Appointments
Penn State Intercom......January
17, 2002
Executive director of University
development appointed
David J. Lieb has been named executivedirector of University development in the Division of Development and Alumni Relations.
He will have overall responsibility for managing the University's major gifts program and coordinating the work of the various directors of development at the University Park campus and the Dickinson School of Law, as part of the $1.3 billion Grand Destiny capital campaign.
He will report to Peter Weiler, associate vice president for development and alumni relations.
Lieb returned to Penn State in 1999 as director of University development after having served as associate vice president for university advancement at California University of Pennsylvania. He successfully managed that institution's first capital campaign, which raised $13 million in gifts.
From 1989 to 1996, he served in various development posts at Penn State, including regional coordinator of annual giving, development officer in The Smeal College of Business Administration and director of development for University programs.
Lieb holds a bachelor of arts from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a master's degree in higher education from the University.
Capital College administrator
appointed new associate dean
Longtime Penn State Capital College faculty member and administrator William J. Mahar is its new associate provost and senior associate dean for academic affairs.
Mahar, professor of humanities and music and director of the School of Humanities, joined the Penn State Harrisburg faculty in 1972 and has served as school director since 1984. He is author of the Behind the Burnt Cork Mask: Early Blackface Minstrelsy and Antebellum American Popular Culture and has been a frequent contributor to books, journals and popular magazines.
Mahar has been honored with the Penn State Harrisburg Award for Excellence in Research, the James A. Jordan Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence, the University's Award for Outstanding Contributions to Improving Equal Opportunity and Cross-Cultural Relations and the University's Excellence in Advising Award.
Hanes announced a national search for a replacement for Mahar as director of the School of Humanities. Simon J. Bronner, distinguished professor of American studies and folklore, has been appointed interim director.
Gateway Library head plans
customer service training 
Lesley Moyo was recently named head of the Gateway Library of University Libraries, University Park.
She had served as interim head since August 2000.
The library is composed of two wholly digital facilities -- the Gateway Commons, a first stop for users new to the Libraries who need information not conforming to a subject library and Pollock Laptop Library, which is open 24 hours a day and provides faculty, staff and students with laptops for use free of charge, as well as electronic reference assistance and study areas.
Moyo's plans include customer service training at reference and welcome desks as well as staff development. Additionally, she will continue to develop Gateway's outreach efforts to new students, including international students and adult learners, while working toward a broader marketing effort.
Moyo earned a bachelor of arts in library studies from the University of Zambia in 1981 and a master of library science from the University of California in 1983. Before coming to the University, she taught computer studies at Delaware Technical and Community College, worked in various public service roles at the University of Zimbabwe, and taught library and information studies at the University of Zambia and the University of Botswana.
Security officer appointed
at Penn State Lehigh Valley
William F. Speth has joined the Penn State Lehigh Valley campus as a full-time security officer.
Before his appointment, Speth completed 30 years with the Spring Township Police Department, the last 14 years as police chief.
Speth earned his bachelor's degree in communications from Kent State University and is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State Police Academy in Hershey. Additionally, he graduated from the FBI's Inter-County Detective School.