Wittenberg Magazine-Summer 2005

Wittenberg Magazine is published three times a year by Wittenberg University, Office of University Communications.

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Editor Director of University Communications Karen Saatkamp Gerboth ’93

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Director of Publications Susan L. Crown

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Director of News Services and Sports Information Ryan Maurer Director of New Media and Webmaster Robert Rafferty ’02

18 Making His Mark

Wittenberg’s 13th president, Mark Erickson, looks ahead to a future filled with energy, excellence, high expectationsandacommitmentto student success.

27 Distinguished Teacher

Coordinator of News Services Marjorie Newman

The 2005 recipient of Wittenberg’s top faculty award, Robert Davis, professorofEnglish,bringsliterature to life.

Director of Alumni Relations Patricia Richmond Benne ’68 Director of Advancement Services Anne Pence Mayer ’69

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Contributors Charles Dominick Phyllis Eberts ’00 Robert Gantt Sarah Gearhart ’06 Clayton Simons ’08 Jeff Smith ’96 William Steinbrink ’64

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Class Notes Editor Charyl Castillo

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Articles are expressly the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily represent official university policy. We reserve the right to edit correspondence for length and accuracy.We appreciate photo submissions, but because of their large number, we cannot return them.

Wittenberg University does not discriminate against otherwise qualified persons on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, or disability unrelated to the student’s course of study, in admission or access to the university’s academic programs, activities, and facilities that are generally available to students, or in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other colleg-administered programs.

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6 Celebration Before a standing-roomonly crowd, more than 400 students received their degrees duringWittenberg’s Commencement, May 14.

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Letters Around Myers Hollow Witt World Perspective Tiger Sports Alumni World Class Notes Calendar of Events Last Word

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LETTERS

of Journalism annual awards....This issue should do no worse in its category.

Best wishes for continued success.

Tyler B. Phillips ’60 Mirrow Lake, N.H.

I very much enjoyed Kevin Rose’s article on the Geiger House in the Spring 2005 issue of the Wittenberg Magazine, but I had a difficult time picturing where the house is in relation to the campus today. Could you possibly follow up with the house’s current address and/or a map? Thanks!

Sarah Timm Raynock ’93

Dr. Laatsch Honored The [Laatsch Award] article on page 7 of my copy of the Wittenberg Magazine was surely a great, well deserved honor for George E. Hudson. My memories of Dr. Laatsch are very fond and deeply imbedded in my mind.

Indeed, I still quote him today. “The alliance of nations & the sovereignty of states will be thorns for future generations”was one of his themes. He is still a role model! I thank you for this opportunity to praise Wittenberg, its faculty and staff in all its great glory.

Robert B. Harrison ’51 Columbus, Ohio

Geiger House Remembered This issue is a triumph! In 40 years of the Wittenberg Magazine, the Spring 2005 issue is the best I have seen....both visually and substantively....it presents a solid, vibrant view of Wittenberg , future plans and past accomplishments.

I have to particularly cite Rose’s wonderful article on Geiger House, with its very impressive graphics and fascinating story. I hope he’ll follow-up with another piece on Geiger when it’s completed for university use.

Enter this issue in inter-collegiate magazine competition! I did, with the 1959 Witt yearbook, which I edited. Took First Place at the Columbia University School

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Emmaus, Penn.

I was greatly intrigued by the Geiger House article in the Spring 2005 issue. I rented a first-floor apartment in the Geiger House’s south wing during my junior and senior years at Witt. In fact, I believe the doorway with the two seated figures shown in the vintage photo on the opening page of the article is the entrance to my apartment (that part of the house is now covered by a portion of the front porch). The house was in great need of repair even then, 30 years ago, and I’m glad to know its restoration and preservation are underway.

The owner at that time, an elderly woman who lived in the northern part of the home (her name has long since escaped me), once mentioned the house’s strategic role in the Underground Railroad to me, but I generally had little idea of its historical value. I wish I had known then what I now know via Kevin Rose’s article. I hope you keep us updated as the restoration progresses.

and as far as I know none of us had any idea of the historic significance of the house; it was just a cheap, convenient apartment.

We found out about the house when Randy and I attended the class of ’68 35th Reunion in 2003. Anne Mayer, class of ’69, who is now the director of advancement information resources in the alumni office, told us about the history of the house and suggested that Wittenberg might have some interest in restoring it. With Anne’s help, and with the cooperation of the Security Office, we were allowed to enter the building, even though it had been declared unsafe and padlocked.

Both Randy and I had very clear memories of the building, which differed significantly from each others’ and were both wrong! Seeing the apartment restored the old memories and brought back more.

While it was exciting to see the old place, we were saddened by its dilapidated condition (the ceiling had opened up and there was extensive water damage).

It’s wonderful to see that Anne’s information was correct, and that the university has decided to preserve and restore this historic landmark. While my own story was a minor footnote in the house’s history, I feel proud to have been a part in some small way of the story of the university. I hope that I can get back to Wittenberg soon to see “my” restored house!

Barry Zimmerman ’68 Rochester, N.Y.

Jim King ‘75 Auburn, Ind.

I was delighted to see the article on the Geiger House in the Spring 2005 issue of the Wittenberg Magazine. In 1967-68 Randall Simon, Jeffrey Thompson, Grayson Snyder and I lived in the upstairs apartment during our senior year at Witt. Other students had used it as off-campus housing in that period,

The Geiger House is located on Woodlawn Avenue north of Ferncliff Place.

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Global Education Students Spend Summer Studying and Serving Abroad

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“There are only so many things you can learn from reading a book or talking with others who have a similar background,” she said.“But there is no limit to what you can learn from walking with a person from anothercountry,workingside-by-sidewith someone who speaks little or no English, huggingsomeonewhocantrulyofferahug ingratitude,orwatchingasmallchildwhen he or she recognizes your face.”

Fortystudentssharedasimilarexperience in Antigua, Guatemala, May 21-June 19.

The intensive language study program was led by Christine McIntyre, associate professor of languages and the director of global studies, and John Cantrell, adjunct instructor of languages.

Throughout the four weeks, students lived with local families and took courses at the Ixchel Spanish School, one of the

leading Spanish schools in Antigua. The students also spent a significant amount oftimeandenergybuildingclassroomsfor a rural Mayan school in Chilmatenango, which Wittenberg’s department of languagesadopted.Thethree-weekproject, completed together with Guatemalans in thecommunity,includedmixingconcrete by hand and digging three-foot trenches using picks and shovels.

“It made you appreciate what you were doing a lot more, and you developed a stronger sense of pride in what you were doing,”said history major Brian DeSantis ’07.

“Everybody worked for the betterment of the school,”added Cantrell, who joined the group in raising $1,300 for materials prior to the trip.“I think it was a rewarding, humbling experience.” n

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very year, Wittenberg professors and students give of themselves in service to others, and that tradition continued this summer with trips to Africa and Guatemala.

Twenty-nine students, led by Scott Rosenberg, associate professor of history and campus Habitat for Humanity (HFH) adviser,immersedthemselvesinvolunteer work and study in the South African Kingdom of Lesotho, May 17-June 15.

In addition to taking classes at the National University of Lesotho, the group spent several days working with HFH in Maseru,Lesotho’scapital,spacklinghouses and digging pit latrines. The students also builtplaygroundequipmentandplanted32 fruit trees for the Maseru Children’sVillage, anorphanageof35children,someofwhom are battling AIDS. Prior to the trip, the group raised $12,000 to help subsidize the cost of the materials.

“The students opened their hearts and their minds,”Rosenberg said.“They cared, and they helped.”

A former Peace Corps volunteer, Rosenberg has been volunteering for 20 years.The Lesotho trip marks the second time he has accompanied Wittenberg students to the area.

“Theexperiencewassopowerfulthelast time that I wanted to do it again,”he said, notingthatmanystudentsaskedhimtolead another trip.

Religion major Pam Evans ’06 was one such student. Interested in pursuing international nonprofit work after graduation,Evanssaidthetripexposedher to how other people in the world live.

Pam Evans ’06, right, met Pule Motsdari Jabu while in Lesotho. Jabu often would say “sure” and “Let’s have a go” during the four-week service trip to Lesotho.

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CLAYTON SIMONS ’08

University Helps Fight Hunger Through Art Empty Bowls, an annual event onWittenberg’s campus for more than a decade as part of a national project that helps organizations fight hunger, raised a record $5,650 to benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank, which serves Clark, Logan and Champaign counties. Second Harvest is one of 200 agencies nationwide that provides needy individuals with bulk food donations.

Organized by Scott Dooley, assistant professor of art, the spring event, offering all-you-can-eat soups and breads in keepsake bowls for a $10 donation, showcased the artistic talent of 28 students. The event was also attended by several members of U.S. Rep. Dave Hobson’s Springfield office who decided that 13 of the bowls would make nice thank-you gifts for the local residents who volunteered as county coordinators for the Congressional High School Art Competition.

Wittenberg Partners with Top Management School In an effort to provide students with even greater access to global management opportunities,WittenbergandtheWeatherheadSchoolofManagementatCaseWestern Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, have partnered to offer a“fifth-year ”master of science in management (MSM) degree program for Wittenberg students.

Specificallydesignedforbusinessandnon-businessmajors,thenine-month,full-time master’sprogramwillawardscholarshipsof$5,000toalladmittedWittenberggraduates inrecognitionoftheiroutstandingundergraduateachievement.Studentssuccessfully completingtheMSMprogramwillbeawardedamasterofscienceinmanagementfrom the Weatherhead School of Management and may return after one or more years of full-timeworkexperiencetocompleteanacceleratedmasterofbusinessadministration degree in two additional full-time semesters.

Wittenberg joins an elite group of premier liberal arts schools in the region in establishing a cooperative program with The Weatherhead School of Management.

Graduates of the MSM program will be considered for a range of job opportunities, including market and financial analysis as well as other functional management responsibilities that would normally require an undergraduate business degree. n

Construction Begins on New Residence Hall About50membersoftheWittenbergcommunitygathered April 21 to participate in a ceremonial groundbreaking for Wittenberg’s future residence hall at the corner of Cassilly Street and Alumni Way (formerly Woodlawn Avenue).

The approximately $10 million, state-of-the-art residence hall will be completed in time for the start of the 2006-07 school year.

“A groundbreaking is symbolic,”said Carolyn Perkins, associatevicepresidentforstudentdevelopmentanddeanof students.“It is an event that will start the process of adding a newfoundationandchangingthelandscapeofourcampus.

From the earth on which we stand today will arise a new infrastructure. We are laying the foundation for change.”

Administratorswenttogreatlengthstoensurestudent inputonthenewresidencehallanditsdesign.“Animportant aspect of the Wittenberg experience for me has been the relationships I have made in my three years on campus,”said 2005-06StudentSenatePresidentJonathanScruggs’06.“Hopefullythisnewresidence hall will help build new relationships for students for many years to come.” n 4 Wittenberg Magazine

Advancing Wittenberg

Alumnus Tapped To Lead Development Effo

Bill Cloyd ’90, assistant athletics director for development at The Ohio State University in Columbus,Ohio,hasbeennamedvicepresident for university advancement.

In his current position at OSU, Cloyd created the strategic processes and implemented the $35 million fund-raising plan for the Big 10 university’s new Woody Hayes Athletic Center, the construction of its varsity indoor tennis facilityandboathouseforitswomen’screwteam, and its softball stadium renovation.

“What you have in Bill Cloyd is great versatility,” said OSU Head Football Coach Jim Tressel. “Aside from his incredible talents, the thing that will serve him best is that he loves Wittenberg. It’s his home. I hate to lose him, but he is going to do a great job,” Tressel added.

Prior to his work with Tressel and the entire OSU athletics department, Cloyd served as the senior director of development for OSU’s Heart

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Professor Creates Artists Colony

ROBERT RAFFERTY ’02

Believing that Springfield could be a place for artists of all kinds to share their talents if only they had the proper space to call home, Jack Mann, professor of art, spent his sabbatical last semester creating the downtown artists colony he always envisioned for the city.

Mann, who recently moved himself into the largest of the 10 workspaces in The McAdams Building Arts Co-Op, located on the third floor of the McAdams Building on High Street in downtown Springfield, credits local real estate developer Jim Lagos ’70, owner of the McAdams Building, with helping him create the colony.

Mann hopes the co-op will eventually be a refuge not just for the artists themselves, but also for Wittenberg students to learn more about different art forms and for members of the community to enjoy open house events. n

Three Scholars Conclude Their Wittenberg Careers

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Center, where he devised and implemented strategic plans for major gifts ranging from $100,000 to $10 million. In addition, Cloyd collaborated with chief administrators and faculty members in the planning process.

From 1998 to 2001, Cloyd was the director of developmentforOSU’sCollegeofMathematical & Physical Sciences, raising $22 million in cash and an additional $4 million in deferred commitments as part of the university’s $1.23 billion campus-wide campaign.

At Wittenberg, Cloyd will provide strategic direction and oversight of all advancement efforts, including setting fund-raising goals basedoninstitutionalprioritiesandsupervising all senior staff in development, information resources, communications and constituency relations programs.

Cloyd succeeds Charles Dominick, who will retire later this year after 31 years of service. n

On April 29,Wittenberg students, colleagues, friends and alumni celebrated the careers of J. Ann Cothran, professor of languages, Erhard O. Eimer, professor of psychology,andNelsonSartoris,professor of chemistry, on the occasion of their retirements.

For 25 years, Cothran taught French languageandliteratureatWittenberg.The author of studies on de Beauvoir, Sarraute and Colette, Cothran is in the process of completing a book on the construction of female characters in Colette’s novels. She hasalsopresentedpapersonSarrauteand Coletteatprofessionalmeetingsthroughout her career. Cothran earned her B.A. degree at Duke University, M.A. degree at the University of Michigan, and Ph.D. degree at the University of Pennsylvania.

Eimer joined the faculty in 1968. The authorofatextbookandnumerousarticles and technical reports on alcoholism, humanlearning,memory,problemsolving anddecision-making,Eimerhasservedasa consultantforleadingresearchlaboratories during his career. Eimer, who also received several national research grants and has

Erhard Eimer

studied extensively in Germany, earned his B.A. from Queens College, his M.S. degree from City College of New York, and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Cincinnati.

Widely published and the 1997 Alumni Association for Distinguished Teaching Award winner, Sartoris also came in 1968.

An authority on national energy issues and an expert in the areas of two-cycle organic chemistry pedagogy, alkali-metal catalyzedreactions,andmechanisticstudies ofadditionreactionsofketenestoalkenes, Sartoris served as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Energy from 1974-1981, presenting more than 400 workshops, lectures and seminars in 10 states.

Sartoris also received the Edith B. and Frank C. Matthies Award in 1981 and was awarded more than 50 grants for equipment, research and study during his career. Sartoris earned his B.A. from McMurray College and his Ph.D. from Northwestern University.

For more on Cothran, Eimer and Sartoris,logontotheWittenbergMagazine Web site. n

J. Ann Cothran

Nelson Sartoris

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The Weller family celebrated with Erin Weller ‘05 following the Commencement ceremony on May 14.

Photos by Jeff Smith ’96

Pamela Schindler, professor of management, center, takes time to congratulate some of her students before the processional.

Wayne Maurer, professor of management, right, helped students line up for the processional to the gym.

Keynote speaker Lois Raimondo ‘81 and H. Orth Hirt Professor of History James Huffman reunited prior to Raimondo receiving an honorary degree.

Kia Armstrong, second from left, gathered with friends before the 6 Wittenberg ceremony in theMagazine Old Field House.

