Clemens And Goldberg Named Alumni Fellows

8-21-97
University Park, Pa. -- Insurance executive Alvin H. Clemens and Alex Goldberg, both graduates of Penn State's Smeal College of Business Administration, will be named Penn State Alumni Fellows, the highest distinction bestowed by the Penn State Alumni Association.

Clemens and Goldberg will formally receive their honors -- including custom-designed medallions -- in ceremonies to be held Sept. 4 in the Nittany Lion Inn at the University Park Campus. Penn State President Graham Spanier will preside.

Clemens, who earned his bachelor of science degree in 1959, is chair, chief executive officer and majority owner of the Norristown, Pa.-based insurance firm Provident American Corporation, trading as PAMC on Nasdaq.

A resident of Villanova, Pa., he is a long-time supporter of Penn State and The Smeal College. He established a professorship in entrepreneurial studies in the college and serves on its Board of Visitors. Earlier, he was a member of college's Alumni Society Board of Directors.

Clemens is a member of the Penn State Board of Trustees, appointed by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, and is a member of the Founders and Atherton Societies. He is also a member of the Mount Nittany Society, which recognizes the highest level of private support for the University.

Clemens' extensive knowledge of the insurance industry has resulted in his being named co-chair of the Insurance Task Force of the State of Pennsylvania IMPACCT Commission on Banking and Insurance, and being appointed by Gov. Ridge to the Transition Team for Banking and Insurance in 1994. Clemens is listed in Who's Who in America and in Who's Who in Finance and Industry.

Goldberg, a two-time Penn State grad (BS '62, MBA '64), is president of the Ford Motor Land Services Corp., Dearborn, Mich.

Born and raised in Altoona, Pa., he joined Ford's Dearborn Glass Plant in May 1964, shortly after earning his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and his MBA. Over the intervening years, he held various planning and financial management positions with the automaker both in the United States and in Europe. He was controller of Powertrain Operations, Ford Automotive Operations, before being named executive vice president of the Ford Motor Land Services Corp. in 1995, and president a year later.

In addition to his duties at Ford, Goldberg is a board member of the Allegiance Corporation, a hospital-physicians health service organization, and a member of Executive Committee of the Michigan Jobs Commission. He also is a member of the International Development Research Council and the Corporate Real Estate Leaders Council.

Goldberg has been deeply involved in the founding of what will soon become The Smeal College MBA Affiliated Program Group (APG) and has assisted numerous graduates of the college with their career development plans. In addition, he has spearheaded corporate support for the MBA Minority Visitation Weekend, a capstone element in assuring continued ethnic diversity in the Smeal MBA program.

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Contact: Charlie DuBois (814) 863-3798 ccd@psu.edu