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Material received on campus by February 1, 2008 will be included in the spring issue.

1970

Class Reporter:
Kathryn Zierdt Grubb
171 Riverbend Road
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922

Class of 1970 Kappa Delta sisters reunited at the home of Karen Kister '70 Corveleyn in East Stroudsburg, Pa. Pictured are, left to right, Carol Scherb '70 Ray, Michelle Resh '70 Yampolsky, Linda Metzel '70 Manifold and Karen.

1971 

Class Reporter:
Whitney A. Gay
5 North Gateway
Winchester, MA 01890

a week in Paris

Six SU alumni reunited for a week in Paris. Pictured are, left to right, Sandra Goodenough '71, Sherry Hardy '71 Fortune, Janet Goodyear '71 Jacobson, Kathy Van Order '70 Bowen, Jacquie O'Shea '71 Galano and Sharman LeVan '70 Ebbeson.

   

James Hoch '71 married Kelly Laukemann, Feb. 5.

   

Several alumni made the trip to the top of Mount Washington in New Hampshire on July 4, on America 's oldest man-made attraction, the Cog Railroad. At the summit, the wind-chill factor made it a cold 20 degrees. Pictured are, left to right, Whitney Gay '71, Claudia Gay, Roxanne Havice '71 Vermillion and Ken Vermillion '71.

1972

Class Reporter:
Scott C. Truver
SCTRUVER@aol.com
410-544-0369

Alan Bennett '72 retired from Aetna in April as senior vice president and CFO. He serves on the board of directors of Bausch & Lomb and Halliburton, and recently was appointed to Susquehanna University's Board of Trustees.

Christine Rogers '72 Kindon retired from Montoursville Area High School in June, where she taught English, journalism and speech. In addition to serving as advisor for the student newspaper, class advisor, and chaperone for numerous field trips and competitions in Pennsylvania and Europe, she was the district coordinator of the Scholastic Writing competition and served on the Harrisburg Patriot-News Regional Scholastic Writing Advisory Board. Chris lives near Linden with her husband of 34 years, Bobby Kindon '72. She continues to teach speech classes at Pennsylvania College of Technology and journalism at Lycoming College's College for Kids program. Chris is also co-owner of the Linden General Store, an antiques and consignment shop.

Cheryl Anne Hughen '72 Lathrop, after spending two years at Susquehanna, graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in math and worked for 30 years as an engineer with companies including Honeywell and Raytheon. She is now a freelance medical writer, ghost-writing journal articles for doctors and pharmaceutical firms. When she's not writing, she's hiking mountains with the Appalachian Mountain Club. She has two children: Michael, 28, and Melissa, 26. Cheryl can be reached at cheryl4698@verizon.net.

Colonel Russ Doudt '72, Commanding Officer, 3rd Civil Affairs Group, United States Marine Corps Reserves, served with the Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) in Iraq . He is pictured holding the Iraqi flag in Babylon , Iraq, in August 2003.

1973 Reunion Flag

35th Reunion
at Homecoming
October 4, 2008

Class Reporter:
S. John Price
108 North 9th St.
Ashland, PA 17921-1233

1974

Class Reporter:
Susan Lang Martin
430 Savannah Lane
Kernersville, NC 27284

From Sue Lang '74 Martin: If you're reading this, you are interested in what your classmates are doing! Did it occur to you that your classmates would like an update on you?  Please let me/us know what's up in your life, no matter how trivial. Do you have grandchildren? Did you retire early? (ha ha!) Have you started a new career? Have you gotten together with any classmates lately? This past summer, a bunch of us got together at Jeannie Kauffman's family farm (where we had our senior picnic) and had a lively weekend! We'd love to hear from you.

J. Christopher Kerwin '74 received the Dr. Gary L. Miller Memorial Distinguished Service Award at the spring 2007 conference of the Pennsylvania Association of Intermediate Units (PAIU), held in State College, Pa. He is the deputy executive director of the Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit in Montandon, Pa. The state-wide award is given annually by PAIU to an intermediate unit employee who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and character traits and has made significant contributions in delivering intermediate unit programs and services.

Jarl Weyant '74 is a local manager at Verizon in Hanover, Md.

Larry Wolfgang '74 was named editor of QEX magazine. QEX is the American Radio Relay League's forum for communications experimenters. He lives in Bozrah, Conn.

Eismann-Strand #1 William Eismann ’74 and Virginia Strand ’75 were remarried July 29, 2006, on the beach in Harvey Cedars, N.J. They live in Doylestown, Pa. Eismann-Strand #2
Then ... ... and now

1975

Class Reporter:
Bill Snyder
107 Lincoln Avenue

Johnson City, NY 13790

1976

Class Reporter:
Brenda Zboray Klinger
968 Bluejay Road
Harrisburg, PA 17111-5005
slbzklinger@verizon.net

Robert Lawley '76 is an executive vice president at Community Banks in Harrisburg, Pa.

1977 

Class Reporter:
Lynn Sarf
844 High Point
Claremont, CA 91711
lynn.sarf@ponoma.edu

Barbara Samuel '77 Loftus is vice president of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education in Philadelphia, Pa. She previously held the positions of associate professor of marketing and associate provost at Wilkes University since 1992.

1978  Reunion Flag

30th Reunion
at Homecoming
October 4, 2008

Class Reporter:
Judy Rile
2-F Olympic Drive
Reading, PA 19607-3333

Dave Getz '78 was appointed to a one-year term as president of the Mechanicsburg-North Rotary Club. He is a shareholder in the Harrisburg law firm of Wix, Wenger & Weidner, P.C., where he practices real estate and business law. Dave is also president of the Greater Harrisburg Concert Band. He lives in Mechanicsburg, Pa., with his wife, Vonny, and their three children.

Darrell Wilson '78 was appointed director of business development and strategic planning for Chesapeake Utilities in Salisbury, Md.

1979

Class Reporter:
Sue Odjakjian
22745 Miranda Street
Woodland Hills, CA 91367

alumni family at commencement A family of alumni who returned to campus to attend commencement, are, left to right, Jennifer Gamble ’79 Allebach P’07, Mark Henne ’07 (Jennifer’s son), Melinda Murphy ’84 Grochowski, Amy Murphy ’85 Nolen and Amanda Murphy ’98. Not pictured is Leslie Buzz ’73 Gamble.

 

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