- November 12,1977, The Highacres Collegian
Collegian
Personality
By David Kraft
Collegian Editor-in-Chief
Some say that the experience of teaching
is not very exciting. This is not the case
with Dr. Michael Santulli, Associate
Professor of Philosophy at Highacres.
Santulli was born in Brooklyn, New York
and spent the first ten years of his life in
that area. He then moved to Flatbush, New
York with. his family. “The only
recollections I have of Flatbush are of
seafood and baseball,” Santulli said when
referring to his early years. Again his
family moved after ten years to Allendale,
New Jersey where he met his fiance, a
French girl, and was married.
He was the only member of his family to
graduate from college. “Most of the
memories of school are of mis-educative
experiences. Ever since I was small I liked
to read and I am still reading a great
number of books today,” Santulli said.
French and English were the subjects he
taught at a high school in Ho-Ho-Kus, New
Jersey; the name meaning cleft of the
rock.
Santulli was later inducted into the
Army Chemical Corps where he worked in
a chemical laboratory to conduct chemical
experiments by synthesizing
hallucinogenic drugs and nerve gas.
When faced with the decision of selecting
a major in college Santulli was not sure
what course to take. He had an aptitude in
science, and Chemistry was his first
choice. Santulli commented, “With no
support to help me make a decision, I
chose to venture into Philosophy because I
find it to be absolutely absorbing.”
Throughout his life, Dr. Santulli based
most of his decisions on aesthetic values
rather than for economic reasons.
He began teaching at Penn State in 1961
which included a teaching assistantship
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“The one problem 1 don’t have is being
bored,” Dr. Michael Santulli said when
referring to his position at Highacres.
as well as graduate work for a doctorate
degree at University Park. Santulli
remarked, “To me, teaching is one of the
most difficult things to do. One of the
major benefits of teaching is that I never
stop learning. Other people show me points
of view that I never knew before.”
Santulli taught Philosophy at Highacres
from 1964-66 and then transferred to
Bucknell University in Lewisburg for four
years. He then chose to return to Hazleton
Campus because “1 received a job here
and the campus is small. There is an
emphasis on good teaching and the
students are interesting.”
Dr. Santulli holds the following degrees:
B.S. in Chemistry from St. Francis College
in Brooklyn, N.Y., an M.A. in Philosophy
from Fordham, N.Y.; and a D.Ed. in
Philosophy from The Pennsylvania State
University.
He has a son and a daughter whose
names are Gabriel and Daniel, respec
tively. He also has two dogs and a cat at his
home.
Dr. Santulli does not have a great deal of
spare time but he enjoys the pastimes in
which he is able to participate. “I have
three public passions,” Santulli said,
“which include teaching, fly fishing, and
playing the piano.” He makes an effort to
play the piano at least two times a day.
“I believe I live a crisis life and fall from
one crisis to another” Santulli said.
Dr. Santulli now resides in Mountaintop,
Pennsylvania and sees this small town as
“a non-descript community with a
beautiful location. He has no immediate
plans for the future except to teach here at
Highacres and “The one problem I don’t
have is being bored.”
There are a number of specializations
within the field, as well as opportunities
for research, teaching, military or public
service and health administration. Women
interested in the field should write to the
Career Guidance Department, A.0.A.,
7000 Chippewa St., St. Louis, Mo. 63119.
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