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Glunz… bookkeeping as well as Bible classes in the high school. She also organ- ized the Chris- tian Endeavor Society in 1909. In keeping


with the plans of Dr. Silliman, Dr. David S. Hibbard and the Mission Board, Charles Glunz shaped a curriculum for industrial and engineering students which included carpentry, cabinet making, printing, masonry, blacksmithing, farming and gardening. Al- though he had never attended college and had no degree, Mr. Glunz be- came a college teacher of engineering students, a professor of mechanical drawing and Superintendent of the Industrial Arts department. He also taught physics and most of the home-made apparatus and tools used in the classroom were made by him. Full of energy and practical knowledge, to his students “...Mr. Glunz, ...is the carpenter shop” and many boys learned from him to “do with their might, whatever their hands find to do.” His gift for grasping applied knowledge and mas- tering its use was demonstrated at one instance by his idea of putting wooden rollers beneath the superstructure of the


Design of what would become Hibbard Hall One of Glunz’s first pre-engineering classes


wooden houses that were intended to be moved and by means of pulleys roll the structure from its original site to another place around campus. In 1940, the former School Exchange was converted into a faculty-student cooperative store and, for this purpose, Mr. Glunz moved his old residence to the corner of Hibbard and Silliman avenues, raising the original build- ing and adding the first story underneath. Since then, faculty homes have been moved from their former sites with this technology for relocation to new sites and to make way for new buildings such as the new Silliman Medical center and the Luce auditorium. Mr. Glunz designed and built most of the buildings on the Silliman In-


stitute campus. All constructions --- buildings, office desks and chairs, plumbing, electrical connections--- at Silliman were provided by the in- dustrial arts department. As a self-educated engineer, Mr. Glunz took charge of the practical implementation of campus development and by 1905, Silliman Institute was well on its way to becoming a self-contained campus with missionary residences, a windmill, water tower, acetylene lighting system, ice-making machine, a printing press and an industrial building. In 1910, Charles Glunz became a member of the first Board of Trus-


tees of Silliman Institute. Dr. Silliman had passed away that year and the Institute would lose the financial support he had provided. Faced with ur- gent and mounting demands for increased service and expansion in 1914- 1915, the Institute initiated fundraising efforts in the Philippines from 1915 through 1930, enlisting the help of the


(See GLUNZ page 3)


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Leaders… nurse and health administrator who graduated from SUCN in 1964 and currently chairs the alumni chapter board of directors. From 1996 to 1998, Susan Soldwisch


Nate Tan


became president and was instrumental in organizing the first Tipon gathering un- der SUACONA at Stony Point, NY in 1998. Susan obtained her biology degree in 1963 and graduate work in biology and Southeast Asian Studies in 1969. Nathaniel Tan succeeded Susan the next term, 1999-2000. Nate, married to


‘76 BSN alumna Grace Villanueva holds a string of Silliman connections as member of the graduating classes of SUES ’63, SUHS ‘67 and BBA ‘71. The only chapter member who served two non- consecutive terms as president is Fely Narvaez, from 2001-2002 and 2005-2006. A retired ER nurse, Fely matches Nate’s SU years – SUES ’63, SUHS ’57 and BSN ’62. Sofia Pelias-


Fely Narvaez


Jadloc, president from 2003 to 2004, continued her hus- band’s commitment to SUAF. Sofia


graduated in 1957 from the College of


Theology with a BS in Christian Educa- tion and is a retired teacher. Church minister Pastor Paniamogan


presided over the chapter from 2007- 2008. A 1964 graduate of the College of Theology, Rev. Paniamogan is married toMila Opalia, educator and author of math textbook for children. He serves as senior minister at First Congregational Church of Christ in Perris. He under- took graduate and post-graduate studies in the US, and served churches in Iowa, Michigan and Ohio.


Miriam Tan- Sofia Jadloc


Pastor Paniamogan


Miriam Cole


Cole who with hus- band Donald and family recently moved to Rhode Island and is the immediate past president of the organization, served from 2009 – 2010. Miriam ob- tained a BS in Mu-


sic degree in 1973; she is also a mem- ber of SUES ’65 and SUHS ’69. Laarni, married to Frank Gularek,


is a 1974 BBA graduate and also mem- ber of SUHS ’70. She is a trust administrator at City National Bank in San Diego.


Laarni Gularek


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