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TheAlumniCommunicatorispublishedforthe
alumni,parents, and friendsofWesternNew 2 Message from the President
England College
3 The Rock: Its Journey to Higher Education
PresidentoftheCollege:
AnthonyS. Caprio
8 Mission Statement
VicePresidmtforAdvancementandMarketing:
JaneAlbeit 10 Western New England College in the HeadUnes
DirectorofAlumni Relations:
Kara Kapinos 12 Campus News:
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G. Michael Dobbs • Dr. Nancy Thomas Appointed as Special Assistant to
Deborah Savoie the President
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Designer; Studiographics Engineering
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Mission Statement "Operation Washington"
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The mission of the Alumni • Alumni Giving Committee Moves Forward
Association of Western New • Alumnus ofthe Year Talks about Excellence
England College shall be to
31 Class Notes
communicate with and bring
value to the alumni body and
to support actively and 34 In Memoriam
financially the goals ofthe
College as detailed in its 37 Annual Report 1997-98
mission statement.
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WesternNewEnglandCollegedoesnotdiscnminaieonthebasis About the cover;
ofrace,religion,color,nationalorigin,age,sex,sexualorientaiion,
ordisabilityinadmissionlo,accessto.treatmentm,oremployment Class of 1968 members Karl
dinesuigsnaptreodgrlaomhsanadnldeaicntqiuviitriieess rTehgeardfionlglotwhiengnopnedrissocnrihmaisnabteieonn Jurgen, Richard Holland, and
policies: DirectorofCareerandHumanResources,WesternNew Shelby Kaplan return to the "scene
EnglandCollege,1215WilbrahamRoad.Spnngfield.MA01119.
[phone] Inquiries concerning the application of ofthe cnme" to celebrate the buth
nondiscnminationpoliciesmayalsobereferredtotheRegional ofa College tradition.
Director.OfficeforCivilRights,U.S. DepartmentofEducation.
J.WMcCormackPO.C.H.,Room222.Boston.MA02109-4557.
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PRESIDENT
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S E S S E
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Dear Alumni, Faculty, Staff,
Students, Parents, and Friends of
Western New England College:
At Homecoming this past September, the College communityand re-
turning alumni celebrated thirty years ofthe Rock, a campus landmark
knownbyallwhohavebeenonthemaincampus. Depositedingeniously
by members ofthe Class of 1968, the Rock, in all its solidity, lends itself
easily to associationwith the Collegessolidand firm foundation thathas
beenlaidsinceitsfoundingin 1919anditsincorporationasWesternNew
England College in 1951.
How appropriate thatwe recognize oursupporters andbenefactors in
thisissue which features the Rock. Forwithout the financialsupport ofthose who have remembered
their responsibility towardWestern New England College, the College can neither maintain its mo-
mentum nor build on its rock-solid foundation which so many have worked so hard to construct in
this institutionsrelativelyshortbut truly distinguishedhistor).
TherearenumerouschallengesaheadforWesternNewEnglandCollege. TheBoardofTrusteeshas
endorsed the Colleges strategic plan developed in the course of the last year. Every new initiative
proposed in the plan will lead to distinctiveness for the College; each requires dollars to implement.
Our former commitments, however, have not been altered, particularly financial aid endowment for
ouroutstandingandneedystudents.
Lastyear,withthefullsupportoftheWesternNewEnglandCollegeAlumniAssociation,theCollege
launcheditsfirstAnnual Giving Campaign. The resultsofthiseffortare describedin the pages ofthis
Alumni Communicator. In this second year, the Annual Giving Campaign will again seek financial
support fornumerousprojects that in the past have beenundertaken modestly ornotat all. We need
thegiftsofoursupporters to continue toexcel. Please help the Collegebecomeall thatyou know-itis
capable ofbecoming.
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Toallourbenefactors alumni,friendsoftheCollege,foundations,parents,faculty,andstaff to
you who have expressed confidence in the College throughyour financial support during the period
July 1, 1997 throughJune 30, 1998, 1 expressgratitude onbehalfofthe entireWesternNew England
College communitywhichbenefitsso directly fromyourgenerosity.
Sincerelyyours,
AnthonyS. Caprio
DECEMBER FEATURE
19 9 8
The
Rock: Journey
Its to
Higher Education
by BrendaMarsian'91
KarlJurgen '68 and a bunch ofhis bud-
dieswereslumpedinsofasandmakingsmall
talksome thirtyyears ago atan off-campus
apartment.Itwasabrieflullbeforethecram-
ming of final exams and the young mens
idle chatting turned to a gripe session on
feelingbored.Jurgengrewirritatedoverthe
complaints ofnothing to do and the eager-
ness forgraduation day to arriv—e.
