Thomas More College

72nd Annual Commencement Exercises Saturday, May 13, 2000 1,30 p.in. Mission Statement

Thomas More College is a Catholic, coeducational, liberal arts college affiliated with the Diocese of Covington, Kentucky.

Thomas More College creates an atmosphere of Christian values within which a liberal education can be pursued. Graduates of the College should be able to think analytically and to use the methods employed in the humanities, the fine arts, the social sciences, the natural sciences and mathematics. They should be proficient in the method proper to at least one specialized field of study and should display proflciency in oral and written communication. Pursuit of a liberal arts education is accomplished within a framework of academic and professional programs leading to appropriate certiflcates and degrees, as well as to fruitful careers.

The College encourages all members of its community to develop virtues exemplified by the College's patron, St. Thomas More. Students, faculty, and administrators are expected to act with integrity, to display a concern for justice, to serve others, and to continue the pursuit of intellectual and spiritual development. Graduates of Thomas More College are expected to maintain a commitment to these values in their roles as responsible members of their communities.

Thomas More College is committed to the educational needs of the people and institutions of the Diocese of covington, but actively extends the educational opportunities it offers to all qualifled persons. The platform Party

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Ms. Patsy J. Kenner Registrar Thomas More College

Peter C. Thornton, Ph.D. Professor of Management Chair of the Faculty Thomas More College

The Reverend William F. Cleves, Ph.D. President Thomas More College

Mr. Charles R. Scheper Chairperson of the Board of Trustees Thomas More College Chief Operating Officer American Annuity Group, Inc.

The Most Reverend Robert W. Muench, D.D. Bishop of the Diocese of covington Chancellor of Thomas More College

Mr. Raymond A. Mueller Founder and Retired Chairman of the Board Comair Holdings, Inc.

Mr. David R. Mueller Founder, Former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Comair Holdings, Inc. Chairman of the Delta Connection Carrier Advisory Committee

Mr. Nick Clooney Featured Colurmist Cincinnati and Kentucky Post

Dale K Myers, Ph.D. Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College Thomas More College

The College Marshal Christopher N. Lorentz, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology Thomas More College Order of the Hxercises

Processional Organ and Brass Ensemble Robert J. Schaffer, Litt.D., M.A., A.A.G.O. Music Director, Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption Adjunct Professor, Thomas More College

National Anthem Organ and Brass Ensemble

Invocation Ms. Meredith Ellen Otte Presidential Award Recipient

Presentation of Presidential Award The Reverend William F. Cleves, Ph.D. President

Citation of Outstanding Teacher Awards Dale K. Myers, Ph.D. Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College

Presentation of St. Thomas More Medallion The Reverend William F. Cleves, Ph.D.

Commencement Address Mr. Nick Clooney Featured Colurmist Cincinnati and Kentucky Post

Conferring of Honorary Doctorates The Reverend William F. Cleves, Ph.D.

Presentation of the Candidates for Degrees The Reverend William F. Cleves, Ph.D.

Remarks Mr. Charles R. Scheper Chairperson of the Board of Trustees

Benediction The Most Reverend Robert W. Muench, D.D. Bishop of the Diocese of Covington Chancellor of the College

Recessional Organ and Brass Ensemble

A reception sponsored by the Alumni Association will immediately follow. Ms. Meredith Hllen Otte Recipient Presidential Service Award

Meredith Otte is a Social Studies - Secondary Education major. She recently completed her student teaching at Newport Central Catholic High School and clinical experience at Newport Central Catholic High School and Simon Kenton High School.

During her academic career, Ms. Otte has received numerous awards and honors from the College. Among them are: the Outstanding Service Award; the Academic Excellence Kentucky Teacher Scholarship; Academic Excellence Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society Award, the Kappa Delta Pi Service Award, the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award; and the Recognition of Student Service Award. SheisachartermemberofKappaDeltaPiEducationHonorSociety,servingthatorganizationasSecretany and Vice President. She is also a member of phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society.

