Edinboro State College
Midyear

COMMENCEMENT

January 19, 1969
Memorial Auditorium
Edinboro, Pennsylvania

THE COMMENCEMENT PROCESSION

The College Marshal
The Junior Marshals
The President
The Trustees of the College
The Platform Guests
The College Faculty
Members of the Graduating Class

COLORS DISTINCTIVE OF THE DISCIPLINES AND PROFESSIONS
Apricot
Dark Blue Ught Blue
Peacock Blue
Brown
Citron - - Copper
Crimson Drab - Gray - Silver Gray
Green - Olive Green Sage Green Lemon
Lilac - - M.aize - Orange
Pink - Salmon Pink Purple
Russet - Scarlet
- White - Golden Yellow

- - Nursing
- - Philosophy
Education
- - Public Administration
- - Fine Arts
- - Social Work
- Economics
- Journalism
- Business
Veterinary Science
Oratory
Medicine
Pharmacy
- - Physical Education
Library Science
Dentistry
Agriculture
Engineering
Music
Public Health
Law
- Forestry
- - Theology
Arts, Letters and Humanities
- - Science

PROGRAM

PROGRAM
Two O'Clock

Dr. Chester T. McNerney, Presiding
Dr. Eldon Shupe

Presentation of Candidates
for the Bachelor of Arts Degree

Prelude

Brass Choir, Karl Gombert

Conductor
Academic Processional

TRIUMPHAL MARCH
POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE

Giuseppe Verdi
Edward Elgar

Dean of Liberal Arts

Conferring of Bachelor of Arts Degree
and Presentation of Diplomas

Presentation of Candidates
for the Bachelor of Science in Education Degree·

Dr. Chester T. McNerney

Dr. Jack Hetrick

Dean of Teacher Education

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
Conferring of Bachelor of Science in Education Degree
and Presentation of Diplomas
Invocation

Dr. Chester T. McNerney

The Reverend George W. Day

Minister, First United Presbyterian Church, Edinboro

Charge to the Graduates

Paul Foust

President, Alumni Association
The Concert Chorale

THESE ARE THE TIMES

Charles Bryan

Frank Mueller, Conductor

Irving Olds Murphy, Esq.

Concluding Statement

President, Board of Trustees
Commencement Address

THE STATE OF THE COLLEGE

Dr. Chester T. McNerney

President
Presentation of the Academic Deans

Dr. James E. McKinley

Dean of Academic Alfairs
Presentation of Candidates
for the Master of Education Degree

Conferring of the Master of Education Degree
and Presentation of Diplomas

*ALMA MATER

The Reverend Robert F. Bower

Benediction

Newman Chaplain, Edinboro

Dr. Jack E. Williams

Dean of Graduate Studies

Recessional

WAR MARCH OF THE PRIESTS
POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE

Felix Mendelssohn
Edward Elgar

Dr. Chester T. McNerney
*The audience is asked to stand and join in the singing of the Alma Mater, which is printed at the back of the program.

THE GRADUATING CLASS

THE GRADUATING CLASS

Master of Education Degree

Bachelor of Science in Education Degree
ART

ELEMENTARY
Michael Patrick Hanlon, B.Ed., Lake Erie College, 1967
Dorothy Jean Kowalewski, B.Ed., Mercyhurst College, 1964
Eleanor C. Thomas, B.S. in Education, Slippery Rock State College, 1965

SECONDARY
Howard Werner Anderson, B.A., Thiel College, 1963
Robert Edward Bish, B.S., Indiana State University of Pennsylvania, 1966
Wilma Elaine Fertig, B.A., University of Wichita, 1960
Edward John Pickard, B.A. in English, Eastern Baptist College, 1964
Vere! R~y Salmon, B.S., Pennsylvania State University, 1967

GUIDANCE
Sylvester Francis Ceci, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1967

Baccalaureate Degrees
Bachelor of Arts Degree
Daniel Niel Crannell
Dennis Lee Crawford
Robert F. Dzurko
Margery Becker Flecken
Robert Joseph Greif
John Walter Hurey, Jr.
Carmine Michael Narducci
Diane Louise Pugliese
Larry Kenneth Sanderson
David L. Sting!
Michael Andrew Thomas
Karl W. Woodside

Dennis G. Bayuzick
Paul E. Beckwith, Jr.
Margaret Annabelle Cope
Barry Lee Diller
Ruth Hawker Franks
Pamela Walker Frazee
Linda Charlotte Gilmore
Thomas Paul Griffin
Pamela Rae Mesick
Irene Claire Patterson
Sandra R. Staryszak
Cheryl P. Swetic
Carol King Thompson
Ronald P. Wiser

ELEMENTARY
Lawrence Edward Addison
Evelyn Leah Aloe
Lawrence Paul Barcellino
Linda Rae Barton
Lucinda Ann Bauer
Eileen George Beck
Jayne Patricia Bender
Donald James Brown
Patsy J. Buhite
Yvonne Katheryn Caputo
Patricia Jean Carmosino
Antoinette Carson
Virginia L. Cornell - Cum Laude
Kathleen Crisan
Helen Elizabeth Crosby
Sandra M. Daley
Carol Lynn Daum
James Richard Davis
Janet M. DeArdo
Susan Elizabeth DePlatchett
Patricia M. Eckard - Cum Laude

THE GRADUATING CLASS

THE GRADUATING CLASS

ELEMENTARY
Nannette Law Farrar
Frank George Gentile, Jr.
Karen Lynn Gorgas
Eleanor Claire Greene
Valerie Ann Hassett
Rosemary B. Hauser
Kay E. Henninger
Dianne Louise Hinkle
Colleen Joyce Hofer
Susan Mae Hopkins
Sandra L. Humphrey
Kamie Wells Jetter
Nancy L. Jingleski
Carol Lavonne Johnson
Nancy Jane Jones
Nancy Francis Kopf
Sharyn Ann Koscinski
Clayton C. Larson II
Faye Ida Lowry
Mary Elizabeth Mason
Joseph L. McKeag
Ronald Alan Mead
Joseph John Mikovich
Richard Dwight Moore
Janet Louise Novotny
Mary Lou Obert
L. Antoinette Perfett
Judith A. Petroff
Robert Carl Piemrne
Iva Lee Proper
Cynthia Ann Quadri
Mary Catherine Rosier
Donna F. Russ
Shirley Ann Russell
R. Sue Sanford
Teresa Marie Sheridan
David Anthony Sibik
Dina M. Simoni
Paulette Joanne Skandera
Carolyn June Smart
Penny Lea Smith
Marilyn Sonne

ELEMENTARY
Roberta Marie Specht
Carrol Ann Turner
Patricia Jo Vanetti
Linda L. Van Guilder
Joseph Michael Vorrasi
Allen Michael Warkaske
Frederick Robert Yon
Thomas Zelesnik
Anthony F. Zito
SECONDARY
Paul H. Andrus
Ronald R. Beers
Elaine I. Bingham
Marguerite Morgan Brown
Thomas M. Brown
Roberta Catherine Carroll
Andrea L. Casp
Barbara Jean Crum
David R. Dearing
Edward E. DeGlau
Andrea Marie DeJohn
Virginia Sue Dunham
David C. Easly
William F. Fehrenbach
Thomas Edward Folino
Jon Randall Frobouck
William H. Grindle II
Patricia Ann Revak Hargest
Richard Lynn Ickes
Michael H. Kelly
Patricia Ann Kensill
Geraldine M. Kornas - Cum Laude
Therese Koynok
Edna Mary Larsen
Dale U. Livermore
Michele Marie Marcu
Gary Reece Martin
Robert Bruce Morgan
Rocco Gerard Petrella

THE GRADUATING CLASS

HONORS GROUP

SECONDARY

This group includes those degree candidates who have earned all of their credits as students of
Edinboro State College and who have attained the following cumulative averages: Summa Cum Laude,
3.80 to 4.00; Magna Cum Laude, 3.60 to 3.79; and Cum Laude, 3.40 to 3.59.*

Rebecca Byrtus Ploss

Magna Cum Laude

Ronald D. Pontoriero

Catherine Elaine Webb

Phillip John Rewers
Daniel Joseph &annell

Cum Laude

Keith Monroe &hmidt

Virginia L. Cornell
Patricia M. Eckard
Geraldine M. Kornas

R. Dirk Sippy
Judith Ann Smith
Judith Ann Strong

SENIOR AWARDS
Raimondi James Tate
Ronald Frank Toncini

Gary Alan Vrenna
Janet Lorelie Watchek
Catherine Elaine Webb -

Magna Cum Laude

PUBLIC SCHOOL NURSING

Lockhart Burnett
Jane Causgrove
John M. Columbus
Margaret Annable Cope
Carol Gelesky
James Hillmeyer
Linda A. Lakotos
Edward A. Lindberg
Robert Skelton
.James Vanlaningham
Grace Watson

Elizabeth Butler Halttunen

LIBRARY SCIENCE

Mary Eleanor Allshouse
Patricia Ann Dalrymple
Virginia Lee Easley
Wilma Jean Smock

Student Affairs Award
Senior Traineeship in Mental Retardation
Senior Traineeship in Mental Retardation
Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship
Senior Traineeship in Mental Retardation
Student Affairs Award
Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PT A Scholarship
Helen Sabin Reed Scholarship
Student Affairs Award
Student Affairs Award
Senior Traineeship in Mental Retardation

UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS
Antoinette Deluca
Patricia A. Grandy
Cvieta Jovanovich
Pamela G. Kolaja
Joseph McNaul
Linda Neubrand
Lucile C. O'Donnell
Katherine L. Stephany
Karen L. Wallis
Susan Williams
Kathleen E. Wilson

Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship
Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship
Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship
Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship
Student Affairs Award
Student Affairs Award
Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship
Junior Traineeship in Mental Retardation
Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship
Student Affairs Award
Junior Traineeship in Mental Retardation

PROGRAM NOTES

PROGRAM NOTES

1969 Class Officers
Lockhart Burnett
Nicholas Sansone
Vicki Rivetti William Janosik
Barbara Cerra James Vanlaningham -

- President
- Vice President
- Secretary
Treasure,
- Female Representative of Student-Faculty Council
- Male Representative of Student-Faculty Council

The Junior Marshals
In the processional and recessional the degree candidates are escorted by the two Junior Marshals. The
position of Junior Marshal is an honor awarded each Commencement to the man and woman of the Junior
Class having earned the highest cumulative scholastic average.
Junior Marshals for the Midyear Commencement are Miss Lind'a Seitz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Advisers
Mr. Richard Gromen
Mr. Bruce Hamilton
Mrs. Pauline Manwaring
Mr. Robert Zanotti

John H. Seitz, Jr., Pittsburgh and Mr. Daryl Mecklem, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Mecklem, Fredonia,
Pennsylvania. Miss Seitz graduated from Keystone Oaks High School and is an elementary education major.
Mr. Mecklem was graduated from Lakeview High School and is a secondary education major specializing
in Social Studies.

