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crossroads
summer 2008, Vol. 89, No. 1
Crossroads (USPS 174-860) is published seasonally by
Eastern Mennonite University for distribution to 16,000
alumni, students, parents and friends.
Eastern Mennonite University, founded in 1917 in

Harrisonburg, Virginia, is an educational institution
of Mennonite Church USA. EMU serves students of
diverse religious and cultural backgrounds and confers
undergraduate, graduate, and seminary degrees. As a
leader among faith-based universities, EMU emphasizes
peacebuilding, creation care, experiential learning, and
cross-cultural engagement.
EMU's mission, vision and shared values statement is

posted in its entirety at www.emu.edu/president/mission.
Board of Trustees: Susan Godshall, chair, Mount Joy,

Pa.; John M. Bomberger, Harrisonburg, Va.; Andrew Dula,
Lancaster, Pa.; Gilberto Flores, Newton, Kan.; Curtis D.
Hartman, Harrisonburg, Va.; Shirley Hochstetler, Kidron,
Ohio; Gerald (Gerry) R. Horst, New Holland, Pa.; Joan
King, Telford, Pa.; Linford D. King, Lancaster, Pa.; Herb
H. Noll, Lancaster, Pa.; Kathleen (Kay) Nussbaum, Grant,
Minn.; Kathy Keener Shantz, Lancaster, Pa.; J. Richard
Thomas, Ronks, Pa.; Lillis Troyer, Walnut Creek, Ohio;
Diane Z. Umble, Lancaster, Pa.; Paul R. Yoder, Jr., Har- Loren Swartzendruber confers with Kirk Shisler, v-p for advancement, on expansion plans.
risonburg, Va. Associate trustees: Myron E. Blosser, Har-
risonburg, Va.; Steve Brenneman, Nappanee, Ind.; Robert
Modern Facilities Needed

(Bob) P. Hostetler, Erie, Pa.; Clyde G. Kratz, Broadway, Va.;
Amy L. Rush, Harrisonburg, Va.; Dan Garber, Hutchinson,
Kan.; Carlos Romero, Mennonite Education Agency rep,
Goshen, Ind.; Judith Trumbo, Broadway, Va.
Loren Swartzendruber, president; Lee Snyder, interim

provost; Kirk Shisler, vice president for advancement;
Andrea Wenger, marketing and communications director.
for Tomorrow's Servant-Leaders
Bonnie Price Lofton Jon Styer Five years ago, in preparation for assuming responsibilities as president, I reviewed documents
Editor/writer Designer/photographer outlining dreams for new and renovated facilities. The Suter Science Center was near the top
bonnie.lofton@emu.edu jon.styer@emu.edu
of the list. I was momentarily disoriented; in my mind the Suter Science Center was a relatively
Paul T. Yoder Jim Bishop new building and should hardly need a renovation. And then reality set in. Forty years ago this
Mileposts editor Public information officer
paul.t.yoder@emu.edu bishopj@emu.edu fall I entered EMU as a first-year student, the same year that the science center opened. The
building and I had both aged since 1968!
Marcy Gineris Jason Garber
Web content manager Web/new media coord.
The inspiring stories in these pages have emerged from a university that prepares students
marcy.gineris@emu.edu jason.garber@emu.edu to be agents of change in the world. Our science alumni repeatedly note that EMU prepared
Lindsey Roeschley Laura Bomberger
them superbly for their graduate studies and for their roles as servants and leaders afterwards.
Project coord./videographer Project assistant In 1969 I transferred to the University of Iowa to study pharmacy. I went from small science
lindsey.roeschley@emu.edu classes at EMU taught by PhDs (who were also in the labs with students) to lecture classes of
All EMU personnel can be reached during regular work 300-400 students at Iowa. Labs were taught by graduate assistants. When I advised my children
hours through calling (540) 432-4000, or via contact to attend EMU and take advantage of its excellence, I was speaking from experience.
details posted on the university website, www.emu.edu.
The quality of our current science faculty is impressive. They are well prepared to carry on
Cover photo of Serita Frey '86 by Perry Smith, the legacy of venerated faculty members of past decades. If one had to choose between quality
courtesy University of New Hampshire Photo Services. faculty and state-of-the-art facilities, the faculty would have to come first. Now is the time to
Also see page 3.
improve the science facilities to match the quality of our faculty. We will continue to prepare
POSTMASTER: Submit address changes to: graduates to serve and lead globally.
Crossroads
Eastern Mennonite University EMU is undertaking a comprehensive campaign of extraordinary scale. The speed with
1200 Park Road which we are able to proceed with construction is dependent upon the generosity of alumni
Harrisonburg, VA 22802
and friends. Please pray for this campaign. If you wish to be among the leadership group in
making a commitment to this effort during the initial quiet phase of this campaign, please
contact Kirk Shisler, v-p for advancement at kirk.shisler@emu.edu, or me at lorens@emu.edu
(or by calling 540-432-4000). I hope to see you at Homecoming 2008, October 10 through 12.
Blessings,
Loren Swartzendruber
President
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In this Issue
3 Rigorous Research
Eight alumni involved in research ranging
from breast cancer to global warming.
3 6
6 Science, Service, Success
Photos of science alumni working in health,
space exploration, education and business.
20 Rural Rooted
20 26
Many alumni have chosen to care for the
Amish or others in “under-served” rural areas.
26 Model Teacher
Daniel Suter, a legendary pre-med professor,
is fondly remembered.
28 New Science Center

Time to modernize and expand EMU's
40-year-old Suter Science Center.
30 Cross-Cultural Snapshots
A large percentage of our health-care alumni
28 32
work outside of the developed West.
32 Array of Alumni
A cross-section of our hundreds of alumni
involved in science-related work.
40 Alumni Honorees
Donald B. Kraybill, Donald R. Jacobs, and
Herman Bontrager to be recognized Oct. 10-12.
56 Homecoming 2008
Find all the information you need to come
and enjoy EMU's big annual celebration.
Tough of Mind,
Strong in Spirit . . .
Our Science Alumni Tackle Unpaved Roads
R
esponding to an appeal in the stand why we missed hearing from many. ’62 graduate with a nursing degree, helped in
spring ’08 issue of Crossroads, more We dedicate this issue of Crossroads to the practice and eventually opened a home-
than 400 science-alumni filled out those of you who are not pictured in this based day-care facility to take care of adults
an online survey or sent us an e-mail to issue… To physician assistants like Mary with Alzheimer’s, brain injuries and other
update us about their work. Most of the Beth Lichty ’86, who "takes care of God's chronic conditions. Mom and dad Landis
people pictured in this issue were drawn lost children" – those incarcerated in federal also worked four years in Jamaica and
from those updates. As in our previous issue prisons. And to Konnie Landis, a ’96 gradu- another four years on an Apache reserva-
on “alumni in business,” we were somewhat ate of Temple medical school who spent her tion. They are now retired in Tunkhannock,
limited by how far we could dispatch our honeymoon helping people with AIDS in Pennsylvania. Konnie’s brother Kenenth R.
photographers – brothers Jon Styer ’07 and Uganda and building a Habitat for Human- Landis ’94, MDiv ’04, is a Mennonite pas-
Matthew Styer ’05 – to shoot fresh photos. ity House, before returning to the United tor in rural New York.
Occasionally we hired a distant photogra- States to serve in rural Washington state The pattern visible in the Landis family –
pher or asked alumni to send us their ama- under the National Health Service. Konnie multi-generations at EMU, embracing the
teur photos from afar, in an effort to show died of pancreatic cancer three years ago at underserved both in the U.S. and interna-
the wide impact of EMU’s alumni. age 36, just a year after her marriage, but tionally – can be seen throughout this maga-
As a result, the next 54 pages contain she is remembered for being “a doctor who zine. On page 20, we look at other alumni
62 photos of 81 alumni from 18 scientific took her skills and compassion around the addressing the needs of the under-served in
professions, working in 15 states and eight world,” according to the Herald newspaper such areas as the coal-mining belt around
countries. For an even better grasp of what in Everett, Washington. Harlan, Kentucky, and Amish farm country
alumni are doing, however, peruse the 359 Konnie wasn’t the first EMU alumnus in in Ohio and Pennsylvania. On page 30,
listings we compiled on pages 20 through her family. Her physician-father, R. Laverne you’ll find photos borrowed from the home
27, based on our surveys and research. Real- Landis ’63, began his career in rural Facto- albums of alumni who have served exten-
ize, though, that the 457 science-alumni ryville, Pennsylvania, where he saw patients sively in cross-cultural settings. On pages 40
noted by name in this issue amount to no in his home basement regardless of their through 43, two of the three alumni-award
more than a quarter of the total emerging ability to pay. Her mother, E. Jean Landis, a recipients have worked directly for mis-
from Eastern Mennonite College/University sion or church agencies in rural or overseas
over the last 60 years. settings.
This magazine does not list, for instance, If you do not find your name and Occasionally we note that EMU needs
such servant-leaders as Richard Keeler profession listed anywhere your financial gifts to continue serving
’60, MD, who was given EMU’s annual in these 56 pages – and if you are effectively as a nurturer of such remarkable
“distinguished service award” in 2004 for his an alumnus or alumna working in, servant-leaders. And somewhere – at the
13-year commitment to the eradication of or retired from, the sciences (health, back actually – is an invitation to attend a
Hansen’s Disease (leprosy) in Trinidad and natural or technological) – please jam-packed Homecoming celebration in
Tobago. We just didn't receive a survey from do send us your information. Just October. Do both, if you can: supply ongo-
complete the online survey at:
Dr. Keeler. We also didn't receive one from ing support and come visit, not necessarily
in that order. 
emu.edu/crossroads/update
Beth Good '03, a nurse who was traveling We will compile a supplemental
around Africa for much of the late spring listing which we will publish either
and early summer, working on programs to on the Crossroads website, or if Bonnie Price Lofton, MA ’04
alleviate HIV/AIDS. Our alumni tend to be space permits, in the next issue of Editor
busy folks, so we are grateful for those who Crossroads.
photo by Perry Smith
took the time to respond and we under- UNH Photo Services
Serita D. Frey ’84 - ’86, PhD
(Colorado State)
Associate Professor, Dept. of Natural
Resources and the Environment,
University of New Hampshire
I am an ecosystem ecologist. My research

examines how global change – climate
warming, nitrogen deposition, land-use
change, biodiversity loss, and invasive
species – is altering ecosystem function,
particularly in terms of soil nutrient
cycles. With funding from the National
Science Foundation, I recently started
a global change experiment at Harvard
Experimental Forest in Petersham,
Massachusetts. I am also involved in the
development of the National Ecological
Observatory Network, a NSF-funded
continental-scale observation program
monitoring ecosystem responses to global
change.
My desire to be an environmental sci-
entist began when I was a pre-med major
at EMU and took an ecology class with
Dr. Clair Mellinger (’64). But I wanted
to take more environmental science
courses than EMU offered at the time,
so I transferred to UVa’s environmental
sciences program for my last two years as
an undergraduate. I have to admit, too,
that I wanted to experience something
new. I was raised on a dairy farm near
Harrisonburg and had attended Eastern
Mennonnite High School, so I was ready
to try on new experiences.
I keep in touch with my first-year
roommate, Katrina Eby Yoder (’87), the
daughter of Omar Eby (’57, retired EMU
English professor), and with Gloria Rho-
des (’88) who teaches justice, peace and
conflict studies courses at EMU. I stop
by EMU regularly when I visit family
and friends in Harrisonburg. My experi-
ences at Eastern Mennonite were very
positive and helped shape the direction
of my life.
For more info on Frey’s work, visit:

unh.edu/natural-resources/fac-frey.html
photo by matthew styer photo by Robert Dicks, couRtesy of stanford's childrens hospital
Anthony R. Pratkanis ’79, PhD (Ohio State) Janelle Aby ’86, MD (UVa)
Psychology professor, University of Clinical Associate professor of pediatrics, Stanford
California-Santa Cruz University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California
+ Researches social influence, attitude structure, function + Research focuses breastfeeding and factors that impact it.
and change (in particular, marketing techniques and + Seeks to improve the educational experience for residents
consumer behavior). + Co-author of The Age of Propaganda: and students in the nursery regarding the examination
The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion (revised edition, and management of term or near-term infants. + Clinical/
2001). + Studies and consults on economic fraud crimes, educational website: http://newborns.stanford.edu + “In
especially those targeted at the elderly. + Founding editor my opinion, the benefits of the ’Ivy League’ universities are
of journal Social Influence and contributor to many other realized at the graduate level, not the undergraduate level.
psychology journals. + Winner of USCS’s “excellence in I would absolutely recommend a school like EMU; the
teaching” award. + Over 350 appearances or citations via education received there can take one anywhere.” +
mass media, including Oprah, Dateline NBC, CBS News,
C-Span, Washington Post, L.A. Times, and CNN. +
photo by matthew styer photo by Jenny Lee
Tammy Rowe ’98, MS (Shippensburg) Virginia “Ginny” Mason, RN ’99

Analyst, Office of Science Policy, Planning and Executive director, Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Communications, NIMH, Rockville, Maryland Research Foundation, Bainbridge Island, Washington
+ Implements validity testing for disease categories and uses + Survivor of inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) and
“program analysis research information system” software to founding administrator of a foundation launched in 1999 to
do scientific coding, among other duties. + address this "most aggressive form of breast cancer," which
represents 2% to 5% of all breast cancers in the United
Kenton J. Swartz ’86, PhD (Harvard) States. + Sparks research into the causes of the disease and
Senior investigator, molecular physiology & biophysics disseminates information about it, especially on recognizing
section, Porter Neuroscience Rsrch. Ctr., NIH, Bethesda its symptoms, because it is not usually detectable by
+ Oversees lab that uses biochemical, molecular biological mammograms or ultrasounds. + IBC usually grows in nests
and biophysical techniques to investigate the structure of or sheets rather than a solid tumor; it can spread throughout
voltage-activated ion channels and to explore the molecular the breast without a detectable lump. + More information
mechanics by which these channels gate. + at http://www.ibcresearch.org, including Mason's story. +

photo by matthew styer
Richard E. Royal ’84, MD (Ore. Hlth. & Sci. U.)
Senior Investigator, Surgery Branch, National Cancer
Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
+ Royal's group has developed immunotherapy (the alteration
of a patient's immune system to cause a tumor regression),
based mainly on lymphocyte immunology. + Directs several
clinical protocols advancing the treatment of pancreatic
cancer. + Clinically, specializes in complex resections of
tumors of the pancreas, including vascular reconstruction
and microscopic pancreatic duct restoration. + Research is
targeted at extending immunotherapy to pancreas cancer. In
one study, tumor cells from resected pancreas cancers are
expanded, along with tumor infiltrating lymphocytes to better
understand the tumor immunology of this disease. + Another
study explored the interruption of immunosuppression as
a way of allowing the immune system to cause regression of
advanced pancreatic cancer. + An associate investigator in an
effort to explore advanced immunotherapy against melanoma.
+ In the metabolism section, also an associate investigator into
experimental regional therapies including peritoneal, limb
and liver perfusions. + Credits retired biology professor Clair
Mellinger for “the start you and the department at EMU gave
me,” adding “from there my career has launched off to exceed
my grasp at every turn.” +
photo by jon styer

Abram M. Hostetter ’51, MD (Jefferson Med.)
Psychiatric consultant and clinical professor of psychiatry
at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
+ Is one of a handful of researchers credited with a series
of ground-breaking studies published in the American
Journal of Psychiatry during the early 1980s on affective
disorders (involving episodes of mania as well as episodes
of depression) among the Lancaster County Amish. These
provided “presumptive evidence” of genetic factors in
affective disorders, as well as in suicides. + Was one of the
authors of a 1987 article in Nature that summarized findings
on the genetic link: “Bipolar affective disorders linked to
DNA markers on chromosome 11.” + Toward the end of his
20 years of researching the genetic component of mental
illness among the Amish, was one of the authors of a 1998
study published by the National Academy of Sciences that
found that Amish with no signs of bipolar affective disorders
seem to have protective alleles that prevent or reduce their
risk of developing the disorders. “The identification and
characterization of protective alleles and their gene products
could lead to the development of a more rational and direct
approach to effective therapy for affective disorders,” Hostetter
and his colleagues wrote. +
Science, Service, Success
"EMU . . . a nurturing, safe, God-centered environment."
S
ome of the people in the photos on ble journeyed from his home in Anchorage, the mountain range separating UVa and
pages 6 through 19 are famous, some Alaska, to scout for pre-medical programs EMU to attend a conservative Mennonite
are known mainly to their families, in Virginia. The son of a neurologist, he was church each Sunday. “Going to church with
colleagues and patients. But all came to trying to improve his odds of admission to farmers provides me with balance that I
Eastern Mennonite University (or College, the University of Virginia medical school, need; it keeps me in check despite the pres-
as many of them knew it to be) at pivotal which admits only 9% of its applicants on sures of school.”
points in their lives and were put on the an average year. (The odds are better for Kevin Foley ’96, a doctorate-holding
path to their careers. If they were pre-med in-state applicants, 18.5% of whom were pharmacologist who co-directs a medical lab
majors, they were able to dissect one or admitted in 2005.) His father advised him program at the Mayo Clinic, echoes the ob-
more cadavers under the close and careful to look at small schools that might have a servations of Aaron: “I have come to believe
supervision of a PhD-holding professor, an pipeline to UVa. that the biggest problem facing new college
exercise which put them ahead of many of students isn’t their intellect or their high
their peers when they got to medical school. school background, it is their work ethic
“Our classes are smaller than one finds and campus environment. I have worked
at larger universities and we do not rely on in schools where numerous students start
teaching assistants at the undergraduate out as excited, starry-eyed freshman, eager
level,” notes vice president and under- to go on to medical school. But soon after
graduate academic dean Marie Morris, PhD, moving on campus they become entangled
“Our highly qualified faculty members work in the sex, drugs, fraternity/sorority, party-
with their students in small-class settings, atmosphere and their goals and work ethic
collaborating with students one-on-one to quickly fade.
do research that often is published in peer- UVa medical student Aaron Trimble '06 “I've attended two grad schools, complet-
reviewed journals. ed post-doc research, and taught grad and
"These are some of the reasons why EMU After applying to five schools in the undergrad students at different universities
historically has out-produced many large vicinity of UVa and being admitted to each, – I can honestly say that EMU is the best
prestigious universities in the percentage of Aaron settled on Eastern Mennonite. “In school I have been a part of. EMU provided
its graduates who go on to become success- the end, it just felt right. I honestly felt me with a nurturing, safe and God-centered
ful physicians, nurses and other profession- the Lord was directing me here. This place environment which, as I look back, was the
als in the health-care arena.” challenged me in all the right ways.” Aaron reason I was able to be successful.”
In the last five years, 23 out of 25 appli- was admitted to UVa medical school on his Foley also thinks EMU’s graduates benefit
cants from EMU's pre-med program have first try in 2006. “I think it helped that they from additionally receiving a broad liberal
been accepted into medical schools – an knew EMU and its world view and the type arts education – he majored in history
eye-popping 92% rate of admission. (See the of people that tend to come out of EMU.” and political science – and from “EMU’s
list of schools on page 53.) Raised in an evangelical non-denomina- peaceful environment and commitment to
In March 2003, 17-year-old Aaron Trim- tional church, Aaron drives an hour across conflict resolution.”
Internist Emmanuel Mbualungu ’87 graduated

from New York Medical College and did his
residency in 1996 at the Washington Hospital
Center, where he continues to practice.
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1. photo by jon styer 2. photo by jon styer
3. photo by jon styer

4. photo by matthew styer
1. Susmita Solanki ’92
“Missy” Solanki is the daughter of Eastern Mennonite
Seminary professor Dr. Anil Solanki, who came from India
on sabbatical in 1988 with a mission of translating the Old
Testament into Gujarati. He and his family of five ended
up settling here, where Anil combines teaching at EMS
with pastoring for the United Church of Christ. All three
children of Anil and his wife Shaila went into health care
after graduation from EMU. (See following entry.) Missy
earned a doctorate in pharmacy at Shenandoah University
and now works in the pharmacy of Augusta Medical Center
in Waynesboro, Virginia.
2. Madhur Solanki ’93

Madhur Solanki’s role at Winchester Medical Center in the
northern end of the Shenandoah Valley is not the typical
one. An osteopathic-trained physician, Madhur is part of
a team that ministers to patients lacking private health
insurance or other means to fully pay their medical bills.
He cherishes those he serves, finding them down-to-earth
and appreciative. Madhur is the youngest of three science-
alumni siblings. The middle child, Missy, is described
above. The eldest, Elizabeth ’91, earned a masters degree
in physical therapy from Old Dominion University and
works at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg.
Madhur will be a featured speaker on Oct. 11 at 9 a.m.
during EMU's homecoming festivities. He plans to explore
the differences between the osteopathic and allopathic
approaches to health care.
3. Susan Marie Zehr Dean ’79

Registered nurse Sue Dean is employed by the Rockingham
County School System to tend to the needs of vulnerable
preschoolers in 17 of the county’s programs. “They live at
or below the poverty level, live with only one parent or
with parents who never finished high school, or are affected
by other factors that make them at risk academically.”
She teaches health lessons to both the children and their
parents. Sue and her husband Greg are the parents of two
EMU undergrads – Joshua and Matthew – and Eastern
Mennonite High School senior Janelle.
4. Joseph Gascho ’68

In addition to being a cardiologist, Joe Gascho is a
photographer, with some of his best work displayed in
the hallways of the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
of Penn State. The photos show patients of Gascho’s in
their home or work settings, such as at a gift shop, in a car
dealership, or with model trains that are the patient’s hobby.
“I want patients to be seen as more than a heart attack,”
says Gascho, who taught physics, chemistry and math at
Eastern Mennonite High School before deciding to be a
physician. He graduated from the University of Virginia
School of Medicine in 1973. He now directs the Cardiology
Fellowship Training program at his medical center.
1. photo by matthew styer 2. photo by jon styer

4. photo by jon styer
1. Robert E. Collins ’54
Robert Collins was the orthopedic surgeon for the Redskins
from 1985 to 1990, during the years when Joe Gibbs became
the winningest head coach in Redskins history…when
quarterback Joe Theismann’s leg snapped in a compound
fracture, forcing him to retire after a 12-year career in which
he became the Redskins' all-time leader in pass attempts
and completions… when the Redskins set 20 Super Bowl
records…when Art Monk became famous. Collins was
there through it all, and he has an official Superbowl ring
to prove it. Of course, this is just one chapter in Collins’s
long and successful career – he no longer operates, but he
still consults with patients at his office in the Washington
Hospital Center complex in Washington D.C.
2. gerald (jerry) Hertzler ’88

“I’ve always known I would be a teacher. My mother was a
teacher, and it combines the interest I have in kids and in
the outdoors,” says Jerry Hertzler. “Teaching is not really
a job for me. It is something I enjoy doing that I get paid
to do. What better deal is there than that?” Married to
the former Lisa Mumaw, a 1988 nursing graduate, Jerry
is a science instruction team leader and biology teacher
at Harrisonburg (Va.) High School. Jerry's mother,
Evelyn Hertzler '60, died this spring after many years of
supporting EMU and other educational and church causes
(more on Evelyn on page 50).
3. Gretchen Leaman Brandt ’88

When Gretchen Brandt realized there was no branch of the
Christian Medical and Dental Association (CMDA) for
Washington, D.C. medical professionals, she joined with
three others and started one in 2005. Such initiative typifies
Brandt. As a medical student at Penn State, she went to
Kenya in her fourth year of medical school. As a resident at
Georgetown University Hospital, she opted for a rotation
in Haiti and in Colombia. After a renal fellowship at
Georgetown, she became one of three staff nephrologists at
Washington Hospital Center – she loved the combination
of clinical work, teaching, administration and research –
then stepped away to be a stay-at-home mother for two
children that she and her husband Randy adopted. These
days she treats renal patients on a part-time basis at a Kaiser
Permanente clinic near Capitol Hill (on left in the photo,
with some of her staff and one of her patients). Recently,
Brandt went to Thailand, presenting at a Christian Medical
Education conference there and laying the groundwork for
CMDA- and Georgetown-sponsored education exchanges.
4. rAYMONDE SAINTIL ’09

Nobody completes the clinical laboratory science program
at EMU without successfully rotating through a year-
long medical technology lab practice. Raymonde Santil, a
senior at EMU, is doing her rotation at Augusta Medical
Center in Waynesboro, Virginia, where a half-dozen other
graduates of EMU are employed.

