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The
Fall 2012
The Magazine of Hartwick College
ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES
Alumni, Students, and Faculty Demonstrate the Liberal Arts in Practice
Hartwick College
Board of Trustees
“I believe that when you benefit from
something or someone — something that
enriches your life and makes you a better
person — when you have the opportunity
then it’s up to you to give back. Hartwick has
enriched my life, my son’s as well, and I really
am happy about giving back. I’m excited about
continuing my relationship with Hartwick.”
— Claire Musacchio Pace ’61, P’90
Diane Pfriender Hettinger ’77 | Acting Chair
Betsy Tanner Wright ’79 | Secretary
John K. Milne ’76 | Treasurer
Margaret L. Drugovich, D.M. P’12
President
A. Bruce Anderson ’63
John D. Bertuzzi
Carol Ann Hamilton Coughlin ’86
Jeanette Cureton
Elaine Raudenbush DiBrita ’61
Edward B. Droesch ’82
Arnold M. Drogen
Virginia S. Elwell ’77
Debra Fischer French ’80, P’09
Robert S. Hanft ’69
Sarah Griffiths Herbert ’88
Kathi Fragola Hochberg ’73
Halford B. Johnson P’86
Paul R. Johnson ’67
William J. Kitson, III ’86
Francis D. Landrey P’06
Ronald P. Lynch, Jr. ’87
Erna Morgan McReynolds
Nancy M. Morris ’74, H’06
John W. Nachbur ’85
Christopher Provino ’08
Lisa Schulmeister ’78
Robert E. Spadaccia ’70
The College Mission
Hartwick College, an engaged community,
integrates a liberal arts education with
experiential learning to inspire curiosity, critical
thinking, creativity, personal courage and an
enduring passion for learning.
Claire ’61 and Tony Pace, at the President’s home over Homecoming and Reunion Weekend.
Parents of three sons, Brad is member of the Hartwick Class of 1990.
To talk about how you can get more involved at Hartwick, please contact
Vice President for College Advancement Jim Broschart at 607-431-4026
or broschartj@hartwick.edu.
The
Fall 2012 | Volume LV: No. 2
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
David Conway
CO-EDITOR AND FEATURES WRITER
Elizabeth Steele P’12
CO-EDITOR AND SENIOR DESIGNER
Jennifer Nichols-Stewart
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Rebekah Ambrose-Dalton, Danielle Alesi ’13, Valerie
Capullo, Haley Cox ’13, Justin Hood ’12, Christopher Lott,
Rachel Stevenson
CONTRIBUTORS
Alicia Fish ’91, Chris Gondek, Marianne Poteet, Daphne
Mower Ward
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Cassandra Miller, Joshua Szot ’14, and submitted
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Jim Broschart, VP for College Advancement
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and Marketing
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Alicia Fish ’91, Senior Director of Donor and
Alumni Relations
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In this issue:
16 Exceptional Alumni Turn
PassionintoProfit
22 Portrait in Philanthropy:
2 President’s Perspective
CAMPUS NEWS
3 President Delivers The State of
Hartwick College
4 Drogen as Citizen of the Year
College as Regional Magnet
5 Academic Affairs Supports
Students
Noling Joins Administration
6 One Month on Campus:
Speakers and Performers of
Renown
7 Deepak Chopra to be
Commencement Speaker
FACULTY NEWS
8 Sessions Exhibits Science and
Art Collaboration
Faculty Present Internationally
9 Professors as Mentors
Betsy and Stan Phelps P’86
24 Commentary: Music Matters
26 The View from Here
28 “What I Love about Hartwick”
HOMECOMING AND REUNION
30 50th Reunion Celebration
31 Hall of Fame Induction
32 Dean Lacey Dedication
Alumni Meet the Faculty
33 Good Times for All
ATHLETICS
34 Coach John Scott ‘00 Talks Soccer
35 Fall Athletes
ALUMNI NEWS
36 Upcoming Events
FEATURES
37 Class Notes
10 Young Alumni in the Field
41 In Memorium
14 Breakthrough:
44 Flashback: Anderson Center
Why Art? Why Now?
IBC Volunteer Thom Meredith ’73
On the Cover:
Art History major Jacqueline Hayward ’13 builds an historic ceramic pot for class with
Ceramics Director Stephanie Rozene (p. 14). The assignment is to choose a piece of
ceramics from before the 20th century, create a drawing at 18”, then build the piece.
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www.hartwickexperience.com
Hayward is the 2012 winner of the Arkell Hall Award in Art History. She has written
her Senior Thesis on “Pope Sixtus IV: His political Agenda in the Sistine Chapel.”
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Cover photo by FJ Gaylor Photography
From the President
Rolling up
your sleeves.
Is there a more perfect analogy for the Hartwick experience?
Purposeful. Intentional. As they have for generations, Hartwick
students continue to get their hands dirty. The cover photo of
Jacqueline Hayward ’13 in the Anderson Center for the Arts
is the perfect illustration—bending (sometimes at an awkward
but enlightening angle!) to gain perspective, crafting the form
of something unique, choosing and using new tools in new
ways to achieve the imagined (or unimaginable) result.
This process of discovery and creativity yields new notions
as well as new art, and is repeated hundreds of times per day
across the Hartwick campus. Rolling up their sleeves, with
the urging of Hartwick faculty, our students allow themselves
to lean into unfamiliar ideas, bringing their uniquely human
perspective to bear. A force under its own power, once this way
of learning gets underway you would have to work hard to
stop it.
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Of course, we don’t want to stop it. This way of learning
defines Hartwick. When educators like Stephanie Rozene,
Zsuzsanna Balogh-Brunstad, and Diane Paige; supporters
like Claire and Tony Pace, Arnie Drogen, and Stan and Betsy
Phelps; and students like Rejoice Sherry ’13, Nathan Nichols
’14, and Emma Heritage ’14 roll up their sleeves, Hartwick
happens. You can see it continuing in the careers of engaged
alumni such as Rob Rowe ’81, Gail Brown ’72, Elizabeth
Gillett ’83, and John Doelp ’76.
If ever someone asks you about the value of a liberal arts
education, point them to Hartwick. The proof is in these pages.
Campus News
The State of Hartwick College
“Taking Stock, MOVING FORWARD”
In her annual address to the community, President Margaret L. Drugovich began where she
always does — with Hartwick’s Organizing Principle and Strategic Framework. “We will be the
best at melding a liberal arts education with experiential learning” informs every significant
decision and guides progress at every level.
Hartwick’s Organizing Principle and Strategic Framework
is surrounded by seven key goals, with ongoing
assessment as an essential element of closing the loop on
the connection between the College’s strategic initiatives
and decision-making. For each goal, the President updated
the community on achievements over the past year,
foreseeable challenges, and action-oriented next steps.
The College goals:
n Maximize the Academic Program,
n Maximize Financial Performance,
n Improve Student Experience and Satisfaction,
n Expand our Financial Case,
n Improve the College’s Image and Reputation,
n Maximize Employee Performance, and
n Maximize College Governance.
EXAMPLES OF PROGRESS AND PLANS FOR THREE OF THE SEVEN GOALS
Maximize the Academic Program
Improve the College’s Image and Reputation
Highlights of Achievements in 2011-12:
n 50% of 2012 graduates completed an off-campus international
program in their four years at Hartwick;
n College funded five new full-time faculty lines in Nursing to
meet student demand and meet accreditation requirements;
n Faculty made 39 conference presentations, performances, and
exhibitions;
n Faculty authored 41 journal articles, reviews, poems, recordings,
book chapters, and book reviews.
Highlights of Achievements: Increased Recognition
n U.S. News & World Report named Hartwick a First-tier Best
National Liberal Arts College (up seven places over last year)
n Recognizes Hartwick’s steadfast dedication to our students
n Forbes Magazine recognized Hartwick as one of the 650 best
U.S. colleges (ranked 281st)
n Rankings concentrate on quality of teaching, career prospects,
graduation rates, and levels of debt
n 2012 Fiske Guide to Colleges named Hartwick one of the 320
best and most interesting U.S. colleges and universities
n “Hartwick emphasizes study abroad... crystallizing the
school’s philosophy that learning isn’t about rote memorization,
it’s about creating experiential knowledge and developing skills”
n The Princeton Review named Hartwick a 2012 Best College in
the Northeast
n “...a place of active learning, where the faculty focuses on
challenging and mentoring students“
n Washington Monthly ranked Hartwick ranked 167 out of 249
liberal arts colleges, up 42 spots
n Recognized for its contribution to the public good
Maximize Financial Performance
Highlights of Achievements in 2011-12:
n Improved Moody’s credit rating positioned the College to
refinance long-term debt, saving millions in debt service over the
next ten years;
n Enrollment goal met: 1503 students at census date;
n Closed Fiscal Year 2012 “in the black.”
Examples of Challenges:
n More students with unmet financial need of $10,000 or more;
n Institutionally-funded aid is now the single largest cost center,
with $26.5 million in College funds committed to student
financial aid this year alone
Examples of Future Actions:
n Increase aid
n Increase operating efficiency
n Increase endowment base
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Citizen of the Year is Arts Advocate
Trustee, regional businessman, and community leader Arnie Drogen is the 2012 Hartwick College Citizens’ Board
Outstanding Citizen of the Year. The award honors a member of the greater Oneonta community for exemplary service.
As he entered the Foreman Gallery of the College’s Anderson Center
for the Arts for the celebration, Drogen was greeted warmly by friends
across the spectrum of his life. He accepted the award from President
Margaret L. Drugovich, first returning the crowd’s applause. “Today
we acknowledge and thank YOU for your interest in this treasure that is
Hartwick College,” he said.
“In my time serving on the Board of Trustees, I have been continually
impressed and often touched by the quality of what takes place on this
hill,” Drogen continued. “I’ve learned about the creativity, the practicality,
and the dedication that Hartwick College demonstrates in so many ways
to enhance the lives of young people and to benefit our society.”
Drogen’s singular passion is the arts, and so he not surprisingly
stepped forward to lead fundraising efforts for improvements to and
enhancements of the College’s Anderson Center for the Arts.
GIFTS IN HIS HONOR can be designated to name The Arnold M.
Drogen Lobby; contact Vice President of Advancement Jim Broschart at
607-431-4026; broschartj@hartwick.edu; or One Hartwick Drive,
Oneonta, NY 13820.
Arnie Drogen enjoys the Anderson Center for the Arts, inside and out.
Colleges as Regional Talent Magnets
By Haley Cox ’13
Hartwick was at the forefront when business, government, and college
leaders gathered for the recent Mohawk Valley Independent Higher
Education Forum in Utica. Titled “Brainpower, Partnerships, and
Resources for Our Region,” the forum was an opportunity for leaders to
share perspectives and work together for regional growth. The event was
sponsored by the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities
(CICU).
Hartwick’s own esteemed President Margaret Drugovich serves on the
CICU’s Board of Directors. She was joined at the session by President
Marian Kovatchitch of St. Elizabeth College of Nursing and President
Todd Hutton of Utica College as well as Congressmen Richard Hanna
and Chris Gibson and Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi. Business leaders
included Frank Behlmer (Central New York Regional Executive for the
Fortune 500 Company BNY Mellon) and William Streck (President and
CEO of Bassett Healthcare Network and a former Hartwick trustee).
Drugovich began with a reference to 1928 when the College was brought
to town through a campaign called “A Greater Hartwick, A Greater
Oneonta,” a slogan that is now applicable to the entire region. “We are
very sensitive to the needs of the region and try to meet those needs
through our educational programs,” she said, citing Hartwick’s
18-month nursing program. “It is important to be relevant – always
looking out to the horizon for emerging priorities.”
The Forum centered on colleges as “talent magnets” (bringing students
and retaining graduates) and as “anchor tenants” (employers and
significant purchasers). Behlmer of BNY Mellon said he is always looking
for talent to stay in the region and he is starting his search with oncampus programs. He sees “a lot of talent coming out of these schools
and we want to recruit them.”
Streck wants the region’s college graduates to seize the opportunities
available here. “We have to have an educated populace,” he said, adding,
“We have to be careful that we don’t over-commit our educational system
to the sciences; we need people who can write, read, and communicate;
people who understand art and history.”
Drugovich endorsed Streck’s view, saying, “The best way to educate for a
lifetime of success is to bring together liberal arts and practice.”
A scholar-athlete, Haley Cox ’13 is an English / Business double major and
goalie on Hartwick’s DI water polo team. Cox and Leah Mooradian ’13 (Business,
German, and Art History major) represented Hartwick talent at the Mohawk Valley
Independent Higher Education Forum.
Campus News
Academic Affairs Reorganization
Advances Student Success
The Division of Academic Affairs is dedicated to preparing
Hartwick students for academic, personal, and professional
success. Provost and Vice President Michael G. Tannenbaum
is leading a reorganization designed to increase support
for students as they work toward achieving these goals.
“This restructuring was informed by the work of several College-wide task forces engaged in
multi-divisional, collaborative discussions,” Tannenbaum explains. “This new structure allows
synergies to emerge that, in addition to supporting our students, will challenge them to consider
carefully how their academic life at Hartwick is connected to their post-college lives.”
