1960 REUNION NOTES George Anderson To think it was 50 years ago that we started on our adventure. Since the last reunion I retired for a second time from Northrop Grumman/TRW. My wife still works but we do cruises, visit Honolulu, and love Las Vegas. I am coaching 9-and 10-year olds in Pony Baseball. Cannot help loving the game. We also attend the Chargers and Lakers games. That is our main hobby with gardening the yard. Sorry I can not come, but we are off on a cruise. Joe Banks I have a new hobby: making canes and walking sticks. Standing by as my wife remodels our house, working continues as a Pediatrician and ADHD consultant, staying in touch with FIJ buddies, playing golf! Priceless. Diana Everhart Barcket Since our 45th reunion I retired from substitute teaching which has enabled me to spend even more time with my “local” 6-and 4-year old granddaughters. In the past five years I have had two nice trips and a wonderful family reunion this past summer. Living in the area has its advantages even though getting out of bed at 5:00 am can usually be a huge hassle! Jon Barker I have continued to live in delightful retirement with my love of 44 years, Elaine. We enjoy our daughter, Katie B. Abdallah (OWU 1993) and our granddaughter, Ayah (2020?). I deeply enjoy preparing fresh sermons for “gill-in” parish work in The United Methodist parishes. I am involved in chaplaincies for the American Legion, Submarine Vets, Fire Departments and EMS Squads and local Police Departments. I relax by doing research to plan, build and maintain model railroads. F. James Becher, Jr. Mead Corporation- Exec-1961-1979 Geneva Corporation-Exec-1979 Present Wife Betty Copeland Becher Daughter-Paige Becher Langston Grandson, Jack, age 14, and Gray, age 8; granddaughter, Catherine, age 12 Daughter-Kristin Becher Frankum Grandsons, Carter, age 6; Davis, age 5; Charlie, age 3 Sarah Haviland Blackmun-Eskow I’m a doctoral student at the Fielding Graduate University, a private, accredited graduate school with faculty and students all over the world. My dissertation research will be in the field of anthropology of globalization. I’ll do the fieldwork in Ghana, where my husband, Dr. Steve Eskow, and I collaborate with Ghanaian University and a faith-based network to help bring appropriate technology (e.g., solar lamps) and education to villages far from the more Westernized cities. We hope to spend six months in Ghana working on this project; at the same time, I’ll be doing dissertation research with the hope of receiving my Ph.D. in 2011. The web site describing our work in Ghana in here: http://www.pangaeanetwork.org. *Update taken from 2010 Alumni Today Directory Carol Anderson Boche We’re still living outside Santa Margarita, CA. Retirement gives me lots of time to read, knit and, most important, pay attention to our cats. I volunteer for the local library and symphony and we attend lots of concerts and theater. We travel occasionally, most recently to Costa Rica and Egypt. Jean Talcott Boomershine I have retired from teaching kindergarten in Trotwood, Ohio. Then I moved to Des Moines, Iowa, where many of my family reside, and was joined by my son Michael and family (who moved from Atlanta to Des Moines). I have taken care of their children who are 6 and 8. Now that the children are in school full-time I have been involved with the Peace Activists of Des Moines. I am also happy to be living close to my son Tom (a Methodist minister) who recently moved to Iowa from California. Jackson D. Brown The last OWU reunion I attended was the 25th, in 1985. Over the next 14 years, I continued to work in the advertising and communications business and finally retired from my long- term employer- Leo Burnett Company-in 1999, as an Executive Vice President. Since retirement, I have been splitting my time between Lake Bluff, IL (summer/fall) and Dataw Island, SC (winter/spring). I have been happily married for 46 years (to Mary Ellen Lathers, a DG from Wisconsin), we have two wonderful children who have successful careers in marketing and advertising and three terrific grandchildren. Today, I am continuing to enjoy retirement and staying active. I do some marketing and communications consulting and am serving on three boards having to do with national and local historic preservation issues and one boys/girls club board. My hobbies/interests include sports, fishing, antiques, history and preservation/conservation and ecology projects. William “Bill” Brown After graduation I attended Naval OCS, became an officer in the U.S. Navy, and eventually was stationed in Long Beach, CA. I met my future wife in Southern