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2016 Geneva Magazine - Spring Issue

Geneva Magazine is published two times per year for Geneva College alumni, donors, students and parents. It showcases the college and its constituencies as they strive to fulfill the college’s mission.

GSPRING 2016

GENEVA

MAGAZINE

Play On!

Dr. Eric Miller’s thoughts on the redemptive effect of sport

Pro Christo et Patria

Dr. Robert Frazier’s historical account of Geneva’s motto

James Kelbaugh ’51

As he was growing up across the river from Geneva
College in New Brighton, Jim displayed a remarkably
broad range of interests—from history and the sciences
to music and theater. He also possessed a strong urge to
succeed. So Jim was naturally attracted to Geneva and
its respected, well-rounded education.

Jim says that Geneva’s Christ-centered, liberal arts
foundation, along with its excellent academic reputation
and a strong recommendation from an alumnus uncle,
convinced him that choosing Geneva was a wise decision.
But he had limited financial resources. He attributes
Geneva’s affordability to helping him earn his college
degree: “Geneva’s reasonable cost, along with help from
an employer ‘angel,’ enabled me to work my way through
school and reap the benefits of a high-quality education.”

Those benefits included being recruited prior to graduating
from Geneva by The Procter & Gamble Manufacturing
Company, where he worked for 15 years. This was
followed by five years in general management consulting.
Jim then served for 22 years managing and directing
materials control operations for Homelite Corporation,
a major manufacturer of hand-held power equipment.

At Geneva, Jim says he was “blessed to receive a basic
grounding in the Bible as a guide for Christian living,
along with particularly strong guidance in several
academic fields.” To express his gratitude for this
experience, and to help others reap the benefits of an
academically excellent, Christ-centered education, Jim
included Geneva in his estate plans. If you, like Jim, are
grateful for the blessings you received through Geneva
and have the desire to bless others by making a planned
gift, please visit Geneva.edu/give or contact the Office
of Planned Giving at 724.847.6514.

T O D AY

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SPRING 2016
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10 18

IN THIS ISSUE

2 From the President 14 Learning Christ’s Faithfulness
3 Campus News
8 Athletic News 18 A Letter to Seth
10 Play On
13 Introducing Geneva’s 20 Pro Christo et Patria: Standard and Vision

Twentieth President 24 In Memoriam

26 Class Notes

What memories will I take away with me from 3. Melinda Stephens, chemistry professor and Chief
my year as Interim President of Geneva College? Academic Officer; Larry Griffith, Executive Vice
I don’t really know. Memories are unpredictable President; John Gallo, Dean of Graduate, Adult
and changing things. But here are some things and Online Programs; and many other
that I expect to recall. administrators who worked patiently and
charitably with this novice as I tried to act the
EVENTS part of President for a Year. I will miss them.
1. The men’s soccer final against Westminster at
HOPES
Reeves Field in front of full and loud bleachers 1. That more and more alumni will remember friends
(Gary Dunda coach). The game went into double
overtime, and then we lost on penalty kicks. and lessons from their years here and thank God
The later tragedy of a car accident taking the life that He led them here, forgetting irritations and
of freshman starter Nate Ferraco makes the game remembering kindnesses.
especially poignant. 2. That everyone at Geneva would embrace and live
2. The Genevans’ Christmas concert in the First the grace and peace, which belong to all whom the
Presbyterian Church of Beaver Falls (David Smith Lord has called. The Lord has met many people
director). The church was magnificent, it was here over the years who were not looking for Him
packed full, the choir used all of the space when they came here.
brilliantly, and the singing was magnificent. 3. That God would bless a host of new things that
God glorified! Geneva will be working on in the coming years:
3. The play Much Ado About Nothing (David Kuhns online classes attracting students from around the
director). It is my favorite Shakespeare play. world; Chinese and other foreign students coming
Moving the setting to 1945, with American soldiers to Geneva to study; serving new local businesses
home from war, worked. The actors disappeared that will probably move into our area in the wake
into their parts. Such a fun play, with more than of the construction of a “cracker plant” by Royal
a whiff of Resurrection hope at its conclusion! Dutch Shell six miles from the campus; and
lots more.
PEOPLE 4. That year after year our new president, Calvin
1. Heidi Mann ’16, soccer center midfielder: laying Troup’83, will thank God that He sent him to work
here because he can see the Lord’s blessing on the
off the ball unselfishly to teammates, but also work of his hands. That looking back, I will do the
managing to score her share of goals. Heidi Mann ’16, same. Thank you for praying for me.
Homecoming Queen. Heidi Mann ’16, basketball
point guard. (See more about her later in this issue). Pray for Calvin.
2. Jay Neikirk, political science professor and chair
of the Faculty Senate: a good partner in helping Bill Edgar
the college to move forward, faculty and administration Interim President
together. We understood each other.

2 FROM THE PRESIDENT

Geneva Continues Run of Recognition in Best College Rankings

After 30 years, U.S. News & World Report has become known as
the gold standard in college rankings. Its rankings measure how
well a school educates its students. Among its criteria are freshman
retention, graduation rates and the strength of a school’s faculty.

U.S. News & World Report once again recognized Geneva
College in multiple highly respected Best Colleges rankings in
2016. For the third year in a row, Geneva is a Top Ten Best Value
School out of North region colleges. This is based on academic
quality and the net cost of attendance.

For the fourth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report
named Geneva’s engineering program one of the nation’s
Top 100 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs. A peer
assessment survey determines the rankings among colleges
accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET,
www.abet.org.

Geneva also placed #16 overall in the North Regional College
geographical group.

And for Best Colleges for Veterans, a new addition to Geneva’s
rankings, the college is #11 in the North region. This is based
on its veteran friendliness, including factors such as GI Bill
certification and Yellow Ribbon Program participation.

Geneva Joins PA TRAC TRANSFER AND ARTICULATION CENTER

Geneva College is pleased to announce that it is one of a very once everything is finalized, Geneva’s participation should be
few private institutions that is a member of the Pennsylvania particularly beneficial for community college students interested in
Transfer and Articulation Center (PA TRAC). Through its an academically excellent, Christ-centered degree.”
membership, Geneva identifies specific courses and degree
programs that transfer seamlessly from other participating Geneva’s participation in PA TRAC means that transfer students
colleges and universities. are less likely to lose credits and better able to stay on track in
earning a college degree. This can be especially important to
All 14 community colleges and 14 universities in the PA State students attending two-year institutions who transfer to Geneva
System of Higher Education, along with six other PA institutions, to complete a bachelor’s degree.
participate in PA TRAC. Once the equivalencies and other details
have been determined, students from these institutions will be able
to easily identify courses and degrees that transfer to Geneva.

“I really enjoy working with transfer students,” said Geneva
Registrar Dr. Jennifer Carter. “And I’m hopeful for what we can
do for transfer students here at Geneva through this agreement;

CAMPUS NEWS 3

Faculty Kudos Geneva Alumna Honored
with ATHENA Young
DR. JENNIFER CARTER, Registrar, successfully Professional Award
defended her dissertation, “The Patterns and
Predictors of Religious Struggle Among Undergraduate Dr. Josie Badger ’07 received the 2015 ATHENA Young
Students Attending Evangelical Institutions: A Professional Award, named after the goddess of Greek mythology
Comparison to Other Private Religious Institutions, known for courage and wisdom. The award is given each year
Catholic Institutions, and Nonsectarian Institutions,” in recognition of an emerging leader who is 35 years old or
earning her Ph.D. from Azusa Pacific University. younger. It celebrates excellence among the region’s population
of young women who will be the change makers of tomorrow.
DR. BYRON CURTIS ’76, Professor of Biblical
Studies, composed two anthems that were debuted “Receiving this award was a huge honor,” said Badger, “but
by The Genevans, “A Star There Shines” and “The I always feel a bit hesitant to be honored just for doing something
Rebel Guest.” He presented “Biblical Chronology I love and feel called to do.”
in the Renaissance: Sebastian Münster’s Hebraica
Biblia (1534–35)” at the 2015 annual meeting Badger, who is disabled, is a leader for youth with disabilities.
of the Evangelical Theological Society. Also, the She is a campaign manager of #IWantToWork, an organization
Greystone Theological Institute appointed Dr. that lobbies for employment policy and legislation changes to
Curtis as a fellow. help individuals with disabilities. She helped found and lead
the Children’s Hospital Advisory Network for Guidance and
REV. RUTLEDGE ETHERIDGE, Chaplain, was Empowerment (CHANGE), which assists people with complex
the invited speaker for the 10th Annual Reformed health conditions transition from pediatric to adult healthcare.
Leadership Workshop.
Badger also serves as Youth Development Director for the Parent
DR. ROBERT FRAZIER, Professor of Philosophy, Education and Advocacy Leadership (PEAL) Center, which helps
published Responsible Belief: Limitations, Liabilities, children with special healthcare needs, their families and
and Melioration (Pickwick Publications, 2015). medical professionals.
Also, Dr. Frazier presented “Augustine on Political
Authority” at the 2015 annual meeting of the In 2011, Badger was selected as Ms. Wheelchair America. This
Evangelical Theological Society. gave her the opportunity to travel extensively and speak about the
potential for people with disabilities to lead full and enriching lives.
PROFESSOR MATTHEW FUSS ’94, Assistant
Professor of Business, presented “Business as the Badger was also a featured TED Talk speaker. TED is a nonprofit
‘Good Life’” at the Northeastern Association of organization that presents short, powerful talks from a variety of
Business, Economics and Technology Conference. speakers. Badger’s presentation, “Exceptional by Choice,” may
He also co-facilitated “Eliminating Division in the be viewed online at https://youtu.be/n1jr5b00Dr0.
Academy: A discussion of Hugh Whelchel’s How
Then Should We Work: Rediscovering the Biblical 2+2 Program Established with
Doctrine of Work” at the Christian Business Taiwan’s Christ’s College
Faculty Conference.
Geneva College has a new agreement with Christ’s College in
DR. JONATHAN IMPELLIZZERI, Coordinator Taiwan—a 2+2 Program. Geneva and Christ’s College have had
for the Marriage, Couple and Family Counseling a close partnership that dates to the 1990s, and many Christ’s
Program, presented “Introducing STEP UP: A Model College students have graduated from Geneva. With the new
of Pre-Blended Family Counseling for Families 2+2 Program, there is now a greater opportunity for students from
in Formation” at the International Association of Christ’s College to earn a Geneva degree.
Marriage and Family Counselors World Conference.
He also presented “What’s Life All About? The In the 2+2 Program, students complete two years at Christ’s
Role of Spirituality/Meaning in Counseling” at College, and then transfer to Geneva for their final two years
the Pennsylvania Counseling Association to complete a bachelor’s degree. Approved majors for the 2+2
State Conference. Program are: Biblical Studies, Business, Communication, Criminal
Justice, English, History, Human Services, Missions, Philosophy,
PROFESSOR ANTHONY SADAR, Adjunct Political Science, Sociology, Sports Management, Student Ministry
Associate Professor of Science, published a review and Writing.
of The Triumph of Faith: Why the World is More
Religious than Ever in The Washington Times
(January 27, 2016).

