The Haven Magazine Spring 2018

news & notes
Class Notes
70’s
Dr. Carol L. Hodes ’70,
was selected as 2018
Outstanding Woman by the
State College PA Branch
of American Association
of University Women. Dr.
Hodes is chair of the branch’s education
subcommittee that investigates
important issues in public education,
from funding to charter schools and
beyond.
Her committee has authored
several guest editorials in the Centre
Daily Times on issues relating to school
choice. She has also been appointed
to AAUW’s new state-level education
committee. Her work will be recognized
in April at the AAUW state convention
at Seven Springs.
Since retiring from the PA
Department of Education nine years
ago, Dr. Hodes has been a senior
consultant to National Occupational
Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI),
the largest provider of industry-based
credentials in the U.S.
Dr. Cindy Allen ’78,
was named the 2017
recipient of the Elmer
B. Cottrell Award, which
is the Pennsylvania
State Association
for Health, Physical
Education, Recreation and Dance’s
(PSAHPERD) highest award.
A group of alumnae from the 1970’s
recently gathered in Wildwood, New
Jersey for a wonderful, memory filled
evening. They are, front row from left:
Eliza Sams Mann and Jane Reichley
Hayes; Back Row (L-R): Julie Mowry
Remaley, Charlene Truhlik, Jane
Munson Milard, Max Nichols Uhlig,
Colette Anderson Santoro, Nancy
Nastasi Reigle, Marianne Moore
Gilmore, Linda Smith Izett, Mary Ann
Lea Fitzgerald
90’s
Don Houser Jr. ’94, was recently
unanimously confirmed by the state
Senate for a new four-year term as
a member of the Pennsylvania State
System of Higher Education Board of
Governors. Houser was re-nominated
to the PASSHE position by Gov. Tom
Wolf and is a former member of the
Lock Haven University Council of
Trustees.
The 20-member
Board of Governors
is responsible for
oversight of the
state system. The
board establishes
broad educational,
fiscal, and personnel
policies. Among other
tasks, it appoints
the chancellor and each university
president, approves new academic
programs, sets tuition, and coordinates
and approves the annual state system
operating budget.
Houser, born in Lock Haven, received
a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science
in 1994 from Lock Haven University
and is a former township commissioner
in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin
County. He is currently state policy
advisor for Dominion Energy, Inc. In
this position, he works closely with
all of Dominion’s business units and
is responsible for coordinating all
of Dominion’s government affairs
activities in Pennsylvania and New
York, where he also sits on the Board
of Directors of the Independent Power
Producers of New York, Inc.
Prior to joining Dominion, he spent 13
years in the Senate of Pennsylvania,
where he was field representative for
former state Senator J. Doyle Corman
and chief of staff for current Senate
Majority Leader Jake Corman.
Houser and his wife, Mindy, also
a graduate of LHU, and two sons
Jackson and Sloan, reside in Robinson
Township, Allegheny County.
00’s
Benjamin Miller ’01,
won two blue ribbons in
his local Department of
Veterans Affairs creative
writing competition for
the second year in a
row. He also won a red,
second place ribbon. His writings will
now go on to the national competition
to compete against the writings of
fellow veterans all across America. In
2017 he won a second place silver
medal for one of his writings.
Nicole (Pinto)
Stephenson ’08,
is stepping into a
leadership role with the
Society of Professional
Women (SPW), a
program of The Main
Line (Pa.) Chamber of Commerce that
is the largest women-oriented business
networking program in Greater
Philadelphia, according to a new
Philadelphia Business Journal ranking.
SPW’s mission is to help accelerate the
advancement and expand the influence
of women leaders of all professions
and generations, strengthen the
business community, and support the
Philadelphia region’s non-profits.
Brandon Apter
’09, was named
marketing and
media specialist
at Kennesaw State
University in Georgia. A 2009 LHU
sports administration graduate with a
minor in recreation management, his
first two professional stints were with
the Reading Fightin’ Phils as a game
day intern and the Wilmington Blue
Rocks as their seasonal marketing
assistant. While with the Fightin’
Phils, he created his very own game
day character, “Brando the Bando,”
a tribute to his seven-plus years in
marching band throughout high school
and college.
He then spent three years with
the Frederick Keys, where in 2012
he helped boost attendance by 18
percent and his marketing department
was nominated for four awards. He
also began performing as an on-field
emcee with the Keys, a duty he also
performed in subsequent stints with
the Gwinnett Braves and Port Charlotte
Stone Crabs. While with the Keys
he also got a chance to emcee an
on-field promotion for Minor League
Appreciation in front of over 35,000
fans at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
While with the Braves in 2014, he
was nominated for a Minor League
Baseball Golden Bobblehead Award
and won a GameOps.com Best On-
Field Promotion award. In 2017, in his
final season with the Stone Crabs, he
helped attendance increase by over
20 percent as he and his team brought
the promotional schedule to a new
level, with helicopter candy drops and
military recognition.
In his new role with Kennesaw
State University, he is in charge of
the marketing, social media, and
graphic design for one of their schools:
University College. His responsibilities
include content creation, designing
collateral for different parts of the
school, and representing the college at
orientation events on campus.
‘10’s
Kristin A. Taylor CPA,
’14, was promoted
to senior associate
at Smith Elliott
Kearns & Company,
LLC. Taylor audits
governmental entities,
nonprofits, and financial institutions.
She graduated cum laude from Lock
Haven University with a Bachelor’s
Degree in Accounting and Business
Administration.
In Memoriam
Beverly Ann (Lyons) Adelizzi ’58
Dorothy L. Angeli ’65
Emeritus Richard “Dick” Hepner
Gillian Masemore
(Wife of Emeritus Ira Masemore)
James. I Newcombe ’65
John Petuck ’55
Kathy (Ritchie) Somerville ’70
Daniel Strawbridge ’17
Bruce S. Wagenseller ’57
Dr. May White Dyer died on
October 7, 2017 at the age of 90. Dr.
Dyer held the positions of professor
and art chair at Lock Haven University
and retired in the Art Department
on June 23, 1996. The university
has many of Dyer’s art pieces in its
collection.
Laurence R. Gocella ’57, died
on March 16, 2018, at the age of
86. Gocella lettered in football,
gymnastics, swimming, and track
during his time at Lock Haven
University. He was the recipient of
a Distinguished Service Award from
LHU in 2009 and a Distinguished
Philanthropist Award in 2015 in
recognition of his outstanding
contributions and service to LHU.
Dr. Michael “Mickey” Greenberg,
M.D., a lifelong resident of Clinton
County died on January 24, 2018,
at the age of 72. Greenberg was
well known for his philanthropy and
was an avid giver to Lock Haven
University. Greenberg also played a
pivotal role in the development and
success of Lock Haven University’s
nationally recognized physician
assistant program, and served as
LHU’s medical director since 1996.
He also served two terms as a
commissioner and as treasurer for the
Accreditation Review Commission on
the Education of Physician Assistants
(ARC-PA), the national body
responsible for accrediting all U.S.
physician assistant programs.
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