"Itwascrazy.Therewewere educated,
healthy young men, moping about being
bored."Enoughwasenough.Jurgenquickly
endedthecomplaintsandexclaimed, "Lets
dosomethingthen. We canleave ourmark
on Western New England College in fine
style."
The Class of '68s efforts to curb their
boredom turned into a lasting and ever
present legacy at Western New England
College. A large, red sandstone rock was
about to begin ajourney downWilbraham
Road to itsnewhome.
Fourroommatesevolvedintoacommit-
tee including Ken Cotty Peter Duhamel,
Dean Eraser, George Gaunt, Rick Holland, and dropping it on campus. "It was really tive, permanent, and not break too many
BobJames, BobJoyal, KarlJurgen, Shelby just a pebble and grew over the last thirty rulesalong theway.
Kaplan, Dave Kenison, Bill Piersol, Ted years." The rock idea stuck and with resources
Rauh,BarryRoberts,FredSiegfried,andtwo Suggestions on what to do were many. like Barry Roberts '68, whose father owned
'69 grads, Dan Castellano andJeff Roche, One idea was to hire a parachutist to dress aconstructioncompany,andJurgen'sfather,
whometreligiously to discuss theirplan to astheGoldenBear,jumpoutofaplane,and whoworkedforDanielO'ConnellandSons,
bringsomespirit to the campus, attract the landontheathleticfields.Unfortunately,no the class obtained access to a rock, a dump
attention of the administration, and excite parachutist was willing to risk falling into truck, andotheressentialequipment.
fellow classmates. thenearbyelectricunit.Anothersuggestion Justafewmilesawayfromcampus,con-
"Karl had a mind for great ideas. What- wastoplacealargerockattheparkingspot stnictionwasunderwayonaGrantsDepart-
everhe suggested, we'ddo," said Rick Hol- of President Beaumont Herman and some- mentStore, nowthe Five Town Plazaat the
land, who tried taking the credit ofsingle- howremovetheCupola.ButJurgenwanted
handedly carrying the boulder on his back toaccomplishsomethingthatwouldbeposi- continuedon nextpage
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The Rock: ItsJourney to Higher Education continued
Longmeadow,MA.AsforDeanMulcahyhe materialhandlerwasusedagaintopushthe
merelyshookhis headandadvised the stu- truckoutofits trap.
dents tobecarefulandnotgive him thede- Slowly,Jurgen drove the rock to its final
tails oftheirplan. destination. The rock wobbled in the back
For Joyal, the rock mission was about of the truck, making the drive to the drop
making new friends. site tedious.
"I wasina differentfraternitythanKarl, "My role was giving Karl directions,"
and we were never in any classes together, laughed Peter Duhamel who stood behind
but his idea for Class Daybrought together the truck and yelled out instructions on
somanydifferentpeople,"Joyaladdednot- whentodroptherock. "Wewerescared.As
ingthatJurgen'senthusiasmwascontagious rebellious as we thought we were, wejust
andcausedeveryonetowanttogetinvolved. wanted to graduate," continued Duhamel,
At 4:30 a.m. on May 16, 1968, the rock whodidgethisdiplomathatyearandis to-
Karl Jurgen '68talks aboutthe rock's troop made their way to the construction dayvice presidentofsales for Prentice Hall
originsatthededicationceremonies. site. With the help ofsome hired construc- Publishing.
tionworkers, therockwasliftedbyamate- Onceoncampus, therewereafew loose
intersection ofAllen and CooleyStreets. rial handler onto the back of a borrowed endstotidyup,suchasconvincingthenight
"Everything we had learned in college dumptruck.Theweightoftherockmadeit watchmannotto tattle. Thencame themo-
was falling into place. We really tested our impossibleforKarltodrive thetruckoutof ment that the rockhad to beunloaded.
ability to follow through on a plan. Every the hole where the rock had been and the ThestresswasintenseforJurgen,theman
discipline westudiedwas challenged," said
Jurgen. Engineers found maps of the cam-
pusanditsundergroundplumbingandwir-
ingtoidentifyasafeplace toplanttherock.
Business majors calculated the cost of the
mission, where topurchase the equipment,
and what kind of manpower they would
need.
