8 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, November 23, 1988 PEOPLE Jerry Kowalsi, JOAnn Post are honored by Penn State Penn State Wilkes-Barre recently honored two Wyoming Valley com- munity leaders and Back Mountain residents, one for outstanding com- munity service, and the other for alumni service to the campus, by naming Advisory Board Scholar- ships in their honor. The honorees are Jerry Baird Kowalski, for her outstanding vol- unteer work and leadership as ex- ecutive director of the Greater . Wilkes-Barre Triathlon, and JoAnn Carney Post, showroom coordina- tor, Friedman Electric, for her serv- ice to Penn State Wilkes-Barre as president of the campus Alumni Constituent Society. The awards were presented at a special campus Advisory Board dinner Wednesday, Nov. 16. Both will have $1,000 scholarships named in their honor, and each will be asked to take part in commence- ment ceremonies at the campus in May, 1989. Their names will be added to a permanent plaque of award winners which is located in the foyer of Hayfield House. Both honorees have also agreed to visit the campus for a series of work sessions with honors and leader- ship students to share expertise and experience in their respective fields. Kowalski of Dallas, was named for her community leadership as executive director of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Triathlon. She began her involvement with the project when it started as the Back Moun- tain Triathlon in 1981. Beginning as a volunteer at a water station, her involvement grew. In 1984, she was named volunteer chairperson and director-elect. That year’s planning Jerry Baird Kowalski JoAnn Carney Post was marred by the death of Dave Kramer, race director Pat Kramer's husband, who was killed the night before the race. Kowalski took over the day of the race as director, and has held the year-round volunteer post ever since. In addition, Kowalski serves as a member of the executive committee of Tri-America, the national triath- lon association, and is a member of Tri Fed /USA, the governing body of triathlons. She is office manager for Dr. Harry Reich, Kingston. The Kowalski’s have three daughters, Amy, 16, Heather, 14 and Jill, 13. JoAnn Carney Post, will be hon- ored for outstanding alumni service to the Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus. She was named to the campus Advisory Board in 1983 and in 1986 agreed to organize a campus alumni society. She has served as presi- dent/chairperson of the organiza- tion since its inception, and helped spearhead the movement to organ- jze the group into an official Penn State Constituent Society. A As Society president, she serves on the Penn State Alumni Council, and has coordinated four success- ful alumni reunions at the campus and various alumni events, includ- ing the alumni participation in the campus “Celebration 70" anniver- sary party held in 1986. As a member of the campus Advisory Board, she has served on various committees including the external affairs committee, and currently chairs the student affairs committee, which assists the cam- pus with policy and planning for various student activities. Prior to joining Friedman Elec- tric, she was employed with C-TEC - for six years as an account execu- tive and advertising coordinator. Post lives in Dallas with her daughter, Kristin, 20, a junior at Penn State; Ron and Wade, 16, both students at Dallas High School. DALLAS NATIVE RETURNS TO SPEAK - David Long, Assistant Professor of Biology; Dr. Congdon; and Dr. Lester Turoczi, Chairman of Wilkes Biology Department. Dallas native Dr. Justin Congdon IS internationally known in his field Internationally recognized Dallas native Dr. Justin D. Congdon re- turned to the area to speak on long- lived reptiles, particularly turtles, at Wilkes College recently as part of the Wilkes College Department of Biology Seminary Series. Currently an ecologist at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL) in"Aiken, S.C., Dr. Congdon discussed “Evolution and Life His- tory Strategies of Long-lived Organ- isms.” Through the funding of the Na- tional Science Foundation, Dr. Congdon has spent the last 14 years studying a three-species commu- nity of turtles on the University of Michigan's E.S. George Reserve. This research is designed to test theories related to the evolution of life histo- ries of long-lived organisms. Son of Carl and Althea Congdon, Dallas, he received his B.S. and M.S. from California State Polytech- nic University in San Luis Obispo and his Ph.D. from Arizona State University. He has won numerous awards, grants and fellowships for his work, and is currently affiliated with the University of Georgia, Clemson University, the University of Michigan and SREL. He is a member of several professional associations, and has produced nearly 40 publications. ORT We Invite Our Customers to Join Us in Observing Our 25th Anniversary Friday, November 25 The Fino Family and their employees 0 © thank our customers for their patronage , *° _ 2 during the past 25 years and 20°, Bob & Ruth Fino 3 Main St. Dallas 675-1141 290 X Fino's Pharmacy DR. MAGANZIN HONORED AT MISERICORDIA- At a recent black tie event, College Misericordia officials honored faculty member Dr. Louis Maganzin of Dallas for his contributions to the college and community. At the dinner are, from left, Murray Ufberg, member of the Board of Trustees; Dr. Maganzin; Dr. Mary Glennon, RSM, academic dean; and Dr. Bruce Wilson, acting president of the college. Dr. Maganzin honored by Misericordia for contributions to college and community Dr. Louis Maganzin of Dallas was recently honored by the College Misericordia Board of Trustees, faculty and administration and community friends for his outstand- ing service to the college and com- munity spanning 25 years. Maganzin, a professor at Misericor- dia, received the award at a black tie dinner held to honor Misericordia’s contributors. Dr. Maganzin was recognized for his part, and that of the entire fac- ulty, in helping the college attain a reputation for high academic stan- dards. A history professor for nearly 25 years at the Back Mountain in- stitution, Dr. Maganzin held the position of Chair of the College Humanities Division for two dec- ades. He attained his doctorate and masters degrees from Georgetown University where he was distin- guished for excellence in historical research from the Society of Colo- nial Wars. His bachelors degree was earned at St. Bonaventure Univer- sity in New York. “The fact that the Board of Trus- tees decided to give an award to honor faculty is significant,” ex- plained Maganzin in his acceptance speech, “because it recognizes the quality of our institution which is, in part, dependent on the quality of its faculty.” Prominent among Dr. Maganzin’s contributions to the Misericordia community are the extraordinary results he has achieved with stu- dents as the Chair of Misericordia’s Scholarship Committee for Gradu- ate Awards and Grants. Dr. Maganzin established the commit- ‘out interference.” tee several years ago and, during his tenure at the College, has helped Misericordia students earn Interna- tional Rotary Scholarships, Harry Truman Scholarships, a Fulbright Scholarship, a scholarship from the National Endolwment of the Hu- manities and an unusually large number of academic awards in rela- tions to the size of Misericordia’s student population. | Despite the changing times and attitudes of students and nearly a quarter century, the love of the class- room is still a large part of Dr. Maganzin's life. “I always wanted to teach. I enjoy working with students and seeing them develop and change,” he said. “and at Misericor- dia, there is a willingness of faculty to cooperate with each other, and an academic freedom to perform with- MAL IS OPEN THANKSGIVING even though FIRST EASTERN is closed. 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