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Class Notes
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Freda Fourman Snider, a
resident at Brethren Retirement
Community in Greenville, Ohio,
has celebrated her 97th birthday.
Her teaching career brought
her many honors and awards.
Hobbies include reading and
studying Ohio history.
’35
Charles H. Benner is professor
emeritus of music education
of the College Conservatory
of Music at the University of
Cincinnati in Ohio.
’38
Beatrice Remer Moore
enjoys the drama group, the
benevolent fund, music
groups, and the health and
wellness committee of the
resident council at Panorama, a
continuing care community in
a wooded area in Lacey, Wash.
’41
E. Dale Click, Moorpark,
Calif., has retired as pastor
of Holy Shepherd Lutheran
Church. He is the published
author of 12 books.
’42
Betty Harris Maynard has
retired to Suttons Bay, Mich.
After 25 years in Florida, Louis
E. Schwan has moved to
Marion, Ind.
’44
Robert C. Arnholt, a retired
airline pilot, lives in Miami, Fla.
He goes on cruises with E. Dale
Click ’41, ’43S, to assist him in
conducting Maunday Thursday,
Good Friday and Easter Sunday
services aboard the ship.
’46
Jeanne Armstrong Braun was
chosen “Tutor of the Year 2005”
at the Clark County Literacy
Center in Springfield, Ohio.
For the 18th consecutive year
at the age of 81, she swam the
2006 One Mile Super Swim for
Diabetes.
As a retired music teacher, Ada
Mason Ward of Hendersonville,
N.C., is happy to continue
singing in her church choir and
encouraging young music students.
’47
Ruth Winner Marshall has
retired as the assistant to the
vice president of new accounts
at the Denver National Bank
in Colorado.
Paul F. Pieper is a retired
minister living in St.
Petersburg, Fla.
Ann Jones Shook recently
celebrated her 50th wedding
anniversary and also received
recognition for practicing law
for 50 years. She is a partner
with Shook and Shook in
North Olmsted, Ohio.
’49
Thomas J. and Margaret
Jensen Brennan ’47 live in
Newtown, Pa. Thomas is
director of the water utility for
the City of New Brunswick,
N.J.
An active member of New
Haven United Methodist
Church, Donald E. Stebing
of Fort Wayne, Ind., leads the
Sunny Seniors Group and sings
in the choir.
’50
Colleen Swisher Furry has
retired from her position as a
gifted and talented coordinator
with the Zanesville Board of
Education in Ohio. She moved
to DuQuoin, Ill.
Ward R. and Mary Catherine
Augspuger Reiss live in Oak
Park, Va., where Ward is a selfemployed
farmer raising horse
hay. Mary Catherine is a floral
arranger for a local nursery.
Richard E. and Wilma
Maurer Werstler ’48 live in
North Canton, Ohio. Richard,
who is with the William
McKinley Presidential Library
and Museum, received the
Individual Achievement Award
from the Ohio Association
of Historical Societies and
Museums.
’51
Vincent J. and Jacquelyn
Grim DelMedico ’52 live in
Akron, Ohio, where Del has
expanded his mother’s business
into two full-service furniture
stores with decorating and
refinishing businesses.
William G. Ditzel has retired
as owner of William Ditzel
Production, Dayton, Ohio.
Kenneth E. Johnson retired as
owner of Pets Own Shop, Parma,
Ohio. He lives in Huron, Ohio,
where he enjoys gardening,
walking in the woods, boating
and enjoying wildlife.
Ruth A. Leffel, a retired
teacher and principal with the
Springfield City Schools in Ohio,
celebrated her 100th birthday
with a party at her church.
James B. Metzger, who
celebrated the 50th anniversary
of his ordination, has served
as pastor of four Lutheran
congregations in Ohio. He lives
in Alliance, Ohio.
’52
Class Reunion, Homecoming/
Reunion Weekend Oct. 19-21, 2007
The December 2006 exhibition,
Seen in Solitude: Robert I.
