New Junker Center Named At Penn State Erie
July 17, 2001
Abington, Pa.—Penn State’s Board of Trustees today (July 17) approved naming the new athletic facility at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, in recognition of Trustee Edward P. “Ted” Junker III, his wife Barbara Frederick Junker, and their family.
The Athletics and Recreation Center (ARC) honors the Junkers’ long-standing commitment and generosity to Penn State, especially their support of Penn State Erie’s athletics program, which they endowed with a major gift in 1997. Erie residents, Ted and Barbara Junker graduated from the University in 1959 and 1957, respectively. Ted Junker has been a University Trustee since 1986 and served as chairman of the board from 1998 to 2001. He is a director and past chair of the Council of Fellows at Penn State Erie. He is also a volunteer leader of Penn Stat Erie’s segment of the Grand Destiny campaign, and serves as a member of the campaign’s steering committee.
Ted Junker retired in 1997 as vice chairman of PNC Bank Corp., having joined the former Erie-based Marine Bank as an assistant vice president in 1964. Barbara Junker was a director of the Fairview School Board from 1977 to 1998. Their three daughters, Elizabeth J. Korman, Barbara J. Smith and Susan J. Feyock, are all Penn State graduates.
The 72,800 square foot Athletics and Recreation Center, dedicated in the fall of 2000, features three all-purpose courts and a 1,600-seat gymnasium, an eight-lane swimming pool, weight room, three-lane running track, jumping pits, aerobics room, locker rooms, offices, and a variety of exercise equipment.
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