Herman Giersch

Paul Alpers
Lita Indzel Cohen
Kenneth Tindall Derr
Wendell F. Holland
Joseph M. Manko
Warren E. Strothers
Lawrence H. Summers

General Julius W. Becton, Jr.
Ruth Ann Rice Crone
Robert Fagles, Ph.D.
Marshall S. Herskovitz
George S. Trimble, Jr.

Henry Arnold
Chuck Barris
James Billington
Edmund (Ted) Lee Goldsborough, III
Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Gerald Levin
Paul F. Miller, Jr.
Robert Sataloff
Lynn Sherr
Wilbur Zimmerman

A Professor at the University of California at Berkeley. He has been recognized by his peers, receiving the Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of California. Dr. Alpers has published many papers, and his lectures have been delivered at educational institutions throughout the country.

Graduated U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1907. In 1912 he won the first Mackay Trophy ever awarded for a record non-stop airplane flight of 30 miles. Transferred to the Air Services in 1920, he graduated Army Industrial College in 1925 and the Command and General Staff School in 1929. He won his second Mackay Trophy in 1934 and the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1936. In 1938, as a Major General, became Chief of the Army Air Corps. In 1943 became a 4-star general, thus becoming the first full Aviation General in U.S. history. Once elevated to 4-star rank, he joined Generals Marshall, Eisenhower and MacArthur. Authored several books.

Created numerous successful national television shows including “The Dating Game”, “The Newlywed Game” and “The Gong Show”. His production company had, at one time, more television shows on network TV – 26 half hours a week – than any entertainment company in America. Received a gold record for the rock and roll classic “Palisades Park”. Has also written two novels and a memoir. Has been honored with an Emmy nomination for his work in television, as Man of the Year by the Philadelphia Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, as Man of the Year by the Autistic School for Children in Grand Rapids Michigan and the police departments of New York and Philadelphia. He is presently a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Police Foundation.

Lieutenant General, United States Army (retired), Called to active duty from the Army Air Corp enlisted reserve in 1944, he attended the Infantry Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, GA, where he was graduated as second lieutenant. After separation from active duty he entered Muhlenberg College, but was recalled to active duty after a year. Throughout his military career he pursued his education and among many educational achievements received his BS Degree from Prairie Vice A&M College, his MA Degree from the Institute for Defense Analysis at the University of Maryland, and an honorary Doctor of Laws from Huston Tillotson College. He steadily moved upward in rank from second lieutenant in 1944 to Lieutenant General in 1983. Among his assignments he was Commanding General of the legendary 1 st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas. He has received numerous decorations, including the Distinguished Service Medal. In 1985, Becton was nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate as Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Prior to that he was director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance Agency for International Development.

The Librarian of Congress since 1987. Former Director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Valedictorian of his Princeton undergraduate class. Earned doctorate from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College. Author of several books. Recipient of the Gwanghwa Medal of the Republic of Korea. Received the Woodrow Wilson Award from Princeton University. Has been a host commentator or consultant on numerous education and network television programs.

Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since 1992. Lower Merion Township Commissioner from 1985-1993. Vice Chair of the Board: Philadelphia Child Guidance Centers of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Attended University of Pennsylvania Law School. Listed in Who's Who in American Women, Humanitarian of the Year – Montgomery County Association of Retarded Persons. Legislator of the Year – American Jewish Congress Pennsylvania Chapter. Numerous civic memberships and served as Director for the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters and National Association of Broadcasters.

Executive Director of Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments in Washington DC. Received Bachelor's degree from Muhlenberg and Master's degree from University of Cincinnati. Recipient of International City and County Management Association Workplace Diversity Professional Development Award (1994). Recipient of Diana Donald Award from American Planning Association (1979); Recipient of Distinguished Chapter Service Award from National Capital Area Chapter of the American Planning Association (1975); named by Washingtonian magazine as one of the region's most influential leaders (1992) and most powerful women (1994).

Spent his career predominantly in the oil business and later he served as the CEO of several large international corporations. Mr. Derr has served as Trustee Emeritus of Cornell University, and as a member of President Bush's Commission on Environmental Quality, and President Clinton's Council on Sustainable Development.

Professor of Comparative Literature at Princeton, where he founded the Department. Attended Amherst and received Ph.D. from Yale. Honors include; Borestone Mountain Poetry Award (1972); Howard T. Behrman Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Humanities at Princeton (1989); various fellowships. Extensive list of translations from the Greek classics.

