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11/4
THE MAGAZINE OF WAGNER COLLEGE
Vol. 11, 4 June 1975, published quarterly by Wagner College, 631 Howard
Avenue , Staten Island, N .Y. 10301 . Second class postage paid at Staten
Island, N .Y . and Kutztown , Pa.
Photographic credits:
Cover , page 7 by Tony Carannante, courtesy of Staten Island Advance;
pages 3, 4, 5, and 9 by AI Wagner and Erik Unhjem; pages 12, 13, 16, 17,
and back cover by Katrina Johnson ; page 15 by Peter J. Wallich .
2 Betsy Joslyn '75
the end is the beginning
6 News on Grymes Hill
commencement '75 photo feature
12 Nursing lab opens its doors on campus
14 Sea hawk sports
16 Alumni profile
19 Class briefs
Arthur O. Davidson
President
Earl W. Johnson
Editor
John "Bunny" Barbes
Director of Alumni Affairs
Alumni Executive Committee
Franklin C. Allerton III '55, President
Theodore Doerzbacher '51 , First Vice President
Elsie Schatz Love '50M- '61, Second Vice President
Harriette Ruberg '68M'71 , Recording Secretary
Carol Haupt '67M '69, Corresponding Secretary
Richard C. Rice '62M '69 , Treasurer
Dr. Michael R. Mazzei '34 , Alumni Representative to Board of Trustees
Mario Esposito '50 , Alumni Representative to Board of Trustees
Michele Connors Tellefsen '71, Alumni Representative to College Council
Ellen Rosanoll Hulnick '63, Alumni Representative to College Council
Frederick F. Witte '49 , Past President
The Reverend Arthur W. Hergenhan, D.O. '40 , Chairman , Alumni Interests Committee , Board of Trustees
Robert Peirano '50 , Parliamentarian
Young alumna
on her way
By Russ Johnson
It was the kind of parallel story line
a writer delights in: April 8, 1975,
and I'm sitting in my living room
watching the latest edition of the
Academy Award presentations;
elsewhere on Staten I sland, Betsy
Joslyn is awaiting the telephone call
she and I had discussed a few hours
earlier. I wonder, as the film stars
troop along the glittering stage,
Oscars in tow, whether or not Betsy's
telephone call-if indeed it ever
comes-will lead her to the stage I'm
watching now, and whether or not
she will be "a name" in the years
ahead.
I conclude that it's too early to tell
... and that we had better take
things one slow step at a time.
On May 18th, after a stunning
four-year career with the Wagner
College Theatre, Betsy stepped off a
Wagner stage for the final time,
degree in hand. And what two
months ago was the simple story of a
student who had earned a place in
whatever mythic hall of fame Wagner
people carry in their heads is today
the story of a young alumna who, by
all indications, is on her way.
�I first met Betsy in " The Beggar 's
Opera." She was coy , flirtatious,
radiant and just a little bit sinful ; but
recogn izing the substantial d istance
between one 's stage life and one 's
real self , I wasn 't too surprised to
encounter a much transformed Betsy
Joslyn a few weeks later as I
gathered publicity notes for the next
show. She stepped cautiously into
the office, settled quietly in what
seemed an appropriate chair by my
desk , and spoke, for the most part,
only when spoken to . This, I told
myself, must be the real Betsy
Joslyn .
But then came " Cabaret," a show
that gave off sparks, especially when
Betsy belted out the title tune to a
packed house . And then there was
" Man of La Mancha," a superb
production whose Aldonza was as
tough , as untamed and as thoroughly
believable as they come. And finally
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"Old Times," a straight piece that
demanded a Betsy few of us had ever
seen, either on stage or off.
Four shows and three interviews
later, the real Betsy Joslyn remains a
minor mystery, though her influence
on Wagner is much less so. Not an
"active student" in the usual
sense-her job at the American
Theatre Wing, her auditions, her
voice lessons and such kept her out
of the mainstream of campus
activities-she was nevertheless a
rather unique force in campus life.
Faculty and staff have thought of her
as one of the most gifted individuals
ever to pass Wagner's way, while her
fellow students accorded her the
special attention normally reserved
for an All-American athlete, who,
after a fashion, is also "public
property. "
"Very often students would say
hello, usually because they had seen
me in a show and felt that they really
knew me. That's one of the very good
things about Wagner," she adds.
"You basically know everybody you
meet, and you can feel a part of
everything . I n a large university, it's
possible to see different people every
day. I think that could be somewhat
alienating . "
But if her student life has played
havoc with our tradition measures of
things like leadership, responsibility
and "potential," her theatre life is
much more likely to speak for itself.
"Theatre," she explains without a
trace of regret, "has been my life
ever since I was a little girl.
Rehearsing six or seven nights a
week, studying, auditioning and
working don't leave much time for
anything else. It's something you do
twenty-four hours a day."
One of her most successful
audition stints came several weeks
ago with the University Resident
Theatre Association, which helps
colleges and universities locate
talent for summer repertory and
graduate programs . After reaching
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the finals in the URT auditions, she
found herself in the enviable position
of having more offers than she could
accept. Harvard, Purdue, the
University of Iowa and Wayne State
University were among the more
prestigious theatre programs hoping
to gain Betsy's considerable talents
either for summer work or for a
master's program in fine arts.
But she decided that the surest
way to find out how far her talent can
take her is to try the professional
route . Which leads us back to that
telephone call she was waiting for in
paragraph one: from the Pittsburgh
Civic Light Opera, offering her a role
in its production of "Fiddler on the
Roof," a show headlined by
Broadway star Jack Gilford. As she
had known she would, she accepted.
The show runs for two weeks-July
22 through August 3-and it's a
beginning .
She regards the Pittsburgh
opportunity as the kind of break she
will need to get more than once if she
is to become permanent in a
business that might well have
invented the word unemployment.
"I'm prepared to wait when I get
back from Pittsburgh." If she's
worried, it doesn't show. "I know
what the theatre business is like, and
there's really no other way to go
about it. But I won't be sitting still. I'll
be working harder than ever."
Convinced that New York is the
best place for an aspiring actress to
be-either in work or out-she plans
to continue her routine of auditions,
voice lessons and, perhaps more
than anything, " seeing shows
constantly." "Just watching the
greats-people like Rex Harrison
and Julie Harris-makes me glad to
be in New York ."
Though Betsy approaches the
future with a fairly sophisticated
outlook, a subtle blend of optimism
and trepidation, she has rather
uncomplicated feelings on how she
has gotten this far this fast. "I knew
when I was in high school that
Wagner had a strong theatre
program, and I viewed coming to
Wagner as a chance to get very good
exposure in an important theatre
area like New York."
And then, of course , there was Dr.
Lowell Matson , chairman of the
speech and theatre department and
director of the Wagner College
Theatre, who has provided much of
the sparkle in Betsy's young career.
"Prof. Matson gave me a chance to
perform in a lot of shows, but most of
all he has been extremely interested
in me ... and in my future. That's
important to me. "
For his part, Dr. Matson finds
Betsy possessed of the potential for
exceptional work in the art. "She has
a speCial natural talent that gives her
an unusual charisma on stage. But
besides being talented, she is a
'quick study,' as we say in the
theatre, since she is intelligent,
sensitive and sharply retentive.
Hence," he concludes, "a professor
and director's joy."
He adds, as one who has explored
Betsy's personality throughout
countless hours under the lights, that
she also possesses a certain
capacity for being "fixedly stubborn."
" This would be a problem," he
calculates, "if her artistic instincts
weren't so often right."
When last seen, Betsy Joslyn was
careering off Grymes Hill, ready to
take on what she already knows will
be some of the most enlightening,
rewarding, depressing, joyful and,
perhaps, mildly terrifying moments in
her life. I suspect her suitcase has
been packed for the Pittsburgh trip
since April 8th .
But it WOUldn 't be quite right to
have the story end here. What
remains is one of the nagging
�questions people often ask
themselves when they read this kind
of personality feature . Why Betsy?
Well , to begin with, she has helped
write a chapter in the history of one
of Wagner 's most impressive, most
far-reaching programs. Theatre at
Wagner is not just what we see on
stage in Main Hall ; it extends to the
Stanley Drama Award, which has
launched the careers of some of
America 's most gifted playwrights,
the New York City Writers '
Conference, which had Edward
Albee as its first theatre coordinator
and even Pulitzer Prize winner Paul
Zindel , an alumnus three times over .
