York College of Pennsylvania - Horizon Tower Yearbook (York, PA)

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Conrod Mihoiek . , Director of Securiry . hob- bies: golf, bowling, wriring rickets Dr Jomes L. Mohorr , . . Associote Professor of Music hobbies opero, chamber music, rrovel Dr Ruth Moron Professor ond Choirmon Depr of Nursing hobbies golf, tennis, swimming Edword C Nichols Director of Residence Life hobbies: woodworking of ontiques tennis, swim- ming, soiling. Deboroh A Olewiler , . Part-time Secretary for Humoniries and Fine Arts hobbies mocrome. ceramics Lynn 5. Orlondo Assistont Professor of Educo- tion Deportment hobbies equestrion sports Shiom A. Osmon Professor of Art Education hobbies: moking tapestries Carmen H. Owen Associate Professor. Coor- dinator of Gerontology . . . hobbies: colligraphy. plants, freezing. Keith E Peterman Associote Professor of Chemistry . hobbies: running, ph ysicol fitness, camping, backpacking Dovid T. Polk Assistont Professor . . . hobbies sailing, downhill skiing Nina Reid . Assistont Professor of Education hobbies: sports, farming, tomlly — twin boys. 1 Dovid t Poii 2 Cormen H Owen 3 Leonid Murog Foculty 29

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Cjoali — .Achieved hfouah L hanqt Whof is your major; whor ore you going ro do after groduorion ' ' These ore rhe questions osked of oil students. By rhe time you ' ve reoched your senior yeor. the gools ore usuolly deor-cut — chonging boors in mid-streom is usually for freshmen Dovid Polk always wanted to be o doctor — loved science — still do. His first two years of undergraduate work were spent at Columbus: the last two years at Boldwin-Wollace in Berea, Ohio Dr Polk was a pre-med biology major, ond hod even opplied to medical school. Then two quarters before graduation, I looked around of what I wos doing . . thought I was missing something in life With oil of the sociol unrest of the sixties, he felt his sociology courses seemed ro offer solid theories and concepts, the sociology professors seemed to be relevant people ' Dr Polk graduated from Baldwin-Wallace in 1970 with a B,5. in biology, ond o decision to pursue his study of sociology. With the universol requirement of students — o need for money, he opprooched Kent Stote, speoking to the Choirmon of the sociology deportment The end result was an assistantship to rhe Assistont Director of culturol longuoges, and o return to studies. Graduation with an M.A. in 1972 brought him foce to foce with the initial question of what do you do after groduorion He began applying to various social agencies. Then he heard that York College of Pennsylvonio wos looking for o sociology professor Dr Polk hos filled rhat position since September of 1972. His octive intellectuol curiosiry — I love learning about things ' — keeps him a perpetual student. Since 1973 he has been working toward his doctorote ot Cotholic University, this olso hos become o reality. He enjoys academic research, and looks for ways ro ignite the interest of his students. By applying his knowledge outside of the classroom he is able to return with results that moke sociology real to his students. His academic reseorch deols wirh sociology of religion. For sociol ogencies such os Cotholic Services ond rhe Children ' s Home of York, he deals with program evaluation — are they effective and accomplishing what they ore supposed to In the field of marketing research, he recently worked on o survey in conjunction wirh rhe York Fair to determine exactly what shows people wanted to hear in the grandstand, Dr Polk soys, Sociologists prove the obvious Armed with his discipline ond its proofs, he returns to his students to show them how it works. His role of devil ' s advocate in the clossroom leods to mony lively ond exciting discussions; his way of encouraging intellectual curiosity, Whot ore you going to do oftet groduotion? Dr. Polk has shown us rhe choices ore mony. Df Pfoht 2 Dr Die 28 Foculry

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