Golden Key Yearbook: Mccawley

Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion CHRISTINA WOLCOTT MCCAWLEY ’62 829 Mystery Ln West Chester, PA 19382-5305 [email protected] (610) 436-0720

After I graduated from Ohio Wesleyan, I married my high school sweetheart and ended up in Washington DC, where I went to library school at Catholic University of America. We then moved in 1965 to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where my husband began work on a Ph.D. I joined the pro- fessional staff of the U. of Illinois Library and worked in their Slavic Section for six years. During those years my husband and I divorced. Then I met and married my second husband, Dwight McCawley, who was getting a Ph.D. in English Literature. (Our marriage has lasted 42 years.) Dwight got a job in the English Department at West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and I got a job in the university library there. I have been employed there ever since. I just celebrated my fortieth anniver- sary working at WCU and have no plans to retire because I love my job and think I would be bored to death without it. I acquired a Ph.D in Library Management at Drexel University in Philadelphia, finishing it in 1984. In the academic year of 1995-6, I arranged a job exchange with a British librarian at Staffordshire University in Stoke-on-Trent, north of London. We occupied his house near the university, and he and his wife came over and occupied ours. He worked at my job here, and I worked at his over there. My husband and I couldn’t have children, so we decided to adopt. In 1980 we adopted Christopher, who was eight years old at the time. He now has a 14-year-old daughter, Laken, who is beautiful and smart. Christopher has a construction business, doing home-repair jobs, remodeling kitchens, basements, and bathrooms, and doing roofing, plumbing, etc. I volunteer at a Homeless shelter once a week called Safe Harbor. I have been an avid reader all my life and spend much of my leisure time sitting on my favorite sofa reading stacks of books and magazines. I am involved in two book discussion groups. But my main joy in life is my job, which keeps me challenged every minute. My husband Dwight retired in 2001 after thirty years at WCU and is thoroughly enjoying retirement. We both enjoy extremely good health and feel really lucky in that. We love to travel and have seen, over the years, most of Europe, the Scandinavian countries, almost all of the countries of South America and some of the Caribbean. Two summers ago we flew to Tahiti, and during the coming Christmas holiday we are going for three weeks to New Zealand and Australia, a lifelong dream of mine. I also love opera and go up to New York to the Metropolitan Opera about five times a year, as well as at- tending the Philadelphia Opera and the concerts of the Philadelphia Orchestra. We both love operettas as well, and spend a week each summer at the Ohio Light Opera in Wooster, Ohio. I have attended operas at most of the great opera houses of Europe (during my year in England), plus the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. We finally got to the Wagner Festspielhaus in Bayreuth, Germany, in 2003 after waiting eleven years for tickets. And this January I have tickets to go to an opera at the Sydney Opera House.

Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion JUDITH HUDSON MCDOWELL ’62 219 E Royal Forest Blvd Columbus, OH 43214-2127 [email protected] (814) 933-6112

Followed OWU days with degrees in Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education, and in Library Science from Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science, also in Boston. Then followed a career as educator and librarian at Hanscom Elementary School, Lincoln MA; D.C. Public Library (now Martin Luther King, Jr., Library); Columbus Public Library (now Columbus Metropolitan Library) and Civil Service Libraries for Dept. of Education, Washington, D.C. My family mostly grew up in the D.C., Boston, and Berkley megalopolis. Daughter Heather (Alaska) Black and son Jason Black, both graduated from H.S. in Berkley CA and both graduated with highest honors from college--Heather, (now Alaska) from OWU , and Jason from U.C. Berkley. Jason is now a practicing physician at Greater Baltimore Medical Cen- ter, and Alaska is pursuing a Ph.D from Penn State. Jason and his wife Karen are busy raising Oliver, 5, and Naomi, 2, while Dr. Karen is a pharmacist with the Veterans’s Administration. Alaska and husband Chris, have home schooled their three boys, Max, 15, and Ben and Milo, 10. With the advent of a Paperless Society, Nook, and Kindle, librarians took on many new challenges. Mine became one of shifting emphasis from the library back to the classroom and assisting teachers and stu- dents from there. Other pursuits include ballroom dancing, chairing a reunion committee and church committee, singing in choirs, and aerobics.

Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion LANE C. MCGAUGHY ’62 595 College Dr. NW Salem, OR 97304 [email protected] (503) 363—9947

Professional Career: After earning a PhD in religion and classics at Vander- bilt, I served as a faculty member at the University of Montana (1969-1981) and Willamette University (1981-2007). I have published numerous journal articles, encyclopedia entries, scholarly papers, and books on ancient Greek, the parables of Jesus, ancient infancy narratives, and the Bible in the American tradition. My latest book is The Authentic Letters of Paul (2010). I have been active in professional organizations, serving as assistant execu- tive secretary of the Society of Biblical Literature, associate director of Scholars Press, president and executive secretary of the Pacific NW region of the AAR/SBL, and co-founder of Polebridge Press, the Westar Institute, and the Northwest House of Theological Studies. As an ordained United Methodist minister, I have also served on various boards of the Oregon-Idaho Conference.

Personal Life: We have eight wonderful grandchildren and their families all live in the Northwest, so we are fortunate to be able to see them frequently. Lanny is a farrier in Philomath, Charis (PhD, Vanderbilt) man- ages an educational consulting firm in Eugene, Ryan manages a state park in Salem, and Dena does online marketing in Seattle.

Retirement Interests: When I retired from college teaching in 2007, I was asked to establish the Center for Ancient Studies and Archaeology at Willamette University. In 2009 I moved two projects from Santa Rosa, CA to the WU campus; the Westar Institute (sponsor of the Jesus Seminar) and Polebridge Press. My wife and I are members of Elkhorn Valley Golf Course near our cabin on the north fork of the North Santiam River in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon.

Favorite Ohio Wesleyan Memory: Serving as OWU Student Body President during the turmoil surrounding the presidency of David Lockmiller is the strongest memory and a formative period in my college experi- ence. Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion ELSA HARBISON MANN MCKENNA ’62 410 Mary St Antigo, WI 54409-2539 [email protected] (715) 623-4619

As “empty nesters,” we often say, “It has been a great ride.” I volunteered through the child rearing years with the organizations to which our seven children gravitated—hockey, skiing, track, musicals, choir, church, and Overseas Rotary Exchange. Satisfaction now comes from delivering Meals on Wheels, Food Pantry, and our local hospital.

John and I travel to keep up with our thirteen grandchildren spread from coast to coast. In the group we have two college freshmen—one at Carleton College in Minnesota and another at Alfred University in New York state. Seems like yesterday!

John has five acres of Christmas Trees which require attention most of the year. I can plant and fertilize. Our bucket list took us on a driving trip to Yosemite and Yellowstone last summer in conjunction with a son’s wedding in California.

In February I’ll test my XC skiing doing the Korteloppet (half of the Birkebeiner—14 miles) on my partial knee replacement. We’ll bike a portion of the Natchez Trace in March and take in a Road Scholar program in New Orleans.

We feel blessed on this life journey.

Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion AARON MESSING ’62 37 Birch St West Orange, NJ 07052-4533 [email protected] (973) 736-2090

Greetings fellow classmates, other alumni, and all those who make Ohio Wesleyan University a living insti- tution. In 1962 it seemed I had an infinity of time before me to accomplish life's tasks. From my perspec- tive today it is clear that fifty years is a small, finite quantity of time. A wise physician friend used to quip, “Life is what happens to you after you have made your plans.” When I received my degree from OWU, majoring in chemistry, I had planned to become an industrial chemist with a stable company and live a suburban lifestyle with my future wife and children. I did marry my col- lege sweetheart, Virginia Drick, OWU ’63 according to plan, after she finished law school. But within six years, elements of my plan changed dramatically. After a series of successful position changes as a chem- ist, ambition prompted me to become involved with two different “startup” companies. Both went bust. While working at the last company, I developed severe allergies to the chemicals I used and left chemistry for health reasons.

