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Issue # Salem University’s Alumni Newsletter Fall Homecoming Edition: November, 2017 SALEM UNIVERSITY ESTABLISHED 1888 CARL M. WUNDERLICH-SC ’75 EDITOR A Message from President Finuf: As I joined Salem University in April of this year, nothing has been more evident than the passion our faculty, staff and alumni have for our University. It is clear to me that engaging and honoring our alumni is of vital importance to our future and I want to thank each one of you for your support over the many years of Salem’s existence. I have done an extensive review with the University Executive Committee as to how we have engaged with our alumni in the past and collectively we have made a deep commitment to connect with you in new ways as we move forward. I was honored to speak at our alumni dinner this past October and share our vision for the future. The greatest part of this event was listening to many of you as you described the value of a Salem education and the friendships you built during your time at the University. As we move forward, I want each of you to know that you are important to us and as a part of broadening our reach across the state of West Virginia and the country we will be increasing our communication and overall activities in the months and years to come. Our future is bright, but it is much brighter when we embrace our legacy, our rich tradition and ultimately our alumni. I hope to meet many of you whenever the chance arises. Salem University is committed to serving students through our passionate faculty and staff for years to come and we would love for you to be a part of the Salem family. President Finuf Salem University

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Established 1888 1

Established 1888 2

Figure 1Established 1888

Salem University’s Alumni Newsletter Fall Homecoming Edition: November, 2017

SALEM UNIVERSITY ESTABLISHED 1888 CARL M. WUNDERLICH-SC ’75 EDITOR

A Message from President Finuf:

As I joined Salem University in April of this year, nothing has been more evident than the passion

our faculty, staff and alumni have for our University. It is clear to me that engaging and honoring

our alumni is of vital importance to our future and I want to thank each one of you for your

support over the many years of Salem’s existence. I have done an extensive review with the

University Executive Committee as to how we have engaged with our alumni in the past and

collectively we have made a deep commitment to connect with you in new ways as we move

forward. I was honored to speak at our alumni dinner this past October and share our vision for the

future. The greatest part of this event was listening to many of you as you described the value of a

Salem education and the friendships you built during your time at the University. As we move

forward, I want each of you to know that you are important to us and as a part of broadening our

reach across the state of West Virginia and the country we will be increasing our communication

and overall activities in the months and years to come. Our future is bright, but it is much brighter

when we embrace our legacy, our rich tradition and ultimately our alumni.

I hope to meet many of you whenever the chance arises. Salem University is committed to

serving students through our passionate faculty and staff for years to come and we would love for

you to be a part of the Salem family.

President Finuf

Salem University

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We have completed another successful Homecoming week end with many of the activities

detailed in this newsletter. Salem Alumni were prominent in the celebration as you can see - from

the very successful community service project to the Homecoming Parade to the culminating

Alumni Banquet. As we move forward as Salem University, the work and dedication of

our alumni becomes even more evident and valued.

With a new President at the University, a committed faculty and staff, a great group of enrolled

students and our growing alumni base, so many good things are happening now and are in the

future of our institution. Enrollment is up! We have new branding in place. The first phase of a

state of the art fitness center is complete. The center, to be named for Harry Hartman, will be

celebrated with a dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony in the near future.

As we continue to grow and move forward, I just want to say, "Thank You" to our Alumni

Council for their great work and continued support and to all of the Salem Alumni for everything

they have done and continue to do for Salem!

Debra Harrison Director of Alumni Relations/ Vice President for Student Advancement and

Success

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Dr. Patrick Haun, President The Alumni Association

Salem is changing and you are a part of that change.

Revitalization of your Alumni Association has become a consuming effort

involving Alumni travel, volunteerism, representation at high school and

community college recruiting programs, undergraduate mentoring,

recognition of notable friends, and an active Homecoming weekend.

Change has come to the Salem brand. Our name is now Salem University.

Although the university will still seek students from around the globe, the name change clearly denotes the

university mission and its primary market. A new CEO, although also acting as an interim President, has

aggressively set the mission, value, and goals of the university to reflect the primary needs of the current student.

He has organized a team of competent individuals focused on both the present and the future. Enrollment has

increased!

The Alumni Association is also sponsoring a journey to Ireland and Northern Ireland departing for 12 days next

September 2018. Details on this opportunity are in a separate article within this newsletter. A member of the

Alumni Council will accompany every step of this customized private trip.

