, associate professor of broadcast communications, and Collin Maines ’17 look over the program at the Donor Scholarship Luncheon in March. Patrick C. and Carol N. Ryan John H. ’65-’67 and Mary Jean ’64-’66 Satterwhite Kenneth and Patricia Schaming George J. & Katherine A. Scull Thomas J. and Diane L. Sheeley Everett J. Jr. and Dixie Sutherland Kevin P. & Terri E. Warras Michael Wurm Aurelia (Lola) B. Burkhart Mariann Pascarella Nila A. Burrell Rosanne J. Conaway Alissa A. Cameron George ’09 and Jeanine ’10 McGuire Michele A. Campbell Jim and Joyce A. Campbell Robert L. & Patricia A. Carlson Howard Fesenmyer Gregory R. Clark ’80 Richard E. ’94 and Kimberly Marcott Weinberg D. Edgar Cohn Patricia C. Melniker Philip Cornett Charles G. and Shirley A. Schreiber P. Louis Fiorentino & Family Peter P. Damore Margaret T. Bryner Rosemary Denmark Sara Bryner Delo Carl W. and Roberta A. Augostini Kathryn G. DiSorbo John J. and Julie A. Irving Mrs. Hanley B. Cox Ruth H. Dorn Carol B. Luke and Humbert Piscitelli Sarah B. Dorn Zippo Manufacturing Company George Duke Carol B. Luke and Humbert Piscitelli Dennis J. and Marietta A. Frank Linda Dulaney Rosanne J. Conaway Kay S. Edborg Carol B. Luke and Humbert Piscitelli Richard Engel Mary Ann Fensel Sean P. Fensel Margaret T. Bryner Delevan K. Fesenmyer Rosanne J. Conaway Sara Bryner Delo Alan and Nancy H. Gordon MacLachlan, Cornelius & Filoni, Inc.Albert Filoni Architecture, Planning and Interior Design Drs. K. James Evans and Lisa M. Fiorentino Christine A. Fire Lucille P. Galey Margaret T. Bryner

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Robert D. Galey Greg J. Gordon ’88 Geoffrey M. Hannon ’75-’77 Odette Haravon Miles Harten Thomas C. Hendryx Robert S. Herzog Stephen B. Hodges Rita D. Hogan W. Ronald Hollenbeck Charlotte D. James Joan L. Jeffers Dr. David L. Johnson Jeanne Johnson James Kan Joel N. King Raymond Kohler Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Laskey Dennis W. Lowery ’63-’65 Geraldine F. Madden Sheila A. Maitland Dominic Martel Janet M. McCauley Jeanne McCloskey Thomas H. McDowell Judy Jones McMillin Melva Miller Roger S. Niemic Colleen Nuzzo James E. O’Mara ’96 Vincent J. Pantuso

Sara Bryner Delo Estate of Tom Joseph Ruby Mick and Michele Marshall Carol B. Luke and Humbert Piscitelli Michael Benchetrit Alan and Nancy H. Gordon Margaret T. Bryner Leanna Cameron ’10 Richard L. and Ann O. Kessel Dr. Patricia Hill-Zeigler Richard & Martha W. Nork Margaret T. Bryner Sara Bryner Delo Dr. Richard E. and Ruth M. McDowell Gregory A. and Mary M. Huber Brent ’01 and Christine ’16 Tyler Alan and Nancy H. Gordon Jill A. Moore ’06 Susan Griffith Johnson Roger E. ’65-’67 and Mary M. ’75-’76 Pais Bradford Owls Wrestling Booster Club Norman and Connie King Lindsay E. Retchless ’98 Louis A. and Rose Marie DiSorbo Susan Lowery Livesay Dr. Jerard W. Brown ’65-’66 Michael L. Johnson ’64-’66 Rosanne J. Conaway Louis A. and Rose Marie DiSorbo Patrick G. Hanley ’73-’75 Rosanne J. Conaway Pembroke Foundation Dr. David J. Daly ’64-’71 Robert & Ann Esch Drs. K. James Evans and Lisa M. Fiorentino James S. and Karen R. Gelston Sandra M. Green James D. Guelfi Richard L. and Ann O. Kessel James & Marcia A. McAndrew A. James McGill Charles G. and Shirley A. Schreiber Thomas E. Taylor Donald R. ’70-’71 and Kathleen M. Taylor Peter W. and Kathleen B. Taylor Rosanne J. Conaway Alan and Nancy H. Gordon Book Friends Drs. K. James Evans and Lisa M. Fiorentino Richard L. and Ann O. Kessel Carol B. Luke and Humbert Piscitelli Margaret T. Bryner Rosanne J. Conaway Sara Bryner Delo Donald J. and Pamela B. Fredeen Frederick W. and Beverly N. Gallup Richard L. and Ann O. Kessel Mr. and Mrs. Michael Luciano Trans-Bridge, Inc. Charlotte Regional Visitor Authority

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President’s Report Carolyn Boser Newhouse ’86 and Ron Bacha head out for the links at the Kessel Klassic Golf Outing in July. The Klassic, sponsored by Ann and Dick Kessel and Kessel Construction, has raised $157,000 for the Jeffrey Brian Kessel Memorial Scholarship since it was started in 2006. Since it was established in 2003, the scholarship has helped 49 students with grants.