During the early sixties people with M.B.A. degrees were in great demand. While working, I attended eve- ning classes and earned mine in 1972 from The Baruch School. I began a new job search just as the country was entering a period of economic recession and no one wanted a new M.B.A. I joined the Equitable Life Assurance as an agent and later became a manager with offices in mid-town Manhattan. Despite high in- flation and the Arab oil embargo, I managed to survive, maybe even thrive.

We purchased a house in West Orange, New Jersey in 1972 with the thought of starting a family. That did- n't happen until 1978 when our son Benjamin was born. Fourteen months later we had a second son, Jacob. Before the children arrived, my daily activities in the insurance business started very early with a commute into NYC and ended very late at night. Often I would have Virginia meet me in The City to enter- tain clients. Along the way, I earned a CLU degree. The insurance business centered in New York provided a great lifestyle without children. Soon, I realized that I would miss being with the children I so wanted. I left the insurance business in 1980 and for a while became a full time parent. Today, Benjamin is an attorney, married, living and working in Downingtown, PA. His new son is Samuel Aaron Messing, our first grand- child. Jacob will finally complete his medical education in June 2012. He will be a board certified child and adolescent psychiatrist with a string of letters after his name. Jacob lives and works in Manhattan with his wife.

In 1984 my brother gave us an Apple IIe computer so that the children would grow up with the new tech- nology. At that time commercial software was almost non-existent. With the intent of providing some games and activities for the children, I subscribed to a hobbyist publication that illustrated programming techniques on the Apple. I discovered a deep interest in programming, teaching myself BASIC and Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion AARON MESSING ’62 CONT’D…

Assembly language. In 1986, I purchased an IBM PC AT and started a new business from my home as a pro- grammer and consultant. This business grew throughout the 1990's and was successful. Retirement in 2005 provided a new set of challenges. We needed to put our life savings to work. Being do- it-yourself types, my wife and I undertook a serious educational program to develop competency manag- ing our savings. Today, I bill myself as “a hedge fund manager with a very limited clientele.” Daily, I join a small group of like-minded investors in a conference call on Skype, while we discuss the investing environ- ment and trade for our accounts.

The subtext of this story illustrates the value of a liberal arts education from Ohio Wesleyan University. It seems to me that exposure to diverse subjects breeds the type of mindset that encourages flexibility and provides the tools needed to reinvent one's self to meet changing and sometimes adverse circumstances in life.

Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion LINDA (LACEY) MISSOURI ’62 18682 Maplewood Cir Huntington Beach, CA 92646-1817 (714) 962-5865

Favorite OWU memories: Driving from Chicago to OWU with my parents. Meeting my new roommates, Sally Soncha (Helmuth) and Judy Wynn (Halsted). The fun of unpacking. Knowing that others from Morgan Park High School on Chicago’s South side would be in my freshman class: Barbara Standly, Krissy Stevens, Bob Nelson, Sandy Riggs (who have I left out?). At mandatory morning prayers in Gray Chapel, our seats were in alphabetical order. I looked forward to the same smiles. With my last name, Lacey, I sat amongst Bob Kyle, Bill Kyler, and Dick Lacy. I had the good for- tune to date each of them.

My OWU English professor invited me to a reception for Robert Frost, already an esteemed poet. I still prize his autograph I received at a brief meeting. Could my face-to-face meeting with Robert Frost have spawned my lifelong love for reading and writing poetry? I also use poetry to stir the imagination in semi- nars I give. In 2012, I received a phone call from Kate Butt, a freshman, asking for contributions to OWU. I discovered that she just pledged Kappa Kappa Gamma as I did 50 years ago.

What I’ve been doing since my last reunion: After graduating from the University of Michigan, I taught at a church-affiliated international school in Kobe Japan. During the 1960s my brother Jim disappeared while he was hospitalized with schizophrenia. The confusion and shame surrounding mental illness plus our family losing contact with Jim influenced me to change from being an English teacher to receiving a master’s degree in Counseling from San Francisco State University. Eventually, I investigated Jungian analysis and local Jungian groups. See www.junginoc.org. Among kindred seekers my spiritual and creative avenues continue to develop. While married, I assisted my husband as he made films of a rodeo clown distracting the bull at Western rodeos, a tool-using finch on the Galapagos Islands, and me tumbling down the Klamath Falls rapids with- out my kayak! We narrated a slide show of an elementary school project I directed with children with spe- cial needs. Children received therapeutic music, art, movement, and Jungian sandplay to increase self- esteem and self-acceptance.

In recent years childhood friend Barbara Standly (Webster) found me online. She lives in Iowa and was also class of OWU ’62. We email regularly of our everyday lives. I reduced my client workload as a licensed psy- chotherapist in order to take classes in memoir writing and Tai Chi movements, attend South Coast Reper- tory theatre, and visit the Oregon Coast near Tillamook. The Soul-Making writing contest sponsored by Pen Women accepts submissions for their yearly contest. In 2010 my memoir piece, Longing for Paradise, won first place. http://www.soulmakingcontest.us. Winning entries travel to San Francisco Main Public Library to showcase their stories. I encourage other budding writers/poets to submit your work. Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion

LINDA (LACEY) MISSOURI ’62 CONT’D...

When a swimming friend, Marta, told me the invaluable support she received from the National Alliance on Mental Illness, I sought out local NAMI services available to families coping with their mentally ill loved ones. Through their Family-to-Family program I learned that major depression, bipolar, and schizophrenia are brain diseases, not caused by a mother’s parenting skills. Recently, I spoke to the Orange County, Cali- fornia Commission to End Homelessness by 2020 to advocate for others who need services and under- standing. In this season of my life I ask myself what has heart and meaning? Being mindful of my daily ac- tions and attitudes I take small steps to turn the suffering that touched my life into compassion towards myself and others.

DONALD MORGAN ’62 1440 Woodland Pl Plymouth, MI 48170-1569 [email protected] (734) 453-6099

Since our last reunion I have been continuing to enjoy life with my wife of 50 years, Judy, together with daughter and son-in-law Wendy and Marty Crowther (both O.W.U. class of 1991) and our 4 grandkids, and to enjoy practicing law.

GEORGE S. MORRIS ’62 1308 Chartwell Dr. Upper St Clair, PA 15241-3436 [email protected] (412) 221-2188

Not sure when I updated, but since retiring in 2004 Diane and I have traveled to Europe six times and also cruised to New Zealand, South America, the Panama Canal, and Alaska. We really enjoy trying to keep up with our four kids and eleven grandchildren, ranging in ages from 5 to 18. My favorite Ohio Wesleyan memories are of 4 years of baseball, winning the Ohio conference championship twice. Other great memories involve ATO intramurals and fellowship. Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion

BARBARA HUNT MOYER ’62 3054 Driftwood Way #3707 Naples, FL 34109 [email protected] (440) 394-5674

I am happily pursuing volunteer work in Nursing Home Ministry, tutoring and generally lending a hand where needed. I do lots of babysitting for seven grandchildren, ages 2-14. Luke and I divide our time between NE Ohio and Naples, FL. We truly have the best of both worlds. I love reading, participating in book clubs, bridge and gardening. I am thankful to God for good health and the benefits of family life.