Kipniss Prints from the James F.
White Collection at the Orlando
Museum of Art, showcased
his lithographs, drypoints and
mezzotints created between
1968 and 2003.
A professional artist from
Zionsville, Ind., Edith Kellar
Mahaney was selected as
one of the “50 over 50” in a
program launched by Kappa
Delta sorority.
The Class of 1952 extends
its sympathy to Glenna
Davenport Meckstroth on the
loss of her husband, Michael,
in May 2006. Glenna, who
lives in New Knoxville, Ohio,
is the author of two books:
Tales from Great-Grandpa’s
Trunk: A Lighthearted Look at
Rural Life and Surviving World
War II: Tales of Ordinary People
in Extraordinary Times, which
has won awards from Bowling
Green State University and the
Ohio Genealogy Society.
Marylou Morgan Neff, a
former eighth grade teacher
with the New Kensington-
Arnold School, is an active
member of her church and
community. She resides
at Passavant Retirement
Community in Zelienople, Pa.
’53
John C. and Hazel
Tulloss Stacy ’57 live in
Crawfordsville, Ind. John
retired as pastor of Christ
Lutheran Church.
’54
Virginia Dixon Carlisle serves
as a part-time parish associate
at Northminster Presbyterian
Church in Springfield, Ohio.
She enjoys traveling, learning,
her children and grandchildren.
Robert S. and Gloria Albright
Kelly ’56 of Cedar Park, Texas,
observed their 50th anniversary
at a family gathering in
Fredericksburg, Texas.
’55
Ann Averhill Bohmer retired
as a third-grade teacher from
the Fort Greely School with
the Delta-Greely School
District #15 in Alaska. She
lives in Warrenton, Mo., where
she volunteers with the Child
Evangelism Fellowship.
Elinor Keller Brasher, West
Cape May, N.J., is an art
class teacher at the Center for
Community Arts.
James R. Butcher continues to
practice law in Kokomo, Ind.
He is very active in his church,
and local and state charitable
organizations, such as The
Indiana Family Institute. He
tells us that he is grateful for
the education he received at
Wittenberg.
Janet Simecek Carothers of
Houston, Texas, is retired as
a speech therapist from the
Pasadena Independent School
District. She continues to do
contract work and has become
involved with Elderhostel trips.
Margaret Calderwood
Harrington of Yorba
Linda, Calif., is retired and
volunteering at the Richard
Nixon Presidential Library.
John R. and Carolyn
Beard Kenworthy ’52 own
Kenworthy Enterprises Services
Inc. in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Robert E. Wing, Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., has retired as
an investment executive with
Fahnestock & Co.
’56
Christine Johnson Dull,
Union, Ohio, co-founded
the Dayton International
Peace Museum. The museum
provides exhibits and programs
for schools in an effort to teach
nonviolent choices to children.
Christine is also developing
peace museums in several
countries in the Middle East.
Ura Lantz Lazaroff,
Piscataway, N.J., retired as a
staff nurse from Morris Home
Care.
Frederick C. Michelson,
Waverly, Ohio, has retired
as pastor of Grace Lutheran
Church, Austintown, Ohio. He
was the speaker at the annual
memorial service sponsored by
the Conneaut Area Ministerial
Association and the Conneaut
Funeral Homes.
’57
Class Reunion, Homecoming/
Reunion Weekend Oct. 19-21, 2007
Barbara Behlen Amstutz
retired as assistant director of
the Youngstown Foundation in
Ohio. She lives in Sarasota, Fla.
Following his retirement, John
E. Barringer of Charlotte,
N.C., became very much
involved with the World Community Service through
Rotary International. In recent
years he has traveled to Bolivia,
Honduras, Argentina, Ecuador
and Peru as chair of 57 Rotary
Clubs with projects on every
continent except Antartica. His
other volunteer commitments
are with USO and Habitat for
Humanity.
Bette Lannert Fay of
Columbus, Ohio, has retired
as a certified public accountant.
