2010 Winter Edition

The University of

ToledoWinter 2010

ALUMNI MAGAZINE

RECYCLED PAPER

Toledo

Volume 57, Number 2

Winter 2010

Executive EditorCynthia Nowak ’78, ’80

Associate EditorVicki L. Kroll ’88

Contributing WritersKim Harvey ’89 Matt Lockwood Scott Miles Deanna Woolf ’05

Graphic DesignerErin Lanham

Principal PhotographerDaniel Miller ’99

Additional PhotographyJack Meade

Toledo Alumni is published three times a year in Fall, Winter and Spring by The University of Toledo Alumni Association and the Office of University Communications.

Vice President, External Affairs/Interim Vice President, Equity and Diversity/PublisherLawrence J. Burns

Associate Vice President, Alumni/PublisherDan Saevig ’84, ’89

Office of Alumni Relations StaffAnsley Abrams ’92 Sue Fandry Amanda Schwartz Marcus Sneed ’07 Dianne Wisniewski

Recent Awards Pride of CASEV Awards Feature writing, Silver Award, “Hidden Treasures of UT”Crystal Awards of Merit Writing, Spring 2009 issue Feature writing, “Let’s Bring Our Boys Out!”

Advertising Jack Hemple (419.450.7568)

Send Change Of Address Information To:Toledo Alumni, Office of Alumni Relations, Driscoll Alumni Center, Mail Stop 301 The University of Toledo Toledo, OH 43606-3395 Telephone 419.530.ALUM (2586) or 800.235.6766 Fax 419.530.4994

Winter 2010 Volume 57, Number 2

contentscover story10 plus many 14

featuresdomina duo 10building for the future 26the calming touch 35cancer detective 37healing pokes 40farming pharmacists 42channel swimmer 43

special

Homecoming 2009 8

others

traditional & un 3research 6class notes 34book reviews 45

The University of Toledo is committed to a policy of equal opportunity in education, employment, memberships and contracts, and no differentiation will be made based on race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status or the presence of a disability. The University of Toledo will take affirmative action as required be federal or state law.

RECYCLED PAPER

Toledo

Volume 57, Number 2

Winter 2010

Executive EditorCynthia Nowak ’78, ’80

Associate EditorVicki L. Kroll ’88

Contributing WritersKim Harvey ’89 Matt Lockwood Scott Miles Deanna Woolf ’05

Graphic DesignerErin Lanham

Principal PhotographerDaniel Miller ’99

Additional PhotographyJack Meade

Toledo Alumni is published three times a year in Fall, Winter and Spring by The University of Toledo Alumni Association and the Office of University Communications.

Vice President, External Affairs/Interim Vice President, Equity and Diversity/PublisherLawrence J. Burns

Associate Vice President, Alumni/PublisherDan Saevig ’84, ’89

Office of Alumni Relations StaffAnsley Abrams ’92 Sue Fandry Amanda Schwartz Marcus Sneed ’07 Dianne Wisniewski

Recent Awards Pride of CASEV Awards Feature writing, Silver Award, “Hidden Treasures of UT”Crystal Awards of Merit Writing, Spring 2009 issue Feature writing, “Let’s Bring Our Boys Out!”

Advertising Jack Hemple (419.450.7568)

Send Change Of Address Information To:Toledo Alumni, Office of Alumni Relations, Driscoll Alumni Center, Mail Stop 301 The University of Toledo Toledo, OH 43606-3395 Telephone 419.530.ALUM (2586) or 800.235.6766 Fax 419.530.4994

Winter 2010 Volume 57, Number 2

contentscover story10 plus many 14

featuresdomina duo 10building for the future 26the calming touch 35cancer detective 37healing pokes 40farming pharmacists 42channel swimmer 43

special

Homecoming 2009 8

others

traditional & un 3research 6class notes 34book reviews 45

The University of Toledo is committed to a policy of equal opportunity in education, employment, memberships and contracts, and no differentiation will be made based on race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status or the presence of a disability. The University of Toledo will take affirmative action as required be federal or state law.

fore words

Toledo Alumni Magazine | Winter 2010 3www.toledoalumni.org

Back in the days when we savored rolling the full term — “women’s liberation” — in our mouths, I, like many other female twenty-somethings, was looking for sisterhood. Woman power was the siren call, and not having grown up with any sisters of my own, I was hyped for wise and supportive women with whom I could compare notes, share ideas and make sense of our crazy world circa 1975.

The walk down Disillusionment Street came fast.

Workplace sisters were too busy climbing the ladder to hold out a hand; sometimes they’d even kick the rungs out behind them. Dishing the dirt was more entertaining than pooling hard-earned wisdom, and when it came to men, we seemed hardwired with the predatory habits of high school (“Back off, I saw him first!”).

As far as I was concerned, the Great Feminist Sisterhood was on par with Disney’s fairy godmother and magic just a “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo” away.

But time did its mellowing trick, as did friendships with women who’d stayed optimistic about sisterhood. And over the years I met some remarkable sisters who possessed the daring, wisdom, accomplishments and sometimes craziness that came out of those not-so-long-ago times.

UT is full of such remarkable women; I wish we had the room to include them all. We had to settle for ten high achievers who graciously accepted the honor (and pressure) of representing all UT women.

Because our tribute is intended to center on the stories familiar to so many women, I asked our ten honorees to imagine they were having a conversation with our readers. They agreed to share, and their experiences and observations will resonate with many of you, enlighten many more.

So keep pushing, sisters and brothers; as several of our honorees note, there’s plenty more to be done. Whether or not their personal is political, these women’s stories are a rich testament to the gains of an energized sisterhood who often didn’t realize they were a vanguard.

Peace —

Cynthia Nowak

Executive Editor, Toledo Alumni Magazine

The University of Toledo

The University of Toledo Alumni Association Officers and Trustees

PresidentWalter “Chip” Carstensen ’72, ’74

First Vice PresidentConstance D. Zouhary ’81

Second Vice PresidentDon Warner ’76

SecretaryDavid D. Dobrzykowski ’95, ’99

TreasurerTerri Lee ’92

Past PresidentJon R. Dvorak MD ’80, ’83, ’86

Executive DirectorDan Saevig ’84, ’89

One-Year TrusteesPete Casey ’67, ’73 Jeff Joyce ’85 Rick Longenecker ’86, ’88 Jonathan Mondelli ’06 Mark Urrutia ’88 Gene Zmuda ’81, ’84

Two-Year TrusteesBernie Albert ’68 Marie Latham Bush PhD ’83, ’00 Elizabeth Davis ’97, ’06 Dana Fitzsimmons ’76 Elizabeth Grothaus ’93, ’98 Philip Miller ’71, ’88 Tamara Norris ’87, ’06 Sharon Speyer ’85

Three-Year TrusteesBernard Barrow Sr. ’70, ’72 Catherine Martineau ’77, ’81 Jay Pearson ’91 Tamara Talmage ’99 Tom Wakefield MD ’75, ’78 Joe Zavac ’89, ’92

Student RepresentativeDavid Hale (appointed by Student Alumni Association)

On the cover: A salute to the original multi-taskers: women photo by Daniel Miller

Energy-seekers go to our waste

Some UT researchers have seen the future of energy. It looks like corn husks, dry leaves and algae.

More scientifically, it looks like biomass — organic components that until recently have found little application in the quest for petroleum alternatives. However, Sasidhar Varanasi PhD, professor of chemical and environmental engineering, and Constance A. Schall PhD, associate professor of chemical engineering, are heading teams that hope to produce biofuels from different types of biomass.

Varanasi’s team is working on creating propane from ligno-cellulose biomass. The main component of that material, he explains, is cellulose, which is in all plants: “Hemicellulose is the second component, and the third is lignin.” Think wood, think corn cobs, think resilient plant matter. In fact, all these components are polymers — tough cookies that before they can be turned into biofuel must be broken down into some form of sugar, which then can be fermented into alcohol, thus fuel (ethanol).

Many labs worldwide are working on this break-down process. What makes the UT research unique is its use of ionic liquids as solvents. The “green solvents” have the advantage of not producing toxic vapors, Varanasi says. “We’ve been working together with Jared Anderson [associate professor of chemistry], who has expertise in ionic liquids,” says Schall. “Ligno-cellulose is fairly tough.

In comparison, the industrial process of converting corn grain — which is mostly starch — to ethanol is a piece of cake.”

The reason for pursuing this rougher road is our need to feed; the recent worldwide trend of growing corn to produce biofuels created food shortages and soaring prices. Ligno-cellulose research, in contrast, focuses on what’s usually discarded: agricultural, forestry and even municipal waste.

The algae-based research of Schall’s team is ag-friendly as well, she explains, based on the extraction of lipids that can be chemically transformed into fatty-acid esters: biodiesel.

Varanasi adds, “The residues left behind in this process are very similar to biomass that can produce ethanol, so in effect, algae can be used twice. Algae can be produced out of a small area, probably a third of the area needed to grow the corn now being used for ethanol, and it’s grown on water, leaving precious land for agriculture.”

The U.S. Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation funded the research, which now enters the proving stage, assisted by an Ohio Advanced Energy Program grant.

“There are many competing pre-treatment processes,” Schall notes. “The next couple years will decide whether ours is a go or no-go.”

Varanasi and team of research students, from left, Vasudev Gottumukala, Akinwale Shittu, Thehazhnan (Thihal) K. Ponnaiyan, Satish Lakhapatri, Balakrishna Maddi and Indira Priya Samayam.

Toledo: traditional & un

fore words


Back in the days when we savored rolling the full term — “women’s liberation” — in our mouths, I, like many other female twenty-somethings, was looking for sisterhood. Woman power was the siren call, and not having grown up with any sisters of my own, I was hyped for wise and supportive women with whom I could compare notes, share ideas and make sense of our crazy world circa 1975.

The walk down Disillusionment Street came fast.

Workplace sisters were too busy climbing the ladder to hold out a hand; sometimes they’d even kick the rungs out behind them. Dishing the dirt was more entertaining than pooling hard-earned wisdom, and when it came to men, we seemed hardwired with the predatory habits of high school (“Back off, I saw him first!”).

As far as I was concerned, the Great Feminist Sisterhood was on par with Disney’s fairy godmother and magic just a “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo” away.

But time did its mellowing trick, as did friendships with women who’d stayed optimistic about sisterhood. And over the years I met some remarkable sisters who possessed the daring, wisdom, accomplishments and sometimes craziness that came out of those not-so-long-ago times.

UT is full of such remarkable women; I wish we had the room to include them all. We had to settle for ten high achievers who graciously accepted the honor (and pressure) of representing all UT women.

Because our tribute is intended to center on the stories familiar to so many women, I asked our ten honorees to imagine they were having a conversation with our readers. They agreed to share, and their experiences and observations will resonate with many of you, enlighten many more.

So keep pushing, sisters and brothers; as several of our honorees note, there’s plenty more to be done. Whether or not their personal is political, these women’s stories are a rich testament to the gains of an energized sisterhood who often didn’t realize they were a vanguard.

Peace —

Cynthia Nowak

Executive Editor, Toledo Alumni Magazine


The University of Toledo Alumni Association Officers and Trustees

PresidentWalter “Chip” Carstensen ’72, ’74

First Vice PresidentConstance D. Zouhary ’81

Second Vice PresidentDon Warner ’76

SecretaryDavid D. Dobrzykowski ’95, ’99

TreasurerTerri Lee ’92

Past PresidentJon R. Dvorak MD ’80, ’83, ’86

Executive DirectorDan Saevig ’84, ’89

One-Year TrusteesPete Casey ’67, ’73 Jeff Joyce ’85 Rick Longenecker ’86, ’88 Jonathan Mondelli ’06 Mark Urrutia ’88 Gene Zmuda ’81, ’84

Two-Year TrusteesBernie Albert ’68 Marie Latham Bush PhD ’83, ’00 Elizabeth Davis ’97, ’06 Dana Fitzsimmons ’76 Elizabeth Grothaus ’93, ’98 Philip Miller ’71, ’88 Tamara Norris ’87, ’06 Sharon Speyer ’85

Three-Year TrusteesBernard Barrow Sr. ’70, ’72 Catherine Martineau ’77, ’81 Jay Pearson ’91 Tamara Talmage ’99 Tom Wakefield MD ’75, ’78 Joe Zavac ’89, ’92

Student RepresentativeDavid Hale (appointed by Student Alumni Association)

On the cover: A salute to the original multi-taskers: women photo by Daniel Miller

Energy-seekers go to our waste

Some UT researchers have seen the future of energy. It looks like corn husks, dry leaves and algae.

More scientifically, it looks like biomass — organic components that until recently have found little application in the quest for petroleum alternatives. However, Sasidhar Varanasi PhD, professor of chemical and environmental engineering, and Constance A. Schall PhD, associate professor of chemical engineering, are heading teams that hope to produce biofuels from different types of biomass.

Varanasi’s team is working on creating propane from ligno-cellulose biomass. The main component of that material, he explains, is cellulose, which is in all plants: “Hemicellulose is the second component, and the third is lignin.” Think wood, think corn cobs, think resilient plant matter. In fact, all these components are polymers — tough cookies that before they can be turned into biofuel must be broken down into some form of sugar, which then can be fermented into alcohol, thus fuel (ethanol).

Many labs worldwide are working on this break-down process. What makes the UT research unique is its use of ionic liquids as solvents. The “green solvents” have the advantage of not producing toxic vapors, Varanasi says. “We’ve been working together with Jared Anderson [associate professor of chemistry], who has expertise in ionic liquids,” says Schall. “Ligno-cellulose is fairly tough.

In comparison, the industrial process of converting corn grain — which is mostly starch — to ethanol is a piece of cake.”

The reason for pursuing this rougher road is our need to feed; the recent worldwide trend of growing corn to produce biofuels created food shortages and soaring prices. Ligno-cellulose research, in contrast, focuses on what’s usually discarded: agricultural, forestry and even municipal waste.

The algae-based research of Schall’s team is ag-friendly as well, she explains, based on the extraction of lipids that can be chemically transformed into fatty-acid esters: biodiesel.

Varanasi adds, “The residues left behind in this process are very similar to biomass that can produce ethanol, so in effect, algae can be used twice. Algae can be produced out of a small area, probably a third of the area needed to grow the corn now being used for ethanol, and it’s grown on water, leaving precious land for agriculture.”

The U.S. Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation funded the research, which now enters the proving stage, assisted by an Ohio Advanced Energy Program grant.

“There are many competing pre-treatment processes,” Schall notes. “The next couple years will decide whether ours is a go or no-go.”

Varanasi and team of research students, from left, Vasudev Gottumukala, Akinwale Shittu, Thehazhnan (Thihal) K. Ponnaiyan, Satish Lakhapatri, Balakrishna Maddi and Indira Priya Samayam.



4 Toledo Alumni Magazine | Winter 2010 www.toledoalumni.org Toledo Alumni Magazine | Winter 2010 5www.toledoalumni.org

Summer’s bounty. Pottery grew, glass bloomed and art blossomed all over Centennial Mall in July for the 17th annual Art on the Mall. Breezes took the edge off the summer heat but didn’t cool the ardor of the 15,000 art lovers who attended; sales were brisk despite the economic downturn.

During the last 15 years, Maj. Jonathan Beasley (Univ Coll ’94) has patrolled the demilitarized zone in Korea, served with a peacekeeping unit in Kosovo, helped prepare thousands of soldiers for deployments, and saw action serving in Iraq and twice in Afghanistan.

Now he’s serving as professor and chair of the Military Science Department at the alma mater where not long ago he was a student and cadet.

Military alum deployed to UT “There wasn’t a lot of money in the family, so I enlisted in the Ohio Army National Guard to get the GI Bill to go to college,” he says. “I served with the 323rd Military Police Company right here in Toledo.”

He adds, “The Army made me grow up. It taught me to be responsible for myself. And I’ve had the opportunity to travel to amazing places. The American dream still exists in the military because as hard as you work, that’s as far as you’ll go in the military.”

Of course, he has some plans: “I want to raise the GPA of the overall battalion, focus on the academics a little bit more. Many of the cadets will compete for master’s programs later on in life and their GPA will be a factor in helping them.”

The major also wants the students to be more visible.

“When I was here, it was ROTC, ROTC, ROTC. We really didn’t do a whole lot with the campus or community,” he says. “We’re going to show our support at the football games, try to get involved with the Veterans Day parade, even support the local Habitat for Humanity.”

— Vicki L. Kroll

Corner of remembrance and honor. Nov. 11 was the fitting dedication date of the new Veterans’ Plaza, located between University Hall and Memorial Field House and created to honor members of the U.S. armed forces, who were honored with a flyover by the 180th Fighter Wing. “This plaza is not just for the University, it is for anyone who wants to pause from the workaday world and remember the names and faces of those who died and the lives that were consequently forever altered,” said Vern Snyder, UT vice president for institutional advancement, at the groundbreaking. UT is asking for pledges or gifts from groups or individuals to help fund the plaza, whose costs were defrayed with donated time, materials and services from fifteen local construction firms. Those who give $1,000 or more will be able to customize a metal plaque to memorialize a group of veterans, loved ones or to honor all who have served. Contact the UT Foundation at 419.530.7730.

Rocky goes storybook. The energetic UT mascot gets to tell his own story in Hello, Rocky!, the new children’s book written by football great Chuck Ealey (Bus ’72) and illustrated with scenes of the UT campuses by Tim Williams. It’s available for $15 on the Rockets Athletics site (utrockets.com) and at the UT Bookstore. Ealey, who dedicated the book to his grandchildren, notes, “It’s just a nice way to introduce the next generation to UT.”

Make it Rocket talk Rocket Wireless can take what you talk, with Verizon, Sprint, Alltel and AT&T available. Most have family plans to fit all needs; deals of under $30 a month; payroll deduction for UT employees; smart phones and easy-use models; and no sales tax, no

monthly service fees after sign-up, no termination fees for switching over your old plan when you keep your carrier. UT alumni, students and employees can start saving by checking out telecom.utoledo.edu, then calling Rocket Wireless (owned and operated by UT’s Auxiliary Services): 419.530.7998.



Summer’s bounty. Pottery grew, glass bloomed and art blossomed all over Centennial Mall in July for the 17th annual Art on the Mall. Breezes took the edge off the summer heat but didn’t cool the ardor of the 15,000 art lovers who attended; sales were brisk despite the economic downturn.

During the last 15 years, Maj. Jonathan Beasley (Univ Coll ’94) has patrolled the demilitarized zone in Korea, served with a peacekeeping unit in Kosovo, helped prepare thousands of soldiers for deployments, and saw action serving in Iraq and twice in Afghanistan.

Now he’s serving as professor and chair of the Military Science Department at the alma mater where not long ago he was a student and cadet.

Military alum deployed to UT “There wasn’t a lot of money in the family, so I enlisted in the Ohio Army National Guard to get the GI Bill to go to college,” he says. “I served with the 323rd Military Police Company right here in Toledo.”

He adds, “The Army made me grow up. It taught me to be responsible for myself. And I’ve had the opportunity to travel to amazing places. The American dream still exists in the military because as hard as you work, that’s as far as you’ll go in the military.”

Of course, he has some plans: “I want to raise the GPA of the overall battalion, focus on the academics a little bit more. Many of the cadets will compete for master’s programs later on in life and their GPA will be a factor in helping them.”

The major also wants the students to be more visible.

“When I was here, it was ROTC, ROTC, ROTC. We really didn’t do a whole lot with the campus or community,” he says. “We’re going to show our support at the football games, try to get involved with the Veterans Day parade, even support the local Habitat for Humanity.”

— Vicki L. Kroll

Corner of remembrance and honor. Nov. 11 was the fitting dedication date of the new Veterans’ Plaza, located between University Hall and Memorial Field House and created to honor members of the U.S. armed forces, who were honored with a flyover by the 180th Fighter Wing. “This plaza is not just for the University, it is for anyone who wants to pause from the workaday world and remember the names and faces of those who died and the lives that were consequently forever altered,” said Vern Snyder, UT vice president for institutional advancement, at the groundbreaking. UT is asking for pledges or gifts from groups or individuals to help fund the plaza, whose costs were defrayed with donated time, materials and services from fifteen local construction firms. Those who give $1,000 or more will be able to customize a metal plaque to memorialize a group of veterans, loved ones or to honor all who have served. Contact the UT Foundation at 419.530.7730.

Rocky goes storybook. The energetic UT mascot gets to tell his own story in Hello, Rocky!, the new children’s book written by football great Chuck Ealey (Bus ’72) and illustrated with scenes of the UT campuses by Tim Williams. It’s available for $15 on the Rockets Athletics site (utrockets.com) and at the UT Bookstore. Ealey, who dedicated the book to his grandchildren, notes, “It’s just a nice way to introduce the next generation to UT.”

Make it Rocket talk Rocket Wireless can take what you talk, with Verizon, Sprint, Alltel and AT&T available. Most have family plans to fit all needs; deals of under $30 a month; payroll deduction for UT employees; smart phones and easy-use models; and no sales tax, no

monthly service fees after sign-up, no termination fees for switching over your old plan when you keep your carrier. UT alumni, students and employees can start saving by checking out telecom.utoledo.edu, then calling Rocket Wireless (owned and operated by UT’s Auxiliary Services): 419.530.7998.

UT research on the edge


“Water wars” are widely predicted for the

not-distant future, when dwindling supplies of clean

water for drinking, agriculture and industry could

lead to international conflicts. Pouring fresh H2O on

that potential fire is the hope of UT researcher Dean

Giolando PhD, chemistry professor, and his colleagues

Norman Rapino PhD and Peter Gerhardinger. Their

company, Innovative Water Technologies LLC, is

working on developing a low-cost water purification

and distribution system from virtually any water source,

with minimal energy input and reduced greenhouse-

gases generation. The many potential applications

include desalination of ocean water, emergency

purification systems in disaster areas that have no

electricity, and removing biological and inorganic

contaminants and recycling water at industrial sites.

Water, water from everywhere

The fame of John Steinbeck rests largely on his

novels of America’s underdogs: the Okies of

The Grapes of Wrath; laborers George and Lennie

in Of Mice and Men. Who would think that his

championing of life’s lowly began with the

archetypically British legends of King Arthur?

UT junior in English Joshua Mooney, for one.

His scholarly essay on the subject was awarded

the Louis Owens prize by the Martha Heasley

Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies at San Jose

State University. Mooney’s research identified

the precise origin of Steinbeck’s fascination with

Arthurian lore (which Steinbeck acknowledged

as the inspiration behind his battles for justice)

as the 1880 book The Boy’s King Arthur by

American poet Sidney Lanier. His winning

essay is being considered for publication in the

Steinbeck Review.

Of knights and menTick tick tick

Used to be that humans and deer didn’t mix,

except on the hunt. As their habitats dwindle,

though, white-tailed deer can seem almost

as common as chipmunks. Unfortunately,

ticks carried by deer and chipmunks can

transmit Lyme disease. Though the debilitating

condition caused by spirochetal bacteria is

easily treated, it can be difficult to diagnose,

with complications arising from

delayed treatment. Research led

by Mark Wooten PhD, associate

professor of medical microbiology

and immunology, is examining

an oddity in the immune

system response to these

bacteria: They can somehow

prematurely shut down the body’s

normal inflammatory response to

the invading bacteria, giving the

spirochetes a metaphoric leg up.