4

From TV to You: The Impact of a Geneva Education

Summing up the impact of a higher education in a 30-second The commercials, which air on local stations, can also be
video story can be challenging. Geneva College did just that, viewed online at Geneva.edu/impact.
though, based on what many students and alumni say makes a
Geneva education special: the relationship between faculty and Geneva invites students and alumni to share how faculty had an
students. The commercials, called Faculty: Impact of a Geneva impact on their Geneva education. Just click the gold “Share Your
Education, feature interactions that are common in the close Story” button at Geneva.edu/impact.
Christian community.

And real Geneva people act out the scenes. The professor in both
commercials is Dr. Jonathan Watt, Chair of the Bible Department
and beloved Biblical Studies professor. Returning alumna in the
undergraduate video is Laura (Capper ’07) DePietro. She explains,
“Having Dr. Watt as my Bible professor while a student at Geneva
was a great experience. The way he taught made the stories
of the Old Testament come alive, and had a big impact on my
understanding and appreciation for them which I have carried
with me beyond the classroom.”

Shannon (Gallagher ADP ‘11) Angelo, who attended Geneva as
an adult, is in the adult online commercial. She notes, “Dr. Watt
was a great teacher! He was always available to help when
needed and had such great insights to add to the topics studied.”

CAMPUS NEWS 5

Save the Date

1980 Class Reunion SEPTEMBER 23-24

Reunion years:
1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011

HOMECO

1990 Class Reunion 2005 Class Reunion 2010 Class Reunion

WGEV Reunion Education Reunion
1975 Class Reunion 1985 Reunion

6

OMING

Distinguished Service Award Winners

Two-Sport Student-Athlete
Graduates as Five-Time
Career Record Holder

Colorado Springs native Heidi Mann ’16 excelled in her career
as a Golden Tornado student-athlete. Mann was a member of the
women’s NCAA Division III basketball and soccer teams. She ends
her NCAA Division III career with top-ten records in four career
categories for basketball and one category for soccer.

In basketball, Mann achieved fourth place in steals (250), fifth
in points (1371), and seventh in both rebounds (692) and points
per game (13.8). She was a second-team All-Presidents’ Athletic
Conference (PAC) selection for this season. The Eastern College
Athletic Conference (ECAC) twice named Mann Player of the Week.

Mann was also a standout on the soccer field, finishing fourth
in career goals with 43. She was a first-team All-PAC selection for
the 2015 season, and the ECAC named her Player of the Week.

“Heidi has had an incredible athletic career at Geneva,”
said women’s basketball Head Coach Lori Wynn. “Her
accomplishments on the court are matched by her contribution
to our program off the court, as well. I’m incredibly proud of
her accomplishments on the court, but more proud of the young
woman she has grown into.”

Off the court and field, Mann was highly involved in campus life
and the community. She was named Homecoming Queen in 2015.
A mathematics education major, Mann also served as a math
tutor and mentor for local children through Tiger Pause.

pr esidents’ athletic President’s Athletic Conference
Honors Academic Achievement
conference of Student-Athletes

8 The Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) recognized 54 of
Geneva College’s student-athletes on its Fall 2015 Academic
Honor Roll. The list honors student-athletes who have earned
a grade-point average (GPA) of 3.6 or higher during their
semester of competition.

“Early morning lifting sessions, afternoon practices and evening
film sessions can quickly fill a student-athlete’s schedule,” said
Athletic Director Van Zanic ’93. “However, Geneva consistently
provides an environment that allows its student-athletes to find
success in the classroom.”

The Fall 2015 PAC Academic Honor Roll is available at www.
pacathletics.org/news/2016/1/7/GEN_0107163422.aspx.

Men’s Soccer Finishes Over 1,000 spectators rallied in Geneva’s Reeves Field for
Season as PAC Finalist the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) 2015 Men’s Soccer
Championship. The Golden Tornadoes hosted the game, finishing
the regular season with a record of 12-4-4. This game was the
men’s soccer team’s third championship appearance since joining
the PAC in 2007.

After two halves and two overtimes, second-seeded Geneva and
fourth-seeded Westminster were scoreless. Westminster finally won
the game on penalty kicks, outscoring Geneva 4-2.

“In a penalty kick shootout, anything can happen,” said Head
Coach Gary Dunda. “We could do it again and have a
different result.”

Following the PAC Championship, Geneva was invited to play in
the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) post-season and
selected to host the quarterfinals.

The team’s season ended after losing 1-0 to Alvernia College
in the ECAC Regional Semifinal. The Golden Tornadoes finished
2015 with an overall record of 13-5-4.

Men’s Tennis Makes a Comeback

Geneva College’s men’s tennis returned after an 18-year hiatus.

The 11-member team includes no seniors. According to Head
Coach Mandee Craft, this is perfect for rebuilding the program
on a strong foundation.

“Everyone is stepping up and leading in different ways, and it’s
just a really good group of guys,” said Craft.

The newly formed team competes in the NCAA Division III
Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC). Men’s tennis opened its historic
2016 spring season at home, falling 7-2 to Mount Aloysius.

Megan Hinds Makes How does an athlete handle the pressure of playing in a
Geneva History conference championship? Megan Hinds explained, “The thing
that pushed me through was something a teammate told me: ‘God
knows the outcome of the match, so there is no pressure.’ That
thought is what made my success achievable.”

Hinds won the 2015 fifth singles Presidents’ Athletic Conference
(PAC) Women’s Tennis Championship, becoming Geneva
College’s first women’s tennis conference champion.

Hinds won the quarter finals over Thiel’s Mercedez Quarles (6-0,
6-2), played in the semi-finals against Thomas More’s Maryann
Meadows (3-6, 6-4, 6-2) and won a long series final, defeating
Westminster opponent Stephanie Homitz (6-3, 3-6, 6-4).

“Megan played so hard and so well, carrying herself with the
grace she always does,” said Tennis Head Coach Mandee Craft.
“I’m so proud of her.”

ATHLETIC NEWS 9

Play On! BY ERIC MILLER, PH.D.

PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND HUMANITIES,
AND DIRECTOR OF HONORS PROGRAMS

I did not want to move to Brazil. The

reasons were many, and one of them
had something to do with this: the
Pirates had just won the World Series.
The Steelers had won the Super Bowl
four out of the previous six Januarys.
A native of western Pennsylvania, 13
years old, I loved sports. And I knew
victory. Both were indescribably sweet.