She camps and travels in her
motor home whenever she can.
Ann Brown Matheny
celebrated the publication of
her book, The Magic City, by
traveling to exotic countries.
She lives in Middlesboro, Ky.
Before her retirement, Shirley
Wigger Penn was a teacher
with the Carmel Clay Schools
in Indiana. She now lives in
Fitchburg, Wis.
Richard D. Risner of
Centerville, Ohio, has retired
as a vice president with
National City Mortgage Co. in
Miamisburg, Ohio.
James M. Schooler Jr. retired
as professor of chemistry
from North Carolina Central
University, Durham, N.C.
Eugene E. Urbanski,
Elizabeth, Pa., married
Mickeline on Nov. 26, 2005.
Robert J. Wolf of Sierra Madre,
Calif., has retired as a consultant.
’58
Gretchen Friederich LaRosa
retired as a physical therapist
with the Rochester City
Schools in New York.
Robert A. Lohnes, West Des
Moines, Iowa, is emeritus
professor of civil engineering
and university professor at
Iowa State University in Ames.
On Nov. 29, 2006, Larry G.
Rader of Shiloh, Ohio, retired
as a science teacher with the
Crestview Schools in Ashland,
Ohio.
Charles F. and Judith
Flook Sturtz ’59 are retired
and live in Ashton, Md.
Chuck, who retired as vice
president for administrative
affairs at the University of
Maryland, College Park, Md.,
received the Distinguished
Alumnus Award from the
public administration faculty
of Wayne State University,
Detroit, Mich., in 2005.
’59
Jack Lacey, Macomb, Mich.,
retired as pastor of Advent
Lutheran Church, East Detroit,
Mich.
Ronald G. Mahan,
Gaithersburg, Md., retired as a
professor of English from Lenoir-
Rhyne College, Hickory, N.C.
Joyce Steiger Thackery, New
Carlisle, Ohio, retired as a
teacher from the Northwestern
Local Schools, Springfield,
Ohio.
Eugene W. and JoAnn
Brodbeck Winfield live
in Archbold, Ohio. Eugene
has retired as superintendent
of schools with the Fulton
County Board of Education.
’60
Skender Brame, Westerville,
Ohio, is retired from Grand
Slam U.S.A.
On March 1, 2006, Edmund
I. Csernyik retired from his
medical practice in Cuyahoga
Falls, Ohio. He lives in
Tallmadge, Ohio, and enjoys
playing golf and visiting
Carolina beaches.
Laura L. Klick has retired
as pastor of Grace Lutheran
Church in Allentown, Pa.
David P. Matevia, Eaton,
Ohio, has retired from St. Paul
Lutheran Church in Michigan
City, Ind.
L. Joe “Larry” and Peggy
Moser Osburn ’62 live in
Parma, Ohio. Larry is a ski
snowboard instructor at the
Boston Mills Resort.
India Pfeifer Pace, West
Seneca, N.Y., retired as a level
two teacher with the Hamburg
Central Schools.
Carl W. Shannon, Monroe,
Ohio, is retired from Rolls-
Royce Corp.
D. Robert Webb, Clyde Hill,
Wash., has retired from his
position as an allergist-internist
with Allergy & Clinical
Immunology, Kirkland, Wash.
Geraldine Kubala Wilkowski
is an associate in ministry
at Christ the King Lutheran
Church, VanNuys, Calif.
’61
After 45 years teaching with
the New Rochelle Schools
in New York, Catherine E.
Behrend has retired and plans
to travel and enjoy life. She
lives in Scarsdale, N.Y.
Carolyn Bearss Cooper,
Thousand Oaks, Calif., is a
substitute teacher with the Las
Virgenes School District.
A. Harding Ganz, a history
professor at The Ohio State
University at Newark, recently
toured the Balkans, sensing the
transition from a half-century
of communism.