His team is starting to identify the

cellular receptor and signaling

pathways responsible for this

faulty regulation. In the meantime,

beware of Bambi.

All channels openAhoy! UT researchers would like public policy-

makers in transportation to forget trains, planes

and automobiles. When it comes to moving the

consumer goods that drive the economy, water

— specifically, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence

Seaway — should have the edge. The Great

Lakes Maritime Research Clearinghouse

(www.maritime.utoledo.edu) provides the stropping

for that edge. UT’s Intermodal Transportation

Institute is a partner of the project, an online

repository of data for the Great Lakes maritime

industry. Policy-deciders can connect the dots

to make informed decisions by having at their

fingertips the latest info on ports, shipping

companies, weather, projected economic savings,

safety issues, related government agencies,

employment and education opportunities, and

federal and state resources, to name a few.

UT research on the edge


“Water wars” are widely predicted for the

not-distant future, when dwindling supplies of clean

water for drinking, agriculture and industry could

lead to international conflicts. Pouring fresh H2O on

that potential fire is the hope of UT researcher Dean

Giolando PhD, chemistry professor, and his colleagues

Norman Rapino PhD and Peter Gerhardinger. Their

company, Innovative Water Technologies LLC, is

working on developing a low-cost water purification

and distribution system from virtually any water source,

with minimal energy input and reduced greenhouse-

gases generation. The many potential applications

include desalination of ocean water, emergency

purification systems in disaster areas that have no

electricity, and removing biological and inorganic

contaminants and recycling water at industrial sites.

Water, water from everywhere

The fame of John Steinbeck rests largely on his

novels of America’s underdogs: the Okies of

The Grapes of Wrath; laborers George and Lennie

in Of Mice and Men. Who would think that his

championing of life’s lowly began with the

archetypically British legends of King Arthur?

UT junior in English Joshua Mooney, for one.

His scholarly essay on the subject was awarded

the Louis Owens prize by the Martha Heasley

Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies at San Jose

State University. Mooney’s research identified

the precise origin of Steinbeck’s fascination with

Arthurian lore (which Steinbeck acknowledged

as the inspiration behind his battles for justice)

as the 1880 book The Boy’s King Arthur by

American poet Sidney Lanier. His winning

essay is being considered for publication in the

Steinbeck Review.

Of knights and menTick tick tick

Used to be that humans and deer didn’t mix,

except on the hunt. As their habitats dwindle,

though, white-tailed deer can seem almost

as common as chipmunks. Unfortunately,

ticks carried by deer and chipmunks can

transmit Lyme disease. Though the debilitating

condition caused by spirochetal bacteria is

easily treated, it can be difficult to diagnose,

with complications arising from

delayed treatment. Research led

by Mark Wooten PhD, associate

professor of medical microbiology

and immunology, is examining

an oddity in the immune

system response to these

bacteria: They can somehow

prematurely shut down the body’s

normal inflammatory response to

the invading bacteria, giving the

spirochetes a metaphoric leg up.

His team is starting to identify the

cellular receptor and signaling

pathways responsible for this

faulty regulation. In the meantime,

beware of Bambi.

All channels openAhoy! UT researchers would like public policy-

makers in transportation to forget trains, planes

and automobiles. When it comes to moving the

consumer goods that drive the economy, water

— specifically, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence

Seaway — should have the edge. The Great

Lakes Maritime Research Clearinghouse

(www.maritime.utoledo.edu) provides the stropping

for that edge. UT’s Intermodal Transportation

Institute is a partner of the project, an online

repository of data for the Great Lakes maritime

industry. Policy-deciders can connect the dots

to make informed decisions by having at their

fingertips the latest info on ports, shipping

companies, weather, projected economic savings,

safety issues, related government agencies,

employment and education opportunities, and

federal and state resources, to name a few.

homecoming 2009


Top right: Blue T Award winner Birdel Jackson (Eng ’68), Gold T honoree Lance Talmage MD (Eng ’60) and Schmidt Young Alum awardee Donovan Nichols (A/S ’04, MEd ’06) at Friday night’s gala

Above: Grand Marshal Bill Koester (Eng ’59) and his wife, Carol

Far left: Certainly a hero: Arthur Jibilian (Bus ’51)

homecoming 2009


Top right: Blue T Award winner Birdel Jackson (Eng ’68), Gold T honoree Lance Talmage MD (Eng ’60) and Schmidt Young Alum awardee Donovan Nichols (A/S ’04, MEd ’06) at Friday night’s gala

Above: Grand Marshal Bill Koester (Eng ’59) and his wife, Carol

Far left: Certainly a hero: Arthur Jibilian (Bus ’51)


Some say that this recession — during which many decades-old companies are declaring bankruptcy —

is one of the worst times to open a small business.

But ask Atmah Ja (Ed ’93) and she will tell you that the economic climate is exactly what gives her place, The Art of Core Consciousness (an art gallery, yoga studio and massage therapy practice), meaning: “If we would have come in when everything was at its peak, it would be easy. But at this time, when people are retracted and living in fear, we are projecting the reality we wish to create: a reality of abundance and attraction.”

Atmah Ja, together with business partner and artist Iamikan, opened the The Art of Core Consciousness in February in the Broad Street art district of Charleston, S.C. The two had met the previous year and she felt drawn to his paintings, which she describes as “a piece of his consciousness.”

Despite the new demands of the job — like sitting at the computer for hours every day — Atmah Ja, a self-described gypsy, couldn’t be happier. “This is the whole evolution of it all culminating. I’m offering something from everywhere I’ve been, physically and mentally,” she says. “This is where the expression of me comes in.”

Atmah Ja, who was born Kimberly Naro, describes her journey as beginning when she traveled to Europe after leaving the teaching profession. Backpacking alone for three months, she recalls, “I had fear. I had never done anything like that. At that point, it was time for me to expand into fear and use it for the positive to grow and expand myself.”

This journey allowed her to think outside the realm of traditional pathways — “the stream” you’re expected be a

part of, she says — to blaze her own trail. Atmah Ja began tapping into her true passions, learning massage therapy in Thailand and studying kundalini yoga in India.

But once she learned these arts, she saw herself as becoming increasingly disengaged. “I could have meditated myself into an oblivion, almost out of this realm,” she says. After meeting Iamikan and opening The Art of Core Consciousness, however, she felt engaged in the world through helping others with her knowledge and talents. “Now my practice is opening up the studio every day. It’s shifted me,” she says.

Atmah Ja teaches intensive kundalini yoga classes once a week at the studio and sees clients by appointment for massage therapy. She’s also there to show clients Iamikan’s artwork and nurture the business. And it all fits together. “I’m teaching the yoga, which

is about people learning to meditate and tap into themselves. His art is the physical expression of letting go. And when people experience massage, it’s me using my hands as wands to paint on the canvas of the body. It’s all working on harmony,” she says.

So far, several of Iamikan’s paintings have sold, Atmah Ja’s classes have a devoted following, and they’re making plans for expanded art showings and loans to other galleries. The economy, the fear, don’t concern them. “We’re offering something that’s an opportunity for people to expand beyond the economy and into something greater,” she says. “If you see or create something in your mind, it’s already happened. You just have to bring the pieces together and make it a reality. That’s the art of core consciousness.”

— Deanna Woolf

Expanses rather than expenses

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Some say that this recession — during which many decades-old companies are declaring bankruptcy —

is one of the worst times to open a small business.

But ask Atmah Ja (Ed ’93) and she will tell you that the economic climate is exactly what gives her place, The Art of Core Consciousness (an art gallery, yoga studio and massage therapy practice), meaning: “If we would have come in when everything was at its peak, it would be easy. But at this time, when people are retracted and living in fear, we are projecting the reality we wish to create: a reality of abundance and attraction.”

Atmah Ja, together with business partner and artist Iamikan, opened the The Art of Core Consciousness in February in the Broad Street art district of Charleston, S.C. The two had met the previous year and she felt drawn to his paintings, which she describes as “a piece of his consciousness.”

Despite the new demands of the job — like sitting at the computer for hours every day — Atmah Ja, a self-described gypsy, couldn’t be happier. “This is the whole evolution of it all culminating. I’m offering something from everywhere I’ve been, physically and mentally,” she says. “This is where the expression of me comes in.”

Atmah Ja, who was born Kimberly Naro, describes her journey as beginning when she traveled to Europe after leaving the teaching profession. Backpacking alone for three months, she recalls, “I had fear. I had never done anything like that. At that point, it was time for me to expand into fear and use it for the positive to grow and expand myself.”

This journey allowed her to think outside the realm of traditional pathways — “the stream” you’re expected be a

part of, she says — to blaze her own trail. Atmah Ja began tapping into her true passions, learning massage therapy in Thailand and studying kundalini yoga in India.

But once she learned these arts, she saw herself as becoming increasingly disengaged. “I could have meditated myself into an oblivion, almost out of this realm,” she says. After meeting Iamikan and opening The Art of Core Consciousness, however, she felt engaged in the world through helping others with her knowledge and talents. “Now my practice is opening up the studio every day. It’s shifted me,” she says.

Atmah Ja teaches intensive kundalini yoga classes once a week at the studio and sees clients by appointment for massage therapy. She’s also there to show clients Iamikan’s artwork and nurture the business. And it all fits together. “I’m teaching the yoga, which

is about people learning to meditate and tap into themselves. His art is the physical expression of letting go. And when people experience massage, it’s me using my hands as wands to paint on the canvas of the body. It’s all working on harmony,” she says.

So far, several of Iamikan’s paintings have sold, Atmah Ja’s classes have a devoted following, and they’re making plans for expanded art showings and loans to other galleries. The economy, the fear, don’t concern them. “We’re offering something that’s an opportunity for people to expand beyond the economy and into something greater,” she says. “If you see or create something in your mind, it’s already happened. You just have to bring the pieces together and make it a reality. That’s the art of core consciousness.”

— Deanna Woolf

Expanses rather than expenses

alumna profile

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o by

Iam

ikan


E very RN needs decompression time. Evie Wakulenko (NRS ’96) takes hers

in the usual ways: salmon fishing, kayaking, skiing, mountaineering — all within a metaphoric stone’s-throw of home.

That home is Anchorage, where she works at the tribally owned Alaska Native Medical Center (ANMC). From the first, the Genoa, Ohio, native says, the draw of the Icebox State was adventure: “I had moved to Utah because I had gotten into hiking and climbing and biking. After becoming involved in adventure sports, I decided on either Alaska or New Mexico for my next job.”

Her compass pointed north — first a direction, then a state of mind she quickly came to love. “Alaska’s a unique place,” she says. “The people are wide-ranging, including some who live out on the middle of nowhere in a cabin they built themselves.”

Although she’s traveled to the Arctic wilderness to treat patients, most of her work is at ANMC — also unique. She explains, “When I came to Alaska, I worked at all the hospitals as an RN via agency nursing. I determined that I liked the ANMC best because of the people and the cultural background.” By design, she notes, the hospital reflects Inuit culture: “In the lobby, there’s a gathering center in the round where people are visiting, singing, playing music. They run into people from their village or someone they haven’t seen for a long time.”

Native art and crafts are displayed all through the hospital and at a gift shop listed in Fodor’s. “We see a lot of tourists come through just to visit that, and to walk through all the staircase displays,” Evie says.

The medical center’s culture, she adds, is remarkable in other ways: “Everyone works together as a team. There are no special doctors’ lounges or designated parking.”

Overall, she explains, Alaska’s hospital system is unique, with tribal-run hospitals for public use and many small clinics in small remote villages, with health aides as primary health-care providers: “Living in remote areas is very challenging; retaining skilled medical providers is difficult. Many patients are medivac’d to the ANMC for a higher level of care. In the department where I work, we have two cardiologists to serve the entire state’s Native health-care system.

“The work I do — to process all the Native referrals we receive — is extremely important to the efficiency and productivity of our department.”

Her own plans are long-term — with more adventure. Before the move north eleven years ago, a knee injury kept her from a three-month outdoor adventure course. “But as it turned out, I got to do everything anyway, without ever taking the class.”

— Cynthia Nowak

Adventures of a lifeline

alumna profile


E very RN needs decompression time. Evie Wakulenko (NRS ’96) takes hers

in the usual ways: salmon fishing, kayaking, skiing, mountaineering — all within a metaphoric stone’s-throw of home.

That home is Anchorage, where she works at the tribally owned Alaska Native Medical Center (ANMC). From the first, the Genoa, Ohio, native says, the draw of the Icebox State was adventure: “I had moved to Utah because I had gotten into hiking and climbing and biking. After becoming involved in adventure sports, I decided on either Alaska or New Mexico for my next job.”

Her compass pointed north — first a direction, then a state of mind she quickly came to love. “Alaska’s a unique place,” she says. “The people are wide-ranging, including some who live out on the middle of nowhere in a cabin they built themselves.”

Although she’s traveled to the Arctic wilderness to treat patients, most of her work is at ANMC — also unique. She explains, “When I came to Alaska, I worked at all the hospitals as an RN via agency nursing. I determined that I liked the ANMC best because of the people and the cultural background.” By design, she notes, the hospital reflects Inuit culture: “In the lobby, there’s a gathering center in the round where people are visiting, singing, playing music. They run into people from their village or someone they haven’t seen for a long time.”

Native art and crafts are displayed all through the hospital and at a gift shop listed in Fodor’s. “We see a lot of tourists come through just to visit that, and to walk through all the staircase displays,” Evie says.

The medical center’s culture, she adds, is remarkable in other ways: “Everyone works together as a team. There are no special doctors’ lounges or designated parking.”

Overall, she explains, Alaska’s hospital system is unique, with tribal-run hospitals for public use and many small clinics in small remote villages, with health aides as primary health-care providers: “Living in remote areas is very challenging; retaining skilled medical providers is difficult. Many patients are medivac’d to the ANMC for a higher level of care. In the department where I work, we have two cardiologists to serve the entire state’s Native health-care system.

“The work I do — to process all the Native referrals we receive — is extremely important to the efficiency and productivity of our department.”

Her own plans are long-term — with more adventure. Before the move north eleven years ago, a knee injury kept her from a three-month outdoor adventure course. “But as it turned out, I got to do everything anyway, without ever taking the class.”

— Cynthia Nowak

Adventures of a lifeline

alumna profile

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o the power of 10. It’s a mathematical pun — and an incomplete

equation. Ten exceptional women to represent the

many equally uncommon women who give their

daily best for UT? Tall order!

Conversations with ten UT women whose experiences

in academia and business will enlighten, entertain,

resonate and serve to illuminate a road that women

are still traveling? That’s more like it.

To these ten singular women, then — and the ten

times many. Salud!

Interviews by Cynthia Nowak, Kimberley Harvey and Vicki L. Kroll

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o the power of 10. It’s a mathematical pun — and an incomplete

equation. Ten exceptional women to represent the

many equally uncommon women who give their

daily best for UT? Tall order!

Conversations with ten UT women whose experiences

in academia and business will enlighten, entertain,

resonate and serve to illuminate a road that women

are still traveling? That’s more like it.

To these ten singular women, then — and the ten

times many. Salud!

Interviews by Cynthia Nowak, Kimberley Harvey and Vicki L. Kroll

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The former collegiate

student-athlete and coach

oversees thirteen sports at UT.

Thrill of the game: “I just really loved the competition; it was exciting to be out there in

whatever sport and just have that feeling that you had when you’re

competing against another team. You don’t win everything, but you

still have that particular exhilaration when you do have that

opportunity to compete.”

Changes over the years:

“I think the opportunities scholarship-wise are phenomenal. The ability to compete and train with great facilities

and better equipment [and] just the travel opportunities are so much more significant now. When I was playing, it

was fairly regionalized; you weren’t taking trips across the country, jumping on airplanes, so the ability to compete

at a really high level is much better.

“Coaching staffs have increased, so student-athletes now have the benefit of a full staff. When I was playing,

it was usually a head coach and that was it, and in some of those situations the head coach was coaching more

than one sport. I think the student-athletes are provided with more support, whether that’s academic support or

financialsupport, which I think is the natural evolution of what should have happened, and it’s really positive to

see how that’s changed, particularly for women, since I competed.”

Title IX: “Title IX compliance is an ongoing process to try to evaluate your programs and be sure you are in

compliance or moving in that direction. UT’s athletic facility enhancements have benefited many of our women’s

teams. We’ve been able to enhance our coaching staffs in terms of numbers and support service staff, and we’re in

really good shape in terms of scholarships available for our female student-athletes and participation opportunities.”

Do you think women coaches and their

sports receive the same respect?

“I do think the coaches receive a similar level of respect; I think there’s

a different level of notoriety, and there’s certainly a different level

of exposure depending on the sport that you coach, but I do think

coaches are treated respectfully. I think certain coaches are more

visible, so in that regard they’re more well-known, but I don’t

consider that a respect issue; I think coaches are generally respected

for the jobs that they do.”

Iman Mohamed MD

CNN withdrawal. “My sons laugh about how I’ve always told them,

‘Once you guys are out of the house, I’m off to Darfur.’

They say, ‘You in Darfur, Mom? Without CNN?’ I really

hope my work allows me to do that type of service for

a month or so at a time.”

Why medicine? “I’ve known I wanted to be a doctor since I was eight.

Medicine calls its people. It usually involves people

who feel deeply for others, are willing to sacrifice sleep

and are persistent in achieving their goals. I always

have a great sense of, ‘I have left my home this

morning and I have helped people.’”

Patience with a patient.

“I treated a young man in the ICU when I was a young

doctor. He and I were the same age. He wouldn’t

even shake my hand when I introduced myself to him

because he was an orthodox Jew and I am a Muslim.

I facilitated his care and became close to him and his

family. Before he died, the man who didn’t want to

shake my hand was embracing me. I still get a little

teary-eyed when I think of him.”

Kelly Andrews

senior associate athletics director

senior woman administrator

medical director of UT Comprehensive

Breast Center, chief of Hematology/

Oncology Division

She’s also a dedicated mother,

Muslim and Cable News Network

(CNN) viewer, the last of which

could disqualify her from the

charitable work she’s planned

after her children have grown.

2 P.M. MeeTINg W/

fOOTBAll

COACHeS

Hope in cancer care. “Oncology is a gratifying field. It’s very different from

practicing twenty years ago because of the incredible

advances in prevention and treatment. Many people are

now cured. Not all, because there is still much to be done.”

Turn back time? “I say to everyone: I would do it all over again, in exactly

the same way. No changes. Is it an easy life? No way.

Fulfilling? Yes, absolutely.”

everyday diversity. “I’ve felt very comfortable, even from the get-go, since

we settled here. I’ve lived all over the world and I think

it goes both ways. If you’re comfortable with who you are

and treat others with the respect you want from them, it

works out.”

Priorities. “I’m a mom first. If I fell off the planet tomorrow, I know

my patients would be well cared for because I have

excellent colleagues and excellent professional support.

But no one can be as good a mom to my sons as I can.”

Toledo Alumni Magazine | Winter 2010 17


The former collegiate

student-athlete and coach

oversees thirteen sports at UT.

Thrill of the game: “I just really loved the competition; it was exciting to be out there in

whatever sport and just have that feeling that you had when you’re

competing against another team. You don’t win everything, but you

still have that particular exhilaration when you do have that

opportunity to compete.”

Changes over the years:

“I think the opportunities scholarship-wise are phenomenal. The ability to compete and train with great facilities

and better equipment [and] just the travel opportunities are so much more significant now. When I was playing, it

was fairly regionalized; you weren’t taking trips across the country, jumping on airplanes, so the ability to compete

at a really high level is much better.

“Coaching staffs have increased, so student-athletes now have the benefit of a full staff. When I was playing,

it was usually a head coach and that was it, and in some of those situations the head coach was coaching more

than one sport. I think the student-athletes are provided with more support, whether that’s academic support or

financialsupport, which I think is the natural evolution of what should have happened, and it’s really positive to

see how that’s changed, particularly for women, since I competed.”

Title IX: “Title IX compliance is an ongoing process to try to evaluate your programs and be sure you are in

compliance or moving in that direction. UT’s athletic facility enhancements have benefited many of our women’s

teams. We’ve been able to enhance our coaching staffs in terms of numbers and support service staff, and we’re in

really good shape in terms of scholarships available for our female student-athletes and participation opportunities.”

Do you think women coaches and their

sports receive the same respect?

“I do think the coaches receive a similar level of respect; I think there’s

a different level of notoriety, and there’s certainly a different level

of exposure depending on the sport that you coach, but I do think

coaches are treated respectfully. I think certain coaches are more

visible, so in that regard they’re more well-known, but I don’t

consider that a respect issue; I think coaches are generally respected

for the jobs that they do.”

Iman Mohamed MD

CNN withdrawal. “My sons laugh about how I’ve always told them,

‘Once you guys are out of the house, I’m off to Darfur.’

They say, ‘You in Darfur, Mom? Without CNN?’ I really

hope my work allows me to do that type of service for

a month or so at a time.”

Why medicine? “I’ve known I wanted to be a doctor since I was eight.

Medicine calls its people. It usually involves people

who feel deeply for others, are willing to sacrifice sleep

and are persistent in achieving their goals. I always

have a great sense of, ‘I have left my home this

morning and I have helped people.’”

Patience with a patient.

“I treated a young man in the ICU when I was a young

doctor. He and I were the same age. He wouldn’t

even shake my hand when I introduced myself to him

because he was an orthodox Jew and I am a Muslim.

I facilitated his care and became close to him and his

family. Before he died, the man who didn’t want to

shake my hand was embracing me. I still get a little

teary-eyed when I think of him.”

Kelly Andrews

senior associate athletics director

senior woman administrator

medical director of UT Comprehensive

Breast Center, chief of Hematology/

Oncology Division

She’s also a dedicated mother,

Muslim and Cable News Network

(CNN) viewer, the last of which

could disqualify her from the

charitable work she’s planned

after her children have grown.

2 P.M. MeeTINg W/

fOOTBAll

COACHeS

Hope in cancer care. “Oncology is a gratifying field. It’s very different from

practicing twenty years ago because of the incredible

advances in prevention and treatment. Many people are

now cured. Not all, because there is still much to be done.”

Turn back time? “I say to everyone: I would do it all over again, in exactly

the same way. No changes. Is it an easy life? No way.

Fulfilling? Yes, absolutely.”

everyday diversity. “I’ve felt very comfortable, even from the get-go, since

we settled here. I’ve lived all over the world and I think

it goes both ways. If you’re comfortable with who you are

and treat others with the respect you want from them, it

works out.”

Priorities. “I’m a mom first. If I fell off the planet tomorrow, I know

my patients would be well cared for because I have

excellent colleagues and excellent professional support.

But no one can be as good a mom to my sons as I can.”

Toledo Alumni Magazine | Winter 2010 17


director, Catharine S. Eberly Center for Women (now in its 31st year)

Philosophy:“I believe there are many, many paths we can follow. We don’t all have to go the same way or even walk at the same pace, but we’ve got to keep moving forward.”

Why centers for women? Why not centers for men?“Well, there have always been centers for men. For example, many elite colleges — including my alma mater [Yale], which prior to 1969 did not allow women to enroll — and all the private clubs, secret societies that throughout most of the 20th century did not allow women. At one time, the U.S. Senate and the Supreme Court were centers for men! What has changed is largely due to the kind of efforts that led to women’s studies departments, equal pay for equal work legislation — and women’s centers. The question of gender is going to get a lot more complicated in this century. We will continue to need places that advocate for women and for new cons tructions of gender.”

