MOUNT CARMEL - Greg Doviak, former standout football player and retired principal, will be the guest speaker at the commencement exercises for the Mount Carmel Area High School Class of 2011.
Doviak graduated from Mount Carmel Area in 1967 after becoming the first quarterback in Pennsylvania high school history to rush for more than 1,000 yards and pass for more than 1,500 yards in a season and being named a high school All-American.
He graduated from Bucknell University in 1971 with a Bachelor of Science and was a three-year starter as a quarterback and defensive back. He received his master's degree from Penn State University in school administration in 1973.
He was a biology teacher and assistant principal at North Penn High School before becoming principal of Lower Moreland High School in 1987. During his tenure there, Lower Moreland received recognition as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. He retired in 2007 and now works part time for the Pennsylvania System of Higher Education mentoring new principals.