In spring 2007, the college will unveil the Schwab Family Holocaust Reading Room, a campus focal point for Holocaust education.

A generous donation from Harrisburg residents Linda and Morris Schwab will enable Penn State Harrisburg to create this special place in the library devoted to the study of the Holocaust and preservation of local connections to it. The reading room will be unique in its design - nothing like it exists in the region - and in its purpose.

The Schwab Reading Room will include material from the college's extensive Holocaust and Genocide Collection of books and other media and provide space for gallery presentations of are and documents of the Holocaust and Jewish experience. The Reading Room's video and audio recordings of survivors, liberators, and witnesses in Central Pennsylvania will allow visitors to learn about local connections to the Holocaust, while special collections, exhibits, documents, and oral histories will provide additional perspectives.

"The Schwab Family Reading Room will serve as a living memorial," said Chancellor Madlyn Hanes, "recognizing synagogues, institutions and individuals involved in Holocaust activities."

Morris Schwab, CEO of Credential Leasing Corp. and D & H Distributing Company, is a 1940 Penn State graduate with a bachelor's degree in Arts and Letters. He has been active with the University's Alumni Association and in 1994 received its first Outstanding Alumni Council Member Award. His wife Linda is a Holocaust survivor. In addition to giving generously to Penn State Harrisburg, through their family foundation and personal giving, the Schwabs have been steadfast supporters of many facets of the University, including athletics, the College of Liberal Arts, the Palmer Museum, and the Hintz Alumni Center.