Shawn Murray ’01

Dan J. Pascarella Joan M. Patterson Frank Peluso Carl Pettay Cornell N. Pfohl

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Taxi Tours, Inc. ABC Bus, Inc. & The Cornell Family Burlington Trailways Greater New Jersey Motorcoach Association, Inc. Starr Transit Company, Inc. Georgetown Emporium Dr. Joan Zoltanski Helen B. Zoltanski Monica M. Zoltanski Mary E. Zoltanski Christopher A. & Nancy Anzuoni Dean Bauer Michael J. Colborne Anthony J. & Jill A. Fiorini Sara Hamlin Craig A. ’73-’75 and Nancy F. Hartburg Fred G. and Beth L. Hilzinger Andrew & Lucia J. Hunter Craig R. & Joy Guidry Madeline Miles Deborah L. Price Charles G. and Shirley A. Schreiber Joan Stack Alan and Nancy H. Gordon Thomas & Diane Fleet Emi Peluso Drs. K. James Evans and Lisa M. Fiorentino J. A. Luciano & Sons Pembroke Foundation Martin J. and Deborah T. Digel Shirley Jones Digel Timothy Edborg Donald J. and Pamela B. Fredeen Alan and Nancy H. Gordon Jay W. & Jacqueline Hart

Gloria F. Pingie Clement P. Piscitelli Ruth Raught Carlton E. Regis Lester Rice Donald A. Robbins Julie Roberto Judy Rose Anthony A. Ross Frank J. Ross Tom J. Ruby Alene D. Sage Peter Savelli Joseph W. Savoie Lisa Scarnati James W. Schnepp Ron Schwab Barry A. Selner Phillip W. Sheridan Jennifer Simrell John C. Slimick Aaron Smith Zenaide S. Still Doris M. Strong Tim Thompson Fred K. Van Deusen

Jon Hagberg Todd Hnatyszyn Jacquelyn A. Jones Kathleen Jones Richard L. and Ann O. Kessel Brian & Julia Kopp Dr. Richard E. and Ruth M. McDowell Madeline Miles R. Bruce and Beverly M. Perry Charles R. & Martha W. Ross Michael J. Martin Rosanne J. Conaway Carol B. Luke and Humbert Piscitelli May Sukanovich Nancy B. Pascale Robert S. Molnar ’05 Andrea M. Robbins Drs. K. James Evans and Lisa M. Fiorentino Keystone Powdered Metal Co. Margaret T. Bryner Tina & John Bulmer Dr. Steven C. and Flora F. Cohen Rosanne J. Conaway Sara Bryner Delo John P. Eschrich ’67-’69 Donald J. and Pamela B. Fredeen Martin M. Glesk and Margaret Lauerman Alan and Nancy H. Gordon Fred C. Henke* Thomas J. and Diane L. Sheeley Karen L. Strotman Paul H. Titus Allen & Karen L. Whitaker Margaret T. Bryner Sara Bryner Delo Rosanne J. Conaway Estate of Tom Joseph Ruby Margaret T. Bryner Ronald and Susan M. Lombardo Drs. K. James Evans and Lisa M. Fiorentino Dr. Richard E. and Ruth M. McDowell Margaret T. Bryner Sara Bryner Delo Erik Austin ’12 Carol B. Luke and Humbert Piscitelli Carol B. Luke and Humbert Piscitelli Charles G. and Shirley A. Schreiber Dan Simrell Advertising Co. Steven D. Ellison ’01 Gary B. Tessmer Geraldine M. Vogt ’10 Dr. Y. Ken Wang Margaret T. Bryner Sara Bryner Delo Gregory A. and Mary M. Huber Margaret T. Bryner Sara Bryner Delo Margaret T. Bryner Drs. K. James Evans and Lisa M. Fiorentino Bernard & Mary Van Deusen Renois