Nica Navalta and Petal Morais

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Commencement

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Alma Mater Ann Bixel ‘05 and Alma Lux Jordan Copeland ‘05

Interim President William Steinbrink ‘64, left, and Ingrid Stafford, chair of the board of directors, second from left, joined with honorary degree recipients Richard Zimmerman ‘56, front center, and Frederick Aigner ‘65, second from right, and their respective presenters following a luncheon earlier in the day.

Pastor to the University Rachel Tune, right, congratulated Nicole Kogan.

Robin Inboden, right, associate professor of English, congratulated Melissa Barrett at Commencement.

At age 70, Jennie Spring-Starr joined 31 School of Community Education graduates.

For the third year in a row, Mother Nature didn’t hold up her end of the bargain, but that did little to dampen the spirits of the more than 400 members of Class of 2005 as they participated in the 160th-Year Commencement exercises.

Astanding-room-onlycrowdpackedthe Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) Center to recognize the graduates.

Hundreds of guests were also able to view a video broadcast of the ceremony in more than 12 classrooms in nearby Hollenbeck Hall.

Lois Raimondo ’81, an award-winning photojournalist for National Geographic and the Washington Post, delivered the keynote address, urging the graduates to look beyond the obvious, superficial and tangible elements of life, and encouraging them to put their education to good use.

“Be attentive, not just with your eyes and ears, but with your heart,”said Raimondo.

“I know now, 24 years later, how important this place was to my formation. Trust in this. Powerful seeds have been planted.”

Raimondo received an honorary doctorate of humane letters during the ceremony, along with writer, editor and author Richard Zimmerman ’56, Frederick Aigner ’65, president and chief executive officer of Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, received an honorary doctorate of divinity.

Senior Class President and Alma Mater Ann Bixel also addressed the graduates.

“Wittenberg is a place of origin for each and every one of us in the Class of 2005.

It is the origin of our independent lives. It is the origin of our futures.”

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Wittenberg Commissions Lutheran Identity Study Commissioned by the Board of Directors last fall, Wittenberg’s yearlong study of its relationship with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America commenced thissummer.Undertakeninrecognitionofthechangesin thecampus,churchandsocietyat-large,the“Wittenberg Lutheran Identity Study”fulfills one of the university’s strategic plan initiatives and serves as a follow-up to a similar study conducted 10 years ago at Wittenberg.

“The commission is charged with examining the educational foundation of Lutheran commitment to learningandvocation,assessingWittenberg’sengagement Stephen Buchenroth ’70 of that foundation in its comprehensive mission of learning and living in community today, and articulating the future vision ofWittenberg’s relationship with the Lutheran Church,” said Ingrid Stafford ’75, board chair.

Faculty, staff, board, alumni and students will serve on the commission, which Stephen Buchenroth’70willchairandRichardVeler’58willfacilitate.Thoseservinginclude:Provost Ken Bladh ’69, consultant Tom Christenson, Kristen Collier ’91, director of community service, President Mark Erickson, Trudy Faber, professor of music, Tim Lewis, professor of biology, Ingrid Lundquist ’78, Marilyn McCann Smith of the ELCA, Karl Schmitt ’06, The Rev. Paul Swartz ’65, University Pastors Anders Tune and Rachel Tune, Bob White, director of church relations, Rebekah Weiner ’07 and Ronald Woods ’69. n

Faculty Trip to China Aids East Asian Studies Program Six political science faculty members recently traveled to China to study the nation’s culture, economy and history in order to integrate their findings into the university’s renowned East Asian Studies program and across the curriculum.The group traveled to Beijing, Xian, Hangzhou and Shanghai, China, thanks to a Freeman Foundation grant, written primarily by Associate Professor Bin Yu. Joining Yu on the trip were Professor George Hudson, chair of the department and director of Russian studies, Professor Rob Baker, Associate Professor Staci Rhine, Instructor Heather Wright, and Instructor and Assistant Dean of Judicial Affairs John Young.

“Our travels sensitized us to Chinese culture,” Hudson said. “The country is a driving economic force. Capitalism is alive and well and growing. Ads are everywhere.

We could see it all around us.”

Hudson credits Yu, a native of China and a China specialist, with the significant academic contacts the group made in their visits to Fudan University in Shanghai and Beijing University and with the American Studies Association of China.

In addition to bringing back extensive knowledge to share with their students, the group also plans to create a yearlong colloquium series on China and East Asia for the 2006-2007 academic year. n

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Talk of the Town Student Interns Gain Real-World Experience in City Managment Eleven Wittenberg students headed to Meredith, N.H., in late May, to participate in a unique, nine-week educational opportunity.

Thestudentsgainedreal-worldexperienceina one-of-a-kindLocalGovernmentManagement Internship (LGMI) program through a university partnership with International City/ County Management Association (ICMA), a prestigiousworldwideorganizationdedicated to the professional management of local government.

The program placed Wittenberg students alongside community leaders in Meredith, a community of nearly 6,400 residents in the central part of the state next to Lake Winnipesauke. Students not only observed local government officials at work, but they worked side-by-side with the professionals themselves as they solved problems, analyzed community needs and created budgets. Each internwasgivenatleastoneprojecttocomplete by the end of the program.

“A problem in many internship situations is that students are plunked down in an organization without much guidance, and without much to do, so they feel irrelevent and unnecessary,”said Rob Baker, professor of politicalscienceandaformercityadministrator who initiated the program.

“I conceived of a program where students would be assigned meaningful projects that wouldmakeadifferencetolocalgovernments.

The students would essentiallybecomepart of themanagementstaff,andaprofessorwouldbe present in the workplace to help troubleshoot and guide the independent work required of the students.”

Kurt Schmidt, associate director of admission at LeMoyne College in Syracuse, N.Y., has been named the new director of admission. Schmidt succeeds interim director Linda Beals ’87 and Ken Benne ’68, who held the post since 1978 before joining the advancement team last year.

Schmidt, who began June 27, will be responsible for the recruitment and admissionofundergraduateandtransfer students in a selective environment. He will also assist in the development and implementationofanadmissionoperation and marketing communications plan, work collaboratively with faculty, alumni A seminar class is also part of the program.

The internship is designed to“help the students meld more effectively their practical internship experienceswiththetheoreticalmaterialassigned in the class,” Baker said.

This is the fourth summer for the LGMI program, which involves oversight by Baker for half of the nine weeks and Professor of Economics Jeff Ankrom for the other half.

Nearly60Wittenbergstudentshaveparticipated in the program since its founding in 1994.

Primarily coordinated by Baker through contacts he already had, the internships were enhanced when Ankrom came aboard in 2000, bringing his expertise in the area of public finance to the program.

In an effort to expand the opportunities even more, Baker and Ankrom joined Springfield City Manager Matt Kridler in approaching ICMA, which develops initiatives to get more students interestedinlocalgovernmentmanagement.Last summer, ICMA agreed to facilitate applications and publicity, and seven local governments showed interest, with Meredith gaining the first opportunity under the new partnership.

Those students participating in the program included Margret Zmrazek of Medina, Ohio, Ryan Deutschendorf of Northville, Mich., Mike Judge of West Bloomfield, Mich., and Michael Blum of New Albany, Ind., all class of 2007; Sarah Morgan of Willoughby, Ohio, Josh Mishkin of Baltimore, Md., Christina Vickers of Cincinnati, Ohio, Jeff Auble of Noblesville, Ind., and Chase Cordial of Columbus, Ohio, all class of 2006; and Aaron Schmalzle of Nairobi, Kenya, and Peter Gillette of Mentor, Ohio, both class of 2005. n

andtheenrollment managementstaff, and represent Wittenberg to current and future students, alumni, highschoolfaculty members and administrators, and other external constituents.

Astheassociatedirectorofadmissionat LeMoyne,Schmidtmanagedapproximately 3,000 application decisions, coordinated more than 200 alumni volunteers and initiated targeted recruitment efforts, which significantly increased inquiries, applications and deposits to LeMoyne. n

Collaborative Research Leads to Presentations Believing that students learn science by doing science, Wittenberg biology professorscollaboratedwithstudentson anumberofresearchprojectsduringthe 2004-05 academic year, many of which led to invitations for the students to present their work at national, regional and statewide research conferences.

Thirty-twobiologystudentspresented the results of their research at the Ohio Academy of Sciences, while three presented at the Midwest Ecology and

Evolution Conference in Carbondale, Ill. Four others presented at the Benthic Ecology Meeting in Williamsburg, Va., and seven were asked to present at the Butler Undergraduate Research Conference this spring.

Inaddition,fourstudents,sponsoredby three biology faculty members, Margaret Goodman,TimLewisandCathyPedersen, presented their research at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research in Lexington, Va. n

Student Discovers Rare Book at Springfield Auction Surprises come in all shapes and sizes as as Erica Wendt ’05 discovered.

While attending an auction in Springfield, Wendt bid on a box of glass, which turned out to be the highest bid.

The auctioneer then threw in a box of old books for free.

Inside the box, Wendt found a firstedition Beatrix Potter book titled Fairy Caravan, which was released only in the United States. Potter had asked the publisher to print 100 copies for her to give to family and friends.

“Thefirstpagewasvellumandincluded a notation that the book was not for sale,” Wendt said.“It was hand-numbered and signed by Potter.”

Wendt, who is not a book collector, recently sold the edition for $10,000. n

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New Director of Admission Named

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Richard Little ’60 and wife Laura were on hand for the day.

Robert Davis

Photos by Jeff Smith ’96

Tim Lewis, professor of biology, led a classroom session.

Patricia Owen Bolla ’43

Kathleen and Jack Neal ’59 caught up with Ken Benne ’68 at the event.

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Alan McEvoy, professor of sociology, also led a classroom session for BPS members.

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Jim Putnam ‘50 was in attendance.

Robert ’39 and Ruth Kunkel Bayley ’42, left , joined Elizabeth Woodhouse ’98H in the class session.

Betty Powelson, professor emeritus of biology, reunited with friends and alumni.

President Mark Erickson participated.

Wittenberg welcomed more than 120 Benjamin Prince Society members to campus, April 16, to participate in the university’s fifth annual BPS Day. Guests had the opportunity to visit with Wittenberg’s newly named 13th president, Mark Erickson, at the event, which was originally created by former BPS co-chairs Bob ’58 and Barbara Hein VanKleunen ’62.

Current BPS Chair Mark Shaffer ’72 was also on hand during the day’s festivities, which offered members and other volunteer leaders the chance to take classes taught by Wittenberg faculty in Hollenbeck Hall. Robert Davis, professor of English, Tim Lewis, professor of biology, and Alan McEvoy, professor of sociology, examined the Cultural Revolution: Past, Present and Future in each of their classes.

Members also received a university updateandheardremarksfromPresident Erickson.Inaddition,thoseinattendance touredcampus,enjoyedaconcertbythe Wittenberg Faculty Rock Entourage and Ensemble (WittFREE) and concluded the evening with a theater performance of Picnic.

Collectively, BPS members contribute every year more than 50 percent of The WittenbergFund.Theirgiftssignificantly help to bridge the gap between tuition, endowment income, church apportionment and the actual cost of a Wittenberg education. Gifts from BPS members also accounted for 90 percent of the successful Defining Moments Campaign (1996-2001), which raised more than $75 million. n summer 2005 11

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Campus Notes Collier Director of Community Service

Baker Professor of Political Science

Anderson Associate Professor of Chemistry

Allan Assistant Professor of Political Science

Andrews Professor of Statistics

Cline Associate Professor of Chemistry

James Allan, assistant professor of political science, has had his article titled “The Material Consequences of Welfare States: Benefit Generosity and Absolute Poverty in 16 OECD Countries” accepted for publicationinComparativePoliticalStudies.

The article was co-authored with Lyle Scruggs of the University of Connecticut.

Kristin Cline, associate professor of chemistryanddepartmentchair,presenteda seminar titled“Effect of Surface Functional Groups on Electron Transfer Kinetics at Carbon Electrodes” for the chemistry department at Wright State University on May 13.

journal. The article, titled “Interaction of Water with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Reaction and Adsorption,” was published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B and includes three student co-authors, Adam Good ’05, Carrie Kinnaman ’05 and Nick Padgett ’05.

A fellow nanotechnology expert shared with Ellison how impressed he was that such research is being conducted by undergraduates.

Amil Anderson, associate professor of chemistry, attended the “Modern Biomolecular Crystallography” workshop at California State University, Fullerton, June 23-28, sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Anderson learned more about the dominant method for determining the atomic-level, threedimensional structure of proteins and DNA, as well as experiments suitable for the undergraduate curriculum.

DouglasAndrews,professorofstatistics,led aspecialworkshoponimprovingstudents’ verbal descriptions of data distributions andcontextualinterpretationsofstatistical analyses at the inaugural U.S. Conference on Teaching Statistics in May. In addition to establishing criteria and standards for evaluating student writing in statistical studies,theworkshopillustratedtheactive, collaborativepedagogicaltechniquesthat Andrews has developed for using peer writing to improve student learning in introductory statistics courses.

J. Robert Baker, professor of political science, recently presented a paper titled “The Ties That Bond and Bridge: Social Capitalists and Variations in Social Capital Among Small-Town Activists” at the 2005 Western Social Science meeting in Albuquerque, NM, April 13-17.

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Kristen Scott Collier ’92, director of community service, served as a trainer for the first annual Volunteer Managers Training Series in May 2005. The training wassponsoredbyTheVolunteerManagers AssociationofClarkCountyinconjunction with the Points of Light Foundation and the United Way of Clark and Champaign Counties.Collierpresentedasessionalong with Karen Packer, volunteer team leader at Mercy Medical Center, titled“Planning Your Volunteer Program.”

WarrenCopeland,professorofreligionand director of urban studies, recently traveled to Europe at the invitation ofWittenberg’s sister cities, Pitesti, Romania, Kragujevac, Serbia, and Wittenberg, Germany. Each city’sgovernmenthostedCopelandattheir annualevents.Copelandalsousedthetime to write the first draft of his book about ethics and urban politics.

Keith Doubt, professor of sociology and department chair, has had two essays published in the Fall/Winter 2004 English editionof/Odjek/[Echos],aSarajevoculture andphilosophyjournal.Theessaysaretitled “Socratic Medicine for Radovan Karadzic” and “Last Words, First Words.”

Mark Ellison, assistant professor of chemistry, has published an article in the peer-reviewedAmericanChemicalSociety

Peggy Hanna, academic department assistant for sociology/geography, has published a children’s book titled Beetlebopper. The book began as an assignment while Hanna was in Professor of English Kent Dixon’s creative writing class. Her previous book, Patriotism, Peace andVietnam: A Memoir, is currently being used in a class at Wilmington College and was the focus of a Reformation Day celebrationinMichiganhostedbyLebanon Lutheran Church in Whitehall with The Rev. Doug Ogden ’82.

James Humphries, associate professor of theatreanddance,premieredhisdesignof ManofLaMancha,May6,atthePlayhouse in the Square Theatre in Memphis, Tenn.

In June, Humphries designed the regional premiere of Edward Albee’s 2002 Tony Award-winning play, The Goat or Who is Sylvia? at the Circuit Playhouse in Memphis. He is currently spending his 15th summer at the Texas Shakespeare Festival,wherehehasdesignedmorethan 32 shows, including Beauty and the Beast this year.

Daniel Kazez, professor of music, traveled to Bombay, India, to study the Hindi film

Keiffer Assistant Professor of Geography

industry (“Bollywood”) and to perform in a film orchestra, which was recording a film by Bombay music composer/director Anu Malik.

