Marilyn Pantoja ’03
Marilyn Pantoja ’03 received the MHS Alumni Achievement Award for Community Service in 2013. Career-wise, she is currently a supervisor R.N. – care, case, and disease management. Following the 2010...
Alumni Success Stories
Aaron Nowlin ’12
When Aaron Nowlin ’12 came to Milton Hershey School in his freshman year, he didn’t know where he saw his future. It took the help of an MHS employee to...
Gracie Martinez ’10
Gracie Martinez graduated from Milton Hershey School in 2010. Since then, her life has become all things rugby. When you ask her why she plays, Milton Hershey School is woven...
Chuck and Cyndi Seidel ’87
Chuck and Cyndi Seidel both graduated from Milton Hershey School in 1987. Chuck recently retired as a Lt. Col. in the U.S. Air Force after a 27-year military career. He...
John Foley ’83
John Foley ’83 is actively involved in the Hershey community. He is the Chairman of the Derry Township Supervisors and joined the Derry Township Industrial & Commercial Development Authority in...
2009 Alumnus of the Year: Dr. Mary (Trinh) Pentel ’86
Dr. Mary (Trinh) Pentel ’86 was the 2009 Alumna of the Year and the first female to earn this honor. She is the owner of Southside Dermatology in Jacksonville, Fla.,...
Jason Chessman ’93
Jason Chessman ’93 is an assistant prosecutor in Cumberland County, N.J., specializing in juvenile crime. He knows that his experiences at MHS uniquely qualify him to work with troubled youth....
Jamie Arnsparger ’94
Jamie Arnsparger ’94 is a broadcast operations manager with Discovery Communications. He oversees the day-to-day operations at the U.S. and Latin America Broadcast Facility, which originates over 60 networks, broadcasting...
Jeff Sypolt ’77
Jeff Sypolt ’77 is the chief of occupational safety and health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. His ultimate goal at his job is to eliminate injury...
Doug Oliver ’93
Douglas I. Oliver ’93 has quite a resume. He served as communications chief for Philadelphia Mayor, Michael Nutter, he was an executive at Philadelphia Gas Works, press secretary for the...
Melissa Peeples-Fullmore ’91
Melissa Peeples-Fullmore ’91 is the 2015 recipient of the Career Achievement Award from Milton Hershey School. She currently serves as a program officer for a non-profit that helps develop aspiring...
Brad Hicks ’96
Brad Hicks is a 1996 graduate of Milton Hershey School. He calls going to MHS a “game-changer.” He said, “without MHS I would never have been able to achieve what...
Rodney Drake ’80
“MHS saved my life.” That’s how strongly Rodney Drake feels about his time at Milton Hershey School. Drake graduated in 1980 and spent 27 years in the Army before retiring...
2015 Alumnus of the Year: J. Anthony Graves, Ph.D., M.D. ’87
The late Dr. J. Anthony Graves passed away in 2019. We thank him for his contributions to pediatric cancer research. Below is his Alumnus of the Year story as written...