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LOST IN PRESERVATION Wright State seeks new home for university’s priceless Special Collections and Archives

FALL 2018 Goin’ Dancin’

The Wright State men’s basketball team won the 2018 Horizon League Tournament and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2007. Here they celebrate the championship at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit with teammate Ryan Custer, who was injured in an accident in the spring of 2017. Senior Grant Benzinger was named the Most Valuable Player of the Horizon League Tournament, and redshirt freshman Loudon Love was selected as the conference Newcomer of the Year.

II FALL 2018 WRIGHT.EDU/ALUMNI III MOTIVATE INSPIRE EMPOWER INNOVATE RESONATE IMPRESS CREATE IN THIS ISSUE FASCINATEWhat can COMFORT your gift SUPPORT do? 4 From the President AROUND THE QUAD EDUCATE ACCEPT ACTIVATE AWAKEN5 Trust the Process 6 By the Numbers EMBOLDEN FORTIFY STRENGTHEN10 A Big ASK 12 Raise Wright

STIMULATE INFLUENCE ENERGIZERAIDER NATION 13 Making a Difference EXCITE CAPTIVATE COMPEL FOSTER22 Stage Craft 25 Home Sweet Health

SHARE ENLIVEN VITALIZE ENCOURAGESPECIAL SECTION 30 Homecoming 2018 Preview SECURE ASSURE HEARTEN REASSURE STORIES 32 Events Calendar SHOW OPTIMIZE ACCOMPLISH FULFILL33 In Memoriam 8 Built for Success 34 Class Notes The Rise. Shine. campaign helped create new spaces where students are 40 From the Stacks able to thrive. Explore the new Creative Arts Center, the Student Success HEAL ACCELERATE DISCOVER ENABLE Center, and the Neuroscience Engineering Collaboration (NEC) Building. EXPLORE ENLIGHTEN FOCUS GUIDE 14 Bringing History to Life Wright State launches $6.5 million fundraising campaign to create the Wright State University Archives Center to house the priceless Special IMPROVE LEAD NOURISH STABILIZE Collections and Archives, which includes the renowned Wright Brothers Collection. TRANSFORMThe possibilities TRIUMPH CULTIVATE 24 “Alexa, Who is Joe Jessup?” Raj Soin College of Business grad Joe Jessup ’98 is paving the way for GROW MOTIVATE INSPIRE EMPOWER greater innovation at tech giant Amazon as the senior manager of software are endless... development for the company’s Alexa engine, a cloud-based voice device. INNOVATE RESONATE IMPRESS CREATE ON THE COVER 26 Mission Accomplished Priceless artifacts and Air Force veteran and Wright State graduate Jonathan Granata ’15 finds a FASCINATE COMFORT SUPPORT pieces from Special new duty in giving back to Wright State’s Office of Veterans Affairs and the Collections and Archives university’s Veteran and Military Center. On October 1, join Raiders around the world as we at Wright State University, currently housed on the top celebrate our founders’ day with a 24-hour giving day. floor of the Dunbar Library. 28 Take Me to Wakanda Alumna Hannah Beachler, who earned a B.F.A. from Wright State in 2005, GIVE on October 1 to help our students soar! Above: Quill pen and ink creates her vision for the fictional world of Wakanda as the production well from the desk of designer in Marvel’s blockbuster filmBlack Panther. Orville Wright, Broadway Laboratory. wright.edu/wrightday2give #WrightDay2Give 2 FALL 2018 WRIGHT.EDU/ALUMNI 3 FROM THE PRESIDENT FALL 2018 Trust the

PRESIDENT Cheryl B. Schrader, Ph.D. Process VICE PRESIDENT Wright State community FOR ADVANCEMENT Rebecca Cole Near or Far, embarks on strategic planning EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, process to create The Wright ALUMNI RELATIONS It’s Who We Are Path to 2025 Greg Scharer BY BOB MIHALEK EDITOR Nicole L. Craw WELCOME TO flight, a special publication produced by the Wright DESIGN HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS of Amanda J. Earnest-Reitmann State Alumni Association and the Wright Wright State University community State University Foundation for our COPY EDITORS members have worked together to shape Andrew Call esteemed alumni and friends. We are the university’s future through an inclusive Katie Halberg ’12 happy to bring you up to speed on what’s strategic planning process. Tiffany Johnson ’11, ’16 happening around campus and share Most importantly, the process has graduates with opportunities to excel in Monica Snow ’84 The university’s new strategic plan with you many heartwarming stories started an ongoing dialogue among fields that define the future. Ron Wukeson ’78 will tie priorities with resources and use about our students and alumni. community members that encourages It will include metrics to ensure CONTRIBUTING WRITERS metrics to measure the outcomes of those Whether you live near campus or continuous reflection while strengthening accountability and measure the Dawne Dewey ’80, ’84 strategies. The plan—The Wright Path to Jim Hannah thousands of miles away, I hope you the institution’s social infrastructure. effectiveness of initiatives in the plan. The 2025: Pride. Transformation. Potential.— Bob Mihalek know how important you are to the strategic planning process that is Over time, this dialogue will help the university will review the plan annually, will guide decisions at Wright State on a Kim Patton success of Wright State and our students. currently under way. community shape both Wright State’s ensuring the community remains engaged. day-to-day basis. PHOTOGRAPHY You are and always will be a valued Many of our alumni and friends culture and future. In spring 2018, more than 300 people President Cheryl B. Schrader said the Erin Pence member of the Wright State family. Since have already given their feedback by “Strategic planning includes specific participated in a series of insightful Chris Snyder strategic plan will reflect “our shared you are family, you are always welcome to participating in a community dialogue plans, but really, it is an ongoing effort,” dialogues, sharing stories of success that priorities, our strengths, and where we are SPECIAL THANKS TO come home and meet the students who or by serving on our Strategic Planning Bright said. “A good Dawne Dewey ’80, ’84 going as a university.” will one day follow in your footsteps. Steering Committee. Thank you. You process allows for Wright State University’s strategic planning Holly Gersbacher The process Wright State is using makes As alumni, you are Wright State’s have been invaluable to this process. adaptation and Cristie Gryszka this strategic plan different from past process will guide the university into the future Cheryl Hutchinson ’11 greatest ambassadors. Your success is the For those of you not yet acquainted revision. It is not efforts. The process is inclusive and starts by providing a vision and focus that directly links Amy Jones ’06 best testimony for the quality education with the strategic plan, you can learn static.” Kathy Kuntz at the grassroots. Any student, faculty Wright State provides. Let a prospective more about The Wright Path to 2025: Schrader resources to our values and strategic priorities. Elaine Pruner member, staff member, alumnus, and student know why you chose Wright Pride. Transformation. Potential. emphasized that Sarah Runyan ’14, ’15, ’19 community member can participate. And Dave Stuart ’04 State and how this university changed in this publication and online at the planning process allows community they or others experienced and identifying it involves lots of reflection and dialogue. Melissa Tan ’21 your life. wright.edu/strategicplan. Your members to engage with others in the values those experiences represent. Nick Warrington ’12 As David Bright, co-chair of the It has been such a pleasure to meet contributions are vital as we boldly lead meaningful ways. “The most important That dialogue led to proposed mission, Chris Wydman ’94, ’97 Strategic Planning Steering Committee, so many of our alumni during my first Wright State University into its next 50 part of this process is that it will allow us vision, and values statements, as well as Wright State Alumni Association Board explains, the planning process is designed Wright State University Foundation Board year as president of Wright State. Thank years! to reconnect with each other and with the areas that deserve priority in the plan. to produce meaningful engagement from you for giving me a warm welcome to I look forward to meeting many more broader community,” she said. Over the summer, participants self- representatives of the entire university flight is a publication of the Wright State the Wright State family. It’s wonderful to of our proud Wright State graduates in The strategic plan will guide Wright organized into working groups to develop University Foundation and the Wright State system. see how engaged you are with your alma the months and years to come. Hopefully, State by creating a vision and focus action items to include in the plan and Alumni Association for the alumni, donors, “When we’re done, the strategic plan that directly aligns resources with the metrics to judge their effectiveness, and mater, and I share your great love, pride, you’ll be able to join us for Homecoming ON DARK BACKGROUND / FULL COLOR MATERIAL (DIGITAL, PRINT) and friends of Wright State University. will be a collectively generated document,” and enthusiasm for Wright State. on October 5 and 6. See you then! community’s values, strengths, and the then to assemble the strategic plan. said Bright, chair of the Department of Submit information, comments, and Wright State would not be the vibrant, strategy built around them. The planning The goal is to deliver the plan to the letters to: Management and International Business. thriving university it is today without the Warmest regards, process will put the institution in a Board of Trustees by October 2018 for its

Wright State Alumni Association support and dedication of our 110,000 ON WHITE BACKGROUND / FULL COLOR MATERIAL (DIGITAL, PRINT) position to thrive in higher education’s approval. 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway changing environment, help the university Dayton, Ohio 45435 alumni around the globe. You can help Cheryl B. Schrader, Ph.D. You can stay up to date with the planning (937) 775-2620 shape the future of this great university achieve financial sustainability, and foster President process at wright.edu/strategicplan. [email protected] a campus atmosphere that provides by providing your input during our ON WHITE BACKGROUND / ONE COLOR (WRIGHT STATE GREEN) IF PRINTING IN ONE COLOR

4 FALL 2018 WRIGHT.EDU/ALUMNI 5 ON WHITE BACKGROUND / ONE COLOR (BLACK) IF PRINTING IN ONE COLOR OR BLACK/WHITE BY THE NUMBERS Figures are based on the 2017–18 academic year. 3 ALL-GENDER RESTROOMS added over this past year 111,960 on the Dayton Campus WRIGHT STATE by the Office of ALUMNI LGBTQA Affairs live in every state and in ENGRAVED more than 85 countries around the world 153 BRICKS installed under the Alumni 33 47 OF 50 Tower in Alumni Grove GREEN SCARVES STATES represented in last 59 owned by year’s incoming class President Schrader 52 YEARS since the founding of the Wright State University Foundation ELEVATORS in 1966 currently in operation across 30,500 the Dayton Campus CUPS OF COFFEE 47 YEARS served at the student-run 1.9 MILES since the founding TOTAL LENGTH ReyRey Café (Dayton Campus) of the Wright State Alumni Association of tunnel system underneath in 1971 the Dayton Campus

212 WOODED ACRES NEARLY 2,000 879,513 PRINT VOLUMES on the Dayton Campus 39 SERVICE DOGS (There are 650 acres total) WATER SAMPLES currently in the Dunbar Library collection have been processed by the new in training on campus through Agriculture and Water Quality the 4 Paws WSU program Center (Lake Campus) since its opening in February 2018

WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION WRIGHT STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Travis Greenwood ’84, Chair David Donaldson ’88 Tony Alexander ’88, President Stacey M. Lawson ’94, ’96 Andrea Kunk ’04, ’07, Vice Chair Barbara Duncombe Amanda Burks ’05, Edwin Mayes ’89, ’96 3,299 ALUMNI David Deptula ’80, Secretary Stephen Hightower Vice President Christopher Moyer ’85, ’86 Brian Kohr ’94, Treasurer Eugene Leber ’86 Robert E. Reynolds ’88, Mary E. Murphy ’89 joined the Alumni Association the John Lyman, M.D. ’80, Holley Mapel ’19 Treasurer Amanda Opicka ’07, ’07 past year. Welcome, all new alumni! Immediate Past Chair David McSemek ’82 Jason Lansdale ’00, Secretary Penny Profitt ’94 William W. Montgomery Michael J. Tony Alexander ’88 Daniel A. Baker ’12, ’12, ’15 Robert E. Reynolds ’88 Robertson, M.D. ’11, ’14, ’16 Martha Balyeat ’03 Chris Brookshire ’11, ’14 Danielle Rolfes ’97 Richard D. Smith, M.D. ’84 Linda Black-Kurek ’78 Michael P. Brush ’02 Tom Sheehan Amanda Thompson ’08, ’09 Samia Borchers, M.D. ’80 Paula C. Cosby ’12 President Cheryl B. Schrader, Jerry Tritle ’81, ’83 The Raider baseball team’s record after Michael Bridges ’81 Eric Crouch ’91, ’95 Ph.D., ex-officio Woody Willis ’83 Ronald Cloyd ’86 William C. Davell ’69, ’71 winning the Horizon League Tournament, Pamela vonMatthiessen, TyKiah Wright ’00, ’01 Rebecca Cole, ex-officio Deb Downing ’81 sending them to the 2018 NCAA baseball D.V.M., M.D. ’98 Douglas A. Cook ’81, ’85 Patricia D. Jones ’01 Matthew Watson ‘07 tournament Bill N. Diederich ’91 Rob Weisgarber ’77 31-15 Holly Di Flora 6 FALL 2018 WRIGHT.EDU/ALUMNI 7 NEUROSCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CREATIVE ARTS CENTER (DANCE STUDIO) STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER COLLABORATION BUILDING

was completed in November 2016, students and visitors were STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER greeted with an iconic new entrance featuring a stunning wall The Student Success Center, a building dedicated to helping students Built for of dichroic glass fins that change color based on the angle of achieve their fullest potential, opened its doors as students returned the sun. to campus for Fall Semester 2015. Students fill the building through A movement/stage combat studio, a dance studio that all hours of the day and night to utilize the high-tech, active-learning When Rise. Shine. The Campaign for Wright Success functions as both classroom and performance space, and a classrooms, along with writing and math support labs. State University concluded on June 30, 2017, Rise. Shine. campaign creates environments catwalk connecting offices and classrooms on the second floor Prior to the opening of the Student Success Center, academic support it became the most successful campaign in Wright State’s history. We not only met our are some of the most visible features in the refurbished facility. such as advising and writing and math services were scattered all over where students can thrive campaign goal of $150 million, we surpassed The Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries are the Creative campus, making it inconvenient for students and less likely the services BY KIM PATTON it—raising an impressive $167,742,525. Arts Center’s pièce de résistance. Five airy, light-filled gallery would be used. The Student Success Center brought all of those services spaces showcase rotating exhibitions and the Stein’s world- under one roof. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY: The 67,000-square-foot building houses an abundance of open study class collection of mid-20th century, New York School art. The 31,310 17,659 or the last 50 years, Wright State University has been on centerpiece of the Stein Collection is Red on Pink on Yellow- space, along with “huddle” spaces where students can meet with team TOTAL NEW Fthe rise. From its humble beginnings with 5,704 students Orange, a vibrant painting by American artist Mark Rothko. members following classes. The facility, which also features an outdoor DONORS DONORS and a handful of buildings in an empty cornfield, Wright “I thought Wright State would be a wonderful place for our art, rain garden, has received a Silver LEED certified designation from the State has grown into an innovative leader in affordable and because it would be well taken care of,” said Elaine Stein in a U.S. Green Building Council. SOURCE OF CAMPAIGN GIFTS: accessible education. 2017 interview. CORPORATIONS 47.1% NEUROSCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Just as the university has expanded its curriculum and “We are forever grateful to Bob and Elaine Stein for COLLABORATION BUILDING FRIENDS 23.2% ALUMNI 20.3% the number of students it serves, the physical footprint of donating their stunning collection of art to Wright State,” said The opening of the Neuroscience and Engineering Collaboration campus has also changed dramatically over the last five Cole. “For the Steins, building their collection was a labor of Building in 2015 represented a transformational moment in the research FOUNDATIONS 9.4% decades. Thanks to Rise. Shine. The Campaign for Wright State love. Every piece has a story and a special significance for Bob enterprise of Wright State. By housing the collective brainpower of top University, three new shining stars have graced the campus in and Elaine. Sadly, Bob passed away in February 2018 at the age neuroscientists, engineers, clinicians, and student researchers under one the last few years. of 98. But his legacy will live on for future generations in the 13,051 5,362 roof, this one-of-a-kind facility is the perfect setting to spawn pioneering “As we reflect on the Rise. Shine. campaign, increasing Stein Galleries and the art that he so dearly loved.” ALUMNI ALUMNI GAVE research and medical breakthroughs. FOR THE FIRST scholarship support for our students is probably the first The expansion and modernization project provided the DONORS Honeycombed with laboratories, offices, conference rooms, and a TIME achievement that comes to people’s minds,” said Rebecca Cole, opportunity for Wright State’s renowned motion pictures 105-seat auditorium for research symposiums, the building is designed vice president for advancement and president of the Wright program to relocate from the basement of the Creative Arts 15 WRIGHT STATE ALUMNI to foster collaboration and research that breaks new ground in treating State University Foundation. “But the campaign also helped Center to the new Tom Hanks Center for Motion Pictures. DONATED $1 MILLION OR MORE brain, spinal cord, and nerve disorders. create extraordinary facilities that inspire student success.” At 14,500 square feet, the center houses a production studio, “It is so exciting to think about the research powerhouse that Wright editing suites, a multipurpose classroom, a digital animation 376 CREATIVE ARTS CENTER State has become,” said Cole. “Our generous donors to the Rise. Shine. lab, and even a “green room” that serves as both a lounge and NEWLY ESTABLISHED campaign have helped to cultivate environments throughout campus SCHOLARSHIPS The expansion and modernization of the Creative Arts Center think tank where students can develop future film projects. where researchers, students, and the artists of tomorrow can truly shine. I FOR OUR STUDENTS was years in the making. The building had only undergone Hanks, who served as co-chair of the Rise. Shine. campaign, hope our students are proud to take classes, study, and hone their skills in minor renovations since opening in 1973. visited campus in April 2016 to dedicate the state-of-the-art these magnificent, state-of-the-art facilities.” For more information, visit wright.edu/riseshine. When the two-year modernization and expansion project facility that bears his name.

8 FALL 2018 WRIGHT.EDU/ALUMNI 9 in undergraduate research as we focus on expanding “incredible critical-thinking skills.” opportunities in other experiential areas.” “A lot of research is thinking on your feet and having to The traditional model of undergraduate research has figure out how to fix a problem right then and there,” she said. students being mentored individually by a faculty researcher, Adrienne Traxler, assistant physics professor, will be which can be an expensive and inefficient method and is often assessing the educational impact of the ASK program. a tough sell to awarding agencies. Traxler plans to interview the students to find out how Under the ASK model, undergraduate students first take the program helped develop them as researchers, whether a research-methods course and then do research in teams. they became more socially embedded in the campus STEM “How can you get the undergraduate research experience community, and how they begin to talk about their research in to as many students as possible?” said Deibel. “A program more scientific language. like this expands that ability by doing it through team-based Traxler said the grant will “open the door” for many students undergraduate research. We know this will have an impact.” who might not have previously seen themselves as scientists. Meredith Rodgers, director of ASK, recruits students, “Science is a better enterprise when it is done by a group of organizes research projects, and finds research opportunities. people that reflects the diversity and richness of humanity,” Previous and current projects in the program have involved Traxler said. “It is more intellectually rigorous, more active, the study of binary star systems, the use of gold nanoparticles a more just and compassionate enterprise the more kinds of in anti-cancer treatments, physiological responses, imaging people there are doing it.” using terahertz technology, and other topics. Rodgers said undergraduate research teaches students For more information, visit science-math.wright.edu.

“The idea is to increase retention, academic success, and work/ career advancement with the notion of providing students A Big ASK who have financial need with scholarships to perform in YOUR GIFT. THEIR FUTURE. Wright State wins $1 million grant to the sciences,” said Jason Deibel, chair of the Department of expand undergraduate research in the Physics, who helped direct efforts to win the grant. The ASK program began in 2016, with 10 students going TOP 5 WAYS to plan your College of Science and Mathematics through the program each year. A few have received summer gift and leverage your “The scholarships I have BY JIM HANNAH fellowships, but no scholarships were available. assets in a way that can received make it possible “I think the scholarships are going to attract a larger amount provide advantages to you for me to continue my of students to the program,” said Deibel. while impacting students: last year at Wright State he National Science Foundation has issued a $1 million Of the nearly $1 million, $630,000 will be allotted for without a huge weight of award that promises to expand and further diversify scholarships. That is expected to fund 42 students with annual 1. Bequest T debt on my shoulders.” undergraduate research in the College of Science and scholarships of up to $5,000 apiece. Each year for three years, 2. Beneficiary designation Mathematics (CoSM). 14 students will receive scholarships. And five of the students 3. IRA rollover NANCI PAYNE ’18 BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS The five-year, $997,589 award will fund scholarships, will have the opportunity to have a paid summer research 4. Charitable gift annuity programming, and research activities for the Applying experience from the fund. 5. Charitable remainder trust Scientific Knowledge (ASK) program. It will run through 2023. Efforts to win the award for the ASK program had been underway for three years. Wright State University’s “I wanted to get long-term funding for this, or at least Office of Planned Giving something where we got an injection of funds where we could is ready to assist you in really ramp it up,” said Deibel. “This award is a wonderful success that supports and creating your unique legacy. “Scholarships provide someone advances the college’s strategic goal of providing experiential with an opportunity that will probably change their life and learning opportunities for every student who comes to the Bill Bigham their children’s lives. You’re college,” wrote Douglas Leaman, dean of CoSM. Director of Planned Giving influencing more than one “Experiential learning can include undergraduate research, (937) 775-3694 generation if you’re helping internships or co-ops, job shadowing, field work, or study [email protected] someone get through college.” abroad, but undergraduate research has always been the wright.giftlegacy.com cornerstone of experiential learning in the college. This SAMUEL ’73 AND J. LYNNE ’69 DODSON funding enables the ASK program to engage more students

10 FALL 2018 WRIGHT.EDU/ALUMNI 11 Raise Wright Wright State’s new one-stop shop for funding inspires student projects Making a BY NICOLE L. CRAW Difference Cynthia Jones ’05 will donate THIS PAST SPRING, the Wright State her home to fund scholarships Saxophone Studio ran into a problem— many of their instruments were in dire for Wright State students need of repair. BY KIM PATTON While the musicians have been performing successfully at local concerts EDUCATION HAS ALWAYS MATTERED and at national conferences, by the spring to Cynthia Jones. Even though neither of of 2018, music professor Shelley Jagow, her parents graduated from high school, Ph.D., quickly realized that several of $5,000 goal had not been met 100 percent, companies take as much as a 5 percent cut. they both instilled in Jones and her eight the saxophones hadn’t been repaired in this new way of online fundraising—using With this new platform, all donations to siblings the importance of education. It is years—some in more than two decades. only digital avenues like social media the project will go directly to that project. a lesson she has passed along to her five “We primarily needed to have two and email marketing—created more No fine print.” children, her six grandchildren, and her soprano saxophones and two baritone motivation and overall success than “This platform allows our supporters students at Kemp Elementary School in saxophones overhauled, as they have not previous tries had. the chance to give to something they are Dayton. been in at least 21 years!” Jagow said. “I don’t think we realized how effective truly passionate about—our students and “Education will always be the key. That The studio’s students and faculty fundraising through social media and our their achievements,” said Jones. will never change,” said Jones. “You need launched a fundraising campaign on Raise own network would be,” said Jagow. to be educated in order to secure a good back to the university that helped Jones they have that they could leave. It doesn’t Wright, an online crowdfunding platform During the campaign, they also received quality life and a good future for yourself.” when she was a student. have to be sitting in your bank account. for student-led fundraising projects that an exciting offer from a gentleman Jones will help educate future Wright After serving 14 years of active duty in There are other things that you can do,” is administered by the Office of Annual in Indiana who runs an instrument State University students through a the United States Air Force, Jones came to Jones explained. “If what I’m doing as Giving, under the umbrella of the Wright restoration and repair business. bequest in her estate. The Wright State Wright State as a divorced, single mother an average school teacher in Dayton State University Foundation. “He saw the campaign posted on my University Foundation will receive Jones’ to earn her master’s and become a teacher. Public Schools can make a difference to The group set an initial goal of raising Facebook page,” Jagow said. “We spoke on home upon her death, which will fund “I wanted to do something that I knew hundreds, maybe thousands of lives to $5,000 as a part of a pilot program for the the phone and he is willing to donate his a scholarship for students with financial would be good for me and my children,” come, then so can you.” crowdfunding platform in early April. labor to repair our instruments.” need who are either African American or she recalled. “Teaching offered the right And the legacy of three strong women— The money donated would go Raise Wright, similar to other online Since launching its pilot program this have a disability. schedule for me. I had a passion for it. Jones, her mother, and her grandmother— to returning the instruments crowdfunding websites GoFundMe and spring, Raise Wright has featured a total “I have a special place in my heart for And I knew it would work well for me as a will be remembered by future generations to their optimal playing Kickstarter, allows groups to fundraise of five projects, including a campaign the students with special needs,” Jones single parent.” of Wright State students. condition through repairs. globally—anyone with wifi or a smart for new equipment for the Wright State explained. “And I know Wright State While working on her degree, one of “I just want to know that my life makes “Some of the school’s phone can donate. But, unlike the other softball team and an exclusive campaign to has a higher percentage of students with Jones’ professors recommended her for a a difference. Many people think one saxophones were not in big crowdfunding sites, Raise Wright raise funds to restore an authentic Wright disabilities than other colleges. That’s scholarship. person doesn’t make a difference. Well, playing condition, and focuses solely on Wright State–related 1912 Bent End propeller used by the important to me.” “It was such a blessing,” she said. “I was there are hundreds of stories of just one overhauling two to four projects and does not take a cut. That Wright brothers, currently in the Wright Jones’ scholarship will also honor the so surprised that someone chose me to person making a difference,” said Jones. saxophones will provide means 100 percent of each gift goes to the State University Special Collections and memory of her mother and grandmother. get this scholarship. I thought that was the “I feel at peace knowing that there will be more impact for student-led projects, even if the project Archives. “My mom and my grandmother were greatest thing. From that point on, I knew students for years to come who will benefit our students than falls short of its monetary goal. two of the strongest women that I’ve ever I was going to do something to give back.” from this one decision that I made. This buying a new “For years, we have had faculty, staff, Projects on Raise Wright are always rotating. Transferring her home to Wright State gift will live on forever.” Please visit wright.edu/raisewright to view known,” she said. “What my mother and saxophone,” Jagow and students trying to start fundraising in her will gives Jones the opportunity to campaign information. For more information grandmother taught me made a difference. said. For more information about planned giving, efforts through these channels,” said on the Saxophone Studio, visit This is something that I can do to keep make a significant impact without making While by the end please call (937) 775-3694 or visit Amy Jones, director of annual giving. wright.edu/music. their legacy going.” a large gift of cash. of the campaign the wright.giftlegacy.com. “But many people don’t know that these The scholarship is also a way to give “People don’t think of the assets that