We are also seeking to help organize regional luncheon gatherings across the nation. These are just that… lunch

gatherings! A chance to get together to relive old times and to be updated on the Salem brand. You should see

some of the presently targeted areas in this newsletter. The cost is only a few minutes of your time and whatever

you eat for lunch. A member of the Alumni Council will be in attendance at each lunch gathering.

There is absolutely no cost to become involved in your Alumni Association, and we all know there is much more

going on. It therefore is appropriate that you help us become more successful. Share your stories, both hilarious

and sad.

Permit us to send you a new Salem University decal for your car or other choice honorable location. Just send me

an email and ask for the Alumni decal. I will see to it that you get one via surface mail!

Hope to visit with you at one of the luncheons, Homecoming ’18, on the Ireland journey, on campus, or on a

recruiting opportunity. Help us make your Alumni Association better!

Dr. Patrick Haun ‘71

President

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ENCHANTED IRELAND ALUMNI TRIP☘️

September 2018 marks the inaugural Salem University Alumni Association journey to Ireland and Northern

Ireland. This is a custom planned private tour not only for Alumni, but their friends as well.

We will spend 12 days in Ireland touring castles, learning how to prepare traditional Irish food, notable historic

sites, enjoying Irish entertainment, visiting the Irish distillers, and tracing family history. The agenda has been

carefully organized via private coach and with 4 & 5-star hotel’s. Unlike some tours, our journey is all inclusive…

meaning round trip airfare, departure and arrival fee’s, all itinerary entrance fees, 2 traditional meals per day, a

Dublin ‘hop on hop off’ bus pass (see what you want), a pub crawl, gratuities, and more. Valid U.S. Passport are

required.

Send an email requesting a brief U-Tube video of the tour highlights to ([email protected]). You will get a link to

view the itinerary and hotel locations. The total cost for the tour is $4,000 (US). We will depart from and return to

Salem via private luxury coach. No parking issues! Commitments are due by November 30. Full payment by June

7.

Join us in enchanted Ireland next fall. ☘️

SALEM University ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

IRELAND/NORTHERN IRELAND TOUR

September 24- October 5, 2018

Tour Leader : Dr. Patrick Haun

Tour Provider : World Cultural Tours, Wilmington, NC/Boston, MA

What is included: Round Trip Non-stop Airfare, PIT to Ireland

All departure/arrival fee’s/ taxes

Trip insurance

10 nights 5-star lodging (2/room)

Traditional Irish breakfast/dinner daily

(some lunches)

Entrance fees to all itinerary destinations

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All gratuities

Dublin Hop On-Hop Off Pass

Licensed Irish tour guide (24/7)

Luxury Coach

2018 SIU ALUMNI HOMECOMING

Experienced Tour leader

What is NOT included: PASSPORT ALCOHOL

All inclusive cost : $3,900.00

Payment plans available:

In full, Monthly, Quarterly

Total must be paid in full by June 1, 2018

All monies paid to Tour provider via cash, check, or credit card

For further information contact: Dr. Patrick Haun ([email protected]) 973-216-0393

Minimum 20 travelers, 21+ years of age

AREA ALUMNI LUNCHES

We are searching for Alumni interesting in “hosting” an area/regional Alumni Lunch. This is NOT

intended to be a fund-raising event. In this case, “to host” means to simply be willing to select a

date for the lunch, suggest potential attendees, locate a venue and make the necessary reservation,

receive RSVP’s, attend the lunch, and serve as the point of contact for the event. There should be

no monetary commitment to a host(s) except their treasured time. Keep it simple, make it fun! We

just want to provide a simple and economical means for Alumni to come together to reconnect!

Presently the Council have selected the following geographical areas for consideration: Western

PA, Eastern PA, Southern NJ, DC/MD, Northern VA, New England, Richmond/Norfolk VA,

Central WV, Akron/Cleveland OH, FL east and/or west coast/ or central FL (wintertime lunches).

These are just suggested areas. Perhaps there are other potential area’s? Let us know your thoughts

via our email address ([email protected]).

Once a location and date is selected by the host, we will help to promote the event via the three (3)

electronic Alumni communication platforms: mysalemu.com (web); Salem WV Alumni

(Facebook). [email protected] (email). We will also endeavor to have an Alumni

Council member present at the event and will post to the Alumni web page the names of those

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who RSVP. We encourage the host(s) to ask friends to invite a friend. Contact us via the email

address mentioned above.

YOU COULD BE A HOST.