Bruce B. and Kristi
Kaushagen Hathaway ’69
live in Bedford, Ohio. Bruce is
now retired from the Lutheran
Church of the Master.
Lois Krejci Hornbostel of
Columbus, Ohio, has retired as
a medical technologist from a
clinical laboratory. She enjoys
canoeing, hiking, bicycling and
skiing.
After 43 years as an active
agent, Richard F. Keier has
retired from Prudential with
an emeritus contract. He
serves as president of the City
of Southfield, Mich., Fire
and Police Retirement Board,
on the board of directors
of CAPROC, LLC, as a
moderator with the board
of deacons at Northbrook
Presbyterian Church in Beverly
Hills, Mich., and on the
executive committee of the
Oakland County Republican
Party.
Thomas C. and Barbara
Viskocil Staley ’62 live in
Vandalia, Ohio. Barbara is a
long-term care planner with
Genworth Financial.
David A. and Margaret
Frease Steele ’62 are retired
and live in Grosse Pointe, Mich.
Margaret was a middle school
assistant principal with the
Grosse Pointe Schools.
’62
James H. Conrad, head of the
special collections department
at Gee Library at Texas A&M
University-Commerce, Texas,
writes a historical column in
The Greenville Herald Banner.
He won numerous awards
from the Texas Historical
Commission, East Texas
Historical Association and
the Texas Institute of Letters
for his book on rural Texas
black communities, Freedom
Colonies: Independent Black
Texans in the Age of Jim Crow.
David L. Hickinbotham
retired June 5, 2006, after
teaching math and geography
at Northridge Middle School
in Springfield, Ohio, for more
than 35 years. He now owns
and operates DLH Locomotive
Works, a model train shop.
Jerry J. and Diane McMillan
Karp are retired and live in
Avon, Ohio. Jerry was director
of in-flight services with Ryan
International Airlines Inc.
Joan Russell Mercer, East
Moline, Ill., retired as a legal
clerk at Elini Hospital.
Janice Meyer Paul, Chalfont,
Pa., is a sales associate with
Century 21 Alliance Lansdale.
She was honored as the “Agent
of the Month” for sales in April
2006.
Thomas O. and Nancy
Slusser Reel ’63 live in
Cumming, Ga. Tom retired
in 2005 as president of Traffic
Safety Association, Lansing,
Mich. He works part-time for
the Safe America Foundation
and as a marshal at a local golf
club.
’63
William R. Behrens is a
counselor at Wolf Point
Junior/Senior High School in
Michigan.
Since her retirement, Ingrid
Lehfeldt Briody, has moved to
Stilwell, Kan., and has traveled
to Japan, Russia, South Korea
and China.
Lana Henline Browne of
Milton, Del., retired July 1,
2005, as executive director
of enrollment services from
Raritan Valley Community
College, Somerville, N.J.
Barbara Rutkowski Burgess,
Mantua, Ohio, has retired as
a global support lead analyst
with the Eaton Corp.
Ernest Eng, a retired guidance
counselor from New York, N.Y.,
enjoys spending time with
family and friends, traveling
and skiing.
Beckie Williamson Kahl of
Pendleton, Ind., has retired as a
human resources manager with
USA Group, Fishers, Ind.
Nancy Bergstrom Kincaid has
retired as an owner of Kincaid’s
Is Music Inc., Springfield, Ohio.
Paul N. Martinson, Minneapolis,
Minn., retired as manager of
sound editing with Bajus Jones
Film Corp., Edina, Minn.
David L. and Susan
Stettenbenz Monseau live in
Brecksville, Ohio. David retired
as an investment representative
with New York Life.
Layne B. Peiffer retired Jan.
3, 2007, as an historian with
the U.S. Air Force at Wright-
Patterson Air Force Base in
Dayton, Ohio. He continues to
live in Enon, Ohio.
Thomas M. Stauffer is
president and CEO of the
American University of
Afghanistan in Kabul.