1. Philip Zapanta ’96

As associate program director of the Otolaryngology
Residency Program at George Washington University
Hospital, Philip Zapanta not only treats sinus disease,
allergies, head and neck trauma, and general ear, nose
and throat problems, he trains others to do so. An
assistant professor of surgery, Zapanta is a board-certified
otolaryngologist and specialist in thyroid and parathyroid
surgery. He is a 2000 graduate of the University of Virginia
School of Medicine.
2. Bonnie Zehr ’86

Pediatricians can fall into the trap of sacrificing the well-
being of their own children in their efforts to meet the
needs of other people’s children. It’s a trap Bonnie Zehr,
a Lancaster (Pa.) pediatrician, hopes to avoid. She has
placed herself in a group practice where colleagues cover
for each other and she makes a point of wrapping up her
day in time to do family things, like taking daughter Joelle
(pictured with her mother) to an early-evening baseball
game. Bonnie’s brother, Kenton J. Zehr ’83, is also a
physician. He is a cardiac surgeon.
3. jUDITH TrUMBO ’82

This EMU nursing grad and experienced nursing
administrator has an unusual title these days: “Transitional
Planning Director at Rockingham Memorial Hospital.”
It’s a big deal, really. For the first time since the hospital
was founded in 1912, it is packing up and moving to a
new, expanded complex on 254 acres outside of the city of
Harrisonburg. Somebody has to organize and coordinate
4. photo courtesy of equinox chemicals
the several dozen teams working on the move, to be
completed by 2010. And that somebody is Judith Trumbo,
who holds a masters degree in business administration from
James Madison University as well as a BS in nursing from
EMU. Trumbo is also on the board of trustees of EMU.
She will be a featured speaker on Oct. 11 at 8 a.m. during
EMU's homecoming festivities.
4. Thaddeus hollingsworth ’04

& Mark grimaldi ’94
For nearly a decade, Mark Grimaldi (on right of photo)
soaked up knowledge and experience as a chemical engineer
working for Merck Pharmaceuticals. Then he started his
own company, Equinox Chemicals, in Albany, Georgia.
Since its founding in 2003, the company has “become
one of the industry’s leaders in custom organic synthesis,”
says Grimaldi, who is married to Jessica Derstine ’97.
Thaddeus Hollingsworth (on left) recently joined Equinox
as chief chemist and lab manager. For information on the
company’s synthetic and analytic capabilities,
visit www.eqx.chem.com.
2. photo by matthew styer 3. photo by matthew styer

1. Robert Conley ’68
In the late 1960s, Bob Conley thought he would be a
schoolteacher and thus majored in elementary education
at EMU. To avoid being drafted for the Vietnam War,
however, he declared himself to be a conscientious objector
(C.O.) and was assigned to doing "inhalation therapy" at
Children's Hospital in Washington, D.C. He enjoyed
the work. After his C.O. stint was over, he got further
respiratory therapy training in a two-year program at the
University of the District of Columbia. Now he is in his
40th year of employment as a respiratory therapist, with 36
years in two Adventist hospitals in the Maryland suburbs
of Washington D.C. "I think I might be setting a record for
the longest respiratory therapy career in Maryland," he said.
2. Geoffrey Nolt ’02

Dentist Geoffrey Nolt works in a family practice in every
sense of the word. Not only does he treat entire families,
he is surrounded by his own immediate family. After
graduating from Temple University School of Dentistry, he
joined his father, also a dentist, in his practice in Ephrata,
Pennsylvania. Their office is managed by Geoffrey’s wife,
Stashia Davis (right side of photo), who is a 2002 graduate
of EMU, and her mother, Carol Davis '78 (on left).
3. w. Paul Mexcur ’78

Paul Mexcur works for the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA) as a proposal manager for
the next NASA mission to Mars. “This mission will study
Mars’ atmosphere, climate, liquid water and planetary
habitability,” Mexcur says. It is scheduled for a 2013 launch.
Mexcur is technology and IT manager for heliophysics.
He was a liberal arts major at EMU, who went on to earn
a masters in public administration. He is based at the
Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
4. Sarah Kunjam ’06

Sarah Kunjam is facing difficult choices, as she weighs
whether to remain as a nurse at George Washington
University Hospital in Washington D.C. or to transplant
herself to the Norfolk, Virginia, area from which her
husband Selam Hussein ’04 presumably will be deployed
for the duration of his four-year enlistment in the U.S.
Navy. Kunjam, whose parents are from India but who
was born in the United States, and Hussein, an Ethiopian
national who is the son of a Mennonite pastor and
educator, have made it a priority to achieve financial and
social stability as they prepare to welcome their first-born
child into the world in late 2008. They have discovered that
fellow alumnus Michael Williams ’06, a Navy nurse who
has been caring for veterans at Bethesda Naval Hospital,
understands their situation well, as he too is providing for
his family through military service.
1. photo by matthew styer 2. photo by Jim Godo, courtesy of north central college

1. Rebekah Hunter Davis ’93
While attending a small Christian high school in New
Hampshire, Rebekah saw an EMU pamphlet that invited
her to study nursing at a college where cross-cultural
study was required, where “giving back to the community”
was assumed. “Sounded like my kind of program,” said
Rebekah, daughter of a Panamanian father and Jamaican
mother. She considered being an osteopathic physician –
even took classes at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic
Medicine for a year – but settled on critical care nursing.
She works two 12-hour shifts weekends at Children’s
Hospital in Philadelphia, which allows her to be a full-time
mother to her two-year-old daughter and enjoy weekday
evenings with her husband.
2. GODFREY MUGANDA ’79

Godfrey Muganda, PhD, who majored in math at EMU, is
climbing the ranks at North Central College in Naperville,
Illinois. With graduate degrees from the College of William
& Mary and Lehigh University, Muganda is now associate
professor and chair of computer science and coordinator
of the masters in computer science program. He is the co-
author, with Judy Walters and Tony Gaddis, of 6th Edition,
Starting Out with C++: Early Objects, 2007. Muganda is
married to Lore Hower ’80 and they have three children.
3. Gerald (jerry) L. Kauffman ’73

Being a pharmacist with no walk-in customers, Jerry
Kauffman enjoys being able to dress casually at work.
“How many other EMU graduates are pharmacists?” Jerry
wrote to Crossroads. (Answer: A tiny fraction of the number
who are nurses and physicians.) “It’s a great field. We
are always in demand, and that has been the case ever
since I graduated from pharmacy school.” Kauffman’s
employer, Omnicare Pharmacy of Wadsworth, Ohio, meets
the pharmaceutical needs of institutional living centers,
especially those caring for the aging.
4. Jill Gehman ’98

What are the chances of two nursing graduates from the
same 1998 class at EMU – but now living in different states
and working for different hospital systems – simultaneously
winning the same prestigious national award? As the
manager of the cardio-thoracic surgical intensive care unit
at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Jill Gehman led
the team that won the Beacon Award from the Association
of Critical Care Nurses in 2007. It’s an award conferred
on only 121 intensive care units out of 6,000 eligible in the
nation for demonstrating “clinical excellence, team work,
evidence-based practice, and organizational ethics.” So
imagine Gehman’s surprise when she learned that one of
the other winners was Tiffany Good Witmer, also class of
1998, who directed until recently the cardiovascular surgical
intensive care unit at Aultman Hospital in Canton, Ohio.
(For more on Witmer turn to page 32.)
J. Mark Snyder ’02
Optometrist Mark Snyder is the primary care resident at
the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in Philadelphia,
where he diagnoses, treats and manages visual and ocular
health problems. He also supervises students during their
clinical rotations. He is married to Kristy Shellenberger ’02,
a physician assistant in a busy urban pediatric clinic.
I stumbled across the field of

optometry after needing an eye
exam before I headed off on my
cross-cultural semester my junior
year at EMU. At first I saw myself
being a physician, but I became
interested in optometry because it
allowed me to be specialized and
challenged, yet it was widespread
in scope – it touches everyone.
Also, optometry is rooted in math
and physics, two subjects I enjoy
very much. My father teaches both
subjects at Western Mennonite
High School, and both were sort
of engrained in me from a young
age. I enjoy being able both to
use logic and to feel awe and
wonderment.
Dairy cattle veterinarian Harley M. Kooker ’73 says 85% of his work is on Amish farms, such as this one.
They Sank Roots

In Under-Served Areas
R
ichard and Elaine Stotlzfus moved to about a dozen Mennonites who moved to color that fits no racial category – gray.
Harlan County, Kentucky, because the coal-mining region of Harlan to be of The waitress at the local Chinese res-
“we wanted to be out of the main- service. They have stayed decades in the taurant looks young enough to be their
stream,” Richard ’59 says. “We wanted to be lovely Appalachian mountain region where granddaughter, but she already exceeds by
where we would feel really useful.” the southwestern tip of Virginia meets three-fold her ideal body weight. Her friend,
That was 32 years, and two grown chil- eastern Kentucky. lighting up a cigarette outside the door,
dren, ago. Today they live in a log home Richard is an internist. Elaine, who spent looks the opposite – as if a strong wind
they built about 100 yards from the duplex 1961-62 studying at EMU’s seminary, is a would carry away his wispy frame.
they shared with another Mennonite doctor certified health educator. A tough place to fret about people’s
and his family for most of their first 17 years They work in clinics where warnings health? For sure. But Richard and Elaine
in Harlan. They shared the telephone, wash- about the dangers of the abuse of OxyCon- love living and working in Harlan. They
ing machine, vacuum-sweeper, and nurture tin (a powerful prescription-only painkiller) have since the beginning. They don’t regard
of the four kids – two per family. Now they are posted on the walls. They shop in places it as a hardship. They regard it as safe and
just share part of the driveway. where the men in line ahead of them may supportive – a great place to raise children.
The Stoltzfuses and their former duplex have coal dust ground into their faces, necks “People who don’t have very much often
neighbor, Dr. J.D. Miller, are the oldest of and arms, making their skin pigment a have something else,” explains Elaine. “Fam-
ily is very strong here. They are just good, alumni (nurse-practitioner Lisa Gallagher to pregnant women, doing 1,103 home
honest, hard-working people here.” Landes ’86, physician Robert Pence ’87, and deliveries in the Shippensburg area of
“When patients come to see me, they don’t registered nurse Janet Sonifrank ’71) – has a Pennsylvania and the Shenandoah Valley
come alone,” says Richard. “They come with well-used hitching post in its parking lot for of Virginia. She was particularly in demand
their husbands or wives, children, grandpar- the convenience of Old Order Mennonite by Old Order Mennonite women. In 1980
ents… whoever can come along in the fam- patients. Like Lehman in Ohio, Landes Rohrer completed a one-year midwifery
ily comes. Family means everything here.” makes house calls as needed. program at Meharry Medical College, a
Adds Elaine: “In many ways, being away Before retiring in Dayton in January, historically black college in Tennessee, to
from the more mainstream of American Martha Rohrer, a 1969 graduate of EMU’s earn her midwifery certificate and pass her
culture is not a bad thing.” nursing program, specialized in house calls licensing exam. From 1956 to 1975, Rohrer
Called to the Under-Served photo by jon styer

Elaine and Richard may be different from
typical American health-care practitioners,
but they have lots of company among
EMU’s alumni group. In a 1985 chapel on
the eve of his retirement, veteran EMU
biology professor Dan Suter reflected on
what happened to the 300 or so students
he had taught: “Many of these have or are
practicing in third world countries or in
deprived or underserved areas of the United
States, devoting their abilities to alleviate
suffering in areas often avoided by the
medical profession.”
Elton Lehman ’58 was named "Country
Doctor of the Year" in 1988 for serving a
uniquely isolated group: the Amish. In a
book and CD that chronicles his life, House
Calls and Hitching Posts by Dorcas Sharp
Hoover (2004), Lehman is portrayed as
feeling undecided in the early 1960s be-
tween being a medical missionary overseas
and serving a large Amish community in
rural-eastern Ohio. He came to appreciate Jeannette and Elzo Johnson of Harlan County, Ky., are deeply loyal to their doctor.
the need of the Amish for “doctors who un- photo by jon styer
derstood and respected their convictions for
living simple, separated lives,” wrote Hoover,
and listened to God’s call to settle in Mount
Eaton, Ohio.
Similar to his classmates who went to
Kenya, Ethiopia or Haiti to offer medical
care, Lehman found himself needing to be
the “jack of all health trades,” from obstet-
rics (even home-delivering multiple sets of
twins) to surgery (stitching up the victims
of farm-machinery accidents).
Other EMU grads have stepped up to
meet the needs of the Amish for scientific
assistance beyond the level of their own
education, which typically ends after grade
eight. Veterinarian Harley M. Kooker ’73,
for instance, tends to the dairy cows owned
by the Amish in Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania.
In Dayton, Virginia, the Carilion family
practice – staffed, in part, by three EMU Internist Richard G. Stoltzfus ’59 sees Jeanette and Elzo at his no-frills clinic.
photo by jon styer photo by jon styer
Lois Ann and Steve Alderfer, class of '86, share one nurse-practitioner job in Donald E. Yoder, MDiv '74, practices in the southwestern Virginia town
rural Virginia, so they can share and enjoy parenting their three children. of Pulaski and enjoys motorcycle riding on America's backroads.
EMU alumni-physicians pictured at the Mount Eaton (Ohio) Center, which serves Amish women desiring to give birth
outside of hospitals: from left, Elton Lehman '58, Brent Lehman '91, Titus Dutcher '83, Maurice Stutzman '78
photo by jon styer
Martha Rohrer '69 holds her great-granddaughter, born after Rohrer retired from midwifery in January, 2008.
did nursing in rural Ethiopia where, out of in Elzo’s memory – Elzo was a coal miner.
necessity, she delivered hundreds of babies.
Sticking Close to Home Now he is on disability from black-lung
She earned a nursing degree at EMU in The disparate communities served by disease. Despite his shortness of breath – it’s
1969 while on furlough from Ethiopia. alumni working in rural areas tend to share not just the black lung, he still smokes un-
Psychiatrist Harold Kraybill ’61 specializes a devotion to family and place. Like the filtered Lucky Strikes – Johnson maintains
in treating Amish and conservative Men- Amish, the residents of Harlan County an immaculate, ranch-style house beside
nonite in- and out-patients, working from generally stick close to home, even without railroad tracks where coal-filled cars pass a
an Amish-built cottage-like facility in a restricting themselves to horse and buggy half dozen times per day. He has improved
secluded corner of the grounds of Philhaven transportation. the place himself over the years, installing
in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Called the “Some of my patients have never left Har- log siding, wood floors, and a tin roof.
“Green Pasture Program,” it handles Amish lan County,” says Richard. Elzo is not one to pull punches, verbally
with mental health problems from all over But the ailments are different. Elton’s pre- or otherwise. He talks about shooting and
North America. retirement case load – he recently handed injuring some neighbors who were vandal-
Among the low mountains of Nelson over his practice to another family practitio- izing his home and demonstrates his quick
County, Virginia, two family nurse practi- ner, son Brent ’91 – revolved heavily around draw with his pistol. So when he says he
tioners, Lois ’86 and Steven ’86 Alderfer job- delivering babies and treating injuries. In likes his doctor and wouldn’t go to anybody
share so that they can be equally engaged Richard’s internal medicine practice, he sees but Dr. Stoltzfus, he means it.
with raising their three children. (For more conditions linked to the ways that Harlan “Dr. Stoltzus, he’ll talk to you. Some doc-
information, see the article posted at www. residents must earn their living and the tors say, 'Hello, how are you,' and hardly
emu.edu/news/index.php/1669/alumni.) lifestyles they tend to lead, such as cardio- listen to what you say. They take notes and
In Pulaski, Virginia, most of the patients vascular disease, diabetes and chronic lung you’re out of there,” says Elzo.
of Donald E. Yoder, would be surprised to ailments. Four years ago, Elzo took Jeanette, his
learn that their motorcycle-riding internist One of Richard’s favorite patients is wife of six years, to see Dr. Stoltzfus. She
also holds a master's of divinity from EMU. 73-year-old Elzo Johnson and his second agreed with her husband: “A lot of doctors
Fellow motorcycle enthusiast Samuel wife Jeannette. A few years ago Elzo snipped race you out the door, but he is concerned
Showalter ’65, practices part time at the some nature scenes from a calendar and about you and he’ll give you as much time
Green Valley Clinic in Bergton, Virginia, lo- slipped them into Elzo-made frames that as you need.” So now Dr. Stoltzfus is her
cated on a narrow rural road near Highland now decorate the wall in Richard’s office. doctor too, treating her at age 55 for “hard-
Mennonite retreat center. Until June 23, 1983 – the date is etched ening of the arteries.”
photo by jon styer
"I’ve been to three doctors in my life, and

Dr. Stoltzfus is the best," says Elzo. "My
plan, Humana, is saying that they won’t pay
for it (his services) because he has to be in
the plan and some other doctor is in the
plan. But I will pay the 88 dollars myself if
I have to.”
Richard’s not talking about retirement yet,
but when that time comes Elaine and Rich-
ard probably will move closer to their two
adult children. They are both graduates of
Eastern Mennonite who have chosen not to
settle in the remote area in which they were
raised. Mark Stoltzfus ’94 is an anesthesiolo-
gist with Commonwealth Anesthesia Associ-
ates in Richmond, Virginia; Jill Stoltzfus ’91,
with a PhD in psychology, is director of the
Research Institute at St. Luke’s Hospital in
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
"The only time I go back to Harlan now is
at Thanksgiving, but it still feels like home,"
Mark says. "I ran into my second-grade
teacher at the mall, and she remembered me.
I always run into old friends, and it is like I
never left. We just pick up where we left off."
Yet moments later, Mark refers to interests
he has developed as an adult that he could
not pursue in Harlan, like scuba diving and
competitive tennis.
"I never saw myself staying in Harlan per-
manently," says Jill, who was born in Haiti
where her parents worked before moving
to Kentucky. "These days when I visit my
parents, I must admit to experiencing some Sam Showalter '65, is co-administrator of the Mennonite Medical Association.
culture shock, and it reinforces to me that
photo by jon styer
I'm exactly where I need to be right now,
living and working in the suburbs of Phila-
delphia and being close to where the 'action'
is. Having said that, growing up in Harlan
County helped shape my worldviews and
values in significant ways."
Mark likes to get to know the patients he
is going to "put under." The time he spends
talking with patients pre-operatively, mak-
ing sure they feel comfortable with the anes-
thesia process and with him, has resulted in
thank-you notes – an unexpected gesture to
someone in his line of work.
Mark seeks to treat everyone with equal
respect – the janitor, technician, patient,
desk clerk, nurse. "It is hard to say why I
like to work this way or where it all comes
from," says Mark.
His friends in Harlan wouldn't wonder.
They would nod knowingly: "Just like dad." 
Lisa Gallagher Landes '86, Robert Pence '87 and Janet Sonifrank '71, care for Old Order
Mennonites, as well as modern Mennonites, in a Dayton, Va., office location.
Bellefontaine, Ohio, medical alumni: Upper row (from left) John Wenger '85, Charles Kratz '88, Rodney Graber '87,
Roger Kauffman '73, Winfred Stoltzfus '80. In chairs, Ryan Kauffman '99 (left) and Randall Longenecker '75.
Small Is Better: Training Rural Practitioners

By Randall Longenecker ’75, MD
“Medical education is rigorous, but that centered on the doctor-patient rela- to most residencies with a practice, or
doesn’t mean it is relevant and responsive tionship, which we consider the core model family practice center). They are
to the needs of rural communities, not of clinical practice. “Faculty Jam,” a responding to a wider call for commu-
to mention the learners themselves,” says parallel process among program faculty, nity-embedded, practice-based health
family practice professor and practitioner is our version of continuing faculty professions education. In fact, at this
Randall Longenecker ’75, founding development, focused upon the teacher- point medical students and residents,
director of the first “2-2-2” integrated learner relationships and learning to nurse practitioner students, and phar-
rural-training track in family medicine teach in practice. macy students all train here, creating a
in the nation. Here is his account of The curriculum is a longitudinal virtual rural health professions campus.
the founding and growth of Mad River experience in small-town group practice In addition to the author, alumni
Family Practice in Bellefontaine, Ohio. covering the full spectrum of family involved in this effort include Arland Esch
EMU alumni designed, implemented, medicine, including an active obstetrical ’76, D.O., assistant director until 2006;
and continue to refine Mad River Fam- practice. It includes immersion experi- current assistant director John Wenger
ily Practice, a program affiliated with ences at Nationwide Children’s Hospital ’85, D.O.; and these members of Oakhill
Ohio State University to train rural and University Hospital in Columbus, Medical Associates – Roger Kauffman
practitioners. Mad River Family Prac- Ohio, an hour away. ’73, MD; Charles Kratz ’88, MD; Ryan
tice – otherwise known as The Ohio Eleven graduates will have proceeded Kauffman ’99, MD; Rodney Graber ’87,
State University Rural Program – is to rural or underserved initial places of MD; and Winfred Stoltzfus ’80, MD, who
what we like to refer to as an “idealized practice in Texas, Georgia, Tennessee, provides specialty teaching in cardiology
micropractice” in medical education. North Carolina and Ohio, as well as and internal medicine. Andy Hershberger
In addition to the “2-2-2” configura- Canada. In addition, two faculty have ’02 is assistant practice administrator for
tion (two residents a year for all three gone on to teach in residency programs both Mad River and Oakhill.
years of training – a waiver from the in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Portland,
minimum requirement of four residents Maine. For more information visit
a year by the Accreditation Council Mad River Family Practice emerged www.madriverfamilypractice.org
or contact:
for Graduate Medical Education), The from Oakhill Medical Associates in
Randall Longenecker, MD
Ohio State University Rural Program 1997. The two practices, both heav- 308 E Williams Ave.
has spawned other innovations in ily staffed by EMU graduates, share Bellefontaine, Ohio 43311
medical education. “Clinical Jazz” is an a building and collaborate to offer “a (937) 465-0080
eight-year experiment in group process practice with a residency” (as opposed rlongenecker@embarqmail.com
photo by jim bishop
Dr. Suter, Model Teacher

Smart and Humble, Rigorous and Loving
"Daniel Suter was a model for me. He was scientist who demonstrated to me/us not Wrote Joyce Hostetler, a former admin-
the type of person and teacher I hope to be." only how to act as a scientist, but believe as istrator at the Mennonite Medical Associa-
a Christian.” tion: “He was, in the very best sense, the
Such was the message that emerged, Suter joined the science department at kind of Christian I’d like to be…gentle,
comment after comment, page after page, EMU in 1948 and eventually became head honest, clear, compassionate, and alive.”
when Suter’s daughter, Janice Showalter, of the biology department and pre-med Janelle Aby ’86, a Stanford University
assembled the notes she received from his advisor. He retired in 1985. pediatrician, was among the last to be
former students after her father’s death on During his tenure, EMU established a taught by Suter. In an anatomy class where
December 24, 2006. remarkable acceptance rate for its pre-med a cadaver was to be dissected, “Dr. Suter
“As a member of the last class to have him students: more than 85 percent were and made sure we remembered this was a person
as an advisor, I feel blessed and thankful,” are admitted into medical, dental and who had dignity, family, and friends – he
wrote R. Todd Weaver ’87, a dentist who veterinary schools, well above the national insisted that we treat the cadaver with the
is president of the Mennonite Medical As- average of 40 to 50 percent. utmost respect,” she said.
sociation. “Dan was the father figure who “At many medical colleges, Dr. Suter’s “As I later entered medical school and
believed in me, next to my own father, of word of recommendation was considered compared notes with many others, many
course. He was so supportive and respect- enough for admission,” says Stan Godshall of whom came from very elite colleges, I
ful, unlike the professors I was to meet in ’65, a family practitioner who earned his realized how rare an opportunity we had
professional school. He taught us to be medical degree at the University of Pennsyl- been given, and how important Dr. Suter’s
respectful of ourselves and others…how to vania. Suter provided recommendations for preamble was in setting the appropriate at-
take initiative, responsibility, and how to about 300 students during his 36 years of titude in medical work,” added Aby. “What
problem-solve. teaching. a difference it makes to see patients as amaz-
“He gave us feedback and taught us how “Dr. Suter quietly launched us all,” says ing creations of a loving God!”
to be creative,” continued Weaver. “But, Kenton J. Zehr ’83, cardiac surgeon at, suc- Aby also credited Suter and his fellow
above all, he taught us about the wonders cessively, the Mayo Clinic and University of faculty members with establishing a reputa-
and the mystery of God. He was the first Pittsburgh Medical Center. tion whereby “my EMU degree laid out
photo by jim bishop
something of a red carpet for me on the

interview trail.”
“People seemed to recognize that this
small college with its unique opportunities
gave its graduates some distinct advantages,
producing future physicians who were
conscientious, well-rounded, and prepared
for further education,” said Aby (pictured
on page 4), a clinical assistant professor of
pediatrics at Stanford.
Suter was the son of Eastern Mennonite’s
first registrar, J. Early Suter. His father
advocated that Eastern Mennonite not limit
itself to being a Bible school, but also offer
academic courses like English, algebra and
Latin. This proposal was accepted when he
and A.G Heishman agreed to teach these
courses on the condition that their pay
come out of any money remaining after the
Bible teachers were paid.
So Suter grew up in the shadow of this
school and graduated from it when it was
a junior college. He earned his bachelors
degree at Bridgewater College. Years later, as Dr. Suter teaching anatomy... (Recognize the student above? Tell us who at Crossroads@emu.edu.).
a “mature” student with a family to support,
he earned a masters degree at Vanderbilt chapel talk. All became physicians, the first center that came to carry his name. “The
University and a PhD in neuroanatomy at to emerge from Eastern Mennonite. [The trustees gave the planning of the building
the Medical College of Virginia. (At MCV six today: in a part-time, post-retirement and its furnishings almost entirely into the
he found himself in classes with two former position, Paul T. Yoder (pictured work- hands of the science faculty and its archi-
students of his – Ron David ’60 and Duane ing in Ethiopia on page 31) is editor of the tects,” Suter said in his 1985 chapel, recalling
Diller ’60 – whom he laughingly said he Milepost section of this magazine; Ruth that he moved the lab equipment from the
“struggled to stay ahead of.”) Peachey is a retired psychiatrist in Florence, basement of the old administration building
In a campus chapel on the eve of his Alabama; John Paul Heatwole is a retired to the new building in his GMC pick-up
retirement in 1985, Suter credited his wife anesthesiologist in Waynesboro, Va.; David truck.
Grace for “supporting the family (eventually Kauffman Sr. is a retired family physician The satisfaction of seeing hundreds of
four children) by taking care of a small lay- in Whitefish, Montana; Abe Hostetter, pic- students – often successive generations
ing hen flock, milking the family cow, and tured on page 5, is a consulting psychiatrist from the same family – ultimately “make a
laundering shirts for EMC fellows” while he in Charlottesville, Va.; and James R. Brunk contribution to the spiritual and physical
was away in graduate school. Sr. is a retired internist in Harrisonburg.] well-being of those they serve” trumped any
Toward the end of his doctoral studies, As chair of the Nursing Education Com- misgivings and hardships Suter had along
Suter was offered a post at MCV. The offer mittee in 1966, Suter helped plan and set the way. “Very rarely did I have any doubt
was tempting: “time for research, a teach- up Eastern Mennonite’s nursing program. that here is where God wanted me to be.” 
ing load that small-college teachers dream In the same era, he helped plan the science
about, teaching entirely in my area of inter-
est, a unique opportunity to be a Christian
witness in a non-Christian situation, and a One Way to Honor Dr. Suter's Memory and Devotion
salary nearly triple what I would get here.”
But he felt “God wanted me to be at
Maintaining the tradition of excellence For more information:
EMC,” despite the frustrations of lack of
educational resources, miniscule salaries that and of worldwide service for EMU’s
science graduates, established in Kirk Shisler
forced him to moonlight, and views some-
the era of Dr. Daniel Suter, requires Vice President for Advancement
times expressed in the students' Weather
that we join together to modernize Eastern Mennonite University
Vane that made him think, “I may as well be
and expand the 40-year-old building 1-800-368-3383
teaching in a non-Christian school.”
bearing his name and still housing kirk.shisler@emu.edu.
As a freshly minted teacher in the late
(inadequately) our science programs. www.emu.edu/giving
1940s, Suter said he “practiced” on his
early students, naming six of them in his
Vision for a New Science Center......
The Troyer Group Inc. with rendering by Whitney Lake
increased use of natural light labs with improved photo voltaic energy use
air circulation
energy - efficient windows building materials purchased

locally and regionally
The Need The Obstacle

More EMU Science Grads Inappropriate and Outdated Facilties
The world is asking for the kinds of science graduates EMU produces: The 40-year-old Suter Science Center – which was state-of-the-art when
well-balanced and cross-disciplinary people motivated by a concern it was built – now impedes the quality education that EMU seeks to
for God’s entire creation, by a love of humanity, by a desire to offer offer. The current facility wastes energy through inefficient heating
healing and hope in our diverse world. This is why 92% of our pre-med and cooling systems. It has poor ventilation in its laboratories, making
students are accepted into medical schools. (See chart on page 53.) This them unhealthy. It exemplifies non-sustainable building design at a
is why hospital administrators who have hired our nursing graduates time when EMU is trying to show and teach its students how to leave a
prop their door open for future graduates, noting that EMU seems to lighter footprint on God’s earth. It makes collaborative learning difficult,
produce the kind of nurses that makes them natural picks for “nurse though EMU has pioneered such learning and advocates it. In short,
of the year” awards. This is why we have graduates working to improve the building is due for an overhaul.
farming techniques and address global warming, water pollution and
other world problems.