I n short, Betsy is part of an exciting
tradition that means something
special to those closest to Wagner.
But there's more to it even than
this. "Betsy is good, " notes Lowell
Matson, "but she 's certainly not the
only talented person we have." And
this (as you might have suspected ,
coming as it does in a
commencement issue) is probably
where Betsy 's story really began.
More than most of her classmates ,
she has been a figure much in the
public eye and for many people has
come to represent whatever is best
about America's college students.
But for all her polish and talent, she
has, as the song goes, " only just
begun ." And she knows it.
Betsy and her classmates , who
now comprise Wagner 's youngest
alumni group, will learn that books
don 't often translate into the kinds of
answers people need in that " real
world" we always warn freshmen
about. And for the next few years
they'll no doubt wonder what it was
they were supposed to have learned
during their short stay among the
cherry blossoms and the books. But
with some luck , and with a little help
from their friends , they'll find the
answer before they really need it.
And that, after all, is really why
they came to Wagner in the first
place.
"The Beggars' Opera"
"Jacques Brei"
"Old Times"
�News on Grymes Hill
Most ambitious summer school
program underway thru Aug. 15
The most ambitious summer
school program in the College's
92-year history has started. Under
the general theme "Explorations
'75," the program offers more than
200 courses during eleven separate
sessions between May 21 and Aug .
15. According to Dean William
Rowen, director of summer sessions,
the programs range from one to five
weeks and allow students maximum
flexibility in making the Wagner
campus a part of their summer plans.
"The key to this year's summer
program," he says, "is availability
and content." He notes that since
summer sessions run for a full twelve
weeks, beginning two days after
graduation, students can complete
as many as 15 credits, virtually a full
cemester's course work. And they
will be able to choose from an
expanded selection of "real world "
courses.
"We're leaning heavily toward
courses that will get people in touch
with contemporary society," Rowen
says. "I n essence, we've created a
new area of study that deals
exclusively with issues in science,
the arts, family life and social and
civic responsibility."
I n addition to offering a traditional
full complement of courses in all
academic areas, the "Explorations
'75" program provides special
course groupings in eight major
areas: "Exploring Life and People,"
"Exploring the Arts and Sciences in
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New York," "Bicentennial Courses,"
"Physical Education Activities, "
"European Study Tour ," "Biology
Field Station," " Computer Studies"
and "The Master's in Business
Administration. "
Dr. Rowen believes that one of the
strongest attractions will be a heavy
business administration offering that
will enable students to earn nine
hours toward the MBA degree in
eleven weeks of night sessions. He
notes that the new MBA course
line-up-which lists programs from
public relations to operations
research-allows students to
complete a major portion of the
degree requirements in the shortest
time possible. " In addition to being
the longest-running MBA program on
Staten Island," Rowen notes, "ours
has been an extremely popular and
successful one. This extensive
summer offering should help make
the program more accessible and
popular than ever. "
Also listed among the 50-odd
special explorations programs are
"Biology Field Research in New
York," "Sailing in Great Kills
Harbor," "Oceanography,"
"Exploring Art in New York," "Urban
Minorities," and a full list of
education courses for teachers.
There will also be a New York City
Writer's Conference in August and a
two-week July study program in
Spain and Morocco.
(continued on page 8)
�Commencement
•
Above: Dr. Davidson greets Dr. Gustave
W. Weber, commencement speaker and
president of Susquehanna University; Dr.
Davidson reads citation for honorary degree recipient, Dr. Jordan L. Larson,
noted American educator. Right, top to
bottom: Dr. Robert E. Schellberg, Board
chairman, and Dr. Davidson congratulate '75 graduates; 50-year alumni key
recipients AndrewJ. Mahler, left, and Dr.
George Aus; Rev. Dr. Carl Sutter is honored with '75 Distinguished Citizenship
Award. Hon. Andrew G. Clauson, Jr.,
left, and Prof. Charles L. Kraemer look
on.
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�News on Grymes Hill
(continued from page 6)
"Th is is our 40th summer session
at Wagner , and we think it's the most
promising ever, " says Rowen.
"We've revised our curriculum ,
we 've designed new programs and
we 've tailored campus life to the
special needs of summer students.
We believe that this 1975 program
makes Wagner the place to be this
summer ."
"Community Health
Fair" a success
Several hundred youngsters,
oldsters and everyone in between
were on hand in late April for Wagner
College 's first " Community Health
Fair ."
Wagner 's junior nursing students
managed one of the most ambitious
volunteer projects the campus has
ever seen , and the response from
visitors - including balloon-toting
children who were on campus for a
planetarium show - was rated
" unbelievably good " by one of the
student organizers.
Staten Islanders began lining up
for free electrocardiograms and
blood pressure tests even before the
students had finished decorating the
dozen or so booths that offered free
information of a wide range of health
topics. I n addition to free health
tests : films and health information
booths , the students provided the
latest facts on 40 of the nursing
career fields that are open today to
both men and women.
The nursing health fair was
designed to make health resources
available to a wide segment of the
local population at no cost. Said one
student volunteer: " It was really just
a way of saying that people can
care."
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Nuclear medicine
program planned
Wagner College has requested
New York State Education
Department approval for a nuclear
medicine technology program that
would prepare students for careers in
what officials term one of the most
vital new fields of the future. The
announcement came in May from Dr.
Egon O. Wendel , academic dean.
The new program, to be offered in
affiliation with St. Vincent's Medical
Center of Staten Island , will be a
th ird plan under the chemistry major .
Plan A , heavy in chemistry , prepares
students for work as professional
chemists, while Plan B, which
substitutes one year of biology for a
year of chemistry, prepares
prospective teachers and
pre-medical students .
Dr. J . Trygve Jensen , professor of
chemistry , will direct the program
within the department. A nuclear
specialist , Jensen will teach several
of the advanced courses - in
radiochemical analysis, biomedical
measurements , and nuclear
chemistry - that will comprise part
of the nuclear medicine technology
curriculum.
Dean Wendel terms the new
nuclear medicine program " An
example of the kind of program
development we will see much more
of in the next five years. During the
mid-1960's ," he adds, " Wagner
established a physical plant that
could carry us safely toward the 21st
century . Our most important growth
area in the years just ahead will
certainly be academic enrichment.
By building on programs we already
offer and by responding to the
educational needs of society, we
intend to remain a very special force
among this country's private
colleges. "
Sports director
named
Larry Ambrosino, a 1969 Wagner
graduate, has been named sports
information director for the College.
Effective July 1, he will be working
out of athletic director Lawrence
Geracioti 's office.
Ambrosino came to Wagner as a
student following a superb athletic
career at Staten I sland 's New Dorp
High School, where he played varsity
basketball and football. In 1964 he
helped the New Dorp football club to
an undefeated season and the New
York City public school championship.
During his Wagner career he
played football , was vice president of
Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity and was a
sports writer for the Wagnerian.
A teacher at Markham
Intermediate School 51 on Staten
Island, he holds a master 's degree in
educational administration from
Kean College in New Jersey.
Ambrosino is a member of Staten
Island's Community Planning Board
I, is pu blic relations director for the
Staten Island council of the Boy
Scouts of America and is an advisor
to an Explorer unit.
�New planetarium
telescope
The planetarium has acquired a
new eight-inch Newtonian telescope
that will enable student researchers
to expand their studies of celestial
phenomena.
Manufactured by Cave Optical
Company of California, the new
instrument is capable of magnifying
up to 600 times . Thomas Hamilton ,
Wagner 's planetarium coordinator,
says that this magnification will allow
students to view a few of Saturn 's
noons , Uranus and its moons ,
Neptune and galaxies out as far as
100 million light years.
When study ing our own moon , he
adds, students will be able to see
craters as small as five miles wide .
The telescope offers a vantage point
similar to that an astronaut might
enjoy from 400 miles above the
moon 's surface.
The College now owns six
telescopes, the largest of which , a
ten-inch scope , will be mounted in an
observatory in the future.