Ms. Otte has been extremely active in volunteer activities as a student at Thomas More College. She has been a member `of the Student Admissions Association since 1997 and a Tour Guide Trainer since 1999. She has been a member of Student Foundation since 1997 and has played essential roles with the Freshman Orientation Program as a Team Leader in 1997 and 1998 and as Director in 1999. Ms. Otte will leave an impressive legacy of commitment and service to others at Thomas More College. She has the unique talent of quietly leading her peers through her enthusiasm, dedication, and involvement. Ms. Otte is a fine young scholar who is genuinely dedicated to the good of others. She exemplifies in her conduct the virtues ofourpatron, St. Thomas More, virtues sorely needed today: scholarship, service, and integrity.

The Presidential Award is given to a senior who demonstrates continued service to the College through inwoivement in a variety Of organizations and/or activities, exemplifies leadership through service, maintains high academic standards, and displays a positive attitude. Nick Clooney Speaker St. Thomas More Medallion Recipient 72nd Annual Commencement

The consistent thread evident in the career of Nick Clooney is communication.

As a television newsman, Mr. Clooney has been reporter, anchor, managing editor, and news director in Cincimati, Salt Lake City, Buffalo, and Los Angeles.

As a columnist, Mr. Clooney has, since 1989, contributed three columns a week to the C'i.#c;.##clfz. and Ke#fwcky Post dealing with subjects as varied as current politics, travel and American history. Many of his articles and op-ed pieces have appeared in newspapers around the country, including the Log ,4#ge/es Times a]nd trye Salt Lake Tribune.

As a writer, he has published two books and is now working on a third publication

As a television host, Mr. Clooney was for five years a daily on-air spokesman and writer for American Movie Classics (AMC) cable channel. He made scores of personal appearances coast-to-coast on AMC's behalf, with special focus on fllm preservation. Earlier, he hosted talk-variety programs in Cincinnati and Columbus, and was guest host on programs in New York, Washington, Atlanta, and Indianapolis.

Mr. Clooney first worked on radio at age 16 in his home town of Maysville, Kentucky, and has conducted a variety of programs over the years. Currently, he is the host of a syndicated program tracing the history and the impact of popular music over the last century.

Mr. Clooney has been speaker, master of ceremonies or a panelist at nearly 3,000 events. He has also accumulated a number of awards. He was named one of the "best in the business of television news" by the Wczsfez.#gro7z Revz.ew o//ocwcz/I.sin. He has received an EMMY for commentary, was three times nominated for national EMMY's for his work on AMC, and has received nearly 300 other awards. In December of 1998, Mr. Clooney was presented an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Northern Kentucky University.

Mr. Clooney is married to Nina Warren of Perryville, Kentucky, who is a writer, inventor and TV host. Their oldest child Ada, also a writer, is mother of the World's Only Grandchildren, Allison and Nick. Their younger child, son George, is a very high-profile and successful actor and producer in film and television.

For 25 years, the Clooney's have lived in tiny Augusta, Kentucky, on the banks of the Ohio River, where Ms. Clooney was elected to city council. Mr. Clooney's famous sister Rosemary also has a home in Augusta, just 20 miles downriver from Maysville, the town in which both were born. Raymond A. Mueller and David R. Mue]ler Honorary Degree Recipients

Raymond A. Mueller RaymondA.MuellerisFounder,andformerDirector,andChairmanoftheBoardofcomairHoldings, Inc., the parent corporation of Comair, Inc., the Cincinnati based Delta Connection airline.

In 1952, Mr. Mueller founded, owned and operated R.A. Mueller, Inc., a selling and distribution organization specializing in products used in the chemical and industrial industries. He is a former Director and Chairman ofNAOTC, the issuer organization in the NASDAQ security trading system. Additionally, he served as a member of the Corporate Advisory Board of NASD, the self-regulating body of the NASDAQ system. Mr. Mueller is a founder, and current board member of First National Bank of Northern Kentucky. He is active in numerous civic organizations in Naples, Florida.

