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Sculptors’ art gives shapeto personal expressions

Finding the wordsAlumni, faculty, and students share theirgifts and strengths to help people withhearing and language disorders.

Reconstructing Annie Irish

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Dear Alumni and Friends,I write to you from my new favorite town and adopted

college. The light outside is uncharacteristically bright onthe leafless trees in the Oak Grove, making the DelmarArch stand out even more against a pale blue sky. Moreimportant than the weather, however, is what is happen-ing beneath those trees, inside the Arch doorways, andelsewhere on campus.

Have you ever tried to take control of your calendarand track how you spend your time? What if you did that

for a college? It is trickier, but makes therichness of college life stand out in highrelief. Is a day at Wooster efficient? Notnecessarily. Is it life-changing? Not byitself. Is it vast, complex, intricate, personaland effective? Absolutely!

On an early morning at Wooster’s ScotCenter, we may see English professorLarry Stewart pumping iron, while on theother side of the balcony, tennis teammembers hone their backswings.

We find a first-year seminar class insession with geology professor Mark

Wilson, with a dozen students clustering around a con-ference table in Scovel Hall talking about the popularityof the pseudosciences; across campus, political sciencesprofessor Angie Bos discusses the meaning of citizenshipin the writings of Alexis deTocqueville.

At lunch, history professor Katie Holt gathers with herIndependent Study students to discuss their progresswhile, off campus, a Wooster student observes children ata local elementary school playground for her sociology I.S.on gender differences in play.

That afternoon finds chemistry professor Paul Edmistondemonstrating the use of chemistry equipment in instru-mental analysis. Students in physics professor Don Jacob’selectronics laboratory program robots and watch themperform complex tasks while students in biology professor

Laura Sirot’s natural history of the invertebrate lab visitnearby Fern Valley to explore mollusks.

Hours later, the Moot Court team (a national power-house) is taking over five Kauke classrooms to practicetheir oral arguments. The practice sessions are fast andfurious, the guest judges tough, and the intensity high.

Meanwhile, conversations on other topics are keepingstudents engrossed during a lively student governmentmeeting, which the leaders are attending despite the con-flict with the Wilson Lecture that night, given by alumnusJeffrey Keefer ’74, retired chief financial officer and execu-tive vice president at The DuPont Company.

Some students take a break after this, sitting next to thefire in Lowry, while others, with finals just around the corner,head to the Andrews Library to plug in—to laptops as wellas lecture notes.

Students disband soon after for sleep, for more study inthe quiet corners of Taylor or the Wired Scot, or to listen totheir friend on the College radio station.

All this happens in just one day because of the heart-felt passion faculty feel for their students and their ownacademic lives, the care I.S. advisers have for their mentees,the leadership skills that coaches strive to impart to theirscholar-athletes, the guidance that resident directorsprovide even when their students are unaware of thosetutored moments, and the donors, alumni, parents andfriends who together make the spirit of Wooster come alivewith such distinction and sense of place. It wells from thecampus like an ambiance that says “come, learn, be a partof the family, and grow.”

A special place indeed. I hope you enjoy reading aboutit and always feel welcome on campus—your campus—where the Arch still stands as a symbol for the power andcomplexity of learning.

LAURIE HOUCKvice president for developmentand alumni relations

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Process intrigues, involvesWooster communityLast semester, printmaking students created large relief

prints to illustrate diversity as part of an event sponsored byEmbracing Our Differences Ohio. Working with MarinaMangubi, associate professor of art and chair of the art andart history department, and Emily Sullivan, adjunct professorof studio art, the 13 students first chiseled images intoblocks of fiberboard.The blocks were covered with Japanese paper for the first

rolling, and then with muslin fabric, and were pressed by anoversized printing press—a 12-ton steamroller— courtesy ofBogner Construction Company. The parking lot became astudio, and a crowd gathered.The prints were then dried and exhibited in the MacKenzie

Gallery. Muslin prints were given to Embracing our Differencesfor use in traveling displays.The printmaking media was chosen because of its pop-

ulist history and the collaboration required when creativeminds work together. “During this process, our students hadto learn to deal with one another’s differences and some-how find common ground,” said Sullivan.

Oversized relief prints illustrate diversity

PHOTOS : Karol Crosbie and Matt Dilyard

HAPPENINGS AROUND CAMPUS O a k G r o v e


College receives grantsThe Clare Boothe Luce Program of the Henry Luce

Foundation awarded the College a four-year, $200,000 grant tosupport female science majors pursuing research in the physicalsciences. The grant allows the College to provide four scholarseach year with two years of research support, including stipendsduring the academic year and the summer, funds for researchexpenses, and travel to conferences. The students also will teamwith faculty to serve as counselors and mentors to high schoolgirls interested in science, through existing Wooster programssuch as B-Wiser and Expand Your Horizons.

Paul Bonvallet, associate professor of chemistry, hasreceived a three-year, $65,000 research grant from theAmerican Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund for aproject involving a molecular container that can encapsulateand release smaller molecules by opening and closing, inresponse to light.

The first I.S. MondayIn the last issue, we asked for information on the history of I.S.

Monday, the celebratory day on the first Monday following springbreak, when Independent Studies are due to the registrar. Here’swhat we learned from Beth Irwin Lewis ’56.“On a rainy cold March day, a week before I.S. Monday in

1989, Glenn Bucher, then dean of faculty, and Beth IrwinLewis, his assistant, decided that Tootsie Rolls were not asufficient celebration for the seniors’ great day. We racedaround making arrangements—finding a drummer (AndyLewellen ’91) and posting campus-wide invitations to gatherat the Kauke arch when the registrar's office closed. Glennand a few other faculty members donned academic dress;Andy marched around campus announcing the event; a jubi-lant crowd gathered, and we all marched (danced!) acrossBeall Avenue to the Underground, where refreshments andentertainment planned by Richard Figge and Larry Stewartcreated an exuberant celebration.”

Mark Gooch ’90, a librarian at the College, remembers that1989 was also the first year for the “I Did It!” buttons and that theNew York Times covered the first parade with the now-famousheadline, “Agony, then Ecstasy: End of Senior Thesis.”

Author, students share“a song sung by many”Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat was the fea-

tured speaker of the College’s 2011 Wooster Forum, andthe author whose book was assigned to first-year studentsover the summer as part of First-Year Seminar. Studentsdiscussed Danticat’s Brother, I’m Dying, a memoir that tellsthe interwoven stories of Danticat’s father, who emigrated tothe United States, and her uncle, a Baptist minister, whoremained in Haiti and raised Danticat until she was 12,when she joined her parents in Brooklyn. In 2004, amidstunrest and fighting in which his church was destroyed, the81-year-old uncle came to the U.S., seeking temporary asy-lum. He died in the custody of Immigration and CustomsEnforcement officials.Students were asked to write an essay reacting to the book,

and, as tradition dictates, exemplary student writers were chosento share a meal with Danticat. Edmund Shi ’15 was one of 10students so honored. The following is an excerpt from his essay:

“Countless other countries as well as Haiti are facing thesame troubles, and the United States has been struggling foryears to make their lives better. This causes even more peopleto have to make the hard choice of abandoning their memories

and suffer heavylosses for the sake ofbetter living. My fami-ly itself has the sameties.They grew up inthe communist-domi-nated China, andthey also had toleave behind goodmemories so theycan get better educa-tions and employ-ment opportunities inthe United States.Edwidge’s story iswhat I call a ‘songsung by many.’”

Award-winning author Edwidge Danticatshares a word with Edmund Shi ’15.PHOTO : Matt Dilyard



O a k G r o v eHAPPENINGS AROUND CAMPUS O a k G r o v e


Wooster is America’s premier college formentored undergraduate research.Wooster competes—for students, faculty, and philanthropic

support—against hundreds of outstanding colleges in a globalmarketplace, and the stakes of that competition are high.President Grant Cornwell notes that Wooster’s vision

statement— “To prosper as a distinguished liberal arts college…andto enjoy a reputation that reflects our achievements” requires thatthe College more effectively differentiate itself from its competi-tors. “We must become not just more widely known,” he says, “butknown for something specific, distinctive, and compelling.”What is that something? Simply this: Wooster is America’s

premier college for mentored undergraduate research. Thepositioning statement makes a bold claim, says Scott Friedhoff,vice president for enrollment and college relations, but it is onethat generations of alumni know is true, through personal expe-rience. Higher education administrators throughout the countryagree. For the past 10 years, when U.S. News & World Reportasked college presidents and deans to identify schools withoutstanding undergraduate research opportunities and seniorcapstone programs, only two schools made both lists everyyear: Wooster and Princeton.The benefits that flow from this distinguishing feature are of

primary importance to prospective students and their families,says Friedhoff. When Wooster students participate in mentoredresearch, they develop independent judgment, creativity, project-and time-management skills, self-confidence, and strong writtenand oral communication skills—precisely the abilities valued byemployers and graduate programs.“I.S. is such an important part of a Wooster education,” says

Friedhoff, “but the words ‘Independent Study’ alone don’t tell thestory to someone unfamiliar with Wooster. We wanted to focus onthe core of what happens at Wooster and what we do best, but inlanguage that’s less likely to be confusing. We think ‘America’spremier college for mentored undergraduate research’ does that.”The “premier” statement is one of three key messages that the

College is using to communicate with prospective students, fami-lies, and other audiences.

New core message drives College’s positioning strategy

The College’s integrated marketing strategy uses many avenues.PHOTO : Karol Crosbie


Says Friedhoff: “As a newcomer to campus who hasworked or consulted at a dozen different colleges over my30-year career, I can tell you that the way students supportone another, the combination of terrific traditions, creativecleverness, and a profound sense of pride on this campus isabsolutely incredible and creates an environment that somany students desire. And the city of Wooster is a remark-able asset. It’s large enough to have a rich mix of business-es, from high tech, to health care, to the arts, and theinternship opportunities they provide. It also has a vibrantdowntown with great coffee shops, restaurants, bookstores,and specialty shops. Yet it’s small enough to be safe andeasy to get around in.”Development and alumni staff, coaches, faculty, the Board

of Trustees, and the Alumni Board have been briefed on thenew strategy, and campus communicators have joined forcesto produce consistent print and electronic messages. Theorchestrated effort and clear message has been well receivedby parents and prospective students, say admissions staff.

How you can help“Alumni are our secret weapon!” says Scott Friedhoff. Here’s

how you can help to ensure that the country’s best students knowabout Wooster, and that Wooster knows about them:1. Write letters of recommendation: “We receive more than5,000 applications for the 550 spots in the first-year class,” saysFriedhoff, “and one of the most important things our alumni cando is help us sort through that pile by writing letters of recom-mendation for students they know.”

2. Communicate the College’s message to friends andneighbors.

3. Participate in college fairs and other admissions events asAlumni Admissions Advocates. For more information, go tohttp://woosteralumni.org, or contact Landre McCloud at 330-263-2110.

4. Share your positive College experience on Facebook:www.facebook.com/CollegeofWooster.


Wooster is America’spremier college formentored undergraduateresearch.

There is a spirit here that isdistinctively Wooster:creative, clever, confident,friendly, serious about whatmatters, but utterly unpreten-tious.

Our home—the City ofWooster—is a vibrant com-munity of 26,000 with astrong, diversified economy, athriving downtown, and easyaccess to outdoor recreation.

Wooster’score messages

“I.S. is such an important part of a Woostereducation, but the words ‘Independent Study’alone don’t tell the story to someone unfamiliarwith Wooster. “ . . . Scott Friedhoff, vice presidentfor enrollment and college relations

Independent Study means intense, one-on-one mentoring from faculty members. Here, NancyGrace, professor of English and women’s, gender and sexuality studies, works with a student.PHOTO : Ryan Donnell


WOOSTER ALUMNI ACTIVITIES A l u m n i N e w s

William Chapman ’55, History and Theology in the Bookof Order: Blood on Every Page; Witherspoon Press, 1999.

William Chapman ’55, Finding Christ in the Book ofOrder; Witherspoon Press, 2003.

William Chapman ’55, Mission Symphony; WitherspoonPress, 2004.

William Chapman ’55, Distinctively Presbyterian;Witherspoon Press, 2006.

William C. Chittick ’66, In Search of the Lost Heart:Explorations in Islamic Thought; State University of NewYork Press, 2012.

Dan Cryer ’65, Being Alive and Having to Die; St. Martin’sPress, 2011. (named one of the Top Ten Books onReligion and Spirituality for this year by Booklist)

Michael Dever ’79, Jackass Investing: Don’t do it. Profitfrom it, Ignite Publications, 2011.

Cameron Flint ’97, To Secure to Themselves andTheir Countrymen an Agreeable and Happy Retreat:The Continuity of Scottish Highland Mercenary Traditionsand North American Outmigration; VDM Verlag, 2008.

Ron L. Kuntz ’72, The Awakening of Adam; TatePublishing Company, 2011.

Joe Mortenson ’63 (co-authored), Field Guide to MarineMammals of the Pacific Coast; University of CaliforniaPress, 2011.

Betsy Bartter Muller ’81, Energy Makeover—A ConsciousWay to Stay Young, Have Fun and Get More Done!Motivational Press, Inc., 2011.

Recent books byWooster alumni authors

If you have news of a book published in the lastfew years, let your class secretary know, or contactus directly at [email protected].

David B. Ogle ’65 (co-authored), The Legislative Branch ofState Government: People, Process, and Politics; ABC-CLIOPublishing, 2007.

James A. Pope ’64, Supply-Chain Survival in the Age ofGlobalization; Business Expert Press, 2011.

Rebecca Powell ’71, Straight Talk: Growing as MulticulturalEducators; Peter Lang Publishing, 2001.

Rebecca Powell ’71 (co-authored), Toward a Literacy ofPromise: Joining the African American Struggle;Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 2008.

Rebecca Powell ’71 (co-authored), Literacy for All Students:An Instructional Framework for Closing the Gap; Routledge, 2011.

Yalman Onaran ’91 Zombie Banks: How Broken Banks andDebtor Nations Are Crippling the Global Economy, Wiley, John& Sons, 2011.


A lumn i News


New Alumni Board membersThe Alumni Board welcomed its newest members, who began

their three-year terms in July 2011. From left, bottom row: DavidGilliss ’80, the Board’s president-elect, is an attorney in Timonium,Md.; Ryan Burgess ’93 is senior vice president of Fifth Third Bankin Columbus, Ohio; Angela Massoni Kates ’97 is vice president ofinternal communications at AFLAC U.S. in Columbus, Georgia;Sangram “Sam” Sisodia ’77 is professor of neurosciences anddirector of the Center for Molecular Neurobiology at The Universityof Chicago; Karen McCleary Lockwood ’72 is a business anddiversity consultant with The Lockwood Group, LLC in Washington,D.C.; Meris Mandernach ’01 is collection management librarian atJames Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va.; Don Custis ’58, inNeptune Beach, Fla., has retired from executive positions withUnited Way Boards and as a Presbyterian pastor.

Distinguished Alumni Award nominationsYou, more than anyone, know alumni who exemplify

Wooster’s dedication to excellence and commitment to service,and who have distinguished themselves in their professionalcareer, service to humanity, or service to Wooster. To nominatean alumna or alumnus for a Distinguished Alumni Award, go tohttp://woosteralumni.org/award and submit by July 1, 2012.

PHOTO : Matt Dilyard

When were you last on campus? Has itbeen five, 10, 25, or even 50 years?However long it may have been, it’s

not too soon to begin thinking about yourreturn to The College of Wooster for AlumniWeekend, June 7-10, 2012.

Reunion committees are well on their wayto planning a wonderful experience for you andyour classmates; mark your calendar and planto join us. This is also the time to considermaking your reunion gift. Reservation materialswill be sent in April and will also be availableonline at that time. The registration deadline isMay 30, 2012.

PHOTO : Matt Dilyard

ALUMN I WEEKEND

Mark your calendar: June 7-10for Alumni Weekend

ALUMNI BOARD NEWS




C O M M U N I C A T I O N S C I E N C E S A N D D I S O R D E R S

The College of Wooster’s unique programhas launched many successes.

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With two faculty members, one clinical supervisor, and approximately 40 majors,

Communication Sciences and Disorders is a small but mighty major in the College’s

Department of Communication. Students study both auditory and language disorders,

and receive four semesters of clinical experience in the College’s Freedlander Speech

and Hearing Clinic, a hands-on opportunity almost unheard of in an undergraduate

program. � Alumni of the program have a myriad of diverse professional opportunities

available to them, and the field is growing. “I’ve been in the field for 40 years,” says

Doug Hicks ’71, “and I feel continual confirmation that my work has allowed me to

share my gifts and strengths. I’ve never looked back.” �

S t o r y b y K A R O L C R O S B I E



ome communications sciences and disorders majors choose to attend Wooster because

of the unique opportunities afforded by its Speech and Hearing Clinic. But an equal

number are hooked by Communication 141, which fulfills a history and social sciences

requirement dubbed “Learning Across the Disciplines” and is taken by many students

exploring options in the communication department. (The course is also a favorite of

the two CSD professors who teach it. “I won’t say we fight over it,” says Professor Donald

Goldberg,“but . . let’s just say we love teaching Intro.”)

HOOKED!COMMUNICATION 141 :INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATIONSCIENCES AND DISORDERS (CSD)}

Professor Joan Furey asks students in her intro class to experiencetalking with an artificial larynx.

On a November morning, the class is in full swing, this semester under thetutelage of Professor Joan Furey. With Socratic facility, Professor Fureyengages students in a fast-paced conversation, peppered with “What do youthink?” and “Bingo! You’ve got it!” The breadth of the class, which covers dis-orders related to hearing, speech, and language, is huge. “We cover a new dis-order almost every day,” says Furey.On this day, Professor Furey uses slides, audiotapes, and a unique exercise

to teach about people who must function without a larynx (or voice box).She passes around an artificial larynx and asks each student to silently moutha few words, with the device pressed to their necks. The students’ words—buzzy but discernable—illustrate a key concept: Speech is not produced byjust one organ (even if the organ is named the voice box) but occurs whenorgans function together.Jeremy Ludemann, a sophomore, is one of those students who was hooked

by Comm. 141. “I took it to fill a time slot, and I fell in love with the disci-pline,” he says. “It’s unusual for a liberal arts college to offer a CSD major, butit makes good sense, because it’s so multidisciplinary.” Ludemann, one of onlythree males in the current group of majors, is particularly interested in dialectsand accents and hopes to study abroad next year.“Dr. Goldberg is one of the best professors I’ve ever had,” says Ludemann.

“And Dr. Furey is incredibly sensitive to the fact that we students are an aca-demic work in progress.”

Although the general public may think of deafness as the inability to hear any soundat all, professionals in the field use the word to describe a broad range of hearing loss.Here is the definition the U.S. federal government uses:Deafness means a hearing impairment that is so severe that the child is impaired in

processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification, thatadversely affects a child’s educational performance.

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INDEPENDENTSTUDIES

The CSD major offers a richtrove of research topics.Here are a few examples:

� For her junior I.S., Elizabeth Striegl ’12, advised byDonald Goldberg, researched training strategies fortherapists and parents of children who receivedcochlear implants in both ears, at different times. Shecreated a poster summarizing her results, and itreceived a blue ribbon from an international sympo-sium on cochlear implants. For her senior I.S., she isresearching the amount of post-cochlear implanttherapy and information available to adults, whom shecalls a “neglected population.” Striegl is planning toattend graduate school for a doctorate of audiologyprogram (Au.D.) and hopes to continue for a Ph.D.

� For her senior I.S., Elizabeth Beal ’12, advisedby Joan Furey, is researching the amount oftraining and information that faculty and staff atfour selected universities have about Asperger’ssyndrome. Beal, who works in the AdmissionsOffice, says she became interested in the topicbecause of the number of prospective studentsvisiting the College who mentioned that theyhad the disorder. Beal is planning to get herM.S. in speech language pathology and hopesto work in a hospital setting.


n 1963, as the College was planning its new communication building, administrators made

an unusual request. They asked the citizens of Wooster for ideas on how this new build-

ing, Wishart Hall, might benefit their community. Their idea—a facility to help diagnose

and treat people with speech and hearing disorders—struck a chord with College leaders;

such a facility would allow the College to combine service, teaching, and research. The

Freedlander Speech and Hearing Clinic, developed and supervised by one of the communication

department’s visionaries, the late Jim Rea, opened its doors in 1966.

THE FREEDLANDER SPEECHAND HEARING CLINIC

SERVING TO LEARN;LEARNING TO SERVE}

Forty-five years later, the clinic continues to fulfill its three-tiered role.Services to community members are free, and there is almost always a waitinglist of clients, says Laura Gregg, a licensed speech-language pathologist whosupervises and evaluates clinic interactions. In the early days, a foundationsupported the clinic’s free services, but now the College supports its expenses.Students majoring in communication sciences and disorders take four

semesters of clinic practicum. This unique opportunity, combined withIndependent Study, makes graduates highly competitive in graduate schooland in the employment marketplace, say faculty members and alumni.


{ above } Liz Benckart ’13 encourages two-and-a-half year-oldAvery to use specific words in their session together.



Jordan Bell ’13 works with 10-year-old Peter, a client who is having difficultyorganizing his words and making decisions about how many details to include inconversation . “He loves coming here,” says his mother. “So do I.”

Making a differenceBy mid-fall semester, the student clinical team of

Megan Keefe ’12 and Liz Benckart ’13 is comfortablewith their client, two-and-a half-year-old Avery and hermother, Courtney. Courtney was certain something wasn’tright with her daughter’s language development. “She justwasn’t talking; she’d make her needs known by yelling andpointing. The doctors wanted to wait until she was older,but I thought it was better to do something sooner, ratherthan later.”To the untrained eye, the two student clinicians seem

to be simply playing dolls with Avery. But they have spe-cific objectives.They want the little girl to say at least theinitial consonant and subsequent vowel in the words “bed,TV, couch, door, dresser, baby, potty, stairs, mom, dad,phone, and house.” Courtney is in the room with herdaughter, and her involvement is crucial to the therapy’ssuccess, says Gregg.

“ I went to two other places for therapy, but they didn’twant me to be in the room,” says Courtney. “This is thebest. I’ve already noticed a huge difference in Avery.”Like most student clinicians, Megan and Liz say they

are excited about the experience and their choice of major.Megan, who is doing her Independent Study on the abili-ty of nurses to feed babies with cleft palates, hopes towork in a hospital setting. Liz, who is interested in study-ing autism, wants to work in the public schools.“Students come out of the clinic bouncing with excite-

ment, saying, ‘This is what I want to do for the rest of mylife,’” says Gregg. “It’s one of the few programs where, asan undergraduate, you can see—through documentation,interaction, and transferring theory into practice—thatyou are making a difference. And who doesn’t want tomake a difference?”

“Students come out of the clinic bouncing withexcitement, saying, ‘This is what I want to dofor the rest of my life.’”{ — LAURA GREGG



t’s hard to find a better illustration of the

power of mentorship than the intersecting,

multigenerational stories of Jim Rea,Doug Hicks, Don Goldberg, and Stacey Lim.

CONNECTIONS THE POWER OF MENTORSHIP}

Jim Rea, the first director of the Freedlander Speech and HearingClinic, in 1971.Library Special Collections

� The story begins with the late Professor Jim Rea, who joinedthe College’s Communication Department in 1963 and becamethe first supervisor of the new Freedlander Speech and HearingClinic three years later. When first-year student Doug Hicks’71 wandered into the communication department in 1967,deeply interested in both science and psychology, Professor Reaintroduced him to the field that was the perfect marriage ofhis interests—communication sciences and disorders. “It waspivotal that Jim was my assigned freshman adviser; he wasengaging, student-oriented, and helped me begin to definewhat it means to be professional. He also helped me to seewhat it means to be a professor.”

� Don Goldberg, a graduate student in audiology andspeech-language pathology at the University of Florida in1985, remembered seeing a diploma from The College ofWooster on the wall of one his professors, Professor Hicks.So when an opportunity in the CSD major at Wooster lateropened up, upon the retirement of Professor Rea, Goldbergcalled up his old friend Doug Hicks, and asked, “What doyou know about Wooster?” Goldberg, who accepted the posi-tion at Wooster, recalls, “Doug couldn’t have been happierthat someone he knew and trusted would be taking over thelineage of his mentor, Jim Rea.”

� Don Goldberg first met two-year-old Stacey Lim ’01 whenher parents brought their deaf daughter to eastern Pennsylvania,where Goldberg was working at the Helen Beebe Speech andHearing Center; he was central to her progress in becoming ahearing, listening, and speaking person.When Lim was 15, sheand Goldberg were at a conference on hearing impairment, andshe remembers a speaker saying, “Children who are born deafwill never learn to speak or hear.” “Don and I looked at eachother and said, ‘That’s not true!’ That’s what motivated me togo into audiology and help other people,” says Lim. “I chose toattend Wooster because Don was on the faculty there, and Iknew he was a very strong auditory-verbal therapist. I wantedto go where the faculty would be supportive and I could learnthrough clinical experience.”

To read the unusual story of a 2011 alumnuswho is hearing impaired, go to pg. 55.



{ below } Hicks was part of a Cleveland Clinicteam that received international acclaim when itperformed the first human larynx transplant. Here,he looks at an endoscopic view of his own larynx.“If I ever come into work with laryngitis,” he says,“the staff gives me a very bad time.”

DOUG HICKS ’ 7 1

director of The Voice Centerand head of speech-language

pathology, The Cleveland Clinic

� The internationally acclaimed soprano is expected to bring

down the house in her upcoming performance at Severance

Hall with the Cleveland Orchestra.

� The lead singer of one of the hottest heavy metal bands to

visit Cleveland this year is responsible for a sold-out concert at

The Q.

� A beloved country and western singer is scheduled to

lead the national anthem in opening festivities of the

Cleveland Indians.

