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Also Inside Eyeing London Global Careers: Model UN Alumni through the and Military Alumni of Wooster share their Wooster Lens experiences Students broaden their perspectives 2019 Annual Report on theatre and culture Contents FALL 2019 “I decided then that I wanted to be an archaeologist, and my aspirations have not changed since.” - Benton Thompson IV ’22, page 22
Hear from the 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients. “Our mission calls us to prepare leaders pages 56-57 of character and influence...” -President Bolton, page 2 Wooster MAGAZINE
Editor Caitlin Paynich Features Director of Design Cally Gottlieb King Photographer Military Alumni of Wooster Serving College and Country 3 Matt Dilyard reconnect to form community. Military Alumni of Wooster come together to connect Contributors page 3 and build network. Melissa Anderson Hugh Howard 10 Eyeing London through the Wooster Lens Sarah Stanley Eight students experience new perspectives on Designers theatre, culture. Fran Kemp Amber Marshall 16 Inspiring Impactful Global Careers Printer Alumni from Wooster’s popular Model UN program Royle Printing Sun Prairie, WI share where they are now.
22 Field Experience Wooster APEX Fellowship in Italy provides intensive training ISSN 0894-8798 in archaeology. Fall 2019 Volume 134, NO. 1 26 Annual Report Wooster’s London TREK Address updates: [email protected] opens student perspectives. Office of Alumni & Oak Grove Family Engagement page 10 1189 Beall Ave., Wooster, OH 44691 WoosterAlumni.org News Briefs Office Hours 28 Direct correspondence Athletics Word from Wooster to: Editor, Wooster Magazine 1189 Beall Ave., Wooster, OH 44691 [email protected] Tartan Ties www.wooster.edu Wooster is published in the fall, winter, and 32 Class Notes Distinguished Alumni spring by The College On the calendar Macharia Kamau ’82 of Wooster for alumni and friends. Opinions Scot Volunteer: Patricia Vittum ‘74 expressed in the publication may not Pam Frese, professor of sociology and John Wilson ’78 Alumni Weekend 2019 reflect those of the College or Alumni anthropology, shares the details Alumni Profile: In Memoriam Association. Photo and text copyright behind the artifacts in her office. Sunny Mitra ’16 Q&A: Favorite Spots The College of Wooster, page 30 all rights reserved.
On the cover: While in London for a Wooster TREK, students majoring in theatre as well as in other areas, pose with a mural of Shakespeare painted near the Globe Theatre where they had the opportunity to take a backstage tour. Read more about what they learned on page 10. Photo provided by Jimmy Noriega. PRESIDENT’S Preparing students for lives of purpose MESSAGE
Wooster’s promise is timeless and powerful. But the world campuses in our region, with increasing diversity among our students will enter is changing extraordinarily fast in faculty and staff, and students from more than 60 countries. ways that profoundly affect how we learn, think, work, and Our diverse campus community—comprised of more than 40 connect. To meet our mission for the future—to prepare percent U.S. students of color and international students—is students to make an outside impact in their communities one of our greatest assets. We will continue to build and and to address the most important challenges of the com- celebrate it, as well as enhance our capacity for respectful ing decades—we need to evolve. dialog and understanding so people of all races, ethnicities, nationalities, faiths, sexual orientations, gender identities The challenges of the future will certainly demand the and socioeconomic circumstances can learn from one anoth- learning that comes through the liberal arts and indepen- er’s experiences, enjoy each other’s company and thrive. dent study, but they will also require collaborative work of groups with diverse perspectives and the ability to synthe- Build on our history of excellence in the size multiple ways of knowing. Connection—across disci- liberal arts and support strategic new plines, individuals, teams, cultures, and differences—will be academic pathways and connections. more important than ever. We have begun bridging across traditional fields to enable new areas of study that are compelling to students and We are excited to launch Connect, Create, Discover, a new faculty, and that provide innovative approaches to import- strategic plan for Wooster. Our plan emerges from conver- ant questions. We have founded new majors in environ- sations with faculty, staff, and students, as well as alumni. mental geoscience, education, environmental studies, and Throughout our process, we asked how we can build from statistical and data science, and will advance ways to help our strengths to inspire young people from across the U.S. students connect and apply their learning. and around the world to come to the College, and to ensure that our students learn, thrive, grow, and graduate ready Deepen and make more universal for lives of purpose in a globally interconnected society. connections between learning in the Here are our central themes: classroom and engagement with the campus, local community, and the world. Create a vibrant, welcoming, and Our mission calls us to prepare leaders of character and strongly-woven campus community. influence, so we must provide an education that is globally We bring students to Wooster from across the country and engaged and locally grounded, rich in opportunities for col- around the world because the learning they do by making laboration, civic engagement, and leadership. We will build meaning together—in residence and dining halls as well on the success of APEX to ensure that every student makes as classrooms, studios, and playing fields—shapes the real connections between all they learn on campus and the lives they lead. We are strengthening advising, mentoring, work they can do in the world, both when they graduate opportunities for student involvement and connection, and over a lifetime. and the “first community” that welcomes students in the residence halls. And, we are thrilled to announce plans for a major renovation to the heart of student life—Lowry Center!
Grow our internationality, diversity, Sarah R. Bolton equity, and inclusion. President Wooster was founded on the bold principle that excellence in education requires people with many experiences, traditions, cultures, and perspectives learning together. We For more information about our new strategic plan, are proud to be one of the most diverse and international we invite you to explore wooster.edu/strategic-plan.
2 WOOSTER |FALL 2019 Serving College and Country
Military Alumni of Wooster come together to connect and build network By Caitlin Paynich
Even before graduating from The College of Wooster, Ethan Flack ’14 had decided on joining the military after completing his degree. A political science major, he had an interest in security strategy and policy as it related to the war on terrorism, but he didn’t know in what capacity he wanted to serve. “There weren’t a lot of people entering the military or resources available in the Wooster community,” he said.
FALL 2019 | WOOSTER 3 Above: Flack is pictured at Ft. Drum, New York, on the left, with Radio Transmission Photo provided by Flack. Operator PFC Cody Grajzyck. Photo by Spc. Charlotte Carulli, U.S. Army.
“We wanted to create a support system and veterans together to form an affinity group called within the Wooster community for Military Alumni of Wooster. As he connected with other alumni, Flack found that many shared his enthusiasm for veterans and their families.” the idea of a community of military alumni. “It’s hugely -1st Lt. Ethan Flack ’14, U.S. Army impactful for grads from the 90s and 2000s to be able to connect with other military alumni who graduated in the 80s, 70s, 60s and so on,” said Lt. Cmdr. Matt Anderson While enrolled at the Maxwell School of Citizenship ’99, U.S. Coast Guard. “Being able to connect through and Public Affairs at Syracuse University through the the affinity group opens up a whole network of people Reserve Officer Training Corps, he completed his Master that have so much wisdom, experience, and insights to of Public Administration degree before his commission offer. People are very enthusiastically catching up with as an officer in the U.S. Army. As a graduate student, each other, with classmates who hadn’t been in touch. he worked as a research assistant for the Institute for Not only do we have more alumni than we first thought, Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse and studied but it’s a vibrant group interested in communicating with the structures schools were putting in place to support and helping each other out.” veterans on campus. He knew several other graduates like him from his time at Wooster who were serving in In addition to igniting these connections among alumni various parts of the military after graduation, and he and with the college, Military Alumni of Wooster hopes wanted to help the College offer resources to students to act as a resource for students who express interest and alumni affiliated with the military. in opportunities available through the military. While serving in the military is often inspired through a com- Now an infantry officer and rifle platoon leader in bination of motivations from patriotism and a desire to the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum in New York, serve others to an interest in unique experiences around 1st Lt. Flack is acting as a catalyst to bring together the world and in leadership, Flack sees this community alumni with those affiliations from all generations. as a touchpoint for students to learn more and engage Partnering with Wooster’s Office of Alumni and Family with the military. “We can offer insights into military Engagement, he began to reach out by email to friends service, its culture, and communicate with them about he knew and names provided by the College to bring the opportunities that the military may provide.” alumni serving in different branches of the military
4 WOOSTER | FALL 2019 Above, Anderson pilots the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Storis Jones served in the U.S. Navy in the 1980s and 90s. into San Francisco Bay in 2007. Photo provided by Anderson. Photo provided by Jones.
“Not only do we have more alumni than we “The firefighting hose is a powerful beast first thought, but it’s a vibrant group when it’s charged, and they thought for interested in communicating with each sure I was going to run into the office, other and helping each other out.” but I didn’t. ... I was pumped up as -Lt. Cmdr. Matt Anderson ’99, U.S. Coast Guard much as they were. -Lt. Cmdr. Jennifer Jones ’79, U.S. Navy, retired Dispelling misperceptions Today, Flack and others engaged with the group recognize remembers receiving the call when Kuwait was invaded that attitudes about the military are greatly influenced in August 1990. “You train and train for what your by the current culture. “We’ve gotten into what I call the mission is, but then when it’s right there in front of you, Hollywood perception of the military,” said Lt. Cmdr. it’s jarring to know that your country is actually becoming Jennifer Jones ’79, U.S. Navy, retired. “Unlike during involved in a war environment,” she said. “It’s a pretty World War I or World War II, the percentage of people eye-opening experience.” that actually go and fight and kill like they show in the movies is very small.” Finding serving in the military As Peter Van Hartesveldt ’85, who retired as a com- a non-traditional opportunity for women in the 1980s, mander in the U.S. Navy’s Judge Advocate General’s Jones wanted to be “hands-on.” On her first tour she Corps explained, “It’s not just about flying a plane transferred into the firefighting division of the Fleet or carrying a rifle. There’s a huge diversity of things Training Group in Yokosuka, Japan, training shipboard that people do in the military. Law is just one of them. crews to fight fires and handle emergencies while un- There are doctors, dentists, administrators of all kinds, derway. “The firefighting hose is a powerful beast when support jobs, intelligence, foreign language specialists, it’s charged, and they thought for sure I was going to and the list goes on.” Van Hartesveldt, who spent 13 run into the office, but I didn’t. They didn’t think I could years on active duty, gained key experiences early in hang with them, but, of course, I could. I was pumped his career. The Navy “kept offering interesting places to up as much as they were.” Later, Jones served as an go,” he said, including serving on aircraft carriers and operations officer on the U.S.S. Flint underway with the trying cases in Bahrain; Cannes, France; and three years Independence Battlegroup in the Indian Ocean and in Naples, Italy. “I was doing trial work months after
FALL 2019 | WOOSTER 5 Peter Van Hartesveldt ’85, retired commander in the U.S. Navy’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps spent 13 years on active duty around the world including here in Saudi Arabia in approximately 1994. Photo provided by Van Hartesveldt.
“It’s not just about flying a plane or carrying a rifle. There’s a huge diversity of things that people do in the military.” -Cmdr. Peter Van Hartesveldt ’85, U.S. Navy, retired
joining up and in the civilian world that can take years. I major at Wooster. “It was impossible for us to think about had a lot of responsibility quite quickly, not just as a trial French Impressionism without also thinking about what lawyer but as a staff judge advocate.” it meant about French identity in the 1800s, the massive urbanization that was happening, or France’s relationship Prepared for anything with its colonies,” Anderson said. “Rather than pigeon Like other Wooster graduates, alumni in the military find hole yourself into a specialty, you learn to apply critical that their education at Wooster prepared them well for thinking to everything. As an officer especially, you have the work they do now. “Wooster encourages students to to be able to treat problems as broad general problems have independent thoughts,” said Lt. Cmdr. Jason Bowie and help lead others.” His experiences in the classroom ’08, a general surgery resident at Naval Medical Center in challenged him to “apply what we learned in the real San Diego. “The experience made me open to exploring world and think about how it affects other people.” This other possibilities as far as where I would go after med idea of “being a citizen” and “thinking about the role school.” Bowie, who completed his Independent Study of the citizen in society” inspired him to have a positive working alongside an endocrinologist at Cleveland Clinic impact on other people. “That was phenomenally helpful said his experience with research left him feeling “ahead towards being a military leader,” he said. of the curve” while completing a year of research as part of his residency. “I.S. led me to be a well-rounded leader,” The ability to think critically and draw on the broad ex- he said. “The leadership you have to show in your project perience of a liberal arts education also supported Reggie leads you to be able to help direct other people to do the Williams ’63 when he was assigned to electronics school same thing in their own lives and their careers.” after joining the U.S. Air Force in 1962 during the Vietnam War. “I was able to pick my service before the service After numerous shipboard and intelligence assignments, picked me,” said Williams, a biology major. “I always felt Anderson’s current duties are at the Coast Guard Na- like I had the right education to handle whatever came tional Command Center at Coast Guard Headquarters up.” He noted that exchanging knowledge with his peers in Washington, D.C., where he monitors global maritime at Wooster “broadened our range of knowledge. It makes threats and U.S. Coast Guard operations worldwide in you much more agile and flexible in the things you can do order to inform the Commandant, the service’s senior in the future, and there’s a confidence that goes with that leadership, and the departments of Homeland Security that leads to success.” Williams, who retired as a colonel in and Defense. He says the critical thinking skills and ability 1990, spent most of his time in the service at the Strategic to see from different perspectives that he relies on today Air Command Headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base in first developed as an art history and philosophy double Nebraska, and at the Pentagon, particularly in research and
6 WOOSTER | FALL 2019 Lt. Cmdr. Jason M. Bowie, who said his experience at Wooster Reggie Williams, who retired as a colonel in 1990, spent most of his gave him an edge when it came to research, is serving as a time in the service at the Strategic Air Command Headquarters at resident at Naval Medical Center San Diego. Photo by Chief Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska and at the Pentagon, particularly Mass Communications Specialist Jeremy L. Wood, U.S. Navy. in research and development. Photo provided by Williams.
development which at the time included studying intelli- into his experiences as a marine. “Attention to detail is gence assets, Navistar (now known as GPS) and working important,” he said. Being able to do research translated with astronauts. He found his experiences as a student to “putting together plans in combat including oper- athlete at Wooster also applied toward his experience in ations, logistics, and communication, and addressing the military. “There’s nothing about leadership that you food and medical needs.” Zorn earned a Bronze Star for can’t spot in a person playing the game. Football taught meritorious service in Vietnam and went on to serve as a me how to handle adversity, to give it your all when nuclear weapons security officer. In 1979, he was chosen you thought you had no more to give. It taught me that as the Marine Military Aide to President Carter, carrying you don’t do things because of yourself, you do them “the football”—the briefcase containing the codes for the because of how you feel about your team members. country’s nuclear weapon systems, and at the president’s In the military, it’s the same thing. You don’t want to side for everything from jogs along the canal in D.C. to let your teammates or airmen down. I’m grateful for escorting the first lady at a state dinner. “You haveto everything it taught me.” be really flexible. You go from being at war in combat to being a nice guy, even holding babies for people who want Also a football player during his time at Wooster, economics their picture taken with the president.” After 13 years in major Jeff Zorn ’68 received a draft notice and volunteered the Marines, and also completing his MBA in Switzerland, to join the Marines like other “Delts” or fraternity mem- Zorn built a career in international business management bers from his time at Wooster. After Officer Candidate and found his military training and experiences helped School, Lt. Zorn served as a rifle platoon commander qualify him for work in Saudi Arabia and other countries in Vietnam. Though undermanned and patrolling and in the Middle East and Africa. ambushing with squad members with less experience, he “gave squad leaders some initiative to look at the terrain “The military is pretty unique,” said Flack, explaining the and make a decision about what they’d want to do,” level of trust and responsibility he’s taken on early in his he said, recognizing that the same discipline he relied career. “You function in a dynamic real-world environment on when completing his I.S. at Wooster carried over that is not easily replicated. You’re responsible for people
FALL 2019 | WOOSTER 7 Lt. Jeff Zorn ’68 served as the Marine Military Aide to President Jimmy Carter, carrying “the football,” the briefcase containing the codes for the country’s nuclear weapon systems and at the president’s side for major events. Photo provided by Zorn.
and their livelihood as officers.” He credits the broad base tribute to the endowment, and in general, be a part of the of knowledge he gained at Wooster for “providing context alumni community.” to more things,” adding, “critical thinking, and the ability to read and write at a high level have given me the skills With many Military Alumni of Wooster currently on to approach things in a different manner than some of my active duty or deployed, much of the initial communi- peers in the army.” cation has been electronic and leaders of the group are still working to find ways to bring the group together Military Alumni of Wooster for events, community service projects, connecting with In connecting alumni from Wooster with similar expe- current students, and more. “We’re grateful to Ethan riences, “We wanted to create a support system within for his passion for rousing this community at Wooster the Wooster community for veterans and their families,” and helping the College to reconnect with alumni who Flack said. Some of the goals of Military Alumni of hadn’t been in contact with their alma mater,” said Tom Wooster include creating networking opportunities for McArthur, assistant vice president for alumni and family alumni serving in different branches and bringing people engagement. “We’ve really enjoyed seeing alumni bond in the community together for events or volunteer oppor- over their common experiences as students and in the tunities, as well as re-engaging and recognizing military service and come together to support one another as alumni who’d previously been disconnected from the a community. We’re looking forward to seeing this College. “Alumni from the Vietnam and the Gulf War era community continue to take shape at Wooster.” successfully served our nation and can provide younger generations with much needed mentorship professionally regardless of the profession they pursue,” Flack said. “Some veterans are not as inclined to engage with the College because of the lingering effects of the Vietnam To learn more about Military Alumni of Wooster, to era. Wooster was a formative experience, and we want sign up for the newsletter, or become involved, all alumni to feel like they have a space to return to and contact Sharon Rice, associate director of alumni encourage those people who are not engaged to re-evaluate engagement at [email protected]. that relationship, come back to campus for events, con-
8 WOOSTER | FALL 2019 Scholarship Named for Vietnam Veterans
Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, and was killed in action in Quang Tri during the 1968 Tet Offensive.
Named for the two men, Van Hartesveldt established the Flesher-Blough Yellow Ribbon Endowed Scholarship to support students enrolled in the Veteran’s Robert Blough ’66 Russell Flesher ’63 Administration’s Yellow Ribbon Scholarship Program, a provi- For Pete Van Hartesveldt ’85, Wooster affinity group at the sion of the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill that who served 13 years on active College, Van Hartesveldt learned offers additional education funds duty as a Judge Advocate for of Russell Flesher ’63 and Robert for veterans and their families. “I the U.S. Navy and 13 years in Blough ’66. “They made the ulti- hope that the scholarship makes the reserves, retiring as a com- mate sacrifice in Vietnam, and in it easier to fund their four years at mander, his time in the military my time at Wooster, I didn’t hear Wooster,” Van Hartesveldt said. was “an opportunity to travel, to of them,” he said. “The scholar- “These students are a great addi- serve [his] country, and to gain ship provided a way to recognize tion to the Wooster community.” immediate trial experience,” he them and honor the sacrifice of said. He found the work very all Wooster alumni who served satisfying both when defend- in Vietnam.” ing individual clients under courts-martial and prosecuting Blough attended The College of cases to ensure fair outcomes. Wooster from 1963-65 and played varsity basketball. Enlisting in After the death of his father, the Army in 1966, he volunteered a World War II veteran, Van for duty in Vietnam and was Hartesveldt and his wife Allison assigned to the 4th Battalion, 9th (Parker) ’85 wanted to make Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry a gift to Wooster that would Division, as a Specialist-4, Medi- support military families. His cal NCO. He was killed by small father benefited from the G.I. arms fire while participating in a Bill and built a successful law search and destroy mission near career before sending his son Saigon in 1967. He was the first to Wooster. Van Hartesveldt College of Wooster man to die in considers himself a secondary Vietnam. Flesher, a history major, beneficiary of the Bill and want- member of the Concert Choir, ed to help students from military and Seventh Section at Wooster, families make up the difference chose to enlist in the U.S. Army Pete ’85 and Allison (Parker) ’85 between the funds provided by after attending the Union Theo- Van Hartesveldt the Bill and the cost of Wooster logical Seminary in New York Photo provided by Van Hartesveldt. tuition. Through conversations City. Leaving for Vietnam in with Ethan Flack, a facilita- November 1967 he was assigned tor of the Military Alumni of to the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry
FALL 2019 | WOOSTER 9 10 WOOSTER | FALL 2019 Eyeing London through the Wooster Lens
By Caitlin Paynich
Eight students experience new perspectives on theatre, culture
Experiencing live theatre productions and breaking them down provides a dif- ferent, deeper perspective compared to studying the text in the classroom. That’s what eight Wooster students found when they had the opportunity to travel to London this summer on a Wooster TREK program. “In this course we’re all students watching the same live performance,” said Jimmy A. Noriega, associate professor of theatre and dance. “Each of us watches the play as an individual in the audience, and when we come together for a class discussion, I get to tell them how I experienced it, they tell me how they experienced it, and together we talk about the performances and our interpretations in an exciting way.”
Led by Wooster faculty, TREKs, short for Think, Research, Engage, Know, allow Wooster students to learn through experiences outside the classroom and earn credit while traveling with other Wooster students. In this case, Noriega brought together theatre and non-theatre majors to experience London, one of the world’s leading theatre cities. “London is accessible for students as first-time visitors or seasoned travelers,” said Noriega, who also traveled with six students on the London TREK in 2018. “It’s great to expose them to professional and alternative theatre. Whether they want to be actors, perform- ers, directors, playwrights, or designers, they see various theatre spaces and different types of professional theatre being created. Students who are not going into performance learn how to be good audience members and about the importance of art in our society.”
