Hocker Wins Presidency
The election results have been
tabulated and the new officers and
senators of the Capitol Campus SGA
were to be sworn in at the Tuesday
night meeting but because Chief
Justice Ed Deitt was not present the
new officers could not be sworn in.
Craig Hocker was elected president
with - 132 votes, defeating his closest
opponent, Randy Goshert, by 29 votes.
By a seven vote margin Scott R.
Summers was elected vice-president
defeating the runner-up Maureen
Doyle.
Jeffrey Hartman, who ran unop :
posed was elected treasurer with 290
votes.
Sandra C. Mancuso was elected
secretary, defeating Susan Stapleton
by eleven votes.
The new engineering program's
senators are Gayle Greenwald and
Thomas W. Rogers.
The business program's new
senator is Peter Olayiwola. The social
science program's new senator is Hilda
Saleh.
Barbara A. Tarvydas will verve as
the humanities senator and Scott Greco
won the math science senator position
by write-in, but he has refused the
position.
Jerry Hoover will serve as the
graduate program's new senator
winning with 7 write-in votes.
The new officers and senators will
be sworn in by Friday.
Provost McDermott Resigns
Dr. Robert E. McDermott has
announced his resignation from his
position as provost of Capitol Campus
no later than January 1, according to
an article in Tuesdat's Patriot News.
Dr. McDermott plans to return to
teaching after taking a year's
sabbatical to pursue studies in land-use
management. -
Larry Ranieri casting his vote in the SGA election on Monday
McDermott said in his letter of
resignation, "I feel that this will be the
most advantageous time for the
university and the campus to instigate
new leadership."
In announcing the resignation,
University President John W. Oswald
praised Dr. McDermott for his
leadership in developing the campus.
"The Capitol Campus, founded in
1966, went through the second phase of
its development under McDermott's
leadership," Oswald said. "Staff and
administrative functions were refined,
faculty development was advanced,
and significant research programs
were initiated."
Before coming to Capitol Campus,
McDermott was dean of the University
of Arkansas Graduate School. At Penn
State, he served as associate dean of
the graduate school, acting associate
director of the Center for the Study of
High Education, assistant director of
the School of Forest Resources and
head of the Department of Forest
Management.
McDermott has been a highly
visible university official during his
tenure and is known to favor close ties
to the community. Recently, he served
as chairman of the Group Study and
Workshop Committee for Harrisburg
area "Friendship Force" flight to
Mexico.
A professor of forestry, McDermott
has mixed an academic and admin
istrative life throughout his career. He
has held numerous educational and
administrative positions at several
universities.
McDermott has taught botany and
forestry at Penn State, the University
of Missouri, Duke and lowa State. He
has conducted extensive research in
forest ecology and physiology, and is
author or co-author of more than 35
scientific and technical articles and
texts.
McDermott has been recognized by
the American Men of Science, The
Dictionary of International Biography,
Leaders in American Science, Who's
Who in America and Who's Who in
American Education,
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Perspectives Page Page 2
Arts and Culture Pages 4,5
People and Lifestyles Page 6
Weekend
Weather
Seasonal weather is expected to
continue through the weekend,
according to the Weather Bureau
in Harrisburg. Friday should be
cool and breezy with the
temperature holding at about 50.
Saturday should be sunny and cool.
On Sunday the skies should begin
to cloud up as the chance of rain
increases. The highs over the
weekend should be aproxiamately
60 and the lows about 40.