Alumni Spotlights

Brian Jordan ‘09, a Ph.D. candidate at Yale University, has published “Unholy Sabbath: The Battle of South Mountain in History and Memory, September 14, 1862."

Kristy Bialas '08 was mentored by Prof. Steve James '80 in her time at Gettysburg and is now finishing her Ph.D. in virology at the University of Rochester Medical School.

Graham Kimmerer '08, along with Michelle Dumas '98 and Dave Athey '96, ran the 2012 Boston Marathon to raise money for the American Liver Foundation.

Jen Lazuta '07 travels to countries like Cambodia and Senegal as an international journalist.

Claire Charlesworth '07 used her art history major to launch a career with the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).

Fred Reimer '07 is a global product manager at OpenLink Financial.

Nick Boire '07 worked to save cheetahs from extinction as a Peace Corps volunteer in Namibia.

Kalin Vasilev '06, a student in Prof. Steve James's '80 lab, helped develop new technology that he will use in a research lab at Cambridge University in England.

Rebecca Cannon '06 is a physician's assistant at Gettysburg Adult Medicine.

Luke Norris '06, Robina Foundation Visiting Human Rights Fellow at Yale Law School, spoke at TEDx Gettysburg in April 2012.

Matt Denholt '05, worked with Prof. Steve James '80 and is now completing his Ph.D. at UCLA where his work focuses on genetic research with embryonic stem cells.

Sarah Sigal '05 is a playwright and director in London. 

History majors Emily Voss '05 and Steve Light '05 are working at the National Baseball Hall of Fame. 

Sue Useem ’05 is producing documentary films about conflict in Indonesia. 

Drew Seitz ’03 is a field instructor with the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS).

Macklin Farquhar ’03 owns Macklin's Cupcakes and Coffee in York, PA. 

Jake Schindel '03 returned to campus as the John A. Hauser Executive in Residence in April 2011.

Steve Wylie '02 is a dentist at Verber Family Dentistry in Camp Hill, PA.

Jamie Fleet '02 is serving as staff director for the Committee on House Administration on Capitol Hill. 

In recognition of his professional accomplishments, Fleet was awarded the 2012 Young Alumni Achievement Award for Professional Development.

Tim Orr '01  is a professor of history at Old Dominion University.

Kerri Rosenstein '98 and Torrey Stifel Kist '00 were featured artists at Gettysburg College's Schmucker Art Gallery in the fall of 2010.

In recognition of her achievements in women’s swimming, Kelly Brennan ‘00 has been selected to the Gettysburg College Hall of Athletic Honor.

Sarah Calhoun '00 owner of Red Ants Pants,  was among entrepreneurs invited to the White House in November to attend the Business Leaders' Forum on Jobs and Economic Competitiveness.

David Stanek '99 is a flight surgeon with the U.S. Navy Medical Corps.

In recognition of her many achievements in field hockey, Becky Griffith ‘98 was selected to the Gettysburg College Hall of Athletic Honor.

Alexandra Slote '98 has launched a successful interior design firm, Alexander Slote Interiors, based in Boston.

Kerri Rosenstein '98 collaborated with Professor Jim Agard on his retrospective at Schmucker.

Meredith Bowne Bove '97 was awarded the 2012 Young Alumni Achievement Award for Service to the College.

Carolyn Holmes Lee '97 was awarded 2012 Young Alumni Achievement Award for Service to the College.

Michael C. Manzo '97 was awarded the 2012 Young Alumni Achievement Award for Professional Development.

Dr. Greg Crawford '95, now a pediatrics professor at Duke University's Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, was a student of Prof. Steve James '80.

Matt McKenna ‘95 has been selected to the Gettysburg College Hall of Athletic Honor in acknowledgement of his accomplishments in men’s swimming.

In recognition of his achievements on the football field, Chris Notarfrancesco ‘95 has been selected to the Gettysburg College Hall of Athletic Honor.

Laura Strickler '95 is a producer for CBS evening news.

Cheryl Walker Davis '95   is Director of the Office of Special Assistants for the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

GettysburgSports.com recently spoke with Arif Husain '93 about his experience in the 1992 Olympic games, held in Barcelona.

Professor Chris Kauffman '92 is directing the Gettysburg College's Department of Theater Arts Production of Romeo & Juliet, March 1-5, 2012.  

Greg Hoy '92 is CEO of Happy Cog, a web design firm whose clients include Harvard University, MTV, and Zappos.

Paul Schofield ‘92 has been selected to the Gettysburg College Hall of Athletic Honor in recognition of his accomplishments in men’s lacrosse.

Carson Kressley '91 met with Gettysburg students in New York on career immersion experience.

Dan Allen '91 was featured in First Lady Michelle Obama’s new book, "American Grown."

Orin Levine '89 is director of vaccine delivery for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Global Development Program.

Deborah (Wanglee) Sundlof '88 and Joyce (Wanglee) Wald '88 practice cardiology in the Lehigh Valley area and Philadelphia, respectively.

Ned Olney '88 is Ethiopia country office director for Save the Children.

Denise Johnson ‘87 has been selected to the Gettysburg College Hall of Athletic Honor in recognition of her achievements with the women’s track and field program as a record-setting competitor in the javelin.