Spring Theatre
productions
Texaco, Telephone
Grants given
Wagner College has received a
third annual $2,000 grant under the
Texaco Corporation 's aid to
education program . The check was
presented by Dr. W. Raymond
Siegart, senior technologist in
Texaco's program coordination and
planning division , and a member of
the Wagner Board of Trustees.
The College has also received a
$1 ,500 grant from the New York
Telephone Company . This
unrestricted grant was presented to
Dr. Davidson by Harry C. Gregor,
J r., district manager for N .Y.
Telephone.
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�News on Grymes Hill
Horn is agency
treasurer
Dr . Francis H. Horn, executive
vice president, has been selected
treasurer of the United Board for
Christian Higher Education in Asia,
an agency that currently serves in
nine Asian countries.
A member since 1960, Dr. Horn
became a trustee of the Board in
1967 and has since served as
chairman and vice president and has
held a number of committee
chairmanships.
Long active in Asian educational
programs, Dr. Horn is a trustee of the
Harvard-Yenching I nstitute, which
administers the endowments of the
largest of the original 13 Chines
institutions operated initially by the
Associated Board. The agency also
supports scholarly activities dealing
with Asia at Harvard.
Dr. Horn has also served on the
Commission for the Advancement of
Christian Higher Education in Asia.
He was the group 's first chairman
when it was founded in 1969 through
a $1 million grant from the United
Board.
Musicum gets grant
The Collegium Musicum, a vocal
and instrumental group that performs
Renaissance music throughout the
Metropolitan area and New York
State, has received its third
consecutive $1000 grant from the
Presser Foundation of Bryn Mawr , Pa.
The Presser grant was offered
early in the academic year as a
matching gift, contingent upon the
Collegium 's ability to raise another
$1000. According to Dr. Ronald
Cross, director of the group, the
Collegium topped that goal through a
series of benefit performances and
donations from friends.
According to Dr. Cross, the $2000
raised this year will go toward the
purchase of additional instruments.
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Development
Director
with the most innovative and exciting
setting we could hope for ."
After having resided first in the
South Beach Housing Project and
then at Atonement Lutheran Church,
the nursery school will settle in a
refurbished ground-floor lounge in
the College 's New Administration
Building, just two floors below the
nursing and education departments .
This figures to lead to increased
interaction between the preschool
children and the Wagner students.
"Wagner students have always
been an important part of our nursery
school , and they have even given
their time voluntarily to improve our
programs over the years, " says Prof.
Amitrani . " But certainly, having the
education and nursing departments
in the same building will make this
relationship much more visible and
enjoyable. "
louis Deluca
louis Deluca, '60 has been appointed
director of development and public relations and heads a 1 O-member staH in the
New Administration Building. He had
been acting director since mid-year.
Nursery school
moves to campus
After almost 23 years on the road ,
the Wagner College Nursery School
will be coming home next fall.
Beginning in September , the Wagner
preschoolers will do their learning
and exploring on the Grymes Hill
campus , and Prof. Constance
Amitrani , the nursery school 's
director since 1954, is delighted.
" We have had a fine program
throughout the school 's history, but I
honestly feel that having a home on
the Wagner campus will provide us
While the indoor arrangement
should give the nursery school more
program flexibility than ever, the
teachers feel that the outdoor setting
is virtually unmatched . The new
home overlooks a grassy knoll, and
since the area is removed from the
busier portions of the Wagner
campus , the children should have
tremendous freedom in pursuing
outdoor activities .
Outdoor play equipment will be on
hand when the school opens this fall,
but children will also have plenty of
opportunity to take cross-campus
" excursions ." Enjoying the trees and
flowers may be enough most of the
time , say the teachers, though the
campus holds other wonders likely to
capture the children 's imagination .
The Wagner planetarium holds the
lure of outer space in presentations
that can be tailored to the young
audience, while the gymnasium ,
athletic fields , music buildings and
art studios will round out a " field
program " flexible enough to keep
even the most energetic youngster
hopping .
�Along with the expanded programs
the new school will offer, there will
also be extended schedules ,
includ ing two , three and five half-day
sessions - either mor ning or
afternoon - for separate age
groups.
" It's difficult to imagine a more
ideal setting for the kind of program
Wagner has been building over the
years ," Dr . Robert M. Ballagh ,
chairman of the education
department, notes. " We expect the
Wagner College Nursery School to
remain a community service agency
and to provide a resource to Staten
Island people. And the fall seems a
very good time to open the doors to
what I suspect will be a very special
place ."
Annual fund sets records
With one week still to go as we
went to press, the 74-75 Annual Fund
had already set five giving records ,
including the highest dollar total in
Wagner history. As of July 7, the
campaign had raised $434,149,
topping the previous all-time high of
$420,279 set last year .
According to louis Deluca,
director of development and public
relations , the total does not include
government grants of over $950,000.
Among the records set during this
year 's drive: most alumni donors
ever, with 1526; most parent donors
ever, with 449; most dollars from
parents , at $13,630; and most
donors , with 2,560 in all categories.
" The responsiveness of Wagner 's
alumni and friends during a difficult
financial period was magnificent, "
Deluca noted as he reviewed the
preliminary report. " We needed their
support more than ever, and we got
it. And that, I think , says something
very good about Wagner people. "
Choir completes European tour
The Wagner College choir left May
19th for a four-week concert tour of
Germany and Austria. The
40-member group , directed by Dr.
Arnold Running, performed 13
concerts in eight cities , including
Bonn , West Berlin , Goettingen and
Bregenz, Austria.
This was the third international
tour for the Wagner group , which
annually conducts an American tour.
In 1955 the choir visited Hannover,
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and in 1972 it conducted its first
German-Austrian program.
Highlights of the 1975 tour were
receptions by the president of
Germany, the mayor of Berlin , the
mayor of Bonn and the Johanniter
Order, a German order of chivalry .
Accompanying the choir was the
Rev . Dr. Walter E. Bock , who
directed his ninth Wagner tour, and
Mrs . Teresa Giesemann, the school 's
nurse.
A highlight of the Wagner College
European Tour in June was a reception given them by the President of
the Federal Republic of Germany.
The photograph shows Dr. Walter E.
Bock, Director of Church Relations
responding to President Walter
Scheel's greetings and to his gHt of
an autographed picture. The singing
of the Choir and the greetings and
response were carried on both German and Swiss TV.
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�Nursing Laboratory
Dedicated This Spring
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��Seahawk sports
In five short years, Wagner track
coach Ron Miller has taken a
struggling team and built it into one
of the most competitive contingents
in the Seahawk athletic department.
After an indoor season which saw
the Seahawks shatter every Wagner
school record and finish third in the
MAC Indoor Championships while
setting an MAC mile-relay record
(the team of Brian Allen, Lyle Rohan,
Lou D'Aquila and Ken Gittens ran a
3: 32), M iller took his talented
harriers outside, and the results were
just as impressive.
A Review of
Track,
Basketball, Football
and Baseball
by Larry Ambrosino
The outdoor club ran off a fine
7-2-1 record for the campaign, and if
it hadn't been for some key injuries
along the way, could conceivably
have gone unbeaten. I n the past two
seasons in fact, while compiling a
14-3-1 dual meet record, Miller's
clubs have lost those three meets by
a total of five points.
This past season saw several
Wagner outdoor records fall by the
wayside.
Jay Prestipino shattered the
13-year-old mile mark set by John
Ward in 1962 by almost two seconds,
shaving Ward's 4:27.1 down to a
4:25.8 time. In the 100-yard dash,
two Seahawks, Greg Perry and
Gittens, lowered the standard of
10.0, set by Arnold Obey in 1968 to
9.9. Lou D'Aquila was just a shade
below the record-setting speedsters,
tying Obey's old mark with a clocking
of 10.0. The mile-realy team tied the
old mark of 3: 25, with the quartet of
Steve Carley, Bob Riga, Allen and
Gittens teaming up to get into the
record books.
Probably the most impressive
record belongs to strongboy Tony
LoPresti, who positively buried the
hammer-throw record of 92'3" set by
Paul Perret in 1962 with a toss of 137
feet. LoPresti has also broken the
school record in the shot put in
practice, and it is just a question of
doing it in a meet for the Brooklyn
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native to etch his name in another
record category.
"The kids really worked hard, and
our depth was a big factor in us
having such a successful year," the
always enthusiastic Miller related .