Under the leadership of Dean of Student Success and Retention Robin Diana, the Center
for Student Success (CSS) includes the offices of First Year Experience, Learning Support
Services, and Tutoring Services. CSS will incorporate the Second Year Experience and Transfer
Transitions Experience programs, both of which are under development.
“I am excited and honored to lead the team that will bring the Center for Student Success to
life for our students, faculty, and staff,” Diana says. “It represents what I most appreciate about
Hartwick—its openness to innovation and its commitment to progress.”
Teresa DiMagno, Assistant Dean of Academic Advising and Experiential Learning, now leads
the Office of Academic and Pre-Professional Advising as well as the Office of Professional,
Service, and Global Engagement (PSGE).
“Exploring majors and academic programs is a very similar process to exploring careers,” she
explains. “We take a holistic approach to advising, focusing on student success by addressing the
varied needs of each student.”
Hartwick’s commitment to its students brought Dr. Robert Drake, Associate Dean of Academic
Affairs and Assessment, to the College in July. He previously led assessment efforts at Siena
College and North Carolina A&T University.
“Assessment is primarily about keeping promises to students and their families,” Drake explains.
“How well does the College do what it says it will do in its mission statement and its promotion?
To ensure that we accomplish this, all areas of the College participate in a program of continuous
improvement or assessment. The primary benefits come in the form of increased institutional
effectiveness and gains in student learning. Assessment is all about improvement.”
Noling Moves
to Administration
Babcock Professor of English Kim Noling has been
appointed Dean of Academic Affairs, effective
January 1. As Hartwick’s second-ranking academic
administrator, she will have a range of budgetary,
faculty affairs, and curricular responsibilities.
Noling brings a wealth of experiences to her new
position. She previously served as Faculty Chair
(2007-2010), Chair of the Department of English
and Theatre Arts (2001-2008), and Co-Director
of the Honors Program (1992-2000). A member
of the Hartwick faculty since 1989, she earned her
B.A. from Yale University and Ph.D. from Cornell
University, both in English.
Noling succeeds Dr. Gerry Hunsberger, who will
return to the faculty as Professor of Mathematics
after serving 11 years in academic administration.
Christopher Lott contributed to these articles.
He is a writer in the Office of Communications
and Marketing.
A grant from The Teagle Foundation of New York City has supported Hartwick’s evaluation of possible collaborations with other colleges. The funds
brought an expert in the field to campus in October to work with faculty and senior academic administrators. Dr. Jo Beld, Professor of Political
Science and Director of Evaluation and Assessment at St. Olaf College, has facilitated workshops and given presentations at regional and national
conferences.
The Teagle Foundation is known for grant-making programs that support collaborations among colleges for one of two related purposes: developing
fresh ideas about the practices and purposes of liberal education and developing effective approaches to gathering and using evidence to improve
student learning.
A MONTH IN THE LIFE OF THE HARTWICK COMMUNITY
Internationally-acclaimed dancer/choreographer
Maureen Fleming performed her exceptional
work in the Anderson Center on October 8.
Poet Laureate Billy Collins read his prizewinning poetry before a standing room only
crowd in the Anderson Center on October 17.
Sonny Turner, former lead singer of The Platters,
and his professional Las Vegas team performed
with Hartwick student musicians on October 12.
“The Changing Role of Art
in Society”
Poet Laureate Shares
His Work and Work Ethic
Student Symphony Performs
with Motown Legend
Through “The Changing Role of Art in
Society,” innovative artists Maureen Fleming
and Christopher Odo presented their
groundbreaking work in live performance,
video, and dance photography. Odo is a visual
artist and light designer who has worked
with the Maureen Fleming Company since
1993. Fleming is the recipient of numerous
prestigious fellowships and awards, including
ones from both the National Endowment
for the Arts and the Japan Foundation/
Performing Arts Japan. She has conducted
residencies at New York University’s Tisch
School of the Arts, The Seoul Institute of the
Arts, and The Juilliard School.
The New York Times called him “The most
popular poet in America;” The New York
Public Library named him a “Literary
Lion.” Hartwick Professor of English
Tom Travisano introduced Billy Collins to
College audiences by referencing the “rare
level of approachability” shown in his work.
Music Department Chair Diane Paige and
Assistant Professor Jason Curley (pictured
with Turner) combined talents to bring their
music students an exceptional performance
experience. The Hartwick Wind Ensemble
and String Orchestra joined Las Vegas music
director and orchestrator Mariano Longo and
the legendary Sonny Turner of The Platters to
perform an evening of classic Motown.
Their appearance is a return engagement. In
2010 the pair dedicated their performance to
Hartwick Professor Emeritus Terry FitzHenry, now deceased. Fitz-Henry co-taught a
J Term class with Fleming in 1991 and 1992
at the Pine Lake Environmental Campus.
Also in October
Poet Laureate Billy Collins delighted the
Hartwick community with readings from
many of his books of poetry and insights into
his creative process. “I refine for cadence and
musicality, but I don’t revise,” he explained.
“The conceptual run of a poem is done at one
sitting. After that, if something’s not working,
I throw it out.
“I start with something small, a keyhole into
something bigger,” he added. “Other poets
showed me you can be funny without being
silly, you can use humor as a door.” Collins
illustrated his points with readings, including
“The Lanyard,” which brought gasps of
recognition from the audience.
The lively audience, which included the
Hartwick Board of Trustees, enthusiastically
received the talents Turner and his Las
Vegas group, the Hartwick Symphony and
Ensemble, and singer Salina Polanco ’13.
Turner performed numerous Platters charttoppers, including “The Great Pretender,”
“With This Ring,” and “Only You.”
In addition to rehearsing and performing
with the student orchestra, Turner conducted
master classes and led a student discussion on
life as a professional musician.
u Scott Carlson, a senior reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education in Washington, DC, presented “Tools for Life: Practical
Knowledge, Reinventing Education, and Rebuilding America.” The 2012-13 ‘Tools for Life’ campus theme was inspired by Carlson’s in-depth cover story for The
Chronicle Review. u Award-winning choreographer, animator and film-maker Pooh Kaye presented her film “HUMAN stop Motion: Play in the Realms of the
REAL.” The New York Times has recognized her “carefully crafted compositions that teem with the seemingly chaotic effects of life itself.” u A screening of the
documentary Latina Confessions by Louis E. Perego Moren posed the critical question, “What does it mean to be Latina in the U.S.A.?” Hartwick’s screening was
organized by the College’s Latin American-Caribbean Studies (LACS) program u The American Shakespeare Center performed William Shakespeare’s Love’s
Labour’s Lost in Slade Theatre as part of its 2012/13 Tempt Me Further Tour. Shakespeare wrote the comedy circa 1594, the same time period as A Midsummer
Night’s Dream and Romeo and Juliet.
Campus News
Poets, Performers, Journalists, Historians, and More
President Margaret L. Drugovich and Director of Library and Information Resources Paul Coleman (r)
welcomed political historian Dr. Robert Vanderlan and award-winning journalist Roy Royan P’84, H’95
to the Stevens-German Library on October 18.
Author and leadership expert Leta Beam shared her
insights with the Nursing program and healthcare
communities on October 17 and 18.
“Intellectuals and the Media: Time, Life, and Fortune
in the Mid-20th Century”
O’Connor Chair Lecture
An historian and a journalist combined perspectives for a rich presentation on the power and
influence of magazine founder, publisher, and executive editor Henry Luce in the mid-20th century.
Robert Vanderlan, Ph.D., is the author of Intellectuals Incorporated: Politics, Art, and Ideas inside Henry
Luce’s Media Empire. Roy Rowan P’84, H’95 was a correspondent and editor at Life, Time, and
Fortune magazines from 1948 to 1985 and is the author of nine books based on his experiences
as a foreign correspondent and journalist. He holds the Henry R. Luce Award for Lifetime
Achievement in Journalism.
Their presentations were accented by a stimulating exchange between the two scholars and many
questions from students. Reflecting on his research, Vanderlan said, “I asked different questions
than other scholars and so I found different answers.”
Rowan is a trustee emeritus of Hartwick and the recipient of an honorary doctorate of humane
letters from the College. The Roy Rowan Manuscript Collection is in the Paul F. Cooper, Jr.
Archives at the Stevens-German Library.
“Full-throttle engagement” was the theme of
Leta Beam’s lecture and workshops for Hartwick
nursing students, faculty, and practitioners.
“The rate of change is accelerating,” she said.
“We have reached a critical moment where action
and opportunity intersect.
“This calls for a redefinition of leadership
from the top down, for command and control
structures to move to shared leadership. Think
about this: ‘Are we developing nurses or future
nurse leaders?’”
The A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Chair
Lecture and Workshop Series hosts experts
whose insights add to the education of Nursing
students and the advancement of Nursing.
Deepak Chopra to Deliver Commencement Address
On Saturday May 25, the Hartwick College community will welcome a pioneer in the field of mind-body
medicine. Deepak Chopra M.D. is the author of 65 books, including 19 New York Times bestsellers on mindbody health, spirituality, and peace. His work has been published in more than 35 languages. He is the founder
of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing in California.
Hartwick trustee Paul Johnson ’67 nominated Chopra as Commencement speaker, saying, “Deepak Chopra
is a global force in the field of human empowerment, and is committed to creating a peaceful, just, sustainable
and healthy world. I believe that his Commencement address will be a fitting conclusion to the educational
experiences of our Hartwick graduates.”
“Hartwick College, through its commitment to a broad-based, liberal arts education, remains steadfastly focused on the education of the whole
person,” says President Margaret L. Drugovich. “Deepak Chopra inspires confidence that college graduates who integrate their education, passion,
and values can be a powerful force for positive change.”
Join us. For a full list of upcoming events visit www.hartwick.edu
Faculty News
SCIENCE AS ART
Hartwick College Professor of Biology Stanley K. Sessions is known
for his scientific research. Recognized around the globe by his students,
colleagues, industry peers, and the media, for his ground-breaking
developmental and cytogenetic studies in amphibians, Sessions is no
stranger to his achievements being documented, his work being placed in
the spotlight.
Sessions’ most recent work garnering attention both near and far is his
long-term Science/Art (“SciArt”) collaboration with New York City
artist Brandon Ballengée.
“The purpose of our SciArt collaboration is to create a true melding
of these two disciplines, Science and Art, which are often seen as
having little in common, but which actually have much in common,”
says Sessions. “Both art and science explore frontiers at the edge of
knowledge, create new ways of seeing things, and also generate new
insight and interest in important issues. We believe that this kind of
collaboration helps bridge gaps between disciplines, leading to a better
and more widespread understanding about the world around us.”
Ballengée and Sessions have worked together on various SciArt
exhibitions to date and have traveled the world to present their
collaborations, including England, Germany, Italy, and the U.S.
Supplying his science expertise for the production of each piece, Sessions
also shares many of the specimens required to produce the artwork.
Artist Ballengée then constructs the exhibitions based on the specimens
and research provided. Their current work is on declining and deformed
amphibians and other animals, and is considered to be a true
interdisciplinary interaction.
Cleared and Stained ~ Pacific Treefrog ~ (Hyla regilla), (coll: 1988)
S.K. Sessions and B. Ballengée
Their exhibit is currently being shown in the Ronald Feldman Fine Arts
Gallery in New York City. Details can also be found in media outlets that
have recently covered the collaboration, such as Art in America — one of
the largest professional art publications in the U.S.
Faculty Present at International Forums
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Geology Zsuzsanna BaloghBrunstad presented her work at the Goldschmidt International
Geochemistry Conference in Montreal, Canada. Through “Biotite
Weathering in Watersheds of the Slavkov Forest, Czech Republic” she
shared two years of research findings about the influence of bedrock
geology and cation nutrient availability on fungal weathering processes
of biotite from three watersheds of the Critical Zone Observatory in the
Czech Republic.
Associate Professor of Music Diane Paige presented at the Tenth
International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities at
Centre Mont-Royal, Montréal, Canada. In her paper, “Revisiting Dvořák
and the American Indian,” Paige examined the influence of Sioux musical
style on the chamber music that Czech composer Antonín Dvořák wrote
while living two years in the Czech-American village of Spillville, Iowa.
Paige argued for the influence of Lakota music on his “American” String
Quartet.
Dr. Paige presented “Janacek, Creativity, and Gender” in the United
Kingdom at the University of Huddersfield-Centre for Music, Gender,
and Identity Studies conference on “Gender, Aging, and Creativity.”
Her work considers the role that gender played in forming the Czech
composer’s late style. Leos Janacek’s strong identification with the
feminine helped him to develop a distinct style that gained him renown in
his 70s and 80s.
Professor of Biology Stanley K. Sessions presented at the World
Congress of Herpetology in Vancouver, BC, where he offered
“Herpetology: Developmental Evolution of Limbs” with Koji Iizuka,
and Nikolay A. Poyarkov. He calls the work “long-term international
collaboration with colleagues from Japan and Russia to understand the
development and evolution of vertebrate limbs.”
PROFESSORS
AS MENTORS:
A Reciprocal
Relationship
By Danielle Alesi ’13
Alesi is a three-year degree candidate and a
double major in History and Political Science.
Hartwick College prides itself on
experiential learning and close
student-professor relationships.
These are not just facts listed in a
brochure, but real opportunities
that live on campus and around
the world. The College’s J
Term program is famous and
volunteer or paid internships are
increasingly popular, but there’s
much more.
