2018 FALL LC MAGAZINE

EDITOR Amy Chandler ASSOCIATE EDITORS Ashley Day Joe Guistina Marla Kramer Lynn Zitta ’11 ART DIRECTOR Murray Hanford PHOTOGRAPHY Chris Cooley Jaime DeMarco ’01 Rebecca Donohue ’19 David Miller ’88 Gordon Wenzel CLASS NOTES EDITOR Terri Brewer ’14 ADMINISTRATION Kent C. Trachte, Ph.D. President Chip Edmonds ’98 Executive Vice President Philip Sprunger, Ph.D. Provost & Dean of the College Lycoming College 700 College Place Williamsport, PA 17701 570-321-4000 www.lycoming.edu Copyright © 2018 Lycoming College. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or duplicated without the prior written permission of the publisher. Lycoming College is an equal access/ equal opportunity institution. LC Magazine is published bi-annually. GO PAPERLESS. To receive an email when we publish a new issue of LC Magazine online, email marketing@ lycoming.edu with “Online Magazine Subscription” in the subject line. Please include your name, class year for alumni, mailing address, and email address in the message. You will stop receiving the printed version of LC Magazine . FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK CAMPAIGN UPDATE NOTEWORTHY A MESSAGE FROM THE PROVOST THE SCIENCE OF PHILANTHROPY LEARNING FROM MACHINES STELLAR PRESENTATIONS SCHOLARS PRODUCING THE NEXT CAJAL ALUMNI MAKING STRIDES IN STEM ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: DAN DIROCCO ’07 MUSCLES AND MUSSELS SAM DRESSLER ’18 FACULTY & STAFF NEWS CHRISTOPHER REED: THE LOVE OF MATHEMATICS SCHOLARSHIP DAY LUNCHEON CELEBRATING A BRIGHT FUTURE ALUMNI & REUNION WEEKEND ALUMNI HAPPENINGS CLASS NOTES CONNECT: CHRISTOPHER BERNSTORF ’12 SUPPORTING FUTURE WARRIORS: ARTHUR ’59 ’11H & JOANNE HABERBERGER Toc CL MAGAZINE TABLE OF CONTENTS 5 2 6 q e t u o a d h j z l c m b . R Q O P COVER PHOTO Rachel Fritz ’18, biology and Spanish double major (see page 21)