Artimus Keiffer, assistant professor of geography, traveled to Puerto Rico for his course on Middle America followed by a trip to Cuba where he visited the spot Columbus first came into contact with indigenous Americans in 1492. In April, Keiffer headed to Denver, Colo., for the AAGnationalgeographyconferencewhere hepresentedinthreesessionsandonthree panels. He is currently revising and editing anewtexttitledTheGeographyofOhioand co-editingabookcalledTheGeographyof Art. He is also the consultant on a new text for the Ohio Social Studies Program for geography for fourth graders.

Timothy Lewis, professor of biology and departmentchair,hashadapaperaccepted in the Ohio Journal of Science on a 25year study of forest diversity at Aullwood Audubon Center and Farm, co-authored with Joe Ullmer ’03 and an Audubon naturalist John Wilson.

David Mason, professor of biology, presented five research projects with students and colleagues at the Ohio Academy of Science in April, including the “Developmental Stages of the Moth Fly (Psychodida: Psychodida cinerea) in vitro and in vivo by Means of Light and Scanning Electron Microscopy” with Carmen Trisler, associate professor of education and director of environmental studies, and Kristen D. Rinehart ’05, along with numerous histological studies on human diseases and cancers by means

Proctor Associate Professor of History

of high resolution light microscopy, immunomicroscopy and transmission electron microscopy with Heather A. Griffith ’05, Elisabeth A. Schuller ’05 and Erin M. Mills ’06.

Chuck Novak, professor of education, secured a $15,000 summer grant from the Ohio Department of Education for enhancing the assessment of teacher education candidates as they progress through the various licensure programs offered through Wittenberg’s education department. Education faculty members will also be exploring ways to design and use assessments more effectively. An additional focus of the grant is geared toward improving the use of technology for summarizing and documenting assessmentresultsforpurposesofprogram improvementandongoingaccreditation.

James Noyes, professor of computer science, concluded his sabbatical year by making the third of three national-level conferencepresentationsincomputational science.Inadditiontopresentinghispaper “Modeling Paradigms for Computational Science” at the bi-annual conference on Computational Science and Engineering, sponsored by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) in Orlando, Fla., Noyes served as a session chairattheconference.Healsorepresented Wittenberg at the governor’s first Ohio Nanotechnology Summit, held inDayton, Ohio, March 2-3.

Tammy Proctor, associate professor of history, presented a paper titled“Between the Lines: Auxiliaries, Resistors and Spies in Europe and the Mediterranean, 1914-

1918”atthe20thInternationalCongressof Historical Sciences in Sydney, Australia in July. Proctoralsoconductedresearchatthe Australian War Memorial at Canberra.

David J. Savola, visiting assistant professor of English, presented a paper titled “‘A Very Sinister Book’: The Sun Also Rises as a Critique of Pastoral” at the biennial conference of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment at the University of Oregon in Eugene, June 21-25.

Pamela Schindler, professor of management, will have the ninth edition ofhertextbook,BusinessResearchMethods, published by McGraw-Hill in August.

In April, Lowell Stockstill, professor of management, had his article titled “MultilevelFranchiseorPyramidScheme?: Legal Guidelines for the Small Business Investor” republished by Amazon.com.

The article originally appeared in the Journal of Small Business.

MollyWood, assistant professor of history, who will be on sabbatical for the 20052006 academic year, recently chaired a session on “Vietnam Today” at the Asia Network Conference in California. In June, her article “The Politics of Domesticity and the Social Game in the U.S. Foreign Service, 1905-1941”was published in the JournalofWomen’sHistory.Woodwasalso recently selected to receive the Edith B. and Frank C. Matthies Award, which she will use to determine how to bring public history into U.S. history courses and to promote study abroad among students.

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AROUND MYERS HOLLOW

Doubt Professor of Sociology

Savola Visiting Assistant Professor of English

Mason Professor of Biology

FACULTY

Ellison Assistant Professor of Chemistry

WITT WORLD

War of the Words Debate Dominates Wittenberg’s Early History

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hrases such as “contests of superior merit” and “competitive spirit” have describedcollegecompetitionsthroughout the years, but these words were first used on Wittenberg’s campus for literary competitions – reading, declamation, oratory and debate – not athletic events.

Literary contests began the year the college was founded at the instigation of seven men. Finding six other students to join them, the group met to adopt a constitution, elect officers and become charter members of Wittenberg’s first literary organization, the Excelsior Literary Society, on Nov. 20, 1845.

They met once a week in the First Lutheran Church in Springfield for “the mental,moralandsocialimprovementofits members.”Thegroupimmediatelygained popularity and increased in numbers.

On July 4, 1846, six of the Excelsior’s founderswithdrewfromthesociety,taking half of the funds and class credits, and joinedsevenothersinformingarivalgroup withsimilaraimsandprograms,whichthey named the Philosophian Literary Society.

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The school now boasted two literary societies, and their public competitions attractednotonlystudentsandfaculty,but also residents of Springfield.

Both groups were given rooms in the new campus building (Recitation Hall) in 1884, and the names of members and the constitutionsofbothsocietieswereplaced in the cornerstone of the building in a copper box.

The History of Wittenberg College 1887 by G. Gerlaw Clark describes the Excelsior’s new rooms as large, modern and commodious. “The walls are most beautifully frescoed and adorned by pictures of the alumni, by two large steel engravings, one of‘America’s Statesmen’ and the other of ‘America’s Authors.’”

Gilt and gold frames graced paintings of Wittenberg’s first three presidents. The best plush Brussels covered the floor, and theplatformheldmarblestands.ThePhilos were similarly housed.

Facultymemberscouldjoineithersociety, andhonorarymembershipscontinuedfor about 20 years, as the societies inducted

ministers, lawyers, physicians and men of prominenceinvariouscallings.EdgarAllan Poe and Henry Clay accepted election as honorary members.

The first paper published by students, TheExcelsiorVisitor,wasprintedduringthe 1851-1852 school year, and both groups donated their large collections of books to the new Zimmerman Library in 1892.

Although other literary groups were formed, The Excelsior and Philosophian Literary Societies dominated the literary sceneoncampusuntilspeechdepartments andintercollegiatecontestsinoratoryand debatecameintoplay.Manycollegeliterary societies collapsed as a result, and by 1924 the once ornate rooms in Recitation were turned into classrooms.

Forthefirst78yearsofWittenberg’s160yearhistory,thecut-throatcompetitionson campus were not on the playing field, but waged with words, and at one time, the literary W, a solid gold pin, played on par with the athletic W. n – Phyllis Eberts ’00

PERSPECTIVE

A Rewarding Journey Vice President Reflects on His Years of Service

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IlaterlearnedthatWittenberggraduates are indeed the kinds of productive, contributing,successfulmenandwomen that the admission office has always claimed we produce.

I have also found a level of personal commitment from employees that at times defies logic. Wittenberg is blessed with people who truly care. From craftsmen and maintenance crews to the administrators and support staff, all have tremendous pride in this place and all are willingtogofarbeyondtherequirements of their jobs to help keep Wittenberg moving forward.

Now, as I look ahead to retirement this December,Iampleasedthattheuniversity is again poised for the excitement and energizingactivitythataccompaniesnew leadership and fresh perspectives. I had

the good fortune to play an active role in the beginnings of both the Kinnison and Tipson administrations. Both introduced exciting shifts in direction, priorities and focus that have left positive marks on this 160-year-old institution, and it was personally challenging, exciting and rewardingtobeinvolved. Iamconvinced that Mark Erickson and his team will be good stewards of Wittenberg’s best traditionswhilebuildinganevenstronger Wittenberg for the decades ahead.

Finally, I want to say thank you to the thousands of alumni and friends who support this university with their time, talent and treasure. It has been an honor to work with all of you at a place so worthy of the best that we have to offer. n –Charles Dominick

ROBERT RAFFERTY ’02

s I drove onto campus for the first time in the spring of 1972 to begin as an assistant dean of admission, I was struck as are most visitors by the sheer beautyoftheplace–theclassicbuildings, the ancient trees, the expansive hollows and green space.

I already knew that Wittenberg was one of Ohio’s top liberal arts colleges with a solid and respected academic reputation and a legendary athletic tradition, but what I soon learned and what I became part of was far richer and far more satisfying than I could have ever anticipated.

It has indeed been a privilege to spend 31 years of my 33–year career in such a special place, first with admission, followed by service as director of the Commission on Mission and Priorities, associate director of advancement, assistant to the president, vice president for institutional relations, and finally, for the last 13 years as vice president for university advancement.

With every year, I discovered a student-focused, caring faculty that is extraordinary in so many ways. They place their highest priority on teaching but still find the time to be productive scholars and to keep intellectually alive.

I found the students to be bright and engaging achievers in the classroom and on the playing fields. I learned that Wittenbergstudentsbothworkhardand play hard, but the best and the brightest seem to maintain a successful balance between academics, extracurricular activities, community service and a robust social life.

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TIGER SPORTS

Lasting Legacy The Hiring of Bill Edwards ’31 Changes Athletic History

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ifty years ago, Wittenberg’s athletic landscape changed forever with the hiring of “Big” Bill Edwards ’31 as Wittenberg’s new athletic director and head football coach.

Edwards’ hiring on April 3, 1955 set a series of events into motion, which helped create the small college athletic powerhouse that continues today at Wittenberg.

“We feel fortunate in the coming of Bill Edwards, because, in addition to his outstanding record as a football coach, he is interested in helping to build a strong department of athletics and physical education on the Wittenberg campus,” said Clarence C. Stoughton, Wittenberg president in 1955.

The 1964, 1965 and 1966 championship football team will reunite on campus during Homecoming & Reunion Weekend, Oct. 28-30. Log on to www.wittenberg.edu for more information.

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“Bill Edwards will contribute greatly to Wittenberg’s threefold program of vigorous intramurals, intensive physical education teacher-preparation and wholesome participation in intercollegiate athletics.”

Little did Stoughton know how prophetic that statement would turn out to be. As Edwards later noted, “I was 50 years old, and I thought Wittenberg was the place I could make a contribution.”

That he did. The football and men’s basketball programs have since ascended to the No. 1 position among all NCAA Division III programs in total victories and have won seven national titles between them. Edwards, who had high school, collegeandprofessionalcoachingexperiencebeforetakingapay cut to return to his alma mater, patrolled the sidelines for three national titles in the 1960s while compiling a 98-20-4 record in 14 years as Wittenberg’s head football coach. He was later inducted into the National College Football Hall of Fame, one of four Wittenberg athletes or coaches to gain such acclaim, and he was in the inaugural class of the university’s Athletic Hall of Honor in 1985.

Edwards, who passed away in 1987, inherited a football program that had been mostly mired in mediocrity, with nine losing seasons in the previous 11 years (not counting 1943 and 1944, when the football program was suspended as a results of World War II). He turned things around immediately, eventually leading Wittenberg to a 69-9-1 record in the 1960s, the most wins in small college football during the decade.

All of that winning – including hundreds of conference championships across almost every sport on the program’s landscape – can be traced back to Edwards’ hiring. Upon his retirement,however,itwasn’tthewinsandlosses,theaccolades from such college football notables as Woody Hayes, Paul “Bear”Bryant and John McKay or the championship trophies that made him most proud.

“Thebestthingistoseetheplayerswhentheycomebackafter graduation as successful men in their careers, and as successful husbands, fathers and citizens of their communities,”Edwards said upon his retirement in 1973.“When you see those things, you feel deep down that maybe you made a contribution.” n

–Ryan Maurer

Atchison

Croci

Grammas

Kirkpatrick

Sturtz

Sutter

Varble

Cathey

Tom Atchison ’82, Matt Croci ’94, MargaretGrammas’88,GayleGoettman Kirkpatrick ’84, Paul Sutter ’87, Randy Sturtz ’72, Bill Varble ’55 and Melinda Wigton Cathey ’82 will be inducted into the Athletic Hall of Honor during Homecoming & Reunion Weekend, Oct. 28-30.

A three-year team captain and MVP in men’s golf, Atchison led the Tigers to two OAC titles, earning All-OAC honors all four years and three AllAmerica honors.

Croci claimed team MVP and first-team All-NCAC honors twice in his Wittenberg basketball career. In 1994, Croci led the Tigers to the only undefeated regular season in school history and a third-place national finish while earning NCAC Player of the Year and third-team All-America honors.

Grammasandthewomen’sbasketball Tigers went from last place in the OAC in 1987 to a perfect 11-0 mark in the NCAC in 1990. A two-time team MVP, Grammas holds several school records and ranks third in career points and fourth in career rebounds.

Kirkpatrick is the most accomplished women’s tennis player in school history, and she becomes the first daughter of a Hall of Honor inductee to earn the same recognition as her father, Bill Goettman ’54. Kirkpatrick earned team MVP honors as the No. 1 singles and doubles

player two straight years and finished a school-record sixth in the 1983 national tournament.

Sturtzplayederrorlessbaseballasafirst baseman in three of his four collegiate seasons, batting .396 to go along with his 1.000 fielding percentage in 1972.

That combination earned Sturtz firstteam all-conference, all-district and All-America honors following his senior season.

Sutter remains Wittenberg’s most accomplished distance swimmer with yet unbroken school records in the 500-, 1,000- and 1,650-yard freestyle events.

The team MVP three times, Sutter was a two-time NCAA Division III national meet qualifier.

Varble earned three football varsity letters, All-OAC honors and team MVP honors as a senior. He also played two years of baseball, and he even ran in the 1954 OAC track championships after baseball.Varble later won 24 conference championships in football and track in 31 years as a high school coach.

CatheyistheonlyathleteinWittenberg women’s basketball history to earn firstteam Academic All-America honors. She averageddoublefiguresinscoringallfour years in the Red & White, including 1979-80, when she earned team MVP honors by pouring 16.9 points per game and setting a school record for points in a game (35). n – Ryan Maurer

Student-Athlete Represents Wittenberg at Conference identified as current or future leaders on their campuses and in their communities and offered them fresh ways of thinking about leadership. O’Rourke, who is already a campus leader in the StudentAthlete Advisory Council (SAAC), plans to implement what she learned upon her return.

“I am definitely going to bring as much back to our campus as I can,” she said.

“The best way for me to bring back what I learned is to just listen to others and their problems or ideas once I get back tocampus and use my newskills and confidenceasaleadertohelpthemachieve their goals or solve their problems.” n

KOEHLER PHOTOGRAPHY

Women’s soccer standout Meghan O’Rourke ‘08 attended the eighth annual NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference May 29-June 2 at the Coronado Springs Resort and Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. It is the fourth straight year that a Wittenberg student has attended the conference, although O’Rourke was the first female and first underclassman to represent the university at an event thatdrawsmorethan350student-athletes each year from across the country.

The conference took student-athletes like O’Rourke from NCAA Division I, II and III schools who have been

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TIGER SPORTS

Wittenberg Announces 2005 Athletic Hall of Honor Class

Mark Making his

AsJunechangedtoJuly, all eyes turned toward Recitation Hall to welcomeWittenberg’s new leader to the presidential suite on the second floor. With boxes of personalitemsand foldersfull ofinformation on the university, Mark Erickson came prepared for his first college presidency, packed calendar in hand. Now, as the Erickson era begins, the 13th president takes time to reflect on the journey that led him to Wittenberg and looks ahead to a future filled with energy, excellence, high expectations and a commitment to student success.