But the soprano has lost her ability to sing notes higher than

a middle C, the rock star can only whisper, and the country

singer’s croon has turned hoarse. Lucky for them, one of the

country’s leading specialists in treating professional performers’

voices is a stone’s throw away at The Cleveland Clinic.



n truth, Doug Hicks’ presence at the Clinic has nothingto do with luck, and everything to do with design.Hicks, who graduated from Wooster’s CSD program,fell in love with and began developing the performancevoice disorder subspecialty when he was working on hisPh.D. at Vanderbilt University near the nation’s countrymusic epicenter—Nashville. After 10 years in academia,

Hicks accepted an invitation from The Cleveland Clinic in1989 to develop its speech-language pathology program

“The voice is the barometer of our emotions.Tone, pitch, loudness, and resonance—they makeup our vocal fingerprint. When our voice goessouth, our self-concept suffers.”

— DOUG HICKS

and head its Voice Center. He couldn’t resist; once againhe would be located at a musical performance hub.“Some of these crises come to me and my talented

partners on a Friday afternoon at 5:00; the performer isscheduled to be at The Q at 8:00. They’ve waited thislong, and they’re not getting better,” says Hicks. “It’s avery high tightrope act. You can be a champ or a chumpin the blink of an eye.”But all evidence points to champ status for Dr. Hicks

more often than not. Adorning the Voice Center’s hall-ways are signed photos from dozens of stars—fromPavarotti to Wayne Newton. On Hicks’ office wall is agold record from the O’Jays, a thank you to their doc fortreating one of their lead singers. And once country singerLittle Jimmy Dickens thanked Hicks by name on nationalTV for his role in getting the star back on stage at TheGrand Ole Opry.But the Voice Center is not reserved for the rich and

famous. On the day that Wooster interviewed Hicks, hehad just received a call from a public school teacher whohad come to him for treatment because she was losing hervoice. “She was almost in tears,” he recounted. “She said,‘Everything’s working. I’m back. I can teach. I have stay-ing power. You’ve given me back my life.’”Hicks is daily reminded of the interplay between psy-

chology and the voice—a connection that attracted him toCSD when he was an undergraduate at Wooster. “Thevoice is a critical determinant of our self-concept and selfconfidence,” he says. “The voice is the barometer of ouremotions. Tone, pitch, loudness, and resonance—they makeup our vocal fingerprint. When our voice goes south, ourself-concept suffers.”Hicks, whose wife, Suzanne Raticheck ’71, brother Bob

’68, and children Carrie ’98 and Jonathan ’05 attendedWooster, has high praise for his alma mater, for the CSDprogram, and its Freedlander clinic. “The farther out intime we go, the more our affection and appreciation forthe College grows, because we see its value played out inlife experience and academic training.“Today, communication sciences and disorders faculty

and staff are changing the lives of students and lightingthem up to the good work that serves the greater commu-nity. It’s a high calling. It’s a wonderful calling.”

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on Goldberg credits a six-year-old with determining his professional path. As an under-

graduate at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., he volunteered at the nearby Helen Beebe

Speech and Hearing Center. “Robert was a listening, talking deaf kid who changed my

life. He was one of Beebe’s kids—one of the clients there—and I assumed that he was

the norm. It wasn’t until I went to graduate school that I understood that Beebe’s

kids—children who had been taught listening and speaking skills—were the exception.”

Goldberg went on to become a world leader in hearing lossassessment and rehabilitation using hearing aids and cochlearimplants. Today, implants are increasingly done on youngerchildren, and Goldberg’s specialty has become infants,preschoolers, and their parents.He calls the increased knowledge and understanding of

deafness and hearing loss a “sea change” compared to when hebegan in the field. But he also acknowledges that there ismuch work to be done. The cost of cochlear implants and thefact that surgery is required will prevent the process from everbeing as easy and as common as getting eyeglasses, he says.Sometimes resistance to change comes from members of

the deaf community, who consider sign language an essentialpart of their cultural and personal identity. Goldberg neithercriticizes nor blames the deaf culture perspective but teachesrespect and acceptance. In fact, the year he taught a first-yearseminar on biomedical ethics, he asked one of his students,Stacey Lim, to develop a position arguing why a deaf personshould not get a cochlear implant.When Goldberg was on the Wooster faculty from 1996-

2005, he was the only CSD faculty member. He remembers

(with feeling) the semester he advised 20 IndependentStudies. He left for five years to co-direct the cochlearimplant program at The Cleveland Clinic, and during thattime, the College’s communication department added anadditional tenure-track position to specialize in speech andlanguage pathologies. Goldberg returned to the College in2010 and maintains a part-time and summer appointmentat The Cleveland Clinic as a consultant to the Head andNeck Institute’s implant program. He is glad to be back atthe College, he says. “This really is a gem of a program—especially the Hearing Clinic and the Independent Studyprogram. It’s a very special place.”

{ above } Don Goldberg, Wooster professor of communication, teaching a200-level audiology course. Goldberg, who works with children and theirparents following cochlear implants (inset), is president-elect of the inter-national Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard ofHearing. “Some day I hope that when parents hear, “Your child is deaf,”the next words they hear are, “and he’s going to be great!”

DONALD M. GOLDBERG

professor of communication



he place was northeast Ohio, the time was

1979. The climate wasn’t great for young par-

ents who didn’t want to pursue a conven-

tional lip reading and sign language path for

their newborn, deaf daughter, but instead

wanted to teach her to speak and supplement her hearing.

{ right } Stacey Lim, who was born with almost no residual hearing,administers hearing tests to newborns at Akron City Hospital. Earlydetection and intervention is vital, she says.PHOTO: Larry Lawrence, Summa Health System

But in spite of doctors’ predictions that Stacey didn’t haveenough residual hearing to communicate aurally, Betty andCharlie Lim purchased hearing aids for their daughter whenshe was 11 months old. In the book,We Can Hear and Speak, byParents and Families of Natural Communication, Betty Limremembers the family’s early experiences:“When Stacey’s hearing aids arrived, we put them on her,

but she still could not hear.We called her.We banged pots andpans. No response.We sat on the kitchen floor and cried. AndStacey refused to wear her hearing aids, pulling them out andthrowing them on the floor 30 to 40 times a day (we just pickedthem up and put them back in her ears). We were so worriedabout her future that at times we could not function.”But a new therapeutic philosophy was emerging: With a

combination of amplification and intense instruction frominvolved parents, deaf children could hear and speak (see ThePower of Learning to Hear and Speak, next page). The Limsenrolled Stacey in the Helen Beebe Hearing Center, and bythe time she was in high school, she was not only in themainstream, she was a top student. She enrolled at TheCollege of Wooster to major in CSD, and at age 18 had acochlear implant. The implant allowed her to hear things shehad never heard before. “I love the musical, The Sound ofMusic,” says Stacey. “When the Reverend Mother sings‘Climb Every Mountain,’ and would reach high notes, it justfizzled out. I thought that was normal. After the implant, Irealized her voice doesn’t just end—it keeps on going!”For her Independent Study, Stacey researched what prompt-

ed people with severe hearing loss to make the decision to


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receive a cochlear implant. “They were asking the same kinds ofquestions that I asked, when I prepared to make my decision,”she says. “Wooster helped me answer my own questions.” Staceyand her adviser, Professor Don Goldberg, presented the researchat an auditory-verbal international conference.Following graduation, Stacey received a Fulbright Scholarship

grant to go to Germany (she had minored in German languageand literature) to interview individuals with hearing loss aboutthe support they receive in their decision to use spoken language.She received a doctorate of audiology (an. Au.D.) at theUniversity of Akron and is currently at Kent State University,where she will receive a Ph.D. in audiology this year. She isresearching how cochlear implants in both ears reduce theeffects of background noise on speech understanding. Shealso administers hearing tests to newborns at Akron CityHospital and teaches a class of 109 students at Kent State.“I love teaching,” she says. “I really like my students. This is

where I want to be—at a college and or university where I cancombine teaching and research.”

“They were asking the same kinds ofquestions that I asked, when I preparedto make my decision. Wooster helpedme answer my own questions.”{

— STACEY LIM


THE POWER OFLEARNING TO

HEAR AND SPEAK

When Charlie and Betty Lim were researching dif-ferent communication paths for their deaf daughter,they did an experiment: They used three different sen-tences and applied three different methods, to seehow long it took one-year-old Stacey to understandthem. When they used sign language, Stacey under-stood in two days; when they used lip-reading, shetook four weeks; when they used her residual hearingand hearing aids, she took three months—time spentinteracting intensively with her parents. But despite thetime it took to teach their daughter to hear and speak,the Lims were committed to the process, and Bettyresigned from her job as a dietician so she could workfull-time with Stacey.Stacey remembers her parents’ constant narration

of their everyday lives. “When we went to the grocerystore, my mom would say ‘We’re going to buy anapple; apples are red; apples grow on trees.’ Therewas constant attention to learning layers of meaning.”The Lims were so compelled by the reasons for

pursuing a listening/hearing life (auditory-verbal com-munication) for their daughter and others like her, thatthey co-founded the organization NaturalCommunication, Inc. (http://www.nciohio.com). Today,the idea has caught on, but when Stacey was born,there were few therapists who understood how toteach a deaf child to learn to listen and speak. The

Lims turned to a pioneering therapist, Helen Beebe,and to her Hearing Center, then in Easton, Pa.

KEY CONCEPTSProponents of auditory-verbal communication point

to these key concepts:

� Approximately 90 percent of what very youngchildren know about language and the world, theylearn incidentally, through overheard language thatoccurs at distances. “Time is precious and earlyintervention is critical in this early period,” saysDon Goldberg, professor of communications disor-ders at the College, who directed the HelenBeebe Center from 1992 to 1996.

� The part of the brain that processes languagethrough sound is different from the part thatprocesses through sight. If the hearing part of thebrain isn’t used, it doesn’t develop. In what waysdoes this affect overall development? Research isbeginning to give answers. For example, StaceyLim is part of a research team in the Kent StateUniversity psychology department that is compar-ing the reading skills of deaf children who havelearned language through their eyes (sign lan-guage) with that of children who have learnedlanguage with their ears, through cochlearimplants or hearing aids.



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“If people knew how hard I worked toget my mastery, it wouldn’t seem sowonderful at all.” —MICHELANGELO



oug McGlumphy’s sculpture represents anintersection of his many professional lives.Preparator at The College of Wooster ArtMuseum, adjunct faculty member and direc-tor of the Olin Art Gallery at Washingtonand Jefferson College in Washington, Penn.,and owner of the historic Hisrich HillsHouse Bed and Breakfast and ArtFarm—McGlumphy is architectural preservationist,artist, and educator.The idea for Regular Guy Monuments came

to McGlumphy when he and his family werevacationing in Washington, D.C. “I wasintrigued by the notion that our common his-toric figures were often elevated and memori-alized after feats of great bravery, leadership, orsacrifice. Although there are memorials in ournation’s capital to the bravery and feats of theordinary citizen in times of national conflict, Ifelt that little attention is made to the contri-bution of the regular guy on a daily basis,” saysMcGlumphy.Using salvaged building materials—asphalt

shingles, vintage linoleum, barn siding, fenceposts—McGlumphy used the iconic obeliskshape to honor and memorialize working classpeople. The four monuments mimic themajestic Washington Monument but take fulladvantage of playful double entendres. (A)spire,topped by a finial from a fence in Millionaire’sRow in Pittsburgh, speaks to the aspirations ofthe working class to greater wealth. Grounded

makes use of barn siding and a lightning rod.Resourceful is created with vintage householdmaterial—linoleum, casters, silverware, uphol-stery tacks, and an orange squeezer.

(A)spire is on permanent display atMcGlumphy’s home and B&B in northeastOhio. Eight years ago, McGlumphy and hiswife decided to share their 108 year-old familyfarm with the public and opened Hisrich HillsHouse, a vintage 1820 log house that theymoved onto the property and restored. Thecabin gives him the perfect opportunity to “payfor my addiction to architectural preservation,”says McGlumphy. Guests enjoy a slice of histo-ry, 130 acres of rolling countryside, and an artgallery, where the McGlumphys exhibit andsell work by local artisans.Guests never fail to ask about (A)spire,

says McGlumphy. “They easily understandits message.”

DOUG MCGLUMPHYRegular Guy Monuments

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2,329 other submissions from 39 countries.Her works have been sold throughout NorthAmerica and as far away as Hong Kong.Buchwald is inspired by the natural world

and the artistry of science—by the repetitionof shapes on macro and micro levels. “Tinyorganisms look like galaxies under the micro-scope, and a bug’s eye looks like a sculpture,”she says. “Whenever I want to express anemotion, it comes out as an expression ofnature: sorrow is rain, joy is an explosion ofhappily swimming microorganisms, anxiety isexposed nerves wrapped around themselves."“Nature—the bud of a plant, or a cell, or a

seedpod—is both organic and structurallycomplex. Likewise, my 3-D sculptures are bothmathematically complex and organic. Thisunion is fascinating to me.”

never thought I was remotely artistic,” saysAmyWierman Buchwald, an English major atWooster. “I’d spend hours in the art buildingwatching other people create and be amazed.”But when she found herself making intricateChristmas cards, sometimes spending a day ona single one, she acknowledged that making artwas her passion. She saw kilnworked glass in asmall gallery, fell in love, and knew she hadfound what she wanted to do.The ancient craft of fusing glass in a kiln and

shaping it with a mold has largely given way toglass blowing, but Buchwald was confident thatshe could independently learn the classic tech-nique. She also taught herself lampworking, inwhich a torch is used to shape glass. “I bought abook and through a lot of trial and error figuredit out. I probably endangered my life duringthe process!”Buchwald wanted more than a two-

dimensional shape that often results whenglass is molded. She created pieces that couldbe joined on an aluminum frame to formthree-dimensional orbs, ovals, and ellipses.Having a vision and then creating techniquesto serve it paid off. Her work has been exhib-ited in prestigious and competitive shows andhas received numerous awards. Most recently,Buchwald’sMagnified was chosen as one of100 works featured in the Corning Museumof Glass New Glass Review, beating out


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“Whenever I want to express an emotion, itcomes out as an expression of nature; sorrow israin, joy is an explosion of happily swimmingmicroorganisms, anxiety is exposed nerveswrapped around themselves.” — AMY BUCHWALD


rowing up in Cleveland’s inner city had a last-ing impact on Jason Lascu. An environmentthat he describes as harsh and adversarialinspired sculptures that reflect human frustra-tion, labor, introspection, and loneliness.Lascu, who majored in art at Wooster

and went on for an M.F.A. in sculpture atWashington State University, works in theNashville, Tenn. area as head preparator atTinney Contemporary gallery, art handler atThe Frist Center for the Visual Arts, andgallery director at Volunteer State CommunityCollege. His work has been shown in morethan 35 exhibits and has been purchased bycollectors throughout the U.S.Lascu searched for the perfect medium for

a long time. “I tried bronze, plaster, resin, dirt,and clay, and none of these materials capturedthe frail hopelessness I was looking for,” hesays. “Since 2004, I have used wax as my pri-mary medium; it illustrates the delicatefragility of the individuals I am trying to rep-resent.” In addition, he uses found objects inmetal and wood to adorn the figures.In April, Lascu’s new works will be on dis-

play at an exhibit at the Tinney Contemporary.The show, which Lascu will curate, featuresthe works of leading sculptors.

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“I think these ideas are accessible to most viewers. And the art ismemorable. That’s what’s important to me; if people leave witha memory, I think I’ve been successful.” — SARAH BIEMILLER

�BREATHBiemiller stiched together 120 cubes,each made of six squares of thin paper.She then inflated each cube with herown breath.



hese days, Sarah Curtis Biemiller’s profession-al life is more about nurturing other people’sart than about making her own. Her pastexperience as a creator of installation art,which often invites both the emotional andphysical participation of viewers, stands her ingood stead in her job with The Pew Centerfor Arts and Heritage, in Philadelphia. As asenior program associate for the Pew Center,she helps local artists and curators developtheir unique skills.Biemiller’s works remain part of the col-

lective and individual memories of the artcommunity. As an art major at Wooster, shestudied sculpture with Walter Zurko (whomshe dubs “One of my favorite teachers of alltime”), but it was in graduate school at TheUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, that shedeveloped a passion for installation art. “In anutshell,” she says, “installation art creates anenvironment for the viewer to walk through.”This type of art was the perfect medium forher other passion—making the invisible bothpresent and visible.For example, she illustrated the abstract

concept of distance with Breath, a piece thatprompted a New York Times reviewer todescribe Biemiller as the “artist best able tocarry out an attitude of buoyancy” in anational juried exhibition by the CreativeArts Workshop in New Haven, Conn.Using the same concept and technique she

used in Breath—dipping thread into wax—she created Miles Between, representing thedistance between herself and her father,made at a time when their relationship wasat odds. “We all understand a mile, but howmany of us can see a mile? It took about ayear to complete that piece, but therepetiousness of the work was cathartic.”Each mile stood seven feet tall in the

exhibit and transformed the space into aluminous cloud. It is unusual to sell installa-tion art, because unorthodox and temporarymaterials are often used, but a collector pur-chased 70 of the wax miles, said Biemiller.Another intangible concept that intrigues

her is human breath. “It’s invisible, but youdo it every day. If you had to think aboutbreathing every moment, you couldn’t do it.”For a piece installed in terminal B of thePhiladelphia airport and also at the PacificNorthwest College of Art (PNCA) inPortland, Ore., Biemiller stitched together120 cubes, each made of six squares of thinpaper. She then inflated each cube with herown breath, creating a meditative, nearlyweightless wall in the midst of the airport’shectic activity. For another piece at PNCA,she hung 3,000 pieces of 30-foot thread withsmall lead weights attached to the ends sothat they would respond to air currents cre-ated by viewers. “I remember at the opening,two people hugged and you could see thehug rippling through the piece.“I think these ideas are accessible to most

viewers,” she says. “And the art is memorable.That’s what’s important to me; if people leavewith a memory, I think I’ve been successful.”

SARAH BIEMILLER ’89Making the invisible visible

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a portrait of them in their relationshipwould be uniquely from me,” he says. Thesculpture was a semifinalist in a portraitcompetition sponsored by the SmithsonianNational Portrait Gallery, beating out morethan 3,000 other submissions. TheSmithsonian paid to have the sculptureshipped from Khalouf ’s home in SanFrancisco to his parents’ home inPittsburgh, where it now lives.

rew Khalouf, who received his Woosterdegree in vocal performance and an M.F.A.in acting from The American ConservatoryTheater (ACT), has accrued 15 years ofhighly acclaimed performance credentials—from light opera to Shakespeare. A dramateacher with ACT, Khalouf has worked withstudents who have a wide range of talents,including those with physical, mental, andsocio-economic challenges. During his twoyears as an actor, interpreter, and “voice” onnational tour with a deaf theater company,Khalouf taught deaf students in both spokenEnglish and American Sign Language.In other words, Khalouf can successfully

make his living in many ways. But the cre-ative gift closest to his heart is sculpture. “Ibegan sculpting about 15 years ago as a pri-vate kind of respite, and it has grown moreand more important to me, to the point thatmy acting and teaching work have almostbecome a means to support my sculpting.”His medium is eclectic and his ideas are

provocative, but a piece that recentlyreceived wide acclaim was a traditionallyrendered sculpture about a traditional sub-ject—love. Khalouf created Dolores andGeorge as a gift for his parents to commem-orate their 47 years together. “I’m not finan-cially in a place where I could provide themwith everything I would like, but I decided

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�DELORES AND GEORGEKhalouf’s sculpture of his parentswas a gift to them to commemo-rate their 47 years together.

“I began sculpting about 15 years ago as aprivate kind of respite.” — DREW KHALOUF

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Walter Zurko, professor of art, is known to many stu-dents who took a sculpture class at Wooster in the past 30years. An award-winning sculptor himself, Zurko hopes hisstudents leave with sharpened visual literacy, the ability todevelop their ideas, carry them out, exhibit them, andexplain them to others.

While many students arrive feeling confident aboutexpressing their ideas with two-dimensional art, adding athird dimension can be challenging, he says. “Adding depth,space, and gravity to art is huge. The viewer must be ableto walk around the piece—be physically involved with theart—without it falling apart or breaking down, both literallyand visually.”

It is essential to understand both the attributes and limi-tations of diverse materials—from cardboard, to string, toclay, says Zurko. “We begin studying sculpting materials bylooking at their evolution as artistic media. In the early 20thcentury, we see artists moving beyond the use of traditional“living” materials, like stone, wood, clay, plaster, and metal,and begin including new media, such as plastics, rubber,light, and found objects. More recently, materials includeevery day items like matchsticks and Styrofoam cups.

“Students are sometimes intimidated by the material; myrole is to help them trust their own capabilities.”

After students have completed an assignment, theyexhibit it in the uncluttered space in Ebert Hall’s MacKenzieGallery and explain it in a group critique to their classmates,who provide feedback. “How students present their art isas important as the work itself,” says Zurko. “It allows themto learn and express the language of art.”

WALTER ZURKOFrom cardboard to clay—teaching to trust

�Art major SeungRyong Riew ’14 discusses an upcoming assignment withProfessor Walter Zurko.

Students in Art 163, Introduction to Sculpture, work on their projects in thestudio in the basement of Ebert Art Center.

�Sophie Steck ’15, explains her project, “River,” to her classmates.

PHOTOS Karol Crosbie





n January 28, 1886, Professor Annie B. Irish canceled her

German classes in order to care for her younger sister, Mamie,

who had suddenly fallen ill with scarlet fever. It was the last

her students would see her. Two weeks later, Annie was dead,

a victim of the disease that soon also claimed Mamie.

In Annie, Wooster lost its first female faculty member, first

Ph.D. recipient, and one of its most dynamic advocates for

equal education for women. The world was also robbed of

Annie’s unpublished dissertation, lost in a fire that destroyed

the Irish home after the sisters’ deaths. Annie was 28 years old.

Annie’s death sparked an outpouring of emotion from the College community.Remembrances mourned the loss of Annie’s sweet and unassuming presence. In hischapel speech, President Scovel emphasized her “exquisite sense of propriety,” her“constancy in self-control,” and her “nature so refined by grace that the sources ofdisagreeable words…seemed to have been eliminated.” One faculty member wrote,“Her presence and counsel among the young women in our halls produced imperish-able impression for good.”This was the Annie remembered by those who knew her then—a kind, caring and

compliant young woman who worked tirelessly to pursue her dreams, yet never daredoverstep the boundaries of propriety. But this perception of her enigmatic characteronly scratches the surface of who she really was. Glimpses of a more complex AnnieIrish would not come until much later.



THE SEARCH FOR ANNIEn the early 1990s, Wendy Barlow ’74 setout to uncover the history of the Women’sAdvisory Board at the College. Throughher search, she stumbled across a diaryAnnie kept during the years just prior toher arrival at Wooster. Finally, we hadaccess to the girl behind the humble façade.

The Annie we find in her diary was witty, critical, andsometimes downright sarcastic. She was at times boredby her work, frustrated with her family, and fatigued byher constant stream of obligatory social engagements.She was human. Annie’s diary provides us with a moretextured view of her personality, one that questioned thestatus quo of the day and the very institutions she served.Annie was born in 1857 in Nebraska City, Neb. Her

father, O. H. Irish, was a diplomat, and his work tookthe family overseas, where they lived in Germany andFrance. These were Annie’s early teenage years, andthey proved to be a formative time. Annie returned toAmerica fluent in both German and French and deter-mined to master both of their literatures. But the needto help support her family led her to work rather thanstudy. The family moved to Washington, D.C., whereAnnie found work as personal secretary to Secretary ofthe Interior Carl Schurz, a position that had previouslybeen held only by men (she brushed off rumors of alove affair between herself and the Secretary). Annie’stalents allowed her to stretch the boundaries of her firstposition; she was soon translating state documents and

rubbing shoulders with Washington’s elite.During this period, Annie began her diary—a gift

from her father—that reveals the woman behind thediligent secretary and the dutiful daughter. Annie’soccupation meant that she was often in contact withcurrent and former U.S. presidents, high-ranking gov-ernment officials, and foreign correspondents (withwhom, of course, she could converse in their nativetongues). Yet the soft-spoken girl from Nebraska was farfrom star-struck by these engagements. Annie’s diarywearily chronicles her endless social responsibilities.“Still they came,” she writes, “short men, tall men, thinmen, fat men, men with brains and men without—Army and Navy officers, Justices of the court, senators,House members, officials, lawyers, and citizens withouta shadow of a title . . . the weather seems to be the mostfertile topic of conversation, and is murdered often.” Shewrites in exasperation at the “supremely ludicrous” fash-ion statements made by her peers, the obligation to offerfalse praise for another’s dreadful paintings (“landscapesin every degree of badness”), and even glimpses intopersonal quarrels in Congress. Annie may have had an“exquisite sense of propriety” on the outside, but whenno one was listening, she showed how she really felt.

A page fromAnnie Irish’s diary.

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Annie’s diary provides us with a moretextured view of her personality, one thatquestioned the status quo of the day andthe very institutions she served.



