MUSKINGUMThe Magazine for Alumni and Friends Vol.96
BIRTH OF THE TURF A gift from alumni to students.
2005-2006 Board of Trustees HAROLD W. BURLINGAME ’62, Chair ALLEN E. LOOMIS ’69, Vice Chair DENNIS D. GRANT ’62, Secretary ALAINNA M. AMICONE ’06 CRAIG W. ANDERSON ’73 JAIME BERMUDEZ, SR. ’44 JUDSON E. BLAINE ’80 MUSKINGUMThe Magazine for Alumni and Friends Vol.96 HENRY D. BULLOCK ’77 LARRY A. CALDWELL PHILIP CALDWELL ’40 KEITH S. CAMPBELL ’77 WILLIAM A. COOPER ’61 WILLIAM T. DENTZER, JR. ’51 FEATURES GERALD L. DRAPER ’63 RUTH ANN DUFF ’59 C. WILLIAM FISCHER ’53 Birth of the Turf – A Gift from Alumni to Students 2 ANNA CASTOR GLENN ’42 JOHN H. GLENN, JR. ’43 New turf on Sherman Field yields big benefits for all students. RUTH CHAMPLIN HEFFLIN ’60 RICHARD O. JOHNSON ’52 CARL F. KALNOW ’72 The Long Magenta Line 6 GORDON F. LITT ’80 MYRON E. MOOREHEAD II ’58 BARBARA YOUNG MORRIS ’67 Trustees & alumni William Dentzer, Jr. ’51, Philip Caldwell ’40 and JANE POWER MYKRANTZ Walter R. Young ’66 are featured in two important new books. RICK L. NUTT ROBERT W. PATIN ’64 DANIEL H. PLUMLY ’75 The Center for Regional Planning and Development 8 KIM GAGE ROTHERMEL ’71 ANNE MARSHALL SAUNIER ’68 Our community-based learning initiative comes of age. MIRIAM G. SCHWARTZ GORDON E. SPILLMAN ’69 ANNE C. STEELE New Trustees 9 J. STARK THOMPSON ’63 JACQUELINE DUDEK WOODS ’69 WALTER R. YOUNG, JR. ’66 Alumni Barbara Young Morris ’67 and Daniel H. Plumly ’75 join the Muskingum College Board of Trustees. Trustees Emeriti CHARLES S. BOLENDER ’55 Good Things Come in Threes 10 ROBERT E. FELLERS CHARLES J. FISHER Three alumnae from three academic decades share their HAROLD W. KASER ’41 GEORGE K. LEITCH ’35 Facing Page: professional wisdom with our students. C. BARRY MONTGOMERY ’59 The groundbreaking MARY BARTLETT REYNOLDS ’73 ceremony for the J. MERLE RIFE, JR. ’50 BARBARA J. STEINER ’54 Walter K. Chess Center departments BRANKO STUPAR ’47 took place on April 21, ALFRED S. WARREN, JR. ’48 2006. Sited above the RUTH G. WATERMULDER ’44 on&aboutcampus 12 CARLE R. WUNDERLICH ’45 Hollow on the east residential hill, this new campus landmark will be A publication of the booknotes 16 Office of Institutional Advancement of a hub for students to Muskingum College, New Concord OH 43762 (740) 826-8211. Fax (740) 826-8404. socialize, study, exercise www.muskingum.edu. and meet. A learning sportsnews 18 Front cover photos by Tom Caudill, Rod Lang, Chris Crook. resources center will sup- Back cover photo by Sharon Walker Chris Crook. port career services, inter- Inside front cover photo by Chris Crook. national education and Inside back cover photo by Joshua Franzos. classnotes 22 Design by Carolyn McIntyre Norton. leadership development.
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A $500,000 GIFT FROM ALUMNI TO STUDENTS Renovation of Sherman Field
he renovated Edgar A. Sherman The alumni-led effort inspired gifts student senate president, expressed TField in McConagha Stadium is the of $500,000 from 68 alumni and friends the appreciation of student-athletes newest gift from Muskingum alumni in less than a year. The new turf was and the entire student body. to current and future Muskingum ready for practice and competition for The new turf was dedicated in a students. the 2005 football season. pre-homecoming game ceremony led Thanks to the leadership of five Bob Patin ’64, chair of the develop- by President Steele and many of the student-athlete alumni–Daniel H. ment committee of the board of donors. In her remarks, President Steele Plumly ’75, Joe DiVittorio ’84, trustees, presided over a recognition thanked the donors for their generosity, John Romeo ’71, James A. Purdy ’85, dinner honoring the donors. The faith and trust in Muskingum, saying, and Tim Palmer ’88–Sherman Field evening was highlighted by the unveil- “This is more than a contribution to boasts a state-of-the-art playing sur- ing of a plaque inscribed with the athletics and recreation. It is a face for our football program that is donors’ names. Jeff Tibbs ’06 and visible investment in this institution, also available year-round for a variety Matt Harmon ’06, football co-cap- and a tribute to our shared commit- of student activities. tains, and Alainna Amicone ’06, ment to our students.” I
herman Field’s state-of-the-art twisted green fibers made of poly- he installation of the ProGrass Despite the enormity of the project, SHERMAN Sturf is an all-rubber system from ethylene. This creates the turf carpet. BIRTH OF Tplaying surface begins with the it is virtually all done by hand. ProGrass LLC (Pittsburgh), a leader A secondary backing, made of removal of the natural grass on the Installation begins at the 50-yard FIELD’S in synthetic field design, manufacture polyurethane, permanently locks the THE TURF field. The surface is then leveled with line. Using simple string plumb lines, and installation. tufts into place. Infill, the last layer, is gravel and a custom drainage system the crew squares the first, ten -yard- PROGRASS TURF The turf is built in several layers. A composed of recycled rubber granules installed. From that point forward, the wide strip of “grass” (green turf car- woven backing is tufted with 2-1/2” that are installed on site. I process is as much art as it is science. pet) along the sidelines. Using that
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already compete on synthetic turf. in preparation for spring season. EXPANDED Unlike grass, the durable turf can be Varsity soccer teams can practice on used continuously, providing optimal the turf, saving the grass competition FACILITIES playing and practice conditions at all fields for games and scrimmages. times. Players can train on their com- Physical education classes in out- FOR ALL petition field, unhindered by the rainy door sports such as soccer, field hockey springs and falls of our region. and flag football, long constrained by These same qualities of consistency being indoors, can now be conducted he all-weather playing surface and reliability offer opportunities for without compromise. Tbrings numerous benefits to the many additional uses because the Intramurals, an important activity Fighting Muskie football program. turf is, essentially, a 6,400 square foot involving 20 percent of the student Because of its central location, the facility expansion. body, have also been enhanced. For renovated Sherman Field is a showcase Varsity softball and baseball are able, example, the championship flag for recruiting. In addition, seven of the for the first time, to practice and football game was played on the field ten Ohio Athletic Conference teams scrimmage outdoors and under lights under the lights. I
first strip as a square angle to the time until the entire playing sur- cut with large stencils, and the same level playing surface. In addition, the of ground rubber are sprayed onto the hands and knees with common, hard- sideline, each subsequent strip is laid face–6,400 square yards–is covered. stencils are used to cut the correspon- dimensions of the field are constantly entire field. Using special machines, ware store carpet knives, non-degrad- on top of its predecessor. The two Once the complete green turf car- ding shape into the green turf that is checked using a common (though the pellets are “shaken” so that they able nylon thread and patience. I strips are sewn by hand across the pet is in position, the crew hand cuts already installed. The shapes are then very long) tape measure. If the meas- sink into the base of the turf carpet. entire width of the field–160 feet. The each and every white yard marker, meticulously fitted together and per- urement of the two long sides of the This provides stability and resilience sewn pieces are then opened like hash mark, number and letter that manently bonded into place by hand. field is not the same, the turf is out of to the turf. pages of a book to lay flat on the field. appears on the field and in the end Throughout this process, the field is square and must be adjusted. The vast majority of the work done This process is repeated time after zones. The letters and numbers are constantly rolled by hand to assure a Finally, infill is applied. Tiny pellets by the installation crew is done on
THE LONG MAGENTA LINE William T. Dentzer, Jr. ’51 THE LONG MAGENTA LINE Philip Caldwell ’40 & Walter R. Young ’66 ACTIVIST, LEADER, GREATEST BUSINESS STATESMAN, FINANCIER LEADERS of the 20th CENTURY
tatesman and financier William T. sentative voice of American college rom a comprehensive study by the an appetite for risk. They have ‘contex- SDentzer, Jr. has helped shape our students”.* Chronicle of career FHarvard Business School Leadership tual intelligence’—a profound ability to modern era of finance, economic devel- The following year, he was elected 1947 MUSKINGUM COLLEGE FRESHMAN Initiative comes the story of the greatest understand the zeitgeist of their times opment and foreign policy. assistant secretary to the newly- business leaders of the twentieth centu- and harness it to create successful ALTERNATE DELEGATE, FIRST NATIONAL Well-known as the founding chair- formed Coordinating Secretariat of STUDENT ASSOCIATION (NSA) CONGRESS ry: In Their Time: The Greatest Business organizations.” man and CEO of the Depository National Unions of Students, which Leaders of the Twentieth Century. With a Of the many thousands of fine men 1950 DELEGATE, THIRD NSA CONGRESS Trust Company, Mr. Dentzer also held served the international student com- scope that ranges from “unsung heroes and women who have shaped modern key foreign and economic policy munity, and was founded by the NSA 1950 MUSKINGUM COLLEGE SENIOR, Caldwell Young to legends like Sam Walton and Bill life through business endeavors, only a positions in the Kennedy and Johnson and international sister organizations. STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT Gates,” the authors have built the first very few “sit at the pinnacle of suc- administrations. In American Students Organize, Mr. 1951-52 PRESIDENT, NSA canon of great business leaders and, in cess—individuals whose legacies have As a Muskingum freshman, he learned of Dentzer and other student leaders of the the process, framed a new concept of truly stood the test of time.” 1952-53 ASSISTANT SECRETARY, COORDINATING an important new national student organi- time have compiled a first-person SECRETARIAT OF NATIONAL UNIONS OF leadership—contextual intelligence. Not one, but two, Muskingum zation and attended the First NSA Congress chronicle of a pivotal time in our STUDENTS (COSEC), HOLLAND “Great business leaders possess more College alumni have such legacies— in Madison, Wisconsin. nation’s history. In its review of the 1954 U.S. ARMY, CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY than celebrated traits like charisma and Philip Caldwell and Walter Young. I Just three years later, after serving book, The Chronicle of Higher Education 1961-63 SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE FIRST TWO as student body president at stated, “Told a half-century later, the tale DIRECTORS, U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL Muskingum and graduating with hon- of the nation's oldest and largest student DEVELOPMENT (USAID) From the Harvard Business School Leadership Institute ors, Mr. Dentzer became the fourth group traces the emergence of a con- 1963-65 EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, KENNEDY COMMISSION, elected president of the NSA, which temporary ideal: the college student as a U.S. FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE PHILIP CALDWELL WALTER YOUNG I “Caldwell was the first CEO of Ford who “When Young joined Champion Enterprises, the diversi- was then “regarded as the most repre- highly engaged engine of civic action.” 1965-68 DIRECTOR, AID MISSION TO PERU was not a member of the family. He is cred- fied housing and recreational vehicle company had just 1968 AMBASSADOR & DEPUTY REPRESENTATIVE, ited with orchestrating one of the most dra- filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In his first ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (OAS) matic and successful turnarounds in busi- six months in office, he drastically reorganized the lead- William T. Dentzer, Jr. ’51, 1969 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NY STATE COUNCIL OF ness history. Through his focus on quality, ership structure. A growing economy provided a boost ECONOMIC ADVISORS Anthology Contributing Editor commitment to research, and open employ- a few years later, allowing the company to make some “The student leaders who emerged after 1970 SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKS, NY STATE, ment practices, he revolutionized the Ford strategic acquisitions, and this growth has continued APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR NELSON World War II were intent upon dismantling ROCKEFELLER business—introducing the multi-year best- throughout Young's term. By 1996, Champion was the the old ways of paternalism, elitism, dis- selling Taurus and sparking a new culture number two company in both the mid-size motor 1972-94 FOUNDING CHAIRMAN & CEO OF THE crimination and segregation. Believing DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY and a new era of profitability.” coach and manufactured housing industries.” strongly in the nation’s founding principles of ‘liberty and justice for all,’ they brought Remarks appear on the book’s related Web site: http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/ this vision into their religious, social and political organizations and into the halls of In Their Time: The Greatest Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century. By Anthony J. Mayo, Nitin Nohria. Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2005. ISBN 1591933450 strengthened student governments.” American Students Organize: Founding the National Student Association After World War II. An Anthology and Source American Students Organize, jacket copy Book. Eugene G. Schwartz, Editor. Westport, Connecticut: American Council on Education / Praeger Publishers, 2006. ISBN 0275991008 * American Students Organize, p. 301