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by Karen Gerboth ’93

ROBERT GANTT

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n Mark Erickson’s office sits a small framed photograph of a man talking with students.The steady stream of visitors to the presidential suite might not notice it, but Erickson certainly does. Shot more than a decade ago, the photo is of Carl Wartenburg, a former assistant dean at Princeton, where Erickson earned his A.B. in American history in 1977.

“He was an incredibly bright, caring and engaging dean,” Erickson says.“He became a real mentor to me as a student, and this picture reminds me of where my focus needs to be.”

That focus reveals itself immediately in conversations with Erickson and during a brisk walk across campus. As he heads toward the Seal, a student passes by, and without hesitation, Ericksonstopstointroducehimselfandchatabit.Byconversation’s end, Erickson invites the student to swing by his home anytime, pointing in the direction of the Benjamin Prince House, where he and his family now live.

This scenario has repeated itself hundreds of times throughout Erickson’s 25-year career in higher education – a field he finds immensely rewarding, and one that has richly prepared him to lead Wittenberg as its 13th president.

“I’m energized by the students,” says Erickson, whose own high-energy approach to life offers hints into his personality and hard work ethic.

“He is genuinely interested in students,” Budney says. “The wholetimewewerehavinglunch,studentswerewalkingby,and he took time to say ‘Hi.’ He wants to get to know them and the entire student body, and that is a special thing for us. He made a great impression all around.”

Such conversations and extensive research, coupled with Erickson’s fervent belief in Wittenberg’s mission to educate the whole person, reaffirmed thatWittenberg was indeed the place for him and his family.

“ThepeopleImetatWittenbergduringthesearchprocessand those I’ve met in the days since share the same passion I have to be here,” he says. “The strong intellectual core was also a main attraction for me. We have an outstanding faculty who are not onlyexpertsintheirrespectivedisciplines,butwhoalsocaredeeply about this place and our students. They fully engage students inthelearning processinways that make a real impact on the lives of youngpeople, and that is exciting.”

“We have an outstanding faculty who are not only experts in their respective disciplines, but who also care deeply about this place and our students. They fully engage students in the learning process.”

A finalist in two other presidential searches, Erickson studied Wittenberg intensely as he considered becoming a college president. A self-described“deep-thinking person”whose daily jam-packed schedule illustrates his intensity level, Erickson closely reviewed all the materials sent by the search committee and asked pointed questions about the university and its vision.

He also requested to meet with additional members of the Wittenbergcommunitythanthosealreadyonthedocketduring thecandidateinterviewprocess,includingbuildingandgrounds, human resources and security. He then met with community leaders in Springfield.

Despite all the information gleaned from the meetings and supplied materials, Erickson went a step further, traveling unannounced to Springfield one Saturday to tour campus with his 15-year-old son, David. Mike Budney ’05 served as their tour guide, unaware of Erickson’s candidacy for president.

A few weeks later on Feb. 28, the day Wittenberg formally named him president, Erickson returned to campus and remembered Budney, who attended the press conference. He asked him how his senior year and the job search were going.

Two months later, during Erickson’s subsequent visit to campus, Budney was giving another tour at the same time Erickson was leaving the Office of Student Development. Within minutes of their chance meeting, Erickson asked Budney if he wanted to have lunch at Post 95.

Formerly the vice president of administrative and government affairs at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., Erickson first began thinking about a college presidency while serving as a fellow with the American Council on Education from 19971998. One of only 34 nationally selected A.C.E. fellows that year, Ericksonworkedcloselywiththen-BucknellUniversityPresident William Adams, who served as his mentor in the program.

“The fellowship allowed me to see the president’s role from the inside,” Erickson explains. In addition to discussing observations and providing input to Adams, Erickson reviewed Bucknell’s strategic planning initiatives, participated in weekly core planning meetings, attended presidential retreats, and assisted Adams in developing federal lobbying tactics, among other responsibilities.

“In our time together at Bucknell, I think that Mark got a good feel for both the public and private pressures of the presidency,” Adams notes.“He has worked in virtually every part of the higher

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Engaged in Campus Life

Honored to Serve

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The Ericksons moved into the Benjamin Prince House on June 29.

About Erickson Born: Ruislip, England Age: 49 Education: A.B. in American history from Princeton University in 1977; Ed.M. from Harvard University in 1981; Ed.D. in educational leadership in 1991.

Additional Study: Harvard Divinity School, world religions and pastoral care, 1980.

Fellowship: One of only 34 nationally selected American Council on Education Fellows.

Strengths: Strategic Planning, Enrollment Management, Global Education, Diversity and Community Engagement, among many others. Erickson has also secured millions of dollars in federal and state funding and has traveled extensively throughout the world.

Campus Involvement and Community Service: Has served on more than 25 committees and task forces at Lehigh, chairing six of them, and on multiple community boards, including the Bethlehem Economic Development Corporation, the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce and Children’s Home of Easton.

Teaching Experience: Has taught undergraduate and graduate courses on communication, higher education, and policy and politics. He will hold faculty rank in the department of education at Wittenberg.

Other Achievements: Planned and conducted workshops on racism for Brown University, Boston State College, Harvard Divinity School and the Boston Urban Coalition.

Erickson is also a frequent presenter at national and regional conferences, and he is a member of numerous professional associations.

Previous Positions at Lehigh University: Vice President for Administrative and Government Affairs, Associate Vice President and Executive Assistant to the President; Dean of Students; Associate Dean of Students; Assistant Dean of Students Additional Professional Experience: Assistant to the Dean of Student Affairs at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C.; Assistant to the Director of Residence Life/Residence Hall Director, Framingham State College, Framingham, Mass.; Assistant to the Dean of the School of Management, Suffolk University, Boston, Mass.; and History Instructor/Athletic Director, Sacramento Country Day School, Sacramento, Calif.

Family: Married for 26 years to Lin; two children, Sarah, 20, and David, 15. Also has 7-year-old English Springer Spaniel 22 Wittenberg Magazine named Clover.

education enterprise, and I know his experience will serve him well at Wittenberg.”

While working with Adams, Erickson also had the opportunity tovisitwithpresidentsofmorethan30collegeanduniversitiesto gaintheirinsightregardingthecollegepresidencyandkeyissues facing higher education.

“I enjoy complexity and challenge, so it was fascinating to see how all the pieces of the puzzle fit together,”Erickson says.

“It’s a blessing to work on a college campus — especially one as intellectuallyinterestingandvibrantasWittenberg—butit’salso a tremendous responsibility and obligation. If I’m doing what I’m supposed to do, I hope that I will be able to inspire each person in this community to reach his or her highest potential.”

Committed to Helping Others Succeed

Chris Marshall, Lehigh University’s alumni director and former swimcoach,servesasoneexampleofErickson’sdesiretobringout thebestinpeople.Fouryearsago,EricksonstoppedbyMarshall’s coaching office to ask him if he would consider applying for the position of alumni director. Marshall dismissed the notion initially, but after giving it some serious thought, decided to go for it. Two months later, after four rounds of interviews, a major presentation and a paper, Marshall was hired and has remained in the role ever since.

“It’s amazing to think that a simple question from a friend to a friend changed the path of my life,”Marshall says, recalling how their friendship began during Marshall’s undergraduate days at Lehigh when Erickson was the dean of students.

Back then, Marshall was having some hard times on the home front, and one night, around 8 p.m., he heard a knock on his residence hall door.

“It was Dean Erickson,” Marshall recalls. “He had heard that I was struggling a little and just wanted to check in and see how I was doing. We ended up talking for more than three hours, and we have been close friends ever since. Mark taught me the importance of balance in life (an art I am still learning), he showed me what kindness is all about, and he taught me about caring for others.”

Those who have had the opportunity to work with Erickson so far atWittenberg can attest to his caring demeanor and strong commitment to students, faculty, colleagues and friends.

“I want to be intimately involved with this place,”Erickson says, noting that only through the personal relationships he develops on campus will his words be authentic. He also understands the need to honor and recognize the culture at Wittenberg, but not necessarily accept the status quo.

“There is a lot of balance involved, and I plan to do a great deal of listening during the first six months,” he explains. “The litmus test for me in every decision I will make as president is what is right for Wittenberg.”

“I love our motto, Having Light We Pass It On To Others, as I think it speaks quite powerfully to the education imperative that drives us.”

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“What we do here is help young people find their passion.

In the process we change their lives in powerful and meaningful ways.”

Passionate About Wittenberg

Erickson’s passion for Wittenberg shows itself as he shares some of his thoughts on the nationally ranked institution.

“When I visited Wittenberg for the first time, I felt an immediate resonance with the mission of this great university, and it is this mission that will motivate me every day. I love our motto,‘Having Light We Pass it Onto Others,’as I think it speaks quite powerfully to the education imperative that drives us.”

Among his many goals are to ensure that all of the university’s internalandexternalconstituents,fromprospectiveandcurrent studentstocommunityleaders,faculty,staff,alumniandfriends, understandthemeaningfulwork thatoccursinside and outside the classroom every day on campus.

“What we do here is help young people find their passion.We teachthemmorethansimplyhowtomakealiving(althoughwe

do that); we teach them how to make a life in the fullest sense of all that means: how to become lifelong learners, friends, parents, communityleadersandglobalcitizens.Intheprocesswechange their lives in powerful and meaningful ways.”

Dedicated to Service and Global Education

In addition, Erickson wants to shine the spotlight on Wittenberg’slong-standingcommitmenttoglobalism,diversity and its relationship with the Lutheran church.

“Our affiliation with the Lutheran church provides a distinctive platform at Wittenberg for discussions on values, ethics, faith, honesty and the importance of serving others,” Erickson says.

Additionally,“Ifwe’renotpreparingstudentstoappreciatediverse perspectivesandculturesandtobeglobalcitizens,thenwe’renot doing our job.”

Lin Erickson currently serves as CEO and executive director of the Da Vinci Discovery Center for Science and Technology, a hands-on center serving northeastern Pennsylvania and northwestern New Jersey. The center, which is nearing completion of a $10 million capital campaign, is dedicated to advancing world-class science education in schools throughout the region.

Originally a subsidiary of Lehigh University, the center became an independent, 501c(3) non-profit corporation in October 1999. In 1999, Erickson engaged the board of directors and academic and business partners in the development of a renewed vision and five-year plan to advance science education in area schools.

As CEO and executive director, Erickson is responsible for board development, strategic planning, educational leadership, fund-raising, staff development and financial management with an emphasis on building community partnerships.

She oversees 20 full and part-time staff and annual budget of $1.4 million.

Last year, the Da Vinci Center launched two Teacher Leader Institutes — threeyear programs of professional development in science education for elementary school teachers and administrators to help prepare for state science testing in 2007-08. As part of the effort, the center raised more than $880,000 to support the initial two years of the program, and provided regional leadership for elementary science education, collaborating with five area school districts, two area colleges and the Lehigh Valley Business Education Partnership.

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On Aug. 8, 2005, Erickson will assume new responsibilities as the director and CEO of the Westcott House Foundation, where she will bring her passion for advancing education and serving the community to Springfield. In her new role, Erickson will draw together representatives of the educational, business and governmental sectors to make the Westcott House, designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright and first owned by turn-of-the century auto manufacturer Burton J. Westcott, into an educational center that engages the community and promotes creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship throughout the region.

“I felt welcome the very first moment I set foot on campus and am thrilled to be a part of the Wittenberg community,” Erickson said. “I am continually inspired by the university’s commitment to excellence.”

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Erickson earned her A.B. from Smith College, M.S. from Lehigh University and Executive M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

JEFF SMITH ’96

President Erickson attended Wittenberg’s annual Benjamin Prince Day in April, where he and Dick Kuss ’45, found time to talk.

Erickson’s own life experiences have played an integral role in his insistence on globally educating tomorrow’s leaders. Born in Ruislip, England, where his father was a pilot and meteorologist in the U.S. Air Force, Erickson lived in Washington, D.C., Georgia, Kansas, Texas, Missouri, Nebraska and England, all before heading to Princeton University.

His focus on global learning and appreciation for it continued throughouthisfouryearsatPrincetonandintohispost-graduate years at Harvard and Lehigh, where he earned his master’s of education and doctorate of education, respectively. For his 25th class reunion, he and several of his Princeton classmates completed a humanitarian mission to Guatemala, and just last year, Erickson traveled to the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Spain on behalf of Lehigh. Erickson also studied in Scotland and England while an A.C.E. fellow, and he organized and led a select group of influential international Lehigh alumni who regularly assist Lehigh University in its efforts to become increasingly global.

“Weneedtobringourstudentstheworld,andthensendthem into it,” he says. “The world is getting smaller every day, and the more our students truly understand that world, the better prepared they will be to lead it.”

Connected to the Community

Erickson, who has served on numerous boards in the Lehigh Valley, also wants Wittenberg and its students to continue to serve their local community.

“Service forces students to step outside their comfort zones, and it’s in those less comfortable places where learning truly takes place,”Erickson says. He also recognizes the importance of Wittenberg’s relationship with Springfield.

“Wittenberg is inextricably tied to Springfield, and that relationship provides an enormous opportunity for us to work as partners.”

At Lehigh, Erickson met regularly with city, state and federal officialsandservedastheprimaryuniversityrepresentativetothe

“Wittenberg is inextricably tied to Springfield, and that relationship provides an enormous opportunity for us to work as partners.” summer 2005 25

local community. He also supervised the staff and programs of theZoellnerArtsCenter,acomprehensiveperformingartscenter that serves Lehigh University and the broader Lehigh Valley.

As Wittenberg’s 13th president, he hopes to capitalize on his experienceincommunityrelationsasherepresentstheuniversity in conversations regarding additional economic development opportunities in Springfield and other town-gown partnering possibilities.

Prepared to Lead

Guiding all of his decisions and the focal point of his administration,however,willbepreservingWittenberg’sunique educational experience and ensuring that it is the best that it can be.

“I have very high expectations,” he says. “My motto will be nothing but the best is good enough for Wittenberg.”

Simultaneously, Erickson also understands the challenges facing Wittenberg, especially in the areas of deferred maintenance, facilities renewal, alumni giving, faculty salaries and technology.

“In today’s world, you have to be able to meet students where they are, which requires us to invest continually in them, our faculty and our campus,”explains Erickson, who secured federal and state funding in excess of $30 million for the academic year 2003-04 to support Lehigh. He also traveled extensively with Lehigh’s current president, Gregory C. Farrington, to develop

keypartnershipswithinternationalcorporationsanduniversities to advance the institution.

Through his work with Farrington, whom he calls “a visionary,” Erickson learned to champion the breaking down of disciplinary walls and the need to develop creative uses of information technology to improve student learning. Erickson also assisted Farrington in developing a $75-million academic venture fund to encourage faculty collaboration in creating innovative academic programs that go beyond traditional boundaries,whilestillmeetingthecentralchallengeofeducating well-rounded citizens.

“I’ve been blessed with many wonderful mentors along the way,”Erickson says, and just like his late friend and mentor, Carl Wartenburg,whosephotoregularlyremindshimofhispurpose, eachonehastaughthimsomethingabouthimself.Eachhasalso helped to prepare him, personally and professionally, for his first college presidency.

“Being a college president is a journey,” Erickson explains, acknowledging the challenges but also the rewards.

“Wittenberg is a great university that wants to become even better. This drive for excellence is part of what attracted me to Wittenberg,” Erickson says. “I hope people will someday say that I loved Wittenberg, I woke up everyday and gave it my all, and in the end, I challenged and inspired the members of this community to make Wittenberg one of the finest liberal arts colleges in the country.” n

The Ericksons are excited to join the Wittenberg community and look forward to many years of service at the nationally ranked institution. From left are David, Mark, Lin and Sarah.