The College Marshal
Leading the academic procession is the College Marshal. This honor is bestowed each Commencement
upon an outstanding faculty member. Dr. Ernest LaFollette, senior member of the Secondary Education
Department and Director of Audio-Visual Education, is today honored for his years of dedicated service
to the students of Edinboro State College.
Prior to joining the faculty of Edinboro State College in 1946, Dr. Lafollette had been a social studies
teacher and director of Audio-Visual Education in the Grosse Pointe School, Michigan. For more than a
dozen years after coming to Edinboro, he taught the undergraduate guidance course. However, his interest
in Audio-Visual Education led to his appointment in 1959 as Director of Audio-Visual Education. In
addition to his Administrative and teaching duties, he served for many years as chairman of the Homecoming Committee and adviser to the Camera Club. Photography and travel are of special interest to Dr.
Lafollette and he is well known for the sound motion pictures made of his travels. He recently developed
200 glass plate negatives from the collection of L. U. Kupper who was the college photographer from
1895 to 1940. These photographs provide a valuable record of the early history of Edinboro State College.

The Ceremonial Mace
The Ceremonial Mace, a symbol of presidential authority, is carried at the head of the academic
procession by the Grand Marshal, Dr. Ernest Lafollette. The Mace, a gift of the Alumni Association, was
designed and executed by Dr. Seymour Blinderman and Mr. Henry Katzwinkel of the Art faculty and was
first used at the Inauguration of President Chester T. McNerney.
The Mace, twenty-seven inches high, is topped by a sterling silver sphere studded by cone-shaped
rubies. The neck of the Mace is inlaid with rosewood, alternated with silver fleur-de-lis. Cultured pearls
mounted on cups encircle the top of the staff. Discs of silver interspersed with rosewood compose the
shaft which ends with tip-casted silver. Sunken cultured pearls encircle a rounded cone with textured silver
to end in a small globe.

PROGRAM NOTES

Academic Vestments
The gown, the cap and the hood, representing the major components of the academic dress, are
a ceremonial inheritance from the medieval universities of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, where
dress was the outward sign of privilege and responsibility. The academic dress worn by those participating
in today's academic processional symbolizes the level of their academic attainment and the institution
they attended.

MEMORIAL FOUNDATION GIFTS
"They received, each for his own memory, praise that grows not old, and with it the grandest of all
sepulchres, not that in which their mortal bones are laid, but a home in the minds of men, where their glory
remains fresh to stir to speech or action as the occasion comes by. For the whole earth is the sepulchre of
famous men; and their story is not graven only on stone over the native earth, but lives on far away, without
visible symbol, woven into the stuff of other men's lives." -Thucydides

Dr. Harry W. Earlley, March 25, 1966
Friends, alumni, family and students established a monetary gift in memory of Dr. Earlley, Dean of
Instruction, who was serving as Acting President of the College.

Gown
Dr. Thomas R. Miller, February 7, 1966
Although the gown is more frequently black, certain universities have authorized the use of colored
gowns. The Bachelor and Master gowns are fashioned from black serge. The yoke for the Bachelor gown
is designed to be worn closed and features long, flowing and pointed sleeves. The Master gown is designed
to be worn open or closed. Its sleeves are very long with square ends, and the front part has an arc
cut away. The arms protrude through a slit at the elbow. The gown for the Doctor degree is made of
wool, serge, or silk with an open front faced with wide velvet panels. The sleeves are loose and bell-shaped
with three bars of velvet in black or the color of the discipline in which the doctorate was obtained.

Hood
The most outstanding feature of the academic dress is the hood. It is usually worn only for the Master's
and the Doctor's · degrees. The Doctor's hood is longer than the Master's hood and has distinguishing
panels. The College or the University granting the degree is indicated by the color or coloring of the hood
lining. The velvet trim of the hood indicates the field in which the degree was granted.

The standard cap is the mortarboard, usually the color of the gown. The tassel is black for the
Baccalaureate and Master degree and is worn over the left front quarter of the cap. The tassel for the
Doctor's mortarboard is of gold thread. Undergraduates wear the tassel on the right side of the cap
until the moment the degree is conferred by the President.

Dr. Miller became the twelfth president of the College in 1954. Envisioning and developing a Master
Plan which is today under construction, the campus is comprised of 565 acres, a total final investment of
$45,000,000 with a planned completion date of 1972. Friends, alumni, faculty and students have established
a memorial gift in memory of this man for his many acts of kindnesses and understanding.

Corporal Gary Leslie Norman, December 18, 1967
Gary Norman, a former student at Edinboro State College, was killed in action in Vietnam. In his
memory his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Norman, Erie, have set up a scholarship fund to which friends
and business organizations have contributed.

Helen Sabin Reed, October 18, 1966
A $10,000 endowment was given to Edinboro State College in memory of Mrs. Helen Sabin Reed, a
member of the Education faculty since 1961. Because Mrs. Reed was a specialist in the reading field, the
yearly $500 scholarship will be awarded to an Elementary Education major. Mrs. Theo Sabin Meyer of Erie;
Mrs. Mildred Sabin Young, Los Angeles, California, sisters; and a brother Robert W . Sabin, Long Beach,
California, established the gift.

Dr. L. W. Vanlaningham, December 2, 1967
A memorial Student Teacher Loan Fund was established by associates, relatives and friends of Dr.
Vanlaningham who served the College as Director of Student Teaching and Placement from 1949 until
his death.

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

Hanna Kent Schoff Memorial Scholarships
The Pennsylvania Congress of Parents and Teachers makes available each year two scholarships to
outstanding high school students who will attend Edinboro State College. These yearly scholarships are
continuous for four years, upon review of the scholarship committee. Awards are made on the basis of
CEEB test results, grades, class rank, personal attributes, co-curricular activities, desire to teach and a
personal interview.

Pennsylvania Women's Club Art Scholarships
Each year three art students who achieved sophomore or higher standing are recipients of awards. The
Pennsylvania Federation of Women's Clubs provide the grants with the selections being made by the Art
Scholarship Award Committee.

FINANCIAL AID PROGRAM
Programs of financial assistance and the low cost of attending Edinboro State College have made
higher education a reality for most students possessing the desire and ability to achieve such a goal.

In addition to the Scholarship awards listed above, approximately $2,300,000 in financial assistance

will be received by students at Edinboro State College during the 1968-69 academic year through the
following programs:

Student Affairs Award

College Student Employment

Seven awards are granted to students on the basis of leadership from which the student body of Edinboro State College has benefited. The president, vice president and secretary of the Student-Faculty Council
each receives an award as a result of election to and serving in these offices. Four addiitonal awards are
granted as a result of competition involving junior and senior students on the basis of their student leader-

College Work-Study Program

ship roles.

T raineeship in Mental Retardation
This year four seniors and two juniors of Edinboro State College were awarded a traineeship grant
from the Federal Government. This award is given for outstanding scholarship, campus citizenship and
professional promise in the field of teaching the Mentally Retarded.

Weldon Levinson Scholarship
A $100 gift was presented to the Scholarship Foundation Fund through the generosity of Mr. Weldon
Levinson of Meadville. The money is to be awarded to a worthy student from the Meadville area to help
further his education.

Educational Opportunity Grants
National Defense Student Loans
Pennsylvania Higher Education
Assistance Agency Guaranty Loans
Pennsylvania Higher Education
AssiJtance Agency Scholarships

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

ALMA MATER
Mr. Irving Olds Murphy, President, Fairview
Mrs. Donald E. Conaway, Warren

Hail to thee, our Alma Mater glorious,

Mrs. Gilbert H. Diehl, Greenville

Fresh wreaths we bring to bind thy brow;

Mr. Max P. Gabreski, Oil City

Trials past thou hast withstood victorious

Mr. Forest W. Hopkins, North East

Never fairer, never statelier than now.

Dr. George H. Ledger, Union City

0 Edinboro, Edinboro, We revere thee,

Mr. Grosvenor S. McKee, Vice President, Meadville

Love thee, serve thee ever,

Mr. Wesley G. Reitze, Meadville

While class speeds class,

Mr. Carl Welch, Greenville

As swift years pass

Mr. William P. Rose, Honorary Life Member

To thee our hearts are true.

COUEGE ARCHIVES
Edinboro State College
Spring

COMMENCEM'E NT

May 25, 1969
Harrison Stadium
Edinboro, Pennsylvania

THE COMMENCEMENT PROCESSION

The College Marshal
The Junior Marshals
The President

ALMA MATER

The Trustees of the College
The Platform Guests

Hail to thee, our Alma Mater glorious,
Fresh wreaths we bring to bind thy brow;

The College Faculty
Members of the Graduating Class

Trials past thou hast withstood victorious
Never fairer, never statelier than now.
0 Edinboro, Edinboro, We revere thee,
Love thee, serve thee ever,
While class speeds class,
As swift years pass
To thee our hearts are true.