KRISTEN S. NELSON ’62 6736 S. Constance Ave Chicago, IL 60649 [email protected] (773) 752-6408

When attending our 25th reunion I was working in the financial services industry first as Training and Devel- opment Manager and later as VP for Human Resources. Since retiring we spend six months in Chicago, where I am a volunteer docent at Brookfield Zoo, and six months in Florida, where I am a volunteer natu- ralist at Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve. Freshmen year at Ohio Wesleyan, I had the good fortune to live with 9 other students at 135 Oak Hill. Even though the house was demolished later to make way for the President’s home, I still have fond memories of our time together there. Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion ROBERT NELSON ’62 6736 S. Constance Ave Chicago, IL 60649 [email protected] (773) 752-6408

I spent 8 years as Superintendent of Special Services for the Chicago Park District, then 11 years as CEO of Hammond Port Authority, Hammond IN. Since retire- ment I have played lots of golf, served as the President of the Edison Region of the AACA, and currently as the President of the Board of condo section in Ft. Myers, FL.

My favorite OWU memory is, as a freshman, obtaining a photographer pass that allowed parking any- where on campus – I brought my car back after Thanksgiving break.

DREW AND JULIA KIRPATRICK PEACOCK ’62 146 Wheaton Hall Ln Franklin, IN 37069 [email protected] (615) 790 - 2892

We moved from Pittsburgh, PA to Franklin, IN (outside Nashville) to live next door to my 94 year old mother and 3 minutes away from our daughter’s family with 4 of our 10 grandchildren. We are both retired. Drew en- joys playing the fiddle and mandolin and also owns two dulcimers and an autoharp. Scottish, Celtic, and Tradi- tional music are his favorites. His favorite memory of Ohio Wesleyan is of meeting Julie.

Julie is more social than musical. She is involved in the Nashville Pi Beta Phi Alumni Club, PEO Sorority, and the Presbyterian Women’s Association. Her favorite memories of Ohio Wesleyan include living in “Stuy,” Austin, and Monnett; walking to class from the dorm or Art Hall (Ryan?); being a Senior Advisor; meeting, dating, and being pinned by my husband, Drew Peacock; having great professors who cared about their subjects and their students; being active in Pi Beta Phi; travelling with the ROTC Drill Team as a member of the Angel Flight; etc., etc.

We are the parents of three children and have ten grandchildren. Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion JAMES KIRK & HARRIET HALTEMAN PERRIN ’62 1759 Oak Knoll Drive Lake Forest, IL 60045 [email protected] (847) 735-8712

Harriet: Jim and I were married in June 1962. In late August we moved to Ann Arbor and I began teaching junior high English and social studies. After our move to Deerfield, Illinois, in 1965, I spent two years teaching English and French. At that point, with a year-old son and another on the way, I began a twenty-year maternity leave, returning to high school teaching when the last of our four children was a seventh grader. I was an active volunteer: PTO president, scout leader, school board member. When my part-time teaching job was elimi- nated and our children had all left the nest, I found additional volunteer opportunities on the boards of a family service agency and a mental health agency, where I served as president for four years. I also spent a few years as Jim's legal secretary and discovered that I really love working with computers! Jim has related the important details about our children and grandchildren. Just visiting them all and keeping up with their activities (the grandchildren range in age from 2 to 13) could be a full-time job! Bridget, our 6-year-old springer spaniel, tries to keep us young with her antics. I have always loved music and singing, so I have been a member of several church choirs. For the past twelve years I have sung in a small women's ensemble that performs two concert series each year. AAUW has been an important part of my life. I have held several offices in our local Branch and greatly enjoy par- ticipating in our lively book club. Summers find us in Bay View, a Chautauqua community in northern Michigan. I spend my days reading, attending the outstanding musical programs, taking classes, and su- pervising the ongoing restoration and renovation of our 1876 cottage, a forty-ton antique sometimes known as the money pit. I have recently discovered genealogy, and I am now attempting to locate some long-lost ancestors.

Jim: Following graduation in 1965 from the University of Michigan Law School I practiced law in Chicago for 40 years. In 1975 I was a co-founder and later senior partner of the law firm of Haskell and Perrin. Our firm grew to 50 lawyers, specializing in the defense of civil lawsuits involving products liability, medical mal- practice, and environmental issues. I was a member of the International Association of Defense Trial Law- yers, the American Board of Trial Advocates, Illinois Defense Counsel and the Chicago Society of Trial Law- yers. I retired from active practice in 2005. Harriet and I live in Lake Forest, Illinois. We have two sons and 3 grandchildren in Los Angeles, one son and two grandchildren in Seattle, and a daughter and two grandchildren in Northville, Michigan. Since re- tirement I have become active with the First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest, serve on the Board of the Friends of the Lake Forest Library, participate in activities of the Lake County Bar Association and look for time to play golf. We spend most of our summers in Bay View, Michigan, and the month of March in Hil- ton Head, South Carolina. Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion SHEILA WAGNER PLOGER ’62 8404 Pittsfield, Ct Potomac, MD 20854 [email protected] (301) 938-2927

After earning my degrees, I worked for a couple of years with the U.S. Geological Survey in Denver, CO, fol- lowed by time off to start a family of two children—a daughter and a son. I helped set up and run a com- puter hardware company with my husband in Santa Barbara for eight years. After our move back to the East Coast and Washington DC area, I worked for 20 years in an elementary school library.

Daughter Wendy lives in Brooklyn and is a freelance photographer, and son Rob lives in Tuscon, AZ teach- ing Tai Chi as well as building furniture and musical instruments. Life has its unexpected turns and I found myself single after a long marriage. Getting back into dating took some time but I have been in a wonderful relationship for the past 5 years.

For the last 15 years I have been on the board of a non-profit corporation that has raised $1 million to- wards the restoration of a grist mill, Peirce Mill in Rock Creek Park—a national historic site of the National Park Service. We were proud to see the result of an again working mill in the fall of 2011. Education, trips by school children in the areas, and maintenance of the mill will continue our mission. In addition, I am ac- tive and volunteering at a Unitarian Universalist Congregation working on social justice issues and other activities. I continue to enjoy walking daily with friends, yoga, reading (book group and otherwise), garden- ing, and education/seminar classes at Oasis, a national program for seniors.

BOB & HOLLY HULL ROSS ’62 14076 Quarter Horse CT Carmel, IN 46032 [email protected] (317) 597-0580

We wish everyone a wonderful weekend and are so sorry not to be there. We will be in our Charna, New Mexico home where we volunteer on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad.

In the winter we live in Caramel, IN, close to our kids. Our New Mexico phone number is 575-756-1111. Call if you’re in our areas. We have many fond memories of our friends at OWU. Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion

ROBERT CAMPBELL RUMMELL ’62 1009 Chinoe Rd Lexington, KY 40502-3009 (859) 685-8627 [email protected]

Retired salesman for Consolidated Elec Distributers. Didn’t graduate from OWU, transferred to Marshall University, majored in Engineering Science. Married Jane Ann Wilson Rummell, retired teacher. Has one daughter, Kathryn Ann Rummell.

CYNTHIA KEEP SABA ’62 5545 Terra Granada Dr Apt 1A Walnut Creek, CA 94595-4054 [email protected] (925) 934-4462

For 30 years, I have had a wonderful career in Mary Kay Cosmet- ics—driving pink cars and serving my customers. At present I have focused on the customer service which is very fun!

Salih and I have been married for 30 years this spring. We are a blended family with 5 children between us—and 8 grandchildren.

Our travel days have slowed down—due to health. We are very active in our Presbyterian Church, which is where we met and were married.

I am currently serving as a Deacon, and Salih as a Stephen Minister. We both sang in the choir for many years with great joy!

8 years ago we rescued our special Molly. She is a Cairn/Westie, and brings us much love.

I would like to send greetings to all my classmates. I will be with you in spirit for the big weekend! Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion PETER D. SABATINO ’62 1497 Oak Hill Way Roseville, CA 95661-4016 [email protected] (916) 797-9375

Since OWU I attended Medical School in Philadelphia, PA at Temple University graduating with an MD in 1966. Spent a year of internship in Santa Barbara, CA, then 2 years in the U.S. Army as a medical officer. Was a decorated Vietnam Vet serving with the 25th Infantry Division in 1967-68 and assigned to Ft. Lewis WA 1968-69. Joined the Samaritan Family Practice Medical Group in San Jose CA, in 1969 and practiced as a Board Certified Family Physician there until 1993 where I served as Chairman of its Board of Directors. Also served as Chairman of the Department of Family Practice at Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose. Left Silicon Valley in 1993 and practiced for 1 year in Arizona, then returned to CA, practicing until 1997 in Fair Oaks, CA when I retired.