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ine-year-old Annabelle Marcinek is interested in Annabelle’s mother, Susan. “She also made a connection 10 learning about sisters—the sisters of famous brothers. with Katharine’s plant collection, because Annabelle enjoys N 11 When she wanted to know more about Katharine Wright, the identifying plants in nature when we travel and even has her 6 younger sister of aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright, own journal. It got us talking about the things we save and she and her mother, Susan, traveled from their Brooklyn, New what it will tell people about us.” York, home to Wright State University’s Special Collections Annabelle gave her first visit to Special Collections and 12 13 and Archives. Archives two thumbs up. “It was kind of scary at first because At Wright State, Annabelle was able to see Katharine I had never been there before,” she said, “but it was fun once Wright’s report cards, personal letters, grade school autograph I saw all the cool things Dawne [Dewey, head of Special album, photographs, and even the pressed flower collection Collections and Archives] set aside for us.” that Wright created in 1891. Annabelle’s mom was just as pleased with their experience. As Annabelle did more research on the sisters of famous “Dawne made it so easy, because she knew so much about brothers, she noticed a trend—sisters not being recognized for the subject and did lots of digging for us,” said Susan. “She their contributions to their brothers’ success. helped bring Katharine to life for us. We’ll be talking about our “No one does it alone,” said Annabelle. “Famous people trip to Dayton for a long time!” 14 always have help, but we don’t usually know the whole story.” The Marcineks aren’t the first people to be touched by the By reading, touching, and exploring the personal mementos timeless treasures within the Special Collections and Archives. of Katharine Wright, Annabelle was able to discover the story From journalists to genealogists, authors to filmmakers, of the young girl, and later the woman, who helped support teachers to school children of all ages, more than 4,000 two of the greatest innovators of the 20th century. individuals are served annually by Special Collections and “Annabelle liked her autograph book the best, because Archives, either in person or online. Katharine was around Annabelle’s age when she had it,” said People come to Wright State from all corners of the globe 15

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to see the largest Wright Brothers Collection in the happy memories of years gone by, the Weisgarbers world, including Pulitzer Prize–winning author and were saddened and startled to see how the vast stories Katharine Wright grade school historian David McCullough and Academy Award– of the past have been crammed into such a small, autograph album, winning actor, producer, and director Tom Hanks. constricting space. 1882 McCullough utilized the collection when he was “It’s so crowded that you lose sight of what’s here,” researching his book The Wright Brothers. said Rob. While the Wright Brothers Collection is certainly BURSTING AT THE SEAMS one of the cornerstones of Special Collections and Archives, the depth and breadth of materials go far On the fourth floor of the Paul Laurence Dunbar beyond the personal papers, diaries, photographs, Library, Dawne Dewey loves to walk the stacks. Aisle and memorabilia of the Wright family. The university after aisle of shelves, crammed with boxes as far as the houses one of the premier aviation history archives eye can see. Boxes where the stories live. in the country, with more than 400 collections on the Stories about two brothers from Dayton who made history of aviation worldwide. the first flight and forever changed the world. Stories Even its vast collections on aviation barely scratch of trailblazers—like Dayton Daily News founder James the surface of everything Special Collections and M. Cox and famed inventors Charles F. Kettering and Archives has to offer. From first-edition works by Ermal Fraze—who helped make Dayton the cradle of African American poet and Dayton native Paul innovation. Stories of the men, women, and children Laurence Dunbar to the archives of the Dayton Daily who shaped the history of the Miami Valley. But Dewey, head of Special Collections and Wright State News, religious history to women’s history, local University Theatre government records to the records of almost every Archives, and her team of archivists are quickly programs, circa major arts organization in Dayton, the history of the running out of space for all of those boxes, and most 1975 region, state, nation—even the world—is available for importantly, the stories they contain. visitors to read, touch, and explore. Special Collections and Archives has come a long way since 1967, when the family of former Ohio For Wright State graduates Ann The Archives Center would almost triple the space governor and Dayton Daily News founder James M. and Rob Weisgarber, a recent visit for the university’s world-renowned collections—from THAT’S A LOT OF STUFF! Cox decided to donate his manuscript collection to to Special Collections and Archives 12,000 square feet scattered across two buildings to Discover Your Story: The Campaign for the Dawne Dewey Wright State. ’80, ’84, head of brought back favorite memories from nearly 30,000 square feet in one central location. Wright State University Archives Center will Fifty years later, Special Collections and Archives is transform the former corporate headquarters Special Collections their childhoods and adolescence. “Our new home, directly across from campus, now the home to more than 1,000 local and regional of the Wright-Patt Credit Union into the new and Archives The Weisgarbers browsed through will also give us great visibility from Colonel Glenn for the Wright history collections and more than 20,000 books and home of Special Collections and Archives. It will scrapbook after scrapbook of Highway and dramatically improve public access and State University journals. It is bursting at the seams. expand the footprint from 12,000 square feet to newspaper clippings on the Dayton outreach efforts,” said Dewey. 30,000 square feet. Currently, the collections are Libraries, has Even worse, the timeless treasures of the past are Gems hockey team and photos of The Discover Your Story campaign is being crammed in two separate buildings on campus. worked in the scattered between two separate buildings on the holiday displays in the former Rike’s spearheaded by co-chairs Amanda Wright Lane, archives since Wright State campus—an open area on the top floor of 1989. department store in downtown great grandniece of the Wright brothers, and David 16,000 LINEAR FEET OF MATERIALS the Dunbar Library and the basement of the Medical NEARLY 3 MILES LONG! Dayton. McCullough. Sciences Building. For Ann, that journey down “The vision for relocating Special Collections and 1,000+ 20,000+ “The two buildings are about a five-minute walk memory lane helped her relive the Archives is to create a whole new visitors’ experience LOCAL AND BOOKS AND apart,” said Dewey. “While we appreciate the exercise, whole experience of getting dressed and reach a much broader audience with our world- REGIONAL HISTORY JOURNALS it would be much better to have them in one location.” up, taking the bus downtown, meeting class collections,” Wright Lane explained. “While COLLECTIONS Dewey’s dream may finally come true. On October Santa Claus, and having lunch in the the facility and staff will still be dedicated to the 4, 2017, the university launched a $6.5 million $20 MILLION department store’s restaurant. traditional work of processing, preserving, and fundraising campaign to create the Wright State ESTIMATED WORTH OF COLLECTION “It brought that all back,” said Ann. archiving important historic narratives, this beautiful University Archives Center. “With that comes great pride for the new home will allow our team to share stories, WRIGHT BROTHERS Discover Your Story: The Campaign for the Wright community. It’s people’s lives that have organize exhibits, and teach as they have never been HOME TO THE MOST EXTENSIVE State University Archives Center will transform the been preserved here. It’s very touching able to before.” WRIGHT BROTHERS COLLECTION former corporate headquarters of the Wright-Patt to come here.” The facility will also provide the proper storage and IN THE WORLD Credit Union at 2455 Presidential Drive into the new While their visit elicited many climate control to preserve historic materials. home of Special Collections and Archives.

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THE PROPOSED WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES CENTER And it will serve as a learning laboratory for students new home,” Cole explained. WILL INCLUDE: in Wright State’s graduate program in public history, While raising the money will be no easy feat for Cole • A reading room where students, where future archivists, preservationists, and museum and her fundraising team, failure is not an option. scholars, and visitors may examine historic materials in an up-close-and- curators get hands-on experience in preserving and “We must make certain that our stories are not personal way protecting priceless records. lost, that the treasures of our past are protected, and • An exhibit gallery housing rotating that they exist for current and future generations to exhibitions that highlight the depth and “We must make certain that our stories are not lost, that the discover,” said Cole. breadth of Wright State’s collections treasures of our past are protected, and that they exist for Rob and Ann Weisgarber are among the first donors • A conference room for lectures, current and future generations to discover.” to support the Discover Your Story campaign. meetings, and special events FIRST FLOOR PLAN For Ann, an award-winning novelist of historical • A classroom to welcome area school REBECCA COLE fiction, the project has personal significance. The children and students from Wright VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADVANCEMENT AND PRESIDENT, State’s public history graduate program Texas resident has turned to archives across the WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION • An oral history recording and teaching country while researching her books. lab where students, faculty, researchers, “Wright State’s Special Collections and Archives “All three of my books have been research based,” and the community can record their deserves more space,” McCullough told guests at she explained. “Almost every chapter is the result of stories the Discover Your Story campaign launch event. “It discovering something in an archive.” • A media lab for listening and viewing deserves more attention. It deserves more care as Rob was on board with supporting the Discover oral histories and watching original film time goes on. And as it increases in space, so will the Your Story campaign after just one visit to his alma footage • A preservation lab, processing room, collections.” mater’s Special Collections and Archives. clean room, and exhibit prep room that “If you come and see it, you’ll get excited about it will give staff the tools and space they CREATING THE DREAM and you’ll want to get involved,” he said. “You will find need to adequately care for the history The Wright State University Archives Center will only that it will touch you in a lot of ways. And you will see of the Dayton region become a reality if the necessary funds are raised. a lot of ways that the archives have a connection to Rebecca Cole, vice president for advancement and your life. It’s a way to bring history to life.” LOWER LEVEL PLAN president of the Wright State University Foundation, is For Discover Your Story campaign co-chair Amanda well aware of the daunting task that lies ahead. Wright Lane, the new Archives Center will provide the “The university has already made a major public unprecedented access to Wright State’s one-of- investment by purchasing the former Wright-Patt a-kind treasures. It will be a place where people of all Credit Union headquarters,” said Cole. “We are now ages can learn about their ancestors, discover their looking to alumni, friends, foundations, corporations, family history, and explore the power of the past. and organizations to make this project happen.” “We want Pulitzer Prize–winning authors to research Current estimates project that it will cost their projects with us, just as David McCullough Women’s suffrage approximately $6.5 million to renovate the new space did,” Wright Lane said. “But just as important, we ribbons and and create an environment with the appropriate light, want the community to bring their book clubs and various election temperature, and humidity control. grandchildren here to discover their stories.” buttons “We must raise all of the $6.5 million and have all of the funds in hand before we can begin renovating our

(clockwise, lower left to right): Artist renderings of the exhibit gallery, reading room, and help desk in the Wright State University Archives Center. The new facility will invite visitors to read, touch, and explore historic materials.

