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PITTSBURGH RADIO
PERSONALITY TO SPEAK AT THIEL
For immediate release October 25, 2001
GREENVILLE, Pa. - Ron Morris, talk show host of the radio
program "The American Entrepreneur," will speak at Thiel College at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 in the
Sawhill-Georgian Room of the Howard Miller Student Center.
Morris' program, which broadcasts on 1360 WPTT-AM, runs from
8 to 10 a.m. each Saturday. On the air since 1999, the program has built a following of about 15,000 listeners,
primarily entrepreneurs.
An entrepreneur with more than 30 years of experience in
starting and growing businesses in western Pennsylvania, Morris has interviewed over 100 guests on his radio program
including Lew Wheeler, founder and CEO of Rapidigm; Jack Roseman, founder of the Roseman Institute which counsels
high-tech start-ups; Craig Kirsch of E-Market Concepts; and Manu Kumar, formerly of Sneaker Labs, which he started,
grew, and sold for millions of dollars.
The program, which is sponsored by the Haller Enterprise
Institute of Thiel College, is free and open to the public. Morris will field questions from the audience about
entrepreneurship.
The Haller Enterprise Institute, originally named the Thiel
College Enterprise Institute when it was organized in 1983, was renamed in 1996 when Pittsburgh residents Dr. Henry
E. and Grace Mary Haller provided a $1 million gift to develop entrepreneurial education at Thiel College.
For more information about the Nov. 13 event or the Haller
Enterprise Institute, please contact Professor David Miller, executive director of the institute, at 724-589-2037.
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THIEL WILL SPONSOR
'KIDS & CHEMISTRY' PROGRAM TO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL CHEMISTRY WEEK
For immediate release October 25, 2001
GREENVILLE, Pa. - The Thiel College chapter of student affiliates
of the American Chemistry Society (ACS) will join other student affiliate chapters throughout the nation to celebrate
National Chemistry Week, which will be held Nov. 4-10.
In celebration of National Chemistry Week, the Thiel student
affiliate chapter of the ACS will sponsor an afternoon "Kids and Chemistry" program Sunday, Nov. 4, to
generate interest in chemistry and science.
Fourth through sixth grade students from East and St. Michael
elementary schools, both located in Greenville, will visit Thiel from 2 to 4 p.m. for chemistry demonstrations
and break into small groups to perform hands-on science activities. This year's theme is "Chemistry and Art."
Some of the day's activities will include making Silly Putty,
crystal stencil stars, and marker butterflies.
The program will be held in room 100 of the college's Academic
Center, located adjacent to the library.
The event is free and open to the public. Children should
wear old play clothes. Parents are welcome to attend, although supervision will be provided.
For more information, please contact Dr. Kathryn Frantz at
(724) 589-2113.
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THIEL PROFESSOR
PRESENTS PAPER AT EAPSU CONFERENCE
For immediate release October 25, 2001
GREENVILLE, Pa. - Dr. Mary Theresa Hall, associate professor
of English at Thiel College, recently delivered a paper at the English Association of Pennsylvania State Universities
(EAPSU) 2001 Conference at Kutztown University in Kutztown, Pa.
Hall's paper, "A Study of Select Poems and Prose of
Queen Elizabeth I: A Window Into Her Political and Rhetorical Stratagems," will be published in the conference
proceedings in spring 2002.
Hall, who joined the Thiel faculty in 1999, teaches courses
in linguistics, literature, and composition. She serves as advisor to the college's English honorary society, Sigma
Tau Delta.
Hall's other publications and research projects have included
topics such as medieval and world literatures, spiritual autobiographies, secondary and collegiate education, and
pragmatic linguistic studies on various literary texts.
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THIEL CHOIR MEMBERS
HOLDING FALL FUND-RAISER
For immediate release October 25, 2001
GREENVILLE, Pa. - Members of the Thiel Choir will hold a
fall fund-raiser through Nov. 20.
Choir members will rake leaves, clean gutters, wash windows
or help with other autumn household chores. Proceeds will benefit the group's spring 2002 tour and their 2004 tour
to the orient.
For more information or to schedule a worker, call (724)
589-2767.