Beginning in 1975 I served as Medical Director of a number of cruise ship companies, supplying them with onboard doctors and nurses. Retired from the position in 1999 after serving the last 7 years with Aber- crombie and Kent and its expeditionary cruise ship The Explorer, which traveled to all seven continents in- cluding remote islands of the South Pacific and Southwest Asia where we set up shore medical clinics to treat local inhabitants.

My wife of 20 years, Julie, is a UC Berkeley graduate who majored in Archeology and Anthropology. She is a product of Chagrin Falls, OH High School. In the last 25 years of her professional career she worked as a travel consultant. We have 4 children and 10 grandchildren, most all of whom live in the nearby Sacra- mento, CA metropolitan area.

The last number of years Julie and I have been involved in church activities and I have been involved with the Veterans’ Administration and its post-combat PTSD programs. We continue to be interested in foreign (and domestic) travel. In the past few years I spent 2 months each on overland trips to West Africa and Central Asia which utilized self-contained, huge Mercedes trucks. Julie and I have sponsored 6 foreign kids over the years including a young man I met in Ghana who just completed a medical program and is now a District Medical Director in his native country.

As long as our health holds we continue to be involved and rewarded. Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion PATRICIA HUHN SHAW ’62 3298 Tennyson Crescent N Vancouver, BC, Canada V7K 2A8 [email protected] (604) 980-5346

Since graduation I fulfilled my vocation as Minister of Music, serving churches in New York, Massachusetts, and British Columbia. I was also a workshop clinician for regional and national gatherings of church musi- cians, as well as an adjudicator for organ examinations and competitions. For several years I was a college Organ Instructor. I served as accompanist for soloists, instrumentalists and choral groups while teaching piano and organ students privately. I have presented solo organ recitals throughout the northeastern United States and in the Vancouver area.

A major highlight of my career was the planning and presentation of a Boar's Head and Yule Log Festival in 1984, my last year in Springfield, Massachusetts. This ancient processional is an Epiphany celebration and dates back to fourteenth century England. It was my gift to the church and community. During ninety minutes of song and pageantry, two hundred participants dressed in authentic medieval costumes and live animals varying in size from geese to camels are featured. The church continues this celebration and will soon reach the twenty-fifth anniversary of the festival.

In 2002 I retired in North Vancouver. I play the piano for my own enjoyment, travel with my husband, and spend as much time as possible with our seven grandchildren.

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LIONEL SMITH ’62 13157 S. Foxridge Drive Olathe, KS 66062-1595 [email protected] (913) 780-5540

Since the forty-fifth reunion at OWU, I have retired from marketing Apple Computer products after a long career in sales management and marketing. That Apple Computer sales experience dates back to the early days of Apple Computer in 1981. Since I retired before Linda, I had 18 months to develop new interests and pick up old hobbies. I have really enjoyed model railroading recently, especially since these model trains are now computer controlled.

My favorite OWU memories include staying up all night searching for a comet with my astronomy profes- sor on the telescope in the campus observatory. We found the comet at 4 am. All of the other students gave up and went to bed by that time. I stayed up until morning broke because I had to work at 7 am as a bus boy at breakfast in the girls’ dormitory, Stuyvesant Hall. I also loved sliding down the hill in front of Stuyvesant Hall on dining hall metal trays, with a girl, of course. There was a bump on the way down that threw the tray into the air, followed by you both crashing in a pile of snow. That was great fun sliding down the hill unless you hit a tree. There were some close calls, but I survived.

Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion NANCY C. SNYDER ’62 30271 Ward Drive P.O. Box 167 Trappe, MD 21673 (410) 476-3430 [email protected]

After graduation in January of 1962, I returned to Pittsburg and became employed in the R&D Department of Mellon Bank NA in Pittsburg. Then, for 10 years, I operated a private school specializing in technology, accounting and paralegal education.

But the most interesting and satisfying part of my career was the 30 years spent as a broker and financial planner with UBS Financial Services, Inc. Re- tiring and parting with clients who had trusted in me for many years turned out to be the most difficult part of the job but in 2001, I did retire.

My husband and I built a delightful home on the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and we have spent the last decade in this charming part of the world. He is a master carver, creating one-of-a-kind, much sought after, and detailed decoys of waterfowl. They can be seen at the WGtheCarver.com.

In addition to my dedication to my two wonderful big dogs (Carlton, the English Setter, and King, the Golden Retriever), to the piano, and to improving my Spanish, I have led The Wednesday Morning Artists for the past several years. This talented and dedicated community-minded group puts on beautiful art shows in the area and does some wonderful fund-raising for local organizations. You can see what we do at WednesdayMorningArtists.com or on Facebook. Life is good and retirement is wonderful.

MICHAEL SOMMER ’62 368 Perkins St Sonoma, CA 9476-6827 [email protected] (707)939-0930

I enjoy life in the Bay Area, still work regularly, make a little wine, do projects on the new house (just built) and hang out in San Francisco. Noellene and I separated in 2008 but remain close. She’s a docent for Bouverie preserve. Dan- ielle (Reed College) does visual and critical art stuff in L.A., where she lives with her significant other. Ryan (USF) markets high tech stuff with his wife in Lon- don. Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion JAMES W. (JIM) STEVENS ’62 95 Charter Club Dr The Woodlands, TX 77384-4711 [email protected] (936) 321-2818

After graduation I spent three years in the Air Force “seeing the world,” mainly Texas! I worked for several years for national public accounting firms Ernst & Ernst and Alexander Grant & Co.

I also owned and operated a CPA practice for over 35 years, specializing in individual taxes and problem resolution, small business accounting and consulting, and personal financial planning.

I’ve just completed serving 6 years on the OWU Alumni Board. I retired in 2009 and now live in The Wood- lands, Texas with my wife Anita. I spend time traveling, serving as OWU alumni representative at college fairs, playing bridge and dominos, and serving on the Homeowners Board of Directors as Treasurer.

PAULA FARNSWORTH STONER ’62 8458 Traminer Ct San Jose, CA 95135-1443 (408) 238-8458 [email protected]

After graduation, I moved to New York City, where I worked at J. Walter Thompson Advertising. On my second day on the job, I met my husband-to-be, Jim Stoner, and we were married the following June. I then worked as an editorial assistant at the Ladies Home Journal until the birth of our first daughter. For the next 14 years, my life centered around our growing family. Jim’s career took us from New York to San Juan, Puerto Rico, where our oldest son and youngest daughter were born; and then to Chicago, where our youngest son was born. We moved to San Jose in 1977, where we’ve lived for the past 35 years. While the children were growing up, I was a Brownie and Girl Scout leader and troop organizer, and a Cub Scout den mother. When the children were all in school, I went back to work, first at Almaden Vineyards as a Public Relations Assistant, and then in the Country Environmental Resources Agency as a Management Analysis.

I’ve been retired for the past 12 years, which has given me the opportunity to do all the things I always said I wanted to do—read lots of books, write a little, dabble in photography, take long walks, learn to play golf and bridge, and spend lots of time with my family. I volunteer at a local community services agency and serve as Vice President of The Villages Association Board of Directors. Jim and I like to travel and re- cently returned from a river cruise in Russia. We are blessed with good health, good friends, wonderful children, and nine beautiful grandchildren. Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion LUCINDA (CINDY) HUNT STOWELL ’62 167 Colonial Drive Southbury, CT 06488 [email protected] (203) 262-6744

I was employed by IBM from 1962-1991 in sales, software develop- ment, strategic planning, team building, and deep six-sigma! Now I am a “professional” volunteer working with a regional community foundation on strengthening non-profit organizations through finan- cial and strategic planning. I am also active on local environmental non-profit boards – land trusts and watershed protection. I was ap- pointed in 2006 as a National Commissioner for the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an Independent Program of the Land Trust Alliance – I am now serving as Treasurer.