Carolina, and needless to say, I was never going back to Gallipolis, OH. After the Navy I had a brief stint in the retail clothing business, and in 1965 joined Walker Zanger, then, a small regional store and ceramic company with one location and eight employees. When I retired in December 2008 as V-P Marketing, I left behind a company with 16 locations and 435 employees. My wife of 45 years, Frances, and I still live in South Carolina. Why go anywhere else? During my working years I traveled extensively around the world with Fran going with me whenever possible. We still enjoy traveling, but our age (we all know we are all in our early 70s, right?) it seems to be more of a hassle. We are blessed with three great children, Stephen (OWU class of ‘88, Karen class of ‘91 and Christopher who went to college in CA.) Steve has 3 children, Karen has 2, and Chris is not married. My two hobbies of golf and gardening have taken a back seat to the good old back problems. Aah, the “golden years”. My other passion is USC football. Sorry Buckeye fans, but I become addicted to west coast football and USC since I arrived here in early 60s. John A. Burns Fifty years. A lot of water over the dam. Gone from how difficult medical school would be to trying to figure out how to lower my golf handicap and add 10 yards to my drives. Still working three days a week but gave up doing hospital surgery at age 70. Many hobbies, but master of none; fishing in Canada and Alaska, bird hunting in the U.S. and South America. Golf occupies many afternoons in the summer. My wife Sue and I remain in reasonably good health. We divide our time between our home in Powell, OH, Hilton Head, SC, and Denver, CO, where our son and daughter live. Daughter Jenni is a pediatrician with three great children. Our son Andy also has three super children and is sales rep for Automatic Data Processing. It’s been a great ride because of a great education at a great university. Linda Zehring Butler Shortly after OWU we transferred to Philadelphia where husband Dan was involved in the financial world while I remained at home with our four children. During the 70s, when money market funds were first “invented”, we started a weekly newsletter, “Butler’s Money Fund Report”, later sold, but currently still being published by an English company under their name IBC. Dan began running Corporation Service Company in Wilmington, DE, incorporating companies through law firms and online for individuals. I started a microwave cooking teaching service and worked as an independent contractor in our nearby three states. My avocations are the stock market, being a serious gardener, and enjoying our 11 grandchildren. Good music is another love and we are lucky to live near the Philadelphia Orchestra. Other interests over the years have included choral singing, being a real estate landlord, travel, and tennis. Cheers to all of my classmates! Dan Cochran Having retired (mostly) in 2001 from being a State Farm Ins. agent, my wife Nancy (Lightell)’60 and I reside in the Florida Keys. When not fishing (windy days), Shrine club fundraising for Shriners Hospitals and Kirk of the Keys Financial Chairman keeps me really busy. Also, as a century club realtor, it’s my pleasure to help people find their home in paradise. In summer, we spoil grandkids (8). Nancy Lightell Cochran I retired from the Education Profession in 2001. My husband Dan Cochran retired also. We bought a home in Marathon, FL, after visiting there many times throughout the years. Most of the time is spent in Florida and the rest in Ohio. I have been active in the Ladies Shrine in the Florida Keys serving as the President and Fundraising Chairman. The organization has luncheons and style shows to raise money for the Shrine Children’s Hospitals. I continue to stay active in education by substituting in the Marathon Schools. Participating in helping to build the membership in the Presbyterian Kirk of the Keys has also been rewarding. During the summer we visit our three children and eight grandchildren in Columbus, Cincinnati, Ohio, and San Jose, California. Merrill Dean Darlington I last visited OWU in 1995 for our 35th reunion. I continued to work as a clinical psychologist in outpatient mental health clinics until 2003 when I retired from the County of San Bernardino. My wife Peggy and I have hosted weddings for two of our three daughters and have another one coming up next year. We enjoy traveling and have taken Tauck, Grand Circle, and Elderhostel tours. We also enjoy working-out to stay fit and healthy plus spending time with our two young granddaughters, ages 3 and 6.