A College Misericordia professor is serving at the
University of Scranton this year in a program
designed to identify academic leaders and provide
practical training in college and university adminis-
tration at the. senior level.
Dr. Lee J. Williames, professor of history and
director of Misericordia’s honors program, is at
Scranton through a fellowship from the American
Council on Education (ACE).
He was among 29 ACE fellowship winners chosen in
a national competition with hundreds of nominees
selected from the 1,800 ACE member institutions.
“The ACE Fellows Program in Academic Adminis-
tration prepares promising individuals for progres-
sively responsible positions in higher education,’ says
Dr. Richard H. Passon, provost and vice president for
academic affairs at the U. of S.
Most of the 812 participants in the program over the
past 21 years have made significant advances into
academic administration leadership, according to
ACE reports. To date, 97 have become chief exective
officers and more than 450 others have become
provosts, vice presidents or deans.
Dr. Williames chose the University of Scranton for
his fellowship year ‘because of the university’s
reputation for excellence in undergraduate education
and the quality of its senior leadership.”
He will be working closely with Glenn Pellino, vice
president for planning; Dr. Passon; and Rev. J.A.
Panuska, S.J., president of the 4,600 student Jesuit
institution.
ACE fellows participate in key decision-making
meetings on their host campuses. They also work on
projects for their hosts, gather information about
practices on other campuses and write an analytical
In addition, the fellows attend
seminary held around the country on key issues in
higher education.
Dr. Williames has served at Misericordia for 20
years. His teaching and research specialty is the
Soviet Union. He is no stranger to academic leader-
ship, having served as chair of the Faculty and All-
College Senate from 1979-82.
He is also director of the liberal studies and general
studies degree programs. He was named teacher of
the year by the board of trustees at Misericordia in
1981 and was the college’s nominee for the CASE
professor of the year award three times.
Dr. Williames is a graduate of LaSalle, University.
He earned a master’s degree in European history
from Niagara University and a certificate from that
school’s Soviet Institute. His doctorate in Russian
history was earned at the State University of New
York at Binghamton.
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Dwight M. Davis® has been pro-
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First Eastern Bank according to an
announcement by Richard M. Ross,
Jr., chairman and chief executive
officer.
Davis is the sales manager for
First Eastern’s Capital Markets
Group. He is responsible for the
management and administration of
the sales staff, which offers taxable
and tax-exempt securities to indi-
viduals, corporations, and public
entities.
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an assistant portfolio manager in
the Bank Investment Department of
First Eastern. He has also worked
in the bank’s Marketing, Correspon-
dent Banking, and Branch Adminis-
tration Departments. A graduate of
Wyoming Seminary, Davis received
a BA degree in Economics from
Lafayette College.
Davis is a 1986 graduate of Lead-
ership Wilkes-Barrfe, a former
board member for the Economic
Development Council’ of Northeast
Pennsylvania, and a member of the
Wyoming Valley Chapter of the
American Institute of Banking. He
has participated in fundraising cam-
THE CATHOLIC HEALTH ASSO-
CIATION of the United Stafes
(CHA) has named Sister Jo Anne
Jones, as director of Mission Effec-
tiveness. Sr. Jones, a member of the
Sisters of Mercy of the Union, will
join the staff September 15. She will
develop and evaluate mission-phi-
losophy statements, as well as
respond to CHA members’ specific
needs.
She currently is vice president of
sponsorship and mission at Mercy
Health Care System in Dallaas.
Previously she served at Mercy
Hospital in Wilkes-Barre as director
of philosophy and and sponsorship-
employee advocate, assistant to the
president, and most recently as vice
president of marketing and philoso-
phy.
Sister Jones earned a master’s
degree from the Graduate Theologi-
cal Union, Berkeley, Calif., and a
doctorate from the University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
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REV. CLIFF JONES, pastor of
the Huntsville Christian Church,
completed a three-week course con-
cerning preaching this past summer
at Princeton Seminary. The course
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College, and the Northeast Philhar-
monic.
Davis, along with his wife, Molly
and their daughterfs, Lauren and
Meghan, resides in Dallas.
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Pastor Jones is a 1980 graduate of
Gordon-Conwell Seminary in
Boston, Massachusetts where he
received a Master of Divinity
Degree. he has served at the Hunts-
ville Christian Church since his
graduation.
He and his wife Lucy, their two
children, Amy and Craig reside on
Overbrook Road in Dallas.
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WILLIAM B. EVANS, of RD 2,
Overbrook Road, Dallas, has earned
a finance degree from Clarion Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania following
the first and second five-week ses-
sions of summer school.
Commencement ceremonies are
held at the close of the first and
second semesters during the aca-
demic year. No commencement cer-
emonies are held during the
summer school.
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CADET GEOFFREY K.J. STE-
PHENSON, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.
Stephensen, of 5 Fox Hollow Drive,
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80th year
Robert Culp of Huntsville will
celebrate his 80th birthday on Satur-
day, Septmeber 20.
The occasion will be honored with
an open house at the jackson Town-
ship Firee Hall from 2 to 5 p.m. that
day. Everyone is invited to sop by
and visit with Mr. Culp. No invita-
tions have been issued.
A retired contractor, Mr: Culp is
now the zoning officer of Jackson
Township.
His wife is the former Irma Weid-
ner and they have been married for
58 years. They are the parents of
four daughters, Mrs. Charlotte
Ashton, Jackson Twp.; Mrs. Alice
Ross, West Palm Beach, Florida;
Mrs. Midge Kern, Dallas,; Mrs.
Ginny Major, Huntsville. The couple
also has 19 grandchildren and 21
great-grandchildren.
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ROBERT CULP
Members of the Back Mountain
Kiwanis Club heard President Stu
Oakley make his report on the
recent = Pennsylvania District
Kiwanis Convention in Pittsburgh.
The following are the awards
received by the Back Mountain Club
for the 1985-86 administrative year:
1. The George F. Lanin Award to
Joe McDonald for first place in the
Inter-Club competition in the Penn-
sylvania District.
2. Key Club sponsorship. This
award was made to only 7 clubs out
of 250,
3. Special Olympics.
4. Clean Up Day.
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Award to James Larson for 2nd
place in the multicple service com-
petition.
6. Pennsylvania Kiwanis Chil-
dren’s Heart Fund Award to Dick
Alters. We are on the permanent
tablet of honor.
7. Major Emphasis Award.
. The theme for the 1986-87 Admin-
istrative Year is ‘‘Make Miracles
Happen.”
The Lake-Lehman Marching
Band, ‘‘The Pride of Pennsylvania,”
presented their 1986 field show in
front of a capacity crowd at Nanti-
coke Area High School Stadium on
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