ANADVOCATE FORWOOSTER’SWOMEN

n 1881, University of Wooster presidentArchibald Taylor invited Annie to campus togive a lecture on French literature.Interestingly, Annie’s diary reveals that it wasduring this 10-day visit that she first recog-nized Wooster’s need to increase its supportfor women, relating a conversation she had

with a female student: “She lamented that there was noone here to advise the girls, to tell them kindly whenthey were doing unwise things and set them straight.I don’t know just what to think of the situation here.Something is needed to make co-education a success.”It wouldn’t be long before Annie became a leader in

these efforts. After returning to Washington, she wasadmitted to Johns Hopkins University as a “special stu-dent” (at the time, the university didn’t enroll women).That summer, at age 24, she accepted a position asprofessor of German language and literature at theUniversity of Wooster. Persistent illness dampenedAnnie’s excitement about the honor (“I look upon itwith fear and trembling,” her diary read the followingweek), but Dr. Taylor seemed highly confident thatAnnie was right for Wooster.Here, the window into Annie’s inner musings is

closed to us, as she threw herself into her work. Herlast diary entry was written the fall before she beganteaching at Wooster. She completed her studies inGerman and Anglo-Saxon the following year andwas awarded a Ph.D. from the University ofWooster, making her the first student to receive thehonor (although no one ever called her “Dr. Irish”).Annie’s German classes became some of the most pop-ular at the College and she soon was named chair ofthe modern languages department.Annie continued to advocate for female students at

Wooster. In 1883, she published an “Appeal to thePresbyterian Women of Ohio,” calling for funding forthe creation of “cottages” to house university women.“Gathered into cottage families,” Annie wrote, “ouryoung women would find themselves surrounded bythe essential elements of home.” Annie and other earlymembers of the Women’s Educational Association(predecessor of the Women’s Advisory Board) workedtirelessly to raise money for the fund, even setting up alemonade stand one year during commencement. ButAnnie would never see women’s cottages become a

reality; the doors of Hoover Cottage did not open until10 years after her death.

A SPIRITTHAT LIVES ONer personality and life are so intriguing thatit’s no surprise we keep trying, more than acentury later, to make sense of Annie.Christen Campbell Hall ’87 transcribedAnnie’s diary for her Independent Study,bringing Annie’s sometimes-illegible writingsto light.Wendy Barlow’s in-depth pursuit of

Annie gave us the original diary, and Barlow later wrotea play honoring Annie and other “spirits” of the Women’sAdvisory Board’s past. Annie’s portrait, painted to hangin Hoover Cottage, was discovered in storage inSeverance Gymnasium. It now watches over students inthe entryway of Timken Science Library. Barlow andProfessor of History Karen Taylor wrote a piece forWooster magazine in 1992 discussing the way Anniedefied 19th-century’s conceptions of womanhood.We have mythologized her character, interpreted,

and reinterpreted her life and work. Yet each of thesereconstructions is incomplete. As her diary shows us,Annie was not always the person she outwardlyseemed to be. The diary gives us a fleeting glimpse, butit, too, is fragmentary. The true Annie we will neverfully know.

“I don’t know just what tothink of the situation here.Something is needed to makecoeducation a success.”



he spirit of Annie Irish lives on today in the Women’s

Advisory Board, a 119-year-old organization commit-

ted to the well-being of the College’s female students.

As society’s definition of women’s “well-being” lurched

through eras of women’s suffrage, liberation, and the failure of the

Equal Rights Amendment, the Women’s Advisory Board remained

steadfastly gentle, gracious, and tasteful in the nature of its support.

The women of the Board, wrote Lucy Lillian Notestein in 1969,

“acted on the principle that whatever tends toward the development

of the woman of taste and background should be their interest and

their responsibility.” (from Wooster of the Middle West).

Supporting the women ofWooster for 119 years

T



Sometimes calling themselves the “Hooverites,” the girls at Hoover were close knit and loved their cottage. “HospitableHoover with its great curving porch and its wide fireplaces is every year twice flooded with the tears of its inmates—theyweep when they come because it is not home, and they wail when they leave because it has grown to be.” PHOTO 1916 Index


The purview of the Women’s Advisory Board (WAB) mightappear broad, but in 1894 it was telescoped into a compellingand immediate purpose:To furnish and beautify Hoover Cottage,the College’s first residence for women. Empowered by theCollege’s Board of Trustees, the WAB handled both policydecisions and the minutiae of gracious living. The girls, theydecided, would pay $2.75 a week (except for those living inthe southeast and tower rooms, who would pay only $1.50).Committees were formed to raise funds for silverware, china,carpets, linens, bedding, and furniture. The parlor and recep-tion hall would be a memorial to Annie Irish.The WAB remained a significant force after Hoover

Cottage’s first tenants arrived in January 1896, serving as akind of collective dean. They supervised the cottage’s matronand regularly reported to the College’s governing board. Theywere a strong voice behind the need for a dean of women andwere instrumental in hiring Winona Alice Hughes ’91 forthe post. Upon Dean Hughes’ arrival in 1912, the WABrelinquished many of its administrative duties.In the beginning, fund-raising was accomplished mostly

through calls and visits to the administrative offices of thePresbyterian Church. But over the years, the WAB createdfund-raising events that were as gracious as their mission,including the Invest in Girls Candlelight Tea, Alpen Fest,

and today’s 35-year-old MayFest Benefit Brunch.If more than a century ago Advisory Board members

understood that young girls arriving on campus might feelforlorn, today’s approximately 40 members similarly intuitthat the College’s international students could use their help.For the past 44 years, the WAB has hosted a picnic to welcomeinternational students, and for the past 11 years has hostedan international graduation reception; recently they beganco-hosting the event with the Center for Diversity andGlobal Engagement. Since 1974, the WAB has held a dinnerfor women student leaders. In earlier years it was held inmembers’ homes and is now held in the President’s house.The main purpose of current fundraising (over the past two

years the WAB raised $53,000) is to support student scholar-ships and grants. Thirteen of the 20 scholarships are endowed,and many honor friends and members of the Wooster family,including Annie Irish, 1882, Helen and Harold Arnold, AlvaBailey, Jean “Bunny” Bogner ’42, Elizabeth Hazlett Buchanan,Jean Waterbury Howlett, Barbara Burkland Landes ’41, Albert1891 and Gordon McGaw ’22, Helen Hoover Secrest ’14,Norman Wright ’47, Vi Startzman ’35, Shirley Snider Ryan’35, Jennifer Kay Blair ’89, Marge Hoge ’47 and Larry Hoge’49, Everett Thomas Burnard, Stanley R. Welty Sr. ’24, andStanley R. Welty, Jr.

�Built in 1895, Hoover Cottagewas the College’s first campushousing for women students andwas built at the urging of AnnieIrish, the College’s first femaleprofessor. The Women’s AdvisoryBoard took over the furnishing anddecoration of the cottage and, formany years, served as a kind ofcollective dean of women. TheCottage housed women studentsfor 65 years.

�During their fall 2011 meeting, members of the Women’s Advisory Board met at theLibrary’s Special Collections to view historic Board materials. Here, executive members

Sue Mathur (left) and Mary Beth Henthorne laugh over WAB minutes from April 9, 1907:“We, the undersigned do hereby petition the Advisory Board to amend the rule which states

that ‘all visitors must be entertained in the guest room’ so that exception can be made to theaforementioned in cases when some girls have guests at the same time.’”



Cheryl Isaacson Gooch ’88, who grew up in the British educational systemin Hong Kong, Thailand, and Bangladesh, was very clear about where shedidn’t want to go to school: England. She heard about Wooster from familyfriends who were Presbyterian missionaries and applied for a scholarship

from the Women’s Advisory Board (WAB). She had never before seen the Collegewhen she arrived in 1984. The first member of her family to go to college, Gooch saysshe knows it wouldn’t have been possible without financial support from the WAB.

A former Women’s Advisory Board scholarshiprecipient is now a Board member

CHERYL GOOCH ’88

Women’s Advisory Board member Cheryl Gooch ’88 knows frompersonal experience how it feels to be helped by the group.


“Our passion iscommitment toscholarship and

supporting our inter-national students.”

CHERYL GOOCH ’88

Gooch married her college sweetheart, Mark Gooch ’90,now a librarian at the College, and went on for a degree insocial work. A social worker at the Wayne County Board ofDevelopmental Disabilities, she joined the WAB sevenyears ago. “I always thought of the Board as a quiet groupof ladies who work diligently behind the scenes. I had noidea until I joined them how much work they actually do,”she says. “Our passion is commitment to scholarship andsupporting our international students. Because they have nofamilies close by, we try to give them extra TLC, welcom-ing them into the community when they arrive and sayinggoodbye when they leave.”The Board’s services have expanded since Gooch was a

student. She remembers, for example, that following gradu-ation ceremonies, she and her family celebrated at a localrestaurant. These days, international students and theirfamilies attend a WAB-sponsored reception at BabcockHall. “I’m so happy to be helping with this reception,” saysGooch. “I love seeing the joy and excitement from both thestudents and their parents.”The scholarships that the Board provides, particularly to

international women, are central to its mission, and “nearand dear to my heart,” says Gooch. “Women in many third-world countries are second-class citizens. For a woman tocome to the United States for education—and freedom—isreally a wonderful thing.”

P h o t o a n d S t o r y b y K A R O L C R O S B I E


1934Elizabeth Lapham Wills36500 Euclid Ave A255,Willoughby, OH 44094

1935Viola "Vi" Startzman Robertson4533 Hunters Chase Lane,Wooster, OH 44691330-345-5733

1936

1937Martha “Mollie” Tilock Van Bolt2020 Glendale Ave., Flint,Mich. 48503-2111(810) 233-5107, [email protected]

Our class news for this reporting periodis very brief. My call toMarian BinzAltmansberger was answered by her daugh-ter who was celebrating Marian’s birthdaywith her. Marian reports that she is in goodhealth and swims daily, but no longer drives.My call to Norvin Hein was answered by

his son Chris ’79, whom I met in 2006when he escorted Norvin to our 70threunion. Norvin came to the phone and wechatted a bit about his current projects. Hestill lives in Bethany, Conn., and was enjoy-ing a birthday dinner with Chris andfriends.

Betty (Lisa) Panetta’s son was with herfor a birthday lunch at her retirement centerin Rydal, Penn. Betty and I lived at Colonialon Beall during our freshman year, and Ibrought her up to date on three other“Colonialites” who are still living—MaryEngle Ehrich, Luella Sillaman Moffat, andCharlotte Beals Tasker.

After a brief hospitalization, BettyClepper Reyer is back in her home. Shecontinues to be active in the affairs of herchurch. Because of his hearing problem, Ikeep in contact with Bob Andrews throughmail and phone calls to his son Steve, awell-known auctioneer in the Wooster area.A temporary health problem made it neces-sary for Bob to move to the Walnut HillsRetirement Home in Walnut Creek, thoughhe is now considering staying on there

permanently. He is still playing golf and isclose enough to his old friends and family tohave an active social life.I (Mollie) continue to enjoy life in Ann

Arbor, Mich., near my son and daughter( John ’68 and Margaret ’71). Occasionally Idrive the 60 miles back to Flint to be withold friends, but I now have Ann Arborfriends with whom I share a variety of activ-ities. Life is good!

19391940Florence Dunbar Kerr2128 NE 81st Place, Seattle, Wash. [email protected]

In August, I (Florence) heard from twoclass members.George Joseph reported thathe is still blessed with good health. He playsgolf four or five times a week, is active on theboard of his homeowners association and doessome work for the Las Vegas YMCA. EricBoehm reported that three generations ofBoehms, all living in Santa Barbara, Calif.,have formed a working group that is heavily


ClassNotes

The “W”AssociationFor 103 years, the “W”Association has supportedScots intercollegiateathletics, raised funds forthe athletic programthrough the "W" Fund,and honored outstandingalumni athletes and otherswho have been outstand-ing supporters of theCollege’s athletic program.

The “W” Association, in formation in 1915. To learn more about today’s organization, go to http://woosteralumni.org.PHOTO: 1915 Index

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engaged in helping people and institutionswrite biographies that will be important totheir family or business for generations tocome. Eric invited me to visit, but I’m afraidmy traveling days are over.

The last time I talked to Beryl Imeson Iwas most impressed with what she hadaccomplished. She left Wooster after herfather died in an automobile accident. Thenshe went to business school, started her ownbusiness, learned to fly, married another flierand was, at the time I called, learning to playthe organ. She is a retired CPA.When Icalled this past September, I talked with hercaretaker of seven years and learned that she isliving at home in Kansas City.

I received an email from Betty OlnhausenCummings. She told me that she keeps busyplaying bridge and golf. She noted that coolerweather has arrived, so she has put her golfclubs to bed for the winter. During the year,Betty takes part in a New Horizon programand a continuing education class, attendsevening musical programs and attends weeklyvesper services.

1941Mary Wilcox Hughes3880 Eastway RoadSouth Euclid, Ohio [email protected]

The 10 of us who made it back for our70th reunion in June will always remember theevent with mixed feelings of anticipation andnostalgia for former times and for those nolonger with us.We were housed in GaultManor (a treat in itself ), and no matter whatevents we attended, the golf carts available dayand night were much appreciated! Cart ridesallowed us to relax and enjoy the newstreetscape, landscaping, and buildings whilechatting with the delightful student drivers.Whether it was supper at the Shack, breakfastat Lowry, a luncheon at Gault Alumni Center,the evening at AlfieGabriel Campbell’s orbanana splits and bluegrass on the academicquad, the food was excellent—definitely onefor the memory book.

I (Mary) had a long phone call from LauraWhinery, my reunion roommate. Sadly, hermother,AnneCarson Snyder, passed away inSeptember.

FernDiaquilamentioned that her grand-daughter, Chloe McFadyen ’15, a freshmanthis year, has a beautiful room in DouglassHall.

Mary Liz Ellis has had lots of companythis summer, with visits from several grand-children and a surprise visit fromMarianRoller Chilson’s son David. David,Dorrie and

BobHaring’s son John, Paul Ellis, BarbaraDean, and Laura Whinery, or “the kids,” as wecalled them, were all at many of our eventshelping throughout reunion weekend. Dorrieand John are both doing well, though stillmissing Bob.

BeckyMoore recently planned to take theJudson Bus to Blossom Center to hearBeethoven’s Ninth Symphony, but the bus gotstuck in traffic and she arrived late. So manypeople were affected by the delay, however,that the conductor started the show over, soBecky was able to hear the whole program!

I (Mary) attended the Nolletti familyreunion last year. Arthur Nolletti Jr., grandsonof Carlo and Nicolina Nolletti, told of thestory I wrote about his family (published withour fall 2010 Class Notes), thus the invitation.There were about 105 in attendance this year,and it was a kaleidoscopic event. In theevening, everyone gathered in a prayer circleand told of the year’s deaths, births, engage-ments, etc., and with no warning, I was intro-duced and made an honorary member of thefamily! Such hospitality was amazing, and myson and I left feeling like we really belonged,much like the original two had made me feelso many years ago. Not every college campuscan boast that type of camaraderie amongstudents, faculty and staff that we had backthen! I have been emailing Art and his lovelywife and daughter; I hope our friendshipcontinues as long as possible.

From Laura Whinery: “Just briefly, I had awonderful time being with the ’41ers in June.My suitemates were the best, full of storiesfromWooster days and the years beyond. Inseveral quiet moments walking around, Ithought of my parents and their memories oftheir classmates. I thank all of you who sharedyour Wooster magic with me.”

1942Celia Retzler Gates1446 Bellevue,Wooster, OH [email protected]

1943LoisWilsonMiles Scott Schmiedwrites:

“I just got back from a pleasant trip to Francewith my youngest daughter.We flew toMarseilles, saw Mont St. Michel (one of mylifelong dreams), and saw some of the wartimesights.We spent nearly two weeks in France,flying home from Paris. I’m sure it was my lastoverseas trip, although I hope to continuetraveling within the States. I am happilymarried to Tom Schmied, who went toCornell, not Wooster—though he did make

one trip to Wooster to see it. I do most of myforeign travel with my daughters, but Tomlikes to make driving trips.We’ve lived inColorado ever since we got married over 25years ago.We’ve had a good life and are bothin good health. I am pleased that I can stilldrive safely. For many years I was a stockbro-ker, but now I let the bank handle all my stockaffairs. I just wanted to let all my classmatesknow that I am still around and would behappy to hear from any of you—I love to writeletters!

1944Russell “Russ” Haley653 Medford Leas,Medford, NJ 08055609-654-3653 [email protected]

Bill and PatFoxx ’46 were the first of ourclassmates to get back to me for this issue.They’re happy in their new retirement home,and agree that “older people are happier thanyounger people.” They are reportedly movingwith sufficient grace as they approach 90.

When they wrote to me, the Foxxs werelooking forward to a Thanksgiving reunion inArizona, with multiple generations in atten-dance, including at least one great-grandchild.For Christmas, they united with east coastersat son Hans’ house in Salisbury, Md.Thewinter season will find them in La Jolla, Calif.We wish them the energy they’ll need tocomplete their travels and have no doubts thatthey’ll be able to find it.

I caught Al Linnell on the run again. Doeshe ever stand still? This time, he and Ann saidthey were leaving during the first part ofOctober for a two-week Mediterranean cruiseending in Istanbul.

DonCoates is knocking on wood in hopesthat those seasonal hurricanes won’t hitFlorida this year. His odds should be prettygood; the last time they hit his Bradenton,Fla., area was in 1921. Don is currently work-ing on his fourth autobiographical volume –this one on retirement. His travel plansincluded a trip to his son’s South Carolinacoastal condo where he was able to examinehis son’s recently purchased small yacht. Beforetraveling, Don said “It will be good to beseaborne again,” referring to his Navy careerduringWWII.

I had a note from Eloise SmithVanNiel inHawaii saying that she enjoys our column buthas no news to report this time. At least weknow that her mind is clear, she is able to useher computer and she’s thinking of Wooster.Needless to say, all notes, even brief ones, arewelcome.

I had a note fromDonLayton out inCalifornia asking about Hurricane Irene. It



seems it was occupying all of his news chan-nels at the time he wrote. Don, an expert onlighter-than-air aircraft, supplies me with asteady stream of air-related information. I’vebecome well informed on all aircraft, newand old.

I (Russ) also hear from John Bender fromtime to time. He reports that he and Lois arecoping successfully with the challenges ofaging, a goal for all of us Class of 1944ers.

Hope this finds you all coping successfullyas well.

1945Jeanne “Swanee” Swan Garnett5310 Loruth Terr., Madison,WI 53711-2630608-271-4943 [email protected]

Al Kean and his family had their 40thannual week at Lakeside this summer.Whilethere, they came upon a lovely garden createdin memory of RuthDornback Shie. She hadonly one year with us and then marriedMarvin Shie ’41. They had 11 children, a fewof whom went to Wooster. This summer, Aland Beverly went with their daughter Beth ’75to Wooster to attend the Ohio Light Opera.They took with them Beth’s pen pal of 52years who was visiting from England. In 1970,the Kean family traveled to England to see herand the two families have been friends eversince. Al says he and Bev are still recuperatingfrom their ailments—he with his broken hipand she with her broken back.We hope youare “mended” by now, Al.

I, Swanee, had a great summer in Maine.My son Greg drove me back to Madison forLabor Day. I hope all of you had a goodsummer, too. Let me hear from you!MargieGoldsmithHydorn and I had our annuallunch together in August, meeting halfwaybetween our homes. It was a wonderful visit.Her daughter Liz and my sister, DorothySwan Reuman ’49, were with us.

A few corrections to my Notes in thesummer issue: Betty Stuckslager Towner’schildren were incorrectly identified asMargie’s; Stucky lived at Margie’s house inthe 50’s, while she hunted for a house forher family, not the other way around. Myapologies.

1946Sally Wade Olson4209 Hoffman Dr.,Woodbridge, VA [email protected], 703-590-3465

I received a phone call fromMarianBrown Carson, who is happily settled in aretirement village in Cary, N.C., where sheworks in the gift shop.

It was good to get a note from JohnPenn in Morehead City, N.C. After coming


ClassNotes

Helen Murray Free ’45 receives national awards

Praised by President Obama for redrawing “the frontiers of human knowledge whileenhancing American prosperity,” Helen Murray Free ’45 recently received the NationalMedal of Technology and Innovation, the highest honor bestowed by the United Statesgovernment on scientists, engineers and inventors. She received the American ChemicalSociety’s 66th National Historic Chemical Landmark designation, and in September, wasinducted (along with Coretta Scott King and Billie Holiday) into the National Women’sHall of Fame in Seneca Falls, N.Y.

The awards recognized Helen’s work in co-developing Clinistix—the first dip-and-read diagnostic test strip for monitoring glucose in urine. The 1956 invention was agroundbreaking invention, because it allowed people with diabetes to monitor theirglucose at home rather than at a doctor’s office. Helen and her husband, Alfred Free, alsodeveloped several other strips for testing levels of indicators for other diseases. Her dip-and-read strips have made testing for diabetes, pregnancy and other conditions availablein underdeveloped regions of the U.S. and foreign countries.

Although Helen retired in 1982, she continued to work as a consultant for BayerDiagnostics until 2007. She helped to raise awareness of the positive role chemistry hasplayed in daily lives, especially after she was elected president of the ACS in 1993. Shewas the third of only seven female ACS presidents, and in 1995 the organization insti-tuted an award in her honor: the Helen M. Free Award in Public Outreach.

by Brooke Skiba ’14

In November, 2010, Helen Murray Free received the country’s highest honor given toscientists, engineers, and inventors. (See her accept the award athttp://pubs.acs.org/cen/acsnews/89/8934acs1.html).PHOTO: Ryan K. Morris/National Science & Technology Medals Foundation


out of the Navy in 1947, he enrolled atCornell University and graduated fromCornell's Hotel School. He was managerof Oakmont Country Club and theCarlson House in the Pittsburgh area andlater worked in the Urban League Club inNew York.

A great letter from Liz BurketKielbowicz shared that one of her sons wasin the Marine Corps Marathon, as was myson Eric Olson ’76. Her two older childrengraduated from Wooster in ’75 and ’78.AllenWorrall wrote from Lakewood,

Wash., where he moved in February afterhis retirement from his 45-year practice inob-gyn. He and his wife have six children,and now lots of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, whom they saw at a familyreunion in Phoenix in September. He keepsbusy with his computer, photography andamateur radio.

On Sept. 10, I called Lila MayWalkdenFlounders, whose son was killed in theWorld Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Shewas to be interviewed on a local ABCstation the next day.Wilma Conover Reed is still in Bellevue,

Wash., and her move to Seattle is set for thespring. She keeps well, looking forward tothe move with mixed feelings after manyyears in her home.

1947Rhoe Benson803 E. Highland Ave., Wooster OH 44691330-345-7548 [email protected]

Our reunion committee met inSeptember with the alumni staff—we havethree days of activities planned for our 65thnext year that I’m sure you won’t want tomiss. We lined up accommodations, meals,parties, talk sessions, a parade, and a displayroom to remind us of our days at theCollege. To get the juices flowing before weall meet again, here are some things for youto ponder: How many of us have “down-sized” in our plans? Or is it just in ourvocabulary? How many of us could carry onlengthy “organ recitals” (health reports) butfight gallantly to limit their length? Whatdid we wear on our legs at Wooster when itwas really cold? All the snow photos showcoeds in bare legs, socks, loafer or saddleshoes. Is it possible? How many of usmarried somebody we met at Wooster? Isthere a special trip you’d recommend (thatwe can still handle)? Let me know yourthoughts!

Now for some news.Doris Buchanan,along with 17 others, has written a book.Each one wrote a chapter, and although they

did not consult one another about what theywere writing, each co-author was a motherwho had lost a child too early. The result is abook titled Focus, which asks the question,“How do you cope with the loss of a child?”Its purpose is to provide information to griefsupport groups. The book has beenpublished in paperback, and I look forwardto getting a copy—we have a buddingauthor in our class! Congratulations, Doris.

Peg Strouse Kiel, a member of our plan-ning committee, lost her husband of 64years in August. Our condolences to Peg.

Anne Austin Murphy, who admits shehas not been diligent about staying in touchwith her Wooster classmates, explains thatshe has too many alumni associations toreport to—among them are Wooster, YaleDivinity School, and the University ofNorth Carolina, where she received a Ph.D.in political science. She is professor emeritusat Eckerd College. She had continued herfriendship withMyra VandersallSiegenthaler, who died Oct. 4, 2011 (seeobituary, p. 63). They traveled together forhalf a dozen enjoyable adventures. Anne,meanwhile, is learning to live withParkinson’s disease. Let’s keep her in ourprayers.

Please keep in touch, and keep aimingfor June 7, 2012. We’ll be looking for youthere.

1948Evelyn Fischer Hewett802 S. 15th St., #1839, Sebring, OH [email protected]

No news is good news, except when itcomes to class news! I have had no news fromclassmates, but we Hewetts have importantnews about ourselves. On Sept. 28 we movedto Copeland Oaks retirement complex inSebring, Ohio. After 52 years in the home webuilt, it was difficult and tiring to sort out allour belongings.We will be seeing more ofDon Swegan ’47 and Elizabeth James Burge,and maybe find another Woosterite or two.We would appreciate it if you would shareyour experiences on how to adjust to a similarmove. Our new address is listed above. Sendus a Christmas card or letter with news for thenext issue.

Betsy Sprenkle’s grand-daughter Elizabethis spending a year in China teaching Englishand communication.When she and a group ofstudents from around the U.S. arrived inHaining for a week’s orientation, one girl saidshe went to a little college you’ve never heardof—Wooster. But Elizabeth assured her sheknew a lot about Wooster, as her grandmother

graduated from there. Small world! Elizabethis assigned at Haining University and she hasenjoyed her teaching.

1949Evelynn Cheadle Thomas6505 Sorrento Court, Dayton, OH [email protected], Phone (937) 439-0260

1950Janice “Jay” Wilson George19476 N. Coyote Lakes Pkwy., Surprise, AZ 85374

So far I don’t know of any classmates whohave been hit by the various natural disastersthat have struck across the U.S. Arizona hashad a very hot, dry several months with ourdisasters being mostly giant wildfires. One ofthese started near the Mexican border andworked its way north, destroying many homesin the area where John Eaton lives.When Idid a welfare check on John, he respondedfromMichigan. His family had gathered there,where they had lived for many years, to have amemorial service for his wife, Mary “Tip”Anderson ’49, who died Apr. 1. John said thatthe fire came quite close, but spared his home.

