Class Notes
Class Notes 54 Bill Garrard reports that Mike Gray ’54 and Nora Collier stopped by, and they had a good lunch and great visit. Everyone is looking forward to the 60th reunion in 2014. Vic Lindquist recently travelled to India, Belgium, Amsterdam, and cruised a river in Holland to see the tulips. He is also researching the story of Anne Frank. Mike Gray and Nora Courier celebrated their 80th birthdays by going to Arizona in March and visited with Bill Garrard ’54, Skip Metcalf ’54, Nancy Shenk (Tom ’54) and Shirley and Joe Pippenger ’54. The Couriers then took a boat trip to Canada in June and are planning a floatplane flight to Seattle to meet their children for an Alaskan cruise in July. Dick Rose and his wife, Kay, have launched Kay’s new business, Rose Petal Designs in Dallas, TX. The business has a Web site and Internet catalog of women accessories: www.kayrosecollection.com Bill Glascock and his wife, Sandy, continue the adjustment to a retirement village in Indianapolis. They are still vigorously walking and riding bicycles.
Foundation’s steadfast and ongoing support; the joint commitment of the Foundation and the University of Pittsburgh to embrace future programs for students while preserving the beauty of the Greensburg campus and the larger Laurel Highlands community; and the valuable contributions Frank A. Cassell made to both.”
a new book, LinkedIn in One Hour for Lawyers for the American Bar Association. I also am writing a monthly technology column for the ABA Journal and co-hosting a podcast on legal technology called ‘The Kennedy-Mighell Report’ on the Legal Talk Network (available through iTunes).”
66 Jay Fisher’s daughter, Carrie, gave birth to 81 David Neal has been appointed the new a son, Oliver, on February 15. A member of the Class of 2034?
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family. Mike’s grandson, SPC Christopher Patterson, was killed while on duty in Afghanistan in early January 2012. Christopher was using his tour of duty with the National Guard to help pay for his schooling at Valparaiso University, where he was in the middle of his sophomore year.
Clark Dickerson announced the merger of his fundraising and consulting firm, Dickerson & Associates Inc., with Keystone Consulting, to form Dickerson, Bakker & Associates. The merger will allow Clark to concentrate on fundraising consulting. Clark has been in fundraising for 36 years. Jack Webster, professor of ecology in the College of Science at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, received the university’s 2012 William E. Wine Award for excellence in teaching. Jack was one of three recipients nominated by their respective schools. Since joining the Virginia Tech faculty in 1975, Webster has taught 11 different courses. “Most remarkable is that one in five students who have written comments on their evaluations over the years have noted that he is one of the best teachers they have had at Virginia Tech,” the university’s biology department chair, Brenda Winkel, says.
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Board of Trustees approved a resolution put forward by the Katherine Mabis KcKenna Foundation to name its new sustainable office and classroom building at its Greensburg campus in honor of Frank Cassell, third president of the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. Cassell served as president of the Greensburg campus from June 1997 until his retirement in June 2007. Celebrating the naming of Frank A. Cassell Hall, Greensburg campus president Dr. Sharon Smith said, “During the 10 years the campus was under Frank’s leadership, enrollment grew, buildings were renovated or newly built, classrooms were modernized, and the Academic Villages were developed. By honoring the suggestion of the Katherine Mabis McKenna Foundation, the Pitt-Greensburg community hopes to demonstrate its appreciation for the
History at the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, VA.
55 Our condolences to the Mike Patterson
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76 Donald Fuchs is an attorney with the Evansville, IN, firm of Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP, in the corporate and transactional and real estate departments. Don advises community banks and credit unions, commercial and residential real estate, and is a licensed title insurance agent.
79 Tom O’Shaughnessy won the Republican primary March 19 for Vermilion County, IL County Recorder by a large margin.
chairman of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) for the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). He has been acting chairman since 2009. David Lewis has joined the board of advisors at the Indiana University Public Policy Institute, part of Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Lewis is vice president-global taxes, chief tax executive, and assistant treasurer at Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis. Phil Purcell was named to the board of directors of the Central Indiana Land Trust. The Land Trust works to preserve natural areas, improve air and water quality, and enhance life in Indiana communities. Phil is vice president for Planned Giving and Endowment Stewardship at Ball State University Foundation.
82 Pete Metzelaars is returning to the Buffalo Bills to serve as tight ends coach. Metzelaars played as a tight end with the Bills from 1985 to 1994. Rick Sasso was named one of the top 28 spine surgeons in America in the April issue of Orthopedics This Week. Sasso, a doctor with the Indiana Spine Group, was selected by leading spine surgeons picking the best of their peers.
83 Harry “Mac” McLaughlin Jr. was named to the board of directors of Historic New Harmony, IN. He continues his real estate practice as Harry R. McLaughlin, Jr., Broker, and covers a multicounty area in Indianapolis and surrounding areas. He resides in Carmel with his wife, Margo.
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Scott Cavins writes, “I am currently a counselor in private practice in Indianapolis serving individuals, couples, and families with referrals accepted through insurance and employee assistance programs.” Jim Wadkins, a wrestling coach at Calumet High School, received the prestigious Billy Thom Award at the Indiana High School Wrestling Spring 2012
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