1989-2014 25TH REUNION Class of ’89: • Reunion Invitation • Class of 1989 Scholarship Information • It Happened in 1989... • Reunion Attendees List • In Memoriam • Classmate Information and Photos UC Law Class of 1989 Scholarship Information The Class of 1989 Scholarship Fund will be used exclusively for student scholarship. Recipients of this scholarship should demonstrate exceptional ability, promise and need. Descendants of the members of the Law Class of 1989 who meet the criteria are given preference at the College of Law. The goal is to reach the $50,000 endowed level by 2018 at which time 4% (approximately $2,000) will be given out annually in scholarship. Class members who have given outright gifts and pledges (as of June 20, 2014): Julian Bell III Diane Chermely Kandy Foley John & Kathy Gardner Kenneth Kreider Judith Levy John O’Connor Shari O’Neill Shawn Organ Daniel Penn Beth Wayne James Weinandy Martha West Total gifts and pledges (once completed) are $8,700. Current total is $7,250. There is $1,450 in outstanding pledges forthcoming over the next few years). To Donate: Checks can be written to UC College of Law and sent to: College of Law, Development and Alumni Affairs, ML-0040-06, University of Cincinnati, PO Box 193713, Cincinnati, OH 45219-9902. Gifts and pledges can be made online at http://www.uc.edu/foundation.html. Click on the ‘Make a gift today’ box on the upper left and go from there. IT HAPPENED IN 1989: Cost of Living: Gallon of Gas: 97 cents New Car: $15,535 Postage Stamp: 25 cents 1 Dozen Eggs: 96 cents Gallon of Milk: $2.34 Cheese Pizza: $2.59 Average Income: $27,450 New Home: $120,000 Newsworthy: · George H.W. Bush becomes President of the United States. · Thousands of students occupy Tianamen Square in Beijing, China protesting for democracy. The Chinese government declares martial law and hundreds of protesters are killed. · Massive protests on either side of the Berlin Wall bring about the collapse of the East German government. The Berlin Wall is breached and eventually dismantled, leading to the reunification of Germany. · The USSR pulls out of Afghanistan. · Microsoft releases its Office suite of programs, including spreadsheet, word processor, database and presentation software. · The first of 24 satellites of the Global Positioning System is launched into orbit. · In Alaska’s Prince William Sound, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels of oil after running aground. · Florida and Virginia allow the use of DNA genetic fingerprinting evidence as admissible. · Poor real estate lending practices and an easing of regulatory oversight leads to the collapse and subsequent bailout of nearly 1/4 of all Savings and Loan institutions in the U.S. · Violence in black townships in South Africa worsens with over 2,500 killed. New Prime Minister F.W. deKlerk, begins to dismantle apartheid, while Nelson Mandela remains imprisoned. (Mandela was released in 1990) · Nintendo begins selling its “Gameboy” portable video game device. · Scientists pronounce 1989 as the “warmest on record,” possibly a sign of the Greenhouse Effect. · The first episodes of “The Simpsons” are shown. · Allegations become public that Major League Baseball star Pete Rose bet on baseball. · Iran places a $3 million bounty on The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie. · British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee introduces the proposal document that will become the blueprint for the World Wide Web. IT HAPPENED IN 1989: Popular Culture: World Series Champions: Oakland Athletics Super Bowl XXIII Champions: San Francisco 49ers NBA Champions: Detroit Pistons Stanley Cup: Calgary Flames U.S. Open Golf: Curtis Strange Wimbledon: Boris Becker/Steffi Graf NCAA Football: Miami NCAA Basketball: Michigan Kentucky Derby: Sunday Silence Best Picture Oscar: Driving Miss Daisy Record of the Year Grammy: Wind Beneath My Wings, Bette Midler Album of the Year Grammy: Nick of Time, Bonnie Raitt Popular TV Shows: The Cosby Show, Roseanne, Cheers, A Different World, America’s Funniest Home Videos, The Golden Girls, 60 Minutes, The Wonder Years, Empty Nest. Popular Movies: Batman, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Lethal Weapon 2, Look Who’s Talking, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Ghostbusters II, Driving Miss Daisy, When Harry Met Sally, Parenthood, Dead Poets’ Society. Popular Music: Every Rose Has its Thorn-Poison, My Prerogative-Bobby Brown, Straight Up- Paula Abdul, She Drives Me Crazy-Fine Young Cannibals, Like a Prayer-Madonna, Right Here Waiting-Richard Marx, Blame it on the Rain-Milli Vanilli, We Didn’t Start the Fire-Billy Joel. Quotes: "If you build it, he will come." -Ray Liotta (voice of Shoeless Joe Jackson) in 'Field of Dreams' "It keeps going, and going, and going..." - Energizer Batteries "This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?" - Partnership for a Drug-Free America "Fahrvergnügen" Volkswagon "I'm Batman" - Michael Keaton, in 'Batman' "Eat My Shorts" - Bart Simpson, The Simpsons "I'll have what she's having." - Estelle Reiner, in 'When Harry Met Sally...' Reunion Attendees: Elizabeth Stephenson Kandy Foley Janet Houston Kevin McMurray Lisa Hathaway Shari & Mike O'Neill Burt Warner Tom Seddon Betsy Wood Janyce Katz Margaret Hayes John Jackson Judy Levy Mike Morley Bill Werner Regi Young Don Rafferty Kathy Boller koch Ed Felson Geri Hernandez Jeff Fossett Lisa Hathaway Lee Schiff John O'Connor Loretta Helfrich Carl Lewis Julian Bell Michael Petry Joe Kinlin Cindy Cable Wilson Joyce Lavender Che Sue Ellen Salsbury Kestra Smith Andy Donnelly Tom Seel Tom Stachler Robin Kiley Kim Hollin Beth Wayne Jay Clark Ken Kreider In Memoriam Beth Musser Deceased 1-31-1992 Beth and her husband, H.A. Musser, had two boys before Beth started law school. Joel was one year old and Austin was three. Beth originally intended to attend Chase due to caring for the boys, but then applied to UC at the last minute and started off part-time. She decided to finish with her class, taking additional classes toward the end to make graduation. She was often seen around the school with the boys in tow whenever her sister/babysitter needed time off. After law school, Beth set up office in her basement doing wills and deeds for church members and neighbors who couldn’t afford a lawyer. During law school and afterward, she clerked for Mayor Ted Berry who was on the Board of the Cincinnati Southern Railway. She continued working with Mayor Berry after school until her death. Beth had received her diagnosis of melanoma before she entered law school and had successfully completed treatment to battle the cancer. After law school, at her 5 year check-up, it was found that the cancer had returned. She was brave in her final battle, holding strong to her faith in Jesus. Her biggest worry was who would take care of her boys. When at peace that H.A. was fully capable, she went home to the Lord on January. 31, 1992. Austin, now 32, followed his mother’s passion for the law by attending William & Mary Law School. He is now a lawyer with FBT and is married to Meggin, who is also a lawyer. They live in Pleasant Ridge. Austin and Meggin have 2 kids, Elizabeth “Lizzie” (named after Beth) (6 months) and Michael (2 years). Joel, now 29, majored in economics at Hillsdale College and worked for a couple of years at Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance in Rookwood, where he met and later married Nancy, a Xavier grad. He now works at Chase Bank in Montgomery, and recently passed his Certified Financial Planner credentialing exam. Joel and Nancy live in Kennedy Heights. They have a 15 month old, Joel, Jr., and twin girls, Natalie and Brianna. H.A. remains close to Beth’s family from Kentucky. He married Rhonda 20 years ago, and had 2 more children with her, whom Beth’s family treats as their own. - Contributed by H.A. Musser In Memoriam Murray Lerman Deceased 3-6-2006 Murray Lerman, our oldest classmate, an experienced financial advisor who became a grandfather during our first semester, died in March of 2006 at the ripe old age of 76. A true father figure, Murray provided Section 6 with a good role model (and a little parental supervision) during our first year. Here’s a sample of his wisdom, a wonderful essay he wrote for The Restatement giving advice to “non-traditional students” like himself: You will begin to feel the questioning stares of classmates and see the raised eyebrows of professors who wonder what in the world the admissions committee was thinking. One professor commented to me last year that he remembers when a woman was an oddity in his class, and now he has to deal with grandfathers. Do not try to conduct yourself on the same life-style level as your younger classmates. You will find them brilliant and inexhaustible. You, however, will not be able to attend class most of the day, spend four hours at Woody’s, eat dinner, study into the early hours of the morning, get up at dawn, go to a job, and then start the process all over again. Make friends among your younger classmates. Besides helping you rid yourself of the feeling of an outsider, you will find the association stimulating. You may find yourself acting as a substitute parent figure, so listen with sympathy to their social, sexual, and academic problems. Likewise, you are going to need their support as it gets closer to “making the grades.” Above all, fight solemnity. For some perverse reason, there is a perception that if you are senior to your colleagues, you are required to act more serious and formal. Laugh! Humor is where you find it, and may be available in the most deadly class.