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"^"' V:: Jf^-^4.^-. " .niMtr" i-C-jj'. .1? THE GiBkE E N S-5 U E^ I ;^»3* 3. LycomingCollege AlumniAssociationExectiveBoard President Erman E. Lepley. Jr. '78 Angela R. Kyte "73 Franklin W. Noll HI '89 Vice President James G. Scott '70 Julie Hottle Day '88 Otto L. Sonder "46 Linda Porr Sweeney '78 Secretary Sa\miz Biiz Bear Julie Makatche '92 Jay Thomson '86 Ronalee B. Trogner '69 Margaret S. Beardslee '93 Jon C. Vande\'ander '79 Robert L. Bender '59 David A. Walsh '76 Daniel W. Bythewood '68 Kristi R. Yerger '95 Robert P Crockett '61 Dennis G. Youshaw '61 D. Keigh Earisman '58 Veronica L. Buttari '99 Helen H. Fultz '57 Molly A. Curtis '00 4 Deer vs Forest Kathleen Tighe Gaye "75 Casey B. Barnes '99 5 Founder's Day Patricia M. Krauser "68 Jill Schroeder ()() William R. Lawry '64 r Have a ^ Favorite 1 6 Green Careers 9 Tribute to Jim Sheaffer 10 152nd Commencement 12 At Lycoming 16 Alumni News 19 The Way We Were "Yat Esool" School Spirit and Resurrecting Football 20 Faculty News 23 Class Notes 32 Philosophy: The Ideal Pre-Med Preparation. Sjyi'cial ihaiiks InplKiUifiiaphcrJenniferJiihii.soii This issue was produced by the Office ofCollege Relations (570) 321-4037 DirectorofAlumni Programs: A. Sue McConiiick "60 Kditor: Molly Costello Editorial Assistants: Sandra Burrows. Wanda McDonoutih. Amanda Peterman '00. Diana VanFleet Sports Editor: JelTMichaels "92 Class Notes: Sue Hartranft, Amanda Peterniaii '00 Designer: Murray Hantbrd Production Credits: Printing • Acorn Press To Call The College: Office ofAlumni and Parents Programs: (.S70) 321-40.^6 Office ofAdmissions: -800-34.5-3920 or (510) 32 -4026 1 1 College Information: (.570) 321-4000 Bill Worobec '70 100 years of were caught in a day. with walked along Trout Fishing many fish exceeding 12 ^ffiaerIHS AfiiBance ofDr. Mel Zimmerman, Big Bear Creek, The Dunwoody Club was inches in length." one ofthe few But by 1923. the trout had Lycoming College has pPreinsntsiynlevsatnrieaa.msHleeftkninew it fpnrooerustnehdreevrdeniopnafr1fto8or8fe7sLtaylsacnaodmpirininvtgahtee dCilmuibnibsehgeadntsotoacpkoiinngtttlhsaht, tahe GrferrceoeeminvteehrdepaGrr$oo2gw0ri,a5nm0g0fogurnadnetd wchaesmicsletarny.hIandfabcetetnheevaluated County near the village of persaccatliacteedthoavtehratsheonyleyars. by Gov. 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FEATURE LYCOMINGCOLLEGEMAGAZINE•SUMMER IX) out stream will try to Dunwoody lent itselfto Even now. lookingathis repair itself. This, becoming a wonderful large- handiwork, he notices a log however, takes a long scale experiment. First, the placement as .several degrees time. entire watershed is essen- offhis original mark. Rosgen's solution tially privately owned, He and Bob Wayne built for badly eroded offering a controlled environ- 14 structures that year by streams is to assist the ment. Second, as a non- hand. They worked and natural process by profit entity. Dunwoody survived four "bankfull carefully installing could solicit support from events" ofhigh water. structures such as public as well as pri\ate 'Bill is a real Renais- single vanes, cross sources. And finally. Bill was sance man." says vanes and J- hooks. sure he could interest a Zimmerman. "He's a self- These stnictures number ofeducational taught conser\ationist and a mimic naturally institutions in helping to very good hydrologist." occuring configura-^^Sl!SSelevate the project to a well- As a student. Worobec tions in stable rivers. designed experiment. The had started out in pre-med, Bill saw a possible 3.5 miles ofBig BearCreek, rethought his career, and solution to the between Dunwoody and the switched to economics. problem of Big Bear Loyalsock Creek, could Away from Dunwoody, he is Creek, but he saw that become an outdoor.class-,^^ now a stockbroker and Bill Worohec '70 exami>if\ some the Dunwoody project manager ofthe local First ofthe creek's veiiflalioii. Photo: had the potential to be much Bill had first met DrMel Union Securities oftlce. JenniferJohnson more. It