Equity efforts. “The Eberly Center has a fundamental belief that higher education is the key to achieving economic and social equity. So we help women return to education, find new directions and identify the resources they need to succeed in school and beyond. We’re also changing areas in which women are under-represented; for example, we started a mentor program to increase the number of women undergraduates in the STEMM fields.”

Who 's super? “I’m always amazed to hear a celebrity referred to as a Supermom. If you have a cleaning service, a driver, a chef and nannies, that is not a person I’d call a Supermom. A Supermom is the woman who’s holding a job, going back to school and taking care of her children.” “Women make the world a better place because they ask the questions that affect all of us, the questions that led to parental leaves, flex time, workplace childcare and in the near future will lead to new strategies for integrating work and eldercare. So what’s often called women’s issues are issues that affect all of us, issues that when addressed systematically will improve and transform the human condition.”

Vice provost for graduate affairs and

dean,College of Graduate Studies

Professor and former UT chair of biological sciences, she identifies her Eureka! moment as when "I discovered invertebrates after years of human physiology."

Choices. “It never occurred to me that as a woman in science, I was breaking new ground. In 1975, though, presenting my first professional paper, I met Barbara Wright, a pioneer in genetics and evolution. She said, ‘Your generation of women will have choices mine did not.’ “When I came onto the UT faculty in 1985, they told me I was the first woman in the department of biology, as it was called then, in forty years. I was in Bowman-Oddy for two years before I knew there was another woman faculty member in the building. That’s how low-profile the women were! This was before the big recruitment effort that was especially strong when I was department chair. Potential recruits noticed the absence of women, but said, ‘The guys can’t be all bad if they have a female chair.’”One of the founding mothers of Women Organizing Women (WOW), she helped start the WOW chapter of Women in Science. “The biggest issue for women in science is the work-life balance. Women in life sciences represented more than half of PhDs for years, but many of them are not choosing academic careers and we’re trying to figure out where the pipeline is leaking them.”

enterprise. Graduate Studies is the unsung hero of UT, with a hundred fifty-seven master’s programs, forty-four doctoral programs, seven first professional degrees.”

Quest for the unexceptional.“American Women in Science brings international speakers talking research in breast cancer, plant genetics, astronomy, immunology. When they fill the Field House talking about what they do, it then becomes non-exceptional that women are doing such things. That’s where I’m hoping to go.”

Graduate of Yale and Temple University. Also an independent documentary filmmaker whose work Homecoming: Sometimes I am haunted by memories of red dirt and clay won the Prized Pieces Award for Best Documentary from the National Black Programming Consortium. That film and another, Children Will Listen,had their national premieres on PBS.

Toledo Alumni Magazine | Winter 2010 1918 Toledo Alumni Magazine | Winter 2010

Biological realities. “No matter how you slice it, women are the child- bearers and often wish to participate actively in their children’s lives when they’re young. My kids were young when I was an untenured professor. We lived across the street from UT, so I could go to the lab at 2 a.m. after breastfeeding, with my daughter in a snugglie. The kids grew up resilient, partly on the UT campus. They had a drawer in my desk where they could do their homework or color.”

And now?“I’m part of what I consider one of the most important activities UT does: education of graduate students, our link between undergraduate education and our research

Charlene Gilbert Patricia Komuniecki PhD


director, Catharine S. Eberly Center for Women (now in its 31st year)

Philosophy:“I believe there are many, many paths we can follow. We don’t all have to go the same way or even walk at the same pace, but we’ve got to keep moving forward.”

Why centers for women? Why not centers for men?“Well, there have always been centers for men. For example, many elite colleges — including my alma mater [Yale], which prior to 1969 did not allow women to enroll — and all the private clubs, secret societies that throughout most of the 20th century did not allow women. At one time, the U.S. Senate and the Supreme Court were centers for men! What has changed is largely due to the kind of efforts that led to women’s studies departments, equal pay for equal work legislation — and women’s centers. The question of gender is going to get a lot more complicated in this century. We will continue to need places that advocate for women and for new cons tructions of gender.”

Equity efforts. “The Eberly Center has a fundamental belief that higher education is the key to achieving economic and social equity. So we help women return to education, find new directions and identify the resources they need to succeed in school and beyond. We’re also changing areas in which women are under-represented; for example, we started a mentor program to increase the number of women undergraduates in the STEMM fields.”

Who 's super? “I’m always amazed to hear a celebrity referred to as a Supermom. If you have a cleaning service, a driver, a chef and nannies, that is not a person I’d call a Supermom. A Supermom is the woman who’s holding a job, going back to school and taking care of her children.” “Women make the world a better place because they ask the questions that affect all of us, the questions that led to parental leaves, flex time, workplace childcare and in the near future will lead to new strategies for integrating work and eldercare. So what’s often called women’s issues are issues that affect all of us, issues that when addressed systematically will improve and transform the human condition.”

Vice provost for graduate affairs and

dean,College of Graduate Studies

Professor and former UT chair of biological sciences, she identifies her Eureka! moment as when "I discovered invertebrates after years of human physiology."

Choices. “It never occurred to me that as a woman in science, I was breaking new ground. In 1975, though, presenting my first professional paper, I met Barbara Wright, a pioneer in genetics and evolution. She said, ‘Your generation of women will have choices mine did not.’ “When I came onto the UT faculty in 1985, they told me I was the first woman in the department of biology, as it was called then, in forty years. I was in Bowman-Oddy for two years before I knew there was another woman faculty member in the building. That’s how low-profile the women were! This was before the big recruitment effort that was especially strong when I was department chair. Potential recruits noticed the absence of women, but said, ‘The guys can’t be all bad if they have a female chair.’”One of the founding mothers of Women Organizing Women (WOW), she helped start the WOW chapter of Women in Science. “The biggest issue for women in science is the work-life balance. Women in life sciences represented more than half of PhDs for years, but many of them are not choosing academic careers and we’re trying to figure out where the pipeline is leaking them.”

enterprise. Graduate Studies is the unsung hero of UT, with a hundred fifty-seven master’s programs, forty-four doctoral programs, seven first professional degrees.”

Quest for the unexceptional.“American Women in Science brings international speakers talking research in breast cancer, plant genetics, astronomy, immunology. When they fill the Field House talking about what they do, it then becomes non-exceptional that women are doing such things. That’s where I’m hoping to go.”

Graduate of Yale and Temple University. Also an independent documentary filmmaker whose work Homecoming: Sometimes I am haunted by memories of red dirt and clay won the Prized Pieces Award for Best Documentary from the National Black Programming Consortium. That film and another, Children Will Listen,had their national premieres on PBS.


Biological realities. “No matter how you slice it, women are the child- bearers and often wish to participate actively in their children’s lives when they’re young. My kids were young when I was an untenured professor. We lived across the street from UT, so I could go to the lab at 2 a.m. after breastfeeding, with my daughter in a snugglie. The kids grew up resilient, partly on the UT campus. They had a drawer in my desk where they could do their homework or color.”

And now?“I’m part of what I consider one of the most important activities UT does: education of graduate students, our link between undergraduate education and our research

Charlene Gilbert Patricia Komuniecki PhD


Clinical professor of law since 1996, Davis left UT in December to work with the Battered Women's Justice Project in Minneapolis.

Defining moments:. Some fifteen years ago, while working at the UT Legal

Clinic, she attended Take Back the Night, a grassroots

effort to raise awareness about violence against women.

Included was a survivors’ speakout. “As I listened to

their stories, the theme that kept emerging was that

many women turned to the legal system when they most

needed help, and the system completely let them down.

They had trouble with police officers, with prosecutors,

with the system understanding and responding

appropriately to their experiences.” Out of that epiphany

came the UT Domestic Violence Clinic.

“We still have to fight the perception that domestic

violence is a women’s issue. We remind people that little

boys are as likely as little girls to grow up in homes with

domestic violence. Studies we’ve done show that boys

and men are equally at risk of losing their lives to

domestic violence.”

A culture of victimization? “We don’t find our clients to be helpless victims; they’re

remarkable, empowered people, courageous to come

forward and confront the violence they’re experiencing.

They’re just met with a system that looks at them

as if they’re helpless.

“The legal system can ask, ‘What can help these

people get extricated from the forces causing this

conflict?’ In our society, we’re always looking for the

quick fix to get the most people through the system

in the fastest time. I think law should take a cue from

medicine in its focus on prevention. Let’s consider

preventive lawyering, identifying and rectifying

potential legal problems before they happen.”

Nix neutrality.“In the women’s liberation movement, we advocated

ferociously for gender neutrality, but some things are

gendered; domestic violence is one. When we make the

problem and our responses gender-neutral, we mask

the inequalities at the problem’s heart. The frequency,

severity and dynamics of men’s violence against women

are very different from women’s violence against men;

we must be very careful to differentiate between the two.

Partnering. “Our clinic wouldn‘t exist is not for the phenomenal

partnership with UT women. We work closely with

Charlene Gilbert at the Eberly Center, Diane Docis at

the Sexual Assault Education and Prevention Program,

Celia Williamson in the Department of Social Work,

with Lois Ventura in the Criminal Justice Department.

We have such a gold mine of talent, intellect and

commitment among our faculty, students and staff.”in her final year, UT College of Medicine

A registered nurse for thirteen years, the single mother took a leap four

years ago and entered UT's College of Medicine, juggling the demands of

clinical work, academics and two pre-teen daughters. Yet she recounts, with a

wide smile, her coping mechanism: "I just shut down for the day, stay in bed

and watch cheesy '80s movies."

Physician transition. “I like to continually improve myself, and medical

school seemed like a natural progression for me. When

I was a nurse and was taking care of someone with

diabetes, for instance, I’d instinctively go to, ‘OK, I need

to do this to stabilize the blood pressure and this to treat

the pancreas,’ but then I’d have to back up: ‘Wait a

minute. I’m a nurse. I need to teach this person how

to take care of his feet.’”

“Medicine was something I’ve always been into, but

I didn’t think I was ready for it in college. Nursing has

helped me know how to take care of the patient from

the perspective of treating the whole person.”

June 5, 2010. “I’ll be a brand-new MD then. On Match Day, I’ll find

out where I’ll go for my medical residency training.

I’ve applied in the specialties of physical medicine and

rehabilitation, and emergency medicine. I’d like to stay

in [this area], but since it’s a national matching process,

only part of that decision is up to me.”

MDs and motherhood. “I’ve come across three women in the past year

who were in the same situation as I am: single moms

who were nurses and decided to go to medical school.

They were my attending physicians, so it was nice

for me to see that other people have done this and

succeeded. I also have many classmates who are

mothers; we support each other.”

Balance. “I’ve never had a day when I’ve questioned my

choice to do this. I just question how I’m going to

do it! Some of my biggest worries are how I’m going

to make sure my children get the vegetables and

milk they need and making sure I’m adequately

prepared for class and mentally prepared for

another twelve-hour day.”

“I’m a great multi-tasker. Women, in general, are

so great at doing many things at once. They seem

to seamlessly keep things afloat. It’s the little things,

like listening to a patient tell me a story that’s

completely unrelated to his care, and making sure

my kids have healthy lunches. It goes back to

finding that balance in your life.”

Gabrielle Davis (Law 91)


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Clinical professor of law since 1996, Davis left UT in December to work with the Battered Women's Justice Project in Minneapolis.

Defining moments:. Some fifteen years ago, while working at the UT Legal

Clinic, she attended Take Back the Night, a grassroots

effort to raise awareness about violence against women.

Included was a survivors’ speakout. “As I listened to

their stories, the theme that kept emerging was that

many women turned to the legal system when they most

needed help, and the system completely let them down.

They had trouble with police officers, with prosecutors,

with the system understanding and responding

appropriately to their experiences.” Out of that epiphany

came the UT Domestic Violence Clinic.

“We still have to fight the perception that domestic

violence is a women’s issue. We remind people that little

boys are as likely as little girls to grow up in homes with

domestic violence. Studies we’ve done show that boys

and men are equally at risk of losing their lives to

domestic violence.”

A culture of victimization? “We don’t find our clients to be helpless victims; they’re

remarkable, empowered people, courageous to come

forward and confront the violence they’re experiencing.

They’re just met with a system that looks at them

as if they’re helpless.

“The legal system can ask, ‘What can help these

people get extricated from the forces causing this

conflict?’ In our society, we’re always looking for the

quick fix to get the most people through the system

in the fastest time. I think law should take a cue from

medicine in its focus on prevention. Let’s consider

preventive lawyering, identifying and rectifying

potential legal problems before they happen.”

Nix neutrality.“In the women’s liberation movement, we advocated

ferociously for gender neutrality, but some things are

gendered; domestic violence is one. When we make the

problem and our responses gender-neutral, we mask

the inequalities at the problem’s heart. The frequency,

severity and dynamics of men’s violence against women

are very different from women’s violence against men;

we must be very careful to differentiate between the two.

Partnering. “Our clinic wouldn‘t exist is not for the phenomenal

partnership with UT women. We work closely with

Charlene Gilbert at the Eberly Center, Diane Docis at

the Sexual Assault Education and Prevention Program,

Celia Williamson in the Department of Social Work,

with Lois Ventura in the Criminal Justice Department.

We have such a gold mine of talent, intellect and

commitment among our faculty, students and staff.”in her final year, UT College of Medicine

A registered nurse for thirteen years, the single mother took a leap four

years ago and entered UT's College of Medicine, juggling the demands of

clinical work, academics and two pre-teen daughters. Yet she recounts, with a

wide smile, her coping mechanism: "I just shut down for the day, stay in bed

and watch cheesy '80s movies."

Physician transition. “I like to continually improve myself, and medical

school seemed like a natural progression for me. When

I was a nurse and was taking care of someone with

diabetes, for instance, I’d instinctively go to, ‘OK, I need

to do this to stabilize the blood pressure and this to treat

the pancreas,’ but then I’d have to back up: ‘Wait a

minute. I’m a nurse. I need to teach this person how

to take care of his feet.’”

“Medicine was something I’ve always been into, but

I didn’t think I was ready for it in college. Nursing has

helped me know how to take care of the patient from

the perspective of treating the whole person.”

June 5, 2010. “I’ll be a brand-new MD then. On Match Day, I’ll find

out where I’ll go for my medical residency training.

I’ve applied in the specialties of physical medicine and

rehabilitation, and emergency medicine. I’d like to stay

in [this area], but since it’s a national matching process,

only part of that decision is up to me.”

MDs and motherhood. “I’ve come across three women in the past year

who were in the same situation as I am: single moms

who were nurses and decided to go to medical school.

They were my attending physicians, so it was nice

for me to see that other people have done this and

succeeded. I also have many classmates who are

mothers; we support each other.”

Balance. “I’ve never had a day when I’ve questioned my

choice to do this. I just question how I’m going to

do it! Some of my biggest worries are how I’m going

to make sure my children get the vegetables and

milk they need and making sure I’m adequately

prepared for class and mentally prepared for

another twelve-hour day.”

“I’m a great multi-tasker. Women, in general, are

so great at doing many things at once. They seem

to seamlessly keep things afloat. It’s the little things,

like listening to a patient tell me a story that’s

completely unrelated to his care, and making sure

my kids have healthy lunches. It goes back to

finding that balance in your life.”

Gabrielle Davis (Law 91)


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Stacey Hoffman


chair of UT Board of Trustees, director of

public affairs for Sunoco Toledo ref nery

The f rst of her family to attend college, “I went away to Northwestern, though my grandmother gave my parents all kinds of grief for letting me go so far, alone, to Chicago. The expectation was ‘Nice girls stay in town for school, then get married out of their father‘s house.’” After college, she did come home, taught school, married and started a family of three children. When the children were 8, 5 and 2, Olivia and her husband divorced, leaving her a single mom. “I had to go back to work. Friends helped me write that f rst resume, translating volunteer work into marketable skills. One job led to the next.”

The juggling act. “When I first went to work at Toledo Edison and my children got the chicken pox, I was hysterical. I had to be at work for a morning meeting at 7:30, so my parents came over at 6:30 to help. I was afraid to say my children were sick! Today, I watch men say, ‘I have to stay home; my wife has to go to work and the kids are sick.’

“I made a point when I was a single mom to keep my growing children stable. I had family support; not everyone has that. You have to build a network; women need each other.

“It’s not just women in a corporate setting; it’s women who are out there toiling, trying to preserve a family unit and maintain a job. Every time I go to a restaurant, I notice the older servers. I think, How many children have you raised at home? And here you are, waiting tables and hoping for a decent tip.”

Change. “My husband uses a quote I love: ‘When the familiar starts changing, everything seems wrong.’ It’s human nature that some of us are more amenable to change

associate professor and graduate

director of chemical and environmental

engineering

Who inspired you? “I come from Brazil, and my maternal grandmother was the strongest role model that I had growing up. She was born in 1912, was married in the late 1920s, and from 1935 all the way through the end of the 1930s, my grandfather encouraged her to pursue an education. She would actually leave my aunt, who was a baby, with my grandfather, and she would take a long train ride to go to another city so that she could get an educational degree.”

On undergraduate days at the University of Central Florida in Orlando: “It was very common for me to be the only woman in a class. During my freshman year, I took a required circuits class for all engineering majors, and the professor came in the auditorium day one and said, ‘There were numerous memory tricks to remember equations, but we can’t use them anymore, so it’s going to be harder for you to remember the equations.’ Someone asked, ‘Why can’t we use them?’ And he said, ‘Because there are women in the class now.’ The experience made me feel that my presence in that classroom was preventing others from learning. Sadly, this still happens to this day.”

Extracurricular lessons: “My friends and I would study, and then we’d want to go eat, and I would say, ‘Let’s go to Olive Garden, or to this other place here,’ and I was outvoted and we’d always end up at Hooters. It made me a lot more outspoken and, after a while, I started just saying, ‘No, we are not going there,’ and others just started accepting to go other places. Very often in engineering, women are perceived as more aggressive because they have to make their opinions heard.”

How do you help female students navigate the male-dominated engineering f eld?“I believe I help women and minorities by trying to be a mentor so they know they’re not the first person going through what they’re going through. It is important for women and minorities to know that they are not alone. This is only learned by forming a community. Just knowing there’s someone that’s gone through the same problem — it doesn’t make the problem go away, but it helps you cope with it.”

than others. The world is changing. Companies are being forced by mounting pressures to examine how they deliver their services. Academia is facing some of the same challenges.”

Boarding. “When I got the call to serve on the UT Foundation board, I asked, ‘Why do you want me? I’m not an alumna, I’m not wealthy.’ The answer was, ‘Because you know the community.’ It was the same when I got the nod for the UT board. It’s been a great privilege. I always contend: be truthful, be forthright, be honest. If you don’t know, say so, and offer to find out. That’s always served me in good stead.”

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Faculty adviser for UT student chapter of the Society of Women Engineers, coordinator of the Catharine S. Eberly Center’s Women in STEMM Excelling mentor program that pairs incoming undergraduate female students pursuing science, technology, engineering, math or medicine with professional women in those f elds.

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chair of UT Board of Trustees, director of

public affairs for Sunoco Toledo ref nery

The f rst of her family to attend college, “I went away to Northwestern, though my grandmother gave my parents all kinds of grief for letting me go so far, alone, to Chicago. The expectation was ‘Nice girls stay in town for school, then get married out of their father‘s house.’” After college, she did come home, taught school, married and started a family of three children. When the children were 8, 5 and 2, Olivia and her husband divorced, leaving her a single mom. “I had to go back to work. Friends helped me write that f rst resume, translating volunteer work into marketable skills. One job led to the next.”

The juggling act. “When I first went to work at Toledo Edison and my children got the chicken pox, I was hysterical. I had to be at work for a morning meeting at 7:30, so my parents came over at 6:30 to help. I was afraid to say my children were sick! Today, I watch men say, ‘I have to stay home; my wife has to go to work and the kids are sick.’

“I made a point when I was a single mom to keep my growing children stable. I had family support; not everyone has that. You have to build a network; women need each other.

“It’s not just women in a corporate setting; it’s women who are out there toiling, trying to preserve a family unit and maintain a job. Every time I go to a restaurant, I notice the older servers. I think, How many children have you raised at home? And here you are, waiting tables and hoping for a decent tip.”

Change. “My husband uses a quote I love: ‘When the familiar starts changing, everything seems wrong.’ It’s human nature that some of us are more amenable to change

associate professor and graduate

director of chemical and environmental

engineering

Who inspired you? “I come from Brazil, and my maternal grandmother was the strongest role model that I had growing up. She was born in 1912, was married in the late 1920s, and from 1935 all the way through the end of the 1930s, my grandfather encouraged her to pursue an education. She would actually leave my aunt, who was a baby, with my grandfather, and she would take a long train ride to go to another city so that she could get an educational degree.”

On undergraduate days at the University of Central Florida in Orlando: “It was very common for me to be the only woman in a class. During my freshman year, I took a required circuits class for all engineering majors, and the professor came in the auditorium day one and said, ‘There were numerous memory tricks to remember equations, but we can’t use them anymore, so it’s going to be harder for you to remember the equations.’ Someone asked, ‘Why can’t we use them?’ And he said, ‘Because there are women in the class now.’ The experience made me feel that my presence in that classroom was preventing others from learning. Sadly, this still happens to this day.”

Extracurricular lessons: “My friends and I would study, and then we’d want to go eat, and I would say, ‘Let’s go to Olive Garden, or to this other place here,’ and I was outvoted and we’d always end up at Hooters. It made me a lot more outspoken and, after a while, I started just saying, ‘No, we are not going there,’ and others just started accepting to go other places. Very often in engineering, women are perceived as more aggressive because they have to make their opinions heard.”

How do you help female students navigate the male-dominated engineering f eld?“I believe I help women and minorities by trying to be a mentor so they know they’re not the first person going through what they’re going through. It is important for women and minorities to know that they are not alone. This is only learned by forming a community. Just knowing there’s someone that’s gone through the same problem — it doesn’t make the problem go away, but it helps you cope with it.”

than others. The world is changing. Companies are being forced by mounting pressures to examine how they deliver their services. Academia is facing some of the same challenges.”

Boarding. “When I got the call to serve on the UT Foundation board, I asked, ‘Why do you want me? I’m not an alumna, I’m not wealthy.’ The answer was, ‘Because you know the community.’ It was the same when I got the nod for the UT board. It’s been a great privilege. I always contend: be truthful, be forthright, be honest. If you don’t know, say so, and offer to find out. That’s always served me in good stead.”


Faculty adviser for UT student chapter of the Society of Women Engineers, coordinator of the Catharine S. Eberly Center’s Women in STEMM Excelling mentor program that pairs incoming undergraduate female students pursuing science, technology, engineering, math or medicine with professional women in those f elds.

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Her background created valuable perspectives. She grew up in India, where she lived until completing her graduate studies. Prior to UT, she served fellowships at the Indian Institute of Science and the National Institutes for Health (NIH).

Are societal roles in India different for men and women? “Not in school, at work, but at home, there was still an issue

of the boy getting more of the parents’ attention. My parents

broke with that, saying that I should study what I was good at,

so they pushed me hard. My father always said that the sky was

the limit — even though like all girls, I was protected. From

pre-school to my PhD, I was in the same town.”