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Charles Lindbergh and Stereopticon viewer Concert poster and ticket 1 his Ryan Monoplane 14 Huffman Prairie stereocard, 28 Wright Stock Reborn, The Spirit of St. Louis, 1927 1910 Wright State University, 1971 16 Hudson Fulton Medal Bust of Paul 2 presented to Wilbur 15 Laurence Dunbar Milton Wright diary entry 20 Wright,1909 sculptor Reginald Harmon 29 recording the burial of Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1906 Women working in Sheet music and RCA 3 sewing department 16 phonograph recording Fifth Street Dayton-Wright Company, “Who Knows” by Paul 30 YMCA classroom circa 1918, and aircraft fabric Laurence Dunbar, 1915 Dayton, 1934 remnant Katharine Kennedy Brown Caricatures of Charles Lindbergh and 17 political activist and 31 Wilbur Wright 4 Anne Morrow Lindbergh Republican Party leader drawn in France, 1908–1909 autographs voting for the first time, The Servant of Two Masters 31 National Geographic 1920 Magazine, 1934 32 program from theatre ”Welcome Home” Edition production, Wright State Milton Wright diary entry 18 Dayton Daily News, University, 1971 5 Receipt of telegram from celebrating Wright brothers 21 Wilbur and Orville on success triumph in aviation, 1909 John Dillinger arrest record 22 at Kitty Hawk, 1903 33 Dayton Police Department, Photograph of the first flight ”That Winter of ’78” 1933 24 by the Wright brothers 19 Dayton Daily News, 1978 19 25 Handcuffs (photograph by John T. 23 Congressional medals 34 used in arrest of John Daniels) 20 presented to the Wright Dillinger in Dayton, 1933 Bleeding Heart brothers, 1909 plant specimen 32 6 The Liberator from herbarium of Katharine 21 American abolitionist Wright, 1891 newspaper, 1863 Orville Wright Cover of Oak and Ivy 7 membership card 22 Paul Laurence Dunbar’s Help us create the new Royal Aeronautical Society, first book (Orville Wright’s home for Wright State 1930 copy), 1893 University’s Special Calling card Color lithograph Collections and Archives by 8 Charles S. Rolls, circa 1909 23 Grand Week of Aviation, making your gift at City of Dayton medals France, 1909 wright.edu/give/archives. 26 9 presented to the Wright The Beatles brothers, 1909 24 arriving at Lunken Airport, Family photographs Cincinnati, 1964 10 Matthews Howard Loving’s Love Collection, circa 1890 25 Neal Loving and his WR-1 33 ”Italy Surrenders” Midget Racer, circa 1950 11 The Dayton Herald, 1943 Great Dayton Flood Handpainted album cover 26 Photographs of historic 12 Heinrich Gunermann Dayton flood in 1913 aviation album,1918–1936 Quill pen and ink well Frigidaire Company 27 from the desk of Orville 13 advertising brochures Wright, Broadway 1950s Laboratory

34 27 20 FALL 2018 WRIGHT.EDU/ALUMNI 21 Stage Craft Wright State alumnus Cameron Holsinger and former student King David Jones have major roles in Hamilton BY JIM HANNAH TOURS & TRAVEL The Wright State Alumni Association offers educational tours with unique hen it comes to staging a Broadway play, Wright State itineraries. Travel to exotic destinations WUniversity alumnus Cameron Holsinger can tell you a to learn about culture, art, history, thing or two. He is the first assistant stage manager for the high- and much more.

octane, spectacularly successful Hamilton: An American Musical. IN FEBRUARY, JONES MADE HIS DEBUT AS LAFAYETTE/JEFFERSON IN HAMILTON. Holsinger started out as the production stage manager when 8th Annual Bourbon Tour the Chicago company of Hamilton began in 2016. He later became “I just lucked out that Wright State has a fantastic theatre department,” he said. September 15–16, 2018 and is currently the first assistant stage manager for Hamilton on “I knew I wanted to be involved with theater. But not wanting to be an actor Broadway in New York City. anymore, I wasn’t completely sure where that left me.” Chicago Holiday Shopping Bus Trip And Holsinger isn’t the only one with Wright State connections He became a theatre major with a concentration in stage management. He December 1–2, 2018 to Hamilton. said Wright State’s Theatre Design and Technology program is comprehensive ©2018 HAMILTON THE MUSICAL HAMILTON ©2018 King David Jones, who studied in the Musical Theatre program and extremely hands-on. Iceland’s Magical Northern Lights “Not having a graduate program meant that, as an undergrad, you really get at Wright State for two years, is a “swing” for several characters in predictable, typical show,” said Holsinger. “It has also, more February 10–16, 2019 the traveling production of Hamilton, including Thomas Jefferson, importantly, provided a gateway for those who would never have thrown into it from day one and you sink or swim,” he said. “There’s also enough James Madison, and Marquis De Lafayette. The term “swing” come into contact with a musical otherwise.” theater happening outside of the school productions—student-run shows, local Legendary Europe refers to a member of the company who understudies several Hamilton has achieved both critical acclaim and box office theater in Dayton—that you can really get as much extra experience in as you May 7–15, 2019 chorus and/or dancing roles. success. In 2016, it received a record-setting 16 Tony nominations, want, which is immensely helpful when you transition into life after graduation.” 7-night luxury cruise Hamilton, about the life of American founding father Alexander winning 11, including Best Musical. During his junior year, Holsinger did an internship at The Goodman Theatre Monte Carlo to Rome Hamilton, was inspired by the 2004 biography Alexander Jones said Hamilton is special because the musical is beautifully in Chicago, then landed a job at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Baltic Scandinavian Ballads Hamilton by historian Ron Chernow. The musical incorporates told through many theatrical elements at once. After graduating from Wright State in 2004, Holsinger was hired as a & hip-hop, rhythm and blues, pop music, soul music, traditional- “The lighting, the music, the choreography is freakishly thought production assistant for the Chicago production of Wicked and then worked on June 13–24, 2019 10-night luxury cruise style show tunes, and color-conscious casting of non-white actors the Wicked tour. He later moved to New York City. out so well to help aid in the storytelling,” he said. Stockholm to Copenhagen as historical figures. During rehearsals, stage managers are the main communication Jones grew up in Mableton near Atlanta and got involved in theater at the What makes Hamilton special? link between all departments. They make sure all the information Cobb County Center for Excellence in the Performing Arts. His love for theater Inspiring Italy “Beside the fact that it’s just brilliant, it has ignited a renewed from the rehearsal room gets to the designers and others and then was cemented when he was cast as a dancer in the musical Hairspray. September 1–12, 2019 interest in theater for a lot of people who were bored by the makes its way back to the rehearsal room. They take more of a After graduating from Pebblebrook High School in 2013, he enrolled at 10-night luxury cruise hands-on role once the show moves into the theater. Wright State as an acting major with a musical theatre emphasis, attracted by Venice to Monte Carlo “We ‘call’ the show. So every time you see the lights change or “the amazing work being done in the Creative Arts Center.” scenery moving, a stage manager is cueing that to happen,” said “I knew attending Wright State’s acting program would supply me with Colors, Coasts, & Coves of Canada New England Holsinger. the tools to become the best actor I can be, and it did just that,” he said. “The & September 27–October 8, 2019 Hamilton runs eight times a week and twice on Wednesdays and amount of time we spent working on ourselves and accepting that we are enough as actors and humans was life-changing for me during my time there.” 11-night luxury cruise Saturdays. There are also rehearsals during the day on single-show New York to Montréal days and sometimes during shows at an off-site rehearsal hall. Jones left Wright State after his sophomore year after booking a performance Holsinger grew up in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, where his parents own gig on Carnival Cruise Lines. Two years later he was performing in the national and operate the town’s small, single-screen movie theater. tour of Motown: The Musical. He was bitten by the musical bug as a boy when his mother Holsinger said he would be happy to be with Hamilton for a long while. would watch old movie musicals and he performed in shows at “It’s such a rarity in our business to work on a show that has longevity that you To learn about these and school and in the community from middle through high school. can also stand by on an artistic level,” he said. “I’m about two years in now and other 2019 tours, please visit Holsinger enrolled at Wright State on a full-ride academic I’m not tired of the show yet. I think that speaks volumes about the piece itself wrightstatealumni.com/travel scholarship, not intending to pursue acting as a career. and the people that I’m working with and for. I’m not ready to move on from or call (937) 775-2620. this quite yet.” HOLSINGER STANDS BACKSTAGE AT THE RICHARD RODGERS THEATRE IN NEW YORK CITY AFTER A PERFORMANCE OF HAMILTON.

22 FALL 2018 WRIGHT.EDU/ALUMNI 23 wife spent 17 years living in New York “I wish to help alleviate the language City, where he moved just one month Home Sweet Health barriers between health care and the after graduating from Wright State with patient to avoid mistakes and raise his degree in management information Wright State nursing student studying to create her satisfaction,” she said. systems. “American dream” in health care Rosa wants to enter the workforce as a “I moved without a job, but was able to BY NICOLE L. CRAW public health nurse for a few years, then secure an entry-level position with ILX return to Wright State to become a nurse Systems within two weeks,” he said. practitioner, her “dream job.” From there, Jessup said, he was able WHEN ROSA AGUILAR ’19 was “The scholarships have helped me avoid “[As a nurse practitioner], I would to quickly move his way up within the growing up, she found herself in doctors’ student loans as much as I can,” she said. like to someday open my own practice company, eventually spending 14 years offices constantly—not due to her own “Without the contributions, I wouldn’t be dedicated to advocating for immigrant working for ILX’s parent company, illness, but to serve as a translator for her able to continue my education and follow families from different cultures so they Thomson Reuters. Spanish-speaking parents. It was often my dreams.” receive quality care at lower costs and in Jessup credits Wright State with expected of her to provide her English That dream, she says, is to become part their own language.” developing his love for technology and language skills to her family and others in of the small percentage of Hispanic and Today, Aguilar is proud to be in her business. During his time as a student, he her community. Latino nurses in the U.S., focusing her second year of nursing school with junior was just as driven as he is today. “Growing up as a first-generation work solely in the Hispanic and Latino status, and she is looking forward to “Although I started out majoring in American in my family meant I held community within Dayton. graduating and showing her parents how computer science, I graduated with a countless expectations—including “I always knew I wanted to be a part of much their support has meant to her. B.A. in management information systems translating for my parents and others the health care system, especially because “My parents are amazing individuals and after realizing that I was also interested in around me struggling,” she said. “I often a lot of Latinos avoid health care because I only wish to be able to pay them back for business concepts,” he said. helped my parents by translating during they believe no one will understand them,” all their hard work, love, and support,” she He was also just as busy, holding several doctors’ visits.” she said. “I want to be their advocate and said. “This scholarship has truly helped campus jobs throughout his four years, While she served as a translator for their voice.” me and my family pursue the American including selling advertising for The her parents, she often witnessed errors According to the National Association dream. After I graduate, I would love to Photo courtesy of Amazon.com of Photo courtesy Guardian and serving as president of the or misunderstandings from doctors and of Hispanic Nurses, as of 2017, only 4 become a donor, so that someone like me Residential Community Association, nurses, “mostly due to discrimination percent of registered nurses are Hispanic. can follow their dreams at Wright State.” where, he said, he launched one of his or simply the fact that we were being Despite these statistics, the lack of “Alexa, Who is Joe Jessup?” proudest achievements as a student— overlooked,” she said. diversity in the nursing workforce remains To help support students like Rosa, visit Wright State’s first Parents’ Weekend. It was during these difficult visits with an issue. wright.edu/give. Joe Jessup ’98 is paving the way for innovation at Amazon, “What I learned at Wright State has her family that she decided to apply to one Alexa at a time played a big part in my career,” he said. “It Wright State to become a nurse. BY NICOLE L. CRAW is the place where I learned many of the But Aguilar almost lost her chance to skills and mental models that I still use.” go to college at all and almost did not Jessup hopes that, one day, his daughter graduate from high school after her father WHEN ALUMNUS JOE JESSUP ’98 John Wiley & Sons, Thomson Reuters, and might attend Wright State. In 2016, he lost his job. Her family struggled to buy was first hired at Amazon.com to work on ILX Systems Inc. committed his support by endowing a groceries and pay their mortgage for the Alexa engine in 2016, the first thing he As the senior manager of software scholarship in her name: The Sadie Quinn nearly six months. asked his Alexa was, unfortunately, pretty development on Alexa, Jessup leads a Patrick Jessup Endowed Scholarship She knew that her dream of going to boring. team of project and product managers, Fund, established to college would bring her parents nothing “I used one of the most common engineers, and operations managers that support undergraduate but joy and hope for the future. questions,” he laughed. “Alexa, what time basically come to work each day to make students majoring in That’s why it was so important and is it?” Alexa even more awesome—and getting it business or computer exciting, Aguilar said, to have received But Jessup and his career in business and to work better for the consumer. science. the Rise. Shine. Scholarship, supporting technology have been anything but boring. “I’m most proud of the features my “I want to make the student success priorities for the Rise. The Raj Soin College of Business grad has teams have launched for Alexa over the sure that young adults Shine. campaign, which concluded last worked in nearly every imaginable position last two years,” Jessup said. “We enabled growing up in Ohio summer, raising more than $167 million. in business at companies both large and the use of kid skills on Alexa, like Amazon continue to have the With this financial help, Aguilar can small. His expertise lies in setting up Storytime and the NORAD Santa Tracker.” same opportunity that focus more on her studies and less on strong project management practices for Prior to moving to Seattle with their I did,” said Jessup. accumulating crippling debt. the companies he’s worked for, including 10-year-old daughter, Jessup and his

