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Italo L. deFranceso
President, 1959-1967
Cyrus E. Beekey
President, 1967-1969
Lawrence M. Stratton
President, 1969-1987
David E. McFarland
President, 1988-2002 F. Javier Cevallos
President, 2002-2014
Kenneth S.
Hawkinson
President, 2015-
Presidential Medallions
have
served for centuries as remem-
brances of specific events or to
recognize meritorious service or
conduct. Medallions have also
been used and worn to indicate
leadership and authority.
The Kutztown University presi-
dential medallion is worn by the
university president with academic
regalia at formal functions such as
commencement. The medallion
serves to identify the university
president as the leader of a com-
munity of scholars.
The design elements of the new
presidential medallion incorpo-
rate recognition of achieving
university status and display the
commonwealth seal. On the chain
supporting the medallion are the
names of all who have served the
institution as either principal or
president. Additionally, all pre-
ceding names of the institution
– Keystone State Normal School,
Kutztown State Teachers College
and Kutztown State College – as
well as drawings of the universi-
ty’s most historic buildings, are
engraved.
“The medallion serves to identify the
university president as the leader of
a community of scholars.”
of Kutztown University