’73
Dennis M. Irons, Waterloo, IA, is
director of research and evaluation
at the University of Northern
Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA.
’74
Larry H. James is the first African
American lawyer to achieve namedpartner
status of a majority firm
with a Columbus (OH) law firm,
Crabbe, Brown & James.
Stephen R. Wise, Beaufort, SC,
recently addressed the Perrysburg
(OH) Rotary Club on the subjectof the H.L. Hunley, the world’s
first submarine to sink an enemy
vessel. He is the director of the
museum and the cultural resource
manager with the Marine Corp
Recruit Depot at Parris Island, SC,
and the author of two books on the
Civil War. A well-known lecturer,
he has appeared on the Arts and
Entertainment Channel, the History
Channel and the Discovery
Channel, as well as appearing in
various South Carolina education
television productions.
’75
Virgil M. Covington, a principal
at Winburn Middle School, Lexington,
KY, is a recipient of the
1999 Milken Family Foundation
National Educator Award for his
distinguished achievement in developing
innovative educational
curricula, programs and teaching
methods.
Jack A. Efta, manager of the
Cleveland Indians umpires’ dressing
room, operates a custom woodworking
shop in Westlake, OH.
’76
David W. Castor, Gahanna, OH,
is chief financial officer with the
Private Financial Group of Huntington
Bank.
Deborah Craig Soukup is a
teacher in Simi Valley, CA.
’77
Class Reunion June 7-9, 2002
Keith W. and Lee Ann Fisher
Baron live in Hillsdale, MI. Lee
Ann, the Vincent and Anneliese
Savona professor of natural sciences
at Hillsdale College, has
received an Emily Daugherty
Award for Teaching Excellence, a
Lubrizol Award, a Paul F. Bagley
Fellowship, a Dow Chemical
Foundation Fellowship and membership
in the Phi Lambda Upsilon
and Sigma Zeta Honorary Societies
and the American Chemical
Society.
Susan Klosterman Beckett is
pastor of Mt. Zion United Methodist
Church, Pleasant Lake, IN.
Timothy C. Carver, Springfield,
OH, teaches and coaches football
at Greenon High School.
’79
Harold B. “Ken” Kendall is
director of media and public
relations with the Florida Sea
Dragons, Fort Myers, FL.
Catherine Coulacos Prato, a
freelance writer who is a frequent
contributor to the Boston Globe, is
the author of an article on the
resettlement of teenage Sudanese
refugees in a recent issue of The
Lutheran. She lives in Framingham,
MA.
H. Philip Stahl, senior optical
physicist at the Marshall Space
Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, is
the program lead for the next
generation space telescope and
project manager for the advanced
mirror system demonstrator. Also,
Philip is supporting several
microgravity flight experiments
and optical metrology tasks including
Constellation X. He lives in
Brownsboro, AL.
’80
The board of directors of the
Chicago (IL) Association of Direct
Marketing has appointed George
A. Buckley Jr. as its first full-time
executive director. He lives in
Streamwood, IL.
Dean S. Chalem is director of sales
development with the Snapple
Beverage Group, Riverside, CA.
Cassandra J. Klotz is the executive
director of the Airborne and
Special Operations Museum,
Fayetteville, NC.
Natalie N. Larkin, who attended
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
in Berkeley and Claremont,
CA, and Fuller Seminary, Pasadena,
CA, has been approved for
the ministry in the E.L.C.A. as an
associate in ministry. Currently a
teacher of severely emotionally
disturbed teenagers at Adolfo
Camarillo High School, she lives in
Oxnard, CA.
Alice Reed Lubell, Moreland
Hills, OH, and her husband,
Arthur, announce the birth of
Adam Reed, Oct. 26, 2000. Alice
teaches physical education with the
Shaker Heights (OH) Schools.
Amy Rickert Mead is a senior
program director with AvalonBay
Communities, Inc., Columbia,
MD.
Laureen Myers Weaver, Scottdale,
PA, is an administrator with the
Laurelville Mennonite Church
Center, Mt. Pleasant, PA.
’81
Michelle Joseph Cinlemis retired
from active duty as a major with the
U.S. Air Force on Aug. 31, 2000.