24 FALL 2018 WRIGHT.EDU/ALUMNI 25 n a wall in the Quiet Study Room inside Wright State aircraft, making sure that everything was within the proper OUniversity’s Veteran and Military Center (VMC) limits. is a quote by British historian, academic, and author G. M. “It was the first time that I had ever been part of a team,” Trevelyan: “Never tell a young person that anything cannot be Granata recalled. “But it’s not just a crew. It’s like the largest done. The universe may have been waiting centuries for someone amount of trust that you could ever experience. If one of us ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing.” makes something go wrong or we get shot at, it’s not just me The quote is one of Jonathan Granata’s favorites. When the who loses my life, it’s the whole crew.” Air Force veteran and 2015 Wright State graduate provided a Fortunately, Granata didn’t experience any close calls during gift to support the Quiet Study Room, it seemed only fitting that his time in the air. What he remembers and values the most this quote should grace its walls and inspire student veterans to from his Air Force service are the lifelong friendships he made reach for their dreams. and the amazing camaraderie he experienced with his crew. VETERAN AND MILITARY CENTER CHAMPION GARDEN “You don’t stop serving after you’re done serving in the “It made me a better person,” he said. “It made me who I am Introducing the Veteran and Military Center Champion military,” Granata explained. “This is my duty now. It’s my duty today. I found out how far I could push myself, both mentally Garden, featuring a beautiful outdoor space for to give back.” and physically.” the whole campus and dedicated to all who have With his gift to the VMC, Granata is giving back to the championed Wright State student veterans. It will be a ADVOCATING FOR VETERANS people who helped him when he needed it the most. place to honor veterans or for veterans to honor their “This place saved me in a lot of ways,” said Granata of the After earning his degree in organizational leadership from personal champions, be it a spouse, sibling, parent, center. After serving in the Air Force for five years, Granata Wright State, Granata worked at Student Veterans of America or friend. sometimes struggled with transitioning from combat zones to in Washington, D.C. There, he was inspired by the President If you’d like to honor a veteran or a champion of the classroom. and CEO Jared Lyon and the organization’s mission to help veterans, please visit wright.edu/vmc to learn about all He was older than most of his classmates and had been out of veterans to, through, and beyond college. the options to make your mark on campus. school for seven years. “It was a lot to take on,” he recalled. “That really hit home for me,” he said. “There’s so much Allyn Hall of Champions Garden near Rendering But Granata found a home and the support he needed in value in veterans in college. They’re bringing leadership Wright State’s Office of Veterans Affairs. The university’s VMC experience into the classroom.” After earning a master’s degree from George Washington was still in the planning stages at that point, but Granata was As passionate as he is about higher education for veterans, University in 2017, Granata went to work for Accenture in immediately embraced by the office’s staff. Granata is also committed to eliminating the misconception Chicago, as a management consulting analyst. Director Seth Gordon hired Granata as a community that all veterans are either war heroes or broken. Along with his family, Granata credits his mentor, Arthur engagement coordinator. “Dr. Gordon instantly saw something “Ninety-nine percent of us identify in the middle. We’re Hansen, commander of the VFW in Huber Heights, and the in me,” Granata said. not broken, but we’re also not war heroes,” he said. “We just staff in Wright State’s VMC—Seth Gordon, Ty Lea Gebhard, In November 2014, the 4,500-square-foot VMC opened at did our jobs and wanted to make it home. We’re just trying to and Amanda Watkins—for his current success. Wright State. With about 1,800 square feet dedicated specifically reintegrate into society and contribute.” “Without them,” he said, “this would not be possible.” for a student center, the center was designed to be a space where veteran and military students could efficiently get the support they needed to process their benefits while also relaxing, SAVE THE DATE! studying, and socializing with fellow veterans. “It’s a place where people can go and feel safe,” said Granata. ALUMNI SERVICE DAY 2018 “You know everyone in here is a veteran. Most likely, someone SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 | 9:00 A.M. TO NOON in this building has dealt with similar issues. So, you can Mission identify with people.” Alumni Service Day is an opportunity for Wright State SERVING HIS COUNTRY alumni, friends, and family to give back to our local community and help to further Wright State’s long- Accomplished When Granata enlisted in the military, he was continuing standing tradition of community service. Air Force veteran and Wright State graduate the family legacy. Both of his parents served, along with his grandfather and uncle. The military was also an opportunity for SERVICE LOCATIONS Jonathan Granata ’15 finds a new duty in Granata to get out and see the world. Clothes that Work SICSA Hannah’s giving back Crayons to Classrooms The Foodbank–Dayton Treasure Chest Stationed at Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas, Granata Habitat for Humanity WPAFB USO Humane Society of BY KIM PATTON served two deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton Goodwill Easter Seals Greater Dayton and Operation Enduring Freedom. As a loadmaster on the Project READ of Miami Valley Visit wrightstatealumni.com/serviceday18 C-130, Granata supervised the onloading and offloading of Join us for a FREE lunch afterward! all cargo and passengers on the military aircraft. His most to sign up and get your FREE T-shirt! important task was overseeing weight and balance on the

26 FALL 2018 WRIGHT.EDU/ALUMNI 27 BEACHLER WITH SET DECORATOR JAY HART ON A CASINO SET IN SOUTH KOREA FOR BLACK PANTHER. PHOTO COURTESY OF ALEX MCCARROLL.

She spent two weeks preparing for her job interview with Marvel Studios. She spent $12,000 of her own money, hired a concept illustrator and created her own story, a 400-page book with references and blackboards for her presentation. “You have to invest in yourself,” she told an audience of Wright State performing arts students on campus in December 2017. “I believed in the world I created. You have to believe in yourself and your abilities.” In her interview with The Glow Up, Beachler said that, if people actually knew the amount of work that went into BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE “SHURI’S LAB” SET IN THE GREAT MOUND IN BLACK designing Black Panther, “their heads would explode—literally PANTHER. PHOTO COURTESY OF MARVEL STUDIOS. just explode.” Her first step in the process, shortly after being hired, she said, was traveling to Cape Town, South Africa. She told The Glow Up, she arrived two weeks before the crew to conduct her ENTERING BIRNIN ZANA, ALSO KNOWN AS THE GOLDEN CITY, IN WAKANDA. PHOTO COURTESY OF MARVEL STUDIOS. research. “We spent as much time in each place as we possibly could, and saw as much as we possibly could, because it was important for me to get the vegetation right, the rock color right—the way that the rocks are sort of different,” she said in the interview. “They’re horizontal, as opposed to what we’re Take Me to used to seeing in the West. To make sure that the color of the sand was right, to make sure the color of the water inland was right, as opposed to what it looked like on the coast of Africa.” STEPTOWN STREETCAR IN THE GOLDEN CITY, THE HEART OF WAKANDA. Wakanda PHOTO COURTESY OF MARVEL STUDIOS Prior to Black Panther, Beachler was the production designer Alumna Hannah Beachler ’05 creates on Moonlight, which won the Academy Award for best picture fantasy world as production designer in 2017. She received the 2017 Art Directors Guild Award for in Marvel’s Black Panther excellence in production design and art direction for her work BY NICOLE L. CRAW on Lemonade, Beyonce’s visual album that aired on HBO. Previously, she was the production designer on Miles Ahead, a film based on the life of musician Miles Davis; Creed, the seventh film in the Rocky series; and Fruitvale Station, which n February 16, 2018, the Marvel superhero film Black won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Film and the Audience OPanther was released at theaters across the U.S. to Award for Best Film at the Sundance Film Festival in 2013. a fanatical and record-breaking reception. In its opening Though she had a relatively big budget to work with on weekend, the film earned $370.5 million worldwide, and as of Black Panther, she stressed that she is normally used to far July, it had grossed nearly $1.4 billion globally, earning it the smaller budgets and teams on her smaller films, Moonlight, third spot in the U.S. for the top grossing films of all time. and Fruitvale Station. Her art department on Moonlight Beachler’s success in Hollywood is a reflection of her work Critics and fans alike raved about it within the first few Wright State Department of Theatre, Dance, and Motion consisted of only five people. while she was a student at Wright State. She said she was hours of the opening, but perhaps the most exciting part of the Pictures. “Hannah is blazing the trail for young African Her previous film and video projects, she said, prepared her exposed to important films and literature, allowing her to talk film, especially for Wright State students and alumni, wasn’t American female production designers.” to work on Moonlight. She started her career as a set dresser, on the same level as directors. Her journey to Hollywood has just the film itself, but seeing an alumna listed predominantly It was Beachler’s expertise and vision that created every arranging objects on a film set, she said. On every project, she been one of passion and hard work. in the credits. detail of the world of Wakanda, the fictional setting in Black learned as much as she could. “Her success has shined because of her willingness to be Hannah Beachler, a 2005 Wright State graduate, worked Panther, for millions of moviegoers. “I learned every position in the art department,” she said. resourceful,” said McDowell, “giving a voice to something as the film’s production designer. She is the first female “You know, we had to create all of this history—just like “Learning every piece of it really informed where I am today.” unique and finding her inner passion.” production designer on a Marvel film—let alone the first black you’d know about any city, or your own hometown. That’s During her talk with students in December, Beachler female production designer. how much we had to go in on Wakanda,” Beachler said in an emphasized that filmmakers have to be willing to work hard In late July, the Wright State Alumni Association proudly announced “[She is] an inspiration to young female artists and workers interview with The Root’s online channel The Glow Up. and persevere through challenges. Hannah Beachler ’05 as the winner of its Alumna of the Year Award, in motion pictures, young African Americans—a minority in “You have to be prepared to give five, seven, 10 years of your an honor presented to Wright State graduates who have attained a Beachler spent 13 months working on the film, overseeing significant level of achievement in their chosen field. The award will be motion pictures because it’s a white male–dominated industry,” a $30 million art budget and a dedicated crew of several life to get your career off the ground,” she said. presented to Beachler on October 5, 2018. said Stuart McDowell, professor and artistic director of the hundred people.

28 FALL 2018 WRIGHT.EDU/ALUMNI 29 MONDAY, WRIGHT DAY TO GIVE SATURDAY, SCHOLARSHIP BRUNCH Our second annual Wright Day to 10:00 a.m.–noon OCT. 1 Give will kick off Homecoming Week OCT. 6 By invitation only on the 51st anniversary of Wright Our annual brunch provides legacy State’s founding. scholarship alumni, donors, and families the opportunity to hear about FRIDAY, ORGANIZATIONAL the impact of donations. LEADERSHIP ALUMNI OCT. 5 LAUNCH CLUB FOOTBALL VS. 5:30–7:00 p.m. OHIO STATE Now in its fourth year, this is an 2:00 p.m. opportunity for Organizational Who says Wright State doesn’t have Leadership alumni to reconnect and football!? Come see for yourself. network with one another as well as faculty and current students. WOMEN’S SOCCER VS. UIC 3:00 p.m. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT Arrive early to cheer on the women’s AWARDS soccer team before the live music 6:00–8:00 p.m. kicks off at the festival. Campus is calling. By invitation only A night to honor and celebrate a HOMECOMING FESTIVAL select group of our outstanding 4:30–7:00 p.m. It’s time to come home, Raiders. alumni. The anchor of Homecoming weekend—live music, a chili cook-off, TRIVIA NIGHT craft beer, DJ, food trucks, games, Homecoming is the perfect time 7:00–10:00 p.m. and so much more! Come test your trivia knowledge to reconnect and rediscover Wright State against hundreds of fellow alumni, MEN’S SOCCER VS. UIC faculty, staff, and students. Hosted by 7:00 p.m. as we celebrate generations of Raiders! the College of Education and Human Cheer on the men’s soccer team to Services, this team-based trivia night victory to round out Homecoming will be a great time for everyone. weekend. Proceeds go to support student scholarships.