Within two years I would be swept up in a sports storm that To that point Italy had played uninspired soccer. Suddenly
still bursts from my memory with titanic force. Upon hitting it found inspiration. Brazil went for broke, putting its jogo
that red Brazilian dirt, I had begun a shockingly rapid conversion bonito (“beautiful game”) on display. But Italy held them to
from baseball to futebol, trading glove and cap for kichute two goals and managed three. The all-but-certain coronation
and camisa, the soccer cleats and team-shirts my new friends never came. Italy went on to win its third Copa.
wore. They took me into the wonder-world of Brazilian soccer—
futebol arte, as the Brazilians called it—where legends lived, The anguish was the precise opposite of the overwhelming
magicians with a ball, making magic for the world. joy that had rumbled through the country the previous two
weeks. All Brazil had shut down for its five games: no shoppers
And the world was watching. As the national team—known served, no mail delivered, no gas pumped. The festa seemed
simply as the Seleção (“selection”)—played its way into the eternal. The defeat they greeted with abject disbelief. The
1982 World Cup, the storm would take my vicarious participation dream abruptly died—for a time. But although Brazil has since
to new degrees of intensity. The sense grew that this team was won the Copa twice, its victorious sides have never equaled
unusual, even by Brazil’s standards. It was armed with a midfield the grace of that 1982 Seleção. Even in defeat, it made history.
as dominant as any since the fabled days of soccer’s undisputed
greatest player ever, Brazil’s Pelé, who had led the country It was the public nature of the joy that so affected me. I’d had
to World Cup championships in 1958, 1962, and 1970. I was a taste of it when I watched the miraculous USA hockey team
scrambling to learn Portuguese by reading the sports magazine skate to gold in the 1980 Olympics. When the United States
Placar, trying to absorb the scene fully. By the time the world’s defeated the Soviets, I had marveled at seeing news clips that
soccer powers converged upon Spain, anticipation had turned showed cars along the roadside and people spontaneously
to a month-long climax, filled with jubilation—and defeat. breaking into “God Bless America.” This was my point of
reference for national celebration. But what happened in
But first came the victories. Brazil, led by athletes with mythical Brazil completely eclipsed it.
names—Zico, Sócrates, Falcão, and Leandro—dispatched
opponents with such joie de vivre that final victory seemed I was changed forever. When I entered Brazil in 1980, I was
only a blink away. Russia, Scotland, and New Zealand fell. All wearing the yellow t-shirt an uncle had given me at a farewell
Brazil swelled with glee. Argentina and Italy awaited—past party. It featured a muscular eagle wrapped in stars and stripes,
champions both. But the Brazil–Argentina showdown proved with a banner beneath it that read American and Proud of
to be one more Brazilian show. Now victory over Italy It. When I re-entered the United States four years later, I was
would mean a semi-final berth. sporting yellow again. But it was the golden, green-trimmed
10 jersey of the Seleção. I was all-American no more.

It is striking that this is the title we drape across the shoulders so huge that churches held services an hour early to ensure
of our champions: All-American. The 1940 film Knute Rockne, that fans could make it to the game; 40,000 showed up at Polo
All-American suggests how this came to be. “The life of Knute Grounds in 1890 to watch these Ivies slug it out. The era of
Rockne,” runs a declamation as the film begins, “is its own mass spectacle was underway, though even football reflected
dedication to the Youth of America and to the finest ideals of the grip of old-stock elites on public life: Harvard, Yale,
courage, character, and sportsmanship for all the world. Knute and Princeton were the titans of the gridiron.
Rockne was a great and vital force in molding the spirit of This is where the lowly Carlisle Indians come into the story,
modern America….” and where the marriage of nation and sport is revealed in its
corrupt complexity—as well as its redemptive worth.
America, an invented nation, required this molding. But by the Carlisle was a team of actual Indians, students at an experimental
twentieth century something new had to be found to ensure school outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, founded when
that the recently urbanized nation had a great citizenry to Captain Richard Henry Pratt corralled a pan-Indian collection
match. Modern industry had made modern cities. But it was of youngsters back East for (re)education. His sympathy for
still human beings who would inhabit them. Outside the and devotion to the Indians are as evident as his repellant
factories, what would people do? cultural stamp; among his mottoes was “Kill the Indian, save
the man.” It is no wonder that Jenkins describes Carlisle as a
Sports teams became the city’s way of preserving the “violent social experiment,” where braided hair (on boys)
venerable old world village. As modern living wove people was shorn, and members of tribes were separated.
into a tangle, communal impulses took new forms, and And yet Pratt loved the Indians. When some boys asked
gatekeepers were hoping that something like a dance permission to start a football team, he cautiously said yes, and
might emerge. Sport was one of the dances they turned then watched in wonder. “Their grace and exceptional speed
to, with an intensity that can only be called innocent. in getting all over the field was a revelation,” he recalled. In
1900 Harvard’s coach declared that football was “the ultimate
Knute Rockne gives a taste of this innocence. The child of expression of Anglo-Saxon superiority”—precisely the kind of
parents who immigrated from Norway, young Knute eventually culture-defining conceit that irked Pratt. When he gave the go
finds his way onto a football field, and declares to his parents ahead to football, he did so with two conditions: first, that the
that “We’re all Americans now—especially me: I’m a left end!” players practice self-control in the face of provocation; second,
After he had become head coach at the University of Notre that they prepare themselves to “whip the biggest football
Dame, Rockne wins his players’ allegiance with a passionate, team in the country.”
gruff, principled approach to coaching, and to life. The film They fulfilled both conditions, and managed to change history,
is remembered today as a Ronald Reagan movie, and Reagan’s too, creating the game we know today. In the face of the bone-
George Gipp delivers the tribute to Rockne that reveals what
“All-American” was to encompass. “He’s given us something 11
they don’t teach in schools. Something clean and strong
inside—not just coaching but a way of living, something
we’ll never forget.”

It is a jock-flick best seen as a species of all-American romance.
Like all such romances, it seeks to preserve ideals—virtue, harmony,
joy—but at the expense of the person. We cannot believe in
these characters. We know there must be another side of the
story, the story of sports and the making of modern America.

In her book The Real All Americans: The Team that Changed
a Game, a People, and a Nation, Sally Jenkins gives it to us.
Jenkins’s tale centers on the remarkable connection between
football and that part of history that other tales so easily elide:
the fate of the indigenous people who fell before the all-American
engine. If she too tilts steeply toward romance, she writes with
a pleasing sympathy to all sides of this ugly, beautiful story.

In the midst of modern change, Jenkins shows, the popular
game of football helped us define ourselves as a nation—but
not necessarily in ways we can be proud of. “The game, like
the country in which it was invented, was a rough, bastardized
thing that jumped up out of the mud,” she notes. By the late
nineteenth century, the annual Yale–Princeton match-up was

crunching Anglo-Saxon style, the Indians showed the world sounded. One of the referees—a Yale alum and also (in a
another way. “They had invented a whole new brand of game,” situation not uncharacteristic of the day) the Carlisle coach—
Jenkins writes. “Carlisle football, mixing the run, pass, and was calling the play back. The players were stunned. The
kick with elements of surprise, was the game of the future. crowd started to boo. The Indians threatened to leave,
The traditional powers would cling to their old tactics at their talked out of it only by Pratt.
peril.” Between 1911 and 1913, taking on the most dominant
teams, the team would pile up 38 victories against only three The clock wound down. But the crowd stormed the field
defeats. After the climactic episode in the book, the 1912 Jim and carried the Indians off. The New York Sun hoisted the
Thorpe-led defeat of the powerhouse Army Cadets, the New players as well, declaring, with sudden clarity, that the call was
York Times declared Carlisle’s “the most perfect brand of “characteristic…of nearly all the crimes committed against the
football ever seen in America.” Indians by the whites, for it was accomplished by the man
of all men who should have looked out for their interests
Their innovating coach, Glenn Scobey “Pop”’ Warner, helped and their rights.”
channel the genius of the Indians into a form that has stood
the test of time (including, contra the blatantly false claim How we glory in exceptional play. We delight in fierce competition.
of Knute Rockne, the perfecting of the forward pass as a We thrill to witness the fruit of demanding training. We watch,
primary offensive weapon). And it was Warner who lauded enchanted, as athletes hurtle themselves toward their dreams.
their achievement most poignantly. “Whenever I see one of We sense our spirits rise. It is in fact “just a game.” But it hints
those All American teams,” he mused, “I cannot help but at that which lies beneath, yet is also integral to life on this
think what an 11 could have been selected from those real wondrous earth. The swell of admiration, the ennobling of
All Americans who blazed such a trail of glory.” sacrifice: it reminds us of who we are, and where we are bound.

Can the trail of glory ever emerge from anything so tangled We are bound for a land that transcends these identities—
in the thorns of this corrupt world? For as readily as Knute American, Brazilian, Norse, Lakota—even as it redeems them.
Rockne applies varnish, Jenkins strips it. She forces us to confront And this difficult but wonderful tension between the universal
the malign motives, the violent impulses, the idolatrous yearnings and the particular is perhaps the most redemptive effect of
that modern sport has been mixed up in since its birth. sport. It previews a day when we will know ourselves for what
we at root are: human beings, distinct but united, many but
This reality is bound to trouble those charged with setting one, destined for an eternal dance—destined for play—
themselves apart as a holy nation. Sports, like so much distinctive in the kingdom of God.
to the modern world, seem coated in compromise. Yet, as
this story make evident, it is both wheat and tares that fill our Until that day, those who know that hope can honor it
fields, tares that invariably choke life, wheat that miraculously with bravura goals and bountiful cheers. Somewhere,
gives it. There is no escaping this tangle. There is only the some confused teenager, or marginal man, or aged woman,
persisting need to dedicate ourselves to preserving the good will see. And will know. G
that is here, and expose the evil that threatens it. If sports have
become the playthings of irresponsible corporations, and if This is an abridged version of an essay from Dr. Miller’s
becoming a fan so often turns into a hollow semblance of true book, Glimpses of Another Land (Cascade Books, 2012).
belonging, there remains the undeniable beauty of sport itself
to uphold, and the marvelous reality of the creatures of God
almighty who find themselves irresistibly drawn to them.

Consider the story Jenkins tells about the Carlisle–Yale game of
1896. The Indians were coming off of a 22-6 loss to Princeton,
after which the Philadelphia Press had chortled, “The race
with a civilization and a history won the day. It was a clear
victory of mind over physical force.” Just a few days later
Carlisle was to take its grandest stage yet, Polo Grounds, to
play mighty Yale. The team was a curiosity, and the game
attracted a huge crowd. After Carlisle went up by a score early
on, Yale came back, and took a 12-6 lead into the closing
minutes. But near the end the Carlisle left end broke away
from a pile-up and spurted down the field for a touchdown.
The unthinkable was happening.