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JOHN HUDSON ELECTED
TO THIEL COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
For immediate release October 25, 2001
GREENVILLE, Pa. - John Hudson of Hermitage, Pa., has been
elected to serve on the Thiel College Board of Trustees.
The Sharon, Pa. native is currently president and managing
partner of Hudson Companies in Hermitage. He is co-founder and president of Hudson Group Inc., and co-founder and
managing partner of Hudson Investment Properties and Hudson Holding Company. He also co-founded the Hudson Charitable
Trust Fund in 1994.
A graduate of Sharon High School, Hudson is active in various
civic and church-related organizations. He serves on the boards of the Catholic Charities Adoption Agency of Mercer
County, the Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Erie, the F.H. Buhl Club, and the Prince of Peace Mission.
He received the 1992 Caritas Award, the Bishop of the Diocese
of Erie's annual award for charity, the Gannon University Small Business Award in 1995, the Shenango Valley Chamber
of Commerce Volunteer Award in 1997, and the Pennsylvania Family Business of the Year Award in 2000.
Hudson and his wife, Mariangela, have five children.
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THIEL RECEIVES SOD
GIFT FROM GREENVILLE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
For immediate release October 23, 2001
GREENVILLE, Pa. - Thiel College received an unusual gift
Saturday - a piece of sod.
From left are Thiel President Dr. Lance
A. Masters, GASD school board member Gary Jones, GASD school board vice president Don Achenbach, GASD athletic
director Robin Fisher, Thiel athletic director Joseph Schaly, GASD school board member Nancy Kremm, and GHS principal
John Ziegler.
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Thiel College President and CEO Dr. Lance A. Masters accepted
the gift - a ceremonial section of sod from Greenville High School's Stewart Field - from representatives of the
Greenville Area School District and the high school acknowledging the long and exceptional relationship that has
existed between the two schools.
Since 1948 the college's football team competed on Stewart
Field during home games - a tradition that ended this fall with the completion of Alumni Stadium at Stoeber Field,
a multi-sports complex with synthetic turf situated on the Thiel campus.
"I feel very honored to be accepting this gift on behalf
of Thiel," said Masters. "The school district has been very generous over the past 53 years."
The piece of turf - which was presented by several representatives
of Greenville High School and the Greenville Area School District during halftime of Saturday's football game against
Bethany College -will be placed permanently at Alumni Stadium and marked by a special stone and plaque.
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BROSIUS ADMISSIONS
CENTER DEDICATED FRIDAY
For immediate release October 22, 2001
GREENVILLE, Pa. - Throughout the past three decades, Arthur
J. and Eva R. Brosius remained true friends of Thiel. In fact, when Arthur passed away last year - just two years
after the death of his wife - he even bequeathed his 70,000 frequent flyer miles to the college.
Thiel President Dr. Lance A. Masters,
left, and James Shepard, executor to the Arthur J. and Eva R. Brosius estate, unveil a plaque in the college's
admissions office. The office was named the Arthur J. and Eva R. Brosius Admissions Center on Friday, Oct. 19.
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"Thiel was their charity," said Thiel College President and CEO Dr. Lance A. Masters of the couple for
whom the college's admissions center was named Friday, pointing out that the couple's benevolence went far beyond
frequent flyer miles. With no children or successors, the entire Brosius estate was left to Thiel.
The couple was posthumously honored Friday as the college officially named its admissions center - located on the
first floor of the administrative building, Roth Hall - the Arthur J. and Eva R. Brosius Admissions Center.
Mrs. Brosius was employed by the college in the 1960s, having served as associate dean of students, dean of women,
and director of placement. During her employment at Thiel, her office had been located on the first floor of Roth
Hall.
 Mrs. Brosius resigned from Thiel in 1969 after her marriage to Arthur J. Brosius and joined the University
of Pittsburgh as an administrator in the Alumni Office. In 1970 she was named the executive administrator of the
University Senate, the governance body of the administration, faculty and students of the university, a position
she held until December 1996.
After her departure from Thiel, Mr. and Mrs. Brosius remained loyal friends to Thiel College. In 1978 Mrs. Brosius
was appointed to the Thiel College Board of Trustees; she remained on the board until 1995. In 1990 the college's
Alumni Association presented her with the Thiel College Alumni Award for her dedication to the college
"It is appropriate that this area of Roth Hall - the area in which Eva spent much time - be dedicated in their
honor," said Masters.