COLORS DISTINCTIVE OF THE DISCIPLINES AND PROFESSIONS
Apricot
Dark Blue
Light Blue
Peacock Blue
Brown
Citron - Copper
Crimson - Drab Gray - Silver Gray
Green - - Olive Green
Sage Green
Lemon
Lilac - Maize - Orange
Pink - - Salmon Pink
Purple
Russet - Scarlet
White - Golden Yellow

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Nursing
Philosophy
Education
- Public Administration
Fine Arts
- Social Work
Economics
- f ournalism
- Business
Veterinary Science
Oratory
- Medicine
- Pharmacy
- Physical Education
- Library Science
Dentistry
Agriculture
- Engineering
- Music
Public Health
Law
Forestry
Theology
Arts, Letters and Humanities
- Science

PROGRAM

PROGRAM
Two O'Clock

Dr. Chester T. McNerney, Presiding
Presentation of Candidates for the Bachelor
of Arts and Bachelor of Science Degree

Prelude

Wind Ensemble, Dr. Donald Panhorst
Director

Academic Processional

CORONATION MARCH from "The Prophet"
GRAND MARCH from "Aida"

Meyerbeer
Verdi

Dr. Eldon Shupe
Dean of Liberal Art.r

Conferring of the Bachelor of Arts and
Bachelor of Science Degree and
Presentation of Diplomas

Dr. Chester T. McNerney

Presentation of Candidates for the
Bachelor of Science in Education Degree

Dr. Jack B. Hetrick
Dean of Teacher Ed11catio11

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM

The Reverend James W. Tipton
Minister of St. Paul Lutheran Church,
Drakes Mills and Edinboro

Invocation

ALLELUIA, GLORIUS IS THY NAME

Concert Chorale

Robert Olsen
Mr. Frank Mueller, Director

The Honorable William G. Davis
Minister of Education, Toronto, Canada
"LIBERAL EDUCATION IN A TECHNICAL SOCIETY"

Conferring of Bachelor of Science
in Education Degree and
Presentation of Diplomas

Dr. Chester T. McNerney

/

Charge to the Graduates

Mr. Paul Foust
Past President of Alumni Association

Commencement Address

Presentation of the Academic Deans

Dr. James E. McKinley
Dean of Academic Affairs

Presentation of Candidates
for the Master of Arts
and Master of Education Degree

Dr. Jack E. Williams
Dean of Graduate Studies

Concluding Statement

*ALMA MATER

Benediction

Recessional
Conferring of the Master of Arts and
Master of Education Degree and
Presentation of the Diplomas

Dr. Chester T. McNerney

The Reverend Arthur Rathbun
Vicar of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Waterford
ACADEMIC PROCESSION

Clifton Williams

Dr. Chester T. McNerney
President
*The audience is asked to join in the singing of the Alma Mater which is printed in the front of the program.

THE GRADUATING CLASS

THE GRADUATING CLASS

Master of Arts Degree

Master of Education Degree

Jerry Lee George, B.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1964

GUIDANCE

Master of Education Degree
ELEMENTARY
Claire Ruth Barnett, B.S., Indiana University of Pa., 1965
Audrey Elaine Chovan, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1968
Joan A. Fisher, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1967
Helen H. Hanson, B.A., Hope College, 1954
Susan E. Heise, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1968
Thomas C. Hoyt, B.S., Gannon College, 1953
Charles W. Jeffords, B.S., Grove City College, 1962
Geraldine Ann Jobes, B.S., Villa Maria College, 1965
Linda 1. LaScola, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1966
Judith Swartz McKay, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1966
Andrea Vivian Mirarchi, B.S., University of Pittsburgh, 1964
Mary Ann Schmidt, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1966
Laurie Lee Sedelmeyer, B.S., Mercyhurst College, 1966
Dennis Russell Smith, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1968
Shirley Bock Testi, B.S., Fredonia State College, 1950
Marian Elaine Wages, B.S., Edinboro State College, 195 7
SECONDARY
Edward R. Barch, B.S., California State College, Pa., 1962
William Lewis Compton, B.S., Indiana University of Pa., 1965
Bette Ruth Hoenes, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1968
Rosalie Ann Moreland, B.A., Thiel College, 1962
Verel Ray Salmon, B.S., Pennsylvania State University, 1967
Carl M. Servey, B.S., Clarion State College, 1952
Robert E. Stone, B.S., Thiel College, 1959

Frances McKay Roggenbaum, A.B., Greenville College, 1935
Yvonne E. Schrecengost, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1965
Ralph Dan Seigworth, B.S., Lycoming College, 1966
Kathleen Ann Sullivan, B.S., Mercyhurst College, 1964

Baccalaureate Degrees

Bachelor of Arts Degree
David Bruce Anderson
John D. Anderson - Magna Cum Laude
Leslie Eugene Benn
Daniel J. Bissontz
John Martin Bowen, Jr.
Kenneth Paul Brandt
James Richard Brow~
Joseph George Bubonic - Cum Laude
Lockhart S. Burnett
John Louis Caretti
Sharon Marie Carlson
Charles Frank Chapas
James Reid Colangelo
Richard Raymond Detzel
Joan Ellen Dithrich
Mark Decatur Fellows
· Cheryl Ann Garvin
Judy Ann Gordon
John Charles Gorman III
Joanne P. Gualtieri
Joseph H. Hearn
Patricia Lee Hill - Magna Cum Laude

Nelson Charles Horine II
Francis Michael Hughes
Charles Andrew Kemling
Daniel Raymond Killian
Robert N. Maloney
John Edward Marcinowski
Robert Boyd McCorkle ,
Dalph Steck McNeil
Douglas Bailey Nagle III
Donald 1. Nuss - Magna Cum Laude
Robert Louis Peitrasanta
Vincent 1. Pugliese
Sandra Jeane Robinson - Summa Cum Laude
Clarence E. Rupp
George F. Schmalzreid II -Summa Cum Laude
Patrick Daniel Smith
David Anson Sowry
Paul W. Valentine
James Robert Vanlaningham-Magna Cum Laude
Stephen S. Wiencek
Brian A. Wood
William Jay Woodring
Gary Duane Yochum

GUIDANCE
PSYCHOLOGY
Roger Wilson Brown, B.S., Kent State, 1964
Edward Everett Byham, B.S., Allegheny College, 1954
Gary Richard Cermak, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1965
Trenna Audean Dahle, B.S.N., University of Pittsburgh, 1965
Peter Paul Haluska, B.S., California State College, Pa., 1966
James H. Hughey, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1956
Norbert P. Kaczmarek, B.A., Gannon College, 1965
Jill Muir Klinger, B.S., Juniata College, 1960
Robert Bruce Leiter, B.S., Ashland College, 1964
Richard M. Lenhart, B.A., Waynesburg College, 1961
Margaret Ann Mangini, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1964
Patricia Lee Mihalak, B.S., Mercyhurst College, 1961
Nancy Neubrand Patterson, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1964

James Michael Carrig

Anna B. Clifton Daniel Louis Yeager -

Cum Laude

POLITICAL SCIENCE
Saundra M. Straw

Bachelor of Science Degree
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
Julie Ann Brown

Magna Cum Laude

THE GRADUATING CLASS

THE GRADUATING CLASS

Bachelor of Science in Education Degree

ELEMENTARY

ART
Jeannette Dorothy Ali
James Edward Antis
Miles Charles Bair
Thomas C. Bidwell
Joan E. Bilec
Ronald William Bradley
David Arnold Brandell
Barbara Therese Cerra
Lynnette Marie Cherny
Anita R. Conti
Karen Lee Cook
Daniel James Cowen
Patricia Louise Davidowski
Douglas Reed Dewey
Peter Charles Dooley
Linda L. DePalma Dunbar
Janice Diane Ekstrand
Nelson Lee Erb
Cheryl Irene Fendya
Susan J. Finegan
Virginia Fair Fitch
George Ann Goff
Elaine Lou Grant
Judith Ann Greco
Kristine Julia Heinrich
Ronald Thomas Hess

Leslie Richard James
Kathleen Gibson Knopp
Richard Walker Kolb
Michael John Korczynski
Louise F. Lawver
George Russell Lloyd
James David Lucas
Jean Helen MacArthur
Michael Louis Manfredi
Sondra Manolovich
Lana Jean Merhaut
Larry Albert Mertz
Linda Jean Michalski -Magna Cum Laude
Mary Ma:rtha Mitcham
Susan Rebecca Naser
Margaret Elizabeth Owens
Susan Jane Peterson
Vicki Jean Sabo
George Falconer Sanfilippo
Ruth Kathryn Schmitt
Janice Lynn Singer
Sherry Darlene Stone
Diane Marie Stoneburner
Margaret R. Takash
Edna Paulette Weight
Kathy Lynne Wyant
Nancy Louise Yadlosky
ELEMENTARY

Shirley Swanson Adams John Joseph Aloi
Patricia E. Anderson
Suzanne Arlotti
Linda Lee Bair
Susan Elizabeth Baird
Susan J. Baker
Janet L. Behm
Dorothy Jean Benish
Marlene A. Bergamasco
Geraldine Sue Bernard

Cum Laude

Carol Jeanne Bianchi
Judith Ann Bosnjak
Kay L. Bowen
Shirley Ann Bowers
Ruth N. Brady
Sylvia Jean Brock
Linda Lou Brooks
Jane Ruth Brown
Jean Ann Buchko
Richard Davis Burlingame
Patricia Ann Butler - Magna Cum Laude

Dorothy E. Buza
Gloria Jean Caltcrone
Candise Marie Campagna
John J. Carihar

Marlene Patric.ia Carnvale
Elaine Carol Carter
Jane Mary Causgrove - Magna Cum Laude
Suzanne I. Christensen
Cheryl Christine Cifrulak
Shelia Ann Clark
Karen Kitcey Cobucci
Judith Anne Cochran
Cheryl M. Cole
Judith A. Coleman
Gary Anthony Colonna
John Michael Columbus
Amber Le Conti
Susan Mae Cook
Elaine Rita Cosentino
Suzanne C. Cowan
Betty Jean Cowher
Ruth Elda Cujas
Patricia Ann Curran
Stephen Landis DeCota
Paula M. DeMarco
Henry Huston Derikart
Bernadette M. DiCesare
Janice Dickie
Sandra Jane Diedrichs
Kathleen Donaldson
Lorraine Ann Douglass
John A. Down~ng
Nancy ·Dunbar
Jacqueline Dutton
Catherine Marie Eberl
Martha Marie Ed
Cynthia Jean Ekis
Jacqueline Ruth Elliott
Jane Eileen Emshwiller
Judith Anne Fabian
Lorraine Woods Feinberg
Earl L. Feigert, Jr.
Dennis Clyde Feltenberger
Ronald George Fenchak
Martin Ferrell, Jr.