could become the Zimmerman, professor of .,, Apart from his role as sedimentation and an prototype for majorstream biology at Lycoming ^.g^s cheerleader, Worobec's unstable streanibed. restoration. College, 18 years ago when genius has been to put Big BearCreeiv had Apart from depleting the Mel's class did a small togethera very effective undergone a series of native brook trout, the project on Big BearCreek. collaborative partnership traumas. Hurricane Agnes in damaged streams in Pennsyl- Bill also knew Dr. Ed Gabriel between his club, the 1972 and Hurricane Eloise in vania are carrying sediment and Dr. Bob Zaccariaofthe Commonwealth ofPennsyl- 1975 ripped out the banks that is creating a major biology department as fellow vania, and the U.S. Fish and and made it widerand ecological problem through- members ofthe ski patrol at Wildlife Service. shallower, a habitat which is out the Chesapeake Bay Ski Sawmill. Through his persuasi\e unfavorable to trout. basin. As early as 1993, "Dr. talents. Pennsylvania Power In 1980 a downstream Zim" led his students out to and Light, under its "Com- landownerconstructed a dam Dunwoody to conduct a munity Volunteers" program, that allowed sedimentation to biological baseline survey. is providing employees to build up in the centerofthe They examined Big Bear assist in the planting and re- stream. In 1991 a lOO-year- Creek at length, counting the vegetation ofthe stream old dam at the top ofthe fish and otheraquatic life in banks. The department of stream was removed, a real hands-on laboratory. Civil Engineering at Penn allowing a century of State, under Dr. Peggy .sediment to inflict more Applying Textbook Johnson, is studying the damage on the stream. The to Stream design and performance crowning blow was the flood In 1996. Bill Worobec and characteristics ofthe \arious of 1996 which devastated the Bob \Va\nc. a Williamsport structures. stream banks once again. atlorncN and club member, Those first hand-built Wt)robec began reading began appl\ing the tech- structures attracted enough Dave Rosgen's Applied River niques of tluxial geomor- attention from conservation Mf)rplu)logy and beiie\ed phology. Faraway from the groups, state and federal that the stream could be put textbook. Worobec and agencies that Worobec was right again by using a Wayne found ihemsehes able to engineera $6.0(){) WRAP technique called applied Clanking large logs into the grant from the fluvial geomorphology in streanibed with an old Depailment of En\ironmen- combination with the gasoline-powered winch. tal Protection. WRAP theories ofnatural stream backbreaking v\nrk for two In 1999. using the hydrology. weekentl outdoorsmen. grant and 1.500 tons oflarge According to Rosgen's /)/". ;V/(7 Ziniiiiernuin. ]uotessi>r i>f rock donated by Glenn O. study, over time a washed- hioloi;y. Pholo: JtnnilerJohnson Hawbaker. Inc.. Bill was LYCOMINGCOLLEGEMAGAZINE•SUMMER 0(1 FEATURE Photo:JenJohnson he was completing minors in both en\ironmental science and chemistry. In addition to his 4.0 GPA. he had already done a summer internship with the Department of Environmental Protection and another with Cromaglas, a manufacturer ofwater treatment systems. It was a good fit. Jud felt right at home with the project. An avid hunter and Jiul Kralzer is in tlic PliDprogram in fisheniian. his hobbies FisheriesBiologyalthePennsylvania Srale Universitywherehereceiveda includedtaxidermy and tying leachini; ussislantshii'. flies. continue forthe next four $10,000 forLycoming abletorestore4.000feetof "Jud is very meticulous." years, the results ofthe first College to purchase some stream with 38 different Zimmerman said, "and that is year were good. The monitoring equipment and a requirement for the careful structures built with large construction on the creek had watertesting supplies and to boulders. tabulation ofaquatic life." no detrimental effect on covera summer student Kratzer selectedacontrol That same spring, the aquatic life. stipend. site above the construction, Dunwoody Club