It is also fitting that the Brosius name be applied to the Admissions Center, said Masters, adding that Mrs. Brosius
had been well-known for her interest and assistance in the development of young men and women through her career
in guidance, counseling, and administration.
"Mrs. Brosius had long been instrumental in helping young people achieve success and since our admissions
office is dedicated to guiding new students towards the path of success, the naming of the center couldn't be more
suitable," Masters said.
Mr. Brosius was vice president at the time of his retirement from Dravo Corporation. A 1935 graduate of the University
of Pittsburgh's Katz School of Business, he earned his MBA in 1940, where he also served on its alumni board of
directors.
"Mr. Brosius accompanied Eva on many of her trips to Greenville and was just as committed as she to helping
young men and women achieve their goals of attaining a higher education," Masters said.
Mrs. and Mrs. Brosius also had been responsible for the creation of an endowment that funds three separate scholarships
each year - the Arthur James Brosius Scholarship, the Brosius Scholarships, and the E. Frank and Dorothy V. Brosius
Scholarship.
Also in attendance at the ceremony were Roy A. Moss, dean of students during Mrs. Brosius' tenure at Thiel, and
James A. Shepard, executor and friend of Mr. and Mrs. Brosius.
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JOHN HAUSER, LESLIE
SHAFFER EARN PROMOTIONS
For immediate release October 16, 2001
GREENVILLE, Pa. - Two members of the college's advancement
staff recently earned promotions.
John Hauser of Greenville has been named executive director
of development, while Leslie D. Shaffer of Sharon has been named director of alumni services.
As executive director of development, Hauser -- a long-time
Thiel employee and 1971 graduate of the college -- will direct the college's planned giving program, assist with
major gifts and prospects, and oversee the offices of church relations and alumni services.
"John's Thiel contacts through the years are innumerable,
and his people skills have helped the college advance in ways we can immediately see, as well as those which come
to fruition at staggered intervals in the future," said David J. Grober, vice president for college advancement.
"Members in the Society of 1866 - those who remember Thiel in their estate plans - as well as our endowment
total have risen under his leadership. It is a pleasure to continue to work with him in this new way."
Hauser most recently served as director of development and
alumni services. Hauser worked at Thiel from 1971-1986 and served as director of admissions from 1975-1980, director
of admissions and financial aid from 1980-1982, and director of alumni affairs from 1982-1986.
He left Thiel and served as director of development for the
University of Pittsburgh's College of Arts and Sciences from 1986-1988. In 1988, Hauser became the executive director
of development at Franklin College in Franklin, Ind. He helped Franklin raise over $18 million from 1988-1994,
and was promoted to Franklin's vice president for development and public affairs in May 1994.
In addition to earning a psychology degree from Thiel, Hauser
has a master's of education in higher education administration from Pitt. He has also completed coursework for
his Ph.D.
Shaffer, who earned her bachelor of arts degree in art from
Thiel College in 1980 and joined the college staff in July 2000, will oversee operations of the college's Alumni
Services Office. She will also continue her duties in relation to the Thiel College Alumni Association, Homecoming,
class reunions and class agents.
"Leslie has served Thiel well in her previous job as
associate director of alumni services, and I am positive she will be equally effective in her new position,"
said Grober.
Originally from Pittsburgh, Shaffer also earned her elementary
teaching certificate from Chatham college in 1990. She has two daughters: Tess Alexa Wiercinski, with whom she
resides, and Emily Jane Wiercinski, a freshman at Thiel.
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THIEL HONORS CONVOCATION
IS FRIDAY
For immediate release October 16, 2001
GREENVILLE, Pa. - Dr. Theodore O. Wallin, a 1964 Thiel graduate
and professor at Syracuse University School of Management, will serve as keynote speaker for the college's annual
Honors Convocation at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, in the William A. Passavant Memorial Center.
Two hundred and thirty-three students - including scholarship
recipients, academic honorary members and dean's list honorees - will be recognized for their academic achievements
earned during the 2000-2001 academic year. Freshmen scholarship recipients also will be announced.
Wallin, who will discuss "Signposts on the Road to Excellence,"
is currently a visiting scholar at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and visiting associate professor
at the University of Hong Kong.