"We'll probably be getting some
more runners in next year, and with
LoPresti returning in the field events,
should have another outstanding
team."
Basketball
After a bright start, the Wagner
basketball team slumped off to a
9-16 campaign, but if the work that
coach John Goodwin and his
assistant Ron Cooper did in the off
season pays dividends next winter,
that mark could very easily be
reversed.
Goodwin turned his talents to
recruiting once the season ended,
and came up with four much
sought-after and very talented young
players.
Leading the pack is a Group IV
New Jersey All-State product, Mark
DiDonna, who led Woodbridge High
to the Group IV state title this past
winter .
DiDonna, a 6-3 forward, averaged
16 pOints per game, and can also
play guard. The talented Woodbridge
cager also found time to snare 10
rebounds a game, and scored 27
points, including an amazing 8-9
shooting demonstration in the third
quarter, in the state championship
game.
Henry Dillard was captain of
Brooklyn's Bishop Loughlin High,
New York City 's Catholic League
champions, averaging 14 points and
eight assists per game. The 5-10
guard was named to several all city
and league all-star teams, and
should give Wagner a quick-moving,
good shooting backcourt man.
The other two cagers should give
�Wagner plenty of height and muscle
under the boards.
Henry Higgins, a lanky 6-5 112 out of
Baldwin High in Long Island
averaged 19 points and 12 rebounds,
as well as being one of the top
scholar-athletes in Baldwin, but the
big find might be Kim Pastuschak.
6-3 or better, for the tallest Wagner
club in history.
"Next year our schedule has been
improved (the Hawks are moving up
to Division I), but so has the calibre
of our team," an optimistic Goodwin
stated. "Next year will be the first
year we've had all four classes
represented on the team. That's what
we 've been trying to do, to give our
overall program balance."
Football
...
Wrestling coach Bill Lied was
awarded amateur wrestling's highest
honor, the Cross of the International
Amateur Wrestling Federation, in a
ceremony in April in the Frederic
Sutter Gym. The ceremony opened
an international match between U.S.
All-Stars and the national team of the
Soviet Union. Lied is also manager of
the U.S. 1975 Pan American Olympic
wrestling squad and will serve with
the team next October in Mexico
City.
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Pastuschak will be transfering
from Louisburg Junior College in
North Carolina, and at 6-7 and 220
pounds, should fill the void the
Seahawks have felt when the need to
muscle their opponents has arisen.
Pastuschak crashed the boards at
Louisburg to the tune of 15 points
and 13 rebounds a game, and
together with Higgins and DiDonna,
gives Wagner 11 returning players
After a year's absence, spring
football returned to Wagner, and
according to head coach Bob Hicks,
the winningest coach in Seahawk
history, the effects should be felt this
fall.
"This spring's work was very
important to us," the former Penn
State captain began. "We will have a
very young and inexperienced club
this season, and the work that the
boys got in now should really help
them come along."
"The kids worked real hard,"
Hicks continued. "They had a real
good attitude and got a lot
accomplished. We have a tough
season ahead, and with a defense
that is much more experienced than
the offense we are going to have to
come along early."
That defense will be minus only
two starters from last season, Neil
Humphreys and Tony Parisi, but they
will be two big pairs of shoes to fill.
Parisi , who earned little All-American
honors before signing with the Dallas
Cowboys, is probably the finest
gridder to ever don a Wagner uniform
and holds seven school records.
Offesively, with the exceptions of
tight end Rich Slizewski and split end
Ron Howard, the Hawks will be
losing the whole offensive line.
If Hicks and his staff can find
some men to do the job up front ,
however, scoring shouldn 't be too
much of a problem . The Hawks have
talented Glen Galante set at
quarterback, with Tim Vorhies, who
Hicks calls, "as good a football
player as we've ever had at Wagner"
back to continue his bruising ways at
fullback. Benefitting from Vorhies'
running and ferocious blocking
habits will be a bevy of talented
halfbacks, led by Chuck Grevious,
Tony Bellamy and Wayne Brock.
"We'll be able to carry ourselves
all right, "hicks concluded . "I n the
early going, however, the defense is
going to have to carry us, but once
the offensive line shapes up, we
should be ok."
Baseball
The Wagner baseball team, which
plays perhaps the toughest schedule
of any major sport that the Seahawks
engage in got off to a head start this
year when coach Ralph Ferraro and
his club spent two weeks of spring
training under the Florida sun.
That advantage was quickly
evened out, however, when the
Hawks returned to the cold, windy
and damp March and April weather
that traditionally makes playing
baseball on Staten I sland in the
spring more of a battle against the
elements than opponents.
After a shaky start, Ferraro's club
came on strong, and finished with a
7-13 record, which included several
late-inning, heart-breaking losses .
"The kids gave everything,"
Ferraro related , "But with the
schedule we play, it's tough ."
Jim Forbes, who was an All-Met
selection his freshmen and
sophomore years , enjoyed a solid
junior season, hitting " only" .324.
Bernie Previti, a transfer from Staten
Island Community College rapped
the horsehide at a better than .300
clip , as did frosh Joe Mastropasqua,
a standout catcher from Curtis High
School.
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�Alumni Profile
Fizz & Dutch
in the Boonies
I n Selma, North Carolina,
" Boonies" is not really a bad word .
Those folk are happy to be isolated
from the big city syndrome and proud
to be close to the land and its simple
gifts.
For Mary Jane (Fazakerley) and
George Schultz '56 , moving to Selma
was a deliberate choice after many
years of city-suburban life.
Dutch (George) graduated from
Wagner with a degree in chemistry .
He worked for U .S. Gypsum on
Staten Island for four years and at
American Can Company for the next
11 years . As the saying goes, he
climbed the ladder of success. to the
position of senior purchasing agent.
But always there was a desire to be
his own boss and be free of
corporate structure game-playing .
Meanwhile, Fizz (Mary Jane) had
majored in education at Wagner and
taught for a couple of years before
they were married . She continued at
a high energy level through her
activities with women's clubs, church
groups, fund raising , drama
workshops and raising three
children. Like Dutch , Fizz had a
desire to work by their own standards
and decisions.
Part of their corporate structure
lifestyle was to spend their vacation
in Wildwood , New Jersey . .. every
year . One year they wanted a change
so they went camping and
discovered a new world.
"Campers are open and sharing.
They leave all their hang-ups at
home. There's no hierarchy or
establishment in camping.
Everyone's equal."
By Katrina Johnson
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When Dutch proposed that they
run their own campsite , Fizz said
" Yeah , lets' " and the search for a
place began. They narrowed the area
to North Carolina along Interstate 95
and drove off each exit looking for
" Property for Sale" signs, thinking
they would build a campsite from
scratch .
I n October '73 they purchased the
KOA campsite known as Lakeside
just in time for the energy crisis. It's
been a tough year and Dutch does
substitute teaching to augment their
income.
" There's no security in owning
your own business, but you are
involved in the decisions that
determine your future. It's a real
challenge. We 've never worked so
hard nor been so happy. ..
It's a family adventure. Bradley,
15, drives the pick-up for trash
collection from the 100 sites over the
50 acres . Janine, 14, runs the store,
pumps gas, cleans the rest rooms
and on occasion can be found
entertaining at the piano bar in the
camp store (it's the only place the
piano would fit) . Brent, 11, also
pumps gas and helps out at the store.
�He can drive the truck too, but the
day we were there he looked very
natural on the motorcycle. "The kids
could run this place on their own "
says Fizz; and as we watch them
appearing at different places on
camp doing chores, I think of the
trouble I have getting my son to
clean his room , and wonder what the
secret is.
"We love each other and we love
what we 're doing and we love
Selma, North Carolina. "
We talked about Wagner and the
kind of impact it had on their lives.
"Our college training is a
commodity down here. Mandatory
school ends at age 16 and there's
a 50% drop in enrollment at the
end of 9th grade. We feel we're
needed in the community. "
"We want the kids to go to college
even if all they want to do later is
drive a truck. Someday they might
own the trucking company, and
then need skills in accounting or
management. College gives you
fundamentals and a chance to
push the gray matter. It helps you
to be open to vocations whose
possibilities are continuously
expanding. The future is always
open. "
And what does the future hold for
Fizz and Dutch? Well, they have
plenty of ideas of how to grow with
their campsite. Among their dreams
are a swim and tennis club , A-frame
cabins on the 2-3 acre lake,
renovating the several tobacco sheds
on the property, constructing and
having canoes and paddle boats for
hire, selling above-ground swimming
pools and using some of the tobacco
sheds as motel supply warehouses .