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Pitt-Bradford 2016–2017 Zenaide Verolini Sylvia A. Vigliotti Tom Viola Victor J. & June E. Westerberg Ronald A. Wilford In Honor of Paul R. Abbey Maureen Ackerman Erik Austin ’12 Brock & Nick Blovsky Mary K. Boser ’84 Patricia Brougham R. Michael Carlson Isabelle A. Champlin ’64-’65 Patricia M. Colosimo Rosanne J. Conaway Sara B. Delo Dr. K. James Evans Dr. Kevin A. Ewert Howard L. Fesenmyer Rekha Gajanan Rev. Leo J. Gallina Jr. Jeff & Joan Guterman Magnolia E. Hernandez ’00 William F. Higie Judy G. Hopkins ’71-’73 Marilyn Horne Donald O. Johnson Anna-Maria & Stephen Kellen Ann & Richard Kessel Larry and Carol Killian Dr. Vincent T. Kohler Anna Lemnitzer Lizbeth A. Matz Dr. Richard E. McDowell McKean County Medical Society Trisha A. Morris Casey J. Moyer ’13 Kelley Moyer ’09 N. William O’Connell Dr. Denise A. Piechnik Hope Curtis and Donna Quasthoff Helen Ruggieri Dr. Holly J. Spittler Julie Stacey ’03 WUPB Timothy F. Ziaukas

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Rita Y. Verolini Louis W. and Mariann Pascarella Ted Viola Dr. Howard and Ann Westerberg Ferguson Sara Wilford GIVEN BY Randy and Leslie A. Yokeley Dr. Richard G. and Janet S. Frederick Josh Gray ’12 Janice Melaro Lisa B. & Philip R. Miller Robert and Sharen M. ’01 Radzavich Michael R. ’03 & Jackie ’08 Carlson Robert and Sharen M. ’01 Radzavich Robert and Sharen M. ’01 Radzavich Barbara Phillips Burton M. Bland Robert J. Carola ’98 Bryan R. ’89 and Marcell A. ’90 Mallette Robert and Sharen M. ’01 Radzavich William E. Zahn Robert and Sharen M. ’01 Radzavich Jeannie B. McGinley Robert and Sharen M. ’01 Radzavich Robert and Sharen M. ’01 Radzavich Guy P. and Patricia H. Bauman Ellen H. & Jeffrey P. Bauman Jonathan G. & Lisa S. Higie David G. ’74-’76 and Georganne M. Higie William F. Jr. and Anne C. Higie Robert and Sharen M. ’01 Radzavich Dr. Livingston and Mrs. Evelyn Alexander Ellen Tyne Daly Mary Lou Falcone & Nicholas Zann Martin E. Katz Badiene Magaziner Gerald & Mimi Pitman Dr. Anita J. Herbert Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation Dr. Steven C. and Flora F. Cohen Anonymous Robert and Sharen M. ’01 Radzavich Robert and Sharen M. ’01 Radzavich Robert and Sharen M. ’01 Radzavich Dr. Michele T. Cole Dr. Anita J. Herbert Robert and Sharen M. ’01 Radzavich Mark and Vicky L. ’93 Pingie Mark and Vicky L. ’93 Pingie Michael J. and Cathleen C. Medden Robert and Sharen M. ’01 Radzavich Robert & Corinne Sze Robert and Sharen M. ’01 Radzavich Dr. Anita J. Herbert Robert and Sharen M. ’01 Radzavich Robert and Sharen M. ’01 Radzavich William J. ’70-’72 and Catherine L. Erlanson Robert and Sharen M. ’01 Radzavich

Naomi Carlson ’06, pictured here with Dr. Livingston Alexander, left a gift of more than $200,000 to Pitt-Bradford in her estate. Carlson had a particular interest in the Marilyn Horne Museum and Exhibit Center, where the grand staircase has been named in her honor.

FOUNDERS’ SOCIETY Since its founding in 1963, the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford has been fortunate to receive the support of many generous individuals, organizations and community leaders in seeing a vision become a reality. With each successful addition to the campus and its curriculum, there have been supporters who helped initiate and carry forward ideas through planning and philanthropy. Pitt-Bradford has established the Founders’ Society to recognize alumni, faculty, staff and friends who have made a commitment to the college through a planned gift to the Bradford Educational Foundation. In making these gifts, Founders’ Society members are ensuring that Pitt-Bradford will have the financial resources to provide educational opportunities well into the future. Planned gifts -- gifts made through wills, life insurance, trusts and other programs -- have become an increasingly important source of Pitt-Bradford’s strength and growth. These resources provide for scholarships, academic program expansion and campus devel-

