Otterbein Book Corner
Ed Laughbaum ’67 recently published the third edition of his textbook, Foundations for College Mathematics. The remedial algebra textbook has been adopted by more than 170 colleges and high schools. It capitalizes on basic brain function to develop understanding and long-term memory of the included mathematical content. Ken Jewett ’76 has completed a trilogy of books set in the years between 1752 and 1763. To The Valley is the story of a family migrating from the Boston area to the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. Defend The Valley focuses particularly on the Shawnee Indian Tribe during the French and Indian War. Beyond The Valley completes the series. All three books were nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in American Literature. Jewett spent 22 years in Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Operations, and eight years as a diplomat in treaty enforcement, serving as a defense attaché to the U.S. ambassador to Algeria.
Melica Hampton ’04 has self-published two books, Poetic Outlets and Dead Wrong.
Robert Crosby ’50 has written his third business book entitled, Cultural Change in Organizations, A Guide to Leadership and BottomLine Results. His career as a business consultant and as faculty in a master’s program is reflected in the content. The institute that he founded, Leadership Institute of Seattle, or LIOS, is now the LIOS Graduate College of Saybrook University. Crosby sang in a concert in Volpaia, Chianti, Italy in October. He has written about the village of 52 residents in his book, A Month in Volpaia, Tuscany. Elaine Clinger Sturtz ’81 has written three devotional books. The latest, The Final Dance of Life, is about a woman minister diagnosed with ALS at the height of her ministry. It is a story of her journey, and that of her church family, in the last 15 months of her life. Sturtz is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church serving in the West Ohio Conference. Teresa Moore Martin ’89 has published two books. Don’t Just Show Up for the Party, Take Home the Gift! is an evangelistic children’s book which encourages the reader to think about church in the same way as a birthday party and salvation as the ultimate gift. Focused Living=Infinite Possibilities (FLIP) is the basis of a workshop Martin has provided for groups of at-risk youth in Ohio, as well as adults who work with youth. The book encourages identifying goals and evaluating the supports or barriers to achieving those goals.
Have you written and published a book? Let us know at classnotes@otterbein.edu. Send us a high-resolution photo of yourself and of the book cover. Let all your Otterbein classmates know of your publishing success.
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Bob Corbin ’49 has written his debut novel entitled, Captured! The POW Saga of Frank Battle. The novel, loosely based on his own POW experience during World War II, details the struggle of prisoners to survive imprisonment and the harsh winter at the hands of German troops in Stalag 13. Corbin will be available to sign your book at Alumni Weekend, April 28, 2012.