Fall 2017 Edition the Operations of the Bexley High School Alumni Association (BHSAA) Are Managed by the Bexley Education Foundation

Alumni Association Newsletter Fall 2017 Edition The operations of the Bexley High School Alumni Association (BHSAA) are managed by the Bexley Education Foundation.

Message from Alumni Relations Distinguished alumni recognized Committee Chair at Centennial Celebration Dear Fellow Bexley High School Alumni, On Sunday, September 17, 2017 the Bexley City The Alumni Association has been School District celebrated its 100 year anniversary working hard this year to strengthen on the Carlton Smith Field at Bexley High School. relationships with Bexley alums. This This once-in-a-lifetime event welcomed new mission seems especially appropriate Superintendent of Schools, Kimberly Miller, and as Bexley Schools celebrate their recognized the tradition of educational excellence Centennial Anniversary. of the district. Dan Pink In my second year as the Alumni Relations Chair, I have been fortunate “At this 100-year mark, we have a great opportunity to hear many stories about how special to look back and reflect on not only what has Bexley Schools are to alumni. The made this a great school district, but a truly great stories were particularly poignant one community,” Miller said. “We are educating the next year ago at the 2016 BHSAA Memorial Tennis Tournament. The tradition generation of thinkers, artists, musicians, problem- of recognizing Bexley graduates solvers, school leaders, national leaders.” with Distinguished Alumni awards was revived at the School District’s The Bexley High School Alumni Centennial Celebration. The gratitude Association marked the occasion Sue Ramsey expressed by six individual honorees by reviving the Distinguished has been a powerful statement about Alumni Awards. the value of a Bexley education and the Six Bexley High School strong sense of community felt by those graduates were recognized as who walked the halls of Bexley High School. Distinguished Alumni. Three of the honorees, Joel Goldman We have much to be proud of and Joel Goldman ‘81, Richard Nafzger ‘59 and Sue much to celebrate this past year. In Ramsey ’74 were in attendance, May, the alumni committee hosted a Senior Day Celebration Day with food and family members of Lisa Lisa Switkin trucks, games, and photos for the Class Switkin ‘92, Dan Pink ’82 and of 2017. Thanks to the many volunteers Jeff Janis ‘89 accepted on their behalf. The last who made this a special and fun day Distinguished Alumni recognition was held in 2011, for the newest members of the Alumni prior to the Alumni Association coming under the Association. umbrella of the Bexley Education Foundation. Bexley alumni are over 12,000 strong, living across the country and around Biographies of the Distinguished Alumni Award the world. We want to hear about the Jeffrey Janis recipients are on the Bexley High School Alumni all the wonderful things you are doing. Association Website, www.bexleyalumni.org, along Please contact the BHSAA with any with the criteria and past recipients. news or questions. Together, we can express our gratitude for the rich BEF Board of Governors Vice Chair, Betsy Farrar experience we shared. said, “It seems particularly fitting to present these awards today as the Bexley City School District celebrates its 100th anniversary because in reality Jennifer Ridgley Bunker ‘91 we are celebrating every student who has had the Chair, Alumni Relations Committee opportunity to benefit from one of the finest public Richard Nafzger school systems in Ohio and the country.”

348 S. Cassingham Road, Bexley, OH 43209 • [email protected] • 614.338.2093 • www.bexleyalumni.org 1 Miller takes on role of superintendent

When Dr. Michael Johnson announced his retirement after 16 years serving the Bexley City Schools, the Bexley City School District was in need of a new superintendent. After a nationwide search the Board of Education announced in April 2017 that Kimberly P. Miller had been selected for the position. Miller has 28 years of experience in K-12 public education. She has a demonstrated track record in administration, teaching and learning in high- performing and high-achieving school districts. She most recently served as the Chief Academic Officer at Dublin City Schools, where she worked collaboratively with staff to develop clear and common instructional goals that had created a strong sense of alignment and focus across the district’s 20 schools. Bexley Board of Education president Melissa LaCroix believes Miller is the best fit due to her passion for what she does and a “clear vision” that Miller communicated when she interviewed in April. Miller has spent the weeks since her August 1 start date meeting with staff at Bexley High School, Middle School and the three elementary schools. She aims Kimberly Pietsch Miller, to create strong working relationships and develop a district-wide strategic plan Bexley City Schools Superintendent for continuous improvement. “I am honored to become the superintendent of Bexley City Schools,” said Miller. “Bexley’s reputation as a community that is committed to the development of each student is well-deserved and I look forward to working alongside the school board, staff, parents and the community as we continue to build on Bexley’s success.”

