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COLLEGE TO HONOR ALUMNI FOR ACHIEVEMENT, SERVICE |
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October 06, 2006
GROVE CITY, Pa. – Four Grove City College Jack Kennedy Memorial Alumni Achievement Awards and a Distinguished Service Award will be presented during Homecoming weekend at a 7:30 p.m. ceremony Oct. 13 in Harbison Chapel.
The 2006 Alumni Achievement Award recipients are Philip A. Garcia ’78, Christopher J. Klicka ’82, Stephen J. Schneider ’82 and Kenneth E. Smith ’84. The 2006 Distinguished Service Award will be presented to Barbara (Montgomery ’60) Arnold.
The achievement awards were established in 1964 by the Grove City College Alumni Association to recognize alumni who have made significant contributions to their fields and to society. The awards were later named in honor and memory of longtime Director of Alumni Relations and Career Services Jack Kennedy ’37. Since its inception, the program has recognized 144 alumni.
Garcia is executive vice president and chief financial officer for Erie Insurance Group in Erie, Pa., a group he has been associated with since 1981. He earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1978 and became a CPA in 1980. He serves on the boards of Hamot Medical Center, Warner Theater Preservation, the Bayfront Eastside Task Force and Grove City College. A brother of the Nu Lambda Phi fraternity, Garcia and his wife, Diane, have two daughters.
Klicka is senior counsel of the Home School Legal Defense Association. He received his juris doctor degree from O.W. Coburn School of Law in Tulsa, Okla. He is a member of the bars of the Virginia Supreme Court, the U.S. Supreme Court, the Fourth Circuit District of Appeals and the U.S. District Court of Virginia. Since 1985, Klicka has helped thousands of families with their legal conflicts. He has provided expert testimony before numerous legislative and regulatory bodies on behalf of homeschoolers. His is the author of several books. Klicka and his wife, Tracy, are homeschooling their seven children and reside in Warrenton, Va.
Schneider graduated with a degree in business administration and is married to the former Tara Lighthiser ’83. They have three children. In November 2005, Schneider joined TPG/Newbridge Capital as its managing director and operations partner based in Hong Kong. Newbridge is Asia’s leading private equity investment firm with $2.2 billion of capital under investment. He is past president and CEO of GE China. He accepted this leadership role in 2001 and served the company for 20 years in total. Schneider serves on the boards of Junior Achievement-China, Hanaro Telecom in Korea and Myer Department Store in Australia.
Smith was born and raised in Warren, Pa. He graduated from Grove City with a business administration and computer systems degree and immediately joined H.B. Maynard and Company, a Pittsburgh-based workforce management and consulting company. In 2001, he was elected president of the company. Earlier this year, he received the Institute of Industrial Engineers Fellow Award. Smith is involved in the Pittsburgh Technology Council, Coalition of Christian Outreach and Family Guidance. He is on the College’s Entrepreneurship Advisory Council and the board of Pittsburgh’s Jubilee Christian School. He and his wife, Amy (Richards ’85) Smith, have four children.
The Distinguished Service Award was established in 1999 to recognize an individual who has made a significant contribution to the College through consistent service in exceptional ways.
Arnold graduated from Grove City with a degree in English. She and husband John Arnold ’58 had three children: son John ’85 and daughters Elizabeth and Beverly ’83. Throughout her life, Arnold has exemplified what it means to be a true “Grover.” She served as president of the Alumni Association from 1999-2001 and joined the board as an Alumni Trustee in 2001 and a full member in 2004. Her commitment to family and community earned her the “Keeper of the Flame Award” from the Harrisburg Junior League in 2005. For years, she has hosted freshman send-off picnics at her home and has contributed her time, talent and treasure to Grove City for 40 years.
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