For Catherine Fiorito ’20, a communication studies major who had “never trav- eled across the pond before,” traveling with a band of Wooster students made the experience as comfortable as her experiences on campus. “It’s the same comforting welcome you come to expect at Wooster,” she said. “The structure of the trip was outlined for us. We didn’t have to find places to stay; our Tube cards were ready for us, but we had the time and freedom to do the things that were on our list while we were in London.” Fiorito and her fellow students in the class
Wooster students traveled to London this summer with Jimmy Noriega, associate professor of theatre and dance, to study theatre and the role of art in culture. Pictured here in front of Kensington Palace in the back row: Maxwell Gregg ’21, Brian Luck ’22, Professor Noriega; front row: Juliet Merillat ’20, Elise Muhl ’22, Catherine Fiorito ’20, Jordan Heusner-Wilkinson ’19, Gerald Dryden ’21, and Amelia Burke ’20.
Photo: Jimmy Noriega FALL 2019 | WOOSTER 11 12 WOOSTER | FALL 2019
“In this course we’re all students watching the same live performance.”
– Jimmy A. Noriega, Associate Professor of Theatre and Dance
also benefited from the support of the Yamazaki Experiential Travel Fund. The fund, created by Jane (Welton) ‘64 and Russell ‘64 Yamazaki in celebration of their 50th Wooster reunion, supports learning experiences in the form of off-campus study with an initial gift that the couple plans to add to through a bequest in their estate that will allow the fund to grow and continue to support future students. “The trip ended up being more affordable for me because of the funding provid- ed to students,” said Fiorito. “Having never been abroad before, it was a unique experience. Traveling with eight familiar faces made it more enjoyable and the planning and organization was outstanding.”
Attending theatrical productions at famous venues like Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, The National Theatre, and The Swan in Stratford-upon-Avon, as well as smaller independent theatre spaces, gave students a broad view of “theatre- going experiences they might not be exposed to in the U.S.,” said Noriega. “Students have a preconceived idea of what British theatre should look like. Once we get there, we break that down, and they see alternative and small theatre spaces and are introduced to works about diverse, multicultural, and international issues such as Britain’s history with colonialism.”
Jordan Heusner-Wilkinson ’19, who attended this year for the second time as a teaching apprentice, appreciated seeing “the amount of work it takes to put on professional productions” as opposed to plays produced in school settings. “You get the chance to see how ‘real’ professional theatre operates, the work that goes into plays, tours, sets, etc.” Her interest in theatre is behind the scenes, particularly dramaturgy, which she describes as a “research-based field that helps writers, producers, actors, and those involved in the production by researching characters, the setting, or the topic of the production.” The TREK included four backstage tours either before or after sitting in the audience. “I’ve never really liked Shakespeare’s ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ but going backstage the next day showed me the amount of work that went into the sets, costumes, lighting and stage management and added to my appreciation,” said Heusner-Wilkinson. She found the plays they saw often had connections to the political environment and had undertones of colonization that also added to her interest. In London, “they are more willing to talk about race and colonization and their part in it,” she said. “I appreciate open conversations about race. Theatre has a powerful way of opening up your experience and the experiences of others to communicate different opinions.”
While seeing traditional British icons like this red telephone box in Stratford-upon-Avon (top left), the students took time for reflecting and discussion in the classroom (bottom left) on the plays they saw as well as the backstage tours like these at National Theatre (top right) and Warner Bros. Studio where the Harry Potter films were made (bottom right).
Photos: Jimmy Noriega FALL 2019 | WOOSTER 13 14 WOOSTER | FALL 2019 “Theatre has a powerful way of opening up your experience and the experience of others to communicate different opinions.” – Jordan Heusner-Wilkinson ’19
Understanding the cultural and historical references took some research on the students’ parts explained Brian Luck ’22: “There were moments where everyone in the audience would laugh except us. You had to know the British history and culture to understand.” With an interest in directing and character development, Luck enjoyed seeing so many plays in different theatre spaces and how they were put together, and the trip solidified his decision to become a theatre major. “We learned how to be good audience members,” he said. “I’m not going to like every play I study, but I can appreciate it for what it’s trying to accomplish and the motivation behind writing it. Understanding how audiences perceive theatre is really important for directors so they can plan for how they want audience members to see their shows.”
At the end of the TREK, each of the students presented about something they learned throughout their experience in London. “The diversity of what we each took away was very interesting to see,” said Luck. Fiorito, focusing on her interest in marketing, said, “I created a research question about the way Shakespeare plays were advertised by different theatres.” She explained that the Globe Theatre focused its advertising on assuring audiences that every play offered the Shakespeare experience while the Royal Shakespeare Company advertised each play to stand out. “It was something I noticed that I got to dig deeper into and reflect on,” she said. “We learned a lot through discussion and seeing everyone’s perspectives on how they interpreted the trip.”
When they weren’t seeing plays or discussing them as a class, students on the TREK also went on a number of classic London excursions including Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London, the British Museum, and the Trooping of the Colour, marking the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, as well as a trip to the Warner Bros. Studio where the Harry Potter films were made. They even studied “tourism as performance,” explained Luck. “The TREK also encompassed how people perform in different spaces, how functional spaces have been set up as tourist destinations. For example, Westminster Abbey, a church and burial space, has planned paths marked for spectators.” Drawing this type of conclusion is something Fiorito has come to call “thinking with the ‘Wooster lens,’ analyzing things more, having conversations, critical thinking about what messages mean; they’re very Wooster things to be thinking.”
Burke, Dryden and Merillat examine an interactive display during a behind the scenes look at Stratford-upon-Avon, known as the birthplace of Shakespeare (top left). They also took the London Underground or “the Tube” to places like the London Bridge (bottom left) and Westminster Abbey (right).
Are you interested in supporting experiential learning at Wooster on or off campus? Choose experiential learning as an area of impact at wooster.edu/give or learn more about establishing an endowed fund by contacting Carolyn Ciriegio in the Office of Advancement at 330.263.2075 or [email protected].
Photos: Jimmy Noriega FALL 2019 | WOOSTER 15 Inspiring Impactful Global Careers Alumni from Wooster’s popular Model UN program share where they are now
By Hugh Howard
16 WOOSTER | FALL 2019 Seventy students jammed into a Kauke Hall classroom last fall, each with hopes of standing out (in the most diplomatic way possible) as they tried out for one of Wooster’s most popular teams: Model UN. Participation is at an all-time high, according to Kent Kille, the faculty adviser since 2000 and a professor of political science. But why the surge?
Kille said it’s tough to pinpoint, noting the student organization has always put an equal emphasis and value on the traveling delegation (typically 16 members attend conferences, where they represent a pre-assigned country) and the research team (another 16 or so members who collect and analyze information and write position papers in advance of the conferences). This leads to a close-knit environment and strong social bonds within the team, and that reputation of a welcoming atmosphere certainly boosts interest. He also acknowledged the type of students the College attracts, with so many having an honest-to-goodness desire to make the world a better place, plus Wooster’s outstanding international enrollment, may be part of the rising popularity.
Everyone wants to be part of a winning culture. While the program has a decades-long tradition of success, it has reached new levels at Model UN’s two annual national conferences. Wooster was one of only five teams to win an outstanding delegation award at the American Model UN International Conference in Chicago last fall, followed by a series of individual and team honors, including a fifth consecutive distinguished delegation award at the National Model UN Conference in New York City this spring.
Inspiring Impactful Wooster’s 2018-19 Model UN team Global Careers Alumni from Wooster’s popular Model UN program share where they are now
By Hugh Howard
FALL 2019 | WOOSTER 17 Through Model UN, students gain lifetime skills that are easily traceable back to Model UN: composure, cul- can’t necessarily be achieved in the classroom and will tural adaptability, information integration and analysis, serve them well no matter where their careers take judgment, oral communication, and resourcefulness. them. Presented with complex real-world problems— Some of those traits were first honed and brought into the same ones that real UN agencies and committees focus when Yoder led and prepared Wooster teams to have the mandates and power to address—and tasked represent other countries and debate schools at national to draft resolutions that not only benefit their assigned Model UN conferences. “There’s no better preparation country but would be amenable to others across the for a foreign service career than to plunge yourself into world, they quickly learn a global perspective and how an environment where you are forced to hone your to collaborate on ideas. By virtue of both their prepara- public speaking skills, rhetorical wit, critical thinking, tion for the events, and the competitions themselves, par- and most importantly, the ability to persuade and build ticipants develop research, critical thinking, leadership, consensus,” he added. negotiation, teamwork, and written and oral communi- cation skills. For the last decade, Yoder, who speaks German and Arabic (he’s learning Spanish), has served three overseas Many of Wooster’s past Model UN participants have tours in Yemen, Austria, and Saudi Arabia, as well as gone on to rewarding careers in which they’re working two domestic assignments in Washington, D.C. Yoder, to improve the world. Here, past team presidents as well his fellow FSO wife, and their three children begin a new as a research director share their career paths and how three-year assignment in El Salvador in 2020 where he’ll their time with Model UN influenced them. be a manager in the consular section, responsible for issuing visas to foreign travelers and helping Americans John Yoder ’96, Foreign Service Officer, El Salvador living abroad. That essential work includes everything President, Model UN, 1996 from replacing U.S. passports and documenting Ameri- Working as a Foreign Service Officer (FSO) within the can children born overseas to visiting U.S. citizens who U.S. Department of State comes with a certain degree of have been jailed abroad or providing assistance during prestige, and of course, great responsibility. While John a crisis. “I absolutely love consular work,” he said, “but Yoder ’96 welcomes the adventures and challenges alike, more importantly, I love working for my country and he is also simply grateful to have discovered a dream representing the U.S. overseas.” job. “If you ever asked me if I’d be a professional diplo- mat when I was at Wooster, the thought wouldn’t have Matt Fuller ’09, Director of Operations, Global Links occurred to me, but I’m in the job with the lifestyle I’ve Research Coordinator, Model UN, 2005-09 always wanted, and I love it,” he said. The naturally-introverted Matt Fuller ’09 may not have seemed a fit for Model UN on the surface, however, Model UN, in part, helped open up a “world of diploma- Wooster’s program has always welcomed students who cy” to Yoder. Always one who was ready for a healthy are not as comfortable with public speaking. As one of debate about international affairs, he was easily persuad- the team’s key research coordinators from 2005-09, Fuller ed to join the program as a first-year student and stayed honed his data analysis and written communication with it all four years, serving as vice president as a junior skills while gaining an appreciation for the “different and president as a senior. He noted it was “a logical perspectives or approaches and critical negotiation extension of my studies and really brought academic points” necessary to represent another country. issues on paper to life, igniting a passion. Immersing myself in another country’s policies and examining com- Fuller grew from those experiences, and with an eye plex political problems from their perspective matured focused toward a career in global health initiatives, problem-solving and diplomatic skills, which I use to today he is the director of operations for Global Links, this day.” a Pittsburgh-based organization that provides medical surplus to resource-poor communities while promoting After graduation, Yoder returned to his roots in northern environmental stewardship. He describes his position Virginia and found employment with a private firm, as internal logistics, coordinating the collection of excess supporting state department technology by traveling healthcare supplies from partners in the region and their to foreign countries to install computer equipment and distribution to public health programs in targeted areas, train U.S. embassy staff. With a foot in the door, he such as Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, decided to pursue the lengthy process to become an FSO. Haiti, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Among the 13 dimensions an FSO must master, several
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“There’s no better prepa- ration for a foreign service career than to plunge your- self into an environment where you are forced to hone your public speaking skills, rhetorical wit, critical think- ing, and most importantly, the ability to persuade and build consensus.” – John Yoder ’96
“Now, I’m at a fantastic organization that is trying to make the world a better place. I think the work we do here is really unique and helps in a lot of ways.” – Matt Fuller ’09
FALL 2019 | WOOSTER 19 About 80 percent of the donated material comes from a highly-successful career path as a facilitator, global individual hospitals across Pennsylvania and the mid- dealmaker, and principled sales leader. Atlantic region (other donors include home medical equipment suppliers and individuals), and Fuller adds Foster, who speaks Spanish and Portuguese, once served “they are usually very motivated to work with us, with as a translator for Arkansas cattle farmers in rural surplus coming through their systems, and now they Angola and later prepared contracts for socially-oriented get presented with a social and environmental way of projects in Latin America during a seven-year run with disposing the material.” The supplies range in scale Inter-American Development Bank. Now, she mediates dramatically, as sometimes they’ll decommission with such dignitaries as the Minister of Finance of Chile hundreds of nurse workstation units, hospital beds, in her current position as education lead of Amazon Web and other furnishings from one hospital, and other Services (AWS) for Latin America, Canada, and the times they’ll be seeking unused instruments from sur- Caribbean, utilizing some of the day-to-day skill sets gery packets, gauze pads, and everything in between. she first developed as a Wooster student. Model UN “helped [her] to analyze social and economic issues on a Fuller noted he doesn’t ask for blind donations because structural level” and “craft approaches to resolution based “having a mismatched product doesn’t do anyone any on common interests of varied stakeholders,” which com- good…and could just end up in a landfill somewhere.” plemented courses in international relations and Spanish Instead, Global Links, whose executive director is as well as a valuable semester abroad in Nicaragua. alumna Amber Garcia ’99, works closely with the administrators in Latin America, allowing Fuller to apply Already with a multitude of experiences as a young pro- his fluency in Spanish when reading assessment forms to fessional, including a Fulbright fellowship in Brazil and identify what types of medical cases they’re seeing and fill Uruguay after graduation, Foster has turned her concern their specific inventory needs. for the underprivileged into a worthy effort focused on investing in the next generation of problem solvers by On the receiving end are facilities that vary in scope becoming a leader in technology education. With a desire and size. Fuller recently furnished supplies that were to “learn where the opportunities for change are and used for an entirely rebuilt healthcare facility that now to contribute tools for transformation,” she enjoys her has seven exam rooms and a small clinical laboratory to role at AWS, working with universities and educational administer primary care in a rural area of Bolivia, while institutions to incorporate cloud computing content and another shipment went to Nicaragua for a center that skill building into their curriculum. In Latin America, this provides an array of maternal health services. While he engagement takes place at the university presidential and doesn’t make site visits to the places that Global Links ministry of education levels, so not only is she dealing helps, he gained an appreciation for their needs when with high-level administrators at universities, but also serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Peru from 2009- with government leaders who may be encumbered by 13 and is thrilled to be working for a group that makes legacy policy when it comes to information technology. a difference. “I saw firsthand the same type of health situations there,” he said. “Now, I’m at a fantastic Speaking both Spanish and Portuguese on a daily basis, organization that is trying to make the world a better Foster communicates effectively with a broad level of place. I think the work we do here is really unique and policy makers, enabling her to strike deals that benefit helps in a lot of ways.” her growing and dynamic team at AWS Educate and its goal to “be the most student-centric organization to Overcoming his introverted beginnings, Fuller now help support learners.” She appreciates seeing these happily delivers speeches. Previously, he confidently initiatives benefit the disadvantaged youth in these expressed Global Links’ story to hospital administrators countries, saying “ultimately, this product will help and nurses and now to visitors to the organization in an get students good jobs after graduation.” effort to continue to look for ways to support the growth of the public health program that he is passionate about. While based in Washington, D.C., Foster spends large chunks of time traveling, noting that she’s even carried Hilary (Jones) Foster ’02, Education Program Manager, her soon-to-be firstborn to 10 countries, and no matter Amazon Web Services, President, Model UN, 2001-02 where her career takes her, she fully expects to continue When Hilary (Jones) Foster’s long-time connection to play a role in supporting innovation in Latin America with Latin America fused with a four-year Model while “enjoying the dynamism of working in the tech- UN experience at Wooster, it put her on the road to nology field surrounded by inspiring colleagues.”
20 WOOSTER | FALL 2019 “Ultimately, this product will help get students good jobs after graduation.” – Hilary (Jones) Foster ’02
Through Model UN, students gain lifetime skills that can’t necessarily be achieved in the classroom and will serve them well no matter where their careers take them.
Members of the 2018-19 Model UN team prepare for an upcoming conference, honing their skills in critical thinking, negotiation, teamwork, and more.
FALL 2019 | WOOSTER 21 Field Experience APEX Fellowship in Italy provides intensive training in archaeology
By Caitlin Paynich
ho can forget the boat chase in Venice or the scene beneath the library fromW Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade? At nine years old, the series about the somewhat-fantastical experiences of the archaeologist inspired Wooster sophomore Benton Thompson IV ‘22 to take an interest in the subject. “After conducting thorough research into the impact archaeology has on people and the world, my juvenile interest began to take shape as a future occupation,” said Thompson. “I decided then that I wanted to be an archaeologist, and my aspirations have not changed since.” The summer after his first year at Wooster, with the help of an APEX fellowship, Thompson took his own “dream-come- true” archeological adventure in Italy that offered a broad and realistic view of the profession he’s passionate about.
Set on majoring in archaeology, Thompson didn’t waste any time in his first year at Wooster quickly becoming involved in the Archaeology Student Colloquium along with volunteering and other student activities on campus. He knew that in order to become an archeologist and be eligible for internship opportunities, he would need professional field experience. His first-year seminar advisor and Latin professor Josephine Shaya, associate professor of classical studies, connected him with an opportunity at the Trasimeno Archaeology Field School with The Umbra Institute in Perugia, Italy. By applying for an APEX Fellowship through the center for Advis- ing, Planning, and Experiential Learning, Thompson received additional funding to support his experience on an archaeological dig site in Castiglione del Lago, Italy.
22 WOOSTER | FALL 2019 caption: With the support of an APEX Fellowship, Benton Thompson IV ’22 worked as an archaeologist on a dig site in Castiglione del Lago, Italy. Photos provided by Thompson.
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Photos provided by Thompson.
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“I discovered an amphora, a large storage vessel. Coarse and fine wares often have a stamp on the bottom that tells us the manufacturer’s name which is helpful when we’re informing the community about what we’ve found.“ – Benton Thompson IV ’22
“We excavated a Roman villa from 2nd century B.C.,” said Thompson. Through classes taught by the institute he learned about the Italian culture behind the excavation site. “Learning about the history of the town where I was staying really gave me perspective when I was digging and on the things that we were finding.”
Shovel and trowel in hand, Thompson took part in the dig himself, learning to use the trowel to properly scrape objects, reveal objects, record, and take notes. “We learned to create sketches of our trenches that were graded on accuracy,” he said. “Some people expect to find the most beautiful artifacts, but the reality of what you find is a lot of broken pottery sherds.” Studying the significance of the sherds and pottery vessels, Thompson and fellow excavators learned how they were used. “I discovered an amphora, a large storage vessel. Coarse and fine wares often have a stamp on the bottom that tells us the manufacturer’s name which is helpful when we’re informing the community about what we’ve found.”
Thompson also gained experience in another aspect of archaeology—community engagement. Speaking at a press conference, televised on a local Italian news station in Umbria, he “shared the significance of the work and conveyed the importance to them.” Though he’d never spoken Italian before traveling to Italy over the summer, “Archaeologists on site knew Italian, so I could work back and forth with them and ask questions,” said Thompson, who found his experience with Latin at Wooster and in high school added to his understanding of the local language. “I worked with my professor to prepare a 3-4-minute speech in Italian.”
Throughout the fellowship, Thompson saw several other excavated archaeological sites and traveled to Rome, an experience he appreciated on his first extended inter- national trip and first trip to Europe. “I felt like I had full exposure to Italian culture and the history of the area. I developed an understanding of the global impact and why it’s important.” With field school experience under his belt, Thompson is looking for additional opportunities as he continues his education at Wooster: “Now that I have the basic skills for archaeology, I can hone those skills over the years.”
Watch video from Thompson’s trip. Point your phone’s camera here to watch:
FALL 2019 | WOOSTER 25 Reviewing Fiscal 2019
Financial Summary Giving to Wooster
For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, The College of Between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019, the College received Wooster had $85.3 million in operating revenue. Slightly less $24.4 million in gifts, grants, and pledge payments from than half that total, or $40 million, was net tuition revenue— alumni, parents, trustees, foundations, corporations, and tuition less financial aid provided by the College. Revenue others. Twenty-two percent of that total, $5.5 million sup- from room and board, and other auxiliary enterprises like ported capital projects. Thirty-two percent, or $7.7 million the bookstore, added $25.2 million, while investment in- created new or supported existing endowed funds. About come, gifts, grants, and the annual payout from the endow- a quarter, or $6.1 million, directly supported the College’s ment contributed $20 million in revenue. operating budget and is reflected in the operating revenue chart. That figure includes the money raised by The Wooster On the expense side, salaries and benefits accounted for Fund. The remaining $5 million, twenty-one percent of the about two thirds of the College’s $85.3 million in operating total, was undesignated. expenses, at $58.6 million. Off-campus programs, travel, and general support services such as printing and postage to- taled $13.6 million, while supplies and equipment, which in- cludes food purchased for the dining halls and merchandise for the bookstore, totaled $9 million. Expenditures on capital projects and the debt service for prior capital improvements accounted for $4.1 million in expenses.
The College of Wooster extends its warmest thanks to the many alumni, parents, and friends who gave to the College between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019.