...... Caring for God’s Creation
Our graduates embody the healing way of Jesus
Our graduates learn to think analytically and

critically, to exercise compassion and care, and
to creatively solve problems in meeting local
and global needs. As practicing health-care
professionals they give direct care to hurting
individuals in God’s creation. From a Christian
Anabaptist perspective, we understand that
helping others through loving and sacrificial
service is an attribute of a follower of Jesus, who
was the Supreme Servant. Thus through a health-
care career, one can embody the "way of Jesus,"
who went about healing the sick and doing good.
This new facility will provide up-to-date facilities

and equipment and will revitalize our programs.
I anticipate enhanced teaching and research
opportunities, increased student enrollment, new
programs, improved pedagogical approaches,
and expanded opportunities in meeting the needs
of our students.
Roman J. Miller, PhD

Daniel B. Suter Endowed
Professor of Biology
Eastern Mennonite University
green roof bioswale

(absorbes run-off) (soil/drainage systems) Why EMU nurses are in demand by employers
possible geothermal energy sources I often point to my strong science background

at EMU as the reason why I am able to deal with
the ever-changing health-care environment. EMU
prepares its nursing students for a wide variety of
The Solution situations and equips them with the flexibility and
Consolidation, Modernization, Expansion openness to learning that they will require all their
lives while working in this field.
EMU intends to help reverse the national trend since 1980 of declining
first-year enrollment in medical degree programs. The United States Whenever I see that a potential candidate has
and countries around the world need more health-care workers like put "BSN-Eastern Mennonite University" on their job
those nurtured by EMU, not fewer. In 1985, EMU had 145 students application, I act immediately to snap them up.
majoring in biology (the usual major for pre-med students); in 2006, EMU’s nurses are of the highest caliber and have a
the number had declined to 62. We propose to reclaim our leading role
world view that is unknown in wider society.
in preparing students for health-care and other scientific professions
by renovating and adding to the Suter Science Center, providing the
facilities that our faculty and students – in biology, chemistry, math,
nursing, psychology, and computer science – require to teach, study, Tiffany Good Witmer ’98
research, collaborate, and excel in their mission to serve and lead in a Associate Vice President
global context. Aultman Hospital
Canton, Ohio
Harold flew
his little red
plane daily from
Kilimanjaro
Christian Medical
Center. He
visited each of
the 19 clinics
two times a
month. He saw
everyone who
Ophtha came and needed
lm
catarac ologist Paul care, no matter
t suger R
where y in Bu . Yoder Jr. ’6 how long the day.
he has r 3 does
donated ma, one of 13 in East
his ser
vices.
countr
ies J. Harold Housman ’49 was the “Flying Doctor”
in
Africa for 12 years. He became an ophthalmologist
1980s.
the 1970s and taught eye surgery in Nigeria in the
From Nadene’
s
website, ww
w.
midwivesforh
aiti.
org: “Every
woman in th
is
world deserv
es
the knowledg
e
and care to
have a safe
pregnancy an
d
birth. With
th
right knowle e
dge
and tools,
Nurse-midwife Na
community
Surgeon and author Harry L. Krau dene Swartzentruber women can
s Jr. ’82 is Brunk ’75 is foun
currently living and working in Keny der and head of “M keep babies
a. for Haiti.” idwives and
mothers from
dying.”
Carl says:
"Nowadays
students at
EMU get cross-
cultural training,
Psychiatr
is but I didn't get
Rick A. Yoder ’69, PhD, has advised the much of t Carl L. Keener
Nepalese government on public health matters. working
his caree ’5
r, late ’6 7 spent
mine until after
w 0
Wyoming ith native Americ s to ’90s, I left. Gradually
and Mon an popula I learned that
tana. tions in
each tribe has a
different culture
and needs."

T
he impact of Eastern Mennonite alumni on
health care around the world merits its own
book, but we have just a short column here.
Let’s pull just one thread from the tapestry of
the life of Dr. Paul T. Yoder, class of 1950, as an
SNAPSHOTS OF example of ripple effects . . .

Yoder worked in Ethiopia for 21 years,
initially the only physician serving 33,000 people
CROSS - CULTURAL in the district where he and his family lived. A

young Ethiopian named Ingida Asfaw enjoyed
studying science in school. He observed Yoder,
HEALTH SERVICE Dr. D. Rohrer Eshleman (ThB '45) and other

health-care providers in action at a Mennonite-
run hospital in Deder, Ethiopia. Yoder made
house calls in his jeep, which doubled as an
ambulance. Impressed, Asfaw set his sights on
a
Paul Yoder’s 21 years in Ethiopi becoming a physician.
wer e bro ken up by seve ral
one,
furloughs in the States. On TB
Fifty years later at EMU, Asfaw ’62 was
e
Paul worked at the Blue Ridg ed named “Alumnus of the Year.” He was now
Sanatorium. On another he servey famous in his adopted-home region of Detroit,
as interim pastor at Landis Vall
Mennonite church. The third
wearing multiple hats, including chief executive
ns
year, he got his MPH from Joh officer of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons
Hopkins. In 1992, at age 64, he of Michigan. Traveling frequently to his native
completed his MDiv at EMU. land of Ethiopia, he is laying the groundwork
for a heart hospital and a medical school.
E
MU alumni who immerse themselves in
cross-cultural settings for years are, or
perhaps become, a special breed. They
come to feel immense gratitude for the way the
a experience informed and transformed them, and
21 years as
l T . Yo de r ’50 spent iopia. they may find it difficult to re-settle back home.
Pau Eth
titioner in
general prac Accompanied by his wife and three teenage
sons, general surgeon and best-selling author
Harry Kraus ’82 has spent two years perform-
ing and teaching surgery at Kijabe Hospital in
Kenya. “You come back here, see people who
Pediatrician worry about things you don’t see as that impor-
George R. Br
with Navajo en
health worke neman ’57 (front left tant, and you have to be careful – you can be
himself to
Indian health rs in Arizona) has devo
care for 46 ted judgmental,” he said during a visit to his home
years.
city of Harrisonburg.
Kenton J. Zehr ’83, former chief of cardiac
surgery at University of Pittsburgh School of
Verle has Medicine, is now spending every other month
do
almost ever ne in Perm, Russia (“684 miles east of Moscow, the
ything
where he
works – last city on the Trans-Siberian railroad before
a nursing
sc
with 150 s hool you get to Siberia”), co-directing a team that
tudents
– teaching, performs 3,000 heart surgeries per year. “I see
administrat it as a privilege to be here, training residents,
io
directing a n, lecturing a couple of hours a week, and having
community legions of grateful patients.”
health pro
gr
translating am, Jan Emswiler ’98, a nurse teaching at Aga
an
AIDS man Khan University in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,
ual into
Swahili. wrote to friends at EMU recently: “God, thank
you for connecting me with the souls of others.
Verle Rufenacht ’77 has been a Holy Spirit, teach me through these connections,
nursing
instructor in Tanzania for the last
27 years. make yourself known to me through these con-
nections, use me in these connections.” 
Tiffany Good Witmer '98 (left) and Elizabeth Good '01 are nurses and sisters, who have joined their nurse-mother Eileen Good in being administrators and clinical
leaders at Aultman Hospital in Canton, Ohio. Tiffany, associate v-p at Aultman, recently won the prestigious national Beacon Award (see Jill Gehman's entry on
page 17 for more details). Elizabeth is director of the emergency room. Both sisters hold MBAs. Tiffany is earning an MSN while Elizabeth already has her MSN.

ALUMNI IN SCIENCE
A cross-section of our science alumni, derived partly from survey responses and partly from staff
research. Additional entries, updates or corrections are welcome (for how, go to end on page
39). The photos in this section, pages 32 - 39, feature science-alumni from the same family.
Adams, Brooke Drooger ’00 Benner, G. Kendall ’88 Brunk, Brian P. ’83 Delp, Arlen ’60
Account executive Research associate ApiDB project manager Family physician
Medical Education Training Associates Merck & Co. Inc. University of Pennsylvania Lakeshore Medical Clinic
Cheshire, Conn. West Point, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa. New Berlin, Wis.
Akers, “Margie” Yoder ’83 Benson, “Bea” Frye ’05 Brunk, Susan Sverduk ’80 Denlinger, Chadrick ’96
Private duty nurse RN, BSN-Care manager Certified nurse-midwife Cardio-thoracic surgeon (fellow)
Carilion Home Care August Medical Center/Home Health Pennsylvania Hospital Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Radford, Va. Fishersville, Va. Philadelphia, Pa. St. Louis, Mo.
Alderfer, Richard “Dick” D. ’65 Bergey, David L. ’86 Burkholder, Gail ’77 Dennett, Amy ’00
Retired physician Staff RN, exercise physiologist Certified nephrology nurse Registered nurse
Waynesboro, Va. Grand View Hospital Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Valley Ear Nose and Throat
Sellersville, Pa. Hershey, Pa. Harrisonburg, Va.
Alexander, “Jim” G. ’77
Field service engineer Berkshire, Diana S. ’74 Byler, David ’79 Derstine, Nathan ’97
Abbott Labs CEO Family physician Physician
Abbott Park, Ill. First Choice Home Services Cornerstone Health Care Greencastle Family Practice
Harrisonburg, Va. Saint Marys, W.Va. Greencastle, Pa.
Alger, Linda Crawford ’99
Director, critical care telemetry nursing Beya, “Belinda” Leidig ’78 Callihan, Bradley S. ’86 Derstine, Timothy H. ’88
Rockingham Memorial Hospital Certified nurse-midwife Certified pediatric nurse practitioner Psychiatrist, founder
Harrisonburg, Va. Associates of Anderson OB/GYN Laurel Pediatric Associates SunBridge Health
Cincinnati, Ohio Johnstown, Pa. State College, Pa.
Allen, Frieda King ’92
RN, site manager Bouchonville, Susan Lehman ’98 Canepa, “Debbi” Beachy ’76 Dickerson, Marcia ’79
Carilion Medical Group Chemist Associate professor of biology Clinical lab scientist
Lexington, Va. New Mexico Department of Health, Linfield College Main Line Clinical Laboratories
Scientific Laboratory Division McMinnville, Ore. Wynnewood, Pa.
Ambrose, Sharon Trauger ’83
Albuquerque, N.M.
Nursing care coordinator Carufel-Wert, Donald ’87 DILoreto, David ’81
Dock Woods Community Inc. Bowman,“Randy” J. ’78 MD, asst. prof. dept. of family med. Family physician
Lansdale, Pa. Physician University of Wis.-Madison, Rowan Family Physicians
Midwest Community Health Associates Madison, Wis. Salisbury, N.C.
Baker, Audra ’05
Archbold, Ohio
Registered nurse Christophel, “M.J.” Slabaugh ’96 Dix, Mary Alice ’87
Salem Hospital Boyer, Linda Burkhart ’63 Registered nurse Registered nurse
Salem, Ore. Staff nurse Rockingham Memorial Hospital UVA - Augusta Dialysis
Northern Michigan Regional Hospital Harrisonburg, Va. Fishersville, Va.
Barnhart, Cheeri Knabe ’77
Petoskey, Mich.
Registered nurse Claassen, Lorna Snyder ’77 Driver, Evelyn J. ’67
Salem Hospital Brangan, Dorothy Yoder ’75 Home care and hospice nurse Professor of nursing
Salem, Ore. Registered nurse Goshen General Hospital Goshen College
Chesapeake Health Department Goshen, Ind. Goshen, Ind.
Beachy, Alicia Shenk ’93
Chesapeake, Va.
Maternity case manager Clymer, J. Paul ’64 Eberly, Carol Weaver ’76
Siskiyou Community Health Center Brenneman, “Angie” Freed ’95 Family physician (retired) Registered nurse, office manager
Cave Junction, Ore. Registered nurse, ER Lancaster, Pa. Valley Children's Clinic
Rockingham Memorial Hospital Harrisonburg, Va.
Beachy, Micah W. ’00 Cook, Minerva Stauffer ’62
Harrisonburg, Va.
Physician Family physician (semi-retired) Eberly, Miriam “Mim” ’72
University of Nebraska Medical Center Brenneman, Anne Gingerich ’96 Markdale Community Clinic Nurse practitioner (retired)
Omaha, Neb. Clinical nurse specialist Priceville, Ontario, Canda General Internal Medicine of Lancaster
Primary Children's Medical Center Lancaster, Pa.
Baer, Rose Landis ’87 Crawford, Christy L. ’96
Salt Lake City, Utah
Nursing supervisor (PRN) Critical care unit manager Eby, John B. ’63
Masonic Village Brenneman, Susan K. ’78 Rockingham Memorial Hospital Radiologist/nuclear medicine (retired)
Elizabethtown, Pa. Associate v-p decision support Harrisonburg, Va. Formerly w/ Lewistown Hospital
St. Luke's Hospital & Health System Belleville, Pa.
Beckler, Carl ’83 Custalow, Catherine
Bethlehem, Pa.
Family physician Bomberger ’84 Esch, Eric L. ’95
Mettowee Valley Family Health Brubaker, Derick ’95 ER physician & assoc. prof. of emergency Family practice physician
Granville, N.Y. Physician med. (retired due to physical disability) Norlanco Medical Associates
Eastern Mennonite Missions U.Va. Health Sciences Center Elizabethtown, Pa.
Beidler, Carmeleta Miller ’85
Cusco, Peru Charlottesville, Va.
Nursing practice and education associate Eshleman, D. Rohrer ’45
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Brubaker, Roy D. ’92 Davenport, Joyce Sauder ’81 Emergency physician (retired)
Lebanon, N.H. Forest resource planner Blood bank advisor, MT (ASCP) In Ethiopia w/ EMM for 20 years,
Pa. Department of Conservation and Augusta Medical Center as well as in Pa.
Benner, Clara Nunez ’89
Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry Fishersville, Va. Landsville, Pa.
Project data manager
Harrisburg, Pa.
Merck & Co. Inc. Davidson, Elaine Martin ’84 Eshleman, J. Lester ’45
Souderton, Pa. Family physician Urologist (retired)
Saltzer Medical Group In Tanzania & Kenya for EMM,
Caldwell, Idaho as well as in Pa.
Lititz, Pa.
Eshleman, Keith ’80 Gingerich, Karen ’88 Harder, Nathan ’05 Hershey, Luanne Tyson, '97
Registered nurse Clinical psychologist Environmental science consultant Clinical nurse
Ephrata Community Hospital Professional Association Mennonite Central Committee York Hospital
Ephrata, Pa. Leavenworth, Kan. Bolivia York, Pa.
Eshleman, J. Robert ’56 Gingerich, Keith ’75 Harder, Steven ’76 Hess, John “Fred” W. ’79
Prof. of dentistry (semi-retired) Nurse anesthetist Family physician Senior investigator
Medical College of Virginia University of Michigan Hospital Sanford Clinic Mountain Lake Merck Research Lab
School of Dentistry Ann Arbor, Mich. Mountain Lake, Minn. West Point, Pa.
Richmond, Va.
Gingrich, Ryan A. ’95 Harlow, Karen M., SUMMER '93 HeSS, Philip '91
Fath, Kenneth ’78 Nurse anesthetist Substitute school nurse Physician (moving soon to Alaska
Internist/cardiovascular disease Kaiser Permanente Shenandoah County Public Schools to serve indigenous peoples)
Kernodle Clinic Portland, Ore. Woodstock, Va. Family Practice Center
Burlington, N.C. Helena, Mont.
Gingrich, Trula N. ’79 Harnish, Henry ’53
Fittery, Faye Brubaker ’81 Registered nurse Anesthesiologist (retired) Hiett, Judith Vrolijk ’84
Diabetes nurse educator Hospice of Lancaster County Enid Anesthesiology Management Staff nurse
Lancaster General Hospital Lancaster, Pa. Enid, Okla. Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Lancaster, Pa. Harrisonburg, Va.
Glick, Ruth Hartzler ’60 Harnish, Sandra King ’87
Fly, Ruth Ann Ziegler ’72 On-site visitor Registered nurse Hill, Brian E. ’92
Licensed practical nurse Department of Health Professions, Willow Valley Retirement Communities Urologist
Souderton Mennonite Homes Virginia Board of Nursing Lancaster, Pa. West Cobb Urology
Souderton, Pa. Richmond, Va. Mableton, Ga.
Harris, Norma Herr ’88
Foreman, Thomas ’85 Goad, Betty Arce ’83 Clinical nutrition manager Hochstetler, Marcus J. ’75
Post doctoral fellow Obstetrician/gynecologist Sodexo Clinical psychologist
clinical and organizational ethics Self-employed Lititz, Pa. South Coast Psychological Center
University of Toronto Charleston, W. Va. Irvine, Calif.
Hartz, Richard ’88
Toronto, Ontario
Godshall, Stanley Moyer ’65 Principal scientist Hockman-Wert, David ’91
Foster, Richard ’76 Family physician Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Biologist
Radiologist, diagnostic Norlanco Medical associates Wallingford, Conn. U.S. Geological Survey
Medical Center Radiologists Elizabethtown, Pa. Corvallis, Ore.
Hartzler, Stephanie Wenger ’94
Norfolk, Va.
Godshall, Stephen E. ’92 Registered nurse Hook, Krista ’98
Frankenfield, James ’81 Family physician Lancaster General Hospital Biomedical researcher
Senior Director, Biochem Quality Rockingham Family Physicians Lancaster, Pa. Charles River Laboratories
Genentech, Inc. Harrisonburg, Va. Wilmington, Mass.
Hatter, Dennis L. ’70
Singapore
Goins, Matthew ’00 Family physician Hooley, “Julie” Stauffer ’80
Frederick, Shannon Kratz ’97 Physician, anesthesiology resident Stuarts Draft Family Practice Associates Director, Center for Study and Testing,
Physician assistant University of Virginia Hospital Stuarts Draft, Va. School of Nursing
Doylestown Gynecology Charlottesville, Va. Malone College
Haviland, Jennifer Heishman ’97
Doylestown, Pa. Canton, Ohio
Goldschmidt, Mary Kolb ’70 RN, clinical coordinator
Freed, Daniel M. ’88 Registered nurse Rockingham Memorial Hospital Hoover, La Vonda ’80
Staff physician (DO, MD) Felix Platter Hospital Harrisonburg, Va. Registered nurse
Bath Community Hospital Basil, Switzerland Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Heatwole, Marolyn ’86
Hot Springs, Va. Los Angeles, Ca
Gonzol, Karen Lehman ’79 RN, pediatrics
Frei, Steven P. ’78 Adjunct clinical faculty, nursing NCH Healthcare System Horst, Marcia Schmidt ’71
ER physician and clinical instructor Shenandoah University Naples, Fla. Staff nurse
Lehigh Valley Hospital Winchester, Va. Washington County Hospital
Heatwole, “Ginny” Carr ’79
Allentown, Pa. Hagerstown, Md.
Good, Kimberley Way ’92 RN - ambulatory surgery
Frey, Edward ’76 RN, BSN assistant coordinator Bon Secour's St. Mary's Hospital Horst, Michael A. ’91
Medical doctor, radiologist parent-child education department Richmond, Va. Director of research & CME
Radiology Inc. Mary Washington Hospital Lancaster General Hospital
Heatwole, Eric V. ’93
Powell, Ohio Fredericksburg, Va. Lancaster, Pa.
Radiologist, interventional
Friesen, Bradley ’93 Good, Peter A. ’95 Summit Radiology PC Hostetler, Janet
Pediatrician Physician, internal medicine Fort Wayne, Ind. Neuenschwander ’79
Pediatric Medicine St. Mary's Duluth Clinic Nurse practitioner
Helmuth, "Bill" ’63
South Burlington, Vt. Duluth, Minn. Primecare
Pediatrician (part time);
Zanesville, Ohio
Friesen, Tina Groff ’95 Green, Marsha Shull ’93 neonatologist (retired)
RN - Healthy Beginnngs Plus Clinic, Psychiatric nurse practitioner Union County Health Dept. Hostetler, Vernon H. ’81
Childbirth Instructor Remuda Ranch & local child advocacy clinic Fellow, American Academy
Ephrata Community Hospital Milford, Va. Marshville, N.C. of Orthotists & Prosthetics
Ephrata, Pa. Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics, Inc.
Gross, Karen Kurtz ’75 Helmuth, Loren ’83
Zanesville, Ohio
Furr, Margaret Reinhold '01 Nurse practitioner Surgeon
RN, pediatrics Jewish Tower Abbeville Surgical Associates Hostetter, Alden ’79
Rockingham Memorial Hospital Atlanta, Ga. Abbeville, S.C. Pathologist
Harrisonburg, Va. Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Grove, Andrew ’90 Helmuth, Loretta Miller ’63
Harrisonburg, Va.
Gehman, Eric D. ’98 Scientific reviewer Nurse, ob-gyn (retired)
Biologist/manager, Food and Drug Administration Marshville, N.C. Hostetter, Richard B. ’81
Engineering & Environmental Services Div. Rockville, Md. Surgical oncologist
Herr, David R. ’54
Haines & Kibblehouse Inc. Goshen Center for Cancer Care
Harder, Judy Dickerson ’76 Surgeon, plastic (retired)
Skippack, Pa. Goshen, Ind.
Dietitian Vero Beach, Fla.
Gingerich, Derek J. ’96 Sanford Clinic Mountain Lake Huff, Vickie Braithwaite ’05
Herr, James “Jim” ’79
Assistant professor, biology Mountain Lake, Minn. RN, team leader
Physician
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Winchester Medical Center
Lancaster Emergency Associates
Eau Claire, Wis. Winchester, Va.
Lancaster, Pa.