John D. and Carol Back
Stroup ’66 live in Groveport,
Ohio. John has retired as pastor
of St. Paul Lutheran Church.
Carol is a certified medical
representative with Physicians
Weight Loss.
Andrew P. Swasko has retired
as a pilot with United Airlines,
Chicago, Ill. He lives in
Travelers Rest, S.C.
’64
Judith Garrety Bailey of
New Carlisle, Ohio, retired as
a substitute teacher from the
Springfield City School District.
John J. Barsala Jr., Las Vegas,
Nev., is a cost accountant with
the Wynn Resorts.
Albert V. Bellisari, Columbus,
Ohio, retired as a DCT
coordinator with the Lancaster
City Schools.
Dorothy J. Brown, West
Chester, Ohio, has retired
as owner of Versaprint Co.,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sondra Speakman
Bubenhofer is an acute
rehabilitation social worker at
the Marion General Hospital
in Indiana.
Nancy Walker Chandler of
St. Petersburg, Fla., continues
training and sponsorship
in Croatia, India, Hungary
and Senegal with Pioneers
International, Orlando, Fla.
Janet Wolbaugh Gabbard,
Springfield, Ohio, retired
as a teacher with the
Mechanicsburg Schools.
David C. Gallagher,
Bloomfield Hills, Mich.,
retired as director of
development at the Detroit
Institute for Children.
Peggy Bell Mahan has retired
as director of the Easttown
Library and Information
Center, Berwyn, Pa. She has
moved to the Hershey’s Mill
community in West Chester,
Pa., from where she will be
traveling to the Caribbean,
Japan, Russia and Greece.
Sanford C. and Judith Weber
Mitchell live in Ashland,
Ohio, where Sanford is
pastor of Trinity Lutheran
Church. Judith has retired as
a substitute teacher with the
Ashland City Schools.
Mary Sue Sassaman Oehler
of Richmond, Va., enjoys
volunteering with the
Cedarfield UMC Retirement
and Care Center, the
Richmond Public Schools
and her church during her
retirement.
Diana Dubeck Rischling has
retired from her position as a
science teacher at Pine Creek
High School, Colorado Springs,
Colo.
Richard L. and Wendy
Schoenlein Schwerin are
retired and live in Martinez,
Calif. Wendy was an editor
with Kvaerner.
David W. Sherwood, a
psychologist in Poughkeepsie,
N.Y., is serving a threeyear
term on the board
of directors of the Eye
Movement, Desensitization
and Reprocessing International
Association.
Richard A. Sipley Jr., Dayton,
Ohio, is with LexisNexis,
Miamisburg, Ohio.
Susan Williams Srnec retired
as a branch manager in the
Child Protective Services
Dept. with the State of Oregon,
Salem, Ore. She lives in
Yachats, Ore.
’65
Robert C. Baden, St. Clair,
Mich., has retired from
Dominian Technologies.
Robert C. and Dawn Doerrer
Barkman live in Longmeadow,
Mass. Robert is a biology
professor and chair of the
department of education at
Springfield College. Dawn has
retired as a librarian at East
Longmeadow Public High
School.
Keith E. Crilow has retired
as the Akron Service Center
Manager with Quadrant
Engineering Plastic Products,
Mogadore, Ohio, and moved
to the Virgin Islands.
Marguerite E. Holderle
retired Jan. 31, 2006, as an
art teacher at Chestnut Ridge
School in Rochester, N.Y.
Virginia Cook Kanter is
senior editor at the National
Ground Intelligence Center,
Charlottesville, Va.
Richard L. Sr. and Marilyn
Eichman Kretschman live
in Mentor, Ohio. Dick is an
agent with United American
Insurance Co. Marilyn retired
as an elementary teacher with
the Mentor Public Schools. She
is an independent Longaberger
consultant.
Eric C. Young is an account
executive with insure.com,
Darien, Ill. Eric lives in
Downers Grove, Ill.
’66
James S. Bennett, Washington,
D.C., is a managing director
with Black Rock Realty,
Florham Park, N.J.