“I learn from my students,” says Dr. Zsuzsanna Balogh-Brunstad, shown working in a Johnstone
lab with EPA grant recipient Catherine Winters ’14. “I teach them the methods and I let them be
creative. They do real research and learn what they’ll need for graduate school. I learn to trust
them and their work.”
Every semester Hartwick students pursue internships for academic credit
and directed studies that allow them to extend themselves outside the
classroom while developing a web of connections with their professors.
The benefit is not just for the students, however, as the arrangement is
often advantageous for the faculty, as well.
Assistant Professor of Political Science Matthew Voorhees is
supervising Oluwakemi “Kemi” Omotosho ’13 throughout her
internship at Bronxwork, a family shelter in the Bronx. Omotosho
worked as a fundraising research and survey analysis intern and has used
the experience to practice poll reporting and to build data. She is now
applying her immigration research to her Senior Thesis.
“There are a lot of benefits to internships beyond the marketable skills
that students develop,” says Voorhees, noting students’ ability to connect
abstract concepts learned in the classroom to their practical experiences.
“It’s great for me to be able to draw on examples from students’
internships when discussing related ideas in class. Their experiences help
me make connections.”
Catherine Winters ’14 has been honored by the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) for her research with Assistant Professor
of Chemistry and Geology Zsuzsanna Balogh-Brunstad. The
2012 Greater Research Opportunity Fellowship will fund Winters’two-
year research project on the Ouleout Creek, a major offshoot of the
Susquehanna River. She credits her advisor for encouraging her to
apply for the fellowship. “Dr. Balogh-Brunstad helped me understand
which of my research ideas were possible,” Winters says. “She is very
knowledgeable in geochemistry and I am honored to be working closely
with her.”
I, too, can appreciate Hartwick’s faculty mentoring, as Professor of
History Edythe Quinn is overseeing my current directed study. During
J Term 2013, I will travel around England researching and interviewing
specialists on the political and social implications of restoring or altering
historical sites. This is a return trip for me, as I went to London during
J Term 2012 to conduct research for my senior thesis on Tudor history
in while taking a theater class with Dr. Marc Shaw. The vast number
of historical sites I was able to visit and research inspired me to continue
my hands-on exploration with the help of the faculty mentors that I have
grown to admire. My advisor, Professor of History Peter Wallace,
inspired my idea for this project and helped me return to England this
year. With his help as well as Professor Quinn’s, I developed a research
question and strategy to learn more about how heritage in the form of
historical sites plays a part in English culture. I am lucky to have this
opportunity, but even more so that I have professors that are so willing
and eager to help me achieve my goals.
Field Notes
Young Academics
TAKE ACTION
By Justin Hood ’12
History and Religious Studies double major
Hartwick students know what it means to “roll up your sleeves;” they live it every day. The hands-on nature
of a Hartwick education brings faculty research assistantships, study abroad experiences, professional
internships, and much more. Through endowed opportunities and close work with professors, Hartwick
students gain invaluable insights as they develop experience in their fields.
In their own words, a few Hartwick students share the gains they have made through the College’s
organizing principle of “being the best at melding the liberal arts and practice.” Each one is a Hartwick
scholarship recipient whose opportunities are thanks, in part, to the gifts of others.
REJOICE SCHERRY ’13
Three-year Bachelor’s degree student
History major
Museum Studies minor
Faculty Scholar in History
Phi Alpha Theta
Archival Internship 2012: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library
and Museum, Hyde Park, New York. Sponsored by the Roosevelt
Institute. Special project: an online exhibit titled, “Franklin D.
Roosevelt’s Family History in New York’s Hudson Valley Region.”
Curatorial Internship 2011: Yager Museum of Art and Culture, Curated
“A Lost Loyalist Logo: A Remnant of the Revolutionary War,”
(Student Showcase presentation)
“Working at the Franklin delano roosevelt
Presidential library and museum, I read
everything from declassified WWII Naval
documents to seating charts for state dinners.
Every day I learned something new.
“When I found a 1784 paycheck for Abraham
Woodhull signed by FDR’s great-great grandfather,
I wanted to stand in the middle of the research
room and shout! To most people, the little piece
of paper is insignificant. But for me, Woodhull was
a Revolutionary War spy that I studied extensively
in my Historical Methods class at Hartwick. To
know his secret and hold something of his in my
hand was truly exciting!
“I look forward to an archival career
that will allow me to continue to
discover history.”
Having fun at work at FDR’s Presidential Library and Museum,
Joy Scherry poses with a bronze casting of Eleanor and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt at the Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site.
The statue is adapted from a 1933 photograph of the couple at their
Hyde Park estate.
Tyler Hall conducts research on volcanic
activity as part of the Geology and Natural
History of Hawaii J Term course.
“My latest internship — at Freeport-McMoRan’s Copper
Mine in Bagdad, AZ — was absolutely a pivotal moment
of my career. I worked on an independent research
project where my supervisor told me the goal and the names of two contacts,
then set me free.
“I was essentially acting as a detective at the mine, and built up quite a good reputation for quality work.
“The climax of the summer was a meeting I scheduled with a superintendent for a discussion about my
progress. I walked into the meeting and the entire staff of lead scientists and MIne engineers of the
department was there asking me to present my research.
“An Absolutely thrilling experience, I must say.”
TYLER HALL ’13
Geology major
John Christopher Hartwick Scholar
Andrew B. Saxton Fellow in Geology
Loft Peer Tutor - Geology
Blue Key Tour Guide
Internship: Exploration Geology for Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., AZ
Internship: Emerson Foundation-funded experience in Bratislava, Slovakia, at
the Energy and Geoscience Institute. Developed eight isopach contour maps
with ArcGIS 10 detailing sedimentation patterns in two locations and four time
periods. Student Showcase presentation 2012.
Moderator, student panel presentation: “What is the Value of Scientific Research
in a Liberal Arts Undergraduate Education?” Student Showcase 2012.
Freedman Prize: “Analysis of the role of fluid flow in ore synthesis & vonsenite
crystallization within magnetite & iron borate deposits in the Jayville Magnetite
District,” Adirondacks, NY. Student Showcase 2011.
J Term 2011: Geology and Natural History of Hawaii.
Geology national conference and field experience as part of Delta Delta G
(Geology Honor Society). Colorado 2010.
The landscape of Bagdad, AZ, where Hall spent his
summer underground. He reports that photographing
inside the mine was cause for dismissal from the
company.
Field Notes
KELLY FAYTON ’13
Theatre Arts major
John Christopher Hartwick Scholar
Honors Program Co-President
Andrew B. Saxton Fellow in History and in Theatre Arts
Phi Alpha Theta
Freedman Prize 2012: Lighting Designer/Technical Director for The
Imaginary Invalid play
Freedman Prize 2011: Designing Projections for Theatre: Lee
Blessing’s Two Rooms (The Lebanese Hostage Crisis)
The Arts: Baritone Saxophone player:
Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Saxophone Ensemble
Orchesis dancer
J Term: Art and Architecture of Italy (2012)
Theatre in New York City (2010)
Summer Internships: Assistant Stage Manager, Assistant Technical
Director, Technical Director, The Depot Theatre, Westport, NY
“I never thought that a place that I’ve
never been could have such an impact,
but there I was at the Colosseum.
“You read about these things in books and
see pictures, but something feels completely
different when you are standing there in person.
“I recently shared my travel
experiences with my 103 year old greatgrandmother who emigrated from Italy
in the late 1910s. It felt amazing to hear
her reminisce about her childhood and
actually be able to contribute my own
experiences.”
ABOVE: J Term 2012: Art and Architecture of Italy — Kelly Fayton at
Ostia Antica, an important archeological site known for its frescoes
and mosaics.
LEFT: The set she designed for the spring 2012 play, The Imaginary
Invalid.
EMMA HERITAGE ’14
Mathematics and Education majors; Music minor
Honors Program Co-President
Loft Peer Tutor - Education, French, Math, Physics
Mini-Practicum: Otsego-Delaware BOCES program at Laurens High School
Equestrian team
Orientation Leader and Orientation Team Coordinator
Blue Key Tour Guide
“I completed my Educational Mini-Practicum in a self-contained
special education setting. It was an honor to work with
such inspiring students who have beaten all odds and have
persevered through the worst of times.
“Educating students with Emotional Behavioral Disorders
really opened my eyes to the world of special education.
Because of this experience, I was inspired to work with
students with disabilities as a career.
“the Education Program has changed my life.”
Emma Heritage and Swoop at Opening Convocation.
NATHAN NICHOLS ’14
Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry majors
CRC Press Chemistry Achievement Award
Richard J. Kohlmeyer/Edward Rayher Award in Mathematics
Student Showcase presentations 2011: Finding the Iranian Nation —
Nationalism and Islam in Modern Iran; Freedman Prize for Analysis
of Galaxy Group WBL368: Determination of H1 deficiencies, Star
formation Rates, and Dynamical Mass
Professional presentation, J Term 2012: Undergraduate ALFALFA
Workshop Arecibo, PR; funded by the National Science Foundation.
Presented work focused on determining the amount of overall mass
in each galaxy cluster; used four dynamical methods and calculations
that relied on measurements of the speed and locations of galaxies
within the cluster.
Nathan Nichols, presenting his work with the Aricebo Legacy Fast
Team at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Texas.
”Seeing top scientists express interest in my presentation and work was really gratifying. I felt like less
of a student and more like a peer.
“I was able to present my work at the Star Formation and Gas Reservoirs in Nearby Groups and Clusters
conference where 70 scientists presented. Cornell University, Colgate University, the University of San
Francisco and other colleges are currently using the programs I developed to calculate the neutral
hydrogen deficiency of galaxy groups, the dynamical mass of galaxy groups, and integrated flux from L-band
wide data.
“Being able to create scientific data and programs that have real-life applications
truly makes me feel like a member of the scientific community.”
Summer 2012 | The Wick | 13
Breakthrough
Why Art?
WHY NOW?
By Stephanie Rozene, MFA
Assistant Professor of Art, Head of Ceramics
A specialist in the conceptual nature of functional utilitarian
ceramics, she uses ornament as a visual language.
What is the purpose or role of the arts in our contemporary landscape? It’s a complex question further
complicated by societal, cultural, political, economic, and historical concerns. How do we, in a society
that so highly values technology, design, and innovation, measure the value of art and art making?
Such questions must be asked. That is what artists do, we ask the hard questions.
We don’t always have the answers, but we begin dialogues that have the capacity
to challenge preconceived notions. We press limits, we defy assumptions, we
initiate discourse.
Our students learn such lessons well. “What is the purpose of
art?” That’s the question one of my students, Art and Religious
Studies major Elliot Henry ’13, posed to me over email while
he was traveling around India last spring. He was on a Duffy
Scholarship investigating the art and architecture of religious
lifestyles of that country. It’s an evocative question; I still
haven’t formulated the “right” answer.
In the Department of Art and Art History, we are now
asking, considering, and often answering more questions
than ever. We are going through the re-accreditation
process and as faculty we have been developing a plan for
what we think our department and the landscape of art
will look like over the next ten years. Both of these tasks or
questions are large and a bit daunting.
As faculty, this future-driven conversation has brought
us certainly to the discussion of the role of the digital and
technology as they relate to our disciplines. I don’t think that
we should be replacing all old processes with new technologies,
but instead use them to aid and push further the capabilities of
those more traditional processes.
In one example of where technology meets art, Wired Magazine1 recently
published an article by Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) President
John Maeda. He points out that gone are the days where technology and design
are the innovators and that we as a culture and society have reached the point
where we need more than flashy design (as Maeda points out and I would agree, design
Professor Rozene’s latest work, 270: The Corrosive
Use of Money in Politics, is installed for the year at
the Everson Museum in Syracuse, NY. The project
constitutes 270 plates mounted on the wall and
continues Rozene’s investigation into tableware
and American politics, in particular how European
tableware was used as currency during the second half
of the 18th century. Through symbolism and history,
Rozene raises the question of money’s influence in
politics and how it affects the American people.
Rozene was supported in creating this major work by the
Hartwick College Winifred D. Wandersee Scholar in
Residence Award, The Milne Family Fund, and the Hartwick
College Faculty Research Grant program. Studio art students
Alexandra Forst ’13, Elliot Henry ’13, and Samantha
McFarland ’12 assisted Rozene in creating this project.
Webextra | Learn more about Professor Rozene’s work
and exhibitions at http://blog.stephanierozene.com
is different than art and the
distinction is important) and are
reaching for a return to human values.
Maeda says:
“Art speaks to us as humans, not as
human capital. Art shows us that
human beings still matter in a world
where money talks the loudest, where
computers know everything about us,
and where robots fabricate our next
meal and also our ride there. Artists
ask the questions that others are
afraid to ask and that money cannot
answer.”
“Even before
there were
words there
was art.”
Art is and always has been about communicating ideas. Even before
there were words there was art — telling the stories of histories,
recording changes in politics, reflecting and enhancing culture, as well
as enhancing and decorating ourselves and our spaces. Despite this
established and central role, somewhere along the way we as a culture
decided that art wasn’t important to include in education and
that it couldn’t possibly effect the progression of society.
outcomes.
How did we devolve in this way? What are we doing to
do to stop it?