Laura Rosenberger '03 celebrated graduation this spring from Jefferson Medical School with her father, James Rosenberger '68, a
math professor at Penn State and a former member of EMU's board of trustees. Laura is now a surgical resident at UVa.
Hummel, Trent ’97 Johnson, Joan Epstein ’77 Kauffman, Sharon Wert ’82 Kennel, Larry J. ’69
Pediatric oncologist, instructor President, nursing consultant Registered nurse Veterinarian, owner
Cincinnati Children's Hospital J.E. Johnson and Associates Lancaster General Cornerstone Genetics
Cincinnati, Ohio Plymouth, Minn. Women & Babies Hospital Mount Joy, Pa.
Lancaster, Pa.
Irish, Joseph D. ’79 Kabongo, Martin ’77 King, Chad ’97
Psychotherapist Asst. clinical prof. of family medicine; Kauffman, “Bill” S. ’84 Assist. professor, environmental science
Schoharie County Mental Health dir. of UNSC rsch. in fam. med. Family physician, owner Ohio Dominican University
Schoharie, N.Y. (has PhD in dermatopathology) Spring Road Family Practice Columbus, Ohio
U of Calif.-San Diego-Sch of Med. Carlisle, Pa.
Iromuanya, Nnabugwu ’75 King, Jeanette
San Diego, Calif.
ER pediatrician, attending physician Kauffman, Elroy W. II ’81 Neuenschwander ’73
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center Kanagy, Joy Burkholder ’75 Senior systems analyst RN, Help Me Grow service coordinator
South Bronx, N.Y. Staff registered nurse (hospice) Eli Lilly and Company Holmes County MR/DD
Rockingham Memorial Hospital Indianapolis, Ind. Holmesville, Ohio
Isner, V. Scott ’94
Harrisonburg, Va.
Optometrist Keener, Brian Jay ’98 King, Julia Shultz ’75
Self-employed Kauffman, Jeff L. ’84 Surgeon, hand Nurse clinician
Glen Allen VA Nurse practitioner Lancaster Orthopedic Group VCU Health System (MCV Hospital)
Oaklawn Psychiatric Center Lancaster, Pa. Richmond Va.
Iwaniec, Sharyn Witmer ’92
Goshen, Ind.
Physical therapist Kennel, Arthur J. ’53 King, Richard N. ’79
Legacy Health Care System Kauffman, Marla Yoder ’90 Cardiologist (retired) Family physician
Portland, Ore. Pediatric nurse practitioner Mayo Clinic Pueblo Community Health Ctr.
Riverview Hospital, Noblesville Pediatrics Rochester, Minn. Pueblo, Colo.
Jarrels, Milton B. ’75
Noblesville, Ind.
Pulmonary diagnostics supervisor Kennel, Deryl ’72 King, Rodney ’77
Rockingham Memorial Hospital Kauffman, Richard S. ’81 Quality engineer, Asia Pacific, Regional agronomist
Harrisonburg, Va. Research agronomist for Assurance & Compliance Brodbeck Seeds Inc.
W-L Research, Division of Land O' Lakes Merck & Co., Inc. Wabash, Ind.
Jenner, Hadley ’05
Columbia, Pa. Elkton, Va.
Registered nurse King, Walter L. Sr. ’63
Rockingham Memorial Hospital Kauffman, Ryan D. ’99 Kennel, Elmer E. ’64 Ophthalmologist
Harrisonburg, Va. Family physician Surgeon Viewmont Eye Association
Oakhill Medical Associates Harrisonburg Surgical Associates Hickory, N.C.
Johnson, Jill Waibel ’79
West Liberty, Ohio Harrisonburg, Va.
Staff nurse
Barrett & Geiss Dermatology
Lancaster, Ohio
Lewis, Irma Shenk ’72 Martin, John P. ’89
Administrative supervisor Family physician
Sarasota Doctors Hospital Cornerstone Care Inc.
Sarasota, Fla. Rogersville, Pa.
Lichty, Mary B. ’86 Martin, “Jo” Histand ’81
Physician assistant Project manager
Tri-County Infectious Disease Consultants IES Engineers
Morgantown, W.Va. Blue Bell, Pa.
Lind, Andrea K. ’93 Martin, JoAnn Burkholder ’71
Family physician, esp. ob-gyn Family nurse practitioner
Pacific Family Medical Center Frontier Nursing Service
Salem, Ore. Hyden, Ky.
Livengood, P. Aaron ’97 Martin, “Peg” Shenk ’84
Agronomist/farmer Harrisonburg Pregnancy Center
Livengood Family Agriculture Nurse manager, nurse sonographer
Keyser, W.Va. Harrisonburg, Va.
Livengood, Paul T. ’72 Martin, Maria ’04
Family physician Lead mental health technician
Ft. Ashby Family Practice Oaklawn Psychiatric Center
Fort Ashby, W.Va. Goshen, Ind.
Livengood, Ryan H. ’00 Martin, Norma F. ’61
Hematology-pathology fellow Home health RN (retired)
Univ. of W.Va. Park Ridge Hospital
Morgantown, W.Va. Fletcher, N.C.
Litwiller, Denise Martin, Orpha Brubaker ’77
Hochstedler ’97 Home care registered nurse
Informatics nurse specialist ComPassionate Home Care
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Middletown, Pa.
Iowa City, Iowa
Internist James Spicher '82 and diabetes educator & nutritionist Carol Burkhart Martin, Raymond S. ’63
Spicher '82, with son Jon Spicher, pre-med at EMU. Jon's grandfather is John Longacher, Joseph W. ’59 Executive director (MPH, Hopkins)
Family physician Christian Conections
Spicher '58, EMU's chemical safety engineer, retired from Westinghouse Corp.
Virginia Physicians Incorporated for International Health
Richmond, Va. McLean, Va.
Kolb, Aaron J. ’74 Kurtz, Elam S., ’48
Lowry, Stephen ’96 Martin, Robert “Craig” ’86
Physician, occupational Physician (retired)
Surgeon Internal & emergency medicine
Susquehanna Wound Healing Ctr. High Country Family Medicine
General Surgery Associates Georgetown Internal Medicine
Williamsport, Pa. Jefferson, N.C.
Kansas City, Kan. Georgetown, Ky.
Kolb, Naomi (DuBlanica) ’62 Kyler, Robert M. ’81
Lyon, Deborah Martin ’88 Martin, Tonya King ’91
Family physician (retired) Radiation oncologist
Nursing supervisor Physician assistant
Now active as UCC chaplain Rockingham Memorial Hosptial Regional
The Good Shepherd Cornerstone Care, Waynesburg U.
Birdsboro, Pa. Cancer Center/AMC Cancer Center
Ashland, Ohio Waynesburg, Pa.
Harrisonburg, Va.
Krabill, Sarah Thomas ’92
Mahone, Irma Heppner ’80 Massey, Ruth Dutcher ’76
Family & internal medicine Landis, Beth ’79
Research assistant professor Registered nurse
Goshen Health System Family nurse practitioner
University of Virginia School of Nursing Riverside Methodist Hospital
Goshen, Ind. Eagle, Idaho
Charlottesville, Va. Columbus, Ohio
Kratz, Richard T. ’91 Landis, Cheryl Weaver ’74
Martin, Allen S. ’59 Mast, Esther Cassel ’77
Pediatrician Instructor, practical nursing
Medical doctor Certified nurse midwife
Pennridge Pediatric Associates Lancaster County
Private practice OB-GYN of Lancaster
Sellersville, Pa. Career & Technology Center
Goshen, Ind. Lancaster, Pa.
Willow Street, Pa.
Kratz, Ronald D. ’87
Martin, Barbara ’88 Mast, Mark M. ’93
Anesthesiologist Leaman, David M. ’60
Executive director (PhD, Hopkins) Family physician
Riverside Anesthesia Associates Ltd. Cardiologist
Lancaster Heart & Stroke Foundation Springbrook Family Medicine
Harrisburg, Pa. Penn State University
Lancaster, Pa. Broadway, Va.
Hershey, Pa.
Kraybill, Ernest N. ’58
Martin, C. Edwin ’59 Mast, Melody ’00
Professor of pediatrics (retired); Leaman, Timothy J. ’93
Radiologist/cardiologist Certified nurse-midwife, women's health
co-chair, biomedical institutional Family physician &
Cardiac Diagnostic Associates care nurse practitioner
review board at UNC associate medical director
York, Pa. Shenandoah Women's Healthcare
UNC School of Medicine Esperanza Health Center
Harrisonburg, Va.
Chapel Hill, N.C. Philadelphia, Pa. Martin, Darvin L. ’94
Product manager, analytical instruments Mast, Shari Yoder ’88
Kraybill, Eunice Kauffman ’57 Lee, R. David ’90
Buchi Corporation Physical therapist
Research assoc., pathology (retired) Family physician
New Castle, Del. Hess Orthopaedic Rehab
UNC School of Medicine Page Rural Health Center
Harrisonburg, Va.
Chapel Hill, N.C. Stanley, Va. Martin, Don R. ’79
Staff rheumatologist Mayer, Natalie Seibert ’83
Kreider, Elvin G. ’60 Lehman, Stephanie Miller ’06
Rockingham Memorial Hospital Family physician
Allergist (semi-retired); Chemist
Harrisonburg, Va. Fairbanks Clinic
pediatrician (retired) Lancaster Laboratories
Fairbanks, Alaska
The Myers Clinic Lancaster, Pa. Martin, Jennifer Kulp ’89
Philippi, W.Va. Research dietitian Mayville, Heidi Wengerd ’93
Lesher, Ruth Detweiler ’75
National Clinical Research Clinical pharmacist
Kurtz, “Jim” R. ’80 Psychologist, partner
Richmond, Va. Lehigh Valley Hospital
Staff nurse Behavioral Healthcare Consultants
Allentown, Pa.
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Lancaster, Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa.

Mellinger, Mamie Miller ’64 Moyer, Susan M. ’76 Nafziger, Steven D. ’77 Reist, Christopher ’80
Home health nurse Internist, specializing in geriatrics MD, vice-president of medical affairs Prof. & vice chair of psych. dept., asst.
First Home Health Services Inc. Albert Einstein Medical Center Parkview Medical Center dean of med. sch., dir. of med. research
Harrisonburg, Va. Philadelphia, Pa. Pueblo, Colo. UC-Irvine School of Medicine,
Department of Veterans Affairs
Metzler, Marilyn J. ’93 Mumma, Julia Stoltzfus ’71 Nofziger, Dan L. ’68
Long Beach, Calif.
Health education director Registered nurse, BSN Family physician
Cross Over Ministry Lancaster General Hospital Buhl Medical Center Ressler, Melvin ’86
Richmond, Va. Lancaster, Pa. Buhl, Idaho Surgeon, general
Gloucester Surgery
Miedel, Hannah Miller ’97 Myers, Audrey Thomas ’88 OBRI, SARA NEUENSCHWANDER '03
Gloucester, Va.
Community clinic physician Pediatric nurse practitioner Nurse specializing in HIV/AIDS
Holmes County Health Dept. Augusta Pediatrics Institute of Human Virology Rhodes, Leanna Showalter ’75
Millersburg, Ohio Fishersville, Va. Jos, Nigeria Assistant director, staff RN
Generations Crossing
Mikaya, Martin ’76 Myers, Herbert E. ’66 Pasley, Faith Richardson ’68
Harrisonburg, Va.
Emergency physician/surgeon Senior psychiatrist Family physician, esp. gyn
Memorial Hospital Philhaven Jefferson Street Gynecology Rice, Verna Long ’74
Towanda, Pa. Mount Gretna, Pa. Roanoke, Va. Certified school nurse
Waynesboro Area School District
Miller, Barbara Wilson ’63 Myers, Sarah Bucher ’67 Peachey Stoner, Robert ’92
Waynesboro, Pa.
Staff nurse Program director Scientist, chemist
Clark Memorial Hospital Compeer Lancaster Hospira Rickerhauser, Nancy Martin ’87
Jeffersonville, Ind. Lancaster, Pa. McPherson, Kan. Family & attending physician
Valley Baptist Health System
Miller, Calvin L. ’66 Nafziger, Charles ’71 Pierantoni, Julie Houff ’91
Harlingen, Texas
Ophthalmologist Certified RN anesthetist Patient educator
Regional Eye Center Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center Rockingham Memorial Hospital Robinson, Donna L. ’84
Bristol, Tenn. La Junta, Colo. Harrisonburg, Va. Pediatric nurse practitioner
Clinic for Special Children
Miller, Darrell ’74 Nafziger, Daniel A. ’83 Presley, Michelle R. ’88
Strasburg, Pa.
Psychotherapist Medical director, Pediatrician & ER physician/pediatrics
Johnson County Mental Health infectious disease consultant WellStar Kennestone Hospital Ropp, Leland J. ’76
Olathe, Kan. MMA and Goshen Health System Marietta, Ga. Emergency physician, pediatrician
Goshen, Ind. Henry Ford Hospital-Fairlane
Miller, Gregory ’85 Proco, Ida Reinford ’74
Dearborn, Mich.
and Joannie J. ’96 Nafziger, Judith Reimer ’81 Clinical coordinator nutrition services
Co-owners and Registered nurse Centra Health Rose, “Katrine” Longacre ’83
nurse practitioner (Joannie) Rockingham Memorial Hospital Lynchburg, Va. Administrative coordinator of nutrition
Paulina Peak Family Healthcare, Inc. Harrisonburg, Va. Prince William County Public Schools
Quiones, Donna Shank ’79
La Pine, Ore. Manassas, Va.
Nafziger, Miriam Herr ’75 Research nurse coordinator
Miller, J. Allen ’68 Registered nurse St. Joseph's Research Institute Ross, Betty Peachey ’78
Psychiatrist, child/adolescent Lancaster Regional Medical Center Tampa, Fla. Registered nurse
Private practice Lancaster, Pa. Pohai Nani Good Samaritan
Reed, John E. ’63
Monterey, Calif. Society Care Center
Nafziger, Sara Strunk ’00 Retired diagnostic radiologist
Kaneohe, Hawaii
Miller, Janice E. ’78 Nurse educator Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Registered nurse Shenandoah Women's Healthcare Cleveland, Ohio
Capital Regional Medical Clinic Harrisonburg, Va.
Versailles, Mo.
Miller, Joseph ’72
Registered nurse
Pain Management Center of Ephrata
Community Hospital
Ephrata, Pa.
Miller, Marian Swartz ’59
Teacher and office manager (retired)
Merry Lea Environmental Center
Goshen College
Wolf Lake, Ind.
Miller, Phyllis J. ’78
President, nurse
Phyllis Miller and Associates
Arlington, Va
Miller, Richard B. ’70
Family physician
Stuarts Draft Family Practice Assoc.
Stuarts Draft, Va.
Miller, Ross D. ’83
Family physician
Hillsdale Community Health Center
Hillsdale, Mich
Morris, Judith E. ’00
Clinic director
Sunnyside Retirement Community
Harrisonburg, Va.
Morrow, Dorcas Stoltzfus ’56 Elton Lehman '58 (D.O.) and Brent Lehman '91 (M.D.), father and son, pose in the horse stable where Amish patients "park"
Psychiatrist (retired) near the Mount Eaton Center in Ohio. Elton established the center to serve those who did not want hospital births. When
Service in Pa., Somalia, Tanzania Brent finished medical school, he offered to take his father's place, permitting his father to ease off from working 24/7.
Norristown, Pa.
Ross, Melissa Danner ’81 Shenk, Tanya Charles ’93 Stains, Kendra Martin ’90 Toman, “Cindie” Harris ’70
Registered nurse RN, shift coord., charge nurse over labor/ RN, critical care Associate professor
Frederick Memorial Hospital delivery, postpartum & nursery Chambersburg Hospital Nursing Faculty of Health Sciences
Frederick, Md. Rockingham Memorial Hospital Chambersburg, Pa. University of Ottawa
Harrisonburg, Va. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Rutland, Kimberly VanCuren ’85 Stauffer, Brian L. ’91
Senior staff nurse Shetler, Velma Myers ’79 Cardiologist/assistant professor Tro, Karen Kauffman ’90
Kadlec Medical Center Nursing supervisor Denver Health Medical Center/University Clinic registered nurse
Richland, Wash. Summa Healthcare Barberton Hospital of Colorado Health Sciences Center Women's Health Center of Oregon
Barberton, Ohio Denver, Colo. Oregon City, Ore.
Rutt, Ann ’82
Adult nurse practitioner Shinsky, Elaine Hochstetler ’87 Stauffer, John M. Jr. ’73 Troyer, Janet Brenneman ’86
New York Methodist Hospital RN, shift coordinator Family physician RN staff nurse, shift coordinator
Brooklyn, N.Y. Martha Jefferson Hospital New Market Family Practice Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Charlottesville, Va. New Market, Va. Harrisonburg, Va.
Rutt, Clarence H. Jr. ’53
Surgeon (retired) Shirk, Karen Hochstetler ’78 Steck, Audrey Brubaker ’86 Troyer, Jeanne Miller ’74
With MCC in Indonesia; also in Pa. Registered nurse Pathologist Staff nurse
Landisville, Pa. Dermatology Associates Ltd. Sentara Hospital Generations Crossing
Tinley Park, Ill. Williamsburg, Va. Harrisonburg, Va.
Sahawneh, Tuomah ’72
Family physician Shrock, Paul J. ’65 Stickley, Ronald G. ’96 Van Zant, Dennis J. ’86
Baptist Health Center Medical technologist Director of health services Obstetrician/gynecologist
Oneonta, Ala. Jewish Hospital Healthcare Services Inc. Shenandoah University Nash OB-GYN Associates
Lousiville, Ky. Winchester, Va. Rocky Mount, N.C.
Sanders, “Chris” Dennen ’81
Occupational therapist Siegrist, Jay D. ’67 Stoltzfus, Douglas A. ’85 Vass, Sherri Allebach ’00
Fairfax County Public Schools Family physician Family physician RN, emergency room
Falls Church, Va. Eastbrook Family Health Center Roscoe Village Family Medicine Central Montgomery Medical Center
Ronks, Pa. Chicago, Ill. Lansdale, Pa.
Sandy, Edward A. II ’81
Chairman, OB-GYN Dept. Silveira, Faythe Ropp ’86 Stoltzfus, Ky ’99 Waite, Alyssa Livengood ’98
Franciscan Skemp Healthcare/Mayo Registered nurse Internal medicine resident physician RN, maternity supervisor
Health System Rockingham Memorial Hospital University of Kansas Medical Center Lancaster General Women
La Crosse, Wis. Harrisonburg, Va. Kansas City, Kan. & Babies Hospital
Lancaster, Pa.
Sauder, Kurtis L. ’89 Skalsky, Debra ’88 Stoltzfus, Patricia Baer ’83
Pediatrician Missionary/nurse Radiologist Walter, Daniel B. ’73
Blue Ridge Pediatrics Harvesting In Spanish Ministry Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Anesthesiologist
Staunton, Va. El Salvador West Virginia University Western Pa. Anesthesia Associates Ltd.
Morgantown, W.Va. Pittsburgh, Pa.
Schaefer, Jonathan ’99 Slack, Bethany Miller ’00
Registered nurse Medical technologist Stoltzfus, Virgil DeLee ’54 Waybill, Peter N. ’81
Augusta Medical Center Beverly Hospital Medical doctor (retired) Radiologist, vascular,
Fishersville, Va. Beverly, Mass. Valparaiso, Ind. interventional, diagnostic
Hershey Medical Ctr. & College of Med.
Schlabach, Delmer ’74 Small, Cheryl Nissly '84 Stucky, Janet Harder ’73
Hershey, Pa.
Systems analyst Registered nurse Registered dietitian
Mennonite General Hospital Froedtert Memorial Hospital Via Christi Health Systems Waybill, Rebecca A. ’88
Aibonito, Puerto Rico Milwaukee, Wis. Wichita, Kan. Admissions coordinator, BA CRRN
Ohio State University Medical Center
Schmucker, M. Lee ’73 Smith, Lisa Higgs ’87 Stutzman, Merle D. ’80
Columbus, Ohio
Family physician Health care education faculty Medical technologist
Loma Vista Medical Center National College Pomerene Hospital Wayland, Rose Herr ’78
La Junta, Colo. Harrisonburg, Va. Millersburg, Ohio Pastoral psychotherapist
Pastoral Counseling Associates
Schwartz, Cheryl ’96 Smith, “Mim” Eby ’59 Swartzendruber, Connie
Washington, D.C.
Pre-Op/PACU registered nurse Registered nurse Miller ’84
Orthopaedics Northeast Maryland School for the Deaf Medical transcriptionist Weaver, A. Richard '60
Fort Wayne, Ind. Columbia, Md. Kalona, Iowa Surgeon (retired)
In Tanzania with EMM; also in Pa.
Seibel, D. Lamar ‘70 Smucker, Ray E. ’76 Swope, John D. ’76
Ephrata, Pa.
Physician, general practice Family physician Dentist
Self-employed Molalla Medical Clinic Private practice Weaver, Deborah R. ’89
Vineland, N.J. Molalla, Ore. Roanoke, Va. Psychotherapist
Genesis Therapy Center
Seiler, Sigmund ’82 Souder, Christopher A. ’00 Taylor, Christopher ’91
Chicago, Ill.
Family physician Emergency physician Neurosurgeon
Huguenot Primary Care Palmetto Health Univ. of New Mexico Weaver, John W. ’50
Midlothian, Va. Columbia, S.C. Health Sciences Center Prof. of computer science (retired)
Albuquerque, N.M. SSHE: West Chester University
Shearer, Cheryl Miller ’87 Spangler, Sharon Stevens ’75
West Chester, Pa.
Nurse clinician School nurse Taylor, Donald R. ’59
Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation Upper Adams School District Administrator (retired) Weaver, Lesetta Mummau ’97
Chicago, Ill. Biglerville, Pa. w/ MA in Science in Hygiene Nurse practitioner
Elyria Memorial Hospital in Ohio Lancaster General Hospital
Shelly, Martine Stauffer ’65 Speigle, Joanne Brenneman ’81
Harrisonburg, Va. (in retirement) Lancaster, Pa.
Director of nutritional services Radiologist
Calvary Hospital Doylestown Radiology Associates Thiessen, Kellie Talbot ’95 Weber, Philip L. ’77
Bronx, N.Y. Doylestown, Pa. Registered midwife Clinical psychologist
Central Health Authority of Manitoba Self-employed
Shenk, Jewel Harman ’65 Speigle, Nancy J. ’92
Winkler, Manitoba, Canada Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Speech and language pathologist Registered nurse, working on graduate
Sarasota County Schools diploma in international health Tiller, Patricia Powell ’70 Weber-Shirk, Monroe ’85
Sarasota, Fla. University of the Nations Public health nurse manager Director of AguaClara
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Alleghany & Roanoke Health Districts Cornell University
Roanoke, Va. Ithaca, N.Y.