She is currently serving with the
U.S. Air Force Reserves while
employed as a project engineer
with Aerospace Corp., Colorado
Springs, CO.
Marc E. Jacobs, Mendham, NJ, is
a national sales director with SAC. Martha Smanik Laflamme teaches
at Richmond Elementary School,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Alison Reinhardt Lockwood,
Orlando, FL, is an associate editor
with AAA, Heathrow, FL.
Connie Flood Schubert teaches
preschool at First Church and
serves as a business manager with
NanoDielectrics Corp., Oberlin,
OH.
Wendy Wood Wisniewski is a chief administrative officer with
GMACCM Japan KK, Tokyo,
Japan.
’82
Class Reunion June 7-9, 2002
John A. Leslie, Weymouth, MA,
was nominated a partner of the law
firm of Smith & Brink, Quincy,
MA.
Janet Ramsey McPhee, Oakland,
NJ, is the habilitation plan
coordinator with the State of New
Jersey, Paterson, NJ.
’83
Cynthia A. Crane is an assistant
professor of English at Raymond
Walters College at the University
of Cincinnati (OH) and a
communications consultant. Her
awards include the Fulbright
Scholarship and a PEO National
Scholars Award. Cynthia is the
author of Divided Lives, a work
focusing on 10 women whose
stories are similar to her grandparents’
remembrances of their lives in
Nazi Germany.
Richard D. Flood, Cedarburg,
WI, is the executive director of
Riveredge Nature Center,
Newburg, WI.
Mark T. Haimerl, Worthington,
OH, and his wife, Lorene,
announce the birth of Chase Elson,
Feb. 23, 2000. Mark is a senior
contract manager with Milliken &
Co., LaGrange, GA.
Julie Cropp Mason is the
executive director of the Silver
Hills Health Care Center, Las
Vegas, NV.
Juliette Scott, San Francisco, CA,
is a senior financial analyst with the
Hewlett-Packard Co. She received
her M.B.A. from the University of
Southern California, Los Angeles,
CA, in May 2000.
Ellen Runk Shockey, Bluffton,
OH, is vice president of management
with the CSS Publishing Co.
’84
Randall S. Caruso, Hastings-on-
Hudson, NY, and his wife, Kathy,
announce the birth of Jennifer, Jan.
29, 2001. Randy is the store
manager for Buy Buy Baby,
Scarsdale, NY.
Paul L. Kempff, Ormond Beach,
FL, married Dawn L. Andrew,
April 3, 2000. Paul is with Renda
Broadcasting.
Stephen D. Miller is a planned
giving adviser in the development
office with the Johns Hopkins
Institutions, Baltimore, MD.
Dean J. Nolle, Coral Springs, FL,
and his wife, Amy, announce the
birth of Sarah Elizabeth, Oct. 1,
1999. Dean is a managing director
with State Street Research Mutual
Funds, Boston, MA.
’85
Ronald A. and Melinda
Hasselbach Bixel live in
Worthington, OH. Ron is a
project analyst reconstructing product
failure accidents with S.E.A.,
Inc. Mindy teaches high school
earth science and biology.
Michael D. and Brenda Shaw
DeWitt ’89 live in Delaware, OH.
Brenda is administrator of scholarships
and college services with the
Ohio Foundation of Independent
Colleges, Inc., Columbus, OH.
Elizabeth Haid Lautner is president
of Videoplus, Trumbull, CT.
David W. Jr. and Julie
McCullough Stevens ’88, Chagrin
Falls, OH, announce the birth
of Rachel Ann, Jan. 1, 2001.
Todd A. Surgoine, Gahanna,
OH, is a certified public accountant
with the Waller Financial
Planning Group, Columbus, OH.
’86
Class Reunion Homecoming
September 29, 2001
Kathleen M. Bruhn, an associate
professor of political science at the
University of California, Santa
Barbara, is the author of many
publications in her field. She lives
in Goleta, CA.
Mark H. Ewald, Jupiter, FL, is a
product manager with Implant
Innovations, Inc., Palm Beach
Gardens, FL.