Mr. Mueller and his wife of 55 years, Norma, are the parents of Ms. Gloria Weber, Ms. Judy Larock and Mr. David Mueller, grandparents of six, and great-grandparents of three.

David R. Mueller

David R. Mueller is a Founder, and former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Comair Holdings, Inc., the parent corporation of Comair, Inc., the Cincinnati based Delta Connection airline. Presently, he is an advisor to Delta and is Chairman of the Delta Connection Carrier Advisory Committee.

Mr. Mueller serves on the Local Government Task Force Committee and is a member of Conquistadores del Cielo. In addition, he has served as a past officer of the Cincinnati Chapter of the International Young President's Organization and remains an active member. Mr. Mueller has also held numerous board positions with various public companies in the United States. He is also involved with several charitable and civic organizations in the greater Cincinnati area.

From 1996 through 1998, Mr. Mueller successfully directed Scfeo/czrsfezp, Servz.ce, cj77cJ /7t/egrz.fy.. 77!e Cczmpcw.g# /or 77!omczs A4o7'e Co//egg as General Campaign Chairman which suapassed the $5. 5 million goal for endowment, academic renovations, and the construction of the 27,000 sq. ft. Holbrook Student Center.

Mr. Mueller is a graduate of the University of cincinnati and has two children, Jessica and Christopher. THOMAS MORE COLLEGE CLASS 0F 2000