The Class of 1966 extends its
sympathy to Anne Barrett
Gillespie of Norwood, Ohio,
on the death of her husband,
Ron. Anne works at Drackett
Designs and Antiques in
Montgomery, Ohio.
Marianne Laine Haberbusch,
Niceville, Fla., is a gift buyer
for Bayou Book Co., an
independent Hallmark Gold
Crown store and full-service
bookstore.
Daniel A. Hoffman is a senior
vice president and financial
consultant with RBC Dain
Rauscher, Hartford, Conn.
Lynda Swander Ochs,
Overland Park, Kan., teaches
biology at Johnson County
Community College.
Carol B. Purdy, Westbury,
N.Y., has retired from teaching
music with the North Merrick
Public Schools. Carol, who
has published articles in music
education journals, continues
to present workshops for music
teachers on improvisation and
string methods.
Allan H. Slawson retired
from teaching math with the
Shaker Heights City Schools
in Cleveland, Ohio. He now
serves as an educational
consultant for the Cleveland
Heights-University Heights
School District.
Janet Klingaman Wilk,
Brunswick, Maine, has retired
as a teacher from Mt. Ararat
High School.
Carol A. Zofko retired as an
ABLE/GED teacher with the
Warren City Schools in Ohio
and moved to Daytona Beach,
Fla.
’67
Harold S. Boat, Xenia, Ohio,
has retired as a contract
negotiator with the U.S. Air
Force.
Sue Peterka George,
Cleveland, Ohio, retired as a
counselor at Magnificat High
School.
Following her retirement,
Susan Mazuy Martin of
Sussex, N.J., keeps busy visiting
her children and traveling. She
also serves as president of the
Ladies’ Golf Association at a
local club.
Judith Tharp Murray,
Sacramento, Calif., retired
as a teacher with the San
Juan Unified School District,
Carmichael, Calif.
Gail A. Patton is a retired
Lutheran pastor who does
occasional supply preaching
and interim work. She lives
in Lyndhurst, Ohio, where
she has returned to doing
portraiture and sculpture.
Caren Nelson Schubart
is a school psychologist
working with developmentally
challenged, learning-disabled
and emotionally distressed
high-risk youth in the
education support services
department at Exeter Area
High School in New
Hampshire.
Ma’Su Beneke Sweeney
retired as a deputy clerk
with the U.S. District Court,
Tallahassee, Fla.
’68
Elaine Peck Christianson
is a national board-certified
teacher teaching special
needs/exceptional children at
Benvenue Elementary School
in Rocky Mount, N.C.
Planned Parenthood of Central
Pennsylvania named Suellen
Borgmann Craig president
and chief executive officer.
Bonnie Beran Franks, Burton,
Ohio, is with Newbury Family
Practice.
John F. Geib, St. James City,
Fla., is the music director
at Church of the Epiphany
Episcopal.
Carol McLees Holley,
McKinney, Texas, has retired
as a kindergarten teacher from
New Adventures Elementary
School in Broken Arrow, Okla.
Linda Bayliss Johnson,
Columbus, Ohio, retired as a
social studies teacher from the
Heath City School District.
Barbara Kerr of San Carlos,
Calif., is a vice president of
human resources at Applera
Corp.
Barbara Westfall Larsen,
Deerfield Beach, Fla.,
retired as a reading resource
specialist from the Park Ridge
Elementary School.
Richard A. Masciere,
Westlake, Ohio, has retired
as an application technician/
division director from
the Defense Finance and
Accounting Service.
Fred L. and Margo
VanZanten Schuttenberg live
in Braselton, Ga. Margo retired
as an elementary teacher with
the Gwinnett County Schools,
Dacula, Ga.
James M. Shade, Miamisburg,
Ohio, retired as a counselor
with the Kettering City
Schools.
Michael S. Steiner is a
senior vice president with Sky
Insurance, Wooster, Ohio.