26 WOOSTER | FALL 2019 THE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER Annual Report | 2019
Operating Revenues Giving by Source FY 2019 $85,253,000 FY 2019 $24,387,718 $382,756 Trustees Alumni $3,681,617 Parents $19,995,000 Net tuition revenue Friends Auxiliary enterprises $40,025,000 $14,562,609 $4,331,562 Corporations & Foundations Endowment, investment $25,233,000 income, gifts & grants Other
$290,097
$1,139,076
Operating Expenses Giving by Purpose FY 2019 $85,252,000 FY 2019 $24,387,718 $9,033,000 $4,075,000
Salaries (including student wages $5,047,959 $6,119,480 Operating Benefits Endowment $40,188,000 Services, travel & entertainment, $13,569,000 off-campus programs, general Capital projects support $5,482,167 Undesignated Supplies, repairs & maintenance $7,738,112 $18,387,000 & equipment Capital projects funded by operations & debt service
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ak Grove WOOSTER Incoming international students BRIEFS add to global campus community
U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges 2020” guidebook ranks Wooster No. 2 in the nation in the senior capstone category, and No. 5 in under- graduate research/creative projects, two of eight academic programs identified as critical to student success. Excelling in many categories among national liberal arts colleges, Wooster ranked 30th in “Most Innovative Schools,” and the top Ohio school and No. 11 in “Best Under- graduate Teaching” and No. 19 in “Most International Students.”
Named the 2019 Ohio Project Kaleidoscope STEM Educator of the Year, Stephanie Strand, associate professor of biology at Wooster, was honored for her excellent and innova- tive teaching practices by Ohio-PKAL, a regional network of an American Association of Colleges & Universities (AACU) initiative.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) award- ed Wooster a grant Students from Brazil, Cyprus, France, President Sarah Bolton told Teen Vogue, of about $325,000 to Kazakhstan, Nepal, New Zealand, “We are particularly aware of all that research the function of Pakistan, Sudan, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, talented young people from around a protein that male mosquitoes transfer and everywhere in between joined the world bring when they come to the to females in their seminal fluid in a The College of Wooster this fall. While U.S.” While adding different perspec- species that transmits viruses, including according to a recent report by NAFSA: tives to classroom discussions and to dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and yellow Association of International Educators, the growth of student organizations, fever. “The funding will expose students international enrollment at U.S. colleges international students find an ideal fit to a wider range of novel approaches and universities is in a troubling two- on Wooster’s campus. Senior Marco and methodologies,” said Laura Sirot, year decline, at Wooster 20 percent of Roccato of Italy shared, “I was looking associate professor of biology and the incoming class of 553 total first- for a place that was going to challenge principal investigator for the grant. years are international students, adding me and allow me to thrive as part of to an already geographically diverse a positive community. I am lucky and total student enrollment of 2,000, now honored to be a Fighting Scot.” Read more at news.wooster.edu with 62 countries represented.
28 WOOSTER |FALL 2019 Exploring Sports Medicine:
Alexa Bencic ’22 WOOSTER BRIEFS
Jeff Lantis, professor of political science, published Foreign Policy Advocacy and Entrepreneurship: How a New Generation in Congress Is Shaping U.S. Engagement with the World with the Uni- versity of Michigan Press. The book offers a fresh take on studies of congressional activism in U.S. foreign policy, highlighting emerging patterns in strategies of advocacy and activism across party lines and implications for theory and policy-making.
A new book, Reproductive Losses: Challenges to LGBTQ Family-Making by Christa Craven, dean for faculty development, and professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, and soci- “With an interest in learning really able to understand what they were ology and anthropology, more about sports medicine, Scot experiencing,” she said. explores the distinctive soccer player and sophomore Alexa issues that pregnancy loss and failed Bencic excitedly took on an internship With one patient, Bencic had the oppor- adoptions raise for LGBTQ individuals at Beacon Orthopedics in Cincinnati tunity to apply her Spanish minor. “I was and couples, offering a rare resource that through the APEX Fellowship program the only person present in the clinic who features the experiences of those who are this summer. “I wanted to explore sports could communicate with the patient not heterosexual couples. medicine and the different facets that before the doctor arrived,” she said. “It are included in it, and I was able to see was enough to get basic information everything that it offered,” she said. and patient history so X-rays could be Kyndalanne Pike ’20, a taken, and the patient could be treated. double major in chemistry Shadowing both doctors and nurses, It was a really amazing moment.” and mathematics, has been Bencic loved “scrubbing into surgeries, selected as a Goldwater holding tools for the surgeon, and seeing Now considering a career in orthopedic Scholar by the Barry up close exactly what they were doing.” surgery, Bencic appreciated learning Goldwater Scholarship She observed ACL reconstructions, hip “about all the different jobs in both the and Excellence in Education and knee replacements, and learned to surgery and clinic” while working at Foundation, a $7,500 award suture wounds and prep patients for Beacon Orthopedics. “I hoped to learn to support her research post-op. Spending two weeks of her if medicine was what I truly wanted to with Paul Edmiston, Theron L. Peterson six-week internship in physical therapy do,” she said. “This internship confirmed and Dorothy R. Peterson Professor of (PT), she saw many of the same patients absolutely that I love medicine and want Chemistry. she’d seen in the operating room the to go to medical school.” weeks before. From post-op cleaning Above: Bencic stitches a soccer player’s and massage to a regimented exercise knee after a total knee reconstruction. Read more at news.wooster.edu program, Bencic enjoyed connecting with athletes. “I could relate to the ath- letes that came in, and I felt like we had Follow all the latest news about the an immediate connection because I was Fighting Scots at woosterathletics.com.
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Pam Frese, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
1 A tradition for more than 25 years, Frese and students from her 3 Wooster seniors give Contemporary U.S. Culture and People Arch Medals, like these Frese and Cultures of Latin America classes received in 2019 and 2018, construct a Day of the Dead Altar in Old to faculty, staff, or other Main of Kauke Hall. The students create members of the community a skull in honor of a deceased family that they really connect with member, close friend, deceased pet, or even a famous and who shape their time at person they admire. The skull, their picture, and an the College. object or food that was important to the deceased become an “ofrenda” or offering for the altar.
4 A graduate of the Wooster Citizen’s Police Academy, Frese 2 Many students give gifts to Frese whether from brings local police officers to her their home country in the case of international students classes to talk about their role. or from trips abroad. Reciprocity—as represented on this “I provide a link for students that license plate given to her by a student—is a key concept broadens their perspectives,” Frese teaches said Frese. “I want students to of gifting back understand that the police are and forth, part an important part of the political of how humans process in the community, and it helps the officers to hear maintain students’ perspectives as well.” community.
30 WOOSTER |FALL 2019 One way to tackle the uncertainty of environmental change is learning how it might specifically affect your community by viewing climate model predictions. “If you know what you’re WORD FROM going to face, it’s not quite as scary.” WOOSTER
–Susan Clayton, Whitmore Williams Professor of Psychology, in an article in People magazine about the anxiety climate change is causing.
This summer, Meagen Pollock, associate professor of earth sciences, traveled with “Team Geochemistry,” a group of Wooster students and faculty, to Iceland to ex- plore volcanoes that erupted under glaciers which have since retreated. The site is “My favorite Wooster memory the first Icelandic glacier is I.S. Monday. I don’t think to lose its status to climate change. there’s a college in the United States that can quite compete with what that day means and signifies to so many Wooster alumni.”
“I simply wanted to commend you on the work –Kathryn “K.C.” (Sullivan) Locker ’13 in her accep- of the Wooster magazine. I received the latest tance for the Outstanding Young Alumni Award edition over the weekend, and I think the during Alumni Weekend 2019 revamped issue was so well done and calibrated. It was the perfect refreshment, bathed in some signature elements that amplified the Wooster feel.”
–Daren Batke ’02, Associate Dean, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, in an email to the editor.
“From now on, you will all be a part of one another’s network. You have undeniably a shared experience. Today, tomorrow, or ten years from now, you can pick up the phone and contact anyone of the people here or in your network from Wooster, and they will take your call. That’s pretty powerful.”
–Deborah Bial, president of the Posse Foundation, in her Commencement address to the Class of ’19
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CLASS NOTES 1942 Parish Church and received a Siebold ’71 that her mother geology, an M.A. at University Class Secretary Ph.D. in New Testament. They Jeanne Haffa Mckown died of Missouri and his Ph.D. in Jerry Stryker were married 51 years and in her sleep on Mar. 18, 2019 anthropology at Indiana Uni- [email protected] had a son, two daughters, in Hilton Head Island, South versity. He served at Amer- five grandchildren, and four Carolina. “Raffa” was a close ican University in Puerto 1943 great-grandchildren. friend, and I always heard Rico for nine years and then Email [email protected] with Our Class of ’45 Schol- from her at Christmas and went to California Lutheran your notes for the Class of ’43 or arship was awarded to a looked forward to seeing her University for the rest of his if you are interested in being the student in the Class of ’20 ma- at reunions which she sel- career. He authored several secretary for your class. joring in theatre and dance. dom missed. Our sympathy books, served as a naturalist In April, I (Swanee) wel- goes out to all these families. and on various conserva- 1944 comed two great-grandchil- Class Secretary tion bodies, and was active Email [email protected] with dren into our family: Julianne Jeanne “Swanee” (Swan) with his church, Boy Scouts, your notes for the Class of ’44 or Mae Garnett and Oisin Sean Garnett museums, and government if you are interested in being the Folco. For 34 years I have 33 Calf Pt., Machias, ME 04654 committees. secretary for your class. spent the summer in Maine, [email protected] We invite you to send your but this year in late May I got news to us. Our numbers are th 1945 75 Reunion pneumonia and spent two 1946 fewer, but we are still doing I received an e-mail from months in the hospital and Email [email protected] with things of interest to our Glenn Carlson. After serving rehab. I came home in late your notes for the Class of ’46 or classmates. as a Navy pilot in World War July and am well. if you are interested in being the Class Secretaries II, he was program traffic Sadly, I must report the secretary for your class. Jean K. Funkhouser supervisor for NBC in Holly- deaths of several classmates. Apt. 207B, 620 Sandhill Rd. wood. He was called into the Joanne E. Rice Grimm died 1947 Palo Alto, CA 94304 gospel ministry and went to July 30, 2018 in Lodi, Ohio; Your class secretaries 650-854-4014 seminary where he met and Lois A. Barr Cook died Oct. (Jean and Don) had a good [email protected] married his wife Madelyn. In 30, 2018 in Dayton, Ohio; long-distance reunion by Donald Swegan seminary he was a teaching Marion Dexter Plumb died phone. They caught up on 800 S. 15th St., Apt. 1027 fellow in broadcasting Chris- July 22, 2018 in Gaithersburg, their activities and found they Sebring, OH 44672 tian programs. He and Mad- Maryland; Elizabeth Morgan have several areas in com- 330-938-7772 elyn moved to Edinburgh, Treadwell on Oct. 15, 2018 mon. Jean and her husband Scotland where he was in Avon Lake, Ohio. In early Larry have been married 12 1948 assistant pastor of Greenside April I got word from Andrea years and Don and his wife Duncan Mccune is active Mary, 14 years. Don initiated in his retirement commu- the reunion when his grand- nity exercising, using a son moved to Stanford in computer, and attending ON THE Palo Alto as director of foot- musical events. For his 94th CALENDAR Chicago Happy Hour | Dec. 16, 2019 ball communications for the birthday in March he had a university football program. dinner party. His wife, Mary, Jean plays bridge weekly and died in 2017. In Michigan, Pittsburgh Happy Hour | Feb. 3, 2020 makes silk ties into purses. he recently attended a She has sent several beautiful reunion of his wife’s family I.S. Monday Happy Hours | March 23, 2020 purses to Don, and he sent with over 100 attending. His Contact [email protected] to host a happy hour. her some ties. Don chairs daughter, Anne, graduated several resident committees from Wooster in ’78. Alumni Weekend 2020 | June 4-7, 2020 in his retirement community Vincent Vespe’s son and serves as power of attor- phoned to say that his father ney for several residents. He died in 2018 at 97. He lived Register for events and learn more at woosteralumni.org. has written four books in the a full and happy life, even last 10 years. played golf at 95. Thomas Maxwell Jr. died My personal sad news is Oct. 9, 2018 in Thousand that my husband, Bill Hewett Oaks, California at 94. He ‘49 died in April at 94, so we earned his bachelor’s in never made it to our 71st
32 WOOSTER | FALL 2019 th CLASS anniversary, nor to his 70 1951 insurance company with total our faithful class secretary NOTES reunion. We lived an adven- Shodie Lowe Alcorn ’76 retirement in 2002. Nancy for years, lives in a cozy little turous and happy marriage, wrote to let us know her fa- and I moved to a retirement villa in St. Petersburg. She full of good memories. ther, Emory G. Lowe, passed community in Mechanicsburg, helps the Episcopal minister Class Secretary away peacefully on May 24, Pennsylvania." with services in the health Evelyn (Fischer) Hewett 2019. He was still living in Mary Jane Yoder center. She also helps with 802 South 15th Street #1839 Maryland where he had lived Peterson wrote, “It seems communion, Bible studies, Sebring, OH 44672-2052 since 2000. He graduated impossible that age 89 has and sometimes is a reader. [email protected] from McCormick Seminary arrived. The years have been Cheech feels fine, loves calls, in 1954 and served as pastor good, and those at Wooster and was especially pleased 1949 in Presbyterian churches in so very important and dear that Ted and Carolyn Happy autumn to all Ohio, New Jersey, Indiana, in memory. Retirement was Fredley visited her. of you. I (Nova) went to North Dakota, and Penn- early for me, at 57, when my Nancy Ewing Posson Wooster for Alumni Weekend sylvania. He last returned husband sold his business, loves reading the Wooster with our son and daughter- to Wooster for a reunion in and we transferred to many magazine. She finds the arti- in-law. They graduated with 2011. He was predeceased lovely places, enjoying every cles so timely and loves hear- the Class of ’77, so they have by his wife, Jane Matthews rich moment. My husband ing about what others are some friends who live there. ’50, who passed in 2003. passed away in 2014." doing. She has the picture Jeanne Tuttle Herst and Dee At age 90, Rev. Don Paul Miller wrote, “I’m still that was taken our senior Dee Carlisle were there for Pendell received the Aladdin functioning, relatively low year in front of Babcock and remembers how difficult it the weekend to represent Shrine Award for Meritori- health, now with 21 years in ous Service and a Special was to write her Independent our class. The three of us our home in Los Cruces, New Proclamation of Honor by Mexico. I have three children, Study. She and her husband shared the official luncheon the General Assembly of the eight grandchildren, and five fly to Colorado twice a year to on Saturday, and we had a State of Ohio. great-grandchildren.” visit grandchildren. great time catching up on With the assistance of the Class Secretary Carl Fleming and his wife our latest news and remem- advancement staff at Wooster, Warren M. Swager Jr. Mimi Fitch Fleming ’54 bering our Wooster days I (Ruth) can share that the PO Box 555 attended both class reunions. and our class. We obviously Class of 1951 Endowed Sheridan, MT 59749-0555 He is a designated photogra- did not have a class meeting Scholarship was awarded to [email protected] pher for her reunions. They since there were only the a chemistry major from the are in great health and travel three of us, so we conducted Class of ’20. Advancement 1953 a lot. He volunteers at Bay no business. We remem- shared that the support John C. Smith, Jr. and his Village Presbyterian Church bered our classmates who students receive from these wife, Sheila Ciampi, divide and helps at the public library are no longer with us and funds directly impacts courses their time in Florida between with book sales and other those fun days when they they take and the extracurric- their homes in Largo, a duties. were. I continue to be grate- ular and research opportuni- mostly snowbird community, Ann Anderson Hoener ful for the nice notes from ties that they participate in on and Naples. John serves on spends her summers at a members of our class. and off campus. the finance and personnel lovely lake house on the St. Please keep in touch. Our Please remember your committees at First Presbyte- Lawrence River near her next reunion will be in five secretary welcomes any and rian Church in Dunedin and sister. She has a new hip that years. Take care and live all communications from another committee at Beth- healed well and is thrilled happily until then. class members. El Farmworkers Mission in with her mobility. Her son Class Secretary Class Secretary Wimauma. This summer they is now minister of a church Nova Kordalski Ruth Ann (Coleman) Davis are in their motor coach, trav- in East Brunswick near her 168 Northridge Rd. PO Box 387 eling to Colorado, Arizona, home in Rahway, New Jersey. Willoughby, Ohio 44094 Southington, CT 06489 and Utah, spending time at Georgia Leary Weber and [email protected] [email protected] Ghost Ranch in New Mexico, her husband Al have moved and visiting their extended to an independent living 1950 70th Reunion 1952 families in Massachusetts, facility in Waco, Texas. They Class Secretary Skip Rohrabaugh wrote, Colorado, and Texas. John are fortunate to have all their Janice “Jay” (Wilson) George “I retired from the practice of has four great-grandchildren children, grandchildren, and 17300 N 88th Ave., Apt. 135 OB/GYN in 1999 and contin- and another on the way. great-grandchildren living in Peoria, AZ 85382-3501 ued to work for a malpractice Cheech Williston Taylor, Texas.