Itwaspropheticthattheleaderoftherock
operation, Karl Jurgen, does strategic and
tactical business planning for international
jointventuresatABBCombustionEngineer-
inginWindsor, CT. Fromplacingaboulder
on a college campus to traveling to the
Ukraine to provide advanced instrumenta-
tion to power stations,Jurgens experience
with the rockwas a precursor to his future
career.
RobertJoyal'68waspresidentoftheclass
that year and was called upon to help woo
Dean ofStudentsAndrewMulcahy.
"I think Karl thought I wouldbeable to
pull them out of trouble if anything went Membersofthe Classof 1968whoengineeredthe rock'sarrival on campuswere honored
wrong," saidJoyal, now vice president of at Homecoming. Seenwith Dr. AnthonyCaprio (center) are, from lefttoright: Bill Piersol,
operations for Milton Bradley in East Richard Holland, KarlJurgen, andShelbyKaplan.
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atthewheelofthe truckasitteeteredinthe AccordingtoJoyal, the classhadwanted and carefullyloopeda ropearound the end
sky from the weight of the seven foot tall toattachaplaqueontherocksignifyingtheir oftheballoonandpulleditnice andsecure
rock.Hismainconcernthroughouttherock triumphantefforts.Thecostwastooexpen- around the steeple.
deliverywas to nothurtanyone ordamage sive, so they settled for a "68" painted in The weather balloon managed to float
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property. white the beginning ofa regular ritual of besidethecupolauntil8:30a.m.whenalight
"My teeth felt like they had been fused painting the rock. wind blew it offits pedestal.
together,"Jurgen remembered the fear that While one group of men was finishing Thatmorningasanticipated,agathering
took over. "Ken Cotty who was sitting in therockproject, the fraternitySigmaTheta ofstudents,faculty,andstaffformedaround
the passenger seat told me I was nuts and Chi,ledbyGeorgeGaunt'68,wascomplet- the rock. The Class of'68 threw a few fire-
jumped out ofthe truck,"Jurgensmiled at ing the task of tying a weather balloon to crackers to help attracta crowdwhile a se-
his recollection and the memory ofhis in- the top of the Deliso Hall's cupola. Paul lect groupwas sent to find PresidentBeau-
creasingconcern.Hiscavalierremarktogen- Oliver '68 was the daredevil brave enough mont Herman and escort him to the rock.
erate some spirit was quickly becoming a toclimbthetwotieredbuildingandbalance Herman, whoJurgenrecallsasastem, seri-
serious mission that had to be completed. ona ladder. ousman,slowlymanagedalittlesmileover
Therewas no turningback. "I made the mistake oflookingdown at thesightofthenewcampus landmark.
"The ground actually shook from the thepavementbelowandthenithitmehow "I'm sure Dean Mulcahybriefed him on
impact," said Holland, who today runs his high up I had climbed," said Oliver, who is ourplan.Wewerefortunatethattheadmin-
own CPAfirminNewJersey. the owner ofTaylor Rental in Enfield, CT, istrationwassocoolaboutthis,"saidjurgen.
Butwhentherockfinallyfellintoitsshal- andcreditsGeorgeGauntformotivatinghim "Ican'tbelievetheydidn'thaveusremove
low hole and the cheers from his friends tobalanceonawobblingladderfourstories the thing," Shelby Kaplan '68, today the
filled the air, Jurgen knew his charge was from the ground. The ladderwas placed as owner ofa packagingandjanitorial supply
almost complete. Only a few minor finish- far up the cupola as possible and Oliver
ing touches remained. pushed up the weatherballoonwith a pole continuedon nextpage
The Rock Dedicated to the Class of 1968
The highlight of Homecoming '98 was the dedication of
WesternNewEnglandCollege'slandmarkrocktotheClass The plaque states:
of 1968.
"Itwas theintentionofthe Classof 1968 to leave aplaque On May 16, 1968 Karl Jurgen '68 led his
tocommemorate theirrockmission,butlackoffundsdidnot classmates on a mission to leave their
allow them to purchase one. Instead, theybeganawonderful mark on Western New England College.
tradition ofpainting the rock and signed '68' on its surface," This great red sandstone boulder was
explained Dr. Anthony Caprio during the rock dedication excavated andplacedby the Class of '68
ceremonies. inhonorofClassDay. Theirquesttobring
Thirtyyearslater the College hasbestowed to the Class of spirit to the campus has been a success,
'68 a plaque so that students and visitors ofthe College may asthisgreatrocksymbolizes WesternNew
learn of this rock's journey to campus and the tremendous England College's solid foundation. We
spiritandlove students have for their College. honorandthanktheClassof1968fortheir
Onhandfor theceremonieswas KarlJurgen, the leaderof ingenuity, hardwork, andcommitmentto
therockescapadeandhisfriendsandclassmates,RichardHol- the College.
land, Shelby Kaplan, andBill Piersol.