Graduated from West Chester College with a B.A. in music, from Temple University with a M.S. in music education, and from the Conservatory of Music in1954 with a music doctorate. Was a music teacher at Bala Cynwyd Junior High School when it opened in 1939 and composed the school's alma mater. He later left Bala Cynwyd to teach music in Lower Merion Senior High School from 1965 through his retirement in 1984. During a sabbatical in 1971 he joined the Philadelphia Orchestra as a vocalist in the Mendelssohn Club Choir. In 1952 he began summer work as the music director for the Silver Bay, New York, Conference center and stayed until 1974. He has also been orchestra conductor for the Narberth Community Theatre and choirmaster at Holy Apostles Episcopal Church in Penn Wynne. Following his retirment from the Lower Merion School District, he tuned the pianos in all of the district's schools and acted as a "guest staff" teacher.

Graduate of Allegheny College. Masters Degree from University of Pennsylvania. English teacher at Lower Merion High School 1966-1994. Founder/President of Lower Merion/Harriton High Schools Alumni Association. Member of Narberth Public School Reunion Committee. President, Secretary/Treasurer, Board of Trustees Lower Merion Academy. President, First Vice President, Lower Merion Historical Society. Founder , Director, Friends of Jim Brown Fund. Founder/Chairman, Concerned Cyclists Committee of Lower Merion. “Fritz” Brennan Award for Community Service (1989). 1986 award from Montgomery County Association of Retarded Citizens for sponsoring fund raising events. Outstanding Young Man of the Year, Main Line Jaycees (1974). Award from The Freedom's Foundation (1964).

Graduate of U.S. Military Academy. Received numerous military decorations. In 1969 became senior military advisor to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. In 1974 was Supreme Allied Commander in Europe. Elected president and COO of United Technologies. In 1981 was named Secretary of State by President Ronald Reagan. Currently Chairman of his advisory firm, Worldwide Associates, Inc.

A producer, and graduate of Brandeis University and the American Film Institute. Wrote and directed for episodic television shows, including Family and The White Shadow . Wrote television movie Special Bulletin for which he won two Emmys for best dramatic film and best writing for a dramatic film, a Writers Guild Award, and the Humanitas Award. A collaborator on thirtysomething , which ran for four years on ABD, he won two more Emmy Awards for best dramatic series and best writing in a dramatic series, another Writers Guild Award, another Humanitas Award, the Golden Globe Award, the People's Choice Award, the Peabody Award, the American Psychological Association Award for distinguished contribution to medial psychology, and the John Rock Award. He also won two Directors Guild Awards.

An attorney, he was a member of the first bussed class of students to graduate from Lower Merion. Attended Fordham University and Rutgers Law School where he was Class President. He served as a judge and during his judgeship was elected President of the Association by fellow jurists. Served as a Commissioner of the PA Public Utility Commission. Received a citation from the PA House of Representatives in 1993 for “illustrious record of service and leadership in keeping with the highest ideals of this Commonwealth…”. Received the 1994 Award of Excellence of the National Association of Water Companies (PA chapter). Received an award of honor from the Utility Emergency Services Fund. Served as lead counsel in drafting an Energy Treaty (Protocol) that will govern the development, use and trade of energy throughout Southern Africa; there are only three such protocols in the world.

Chairman and CEO of Time Warner Inc., the “world's leading” media and entertainment company. Member of the Board of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.; member of the board and treasurer of New York Philharmonic; trustee emeritus of Hampshire College; member of the Board of Trustees of The Aspen Institute; member of the Council on Foreign Relations; and member of the Corporate Governance Task Force of the Business Roundtable. Mr. Levin has received honorary degrees from Texas College, Middlebury College and Denver University. He also received the National Distinguished Achievement Award of the American Jewish Committee in October 1984 and is former chairman of the board of Haverford College. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Haverford College, Levin received a legal degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Was listed in “The Best Lawyers in America” publication in 1991. Mr. Manko was appointed by Governor Tom Ridge to serve on the PA 21 st Century Environmental Commission, where he served as Regional Counsel of the United States EPA. In the past, Mr. Manko has received many awards for his efforts in all environmental areas He has also been a member of the Lower Merion Township Board of Commissioners, where he served as President. Graduated cum laude from Harvard University Law School and magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University.