Terri L. O’Brien, Indianapolis,
IN, married Jeffrey Grant, Jan. 29,
2000. They announce the birth of
Maria Beatriz, Nov. 12, 2000.
Lisa Hale Sipes, Knoxville, TN, is
pursuing her master’s degree in
information science with a state
certification as a school library
media specialist at the University of
Tennessee.
Keith M. Weitzen is managing
director/founder of International
Data Solutions, Inc., Alameda,
CA.
’87
Michael P. Anderson, a teacher
and head baseball coach with the
Newton (IA) City Schools, also
coaches football at Grinnell (IA)
College.
Charles-Michael Berry, who has
completed two years as senator for the College of Architecture, sitting
on the graduate and professional
studies council at the University of
Houston (TX), is serving an
internship there.
Stephne Mayer Haddad,
Marshfield, MA, and her husband,
Mitchell, announce the birth of
Sawyer Adam, April 1, 2000.
Stephan L. Jackson, Albany, GA,
married Phyllis Bryant, Oct. 19,
1999. Stephan is executive vice
president/managing director of the
quality control division with ROA
Software Labs, Inc., Leesburg, GA.
Daren P. and Ginger Kopp
Maloney ’89, Westlake, OH,
announce the birth of Bridget,
Dec. 12, 2000.
Kevin A. Monroe, Schwenksville,
PA, is vice president of finance with
Brooks Instrument, Hatfield, PA.
Kimberly Whetstone Parks has
been promoted to vice president of
human resources and legal services
with The Community Hospital,
Springfield, OH.
Mary Kay Gleason Ruck, Corona
del Mar, CA, and her husband,
Charles, announce the birth of
Emma in June 1999.
Peter R. Seltzer, Cuyahoga Falls,
OH, and his wife, Jennifer,
announce the birth of Emma
Elizabeth, Feb. 26, 2001.
Timothy S. and Lynne Sikora
Stadler ’88, University Heights,
OH, announce the birth of
Carsten Joseph, July 10, 1999.Tim is an inventory planner with
JCPenney, Cleveland, OH.
Elizabeth “Whitney” LeGard
Williams, New Canaan, CT, and
her husband, Nicholas, announce
the birth of Kent B., Oct. 29, 1999.
Sara Huber Wishman,
Williamsville, NY, and her husband,
Thomas, announce the birth
of Maxine Ann, May 13, 2000.
’88
Jane Keleher Beckmann, Colorado
Springs, CO, and her
husband, Douglas, announce the
birth of Devon, May 2, 2000. Jane
is a manager with EmergiCare.
Barbara L. Carson, an attorney,
practices with Sanders & Sanders,
P.C., Tulsa, OK.
Thomas R. and Salena McKenzie
Day live in Reston, VA, where
Tom is a senior manager with
Accenture.
Lisa Malenas Demarest, Danville,
CA, is director of business development with Summit Strategies,
Inc., Boston, MA.
William A. and Jennifer Woods
Frazer, Glen Ellyn, IL, announce
the birth of Alexander, Nov. 24,
2000. Bill is director of ebusiness
with the Pfizer Pharmaceutical Co.
Robert D. Garrison, Spring Lake,
MI, owns United Financial Mortgage,
Muskegon, MI.
Roberta Cochran Koch, Stow,
OH, and her husband, Robert,
announce the birth of Evan J., May
28, 2000. Roberta is in technical
support with the Chesterfield
Companies.
Lynn Latsko Kuntz owns West
Liberty (OH) Lumber Co.
Jennifer Embree Lannan,
Wayland, MA, and her husband,
Michael, announce the birth of
Lucy Campbell, Nov. 17, 1999.
Paul G. Schmit, Oakwood Hills,
IL, is a home builder/project
superintendent with Del Webb.
Dacotah J. Spurgeon, Los lamos,
NM, is a physical thereapist at
Holy Cross Hospital, Taos, NM.
Waydell D.
Walker is a production
manager with Towers Productions,
Chicago, IL.
Joy Mercer Wicks, Bexley, OH,
and her husband, Sonny, announce
the birth of Lydia Christine,
Nov. 6, 2000. Joy is a licensed
professional counselor and owns a
Mary Kay franchise.