PUB SCIENCE 8:00–10:00 p.m. Come have a pint while learning about interesting topics taught by our wonderful College of Science and Mathematics faculty. CASINO NIGHT For more information about 8:00–11:00 p.m. The Student Union Market is the schedule of events, visit transformed into a casino for the wright.edu/homecoming. night. Try your luck at roulette, poker and blackjack. Open to all students, alumni, faculty, and staff.

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REMEMBERING JACOB “JAKE” DORN, him three distinguished PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF HISTORY service commendations. Somehow finding time to Jacob “Jake” Henry Dorn (1939–2017) of Dayton passed conduct research and write away peacefully on Tuesday, September 6, 2017, just shy in addition, he published a of his 78th birthday. seminal study of Washington The oldest of Francis Jacob Henry and Mary Elizabeth Gladden, a Congregational Dorn’s four children, he grew up in Rosemont, Illinois, minister and leader of the EIGHTH ANNUAL 2018 HOMECOMING ALUMNI SERVICE DAY spent at least one memorable summer working at Joe Social Gospel; edited a volume on socialism and Christianity BOURBON TOUR FESTIVAL NOVEMBER 10, 2018 and Mike’s fruit and vegetable stand, and graduated from Leyden Township High School in 1956. He earned a B.A. in early 20th century America; SEPTEMBER 15–16, 2018 OCTOBER 6, 2018 Alumni Service Day is an from Wheaton College in 1960 and then a Ph.D. in history and wrote an astonishing 85 reviews of scholarly books, This exclusive trip allows Don’t miss the annual opportunity for our alumni, from the University of Oregon in 1965. the last two of which will be published posthumously. attendees to mingle with fellow Homecoming Festival the friends, and family to give back While at Wheaton, he met Carole Ruth Johnson and Jake’s interests were expansive. He loved to travel, alumni and friends while Saturday of Homecoming to the community and further later proposed from a pay phone in Eugene, Oregon. They always keeping meticulous diaries and documenting trips enjoying some of Kentucky’s Weekend. Wright State’s long-standing married August 15, 1964, and just recently celebrated their with carefully captioned photographs. He looked forward most famous bourbon tradition of community service. 53rd anniversary. As newlyweds, Jake and Carole moved to meetings of his men’s book club and lunch discussion distilleries, along with some to Dayton, where Jake began teaching American history at group, frequently went to the movies, regularly took newer to the scene. Wright State University. He remained on the faculty for 47 walks around the neighborhood, and regaled all who years until his retirement as a professor emeritus in 2012. would listen with stories. He served as the founding director of the University Jake is survived by his loving wife Carole; his son Jon FIRST DAY OF CLASSES CHICAGO HOLIDAY talented students in art, Honors Program, as vice-president of university faculty, and daughter-in-law Heather; daughter Betsy and son-in- AUGUST 27, 2018 SHOPPING BUS TRIP music, theatre, dance, and and on the President’s Council, Academic Council, law Keith; grandchildren Hadley, Abby, Oliver, and Isaac; DECEMBER 1–2, 2018 motion pictures. brother Jared, sister-in-law Maryann, and niece Mary WRIGHT DAY TO GIVE Graduate Council, and numerous other committees. This short weekend trip Frances; sister Marybeth and niece Christine; and sister OCTOBER 1, 2018 SPRING COMMENCEMENT Jake’s skill in the classroom earned him four gives alumni and friends the June and nephew Jacob. Join us on our Founder’s Day, MAY 4, 2019 outstanding teaching awards and meaningful HOMECOMING WEEKEND opportunity to shop, see a The family suggests donations to the Jacob H. Dorn October 1, as we celebrate a relationships with students stretching well beyond OCTOBER 5 AND 6, 2018 Broadway-style show, sample Scholarship with the Wright State University Foundation. one-day giving challenge to commencement. His steadfast devotion to service earned Campus is calling! world-class cuisine, or simply our alumni and friends. Homecoming is the perfect see the sights of Chicago time to reconnect and decorated for the holidays. REMEMBERING OUR RAIDERS rediscover Wright State while of Photo courtesy Go Next FALL COMMENCEMENT we celebrate generations of LEGENDARY EUROPE ALUMNI 1980s 1970s Marlene (Shapero) FACULTY & STAFF DECEMBER 15, 2018 Barbara Beckley ’89 James E. “Skip” Carne ’72 Raiders. It’s time to come MAY 7–15, 2019 2000s–2010s Dr. Khurshid Ahmad Michael Gouse ’87 Mastin II ’77 Cynthia Coppess ’72 home. FIRST DAY OF CLASSES Take in some of the most Annie (Kish) Cheryl L. Aubin ’12 Deane “Williams” Donald Sidebottom ’77 Shirley (Gaither) WRIGHT STATE’S JANUARY 14, 2019 storied European sights Duncan ’12, ’14 Dr. Joanne R. Cross ’82 Roberts ’87 Barrett Blackwell ’76 Barber ’71 51st BIRTHDAY on this remarkable voyage Kyle DeVilbiss ’10 Sally McGranor Evans ’68 Dan Risner ’86 Thomas Kier ’76 Saundra Finkbine ’71, ’83 OCTOBER 1, 2018 aboard Riviera. Dr. Alex Porter ’07 Patsy Lou Wilson Deborah Fugett ’85 Stephen Reed ’76 Naomi “Fern” Happy birthday, Wright State! Catherine Hardman ’03 “Rickett” Falkner ’72, ’73 Debra M. Cress ’83 Richard Detamore ’75 (Leffel) Johns ’71 BALTIC & Ronald C. Fetzer ANCIENT VIGNETTES 1990s Phyllis Jon “P.J.” Berry ’82 Phyllis Carol Mary Pendleton ’71 SCANDINAVIAN BALLADS Charlotte Ann Green OCTOBER 3–14, 2018 Timothy W. Adams ’98 Dr. Paul J. “P.J.” Foster ’82 (Lang) Knudson ’75 GIVING TUESDAY JUNE 13–24, 2019 1960s Dr. Charles J. Ancient cultures come to Kimberly (Fetters) Thomas Black ’81 Wally MacGregor ’75 NOVEMBER 27, 2018 20th ANNUAL ARTSGALA Enjoy historic charms as you Mary Deisman ’69 Hartmann Jr. Gower Gause ’98 Virginia Pummill Wilma Righter ’75 life as you join your fellow Wright State University APRIL 13, 2019 sail the Baltic Sea between Lloyd “Gregg” Imogene B. Horne Malinda (Moorman) “Ginny” Maddux ’81 Wilda (Farrell) alumni to explore the art and is proud to participate in legendary cities. Payne Jr. ’68 Fredric D. Jefferson ’84 ARTSGALA is one of the Spring Thornton ’98 Stuart Meck ’81 Stanfield ’75 history of southern Europe. Pauline Touchman ’68 Dr. Ruthann Knudson #GivingTuesday 2018, a global premier arts events in town. Edwin “Paul” Thomas Biggs ’80, ’98 Timothy Bly ’74 Embark on your luxury Walter Morgan day of giving back. Each year, more than 800 Sizemore ’97 Nancy Brayshaw ’80 Mathias Kolleck ’74, ’78 cruise aboard the Riviera in William Roger Johnson III guests are treated to top- Holly (Coleman) Edna Johnson ’80 Joan Yaney ’74 Robert Arthur Stein Sr. Barcelona, Spain’s gem of art notch performances by Tipple ’95 Jo Dayton ’80, ’90 Roger Marchal ’73, ’86 and architecture. We rely on family members and newspaper obituaries to inform us of the deaths of Wright State alumni, faculty, and staff. This list was compiled between January and May 2018. Send death notices to [email protected]. 32 FALL 2018 WRIGHT.EDU/ALUMNI 33 Share your success with fellow alumni! Submit your class notes and updates at wrightstatealumni.com/classnotes. CLASS NOTES JOSEPH PENNEY (B.S.)(M.ED.) NICK HEIMLICH (M.P.A.) retired Hospital’s director of pediatric Chi Foundation in Chicago, earned was named director of business for as chief of the Springfield (OH) Fire rheumatology and vice president of his Ph.D. in history from the ISSA WALKER (M.P.H.), a hip hop JOHNATHAN MOORE (B.A.) EBONI JANUARY (M.D.), an Fairfield (OH) Schools, effective Department. population health. University of Chicago. 2017 artist, performed with the World works as acquisition manager obstetrician/gynecologist at Betty May 1. STEVEN KNIFFLEY (M.P.A.), BRYAN STANSBERRY (B.S.) is a House Choir in Yellow Springs, OH. for COLSA Corp., a Huntsville, Jean Kerr People’s Health Centers DEREK THOMAS (M.D.) 2002 assistant professor at the Wright joined systems accountant for the Defense 1999 AL-based company that provides in St. Louis, MO, was honored by CATHERINE CROSBY (M.P.A.), GRETA BURKHART (M.S.) State School of Professional Hematology and Oncology Finance and Accounting Service at , an engineering, programmatic, and the St. Louis American Foundation who served as executive director Psychology, was selected to speak at 2013 Associates in Findlay, OH. the Department of Defense. aquatic ecologist at the Arctic ASHLEY BRANDON (B.F.A.), information technology products in its 2018 Salute to Excellence in of the Dayton Human Relations National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, TEDxDayton. MJ WHITE (M.A.) published TRACY STOKES (M.ED.) is assistant professor of film, television, and services to the Air Force Life Health Care. Council, was named chief of staff for received the Miami Regionals her first book of poetry, How the coordinator for African American JAMES RIPPETH (B.S.M.E.) and media arts at Quinnipiac Cycle Management Center. the City of Toledo, OH. Alumni Masters Award from Miami Universe Says Yes to Me. Programs and Services at Northern was hired as a quality engineer University, produced a comedic MARCUS OVERMAN (M.ED.) was 2007 University in Ohio. JEAN DENNEY (M.A.) retired Kentucky University by Lauren Manufacturing, a New documentary titled Mickey’s Pets ABDUL BAKER (M.D.), a named principal of New Bremen as assistant director in Disability LATASHA NAIDU (M.S.), board- Philadelphia, OH-based company that premiered at the Rhode Island neurosurgeon, joined the Sanford 2005 (OH) High School, effective Aug. 1. Services at Wright State University certified in internal medicine that engineers custom rubber and International Film Festival and was Brain & Spine Center in Fargo, ND. HANNAH BEACHLER (B.F.A.) was 2000 JUSTIN RAY (M.S.) was named after 33 years of service. and infectious disease, joined plastic products. selected to be screened at the New the production designer on Black NOAH PHELPS (M.A.), museum head basketball coach at Thomas LISA CAROLAN-KATZ (M.S.) Conemaugh Physicians Group in Hampshire Film Festival, the Austin Panther, a superhero film based on JAMIE KING (B.S.ED.) was named curator and archivist for the Sigma More College in Crestview Hills, KY. joined the neurocritical care Johnstown, PA. Film Festival, and the St. Louis the Marvel Comics character of the head of school at the New Hope 2016 inpatient team at Bronson BEN BUETTNER (M.D.) International Film Festival. TORI REYNOLDS (B.A.) is a yoga same name. Christian Academy in Circleville, earned Neuroscience Center in Kalamazoo, instructor and owner of Speakeasy OH. the Washington University (MO) KELLEY C. MOORE (D.N.P.), MI. ANDREW DAILY (B.F.A.) Yoga, a studio in Dayton, OH. JOHN QUILLEN ’03, P.E., M.B.A. Internal Medicine Intern of the Year anesthesia master clinician at the organized Suburbicon, a comics TONY PARTLOW (M.S.) was MELISSA DODD (M.P.A.) was award. David Grant USAF Medical Center KEVIN SCHMIDT (B.S.), a show at the Rosewood Arts Centre named director of a new clinic John Quillen graduated named city manager of Bellbrook, in Kettering, OH, featuring creators. in Katy, MI, operated by Results RUTH M. THOMSON (M.B.A.) in Fairfield, CA, was welcomed into research engineering psychologist in from Wright State University OH. Physiotherapy, which treats was named medical director for the International Nurses Association the Air Force Research Laboratory ANGELLE HANEY GULLETT with a degree in electrical ZEESHAN ESACK (B.A.) more than 100 musculoskeletal the Jack Byrne Center for Palliative with her publication in Worldwide at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, is a (B.A.)(B.A.) was hired as a social conditions, from sports injuries to engineering in 2003. He & Hospice Care and director of Leaders in Healthcare. climbed Mount Aconcagua, the systems analyst with Walt Disney media manager for the Academy of highest mountain in South America, World Resort in Orlando, FL. post-surgical rehabilitation. is the founder of Marque hospice services in the Section of JEFF PASTOR (M.B.A.) was Motion Picture Arts and Science’s with a research team to gather Engineering, a full-service Palliative Medicine at Dartmouth- elected to Cincinnati City Council. JEN HALDERMAN (B.S.) joined new talent development and MELANIE SWISHER (B.A.) joined mechanical, electrical, Hitchcock Medical Center in data on the potential military use The Siegfried Group, LLP, as a inclusion program, Academy Gold. the Paint Valley Alcohol, Drug Lebanon, NH. of altitude tents and the effects of Addiction, and Mental Health plumbing engineering 2012 manager in the national CPA firm’s KRISTINA HEALY (B.A.)(M.S.) altitude on cognition. New York metro market. Board in Chillicothe, OH, as the consulting company. John SYDNEY WALTZ (B.F.A.) was DAVID OLIVER (B.S.) was hired was named director of enrollment MATTHEW S. SHERWOOD new associate director. has 15 years of experience selected to participate in the as a wealth management advisor for services at The Ohio State University (M.S.EG.), research engineer and providing engineering 2018 Ohio Legislative Service Minster (OH) Bank. 2006 at Lima. DEENA WARE (M.P.A.) is town Commission Telecommunications adjunct faculty in the Department of FREDERICK A. FERRIS II manager of Dundee, FL. services in the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky DANIEL PERSINGER (M.D.) CHRIS LEVECK (B.A.) is president Fellowship Program. Biomedical, Industrial, and Human (M.B.A.), an assistant professor of region and the throughout the intercontinental U.S. joined the general surgery team Factors Engineering at Wright of Facility Innovations Group, an business and the M.B.A. program 2001 He is a licensed professional engineer (P.E.) at Altru Health System in Grand State University, co-authored a Austin, TX-based lighting and 2015 director at the University of KURTIS CAMPBELL (B.S.B.) was in more than 20 states and provides leadership Forks, ND. study showing that neurofeedback signage business named by Inc. TERI GROTHAUS (M.S.), a Charleston, was awarded the Cecil I. named managing partner at Brown training has the potential to magazine as among the nation’s and management to his firm. He has engineered certified pediatric nurse practitioner, Walker Chair of Management. & Campbell, a Moraine, OH-based 2011 reduce the severity of tinnitus, the fastest-growing private companies. numerous project types (new builds, interior joined Van Wert Health Pediatrics ROMEAO JON JENNINGS (B.S.) certified public accounting firm. AMY CLINE (M.B.A.) was perception of ringing in the ears, or ROB SCOTT (B.A.), vice mayor renovations, expansions, and historic restoration) in in Van Wert, OH. is an associate in the Washington, promoted to director of member even eliminate it. of Kettering, OH, was appointed BRIAN FAUST (B.S.B.) is co- the food and beverage, restaurant, retail, corporate D.C., law firm Akin Gump Strauss founder, president, and CFO of service at Kettering, OH-based Day CHRISTOPHER WARRELL (M.D.) regional administrator of the U.S. office, financial, hospitality, residential, mixed- 2014 Hauer & Feld LLP’s intellectual Krush Media, a Dayton, OH-based Air Credit Union. received the 2017/2018 Herodicus Small Business Administration for use, historic preservation, worship, civic, critical JARED HOLLOWAY (B.S.) was property (IP) practice, where he the Great Lakes Region. digital advertising and media MARK DUFFY (B.S.) Society Traveling Award, which is operation, and specialty market segments. hired as assistant city manager of , a graduate focuses on complex patent litigation, company. issued annually to two physicians in Xenia, OH. of Case School of Dental Medicine IP counseling, and IP transactions. His electrical engineering and consulting expertise orthopedic sports medicine. 2004 JOE KNOPP (B.S.) worked as a at Case Western Reserve University, ranges from large-scale applications including TREVOR SHORT (M.D.) SARAH JOHNSTON (B.S.N.) joined opened Bright Now Dental in KIM RAY (B.S.)(M.B.A.) was producer on I Can Only Imagine, a MATTHEW J. WUEBKER (B.S.) (M.S.) emergency power generation and distribution, Genesis Primary Care Physicians joined Perry Memorial promoted to shareholder at the St. feature film starring Dennis Quaid, Miamisburg, OH. was named associate for Marchal in Zanesville, OH, specializing in Hospital and began seeing patients Marys, OH, office of accounting Trace Adkins, and Cloris Leachman. uninterruptible power systems, and voice fire alarm and Marchal, Ltd., a law firm in internal medicine. at the Perry Memorial Henry Clinic firm Shultz Huber & Associates, Inc. systems, to smaller tenant improvement fit-outs. He Greenville, OH. BREANNE PARCELS (B.S.) in Henry, IL. served on the United States Green Building Council’s joined the Dayton law firm of MATTHEW MARTIN (B.S.) Update your information with the Alumni Association to 2010 joined 2003 Pickrel, Schaeffer, and Ebeling as an Cincinnati Regional Chapter Board of Directors receive the monthly Alumni Insider e-newsletter, full of CORY EARL (B.S.B.) was hired by The Columbus (OH) Foundation MOHAMED AL-HAMDANI associate attorney. from 2011 to 2014. He earned his Master of Business events, athletics updates, and university news. the Dayton (OH) Business Journal to as an officer in the Community (B.A.), manager of Life Services Administration from Northern Kentucky University’s STEVEN SPALDING (M.D.) was lead its sales team. Research and Grants Management Partnerships, CareSource, was Visit wrightstatealumni.com and click “Update my info.” named Akron (OH) Children’s College of Business in 2016. department. selected to speak at TEDxDayton.