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ROBERT GANTT

Distinguished Teacher

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by Karen Gerboth ’93

self-described“dusty, cowboy boot-wearing kid”from Kalispell,Mont.,RobertDavisrecallshisrootswithease ashediscusseshispathtoEnglishprofessor.Theson of a Presbyterian minister and one of five children living in the small northwestern town in Big Sky country,Davisremembershowhisfatherencouragedthefamilytoread and discuss the readings around the dinner table. summer 2005 27

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Dossier on Davis Place of Birth: Princeton, N.J. Education: • B.A. Stanford University • M.A. Stanford University • Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley Areas of Specialization: • Walt Whitman • Literature and Medicine • American Literature Professional Experience: • English Teacher, Serra High School, San Mateo, Calif.

• Instructor, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, Calif.

• Graduate Instructor, University of California, Berkeley • Assistant Professor of English, Wittenberg • Associate Professor of English, Wittenberg • Professor of English, Wittenberg Additional Achievements: • Author of Whitman and the Romance of Medicine • Chaired First-Year Experience Committee • Serves as Director of the WittSems Program • Supervised numerous student research projects presented at the National Undergraduate Literature Conference • Widely published Academic Honors: • Awarded fellowship by the National Endowment for the Humanities to study “Medicine, Literature and Culture” at The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine (2002) • $10,000 Ameritech Partnership Award to promote innovative uses of technology in the classroom (1999) • Edith B. and Frank Matthies Award for Faculty Research (1998) • SOCHE Award for Faculty Excellence (1997) • Omicron Delta Kappa Excellence in Teaching Award (1996) Creative Pursuits: • Examining the connection between the teaching of literature and medicine • Studying compassion and creativity in the liberal arts • Exploring the literature of Civil War nursing and modern nursing • Developing such courses as Zen, Jazz and Strong Coffee: The Literature of the Beat Generation, and Medicine as Science/Medicine as Art 28 Wittenberg Magazine

e made up our own community,”Davis says of his parents, three sisters and one brother, and“we became enraptured readers.”

The resulting love of literature and the transformative power it possesses inspired Davis to pursue a career in teaching, but it is his enthusiasm for the field, his uncanny ability to draw students out oftheirshells,andhisdesiretochallengethemtostretchthemselves day in and day out that recently earned Davis the 2005 Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Teaching, Wittenberg’s most prestigious faculty prize.

To hear current and former students speak about the beloved professor of English is to hear excitement and gratitude in their voices.

“Dr. Davis has the power to inspire, teach, nurture and energize within a matter of minutes,” says Sarah Lowe ’01, one of Davis’ former students who recently completed her first novel.“I did not merely learn literature from Dr. Davis; I learned to live, to love and to write.”

“AftertakingthreeclasseswithDr.BobDavis,mypurposebecame more clear,” Justin Morrison ’01 remembers. “He made me want to teach. I saw the impact he had on students, the way he made every student feel like they had something to offer the Wittenberg community.AndIrealizedthatfewthingsinlifearemoremeaningful than a great teacher.”Today, Morrison works as an instructional assistant at Shaker Heights Middle School.

Accolades like those shared by Morrison and Lowe flow freely from his students’ mouths and fill an entire blue binder given to Davis upon his promotion to full professor in April. Yet visitors to hisHollenbeckHallofficewouldneverguesshowhighlyhisstudents regard him as he prefers to talk about his students instead.

“My students are my heroes,” says Davis, who admits to being humbledbytheDistinguishedTeachingAward.“Thereissomething transformingaboutworkingwiththeseyoungpeople.It’sarealrush on both sides of the desk.”

Davis first discovered that“rush”as an undergraduate at Stanford University from 1974-1978. Although he originally considered the ministryandevenattendedseminarybriefly,Davisrealizedhemissed literature, so he decided to pursue his M.A. in education at Stanford, graduating in 1980. He then went on to teach at Serra High School in San Mateo, Calif., that same year.

Fiveyearslater,Davisthenbeganteachingatthecollegelevelwhile pursuing his Ph.D. at the University of California at Berkeley.

“Being in Berkeley, Calif., was a tremendous experience,”Davis recalls, noting how the entire culture stimulated interest in the arts, learning for learning’s sake and rigorous intellectual debate.

“Thepoliticalandethicaldiscussionscreatedanexcitementabout learning.”

Davis’genuine love of learning continued to define his teaching style,andby1992,hewasapproachedaboutteachingatWittenberg, where, he says, he discovered the perfect fit.

“Ifoundmyintellectualfamilywhosharedmypassionforteaching and whose vision connected with my own.”

Thirteen years later, with family photos and daughter-drawn pictures now on display in his office, Davis’ passion for teaching and for Wittenberg continues not only in the classroom but also

in his work outside of it. The current director of the Wittenberg Seminars (WittSems) program in addition to serving in other capacities on campus, Davis also chaired the First-Year Experience (FYE) committee for two years.

“We want to help students make connections between ideas and their lives,” Davis says, adding that one of the most difficult transition issues for first-year students is coming to terms with the difference between what scholar Keith Hjortshoj calls“writing-asthinking”(pursuing a problem, chasing an idea, taking apart an argument) and“writing-as-knowing”(showing mastery of an idea and proving an understanding of it).

“I believe the primary work of first-year college teachers is to demystify academic critical thinking for students,”Davis explains.

“What counts as knowledge in college culture is the ability to get into and out of intellectual trouble.”

Toward that end, Davis often writes, “You’re not getting into enough trouble”on students’papers, challenging students to take theirwritingbeyondrotebyinvitingthemto“complicateacommon assumption.”He then encourages them to use their writing to tell the story of that complication.

“Rather than buckling down to a fixed or dogmatic position, themostsuccessfulstudent-writersopentheiressaystohesitation, ambivalence and second thoughts,” Davis says.

Pharon Holtrey ’06 experienced this firsthand in Davis’ class, whereshealsolearnedtorecognizeherownthoughtsinthewriting of others.

“Before I would think that I had read it somewhere in the past, and I was just remembering it, but now I know that I have the ability to have great thoughts, and I am not afraid to have them anymore,” Holtrey says. “I love that I am finally passionate about literature.”

HernewfoundconfidenceasaresultofDavis’teachingepitomizes the English professor’s ability to change perspectives, all the while walking with students as they struggle through the process.

“For a short time, I shut myself down, not trying to understand thereadingsandjustdriftingalongintheclass,”recallsMarkBennett ’99. Davis noticed and asked Bennett to stop by his office.

“AfterIfearedtheworstfortheremaininghalf-hour,Iwasamazed whenheaskediftherewasanythinghecoulddotohelpputmeback on the right track,”remembers Bennett, who is now in his second year of doctoral studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. “I truly believe that his act of compassion has set me on the right path ever since.”

Katie Preuss ’04, a high school English teacher in Illinois, had a similar experience.

“While I was a student at Wittenberg, Dr. Davis took me under his wing, encouraging myintellectualandprofessionaldevelopment at every turn,”Preuss recalls.“He expanded my critical-thinking skills, challenged me to refine my writing voice and made the extra effort to know me outside of Hollenbeck.”

Yet, for the father of two, the road runs both ways as he also learns daily from his students.

Innovative Idea As director of the university’s new Wittenberg Seminars (WittSems) program, Davis has helped to change students’ first impressions of the classroom. Designed by instructors or a team of instructors based on their intellectual pursuits and training, WittSems, topical writing-intensive courses for first-year students, provide a unique array of learning options for incoming students and capitalize on faculty expertise.

“We felt that students needed a choice in the subject matter they studied, which in turn would make them more engaged in the entire Wittenberg experience,” Davis explains. “We also wanted to take advantage of our faculty members’ teaching interests.”

Courses created as part of the WittSems program include: Local and Global Awareness Through Data Analysis; Livin’ La Vida Loca: A Look at Latin/America, The Lewis and Clark Expedition and East Meets West in Music.

“Our thinking process was more important to him than his was, as he’d often rethink or sometimes even abandon his own conclusions becauseoneofoursseemed,ormoreaccurately,feltmore‘right’tohim,” remembers Jared Harding ’01, who plays pro basketball in Denmark and, like most of Davis’ students, still keeps in touch. “The e-mails I get in return are nothing less than I’d expect from the best teacher I’ve ever had.”

“To have the opportunity to live your passion is a gift,”Davis says, but to live it atWittenberg, where he can share regularly in his students’ “wow” moments, is a privilege.

“There is an excitement, a connective insight, that occurs in the classroom where I can be changed in an hour and so can my students,” hesays.“Literatureistransformativeandengaging,andwhenstudents recognize that power, the experience is extraordinary.” n

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ALUMNI WORLD

Recognize an Alumnus/a

Tokyo Alumni Chapter

Wittenberg alumni and friends make countless contributions to Wittenberg.

Their commitment, dedication and success all help to make Wittenberg the outstanding institution it is today.

Please take the time to nominate an alumnus or alumna who is making a difference in the lives of Wittenberg students, faculty, staff and fellow alumni.

Nominationsmaybemadeonlineatwww. wittenberg.edu/alumni/events/nominate or contact Pat Richmond Benne ’68, director of alumni relations at (937) 3277414. n

On June 12, the Tokyo alumni chapter hosted Gene Swanger, professor emeritus of religion, and his wife Carolyn during a Sunday brunch at the new Sanno Hotel in Tokyo. Swanger was director of the East Asian Studies program atWittenberg for many years. More than 25 alumni gave the Swangers an enthusiastic welcome! n

New Alumni Directory The Office of Alumni Relations is pleasedtoannounce thatworkhasbegun onanewWittenberg University Alumni Directory.

The directory will be published in the spring of 2006 and will be an invaluablereferenceforalumnitonetwork and keep track ofWittenberg friends and classmates.

Wittenberg has partnered with Publishing Concepts Inc. (PCI) to produce this directory. There will be several ways to update your information, including an upcomingWeb site location and a mailed questionnaire.

PCI will also be calling Wittenberg alumni to obtain current information and tosellthedirectories(availableasabound print directory or CD-ROM version). n

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Cary Duval ’70, Ken Marantz ’82, Carolyn Swanger, Eugene Swanger and Yuriy Fedkiw ’99 enjoyed a brunch at the Sanno Hotel in Toyko in June.

Special Alumni Events

July 9

July 16

Chicago Alumni Kane County Cougars Baseball

July 21

Washington D.C. Alumni Happy Hour at Mackey’s

Sept. 10

Washington D.C. Alumni Night with the Nationals

Sept. 11

Cincinnati Alumni Night with the Reds

Sept. 24

Presidential Inauguration for Dr. Erickson

Rocky Mountain Alumni Picnic at the Park

Sept. 30-Oct. 2

Parents Weekend

Oct. 28-30

Homecoming & Reunion Weekend

Dec. 2 Springfield Holiday Party

Dec. 8

Columbus Holiday Party

Formoreinformation,contacttheOfficeofAlumniRelationsatalumni@wittenberg.edu or Mike Wesbecher ’04, assistant director of alumni relations, (937) 327-7428.

ALUMNI WORLD

Cincinnati alumni gathered at the Claddagh Irish Pub on April 13 to kick off their lineup of events this year. The chapter plans to host a number of events in the coming months. At the chapter’s first Alumni Service Day on May 1, alumni also volunteered at the final relay exchange of the Flying Pig Marathon, which benefits more than 50 Cincinnati-area charities.

On April 27, Wittenberg Chicago-area alumni and friends celebrated their annual day of service by sorting food items for distribution to localsoupkitchensandshelters.Thosehelping out included Megan McCann ’93, left, and brothers Dave ’63 and John Kopp ’76, right.

Almost 100 alumni and friends (some traveling more than 50 miles) explored the mysteries of sky and space at the Mueller Planetarium at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History on April 17. Wittenberg’s award-winning Associate Professor of Physics Daniel Fleisch took the crowd on a fascinating journey to the final frontier and back. Afterwards, alumni and friends gathered for food and fellowship, and toured the Museum of Natural History.

ALUMNI BOARD

Alumni and their spouses enjoyed their second annual mini-reunion in February at the home of Wendell Lutz ’66 in Tucson, Ariz. Pictured in front, from left, are: Pat Updegraff, Arlene Buhl, Nancy Lutz, Joanne Swingle Miller ’66 and Wendell Lutz. Those pictured in back, from left include Jim Updegraff ’65, Cheryl Boringer Troyer ’67, Dick Buhl ’66, Glenn Toyer ’67 and Paul Miller.

JR Runkel ’95

David Brown ’73

Mark Knapp ’90

Johnny Pryor ’99

President jrrunkel@fortnerins.com

davidbr@coopereilliott.com

danish.ace@sbcglobal.net

jdpryor@hotmail.com

Randy DeMont ’74

Rudy Lucas ’52

Stacia Rastauskas ’98

Megan McCann ’93

r_demont@hotmail.com

rvlucas@earthlink.net

srastauskas@yahoo.com

President-elect mmccann@genevallc.com

Charlie Giffin ’00

Ingrid Lundquist ’78

Stephanie Backity Rodelander ’69

charles.a.giffin@jpmorgan.com

INGRIDIAL@aol.com

usmcmama@aol.com

Mary Anne Lyders Felker ’55

Janet Thompson Jackson ’84

Frederick Mitchell ’69

Anthony Roseboro ’82

Past President mafelker@mail.flare.net

janet.jackson@washburn.edu

kick3485@aol.com

TRoseboro@columbus.gov

Joe Jacko ’82

John Morris ’83

Francisco J. Sanchez ’86

jacko926@comcast.net

e-mail not available

fsanch23@ford.com

Douglas Kentfield ’73

Maryrose Preisel ’83

Hank Sturges ’73

m_preisel@hotmail.com

podman204@aol.com

douglas.e.kentfield@smithbarney.com

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ALUMNI WORLD

Art Professor and Alumnus Connect in Cleveland There are special bonds often created between professors and their students at Wittenberg. Sometimes, they develop into lifelong friendships that manifest themselves in the most unusual of ways.

Take the Friday, June 10, opening of an art show titled “Jack Osbun In Search Of Significant Form” at the raw & co. gallery in Cleveland, Ohio. The works of Wittenberg Emeritus Professor of Art Jack Osbun were on display in the gallery, which is owned by Richard Wood ’84. Alumni and visitors had the opportunity to speak directly with the artist while enjoying light refreshments. n

RYAN MAURER

Professor Emeritus of Art Jack Osbun continues to create in his retirement years.

Career Center Survey for 2004 Alumni Now Online The Wittenberg Career Center would like to hear from 2004 graduates regarding your career status (where you are working or if you pursued graduate school).

Each year, national publications contact Wittenberg to learn about the paths of our graduates. By completing the online Career Status Survey, you will be helping the university to share this important data with such magazines as U.S. News & World Report.

To access the survey, which takes less than 10 minutes to complete, click on WittLink on the Wittenberg Web site home page. When you log on, you’ll need to click on the link under the Alumni section titled “Career Status Survey.”

If you have any problems linking to the survey, please contact the Career Center at careers@wittenberg.edu or (937) 327-7521. n

Don’t Miss

HOMECOMING & REUNION WEEKEND OCTOBER 28-30, 2005 • Join the reunion classses of ’95; ’80; ’74, ’75, ’76 Cluster,; ’64, ’65, ’66 Cluster and ’55.

• Special affinity reunions include the ’62, ’63, ’64 championship football team and the inaugural men’s soccer team.

• Help dedicate the new Bob Rosencrans Hall of Honor Fitness Center, renovated track and field, and strength center.