York, PA Alumni Luncheon at the Roosevelt Tavern

Mentoring program update:

25 Salem Alumni have volunteered to be mentors

to current Salem University students.

The Alumni are from as far away as California,

Arizona, North Dakota and as close as Clarksburg,

WV.

Graduating classes range from 1962 to 2016.

Students and Mentors communicate via emails or

phone calls and will be discussing transition from

college to career life.

This is another example of students and Alumni

connecting to make a difference in a student’s life.

A heartfelt thank you to all the mentors.

Carolyn Bacon

Mentoring Chair

The Salem University Ambassadors program is in full swing.

Dave Kleinfelter (Alumni Council Vice President, class of 1971) was our first official Salem Alumni

volunteer ambassador at his local high school in Lewistown, Pa.

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Nine other ambassadors have been identified and will be participated in college fairs in WV, PA, and MD as

they are scheduled.

Carolyn Bacon Ambassador Chair

Hello to all Salem Alumni Mentors

Thank you all once again for volunteering to be a part

of the Salem University Alumni mentoring program.

We currently have 25 mentors from as far away as

California, Arizona, and North Dakota and as close as

Clarksburg, WVa.

The Salem career services office has now matched all

of you according to career backgrounds, skills, sports

and special interests with ONE student.

The student has received contact information on you

and will be asked to contact you via email or telephone

The subject line will say “ Salem mentoring program”

to avoid landing in junk mail

All Mentors will also receive contact information on

their student.

Although it is the student’s responsibility to take the

initiative, those wishing to reach out to their student

may feel free to do so.

Conservations may then take place at your

convenience by phone or email

Those living near the University or visiting for an

event may wish to schedule a personal meeting with

the student at a public location. This is by no means

mandatory and will not be possible in most cases

You will find that many of the students are athletes

and some may be on line students

Please share your stories or your Salem life ( well...

maybe not everything...I know many of you too well...

lol)

and your career successes

Most students will be interested in the transition from

college to career life

I will look forward to hearing about the dialogs

Please feel free to call me if you have any additional

questions

Enjoy the journey and thank you once again

You are all making a difference in the life and future

success of a student

Carolyn ( Kocher ) Bacon

Salem Alumni Council

Mentoring / Ambassador Chair

Class of 1970

814-441-2873

.

Dave Kleinfelter returns to his high school as an ambassador.

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Jeff Stanley

Ken Busz

Salem Community Service Day

By Jeff Stanley ‘74

Over 150 Salem University students and Alumni took part in the First Annual Salem Community Service Day before the beginning of the Homecoming activities. The event was a collaborated effort between the University, the Alumni Council, Salem Chamber of Commerce and the City of Salem.

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The City and the Chamber surveyed the community and made a list of 15 homes where homeowners needed a little extra help making repairs or winter preparation due to health or physical limitations.

The student body was enthusiastic about getting involved and the Athletic Department had outstanding participation.

Fifteen teams were organized and a determination was made as to the types of tools and materials that would be needed. The Salem University Maintenance Department made tools available and the City of Salem provided a crew and trucks to haul away debris as well as a Bucket Truck to trim trees. The Salem ACE Hardware Store provided discounts on materials needed as well as donating most of the materials. Alumni and the RD Wilson Paper Company also donated materials.

The completed projects included: Lawn trimming, brush removal, tree trimming, gutter cleaning, painting, hand rail repair and replacement, new flooring on a small deck, staking up fruit trees, stump removal, weather strips for doors and windows, cementing railing posts, patching holes in vinyl siding, tearing down an old playhouse, restacking a stone wall, clearing a walking path through underbrush and spraying weeds. The West Virginia Region, American Red Cross donated smoke detectors that were installed in nine of the homes as well as literature on fire safety and home evacuation planning.

Homeowners expressed their delight in getting to know the students. One woman took her own photos of the crew at her house and said, “I’m going to write my own press release for the paper.”

When I was a student, many Salem residents were good to me and helped me out. I am thrilled that we now have an opportunity to give back to the community of Salem and increase positive relationships between the students in the community.

Unfortunately, there were several projects we did not attempt due to the lack of skills on the part of our teams. I hope next time we can identify some Alumni with building skills who will be able to assist and give guidance where needed. For Alumni attending Homecoming next year, participating in the Community Service Day requires you to show up a day or two early and have the added expense of lodging. However, you will be extremely grateful you participated once you get out into the community with motivated students and help those homeowners who can no longer do things on their own.

Please contact me anytime to discuss future plans or resources you may have to offer.