34 FALL 2018 WRIGHT.EDU/ALUMNI 35 SHAWN HEFLICK ’93 1998 1996 of Stamford (CT) Public Schools and chief operations officer of the GREG BLATZ (B.A.) is director of DOUGLAS COZAD (B.S.ED.) Stamford Board of Education. operations for nQueue, a Phoenix, was named superintendent of the AZ-based company that addresses Bellbrook-Sugarcreek (OH) Local KATHERINE L. MYERS (M.R.C.), Leave your legacy. workflow challenges facing law School District, effective July 1. assistive technology specialist for firms. the Office of Disability Services Do you remember the first time you stepped foot on campus? JENNI FRAZER (B.S.B.) was at Wright State University, was It’s a memory most alumni won’t soon forget. promoted to group vice president recognized by Continental Who’s 1997 in the Supervision, Credit Risk, and Who as a prominent professional Consider leaving your legacy in Alumni Grove with the KATHY CIPOLLA (B.S.N.), who is Statistics Department of the Federal in the state of Ohio in the field of purchase of a brick, tree, or bench to honor your education, certified in childbirth education, will Reserve Bank of Cleveland. higher education. be working with military families remember a loved one, or celebrate the graduation of your BRADY KRESS (B.A.) is president

Photo credit: © Cineflix at Schriever Air Force Base near and CEO of Dayton History, son or daughter. Colorado Springs, CO, in the New 1993 Shawn Heflick, a 1993 biological sciences graduate recipient of the Dayton (OH) and Parent Support Program. WILL BALLING (B.A.), chief of from the College of Science and Mathematics, is Miami Valley Better Business police in Sidney, OH, was selected RANDALL GONZALES (M.B.A.) the CEO and founder of Crocodile Conservation Bureau’s annual Community Honor for a distinguished service award was appointed executive vice International; director of Crocodile Manor, a private Award. and elected as second vice president president and chief financial officer zoological and conservation facility; and founder of TY MANNS (B.A.) wrote, of the Ohio Association of Chiefs BRICK BENCH TREE of Lydall, Inc., a Manchester, produced, and directed The Turning of Police. Crocodile University and Venom University, which CT-based supplier of specialty Point, a faith-based film about provides in-depth training for wildlife professionals. engineered products for the KEVIN GOLDICK (M.B.A.) is a soldier suffering from PTSD; Heflick’s interest in wild things started back on thermal/acoustical and filtration/ assistant general manager of and The ITCH, a comedy about a his childhood farm in Marion, Ohio. The farm, along separation markets. automotive parts manufacturer couple’s relationship troubles at the Toyoda Gosei off-site operations. with his two childhood heroes, Tarzan and Jacques GARY C. NORMAN (B.A.), an seven-year point of their marriage. Cousteau, led him to a career in science. Heflick American Marshall Memorial DANIEL PEABODY (M.D.) DOREEN WISEMAN (B.S.B.) Fellow, took part in a discussion joined WCH Surgical Associates at All proceeds from Alumni Grove support the Wright State Alumni threw himself into biology, and after graduating from was named manager of payment sponsored by the German Marshall Wooster (OH) Community Hospital Association Legacy Scholarship program. Wright State he continued his studies in conservation solutions by the Oak Ridge, TN- Fund of the United States in Health System. biology and marine biology, earning a master’s from based Y-12 Federal Credit Union. recognition of the 70th anniversary ANTHONY POORE (B.A.) was Florida Institute of Technology. To leave legacy on Wright State’s campus in the form of a gift to Alumni Grove, visit of the Universal Declaration named executive director of New YOUR Heflick started Wildland Tours to educate others 1995 of Human Rights and the 10th Hampshire Humanities, a provider wrightstatealumni.com/alumnigrove, call (937) 775-2620 or email [email protected]. about the natural world around them. He owns Art by ROSALIND J. JACKSON (M.D.), Anniversary of the United Nations and funder for arts, history, and a physician with Total Health & Evolution, a company that provides skull and skeletal Convention on the Rights of Persons literary programming. preparations for scientists and museums around the with Disabilities. Wellness OBGYN LLC, was selected JULIE L. WILLIAMS (PSY.D.), appeared as a guest on In Search KEITH WILKEY, (M.D.), an world. Some of his creations have appeared in the to speak at TEDxDayton. DANIELLE ROLFES (B.S.B.) 1992 ABPP professor at the Wright State of Fatherhood, a blog-talk radio orthopedic spine surgeon, joined KATY MCEWEN (B.F.A.) is movies Spiderman 3 and Transformers 2, as well as joined KPMG LLP, an audit, tax, CHRIS ADKINS-LAMB (M.ED.) University School of Professional show airing on the TRIBE Family Bradford (PA) Regional Medical associate artistic director of Brave in documentaries for National Geographic, PBS, and and advisory firm, as a partner in was named chief development Psychology, was selected to speak at Channel. Center, Olean (NY) General New Workshop Comedy Theatre, the Discovery Channel. the firm’s Washington National Tax officer of the Air Force Museum TEDxDayton. Hospital and the Foothills Medical a Minneapolis-based sketch and FRED BOEHLER (B.S.) is CEO Heflick was the host of the hit series Python practice in Washington, D.C. Foundation in Dayton, OH. Group. improvisational comedy troupe. of Americold, an Atlanta-based Hunters on Nat Geo Wild for three seasons, a TV AMANDA VALLO (B.A.), a MYRA BOZEMAN (B.A.) was 1991 temperature-controlled warehousing MISSY NIX (M.S.T.), a fourth- show that chronicled Heflick wrestling, capturing, and licensed professional counselor in appointed to the board of Trotwood- WILLIAM MURPHY (B.A.) and transportation company. 1988 Overland Park, KS, is founder of grade teacher at Shawnee Madison (OH) City Schools. (M.U.A.) joined the Tulsa (OK) LYNN JENKINS (B.S.N.) joined saving giant pythons in the Florida Everglades. He DEBI CHESS MABIE (B.A.) is Freedom Service Dogs of America, Elementary School in Xenia, Regional Chamber as its new vice Lee University’s School of Nursing started White Gator Productions to help raise funds JULIE GENTILE (M.D.) was executive director of the Arts an Englewood, CO-based nonprofit OH, was named a Dragons MVP president of economic development. in Cleveland, TN, as a lecturer in for crocodilian conservation programs worldwide. named chair of the Department Foundation for Tucson and organization that rescues dogs from Program Top Teacher by the Dayton nursing. of Psychiatry at the Wright State NEIL SATER (M.B.A.) was “Wright State played a key role in my success,” he animal shelters, retrains them, and Dragons baseball organization. Southern Arizona. University Boonshoft School of appointed vice president, GREG NIJAK (B.S.) was said in a 2012 interview. “I had a lot of opportunities places them with people in need. SANDRA WALKER (M.S.) was Medicine. commercial excellence for Materion named the new administrator of to participate in field studies and also had a good 1989 STEVE ZAYKO (M.S.), manager inducted into the Distinguished Corporation, a Mayfield, OH-based Koester Pavilion, a nursing and mentor in Dr. David Goldstein, who gave me a great BETH HODGES (M.D.), a family JAVED ABIDI (B.A.), whose of technical services and senior Alumni Hall of Fame by the Mid- company that supplies specialty rehabilitation facility at the Upper medicine doctor at Hodges Family activism helped pass the Persons start and insight into science.” engineer at consulting firm PM East Career and Technology Centers metals, chemicals, coatings, alloys, Valley Medical Center between Troy Practice in Asheville, NC, joined the with Disabilities Act in India, is When asked what’s next for him, he said, “I hope to Environmental, Inc., was named of Zanesville, OH. and engineered metal systems. and Piqua, OH. Triad HealthCare Network. director of the National Centre continue educating people about the wildlife and wild Engineer of the Year by the for Promotion of Employment for MICHAEL SCHWINDLE (B.S.B.) Michigan Society of Professional 1994 STEVE MILEY (M.B.A.) was places on this planet. I can’t think of anything I enjoy 1990 Disabled People and vice chair of (M.B.A.) was appointed executive Engineers. TAMU LUCERO (B.S.ED.) was named associate director of NASA’s doing more than that.” LENA ARNOLD (B.A.), author the International Disability Alliance. vice president and chief financial named deputy superintendent Marshall Space Flight Center in of In the Absence of My Father, officer of Mills Fleet Farm, a retailer Huntsville, AL.

