Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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George Kennedy HPE Jack Locher English Grace Kenney HPE Rowland Logan Biology Donald Borock, political science professor at Gettysburg College for ten years, has, for the past two years, been chairman of the department. Before becoming a faculty member at Gettysburg, Dr. Borock attended the Universi- ty of Cincinnati, where he obtained both a BA degree and a MA degree in history. Dr. Borock also earned his PhD in political science from the University of Cincinnati. In ad- dition to his departmental work, Dr. Borock has written, with three others, Political Culture in Ireland and his writings have been published several times in the Bid- lionary of American History. Dr. Borock grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and now lives outside Gettysburg with his wife and three children. A member of Pi Lambda Sigma, the political science depart- ment honorary, Dr. Borock also enjoys playing tennis in his spare time. Finally, a book about food policy is Dr. Borock's latest project, one on which he is working with a second author. Dr. Gertrude Gobbel, chairperson of the Psychology de- partment since 1982, has taught at the college since 1968. She is a native of northwestern Pennsylvania, has degrees from Penn State, University of Illinois and Temple, and is married and has three children. Dr. Gobbel and her husband, a professor at the Lutheran Theological Seminary, have recently published a book integrating developmental research and religious con- ceptual development entitled Helping Youth Interpret the Bible. In their spare time they fertilize and shear 500 evergreens, potential Christmas trees. Dr. Gobbel's advice to the graduates is to continue to be in charge of your life, to sharpen your skills of critical thinking and clear writing, and to apply your talents to enhancing and enriching your own life and the lives of others. ,;', Philip Lamneck Robert Lehr Carl Leinbach Military Science Military Science HPE Mathematics Frank Loveland Mitchell Malachowski Richard Mara Janet Martin Anthropology Chemistry Physics Political Science Faculty 25

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Chan Coulter, professor of Philosophy at Gettysburg College for twenty-six years, has for the past five years been chairman of the department. Before becoming a faculty member, Dr. Coulter obtained a B.A degree in philosophy from the State University of Iowa. In addition, he earned both his MA. degree and PhD in philosophy at Harvard. Dr. Coulter recently took a sabbatical leave to work on several articles and a paper deal- ing wth the ontological argument for the existence of God, with John Duns Scotus' concept of God, and also with forming a meaningful concept of God. He is also scheduled to teach the Senior Scholars Seminar on environmental issues in the fall of 1984. Although born in Ohio, Dr. Coulter also spent part of his childhood in Missouri, and attended high school in Iowa. Presently, he is married and has two sons and four grand- children. in undergraduate school, Dr. Coulter earned membership in Phi Beta ! Kappa and is also a member of the Phi Gam- ma Delta fraternity and faculty adviser for ' the Gettysburg College chapter. Finally, Dr Coulter hopes that graduates of the philos- ophy department- will continue to be intel- lectually alive; to be interested in a wide , variety of subjects. - Janet Hertzbach Katherine Higgins Kevin Higgins Edmund Hill Jean Holder Leonard Holder . English HPE HPE BusinesshEconomics History Mathematics Malverda Hook Wade Hook Eugene Hummel Lillian Jackson Mary Garland-Jackson Carolyn Jackson Music Sociology HPE Chemistry Spanish BusinesVEconomics 24 Faculty

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l i l l ! Leonard Holder came to Gettysburg College in 1967 and immediately served as professor and chairman of the Mathematics depart- ment. He held this position until 1975 when he took a four-year leave to serve as Dean of the College and returned as chairman of Math in 1981. Originally from Texas, Dr. Holder received his BS. in Engineering from Texas A 81 M. He quickly found that his true love was for pure mathematics and returned to Texas A 8: M to obtain an M.S. in Mathematics. He then served as an instructor at that school. Even- tually he went to Purdue where he earned his PhD. Dr. Holder enjoys starting his day with a two mile run. His other hobbies include traveling extensively in the United States and Europe, and an ambition to become fluent in French. In the past, Dr. Holder has taken advantage of sabbatical leave in order to do research at both Harvard and Cambridge Universities. Dr. Holder, at his publisher's request, is cur- rently utilizing his leave of absence to write a new calculus book, which will be his fifth book. Dr. Holder looks forward to continuing his teaching and to writing books which will en- able the student to better understand math- ematics. Michael Matsinko Arthur McCardle Fredric Michelman Jan Mikesell William Miller Carey Moore Music German French Biology HPE Religion Kenneth Mott Political Science Katsuyuki Niiro Yukiko Niiro Norman Nunamaker Bruce Packard BusinesdEconomics Mathematics Music William Parker Education Chemistry 26 Faculty