FALL 2019 | WOOSTER 33 George Bender, now in the directory, there were and family always lead to 1956 retired 20 years from United names to which we couldn’t reflection on the incredible Ellie Keep Harle wrote, CLASS Methodist Church, no longer match a face until return- changes since those student “On May 15 I received a cer- NOTES does any supply ministry ing home and pulling out days, especially in choosing tificate in spiritual direction or choir singing. He and the yearbooks. Some of us careers and keeping in touch from Sioux Falls Seminary wife Polly, whom he met in stayed on campus and were with family. (Baptist) and a certificate in Boston while he was in sem- treated to dorm accommo- Please let your classmates congregational leadership inary and she was in nursing dations in the newer facilities know what’s been going on from Dubuque Theological school, live in Walnut Creek, on campus, an improvement in your lives. Seminary (Presbyterian). On Ohio amidst many Amish from dorm-life of almost 70 Class Secretary June 21 the Presbytery of families. He has enjoyed years ago. However, you’ll Fran Lyon South Dakota installed me pottery making and wood- see from pictures that we’re [email protected] as a commissioned ruling working and now has his still as handsome and beauti- elder. Jesus called me Feb. own shop with wheel, kiln, ful as we were back then but 1955 65th Reunion 26, 2017. It has been a plus appropriate tools. He much wiser. I received a chatty letter splendid two years of study is active in the local Rotary Elise Murillo McHenry from Mark Byers. He was he has taken me on: difficult, and has been instrumental lives in Orange County in glad to see that Mary Crow fascinating, and rewarding. in saving the local library the same house she shared worked considerably past I plan to attend Dubuque’s branch from closing. He is on with her husband for over 60 retirement, as he has in Summer Intensive in August the board of the local muse- years even before Disney- the money management for a total of 22 credits um which preserves German land was built. After leaving business, for a total of 58 towards an M.Div.” Heritage. He is proud of the Wooster where she was a years. He almost didn’t go to Garner Odell wrote, sociology major, she entered “After a long ministry in fact that a pencil drawing by Wooster as he was planning his grandfather done in 1889 Margaret Hickey School churches across the country to enlist in the army, but his was copied in honor of their for Secretaries in St. Louis, and on cruise ships around father and Presbyterian min- 100th celebration. knowing those job skills the world, I slid kicking and ister put in an application for Dick Martin and wife would always lead to work screaming into retirement him, and he was accepted, Pennie still live on a lake opportunities. in the Central Valley of so he put in two years in the near Salisbury, North Enjoying a river boat California. My amazing wife army after graduation. Mark Carolina. They are active in cruise down the Rhine of forty-one years, Grace, and planned to attend our last re- their local Episcopal Church from Basel, Switzerland to I now spend most of our time union with Dan Emmet, but with various lay activities Amsterdam was somewhat either trying to stay in good with changing companies and committees. He is impaired by Janet Brandon health or keeping up with the next week couldn’t get in both adult choirs and Miller’s vertigo, which was our blended family of kids, away. This next reunion was functions as choir librarian. diagnosed after her trip, grandkids and great-grand- to be their time to meet, but They enjoy their pontoon but fortunately it wasn’t so kids, scattered all over the boat, lazy mornings drinking severe to spoil the trip. She unfortunately Dan passed globe. I’m working to master coffee, and their eight cats. and Bob look forward to be- away in July 2018. Mark has the craft of writing, some- Class Secretaries coming great-grandparents four daughters, two step- thing I should have worked Priscilla Allen to number four. Roanoke, daughters, nine grandchil- on harder at Wooster. I have 570-434-2383 Virginia is now their home. dren, and three great-grand- a fifteenth-century historical [email protected] John Kirk and his wife, children. Five years ago, his novel and the first of my Dick Martin Peg, planned to attend the wife of 33 years divorced Gemstone Thriller Series out 340 Topsail Road reunion, but unfortunately him. His fourth daughter from the publishers.” Salisbury, NC 28146 Peg picked up a bug just be- had an illness for eight years Sue Stewart wrote, “I am 704.637.7850 fore time to travel, and they and moved in with him three so pleased that ‘Woostie,’ [email protected] felt it would be better to stay years ago. He has a house our bagpipe-playing mascot, home. John has the pleasure in New Jersey and one in En- wasn’t packed away in 1954 of having a group in Chicago glewood, Florida on the Gulf one of the many cartons Eight of us made it back preparing to perform his coast. He plans to attend our unopened here at Fountain to Wooster to celebrate our play, “The Third Richard,” for reunion in 2020 and hopes Grove Lodge. He stands in 65th reunion, and friendly a December opening. many others will also. a prominent place on my students and staff made us Dyke Kanai settled in Class Secretary Yamaha piano reminding feel very special. We enjoyed Denver, no longer making Nancy (Mutch) Donald me of places we loved and getting reacquainted. Even frequent trips to Hawaii. 161 Lake Breeze Park shared years ago. Carol and though our class size was Jean Laurie Floyd wrote Rochester, NY 14622 I are settling into our apart- small, checking the names that thoughts of Wooster [email protected] ment with a view of the golf
34 WOOSTER | FALL 2019 course through many trees. welcome, the larger the fund, flower cordial. Bob forwarded teaching and retiring from This note is to let you all the bigger the scholarships an article from the local pa- the Agawam School System know that I think of you often will be. Thanks to all of you per with his picture receiving and bringing up two daugh- CLASS and hope that all is well for for keeping in touch. Keep the Spirit of America Award ters, Sara Jean and Susie. She NOTES each of you. Living in a senior the notes coming. for volunteerism for his work taught elementary school, residence makes me grateful Class Secretary on town committees and then special-education. After for my good health, ability to Jan Grim environmental preservation. retirement, she moved to drive and walk from place to 17867 Lincoln Way East He has lived in Damariscotta, the Minneapolis area to be place, seeing my surround- Dalton, OH 44618 Maine for nine years. close to Susie’s family. She ings and hearing all the bird [email protected] Marilyn Eisenhardt sent did church work (notably the songs. I appreciate my many a clipping from the Wooster annual rummage sale) and blessings and you are among 1957 Daily Record with the knitted with a group. Bonnie them, good wishes, warm Kay Cilimburg wrote that wedding of Sandy Zummo is survived by her brother hugs and Chocolate Kisses she spent a few days with and Bill Lang ’56 close to Arthur Acton ’64. I remember from Sue.” Marge Yoder Mitchell and graduation. I recall we had Bonnie best from our fresh- Pete Mortensen wrote, Mary Ellen Buckstaff Bader other weddings that day: man year, when in Hoover “Collette and I continue to be at Marge’s retirement com- Sheila McIsaac (Jim Cooper) she lived next door to me migratory, dividing our time munity in Media, Pennsylva- and Peg Meyer. Sandy was a (and Helen McGee Wilcox between Ontario in summer, nia. Kay is having difficulty Miller Manor girl and most of and Peg While) with her Pennsylvania in spring and with her vision, macular in the members of the wedding roommates, Jane Ann Craig fall, and Naples in winter. My one eye and dry eyes in both. party were too. The article Wilson and Lenore Lewton daughter Linda ’82 says I live We wish her well. said that the bride had made Snyder. Art said amusedly wherever it's 75 degrees. We Ellie Norfleet Levine and all the bridesmaid dresses. that when he visited her at are blessed to have all seven her husband visited me this My only thought was that Hoover with their parents, daughters visit here with spring for a long weekend. it must have been after she he was 12, but it was enough some of our 16 grandchil- Her husband Jules served submitted her I.S. It would to set off the customary dren and now three greats. for two years in the Marine be fun to hear from other cry, “Man on floor!” Art and We continue to go to the Corp Band at the Barracks in Miller Girls. Bonnie are part of a Wooster first-year lecture in Septem- Washington, D.C. where we Gene Phlegar passed family: their parents gradu- ber in Wooster and visit the saw them perform. away in December. He had ated in ’29 and ’31, and their campus for other events. A nice letter from Will an interesting career as a late brother Peter in ’61. Wooster organized an event Lange: “In spite of fading Presbyterian minister, hos- Bob Carter died in Winter hosted by Edie Andrew at physical abilities I’m still pice chaplain, and musician. Park, Florida, on March 10, her home in Naples. Rem- shooting my TV show, Win- I appreciate any news 2019. Bob’s sister, Jean Carter iniscences were good and dows to the Wild,’ over 100 you have to send me. You Badger ’65, lives in greater President Bolton inspired as episodes available online. My may think your lives are less Cleveland. I’ll never forget his always. Class notes are good little dog, Kiki, has become interesting, or maybe you hospitalization in June 2018 to have. Thanks for keeping one of the crew; her physical are going through difficult right before he was planning them going.” abilities are not fading. In times. Let us know. We are to fly to our 60th. Bob was At our 50th reunion we es- September I’ll be leading a trying to start a Facebook for no longer class secretary or tablished the Class of ’56 En- sold-out tour of Scotland fo- the Class of ’57. co-secretary, but through dowed Scholarship and many cused on Scottish history. I’ve Class Secretary the years he’d help me out of you made contributions. resumed a 60-year defunct Sylvia Martin Hoffmeier every once in a while. He had In the past year a student in correspondence with a dear [email protected] or a link, through an uncle, with the Class of ’19 received the old friend, Anne (Eubank) [email protected] the Shaker Heights Rapid scholarship. The scholarship Jolliff in Waco, Texas and Transit, which my husband assistance that students encourage other classmates 1958 ran for a few years; RJ was receive is more important to write her as well.” I regret to report two always glad to see Rob. than ever. The awards not Bob Tobey (Haas) sent deaths. Bonnie Acton Moc- Bill Moats, reports Bev only help reduce students’ a report on his Emergence cio died on Dec. 19, 2018, in Stockard has moved to financial concerns but enable Farm, a permaculture expe- Plymouth, Minnesota. Born Ithaca, New York. the recipients to make the rience. He wrote, “I live on in Sterling, Illinois, she grew Ruthie Holzapfel Walters most of their Wooster educa- Emergence Farm appre- up in Pittsburgh, served in wrote in her usual feisty style tion. Thanks to all of you who ciating that we are nature the Red Cross in Germany that she moved to Washing- helped make this possible. thriving.” He harvests kale, for three years, and spent ton, Pennsylvania, closer to Additional donations to our cherries, greens, and even the majority of her life in her daughter. endowed fund are always elderflowers to make elder- Westfield, Massachusetts, Our co-class secretary,
FALL 2019 | WOOSTER 35 Dennis, bonds with his went to see Notre Dame, service for our 27 members OSU. Their new location grandson, Cody over fishing, what a climb to the tower!” who have died since our makes it an easy drive to CLASS in which Cody has an intense Class Secretaries last reunion in 2014. A tree Wooster to meet friends at NOTES interest. A factor, says Den- Dennis W. Barnes in front of Douglass Hall the Ohio Light Opera. nis, is that there are nearby 12 Gildersleeve Wood was dedicated to our lost At the Boise State Univer- ponds that seem always Charlottesville, VA 22903 classmates. Betsy Stewart sity campus in Idaho, the full of fish, so that Cody’s [email protected] Humphreys, the daughter Charles P. Ruch Engineering gratification is so much more Nana (Newberry) Landgraf of our classmates Art and Building honors the legacy immediate than what Dennis Judson Manor, 1890 E. 107th Marion Humphreys, was de- of our own Chuck Ruch, the remembers. Dennis fished as St., Apt. 809 clared an honorary member university’s fifth president a kid in the Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, OH 44106 of our class. Betsy wanted who played a major role in “where fish were few and [email protected] to meet and talk with old establishing the College of sickly” at the time. friends of her parents, and Engineering at the school. Paul Reeder sent me an 1959 she graced our reunion with Chuck began his work in account of three months in Twenty-one members of her presence. education as a high school France in 1968 when he had the class enjoyed reminisc- Many from our class reside counselor and then served a NATO fellowship to study at ing at our 60th reunion in in Ohio, including Jack and as a college administrator a particular lab in Paris learn- June. Thanks to Don ‘Cash’ Sue Bushman who returned for five different universities ing procedures from a pro- Register for serving as our to the Buckeye State after liv- over the course of his career. fessor. The famous student president for the past ten ing in the Boston, Massachu- After 10 years at Boise riots erupted. He and his first years and to Greg Seaman setts suburbs for 52 years. State he became the wife, Janet, realized history for his many years as class They decided to downsize president of South Dakota was being made. They wrote secretary. Greg was chosen and be closer to their daugh- School of Mines and Tech- letters and took slides, and as our new class president, ter and old college friends. nology for 5 years. the assembled document is and Dick Christy agreed Now they reside in Granville Chuck and Sally 17 pages! Their words about to serve as class secretary. where they enjoy concerts (Brandenburg) are retired walking one Sunday: “We Cash conducted a memorial and plays at Denison and and enjoying life in Boise.
SCOT John Wilson ’78 VOLUNTEER Former Lead Economist, World Bank (retired) A. It’s the knowledge that I’m working incredibly diverse community. On the to help sustain and propel the College’s Alumni Board, I work with an extraordinary continued success into the future and in- group of alumni and staff, and as a mentor vesting in an institution I deeply believe in. to a Wooster student, I’ve learned directly about the challenges and opportunities for Q. Why is it important to you to today’s students. volunteer? Q. Is there anything else you want A. The benefits and joy of learning was to add? front and center for me from an early age. A classical liberal arts education is even A. Many people I’ve met are enthusi- more important today than it was astic supporters of Wooster, even if they for me. Wooster provides a world class didn’t attend. That’s a fantastic part of the education with personal, social, and Wooster experience and makes the College economic benefits, and I want to do all I truly a great one. My partner, Lawrence, Involvements: student mentor, alumni can to make the College known to others. for example, sees himself as part of the board member, chair of affinity group Wooster family and gets tremendous engagement committee, admissions satisfaction in learning about the College What have you taken away from event host Q. and thinking through ways we both can the experience? support the institution.
What do you enjoy most about Q. It’s a wonderful way to connect with volunteering with Wooster? A. the College and be part of a vibrant and Contact [email protected] to learn more about how you can be involved.
36 WOOSTER | FALL 2019 Roger Ramseyer passed 1960 60th Reunion who also majored in geology. arriving from Venezuela. She away. Many remember Byron Shafer wrote that After working as a geologist says that they are pleasant, when Roger hosted our 30th 2018 was a marvelous year. for several years, he became hardworking, and never miss CLASS Reunion on his scenic farm He celebrated his 80th birth- an endodontist and a colonel a Sunday church service at NOTES in Smithville, OH. Roger day with a large gathering of in the Army. He lived in the Methodist church where spent his entire career in relatives. He celebrated the Clarksville, Tennessee. she works as a volunteer. Her education as a teacher, 50th anniversary of receiv- Two other deaths that I son, who attended Wooster coach, high school princi- ing his Ph.D. from Harvard sadly learned about are Ed for his freshman year about pal, and superintendent of and of being ordained by Danziger, Jan. 8, 2019 12 years ago, brought his Green Local Schools. While the Presbyterian Church. and Pat Carson Mordecai, family to Suzy’s home to get in graduate school at Kent In addition to pursuing his Feb 7, 2019. Both died of away from the record-break- State he helped coach the regular continuing educa- cancer. Ed credited Wooster ing high temperatures in Wooster track team and later tion teaching commitments for two life-changing events. Cognac, France, last summer. in life, became an adjunct at Fordham University and He immersed himself in Trudy Patterson Colflesh th professor in education. Roger preaching in local congrega- history and discovered his celebrated her 80 birthday was a strong supporter and tions, he and Jane performed passion for doing research with a grand event arranged fundraiser for the Wooster in the Meadow Lakes in libraries and archives. He by her son. Friends and rel- basketball team. For many Playreader group’s spring taught American history atives from North Carolina, years he provided vegetables production. Byron was very at Bowling Green State Washington, New Jersey, from his huge garden for the involved in the community’s University for 46 years and Arizona, and Colorado joined College cafeteria. In retire- Senior Advocates for Justice published four books and her and were entertained and chaired a residents’ com- by a concert by two of her ment, Roger always looked many scholarly articles about mittee that awarded $2,000 Native Americans. The other granddaughters and a slide forward to morning coffee tuition grants to 26 Meadow life-changing event he credit- show of Trudy’s life. with “the boys” at the College. Lakes employees. ed Wooster for was meeting Tressa Mahy Mangum He authored three books. Judy Gunkler and Bill had his future wife, Margaret enjoyed traveling this sum- Jim McClung, trustee another year full of wonder- Jane Christy. Hiking and mer to the North Carolina emeritus, sends a very pos- ful travels both in the U.S. backpacking were two of mountains and seeing many itive report after attending and Europe, each time meet- his passions. He hiked the members of her extended the spring board meeting. ing up with special friends 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail family, including her older The College is in great shape and family. They went snow- one and a half times and the brother and sister. financially and student shoeing and cross-country 192-mile Coast to Coast Walk Bill Hoppes wrote that enrollment remains high, skiing in Wyoming, dogsled- in England twice. He and his wife, Dorrie, is battling unlike most of our competi- ding in Colorado, camped Margaret had two children, cancer. The good news is tors in the Midwest. President north of Santa Fe, and re- John and Anne. Pat had a that recent tests are en- Sarah Bolton continues to be visited Germany, Switzerland, life-long career with the Epis- couraging. After attending an outstanding leader and Austria, and Italy. copal Church, both locally more reunions for the Class an asset. Jim remains active Don Shumaker sent me and nationally. From 1998 of ’61 than many of our working every day in his of- the very sad news that Dixie until her retirement in 2006, classmates, we are sure that fice in downtown Chicago. He and Bob Whitaker lost their she served as chief operat- Dorrie deserves honorary is involved with the boards of second daughter, Danielle, ing officer of the National membership in our class as several companies. to cancer on June 16. They Episcopal Church in New well as our best wishes. Gene Bay and Jean (Stobo lost their daughter Dana York City. She was married to Class Secretary ’60) spend summers in their approximately 30 years ago. Chuck Nason ’59 for 24 years Larry Vodra cottage in the Adirondacks Danielle had a very suc- and subsequently married 51 High Ridge Rd. and Gene stays in good cessful pet sitting business, Don Mordecai. Following Brookfield, CT 06804 health by walking, golfing, received numerous honors retirement, they moved to [email protected] and visiting the fitness in a variety of sports in high Maine, where Pat remained center. Gene, trustee emer- school, and was a very kind, active in church affairs. 1962 itus, is pleased to note that caring, and generous person Class Secretary Greetings from your secre- their youngest grandchild much loved by everyone. Our Vicky Fritschi tary. As you see I have noth- will be a freshman this fall deepest sympathies to you, [email protected] ing to report which means at Wooster, the 7th Bay to Dixie and Bob. you were all very busy with attend the College. Harry Davis wrote that 1961 summer and fall activities. I Class Secretary he recently learned of Matt Suzy Tse Lee wrote from look forward to hearing from Dick Christy Emerson’s passing in 2016. her home in Brazil about the you soon. I do have news of [email protected] Matt was a good friend of his large number of immigrants a different type. I received
FALL 2019 | WOOSTER 37 notice from the College that to keep up his performing of us who lived in the shabby the torch of class secretary to two students were awarded career for a few more years, old Holden Annex, which someone else. There were no CLASS the Class of ’62 Scholarship but then he had to stop, due was “temporary housing” in takers, but if you would like NOTES for the 2018-2019 school to declining health. He died a 1962 and was still “tem- to take this on, let me know year: a mathematics major year ago. Martha continues porary housing” when we or email alumni@wooster. from the Class of ’20, and to live in the area and would were last on campus five edu. In the meantime, to all a communication sciences welcome hearing from years ago, have imagined of you, you will make my job and disorders major from Wooster friends. that we would be housed in much easier if you send me the Class of ’19. With all the Class Secretaries its replacement at our 55th your news. hate and violence in the Lynne Cleverdon class reunion! Rebuilt and Class Secretary world I am proud that we as 206 South MacArthur Blvd. rechristened Brush Hall, it Claudia Robinson Boatright a class still make a positive Springfield, IL 62704 opened three years ago and 312-664-0221 difference. [email protected] sits on the same site as the [email protected] Class Secretary Dick Kellner old Annex. Featuring private June Kinder 63 Old Farmers Rd. bathrooms and comfortable 1965 55th Reunion 8516 SE Seabird Ave. Long Valley, NJ 07853 commons areas, it was the Quentin Wilson reflected Hobe Sound, FL 33455 [email protected] site for our evening socializ- on Bill Vodra’s comments [email protected] ing and reminiscing. in the previous set of class 1964 Most of us enjoy retire- notes concerning his travels 1963 Twenty-five of us, along ment now, but a few contin- through various battlefields We’re including an update with spouses and friends, ue lifelong careers. Although of the Great War. Quentin on Class of ’63 Endowed returned to campus in June officially retired from the shared his memories of Scholarship and Student for our 55th reunion. After geology department at the “walking the special bricks Summer Research Endowed the marvelous turnout for University of Arizona, George in the streets in 2001 that Fund. The scholarship was our 50th five years ago, we Davis travels to Greece every marked the location of the established at the time of were disappointed that summer to continue his re- Berlin Wall and seeing the the 50th reunion. For the aca- more of our classmates search. Skip Baker maintains Chapel of Reconciliation re- demic year 2018-2019, it was didn’t come. Neverthe- an active pediatric practice in constructed in rammed earth awarded to a physics major less, we enjoyed a packed Southern California, where of the rubble left from the in the Class of ’19. The Stu- weekend of special activities he specializes in treating original church blown up by dent Summer Research En- and campus tours. Friday’s children and teenagers the East Germans just a year dowed Fund was established schedule featured several with learning issues. Mike or two before the Wall came in 2013 by members of the outstanding panel discus- Pensack continues to enjoy down in 1989.” class of 1963 at their 50th re- sions and guest speakers his work for a non-profit Jill and Nick Karatinos vis- union. Income from the fund and an afternoon reception dealing with rental issues ited a Dali exhibit with Dave continues to support student for faculty, faculty emeriti, in Chicago. LaVerle Berry and Gretchen Brand and research. As you consider and alumni. That evening we shared his impressions from also visited Bruce Dundon future donations to Wooster, were welcomed into Scots a recent trip to Somalia, and who has retired and moved you may wish to designate Forever with a lovely dinner Jane and Russ Yamazaki to Florida. to these funds to grow their at Kittredge Dining Hall talked about the trip to Japan Dick Robertson and his impact. hosted by College President they led and on which several wife Pat enjoyed a visit by Martha Russell Hsu Sarah Bolton and also en- classmates traveled. Others Bill Vodra and Dru at their worked as a librarian in the joyed reunions with several of us have taken up new Oceanside home in May. Cornell University Library for of our former professors at hobbies. Sue David Kingsley Our class president, Bill 38 years. Her husband, John, an afternoon reception. De- continues to make beautiful Vodra reminds classmates was in the music department spite cool temperatures and jewelry and art objects and to plan to attend our 55th at Cornell for 50 years. They intermittent rain showers, has taken up photography; reunion June 4-7, 2020. “We had a very rewarding life at the campus never looked she lives in the perfect place: are planning a class dinner Cornell and in Ithaca. After more beautiful, and we were the scenic central coast of in the new Ruth W. Williams they retired, in 2005, Ithaca especially impressed by the California. Hall of Life Science, a truly seemed very cold, so in 2010 Ruth W. Williams Hall of Life o T those of you who were magnificent building. We will they moved to Chapel Hill Science, towards which part unable to be with us, you be meeting in the room that where they had many friends of our class gift in 2014 was were missed! At our class honors our class’s contribu- and acquaintances. Two designated. The best part of meeting, at which Skip tions to the life sciences and years later they moved to a the weekend was socializing Baker agreed to serve as the Endowed Fund for Life continuing care retirement with our classmates in the our new class president, I Sciences that we created. community. John was able evenings. Never could those expressed my desire to pass We will also convene at the