And then it happened again—this time in the other direction.
As Carlisle was lining up to kick the extra point, a late whistle
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Introducing Geneva’s
Twentieth President,
Dr. Calvin Troup ’83

BY GREG WISE ’95

A member of the Class of 1983, Dr. Calvin Troup to the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies
at Duquesne University in 1996, where he has been directing
decided to come to Geneva College because, “I really wanted the institution’s nationally ranked Rhetoric Ph.D. program.
what Geneva provided—the understanding of all of life from a
Christian perspective.” Since being named president-elect by Dr. Troup says he was well prepared for all of these endeavors
the Board of Trustees in February 2016, he’s preparing to join thanks to the rich intellectual experience provided by Geneva.
the college’s administration, faculty and staff to continue And because of the meaningful relationships he formed during
the integration of faith into all of life at Geneva. his student years, Dr. Troup maintained a strong connection
with the college. After returning to the Pittsburgh area, he
“It is a remarkable place because the Geneva College motto joined the Board of Corporators and Board of Trustees. He
begins with the words, ‘For Christ,’” said Dr. Troup in his first has also been the Chair of the Board of Trustees’ Education
meeting with the campus community. “All the work that we do Committee for many years.
happens under the one living and true Word. It is an incredible
privilege to join the work, to encourage the work, to uphold to the As Dr. Troup reflects on the steps that led to him being named
work, to try to support the meaningful work that goes on here.” Geneva’s 20th president, he says the process was centered on
“being open to God’s leading and call on my life. It became
After graduating from Geneva, Dr. Troup worked as a trend clear that academic leadership at Geneva College is what the
analyst for The Naisbitt Group, a congressional staff aide to Lord was preparing me to do.”
Rep. Duncan Hunter and an executive for the National
Association of Life Underwriters in Washington, D.C. Dr. Troup’s term will begin shortly after commencement,
and his inauguration is scheduled during Homecoming &
Dr. Troup then returned to academia, earning a master’s Family Weekend on Friday, September 23, 2016. Look for
degree in 1991 and a Ph.D. in Speech Communication in 1994, more information on Dr. Troup and his vision for Geneva
both from Pennsylvania State University. Next, he served on the College in the Winter 2017 issue of Geneva Magazine. G
faculties of Penn State and Indiana University before moving
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Learning Christ’s

Faithfulness in a

Hard Way TR ANSCRIPTION OF DR. CALVIN TROUP ’S
CH APEL MES S AGE FROM 2.17.16

When was the last time that you woke up in a place and And so I thought, “What in the world happened?” I didn’t
know what city I was in. I didn’t know what hospital I was
you didn’t remember where you were? You think, “How did I in. I didn’t know where I was, and I didn’t know why. And
get here? Where am I?” Then you remember where you were. I thought, “You know, you’re pretty messed up.”
“Oh, I’m at my friend’s house. Oh I’m on the road. Oh, I’m in a
motel. Oh, I’m OK. I’m all right.” Then you go back to sleep. And the Lord started to deal with me in a very specific way.
I had never felt the kind of pain that I was feeling, and I was
One day I woke up, looked around and didn’t know where I alone. I thought, “I’m pretty heavily medicated here, and the
was. I saw white walls. But I couldn’t snap out of it. I thought, Lord Jesus experienced every type of pain that I was experiencing
“Am I in a dream? Where am I?” And then I started to hear and didn’t have any medication.” The Lord was a real comfort
beeping and I realized that it was kind of dark. It troubled me. to me in that moment. Then a thought came that was a grace
I couldn’t remember how I had gotten there. The last thing I to me. “If I’m hurt this bad, I was probably in a car accident,
could remember was being in a car with some roommates and someone could have died—someone I know.” I didn’t
and friends. know what had happened yet, but God gave that to me in my
heart and my mind. And then I thought, “I’m pretty messed up;
I thought, “I’m in a hospital.” And I thought, “I’m not doing so I could die.” And I thought, “I am OK with that. Christ died for
well.” I had a lot of pain. I realized I was hooked up to a lot of me. Christ suffered for me. Christ could take care of me. I am OK.”
things. Then a doctor and nurse came in and started talking
about me like I wasn’t there, saying, “Well, he’s breathing this In fact, I was in the trauma unit of Allegheny General Hospital.
many times a minute.” And I tried to say, “Hey, I’m breathing That night, I had been at a wedding rehearsal dinner for my
fine on my own.” But I couldn’t because of the respirator good friend, Eddie Hartman [’83], and his fiancée. We left the
in my throat. rehearsal dinner and were driving down Route 8. We were
taking Eddie out on his last night of freedom before he
One day I woke up, looked got married.
around and didn’t know
where I was. A man and his wife had been drinking heavily on the North
Side of Pittsburgh and were driving home, having an argument.
140 She wanted a divorce, and he said, “You don’t have to worry
about a divorce, I’m going to kill both of us.” And he turned
into our lane of traffic. The car in front of us was able to avoid
the accident, but we were hit head on. The impact was 100
miles an hour between the two cars. Eddie was killed, and
Keith [Myers ‘83], another good friend and roommate,
was also killed.

I have this wonderful image in my mind of them getting to So now I can talk to you a bit
heaven. We used to have “deep theological arguments” in our
room. Keith argued that Christians could lose their salvation. about some of the good things
Eddie said, “No, the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints
means that salvation could never be lost.” We just went around that God brought out of
and around about that. So Eddie and Keith get to heaven and
before Keith can get in a word edgewise, Eddie says, “Aren’t the accident.
you glad you got here before you lost your salvation?” And
Keith probably just slaps him because he has no good and you feel like there is a hole in your heart. It is because
answer at that point. there is. In The Four Loves, C.S. Lewis talks about some other
author who taught him that when you lose someone who is
So I was pretty messed up—like Humpty Dumpty. But I’m close and dear to you, you lose them. You also lose the parts
here to talk to you about God’s faithfulness, because one of of your friend that only they could bring out. And I’m looking
the things that happened was that Andrew [Bernard ’83], forward to getting those things back. And so you understand
a great friend and roommate, survived. So they told me, the pain that you feel is because there is real pain. Something
“Andrew survived.” I said to them, “You’re lying. You’re lying happens to your heart.
to me. Get him on the phone. If he really lived then get him
on the phone.” They got him on the phone. The trauma And I had a deep question. I didn’t know why I lived and
nurses brought a phone in. I talked to Andrew a lot. why Eddie didn’t. He was the godliest young man I knew,
and I don’t have an answer to that question except for God’s
One day, a few weeks into our recovery, I said to Andrew, “If providence. But I can tell you this: at that time I thought that
anyone comes in here and quotes Romans 8:28 to me again, when people were trying to follow the Lord faithfully, and
I’m going to punch them with my good arm.” I only had one when they were walking with Christ faithfully, that God would
good arm. Because people would come in, and they wouldn’t bless them with prosperity. Not a lot of wealth, but that they
know what to say so they would quote Romans 8:28. And I would be able to have the ordinary, beautiful things in life.
wanted to say, “Look, I believe Romans 8:28 to my core. All Eddie wanted to have a family. He wanted to have kids.
things work together for good for those who love God and Obviously he was getting married. And I thought that God’s
are called according to His purpose. But this was not good. faithfulness should mean that he should be able to have
God will bring good out of it, but this wasn’t good.” those things. And I was wrong.

So now I can talk to you a bit about some of the good things 125
that God brought out of the accident. The first thing was that
I started to understand the human heart. There are a lot of
people here who have lost people close to you this year,

Christ goes with us
and will raise us by
the power of His
indestructible life.

This picture of Dr. Troup and his wife Amy, by Terry Clark, accompanied “Calvin Troup rebuilding life after crash,” which was
published in Beaver County Times on Monday, May 21, 1984.