David Keith Fetterman
Susan Paulette Fichtner
Suzette Elaine Fichtner
Kathryn Ann Fieger
Mary Jo Filipovich
Sherleen Kay Fiorina
Martha Kamerer Fisher
Robert Duane Fitch
Karen R. Fleisch
Ellen Lynn Foote
Karen Astrid Forsberg
Gerald Alan Fouse
Bruce M. Frazee
Charles H. Gallagher, Jr.
Patricia Jane Gallagher - Cum Laude
Denise Marie Gad
Wayne Benton Garrett
Marsha Lois Garrity
Neda A. Gauriloff
Susan M. Gauscheman
Nancy I. Geier
Carol A. Gelesky
Mary Louise Gentile
Eileen Gliptis
Gretchen Anne Gombita
Evangeline Goodrich
Robert Jan Gorny
Susan Jean Greitzer
Sarah Elizabeth Grimshaw
Margaret Mary Grzejka
Brenda Kay Hagerty
Donna M. Haines
Anita May Hakanson
Karen Sue Haley
Ronald D. Hanks
Kathleen R. Hannah
Nancy Louise Harwood - Cum Laude
Nancy E. Havlicsek
Florence Heasley
Patricia Lynne Heelan
Karen Alice Hill
Lois Jane Himmler
Johnna Lynn Hinkle
Mary Lou Holcomb
Christine Hoskowicz

THE GRADUATING CLASS

THE GRADUATING CLASS

ELEMENTARY

ELEMENTARY

Dorothy J. Hough
Karen L. Huber
Sharon Lynn Hughes
Sharyn V. Hughes
David Lee Hunsberger
Carol A. Hunter
Carol Frances Jackson
Nancy Ann Jackson
Linda J. Jacobson
David M. Jancaro
Lois Carol Joseph
Barbara J. Kalin
Patricia Ann Kaye
Judith Ann Kindling
Frank S. Klapach
Beverly Ann Klinge
Frank Joseph Koprivnikar
Connie L. Lange
Gary Alan Lawson
Pauline Lazar
Nancy Beth Lebenberg
Gloria Jean Lelak
Patricia A. Lewis
Marcelene Ann Liberto
Edward Alan Lindberg - Cum Laude
Nancy Jane Linn
Mary Lynne Lobaugh
Emily Lydia Lucarotti
Carol Ann Lucas
Kristine Lutsch
Karen Ann Mahon
James Edward Mahoney
Elaine Louise Maravich
Nancy E. Martin
Susan Carol Martino
Martha Ellen Maxwell
Gary Ray McCaslin
Sharon Rose McCray
Melody Ann Mclaughlin
Patricia Lynn McMunn
Barbara Gayle Merz
Nancy Janet Michael
Mary E. Miehl
Linda L. Monti
Mona Lou Mook
Anne Marie Moosmann

Cheryl E. Morton
Barbara Muchinhaupt
Terri L. Nagel
Donna Jean Nan
Albert P. Nardiello
June Marie Newhouse
Don C. Nicalo
Karen Ann O gurchak
Mary Ann O'Neill
Eileen O'Connor
Linda L. Osborne
Donna J. Ott
Irene J. Patuc
Cheryll Ann Paul
Louise Pelino
Carol F. Pencer
Kathleen J. Pennline
Cynthia A. Petersen
Ronald Glenn Petrisko
Jo Anne Plasick
Carol Ann Popovich
Sandra Ann Porfilio
Jeannette A. Portu
Judith Ann Powell
Marcia Ann Prassack
Linda Schneider Prather
Barbara Pringle
Joan Prudente
F ranees E. Razem
Lesley Jean Riddle
Gary John Rilling
Fay A. Rittenour
Emily Frances Roberts
Kathy Etta Robson
Cathy Jo Rody
Katharine Anne Rose
Eileen Carolyn Ross
Peggy Ann Rump
Thomas Frank Rupnik
Nancy Louise Sampson
Kathleen L. Sand
Joette Elaine Sartain
Julia Ann Savko
Thomas M. Scarpitti
Karen L. Schneider
Diana Lee Schriver

Carolyn Ruth Secord - Magna Cum Laude
Deborah See
,Laurel Anne Sembower
Cheryl Barbara Serafini
Virgie Grace Shea
Jill Allyson Shook
Cheryl Ann Simmons
Valarie Jean Simmons
Ann Marie Simon
Timothy L. Sisley
Robert Lee Slingluff, Jr.
Joel Preston Sloss
Linda Kathleen Smith
Rebecca Smith
Janet Ruth South
Sarah A. Spinelli
Roberta Arlene Spithaler
Christine Marie Sprenger
Victoria Lynn Stainbrook
Patricia Anne Stanger
Doris Ann Stawniak
Linda Rae Steadman
Judy Lucinda Stephens
Beverly Ann Stevens
Sharon Fletcher Stollings
Russell Herbert Stoneman
Barbara Louise Stough
Cheri Lynn Stull - Magna Cum Laude
Janet Louise Stumpf
Joan Marie Sundell
Ralph Edward Swan

Jacqueline M. Tabita
Margie Ann Marie Tarcy
Barbara Lee Taylor
Jack Lee Temperante
Paul Andrew Tepper, Jr.
Judith Anne Thomas
M. Lois Tomlinson
Darlene Toner
Joseph R. Tuminello
James D. Turzanski
Daniel Tysiachney
Sara E. Van Dyke
James Gilbert Varley
Patricia Kay Vernallis
Lylian Jo Vogt
Virginia Frances Wade - Cum Laude
Janet Blair Walker
Michelle Susat Walsh
Grace Emma Watson
Joye Louise Welsh
Mary Jane White
John W. Wiegle
Margaret Ann Williams
Nancy Ellen Willis
Toni Michele Wojtkowski
Judith Ann Wood
Barbara Joan Yerskey
Gretchen Lynn Yoder
Pamela Ann Zalik
Joseph John Zebrine
Raymond Paul Zechender

SECONDARY
Marilyn Kathryn Abel
Beckie Jo Adams
Jessie C Andrews - Cum Laude
Richard E. Andrews
Ruth Ann Aultz - Magna Cum Laude
Donna Jean Baird
Timothy Hugh Barner
William J. Barringer
John Drake Bauman

Connie Lee Bennett - Cum Laude
Jacqueline S. Berarducci
Samuel Thomas Biletnikoff
Joanna Mae Billingsley
Joseph 0 . Blanco
Lillian Ann Bogovich
George Edward Bradley, II
Linda Root Bradley
Barbara Cheryl Brennan

THE GRADUATING CLASS

THE GRADUATING CLASS

SECONDARY

SECONDARY
Daniel Michael Brennan
Christine A. Brodict
Lynn R. Brumagin
Christie Perry Bystron
Robert Gerald Calaski
Robert V. Camped el
Lois Jean Chobot
Dennis Earl Clever
Mary Anne Coleman
Brian A. Connolly
Lynda Ann Cook
Frank R. Coolong
Carol Ann Craig
Diane Patricia Davis
Vincent DeCaria
Alan Lee DeMaison
George H. Deshner, III
William P. Doak, Jr.
Donald Duane Double
Ronald James Drop
Andrea P. Dudek
George Edward Ebel, Jr.
Richard Dale Eberlin
David L. Edwards
William J. English
Michael Joseph Errigo
Dorothy Lee Everett
David Leslie Ewing
Cyril John Furlan
Richard Russell Garverick
Robert Morton Getkin, Jr.
Mary Janet Goss
Jean A. Gratson
Kenneth C. Gross
R. James Gurnee
W. Douglas Hager
Howard Anthony Hain - Magna Cum Laude
Thomas Richard Hansen, II
Charles L. Hardester
Lloyd Donald Harvey
William James Herniman
James LeRoy Herzing - Cum Laude
Esther F. Heth
James Robert Hillmeyer

Cecelia L. Hines - Cum Laude
James M. Holl
Clark W. Hornstein
Paul C. Huckno
Cean Marie Hummel
Harry L. Humphrey, Jr.
Janet L. Ingold - Cum Laude
John David Jeffers
Douglas Donald Johnson
Linda Yvonne Johnston
Sarah Jane Jones
Margaret Mary Karl
Anna Marie Kavanash
Thomas Earl Kelley
Evelyn Lorraine Lewis King
William J. Krall
Linda Ann Lakatos --,- Magna Cum Laude
Judith A. Lakits
Clarence Andrew Landsperger
Lauren Louise Lane
qeorge Alex Macey
Joseph Harold Marchlewski
Gerald E. Matteson
Sabina Margaret McAfee
Jon Paul McArthur ,
William Dale McElroy
William R. McGuire
Adlinda Kathryn McKernan
Joseph E. Meako
Rita Catherine Meister
Richard N. Merenick
Joanne E. Miller - Summa Cum Laude
Raymond Nicholas Mitchell
Ethel J. Morante - Cum Laude
William Alton Morelli
Irene Janet Moser
Patricia Ann Moses
Larry K. Muir - Cum Laude
Charles T. Nageotte
William Dennis Naser
Sandra Lou Nehlen
Eric R. Niemi
Kathrine Maria Norder
Darrell Duane Obert

John W . Osterholm
Bruce C. Payer
Richard S. Pelc
James Michael Quill - Cum Laude
Harry D. Rafle
Karen Lou Rieck
Vicki Lynn Rivetti
William Paul Rodgers
Sandra R. Ronge
Kathleen Rung
Janet Louise Ryan
Michael Emil Sage
Nicholas John Sansone
William James Saxton
Hermey Stanley Schlesinger
Eugen~ Scholsser
F ranees Sheets Scheuers
Harry James Shafer
Karen E. Skadhauge
Robert Telford Skelton
Christine H. Smith
Sandra Marie Sorger .
Dale L. Sparks - Cum Laude
Gregory John Yarbenet

Mary Ellen Stark - Magna Cum Laude
Elaine Elizabeth Stefan
Richard A. Steinbrink
William Braden Sturm
Lee Robert Sutley
Joseph Edw~;d Sweeny
John Lawrence Tague, Jr.
Joy Ann Taylor
Teresa June Tenney
Keith Edward Thimons
Nancy Ellen Thomas
Cathy Anne Thompson
Gay Karen Thorr
Edward W. Travis
Donald Lee Tulloch - Magna Cum Laude
Donna R. Turton
Anna Marie Weber
Charles William Welsh
Marilyn Eileen Whalen
Kenneth Eugene Wilkins
Janet L. Will
Donald L. Will
Daniel Robert Xethakis

LIBRARY SCIENCE
Patricia Ann Kintz
Linda P. Lafferty
Pamela A. Matika
Sara Kay Pitzer
Angelika E. Puscher
Rosane Scott
Clara M. Vana
Mary L. Watt
Judith Lee Weidner

Linda M. Archacki
Margaret Timashenka Clark
Rozan L. Eazer
Judith O. Greer
Joyce Elaine Hartford
Katherine Marie Hatton
Catherine Kazel
Mary Alice Keebaugh
Phyllis June Keller

PUBLIC SCHOOL NURSING
Phyllis Lee Anselmo

SENIOR AWARDS

HONORS GROUP
This group includes those degree candidates who have earned at least sixty-four credits as students of .
Edinboro State College and who have attained the following cumulative averages: Summa Cum Laude,
3.80 to 4.00; Magna Cum· Laude, 3.60 to 3.79; and Cum Laude, 3.40 to 3.59.