I’m sure that John enjoyed his cooler dayswhile in Michigan. I (Jay) was able to have afew myself when I went with my travel club toNew Mexico and stayed at a log cabin resort inthe mountains. One day, we took a spectacularnarrow gauge steam train ride in the moun-tains of southern Colorado. Seeing the manycolors and formations of rocks there made mewish I’d taken a geology course while I was atCOW!

I was pleased to have a letter from TomBousman’s daughter, Peggy, reassuring me thathe is doing well. Tom had two serious brainsurgeries in 2009. In 2010, he moved to theassisted living area of his retirement complex,baptized his first great-grandson, and attendeda family reunion at his family’s beach house inVentura, a family tradition since he and Elliecelebrated their 50th anniversary. Tom enjoyschatting on the phone, and sounded hale andhearty when we spoke in September.

I think Joan Brumbaugh Smith takes theaward for the most far-flung family! Jo is verythankful to have a daughter and family nearbyin Virginia, but also has a daughter farming inHawaii; a son who was teaching in China, butnow is in Guatemala; granddaughters inColorado and NewMexico; and a son andfamily in Texas. Now that her numerous jointreplacements are functioning, she’s enjoyingbridge three nights a week and rejoined herlocal choral society in which she and Fran sangfor many years.




Betty “Ike”Evans Anderson’s recent notetold me of her birthday celebration in July. Allthree children and two grandchildren gatheredat her son Scott’s home on a lake in SouthCarolina where tennis, golf, swimming andeating filled their days.

1951Arthur [email protected] Hansen [email protected] and Lollie Peckham ’48 keep busy

two days a week volunteering at ECHO(Educational Concerns for HungerOrganization - www.echonet.org). Tropicalfood production is the group’s main focus,which helps boost development among theworld’s poorest nations. They’ve been volun-teering with ECHO for 15 years.Jeannine and Rodgers Spencer traveled to

Israel and Jordan this spring. They had awonderful trip seeing places that they had onlyread about. They said seeing Masada, andPetra and Jerash in Jordan, was wonderful.They now have a whole new appreciation forplaces mentioned in scripture.

LarryWeiss reports that he and his part-ner, Jerry Bowles, spent their usual summer inMassachusetts, near Tanglewood. They playedtennis, bridge, and went to endless concerts ofthe Boston Symphony and three professionaltheaters. Larry says the best was a spectacularproduction of “Porgy and Bess” in concertform with 12 professional singers, the Boston

Chorale, and the Boston Symphony. Larry andJerry returned home to St. Petersburg, Fla., inmid-October.

Clarence Ammons reports, “The highlightof my summer was our 60th class reunion. Itwas the first time I had been on campus in 60years, and encountering so many wonderfulclassmates after such a long time was inde-scribable. It was as if we had seen each otherjust yesterday.What a joy to be with so manyold friends.”

WebLewis and wife Nancy left the NorthCarolina heat to vacation in the Ozarks (moreheat), for their annual summer week withfamily fromWeston, Mass. Over 300 attendedthis year’s family nature summit and next yearit will be held in the cooler Colorado moun-tains.

Ruth AnnColemanDavis writes: “OnLabor Day, Joel and I returned from an artand antiques road show on a transatlanticvoyage, a 16-day Road Scholar program heldon the Queen Mary II. The ship sailed fromNew York to Southampton, England, thenback to NYC. On our day in England, wevisited the Petworth Estate, known for itsoutstanding collection of paintings and sculp-ture. In the afternoon and evenings we werefree to enjoy the music, lectures, planetariumshows, movies and stage productions availableon the ocean liner.We enjoyed elegant serviceand meals, and the eight black tie eveningscertainly simplified dressing decisions for Joel!”

Max Selby attended the annual conventionof the Destroyer Escort Sailors Association inPhiladelphia, and a reunion with some of his

old shipmates (all two of them) from theU.S.S. Joyce. “The day after the convention Idid something I’ve always wanted to do—skydive. I went to a little airport south ofPhilly and did it! I did a tandem jump from13,700 feet, freefall to 5,000 and then openedthe chute and floated to the ground. Figuredthat at 81 I’d better get it out of my system. It’sdone and I don’t think I’ll be doing it againanytime soon. I loaded the video of the jumpon YouTube.” Watch his jump here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CazJAPwOkso

AnnKershnerWood has slowly begunhiking again after hip surgery. She keeps busygoing to lectures and classes and attendingsymphony performances.

Here’s an update onMargeHulett Evert.Marge left Wooster after her junior year. Shesubsequently earned her degree in chemistry atthe University of Cincinnati, and some yearslater earned her MBA. She then taught classesin finance for 17 years at Xavier University.Currently, she volunteers with an environmen-tal group monitoring a chemical plant forpollution.

Heather Beck Southwick will send partic-ulars about Chuck ’49 and her work on twoconservation projects to the class of ’49 secre-tary. We can read their news there.

Mariwyn Somers has just celebrated her“68th” birthday again.Wyn decided she wasn’tgoing to age past 68, so I faithfully send her68th birthday card each year.Wyn sent myinfo on our 60th reunion to RuthHaneyHummel who resides in Stow, Ohio.

ClassNotes

WEDDING OFMICHAEL FRAZIER’03 AND JENNIFERFEENSTRA INPHILADELPHIA,PA., JULY 2010L TO RDarren Demaree ’03,Dan Roberts ’03,John Oswalt ’03,groom, bride,Hannah GilmanJones ’03, SarahDemaree x’05,Rachel Spehler ’04



Finally, Jack and I (Carol) just celebratedour 60th wedding anniversary. Our childrenand grandchildren surprised us with a party ata marina on the Mississippi. The weather wasgreat, food was wonderful, boat rides delight-ful; joy in our family abounds.

1952Warren M. Swager Jr.P.O. Box 555, Sheridan,MT [email protected]

1953Nona S.Taylor110 Echo Way, Statesboro, GA [email protected]

Dr. Bob Baab, a retired anesthesiologist,celebrated his birthday in Pocatello, Idaho,enjoying his daughter Samantha’s family, aswell as some of Yellowstone National Park’sspectacular wildlife. Sam’s husband, aprofessor of wildlife management at IdahoState University, conducted a family tour ofthe park. Bob’s wife, Rose Marie, plusanother daughter and her son, helped Bobcelebrate the big day. Then it was home toWooster to enjoy the Ohio Light Operaseason with other physicians from Bob’smedical school class and to share monthlybreakfast meetings with his Smithville HighSchool classmates. On his rare idlemoments, Bob communes with his catRaisin, surname: Cain.

With Hurricane Irene having drenched

New England, I called Mary Jane ReimerWashburn to learn if she and Knight wereadrift in the “Sea of Vermont.” They weresafe at home near Middlebury, thoughdamage was widespread. Despite recentradiation following delicate surgery forKnight and a fourth pacemaker for MaryJane, both enjoy their retirement location.Mary Jane and Knight sing with a spiritualgospel choir directed by Middlebury’s vocalartist in residence, Francois Clemens. Thechoir sometimes sings for memorial servicesat the local hospice, at which bothWashburns volunteer. Mary Jane keeps intouch with many Wooster friends andfamily. She reports that her brother Niles ’51and his wife Ann Dickason Reimer ’52, whowere agricultural missionary evangelists inEthiopia, still return frequently to translateand teach. She stays in touch with AnneStebbins, Vivian Hughes and Jim ’52,Marge Tadder and Georgia LearyWeber.

September was filled with recollections of9/11. “Bobby” Langdon Clayton, who wasliving in New Jersey close to the chaos, losttwo church friends in the attack. Bobbycontinues as a Stephen minister in herLutheran church, offering confidentialcounsel and comfort to those who need it.She is presently on the board of trustees ofthe church’s Good News Home for Women,an alcohol and drug rehabilitation facility.Her basement remains a repository foruseful medical supplies left over fromhospice patients, which she sends to patientsin Ecuador.

Marcia Orr volunteers on the board ofthe children’s library and media room at herchurch, working now on how best to use thefacility. She continues her long-standingmembership in her AAUW book group.Two of her and Don’s grandchildren are nowin college.

I had a lovely phone visit with JimMcCullough about his late wifeMolly.Although they lived in Florida for manyyears, Molly, Jim and their children lovedareas of New York. Family and many friendsin both places attended memorial servicesfor Molly. Her Meals on Wheels ministryhad developed into Helping Hands, a foodkitchen and emergency “bank” of whichMolly had been treasurer for 15 years. Shewas a fulltime professional librarian, asubstitute teacher and a mother of five. Jimand Molly also have 10 beloved grandchil-dren. Had Molly lived four more weeks, sheand Jim would have celebrated 58 years ofmarriage. Everyone who knew Molly willmiss her greatly

1954Sylvia Buttrey Huning-Tillotson99 Ascension Dr., Apt. J107, Asheville, NC [email protected]

1955Nancy Mutch Donald161 Lake Breeze ParkRochester N.Y. 14622 [email protected]

TIME IN THE SUNL TO R: Meg (Hall) McCroskey ’99 and sons Carterand Greyson, and Kate (Messer) Dulac ’99, sonOwen, and twins Teddy and Layla near SaranacLake, New York.

< VISIT TO VIRGINIA’S GREAT DISMAL SWAMPL TO R: Andrew Belding, Jesse Studer, Andi Engel,Kerry Petersen ’03s



Frances “Fran” Bauer Parker715 S.Webster St., Jackson,MI [email protected]

1956Pat Young464 E. Highland Ave., Wooster, OH [email protected]

On a trip to upstate New York, Bob andHope Black, Tom and Jane Johnson, andJan Grim and I (Pat Young) spent anevening with Dick Adams and his wife Liz.Dick and Liz live in a winterized cottage ina lovely setting on Lake Seneca, N.Y. Whileat Wooster, Dick was enrolled in theWooster M.I.T. program. This led to anaerospace engineering career which includedworking on the design of launch vehicles forearly satellite launches and manned spaceflight. In 1972, he and Liz opened a book-store in Ithaca, where they worked until2002. Retirement led them to their presentlakeside home, where they fish, swim andsail. They are also involved in a nonprofitoutlet in Ithaca called Ten ThousandVillages that sells fair trade crafts.

The Blacks, the Johnsons, Jan and Istayed in Geneseo, N.Y., for three dayswhile we explored the area. Our activitiesincluded a canal boat ride through the locksof the Erie Canal near Lockport, a trip onthe “Maid of the Mist” at Niagara Falls, avisit to the Glenn Curtis Museum, a trip tothe Corningware facility, and seeing thegorge and the beautiful waterfalls atLeftwich State Park. We wrapped up ourdays by trying out several very good restau-rants in the area.

1957Anne K. Johnson78 White Tail Rd.,Murphysboro, IL, [email protected] [email protected]

FromAnne: Here are a few bits of my lifein retirement: I expected to be a grandmothermany years ago; both of my children are intheir 40’s, and finally, two years ago, one ofthem had a baby boy. The even better news isthat I will have two more grandchildren in thenext three months! These events are keepingme on the walking and YMCA regimen. I’malso keeping my brain alive: I am a member ofthe board of trustees for our county library. Iregularly serve on the county board of appealsas an alternate and thoroughly enjoy investi-gating the issues and the law. In the past, Iworked on a Land Use and theComprehensive Plan update for our county asa member of the Mid-Shore League ofWomen Voters. Like many of our generation,I’ve survived a few health problems, but thanksto good treatment and a mechanical heartvalve, I hope to be able to enjoy my family andbe a contributor to my community for years tocome.

Alice (Cris) Kresensky Cunningham wrotethat she was in Maine for the summer whereshe visited Tom Justice. They’ve acted insummer theater productions there since 2007,and were both in a production of “Young AtHeart.” Tom acted in “Who’s on First?” with a95 year-old actor in the area. Cris and Tomjitterbugged with others in “Rock Around theClock.” She writes: “It was really fun.We’vehad a lot of hot days for Maine, but nothinglike Texas, so I can’t complain.We’ve also seen

Conrad Putzig from New York. All the best toeveryone! See you next year at the reunion.”

FromWill: “We were saddened to learn ofthe death of classmate Ken Plusquellec. Manyof us recall the pleasant get-togethers we hadat Ken and Louise’s house during reunions.He served the College faithfully for more than30 years.”

KayDemmonCilimburg and Bob havebeen traveling to see family in California,Montana and New York, and stayed withSelmaO’Meara twice this summer.

PegWilliams Stoops is back on the familyfarm in Pennsylvania after more than 25 yearsin California. She sang in the HarrisburgChoral Society for years, and now spendsTuesday evenings in a mindfulness meditationgroup. She’s an office assistant at thePennsylvania Council on Independent Livingin Harrisburg. She visits her three children inNevada, Oklahoma and Texas.

Darrell Scattergood has been kayaking thebeautiful lakes of the pacific northwest, andsent an account of a nostalgic visit to an“Eden-like” lake he’d taken his scout troops tomany years ago. At the time he wrote, he wasplanning yet another nautical odyssey. If youwant to know more about where he’s beenpaddling, he encourages classmates to emailhim for details.

Terry Bard writes that his andGretchen’s(Mayer) granddaughter, Eliza Somsel ’15, isnow a freshman at Wooster, and is the fourthgeneration of the family to attend. He’s busywith volunteer and part-time employment, andis president of Michigan Shores Cooperative, asenior independent living facility. Gretchenalso does volunteer work. Both of them areinvolved in a nontraditional spiritual commu-nity, which they find exhilarating.

Mike Carter and his wife June KrejcuCarter ’59 celebrated their 50th anniversary onCaptiva Island, Fla., with their children,spouses and four grandchildren. Mike’s beenleading groups of doctors and dentists to ruralareas of Honduras twice a year for weeklongmission trips. In February, they will bemaking their 25th trip and hope to includesome current Wooster students. Shouldanyone be interested in learning about thesetrips, contact him at [email protected].

KathieWilson writes that she and herhusband, Bill, have just made some majorchanges. In August, they sold theGeorgetown, Colo., house where they’ve livedfor the past 18 years and moved to ChapelHill, N.C., where their daughter and herfamily live. “Although we’ve made a majormove, we think we’ll be happy here,” shewrites. “The Research Triangle area has a lotto offer and the proximity to shopping,medical facilities and family will make life

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BREWHOUSETRIATHLONL TO RElizabeth CavigliaBugbee ’94, PaulAnson Caviglia andErik Riker-Coleman’95s, before thestart of the 25thBrewhouse Triathlonin Duluth, Minn.Says Paul: “All of usare former swim-mers, making thefirst portion relativelyeasy. It’s the secondand third legs thatwere difficult.”



easier. That’s important, as Bill has Parkinson’sdisease.We don’t knowwhat lies in store in thecoming years, but so far the progression has beenrelatively slow.Our new contact information is:205 KirkwoodDrive,ChapelHill,NC 27514,919-869-7147, [email protected].”

JimGwynne sent a great note that broughtback memories of night-climbing days (Hewas our official artist). He recently publishedtwo beautiful books of his paintings. See themat www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/j/jgwynne.“I live in E. Stroudsburg, Pa.,” he writes, “andam beginning my 40th year of teaching atCounty College of Morris in Jersey, my 48thyear overall. I spent two years at Woosterfollowed by six at Centenary College inHackettstown, N.J. I still paint and exhibit –I’m associated with the Marion Royael Galleryin Beacon, N.Y., and I have had a coupleshows there in the past couple of years.”

NedWolfe “retired at the end of 1998 froma happy career with the U.S. GeologicalSurvey that included studies in Kentucky,westernWashington, northern California andnorth-central Arizona. There were also a fewyears devoted to geologic support for theApollo landings on the moon, active volcanoand geologic studies in Hawaii and theCascade Range, a taste of Alaska's 1989-90eruption of Redoubt Volcano, and a brief butintense involvement in the 1991 eruption ofPinatubo in the Philippines.”

Ned and his wife, Rita, live in lovelyPrescott, Ariz., surrounded by extended family.He sings in a barbershop quartet, plays bridgeand is involved in “the contentious centralArizona issues: prodigious population growthvs. overcommitted water resources and a veryreal resulting threat to the sustainability ofArizona's Verde River.” And you thought youwere busy!

GlennCronin retired from full-timeministry in 1998 and has since been “busydoing interim work as the Lord leads.” He’sbeen to Russia four times and India once,teaching in Bible colleges.When he wrote, hehad three weeks to go in teaching his compar-ative religions class at the local communitycollege.

JeanGarrett Strojan writes: “I justreturned from my second trip to Alaska, a tripdesigned to go to Nome and retrace the stepsof my mother, who taught school there in themid sixties. I found two of her former fourthgrade students. Then I returned to Anchorage,picked up a rental car and drove 1,600 milesthrough incredibly awesome country. Fall inAlaska has no equal!”

Anne Eubank Jolliff wrote about “theterrible drought. The only rain at the ranchcame the day the house roof was down totarpaper during the replacement of the ancient

tin; consequently, the ceilings had to berepainted. At least we still have a house! Thesemassive wildfires have destroyed so manyhomes, woods and animals.We've been lucky,but the land is so dry that the anxiety is stillhigh. One positive note: without water, there'sno temptation to waste time in the cleaning!The highlight of the year was a three week tripto India leading to numerous comparisons andcontrasts to China.”

Margaret Luce Young’s children treatedher and her husband, Sandy, to a weekend atWilliamsburg to celebrate their 50th anniver-sary (see photo, pg. 48).

SelmaHokansonO’Meara writes: “It’sbeen five years since Bob passed away and ithas been a very hard adjustment, as many ofyou have experienced. I continue in our churchwith my friends of nearly 40 years. I used tolead the dance in worship choir for many yearsuntil my granddaughter became the leader.While teaching Spanish in a nearby highschool for 18 years, I took students on manytrips to Mexico and Spain. I continue to swimregularly, though I no longer coach synchro-nized swimming. Our three adult children areall into sailing, canoeing, and boating, as Boband I were, and provide me with the fun ofvisiting them at a Cape May beach house andNew York and New Hampshire lake cottages.The 10 grandchildren are enjoyable.

My volunteer work is mostly with churchand rescue mission cooking, but I have alsotutored in Spanish. I am fortunate to be partof many study groups at church and in ourcommunity. Yoga has replaced downhill skiingin the last year, but I still maintain extensiveflower gardens. I have enjoyed several mini-reunions and will always be grateful that I metso many wonderful and supportive friends atWooster. Buena suerte—good luck. Buenasalud—good health.”

“Life is good!” writeDick and Joyce AppleEvans. “We’ve tried to make the most of it bytraveling in the States and Europe. Most ofour trips involved bicycling.We started bytaking grandchildren on local paths and latertrips in Vermont. ThenWooster's alumnioffice sponsored a biking trip in Austria.We’vesince made eight trips to Europe and Hawaii.At home, we’ve enjoyed our three children andten grandchildren. Joyce has been Clerk ofSession for our church for more than 25 years.Dick is involved with Habitat for Humanityand has worked on 14 houses.”

Here in Vermont, Ida and I (Will) some-how manage to keep occupied. She organizesthe many lunches, banquets and soup kitchensat our church, and still designs an occasionalkitchen. I’ll be working on our new house andbarn until I die, and probably still won’t have itall done. I still do my outdoor show for New

Hampshire Public Television, “Windows tothe Wild,” (you can Google it and watchonline), write my newspaper column, whichhasn’t missed a week in 30 years, recordcommentaries for Vermont Public Radio, andpublish a book every year or two. Daily walksin the park and Pilates keep me moving. Lastsummer my group of friends and I took our13th canoe trip to northern Canada, endingwith three days along the Arctic coast. I agreewith Dick and Joyce: Life is good!

1958Nana Newberry Landgraf2927Weymouth Rd., Shaker Heights,OH [email protected]

In August and September, an earthquake inthe eastern U.S. and tropical storm Irenesuggested a common theme of severe natureevents. That is the case, but other materialsupervened, reminding me (Nana) of the largertheme of mutual caring for all our classmates.

FromDennis Barnes in Charlottesville,Va.: “The 5.8 quake, centered near the ruraltown of Mineral, Va., about 30 miles fromCharlottesville, was felt from South Carolina toCanada. At about 2 p.m. we felt what Ithought was a badly unbalanced load of washon the spin cycle.”

From LillieTrent in downtownWashington, D.C.: “My daughter Evelyn and Iwere in a cantina buying fish sandwiches whenthe floor began to shake as if one were on acruise in turbulent waters.We went around thecorner to Evelyn’s barber, who said his floorshook and the ceiling looked as if it were goingto crumble and fall in! Many D.C. buildingssuffered structural damage.”

From CathyTisinger inWinchester, Va.:“Little was felt, little was hurt, little wasdamaged—I was asleep on the couch when itshook slightly, then some of the furniturerattled for a second or so.My husband was onthe interstate and unaware of any problem untilhe got home—he thought I was crazy!”

From PatGerber Simmons in Rockville,Md.: “Sitting by the side of my condo pool,watching my grand-niece learn to swim, I felt asignificant jolt, then continuing tremor.Withinminutes, a message from my niece’s husbandconfirmed our guess that we had been throughan earthquake! But we continued to enjoy thebeautiful day.”

From AlanPeabody in Cleveland, Ohio:“For me, on the third floor of CuyahogaCommunity College, it was a moving experi-ence!”Mary JaneThompson in New YorkCity relived the drama of the extremely strongquake she experienced in 1975 in Guatemala.

Regarding Irene,NancyCalderwoodCarleton (Scituate, Mass.) and Sandy Sanders


Breuer (Williamsburg, Va.) both tell of longpower outages. Nancy says: “The scariest thingto me at the height of the storm was watchingthe trunk of the oak tree by our house, too bigfor me to get my arms around, flexing andswaying all the way down to the ground.”TomMcCullough (Dennis, Mass.) called Irene anon-event in comparison with the great hurri-cane of 1938. “The black walnut tree in ourbackyard lost a lot of its yield, but our grand-sons were on hand to scoop up 848, at a pennyeach.” He and Judy PennockMcCullough arehome as of June from Judy’s stint as interimpastor in Chicago at North Park Church. InChicago, they saw Bruce and AnneGieserHunt,Bruce andMaryRigdon, Don “Cash”Register ’59 and wife Dolores.

We have one classmate in Vermont,Caroline Fix Strauss, in tiny Moretown on theMad River. I reached Caroline by phone—44of 50 houses in the town were lost. Carolineand her husband Ed live in one of the sixremaining. She has some survivor’s guilt, buttheir whole backyard, which they spent 40years making into their “Eden,” is scoured flat.Caroline is upbeat about the community andwarm with gratitude. Everyone, no matter howneedy, is busy helping others, and the NationalGuard helped enormously, she says.

Thoughts from Japan, from Julie JerabekFukuda in Tokyo: “This has certainly been ayear for natural disasters. For modern man wholikes to be in charge of things, it is a goodreminder to keep something higher in mind.My children, who have grown up with earth-

quakes and typhoons as regular events, took theEast coast events as rather ho-hum.They werenot so ho-hum about Japan’s nuclear disastersand wanted us to leave. I pray all my classmatesare well and the recent events have broughtthem only interesting tales to tell.”

Related thoughts:AlanPeabody reportsthat the lines of storms that hit Cleveland lastsummer avoided Cleveland Heights, where helives.CathyTisinger, who lives in theShenandoah Valley, writes that the area’s beau-tiful caves were spared from earthquakedamage.PaulReeder onGeorgeMcClure: “When

George sent an email around a few months agosaying that his Parkinson’s disease was in itsfinal stages, Rachel and I decided to visitGeorge and Lynne ’62 in Santa Rosa, Calif.,before his condition got any worse. I’m glad wewent; we had a wonderful visit.We ate meals,shared pictures, watched videos, played gamesand talked. George has known about hisParkinson’s for nine years. He has had excellenttreatment, but there is no cure, and the treat-ment merely delays the inevitable. He hasaccepted the situation with full understandingand apparently no anger or resentment.Thetiming of this visit was good because George’smind is still strong, but I was also able to shareand appreciate the struggles he has to live withat the present time.”LarryRupp participated in the 2012

Conference “Saving the Future,” an institute onreligion in an age of science. Check it out at:http://www.iras.org/Welcome.hyml

In August, SylviaGibbs Spearman and herhusband Bill made a fly-in fishing expedition1,200 miles north of their Colorado home. Atages 75 and 84, they asked, “Can we still dothis? Just how crazy are we?” From Creighton,Saskatchewan, they flew in an Otter seaplaneover the Precambrian shield and forest to anarrow stretch of land between Golden andJones Lakes. “It was fun to catch, and release,many beautiful walleye and scrappy northernpike! They did it, and they’re not too crazy!

Last AlumniWeekend BobMcMillanThompson and wife Sandy sat at dinner withBob Laubach, ’41, son of Frank Laubach, thefounder of “Each One Teach One.” Overdinner, Bob Thompson absorbed the interest-ing tales Bob Laubach had to tell.