Jeff Stanley ’74, [email protected]; (717) 817-8983

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Ed Woodlock Dave Kleinfelter Mike Dreisbach

The Marriott Courtyard will be our host hotel again. We had many there this year and we expect another big crowd in 2018. Homecoming will include many activities including a parade and a special meal function. Mark your calendars now for October 5-6, 2018. Please remember to allow an extra day or two to be part of the volunteer service projects.

Salem Alumni Area Meetings

How about hosting an Alumni meeting in your area? Hosting doesn't require paying for the event. The event would be Dutch Treat. We are asking the host to secure the location and help with promotion. We will send emails to the alumni with the first two numbers in zip codes as yours. This area maybe fairly large but it is a start.

Dr. Debra Harrison Alumni Director and/or a member of the Alumni Council will attend and assist with the presentations. We will be giving a report of the Alumni activities and promoting future plans. If you're interested in being a host contact Dave Kleinfelter ‘71 at [email protected] or 717-994-5755.

North Central West Virginia Area Meeting will be held sometime during the month of March. The University will send out an e-mail and will post it on the official alumni website: mysalemu.com

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R U ready for some BASEBALL?

Well here it is, almost winter and I’m talking baseball.

In addition to regional lunch gatherings, a trip to Ireland, the opportunity to act as an Ambassador for Salem University or to Mentor a current student from home, your Alumni Association will now enter into the world of special events to be held across the country as driven by Alumni interest and demand and where we have identified groups of Alumni.

The first of these events will be in the Spring of 2018 and will be in Pittsburgh at a Pirates baseball game. Saturday the 26th of May they play the St. Louis Cardinals at 4:05 in the afternoon. If you are interested in attending this event or assisting in the planning email me at your earliest convenience ([email protected]). I’ll send game details, group ticket cost, and hotel information. We will learn what to change, add, or delete from this first experience to improve on future excursions!

All we need is you! Hope to hear from you soon.

Mike Dreisbach, SC’72 Special Events [email protected]

Many of you may know Dallas Bailey. Dr. Bailey began his Salem career in 1972 and became President in 1973.

Dan Cappelletti, class of 1976, just returned from a short visit with Dallas at his home in Virginia. Dallas is

suffering from ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Just one year ago, Dallas received the Salem Exemplar award along

with Mike Greer at Salem’s Homecoming in 2016. While Dr. Bailey’s health is declining, he looks forward to

cards and letters from former Salem Alums (and believe it or not… he remembers most of them).

If you would like to make Dr. Bailey smile...please send him a card and mention something you remember

about the Salem College good ole days!

You can reach Dallas at

100 Meadowview Drive

Lexington, Va. 24450

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Meet our newest member to the Alumni Association

What am I doing here? By Dana F. Eddy

I am the newest member of the Salem Alumni Council. With my formal

tenure beginning in October, I realized at my very first meeting during a well-

organized homecoming event that I was associated with people who “talk the

talk” and, without hyperbole, “run the run.” Numerous Council members

arrived from a multitude of service projects undertaken in the Salem

community together with students from the college. Other Council members

described their outreach to former students, current students, and prospective

students. And the President recounted his numerous meetings with the University’s administration, making the

desires of the alumni known. My first impressions were deeply etched. My observation is that our Alumni

Council is not spinning its wheels, but, instead, is moving forward at a rapid rate of speed. I am excited to be

involved with this movement.

So, what am I doing here? I am a 1981 graduate of Salem College, departing the Valley of Learning with a

Bachelor of Arts and a double major in Public Administration and Mathematics. I graduated from the Harvard

University College of Law in 1984 and returned to my native West Virginia in 1987. In addition to positions with

law firms or corporate law groups in Charleston, West Virginia, I served as general counsel to Governor Caperton

in the latter years of his administration. Currently, I serve as a gubernatorial appointee to the position of Executive

Director of Public Defender Services.

Admittedly, this slightly veiled braggadocio does not yet explain what I am doing here. Hopefully, however, it

reveals that I am both goal and service oriented. Salem University nurtured these traits as no burgeoning campus

with a flying logo could have done, but more on that later.

Instead, Father Time is the reason that I am here. I am 58 years of age, about which anyone could make an

educated guess from the time frame of my graduation. As I check the last boxes on most forms when age is asked

or when I have to spin the wheel on an “app” several times to find my year of birth, I find myself wondering more

and more about what my legacy will be.

