“Penned by Penn Staters: Books written by Penn State Authors”
An exhibit: Hintz Alumni Center, curated by the Penn State University Archives
Dates: Thursday, June 18 – Thursday, September 17, 2015
Isaac Asimov stated “It is the writer who might catch the imagination of young people, and plant a seed that will flower and come to fruition.” Writing is a mysterious and glorious enterprise that challenges the most imaginative soul. This exhibit features 48 books authored by 32 Penn Staters. It is but a mere sampling of the creative endeavors fostered by Penn State faculty, staff and alumni, who have sequestered themselves with note cards, pad and pencil, typewriter, or computer and produced marvelous works of fiction, poetry, short stories, non-fiction, biography, travel and more.
The exhibit visitor will see a glimpse of the innovative genius apparent in many Penn Staters—and who knows, the person sitting next to you at a fall football game may be the next Penn State author.
Authors and titles featured in this exhibit include:
1. Brian C. Black – Crude Reality: Petroleum in World History
2. A.E. Bye – Art Into Landscape: Landscape Into Art
3. Maureen A. Carr – Stravinsky’s Pulcinella: A Facsimile of the Sources and Sketches
4. Joan Chittister – Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope; Life Ablaze; The Radical Christian Life; For Everything A Season
5. Lance Cole and Stanley M. Brand – Congressional Investigations and Oversight
6. Louise Esola – American Boys
7. Donald H. Ford – Carol’s Alzheimer Journey
8. Roger L. Geiger – The Land-Grant Colleges and the Reshaping of American Higher Education; Knowledge and Money
9. Vicki Glembocki – The Second Nine Months
10. Nichola D. Gutgold – Madam President-Five Women Who Paved the Way; Gender and the American Presidency; Paving the Way for Madam President
11. Robert Francis Hauck Jr. – The New Geonometry
12. Robert M. Hendrickson – Academic Leadership and Governance of Higher Education
13. John Hruschka – How Books Came to America
14. Dennis C. Jett – American Ambassadors
15. James Kasting – How to Find a Habitable Planet
16. Chip Kidd – Peanuts; GO-A Kid’s Guide to Graphic Design; Batman; The Cheese Monkeys
17. Robert Lima – The Rites of Stone; Some People!
18. Michael E. Mann – The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars
19. Murry Nelson – The Rolling Stones
20. Spencer G. Niles – Career Development Interventions in the 21st Century
21. Charles Prebish – An American Buddhist Life; The Faces of Buddhism in America; The A to Z of Buddhism
22. James P. Quigel – Williamsport’s Baseball Heritage; Gateway to the Majors
23. Carol Reardon – Pickett’s Charge-In History and Memory
24. Barbara Rolls – The Volumetrics Eating Plan; The Ultimate Volumetrics Diet
25. Laura Rotunno – Postal Plots in British Fiction, 1840-1898
26. Lyman Tower Sargent – Utopianism-A very Short Introduction
27. John D. Shank – Interactive Open Educational Resources
28. Teresa M. Stouffer – No Snitchin’ in the Kitchen
29. Lee Stout – A Matter of Simple Justice
30. Robin L. Thomas – Architecture and Statecraft
31. Michael Weinreb – Season of Saturday’s
32. Kenneth Womack – The Beatles Encyclopedia; John Doe No. 2 and the Dreamland Motel; The Restaurant At The End of the World
For more information: Contact Penn State University Archivist, Jackie Esposito at 814-863-3791 or jxe2@psu.edu