opment as well as unrestricted funds. All planned gifts, regardless of size, enroll the donor in the Founders’ Society. FOUNDERS’ SOCIETY MEMBERS AS OF JUNE 30, 2017 Caroline C. Alleman* Dr. Carol A. Baker Richard T. Barnaby* Deborah G. Berliner Wesleah D. Blair* Marian G. Bromeley* Dr. Robert B. Bromeley* Thomas R. and Jean H. Bromeley Jack Jr. ’67-’69 and Martha Mackowski ’70-’72 Campbell Naomi G. Carlson ’06* Edwin Clemens Berdena R. Coit* Dorothy L. Currie* Catherine B. Daggett* Sara Bryner Delo Eva C. Erickson* Dr. George P. and Susan I. Evans Drs. K. James Evans and Lisa M. Fiorentino Anne C. Fesh ’87 *

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Donald J. and Pamela B. Fredeen Anonymous Ward L. Garner ’89 James S. and Karen R. Gelston Anna M. Gray* Tullah Hanley* Jeanette E. Holden* Joan L. Jeffers ’63-’74 * Richard S. Johnson ’88-’90 KOA Speer Electronics, Inc. William J. Krieg ’64-’66 Dr. Robert C. Laing Jr.* Anonymous* Anonymous Mary Ann Lyons* William H. Mallinson Bryce L. Marks* Isaac E. McCommon* Daniel P. and Amy B. McCune Dr. Richard E. and Ruth M. McDowell

Alice M. Meisel* Madeline Miles Virginia L. Miles* Adam Dean Moser* Elaine F. Northrup ’68-’69 Elizabeth C. Osborne* R. Bruce and Beverly M. Perry Dorothy H. Reed* Lester* and Barbara Rice Margaret E. Rich* Louise S. Richmond* Fred W. Roemer* Gregory E. ’73-’75 and Susan H. ’72-’74 Silvestri Elaine Summerday Dr. Mary G. Swarts* Estate of Agnes L. Thomas George O. Tiffany* Jere A. Troka Doris Van de Bogart*

Dr. Kimberly S. Young Timothy F. Ziaukas and Dr. Christopher J. McCarrick UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT BRADFORD ADVISORY BOARD 2017-2018 ELECTED MEMBERS Daniel J. Abrashoff Timothy J. Asinger Gregory P. Bauer Gregory W. Booth Thomas R. Bromeley John W. Bryner III Jack Campbell, Jr. ’67-’69 R. Michael Carlson Maurice J. Cashman William W. Chapman ’86

Hon. John M. Cleland, Past Chair Carlyle C. Conn ’73-’75 Dr. William C. Conrad Joseph C. DeMott Jr. Martin J. Digel George B. Duke Robert C. Esch Susan I. Evans Timothy B. Fannin ’78 Frederick W. Fesenmyer Howard L. Fesenmyer John R. Foerstner ’79 Donald J. Fredeen Pamela B. Fredeen Frederick W. Gallup, Esq. Andrea Gonzalez Stephen P. Grillo James D. Guelfi Craig A. Hartburg ’73-’75, Immediate Past Chair

Last year, George Repchick ’82 challenged 700 alumni to make a gift of any size to Pitt-Bradford. When alumni met the challenge in June, Repchick made a $100,000 gift to the university for student scholarships.

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EMERITUS MEMBERS Robert B. Bromeley * J. Bertram Fisher * Robert D. Galey * Harvey L. Golubock Hon. Kenneth M. Jadlowiec Dennis W. Lowery ’63-’65 * Hon. William D. Mackowski * Edwin J. Medden * Virginia L. Miles * J. Michael Mitchell James E. O’Mara ’96 * John R. Osborne, Jr. D. Harvey Phillips * Henry P. Pruch * Lester Rice * Dr. Mary G. Swarts * Robert H. Wick * EX OFFICIO MEMBERS Dr. Livingston Alexander Sara Andrews ’79 Eric Bridges Gary Buchsen

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David G. Higie ’74-’76 William F. Higie Mary M. Huber Richard S. Johnson ’88-’90 Kenneth C. Kane Ann O. Kessel William J. Krieg ’64-’66 Douglas E. Kuntz ’88 William J. Leven, Jr. Christopher L. Luke ’94 Sandra Macfarlane ’80-’82 John M. Marasco Julie A. Marasco Hon. Richard A. Masson Raymond W. McMahon Madeline B. Miles Christopher D. Napoleon ’86-’88 Elaine F. Northrup ’68-’69 Ron Orris ’77-79 Dr. Jill M. Owens ’93 Mark A. Paup George Repchick ’82 JoAnne Ryan ’99 John H. Satterwhite ’65-’67 Robert L. Saunders, Esq., Secretary Jeannine Schoenecker, Chair Richard B. Seager John W. Seltzer ’72-74 Susan H. Silvestri ’72-’74 Dr. Robert W. Simon William P. Slivinski William J. Wagner Stacy Sorokes Wallace ’01, Esq. Hilton L. Woodruff Joseph Yaros ’90