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADNINISTRATI0N Thomas Allen Mollman Adonis J. Morris Judith A. Newbeny Saundra Bailey Lisa Marie Nienaber Michael H. Becker Ronald V. Osbome 11 Melody Hammann Brauninger Jason R. Owens Christopher J. Bryson John Thomas Pohlman Donald Matthew Cahill Nelson Bright Rue Ill Matthew G. Carey Angela Victoria Schaefer Jeff celestin Amy Schrock-MCQueen Michael Coghlan Carolyn Mary Shaffer Ronald Franklin Cooke, Jr. Scott J. Shelton Lee Arme Cooksey Marc Stanley Siemer Victoria Berling Culbreth Joyce L. Smith Rosalind Curtis David E. Snowden Matthew Raymond Cutter Scott E. Taylor Michael Charles Davis Holly Thomasson Samantha Jill Dorger Bonnie A. Topits Scott Drapp Alicia 8. Townsend Victoria L. Drouant Russell Anthony Tuck Karen Frances Dudley Marijo Vogelpohl Alaric S. Dun Jason Andrew Waters Karin A. Ehrman Loretta G. Wayner Tiffany Renata Everett Richard Todd Whitney Joseph Edward Furlong Ignace Fenlon Josef Winterberg Margaret Mary Geiger lsra H. Zuberi Kenneth James Gels Frank Gilligan, Jr. Michael J. Groneck Jolm Christopher Hinken BACHELOR 0F ARTS Stephanie A. Hundley Verohica Nichele Jackson ACCOUNTANCY Paul K. Jett Christopher Keith Dittman - cum laude Joan Becker Johnson AA - Business Administration Michael A. Johnson Jimmy Lee Downing Janet Lyrme Jordan Terrence Michael Farro Mike Keller Antoinette Renee Graham Nancy A. Barone Kremer AA - Business Administration Elizabeth A. Keller Lanzillotta Colleen R. Grosser - summa cum laude Joseph Mitchell Larger AA - Business Administration Stephanie Paige Lichtenberg Elizabeth Arm Lavoy Brian Edwin Linder Teresa Taylor Lanigan Erin Wobbekind Lucia AA - Business Administration Christine Macaulay Cheri Lyn Neville Brian J. Mally AA - Pre-Legal Studies/Business Administration Kenneth Earl Rahm MCDonough Michael A. Patterson Michael J. Miller Leslie Ann Schmaltz Aaron Michael Williams - cum laude Jonathan A. Birchler AA - Business Administration William Kirtley Black Ill Shannon Eileen Blackerby - magma cum laude ART Derek Charles Bosse Derrick Shane Coppage - cum laude Keith C. Braswell Damon Michael Green Mare Edward Broering AA - Accountancy J. Reilley Carran, Jr. Heather Dawn Kinman Emily J. Eifert - summa cum laude Erin Jeame Smith James R. English Suzanne Lee Etter - cum laude ART - SECONDARY EDUCATION AA - Accountancy Melissa Am Schulte Brian F. Eviston - summa cum laude AA - Pre-Legal Studies/History/International Studies BIOLOGY Mary Grarrmas Kevin Robert Adams Kevin J. Haaser Holly Lyrm Allen Carl Richard Harr Jonathan Steven Averdick John M. Ingram Terra Sue Blood Kyle Stephen Johnson George Andrew Bonar AA - Microcomputer Applications Systeins Cassandra Ethel Cecilia Bums - cum laude John Nicholas Kessen - cum laude AA - Business Administration Michael D. Mcclurg, Jr. Sheri Ann Buschle - magma cum laude Andrew Charles Meier Susan Case AA - Accountancy Charles Christopher Clifton Clinton Travis Moran Thomas Christopher Dougherty - cum laude Joseph A. Morgan -summa cum laude Sarah Drew St. Thomas More Scholar AA - Theology Kevin Timothy Niehus Andrew P. France - cum laude Scott Matthew Paulinelli Lauren Elizabeth Fulkerson - cum laude Christopher Daniel Powers AA - Spanish Kermeth A. Retic Lawrence Michael Keller Judith Lee Reynolds Thomas Charles Knopp - cum laude Paul Michael Sillis Josh Alexander Manley AA - Psychology Stephen Joseph Minning - cum laude Mindy Jeanne Smith Melissa Rose Obermeyer - cum laude Stephen Michael Spitler AA - Microcomputer Applications Systems Kelly Lyrm Tarmei. Malinda Diane Pinkerton George Madison Vaughn Jeffrey Scott Richardson Douglas Michael Vet.st Bi-ent Charles Shadwell AA - Psychology/Pre-Legal Studies Amanda Catherine Staley Kathleen Marie Vieth Erin Marie Walter - cum laude BIOLOGY/PHILOSOPHY AA - Microcomputer Applications Systems Andrew M. Hebbeler -cum laude Angela Hope