Little boxes: “Living in America, I used to wear Indian dresses to go out with

my kids. I was a karate mom, sitting in the gym and watching

my kid. My appearance must have been totally deceptive for

another woman there who was talking to me about how she

has anorexia. I offered that medicine offered hope for such

conditions, that I knew a little about the subject. She said,

‘What do you mean? Being a housewife doesn’t qualify you

to know about medicine.’ I replied, ‘Excuse me, I’m a scientist.’

She was dumbfounded. It’s stereotyping, and in part we women

do it to ourselves.”

Role-playing: “In the workplace, we women tend to emulate men. We learn

that the attributes of being more emotionally connected are

looked on as negative features. The question is why we do it.

It’s a box we try to fit ourselves in.

“If women were to run the majority of workplaces with

their natural talents, I can only imagine that there would

be a huge difference in the way things operate. And if men

had to adapt, they probably would act more sociable,

more cooperative.”

“My husband changed my perception [in this]. Since the time

we married, he promoted my professional interests first.

That has helped me grow tremendously. When we were both

post-docs at NIH, the faculty opportunity at UT opened. He

said, ‘Look at your career independent of me.’ That helped me

clearly decide. What a marvel that a man could think [like that]!

In India, that would not happen much.”

Advice for the next generation: “I have a son and a daughter. With my son, I will tell him to

respect everyone equally. But with my daughter, in addition,

I’m going to be sure to tell her to speak up for herself.”

Main Campus provost and executive vice president for academic affairs

Pre-UT: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, West Virginia University. “When I became

an agriculture dean back in the 1990s, I was the second

woman in the country to do so. There was a popular joke

in the ’80s about what it took for a woman to become a

director of fill-in-the-blank: have a sex change operation.

But success breeds success, and women directors are no

longer unusual.”

At the frontier. “I have to admit that I enjoyed the sensation of

trailblazing when I took on roles not traditionally

held by women. It’s part of what drove me, though

I didn’t see it that way until later.”

On learning. “Education has always been very important to me

because of how it transformed my own life. I grew up

in a small town in Pennsylvania and was the first in my

family to attend college.

“Today, one of the things we challenge people to do

in the process of becoming educated is to come to a

place of understanding on their own. That’s frightening

for some, because our beliefs can be the fabric of

who we are. It’s important that we help students

face the sometimes messy and uncomfortable process

of understanding.

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“The learning environment has to be a place for open

and honest dialogue. It’s part of the process of breaking

down the walls between academia and the community

so we become partners in addressing real-world issues.

The old model was that the university was savior: ’Tell

me your problem and I’ll tell you how to solve it.’ We do

better when we let ourselves learn as well, and engage

our students in this kind of experiential learning.”

Diversity in the 21st century. “It’s interesting as I’ve watched my own son and his

friends, now in their 20s, approach gender and

diversity issues. It seems to me that they’re lesser issues

for them. Part of the role of an educational institution is

to provide a fuller discussion of such issues, to lay them

out and examine them to determine where differing

attitudes come from. It’s important to talk.”

Advice for today's 22-year-old: “Take every possible opportunity that comes your way.

When it knocks, open the door and run as fast as you can

into it, because you never know where it can take you.

I joke about my checkered career, but I’ve been grateful

for every opportunity I’ve gotten, some that were leaps

of faith.”

Bina Joe PhD Rosemary Haggett PhD


Her background created valuable perspectives. She grew up in India, where she lived until completing her graduate studies. Prior to UT, she served fellowships at the Indian Institute of Science and the National Institutes for Health (NIH).

Are societal roles in India different for men and women? “Not in school, at work, but at home, there was still an issue

of the boy getting more of the parents’ attention. My parents

broke with that, saying that I should study what I was good at,

so they pushed me hard. My father always said that the sky was

the limit — even though like all girls, I was protected. From

pre-school to my PhD, I was in the same town.”

Little boxes: “Living in America, I used to wear Indian dresses to go out with

my kids. I was a karate mom, sitting in the gym and watching

my kid. My appearance must have been totally deceptive for

another woman there who was talking to me about how she

has anorexia. I offered that medicine offered hope for such

conditions, that I knew a little about the subject. She said,

‘What do you mean? Being a housewife doesn’t qualify you

to know about medicine.’ I replied, ‘Excuse me, I’m a scientist.’

She was dumbfounded. It’s stereotyping, and in part we women

do it to ourselves.”

Role-playing: “In the workplace, we women tend to emulate men. We learn

that the attributes of being more emotionally connected are

looked on as negative features. The question is why we do it.

It’s a box we try to fit ourselves in.

“If women were to run the majority of workplaces with

their natural talents, I can only imagine that there would

be a huge difference in the way things operate. And if men

had to adapt, they probably would act more sociable,

more cooperative.”

“My husband changed my perception [in this]. Since the time

we married, he promoted my professional interests first.

That has helped me grow tremendously. When we were both

post-docs at NIH, the faculty opportunity at UT opened. He

said, ‘Look at your career independent of me.’ That helped me

clearly decide. What a marvel that a man could think [like that]!

In India, that would not happen much.”

Advice for the next generation: “I have a son and a daughter. With my son, I will tell him to

respect everyone equally. But with my daughter, in addition,

I’m going to be sure to tell her to speak up for herself.”

Main Campus provost and executive vice president for academic affairs

Pre-UT: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, West Virginia University. “When I became

an agriculture dean back in the 1990s, I was the second

woman in the country to do so. There was a popular joke

in the ’80s about what it took for a woman to become a

director of fill-in-the-blank: have a sex change operation.

But success breeds success, and women directors are no

longer unusual.”

At the frontier. “I have to admit that I enjoyed the sensation of

trailblazing when I took on roles not traditionally

held by women. It’s part of what drove me, though

I didn’t see it that way until later.”

On learning. “Education has always been very important to me

because of how it transformed my own life. I grew up

in a small town in Pennsylvania and was the first in my

family to attend college.

“Today, one of the things we challenge people to do

in the process of becoming educated is to come to a

place of understanding on their own. That’s frightening

for some, because our beliefs can be the fabric of

who we are. It’s important that we help students

face the sometimes messy and uncomfortable process

of understanding.

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“The learning environment has to be a place for open

and honest dialogue. It’s part of the process of breaking

down the walls between academia and the community

so we become partners in addressing real-world issues.

The old model was that the university was savior: ’Tell

me your problem and I’ll tell you how to solve it.’ We do

better when we let ourselves learn as well, and engage

our students in this kind of experiential learning.”

Diversity in the 21st century. “It’s interesting as I’ve watched my own son and his

friends, now in their 20s, approach gender and

diversity issues. It seems to me that they’re lesser issues

for them. Part of the role of an educational institution is

to provide a fuller discussion of such issues, to lay them

out and examine them to determine where differing

attitudes come from. It’s important to talk.”

Advice for today's 22-year-old: “Take every possible opportunity that comes your way.

When it knocks, open the door and run as fast as you can

into it, because you never know where it can take you.

I joke about my checkered career, but I’ve been grateful

for every opportunity I’ve gotten, some that were leaps

of faith.”

Bina Joe PhD Rosemary Haggett PhD


Savage Arena

Memorial Field House

Savage & Associates Complex for Business Learning and Engagement

If it’s been even a single year since you set foot on UT’s campuses, it might be time to head back for a look-round. New constructions of brick, metal, glass and even some migrated lannon stone are proclaiming the physical side of UT’s dynamism.

Orthopedic Center

Cardiac and Vascular Center

Snyder Memorial

We’ve still got that get-up-and-grow!

Cardiac and Vascular CenterHarley Ellis Devereaux

Orthopedic CenterHarley Ellis Devereaux

Savage ArenaSSOE Inc.

Snyder MemorialThe Collaborative Inc.

Memorial Field HouseBHDP Architecture

Savage & Associates Complex for Business Learning & Engagement

Munger, Munger + Associates Inc.



Savage Arena



If it’s been even a single year since you set foot on UT’s campuses, it might be time to head back for a look-round. New constructions of brick, metal, glass and even some migrated lannon stone are proclaiming the physical side of UT’s dynamism.

Orthopedic Center


Snyder Memorial

We’ve still got that get-up-and-grow!

Cardiac and Vascular CenterHarley Ellis Devereaux

Orthopedic CenterHarley Ellis Devereaux

Savage ArenaSSOE Inc.

Snyder MemorialThe Collaborative Inc.

Memorial Field HouseBHDP Architecture

Savage & Associates Complex for Business Learning & Engagement

Munger, Munger + Associates Inc.



The Memorial Field House’s rebirth includes three floors, new settings for the departments of English and Foreign Languages and Literature, comfortable areas for study and conversation, and tech-rich classrooms.

The airy new home for Health Science Campus’ “Team Ortho” offers a guaranteed appointment within 24 hours of calling.


Orthopedic Center



The Memorial Field House’s rebirth includes three floors, new settings for the departments of English and Foreign Languages and Literature, comfortable areas for study and conversation, and tech-rich classrooms.

The airy new home for Health Science Campus’ “Team Ortho” offers a guaranteed appointment within 24 hours of calling.


Orthopedic Center



Savage Arena and Fetterman Training Center create a new sports vista on Main Campus. The practice/training facility is notable for incorporating a heating and cooling plant that utilizes geothermal wells.

It might look like a typical medical building, but the multiple specialties housed at the Cardiac and Vascular Center create a patient-supporting synergy.

Savage Arena



Savage Arena and Fetterman Training Center create a new sports vista on Main Campus. The practice/training facility is notable for incorporating a heating and cooling plant that utilizes geothermal wells.

It might look like a typical medical building, but the multiple specialties housed at the Cardiac and Vascular Center create a patient-supporting synergy.

Savage Arena



The formerly maligned Snyder Memorial Building now sports a coat of Wisconsin-quarried lannon stone, rescued from the demolition of the Army ROTC Center.

Two years in the making and bookended with eye-catching glass, the fully networked facility includes technology-rich classrooms, learning labs and conference areas.

Snyder Memorial


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The formerly maligned Snyder Memorial Building now sports a coat of Wisconsin-quarried lannon stone, rescued from the demolition of the Army ROTC Center.

Two years in the making and bookended with eye-catching glass, the fully networked facility includes technology-rich classrooms, learning labs and conference areas.

Snyder Memorial


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Small-town Barberton, Ohio, is pretty big-time for a lot of women with breast cancer, thanks in part to Kari Kovach RN (A/S ’97), breast care coordinator at Summa Barberton Hospital. Even beyond her twelve years’ experience as an oncology nurse and recent “bragging rights” as a member of the first hundred-twenty professionals nationwide to become Certified Breast Care Nurses, Kovach rarely loses her upbeat demeanor. “It really helps, if you’re going to tell a woman she needs a breast biopsy, to do it compassionately,” she says, adding the fact she always shares with patients: “Seventy to eighty percent of breast masses are benign; the biopsy is to be safe.” Meeting with patients, many almost in tears, is a challenge to which she rises daily. “I tell them, ‘Wait a minute, let’s get these tests run. Many biopsies are negative, and if they’re not, we’re catching the tumors so early that they’re the most treatable and curable. Here’s the plan, here’s how we’ll support you.’ “I know I’m where I should be, calming people and getting things moving so these women can get their answers quickly.” While upbeat is important, efficient is critical: “One of my main roles is to cut the time from detection to diagnosis. We have it down to about two weeks.” Nationwide, it’s four to seven.

Calming fears, dispensing hope to breast cancer patients

Breast care coordinators are relatively new to hospitals. “There are many benefits to coordinating the care of breast cancer patients. Judy Kneece pioneered the position about fifteen years ago in the Myrtle Beach area,” Kovach explains. “She realized that breast care involves just about every hospital area, so if you treat patients well, they’re likely to remain longstanding patients. Judy founded EduCare to train nurses to become coordinators, and hospital administrators in setting up breast care centers.” When off duty, Kovach and her husband, Steve, share their love of “barbershopping” — he’s a member of a barbershop quartet twice ranked second internationally, while she formerly warbled with Toledo’s Sweet Adelines. These days, though, one sings and one doesn’t. “I really like being his groupie, though,” Kari says. She’s a big booster for Barberton Hospital as well: “People here tend not to want to drive to Cleveland or Akron for care, and we can offer very good comprehensive breast care right here.” Rewarding? You bet. “You have to know so much for this position — tests, chemo, surgery, radiation — so you can help patients from the minute they walk in the door. I love working with these women and working with a cancer that’s so treatable with good results.”

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A great way to learn punctuation. Period. “The exclamation point has clout. Hip! Hip! Hooray! Strike three! You’re out!” That’s one of fourteen entertainingly rhyming sections of Punctuation Celebration, authored by Elsa Knight Bruno (Ed ’70, MEd ’81) to help kids (and parents who never mastered punctuation rules!) sort out the mysteries of semicolons, ellipses and the rest of the gang. Bruno, who retired after teaching kindergarten for nearly thirty years, said she “just needed something to do, and this was fun, the teacher in me coming out.” A longtime freelance writer who received her share of rejection letters, she was thrilled when the publisher, Henry Holt & Co., contacted her with a contract just two weeks after receiving the manuscript. She enjoyed the acclaim — USA Today listed her book among its “Four Good Reads for Back-to-Schoolers” article. Her advice for fellow writers? “You just have to be persistent and not get discouraged.” Sadly, Elsa died unexpectedly in December as we were going to press.

Editor’s Note: Class notes submitted by alumni are not verified by the editors. While we welcome alumni news, Toledo Alumni Magazine is not responsible for information contained in class notes.

1950sMarty Davis (Pharm ’59), Sylvania, was presented with the 2009 Bowl of Hygeia Award, sponsored by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.

1960sThomas H. Smith (Bus ’60) and his wife, Mary, Erie, Mich., celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in October. They have two sons and three grandchildren.

Larry Rochelle (Ed ’62, Ed Spec ’80) continues his appreciation of the Missouri city he’s come to love with his latest book, I Got da Ever-lovin’ KC Blues, which includes elements of travelogue (Bryant’s Barbeque, Country Club Plaza, Union Station) in its tribute to the blues. He also published another Palmer Morel thriller, Dixie Slots.

The late Robert Brundage PhD (Eng ’64), a longtime Toledo community activist who died as the result of an attempted robbery last July, was honored with a $500 annual scholarship in his name by the Western Lake Erie Waterkeeper Association. The scholarship will be awarded to a graduate student researching Great Lakes issues from UT’s Lake Erie Center.

Larry M. Tomczak (Bus ’67), agency investment specialist with Seymour & Associates, Maumee, attended the annual International Speakers Network Workshop last August in Gatlinburg, Tenn.

Dean R. Eisner (Ed ’68), Ann Arbor, Mich., retired from Liberty Sports Complex, where he was a part-owner, and recalls his years on the UT tennis team when they won MAC titles in 1965, 1966 and 1967.

1970sRon M. Stewart (MEd ’70) and his wife, Gayle, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in October. They have three children and six grandchildren.

David E. Corbin PhD (MEd ’73), professor of health education at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, has been experimenting with new media to raise awareness of health and environmental issues. For his work, which can be viewed online at www.youtube.com/ednibroc, he received the Mohan Singh Award from the American Public Health Association, whose public health education section lauded his use of humor.

Charles S. Rowell Jr. (Law ’74), who has a private law practice in Toledo, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in

August and placed in command of the Ohio Military Reserve.

Bob Quirk (Law ’75) retired in August after 27 years as a prosecutor in the Belmont County (Ohio) Prosecuting Attorney’s office.

Gary Schniegenberg MD (MED ’78), Bluffton, Ohio, of the Orthopaedic Institute of Ohio, received the Ohio Athletic Trainers

Association Team Physician Award 2009. He’s team physician for Division VI champs Delphos St. John’s and Pandora-Gilboa high schools.

Garland K. Chadwell (MPA ’79) was hired by the city of Durham, N.C., as deputy city manager for community building.

Rose (Ohliger) Osowik MD (Pharm ’79, MED ’87), who has been practicing medicine in the Toledo area for 18 years, joined Toledo Clinic.

Sharon-Anne (Klonowski) Szgiel (UTCTC ’79) and her husband, Chet, Fort Smith, Ark., celebrated their 34th wedding anniversary. She’s retired from Medical City Dallas and continues her extensive volunteer work (including adult day care and a women’s crisis center), remaining active in Beta Sigma Phi International Sorority, which named her Woman of the Year. She and Chet travel “every chance [we] get.”

James Yavorcik (Law ’79), co-owner of Cubbon and Associates, Toledo, was elected president of the Toledo Bar Association for a one-year term.

1980sJulie Donner Andersen (UTCTC ’80) is the author of a book, Past: Perfect! Present: Tense!, for those she calls WOWs (Wives Of Widowers) and GOWs (Girlfriends Of Widowers). She also offers advice on bereavement recovery and has written many other pieces that appear online. Following her own widowhood and remarriage, she lives in Canada with her husband and three children. More at juliedonnerandersen.com/.

Judge Gary Byers (Law ’81) of Maumee municipal court was appointed chair of the Supreme Court of Ohio’s Commission on Technology and the Courts.

Stephen J. Kurtzman (Eng ’81), San Diego, was promoted to vice president of California consulting firm Turpin & Rattan Engineering Inc., with duties as engineering manager.

Sandra Mendel MD (MED ’81) earned her master’s degree in biomedical informatics from Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, in June. She practices internal medicine/pediatrics in Eaton, Ohio.

Frank Kennedy (MBA ’82), joined Diversified Project Management, in Newton, Mass., as project executive. He will manage the company’s public, healthcare and education project segments. Previously, he was vice president for RF Walsh Project Management.

Jonathan B. Mack (Law ’83), a partner in the law firm of Marcus & Mack PC, Indiana, Pa., was named to the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Council of Trustees, to serve until 2015.

James Rossler Jr. (Bus ’83), treasurer of the Rossford School District, was selected as chair of the School Employees Retirement System of Ohio for FY 2010.

Charles Filipiak MD (A/S ’84) joined the gastroenterology practice at the Toledo Clinic.

Harlan A. McCulloch MD (MED ’84), who practices with Southeast Anesthesiology Consultants in Charlotte, N.C., was named to

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Small-town Barberton, Ohio, is pretty big-time for a lot of women with breast cancer, thanks in part to Kari Kovach RN (A/S ’97), breast care coordinator at Summa Barberton Hospital. Even beyond her twelve years’ experience as an oncology nurse and recent “bragging rights” as a member of the first hundred-twenty professionals nationwide to become Certified Breast Care Nurses, Kovach rarely loses her upbeat demeanor. “It really helps, if you’re going to tell a woman she needs a breast biopsy, to do it compassionately,” she says, adding the fact she always shares with patients: “Seventy to eighty percent of breast masses are benign; the biopsy is to be safe.” Meeting with patients, many almost in tears, is a challenge to which she rises daily. “I tell them, ‘Wait a minute, let’s get these tests run. Many biopsies are negative, and if they’re not, we’re catching the tumors so early that they’re the most treatable and curable. Here’s the plan, here’s how we’ll support you.’ “I know I’m where I should be, calming people and getting things moving so these women can get their answers quickly.” While upbeat is important, efficient is critical: “One of my main roles is to cut the time from detection to diagnosis. We have it down to about two weeks.” Nationwide, it’s four to seven.

Calming fears, dispensing hope to breast cancer patients

Breast care coordinators are relatively new to hospitals. “There are many benefits to coordinating the care of breast cancer patients. Judy Kneece pioneered the position about fifteen years ago in the Myrtle Beach area,” Kovach explains. “She realized that breast care involves just about every hospital area, so if you treat patients well, they’re likely to remain longstanding patients. Judy founded EduCare to train nurses to become coordinators, and hospital administrators in setting up breast care centers.” When off duty, Kovach and her husband, Steve, share their love of “barbershopping” — he’s a member of a barbershop quartet twice ranked second internationally, while she formerly warbled with Toledo’s Sweet Adelines. These days, though, one sings and one doesn’t. “I really like being his groupie, though,” Kari says. She’s a big booster for Barberton Hospital as well: “People here tend not to want to drive to Cleveland or Akron for care, and we can offer very good comprehensive breast care right here.” Rewarding? You bet. “You have to know so much for this position — tests, chemo, surgery, radiation — so you can help patients from the minute they walk in the door. I love working with these women and working with a cancer that’s so treatable with good results.”

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A great way to learn punctuation. Period. “The exclamation point has clout. Hip! Hip! Hooray! Strike three! You’re out!” That’s one of fourteen entertainingly rhyming sections of Punctuation Celebration, authored by Elsa Knight Bruno (Ed ’70, MEd ’81) to help kids (and parents who never mastered punctuation rules!) sort out the mysteries of semicolons, ellipses and the rest of the gang. Bruno, who retired after teaching kindergarten for nearly thirty years, said she “just needed something to do, and this was fun, the teacher in me coming out.” A longtime freelance writer who received her share of rejection letters, she was thrilled when the publisher, Henry Holt & Co., contacted her with a contract just two weeks after receiving the manuscript. She enjoyed the acclaim — USA Today listed her book among its “Four Good Reads for Back-to-Schoolers” article. Her advice for fellow writers? “You just have to be persistent and not get discouraged.” Sadly, Elsa died unexpectedly in December as we were going to press.

Editor’s Note: Class notes submitted by alumni are not verified by the editors. While we welcome alumni news, Toledo Alumni Magazine is not responsible for information contained in class notes.

1950sMarty Davis (Pharm ’59), Sylvania, was presented with the 2009 Bowl of Hygeia Award, sponsored by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.

1960sThomas H. Smith (Bus ’60) and his wife, Mary, Erie, Mich., celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in October. They have two sons and three grandchildren.

Larry Rochelle (Ed ’62, Ed Spec ’80) continues his appreciation of the Missouri city he’s come to love with his latest book, I Got da Ever-lovin’ KC Blues, which includes elements of travelogue (Bryant’s Barbeque, Country Club Plaza, Union Station) in its tribute to the blues. He also published another Palmer Morel thriller, Dixie Slots.

The late Robert Brundage PhD (Eng ’64), a longtime Toledo community activist who died as the result of an attempted robbery last July, was honored with a $500 annual scholarship in his name by the Western Lake Erie Waterkeeper Association. The scholarship will be awarded to a graduate student researching Great Lakes issues from UT’s Lake Erie Center.

Larry M. Tomczak (Bus ’67), agency investment specialist with Seymour & Associates, Maumee, attended the annual International Speakers Network Workshop last August in Gatlinburg, Tenn.

Dean R. Eisner (Ed ’68), Ann Arbor, Mich., retired from Liberty Sports Complex, where he was a part-owner, and recalls his years on the UT tennis team when they won MAC titles in 1965, 1966 and 1967.

1970sRon M. Stewart (MEd ’70) and his wife, Gayle, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in October. They have three children and six grandchildren.

David E. Corbin PhD (MEd ’73), professor of health education at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, has been experimenting with new media to raise awareness of health and environmental issues. For his work, which can be viewed online at www.youtube.com/ednibroc, he received the Mohan Singh Award from the American Public Health Association, whose public health education section lauded his use of humor.

Charles S. Rowell Jr. (Law ’74), who has a private law practice in Toledo, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in

August and placed in command of the Ohio Military Reserve.

Bob Quirk (Law ’75) retired in August after 27 years as a prosecutor in the Belmont County (Ohio) Prosecuting Attorney’s office.

Gary Schniegenberg MD (MED ’78), Bluffton, Ohio, of the Orthopaedic Institute of Ohio, received the Ohio Athletic Trainers

Association Team Physician Award 2009. He’s team physician for Division VI champs Delphos St. John’s and Pandora-Gilboa high schools.

