Welcome to the Central Pennsylvania Torch Club

Sept. 09       Scott Kretchmar       Paying NCAA Athletes: One Year Later

Oct.  14        Richard Novak         Just Under the Surface: A Glimpse into Freshwater 

                                                     Mussel Biology and Conservation                             

Nov.  11      Kim Steiner               Saving the American Chestnut

Dec.  09      Roger Williams          Update on the Historical Society                 

Jan.  13      Bill Blair                    Arlington: An African American History

Feb.  10      Gary Miller                WPSU/Public Broadcasting Update        

Mar  10      John Golbeck             Who was Edmund Fitzgerald?            

Apr. 14      Stephen Seidman        Is Computing a Profession?

May 12      Paul Whitehead          If the Shoe Fits: The Criminal Case Against

                                                     the Philadelphia Cordwainers (1806)                     

Jun. 09      Larry Ragan               Invasive Species in America 

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President                                 Robert Igo                rli2                  @psu.edu         

Vice President                         Scott Kretchmar       rsk1                 @psu.edu

Corresponding Secretary         Jim Serene                james.serene1  @gmail.com

Recording Secretary                John Dillon               jad53               @psu.edu

Treasurer                                Peter Jurs                  pcj                  @psu.edu

Past President                         Carolyn Wilhelm        clwilhelm1      @me.com 

Second Wednesday of every month (except July and August), social hour at 5:00 pm, dinner at 6 pm, Ramada Inn and Conference Center, 1450 South Atherton St. State College, PA. The program begins promptly at 6:45 pm. 

https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/ramada/state-college-pennsylvania/ramada-state-college-hotel-and-conference-center/overview. 

• To give members of different professions the opportunity to meet together in the  spirit of fellowship.
• To prevent the narrowing tendencies of specialization by developing a breadth of thought and culture.
• To foster the highest standards of  professional ethics and civic well-being, no club is permitted to sponsor any cause or partisan movement.

International Association of Torch Clubs, Inc. was instituted on July 10, 1924.  Its web page can be found at www.torch.org.