From left, Julie Marasco of Northwest Bank, Ron Orris ’77-’79 of the Blaisdell Foundation, and Jill Dunn of the Bradford Educational Foundation. The three organizations have promised a total of $200,000 for the new Dean Evans Legacy Fund if Pitt-Bradford raises $200,000 by June 18, 2018. Hon. Martin T. Causer ’96 Karen A. Costello-Pecht ’11 Dennis Crotzer Linda Devlin Hon. Matt Gabler Sherri Geary Kara Kennedy Jeff Kepler David London Katharine Pude Hon. Kathy L. Rapp Bob Rocco Hon. Joseph B. Scarnati Matthew D. Splain Dr. G. Brian Toth HONORARY MEMBERS Edwin Clemens Sarah B. Dorn * The Rev. Leo Gallina Jr. Harry R. Halloran, Jr. Marilyn Horne Richard L. Kessel Dr. Robert C. Laing Jr.* Dr. Richard E. McDowell Hon. John E. Peterson R. Dauer Stackpole ’65-’66 D. Blaise Wick Harriett B. Wick *Deceased CORPORATE MATCHING GIFTS Matching gifts increase the impact of the dollars donated by alumni and friends who are employees or who have spouses who are employees of companies that have a matching gift program. Between July 1, 20016, and June 30, 2017, the following individuals made

contributions for which an application was made for an eligible employee matching contribution from the companies and foundations indicated. 3M Thomas J. ’70-’72 and Laura L. ’71-’73 Wash American Refining Group, Inc. Nicole Corliss ’13 Robert & Ann Esch Kenneth P. ’67-’69 and Denise E. Kelly Michael J. ’91 & Dawn Kozminski Mr. David Krantz and Ms. Silvia Martinez Charlotte Loudermilk Layton ’88 John H. Peterson ’99 and Denise A. Seagren-Peterson ’90 BNY Mellon Corporation’s Community Partnership Steven T. ’05 & Jennifer Douglass Emerson Steven E. Wesmiller ’74-’76 ExxonMobil Foundation Dr. Donald D. and Carol O. Esch Frank C. ’64-’66 and Mary M. ’64-’66 Rizzo

GE Foundation Mike & Susan Carlson Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies John C. ’80 and Juanita B. ’78-’81 Mattiola Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation, Inc. Stephen P. and Gail M. Grillo PNC Investments Christopher L. ’94 and Megan Luke UBS Financial Services Inc. Timothy Edborg Jon Hagberg PBAA Board – Elected and Ex-Officio Members FY 2017 Elected Susan A. Al ’78 Marianne J. Brown ’84 Thomas B. Cole ’80-’82 Karen A. Costello-Pecht ’11 Dr. Jason T. Eastman ’00 Yara T. Elbeshbishi ’15 Joseph F. Fire ’65-’67 Alicia J. Hooks ’12 Jeanine M. McGuire ’10 Amy M. Moffatt ’08 Joseph D. Muhitch ’96 Michael L. Nenno ’64-’65 Lyndon C. Orinion ’11 Robert K. Patterson ’98 Danielle C. Pearson ’08 George S. Repchick ’82 Frank C. Rizzo ’64-’66 Matthew A. Rowles ’05 Elizabeth A. Tillman ’13 Jason T. Tobias ’04 Jessica N. Vigliotta ’09 Ex-Officio Jill M. Dunn Lindsay E. Retchless ’98 Nathan Lawyer ’18 Sage Messenger ’18

This report lists donors who have supported the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford in an Annual Giving Fund or campaign contribution to the Bradford Educational Foundation or the University of Pittsburgh system during the fiscal year July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017. Despite our best efforts, errors may occur in the process of producing this report. If your name has been accidentally omitted, please notify us so that we can offer our apology and correct the mistake. Write to the Office of Institutional Advancement, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, 300 Campus Drive, Bradford, PA, 16701, or call 814-362-5091 or email at [email protected]. To see your name in the 2017-2018 Honor Roll of Donors send your gift before June 30, 2018.

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pa n t h e r pa c k 1960-70s Terri Smith Leven ’69-’71 was awarded the Pitt-Bradford Alumni Association Denny Lowery Distinguished Volunteer Award during Alumni and Family Weekend for her years of work with the organization.