Stephen Kress ‘63, wildlife conservationist Dr. Stephen Kress, executive A 1963 graduate of Bexley High and Harvard Medical School director of the Seabird Restoration School, Kress started the Audubon’s where he trained as a surgeon. Program and vice president for Project Puffin in 1973 in an effort Widely recognized today as a Bird Conservation of the National to restore puffins to historic nesting groundbreaking researcher and Audubon Society, is the 2017 islands in the Gulf of Maine. Project cancer warrior, Dr. Folkman served Dr. Judah Folkman Scientist-in- Puffin has evolved to support active as the graduation speaker for Residence. Kress received his seabird restoration programs in Bexley High School in 2000. Bachelor’s in Zoology and Master’s Maine. Kress’s passion for the He passed away in 2008. in Wildlife Management from The project began in 1967 during a Ohio State University, and his Ph.D. summer job at the Sunbury Shores Since the program began in in Environmental Education from Arts and Nature Centre in New 2000, physicians, scientists and Cornell University. Brunswick, Canada. He noticed researchers have come from that Easter Egg Rock had no puffin across the country to participate. inhabitants, despite its history as a Past programs have included breeding ground for the birds. presentations on: alternative fuel For the last 30 years, Kress has sources/green energy, emergency devoted his life to restoring the medicine, forensic medicine puffin populations in their natural and crime scene investigation, North American habitats. environmental science, cardiology, nuclear medicine, oncology, The Scientist-in-Residence program pathology, and haptics. The is made possible each year by Folkman Scientist-in-Residence the Dr. Judah Folkman (Class of Program is a held one day a year 1950) Science Endowment Fund at and made available to Bexley High the Bexley Education Foundation. School science students taking The program honors the life and physical science, biology, chemistry, work of Dr. Judah Folkman, a and physics classes (including 1950 Bexley High School graduate advanced placement classes). who went on to attend Ohio State Dr. Stephen Kress ‘63 (photo courtesty Project Puffin)

348 S. Cassingham Road, Bexley, OH 43209 • [email protected] • 614.338.2093 • www.bexleyalumni.org 2 1950 graduates continue tradition, meet regularly Article and photos courtesy of Bill Creager ‘50

Since 1993, twelve graduates of the class of 1950 have continued the tradition of meeting regularly to catch up and reminisce. Four of them, Bill Creager, Scott Imboden, Bob Clark and Halliday Hayes reunited in August 2017. Together, they drove from Columbus to Bellefontaine, Ohio and revisited the YMCA’s Camp Willson. They had each attended the camp together in the summer of 1945. They rounded out their journey by visiting classmate Bob Jolliffe in Troy, Michigan before returning to their Bill Creager, Scott Inboden, Pictured together at Camp Willson in respective homes in different parts of the country. Bob Clark, and 1945. (Left two boys) Scott Imboden Halliday Hayes and Bill Creager. (Right two boys) Halliday Hayes and Bob Clark.

Bexley alum named teacher of the year Chelsea Callif BHS ’04 recently received the Teacher of the Year award at Olentangy Preschool, part of the Olentangy Local School District. Her peers said: “She goes above and beyond to reach each student. She is a wonderful teacher and deserves this honor!” Chelsea also coaches the Bexley High School Girls Junior Varsity Basketball team.

Castorena named BHS head football coach After a highly successful 2016 Castorena is a 2004 graduate of season – winning in the playoffs Napoleon High School and has for the first time and the first degrees from both Ohio State unbeaten season since 1926, and Notre Dame College in South Bexley High School Football saw Euclid, Ohio. head coach John Smith step down in December 2016 after ten Eli Goldberger, Bexley Athletics seasons. With hopes of riding last Director, was quoted in This Week year’s success, Nathan Castorena Bexley saying Castorena has all was hired to fill Smith’s position. the qualities in a coach that he Castorena served as the offensive was looking for. Nathan Castorena, Head Football Coach line coach at Olentangy Orange With several key players (photo courtesy of This Week Bexley) for three seasons, and has been graduated in 2017, Castorena assistant coach at DeSales, Grove will now rely on the leadership a really strong group ready to City and Gahanna where he of rising seniors Grant Robinson, make a name for themselves and teaches history. Henry Bredemeier, Tyler Mitchell, carry on the program’s recent “I am very excited to be the new Mason Remes and Wesley winning tradition. I expect that Bexley Head Football Coach. Woodward. This doesn’t daunt we will have a strong season It’s a tremendous honor to work Castorena, though. He said, and I am particularly optimistic for such an esteemed district,” “Although we graduated 18 about our younger kids who are Castorena said. talented seniors I believe we have showing great promise.”