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Our community-based learning initiative comes of age MUSKINGUM WELCOMES TheMuskingumCollege TWO NEW TRUSTEES CENTER FOR Barbara Young Morris ’67 to assistant treasurer, and then to corpo- rate vice president and treasurer. In 1992, arbara Morris is a principal with she was named senior vice president for REGIONAL PLANNING BWinston Partners, Inc. of Chicago. human resources and later for corporate She is an advisor to CEOs and CFOs of communications. &DEVELOPMENT client companies on matters relating to Earlier in her career, Ms. Morris spent communications strategy, corporate gov- several years with Manufacturers Hanover ernance and relationship management Trust Company and received an MBA with the financial community. from Harvard University. Engaged scholarship Formed in 1984, Winston Partners Ms. Morris serves on the board of Institutions of higher education and provides strategic corporate advisory, directors of the Lake Forest Graduate communities have much to teach and corporate disclosure and investor relations School of Management, where she is learn from each other. Community- services to select private and publicly chair of the business affairs committee, based learning is a well-established owned companies. Much of the and previously served on educational model that encourages a clientele are IPOs and young the Baxter Foundation board strong relationship among communi- public companies. of directors. ties with pressing needs and limited Before joining Winston in Several years ago, Ms. uskingum last resources, students who wish to widen 1995, Ms. Morris spent seven- Morris established the Nellie Mwrote about their classroom boundaries, and educa- teen years with Baxter Interna- Downing Burns Scholarship Drs. Walter Huber and tors who understand the value of tional, a global leader in health- Fund at Muskingum in Stephen Van Horn when applied studies. care, advancing from manager memory of her grandmother. I students in their politi- cal science and geology A multidisciplinary hub classes successfully MCCRPD is expressly designed to be a Daniel H. Plumly ’75 ing initiative for the recent renovation of redrew the political multidisciplinary hub for all kinds of Sherman Field. He served on the leadership boundaries of two community-based learning projects aniel Plumly is a partner with Critch- council for Design for Tomorrow and was a neighboring municipali- from all areas of campus. History stu- Dfield, Critchfield and Johnston, Ltd. in member of the alumni council. ties–Zanesville and A name and a mission dents of Dr. Bil Kerrigan, for example, Wooster, Ohio. His legal specialties include Mr. Plumly is actively involved in his Cambridge–using the This continuing collaboration of stu- have just published a book on the his- corporate, banking, business planning, community. He has served and is serving as college’s sophisticated geographic dents and faculty with regional com- tory of Cambridge under contract with commercial and natural resources law. a trustee of Goodwill Industries of Wayne information system. munity leaders now has a name and a Arcadia Publishing, the leading pub- Mr. Plumly received his JD from the County, Inc., Main Street, Inc., the United Ever since then, both communities mission. The Muskingum College Cen- lisher of regional and local history in Case Western Reserve University School Methodist Church of Wooster, the Wooster have counted Muskingum students as ter for Regional Planning and Develop- the United States. A team of students of Law, where he was elected to Country Club, the Wooster contributing members of their teams ment is dedicated to making a mean- wrote the book proposal, mapped out the national honorary scholas- Lacrosse Club and Meals on in ever-evolving projects from crime ingful and positive impact in our the chapters, contacted local history tic society, Order of the Coif, Wheels of Stark and Wayne mapping to downtown visioning. The region. Through MCCRPD, students groups, conducted primary research and was a member of the Counties. In addition, he has paid, year-round staffing support by can act on their desire to engage in (including oral history interviews and National Moot Court team. He been a volunteer coach in foot- the students, over 5,000 hours annual- real-world application of their class- the selection and scanning of archived graduated summa cum laude ball, basketball and lacrosse. ly, helps the towns find affordable room learning and to make a difference historic photos), and wrote the stories from Muskingum. Mr. Plumly and his wife, long-term solutions to complex issues. in the world. and photo captions. I Mr. Plumly led the fund rais- Anita, have three children. I
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GOOD Three Great Alumnae Three Academic Decades Three Notable Careers One Common Belief in a Muskingum Education Convocation speaker compliance system for stocks. Today, address to the Muskingum community, as a speech communication and the- quad for the first time I thought, ‘this THINGS Linda Hierholzer Karn ’76 the firm provides many of its services speaking affectionately of her atre major at Muskingum. She was is home’,” said Karn. Vice president of marketing, Market Systems, Inc. in real time and processes approxi- Muskingum years. She spoke of the president of the Muskingum Players After graduation, Karn worked for mately 95% of all daily trades in the faculty members who gave so much and was a member of the philosophy Muskingum’s admission office for two COME IN inda Karn is co-founder of Market equity marketplace. MSI has created a of themselves to their honorary, Phi Sigma Tau, years, and later joined the Dean Witter L Systems, Inc., the nation’s largest real time compliance exchange, which students, stating “the and of the women’s sen- municipal bond trading desk in Chicago. THREES provider of equity compliance verifies that executed orders meet environment here was ior honorary. As a high Prior to founding MSI, Karn served as solutions to the securities industry. minimum execution standards as a major part of my school student, she visit- director of public relations and east Karn co-founded Chicago-based specified by the Securities and being a success in life.” ed Muskingum’s campus coast marketing for the Chicago Stock “When I stood on the quad MSI in 1994, and just three years later Exchange Commission (SEC) and thus Karn’s career in only to please a summer Exchange and was vice president of for the first time I thought, brought to the marketplace the first- are in regulatory compliance. finance stands in con- theatre camp mentor. marketing for a Chicago-based options ‘this is home.’” ever T+1 (trade plus one day) order Karn delivered the convocation trast to her student days “But when I stood on the and stock trading firm. I — Linda Hierholzer Karn ’76
Executive in residence Leadership Initiative Program. and Omaha, Nebraska. In this highly visi- three job offers. Two stemmed from office equipment, you can be successful Michelle Neptune Brown ’94 Brown told the students, “in a choice ble and valued position, she is a manage- student internships with AT&T and in anything.” Agency field executive, State Farm Insurance between a career that pays a lot and ment consultant, business planner and with Merrill Lynch, and the third was She joined IKON, and was so success- one you are passionate about, take the sales coach to the agents, and is the pri- with IKON Office Solutions, the largest ful that she was selected by manage- uskingum students one that you love. Be mary link between these independent independent distributor of office ment to break into the notoriously chal- Mgained firsthand proud of your contractors and State Farm’s head office. equipment and document manage- lenging and low-margin federal govern- knowledge about a fast- Muskingum experience.” Brown has been promoted rapidly ment services. ment business for the firm. Competing “In a choice between a career track career when An agency field execu- since she joined State Farm as an agent Advice from friend and fellow alum, head to head with Xerox, her resulting that pays a lot and one you Michelle Neptune Brown tive for State Farm in Zanesville in 1999. Her next move will Tim Palmer ’88, was a turning point for business brought her the highest gross are passionate about, returned to campus as Insurance, Brown is be from the agency side to the corpo- her. Brown took his recommendation to profit in the company. take the one that you love.” executive in residence charged with the success rate side of the business. accept an IKON offer since, as he told Brown is married to Rick Brown ’90; — Michelle Neptune Brown ’94 under Muskingum’s of all agents in Lincoln During her senior year, Brown had her, “if you can be successful selling they have two young daughters. I
Executive in residence ety of settings and discussed issues Walter’s success in this sophisticated knowledge needed for her major, but cessful thirteen-year career. During Holly Walters ’88 ranging from business ethics to the arena of business leadership led to her also the ability to interact with others this time she received an MBA from Senior vice president, business strategy and relationship between business and appointment in 2004 as senior vice with ease.” In addition, she attributed The Ohio State University. Prior to her channel support, Chase Home Finance technology. “Sometimes you have to president of business strategy and chan- her Muskingum liberal arts education to Chase career, Walters served take a stand for what’s right regardless nel support for Chase Home Finance in providing her with career opportunities. as national client services manager for enior executive Holly Walters of the risk,” she told students. Phoenix. She directs all global strategic Walters graduated PricewaterhouseCoopers. Sreturned to campus as executive in Walters joined Chase Manhattan technology and process improvement from Muskingum with a Walters serves on the “Sometimes you have to residence in a visit that was hosted by Mortgage Corporation in 2002. That initiatives for the firm’s enormous call double major in econom- advisory panel for Musk- take a stand for what’s right the department of economics, account- same year she was promoted to senior center originations channel. ics and business and a ingum’s new graduate regardless of the risk.” ing and business. vice president and director of program In an interview with the Black & minor in French. She was degree, Master of Infor- — Holly Walters ’88 Walters, a senior vice president with management, where she directed all Magenta, Walters acknowledged the immediately hired by mation Strategy, Systems Chase Home Finance, met with busi- strategic operational and technology importance of her Muskingum educa- Banc One Corporation, and Technology. I ness and technology students in a vari- initiatives. tion, which “gave her not only the where she enjoyed a suc-
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DNA Analysis System Adds Breadth & Depth to Muskingum’s Science Program
of the chemical building blocks, support active, inquiry- or nucleotides, in a segment based learning of of DNA. It is these sequences molecular biology at that give each organism its the undergraduate own unique traits. For humans, level. Its matching funds there are 3 billion of these grant program allows qualifying building blocks. schools to acquire LI-COR DNA Internships are an invaluable way for students to get acquainted Students will also use a tech- sequencing instruments and with a profession…and for employers to get acquainted with potential valu- nique called AFLP (amplified software. able employees. fragment length polymorphism) Assistant professor to learn how to distinguish of biology Amy Santas, Internships that are sponsored by alumni enrich the experience immeasur- state-of-the-art DNA between individuals of the same working collaboratively ably. That's why, year after year, IBM, Resource Systems and other organiza- Aanalysis system is opening species using only samples of with colleagues Brian tions enthusiastically welcome Muskingum students as interns. a new world of study for stu- their DNA. This process is often Bergstrom (biology), dents at Muskingum. Only a called DNA fingerprinting. James Dooley (biology), Scott McBeth ’81 is director of software development for IBM Printing handful of undergraduate insti- Research has always been Oluwatoyin Systems. For the past two years, IBM has accepted a Muskingum student tutions in the country offer encouraged and supported Osunsanya (biology) into its highly competitive internship program. Scott Ziegler ’04 and Mark such a sophisticated molecular at Muskingum, even in entry- and Deepamali Perera Waller ’05 were both hired upon their graduation. biology research tool. level courses, and the 4300 (chemistry), initiated and This remarkable instrument DNA Analysis System, acquired wrote Muskingum’s grant appli- Resource Systems in New Concord was founded 25 years ago by Larry “will be integrated into the under a grant from LI-COR cation after being informed of Triplett ’80 and Greg Adams ’81. As entrepreneurs, Greg and Larry under- curriculum at all course levels Biosciences, will further the opportunity by science stood the value of interns for a young technology company. in the biology and chemistry enrich this essential training division coordinator Today, 18 interns later and as leaders of a successful enterprise, they continue departments as well as the for graduate school and life Ray Rataiczak. I to hire Muskingum interns. molecular biology, neuro- beyond college. science, and conservation sci- Learning what good quality Background information on DNA Let’s get acquainted. and genomics research courtesy: ence programs,” explained DNA research is will serve National Human Genome Research Find out how you too can benefit as an Amy Santas, assistant profes- students well in what has been Institute genome.gov. AlumniMuskieInterns sponsor. sor of biology. “Eight classroom called the “biology century”. Contact me with your ideas & questions. laboratories are already Genomics research, under- equipped with the software standing genetic material on a Steve Kokovich ’63 that links to the sequencer. large scale, is having a major unior Melanie Hilton Director, Alumni Leadership Initiative There will be applications in impact on research across the Jserved a summer (740) 826-8036 [email protected] other academic disciplines and life sciences. internship at The Hague, collaboration with other organ- LI-COR Biosciences, a pio- Netherlands, working on Muskingum’s Alumni Leadership Initiative Program cultivates tomorrow’s leaders by supporting izations as well.” neer in the development of inte- the war crimes trial of the legacy of leadership that is passed from Muskie alumni to Muskie students. In addition to In a process called DNA grated instrumentation for Slobodan Milosevic. She AlumniMuskieInterns, ALIP is a sponsor of the Leadership Development Program, Muskie sequencing, students will learn advanced biological research, was the only American Mentors, and academic/professional visits to campus by alumni for lectures and workshops how to identify the exact order has an ongoing commitment to undergraduate to do so. with students. Visit the Campus Life/Career Services section of www.muskingum.edu for more information or contact Steve Kokovich.