38 WOOSTER | FALL 2019 garden and benches our for a couple of old Wooster 1967 1968 class established between buddies, we both felt we had Mary (Randall) Cooney Tommy McDonald wrote, Galpin and the former Sever- an unforgettable time! Our married Michael Cooney in “I’ve been in Green Valley, CLASS ance Gym, to remember our friendship began in Douglas 1969, and they moved to an Arizona since June 2005. My NOTES classmates who have passed Hall almost six decades ago 1800 colonial house in New brother Skip ’70 just moved away. The College will be and led us to the remote hin- Hampshire which remains to Tucson from Eugene, offering accommodations in terlands of this very-special a work in progress. They Oregon. I’m active in the local Brush Hall, the replacement southern continent.” raised three boys there who church here and ride my for Holden Annex, and Gault Ginny Keim Brooks wrote live in the area. They opened mountain bike more than five Manor. Both are air-condi- that she and husband Ed Concord Motorsport and miles a day.” tioned and reportedly among celebrated their 50th anniver- later became an indepen- I wish all of my ’68 class- the nicest on campus.” sary on May 31 and will be dent auto dealer. Mary mates well and hope to go Pat and I (Chuck) spent commemorating it in style served eight terms for the to a reunion in Phoenix. three weeks traveling Europe in July with a Mediterranean New Hampshire House of Looking forward to hearing in July. With about 30 other cruise. Representatives. During her from more of you! singers from the Walla Walla Kathy Rowland terms, she is proud to have Class Secretaries Choral Society we joined 12 Matsushima wrote, “What been instrumental in the Ann Orwin other choral groups from fun it is to think about building of a nursing home 266 Ready Rd. around the USA to perform Wooster friends and reunions and a correctional facility and Carleton, MI 48117 as the Paris Festival Chorus, even after fifty years! After founding a mental health 734-654-9112 th celebrating the 75 anniver- 30 years in Chicago, Kathy court, a drug court, and a [email protected] sary of D-Day. I will retire as Pam Sears Riedl and her husband Aki are juvenile justice program. class secretary and hang up [email protected] now thriving in Williamsburg, After 16 years, she left and the editorship of the email Virginia. Their families of worked with her husband newsletters next June. I will 1969 three children and five grand- to steer their business to its be happy to mentor my The Class of ’69 celebrat- children are now scattered sale in 2004. She is still on replacement and provide the ed their 50th class reunion from Japan to Switzerland the board of a local orga- email database, templates with 119 members and their to Richmond and the Silicon nization, Communities for for the newsletters, etc. Bill is families in attendance. The Valley. They are in their tenth Alcohol and Drug Free Youth. seeking volunteers for class ’69 class events included a year working with Japanese Wayne Cornelius retired president and secretary. dinner hosted by President MBA students at the College for the third time, this Please step forward and Sarah Bolton and her hus- of William and Mary and time from Reed College in keep our class communica- band Ari Solomon, a panel return to Tokyo each year to Portland, Oregon. His big tion going! on class members’ experi- Class Secretary help with recruitment. Kathy post-retirement project is ences during the Vietnam Chuck Templeton was ordained to Presbyteri- advising a national politician War, a panel on China, an ex- 3006 Brisbane Dr. an ministry in 1963 and has on immigration policy and ploration of diversity issues Walla Walla, WA 99362 retired but stays active in the Mexico/Central America- with the Center for Diversity 509-525-6746 denomination and the local related issues. He is finding and Inclusion, a viewing [email protected] church. She plans to help lead that writing policy briefs and of the film Cool Runnings, a group of 25 members to the helping with debate prepara- a memorial for deceased 1966 Holy Land in March 2020.” tion is both challenging and class members offered by This spring Jim Poff and I Jim and Bonnie Poff live meaningful work. Craig Rockenstein and Tom (Chuck Knox) embarked on in Plymouth, Massachusetts Unfortunate news for the Sheffield, our much appre- a memorable twenty-five- while Chuck and Joanne class is that Robert Mann ciated dinner at the home of day journey to Africa, a wild- Knox live near Portsmouth, passed away. He lived in David and Margo Broehl, a life photo safari to remote New Hampshire. From time Deerfield, New Hampshire luncheon with retired faculty areas of Zambia, Zimbabwe, to time, Jim and Chuck get with his wife, Maureen, for members and their spouses, Botswana, and South Africa: together to play a round of many years. He died sudden- and a dinner with the Scots “Freshman roommates so golf, share a few memories, ly from a cerebral hemor- Forever Group at which Pat many years ago, we joined and enjoy a good meal with rhage on April 21, 2019. Penovich offered memory a tour group that traveled their wives. Class Secretary vignettes of our years at by bush planes and then Class Secretary Doug Topping Wooster. We enjoyed our open-air vehicles to tent Bonnie Poff 26 Ashbrook Circle time together and missed camps, small villages, and 19 Pine Cobble Webster, NY 14580 those who were unable to at- other settings. Looking back Plymouth, MA 02360 585-347-4685 tend. The reunion planning on this ‘trip of a lifetime’ [email protected] [email protected] committee included Helen
FALL 2019 | WOOSTER 39 Chase (class president), Pat Chris Dirks wrote therapist, as was I. She went writer and civil rights activist Badger, Dave Broehl, Rick regarding our 50th reunion to work in England for one during the 1940s to 1960s. CLASS Craft, Jack Eft and Darlene next year: “I am planning on year in 1975 as a mental Our class read her book, NOTES Russ-Eft, Dick Horn, Betsey making the trip, though it health occupational therapist Killers of the Dream, during Madsen, Dee Millard, Sol will be quite a shock to my in the NHS: “Obviously I first-year seminar.” Oliver, Pat Penovich, Craig system to see the place after stayed on after that first year Mike Finley is struggling Rockenstein, Tom Sheffield, so many years. I did return from Philly and worked at with major health issues but and Mike and Linda Zaugg. to the campus a few times the Maudsley and Bethlem sent in the following news: Nancy (Morrison) in the early 70s. I was busy Royal Hospital. After my “I am retired except for my Stowell passed away on getting a second master’s first year, I was offered the own writing including a book Friday, July 12, 2019 at degree and then working on headship of Bethlem Royal called ‘Everybody Say YEAH!’ the Robert Wood Johnson the Washington University Hospital. Along with bringing after Stevie Wonder’s ‘Finger- Hospital in Somerset. She (St. Louis) campus as coor- up a daughter and son, I tips Pt 1.’ It’s about how long received a bachelor’s degree dinator of student activities became lead occupational it took me to really see that in art history at Wooster and from 1973-81 when I moved therapist for the Croydon all people are equal. Unfor- master’s in library science to Santa Monica, California Mental Health Services of tunately, I am in end-stage from Rutgers in 1999. She to get an MBA from UCLA. SLaM. Then my old neck and cancer these days, trying to leaves behind her husband While in St. Louis I did attend spine injuries from an Ohio hold off the darkness. I send of 49 years, Bruce Stowell a number of alumni re- car accident on my 1971 love and greetings to every- of Hillsborough, and her unions, not to mention some return to Wooster started to one who knew me, even the daughter Anne and husband alumni events here in the LA be too painful. I had to retire people I went out of my way Jesse Schifano of New York. area in the 2000s (with Sally in ill health a few years early. to antagonize!" Class Secretaries Patton), so count me in.” I’m back to work on Citizens Gareth Rosenau is Darlene Russ-Eft Helene Kiecolt wrote, Advice Board of Trustees, enjoying being retired (for [email protected] “After over forty years of just can’t stop the old desire more than 2 years) from the David Broehl living in Evanston, Illinois, to keep on trucking.” Federal Railroad: “In addition [email protected] my husband Tony Wahl and I heard from Paige to volunteering as treasurer I sold our home in 2010 and Russell that she had a of my church, Unity of Wash- 1970 50th Reunion moved to Paris, France. Tony mini-reunion last fall with ington, D.C., I traveled to dif- In April, our 50th Reunion enjoyed the outdoor markets Barbara Libbey Swec, Deb ferent parts of Europe, North committee met in Wooster and became active on the Kilgore Ford, Sally Neely, Africa, and Southeast Asia. I at Margo and David Broe- residence co-op board. I be- Jane Neil Caldwell and Julie continue my 32 years of ush- hl’s home. The committee came a comfortable French McHenry Emerson, and they ering at the Arena Stage, and includes Thomas Boardman, speaker, studied the history are all planning on coming to my interests in photography, Margo Broehl, Joyce (Har- of the 13th, walked weekly the reunion next year. I hope swimming, yoga, and hiking. man) Eager, Jane (Warner) in the Parc Montsouris, and many more of you do too. It’s been fun to have more Farina, Susan Hartt, David discovered the municipal in- Class Secretary options and less structure in Hopkins, Kris (Adair) Imbrie, door swimming pools. In late Kris (Adair) Imbrie my life and to have quality Lee (Eberhardt) Limbird, 2015 we repatriated to New 20 Mills Falls Rd. time for family and friends.” Lesly (Knowles) McIntire, Mexico where we now live in Barrington, NH 3825 Douglass Seaton: “Gayle Thomas Moseley, Joella Albuquerque. I hike with a [email protected] Saunders ’72 and I are both (Good) Newberry, Thomas women’s hiking group, and on the faculty of the College Romich, Richard Sites and we participate in a French 1971 of Music at Florida State Uni- Peter Snyder. conversation group which Kathy Palumbo wrote, versity, where we’ve been for David Clark wrote, “I’m includes Francophiles from “I’ve been retired from work over 40 years. Gayle heads starting my 50th year of sec- many different geographical at the Community Founda- the music theatre program ondary education this fall. I’m areas. Four granddaughters tion for Greater Atlanta for for the College of Music; truly fortunate because I love are far away but we expect just over a year. My days you can see quite a few of the challenge.” to be closer to them in the remain full volunteering at At- her former voice students Barb (Woods) Filmer near future. “ lanta Legal Aid, our local book in shows on Broadway, as retired in December after 39 Mary Kay Cresswell festival, and MedShare. I find well as around the country years in the music and fine wrote me (Kris) last year. She great pleasure being a coach on national tours of Broad- arts department of a PCUSA noticed I live in New Hamp- for younger women who are way shows. I teach music church in Birmingham, shire. She and her husband new nonprofit leaders. Also, history, and I’m putting final Alabama. In March she moved bought a cabin 11 years ago I finally have time to finish touches on a book on nine- from Birmingham to Colum- on a lake close to our home. work on a biography of Lillian teenth-century music. We bus to be closer to family. She was an occupational Smith, a successful American continue to visit my mother
40 WOOSTER | FALL 2019 Edith Bender Seaton ’47 ev- ences at the 2021 reunion.” ciation of Science founded Facebook page: College of ery few weeks in her house in From Tom Wilcox: “After in 1848, and the American Wooster class of 1974. a retirement community near being the head of seven Association for Arts and Paul Alcorn and Shodie CLASS Jacksonville.” different golf operations Sciences founded in 1780. Lowe Alcorn ’76 both retired NOTES Douglas Asbury: “I’ll be around the country for Class Secretary and moved to Ludlow, attending a week of the the last 44 years I am now Jay Yutzey Vermont in November 2018: Chautauqua Institute sum- semi-retired, working the 1254 Norwell Dr. “We had lived and worked mer program for the third winter season as PGA Golf Columbus, OH 43220 in Bedford, New York, since year in a row, thanks to a Ambassador at Desert [email protected] 1989. Shodie retired from member of the Chicago-area Mountain Club in Scottsdale. being children’s librarian in Presbyterian Church. When I live in Scottsdale with wife 1973 the Bedford Free Library in I’m not traveling, I lead a cur- Maureen; our twins are 29, The John D. McKee August 2018. Paul retired rent-events discussion group son Collin in Arizona, daugh- Alumni Volunteer Award from being pastor at the at a retirement community in ter Kelly in Providence, was presented to William Bedford Presbyterian Church Evanston; I’ve done volunteer Rhode Island.” “Butch” Wilson and Anne in October 2018. We enjoyed ESL tutoring and participated Jeff Stillson wrote, “I re- (Takehara) Wilson at Alumni visiting with Dorothy Knauer in my church’s resettlement tired in October 2017, from Weekend. They reside in ’76 just before we moved. We of refugee families. I also my job as physician in the Houston, Texas, and have are looking forward to road subscribe to the seasons inpatient hospice unit. After participated in almost every trips, visiting our sons and of Lyric Opera of Chicago, working for 10 years as an volunteer role that alumni their families in Philadelphia the Chicago Opera Theater, internist, and then 15 years can fulfill. Together, Anne and Washington, D.C., and and enjoy attending Grant as an ER doc, I spent the last and Butch have opened their reconnecting with family and Park Symphony concerts in 17 years of my career in hos- home for alumni events, friends near and far." Millennium Park. I’m looking pice, truly the most reward- served as Alumni Admissions David Robinson wrote, “I forward to our 50th reunion!” ing and interesting work I Advocates, planned several was at Emory University in Don Dewald sent in a first- found. Since retirement, my Scots in Service projects, Atlanta with our classmate time message: “I retired Oct. main interests have been given consistently to The Ellen Idler. After over 40 31, 2018, from the Cleveland photography, ballroom Wooster Fund, sent their years without any contact, Clinic Cancer Centers-Man- dancing, and woodworking. son, Michael ’05, to Wooster, Ellen and I met again on a sfield. After Wooster, my I also enjoy spending time and attended every one of webinar related to the role medical education included with my two sons, including their reunions. of religion in public health. stops in Cleveland, Cincinnati, exploring Chattanooga to Class Secretaries Subsequently, as director and Columbus. I returned celebrate my 70th birthday.” Cindy (Sterling) Weber of the Religion and Public to my hometown in 1980 to To all members of the [email protected] Health Collaborative at Em- start a hematology-oncology Class of ’71, remember our Shelley Kline Franks ory’s Rollins School of Public practice that grew into an 50th reunion will be June [email protected] Health, she invited me to join independent cancer center 10-13, 2021. If you are a team to co-author a recent acquired by the Cleveland interested in helping with 1974 article for the American Jour- Clinic in 2013. Retirement the reunion planning, let We had a great turnout nal of Public Health on ‘Faith finds me visiting as many Cindy Weiss or me know. for the reunion. Remember & Global Health Practice in of the 58 national parks as We will begin contacting you when you sign up for the 50th Ebola and HIV Emergencies.’ possible. When not traveling, for help in the near future. we want to break the atten- Before I retired last year you will find me hanging out Please put the dates on your dance record. I was greeted from World Vision, I was part in my Cincinnati Skyline Chili calendar and plan to attend. by Joe Grunda who had not of its Ebola response lead- restaurant.” It will be fun for all of us to been back since the 5th year ership team in West Africa Brian Beam wrote, be back in Wooster. reunion. It was wonderful to from 2014 through 2016.” “Laurie and I split our time Class Secretary catch up with Joe who lives Class Secretary between Colorado (kids), Michele (Burden) Johnson on Amelia Island in Georgia Kim Tapie Florida (winter), Lakeside 1847 Suffolk Rd. with his wife and can’t seem 5511 Canaan Center Rd. (summer), and Wooster Columbus, OH 43221 to retire. As a trustee, John Wooster, OH 44691 (golf). I was encouraged to [email protected] Kneen updated us on the [email protected] give up my medical practice latest projects and build- when I inherited family hear- 1972 ings to be renovated. It’s no 1975 45th Reunion ing loss but plan cochlear Brenda Major was elected surprise that after close to 50 Tom Hostenske implants this fall. I hope my to two prestigious Ameri- years Lowry Center is on the wrote, “Janet ’76 and I built implants are a success so I can societies: the American list for a makeover. Look for our final home near York- can hear about your experi- Advancement for the Asso- 45th reunion pictures on our town, Virginia. A nice piece of
FALL 2019 | WOOSTER 41 water just off the York River, my new freedom. In May, I MLK weekend, so let’s keep Summer Idyll in a gallery it has great bird viewing, and celebrated the publication of our fingers crossed that she in New York City. At the CLASS we even saw an otter this The Role of Directors in M&A might become a third-gener- opening reception, Cathy NOTES spring. We welcome visitors.” Transactions, a governance ation Scot!” Turner Vanderhoof ’75 was in Liza Catino wrote, “I have handbook that is my legacy Melinda Estridge recently attendance, and it was great enjoyed competitive soccer project with the American celebrated her 40th year as a visiting with her.” ever since leaving Wooster, Bar Association Business Law Real Estate Broker in Wash- Sue Purves McCaffray where I played field hockey Section. I was one of four ington, D.C. She’s in touch sent this note, “I have retired and lacrosse. In Connecticut coeditors, and 20+ authors, with Bruce Koppert and after 36 years as a professor I play in two women’s soccer and I am very proud of Debi Smith. She’s also cele- of Russian history, the last 31 leagues and for the past 15 our new handbook, which brating 25 years of marriage at UNC Wilmington. I pub- summers have served on the offers practical guidance to to Bob O’Toole who comes to lished my fourth book, The board for an organization corporate directors and their our reunions and loves the Winter Palace and the People sponsoring a women’s soc- advisors engaged in mergers Wooster crowd. Melinda and last fall. Now I’m practicing cer tournament that benefits and acquisitions. Meanwhile, Bob own a second home in permanent Saturday while Chrysalis, a women’s shelter I organized a mini-reunion of Florida. They enjoy vacation- coordinating Christian Ed at in Wallingford. My team, the the women who created our ing and took a trip to Africa my church.” Connecticut Classics, travels Wooster ‘Fool’s Paradise,’ last year. Melinda is a cancer Karen Havholm checked every July for the USASA Elizabeth Wolff Village, survivor and five years in from Wisconsin, “I’m Veteran’s Cup, in the 0-60 Mary Lee Talbot and cancer-free! retiring from the University division and made it into the Catherine Turner Roderic Owen and Linda of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in semi-finals. Wooster’s own Vanderhoof, at Mary Lee’s ’77 enjoyed visiting Madurai, January after a nearly 27-year Claudia Thompson, retired home in Chautauqua, Tamil Nadu, India in February career. I spent half of that professor of psychology also New York in late May. My where Rod helped begin an as a faculty member in the plays in this tournament. Joe husband, Bob Frankle, and I annual college exchange geology department as the ’74 and I still live in Guilford celebrated our 40th wedding program a decade ago. In science education specialist, and enjoy spending time anniversary last June with March and April, Rod taught teaching science to future with our three children, their a Viking River Cruise from courses focused on global elementary teachers and spouses, and our six grand- Amsterdam to Basel with justice and peace-building mentoring undergraduate children. If you’re in New our sons, Paul and Mark at Symbiosis University in students in geology and England, come for a visit.” and their partners. We get Pune, Maharashtra. On June geology education research Jeanne Gay wrote, “I together with our Wooster 18 (their anniversary), Rod topics (thanks to my Wooster moved back to Ohio last classmates (Cathy and Mary and Linda’s first grandchild, training in I.S.). I spent the winter and am now living Lee, Phil Correll, James Ella Caroline, was born. Rod last half of my career as in Perrysburg, where I can Correll, and Doug Shaw ’76) wrote, “We live a good life in assistant vice chancellor for spend lots of time with my every Thanksgiving.” the Shenandoah Valley and research and sponsored pro- daughter’s family (including Class Secretary like many Wooster grads we grams. A career high-point a grandson born in June). I’m Jeanne Gay are involved in Presbyterian was when UW-Eau Claire was serving part-time as pastor 419-707-1562 Church activities, community recognized with the Award of Collingwood Presbyterian [email protected] outreach, various forms of for Undergraduate Research in Toledo and am enjoying board service, and travels, Achievement as the top Mas- spending time with old and 1976 both domestic and abroad, ter University institution na- new friends. Hope to see Mark High wrote, “I work especially to my native tionally in 2016. I am looking many of you next June.” in the Detroit office of Dick- Wales. We welcome Wooster forward with excitement to Radd Riebe wrote, “After inson Wright PLLC, doing friends!” whatever comes next. Hope 44 years in Cleveland, my corporate and M&A work. Helen Ellis Becker, and to see you at the Wooster wife and I moved to Wash- I’m also president of the husband, Jim Becker ’75, reunion in 2021!” ington, D.C. I transferred Canada-US Business moved to Utah in 1988. She Chip Roston wrote, “I from the Cleveland Stout Association, focused on reports, “After residing in retired from my career in office to our office in DC, SE Michigan/SW Ontario. several cities in this pictur- the pharmaceutical indus- closer to our daughter who I represent the College at col- esque state, we finally chose try in March 2016. My wife, is a lawyer in NYC. lege fairs and keep up with Moab for our home in 2007. Terry, and I spend summers Diane Holt Frankle wrote, fellow alumni. Jannette and I We love it here and welcome in Port Clinton, Ohio and “I retired completely from recently celebrated our 28th any alumni to our home. I winter in DeLand, Florida. Arnold & Porter and the anniversary. Our youngest have been creating acrylic We are enjoying retirement. I practice of law on Dec. 31, daughter Elizabeth had a collage paintings since 2017 enjoyed being able to attend 2018 and have been enjoying nice visit at the College over for a group exhibition called the Wooster Black and Gold
42 WOOSTER | FALL 2019 UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITY
From the moment international student Sayantan “Sunny” Mitra ’16 arrived at Wooster, from his home in Kolkata, India, ALUMNI he found there were “no limits to the opportunities [he] PROFILE had.” In his first two years at the College, the economics and mathematics major received two APEX fellowships to support his career exploration off campus, first through an internship with Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, followed by an opportunity to study at the Institute for Financial Manage- ment and Research in Chennai, India. He also participated in an “eye-opening” Wooster-sponsored academic program in Kenya. “I had only done internships in South Asia,” Mitra says, “and this was so interesting to me, as someone from a developing country, to go to another developing country and see what’s the same, what’s different.”
He also got involved with the International Student Asso- ciation on campus, joined the Wooster Cricket Club, and was elected president of the College’s Student Government Association in his senior year. Mitra says the relationships he built over four years at Wooster with friends, faculty, staff, Sayantan “Sunny” Mitra ’16 trustees, and alumni “are steadfast and will last a lifetime.”