Wenger, “Bob” B. ’58
Professor (retired)
of natural and applied sciences
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Green Bay, Wis.
Wenger, Evan ’95
Family physician
Private practice
Waynesboro, Va.
Wenger, John R. Jr. ’58
Family physician (retired)
Bedford Co. Community Hosp. & Cariilion
Bedford, Va.
Wenger, Mark A. ’93
Allergist & immunologist
Allergy and Asthma Associates
Fredericksburg, Va.
Wert, Daniel D. ’62
Anesthesiologist (retired)
Formerly w/ Community Hospital
of Lancaster
Lancaster, Pa.
Wert, Roy E. ’62
Surgeon, orthopedics (retired)
Lebanon, Pa.
White, Evelyn Weaver ’69
Diabetic education
Aultman Health Foundation
Canton, Ohio
Wiebe, “Julie” Martin ’84
Senior account executive
C. R. Bard Medical, StatLock Division
Covington, Ga.
Wingate, Lois Smith ’74
Endocrinology diabetes educator
Wilford Hall Medical Center
Lackland AFB, Tex. Ryan Kauffman '99 and Roger Kauffman '73, son and father, work side-by-side as
physicians in the Oak Hill Family Medical Practice in Bellefontaine, Ohio.
Witmer, E. James ’64
Pediatrician
Children's Clinic Yoder, Leo J. ’62 Yunginger, Richard c. Jr.’79 Zook, Susanna Unternahrer ’95
Perry Township, Ohio 44646 Family physician Family physician Registered nurse
Self-employed Norlanco Medical Associates U.T. MD Anderson Cancer Centers
Wolgemuth, Kathleen L. ’02 Baton Rouge, La. Elizabethtown, Pa. Houston, Texas
Registered nurse
Travel Nurse Across America Yoder, Norman S. ’96 Yutzy, LaVern ’70
Romeo, Colo. Physician assistant CEO (retired)
Rockingham Memorial Hospital Philhaven Alumni covered elsewhere in
Wood, Cynthia S. ’94
School nurse
Harrisonburg, Va. Mt. Gretna, Pa. this issue are not listed on
Keene School District Yoder, Paul J. ’77 Zehr, John M. ’84 pages 33-39.
Keene, N.H. Clinical psychologist Family physician
Oaklawn Psychiatric Center Inc. Univ. of Northern Iowa Health Center we will compile a supplemental
Wyse, Katrina A. ’96
Obstetrician/gynecologist
Goshen, Ind. Cedar Falls, Iowa listing of "alumni in science"
May Grant Associates Yoder, Paul “Stan” ’65 Zimmerman, Barbara ’81 for publication on our website
Lancaster, Pa. Senior qualitative research specialist Emergency physician or possibly in the next issue of
Macro International Inc. Elkhart Emergency Physicians Inc.
Yoder, Alma Jean Wert ’63 Calverton, Md. Elkhart, Ind. crossroads, if space permits.
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Bridgewater, Va. Traveling nurse M.D. brd certified in phys. med. & rehab please fill out the form at:
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Mosaic Counseling Center Yoder, Sylvia Weaver ’81 Zook, Ethan D. ’76
Harrisonburg, Va. RN, home health staff nurse School psychologist tor at the emu address on this
Yoder, J. Byard ’75
Amedisys Home Health Services Harrisonburg City Public Schools magazine or to
Lancaster, Pa. Harrisonburg, Va. crossroads@emu.edu.
MD, assistant program director
Penn State/Good Samaritan Family and Yoder, Yolanda ’82 Zook, Kelly Kern ’96
Community Medicine Residency Program Physician Neonatologist
Myerstown, Pa. Southern Indiana Community Health Care Onsite Neonatal Associates
Paoli, Ind. Philadelphia, Pa.
Yoder, Lavonne Byler ’85
Registered nurse Yoder-Bontrager, Marlisa ’80 Zook, Matthew ’95
Akron Children's Hospital Care coordinator Dermatologist (3rd yr. res);
Akron, Ohio Lancaster General Hospital PhD in microbiology & immunology
Lancaster, Pa. Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pa.
Donald B. Kraybill ’67, author of 20 books, is EMU’s 2008 Alumnus of the Year
Kraybill Adept With News Media

But Prefers Quiet Scholarship
I
f the subject is the Amish, Mennonites, Also quoted in the AP story was want to comply with a regulation," irrespec-
or something linked to pacifism – and a Herman Bontrager ’72, our 2008 Dis- tive of his or her religious belief.
reporter needs an expert to quote – look tinguished Service Award honoree In the same two-week period, Kraybill
for the quote to be from Donald B. Kraybill (pictured on page 43). Bontrager was was quoted in the Washington Post, this
’67, EMU’s 2008 Alumnus of the Year. interviewed as secretary-treasurer of the time on the varied responses of tradition-
An Associated Press story in May, for National Committee for Amish Religious ally pacifist colleges to the danger of violent
instance, contained Kraybill’s observations Freedom. Both Kraybill and Bontrager took mass-assaults on campus. Kraybill expressed
on a legal case pitting the district court the view that this sewage case was not repre- disappointment that the trustees at Juniata
of Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, against two sentative of Amish non-conformist practices College in Pennsylvania, a historically
Swartzentruber-Amish men who refused linked to religious belief. Brethren school with a peace and conflict
to dispose of raw sewage in the manner In a USA Today report in June, Kraybill studies program, voted to permit armed
prescribed by local sanitation laws. The AP noted that some Amish claims don't pertain guards.
story was printed in newspapers across the to their religion or culture: “Sometimes, you "I would hope that colleges in the peace
nation. get a cantankerous individual who doesn’t church tradition have the brainpower to
come up with creative nonviolent alterna- “These distinctives cut across all Ana- sociology at Temple University, he studied
tives," Kraybill said in the Post. baptist colleges and help us distinguish ethnic socialization in Lancaster Mennonite
“I find myself in the role of interpreting ourselves from other colleges. High School and eventually wrote a history
Anabaptist issues, perspectives and theology,” “The peacemaking institute at EMU is a of the school.
Kraybill told Crossroads recently. “I’m not a great example of this,” said Kraybill, who In 1971 he began teaching at Elizabeth-
theologian. I’m a cultural sociologist.” was a member of EMU’s board of trustees town College, affiliated with the Church
As adept as Kraybill has become at field- in the late 1980s and early 1990s. “This of the Brethren. He has been there since,
ing reporters’ inquiries – he was on TV and (Center for Justice and Peacebuilding) is except for a hiatus (1996-2002) as provost
in newspapers non-stop in the days after the exactly what we should do. It doesn’t mean at Messiah College. Desiring to worship
shooting of 10 Amish schoolgirls in October, we shouldn’t teach chemistry or art, but we with fellow faculty members and students,
2006 – Kraybill’s true spiritual and mental should highlight in our academic programs he became a member of the Elizabethtown
home is far from the spotlight. our unique Anabaptist perspectives.” Church of the Brethren about 20 years ago.
Kraybill says he is happiest doing research After graduating from EMU in 1967, Kraybill’s most recent book, co-authored
and writing manuscripts quietly at his desk Kraybill returned to his home area – he was with Steven M. Nolt and David L. Weaver-
– office door closed, phone unanswered – at born in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania – and Zercher, is Amish Grace: How Forgiveness
the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist served as associate pastor at Willow Street Transcended Tragedy (2007).
Studies. The center is the brainchild of Mennonite Church in Lancaster County, The global fascination with the school-
long-time director Kraybill. It is housed in Pennsylvania, for five years and as associate house shooting and how the Amish handled
a 20-year-old stone-clad building that re- director of Mennonite Voluntary Service for it – 2,400 media stories appeared in the
sembles a 1700s-era Brethren meetinghouse. four years. He then embarked on gradu- week following the attack – motivated Kray-
Beginning with Our Star-Spangled Faith ate school. For his doctoral dissertation in bill and his co-authors to produce a book
in 1976, Kraybill has written 20 books, an explaining the theology behind the Amish
average of one every year and a half. Many choice to forgive, show compassion, and re-
are heavy-duty books of record, complete spond in a gracious way, despite their deep
with carefully researched data and citations. pain. Amish Grace soon may top Kraybill’s
His dozens of journal articles range in topic list of bestsellers, with 60,000 hardbound
from suicide patterns among the Amish editions sold in its first seven months on the
to methods of teaching research in the market and a Japanese edition already out.
classroom. After spending nine months promot-
Kraybill’s expertise on the Amish was ing the book, Kraybill is eager to return to
established when he authored the bestselling the quiet of his office. On sabbatical for
The Riddle of Amish Culture in 1989 (revised 2008-09, Kraybill will refuse public engage-
in 2001; now published in French too). ments – except attendance at EMU’s 2008
Tourists to Amish regions of North Homecoming – in order to work “morn-
America often rely upon Kraybill’s easy- ing to night” on his next book, A Concise
to-read, 48-page paperback Who Are the Encyclopedia of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites,
Anabaptists? Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and and Mennonites, to be published by Johns
Mennonites (2003). Hopkins University Press in 2009. He has
In the larger Christian world, Kraybill another link to this press – he is its series
might be best-known for his explanation acquisitions editor for the Young Center
of the distinctives of Anabaptist theology Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies.
in The Upside-Down Kingdom, which won Kraybill is married to Frances Mellinger
the National Religious Book Award in 1979. and they have two daughters, Sheila and
With nearly 100,000 copies in print, it is in Joy ’95. Learn more about Donald Kraybill
its third edition and has been translated into by attending one of the several sessions at
Arabic and five other languages. which he will speak at Homecoming 2008,
“Over the last several decades, I’ve seen a Oct. 10-12, including a symposium in which
growing respect in the larger world for the he and Herman Bontrager will talk about
distinctive beliefs and practices of Ana- the grace of the Amish in the face of the
baptists,” Kraybill said in an interview this Nickel Mine shootings.
spring. “The more we (Anabaptist institu-
tions) can build on our unique distinctives, For more information, check out the
the stronger we will be." homecoming program at the end of
Summarizing the values of Anabaptists, this magazine.
Kraybill said: “peacemaking, our sense of
community, and our service to the larger
world.”
Donald R. Jacobs, PhD

Latest honor
Lifetime Service Award, 2008
EMU Alumni Association
Current position
Missiologist and Director Emeritus of
Mennonite Christian Leadership
Foundation
Long-standing other work

Mennonite missionary, with wife Anna
Ruth, in Tanzania and Kenya,
1954 to 1973
Director of Overseas Ministeries (in 23
nations) of the Eastern Mennonite
Board of Missions, 1975 to 1980.
Church
Chestnut Hill Mennonite Church
Lancaster, Pennyslvania
Education
Studies at EMU, 1945 and 1948; B.A.,
Franklin and Marshall, 1952 ; M.A.,
European History, U. of Md., 1953;
grad diploma in education, U. of
London, U.K., 1954; Ph.D., religion
and education, N.Y.U., 1961
Immediate family
Wife Anna Ruth; children Jane, David, Alan
and Paul; ten grandchildren.
Memorable quotes
 We were ordinary people – there was
nothing very special about who I am
and the missionaries I worked with. The
momentum was created by the locals.
 I had to change my belief system in Africa.
Their belief in the supernatural was so
contrary to my worldview – I had come
from a secular society dominated by the
Enlightenment.
 I came to feel somehow at home in that
(African) world. It was a little more like
the world as Jesus talked about it.
Read an article about

Donald R. Jacobs posted at:
www.emu.edu/crossroads/jacobs

Herman Bontrager
Latest honor
Distinguished Service Award, 2008
EMU Alumni Association
Current position
President/CEO
Goodville Mutual Casualty Company
Long-standing other work

Mennonite Central Committee roles,
1976 to present
National Committee for Amish
Religious Freedom
Mennonite Board of Missions/Mennonite
Mission Network Board
Recently in the news media as

Spokesperson for the Nickel Mines Amish
Community and School Victims Fund
Church
Akron Mennonite Church
Akron, Pennsylvania
Education
B.A., sociology and Bible, EMU, 1972
Certificate in Spanish, Spanish Language
Institute, Costa Rica, 1973
M.A., sociology and Latin American Studies,
University of Florida, 1976
Immediate family
Wife Jeanette Noll ’73; daughter Elizabeth;
son Nathan ’07
Memorable quotes
 I am thankful for the variety of roles and
responsibilities that I have been fortunate
to experience. This is a gift, not a right.
 I have had a life-long mission to not accept
a gap between business and church people
– we are helped if we understand that our
Christian vocation is first and primary and
that occupational choices fall into place as
a result.
 I hope I have done some good and done
minimal harm as I have kept learning in
every role I have filled. Learning is life-long.
Read an article about

Herman Bontrager posted at:
www.emu.edu/crossroads/bontrager
Beryl Brubaker Retires After 37 Years By Heather Bowser of the Daily News-Record and Bonnie Price Lofton
F
or the first time in several decades, “Beryl has left an indelible imprint upon this
66-year-old Beryl H. Brubaker won’t place.”
be one of the key “go-to” people at As provost, she encouraged many initia-
EMU. She will retire in August, leaving be- tives, such as: STEP (Study and Training
hind her fingerprints on almost every aspect for Effective Pastoral Ministry) in Lancaster,
of the university. Pennsylvania; a program in Lancaster
“She’s an icon and a mentor of mine,” said to enable registered nurses to earn their
president Loren Swarztendruber, describing bachelors degrees; partnerships with local
the woman who served as interim presi- school systems in offering teachers masters-
dent for eight months before he filled the level courses; and the Anabaptist Center for
position in 2004. “She has been the person Religion and Society.
I could trust to manage the operational She facilitated a series of campus conver-
details when I was away from campus.” sations on homosexuality in 2005-06 and an
The middle of five girls, Brubaker and all Ethics of Biotechnology conference in 2003.
her siblings attended Belleville Mennonite Her office helped fund major speakers, such
School in rural Pennsylvania. Her father, as Jim Wallis of Sojourners and Archbishop
Clayton Hartzler, helped found the school Elias Chacour, both in 2006. She supported
and was president of the school board for the organization of the first Faculty Senate
most of her years there, serving as a model and worked in collaboration with others to
for her in her adult life. Her father also improve EMU’s policies on such matters as
founded a retirement community and cof- rank and promotion and academic freedom.
feehouse for young people. She wrote a number of successful grants
In 1960, Brubaker entered what was then for projects that have changed the face of
Eastern Mennonite College to pursue a mu- the university, including a $1.75 million
sic major. As a soprano she “loved singing grant from the U.S. Department of Educa-
high C’s” in various musical groups on cam- tion to develop the campus computer net-
pus. Yet toward the end of her first semester, work and the Arthur Vining Davis Founda-
she decided, “I didn’t see a future in music. tion grant for construction of the seminary.
A career in singing just didn’t fit my concept In retirement Brubaker – a self-described
of service at that point in my life.” workaholic, accustomed to 60-hour work
She switched to nursing, completing a weeks – will work part time on EMU’s re-
nursing program at EMU and the Riverside accreditation process. In her free time, she
Hospital School of Nursing in Newport plans to garden as well as enjoy the compa-
News, a bachelors degree at Case Western ny of husband J. Mark Brubaker, a biology
Reserve University in Ohio, and a masters Taking advantage of a sabbatical year, professor at James Madison University, and
degree at the University of Pennsylvania. Brubaker began work on a doctorate at the their two children and four grandchildren.
In 1970 then-president Myron Augs- University of Alabama, completing it in
burger called her at the Pennsylvania school, 1984. The search for Brubaker’s replacement
where she had become an instructor, and In 1994, Brubaker became EMU’s vice continues. An interim provost has been
persuaded her to come to Eastern Men- president for enrollment, where she led the appointed for the 2008-09 school year:
nonite. “At the time, there weren’t many school to achieve record enrollment – in Lee F. Snyder, WHO was v-P and academic
Mennonite women with graduate degrees,” part by expanding financial aid and match- dean at EMU for 12 years in the 1980s
Brubaker said. ing church grants. In 2000, she became the and early 1990s. She then was president
Over the next decade Brubaker and an- university’s first provost, a behind-the-scenes of Bluffton (Ohio) University, before
other administrator, Vida Huber, established position where she was second-in-command. retiring in 2006. Input on possiBle
EMU as a center of innovative excellence in “I’ve been amazed at her administrative candidates for provost is welcome.
nursing. They created the first “competency- skills, her attention to detail and her sense contact EMU's director of human re-
based, self-paced” nursing program in the of institutional history,” said Jim Bishop '67 sources, marcy engle at (540) 432-4148
state. who has worked with Brubaker for 36 years. OR E-MAIL HER AT marcy.engle@emu.edu.
photo by Lindsey Roeschley
mileposts
Dr. Roman Miller, the Daniel B. Suter Endowed Professor of Biology, confers with Michelle Roth-Cline ’00, who is exploring the intersection of ethics, medicine, statistics,
and law as a fellow in the medical science training program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She completed a PhD in clinical investigation in 2006 and will
finish her MD in 2009. She plans a career in ethics and policy, with focus on human-subject research. Dr. Miller is an advisor for the pre-professional health sciences
track at EMU and often writes the letters of reference that help students to gain admission to competitive graduate programs..
Faculty and health. This program captured the atten-

tion of President George W. Bush on his
himself and his wife, Janet Scheffel
(MAL’91) Stutzman, in which they
contexts in Germany. He was under
assignment with Eastern Mennonite
Staff recent visit to Tanzania. covered 4,000 miles by sea and 2,500
miles by land, traversing the mission-
Missions in Germany and Luxemburg.
He attended Heidelberg University, after
Lori Leaman ’88, assistant professor in Margo McIntire, program representative
ary journeys of the Apostle Paul. An which he wrote his dissertation on the
the education department, completed in the Adult Degree Completion Pro-
account of that journey is described in British Peasants Revolt of 1381 and the
her doctorate. She presented “Culturally gram, will fill the assessment counselor
their book Sailing Acts: Following an German Peasants War of 1525. In ad-
Responsible Teaching” and “Differenti- position, effective July 1.
Ancient Voyage. dition to his many teaching roles, Horst
ated Learning: Meeting Diverse Needs” Dorothy Jean Weaver ’72, professor of has written a number of articles and
at a Mennonite educators conference. Julia White, artistic director and founder
New Testament, co-led a work group to books on the Amish and Russian Men-
of the Shenandoah Valley Children’s
David A. King ’76, athletic director, is Nazareth and Bethlehem, May 2-19, with nonites. According to Horst, there are no
Choir, directed the American Choral
featured in the Mar. 3 issue of Menno- the Partners in Mission Program under longer Mennonites in Russia. Many have
Directors Association (Western Division)
nite Weekly Review regarding sports as Virginia Mennonite Missions. moved to Germany.
Honors Children’s Choir in Anaheim,
an obsession in American culture. King N. Gerald Shenk ’75, professor of Calif., Feb. 27-Mar. 1. About 150 children Jan Gleysteen '55, Goshen, Ind., is co-
maintains that a fixation on elite-level church and society, returned to the from 10 states participated in three days author (with Leonard Gross) of Colonial
sports is keeping young people and Evangelical Theological Seminary, of rehearsal and a final performance. Germantown Mennonites, published
families from gaining all the values of Osijek, Croatia, May 12-23, to teach an in 2007. The book describes the first
participation in sports. As a result, the Mike Zucconi was named Old Dominion
intensive course in sociology of religion permanent Mennonite settlement in
game is shifting from creative fun and Athletic Conference sports information
to upper-level and graduate students. North America. Jan has pursued many
learning to a parent-driven emphasis on director of the year at their annual meet-
Moira Rogers, language and literature
interests and professions over more
winning. The game becomes a stressor ing, May 1. He produces almost all of
professor, will take a 40-hour crash than five decades: painter, illustrator,
on the children. the press information for EMU’s athletic
course in conversational Arabic to photographer, storyteller, tour guide,
department.
Allon Lefever, former associate profes- slide lecturer and Mennonite historian.
improve her communication skills and
sor of the business and education
department and vice president of
enable her to connect with local people
in Spain and Morocco during her cross-
1920-49 He is also an environmentalist, train
lover and humorist. Jan was born in
Mennonite Economic Development Evelyn Maust ’41, Harrisonburg, Va., 1931 in the Netherlands. He studied art
cultural experience next fall.
Associates, was featured in the Mar. 3 is a volunteer at World of Good Thrift at a rigorous academy in Amsterdam.
Daily News Record for his work with Linford Stutzman ’84, MAR ’90, associ- Shop and assistant manager of Park With his family, he attended 400-year-old
NetsforLife in Tanzania. NetsforLife ate professor of culture and mission, View women’s missionary and service Singel Mennonite Church, located in the
distributes mosquito nets for pregnant challenged those attending the Sunday commission. heart of the city. After World War II, Jan
morning session of the Conservative
1950-59
women in that nation in an effort to met American and Canadian Mennonite
lower the death rate of malaria-stricken Mennonite Conference’s 97th annual relief workers, which led him to attend
children. The organization works in meeting in Maple City Chapel, Goshen, Goshen College, then EMU, for a year
Horst Gerlach ’55, has a long and
cooperation with the local ministry of Ind., “to learn to sail with Jesus.” Linford each. He then became a full-time illustra-
impressive history of teaching in various
spoke in the context of a journey by
tor, designer and editor at Mennonite Robert (Bob) ’59 and Eloise Beyeler
Publishing House in Scottdale, Pa. He is ’61 Hostetler, Erie, Pa., are stalwart
on the board of Germantown Mennonite financial supporters of EMU. At the Mar.
Historic Trust. 14 Friday morning student chapel, Bob
presented a stirring, biblically-based,
J. David Eshleman ’58, BD ’61, Man-
message entitled “Giving as Worship.”
heim, Pa., has retired after 48 years of
He and Eloise have enjoyed granting
pastoral ministry and two years as a
“Pass it on Loans” to persons in need of
bishop in the Lancaster Mennonite Con-
financial assistance, with the under-
ference (LMC) and is now serving as
standing that the loan is not to be repaid
church consultant for LMC and Eastern
to the Hostetlers but to be passed on.
Mennonite Missions.
Florence E. Horst ’58, Harrisonburg, Va.,
has had a remarkable 95-year life jour-
1960-69
James M. Lapp ’60, Sem ’61, and his
ney that included operating the EMU
wife, Mim (Book), were installed as
snack shop and college kitchen. Since
pastors of Salford Mennonite Church,
her retirement at age 70, she has read
Debra Boese '07 with professor Jim Yoder. Harleysville, Pa., Mar. 30.
582 books, according to a record she
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began in 1994. In addition, she reads J. Lorne Peachey ’61, Scottdale, Pa.,
Mennonite Church-related periodicals, was recognized in the Feb. 19 issue
the Daily News Record and magazines. of The Mennonite on its 10th anniver-
Creating Own Legacies She is now residing in the Redbud wing