348 S. Cassingham Road, Bexley, OH 43209 • [email protected] • 614.338.2093 • www.bexleyalumni.org 3 CLASS NOTES CLASS OF 2017, WHERE ARE THEY NOW • Ohio Air National Guard • Furman University • Army National Guard • Hiram College • Baldwin Wallace • Indiana University at University Bloomington • Brandeis University • John Carroll University • Bryn Mawr College • Jones County Junior • Carpe Diem Education College Program • Kent State University • Seton Hall University • University of Cincinnati • Capital University • Machon Ma’ayan Gap Year Program in Israel • Tennessee State University • University of Colorado • Cedarville University at Boulder • United States Marine • The College of Wooster • Claremont McKenna • University of Dayton College Corps • The George Washington University • University of Michigan • Colorado State University • Marshall University • The Nashville Ballet • University of Pennsylvania • Columbus College • Miami University, of Art and Design Oxford, Ohio • The Ohio State University • University of Toledo • Columbus State • Middlebury College • The University of Akron • Ursinus College Community College • New York University • The University of • Villanova University • Davidson College • Oberlin College Alabama/Huntsville • Washington and • Denison University • Ohio University • The University of Arizona Jefferson College • DePaul University • Ohio Wesleyan University • The University of Georgia • West Virginia University • Drexel University • Providence College • The University of Tampa • Willamette University • Duke University • Rice University • Tulane University • Williams College • Fayetteville Technical • Rustic Pathways Program • University of California, • Wittenberg University Los Angeles Community College • Saint Michael’s College • Wright State University • Florida State University • University of Chicago

KENYAN SOCCER LEAGUE FOUNDED BY BHS ALUM “I always knew I wanted to make a difference and of things,” that is exactly what he did—creating a give back to the community, and sometimes you soccer league that brings together local coaches for have to leave your bubble and go where you feel organized soccer matches. Since its inception in 2011, uncomfortable,” is how Ben Levey explains his the nonprofit Likoni Community Football League (LCFL) motivation for founding the Likoni Community Football has organized coaching and referee clinics, formed League in Kenya. A 2007 graduate of Bexley High partnerships with Coaches Across Continents, and has School, Levey returned to BHS in January 2017 at the played through 14 seasons. invitation of then seniors, Julia Cohen and Grace Maley to share his story with high school students. Now living back in central Ohio, Levey splits his time between working After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, Levey on LCFL (day-to- traveled to Likoni, Mombasa, Kenya. As a licensed day operations soccer coach, he volunteered with a local non- are handled governmental organization Hatua Likoni and was put locally) and his in touch with local coaches. Every day he visited soccer responsibilities fields and worked with about 40 kids. with the Columbus Youth Soccer Levey witnessed the passion shared by both the kids Association, and their coaches for the game of soccer but found Ben Levey in Likoni, Mombasa, Kenya with where he is no organized structure for soccer matches. As the LCFL players Lead Director. kind of person, “who throws himself in the middle

348 S. Cassingham Road, Bexley, OH 43209 • [email protected] • 614.338.2093 • www.bexleyalumni.org 4 Bexley education influences alumna’s teaching, passion While completing her located throughout the New York City boroughs of undergraduate studies Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx and Queens. Ashton in Philosophy at the moved quickly through the Success Academy University of Michigan, system, starting as an associate teacher with her own Libby Ashton BHS ’08 classroom of second graders. In her fourth year in the tutored second graders in system she was named principal of Crown Heights a local inner city public Elementary School in Brooklyn. school. She was struck by the differences she saw in She attributes Bexley Schools to shaping her into the those schools compared person she is today. Ashton explained if she had not to her own education in been supported by adults during her education, then Libby Ashton BHS ‘08 Bexley Schools. she would not have felt that she could pursue her own interests freely. Prior to that experience, Ashton had considered a career in law or counseling. With an interest in Ashton’s mother, Carla, also believes the educational maximizing human potential, Ashton decided to foundation she received in the Bexley Schools set pursue a career in education. her on this path. “Thanks to the impact [Bexley staff] had on this one student, she is now committed to She was attracted to the Success Academy charter pursuing the highest of standards for young children school network as a community dedicated — and in Success Academy’s case, disadvantaged to improving education, especially for young children,” said Carla Ashton. children. Success Academy operates schools