Charter School in Sacramento, Calif., where he was principal.

School District, where he taught computer-aided design.

Donna Hermany-Pflum ’76-’78 is director of alumni relations at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa.

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1980s Martin Douglas ’83 is a materials manager at Mine Safety Appliances Company.

James Little ’68-’70 was promoted to senior programmer analyst at Drug Plastics and Glass Co. in Boyertown, Pa.

John Martin ’84-’86 is a new technology teacher at Hughesville (Pa.) High School.

David Hunt ’73-’75 retired from Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep

Frederick V. Proper ’89 is semiretired from the Bradford Area

Dr. Michael Rutter ’93 was named associate director of the school of science at Penn State Behrend in Erie, Pa., where he also teaches statistics. His research interest is fish population dynamics. He holds a doctorate in fisheries from Michigan State University. Patricia Fitzsimmons ’94 was promoted to senior creative leader with Initials Inc., a direct-selling company.

demic advisor with the Penn State University World Campus in State College, Pa.

2000s Terry Church ’00 earned a doctorate in regulatory science from the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy. Church is the manager for the Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Program at USC’s Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center. Angela Meserole ’01 married Dan Meeder in June and is a certified athletic trainer at UPMC Hamot in Erie, Pa.

Deborah Dworsky ’95 is an acaShannon Shaffer ’01 is an area coordinator and employment specialist at Rehabilitative Services and Vocational Placement Inc. She lives in Roanoke, Va., where she is active in the Junior League of the Roanoke Valley and the Roanoke Co-op. Dr. Joseph Conklin ’03 is a business operations manager with Penn State Extension in southwestern Pennsylvania. Lauren Tuzikow ’05 is a program analyst at the Federal Transit Administration in Washington, D.C. Amy Ward ’05 retired from her position as web manager at PittBradford, where she had been working for the last 14 years. She and her husband, Fred, plan to travel the country and spend time with their four daughters and five grandchildren.

Special Delivery Eileen Thomas ’97, center, did not wake up Aug. 24 thinking that she would end up at the White House by evening. Thomas is the national sales director at York (Pa.) Wallcoverings, which received a call that morning from the White House requesting an immediate delivery of an out-of-print wallpaper for the Oval Office. Workers at York hand-mixed the needed pigments, stopped work on other patterns and quickly printed 96 double rolls of the paper, which Thomas and co-workers delivered to Washington, D.C., by nightfall.

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Jeffrey Hutton ’06 is area sports medicine coordinator at Select Medical in Harrisburg, Pa., and provides athletic training services at Hershey High School and Middle School. Frankie Johnson ’06 has opened her own practice as a psychotherapist in Warren, Pa., Frankie

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Johnson Counseling. Mark Walters ’08 is an information systems auditor at Capital BlueCross in Lebanon, Pa. Megan Mangini Minich ’08 and her husband, Brian, re-opened the historic Scandia General Store in Russell, Pa. In August, she gave birth to a son, Colter, who joins his big sister Melayna. The family lives in Warren, Pa.

2010s Gerry Vogt ’10 retired in October from the enrollment services office at Pitt-Bradford. Tarrah Herman ’11 married Andrew Shannon and is mother to a new baby, Kinleigh Jean. She is a regional site manager at Pharmaceutical Product Development. James Pascarella ’11 was promoted to web manager at PittBradford. He had previously been web programmer. He lives in Bradford with his wife and pit bulls. Samila Sosic ’11 is the new director of international services and study abroad at Pitt-Bradford. Yvon Woappi ’11 completed his

doctoral degree in Viral Oncology from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. He is now a postdoctoral cancer research fellow at Harvard Medical School’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Mass., where he lives.

Baby snuggler Edith Lloyd-Etuwewe ’16 spent time as a volunteer at Mama Baby Haiti, a birth center and health clinic near Cap Haitien, Haiti, where she assisted with the delivery of 15 babies.

Bob Colts Jr. ’12 was promoted to lead technician at the qualitycontrol lab at American Refining Group in Bradford. As the lead tech, he performs advanced methods and maintains up-todate knowledge of equipment troubleshooting and repair. Kyle Gleockler ’12 is director of ticketing and merchandise with the St. Lucie (Fla.) Mets. It was a big summer for Max Cercone ’13 who works in the Department of Innovation and Performance for the City of Pittsburgh. At a press conference with Mayor Bill Peduto in July, Max gave a presentation on Burgh’s Eye View, a parcel database he helped to develop. In September, he married Kat Boon in Allegany State Park. Later that month, he was promoted to business relationship manager. He is responsible for the IT needs for a cohort of city departments and serves as project manager for numerous soft-

ware implementations. Cassidy Corah ’13 was promoted to Chemist I in the quality-control