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When Young Alums Speak, Students Listen graduate school experience was run Business Club managed, so positive that he voluntarily organized and moderated the elping students believe Columbus, provided a view of returned to Muskingum to entire event. More than 60 “Hin themselves and their the MD and DO medical school speak to current students. interested students heard four potential accomplishments” experience. Associate professor of busi- alums tell their stories of mak- is one of the most important When Ian Hughes ’04 was ness Gary Golden learned long ing a successful transition from and difficult challenges facing a an undergraduate majoring in ago about the natural credibili- student to professional. concerned professor, believes environmental science and ty that a young alum has for Four different stories James Dooley, assistant pro- biology, he did not intend to go students and how to use that emerged, with a common fessor of biology. to graduate school. A campus credibility in the classroom. theme. Whether learning about Dooley and other Musk- talk by a young alum, however, Golden invites alumni sales communication and teamwork ingum professors know that no became a catalyst for changing professionals to speak to as a student-athlete, developing amount of classroom eloquence that decision. His resulting his professional selling class leadership skills through run- Assoc. Professor Dr. David Craft Assoc. Professor Dr. André DeCuir Assoc. Professor Dr. Laura Schumann Professor Charles Drubel about life after college has the same impact as a classroom Annual Faculty Awards for Excellence Cora I. Orr Faculty Service Award. visit from a recent graduate. Awarded to Charles Drubel, Professor of Business When young alums speak of uskingum’s faculty awards recognize exceptional merit on Professor Drubel joined the faculty in 1986. He earned his bache- the value of their Muskingum Mthe part of individual faculty members. Each award honors lor’s degree from Duke University and his master of business education, students listen. They a member of the Long Magenta Line who exemplified the charac- administration degree from the College of William and Mary. I begin to see possibilities for teristics of the award which bears his or her name. their own lives and to tie theory to practice. William Oxley Thompson Award for Excellence in Teaching. The science division invited Awarded to David Craft, Associate Professor of Mathematics two recent graduates to speak Dr. Craft joined the faculty in 1993. He earned his bachelor’s at its annual undergraduate degree from Illinois College, his master’s degree from Miami research conference. William University and his doctorate from Western Michigan University. Hockaday ’01, delivered the keynote address, speaking of William Rainey Harper Award for Outstanding Scholarship. the impact of his Muskingum Pictured front row left to right: Brad DeHays ’03, Consolidated Property Investments, Eric Foust ’02, National City Awarded to André DeCuir, Associate Professor of English education on his career choices. Bank, Kristen Vejsicky McLane ’01, Procter & Gamble, Lori Torrens ’04, Park National Bank with Professor Golden and to Laura Schumann, Associate Professor of Music An accomplished researcher, he and members of the Business Club Dr. DeCuir joined the faculty in 1997. He earned his bachelor’s has a doctorate in chemistry and master’s degrees from the University of Southwestern from The Ohio State University each year. “Students are chal- ning for student office, forging Louisiana and his doctorate from the University of Kentucky. and is an applied analytical There is lenged and inspired by this,” he relationships with coaches and Dr. Schumann joined the faculty in 1999. She earned her bach- chemist specializing in environ- a huge value explains. “There is a huge value professors, building initiative elor’s degree from the University of Colorado, her master’s degree t the request of Ohio Governor Bob Taft, Muskingum mental research. Jonathan for students for students in meeting alums and independence through from the University of California and her doctorate from Texas A served as the setting for the Appalachian Regional Enlow ’01, who received his in meeting alums who are three or four years out internships or being inspired by Tech University. Commission’s fall conference, Winning the Economic Future: doctor of osteopathic medicine who are of school.” specific classes, these students The Rural Advantage. The conference explored innovative degree from Ohio University three or four years The success of his program were well-prepared for their strategies to help Appalachia’s rural communities thrive in and completed general surgery out of school. inspired him to expand it to a futures by taking advantage of the 21st century’s global economy. training at Riverside Hospital in panel discussion. The student- Muskingum’s varied offerings. I
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Trinity University: Leadership Unbound: Marion Creative Beads From From Mind, Heart and Journey of a Standing in the Sun: Sermons for all Seasons Politics & Peril: Mount State of ‘The Union’: A Tale of Three Cities A Primer for Leaders Stuart J. Koblentz ’85 Paper & Fabric: Hand: Persian, Turkish, Music Warrior An Odyssey of Love, Bruce W. Porter ’56 Vernon, Ohio in the Marriage and Free Love R. Douglas and Entrepreneurs Charleston, South Create Your Own and Indian Drawings Doris Lee McCoy ’51 Loss & Survival Sarasota, Florida: Nineteenth Century in the late 1800s Brackenridge ’54 Lawrence W.Corbett ’65 Carolina: Arcadia Crafts & Embellish from the Stuart Cary La Jolla, California: Nancy Brown Perrini Sarasota Review Press, Lorle Porter, Professor Sandra Schroer, San Antonio, Texas: and Jerre L. Stead Publishing, 2004. Ready-Made Items Welch Collection American Spirit Wife of former 2005. ISBN 0966271998. Emerita of History Assistant Professor Trinity University Press, Chandler, Arizona: Five ISBN 0738533246 Ann Kristen Krier ’84 Stuart Cary Welch and Foundation. Muskingum President and Regional Historian of Sociology 2004. ISBN 0311536000. Star Publications, 2004. Lafayette, California: Kimberly Masteller ’92 ISBN 0977377717. John Anthony Brown in Residence New York: Routledge, fivestarpublications.com. C&T Publishing, 2005. New Haven, London: Zanesville, Ohio: New Zanesville, Ohio: New 2005. ISBN 0415975948. ISBN 1589850106. ctpub.com. Yale University Press; Concord Press, 2005. Concord Press, 2005. ISBN 1571203141. Cambridge, newconcordpress.com. newconcordpress.com. Massachusetts: ISBN 1887932267. ISBN 1887932259. Harvard University Art Museums, 2004. ISBN 0300104731, ISBN 1891771388.
Muskingum College will publish Many of the books are available Meet You in Hell: An Exploration into Life · Time · Space: Wildlife in India’s Face the Devil’s Roar: God’s Kingdom Helps Flood Stage and Rising brief announcements of books for purchase through the published by and about alumni Muskingum College bookstore: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Graphic Design Paintings by Yan Sun Tiger Kingdom Stand Against the Animal Kingdoms Jane Varley, Assistant and faculty. Clay Frick, and the Hong Yin Sun (Carol Yan Sun, Associate John C. Taylor ’37 Schemes of the Enemy Lowell, Massachusetts. Professor of English www.muskingumbookstore.com Bitter Partnership That Sun), User Support Professor of Art New York: Carleton John C. Taylor ’37 King Printing. Lincoln: University of Please send an autographed [email protected] Transformed America Specialist John C. Taylor ’37 copy of the book and, if avail- Phone (740) 826-8170 Alhambra, California: Press, 1980. Shippensburg, Nebraska Press, 2005. able, the press release, to the Fax (740) 826-8209 Les Standiford ’67 Fredericksburg, Virginia: New World Poetry, 2003. ISBN 0806213183. Pennsylvania: ISBN 0803246781. Office of the President. Books New York: Crown Arbor Hill Press, 2005. ISBN 1888065265. Companion Press, 1995. will be donated to the Publishers, 2005. ISBN 1890156108 ISBN 1560435607. Muskingum College Library. ISBN 1400047676.
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come home and coach at Musk- by the Ohio Associated Press in 6 All-American Student-Athletes ingum,” said Ford. “I carry a 1993 as one of Ohio’s all-time very high opinion of the Musk- leading high school scorers. Now ingum athletic tradition, and After thirteen years, his second- There Are it’s an honor to follow Coach place scoring record still 2 Ways Burson’s legacy. I’m looking for- stands—between Jay Burson to Follow ward to becoming a part of the (#1) and LeBron James (#3). Your Muskingum College family.” After his undergraduate Favorite In 2002, Ford was named graduation in 1997, Ford Muskie Coach of the Year for the received a master’s degree Sports American Mideast Conference from OU in 1999, where he on the (AMC), after a successful year began his coaching career as Internet Geno Ford New Head Coach of Men’s Basketball as head coach at Shawnee State an assistant coach and as a University in Portsmouth, Ohio. graduate assistant. Kim Tackett ’07, softball Erica Hoyt ’06, softball Richie Minner ’06, wrestling All-American Academic All-American Academic All-American eno Ford was named head University from 2002 to 2005. He He led the team to a 22-10 Ford’s father, Gene Ford ’74, Gcoach of the Muskingum’s helped guide the Golden Flashes record and second-place finish a former All-American, retired men’s basketball team, replacing to three straight 20-win seasons, in the AMC, which was a ten- after 24 years as head coach of the retiring Jim Burson ’63. two Mid-American Conference game improvement over the the Cambridge High School “Finding a worthy successor to (MAC) East Division titles, two previous year. boys’ basketball team. Gene a coach of the stature of Jim appearances in the MAC Tour- Ford is among the all-time now serves as a volunteer Burson is a challenge,” remarked nament Championship game leading scorers in the history of coach for his son, Geno, and President Steele. “We believe and three consecutive postsea- Ohio University, his alma mater, Geno serves as a volunteer we have met that challenge in son appearances in the National where he finished with 1,752 coach for his older son, Darin. Geno Ford.” Invitation Tournament. career points and was named to Ford and his wife, Traci, Amy Iammarino ’07, softball Jamie Eastham ’05, outdoor track & field Nicole Blubaugh ’05, softball Ford enjoyed great success as “I’m extremely excited and the All-MAC First Team. He have a second son, David. I www.muskingum.edu/home/athletics All-American All-American All-American assistant coach at Kent State happy to have the chance to was honored as “Mr. Basketball”
50th Anniversary of Landmark cant year in Muskingum’s gridiron history. Queen Molly Jones ’07 & Football Season Coach Ed Sherman In 1955, a young team of players brought their King Kevin Sanders ’07 & members of undefeated ’55 team coach, Ed Sherman ’36, his first undefeated sea- reigned over homecoming are honored son. This was Sherman’s third OAC championship festivities, which carried the and a benchmark of his Hall of Fame career. Self- theme, Just Look At Us Now! described as short on talent, the student-athletes The classes of ’90, he rededication of Sherman must surely have been long on intelligence and ’95 and ’00 T Field was a juncture of past, determination (and certainly not short on talent) for celebrated present and future Muskingum ath- in addition to a perfect season, the team turned out their letics. While celebrating the new three All-Americans that year: Bob Carlisle ’58, reunions. turf and its support of current and Joe McDaniel ’56 and Rudy Gerlach ’56. future student-athletes in all sports, the college Members of the team reunited with each other and also recognized the 50th anniversary of a signifi- their coach during the turf rededication festivities. I
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2006 Athletic Hall of Fame Nominations sportsnews A highlight of each homecoming weekend is the induction of new members to the Muskingum College Athletic Hall of Fame. To qualify: Former Muskie athletes must ated at least five years prior to selection. Deceased alumni, coaches or adminis- have earned at least two letters in one A coach or athletic administrator nom- trators may be nominated according to sport or one letter in two sports. If a inee must have lettered in a sport while a the preceding standards. Those nominat- female athlete competed before letters student or have been a member of ed, but not selected last year, will auto- were awarded, her outstanding accom- Muskingum’s staff for at least ten years. matically be reconsidered this year. There Seniors Join OAC performer and OAC plishments or record in athletics will be Candidates must be retired or no longer is no limit to the number of times an indi- considered. Candidates must have gradu- employed by Muskingum. vidual may be nominated. 