Career in science credited to Bexley influence Dr. Marvin J. Stone, BHS ’55, has had a long and Also during his 2003 visit illustrious career in the medical and academic fields, Stone gifted Bexley High working as a hematologist and oncologist at various School and the science universities across the United States. His medical wing with a 100 year career began with premedical studies at The Ohio old microscope and an State University before he moved on to the University autographed copy of the of Chicago where he graduated with honors having lecture given by Michael attained both a Master of Science and Medical S. Brown and Joseph Degree. Dr. Stone currently lives in Dallas, Texas L. Goldstein, the 1985 where he teaches at the University of Texas at Dallas recipients of the Nobel Prize Marvin Stone BHS ‘55 and Baylor University Medical Center/Dallas. in Physiology or Medicine. Stone last visited Bexley in 2015 for his 60th Reunion. Stone credits many of his Bexley teachers with Reunions, however, are not the only time he gets in influencing his education and path including Mr. contact with his former classmates as he frequently Schact who taught mathematics. According to Stone, sees Pete Halliday and Benji Zox. “Mr. Schacht made me like math, and that wasn’t easy!” Schacht influenced Stone in other areas, Stone’s passion for medicine and history has emphasizing the importance of driving well and developed into teaching a medical history course exercising the right to vote. for undergraduate students at the University of Texas at Dallas. “I’ve taught three classes so far, and the In 2003, Stone was named as a Dr. Judah Folkman undergraduates are very bright students,” he said. To Scientist-in-Residence, visiting Bexley High School with Bexley students and recent graduates, Marvin advises colleague Dr. Earl Metz. He spoke over two days to that hard work is more important than raw talent. high school students about his career in hematology- “Passion and perseverance,” he said, “is necessary to oncology, the study of blood and cancer and his be the best you that you can be.” school-wide lecture touched on the dangers of smoking.

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Ryan Pedon is known as a closer in terms of recruiting, “Bexley basketball was a part of my fabric, and coach Millard but the newly hired Ohio State assistant men’s basketball was a big influence on my life,” Pedon said. “A lot of that came coach didn’t have to be sold on his new school. He grew from Coach Millard and the culture he put into place, and he up enamored with the Buckeyes and was a ball boy from was a part of the program for a long time. It all sort of went 1988-92. hand in hand because of the great community and great tradition. It has a way of repeating itself year after year.” Now the 1996 Bexley High School graduate and former Lions player has a prominent role in trying to resurrect “You could see from the very beginning that Ryan would the Ohio State program. Things have come full circle for make something of himself,” said Millard, who also was Pedon, and he couldn’t be happier. athletics director and coached girls basketball at Bexley. “He had that work ethic and was always team first. I can’t “When I was growing up, I was one of the ball boys say enough about the young man and what he has been under (coaches) Gary Williams and Randy Ayers,” said able to accomplish. He was one of those kids that you Pedon, who came from Butler University last month with don’t have the opportunity to coach that often. new head coach Chris Holtmann. “I was going to the OSU basketball games, which were at St. John (Arena) “Ryan’s also a great recruiter, and that’s not a surprise. If you then, and going to (Ohio Stadium) to watch football spend any time with him, you can’t help but be impressed games. I still remember our (football) seats; we were with him. It’s great to have a person like him get into this 5A, row 14, seats 1, 2, 3 and 4. position. He’s a great “Gosh, going from being a ball boy to end up coaching all-around here, it’s a blessing. It’s still kind of hard to believe.” person It has been a long road for Pedon to return to central and a great Ohio. After graduating from Bexley and playing four basketball seasons at the College of Wooster, Pedon joined the coach.” coaching ranks as a graduate assistant at Miami University Betz said the in 2000. He also was an assistant at Kent State, Toledo recruiting and Illinois before joining Holtmann’s staff at Butler. expertise Pedon said basketball has been his entire existence, is evident from the from attending Bexley High School games as a child with Ryan Pedon during a press conference his father to playing for the Lions. Some of his earliest connection (photo reprinted from The Columbus Dispatch) heroes were high school players. “There were guys from Pedon the (1983 Class AA) state championship team that I really makes with looked up to. ... Guys like (1983 graduates) Steve Willard, everyone. Richard Gatterdam, David Elliott – really all of them “It’s no coincidence; he’s just genuine,” Betz said. “He can – and (1985 graduate) John Betz. John Betz is sort of talk to the parents, and he can talk to the kids. He cares unique because he was an idol of mine growing up, about the kids, he loves what he does and it shows. They he was an assistant coach when I was in high school are going to bring some good (players) in here. He has a and now consider him to be a friend. He’s like an older knack of knowing Ohio.” brother to me.” Pedon not only knows the state, but he understands what Betz believed Pedon was destined for success. He the recruiting process is like from both sides – player saw Pedon, even at a young age, as having the right and coach. It helps him connect with recruits and their temperament for coaching. parents and navigate through a process that, because of “Just knowing Ryan for so long, he’s always had that technology and NCAA regulations, has been in flux since drive and personality,” said Betz, who recently was Pedon first became an assistant coach at Kent State in named the first athletics director at Olentangy Berlin. 2002. “Ryan was always very cerebral. He knows the game “I still think building relationships and gaining trust are really, really well, and he loves the game. two of the most important factors in recruiting,” he said. “When you grow up in Bexley – in that little bubble we “The only way to do it is to be genuine and authentic with have, especially in the 1980s and 90s – basketball is a people. I don’t think those things ever change. Building big part of the community. He fed off that and he caught relationships and trust requires time and effort, and you the bug to continue that through coaching.” have to have a connection. You can’t build trust without a connection. That bug was planted with the help of Gene Millard, a longtime Bexley coach and family friend. Pedon said “Also, you need to be transparent to people. I like to think Millard bent the rules for the basketball program’s I’m real with people on the telephone. I don’t put on a annual youth camp to allow him to participate as a show but I’m passionate about where I am, and that’s why second-grader, a year earlier than normal. I coach. That comes out as I get to know the kids and their family.”