1959Phil & Winnie Myers Rohrbaugh1916 Maplewood Drive, Cedar Falls, Ia [email protected]“Cash” and Dolores Registerwrite

that they started “a journey of a thousandmiles” on Sept. 12, celebrating 48 years ofmarriage. Their itinerary included a challeng-ing trip through the province of Ontario,Canada, and New York, Vermont, NewHampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, NewJersey and Pennsylvania. Then, they’ll beheading home through Maryland, D.C., Ohio,and Indiana. They hope to see many of youalong the way.Young JoKim and his wife recently took a


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WEDDING OFEMILY SCHADLER ’03& SCOTT GREENAWAY ’00,AUGUST 2009

L TO R, BACK ROW BrendanCallahan ’03MIDDLE ROW Tim Cummings’97, Brendan McCabe ’99,Colleen Call ’04, SarahStrickler ’02, bride, groom,Aaron Woloff ’00, EmilyWelty ’00, Caitlin ShippsSteele ’99FRONT ROW Zoey Woloff,Zachary Woloff


weeklong cruise to Alaska. They saw themidnight sun at Skagway and immenseglaciers up north. Young Jo returned toSummit College of the University of Akronfor his 48th year of teaching—maybe after 50years he’ll finally call it quits!Roger Ramseyer reports: “JackGarrison,

who started in our class, is now living inPortland, Ore., with a summer home inCalifornia. He owned several nautilus trainingfacilities and is now living the good life. He isplanning to come back to Ohio this summer,hopefully for our Wooster men’s golf outing,our group of Wooster athletes who have beenmeeting for years in Wayne County to play.Included in the group are Don Dixon ’58,Harry Weckesser ’51, Gary Grimes ’58, AlVanWie ’52, and on occasion, Coach Mooreand myself. This year we will miss DanThomas ’60, who passed away recently.

Life is great when you are spending timewith COW friends. I continue to work everyday running my businesses and developingnew products. My newest projects are twogarden hoes I invented, which I am in theprocess of getting patents for. My three bookscontinue to sell very well.”

We (Phil andWinnie) were fortunateenough to spend a day at the ChautauquaInstitute with Ron and Josette Rolley. A fewdays later, we ate dinner and had a quick sail-boat outing with Dave and Peg LenderkingHale in Brockport, N.Y.The Rolleys then leftfor two weeks to stay in a cabin on an island inCanada. They had good food, good companyand cool temperatures—a relief from the heatof this summer. Afterwards they left for threeweeks in Ireland.Susanne Fox reports that she escaped

significant damage and had no loss of powerfrom the hurricane and earthquake.JuneKrejcuCarter and Mike Carter ’57

report from Galena, Ohio: June is still veryinvolved with the Humane Society ofDelaware County and animal rescue, a recentrescue being a pot-bellied pig. Mike hasorganized and made 24 trips on medicalmissions to Honduras. June is retired fromteaching, but does talk to scout and schoolclasses regularly about kindness to animals andthe importance of spaying and neutering. Theyhope to visit Wooster in the fall.

1960Vicky Fritschi16 King Philip Tr., Norfolk,MA [email protected] Alderman’s invitation to his 80th

birthday party included a picture of him thatoriginally appeared in the 1959 Index showinghim in his armor as Section One’s candidate

for King of Dog Patch. (He won the competi-tion!) The invitation said, “Joe, our knight inshining armor, is turning 80! No birthday suits;no birthday gifts.” About 40 friends and familymembers joined him and Barbara FrederickAlderman (of Hello, Dolly fame at ourreunion) for the occasion. They celebratedwith food, drinks, fun, cake, more pictures ofJoe in armor, and—as a special gift from hisfriends—homemade peach ice cream.RuthGriffithsDoyle wrote to say that

reading about people who attendedWoodstock School in India in the summerissue of Wooster prompted her to share herown experiences. She attendedWoodstockSchool beginning with kindergarten at agefour. LikeDaveDickason, she was ‘bussed’ toschool in the Himalayas in a basket back-packed by a porter. After the first year her feettook over. Her siblings Dave Griffiths ’55 andMarian Griffiths Demcisak ’61 also attended.

Ruth enjoys church activities, knitting, andreading. She had a series of tests done someyears ago to analyze her personality and abili-ties, and the results indicated that she was agood candidate for being a “perpetual student.”

She earned a living as a public health nurse;now that she is retired, she is trying to catchup.JoanTignorTiernan wrote about events

that have enriched her life: “First of all, myhusband, Joe, and I celebrated our 50thwedding anniversary in March with a trip toHawaii with Road Scholar, just at the timewhen the tsunami from Japan passed throughHawaii.We were near the area where thevolcano was erupting, so we had to be carefulwhere we went, and there was a small earth-quake. In spite of all the natural events, we hada great time, marveled at the beauty of thedifferent islands and soaked up the wealth ofinformation our knowledgeable guidesimparted. Previously, we had been to Indiawith Overseas Adventure Travel, a wonderfultrip in many ways but a very unsettling onealso because of all the poverty. The Taj Mahalwas spectacular, as beautiful as the picturesportray it. Last November, we took a trip toVietnam, which was one of the best trips wehave taken.

Both of my parents graduated fromWooster, as did my two older brothers, Bob

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’55 and Dick ’58. My youngest brother Johnattended for two years. I am grateful for thefine education I received from the College.”Ruth ParsonsMartin announced a newer,

corrected version of her translation of the NewTestament from the original Greek on herblog, www.pioneernt.wordpress.com. She stillhopes to do a Greek index if she “can everfigure out how to do accents, breath marks,and subscripts on the computer!”

1961Larry Vodra51 High Ridge Rd., Brookfield, CT [email protected]

In the last issue of Wooster, I outlinedsome of the things that happened to the 381of us during our first week at Wooster, in earlySeptember 1957. During the following fouryears, we witnessed many “lasts” at theCollege. These included the last basketballgame coached by the legendary “Mose” Hole,the last Faculty Review, the last faculty play,the demolition of the old gym (which led tothe first and only dean-of-men-led panty raidin the school’s history), Dr. Delbert Lean’s50th and last reading of A Christmas Carol, and“Ma” Golder’s retirement in June 1960. Therewas almost no inflation during the four yearswe were in college. Movies at the theaterdowntown were 50 cents, hot dogs andhamburgers were 15 to 25 cents, a 7 ouncefountain Coke was five cents, regular gas was31 cents a gallon (and they cleaned your wind-shield and checked under the hood), and ifyou didn’t have a car, you could ride theprivately ownedWooster bus for 15 cents.

Let’s look at what else happened since

1957. In the four years before our class gradu-ated, we lost 177 classmates due to transfers,marriage, or in some cases, taking a year ortwo off. That meant that on the day we gradu-ated, June 12, 1961, there were 110 men and94 women who received their diplomas, whichwas 54 percent of those who started. Since1961, 42 of the original class of 381 havepassed away (11 percent) and another 54 (14percent) we’ve lost track of. The good news isthat we had 98 classmates at our reunion lastJune (including some of the 177 who left priorto graduating), plus a lot of spouses andfriends from other classes. One final note tothose of you who were unable to attend ourreunion: Enough memory books were printedfor everyone in the class to receive one.Contact the alumni office if you want one—they’re free!

1962Jane Arndt Chittick192 Valencia Lakes Dr., Venice, Fl. [email protected]

A reunion update from our class president“Kitty” (Kathleen) Kelly Johnson:

I returned in September from anothermeeting of our 50th anniversary committee.We will be staying at Luce, a newer dorm thatis air-conditioned. As guests of the College,our lodging there will be free. Our class willalso be dinner guests of the Cornwells onThursday evening, giving us a special opportu-nity to spend time withWooster’s currentpresident and his wife, Peg. The committee isexcited and looking forward to celebrating our50th reunion with you June 7-10. See youthere!

Following graduation fromWooster,WayneA.Bowman got married and earned amaster’s in organic chemistry fromWesleyanUniversity. In 1964, he took a job withEastman Kodak in Rochester, N.Y., as aresearch polymer chemist. During 33 years inKodak’s research labs,Wayne authored 61patents. Upon retirement in 1997, he movedto Medina, Ohio. He has a blended family ofEIGHT children, 18 grandchildren and onegreat-grandchild.Wayne serves in variousleadership roles at his church.“Bing”Freeman and Linda Schoelles

Cardall settled in Delaware shortly after grad-uation. Bing worked at IBM, retiring in 1995as a senior systems engineer before moving onto First Data Corp., where he served as direc-tor of systems development, until his finalretirement in 2007. He is now learning Italianat the Lifelong Learning Institute inWilmington. Linda discovered porcelainpainting as an outlet for self-expression andcreativity when her children were young, andshe has worked in that medium ever since.About 15 years ago, she became a self-employed seller of some of her pieces–largehanging tiles, bowls and vases. Linda currentlyserves as president of the Southern New JerseyPorcelain Painters organization and is amember of the Mid-Atlantic Porcelain Artists.Their two children are native Delawareans andlive nearby. Bing and Linda participate in ball-room dancing classes and travel. They becameheavily involved with the Special Olympicsprogram years ago when their autistic son,Matthew, started to participate.

For years CarlW.Cotman, professor ofneurology and neurobiology and behavior atthe University of California at Irvine, has


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WEDDING OF ADAM MYERS ’94AND MELISSA DUNFEE,OCT. 23, 2010, STRASBURG, OHIO

L TO R, FRONT ROWPaul Kinney ’95, groom, bride, DavidStouffer, ’94, Megan Hout Santangelo ’94

BACK ROW Stephen McMillan ’93, DavidDiLuzio ’94, Summer Koladin Plantz ’96,Michael Rachita ’92, Virginia OsgoodHudson ’97(holding Olivia), Jason Hudson’94 (holding Evan), Steven Marroulis ’93,Alan Schwartz ’95, Christopher Brown ’94,Carolyn Kiss Rachita ’93.


focused his attention on researching successfulaging and reducing the risk of Alzheimer’sdisease. Currently, he is leading a nationalclinical trial to look at the role of exercise inimproving cognition in those who suffer mildcognitive impairment. He has authored morethan 800 publications and has won numerousnational and international awards for hisresearch. Founder of the UC Irvine Institutefor Memory Impairment and NeurologicalDisorders, Carl practices what he preaches byusing his brain and staying physically active asan amateur oil painter, tennis player andgardener. He is the father of four children, allof whom live close by.

A year ago, TomGriffith ended a 40-year career as an art teacher at OakwoodJunior and Senior High School in Dayton,Ohio, serving as chair of the fine artsdepartment since 2002. After graduatingfrom Wooster, he attended The Ohio StateUniversity, receiving a B.S. in art educationwith additional extensive coursework inentomology, a lifelong interest. Now, withmore time, he enjoys reading and spendingtime with his four cats, sister, and nephew.E. Perry Hicks earned a master’s degree

in social science education from DukeUniversity and an Ed.D., also in socialscience education, from the University ofRochester. He then taught at the Universityof Buffalo for 10 years. He pursued hisinterest in financial planning and is the co-owner of Swain Hicks Financial Group, afinancial planning firm in Pittsford, N.Y.Perry and his wife Laura have five children,including James D. Hicks ’91 and RebeccaH. Hicks ’05, and seven grandchildren.Perry serves on the board of directors of theY.M.C.A. and has been president of theCanandaigua Chamber of Commerce. Perryhas traveled to Japan, Hawaii, around thecontinental U.S., and to Africa.

As the training coordinator for RepublicSteel and J & L Specialty Steel Inc., wherehe worked for 35 years, Scott H. Kanneywas in charge of the technical training of thecompany’s in-house mechanical and electri-cal repairmen. After he retired in 2001, Scottbegan looking for some part-time work. Achurch contact mentioned an opportunitywith Mentos, where Scott now for the 10thyear, continues to enjoy his second career as apart-time sales representative. After Wooster,Scott earned a B.S. in education from KentState. He lives in Canton, Ohio near hisdaughter, Jennifer Kanney Beebe ’92, andtwo grandsons, with whom he shares a loveof sports. Scott keeps active with jogging,bicycling and travel.

In 2005, Sylvia Lewis Kelley retired

from Laredo Community College afterhaving taught English there for 35 years.Sadly, Sylvia’s husband of 31 years, Pat, diedof a heart attack the following year. Sylviamoved to Pipe Creek, Tex., a small townnear San Antonio and Bandera, which callsitself the “cowboy capital of the world.” “It’svery different from my suburban New Yorkupbringing.” There, Sylvia is active inCreative Crafters at the Silver Sage SeniorCenter, the Riverside Players theater groupand the Pipe Creek Presbyterian Church.Sylvia reports that she gets to spendsummers in Norman, Okla., with herdaughter, son-in-law, and two granddaugh-ters. Recently Sylvia and a friend took acruise around the British Isles, whichincluded stops in Scotland for MacLeodplaid souvenirs. She’s looking forward to our50th reunion.

1963Ron Eggleston5932 Vienna Way, Lansing,MI [email protected] “Meg”GelinasHorn has been

living in Canada’s Yukon for many years and isnow a consultant with the WhitehorseChamber of Commerce. She and her husbandbought a retirement home in Lantzville,British Columbia, where they will move in afew years. She wishes she could attend thereunion, but the demands of her job andfinances will probably make that impossible.

In August,Alan Sorem retired from hispastorate at an inner city Presbyterian Churchin Frankfort, Ken. He enjoyed a blowout cele-bration and has been able to travel and relax abit. He is planning to attend the 2013 reunion.

For many years, JudyMack Patterson hasbeen an attorney with KidsVoice, a Pittsburghadvocacy agency that serves abused, aban-doned and vulnerable children. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, the agency links staffattorneys with in-house specialists in socialwork, mental health, education, child develop-ment and case management to come up withsolutions for children in need. The agency alsoadvocates for changes in laws and adequatefunding for children’s issues. Judy plans tocontinue the work she loves. Calling herself a“bionic woman,” she reports that a replace-ment hip and knees drove her to find a homewith one-floor living space. She is planning toattend our 50th reunion.

Please send me your holiday letters andother news reports so I can share the growingenthusiasm for our upcoming reunion! Also,contact your classmate friends and encouragethem to join us in June 2013.

1964Bill McCullough44 Fairvale DrivePenfield, N.Y. [email protected]

As the new class secretary submitting myfirst ever class note, a brief report is due. AfterWooster, I earned a master’s in social workfrom Case Western Reserve University,followed by three years in the military and 37years with UnitedWay. I retired in 2006 asexecutive vice president of the GreaterRochester UnitedWay. I now have more timeto spend with my four children and threegrandchildren. Since they are in Ohio, Texas,Florida and China, I also get to travel a bit.My primary role since retirement is “strugglingwatercolorist.” My wife Betty (who justretired), and I plan to stay in western NewYork for the foreseeable future.Joel Bowman attendedWooster one year,

and completed a B.A. in English at theUniversity of Illinois. His postgraduate studieswere interrupted by service in the Army.Afterwards, he completed a Ph.D. in Englishand went on to teaching positions in businesscommunications at the University of Floridain Gainesville, andWestern MichiganUniversity College of Business in Kalamazoo.He is now retired from academic life and isworking in holistic health. Learn more onJoel’s website (www.scs-matters.com).DavidR.Cook, or “Cooker” as I knew

him, lives in Hendersonville, N.C., serving asexecutive director for a nonprofit crisisministry. David played football while atWooster, but a hip dislocation while playing in1963 ended his football career and a grant-in-aid program. He returned home to completework on a B.A., and a master’s in social workfrom Kansas University. He entered the Armyand served as a social worker officer for 22years. He obtained a Ph.D. in 1983, andcompleted his military career with tours at theDepartment of Army Family Policy Officeand the Department of Defense Family PolicyOffice. After coming to Hendersonville, N.C.,he served as an administrator in the localmental health center for six years before takingon his current post with the crisis ministry.SteveDawson is emeritus professor at the

University of Hawaii. Last fall he was inLondon and saw classmateDonKohn talk atthe London School of Economics about banktransparency. Don is former vice chair of theFederal Reserve Board. As Steve tells it, “Themoderator introduced Don, saying he’d knownhim for four decades. After Don’s speech, Iasked the first question, saying that I’d knownDon for five decades.”E.ScottGeller is a distinguished professor



at Virginia Tech, and director of the Centerfor Applied Behavior Systems. In his 40 yearsin the field of behavioral psychology, Scott’scontributions have earned him awards andrecognitions, including was an HonoraryDoctorate of Humane Letters from theCollege of Wooster in 2011. I remember Scottas my Fifth Section roommate for sophomoreand junior years and one hell of a drummer ina rock band. One thing, in particular, thattouched me about Scott’s work was his role increating Actively Caring For People. It’s wortha trip to the website: www.ac4p.org/index.

1965Chuck & Lill Richeson Templeton925 Alvarado Terr., Walla Walla, Wash.99362(509) 525-6746, [email protected]

We received a number of emails expressingsadness at the death ofDianaMosesonBrown on Aug. 17, 2011. Bill Vodra([email protected]) attended her memorialservice. Bill writes, “Although I had notconnected with her since graduation, she and Iwere good friends on campus, and she left amysterious mark on my memory—one ofthose people you never forget and long to seeagain.”JackTravis ([email protected])

remembers that he and Bill Vodra were bothat Ohio Boys State in 1961 where Jack washead of the Ohio State Police and had todeclare martial law due to riots in a dorm. Hesent his lieutenant (who is now a minister inIndianapolis), to investigate Bill’s allegedembezzlement of the legislators’ paychecks.Bill did remember setting up a business calledCredit Mobilier, deliberately based on thescandal of 1872.

NickKaratinos ([email protected]) sharesnews: “We have reached the age where someask us when we may decide to retire, but Ihave no plans to. Jill continues with herpsychiatry practice focusing on brain-injuredpatients, and I with my law practice inemployment and maritime law and insurancelitigation. In July, we attended my 50th highschool reunion inWest Palm Beach, Fla.FrankGilbuena and SteveGoldsmithattended. Frank continues to work as aproducer for a TV station in Philadelphia, andSteve with his business ventures in New Jersey.They both promised to attend our 50thWooster reunion. Jill's 50th at Newark HighSchool in Delaware was in late September.GaryReichard ([email protected])and Sandy Scott of our class were expected.Mary Jo (Weaver) MacCracken

([email protected]), a faculty member atthe University of Akron, recently presenteda research poster at the Association ofApplied Sport Psychology conference inHawaii titled “Social Physique Anxiety,Body Composition and BodySatisfaction/Dissatisfaction in MiddleSchool Children.” One of her classes hasalso received funding for an innovativeprogram called Pay It Forward, which helpsdevelop a new generation of philanthropiststhrough a course-based service-learningenvironment.

Additional news from Bill Vodra, “I livein Alexandria, Va. I have retired from prac-ticing law, which I began in D.C. in. 1971. Iwas with the Bureau of Narcotics andDangerous Drugs/Drug EnforcementAdministration of the Department of Justicefor three years, and then with the Food andDrug Administration for five years, concen-

trating throughout on the regulation ofdrugs and other medical products. I thenspent over 30 years with Arnold & Porter inD.C., advising companies on legal issuesrelating to the regulation of medical prod-ucts. I retired fully in 2010 in order to serveon a panel for the Institute of Medicine,looking at FDA’s regulation of moderate-risk medical devices.

We sent out an email newsletter to ourclass reminding them of our arriving oncampus as first-year students on Sept. 13,1961. JohnMcNeese([email protected]) responds,“Thanks for the memory. I called my Dadwho is 93 years old. He said he had a tear inhis eye on the road back to Oklahoma afterleaving me at Wooster.”

In August we (Chuck and Lill) enjoyedfive days in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and12 days cruising on the Baltic Sea.We visitedsix countries during the cruise and were veryexcited to visit the Hermitage in St.Petersburg, Russia, one of the items on ourbucket list. In September we hostedMartha(Eshelman) Brown ([email protected]) andher husband, Gary ’66 who flew in from NewYork. They came toWalla Walla to attend thewedding of their niece, stepdaughter of Gary’sbrother Mark ’71. Martha and Gary are enjoy-ing the freedom of retirement and travel, andare hosting many family and friends at thelakeside home they built in on Keuka Lake inupstate New York.

Keep your news coming! Our planningcommittee continues to gear up for our 50threunion. The more connections we can make,the more fun the reunion will be. Be sure tomark June 4-7, 2015 on your calendars for afabulous weekend.

ClassNotes


50TH WEDDINGANNIVERSARY OFMARGARET STEWARTYOUNG ’57 AND SANFORDYOUNG, MAY 2011L TO R: Zoe Wilson,Eugene Young, Bridge M.Wilson-Young, Margaret &Sandy Young, Lila Bankston,Roland Young.



1966Elizabeth “Libby” Westhafer O’Brien6557 S. Richards Ave. Santa Fe, NM 87508,[email protected] writes: “On the way to North

Carolina in early August, Bette and I stoppedinWilliamstown,W.Va., and had dinner withMarthaWebbMcGovern and her husband,Pat. Martha has just retired from her positionat WVU at Parkersburg and is looking forwardto having time to do more reading and otherpersonal activities. Martha can be reached [email protected]. Bette and Ihosted a gathering in August at our vacationhome in Canton, N.C.We had Chalmers andPamBrumbaugh, Jim and Suz Brown, BruceArnold and Bob Johnson and his wife, Dale,over for the weekend.We had great conversa-tion, connecting for the first time sinceWooster for most of us. We enjoyed havingeveryone visit and are willing to host anyother ’66 friends and spouses that are in thewestern North Carolina area near Asheville orin the Cleveland,Ohio area where we still main-tain a residence.”Contact Gerry [email protected].

Suz Brown said regarding the gathering:“We were so pleased to have been includedthat weekend, and we now have a renewedinterest in keeping track of more Woosterfriends. Bruce Arnold said: “The weekend wasawesome, and I'm really glad I attended. SinceI didn’t graduate with the class (Bruce trans-ferred to Stetson University as a junior tobecome a CPA) I thought I might be left out,but I was totally wrong. I renewed old friend-ships and made new ones, in spite of my neverattending a reunion. I'll definitely make a bigeffort to attend our 50th!” Bob Johnson said: “Ireally appreciate the hosting of our little groupof ’66 classmates. I appreciate the efforts torenew friendships and look forward to keepingin touch with those from so long ago.”

Gerry makes the following request: “Iwould like to create a periodic class newsletterto share regular news and pictures which mightnot be able to be included in theWoostermagazine. I am looking for information andfor people to help with the production (towrite notes on themselves or others). I wouldalso like people to send updated emailaddresses if they have not gotten correspon-dence from me since June.”GinnyKeimBrooks writes: “I reconnected

with JohnKarrer ([email protected]) inAugust when my husband and I joined him forlunch in Hartford. John has retired after 30-plus years of teaching art at Weaver HighSchool. He did some amazing projects therewith his students and continues to pursuesome creative photographic projects.

1967Rosemary “Rosie” Capps Merchant32 Binnacle Hill, Oakland, CA 94618-2532,[email protected] Lukens-Rumscheidt6 Cote Dr., Dover, NH [email protected]

It was good to hear from JoelWeaver([email protected]), dentist anesthesiologistand emeritus professor at The Ohio StateUniversity, who spent his first two years withour class before transferring to pharmacy schoolat Ohio Northern University. He graduatedfrom the ONU College of Pharmacy in 1968and from the College of Dentistry at The OhioState University in 1972. He deserves ourcongratulations for receiving the OSUDistinguished Service Award in May 2011.Since retiring from full-time academics, Joelworks two days a week teaching residents andproviding general anesthesia at the OSUMedical Center for patients with cognitivedisabilities, facial trauma and dental-facialdeformities.

Joel has been married 41 years to BarbaraLee RingwaldWeaver. Because Barbara isrelated to actress Molly Ringwald, she and Joelmight be willing to tell some lively stories aboutfamily reunions.They live inWesterville, Ohio,where Barbara is involved on the boards of theWesterville Symphony and the OperaColumbus Impresarios support group.Theyhave two children and four grandchildren.

Joel writes: “To offset our rather hectic lives,we enjoy ‘life in the slow lane’ while touring theback roads in our 1912 Model T Ford. NextJuly, our Model T Club will tour for a week inthe Rutland, Vt., area. I love to keep up withmyWooster friends and classmates through thealumni magazine. Incidentally, the rest of myfamily graduated fromWooster: my dad JoelWeaver ’37, my mother Mary Ellen FrameWeaver ’34, and my sisters Mary JoWeaverMacCracken ’65 and HelenWeaver Kaufman’69.”TheWeavers attend Ohio Light Opera,support the Columbus Symphony and see Joel’sclassmate Bill Bay, a renal medicine specialist,at fundraising events.

In other news,Rosie CappsMerchant andJeanneMilligan Player, the two oldest Scots inService, packed 8,000 pounds of carrots onSept. 17 at the San Francisco food bank.Wereany of you at other sites? If not, think abouttaking advantage of this opportunity to serveyour community and meet COW folks at thesame time. Even better, contact the AlumniOffice for help in organizing an event in yourarea!

Let us know of any meet-ups and sendphotos if they include classmates.We know ofat least one recent mini-reunion when Laura

WhitmanReed,Emily Albu,RosieMerchantand Susan Stranahan ’68 met on SouthportIsland near Boothbay,Maine in July. This isbecoming an annual event, so if you live inNew England, please get in touch if you’reinterested!

Your other co-secretary,Nancy Lukens-Rumscheidt, was inWooster in April and washappy to catch up with Sally Patton and retiredfaculty Arn and Beth Lewis, Richard andSusan Figge, and Richard and Barbara Bell.

As you have no doubt heard, Sally Pattonhas stepped down as vice president of develop-ment for the College and will officially retire in2012.We encourage you to consider mention-ing Sally’s name when you give to theWoosterFund in her honor.

By the time you read this, plans for our 45threunion June 7-10 will be well under way.Wehope you’ve marked your calendars and areplanning to attend, so that by 2017 we’ll be infabulous shape for our 50th and will have justthe right gift to present. Some have alreadybegun thinking about what kind of gift thatmight be.

Please send us your news and thoughts!

1968Jim & Jean Adair Mayer35038 Carnation Ln., Ft.Mill, SC [email protected], [email protected] Sue Kaufman (jacksonlady1@yahoo)reports: “After teaching virtually nonstop since1968, I retired from teaching high school in2007, stayed retired for two weeks, andaccepted instructor positions with TheUniversity of Akron/Wayne College and atNorth Central State College in Mansfield. Allthe children are out of the nest, I have remar-ried, and I am beginning again. My, how lifemoves on!”