And that is what I am doing here. I want to help establish Salem University as my and your legacy. When I

recount my accomplishments, I want graduation from Salem University to be at the top of that list. I want to see

the raised eyebrows of those listening when I mention Salem University as my alma mater. I want people to accept

as a fact that a graduate of Salem University can readily move on to an Ivy League institution for post-graduate

education.

So, my commitment during my term with the Council is to further the fine work of the existing dedicated

members, but also to find ways that I can help build Salem University into a legacy which alumni will want known

and that will serve as an inspiration for, or aspiration of, current and future students. And, oh yeah, I will be

revising the Council’s bylaws as a good attorney should do.

y872 @gmail.

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Editor’s Choice By Carl Wunderlich

The Start of a Lifelong Friendship: How We Went from Friends to Framily.

The beginning: I enter the college cafeteria for lunch sometime in the fall of the early 1970’s. I notice a girl eating alone by a window looking out where within a few short years would be a new gym. After lunch Rebecca Everitt and I walked to her nursing class, and I continued walking downtown to work in the Business Office where my work study was located. I worked across the hall from the office of William Robert Everitt Jr, Rebecca Everitt’s father.

Foreshadow: Little did I realize that forty some years later Rebecca and I would remain lifelong friends as well as our families respectively.

Fast Forward to the early 1980’s: My wife, Joyce, plays softball on a woman’s league with Pamela Jo Everitt who is Rebecca Everitt Mick’s younger sister. Pamela works for the Board of Education teaching Math and Art at South Harrison High School. We become friends with Pamela as well as rekindle my, now our, friendship with Rebecca Mick.

Foreshadow: Little did we know that Pamela would get a raw deal at the board of education and leave teaching to pursue a more than successful teacher/training career at Consolidated Natural Gas (CNG) in Clarksburg, WV. This promotion in pay enabled her to buy the toys such as a pontoon boat

and jet skis which we would all enjoy tremendously. Our family would be forever grateful that Pam and her sister Becky adopted us as their extended Framily.

Fast forward to the late 1980’s: Pamela calls and asks us whether we would be interested in renting a house at Sunset Beach, North Carolina with her mother, Jane Everitt, and her two nephews, Bill and James Mick. By now we had two children of our own, and wondered why Grandma Jane and Aunt Pam would want to be saddled with two more adults and our two children.

Foreshadow: Little did we know that the Sunset Beach trip would be the start of many years of vacationing together either at the beach, Deep Creek, Maryland, as well as being invited to the family pool during the summers and picnics under the shade of the big maple tree located in Rebecca’s family’s back yard.

Fast forward to the 1990’s: Rebecca and her husband Walt are now grandparents of Rhiannon and Hunter Mick. Their two sons, Bill and James have both married lovely women. The grandchildren belong to James and his wife, Chrissy. Pamela Everitt has returned to school and graduates with a divinity degree enabling her to become a United Methodist Minister.

Foreshadow: Little did we know that Aunt Pam would perform the wedding ceremony uniting our son Michael and his bride Alexis, and that I would be sporting a new ring as well. Grandma Jane Everitt would pass away during this time.

Fast Forward to the 2010’s: It is an unusually hot and muggy summer for West Virginia. We had been invited out to Good Hope to swim and a cookout. We are in the pool and Pam comes to me and says, “Stick out your hand”. She slips a college ring on my finger. It was her father’s Salem College class ring. Rebecca and Pam told me they wanted me to have it. My wife says in jest, “She’s been trying to get a ring on your finger for years, Carl”. I am flooded with emotion. I had always wanted a college ring, but I knew my parents could not have afforded one at that time. Plus, I was so touched to have received their dad’s ring. I wear it sometimes on special occasions. Bill

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Everitt’s fingers must have been a little bigger than mine with his football build. Even though he didn’t know me, as I worked across the hall from his business office, not in his office, I’m sure he would be fine with me having his ring since my wife and I became so close with his wife, Jane (Grandma Jane), his two daughters, Rebecca and Pamela, his son, William, and their respective families.

Now, I offer a few biographical notes on the man whose ring I hold so dear.

William R. Everitt, Jr., of Clarksburg, came to work at Salem College as a member of the faculty of the Business Administration Department. He was a graduate of Victory High School (1939), Clarksburg, West Virginia Business College (early 50’s), Clarksburg, Indian River Junior College, Fort Pierce, Florida and Salem College. He graduated from Salem in 1968 from which he received a B.S. degree in business education magna cum laude.

