David Van Ormer
A new member of Highacres' chemis
try staff, Mr. David G. Van Ormer, hails
from State College, Pa. After graduat
ing from State College High School,
where he participated in the school band
and in class plays, he continued his
formal education at P. S. U. in his
hometown. Mr. Van Ormer received his
B. S. degree in secondary education
and is now working towards his Misters
in Chemistry. His impressive background
in chemistry includes preparing orgcnitt
intermediates and doing petroleum re
search at University Park. He is doing
electrolytic research now.
Mr. Van Ormer has taken up residence
in Hazleton for this his first year in
the teaching profession. He has served
two years in the Armed Forces. His ad
vice to students is that they take ad
vantage of small college atmosphere,
for there is a great difference in store
for those advancing to the huge Main
Campus.
Willicra F. Whitby
Mr. William Whitby, a new part
time instructor in engineering came to
us from Uniontown, Pa. Ho was graduated
from Uniontown High School, where he
enjoyed swimming and the distinction
of the Senior Class Presidency. Having
graduated from P.S.U. in 1 48 with a B.S.
in architecture, he continued studies
at Georgia Tech in the field of special
ized engineering.
In addition to his teaching duties
he is affiliated with a local architec
tural firm.
Adolph Selzer
Mr. A. Selzer, a member of the
Physics Department at Highacres was
born in Stanislivov, Poland. As a
young boy he moved to Vienna--in which
country he spent 21 years. During that
David C. Amidon
Mr. Amidon, new addition to the
History Department here at Highacres,
was born in Mont Clair, New Jersey in
1935. He moved to Lititz, Pa. at the
age of eight.
According to Mr. Amidon, teaching
has been a tradition in his family for
three generations. Mr. Amidon states
that he loves history and loves to teach
it. The subject of his thesis reflects
this attitude. It was: "The Progressive
Movement in Pennsylvania from 1912-1916."
His favorite field, however, is recent
American political and intellectual his
tory.
Mr. Amidon and his lovely wife live
in the Benjamin Apartments in Conyngham.
They are the proud parents of a 3-month °lc',
baby boy: David Walker Amidon.
He and his wife both attended Juniata
College and both were history majors. MrQ
Amidon was a graduate assistant at Penn
State. He also studied under the distin
guished European historian, Herbert Heaton
of the University of Minnesota.
Mr. Amidon was formerly affiliated
with Local #7OB International Member of
Hod Carriers, Builders, and Common Labor
ers of America. He also was an ice cream
peddler but left this work because he was
eating more than he was selling.
This is his first semester of full
time teaching and he enjoys it very much.
He likes this campus and finds its inhab
itants most congenial. He believes that
a sense of humor in life is imperitive
he certainly possesses one.
Selzer Interview Cont.
time he received a degree in electrical
engineering. Mr. Selzer then emigrated
tp Israel. He spent 22 years working
there in an educational capacity.
During his stcys in those countries
Mr. Selzer attained an immpecable fluency
in the Hebrew, German and French languages
Mr. Selzer states that he is very
pleased with the Hazleton Campus.