stopped fouradditional sites at Growing The Trout Return stocking trout, an extraordi- nary show ofrestraint by a intervals throughout the Greener Grant On an early April Sunday. construction, and a control faihsehaidn.g club willing to look siteJdudowanndstarcearme.w ofa half persOonnealofchWaolrloenbgeecs'shas been tmBioelumlrbWaeolrorsnogboefBciMgelelBaedasrawniotthhefrive AnAsHtohenDournswoPordyojCelcubt dosifotze1se9n9129stt(uibdmeeefnsotrsbeesctaowmnepseltrneudcJtutilhoyen) etaodpuppcruaortasicunhegesaonttdhoeerwvsaattleouratsthheeendneeewd ZimHmeerkmnaonw'ssecvlearsys iinncthowo.f the stream, pointing with began to build the structures and March of2000. They restoration. "I must con- that would help re-channel measured the stream width stantly remember John parental pride to new growth the creek, Worobec saw the and depth, tested the chemis- Maynard Keynes' comment, ohnowtheeabcahnckosnsatnrducetxipolnaining tnheaetdthtoedcooncsutmreucnttiotnheweofuflecdts tfri\shoafntdheotv\heatrera.quaantdiccoluifnet.ed n'tehwe diidfefaiscublutyt liinesesncoatpiinngthe ehveollpuetdiodni.recHtisthfercireendekB'sob hreaavlIefporthonitsotthpyerpoaejq,eucattthiewcnerlteihfeet.o be a Ttgorhoehweytlphtadrgaogtceesdu,mtearnnoudttcmohovavenregme1es0ntcin,m fGroovHmeertnhfoeoroulnTdd.o'ma"nWReoiardrogebin'esc said. eWWxaopyrenorebt,eocncoignsetaoesnmdmosurpcthhhaotlanoBiglyl as project needed to yield real the population density. His administration. In January anyone. data that could be used in its team performed their work in Worobec received news that "I used to be an avid evaluation. accordance with the EPA"s he had been waiting for: the Mel Zimmerman thought Rapid Bioassessment project had received a fisherman." Bill reminisced. he had a good candidate in Protocal V, commonly known $376,000 grant from the "Over the years. I have been JluodokKirnagtfzoerra"n00Hownhoorswas aassemlaelcltraomsohuoncktinogf,cuirnrwenhtich Gnreowwfiinvge-Gyreaeren$e6r50Inimtiilaltiivoen, a amacna.tcNho-awn.d-1reglueesass,e Ifi'smhejru-st a conservationist." Pvroolju"enHcttee.edri.d"n'Ztiemxmaectrlmyan sfaotnruenttshatenhmedtfcoiosubhnetl.eosdnc.gooeJpnueodduufgpohuinnd GianonidvtierartenisvoteorrbetyhwattahetwielPrleshn"enpdsrsyoltavencadtnia comTehseibniagvfeinrdyosfmatlhle day chuckled. ""I told him. I've brown trout, slimy sculpin. clean up pollution from package. It is a baby native got aproject foryou, and and longnose dace along abandoned mines." trout, less than two inches in here it is."" with the brook trout. The grant guarantees that length with its egg sack still Jud had the academic Although the testing Worobec can finish the attached. credentials. A biology major. program will actually project. It also includes The trout are coming back. JefTreyProwant '80 punches a slide up onto the screen in the Heim Biology and Cheniistn Building. The picture shows sunlight filtering through the trunks oftall trees. On theground is acarpetof leaves. One can see far into the forest. "It looks like a park," Prowant tells the students and people from the community. "But llial'-s an unhealthy forest," says the District Foresterforthe The deerhave grown to trees,jeopardizing notonly treetogrowsixfeet,you're Tiadaghlon State Forest. numbers that are wiping out the health ofthe forests but a O.K." says Prowant. "And here's the culprit." all the small seedlings, as future cash crop ofhard- Feeding deerthrough Prowant exclaims. It's a well as wildflowers, (lower- woods. stands ofcom—so they don'i herd ofdeer. — Prowant grew up in the ing dogwoods and all the At present, deerhunting feed on young trees is woods and spent a lot of underbrush that healthy does little to control the another. \erv expensive forests need to regenerate population problem ofthe tactic and not an ecological time with his father at a and support small game. deer herds, because hunters resolution. hunting camp in the How did this all happen? want to take only trophy Prowant feels that a northern part ofLycoming Cbiooulnotgyy., aHndewmhaejonrehed