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Joanne E. Miller
Sandra' Jeane Robinson
George F. Schmalzried

Magna Cum Laude
John D. Anderson
Ruth Ann Aultz
Patricia Ann Butler
Jane Mary Causgrove
Anna B. Clifton
Howard A. Hain
Patricia Lee Hill
Linda Ann Lakatos
Linda Jean Michalski
Donald L. Nuss
Carolyn Ruth Secord
Mary Ellen Stark
Cheri Lynn Stull
Donald Lee Tulloch
James Robert Vanlaningham

Cum Laude
Shirley Swanson Adams
Jessie C. Andrews
Connie Lee Bennett
Joseph George Bubonic
Patricia Jane Gallagher
Nancy Louise Harwood
James Leroy Herzing
Cecelia L. Hines
Janet L. Ingold
Edward Alan Lindberg
Ethel J. Morante
Larry K. Muir
James Michael Quill
Dale L. Spark
Virginia Frances Wade
Daniel Louis Yeager

Lockhart Burnett
Jane Causgrove
Margaret Clark
John M. Columbus
Margaret A. Cope
Carol Gelesky
James Hillmeyer
Linda A. Lakotos
Edward A. Lindberg
Robert Skelton
James VanLaningham
Grace Watson
To be announced

Student Affairs Award
Senior Traineeship in Mental Retardation
Mildred Forness Award for the
Outstanding Library Science graduate
Senior Traineeship in Mental Retardation
Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship
Senior T raineeshi p in Mental Retardation
Student Affairs A ward
Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship
Helen Sabin Reed Scholarship
Student Affairs Award
Student Affairs A ward
Senior Traineeship in Mental Retardation
Jack Finegan Award

UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS
Margaret Bortner
Antoinette DeLuca
Patricia A. Grandy
Cvieta Jovanovich
Pamela G. Kolaja
Joseph McNaul
Linda Neubrand
Lucile C. O'Donnell
Colleen E. Shaffer
Katherine Stephany
Karen L. Wallis
Susan Williams
Kathleen E. Wilson
To be announced
To be announced

Medal of Merit Award, Pi Delta Epsilon,
Honorary Collegiate Journalism Fraternity
Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship
Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship
Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship
Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship
Student Affairs Award
Student Affairs Award
Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship
Weldon Scholarship
Junior T raineeshi p in Mental Retardation
Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship
Student Affairs Award
Junior Traineeship in Mental Retardation
Delta Kappa Gamma Scholarship
Pennsylvania Federation of Women's Clubs
Art Scholarships (two awards)

PROGRAM NOTES

PROGRAM NOTES

which she directed the Library Science Department full time. In addition to her administrative and teaching

1969 Class Officers

duties Miss Forness chaired the Faculty Committee in planning Hamilton Library and guided the founding
Lockhart Burnett

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of the Student Library Association which was installed into Alpha Beta Alpha, the national undergraduate

Nicholas Sansone
Vicki Rivetti -

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for 37 years. Professional interests and activities were supplemented with personal interest in countless

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Barbara Cerra -

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Secretary
Treasure,
Female Representative of Student-Faculty Council

will maintain her interest and contact with those who remember her as a faculty member dedicating ·her

James Vanlaningham

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library science fraternity, this past April. She served as adviser to Alpha Delta Sorority, now Delta Zeta,
individual students to whom she offered advice and friendship. As an emeritus faculty member Miss Forness
professional life to the students and faculty of the college.

Advisers
The Junior Marshals
Mr. Richard Gromen
Mr. Bruce Hamilton
Mrs. Pauline Manwaring

position of Junior Marshal is an honor awarded each Commencement to a man and woman of the junior

Mr. Robert Zanotti

class having earned an outstanding cumulative scholastic average.

In the processional and recessional the degree candidates are escorted by the two Junior Marshals. The

Junior Marshals for the Spring Commencement are Miss Dorothy Bowser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

1969 Class Gift
Fireplace for the new Student Lodge
Contribution to the Edinboro Foundation
Two sets of books to Hamilton Library

Neil Bowser, Wheatland, Pennsylvania, and Mr. Thomas Kalista, son of Mrs. Victoria Kalista, Erie. Miss
Bowser was graduated from Farrell Senior High School and is an elementary education major. Mr. Kalista
was graduated from Cathedral Preparatory School and is a secondary education major specializing in social
studies.
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in memory of Carol Imhoff and Jan DeZanet

The College Marshal
The College Marshal leads the academic procession. This honor is bestowed each commencement upon
an outstanding faculty member. Miss Mildred Forness, Chairman of the Library Science Department, is
today honored for her 45 years of dedicated service and friendship to the students and faculty of Edinboro
State College.

The Ceremonial Mace
The Ceremonial Mace, a symbol of presidential authority, is carried at the head of the academic
procession by the Grand Marshal, Miss Mildred Forness. The Mace, a gift of the Alumni Association, was
designed and executed by Dr. Seymour Blinderman and Mr. Henry Katzwinkel of the Art faculty and was
first used at the Inauguration of President Chester T. McNerney.

In July, 1922, after being graduated from the State University of New York at Geneseo, Miss Forness

The Mace, twenty-seven inches high, is topped by a sterling silver sphere studded by cone-shaped

joined the faculty and served for three years as assistant librarian. She then attended St. Bonaventure

rubies. The neck of the Mace is inlaid with rosewood, alternated with silver fleur-de-lis. Cultured pearls
mounted on cups encircle the top of the staff. Discs of silver interspersed with rosewood compose the

University for two years of further study. Following her return to the college, Miss Forness was appointed
Head Librarian. She was granted her master's degree at Northwestern . University in 1937. She organized
the Library Science Department in 1960 after serving as chairman of both departments until 1966 after

shaft which ends with tip-casted silver. Sunken cultured pearls encircle a rounded cone with textured silver
to end in a small globe.

THE GRADUATION CLASS

PROGRAM NOTES

In 1962 Edinboro State College was authorized to offer an undergraduate arts and sciences curriculum.

This event marked the first step in the plan change of Edinboro State College from a teacher education
college to a multipurpose institution of higher education.
The college draws closer to this goal as it graduates today its first candidate for the Bachelor of Science
Degree and its first candi·dates for the Master of Arts Degree.
Another chapter is added to the history of the college today as the college graduates its largest class. At
today's ceremony five hundred eighty-one bachelor degrees and forty-two master's degrees will be awarded.

Academic Vestments
The gown, the cap and the hood, representing the major components of the academic dress, are
a ceremonial inheritance from the medieval universities of the eleventh and twelfth centuries where
' dress was the outward sign of privilege and responsibility. The academic dress worn by those parti~ipating
in today's academic processional symbolizes the level of their academic attainment and the institution
they attended.

THE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
The Honorable William G. Davis, Minister of Education, Toronto, Canada.
Dr. Davis received the BA degree at the University of Toronto and the Bachelor of Laws at Osgoode
Hall. He was called to the Bar in 1955 and then joined his father's Brampton Law firm as a partner.
He served on the Peel Memorial Hospital Board, Brampton Public School Board, the Brampton
Chamber of Commerce and the local Kiwanis Club. As a member of the Ontario Young Progressive
Conservative Association, he became interested in politics.
In 1959 at age 29 Dr. Davis contested and won Peel riding ( electoral district) and was reelected

in 1963 and 1967.
In addition to serving on nearly every standing committee of the Legislature, Dr. Davis has been a
member of the select committee on the problems of government. In 1962 he was appointed Minister of
Education and in 1964 was placed in charge of the new Department of University Affairs.

Dr. Davis has long been interested in the special concerns of the child as a student. He has effected a
modernization of curriculum at all levels, reduced the number of school boards from over 5,000 to 150
and made Ontario the leading participant in the expansion of .technical and vocational training facilities.
Under Dr. Davis's direction a network of 20 colleges of applied arts and technology, a new form of
post-secondary institution, has been established across the province.

Gown
Although the gown is more frequently black, certain universities have authorized the use of colored
gowns. The Bachelor and Master gowns are fashioned from bhck serge. The yoke, for the Bachelor gown
is designed to be worn closed and features long, flowing and pointed sleeves. The Master gown is designed
to be worn open or closed. Its sleeves are very long with square ends, and the front part has an arc
cut away. The arms protrude through a slit at the elbow. The gown for the Doctor degree is made of
wool, serge, or silk with an open front faced with wide velvet panels. The sleeves are loose and bell-shaped
with three bars of velvet in black or the color of the discipline in which the doctorate was obtained.

Hood
The most outstanding feature of the academic dress is the hood. It is usually worn only for the Master's
and the Doctor's degrees. Th<: Doctor's hood is longer than the Master's hood and has distinguishing
panels. The College or the University granting the degree is indicated by the color or coloring of the hood
lining. The velvet trim of the hood indicates the field in which the degree was granted.

A provincial education television system inaugurated by Dr. Davis has already produced some 800
programs ranging from kindergarten to the Grade 1 3 level.
In 1967 Dr. Davis was elected chairman of the newly formed Council of Ministers of Education, a

body which constitutionally is the closest approach in Canada to a national office of education.
Dr. Davis has been honored by five universities for his work in education: Waterloo Lutheran University, University of Western Ontario, University of Toronto, McMaster University and Queen's University.

The standard cap is the mortarboard, usually the color of the gown. The tassel is black for the
Baccalaureate and Master degree and is worn over the left front quarter of the cap. The tassel for the
Doctor's mortarboard is of gold thread. Undergraduates wear the tassel on the right side of the cap
until the moment the degree is con£erred by the President.

MEMORIAL FOUNDATION GIFTS

"They received, each for his own memory, praise that grows not old, and with it the grandest of all
sepulchres, not that in which their mortal bones are laid, but a home in the minds of men, where their glory
remains fresh to stir to speech or action as the occasion comes by. For the whole earth is the sepulchre of
famous men; and their story is not graven only on stone over the native earth, but lives on far away, without
visible symbol, woven into the stuff of other men's lives." -Thucydides

MEMORIAL FOUNDATION GIFTS

Dr. L. W . Vanlaningham, December 2, 1967
A memorial Student Teacher Loan Fund was established by associates, relatives and friends of Dr.
Vanlaningham who served the College as Director of Student Teaching and Placement from 1949 until
his death.

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
Dr. Harry W. Earlley, March 25, 1966
Friends, alumni, family and students established a monetary gift in memory of Dr. Earlley, Dean of
Instruction, who was serving as Acting President of the College.

Delta Kappa Gamma Scholarship
The Alpha Iota Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma professional sorority awards annually a $200
scholarship to an outstanding female education major. Academic achievement, service to the college and
financial need are the criteria for selection of the recipient.