• Attend the Annual Alumni Awards Brunch and the Athletic Hall of Honor Dinner.

• Take a class from some of our award-winning distinguished teachers.

• Cheer on our student-athletes as they compete in volleyball, football, soccer, rugby, swimming and diving competitions.

• And much, much more!

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For more information about Homecoming & Reunion Weekend, visit our Web site at www.wittenberg.edu/alumni or call the Office of Alumni Relations Wittenberg Magazine at (800) 677-7558, ext. 7414.

CLASS NOTES

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Philip B. Lottich is retired from his position as a college administrator and lives in Evanston, Ill.

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Robert G. and Ruth Kunkel Bayley ’42 live in Springfield, Ohio. Bob was recently featured in a Springfield News-Sun article about his physical fitness program. Mental flexibility has been part of his exercise longevity. Bob took up skiing at age 48 and had some of his best years on the slopes when he was in his 70s.

’40

Fred E. Wiley, retired president of Toastmaster, Ford Equipment Division, McGraw- Edison Co., Elgin, Ill., lives in Tucson, Ariz.

A school volunteer for 25 years, he reads to classes and one on one with special needs students.

’41

An active member of his church and community, Edwin E. Goddard has retired and moved to Johnstown, Pa.

’43

Jean Gardner Miller is retired and living in Laguna Beach, Calif.

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organist at St. Thomas Lutheran Church and with Lutheran Church Women area and synodical committees.

’47

Marjorie Wendell Go lives in Whitinsville, Mass., where she owns a dressmaking/alterations business.

Janet Jones Toedtman, Lebanon, Ohio, has retired as technical services librarian at Clark State Community College, Springfield, Ohio.

Katherine Gehr Keck Jordan, who was with the East Allen County Schools in New Haven, Ind., has moved to Fort Wayne, Ind.

Andrew B. Ellis lives in Kumamoto, Japan. Until 2002, he served with the parish ministry in Lutheran churches in the area and as chancellor of Kyushu Lutheran College, a sister college of Wittenberg. He is presently serving as a supply pastor.

’50

Coila Lichtenberger Mosey has moved to Manlius, N.Y. John A. and Mary Lou Heinzman Williams ’48, are living in Ellenton, Fla. John, who retired as superintendent of schools with the MiltonUnion Exempt Village Schools in West Milton, Ohio, is active with Habitat for Humanity, his church, and as a representative for Wittenberg at annual gatherings of Alpha Tau Omega brothers in his area. Mary Lou retired from her teaching position with the Northmont School System in Englewood, Ohio. She has become interested in genealogy and has held offices in several patriotic organizations.

A church officer, she has been a member of various church choirs for more than 40 years.

Mary Jane Creviston Billow is a retired teacher living in Maumee, Ohio, and Florida.

Richard D. and Barbara Barth Osborne live in Indianapolis, Ind. Richard, who has been teaching in the music department at Butler University for 42 years, teaches freshman music theory and was recently named “Professor of the Week.”

’54

Richard E. and Carroll Richert Neal ’55 live in Martinsburg, W.V. Richard is retired as pastor of St. Thomas Lutheran Church.

Carroll, who is retired from her position as a secretary for the Old Opera House Theatre Guild, has also been active as an

’55

Class Reunion, Homecoming/ Reunion Weekend, Oct. 28-30 P. Galen Lenhert, Mechanicsburg, Pa., has retired as a professor of physics from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.

’57

Elwood K. Healy, Westmont, N.J., is pastor of New Sharon Methodist Church. He is the author of various articles in his field and is currently at work on three books.

Sarah Unertl ’04, Doug Mescher ’83 and Tom Wolf ’64 participated in the West Carrollton Middle School 5K Rocket Run in Ohio, May 14.

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CLASS NOTES

’58

Ronald E. and Judy Schrader Hadley ’63, live in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Ronald has retired as judge of the Third District Court of Appeals with the State of Ohio.

Paul A. and Laurene Fenton Pride are retired and living in Gates Mills, Ohio.

’59

Joseph M. and Claudia Benedict Wagner ’58 have moved to Port Townsend, Wash.

Joe has retired from his position as executive director of the Division for Ministry with the E.L.C.A. Claudia is retired from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Ill.

’60

R. Eugene Harper, who taught history for 37 years at the University of Charleston in West Virginia, retired in May 2004.

He has moved to The Plains, Ohio.

Noel M. Hupp, Fort Wayne, Ind., has retired as chair of Hupp Aerospace/Defense, New Haven, Ind. Wilma Evans Lashley has retired and moved to Hampstead, N.C. Albert E. and Nancy Danford Swingle ’59 have moved to Washington, D.C. In their

retirement, they are enjoying extensive travels.

ministeriums in the cities where he has lived.

program with the North Merrick Public Schools in New York.

G. Russell and Andrea Lau Westby ’62 are retired and living in Arlington Heights, Ill.

’64

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Richard N. Yurich, The Villages, Fla., has retired as a psychologist with the Columbus Public Schools in Ohio.

’61

Thomas M. Lawyer, vice president and treasurer of the Granville Lumber Co. in Ohio, has been elected president of the Ohio Lumbermen’s Association. A member of the Aladdin Temple Shrine and Newark Maennerchor, he also serves as chair of the supervisory committee of Newark’s Fiberglas Federal Credit Union and is past-president of St. John’s United Church of Christ.

’62

Betty Moses Perkins, the principal at Niles High School in Ohio, is retiring from a lifelong career in education. She has also been a member of the Noon Optimist Club, Kiwanis, Habitat for Humanity and the Y.M.C.A. board.

’63

Donald S. Worth, a Lutheran pastor in Monroeville, Pa., retired from the ministry July 1, 2004. He also served as an officer with Rotary Clubs and

Matt Warndorf ’02, Alexa Petersen ’02 and Marty Hudtloff ’65 recently reunited while planting trees in Washington, D.C.

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Class Reunion, Homecoming/ Reunion Weekend, Oct. 28-30

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Class Reunion, Homecoming/ Reunion Weekend, Oct. 28-30 John F. Scandrett recently received his Ph.D. in instructional design and technology from the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania.

An associate professor of music at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, he teaches horn and music technology. Jack also performs with the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra, the Keystone Wind Ensemble and the Hoodlebug Brass Quintet.

Georganne “Jan” Banks Andrews Schweickert, Northbrook, Ill., was ordained in 2004 and has chartered Knowing Him Ministries, a ministry for all ages in all faiths.

She has served in several states and in Cameroon, West Africa.

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Class Reunion, Homecoming/ Reunion Weekend, Oct. 28-30 Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania has named Roberta “Bobbie” Greenawalt Bierbower director of development research.

Formerly associate director of development information at Franklin & Marshall College and an associate in Schreiber Rehabilitation Center’s development office, Bobbie began her career as a systems engineer with I.B.M. Carol B. Purdy, Westbury, N.Y., is a free-lance musician and a member of the New York City Soundpainting Orchestra and the Island Chamber Symphony. She also serves as director of the orchestra

Christine Baehren Barabasz, Chesterbrook, Pa., is director of donor relations at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pa. William R. and Karen McConnell Downing ’68 live in Akron, Ohio. The Central Federal Corp. and Central Federal Bank announced that William has been elected to the board of directors of both the corporation and the bank. He is president of R.H. Downing Inc., an automotive supply, sales and marketing agency, and chair and chief executive officer of John Dow Industries Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of lubrication and fluid handling equipment, a company he founded in 1988.

David H. and Patricia Dixon Hollenberg ’65 live in Kaukauna, Wis. David has been named director of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s new Paper Sciences Technology Transfer Center. He is the inventor or co-inventor of 25 products ranging from microwave heaters to heat insulating food wraps that have been issued patents.

David B. Krogmann, Glens Falls, N.Y., has been elected supreme court justice of the 4th judicial district in Warren County, N.Y. James P. Osborne, who has completed his 34th season as head basketball coach of the Gallia Academy High School Blue Devils, is the latest recipient of the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s “Sportsmanship, Ethics and Integrity Award.”

Ted C. Randall is the associate vice president of institutional advancement at Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio.

Charles H. Jr. and Sue Wiles Cloak live in Huron, Ohio. Charles was recently appointed executive director of the Bay Area Neighborhood Development Corp. He has also served in several community leadership positions, including chair of the Huron Rotary Club Fine Arts Festival.

Richard Zimmerman ’56 Continues Family Legacy A renowned journalist, author and editor, Richard Zimmerman has enjoyed a successful career chronicling politics, government and the manyfoiblesofmodernman,earningnumerousawardsforjournalistic excellence in the process.

The former chief of the Washington Bureau of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the former president of the National Press Club, Zimmerman continues to write for national publications, 50 years after continuing a legacy at Wittenberg.

His grandfather John Zimmerman, for whom Zimmerman Hall on campus is named, and his father, Charles B. Zimmerman, a member of the Ohio Supreme Court, both graduated fromWittenberg, the same institution that on May 14 recognized Richard Zimmerman with an honorary doctorate of humane letters for achievements in his field.

“More than one hundred years agoWittenberg took unto its bosom a frightened, skinny farm boy from northern Ohio, the first in his family to attend any college, and helped him to become a successful attorney who later would repay this debt by dedicating a library on campus in memory of his late brother Joseph, a Lutheran minister who died much too young. Later, in 1952, the same Wittenberg welcomed this man’s grandson, an equally frightened, skinny city boy from Springfield, who today proudly accepts an honorary degree in humane letters,” Zimmerman said in his remarks.

After graduating from Wittenberg, Zimmerman went on to earn his master’s degree from American University followed by service in the U.S. Air Force before becoming a leader in the field of journalism.

Yet, he still remains grateful to his alma mater for setting him on his successful course.

“If John L. Zimmerman’s grandson – me – has anyone to thank for this honor, it is Wittenberg itself.

“Wittenberg nurtured me during my most formative, post-high school years...[and] I am forever reminded of the number of fine friends I made during my four years at Wittenberg and have kept track of for so long since that time almost 50 years ago.”n —Karen Gerboth ’93

Daniel R. and Carol Flemm Seiberling ’69 live in Stow, Ohio. After 35 years in education, Dan has retired as principal of Hudson Elementary School. He plans to volunteer at his church and teach at the college level. Carol teaches first grade in Cuyahoga Falls.

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David L. and Susan Fitzgibbons Boyle live in Greenwich, Conn. In June 2005, David retired as a vice chair of Ambac Financial Group Inc., New York, N.Y. The international law firm of Jones Day has announced that Ronald R. Janke, partner in the firm’s environmental, health and safety practice, has been appointed chair of the Ohio Water Resources Council Advisory Group. Ronald lives in Moreland Hills, Ohio.

Neil T. Passman is a chartered life underwriter with Passman and Associates, Niantic, Conn.

Alan D. and Pamela Jackson Stewart live in Vincennes, Ind. Alan is the medical director of the rehabilitation unit at Good Samaritan Hospital. In addition to his internal medicine practice, he is also the director of medical education for the hospital. Pam is a substitute teacher.

Robert C. Wagner is an athletic director with the Kamehameha Schools Hawaiÿi Campus in Keaÿau, Hawaii.

Lordstown Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ohio installed its new

pastor, Robert M. White, in August 2004.

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JoAnne Baker-Marks Lindquist, head coach of the varsity girls’ golf team at Mechanicsburg High School in Ohio, is also a teaching professional at Indian Springs Golf Club and Cedar Lawn Driving Range.

Gregory A. and Charleyse Smith Pratt ’71 live in Cleveland, Ohio. Charleyse has been named director of B-W East, the Baldwin-Wallace College center in Beachwood, Ohio. She is responsible for enhancing the current programs and implementing new ones to serve the business and community needs of Cleveland’s east side.

Charleyse Pratt ‘71

Patrick A. Toomey Jr., Victor, Mont., is retired and loving it!

Victoria J. York retired from Montana State UniversityBozeman, in December 2003.

She is currently serving as head of reader services at the University of the South Pacific Libraries in Suva, Fiji.

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Douglas G. Heuer is the new superintendent for the Johnstown-Monroe School District in Ohio.

A. Thomas Hildebrandt has retired from his position with Deloitte and Touche and is

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Li’l Tigers Clark Alan, son of Lisa Knepshield ’92 and Mark Hauser ’90 (formerly Mark Dicke) Logan Collamore, son of Kristina Ackley Baumler and husband Steve Clark Hauser, 10-7-03

Logan Baumler, 6-5-04

Hannah Rose, daughter of Elizabeth Horsman Mullaly ’91 and husband John Avery Lynne, daughter of Devin ’94 and Laurie Fellers Bunsold

Hannah Mullaly, 5-23-04

now serving as president of the Hillside Children’s Foundation, Rochester, N.Y. Dale L. Pittenger, Tipp City, Ohio, teaches at-risk students and is the assistant varsity coach for football and basketball at Tippecanoe High School.

Caroline L. Sargent, East Orange, N.J., is director of advancement at Far Brook School in Short Hills, N.J. A member of the choir at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Montclair, N.J., she serves as development coordinator and a member of the board of directors with Schola Cantorium on Hudson.

Ronald L. Smith, Jamaica Plain, Mass., is associate director of development and strategic planning at the Wang Center for the Performing Arts Inc. in Boston, Mass.

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Hugh W. and Kyle Bishop Grefe live in Sylvania, Ohio.

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Class Reunion, Homecoming/ Reunion Weekend, Oct. 28-30 Jennette Bradley, lieutenant governor of the State of Ohio, hasbeennamedtreasurerofstate by the governor. Jennette, who lives in Columbus, Ohio, also serves as director of the Ohio Department of Commerce, the Clean Ohio Council, the Ohio Housing Finance Agency executive board and the Council on Homelessness and Housing.

David W. Rinas, Pepperell, Mass., is pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Chelmsford, Mass.

William R. Wright Jr., Wilton, Conn., serves as a senior vice president and chief investment officer with General Electric Mortgage Insurance Corp.

Avery Bunsold, 7-31-04

’75 director of Toledo’s Local Initiatives Support Corp., a nonprofit organization that helps local agencies transform distressed neighborhoods into healthy communities.

Keith F. Herrmann is a composer/pianist in Buck Hill Falls, Pa. Nancy Yurkowski Jaquette, McKees Rocks, Pa., recently journeyed to Allschwil Basel, Switzerland, to visit a couple she met 30-some years ago while traveling abroad as a student at Wittenberg.

P. Jeffrey Lambert and Deborah A. Nolan ’74 live in Winston-Salem, N.C. Jeffrey is with Hughes Network Systems.

Deborah, associate director of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University, was selected as one of 15 top academic library leaders in the nation to participate in the 2005 U.C.L.A. Senior Fellows Program. She is also pursuing a doctorate degree in higher

education administration at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Kathryn L. Trent is an assistant grounds manager at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania.

Warren A. Trimble Jr., Grand Haven, Mich., is a database administrator with Johnson Controls, Holland, Mich.

Class Reunion, Homecoming/ Reunion Weekend, Oct. 28-30 Mark O. LaForce, Dayton, Ohio, has been named director of business development, software partnerships and alliances for business technology solutions at Definitive Solutions Co. Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio.

Margaret C. Miller is with Empire Valuation Consultants Inc., Rochester, N.Y.

Nancy Yukowski Jacquette ‘73 and her daughter, Brie, reunited with Kurt, Inez and Roland Hofman in Basel, Switzerland. Jacquette lived with the family during her study abroad there 30 years ago.