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ANDRÉA SEIGER ’86 ANN WEISGARBER ’76 of lifestyle merchandise with major Hospital Surgical Weight Loss CHARLES PAINTER (M.ED.) Andréa Seiger ’86 has 1985 Award-winning novelist operations in Appleton, WI, and Institute in North Tampa, FL. collected his 700th career coaching STEVEN J. BERBERICH (B.S.) just published her first Brainerd, MN. victory while coaching the boys and Wright State alumna (PH.D.), associate provost for guidebook, 111 Places in tennis team at Alter High School in Ann Weisgarber ’76 is set LISA STABLER (M.S.), president faculty and staff affairs and professor 1982 Washington, D.C. That You Kettering, OH. to publish her third novel of Transportation Technology of biochemistry and molecular YVONNE FRANZESE (B.A.) Must Not Miss, part of a of historical fiction,The Center Inc., in Pueblo, CO, was biology at Wright State University, (M.S.) was named chief human series of guidebooks for named the 2017 Woman of the Year was named senior vice president for resources officer at CNO Financial 1973 Glovemaker, which will be locals and experienced by the League of Railway Industry academic affairs and provost at the Group in Carmel, IN. MICHAEL J. MONNIN (B.S.B.) released on February 5, 2019. travelers. Women. University of Houston–Clear Lake, retired after a 40-year career at A vacation to Capitol Reef Chase Bank, the final 15 years of Seiger, a 1986 Raj CURT THOMPSON (M.D.), a effective July 2. 1980 National Park turned out which he was market president of Soin College of Business psychiatrist and founder of Being DAVID EVANS (M.B.A.), an to be much more than an Chase’s Sidney, OH, office. graduate, has traveled Known, which develops teaching 1984 expert in vision correction surgery, exploration of south-central around the world, but Washington, D.C., has been programs, seminars, and resource PATRICIA ACKER (B.A.)(M.S.), eye physiology, and vision testing THEODORE RISTOFF (B.S.B.) and Utah’s colorful sandstone cliffs, impressive domes, materials to help people explore the technology, was named to the board his wife, Dot, were honored with her home for 31 years. When she learned that Emons who worked as a hospice social and soaring monoliths for Weisgarber. It served as connection between interpersonal worker in Dayton, OH, for 17 years, of directors of San Diego-based the 2017 Troy (OH) Area Chamber Verlag, the publisher of the 111 Places That You Must her inspiration for the book. neurobiology and Christian published a book of short stories GUARDiON Health Sciences. of Commerce Community Service Not Miss series, was seeking an author for their The Glovemaker tells the story of spirituality, received a 2017 Alumni titled The Dying Teach Us How to ELWOOD EARL SANDERS, JR., Award for their volunteer and D.C. guidebook, she submitted a proposal and was 37-year-old Deborah Tyler, who tends Award from Malone University in Live. who has written numerous articles leadership efforts with initiatives approved unanimously by the editorial committee. Canton, OH. and nonprofit organizations. orchards and makes work gloves in EVANGELINE ANDARSIO (M.D.), to assist other Virginia lawyers in Her personal mission was to stump her veteran D.C. the inhospitable lands of the Utah a professor at the Wright State their practices, was asked to update tour guide friends and long-time residents. As most 1987 University Boonshoft School of Chapter 13 of the manual Defending 1971 Territory, during the winter of 1888. As people tend to take their own back yards for granted, MELCHOR J. ANTUNANO Medicine, was sworn in as the new Criminal Cases in Virginia. CHRISTINE R. JONES (B.F.A.), she waits for her husband, Samuel, she set out to entice neighbors and (M.S.), director of the Civil president of the Ohio State Medical former courtroom manager in to return home from his travels as a visitors to all quadrants of the city, Aerospace Medical Institute at the Association. 1978 Butler County, OH, is co-owner of wheelwright, a chain of events force Deborah to make Federal Aviation Administration, Renaissance Fine Art Supplies in beyond the sites that one should FRANCES BOSLEY (B.F.A.) KAREN ELLIOTT (B.S.ED.) a Sister life-changing decisions about her Mormon faith, was named president of the Hamilton, OH. always see in D.C. received the 2017 Distinguished of the Precious Blood of Dayton, loyalty, and sense of community. International Academy of Aviation Andréa grew up on the Wright Career Service Award from the U.S. OH, joined the Mount at Mount St. The characters, setting, and plot of The Glovemaker and Space Medicine. Joseph University in Cincinnati as 1970 State campus. Her father, Dr. Department of Labor’s Occupational all stem from Weisgarber’s discovery of a tiny town NICHOLAS DELRASO (PH.D.), director of mission and ministry. RICK H. JONES (B.F.A.), Marvin B. Seiger, was one of the Safety and Health Administration. that existed in the 1880s, deep within the confines of who has lent his expertise in founding executive director of the SCOTT DAVIS (B.A.) was named first faculty members in the biology department in microbiology and biomedical 1976 Fitton Center for Creative Arts in what is now Capitol Reef National Park. 1965. Andréa and her two sisters, Leslie and Karen, partner by Husch Blackwell and is “I was just fascinated by these people who sciences to the U.S. Air Force for CATHERINE ZIMMERMAN Hamilton, OH, opened Renaissance working in the legal firm’s financial all graduated from Wright State. She earned a more than three decades, was (B.F.A.) Fine Art Supplies in Hamilton. settled in this place that is isolated even by today’s services and capital markets group held a public screening of bachelor’s in marketing and received the first-ever included in Marquis Who’s Who, standards,” said Weisgarber. in Dallas. her new film Hometown Habitat— Senior Leadership Award in 1986. After graduation, which chronicles the lives of the Stories of Bringing Nature Home, Then Weisgarber found out that this remote area NORMA NIKKOLA (M.R.C.) Andréa took a job at the historic Capital Hilton Hotel most accomplished individuals from , a chronicling how local communities of Utah became a haven for polygamists who were every significant field. retired licensed school nurse in the in D.C., where she began her hospitality career. She and individuals are planting hiding from the federal government. Fairborn (OH) City School District, ROBERT A. MCINNES (M.A.) native species on their properties. moved on to become an meeting planner and an was inducted as a Fellow into Share your success with “I saw this as almost an underground railroad was appointed archivist and Special Screening was held at the Little Art operations manager in destination management. She the National Academy of School fellow alumni! Submit your where these men went from town to town,” Collections librarian at Westminster Theatre in Yellow Springs, OH. has had the opportunity to work on U.S. presidential Nursing. class notes and updates at Weisgarber explained. “It was a piece of American Theological Seminary in Glenside, inaugurations, Olympic Games, Super Bowls, and wrightstatealumni.com/ history that most of us outside of Utah don’t know.” Pennsylvania. VANCE SAUNDERS (B.S.)(M.S.) 1975 the World Cup. She continues to work in the tourism classnotes. Writing stories that haven’t been told before are is director of the cybersecurity SHARON RAB (M.ED.), founder industry and teach continuing education for au pairs 1986 program at Wright State University. and chair of the Dayton Literary part of what drives Weisgarber as a novelist. The while tour guiding locally and tour managing around RANDALL G. BUERKLE (M.A.) Peace Prize, was named among the Glovemaker also gave her the opportunity to learn the U.S. and Canada. is a golf psychology consultant and 1983 2018 Women of Influence by the about the history of Mormons and their religious Her book was released in May 2018 and is now director of the Smith Golf Institute MARK BENBOW (M.A.), assistant YWCA. beliefs. available in bookstores and online. There are two in Tampa, FL. professor of American History at “That was fascinating. I really enjoyed that part of Marymount University in Arlington, specific chapters that have great personal meaning to SANDY COHEN (M.A.) was 1974 it,” she said. “I hope for readers that there is a little VA, published The Nation’s Capital Andréa, one about Chile, her mother’s birth country, named executive director of the WAENARD L. MILLER (M.S.), a bit of an increased understanding about the Mormon Brewmaster: Christian Heurich and and one about how the Wright “B” Flyer literally flew A.R. Bowman Memorial Museum in cardiologist, was named a Lifetime church, the people, and their life experiences.” His Brewery, 1842–1956. Achiever by Marquis Who’s Who, a to space. Prineville, OR. JOHN DIETRICK (M.D.) is the publisher of biographical profiles. of SkyhorseCourtesy Publishing Courtesy of 111 Places Guidebook Series of 111 Courtesy medical director of the Florida

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3 Katie. 4 drives Mr. Starship and the Wright Brothers BY DAWNE DEWEY, HEAD OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES Name: Katie Murphy year at Wright State, I have seen the classes demand, as it will all pay off in Hometown: Cincinnati, OH best way to find success is to use the the future. ure, the Special Collections and Archives at Wright State has up to ship back to Dayton. I Major: Business–Supply Chain resources offered to students. I spent How are these contributions from thousands of books and artifacts about aviation. But did you came across several metal Management hours visiting the Dunbar Library and S donors changing your life? know that includes all aviation, even aircraft of the sci-fi variety? boxes full of old Kodachrome Year: Sophomore, Class of 2021 Writing Center to receive additional Home to the largest manuscript collection of Wright brothers slides—images of the first help in writing papers and research. I Contributions to my educational career materials in the world, the archives at Wright State also holds the few episodes of Star Trek What do you like best about your also found that professors were more make pursuing a college degree possible personal collection of Walter “Matt” Jefferies. Matt was the art from 1966. The slides are area of study? than willing to help students outside of for me. As a full-time student, paying the classroom. for my own tuition, every penny helps. director for the original Star Trek television series that began in now part of the Matt Jefferies I love that there are so many 1966 and launched a franchise that continues today. He designed Collection here at Wright opportunities to explore in the Raj You are a scholarship recipient. Why is Wright State special? the Starship Enterprise and was quickly nicknamed “Mr. Starship.” State, along with thousands of Soin College of Business. There is a What does this support mean Wright State is the school of my I first met Matt and his wife Mary Ann in 2002 at their home aviation photographs and books—some autographed by William wide range of majors and minors I can to you? dreams. It was everything I was in California. I was there to look at Matt’s extensive art and photo Shatner!—and an original Jefferies oil painting of the Wright Flyer. choose to study in the future. Scholarship support is incredibly looking for and more in a university. collection documenting his long career as an aviation historian, Have you ever heard of a “Jefferies” Tube? They are narrow How are you achieving success at important to me as it allows me to The campus is beautiful, not too far artist, author, and set designer for Universal Studios. Matt had corridors inside a starship that form a network allowing the crew Wright State? continue my dream of earning a from home, and the people have been decided to place the collection at Wright State. I listened to story to travel from deck to deck. Named for Matt, Jefferies Tubes started college degree. It also pushes me to put incredibly helpful on this new journey. after story, but when reflecting on his Star Trek days as art director, out as a joke among the original show producers, but is now a well- After successfully finishing my first in the hard work and effort that my he said, “I just don’t understand what all the fuss is about Star Trek!” known part of the Enterprise (at least among Star Trek fans). Matt passed away in 2003. Last year, on a visit to see Mary Ann, The Wright State archives’ aviation collections are vast, and, as I I was going through the last of Matt’s materials, packing them like to say, we have it all—from kites to the space age.

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