in EBuerfoopreeatnhse,cdoemeirnhgerodfstwheere bwurcoknsg..""DPorno'wtangettsmayes. " I sthoeluGtiaomnewiCllomcmoimses.iIonnfahcats, considerably smaller. The old like to hunt, too." worked with the Bureau of realized that he wanted to mature forests didn't have Butthe bucks are not the Forestry on many occasions. make acareerout of the quantity of\oung plant problem. The onh' way to Betterdeer management will forestry, he pursued a life to sustain large numbers slow the population growth actually mean better hunting master's degree in forestry ofdeer. As the old forests ofdeeris to remove the ones in the long run. at West Virginia Uni\ersity. were cut down and young that are doing the reproduc- Prowant recommends Prowant, who now — vegetation as well as farm ing namely, the does. The more doe licenses and manages 700,000 acres of — crops the kind ofbrowse ideal ratio betwccn buck and moving away from allot- private forestlands as well — that deer love began to doe should be 50-50. says ment of licenses b\ county as 220,000 acres ofpublic, grow in its place, the deer Prowant. (Now it averages so that more licenses will sees the deerpopulation as having a significant impact herds grew larger. By 1920, between 20-80 and 10-90.) go to the counties with the deer hunting had become a Faced with the deer most deer. on the forest industry. "Having a good deer- popular sport and. with it. problem, the Department of ""Ifthe hunting commu- public pressure not to do Conservation and Natural nity doesn't do a betterjob management system is anything that might diminish Resources has resorted to a on deer management, then a crucial to maintaining the delicate balance ofthe the deer herds. numberoftactics to reduce judge will end up doing it for It's been Deervs. Forests the destruction, such as the us," Prowant says, referring ecosystem ofthe state's ever since. fencing ofacreage until the to dain, farmers who might forests," Prowant says. With subdivisions young trees have achance to sue the state fordamages Every deerneeds about four pounds of "browse" a replacing familand. the deer grow. But it'sa very costly by deer. have been pushed back into program. day. Prowant explains. the forests. Now. more of "The trick is to help "Browse" is the young them are munching on voung trees grow above the vegetation that is easily young oak. maple and ash browse line. ""Ifvou can set a within reach ofdeer. A T U Ben Crever Day forthe firsttimetwosummers Founder's Descendent ago. Returns to Lycoming "I was doing research into my heritage and into the Done Heckman, the history ofthe Lhiited great-great granddaughter of Methodist Church and my the Rev. Benjamin H. family's part in it," Crever, considered the Heckman explains. founder ofDickinson Heckman can also trace Seminary, came to campus herlineage back to the to help kick offacelebra- Barratt family, the earliest tion honoring Ben Crever. family ofMethodists in Doric portrayed Susan the United States. Caroline Crever, the wife Heckman has por- ofthe Rev. Crever, at a trayed Susan Crever special concert of 19th - before at the Crever century American music on United Methodist Church Friday April 9th as partof in Petersburg. Pa., a church the College's Concerts at that Ben Creverendowed in Noon series. memory of Doric was dressed in a his wife. costume she had made "It is an awesome herselfthat was trimmed in feeling to be walking in 19th-century Irish lace. the steps ofmy ancestors "We're delighted to have who have done such great Doric Heckman come to things to serve theirGod, campus," said Molly theircountry and their belief Costello, director ofcollege in education for all people," relations forLycoming says Heckman. College. "It's wonderful to Crever, acircuit-riding have a part ofourhistory minister with big vision. come alive." walked for two days through Like Susan Crever, Done the spring mud from Milton Heckman is also a minister's to Williamsport to size up the wHiefcek.mMaanr,risehdethoelRpesv.hiDmave facility. In 1848 he pur- chased