i £4 a The Dallas Post Dallas, PA ~ Wednesday, July 4, 1990 11 PEOPLE Santos to be featured at Wilkes recital July 10 The ENCORE Music Camp of Pennsylvania announced that Nathan Santos will be the featured soloist at the concert to be held on Tuesday, July 10 at 8 p.m. The voice recital will be in Gies Hall of Wilkes University. Santos is a junior in the depart- ment of music, theater and dance at Wilkes University, studying voice under Richard Chapline; he is also majoring in double bass under Perry Orfanella. He will perform a program of song cycles. The first work, “Ar die ferne Galiebte,” was written by Ludwig Van Beethoven. Next will be “Seven Spanish Folk- songs,” of Manuel de Falla. He will also perform “Four Impressions,” composed by the American im- pressionist, Charles T. Grifles. The son of Prof. Rosendo E. Santos and Rev. Harriet L. Santos, he is currently employed at the Back Mountain Music Company as piano and guitar instructor. He is also a tenor soloist at the First Presbyterian Church, Wilkes- Barre, and has been a counselor of NATHAN SANTOS the Encore Music Camp of Penn- sylvania. The public is invited to attend free of charge. Plank named vice president at Diamond Manufacturing Rusty Flack, chairman of Dia- mond Manufacturing Company, recently announced the appoint- ment of J. Lee Plank, Jr. as the company's new executive vice president and chief operating offi- cer. His primary responsibilities include the coordination of sales and manufacturing for this leader in the perforated metals industry. Formerly vice-president and general manager with National Perforating Corporation of Clin- ton, Massachusetts and Baltimore, Maryland, Plank brings over 22 years of exeprience in the field. He is a past president and board member of the Industrial Perfora- tors Association and chaired their Marketing Development Commit- tee for 14 years. Plank has written numerous magazine articles on the industry and was co-author of the book, Acoustical Uses of Perfo- rated Metal. He will reside in Dallas with his wife, Donna, and children Lee III, and Christina. J. LEE PLANK, JR. Henry named Seminary outstanding alum Frank M. Henry, Dallas, was named Outstanding Alumni for 1990 by the Wyoming Seminary Alumni Association at its annual cele- bration luncheon attended by over 250 former schoolmates. The award was announced by Claire Conlon Evans, Director of Alumni Programs. Dr. Wallace F. Stettler, President of the West Side prep school, read the citation and made the presentation to a- stunned Henry who did not know he was to be honored. Stettler cited Henry's unflagging service to his alma mater through the years, including his term as Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1973 to 1979. Pictured are Frank M. Henry, left and Dr. Wallace F. Stettler. Planned Parenthood kick-offs fundraising campaign Back Mountain residents who gathered at the Dallas home of General and Mrs. Frank Townend to kick- off Planned Parenthood’s annual fundraising campaign included, from left, Stephen Killian, Esq., Estella Parker Killian, Lenchen Townend, Frank Townend, Esq., Geraldine Weiss and Blair Chapuisat. Penn State honors staff members Penn State Wilkes-Barre honored eight staff members for outstanding service to the campus and community with the presentation of the 1990 Hayfield Awards. Shown with their awards from left are, Thomas Winter, Ph.D., Community Service Award; Robert Faux, Professional Development Award; James H. Ryan, Ph.D., Special Recognition Award; Diane Ryan, Special Recognition Award; Steven Alston, Ph.D., Professional Development Award; Margie Esopi, Fran Brown Humanitarian Award; and Robert Balla, Excellence in Performance Award. Missing from photo is Mohamed Nouri-Moghadam, Ph.D., Innovation Award. PSU/WB Staff honored for service Penn State Wilkes-Barre re- cently honored 16 staff members for dedicated service at a special awards ceremony held on the campus. The honorees included those who have served the campus for five, 10, 15, 20 and 25 years, each receiving a special gift from Campus Execu- tive Officer Dr. James H. Ryan. Shown in front row, from left, Priscilla Allison, assistant professor of Speech Communi- cation, 25 years of service; Karen Cox, executive secretary to the CEO, 5 years; Diane Ryan, coordinator of counseling and advising, 10 years; Judy Ehret, secretary for Continuing Education, 5 years; and Joseph Kolesar, job placement coordina- tor, 5 years. Second row, Kenneth Boback, instructor of mathematics, 5 years; Thomas Kane, mainte- nance staff, 10 years; Harol A. Groff, assistant professor of Telecommunications Technol- ogy, 10 years; and Leo A. Corbett, assistant professor of Surveying Technology, 15 years. 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