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With four guide ropes attached to it, the east-side clock face is raised into position. While it didn't seem that windy on the ground on Saturday, Jan. 28, winds higher up were strong, requiring extra guidance to bring the clock face safely to the Old Main bell tower.

Old Main clock faces installed

Ben White of New Vibrations Audio and Video works on a ledge of the Old Main bell tower, to remove the speakers from the old chime system. The company installed a new carillon system today (Jan. 27) that will play a digital recording made of the original Old Main bell that now sits adjacent to Old Main and other bells of comparable sizes.

New carillon, restored clocks being installed

The funeral procession for Joe Paterno made its way past Beaver Stadium and down Porter Road as crowds applauded on Jan. 25. Thousands lined the procession route through the University Park campus and downtown State College to bid a last farewell to Joe Paterno.

Joe Paterno's funeral procession

Coach Joe Paterno was on the field for the first half of the Nittany Lions' football game. Penn State beat the Iowa Hawkeyes 13-3 on Oct. 8, 2011, in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Beaver Stadium.

Joe Paterno through the years

Katie Knobloch and Andrew Adamietz, members of the a capella group Blue in the Face, shared a candle at the vigil held Sunday, Jan. 22, to mourn the death of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, who passed away earlier in the day. Several thousand members of the Penn State and State College community came out to the Old Main lawn on Penn State's University Park campus for the vigil.

Thousands mourn Paterno's passing

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McFarlane gives $1 million to materials science and engineering

Friday, July 23, 2010

University Park, Pa. -- A $1 million commitment from the estate of Cathleen McFarlane-Ross, longtime friend of Penn State, will establish two endowments to benefit students and faculty in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. McFarlane-Ross's gift honors her late husband, industrialist Norris “Mac” McFarlane, who graduated from Penn State in 1934 with a bachelor of science degree in metallurgy.

After holding executive positions with Pittsburgh Metallurgical Co. and Airo Inc., Norris MacFarlane served as president and owner of Macalloy Corp. in Charleston, S.C., the nation's largest ferrochrome producer. He received many awards during his lifetime, including the David Ford McFarland Award for Achievement in Metallurgy from Penn State in 1990.

Cathleen MacFarlane was an advocate for the homeless and hungry.  She founded St. Ann Place, a center in West Palm Beach, Fla., where the homeless can receive mail, make telephone calls, shower and get a lunch.

Her gift creates:

  • The Norris B. McFarlane Faculty Career Development Professorship in Materials Science and Engineering, which will provide critical financial support to junior faculty members beginning their careers. The fund will allow young faculty to direct initial energies to the classroom, provide start-up funds for new areas of research and teaching laboratories, and offer early recognition for outstanding accomplishments.
     
  • The Norris B. McFarlane Scholarship Fund, which will assist undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in materials science and engineering.
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