I have been married, since 1978, to Daniel M. Stowell, a 1961 graduate of Oklahoma State University. My favorite Ohio Wesleyan memories are of A Cappella Choir spring concert road trips – we burst into song at the slightest provocation.

JAMES STOYCHEFF ’62 4493 Indianola Ave Columbus, OH 43214-2243 (614)764-1111

I retired from my dental practice. I live with June in Ft. Lauderdale (8 months per year). My favorite Ohio Wesleyan memories are of learning from my “top-notched” professors. Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion C. THOMAS SWAIM ’62 196 Park Lane, Concord, MA 01762 [email protected] (978) 369-7069

Following graduation from OWU, I attended Northwestern University Law School, received my J.D. in 1965 and joined Sherburne, Powers & Needham, a seventeen person law firm, in Boston, MA. My focus has been on real estate development and building construction which led me to London, England in 1978 for two years with family and travel to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, and Israel. I returned to SP&N and in 1998 we merged with Holland & Knight LLP, then a 1300 plus group of lawyers worldwide, where I continue to practice. It has been a fantastic journey, having had key management roles in both firms, while continuing to provide legal services to a diverse group of clients such as an architect/developer of aquariums in Italy, Germany, and Portugal, several major building contractors in New England, and advising colleges and schools regarding governance issues.

Jeannie Shepherd (’62) and I were married while I was in law school, moved initially to Cambridge, MA and then Concord, MA where we raised three wonderful boys, one of whom is a lawyer, one a minister, and one a merger and acquisition specialist. Fortunately, they all live nearby making it easy to enjoy 13 grand- children. Sadly, Jeannie died in 2009, but on a positive note, I am scheduled to marry a wonderful woman whom Jeannie and I had known for 30 years. Betsy’s husband also died a number of years ago. And with Betsy joining the clan the grandchildren count goes up to 16, with number 17 due in July.

Plans for retirement are not yet developed as I continue to enjoy working, as does Betsy as director of vol- unteers for the Ecotarium in Worcester, MA. We have a wonderful home in Meredith, NH on a beautiful lake and any retirement plans will surely include that spot.

PAUL KENT TAYLOR ’62 1450 10th Ave San Francisco, CA 94122-3603 [email protected] (415) 665 - 8073

I continue to write poetry (complete biography on-line at verdant press) and journal notes. Recently I co- authored with Alan Horvath a bibliography of D.A. Cevy, the cult poet from Cleveland.

Though my wife Helen died in 1988, she lives on in my stepchildren Sylvia Kennedy and Robert Hughes and their children Janine Kennedy and Devon Hughes. My son from my first marriage, Mark Taylor, and his mother Joan Kinney, along with my sister Pamela Taylor all are close in all senses. Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion ROBERT TAYLOR ’62 7705 Glendale Rd Chevy Chase, MD 20815-4907 (301) 907-2467 [email protected]

I’m still practicing general dentistry in Bethesda, MD and thinking about retirement. I built a vacation home on the Rhode River outside Annapolis and enjoy summer boating and crabbing with family and friends.

My favorite memories of Ohio Wesleyan are of the damn parties.

JAMES E. (JIM) TRAXLER ’62 9419 Drury Way North Ridgeville, OH 44039 [email protected] (440) 579-3594

Karen Carlson (’62) and I were married in August after graduation and I began graduate school in music at Ohio State, intending to teach music at the college level. Fate intervened in the form of a broken down car and I had to find a job, just temporarily, I thought, and stumbled into a computer programming job. Forty-three years later I retired from the computer industry, having worked at several retailers in their IT departments, culminating in the CIO position at Gray Drug Stores in Cleveland. Tried my hand at entrepreneurship, opening three computer stores, but discovered I was not an entrepreneur. At Telxon Corp., a handheld computer manufacturer in Akron, I hit my stride in market- ing, then finished my career as a consultant. Along the way I earned an MBA from Case Western.

Karen and I have two great children, Eric and Kristin, and six even greater grandchildren. Although the mu- sic genes skipped a generation, the oldest grandson is an accomplished string bass player in both classical and jazz genres and is minoring in music at Cleveland State. He is smarter than his granddad and is major- ing in business!

The youthful dream of conducting a symphony orchestra was fulfilled in retirement, as I was named direc- tor of the TrueNorth Symphony in Sheffield, Ohio and conducted a large number of major works during the seven years of my tenure there. Music continues to be a focus of my retirement, directing and singing in choirs, playing the trumpet, and leading the Elders of Jazz, a Dixieland band playing primarily for churches. And, as you may notice at this reunion, I also compose music, having written an anthem to be performed at the Convocation on Sunday. Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion KAREN CARLSON TRAXLER ’62 9419 Drury Way North Ridgeville, OH 44039 [email protected] (440) 579-3594

The reunion notes for Karen were written by her husband, Jim Trax- ler (’62). Karen was diagnosed a few years ago with FrontoTemporal Dementia with Primary Progressive Aphasia, so that she is unable for the most part to put her thoughts into either the spoken or written word. She will be at the reunion and you will recognize her wonder- ful smile. She understands everything going on around her, but is unable to carry on a conversation.

Karen had three distinguished careers in her lifetime – full time mother, then English teacher in the Strongsville, Ohio system, and then as a licensed professional counselor (LPC). She earned two advanced degrees, Master of Arts in Education from Baldwin-Wallace, and Master of Arts in Clinical Pastoral Counsel- ing from Ashland Theological Seminary. We know the influence she had on our two children, on the six grandchildren, and on the writer of these notes! We will never know how many hundreds of lives were positively influenced by her teaching and counseling careers.

Despite her current inability to converse and write, she still enjoys reading, attending cultural events with Jim, and being a silent but smiling friend to many in our community. Amazingly, she can still sing incredi- bly difficult music perfectly and you will see her in the Alumni Choir this weekend.

Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion JOYCE DIAL UBL ’62 166 Duck Blind Trail Myrtle Beach, SC 29588-4133 [email protected] (301) 330-1581

I met my husband, Marlowe Ubl, while I was in graduate school at Ohio State. In August, we will celebrate our 47th anniversary. When we married, I became an Air Force officer's wife - very adept at moving and setting up new homes. During our years in the Air Force, we lived coast to coast, border to bor- der, and in Europe. (We're now living in our 14th home!) I taught school for 3 years, but spent most of the Air Force years raising our children and being active in the Officers “Wives” Clubs, Boy Scouts of America, church, and various civic groups in our communities. After retiring from the Air Force, Marlowe went to work for a slightly smaller organization - IBM. After all those many AF moves, we spent our entire IBM life in Rockville, MD.

We had two children, Douglas and Steven. Sadly, we lost Doug in 2000. We now live 1 mile from Steve, his wife Kelly, and their family in Myrtle Beach, SC. (Steve picked out the house for us.) We moved here in 2007 so we could watch our grandkids grow up. Hannah is 17 and a junior in high school. Tristan is 6 and is in kindergarten. Raigan is 1 1/2 and is a joy. We babysit several days a week and thoroughly enjoy every minute of it. My mother, Dorothea Dial (OWU class of 1936) lives nearby in assisted living.

