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2011 Thomas Glasser '82 Hall of Achievement Inductees
- Joseph Henry Scattergood 1896 - Football, Track & Field, Cricket
- Roger Jones '52 - Fencing
- Hunter R. Rawlings III '66 - Basketball, Baseball
- Tracy Kyger Armesto'93 - Field Hockey, Lacrosse
Joseph Henry Scattergood 1896 - Football, Track & Field, Cricket
History agrees that Joseph Henry Scattergood was one of Haverford’s most outstanding cricket players. As quoted by the Haverford College Biographical Catalog of 1922, “Scattergood was a world-class wicket keeper.” In 1950, Scattergood received an honorary degree (Doctor of Laws) from Haverford three years before he passed away.
Converted from a baseball catcher to wicket keeper while at Haverford, he went on to be Philadelphia’s premiere man behind the stumps.
Scattergood was awarded the Haines Prize Fielding Belt in 1895, an honor bestowed each year to the man on the first eleven performing the best work in the field. He spent two years on the first cricket eleven with the Fords. In his senior year, Scattergood scored eight runs in the Intercollegiate Cricket Cup in which the Fords defeated the University of Pennsylvania. Earlier that season, Scattergood contributed to an “easy victory” over Harvard, much to the delight of “alumni and friends of the College,” according to team annals.
After college, Scattergood had the distinction of playing for the United States from 1898-1900. Other cricket teams Scattergood played for included: Gentlemen of Philadelphia, Merion, All Philadelphia, Philadelphia Colds and in his last published year of play (1913) for the JH Scattergood’s XI.
The cricketer was also a two-year member of both the Haverford football and track and field teams. On the football field, Scattergood helped lead the 1895 team to a 7-2-1 overall record. The Fords defeated Swarthmore 24-0 and the season recap praised the team, stating: “the handsome victory only indicated the general revival in athletic interest…it is the forerunner of a bright and prosperous future.” In track, Scattergood owned the best results in high jump, and the running hop, step and jump in 1896. He held Haverford records in his senior year for standing broad jump (9 feet, 7 inches), spring board jump (7 feet, 1 inches) and pole vault (9 feet).
Following his graduation from Haverford, Scattergood attended Harvard University from 1896-97 before returning to Philadelphia to begin his career with the American Pulley Company in 1897. He later worked at a number of Philadelphia businesses including the United Dyewood Corporation and the Union Insurance Company. He became vice-president and secretary of the American Water Softener Company (Philadelphia, Pa.) and also served as president of Kent Building Company (Brooklyn, N.Y.) from 1907-20.
Scattergood was treasurer for several businesses including the Haverford College Corporation in 1916. He served as a member of the First American Red Cross Commission to France (1917) and was appointed as the registration commissioner for the City of Philadelphia from 1906-12.
Roger Jones, dubbed the star man at epee, was one of the strongest performers under R. Henri Gordon, founder and head coach of the Haverford College fencing program. In his three years as a varsity epeeist, Jones recorded 45 victories—the most by any Haverford fencer at that time. As a junior, Jones, who finished the year 17-7, helped the Fords place 16th out of 34 teams at the 1951 NCAA championship. A senior co-captain in 1952, Jones claimed the individual epee crown at the inaugural Middle Atlantic College Fencing Association (MACFA) championship and the epee squad won the MACFA championship. At the 1952 national championships, Jones finished 14th, which is still the best showing of any Ford fencer at the NCAAs.
After graduating from Haverford, Jones placed eighth at the 1953 United States national epee championship and was named to the U.S. Olympic fencing squad. One year later, he took first place in the first of three Olympic tryouts. Jones’ success continued in 1955 when he won the first of three consecutive North Atlantic Section epee championships and earned a second Olympic tryout. Jones was also named to the 1955 U.S. World Championship fencing team, which competed in Rome. After securing his third Olympic tryout in 1956, Jones was selected to the U.S. Olympic team as an alternate epeeist. Jones made a return trip to the World Championships in 1957, reaching the round of 32. He retired from competitive fencing in 1967 with 70 medals and trophies earned in his career.
Jones is now the president of Franklin International LLC (Broomall, Pa.), a management consulting firm offering services to the chemicals and plastics industries. He is a director and chairman emeritus of PlastiComp LLC, an advanced composites technology and products firm, based in Winona, Minn. In his nearly 60-year industrial career, he has also been president of Franklin Polymers, Inolex Chemical, LNP Engineering Plastics, managing director of BASF Engineering Plastics, and a group executive with Beatrice Chemical. He has held managerial/professional positions in R&D, manufacturing, and marketing with DuPont, Avisun, and ARCO Chemical (both of the latter have become parts of BP Chemical). He is a Fellow of both the Society of Plastics Engineers and the American Institute of Chemists. He is a 50-Year Member of the American Chemical Society. His publications include over 100 papers/patents, and two SPE-endorsed books: "Guide to Short Fiber Reinforced Plastics" (Hanser 1998) and "Strategic Management for the Plastics Industry" (CRC Press 2002). The American Chemical Society published his books "The Chemical Industry and Globalization" in 2006 (now in its second printing), and "The Future of the Chemical Industry," in late 2009. He is currently working on a second edition of “Strategic Management for the Plastics Industry”.