" All campers love to talk . They
love to tell stories." If you visit Fizz
and Dutch in the Boonies, ask them
about the 72-year-old lobster farmer ,
or the W .C. Fields character or the
Doctor 's annual visits . They are
precious stories full of warmth and
you can see why the Schultzes enjoy
their work and the daily human
touchings of which they are part.
"We've seen more friends and
relations down here than when we
lived 10 miles from them in New
York. "
Fizz, Brent, Janine, Bradley and Dutch Schultz
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�That
not-so-perfect
Electron ic Math
Les Trautmann '40
Managing Editor
Staten Island Advance
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Somewhere along the line in all
those years of schooling I picked up
the idea that one should use the best
possible tools for doing a job. So in
one of my moments of frustration in
attempting to solve some
mathematical calculations , I decided
to purchase a pocket calculator.
The very first reading of the ads
should have warned me. A
remarkable diversity of funct ions and
prices were being offered . Yet ,
armed with study, reflection and
advice of friends, I started out with
checkbook in pocket and ended up
with a remarkable instrument. Why
with ten digits , a floating decimal and
easy-touch buttons, it could do all
kinds of tricks, including determining
square roots (which always baffled
me) and keep numbers in a
remarkably retentive memory.
Safely back home and perched on
myexercyle, I read the instruction
book carefully and then whizzed
through the first sixteen examples.
The seventeenth became a real
problem. After the six steps, I had an
answer of four instead of two . Ten
more times , always the same result.
Could the book be wrong? I got out
paper and pencil and came up with
an answer of two .
Watch me, I said to my wife that
night, as I go through the steps. She
watched, only occasionally blowing
cigaret smoke in my eye . The
machine showed that four again.
Back to the store where a young
male clerk greeted me with a beady
eye . "Oh ," he said with a near-smile,
" I bought my father one of these
things and it took me a whole
weekend to teach him how to use it. "
I showed him the problem
example. His fingers whisked across
the keyboard and the final result was
a two. Try that again, I begged . And
then , one more time, wishing I had
my money back . Again a two. Thank
you , I said and went home.
Oh life of misery, would two never
be my lot? What had the young man
done? Wishing the inventor a long life
of going back to the drawing boards ,
I went back to friend wife and a
collective decision to go back to the
store.
There were three young clerks
standing around this t ime and we
took them all on at once. We were at
an advantage for that earlier
quick-fingered genius had gone for
the day. Within the next hour my
frustration had been extended to
three clerks who wanted to close up
shop.
Finally one of them broke open a
new cartoon and pulled out another
model , for comparison only of
course. It m iraculously flashed the
answer as that precious two.
Look , I said , with the skill of a
barker at a sideshow, how about an
even trade and I 'll step right out of
here.
" With alacr ity " is a very weak way
of describing the clerks' response .
As we fled from the store, I thought I
detected the sound of a pocket
calculator being ground to pieces
beneath a boot , but I had heard that
sound only in my nightmares .
The new gadget does work . My
bank statement really does balance.
I 've become a math genius . Catch
me in my enthusiasm and I 'll give you
a square root down to four places. I
can even check a grocery bill - and
you know what that's like these days .
Do you suppose the Wagner
extension division would be
interested in my teach ing a course?
But, then , the very thought of all
those students sitting there taking
notes with mere pen and paper . . .
Editor 's Note: It sounds like I may have
purchased the very same model but my
frustration was double O's that showed in
the display a few weeks before April1S.
Guess who calculated his income taxes
the old way while the fancy calculator
was in Arizona for rejuvenation.
�Class
Briefs
HOMECOMING
November 1,1975
Homecoming Chairmen
Harry Nelson '66M71
Susan Bowers Nelson '72
The Rev. Dr. Gustave W. Weber '28H61
president of Susquehanna University,
Selinsgrove , Pa., was honored by the
board of directors of the University in
January. They chose to name the newly
completed 1500-seat chapel auditorium
after Dr . Weber . At the same time, the
campus center 's private dining rooms
were named in honor of Mrs . Weber.
Bronze plaques were placed in May.
Address : 501 University Ave.,
Selinsgrove , Pa. 17870
Gloria Gilmour Brillant '46N received her
master 's degree in public health from
Columbia University in December .
Address: 3 Pitman Place , Mount Tabor ,
N.J. 07878
Sam L. Johnson '47 is Controller of the
Atlanta Country Club. Address: 2392
Leafgate Road , Decatur, Ga. 30033.
Dr. Clarence C. Stoughton H47,
president of Wagner College from 1935
to 1945 was awarded the first Wittenberg
Medal of Honor in June. Dr . Stoughton
served as president of Wittenberg
University from 1949 to 1963 and under
his direction , Wittenberg grew from 917
students and assets of $5 .5 million to
1,850 students and assets of more than
$23 million. Dr. Stoughton began his
career at Wagner in 1919 as an
instructor of history and English. He was
the first lay president in Wagner 's history
and during his decade as president ,
Wagner 's standards of admission were
raised and it gained accreditation in the
Middle States Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools. A school of
nursing was established with the
cooperation of the Staten Island
Hospital, and a music department and a
night school were organized . Address :
6420 Plattsburg Road, South Charleston,
Ohio 45368
George Colgan '50 is senior project
specialist for Drew Chemical Corp. ,
Parsippany , N.J . Drew Chemical is a
subsidiary of U.S. Filter Corp. and is a
major supplier of products and services
for water management and specialty
chemicals in industrial and marine
sectors. Address: 40 Perry St.,
Whippany, N.J . 07981
Mario J. Esposito '50 was inducted as an
honorary member into the Alpha Beta
Chapter of Delta Mu Delta, the national
business honor society. This is the
second such award given by the chapter
since its establishment at Wagner in
1970. Address: 1160 Richmond Road ,
Staten Island , N.Y. 10304
Dr. Raymond A. Amoury '51 is
" Katherine Berry Richardson " professor
of pediatric surgery and surgeon-in-chief
of the Children 's Mercy Hospital , Kansas
City , Mo., which is affiliated with the
University of Missouri School of
Medicine. Address: 2016 West 81st
Street, Leawood, Kansas 66206
The Rev. George E. Handley, Jr. '52
pastor of Grace Lutheran Church,
Waynesboro, Va., for the past ten years ,
is assistant to the president of the
Virginia Synod . Pastor Handley had
served in parishes in Pennsylvania and
New York before moving to Virginia in
1964. Address : 2725 Wilshire Ave . S. W .,
Roanoke , Va. 24015
Grace M. Haher '53 is principal of
Piscataway Elementary School. She
earned her M.S. at Rutgers and is now
studying for her doctorate. Address: 5
Weldon Rd., Edison , N.J. 08817
John D. Kearney '54 public administrator
of Richmond County, was presented the
" Democrat of the Year " award by the
Young Democrats of Richmond County
at their annual dinner-dance April 11 .
Kearney has served as president of the
Young Democrats on Staten Island and
is the only Islander to serve as president
of the New York State Young
Democrats. Address : 387 North Burgher
Ave., Staten Island , N.Y. 10310
F. Richard Steinberg '54 is acting
executive director of Child Study
Association of America Wei-Met Inc. ,
New York City . Steinberg joined Wei-Met
in 1963 as an assistant branch director
and more recently was associate
director of camping services. Address:
3176 Decatur Ave ., Bronx, N.Y. 10467
Lois Edwards Augustus '57N is assistant
professor at Bronx Community College ,
Bronx, N. Y. Address : 779 Concourse
Village , Bronx , N.Y . 10451
Dr. Frederick W. Viebrock '57 has been
awarded a doctorate in biochemistry and
nutrition by V irginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University, Blacksburg , Va .
