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THE UNIV ERS ITY OF DAYTON JOE McLAUGHLIN PUBLIC RELATI ONS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR, GENERAL PUBLICITY
DAYTON, OHIO 45409 AREA CODE 513 229-2646
DAYTON, Ohio, April 22, 1970 Kat hleen Marie DeWald of Fort Wayne, Indiana,
who will continue her education in applied statistics at Purdue University, will
graduate number one in a class of 1,171 at the University of Dayton this Sunday,
April 26, at 2:30 p.m. in the U.D. Arena. This will be the 120th commencement of
the school which was founded in 1850.
Miss DeWald, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. DeWald of Fort Wayne, will receive
a bachelor of science degree in mathematics, summa cum laude, with an accumulative
point average of 3.955. The April class includes 50 honor graduates.
The other summa cum laude graduate will be Mrs. Joan Kilsheimer Wiggenhorn,
also a mathematics graduate with a 3.909 point average. Mrs. Wiggenhorn, now working
for the National Cash Register Company in Accounting Machine Support, is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Kilsheimer of Westfield, New Jersey, but now resides with her husband, James, at 1038 Cherry Drive, Dayton. Mr. Wiggenhorn, a UD senior who will
receive his diploma in August, is a lifelong resident of Dayton.
Fifteen Daytonians will receive their degrees, magna cum laude or cum laude,
at the Sunday exercises. Three Cincinnatians and one graduate each from Xenia, West
Carrollton, Oxford and Lebanon are other Southwestern Ohioans who will graduate with
honors.
In all, two hundred and seventy four Daytonians (includes Kettering, Trotwood,
centerville) will receive undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Veronica F. Petrie and Timothy M. Petric of Cleveland, who graduate in this
120th UD class, are the third and fourth children of Mr. and Mrs. John Petric, 451
E. 156th Street, Cleveland, to receive UD diplomas. Previous Petric graduates were
Barbara A., 1967, who is employed as an Assistant Research Analysis at the May
Company, Cleveland, and John A. , 1959, who was killed in Vietnam on March 2, 1969.
Major Petric's widow lives in Dayton.
SOUTHWESTERN OHIO HONOR GRADUATES UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON APRIL 26, 1970 UDARENA MAGNA CUM LAUDE
KATHLEEN ANNE McRAVEN, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. McRaven, 400 E. David Road, Dayton, bachelor of science in mathematics, 3.877.
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MAGNA CUM LAUDE (continued)
ROBERT EDWARD CENTERS, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Centers, 260 W. Turner Drive, Lebanon, bachelor of electrical engineering, 3.872.
DANIEL THOMAS BROOKS, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Brooks, 5719 Leising Road, Dayton, bachelor of electrical engineering, 3.862.
ROBERT A. GEORGE, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert George, 1590 Alex Road, West Carrollton, bachelor of electrical engineering, 3.809.
SUSAN ANN SOVONICK, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Sovonick, 209 Perrine Street, Dayton, bachelor of science in biology, 3.768. ANNE MAGATO TANT, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Magato, 1811 Wesleyan Road, Dayton, bachelor of science in education, secondary education, 3.739.
CUM LAUDE WILLIAM MARK HOPPENJANS, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Hoppenjans, 2818 Revere, Dayton, bachelor of science in psychology, 3.666.
PAMELA SUE DIEHL, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Diehl Sr., 2836 Fernc1iffe Avenue, Dayton, bachelor of science in education, physical and health education, 3.658. GREGORY PETER CAMPBELL, son of Mrs. Dorothy Campbell, 1726 Ravenwood Avenue, Dayton, bachelor of science in mathematics, 3.649.
TERRI ELLEN SCHOTT, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Schott, 6081 Country Hills, Cincinnati, bachelor of science in education, secondary education, 3.644. JAMES M. GOTTSCHALL, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Gottschall, 526 Kolping Avenue, Dayton, bachelor of science in premedical, 3.640. JAMES P. LEWIS, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lewis, 115 Alberta Street, Dayton, bachelor of science in education, physical and health education, 3.616.
STEWART H. BRASH, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Brash, 1626 Westbrook Drive, Xenia, bachelor of science in premedical, 3.607. PATRICIA ANN BYRNE, daughter of Mrs. Patricia M. Byrne, 16 W. Collins Street, Oxford, bachelor of arts in English, 3.600.
THOMAS ALLEN HUSER, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Huser, 604 Overlook A.venue, Cincinnati, bachelor of arts in political science, 3.564.
JOHN FREDERICK ALLEN, son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Allen, 5763 Mad River Road, Dayton, bachelor of science in education, secondary education, 3.560.
VIRGINIA ANN GOUGARTY, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gougarty, 783 Meadowview Drive, Dayton, bachelor of fine arts, 3.552.
ARTHUR THOMAS SULLIVAN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur T. Sullivan, 539-A Telford Avenue, Dayton, bachelor of science in computer science, 3.545. JOYANNA HOUSE, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Prah, 813 Cascade Drive, Dayton, bachelor of science in education, elementary education, 3.543.
THOMAS M. MALONEY, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Maloney, 1841 Kensington Drive, Dayton, bachelor of science in chemistry, 3.526. DALE ALLAN FRESE, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Frese, 5044 Ralph Avenue, Cincinnati, bachelor of arts in history, 3.521.
MARY CAMILLE KEYES, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn R. Dryden, 801-D Patterson Road, Dayton, bachelor of science in education, elementary education, 3.518.
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