Mr. Everitt was Salem College’s first comptroller, modernizing the budgetary and bookkeeping systems. Other positions he held included Partner in Everitt and Titchnell, Public Accountants, plant controller for Joy Manufacturing Company and accountant for G.H. Campbell and Pursglove Coal Service as well as Paul P. Snyder. While working at Salem, he was an advisor to Sigma Pi Fraternity.

In 1963, he received a Certificate of Merit from Salem College in recognition of his work in the business office. During his junior year as a student at Salem College he was the recipient of the Laudati award for academic achievement as well as being selected as “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.”

Everitt, a staff sergeant, spent four years in the United States Air Force, three during World War II and one during the Korean Campaign. As an aerial engineer, he took part in sixty-six combat missions and was awarded the air medal with one oak leaf cluster.

Mr. Everitt married Elizabeth Jane Davis in 1954. They had three children: Rebecca, Pamela, and William III. He was also a lay speaker of United Methodist Church. He passed away March 19, 1975 at the young age of 53 but his legacy and love of Salem

College continues in his family as his grandson, Jim Mick, will receive his Bachelor Degree from Salem University in April 2018.

William R. Everitt, Jr. is on the extreme right.

Shown above are Mr. Everitt’s daughters, Pamela Everitt and Rebecca Mick, along with Rebecca’s son James Mick. James will be wearing his grandfather’s college graduation gown when he graduates.

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Those Who Have Gone Before Us.

May They Rest in Peace

Quote by Anthony Anastasia:

I cannot begin to explain the profound sadness I feel at the passing of John E. Martino. I only knew him through Facebook, as the SIG Tau Brother from another era who welcomed me into the group and made me feel as if we personally knew each other. He had a big heart, a one of a kind heart, and that was all most of us ever needed to know about Rico. He was the “Rocky” of real life. He could take a punch like no other. He was knocked down more times than any of us could count. . . but he always got up looking for more. He did it so often that it almost became a routine that we always expected. You stayed down this time, John, but you went out a winner. God bless you and keep you.

John E. Martino

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1969 Hall of Fame Football Players

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The athletic

The athletic

A homecoming quote from Jim “Woody” Woodside: To all of you who attended our

Homecoming this past weekend. Jeanne wanted to let you all know how much she enjoyed

coming to our Homecoming and meeting all of you. In all our conversations and stories and

memories of our days at Salem, I think she now understands, I was no angel back in the days. She

had a great time. On the way back to Richmond we stopped at Black Water Falls. Thanks again for

making her feel like she was one of us.

The athletic department and Salem Alumni Council inducted the entire class of 1969 into the Salem Hall of Fame on homecoming weekend. 16 members were present and honored.

Steve Potts (Salem AD), Jim Tskonas, Dave Link, Andy Hawthorne, Frank Sheleheda,Mel Washington,Dallas Adkins, Frank " Bird" Smith, Dave Montague, Bill Herrington (covered), Steve Kritz, Gary Wiland, Mike Lemansky, Joe Olivito, Tom Lukini, Joe Schumacher (seated) Keith Wilkins (kneeling)

Coach Ed Pastilong

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Jean Brown Christie won the Exemplar Alumni Award. She is seen here with Jim Vincent.

Mike Surbaugh, pictured with Carolyn Bacon, won the 2017 Distinguished Alumnus Award.

2017 Athletic Hall of Fame

Lisa Aten Richards, Willie Coleman, Carl Watkins

2017 Salem Alumni Awards’ Banquet Recipients

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The Salem Alumni Association is pleased to offer the first in a series of Salem University Building replicas-the Administration Building. It can be purchased in the Salem Bookstore or will be mailed upon request at [email protected]. The cost is $20.00 plus shipping and handling is an added $6.65.

Rumor has it that this piece is in limited supply. You might want to surprise someone

you know in the upcoming holidays?

Should the university decide to continue the Cat’s Meow program, what buildings would you like to see showcased next? Send you thoughts to me at [email protected].

If you’re trying to locate anyone from your Salem era, send your request to Carl Wunderlich at: [email protected] the email above and we will publish your request in the next newsletter.

Administration Building and Arch Now on Sale

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Thanks to the following who contacted me concerning our Mystery Guest: Anthony Anastasia!

Richard Parello, Carolyn Bacon, Dee Woodlock, Victor Pasqualicchio, Susan MacDonald, Tom Lebec, Jan Harrold, Bernard Rizzo, and Maria Santa responded.

Next edition will go out in the Spring of 2018.