Jones was also a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, serving as an active reserve officer for 33 years. During his time in the Navy, he commanded five units and received two Navy Commendation Medals and a Secretary of the Navy Letter of Commendation. He retired with the rank of captain.
Hunter R. Rawlings III '66 - Basketball, Baseball
Hunter R. Rawlings III was the star of the Haverford College men’s basketball team in the mid-60s under Philadelphia small college basketball Hall of Fame head coach Ernie Prudente. A two-sport athlete who also pitched for the baseball team, Rawlings has the distinction of being the first Haverfordian to receive an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
The 6-foot-8-inch Rawlings, recipient of the 1966 Varsity Cup presented annually to the outstanding athlete in the senior class, dominated the competition on the basketball court while leading the Fords to Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) tournament appearances in 1963 and 1966. During the 1966 season Rawlings helped the Fords to a 13-2 overall record and an 11-2 mark in league play. That season, Rawlings earned the MASCAC Southern College Division MVP award along with his second Bennett S. Cooper Basketball Trophy, given to the team’s MVP each year. As a sophomore, Rawlings had a career day in an 83-62 victory over Pennsylvania Military College, now Widener University. In that game he netted a career-high 30 points and grabbed 28 rebounds, which is third on the all-time single-game rebounds list.
Rawlings graduated from Haverford as the all-time rebounding leader with 839. As a scorer he was ranked fourth all-time with 883 points and is now 18th.
On the baseball diamond Rawlings threw 95.1 innings in his career. He had a career earned run average of 2.18 and struck out 83 batters. In 1965 Rawlings fanned a school-record 14 batters, while walking none, over eight innings in a 14-3 victory against Eastern Baptist College, now Eastern University.
After Haverford, Rawlings received a Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1970. At Princeton, he was a Woodrow Wilson fellow and National Defense Education Act fellow. From there he served as a professor of classics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, moving up to chairman of the classics department and eventually as associate vice chancellor for instruction. In 1988, Rawlings was named president of the University of Iowa, where he served until 1995.
Rawlings became Cornell University’s 10th president in 1995, serving until 2003. He returned briefly to Cornell to take the position of interim president from 2005-06.
In June 2011, Rawlings accepted the role of President of the American Association of Universities (AAU) in Washington, D.C. He was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1995. He serves on the National Advisory Committee of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation and on the boards of the National Humanities Center and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Rawlings was a member of the Board of Directors of the American Council on Education, and served as chair of the Ivy Council of Presidents. He also served on the Executive Committee of the Association of American Universities and the National Committee for the Selection of Mellon Fellows in the Humanities.
Tracy Kyger Armesto '93 - Field Hockey, Lacrosse
Tracy Kyger Armesto was a defensive stalwart for the Haverford College women’s lacrosse and field hockey programs in the early 1990s. Armesto, a nominee for the NCAA’s Woman of the Year award as a senior, earned All-America honors three times and was the co-winner of the 1993 Varsity Cup.
During her field hockey career Armesto helped the Fords qualify for three Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) tournaments and capture two Seven Sisters championships. In 1990, when Armesto was a Philadelphia Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (PAIAW) all-star, the Fords defeated Skidmore, Mt. Holyoke and Smith to win the Seven Sisters title. A year later, Haverford stormed to the Seven Sisters title without allowing a single goal in victories over Wellesley, Mt. Holyoke and Smith. In 1992 Armesto broke out with a season that permanently etched her name into Haverford’s record books. Armesto became the field hockey program’s first all-American, earning national select second team recognition, and remained the team’s only all-American until 2010. In the ’92 season, Armesto recorded a school-record 41 defensive saves to help the Fords shutout four opponents.
On the lacrosse field Armesto enjoyed success with all-America nods in 1992 and 1993. As a freshman in 1990, Armesto was named to the Brine/IWLCA All-Region squad. In the 1991 season, she helped the Fords qualify for an NCAA quarterfinal contest where Haverford fell, 11-4, to Trenton State. In that same year, Armesto was part of a team that finished first in the Seven Sisters tournament and the PAIAW. An All-MAC and All-PAIAW player in the ’92 season, Armesto led the Fords in ground balls (61). In 1993, she helped lead Haverford to a 10-6 record which included the team’s first Centennial Conference playoff victory, an 11-10 overtime win against Johns Hopkins. Armesto paced the ’93 Fords in ground balls (80), caused turnovers (17) and draw controls (14). She completed her Haverford career second on the all-time ground balls list with 247, and nearly 20 years later remains third on that list.
After college, Armesto joined Maryland Bank-National Association (MBNA), which was acquired by Bank of America in 2006. She held several positions for MBNA in collections, telemarketing, customer service and operations. She has worked at several MBNA offices in Newark, Del., Atlanta, Ga., and Boca Raton, Fla. In July 1991, Armesto left MBNA and moved to Phoenix, Ariz., for a new position with Discover Financial Services. At Discover she has held positions in human resources, leadership and development and marketing services. In June 2011, Armesto moved back to Middletown, Del., to be closer to her family. She now works at Discover Financial Services as a department manager in the customer service department. She’s currently balancing work, family and school while pursuing an MBA at Devry University.