1,000-Point Club Player of the Week, Pittis ended his Muskingum bas- Nominee Class uard Zach Ross ’06 and ketball career with 1,008 Gforward Cole Pittis ’06, points. In his senior year, he Address senior basketball players, led the Fighting Muskies with completed their careers as the eight double-doubles, a .552 Your name Class newest members of Musk- field goal shooting percentage ingum’s elite 1,000-point club. Pittis and 8.4 rebounds per game. Your address Pittis was named to the Ross ended his Musk- D3hoops.com National Team of first team All-Ohio Athletic Con- ingum tenure with 1,361 Your phone E-mail the Week as well as to the 2006 ference in 2006. A three-time All- points to rank eighth all-time at the school. His career-high Please return this form attached to a separate sheet, on which you tell in 50 words or less the reasons why this individual Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2005 45 points against the Univer- should be considered for induction into the Muskingum College Athletic Hall of Fame. from left to right sity of Redlands assured his Mail nominations,postmarked by July 15,2006, to Larry Shank,Athletic Director,Muskingum College,New Concord,OH 43762. A New Way to Celebrate Our place in the 1,000 point club. You may also contact Larry Shank at e-mail [email protected], phone (740) 826-6109, or fax (740) 826-8300. Jennifer Segner-Filtz ’00 SOFTBALL Segner was one of college Student-Athlete Accomplishments Ross also holds the school softball’s dominant pitchers from 1997 to 2000. The former All-American record for consecutive free Muskie ended her career with 117 victories, the most ever by a Division III ew apparel dons the Rec Center in the form of first-ever throws made (38). A three- Join the 17th Annual M Club Golf Invitational Monday, July 24, 2006 pitcher. She ranked 11th among pitchers in all NCAA divisions. Segner also NOhio Athletic Conference championship banners. Two time All-OAC honoree and a Zanesville Country Club. Everyone is welcome! Prizes for top teams, closest to the pin, and longest drive. holds the D-III career records for games started (140), victories in a season sets of banners, red for regular season championships and former OAC Player of the G (40) and consecutive wins in a season (32). black for tournament championships, represent Fighting Week, in his senior year Ross 2 PM arrival and set up Register by July 20. Muskingum College, G 2:30 PM 4-person golf Mail this completed form with New Concord, OH 43762. Muskie victories in the highly-competitive OAC. averaged a career-best 16.1 scramble with shotgun start your $170/person or $680/team For further information John Wells SPECIAL AWARD - SOFTBALL The special award, presented The banners were made possible through gifts in memory points per game and hit 74 G After play, light buffet, entry fee to Larry Shank, call (740) 826-6109 or e-mail posthumously, exemplifies the spirit of Muskingum College. Wells was of the late Jim Vejsicky ’73, honoring Jim’s devotion to three-pointers. I awards & silent auction Athletic Director, [email protected] assistant pitching coach for the Muskies for 10 years. He was instrumental Muskingum College and to the entirety of its sports program. Name Handicap to Muskingum’s 2001 national championship, the first in college history. Jim’s relationship with Muskingum was deeply rooted. He was Ross Wells and his coaching colleagues were named National Softball Coaching a student-athlete alumnus (basketball, 1,000 point club) who was Address City State Zip Staff of the Year by SpeedLine/NFCA in 2001. Accepting the award was his married to an alumna, Janet Conners Vejsicky ’72; the father of Phone E-mail widow, Jane Tedrick Wells Sherman ’75. two student athlete alumni—Geoffrey ’97 (golf) and Kristen ’01 (volleyball); a longtime volunteer men’s basketball coach; a twen- Name Handicap Bob Gerhardstein ’77 FOOTBALL Gerhardstein, an offensive tackle, ty-year veteran of running the clock in football and basketball; was a two-time first-team All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection and helped and an enthusiastic campus host each year for Alumni Weekend. Address City State Zip lead Muskingum to the OAC championship in 1975. He was honored with Phone E-mail the OAC’s Mike Gregory Award (most outstanding offensive lineman in the conference) in 1976. Name Handicap
Paul Christopher ’87 MEN’S GOLF Christopher was a four-year All-Ohio Address City State Zip Athletic Conference honoree and three-year Honorable Mention All-American. Phone E-mail He qualified for the NCAA National Tournament three times and helped lead the Muskies to the OAC team championship in 1987. Name Handicap Address City State Zip Phone E-mail
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UPDATES 1956 1955—50th Anniversary 2005 Alumni Weekend John T. Brewer has been What’s and he was wounded there. named Volunteer of the Year Rex’s memoir was written for at the Rocky River Senior Happening? his children and grandchil- Center (Ohio), where he has dren to honor their interest in been a volunteer for 11 years. what the war was like for him. He also is president of the New job? Rocky River Senior Council. New degree? Marriage? Bruce W. Porter has published 1949 a new book, Sermons for All Career change? Alumni Weekend ’05 Reunion Seasons. The book contains 35 Promotion? Class George Leitch, Starling James W. White was honored sermons and is dedicated to Community service? MacMillan by the College Entrance the four churches he has Examinations Board and the served. Proceeds from its sale Awards? College Scholarship Service as go to Church of the Palms in one of its 50 Outstanding Sarasota, Florida, where he is Keep your classmates current 1941 Financial Aid Officers during pastor emeritus. on your personal & its 50th anniversary. James is Frank “Hitch” Hepler retired retired from Oberlin College. professional achievements as a colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1968, then 1957 Your news will appear in print & online at became a financial consult- muskingum.edu/home/alumni/classnotes.html ant. He served the U.S. 1950 Larry I. Tate has been named Row 1, Marilyn Anevin Austin, Charlotte Brokaw Thomas, Shirley Thompson Pongrass, Doris Hollingsworth George, Mary Ullmann Goetsch, Jean Graham Reynolds, Supreme Court as marshal to the board of directors of June Luebben Tucker, Sandra Jenkins Clinard, Patricia Sanders Russell, Edna Schumacher Vaughn, Betty Merrilees, Carol Campbell Row 2, Ruth Anne Wilson Booth, and business manager from Betty Steele Everett was fea- the International Franchise Joy Best Murrey, Carol Brown Payne, Donna McMurray Gilbert, Shirley Mechem Falck, Marilyn Hines Manning, Norma Barton Ahlborn, Bernie Finley Litt, Bobbie Send your news via e-mail, online, fax, or mail: 1972-1976, then resigned in tured in a story in Defiance, Association. He is senior vice Boyd Rankin, James Bline Row 3, Carol Rehman D’Avanzo Row 4, Sally Birchard Case, Joanne Oliver Ross, Janet Steele Smith, Gerry Pfouts Christian, Colleen Mills order to return to his finan- Ohio’s The Crescent-News, out- president for franchise sales Gibson, James Rouse, Ti Revak, James Rogers, Dan Zimmermann, William Steffen Row 5, Kyle Riggs, Walter Burney, Carl Pissocra, Martha Stewart, Patricia Groitsch [email protected] cial business. Recently, he has lining her accomplishments as with Golden Corral Buffet and Taylor, Priscilla Detwiller Nutt Row 6, Norbert Skrzypczyk, David Demmerle, Art Armstrong, Robert Meute, Bill Quinn, Glenn Arnold, Bob Kuhn, Don Berg, Del Lothes http://www.muskingum.edu/home/alumni/updateprofile.html volunteered in Fairfax County a Christian writer. She has Grill in Raleigh, North Fax (740) 826-8469 at the Juvenile Court and the placed more than 4,000 articles Carolina. Muskingum College Alumni Office Area Agency on Aging. He and stories, published nine several times at the highest 163 Stormont Street, New Concord OH 43762 and his wife live in books and has seen her work 1961 1962 corporate level for his innova- Springfield, Virginia. appear in 13 anthologies. tive work in the field of light- 1959 William B. Dunn has been Bowman “Bo” Budinger ing, including the Leslie E. Class notes submissions appointed chair of the Ameri- retired from Osman Sylvania Earner Award for Technical Contributions are edited for style, brevity and space. Carol Williamson Kinsley was can Bar Association Standing after 39 years of service, most Creativity. Bo lives with his Sorry, but we’re not able to return contributed material. 1948 1955 honored with a Board Support Committee on Ethics and Pro- recently as a senior research wife, Carol Cover, in Photos will be included as space permits. Photos may be Award from the Corporation fessional Responsibility. He scientist with the company’s Westford, Massachusetts. print or digital. Prints must be on photo paper. Digital must Rex Hoon has written a mem- Bernice Finley Litt and her for National and Community also has been chair of the corporate research and devel- be .jpg or .tif, 300 dpi resolution. oir of his experiences in husband, Wendell, celebrated Service’s Learn and Serve American Bar Association’s opment center in Beverly, Copyrighted photos will not be printed unless permission is World War II titled, My their 50th wedding anniver- America program for her con- Section of Real Property, Pro- Massachusetts. During his 1963 included. At least one Muskie must appear in a photo. Odyssey as a World War II sary on June 12, 2005. Their tributions to service-learning. bate and Trust Law and is a career, Bo was awarded 18 U.S. Identify subjects by first & last name and Muskie graduation Combat Foot Soldier with the family includes David ’78 President Bill Clinton appoint- member of the State Bar of patents and authored more Robert W. Caldwell, Jr. has year, where applicable. Texas “Fighting 36th” Infantry (Danatta), Gordon ’80 ed her to the corporation’s Michigan Committee on Pro- than 20 technical papers and been elected chairman of the Division in Italy and France. (Susan), and Susan ’82 board of directors in 1994. fessional Ethics. He is a mem- presentations in the area of board of managers of Career His division saw 137 days of (Kenny) Ballantine and seven ber of the law firm of Clark Hill physics technology of light Class of 1966 Susan Hunsicker Dryburgh, Richard Dryburgh, Partners International (CPI), combat conditions in Italy grandchildren. in Detroit. sources. He has been honored Karen Skemp Wright a global human resources
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consulting firm. Robert is pres- technology. He works with ty of life for people who have Gail Curtis Morse has been mitment to community serv- ident and owner of Buffalo, FEMA to assist with long- developmental disabilities.” elected to the Maternity Care 1974 1975 ice. This includes his long- New York-based RW Caldwell term recovery planning for Coalition (MCC) board of time membership in the civic Associates, Inc., CPI’s western Louisiana. His photography Lucretia Wilson Mattson has directors in Philadelphia. MCC Diane Doeringer Boster was Joan Sandler Kaylor received club, 22 years of service to the New York office. may be seen at www.posi- been appointed as a profes- provides community based named 2004 Woman of the The Wesley Institute area’s Algonquin Mill Fall tivepix.com. sional accounting member of outreach, education and sup- Year by the Portsmouth (Ohio) (Pittsburgh) Odyssey Alumni Festival and involvement with the Wisconsin Accounting port to improve maternal and Business and Women’s Club. Award, given because she “suc- projects to help the needy. 1966 Examining Board by Wiscon- child health and well-being. Diane has been the regional cessfully gained and utilized 1969 sin Governor Jim Doyle. Lucre- Gail is a vice president and executive director of the the lifelong skills that are Karen Skemp Wright, Richard tia is an associate professor in senior portfolio manager with Arthritis Foundation since essential in becoming a con- 1976 Dryburgh ’67 and Susan Hun- Dennis D. Berkey testified the department of accounting Mellon Private Wealth Man- 1984, serving a 35-county tributing member of the com- sicker Dryburgh ’69 gathered recently before the U.S. at the University of Wiscon- agement region in southeastern Ohio munity.” A licensed profession- Edward S. Eveland received with 53 other former college Secretary of Education's sin-Eau Claire and is a finan- and West Virginia. al counselor, Joan specializes the 2005 Paul Bert Award for staff workers to celebrate the Commission on the Future of cial adviser at Bernicke & Physiological Research for his 50th anniversary of Ghost Associates, Ltd. Lucretia has 1972 outstanding contributions in Alumni Weekend ’05 Reunion Class Ranch Presbyterian (USA) served on the governing coun- the field of aerospace physiol- Row 1, Nancy Butcher Graham, Louise Cline Kuhn, Mary Esther McCoy Barnes, Ada Margaret Conference Center near cil of the American Institute of Patricia Caldwell Paulson ogy from the Aerospace Physi- Hutchison, Mary Jo Haines Buck, Edith Jane Miller Campbell Row 2, Hazel Ann Mark Hubbard, Abiquiu, New Mexico. CPAs and as president of the earned her doctoral degree in ology Society. In 2003, he Roy Lybrook, Joy Miller Brown, Ruth Daugherty Ziegler Wisconsin Institute of CPAs. education from Capella received the Stanley N. Roscoe Lucretia was the first person University. She is associate Award from the Aerospace 1967 in the history of the university professor of science educa- Medical Association in recog- to receive the Excellence in tion at Bethel University in nition of his work examining Susan Benham has been Teaching and Excellence in Minnesota. Her husband, pilot neck muscle electrical elected president of the Service Awards in the same Craig Paulson ’70, is princi- activity during high G acceler- American Women’s Club of Higher Education. He spoke year, and has twice received pal of Cambridge-Isanti High ation. Ed is a research physiol- the Taunus in Oberursel, about preparing students to the UW-Eau Claire Peat Mar- School. ogist and program manager Germany. The AWCT is compete in the new global wick Professor of the Year Mary Ann Wucher ’57, Joan Kaylor ’75 for the Air Force Research instrumental in awarding economy—full text is at: Award. Kathleen Walton-Mills and her Laboratory at Wright-Patter- scholarships for young women http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/P husband, an employee of Jing- Gene Allen Ford retired as in helping victims of trichotil- son Air Force Base near Day- through fund-raising events. resident/News/futurehigh- shan Light Industrial Machin- head coach of boys’ basket- lomania. This is an impulse ton, Ohio. ered.html. Dennis is the 1970 ery Groups, spent the summer ball at Cambridge High control disorder that compels J. Norman Reid recently president of Worcester of 2005 in Jingshan, China. School, where he served for the sufferer to pull his or her retired from the U.S. Depart- Polytechnic Institute and is a Edward “Ned” Leibensperger Kathleen teaches French and 25 years. He amassed a 400- own hair, and from which Joan 1977 ment