Westerman - cum laude AA - Psychology BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Hugh C. Wright,Ill Kelly Lyrm Andersen AA - Spanish Elizabeth Ann Beach Thomas Joseph Young AA - Microcomputer Applications Systems AA - History Adam Michael Berger Sandena Lynn Bickers BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION/AC C OUNTANCY EDUCATION - EARLY Sara R. Bin Carol Arm Basinger - cum laude Joshua Benton Basinger - cum laude B USINE SS ADNINISTRATI0N/ Amy Marie Bass - summa Gum laude COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS Brandi Michelle Blizzard - magna cum laude Jared A. Cobble - magma cum laude Bianca A. Bouldin Lori Ann Bowser - cum laude B USINH S S ADMINISTRATIONAIC ONOMIC S Sarah Elizabeth Fister - summa cum laude Douglas R. Schweman Shelby Justin Jones Richard W. Wolf BU SINE SS ADNINISTRATION/PHILO SOPIIY Shawn Samuel King - cum laude EDUCATION - MIDDLE Craig W. Rieck COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS Rebecca L. Wilhelm - cum laude Jason Evan Allgeyer - cum laude AA - Accountancy ENGLISH Tat.a Beth Fields - cum laude Paul Thomas Coors AA - Mathematics Jemifer Leigh Dorsey Jeffrey Robert Moellman Mark Gregory Engelman Paul Anthony Presnell Krista Marie Gieske - cum laude Brian David Ruschman Kaitlyn Hacker AA - Business Administration Sara Marie Keck Ii-ena Sliskovic - cum laude AA - Pre-Legal Studies AA - Business Administration Christy Nageleisen - summa cum laude AA - Pre-Legal Studies/Spanish COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS/ St Thomas More Scholar BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Jacqueline Yejun Xi - summa cum laude ENGLISII/DRAMA St. Thomas More Scholar Jaime Dawn Calhoun - cum laude St. Thomas More Scholar CRIMINAL JUSTICE William A. Mccoy Ill HNGLISH/PSYCHOLOGY James Heny Koop, 11 DRAMA Troy Andrew Bausch HISTORY Jeffrey David DeMaria - summa cum laude Kathryn M. Barlage - summa cum laude AA - Speech Communications/English AA - Pre-Legal Studies Don Hurst - magna cum laude Christopher Michael Hall - cum laude St. Thomas More Fellow James Christopher Meiman Kathleen A. Kurz Robert Thomas Moore Matthew Joseph Pujol - cum laude DRAMA/SPEECH C OMMUNICATIONS AA - Art History Lisa Demise Dirkes Sarah Elizabeth Siegrist - magma cum laude AA - Art History DRAMA AND COMMUNICATION Michael P. Stenger Ginger Cumbee MATHEMATICS DRAMA - SECONDARY EDUCATION Lee Clark Davis Emily Marie Brass - cum laude John George Ehman AA - Mathematics/Speech Communications Emily Rene Ruschman - cum laude MATHEMATICSAIISTORY Christopher David Mueller George J. Hurley - magna cum laude AA - Business Administration AA - Physics Lisa Marie Ripley - cum laude AA - Business Administration/ MATIIEMATICS - SECONDARY EDUCATION Microcomputer App lications Systems Diane Sue Parsons Dave Thorns Andrew Patrick Schur - cum laude SPEECH COMMUNICATIONS/SOCIOLOGY PELOSOPHY Elizabeth Martina Webb Paul John MCMillen AA - English STUDENT INITIATED Tracy Lynn Guidugli - cum laude PSYCHOLOGY Emily Am Harber Angela Michelle Day - magna cum laude AA - Art AA - Biology Jennifer Christine Wilz Kristy Marie Fritz - cum laude AA - Sociology Jemifer Lym Kiefer BAclmLOR oF ELECTED sTUDIEs AA - Exercise Science Michael Molina ACCOUNTANCY Daniel J. O'Connell - cum laude Teny Wayne Brewer St. Thomas More Scholar AES - Business Administration Stephanie Marie Weyer Melissa Joy Brown AA - Sociology Gaye Lynn Wilson Hodgson Mark Christopher Wilson Diane Miller Borne A Spencer PSYCHOLOGYAINGLISH Victoria J. Tombragel Tara Renee Thompson - cum laude BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PSYCHOLOGY/PHILOSOPHY Michelle M. Davidson - cum laude Murray Wayne Skees - cum laude Mary Ann Rosskopf Greenwald AA - Gerontology SOCIAL STUDIES - SECONDARY EDUCATION Roger Alan Guffey Matthew P. Baker - cum laude AA - Computer Infomlation Systems Ernest Kevin Campbell