Maria (Constantine) Vecchione '86 has worked in television and interior design.

Allison Campbell '85 was named American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow in 2012.

Rick Holmes '85 is a Broadway actor.

Denise M. Harnois '84 is a hepatologist and liver transplant specialist in the Mayo Clinic Florida.

Sarah Eno '84 is part of a global team of physicists searching for the Higgs boson.

Carol Cantele '83 was named the 2011 NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Coach of the year.  Her Gettysburg College team won the college its first NCAA championship.

Flora Darpino '83 and Christopher O'Brien '83 serve in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps, she as a brigadier general, he as a colonel.

Darpino was presented with the 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award at the Spring Honors Day program on May 19, 2012 in recognition of her professional accomplishments.

Jen (Fisher) Bryant '82, a novelist and children's book author, shared her experiences in the Winter 2013 edition of Gettysburg magazine. Her novel, The Fortune of Carmen Navarro, was published in 2011. Learn about this novel.

Thanks to a significant gift from Robert Garthwait, Jr. '82, Gettysburg College has established the new Garthwait Leadership Center.

In honor of Timothy D. Betterly '81, who was killed on 9/11, his family has started a memorial scholarship.

Marla Graff Decker '80 is Secretary of Public Safety for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Steve James '80, has followed in the footsteps of his own professor—Ralph Cavaliere—and inspired a new generation of Gettysburg biologists.

AT&T Vice President of Customer Service Jack Duffy ’79 knows where to find stellar job candidates who will do great work – his alma mater.

Andrew M. Parker '79 joined the Board of Trustees in 2012.

Soni Dimond '79 is a communication coach, publicist, speaker, author, and global media relations specialist.

A gift from Andy Parker '79 funded student travel to New Zealand to present their public-policy research at a conference on sustainability.   

Robert Ortenzio '79 is chief executive officer of Select Medical Corporation in Mechanicsburg, Pa.

Physician Dwight I. Michael '78 wrote in favor of Medicare for All in the Fall 2012 magazine.

Holly Krafka '78 is the founder and director of Boston's well-known New World Chorale.

Larry Walker '76, in his capacity as senior vice president with The Louis Berger Group, led the rebuilding of the Kabul-Kandahar Highway in 2003.

Daria Lo Presti Foster '76 has made a $1 million gift to fund scholarships for talented students.

Katharine Brooks '76, director of liberal arts career services at the University of Texas at Austin, is the author of "You Majored in What? Mapping Your Path from Chaos to Career."

David Brennan '75 is chief executive of pharmaceutical giant Astra Zeneca.

Voice specialist Nancy (Fister) Daniels '75 is founder of Voice Dynamic, which helps improve the sound of the speaking voice.

Olivia Parr-Rud '73 published Business Intelligence Success Factors: Tools for Aligning Your Business in the Global Economy in 2011.

After Ron Smith '72 shared insights from his 26-year career with Intel at the September 21st, 2012 physics colloquium, it was announced that a $1.5 million gift from The Ronald J. Smith & Diane W. Smith Charitable Fund will create an endowed professorship in the Gettysburg College Department of Physics.

Andrew Mickley '70 was named Ohio Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).

Charlotte Wilcox '69 was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award at the Spring Honors Day held on May 19, 2012.

Gettysburg College graduate Debra Wolgemuth '69 is working to develop the first-ever marketable male contraceptive pill.

Mary Carskadon '69 is a professor of psychiatry and human behavior in the Brown Medical School and director of chronobiology at E.P. Bradley Hospital.

Richard L. Erdmann '68 was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award at the Spring Honors Day program on May 19, 2012.

Pamela Hemenway Simpson '68 was honored posthumously with the Distinguished Alumni Award at the May 19, 2012 Spring Honors Day.

I. Charles Widger '67 was awarded the 2012 Meritorious Award for Service to the College.

James "Biff" Houldin '63, international team leader for Habitat for Humanity, has had a career spanning insurance, farming, and teaching.

Suzanne Hermann Williams '62 was awarded the 2012 Meritorious Service Award for Service to the College.

Fred Fielding '61 has served as White House counsel for two presidents and was a member of the 9/11 Commission.

Francis "Bud" J. Dougherty '60, U.S. Navy captain (retired), is president and chief executive officer, Transformational Defense Industries, Inc.

Former Gettysburg Sports Information Director Bob Kenworthy '59, was inducted into the inaugural class of Mid Atlantic Conference Hall of Fame in 2012.

J. Michael Bishop '57, Nobel Prize laureate, attended the White House stem cell research signing ceremony.

Wilson Allen Heefner '56 published his third book, Dogface Soldier: The Life of General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr., in 2011.

The endowment created by Mary Albaugh '54 provides summer research stipends to students majoring in chemistry or bio-chemistry and molecular biology.

Fred Mahan '52 and his wife Martha will endow the Frederick ’52 and Martha Mahan Professor in Christian Studies.

Honorary Life Trustee Edwin T. Johnson '51 passed away in 2012. "If we had a Gettysburg Mount Rushmore, he'd be there," said College Trustee Emeritus Bruce R. Stefany '71.

Mary E. "Betty" (Shaub) Baldwin '49 left a bequest of $160,000 to Gettysburg College.