Elizabethtown College News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12/19/05
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E-town College grad returns to campus to exhibit wood and stone sculptures.

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. - John Hertzler, a 1964 graduate of Elizabethtown College, will exhibit sculptures of wood and stone at his alma mater from Jan. 16 through Feb. 24 in Lyet Gallery, Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. An artist's reception is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. on Jan. 27.

Both the exhibit, which is curated by Lisa Hollinger Bedenbaugh, and the reception are open to the public free of charge. Hours for Lyet Gallery are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends.

Raised on a dairy farm in Elizabethtown, Hertzler graduated from Elizabethtown College in 1964 with a major in English. After spending time serving in the Vietnam War, he returned to the United States and settled in New York City, where he worked as a taxi cab driver and sculpted in his spare time.

In 1977, Hertzler returned to Lancaster County to work the family dairy farm. In 2000, he began to sculpt in earnest and completed his first body of work for exhibition in 2004 at Lynden Gallery in Elizabethtown. His latest work includes some larger work in wood, as well as some smaller stone pieces. "It just feels good to be sculpting again," he said. Hertzler's work has been exhibited at the Doshi Gallery and the Pennsylvania State Museum in Harrisburg; Hagerstown Art Museum in Hagerstown, Md; and Messiah College.

At Elizabethtown College -- central Pennsylvania's premier small, comprehensive college -- 1800 men and women enjoy personal attention, breadth of curriculum, experiential learning and a commitment to serving others. Elizabethtown has been ranked for 12 consecutive years by "U.S. News and World Report" as one of the top comprehensive colleges in the North.