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Alumni Awards
Susan M. Henry ’87
The Robert J. Ell Alumni
Award for Outstanding Service
to Alma Mater
As a student in the
1980s, King’s provided
Sue with the tools
she needed for a solid
future. Sue found great
success in her studies
as an English and Mass
Communications major and devoted her
spare time to WRKC, the College’s radio
station where she also met her husband,
Mark.
Following graduation, Sue embarked
on her communications career and joined
the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area WILK
radio team full-time until 1993. Following
an editorial career in the print media at
The Citizens’ Voice, for nearly 10 years,
Sue returned to her first love in 2002
as a mid-day talk show host at WILK.
Throughout her professional career, Sue
has received numerous awards from the
Associated Press and the Pennsylvania
Association of Broadcasters.
For the past 11 years, Sue has served as
the general manager of WRKC. She also
assists Father Tom Carten, C.S.C., with
“The Radio Home Visitor,” a daily service
to the visually impaired and homebound.
Inspired by Father Tom’s service, Sue
developed “Comunidad,” a program
that mirrors the Radio Home Visitor
and serves the Hispanic community of
the Wyoming Valley. In addition, Sue
has been a volunteer for the College’s
annual Alumni Phonathon and served
as its chairperson in 2008. She is also a
member of the executive committee of
the King’s College Century Club and an
adjunct faculty member in the speech and
mass communications departments.
Robert J. Loftus ’95
The Leo Award
Bob Loftus began his
career at King’s on
an academic scholarship.
Bob received not only
a great education, but
also the opportunity to
establish many friendships he still enjoys
today. Like most students, Bob formed
relationships with many of his peers, but
was equally blessed to form friendships
with his professors too. Perhaps the
person who had the most profound
impact on Bob was Father O’Hara, who
developed in him the core of a King’s
education – not only know how to make a
living, but how to live.
Graduating from King’s with what he
describes as a deep sense of gratefulness,
it is easy to understand why Bob has
remained as faithful and dedicated as an
alumnus as he was a student. In addition
to providing generous financial support
to many of the College’s institutional
advancement initiatives, Bob is also a
member of the College’s President’s
Council.
Bob also carries the King’s commitment
to building community into Northeastern
Pennsylvania by serving in leadership
roles on the boards of several professional
and civic organizations. He is the
president of the Northeast Pennsylvania
Chapter of the American Advertising
Federation and a member of the Junior
Leadership Wilkes-Barre Advisory Board.
He is also a 2005 graduate of Leadership
Wilkes-Barre and a lector and Eucharistic
Minister at St. Therese Church, Wilkes-
Barre. Bob is currently employed as
an account executive at WNEP-TV in
Moosic.
Thomas P. McGuiness ’65
The King’s College Alumni
Award for Service to Society
Several years after
graduation, Tom
and his family moved
to Southern California
where he would begin a
career that would change
the lives of thousands of people. Tom’s
position as vice president of Queen of
the Valley Hospital would inspire his
colleagues and the economically and
socially disadvantaged community they
served in West Covina, California.
Tom and his colleagues were faced
with the daunting task of reducing health
care costs. However, instead of reducing
services to the poor and uninsured Tom
searched for and discovered a win-win
solution that would lower hospital costs
and improve the lives of the poor. Tom
knew the first step would be teaching
people that exercise, eating right, and
getting plenty of rest were the keys to good
health. Tom met with groups as varied as
city councilmen to gang members to ask
them what they needed to improve their
lives. Tom searched for and discovered
ways to meet the needs of both the
distributors and users of community
services. As the program grew the overall
health and lifestyle of the community
improved, and the hospital began to see
a decrease in the utilization of services
by the poor and uninsured. Without a
doubt, Tom, who retired as the senior
vice president for community outreach
of Citrus Valley Health Partners, saved
the hospital thousands of dollars but,
more importantly, Tom’s deep sense of
compassion for his fellow man saved
thousands of lives.
Join us in recognizing
an outstanding educator
by nominating them for
the King’s College Alumni
Outstanding Educator Award!
The alumni office at King’s College is seeking
nominations for its Outstanding Alumni Educator
Award which will be awarded at its educator’s
reception on March 11, 2010.
The award will be conferred on an alumni/alumna
working in the education field who has
made a great impact on their students,
their places of employment,
their community,
and their profession.
If you know an outstanding alumni educator, please visit
www.kingsalumni.info for more information.
Nominations end by Friday, January 8, 2010.
24 Pride ✦ Fall 2009