Maeda poses this important question: “How do
we go about generating the next generation of
‘artrepeneurs’?” It certainly isn’t going to be by
continuing to cut funding to the arts.
By asking the hard questions through art making we
are teaching our students to develop creative thinking
skills. We are helping them develop the ability to
problem solve outside of prescriptive constraints, to
come to different conclusions, and to find variable
We are doing ourselves a major disservice if we no longer value the
arts and in place only value the Science Technology Engineering Math
disciplines. If we cannot come to creative solutions there will be no more
innovation. I propose we add an A for Art, change STEM to S-T-EA-M, and create a model at Hartwick College for moving forward by
valuing the importance of art and the way that it is woven into the fabric
of our lives both at this liberal arts institution and throughout our and
every culture. n
John Maeda, “If Design’s No Longer the Killer Differentiator, What Is?,” Wired Magazine, September 21, 2012. Available at www.wired.com/opinion/2012/09
Outcomes
Turn Passion
into Profit
By Elizabeth Steele P’12
Steele is a professional writer
and the partner of President
Margaret L. Drugovich.
Financial whiz by day, thespian by night…. Artist whose designs adorn magazines and movie stars…. Sociology
major turned music mogul…. Biopharmaceutical M.D. whose outlet is her instrument…. They are four Hartwick
alumni of the ’70s and ’80s whose career success and quality of life hinge on art in its various forms.
Elizabeth Gillett ’83 started Hartwick with a scientist’s
mind, an interest in Pine Lake, and an ambition for
veterinary medicine. Even before classes started, she was
moving in a new direction. The catalyst? One persuasive
professor.
“I met Phil Young at Orientation,” Gillett recalls from 1979. “There’s
something about him; I knew right away that I should listen to him, that
he may have ideas I hadn’t thought of.” When he suggested she try a
drawing class “to get the full liberal arts experience,” she changed her
entire course schedule to make it fit.
That first class with Young opened her mind. “I had had a straight
academic preparation in high school,” Gillett says. “The way work
was approached in our art classes at Hartwick was very different
than the thinking I was accustomed to; there were so many different
demonstrations on how to solve problems.
“I literally became obsessed,” she reflects. “I devoured the whole studio art
program working with great faculty like Fiona Dejardin, Kath Kreisher,
and Bob Benson in writing.”
The change of course changed her course and she has flourished. Gillett
is the Founder, COO, and Senior Designer of Elizabeth Gillett Ltd. The
wholesale scarf company offers two lines — one sells to Neiman Marcus,
Anthropologie, HSN and more than 500 boutiques worldwide; the other
creates merchandise for leading contemporary and missy multi-channel
retailers. Gillett designs and conducts business from her Garment
District loft located in midtown Manhattan.
Gail Brown ’72 first saw a piano at the age of four.
“I told my mother that I liked it very much,” she recalls.
“I knew instinctively that this was for me.” After a few
years of relentless pursuit, Brown got her first piano and
ten years of lessons with Margaret Hall, graduate of the
Julliard School. (“My mother wanted the best for me,”
Brown says.)
A musician in her soul and by training, Brown performed in the Hartwick
College orchestra while majoring in Biology. “I love science and making
a new observation is always exciting; at the same time I love math —
it can be elegant and beautiful,” says this physician, researcher, and
biotechnology leader. “I didn’t formalize my interest in medicine until
Hartwick when I had time to try things and figure it out. I simply love
learning.”
With three degrees to her credit (B.A., M.D., M.B.A.), Brown is
now the Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of the
biopharmaceutical company Telik, Inc. (Nasdaq: TELK). The
company describes itself as “dedicated to discovering, developing and
commercializing novel small molecule drugs to treat cancer and other
serious diseases.” Its product development focus is on cancer with two
product candidates in clinical development.
Regarding her choice of vocation versus avocation, “I realized that you can
be an amateur musician and a professional doctor, but not the opposite,”
Brown says. “All of your hobbies can mesh with your career; for me the
patterns were there to combine. Music is a lifelong learning process, just
like medicine and business.”
Rob Rowe ’81 always wanted to be an actor. At his
mother’s urging, he attended college and graduated from
Hartwick with a major in Theatre Arts and a minor in
European History. He went on to study three years at
the Academy for Dramatic Arts, joined their production
company, and later studied at the Experimental Theatre
Wing of New York University.
Rowe acted off- and off-off-Broadway, toured Europe in a production
of Amadeus with the American Theatre Company, acted with New York
City’s Mirror Repertory Company, and became a member of their Junior
Board of Directors.
John Doelp ’76 had an ambitious, if unorthodox, plan
when he graduated from college: he and his Dietz Street
Band mates were going to become rock stars.
His career was proceeding according to plan, and then suddenly it wasn’t.
The Hartwick group had played at town venues and on campus, even
performing at the opening of the Anderson Center for the Arts and
recording in its studio. Music was their passion and they felt ready for
stardom. “In fact we went off to tour and starve a few years,” Doelp says,
remembering their bravado with a smile.
The Mirror Repertory Company, which had become a centerpiece of
his life, lost its major funding. “It was one of the foremost repertory
companies in New York,” Rowe explains. “We were the only ones doing
true rotating rep and we had a great reputation. Al Pacino and Dustin
Hoffman were investors.” It had been 10 years and yet, “When people
had to pull funding it was over. It was sad.”
Pragmatic as well as creative, Rowe evaluated his other interests and
Still, it was a great period for experiential learning. “I played bass all the
time with anyone I could,” he recalls, “and fell in love with playing and
writing music. I ended up loving the studio, being a studio musician, and
recording. Baby steps took me from one thing to another.”
Make a PLAN, then CHANGE
rewrote his career path. Today he holds a senior management position
with the major financial services firm Citigroup. As Managing Director
and Co-Head of the U.S. Fixed Income Strategy group, Rowe travels the
country and the world on business, making deals and making money. He
keeps his first love alive as Treasurer of the Accidental Repertory Theatre
Company and as occasional actor working with long-time friend and
mentor John Strasberg, son of the legendary Lee Strasberg.
Incremental progress and an open mind have taken Doelp to the top
of his game. He is now the Senior Vice President Artist & Repertoire/
Marketing at Columbia Records/Sony Music Entertainment, where he
manages the careers of superstars such as Celine Dion and John Legend,
works with cross-over artists like Ricky Martin, and develops new talent.
His resume expresses a career as performer, arranger, producer, and
record company executive. It all began with a child’s $20 guitar and a
band with his brother when they were kids.
John Doelp ’76
Senior Vice President Artist & Repertoire/Marketing
Columbia Records/Sony Music Entertainment
Executive Producer or A&R for Celine Dion, John
Legend, Frankie J, Ricky Martin, among others.
B.A. Sociology, Hartwick College
Berklee College of Music
M.F.A., Columbia University (Arts Administration)
Outcomes
If a pattern emerges among these cross-over alumni it’s this:
feed your PASSION, TAKE CHANCES,
and KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
“It’s who you are as a person that drives you,” says
scientist/pianist Gail Brown. “My challenge has always
been that I like everything, that I have so many different
interests. One thing I know — I can’t live without
music; as an amateur it is my passion.”
Brown has always considered carefully where she’s headed. “A career in
science requires advanced education,” she notes. “I went to medical school
for all the right reasons: to help people and do it with compassion.” She
practiced medicine in Boston for many years, trained in research at the
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, served on the faculty of Harvard Medical
School, and advised companies as part of their clinical advisory boards.
the right consumer hears it they can’t live without it, the
music becomes part of them.”
Considering his career progression, Doelp notes, “One of my greatest
attributes was my naiveté. I went with my gut and followed my ear; I still
do. You can’t try to hear it, but you know it when you find it. I’m always
looking for something, someone that I can take to a new place.”
While an intern at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston,
she studied music at the New England Conservatory; in business
in the California Bay Area, she studies piano at the San Francisco
Conservatory.
His first foray in a recording studio was in Hartwick’s Anderson Center;
at Berklee College of Music, Doelp started independent producing on
the side. In short order he became Manager of Financial Planning for
Sony Music’s predecessor, CBS Records; Director of Product Marketing
then Senior Vice President of Marketing for Sony’s Epic Records; Vice
President and General Manager of Sony’s 550 Music where he focused
on artist development; and President of Epic Records Group’s Latin
imprint, Crescent Moon Records. He advanced with each move and every
experience, working with such diverse artists and producers as Pearl Jam,
the Indigo Girls, Gloria and Emilio Estefan, and Ben Folds.
Brown is a high achiever and a happy one. “I understand the sensibilities
of high performance,” she says, simply. “I get to a much deeper level when
performing my music and that helps me move quickly to a more focused
place professionally.” She seems comfortable in a life on the cutting edge.
“When I started in oncology the field was so young it was revolutionary,”
Brown recalls. “I moved to California for the opportunity to be part of the
biotechnology revolution — that’s where exciting things are happening
now.”
For financier Rob Rowe, money formed the bridge
between one career path and the other. Like so many
actors, Rowe did temporary work while pursuing his
career in the theatre. He shunned the stereotypical
actor/waiter combination, instead choosing a day job in
the stock market.
John Doelp’s world is auditory. “Music is incredibly
powerful, like nothing else,” he says. “One of the
greatest things is that yesterday it didn’t exist, but when
Rowe started in Smith Barney’s temp program “as a way to get work,” he
says. “They stuck me in mergers and acquisitions — one of the hardest,
toughest areas there is. Eventually I started reading all of the red herrings
[preliminary prospectuses] coming across my desk. Most people hate
that, but I’ve always found the stock market interesting.”
Grad be NIMBLE,
Grad be QUICK
He also found it relevant. “I kept thinking about starting a theatre
company,” Rowe says. “Not-for-profit work is challenging; no matter what
else you’re doing, you’re constantly trying to raise money. Theatre got me
involved in finance.”
Rowe was drawn to the action of the bond market. In 1994 he joined
Smith Barney’s middle market sales team, in part because it offered
flexibility so he could continue in theatre. One year he was Assistant
Vice President with the Institutional Fixed Income Sales Group (IFG) of
Smith Barney Shearson, the next he started the firm’s Portfolio Analysis
Group. When Salomon Brothers and Smith Barney merged, Rowe was
promoted to Vice President in charge of the Bond Portfolio Analysis
(BPA) Group and when Salomon Smith Barney merged with Citigroup,
Rowe took responsibility for all of the global BPA teams. In 2003 he
was promoted to Director, by 2006 he was Managing Director, and
in 2007 he assumed control of the firm’s U.S. agency strategy effort.
Most recently he was named Co-Head of U.S. Fixed Income Strategy,
overseeing the entire U.S. fixed income research effort with direct
management of the global BPA group, U.S. agency strategy, high yield
research, and municipal strategy. Stay tuned.
Designer Elizabeth Gillett transformed a minor
setback into a thriving business. As a new college
graduate trying to get her start in New York City,
Gillett worked in an arts organization, in advertising
sales, and took many jobs in between. Her wardrobe,
she says, was “minimalist with one beautiful scarf.”
When that staple was lost, and Gillett couldn’t find a replacement, she
tapped her talent and training to create her own. The result drew so many
compliments and inquiries that she “made a few more scarves, dropped
them off at a couple of stores, and got orders.” The orders came from
no less than Barney’s New York and the Whitney Museum Store. The
business was launched, albeit in the early mornings, late evenings, and
lunch hours fit around her 9-to-5 job. In 1989 she became Elizabeth
Gillett Ltd.
If her results are atypical, so are her methods. “I figure things out as I go,”
Gillett explains. “That’s how you create art and it’s a nice metaphor for
business. It’s really the same methodology. You’re looking at the whole
picture — intuiting — then breaking it into steps to find the right path.
“I have a lot of ideas so I constantly need to edit and scale,” Gillett adds.
“It’s important to have that presence of mind. When you panic or get
overwhelmed, the method doesn’t work. You also have to pay attention,
observe what’s happening now, and be prepared to predict what’s next.”
The recession pushed Gillett to edit on a large scale. “I had to revamp my
business,” she says. “I couldn’t keep doing everything. It was an incredibly
difficult time, the most difficult in my entire career. It took every muscle
I have and it improved my every ability.” The hard work paid off: in 2011
Elizabeth Gillett Ltd. had its best year ever with a 70 percent increase in
sales.
Rob Rowe ’81
Managing Director of Citigroup:
Co-Head of U.S. Fixed Income Strategy overseeing
the entire U.S. fixed income research effort
Direct management of the global BPA group,
U.S. agency strategy, high yield research, and
municipal strategy
Treasurer, Accidental Theatre Company, NYC
B.A. Theatre Arts, Hartwick College
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Outcomes
John Doelp has two dominant sides: his gut and his
mind. “My gut is my emotions, the feelings part of the
creative process,” he says. “My brain makes sure that
what my gut tells me will work, but I don’t want it to
override everything else; that’s trouble.
“I’m at my best when I follow my creative side and work it as a business
venture. I see everything as a challenge and love it.”
As he worked his way up in the music industry, Doelp acknowledged that
he needed a greater understanding of business. He went to Columbia
University for an M.F.A. in Arts Administration, a program that allowed
him to study the business of art and associated issues including law. “I
applied the lessons of class to my work every day,” he says. “It was great.”