Mitra’s experience with Independent Study, working one- employment guarantee scheme. He also investigated the link on-one with faculty, prepared him to land a position right between the government’s skills training program in rural after graduation as a research associate with the Evidence areas and female labor force participation. for Policy Design program at Harvard’s Kennedy School. The project involved trying to model informal insurance arrange- As a Ph.D. candidate now studying development economics ments, of the sort usually seen in families or among neigh- at the University of California, Berkeley, Mitra is putting the bors, but also common in developing societies. For his work research skills he honed at Wooster to work focusing particu- at Harvard, Mitra built on this experience in his research to larly on agriculture and resource economics. reduce delays in the payment of wages for the government’s
Weekend for the last two prior reunions. Share what teacher in a middle school ceremonies this year with an years.” was missing and what was in Prince William County, endowed professorship, the Finally, a note from our enjoyable. We will keep ev- Virginia. Maueve recently re- Minehan Family Professor. class president Steve Shaw, eryone updated as planning tired from a teaching career This is partly the result of “We are about to begin progresses, but please send with Christian Schools and an amazing experience I planning our 45th reunion Debbie or me thoughts and is enjoying time to join book had two years ago assist- and need your help! I talked volunteer.” clubs, talk with her sisters, ing a team of researchers to some of you at the last Class Secretary and plan our travels. This and neurosurgeons who reunion and know there Debbie (Starr) Branfield summer we are spending removed a brain tumor from are several who expressed 260-704-3240 three weeks in Scotland, a professional saxophone interest in being a committee [email protected] mostly in the highlands player and music teacher, member. Being a committee and islands. We spent four where the location of the member is a low exertion 1977 years teaching in the DODDS tumor could have negatively volunteer job but very im- Brian Heater wrote, schools in Germany and trav- impacted his musicianship." portant to the success of the “Maueve Kinch and I are el frequently to Germany and Class Secretary event. We want to get people still in Gainesville, Virginia France. Any old Woo friends Beth (Dickson) Linvill outside, enjoying physical outside of Washington, D.C. traveling near Washington, [email protected] activities, and then enjoying I retired from a career as a D.C. are welcome!” a relaxing evening. If you public-school band/choir/ We received news from 1978 can’t help plan, send us your strings teacher in 2011 but Betsy Marvin, “I was hon- Class Secretary thoughts about what you couldn’t stay retired. I work ored at the Eastman School Bob McDowall liked and didn’t like at any as a technology education of Music commencement [email protected]
FALL 2019 | WOOSTER 43 1979 The weekend only served to Carolina. Rakos wrote, “My daugh- Elizabeth Brandt: “I was increase my appreciation for Mike Riffee and Kate ter Chloe got engaged in CLASS sorry to miss the reunion, but Wooster’s academic prowess welcomed a granddaughter July. Brendan, her fiancé, NOTES this is a very busy summer for and dedication to students. this spring. Mike also filled proposed overlooking the me. My husband and I both On Sunday, Sarah (Sallie) in for his daughter as dean ocean in Laguna Beach, her retired in June; we moved Osborn and I caught up with of students at Worthington favorite place. John and I are back to Cleveland from Idaho, Laurel Danes ’80 and her Kilbourne High School during so happy for them!” and will celebrate my son’s husband Rick, near Cleve- her maternity leave and Heather Murphy von wedding in August.” land. My husband Peter and served as interim head coach Allmen, Peter von All- Sharon Farmer I hope to catch more alumni for the boys’ lacrosse team: men, Katie Blood Duke, Schoneman: “Steve and I activities and perhaps see “So much for retirement! Ac- Bill Duke, Martha Miller remain in Ashtabula and you at the next reunion.” tually, it was great being back Duvall, Larry Duvall, Rachel have moved our business Scott Wishart: “Hola to in school and on the sidelines Swanger, and Rachel’s hus- into a larger space a block the Class of ’79 from sunny on a full-time basis for five band Bob gathered recently from Lake Erie. Besides Spain! Sorry to have dropped months. In my last time for a long weekend in San work on our software, called off the radar. I’ve been living serving as head coach, I was Antonio. They enjoyed great VistaTrac, we enjoy boating, in Europe for about 25 years nominated by fellow coaches company, good food, and Florida time in the winter, now, and I love my work as a and honored by the Ohio ventured out on electric bikes and the antics of our 10 teacher.” High School Athletic Associa- to explore the Mission Trail. grandchildren.” Jen (Reed) Jones: “I’m tion with the Sportsmanship, Allison Amos Muller Don Bordine: “Ann report- back! You have another Ethics, and Integrity Award continues to enjoy Beaufort, ed that Don retired in July as five years of my charm and for Boys’ Lacrosse in 2019.” South Carolina. She recently associate director of opera- wit as your class secretary. Class Secretary got together with Greg tions for the Office of Animal The Wooster Class of ’79 Jenny Watson Tonian and Laurie Lewis Care and Use, National Facebook page seems to 1802 Ardleigh Rd. Tonian ‘81 when they visited Institutes of Health. They will be the easiest way to reach Upper Arlington, OH 43221 her beautiful home along the be heading to four of the five out and remind you about [email protected] coast. Great Lakes, visiting friends deadlines. I am open to sug- I, Susan Lancaster and family.” gestions though. Mark and 1981 Toner, will be in a new home Chris Hein: “I’m on year I will return to Pittsburgh, Leanne Poteet is in this fall after 20 years. I three of volunteering for the Pennsylvania in May 2020 Maryland managing a team jokingly tell everyone that board of the friends of the after five years in Japan. of graphic designers. Her we are “downsizing” from Solana Beach Library, collect- So, until our paths cross, twin daughters recently a two-story to a one-story ing money from donations mata ne.” graduated from college, and home with a large basement. and book sales, then passing Class Secretary her son Graham will soon be If you haven’t already, please it out as free programs Jennifer Jones married. Having just turned join our Facebook group, for kids and adults and need- [email protected] 60 everything is new and COW Class of 82. based scholarships for local exciting she reports. Class Secretary kids to go to college.” 1980 40th Reunion Karl Rosengren and his Susan (Lancaster) Toner Ann Royce: “I was sorry Bonnie Bosworth sends wife, Sarah Mangelsdorf, 11593 Westbury Place to miss the reunion. My hus- greetings from Virginia’s have taken new positions at Carmel, IN 46032 band Rick and I have retired Eastern Shore where she the University of Rochester. [email protected] to Cape Cod. We are involved will be teaching high school Karl will be a faculty member with the Museum of Natural chemistry and physics. She with a joint appointment 1983 History in Brewster, Wellfleet recently got together with between the department Congratulations to Jeff Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, and her four children and nine of brain and cognitive Todd, the new president IFAW. In the winter our favor- grandchildren in Atlanta. sciences and department of and CEO of The University ite activity is helping to find Our class extends clinical and social sciences of New Mexico Foundation. cold stunned turtles on the deepest sympathy to the in psychology. Sarah will be He has more than 30 years beaches and getting them families of two classmates the first woman to become of advancement leader- to rehab. My Wooster science who recently passed. Susan president of the university. ship experience and most background has definitely Dodd Kenstler passed on Class Secretary recently served as associate helped!” April 30, 2019 after a long David Sterna vice president for alumni Pat Jolie: “It was a joy to and courageous battle [email protected] and executive director of catch up with old friends against lung cancer. Rick the alumni association at and to get to know other Thayer passed on July 22, 1982 The University of British classmates at our reunion. 2019 in Wilmington, North Jennie (Parrish) Columbia in Vancouver. He
44 WOOSTER | FALL 2019 previously served as director Exeter NH 03833 of Philadelphia’s Wilma Africa. “I will maintain a of The Wooster Fund and [email protected] Theater to a similar position home base Accra while alumni relations at Wooster. at Minneapolis’ Guthrie also joining David at his new CLASS Jeff is “excited to return to 1985 35th Reunion Theater, resulted in a few home in Pretoria. While not NOTES the Southwest and honored I (Barry) was on campus class note aftershocks. In ideal to live apart, we both to join the outstanding team April 26-27 for the Wooster May, James and husband have great jobs and will do at the UNM Foundation.” Insiders’ Summit, an Michael Whistler purchased our best to see each other Kristen “Kris” Leslie is opportunity to hear about a new home in Minneapolis as often as possible.” Diane happy to report that she what’s happening at the and held a reception. Among added that she is quite proud is starting her 23rd year in College and learn about the those in attendance were that Wooster’s incoming teaching at a seminary/divin- challenges and opportunities Chris Causey and wife Julie. class has so many students ity school and her 10th year facing Wooster and higher Finally, on June 10, the Wilma coming from overseas. as professor of pastoral education in general. Despite recognized and celebrated As a past president and theology and care at Eden the drizzle, the campus was James’ 13 seasons at the board member of YWCA Theological Seminary in St. beautiful, and it was fun to theater and 20 years in the Pierce County, Phyllis Izant Louis. In June, she attended spend time with these folks Philly arts scene at Fête 2019, remains devoted to the a meeting in Denver, which who were on campus: Brian its annual fundraising event. organization, which empow- allowed her to reconnect Cavanagh ’83, Mary Neagoy Megan Rogers reported ers women and eliminating with Libby Black. ’83, Jennie Saliers ’83, and another Haskins after- racism. In July, her Tacoma It was great to hear from Lisa Skeens ’88. The event shock. “Last week, when community and the YWCA Allen Gerard who has been coincided with the annual I attended the Guthrie’s celebrated breaking ground with investment bank Cowen Senior Research Symposium, gala performance of “Guys for a new 55-unit permanent and Co. since 1987 and “still where students present their and Dolls,” I ran into James housing project that will enjoys the business.” He has I.S. projects as audience Haskins. I have attended support families fleeing do- been married for 29 years members say “Wow!” and this theater’s plays for mestic violence. “With state, and has three children. repeatedly pick their jaws up most of my life, so it was county, city and housing tax Julia Klein was elected off the floor. a kick to find that James credits, in addition to private to the board of the Federal Congratulations to Katie was sitting only three rows support, our total project Reserve Bank of Philadel- Hopper, who was named ahead of me. We chatted cost is $23 million,” reported phia, which she describes the 2019 recipient of the at intermission.” Megan, Phyllis, who continues to as very interesting work. Maryland Humanities Council too, has begun a new job. “I serve on the organization’s Wooster alumnus and fellow 2019 Christine Sarbanes began my licensed clinical finance committee. “Upon Trustee Don Kohn had a Teacher of the Year Award! psychology position at completion we’ll have the distinguished career at the The honor recognizes a Bluestem Center for Child campus we dreamed about Fed and that inspired her to Maryland teacher who works and Family Development back in 2006.” become involved. avidly to promote reading. in Rochester, Minnesota. I Dawn Garrett-Larsen Forty years ago, we began Katie teaches 7th & 8th will be expected to provide wrote that she has served our college adventures at grade English at Washington most of the center’s autism as minister of the Nelson Wooster, moving into dorms Episcopal School in Bethesda. assessments.” Congregational Church in or houses, meeting our In August, Katie, our children, It’s transition time again Nelson, New Hampshire roommates, going to dinners and me (Barry) vacationed in for world traveler Diane for 19 years. “My son, Jesse, at Lowry or Kittredge, and Montreal! Weisz Young. As regional graduated from Wooster, figuring out where our class- Holly Zapf, a doctor in coordinator for the Educa- and it is time for a big es were. Share pictures or naturopathic medicine, was tionUSA network, a State change,” she wrote. “I’ve memories of your Wooster recently nominated as Best Department-sponsored been called to the First years on our Facebook page Holistic/Alternative Practi- program that provides as- Congregational Church of (Wooster 83) or our new tioner in Portland, Oregon. sistance to college students Canandaigua, New York as Instagram account@ She is looking forward to the who want to study in the their Sr. Pastor.” woosterclassof83. wedding of Elizabeth “Eli” United States, Diane is re- “Just been shaking in Class Secretary Bacon and Brian Boyd ’84: sponsible for 21 countries California with 7.1 and 6.4 Mary (Marsinek) Calvert “Eli and Brian’s nuptials will and 23 centers in West and quakes, all good, no dam- [email protected] be a long overdue celebra- Central Africa. In May she age,” reported Will Lorenz tion of true love ignited at and her husband finished of July’s earthquakes. “Other 1984 Wooster in 1982!” their assignment in Abuja, than that, I’m enjoying a Class Secretary Class President James Nigeria. In June she moved nice summer, traveling the Denise Short Haskins’ move in March to Accra, Ghana while he U.S. for work, and cruising 4 Sanborn St. from managing director headed to Pretoria, South around Newport Harbor in
FALL 2019 | WOOSTER 45 our Electric Duffy boat on years) and I are celebrat- Matthew attended a football driving out after attending a weekends.” ing 20 years in our nearly camp held by Solomon wedding in Chicago (daugh- CLASS Chris Causey began his 100-year-old home with Thomas, son of Wooster ter of Deb Horn ’89). I feel NOTES fifth year as a trustee of the never-ending projects. We classmates Chris ’83 and very blessed my parents are College. He also was re-elect- are empty nesters and love Martha Thomas ‘83. August alive and mostly healthy. It ed to the Board of United it! Our adult kids are doing was an exciting month for was great to see Mary Beth Therapeutics, a biotechnolo- great in life and careers.” Laura and me because we Miller a few weeks ago. I did gy company headquartered Leslie Mastbaum wrote, traveled to Croatia! For me, run into Mary Fearon Jack a in Silver Spring, Maryland. “This last year I relocated this year has brought some few months ago, and Jenni- This role brings Chris to the from my beautiful Dunedin major changes that were fer Ingold Seltzer. I also saw D.C. area regularly and he to the Charlotte area with my long overdue. I am looking Amy Zuberbuhler Butler and yours truly had lunch husband’s job. I’m getting forward to a new chapter in when I attended her dad’s fu- together on April 23. In used to it but miss the my life, finally getting the op- neral (wish it had been under October, Chris and wife Julie’s beach. We do live in a cabin portunity to find happiness better circumstances).” eldest son, Nate, is getting on a lake. I am involved in and to truly enjoy what the Kimberly Todd Sayers married in Baltimore. the American Foundation for world has to offer. shared, “Jeff and I are loving On May 13, Bill Pazos, Suicide Prevention, a career Class Secretaries lake life, enjoying as many in D.C. from his home in interest since I lost my best Cindy (Panos) Papp weekends as possible at Singapore, met up with Pete childhood friend to suicide. [email protected] Marblehead on Lake Erie. I Constantine, Victor Frank Last year it became very per- Kenyon Mau was installed as president of and me (Barry). sonal when we lost our fos- [email protected] the Rotary Club of Wooster, Please plan on coming ter daughter to suicide. The which is a tremendous honor back to campus for our 35th organization promotes open 1987 and quite humbling, as reunion in June! Truth and discussion, education, re- Brian and Karen Carl the Wooster club is the larg- light, from your favorite class search, and access to mental visited Wooster in May for est in our district. I attended notes resource. health services. This year I’m daughter Alena’s graduation the Rotary International con- Class Secretary hosting the survivor’s day in and enjoy life in northern New vention last year, where there Barry Eisenberg my area. My goal is to work York despite the long winters. were 25,000 other ‘Rotarians’ 15736 Buena Vista Dr. for a change in her memory, Emily Perl wrote that from across the globe. Like Rockville, MD 20855 and for her children’s future.” she is experiencing an early Wooster, Rotary International [email protected] Gretchen Marks Crane version of empty nest this connects the world!” shared that even though summer as her 17-year-old Bryan Gilooly and Karen 1986 she turned 55 this year she daughter has spent three (Melech) Gillooly enjoyed Bernice Walker wrote, did not retire after 31 years weeks in Costa Rica plus four a wonderful weekend in Cin- “In June, I participated in the of teaching and will return weeks as a junior counselor cinnati, Ohio and Covington, National Senior Games in to the classroom for year at an overnight camp. She Kentucky over the 4th of July. Albuquerque, New Mexico. 32: “My bigger news is that had one fabulous long week- Chris Drake and Tom I qualified by competing in my daughter Mallory Crane end on a personal retreat in Junkin had a great time games in Ohio (track and ’19 graduated magna cum the Hudson River Valley area catching up and watching a field) and Kentucky (basket- laude. In addition to the of New York and has also D.C. United soccer game in ball) in 2018. I did not bring pride of graduation, Mallory been traveling to Ohio and July. Chris was in D.C. for the any medals home, but the was featured in the spring/ New Hampshire. third summer in a row doing team finished in 5th place, and summer edition of the mag- Franklin Lim is in Spar- a training with the U.S. Soc- I have a ribbon to prove it. In azine for her I.S. She is off to tanburg, South Carolina and cer foundation so that he can addition, I had a good time Vanderbilt University to pur- is interested in meeting up train coaches back in Detroit playing 3-on-3, half-court sue her master’s in special with other alumni there. to be part of the Soccer for basketball with a Texas team.” education, but I’ll be at Black Mary Beth Miller lives Success program which pro- Glen Roebuck wrote, “It and Gold Weekend in the fall. in Hudson, Ohio, down the motes physical activity and has been an exciting few Our son Noah is a junior this street from Mary (Fearon) healthy nutrition through years for us. I continue to year at the College.” Jack. She’s been having a coaching soccer and mentor- be fulfilled and challenged I (Cindy) have had the fun summer so far with ing K-8th grade students. working in health care. I usual busy spring and sum- “my two boys and husband, Class Secretary support and oversee all mer doing things with my and recently ran into Lisa Emilie Storrs home-based, outpatient, and children. Laura graduated (Hunyadi) McKay.” Cathedral Station senior services for Genesis from Wooster in May, and we Lisa Hunyadi McKay PO Box 0542 Health System in Davenport, enjoyed a wonderful celebra- reported, “I visited my par- New York, NY 10025 Iowa. Diane (my wife of 32 tion weekend with friends. ents in southern Colorado, [email protected]
46 WOOSTER | FALL 2019 1988 school and re-met at our and a son. Last year, I was on campus, I’d be delighted Michelle Pagano Heck, 30th class reunion in 2017. blessed to receive a heart to buy you a smoothie at the president of Nonprofit Talent Lisa Zink-Seaman Ward and kidney transplant that Knowlton Café in Williams CLASS LLC has been named a 2019 (Bunnie) was one of my found me in the hospital Hall or an order of onion NOTES Women of Influence by the attendants; Elaine Turley ‘82 for 10 hard months, but I’m rings at Mom’s.” Pittsburgh Business Times. and Janna Turley Burns regaining my strength.” The other half of our Patrick Schmitz wrote, Nowicki ‘84 were guests. I would love to hear from strong co-presidential ticket, “My wife and I are moving Matt and I are making our other classmates, so please Sarah (Fuller) Klyberg, into the empty nest phase of home in our home town, send along your news! wrote that she has been life after sending our young- Cuyahoga Falls.” Class Secretary living in Warwick, Rhode est to college this fall. I spent From Katie Jones Kathleen Quinn Island, with her husband a week in July on a mission McClelland: “In July, Rich 86 Faren Dr. Kevin ‘92 and their family for trip in Guatemala with Food and I traveled to the Outer Highland Heights, KY 41076 nine years. After serving as for the Poor. It was a hum- Banks with fellow Wooster [email protected] or associate dean for just over bling and gratifying experi- graduates Carrie Fasolt [email protected] a year, she was appointed as ence, and I recommend it to Crawford, Danielle Dunn, interim dean of the division anyone who can do it.” Karl Crandall, Bob Graves, 1993 of arts and humanities at Class Secretary Anna O’Donnell, Matt Christopher Myers, Bristol Community College in Elizabeth Walsh Hastings and our families. Morgan Beever, and Rob April 2019. She added she is [email protected] The week went by too fast Vosburgh had dinner in really excited to plan our 25th and was filled with fun and Kittredge when they attend- reunion and see many of you 1989 relaxation.” ed the Wooster Insiders’ in Wooster next year! Class Secretary From me (Susan Deelsny- Summit in April. Being insid- My co-secretary Meg Anil Parwani der): “My husband Rob and I ers, they could dispense with Braun has marked four [email protected] are empty nesters and have Wooster speculation and years of living in Nashville moved to Maine. We found a instead focused on catching this past April, after spend- 1990 30th Reunion log cabin on a bunch of acres up and strategizing on ways ing 20 years as a New Yorker. Class Secretary and are learning to adjust to lure Elaine Baran Black She wrote, “In the winter of Trond Peersen to a rural lifestyle. I took back to campus. 2019, I began teaching Music 202-276-0723 a position of operational Your class secretaries, Dana Together, an immersive song [email protected] excellence manager at Waldo Grande and Dana Jackman, and movement program for County General Hospital in are well, wish you well, and are little ones and their parents. 1991 Belfast, so I have a lovely eager to hear from you. I love it and am looking into From Jennifer Porcari: drive to the coast each day. Class Secretaries pursuing a master’s degree “Jennifer (Shaw) Porcari, I recently met up for dinner Dana Jackman in early childhood education Deb (Whitfield) Wiese, with Megan Shore ’93 and Dana Grande and development,” adding, Morgan Pearson, Sarah Schurman Eberly ’93 [email protected] “if you know any young fami- Barbara Beenhakker, Liz in Rockland. I hope traveling lies in Nashville looking for a (West) Glidden, Mary Beth ‘Woosterites’ will get in touch 1994 family/community music pro- (George) Beatrice, and Jen if they come to Maine!” Class Secretary gram, send them my way!” (Brintnall) Bell met for a fun Class Secretaries John Parsons She wrote that since going fall weekend to celebrate Susan Deelsnyder [email protected] off the road in 2017, she has our big birthday year. This 385 Johnson Flat Rd. written upwards of 50 songs has become a fun tradition Clinton, ME 04927 1995 25th Reunion and with any luck will have to catch up with mostly [email protected] Our esteemed co-pres- a new album out in time for east coast Woo gals. I have Katie Jones McClelland ident Emily (Weidner) our 25th reunion next June. been an organizer with the [email protected] Armour wrote that she lives And I (Brad) continue to National American Federa- in Wooster with her husband make Colorado my home tion of Teachers for the past 1992 and two daughters and is fin- with Holly Kyle ’98 and our 22 years. I hope that those I received a note from ishing her fourth year as an family since moving to Den- of us from the 1991 class in James “Jamie” Wallace: educational technologist at ver in 2017 for me to take a the D.C. Metro area can get “I have had a successful Wooster. She wrote that she position at Children’s Hospital together soon!” career in sales and for the “had the pleasure of visiting Colorado and the University From Gayle Glanville past five years have been a with Jill Gregory and Laura of Colorado School of Medi- Wilson: “I married Matthew strategic account manager Templeton Aosved during cine. Since making the move, Wilson on Jan. 5, 2019. He for Amazon Web Services. I their recent visits to cam- I immersed myself in the rich and I were friends in high am married, with a daughter pus!” She added, “If you are research environment here,