Viebrock is a senior scient ist for Johnson
& Johnson Research Center, New
Brunswick , N .J . Address: 58 West Circle
Drive , Martinsville, N.J . 08876
William M. Cody '58 is a representative
of service station supervision marketing
in the Linden , N.J . retail district of the
Exxon Co. Address : 100 Delaware
Street, Staten Island, N.Y. 10304
Robert A. Nilsen '58M68 is teaching
psychology to the Rahway Prison
inmates at Marlboro Hospital , Marlboro,
N.J . Address: 33 Wayland Dr.,
Cheesequake Woods, Matawan, N.J .
07747
Louis De Luca '60 is the Director of
Development and Public Relations,
Wagner College. He had served as
acting director since January. De Luca is
also an elected member of Community
School Board #31 . Address : 524 Lamoka
Ave ., Staten Island, N.Y. 10312
The Rev. Gary C. Santmire '60M66 was
installed as pastor of Redeemer Lutheran
Church , Scarsdale , N.Y. Address:
Murray Hill & Post Roads , Scarsdale ,
N.Y. 10583
William E. Burden '61 is president of the
Exchange Bank of Central Florida,
Haines City, Florida. Address: 413 Aqua
Vista Drive , Haines City , Fla. 33844
Laurene Olson DeWitt '61 is a member of
the Wisconsin State Health and Social
Services Board, having been appointed
by Governor Patrick Lucey in 1973. She
is the only woman serving on a
commission level in the largest and most
complex department in the state.
Address: Shore Drive , Box 193A,
Marinette, Wis . 54143
Walter F. Brooks '62 was named general
agent of the Tampa, Florida agency of
Massachusetts Mutual. He is on the
board of directors of the Tampa General
Agents and Managers Association .
Address: 10411 Reclinata Lane, Tampa,
Fla. 33618
Richard L. Kilgore '62 was made
manager, standards and sampling in the
quality assurance department of Norwich
Pharmacal Company division of
Morton-Norwich Products , I nc o Address :
Chenango Lake Road , Norwich , N.Y.
13815
Richard C. Rice '62 has been appointed
Superintendent of Schools , Montvale,
N .J . Address: 544 Buckley Court , River
Vale, N.J . 07675
Robert Straniere '62 and Howard G.
Meyers, Jr. '63 have joined forces with
State Senator John J . Marchi and formed
the new law firm of Marchi, Straniere &
Meyers, Staten Island , N. Y. Address :
358 St. Marks Place , Staten Island , N.Y.
10301
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Kenneth R. Behrins '63 was promoted to
vice-president of the United States Trust
Co . of New York . He is in the estate and
trust division . Address: 857 Bard Ave.,
Staten Island, N.Y. 10301
John H. Myers '67 has been transferred
to Milan , Italy. He is a financial analyst
with Cia Generale Di Elettricita S.p.A
(General Electric Co.) Forwarding
address : 119- 12 107 Ave. , Richmond
Hill , N.Y . 11419
Anthony J. DiSimone '64 has formed a
public adjusting firm called Di Simone
Adjusting Service. He has also become
associated with Hutchings Real Estate,
Middletown, N. Y. Address : 255 G uymard
Tpke ., RD #1, Middletown , N.Y. 10940
Carolyn G. Plonsky '67M69, an instructor
of health education at Wagner College ,
received her Ed .D. degree from
Columbia University. Address: 54 South
Ave ., Staten Island , N.Y. 10303
Dr. Roland B. Hemmett, Jr. '65 is an
aquatic biologist with the water programs
branch of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Manhattan . Address :
343 Brickyard Road , RD #2, Freehold ,
N.J . 07728
George Blois '66 is chairman of the
Mathematics department of Panorama
Junior High School , Colorado. He is
intra-mural director and head basketball
coach of the school. Address: 1110
Adams Drive, Colorado Springs , Colo.
80904
Lois Bowdish Hainsworth '66 is now a
caseworker with the Livingston County
(N . Y.) Department of Social Services,
assigned to the Children 's Services
divis ion . Address : Logan Road , Mount
Morris, N.Y. 14510
Steven L. Beyer '67M71 is a science
teacher at I.S. 24, Staten Island . He is
also a lecturer at the American
Museum-Hayden Planetarium, N.Y.C.
Address : 7200 Ridge Blvd ., Apt. 432,
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11209
John Drennan '67 football coach of
Tottenville High School , Staten Island ,
was awarded " Coach of the Year "
honors by the New York Daily News, the
second time in a three year span . Fellow
alumni who are on the Tottenville football
coaching staff are Ron Bubnowski '66,
Bob Dapolito '69 and Brian Tetley '74.
John Drennan's address: 15 Longbow
Drive, Englishtown , N.J . 07726
Captain Donald C. Guckenberger '67
graduated from the Air University 's
Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB ,
Alabama. He is serving as an avionics
inspector at Shaw AFB , Sumter, South
Carolina, 29152
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Marvin Cohan M68 was named the first
director of Wagner College 's health
service administration program . Under
the program , students can earn a
master 's degree in health services
administration by concentrating in
hospital , extended care of ambulatory
care administration. Address: 30
Ripplewood Drive, Upper Saddle River ,
N .J. 07458
Patrick Grosso '68 has been promoted to
senior research chemist by Exxon
Chemical Co ., Linden , New Jersey.
Address : 123 Thomas St. , Staten Island ,
N.Y. 10306
Dorothea Fox Jakob '68N, a part-time
public health nu rse for the city of Toronto
was assigned to investigate a sharp
increase in the blood lead level of a baby .
She discovered , after much checking,
that an electric tea kettle was
responsible . Subsequent tests showed
that 32 out of 53 models of tea kettles
contained 15 times more than the normal
safety limit of lead . Mrs. Jakob was
commended on her discovery by Dr.
Moss, Toronto 's Medical Officer of
Health. Address: 47 Vermont Ave.,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M661X8
Jeffrey M. Richman '68 received his J .D.
degree from Brooklyn Law School and
his L.L.M . degree from N.Y.U . Jeff has
now opened his own law practice in
Brooklyn, N.Y. Address : 2009
Homecrest Ave ., Brooklyn , N.Y. 11229
Doris Springer Waters '68 is traffic
manager at Dailey & Associates
Advertising , San Francisco. Address:
145 Magnolia Street, San Francisco , Cal.
94939
Vivian Czarda Andrus '69 is an adviser to
the Minister of Education in Oman and is
assisting in the establishment of a
modern educational system there. Her
husband Gordon B. Andrus '67, attorney
with Spear & Hill, N.Y. C. is legal advisor
to the Sultan of Oman . Address: Spear &
Hill , P.O. Box 750 , Muscat, Sultanate of
Oman. Mr. Andrus ' announcement of his
appointment in the 11/3 issue of the
Wagner magazine was erroneous in text
and address.
Dr. Eugene Mosiello '69 received his
degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery from
New York University, College of
Dentistry in February , 1975. Address :
156 Third St. , Staten Island , N.Y. 10306
William Lied, Jr. '70, wrestling coach at
Wagner , was honored by the
I nternational Amateur Wrestling
Federation in March . Bill received his
award at the site of the World Cup
Championships in Toledo , Ohio. Address:
96 Ryan Road , Marlboro, N.J . 07746
Edward W. Roberts, Jr. '70, a sales
representative for Johnson & Johnson
Baby Products Company in the New York
Area, was presented with membership in
the Ring Club for his sales
accomplishments . Address: 32 Furness
Place , Staten Island, N.Y . 10314
John D. Sottile '70 received his M.S. in
Elementary Education from New Paltz
State University, and is teaching in the
North Rockland Central School District.
Address: 418 Philo Street , New Windsor ,
N.Y. 12550
Mrs. Christine Cioban Haun M71 will be
teaching courses in the department of
continuing education at Union College,
New Jersey. Address: 94 Levit Ave .,
Staten Island , N.Y. 10314
Dr. Charles Mistretta '71 received his
Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from
New York University College of
Dentistry . He has been elected to
Omicron Kappa Upsilon, national dental
honor society. Address : 294 Combs
Ave., Staten Island , N.Y. 10306
Robert M. Piegari '71, assistant
administrator of the Staten I sland Center
for Developmental Disabilities , has been
certified as a nursing home administrator
by the Department of Health of the State
of N.Y. Address : 50 Fort Place , Staten
Island , N .Y. 10301
Philip J. Taverna '71 received his D.D.S.
from New York University, College of
Dentistry and has enlisted in the U.S. Air
Force as a captain . He will serve at
�Bolling Air Force Base, Washington,
D.C. Address : 431 North Armistead St.,
Alexandria, Va. 22312
Linda Van Pelt '71M73 was
commissioned by the U.S. Army as a
second lieutenant and will participate in
the Army health professional scholarship
program . She will attend medical school
while on inactive status, going on active
duty each summer for 40 days. When
she receives her degree, she will have
attained the rank of Captain . Address :
273 Natick Street, Staten Island, N.Y.
10306
Kathy R. FalUn '73 received her M.A . in
Education from the Waldorf I nstitute of
Adelphi University and is teaching at
Kimberton Farms School, Pennsylvania.