of Virginia Mennonite Retirement Com-
munity Crestwood apartments.
sary for his leadership in the historical
merging of The Gospel Herald of the
Mennonite Church and the former The
Mennonite of the General Conference
EMU’s current science faculty may not have museums, planetari- Donald L. Mellinger ’58, New Holland,
Mennonite Church.
ums or campus buildings bearing their names. Yet they are racking up Pa., retired from teaching in the depart-
ment of biology at Kutztown University in Donald Showalter ’62, Broadway, Va.,
significant accomplishments, much like their professorial forebears.
2001. He now coordinates internet sales an attorney with Wharton Aldhizer &
Dr. Doug Graber Neufeld works primarily on environmental sci- for Booksavers of Ephrata, Pa., for the Weaver PLC, Harrisonburg, Va., was
ence matters. With a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin in benefit of Mennonite Central Committee. ranked among the Legal Elite in Virginia
environmental physiology, he recently spent two years with Menno- Business Magazine.
Becci Stoltzfus ’58 Leatherman, Lititz,
nite Central Committee in Cambodia addressing water issues. Pa., has discovered many service oppor- David D. Yoder ’62, Auburn, Pa., is
At EMU in 2008, Graber Neufeld joined with Dr. Jim Yoder to tunities since retirement. These include director of development for Quakertown
Booksavers, a before-school program Christian School, a Franconia Men-
offer a “green design” course. Students researched ways to modernize nonite Conference school, offering
for low income families living near her
and expand the 40-year-old Suter Science Center in a manner that church, Community Mennonite Church preschool through grade eight.
promotes “sustainability.” They presented findings to EMU’s board of of Lancaster (CMCL), and Bridge of
Glenn Cordell ’63, McConnellsburg, Pa.,
trustees and architects for consideration in building design. Hope. She is also involved in curriculum
a retired teacher, spoke Sept. 1 on the
development and teaching in the Chris-
Yoder advises the environmental science majors and teaches ecology, lasting value of education on opening
tian education department of CMCL.
zoology, and conservation biology. His primary research interests day ceremonies at a Muslim secondary
Harlan Steffen ’58, Syracuse, Ind., is school in Istaravshan, Tajikistan. Glenn
include conservation biology, landscape ecology, behavioral ecology engaged in various roles: pastor, realtor, was in the area visiting the family of an
and Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Currently he and his developer of condos near Lake Wawa- exchange student who had lived in the
students do field research in Shenandoah National Park. see, and helping establish a half-way Cordell home during a school year and
In the summer of 2007, two undergraduate students got inten- house in Syracuse for women with drug attended Rock Hill Mennonite Church.
and alcohol problems. He also directed
sive, practical experience in molecular biological research under a a summer boat-in worship service on
J. Mark Frederick, Jr. ’63, BD’66, and
National Science Foundation grant administered by Dr. Greta Ann his wife, Emma Longenecker ’64 Fred-
Lake Wawasee with an average atten-
erick, Quakertown, Pa., are intentional
Herin, assistant professor of biology, working collaboratively with dance of 1,000 persons.
interim pastors at Perkasie Mennonite
colleagues from Bridgewater College and James Madison Univer- J. Daniel (Dan) Hess ’59, Indianapolis, Church, Perkasie, Pa.
sity. The students spent 10 weeks in laboratories in the Suter Science Ind., has engaged in research about
Dorcas Martin ’63 Good retired in 2005
Center studying “electrophysical investigations in glutamate receptor leaders with college- and graduate-level
from her role at Henrico County Public
education in Mennonite educational
function.” institutions. He published a series of
Library in Richmond, Va. She and her
Advised by Dr. Roman Miller, Rebecca J. Drooger ’07 spent two husband, James Good ’60, moved
articles in January and February issues
from their 37-year home in Richmond
years at EMU studying the responses of the young adult mouse of The Mennonite on the value and
and now reside in Virginia Mennonite
prostate to neonatal phytoestrogen exposure. Drooger described it as impact of Christian education, with a
Retirement Community in Harrisonburg.
focus on higher education in a Menno-
studying the effect on young mice of “chemicals produced by plants nite context. In the series, Dan reported
Dorcas is a volunteer at Book Savers
that are similar in structure to human estrogen,” such as that found and People Helping People. The Goods
his interaction with the following EMU
attend Ridgeway Mennonite Church.
in soy-based products. The results could have implications for cancer alumni: Paul Gingrich ’52; Ruth Nisly
studies that consider whether a diet high in such products has an ’59; Pat Hostetter Martin ’64, MA ’98; Nancy Rudy ’63 and Robert ’60 Martin,
Lee Roy Berry ’66; Brenda Lehman Lancaster, Pa., led an 18-person work
impact on prostate cancer. Benner ’89, MDiv ’06; Marilyn Metzler party to Nazareth Hospital in Israel. The
Organic chemistry expert Dr. Tara Kishbaugh has studied, with Benner ’92; Rigoberto Negron, MDiv group spent two weeks working and
students, the water quality of the local Blacks Run. She also studies ’95; Laura Brenneman ’96; Jeremy Byler, traveled another week.
food issues, starting with what kind of food is consumed in EMU’s ’99, MDiv ’06; Tammy Krause, MA ’99;
Nelson Roth ’63, Belleville, Pa., is a
and Rachel Gerber, MDiv ’05. Their
dining hall and how much goes to waste. robust and resounding affirmation of the
counselor to men and couples at Cross-
Other natural science professors at EMU have recently joined the roads Pregnancy Center, in Lewistown,
context, value and impact of a Christian
Huntingdon and Mount Union. He is
faculty, or are returning from sabbatical, and thus are just starting education is available for review in the
also engaged in private counseling and
local research projects: Drs. Shelly Thomas, Steven Cessna, and Feb. 5, 22 and Mar. 4, 18, issues of The
teaches Sunday school at Allensville
Mennonite.
Matthew Siderhurst. Mennonite Church.
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Jean E. Snyder ’63, Pittsburgh, Pa., has software to camps and conference
taught English and music for a number centers. They now serve over 130 sites
of years. Currently she is a full-time in the United States and Canada. Wyse
music teacher. Solution provides websites to more than
100 customers.
Robert Wert ’63, Goshen, Ind., retired
in 2004 after working at Oaklawn for George Zimmerman ’68, Thompson-
26 years as a clinical social worker. His town, Pa., recently completed a term as
spouse, Esther Glick ’63 Wert, retired in interim pastor of Habecker Mennonite
2007 from her role as a data processing Church, Lancaster, Pa. He continues to
worker at Oaklawn. work part time for Hoober, Inc, deliver-
ing farm equipment.
Carroll Lehman ’64, Rindge, N.H., is di-
rector of vocal/choral activities at Keene Willard M. Swartley ’69, Elkhart, Ind.,
State College, Keene, N.H., and music has had his latest book, Send Forth Your
director and coordinator of Monadnex Light: A Vision for Peace, Mission, and
Chorus of Peterborough, N.H. Worship, published by Herald Press,
Scottdale, Pa. Willard has produced an
Kenneth Nissley ’66, is a case manager Clair Mellinger
erudite analysis of peace, mission and
for Lancaster Area Victim Offender
worship with well-documented biblical
Reconciliation Program. Kenneth man-
ages the case load for a victim-offender
conferencing program involving ap-
foundations. The book is dedicated
to his wife, Mary Lapp ’57 Swartley, to Clair Mellinger’s Lesson:
proximately 75 volunteer facilitators. This
includes being liaison person between
celebrate the golden anniversary of their
marital covenant. Take Students Outdoors
referring agencies, juvenile court and
police departments, and the volunteers 1970-79 If biology professor emeritus Clair Mellinger ’64 had his 37-year
who facilitate the meetings. It also John Weber ’71, Ephrata, Pa., began career at EMU to do over again, he would do this differently: “I
involves assisting with training classes serving Jan. 1 as the moderator of Atlan-
would take everyone on more field trips.”
several times a year and mentoring tic Coast Conference. He is the principal
volunteer facilitators throughout the life- of Lancaster Mennonite School’s Kray- When Mellinger was an undergraduate, professor D. Ralph
cycle of a case. bill campus in Mt. Joy, Pa. John and his Hostetter "used to make us get up at dawn on Saturdays to bird-
wife, Janet ’98, are members of Akron watch. He wanted us to have an uninterrupted stretch of time for his
Anna Margaret (Peg) Groff ’68 Engle,
Mennonite Church.
Harrisonburg, Va., was ordained May morning lab, and Saturday worked best,” says Mellinger, who retired
2006 as a minister by Virginia Menno- John D. (J.D.) Stahl ’72, is professor in from teaching in the summer of 2007.
nite Conference. Peg serves as associ- the department of English at Virginia
Tech in Blacksburg, Va. His research
Mellinger says Hostetter's trips left him with cherished memories.
ate pastor for pastoral care at Lindale
Mennonite Church. deals with how values and perspectives "In geology, I recall especially the Canaan Valley (W.Va.) field trip
Del Glick ’68, Washington, D.C., was
are expressed in literary form across and the overnight trip to Jones Wharf in Maryland. We took many
cultural boundaries. J.D. has written a shorter trips to local habitats in ecology and ornithology."
installed Oct. 21 as intentional interim
book about Mark Twain and culture and
pastor at Mount Joy Mennonite Church
gender and co-edited an anthology of
As a professor, Mellinger's own ornithology field trips were also
in Pennsylvania. once a week – on Tuesday or Thursday, but rarely earlier than 8 a.m.
children’s literary texts and criticism. J.D.
Idella Borntrager ’68 and husband was recently honored as the recipient Yet “the earlier you start, the more birds you see,” he says. Former
Emory Otto ’70, a psychologist, are in of the 2008 William E. Wine Award. students tell him such outings are what they remember best.
private practice as a Christian counsel- The award, established in honor of the
ing team in Lititz, Pa. former rector of Virginia Tech Board of
Mellinger was a protégé of Hostetter, from whom he took one
Visitors and president of the Virginia of EMU’s first ecology courses in the early 1960s. Professors Daniel
Helen F. Christman ’69 Buckwalter,
Homer, Alaska, assists and participates
Tech Alumni Association, is awarded Sutor and Hostetter used Mellinger as a lab instructor in 1965, the
annually to three Virginia Tech faculty year after he graduated with a bachelor of science degree. After that,
in the ministry of her husband, Daniel,
members to recognize “a history of
a flying circuit pastor to a number of
university teaching excellence.”
Mellinger went off to the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
villages on the Alaskan Peninsula and to pursue a doctoral degree in plant ecology.
leads summer vacation Bible schools in Jan Rutt ’73 Landis, Akron, Pa., is a vol-
those villages. unteer teacher of English as a second
While wrapping up his doctorate, Mellinger was asked to return to
language with the Literary Council of EMU as an assistant professor. It was 1970 and Hostetter was wind-
Karen Hoover ’68 Ransaw, Detroit,
Mich., retired from teaching in 2003.
Lancaster. ing down his teaching career, shifting attention to his natural history
She is a volunteer in various roles in Carolyn Grasse-Bachman ’76, Mt. Joy, museum. Mellinger took over the ornithology, botany, and ecology
her church: front desk one day a week; Pa., is assistant professor of educa- courses and introduced an environmental biology course.
in charge of a free movie one night a tion at Pennsylvania State University, “Most of the pre-med and other biology majors wound up taking at
month; vacation Bible school coordina- Middletown, Pa. She teaches graduate
tor the last four years; and secretary of students who are pursuing a masters
least one of my courses. I like to think this helped them understand
church council. She is a secretary and degree in teaching and curriculum in that there was interesting God-created life outside of the human race,”
interviewer for the church’s Good Sa- an internet format. Carolyn is also a Mellinger says.
maritan Ministry, giving free clothing two member of the board of directors of Mellinger doesn’t mind being known as “the birdman,” given that
days a month. In addition to these roles, Lancaster Mennonite School.
she tutors two hours per week at a drug he spends much of his free time banding and studying Northern
Rose Zook ’77 Barber, Eugene, Ore., Saw-whet Owls in northwest Virginia. "But I would consider myself
rehabilitation facility and volunteers for
was licensed Nov. 18 as lead pastor of
Detroit sport events.
Eugene Mennonite Church. to be an ecologist or a naturalist, even though this implies more of an
Bernadine Swartzentruber ’68, Lowville, understanding of plants, animals, soils, weather, climate and so forth
Donald ’77 and Mary Ina Flisher ’77
N.Y., retired in June after 21 years as a
Hooley, Bluffton, Ohio, spent two than I have. However, I am still learning. We all need to learn more
teacher aide at a local public school. to enable us to sustain the quality of life we have in this biosphere.”
weeks in India in June where Mary
Dwight Wyse ’68, Harrisonburg, Va., Ina attended her 35th class reunion at
started REC SOFT with his son, Derek Woodstock School.
in 2002 to provide camp management
Michael Kurtz ’77, Oak Ridge, N.C., is a spiritual director, spiritual formation
senior pastor of a 1,100-member United retreat facilitator and worship resource
Methodist congregation. His ministry consultant. The mission of Deep Well
includes preaching, leading worship, is to empower individuals and groups
teaching, vision casting, shaping lead- to deepen their relationship with God
ers, counseling and pastoral care. and each other in worship and spiritual
formation that engages faith in action. It
Judy Benner ’78 Frei, Whitehall. Pa.,
is an ecumenical endeavor.
completed an MA in counseling at
Biblical Seminary, Hatfield, Pa. She is Sue Rutt ’80 and her husband, Kevin
a member of the pastoral team at New Glick, moved back to Akron, Pa., after
Covenant Church, Bethlehem, Pa. 20 years in Portland, Ore. Sue works in
the International Program Department
J. Eric Bishop ’78, is a doctorate-holding
at Mennonite Central Committee and
English teacher at Christopher Dock
Kevin at Ten Thousand Villages informa-
Mennonite School, Lansdale, Pa. He
tion technology department.
spent his spring semester sabbatical
working in lifelong learning initiatives at John Lowe ’81, Davie, Fla., is an as-
Dock Woods Community and taught sistant professor at Florida Atlantic
a graduate course in adolescent and University Christine E. Lynn College
young adult literature at EMU’s Lan- of Nursing, Boca Raton, Fla. He is the
caster campus. primary investigator of the Teen Interven-
tion Project-Cherokee and president of
Mark Hartman ’78, is teaching at
the Native American Nursing Scholars
Central College in Pella, Iowa. This fall,
Institute.
he will become the orchestra director at
Shippensburg University of Pennsylva- Dennis G. McAdams, MAR ’81, and his
nia. Mark continues to perform on violin wife, Effie, are promoting the Kingdom
Myron Blosser and occasionally guitar and participated of God in the village of Hopongo, Ren-
in the 16th annual Shenandoah Valley dova Island, Western Province, Solomon
Myron Blosser Receives

Bach Festival at EMU this year. Islands. Their ministry verse is: “For we
are to God the aroma of Christ among
Teresa King ’78, Long, Lancaster, Pa.,
those who are being saved and those
National Recognition
has been named vice president of
who are perishing (2 Cor. 2:15).” Dennis
health services at Tel Hai Retirement
requested we publish their website,
Community, Honey Brook, Pa. Previous-
www.dennisandeffie.com, to enable
ly, Teresa was regional director of opera-
Myron Blosser ’83 rose above about 1,000 other teachers of bio- people to “check in with them.”
tions at Manor Care Health Services and,
technology at a mid-June (2008) convention of 20,000 people in San more recently, health care administrator Douglas Phillips ’82, has served a
Diego, Calif., to receive the second-place prize of $5,000 for being for Lakeside at Willow Valley. number of years as director of Camp
one of the top biotechnology educators at the high school level in the Margaret Rollins ’78 Kreider, Not-
Brethren Woods, Keezletown, Va.
nation. tingham, Pa., retired from 45 years of Kenny Boyers ’83, has been named the
Blosser teaches biology, advanced placement biology and a biotech- nursing in 2006. Her career included principal for the recently opened Cub
hospital care, education and public Run Elementary School in Penn Laird,
nology course at Eastern Mennonite High School in Harrisonburg.
school nursing. She is now employed Va. Kenny was selected from a pool of
He promotes and leads an annual biotechnology symposium for part time in the health center at Lincoln potential candidates for his “clear vision
schools in the central Shenandoah Valley. Now in its 15th year, the University, Oxford, Pa. for the identity of Cub Run Elementary,”
symposium brought scientists and students together for a day this according to a statement by the Rock-
Doug Zehr ’78, Leo, Ind., graduated
ingham County School Board.
spring to focus on nuclear genetics. Since its start, 4,500 students in June with a doctor of ministry from
from 26 high schools have participated in the symposium. Ashland (Ohio) Theological Seminary. Susan Shirk ’83, is volunteer coordina-
His doctor of ministry project, “Prayer tor at Landis Homes, Lititz, Pa. She was
Blosser was chosen by a panel of judges for “his proven leadership Ministry Teams in a Local Mennonite highly pleased that her group received
and excellence as an educator, his commitment to furthering the Church,” was part of the transformation- the Volunteer of the Year Group
teaching of biotechnology by outreach to other educators, and the al leadership track. Doug is completing award in 2007 from the Pennsylvania
development of innovative ways to teach biotechnology.” his 14th year as lead pastor of North Association of Non-Profit Homes for
Leo Mennonite Church. He has served the Aging—now known as Homes for
Blosser received his prize at the BIO 2008 International Conven- churches in Dungannon, Brussels and Senior Services—for their “star comforter
tion, which drew 20,108 industry leaders from 70 countries and 48 Elmira, Ontario. He recently enjoyed a program” in which persons stay with
states to its convention June 17-20. Keynote speakers were California three-month sabbatical under the Clergy persons who are dying.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and General Colin L. Powell (Ret.). Renewal Program for Indiana congrega-
J. David (Dave) ’83 and Shelby Landis
tions sponsored by Lilly Endowment, Inc.
The convention showcased how the biotechnology and life sciences ’85 Swartley live in Lancaster, Pa. Dave
industries could make the world a cleaner and healthier place to live Fred Kniss ’79, Chicago, Ill., has been is executive vice-president of Moravian
the chairperson of the department of Manor, Lititiz, Pa. Shelby is a social
through new drug developments, cleaner technologies, and improve- sociology of Loyola University since worker at Lancaster General Hospital
ments in food supply. 2005. In 2007, he published a book, Sa- Health Campus.
Blosser has been the recipient of numerous awards, including cred Assemblies and Civic Engagement:
Susan (Sue) Blauch ’86, Harrisonburg,
EMU Alumnus of the Year in 2005; biology teacher of the year in How Religion Matters for America’s
Va., has been selected from a pool of
Newest Immigrants, co-authored with a
several different years (1993 from the Virginia Association of Biology colleague, Paul Numrich.
about two dozen qualifying American
Teachers, 1994 from the American Association of University Women, referees to represent the United States
and 1998 from the National Association of Biology Teachers); and
member of the 1999 USA Today Teacher First Team, one of 20 teach-
1980-89 at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Bei-
jing, China. Sue will be the only Ameri-
Roberta Jantzi ’80 Egli, Corvallis, Ore. is can referee for the women’s games.
ers nationwide named to this team. pastor of Deep Well, a United Methodist
Mary Jo Bowman ’86, MDiv ’07, Mt.
Blosser is a member of EMU’s board of trustees. urban church in Salem, Ore., in a half
Solon, Va., is a chaplain resident at the
time position. In addition, she serves as
University of Virginia Health System,
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Charlottesville, Va. Mary Jo credits her Debra Gingerich ’91, Sarasota, Fla., is
Clinical Pastoral Education experience employed as the web communications
at EMS for influencing her to become a and publications manager for Manatee
chaplain. Community College. Her first collection
of poetry, Where We Start, has been
Stanley (Stan) Swartz ’87, Harrisonburg,
published by Cascadia Publishing
Va., is featured in the Feb. 15 issue of
House. She recently received a John
the Daily News Record for his “Lifelong
Ringling Fund Individual Artist Fellow-
Love of Theater.” Stan has been the ar-
ship and had one of her poems read by
tistic director of theater at Harrisonburg
Garrison Keillor on his radio program,
High School for 19 years and continu-
“The Writer’s Almanac.”
ously involved in productions since he
was a sophomore in high school. Kevin Kurtz Lehman ’91, Middlebury,
Vt., is a senior web producer at Country
Regina Lutz ’88 Beidler, Randolph
Home Products, manufacturer of the
Center, Vt., worked as a social worker
Newton battery-power lawn mower and
in Boston and in Vermont. She and her Former dean Joe Martin '59, left, at Harvard's research building dedication.
the DR brand of outdoor power equip-
husband, Brent, went to Chad under Photo courtesy of Harvard University News Office, by Stephanie Miitchell.
ment. Kevin and his wife, Tanya Kurtz
MCC in 1995. Since their return, they
’91, have lived in Middlebury seven years.
have operated their own dairy. Regina
also works as the east coast coordinator
for Organic Valley’s Farm Ambassador
Gaye Spivey ’91, Reidsville, N.C., is
employed by Wek Industries as a pur-
Joe Martin's Journey So Far
Program. chasing/planning coordinator.
Joseph Boyd Martin came to Eastern Mennonite College (EMC)
Meg N. Mason-Hahn ’88, Everett, Pa., is Barrett (Barry) Freed ’92 is returning to
a stay-at-home mother of two children, his home community, Lebanon Pa., after in 1958-59 on a year’s leave from the University of Alberta. “My stud-
Jonathan, 2 years, and Katy, 18 months 5 1/2 years of service with Eastern Men- ies (at EMC) focused entirely on ethics, Bible studies, church history
old. nonite Missions in Lithuania, where he and the like,” he recalls. Martin transferred his University of Alberta
taught English and engaged in church credits here to obtain a B.Sc. in Bible from EMC.
Jeff Myers ’89, Afton, Va., teaches 8th
development.
grade physical science for Albemarle After graduation he returned to Alberta, where he completed his
County. Brad Schantz ’92 a PhD candidate,
medical degree. Rachel Wenger, an EMC sophomore in 1958-59, left
is IT project assistant, University of
1990-99 Wisconsin-Madison. EMC to be Martin's wife. (She finished her degree at the University
of Alberta, then taught elementary school in Edmonton.)
Margaret (Marta) Beidler Castillo ’90 is Audrey Mumaw ’93 Borkholder,
a pastor at Nueva Vida/Norristown New Centreville, Mich., has served as the A year ago, Martin removed his flag from what many would regard
Life church of Franconia Mennonite director of Burr Oak Township Library as the summit of his hugely successful medical career. He stepped
Conference. for seven years. She is secretary of the down from being dean of Harvard Medical School after serving for a
local school board, Nottawa Community
Jeff Gingerich ’90, Norristown, Pa., is as- decade, beginning July 1997.
School, and secretary/treasurer of Burr
sociate professor of sociology at Cabrini At age 69 he remains, however, the Edward R. and Ann Lefler
Oak Chamber of Commerce.
College, Radnor, Pa.
Joanne Kaufman ’93 Brigham, Del Norte,
professor of neurobiology at Harvard. He is also on the board of
Deborah Woodring ’90 Gish, Elka Park, directors of a couple of major private companies and is chair of the
Colo., works as a nationally certified
N.Y., works for Rifton Equipment, which
produces equipment for handicapped
massage therapist. Joanne is active in non-profit New England Healthcare Institute.
economic development and sustainable Martin’s trajectory: After Alberta, Martin did a residency in neurol-
children to enable them to move and
resources in the region. She helped
become more fully integrated in their
organize the Rio Grande County Oil and
ogy and a fellowship in neuropathology at Case Western Reserve. He
homes, schools and society. received his PhD in anatomy from the University of Rochester in
Gas Accountability Alliance.
Harry Jarrett ’90, MDiv ’06, pastor of
Karen Minatelli ’93, Alexandria, Va., is
1971. By 1977, he was chair of the department of neurology and neu-
Neffsville Mennonite Church, Lancaster, rosurgery at McGill University. He next moved to Harvard as neuro-
a bilingual attorney and deputy director
Pa., was a member of an Atlantic Coast
Conference delegation that visited
of the D.C. Employment Justice Center logy professor. In 1989, he became dean of medicine at the University
(EJC). Karen works closely with the of California-San Francisco, eventually becoming chancellor of the
Argentina to renew a three-year-old part-
executive director of EJC with her focus
nership with 13 churches comprising a
being on the internal aspects of the
whole university. In 1997, he returned to Harvard as dean.
mission and outreach program, Vision What does this all have to do with Martin’s ethics studies at EMC?
organization. She recently contributed
Evangelica y Misionera de la Zona Oeste
(Evangelistic and Missionary Vision of
a commentary on National Public In the Harvard Gazette’s account of Martin’s contributions to that
Radio advocating that the D.C. Council university (at www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/10.05/01-martin.
the Western Zone).
enact legislation requiring employers to
Rhonda Miller ’90 is an adjunct instruc- provide paid sick and safe days for the
html), he is praised for “his insights, his decency, his moral leader-
tor, teaching Spanish, at Randolph employees. ship.” Martin was known for fostering “collaboration” across disci-
College, Lynchburg, Va.
Jonathan Moyer ’93, Alburtis, Pa., has
plines and among academics and practitioners. He put new emphasis
Rick Augsburger ’91, Capon Bridge, W. been accepted into Hatfield Biblical on “the value of teaching,” and he “improved diversity” by placing
Va., is deputy director of the Headington Seminary in the masters in divinity pro- members of minority groups and women in key positions. He left a
Institute. Prior to joining Headington, gram. His goal is to become a licensed legacy of “stronger community ties.”
Rick was the director of emergency professional counselor.
programs (1996-2005) and deputy Martin did much more than this, of course, including raising
Kris M. Short ’93, Strasburg, Va., began money for and opening in 2003 a $260-million, 520,000-square-foot
director for Church World Service. He is
working as a program manager at
a graduate of Harvard Business School
Evans Home for Children, Winchester,
research building, the largest in Harvard's history.
Executive Leadership program in perfor- Yet others have raised money for large, impressive structures and
Va. Previously, she worked in the foster
mance measurement and management
for nonprofit organizations. Rick has
care unit at Harrisonburg-Rockingham seen them built, including tycoons like Donald Trump. It’s in the less
Social Services. tangible, but perhaps more important, area of ethical, collaborative
more than 19 years of experience in
humanitarian programming. He has trav- Marcia Rempel Weaver ’93 MACL '08, and community-oriented leadership, where EMC may be able to
eled extensively, working on relief and Broadway, Va., recently provided leader- claim an influence on Martin. After all, he did spend a year focusing
development in 50 countries. ship to the process for a new identity for
upon such matters, and that year was here.
Virginia Mennonite Board of Missions. Center Valley, Pa., in 2004. The last two
The result is a new logo, name and ta- seasons, he was an assistant coach
gline for what is now Virginia Mennonite for women’s soccer at James Madison
Missions. Marcia worked two years as a University. Jason holds a National Soc-
graphic designer at EMU and has been cer Coaches Association of America
a freelance designer since that time. (NSCAA) Premier Diploma and a
NSCAA National Goalkeeper Diploma
Jen Smith ’94 Caraccio, China Grove,
and is a NSCAA regional instructor.
N.C., classifies herself as a “domestic
specialist” after leaving her role as a Darla Knepp Trejo ’99, is an assistant
Title I reading specialist in a local public in the math and statistics deptartment,
school, to become a “stay-at-home at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
mommy” for the couple’s four pre-teen
children. 2000-2008
Jan Emswiler ’96 and her husband, Kyle Stutzman ’00, Staunton, Va., has
Kajungu Mturi, have accepted a position been named vice president of technol-
Matt Garber with Mennonite Central Committee to ogy systems at Dupont Community
EMU Mourns Three Deaths