of Agriculture after 27 former Muskingum trustee. is president of the Boston Bar English as a second language 182 record, which included 18 suffered as a young woman. years. A specialist in rural Association. He is a partner at at Eastern High School in sectional titles, eight district Joan also is the founder and Daniel D. Hughes has been community and economic Leslee Tracey Cordova was McDermott, Will and Emery, a Voorhees, New Jersey. titles, five regional titles and president of the local chapter named general manager of the development, he was chief of honored by New Mexico prominent international law 10 East Central Ohio League of the Obsessive-Compulsive San Antonio Silver Stars of the information services for the Governor Bill Richardson with firm. Edward is an elected championships. He now Foundation of Western Women’s National Basketball Rural Development Adminis- one of the state’s Top 25 Fellow of the American College 1973 serves as volunteer coach for Pennsylvania and is on the Association. The former tration. There he introduced Women-Owned Business of Trial Lawyers and is past his son, Geno, who is head board of the Trichotillomania WNBA Coach of the Year the Internet to its 1,000 office Awards. Leslee is co-owner co-chair of the American Bar Barbara Wilson Pazey has coach of men’s basketball at Learning Center. She received assumes his new duties in network and developed inno- and co-executive director of R- Association’s Corporate joined the staff at Lake Erie Muskingum. her master’s degree from addition to his existing role Alumni Weekend ’05 Reunion Class vative Web-based data access Way, LLC, which provides Counsel Committee. For the College in Cleveland as direc- Duquesne University and is a as head coach of the team. Row 1, Carol Cryder Rothrock, Carol Roe Ball, Janet Gray Jennings Row 2, Carole Campbell and mapping systems. He has services to people with devel- past seven years, he has been tor of field placement and subcontractor with the South Previously, Daniel was coach Williamson, Lois Wilson Fawcett, Jane Furbay Mills, Nancy Miller Umberger, Nina Pirl Artuso, received many lifetime opmental disabilities. She was president of the board of the assessment services. Previous- Hills Interfaith Ministries. of the WNBA Cleveland Peggy Marshall Hamner Row 3, Barbara Cartwright Williams, Cerise Biles Blyth, Sandy Grubaugh achievement awards and his also recognized by New Unitarian Universalist Urban ly, she had worked as a high Rockers. Roeger, Ruth Champlin Hefflin, Ruth Myers Williams, Elaine Bown Kelvington, Richard McClelland data mining system was Mexico Secretary of State Ministry, which runs a shelter school principal and assistant Dennis Roudebush received Row 4, Carole Smith Mason, Bobbie Benson, Carole Johnson Marcy, Peggy Matchett Neiswander entered into the Museum of Rebecca Vigil-Giron for “her for battered women and pro- principal. She earned her doc- the 2004 Distinguished Service Row 5, Karen Jones Smith, D.K. Edwards, Joe Almendinger Row 6, David Bayless, David Reichle, American History as an exam- exemplary dedication and vides educational services to toral degree from the Universi- Award from the Carrollton Charles Mock, Roger Coulton, Tom Barnes ple of pioneering use of Web service in enhancing the quali- children and youth. ty of Texas at Austin. Civic Club (Ohio) for his com-
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focus on resident care and not Cleveland Municipal School University McGregor. She is a 1979 paperwork. District. He has an active fifth grade math and language Resource Systems was singing career and is a director arts teacher for Xenia Douglas E. Harms, a Fulbright named Company of the Year in of the elite Cleveland Schools Community Schools (Ohio). Award recipient, has been 2003 by the Information All City high school choir. named an honorary member Technology Alliance of Randi Kristine Porter Muck of the department of comput- Appalachian Ohio and was has received her master’s ing at the University of Rousse honored with an Eastern Ohio 1985 degree in school counseling in Bulgaria, where he taught Development Alliance Award from Cleveland State during the previous academic for excellence. Drew Braun has been appoint- University. She joined the year. He is professor of com- Greg has served as mayor of ed managing director by North Ridgeville City Schools puter science at DePauw New Concord for 17 years. Northwestern Mutual in as a guidance counselor after University in Greencastle, Larry is board chair of the Mount Laurel, New Jersey. He teaching Spanish for 14 years. Indiana. Muskingum County Business is responsible for recruiting Her husband, David Lee Incubator. and training financial repre- Muck ’88, teaches and coach- sentatives, managing the es at Whittier Middle School in 1980 office, and selling financial Lorain. They live in Avon Lake, 1982 services. Andrew and his son Ohio with their two sons. Keith Hare was unanimously live in Newtown Square, appointed as convenor (chair) Linda Carter is associate direc- Pennsylvania. Alumni Weekend ’05 Reunion Class for the international standards tor of donor relations at 1992 Alumni Weekend ’05 Reunion Class Row 1, Peggy Hays Nelson, Eleanor McKee Fujita, Marilyn Flint Holcomb, Jean Snider Merl, body for SQL. He is vice chair Vanderbilt University. She is Denise A. Dilsaver has been Row 1, Judy Diez White, Jodee Straus Verhovec, Linda Buck Levine, Ted Sofis, Jan Stevenson Joanne Bald, Lina Khoury Keller, Louise Flower Pence, Barbara Teufel Burnett Row 2, Ginny Yonally of the U.S. standards body and married to Phil Hurst and has named director of athletics Mark Glaspell, a captain in the Milazzotto Row 2, Terry Lee McCord, Marilyn Spragg Jenrette, Carolyn Spragg Castor, Jean Cooper Maharry, Jeanne Cuny Thorne, Nancy Davis Settles, Phyllis Murphy Chase, Jane Jenkins Myers, has participated in the SQL two children from a previous and transportation at Western U.S. Army, was assigned as an Garrett, Christine Carlson Kimberly, Carolyn Walters Snyder Row 3, Beth Brubaker Bollmer, Mary Myrna Yocum Diven, Gretchen Hyde Spicker, Judy Radick FitzSimmons, Mary Woods Scott standards process since 1988. marriage. The family lives in Reserve Local Schools in engineer operations officer and Gerst, Debbie Weaver Senften, Becky Palmer Lowe Row 4, Bill Cutler, Bruce Bollmer, Alan Hurst, Row 3, David Maharry, Bill Hughes, George Jabol, Ed Mitchell, John Diven, Chuck Walker, Keith is a senior consultant Nashville. Collins, Ohio. battle captain for the 101st Susan Giffen Hankinson, Marilyn Miner Hyde Michael FitzSimmons, Stewart Brown Row 4, Anthony Barta, Michael Kruzan, Max Neimeyer, with JCC Consulting, Inc., in Airborne Division (Air Assault) Bill Biggs, Bill Myers, Joe Arganbright Granville, Ohio. David Porter is the owner of Jaideep Khanna is the founder at Forward Operating Base Editor’s note: Structured Suburban Athletics in and managing partner of Artha Speicher, Tikrit, Iraq in Query Language (SQL) is a Framington, Massachusetts. Capital in New York City. support of Operation Iraqi standardized computer lan- Freedom. guage for communicating with a relational database. 1984 1988 Shannon Mayfield-Chapin has completed her degree work at Larry Triplett and R. Gregory Ann Overslaugh Krier Benjamin E. Davis was pro- Our Lady of Enchantment Adams ’81 celebrated the 25th authored Creative Beads from moted to imaging and CTP Seminary in California and is anniversary of Resource Paper and Fabric. Ann’s com- manager for the Scripps now an ordained minister in Systems, the company they pany, Design One World, Inc., Treasure Coast Newspapers in the state of Ohio. She works founded as students at creates designs, writing Port St. Lucie, Florida. He for Wilson, Shannon and Muskingum. The celebration instructions and marketing recently was inducted into the Snow, Inc., a certified public included the opening of a new ideas for the creative industry. Scripps President’s Club in accounting firm in Newark. 14,000 square-foot facility in Ann and her family live in Win- recognition of his exceptional New Concord. ston-Salem, North Carolina. performance. The new facility marks the 1993 fourth major expansion of the Philip Morrow was the guest company, which serves the artist and speaker for the 1991 Kristen Dietiker has joined the Alumni Weekend ’05 Reunion Class long term care industry with annual banquet of the University of Washington Row 1, Kristine Wiard Nyland, Rozell Hill Duncan, Seneth Anne Stockli Darr innovative, proprietary data Cleveland Pillars Club, a phil- Amy Guckian earned her mas- School of Medicine as a sys- Homecoming ’05 Reunion Class - 2000 Row 2, Jeff Reed, Alice Warthen Main, Cathy Smith Clark collection and reporting sys- anthropic organization. Philip ter’s degree in educational tems administrator with the Row 1, Valerie Yonker Smith, Linda Newton Caton, Jennifer Segner-Filtz, Sherri Mahle Row 3, Joe Guthrie, Walter Hawkins, Bob Hoover, Bob McCreight tems so that caregivers can is a music educator for the leadership from Antioch surgery department. Row 2, Shane Tilton, Lindsay Larrick, Adam Tilton
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Web site, www.dearcon- 1994 sumer.com. The company assists consumers who have Jeffrey Halberg has earned his experienced poor customer master’s degree in social work service or purchased unsatis- Note from The Ohio State factory products in any University. He is a family based industry. these supervisor with the Buckeye Ranch and works in communi- John W. Lehman has been ty based programs. named a member of the 2005 dates national Executive Council of New York Life Insurance 1995 Company. Council members are the most successful of New Homecoming Chad Harlan is vice president York Life’s 10,845 agents. John October 21, 2006 of sales and marketing for is associated with New York Loparex, Inc. in Willowbrook, Life’s Toledo, Ohio office. Illinois. Christmas Robert G. Sudomir has been 1999 Vespers Service named Ohio’s Teacher of the Homecoming ’05 Reunion Class - 1995 at Brown Chapel Year in Phi Delta Kappa’s Gordon Ellis MAE, has been Row 1, Michelle Rooney, Denise Wilder, Julie Denges Rippe, Beth Miller-Aljancic, Tamara Sebring-Gibson, Annie Gregor Wilcox, Christie December 10, 2006 Alumni Weekend ’05 Reunion Class annual program, which is named police chief in Franklin, Pulley McGee, Cindy Bates Ellsworth Row 2, Donald Gilbert, Jr., John Pearch, Dana Phillippi Anzevino, Nikki Griesen Stoldt, Bob Row 1, Mary Beth Baker Harms, Margaret Culbertson, Amy Novak, Mike Viers, Amy Marshall sponsored by Wal-Mart and Ohio. Gordon is a lieutenant Sudomir, Eric Velez, Susan Meyer, Katie Harrison, Carrie Busack-Sedor, Jill Archer Witucky, Kevin Witucky, Carrie Aultz Lanning Row 2, Keith W. Hare, Meg Pfaadt Argo, Steve Cox, Barbara Birrell Hyde, Karen Skivers Sam’s Club. Phi Delta Kappa is colonel in the Army National Drake, Raymond Stearns Row 3, Steve Gissiner, Beth Sabiers Klamo, Tom Lanning, Sage Cutler, a professional education asso- Guard and is commander of in Dayton. She serves on the Concert Choir and Steve Cook, D.J. Richards, Kevin Kollman Row 4, Randy Bardonner, Larry Triplett, Bill Rockwell, ciation. Robert teaches fresh- the First Battalion, 148th Dementia Steering Committee Chamber Singers Roy Craig, Mark Marino, Gordon Litt man level science at Louisville Infantry. He recently served a for Brethren Care and is a con- Tour High School. His award year-long mission in Kosovo sultant for therapeutic and March 1-6, 2007 includes a $10,000 grant to the with his unit; he commanded walking gardens. school. an infantry task force as part of the U.N. peacekeeping mis- sion. Gordon was awarded the 2001 Parents Weekend & 1996 Legion of Merit for his leader- Legacy Luncheon ship there. Jennifer Eschbaugh complet- April 13-15, 2007 David Hendrix is controller for ed her master’s degree in Ohio Mutual Insurance Group integrated marketing commu- in Bucyrus, Ohio. 2000 nications from Roosevelt Uni- versity in Chicago. She also Alumni Weekend Jessica Lodge passed her cer- was named marketing director June 15-17, 2007 1997 tified public accountant exam- for the Freeman Webb Com- ination. She is a senior panies in Nashville, Tennessee. Nathan Gregorich is academic accountant with the dean at West Virginia Junior Cambridge office of Rea & College in Charleston. Associates, an accounting and 2005 Check the business consulting firm. Alumni & Friends Craig Kwasniewski is founder Lauren M. Johnson lives in section of and president of Dear Con- Marigold Marsh received a Cincinnati and works for Homecoming ’05 Reunion Class - 1990 www.muskingum.edu Alumni Weekend ’05 Reunion Class sumer™, a consumer advocacy doctor of ministry degree from Ambulatory Medical Care, Inc. Row 1, Toni Liptrap Davis, Joyce Jones Cook, Michele Mountcastle McGinnis for updates. Ryan Harvey, Diana Senge Way, Linda Gordon Moon, George Branyan agency that has launched a United Theological Seminary as a marketing coordinator. Row 2, Rick Gehlbach, Art Armstrong, Ryan Miller