the Williamsport serve five small rural Academy on behalfofthe churches near Glasgow, Pa. Methodist Church. Through The 19th-century Susan his perseverance, the Crevertaught in the Semi- Academy reopened as nary before following Ben Williamsport Dickinson Creverwhen his careertook Seminary that fall, providing him to a military hospital as highereducation to both men chaplain during the Civil War and women. and to the Minnesota wilderness as a missionary. Crever Festivities Susan Crever is buriedjust The CreverConcert was three blocks from Lycoming the beginning ofa weekend College in the cemetery on honoring the founder. On Washington Boulevard next Sunday, the College hosted a to her husband and three Bill Hiii;aii. Dean ofStiulen! Affairs, as the Rev. Crever. Dorie Heckman Sprint Triathlon, a Creverfest children who died before as Susan Crever. amiMolly Curtiss. President ofthe Student Senate, decorate with three live bands, and an reaching adulthood. Crevers grave. indoor barbecue. Heckman visited the campus — / GreeK i C^m ^a1 reerByAmandaPsetennan'00 Lycoming College Defusing alumni are helping to year, has away into approved landfills. Hazardous Waste keep the become a pail ofthe largest "One ofthe rewards ofthe hazardous waste disposal job is knowing that you"re On his very firstjob after environmental company in the world: the making a difference and college, there here had to be French-owned Vivendi. cleaning up the world for our green and clean. days when John Dyer '93 As part ofOnyx. John has children," says John. "I wondered what college had Meet four helped to clean up oil spills definitelv think we are —been all about. Here he was at Three Mile Island as well catching up [to the problem]." clothed head to foot in different as the more recent oil spill Leaving acleaner world protective gear with an along the Potomac Ri\er. He for the next generation has environmentalists. oxygen tank on his back and has worked for research just become more important a toxic meteron his chest facilities, universities, private to the Dyers (she is Kristin scmbbing out acid tanks. industries, and governmental Rhinehart Dyer "94) since "1 think Dr Gabe" and installations in Pennsylvania. the birth oftheir first child. "Dr. Zim,' were a little taken majored in biology with a Maryland and Washington Logan Tanner concentration in environmen- back at the time." John D.C. At the moment, he reflects. Althouuh he had tal studies. Dyergot into the spends most ofhis time Keeping hazardous waste overseeing disposal ofnon- Princeton field "by mistake." hazardous and hazardous John te)ok thejob University chemicals at Aberdeen because he had to Green and Clean Proving Grounds in start repaying his student loan. He Maryland. Bob Ortego '82 was so soon realized, One ofhis responsibilities impressed by Dr. however, that doing is to .see that the chemicals Zimmemian's lectures on the dirty work was are properly packaged and saving drinking water that the key to getting transported according to after graduation he decided ahead in the hazard- both Department ofTrans- to pursue a career in the ous waste disposal portation and Federal environmental sciences. regulations. 'Ihe process can "College was great for me field. In the seven years mean, for example, different at the time." Bob said. "We since graduation, vehicles for chemicals that had the hands-on experience things have gotten could have explosive reactions and small classes that other better He is now an should an accident occur. colleges didn't have." The chemicals are shipped Dr Mel Zimmerman made environmental specialist with Onyx to disposal tacilities across sure that his students worked l-jnironmcntal the country, where they are on real-life problems, Services (York. Pa.), carefulh treated b\ incinera- beginning with water Kwriitshtinnew(Rhsioinw.hiirll and John Dyer which in the past tDiyoenr)(,threebceysctlemdetohrotdu,ckseadys s"Yaemaphl,inagndasIlaolcawlaycsregeokts.the

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