May 12, 2000

PENN STATE ANNOUNCES NEW TRUSTEES
University Park, Pa. — Penn State alumni, delegates of agricultural societies and delegates of industrial societies elected three new members and re-elected four incumbents to serve on the University’s Board of Trustees.

The alumni elected one new member, David M. Joyner, chairman of the board and CEO of Elan Cosmetic Centers, Inc., and re-elected Trustees David R. Jones, consulting editor for the New York Times and Anne Riley, an English teacher and former president of the Alumni Association.

Delegates of agricultural societies elected Charles C. Brosius, former Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture and retired president of Marlboro Mushrooms, and re-elected Carl T. Shaffer, vice president of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau. Obie Snider who currently serves on the Board, chose not to run for re-election by the agricultural societies.

In addition, the Pennsylvania Senate last month confirmed the gubernatorial appointment of Robert A. Fortinsky, president of Fortune Fabrics, Inc. and president of Fortinsky Charitable Foundation, as a member of the Board. He replaces Robert D. Metzgar, who has been elected to the Board by the industrial societies. Mr. Metzgar is president and owner of North Penn Pipe & Supply, Inc.

Delegates of industrial societies also re-elected Edward R. Hintz, president of Hintz, Holman and Hecksher, Inc. and vice chairman of the Board of Trustees. Ira Lubert, who currently serves on the Board, chose not to run for re-election by the industrial societies.

New and Re-elected members elected by alumni:

-- David R. Jones. Now a consulting editor for the New York Times, Jones was national editor for 14 years and later served as editor of National Editions and assistant managing editor. He began his career with the Times in 1963 in Detroit, Washington and New York, and before that, was a reporter with the Wall Street Journal for seven years in New York and Pittsburgh. He has been a Pulitzer Prize juror for the past two years and works with the Independent Journalism Foundation. Jones received a B.A. in journalism from Penn State in 1954 and has been a supporter of the College of Communications for more than 10 years.

He received a Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1979 and an Alumni Fellow Award in 1987. He was first elected to the Board of Trustees by the alumni in 1997.

-- David M. Joyner, M.D. Following residencies in general and orthopedic surgery at The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and a brief stint in the World Football League, Joyner began a medical career in sports medicine. Former executive vice president of the Orthopedic Institute of Pennsylvania, in 1992 he founded Joyner Sportsmedicine Institute, which was acquired by Nova Care, Inc., in 1998. A 1972 graduate of Penn State in science and a College of Medicine graduate in 1976, Joyner has also been chairman of the United States Olympic Committee Sports Medicine Committee and has published frequently on sports medicine. He has served on several campaign committees, the Libraries Development Advisory Board and the Schreyer Institute for Innovation in Learning. In 1992, he was named a Distinguished Alumnus of Penn State.?

-- Anne Riley. Immediate past president of the Penn State Alumni Association, Riley also serves on the Alumni Council and its Executive Board as well as the steering committee for the new Hintz Family Alumni Center. She helped establish Penn State's Distinguished Teaching Fellows Award and to expand international alumni programs. A 1964 and 1975 graduate of Penn State in English, Riley also serves on the board of the Renaissance Fund and of the Mount Nittany Conservancy and is a member of the committee for Women in Philanthropy. In addition, she has taught for the Community Academy of Lifelong Learning, joined the Community Advisory Board of Nittany Bank and is a member of the board of the State College YMCA. Riley was first elected to the Board in 1997.

New and re-elected members elected by agricultural societies:

-- Charles C. Brosius. Recently appointed to the National Mushroom Council by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Brosius was Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture from 1995 to 1997, and retired as president of his family mushroom business in 1995. He has served on the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry and was vice-chairman of the board of directors of Agway Inc. He is also a former director of Telmark Inc., and was a director and finance chairman for Curtice Burns Foods, Inc. Currently, Brosius sits on the Penn State Great Valley Advisory Board and chairs the campus Grand Destiny Campaign. A 1952 graduate of Penn State in dairy science, he was named a Penn State Distinguished Alumnus this year. Brosius previously served on Penn State’s Board of Trustees from 1989 through 1997.

-- Carl T. Shaffer. A Pennsylvania Master Farmer who grows grain and vegetable crops, Shaffer was elected vice president of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau in 1996, and until 1994, had been one of the 16 district directors representing members in Columbia, Luzerne and Schuylkill/Carbon counties. He currently serves on the board of the Pennsylvania Vegetable Marketing and Research Program and the Columbia County Agricultural Extension Association, and is a member of the state Department of Environmental Protection Agricultural Advisory Board. He also has been a legislative chairman of the Columbia County Farm Bureau, chairman of USDA's Farm Service Agency State Committee and a leader in other organizations. Shaffer was first elected to the Board in 1997.

New and re-elected members elected by industrial societies:

-- Edward R. Hintz. A private money management firm in New York City, Hintz, Holman, and Hecksher, Inc. specializes in investment management for individuals, which Hintz founded in 1974. He is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts. He graduated from Penn State in 1959 with a B.S. in business administration and received an MBA from Harvard University in 1963. Hintz was named an Alumni Fellow by the College of Business Administration and a Distinguished Alumnus of the University. Hintz is currently chairman of A Grand Destiny: The Penn State Campaign, Penn State's second major capital campaign. He has chaired The National Development Council and has led fundraising efforts for the Bryce Jordan Center and Paterno Library. Hintz was elected to the board in 1994 and re-elected for a succeeding term. He was elected vice chairman of the Board in 1998, 1999, and 2000.

-- Robert D. Metzgar. North Penn Pipe & Supply, Inc. of Warren is a wholesale supplier to oil and gas exploration companies and industrial suppliers. Metzgar graduated from Penn State with a B.S. in business administration in 1960 and also pursued post graduate work in business at the University. He is a member of the Penn State Behrend Council of Fellows, the President's Club, and other Penn State organizations. He currently serves on the PNC Bank Advisory Board, is treasurer of the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Association, and serves on the Board of Directors of the New York Oil and Gas Association. Metzgar was named 1996 Alumni Fellow of Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, and he served on Penn State’s Board of Trustees from 1995 to 2000 as an appointee by the governor.

New member appointed by the Governor:

-- Robert A. Fortinsky. After earning a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Penn State in 1947, Fortinsky established Fortune Fabrics, Inc. in Swoyersville, which is now in its 50th year. The company weaves and sells commercial upholstery fabric nationwide. He has been a director for Luzerne National Bank, a member of the International Textile Society, a trustee of Wilkes University and a board member of the Luzerne Foundation. The Fortinsky Charitable Foundation, which he and his wife established, focuses on community and educational needs of the area. He is chairman of the Advisory Board for the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Campus, where he also helped create the Center for Technology and provided the Fortinsky Auditorium. In 1999, he was named a Distinguished Alumnus of Penn State.

Penn State’s Board is comprised of six members appointed by the governor, nine elected by the alumni, and six members each elected by the agricultural and industrial societies. In addition, five members are ex officio by right of their office, including Gov. Tom Ridge, Penn State President Graham B. Spanier. Secretary of Agriculture Saumel E. Hayes, Jr., Secretary of Education Eugene W. Hickok, and Secretary of Conservation and Natural Resources John C. Oliver III. For more information on Penn State’s Board members, go to http://www.psu.edu/trustees/memlist.html