Either God was unfaithful and God wasn’t gracious, or I didn’t So I want to read some verses that have become very dear
understand what that meant. Why was it that my parents could to me, because Christ isn’t just an example. He isn’t just a
drive to Allegheny General Hospital and find me there alive, companion. Hebrews chapter 7, talks about Christ and His
when Eddie’s mom had to go to a morgue? Why did my fiancée priesthood and says, “This becomes even more evident when
get to fly back from a family wedding in New York State and hold another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek, who has
my hand, while Eddie’s fiancée had to go to a funeral? That didn’t become priest not on the basis of a legal requirement based on
fit my understanding of God’s faithfulness. I had a formulaic bodily descent, but by the power of an indestructible life. For
understanding of faith. it is witnessed of Him that you are a priest forever after the
order of Melchizedek. On the one hand, a former commandment
And then I realized that I had scars, and that I was going to is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness. For the
have scars my entire life. I had fears. I’d lie awake at night and law made nothing perfect. But on the other hand, a better
my heart would race. And I began to understand who Christ is. hope is introduced through which we draw nearer to God.”
Some of you are too far away to see my face. I want you to hear
my heart and I want you to look at Jesus Christ this morning. Later in the passage the thought continues. “This makes Jesus
Jesus Christ has scars. Jesus Christ experienced loss as a human the guarantor of a better covenant. The former priests were
being. Jesus Christ was made incarnate for us, and He did not many in number because death prevented them from continuing
exempt himself from suffering. in office. But He holds His priesthood permanently because
He continues forever. Consequently, He is able to save to the
God is never far away from us when we suffer, because Christ uttermost those who draw near to God through Him, since
came into our lives and suffered with us while He walked the He always lives to make intercession for them.”
Earth and suffered for us on the cross in a way that we will never
fully understand. And He kept his scars. Ask Thomas. Christ kept Our lives are a mess. We have issues. All of us do. We have
his scars. We have scars, in our bodies and in our hearts. When problems. Only Christ, can resolve those things for us. Only
we read Psalm 23 and it says “though I walk through the valley Christ can lift us up when something happens in our life that
of the shadow of death, I fear no evil for you are with me.” Yes, we can’t understand and we can’t answer. Only Christ has an
Christ has walked that path. That is the Christ that we worship. indestructible life. He’s been through the grave. He’s already
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go through the grave alone. Christ goes with us and will raise “… but because Jesus lives
us by the power of His indestructible life. And as we sit here, forever, He has a permanent
He intercedes for us and will pray for us forever. priesthood. Therefore He is
able to save completely those
What that means is, Christ didn’t get over the crucifixion. He’s who come to God through Him,
got the scars. They are forever a part of His life. And we don’t because He always lives to
get over things like losing our best friend who dies right next intercede for them.”
to us in the car. You can continue to move and live and walk. Hebrews 7: 24-25
You can continue to rejoice in Christ. You can do all kinds of
things. But it changes your life forever. There is no “back to that we are able to bear the burden so much better. The thing I
normal.” There wasn’t for Christ, and there is not going want you to remember is that your heart is not your own. You
to be for us. didn’t make it, God did. If you’re in pain today, if you have a
cannonball that just hit you in the heart, it’s not going away.
So what do we do? When I was in junior high, my family took But our prayer is that God will grow our hearts that when we
an educational vacation to Gettysburg. We ended our battle- lean on His everlasting arms, He will hold us and strengthen
field tour at a house that was used as a surgical hospital on the our hearts so that we can walk with Christ who is gentle with
day of the battle. Outside the house, there was a huge tree, us, who bears our burdens for us and with us. G
and there was a cannonball stuck in this tree. And there was
a plaque next to the tree that said this cannonball was shot The full audio from President-Elect Dr. Calvin Troup’s chapel
into the tree on the day of the Gettysburg battle, and it almost message is available at Geneva.edu/chapel.
killed the tree because on the day of the battle the cannonball
was almost as wide as the tree. Today the tree is huge and the
cannonball is small. When these traumas come into our lives
by which Christ makes us His and clarifies who He is for us, it’s
like getting hit by a cannonball and you almost die. You don’t
know how to take the next breath. And what happens is, by
God’s grace, that cannonball becomes part of our life. And we
live with it and it changes us forever and stays part of our life.
We can’t get rid of it.

But by God’s grace we continue to grow around that cannonball.
It doesn’t change, but God changes us and makes us grow so

Standing (l-r):
daughter Miriam
(Troup ’14) and
son-in-law Greg
Mead ’13; daughter
Rebekah (Troup ’09),
granddaughters
Maria ’37 and Eliya
’33, and son-in-law
Antonis Mastris ’09;
daughters Hannah
’17 and Laura ’11

Seated (l-r): wife
Amy (Spear ’83) and
Calvin ’83

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A Letter to Seth BY ZACHARY
SHELDON ’16
Zachary Sheldon is a January 2016 Geneva College graduate who majored in Communication with
a concentration in Integrated Media. This article originated with a letter to his brother Seth that was
first presented to the public at one of the college’s Reading Series events. Geneva Magazine is grateful
that Zack is willing to share this story of his love for his brother.

When I was preparing to marry Kathleen (Schwartzenburg

’15) this past summer, I wrote each of my groomsmen a letter
to tell him how much he meant to me and exactly why I had
asked him to be a part of the day. These letters were fun to
write—and also challenging, humbling and a bit scary. I don’t
have a problem telling people what I think, but expressing
what I feel is something completely different. It helped that
I was writing to such great friends, but still ….

I didn’t write a letter to my brother Seth, though. Seth was our
ring bearer, and he and I were both excited for him to do the
job, but I didn’t precisely know how to write a letter to him.
Seth has Down syndrome, and the areas where he struggles
most are language and comprehension. He can speak with
some difficulty, but only in phrases or individual words. He
relies on the person to whom he’s speaking to interpret his
words and help connect his ideas. Seth is incredibly smart
and funny in many ways, but communication is not one
of his strengths.

Attentiveness is not a strength either. One reason we chose Photography by Robert Jinks Photography
Seth as our ring bearer, instead of best man, was because we
couldn’t reliably predict whether or not he’d actually walk It occurs to me that there are often people in our lives to
down the aisle. In addition, the likelihood of Seth having the whom we wish we could say certain things, but feel we can’t.
patience to stand in one place for the duration of the ceremony Thoughts rest heavily on our hearts and we wish that we could
was slim at best. In fact, there was doubt about whether or not express them and be understood just the way we intend. Some-
Seth would be at the wedding because he underwent a significant times we’re just too scared or nervous to express our feelings.
neck surgery in May. We weren’t sure if he’d be cleared to For some of us, we literally cannot tell these people: for me,
travel from Pennsylvania to Maryland or what affects the Seth can hear but he can’t fully understand the words that
procedure might have on his movement. Fortunately, he I want to tell him.
healed well and was able to participate in the proceedings.
Eventually I wrote my letter to Seth, Here it is. Maybe reading
So I had some trouble writing to Seth. I wanted to, and I it will encourage you also to tell someone how you really feel
thought about it often, but I didn’t know how I could actually about them.
tell him all that I wanted to say. Seth can’t really read, either.
He understands a lot, even complex, abstract ideas, but not
the way most of us do. But the idea of writing Seth a letter
persisted even after the wedding.

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—not just because Your approval means a lot to me, little brother. Thankfully,
you’re my brother and I have to, but because you’re pretty you loved her from the very beginning.
much the best person I know. You’re one of my best friends.
You’re kind of everything to me in a lot of ways: you’re a Seth, I can’t tell you how much it meant to Kathleen and
teacher and an entertainer. And you’re also just plain me that you made it to the wedding. When you were in the
annoying a lot of the time, but I know that I am, too. hospital recently, I was scared. You’re such an active kid and
love to run and move, and this problem that threatened to
The funny thing is that I barely remember you coming into my rob you of your mobility scared me beyond words. But God is
life. I was 5 years old when you were born, and even though I good, and you made it down to Maryland and walked down
remember trips to Pittsburgh to see you in the hospital, I only the aisle with me. And although you barely stood there for two
remember little details; I don’t remember you. I don’t remember minutes before you wandered off because you were bored, you
being introduced to you, or recall when you made the transition being there meant the world to me. Of course, if you were able
from “baby brother” to just “brother” in my head. It truly feels to stand still for more than five minutes at a time, then you’d
like you’ve just always been there, fully formed as my brother have been the best man. But then that would be changing you,
and partner in crime since the very start. and Lord knows we wouldn’t want that. Thank you for being
a part of our wedding, Seth.
I always feel kind of strange when I look at old pictures of
you, because in my mind you were never that young or small. Now I know that things are evolving for us. Being married and
You’ve always had the biggest personality. And looking back, living in Beaver Falls means that I’ll probably see you less. And
I can’t help but think your little body was just too small to as I look to grad school in the near future, there will probably
contain it. Maybe that’s why you were so crazy and energetic be even more distance between us. I’ll miss you, of course,
all the time. Whatever it was, it worked for you and I loved it. even more than I already do. But I’ll never be more than a
phone or Skype call away. I know we don’t really do either of
The other thing that I see when I look at old pictures is just those things now, but that doesn’t mean we can’t start, you
how far you’ve come and how much you’ve overcome. I am so, know. One thing that I take comfort in is that no matter what,
so proud of you, Seth. You never let anything stop you or slow I know that when I come home, or you come and visit, it will
you down—not surgeries, not broken bones, not anything. always be like nothing’s changed. You’ll still always be the
You are, and always have been, incredibly comfortable crazy, loving, compassionate, funny guy you are. And, well,
in your own skin, more so than I have ever been. I’ll always be the big brother, trying to live up to the
standard you’ve set.
And you’ve taught me so much. Without you, I would be a far
more selfish person, far less compassionate, far less loving and G 19
kind. I’m not saying that I’m an expert at any of these things,
but through you, I’ve learned what the qualities really mean.
And the way that you live them out is the way that I wish I
could. You are (almost) always smiling, and always loving,
and the way you care for others is amazing.

I love watching you play with other kids or, now, watching you
talk to older kids or adults. I know I said you’ve always seemed
like yourself to me, fully formed just as you are—and that’s
true—but it’s also been pretty amazing to see how even just in
the last few years you’ve grown into a young man. Watching
that has been one of the coolest things in the world to me.

One thing that’s been very special to me is watching you get to
know Kathleen, watching you accept her as a friend and a part
of our family. You always accept everyone just as they are, but
watching you connect with this person whom I love is especially
meaningful to me. If you hadn’t loved Kathleen the way that
you did, or become friends with her as fast as you did, I can
honestly say that I think I’d have had some doubts about her.