FALL 2019 | WOOSTER 47 studying novel treatments for Time for my own update: I Elizabeth (Howard) visit if you’re ever in the area. rare genetic kidney diseases (Brian) have recently moved. Ferguson was recently Class Secretary CLASS in children by participating My new address is below. I sworn in as president of the Joan (Hammer) Amaratti NOTES in several clinical trials and would love to get together Jacksonville Bar Association. 408-603-3903 other clinical and transla- if anyone is visiting! Besides She has been involved in the [email protected] tional research efforts but unpacking boxes, I run two Bar Association throughout have somehow found time to companies: Plan F Solutions her career. 2001 explore local craft breweries and Nest Insurance Solu- Sarah Fenske, who many Heather Schieda and Amy and food trucks. tions. Things are constantly of us remember as a fearless (Peshina) Fontaine were both Class Secretaries busy which is great, and my editor of The Wooster Voice, attending the Ohio Federa- Brad Dixon son is starting middle school. has made the transition from tion Mother of Twins yearly [email protected] I appreciate all the updates print journalism to radio. She convention in June and were Meg Braun you share. Please keep them is the host of “St. Louis on the surprised to find they were [email protected] coming. Air” on St. Louis Public Radio. both honored by their local Class Secretary What exciting things are clubs as mother of the year. 1996 Brian A. Friedman happening in your life? Please Matthew Frank and Erin Tatjana Mochalova 17824 East Park Drive share with your classmates. Toohey Frank ‘07 welcomed reports: “I’m loyal to art and Cleveland, Ohio 44119 Class Secretaries their third daughter, Charlotte poetry, painting and writing, [email protected] Sarah Fenske Jennifer, on April 29. and participating in art shows [email protected] Class Secretary in Moscow. I wrote song lyrics 1998 Rorie Nicole Harris Chris Powers in English for my husband, Class Secretaries [email protected] 520 Roberts Ave. Ilya, who is a musician-com- Holly (Kyle) Dixon Syracuse, NY 13207 poser-song writer. I also help 8269 Mellon Dr. 2000 20th Reunion [email protected] people using essential oils Cincinnati, OH 45242 Michele Harvey (Turko) (aromatherapy) which have [email protected] sends her greetings from the 2002 been my passion for over 20 Sally Lenore Thelen UK, where she has been liv- Stephen Belenky joined years. In the past three years, [email protected] ing for eight years. Michele’s Dorrier Underwood, a man- it has been helping my hus- Sandra Kozera first trip to the UK was during agement consultant firm, band (who has also become [email protected] a Wooster semester abroad specializing in the areas of a political/social activist) in to London with the IES Pro- business formation, logic his work fighting for human 1999 gram. She’s married to a man modeling, program devel- dignity and rights in Russia.” At our 20th reunion, there she met in London in 1999 opment, operations change, Class Secretaries were lots of good times had and enjoys work as a pediat- revenue diversification, and Pandora Cunningham by all attendees. Our class ric occupational therapist. succession planning. [email protected] elected a new class pres- Marshall Jones shared Heidi Erdmann celebrated Katy Anderson ident. Timeka (Thomas) the following update: “I’m in the one-year anniversary [email protected] Rashid is taking the reins Kalispell, Montana working of her business, Erdmann again as we head toward the as the music director at Beth- Marketing Group, in June. 1997 big 25th reunion in 2024! She lehem Lutheran Church and She also hosts a monthly Anne Lyman shares the shared “After nine years, I am as an adjunct professor at networking group for female following from Tacoma: “I leaving Kent State University Flathead Valley Community marketers in the Boston area. moved to a role as president and joining the Viking family College.” She’d love to connect with of the Washington State as assistant vice president Marge (Foot) Reid and Wooster students or alumni Chapter of the American of inclusive engagement at her whole family (husband in marketing or business in Choral Directors Association. Cleveland State University. I Alex, son Warner, and New England and beyond. Zach Lyman and I are pre- am excited to begin this new daughters Hazel and Harriet) Mindy (Smailes) Birch: paring to take simultaneous chapter of my professional just finished a production of her family, including hus- fall sabbaticals from our jobs life. She added, “Another big “Mary Poppins” in July. She band Brian, and children, at Pacific Lutheran University life change is that our (Time- continues to run a successful Anabelle, Evie, and Maggie, (Zach) and Tacoma Commu- ka and Abdul Rashid ’94) old- voice and piano studio in moved to Powell, Ohio in nity College (me). We will be est son Nasir graduated from Minneapolis and enjoys play- April 2019. Mindy says, taking our family to Europe Shaker Heights High School ing competitive tennis and “We are enjoying our new for four months and look and is now at the US Airforce performing in musicals on neighborhood and looking forward to connecting with Academy. Our youngest son the side. She looks forward to forward to not moving again Wooster alums in Edinburgh, Hasim will be a sophomore helping plan the 20th reunion if we can help it!” Antwerp, and Vienna.” this year at Shaker Heights.” over the next year! Please Chris Liao accepted a
48 WOOSTER | FALL 2019 new role as director of front the state of Florida as mental wrote, “Charlotte Jennifer is starting this year as the office at San Antonio’s best health counselor. She is an Frank arrived April 29, and director of Clark Scholars, hotel: Hotel Emma, located outpatient therapist at Emer- we are all in love. Her big a new program at Bowling CLASS at the Pearl, a culinary ald Coast Behavioral Hospital sisters, Lucy and Clara, adore Green State University’s sat- NOTES destination. in Fort Walton Beach work- her. We can’t wait to take her ellite campus in Huron, Ohio. Melissa (Barty) ing with adolescents and on her first visit to Wooster. The program is designed for Langworthy competes in active duty military members I’m still teaching middle students with intellectual local and national triathlon providing intensive outpa- school and have recently disabilities to gain college events and qualified to repre- tient treatment. switched from social studies credits and life experience, sent Team USA at two inter- Hannah Richardson re- to science. We look forward and Kyle is so excited to be national events. In May, she ceived her master’s in higher to our next reunion!” in on the ground floor. He went to Pontevedra, Spain education student affairs in Class Secretaries joined two other Wooster for the 2019 ITU Multisport May, got married in June, and Ashley Brandt graduates, Kate Dailey ’86 World Championship and began a position at Warren 310 S. Hancock St. #306 and Andy Kurtz ’85, who are competed in the Aquabike Wilson College in July as the Louisville, KY 40202 both deans at the school. swimming and cycling race, director of internships. Han- [email protected] We love hearing the excit- finishing 25th among 200 ath- nah and her wife Michelle live Joy Bronson ing news in your lives! Con- letes from around the world. in Asheville, North Carolina. 1235 Lewis St. Apt 101 tinue to let us know when She’ll represent Team USA at Jesse Smith works at Mic- Nashville, TN 37210-3458 you’re starting a new job the 2019 ITU World Triathlon rosoft in Redmond, Washing- [email protected] adventure, moving, if there’s Grand Final in Lausanne, ton as a software engineer a wedding or birth, or if you Switzerland and race in the on the Mixed Reality at Work 2008 just had a fun mini-reunion draft-legal sprint race in Au- team working primarily with Laura Gross married with our classmates. gust. She wrote, “I feel hon- HoloLens devices to bring Alex Effendi on May 18, Class Secretaries ored to be able to represent future technology to first-line 2018, and they live in Heather Closen the USA on the world stage workers. He lives in Seattle, Washington, D.C. [email protected] and receive tremendous Washington. Jonathan Butensky Kyle Closen support from my husband Class Secretary wrote, “I married the [email protected] Tom Langworthy ’01, family, Amanda Dobler beautiful Kali (Neundorfer) friends and coworkers, and [email protected] Butensky in Avon Lake, Ohio, 2009 sponsorship by my employer July 20, 2019. We reside in Class Secretaries SurveyGizmo.” 2006 historic Hudson, Ohio where Taryn Gress Class Secretaries Christine (Moffett) I teach chemistry at Western 5965 Hodgman Dr. Liz (Farina) Markel Bowersox relocated to the Reserve Academy.” Parma Heights, OH 44130 [email protected] tri-state area in November Danny and Kara [email protected] Jennifer (Petkovsek) Murphy 2017. She completed her Caine also have exciting Carly Carey [email protected] master’s in library science at news to share. He is the [email protected] the University at Buffalo in owner of the Raven Book 2003 2012 and is a research librari- Store in Lawrence, Kansas. 2010 10th Reunion Class Secretary an at the law firm Sullivan His first book of poems, Nicholas Knodt joined Margaret Stigler & Cromwell in Manhattan. Continental Breakfast, was the Washington, D.C. office 2031 W. Augusta Blvd. #2 Christine is interested in con- released in March 2019 by of Quinn Evans Architects as Chicago, IL 60622 necting with Wooster alumni Mason Jar Press. Another a staff architect. He holds a [email protected] in the area. book, El Dorado Freddy’s, is master’s in architecture from Class Secretary a collaboration with the University of Virginia. 2004 Patti Ross photographer Tara Wray Allyson Palmer had a lot Class Secretary [email protected] due in March 2020 from Belt to celebrate in 2018 with her Laura (Hennigan) Husarek Publishing. Kara is nearing wedding to Adam Frederick- 3809 Park Ave. 2007 a Ph.D. in music therapy son in June and graduating Brookfield, IL 60513 Erin Elliot wrote, “We had at the University of Kansas. with her M.D. and Ph.D. [email protected] our second child, Archer Kara and Danny welcomed degrees from the Mayo Clinic David Elliott, April 24. I contin- a son, Jack Harold Caine, on School of Medicine in May 2005 15th Reunion ue to teach elementary music May 29, 2018. 2018, she is at the Mayo Amanda (Rollins) Dobler in Mishawaka, Indiana and Kyle and I (Heather) still Clinic as a resident physician completed a two-year am a worship leader at our live in Lakewood, and we in internal medicine. post-graduate internship church.” love the frequent Wooster Gregory Carlisle earned and received her license with Erin (Toohey) Frank alumni encounters! Kyle his doctorate from Rowan
FALL 2019 | WOOSTER 49 University School of Osteo- State University, where she living and working in Brook- tal science. Both Allie Elchert pathic Medicine on May 16, studied aminoacyl-tRNA lyn, New York for the past and Alex Day will start Ph.D. CLASS 2019. synthetases and trans-editing six years. She is the rental programs: Alex at Case West- NOTES Dan MacVarish and his of aminoacyl-tRNAs in the programs manager at the ern University studying phar- wife Vanessa welcomed their laboratory of Karin Musi- Mark Morris Dance Group full macology and Allie at Harvard first child Emily Kathleen er-Forsyth. Lexie received an time while pursuing her grad- University studying biological MacVarish on April 4, 2019. NIH Institutional Research uate degree in film studies and biomedical sciences. Class Secretaries and Academic Career De- from Brooklyn College. She Others shared exciting John Obery velopment Award (IRACDA) also created and produces news about their careers. Sarah Coffin post-doctoral fellowship, a an indie film festival, Jump/ Ariel Miller is a resident [email protected] NIH K12 Career Development Cut: A Dance on Film Festival, services advisor for the Home Award, at Emory University which had its inaugural event Owners Association in Bram- 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. She will in August and is in part based bleton, Virginia, and Marisa Class Secretary study toxin-antitoxin systems on the work she did for her I.S. Adame started a multimedia Lauren Camacci in the laboratory of Christine Mike Zhang left New York production company based [email protected] Dunham, while teaching City in the fall to begin pursu- out of Chicago. Her projects chemistry and biochemistry ing a master’s in economics range from spoken word 2012 classes at minority-serving and policy at Johns Hopkins poetry and plays to narra- Nell Gram graduated universities. University. tive film. She is interested in with an M.S. in library and Charlotte Shapiro is study- Class Secretary connecting and collaborating information science from the ing a dual master’s degree in Lauren Gilliss with Wooster alumni in media University of Illinois at Urba- elementary/special education 410-596-0256 arts and entertainment, na-Champaign. She accepted at Goucher College expecting [email protected] regardless of location. a position as senior instruc- to graduate in May 2020. She Elizabeth Kantra dis- tional designer at the univer- joined Baltimore City Public 2014 covered at a recent family sity’s college of business. schools in August 2018 and is Class Secretary reunion that two of her rela- Class Secretaries a special educator for grades Bria Price tives (Amir Aziz ‘06, and Jef- Kristen Schwartz K-2. She married Patrick Enoch [email protected] frey Lang ’77) also attended [email protected] on May 18, 2019 surrounded Wooster. They bonded over Elizabeth Striegl by many of her close Wooster 2015 5th Reunion their love of Wooster and I.S. [email protected] classmates! Charlotte, Patrick Class Secretaries Class Secretary and their cat, Raven bought Arielle Cerini Katie Stock 2013 their first house in the winter [email protected] [email protected] Jordan Dieterle and her of 2019 in Baltimore County, Holly Hickman husband Drew live in Braden- where they enjoy backyard [email protected] 2018 ton, Florida. They are both gardening and being new Email [email protected] with chiropractors. Drew focuses homeowners. 2016 your notes for the Class of ’18 on postural correction, while Sam Swartz is a middle Olivia Murphy joined or if you are interested in being Jordan’s expertise and further school math teacher, coach, Cardinal Mooney High School secretary for your class. education is to treat pediatric and dorm parent at as girls’ soccer coach. She and prenatal patients. Jordan Andrews Osborne Academy is also a master’s candidate 2019 also has further education and in Willoughby, Ohio. in library and information Email [email protected] with certifications to adjust horses Lauren Vargo is living in science archiving at Simmons your notes for the Class of ’19 and other animals. Wellington, New Zealand for University in Boston. or if you are interested in being Tom Gilliss earned a Ph.D. grad school. She submitted Class Secretaries secretary for your class. in physics from the University her Ph.D. thesis over the sum- Sarah Cali of North Carolina at Chapel mer, looking into how the New [email protected] Hill. He works at Johns Hop- Zealand glaciers are changing Kaitlin Starr kins University Applied Physics in response to climate change. [email protected] Laboratory. Wooster folks in Stephen Wanner and the DMV area, reach out! Taylor Morgan live in Warren, 2017 Lexie Kuzmishin Nagy and Ohio with their dog Ralphy. Several classmates shared Dwight Nagy (Wooster college They married in October 2018. that they will start graduate relations) recently celebrat- Stephen is in his third year of school this fall. Etienne Fang ed one year of marriage. residency as an orthopedic will attend the University of Lexie received her Ph.D. in surgeon. Aberdeen in Scotland to pur- biochemistry from The Ohio Annie Woller has been sue a master’s in environmen-
50 WOOSTER | FALL 2019 Prohibition-era tales untold by Eliza Letteney ’21
isa Lindquist Dorr ’88 flexes skills proved that she could “accomplish a big task by looking and digging.” from her international relations In this case, digging revealed to Dorr hundreds of documents related Lmajor at Wooster in her second book, to U.S. Coast Guard intelligence efforts to stop smuggling. According RECENT A Thousand Thirsty Beaches: Smuggling to Dorr, smuggling caused the Coast Guard to “grow in size and transi- ALUMNI Alcohol from Cuba to the South during tion into a law enforcement agency with an intelligence office.” These BOOKS Prohibition. Now associate dean and documents became one of the biggest sources for her book. professor of history at the University of Alabama, Dorr recounts the vast smuggling networks that moved Through her research, she discovered that much of the alcohol smug- high-end distilled spirits from Cuba to the southern U.S. “Despite the gled from Cuba originally came from European distilleries that feared South’s evangelical reputation, as a rule the culture has a sense that the loss of their American market as a result of Prohibition. Likewise, good times are fueled by booze,” even at a time when alcohol was around this time the U.S. passed laws that enacted quotas further re- illegal in the U.S., Dorr explains. Noting that few historians have stricting the flow of immigration. As a result, another market opened written specifically about the invasion of alcohol in the South during up for smuggling undocumented immigrants from various home- Prohibition, she tasked herself with looking into it. lands through Havana and into the United States. Thus, a series of circumstances set into motion an illegal flow of people and products Dorr compares her research for the book to her first encounter with from across the globe. These revelations, and others, can be found long-form research—her I.S., an experience she says validated her and within Dorr’s book, published last fall.
Susan Albers ’97 Philip Diller ’79 Sue McCaffray ’76 Eating Mindfully for Teens: Leaving a Legacy: Lessons The Winter Palace A workbook to help you from the Writings of and the People make healthy choices, end Daniel Drake Northern Illinois University emotional eating, and feel University of Cincinnati Press, 2018. great (an instant help book Press, 2019. McCaffray discusses for teens) Diller’s latest publication, the history of Russia’s New Harbinger designed to appeal to monarchy through the Publications Inc., 2018. mid-career medical lens of St. Petersburg’s Albers instructs teens professionals, features Winter Palace, a powerful on balanced and healthy a collection of writings symbol of empire, from eating, helping readers be- from medical pioneer 1750 to 1917. come more aware of their Daniel Drake, founder of bodies, avoid bad habits, the Medical College of Julianne Duncan Price ’02 and learn alternatives to Ohio, now the University The Adventurers Club fad diets. of Cincinnati College of A15 Publishing, 2018. Medicine. Price’s fun and imagina- Joshua (Jae) Anderson ’00 tive children’s book aims Justice, Community Lisa Lindquist Dorr ’88 to ease the transition for and Globalization: Ground- A Thousand Thirsty Beach- children in families that work to a Communal- es: Smuggling Alcohol from are moving homes. Cosmopolitanism Cuba to the South during Routledge, 2019. Prohibition David Roush ’71 Anderson’s global justice University of North Recalibrating Juvenile theory book is aimed at Carolina Press, 2018. Detention: Lessons from scholars studying issues Dorr crafts a historical the U.S. District Court related to philosophy, narrative detailing the Reform of the Cook County globalization, and global smuggling operation Juvenile Temporary justice, as well as readers that brought alcohol and Detention Center interested in law, politics, undocumented immi- Routledge, 2019. philosophy, and sociology. grants through Cuba to Roush examines the out- the southern U.S. during come of the U.S. District Prohibition. Nancy L. Davis ’76 Court-ordered reform of Ghosts the Cook County Juvenile Robert Kugler ’95 Finishing Line Press, 2019. Temporary Detention On the Road to Here Davis’ poetry chapbook is Center in Illinois following (Avery & Angela Book 2) an exploration of themes years of litigation by the Four Leaf Publishing, 2018. from domestic and American Civil Liberties This is Kugler’s second untamed places such as Union and explains how novel in the Avery & wilderness and history, and why this particular Angela series, which danger and safety, and reform of conditions examines friendship and body and the natural succeeded. world. romance in the face of life’s many obstacles. Email [email protected] to share a new book. FALL 2019 | WOOSTER 51 WOOSTER ENCOUNTERS
1 Diane R. Uber ’74 attended the 27th Conference on Spanish in the U.S. 12th Conference on Spanish in Contact with Other Languages at Cleveland State University with her Spanish 310 class and others: Shureka Nyawalo (visiting assistant professor of French and francophone studies at Wooster), Wilson Freije ’21, Vanessa Medina Castro (Spanish language assistant at Wooster), David Snell ’05, Brittany Leyda ’21, Alberto Peralta 7 ’20, Elizabeth Suárez ’21, Sarah Hopkins ’21, Camryn Bragg ’21, Kate Atwell ’20, Jack De la Cruz ’21, Cat Baker ’22, Larissa Cargal 1 51 ’19, Chantelle Rhoden ’20, Paul Lance ’20, Denise Broda ’96, Charlotte Klein ’15, Diane R. Uber ’74 (professor of Spanish at Wooster), Melvin González-Rivera (University of Houston), Rachel Shonebarger ’13. 2 Heather Schieda ’01 and Amy (Peshina) Fontaine ’01 both attended the Ohio Federation Mother of Twins yearly conven- tion in June and were honored by their local clubs as mother of 2 6 the year. 3 Christopher Myers ’93, Morgan Beever ’93, and Rob Vosburgh ’93 at a dinner in Kittredge during the Wooster Insiders’ Summit. 4 Allison Amos got together with Greg Tonian ’82 and Laurie Lewis Tonian ’81 when they vis- ited her home along the coast. 5 Jeanne Herst ’49 and her 3 7 granddaughter Catie Herst ’14 celebrated their 70th and 5th re- unions at Alumni Weekend 2019. 6 Chris Thomas ’83, Cindy (Panos) Papp ’86, and Martha Horst Thomas ’85 met at their son Solomon Thomas’ football camp in Texas. 7 For one year the University of North Carolina at Wilmington History Department has been graced by two College of Wooster alumni: Angie Zombek ’04 (right), a special- ist in the U.S. Civil War era, and Sue McCaffray ’76 (left), a Russian 4 8 historian who retired the spring of 2019 after 31 years at UNCW. 8 Ellen Idler ’74 and Dave Robinson ’74 recently collaborated on an article for the American Journal of Public Health.
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9 Chris Drake ’87 and Tom Junkin ’87 caught up watching a D.C. United soccer game. 10 Debbie (Krudwig) Gutowski '99 enjoyed seeing current Wooster students Gabe Sherman ’21 and Andrew Hill ’21 play summer baseball with the Utica Blue Sox in the Perfect Game Col- legiate Baseball League. 11 Traveling to Outer Banks in July were (back row) Rich McClel- land, Anna O’Donnell, Katie Mc- 9 12 Clelland, Carrie Crawford, Matt Hastings, Karl Crandall; (front) Danny Graves, Bob Graves, Dan- ielle Dunn, Kyle Dunn Crandall, alumni from the Class of ’91. 12 Michael Phillips ’19 (son of Pam Weiler ’82 and Ron Phillips) packed the house at White Sands of La Jolla, California where he presented a replica of his Senior I.S. piano recital. Standing: Joanne Regenhardt ’46, Carolyn Shadle ’62, Pam Weiler ’82; in front: Ryan Kamada ’17 and Michael Phillips ’19. 10 13 13 Patti Ross ’06 wished Michelle Erickson-Jones ’06 luck shortly before testifying at a House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee hearing. 14 Elizabeth Wolff Village ’75, Diane Holt Frankle ’75, Cather- ine Turner Vanderhoof ’75, and Mary Lee Talbot ’75 gathered at Mary Lee’s home in Chautauqua, New York.
11 14 WEDDINGS 1 Laura Andrews ’05 married David Spano, June 28, 2019, Medina, Ohio: Nancy (Du- jmovic) Habecker ’05, Hannah Richardson ’05, Amanda (Rollins) Dobler ’05, Nell- Morgan (Schieber) Vitale ’04, Annie (Kissling) Ruddy ’05, and Christine (McEvoy) Prusa ’05. 2 Rena Starr ’11 married Joseph Wasukanis, Oct. 06, 2018 at Flying Ridge Hunt Club in Millersburg, Ohio: Mike Redick ’11, Kenny Libben ’10, Joseph 1 2 Wasukanis, Rena Starr ’11, Kate Baker ’09, and Carly (Herman) Vincenz ’10.