We do seem to keep busy in retirement. As would be expected when a Botany major marries a farm boy, we are both avid gardeners. We live on 1 1/2 acres backing on conservancy land, so we have plenty of room for our gardens. Marlowe builds black powder long rifles from scratch - real works of art. He also belongs to a local shooting club. My hobby of many years is genealogy. I am a 13th generation American - so doing genealogy research is great fun since all my family lines were here by the mid-1700s. Our other time consuming activity is our Home Owners' Association. Marlowe is the president and I chair the elec- tion committee.

Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion SUSANNE (SUE) LAUTIER ULLRICH ’62 1997 Royal St George Ct Port Orange, FL 32128-6803 [email protected] (386)788-8265

After graduation I taught second grade in Fort Lauderdale, FL and married Al Ullrich the following summer. While he was stationed at Wright Patterson AFB, I taught another couple of years in Fair- born, OH. Al and I moved to Bloomington, IN and I received my MA in education at IU. Then it was off to Stamford, CT where I taught fourth grade. After our son was born, I stayed home to raise him and two years later his sister- substitute teaching occasionally. In later years I worked part time at a marketing research firm, a sporting goods store, and lastly taught nursery school for five years. Volunteerism was a big part of our lives and it mostly centered around our church youth group and our local PTA.

Our son, David Allen, was born in 1967 and daughter, Carrie, in 1970. David passed away at twenty four following a bone marrow transplant for leukemia. Carrie is married and has two boys, eight and nine years of age. We spend two months of the year in the summer under one roof and feel blest to be so close to them and watch them grow.

In 2000 we sold our Stamford home, I moved to Florida and Al continued working for GTE/Verizon for four more years in Texas and Florida. We live at Spruce Creek Fly-In, a unique flying community in the Daytona Beach area, for seven months of the year. There we golf, play bridge, and since Al learned to fly, enjoy life with our flying buddies. I volunteer at various community events and help out in a third grade at a local elementary school. Since 1970, in the summer, we go to the Litchfield Hills of Connecticut where we spend time with our family and old friends. There we maintain a house, golf, and treasure living in a very small town rural area. All in all, it’s been a very good life!

Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion WALTER (AL) ULLRICH ’62 1997 Royal St George Ct Port Orange, FL 32128-6803 [email protected] (386) 788-8265

Since Sue has written about the family happenings since gradua- tion, I will provide my own notes. My working career started with 3 years in the Air Force, followed by 4 years at Arthur Andersen & Co., 10 years at Pepperidge Farm and retiring with 23 years at GTE (last two years, Verizon) in December 2004.

Sue Lautier and I were married July 3, 1963 with Peggy Haas War- wick, Robin White Obetz (sorority sisters), John Fike and Charlie Earnhart (fraternity brothers) in the wedding party. After the Air Force, Sue and I attended Indiana Univer- sity for masters’ degrees, mine an MBA and Sue’s an MS in Elementary School Guidance and Counseling. We moved to Stamford, CT in 1966 and resided there until 2000 when I was transferred to Dallas. Sue and I raised two children, David born in 1967 and Carrie born in 1970. David also worked at GTE but had leuke- mia and died in 1992. Carrie is married and has two children, David, 9, and Brian, 8.

We are now FL residents and spend the summers in CT. I have continued flying for the past 5 years, earn- ing my instrument rating last year and my tail wheel endorsement this year. For the past five years, Sue and I have crewed for a close friend flying his Quest Air Venture at the air races in Reno, Nevada. I have also been playing golf and had two holes-in-one in 2010, both in CT, but at different courses. Another inter- est is traveling. In the past five years we have been to Paris, Vienna, Normandy, Alaska, the Panama Canal, Venice, Mexico, and Ireland. We are both really enjoying retirement.

Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion LINDA WEIMANN VIGOR ’62 2459 South Chase Lane Lakewood, CO 80227-3902 [email protected] (303) 988-9027

I live in Lakewood, Colorado, a suburb on the west side of Denver, with my husband, Bill, also a member of the OWU class of 1962. We have two children and two grandsons. Our daughter, Laura, her hus- band, Matt, and son, ten-year-old Linus, live near us in Golden. Our son, Craig, his wife, Sher, and their son, Theron, almost two years old, live in Fairfax, California.

After I graduated from OWU with a degree in chemistry, I was a research chemist in Cincinnati for four years. I studied the effects of pollutants on freshwater fish. When we moved to Colorado and had children, I happily became a full-time mom and enjoyed being involved in our children’s activities. When Craig started college, I was offered a part-time job as an assistant librarian at Colorado Academy, where I had volunteered while Laura and Craig were students there. I loved school library work and was there for ten years. Then for four years I helped out in Bill’s plastic surgery office, doing a little bit of everything, until he retired.

Now that we are retired, my favorite thing to do is be with our grandsons. We see Linus often. He is in the fifth grade, participates in a number of sports, loves to play the piano and likes to do math activities, read and play card and dice games with us. Although Theron lives in California, we manage to see him fairly of- ten and keep up with his progress. Bill and I bicycle most of the year here, sometimes with Linus, and we hike, ski and snowshoe in the mountains nearby. We play a little bit of bridge and volunteer. We also like to travel. New Zealand, the Galapagos Islands, Costa Rica, Europe, Hawaii and the national parks of the U.S. are some of our favorite places.

Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion WILLIAM VIGOR ’62 2459 South Chase Lane Lakewood, CO 80227-3902 [email protected] (303) 988-9027

After graduating from OWU, I went to the University of Cincinnati for medical school. In 1973 I began practicing plastic and reconstructive surgery in Denver, and continued to do so for 30 years, retiring in 2003. It was a most rewarding career, including being president of the medical staff of Lutheran Medical Center and retiring to the honorary medical staff, their highest honor.

I married Linda Weimann, ’62 (Alpha Gamma Delta), just before starting medical school in 1962. We will celebrate our 50th anniversary this August 25, 2012. Our daughter, Laura, and her family live nearby in Golden, CO. Her son, Linus, is 10 and doing great in the fifth grade. We see them very regularly. Our son, Craig, and his family live in Marin County, California, just north of San Francisco. He has one son, Theron, who is almost two years old. Going to see them has become one of our priorities. Linda and I have long said that we were not getting any older, it’s just the kids getting older. Well, now it’s just the grandkids getting older.

Retirement is great. We both enjoy outdoor activities, especially bicycle riding, which we can do almost every month of the year. My big ride of the year has been the MS-150, a two day ride to support research and treatment of multiple sclerosis. And, I am delighted to say, that recent new treatments are now much more effective. After 19 consecutive years of riding the MS-150, Theron was born and his birthday conflicts with my training for the ride, so I am done doing that. My most significant hobby for many years has been as a stained glass artisan. I have made many flat panels and four Tiffany-style lamp shades, all beautiful. For the past seven years I have been volunteering at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in their dinosaur area and in the paleontology laboratory preparing dinosaur fossils. Being almost like plastic surgery, it is great fun.

Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion PEGGE HAAS WARWICK ’62 27625 Grouse Creek Park Rd Steamboat Sprints, CO 80487-9640 [email protected] (970) 819-6476

Graduation seems like a long time ago, which of course it was! Life for me since then has been rich and varied, first living in Chicago, IL and Columbus, OH, then Dayton, OH and retiring in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. I have worked as a teacher, a copywriter, in retail, human resources and lastly a ski area.

I have two children, seven grandchildren, and a great grandmother, as well as my husband Ed who has two daughters and six grandchildren.

Retirement in Steamboat Springs is a busy life with outdoor activities, including hiking and skiing, and building a house up in the mountains near Steamboat Springs. Both Ed and I remain active and enjoy the life style in a small mountain town.

BARBARA STANDLY WEBSTER ’62 3532 Fawn Lane Bettendorf, IA 52722 [email protected] 563-359-7741

Barbara Standly Webster lives in Bettendorf, Iowa. She and her husband, Wade, have one son who also lives in Bettendorf with his wife and their two teenage sons. Their grandsons keep them busy with their school and athletic activities. Barb is retired after 15 years with the Bettendorf School System and 10 years on the administrative staff of a facility serving people with disabilities. Since retirement Barb has become involved in volunteer work and in 2011 was named one of 20 people who make a difference in her community be- cause of her involvement in all levels of the Bettendorf schools, at a Family Museum and working with Big Brothers/Big Sisters as well as other annual community activities.

Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion MARJORIE WHITENACK WEIST ’62 32 Rosalyn Court Fredonia, NY 14063-2305 [email protected] (716) 672-4041

The most important life-changing event that happened to me at OWU was that I met Richard Weist (“the love of my life”). We were married on August 17th, 1963.

OWU prepared me for a very fulfilling life as a music educator. My teaching profession began in the public school system of White Plains, NY and East Hartford, CT with Music K through 6th grade. After receiving our masters degrees at the University of Connecticut, Dick and I moved on to Lexington Kentucky where Dick received his PhD in psychology at UK. During our stay in Lexington, I taught first grade in Frankfort and Kindergarten in Lexington. In addition, I taught a few flute and piano students and was the alumni advisor to the UK chapter of my sorority, Gamma Phi Beta.

When Dick took a position at the University of Nebraska, I continued a part-time teaching career with flute and piano students and performed occasionally at local music association meetings (Mu Phi Epsilon, MTNA / Lincoln, NE). I also embarked upon an extensive training program in the Robert Pace Piano Program and ultimately be- came the Eastern Division Coordinator of the International Piano Teaching Foundation training piano teachers in the program which promotes the teaching of comprehensive musicianship at the keyboard. One of the highlights of my teaching career came in 1988 when I was a panelist and presenter on a national closed-circuit TV broadcast conference (KTV sponsored by Baldwin Piano Co. and Clavier Magazine). The program was titled “early childhood musical experiences at the keyboard.”

We moved to Fredonia NY in 1973 where Dick took his second academic position, and where in 2000, he was pro- moted to the rank of Distinguished Professor in the SUNY system. OWU’s Harry Bahrick launched him well. Four grants from the National Science Foundation helped to support his cross-cultural research project in Poland and Finland concerning Child Language. I visited Poland and Finland during Dick’s Fulbright grants in those countries. In Fredonia, I maintained an independent piano studio with over 50 students, and I held a position as an adjunct faculty member in the School of Music (SUNY Fredonia). At the University, I taught class piano and piano pedagogy.

We are both recently retired and we are enjoying the “good life”; playing lots of tennis, playing golf, skiing, biking, hiking, and swimming in beautiful Chautauqua County. From time to time, we spend time with our son Bill, his wife Wendy, and their children Joshua (8-years-old) and Rebekah (3-years-old) in Lansdale, PA. We also visit with our daughter Jean and her husband Gregg Brummer, and their children Elizabeth (11-years-old) and Emily (9-years -old) in Dunwoody, GA. Since my mother was musically minded (Oberlin), and my daughter is musically minded (with a private studio), no wonder that I am having fun encouraging my grandchildren to think about this fulfilling aspect of life.

Musically, I perform regularly at senior living facilities and farmer’s markets in the Desperate Measures Duo. I play flute and keyboard with my friend on guitar and banjitar. What a hoot!

This will be our first alumni weekend, and we’re looking forward to seeing you all! Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion

MARY KATHERINE WILSON WELLES-SNYDER ’62 58 Brook Dr PO Box 305 East Hartland, CT 06027-0305 (860) 653-3994 [email protected]

My husband, Duke Snyder, and I live in the town of Hartland in very rural northwestern Connecticut. For the past 15 years I have been working as a silversmith. My life is filled with my jewelry work, with Granby Artsits.org, a group of 37 award winning juried artists where I am membership and audit chairman, teach- ing, serving as Trustee of our church, reading, and gardening. In the summer we spend time at our camp in Maine just south of Thomaston where I have a second studio and where my husband works on the prop- erty and gabs with the neighbors. On winter evenings we sit by the wood stove, and most winters, watch the snow fall. Not his year however. We have three wonderful grandchildren, Dylan 17, Jack 11, and Mad- die 7, and one precious child, a Shih Tzu, Miss Brandy Rosebud Lee.

Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion VIRGINIA (GINNY) AMSTUTZ WILHELM ’62 7565 Runny Meade Tr Chagrin Falls, OH 44022-2602 [email protected] (440) 247-6579

After graduating from OWU I came to Cleveland to teach and met my husband, John, a 1961 graduate of Dartmouth College. I taught for several years and when our family began, I left teaching to stay at home with the children. We have three chil- dren; daughter Karen and husband live in Cincinnati OH with two children; Jack (16) and Emma (12). Son Jim lives in Seattle WA with wife and two children, Charlie (3) and Quinn (6 months). He is an architect and designed the home we live in 10 years ago. It is very special to live in a home designed by your own son! Daughter Kristen and husband live in Denver CO with two children, Kate (10) and Jake (8).

Since teaching I have spent many years in the volunteer sector. I first worked in the schools while our chil- dren were there, as a tutor and PTA volunteer, including being the president. I was a part of a women’s auxiliary for the Salvation Army, helping to raise funds. I worked with Project: LEARN, an organization that teaches adult illiterates to read, as a tutor and also on the Board of Trustees and their Friends fundraising committee. I have been involved with our local library on their Friends Board and as president. I also work at our church each week entering into the computer the attendance figures from the Sunday services. I have been a member of the Junior League of Cleveland since 1975, serving in many capacities and currently am on the committee for our 100th Anniversary Celebration this year. And have served on the Cleveland Women’s Golf Association running tournaments, including the Cleveland City Championship at our club in 1996, the year I was president of the organization, and the Ohio State Women’s Association Championship in 2002.

My husband and I enjoy traveling to see this wonderful world we live in and our favorite places have been Kenya, Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands, Peru (Macho Picchu), Australia/New Zealand, Russia, a trip through the Panama Canal, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Last fall we toured China for three weeks from Beijing to Hong Kong including a trip on the Yangzi River. It was such an exciting venture to see their culture and peoples, with awesome sights especially seeing the Great Wall and the terracotta warriors. We both enjoy playing golf and have been fortunate to play in this country and all over the world. Our favorite place to play is Hawaii and we’ve been there many times.

Even though we love to travel, we enjoy living in Cleveland and feel that with all it has to offer both cul- tural, sports, and outdoor activities, we don’t feel we would want to live any place else. We love being with family and manage to all get together at least three times a year, although they are all scattered. And we also visit them individually. We feel very fortunate to have the life we do, and therefore try to give back as much as possible through volunteer work and support. I’ve enjoyed working on both the 45th and 50th reunion committees and look forward to seeing everyone in May!

Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion ELSIE HICKEY WILSON ’62 5620 Harris Cir. Fitchburg, WI 53575 [email protected] (608) 835-6791

Bob and I got married the day after graduation from OWU, in Delaware. We moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where Bob started grad school at the University of Wisconsin, and I taught for the Madison Metropolitan School District. Both of our daughters were born while we were in Madison. In 1975 we moved to Lexing- ton, VA where Bob taught mathematics at Washington and Lee Univ. and I taught for the Rockbridge School District. While we lived there, I received my master’s degree from James Madison Univ. in Early Childhood Education and Development.

In 1984, we moved to the San Jose area of Calif. Bob worked in the computer industry and I taught at Pri- mary Plus, a private elementary school. In Jan. of 1990, we returned to Madison, Wis. Bob again taught at Univ. of Wis. And I taught in the Monona Grave Public School District. We are both retired now. I am en- joying painting and drawing and having more time for music. I play violin in the Madison Community Or- chestra.

Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion ROBERT (BOB) WILSON JR. ’62 5620 Harris Circle Fitchburg, WI 53575-1916 [email protected] (608) 835-6791

I theoretically retired three years ago, from the mathematics department at University of Wisconsin - Madison. In actuality I have been back teaching about as much of the time as I have not. As I write this I am finishing up a se- mester with 460 students in a beginning calculus class. But I have enough pain these days from all my joints, replaced or not, that I think maybe this really will be my last semester teaching. I have enjoyed teaching, at UW and earlier at Washington and Lee University, but enough is enough... In the last two years I received the UW-Madison Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Teaching and the Mathematical Association of America's Wisconsin Section Award for Distinguished University Teaching of Mathematics. I also have done a good bit of contract/consulting work for computer companies and the federal government, and I spent six years working in "the real world" in Silicon Valley back in the 1980s. I think the varied experiences have helped me connect with students, and I have won several nice awards for my teaching.

Elsie (Hickey), who graduated in our class, and I, will have celebrated 50 years of married life by the time of the reunion. We have one daughter, Kathy, who lives not far from us with husband David and our grand- daughter Megan who is in her third year at UW-Madison, and seems to be headed into mathematics also. (A genetic defect, no doubt: My grandfather was a mathematician, my grandmother would have been ex- cept for the roadblocks a woman faced combining a profession and a family a century ago, my father was the Prof. Wilson some of you had for math at OWU, one of my uncles was a mathematician, and our other daughter Julia is a math prof now.) Julia and her husband Neil are on the faculty at SUNY-Fredonia. Their son Benjamin, four years old, is our other grandchild.

I have had many hobbies over the years, and many of them are also retirement interests but some are not practical at my age now: For example, for a while I raced in competitions organized by the the Midwest Council of Sports Car Clubs, but I am not likely to get back into that! But my love of thinking out and either repairing or building things continues: I do most of the work on our house and cars, I do woodworking and metalworking, I build and repair our computers, and I am an avid nature photographer, and I do most of our gardening. I am still very much interested in astronomy: I was a student assistant in astronomy at OWU. And about 18 months ago I got back into ham radio, which I had been away from since high school days: I am now certified to give ham radio exams, and am fairly active in one of the local clubs as well as occasionally finding time to get on the air. But my biggest love is my family, so they will always come first. Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion KATHLEEN DAVEY WOODROW ’62 1232 Wahbee Ave N Indian River, WI 49749 [email protected] (614) 736-4646

1960’s Graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University with a degree in music education Member of Pi Beta Phi sorority and Mu Phi Epsilon Music Honorary Taught Vocal Music at Dominion Junior High School Married to John T. Woodrow, North High Class of 1958 Son, Thomas DeWitt was born. Daughter, Julia Ann was born

1970’s Began graduate program at The Ohio State University Studied with Norman Luboff Son, John David was born (OWU graduate - 2000) Graduated from The Ohio State University with Master of Arts in Music Assistant Director of The Ohio State University Chorus

1980’s Columbus Alternative High School – Taught Vocal and Instrumental, Theatre and Humanities Department Chairperson Directed: “Oliver!” – “The Musical Man” – “Brigadoon” – “My Fair Lady” – “Fiddler on the Roof” – “Guys and Dolls” which won two awards from the National Thespian Society Named “Teacher of the Year” Became the Arts and Academics Coordinator at Fort Hayes Arts and Academic High School Guest lecturer at Mount Vernon College, The Ohio State University and Bexley Public Schools Selected as “Jennings Scholar”

1990’s Retired from Columbus Public Schools after 30 years of service Artistic Director, A Premiere Theatre Member Columbus Theatre Alliance President, Northland Instrumental Parents’ Association Secretary, Northland Athletic Boosters President, The Village at Willow Brook Condominium Association

Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion KATHLEEN DAVEY WOODROW ’62, CONT’D…

2000’s Director of the North High School Alumni Choir Member of The Ohio State University Advocates Director of the Venture Out Community Church Choir Pianist for VO Community Church Singer in the Lower Keys Interdenominational Community Choir Pianist with “CUDAS” a local band in the Florida Keys Singer with “The Liberty Belles” a Women’s Sweet Adelines Quartet Singer with “Three Hits and a Miss” a Men’s Barbershop Quartet Played Mother Superior in a Keys version of “The Sound of Music” Played Annie Oakley in a Keys version of “Annie Get Your Gun” Professional accompanist and pianist

2010’s Conductor of Keys Chamber Orchestra Director of Lower Keys Interdenominational Community Choir Pianist for VO Community Church Co-Director and Writer/Composer of VO Yearly Show Pianist at Transfiguration and Episcopal Church, Indian River MI Member of the Vestry and TAG Team at Transfiguration Episcopal Church Professional accompanist and pianist

Memberships: Lifetime Member of National PTA Clintonville Woman’s Club North High School Women’s Alumni Association The Ohio State University Alumni Association Ohio Music Educators’ Association American Association of University Women Daughters of the King

Retirement Interests: Travel with husband, John Kids (3) and grandkids (6) Mah Jongg, Bridge, Sudoko Piano, Boating, Fishing Florida Keys in the winter, Burt Lake in Northern Michigan in the summer Ohio State football Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion ROBERT “BOB” W. WRIGHT JR. ’62 PO Box 38 Bradford, NH 03221-0038 (603) 938-5504

What is that Dickens’ phrase? ‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.’

I met, pursued and married the girl of my dreams, the love of my life and my best friend; Mary Ann Wright. 17 days short of 7 years of the day I met her, Mary Ann died of leukemia. The odyssey from grief and pain leading to self discovery and acceptance continues. Some of you met and shared time with Mary Ann at our 45th. To me, she was, is and always will be.

The other important part of my life are my children and grandchildren. I have five adult children: Lenore, Jeff, Gwen, Heather, and Robert. All work and contribute; all, but one are married and happy—the one, the beautiful Lenore, is content. I am blessed by my children; I am doubly blessed by my grandchildren. One is starting point guard of his Dunedin High School basketball team; another is a Fulbright scholar, an- other is a corporate recruiter. The most remarkable is Jason who, in January, was a seriously injured pas- senger in an auto accident. His right arm and leg were shattered and his neck was broken. Nine months later he walks without aid, is able to drive, is back in college and continues his internship.

My last big thing was the completion of a ½ Ironman in Augusta, GA with my son, Jeff, and my grandson, Aaron. That all of us were able to complete this race was remarkable; the fact that they wanted me to par- ticipate with them was even more so.

I am still in the life insurance business, have been since 1966, serve as a selectman for the town of Sutton, serve on some boards, but those pale to the importance of family. That is one of the things I have learned over the years. Another is this, life is not about me; it is about us.

Class of 1962 Golden Key Reunion LOIS HELEN OSWALD YOUNG ’62 28 Champnew St. Groton, MA 01450-1359 [email protected] (978) 448-8042

I continue to work at Carleton-Willard Village as Director of our Assistance-in-Living program, where I have been for almost eight years. Carleton-Willard was the first continuing care retirement community in Massachusetts and it is a marvelous place to work. Tom Swaim has been the legal counsel there for a number of years. My hope is that by working in this field for over 30 years, I will learn how to grow old successfully and consequently make the most out of my eventual retirement. I certainly have had some fabulous role models and continue to learn something new every day.

My greatest joy is seeing my five grandchildren ages 6-13 regularly, and for the most part they continue to enjoy letting me "play with them." I think one of the hardest things about growing older is not having as many opportunities to play and be playful. The grandchildren, and sometimes their parents, offer me this. I have some great friends--and have enjoyed getting together with Pat and Gary Wilson fairly of- ten. I also continue to enjoy gardening, long walks, swimming and generally being outdoors as much as possible. I go to Sanibel Island for a week in March every year, which I love. This summer I am hoping to rent a cottage on an island in Lake Champlain with the kids and grandchildren. I also want to go up in a hot air balloon for the third time.

I am looking forward to seeing you all at the '62 Class Reunion in May.