Address: 800 Kimberton Road, Apt. E-8,
Phoenixville , Pa. 19460
Christopher Lindner '73 received his
M.B.A. from Suffolk University, Boston ,
Mass. and is working as a budget analyst
for National Broadcasting Co. Address :
3204 Baywater Court, Far Rockaway,
N.Y. 11691
Carol Eberle '74 was awarded a graduate
assistantship for 1974175 in the
department of education at Wagner
College . Address: 246 Lander Avenue,
Staten Island , N.Y. 10314
Jerome F. Mello '74 has been appointed
chairman of the science department of
Lincoln Square Academy, N.Y.C.
Address : 115 East 9th. St. , Apt. 180,
New York , N.Y. 10003
Nicholas R. Phillips '74, a state
semi-finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship ,
was named an alternate in the 1974175
competition for the Omicron Delta
Kappa, men's honor society, national
scholarship for graduate study . He is
working towards his master 's in statistics
at the University of Rochester. Address :
C/O Matteson , 50 Lattimore Rd .,
Rochester, N. Y. 14620
Marriages
Barbara Cronacher '60 to John O 'Neill on
December 21 , 1974. Address: 44-69
Kissena Blvd. , Apt 4M, Flushing , N.Y.
11355
Ken Behrens '63,
a U.S. Trust V. P.
Elaine Hampfler '64 to Dr . Reed Williams
on July 6, 1974. Address: 11 Berwyn
Hall, English Village, Newark, Del. 19711
LOis D. Bowdish '66 to Douglas D.
Hainsworth on May 25, 1974. Address:
Logan Road, Mount Morris, N.Y. 14510
Robert C. Gunther '66 to Mary Ann
Dinger on October 6,1974. Address: 10
Highpoint Road , Staten Island, N.Y.
10304
After Kenneth R. Behrens graduated from Wagner in 1963, B.A. and
major in history, he went to work for
the United States Trust Company of
New York, in 1964, and "for a short
time."
Eleven years later, Behrens is a
vice-president of that same U.S.
Trust , a Wall Street firm employing
1400 persons and with 18 billion
dollars of assets under their management.
He says that when he first worked
there, associates hadn't heard of
Wagner College. Now, thanks to recent publicity in places like The New
York Times , Wagner is widely known
on Wall Street, he says.
As an officer in the Estate and
Trust Administration section, Behrens
supervises trusts, large and small.
Well, not very small by most of our
standards. Ken explained "Our individual trusts will normally have a
minimum of $500,000." He's still
excited about working with trusts
and estates, and his special responsibility in the development of new
business and attorney relations.
"The rules have changed a lot in
11 years . There are few large, individual fortunes any more. Tax
changes have taken care of that. "
Ken and his wife, Lynda, live on
Staten Island and though he travels
through the Caribbean and Europe
often for U.S. Trust, on working
nights he commutes via Staten
Island Ferry just like so many other
Wagner graduates now working in
Manhattan.
John H. Myers '67 to JoAnn B. Eikamp
on September 29, 1973.. Address: 119-12
107 Ave., Richmond Hill, N.Y . 11419
Leigh W. Ramsey '69 to Angelina Ortega
on October 26, 1974. Address: 3806
Viser Court, Bowie, Md . 20715
Anne Augustitus '70 to Gunther
Kreilkamp in September, 1974. Address:
0-7031 Holzgerlingen, Eberhardstrasse
36, West Germany
Ingrid A. Morten '70 to Jerold Wayne
M iscavage on January 2. Address: 1111
Founier Ave ., Tiki Court #4, Gulfport,
Miss. 39501
Raymond E. Breuninger '71 to Denise E.
Kyle '74 on October 12, 1974. Address:
Meadowbrook Apt. , #860, Huntingdon
Valley, Pa. 19006
Diane M. Martino '71 to Paul B. Priest on
April 5. Address: C/O Martino, 41 Van
Duzer St., Staten Island , N.Y. 10301
Roberta Bates '72 to Joseph Jamin, Jr.
on February 15. Address: 21 Sprout
Brook Road, Peekskill, N.Y . 10566
Michele Cawley '72N to The Rev. Lowell
F. Murphree on September 14, 1974.
Address: 2Glow Lane , Hicksville, N.Y.
11801
Maureen Anne Miller M72 to Dering J .
Sprague on December 28. Address : c/o
Miller, 195 Allison Ave., Staten Island ,
N.Y. 10306
James B. Victor '72 to Marianne
Fitzmart in in June 1973. Address : 146
Merrill Ave., Staten Island, N.Y. 10314
Irene Drakos '73 to Anestis Melachrinos
on September 15,1974. Address: 1004 A
Adams Ave ., Elizabeth, N.J . 07208
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Jenny M. Chace '74 to Joseph G. Scro ,
Jr. on November 2, 1974. Address : 163
Morningstar Rd ., Staten Island , N .Y .
10303
To Ellen and Edmund P. Radigan '64 a
daughter, Jennifer Beth on January 7,
1974. Address : 16 Wickham Lane , East
Windsor Township , N .J. 08520
Helayne J. Fenton '74 to Robert P.
Kempe on December 21. Address: 835
Rockland Ave ., Staten Island, N .Y.
10314
To Donald M. '64 and Williamina Pollock
Fox '66 a son , Alexander James on
March 29. Address: 1249 Asbury Ave .,
Winnetka, III. 60092
Maryann B. Gisonda '74 to A lbert E.
Faller, Jr. on January 18. Address : 121
Forest Road , Staten Island , N . Y . 10304
To Steven L. '64 and Judith Larsen Geller
'66 a son , Scott Andrew on Janurary 3.
Address: 28 Fieldcrest Drive , Ridgef ield ,
Conn. 06877
Betty Jane Richtmyer '74 to Robert
Bullen on November 17, 1974. Address :
35 Commerce St. , Staten Island , N.Y .
10314
William Shashaty, Jr. '74 to Geraldine
Nahr a on April 27. Address : 326 79th
Street, Brooklyn , N . Y . 11209
Deborah Sandel '75 to Dennis Dolan on
April 19. Address : 154 Exeter St., Staten
Island, N.Y. 10308
Births
To Bonnie and Dr. Paul E. Zindel
'58M62H71 a son , David Jack in
December. Address : 20 Grey Rocks
Road, Wilton , Conn . 06897
To John T. and Nancy Berle Dowling '59
a daughter, Carolyn Berle on May 11 ,
1974. Address : 7 Shady Lane ,
Huntington, N. Y. 11747
To Joseph and Marjorie von der Osten
Metzler '65 a son , David Michael on
December 27 . Address: Dock Road ,
Germantown , N . Y . 12526
To Dr. Michael '68 and Verna (Jan) Lee
Krzyzkowski '69 a daughter, Brooke
Elizabeth on January 28 . Address:
Hunterdon Med ical Center , Flemington,
N .J .
To Ranieri '67 and Susan Heins Rotelli
'68 a son , Christopher Ranier i on June
21,1974 . Address: RFD #2, Peru , N .Y.
12972
To Conrad '68 and Dorothea Fox Jakob
'68N a son , Brian Anthony on August 21 ,
1974. Address : 47 Vermont Ave .,
Toronto , Ontar io, Canada M661X8
To Carol and Frank M. Mauceri '68 a
daughter, Rebecca on December 15.