Jack Finegan, April 9, 1969
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Finegan provide a $50 annual award to an outstanding male English student
who shows a tendency to write prose or poetry that is intended to make mankind aware of the needs of
his fellow-man and that places an emphasis on the desire to make the world a better place in which to live.
This award was established in memory of their son Jack Finegan, a former student at Edinboro State College.

Dr. Thomas R. Miller, February 7, 1966
Dr. Miller became the twelfth president of the College in 1954. Envisioning and developing a Master
Plan which is today under construction, the campus is comprised of 565 acres, a total final investment of
$45,000,000 with a planned completion date of 1972. Friends, alumni, faculty and students have established
a memorial gift in memory of this man for his many acts of kindnesses and understanding.

Corporal Gary Leslie Norman, December 18, 1967
Gary Norman, a former student at Edinboro State College, was killed in action in Vietnam. In his
memory his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Norman, Erie, have set up a scholarship fund to which friends
and business organizations have contributed.

Helen Sabin Reed, October 18, 1966
A $10,000 endowment was given to Edinboro State College in memory of Mrs. Helen Sabin Reed, a
member of the Education faculty since 1961. Because Mrs. Reed was a specialist in the reading field, the
yearly $500 scholarship will be awarded to an Elementary Education major. Mrs. Theo Sabin Meyer of Erie;
Mrs. Mildred Sabin Young, Los Angeles, California, sisters; and a brother Robert W. Sabin, Long Beach,
California, established the gift.

Hanna Kent Schoff Memorial Scholarships
The Pennsylvania Congress of Parents and Teachers makes available each year two scholarships to
outstanding high school students who will attend Edinboro State College. These yearly scholarships are
continuous for four years, upon review of the scholarship committee. Awards are made on the basis of
CEEB test results, grades, class rank, personal attributes, co-curricular activities, desire to teach and a
personal interview.

Pennsylvania Women's Club Art Scholarships
Each year three art students who achieved sophomore or higher standing are recipients of awards. The
Pennsylvania Federation of Women's Clubs provide the grants with the selections being made by the Art
Scholarship Award Committee.

Student Affairs Award
Seven awards are granted_to students on the basis of leadership from which the student body of Edinboro State College ha~ benefited. The president, vice president and secretary of the Student-Faculty Council
each receives an award as a result of election to and serving in these offices. Four addiitonal awards are
granted as a result of competition involving junior and senior students on the basis of their student leadership roles.

T raineeship in Mental Retardation
This year four seniors and two juniors of Edinboro State College were awarded a traineeship grant
from the Federal Government. This award is given for outstanding scholarship, campus titizenship and
professional promise in the field of teaching the Mentally Retarded.

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

Weldon Levinson Scholarship
A $100 gift was presented to the Scholarship Foundation Fund through the generosity of Mr. Weldon

Levinson of Meadville. The money is to be awarded on the basis of academic achievement and financial need -

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

to a worthy student from the Meadville area to help further this education.

Mr. Irving Olds Murphy, President, Fairview
Mrs. Donald E. Conaway, Warren
Mrs. Gilbert H. Diehl, Greenville

FINANCIAL AID PROGRAM
Programs of financial assistance and the low cost of attending Edinboro State College have made
higher education a reality for most students possessing the desire and ability to achieve such a goal.

In addition to the Scholarship awards listed above, approximately $2,300,000 in financial assistance

Mr. Max P. Gabreski, Oil City
Mr. Forest W. Hopkins, North East
Dr. George H. Ledger, Union City
Mr. Grosvenor S. McKee, Vice President, Meadville

will be received by students at Edinboro State College during the 1968-69 academic year through the

Mr. Wesley G. Reitze, Meadville

following programs:

Mr. Carl Welch, Greenville
Mr. William P. Rose, Honorary Life Member
Educational Opportunity Grants

National Defense Student Loans

Pennsylvania Higher Education
Assistance Agency Scholarships

Student Empoyment

Edinboro State College
Summer

COMMENCEMENT

August 23, 1969
Harrison Stadium
Edinboro, Pennsylvania

THE COMMENCEMENT PROCESSION

The College Marshal
The President
The Trustees of the College

ALMA MATER

The Platform Guests
The College F acuity

Hail to thee, our Alma Mater glorious,
Members of the Graduating Class

Fresh wreaths we bring to bind thy brow;
Trials past thou hast withstood victorious
COLORS DISTINCTIVE OF THE DISCIPLINES AND PROFESSIONS

Never·fairer, never statelier than now.
O Edinboro, Edinboro, We revere thee,
Love thee, serve thee ever,
While class speeds class,
As swift years pass
To thee our hearts are true.

Apricot - Dark Blue
Light Blue
Peacock Blue
Brown
- Citron - - Copper - Crimson - Drab - - Gray - Silver Gray
Green - - Olive Green Sage Green
Lemon
- Lilac Maize - Orange - Pink - - Salmon Pink Purple
- Russet - Scarlet
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Golden Yellow

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Philosophy
Education
Public Administration
Fine Arts
Social Work
Economics
/ ournalism
Business
Veterinary Science
Oratory
Medicine
Pharmacy
Physical Education
Lib,-ary Science
Dentistry
Agriculture
Engineering
Music
Public Health
Law

Forestry
Theology
Arts, Letters and Humanities
Science

PROGRAM

PROGRAM
Ten O'Clock

Dr. Chester T. McNcrney, Presiding
Dr. Eldon Shupe
Dean of Liberal Arts

Presentation of Candidates for the
Bachelor or Arts Degree

Mr. Fletcher Anderson
Organist

Prelude

Academic Processional

MARCH OF THE PRIESTS from "Athalia"
GRAND MARCH from "Aida"

Mendelssohn
Verdi

Commencement Address

Presentation of the Academic Deans

Presentation of Candidates
for the Master of Arts
and Master of Education Degree .

Conferring of the Master of Arts and
Master of Education Degree and
Presentation of the Diplomas

Dr. Chester T. McNerney

Dr. Jack B. Hetrick
Dean of Teacher "Education

Presentation of Candidates for the
Bachelor of &ience in Education Degree

Con£erring of Bachelor of &ience
in Education Degree and
Presentation of Diplomas

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM

Invocation

Conferring of the Bachelor of Arts and
Presentation of Diplomas

The Reverend Eugene Ankeny
Edinboro United Methodist Church

Mr. Irving Olds Murphy, Esq.
President, Board of Trustees

Dr. James E. McKinley
Dean of Academic Alfairs

Dr. Robert Connors
Chairman of Elementary Education Department

Dr. Chester T. McNerney

Charge to the Graduates

Mr. John Allegretti
President of Alumni Association
Dr. Chester T. McNerney

Concluding Statement

*ALMA MATER

Benediction

Recessional

The Reverend Francis Tushim
Pastor, Our Lady of the Lake Church, Edinboro
ACADEMIC PROCESSION

Clifton Williams

Dr. Chester T. McNerney
President
*The audience is asked to join in the singing of the Alma Mater which is printed in the front of the program.

THE GRADUATING CLASS

THE GRADUATING CLASS

Master of Arts Degree

Master of Education Degree

ENGLISH

ELEMENTARY

Carrie Lee Krill, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1968
HISTORY
Frederic Andrew Krehely, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1964

Master of Education Degree
ART

Margaret Young Krider, B.F.A., Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1942
Ruth Delong Oakes, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1957
George J. Somogyi, B.S. in Ed., Lake Erie College, 1966
Ing Hwu Tsai, B.A., Lake Erie College, 1968

ELEMENTARY
Georgeanna Mae Almazon, B.A., Morehead State College, 1965
Judith Ann Adler Althof, B.S. in Ed., Villa Maria College, 1966
Marguerite Mary Ann Anekite, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1966
F. Arthur Bergamasco, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1966
Athena S. Bober, B.S. in Ed., Clarion State College, 1965
Karen M. Bootes, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1963
Robert K. Bright, Jr., B.S. in Ed., Ohio University, 1965
Elizabeth Carnabuci, B.S. in Ed., Clarion State College, 1956
John Arthur Cassin, B.S. in Ed., California State College, 1965
Kathleen Lashinger Chulick, B.S. in Ed., Villa Maria College, 1965
Audrey Pistory Cunningham, B.S. in Ed., Villa Maria College, 1966
Mary Jane Deck, B.S., Villa Maria College, 1967
Susan Linda Delisi, B.S. in Ed., Pennsylvania State University, 1963
Rita M. Donahue, B.S. in Ed., Villa Maria College, 1966
Judith Ann Dopierala, B.S. in Ed., ~dinboro State College, 1968
LaVerne Ludvic Ekdahl, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1966
Anne Hubbell Evanoff, B.A., Hood College, 1943
Susan Mary Foltz, B.S. in Ed., Kent State University, 1930
Richard Charles Formosa, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1967
Jean K. Garcia, B.S., Villa Maria College, 1964
Barbara Jane Gerard, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1966
Michael Charles Grignol, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1965
Mary Ann Haile, B.S. in Ed., Villa Maria College, 1966
Agnes Knapke Harper, B.S. in Ed., Lake Erie College, 1965
Paul Francis Hite, B.S. in Ed., Indiana State University of Pa., 1966
Nancy Richard Horner, B.S. in Ed., Villa Maria College, 1966
Barbara Ann Inman, B.S. in Ed., Villa Maria College, 1965

Mary Theresa Johnson, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1967
Alice Luther Kichlu, B.S. in Ed., Villa Maria College, 1967
Joanne Marie King, B.A. in Ed., Mercyhurst College, 1965
Frank Edmund Labonowski, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1965
James Robert Legters, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1965
Joyce Leopold, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1963
Carolyn Janice Lohr, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1966
Leonard Joseph Lombardo, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1959
Larry Malacarne, B.S. in Ed., Clarion State College, 1966
Virginia Louise Male, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1962
Betty Heyl Mangel, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1965
Hugh Samuel Marshall, B.A. in Ed., Waynesburg College, 1966
Emily Teresa Mccommons, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1967
Mary Ann McKeegan, B.S. in Ed., Indiana State University of Pa., 1963
Karen Rey Morey, B.S. in Ed., Slippery Rock State College, 1966
Lawrence Vincent Nee, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1963
Ann Marie Padenich, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1966
Suzanne M. Pastorini, B.S., Villa Maria College, 1964
James A. Perrotta, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1966
Hilda Jane Rusek, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1965
Norma Marie Sandell, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1968
Thora Jane Scott, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1967
Barbara Esther Shapiro, B.S. in Ed., Clarion State College, 1957
Ronald H. Shilling, B.M., Grove City College, 1962
Roberta Louise Smith, B.A., Westminster College, 1965
Marietta Rubino Stalsky, B.S. in Ed., Villa Maria College, 1966
Joseph John Sulkowski, B.A., Gannon College, 1968
Barbara J. Thomas, B.S. in Ed., Lock Haven State College, 1961
Carole Ann Waldinger, B.S. in Ed., Villa Maria College, 1964
Carol Elizabeth Weir, B.S. in Ed., Mercyhurst College, 1966
Margaret Derry Wentz, B.S. in Ed., Kent State University, 1964
Esther McNamara Wiesner, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1943

