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Henry D. Sahakian

1961

Henry Sahakian loved State College and devoted his life to bettering the region through business pursuits and investment in local charities. Sahakian ’61 Eng made an indelible mark on the Centre Region during his six-decade career, which included developing many commercial buildings and pioneering the idea of off-campus student housing. “While most businesspeople in our area stick to the one thing they know, [Sahakian] created and ran 32 companies in various industries,” says daughter Heddy Kervandjian.

Rev. Dr. Donna Ruth King

2010

Those who knew her say the Rev. Dr. Donna Ruth King was playful and down-to-earth. But she was also a fighter. After King and her family moved to the State College area in the mid-1980s, “my mother struggled a lot with the racism in the community. And I think that took a toll on her health,” says her son, Barry King ’97 H&HD. “She was always fighting.”

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Iman McDonnaugh-Brown

2012

Iman McDonnaugh-Brown ’12 Com works as a fashion model, but she always wanted her own business.

Mark Gerencher

1996

Mark Gerencher ’96 Bus and his wife, Carrie, began winemaking at home about nine years ago, experimenting with different kinds of grapes and other hand-picked fruits.

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The Birds & the Bees

Unveiled in June, the Pollinator and Bird Garden at The Arboretum at Penn State has been lovingly constructed as a welcoming home for Pennsylvania’s many pollinators—bees, butterflies, beetles, flies, and the ruby-throated hummingbird, the region’s only vertebrate pollinator.

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Carl Nassib makes history as the NFL’s first openly gay player.

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A Soccer All-American Cherishes An Extra Chance.

Letters: September / October 2021

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‘We Know A Lot More Now’

Nearly two years after the emergence of a pandemic that disrupted life on Earth, Andrew Read, director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, reflects on what scientists have learned from COVID-19, what the world can expect going forward, and what we should not repeat.

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