Profiles of people engaged in the Society's work [Page 6]

Fr. G. Donald Pantle, SJ

Campus minister, professor of German and Spanish
University of Scranton
Time on the job: 19 years

Fr. Pantle taught at Loyola High in Towson, Maryland, and Gonzaga High in Washington, D.C., and held many other positions before fate brought him back to Scranton, his hometown, in 1980. He quickly got involved at Scranton University in a range of ministries, including teaching German and Spanish (he established the Spanish theme house, where he is counselor-in- residence).

Dr. Bryan Raudenbush

Assistant professor of psychology
Wheeling Jesuit College, Wheeling, West Virginia
Time on the job: 2 years

Dr. Raudenbush's research into the physiology of odors and their effect on athletic performance involves 40 Wheeling Jesuit athletes who are exposed to different odors, from peppermint to dymethyl sulfide, and then put on a treadmill. Will Dr. Raudenbush discover non-drug ways of enhancing athletic performance? Company will report in a later issue.

Ms. Carol Kelley

Administrative secretary
Office of Spiritual Development
Xavier University, Cincinnati
Time on the job: 7 years

"I just really like being a worker bee," says Ms. Kelley, secretary to Frs. Leo Klein, SJ, and Gene Carmichael, SJ. Among her daily tasks are answering phone calls, faxes, and e-mails; arranging meetings; and planning menus for a variety of student and faculty functions. "Feed them and they will come" is her motto. Ms. Kelley says that she does see things differently since coming to work at Xavier. "Finding God in all things has become my watchword. Life is so much richer with that as a focus for my reflections."

Mr. Michael Mayo

Teacher, Nativity Prep Middle School,
Boston
Time on the job: 7 years

It falls to Mr. Mayo to teach boys from the inner city, grades five through eight, everything about everything, but mostly how to be human and how to believe in them-selves. His day starts at 7:30 a.m., when he stands outside in every kind of weather and shakes hands with 63 boys because he wants to. It ends around 9:30 p.m., when he has persuaded the last student to wrap up studying for the night. He enjoys the daily--make that hourly--challenges that Nativity Prep and its students offer him.