Winter 2016
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TOWER
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CONTENTS
Winter 2016
FEATURES
NAMES BEHIND THE BUILDINGS
THE EVOLUTION OF DINING
THE HISTORY OF ART EDUCATION
DEPARTMENTS
NEWS AND NOTES
BACK TO CLASS WITH…
Professor Reno Unger
CLASS NOTES
IN MEMORIAM
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ON THE COVER
EXECUTIVE CHEF LARRY GATTENS
AND KU STUDENTS ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE
FUTURE OF DINING ON CAMPUS.
PHOTO BY SUSAN ANGSTADT
PRESIDENT OF KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY:
Dr. Kenneth S. Hawkinson
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT OF
COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING &
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS:
John Green
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT &
ALUMNI RELATIONS:
Alex Ogeka
DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY RELATIONS:
Matt Santos M’03
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY
RELATIONS/
TOWER
EDITOR:
David Johnson
NONDISCRIMINATION STATEMENT
Kutztown University does not discriminate in employment or educational opportunities on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion,
sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status.
KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
Tower
magazine, issued January 2016, is published by Kutztown University, a member of the
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. The Tower is published twice a year. It is free
online to KU alumni and friends of the university. A limited number of pieces are printed.
Address correspondence to: Kutztown University, Office of University Relations,
P.O. Box 730, Kutztown, PA 19530 or email
tower@kutztown.edu.Telephone: 610-683-4114
Submissions for Classnotes may be sent to:
alumni@kutztownufoundation.org.
DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY MARKETING:
Jennifer Umberger
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, UNIVERSITY
MARKETING/DESIGN & PRINT MEDIA:
Camille DeMarco ’81, M’01
DESIGN:
Kerry (Hoyes) Lord ’03
CONTRIBUTORS:
Dale Bond ’14, M’16,
University Relations
editorial graduate assistant,
Nikki Murry ’98,
David Johnson, Matt Santos M’03, Darius
Pleasant ’16, M’18, Esther Shanahan M’16,
Jennifer Umberger
PHOTOGRAPHERS:
Susan Angstadt, Doug Benedict, Jason Cline ’14,
John Secoges, Jeff Uleau