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Class Reunion, Homecoming/ Reunion Weekend, Oct. 28-30

G. Frederick Aigner Devotes Life to Service A parish pastor and national leader in social service ministries of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, The Rev. Dr. G. Frederick Aigner has devoted his life to serving others.

For 23 years, Aigner was a faithful pastor to congregations in California, Missouri and Illinois, before being named president and CEO of Lutheran Social Services of Illinois in 1997. The 138year-old statewide, not-for-profit agency with an operating budget of more than $90 million annually serves thousands of people of all ages,racesandbeliefsthroughavarietyofprogramsfromcounseling and nursing care to early childhood education.

YetitwasAigner’sexperienceatWittenbergthathebelievesshaped his commitment to service and set him on a theological course.

“When I attended in the early ’60s, the mission of Wittenberg was to help educate ‘the creative minority of a civilization,’”Aigner recalled. “I know that now seems somewhat presumptuous, and perhaps even will be recast. But as I think about it, that fundamental purpose, along with the attempt to preserve, renew and extend the viability of a society and a civilization, have been profound shapers of my values and life.

“Most of what I have been about has centered around community, creativity and service, all in the context of the church,”he continued.

“My work pastoring three congregations and now leading a social ministry organization of the church is of a piece with the purpose that Wittenberg has sought to serve. Add to that the high value of seeking to fill the lacunae of a student’s mind – the sine qua non of a liberal arts education – and I realize that that is largely how I have spent my personal and professional life.”

Wittenberg recognized Aigner’s life of service by awarding him an honorary degree of doctor of divinity, May 14, during Commencement.

“Wittenberg, and universities like it, create an environment where a passion for learning and for social ministry is encouraged and fostered,” Aigner said. “I am deeply grateful.” n – Karen Gerboth ’93

Elizabeth L. Berberian is assistant director of the Chronic Disease Services Bureau with the New York State Department of Health, Menands, N.Y. An active volunteer in the community of Albany, N.Y., she has served as a mentor and on the board of directors with Big Brothers/Big Sisters and with the local public radio station and repertory theatre.

Patricia L. Holland ‘76

School,hasbeennamedassistant superintendent of Sycamore Community Schools.

The class of 1978 extends its sympathy to Jeffrey W. Mingle of Upper Darby, Pa., on the death of his wife, Laura Golden Mingle ’79. Jeff is a project manager with One Beacon Insurance, Philadelphia, Pa. David J. Przeracki is vice president and general counsel with System Management Arts Inc., White Plains, N.Y., a high-tech software company rated as the world’s leading provider of network and systems managementsoftwaresolutions.

Former Ohio resident Joan Myers Thompson returned to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium recently to receive one of 11 Rolex Awards for Enterprise that the Swiss watch-manufacturing company bestowed worldwide last year.

Jo, a primatologist and world expert on the bonobo ape, was cited for her establishment of a bonobo preserve in Congo and her efforts to teach the country’s officials about the animals. She lives in Longmont, Colo.

Patricia L. Holland, a partner with the Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog law firm in Raleigh, N.C., has been named one of North Carolina’s “Legal Elite” in the field of employment law by Business North Carolina magazine. Patricia is managing partner of the firm’s employment practices group and specializes in the representation of private and public sector management in employment litigation and other employment-related matters.

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Class Reunion, Homecoming/ Reunion Weekend, Oct. 28-30

Lawrence W. and Adrienne Conliffe James ’75 live in Mason, Ohio. Adrienne, former principal of Blue Elementary

The Women’s National Basketball Association San Antonio Silver Stars in Texas have announced that Brian M. Agler has been named an assistant coach for the 2005 season. He previously coached with the Phoenix Mercury,

Sarah Zopf Bent, Allentown, N.J., is an historic sites supervisor with the Monmouth County New Jersey Park System.

Cynthia Fuchs Huddle, Westerville, Ohio, has been appointed to the board of directors of PetPromise, a nonprofit animal welfare and rescue organization.

Leslie Hommel Smenner teaches with the Sylvania Schools in Ohio.

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Stephen F. Yenger, Dorchester, Mass., is chair of the piano department at the Community Music Center of Boston.

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Be sure to check out our online wedding album at www.wittenberg.edu/weddings

Wedding Album Alumni celebrated with Rebecca Baines ’69 and Damien Cole at their wedding on a small island called Hope Town in The Bahamas, April 16, 2005. The couple lives in The Bahamas.

Alumni traveled to Portland, Ore., to celebrate the wedding of Chris Hyatt ’88 and Amy in August 2004.

Alumni gathered to celebrate the wedding of Robert M. Heine ’97and Melanie Miller in Mason, Ohio, on May 25, 2003. The couple resides in Westerville, Ohio.

Corrine M. Wohlford ’97 married Jason Taff on April 26, 2003 in St. Louis, Mo., surrounded by alumni and friends. The couple resides in Missouri.

the Minnesota Lynx and the Columbus Quest after spending 15 seasons coaching in the college ranks.

Scott M. Steele, Loveland, Ohio, is a product supply AD with Procter & Gamble, Mason, Ohio.

Peter G. Baur is with Westminister Academy, Memphis, Tenn.

William J. and Lisa Carriero Zierolf live in Fairfield, Conn.

Bill is president and CEO of TrueAdvantage, an early stage venture-backed high-tech company. Lisa is a real estate specialist. They thankfully tell us, “If it were not for Wittenberg, we may have never met nor would we have had such wonderful children and a great life in Connecticut.”

Bruce A. Carlson has joined Mercer Human Resource Consulting in the firm’s Chicago office. He brings more than 20 years of expertise, specializing in global sales effectiveness, and is a frequent speaker on the topic of sales force effectiveness at conferences in Europe and the United States.

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Elizabeth Felker Farmer, Fairport, N.Y., teaches with the Bloomfield Central School District.

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Gerhart E. and Mary Laux Hunter ’83 live in Tomball, Texas. Gerhart is managing director/exploration geologist for TROG Exploration & Production LP, Waller, Texas.

Mary is active in local politics.

John N. Kramer has been named the general campaign chair of the community division of East Ohio Regional Hospital’s capital campaign in Martins Ferry, Ohio. President of Drs. Kramer and Associates, he is a member of the medical-dental staff at EORH where he serves as chief of staff of dental service.

John is also an active member of several professional associations, his community and First Presbyterian Church.

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John F. and Kimberly Taebel Lutz live in Leeds, Mass. John is regional health services director with Tapestry Health, Florence, Mass. Kimberly is director of the Connecticut River program with the Nature Conservancy.

Anthony M. Roseboro, Gahanna, Ohio, is in The Exonerated, the latest production at CATCO. The play is a collection of true stories of Americans who have been released from prison after having beenwronglyconvictedofcrimes.

Janet Bulakowski Varan, Ewing, N.J., is a webmaster with the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton, N.J.

Janet Bulakowski Varan ‘82

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Blake A. and Cynthia Houck Coppotelli ’85 live in Cranbury, N.J. Blake is a managing director with Kroll Associates Inc.

Carrie Vonderhaar ’99 Captures the Underwater World Although covered with mosquito and sand gnat bites following an expedition to film loggerhead turtles nesting on Wassaw Island, Ga., Carrie Vonderhaar cannot imagine a more perfect profession.

TheheadphotographerandexpeditionteammemberforJean-Michel Cousteau’sOceanFuturesSocietysince2002,Vonderhaardailycombines her love of nature photography and underwater adventure.

“Watching a loggerhead turtle lay her eggs and then go back to the ocean just as the sun is rising is absolutely magical. I love my job!”says Vonderhaar,whomonthsearlierphotographedgraywhalesinSanIgnacio, Baja.

Interested in SCUBA diving at a young age,Vonderhaar took her first dive several years ago in the Red Sea.“The first breath I took underwater changed my life,” she says.

Her passion for photography developed soon after while studying abroad in Europe as a student. From there, she had the rare opportunity to study under renowned underwater photographer Cathy Church in the Grand Caymans, and by graduation, her two favorite hobbies had combined into a career.

“I like making images that not many people have seen before,”she says. “I’m constantly learning.”

Currently working on a coffee table book for Jean-Michel Cousteau’s latestexpeditiontothe13NationalMarineSanctuaries,Vonderhaarhas also photographed marine life in Oregon, Washington and the British Virgin Islands. The team plans to travel to American Samoa, Hawaii, Georgia, Texas, The Great Lakes and the Outer Banks shortly as part of Jean-Michel’ssix-hourTVseries,Jean-MichelCousteau’sOceanAdventures airing on PBS in 2006.

“I have the pleasure and honor of being on expedition with the most amazingfilmcrew,”Vonderhaarsays.“Severalmembersoftheteamwere on board the Calypso and the Alcyone with Captain Jacques Cousteau, and I love hearing the stories.”

A political science, French and fine arts triple major at Wittenberg, Vonderhaar says she regularly uses her liberal arts education in her career.

“Being a Cousteau photographer means that you have to adapt to different situations and cultures,”she says.“The rewards are plentiful, and I live for the challenges,” she says. “They keep me on my fins”! n

— Karen Gerboth ’93

Nancy Mosbrook Gecking, Strongsville, Ohio, is a teacher/ counselor with the Positive Education Program, designed for the reeducation of children with behavioral and emotional disorders. Also a peer mentor and coach, she was awarded the Martha Holden Jennings Scholarship in 2003.

David E. Jones is the Midwest region authorized adviser with College Funding Solutions Inc., Overland Park, Kan. Cynthia L. Teeguarden, North Myrtle Beach, S.C., teaches business and computer classes and coaches the cross country and track teams at Myrtle Beach High School.

Joanne Vadala, Rochester, N.Y., is a senior account executive with TR Communications Inc.

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Amy Scharpf Blodgett, Kittanning, Pa., supervises the residential program with I&A Residential Services Inc., Indiana, Pa.

representing franchised businesses.

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Kjirsten Johnson Blander, Ann Arbor, Mich., received her M.S. in historic preservation and museology at Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Mich.

Ellen M. Carter is the human resources manager with Morgan Lewis, Washington, D.C. Shawn A. and Cynthia Kelly Lennartson ’88 live in Round Rock, Texas. Shawn received his M.A. in counseling from St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas, in August 2004. He is a spiritual counselor with Angel Heart Hospice and a chaplain with St. David’s Healthcare System.

Christopher E. Poehlmann continues his online furniture and lighting business in Milwaukee, Wis. David A. Weinstein is the managing attorney with the Law Offices of David A. Weinstein in Monroe Township, N.J.

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The Central Ohio Chapter of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America announces that Frank W. Carsonie has been elected president of the chapter’s board of directors. A partner with the law firm Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP, Frank has been named to the 2005 class of Leadership Columbus.

Karen Campbell Frost, Ferndale, Calif., is director of finance with Internews Network, Arcata, Calif.

Matthew R. Shay, Washington, D.C., has been named president of the International Franchise Association, the world’s oldest and largest organization

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F. Ted Williams, Roswell, Ga., has recently purchased Information Management Forum, a networking organization for senior IT executives. He also owns Global Information Partners, LLC, an IT consulting and benchmarking firm.

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Li’l Tigers Logan Matthew, son of Jeff Tincher ’94 and wife Cathy

Brooke, daughter of Dave Caldwell ’97 Logan Tincher, 10-21-04

Brooke Caldwell, 0-00-00

Henry Lawrence, son of Amy Pye Kochensparger and husband Kevin

Grant James, son of Krista Dorsett Giunchi ’98

Henry Kochensparger, 4-15-04

Allison L. Colbert, Sunderland, Mass., received her master of science in nursing from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, and is a nursing professor and gerontologicalnursepractitioner with the Arnold House School of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.

Wendy A. O’Connor, Brookline, Mass., is vice president/relationship manager with Pioneer Investments, Boston, Mass.

Lima Memorial Hospital in Ohio has announced that Jeffrey T. Osting has accepted a position of marketing the cardiovascular service line. He is responsible for developing and implementing all service line marketing,educationalprograms and advertising strategies to the community, outlying hospitals and referring physicians. He also gathersfeedbackfromphysicians for continuous improvement initiatives.

Michael J. Richardson, Short Hills, N.J., is a senior vice

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John W. Lee is a technical project manager with Marc Ecko Enterprises, New York, N.Y. Lane A. Moon has been named publisher of the Urbana Daily Citizen in Ohio. Lane, who will also continue his duties as ad director, has been with Brown Publishing for seven years.

David C. Ruma, Hilliard, Ohio, is a vice president with Virginia Homes.

Mark E. Wobbe, an account executive in the commercial lines division with Gibson Insurance Group, has been awarded the Charted Property Casualty Underwriter professional designation by the American Institute for CPCU. Mark lives in Granger, Ind.

Grant Giunchi, 9-17-04

president with Reis Inc., New York, N.Y. Edward A. Tabri, assistant professor of history at the University of Texas, is the author of Political Culture in the Early Northern Renaissance – The Court of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1467-1477). He lives in Tyler, Texas.

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The Sylvania Board of Education in Ohio has named Daniel E. Creps assistant principal at Arbor Hills Junior High School. He also currently serves as the administrator for the summer school and substitute teacher training programs, and on numerous building and district level committees.

Thomas J. Fischer is senior vice president and national title and escrow operations manager of Commerce Title Co., a subsidiary of Centex Corp., in Dallas, Texas.

Eric C. Hess is a photographer in Jamaica Plains, Mass.

Christopher R. Hyatt and Amy Richards were united in marriage Aug. 7, 2004. They live in Portland, Ore. Jennifer Embree Lannan, Concord, Mass., is a preschool teacher at Lincoln Country Day School, Lincoln, Mass. She is also an active volunteer in her community and at her church.

Elizabeth A. “Libby” Prakel, Chicago, Ill., married Steve Connell, July 31, 2004.

Mary Stone Savarino, Hudson, Ohio, and her husband, Gino, announce the birth of their fourth child, Hannah Michelle, June 12, 2003.

Robert E. Tack Jr. is a broker with Lord Companies L.L.C., Chicago, Ill. Stephen E. Tugend of Bexley, Ohio, has been named vice president, government relations, with the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce.

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Sara French Atkins, Cleveland, Ohio, and her husband, Frank, celebrated the birth of Emily Alexis, Sept. 3, 2003. Sara is a school psychologist with the Highland Local Schools.

Jillian Anthony Bichsel is coordinator of gifted education/ high-end learning at Quaker Valley Middle School in Sewickley, Penn.

Thomas S. Birsinger lives in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where he is the national sales manager with Zuellig Pharma, Asia’s largestpharmaceuticaldistributor.

Mark C. Ewald, Castle Rock, Colo., and his wife, Katherine, welcomed the birth of Ariana Joy, Jan. 1, 2005. Mark is a sales manager with Front Range Aggregates, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Christopher G. Greenfelder, Navarre, Ohio, has been promoted to director of accounting, consumer market with the J.M. Smucker Co., Orrville, Ohio.

named a partner at Connor Behal L.L.P.

Mark C. Hauser (formerly Mark C. Dicke) and Lisa J. Knepshield ’92, Villa Park, Ill., are the parents of Clark Alan, born Oct. 7, 2003. Lisa is an assistant director in the office of international services at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Greenville City Schools in Ohio recentlywelcomednewprincipal Jeffrey R. Hobbs to its district.

Martin J. Uhle ’85 Climbs the Corporate Ladder He’s worn many hats in the corporate world throughout his career, including Senior Vice President of Key Bank and Chief Operating Director of Unified Merchant Services, but Martin Uhle ’85 wears a much bigger hat these days.

