2007 Distinguished Alumni
Doug Allen '73

Doug Allen is the Executive Director of the Screen Actors Guild, AFL-CIO, and was formerly the Assistant Executive Director of the NFL Players Association for almost twenty-years. Allen was recently named to this high-profile position following his career as Gene Upshaw's deputy with the NFLPA, where he took the lead in developing the highly successful Players Inc. collective licensing program. Doug has been an Alumni Program Group (APG) Board member since its inception over ten years ago and has served two terms as the Board's president. Doug will be giving the Outstanding Alumni lecture, entitled "Why Actors and Athletes Need Unions," on Thursday, November 1st, at 8:00 PM in 121 Sparks Building at University Park.

2005 Distinguished Alumni
CDR Karen Thornton '75

Senior Systems Analyst, Applied Engineering Management, Fairfax, VA.

Ms. Thornton currently works as a senior systems analyst in the corporate world, but she began her career in the Navy. After graduating from Penn State, she entered Officer Candidate School in the Armed Forces. After an initial assignment to the Naval Communications Facility at Guam, she was one of the first women to attend flight school, and was assigned to her first squadron as a Helicopter Combat Logistics pilot, flying the H46 Sea Knight helicopter. She was the first female in the HC-6 squadron, located at Norfolk Naval Air Station, where she spent time slinging heavy cargo loads between ships at sea.

Over the course of her tour in HC-6, she was very successful and landed a job in Washington as a detailer, a labor management position, and was rated as the number one aviation detailer for her military rank. Following her Washington assignment, Ms. Thornton went back to sea flying as a Detachment Officer-in-Charge (OIC) supporting a scientific research vessel. Her final Navy tour was back in Washington working in the Navy International Program Office, working on policy for foreign military sales. Ms. Thornton retired from the Navy in 1995.

2004 Distinguished Alumni
Thomas S. Giotto

tsgiotto@klettrooney.com
phone #(412)392-2068

Thomas S. Giotto is a member of the Board of Directors at Klett Rooney Lieber & Schorling and serves as Secretary of the Firm. He is a member of the Firm’s Labor and Employment practice group.

Concentrating his entire practice on representing management in all aspects of labor, employment and employment-related litigation, Mr. Giotto counsels clients in a wide diversity of industries and business sectors.

Mr. Giotto received his B.A. degree in both Labor Studies and General Arts and Sciences from The Pennsylvania State University. He received his J.D. degree from Duquesne University School of Law, evening division, while working for U.S. Steel Corp. in Labor Relations. Mr. Giotto was named one of the top employment law attorneys in both the 2005 Client’s Guide of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2005.

2003 Distinguished Alumni
J. Stephen Hamilton '67

President and CEO of Chemlogix, LLC

Talk Title "It 's Not Who You Know, But How You Treat Them"

Steve Hamilton is President & CEO of ChemLogix which provides integrated logistics solutions for the Chemical Industry. Prior to ChemLogix he was President & CEO of GATX Chemical Logistics. Leaman Logistics, Inc. was acquired by GATX Corporation September 1999. Previous to GATX Chemical Logistics, he served as President and CEO of Leaman Logistics, Inc a wholly owned subsidiary of Chemical Leaman Corporation specializing in third party logistics services for the chemical industry. Mr. Hamilton joined Chemical Leaman in the summer of 1990 as Vice President, National Accounts, and was named Vice President, Sales & Marketing in 1993. Prior to his arrival at Chemical Leaman, he was with PQ Corporation in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania for 16 years, most recently as the National Sales Manager. At PQ Corporation, a medium-sized chemical company, he held positions as Industrial Relations Manager, Plant Manager, Product Manager and Business Group Manager before being named the National Sales Manager. Previous to PQ Corporation, he served as the Labor Relations Manager for Johnson & Johnson in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Mr. Hamilton attended St. Joseph's University M.B.A. Program. He also served as a helicopter pilot in the U.S. Army and is a decorated Vietnam Veteran. Penn State University presented Steve with the Pashek Award for Distinguished Service to the Logistics Profession on April 17, 1998.

The Labor Studies and Industrial Relations Distinguished Lecture is an annual event offered by the Department and the Alumni Affiliated Program Group. The talk is open to the public.

2002 Distinguished Alumni
Jim Peck '71

Jim Peck Speech October 24, 2002

I was born in 1949 in Danville, PA. Was brought up mostly in York, PA. Graduated from York Suburban High School in 1967. Received an Associate Degree from York College Of Pennsylvania. Transferred to Penn State and received a BA in 1971. Got married that summer, and enrolled in graduate school at the University of Wisconsin in September 1971. Completed my course work for a MS in August 1972. My degree was actually conferred in May of 73. I began working as a Field Examiner at the Philadelphia Office of the NLRB in November 1972. I became a supervisor in 1979, the position I remain in as of this day. My wife Patty and I live in Media, PA with our 2 sons. Jamie is a senior at Penn State majoring in Secondary Education. He is currently student teaching in Bucks county. David is a junior at Strath Haven High School in Media.

2001 Distinguished Alumni
Doreen Davis '74

Former Chancellor of Philadelphia Bar to Address the future of Employment Law.

Doreen S. Davis '74, Former Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association and partner of Morgan Lewis, one of the 10 largest US law firms, delivered the Labor Studies and Industrial Relations Distinguished Alumni lecture at 8pm, Thursday, Oct. 18th, in Alumni Hall at the HUB-Robeson Cultural Center.

The topic of her presentation was "Is There a Future in Traditional Labor Law?" Davis received her bachelor's degree from the Pennsylvania State University with a degree in labor studies and received her law degree from Temple University in 1978, where she graduated magna cum laude. She is listed in Best Lawyers of America and is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.