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The 1950s
LeRoy Seip ’57 was recognized as a
Pride of Schuylkill Valley and inducted
into the Wall of Fame at the high school.
Seip, a 1951 graduate of Ontelaunee High
School, taught high school social studies
for 36 years at Muhlenberg High School
and never missed a day of class. He was
awarded the 1991 Salute to Teaching
Award from the Pennsylvania Academy
for the Profession of Teaching; coached
varsity baseball for 30 years, winning five
Berks County Championships and three
District III Championships; and was a
member of the Muhlenberg High School
Hall of Fame and the Berks County Chapter
Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.
Sylvia (Durs) Wolff ’57 has established
the Dr. Robert F. Wolff Hall of Fame
Scholarship which will be awarded
annually, starting in the 2016–17 academic
year, to a student-athlete demonstrating
character and integrity to go along with
exceptional skill.
The 1960s
Richard Shaner ’60 co-authored the
book entitled, “Oley Valley Heritage: the
Federal Years, 1776–1862,” published by
the Pennsylvania German Society. He is
also the founder and first conductor of the
Heidelberg Philharmonic.
Susan (Larish) Hand ’67 celebrated the
40th anniversary of the opening of her
business on Main Street, Dallas, Pa. She
resides in Dallas with her husband, Joe,
who does framing work at the studio.
The 1970s
Donald Everhart ’72 has design coins
honoring Ronald and Nancy Reagan for
the United States Mint.
Dan Hartzell ’73 was elected to a four-
year term on the Lehigh County Board of
Commissioners. He retired a year earlier
after 38 years as a reporter and columnist
for The Morning Call in Allentown.
Kathleen (Solomon) Roach ’75 has been
named executive director of Diakon
Adoption & Foster Care and is overseeing
foster care and adoption services at of-
fices in Topton, York and Mechanicsburg.
The program has served children and
youths in foster care or awaiting adop-
tion since the early 1970s. The program
has been a national model for placement
of children with special needs.
Robert Hakun ’76 presented an exhibi-
tion entitled “Industrial – Primitive” at
the Penn State Berks Freyberger Gallery.
Hakun collects and salvages discarded
common objects — some natural, some
man-made — that reflect the ravages of
time and decay. Assembling these items
together, from rusty gauges, to bones, to
old wooden objects, the work reflects an
odd juxtaposition of items that metaphori-
cally and ironically convey a message.
Ruth (Franks) Bush ’77 was a featured
artist in the Hamburg Area Arts Alliance
gallery. Bush, a successful commercial
artist whose career includes designing
packaging for Hasbro’s line of “My Little
Pony” toys, has worked as a designer in
the corporate art departments of Bank of
America and Blue Cross.
Suzanne Lucine ’77 has been inducted
into the National Equestrian Hall of Fame.
With a lifetime involvement with Morgan
horses, Lucine is one of the most dedi-
cated and talented women in the Morgan
breed.
Scott Stephens ’77 joined the team at
LaClair, Guilbeault & Associates, Plymouth,
N.H., to expand their business devel-
opment. With more than 35 years of
experience playing pivotal management
and leadership roles in the publishing,
marketing and business sector, Stephens
has had a part in developing, designing
and implementing custom marketing
programs and all their creative compo-
nents from Fortune 500 companies to
small business.
The 1980s
Linda Keck ’80 was a presenter on creating
emotional wellness through artwork at
the Thomas P. Saxton Medical Pavilion,
Edwardsville, Pa. The program focused on
arts and how creative expression can en-
hance emotional well-being and the role
of art in health care and in schools.
Thomas Preiser ’81 retired as police chief
of Harvey Cedars Police Department after
35 years in law enforcement.
Linda (Cliatt) Wayman ’83, a nationally
recognized leader in education, provided
the keynote address at The Greater Scranton
Martin Luther King Commission annual
awards and celebration dinner at The
University of Scranton.
Frederick Hafer ’86 has invented the
world’s first recreational football-throwing
machine. The patented Ball Cannon
launches perfectly spiraled footballs 10
feet to 110 feet, and has a timer that en-
ables the user to throw balls to himself.
Mark Bartholomew ’87 has been named
vice president and chief credit officer
at Ephrata National Bank. In this role
he will be responsible for the overall
management of the credit administration
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2016–2017 SEASON
Kelli O’Hara
September 15, 2016
Rosanne Cash
with John Leventhal
October 22, 2016
U.S. Army Field Band
& Soldiers’ Chorus
November 14, 2016
Elisabeth von Trapp
with the Carolian Brass —
The Sound of Christmas
December 2, 2016
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Pilobolus
Shadowland
February 8, 2017
Branford Marsalis Quartet
with Kurt Elling
April 19, 2017
Kodo Dadan 2017
March 7, 2017