Six instructors have been
appointed to the business ad
ministration program.
Charles G. Fickes, Jr. has
been named instructor of insur
ance. Mr. Fickes holds a B.S. in
economics with a major in in
surance from Wharton School
of the University of Pennsyl
vania. Prior to his appointment,
Mr. Fickes was a vice-presi
dent of the Fred S. James and
Company Inc. of Pennsylvania,
a former vice-president of La
tham-Stevens Company of Har
risburg, and former president
of Henry and Rocky Inc. of
Harrisburg.
William A. Musser has been
designated as instructor of fi
nance. Previous to joining the
faculty at Capitol, Mr. Musser
was employed as a consultant
to CACI Inc. of Arlington,
Virginia. He currently consults
to small businesses in the cen
tral Pennsylvania area under
his own consulting firm of Wil
liam A. Musser and Associates
in Halifax. Musser also served
in the U.S. Navy as an officer
and won a campaign ribbon
during the Middle East Crisis of
1970.
In the business administra
tion program, Charles R. Gow
en 111 has been named instruc
tor of management. Mr. Gowen
earned a M.B.A. in marketing
from Ohio State University and
a B.S. in chemistry from the
University of Rochester in New
York. Mr. Gowen is presently a
doctoral candidate in organiza
tional behavior at Ohio State
University. Research interests
include the motivation and com
mitment of employees in busi
ness and voluntary organiza
tions.
Kenneth R. Widdall has
been designated instructor in
management. Dr. Widdall
earned a Ed.D. degree in ad
ministration from Columbia Un
iversity, a M.A. in administra
tion from Bucknell University
and a B.A. in biology from
Wilkes College. Financial sup
port of public education is an
area of research for Widdall.
Prior to coming to Capitol, he
was a visiting professor at
Pepperdine University at Los
Angeles and served as dean of
administration at West Chester
State College. Dr. Widdall also
has been a business entrepre
neur since 1973, consultant to
architectural, engineering and
planning firm for 10 years and a
former executive secretary of a
nationwide professional organi
zation in Michigan and Ohio.
Raymond L. Goldsteen has
been named instructor in health
management and business ad
ministration. Previously he was
an instructor at Wagner Col
lege in Staten Island, NY, and
Providence College in RI. Mr.
Goldsteen earned a M.A. in
sociology from Brown Universi
ty and a B.A. in history from
Columbia Universtiy. Mr. Gold
steen is a doctoral candidate in
the School of Public Health at
Columbia University in the di
vision of Sociomedical Sciences.
Human resource development
and labor relations are his
primary research interests.
George S. Cole has been
named assistant professor of
business administration.
Mr. Cole obtained an A.A. in
accounting from Goldey Bea
com Junior College, Wilming
ton, Delaware and a B.S. in
finance from the University of
Delaware. He also received a
M.B.A. in personnel and a Ph.D
in organizational theory/behav
ior from Michigan State Uni
versity. Mr. Cole served in the
U.S. Army as a military police
sergeant.
Areas of research interest
for Mr. Cole are the study of
people in groups and levels of
cohesion and involvement in
task groups.
Dr. Elizabeth Winston, Dr.
Kevin W. Sweeney and Mr.
Eton F. Churchill have recently
joined the Humanities pro
gram's faculty.
Dr. Elizabeth Winston has
been appointed assistant pro
fessor of humanities and En
glish. She earned her Ph.D.
and M.A. in English from the
University of Wisconsin at
Madison and a B.A. in English
from Vanderbilt University.
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Dr. Winston's research inter
ests are women's studies and
autobiography.
Prior to her appointment at
Capitol, Dr. Winston was assis
tant professor of English at
State University College at
Fredonia, New York; writing
consultant in the Department
of Administration for the state
of Wisconsin; and an instructor
of English at Mary Washington
College in Virginia.
Dr. Kevin W. Sweeney has
been named assistant professor
of philosophy and humanities.
He earned his Ph.D. in philo
sophy from the University of
Wisconsin and a B.A. in philo
sophy from the American Uni
versity in Washington, D.C.
Areas of research interest
for Dr. Sweeney include aes
thetics and philosophy of art,
and theory and criticism of film.
Prior to joining the faculty at
Penn State-Capitol Campus,
Dr. Sweeney was an assistant
professor of philosophy at State
University College at Fredonia
in New York.
Mr. Eaton F. Churchill has
been designated assistant pro
fessor of humanities. He
earned a M.F.A. and B.A. from
Tulane University in Louisiana.
Previous to joining the fa
culty at Capitol Campus, Mr.
Churchill was a producer for
Maine Public Broadcasting and
an assistant professor fo the
ater at Lake Erie College in
Ohio. His research interests
are in the areas of theater, film
and television production.
New members in the math
ematical science program in
clude Dr. Jerome J. Przybylski
who has been named assistant
professor of mathematical sci-
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ences and statistics. Prior to
joining the faculty, Dr. Przy
bylski had been employed as
the Assistant Chief Chemist of
the Penn-Dixie Cement Cor
poration, Petoskey, Michigan.
Dr. Przybylski earned his B.S.
in mathematics at Aquinas Col
lege and his M.A. and Ph.D. in
mathematics at Western Mich
igan University.
Dr. Clifford H. Wagner, has
been designated assistant pro
fessor of mathematical scien
ces. Dr. Wagner earned a A.B.
in mathematics from the Uni
versity of Michigan, and a Ph.
D. in mathematics from the
State University of New York
at Albany. Prior to his ap
pointment, Dr. Wagner was an
assistant professor at Fitch
burg State College, Fitchburg,
Massachusetts and a teaching
fellow at the University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michi
gan.
Dr. Ying-king Yu has been
named assistant professor of
mathematical sciences. Dr. Yu
received his B.Sc. in mathema
tics from Chung Chi College in
Hong Kong and a Ph.D. in
mathematics from Case Wes
tern Reserve University. Be
fore his appointment at Penn
State--Capitol Campus, Dr. Yu
was a lecturer at Queens Col
lege in New York.
Joseph J. Nigro has been
an assistant professor of the
the management development
services.
Professor Nigro comes to
the Harrisburg area from
Pennsylvania Manufacturers'
Association Casualty Insurance
Company, Philadelphia, where
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he was until recently vice pres
ident of personnel and corpor
ate planning. During his eight
een years with PMA his posi
tions also included supervisor
of claims, director of education
and training, director of educa
tion and planning, and vice
president of corporate plan
ning.
Management Development
Services is a continuing educa
tion service of Penn State
which serves its clients by
providing on-site programs,
management workshops, and
evening management pro
grams, all aimed at assisting
with the vital function of man
agement development.
Goals of the service are to
improve the managerial ability
of anyone currently in a super
visory capacity, efficiently and
professionally train employees
with supervisory potential, and
augment an organization's
present management program
for more efficiency, progress,
and successful competition.
In his most recent position
with PMA, Professor Nigro
was responsible for human re
source development of the
company as well as corporate
planning activity, including the
wage and salary program, col
lege recruiting, education and
training benefits, and corporate
plans.
He is a graduate of Penn
State with a bachelor of arts
degree and of Villanova Uni
versity with a master of arts
degree. He has also completed
several educational programs
in insurance and management
and has taught a number of
insurance courses as a parttime
Penn State Faculty member.