SECONDARY
George James Adamson, B.A., University of Pittsburgh, 1960
Kathleen Ann Barkham, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1965
Wesley Howard Berger, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1966
Seth A. Bloomquist, Jr., B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1963
Susan Breckenridge, B.A., Miami University, 1965
David William Burke, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1966
James D. Carnes, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1967
Linda Daryl Carr, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1968
Karen Margaret Davis, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State Colleg~, 1968

THE GRADUATING CLASS

THE GRADUATING CLASS

Master of Education Degree

Master of Education Degree

SECONDARY

GUIDANCE

Philip Michael Fatica, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1964
Paul Leroy Folmer, B.S. in Ed., Ohio University, 1963
Ruth Ann Foos, B.S. in Ed., Clarion State College, 1967
Hannah Gall, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 196.5
John Milton Gehler, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1964
Rose Marie George, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1968
Judith Miller Goe, B.A., Edinboro State College, 1966
James Leo Halligan, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1968
Joseph Michael Hathaway, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 196.5
Penny Kistel Irish-Hosler, B.S. in Ed., University of Cincinnati, 1963
Richard Earl Houston, B.S., Kent State University, 196.5
Sandra Kay Johnson, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1965
Stanley L. Kasserman, B.A., West Liberty State College, 1965
Carolyn McCarthy Kress, B.A., Mercyhurst College, 1964
Ruth Hutton Long, B.S. in Ed., Indiana State University of Pa., 1944
William Allen Loehr, B.S. in Ed., Idaho State University, 1964
Samuel M. Mannella, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1964
Robert William Martin, Jr., B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1964
Ruth Ann McKinley, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1965
Timothy Joseph McNeil, B.A., Waynesburg College, 1967
Sue Ann Nardo, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1966
Paul W. Newman, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1964
Carl Joseph Norder, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1965
Patricia Ann Pringle, B.A., Thiel College, 1968
Eugene Francis Pushic, B.S. in Ed., California State College, 1964
Katherine L. Rouse, B.A., University of Pittsburgh, 1942
Bradley Alden Russell, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1962
Harry &ott, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 196.5
Mary Rose &utella, B.S. in Ed., Clarion State College, 1966
William Lee Simon, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1967
Franklin Elwood Snook, B.S. in Ed., Mansfield State College, 1966
Ramon Elliott Solero, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1965
Ann Marie Sundean, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1962
Terry Leroy Wilson, B.A., Thiel College, 1961
Benjamin Harris Winslow, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1961

Sandra Eunice Brindle, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1966
Laraine Delana Canzonetta, B.S. in Ed., Kent State University, 1966
Eva Joyce Connor, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1959
Rocco Raymond DeMaiolo, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1964
James Mathew Douglas, B.S. in Ed., California State College, 1960
Florindo John Fabrizio, B.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1966
Gail Ittel Fales, B.S., Pennsylvania State University, 1957
Joseph James Flanigan, B.S., The Citadel, 1958
Edward Marshall Geer, B.S. in Ed., Millersville State College, 1964
Robert Jay Gilford, B.A., University of Pittsburgh, 1950
Robert William Hahn, B.A., Baldwin-Wallace College, 1962
Marion Frame Hendrich, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1967
James Robert Heron, B.S. in Ed., Thiel College, 1966
Rita Ann Kantz, B.A., Mercyhurst College, 1937
Joyce Elaine Ketola, B.S. in Ed., Olivet Nazarene College, 1964
Brian Dale Kirberger, B.S., Gannon College, 1964
George Michael Kole, B.S. in Ed., Indiana State University of Pa., 195 3
Joyce Marie Lasko, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1962
John C. Lovett, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1964
Weldon Wilson Michael, B.S. in Ed., East Stroudsburg State College, 1962
Robert Harry Moore, B.A., University of Illinois, 1940
Robert Ira Morris, B.S. in Ed., Clarion State College, 1967
Charles Herman Mostoller, B.S., Pennsylvania State University, 1960
Betty Lou Mowrey, B.S. in Ed., Clarion State College, 1967
Patricia Ann Ponticello, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1968
Joseph Rumancik, B.S. in Ed., West Virginia University, 1960
Arthur P. Sandy, Jr., B.S. in Ed., Clarion State College, 1961
Clarence Edward &hrimper, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1963
Harold Christopher C. Shields, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1967
Thomas David Snyder, B.A., Baldwin-Wallace College, 1965
Floyd Brice Stephens, B.S., Thiel College, 1948
Bonnie Lee Stone, B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University, 1967
Dana Morea Duval Truax, B.S. in Ed., Lock Haven State College, 1966
Patrick John Whalen, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1964

Baccalaureate Degrees
GUIDANCE
Edward John Adler, Jr., B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1966
Gordon A. Andrews, B.A., Allegheny College, 1958
Harry Eugene Barkham, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1965
Frances Miller Bartholine, B.S. in Ed., Edinboro State College, 1968
Helen Marie Bateman, B.A., University of California at Los Angeles, 1951

Bachelor of Arts Degree
ARTS AND SCIENCES
Peter Duane Anderson
Wayne S. Bair
Jane Alice Booth

Kenneth Bruce Burkley
Dennis M. Diloreto
Gary L. Fernberg

THE GRADUATING CLASS

THE GRADUATING CLASS

ARTS AND SCIENCES
------

ELEMENTARY

Craig Harold Gates
Michael John Hillebrand
Larry Michael Litwin
Timothy John Maloney

William C. O'Toole
James A. Robinson
Davis Eric Smith
Paul Andrew Toth
Russell Edward Vance, III

PSYCHOLOGY
Kym A. Jansen

Ronald George Schams

Bachelor of Science in Education Degree
ART
Linda A. Brown
Yvonne Suzette Buttermore
Judith A. Capps
Dennis Allen Driscoll
Rebecca Sue Gates
Sally Ann Geer
Joseph Peter Girardi
Eugene Victor Goldthwaite, Jr.
Duane Paul Hoover
William James Janosik
Evalyn Ann Kizakevich
Jeane L. Kluz

Susan Eileen Knott
James David Lucas
Linda Louise Lyle
Nancy Ann Northrop
David John Salata
Carla Jean Shick
Virginia Lee Skillen
Susan Renee Smith
Kathleen Marie Sullivan
Cheryl Brady Swetic
Lee Vandall
Susan Marguerite Weaver
ELEMENTARY

Mary Ann Adderty
Eileen Louise Beck
Mary Alice Bechwith
James Thomas Bennett
Michael Joseph Bober
Audrey Ann Buzanowski
Frank James Caputo
Marne Eileen Carlos
Linda L. Carter
Valerie Jean Cepko
Robert S. Clouse
Kathleen Ann Cody
Carol Sharon Ekas
George Arden Ferguson
Gennaro Edward Ferraro
Cathleen A. Gialloreto
Phyllis M. Giewont
Evelyn Anne Gilmore
JoAnn Elizabeth Girardi
Eugenia Myrtle Hatfield

Rodney Matthew Herron
John William Hilka
Lodusky Ann Hollabaugh
Edward John Hovanik, Jr. ·
Mary Kathleen Jackson
Kathleen Anri Jones
Margaret Wallace Killian
Karen Katherine Kraynik
Marilyn Anges Kuhel
Martha E. Leonard
Martin Waldo Malone
Patricia Anne McKee!
Wendy G. McLallen
Dorothy E. Mitchell
George S. Mogun
Mary Belle Morford
William John Novak
John Michael Odonish, Jr.
Sisne Christine Orman
Lawrence Albert Piroli

PaulG. Stam
Francine D. Stemmler
Kathleen Diane Thiess
Linda Kathleen Turner
Diana Louise Vance
Susan Joanne Fennell Walker
James Edward Williams
Beatrice Brown Wolfe
Dennis Carl Zack

Alexis Carol Popp
Denise Christine Porto
Diane Catherine Pozar
Guvnor Rasmussen
Rev. Charles H. Reynolds
Richard G. Riffle, II
Margaret Jill Shorts
Sharon Jean Skelly
Barbara J. Staley
SECONDARY

Robert Joseph Kaczenski
Sharon E. Kristyak
Marlene Ann Leopold
John Francis Linden
Walter Allen Malone
Patricia Jane Miano
Thomas James Mintzer
Richard- Anthony Noroski
Allen Nick Nosel
Carol Anne Patterson
Larry Steven Persing
David John Pfister
John R. Robbins
Richard Verne Sailer
Carol Sue Smith
Thomas George Smith
Charles Alan Staudenmaier
Marsha E. Toth
Clair LeRoy Yount

Richard Paul Abbondanza
Stephen John Andritz
Michael Lee Anthony
James Wallace Bailey
Kevin Michael Barry
Frank John Barthel
Carl J. Barto
Paul Mamula Belosh
Joseph Thomas Buba
Leland Thomas Cicco
William Roy Coldaser
David Allen Colwell
Sharon A. Connolly
Edmund D. Dean
Robert William Erickson
Raymond Vincent Heelan
Richard Paul Hessinger
James Anthony Infantino
Gary Thomas Jones
Robert Francis Zoldak

LIBRARY SCIENCE
Ruth Cox Thompson
Rebecca Lynn Valentine

Cathy E. Beecher
Susan Carol McCurdy
MUSIC
Robert Martin Gibbs

PUBLIC SCHOOL NURSING
Barbara L. Allegretti

Mary Viola Fetterman

PROGRAM NOTES

SENIOR AWARDS
Lockhart Burnett
Jane Causgrove
Margaret Clark
John M. Columbus
Margaret A. Cope
Carol Gelesky
James Hillmeyer
Linda A. Lakotos
Edward A. Lindberg
Robert Skelton
James Vanlaningham
Grace Watson
Bryon Connelly

Student Affairs Award
Senior Traineeship in Mental Retardation
Mildred Forness Award for the
Outstanding Library Science graduate
Sertior Traineeship in Mental Retardation
Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship
Senior Traineeship in Mental Retardation
Student Affairs Award
Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship
Helen Sabin Reed Scholarship
Student Affairs Award
Student Affairs Award
Senior Traineeship in Mental Retardation
Jack Finegan Award

