CONTENTS
Summer 2015
featureS
SeSQuicentennial StorY
KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY: THE EARLY YEARS
introDucinG Dr. Kenneth S.
hawKinSon, Ku’S 12
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preSiDent
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KathrYn Saul ’30
faVorite Downtown SpotS
DepartmentS
newS anD noteS
BacK to claSS with…
Dr. Sam Westmoreland ’66
claSS noteS
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Mary Ann Moran Savakinus ’90
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Lisa Mitchell ’01
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on the coVer
DR. KENNETH S. HAWKINSON IS INTRODUCED
TO THE MEDIA MARCH 17 AS THE 12TH PRESIDENT
OF KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY.
PHOTO BY DAN Z. JOHNSON
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 July 2015, 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,
Felix Alfonso Peña, Matt Santos M’03,
Esther Shanahan M’16
photoGrapherS:
Susan Angstadt, Douglas Benedict, Jason
Cline ’14, Brad Drey, Dan Z. Johnson, David
Johnson, Cesar Laure and John Secoges