Address: 24 Peach Blossom Lane ,
Middletown , N.J . 07748
To Brian A. '65 and Maryrose Barranco
Morris '66M73 a daughter, Marnee Jo on
January 16. Address: 628 Oakland Ave .,
Staten Island , N .Y. 10310
To Russell H. '68 and Gay Ormsby Seiger
'69N a son , Kevin Mitchell on January
19. Add ress : 902 Scenic Dr ive , West
Trenton , N .J . 08628
To David and Gretchen Johnson Goyette
'66 a son , Todd , adopted on August 14,
1974. Address: 33 Donna St. , Enfield ,
Conn. 06082
To Patricia A . and Paul E. Fein '69M72 a
son , Eric Paul on January 11 . Address :
28 Anderson Road , Bernardsville , N .J .
07924
To Paul D. X66 and Rita Sanford
Barchitta '66 a daughter, Tricia Michelle
on February 18 . Address: 163 Coventry
Road , Staten Island , N.Y . 10304
To Dr. Eugene '69 and Gerry D'Anna
Mosiello '69 a daughter, Laura on
November 11 , 1974. Address : 156Third
St., Staten Island , N. Y. 10306
To William W. '66 and Carol Clark
Schroeher '66 a son , Brian James on
April 28 . Address : 4109 Ivanhoe Lane ,
Alexandria, Va. 22310
To Gail and Lt. (j.g.) William E.
Aninowsky '70 a son , W il liam George on
December 8 . Address : 525 Water Oak
Rd ., Virginia Beach , Va . 23452
To David '66 and Margaret Foltz Wilson
'67N a daughter, Colleen Jennifer on July
25 , 1974. Address: 946 Marble Court,
San Jose, Cal. 95120
To Christine and Navy Lt. Charles Esterly
'70 a daughter, Laura Lynn on June 27 ,
1974. Address : 200 South Miraleste
Drive , Miraleste, Cal. 90732
To Donald '59 and Carol Erdmann
Trentalange '61 a sonl Joseph Theodore
on January 31. Address: c/o M .
Trentalange, 75 Merrick Ave ., Staten
Island , N .Y . 10301
To John G. and Virginia D'Albero
Buonviaggio '67 a daughter, Leah on
February 24 . Address : 200 Butler Ave .,
Staten Island , 10307
To Charles W. '62 and Joyce Ann Wilson
Lund '62 a son , Curt Wilson on
November 24. Address: 1720 Burlington
Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99504
To John and Gwendolyn von der Osten
Suesse '67'p daughter, Jennifer M ichele
on August 5, 1974. Address : RD #2,
Parish, N .Y . 13131
To David and Florence Nason Pedersen
'63 a son, David George on February 9.
Address : 17 Quenzer St. , Nesconset,
N .Y . 11767
To The Rev . Robert F. and Barbara Sheie
Ericson '68N a son , Matthew Edward on
December 6, 1974. Address : 124
MargarettaCourt, Staten Island , N .Y.
10314
To Will iam A . and Susan Schrader
Sonstrom '72 a son , Benjamin Paul on
February 19. Addre ss: 15 Oxford Lane ,
Cromwell , Ct. 06416
To Katherine and Robert E. Towers '63 a
daughter, Kimberly Hope on July 23 ,
1974. Address : 25 Harrison Ave. ,
Rockville Centre , N . Y . 11570.
To Louise L. and Allen W. Fritz '68 a son,
Jonathan Bradley on March 9. Address :
14 College Ave ., Upper Montclair , N .J .
07043
To Edwin and Susan Boyer Gorts '73 a
son , David Andrew on Apr il 23. Address:
48 Orange Ave. , Staten Island , N.Y .
10302
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To Charles and Joanna Williamson
Monday '72 a son , Ryan Fredrick on
January 19. Address: 23 North Franklin
Dr ive , Troy , Ala. 36081
To Patr ick B. and Wendy Drescher
O'Rourke '72 a daughter, Kristen Patricia
on March 13. Addre ss: 566 Village Blvd .,
Baldwinsville , N . Y. 13027
�Inmemoriam
The Rev. Edwin Gundersen '36 on April
22. Pastor Gundersen had been chaplain
of Eger Nurs ing Home, Staten Island ,
since 1969. He had also been chaplain at
the Queens Hospital Center , Long Island .
Mr. Gundersen served as an Army
chaplain during World War II , with a field
artillery unit in Germany, attaining the
rank of Captain .
Prior to 1969, he had served parishes
in Wiscons in, Minnesota, New Jersey
and New York .
He is survived by his wife , Esther , two
sons and two daughters. Address : 15
Jones Place , Staten Island , N . Y. 10310
Lawrence B. Knudsen '40 on April 25 .
Knudsen was a senior process chemist
at N. L. Industries, Perth Amboy, N .J .
where he held several patents for his
work . He was active in the Presbyterian
Church, the Boy Scouts , Kiwanis Club
and was a member of the Amer ican
Chemical Soc iety . During World War II ,
he served as a Captain in the U .S. Army
in China. He is survuved by his w ife ,
Melba, and two sons , Laurence D. and
Kristian B. Address : 15 Lone Oak Road ,
Middletown , N .J . 07748
Violet Boehmer '45 on December 29 ,
1974. Miss Boehmer had taught at
var ious private schools on Staten Island ,
the most recent be ing Staten Island
Academy . There are no immed iate
survivors .
Edward L. Denton, Jr. '47 on Marc h 21 ,
after a prolonged illness. Denton was
president of AFCO , I nc., a national
premium financing company , having
joined the company in 1955 as counsel.
During World War II , he served as a
Lieutenant in the U .S. Navy and
rema ined in the Naval Reserve . He is
survived by his wife , Barbara and twin
children , Edward L. , III and Miss Leslie
R. Address : 17 Agate Road , East
Brunswick , N.J. 08816
The Rev. Norman H. Fowler ' 47 on April
14. At the time of his death , he was
pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church ,
Staten Island. Prior to his calling to
Immanuel in 1959, Fowler had parishes
in New Jersey and Massachusetts. In
between pastorates , in 1953, he served
in the mission field and founded the
Prince of Peace Lutheran Chu rch ,
Paramus , N.J. He is survived by his wife
Matilda. Addr ess : 1229 Rockland Ave. ,
Staten Island , N .Y. 10314
James H. Hutchison '49 suddenly on
February 7. At the time of his death , he
was executive secretary of
Czarnikow- Rionda Company , a sugar
brokerage house in N .Y.C. A graduate of
New York Law School , he was a member
of the New Yor k State Bar Assoc iation .
Hutchison belonged to Alpha Sigma Phi
and was act ive in the Wagner College
Alumni Association . He is survived by his
wife , Jean and three daughters, Barbara,
Susan and Julia. Address : 8 Moody
Place , Staten Island , N .Y . 10310
Thomas C. Brown, III X54 on April 23.
Formerly a stockbroker for M . S. Ween
in New Jersey, Mr. Brown had been
employed for the past year and a half as
a broker for Underwood NewHouse in
Houston, Texas . He is survived by his
wife , Sheila, two sons and two
daughters.
Patricia Patterson Hughes '50 on
January 24 . Mrs. Hughes was a teacher
in the Berkeley , California school district
and was a member of Alpha Delta Pi.
She is survived by her husband , Charles
and twins , Charles and Lorna . Address :
39 Menlo Place, Ber keley, Cal. 94707
The Rev. Richard E. Shemenske '56 in
March , 1975. Shemenske was pastor of
the Church of Atonement, Saugerties ,
N .Y. at the time of his death . He is
survived by his wife , Gloria and a
daughter, Monica Kim . Address: 96
Market Street , Saugerties , N . Y. 12477
WalterJ. Schiessle '61 in March , 1974.
He is survived by his parents , Mr. & Mrs.
Christian Sch iessle , Argyle Rd ., Star
Rte., Argyle , N .Y . 12809 and a sister , Dr.
Elizabeth Schiessle Costello '65, 48-16
91st Place, Elmhurst, N .Y . 11373
Teresa Arculeo '73 on February 21 . She
is surv ived by her parents , Counc ilman
and Mrs. Angelo J . Arcu/eo, a brother
Dennis '72, all of 1028 82nd Street ,
Brooklyn , N .Y . 11228
Elizabeth C. Baeszler M73 on April 9.
Miss Baeszler was a teacher at the
Willowbrook Development Center ,
Staten Island . Prior to that , she had been
employed by the National Foreign Trades
Council , N .Y.C. She is survived by a
sister , Mrs. Cather ine McLernon of
Middletown , N .J .
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