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atty Blakesslee graduated with a double major in writing and elementary education in April, but she hasn’t put her studies behind her. In September, Blakesslee, who lives in Salamanca, N.Y., with her husband and four children, attended HippoCamp, a three-day writing conference in Lancaster, Pa., spon-

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lab at American Refining Group, where she has worked for three years. As a Chemist I, some of his key tasks are performing instru-

sored by Hippocampus Magazine, an online publication for writers and readers of creative nonfiction. Even better, she applied for and received a scholarship from Hippocampus to do so. She was one of only two HippoCamp scholarship recipients and had a chance to meet keynote authors Tobias

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Wolff (author of “This Boy’s Life”), Beverly Donofrio (author of “Looking for Mary”) and writing coach Dinty W. Moore. Blakesslee’s own subject matter focuses on her childhood being raised by an aunt and uncle, the small town she grew up in and her experience as a mom.

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pa n t h e r pa c k Snapshots from various Pitt-Bradford Alumni Association events

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Bradford from 1968 to 1970 before moving on to the Oakland campus met in Bradford this fall and had lunch with their dean of men, Jay Monti. From left, Tom “Casey” Stengel, Gary Riviello, Monti, Gary Rathburn, Bill Hughey and Tom Little.

2. Brandolon Barnett ’07 was the

speaker for the annual networking luncheon held during Alumni and Family Weekend.

3. Derrick Redmond ’96, Charles Norman III ’17 and Libby Iskandar ’85 met at the Philadelphia networking event.

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Susan DeFazio Vaughn ’08, shows off his Panther Pride.

5. Kaiyilla and Branden Smith ’95-’97 hang out with Dr. Alexander at the Philadelphia networking event this fall. 6. From left, friends Olivia Fernandes

‘13, Carly Kirkpatrick ‘13, Nuwangi Dias DeNault ‘13, Nate Neff ‘13, baby Aedan DeNault, Jenn Anderson ’13 and Adam DeNault ‘11 met up this summer for a Pitt-Bradford party in Ocean City, Md.

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pa n t h e r pa c k fond farewell If you have an update for Portraits magazine, visit www.upbalumni.org and click on “How to update your info” or email us at [email protected].

ment repair and maintenance, verification and calibration; preparation of standards; supporting continuous improvement and product compliance; and processing customer samples. He lives in Lewis Run, Pa. Anna Fountas ’14 and Anello Sorci ’13 married in 2016 and welcomed a daughter in September. Anna has also completed her Master of Science in Nursing degree. Shannon Lynch ’14 earned her doctorate in physical therapy from Gannon University in Erie, Pa. Cameron Markert ’14 is a drill site manager for Chevron North America Exploration and Production. Currently, he oversees drilling operations in Chevron’s unconventional development in west Texas and southeast New Mexico. Kimberly Brown Fawcett ’15 was married in 2017 and earned a Master of Science in clinical exercise physiology from East

Stroudsburg University.

Former engineering professor dies

Victor Robertazza ’15 is an intern with the Africa Division of the International Republican Institute in Washington, D.C. He is working on projects related to elections in Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Dr. August “Augie” Freda, 85, known to generations of students at “Doc Freda,” died Aug. 16 in Greentown, Ind. After teaching engineering 10 years at the University of Pittsburgh’s Pittsburgh campus, he moved to Bradford with his wife, Vicky, and began teaching at Pitt-Bradford in 1967. They often welcomed students to their home, hosting engineering picnics. He advised hundreds of students. Freda brought the first computers to campus and helped start the university’s computer-programming degree while chairman of engineering studies and computer science. He would establish and serve as the director of the academic and administrative computer center from 1969 until 1982. At Pitt-Bradford, he introduced computerization to student records and accounts, scheduling, and registration and financial aid. Off campus, he helped the Bradford Area School District computerize its scheduling and grading procedure and assisted McKean County with the computerizing of its tax rolls. He was also involved in student life and served as the faculty advisor for Sigma Lambda Chi fraternity. He retired as a full professor in 1999. Friends have created a scholarship in memory of Freda. For more information or to contribute, contact Jill Dunn at jdunn@pitt.