Garland K. Chadwell (MPA ’79) was hired by the city of Durham, N.C., as deputy city manager for community building.

Rose (Ohliger) Osowik MD (Pharm ’79, MED ’87), who has been practicing medicine in the Toledo area for 18 years, joined Toledo Clinic.

Sharon-Anne (Klonowski) Szgiel (UTCTC ’79) and her husband, Chet, Fort Smith, Ark., celebrated their 34th wedding anniversary. She’s retired from Medical City Dallas and continues her extensive volunteer work (including adult day care and a women’s crisis center), remaining active in Beta Sigma Phi International Sorority, which named her Woman of the Year. She and Chet travel “every chance [we] get.”

James Yavorcik (Law ’79), co-owner of Cubbon and Associates, Toledo, was elected president of the Toledo Bar Association for a one-year term.

1980sJulie Donner Andersen (UTCTC ’80) is the author of a book, Past: Perfect! Present: Tense!, for those she calls WOWs (Wives Of Widowers) and GOWs (Girlfriends Of Widowers). She also offers advice on bereavement recovery and has written many other pieces that appear online. Following her own widowhood and remarriage, she lives in Canada with her husband and three children. More at juliedonnerandersen.com/.

Judge Gary Byers (Law ’81) of Maumee municipal court was appointed chair of the Supreme Court of Ohio’s Commission on Technology and the Courts.

Stephen J. Kurtzman (Eng ’81), San Diego, was promoted to vice president of California consulting firm Turpin & Rattan Engineering Inc., with duties as engineering manager.

Sandra Mendel MD (MED ’81) earned her master’s degree in biomedical informatics from Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, in June. She practices internal medicine/pediatrics in Eaton, Ohio.

Frank Kennedy (MBA ’82), joined Diversified Project Management, in Newton, Mass., as project executive. He will manage the company’s public, healthcare and education project segments. Previously, he was vice president for RF Walsh Project Management.

Jonathan B. Mack (Law ’83), a partner in the law firm of Marcus & Mack PC, Indiana, Pa., was named to the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Council of Trustees, to serve until 2015.

James Rossler Jr. (Bus ’83), treasurer of the Rossford School District, was selected as chair of the School Employees Retirement System of Ohio for FY 2010.

Charles Filipiak MD (A/S ’84) joined the gastroenterology practice at the Toledo Clinic.

Harlan A. McCulloch MD (MED ’84), who practices with Southeast Anesthesiology Consultants in Charlotte, N.C., was named to

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Cancer neuropathology is no country for pessimists. But Janet Bruner MD (Pharm ’72, MPharm ’74, MED ’79, Res ’82) finds her work at the University of Texas’ M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston so engrossing that there’s little room for the downbeat. “Neuropathology is a very deductive type of specialty,” says Bruner, chair of the Department of Pathology and deputy head of the Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. “You’re given a problem and you have to find the answer.” For cancer patients, those problems can be life-and-death. “Until you make the diagnosis of cancer, you can’t treat it,” Bruner notes. “You’ve not only got to make

A passion for pathology keeps growing

the diagnosis, you’ve got to make it for the right type of cancer.” Pathologists rarely see patients directly; instead, they advise the physicians who order patients’ tests and procedures, and assist them in interpreting results. Often, Bruner says, biopsies are interpreted while a patient is still in surgery. “In tissue pathology, we make a rapid diagnosis because it’s urgent. Occasionally, as I walk down the hall, I hear a patient saying, ‘Yes, my surgeon made the diagnosis right during the operation!’ I think, no, we made the diagnosis. “That’s OK, though. A lot of people don’t understand the role of pathologists. Hardly anyone enters medical school thinking they’re going to be a pathologist.” Her own entry into the field seems surprising, given her two pharmacy degrees. “After finishing my master’s program, I wanted to do clinical research and I was advised that a medical degree [could be an] alternative to a PhD,” she says. Once in medicine, though, a seismic shift came in her second year when she first experienced pathology: “I just loved it. I hadn’t known anything about it before that.” A subsequent pathology student fellowship confirmed it: “It was what I wanted to do.” Today, the recipient of two UT Distinguished Alumna awards and co-author of a major neuropathology textbook, Pathology of Tumors of the Nervous System, spends less time in the lab and more administering her department (she was M.D. Anderson’s first woman clinical chair) of more than sixty faculty members. “It pleases me that I can feel I’m contributing so much to their careers,” she says. “My biggest positive reinforcement is when I see my younger faculty become successful.” She keeps a hand in the lab, where tests on patients’ tumors and genetic material are helping to identify more efficacious treatments. “There are types of cancer that were rapidly fatal as little as five years ago, but drugs have been developed to target the genetic mutation causing them,” she says. “More such drugs will be developed to treat more cancer types.” Mark her as optimistic about that.

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Best Doctors 2009 list in Charlotte Magazine, which polls area physicians on their choices.

Thomas Holloway MD (Res ’85) joined the medical staff of MedCentral/Shelby Hospital in north-central Ohio and the practice of Crawford County Anesthesia.

Thomas Steinemann MD (MED ’85), professor of ophthalmology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, is a co-investigator in a five-year, $2.9 million study funded by the National Institutes of Health, working with patients suffering from both Alzheimer’s disease and cataracts to document how restored vision improves everyday life.

Alec Thornton (Law ’85) joined Allstate Insurance’s Smith & Gladish Agency in Grafton, Ohio, as a financial representative.

Chuck Barteck (Bus ’86) was named president of Buckeye Title Agency in Genoa.

Don Batisky MD (MED ’87) joined Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta as associate professor of pediatrics and director of the Pediatric Hypertension Program at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory Children’s Center. Previously he was professor and associate dean for admissions and records at the Ohio State University College of Medicine, which honored him with the 2009 Professor of the Year Award. He also ran his first 10K on July 4th in the 40th annual Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, along with, he says, “about 55,000 others.”

Oliver Hale (UTCTC ’87, UTCTC ’88) works in Grand Rapids, Mich., as host of a cooking show, Chef O’s Place, which won two Philo T. Farnsworth Awards in the fall — for best live programming and best instructional programming — from the Alliance for Community Media’s Central States Region.

Dan Laity (MBA ’87), owner of Action Printing and Photography in Fremont, Ohio, was named chair of the Ottawa County Democratic Party’s Central Committee.

Helen M. MacMurray (Law ’87) of MacMurray, Petersen & Schuster LLP, New Albany, Ohio, was recognized as an Ohio Super Lawyer by Law and Politics magazine for the eighth year. The award is given to fewer than five percent of Ohio lawyers.

David C. Ernst MD (MED ’89) was promoted to president of EMPOWERdoc Inc., a software company specializing in medical emergency department

documentation systems and electronic medical records. He and his wife, Christine Barry PhD (MEd ’85), live in Vermilion, Ohio.

Mike “Mingo” Kendrach (Pharm ’89) was promoted to associate dean of academic affairs at the McWhorter School of Pharmacy at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala.

Fr. Bill Rose (A/S ’89), an ordained Roman Catholic priest for 12 years, was assigned to Christ the King parish in Toledo as pastor, after five years in Lima, where he worked to blend two parishes.

Pamela J. Schlembach MD (Univ Coll ’89, MED ’97) was promoted to associate professor of radiation oncology at the

University of Texas’ M.D. Anderson Radiation Treatment Center in The Woodlands, where she and her husband, Chuck (Pharm ’78, PharmM ’89), make their home.

1990sJohn K. Stipancich (Bus ’90), after serving for five years as division general counsel for Newell Rubbermaid Inc., was promoted to senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. He’ll relocate to the company’s world headquarters in Atlanta.

Timothy R. Obringer (Law ’91) joined the Ohio law firm of Weston Hurd LLP, working out of their Cleveland office.

Rabbi Scott Aaron (Law ’92) is the new community scholar for the Agency for Jewish Learning in Pittsburgh. The Reform rabbi has worked as an educator for the Brandeis-Bardin Institute in Simi Valley, Calif., and at the University of Chicago’s Newberger Hillel Center.

Antony DeMarco (Bus ’92), CFO and president of business development for insurance firm International Excess Companies, won a seat on city council in Brooklyn, Ohio, near Cleveland.

Matt Buderer PharmD (Pharm ’93), Oak Harbor, Ohio, was awarded the Ohio Pharmacists Association’s 2009 Innovative Pharmacy Practice Award.

Eric Christoff MD (MED ’94) was promoted to assistant professor of clinical medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago.

Kimberly Grieve PhD (MEd ’94, PhD ’09) was appointed dean of students, a new position at Lourdes College, Sylvania, where she has worked for 16 years.

David Parrett MD (MED ’94) is the new medical director of Eagle Creek Nursing Center in West Union, Ohio, where he ran his medical practice for the past two years. He and his wife, Jodi, have two children.

Eric Slough (A/S ’95, MEd ’09), a former UT director of development, joined Make-A-Wish Foundation of Northwest Ohio as executive director.

David Hardin (Law ’96), a partner in the Cincinnati law firm of Hardin, Lazarus, Lewis and Marks LLC, was named to the board of trustees of Mother Teresa Catholic Elementary School in Liberty Township.

William Rains (UTCTC ’96, Univ Coll ’99) was hired as safety service director for Wapakoneta, Ohio, a position he’d held previously for the city of Fostoria.

Jeffrey Wilson (MBA ’97, Law ’00), a business consultant for Next Level Management, was honored by Northwest State Community College, where he took an associate degree, with a 2009 Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Matt Melzak (A/S ’98) returned to air for professional hockey league ECHL as “the voice of the Toledo Walleye” via B2 networks, Buckeye Cable Sports Network and Fox Sports Radio. The longtime hockey broadcaster is also the lead TV announcer for Walleye home games.

James E. Goddard (MEd ’99), principal of Santa Rosa High School in California, was a guest on Class Action, the weekly education program of NBC Bay Area KNTV.

Renee (Call) Schlade (Bus ’99) was appointed vice president of finance and controller for CentraComm, a Findlay-based

managed IT security and service provider.

Stephen S. Keller (Law ’99) of Maumee law firm Weber & Sterling was named in the Toledo Business Journal’s 2009 list, “Who’s Who in Area Law.”

Life at a sprintWhat makes Jennifer Spieldenner (A/S ’08) run — and swim and bike? “I do triathlons because I love seeing how far I can push myself,” says the professional triathlete from Findlay, Ohio. Long a familiar face in triathlon and multisport competitions, Jennifer — a swimmer and cross-country runner while at UT — tallied some impressive accomplishments in the year that just ended. Just a few: March saw her competing in the International Triathlon Union (ITU) Pan American Cup in Lima, Peru — she wore the silver there. A month later, at the ITU Continental Cup in Mazatlan, Mexico, she took home the bronze. In July, she won the women’s Olympic distance race (a 1.5K swim, 24-mile bike and 10K run) at the 23rd annual Cleveland Triathlon of Champions. Three weeks later, she competed in the National Championships in Tuscaloosa, Ala., where she took fifth place at the Elite Nationals and first at the under-23 championship. September saw her in Australia, showing her stuff in the World Championships. She’s pursuing her dreams, she says: “I hope to qualify for the 2012 or 2016 Olympic Games. Being an Olympian would be a lifelong dream fulfilled. I plan to keep working hard in the next few years to improve my weaknesses and become the best triathlete I can be.”

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Cancer neuropathology is no country for pessimists. But Janet Bruner MD (Pharm ’72, MPharm ’74, MED ’79, Res ’82) finds her work at the University of Texas’ M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston so engrossing that there’s little room for the downbeat. “Neuropathology is a very deductive type of specialty,” says Bruner, chair of the Department of Pathology and deputy head of the Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. “You’re given a problem and you have to find the answer.” For cancer patients, those problems can be life-and-death. “Until you make the diagnosis of cancer, you can’t treat it,” Bruner notes. “You’ve not only got to make

A passion for pathology keeps growing

the diagnosis, you’ve got to make it for the right type of cancer.” Pathologists rarely see patients directly; instead, they advise the physicians who order patients’ tests and procedures, and assist them in interpreting results. Often, Bruner says, biopsies are interpreted while a patient is still in surgery. “In tissue pathology, we make a rapid diagnosis because it’s urgent. Occasionally, as I walk down the hall, I hear a patient saying, ‘Yes, my surgeon made the diagnosis right during the operation!’ I think, no, we made the diagnosis. “That’s OK, though. A lot of people don’t understand the role of pathologists. Hardly anyone enters medical school thinking they’re going to be a pathologist.” Her own entry into the field seems surprising, given her two pharmacy degrees. “After finishing my master’s program, I wanted to do clinical research and I was advised that a medical degree [could be an] alternative to a PhD,” she says. Once in medicine, though, a seismic shift came in her second year when she first experienced pathology: “I just loved it. I hadn’t known anything about it before that.” A subsequent pathology student fellowship confirmed it: “It was what I wanted to do.” Today, the recipient of two UT Distinguished Alumna awards and co-author of a major neuropathology textbook, Pathology of Tumors of the Nervous System, spends less time in the lab and more administering her department (she was M.D. Anderson’s first woman clinical chair) of more than sixty faculty members. “It pleases me that I can feel I’m contributing so much to their careers,” she says. “My biggest positive reinforcement is when I see my younger faculty become successful.” She keeps a hand in the lab, where tests on patients’ tumors and genetic material are helping to identify more efficacious treatments. “There are types of cancer that were rapidly fatal as little as five years ago, but drugs have been developed to target the genetic mutation causing them,” she says. “More such drugs will be developed to treat more cancer types.” Mark her as optimistic about that.

Car

ter

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Pho

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Best Doctors 2009 list in Charlotte Magazine, which polls area physicians on their choices.

Thomas Holloway MD (Res ’85) joined the medical staff of MedCentral/Shelby Hospital in north-central Ohio and the practice of Crawford County Anesthesia.

Thomas Steinemann MD (MED ’85), professor of ophthalmology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, is a co-investigator in a five-year, $2.9 million study funded by the National Institutes of Health, working with patients suffering from both Alzheimer’s disease and cataracts to document how restored vision improves everyday life.

Alec Thornton (Law ’85) joined Allstate Insurance’s Smith & Gladish Agency in Grafton, Ohio, as a financial representative.

Chuck Barteck (Bus ’86) was named president of Buckeye Title Agency in Genoa.

Don Batisky MD (MED ’87) joined Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta as associate professor of pediatrics and director of the Pediatric Hypertension Program at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory Children’s Center. Previously he was professor and associate dean for admissions and records at the Ohio State University College of Medicine, which honored him with the 2009 Professor of the Year Award. He also ran his first 10K on July 4th in the 40th annual Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, along with, he says, “about 55,000 others.”

Oliver Hale (UTCTC ’87, UTCTC ’88) works in Grand Rapids, Mich., as host of a cooking show, Chef O’s Place, which won two Philo T. Farnsworth Awards in the fall — for best live programming and best instructional programming — from the Alliance for Community Media’s Central States Region.

Dan Laity (MBA ’87), owner of Action Printing and Photography in Fremont, Ohio, was named chair of the Ottawa County Democratic Party’s Central Committee.

Helen M. MacMurray (Law ’87) of MacMurray, Petersen & Schuster LLP, New Albany, Ohio, was recognized as an Ohio Super Lawyer by Law and Politics magazine for the eighth year. The award is given to fewer than five percent of Ohio lawyers.

David C. Ernst MD (MED ’89) was promoted to president of EMPOWERdoc Inc., a software company specializing in medical emergency department

documentation systems and electronic medical records. He and his wife, Christine Barry PhD (MEd ’85), live in Vermilion, Ohio.

Mike “Mingo” Kendrach (Pharm ’89) was promoted to associate dean of academic affairs at the McWhorter School of Pharmacy at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala.

Fr. Bill Rose (A/S ’89), an ordained Roman Catholic priest for 12 years, was assigned to Christ the King parish in Toledo as pastor, after five years in Lima, where he worked to blend two parishes.

Pamela J. Schlembach MD (Univ Coll ’89, MED ’97) was promoted to associate professor of radiation oncology at the

University of Texas’ M.D. Anderson Radiation Treatment Center in The Woodlands, where she and her husband, Chuck (Pharm ’78, PharmM ’89), make their home.

1990sJohn K. Stipancich (Bus ’90), after serving for five years as division general counsel for Newell Rubbermaid Inc., was promoted to senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. He’ll relocate to the company’s world headquarters in Atlanta.

Timothy R. Obringer (Law ’91) joined the Ohio law firm of Weston Hurd LLP, working out of their Cleveland office.

Rabbi Scott Aaron (Law ’92) is the new community scholar for the Agency for Jewish Learning in Pittsburgh. The Reform rabbi has worked as an educator for the Brandeis-Bardin Institute in Simi Valley, Calif., and at the University of Chicago’s Newberger Hillel Center.

Antony DeMarco (Bus ’92), CFO and president of business development for insurance firm International Excess Companies, won a seat on city council in Brooklyn, Ohio, near Cleveland.

Matt Buderer PharmD (Pharm ’93), Oak Harbor, Ohio, was awarded the Ohio Pharmacists Association’s 2009 Innovative Pharmacy Practice Award.

Eric Christoff MD (MED ’94) was promoted to assistant professor of clinical medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago.

Kimberly Grieve PhD (MEd ’94, PhD ’09) was appointed dean of students, a new position at Lourdes College, Sylvania, where she has worked for 16 years.

David Parrett MD (MED ’94) is the new medical director of Eagle Creek Nursing Center in West Union, Ohio, where he ran his medical practice for the past two years. He and his wife, Jodi, have two children.

Eric Slough (A/S ’95, MEd ’09), a former UT director of development, joined Make-A-Wish Foundation of Northwest Ohio as executive director.

David Hardin (Law ’96), a partner in the Cincinnati law firm of Hardin, Lazarus, Lewis and Marks LLC, was named to the board of trustees of Mother Teresa Catholic Elementary School in Liberty Township.

William Rains (UTCTC ’96, Univ Coll ’99) was hired as safety service director for Wapakoneta, Ohio, a position he’d held previously for the city of Fostoria.

Jeffrey Wilson (MBA ’97, Law ’00), a business consultant for Next Level Management, was honored by Northwest State Community College, where he took an associate degree, with a 2009 Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Matt Melzak (A/S ’98) returned to air for professional hockey league ECHL as “the voice of the Toledo Walleye” via B2 networks, Buckeye Cable Sports Network and Fox Sports Radio. The longtime hockey broadcaster is also the lead TV announcer for Walleye home games.

James E. Goddard (MEd ’99), principal of Santa Rosa High School in California, was a guest on Class Action, the weekly education program of NBC Bay Area KNTV.

Renee (Call) Schlade (Bus ’99) was appointed vice president of finance and controller for CentraComm, a Findlay-based

managed IT security and service provider.

Stephen S. Keller (Law ’99) of Maumee law firm Weber & Sterling was named in the Toledo Business Journal’s 2009 list, “Who’s Who in Area Law.”

Life at a sprintWhat makes Jennifer Spieldenner (A/S ’08) run — and swim and bike? “I do triathlons because I love seeing how far I can push myself,” says the professional triathlete from Findlay, Ohio. Long a familiar face in triathlon and multisport competitions, Jennifer — a swimmer and cross-country runner while at UT — tallied some impressive accomplishments in the year that just ended. Just a few: March saw her competing in the International Triathlon Union (ITU) Pan American Cup in Lima, Peru — she wore the silver there. A month later, at the ITU Continental Cup in Mazatlan, Mexico, she took home the bronze. In July, she won the women’s Olympic distance race (a 1.5K swim, 24-mile bike and 10K run) at the 23rd annual Cleveland Triathlon of Champions. Three weeks later, she competed in the National Championships in Tuscaloosa, Ala., where she took fifth place at the Elite Nationals and first at the under-23 championship. September saw her in Australia, showing her stuff in the World Championships. She’s pursuing her dreams, she says: “I hope to qualify for the 2012 or 2016 Olympic Games. Being an Olympian would be a lifelong dream fulfilled. I plan to keep working hard in the next few years to improve my weaknesses and become the best triathlete I can be.”

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2000sJulie Bockert PharmD (A/S ’00, Pharm ’06, PharmD ’08) was hired by The Drug Store of Perrysburg, which opened in July.

Kelly Rinne (Bus ’00), Tecumseh, Mich., was promoted by United Bank & Trust to vice president of mortgage lending for Lenawee County.

Carolyn S. Hollingsworth (A/S ’01), manager of Cleveland Metroparks aquatics/facilities, received the 2009 Robert W. Crawford Young Professional Award, which honors innovation and leadership in community leisure opportunities. She’s been with the parks for seven years.

Tinola Mayfield-Guerrero (A/S ’01, MA ’04, MA ’08) was named chair of arts and sciences on the Findlay campus of Owens Community College.

William T. McKeny (Law ’01) heads the law firm of William Trippe McKeny in Salisbury, N.C.

Kate (Babula) Russell (HHS ’01), a physical therapist with Opti-Health Physical Therapy in Sylvania, is an avid golfer in the UT Women’s After Fore League (with her mom, Judy [Billmaier] Babula [A/S ’68], a UT employee) and had her first

hole-in-one at Bedford Hills Golf Club. She and her husband, Scott, live in Toledo.

Kevin Kunz (Bus ’02) was promoted to manager of the Toledo branch of Scottrade, an online investment firm supported by branch offices.

Jay V. Loebing (Eng ’02) was promoted by motion and control technology corporation Parker Hannifin to stream manager for its Hydraulic Filter Division’s hardware value stream in Metamora, Ohio. His eight years with the firm included lean system training in Beaufort, S.C.

Christine Smallman (Univ Coll ’02, MLS ’05), senior manager of marketing services in the UT Office of Marketing and Communications, was appointed to the board of directors of Family House, Toledo’s largest family shelter serving the homeless.

Michele Beach PharmD (Pharm ’04, PharmD ’06) became a board-certified nuclear pharmacist.

Scott Ruhlman MD (MED ’04) finished his residency at the

University of Washington in Seattle, took his orthopedic boards and is doing a fellowship at Harvard University. He plans to move back to Seattle, where he and his wife grew up, and accepted an offer from a private practice.

Rebakah M. (McCrea) Bussa (Ed ’05), Westerville, Ohio, is a kindergarten teacher for Highland Local Schools.

John Carrocci (Bus ’05), who works for Louisville Title Agency, was named president of the Mortgage Bankers Association of Northwest Ohio for a one-year term.

Brian G. Jones (Bus ’05), whose quarterbacking arena football career included stints with the Las Vegas Gladiators and the New Orleans Voodoo, came out of retirement to QB the Manchester (N.H.) Wolves for the end of their 2009 season. He and his family make their home in Memphis, Tenn.

Sufian Qrunfleh (MBA ’05) became an assistant professor of operations and information management for the University of Scranton, Penn.

Bob Arquette (Law ’06) and his wife, Mary, together with their three children and nine grandchildren, celebrated their 40th wedding

anniversary in August. A retired Dana vice president, Bob owns a consulting company.

Derek Fleming MD (MED ’06), who’s in his final year of anesthesia residency at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, was selected by peers and medical colleagues as chief resident for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Nicolle Lee (MS ’06), mathematics instructor at Rappahannock Community College, was the faculty member chosen to represent the college at the Virginia Community College Association, an honor that includes recognition for consistently outstanding professional performance.