Founder of Miller, Anderson & Sherrerd, an investment management company, which has grown to an asset size of $33 billion. Trustee of University of Pennsylvania and was Chair of trustees for eight years. Trustee of the Ford Foundation for two six-year terms, a trustee of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and trustee The Science Center of New Hampshire. Director of World Wildlife Fund. Directorships: Hewlett-Packard; Rohm and Haas; The Mead Corporation; SPS Technologies and Philadelphia Ventures.

Professor of Otolaryngology at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Adjunct Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Georgetown University, Washington DC; on the Faculty of the Academy of Vocal Arts and the Curtis Institute of Music, Director of the Voice Foundation's Annual Symposium on care of the professional voice, and author of over 400 publications including 11 textbooks. He is Editor-in-Chief of the “Journal of Voice” and Associate Editor of the “NATS Journal”, “Medical Problems of Performing Artists” and of “Ear, Nose and Throat Journal”. He is also Director of the Thomas Jefferson University Arts-Medicine Center and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Voice Foundation and of the American Institute for Voice and Ear Research. Awards include: Phi Beta Kappa (1970); Richard W. Foster Prize for outstanding contribution to academic programs (1975); Clinical Surgery Prize – Honorable Mention (1975); Outstanding Young Men of America (1982); Honor Award of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (1989); and several others.

ABC News Correspondent, “20/20”. Prior to her assignment at “20/20”, in 1986 she was a Notional Correspondent for ABC News. She has covered presidential conventions, Space Shuttle flights- including the explosion of Challenger, and a wide range of other major stories. During the 1992-93 season, she received a Maggie Award from Planned Parenthood for her report on the continuing battle over Ireland's abortion amendment. She has been honored with numerous awards for other “20/20” segments, including a Front Page Award Association, a Matrix Award from the New York Women in Communications (1990), an Exceptional Merit Media Award from the National Women's Political Caucus, a Pinnacle Award from the American Women in Radio and Television, to name a few. She is author of “Susan B. Anthony Slept Here: A guide to American Women's Landmarks”, and co-author of “The Women's Calendar”. She is also author of numerous articles. A graduate of Wellesley College and is listed in “Who's Who in American Women”.

Established a library in Warminster Township in 1977, which was the beginning of his involvement in the library system. Mr. Strothers received many awards for his dedication to Warminster Township. As the head of the first African-American family to move to Warminster, he paved the way for others to follow.

He is currently the President of Harvard University. At the age of 28, Dr. Summers was the youngest tenured professor at Harvard. He has served as the Secretary of the Treasury under President Clinton, and has achieved Distinguished Fellow status at the Brookings Institution. In addition, Dr. Summers was appointed as the Chief Economist of the World Bank. He has received the John Bates Clark Medal as well as the National Science Foundation's Alan Waterman Award.

Recognized as a driving force in the development of our country's space program. Attended M.I.T., graduated at twenty years of age. Served as Director of Engineering at the Martin Company. His direct manner and accuracy in the infancy of space programs helped gain him a place on a committee on space technology established in 1958, chaired by Werner Von Braun. He became a pilot at the age of eighteen and spent twenty years at Martin Marietta designing plane and overseeing the entire engineering operation (over 6,000 engineers). He was one of the very few among the scientific and engineering community who told President Kennedy that it was not only feasible, but also beneficial to the country to land a man on the moon by the end of the decade of the 1960's. He was appointed in 1967 as the Deputy Director for the manned Space Craft Center. He received the NASA Exceptional Service Medal in 1969 for his leadership in the Apollo program. He selected Neil Armstrong to be the first person to walk on the moon. He also made presentations to the Senate Committee for Appropriations.

Attended LaSalle College and Temple University of Dentistry. Was school dentist for Lower Merion School District from 1937 until 1939 when he resigned to complete four years of a remaining term for a board member who died. He was reelected to three six-year terms. The last ten years of service was as president of the Board. He served 50 years as a member of the Corporation for Haverford College. For 31 years a member of the school committee of oversight for Friends School Haverford. Served ten years on the School Committee for Westown Friends School. Was a member for 14 years of the board for Harcum Junior College. Presently on Strategic Planning Committee for Lower Merion School District. Serves on various committees involved with horticultural activities. Awarded Bronze Medal from American Legion upon finishing eighth grade. Received Service Award from the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta in 1985. Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement from Pennsylvania Horticultural Society in 1987. From the local chapter of the National Education Association, in 1994, award for contributions to education.