348 S. Cassingham Road, Bexley, OH 43209 • [email protected] • 614.338.2093 • www.bexleyalumni.org 6 LIONS POINTS OF PRIDE

• Bexley High School was ranked 128th in the nation • 22 Advanced Placement (AP) courses are available among 22,000 public, magnet, and charter high at Bexley High School, an unusually high number for schools considered by US News and World Report. the size of the school; in 2016, a record number of 313 students took a total of 663 AP exams. • Bexley City Schools ranked 4th in Ohio, 1st in Central Ohio by US News and World Report. • The Torch, a Bexley High School Newspaper, has been named 1 of 4 “All-Ohio” publications by • Nine members of the Class of 2017 were invited the Ohio Scholastic Media Association for the to participate in the National Merit Scholarship 2016-2017 school year and the staff won over Program. 70 awards. • Six juniors were selected as National Merit • On Ohio’s most recent school report card, Bexley Scholar Semifinalists. met 100 percent of the 24 Ohio Department of • Eight juniors were selected as National Merit Education indicators in reading, writing, math, Commended Scholars. science and social studies at all grade levels. • The Washington Post ranked Bexley High School • Bexley City Schools is among 2% of Ohio school as the 250th Most Challenging High School in districts offering elementary students foreign the nation out of 2,369 schools. language instruction. Bexley High School students view solar eclipse

Sixth graders move to Bexley Middle School For the first time ever, Bexley sixth graders have joined meaningful relationships, according to Tara Louys, the middle school. The Bexley Board of Education voted BMS school counselor. She and BMS Principal in April 2016 to finalize the move of grade six from the Jason Caudill began discussing the WEB program elementary schools into the middle school. last year and then conferred with a middle school in the Olentangy Local School District that had Former superintendent Michael Johnson was quoted implemented the program. The two, along with BMS by WBNS 10TV as saying, “We’re [moving the 6th grade] teacher leader Nate Maier, wrote a school climate based upon what we believe is sound research and best grant that is supporting the project. practices. At 6th grade, they’ve matured emotionally, psychologically, physically and I think they would feel “The WEB program is a formal mentorship more comfortable, personally, in a middle school setting.” opportunity for our sixth graders to be welcomed into the building and begin building relationships To address the social and emotional needs of incoming with 8th grade students and help with the sixth graders, the middle school had adopted a highly transition,” said Caudill. The program not only will regarded program called WEB (“Where Everybody allow sixth graders to feel comfortable during the Belongs”), offered by The Boomerang Project. The transition, but will give eighth graders a chance to Boomerang Project has as its purpose to make schools develop some leadership skills and be recognized great, safe and connected places for kids to learn. for their strengths. The WEB middle school orientation and transition The WEB program provides a structure where sixth program welcomes sixth and seventh graders, making graders get the necessary support to successfully them feel comfortable throughout the first year of navigate the transition to middle school and start their middle school experience and helping establish their middle school experience on a positive note.