His undergraduate education proves equally valuable. Doelp majored
in Sociology at Hartwick and developed a prevailing interest in social
psychology. “My background in the study of people has had a huge effect
on my work and my success,” he says. “I work with people every day and
try to stimulate their creativity by going past their brain. In order to get to
great music, you must first get to their soul, to their depth of emotion.”
He develops artists, looking for what can be and developing it. “How
do you tell someone that something they wrote is no good while still
motivating them to write something that is?” he asks, knowing the
answer.
“I always want to work with people who give me chills,” Doelp says, citing
Celine Dion and John Legend. “There’s no rationale, it just feels right.
We take it from there.”
Rob Rowe relishes life on Wall Street and in the
theatre. “This really isn’t yin and yang for me,” he says.
“It’s all part of the same whole. You live the roles you
play and play the roles you live.”
The role of mentor is one of his favorites, whether in theatre or business,
and he’s bringing it home to Hartwick. Rowe is currently working with
Finance Professor Tom Devaney and Economics Professor Karl Seeley
in presenting a business simulation class. The Citigroup/Hartwick
Honors Mini Seminar — Investing Concepts, Methods, and Trading in
Action — brings Citigroup experts and analysts to campus via Skype to
talk about current world social and economic events. Eight students are
participating in a trading competition, managing a $1million portfolio
of equities and interest rate sensitive securities using StockTrak (a virtual
stock exchange program that simulates online stock trading).
Inclined to push boundaries, Rowe has invited the student winners to
a day at Citigroup’s NYC offices to meet analysts and experience the
various trading desks. It’s an opportunity they can parlay into their own
great beginnings.
Gail Brown balances her need for solitude with
demands placed on her to present and interact.
“Medicine and research are very individual-driven,”
she says of her 20-year career as a practicing oncologist.
“Business is more teamwork-oriented and structured.”
The difference motivated her to earn an M.B.A.
and gain business skills she could apply to her new
environment of biotechnology.
Music sets her equilibrium. “I can have a very long, difficult day with a
heavy workload, meetings, travel,” Brown says. “As soon as I get home, sit
down at the piano, and start playing music, I’m in a totally different world.
Music takes you to another place and to a different part of your brain.”
The balance makes her feel healthier and with that she gains time.
The implications seem limitless. “If I’m launching a clinical trial it’s easy
for me to get up and speak with passion about my work because I’ve
learned that when you perform music, that’s what you’re doing,” she
explains. “Whether it’s science, business, or music, I want to bring the
audience into my world, to share with them. That makes it easier to get
them engaged in something new.”
Brown’s advice: “When you get busy, don’t compartmentalize and drop
your interests. Keep them in your life. Maintain your balance — it will
help you do greater things.”
Gail Brown ’72
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Telik, Inc. (biopharmaceutical company)
Palo Alto, CA
20 years on the faculty of Harvard Medical School
Former practicing oncologist
B.A. Biology, Hartwick College, summa cum laude
M.D., University of Rochester School of Medicine
M.B.A., St. Mary`s College of California, Graduate School of
Economics and Business Administration
Elizabeth Gillett ’83
Entrepreneur
COO, Creative Director
Elizabeth Gillett, Ltd., NYC
Scarves and wraps designed in her Manhattan
loft and crafted in India and the USA.
Her designs appear in top magazines including
Glamour, Marie Claire, In Style,
and Bazaar and have been seen on stars
such as Jennifer Aniston, Cameron Diaz,
and Reese Witherspoon.
B.A. Art, Hartwick College
The INSPIRATION
of BALANCE
Elizabeth Gillett is a successful businesswoman and
first, foremost, and forever an artist. A walk around
her Manhattan studio and showroom is a visual and
tactile playground — colors standing in stark contrast
alongside nearly indistinguishable transitions;
irresistibly smooth cashmere in one hand, translucent
and weightless silk in the other; the choice of impossibly
complex weavings or fabric prints of her captivating
watercolors. Timeless beauty offered at marketable
prices. Gillett does it all.
Her finest work requires the right environment. “I missed the Hartwick
studio a lot after college when I realized I couldn’t recreate it elsewhere,”
Gillett says. “I had learned that I work very well collaboratively, that I need
to circle back to others. I got that at Hartwick because it’s so intimate in
its teaching.”
Every member of her New York staff has a liberal arts education, she says,
noting that she only hires people from whom she expects to learn. “The
most important thing in any business is good communication skills,”
Gillett says. “You need to hear and convey ideas. Listening is incredibly
enriching for me and for the business.
“Treat everyone with respect,” she adds. “Without that you miss
opportunities.” n
Generosity
PORTRAIT IN PHILANTHROPY:
Betsy and Stan Phelps P’86
CHOOSE WISELY
Settled at a corner table of a
favorite restaurant near their
home in Greenwich, CT, Betsy
and Stan Phelps P’86 welcome
Margaret Drugovich and her
partner for dinner. With the
President’s encouragement, the
conversation turns to stories
of their life together — as
husband and wife for 56 years,
parents, and grandparents —
and their lives as individuals of
influence — philanthropists and
volunteers, each with his or her
own carefully chosen priorities.
Elizabeth Richmond Phelps is a community leader whose volunteerism is centered
on the education and development of young people. The Yale Peabody Museum of
Natural History is a favorite of the couple and their grandchildren; both Betsy and
Stan serve on the Peabody Museum Leadership Council and the life-sized dinosaur
Torosaurus latus that marks the museum’s entrance was a family project in its creation
and funding. An alumna of The Madeira School and Smith College, Betsy is a past
trustee of Madeira, the Brunswick School, and Hartwick College.
Perhaps because their son George now has three sons of his own, Betsy continues
to serve on the Board of the Boy Scouts of America, Greenwich Council. Her
interests extend to work as a member and past president of the Advisory Board of
the Greenwich Arts Council and as a member and past president of Green Fingers
Garden Club, for which she has co-chaired two major events. (“You must have good,
strong people to work with,” she shares.)
Betsy’s life is guided by “making a difference in my community and my family,” she
says. “I believe everyone should volunteer.”
Hartwick is high on her list, and the College community has benefited from her
insights and dedication time and again. Betsy is the parent of alumna and former
trustee Catherine Phelps McNamara ’86, a six-year member of the Hartwick Board,
a proponent of Hartwick’s liberal arts in practice, and a gracious hostess of College
events such as last spring’s president’s reception at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club in
Greenwich, CT.
Generosity is one of the many ties that bind Betsy and Stan Phelps. Betsy says she
expresses her philanthropy through volunteerism, while her husband expresses his
through charitable contributions.
Stanford Phelps is an entrepreneur of remarkable achievement. Following a 50-year
career in commercial and investment banking, his business interests now range from
oil refining to agribusiness to alligator, blueberry, and cattle farming in Florida. “We
like to do hard assets and we’ve had luck,” he says. “We don’t do high tech; I’m scared
to death of obsolescence.”
Actually, it’s hard to imagine that Stan Phelps is afraid of much.
Photo courtesy of Phillips Exeter Academy
Betsy and Stan Phelps P’86 enjoy supporting educational endeavors, including
recent renovations to Bresee Hall.
“Life should be divided into three parts. First, when and where you learn; second,
when you’re lucky enough to make money; and third, when and how you give it away.
You should have more fun giving money away than you had making it.”
—Stan Phelps
From a young age he has been on the front lines, developing an
understanding of the importance of strategy and competitive advantage.
He was trained as an Army forward observer between the Korean and
Vietnam Wars. “You needed speed and accuracy to do that job,” he
recalls. “Observation could mean survival.”
Stan continues to prefer life on the leading edge. “I’m in charge of
mistakes,” says the Chairman of S.N. Phelps & Co., Clear Springs Land
Company, and Commonwealth Oil Refining Company, Inc. “We all
make mistakes, but if you don’t know you’ve made them, you can’t fix
them. I tell my people ‘I want you to learn something every day. If you
don’t, you’re a failure.’”
Stan has perspective that can only come from experience. “Life should
be divided into three parts,” he outlines. “First, when and where you
learn; second, when you’re lucky enough to make money; and third,
when and how you give it away. You should have more fun giving
money away than you had making it. Besides,” he adds with a wry smile,
“There’s no point in having an armored truck follow your hearse.”
This shrewd businessman’s philanthropic priorities are personal:
his Christian faith, his education (Phillips Exeter Academy, Yale
University, and Harvard Business School), and his daughter’s education
(Hartwick College). Buildings, programs, and endowments at nonprofit organizations across the country bear the names of benefactors
Elizabeth and Stanford Phelps. At Hartwick, their most recent generous
gift helped renovate the College’s oldest building – Bresee Hall; a plaque
recognizes Stan Phelps’ gift in honor of his wife and their daughter,
Kate, both former Hartwick trustees.
“Hartwick is a very good liberal arts college that’s gotten better and
better with Margaret’s leadership,” Betsy says, her husband nodding in
agreement. “It’s an exciting time, an exciting place.”
“It’s simple,” Stan explains. “Hartwick helped to educate Kate well, and
so we owe them.” Always the strategist, he adds, “The College’s liberal
arts core gives all graduates a huge plus. Hartwick people are balanced.”
n
Commentary
MUSIC
Matters
By Dr. Diane M. Paige, musicologist
Associate Professor of Music
Department Chair
Arkell Hall Foundation Professor in the Arts
“Music is a moral law.
It gives soul to the universe,
wings to the mind, and life
to everything… Without
music, life would be an error.”
Plato, attributed
In a world that increasingly
considers pre-professional training
as more practical than the study
of the liberal arts, the relevance
of music is often questioned.
Students of music, for example, are
often asked about the usefulness
of the subject in the “real world.”
Administrators too often agree
— when schools encounter tight
budgets, music programs are
often first to be cut. But the fact
is that music matters greatly — it
provides extraordinary benefits in
ways which are transformative and
significant to today’s society.
Music creates profound experiences. Several
studies agree that engaging in music in secondary
school is a reliable predictor of success in college
and professional life. Students who participate
in music have a significantly higher sense of selfesteem, earn better grades, and develop areas of the
brain that involve spatial reasoning and language
acquisition. More importantly, music educators
are change agents in the world. In one study of an
inner city school, students were asked to identify
their most important role model — 50% identified
a music teacher, more than any other kind of faculty
or staff member.
The benefits continue as music enhances
performance in the workplace. Gregory Anrig,
President of E.T.S. (Educational Testing Service),
says, “The things I learned from my experience
in music in school are discipline, perseverance,
dependability, composure, courage and pride in
results. . . Not a bad preparation for the workforce!”
Studies such as those conducted by Dr. Adrian
North of the University of Leicester (U.K.) prove
that music in the work place positively affects
productivity, morale, performances, and fosters
strong interpersonal relationships.
Music is therapeutic. It is employed in nursing homes, hospitals, prisons, and in hospice
settings to alleviate pain and anxiety, encourage motor function, address psychological
conditions, promote healing, and improve communication between patient and
practitioner. Ailments and conditions such as Alzheimer’s, cerebral palsy, and grief are
proven to be positively affected by music. Individuals use it for private therapy — like
Maya Angelou, who said, “Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the
notes and curl my back to loneliness” — and to bring joy and peace into their lives.
Since at least the Middle Ages, music has accompanied prayer and served as a means to
achieve religious ecstasy. Abbess Hildegard von Bingen was a 12th century figure who
experienced ecstatic religious visions throughout her life. A prolific author, she was also
one of Western music’s first female composers. The soaring melodies of her Gregorian
chants defy common compositional conventions of the time. The ranges of the songs
are extreme and often physically painful to sing — Hildegard’s music transports the
performer to an altered state. Every spiritual belief system throughout the world relies on
music to deliver its messages and to provide listeners with a vehicle to experience powerful
religious experiences.
In today’s interdependent world, music is a highly effective means to educate global
citizens. J Term students accompany me to Ghana to study the music and dance of
the Ga people. They learn, among other things, that how a people make music tells
you a great deal about their culture and beliefs. The Baka pygmies of central Africa do
not differentiate musicians from non-musicians — theirs is an egalitarian society that
privileges cooperation over individualism — all sing, all participate. Studying the music
of the Ga or the Baka teaches our students to question the paradigms under which they
operate and to see the world through another’s lens.
“In today’s
interdependent
world music is a
highly effective
means to
educate global
citizens.”
Social movements and revolutions have always been accompanied by songs — serving
as a means to galvanize public opinion and convey to the masses the key precepts of a
movement. Billie Holiday’s haunting anti-lynching song “Strange Fruit” is a fine example.
When she first sang it at the Apollo Theatre the reaction was, according to owner Frank
Schliffman, “a moment of oppressively heavy silence…and then a kind of rustling sound
that I had never heard before. It was the sound of almost two thousand (black) people
sighing.” This powerful and visceral song did more to raise the consciousness of white
Americans about the shockingly common occurrence of lynching than did the NAACP’s
propaganda efforts.
Given its profound and far-reaching effects, music cannot be considered a mere
means of entertainment of little consequence to society. At Hartwick, a multi-faceted
understanding of music is a means to provide students with profound experiences by
engaging with this subject matter. Such an approach characterizes the kind of atmosphere
that we provide for both student and teacher here on Oyaron Hill. The music faculty, and
the College community as a whole, recognize, honor, and advance the power of music. It
serves humankind and is a powerful medium in a world that needs to effect social change,
to heal its sick, to educate its people, to cultivate cultural awareness, and to provide for
better living conditions. Music matters. n
“There isn’t a
place than
in the
more beautiful
Oyaron Hill
autumn!”
