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SPRING 2001

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Office of Alumni Relations
Susquehanna University
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Selinsgrove, PA 17870-1164
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Material received on campus by June 1, 2001 will be included in the summer issue.

1936

Class Reporter:
Janet Earhart Harkins
437 Meer Avenue
Wyckoff, NJ 07481

1940

Class Reporter:
William H. Gehron
747 Arch Street
Williamsport, PA 17701-5659

1941		60th Reunion
Class Reporter: Mary Emma Yoder Jones R.R. 6, Box 718 Altoona, PA 16601

1943

Class Reporter:
Ruth Eleanor McCorkill
418 Orange Street
Northumberland, PA 17857-1531

1944

Class Reporter:
Ethel Wilson Kerschner
263 West Butler Drive
Drums, PA 18222

1945

Class Reporter:
Louise Kresge Isaacs
2721 Golfside Court
Naples, FL 34110-8676

1946 55th Reunion

1948

Class Reporter:
Robert F. Wohlsen
145 Herman Boulevard
Franklin Square, NY 11010-2725

On April 26, 2001, in Gettysburg, Pa., four Susquehannans, the Rev. Dale S. Bringman '48, the Rev. David E. Bomboy '48, the Rev. H. Lee Hebel '48, and the Rev. Augustus V. Tietbohl '48, celebrated the 50th anniversary of their ordination to the Lutheran ministry on May 25, 1951, in Messiah Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, Pa. Joining the celebration were their wives, Mary Moyer '45 Bringman, Betty Smith '48 Bomboy, Edith Wegner '49 Hebel, and Eleanor Steele '48 Lady, widow of the late Rev. Charles L. Lady '48. Subsequently, Bringman and Hebel served on Susquehanna's board of trustees.

1950

Class Reporter:
Richard G. Westervelt
700 Scarsdale Avenue
Scarsdale, NY 10583

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Jack Thorp '50 and Gabrielle Speyer '49 Thorp of Norwalk Conn., recently renewed their wedding vows at the Little Church of the West in Las Vegas, Nev. They were originally married on Dec. 9, 1950, in New York City. In attendance were Thomas and Phyllis Raulerson. They are the parents of three daughters: Pamela Thorp of New York City, Mrs. Seneath Bostrom and Mrs. Gabrielle Thorp-Crippes, both of Phoenix, Ariz. They have three grandsons: Jack Bostrom, and Austin and Kyle Crippes.

Helen Polk '50 Peitz reports: "The Alumni Society of Haddonfield (N.J.) High School announced that the Teacher Achievement Award has been awarded posthumously to Jane Troutman '50 Maddocks to honor her outstanding and inspirational contributions to the students she taught at Haddonfield. Jane, a dedicated high school social studies and history teacher for more than 30 years, was nominated by students from the class of 1974 who remember her as their patient, kind, 'yet no pushover' class advisor. Jane, who retired in 1990, became ill in 1994 and passed away in 1998. She is survived by three daughters and three great grandchildren."

1951 50th Reunion

The Capital Region Mental Health Association recently honored Hazel Brobst '51 Brown with the association's first Shirley Freedman Award. The award recognizes a volunteer who has devoted at least 10 years to the field of mental health. A professor emerita of psychology at Harrisburg Area Community College and licensed psychologist, Brown currently serves on boards including the Mental Health Association, the Cumberland/Perry County MH/MR Program and the Masonic Learning Center for Dyslexic Children, and is a member of the strategic planning committee of the Holy Spirit Hospital. Honored by Susquehanna University with the Alumni Association Service Award in 1998, she lives in Camp Hill, Pa.

1956 45th Reunion

Eleanor Dively '56 married John Hoffman, Oct. 7, 2000, St. James Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, Pa., where she works part time as special ministries coordinator. She retired from J.B. Lippincott Publishing Company in 1997, where she had been employed 20 years as a developmental editor. In 1997, three authors (Taylor, Lillis, Lemone) dedicated the third edition of their book, Fundamentals of Nursing, to her. The couple lives in Philadelphia.

1957

Class Reporter:
Lynn Hassinger Askew
25 Gladys Avenue
Manville, NJ 08835-2347

1959

Class Reporter:
Jack Cisney
4802 Eoff Street
Benwood, WV 26031-1008

Harry "Bucky Clark '59, principal of Log College Middle School in Warminster, Pa., has been elected to the Hatboro-Horsham Hall of Fame for his outstanding contributions in education. He also serves as minister of music at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Huntingdon Valley, is vice president of the Hatboro Borough Council, and is a board member at Warminster General Hospital.