Alex Adams PharmD (Pharm ’07, PharmD ’09) accepted a position as director of pharmacy programs for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, headquartered in Alexandria, Va., focusing on pharmacy initiatives that advance community pharmacy practice and patient care.

Nicole Camp (Bus ’08), Wickliffe, Ohio, won the Akron Half-Marathon in September.

Airman Kirk G. Dickerson (Ed ’08) completed basic military

training in the Air National Guard at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio.

Danielle Donelson-Sims (MA ’08) and her husband, Brandon, of Granville, Ohio, began a three-year assignment in Indonesia with Mennonite

Central Committee, a relief, development and peace organization.

Ehab A. Eltahowy MD (HS ’08), UTMC assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine, joined the active staff of Bellevue Hospital.

Kathy Holloway (HS ’08) joined Defiance College as assistant professor of nursing for the college’s bachelor’s program in nursing as well as their collaborative program with Northwest State Community College.

Laura Lockwood (HS ’08) entered the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, in August.

1st Lt. Megan (Cramer) Mallone (Law ’08) was selected as a judge advocate general for the U.S.

Bagism with musicJeanene Pifer (MEd ’76) never met a bag she didn’t like. That’s handbag, of course; Pifer’s 600-plus bag collection forms the basis of a popular show she’s been taking on the road for nearly twenty years. “My mother said that when I was very young and we’d go shopping, I’d always tell her, ‘Buy a bag, mommy.’ I was apparently born with a love of bags,” says Pifer, a retired forty-year teaching veteran who also studied counseling at the Alfred Adler Institute of Psychology, Chicago.

Both specialties come into play when she shares lighthearted stories sparked by some of her handbags, providing her own musical accompaniment on piano. With some bags — such as an “I love Jerusalem” mesh she bought in Israel while singing with the Michigan-Ohio Chorus — anecdotes about other countries entertain and inform her listeners. Other bags are intended to create feelings of self-affirmation for the hospital, church and county fair groups she favors. Holding up a bag emblazoned with “Did anybody tell you today that you’re terrific?” she says, “I use that sentiment for every group. My goal is that when they leave, each person will feel terrific, or at least better than when they came in. That’s my bottom line.” Along with running her zestful and popular shows, she’s a twenty-five-year volunteer at The University of Toledo Medical Center, where she’s patient liaison in the Emergency/Trauma Department. Jeanene says, “My mother was manager of the coat department at Elder-Beerman in Lima for many years, and retired when she was 86, so I have no plans for a rocking chair myself!” Contact her at [email protected].

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2000sJulie Bockert PharmD (A/S ’00, Pharm ’06, PharmD ’08) was hired by The Drug Store of Perrysburg, which opened in July.

Kelly Rinne (Bus ’00), Tecumseh, Mich., was promoted by United Bank & Trust to vice president of mortgage lending for Lenawee County.

Carolyn S. Hollingsworth (A/S ’01), manager of Cleveland Metroparks aquatics/facilities, received the 2009 Robert W. Crawford Young Professional Award, which honors innovation and leadership in community leisure opportunities. She’s been with the parks for seven years.

Tinola Mayfield-Guerrero (A/S ’01, MA ’04, MA ’08) was named chair of arts and sciences on the Findlay campus of Owens Community College.

William T. McKeny (Law ’01) heads the law firm of William Trippe McKeny in Salisbury, N.C.

Kate (Babula) Russell (HHS ’01), a physical therapist with Opti-Health Physical Therapy in Sylvania, is an avid golfer in the UT Women’s After Fore League (with her mom, Judy [Billmaier] Babula [A/S ’68], a UT employee) and had her first

hole-in-one at Bedford Hills Golf Club. She and her husband, Scott, live in Toledo.

Kevin Kunz (Bus ’02) was promoted to manager of the Toledo branch of Scottrade, an online investment firm supported by branch offices.

Jay V. Loebing (Eng ’02) was promoted by motion and control technology corporation Parker Hannifin to stream manager for its Hydraulic Filter Division’s hardware value stream in Metamora, Ohio. His eight years with the firm included lean system training in Beaufort, S.C.

Christine Smallman (Univ Coll ’02, MLS ’05), senior manager of marketing services in the UT Office of Marketing and Communications, was appointed to the board of directors of Family House, Toledo’s largest family shelter serving the homeless.

Michele Beach PharmD (Pharm ’04, PharmD ’06) became a board-certified nuclear pharmacist.

Scott Ruhlman MD (MED ’04) finished his residency at the

University of Washington in Seattle, took his orthopedic boards and is doing a fellowship at Harvard University. He plans to move back to Seattle, where he and his wife grew up, and accepted an offer from a private practice.

Rebakah M. (McCrea) Bussa (Ed ’05), Westerville, Ohio, is a kindergarten teacher for Highland Local Schools.

John Carrocci (Bus ’05), who works for Louisville Title Agency, was named president of the Mortgage Bankers Association of Northwest Ohio for a one-year term.

Brian G. Jones (Bus ’05), whose quarterbacking arena football career included stints with the Las Vegas Gladiators and the New Orleans Voodoo, came out of retirement to QB the Manchester (N.H.) Wolves for the end of their 2009 season. He and his family make their home in Memphis, Tenn.

Sufian Qrunfleh (MBA ’05) became an assistant professor of operations and information management for the University of Scranton, Penn.

Bob Arquette (Law ’06) and his wife, Mary, together with their three children and nine grandchildren, celebrated their 40th wedding

anniversary in August. A retired Dana vice president, Bob owns a consulting company.

Derek Fleming MD (MED ’06), who’s in his final year of anesthesia residency at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, was selected by peers and medical colleagues as chief resident for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Nicolle Lee (MS ’06), mathematics instructor at Rappahannock Community College, was the faculty member chosen to represent the college at the Virginia Community College Association, an honor that includes recognition for consistently outstanding professional performance.

Alex Adams PharmD (Pharm ’07, PharmD ’09) accepted a position as director of pharmacy programs for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, headquartered in Alexandria, Va., focusing on pharmacy initiatives that advance community pharmacy practice and patient care.

Nicole Camp (Bus ’08), Wickliffe, Ohio, won the Akron Half-Marathon in September.

Airman Kirk G. Dickerson (Ed ’08) completed basic military

training in the Air National Guard at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio.

Danielle Donelson-Sims (MA ’08) and her husband, Brandon, of Granville, Ohio, began a three-year assignment in Indonesia with Mennonite

Central Committee, a relief, development and peace organization.

Ehab A. Eltahowy MD (HS ’08), UTMC assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine, joined the active staff of Bellevue Hospital.

Kathy Holloway (HS ’08) joined Defiance College as assistant professor of nursing for the college’s bachelor’s program in nursing as well as their collaborative program with Northwest State Community College.

Laura Lockwood (HS ’08) entered the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, in August.

1st Lt. Megan (Cramer) Mallone (Law ’08) was selected as a judge advocate general for the U.S.

Bagism with musicJeanene Pifer (MEd ’76) never met a bag she didn’t like. That’s handbag, of course; Pifer’s 600-plus bag collection forms the basis of a popular show she’s been taking on the road for nearly twenty years. “My mother said that when I was very young and we’d go shopping, I’d always tell her, ‘Buy a bag, mommy.’ I was apparently born with a love of bags,” says Pifer, a retired forty-year teaching veteran who also studied counseling at the Alfred Adler Institute of Psychology, Chicago.

Both specialties come into play when she shares lighthearted stories sparked by some of her handbags, providing her own musical accompaniment on piano. With some bags — such as an “I love Jerusalem” mesh she bought in Israel while singing with the Michigan-Ohio Chorus — anecdotes about other countries entertain and inform her listeners. Other bags are intended to create feelings of self-affirmation for the hospital, church and county fair groups she favors. Holding up a bag emblazoned with “Did anybody tell you today that you’re terrific?” she says, “I use that sentiment for every group. My goal is that when they leave, each person will feel terrific, or at least better than when they came in. That’s my bottom line.” Along with running her zestful and popular shows, she’s a twenty-five-year volunteer at The University of Toledo Medical Center, where she’s patient liaison in the Emergency/Trauma Department. Jeanene says, “My mother was manager of the coat department at Elder-Beerman in Lima for many years, and retired when she was 86, so I have no plans for a rocking chair myself!” Contact her at [email protected].

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What does a self-described “conservative, allopathic physician who [doesn’t] believe in anything that wasn’t proven” do when chronic back pain is gnawing into her life? If that doctor is Diane McCormick MD (Ed ’80, MED ’84), she points her aching lumbar toward acupuncture, the ancient Chinese medicine technique in which, fifteen years later, she’s still a practicing believer. “I’d done everything that Western medicine said I should do,” she says of her attempts to find relief. “With acupuncture, though, the pain went away.” She’d already studied alternative medicine — the preferred term is integrative medicine, notes the immediate past president of the Toledo Academy of Medicine — but the healing effects of the thin, hollow needles decided her. Today, she’s board-certified in holistic medicine, focusing on acupuncture in her Sylvania Township office. “Acupuncture is a process of interacting with the nervous system of the body,” she says. “There are many techniques of approaching the process, just as there are a thousand techniques of practicing acupuncture. Some work better than others for a particular patient.” The goal, she says, is to restore the body’s natural balance — the same balance that the ancient Chinese observed in nature. Though lacking the words endorphin and seratonin, they learned that certain points of the body could be stimulated with needles to positive effect.

Puncture’s proof is in results, alumna says

The first recorded form of preventive medicine, acupuncture was used from birth. “Doctors of the time were paid only if they kept their patients healthy,” McCormick adds. “If a doctor worked for the emperor and his family, an unhealthy patient could cost the physician his head!” Though the executioner’s snickersnee is no longer employed, medical research is still dissecting acupuncture, a point on which McCormick is well informed. She calls much of the research poorly designed: “Many of the studies say that real acupuncture doesn’t do any better than sham acupuncture. One study in the New England Journal of Medicine used sham acupuncture on body points you wouldn’t normally associate with headache relief. But they were still very strong acupuncture points that would increase endorphins. “Any interaction between the nervous system and a needle causes an effect in the brain, with endorphin and seratonin levels increased.” Noting the saying that “it takes fifty years for medical innovations to be fully accepted,” she sees acupuncture increasing in popularity, despite its lack of insurance coverage in Ohio. She and a colleague, Tom Small (Res ’06), started a training course for physicians. “A lot of patients come to me because they don’t like the side effects of medications. Because of what I’ve learned over the years, I can usually tell patients what the chances are that acupuncture will be able to help.”

Franchise and Area Representative ownership locations nationwide.

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Marco’s Pizza is the fastest growing pizza company for several reasons.• Local ownership business model is right for the times• It is your business, but our recipes, food and business techniques• Our high integrity Italian food standards• Founded 1978, Toledo, Ohio• Call 800-262-7267 or visit marcos.com

Now you can take Marco’s Pizza®

to your new hometown.

*See Marco’s Franchising, LLC FDD, August 1, 2009

Air Force and is practicing law at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas.

Laura Reardon (Ed ’08) is the new choir (grades 7 to 12) and band director (grades 5 to 12) with Edgerton Local Schools in Williams County, Ohio.

Lauren A. Vassar (Bus ’08), Hermitage, Tenn., graduated from Ohio State University with a master’s degree in accounting.

Sonia Ghai MD (Res ’09) joined the Geisinger-Lewistown (Pa.) Health System, practicing in women’s health.

Danielle N. Herner (Pharm ’09) received a fellowship to Wayne State University for summer 2009. She’s now pursuing her PhD at Wayne State University’s Department of Chemistry.

Tim Ozuk (Bus ’09) joined Seymour & Associates, Maumee, as a financial services professional.

Keri E. Schreckengost (MBA ’09) moved to Albuquerque, N.M., where she’s a civilian negotiator for the U.S. Air Force, working at Kirtland AFB.

Marriages

& UnionsCherilyn M. Schurtz MD (A/S ’97, Res ’07) & Jacob N. Maciejewski MD (A/S ’01, MED ’06, Res ’09). She’s with PediatriCare Associates, he’s with Perrysburg Pediatrics.

Scott Sanek (Univ Coll ’99) & Jennifer Valentine (Univ Coll ’00). He’s a surgical sales consultant for Synthes, she’s a senior territory manager for Allergan Inc. Canfield, Ohio.

Brian M. Hatfield (Bus ’01, MBA ’07) & Kari A. Sibbersen (MA ’07). He’s an associate merchandiser with The Andersons Grain and Ethanol Group, she’s an elementary school counselor with Fremont City Schools. Maumee.

Amanda Mann PharmD (Pharm ’01, PharmD ’03) & Jason Barnett. Willard, Ohio.

Joel Douglass (Ed ’03) & Stephanie Gerschutz (Bus ’04). She’s a pharmaceutical rep with Daiichi-Sankyo Inc., Dayton, he’s a teacher with Sugarcreek Local Schools, Bellbrook.

Emily Koupal (Bus ’05) & Robert Rockwell (Eng ’05). Ashland, Ky.

Misty Mobley (HHS ’07) & Paul Walters. She’s working on her UT doctorate in physical therapy.

Amanda Blake (Bus ’09) & John Aubrey (Bus ’09). Dayton.

BirthsShannon Sorosiak-Simon (A/S ’97, MEd ’00, Ed Spec ’03) and Scott Simon, Waterville, welcomed their third daughter,

Kendal Nikol, in April, joining big sisters Morgan and Brooke.

Tully Esterline (Eng ’01) and his wife, Wendy, Indianapolis, announce the birth of their daughter, Lucy Maxine, in September,

joining big brother Tobey.

Shannon (Riordan) (A/S ’01) and Michael Tedeschi (Ed ’01), Bel Air, Md., celebrated the birth of their son, Miles Riordan, in July.

Jennifer (Jones) Babcock (Bus ’02) and her husband, Matthew, Parma, Ohio, celebrated the birth of their first child, Natalie Ann, in July.

Beth (Barry) (A/S ’02) and Bill Comerford (Bus ’02), Galion, Ohio, welcomed their first baby, Seamus Edward, in June.

Julie Hupp PhD (PhD ’03) and Brian Ingle welcomed a daughter, Quincy Marie, in July. She joins siblings Greyson and Savannah in Newark, Ohio.

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What does a self-described “conservative, allopathic physician who [doesn’t] believe in anything that wasn’t proven” do when chronic back pain is gnawing into her life? If that doctor is Diane McCormick MD (Ed ’80, MED ’84), she points her aching lumbar toward acupuncture, the ancient Chinese medicine technique in which, fifteen years later, she’s still a practicing believer. “I’d done everything that Western medicine said I should do,” she says of her attempts to find relief. “With acupuncture, though, the pain went away.” She’d already studied alternative medicine — the preferred term is integrative medicine, notes the immediate past president of the Toledo Academy of Medicine — but the healing effects of the thin, hollow needles decided her. Today, she’s board-certified in holistic medicine, focusing on acupuncture in her Sylvania Township office. “Acupuncture is a process of interacting with the nervous system of the body,” she says. “There are many techniques of approaching the process, just as there are a thousand techniques of practicing acupuncture. Some work better than others for a particular patient.” The goal, she says, is to restore the body’s natural balance — the same balance that the ancient Chinese observed in nature. Though lacking the words endorphin and seratonin, they learned that certain points of the body could be stimulated with needles to positive effect.

Puncture’s proof is in results, alumna says

The first recorded form of preventive medicine, acupuncture was used from birth. “Doctors of the time were paid only if they kept their patients healthy,” McCormick adds. “If a doctor worked for the emperor and his family, an unhealthy patient could cost the physician his head!” Though the executioner’s snickersnee is no longer employed, medical research is still dissecting acupuncture, a point on which McCormick is well informed. She calls much of the research poorly designed: “Many of the studies say that real acupuncture doesn’t do any better than sham acupuncture. One study in the New England Journal of Medicine used sham acupuncture on body points you wouldn’t normally associate with headache relief. But they were still very strong acupuncture points that would increase endorphins. “Any interaction between the nervous system and a needle causes an effect in the brain, with endorphin and seratonin levels increased.” Noting the saying that “it takes fifty years for medical innovations to be fully accepted,” she sees acupuncture increasing in popularity, despite its lack of insurance coverage in Ohio. She and a colleague, Tom Small (Res ’06), started a training course for physicians. “A lot of patients come to me because they don’t like the side effects of medications. Because of what I’ve learned over the years, I can usually tell patients what the chances are that acupuncture will be able to help.”

Franchise and Area Representative ownership locations nationwide.

©20

09 M

arco

’s F

ranc

hisi

ng, L

LC 6

995-

1209

Marco’s Pizza is the fastest growing pizza company for several reasons.• Local ownership business model is right for the times• It is your business, but our recipes, food and business techniques• Our high integrity Italian food standards• Founded 1978, Toledo, Ohio• Call 800-262-7267 or visit marcos.com

Now you can take Marco’s Pizza®

to your new hometown.

*See Marco’s Franchising, LLC FDD, August 1, 2009

Air Force and is practicing law at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas.

Laura Reardon (Ed ’08) is the new choir (grades 7 to 12) and band director (grades 5 to 12) with Edgerton Local Schools in Williams County, Ohio.

Lauren A. Vassar (Bus ’08), Hermitage, Tenn., graduated from Ohio State University with a master’s degree in accounting.

Sonia Ghai MD (Res ’09) joined the Geisinger-Lewistown (Pa.) Health System, practicing in women’s health.

Danielle N. Herner (Pharm ’09) received a fellowship to Wayne State University for summer 2009. She’s now pursuing her PhD at Wayne State University’s Department of Chemistry.

Tim Ozuk (Bus ’09) joined Seymour & Associates, Maumee, as a financial services professional.

Keri E. Schreckengost (MBA ’09) moved to Albuquerque, N.M., where she’s a civilian negotiator for the U.S. Air Force, working at Kirtland AFB.

Marriages

& UnionsCherilyn M. Schurtz MD (A/S ’97, Res ’07) & Jacob N. Maciejewski MD (A/S ’01, MED ’06, Res ’09). She’s with PediatriCare Associates, he’s with Perrysburg Pediatrics.

Scott Sanek (Univ Coll ’99) & Jennifer Valentine (Univ Coll ’00). He’s a surgical sales consultant for Synthes, she’s a senior territory manager for Allergan Inc. Canfield, Ohio.

Brian M. Hatfield (Bus ’01, MBA ’07) & Kari A. Sibbersen (MA ’07). He’s an associate merchandiser with The Andersons Grain and Ethanol Group, she’s an elementary school counselor with Fremont City Schools. Maumee.

Amanda Mann PharmD (Pharm ’01, PharmD ’03) & Jason Barnett. Willard, Ohio.

Joel Douglass (Ed ’03) & Stephanie Gerschutz (Bus ’04). She’s a pharmaceutical rep with Daiichi-Sankyo Inc., Dayton, he’s a teacher with Sugarcreek Local Schools, Bellbrook.

Emily Koupal (Bus ’05) & Robert Rockwell (Eng ’05). Ashland, Ky.

Misty Mobley (HHS ’07) & Paul Walters. She’s working on her UT doctorate in physical therapy.

Amanda Blake (Bus ’09) & John Aubrey (Bus ’09). Dayton.

BirthsShannon Sorosiak-Simon (A/S ’97, MEd ’00, Ed Spec ’03) and Scott Simon, Waterville, welcomed their third daughter,

Kendal Nikol, in April, joining big sisters Morgan and Brooke.

Tully Esterline (Eng ’01) and his wife, Wendy, Indianapolis, announce the birth of their daughter, Lucy Maxine, in September,

joining big brother Tobey.

Shannon (Riordan) (A/S ’01) and Michael Tedeschi (Ed ’01), Bel Air, Md., celebrated the birth of their son, Miles Riordan, in July.

Jennifer (Jones) Babcock (Bus ’02) and her husband, Matthew, Parma, Ohio, celebrated the birth of their first child, Natalie Ann, in July.

Beth (Barry) (A/S ’02) and Bill Comerford (Bus ’02), Galion, Ohio, welcomed their first baby, Seamus Edward, in June.

Julie Hupp PhD (PhD ’03) and Brian Ingle welcomed a daughter, Quincy Marie, in July. She joins siblings Greyson and Savannah in Newark, Ohio.

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Tomato worms are on notice. If they heave one green leg over a blushing orb in the bountiful vegetable garden of Beth Martin (Pharm ’79) and Garry (Pharm ’77, MBA ’85) and Diane Saccone (Pharm ’77), “we smash them, burn them or throw them in the street away from vegetation,” says Diane. The threat might be grisly, but it’s pesticide-free. That’s because the large-scale plot in Whitehouse, Ohio, that the “farming pharmacists” have cultivated, planted, tended and harvested for thirty years remains a testament to successful organic growing. Bugs and weeds are

Pharmacy alumni staying rooted

eradicated by hand, fertilizer comes in part courtesy of the ducks, chickens, peacocks, donkeys, goats and llamas owned by Beth’s husband, Lance — the garden is a small part of the Martins’ century-old hundred-acre farm that their son, Wes, farms commercially. “I met Beth in the late 1970s,” Diane says. “We worked together and got to talking about gardening. She invited me out to her dad’s farm, now here it is thirty years later. Some people go to their cottages on weekends; Garry and I come here.” “The neighbors call them the share-croppers,” Beth notes. “Diane and Garry

Garry and Diane, neighbor Shannon Ballenger (who names all the farm animals) and Beth.

would come out and help my dad in his big garden. When my parents passed away, they just kept coming out. “It is work, but we make it fun. We have meals together, we cook outside, we do our canning outside, we share everything.” The yield is shared as well, and extends beyond the two families. “We don’t do this for profit, only to provide for ourselves and other families,” Diane says. Over-production is donated to local soup kitchens. “Sometimes we get too ambitious in what we grow, but that’s why we share.” “Dr. [Robert] Schlembach [UT professor emeritus of pharmacy] instilled the service factor in us,” Garry says. “He held pharmacists up to that higher standard. And besides, this is fun. We just took ten or eleven dozen ears of corn down to Salem Lutheran Church in the old Riverside Hospital neighborhood. We picked them Sunday morning and they’ll be serving them tonight in their community kitchen.” The benefits are more than edible, Diane says: “You sit in the field and weed. It’s really peaceful after working in a hospital all week.” Beth agrees: “I’ll come down in the middle of an afternoon and I’ll just weed. The breeze is blowing, the birds are singing and it’s just so calming.” Brewmeister Garry has his own vegetable-based recipe for calm: “Next year I’ll make pumpkin ale again.”

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English Channel crossing proved life’s dreamHe lost 35 pounds. He endured freezing temperatures. He sacrificed countless hours away from his family. He battled through waves and jellyfish attacks. In the end, John Muenzer (Bus ’83) could proudly say that he was one of the few to successfully swim the English Channel. “What Mount Everest is to climbers, the English Channel is to swimmers,” says Muenzer, a 1992 UT Hall of Famer. Though he was no stranger to long- distance swims, crossing the Channel proved an entirely new challenge.

