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• 1998 Alumni Weekend.

1998 Alumni Weekend

During Alumni Weekend this June, the university honored six distinguished alumni during an awards brunch in the Benham-Pence Student Center.

Honored with Alumni Citations were the Rev. Ivan H. Miller, of Marinette, Wis., Dorothea Huffman Snyder, of Hudson, Ohio, and Rev. Kay M. Glaesner Jr., of Springfield.

Larry E. McCoy, also of Springfield received the Class of 1914 Award. Springfield residents Elizabeth Woodhouse and Thalia Pavlatos were recognized with honorary memberships in the Wittenberg Alumni Association.

The Alumni Citation recognizes those who have brought honor to Wittenberg by their continuing dedication to the ideals for which the University stands.

Glaesner served as pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church in Springfield for 45 years. A retired Air Force colonel, he received the Legion of Merit Award. He was also president of the Ohio Mental Health Association for 10 years.

Glaesner led an effort to build Springfield's St. John's Center, a healthcare skilled nursing home, and Oakwood Village, a senior citizen retirement center. In 1991 he was inducted into the Ohio Senior's Hall of Fame.

The Class of 1914 Award "honors an individual from our community of alumni, faculty and staff who has served Wittenberg above and beyond what might be expected of any contributor to the college's welfare."

McCoy, a 1957 Wittenberg graduate, has been an active member of the Springfield community his entire life. In 1995 he was elected to the Clark and Champaign Counties United Way Hall of Fame. In 1991 he chaired the successful levy campaign for Elderly United. McCoy has served in numerous community service capacities, including Community Hospital, Clark County Mental Health Foundation and Kiwanis Club.

McCoy has served on Wittenberg's Alumni Council and has been involved in a number of committees. In 1993 he received the Alumni Citation Award.

In 1995 he became the driving force behind Wittenberg's Kiwanis Holiday Basketball Classic.

Alumni membership is "bestowed upon those who have demonstrated a loyalty and devotion to Wittenberg that is exemplary to alumni."

Although not a Wittenberg graduate, Woodhouse has long been a supporter of the university and has demonstrated repeated and generous efforts to foster the welfare of the institution.

Pavlatos and her husband, Nicholas, a 1939 Wittenberg graduate, sent three children to the university. She has been a constant supporter of the annual Wittenberg Guild Style Show.

Snyder, a 1944 Wittenberg graduate, was a part of the then-secret "Manhattan Project." A Hudson resident, she is principal of McDowell Elementary School and has been involved in a number of community activities and this spring she received the "Outstanding Child Advocate Award" from the PTA.

Miller, a 1948 Wittenberg graduate, was a Lutheran pastor in Cicero, Ind., Niles, Ohio, and Columbus, Ind., before moving to Marinette, Wis. in 1966 where he served 30 years. While in Marinette, Miller was involved in various capacities in community development, particularly housing.