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2000 2002 Karen White and Matthew J. MARRIAGES Mulcahey, August 13, 2005. Kerry Gilligan and Steven Rebekah Ellis and Ryan Trisha Imhoff ’01 was maid Grubs, May 7, 2005, Shirley ’04, July 9, 2005, of honor. Karen works for Come to 1957 1994 Westerville, Ohio. Martins Ferry, Ohio. the Hamilton City Schools Kerry is a probation officer in Muskies in the wedding were (Ohio) and Matthew works Alumni Patricia Ferguson Cooke and Nikki Montgomery and Doug Franklin County and Steven is Sarah Ellis ’04, Erin Stevic for the Hamilton City Police Edgar A. Walton, October 14, Van Wingerden ’89. a police officer in Westerville. ’01, Jessie Bromley ’05, Nic Department. 2005, Bradenton, Florida. Nikki is an account manager They live in Reynoldsburg. Fioritto ’04, Jason Goodloe Weekend for Great Northern Corp. Divi- ’05 and Joseph Ellis ’08. sion Laminations and Doug is Kirsten Smucker and David Rebekah is an eighth grade 2003 2007 1976 a partner-consulting for Brehm, April 03, 2004, English teacher in Martins Accenture. The couple lives in Statesville, North Carolina. Ferry and Ryan works for the Amanda Chaney and M. June 15-17 Mike Nolder and Michele Suwanee, Georgia. Lee Finley ’01 was best man. Kroger Company. Lance Wolfinger, July 16, 2005. Cheyne, August 9, 2005, Both Kirsten and David are Jon Carte, Nick Dearing, Beaver, Pennsylvania. teachers with the Iredell- Augusta Halker and Chad and Rita Chaney ’94 Stahley In attendance were Jim 1995 Statesville Schools. Pollock, April 9, 2005, Van were in the wedding. The cou- Hendrickson ’75, Randy Kavy-Bryant Wert, Ohio. ple lives in Hamilton, Ohio. Duncan ’79, Jim and Phyllis Cresha Auck and Bill Foley, Augusta is a therapist with McCleery ’78 Franks, and May 24, 2005, Gettysburg, also runs his own business, David M. Thompson and Tara 2001 Midwest Rehab, Inc. and Chad Tom Giffin. Mike is a con- Pennsylvania. Stoecker Auction Service. The 1999 S. Lyons, August 6, 2005, is an insurance agent at 2004 sumer services representative Cresha is a regulatory lobby- couple lives in Dansville. Cambridge, Ohio. Heidi Endebrock and Jeffrey Purmort Brothers. The couple for CertainTeed Corp. and ist and Bill is a full-time musi- Melissa Kavy and John Bryant Muskies in the wedding were Franz, June 26, 2005. lives in Van Wert. Tiffany Cromwell and Charles Michele is an instructor in the cian. The couple met at ’97, November 13, 2004, Adam Gump and Roger Bridesmaids were S. Amlin ’02, August 14, 2004, graduate school of education Muskingum while Cresha was 1997 Columbus, Ohio. Davis ’00. David works for the Heather Denham ’00, Sophia Marie Heston and Centerville, Ohio. Reunion Classes at the University of Pittsburgh. a student and Bill was per- Muskies in the wedding were Ohio Department of Natural Rachel Glenn Bean, and Bradley Curtis Musgrave ’04, Muskies in the wedding were The couple lives in New forming at a campus event. Julie Griffith and Matthew Jennifer Kavy, Paul Miracle Resources and Tara works for Lora Butz Carpenter. October 8, 2005, Steubenville, John Bullard ’02, Stephanie 1957—50th Anniversary Brighton. Cresha earned an MA degree Feucht, June 18, 2005. ’97, Kelli Enyart Manley, Wes Xanterra Parks and Resorts. Ohio. Lanthorn, Amy Clauss, Heidi 1982—25th Anniversary in 1997 from the University of Attendees were Trudy Betts ’97, Roy Enyart, Jr. ’96, They live near Old Amber Sherman and Bryan Muskies in the wedding Van Dyke ’05, and Jessica Akron. The couple lives in Cramblett Lewis, Kathryn Jamie Shepherd ’01. Many Washington, Ohio. Valentine, June 4, 2005, Brown were, Robert J. Musgrave ’04, Mayer ’05. Charles is a sales 1937 1952 1972 1990 Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Cahill ’00 Gill, and James Gill Muskies also attended the Chapel. Jennifer Heston ’01, Steven representative for Miller Beer 1942 1962 1977 ’99. The couple lives in wedding. Melissa works for the Chad Wright and Priscilla Ann Muskies in the wedding were Sherer ’04, Oliver David Mor- and Tiffany is an assistant Suzanne Miller and Richard Navarre, Ohio. Knox County Board of Mental Wright, October 22, 2005, Jen Schultice ’97 Bronner, gan, Elaine Heston ’84 and project director for the Miami 1947 1967 1987 Kowicki, April 16, 2005. 1996 Retardation and Development Hilliard, Ohio. Kristen Meckley ’01 and Michael Kotora ’73. Sophia is Valley Hospital. The couple In attendance were Sarah Denise and Jim Johnson, Disabilities in Mount Vernon. Muskies in the wedding were Bethany Drake ’04. The cou- an early childhood associate lives in Dayton. All other classes are also invited. Kilbane ’89, Mary Bloechl, Bradley A. Stoecker and April 9, 2005. John works for Kokosing Lindsey Wright ’01 Yoder ple lives in Greensburg, for Westside Childcare Center. Matt Hiner, Amy Brown ’91 Kimberley Wilds, March 23, Dan Warren and Kyle Construction Company in and Michael Fountain. Shelly Pennsylvania. Bradley works for Qwest Com- Jessica C. Roth and Nicholas Hiner, and Chris Pfingsten. 2005, Pinckney, Michigan. Harrington were in the wed- Frederickstown. Bergman ’00 Fountain also munications. The couple lives G. Swaldo ’03, June 11, 2005. For information, go to the Suzanne is IT coordinator for Daniel Warren ’97 was the ding. Attendees were Brian attended. Chad is a customer Timothy Tewksbary and Sarah in Columbus. Muskies in the wedding were Alumni & Friends section of www.muskingum.edu or contact the Alumni Office at [email protected] Jenny Rosenthal equity capital markets with best man. Attendees were Hinchliffe and Chrissy and Will service representative for Scott, July 16, 2005. Karla Edwards Schmied, or call (740) 826-8131 Key Bank and Richard is an IT Debra Stoecker ’91 Croup, Gallagher-Hinchliffe ’99. Jim Fishback, June 11, 2005, Bioscrip Pharmacy and Timothy is a public health Erin Mills and Devin Scribner, Staci Miller and Brian Brison or mail to Muskingum College, 163 Stormont Street, consultant. The couple lives in Michael ’99 and Stephanie is a technology coordinator Louisville, Kentucky. Priscilla works for AmeriFirst sanitarian with the Fairfield July 23, 2005. ’02. Jessica is a case manager New Concord, OH 43762 Garfield Heights, Ohio. Herron ’00 Kirk. Kim is an with the Tuscarawas Jessie Schaadt ’02 and Mortgage. The couple lives in Department of Health. Sarah is Erin is a legislative aide and activity therapist for Com- hourly energy trader with Educational Service Center. Melissa Shearon ’00 Clark Plain City, Ohio. employed with the Fairfield with the Ohio House of munity Mental Healthcare in Consumers Energy in Denise is an office manager for were in the wedding. Medical Center and Genesis Representatives and Devin is Uhrichsville, Ohio and Kathleen Oswald and Bob Charming Shoppes Inc.-Lane Jackson, Michigan. Brad is Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Attendees were Kelly Smith Healthcare systems. The cou- a campaign staffer with the Nicholas is a teacher’s aide Bubak, April 9, 2005. Bryant as a manager. The employed by the Lansing and Bradford Financial Group. Kuhn, Carol Burlingame ’00, ple lives in Lancaster, Ohio. Secretary of State’s office. The and wrestling coach for the Muskies in the wedding were groom works for Luxottica Board of Water and Light as a They live in Sugarcreek, Ohio. Michele Sheets, Joe Clark, couple lives in Dublin, Ohio. Indian Valley Local Schools. Nicole Timko and Heather Retail. The couple lives in bulk power data analyst. He and Miguel Piecuch ’00. Ball ’06. The bride works for Mason, Ohio.
30 G Muskingum College Magazine www.muskingum.edu G 31 classnotes Nominations for Alumni Distinguished Robert Alexander “Alex” to basketball at Worthingway Molly Janet to Ryan ’99 and Robert and Holly True Shaver, 1995 Middle School in Worthington. 1999 Kristin Vejsicky McLane, BIRTHS November 11, 2004. Erik is a customer service April 9, 2005. Service Awards Grandparents are J. Robert Isabella Nicole to Dominic ’94 manager for MP Total Care Bo Reed to Zachary ’00 Molly’s grandparents Tyler Michael to Bob and ’60 and Margaret “Peggy” and Dana Phillipi Anzevino, diabetic supply company in and Stacy Searls Howard, are Janet Conners ’72 1982 Kathy Ferda Hastings, Duncan ’61 True. Todd works January 8, 2005. New Albany. They live in December 17, 2004. Vejsicky and the late James December 19, 2004. in sales at Kingswood Lumber “Bella” joins a sister, Alexis Delaware, Ohio. Bo joins sister Emma. Vejsicky ’73. Amanda Hyunah adopted by Tyler joins brother Evan. Company in Grandview, Ohio, “Lexie” Gram. Dana is a Jennifer and Bill A. Farthing, The family lives in Fort Wayne, and Holly is a staff attorney kindergarten teacher in Camden Trey to James FACULTY October 30, 2004. Indiana, where Bob is a busi- and magistrate at the Court of Brecksville, Ohio and Dominic 1997 and Amy Harris Yamokoski, Amanda was born on ness unit leader for Michelin Claims of Ohio in Columbus. is a healthcare product spe- Sept. 17, 2004. STAFF March 15, 2004 in South Korea. North America. cialist for GS in Youngstown. Sean Thomas to Kevin and Amy was promoted to proj- &FRIENDS Eleanor “Ellie” Ruth to Jennifer Hoke Chapman, ect director for an informed Michelle and Dave Tinker, Ethan Rogers to Adam and June 29, 2005. consent in childhood cancer Wyatt Zane to Brian and 1983 1990 May 17, 2005. Beatrice “Beatty” Rogers Perry, Sean joins a brother, Patrick trials study in the Department Katrina Buchanan, Dave is director of develop- April 11, 2005. Darin. The family lives in of Bioethics at the Cleveland June 22, 2005. or 35 years, the Distinguished Service Awards have paid trib- Vernon Campbell to Caroline Stephanie to Rob ment with Achieva, and Ethan joins brother David Manchester, Connecticut. Clinic. The family lives in Wyatt joins sister Alexis and Fute to those Muskingum alumni who make a difference in our Meagan and V. Craig Miracle, and Karen Doerrer-McGraw, Michele is a sales representa- “Christian”. Godparents of the South Euclid, Ohio. brother Zachary. Katrina is a world. The presentation of these awards to the honored recipients September 7, 2004. April 25, 2004. tive with Zee Medical. They brothers are David ’92 and Twins Leah Christine and learning consultant with the is an annual highlight of Alumni Weekend. Nominations are Vernon joins sister Frances She joins brother William. live in Pittsburgh. Heather Rogers and Chris and Rachel Marie to Michael and Center for the Advancement of accepted year-round. Anne. Craig is the executive Pam Eckert Kurz. Beatty is Tracy Kocinski Goebel, 2000 Learning. director of the Muskingum Skye McLennan to Jonathan doing PRN work as a speech February 26, 2005. Family Y in Zanesville. ’89 and Jennifer Bubb 1994 therapist at the Texas Hospital. Margeux to Heather and Jared Christian to Andy and Nominees must have made a qualitative difference through their Graham, August 31, 2005. Adam is an F-15E fighter pilot Anna Elizabeth to Maribeth Douglas A. Robinson, Valerie Yonker ’00 Smith, exemplary service to humankind and through their professional Skye joins sister Kristina. Rory Vincent to Daniel and instructs students to fly and Craig Kwasniewski, March 10, 2005. April 13, 2005 endeavors. Any living Muskingum graduate or former student 1985 and Carrie Oertel Busby. the T-38 in the U.S. Air Force. August 7, 2004. Heather teaches at the Jared joins brother Mateo. is eligible. Maeve Elizabeth to J. Michael March 13, 2005. The family lives in Texas. Craig is director of human Goddard Preschool and Doug Valerie is Muskingum’s coordi- Aaliya to Rachel and Jaideep ’91 and Michele Mountcastle Carrie is a regional sales resources for the Lorain Coun- teaches sixth and third grades nator of international student Khanna, February 16, 2005. McGinnis, August 4, 2005. manager for Polo Custom ty Printing and Publishing in Chardon. The family lives in services. General Qualifications for the Award Aaliya joins Kieran, Antali, Maeve joins sisters Molly Products and Daniel is an 1996 Company in Elyria. The couple Willoughby, Ohio. Adopted by the Muskingum College Alumni Council on May 22, 1971 and Sophie. The family lives in and Maggie. assistant scout executive for lives in Cleveland, Ohio. Elizabeth Ann to Shelly Greenwich, Connecticut W.D. Boyce Council, Boy Cael Joseph to Tony and and Paul S. Szalay, Jr., Such awards are conferred sparingly and thoughtfully only upon persons who Scouts of America. The family Tiffany Casimir Cipollone, 2001 June 11, 2005. have achieved distinction in a field involving full use of an individual’s creative 1992 lives in Peoria, Illinois. February 17, 2005. 1998 Elizabeth Ann joins brother powers, both intellectually and aesthetically, keeping foremost in mind in all 1989 Cael joins brother Casey. Elizabeth “Betsy” Anne Carter. Paul is assistant profes- cases that the recipient’s accomplishments should clearly reflect significant Owen Matthew to Jake Richard to Kimberly and Tiffany is the alumni and Sean Michael II to Sean ’99 Watson to Nicholas R. and sor of chemistry. service to humankind, so that the conferring of such an award will always Shelby Elisabeth to Joe and Cindy and Steven M. Suter, John R. Valentine, April 7, 2005. donor relations officer at and Katherine Aubel Ewing, Joy Watson Johnson, accentuate and extend the values associated with Muskingum College. Karen Hemsley Fares, October 3, 2005. Jake joins brothers Alex, Allegheny College and Tony is May 27, 2005. November 26, 2004. Matthew Kent to David ’94 November 4, 2004. Owen has two sisters, Trent and Brock. John is a the head wrestling coach for Betsy’s grandmother is Dina and Jackie Kent ’96 Vascura, Shelby joins sister Simone Lauren and Riley, and a partner with the independent Mercyhurst College. He held Katelynn Elizabeth to Brad ’00 West ’74 Watson. Joy is a stay- July 15, 2005. Why have you nominated this person? Elisabeth. Joe and Karen are brother, Walker. insurance agency W.B.Green & the same position at and Jennifer Baughman Heady, at-home mom and Nicholas is Matthew joins sister Send your reasons with this form to [email protected] both employed at Reynolds Company, Inc. in Cambridge Muskingum. The family lives October 21, 2004. a postal clerk at the Cam- Elizabeth. Jackie is director of or fax to (740) 826-8469 and Reynolds in Dayton, where . in Erie, Pennsylvania. Jennifer is a second grade bridge Post Office. The family career services. or mail to Alumni Office, Muskingum College, Joe is a technical manager and 1993 teacher with the Columbus lives in New Concord. 163 Stormont Street, New Concord OH 43762. Karen is a software systems Coleman David to Erik and Public Schools and Brad is a Call us anytime (740) 826 8131. analyst. The family lives in Benjamin Perry to Steve and Kelli Coleman DelGuzzo, vendor inventory manager for Wyatt to Timothy ’02 and Germantown, Ohio. Melissa Marius Buckner, November 24, 2004. Wurth Service Supply. The Jacqueline Bogart Matheney, This information is also available in the Alumni & Friends section of www.muskingum.edu July 28, 2004. Kelli is an investigator for family lives in Columbus. March 1, 2005. The family lives in Savage, the State Board of Psychology The family lives in Heath, Minnesota. in Columbus. She also coaches Ohio.