The Maumee native now residing in Elgin, Ill., had to work his body to handle the swim — a yearlong process. He trained for up to four hours a day. He endured cold-water training in Lake Michigan and swam twenty-four miles across Tampa Bay. The entire time, Muenzer had great encouragement from his family and friends. “Without their support, I couldn’t have made the swim,” he says. “The physical part was easy. The tough part was missing family dinners and trying to balance my schedule. Most of my training started at four a.m. so that I could still be around my family as much as possible.” Muenzer departed for Dover, England, on July 9. He had to wait nine days before

the weather sufficiently cleared to attempt a crossing. The opportunity for which he’d waited so long was now upon him — with one little snag. He had to swim at night. “It was intimidating to think about,” he admits. Once on the beach, though, everything came together. He dove in, escorted by a boat. He fought through the waves crashing into the coastline, then encountered a new obstacle. “I was surrounded by hundreds of thousands of jellyfish,” he recalls. “I was stung about ten times in two minutes.” Muenzer used a broom pole from the boat to clear a path through the jellyfish. Finally, just before eleven the next morning — after thirteen hours and twelve minutes — he walked on the French shore at the Wissant beach and raised his arms in triumph. Though he says he has more swims he’d like to complete someday, there’s not much left for an encore: “My bucket list is empty. The English Channel is the pinnacle and nothing else can compare. Now I’m back to doing chores around the house.”

— Scott Miles, athletic media relations

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Tomato worms are on notice. If they heave one green leg over a blushing orb in the bountiful vegetable garden of Beth Martin (Pharm ’79) and Garry (Pharm ’77, MBA ’85) and Diane Saccone (Pharm ’77), “we smash them, burn them or throw them in the street away from vegetation,” says Diane. The threat might be grisly, but it’s pesticide-free. That’s because the large-scale plot in Whitehouse, Ohio, that the “farming pharmacists” have cultivated, planted, tended and harvested for thirty years remains a testament to successful organic growing. Bugs and weeds are

Pharmacy alumni staying rooted

eradicated by hand, fertilizer comes in part courtesy of the ducks, chickens, peacocks, donkeys, goats and llamas owned by Beth’s husband, Lance — the garden is a small part of the Martins’ century-old hundred-acre farm that their son, Wes, farms commercially. “I met Beth in the late 1970s,” Diane says. “We worked together and got to talking about gardening. She invited me out to her dad’s farm, now here it is thirty years later. Some people go to their cottages on weekends; Garry and I come here.” “The neighbors call them the share-croppers,” Beth notes. “Diane and Garry

Garry and Diane, neighbor Shannon Ballenger (who names all the farm animals) and Beth.

would come out and help my dad in his big garden. When my parents passed away, they just kept coming out. “It is work, but we make it fun. We have meals together, we cook outside, we do our canning outside, we share everything.” The yield is shared as well, and extends beyond the two families. “We don’t do this for profit, only to provide for ourselves and other families,” Diane says. Over-production is donated to local soup kitchens. “Sometimes we get too ambitious in what we grow, but that’s why we share.” “Dr. [Robert] Schlembach [UT professor emeritus of pharmacy] instilled the service factor in us,” Garry says. “He held pharmacists up to that higher standard. And besides, this is fun. We just took ten or eleven dozen ears of corn down to Salem Lutheran Church in the old Riverside Hospital neighborhood. We picked them Sunday morning and they’ll be serving them tonight in their community kitchen.” The benefits are more than edible, Diane says: “You sit in the field and weed. It’s really peaceful after working in a hospital all week.” Beth agrees: “I’ll come down in the middle of an afternoon and I’ll just weed. The breeze is blowing, the birds are singing and it’s just so calming.” Brewmeister Garry has his own vegetable-based recipe for calm: “Next year I’ll make pumpkin ale again.”

What in the world are you doing?Your UT Alumni Association is interested in what you’ve been up to since graduation. Information about births, marriages, new jobs and recent promotions, and educational or professional accomplishments is published in Toledo Alumni Magazine.

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English Channel crossing proved life’s dreamHe lost 35 pounds. He endured freezing temperatures. He sacrificed countless hours away from his family. He battled through waves and jellyfish attacks. In the end, John Muenzer (Bus ’83) could proudly say that he was one of the few to successfully swim the English Channel. “What Mount Everest is to climbers, the English Channel is to swimmers,” says Muenzer, a 1992 UT Hall of Famer. Though he was no stranger to long- distance swims, crossing the Channel proved an entirely new challenge.

The Maumee native now residing in Elgin, Ill., had to work his body to handle the swim — a yearlong process. He trained for up to four hours a day. He endured cold-water training in Lake Michigan and swam twenty-four miles across Tampa Bay. The entire time, Muenzer had great encouragement from his family and friends. “Without their support, I couldn’t have made the swim,” he says. “The physical part was easy. The tough part was missing family dinners and trying to balance my schedule. Most of my training started at four a.m. so that I could still be around my family as much as possible.” Muenzer departed for Dover, England, on July 9. He had to wait nine days before

the weather sufficiently cleared to attempt a crossing. The opportunity for which he’d waited so long was now upon him — with one little snag. He had to swim at night. “It was intimidating to think about,” he admits. Once on the beach, though, everything came together. He dove in, escorted by a boat. He fought through the waves crashing into the coastline, then encountered a new obstacle. “I was surrounded by hundreds of thousands of jellyfish,” he recalls. “I was stung about ten times in two minutes.” Muenzer used a broom pole from the boat to clear a path through the jellyfish. Finally, just before eleven the next morning — after thirteen hours and twelve minutes — he walked on the French shore at the Wissant beach and raised his arms in triumph. Though he says he has more swims he’d like to complete someday, there’s not much left for an encore: “My bucket list is empty. The English Channel is the pinnacle and nothing else can compare. Now I’m back to doing chores around the house.”

— Scott Miles, athletic media relations

class notes

44 Toledo Alumni Magazine | Winter 2010 www.toledoalumni.org

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Reply to an Eviction Notice: Selected Poems(Bottom Dog Press, 2009) Robert Flanagan (A/S ’65)

The physiognomy of Flanagan’s poems might find echoes in his Irish ancestors and the rough-street Toledo of his youth, both summoned up in his work. His language is deft, sometimes even soft, momentarily hiding the flinty bone and corded sinew underneath, until shards pop out with an anger that will not be denied. There’s lurking violence in his poems — not surprising given the author’s love of boxing — but as well tenderness he doesn’t shrink from. Sixty-five selected poems; whatever your age, you’ll find something of yourself here. These are the poems of a man who has come through. Admit him, admit him.

— CN

Whiskey with a Twist(Midnight Ink, 2009) Nina Wright (Univ Coll ’79, MEd ’83, MA ’88)

The film Best in Show made dog show parodies popular, and Wright offers her take in the fourth installment of the Whiskey Mattimoe series. This book finds Whiskey and dog Abra in Indiana’s Amish country for an Afghan hound show, where she and her pooch serve as the special guests and examples of “worst in show.” It’s not long before the bullets fly, the bodies pile up and the supporting cast of characters from Michigan arrives to help Whiskey solve the mystery. The title lives up to its name; be prepared for twists and shake-ups with series regulars, building to a surprise revelation that will affect Whiskey’s life forever.

— Deanna Woolf, Office of University Marketing

The Custer Conspiracy(Author House, 2009) Lorin Lee Carey, professor emeritus of history

That darn loose cannon George Armstrong Custer, still stirring passions more than a century after dying with his boots on at Little Big Horn. Cary displays his historian’s eye and his apparent hankering for the life of a gumshoe in this rattling good tale about (of all things) a history professor who stumbles onto what could be the find of a professional lifetime: a mysterious journal with damaging revelations about General Custer. The leather-bound grail is also being hunted by rabidly pro-Custer militia members and by a group of Cheyenne with their own agenda (nice to see characters who are so passionate about history). Entertaining mix of menace, comedy and plot twists — Custer, I’m betting, would love it.

— CN

class notes

44 Toledo Alumni Magazine | Winter 2010 www.toledoalumni.org

biblio-files


Rocket Pride Stylewith

For stylish University of Toledo merchandise and gifts

visit us online at utoledogear.com

Reply to an Eviction Notice: Selected Poems(Bottom Dog Press, 2009) Robert Flanagan (A/S ’65)

The physiognomy of Flanagan’s poems might find echoes in his Irish ancestors and the rough-street Toledo of his youth, both summoned up in his work. His language is deft, sometimes even soft, momentarily hiding the flinty bone and corded sinew underneath, until shards pop out with an anger that will not be denied. There’s lurking violence in his poems — not surprising given the author’s love of boxing — but as well tenderness he doesn’t shrink from. Sixty-five selected poems; whatever your age, you’ll find something of yourself here. These are the poems of a man who has come through. Admit him, admit him.

— CN

Whiskey with a Twist(Midnight Ink, 2009) Nina Wright (Univ Coll ’79, MEd ’83, MA ’88)

The film Best in Show made dog show parodies popular, and Wright offers her take in the fourth installment of the Whiskey Mattimoe series. This book finds Whiskey and dog Abra in Indiana’s Amish country for an Afghan hound show, where she and her pooch serve as the special guests and examples of “worst in show.” It’s not long before the bullets fly, the bodies pile up and the supporting cast of characters from Michigan arrives to help Whiskey solve the mystery. The title lives up to its name; be prepared for twists and shake-ups with series regulars, building to a surprise revelation that will affect Whiskey’s life forever.

— Deanna Woolf, Office of University Marketing

The Custer Conspiracy(Author House, 2009) Lorin Lee Carey, professor emeritus of history

That darn loose cannon George Armstrong Custer, still stirring passions more than a century after dying with his boots on at Little Big Horn. Cary displays his historian’s eye and his apparent hankering for the life of a gumshoe in this rattling good tale about (of all things) a history professor who stumbles onto what could be the find of a professional lifetime: a mysterious journal with damaging revelations about General Custer. The leather-bound grail is also being hunted by rabidly pro-Custer militia members and by a group of Cheyenne with their own agenda (nice to see characters who are so passionate about history). Entertaining mix of menace, comedy and plot twists — Custer, I’m betting, would love it.

— CN

in memoriam


1930sEvelyn R. (Lumm) Buss (Bus ’35), Ottawa Hills, July 21 at 95.Marian Girkins, Toledo, att. 1936-1940, Aug. 10 at 91. Carl R. Hatker, Temperance, Mich., att. 1936-1938, Aug. 4 at 92. **Emma Lou (Hauck) Luscombe (A/S ’36), Holland, Aug. 26 at 94. Pi Beta Phi member. *Theron L. Hopple MD (A/S ’38), Toledo, June 30 at 92. Downtown Coaches Association past president.**Joseph H. Siemens, Lambertville, Mich., att. 1938-1941, Oct. 17 at 90. Lettered in football 1939 and 1940. Dorothy A. (Sanzenbacher) Bolton (A/S ’39), Elyria, Ohio, Aug. 5 at 91. Psi Chi Phi member.Kathryn Dressler (Ed ’39, MEd ’54), Houston, Sept. 6 at 93.Betty A. (Gear) Markis, Perrysburg, att. 1939-1941, Aug. 20 at 88.

1940sBetty M. (Costin) Bowman, Perrysburg, att. 1940-1942, Sept. 29 at 86. **Abel F. Cartwright (Ed ’40), Jasper, Mich., Sept. 9 at 91. *Robert F. Kelley (Bus ’40), Chula Vista, Calif., July 3 at 92.*Joan (Wright) Loehrke, Toledo, att. 1940s, July 15 at 87. Ruth M. (Roulet) Wolfgang (A/S ’40), Toledo, July 10 at 90.*Elizabeth C. (Schmitt) Spencer (Ed ’41), Maumee, Sept. 2 at 89. Delta Delta Delta, Psi Chi, Peppers member.Ann K. (Monahan) Ferstle (Ed ’43), Toledo, Sept. 5 at 88.George L. Beakas, Toledo, att. 1945-1947, July 18 at 84. **Robert G. Brace (Bus ’45), Mount Dora, Fla., July 22 at 89.Daniel J. Kosakowski Sr., Toledo, att. 1945-1947, Aug. 11 at 86. Ann Maria (Watkins) Wassermann, Toledo, att. 1946-1948, Aug. 30 at 81. Rocket Club member.Jayne Burmeister, Toledo, att. 1947-1949, July 20 at 79. Rev. George M. Koerber (Eng ’47), The Villages, Fla., July 5 at 85.*Jay C. Fryman (A/S ’48), Huntsville, Ala., July 11 at 88. James E. Orwig (Eng ’48), Newark, Ohio, June 15 at 87.Douglas K. Bradford (Ass. Arts ’49, A/S ’56), Livonia, Mich., Aug. 28 at 81. Former Collegian editor. *Robert E. Lee (Eng ’49), Toledo, Aug. 15 at 87.John E. Miligan (Pharm ’49), Toledo, Aug. 2 at 90. Robert W. Oram (A/S ’49), Austin, Texas, July 24 at 87.John C. Purdue (Law ’49), Ottawa Hills, Oct. 7 at 88. *Carl R. Trompeter (Bus ’49), Toledo, Aug. 8 at 85.Jean N. (Nowicki) Whately (Ed ’49), Toledo, Sept. 11 at 82.

1950sRoy ”Bud” Becker (Ed ’50), Sylvania, Sept. 6 at 85.Juanita (Steward) Lloyd, Toledo, att. 1950s-1970s, Oct. 7 at 82. Started Zeta Phi Beta chapter at UT.*Henry L. Majka (Bus ’50), Toledo, Aug. 19 at 82. Tau Kappa Epsilon member.Norbert W. Zakolski (Bus ’50, Ed ’54), Shelby, Mich., Aug. 15 at 83.Richard H. Gear (Bus ’51), Cincinnati, Aug. 5 at 79.Paul C. Schoenfelt Jr. (Bus ’51), Toledo, Sept. 11 at 93. *Ruth (McIntosh) Sturtz (Ed ’51), Venice, Fla., July 5 at 80.Lois M. Kear (Ed ’54), Sylvania, Sept. 27 at 82. *Marilyn S. (Rerucha) Naveaux (Bus ’54), Perrysburg, July 11 at 76.William D. Pierson (Bus ’54, A/S ’58), Toledo, Aug. 10 at 77.**Gerald T. Rabideau (Bus ’54), Toledo, July 27 at 77.Edgar D. Gibson, Toledo, att. 1955-1959, Sept. 20 at 76. Ronald L. Black (Eng ’56), Tallmadge, Ohio, Aug. 8 at 81. Robert L. Mattison (Ed ’56), Louisville, Ky., Sept. 10 at 75. William E. Worden (Bus ’56), Toledo, July 28 at 74.*Donald F. Byam (Bus ’57), Defiance, Sept. 28 at 77. Donald R. Harris (MEd ’57), Toledo, Sept. 11 at 87.Duane E. Wamsley (Ed ’57, MEd ’64), Elk Lake, Mich., Sept. 29 at 75. Marianne (Szasz) Burgos (A/S ’58), Sylvania Twp., Oct. 10 at 81. *Frank C. Quinn (Bus ’58), Sylvania, July 24 at 73.Evelyn J. Johnston (Bus ’59, MA ’79), Toledo, Oct. 10 at 72. Chi Omega member. Longtime UT English instructor.Henrietta (Raufer) Materni (Ed ’59), Mulberry, Fla., Aug. 17 at 72.

1960sDoris L. (Cummings) Ayling EdD (MEd ’60, EdD ’66), Toledo, Sept. 8 at 79. Phi Kappa Phi member. Robert H. (Eble) Mohr (Ed ’61), Toledo, Aug. 26 at 75. Daniel R. Pountney (Bus ’61), Lutz, Fla., July 3 at 73.Paul Zirkel (Eng ’61), Mount Joy, Pa., Aug. 28 at 71. *Eleanor (Downey) Danaher (Ed ’62, MEd ’67), Sylvania Twp., June 24 at 96. Delta Kappa Gamma member.Paul T. Kerwin (Eng ’62), Westlake, Ohio, Aug. 23 at 69.Susan J. (Bellows) Wallace (MEd ’62), Fairhope, Ala., Sept 21 at 93. Norman J. Orzehowski Sr. (UTCTC ’63), Toledo, July 5 at 67.Robert E. Smith (Ed ’63, MEd ’68), Toledo, Aug. 31 at 68. Alpha Phi Alpha member.

Robert E. Barkman, Toledo, att. 1964-1971, Leland, N.C., Aug. 4 at 63. *Robert Brundage PhD (Eng ’64), Toledo, July 7 at 66.Harold L. Pauly, Toledo, att. 1964-1968, July 8 at 64.**John A. Hage (A/S ’65), Sylvania, July 8 at 65. Pi Kappa Alpha member.Carma Christine Fulghum (Ed ’65, MEd ’80), Toledo, Oct. 11 at 69. Edward E. Skinner (A/S ’65), North Bend, Wash., Aug. 17 at 88. Louis C. Peters (Eng ’66, MEng ’68), Toledo, July 11 at 66.Parker M. Seymour MD (A/S ’66), Chestnut Hill, Pa., July 28 at 66. *John F. Blair (A/S ’67), Toledo, Sept. 23 at 66. **Alverna J. (Gayman) Hentges (Ed ’68), Toledo, Aug. 23 at 79. Lawrence I. Hill Jr. (Eng ’68), Wooster, Ohio, June 27 at 63. Pi Kappa Alpha, Tau Beta Pi member.Rosemary E. (Roach) Lemke (Ed ’68, MBA ’71), Toledo, Oct. 3 at 85.Steven C. Schnitkey, Archbold, Ohio, att. 1968-1972, Sept. 5 at 59. Lettered in UT football 1969, 1970, 1971, made all-MAC 1970, 1971.Richard P. Croy Jr. (Eng ’69), Lewis Center, Ohio, Oct. 15 at 62. **Ann O. (Benda) Pleiss (Ed ’69), Indianapolis, Aug. 14 at 93. Howard M. Smith (Ed ’69), Toledo, July 2 at 64. Alpha Epsilon Pi member.Jan K. Teague (Law ’69), Holland, July 5 at 72.*Gerald R. Welter (Ed ’69, MEd ’71), Monclova Twp., Oct. 6 at 62.

1970sTom Dalton (Bus ’70), Toledo, July 6 at 62. Charles Gedert (MEd ’70), Tarpon Springs, Fla., July 22 at 75.Ronald R. Achenbach (UTCTC ’72), Toledo, July 13 at 65.Mayumi Kishore (Bus ’72), Greenville, N.C., July 11 at 59.Carol A. Sattler (Ed ’72), Toledo, Oct. 2 at 59. Ophelia P. Banks (UTCTC ’73), Toledo, June 29 at 90.Thomas J. Boehk Sr. (Ed ’73, MEd ’76), Lake Placid, Fla., Aug. 8 at 63.Doris J. Fontaine-Gibson (MEd ’73, Ed Spec ’76), Maumee, Aug. 16 at 66. Rita B. (Kult) Kunisch (Ed ’73), Berkey, Ohio, May 9 at 86.Claude A. Como (UTCTC ’74), Parma, Ohio, Aug. 26 at 64. Leo T. Hanley (Univ Coll ’74), Swanton, June 30 at 79.Mary Ann Flowers PhD (Ed ’75), Canton, Ohio, Dec. 7, 2008 at 54. Connie L. (Palenske) Tompkins (Ed ’75), Toledo, Aug. 3 at 55. Sadie L. (Fleming) McKinney (UTCTC ’76), Toledo, July 9 at 70.Charles G. Andrews (Law ’79), Dayton, May 9 at 55. Kappa Alpha Psi member.**Rose M. Hughes (UTCTC ’79), Toledo, Aug. 23 at 73.

1980s*Nadine E. (Stroud) Dunkley (UTCTC ’80, UTCTC ’82), Toledo, July 13 at 88.Thomas F. Hamilton (Pharm ’80), Copley, Ohio, April 21 at 57.Carol (Rud) (Werner) Marshall (Law ’80), Washington, D.C., Sept. 21 at 56. **Jacqueline (Erwin) (Sauve) Outland (Univ Coll ’80), Toledo, June 29 at 65. She was a trustee of the UT Alumni Association and president of the University College Affiliate.Edward G. Kachmarik (MEd ’81), Oregon, July 10 at 67.Nancy J. (Miller) Whitney (UTCTC ’81), Delta, Ohio, Sept. 13 at 49. Michael O. Kelleher (Bus ’83), Toledo, July 18 at 57.Michael R. Schramm (Ed ’83), Toledo, July 18 at 49. *George J. Burton (Eng ’84), Toledo, June 26 at 54.**Ernest A. Prado (Bus ’84), Maumee, Oct. 3 at 64. *Raymond J. Zomkowski (UTCTC ’84), Toledo, Aug. 18 at 80. Bruce K. Brown (Univ Coll ’85), Lucas, Ohio, July 29 at 61.Marcus K. Harvey (A/S ’86), Toledo, Aug. 22 at 47. Dallas M. Stevenson (Univ Coll ’86), Temperance, Mich., July 28 at 76.Marsha R. (Robinson) Wortman (UTCTC ’86, Ed ’94), Toledo, Aug. 10 at 57.Karen S. Cleveland (Law ’87), Columbus, June 20 at 48. James E. Durfee (Bus ’87), Ottawa Hills, July 12 at 45.Ruth M. (Rofkar) Gulas (Law ’87), Catawba Island, Ohio, Aug. 8 at 71.David L. Lapinski (UTCTC ’87), Toledo, Sept. 13 at 51. Patti A. Eaglin (A/S ’89), Toledo, July 1 at 54.Paul M. Yankovich (Bus ’89), Kent, Ohio, Sept. 12 at 42.

1990sRandall Fretwell (MBA ’92), Monroe, Mich., July 10 at 60.Dorothy (Braun) Zurheide (Univ Coll ’92), Pittsburgh, Aug. 11 at 87. Arlington-Bancroft Society. William E. Smithers (Univ Coll ’93), Fowlerville, Mich., July 1 at 42.Jodi L. (Michel) Francis (Ed ’94, MEd ’04), Toledo, Sept. 20 at 37. John P. Swaile (UTCTC ’96), Toledo, Aug. 24 at 47.Michelle L. Butler (A/S ’97), Sandusky, Aug. 27, 2008 at 36. Salwa M. (Abdouni) Salhi (Alsalhi) (Bus ’97), Columbus, May 16 at 38. Leslie M. Wunder (Univ Coll ’98), Springfield Twp., June 21 at 33.Abelardo Anzaldua (AHHS ’99), Millbury, July 1 at 55.Joette (Thomas) Oxner (UTCTC ’99, Univ Coll ’03), Toledo, Aug. 23 at 54.

2000sEmma (Floyd) Steward (Univ Coll ’00), Toledo, July 15 at 54. Ashley R. Parkman, Toledo, att. 2005-2007, July 8 at 22.Luann M. Cowden, Sylvania, a UT sophomore, Aug. 9 at 36.