’69
Robert W. Berta Jr.,
LaCanada, Calif., retired as a
consultant with Countrywide
Investment Services.
Susan Fleming Davis retired
in May 2005, after more than
36 years of teaching in the New
Philadelphia School System in
Ohio. She currently volunteers
at South School and with the
Main Street Revitalization in
downtown New Philadelphia.
Joyce Coyne Dyer, who
is director of writing and
professor of English at Hiram
College, was named the John
S. Kenyon Chair in English.
Joyce lives in Hudson, Ohio.
Oscar H. Erb III, Loveland,
Ohio, retired as a teacher with
the Reading Community
Schools.
Thomas R. Haugsby is a
professor/director of cooperative
education at Antioch College in
Yellow Springs, Ohio.
Nancy O’Brien Instine, Cable,
Ohio, retired as an LD tutor
and department chair with the
Triad Local Schools.
Timothy A. Linck, St.
Michaels, Md., teaches at
Saints Peter and Paul High
School in Easton, Md.
Allen M. and Cozette Spittler
Mitchell ’71 are retired and
living in Chattanooga, Tenn.,
and Dewees Island, S.C. They
enjoy fly fishing, woodturning,
volunteer work and time with
their family.
Charles V. Painter was
selected Greater Western Ohio
Conference Tennis Coach of
the year. He currently teaches
mathematics and coaches
tennis at Beavercreek High
School in Ohio. His 2006 boys’
tennis team won the GWOC,
making it Charles’ eighth
straight championship.
Valmon J. Pezoldt, San
Antonio, Texas, is a research
scientist in the research and
implementation department at
Texas A&M University.
G. Robert and Patricia
Bronson Rose ’70 live in
Sylvania, Ohio. Rob retired
as a teacher and head baseball
coach at Whitmer High School
in Toledo, Ohio. He is now an
assistant football coach at Start
High School.
Anne Watkins Thayer is the
media specialist at Pangborn
Elementary School with the
Washington County Public
Schools, Hagerstown, Md.
’70
Beverly Hopkins Brown,
Newtown, Pa., is an artist with
a concentration in oil painting.
She has earned numerous
awards in solo and juried
exhibitions.
Trevor K. Buehler, New
Philadelphia, Ohio, is director
of business operations with the
Office of MRDD.
Karen S. Chambers, New
York, N.Y., is an editor with
Las Vegas Home & Design,
published by the Greenspun
Media Group.
Sharon Schmucker Heber
retired as director of the
division of environmental
health with the State of Florida
Department of Health. She
lives in Dunnellon, Fla., and
in western North Carolina.
During her retirement, Sharon
serves on technical public
health advisory councils, does
consulting work and volunteers
with the Humane Society.
David L. Jessee, Reston, Va.,
is an LAC economic growth
team leader with Regional
Sustainable Development.
Roy S. Larson, North
Tonawanda, N.Y., retired as a
social studies teacher with the
Williamsville Central School
District. He is now a substitute
teacher.
Cynthia Wise Staudt, an
associate professor who
serves as chair of the English
department at Walsh
University, North Canton,
Ohio, was recognized in
the December 2006 edition
of Ohio Magazine for her
contribution and dedication
to acheiving excellence in
education.
’71
Kenneth E. Eldridge and
Patricia J. Summerville ’72
live in Tampa, Fla. Kip is a
senior vice president with
Behringer Securities. Patricia
is a consultant with Summer
Ridge Renovators.
Charles R. and Deborah
Plichta Graham ’72 live in
Saint Peters, Mo. Charles is a
senior technical manager with
Crosslink, St. Louis, Mo.
Karen Aldridge Houck,
Gatlinburg, Tenn., is a social
worker with Safe Space.
Susan Albrecht Johnson,
Manhattan Beach, Calif.,
chairs the National Scoring
Committee for U.S.
Synchronized Swimming.