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3 Erin Bauer ’10 married Kevin Carpenter ’12, Aug. 18, 2018, Columbus, Ohio. There were 45 Wooster alumni in attendance! 4 Maddi O'Neill '16 married Ben Taylor '16, July 28, 2018, Erie, PA: Michael Hatchett '16, Emily Baird '16, Marie Sheehan '17, Caitlin Ziegert McCombs '17, Emma Na- thanson '16, Katie Cameron '17, Mariah Joyce '17, Alex Downs '16, Maggie Sestito '18, Matthew Ehrenburg '16, Maddi O'Neill '16, Ben Taylor '16, Marcus Carano '16, Andrew Hamel '16, Charlotte Tierney '16, Matt Loberg '16. 3 6 5 Lorenzo and Leah Dumancas ’13 married December 2019. Back row: Matt Peppers ’13, Lily Peppers ’13, Jenn McDonald ’13, Patrick Brennen ’13, Madeline Brennan ’12, Mark McDonald ’13, Devin Warner ’13, Duncan Price ’13, Michael Erik Ronlund ’13, Ken Peterson ’12, Eva Pe- terson ’13; front row: Andrew Blaikie ’13, Tyler Rhodes ’13, Lorenzo Dumancas ’13, Leah Dumancas ’13, Justin Stanger ’13, Becky Gravenstede ’13. 6 Allyson Palmer ’10, Lindsay Brainard ’10, and Syd Kelly ’10 were at Allyson Palmer’s wedding to Adam Fredericksen, 4 7 June 2018. 7 Hannah Richardson ’05 mar- ried Michelle Rehfield, Asheville, North Carolina: Brian Habecker, Nancy Habecker ’05, Michelle Rehfield, Hannah Richardson ’05, Floyd Butz, Melissa Andrews, Laura Andrews ’05, and Amanda (Rollins) Dobler ’05. 8 Kara Markham ’14 married Ben Heavenrich ’14, April 2019, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Back row: Henry Waldron ’14, Eric Painting ’15, Eryn Greaney ’14, Travis Burgess ’16, Abby Van- leuven ’14, Mariah McGovern ’14, Holly Hickman ’15, Amadi Washington ’14, Heather Wilcox 5 8 ’14; middle row: Kaitlyn Fries ’15, Ben Heavenrich ’14, Martha Oster-Beal ’14, Matt Miller ’14; front row: Emily Frank ’14, Leah Barack ’14, Kara Markham ’14, Linnea Whistler ’14.
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1 Annie Gillespie Campbell ’98, Ryan Campbell ’97, Lisa Kola Lesh ’98, Laura Snow-Thakral ’98 and children had a small reunion in Rhode Island. 2 Nick Huber-Welty ’03, Katie Huber-Welty ’01, Anne Fischer ’01, Katie Boin ‘03, Amy (Pesh- ina) Fontaine ’01, Shaun Fon- taine ’01, Meris (Mandernach) Longmeier ’01, and Derek Long- meier celebrated turning 40. 3 The Class of ’70 50th reunion 1 4 committee met in April to plan for Alumni Weekend 2020, front: Joella Good Newberry, Joyce Harman Eager, Margo Raudabaugh Broehl, Kris Adair Imbrie, Susan Hartt; back: Les- ley Knowles McIntire, Tom Ro- mich, Tom Limbird ’69, David Hopkins, Jane Warner Farina, Lee Eberhardt Limbird. 4 Heather Murphy von Allmen ’82, Peter von Allmen ’82, Katie Blood Duke ’82, Bill Duke ’82, Martha Miller Duvall ’82, Larry Duvall ’82, Rachel Swanger ’82 2 5 and Rachel’s husband Bob gathered for a long weekend in San Antonio. 5 Roger Sturtevant ’74, Bob Sturtevant ’75, Vanessa Piala ’75, Sam Patterson ’75, and John Hallowell ’75, and (seated) Evan Reynolds ’74, and Howie Cohen ’75 gathered at the home of Roger Sturtevant ’74 at the first Slater House Reunion in Annap- olis Royal, Nova Scotia. 6 W Association Hall of Fame members Janet (Nordstrom) Morbeck ’72 (left) and Donna Photo by Liz Farina Markel ’02 3 6 (Beck) Seegar-Sedmak ’71 (right) visited their former Wooster coach Ginny Hunt in Bozeman, Montana, in July. Have you married, started a new job, moved, or retired? Share your news with your Wooster classmates by contacting the secretary for your class year. Change of address? SHARE Make sure you update your address, email, and contact information with The College of Wooster, YOUR so you continue to receive the latest news and information. Visit woosteralumni.org/update-your-information. NEWS Class Notes Policy Class Notes and photos included in this issue were received by Aug. 1 and edited for clarity, style, and length. Notes and images received after the deadline for an issue may be included when possible or saved for a future issue if appropriate. Class Notes are submitted through the secretary for the class at [email protected]. Photos, especially those of weddings, mini-reunions, and children, must include alumni in the image and identification of all those in the photo; individual images of children of alumni will not be published. Digital images of high resolution (files sized at least 1-3 MB) work best. Images that do not meet the quality standards necessary for printing cannot be included.
FALL 2019 | WOOSTER 55 Distinguished Alumni Award Patricia Vittum ’74
ALUMNI HONORS Coming to Wooster from Phelps, a small town in western New Again finding herself York, as one of about 15 graduates in her high school class who in a male-dominat went to college, Patricia Vittum ’74 developed an interest in a ed industry, Vittum Ph.D. in biology at an early age and never concerned herself worked closely with with being an exception. On the cusp of the enactment of Title turf managers to IX in the 1960s, her high school didn’t offer sports to women, “figure out ways to and she “desperately wanted to be an athlete,” so she was manage turf insect problems that would minimize disruption to excited to play field hockey, basketball, and tennis at Wooster. the environment including biological control options, chemicals She was involved in efforts to ensure that women varsity ath that were less toxic, and making cultural changes that reduce letes received resources. A chemistry major, she found faculty insect activity.” In 2015 she was the second woman to receive supported her involvement in athletics, making it easy for her the Distinguished Service Award from the United States Golf to make up labs. Association Green Section, and in 2017 she was the first woman to receive the Distinguished Service Award from the Golf As the sole female among 24 chemistry majors in her class, Course Superintendents Association of America. “I’m proud to Vittum said her gender wasn’t an issue in the classroom, noting be making inroads for other women to be considered for these it can still be a barrier for women in her field today. “At Wooster, awards. We’ve begun to see some changes in those areas.” the faculty was behind me. They wanted me to succeed.” Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Vittum excelled in the sciences and Vittum considers receiving the Distinguished Alumni Award found her classes gave her “a foundation on how to synthesize from Wooster an “affirmation of the life balance that Wooster information.” She took a summer job at Cornell in entomolo was able to help create including success in [her] career and gy—the study of insects, later completing her Ph.D. in the sub other aspects of [her] life,” she said, sharing that she and her ject at Cornell, and focusing on studying “the biology of insects wife Laurel Brocklesby have been together for more than 25 to see how they impact crops.” She became a leading expert years, and recently endowed a scholarship to support women in the management of pests in turf including understanding in the sciences. “We recognize the transformative experience how insects impacted golf courses, athletic fields, parks, home Wooster provided and want to offer the same opportunity to lawns, and cemeteries, and developing ways to “manipulate the future students,” she said. turf so that the pest is at a disadvantage.”
Honoring Outstanding Alumni The College of Wooster Alumni Association awarded outstanding alumni and volunteers during the annual meeting in June.
The award recipients included (left to right) Kathryn Sullivan Locker ’13 who received the Outstanding Young Alumni Award, Pat Vittum ’74 and Macharia Kamau ’82 receiving Distinguished Alumni Awards, and Anne (Takehara) ’73 and William ’73 Wilson who received the John D. McKee Alumni Volunteer Award.
Right: William Longbrake ’65 received the Sara L. Patton Stewardship Award (pictured with Patton).
56 WOOSTER | FALL 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award Macharia Kamau ’82
ALUMNI HONORS As Kenya’s permanent representative to the United Nations, industrialization, Macharia Kamau ’82, along with his co-chair from Hungary, energy, peace and was tasked with bringing 193 countries together to develop a security, Kamau faced framework for environmental governance at the 2012 United combative questions Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. “Because designed to stall the every country was doing what it wanted, we were ruining our conversation, but environment, our biodiversity; fish stocks were collapsing; wild drawing from his liberal arts experience, he found he had the animals were being devastated; water was polluted; pollution answers to questions he hadn’t specialized in. “The more you’re was killing off thousands of people,” he said. “We agreed to able to speak to a wide range of issues, the more you gain con- put together new goals for the world.” But building global fidence of people in the room,” he said. Culminating from three consensus among the representatives of 193 countries and years and three months of conversations and negotiations, the 2,500 international and non-government organization leaders conference resulted in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Devel- seemed an impossible task. Kamau found that his education at opment. Helping people to connect over their common inter- Wooster, allowed him to “have conversations and competencies ests, Kamau said, “is something I’ve done all my life.” Currently in a wide range of issues and gave him strength in negotiating.” Kenya’s principal secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he chaired the UN Peace Building Commission in 2016 and served Arriving at Wooster in 1978 after a four-day journey from as Special Envoy of the General Assembly on Climate Change Kenya, Kamau felt in many ways like he’d come to an alien and UN Secretary General on El Niño and Climate. In addition planet without the familiarity of his home country and culture. to his Wooster degree, Kamau holds a master’s degree in social Through the support he received as an international student policy and planning from Harvard University. and his involvement in student groups, he began to find the positives and became “the connector between various groups,” Pleased to receive the Distinguished Alumni Award at Wooster, working to “build solidarity between black and African students he said “People always ask me if my greatest experience was and speak with the administration on behalf of students,” he at Harvard. Without a doubt it was a great experience, and the said. “Wooster helped me completely re-evaluate how I saw name Harvard resonates with people around the world, but I the world. No matter which classroom you were in, you were always tell them that I am who I am because of Wooster. My constantly being challenged to think through your ideas.” experience truly prepared me for the world and has a long and lasting impact on who I am.” In negotiations at the UN conference to develop 17 goals ranging from issues of poverty, health, education, gender,
Honoring Outstanding Alumni The College of Wooster Alumni Association awarded outstanding alumni and volunteers during the annual meeting in June.
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FALL 2019 | WOOSTER 57 IN MEMORIAM
Since the last issue, the Office of Alumni Engagement became aware of the deaths of the following alumni by August 15, 2019. Contact [email protected] with information about the deaths of alumni or for more information.
’43, William J. Hail, Dec. 5, 2018, Kearneysville, WV ’56, Patricia Kressly Taylor, March 17, 2019, Sebring, FL
’44, Lauretta W. (Wright) Cipra, Sept. 4, 2018, San Diego, CA ’56, Robert L. McGuire, April 10, 2019, Pompano Beach, FL
’45, Esther S. (Swinney) Frederick, March 5, 2019, Chagrin Falls, OH ’56, Donald J. Morris, May 6, 2019, Wooster, OH
’45, Jeanne H. (Haffa) McKown, March 18, 2019, Toledo, OH ’56, Mary G. (Gould) Rea, June 8, 2019, Stevensville, MD
’46, Margaret E. (Tremier) Saunders, Feb. 26, 2019, Penney Farms, FL ’56, John B. Muir, June 26, 2019, Auburn, ME
’46, Elizabeth B. (Burket) Kielbowicz, April 15, 2019, Sewell, NJ ’57, Marilyn V. (Vaughan) Paulson, Jan. 31, 2019, Sagamore, OH
’47, Dorothy (Vaugh) Whitcomb, Sept. 15, 2018, Madison, WI ’58, Robert T. Carter, March 10, 2019, Cornelius, NC
’48, Stuart G. Ronald, Feb. 5, 2019, Portland, IN ’59, Kenneth W. Anthony, May 25, 2019, Washington, DC
’48, Dorothy Ann (Cook) Matthews, March 26, 2019, York, PA ’59, Roger D. Ramseyer, May 29, 2019, Smithville, OH
’48, Kathleen Fravel Funk, May 30, 2019, Sarasota, FL ’60, Barbara F. (Fisher) Stamas, Dec. 26, 2018, Saratoga Springs, NY
’49, James I. Eden, Feb. 19, 2019, Ormond Beach, FL ’60, William L. Coop, May 24, 2019, Brunswick, ME
’49, William S. Hewett, April 2, 2019, Canton, OH ’61, Frederick G. Burton, July 1, 2018, Tooele, UT
’51, Anne Ogden Zimmerman, March 1, 2019, Raleigh, NC ’62, James W. Kapp, March 13, 2019, Wooster, OH
’51, Eleanor L. (Linden) Thurston, April 18, 2019, Indianapolis, IN ’62, Damon R. Swank, May 31, 2019, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
’51, Emory G. Lowe Jr., May 24, 2019, Williamsport, MD ’62, Margaret L. (Herold) Brown, July 28, 2019, Pensacola, FL
’51, Lester M. Selby, June 15, 2019, Bay Village, OH ’65, Alexandra B. Keith, April 10, 2019, Fairfax Station, VA
’51, Billie J. McFarren, July 4, 2019, Dalton, OH ’66, Eugene J. Grande, April 9, 2019, Wooster, OH
’51, Winifred W. (Watson) Tart, July 20, 2019, Greenwich, CT ’66, Tate Mason Brewster Hudson, June 16, 2019, Wooster, OH
’52, James M. Kister, Oct. 13, 2018, Ann Arbor, MI ’67, Robert W. Mann, April 21, 2019, Deerfield, NH
’52, Marian E. (Freed) Ash, Nov. 6, 2018, Chickasha, OK ’69, Nancy A. (Morrison) Stowell, July 12, 2019, Hillsborough, NJ
’52, Richard R. Hiatt, Jan. 15, 2019, Ontario, CANADA ’71, Ronald G. Mayer, Aug. 9, 2019, Slatersville, RI
’52, John H. Visser, April 7, 2019, Wooster, OH ’72, Willie K. Jones, Nov. 15, 2018, Cleveland, OH
’54, David J. Gamble, Dec. 14, 2017, North Olmsted, OH ’72, H.J. Markley, May 22, 2019, Moline, IL
’54, Janet W. (Morris) Briggs, Feb. 11, 2019, Tarpon Springs, FL ’73, Flora W. (Whitthorne) Flinn, May 23, 2019, Powell, OH
’54, Natalie A. (Johnson) Beidler, March 28, 2019, Tipp City, OH ’74, Elizabeth Grace Gottlieb, April 3, 2019, Oak Park, IL
’55, David H. Griffiths, Feb. 22, 2019, Ballston Spa, NY ’75, Anne M. (Loveland) Brookie, April 8, 2019, Carmel, IN
’55, Dolores Jean Mountain Miller, March 8, 2019, Lebanon, PA ’75, Barbara C. (Crooks) Siko, June 15, 2019, Scottsdale, AZ
’55, William E. Stoner, July 3, 2019, Mansfield, OH ’78, Susan A. Winchell, March 18, 2019, Silver Spring, MD
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’80, Susan D. (Dodd) Kenstler, April 30, 2019, Woodcliff Lake, NJ ’91, Thomas M. White, May 6, 2019, Saint Louis, MO
’80, Frederick A. Thayer, July 22, 2019, Cumberland, MD ’97, Derek Jason Young, June 19, 2019, Chicago, IL
’83, Mary E. Lawrence Kerr, Aug. 15, 2019, Wooster, OH ’00, Katherine Ruth (Davey) Nicolli, July 20, 2019, Las Vegas, NV
’88, Sean Michael Whalen, March 31, 2018, Cary, NC
Faculty
Glenn Bucher, June 26, 2019, Lititz, PA Bucher joined Wooster’s faculty in 1970 and was appointed the James F. Lincoln Professor of Religious Studies in 1981. He served two terms as the chair of the department and as dean of faculty from 1985-89. His scholarship included social ethics and the sociology of religion, and he was credited with developing an ethics and society internship program, leading a study-travel seminar to Mexico, directing two student residential program dormitories, and serving on major faculty committees. Bucher went on to be the dean of faculty, vice president of academic affairs, and professor of social ethics at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia, and president of the Graduate Theo- logical Union in Berkeley, California, from 1992-99. Bucher earned a bachelor’s degree from Elizabethtown College, a master’s in divinity from Union Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in the sociology of religion from Boston University.
Floyd Downs, June 19, 2019, Wooster, OH Downs, a member of the biology faculty at Wooster from 1963-98, taught a number of courses, his favorite being “Vertebrate Natural His- tory,” and served as chair of the department. An expert in herpetology, the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians, Downs published a major study of the relationships among a large group of neotropical snakes. Much of his fieldwork took place in Costa Rica, and when a previously unknown species of that group was discovered there, he was honored to have the scientific name be Geophis down- si. Floyd’s research in Ohio in ecology, distribution, and behavior of salamanders, focused on mole salamanders found in the northwestern part of the state. He was editor of Salamanders of Ohio published by the Ohio Biological Survey. Floyd earned his bachelor’s from Cornell University and master’s and Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Michigan.
Larry L. Stewart, June 5, 2019, Wooster, OH Emeritus professor of English at Wooster, Stewart came in 1967 as an assistant professor of English, was promoted to full professor in 1981, and named the Mildred Foss Thompson Professor of English Language and Literature in 1999, a position he held until his retirement in 2012. He served as chair of the English department, chair of the program in comparative literature, and was a member of the college’s teaching staff and tenure committee for almost 25 years. Stewart’s fields of scholarly interest included 18th-century English literature, the novel, and children’s literature. Stewart was a member of the Modern Language Association, presenter at professional conferences, and co-author of A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research, published by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston in 1986. He earned his bachelor’s in English from Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, and his master’s and doctorate from Case Western Reserve University.
Pablo Valencia, May 10, 2019, Wooster, OH Valencia was an emeritus professor of Spanish and Italian at Wooster. He was born in Bogota, Colombia, and emigrated to the United States in 1951. Following service in the U.S. Army, during which he became an American citizen, he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Far Eastern languages and literatures, and a doctorate in Romance linguistics, all from the University of Michigan. Valencia joined Wooster’s faculty in 1961 and taught Spanish and Italian languages and linguistics for more than three decades, retiring in 1992. He authored or contributed to several college textbooks, and in 1969 received a Fulbright Award to study and teach at the Instituto Caro y Cuervo in Bogota, Colombia.
FALL 2019 | WOOSTER 59 Alumni Weekend 2019
Point your phone’s camera here for more photos: Save the Date! Alumni Weekend 2020 June 4-7 60 WOOSTER | FALL 2019 Q. What is your favorite spot on campus and why? We asked you to share the places at Wooster that are important to you and you answered. Thank you to all the alumni who shared their memories on Facebook this summer! Read some of our favorite responses and participate in the next prompt below. QUESTION & ANSWERS
A. “My favorite spot is the Ebert A. “So many options! I’ll pick the stairs facing Kauke. Such a peaceful stairs outside the Kauke Arch facing place! One of my earliest memories as Oak Grove. The majesty of the trees, the a first-year was going outside during solid base of bricks & Indiana limestone, our drawing class to sketch our the intersecting paths as a metaphor for surroundings. That will always be a the intertwining lives of students, staff, happy place for me!” - Danny Groth ’05 alumni, and faculty, the combinations of new and renewed buildings in your line of sight speak to the history and beauty of a place special to generations for over 150 years.” –Mike Lauber ’80
A. “Scovel hall, specifically the tree ring lab. I spent a lot of time in that building. It was always quiet and plenty of ways to get distracted when working on I.S. or geology labs.” –Dan Misinay ’16 A. “The hill going down towards the football field, I loved watching the pipe band come over that hill and lead the football team for games in the fall. We also had several outdoor movie nights there, and we used to ‘borrow’ trays A. “Some of my favorite memories are from the cafeteria in the winter to sled set next to the pit in Lowry, particularly on it. Good memories!” with a roaring fire going on a snowy eve- –Jennifer McAndrews ’05 ning. We used to gather to do homework and (hopefully surreptitiously) people watch.” –Alison (Moser) Stuart ’85
Q. Lowry cookies, doughnuts, mac and cheese...what was your favorite food on campus? Send your responses to [email protected] or watch for the contest on Facebook this November. Some lucky contributors will receive prizes that celebrate their Wooster pride! Wooster
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Military Alumni of Wooster come together
Like other Wooster graduates, alumni in the military find that their education at Wooster continues to serve them throughout their careers and their lives, and they welcome the opportunity to connect with other alumni who share their experiences serving their country. Along with the Office of Alumni and Family Engagement and alumni from the different branches of the military, 1st Lt. Ethan Flack ’14 (left), U.S. Army, started a motion to develop an affinity group that is bringing together military alumni from all generations.
“We wanted to create a support system within the Wooster community for veterans and their families,” Flack said. “We want all alumni to feel like they have a space to return to.” The new group, Military Alumni of Wooster, includes many serving on active duty or deployed as well as retirees and those who have served in the past. Leaders of the group are working closely with the College to bring members together for events, community service projects, connecting with cur- rent students, and more. “We’re looking forward to seeing this community continue to take shape at Wooster and within the alumni community,” said Tom McArthur, assistant vice president for alumni and parent engagement.
Inside, hear from alumni who are currently serving and those who’ve served in the military in the past, and learn more about the affinity group and how to get involved.
Photo by Spc. Charlotte Carulli, U.S. Army.