1969Judy Simkins Haines2643 Brook Valley Rd., Frederick,MD [email protected]

1970Laura Wolfson Likavec1702 Mendelssohn Dr., Westlake, OH [email protected]

Vicki Miles Yuen, who lives in LasVegas, was elected state president of theNevada Garden Club.

From Dan Dimpfl: “I’ve been retired forfour years from 36 years of teaching highschool chemistry. It turns out chemistry andthe world of 16-year-olds was a good fit forme. I have been married 40 years this year;



we have three grown children and threegrandchildren. Grandchildren are theabsolute best. Sue and I are active with ourlocal Habitat for Humanity, and we arecurrently building a house with our son forhim and his family. Although we’re a littleoverwhelmed with the current project, I'msure we’ll get our lives back eventually.

Susan Burkhalter [email protected], anorganist at two churches in Virginia, wrote areview of the book Susquehanna, River ofDreams by Susan Stranahan ’68 on her blog:http://organistsnews.bachorgan.com.

David Clark read Patty Richards ’68Notes in the last issue and had this reaction:“Patty is being way too humble. InDecember, 1966 the Wooster Chorus, underthe baton of Dr. Gore , sang Handel'sMessiah before a packed house in the oldchapel. The chorus, of course, was made upof undergraduates but the orchestra and thesoloists were professionals. At the lastminute, the professional soprano soloist wasunable to perform and Patty, one of Prof.Trump's voice students, was enlisted to fill-in. For more than one listener that night,her singing of “I know that my redeemerliveth" was truly a spirtual experience.”

1971Carlile Marshall155 Maple St., Summit, NJ [email protected]

1972Jay Yutzey1254 Norwell Dr., Columbus, OH [email protected]

1973Suzanne Schluederberg3385 Carl Ct., Ann Arbor,MI [email protected]

1974Kim Tapie5511 Canaan Center Rd.,Wooster,OH [email protected]

I regret to inform you that another class-mate that many of you knew passed awaylast June: Kraig Gibson, brother of Ken. Ilast saw Kraig at his brother’s funeral threeyears ago. Being a twin, Kraig had the samechronic illnesses that led to Ken’s death.Kraig was a happy-go-lucky guy who nevercomplained. His most recent joy was agospel bluegrass band he formed that playedin area churches. His tenor voice was clearas a bell, as was his infamous chuckle. BothGibson boys were the best joke- and story-tellers I knew. Kraig will be missed.

Thanks to all who responded to myrequest for emails. Please keep them comingor a guilt request will haunt you from thiscolumn.

From TomMitchell ([email protected]):

“Since 1988, I have been a recreationalrunner involved in 10ks, marathons,triathlons, etc. I am not the fastest by far,but I enjoy the camaraderie. I also enjoyvolunteering at the races; I once led theopening of a 30k race on my bike. I travel tomarathons in the Cleveland, Erie, andPittsburgh areas, but Akron is my favorite.”

Russ Phifer ([email protected])writes: “I’ve spent most of 2011 campaign-ing for public office for the first time. I amrunning for the recorder of deeds position inChester County, Penn., a large county withabout 500,000 residents. This has been anamazing experience, as I’ve been forced outof my shy shell to meet voters at publicevents several times a week. I’m still runningmy environmental health and safety consult-ing business and remain active in theAmerican Chemical Society. Because I’mnot busy enough, I’ve also been named exec-utive director of the National Registry ofCertified Chemists, the main certificationorganization for chemists. I still have twodaughters in school—one a junior in highschool, the other a junior in college. Myhobbies include going to Phillies games(with season tickets since 1978). I had agreat time at a game with TomHynson lastsummer. I’ll let you know how I do in theelection, which is November 8.”

SINGING WITH THE PROSMembers of the Wooster Chorusjoined the Cleveland OrchestraChorus performance ofBeethoven’s 9th Symphony atBlossom Music Center.

L TO R, BACK ROWBenjamin Bellamy ’12, MarjoryEtheridge ’14, Tom Hull ’07MIDDLE ROWLisa Wong (director of WoosterChorus), Bronwyn Schlaefer ’12,Trevor Pozderac ’14, Ryan O’Dell’14, Sarah Mitchell ’13, DebbieKrudwig Gutowski ’99FRONT ROWCara Haxo ’13, Marie Gatien ’14,Brian Fancher ’13, Krista Koeller’13, Clare Mitchell ’06 (notpictured: Trem Oatman ’72,Sarah Jones ’87)



1975Andrea J. Steenburg Simmers2121 Breeds Rd., Owings Mills, MD [email protected] Beth Kean: "Ours" is a story thatbegan 50 years ago. It is a story about pen-pals, in a day and age now of tweeting, twit-tering, and (hmmmm) writing letters? WhenI was seven years old, I thought it might be"cool" to have a pen-pal from another country.My father, Albert Kean ’45 found a friend forme to correspond with through his ministerialcontacts in England. Susan Jebbett Lockwoodand I have been writing ever since.

Our letter writing waned during ourteenage years, so our respective parents tookover. They not only continued writing, butbecame travel companions, and life-longfriends. Susan's father, Ralph Jebbett, wrote apoem about our family friendship, and addedup 20-plus trips. We have since added manymore. I was in Sue's wedding, playing theharp for her, and she was a bridesmaid inmine. Our husbands enjoy hiking, swimming,and sampling beer together. My sister, JudyKean (Wooster Class of 1978) and her son,Michael- have been to England to visit. Thesons and daughters have been on visits. So,no- we are not one of those stories abouthaving never met each other in spite of writingfor a lifetime. Instead, we have become the"Pen-Pal Bunch" ( after the Brady bunchtheme song). We have become family.

We now e-mail each other, and admittedly,seldom write actual hand-written letters. If weare not careful, all our writing will be lost-to-follow if we don't save e-mails, etc. But, fornow, we are happy to be in relationship, and tokeep it going!”

1976Dana Vandenberg Murphy3175 Warrington Rd., Shaker Heights, OH44120-2428, [email protected]

I (Dana) enjoyed meeting Anne Liske'sbrother Kurt Liske ’61 at our June 2011reunion. Anne wasn’t able to make the event,but here’s her update: “For almost 20 years Ihave worked in the not-for-profit sector at thestate and national level doing advocacy foragencies serving those affected by sexualviolence. I currently work as the sexualviolence prevention coordinator for theUniversity of Vermont, and live with myhusband John inWinooski. After Wooster, Iearned an M.F.A. in theater from theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hilland an M.S. in arts from New York University.I have volunteered for a women’s prison library

and also serve on the board of an LGBTcommunity center.”

Kit Arn is president of Robeks FruitSmoothies in Akron, Ohio.DavidM.Kinneyis an emergency room physician inMorgantown,W.Va. Paula Berry is a psychol-ogist in private practice in Louisville, Ky. Sheearned her doctorate in 1990 from theUniversity of Louisville. Paula and husbandKenneth Burgess are the parents of ClaireBurgess ’10. Paula sings with a women’s acappella group, Pride of Kentucky. JulieBeuter of Wooster is co-founder and thedirector of MOCAHouse, a peer-supportrecovery center for those recovering fromsevere mental illness. She spends two weeks ayear volunteering in Honduras for CentralAmerican Medical Outreach. Julie is an avidrunner and tennis player, and she also has anadult son and daughter.

Cynthia Fisher Freer reports from Jatim,Indonesia: “Mark Freer and I were married in1975. Immediately after graduation, Mark andI lived in Louisiana’s Cajun territory for twoyears as dorm parents for Sager-BrownSchool, an orphanage-type facility and part ofthe United Methodist Church home missions.We both then went to Asbury Seminaryoutside of Lexington, Ky. After seminary, weserved 11 years as pastors in the East OhioConference of the United Methodist Churchin churches east of upper Sandusky, Ohio,where our two sons, Andrew and Mathew,were born in 1984 and 1987.We were bothordained in 1983. In January of 1993, ourfamily moved to Indonesia as members ofOMS International, a faith mission.We haveboth taught in the OMS-related seminary inIndonesia, where Mark still teaches and servesas field director. I went back to school and gotmy M.Ed. from Seattle Pacific University. Ihave been teaching at Wesley InternationalSchool since 2000 and have been high schoolprincipal since 2007. Both of our sons gradu-ated fromWIS, went to college and are nowmarried.We have no grandchildren yet!”

Here’s news fromDwight [email protected], our new classpresident: “A lot of changes have taken placearound campus since we were there, but a lotremains the same. It's incredible how well thephysical plant at the College has been main-tained since we were there. The new ScotCenter is going to be incredible when it’sfinished. I’m hoping to make it part of our40th reunion.”

Mark R.High, a member at DickinsonWright, PLLC, has been named a 2011Michigan Super Lawyer in business/corporatelaw. Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding

lawyers from more than 70 practice areas whohave attained a high degree of peer recognitionand professional achievement. Mark has alsobeen included in The Best Lawyers inAmerica 2012 in the area of corporate gover-nance law and corporate law.

1977Bonnie Savage4306 River St., Willoughby, OH [email protected]

If you would like to send news, I(Bonnie) prefer that you write because I amtrying not to spend much time on thecomputer. It is always great to hear fromyou.

I enjoyed having an outstanding voiceand violin teacher at Wooster. The encour-agement and nurturing I experienced hassparked a lifelong career teaching voice andviolin. It is very difficult to learn everythingwhile in college, but I continue to work andam thankful for the excellent start that I had.I hope other graduates have fond memoriesas well.

If anyone is interested in being secretary,please let me know. I enjoy being secretary,but I would love to give the chance to some-one else who might be interested

1978Ken & Laurie Williams Gifford6 Alicia Cir., Sinking Spring, PA [email protected], [email protected] Wilson7031 Villa Dr., Waterford,MI [email protected] & Robin Light Thomas2801 Edgewood Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55426(952) 925-5028, [email protected]

1979Jay Keller324 Lincoln Ave.,Takoma Park,MD [email protected]

A number of classmates reflected on the10th anniversary of September 11th. Folksresponded to Ellen McKnight’s post of“Where were you?” on Facebook with a vari-ety of answers. Eric Showes([email protected]) works at FireStation 7 in Canton, Ohio. He joined digni-taries in remembering the tragedy on the10th anniversary.

From JimMurphy ([email protected]):“I turned 55 this year! We bought a condo inArizona a few years ago. The rain drives me



south for a few days in January or February.Though I didn’t want to be there lastsummer, I would have liked to witness a‘haboob’ dust storm.”

Larry Nader ([email protected])reports that for son Alex’s graduation pres-ent, they attended Comic Con in San Diego,the ultimate experience of entertainmentmedia. Later in the summer, Larry’s wifeGail and he met up with Paul Keeler atMatt Marko’s place in Michigan and spenttwo days enjoying Matt’s party boat andreliving old times as Betas in First Section.

Jen Jones ([email protected]) reports thather son Chris (Lance Corporal in the U.S.Marine Corps) returned from Afghanistan inJuly, and her husband Mark returned in Mayfrom Kabul after one year. Jen has gonetandem diving and hopes to have done a“real” skydive by the end of the year.

SteveGlick ([email protected]) retiredfrom theWooster Police Department and isnow director of security and protective servicesat the College. He and his wife, Liz EberhartGlick ’81, celebrated their 30th weddinganniversary, his retirement and her birthday ona Caribbean cruise. They also stayed in NewYork City for a few days and saw MegBurnham ’80. They then spent time in RhodeIsland visiting family (Karen Eberhart ’91, herhusband Andrew Ellison ’90 and their daugh-ter Abigail). On Aug. 6, Steve’s son, Edward’07, married Bethany King ’07 in Columbus.Of course, many COW grads and somecurrent students attended. His daughter,Melissa ’12, is in her senior year at Wooster. Abiology major, she is captain of the cheerlead-ing squad, works at the Alumni Office, and isbusy applying to vet schools.

Ellen McKnight ([email protected]),her husband Jeff, and her daughter Laurensaw the sun rise over Machu Picchu this pastsummer. Ellen’s flash fiction has been

published in a couple more literary maga-zines this year, and her current novel-in-progress, Just Kate, was shortlisted for theWilliam Faulkner-William WisdomCreative Writing Competition and came insecond for Best First Page at the AnnualWriters’ Institute. “Now if only I could finishthe thing!” she says.

Mike Dever founded Brandywine AssetManagement in 1982 and continues to serveas its CEO and director of research. Hebecame a published author with the releaseof Jackass Investing: Don't Do It. Profit FromIt., which was published by IgnitePublications. The book, which overturns 20common investment myths, also introducesseveral new concepts. The final chapterincorporates these into a “Free Lunch” port-folio designed to profit in both bull and bearmarkets. It has been called both controversialand game-changing, and has become anAmazon investment bestseller.

Sharon (Farmer) Schoneman([email protected]) wrote that sheand Steve are hanging out in Ashtabula,Ohio: “Our fourth child graduated fromcollege this summer! Do we get to havesome money now? Our biggest news is thatwe are becoming grandparents in January.Steve and I somehow manage to work dailytogether in our software/consulting business.We work on systems that integrate withcustomer’s accounting systems and allowthem to monitor their businesses. We alsodabble at being landlords and rehabilitatinghouses; we keep busy.”

Shelley Griewahn ([email protected]) writes, “Our daughter is a highschool junior, so this past fall marked thestart of college research for us. Not sure I’mready for this, but it can be fun!”

Don Bordine and Jay Keller representedour class by attending a Scots in Service

event in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 17.About 25 Wooster alumni and familiesjoined to assemble care packages for servicemen and women in Iraq and Afghanistan.Prior to the event, alumni purchased itemssuch as hand warmers and non-perishabletreats to fill 25 boxes. Each box alsocontained a handmade note or picture ofappreciation produced by the children ofalumni who also attended.Don Campbelland his family came up to Washington inJuly and joined the Kellers and Bordines fordinner. It was great to catch-up.”

And finally, my news: My family and I(Jay) visited my brother-in-law in Rwandalast summer, spending two weeks travelingaround the country. We hiked Mount Bisoke(a 12,000-foot inactive volcano on the Congoborder), where Dian Fossey of Gorillas in theMist worked to protect gorillas. We swam inLake Kivu and saw hippos, giraffes, baboons,Cape buffalo and an incredible diversity ofbirds in Akagera National Park. Just 17 yearsafter a genocide that killed nearly one millionRwandans in 90 days, the country is stillworking through this tragedy.

1980Susan Estill1817 Keller Lake Dr., Burnsville,MN [email protected] Leake300 High Gables Dr., Apt. 208,Gaithersburg,MD 20878-7428Jenny Watson1551 Oakmount Rd., South Euclid, OH [email protected]

1981Jennifer [email protected]

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A SPELUNKING ADVENTURENewly engaged Shashana Raskas ’05 and Pablo

Gonzalez Aguilar spelunking in Costa Rica.

ANNIVERSARYCELEBRATION INBERMUDA,AUGUST 2011L TO R: ScarlettCaminiti Bouder ’96,Rich Bouder ’96,Allison HightshoeBecsak ’95, ToddBecsak ’95



1982Barbara Brown2151 Fairmount Ave., St. Paul,MN [email protected] P. Shafer9929 Oakton Terrace Rd., Oakton, VA [email protected] Lancaster Toner11593 Westbury Pl., Carmel, IN [email protected]

1983David MartinCollierville, TN, [email protected] [email protected]

Betsy de Jong-Crane (www.cranecity-tours.com) writes: “I'm still living inGroningen in the Netherlands—it’s nowbeen 21 years. My husband's been teachingart history at the university here even longer.Our daughter Emma began at the Universityof York in England in October and is study-ing art history. Our son Pieter is in hisfourth of six years in high school. He willdefinitely not be studying art history, but hereally liked Wooster after visiting for our25th reunion, so who knows where he willend up. After a number of academic projects,I started a tour business giving walksthrough our beautiful city. I would love tosee anyone who manages to come to the farnorth, and of course I give free tours toWooster alumni!”

Jennie Saliers celebrated her 50th birth-day this year and sent this quick update:“This seems to be the year a lot of usturned the big 5-0. Bill surprised me byflying in Mary Neagoy, Lisa Beatty andLee Renner for a great birthday weekendcelebration in July.”

Jennifer Smith sends this update: “The2011 Wooster Fund numbers are out and ourclass had a 33 percent participation rate! Wewent from 12.7 percent in 2009 to 17percent in 2010 to 33 percent in 2011! Thatis a huge improvement—let’s keep up thegood work! On a personal note, I waselected to the council for the AdministrativeLaw Section of the American BarAssociation (ABA) at their annual meetinglast August in Toronto.” Jennifer, thank youfor your effort to move all of us, and thankyou very much to all who participated. Yourparticipation helps Wooster and increasesour potential for more aid to help currentand future students.

Shirley Bennett continues to work in ob-gyn at Southwest General Hospital outsideof Cleveland. She has two boys, 13 and 16.

She has a summer home on ChautauquaLake, N.Y., and a winter home in Naples,Fla. Thanks for the update Shirley—nowonder you were getting rid of the boat!

Mary Neagoy sent this update: “Lastyear, many of us turned 50. I marked myAARP birthday quietly with my family,while visiting Washington, D.C. on springbreak. Last summer, I took part in a truecovert mission, “Operation ShrimpCocktail,” to help Jennie celebrate her 50th.Co-conspirators were Lissa Beatty and LeeRenner. The “Charlie” to our “Angels” wasJennie’s hubby, Bill Levisay. In other news, Icontinue to enjoy my service to Wooster as amember of the board of trustees, where I'mfortunate to work alongside many ofWooster’s most talented and dedicatedalumni from all eras. I urge you to visitWooster on the web or in person. I thinkyou will really like what you see.”

Jeff Berichon reports that he and DaveHadzinsky made their annual fall trek toScotland for a few rounds of golf. They bothcompleted their quest to play all of theScottish British Open courses by playingMuirfield and Old Musselburgh. Otherhighlights of the trip included playing NorthBerwick, Carnoustie, and Royal Aberdeen,the site of the 2011Walker Cup.

Hugh Crowell is spending a lot of timedoing wetland, stream and ecological surveysin the hills of West Virginia. According toHugh, “The environmental consulting busi-ness is roaring back while other parts of theeconomy remain fragile. My family is enjoy-ing our new dog, Malcolm, a pound muttwho is either a giant Chihuahua or a dingo –anybody’s guess.”

Chelsea Brown Callicott (formerly PamBrown) updates us from Oregon: “We’reraising our 10-year-old twins in Bend, Ore.,where my husband, Preston, is a partner at aweb development/mobile apps company. I doPR and manage client relations for busi-nesses and individuals and love the variety ofmy work. I also represent SendOutCards, aprogressive company that allows you tocreate personalized greeting cards from yourcomputer, which are printed, stamped andmailed for you. Please try it out and send acard, on me, at www.sendoutcards.com/54744.On the philanthropic side, I am a member ofPEO, an international sisterhood thatprovides educational scholarships to women.I am also a founding board member of AgeWide Open, a new 501 (c)(3) designed tosupport adult children (us!) as we help theseniors we love on their aging journey. Thisis especially relevant to me, as I partner withmy siblings to support my elderly father who

just moved in with my brother and hisfamily. This summer found us traveling tothe Jersey shore for a family reunion, andlater to Seattle and the San Juan islands formy daughter Genna’s debut into the world oftraveling soccer. Life at home in Bend findsus floating or paddling the river, exploringnew hikes and enjoying a rich life in a smalltown. Please email ([email protected])if you ever find yourself nearby, as I’d love toshow you the best of central Oregon.”

Tara Mahlerwein Martin ’82 and I(David) are doing well in Memphis. Tara isteaching German at Germantown HighSchool (how ironic), and I am now theNorth American EHS manager forInternational Paper converting operations.Our sons are doing well; one is out ofcollege, the second is at the University ofTennessee at Chattanooga, and the third is asophomore in high school. I turned 50 lastNovember. Happy 50th to all who havealready picked up their AARP cards. Justthink—we can get geezer rates at hotelswhen we go back to Wooster for our 30threunion!

Thank you to those who continue to sendupdates. I wish you a pleasant post-holidaygreeting and thank you again for yourincreasing participation in supporting theWooster Fund. Wooster is scored based onalumni support; money helps, but participa-tion is also a big factor. Thanks to all whostepped up – let’s get to 50 percent for our30th reunion!

1984Elizabeth “Beth” Novak Wiggall3636 Lake Albert Way, Grove City OH [email protected] Lower Coonahan2 Brookside Lane, Sterling,Mass. [email protected]

1985Barry [email protected]

“Who were you then, who are you now?You've changed your place in this world,” singsAkron native Chrissie Hynde on “Talk of theTown,” a hit single on The Pretenders’ 1981(the year we arrived on campus) album“Pretenders II.” It’s a great song and a perfectline for the dual effect of Class Notes: Theysimultaneously remind us who classmates wereand tell us who they have become. So thanksfor sharing and please keep the notes coming!

At last counting, there were 1,909 Collegeof Wooster alumni couples.Well, it's time to


add another to the tally, as Elizabeth Bacon([email protected]) has some news: “Life isgreat here in Chicago! Brian Boyd ’84 and Ireconnected and are engaged to be married,probably sometime next year.” Elizabeth, whoearned a law degree at Loyola UniversityChicago, reports that her commercial litigationpractice and Brian's Internet SEO (searchengine optimization) business are doing well.“My daughter Rebecca (20) is a CreativeWriting Fellow in her senior year at theUniversity of Iowa. My other daughter, Sarah(16), is a junior in high school and enjoyingdriving herself all over the place.” In August,Elizabeth enjoyed a great Skype session withJim Zapf ’84 andHolly Zapf when Holly wasvisiting her brother in San Diego. “Brian and Iare looking forward to a road trip to Woosterat some point,” says Elizabeth, “to see the oldfamiliar places and explore all of the changesin the last two decades.”

Norma Fort Hale ([email protected])checks in from Nashville, Tenn.: “Since I grad-uated fromWooster, I’ve done a variety ofthings! I’ve been a music therapist, director ofrecreation, dual diagnosis specialist, teachingdirector in community Bible study, Sundayschool teacher, PTO volunteer, meals coordi-nator at my church, wife and mom! Of course,these are not in order of importance.” Normaand her husband Ron, who have been married20 years, have a daughter (16) and a son (13).“I love living in Nashville,” she says, “Life is

good; God is great!”NoraHutton is a writer and illustrator of

children’s books. She has published four books,available on her website: norasbooknook.com.Nora writes, “In my years since graduatingfromWooster I have traveled in a few coun-tries, lived in Boston and settled in Toledowhere I live with my husband, Douglas Kidd,and our two cats.” She fondly recalls our 25thclass reunion in 2010. “I saw so many familiarfaces. I had a great time and had many goodconversations. I felt fine to be an alumnus of acollege so sonorous in architecture, populationand evergreen and seasonally expeditious land-scape.” Contact Nora to catch up, and perhapstrade unique descriptors, at [email protected].

Speaking of landscapes,Vic Frank([email protected]) has seen some far-flunglandscapes during his first year working asmanaging director for Overseas FlagshipLanguage Programs at American Councils forInternational Education in Washington D.C.“This summer I visited Nanjing University inChina to develop an internship program forhigh-level American learners of Chinese,” saysVic (though you may call him Mike or“Che”). “Last fall I went to the StateUniversity of Zanzibar in Tanzania to check inon the Swahili program, to the University ofZululand in South Africa for the Zuluprogram, and to Maputo, Mozambique, toinvestigate the possibility of developing

Portuguese language programs there forAmerican students.” His wife Valerie anddaughter Trudy are probably glad to have himhome.

Laura JansonMoir([email protected]) and husband AndyMoir ’86 assisted with coordinating the Scotsin Service event in Columbus, Ohio. “Wecleaned up and planted at a city park and hada beautiful day to do it,” reports Laura. “Scotsin Service is a great way to give back to thecommunity and to enjoy time with fellowalumni. Our project involved alumni spanningclasses from 1961 to 2009.We worked hard,accomplished a lot and were never at a loss forconversation.” Laura even connected withformer first-year Miller Manor housemateAlisonMoser Stuart during the day. Alisonworks at McGraw-Hill Education as thepermissions coordinator and is also heavilyinvolved in systems conversion. She recentlybegan working with Amelia Menk-Brown ’95.Alison and husband Pat have two boys,Sheamus (11) and Duncan (8).

KathiWhalen([email protected]) reports on theScots in Service day in Nashville, Tenn.:“My daughter Eva and I enjoyed meetingWooster grads from 2003 and 2005 at theScots in Service gathering here, as well asparents of a recent grad and even a currentstudent. We worked in a food desert at anurban farm.” Kathi also writes that she


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WEDDING OF ELIZABETH KERR ’07AND PAUL POKLINKOWSKI

L TO R, BACK ROWSteve Bassett ’06, Matt Frank ’03,Robert Hutchinson ’07, Lynette Mattson’08, Matt Long, Katie Lawrence ’07,Kim Noll x’07MIDDLE ROW Kate Duffus ’07, MandyKirkendall ’07, Hannah Samuell ’09,Jen Metzger ’07, LuAnn Duffus ’81),Charlene Gross (Wooster costumedesigner), Erin Toohey Frank ’07FRONT ROW Robert Dumville ’07,groom, bride


enjoyed visits from Class President JamieHaskins and SallyWildman in back-to-backweeks this summer. “Jamie was on a roadtrip, and Sally and her daughter were on acollege trip visiting Vanderbilt.” Kathi andher daughter also spent part of the summerwith family in Lake Junaluska, N.C. Towardthe end of the summer, Kathi headed backto Cuyahoga Falls for her 30th high schoolreunion. “I saw Marcia Obermiller ’86 whilewe were there. She and her family are inCopley and doing well.”