348 S. Cassingham Road, Bexley, OH 43209 • [email protected] • 614.338.2093 • www.bexleyalumni.org 7 WHAT WILL YOUR LEGACY BE? There is a way to be remembered for a life well lived email her at [email protected]. The and to make a difference in the schools that helped to Bexley High School Alumni Association encourages shape your life. By adding bequest language to a will all donors who are considering making a planned gift or estate plan namming the BHSAA as a beneficiary to seek independent legal and/or financial planning (for a specific amount or a percentage amount), you advice. will ensure that the Bexley tradition of excellence continues for future generations. For bequest If you have already included the Bexley High School language, or if you would like more information about Alumni Association in your will or estate plan, please making a planned gift to the Bexley High School let us know so that we may express our gratitude and Alumni Association, please contact BEF/BHSAA add you to the list of Lion Legacy Society Members. Executive Director Pam Glasgow at (614) 338-2093 or

LION LEGACY SOCIETY MEMBERS *Ann M. Albershardt Barbara & Gary Giller Charlene E. Morgan Robert E. Stevenson *Thomas A. Boster, PhD Peter B. & Janet Jed & Joyce Morison Jeff & Megan Walker *Bob & Bev Darwin Halliday Family Jim Winnegrad & Karen Eisenbach & Tom & Julie Heilman Matt & Lisa Palmer Janice Manheim Danny Yee Lee Hess & Irene Levine Bill & Anne Porter G. Preston & Jill Elliott Linda & Frank Kass Susie & Charlie Rath Beth Grimes-Flood Brad & Holly Kastan John & JoAnn Rohyans Mabel Gilbert Freeman Ron & Renee Kauffman *Edward Schlezinger *Indicates deceased

BEXLEY SENIOR CONTINUES FAMILY LEGACY Reprinted from The Columbus Dispatch

348 S. Cassingham Road, Bexley, OH 43209 • [email protected] • 614.338.2093 • www.bexleyalumni.org 8 In Memoriam (reported since last newsletter) Class of 1930-39 CONSTANCE J. MILLER GRIGOR ‘52 Class of 1970-79 (4/10/2017) ROBERT D. LIVINGSTON ‘36 SALLY SCHIFF MAGUIRE ‘70 (3/18/2017) JERRIE SARGENT STORTS ‘52 (9/22/2016) (6/1/2017) BETTIE J. REUTER SMITH ‘38 HOWARD SMITH ‘70 (10/14/2016) MARY KEYS THOMAS ‘52 (7/7/2016) (5/16/2017) Class of 1940-49 NANCY L. HACKETT HANSBERGER ‘71 THOMAS BOSTER ‘54 (2/1/2017) PEARL SARA RICE AGGAS ‘40 (8/24/2016) (3/9/2017) ANDY MYERS ‘73 ROBERT B. MEDORS ‘54 (9/13/2016) W. BRADLEY SALT ‘40 (10/10/2016) (3/17/2017) NANCY NOWACKI RYAN ‘73 REV. JOHN H. BETZ ‘55 (3/16/2017) JOANNE DAVIS CUMBOW ‘43 (5/9/2017) (12/1/2016) PATRICK J. COSTELLO ‘75 WALTER K. MING ‘55 (4/19/2017) MRS. HERBERT N. LAPE ‘43 (1/8/2017) (7/17/2016) KIMBERLY M. MOHR ‘78 ROBERT D. COHEN ‘56 (2/15/2017) RICHARD H. GREINER ‘45 (12/6/2016) (7/14/2016) Class of 1980-89 SALLY ULLERY THOMSON ‘56 W. FRANK PRYOR ‘46 (4/5/2017) JACK VAN KEUREN, II ‘80 (4/18/2017) (3/19/2017) JULIA BERMAN MOSKOWITZ ‘57 MARY ALICE RIGGS BILLOW ‘47 (10/7/2016) CAROL S. CALKINS PFRIEM ‘82 (10/23/2016) (2/16/2017) PEGGY MORRIS RAMSEYER ‘57 MR. WILLIAM E. FRASCH, JR. ‘47 (6/9/2017) LISA GOLDSBY SALVATO ‘82 (2/22/2017) (6/2/2017) KAREN Y. EMSWILER REDDING ‘58 J WILLIAM HIMMELREICH ‘47 (9/18/2016) STEVE S. TUSBERG ‘89 (2/11/2017) (2/15/2017) RICHARD K. PENN ‘59 BETTY LOU MILLER MYERS ‘47 (4/15/2017) Class of 1990-99 (2/2/2017) Class of 1960-69 DUSTIN DOBOS ‘97 YVONNE HODRUS WEAVER ‘47 (5/24/2017) (2/3/2017) TIMOTHY LANE ‘62 (12/17/2016) DAVID MIESSE ‘99 ROBERT E. FRENCH ‘49 (8/15/2016) (5/29/2017) SCOTT MCELROY ‘62 (8/23/2016) JOYCE HOFHEIMER STRELITZ ‘49 Class of 2000-09 (11/5/2016) RUTHAYN QUEEN MERTZ ‘62 ELLINA SAYFULLIN ‘04 (8/3/2016) (5/19/2017) Class of 1950-59 MARILYN GOLDFARB KNABLE ‘63 SAM GREENBERG ‘07 GERALDINE OLSON BARTHOLOMEW ‘50 (3/26/2017) (2/5/2017) (12/5/2016) HARRIETT NALTY FARGOLI ‘63 RICHARD L. HUTCHINSON ‘51 (8/24/2017) (10/19/2016) CARLA COFFMAN FRY ‘64 ANN S. DILLINGHAM INGRAHAM ‘51 (10/5/2016) 04/06/2017 STEVE SQUEO ‘66 BEN M. KRAMER ‘51 (7/31/2016) (1/6/2017) JOSEPH E. THEIBERT IV ‘66 NORMAN E. ROHR ‘51 (4/3/2017) (9/30/2016) MARK F. PETERS ‘68 ROGER D. SHIPE ‘51 (7/5/2016) (9/22/2016) DEBORAH LOEHNERT REASONS ‘68 (8/8/2016)