work with its Somalia program. Jan, Credit Union. He has been with the
Kajugu, and their son, Luga, will return credit union five years and previously
to the States in July. After participating served as systems manager.
in an MCC orientation, they will move to
From June 2 to July 2, the EMU community mourned the deaths Nairobi, the base of their operation, due Brittany Culbertson ’01 Bates, Harrison-
of three people near and dear to its heart: EMU’s alumni council to security issues in Somalia. burg, Va., has begun a new business in
her home after being employed in the
president Evelyn Hertzler ’60, who died June 3 at age 70 after Mark Schroeder ’96, Austin, Texas, is mortgage business with Wells Fargo for
struggling with Lou Gehrig’s Disease; history professor emeritus Dr. relocating to Durban, South Africa, for seven years.
Albert N. Keim ’63, who died June 27 at age 72, after complications a two-year assignment upon being pro-
Amanda Williams ’01 Knight, Broadway,
moted as regional director for Africa by
following a liver transplant; and nursing graduate Matthew R. Va., was featured in The North Fork
his employer, Forecasting (Stratford) Inc.
Garber ’08, who died July 1 at age 22 in a drowning accident in Journal as “Teacher of the Month,” nomi-
Ryan Shen-Hoover ’97, Lancaster, Pa., nated by one of her students at Fulks
Costa Rica.
has worked as an advocate for commu- Run Elementary School, Fulks Run, Va.
nities affected by large dams in Lesotho
Evie Hertzler, who had a degree in elementary education from EMU, Mindy Nolt ’01, Lancaster, Pa., has
from 1997-2000. Since returning to
the United States, Ryan has continued returned from Egypt and is now working
taught for more than three decades in New York City and West in refugee resettlement with Church
this work as a member of International
Liberty, Ohio. Upon retirement, she and husband Don moved to World Service.
Rivers Network Africa program. In 2006,
Harrisonburg to be near the families of their three children – Sandy he launched the Investing in Africa Anthony Streiff ’01, Mount Sidney, Va.,
’92 (Byler), Jerry ’88, and Barry ’86. Evie filled her time with volunteer newsletter. a former track runner at EMU and a
work, including the EMU alumni council, when not watching her Anna L. Creech ’98, Richmond, Va.,
three sport athlete at Fort Defiance High
grandchildren’s sports events and organizing family get-togethers. has returned to the east coast after School, participated in a wheelchair bas-
three years working as the serials and ketball tournament in Harrisonburg, Va.,
She sang in numerous choirs and served on many boards, including Feb. 23, as a member of the Shenan-
electronic resources librarian at Central
Roberta Webb Childcare, Valley Brethren Mennonite Heritage Washington University. She is now the doah Valley High Rollers. His team was
Center, and Mennonite Women USA. electronics resources librarian at the undefeated and took first place. Streiff’s
University of Richmond. involvement in typical sports activities
came to a halt after a 25-foot fall from a
Raised Amish in Hartville, Ohio, Al Keim taught in the EMU Chad ’98 and Michelle Weaver ’00 Nuss- tree. Anthony says, “I love competition. I
history department from 1965 until he retired in 2000. He also served baum, Dayton, Va., own and operate love competing, and when I’m out here,
as vice-president for academic affairs and dean from 1977 to 1984. He Fox’s Pizza in Harrisonburg. I forget I’m injured.”
was the author of four books, all on topics pertaining to the role of Michael Stoltzfus ’98, Harrisonburg, Va., Rhoda S. Glick, MDiv ’02, Mountville,
Anabaptists in history or society. In 1972-73, Keim led EMU’s first has worked in information technology Pa., received her doctorate of ministry
at Harman Construction and Harman from Lancaster Theological Seminary.
semester-length cross-cultural seminar in Europe, which paved the Realty. On July 1, Mike will begin work- The title of her dissertation is, “A Psycho-
way for cross-cultural education becoming a graduation requirement ing as information technology specialist spiritual Model for Pastoral Care: Toward
in 1982-83. at Eastern Mennonite High School with a Synthesis of Gestalt Pastoral Care and
approximately 25 percent of his time St. John of the Cross’ Dark Night of the
contracted out to Park View Federal Soul.” Rhoda continues to practice and
Honors student Matt Garber graduated with a BS in nursing and a Credit Union for information technology teach gestalt pastoral care in eastern
minor in Bible and religion. He went to Costa Rica for the summer planning and management. Pennsylvania.
to help a missionary family and to learn Spanish. At summer’s end, Christina (Tina) Hartman ’99, Lancaster, David T. Maurer, MDiv ’02, Columbus
he planned to return to his home area of Elizabethtown, Pa., and Pa., is vice-president of lending and Grove, Ohio, became the lead pastor of
begin work at Lancaster (Pa.) General Hospital’s emergency room. member services at the Lancaster office Bethel Mennonite Church, West Liberty,
Matt was a student who almost everyone knew, or felt as if they of Mennonite Financial Federal Credit Ohio, July 2008.
Union.
knew. He was seen in chapel after chapel, often singing with others, Melanie M. Miller ’03 Rice, Millersville,
but sometimes as speaker or music leader. He was a residence hall Jason Moore ’99, previously of Telford, Pa., is an oncology adult nurse practi-
Pa., has been named the men’s and tioner and a student at the University of
community advisor for three years, active in the Young People’s women’s soccer coach at Bethel Col- Pennsylvania.
Christian Association, and a member of Chamber Singers for four lege, Newton, Kan. Jason began coach-
Mandi Dagen ’03 Stoltzfus, Broadway,
years. Mostly, he always seemed to be smiling, whether on photos ing as an assistant woman’s coach at
Va., is a stay-at-home mother caring for
for EMU marketing materials or simply strolling across campus. EMU in 1999. He was a four-year letter
winner at EMU, leading the team to Old two children under two years of age. Her
At graduation, he was one of 10 seniors to receive EMU’s top Dominion Athletic Conference titles in husband, Todd ’02, is a business lender
recognition, named to the “Cords of Distinction” group. 1996 and 1998. He was head women’s for Park View Federal Credit Union in
Harrisonburg.
Read more about Matt at www.emu.edu/news/matt-garber. soccer coach at DeSales University,
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Esther Harder ’03 will return to the
United States in February after serving
four years with MCC as a peace writer
John Neiswander ’05, Millersburg, Ohio,
is serving a one-year term with Menno-
nite voluntary service as a paralegal with
Where in the World?
and secondary school teacher in Soroti, ProBAR in Harlingen, Texas. We would be grateful if you would help us locate the alumni listed
Uganda. below to notify them of class reunions. Contact alumni@emu.edu or
Michael (M.J.) Sharp ’05 of Baum-
Nathan (Nate) Hoffer ’03, Ephrata, Pa., mental, Germany, is head counselor for phone Donna Souder at (540) 432-4204.
is pursuing an MBA degree at Eastern Military Counseling Network. He pro-
University. Recently, he and his spouse, vides supportive counseling for persons
Class of 1948 Lester Weaver Geraldo Xavier Elizabeth Garber
Rebekah, formed a company by the who serve in the military and who have Raymond Stoltzfus Gloria Whitmore David George
name of lovetogive.net. The company developed a conscientious objection to Esther Yoder Class of 1988
Tami Good
Class of 1953 Krista Amaya
enables people to donate money to a warfare, often related to their experi- Elsie Cressman
William Yoder
Lynn Anthony
Peggy Heishman
Christian organization while purchasing ence in military service. As a result, Jane Zongker Tammy Houge
Anna Ruth Hess Artemas Babili
Liz Hylton
items online. some of them have received honorable Martha Kulp Class of 1978 Janine Barrett
Cynthia Kauffman
discharges from military service. Sylvia Parker Steve Allen Bruce Braun
Kristine Sensenig ’03, Staunton, Va., Chad Landis
Helen Teleskie Barbara Beachy Sarah Click
is the team leader on a 24-bed male Todd Warren, MDiv ’05, is a hospital Robert Mercer
Jean Brunk Beth Clineff
Class of 1958 Gwen Miller
forensic unit at Western State Hospital. chaplain at Mount Carmel Health Sys- Mabel Baral
Peggy Cassada Tracey Cochran
Yolanda Moore
She particularly enjoys teaching yoga tems, Columbus, Ohio. Kim Craig Donita Eye
Helmut Hauter Shabani Mwemena
Carol Davis Cathy Hampton
to the patients and has plans to pursue Nancy Howe Tricia Nesselrodt
Dustin Galyon ’06, Sterling, Kan., has Manoochehr Pete Harnish
Lynnell Payne
a massage therapy license and yoga Nathan Lehman
been named men’s basketball coach at Ghelejghshlagh Bobby Hite
teacher certification. Rhoda Lind Satthanha Phanhthy
S Lorraine Gordon Kenny Kreider
Hesston College. Dustin is noted for his Alvin Mast Jason Porter
Darlene Heinrichs Anne Lapp
Carolyn Weaver ’03, Augusta, Ga., has excellent recruiting skills. He is thrilled Rachel Stauffer Carol Rames
Abdidahir Ibrahim Dan Lebold
graduated from the Medical College of with the challenge of building relation- Cathy Ray
Class of 1963 Carol Jordan Lois Miller
Deborah Raynes
Georgia and began an obstetrics/gyne- ships with players, enabling them to be Merle Alberts Carl Keener Sue Miller
Lorna Rivera-Wenger
cology residency in June. successful in their faith journeys. Ruth Delp Joseph Kibler Michelle Nguyen
Carole Sandys
Levi Hershberger Jr Clifford Landis Pat Perich
Carrie
Shawn Gerber, MDiv ’04, formerly of Michael Kniss ’06 has moved from Oren Horst Yvonne Lefever Sheri Rhodes
Schwartzentruber
Avada, Colo., has joined Goshen Gener- Chicago to begin a graduate program at James Kayondo Brenda Liller Sandy Richner
Tonia Stutzman
al Hospital, Goshen, Ind., as a chaplain the University of Maryland-College Park, Elizabeth Kennedy Dan Martin Janice Richter
Saya Sugawara
Paul Lehman Lavonne Martin Rob Richter
and coordinator of spiritual care. School of Public Policy. Victoria Sullivan
Frederick Martin Robert Millen Jarey Schlabach
Dawnita Taylor
Eric Kennel ’04, site director for Lu- Joel Lehman ’06 is a journalist for the Karen Roth James Miller Doug Wyse
Sandi Thorpe
Alfonso Ruiz Marcia Miller Cindi Yoder
theran Immigration and Refugee Service Lancaster New Era newspaper in Penn- Randall Miller
Shirley Trobaugh
Willard Shertzer Leslie Updyke
in central Pennsylvania, reports in the sylvania. He joined New Era in 2007 Susan Patterson Class of 1993
Anna Stauffer Jessica Vaughn
February issue of Missionary Messenger where he edits interactive online content Weldon Raber Lisa Anderson
Donald Swartz Sharla Wenger
Charles Shank Aaron Bartley
on assisting two Burmese brothers to for the newspaper. Grant Weaver
Madeline Bender Wossen Yemane
be resettled as refugees in the United Mary Yoder Ruth Shibata
Nip Crites Jr Sharon Yoder
Jill Gerig, MDiv ’07, is in training as a Janie Sinclair
States following the death of their father. Class of 1968 Joyce Stokes Lynne Dueck Steven Yutzy
chaplain resident at the University of Peggy Dunstan
The preteen brothers fled Burma (Myan- Amzie Brubacher Gregory Stutzman Class of 2003
Colorado, Aurora, Colo. Bob Buckwalter Jr Merry Eton
mar) to escape from killings and almost Rose Vance Karen Allison
Everette Carr Dan Gardner
weekly raids in their home village, which Kendra Nissley ’07, Columbiana, Ohio, David Bell
Peggy Casey Class of 1983 Dale Glass
is located in a region populated by a has begun a one-year term with Menno- Steve Brett
Kay Foley Chuck Albrecht Jeana Golin
Xiaorui Chen
minority group named the Chin. Though nite Voluntary Service as a shelter and Martha Francis Joyce An Tammy Gray
Martha Chiwanza
separated when they fled through the thrift store staff member with La Puente Susie Gamble Charlene Brawley Robert Habwe
Whittney Coffey
jungles of Thailand and Malaysia, they Home Inc., La Jara, Colo. James Gascho Melvin Buckwalter Lareine Hayes
Ashley Cook
Melvin Harnish Mike Byler Aiko Hirai
were miraculously reunited, with the Can Deng
Phil Wiechart, MDiv ’06, Dalton, Ohio, Florence Khayenje Beverly Chartrand Kim James
Erin Garber
help of some friends, in the sprawling was installed as associate pastor at Marilyn Kimble Yvonne Clemens Melissa Judy
Mary Grace Garris
city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. After Kidron Mennonite Church, Nov. 18, with Ernest Lefever Jay Comfort Jenny Karumuna
Melvin Gaye
months of interviews, security checks, Wilma Mast Nazie Daneshvar Andrei Kuznetsov
primary responsibility for pastoral care Nichole Hilmer
and medical screening, they were James Nafziger Dave Donophan Daryl Lambert
and education. Kristen Hoekstra
Barbara Neal Ibrahim ElFaqir Debra Lucas
eventually permitted to enter the United Andy Hook
William Pigueron Debbie Goldstein Karla Morris
States. Esther M. Good ’07, Lancaster, Pa., Chris Kirby
Justin Sabiti Jay Graber Brad Nevil
works at Lutheran Refugee Services in Brandon Knight
Mary Shank Ivette Guzman Sharon Norris
Jeff Carr MDiv ’05 is director of pastoral Eric Lantz
Lancaster. James Shank Jr Becky Hannah Sherman Pearson
Nannan Li
care at Bridgewater Retirement Com- Stephen Shriner Bill Harkins Nick Pizarro
Jason Ritter ’07, Washington, D.C., is Chris Lowen
munity, Bridgewater, Va. Betty Stephenson Peg Heaver Patti Raab
Justin Mast
assistant equipment manager for D.C. Nematollah Tabrizi Phuc Huynh Tony Ramsey
Heather Menzies
Aram DiGennaro, MDiv ’05, and his wife, Keith Jackson Juel Russell
United Major League Soccer. Mary Uchida Homare Miyazaki
Deborah (Debbie) Diener ’04, Colum- Carl Wenger Jewel Leaman Tamara Ruth
Emily Nelson
bus, Ohio, with their two children, Priska Joy Shaiebly ’07, Harrisonburg, Va., is Carlton Wyse Beverley Nath-- Sarah Showalter
Moses Nyakia
and Shem Shadrach, have moved to teaching 8th and 9th grade health and Rampersad Andy Smith
Class of 1973 Tisha Poindexter
physical education at Page County High Jill Orsini Ron Snyder
Nairobi, Kenya, to become hosts at the Katherine Black Greg Paul Tema Tellado
Katie Propst
Mennonite Guest House. Later, they will School. She is also the head coach for Frances Dickerson Sylvia Perry Phillip Thompson
Rus Pyle
the junior varsity girls’ volleyball team. Paul Foltz J R Rohrbough
transition into the roles of missionary Cindy Roa Doug Vogt
Ralph Fortune Todd Rohrer
representatives for Eastern Mennonite This spring, she volunteered her time Debbie Sanders Holly Yoder
Abby Rosenberger
Christine Heller Billy Scott Jr Lucinda Zehr
Missions. as a goalkeeper coach with Eastern Lisa Rowland
Janet Kauffman Gina Showalter Jeannie Zigler
Mennonite High School’s and Broadway Sandra Miller Doreen Rukaari
Benjamin J. Myers ’05, Arlington, Va., Beth Taylor
High School’s varsity girl's soccer teams. John Morrison Sheila Thomas Class of 1998 Laura Schubert
has presented his photographs entitled Alene Nafziger Louise Alexander Lynda Smith
Peter J. Eberly, MDiv ’08, began serving Elda Tuinstra
“Behind Closed Doors: An Insider’s Look Garald Overholt Hershey Burkhalter Daniel Stutzman
Roy Tuinstra
at the Nation’s Capital” in a display at as youth pastor at Harrisonburg Menno- Joanne Phillips John Uanivi Charles Clutteur Bonnie Switzer
EMU. His photographs, printed on 16 nite Church in Virginia in 2003. He was James Shelly Chris Colombel Erin Walker
Astrid Valdivieso
Rita Sims Christopher Davis Jill Wenger
x 21-inch aluminum sheets to give the licensed for his ministry in 2005 and Juan Vega
Dwight Stoltzfus Jamie Delawder Ben Wilkins
images a silver finish, were taken while ordained to continue the role, Apr. 27. Mary Vitasek
Robert Stoltzfus Greer Etchebarne Justin Yoder
Cheryl Warne
he worked as a photographer for The Gary Troyer Claudia Evick Lan Yu
Elizabeth Wilkson
Hill, a journal aimed at those working in Karen Tyson Neil Fencer Albert Zeng
Jerry Wright
Congress. Erin Fischer
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Marriages Ryan ’96 and Aletha Beachy Miller,
Kalona, Iowa, Grael Elizabeth, Apr. 3.
Christopher ’00 and Maria Clymer
’00 Kurtz, Stephens City, Va., Noemi
Peter J. (MDiv ’08), and Natalie Lehman
Eberly, Harrisonburg, Va., Isaac Chris-
Madeline Bender ’93 to Paul Whelan, Salome, Dec. 25. tian, Apr. 22.
Robert ’97 and Gaby Ochoa Bren-
June 30.
Sidney Moyer ’94 to Jennifer Howren,
Sept. 29.
neman, South Bend, Ind., Robert
Gabriel, Oct. 7.
Amy Sauder ’00 and Ted Lehman,
Arlington, Va., Jackson Robert, Mar. 9. Anniversaries
Arthur ’39 and Rachel Shearer ’40
Deborah (Lynn) Eastman ’97 and Daniel Amanda (Mandy) Storms ’00 and
Lisa Guengerich ’98, to Merle Detweiler, Kraybill, Atlanta, Ga., 65th, married Feb.
Diener, Goshen, Ind., Daphne Almeda Christopher Souder ’00, Columbia, S.C.,
Oct. 13. and Andrea Danae, Apr. 4. 27, 1943.
Elliot Grace, Jan. 9.
Virginia Showalter ’00 to Tim Godshall,
May 27.
Shannon Kratz ’97 and Jim Frederick,
Telford, Pa., Joshua Calvin, Feb. 27.
Ryan ’00 and Sherri-Lynn Kauffman
’00 Wenger, Tofield, Ont., Caleb Garret,
Deaths
Mary Brunk GT ’34, Moyers, 94,
Kimberly Hein ’03 to John Bannister, Trent ’97 and Cara Derstine ’97 Hum- Mar. 22.
Broadway, Va., Feb. 23.
Dec. 30, 2006. mel, Cincinnati, Ohio, Ella Louise and Brooke Steury ’01 and Nate Clemmer
Mary W. Metzler ’35, 101, Lititz, Pa.,
Melissa Horst ’03 to Matthew Kinman, Ian Paul, Apr. 28. ’98, Harleysville Pa., Aubrey Mae, Dec. 3.
Mar. 25.
June 20. Michael ’97 and Mary Evans Kulp, Har- Chad (MAL ’01), and June Miller, Hart-
Eunice Heatwole ’37 Wenger 85,
Megan Hostetter ’03 to Zack Kennel, risonburg, Va., Gregory Michael, Feb. 7. ville, Ohio, Hudson James, Nov. 20.
Pinnacle, N.C., Feb. 10.
June 30. Jennifer Voth ’97 and Brent Roland ’97, David T. (MDiv ’02), and Beth Maurer,
Lydia Pearl Heishman ’38 Eby, 86,
Kurt Holsopple ’04 to Ellie Lind ’04, Mechanicsburg, Pa., Alana Grace, Columbus Grove, Ohio, Josiah Wayne,
Harrisonburg, Va., Mar. 31.
June 23. Oct. 24. Dec 5.
J. Leon Martin ’49, 85, Goshen, Ind.,
Dorothy Butler ’04 to Kirk Landis, Heather Smith ’97 and Russ Steinman, Geoffrey ’02 and Stashia Davis ’02 Nolt,
Mar. 6.
July 13. Asbury, N.J., Ryan Wesley, Mar. 14. Denver, Pa., Caden Nathanael, Feb. 15.
Arthur E Smoker, Sr. ’51, 88, West
Tiffany N. Williams ’05 to Cody Cole, Andrea Buchen ’98 and Bryan Foard, Sally Gardner ’02 and Andrew Vogan,
Chester, Pa., Jan. 6.
Mar. 29. Ephrata, Pa., Rebecca Gracy, Apr. 7. Dayton, Va., Hannah Joy, Mar. 11.
Edna D. Whetzel ’55 Dove, 88, Criders,
Emily F. Burner, MBA ’06, to Lewis Chan ’98 and Kelly Holsopple ’00 Charity Shenk ’02 and Steven Zook,
Va., Jan. 31.
Burkholder, Oct. 20. Gingerich, Harrisonburg, Va., April Lynn, Akron, Pa., Gavin Zook, Mar. 24.
May 3. Mabel S. Miller ’55, 84, Wilmont, Ohio,
Chris Jantzi ’06 to Lori Holsopple ’06, Emilie Hall ’03 and Warren Bontrager,
Feb. 1.
Jan. 19. Melody Nolt ’98 and Timothy Althouse, Hutchinson, Kan., Madison Paige, Jan. 7.
Alexandria, Va., Anna Naomi, Mar. 29. Kermit H. Derstine ’56, 74, Denver,
Joel Lehman ’06 and Stephanie Miller Jeremiah ’03 and Kristine Denlinger,
Colo., Mar. 29.
’06, Lancaster, Pa., Nov. 11. Laurie Finkbiner ’98 and David Belote, Lancaster, Pa., Isaac Widders, Nov. 28.
Easton, Pa., Faith Madison, July 10. Harold S. Stauffer ’59, 70, Lancaster,
Marla Norris ’07 to Brandon Alger, Megan Hostetter ’03 and Zack Kennel,
Pa., Feb. 13.
Dec. 22. Susan Lehman ’98 and Matthew Bou- Lancaster Pa., Asher David, Apr. 25.
chonvillle, Albuquerque, N. M., Zachary Mary A. Wismer ’59, 74, Souderton, Pa.,
Births Ryan, Apr. 4.
Catriona Trice ’98 and David Vance,
Mandi Dagen ’03 and Todd Stoltzfus
’02, Broadway, Va., Wyatt Stover, Dec. 3.
Nov. 9.
Joan Esch ’59 Zook, 72, Laramie, Wyo.,
Terence (Terry) ’87 and Elizabeth Brandi N. Tappy ’03 and Jason Breeden,
Phelps Jantzi, Ithaca, N.Y., Valerie Lynn, Blacksburg, Va., Jean, Jan. 24. Mar. 21.
Shenandoah, Va., Ava Grace, Feb. 3.
May 15. Gary ’98 and Charla Steiner ’98 Som- Illa Mae Homsher ’61, Shank, 81,
Christy Yohn ’03 and Andrew ’05
Neil ’88 and Donna Harnish Reinford, mers, North Canton, Ohio, Luke Hayden, Morrisville, Vt., Mar. 20. Her husband,
Michaels, Orrville, Ohio, Ellice Marie,
Lancaster, Pa., Joshua Dean, Jan. 7. Nov. 10. Ralph ’61, survives.
Mar. 6.
Joanne Kaufman, ’93 and Steve Derek ’98 and Joy Smith, Yoder, Hess- Joseph S. Hertzler ’62, 75, Goshen, Ind.,
Megan Mease ’04 and Hank Reifsnyder,
Brigham, Del Norte, Colo., Kaitlyn Lena ton, Kan., Callie Rae, Mar. 31. April 15.
Orrville, Ohio, Brock Henry, Jan. 3.
Kauffman Brigham, June 16, 2007. Ky ’99 and Tanya Ortman Stoltzfus, Kan- Mary K. Beyeler ’62, Hertzler, 73,
Heather Brubaker (MA ’05), and Matt
Jonathan ’93 and Lian Yang Hartzler, sas City, Mo., Asher J. Ortman, Sept. 29. Goshen, Ind., Dec. 29.
Benin, Harrisonburg, Va., Ella Catherine,
Cleveland, Ohio, Issabella Mae, Sept. 16. Sherri Allebach ’00 and Emil Vass, Feb. 7. Fannie M. Plank ’65 Yutzy, 66, Wooster,
Lisa Paules ’93 and Arne Kauffman, Perkasie, Pa., Selina Rose, Oct. 30. Ohio, Dec. 12.
Denis ’05 and Meghan Shank ’05 Cela,
Philadelphia, Pa., adoption of 5th child, Micah ’00 and Shanna Eigsti ’00 Harrisonburg, Va., Leidon James and Paul R. Hurst ’67, 63, Lancaster, Pa.,
Amir Camryn Jedidiah, Jan. 9. Arrived Beachy, Omaha, Neb., Ethan Joseph, Darien Calim, May 14. Mar. 13. His spouse, Louetta Weaver ’68,
home, Jan. 30. Aug. 27. Hurst, survives.
Heather Risser ’05 and Bryan Harper,
Jen Smith ’94 and Frank Caraccio, Brittany Culbertson ’00 and Tom Bates, Broadway, Va., Kaleigh Grace, Jan. 11. Charlotte N. Shuler ’72, 91,
China Grove, N.C., Isabella Joy, June Harrisonburg, Va., Tennyson Harper, Shenandoah, Va., Mar. 19.
30, 2007 Adria Arnold ’05 and John Moore, Ches-
July 30.
ter, Va., Sawyer Arnold, June 18, 2007. Janet Louise Koller ’85, Hottinger, 47,
Amy Glick ’94 and Patrick Helmuth, Or- Brooke Drooger ’00 and Jeff Adams, Grottoes, Va., Feb. 14.
rville, Ohio, Anna Miriam, Mar. 20. Joy Zimmerman ’07 and Tom Haller,
Providence, R.I., Tessa Elizabeth, June
Denver, Pa., Katelyn Jane, Feb. 9. Correction:
Robert (Bob) ’94 and Pamela Bressler 21, 2007.
Birth: Phil ’00 and Jennifer Bender ’01
Yoder, Goshen, Ind., Mira Susannah, Bergey, Chesapeake, Va. Carter James,
Apr. 12.
Marcelo ’95 and Melissa Mast, Lansdale,
Winners of Prizes for Ideas Sept. 16.
Mileposts is compiled by retired
Pa., Matthew Merrill, Dec. 27. In the spring ’08 Crossroads, we offered a $50 gift certificate to physician Paul T. Yoder ’50,
Jeremy ’95 and Joan Steiner ’95 Weaver, Ten Thousand Villages for feature ideas used in this issue. These MAL ’92, who may be reached at
Harrisonburg, Va., Claire Noel, Dec. 8. three respondents won: [1] Serita Frey, featured on p. 3; [2] Linda paul.t.yoder@emu.edu or at
Angela Zook ’95 and Delmar Zimmer- Gehman who told us about the Beacon Award won by her daughter (540) 432-4205. Feel free to send
man, Leola, Pa., Mara Beth and Lisa Jill Gehman, p. 17, and her classmate Tiffany Witmer, pgs 29 and news directly to Paul or to the
Renae, Mar. 21. 32; and [3] Randy Longenecker, who wrote on p. 25 about a new alumni office at alumni@emu.edu.
K. Ryan ’96 and Amanda Ehst, Burke, rural training track in family medicine. We thank all contributors!
Va., Ashtyn Teagen, Jan. 28.