Alyshia Toothman ’15 was promoted to quality lab training specialist at American Refining Group in Bradford, where she has worked since 2015. Nicholas Eakin ’16 has been named business banker of Northwest Bank. Working from the Main Street office in Bradford, he is responsible for managing all business lending activity in the McKean County area. Sarah Hutchinson ’16 is an occupational therapy assistant in Jamestown, N.Y. Clayton Johnson ’16 was one of 12 officers sworn in as new members of the U.S. Secret Service’s Uniformed Division this spring. He is assigned to the White House. During his eight-month training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and James J. Rowley Training Center, he earned sharpshooter and excellence in driving awards. Jennifer Lau ’16 and Rosemary Nwabuogu ’17 co-wrote a chapter with former biology faculty member, Dr. Om Singh, that appears in the latest book edited by Singh,

“Biopigmentation and Biotechnological Implementations,” published in July. The chapter is “Biopigments and Microbial Biosyntheses of Carotenoids.” John Bedford ’17 is the general manager of the Kane (Pa.) Country Club. Colton Bly ’17 is the head coach for the Bradford Area High School girls’ soccer team. Nick McIntire ’17 is teaching first grade at Coudersport (Pa.)

PBAA hits the road with special guests Erie, Pa. — April 12, 6 to 8 p.m., The Brewerie at Union Station Washington, D.C. — May 17, 7 to 9 p.m., Root Cellar Whiskey Bar at the W Hotel Ellicottville, N.Y. — June 7, 6 to 8 p.m., Ellicottville Brewing Co. in conjunction with Pitt Networking Day For more information or to sign up, contact Lindsay Hilton Retchless ’98, director of alumni relations, at [email protected].

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Elementary School. Charles Norman ’17 is working at PNC Bank in Philadelphia.

In Memoriam Fred Henke, groundskeeper from 1986 to 2001, died in September. He was known throughout Bradford for his beautiful flowers and plantings. Before coming to Pitt-Bradford, he owned Henke Landscaping. He was the father of accounts payable manager Kathy Moonan. William E. King ’76 died in August. He was one of the first students to receive a Bachelor of Science degree from PittBradford. He was employed at the Kendall Refining Co. and Witco Corp. for 43 years as a chemist. William G Peters ’89 died in September. In addition to being an alumnus, he worked in PittBradford’s outreach program in St. Marys, Pa.

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insider Q&A

Imani Jahaan Boyd ’14 Building your personal style

“Dress how you feel happy, good and confident and build on that.”

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Boyd is the owner of her own business in Pittsburgh, Imani Jahaan Vintage.

If you ask Imani Jahaan Boyd how she started her business as a vintage fashion seller, she will tell you it was all time. She began as a resident assistant at Pitt-Bradford. As people came in and out of her house, they began to take notice of her unique clothing pieces and, soon enough, she began to sell them. To pay her bills, she sold office supplies after graduating. Time passed, but she did not forget her passion. When she met a man named Darren Talent, he inspired her to start her business, Imani Jahaan Vintage, and he is her current business partner. How did you develop your style?

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that you don’t know where it came from. I like giving it a second wind and modernizing it -- taking something the normal eye would see and not be interested in, then taking a spin on it. Any recommendations for people looking to find their own sense of style?

I would say the first step is not to care what people think. That’s the No. 1 reason people don’t try new styles or expand how they dress. They don’t want to shake it up too much. Dress how you feel happy, good and confident and build on that. Do some research. If you like a singer or actress, you can look for their stylist online. They post things about other designers and trends and inspirational things.

Is it difficult to keep people’s interest in the vintage style?

I don’t think so because people who are interested in vintage just like it. Vintage isn’t a trend. People are always interested in a unique piece no one else is interested in. We try not to be too trendy. We want stuff a woman in the modern decade will love, her mother would love, her daughter will love. Trends go in and out in a flash but vintage is timeless. Do you have a favorite style tip or any other advice?

Go to a tailor. If it’s too big or you don’t like the length, or you saw a trend you want to try, show it to a tailor and stick with them because they will be your best friend. Any cleaner anywhere should know how to tailor things. —Maya Bingaman ’19 fall/winter 2017

you make it possible!

“When I came to Pitt-Bradford I knew I wanted to major in Computer Information Systems and Technology, but I couldn’t have imagined I’d spend two summers as an intern at the Google headquarters. I hoped I’d have the chance to go abroad, but I didn’t know I’d spend a full year studying in China. Pitt-Bradford students are willing to go beyond because we know so many people are behind us. Your gift to the annual fund will have a lasting impact on Panthers who can only dream where their ‘beyond’ will take them.”

— Nnedimma Ugochukwu

Computer Information Systems and Technology major

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UPCOMING CAMPUS EVENTs Feb. 2 – Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience | Mar. 24 – Bollywood Boulevard: A Journey through Hindi Cinema Kristen Laemmer, a freshman from Bradford, celebrates during Beginnings orientation held on campus in July.

Ashley Young-Waters ‘15