She ran the synchronized
swimming scoring for the
FINA World Masters Aquatics
Games at Stanford University, a
Pan-American Age Group meet
in Mexico, the FINA World
Cup in Japan, the FINA World
Championships in Melbourne,
Australia, as well as the Pan-
American Games in Brazil. In
addition she runs the scoring
for several golf championships,
including the U.S. Open and
the U.S. Senior Open.
Walter K. Knorr of Chicago,
Ill., has become chief financial
officer and vice president at the
University of Illinois.
Linda S. Lange, Denver, Colo.,
is president of Entrepreneur
Support Systems Inc. Also
an assistant professor of
finance and accounting at
Regis University School for
Professional Studies, she
is responsible for business
department curriculum and
assessment programs.
Maureen March Marshall,
Barre, Mass., is superintendent
of North Middlesex School
District in Townsend, Mass.
Linda Siegfried McClarren,
Alliance, Ohio, retired after 35
years as an elementary music
teacher at West Branch School.
Organist and director of music
at Kountze Memorial Lutheran
Church, she has taught private
piano and organ throughout
her career. In December 2006,
Linda was a featured vocalist at
the Ladies Night Out program
at the Alliance Woman’s Club.
Charles T. Saunders Jr.
received his master’s of arts
degree in workforce development
and education, with a
concentration in adult teaching
and learning, from The Ohio
State University, Columbus,
Ohio, on Dec. 10, 2006.
Selena Neal Singletary retired
after 31 years as director of
human relations, housing and
neighborhood services for the
City of Springfield, Ohio.
Robert G. Wallace is a
minister with Calvary United
Methodist Church, York, Pa.
Barbara Schultz Wheeler,
Southfield, Mich., has retired
as a substitute teacher with the
Berkley Schools.
For the 36th year, Suzanne
Valliquette Yager remains an
elementary teacher with the
Miami-Dade County Public
Schools in Florida.
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Richard L. Acton is executive
director of the Lexington
County Community Mental
Health Center in South Carolina.
Gary L. Callahan, assistant
dean for the School of
Education and associate
professor of music education at
Benedict College in Columbia,
S.C., was elected arts and
sciences chair for the National
Network for Education
Renewal Tripartite Council.
Janet Cook Davis,
Hendersonville, N.C., teaches
social studies at East Henderson
High School, Flat Rock, N.C.
William C. Johnson, Lake
Bluff, Ill., joined the One
Eleven Group, a team of 11
professionals providing wealth
planning services to individuals
and corporations with Smith
Barney, Deerfield, Ill.
R. Thomas Ray, who serves
as the executive officer for the
U.S. Agency for International
Development in Nairobi,
Kenya, is transferring to Tel
Aviv, Israel, to stage the West
Bank/Gaza program.
Nancy Swanson Rudary retired
as an English instructor at
Oakland Community College in
Auburn Hills, Mich., and moved
to Wilmington, N.C.
Elizabeth Vinton Shelton
teaches fourth grade with the
Little Miami Local Schools in
Maineville, Ohio.
Debra A. Warner, Dayton,
Ohio, is with The Design
Knowledge Co., Fairborn, Ohio.
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Jon Fickert has been elected
to the Oak Harbor Village
Council in Ohio.
Kenneth and Patricia
McConnell Kroviak ’76
live in Plano, Texas. Ken,
an investor, was inducted
into the Cuyahoga Heights High School Hall of Fame.
Patricia is a lab administrator
at Presbyterian Hospital in
Dallas, Texas.
Robin Skinner Prinz is an
attorney with Campbell Miller
Zimmerman in Leesburg, Va.
Nancy Anderson Quint, Allen
Park, Mich., works in the
education department at the
Henry Ford Museum in
Dearborn, Mich. She is also a
group facilitator with Weight
Watchers. Nancy tells us she
has many fond memories of her
years at Witt.
Dennis M. and Beth Hager
Weibling ’75 live in Bellevue,
Wash. Dennis is president of Rally
Capital LLC, Kirkland, Wash.
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