Ben Novak papers, 1962-2000.

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Ben Novak papers, 1962-2000.

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This collection documents Ben Novak's leadership in Centre County and Penn State affairs, including the founding of Centre Community Legal Services and the Mount Nittany Conservancy. It documents his support for fraternity life and undergraduate education, conservative journalism, and his opposition to Penn State's affirmative action policy.

5 cubic feet.

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Pennsylvania state university

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The Pennsylvania Humanities Council designated the year 1985 as "The Year of the Pennsylvania Writer." The PHC funded projects in eight locations throughout the Commonwealth to gain appreciation, understanding, and recognition for past and present Pennsylvania writers. The State College/University Park location held a two-stage conference and related events by five Centre County regional organizations. From the description of The Year of the Pennsylvania writer collection, 1984-1986....

Mount Nittany Conservancy

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Novak, Ben, 1943-

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Ben Novak, born in 1943 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, attended Penn State where he served as president of the Undergraduate Student Government, graduating in 1965. He also graduated from Georgetown University Law School in 1968. He served one year in Vietnam, and returned to found the law firm Novak, Stover and McCarty (later Novak, Stover, and Furst), of State College. Novak was one of the founders of the Mount Nittany Conservancy (1981) and its president in 1983. He worked with student leaders i...