Kirk R. Brown - 1970

 

Kirk Brown, a graduate of Bangor High School and Cornell University, is a recipient of the Pennsylvania Nursery and Landscape Association "Green Achiever" Award for advancing horticulture in Pennsylvania. Kirk serves as business manager of award-winning Joanne Kostecky Garden Design, Inc.  

His book, Landscape Contractor , is distributed to high school guidance programs throughout the US and Canada.  

Kirk is a national director for the Garden Writers Association of America.   He has been chairman of the Penn State/PLNA winter education conference committee, also serving on the marketing committee, education committee, and long range planning web task force.   He has served on the marketing committee for the American Nursery and Landscape Association.

His lecturing has received outstanding comments from audiences of his peers.   He has been the keynote speaker for many organizations, including the American Nursery and Landscape Association Management Clinic, and the Pennsylvania Nursery and Landscape Association.

Gardens that he has designed and installed have been presented with "Outstanding Design Awards" by PLNA, Perennial Plant Association, and the Association of Professional Landscape Designers.   He has written numerous articles which have appeared in landscaping magazines and local newspapers.

Kirk's interest in acting originated in 1968 when he landed a starring role in Bangor High Schools's Bye, Bye Birdie .   It was there that he met his future wife, Sara Stine, who played Rosie to his Albert.   As an actor and playwright, he has appeared in, produced, directed, and designed over 100 productions. He has written over 25 produced original dramas, comedies, and musicals with a number of collaborators over the last 35 years.   Several of his Christian musicals have been published and achieved a national audience.   He has served on the board of the Civic Theatre in Allentown, founded ACTS (Asbury Chancel Theatre Society) where he has produced a show every year for the last 25 and also serves on Asbury's Arts in Worship Committee.   For the past five years he has worked very closely with the State Theatre on their high school musical programming.

Kirk and his wife and two sons, Logan and Evan, live in Orefield, PA.

 

Hayden N. Oritchard, Ph.D. - 1951

While at Bangor High School, Hayden Pritchard played three years each of varsity football and basketball, and two years of varsity track.   He was the editor of the yearbook and salutatorian of the class of 1951.

He received his A.B. from Princeton University in 1955, his M.S. from Lehigh University in 1962, and his Ph.D. from Lehigh University in 1964.  

Since then, Dr. Pritchard has distinguished himself as an author, researcher, consultant, lecturer, and professor.  

Dr. Pritchard was a professor of biology, and plant and marine biology, at Cedar Crest College, the University of Florida.   He is currently a professor at Lehigh University, where he has been since1963.

In 1979 he received the Professor Emeritus and the Bernard A. Briody, Jr. Award for distinguished teaching and advising at Lehigh University.   In 1992 he attained the status of Professor Emeritus.   In 1984, he was invited to be a member of the People to People International Botanical Delegation to South Africa.

Dr. Pritchard is a researcher in cytology, cytochemistry, plant growth and ecology.   Since 1989, he has been a consulting biologist/botanist for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources.

He is the author of Biology of Nonvascular Plants , and numerous scientific articles.   He has lectured to many educational and service groups.

He is a member if the Exchange Club and has served on the Blue Valley Farm Show Executive Committee.   He was a member of the BASD Board of Education from 1975-1989 and served as president from 1978-1982 and treasurer in 1983. He served on the Easton Hospital Board of Trustees from 1977-1978, the Eagle Scout Board of Review, Minsi Trails Council, B.S.A. from 1983-1987, and the Bangor Public Library Board of Trustees from 1990-2000.   He is a member of the First Methodist Church of Bangor, PA.

Dr. Pritchard lives in Pen Argyl with his wife Kathleen.

 

Edmund P. Turtzo, Jr. - 1965

 

After graduating from Bangor High School in 1965, Edmund "Chip" Turtzo continued his education at Moravian College.   He served in the Pennsylvania National Guard from 1970-1976 and is a member of AMVETS.

Chip may be best known to area residents for his involvement with honoring and preserving local military history.   He   is President of Homefront of the Slate Belt, Inc., and chairman and organizer of the 1995 Homefront Reunion.

After graduating from Bangor High School in 1965, Chip continued his education at Moravian College.   He served in the Pennsylvania National Guard from 1970-1976 and is a member of AMVETS.

Chip is the chairman and organizer of the Bangor Veteran's Memorial at Bangor Park, and has been chairman of Bangor's Memorial Day and Veteran's Day ceremonies for twelve years.   He is responsible for conducting the Slate Belt WWII Veteran's study and individual history.

His community involvement extends to interests in local history as well.   He served as an executive board member of the Slate Belt Heritage Center, Inc., and was board president for ten years.

He was a board member and chairman of the Bangor Zoning Hearing Board, serving in this capacity from 1989-2001.

He is a charter member of he BAHS Alumni Association, where he serves on the Scholarship Committee.   He has been a member of the Bangor Elks Lodge #1106 Men's Chorus for 25 years.

He performs piano selections for area senior citizens and patients at the Rehabilitation Center.

Chip has received the Legion of Honor award from the Chapel of Four Chaplains for selfless service to others, the Exceptional Service Award from the Slate Belt Chamber of Commerce, a Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding support to the Department of Defense during the 50 th Anniversary of WWII, and the National Medal of Patriotism from the American Police Hall of Fame.

  A well-known area realtor, Chip has been a licensed real estate broker for 35 + years.   He received a Distinguished Sales Award from the Sales & Marketing Executives (SME) of Easton, and is a Life Member of the PA Association of Realtors Excellence Club.

His hobbies include horse ownership and pleasure riding, history, golf, and piano.   He and his wife Tonya, have three children.