Pro Christo et Patria:

Standard and Vision

BY DR. ROBERT FRAZIER, PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY

In his first address to the college community as President-Elect, college. The motto functioned as both a political and an educational
statement—a “flag,” one might say, to witness to the identity and
Dr. Calvin Troup ’83 focused attention on the motto found on uniqueness of the college and its sponsoring denomination. It
the face of the podium below him. It read Pro Christo et Patria embedded the college within a national movement led in great
(For Christ and Country). Dr. Troup observed that there are many part by the Reformed Presbyterian Church and its scholars,
things done at Geneva that hardly distinguish the college from some of whom taught at Geneva.
other institutions, listing a litany of similarities. But “the standard
above,” as our 19th century Geneva forebears would have called The adoption of the motto also signaled the resolve to dissent
it, sets us apart and creates unique opportunities for us as we live from political and educational endeavors that lacked legitimation,
and work in its light. Also, the Prince it celebrates fosters opposition the consequence of failing to confess that proper authority
from those who reject him. Pro Christo et Patria is a remarkable is grounded in Christ, who said, “All authority is given unto
claim and defines the existence and goals of our college. me.” Political dissent is rooted in the idea that there are moral
boundaries that qualify the community. When these boundaries
To provide a framework for understanding Geneva’s adoption of are fractured, dissent is the morally appropriate way to respond.
this standard consider a passage from Augustine’s City of God. In The malfunctioning of the political structure in establishing
Book II, Augustine explores the adequacy of Cicero’s definition unjust laws or in compromising proper rootedness begs for a
of the publica (political community) as “an association united by a response that seeks to heal the fracture.
common sense of justice and common interest.” Augustine rejected
this definition because “true justice is found in a community It helps to understand political dissent by considering that the
whose founder and ruler is Christ.” Cicero’s suggestion failed to presence of the Covenanters preceded the college’s arrival by
establish the grounds necessary for legitimate political authority; decades in Brighton, the name of Beaver Falls prior to 1868. The
true justice will not be realized without Christ. Brightons were significantly involved in the abolition move-
ment from its earliest days. As local historians have reflected on
The question of legitimate political authority was at the heart anti-slavery along the Beaver River in the early 19th century, the
of the crisis faced by Augustine and the Roman Empire as it was Covenanters are cited as the trailblazers in the county in this
unraveling before its invaders. In Augustine’s day, as in our own, effort, and were later joined by the Quakers. They did so as an
the claim of social critic and philosopher Jürgen Habermas rings act of political dissent, a declaration of the illegitimacy of the
true: “The tacit boundary condition of the political system” has law of the land and the lax way that Pennsylvania handled
eroded, leaving in its wake a “chronic need for legitimation.” The its own move away from slavery.
framers of Pro Christo et Patria sensed that a similar crisis was
their plight, as well—a crisis of legitimacy in government And so these Covenanters, with their long history of political
and education. dissent dating back to John Knox’s rejection of Queen Mary’s
rule and carrying through their history of persecution after
Dr. David Carson, Geneva’s beloved Professor of Political Science, the rejection of the Solemn League and Covenant, were primed
wrote in Pro Christo et Patria: A History of Geneva College that historically, philosophically, and theologically to courageously
the “motto Pro Christo et Patria was adopted in 1881.” Geneva resist the oppressive regime of human degradation known as
had just moved to Beaver Falls the previous year, and the adoption slavery. In the midst of this centuries-long debacle, a political/
of this standard witnessed a sense of hope and vision for the

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theological movement was born that exposed the causes of the
decline in confidence in leadership that was defacing our young
nation and provided the context of the adoption of the motto we
acknowledge at Geneva.

This movement—the National Reform Association—provided
the framework that propelled an idea, Pro Christo et Patria, to
its place of distinction and honor in the Geneva community. The
National Reform Association is well known by students, past
and present, who have taken Geneva’s capstone Political Science
course that was established in 1881-82. A dissenting organization
that was franchised in 1864, the National Reform Association
espoused two chief concerns: the continued need for a constitutional
amendment to abolish slavery in the United States and, given the
Preamble’s failure to acknowledge Jesus Christ as the Lord of the
social contract, a rewriting to include deference to Christ.

Philosophically and theologically, the roots of the quest for
reform can be illustrated by considering two articles written by
Dr. Thomas Sproull, a professor at the Reformed Presbyterian
Seminary. The first of these, preached in the 1830s called on
Christians to repent of their failure to elevate social and political
covenanting to an issue of concern. Sproull, along with the
pastors and theologians of the Reformed Presbyterian Church,
understood that the social and political problems of things such
as slavery and the growing secularism of the nation were the
result of the lamentable situation that Christ was not declared
Prince of the nation. In response to the call for covenanting, the
Reformed Presbyterian Church adopted the Covenant of 1871.
The second article outlined the grounds of legitimacy in
political rule grounded in the Mediatorial Kingship of Christ
and contended that governments failing to make confession
of Christ welcomed God’s judgment against them.

Sproull is important not only because of his theological influence,
but also because of his relationship in mentoring Dr. David
McAllister. McAllister was selected to occupy Geneva’s first chair
in Political Philosophy, as it was called in 1882. He is a central
figure in the story of Pro Christo et Patria and its connection to
the National Reform Association. He was appointed the General
Secretary of the association in 1872-73 and worked tirelessly for a
confession of Christ, since the first concern had been addressed
with the abolishment of slavery. He travelled the country organizing
local chapters, speaking and preaching, and was instrumental in
the continued success of the journal The Christian Statesman.

McAllister’s place in the National Reform Association is captured
in Stewart Olin Jacoby’s doctoral dissertation, The Religious
Amendment Movement: God, People, and Nation in the Gilded
Age, outlining its history and influence. He writes, “McAllister’s
assumption of leadership strengthened the Covenanter influence
in the movement. McAllister, himself a Covenanter, seems to have
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with the doctrinal purity of the movement.” McAllister asserted McAllister asserted the need for people of virtue to rule, but also
that, “a nation is a moral person … bound to acknowledge its that they needed to be “carefully trained for their responsible
dependence upon God or suffer judgment.” Although Geneva post.” He located the college as the place of this training in political
adopted as its motto Pro Christo et Patria in the early 1880s, philosophy and the development of moral virtue. The kind of
McAllister employed this language in his preface to his Manual education that McAllister encouraged was unique in his day.
for the National Reformed Association in the mid-1870s: “Under Only a few colleges had a course in political science. None were
the standard, Pro Christo et Patria, for Christ and for our Country, to be found with political philosophy founded on a theological
this Manual is sent forth into the midst of an irrepressible moral framework emergent from the Scriptures declaring the Kingship
struggle, in the hope that it might contribute something, of Christ. He wrote, “all college students need to be taught the
however little, to the triumph of the right.” origin of the nation; its nature, sphere and functions; its moral
as well as its economical relations. They need to understand the
McAllister’s formal association with Geneva began in the winter principles which underlie all the great moral questions that
of 1879 while the college was still located in Northwood, Ohio. enter so largely into the politics of our land.” The need is for an
His national prominence in the National Reform Association uncompromisingly rigorous college that includes, centrally,
and the Christian Statesman evidenced his scholarly bent and a deep and thick education in political philosophy.
accomplishment. Examining his work also illuminates the specific
educational framework and application at Geneva in the 1880s. This institutional commitment to the rigor of the college ideal
devoted to Christ is echoed in Dr. H. H. George’s 1878 article,
Dr. McAllister gave four lectures on political philosophy at “Geneva College Founded upon an Idea.” Dr. George was President
Geneva in the spring of 1879. The Cabinet recalled him as an of Geneva as it moved from Northwood to Beaver Falls, and was
eloquent and erudite scholar, with the lectures being well received, also instrumental in the National Reformed Association. But he
and invited him to write a summation of his lectures for the April recognized that political authority, and hence proper dissent, was
1879 issue. He wrote of the need for training in political philosophy, fixed in a more basic educational authority because of its priority
claiming it as “one of the most imperative demands of our national in establishing true belief. He wrote that the college had a “fixed
life.” He asserted that in this fledgling democracy where “the determination that the standard of classical, scientific, and literary
people are the sovereign rulers,” to neglect political education, culture shall be as high as that of any other institution” in the
“our government will lamentably fail.” McAllister contended that country. He warned of the influences of secularism and its
for the most part, the politicians of his day—those making the deepening rootedness in university education.
laws and enforcing taxation, establishing the “rights” of citizens,
and establishing relations with other nations—were “ignorant George saw that the college ideal needed the strong foundation
of the first principles of political science (philosophy).” of the Scriptures permeating and shaping the disciplines of the