JamieHaskins ([email protected]) tells moreabout that fun road trip: “Last summer, mypartner Mike was accepted to the SewaneeWriters’ Conference in Tennessee, which gaveus the opportunity to take a road trip out ofPhiladelphia and catch up with friends, familyandWooster folks along the way. In Nashville,I visited with Kathi Whalen and then inBethesda, Md., I enjoyed tapas with SarahSimmons and her husband GeorgeGiagtzoglou,Katie Hopper and BarryEisenberg.” I must admit, those are someexcellent dinner companions.

1986Leslie Winter [email protected] [email protected]

1987Emilie Storrs237 Windermere Rd., Lockport, NY [email protected]

1988Susan Friedman2858 Highview Ave.Altadena, Calif. [email protected] Sweney Decker16 Lugrin St.,Westbrook,ME [email protected]

Dave Cotter and Ruth Reynolds Cotter’90 and their kids spent two weeks inEngland and France this summer, whereDave presented two papers at a conference ontime use at Oxford University. While inEngland and France, Dave bored his familywith lots of stories from when he was therewith John Hemann, Dave and Paul Lewis(Arn and Beth’s sons, who designedBornhuetter Hall). This fall, Dave assumedthe position of chair of his sociology depart-ment at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y.


Theculmination of Kentaro Yamada’ssenior I.S. was different from that ofmost Wooster students. Instead of hand-ing over his finished product to the

registrar on I.S. Monday, Kentaro had to wait alittle longer. The fruit of his efforts, an originalmusical composition written for the ScotSymphonic Band, was performed weeks before hisgraduation in May, and combined diverse elements(including pop, jazz, classical, and “as much musictheory that I learned at Wooster as possible”),designed to reflect the breadth of his musicaleducation at Wooster. “I tried really hard to explainthe images I felt in the music to the band’sperformers,” says Kentaro, a music compositionmajor from Japan. “I communicated with literallyeveryone in the band about what feelings I wantedto come through in the music.” The result? “It wasawesome. I had a feeling that I had not experi-enced before and can’t express with words. It’s anunforgettable memory.”

“Awesome” is an understatement for such anaccomplishment, especially when one importantdetail is taken into account: Kentaro is deaf.Afflicted with meningitis as a baby, Kentaro under-went life-saving surgery but lost 30 to 40 percent ofhis hearing in both ears. But he didn’t let the obsta-cle stop him from pursuing his passion; in fact, “Myimpaired hearing sort of made me go into themusic world,” he says. Difficulty communicating in

school led him to apply himself to music ratherthan team sports, and it turned out to be a perfectfit. Kentaro soon discovered that he had perfectpitch; he could flawlessly reproduce notes (or entirepieces) without the assistance of written music.Kentaro left high school (an international school inJakarta, Indonesia) already an accomplished musi-cian, having won three awards and given threeperformances overseas.

Kentaro learned about Wooster from highschool band director John Salminen, and hearrived on campus knowing he wanted to studymusic composition. He immersed himself insound, joining the Scot Symphonic Band,Marching Band, Jazz Ensemble,WoosterSymphony Orchestra, and Brass Ensemble—hisinstrument of choice: the tuba. As a composer andperformer, Kentaro’s impaired hearing occasionallypresented a challenge; he had difficulty distin-guishing between complex chords, and he couldn’talways tell when his instrument was out of tune.When asked to adjust his own volume in harmonywith a fellow musician, Kentaro sometimes foundthat he couldn’t hear the other instruments at all.

While this might seem like a recipe for failure,Kentaro attributes his success to his perfect pitch,allowing him to memorize melodies quickly anddevelop his own strategies for music dictation.“Once I memorize music, I don’t have to hear verymuch,” he says. As a composer, “I see the ‘colors’ ofmusic, and while my music sounded a little differ-ent from other composition students, I cancompose a melody anywhere I want.”

Says Prof. David Lueschen, adjunct instructorof brass on the College’s music faculty andKentaro’s primary mentor on the tuba, “It becamekind of a running joke over the years. I would saysomething like, ‘Etude No. 14,’ and he wouldimmediately start playing it.” As far as Kentaro’shearing impairment, Lueschen says, “I hardly evennoticed it,” neither in rehearsals with the brassensemble nor in private lessons.

“Kentaro was always a lot of fun,” Lueschensays, and the two have kept in touch. Kentaro ismissed by his former band- and ensemble-mates; alarger-than-life cardboard cutout of Kentaro’ssmiling face—created by one crafty student whenKentaro’s arrival to band camp was delayed onesummer—still makes the occasional appearance atband practices.

For now, Kentaro is back in his native Tokyo,and hopes to get involved with a local symphonicband and continue composing and performingmusic. As he wrote in a recent letter to his formermentor, “I am ready to come back to the musicworld any time I can. I haven’t given up aiming foryour position, Mr. Lueschen.”

ByMary Dixon ’13

Kentaro Yamada ’11: Seeing the colors of music

PHOTO: Matt Dilyard


NathanSponseller ([email protected])writes: “I married Stacy Taylor on June 18 inHotchkiss, Colo. A second marriage for bothof us, we bring three daughters into our union:Micah (9), Ava (8) and Sasha (5). For thepast 16 years, I have lived in the beautiful agri-cultural North Fork Valley of Colorado’sWestern Slope, working as a communitybanker and as the volunteer president of thelocal chamber of commerce. Stacy’s a hard-working stay-at-home mom. Stacy and I alsoown and run a small inn in nearby Crawford.Amazingly, I share my community with threeother Wooster grads: Bill Bishop ’62, SarahBishop ’63 and Jeannette Carey ’10, who isMicah and Ava’s music teacher! Stacy and Ilove this area. Alumni traveling through thisbeautiful part of the world should look us up.We’d be happy to be your tour guides!

Maura Salins Greenman: My family and Ispent five fun-filled days with Nina RobertsKececi ’88 and her two beautiful kids, Yasar (6)and Aysan (2), on their vacation to the statesthis summer from their home in Istanbul,Turkey.We first gathered for a few days at hermother’s home in South Carolina low-country,where we relaxed on some of the most beauti-ful beaches I’ve ever seen, dined on home-cooked fresh shrimp and surreptitiouslyappropriated figs from the neighbor’s tree onour evening walks.We returned to my homein Virginia to celebrate the Fourth of July witha bevy of fireworks, burgers on the grill andeven a neighborhood waterslide. It was a greatvisit for two long-ago Holden freshmanroomies to reconnect and enjoy each other’scompany. Next year, in Istanbul!

SarahHeath writes: “I am busy preparingfor my third year review at Indiana Universityin Kokomo (kind of a dry run for tenure), so Iam in the throes of documenting my pastaccomplishments. It’s also that time of year—I’m doing the Step Out Walk to StopDiabetes again. Last year, I did 40k (25 miles)to commemorate 40 years with diabetes. Thisyear, I’m proposing that I will start walking by

8 a.m., and guarantee that I’ll cover a mini-mum of 10 miles before the main event startsat noon. That is one slow pace, but the point isto illustrate to people that it is possible to live ahealthy life with diabetes. Consider donatingat this link:http://main.diabetes.org/site/TR/StepOut/IndianaArea?team_id=506069&pg=team&fr_id=7846

And finally, our illustrious president AndyHeath has this update: “Another academic yearis underway at Wooster. I hope to get back tosee the new facilities on campus and watchsome Fighting Scot sports. Our 25th reunionis now less than two years away! Keep that inmind; I hope you’ll plan to reconnect with ourclass then.

As for me, I spent the summer swimming,biking and running. On September 11th Ifinished IronmanWisconsin along with mywife Kathleen ’90. Crossing the finish lineamong a crowd of cheering fans suddenlymade all the hours of training worth it. It wasa very long and rewarding day.”

1989Daphne Daugherty CodyGlencoe, [email protected]

Colleen Banks is the educational consult-ant and executive assistant to the producer forthe television show, “Children Talk…WhereCharacter Rocks,” which first aired on Sept. 3.

Colleen is a first grade teacher and girls’basketball coach at the Alexander DawsonSchool in Las Vegas. However, she says, “Itook this summer opportunity to work on“Children Talk” because it’s an edutainmentshow that enables students to speak out glob-ally about their thoughts, knowledge andexperiences and to learn more about thiswonderful world we live in. Colleen credits theCollege’s Nursery School for getting herstarted in her teaching career. “The NurserySchool's Carol Stewart, Ruth MacKenzie, SuziCollins and director Lynn Akam (nowdeceased), as well as my psychology adviser,Gordon Collins, helped mold me into ateacher inside and outside of the classroom.They taught me that in order to be a successfulteacher you have to continue to be a lifelonglearner, touch student lives outside the class-room and give back when you can to thecommunity.” Colleen has been named “teacherof the year” twice in her career. Check out the“Children Talk” website to find out if it isscheduled to air in your city at www.chil-drentalk.com or www.telcoproductions.com

When we last heard fromDavid Zack, hedidn’t know whether he was going to take hisnew nursing degree and go back to Ohio. The

update: he accepted a new job as director ofoperations management with CovingtonSenior Living. This regional operations posi-tion will allow him, his wife Carla and daugh-ter Victoria to relocate from Philadelphia toCincinnati, where his in-laws live. Davidwrites, “We love the Philly area where I’velived for the past seven years, but it will begood to be back in the Buckeye State!”

19901991Susan Kacerek Burlage33061 Linden Drive, Solon, OH [email protected] Jones McClellandSykesville, MD, [email protected]

1992Kathleen QuinnHighland Heights, [email protected]

Greetings, Class of 1992! I apologize fornot being as efficient a secretary in the lastyear or two, but I want to encourage everyoneto mark the dates of June 7-10, 2012, on theircalendars because…drum roll…it’s time forour 20th class reunion! Can you believe it? Forme, it still feels like yesterday that we arrivedon campus, all fresh-faced and eager to experi-ence all that Wooster had to offer. I hopemany of you will be able to make the trip backto Wooster for this momentous occasion.

If you have any personal news to send,please use my new contact address:[email protected]. I promise that the nextissue will be more newsy.

1993Nancy Hunter [email protected]

Hi all! By the time you read this, thesnow will be blanketing the quad. Pleasekeep the news coming, especially anythingyou did to celebrate the big 4-0!

UdayaThomas has had lots of twists andturns in her journey since Wooster. A sociol-ogy major, she went on to work on commu-nity development projects and in nursing andpublic health. She has been an internationalpublic health specialist for the past sevenyears, working in 13 different countries. Sheis now completing a post-master’s certificateto become an adult nurse practitioner special-izing in primary care. Udaya has had tworecent publications in Open Access Journals.Last September, one article was featured in


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the International Journal of Nursing andMidwifery and she, as the primary author andprincipal investigator, describes workcompleted in Liberia. You can read it athttp://www.academicjournals.org/ijnm/index.html. In her spare time, Udaya enjoys spend-ing time with her family and friends, beingactive, reading, writing, cooking, listening tomusic and being near the ocean. Udayawishes her classmates and other Woosteritespeace, love and happiness in their lives andhopes that all will work hard, play harder, eatconsciously, breathe deeply, love endlessly andsleep soundly. Oh, and for those turning fortythis year (like she is), embrace it like the “newimproved twenty!”

Amy Reese writes: “This year has beenquite a busy one, with tenure and twins! InApril, I was promoted to associate professorand granted tenure at Cedar Crest College,where I teach a variety of courses in thedepartment of biology. In June, I gave birthto twin girls, Elspeth and Ailsa. They jointheir big sister, Iona, who is now three. Lifein our household is busy, but good.”

Cara Gilgenbach writes that she is nowhead of special collections and archives atthe Kent State University Libraries. Sherecently received tenure and is an associateprofessor at Kent State.

Mark McKinney, aka “Dino,” earned anM.B.A. and is working as program managerfor a local manufacturer. He lives inCuyahoga Falls, Ohio. He celebrated turn-ing 40 by doing a two-week hike to MountEverest Base Camp last fall and cage divingwith great white sharks off Australia thispast summer. Hewould love to catch up with’93 classmates at [email protected].

Susan Simmons Deibel has been marriedto her husband David for 14 years. Theyhave four children—Katherine (11),Graham (8), Lillian (4), and the latestsurprise, William! Susan works part-time atNortheast Ohio Behavioral Health as anoutpatient therapist. The practice specializes

in trauma-focused CBT, with most of herclients being children. She writes: “I wouldlove to eventually be ‘Betty Shull’ on someuniversity campus and work with college-age folks.” She still enjoys playing piano andplays at church. She just returned from afamily cruise to Bermuda (with 22 familymembers!), and she and David enjoy visitingher parents, who moved to Naples in 2000.

Dart Schmalz earned both tenure and apromotion at Clemson University. In April,she came to Pittsburgh for a visit withNancy Hunter Mycka and Sandy EyreNichols ’94. She would love to hear fromWoo friends at [email protected].

Dori Stiles ([email protected])writes: “I moved from Shrewsbury, Mass., toRaleigh, N.C., in July with my husband,Bob, and daughters, Julia (7) and Kirsten(4). We love the weather and sense ofcommunity! I'll be celebrating the big 4-0with KimWalter Remley and DaphneCorbett Carr in Palm Springs in October!We would love to connect with any alumniin the area.”

Emily (Grevstad) Sidorfsky checked in:“I have two boys, Soren (9) and Theo (5),and I operate and teach my own preschoolprogram, which I love. Steve Collins' childwas in my program for over a year! I didturn 40 this year and threw a big party tocheer myself up. It was great fun! It’s hardto believe that it’s been almost 20 yearssince graduation—it’s gone by so fast!”

Keep the news coming! I (Nancy) lookforward to reporting your whereabouts andupdates!

1994Stephen S. Nichols1875 Autumn Run,Wooster, OH [email protected]

From Jeff McDowell: “We’ve been inSingapore for a little over a year now. Karen’93 has started a string ensemble and is

teaching violin students at the wonderfulinternational school that Katie (12) andMaggie (10) are attending. I've been atP&G for 17 years now, and I'm currentlythe head of public relations for our oral care,feminine care and health care businessesacross Asia. In the last two months aloneI’ve had business trips to Tokyo, Kobe,Seoul, Sydney, London, Mumbai, Bangkokand Manila. We've taken some wonderfulvacations in Indonesia and Australia and arelooking forward to trips to Thailand andhopefully China and India later this year.Life is good on the flip side of the planet.”

Abdul Rashid ([email protected])was a featured guest at this year's New YorkCity Comic Con. (http://www.newyorkcomic-con.com/Whos-Coming/Guests/Comic-Guests/)

From Hitesh Toolsidass: “I live inKolkata, India. After my business degree, Iwas a banker, promoter and businessman,but my passion for photography, writing andgraphic design made me start a companythat does all three. Now I enjoy travellingfor different assignments in India andabroad. I just returned from Copenhagen,where I photographed a conference for abook. I am also part of the Wooster IndiaLeadership Group in India, and enjoy meet-ing up with others from Woo.”

From Becky Davis Gardner: “Myhusband David and I have been in SouthCarolina for nine years. I have returned toteaching this fall (after a nine-year breakand three children). I am teaching musicpart-time at a private school. I also teachoboe lessons at the university in town. I wasthrilled to have a chance to visit CarriePhillips Gerard and her family this summer.It's always great to catch up with class-mates.”

From Carrie Phillips Gerard: “My familyand I are entering our 10th year living inLouisville, Ky. Our sons are six and eleven,and we are fortunate to live in close proxim-ity to the Ohio River where we get to boat,swim and fish. I am nearing my thirdanniversary as executive director of a smallecumenical social service ministry. I interactwith many great Wooster grads throughwork, which is wonderful! I would love toconnect with more.”

From Jonathan Stavely: “I am currently ahistory, mathematics and life skills teacherfor at-risk youth in a juvenile detentionfacility in Boston Harbor.”

From AmyMiller Sonntag: “Myhusband, Mark, and I celebrated our 15thanniversary this summer and live south ofCleveland in Hudson, Ohio. I have the priv-ilege of working as a consultant at the

CAMPING WITH THE SWIMTEAM AT MOHICAN

L TO R Ryan Radtke ’10, MichaelSaltzman ’10, Briar Williams,Logan LaBerge ’10, Bob Lauwers’10, Sarah Rudawksy ’12, SydKelly ’10, Rebecca Ross ’10, andAllie Kibler-Campbell ’10


Prentke Romich Company with otherWooster grads, notably Sarah Wilds ’97. Ihave also started making fused dichroicglass jewelry (www.glasshalffulljewelry.com)and have been accepted into some small-juried art shows. I sell my jewelry in severallocal stores.”

From Christine Farrell: “I have lived inthe D.C. area for the last 16 years and stilllove it. I am a project manager for an ITcompany and keep busy doing behind thescenes work for community theater, playingskeeball in a local league, and traveling(India, Italy, Greece, Turkey to name somerecent trips). I just finished my first halfmarathon. I trained for four months andalso raised money for Team2EndAids.Secondly, after living in Arlington, Va. forthe last 17 years, I will be moving into theactual District of Columbia in spring 2012.I will be located near the Nationals Stadiumand will have plenty of room for visitors!”

From Delia Hoye Sattelmair: “AfterCOW, I worked as a police officer for 10years in Massachusetts before moving out toUtah and switching careers. I now work as aspecial education teacher, and I’m takingcourses to someday be a school psychologist.We just adopted our second daughter fromChina. We live in Northern Utah near somemajor ski resorts and beautiful country ifanyone is ever passing through and needs aplace to crash.”

From Amy Lawrence Bozza: “I’m livingin Morris Plains, N.J., with my husband

Robert and our four children. I’m an eighthgrade social studies teacher with a principalcertificate—just waiting for the right oppor-tunity! I wrote a novel and was a semifinal-ist in last year’s Amazon BreakthroughNovel Competition. I am currently writingsome more and enjoying life! I’d love tocatch up with everyone!”

From Shannon Peery: “Hello all! I teachtheatre, humanities and etymology atSumner Academy of Arts & Science inKansas City, Kan., and direct and choreo-graph productions. Improv has recentlybecome a passion. I perform at a localimprov theatre and take annual jaunts toChicago for immersion training. For yearsI’ve been writing and singing songs andoccasionally performing. I have no prog-eny—unless you count goofy and awesometheatre kids—and, as yet, am still single andseeking.”

From Lauren Bell: “I am living justoutside of Richmond, Va., and am a profes-sor of political science and associate dean ofacademic affairs at Randolph-MaconCollege. I am married to Jim Doering ’90,who is also on the faculty at R-MC.”

From Tara BurgyWells: “After the birthof my second child last year, I became astay-at-home mom. My family usuallyenjoys living in our historic housesurrounded by water in Mays Landing, N.J.,but it was a bit nerve-wracking during therecent Hurricane Irene. Thankfully, wehaven’t floated away, and the house is still

firmly rooted as it has been for almost 200years.”

Melissa Barnes Thomas and husband Eliwelcomed baby Rhys Hamilton to the worldon Aug. 19, 2011.

Join your classmates on Facebook: TheCollege of Wooster- Class of 1994.

1995Bradley “Brad” DixonCincinnati, OH, [email protected]

Susan Zimmerman has recentlypublished the book,Wayne County FairHorse Racing 1869-1880. For more infor-mation, check out http://www.lulu.com/spot-light/suzimmerman.

Erinn Maury ([email protected]) sentan update that she is settling in after hermove to Hawaii. She writes, “The new jobis great. It's nice to work somewhere wherethe staff cares, the patients are appreciativeand stuff gets done in a timely fashion.After work, I walk outside and there issunshine and rainbows.” She says that thenext phase of her journey is to learn how tostand-up paddle.

Dori Farthing and her husbandwelcomed their second child, EmmaKatherine Jagoda, into the world in August.She writes that all are well.

Elise Bates Russell reports that shecontinues to work as the assistant directorof Camp Westminster on Higgins Lake.She led a trip to the isle of Iona, Scotland,


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WEDDING OF STEPHANIE HULKE ’02AND MATTHEW BATBOUTA,

MENDHAM, N.J., AUG. 6, 2011

L TO R, FIRST ROW Keegan Brown, CassidyBrown, Jenny Kunkler Donley ’02, Stacie

Packard ’01, Emily Cole ’01,Heather Penny Higham ’01, Liz Martin ’02

SECOND ROW Maggie Peter Herms ’02,Kristine Dewitt Jones ’03, Hallie Shapiro

Rick ’03, Jessica Bacon ’03, groom, bride,Sara Austin ’02, Miriam Esbner ’02,

Stephanie Woodruff Pedon ’02THIRD ROW Coach “Geordie Brown”, NicoleRoman ’03, Courtney Peter Marques ’02,Kate Dunne Williams ’02, Jen Hayman ’00,

Ryan Pedon ’00

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this past summer and wrote that it is “oneof the most beautiful places on earth!” Hercamp is also sporting a new website, thanksto the amazing capabilities of Peter James.Apparently, the word is now out amongPresbyterian camps about Peter’s webdesign business. Elise traveled to Texas forthe annual Presbyterian Church Camp andConference Association in October, and shehopes to see Julie Gruber Delezenne ’03there. Elise also wrote that she heard fromJennifer Truman Brailer, who had a seconddaughter, Emma Marie, on July 28. Elisewrites that they are all well!

1996Michelle PerrigoKalamazoo,MI, [email protected] McLarnanMoscow, ID, [email protected]

1997Jennie Nichols-GoodsonSeville, OH, [email protected] M. FletcherCanton, OH, [email protected]

Ryan Boeding has spent the past fiveyears of teaching French and coachingwrestling and rugby at a Jesuit high schoolin his hometown of Toledo. He then got theitch to earn his master’s and decided tomove east to do it. He will be pursuing aM.A.T. in French at the University ofMassachusetts in Amherst and looksforward to meeting up with anyone who isin the area.

Ayesha Hardaway has been promoted toCounsel with Tucker Ellis & West, a prac-tice that includes defending some of thenation’s leading electrical and pharmaceuti-cal manufacturers. Before this promotion,she was an assistant prosecuting attorneyfor the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’sOffice. Ayesha is currently on theCorporate Leadership Team of theAmerican Heart Association, co-chair ofthe High School internship Program and3R’s team captain with the ClevelandMetropolitan Bar Association, an executivecommittee board member with theCleveland Rape Crisis Center and amember of DRI’s Young LawyerCommittee.

I ( Jennie) have finished another year inmy dental practice. I ran my first halfmarathon in May and have already signedup for another. I am excited to skijor withmy Siberian husky again in this coolweather. I would love to hear from anyone

and everyone! Keep sending in yourupdates!

1998Terah Robbin Webb3145McCammon Chase Dr., Lewis Center, OH43035, [email protected]

1999Deborah Krudwig GutowskiLyndhurst, OH,[email protected]

KerryHardy Calfee and husband Sharifwelcomed Malia Fallon on Sept. 19, 2011.Malia is doing well and “Big Sister” Maiya (2)is overjoyed with her new little sister.

Christy RauchMcDaniel is in her sixthyear teaching high school physics. She lives inAlexandria, Va., with husband Colin and two-year-old daughter, Joanna.

Cami Smith is enjoying the success of thenew album released by her band: LexingtonField. Titled Old Dirt Road, the group’s firstfull-length album features their distinctive styleof Irish-American folk punk. They've beentogether since 2007 and are based in SanDiego, Calif. You can find Cami andLexington Field on Facebook to hear moreabout the adventures!

2000Evan Berliner320 Parklawn Dr., Rocky River, OH [email protected] Cook Atwell170 Parkfel Ave., Pitts, PA [email protected] Ritchie3271 Longspur Dr., Col., OH [email protected]

From Heather Trubee Brown([email protected]): “Has it really been11 years since we graduated?! AfterWooster, I (Heather) served three years inthe Peace Corps in Thailand. When Ireturned to the United States, I went backto school for a M.A. in anthropology andmuseum management. I’ve been in sunnyTampa for four years and am the curator ofeducation at the Henry B. Plant Museum.Last year, I married Racine Brown. If anyWooster grads are in Tampa, I'd love tohear from you.”

Ryan Dansak checks in fromPennsylvania: “After graduation, I moved tothe Philadelphia area and got a M.A. inEnglish from Arcadia University. Then Imoved back to my hometown, North

Huntingdon—a suburb of Pittsburgh—andwent to Duquesne University School of Law.I opened my own law firm nearly three yearsago and have been practicing law ever since.I also teach paralegal writing and case analy-sis at Duquesne. It’s great to be on a collegecampus, but it’s not quite like being atWooster.

From Ryan Clark Kurty: “It's hard tobelieve, but Pete Kurty and I celebrated ourseventh wedding anniversary this past June.We live in Dublin, Ohio, with our twobeautiful daughters, Emery (3) and our newaddition, Hadley, born Sept. 8. Since gradu-ating from Wooster, Pete has worked forColumbus City Schools, earned his master’sand administrative license from The OhioState University and is now in his fifth yearas principal of West Broad ElementarySchool. I (Ryan) work as an account direc-tor for GSWWorldwide, an advertisingagency specializing in pharmaceuticalmarketing. We keep in touch with quite afew friends from Wooster and are alwayshappy to hear from others. People can findus on Facebook under my name or via emailat [email protected].”

This September, Heidi Buffingtonfinished seventh in her age group (30-34) inthe Spanish National TriathlonChampionships (Olympic distance) inVigo, Spain.

2001Chris [email protected] Robineau, Syracuse, N.Y.

Kerri Daly Luckner welcomed her firstchild, a little girl named Sydney Michelle, onJuly 11, 2011. Kerri also earned her master’sdegree in clinical mental health counselingfrom Kent State University and passed herlicensure exam. She is working as a licensedprofessional counselor at Recovery Resourcesin Cleveland. On Aug. 1, she and herhusband celebrated their second weddinganniversary.

Matthew Frank married Erin Toohey ’07on Aug. 20 at the Fieldcrest in North Canton,Ohio. Congratulations, Matt and Erin!

