C la s s n o t e s
Giving Note
compiled by Becky Hill May ’78 reunion year 1 9 4 8 alumni weekend 2013
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Grace Rohrer Rymer ’48 recently won the adult contest in the annual Inter‑Library Spelling Bee at the Kent Free Library, Kent, OH. Rymer credits her spelling acumen to her habit of reading a new word and spelling it over and over in her head until she knows she will remember it. Bob Corbin ’49 was the grand marshal of the Americana Festival parade on July 4 in Centerville, OH.
Ron Jones ’61 was one of two recipients of the 2012 Bill Black Sportsmanship Award presented in June at the Mill Creek Golf Club, Ostrander, OH, at the conclusion of “Blackies Annual Golf Outing.” The outing was established in 1980 to bring together coaches, officials and administrators. Jones was a three-sport athlete at Otterbein: football, basketball and baseball. In 2010, Jones was inducted into the Otterbein Hall of Fame.
reunion year 1 9 5 3 alumni weekend 2013
reunion year 1 9 6 3 alumni weekend 2013
Robert Fortner ’70 is training for a 3,900-mile bike trip across the United States and Canada next summer to raise awareness and funds to combat extreme poverty and hunger. The effort is sponsored by the organizations World Renew, the Reformed Church in America and Partners International. Fortner is a visiting professor of communication at Hope College, Holland, MI, and is a recipient of the 2012 Clifford G. Christians Ethics Research Award administered by Northern Illinois University.
Margaret Dennis has generously established the Dr. Donald Dennis ’51 and Margaret Dennis Art Acquistion Fund. Created in memory of her husband, the fund will help enhance the University’s current collection of art from Africa, Japan and New Guinea.
Elaine Koehler Henn ’63 and the Class of ’63 Clip House Gals reunited in Indianapolis this summer and are looking forward to their 50th class reunion at Otterbein in April 2013. Front row: Christine Fetter Greene, Liz Arnold, Kathy Ackerman McDannald. Back row: Sharon Hept Blakeman, Darlene Stoffer Mellick, Connie Hellwarth Leonard, Carol Shook Rufener, Elaine Koehler Henn, Imodale Caulker‑Burnett, Lois Augenstine Harris.
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P. Mark Watts ’71 retired in June from the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church after
38 years in ministry. He was the president/CEO of Pastoral Counseling Services, Manchester, NH, for 23 years. He will continue in the practice of pastoral psychotherapy in private practice in Manchester. He and his wife, Cynthia, have three children and four grandchildren. Margaret Morgan Doone ’72 was elected to the Library Account Division Action Council of the Ohio Library Council, which reviews officers’ handbooks, creates education publications and designs workshops. She works as the chief fiscal officer/business manager of the Worthington Libraries and serves on the Otterbein Alumni Council.