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Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from Muhlenberg College Alumni Trust Fund https://archive.org/details/ciarla2004112muhl X 1 - WA . W"^'-i A ' * »K j-*Sv i - ^ \ jflU 2 200s V olume Ciarla, 1 1 The Yearbook of Muhlenberg College April 2003-April 2004 2400 Chew Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18104 484-664-3237 [email protected] 4 8 2 ftojifia Opening 6 Student Life 1 Academics 40 Seniors 66 erclassmen 1 1 and 122 Activities Sports 160 eek Life 202 226 osing 5 #iris bo a friend ^ a kind soul ^ a patron For more than 63 years, Milton W. "Scotty" Wood was the man behind miUions of meals - meals that have been served to college students, hospital and retirement home residents, as well as physicians, educators and business people. Wood founded the Allentown-based Wood Dining Services, which over 63 years grew from a small sandwich shop in center-city Allentown to a multi-faceted organization with annual sales ofover $650 million. It was that small sandwich shop, called the Home Restaurant, which became a regular dining estabhshment for the Muhlenberg College basketball team, who often finished practice too late to eat dinner on campus. Since it was literally down the street from where the players practiced at Rockne HaU, the Home Restaurant was the perfect place to enjoy a home-cooked meal. Scotty, who always had a soft spot for athletes, would feed the Muhlenberg Mules for free. It was through the close relationship that he estabhshed with the team's players and coaches that Scotty was asked by then-CoUege president. LeveringTyson, to manage the campus dining service. "I said I could do it in all ignorance. I was never even on a college campus," recalled Wood, whose formal education ended with a high school diploma. It was Scotty's first dining service account and the beginning ofWood Dining Services. The year was 1947. In 1951, Wood Dining Services secured its second dining service contract at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., and 10 years later, landed its first hospital accounts - Easton Hospital and Muhlenberg Hospital Center. In 1965, Wood began offering food and nutrition services to nursing and personal-care homes, starting with Good Shepherd Home in Allentown. Reflecting on his success, Scotty remarked, "I started in business with a debt of $2,400.00; now I have a debt ofgratitude so big that ifit were dollars it could put a dent in the National debt. "It has been said that a man or woman isjudged by the company he or she keeps,just as a company isjudged by the people it keeps. Thankyou for making us look so good. If success means havingbeen blessed with good health and a wonderful family, and participating with many others in the growth ofa company recognized for doing a good job, then I'll accept the comphment. l9lS SepieMbeJi lO, I 6