What About Me? Medical School Acceptances
Of EMU Students, 2004 - 2008
What Can I Do? Name of School Location Totals
Albany Medical College Albany, N.Y. 1
Most of us reading this magazine are not health-care providers. We
aren’t scientific researchers or biology teachers. What can we – all of Drexel University College of Medicine Philadelphia, Pa. 2
us, inside and outside the field – do? How can we keep folks following Eastern Virginia Medical School Norfolk, Va. 7
in the footsteps of the hundreds of remarkable alumni covered in this
George Washington University Washington, D.C. 2
magazine?
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Georgetown University School of Medicine Washington, D.C. 3
How can we help EMU to maintain, for instance, its current
Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia, Pa. 1
92% acceptance rate into medical school for its pre-med
of Thomas Jefferson University
graduates? Check out the data in the table at right.
Medical College of Georgia Augusta, Ga. 1
School of Medicine
"If the past predicts the future, these EMU graduates will likely go New York Medical College Valhalla, N.Y. 1
where the need for health care is greatest, treat their patients
Pennsylvania State University Hershey, Pa. 8
with gentle respect, win acclaim for their high standards, gladly College of Medicine
teach others what they know, and willingly cross cultural, racial
Philadelphia College Philadelphia, Pa. 1
and national barriers in their quest to be of service." of Osteopathic Medicine
Pikeville College School Pikeville, Ky. 1
— Kirk Shisler ’81, vice-president for advancement of Osteopathic Medicine
State University of New York Upstate Syracuse, N.Y. 2
So… find a contribution plan that works for you. Give sacrificially. Or not. Medical University College of Medicine
Your choice. There are ways to give where your needs are met now, but Stony Brook University School of Medicine Stony Brook, N.Y. 1
EMU and its students are provided for over time.
Temple University School of Medicine Philadelphia, Pa. 8
Robert ’59 and Eloise Beyeler ’61 Hostetler, co-chairs of EMU’s compre- Uniformed Services University Bethesda, Md. 1
hensive campaign (now in its quiet phase), say they anchor them- of the Health Sciences
selves in prayer, seeking God’s guidance in discerning how and what F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine
to give. Bob, as he prefers to be called, is a retired Penn State math University of Amsterdam Medical School Amsterdam, 1
professor and author of bestselling math textbooks. Netherlands
University of California, Davis Sacramento, Calif. 1
School of Medicine
Ways to give (while likely cutting your tax bill) include:
University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 1
 Writing a check or using your credit card to make a gift College of Medicine
 Gift of appreciated stock or real estate University of Colorado - Denver Denver, Colo. 1
 Charitable bequest in your will or living trust School of Medicine
 Life insurance policy – University of Kansas School of Medicine Kansas City, Kan. 1
naming EMU as one of the beneficiaries University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, Md. 3
 Gift annuity – University of Massachusetts Worcester, Mass. 1
make a gift and retain income from it for your lifetime. Medical School
 Gift of the remainder from a retirement plan University of Nevada School of Medicine Reno, Nev. 1
(IRA, 401k, or pension plan)
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pa. 1
 Charitable remainder trusts – School of Medicine
provides income for a period of years or lifetime
University of Rochester Rochester, N.Y. 2
 Retained life estate – School of Medicine and Dentistry
give your home or farm but live there until you die
University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville, Va. 7
 Charitable lead trust –
provides income to EMU for a period of years Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Va. 6
School of Medicine
 Making a pledge to be fulfilled in 3 to 5 years
Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Mo. 1
What can we all do to keep EMU on track? West Virginia School Lewisburg, W.Va. 1
of Osteopathic Medicine
SOMETHING West Virginia University

School of Medicine
Morgantown, W.Va. 1
Work with the folks at EMU’s Development Office at 1-800-368-3383 Wright State University School of Medicine Dayton, Ohio 1
– or visit www.emu.edu/giving – to discover a giving plan that works for
Total Acceptance 70
you and for EMU. Offers '04 - '08
BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL
The following is a supplemental list of alumni working in businesses and business-related
professions, based on information received after press time for the spring '08 issue of
Crossroads. That issue can be accessed at www.emu.edu/crossroads.
Alderfer, James “Jim” R. ’80 Friesen, Joseph ’04 Kreider, Jonathan A. L. ’90
Technical lead, computer programmer Owner Owner
The Vanguard Group Inc. Design Concrete Builders Inc. Kreider Four Seasons Equipment
One of the world’s largest investment management Offers decorative concrete to enhance sidewalks, and Kreider Machine Shop
companies. Headquartered in Valley Forge, Pa. patios and driveways for residential and commercial KFSE sells and services outdoor power equipment
www.vanguard.com properties and insulated concrete walls that provide a while KMS provides welding, fabrication, machining
distinct green advantage to turn-key buildings. Located and hydraulics services. Both businesses are located
Amstutz, Laura Lehman '06 in Harrisonburg, Va. in Harrisonburg, Va.
Co-owner www.designconcretebuilders.com jonathan.kreider@gmail.com
Downtown Fine Furniture Company
Sells custom-built Amish-crafted furniture in a variety Lapp, Joseph L. ’66 Longacre, Cory ’92
of solid hardwoods and finishes. Located in downtown Representative for Mennonite Foundation and Vice president of retail services
Harrisonburg, Va. MMA Trust Company Farm & Home Oil Company LLC
www.downtownfinefurniture.com Mennonite Mutual Aid (MMA) Provides delivery and HVAC service for oil or propane
Provides insurance and financial services, primarily fuel homes and businesses throughout southeastern
Benner, Steven ’80 serving people and groups within the Anabaptist Pennsylvania.
Project management lead- laboratory family. Offices in 15 states. Chan Gingerich ’98, Sue www.fhoil.com
information systems Guengerich ’04, Glen Kauffman ’82, Geoff Keens
Merck & Co. Inc. ’07, Adam Savanick ’06, Joe Shenk ’02 and Kevin E. Lowe, Jon W. ’81
Global research-driven pharmaceutical company that Strite ’95 also work at MMA. Application developer senior specialist
discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets vac- www.mma-online.org CIGNA Medicare
cines and medicines. Headquartered in Whitehouse Offers a variety of Medicare plans to meet the needs of
Station, N.J., with branches across the globe. Harman, Hans C. ’02 individuals
www.merck.com President jon.lowe@cigna.com
H2 Enterprises LLC/ Harman Development
Berry, Alicia Slaubaugh ’00 Specializes in real estate development and construc- Meng, Ravy ’93
& Dickel, Keesha Esbenshade ’00 tion in Jackson Hole, Wyo., and Harrisonburg, Va. System analyst and administrator
Co-owners www.harmanconstruction.com Sherwin Williams Company Northeast Region
RubySky Photography Produces paints and coatings in the United States.
Artistic photography that specializes in weddings and Hess, Wendy Jo ’02 Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.
portraits. Located in Harrisonburg, Va. Owner www.sherwin.com
www.rubyskyphotography.com Wendy Jo's
Bakery offering homemade cookies, pies and dog Miller, David V. ’94
Hartzler, Dale E. ’85 treats located in Lancaster City, Pa. Network administrator
Senior software engineer www.wendyjos.com Intex Solutions Inc.
Jenzabar Inc. Global provider of structured fixed-income cashflow
Provides administrative management software and Hileman, Geoffrey ’97 models and related analytical software. Located in
services for higher education institutions. Headquar- Director, group actuarial Needham, Mass.
tered in Boston, Mass., with regional offices across Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina www.intex.com
the United States. Donald L. Bomberger ’72, Derek Delivers innovative health care products, services and
Christner, '97, Lois Ann Wenger Handrich ’67, Mark information to nearly 3.4 million members. Located in Miller, Mark ’87
R. Horst ’05, Robert Ranck ’90, Mark Showalter ’91 Durham, N.C. Senior internet engineer
and Michael D. Weaver ’90 also work at Jenzabar. www.bcbsnc.com Verizon
www.jenzabar.com Broadband internet services, TV service, local wireline
Kennel, Mary Ellen ’85 and wireless telecommunication services.
Feenstra, Gregory ’94 Digital forensic analyst www.verizon.com
IT development manager and incident response specialist
Foley Inc. Mind Over Technology Ruth, Kendall ’96
Offers the full line of Caterpillar Construction Products. Conducts incident response investigations in CPA
Located in Piscataway, N.J. compromises, fraud, embezzlement, extortion, theft Acuity Advisors and CPAs LLP
www.foleyinc.com of intellectual property, identity theft, and corporate Specializes in accounting and consulting services for
espionage; performs forensic analysis and technical the agricultural and agri-business industry segments.
Fix, Julie Campbell ’88 investigations; performs vulnerability assessments and Located in Lancaster, Pa.
Applications specialist penetration testing www.acuitycpas.com
Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative www.mindovertechnology.com
Provides high quality electric service to the Central Saltzman, Andrew C. ’95
Shenandoah Valley and the Potomac Highlands. Head- King, Starla J. ’90 CPA
quartered in Mount Crawford, Va. Owner Andy Saltzman CPA
www.svec.coop Signature Gardenscapes LLC Sole practitioner CPA providing small business and
Customized assistance with gardens and landscap- tax preparation and consulting services to a varied
ing, including design, installation and/or maintenance. Mennonite community, as well as the Amish. Located
Ashburn, Va. in Kalona, Iowa.
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Steven W. Mumbauer ’88 is the managing partner of a practice with four pediatricians and 10 staffers in Waynesboro, Virginia. “People tend to
not think about their doctors' offices or their hospitals as businesses. They expect their health-care providers to be compassionate professionals.
As a physician leader/entrepreneur, it is an interesting challenge to find the balance that allows me to meet the needs of my patients and their
parents, but also make sure that the business runs successfully so that it will continue to be able to meet their needs in the future.”
Shank, Michael J. ’98 Swartzentruber, John ’85 Whitmore, Terry L. ’71

Inventory control/quality assurance Senior software developer Vice president
Walmart Distribution Center 7045 OSIsoft Inc. E & M Auto Paint and Supply Corp.
Public corporation that runs a chain of large, discount Specializes in delivering real-time innovations that help Wholesale distributor of DuPont Performance Coatings
department stores. Headquartered in Bentonville, Ark. optimize operational performance. Headquartered in throughout the Central Shenandoah Valley and the
www.walmart.com San Leandro, Calif. state of West Virginia.
www.osisoft.com www.emautopaint.com
Shirk, Erik D. ’80
Director of quality Thomas, John L. ’89 Wu, Jie-Rong “Jenny” ’92
Morton International (Morton Salt/Canadian Salt) Chief information officer Senior development engineer
Produces salt for food, water conditioning, industrial, Florida Southern College Aspen Technology
agricultural and road/highway use. Headquartered in www.flsouthern.edu Applies process engineering know-how to modeling
Chicago, Ill. the manufacturing and supply chain processes that
www.mortonsalt.com Weaver, Benjamin ’05 characterize the process industries. Headquartered in
Retail store management Burlington, Mass.
Smith, Phyllis Neff ’74 Alderfer Glass Co www.aspentech.com
President, owner Services auto, flat, home, and business glass needs in
Phyllis D. Smith CPA PA eastern Pennsylvania and south Jersey. Yoder, Jeffrey “Dean” ’87
Accounting for business and tax preparation for www.alderferglass.com Application architect
corporations, trusts, estates and personal. Located in Accenture Ltd.
Sebastian, Fla. Weaver, Lamar S. ’72 Develops software applications for many of the largest
phyllispds@bellsouth.net President, owner banks in the U.S.
TCW Computer Systems Inc. deanjul@yahoo.com
Smith, Tracy ’94 Designs, installs and supports networks, wireless
Manager, data services systems and IP phone systems; installs conference Yoder, Micah ’96
University of Virginia rooms and home audio and video systems. Located in Linux systems administrator II
www.virginia.edu Manheim, Pa. Rackspace IT Hosting
www.tcwcomputers.com Enterprise-level managed services for businesses
around the world. Based in San Antonio, Texas.
www.rackspace.com
Homecoming and family weekend 2008
Join us October 10-12, 2008 The Paul R. Yoder Sr. Memorial Golf Classic,
sponsored by Loyal Royals
To “Celebrate the Vision” at EMU we have planned Spotswood Country Club, 7:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
activities for alumni, families of EMU students and shotgun starts with lunch at 11:30 a.m. Four-person
friends. Please register now! It’s a weekend for captains’ choice with flighted scoring and great prizes.
everyone to connect to the past while renewing Cost is $100 per person, with many sponsorship opportunities.
friendships and building for the future. Contact the EMU athletics office at (540) 432-4440 or
schlable@emu.edu to register.
Friday, October 10 Welcome center and registration desk
University Commons, 3 – 8 p.m.
Conference: “Optimal Aging”
Seminary Building, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Evening meal
Dining Hall, 5 – 6:30 p.m.
The Third Annual Conference on Family Solutions with the Eastern
Mennonite Seminary Clinical Pastoral Education Program as Donor appreciation banquet (by invitation only)
supporting sponsor will feature Priscilla Friesen, LICSW, speaking on University Commons lower level,
Optimal Aging. Ms. Friesen is the founder of The Learning Space in reception, 4:45 p.m.; banquet, 5:30 p.m.
Washington, D.C. She has been an associate of the Bowen Center for
the Study of the Family since 1978 and has been on the faculty since An Eclectic Evening with Ted & Trent
1987. For more information and registration visit Lehman Auditorium, 8 p.m.
www.shenfamilysystems.org. Join Ted Swartz ’89, Trent Wagler ’02, and friends for an evening of
Symposium: “Forgiveness in the Face of Tragedy: storytelling, extraordinary original music, comedy sketches, and acts
The Amish of Nickel Mines" of artistic heroism. The show, in its world premier, asks questions of
Lehman Auditorium, 10 - 11:30 a.m faith, politics (gently), and “Why are we here?!” A most unique and
unpredictable evening! Purchase tickets in advance via the attached
Featured speakers will be Alumnus of the Year Donald Kraybill ’67 registration form or pay at the door. (Program repeated at the same
and Distinguished Service honoree Herman Bontrager ’72, both time Saturday evening.)
of whom spoke on behalf of the Nickel Mines Amish community
following the tragic shootings in Oct. 2006. Question and answer
session will follow.
Saturday, October 11
Art exhibit: Welcome center and registration desk
Hartzler Library Gallery, open during library hours University Commons, 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
EMU professors Barbara Fast, Cyndi Gusler, Jerry Holsopple, and Fun run
Steve Johnson will exhibit work in mixed media, photography and Meet at the track, 7:30 a.m.
digital imaging. A gallery talk and reception will be held at 4 p.m.
Saturday at the Hartzler Library Gallery. 5K run/walk. All welcome. No entry fee; premiums for all.

Science center annual breakfast and program Parents perspective
Suter Science Center, 8 a.m. Campus Center, room 226, 10:30 a.m.
Session I: Annual breakfast This seminar is led by the EMU cross-cultural program office and
Advance reservations required. Dr. Madhur Solanki of Winchester Medical is especially intended for parents (or prospective parents) of EMU
Center will speak on osteopathic vs. allopathic medicine at 9 a.m. students. Come hear stories from past cross-cultural journeys, learn
about future opportunities, and bring your questions.
Session II: Mini Science Summit, 10 a.m.
Tour stations hosted by science faculty and students (environmental All-time Oakwood reunion
science and green design class members). Learn about student On the quad, between the “woods”
research, nursing, physics, biochemistry and chemistry, and pre- residence halls, 11 a.m.
professional health sciences. Hear updates on EMU’s plans for new All former Oakwood residents are invited to gather near the former
science laboratories and renovating Suter Science Center for nursing site of the “once-beloved dormitory” for a time of swapping stories,
and other programs. jogging memories, and light refreshments. Advance reservations
recommended; no charge.
Haverim breakfast and program
Seminary fellowship area, 8 a.m. To share ideas or suggestions for this event, please contact Doug Nyce
at douglas.nyce@emu.edu.
Keynote speaker will be Dr. Donald Kraybill ’67, noted author,
speaker, sociologist, and currently senior fellow/distinguished Jubilee alumni reunion luncheon and program
professor at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, Campus Center, Irene Martin Greeting Hall, 11:30 a.m.
Elizabethtown (Pa.) College. Advance reservations required. This event is for alumni who attended EMU 50 years ago or more.
Business and economics breakfast and program The class of 1958 will be honored and inducted into the Jubilee
Discipleship Center, 8 a.m. Alumni Association. There will be designated tables for classes of
1958, 1953, 1948, 1943, and 1938. General seating is available for
Judith Trumbo ’82, recently appointed as Transition Planning other Jubilee Alumni guests. Advance registration required.
Director for Rockingham Memorial Hospital, oversees the
coordination and operation of the organization’s move to its new Encore! Lunch and student/faculty music recital
location. She will speak on the intricacies of this task, and “answer” Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Martin Chapel, 12 noon
the question, “How do you move a hospital?” Advance reservations Sponsored jointly by EMU’s music department and the “Encore!”
required. alumni support group, this luncheon is open to everyone. Following
Nurses’ breakfast and presentation the meal, enjoy a variety of student and faculty musical talents and
Campus Center 3rd floor, styles, instrumental and vocal. Advance registration required.
Lisa Haverstick Nursing Lab, 8 a.m. Lunch
Breakfast will be served in the classroom section of the lab. Following Dining Hall, 12 – 1 p.m.
breakfast, the group will walk to the Science Center to take in the Noon meal served in the dining hall. Pay at the door.
presentation there beginning at 8:45. Nursing alumni may also wish
to remain and take part in the “Mini Science Summit,” described Intercollegiate athletic events
above under Science Center Breakfast. Advance reservations required. Women’s Volleyball vs. Southern Virginia, 12 Noon
Men’s Soccer vs. Roanoke, 1 p.m.
Hall of Honor breakfast and awards Field Hockey vs. Virginia Wesleyan, 4 p.m.
University Commons Court C, 9 a.m. Women’s Soccer vs. Virginia Wesleyan, 7 p.m.
Sponsored by Loyal Royals and EMU athletics department.
Youth activities
Jen Kooker Peifer ’96 and Krista Ebersole Sensenig ’98 will be Grades 6-12, 3:30 – 6:30 p.m.
inducted into the Hall of Honor. Advance reservations required.
Come explore EMU. From academics to social life, from the
Shenandoah Valley to Delhi, India, EMU students and admissions
counselors will lead the way. Meet at the registration area in the
University Commons for fun activities, including free pizza dinner.
Please pre-register.
Children’s activities
For Weather Vane staffers: Language & Lit. Dept. Reception Pre-school (ages 0-5)
Campus Center, Room 203, 9 – 10 a.m. Child care is available during class reunions. Please pre-register.
A reunion for all former students associated with the Weather Vane. Information will be at the welcome center registration desk.
Jesse T. Byler Lecture Series Grades 1- 5

Seminary Building, Room 123, 9 a.m. Meet in the Campus Center greeting hall for fun-filled youth
J. Eric Bishop ’78, Ph.D, will present “The teacher you choose to be.” activities organized and led by the EMU Student Education
Eric currently teaches English at Christopher Dock High School, Association. These action-packed activities go far beyond child care.
Lansdale, Pa. The lecture is open to everyone. Registration includes free dinner and supplies.
emu.edu/homecoming
Registration and payment can be conducted simply and
Class reunions
Beginning at 3:30 p.m. securely online at www.emu.edu/homecoming, or
return this form and payment, with checks made payable
Reunions will be held for the classes of 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, to Eastern Mennonite University, by September 19. Mail
1983, 1988, 1993, 1998 and 2003 at various locations on campus.
to Alumni Office, EMU, Harrisonburg, VA 22802. List only
Check at the welcome center in the University Commons for reunion
locations. There is no charge to attend your reunion, but please those attending and indicate how the names should appear
register. If you wish to join your classmates for dinner following the on nametags. Please include maiden name.
reunion, please pre-register on the registration form.
Artists’ reception and gallery talk

Hartzler Library Gallery, 4 p.m.
Join the EMU faculty artists for light refreshments and gallery talk.
Registration
Further description of this event under "Friday" on the previous page.
Name _____________________________________ Class _ _____________
Family and reunion dinner Spouse/Guest ______________________________ Class _ _____________
Dining Hall, Northlawn (by reservation) 5 – 6:30 p.m.
Address _______________________________________________________
Enjoy a dinner buffet with classmates, family and friends.
There will be designated tables for reunion classes. City ________________________State___________Zip_________________
E-mail ________________________ Day Phone _______________________

An Eclectic Evening with Ted and Trent
Lehman Auditorium, 8 p.m.
Children and Youth Activities
Further description of this event under "Friday" on previous page.
Name _______________________________ Age ______ Grade__________
Sunday, October 12 Name _______________________________ Age ______ Grade__________
Name _______________________________ Age ______ Grade__________

Homecoming worship service
Lehman Auditorium, 10 a.m. Childcare
Worship celebration of song and scripture led by Ken J. Nafziger.  During reunion  During Sunday worship
Alumnus of the Year Donald Kraybill ’67, Distinguished Service Name _______________ Age ____ Name _________________ Age _ _____
Award recipient Herman Bontrager ’72, and Lifetime of Service
Award recipient Donald Jacobs ’48 will participate and be recognized Name _______________ Age ____ Name _________________ Age _ _____
in the service. Child care available.
Tickets No. Cost Total
Lunch
Main dining room, Northlawn lower level, An Eclectic Evening with Ted and Trent
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Adults (non-students age 18 and over) ______ $7.50 ______
Students ______ $5.00 ______
Pay at the door.  Friday evening  Saturday evening
Award recipient dinner (by invitation only) Breakfast programs

Various locations, 12 noon Haverim continental breakfast ______ $5.00 ______
Science continental breakfast ______ $4.00 ______
Hall of honor country breakfast ______ $7.00 ______
Monday, October 13 Business deluxe breakfast
Nurses’ continental breakfast
______
______
$8.50
$4.00
______
______
Language & literature reception ______ free ______
Alumni Association annual council meeting
All-Time Oakwood Reunion ______ free ______
Jubilee Alumni lunch

(class of 1958 and earlier) ______ $6.00 ______
Encore! Lunch and Music Recital ______ $7.50 ______
Reunion, class of ________ ______ free ______

Family and reunion dinner ______ $8.50 ______
Total amount enclosed ______
Questions? Please call (540) 432-4245. You may also reach us by fax
(540) 432-4444 or email alumni@emu.edu.
Special showings of video documentary
Refund policy: To receive a refund, send your cancellation notice by
EMU at 90: Celebrate the Vision. A 30-minute video featuring historical October 6. Registration and information is available at
photos and interviews will be shown during homecoming weekend. emu.edu/homecoming
The location and time will be posted at the registration desk area.
Office Use Only
ID # ____________________ Amt Rec’d $________ Amt Due $_________
emu.edu/homecoming
Lodging Information Don’t miss An Eclectic Evening with

The following hotels are holding rooms under
the name of Eastern Mennonite University for the Ted
swartz
& Trent
wagler
weekend of October 10 – 12, 2008. Please make your
reservations directly with the hotel. It is important
to indicate that you are requesting a room from the Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in Lehman Auditorium
block of rooms reserved by EMU. Guests are Those who have heard Trent Wagler '02 know he sings and plays
responsible for securing their own reservations and guitar really well; but do you know that he can also act? Those who
making their own payments. have seen Ted Swartz '89 know he acts really well; but did you know
he sings…well, he acts really well!”
Best Western
Tel #: (540) 433-6089
Rooms: 10 doubles To see this evening of comedy and music, purchase your
Rate: $79 tickets for the show in advance via the Homecoming
Lift Date: September 10, 2008 registration form attached, or online after Aug. 1 at
www.emu.edu/homecoming. Limited tickets will be available
Candlewood Suites to purchase at the door.
Tel #: (540) 437-1400
Rooms: 10 double & 10 king/queen
Rate: $99
Lift Date: September 10, 2008
Pets allowed
EMU Guest House

Tel #: (540) 432-4280
Rooms are also available in local homes.
Rate : Double, $42.50; single, $27.50
Lift Date: as long as “supplies” last…
Holiday Inn Express

Tel #: (540) 433-9999
Rooms: 3 king and 7 with two queen size beds
Rates: $89.99 and $99.99 respectively All-Time Oakwood Reunion
Lift Date: September 20, 2008 The (in)famous Oakwood residence hall, scheduled for demolition
All reservations must be guaranteed with in August 2008, will nonetheless live on in the hearts and minds
a valid credit card of its many former residents. While we lament the razing of this
“legendary” dorm, and we know there will never be another one
Hampton Inn quite like it, we want to give all its “alumni” a chance to look back
Tel #: (540) 432–1111 and remember. All men who once lived in this aromatic, stylish, and
Rooms: 10 double and 10 king/queen revered hall are invited to come together to pay tribute to the place
Rate: $139 where they once lived, and help keep the institutional memory of our
Lift Date: September 10, 2008 beloved Oakwood strong.
There will be lots of storytelling, tall tales, and special guests
Sleep Inn
commemorating the dorm and the activities of its residents over
Tel #: (540) 433-7100 the years. Join us at 11 a.m. on the Quad (between the “Woods”
Rooms: 10 double and 10 king/queen residence halls) for light refreshments and The All-Time Oakwood
Rate: $105 Reunion.
Lift Date: September 10, 2007
Pets allowed
Register in advance using the attached form; no charge.
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years ago
ago or
or more
more will
will
gather
occur atat the
the Jubilee
Jubilee Alumni
Alumni Luncheon
Luncheon at at 11:30
11:30 a..m
a..m inin the
the Campus
Campus
Center’s
Center’s Martin
Martin Greeting
Greeting Hall.
Hall. All
All other
other reunions,
reunions, forfor the
the classes
classes of
of Oakwood Reunion
1963
1963 and
and later
later (grad
(grad years
years ending
ending in in 33 or
or 8)
8),will
willbegin
beginatat3:30
3:30p.m.
p.m.Af-
ter
After
meeting
meeting in in
your
its designated
designated location,
location, eacheach class
class will
will also
also have
have aa space
space All
All Alumni who once
alumni who once resided
resided in
in Oakwood
Oakwood will
will come
come together
together to
to share
share
set
set aside
aside for
for additional
additional gathering
gathering and and fellowship
fellowship atat the
the evening
evening dinner,
dinner, memories
memories and
and refreshments.
refreshments.
to
to be
be held
held inin the
the dining
dining hall,
hall, first
first floor
floor ofof Northlawn.
Northlawn. Please
Please register
register
for
for both
both your
your class
class reunion
reunion and
and thethe dinner
dinner to to follow.
follow. All
All Homecoming
Homecoming
and
and Family
Family Weekend
Weekend guests
guests are
are welcome
welcome to to register
register for
for this
this Family
Family and
and See
See inside
inside for
for more
more details
details of
of these
these special
special reunions
reunions and on-
or check
Reunion
Reunion Dinner.
Dinner. Serving
Serving lines
lines will
will be
be open
open 55 –– 6:30
6:30 p.m.
p.m. line at www.emu.homecoming
online at www.emu.homecoming
EASTERN
PERIODICALS
PERIODICALS
POSTAGE
POSTAGE PAID
PAID
MENNONITE
Harrisonburg,
Harrisonburg,
Virginia
Virginia
UNIVERSITY
Harrisonburg,
Harrisonburg, VA
VA 22802-2462
22802-2462
Parents:
Parents: IfIf this
this isis addressed
addressed toto your
your son
son oror daughter
daughter whowho
has
has established
established aa separate
separate residence,
residence, please
please give
give us
us the
the new
new
address.
address. Call
Call (540)
(540) 432-4294
432-4294 or or e-mail
e-mail alumni@emu.edu
alumni@emu.edu

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