CAPITAL TIMES, April 26,1991
Soccer player honored at awards convocation
A soccer player and Academic All-
American received the university's award
for outstanding student at the awards
convocation on April 21.
James A. Gill, captain of the
university's soccer team and a senior
majoring in structural design and
construction engineering technology,
won the all-American designation from
the National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).
In ceremonies at the Capital Union
Building, he received the Eric A. and
Josephine S. Walker Award, which
recognizes character, skill, leadership and
citizenship.
The annual ceremonies recognize a
variety of college-wide and divisional
achievements by students, faculty and
staff.
William A Henk, associate professor
of education and reading, won the Penn
State Harrisburg Outstanding Teacher
Award. In recommending Henk for the
award, Betty C. Former, acting head of
the Division of Behavioral Sciences and
Education, said he strives constantly to
think of ways to improve his teaching,
and is articulate, humorous and
respectful of his students. As a teacher of
future teachers, he provides an excellent
model, Former said.
The award for outstanding research
went to James F. Rooney, associate
professor of sociology. An
internationally recognized scholar in
substance use and abuse, Rooney has
also written extensively on the Three
Mile Island nuclear plant disaster.
Author of more than 35 journal
articles, Rooney most recently turned a
one-year visit to Spain into several
studies, including examinations of drug
use among Spanish youth, the health
effects of alcohol in Spain, men's
taverns and youth bars. This work is
being published in both Spanish and
American journals.
Mary Alice "Harv" Pittman of the
Lion’s Den and "Penn State Harrisburg's
answer to Hamburger Helper," carried off
the outstanding service award. In
presenting the award, Associate
Professor James R. Hudson praised
Pittman's "daily serving of energy, spirit
and humor." He said the humor, contests
and costumes she uses "add a dash of
verve" to snack bar service.
The teaching, research and service
awards were instituted three years ago by
Penn State Harrisburg Provost Ruth
Leventhal. Each winner receives a
certificate plus $l,OOO for the teaching
award and $5OO each for the research and
service awards.
Carolyn C. Dumaresq,
Superintendent of the Central Dauphin
Terkel from page 3
times a week," he said.
Terkel said he was more comfortable
working with radio rather than
television.
While working on "Eight Men
Out", a movie about the 1919 Chicago
White Sox who threw the World Series,
Terkel recieved a request for an interview
from a Cincinnati television reporter.
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Clem Gilpin presents James Gill with the Josephine S. Walker Award which recognizes character, skill, leadership,
and citizenship.
School District, delivered the
convocation address.
"To have a successful future we must
have better schools, and better schools
result through the commitment and
talent of people like those we honor
today," she said.
Pieter Pos, a business major from the
Netherlands, won the Doris Hughes
Memorial Award for academic and
community achievement by an
international student
Joanne K. Hooveer won awards for
outstanding graduating senior and
outstanding achievement from the
American Marketing Association.
Other students and the divisional and
professional awards they won included:
Lorraine A. Lynn and Barbara C.
Hughes, American Association of
University Women's Excellence in
Education Award;
Janice E. Mills, Award for
"The reporter said 'Let’s have a
bite'," Terkel said. "I had visions of all
the great German restaurants in
Cincinnati."
"He took me to the TV station. He
meant a sound bite," Terkel said. "I was
still hungry."
Terkel was blacklisted in the 1950 s
because he belonged to a left-wing
theater group that was thought to be
Communist. This helped his career, he
said, because he probably would have
Distinguished Service in Community
Psychology.
William M. Stoner, Outstanding
Behavioral Science Student Award.
Mary A. Bahn, American Society for
Training and Development Award.
Carol H. Reighter and Haven C.
Wilson, Humanities Division Academic
Achievement Award.
Nancy Kettering Frye, Joel Sater
Award for Excellence in American
Studies.
Susan L. Varvar, Outstanding
Academic Achievement in Criminal
Justice Program.
Kristofer A. Frederick, Kenneth W.
Master Award in Public Policy.
Michael A. Meixler, Electrical
Engineering Technology Outstanding
Student
Brian P. Costello, Mechanical
Engineering Technology Outstanding
Student.
Due T. Hon, Computer Science
Outstanding Student
never wrote his books if it weren't for
the blacklisting.
Terkel said this was his Erst visit to
Central Pennsylvania and recalled eating
his first Hershey Bar at the age of seven.
"But then I saw TMI and forgot all
about the Hershey bars."
Besides his Pulitzer-Prize winning
book, Terkel has also published The
Great Divide: Second Thoughts on the
American Dream (1988), Chicago
Photo by Darrell Peterson
Bruce Carbaugh, Structural Design
and Construction Engineering
Technology Outstanding Student
Jennifer Breen, Environmental
Engineering Technology Outstanding
Student
Nabila M. Audi, Mathematical
Sciences Outstanding Student
Thomas Billet, Wall Street Journal
Outstanding Student
Bonnee Esterbrook, Stephen Bufton
Memorial Education Fund Award.
Mary Alice Gaster, Pennsylvania
Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Senior Award.
Carol Fees and Glenn Houck, Ernst
& Young Scholarship Award.
Douglas D. Garner, National
Association of Accountants Harrisburg
Area Chapter Outstanding Student
Award.
Joann Darrow and Harold Brandt,
Association of Government Accountants
Scholarship Award.
(1986), American Dreams: Lost and
Found (1980), Talking to Myself: A
Memoir of My Times (1977), Working:
People Talk about What They Do All
Day and How They Feel about What
They Do (1974), Hard Times: An Oral
History of the-Great Depression (1970),
Division Street: America (1967), and
Giants of Jazz (1957).
He is currently working on a book
concerning race and the thoughts and
fears of both blacks and whiles.