Much has changed at Penn State Schuylkill since Sept. 20, 1971, except that Stephen Littell, instructor of mathematics, has taught on the campus, every semester until he retired at the end of the fall semester 2011. During his 40 years of employment, Littell taught calculus, algebra, trigonometry, differential equations, statistics and computer science and had served as campus registrar for 26 or those years. (more)
Two Penn State Beaver employees, with a combined total of almost 50 years of service, retired at the end of December 2011. Ron Schwartz, police services supervisor, joined the campus in 1983, and Mary Ann Guy began working in the Office of Housing and Food Services in 1992.
Schwartz was responsible for the overall operation, management, and administration of campus law enforcement and safety services. Guy was known for her skills in assisting with the set-up and implementation of both large and small catered and special events on campus. She worked in the Brodhead Bistro, the campus dining commons, and its service areas and cleaned as well as stocked serving ware and cookware. For information, contact the Office of Campus and Community Relations at amk6@psu.edu or 724-773-3816. (more)
Philip Mohr, a Penn State affiliate professor of microbiology and director of undergraduate programs in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, has retired after 35 years of service to Penn State. He joined Penn State in 1976 as a lecturer in microbiology, became an affiliate assistant professor in 1982, was promoted to affiliate associate professor in 1990, and was promoted to affiliate professor in 1998. (more)
Sandy Kreis, financial assistant at Penn State Berks, recently retired after 37 years of service. Kreis began her career at Berks in 1974 as an administrative assistant to the faculty. Later, she worked in the Dean's Office and then in the Business Office. (more)
Cheryl Gustitus, senior undergraduate academic adviser at Penn State Berks, officially retired this month, after 28 years of service to Penn State. (more)
Robert Heinbach has spent his career counseling young women about STIs, birth control and pregnancy. A graduate of Temple University's School of Medicine, his professional interests include pelvic ultrasound and colposcopy. Heinbach brought this expertise with him to UHS' women's health team, along with the Student Health Center's first ultrasound machine, making pelvic screening more convenient for Penn State students.
When Heinbach joined University Health Services (UHS) 20 years ago as chief gynecologist, Magic Johnson had just announced that he was HIV-positive. Public consciousness was growing about HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). At Penn State, "condom crusaders" (student health educators) were spreading the word about safer sex practices. (more)
After 28 years at Penn State University Dickinson School of Law, Leslie M. MacRae became professor emeritus of law earlier this year. MacRae, who began his career at the Law School in 1983 and was named professor of law in 1989, influenced generations of lawyers with his passion for the law and sense of humor. During the course of his tenure, MacRae has taught administrative law, agricultural law, animal law, environmental law, land-use law, natural resources law, property law, trusts and estates, and Native American law -- a course he developed and introduced to the law school's curriculum. (more)