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The standard, Pro Christo et Patria, Rev. J.R.W. Sloane on May 26, 1881 gave an address, “Dedication
of Geneva College,” congratulating the college on locating in
and the seal of the college with Beaver Falls. He pondered the beauty of her location on the hill
overlooking the Beaver River. And then he outlined the kind
the Holy Scripture opened for of education offered, which placed Christ first in its endeavor.
Sloane argued for an education that gave “prominence” to the
discovery and application to all classical languages of Hebrew, Greek and Latin. He encouraged
learning the classical Greek and Roman authors, without which
disciplines are the core of the a freeing education in practical wisdom would not occur. He
celebrated the study of language in written historical sources
educational experiment called and the mastery of contemporary academic languages, such as
French and German. Mathematics and the rapidly maturing
Geneva College. physical sciences were to be studied because, “The heavens
declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth His
college and the practices of common life. “The religious idea” of the handiwork.” Also, because the Reformed Presbyterian Church
Bible’s authority requires of the college an “unyielding” commitment confesses the “Universal Headship of Christ,” Sloan said that the
to its application in all of life. In a prophetic tone, George declared college must offer a course of study in political philosophy.
that the religious idea “lends its influence unhesitatingly to that grand
movement of our country, to more thoroughly Christianize all the insti- According to Sloane, the entire education must be built on the
tutions of government, and more entirely leaven our entire civilization foundations of philosophy—“the science of sciences”—that, next
with the heaven born principle of religion.” to theology, he called the “noble pursuit of the human mind.” He
continued, given that “philosopher means a lover of wisdom,” to
An editorial found in The Cabinet of the same period reflects this understand philosophy is the “designation of one who stands in
position taken by George and McAllister, arguing the need for training the highest rank of intellectual greatness.” Training in philosophy
as statesmen—free citizens who know the foundations of the morally enables one to refute the “speculative” ideas of their day. This
good, politically informed and theologically framed life, to paraphrase curriculum rigorously taught was the ideal he had in mind.
Carson’s definition in A View from the Study. The editors wrote,
“There is no greater evidence of patriotism than the study of what will Sloane ended his piece with the following claim, the vision that
best acquaint one with the needs of his country and prepare him for is behind Pro Christo et Patria at Geneva. “But above all, this is
active work in its service.” Pro Christo et Patria, one might say. to be a Christian college. Christianity is to leaven all the instruction
Hence, its adoption shortly thereafter. here given; a constant reference made not only to God, as the
fountain of all knowledge, but to Christ as the Revealer of all
Understanding the necessary link between one’s political ideal and saving truth. This college is dedicated to principles which put
education was not new to the 19th century. Aristotle long before forward the very highest claims for King Jesus. The book of
wrote, “Anyone meditating on the art of politics knows that the fate of books—the Bible—God’s revealed word, is to be enthroned
the empire rests on the education of its youth.” The art of politics was in these halls and nothing will be placed above the revelations
expressed in a kind of thinking applied in practical settings, which of the Holy Scriptures.”
yielded morally right actions. Aristotle called this art of thinking
phronesis; Augustine and Aquinas called it prudentia. Practical The standard, Pro Christo et Patria, and the seal of the college
wisdom was this art, and our forebears knew that to acquire it with the Holy Scripture opened for discovery and application to
required the proper King of all be confessed as the legitimate source all disciplines are the core of the educational experiment called
of all authority. And so they meditated on what would bring about Geneva College. These 19th century leaders of Geneva under-
“completeness” of character, which included practical wisdom stood these well and bequeathed to our community of learners
yielding statesmen for our country. One might say that a well the responsibility to nurture this grand enterprise to the glory of
ordered education in practical wisdom was truly patriotic. the Triune God. Might this be for us a tradition we might live by?
As Jaroslav Pelikan, a scholar of the history of Christian theology,
contends, may it be a “tradition of the living faith of the dead”
and not “traditionalism which is the dead faith of the living.” G

Author’s Note: For more complete information about the
National Reform Association, read Dr. William Edgar’s article
on the theological and philosophical underpinnings of the
National Confession in God and Politics, edited by Gary
Smith, or William Gould’s article on the same subject found
in Dr. Jay Niekirk’s Great Issues of Politics syllabus for
Political Science 352.

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30s In Memoriam Orlando “Orly” N. Marinaccio ’58
on September 25, 2015
Rev. Melville W. Martin ’39 George A. McClure Sr. ’50
on February 16, 2016 on January 30, 2016 Dorothy V. (McGraw ’58) Ramsey
on September 15, 2015
40s Donald G. Portman ’50
on January 7, 2016 Barbara “Babs” E. Alberts ’59
Rev. T. Richard Hutcheson ’40 on December 30, 2015
on March 7, 2015 Charles J. Eazor ’51
on October 10, 2015 Frank R. Lyons ’59
Dr. William H. Yanko ’40 on August 15, 2015
on August 14, 2015 Myrna J. (Evans ’51) Fleming
on December 8, 2015 Nancy (Russell ’59) McDade
Elinore F. (Gardner ’41) Davis on November 11, 2015
on February 15, 2016 Robert R. Knight ’51
on June 23, 2015 John L. Papa ’59
Mary A. (Geiser ’42) Cornelius on February 27, 2016
on September 21, 2015 Cleaver M. Standley ’51
on July 28, 2015 Robert M. Wilhelm ’59
Mary Louise (Lurting ’43) Sawyer on September 10, 2015
on August 11, 2015 Burt L. Yoho ’51
on September 5, 2015 60s
Rev. Malcom S. Vandevort ’43
on July 2, 2015 Harold T. Bricker ’52 Dr. Elmer F. Litzinger Jr. ’60
on July 18, 2015 on January 3, 2016
Rev. Robert A. Henning ’44
on August 21, 2015 Jane M. (Hamilton ’52) Jackson Richard A. Rotondo ’60
on December 17, 2015 on August 2, 2015
Rev. Joseph A. Hill ’47
on September 25, 2015 James “J.D.” D. Klein ’53 John C. Sowash ’60
on January 11, 2016 on November 30, 2015
Theda M. (Houlette ’48) Davis
on February 27, 2016 James R. Ross ’53 Dean R. Westerman ’60
on January 27, 2016 on August 29, 2015
Rev. James L. Evans ’48
on August 14, 2015 Benjamin P. E. Wescott ’53 Leah C. (Schill ’61) Bork
on December 8, 2015 on February 19, 2016
Philip W. Hirschy ’48
on January 31, 2016 James E. Wike ’53 Allen L. Connelly ’61
on August 17, 2015 on November 5, 2015
Greta J. (Steffan ’48) Yorke
on February 19, 2016 Irving D. Caplan ’54 Milas R. Cook ’61
on October 11, 2015 on August 26, 2015
Margaret (Weir ’49) Carson
on November 21, 2015 Donald “Diz” A. Dean ’54 Thomas B. Rimbey ’61
on January 12, 2016 on November 30, 2015
Betty M. (Heidrick ’49) DiLiberatore
on October 20, 2015 Phyllis “Marlene” (Betz ’55) Schneck Andrew G. Walter ’61
on November 8, 2015 on September 13, 2015
Frank Fazio ’49
on October 15, 2015 Angelo S. Frangopoulos ’56 Michael G. Raich Jr. ’62
on January 2, 2016 on October 24, 2015
John L. Harr ’49
on November 8, 2015 Glenn L. Graham ’56 William H. Alexander ’63
on July 5, 2015 on August 21, 2015
John Terlesky ’49
on January 8, 2016 Loyal W. Wilson Jr. ’57 Arthur R. Hohl ’63
on January 6, 2016 on September 27, 2015
50s
Harriet L. (Harrington ’58) Doran Ivan L. Peters ’63
Philip S. Hamilton ’50 on January 31, 2016 on October 18, 2015
on November 29, 2015
Daniel R. Durham ’58
24 on September 16, 2015

Linda S. Heckman ’65 John B. Jones ’77 Friends
on October 9, 2015 on October 13, 2015
James R. Buck
Joann E. (Parris ’65) Romig John Ungham III ’78 on January 15, 2016
on January 29, 2016 on July 18, 2015 Richard K. Evans, Jr.
on October 15, 2015
Edith A. (Burgess ’66) Strosnider David P. Swift ’79
on February 1, 2016 on February 7, 2016 HDenoetersitmaegmebeSrs ofotcheiety,

Dr. Robert W. Timmons ’66 80s which recognizes the valuable
on December 31, 2015 contributions of alumni and
Charles “Chip” R. Martsolf ’80 friends who include Geneva
Diane “Dee Dee” (Vooletich ’66) on December 9, 2015 in their estate and/or financial
Walker on September 13, 2015 plans by gifts made through
JoAnne K. (Gaskill ’80) Swick annuities, charitable trusts, gifts
Richard D. Bonyak ’67 on December 18, 2015 of life estates, undivided partial
on February 5, 2016 interests in real estate or life
Victoria (Madden ’86) Parris insurance, and gifts made
S. Keith Edgar ’67 on July 31, 2015 through their will.
on January 26, 2016
90s
Dennis M. Norman ’67
on August 30, 2015 Mary P. Dawson ’93 (DCP #013)
on August 28, 2015
Wendy (Rose ’67) Reese
on July 28, 2015 Timothy P. Kappel ’94 (DCP #030)
on July 5, 2015
Ronald R. Sanders ’67
on July 8, 2015 00s

Jon B. Slaby ’69 James A. Bradley ’05 (DCP #162)
on July 1, 2015 on September 21, 2015

70s Katherine “Kate” E. (Boyce)
Landman ’05 (DCP #172) on
Stanley L. Breckenridge ’71 October 11, 2015
on October 21, 2015
Nathaniel “Nate” M. Ferraco
Angelo Ferrazzano ’71
on February 16, 2016 Freshman engineering student Nate Ferraco
died as a result of injuries suffered in a tragic
Janet M. (Deffenbaugh ’73) car accident on January 24, 2016. Nate and
Fabian on July 18, 2015 three of his Geneva soccer teammates were
on their way back to campus from playing an
Robert D. Sciarro ’73 indoor soccer league game in Butler County
on January 1, 2016 when the accident occurred.