’89
Ruth D. Bauer, Miami Lakes, FL,
is with Republic Services, Inc., Ft.
Lauderdale, FL.
Brian D. Buck, Evanston, IL, and
his wife, Jennifer, announce the
birth of Michael Edward, Nov. 10,
2000.
Gregory M. Klaben, Scotts
Valley, CA, is a vice president of
Saba Software, Inc., Redwood
Shores, CA.
Nancy Fethke Parrish teaches
with the Corpus Christi (TX)
Independent School District.
Frank W. III and Jolene Gopel
Sarr live in Malvern, PA. They are
with CIGNA Group Insurance.
Frank is a sales manager and, Jolene
is a vice president of marketing.
Paul C. and Sharon Eilert
Sausville ’91, Issaquah, WA,
announce the birth of Samuel Paul,
Dec. 14, 1999.
Timothy J. and Michelle Norman
Watson ’92 have moved to Waterford, CT. Tim is a senior
research scientist with Pfizer.
Michelle, a pediatrician, is with
Gail’s Ferry Pediatrics.
Mark E. Wobbe, Indianapolis,
IN, and his wife, Dawn, announce
the birth of Rachel Marie, March
9, 2001.
’90
Stacie Berry D’Eramo, Brookfield,
CT, and her husband, Philip,
announce the birth of Olivia Paige,
July 24, 1999.
Daniel P. and Martha Schultz
Fogarty ’89, Havelock, NC,
announce the birth of Shannon
Eileen, Oct. 13, 2000. Dan is an
assistant principal with the Craven
County Schools. Martha is a
homemaker.
Tricia Tanner Friedman, Ladera
Ranch, CA, is a managing director
with Loudeye Technologies, Irvine,
CA.
Stephen F. Gatland, Chicago, IL,
and his wife, Laura, announce the
birth of Andrew, Nov. 5, 2000.
Steve is the national sales manager
with Market Data Retrieval, a
division of Dun & Bradstreet.
Richard K. and Margaret Gilliam
Hoffman ’94, Lakewood, OH,
announce the birth of Samuel,
Nov. 20, 2000. Rich is a teacher/
coach at Bay High School, Bay
Village, OH. Margaret is an
operations analyst with I.P.C.S.,
Hudson, OH.
Patrick L. and Brooksany Steed
Jewell ’88 live in Brooklyn, NY.
Brooks has been named senior
publicist in the corporate communications
trade and media relations
department with Showtime Networks
Inc., New York, NY.
J. Keith Lebor, New Providence,
NJ, is a managing director with
Tvisions, Inc., New York, NY.
Daniel J. Martin is an assistant
attorney general in the environmental
enforcement section of the
Ohio Attorney General’s Office,
Columbus, OH. Dan, who operates
a private law practice, will
continue to live in Springfield,
OH, where he serves on the City
Commission.
Susan Jorgenson Mayes, West
Palm Beach, FL, and her husband,
Thomas, announce the birth of
Sydney J., May 23, 2000.
Bradford L. Moore, Laguna
Beach, CA, and his wife, Kristina
Marie, announce the birth of
Jackson Leigh, Feb. 9, 2001. Brad
is a senior sales executive with
Training Consortium, Inc., Newport
Beach, CA.
Kathleen O’Rielley Petno, Severn,
MD, and her husband, Daniel,
announce the birth of Emma
Kathleen, Sept. 24, 2000.
Scott D. Sager, Coppell, TX, is a
vice president with CitiCapital.
H. David and Kerri Kagler
Schuman, Loveland, OH, announce
the birth of Sarah Catherine,
July 20, 1999. David owns Skyline
Chili, Maineville, OH.
Jennifer A. Weiss, Cuyahoga
Falls, OH, is pursuing teaching
certification at Kent (OH) State
University. She coaches lacrosse.
Kristopher Y. and StephanieDubs West, Westerville, OH,
announce the birth of Katherine
A., Jan. 24, 2001. Kris is a
psychologist II at the Scioto
Juvenile Correctional Facility, Delaware,
OH. Stephanie is a homemaker.