1969 Class Officers
Lockhart Burnett Nicholas Sansone Vicki Rivetti William Janosik
Barbara Cerra James Vanlaningham

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- President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasure,
- Female Representative of Student-Faculty Council
- Representative of Student-Faculty Council

Advisers
Dr. Richard Gromen
Mr. Bruce Hamilton
Mrs. Pauline Manwaring
Mr. Robert Zanotti

1969 Class Gift
UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS
Margaret Bortner

Medal of Merit Award, Pi Delta Epsilon,
Honorary Collegiate Journalism Fraternity

Antoinette Deluca
Patricia A. Grandy
Cvieta Jovanovich
Pamela G. Kolaja

Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship
Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship
Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship
Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship

Joseph McNaul
Linda Neubrand
Lucile C. O'Donnell
Colleen E. Shaffer
Katherine Stephany
Karen L. Wallis
Susan Williams
Kathleen E. Wilson
Anthony Machi
Charles Beshner

Student Affairs Award
Student Affairs Award
Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship
Weldon Scholarship
Junior Traineeship in Mental Retardation
Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship
Student Affairs Award
Junior Traineeship in Mental Retardation
Delta Kappa Gamma Scholarship
Pennsylvania Federation of Women's Oubs
Art Scholarships (two awards)

Fireplace for the new Student Lodge
Contribution to the Edinboro Foundation
Two sets of books to Hamilton Library
in memory of Carol Imhoff and Jan DeZ.anet

THE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
Mr. Irving Olds Murphy, today's commencement speaker, is currently President of the Board of Trustees.
Born and raised in Erie, Pa., Mr. Murphy is well known throughout Northwestern Pennsylvania. He
received the B.A. degree from Yale University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, highest
honorary scholastic society. He also gained the L.L.B. degree from Yale Law School and is a member of the
Order of Coif.
He was admitted to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1953 and to the Federal District Court,
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court.
Mr. Murphy is a partner in the law firm of MacDonald, Illig, Jones and Britton and specializes in the
defense of negligence trial matters. He is a member of the Voluntary Arbitration Panel of the American
Arbitration Association and is actively engaged in the practice of labor law before the National Labor
Relations Board and represents management in negotiations, arbitration, etc.

PROGRAM NOTES

PROGRAM NOTES

Academic Vestments
The College Marshal
The College Marshal leads the academic procession. This honor is bestowed each commencement upon
an outstanding faculty member. Dr. John Gatzy, professor of Biological Science, is honored today for 23
years dedicated service to the students of Edinboro State College.
Although Dr. Gatzy's academic background is in biological science, he came to the Edinboro College
campus in 1946 because of his interests in audio-visual education of which he was appointed Director. In
1959 he assumed the chairmanship of the Science Department. One of his major responsibilities during his
four years in this capacity was helping to plan Cooper Hall, the science building. He then relinquished
his administrative responsibilities to devote full time to teaching and research.
Dr. Gatzy has been active in other facets of the college community. He has participated in a National
Foundation Institute; is a charter member of Beta Beta Beta, national biology honor society; an adviser to
Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, and freshman class adviser for many years.
Dr. Gatzy who retired to private life following the 1969 regular summer session will maintain his
interests in the college as an emeritus faculty member.

The gown, the cap and the hood, representing the major components of the academic dress, arc
a ceremonial inheritance from the medieval universities of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, wher~
dress was the outward sign of privilege and responsibility. The academic dress worn by those participating
in today's academic processional symbolizes the level of their academic attainment and the institution
they attended.

Gown
Although the gown is more frequently black, certain universities have authorized the use of colored
gowns. The Bachelor and Master gowns are fashioned from black serge. The yoke for the Bachelor gown
is designed to be worn dosed and features long, flowing artd pointed sleeves. The Master gown is designed
to be worn open or dosed. Its sleeves are very long with square ends, and the front part has an arc
cut away. The arms protrude through a slit at the elbow. The gown for the Doctor degree is made of
wool, serge, or silk with an open front faced with wide velvet panels. The sleeves are loose and bell-shaped
with three bars of velvet in black or the color of the discipline in which the doctorate was obtained.

Hood
The Ceremonial Mace
The Ceremonial Mace, a symbol of presidential authority, is carried at the head of the academic
procession by the Grand Marshal, Dr. John Gatzy. The Mace, a gift of the Alumni Association, was
designed and executed by Dr. Seymour Blinderman and Mr. Henry Katzwinkel of the Art faculty and was
first used at the Inauguration of President Chester T. McNerney.
The Mace, twenty-seven inches high, is topped by a sterling silver sphere studded by cone-shaped
rubies. The neck of the Mace is inlaid with rosewood, alternated with silver fleur-de-lis. Cultured pearls
mounted on cups encircle the top of the staff. Discs of silver interspersed with rosewood compose the
shaft which ends with tip-casted silver. Sunken cultured pearls encircle a rounded cone with textured silver
to end in a small globe.

The most outstanding feature of the academic dress is the hood. It is usually worn only for the Master's
and the Doctor's degrees. The Doctor's hood is longer than the Master's hood and has distinguishing
panels. The College or the University granting the degree is indicated by the color or coloring of the hood
lining. The velvet trim of the hood indicates the field in which the degree was granted.

The standard cap is the mortarboard, usually the color of the gown. The tassel is black for the
Baccalaureate and Master degree and is worn over the left front quarter of the cap. The tassel for the
Doctor's mortarboard is of gold thread. Undergraduates wear the tassel on the right side of the cap
until the moment the degree is conferred by the President.

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MEMORIAL FOUNDATION GIFTS

"They received, each for his own memory, praise that grows not old, and with it the grandest of all
sepulchres, not that in which their mortal bones are laid, but a home in the minds of men, where their glory
remains fresh to stir to speech or action as the occasion comes by. For the whole earth is the sepulchre of
famous men; and their story is not graven only on stone over the native earth, but lives on far away, without
visible symbol, woven into the stuff of other men's lives."-Thucydides

MEMORIAL FOUNDATION GIFTS

Dr. L. W. Vanlaningham, December 2, 1967
A memorial Student Teacher Loan Fund was established by associates, relatives and friends of Dr.
VanLaningham who served the College as Director of Student Teaching and Placement from 1949 until
his death.

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
Dr. Harry W. Earlley, March 25, 1966
Friends, alumni, family and students established a monetary gift in memory of Dr. Earlley, Dean of
Instruction, who was serving as Acting President of the College.

Delta Kappa Gamma Scholarship
The Alpha Iota Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma professional sorority awards annually a $200
scholarship to an outstanding female education major. Academic achievement, service to the college and
financial need are the criteria for selection of the recipient.

Jack Finegan, April 9, 1969
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Finegan provide a $50 annual award to an outstanding male English student
who shows a tendency to write prose or poetry that is intended to make mankind aware of the needs of
his fellow-man and that places an emphasis on the desire to make the world a better place in which to live.
This award was established in memory of their son Jack Finegan, a former student at Edinboro State College.

Dr. Thomas R. Miller, February 7, 1966
Dr. Miller became the twelfth president of the College in 1954. Envisioning and developing a Master
Plan which is today under construction, the campus is comprised of 565 acres, a total final investment of
$45,000,000 with a planned completion date of 1972. Friends, alumni, faculty and students have established
a memorial gift in memory of this man for his many acts of kindnesses and understanding.

Corporal Gary Leslie Norman, December 18, 1967
Gary Norman, a former student at Edinboro State College, was killed in action in Vietnam. In his
memory his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Norman, Erie, have set up a scholarship fund to which friends
and business organizations have contributed.

Helen Sabin Reed, October 18, 1966
A $10,000 endowment was given to Edinboro State College in memory of Mrs. Helen Sabin Reed, a
member of the Education faculty since 1961. Because Mrs. Reed was a specialist in the reading field, the
yearly $500 scholarship will be awarded to an Elementary Education major. Mrs. Theo Sabin Meyer of Erie;
Mrs. Mildred Sabin Young, Los Angeles, California, sisters; and a brother Robert W. Sabin, Long Beach,
California, established the gift.

Hanna Kent Schoff Memorial Scholarships
The Pennsylvania Congress of Parents and Teachers makes available each year two scholarships to
outstanding high school students who will attend Edinboro State College. These yearly scholarships are
continuous for four years, upon review of the scholarship committee. Awards are made on the basis of
CEEB test results, grades, class rank, personal attributes, co-curricular activities, desire to teach and a
personal interview.

Pennsylvania Women's Club Art Scholarships
Each year three art students who achieved sophomore or higher standing are recipients of awards. The
Pennsylvania Federation of Women's Clubs provide the grants with the selections being made by the Art
Scholarship Award Committee.

Student Affairs Award
Seven awards are granted to students on the basis of leadership from which the student body of Edinboro State College has benefited. The president, vice president and secretary of the Student-Faculty Council
each receives an award as a result of election to and serving in these offices. Four addiitonal awards are
granted as a result of competition involving junior and senior students on the basis of their student leadership roles.

T raineeship in Mental Retardation
This year four seniors and two juniors of Edinboro State College were awarded a traineeship grant
from the Federal Government. This award is given for outstanding scholarship, campus citizenship and
professional promise in the field of teaching the Mentally Retarded.

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

Weldon Levinson Scholarship
A $100 gift was presented to the &holarship Foundation Fund through the generosity of Mr. Weldon
Levinson of Meadville. The money is to be awarded on the basis of academic achievement and financial need
to a worthy student from the Meadville area to help further this education.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Mr. Irving Olds Murphy, President, Fairview
Mrs. Donald E. Conaway, Warren
Mrs. Gilbert H. Diehl, Greenville

FINANCIAL AID PROGRAM
Programs of financial assistance and the low cost of attending Edinboro State College have made
higher education a reality for most students possessing the desire and ability to achieve such a goal.

Mr. Max P. Gabreski, Oil City
Mr. Forest W. Hopkins, North East
Dr. George H. Ledger, Union City
Mr. Grosvenor S. McKee, Vice President, Meadville

In addition to the &holarship awards listed above, approximately $2,300,000 in financial assistance

Mr. Wesley G. Reitze, Meadville
will be received by students at Edinboro State College during the 1968-69 academic year through the

Mr. Carl Welch, Greenville

following programs:

Mr. William P. Rose, Honorary Life Member

"Educational Opportunity Grants
National Defense Student Loans
Pennsylvania Higher Education
Assistance Agency Scholarships
Student Empoyment