Why I'm seeking you support . . .

As alumni, we are . . . inextricably linked to our University.

We are . . . instilled with a sense of service to our fellow alumni, the University, and the greater community of those who love and support Penn State.

We are . . . committed to the future while remembering and honoring our traditions and our past.

We are . . . ambassadors of the excellence that our programs, people, and communities demonstrate each day.

We are . . . leaders in many professional fields, providing guidance and leadership to the nation and the world.

Penn State has been at the core of my personal and professional experience. From my undergraduate days representing our Alma Mater in Blue Band, as a varsity athlete letterman, as a vocalist in the Glee Club, as an intramural athlete, and as a thespian, to my involvement as past president of the Alumni Blue Band Association, a charter member of the Varsity S Club, Thespian and Glee Club alumni interest groups, a College of Arts and Architecture alumnus, and as a Penn State employee, Penn State has been foremost in molding me into the person I am.

Fred Lewis Pattee said it best – “May no act of ours bring shame, to one heart that loves thy name. May our lives but swell thy fame.”