Faculty, Staff & FriendsJean Armus (MEd ’76), Toledo, Aug. 15 at 77. A specialist in learning disorders, particularly dyslexia, she was testing coordinator of the Learning Disorders Unit at MCO’s Department of Pediatric Neurology in the 1970s.Mary K. Bellg (MEd ’64, Ed Spec ’72), Appleton, Wis., Sept. 27 at 92. From 1964, she taught at UTCTC, retiring in 1984 as professor emerita of general studies. Active in various councils, she was also coordinator for reading and study skills courses in continuing education. Nicholas G. Beresky, Perrysburg, who was head tennis coach in 1951, Aug. 24 at 85.William N. Berlincourt, Oregon, Ohio, who worked at UT from 1970 to 1989, retiring as groundskeeper, Aug. 22 at 83.Thelma B. Chaplin, Toledo, who worked more than two decades at MCO, retiring in 1988, Oct. 8 at 80. Paul Richard Day, Toledo, Sept. 23 at 81. He was a board trustee of the MCO Foundation from 1985 to 1993, also serving as vice chairman.Henry D. Dempsey, Toledo, UT custodian from 1975 to 1992, Oct. 7 at 80. E. Richard “Dick” Gregory PhD, who taught in the Department of English from 1967 until his 1998 retirement, Oct. 11 at 71. Author of the 1989 book Milton and the Muses. Elizabeth Gueli, Toledo, who worked from 1980 to 2003 in the Bursar’s Office and Student Accounts, July 6 at 85.Kapila Moonesinghe PhD, Toledo, assistant professor of engineering technology since August 2008, June 28 at 37.Jeanne A. Nellett, Toledo, MCO Admitting Department clerk from 1980 until her 1994 retirement, Aug. 2 at 86.*Milton A. Netter Jr. PhD (Law ’51), Monroe, Mich., Sept. 30 at 86. He joined UT in 1949 as an instructor of engineering mechanics, later, chair of the Industrial Engineering Department (1955) and professor (1969). As chair, he developed a stand-alone, accredited program. A member of Faculty Senate, he was named emeritus in 1984, retiring two years later.**Janet Northrup (Ed ’58, MEd ’60), Ottawa Hills, Oct. 4 at 73. She started as an instructor at the former UTCTC in 1963, then joined

the College of Business and was promoted to associate professor of secondary education/business in 1981. Named an Outstanding Teacher in 1976, honored as Ohio’s Business Educator of the Year by the Ohio Business Teachers Association in 1985, received the University Women’s Commission’s Outstanding University Woman Award in 1987. Former trustee of the UT Alumni Foundation. Pi Beta Phi member. Nancy E. Pass, Waterville, a clerical specialist who joined MCO in 1974 in the Med/Surgery Department, July 27 at 71. **James A. Pauwels (UTCTC ’75, A/S ’89), Toledo, nurse and coordinator for Nursing Services at MCO/MUO Hospital from 1980 until his 2001 retirement, Sept. 29 at 61. Margaret W. (Suszter) Pelish, Toledo, nursing aide at MCO for 18 years, Aug. 28. She retired in 1982.William E. Rose, Toledo, who donated his investment counseling expertise to many local organizations, July 15 at 67. He served on the Investment Committee of the UT Foundation and on the Finance Committee of the former MUO Foundation. He was also a part-time instructor for the College of Business Administration from 2001 to 2008.Roberta D. Toensing RN, Toledo, a staff nurse at MCO from 1987 to 1999, Aug. 7 at 63.Richard M. Webster, Toledo, a clarinetist who had eight albums with the Eastman Wind Ensemble to his credit and taught in the Department of Music for 38 years, Sept. 2 at 77. He came to UT in 1962 as an instructor, acting as department chair over the years. He was named emeritus in 1993, retiring in 2000. He played principal clarinet with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra and performed with the University Faculty Woodwind Quintet. Peggy Wheelock PhD, Omaha, Neb., who with her husband, Keith Johnson, was part of the then-Department of Biology, Feb. 14 at 63, of complications related to cancer. Wheelock came to UT in 1987 as an assistant professor, was promoted to associate in 1992 and professor in 1995. Her work on cell biology as it relates to cancer brought her a Research Development Award from the U.S. Army and entry into its Breast Cancer Research Program. She was named an Outstanding University Woman in 1995 and an Outstanding Researcher in 1997. She left UT for the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2001.Esther (Thompson) Young, Toledo, who worked at MCO Central Services, Sept. 30 at 73.Cheng-Tseng “Sam” Yu PhD, Ann Arbor, Mich., professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, July 29 at 92. He joined the faculty as an assistant professor in 1957, retiring in 1980.

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LifeLong, TransformaTionaL Learningfor You, Your Business, Your World

The University of Toledo College of Business Administration vigorously pursues its vision to be the premier learning partner for students and the business community, both regionally and globally. Among the progressive programs now offered in the new Savage & Associates Complex for Business Learning & Engagement are:

edward H. schmidt school of Professional sales is consistently recognized as one of the nation’s top sales schools (Ranked #1 by a DePaul University study). It provides high quality educational and training programs to enhance the world of business practice related to selling and sales management. Learn more at www.sales.utoledo.edu.

Center for family & Privately Held Business provides informational forums, affinity group roundtable discussions, networking, access to innovative learning tools and more to help family business owners and entrepreneurial businesses expand their horizons and become more competitive on a regional and global scale.

The aaCsB Post-Doctoral Bridge to Business Program is one of only five AACSB-endorsed locations in the world preparing experienced doctoral faculty from non-business disciplines for new careers as business faculty to help fill national faculty shortages.

To learn more, visit utoledo.edu/business

Member, Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) Recognized in Princeton Review Best 301 Business Schools, 2009-2010Ranked Excellent Business School by Eduniversal Palmes 2009

in memoriam


1930sEvelyn R. (Lumm) Buss (Bus ’35), Ottawa Hills, July 21 at 95.Marian Girkins, Toledo, att. 1936-1940, Aug. 10 at 91. Carl R. Hatker, Temperance, Mich., att. 1936-1938, Aug. 4 at 92. **Emma Lou (Hauck) Luscombe (A/S ’36), Holland, Aug. 26 at 94. Pi Beta Phi member. *Theron L. Hopple MD (A/S ’38), Toledo, June 30 at 92. Downtown Coaches Association past president.**Joseph H. Siemens, Lambertville, Mich., att. 1938-1941, Oct. 17 at 90. Lettered in football 1939 and 1940. Dorothy A. (Sanzenbacher) Bolton (A/S ’39), Elyria, Ohio, Aug. 5 at 91. Psi Chi Phi member.Kathryn Dressler (Ed ’39, MEd ’54), Houston, Sept. 6 at 93.Betty A. (Gear) Markis, Perrysburg, att. 1939-1941, Aug. 20 at 88.

1940sBetty M. (Costin) Bowman, Perrysburg, att. 1940-1942, Sept. 29 at 86. **Abel F. Cartwright (Ed ’40), Jasper, Mich., Sept. 9 at 91. *Robert F. Kelley (Bus ’40), Chula Vista, Calif., July 3 at 92.*Joan (Wright) Loehrke, Toledo, att. 1940s, July 15 at 87. Ruth M. (Roulet) Wolfgang (A/S ’40), Toledo, July 10 at 90.*Elizabeth C. (Schmitt) Spencer (Ed ’41), Maumee, Sept. 2 at 89. Delta Delta Delta, Psi Chi, Peppers member.Ann K. (Monahan) Ferstle (Ed ’43), Toledo, Sept. 5 at 88.George L. Beakas, Toledo, att. 1945-1947, July 18 at 84. **Robert G. Brace (Bus ’45), Mount Dora, Fla., July 22 at 89.Daniel J. Kosakowski Sr., Toledo, att. 1945-1947, Aug. 11 at 86. Ann Maria (Watkins) Wassermann, Toledo, att. 1946-1948, Aug. 30 at 81. Rocket Club member.Jayne Burmeister, Toledo, att. 1947-1949, July 20 at 79. Rev. George M. Koerber (Eng ’47), The Villages, Fla., July 5 at 85.*Jay C. Fryman (A/S ’48), Huntsville, Ala., July 11 at 88. James E. Orwig (Eng ’48), Newark, Ohio, June 15 at 87.Douglas K. Bradford (Ass. Arts ’49, A/S ’56), Livonia, Mich., Aug. 28 at 81. Former Collegian editor. *Robert E. Lee (Eng ’49), Toledo, Aug. 15 at 87.John E. Miligan (Pharm ’49), Toledo, Aug. 2 at 90. Robert W. Oram (A/S ’49), Austin, Texas, July 24 at 87.John C. Purdue (Law ’49), Ottawa Hills, Oct. 7 at 88. *Carl R. Trompeter (Bus ’49), Toledo, Aug. 8 at 85.Jean N. (Nowicki) Whately (Ed ’49), Toledo, Sept. 11 at 82.

1950sRoy ”Bud” Becker (Ed ’50), Sylvania, Sept. 6 at 85.Juanita (Steward) Lloyd, Toledo, att. 1950s-1970s, Oct. 7 at 82. Started Zeta Phi Beta chapter at UT.*Henry L. Majka (Bus ’50), Toledo, Aug. 19 at 82. Tau Kappa Epsilon member.Norbert W. Zakolski (Bus ’50, Ed ’54), Shelby, Mich., Aug. 15 at 83.Richard H. Gear (Bus ’51), Cincinnati, Aug. 5 at 79.Paul C. Schoenfelt Jr. (Bus ’51), Toledo, Sept. 11 at 93. *Ruth (McIntosh) Sturtz (Ed ’51), Venice, Fla., July 5 at 80.Lois M. Kear (Ed ’54), Sylvania, Sept. 27 at 82. *Marilyn S. (Rerucha) Naveaux (Bus ’54), Perrysburg, July 11 at 76.William D. Pierson (Bus ’54, A/S ’58), Toledo, Aug. 10 at 77.**Gerald T. Rabideau (Bus ’54), Toledo, July 27 at 77.Edgar D. Gibson, Toledo, att. 1955-1959, Sept. 20 at 76. Ronald L. Black (Eng ’56), Tallmadge, Ohio, Aug. 8 at 81. Robert L. Mattison (Ed ’56), Louisville, Ky., Sept. 10 at 75. William E. Worden (Bus ’56), Toledo, July 28 at 74.*Donald F. Byam (Bus ’57), Defiance, Sept. 28 at 77. Donald R. Harris (MEd ’57), Toledo, Sept. 11 at 87.Duane E. Wamsley (Ed ’57, MEd ’64), Elk Lake, Mich., Sept. 29 at 75. Marianne (Szasz) Burgos (A/S ’58), Sylvania Twp., Oct. 10 at 81. *Frank C. Quinn (Bus ’58), Sylvania, July 24 at 73.Evelyn J. Johnston (Bus ’59, MA ’79), Toledo, Oct. 10 at 72. Chi Omega member. Longtime UT English instructor.Henrietta (Raufer) Materni (Ed ’59), Mulberry, Fla., Aug. 17 at 72.

1960sDoris L. (Cummings) Ayling EdD (MEd ’60, EdD ’66), Toledo, Sept. 8 at 79. Phi Kappa Phi member. Robert H. (Eble) Mohr (Ed ’61), Toledo, Aug. 26 at 75. Daniel R. Pountney (Bus ’61), Lutz, Fla., July 3 at 73.Paul Zirkel (Eng ’61), Mount Joy, Pa., Aug. 28 at 71. *Eleanor (Downey) Danaher (Ed ’62, MEd ’67), Sylvania Twp., June 24 at 96. Delta Kappa Gamma member.Paul T. Kerwin (Eng ’62), Westlake, Ohio, Aug. 23 at 69.Susan J. (Bellows) Wallace (MEd ’62), Fairhope, Ala., Sept 21 at 93. Norman J. Orzehowski Sr. (UTCTC ’63), Toledo, July 5 at 67.Robert E. Smith (Ed ’63, MEd ’68), Toledo, Aug. 31 at 68. Alpha Phi Alpha member.

Robert E. Barkman, Toledo, att. 1964-1971, Leland, N.C., Aug. 4 at 63. *Robert Brundage PhD (Eng ’64), Toledo, July 7 at 66.Harold L. Pauly, Toledo, att. 1964-1968, July 8 at 64.**John A. Hage (A/S ’65), Sylvania, July 8 at 65. Pi Kappa Alpha member.Carma Christine Fulghum (Ed ’65, MEd ’80), Toledo, Oct. 11 at 69. Edward E. Skinner (A/S ’65), North Bend, Wash., Aug. 17 at 88. Louis C. Peters (Eng ’66, MEng ’68), Toledo, July 11 at 66.Parker M. Seymour MD (A/S ’66), Chestnut Hill, Pa., July 28 at 66. *John F. Blair (A/S ’67), Toledo, Sept. 23 at 66. **Alverna J. (Gayman) Hentges (Ed ’68), Toledo, Aug. 23 at 79. Lawrence I. Hill Jr. (Eng ’68), Wooster, Ohio, June 27 at 63. Pi Kappa Alpha, Tau Beta Pi member.Rosemary E. (Roach) Lemke (Ed ’68, MBA ’71), Toledo, Oct. 3 at 85.Steven C. Schnitkey, Archbold, Ohio, att. 1968-1972, Sept. 5 at 59. Lettered in UT football 1969, 1970, 1971, made all-MAC 1970, 1971.Richard P. Croy Jr. (Eng ’69), Lewis Center, Ohio, Oct. 15 at 62. **Ann O. (Benda) Pleiss (Ed ’69), Indianapolis, Aug. 14 at 93. Howard M. Smith (Ed ’69), Toledo, July 2 at 64. Alpha Epsilon Pi member.Jan K. Teague (Law ’69), Holland, July 5 at 72.*Gerald R. Welter (Ed ’69, MEd ’71), Monclova Twp., Oct. 6 at 62.

1970sTom Dalton (Bus ’70), Toledo, July 6 at 62. Charles Gedert (MEd ’70), Tarpon Springs, Fla., July 22 at 75.Ronald R. Achenbach (UTCTC ’72), Toledo, July 13 at 65.Mayumi Kishore (Bus ’72), Greenville, N.C., July 11 at 59.Carol A. Sattler (Ed ’72), Toledo, Oct. 2 at 59. Ophelia P. Banks (UTCTC ’73), Toledo, June 29 at 90.Thomas J. Boehk Sr. (Ed ’73, MEd ’76), Lake Placid, Fla., Aug. 8 at 63.Doris J. Fontaine-Gibson (MEd ’73, Ed Spec ’76), Maumee, Aug. 16 at 66. Rita B. (Kult) Kunisch (Ed ’73), Berkey, Ohio, May 9 at 86.Claude A. Como (UTCTC ’74), Parma, Ohio, Aug. 26 at 64. Leo T. Hanley (Univ Coll ’74), Swanton, June 30 at 79.Mary Ann Flowers PhD (Ed ’75), Canton, Ohio, Dec. 7, 2008 at 54. Connie L. (Palenske) Tompkins (Ed ’75), Toledo, Aug. 3 at 55. Sadie L. (Fleming) McKinney (UTCTC ’76), Toledo, July 9 at 70.Charles G. Andrews (Law ’79), Dayton, May 9 at 55. Kappa Alpha Psi member.**Rose M. Hughes (UTCTC ’79), Toledo, Aug. 23 at 73.

1980s*Nadine E. (Stroud) Dunkley (UTCTC ’80, UTCTC ’82), Toledo, July 13 at 88.Thomas F. Hamilton (Pharm ’80), Copley, Ohio, April 21 at 57.Carol (Rud) (Werner) Marshall (Law ’80), Washington, D.C., Sept. 21 at 56. **Jacqueline (Erwin) (Sauve) Outland (Univ Coll ’80), Toledo, June 29 at 65. She was a trustee of the UT Alumni Association and president of the University College Affiliate.Edward G. Kachmarik (MEd ’81), Oregon, July 10 at 67.Nancy J. (Miller) Whitney (UTCTC ’81), Delta, Ohio, Sept. 13 at 49. Michael O. Kelleher (Bus ’83), Toledo, July 18 at 57.Michael R. Schramm (Ed ’83), Toledo, July 18 at 49. *George J. Burton (Eng ’84), Toledo, June 26 at 54.**Ernest A. Prado (Bus ’84), Maumee, Oct. 3 at 64. *Raymond J. Zomkowski (UTCTC ’84), Toledo, Aug. 18 at 80. Bruce K. Brown (Univ Coll ’85), Lucas, Ohio, July 29 at 61.Marcus K. Harvey (A/S ’86), Toledo, Aug. 22 at 47. Dallas M. Stevenson (Univ Coll ’86), Temperance, Mich., July 28 at 76.Marsha R. (Robinson) Wortman (UTCTC ’86, Ed ’94), Toledo, Aug. 10 at 57.Karen S. Cleveland (Law ’87), Columbus, June 20 at 48. James E. Durfee (Bus ’87), Ottawa Hills, July 12 at 45.Ruth M. (Rofkar) Gulas (Law ’87), Catawba Island, Ohio, Aug. 8 at 71.David L. Lapinski (UTCTC ’87), Toledo, Sept. 13 at 51. Patti A. Eaglin (A/S ’89), Toledo, July 1 at 54.Paul M. Yankovich (Bus ’89), Kent, Ohio, Sept. 12 at 42.

1990sRandall Fretwell (MBA ’92), Monroe, Mich., July 10 at 60.Dorothy (Braun) Zurheide (Univ Coll ’92), Pittsburgh, Aug. 11 at 87. Arlington-Bancroft Society. William E. Smithers (Univ Coll ’93), Fowlerville, Mich., July 1 at 42.Jodi L. (Michel) Francis (Ed ’94, MEd ’04), Toledo, Sept. 20 at 37. John P. Swaile (UTCTC ’96), Toledo, Aug. 24 at 47.Michelle L. Butler (A/S ’97), Sandusky, Aug. 27, 2008 at 36. Salwa M. (Abdouni) Salhi (Alsalhi) (Bus ’97), Columbus, May 16 at 38. Leslie M. Wunder (Univ Coll ’98), Springfield Twp., June 21 at 33.Abelardo Anzaldua (AHHS ’99), Millbury, July 1 at 55.Joette (Thomas) Oxner (UTCTC ’99, Univ Coll ’03), Toledo, Aug. 23 at 54.

2000sEmma (Floyd) Steward (Univ Coll ’00), Toledo, July 15 at 54. Ashley R. Parkman, Toledo, att. 2005-2007, July 8 at 22.Luann M. Cowden, Sylvania, a UT sophomore, Aug. 9 at 36.

Faculty, Staff & FriendsJean Armus (MEd ’76), Toledo, Aug. 15 at 77. A specialist in learning disorders, particularly dyslexia, she was testing coordinator of the Learning Disorders Unit at MCO’s Department of Pediatric Neurology in the 1970s.Mary K. Bellg (MEd ’64, Ed Spec ’72), Appleton, Wis., Sept. 27 at 92. From 1964, she taught at UTCTC, retiring in 1984 as professor emerita of general studies. Active in various councils, she was also coordinator for reading and study skills courses in continuing education. Nicholas G. Beresky, Perrysburg, who was head tennis coach in 1951, Aug. 24 at 85.William N. Berlincourt, Oregon, Ohio, who worked at UT from 1970 to 1989, retiring as groundskeeper, Aug. 22 at 83.Thelma B. Chaplin, Toledo, who worked more than two decades at MCO, retiring in 1988, Oct. 8 at 80. Paul Richard Day, Toledo, Sept. 23 at 81. He was a board trustee of the MCO Foundation from 1985 to 1993, also serving as vice chairman.Henry D. Dempsey, Toledo, UT custodian from 1975 to 1992, Oct. 7 at 80. E. Richard “Dick” Gregory PhD, who taught in the Department of English from 1967 until his 1998 retirement, Oct. 11 at 71. Author of the 1989 book Milton and the Muses. Elizabeth Gueli, Toledo, who worked from 1980 to 2003 in the Bursar’s Office and Student Accounts, July 6 at 85.Kapila Moonesinghe PhD, Toledo, assistant professor of engineering technology since August 2008, June 28 at 37.Jeanne A. Nellett, Toledo, MCO Admitting Department clerk from 1980 until her 1994 retirement, Aug. 2 at 86.*Milton A. Netter Jr. PhD (Law ’51), Monroe, Mich., Sept. 30 at 86. He joined UT in 1949 as an instructor of engineering mechanics, later, chair of the Industrial Engineering Department (1955) and professor (1969). As chair, he developed a stand-alone, accredited program. A member of Faculty Senate, he was named emeritus in 1984, retiring two years later.**Janet Northrup (Ed ’58, MEd ’60), Ottawa Hills, Oct. 4 at 73. She started as an instructor at the former UTCTC in 1963, then joined

the College of Business and was promoted to associate professor of secondary education/business in 1981. Named an Outstanding Teacher in 1976, honored as Ohio’s Business Educator of the Year by the Ohio Business Teachers Association in 1985, received the University Women’s Commission’s Outstanding University Woman Award in 1987. Former trustee of the UT Alumni Foundation. Pi Beta Phi member. Nancy E. Pass, Waterville, a clerical specialist who joined MCO in 1974 in the Med/Surgery Department, July 27 at 71. **James A. Pauwels (UTCTC ’75, A/S ’89), Toledo, nurse and coordinator for Nursing Services at MCO/MUO Hospital from 1980 until his 2001 retirement, Sept. 29 at 61. Margaret W. (Suszter) Pelish, Toledo, nursing aide at MCO for 18 years, Aug. 28. She retired in 1982.William E. Rose, Toledo, who donated his investment counseling expertise to many local organizations, July 15 at 67. He served on the Investment Committee of the UT Foundation and on the Finance Committee of the former MUO Foundation. He was also a part-time instructor for the College of Business Administration from 2001 to 2008.Roberta D. Toensing RN, Toledo, a staff nurse at MCO from 1987 to 1999, Aug. 7 at 63.Richard M. Webster, Toledo, a clarinetist who had eight albums with the Eastman Wind Ensemble to his credit and taught in the Department of Music for 38 years, Sept. 2 at 77. He came to UT in 1962 as an instructor, acting as department chair over the years. He was named emeritus in 1993, retiring in 2000. He played principal clarinet with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra and performed with the University Faculty Woodwind Quintet. Peggy Wheelock PhD, Omaha, Neb., who with her husband, Keith Johnson, was part of the then-Department of Biology, Feb. 14 at 63, of complications related to cancer. Wheelock came to UT in 1987 as an assistant professor, was promoted to associate in 1992 and professor in 1995. Her work on cell biology as it relates to cancer brought her a Research Development Award from the U.S. Army and entry into its Breast Cancer Research Program. She was named an Outstanding University Woman in 1995 and an Outstanding Researcher in 1997. She left UT for the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2001.Esther (Thompson) Young, Toledo, who worked at MCO Central Services, Sept. 30 at 73.Cheng-Tseng “Sam” Yu PhD, Ann Arbor, Mich., professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, July 29 at 92. He joined the faculty as an assistant professor in 1957, retiring in 1980.

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LifeLong, TransformaTionaL Learningfor You, Your Business, Your World

The University of Toledo College of Business Administration vigorously pursues its vision to be the premier learning partner for students and the business community, both regionally and globally. Among the progressive programs now offered in the new Savage & Associates Complex for Business Learning & Engagement are:

edward H. schmidt school of Professional sales is consistently recognized as one of the nation’s top sales schools (Ranked #1 by a DePaul University study). It provides high quality educational and training programs to enhance the world of business practice related to selling and sales management. Learn more at www.sales.utoledo.edu.

Center for family & Privately Held Business provides informational forums, affinity group roundtable discussions, networking, access to innovative learning tools and more to help family business owners and entrepreneurial businesses expand their horizons and become more competitive on a regional and global scale.

The aaCsB Post-Doctoral Bridge to Business Program is one of only five AACSB-endorsed locations in the world preparing experienced doctoral faculty from non-business disciplines for new careers as business faculty to help fill national faculty shortages.

To learn more, visit utoledo.edu/business

Member, Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) Recognized in Princeton Review Best 301 Business Schools, 2009-2010Ranked Excellent Business School by Eduniversal Palmes 2009

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