348 S. Cassingham Road, Bexley, OH 43209 • [email protected] • 614.338.2093 • www.bexleyalumni.org 9 Reunion Updates

CLASS CONTACT PHONE EMAIL REUNION DATES

1952 Pat McKnight N/A [email protected] Oct. 14, 5:00-8:00pm 1968 Jody Altschule 614-657-0066 [email protected] July 1- 4, 2018

Class Reunions are a perfect time for Bexley Alumni to get together with classmates and to relive old memories. Many class reunions are planned around the Independence Day holiday in order to allow for Alumni to participate in the Bexley July 4 Parade and attend the Bexley Fireworks. Class reunions often include informal receptions or picnics, dinners or brunches, golf outings and other social activities. In Members of the Class of 1947 addition, the BHSAA holds an annual alumni open house to which all are welcome, featuring tours of the high school, refreshments and more.

If your graduation years ends in a “3” or a “8” this means that you have a class reunion in 2018! As Class reunions get organized, please continue to check the BHSAA website. Your class may also have a website or Facebook page. Members of the Class of 1967 Planning your class reunion can seem like an overwhelming task. The BHSAA will do whatever possible to help reunion chairpersons.

The Alumni Association can help your planning process by providing updated class lists. Please call Sylvia Kolbe at (614) 338-2093 or email [email protected].

The Class of 1982 at the Bexley Fourth of July Parade

Young Alumni Council The Bexley High School Alumni Association has formed a new group to serve young alumni across the country. The Young Alumni Council aims to establish relationships with young alums and foster their sense of pride within the larger Alumni Family. The Young Alumni Council will be hosting several social events throughout the year, from happy hours at local Columbus bars or restaurants to a Bexley High School Football Tailgate on October 20, 2017 at 5:00pm. All are welcome to participate in any event and join the Council. To learn more contact Jen McGhee at [email protected]

348 S. Cassingham Road, Bexley, OH 43209 • [email protected] • 614.338.2093 • www.bexleyalumni.org 10 Thank you to the following individuals and organizations who made gifts to the Lion’s Pride Fund, Alumni Endowment Fund or to the Alumni Tennis Tournament last fiscal year:

11 Athletics Eleanor Michaelson Herbert R. Kahn David O. Richards Scott & Amy Schiff Davidorf & Colby & Lindsey Karn Bexley Pizza Plus Bernie Davidorf Ackerstein David & Cari Kass Charles A. Rodgers Richard M. Donaldson Mr. & Mrs. Stanford M. Anne B. Kauffman Aaron J. Senser Ackly Victoria L. Eberle Stanley P. Kessel D.D.S. Jennifer & Steve Siegel Anonymous Jerry & Judy Edelman Elizabeth J. Halla Kirby Douglas F. Smith Don Barnett Dr. David F. Fleming Patti Ehrman Knisley Mary Lee Wright Snavely Gerry Olson Carol Friedman Carol Millard Kosarko Bartholomew Anne Spaine Paul Fritsche David & Laura Leland Amy Bartlett William G. Spencer Barbara West Gantner Nancy M. Leonard Thomas R. Beck Susan Buckham Stein Gloria Woods Gerhold Janet Lipp Garry & Lainie Beim Dr. & Mrs. Jerry Stern Cissi Bloom Glickfield Anne Tate Lorms Bill & Cindy Benedict Street Sotheby’s Golden Orthodontics Tim Madison International Realty George Beverley Bruce & Kate Grossman Nancy & Bruce Meyer Emily Smith Sugar Bexley High School Matt and Abby Grossman Class of 2016 Terry & Nancy Meyer Sandy Erkis Summer John T. Haas Eric A. Binau Marilyn VanMeter Miller Summit Performance Bevra Hannahs Hahn Institute Michael & Deborah Jenifer DeRousie Monnig Broidy Beau A. Hamer Family Alan Nullman Harry D. Sutherland Marie Ridgeway Bruce Lee Hamilton John & Patty Offenberg Connie (Pfau) Kendall Theado Walter C. Buchsieb/ Wayne & JoAnn Hanners Nancy Kahan Paderewski Class of 1947 Randal Topolosky Jay R. Hayden PaydayPERX Jon & Jen Bunker Julie Paine Van Vliet Mike Herrel ‘45 & David & Laura Powers Geo. Byers Sons Edie Mae Hamilton Barbara Elder Vestal John H. Ragase Holding, Inc. Herrell ‘47 US Realty Consultants Susie McClelland Rath Mike & Linda Carruthers Carol L. Hoffman Stanley Yenkin Paul Reiner Rita Lasky Cohen Bill & Barbara Hoyer K.M. Young Gloria Resnick Richard B. Cooper Colman & Marcia Kahn Your Cause, LLC Barbara Wise Revere

WEAR YOUR LION PRIDE You never know where you may run into a Bexley graduate! And now if you are wearing a logo-shirt from the new BHS Alumni Collection it will be even easier to connect with fellow alumni. The BHSAA has partnered with local retailer and custom designer Traxler Custom Printing to develop an exclusive line of clothing for Bexley alumni. Bexley and Bexley Alumni t-shirts, raglans and polos in all sizes and various colors are available now for purchase online. Wearing something from the Official Alumni Collection not only shows off your pride in Bexley High School, but supports the Bexley High School Alumni Association at the same time. A portion from each sale will be donated to the Lions’ Pride Fund. Shop today at bexleyalumni.org/shop-online

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS Megan P. Walker, Chair, ‘82 G. Preston Elliott, Past Chair, ‘86 Elizabeth T. Farrar, Vice Chair Ted Sapp, Vice Chair Jeremy Seck, Vice Chair Douglas J. Segerman, Treasurer

Michael Agriesti, ‘87 Amy W. Brown, ‘94 Jennifer Ridgley Bunker, ‘91 Julie Cohen Catherine Z. Cory Jody S. Fournier Michelle Hall Larry Helman Katie Kaufman, ‘89 Melissa Lacroix Tim Madison, ‘82 Harlan D. Meyer, ‘82 Victoria E. Powers Anna Ramsden Jonathan Ross Kathleen S. Russo, ‘86 Sarah Saxbe, ‘93 David Schottner Sivaraman Sivaswami CONNECT WITH THE BHSAA Drew Stark Rachel Longaberger Stukey Be in the know about alumni activities and how your Amy Wagenbrenner gifts are at work by doing any or all of the following:

Barbara Giller, Chair Advisory Council Visit our website: bexleyalumni.org and use the homepage to sign up for Linda S. Kass our monthly e-newsletter, ”What’s Possible.” Member Emeritus “Like” us on Facebook and see photos, STAFF access links and get regular updates. Pamela Glasgow Executive Director Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Sylvia Kolbe, ‘66 @bexleyalumni for news and links. Operations Manager Jennifer McGhee Development Associate/ Alumni Coordinator

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