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with the construction of Camp Cindy Brewer ’70 (Jon), Car- his brother-in-law, Joseph John J. Maxwell, Jr., Presmont. A surveyor and olyn (Albina Gogo); grandchil- Glass ’50, survives them. 1941 September 20, 2005, 1945 OBITUARIES engineer, he built coal tipples dren; and her sister, Harriet Jamestown, New York. and air shafts for the mining Shetler ’38 (Charles). William H. Nixon, July 24, 2005, John was a college professor Myrtle Jean White Kettlewell, he headed Neptune Consulting industry. Bob was predeceased 1936 Daytona Beach, Florida. and a high school chemistry, September 7, 2005, Springfield, 1925 Co., a heating and air condi- by his wife, Marian Schuff ’33 Mary C. Thompson, April 5, William had a career in high- biology and physics teacher Ohio. tioning company. He is sur- Walker. He is survived by his 2005, New York, New York. Alice McClanahan Purdy er education, helping to create from 1958 to 1984. He was a Jean served as president of James K. Leitch, July 15, 2005. vived by his wife, Stella. siblings, children, grandchil- Mary received an honorary October 6, 2005, the business program at volunteer firefighter and a Church Women United James held an honorary doc- dren and a great-grandchild. doctor of humane letters from Wheaton, Illinois. Daytona Beach Community show dog handler. He is sur- (Detroit), vice moderator of tor of divinity degree from Muskingum in 1973 and Alice was a librarian and College. As a U.S. Army major vived by his wife, Irene Presbyterian Women in the Muskingum, and he and his 1932 earned a master’s degree from was the daughter of a long- during World War II, he served Tveter ’52 Maxwell, their Synod of the Covenant, and wife, the late Helen Lois Kyle Stetson University in 1954. time Muskingum librarian, on General Dwight D. children and grandchildren, moderator of Presbyterian ’25 Leitch, established a schol- Cyrus Bryson McCown, July 1934 After working for the Pennsyl- Grace McClanahan. Alice Eisenhower’s personal staff, and his sister. Women in Muskingum arship here. He was on the 17, 2004, Pasadena, California. vania State Relief, teaching, was predeceased by her hus- Muskingum Mourns Death leading troop special services Presbytery. She taught ele- board of the American mis- Cyrus was a graduate of Adele McCown Hutchison, and attending what is now the band. She is survived by a of Trustee R. William Geyer ’52, in the European theatre. Bill John B. Thompson, January mentary school in Ohio and sions of the former United Pittsburgh-Xenia Seminary. He November 6, 2004, New York Theological Semi- daughter, grandchildren and a June 17, 2005, Norwich, Ohio. was predeceased by his wife. 12, 2005, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. A lifelong bene- Presbyterian Church of North held Midwest and California Pasadena, California. nary, Mary went to Egypt in great-grandchild. Their children and grandchil- Pennsylvania. factor of Muskingum, she and America and later was director pastorates, and each summer Adele taught in her home- 1939 as a missionary for the 27-year member of Muskingum’s Board of Trustees, dren survive. John was a veteran of World her husband, Kenneth ’45, of new church development was pastor for non-denomina- town of Leechburg, Pennsylva- Presbyterian Church and ABill Geyer chaired the board’s development commit- War II, serving the U.S. Navy in endowed a scholarship and and building aid for the Pres- tional services in Kings nia for several years until she became a teacher at the Amer- 1939 tee. He loved Muskingum deeply and well. Marion Elizabeth Yund both the Mediterranean and were leadership donors to byterian Church (USA). He Canyon National Park. He was met and married her husband, ican Mission School in Tanta. Mr. Geyer was awarded Muskingum’s highest honors, Simpson, October 5, 2005, Pacific Theaters. He is survived Philip and Betsey Caldwell was interim executive of the an early proponent of social Russell S. Hutchison, a Pres- She later became the school’s Glen D. Muirhead, the Doctor of Public Service degree and the Distin- Sperryville, Virginia. by his wife, Helen. Hall. Jean is survived by her West Florida Presbytery. consciousness in the Presby- byterian minister. The couple principal. She remained in March 24, 2005. Lancaster, guished Service Award for alumni. He was an inaugural Marion was an elementary husband, their children, Among those surviving are his terian Church, and was a life- served pastorates for the Unit- Egypt throughout World War Pennsylvania inductee into Muskingum’s Athletic Hall of Fame. Addi- school teacher and later was a Aline J. Colgate, December 16, grandchildren, a great grand- brother, George ’35, and his long supporter of Fellowship of ed Presbyterian Church in Illi- II, including the battle of El Glen was predeceased by his tionally, he was inducted into the Old Timer’s Baseball tour guide for the U.S. Capitol 2004, Cary, North Carolina. child, and two sisters, Mary three children, James ’50, Reconciliation, the oldest nois, California, Ohio, Mis- Alamein, and later lived in wife. He is survived by three Hall of Fame and John Glenn High School’s (New Con- building on the staff of Directly after her Musk- Evans ’42 and Marjorie Mary Martsolf and Pidge interfaith peace organization. souri, and Pennsylvania, Cairo. In 1968 Mary became daughters. cord H.S.) Alumni Hall of Fame. Congressman Ralph Regula. ingum graduation, Aline went MacDonald ’48. Diehl ’58. Cyrus’ first wife predeceased interrupted by Russell’s World academic dean of Damavand An honors graduate of the Ohio Northern University She is survived by her husband to Washington, D.C. and him. His sister, Adele ’34, died War II service in the U.S. Navy. College in Tehran, Iran, law school, Mr. Geyer was a lawyer and a judge. He of 68 years, Allan ’41, and their worked for the Office of just a few months after him. In 1956 they moved to New remaining there until her 1940 joined and later became senior partner with Kincaid, children, Allan Bruce ’69, Strategic Services (OSS, pre- 1946 1930 He is survived by his wife, Mar- Concord, remaining there retirement in 1978. Returning Taylor and Geyer in Zanesville, practicing there for more Scot ’70, and April cursor of the CIA) until the jorie, his children and her chil- until 1978. Adele taught at the to New York, she served on the Nancy Ferris Austin, February than 50 years. Heddleston ’75. end of World War II. She Willard McMillan, L. Frances James Collier, dren, and a sister, Harriet New Concord Elementary board of trustees of New York 11, 2005, Lima, Ohio. Mr. Geyer served on the board of Park National Corpo- received a master’s degree in March 12, 2005, Beaver Falls, December 1, 2004, Colorado Shetler ’38 (Charles). School for twelve years and Theological Seminary and was Nancy is remembered as the ration (Newark) and its subsidiary, Century National psychology from Northwest- Pennsylvania. Springs, Colorado. also served as town librarian named trustee emerita. She matriarch of her congregation Bank, for many years. He served on the governing 1943 ern University, and later Willard was a Bible professor Frances was a longtime until her retirement. Her late also was an active session at the Unitarian Fellowship of boards of many civic organizations including the Musk- returned as assistant dean of at Geneva College in Pennsyl- teacher of French and English. 1933 husband worked at Musk- member of Fifth Avenue Pres- Lima. She was a volunteer at ingum County Community Foundation, Muskingum Ruth Elinor Himes Addison, women. In the interim, she vania. He is survived by his She was predeceased by her ingum as chaplain, professor, byterian Church. the Lima Public Library and County Children’s Services, Evergreen Village and the November 26, 2005, worked for the Katherine wife, Shirley, and his brother. husband. She is survived by Robert “Bob” Walker, January dean of the faculty, and finally, also was an avid quilter with Zanesville Art Center. He was an ordained elder in the Gainesville, Florida. Gibbs business school in New her sister, Wilma Jordan ’44, 11, 2005, Adena, Ohio. as acting president until his the West Central Ohio Quilters Presbyterian Church and was vice moderator of the Ruth was executive secretary York. For many years, she was and daughters, Virginia Bob was chief executive offi- retirement. After several post- 1935 Guild. She was predeceased by Presbytery of Muskingum, commissioner of the United to the U.S. Postmaster General the director of Goodwill 1947 Harville, Sandra Walker and cer of the Peoples National retirement placements in the her husband. She is survived Presbyterian Synod of Ohio and commissioner to the in Washington, D.C. and also Industries, Inc. (Philadelphia). Mary Jo Lindow ’64. Bank (Mt. Pleasant, Ohio) for Chicago area, the couple Boyd J. Patton, November 11, by her children, grandchildren General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA). worked for members of Her last employment was with Ray V. Harper, July 4, 2004, 52 years, served on the State of moved to Monte Vista Grove 2005, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. and a brother. Mr. Geyer is survived by his wife, Emilie, their Congress on Capitol Hill. She the Elwyn Institute, a human Wooster, Ohio. George H. Neptune, December Ohio’s Board of Education for Homes in Pasadena. Adele’s Boyd retired as a soil conser- children— J. Andrew ’82 (Dorothy “Dotti” ’83), taught school in Ohio and services organization, first in Ray is survived by his wife, 9, 2005, Shawnee, Kansas. 27 years and worked in the brother, Cyrus ’32, prede- vationist with the U.S. Henry Hess, April 10, 2005, Jennifer Dodson ’82, MAE ’97, Holly (Michael) Doro, Florida. Survivors are a sister, Philadelphia and, later, in Cali- Eleanor Wallace ’43 Harper; A chemical engineer by family hardware store for 70 ceased her by only a few Department of Agriculture. His Meridian, Idaho. Amy (Richard) Liming and Billie (Tim Strader) Geyer; Mary, a brother, James A. ’41, fornia. Aline is survived by a their children and grandchil- training, George was head of years. He was moderator of the months. Adele is survived by wife, Florabel Glass ’34 Henry is survived by his and nine grandchildren. her son, Mark, and a grandson. sister-in-law. dren; and his brothers, research at Gustin-Bacon Muskingum and Ohio Valley her children, Suzanne Kifer Patton, predeceased him a few wife, Doreen. Franklin ’40 and James. Manufacturing. For 27 years, Presbyteries and was involved ’63 (Edward ’63), Michael, months earlier. Her brother,
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Ann Vosel ’58 (Bill ’59), and Corps in China, Burma and authored The Tibbets Story, Alumni Council 1949 1952 1955 her brother, John. 1964 1970 Harry Stockwell Manley, India. He is survived by his about the pilot of the plane 2005-2006 August 17, 2002, wife, Rhea, and their children, which dropped the atomic John Crawford Datt, June 7, Martha A. Johnson Lovejoy, Robert Backstrom, Edwin L. Ourant, April 8, 2005, Virginia A. Price, May 16, 2005, Marcia Burrows Eigenbrod, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Robert ’58, David ’64 and bomb on Hiroshima. He is 2005, Great Falls, Virginia. April 26, 2005, Brevard, North November 18, 2005, Dover, Ohio. Palo Alto, California. May 3, 2005, Spring, Texas. Phyllis Reasoner ’68. survived by his wife, Frances, John retired as executive Carolina. West Palm Beach, Florida. Edwin was executive vice Virginia earned her doctoral Marcia taught world cul- Reprinted with corrections. their children, Charles ’55, Gordon Litt ’80, President director of the American Farm Martha was a teacher for Robert received his master of president of the midwest degree in counseling psycholo- tures, history, and speech and President of Muskingum Donald G. Lester June 12, and Jane Riddle ’66, and Bureau Federation (AFBF) in many years in New Mexico, divinity degree from Pitts- region and president of gy from Stanford University, drama at Deuitt Middle College from 1965 to 2005, Grand Rapids, Michigan. their grandchildren. Washington, D.C., where he Texas, Oregon and Georgia. burgh Seminary. He served Wendy’s Canada and, follow- then embarked on a ten-year School. In recognition of her 1970, Dr. Manley had a Donald received an honorary had worked for 42 years. He She and her husband, pastorates in West Virginia, ing his retirement, special research program on type A contributions, the school has lifelong love of teaching doctor of divinity degree from Sue Osborne Abraham ’66 then served at the U.S. William ’51, lived in Georgia New York, New Jersey, Penn- adviser to Wendy’s personalities with the Meyer established a garden in her and learning. Dr. Manley Muskingum. He was pastor of Department of Agriculture as for 28 years before moving to sylvania, and retired from the International. During his 40- Friedman Institute and in pri- memory. She is survived by her served as academic Westminster Presbyterian Frank Campbell, Jr. ’68 director of the Office of western North Carolina in First Presbyterian Church in year food service career, he vate counseling. The result husband, Kurt, their children dean at Monmouth Col- Church in Grand Rapids, and Intergovernmental Affairs. He 1996. She is survived by her West Palm Beach. He is sur- was a Burger Chef franchisee was her widely-used book, and her sister, Susan Frye ’67 lege (Illinois) and taught served his community by help- Frank Cappetta ’79 was a member of Gamma husband and her brothers, vived by his wife, Norma, their (he eventually owned 300), co- Type A Behavior Pattern – a Burrows. at Westminster College ing in the formation of many Sigma Delta, the