[ncountylee]

Centre County, where PSU is located, is a booming place due to the university presence. I never thought of State College as a hick town, just a smaller version of the suburbia that many PSU students grew up in back home.

I graduated from Penn State also ('66) when it was viewed as very desirable by eastern Jewish students.

[Ciexyz]

I graduated from PSU also ('66) when it was viewed as very desirable by eastern Jewish students.

I'd imagine there always was a strong Jewish presence at Penn State. My father spoke of having a Jewish friend on campus when he was up at PSU in the early 40's. He tutored "Benny" in math and engineering, and they became friends.