"Thisisjustgreat," beamedJurgen, "I neverimaginedthat
whatwedidwouldhave suchanimportantrole on campus." coatsofpainthadcovereditssurface. Rumorhasit that the"68
Holland,Jurgen, and Kaplan gingerly climbed the rock and brigade isscheminganotherstunt to surpass their30 year-old
admiredwhat they hadaccomplished; wonderinghow many prank.
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The Rock: Its Journey to Higher Education continued
company, said in amazement. placed throughout the campus. Care- tera severe societal change, a threatening
"No one ever asked who brought the fully, Gaunt flew his two-seater plane war, and an abrupt entrance into adult-
rock. 1 thinkwe didsomethinggood for above the administration building, hood.
the College andbrought a lot ofspirit to completed a few spiral turns and "Sometimesonourwayuptoaskitrip
our class," said Dean Fraser, one of the dropped thousands ofpingpong balls rilstopby the campusandshowmykids
accompliceswhoisnowanaviationman- to an elated crowd.The balls scattered whatwedid,"smiledHolland,whofondly
agerandchiefpilotforUnitedDominion andstudentscollectedthemtoreadthe called Western New England College his
Industries in Charlotte, NC. different sayings andwell wisheswrit- home. "This was our last hurrah and it's
"Wejustwantedtobakeacake,"Joyal tenby the Class of 1968. nowareallyvividandwonderfulmemory,"
recalled,"butthefactthattherockisnow "I'm glad the College kept the rock summedup Holland.
a major focal point and utilized by stu- becauseitkeepsthememoryofthatday Later that day, in 1968, the graduating
dents is the frostingon that cake." currentin ourlives. Itwasreallya fun classcelebratedtheirsuccessfulmissionat
The grand finale oftheir perfect mis- time," said Oliver. Robinson State Parkin Agawam, MA. Al-
sionwascompletedbyGeorgeGaunt,an It was the end ofinnocence for the though classes since have tried to outdo
accoiTiplished pilot who choreographed Class of 1968. The first Western New 1968's rock abduction, none have gener-
anairshow to the tune "Snoopyand the England College class to include full- ated the spirit and camaraderie that Karl
Red Baron" that blared out of speakers timedaystudentswasabouttoencoun- Jurgen's men created.
Former Dean Mulcahy reveals rock secret
AndrewMulcahy,formerDeanof "The rockwas the firsthistorymaking
Students, was the only event on campus in addition to a terrific
administratorbackin 1968who gathering place for students." Mulcahy
hadanyideaabouttherockexcavation. marveledathowtherewerenotrucktracks
TheClassof1968'ssecretwassafewith beside the rock, as ifit had magically ap-
Mulcahy who didn't see the need to peared overnight.
sharetheplanswithhisboss,President For Mulcahy, working with students
BeaumontHerman. kepthimyoungand todayhe'samazedat
"Those kids were doing nothing the number of alumni who contact him
wrong.Theywerewonderfulaboutthe including a recent invitation to visit an
ideaandcouldn't have placed therock alumna livingin Kenya.
in a more appropriate location," re- "I still miss the students; it was a real
memberedMulcahy,whoretiredtothe pleasure to work with them. Our alumni
rockycoast ofMaine in 1993. area credit toWestern NewEngland Col-
Inhis32yearsofservicetotheCol- legeandhaveflourishedintogreatsuccess
lege, Mulcahy recalled the rock plant- stories," said Mulcahy "IfI gave students
ing as the most creative and well confidenceinthemselvesduringtheirfour
thought out "prank" everdevised. years at the College, then I did my job
well."