— Lauren Winne Papadakis ’70
On Facebook, via email, and through casual conversation, community members share
“What I love about Hartwick.”
“‘Come as you are;
leave different.’
That’s what we say
in Louisiana and
that’s what happens
here at Hartwick.
I love it.”
— Lisa Schulmeister ’78
“I love that I can step back on
this field and play with guys
who graduated four years
ago and it’s like we never left.
We’re brothers and that’s what
I love about Hartwick.”
— Mike Morrison ’12
“It’s the relationships,
the people. It’s the friends
I made here and the guys
I still see all the time.
It’s being with students
and players when I was
coach and even now;
I love these kids.”
— Nick Lambros ’59, P’02, PM’03
“The beautiful campus.
The wonderful sense
of community and
belonging. The amazing
professors I was fortunate
to study with and
learn from. My time at
Hartwick was the best
college experience
I could have asked for.”
— Jorge Osorio ’99
“I love Hartwick College because I had the privilege of interacting with students in a
place where the faculty really liked (and still do like) students. If I could show young
scholar-citizens a structured way to look at things, I could rejoice in seeing them learn
to love a subject I love. In the process, they also taught me and helped me to grow as
well. I have been retired for more than 15 years, and I still miss them.”
— Professor Emeritus Robert Mansbach P’82
“The wonderful J Term
experience; the extremely
caring faculty; the fantastic
students; the care,
concern, and help from
administration.”
— Mary Cikatz P’12
“The top-notch education.
My daughter loves the school.”
— Michael Patterson P’13
HOMECOMING
50
th
Reunion
Homecoming Weekend brought many reasons
to celebrate, especially for the class of 1962.
Dick Clapp ’62 and Emily Walter Mikulewicz
’62 led efforts to bring the 50th reunion class
together to reminisce about their years on
Oyaron Hill and catch up on each other’s lives
since graduation.
All members of the 50th Reunion Club are
invited to join the celebration. Naomi Glass
’52 drove in from Washington, DC, and Bobbie
More Asplund ’49 arrived from Ann Arbor, MI.
Many nurses of ’62 were in attendance, as
were plenty of TKE brothers and Phi Sigma Phi
sisters.
& REUNION
Athletics
Hall of Fame
SEVEN INDUCTEES IN BASKETBALL,
FIELD HOCKEY, LACROSSE,
SOCCER, AND WATER POLO BRING
RANKS TO 125
The award to men’s soccer star Larry Serfis ’60
was accepted on his behalf by current Coach
John Scott ’00. Women’s soccer star Shannon
McConville Hay ’93 accepted her award from
her mother. Two-time All American Dave Root
’94 was reunited with lacrosse Coach Rory
Whipple (left) for his recognition. Women’s
basketball record-holder Tiffany Hurley Carr
’02 accepted her award from her husband,
Head Football Coach Mark Carr. Women’s field
hockey record-holder Kelly Cooman Kingsbury
’05 (herself a field hockey coach) was honored
by Coach Anna Meyer. Women’s water polo
star (and two-time Olympic medalist) Bronwen
Knox ’08 was cited as “the best player I have
ever coached” by Alan Huckins. Hartwick’s first
athletic trainer, George Mitchell, presented the
posthumous award for Hartwick athletics friend
Dr. James Elting to Karen Elting (right).
Honoring Dean Lacey and Hartwick Nursing
Dean Edith M. Lacey is now immortalized on
a plaque alongside the nursing classrooms of
Johnstone Science Center. “Miss Lacey” began
Hartwick’s nursing program and led it through
the formative first 18 years. Eight students
entered the program in 1943, President
Drugovich told the crowd, and nearly one
thousand nursing graduates have followed.
The dedication was a highlight of Homecoming
Weekend for the nursing alumnae, some of
whom spoke at the event (right). Emily Walter
Mikulewicz ’62 called it an “important and
tasteful display of portrait, words of honor,
and list of recipients of the scholarship in
Dean Lacey’s memory.” The visit to classrooms
included demonstrations of the “simi” family
of lifelike practice dummies (left).
Meeting and Reuniting with Faculty
Athletics
Building a Team
of Good Men
Head Men’s Soccer Coach John Scott ’00 takes his jobs very
seriously. Yes, his jobs; plural. He is the leader of Hartwick’s
Division I men’s athletics program, trainer of young men, academic
advisor, mentor, disciplinarian, role model, and more.
“We define success in two ways,” Scott says of himself and
Assistant Coach Beau Brinsko. “Obviously we want wins, we want
the MAC tournament. There’s an expectation here at Hartwick
with the 26 All Americans and a National title. We keep that in
perspective.”
“This is our players’ chance to add the
next chapter to DI soccer at Hartwick.
They understand that they’re representing
the history of the program, their parents,
the College.”
—Head Coach John Scott ’00
The game is just the beginning, leading to his other
characterization of success. “Working for a college, it’s our job to
develop good people,” Scott explains. “Upwards of 50 percent
of our team is on the Dean’s List.” (This news just in: Hartwick
men’s soccer team has been named to the Top 20 NSCAA Team
Academic Award lists for the 2011-12 academic year with an
average GPA of 3.31.)
The year that John Scott ’00 spent as a Hartwick student-athlete changed his
life. Here he met the woman he would marry, Erica Bocchi ’98, and the man
who would help set his life’s direction, Coach Jim Lennox. Now in his third
year as head coach, Scott played both professional and semi-pro football in
Scotland and England before opening his career as assistant coach of the
women’s team at Plattsburg State University. Within a year he was drafted
by Binghamton University to assist their men’s program as it went DI. Nine
years later he left to head his own program for Hartwick. Scott holds coaching
certifications from the Scottish Football Association as well as the National
Soccer Coaches Association of America National, Advanced National, and
Premier Diplomas.
“When players walk in through our door, they know they need
to give us confidence that they’re doing their school work,” Scott
explains. “We show them that we care about their classes, their
behavior. The guys know we’re looking over their shoulder.
“We’re building a culture here, on and off the field,” he adds. “We
want the best for our student-athletes, the same as any professor.”
The focus is on building individual skills and making collective
progress. “The team’s behavior on campus helps raise the profile
of the program,” Scott says. A case in point, when Hartwick Chair
of the Board Dr. Jim Elting passed away suddenly in August,
Scott gathered his team to share his insights into the man who
was so supportive of the College and its athletics program. When
the College hosted Elting’s memorial service for hundreds of
mourners, men’s soccer players were everywhere — greeting
guests, helping them find their way, and doing Hartwick proud.
Celebrating
our Hawk
ScholarAthletes.
Alumni News
Homecoming and Reunion Weekend
brought a surprise for one loyal alumni
couple. During the 50th reunion dinner,
Kenneth ’61 and Karin Karlson ’62
Engkvist were called forward to be
honored. To resounding applause, the
couple received the Don ’60 and Diane
Green ’60 Brown Award for their 45
years of consecutive giving to Hartwick.
WINTER ALUMNI EVENTS:
Alumni Recognition
and Representation
Watch for more details about the following programs:
Nominate Outstanding Alumni
January 16, 2013 | Albany Link Reception | Albany, NY
Each year, the Hartwick College Alumni Association
recognizes outstanding alumni in four areas:
February 4, 2013 | Boston MetroLink Reception | Boston, MA
February 6, 2013 | New York MetroLink Reception | New York, NY
JOIN US! Visit The Wall, www.hartwickalumni.org,
for an up-to-date schedule and to register.
New Alumni Directory in the Works
Expected to be a Valuable Resource
In the next few months, alumni will receive a set of communications – postcards,
emails, and phone calls – from Publishing Concepts (PCI) on behalf of Hartwick
College. The Office of Alumni Relations has contracted with PCI to verify and
update our alumni data and publish an alumni directory. This is an exciting initiative
that is back by popular demand – it has been more than ten years since Hartwick has
printed an alumni directory.
PCI’s request for information is legitimate and authorized. Thank you, in advance,
for participating.
The directory will be made available only to Hartwick College alumni, all of whom
will have an opportunity to purchase a copy. For more information about the project,
please contact Eric Shoen ’99 in the College Advancement Office at
607-431-4432 or shoene@hartwick.edu.
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Meritorious Service to the College
Distinguished Alumna/Alumnus
Outstanding Young Alumna/us
Outstanding Volunteer on Behalf of the College
Do you know a Hartwick graduate who deserves recognition
in one of these areas? To learn about requirements and make
a nomination, visit www.hartwickalumni.org/alumni awards.
Or contact Alicia Fish ’91, Senior Director of Donor and
Alumni Relations, for more information: fisha@hartwick.edu.
Association Ballot
Goes Paperless
Alumni received the annual printed Alumni Association
ballot this fall, providing an opportunity to cast your vote
for new Alumni Directors. To maximize use of current
technology, increase efficiency, and honor Hartwick’s
commitment to sustainable practices, the 2013 ballot will be
delivered to most alumni electronically. Information about
how to receive a paper ballot will follow in the spring.
Class Notes
Serve your Class
and your College
Become a Class Correspondent Volunteer!
“I’ve enjoyed re-connecting with so many
of my classmates since taking on this
role,” says Bruce Cameron ’67, a Class
Correspondent. “After each email blast, I
receive several responses from alumni eager to
share their news with our alumni community.”
Correspondents receive contact information
and are asked to connect with classmates
throughout the year. They keep classmates
advised about changes on campus and
encourage them to continue to be a part
of Hartwick activites. If you are interested
in volunteering as a class correspondent,
contact Maria Parrella at 607-431-4088 or
parrellam@hartwick.edu.
Nominate One Who
Exemplifies The Liberal
Arts in Practice
The President’s Award for Liberal Arts
in Practice was established by President
Margaret L. Drugovich to recognize a
member of the Hartwick community. The
recipient:
n Demonstrates his or her commitment to
bringing theory and practice together to
generate new knowledge and understandings;
n Continually develops his or her capacity for
critical thinking, ethical action, and reflection;
n Seeks to build a deeper understanding of
similarities and differences across time and
space;
n Values and applies diverse approaches to
building knowledge;
n Expresses the significance and importance of
individual and collective actions;
n Encourages others to take inspiration from the
products of human ingenuity;
n Maintains a passion for learning;
n Nurtures creativity;
n Has made meaningful contributions to present
and future communities; and
n Honors others—all while encouraging others to
do the same.
For information visit www.
hartwickalumni.org/liberalartsinpractice
or contact Alicia Fish ’91 at fisha@hartwick.
edu.
Alumni Event: Alumni, parents, and friends in the Central New York region gathered at the home of Laurie and
Thomas Gerhardt ’84 for a Meet and Greet with Hartwick students. Dean of Student Success and Retention Robin
Diana (see p. 5) provided an update on the Center for Student Success.
1943 | 70th Reunion
Send your updates to your class correspondent:
2008. He is planning to retire in 2013 after
32 years of teaching high school science and
32 years at SUNY Adirondack College and
Castleton State College in Vermont.
1948 | 65th Reunion
1963 | 50th Reunion
1944
David Trachtenberg, davsel@att.net
1950
1967
George Grice, geog@3rivers.net
Bruce Cameron, bpsychia@stny.rr.com
1953 | 60th Reunion
1968 | 45th Reunion
1957
1969
Don Michel, don36@maine.rr.com
1958 | 55th Reunion
Dick Hatzenbuhler, thehatz@verizon.net
1959
Dalene Davis Cross, poppabob@verizon.net
1962
Send your updates to one of your class correspondents:
Sharon Dorff Conway, asadsac@aol.com
Dinah McClure, Dinamo32@aol.com
Stephen Hoover married Carol Rose Carll in
John Wood Goldsack, jwgoldsack@aol.
com
Margarita Ventura writes that Colleen
Madden Goldsack and John were wonderful
classmates. “I deeply appreciated their being
class alumni representatives for so many years.
I’ve volunteered elsewhere and it’s not an easy
task!” Margarita retired on October 4 after 43
years. She and her husband, Joe, will live near
their daughter and her family.
1971 | 40th Reunion
Barbara Klapp Vartanian, birhbev@omh.
state.ny.us
Seminary Reunion: Alumni, friends, families, and congregants gather with President Margaret Drugovich at the Hartwick Seminary Lutheran Church for the annual
Hartwick Seminary Reunion. The event celebrates the College’s beginnings in 1797.
1972
1978 | 35th Reunion
Scott Griswold, urfree@bellsouth.net
Fred Stoss, Associate Librarian at the University of Buffalo, was one of 84 mentors from among
Al Gore’s “Climate Messengers” who trained with the former Vice President to present Gore’s
slide show on global climate change. Stoss served as a mentor in the August Climate Reality
Leadership Corps Training Session in San Francisco, CA. More than 950 indivudals came from
47 states and 58 countries to receive training for Gore’s most recent slide deck, “Climate Reality.”
For more information contact Stoss at fstoss@buffalo.edu
1981 1973 | 40th Reunion
Ronald Stair, ronalds@att.net
1974
Mike Brown, mike.g.brown@comcast.net
1975
Jacquelyn White cheerfully retired from 27 years of public service as a social worker with
Dutchess and Ulster Counties, NY. She is working part-time as a social worker doing HIV
counseling at the Catharine Street Community Center in Poughkeepsie, NY; doing social work
assessments for homebound adults with Hudson Valley Home Care in Poughkeepsie; and is a
Field Liaison for Adelphi University in Poughkeepsie for their MSW students.
