T
he Bethel Park Great Alumni Hall of Fame inducted
five new members as its Class of 2018 on Friday,
February 9.
Inducted this year were:
Robert “Computer Bob”
Emmelkamp—Class of 1977 Taking full
advantage of the first computer class
offered at Bethel Park High School, Mr.
Emmelkamp started his computer
consulting business in 1978, providing
expertise to many companies, including
the California Angels, Charles Schwab,
Cigna and the Frank Lloyd Wright
Foundation. He retired at age 45 to donate the majority of his
time to helping non-profit organizations and has donated blood
or platelets every month since 1986. His passion for the Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation began with his BPHS National Honor Society
dance marathon days in 1976, and since then he has raised over
$1 million for the organization through StairClimb events and
personal fundraising. He has fostered collaborations with
scientists and parents, which have led to numerous CF clinical
trials. In 2017, Mr. Emmelkamp presented a poster he created on
“The Changing Nature of Interactions between Research
Scientists and Patients” at the European CF Society’s Science
Conference in Portugal.
Greg Kirstein—Class of 1972 Mr.
Kirstein has devoted almost 30 years to
bringing professional hockey to Columbus,
the last 20 as Senior Vice President and
General Counsel of the NHL’s Columbus
Blue Jackets. With a core group of
visionaries, Mr. Kirstein has also been a
catalyst in the construction of nine ice
rinks and the formation of some 25 high
school teams and youth programs. He has served as President of
the Chiller LLC ice rink company, Secretary of the Blue Jackets’
Foundation and an Adjunct Professor of Sports Law at Ohio
State. A graduate of Ohio State’s Journalism School and
Duquesne’s Law School, Mr. Kirstein received Business First’s Top
Corporate Counsel Award in 2012, Duquesne Law School’s
Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2016 and the 2017 Outstanding
Alumnus Award from Ohio State’s Stadium Honors Dorm. His
fondest Black Hawks’ memory is captaining the varsity basketball
team.
Jeffrey Klink—Class of 1975 Mr. Klink
earned History and Law degrees from the
University of Pittsburgh and served as an
Allegheny County Assistant District
Attorney and a Federal Prosecutor in
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, where he was
the Lead Federal Prosecutor in a case
involving the seizure of 1.5 tons of cocaine
and the prosecution of 26 international
defendants. He started Klink & Co. in 2001 and in 2008 created
KlinkCheck Background Services, a pre-employment screening
business, serving large public corporations and universities as
well as law and financial firms, with offices in Pittsburgh, New
ALUMNI HALL OF FAME INDUCTS FIVE