Nicholas M. Thomas ’73 “Nate was a special person with many wonderful
on August 8, 2015 talents,” says Head Soccer Coach Gary
Dunda. “He was a standout soccer player,
Francis “Frank” J. Greco ’74 gifted student, and he truly cared deeply for his
on November 19, 2015 teammates and friends. Nate will always hold
a special place in my heart and I will forever
Robert E. Peters Jr. ’74 cherish the time I got to spend with him.”
on June 19, 2015
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Anne (Anderson ’74) Pursley
on October 23, 2015

Ronald J. Burkholder ’76
on August 14, 2015

NATE FERRACO

4.25.1997 - 1.23.2016

Class Notes

Class Notes are available on 1973 development of the glycol filtration strategy on
Geneva.edu. Visit the site to the 2012 Ford Focus electric vehicle. David
learn about fellow classmates, Catherine (Nileski) Mellen resides in and his wife reside in Canton, MI.
and submit an update so they Tallmadge, OH, with husband Robert and
can remain connected with you. daughter Alexandra. 1991

1943 1977 Kevin D. Harris Esq. was appointed and
sworn in as the Municipal Clerk in the Town
Dr. Vivian Hewitt celebrated her 95th Priscilla (Luethy) Allard—See Allard ’79 of Morristown on January 1, 2015, after
birthday at the Cathedral Church of St. John 20 years of practicing law. In this capacity,
the Divine in New York City on February 1979 he serves as Corporate Secretary to a
17, 2015. Former Geneva chaplain Dr. Tim municipality with a population of 19,085, a
Russell was in attendance. Andrew and Priscilla (Luethy ’77) Allard $37 million annual budget and a municipal
reside in Corona, CA, where Andrew is the workforce of 175 employees. He also serves
1944 CFO of A&P Business Services. He recently as the municipality’s Chief Election Official,
received Series 65 securities licensure to add Chief Registrar of Voters, Custodian of Public
Dr. Rody Cox works full-time as a professor of to his financial planning tool kit. The Allards Records and Registrar of Vital Statistics.
medicine, teaching in medical school, as well have two children, Daniel and Ashleigh. Kevin, wife Debbi-Ann and daughter Juliana
as internal medicine residents. At 89, he is reside in West Orange, NJ.
having too much fun to consider retirement. Dr. Thomas Gault is a lecturer at the University
Rody recently completed his five-year tenure of California, Irvine. He received his M.A. 1992
renewal and has been approved as from California State University, Fullerton,
“exceeds expectation.” and his Ph.D. from the University of Southern Joe Godzin is a Sales Engineer at Total
California. Thomas and wife Debbie reside in Equipment Co. in Coraopolis, PA. He and
1962 La Habra, CA, with daughter Kendra. wife Lisa have three children: Joel, Josh and
Brock. The Godzin family resides in Belle
Christine (Kelbaugh) Musgrave—See 1980 Vernon, PA.
Musgrave ’63
Lynette (Billinghurst) Thomas resides in North 1996
Carol (Pacella) Rinehimer and husband Charleston, SC, with son Garrett.
Carlton celebrated their 50th wedding Andrew and Lindsay (Wilson ’05) Young have
anniversary on August 21, 2015 by taking 1984 four children, ages 8, 6 and 2-year-old twins.
a transatlantic cruise. The couple resides in
Allentown, PA. Dennis Patrick is celebrating 12 years in 1997
business with Simpson of Maryland. He is
1963 also starting a new business endeavor, Yvonne (Sterrett) married Lincoln Martinez on
Celtic Construction. May 3, 2014 at the College Hill Reformed
Chuck Goehring and wife Joyann reside in Presbyterian Church in Beaver Falls, PA. Their
Indianapolis, IN. They have one son, Brian. 1985 son Solomon Lincoln was born on February
Chuck received an M.Ed. and Ph.D. from the 21, 2015. Yvonne is the middle school and
University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Ilia Matos was recently appointed by high school choir director in the Big Beaver
Florida Governor Rick Scott to serve a three- Falls Area School District.
Bob and Kathleen (Aikin) Hohl celebrated year term as a member of the State of Florida
their 50th wedding anniversary in 2014. Commission for Independent Education. 1999

Ronald and Christine (Kelbaugh ’62) Jeanette (McFarland) Nagel served as a part- Rebecca Husberger earned an M.Ed. in
Musgrave celebrated their 50th wedding time grant and publications writer from 2010 Curriculum and Design at Lesley College in
anniversary on March 22, 2013. to 2015 with a Christian ministry to people in 2005 and was promoted to Coordinator of
crisis. She and husband Harry ’87 reside in Teacher Education Services for the Teach
1966 Fairfax, VA, and have four children: Josiah, Beyond Global team in November 2015.
Micah, Ezra and Lydia.
Dennis and Rebecca “Ann” (Hart ’86) Hanka
have two grown daughters, Rebecca and 1986
Sarah, and reside in East Liverpool, OH.
Rebecca “Ann” (Hart) Hanka—See Hanka ’66.
Beverley (Shaffer) Kiefer retired as the Music
Director of Tapestries of Ohio, Inc. in 2015. 1987
She is also a retired cataloger from the Warren
Trumbull County Public Library. Beverley and Harry Nagel—See Nagel ’85
husband John have two grown children, Ryan
and Erin, and reside in Niles, OH. 1988

1971 Judy Willson became President of Collegiate
Sports Information Directors of America, the
Diana (Evans) Schott retired in 2013. She and national organization for collegiate athletics
her husband have three grandchildren. communications directors. She is heading into
her sixth year on the communications staff
of the Mountain West Conference, based in
Colorado Springs.

1990

David Fabricatore was awarded a patent
by the U.S. Patent Office related to the

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2000 2004

Ben Becze was named as a Certified Lisa (Cilli) Thomas (M.A. Counseling ’10)
Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) by CFRE resides in Champaign, IL.
International. Ben, Director of Development
for Oncology Nursing Society Foundation Kaye (Gideon) Weaver and husband Zach Erica (Wachtel) Loftus was named
in Pittsburgh, PA, joins over 5,300 welcomed their third child, Lorelei Kathryn, Marketing and Public Relations Manager
professionals around the world who hold in March 2015. Brothers Gideon and TJ are of the Ambridge Regional Distribution &
the CFRE designation. “The CFRE credential thrilled to have a little sister. In addition to Manufacturing Center. Loftus has strong ties
was created to identify for the public and being a busy mom, Kaye is a CPST-I. The to the Pittsburgh region, having served as
employers those individuals who possess Weaver family currently resides in Hawaii. President of the Beaver County Chamber
the knowledge, skills and commitment to of Commerce for the past five years.
perform fundraising duties in an effective 2005
and ethical manner,” states Jim Caldarola, 2007
CFRE, Immediate Past Chair of CFRE
International. “As the certification is a
voluntary achievement, the CFRE credential
demonstrates a high level of commitment
on the part of Ben Becze to himself, the
fundraising profession and the donors
who are served.”

Dr. Stephanie (Vesolich) Wilsey is Director for
the Undergraduate Psychology Program at
Carlow University in Pittsburgh, PA.

2001

Marlin Thomas (M.S. Organizational
Leadership ’04) is a financial professional for
Prudential. He has one child, Braylin, and
resides in Beaver Falls, PA.

2002

Tami (Zupkow) Hannon was promoted to Kristin (Glunt) Blosel (M.Ed. Reading ’11) and John and Deborah (Sweigart ’09) Perkins
partnership at Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder husband Christopher welcomed daughter announce the birth of son Ezra J. Perkins,
Co., L.P.A. in Cleveland, OH. She has been Charlotte Marie on December 4, 2014. born on June 16. He joins big sisters
with the firm since 2007, and her practice Emaleigh and Julia.
concentration is civil rights defense. Tami has Dr. Travis York (M.A. Higher Education ’07)
been named an Ohio Super Lawyer Rising recently accepted the position of Director 2008
Star for Municipal Law since 2013. of Student Success, Research & Policy for
the Association of Public & Land-Grant Zachary Northen (M.A. Higher Education ’11)
Autumn (Pletcher) Perkins resides in Universities in Washington, DC. and his wife reside in Lancaster, PA.
Chesapeake, VA.
Lindsay (Wilson ) Young—See Young ’96 2009
Christine (Padgett) Smith and husband Khori
reside in Lutherville Timonium, MD. They have 2006 Joshua and Shea (Bohaski) Albrecht
two sons, Kamden and Kellen. Christine has welcomed son Hayes in 2015. He joins big
a master’s degree from Towson University and brother Paxton. Shea is a Human Resource
is a Speech Language Pathologist at Johns Specialist for the Office of Professional
Hopkins Hospital. Management. The Albrechts reside in Butler, PA.

Sarah (Kerwin) Kuhnle and husband Scott
were married in September 2013 and reside
in East Stroudsburg, PA.

Deborah (Sweigart ) Perkins—See Perkins ’07

Jody Hazy (M.A. Counseling) and wife Marian Brendon and Blair (Bruce) Petersheim reside
welcomed son Paul Noah on August 25, in Elverson, PA.
2015. The family resides in Greensburg, PA.
2010

David Ketter (M.A. Higher Education ’13)

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graduated from Trinity School for Ministry 2014 Friends
in 2014. He is currently the Village Church
Pastor for Church of the Savior in Ambridge, Kayla Jackson is a Letter Carrier for the Gretchen Morgan, wife of the late
PA, where he resides. David is planting a United States Postal Service. She resides in football coach By Morgan celebrated
congregation in Economy-Crestview Village Beaver Falls, PA. her 100th birthday on February 20,
in Ambridge, and is in discernment for 2016 surrounded by family and friends,
ordination in the Anglican Diocese Joel Shannon received the Edith Hughes including her children Byron E. Morgan
of Pittsburgh. Emerging Journalist Award in the 2016 Jr., Karen (Morgan ’64) Norris,
Keystone Press Awards. Joel was Editor-in- Marjorie Morgan Satterthwait and
Bethany Moslen is going into her third year Chief of The Geneva Cabinet and is currently Robert G. Morgan.
as the Assistant Marching Band Director at the Innovation Editor for York Daily Record.
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