Pastor Jacob Johnson([email protected]) reports: My installa-tion as pastor at Growing Valley BaptistChurch in Lancaster, Calif., was great! Checkout the photos at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/eightysedub/sets/72157627225708023/

Last June, I (Chris) took a new job as apublic relations account manager at Pinckney



Hugo Group in Syracuse, N.Y. I celebratedmy first wedding anniversary to Emily Kulkuson Oct. 30.We live in Syracuse with our dog,Rollie.

Drop me a line at [email protected] or atthe newly created College of Wooster Class of2001 Facebook page to send in your news.

2002Liz Farina MarkelChicago, IL, [email protected]

2003Hannah RussellBrooklyn, NY, [email protected] HeffelbowerWashington, D.C. [email protected] Zaborowski UkropinaGrapevine,TX, [email protected]

2004Sarah SiebertLakewood, OH, [email protected]

Rachel Cole has created a new businessthat offers “coaching and creative projects fora full and well-fed life.” Check it out atwww.rachelwcole.com!

In June 2011, Stacia Kock received herPh.D. in women’s studies from The OhioState University, where her dissertationfocused on feminist political theory, citizen-ship studies and antipoverty activism in theUnited States. She is currently a visitingassistant professor at Wooster in the women’s,gender and sexuality studies program.

In November, Eliza Cramer moved toHaddon Heights, N.J., where she is servingas the pastor of their First PresbyterianChurch. She would love to meet up withalumni in the area.

2005Nicole Greene922 Asbury Ave., Evanston, [email protected] Hillyer35 Park Place, Apt. 3Brooklyn, N.Y. 11217 [email protected]

Shoshana Raskas ([email protected])writes: Greetings! So much has happenedsince I last wrote. Over Labor Day weekendI got engaged to my partner of four years,Pablo Gonzalez Aguilar. He surprised mewith the proposal on a backpacking tripafter getting altitude sickness at 10,347 feet.We are so excited! I had a great internship

experience this summer with DeloitteConsulting in Sacramento, Calif., and I amcompleting my M.P.A. this year at theUniversity of Southern California. Betweenwedding planning, job hunting, school andvolunteering, I am going to be busy. Cheers!

2006Kim [email protected]

Robin York Laubenthal graduated inAugust from the University of Missouri-Kansas City with a M.A. in counseling andguidance. She and her husband, ChristopherLaubenthal ’05, are expecting their firstchild in March 2012.

Bethany Comella spent a month lastsummer traveling through Europe visitingIceland, England,Wales, Ireland, NorthernIreland, Scotland, Gibraltar, Spain and France.Bethany is in her last year of studies for herM.S. in international studies at St. John FisherCollege in Rochester, N.Y.

CoreyMaras and Amber Johnson weremarried in DePew, N.Y. on Sept. 3, 2011. Thecouple went on their honeymoon to Australiaand New Zealand in November.

HannahGraff is living in London, work-ing with the National Heart Forum as a seniorpolicy researcher.

SarahHamerstone recently enrolled inGeorgetown University’s M.B.A. program.

2007Jennifer CulverFranklin, IN, [email protected] GreiveRaleigh, NC, [email protected]

Erin Schaffner graduated from theUniversity of Toledo College of Medicine inJune and will be completing a pediatric resi-dency at The Ohio State UniversityNationwide Children’s Hospital.

Brad Ingrahammarried Melanie Antramlast summer. They live in Marysville, Ohio andBrad is the legislative aide to State SenatorChris Widener, who is now the Senate’sfinance committee chairman.

Kelly Carroll just moved to Lakewood,Ohio, and is working as the manager ofBrowns Backers Global for the ClevelandBrowns. Her official email is [email protected] and her new mailing addressis 9422 Clifton Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44102.

Sibyl Williams graduated from NovaSoutheastern University in Ft. Lauderdale,Fla., with an M.S. in speech-languagepathology.

Laska Blodgett is living in New York Cityand completing a master’s degree in sociologyof education at Columbia Teachers College.Her new mailing address is 601West 137thSt. Apt. 23, New York City, NY 10031.

BethGreive is a graduate assistant throughCarolina Institute for Public Policy and iscompleting her master’s degree at University ofNorth Carolina-Chapel Hill in educationalpsychology. Her new address 4407 HopsonRoad Apt 3210, Morrisville, NC 27560.

2008Carolyn CiriegioWooster, OH [email protected] YankeyAccra, Ghana, [email protected]

2009Kabir Banerjee9454 Seven Locks Rd., Bethesda,[email protected] Shimeall121 W. Southington Ave., Worthington, OH [email protected]

Ezra Raskas was promoted to regionaldirector of enterprise sales for the Midwest atDrFirst and is regularly visiting health systemsacross his territory.

2010Kaitlyn Evans2301 41st St., N.W. Apt. 301Washington, [email protected] Nahas4 Sembrado, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA92688 [email protected]

Says Ramses Clements ([email protected]):I am currently in my second year at CaseWestern Reserve University studyingcommunity social development. I am look-ing to work as a director of policies orwithin a governmental office. I am currentlyinterning through Case at Senator SherrodBrown’s office in downtown Cleveland,where my main specialties are SocialSecurity, Medicare and education. I will alsoassist with housing, transportation, the VAdepartment and pretty much any major issuein the country. I plan to graduate thiscoming May. I am very much appreciative ofmy Wooster training in the classroom, fieldexperience and sports, all of which havehelped to get me to where I am now.

Grace Hansen writes: I have been work-ing at the New England Journal of

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Medicine since Nov. 2010. I just moved inwith my partner, Mitch, and I am enjoyingthe fact that Jonah Comstock and CarolineDrozdiak ’11 both appear to have set downin Boston for some amount of time. (Isuspect more Wooster grads will be follow-ing them!) I can be reached [email protected].

2011Kyle Thomas2801 Edgewood Ave. S St. Louis Park,MN [email protected] Boamah-Acheampong3035 Hollybank Rd., Reynoldsburg, OH [email protected]

John Ross reports: “I was recently hired bythe Cleveland Clinic as a sports marketingintern. I wrote my I.S. on America's tophospitals (the Cleveland Clinic among them)and how they use their websites for educationon healthy lifestyles.”

Nathan Laslow opened Oilerie Columbus,a franchise olive oil bar and store inGrandview Heights, Ohio in October.

IN MEMORIAM’09 Edward Atwood Pogue, Norton,

Ohio, Nov. 11, 2011. At Wooster, hereceived a degree in history with a minor inancient history. Edward is survived by hisparents, brother and two sisters.’92 Terrance A.Miller, Columbus Ohio,

Oct. 6, 2011. At Wooster, Terrance was a

part of the Student Alumni Association andthe Wooster Choral Union. Terrance’s lifepartner, mother, father, and four siblings, aswell as aunts, nieces, nephews and cousinssurvive him.’86 Andrea R. Kinder, Columbus, Ohio,

May 14, 2011. Andrea was an English liter-ature major. Her husband, two siblings, andnieces and nephews survive her.’84 Oluwatoyin da-Silva, Long Beach,

Calif., September 25, 2010. Toyin majoredin political science and religion. His wife,mother, and five children survive him.’84 Mary LouiseWhitaker, Triadelphia,

W.Va., Sept. 6, 2010. Mary majored intheatre and English and enjoyed being inmultiple theatre productions. Her motherand brother survive her.’80 Charles A. Baughman, Elk Grove,

Calif., Oct. 3, 2011. At Wooster, Chuck wasa member of the 7th Section and presidentof Wooster Stock Club. He graduated witha degree in economics. Chuck’s wife, threechildren, mother and two siblings survivehim.’73 Dean A.McQuown, Flossmoor, Ill.,

Nov. 10, 2010. Dean graduated fromWooster with a degree in economics. Hisfavorite memories included playing tennisand living off campus in Germany, SanDiego and in the neighborhoods ofWooster. Dean’s wife, two children andmother survive him.’72 Nancy Rosser Hutchins, Sebastopol,

Calif., Nov. 5, 2010. Nancy graduatedWooster with a degree in ceramics. Nancy issurvived by her husband, son, daughter,

mother, and brothers Dr. Harry L. Rosser’65 and Thomas J. Rosser ’69.’70 Margaret Reid Klejna,

Williamsburg, Mass., Sept. 19, 2011. Margowas a biology major and participated in thebiology, chemistry, and German clubs, andthe Young Democrats. Her husband, twochildren, three sisters, including RosalindReid x’75, and mother survive her.’69 Helen Bissman Corbell, Marysville,

Wash., Aug. 14, 2011. Helens’s three chil-dren, three grandchildren, and three siblingssurvive her.’69 LindaMcGrew Diomataris,

McKeesport, Pa., Sept. 16, 2011. Linda issurvived by her husband and son.’69 Timothy R.Wright, Flemington,

N.J., Nov. 30, 2011. At Wooster, Tim wasthe treasurer of the Third Section. He grad-uated with a degree in history. Tim’s wife,two sons, mother, brother, and sister survivehim. ’68James Anthony Grow, Montgomery,

Tex., October 28, 2011. Tony majored ineconomics and enjoyed being a member ofthe scot marching band, concert band,chemistry club, and Young Democrats. Hisbrother, Joel Grow ‘73, survives him.’68 Virginia Metzler Blaney, Salisbury

Cover, Maine, Nov. 10, 2011. At Wooster,Virginia received a degree in German, andstudied abroad in Germany. She was amember of Kappa Epsilon Zeta andWooster Symphonic Orchestra. Virginia issurvived by her husband, three sons, twobrothers, granddaughter and nieces andnephews.


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<<KELLERS ON MT.BISOKEJay and Anna Keller’79 hiked MountBisoke while visitingJay’s brother inRwanda this summer.


’67 Nancy Mossbarger Laird, Stow,Ohio, Oct. 27, 2011. At Wooster, Nancyplayed the piccolo in the marching band andparticipated in the Wooster-in-ViennaProgram. She was the secretary and treasurerof Eta Sigma Phi and the historian of ChiAlpha Chi. She graduated with a degree inGreek and Latin. Nancy is survived by herhusband John L. Laird II ’67, three children,her parents, four siblings – including JaneYoung ’75, her niece Susanne M. Purvis ’90and her nephew Robert E. Purvis ’92.’66 Philip R. Muller, Falls Church, Va.,

Oct. 22, 2011. At Wooster, Phil was in PhiBeta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta and DeltaSigma Rho. He was also on the debate cluband forensics team. He graduated Woosterwith a degree in history. Philip is survivedby his wife, Aliceann.’66 Preston T. Ormsby, Rancho Mirage,

Calif., Feb. 24, 2011. Preston’s mother, sister,and nieces survive him.’65 Diana Kathryn Moseson Brown,

Ellicott City, Md., Aug.17, 2011. Dianamajored in psychology and English,, andwas a member of Phi Beta Kappa, theWestminster Choir, and the Pyramids. ’65 George J. Hamrah, Jr., Mills, Mass.,

Sept. 6, 2011. George majored in politicalscience and was a member of SecondSection. His first wife, Betsy Reehorst ’65,and second wife survive him. ’65 G. William Kalb, Wheeling, W.Va.,

Oct. 20, 2011. Bill majored in chemistry andwas a member of Second Section, the sailingclub and chemistry club. His wife, stepson,Paul W. Keltzly ’95, two daughters, and ex-wife, Mary A. Compton ’64 survive him.’64 Sharon Kathleen Yoder, Eugene,

Ore., Sept. 15, 2011. At Wooster, Sharon wasa member of Chem Club, Concert Choir, andPhi Sigma Iota. Sharon’s husband, twodaughters, and two sons survive her. ’64 Charlotte Hastings Beck, Ojo

Caliente, N.M., Oct. 7, 2011. At Wooster,Charlotte was a member of the YoungRepublicans, Concert Choir andWestminster Choir, and she worked on theTravel Bureau freshman and sophomoreyear. Charlotte is survived by her husband,two sons and two brothers. ’62 Harold R. Lehman, Philadelphia,

Pa., Sept. 27, 2011. Harold was a member ofvarsity track and field, the men’s glee club,WCW, and the Congressional Club. Hisfive siblings, including David E. Lehman’64, nephew, Scott D. Lehman ‘x91, niece,Karin B. Lehman x’92, partner, and step-daughter survive him.’60 James L. Schreiber, Wooster, Ohio,

Nov. 16, 2011. At Wooster, James was amember of the First Section, WoosterSymphony Orchestra and Delta Phi Alpha.He graduated with a music degree. James issurvived by two brothers, one being Dr.Stephen T. Schreiber ’67, and nieces andnephews. ’59 William H. Black, Marie, Mich.,

Sept. 7, 2010. William attended Wooster forone year. ’56 Virgil L. Musser, Lady Lake, Fla.,

Nov. 17, 2011. At Wooster, Virgil’s activitiesincluded varsity football, the YoungDemocrats, The Corporation, theCongressional Club, varsity debate, studentsenate and S.F.R.C. Virgil graduatedWooster with a degree in political science.His wife, daughter, son, stepdaughter, twosisters, including Donna Slater ’58, hisbrother and brother-in-law, Charles T.Slater ’58 survive him.’54 Francis Wood Park, Phoenix, Ariz.,

Nov. 14, 2011. At Wooster, Francis was thebusiness manager of the Voice, editor of thestudent directory, on the WCW radio staffand head manager of the football team. Hewas also a member of the CongressionalClub, international relations club, YoungRepublicans and the Second section. Heearned a degree in political science. Francisis survived by his wife, Sue J. Park ’54, hisson, two daughters and grandchildren. ’54 Donald W. Rath, Manasquan, N.J.,

Sept. 26, 2011. Donald majored in geology.His wife, four children, eight grand children,and three siblings survive him.’53 Mary Ronsheim Ford, Cadiz, Ohio,

Aug. 16, 2011. Mary majored in biology.She participated in the Westminster choir,was on the Voice staff, and was a member ofthe Trumps social club and Kappa ThetaGamma. She married Thomas R. Ford ’54.Her husband, nephew, Rev. Douglas M.Ronsheim ’71, niece, Martha S. Butler x’72,and great-nephew, Wade L. Gibson ’94,survive her.’53 Mary Martin Webster McCullough,

Englewood, Fla., Aug. 1, 2011. Marymajored in history and was a member of theWooster Chorus, Pi Kappa, the Women’sAthletic Association, and the WoosterSymphonic Orchestra. Her husband and fivechildren survive her.’50 Patricia Hawk Clyde, Ann Arbor,

Mich., Nov. 27, 2011. At Wooster, Pat was amember of the First Congressional Club.She, along with her husband, David S. Clyde’50, were the recipients of the 2000 John D.McKee Alumni Volunteer Award for theirsupport of Wooster over many years. Pat’s

husband, David S. Clyde ’50; daughter; threesons; granddaughter, Heather L. Closen ’80;great nephew, James B. Love ’15; niece,Susan E. Love x’76; and sister, Marjorie H.Edwards x’52, survive her. ’52 Albert P. Sysma, Wash., D.C., Sept.

13, 2011. Albert majored in physics and wasa member of the Eighth Section. Albert’swife, two children, and one stepdaughtersurvive him.’51 Nancy Josephine Wright Kirtley,

Danville, Ind., Aug. 14, 2011. Nancy’s threechildren, six grandchildren, and brothersurvive her. ’49 Roland Barney Lehman, Naples,

Fla., Sept. 26, 2011. Roland’s partner,brother Roger L. Lehman ’52, son, andstepchildren survive him.’49 John S. Thomas, Tuscon, Ariz., Sept.

19, 2011. John was a psychology major anda member of the Congressional Club. Hiswife, children, and brother survive him.’49 William E. Lenhart, Nashville,

Tenn., Sept. 16, 2011. Before attendingWooster, William was in the Air Force forover three years. He majored in geology andlived in the Sixth Section. William’s sister,two children, and five grandchildren survivehim. He is predeceased by his wife,Jacquelyn Kocialek Lenhart ’49. ’49 Frank W. McAdams, Dalton, Ohio,

Oct. 23, 2011. Frank was a history major. Hisbrother, nieces, and nephews survive him.’48 Richard P. Gaver, Adrian, Mich.,

Sept. 3, 2011. At Wooster, Richard workedin the chemistry lab and was baseballcaptain his senior year. He studied historyand physical education. Richard was pre-deceased by his son, Charles R. Gaver ’75.His two daughters, four grandsons and threegreat-grandchildren survive him. ’48 Lawrence R. Hayden, Brooklyn,

N.Y., Oct. 13, 2011. He focused his studieson American literature and after completinggraduate work, returned to teach at Wooster.His wife, Isa Laura Hayden x’55, and sonsurvive him.’48 Mary Ann Keibler Taylor, Andover,

Mass., June 21, 2011. Mary Ann majored ingeology. While at Wooster, she met herfuture husband, Robert E. Taylor ’48. Herthree children, including Patricia TaylorDimick ’81 survive her.’47 Myra Vandersall Siegenthaler,

Newton Center, Mass., Oct. 4, 2011. Myragraduated with a degree in English. Herthree cousins, Megan Stypczynski ’00, BrentStypczynski ’00 and Elizabeth Hanks(Vandersall) ’43, four children and ninegrandchildren survive her.

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’47 Eunice Virginia Mader Woidke,Valparaiso, Ind., Aug. 17, 2011. Eunice majored inspeech and language and was a member of Sphinxand Kappa Kappa Gamma. Her four children,four grandchildren, and three great grandchildrensurvive her.’47 Lawrence R. Gabriel,Wooster,

Ohio, Nov. 26, 2011. Larry enjoyed playingtrombone in the marching and concertbands, participating in Little Theater, andbeing a member of The Corporation whileat Wooster. Later in life, he was a classagent, a reunion committee member, amember of the alumni band and on theCampaign for Wooster Volunteers. He wasalso an alumni member of the board atWooster. His two sons, Frederick H.Gabriel x’75 and Russell Gabriel x’78, andhis sister, Alfie Campbell ’41, survive him. ’46 Martha Kelley Baganz,

Charlottesville, Va., Nov. 10, 2011. Marthaattended Wooster for one and a half years.Martha’s two sons, including Bruce P.Baganz ’73, and her daughter survive her.’44 Margaret W. Neely, Lakeland, Fla.,

Oct. 31, 2011. Margaret majored in historyand was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, theInternational Relations Colloquium, PhiAlpha Theta, and Delta Gamma Phi. Latershe volunteered with the Campaign forWooster Volunteers. Margaret’s son, JohnM. Neely ’78, her daughter, Mary B. Neely’69, and her granddaughter, Angela M.Neely ’14 survive her.’43 Robert O. August, Wooster, Ohio,

Sept. 9, 2011. Robert majored in history andwas a member of Phi Alpha Theta,Campaign for Wooster Volunteer, and LandO’Scots. He also earned three varsity lettersin baseball. He met his wife, MarilynnEccles, in August ’44, at Wooster. His wife,sister, daughter Alison August McCulloch’68, and three grandchildren, includingSarah McCulloch ’97, survive him. ’43 Elizabeth M. McPhee Hodgson,

Spring Hill, Fla., Aug. 2, 2011. Elizabethmajored in English and speech and was amember of the Voice staff, the speech club,the dramatics club and debate. Herhusband, daughter, niece, and grandsonsurvive her.’43 Alice J. Walker Thomas, Euclid,

Ohio, Oct. 11, 2011. Alice was a member ofthe psychology club and the sociology club.Her sister and nephew survive her. ’42 Norma Powell Kolesar, Monroeville,

Pa., Oct. 17, 2011. At Wooster, Norma wasa member of Phi Beta Kappa and Delta PhiAlpha. Norma is survived by her husband,son, granddaughter, two sisters and many

nieces and nephews. ’42 Martha Jane Robinson Gillespie,

Wooster, Ohio, Aug. 15, 2011. Jane majoredin German and voice. She was a member ofthe glee club, choir, German club, and theImps. She was recognized as a top Germanstudent and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. Shemarried David Grier Gillespie ’40. Her fourchildren and six grandchildren survive her.’42 Roderick Clark MacDonald, West

Yarmouth, Mass., Aug. 24, 2011. Clarkmajored in mathematical sciences and was amember of the baseball team. In 1945 hemarried Tillie Walker ’43. His two children,including Rev. Roderick A. MacDonald ’71,and his sister, Janet MacDonald Johnston’50, survive him.’41 Christena M. Bryson Kern, Olmsted

Falls, Ohio, Oct. 12, 2011. Christenamajored in psychology and was a member ofthe psychology club, Zeta Phi Gamma,Pembroke, and student senate. Her threechildren and three grandchildren survive her. ’41 Robert J. Politi, Cleveland, Ohio,

Jan. 23, 2011. Robert attended Wooster fortwo years. He is survived by his niece.’41 Anne Ward Carson Snyder,

Louisville, Ohio, Sept. 10, 2011. Annemajored in sociology and was a member ofthe Corner Club. She met her husband, thelate Leonard W. Snyder ’41, at Wooster.Her three children, five grandchildren,including Megan Whinery Stypczynski ’00,and six great-grandchildren survive her.’40 Charles A. Chesley, Shreveport, La.,

Oct. 9, 2011. Charles played football andbaseball at Wooster. His wife, son, twodaughters, seven grandchildren, and fourgreat grandchildren survive him. ’40 Mary Marshall Porter, Connellsville,

Pa., Sept. 2, 2011. Mary’s two daughters,three grandchildren and one great-grand-daughter survive her. ’40 Edith King Yoder, Goshen, Ill., July

28, 2011. Edith graduated with a degree insociology. She was a member of theWestminster Choir. Her three children andfive grandchildren survive her. ’39 Helen Greene Riddle, New Bern,

N.C., April 20, 2011. At Wooster, Helenwas a member of Pi Kappa Lambda andparticipated in Fortnightly Music. She grad-uated from Wooster with a degree in music.Helen is survived by her husband, four chil-dren – including Julia E. Ehle ’71 and PaulA. Riddle ’74, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.’39 Martha Alice Meloy Tennent,

Greenville, N.C., Aug. 16, 2011. Marthamajored in chemistry and was the class

secretary in 1939. Her four children, fivegrandchildren, one great grandchild, andsister survive her.’39 Sara Margaret Frantz Terrien,

Wendell, Mass., July 26, 2011. Sara receivedher BA in French literature after transfer-ring to Wooster her junior year. She was amember of the French club and the choir.Her four children, including Cecile Terrien-Lampton ’66, six grandchildren, five greatgrandchildren, and two siblings survive her.’37 Katherine Huston Recker,

Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 9, 2011. At Wooster,Katherine was involved in Big Sister, theatrepresentations, women’s glee club, DeltaDelta Rho, and the YWCA cabinet. Shegraduated with a degree in English.Katherine’s daughter, stepdaughter, daugh-ter-in-law, 11 grandchildren and numerousgreat-grandchildren survive her.’37 Mary Jane Bricker Sterrett,

Cucamonga, Calif., Aug 21, 2011. MaryJane’s two nephews survive her. ’37 Ruth Rifenberick Suter, Rydal Pa.,

Oct. 15, 2011. Ruth majored in Greek andLatin and was a member of Eta Sigma Phiand Phi Sigma Iota. She met Paul L. Suterwhile at Wooster and married him shortlyafter they graduated. Her two daughters,Anne L. Seltzer ’64 and Janet R. Joshua ’67,survive her.’34 Margaret Hawkins Byington,

Golden, Colo., Sept. 12, 2011. Margaret wasa member of the girls’ glee club, the Indexstaff, and Pi Kappa. Her two children, sixgrandchildren, and six great-grandchildrensurvive her.’32 Dorothy Simpson Schlossnagel, Port

Charlotte, Fla., Nov. 3, 2009. Dorothy grad-uated first in her class with a degree inFrench and English. Her two stepchildren,five grandchildren and three great grand-children survive her.


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Donors toThe Wooster Fundby class, fiscal 2010-2011

1931 100.00%1932 100.00%1933 55.56%1934 33.33%1935 25.00%1936 25.00%1937 62.50%1938 54.55%1939 45.00%1940 45.95%1941 52.83%1942 61.22%1943 50.00%1944 60.66%1945 70.37%1946 55.10%1947 70.73%1948 69.57%1949 62.22%1950 70.00%1951 71.53%1952 77.03%1953 80.82%1954 68.64%1955 69.23%1956 67.11%1957 64.00%1958 57.24%1959 67.79%1960 58.79%1961 76.92%1962 70.17%1963 68.75%1964 65.95%1965 66.03%1966 60.19%1967 52.28%1968 51.89%1969 52.63%1970 48.05%

1971 55.22%1972 48.31%1973 42.64%1974 45.23%1975 45.49%1976 42.37%1977 36.43%1978 38.63%1979 34.93%1980 37.02%1981 38.95%1982 31.96%1983 32.52%1984 34.24%1985 31.36%1986 25.07%1987 34.57%1988 29.27%1989 27.51%1990 25.32%1991 15.87%1992 23.38%1993 28.57%1994 31.28%1995 25.50%1996 10.36%1997 31.10%1998 33.64%1999 26.88%2000 26.17%2001 20.89%2002 20.98%2003 21.37%2004 13.45%2005 22.37%2006 16.40%2007 30.68%2008 26.58%2009 17.63%2010 26.26%

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MAHOUT WASHINGHIS ELEPHANTAt the Elephant Training Center,Chiang Dao, Thailand

Christine Evans ’11

Elephant drivers, or mahouts, usuallybegin taking care of an elephantwhen both are young, and the twooften remain bonded throughout theirlives. In Thailand, only five percent ofelephants are still wild; the majorityhave been domesticated and manyare used in the tourism industry forrides, shows, and treks. There aremany elephant training centers likethe one in Chiang Dao throughoutThailand, although some also serve aselephant hospitals.

Religious studies major ChristineEvans, who participated in theWooster in Thailand program, was oneof approximately 145 students whostudied off campus in 2010-2011.

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Wooster magazine, winter 2012