He teaches courses and performs research in consumer behavior,
supply chain management, logistics, marketing, industrial marketing, strategic management, and advertising. He
has also written and presented numerous papers about these topics.
He has been an associate professor and chairman of the marketing/transportation
and distribution management department of Syracuse University, and has chaired an extensive review of the transportation
and distributions management program now being reconfigured as studies in Supply Chain Management.
Additionally, Wallin has studied the subject of transportation
in relation to the needs of the elderly and handicapped. His writings have appeared in journals such as The Transportation
Journal, MST, Business Topics, and Transportation Issues.
Wallin has been president of the Alpha 9 Chapter of Delta
Nu Alpha (DNA), an international organization of professionals involved in all areas of transportation and logistics.
He has also served in DNA's national office and the American Society of Transportation and Logistics (AST&L).
He is a member of the American Marketing Association, the Council of Logistics Management, and founding director
of the Hong Kong Logistics Association, to which he serves as a member of the executive committee and chair of
the education program. He is the Fellow of the Charter Management Association and Asia Pacific CEO Organization.
Wallin has been the recipient of numerous awards, including
Outstanding Man of the Year by DNA in 1984. In 1996 he received the Salzberg Honorary Award and was honored by
the Transportation Club of Central New York through the establishment of the "Theodore O. Wallin Lifetime
Achievement Award."
After graduating from Thiel College, Wallin earned a master's
in economics from Cornell University and his MBA degree from Columbia, both in 1966. In 1969 he received his doctorate
in business and public administration.
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THIEL COLLEGE ANNOUNCES
THE 2001 ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
For immediate release October 8, 2001
GREENVILLE, Pa. - Thiel College has announced the names of
the four individuals who will be inducted into the college's Athletic Hall of Fame this year.
 Joe Frelick,
class of '51, was a member of the football team for four years, serving as captain of the team during the Tomcats'
undefeated 1950 season. The team went 7-0, allowing only 11 points to be scored against them the entire season.
Frelick played both running back and defensive back, while also calling the offensive plays and handling the punting
duties.
Frelick also played a leading role in creating the college's baseball program. In the spring of 1949, Frelick proposed
the idea of a baseball team to Jack Stoeber, Thiel football coach and dean of men. The proposal was accepted by
Thiel President Dr. William F. Zimmerman under one condition: the college would form a team, provide uniforms,
practice time and a coaching staff if the players would agree to provide their own transportation and meals for
away games.
During the baseball team's first season, Thiel traveled to Duquesne University, a team vying for a national championship
and riding a 13-game winning streak. The Tomcats defeated the Dukes 2-1 and received major publicity from the Pittsburgh
media. From that point, the college provided all of the things that the baseball team would need to keep a team
together.
Frelick currently resides in Centerville, Pa.
Victor Harp,
class of '85, will be honored posthumously at the Hall of Fame reception. A four-year member of the Tomcat basketball
team, Harp holds many individual records that still stand in the Tomcat record books today.
Harp was selected to the All-PAC First Team for three consecutive years (1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85). "The
Skywalker," as local newspapers referred to him, is the all-time career points leader at Thiel, with 1,607.
He holds three of two of the top four single-season scoring records, 484 points in 1984 and 457 in 1983. Harp also
has the top three single-game scoring records, scoring 54 against Penn State Behrend in 1984, 46 against Hiram
in 1985 and 43 against both Denison and Hobart in 1984.
Harp, originally from Wilkinsburg, Pa., died Jan. 4, 1993.
Roy Wilt, Jr.,
class of '86, was a four-year letterman on the Thiel wrestling team and a two-time NCAA national qualifier in 1985
and 1986. He compiled a career record of 76-43, and was a co-captain of the team during his senior campaign.
He was an NCAA All-American in 1986, finishing in eighth place at the NCAA Division III National Championships
at the 142-pound weight class. In 1986 Wilt was awarded with the Rich Luchette Memorial Wrestling Award, an award
voted on by fellow Thiel wrestlers that is given to the team's most outstanding wrestler.
Wilt returned to Thiel as an assistant coach in 1987-88 and 1992-94, during which time he helped five student-athletes
earn individual PAC titles and seven earn All-American honors. He also helped the program develop by increasing
the team's schedule and including more competitive teams.