AndrewMulcahy
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DECEMBER FEATURE
19 9 8
Three generations of the Luke family
Rock
gather at the
The Class of'68wasnothingifnot thatwasn'taproblem,"Jerryremembers. signsome the infamouspingpongballs
creative. Around 11:00 a.m. on "The studentsgrabbed them all forsou- althoughshe wasn'taWesternNewEn-
that mid-May day, as students, venirs!" gland College student, also run a small
&
facuhy, staff, and administrators were Jerryand Georgehadbecome friends inn called "Fox Hill Bed Breakfast."
tryingtofigureouthowtherockgotthere, as fraternity brothers while at Western They are the parents ofJonathan Luke
theywereequallyastonishedtoseeasmall NewEngland College. Infact,Jerrylater '98.
planebuzzing the campus overhead. married George's ex-girlfrien—d, but it Thestoryoftherock'sorigindoeshave
"Aseveryonewasgatheredaroundthe didn't leave any hard feelings George asadnote. Unfortunately,GeorgeGaunt
rock,allofsudden,aplanewasflyinglow was thebestmanat theirwedding.Jerry never saw the rock become the focal
and the toilet paper got their attention," andGeriLukenowliveinHighlandPark, pointofthe Collegeasitis today. Heen-
JerryLuke'68says. "Hewasprobablyfly- New York.Jerry is a senior engineer for tered the Navy shortly after graduation
&
ingaround eight hundred to a thousand Grubb Ellis in the facilities manage- followinghisloveofflyingandservedas
feet,"recallsJerry,referringtopilotGeorge ment area where he does systems engi- an aviator. He lost his life in a training
Gaunt,alsoamemberofthe Classof'68. neering and energy conservation plan- accident in November 1971 off of the
Thejettisoned toiletpaperwasjust to ning. He did this kind ofwork for IBM coast of Virginia. He would have un-
test the wind for the main show. After formanyyearsbefore takinganearlyre- doubtedly been happy to see the rock's
seeingwhichwaythewindwasblowing, tirement. He and his wife, who helped status on the campus today.
George dropped ping pong balls on the
campus over Deliso Hall. Naturally, the
reactionwasoneofgreatsurprise. "When
alltheballsstartedflyingaround,Irecall
all the students, professors, even the
groundskeeping and administrative staff
wereouttoseewhatwasgoingon. Itwas
niceweather,soeverybodywasout.There
wereliterallythousandsoftheballs,"Jerry
says. "I believe George took offfrom the
airfield near his home. I rememberwrit-
ing'68'onmanyoftheballsbeforeGeorge
dropped them. I think most of the stu-
dents were also signing them with their
initials.The'SWK'onthepingpongballs
in the photograph stand for Shelby W.
Kaplan,whowasinvolvedwiththerock.
When I metShelbyat therockatHome-
coming 1998, 1 gave himonesince I had
two."
Howthrilledwerethegroundskeeping
people at having to pick up all of those Three generationsofthe Luke familygatheratthe rock;from leftto right; Jerry
skitteringpingpongballsafterward? "Oh, Luke '68; hisfather-in-lawTino Davilli; hisson, Jonathan Luke '98; and hisson, Jeff
Luke. JerryandJonathanare holdingtwoofthepingpong bailsdroppedoverthe
College30yearsago.
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COMMUNICATOR
'"W^he Western New England College Board ofTrustees unanimously
-L endorsed the College's Strategic Plan including a new Mission
Statement as proposed by the Strategic Planning Committee.
New
Western England College
MISSION STATEMENT
Purpose
Western New England College facilitates student learning. The College prepares students to
bringmultiple perspectives ofunderstanding to help them achieve balance and flexibility as
proactive solution seekers in the rapidly changing global environment in which they work
and live.
Position
Western New England College is committed to being a leader regionally and recognized
nationally in providing integrated professional and liberal learning. The College is character-
ized by a synergy that results internally from the collaboration ofits programs in Arts and
Sciences, Business, Engineering, and Law and externally from the important strategic
partnerships and alliances forged with the local and regional business, educational, and
civic community.
The College provides excellence in—teaching for all students full-time, part-time,
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undergraduate, graduate, and law an environment that proactively supports achievement
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and success academics for all students and where all activities, curricular and co-curricular,
are viewed as educationally purposeful. All students are regarded as a resource in excellence
whose special talents and attributes will be challenged by their educational program to
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assure success their professional and personal development and lives.
Defining Characteristics
integrated liberal and professional learning
This is the hallmark ofan education at Western New England College. Every program at the
College, whether in the liberal arts or professional studies, has two primary objectives: the
combination ofbroad knowledge and critical thinking with professionally focused depth, and
the ability to apply theory to real-world issues. The College seeks innovative ways to achieve
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this integration for students all major programs.