Michael Kirsten Chapman BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION/ACCOUNTANCY Brian J. Freese Adrian C. Early Daniel Michael Kraft Meredith Ellen Otte COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS June Bonnett - cum laude SOCIOLOGY AES - Business Administration Demise Dandridge Laura A. Seurkamp Patrick J. Kennealy - cum laude Emily Catherine Withrow INDIVIDUALIZED PRO GRAM Erin Elizabeth Brenner SPEECH COMMUNICATIONS AA - Psychology Amy Michelle Lyons Lewis Bunton Alyson Dewitt Morrow - cum laude AES - Historyff sychology AA - Psychology Sarah N. Epplen Keny A. Luke christy A. Tibbs Mark Thomas Bresser Dorma L. Tucker Mary Faught Broeg AES - Criminal Justice Lisa C. Buttrey Marta Sidell Upson Robert J. Butts Martha Susan Yancey Paul Calligandes ArmeMarie Caruso SPEECH COMMUNICATIONS Greg Joseph Clark - cum laude Andrew Joseph Kiger Carolyn S. Dickerson - cum laude Rebecca Lym Dishon Joseph Troy Dittmer BACHELOR 0F SCIENCE Roberta 8. Fallen Susan Ann Finke - magma cum laude Carolyn A. Gehlenborg CHEMISTRY Pamela Kim Gewin Laura Rose Eichorst - summa cum laude Cynthia Arm Goyette Michelle Nicole Martin Roger Lee Grammer Brandon G. Sanders - cum laude Kevin D. Gross - cum laude Samuel Thompson Daniel Patrick Grote Kimberly A. Halbauer - cum laude PHYSICS Daniel 8. Hall - cum laude Thomas Edward Barker Sherry D. Harding ~ Gum laude AA - Mathematics John E. Hasselbeck JOAme M. Hensley Scot R. Hermarm BACHELOR 0F SCIENCE IN NURSING Stephan Vance Higdon Wayne T. Hoffman NURSING Robert Nathan Hood, Jr. Jennifer Lynn Eve - cum laude James A. Huber Demise Suzanne Lageman - cum laude Mary Catherine Hutton Tammy Nodler Judith M. Keith - magna cum laude Mary Kathleen Schatzman Sean G. Kelly Tracy Louise Vallandingham Frank Klaene- cum laude Gina M. Koch David Joseph Krupa BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Kori Lyn Kudera - cum laude David Travis Leach - cum laude Marcia L. Allen - summa cum laude Sheryl Calkin Madrick John E. Amrein Mary Elizabeth Bohman Maley Lisa D. Anderson Doug Maybeny David Joseph Amold Jeffrey D. Mccrory Juli A. Azbill -magma cum laude Shannon Marie Mclntyre - magma cum laude Dale T: Badger - magna cum laude Latrice Terrell Meador Jam Andrew Bagnall Susan E. Meams Tonya Beatrice Baldwin Betty Manis Mitchell Christi Begley Markila Moore Julia M. Bensman Pamela Curtis Moore Jermy R. Bergman Mary E. Mootoo Rodney William Black - magma cum laude Benjamin Heuck Morrison Cynthia L. Bongers Daniel I. Morse Bryan C. Brashear Joyce A. Mothershead Martina H. Myers - summa cum laude Susan S. Osbom - cum laude ASSOCIATE 0F ELECTED STtJDIES James D. Payne Wende M. Pemy BUSINHSS ADNINISTRATION Kimberly Ann Pilman - summa cum laude Stacie Lee Bricking Michelle Gorrasi Putman Lisa Calhoun Beth Davis Reynolds - cum laude Mary E. Hensley Dwight Douglas Richter Micheal King Walter W. Satchell - cum laude Michelle Kasselmann Schomaker Frank J. Sbema John Robert Schamer - cum laude BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION/ Michael Bruce Schroer MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS SYSTEMS Alexander Evan Scott Kara M. Moore Scott Robert Skinner Anita M. Spaeth - cum laude INDIVIDUALIZED PRO GRAM Michael J. Struble Kimberly Burger Donald R. Sullivan Linda C. Henke Lloyd Edward Swaringer, Jr. - posthumous Carole E. Hollmarm Blair T. Trusty Jill R. Sluder Lori Arm Tuner Tina Marie Tuttle Wayne S. Underwood Alan David Upchurch Douglas W. Vandergriff Birikty M. Weldesus Jeffrey A. Willen Otis Williaus, Jr. David Wood - cum laude David J. Zerhusen

ASSOCIATE OF ARTS

ART Dolores Rachel Fink

BUSINESS ADNINISTRATION Nicki Walling

CHEMISTRY Kris R. Tencza

DRAMA Darren Paul Clayton

PSYCHOLOGY Gretchen Anissa Bertsch Valerie Sue Smiley Outstanding Teacher Awards

Full-Time Faculty

Stephen C. Holler, Ph.D. Associate Professor Theology

Part-Time Faculty

Patricia C. Borne, M.A., M.S.L.S. Associate Professorial Lecturer English