honor society Edwin ’54 and R. Lee. daughters, and his sisters, founder and president of Rax Model for Research and (Pennsylvania) and Mill- centers and organizations for Cheryl Hetrick Carpenter ’86 of agriculture, and was award- Ruth Brown ’52, and Eva Restaurants, and executive Practice. She also co-authored 1976 saps College (Mississip- adults and children. He had ed the AFBF Distinguished Douglas “Doug” Vertigan, Marsico ’58. vice president of Ponderosa. The Essential Enneagram. pi). Dr. Manley’s longest several pastorates in the Debbie Carpenter Eaton ’82 Service to Agriculture Award June 14, 2005, Exton, He was a veteran of the U.S. Virginia is survived by her hus- Jeanette Williams Wade, tenure was at Willamette Midwest and was also involved in 1996. John received Pennsylvania. Air Force. Among his survivors band, Peter Enemark, and December 4, 2004, University (Oregon), with the World Council of Kelly Clevenger Graham ’84 Muskingum’s Distinguished Douglas worked in account- 1956 are his wife, Rebecca, and their their sons; her mother, Jane Summerfield, Ohio. where he served as Churches and the Detroit Service Award and Penn State ing for Foote Mineral Compa- son, Patrick ’91. Folk ’41 Price; and her broth- Jeanette taught second grade provost, vice president Presbytery. Donald is survived Charles Gratz ’57 School of Agriculture’s ny (formerly Vanadium Corp) James Charles Buker, May 5, ers, Stephen ’64 and Timothy. at Shenandoah Elementary of university relations by his wife, Elaine, their chil- Distinguished Alumni Award, for 25 years, then became con- 2004, Gulf Breeze, Florida. School (Ohio). She was an avid and director of planned dren, grandchildren and great- James R. Gray ’74 both in 1990. John is survived troller for New Holland Supply His wife, Ruth Anne, survives 1960 hunter. She is survived by her giving. Dr. Manley grad- grandchildren, and his siblings. by his wife, Gwen Patriquin for 17 years until his retire- him. 1967 husband, Will, their children, uated with honors from Joan Spillman Hoon ’51 ’49 Datt, their children and ment in 1995. He is survived Robert E. Price, April 10, 2005, and her siblings. Westminster College, Wilda F. Selsam, March 6, grandchildren, and his sister, by his wife, Marilyn, their chil- Sherrills Ford, North Carolina. G. Hannah Wright Dillard, received a JD from the 2005, Westerville, Ohio. Karen Steuart Howell ’62 Dorothy Quinn ’44. dren and grandchildren, and 1957 Robert served in the U.S. Air January 14, 2005, Columbus, FACULTY University of Pittsburgh Wilda was director of food his siblings. Force for 25 years, including Ohio. STAFF Law School and a PhD service at Muskingum from Kathy Kern-Ross ’86 Donald Birney, May 22, 2005, multiple tours as a reconnais- Hannah was the first direc- &FRIENDS in political science from 1959 to 1972. She was preced- 1950 Richmond, Ohio. sance pilot in Asia and south- tor of education for the city of Duke University. Dr. ed in death by her husband. Jane Marshall ’75 1954 Donald was a mathematics east Asia. Upon his retirement Columbus, appointed by Manley is survived by Midge Bouman Zitowitz, teacher for 27 years at Edison in 1986, Robert became assis- Mayor Michael Coleman. In Martha A. Wilson Alcock, his wife, Lindy, and their Clair C. Stebbins, April 27, Betsy Patton McBeth ’81 January 9, 2005, West Orange, Robert W. Bryant, November 3, Local School. He served in the tant athletic director at this capacity, she created June 15, 2005, Columbus, Ohio. three daughters. 2005, Zanesville, Ohio. New Jersey. 2005, Zanesville, Ohio. U.S. Navy during the Korean Davidson College (North Capital Kids (formerly Cap Martha was with Musk- Clair was director of public Douglas Palmer ’59 Midge was a physical thera- Robert taught chemistry, pri- War. He is survived by his wife, Carolina). Robert is survived City Kids), a new model for ingum from 1984 until 1990 relations at Muskingum dur- pist for the polio patients of marily in Zanesville, and was JoAnne, their children and by his wife, Caroline, their after school programs. Hannah as instructor, then assistant ing the 1950s. His journalism Ann McKay Randles ’61 Dr. Jonas Salk at the D.T. also an administrator. Later he grandchildren. children and grandchildren, served on the boards of professor, of education, and won numerous awards for career began in the 1920s, Watson School of Physiatrics taught at colleges in Savannah, and his sister. numerous civic and communi- as assistant director of the her teaching. She is survived and he ultimately became David Tarbert ’90 in Pittsburgh. She taught Georgia. He lived in Germany ty organizations. She was a learning disabilities program. by her husband, Barry, her editor-in-chief of the anatomy at the University of both early and late in his 1959 consultant to the Association She was the Homer and stepson, her father and step- Zanesville newspapers. Later, Shirley Kimmel Wagner ’51 Pennsylvania. She is survived career, and served in the U.S. 1961 of Junior Leagues Isabel Cotterman professor of mother, and her siblings. he was aviation editor for the by a brother, Fred ’51 (Pat Army during the Cold War. Frances “Frankie” Louise International. Hannah is sur- educational psychology at Columbus Dispatch. Clair was James Wilson ’72 Hill ’50) Bouman, and her Robert is survived by his wife, Murphy Carlson, May 19, 2005, Patricia Claybourn Uhnavy, vived by her husband, Thomas Capital University and Carlos Geiger, September 30, a four-time winner of Trans daughter, Lisa. Brigitte, their children, his Atlanta, Georgia July 17, 2005, Greenville, ’66, their children and grand- adjunct lecturer in graduate 2005, New Concord, Ohio. World Airlines’ national avia- brother, William C. ’50, and Frances is survived by her Michigan. children, and her siblings. programs at the University of Carlos was the custodian for tion writing contest and sisters, Leslie Cornella ’45 husband, Jerry ’58, their chil- Patricia is survived by her Dayton. She was active in Moore Hall from 1958 to 1982. served as president of the and Eunice Merkel. dren, granddaughter, her husband, Dick. professional associations, fre- He was a veteran of World international Aviation/Space mother , her sister, Mary quently holding offices, and War II, serving the Army Air Writers Association. He co-
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Ray Zimmerly, May 17, 2005, Florence Buchanan Stahler, Gladys Dickey Moore, Irvin F. Seal, 1933 Concord, California. May 7, 2005, 1942 September, 2004, April 18, 2005, 1955 1962 IN MEMORIAM Bertha Mathers Dall, North Canton, Ohio. Dorothy S. Doyle, Seminole, Florida. Rossford, Ohio. Marian Viets Blanchard, Kenneth Corwin, July 29, 2004, March 23, 2005, March 15, 2004, February 18, 2005, Pueblo, Colorado. 1936 Tucson, Arizona. Glada Welker, Lima, Ohio. New Egypt, New Jersey. 1925 1930 Wilma White Corbit, 1939 1945 March 17, 2005, Margery “Jerry” Brown, Sarah Madelyn Campbell, Margaret Thompson Korn, February 5, 2002, Robert W. Barclay, James R. Holtsclaw, Ray Pierson, Jr., Coshocton, Ohio. Marian McGuire Thomas, Richard D. Hartman, December 7, 2004, December 1, 2004, June 7, 2005, Columbus, Ohio. Boca Raton, Florida. October 6, 2005, October 12, 2005, January 24, 2005, January 1, 2005, February 26, 2005, Morristown, Ohio. Cambridge, Ohio. Newark, Ohio. Woodsfield, Ohio. Keene, New Hampshire. Edina, Minnesota. The Villages, Florida. Bernice McMillan Hall M. Elizabeth Henderson 1949 Irene Wolfe Parrish, Pickens, December 24, 2005, Fleming, January 18, 2005, Anne Warne Barker, Anna M. Kelley McClellan, Mary Lourie Rowland Wilson, Roberta E. Cecil Gibson, Mary Lou Vallor, Robert McCandlish, 1926 April 1, 2005, Zanesville, Ohio. Kissimmee, Florida. January 1, 2005, September 23, 2005, December 30, 2004, June 12, 2005, January 17, 2005, December 15, 2004, Helen Smith Ewing, Yucaipa, California. West Liberty, Ohio. Xenia, Ohio. Mount Vernon, Ohio. Cambridge, Ohio. Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Knoxville, Tennessee. March 3, 2005, Helen Gaumer Porteus, July 4, Maxine M. Bailey Price, Hartford, Connecticut. Beulah Grant Pritchett, 2005, Newcomerstown, Ohio. December 6, 2005, Elda Robinson Shoub, Helen Reskovac Goulet, Rebecca Hand Gillis Sooy, June 6, 2005, Portland, Oregon. March 20, 2005, 1943 1946 October 21, 2005, 1957 October 16, 2005, Maplewood, New Jersey. Elizabeth S. Portz, June 7, Richland, Pennsylvania. Ruth Stevens Baker, October Earl Danielson, Jr., Whittier, California. William F. Murphy, Foster City, California. 1927 2005, Overland Park, Kansas. 17, 2005, Oberlin, Ohio. June 9, 2005, June 14, 2005, Bessie Bowser Nethers, 1937 Jupiter, Florida. William LoPresti, Zanesville, Ohio. Richard Allen Taylor, December 2, 2005, 1931 Ruth Dalrymple, 1940 Helen L. Hessin, June 21, 2004, April 28, 2005, May 4, 2005, Zanesville, Ohio. Martha Heide Heiskell, 1934 December 27, 2004, Mildred Giffen, Dalton, Ohio. Constance Hunter Gross, Dover, Ohio. Newark, Ohio. January 28, 2005, John G. Axline, August 27, College Hill, Ohio. April 23, 2005, March 6, 2005, 1956 Eva Ward Robins, Roanoke, Virginia. 2005, Zanesville, Ohio. Damariscotta, Maine. Marilyn Marney Bolton Jacksonville, Florida. A. Thomas Rossiaky, Hulda Sullivan Heston, November 16, 2005, Elizabeth Cashdollar Farr, Murphey, March 18, 2005, September 26, 2005, January 31, 2005, 1963 New Concord, Ohio. Dorothy Knoell James, Earl Conaway, July 27, 2005, February 24, 2005, Frank Kachilla, Amherst, Ohio. Barbara Neupert Moore, Tallmadge, Ohio. Fort Myers, Florida. Mary Rose McQuigg August 21, 2005, Cambridge, Ohio. New Haven, Connecticut. December 17, 2005, April 23, 2005, Benninghoff, July 13, 2005, Marjorie Douthett Wilson, Pompano Beach, Florida. Zanesville, Ohio. Van E. Quaal, ASTP*, Crafton, Pennsylvania. Robert E. Turner, Oakmont, Pennsylvania. May 11, 2005, Edith Lillian Gerdau, February Amber Heintzelman Killen, June 22, 2005, May 16, 2005, 1958 Minerva, Ohio. Mark Calvin Michaels, 19, 2005, Cambridge, Ohio. April 30, 2005, Ralph Linn Reid, Clifton Park, New York. Millersport, Ohio. Paul Barney Arnette, Mary Ellen Clay, December 18, 2004, Dayton, Ohio. December 18, 2004, 1947 September 12, 2004, August 4, 2005, Syracuse, New York. Ruth Phillips Barger Gram, Sebring, Ohio. Edith Cecilia Rife Shegog, Robert E. Hoyt, Palm Harbor, Florida. Upper Arlington, Ohio. 1928 July 7, 2005, Bellville, Ohio. Virginia Ginn Lewis, October 30, 2005, August 24, 2005, 1950 Eva Truman Gold, February 27, 2005, Oakland, Pennsylvania. Cambridge, Ohio. Dwight C. Floyd, August 16, Robert S. Kovach, September 2, 2005, 1932 John Wills Parker, September High Point, North Carolina. 1941 2005, Moorfield, Ohio. 1959 July 13, 2005, Bridgeville, Pennsylvania. Martha J. Mitchell Haverfield, 16, 2005, Concord, California. Jane Dumbaugh Dean, Richard W. Stevenson, ASTP*, Joseph W. Wootton, David W. “Ozzie” Osborne, Carrollton, Ohio. October 25, 2005, Viva Yarnelle VanGroos, October 5, 2004, March 15, 2005, February 3, 2005, April 7, 2005, Helen Pinkerton Nesbitt, Akron, Ohio. Florabel Glass Patton, April January 23, 2005, Butler, Pennsylvania. Moline, Illinois. Cambridge, Ohio. 1953 Zanesville, Ohio. Thomas M. Mixer, January 10, 2005, 16, 2005, Baton Rouge, Los Angeles, California. Hughina Peterson Knowlton, December 26, 2004, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Russell W. Leedy, Louisiana. Donald J. Everett, Wayne Stockdale, October 12, 2001, Lewiston, Pennsylvania. January 29, 2005, February 5, 2005, November 27 2005, 1948 Florissant, Missouri. 1960 Margaret Neff McCroba, Sun City, Arizona. 1938 North Canton, Ohio. Goldsboro, North Carolina. Nora Mae Simons Grubke, Lois Mizer, February 28, 2004, 1935 Charles Creal, October 15, 2005, Richard B. Edmonds, March 8, 2005, 1964 Lima, Ohio. Milan “Milo” Milanovich, Frances Heavilin Carmack, February 23, 2005, Arthur Cleveland “Bud” *ASTP: Army Specialized Monroe, Ohio. October 2, 2004, Coshocton, Ohio. Irene Thorla Ralph, December 17, 2005, October 25, 2005, Dover, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio. Jordan, December 9, 2004, Training Program Dallas, Texas. September 21, 2005, Lillian Nunley Stenger, Beaver, Pennsylvania. Bedford, Virginia. Harry R. Hueston, McConnellsville, Ohio. December 15, 2004, William Earl Tawzer, Ruth Bailey Jump, November 1, 2005, 1961 Steubenville, Ohio. March 1, 2005, January 29, 2005, 1944 Tucson, Arizona. 1954 Marie Fankhouser Lehman, David W. Wright, Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania. Athens, Ohio. Carol Mae Maddox Jones, Jeanne Horrisberger Bolles, January 22, 2005, July 12, 2004, December 11, 2004, February 8, 2005, Powhatan Point, Ohio. Normal, Illinois. Bethany, Oklahoma. Olmstead, Ohio.
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1965 1981 Carolyn Hope Christy Rector, Richard “Rick” Joseph Tabler, June 14, 2005, April 14, 2005, Westerville, Ohio. Lewes, Delaware. 1966 1989 Vernon W. Powell, Thomas E. Brubaker, November 29, 2005, October 26, 2005, Mount Juliet, Tennessee. Columbus, Ohio. 1968 1998 Aldene Buxton, Emily E. Wasserman, February 18, 2004, July 1, 2005, Nellie, Ohio. Clyde, Colorado.
Mary E. Machwart Lowe, May 6, 2005, Newcomerstown, Ohio.
John W. Martin, July 26, 2004, Linden, New Jersey. 1971 Paul E. Kammer, June 27, 2005, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
Lois Ramsey McKee, August 15, 2005, Frazeysburg, Ohio. 1972 Emagene Shelly Shelton, May 31, 2005, Zanesville, Ohio. 1975 Donna Dupper Beckner, June 20, 2005, New Philadelphia, Ohio.
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resident Anne C. Steele welcomes PCoach and Professor Emeritus Ed Sherman ’36 to the rededication of Sherman Field.
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