Penn State Behrend Basketball Alumni Profiles
Click on the names below to read special comments on how Behrend helped prepare them for the future
Name | Class | Title | Company |
Thomas Apke | ‘66 | Attorney/Professor | Cal State Fullerton |
Joe Williams | '67 | National Accounts - Sales | UPS |
Barney Etzel | ‘67 | Vice President | Swinerton & Walberg Company/San Fransisco, CA |
William Cox | ‘68 | President/CEO | The Cox Group Inc./Detroit, MI |
Randy Lachowski | ‘68 | President/CEO(Retired) | KB Industries Inc./Erie, PA |
Dan Frye | ‘68 | Finance | Oil City, PA |
Duane May | ‘69 | Pharmacy Manager | Kroger/Houston, TX |
Ron Hornyak | ‘69 | Engineer | Parker Hanifan/Chicago, IL |
Doug Zimmerman | ‘70 | Asst. Director of Athletics(retired) | Gannon University/Erie, PA |
Mike Kauffman | ‘71 | Systems Engineer | Penn State University |
David Davies | ‘72 | Vice President of Finance | Maryland Insurance Group |
Gary Borowy | ‘73 | President/Owner | Borowy Insurance/Erie, PA |
Robert Olszewski | '74 | Health Planning & Administration | Retired |
William Cunningham | ‘76 | Erie County DA/Presiding Judge | Erie County District |
Ron Miller | ‘76 | Partner/Accountant | Boshini, Miller & Associates/Greensburg, PA |
Jeff Gillete | ‘76 | Engineer | PPG Industries/ Pittsburgh |
James Davis | ‘77 | Manager/Accountant | Erie Insurance Co/Erie, PA |
Mark Chesko | '78 | Plant Manager | Armstrong World Industries |
Jon Kennedy | '78 | Engineering Support Manager | Tampa Bay Water |
Pat Gahr | ‘79 | Phys Ed Teacher/Basketball Coach | Cedar Cliff High School/Harrisburg, PA |
David Kiehl | '79 | President/Owner | North East Hardwoods, Inc. |
Greg Vaughn | ‘81 | Web Designer | RS Information Systems/Mclean, VA |
Don Vaughn | ‘83 | Mechanical Engineer | U.S. Postal Service/Virginia |
Joseph Greer Sr. | ‘85 | District Sales Manager | Sankyo Pharma Inc./Pittsburgh, PA |
Paul Cwalina | '88 | SVP, National Accounts | First Data |
Makr Majewski | '88 | Sales Manager | Great Lakes Insurance |
John Sargent | ‘88 | MIS Coordinator | Hamot Medical Center/Erie, PA |
Gary Zang | '88 | President | DGS Landscaping |
David Gurska | ‘90 | Sr. Vice President | AIM Integrated Logisitics |
Randy Baughman | ‘91 | CFO | Kimble Chase |
Rick Clark | ‘92 | Manager of Finance & Accounting | Dubois Area School District/Dubois, PA |
Rich Buzalka | ‘92 | Engineer | Saint-Goblein Corp, Madera, PA |
Chris Viscuso | ‘92 | Asst. Men’s Basketball Coach | Gannon University |
Timothy Cook | '93 | Prevention Coordinator | Booker T. Washington Center/Erie, PA |
Stephen Respress | '93 | CNC Operator | Modern Industries Inc./Erie, PA |
Don Plyler | ‘94 | Teacher/Coach | Berwick Area School District/Berwick, PA |
Byron Thorne | ‘94 | Sales | Jostens Ring |
Steve Berger | '95 | Teacher | Pittsburgh, PA |
Todd Sturgin | ‘95 | Project Engineer | Luk Inc./Wooster, OH |
Eddie Edwards | ‘96 | Attorney/Partner Sports Agent | Sport Entertainment Management Group/Pittsburgh, PA |
Joe Kissane | ‘98 | Owner | Kissane Construction/Oakmont, PA |
Brian Emick | ‘99 | Vice Principal | North East Area School District |
Jason Paloskey | ‘99 | Sales Rep | VWR International/Batavia, IL |
Matt Plizga | ‘99 | Asst. Sports Information | Duke University |
Brock Bovaird | ‘99 | Guidance Counselor | Dubois Area Schools |
Chris Hughes | ‘00 | Asst. General Foreman | National Fuel Gas /St. Mary's, PA |
John Park | ‘00 | Mechanical Engineer | GE Transportation Systems/Erie, PA |
Nathan Wilson | ‘00 | Mechanical Engineer | GE Power Systems/Baton Rouge, LA |
Andy Lawrence | ‘00 | Mold Design Engineer | Sercel, Inc./Houston, TX |
Ashley Orris | ‘01 | Pharmaceutical Sales Rep | Sankyo Pharma Inc./Erie, PA |
Matt Keith | ‘02 | Partner | The Action Group USA/Miami, FL |
Steve Merril | '03 | Chiroprator | Atlanta, Georgia |
Joe Greer Jr. | '04 | District Sales Manager | Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. |
James Curren | ‘04 | Robotic Surgical Sales Director | Intuitive Surgical |
Casey Ponsoll | ‘04 | Lead Process Engineer | Matrix Tool Inc./Fairview, PA |
David Hairston | ‘04 | Engineering Project Manager | Niagara Bottling, LLC, Dallas, TX |
Mike Shodt | ‘04 | Computer Engineer | Erie, PA |
Nick Paris | ‘05 | Operations Manager | Ellwood Crankshaft/New Castle, PA |
Tom Lulich | ‘05 | Lead Quality Engineer | Thorley Industries/Pittsburgh, PA |
Joe Lucas | ‘05 | Accountant | Cincinnati/General Electric |
Rylan Marx | ‘05 | Financial Planner | Lincoln Investmensts/Pittsburgh |
Justin Jennings | '06 | Head Basketball Coach | USMA PREP School/ West Point |
JJ Ferguson | ‘06 | Vice President | Delta Contractors & Design Inc./Clarion, PA |
Kevin Buczynski | ‘08 | Medical Technology | US Air Force |
David Gahan | ‘08 | Head Basketball Coach | Mercyhurst North East |
Doug Straub | ‘08 | Teacher/Coach | Dubois Area |
Dan Zeigler | ‘08 | Teacher/Coach | Smethport Area School District |
Jacoby Curtis | '08 | Manager/Part Owner | Curtis and Son Oil |
Ben Gasbarre | ‘08 | Manufacturing Manager | Gasbarre Products/Dubois |
Drew Seker | ‘09 | Mechanical Engineer | Johns Hopkins University |
Tom Newman | ‘09 | Accountant/General Manager | Tetra Tool Company |
Adam Potter | ‘10 | Seminarian | Vatican City/ Rome |
Justin Kovac | ‘11 | Accountant | Ernst and Young /Pittsburgh, PA |
Dan Simpson | '12 | Assistant Project Manager | AMG Research |