As an assistant coach at Ohio University in 1989-90, Wilt worked with five NCAA Division I national qualifiers.
He currently resides in Greenville, Pa.
Dana Spires,
class of '88, was a four-year letterman and a two-year captain on the Thiel wrestling team.
Spires was the college's only four-time NCAA national qualifier, and was an NCAA All-American in 1988, finishing
in third place at the NCAA Division III National Championships at the 158-pound weight class. He recorded a career
record of 86-35, earning 20 or more wins three out of his four years.
He was an Academic All-American in 1986 and was named the Luchette Memorial Award winner in 1988. At the 158-pound
weight class, Spires was crowned the PAC champion in 1987.
Spires resides in Scituate, Mass.
The 2001 Thiel College Athletic Hall of Fame Awards Dinner will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2 in the college's
Lutheran Heritage Room in the Howard Miller Student Center. The event is open to the public for a fee and space
will be limited. For information regarding the Hall of Fame dinner, please call the Thiel College Athletic Department
at 724 589-2165.
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HENRY E. STICKNEY
EARNS THIEL COLLEGE ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARD
For immediate release October 10, 2001
GREENVILLE, Pa. - Henry E. "Hank" Stickney, chief
executive officer of Mandalay Sports Entertainment, earned the 2001 Thiel College Haller Enterprise Institute Entrepreneur
of the Year Award.
Henry E. Stickney,
right, receives the Haller Entrepreneur of the Year Award from Thiel President Dr. Lance A. Masters, center, and
Ruthanne Beighley, chair of the college's Board of Trustees and
member of the class of 1973.
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The institute's executive director David M. Miller, a 1961
Thiel graduate and Norman P. Mortensen Professor of Economics at Thiel, and Thiel President and CEO Dr. Lance A.
Masters presented Stickney with the award during a dinner on Oct. 9 in the Sawhill-Georgian Room of the college's
Howard Miller Student Center.
Stickney, who owns and operates three highly successful Minor League Baseball franchises - the Dayton (Ohio) Dragons,
the Shreveport (Louisiana) Swamp Dragons, and the Las Vegas (Nevada) 51s, formerly the Las Vegas Stars - shared
his success story with an audience of about 100.
He said he found his secret to entrepreneurial success by making mistakes, asking questions, and understanding
the needs of the consumer.
In business the goal is to gain as many customers as possible, Stickney said, and "once you gain them, you
don't want to lose them. You must provide customer service that is unparalleled."
Stickney cited his lifetime's "crowning glory" in the business world as the year he developed the Dayton
Dragons, a minor league team that helped rejuvenate the Ohio city.
"You have to feel good about what you do. Think about what would please you as a consumer and transfer that
to your customers," Stickney said, who
Stickney also owns the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the Class-A California League, which was selected by Baseball
America as the outstanding Class A Franchise of 1997.
Stickney serves on the National Association of Baseball Board of Trustees as well as the League Executive Committees
of the professional sports franchises he currently manages and owns.
In 2001 Ernst & Young presented him with Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist Award for Dayton/Miami Valley (Ohio)
for his work in bringing baseball to Ohio. In 1986 Inc. Magazine named Mr. Stickney as the Entrepreneur of the
Year for his ownership of Western Medical Specialties, an early market leader in home health care services.
In 1988, following his work with Western Medical Specialties, he founded Reimbursement Dynamics Inc., a medical
consulting firm specializing in developing reimbursement strategies for newly approved drugs and medical devices
entering the marketplace.
Mr. Stickney earned his bachelor of arts degree in accounting from Case Western Reserve University and his MBA
from Boston University. He also served 21 years in the United States Air Force as a pilot and an intelligence officer.
He and his wife, Dee, reside in Alta Loma, California, and have three children: Doug Stickney, Ken Stickney and
Dr. Sondra Mericle.
The Haller Enterprise Institute, originally named the Thiel College Enterprise Institute when it was organized
in 1983, was renamed in 1996 when Pittsburgh residents Dr. Henry E. and Grace Mary Haller provided a $1 million
gift to develop entrepreneurial education at Thiel College.
Thiel College, recently ranked number one Best Value school of northern comprehensive colleges by U.S. News &
World Report, is a liberal arts, sciences and professional studies college located in western Pennsylvania.
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