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PHOTOS BY TIM GILMAN ‘73
Top: Alumni Award recipients (from
left): Brenda Krajci, Scott Heydt, Honnie
Spencer, Kevin Bush, Lloyd Michael,
and Holden Waterman. Above: Alumni
Fellows and Honors Award recipients
(from left): Kanizeh Visram ’10; Meredith
Wright ’10; Nicholas Heimbach ’09;
Amanda King ’09, honors award; and
Abigail Martin ’09. Grace Puleo ’09,
studying abroad, is not shown.
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Six Honored at
Awards Ceremony
Six distinguished Moravian College alumni
were honored at the 8th Annual Alumni Association
Awards Ceremony, held September
19, 2008, at the Priscilla Payne Hurd Campus.
Comenius Award: Lloyd H. Michael ’64
of Houston, Texas, is senior associate dean
of admissions and professor in the Departments
of Medicine, Surgery,
and Molecular Physiology and
Biophysics at Baylor College of
Medicine. He is a director of the
DeBakey Heart Center and fellow
of the American Heart Association.
Along with Michael E. DeBakey,
M.D., Lloyd has been a spokesman
for the responsible use of animals
in medical research. He received a
B.S. in biology from Moravian, M.S. in physiology
from Kent State University, and Ph.D.
in medical physiology from the University of
Ottawa School of Medicine.
Benigna Education Award: Holden T.
Waterman ’70 of West Hartford, Connecticut,
is associate professor and director of the
Asian Studies Outreach Program at the University
of Vermont, and a founding member of
the Connecticut Association for Middle Level
Education. He received a B.A. in music educa-
Five alumni stepped up as new members of the Alumni Board, attending their first meeting on
September 20. The Board will help execute the Association’s new strategic plan, while reinforcing its
mission to build and strengthen the alumni community, based on Moravian’s heritage and traditions.
New board members are Peter Chimera ’88 of North Wales, Pa., Barry L. Gaal ’61 of Bethlehem, Linda
Shay Gardner ’74 of Bethlehem, Kelly McLean Rindock ’03 of Allentown, Pa., and Scott T. Williams
’04 of Silver Spring, Md. Read more about them at www.moravian.edu/alumni.
tion from Moravian, M.Ed. from the University
of Vermont, and Ed.D. from the University
of Pennsylvania.
Haupert Humanitarian Award: Honnie
P. Spencer ’90 of Lake Norman, North Carolina,
is medical director of both the Cabarrus
Community Health Centers Inc. and
Perdue Wellness Center, as well as founder
of the Logan Community Music School for
indigent children and adults. She received
a B.S. in biology and B.A. in classical piano
performance from Moravian, and M.D. from
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine.
She also holds an Associate and Licentiate
Diploma in Music from the Trinity College of
Music in London.
Honorary Alumna: Brenda J. Krajci of
Saucon Valley, Pennsylvania, along with her
husband, the late Cy Krajci ’65, co-chaired
Moravian’s presidential inaugural committee
for President Christopher M. Thomforde.
A member of the Moravian College Music
Alliance, she serves on the Great Artist
Series Committee. She also has supported
alumni relations, development, New Bethany
Ministries, and more. A room in the Priscilla
Payne Hurd Academic Complex was named
in honor of her parents and in-laws.
Emerging Leader: Kevin R. Bush ’02 of
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, is a social
studies teacher and head track and field
coach at Liberty High School in Bethlehem.
Kevin has been a member of the Alumni
Board, chair of the Alumni Weekend 5K races,
and homecoming volunteer. He received
his B.A. in social science education from
Moravian. Earlier this year, he completed his
M.Ed. in curriculum design and instruction.
Emerging Leader: Scott A. Heydt ’02 of
Chalfont, Pennsylvania, teaches at Groveland
Elementary School in Doylestown, Pennsylvania,
where he received a Promising
Practices Award and Central Bucks School
District Apple Award. He is a member of the
Alumni Board and is international director of
academic affairs for Delta Tau Delta’s board.
He earned his B.A. in psychology and teacher
certification from Moravian and has continued
his education at Duquesne University.
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