1976 Ann B. Laing has a new grandson, James John Fitzgerald, born March 2011, making a total of 6
grandsons and 2 granddaughters.
Sherrill Boley Nicolosi reports that Sally, her younger child, just graduated from Hendrix
College. Her older child, Ian, lives in New Orleans and is an LSU graduate, class of 2009.
Larry Tetro, ldtet2004@yahoo.com
John McCluskey shared his new contact
information for classmates trying to reach him:
jemc3@yahoo.com or (781) 308-0702.
1983 | 30th Reunion
Woody Thompson, woody.thompson@
octagon.com
Dan A. D’Angelo has been promoted to Director
of Field Claims at the Utica National Insurance
Group in New Hartford, NY, and has been
named an officer of the company as Assistant Vice
President.
1986 | 25th Reunion
Rob DiCarlo, rdicarlo@brockport.edu
1988 | 25th Reunion
Kathy Fallon, kfallon@pcgus.com
Lake Tahoe Reunion: Maryalice Murtagh Gowen ’77 of
California and Roberta Mones Warfield ’77 of New York
catch up and share memories at sunny Emerald Bay, Lake
Tahoe, NV in July.
Vaccacio Memorial Alumni Gathering: Hartwick alumni gather each fall for a golf event in memory of
Damien Vaccacio ’93, a victim of September 11, 2001. Attending the event at Big Moose Lake, NY from left
to right in the top row: Tripp Higgins ’94, Christian Brennan ’95, Tyler Lee ’93, Chris Joyce ’93, Bill Guthrie
’91, Jake Ritchie ’93, Joe Lentini ’91, Shawn Humphrey ’93, Bill Mattey ’92, Graham Starr ’93, and Ken
Ford ’94. Left to right in the bottom row: Bruce MacLear ’94, Sean Casella ’95, Paul Danforth ’93, Frank
Huckabone ’94, Marcus Morreale ’95, Todd Needham ’91.
1989
Dorothy Holt, holtcrew@maine.rr.com
1990
Leisyl Ryan Kleinberg, leisyl@kleinbergs.
com
1991 Send your updates to your class correspondent:
Rena Switzer Diem, rnmommy@yahoo.
com
1992
Rory Shaffer, rorysw@gmail.com
1993 | 20th Reunion
1996
1994
Amy Krasker Cottle, amycottle@comcast.
net
Missy Foristall, foristallm@yahoo.com
1995
Louis Crocco, lbcrocco@aol.com
Christopher H. Woodard and his wife, Holly,
are back in the Rockies where Chris is the Head
Women’s Swimming Coach at Colorado State
University. Holly teaches special education at
Lincoln Middle School and their kids, Gabe (4)
and Elliot Grace (7 months), are both happy
outdoors having adventures.
1997
Amy Maletzke Moore, maletzke@hotmail.
com
1998 | 15th Reunion
Jamie Sommerville O’Riordan,
jamieoriordan@yahoo.com
1999
Kristen Falk, hartwick99@yahoo.com
WHAT’S NEW? Tell the alumni community what’s new in your life. Have you started a new job, been promoted, or retired? Have you
gotten married, had a baby, or welcomed a grandchild? Have you moved or traveled to an exciting destination? We want to hear from you!
It’s easy to share your news — simply contact your Class Correspondent (noted with your class’ notes in each issue of The Wick); share your
news through the Class Notes page on www.hartwickalumni.org; send it to Maria Parrella at parrellam@hartwick.edu; or mail it to the Office
of Alumni Relations, Hartwick College, P.O. Box 4020, Oneonta, NY 13820. Note that submissions may have to be edited for length for
inclusion in The Wick.
Announcing: Danielle Peloquin ’08 and Netanya Gelfand
’11 announce their engagement. Their wedding will be
held in April of 2013.
Wedding Bells: Alumni gathered to celebrate the wedding of Samantha Marinelli ’08 and Scott Herwig in
Salem, Massachusetts. Pictured left to right – Jennifer Vandenberg ’07, Darren Poirier ’07, Lauren Nardini
’08, Scott Herwig, Samantha Marinelli ’08, Katie VanVorst ’08, Beth White ’08, Trish Beamish ’08, Heidi
Mariani ’07, and Christopher Sardon ’08.
2000
2006
Send your updates to one of your class correspondents:
Kristen Hall, hartwick2000@hotmail.com
James P. Green ’00 and Jennifer L. Green ’02
welcomed their first child, Jack, on April 20, 2012.
2001 | 10th Reunion
Jessica Hyde, jessicahyde@yahoo.com
Brian Knox, brian.j.knox@gmail.com
Florence Alila, fakoth@hotmail.com
2007
Sara Caldwell, caldwells@hartwick.edu
Erin Rowe, drowe214@hotmail.com
2008 | 5th Reunion
Danielle Peloquin has moved to San Diego, CA, where she is now a Senior Instructor and
Assistant Dean at Coleman University. She is engaged to Netanya Gelfand ’11; the wedding is
planned for April 2013.
Schuyler Gordon graduated from Brooklyn Law School in June 2011, passed the bar exam
in November 2011, and was admitted to the bar in April 2012. He works for Ross & Asmar, a
general practice law firm in New York City specializing in commercial litigation, criminal defense
litigation, and immigration/deportation matters, as well as matrimonial law. Schuyler is engaged
to Dakotah Pratt-Hewitt, who will graduate from Cardozo Law School in 2013.
2004
2010
2002
Meredith Robbins, meredithrbbns@yahoo.
com
2003 | 10th Reunion
Bry Anderson, bryanna.anderson@uconn.edu
Margaret Warren Cohn and her husband,
Stephen, welcomed their second daughter, Laurel
Avery, on April 17th, 2012. Margaret notes,
“Grace is a wonderful big sister and we’re soaking it
all in before they head off to college!”
2005
Edwin Siegfried, edwin.siegfried@gmail.com
Wyatt Uhlein, wuhlein@cpexre.com
2012
Brendan Cahill is in Ukraine as a Peace Corps volunteer, where he is teaching English as a
Foreign Language. He will return in December 2014. (Brendan says, “Mark Davies is the man!”)
Rebecca Welton is pursuing an M.A. in History at SUNY Cortland, and is considering a
possible M.A. in Museum Studies at a later time. She hopes to have a career in exhibit design,
collections management, or direction at a museum.
In Memoriam
CLASS NOTES DEADLINE
Alumni
Submit your Class Notes for the next Wick by February 15, 2013.
Send your news to alumniclassnotes@hartwick.edu or to the
class correspondent listed under your class year. Please understand
that we may have to edit Class Notes for length.
1935 | Zada Lutz All died June 22, 2012. She was born in 1915 in
the tenant house of her grandparents’ farm in Roxbury. She graduated
cum laude from Hartwick College with a degree in French, a member of
the first class to graduate from Hartwick after attending four full years.
She taught in the one-room schoolhouse in Hobart from 1937 to 1938
and taught French and Latin at Stamford Central School from 1959
until 1978. All is survived by her two children, seven grandchildren,
12 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. Survivors also
include her sister-in-law, three nephews, and two nieces.
1937 | Emily Walker Bartlett of San Diego, CA, died August 3,
2012. A Mathematics major at Hartwick, she was predeceased by her
husband, Harold, and is survived by her children Alan Bartlett ’69 and
Janeth Bartlett.
1941 | Noreen Barron Church Harter died at home in Phoenix,
Working Together: The power of alumni networking is evident as SevenStep
RPO, an outsourcing Human Resources and Recruiting firm, adds yet another
‘Wick grad to their team. Pictured from left to right Kimberly Post ’11, Ronald
Lambertson ’12, Alexandra Bassell ’06, and Danni Mandra ’09 at Fenway Park
for a summer company party. “While our Hartwick connections have helped us
begin successful careers,” shares Lambertson, “We also get to enjoy working with
our fellow Hawks!”
AZ, on July 11, 2012. She earned her B.A.in English from Hartwick
College and an M.A. from SUNY Albany. An editor in the publishing
industry in New York City, she retired from the Reader’s Digest General
Books Division in 1990. Harter was predeceased by her first husband,
Patrick Brown, in 1952 and her second husband, John Church, in
1978. She is survived by her husband, Ray Edward Harter; her sister;
two stepsons; five nephews; and many cousins. She was also predeceased
by her brother.
1940 & 1944 | Alumni couple Harold A. Daley and Janet
Hemens Daley of Satellite Beach, FL died on May 12, 2012 and
August 30, 2012, respectively. He graduated from Hartwick with
a dual degree in History and Government; she earned her Hartwick
degree in English and was class valedictorian. The couple married on
August 16, 1947 and raised their family in New Rochelle, NY.
The career educators met while she was in her first teaching position
at Jefferson High School in, Jefferson, NY. Later they moved to New
Rochelle, NY, where Harold became assistant principal at New Rochelle
High School. Janet stayed home to raise their children, later earning
her Master’s degree and returning to teaching English. After retiring,
Harold became the Principal at Robinson School in Puerto Rico, where
Janet taught English. They are survived by their three children, his sister,
six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
1948 | George J. Barchet died on August 13, 2012. A veteran of
the US Army, he proudly served his country in WWII and was a life
member of the China Burma India Veteran’s Association. He earned
his Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Hartwick College and was a
member of Delta Sigma Phi. Barchet was predeceased by his brother and
brother-in-law. He is survived by his two sisters; six nieces and nephews;
four great-nephews and great-nieces; caregivers and friends; and his
canine friend and companion, Lilly.
1949 | Elizabeth Wardner Foote died on April 12, 2012. After
Alumni Vacation: Mark Lewis ’83 came from New Mexico to join Michaela
Shipman ’14, Bob Shipman ’83, Barb Pyle Shipman ’83, and Megan Shipman ’11
of Vermont for vacation in Ocean Park, Maine.
earning her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Hartwick College,
she and her husband settled in Pine Bush, New York, where she taught
reading as a special education teacher. She was also an accomplished
artist. Foote is survived by three children, including Peg Foote Palmer
’77; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild; as well as her sister,
Peg Wardner Edwards ’55, and brother-in-law, Captain Leslie
Edwards ’54. She was predeceased by her husband Robert Foote ’50
and her sister, Grace Wardner Winne ’50.
1950 | Thomas G. Rowley Jr. died on July 24, 2012. He was a
U.S. Army Air Force veteran who served during World War II as a
Communication Chief. His career included many years as editor of the
Daily Star and one-time editor-in-chief at the Freeman’s Journal. He is
survived by his daughters Marta Griffith, Karen Rowley-Christopher,
and Laura Fischer; a son-in-law; and three grandchildren. Interment will
take place at Arlington National Cemetery, VA.
1951 | Harold L. Purdy, D.D.S. died on August 23, 2012. He
played basketball for Hartwick College, where he earned his B.S. degree
in Biology. After college he served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the
Korean Conflict, then attended dental school at Case Western Reserve. In
1958, he opened his practice in Ithaca, NY, and in 1967 he traveled on a
mission to India to set up a hospital-based dental clinic. He is survived by
his devoted wife of 61 years, Janet; four children; two grandchildren; two
step-grandchildren; his two sisters; and several nieces and nephews.
1952 | Jarvis E. Hyzer, D.D.S. died July 7, 2012. A Biology major at
Hartwick and a graduate of SUNY Buffalo School of Dentistry, he was a
dentist for 40 years. Hyzer is survived by his wife of 61 years, Charlotte
Hyzer; their son, Rudy Hyzer ’75 and his family; as well as his brother,
Robert Hyzer ’56, and several nieces and nephews.
1953 | Dorothy Fieg Roman, youngest of seven brothers and sisters,
died July 16, 2012. An Oneonta native, her father was the builder of
Thornwood, then home of Edwin Elmore and now home of the Hartwick
College president. She won a scholarship to attend Hartwick and studied
nursing for three years. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert, who
was manager of F.W. Woolworth’s in Oneonta. Roman is survived by her
two sons; her sister; six grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, and
cousins.
1953 | Barbara Merchant Winsman died on September 20, 2012.
She graduated from Hartwick College with a degree in Music Education,
served as an elementary music teacher at Moriah Central School for many
years, and frequently played church organ. She is survived by her loving
husband of 28 years, Stewart; their five children; four grandchildren;
four great-grandchildren; her brother and his wife; as well as many nieces
and nephews and good friends. Winsman was predeceased by two
brothers and three sisters, her beloved daughter-in-law, and her beautiful
granddaughter.
1957 | Robert D. Lewis died July 14, 2012, at his home in
Landisville, PA. He graduated with a degree in Chemistry from Hartwick
College, where he was president of the Kappa Epsilon fraternity, and
earned a Master’s degree from Central Connecticut State University.
He worked as a chemist for General Electric before and after service in
the Army Security Agency, taught math and chemistry, and worked for
Armstrong World Industries for 33 years. He is survived by his wife,
Joan; two children, Robert Lewis ’89 and Jennifer Lewis Foudy ’92
and her husband; a brother; two sisters-in-law; two grandchildren; as well
as cousins, nephews, and nieces that include Karen Sheldon Bennett
’99. He was predeceased by a brother and two sisters.
