EDINBORO STATE COLLEGE
WARREN CAMPUS

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TENTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
APRIL 30 - MAY 5

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HISTORY

Robert Hockenberry lit up his well-seasoned pipe and asked, “Do you think
it would be possible to have a college in Warren”? In a sense, this was the be­
ginning of Warren Campus of Edinboro State College. Mr. Hockenberry, Assistant
Superintendent of schools in multi-district Warren County, put the question to the
Warren County Group. This organization of educators and school patrons met for
informal discussions of a wide-range of educational subjects. The time was
early 1960 when colleges everywhere received applications from more qualified
students than could be accommodated.
Dr. Eyerett Landin, Supervising Principal of Northern Area Schools, was
appointed chairman of a study group committee to investigate the needs for any
possibilities of a regular schedule of college courses in Warren, the committee
conferred with regional college £^dministrators, conducted an interest survey
among high school seniors, and speculated constantly on the attitude of prospec­
tive students to a college without a campus or a faculty in residence. The late
Dr. Thomas Miller, President of Edinboro State College, was among the college
administrators dutlining course possibilities to the study group. He was con­
vincing.
Although the organization of the county into a single school district had not
taken place, there was a Warren County School Board which was selected as the
agency to make an official approach to Edinboro State College with “hope that
some classes could start by September, 1962.”
This hope was realized when the first courses began in Warren Area High
School, September 12, 1962. Classes started at 4:00 P.M.; there were 36 stu­
dents. Dr. Carl Whipple, then Superintendent of Warren Borough Schools and the
Warren Area Joint Board and Joseph Passaro, Principal of Warren Area High
School, were most cooperative and supportive in establishing the Warren Campus.
To students and to people of Warren County, one person is always assoc­
iated with their college. He is Frank Johnson, who left his faculty post on the
main campus to be director of the new center. His enthusiasm has been out­
standing throughout the first decade of higher education in Warren County.
The first classes were taught by faculty who made long commuting drives
over winter roads from the main campus of Edinboro State College, In 1964,
classes were moved to the East Street School building in Warren, and by 1965
there were two resident faculty. The liaison committee, appointed as an advisory
group during the first years of the school became incorporated in 1965 as Warren
Higher Education.
During the Administration of Dr. Chester McNerney, President of Edinboro
State College, the Warren Campus continued to grow and serve academic needs of
the area. Under his leadership, the many legal details were met which trans­
ferred a building and grounds of Warren State Hospital to Edinboro State College
to give a true campus to Warren Center. The building was renovated and opened
for classes in 1971.
The decade has been marked by change in student life, but cooperation and
appreciation of the campus in Warren County has been constant.

Marion Potter
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EDINBORO BOARD OF tRUSTEiES

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Mr. John C. Pittenger, (Ex-Officio)
Secretary of Education
Mrs. Jane Conaway
Mrs. Nancy Simon Diehl
Mr. Max P. Gabreski
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Mr. Louis J. Morocco
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Dr. George H. Ledger
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Mr. Grosvenor S. McKee
Mr. Wesley G. Reitze
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Mr. Carl Welch
Mr. William P. Rose
Honorary Life Member
Miss Debbie Dowling
Student Representative

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Harrisburg
Warren
Greenville
Oil City
Farrell
North East
Union City
Meadville
Meadville
Meadville
Greenville

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EDINBORO ADMINISTRATION
Dr. Chester T. McNerney
Mr. James Dronsfield
Dr. James McKinley
Dr. John K. Fisher

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Ralph I. Berlin
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Dr. Jon Yon

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Dr. Robert Gates
Mr. Vaughn E. Herbel
Mr. Larry Hill

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President, Edinboro State ,
College
Vice-President for College
Development
Vice-President for Academic
Affairs
Assistant Vice-President for
Academic Affairs
Director of Summer Sessions
Coordinator of Branch
Campuses
Vice-President for Student
Personnel Services
Vice-President for
Administrative Services
Business Manager
President Student Government

WARREN CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION

Mr. Frank R. Johnson
Mr. Thomas E. Walsh
Mrs. Ann B. Lutes

Administrative Director
Director of Admissions and
Student Services
Registration and Records

PROGRAM
Master of Ceremonies
Invocation

Mr. Charles R. Tranter
Dr. Ross Porter

Dinner
Welcome

Frank R. Johnson

Remarks

Dr. Carl E. Whipple

Introduction of Head Table
Introduction of Edinboro Guests
Remarks

Ruth Anderson, President,
Student Government

Remarks

Dr. Chester T. McNerney

Address

Irving 0. Murphy

Benediction

Father John T. Carter

MENU

Relish Tray
Breast of Chicken on Ham Slice
Potatoes
Asparagus
Rolls, Butter, and Coffee
Sherbet

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WARREN CAMPUS FACULTY
Mr. Richard Andersen
Mr. Roy Brant
Mr. Daniel Harps ter
Mr. Wallace Jewell
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Mr. Frank Johnson
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Mr. Wayne Joslyn
Dr. Cyrus Lee
Mrs. Beulah Polley
Miss Margaret McCutch^n,

Dr. Robert Polley
Mr. Robert Russell
Dr. David Russo
Mrs. Joy RyKoskey ,
Mr. Bryant Schattle
Mr. Thomas Walsh
Mr. David Wilcox
Dr. Eugene Williams
Librarian

WARREN HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION
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PRESENT MEMBERS:
Mr. William Allen
Representative
Miss Ruth Anderson
Student Representative
Mr. Samuel Bonavita
Mr. Warren Carr
Mr. Frank Christy
Asst. Treasurer
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Mrs. Donald Conaway
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Mr. Lewis Crippen
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Treasurer
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Mr. Richard Danzig
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Mr. William Deutschlander •
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Mrs. John Fanaritis
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Vice-President
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Dr. Lawrence Krespan
Mrs. Ann B. Lutes
Secretary
Mr. James Marshall
Mrs. David Martin
Mrs. Robert Orth
Mrs. James Perkins
Miss Marsha Petzold
Mrs. Clair Proud
Mr. Richard Smith
Mr. Charles Tranter
Dr. Carl Whipple
President

PAST MEMBERS:
Mr. Charles Anderson
Dr. Thomas Barrett
Mr. Chester Christensen
Mr. Gail Cobb
Mr. Plummer Collins
Mr. John Eberly
Dr. Harold D. Guthrie
Nk. Robert D. Hockenberry
Dr. John Jacka
Mr. Robert Kinney

Mr. Harold Landin
Mr. John Mallery. Jr.
Mr. Felix Matthews
Mr. David Merenick
Mr. Joseph Passaro
Mrs. David Potter
Mr. Ralph Santo
Mr. John Shaffer
Mr. Howard Thompson

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