1960 | Anthony Mello, Ed.D., died on September 26, 2012. He
earned a B.A. in History from Hartwick College, a Master’s from Hunter
College, and a Doctorate from the University of Bridgeport. He began
his career as a high school social studies teacher, later advancing to be
assistant principal at Haverstraw Middle School, the principal of West
Haverstraw Elementary School, the district’s first Special Education
Administrator, and then the Assistant Superintendent of Instruction. He
worked at the Fordham University Graduate School of Education and as
the Assistant Superintendent of the Tenafly Public Schools in New Jersey.
He was the longtime Executive Director of New York State Association
for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Mello is survived by his
wife, Mary; three sons; four granddaughters; and numerous nieces and
nephews.
1980 | Lewis A. Whitney III passed away at home on September
18, 2012. He earned a B.A. in Sociology from Hartwick College
and soon after founded his business, Stone Fence Landscaping. He is
survived by his son and daughter; four siblings and their families; as well
as many nieces and nephews, uncles and aunts, and cousins.
1986 | Madelyn DeRose Groton of Westwood, MA, formerly
of Rye, NY, died Sept. 11, 2012. She earned a B.A. in Sociology from
Hartwick College and a Master’s in Education from Manhattanville
College. She taught at Greenwich Country Day School, Meadowbrook
School, and Westwood Elementary Schools and was an Assistant
Librarian at Westwood Islington Branch Library. Beloved wife of Calvert
C. Groton, Jr. for 24 years, she was the loving mother of four children
and sister of four siblings. She is also survived by many loving nieces and
nephews.
Hartwick Family
Robert Hallenbeck, husband of Carolyn Curtis Hallenbeck ’65,
died on August 18, 2012. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
“Robert was a man of great character whose judgement, humor and
friendly spirit brought out the finest in those around him. Robert left so
much good with every soul he touched on this earth.”
Richard A. Crocco, parent of L. Robin Moore ’88, shared that
his wife, Lyda Crocco, who worked as Hartwick College’s Assistant
Registrar for more than 15 years, succumbed to cancer on October 30,
2010. He said, “She loved her job and the students she worked with.
Hartwick is very special to both of us. Keep up the great work.”
Alden Chick, father of Tracey A. Zajac ’89, passed away peacefully on
September 2, 2012. He was a self-employed mechanical contractor until
his retirement. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Norma; their five
children and their spouses; seven grandchildren; a sister and brother; two
sisters-in-law; many nieces and nephews; a special daughter and special
granddaughter; as well as three estranged daughters and their families.
Anthony E. Clark, father of Dylan Semenenko Clark ’09, died on
July 26, 2012. He was the dearly loved husband of Christine Semenenko
and the respected and beloved father of Dylan Semenenko Clark, who
predeceased him on June 5, 2011. He was so admired for his noble soul
and extensive knowledge of world history and anthropology and was
known for his kindness of heart and loving ways. He took great pleasure
in travel, foreign cultures, and in being on the open seas. He will be
profoundly missed by those who knew and loved him well. His loyalty and
love will ever be remembered.
John Goss, father of Adam Goss ’16, passed away at home on
September 2, 2012. After graduating from college he managed the
family business, Goss Piano and Organ, and started a second successful
retail business, Creative Walls Ltd. In 1985, Goss merged his lifelong
passion for auto racing with his entrepreneurial spirit by founding
Pennon Composites. He is survived by his wife, Alison Goss; sons, Peter
and Adam; three siblings and their spouses; as well as nieces, nephews,
and friends.
Friends of the College
Robert A. “Bob” Harlem, J.D. died
September 13, 2012. A community leader,
he supported Hartwick College and many
community organizations. His career in
law spanned more than six decades and
included being a partner in his own firm,
Harlem & Harlem, as well as serving as New
York Supreme Court Justice of the Sixth
Judicial District, judge in the Otsego County
Surrogate Court, Otsego County Attorney,
and attorney for Oneonta and surrounding
towns.
Survivors include his wife, Irene; his former
wife and mother of his six children; his eight
grandchildren; seven step-grandchildren; and
six step-great-grandchildren.
Joann Krivin, a generous donor to Hartwick
College, died on March 31, 2012. She was
a copywriter for a CBS Television affiliate
in Iowa, then a public relations writer for
Columbia Records in New York, and later
owner of The Cramer Gallery in New Jersey.
A talented photographer, she published two
books of her jazz photos. She was married for
more than 50 years to painter, musician, and
educator Martin Krivin, who predeceased her
by six months. She is survived by many loving
nieces and nephews.
Sidney (Sid) Levine passed away at home
on September 23, 2012. He was a generous
supporter of Hartwick College, both through
his personal gifts and those of the Dewar
Foundation of which he was president.
He was a past Hartwick College Citizen
of the Year. Levine joined the Oneonta
Ford Sales Company in 1934, later the
Oneonta Sales Company, where he worked
as general manager and then president until
his retirement at age 84. In 1966, he and
Al “Sam” Nader helped form the Oneonta
Athletic Corporation and managed the New
York Yankees and later the Detroit Tigers’
franchises until the team’s sale in 2008.
Levine was predeceased by his wife of
66 years, Muriel “Smitty” Levine; a son,
daughter-in-law, and son-in-law; his brother
and sister; and a nephew whom Sid and
Smitty raised. Levine is survived by his sister
and her husband; his three children and their
spouses; his seven grandchildren; and his
nephew’s two daughters.
Memorial Resolution Honoring
James J. Elting, M.D.
Whereas, James J. Elting. M.D., a well known, highly regarded, senior orthopaedic surgeon in the
Oneonta/Cooperstown, New York region passed away on Friday, August 10, 2012, after a brief and
unexpected illness; and
Whereas, He faithfully served his country as a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy
aboard the U.S.S. Columbus; and
Whereas, He became the first orthopaedic surgeon on the staff of A.O. Fox Hospital and
established a medical practice, Otsego Orthopaedics, where he epitomized extraordinary professional
competence and dedication to his practice and his patients, always setting an example of what a
physician should be; and
Whereas, His concern for health care and politics led him to travel extensively, teaching surgical
techniques, lecturing throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, volunteering and caring for
refugees displaced by the war; and
Whereas, He shared his time and talents to Hartwick College as a member of the John
Christopher Hartwick Volunteer Program, as past President of the Hartwick College Citizens Board,
and as a member of Board of Trustees for twenty-one years, serving on numerous committees and
most recently as Board Chairperson; and
Whereas, He was a faithful and generous philanthropic supporter of Hartwick College for almost
four decades with contributions to Hartwick College for The Elting Gallery and The Elting Fitness
Center; and
Whereas, His contributions to Hartwick College and the community have been recognized with the
Hartwick College Outstanding Citizen of the Year award, the Hartwick College Coach’s Award, and
the Hartwick College Honorary Degree, Doctor of Science; and
Whereas, His dedication to his community was evidenced through his years of service on many
boards including the Ricky J. Parisian Foundation, Planned Parenthood of Delaware and Otsego
Counties, A.O. Fox Hospital, SUCO Foundation, and The National Soccer Hall of Fame; and
Whereas, His lifelong love of sports led him to incorporate sports medicine into his practice, spending countless hours working with Hartwick College student-athletes, coaches, and sports medicine
staff through the years, becoming an avid spectator and pillar at Hartwick athletic events, with his
contributions being recognized by his induction into the Hartwick College Athletic Hall of Fame;
and
Whereas, His love of sculling led him to build a team comprised of former classmates known as
the Yale Old Fellows Rowing Association that competed in numerous masters rowing competitions
around the world, bringing home medals from competitions in Eastern Europe, Scandinavia,
Scotland, Canada and the United States; and
Whereas, He was devoted to his family, a friend to all, a mentor to many and touched the lives of all
who knew him; now therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Hartwick College Board of Trustees recognizes the contributions made by
James J. Elting. M.D. to the medical profession, the community, and the College; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Hartwick College Board of Trustees expresses its sorrow, sense of loss, and
deepest sympathy for the untimely death of James J. Elting, M.D., and that we express our sympathy
and condolences to his widow Karen, and his children Kimberly Elting, Laird Elting, Regan Wesson,
Clay Curley and William Elting, and be it further
RESOLVED, That this action be recorded in the permanent record and minutes of the Board of
Trustees meeting on October 13, 2012 and that a copy of this resolution be given to his family.
Dr. Margaret L. Drugovich, President
Diane Hettinger, Acting Chair, Board of Trustees
Flashback
connect with hartwick history. Like Us.
Paul F. Cooper, Jr. Archives at Hartwick College
Anderson Center for the Arts, under construction forty years ago.
FORTY YEARS and COUNTING
by Rebekah Ambrose-Dalton, College Archivist
The Anderson Center for the Arts honors the legacy of Hartwick President Adolph Anderson.
The Center opened in the fall of 1973, but it was not formally dedicated to President Anderson
and his wife, Margaret, until a few months after his death in 1976. The couple were instrumental
in its design — President Anderson famously stated “Can’t we have one building with curved lines
around here?” and Mrs. Anderson made preliminary sketches of the building’s design.
An arts center had been a goal for President Anderson since he arrived on campus in 1969 and
found the Art and Music departments housed in a military surplus building meant to serve as
a temporary solution to the College’s urgent need for facilities after World War II. Known as
“Cardboard Alley,” and described in 1973 by the Daily Star as a “beloved eyesore,” the building
stood on Hartwick’s campus for over 25 years, always with the expectation that it would soon
be torn down. At the 1976 opening for the Anderson Center for the Arts, Board Chair Marion
Stephenson (H’81) stated that the opening of the Center had “quite literally set the stage in
creating a climate for the arts at Hartwick College.”
The 1974 College catalog boasted that the Center “provides facilities for a wide range of
experiences including photography, video, foundry, jewelry and weaving in addition to the
traditional areas such as ceramics, drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture and art history.”
An Art major was established in 1976, bringing artists and craftsmen in residence and regular
cultural events and performances.The Andersons had envisaged the Center as an educational
resource for the College and a cultural resource for the local community, which had long supported
and nurtured Hartwick. Mrs. Anderson called the facility an “affirmation” of the President’s
“conviction that creativity and art, allied with intellect, are central to our lives.”
Cardboard Alley, “a beloved eyesore,” and
preceeded the Anderson Center.
What’s
your story?
How have you been
influenced by the Anderson
Center for the Arts? Tell
your story.
Send your memories or experiences to
the_wick@hartwick.edu or
Editor, The Wick, Hartwick College,
PO Box 4020, Oneonta, NY 13820
Volunteer Spotlight
Thom Meredith ’73
Rolls Up His Sleeves
for Hartwick
Thom Meredith believes in Hartwick and all that it represents.
Naturally exuberant, he never hesitates to promote and advance
the College. He volunteers on major committees such as the
Alumni Board and the Philadelphia Alumni Network, attends
every regional alumni event possible, and regularly shows up on
campus for admission events and admission Open Houses.
Meredith engages both students and alumni with his characteristic energy. “I love
reaching out to people at Hartwick,” he says. “Talking to parents and prospective
students gives me a rare opportunity to make connections with great people.” He
frequents the Commons when on campus and tries whenever possible to meet new
students or answer questions about what it means to be a Hartwick alumnus. He
has many stories to share about his Hartwick experience.
“The ability to volunteer my time and to share my experiences with students is a
rare and exciting treat for me,” he says. “I am truly a product of Hartwick College.
In fact, everything good that has ever happened to me, other than meeting my wife,
happened because of my time at Hartwick and in Oneonta or because of the people
I was able to meet at school and in town there.”
Meredith totally supports President Margaret Drugovich and the direction in which
she is taking Hartwick, citing the fact that the College has a balanced budget and
is economically stable in an unstable time as evidence of the early success of her
presidency.
“I am happy to be a soldier in President Drugovich’s army and volunteering gives
me a chance to do just that!” he says, citing the importance she places on knowing
the students. “I’ve been to other schools and I doubt that any other Presidents spend
time in dining halls or having people to their home or office getting the student
perspective in a manner that is not autocratic. President Drugovich is able to have
Thom Meredith ’73 with President Margaret L. Drugovich during
Homecoming and Reunion festivities.
the faculty, staff, students and alumni all work together; that’s a
rarity in academia today.”
Meredith describes the view toward Anderson and the valley as a
timeless reminder of what it means to be a part of Hartwick; the
staircase outside Bresee is a location he’s enjoyed for more than
40 years. When he visits Hartwick, he makes a point of touring
the campus to look around, walk the hallways, and soak in the
memories.
Meredith gives back to Hartwick because he truly believes in
all that the College has given to him. “Hartwick is one of my
favorite things and that’s why I volunteer,” he says. “My hobby is
Hartwick.”
Justin Hood ’12 contributed to this story.
“The ability to volunteer my time and to share
my experiences with students is a rare and exciting treat for me.”
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Two-time Olympian Bronwen Knox ’08 brought her bronze medals
home to the Hill to share with the DI Water Polo Team.
The new Hall of Fame inductee is pictured behind Kylie Traube ’16 (South Africa) and
Martina Shorkey ’14 (Florida) who are holding her medals from the 2012 and 2008
Olympic Games.

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