At the age of 41, Uhle is the newest president and partner of one of Cleveland’slargestinsuranceandfinancialservicescompanies,Vantage Financial Group Inc. As president, Uhle will manage the firm’s sectors infinance,operationsandstrategyexecution,workingcloselywiththe company’s founder and CEO, George G. Szeretvai.

“It’s exciting to join a larger business. I’m glad to be here,”said Uhle, once the chief operating officer of Heartland Payment Systems Inc. based in Princeton, N.J.“I enjoy providing a solid support system for sales production.”

EntrepreneurialpositionsarewhatUhledeemsasbeingmostfitting, allowing him to apply creativity to problem solving. Uhle has nearly 20 years of experience in the field of financial services, beginning his career in banking and eventually moving to payment processing.

Uhle helped found the Heartland Payroll Company, a subsidiary of Heartland Payment Systems Inc. As a member of Vantage Financial Group’s Board of Directors, he is the company’s second-largest shareholder with 25 percent equity.

A multi-generational Lambda Chi Alpha, Uhle graduated from Wittenberg with a degree in business administration and later earned his master’s in business from Baldwin Wallace College in 1988.

Uhle commends his undergraduate experience and credits Lowell Stockstill, professor of management, for helping him gain valuable skills applicable throughout his career. He notes group management projects, in which he worked with the city ofWashington Courthouse andRollinsMovingandStorage,aSpringfield-basedcompany,asbeing particularly memorable.

“These were very important events in my academic career,” he said.“Both provided unique opportunities to interact with real-world situations.

“The things I learned are still fresh in my mind. I can literally still remember the conference room presentations and the problems we were reviewing.” n —Sarah Gearhart ’06

The Princeton Public Affairs Group Inc., Trenton, N.J., the largest and most successful lobbying and communications firm in New Jersey, has announced that Lorna D. O’Hara has joined the firm to handle communications, research and political development.

Sharon Iellimo Panaia, Cranberry Township, Pa., is director of sales with Better World Inc., Wexford, Pa. Gilberto R. “Tito” and Tricia McMillen Sanchez ’91 live in Powell, Ohio. Tito is an executive recruiter with the technologyandoperationsgroup of JP Morgan Chase.

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Kristina Ackley Baumler, Herndon, Va., and her husband, Steve, has a son, Logan Collamore, on June 5, 2004.

Katherine Tietgen Buchbinder, Williamsville, N.Y., and her husband, Peter, announce the birth of their third son, Daniel Linscott, July 7, 2004.

Kelly A. Decker, Summit, N.J., wed William J. Iacovelli, June 19, 2004. Kelly is director of UBS Financial Services Inc., New York, N.Y. Kenneth S. Hafenstein, Columbus, Ohio, has been

Kenneth S. Hafenstein ‘91

Patrick J. and Jennifer Proops Keenan ’92 welcomed the birth of their third child, Caroline Kay, April 6, 2003. They live in Kenilworth, Ill. Jennifer is an interior designer.

Alina K. Larson, New York, N.Y., married Thomas Kraemer in June 2004. Alina is an associate editor with Positive Thinking magazine.

Christopher P. Long, State College, Penn., and his wife, Valerie, celebrated the birth of Chloe Aliza in May 2004.

Christopher is an associate professor of philosophy at the Pennsylvania State University.

Mark D. MaGinn of Dublin, Ohio, has been named vice president of client services for the Frank Gates Companies. He will oversee Ohio State Fund accountexecutives,amongother duties.

Samuel H. Morris, New Milford, Conn., is a Tivoli sales specialist with the I.B.M. Software Group, Southbury, Conn.

Hannah Rose was born May 23, 2004 to Elizabeth Horsman Mullaly and her husband, John.

Beth is a development associate with Project Place, Boston, Mass.

Dawn E. Pixley and her husband, Jeremy Hawk, are the parents of Adam Jeremy “A.J.” born on March 24, 2004. They live in Rochester, N.Y. summer 2005 41

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In August 2004, Lisa Bobb Hair was installed as interim pastor of St. James Lutheran Church in West York, Pa.

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Be sure to check out our online wedding album at www.wittenberg.edu/weddings

Wedding Album Alumni celebrated the wedding of Katy Grossman ’01 and Ben Matthews ’01 on April 24, 2004 in Baltimore, Md. The couple lives in Arlington, Va.

Surrounded by alumni and friends, Kelly Schneider ’01 and Evan O’Connor were married on Oct. 16, 2004 at the United Methodist Church in Ann Arbor, Mich. The couple resides in Michigan.

Alumni gathered for the wedding of Leslie Runyon ’04 and Matthew Hess on June 19, 2004 in Ashland, Ohio. The couple currently lives in Ashland.

Scott A. Wilke, Springfield, Ohio, has opened the Northside Soft Tissue Center, which provides physical therapy, massage therapy, chiropractic care and rehabilitation. Scott’s rock band, Nine Volt, performs weekly at the Savoy Lounge.

Tolivar Wills and his wife, Samantha, welcomed the birth of their third child, Anthony Graham, Nov. 12, 2004. Tolivar has received his master’s degree in divinity from the GordonConwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Mass.

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David R. Bruce Jr., LaSalle, Ill., and his wife, Tina, announce the birth of Chloe Kathleen, Feb. 24, 2003. David is an attorney/ adviser with the Social Security Administration in Peoria, Ill. Stacy A. Doklovic and Ryan M. Keenan were united in marriage Oct. 11, 2004. They 42 Wittenberg Magazine

live in Blacklick, Ohio. Stacy is a mental health administrator for the Ohio Department of Mental Health in Columbus, Ohio, and a psychology instructor at Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio.

Sonia R. Harter is a senior international finance officer with World Vision International, Washington, D.C. George K. Mateyo II is an investment consultant with Hartland & Co., Cleveland, Ohio.

Michael L. McCreary, Hilliard, Ohio, was married to Melissa L. Jones on June 14, 2003.

Michael teaches math at Dublin Coffman High School.

Geoffrey A. Pinney, Santa Ana, Calif., and his wife, Katie, are pleased to announce the birth of their second daughter, Cadin Hope, Dec. 28, 2004. Geoff,

who recently received his M.A.T. from the University of California at Irvine, teaches English at Santa Ana High School.

Shannon Lampe Wilcox is a vice president of marketing for dms Organization Ltd., a businessconglomerateengaged in the financial, construction, retail and entertainment industries in the Cayman Islands. She lives in George Town, Grand Cayman.

P. Jill Dailey, Philadelphia, Pa., is a senior commercial attorney with Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Chadds Ford, Pa. Sean D. Enright is with Casbah Restaurant, Pittsburgh, Pa. S. Mimi Hadi is living in Erie, Pa., and working as an optometrist with Eyeglass World.

Laura J. Hartquist and Tom Garvey exchanged wedding vows Feb. 20, 2005. They live in Sherman Oaks, Calif. Laura is a deputy attorney general in the criminal section of the California Department of Justice.

Douglas T. Harvey, Pittsburgh, Pa., married Elizabeth Gregory, March 13, 2004. Doug is a senior sales representative with Apptis Inc. Cordry L. and Victoria Hieronymus Johns live in Chicago, Ill., and London, England. Cord is an independent consultant leading his current client, BP, on its European financial strategy.

Niklas and Marianne Josefson Karlberg ’95 welcomed the birth of Louise, July 22, 2004.

They live in Slovenia where Niklas is regional managing director at Novartis Pharma.

Andrew D. LeCount, Jersey City, N.J., is a national accounts

Kurt R. Worden, Fairport, N.Y., is the U.S. national sales manager with Kodak. He is also the 2004 World Series of Poker champion.

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Christine McPhie Bachman, San Jose, Calif., and her husband, Bill, celebrated the birth of their second son, Nathan Thomas, Dec. 4, 2004.

Christi is a national account manager with the Clorox Co.

Joseph, Margaret and Audrey, children of Heather Fourman Heiser ’92, love to hang out with Wally Witt during visits.

Amy Taylor Marshall is associate director of political affairs with Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Washington, D.C. Zachary Kieran was born Nov. 23, 2004 to Jennifer Gossett McBride and her husband, Troy. They live in Clinton, N.J. Jennifer, a human resources manager with AT&T, is completing elementary school counselor certification.

Tony Roseboro ’82 Delivers on Stage and in the Courtroom In front of an audience stands a man whose job is to captivate and make people believe. He tells a story to pull them in, hoping to appear convincing. For Tony Roseboro ’82, this scenario plays itself out on stage and off.

A practicing attorney for nearly 20 years, Roseboro has been in the acting business since his youth. At the age of six, he joined the Columbus Junior Theatre and also performed in school and church plays.Today,RoseboroactswiththeContemporaryAmericanTheatre Company (CATO) in Columbus.

“Theatre is a point of release,”said Roseboro, an economics major at Wittenberg. “It allows me to let go and become a larger than life character.”

Since 1987, Roseboro has been in more than 40 productions. Two of his favorites include A Few Good Men (1994), in which he starred as Daniel Kaffee, and A Soldier’s Play (2001) as Captain Richard Davenport.

“They both allowed me to really stretch as an actor,”said Roseboro, who also starred as David Keaton in this year’s rendition of The Exonerated.

Though he is passionate about acting, Roseboro said he was interested in practicing law because he wanted to make a difference in his community. He graduated from The Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law in 1985 and is currently the assistant city attorney for the City of Columbus, Real Estate Division. Looking at his two pursuits, he notes the parallels between the theatre and the courtroom.

“Being onstage and being in the courtroom involve telling a story and engaging the audience or jury in your story and getting them to care about your plot or case,” he explained. “You have to be convincing, warm, funny and honest in delivering your lines and in making your arguments.”

An active undergraduate, Roseboro was a member of Concerned Black Students (CBS), Student Hearing Board and president of his class both his junior and senior years. He continues to serve the Wittenberg community as a member of the university’s Alumni Board. n —Sarah Gearhart ’06

Kristen L. McCarthy, Berlin, Vt., was married to Thomas C. Greene, Aug. 9, 2003.

Kristen is an associate publisher with Invisible Cities Press, Montpelier, Vt. Angela K. Mesarchik has been promoted to editor with Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, Columbus, Ohio.

Jennifer Ross Miller, Syracuse, N.Y., is a special education teacher with the JamesvilleDewitt Central Schools in New York.

Kelly Bartels Mooney, Cordova, Tenn., and her husband, Todd, had a son, Todd Phillip Jr., on July 7, 2004. Kelly is head athletic trainer at Rhodes College, Memphis, Tenn.

Bryce K. and Laura Huff Newton, Liberty Township, Ohio, celebrated the birth of Ella Grace, May 5, 2003. Bryce is the senior operations manager for FedEx Ground, Cincinnati, Ohio. Laura is a homemaker.

Mark J. and Tanya Anderson Rosland, Westmont, Ill., announce the birth of their second child, Timothy Ryan, on Dec. 28, 2004. Tanya is an associate director of international personnel with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Carolyn J. Solt is a family development specialist with the Allentown School District in Pennsylvania.

Sarah C. Timm and J.P. Raynock were united in marriage Oct. 11, 2003. They live in Emmaus, Pa. Sarah is with Sallie Mae, Reston, Va.

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Avery Lynn was born July 31, 2004 to Devin M. and Laurie Fellers Bunsold of Bellbrook, Ohio.

Christopher R. and Elizabeth Miller Hale ’93, live in Chicago, Ill. Christopher received his M.B.A. in real estate finance and investment from DePaul University, June 13, 2004. He is a property manager with MB Real Estate.

Taver R. Johnson has been named defensive coordinator for the Miami University football program in Oxford, Ohio. He spent last season as a special teams assistant coach with the Cleveland Browns.

Julie Levengood has completed a fellowship in rheumatology at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania and has accepted a position in private practice with the Fallon Clinic, Worcester, Mass.

Colleen M. O’Connor is a consultant with the Ohio Charter School Association, Columbus, Ohio.

Lisa N. Roberts, Beverly, Mass., wed Jamie Willis, Oct. 2, 2004. Lisa is director of communications and marketing with The Sports Philanthropy Project.

For the second year, Joanne Raynow Schaus is serving as the chair of the American Cancer Society Relay for Life in Twinsburg, Ohio. Relay for Life is a community event to raise funds for cancer research,

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manager with Holtzbrinck Publishers, New York, N.Y.

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Be sure to check out our online wedding album at www.wittenberg.edu/weddings

Wedding Album Elizabeth A. Prakel ’88 married Steve Connell in Chicago, Ill., on July 31, 2004.

Lisa N. Roberts ’94 married Jamie Wills on Oct. 2, 2005 in Bonita Springs, Fla. The couple recently relocated from Boston, Mass., to Seattle, Wash.

education, patient services and advocacy.

Oct. 23, 2004. They live in Fremont, Calif.

Jeffrey D. Tincher and his wife, Cathy, are the parents of Logan Matthew, born Oct. 21, 2004.

They live in Glenmore, Pa.

Stephen H. and Laurice Bargas Moore, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, had a daughter, Emma Renee, born April 10, 2004. Steve is a self-employed endodontist.

Laurice completed her residency in pediatrics in 2004.

David A. Woolenberg and Julie Slomovits were married in September 2003. David is the regional sales manager for Digital River, an e-commerce outsourcing company in New York, N.Y.

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Class Reunion, Homecoming/ Reunion Weekend, Oct. 28-30

Jennifer M. Graves ’95 married Jeff Nunes on Oct. 23, 2004 in Gilroy, Calif. The couple resides in Fremont, Calif.

Julianna E. Carpenter is serving as the project coordinator for the Grandfather’s House: An Exhibition on Korea, which opened in the spring of 2005 at the Lyman Museum in Hilo, Hawaii. It is an interactive exhibit offering visitors the chance to explore rural Korean life from a bygone era.

Hal G. Ostrow ’96 and Amy Frank were united in marriage on Sept. 5, 2004 in Grand Rapids, Mich. The couple lives in Grandville, Mich.

Leighton A. and Jennifer Brown Carter ’94 live in Culver City, Calif. Leighton teaches middle school math. Jennifer teaches English at Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences in Santa Monica.

Sarah E. Schmidt ’97 married Jon R. Jacquin on June 28, 2003 in Edina, Mich. The couple now resides in Littleton, Colo.

Gretchen Brown Deaton, Cary, N.C., and her husband, Dan, welcomed a son, Henry Daniel, May 23, 2004.

Jennifer M. Graves and Jeff Nunes were united in marriage

Larry D. Jr. and Joi Brandon Parker live in Albany, Ga. Larry has been promoted to the rank of major, U.S. Marine Corps, serving at the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany.

Kristin Beckstrom Radcliffe, a homemaker,servesasacasework volunteer with the American Red Cross and as chair of events with the Ramstein Officer’s Spouses Club.

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Scott R. Bistayi has been promoted to an associate editor of Forbes magazine, New York, N.Y. Andrew D. Bowers, Columbus, Ohio, deputy chief of staff with the Ohio Auditor of State, serves on the Wittenberg University Alumni Board and attends First Congregational Church. He also chairs the auditor’s regional advisory boards and is the clothing drive coordinator for Volunteers of America.

Jason J. Dimaculangan, who manages the KEMBA Insurance Agency in Cincinnati, Ohio,

Amanda Thomas ’02 and Troy A. Callicoat were married on Sept. 25, 2004 in Weaver Chapel at Wittenberg.

The couple resides in Hilliard, Ohio.

Julie Carpenter ‘95 was recentlly featured in a newspaper article on the Lyman Museum’s “Grandfather’s House: An Exhibition of Korea.” Carpenter served as the project coordinator for the exhibit.

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BrettAnitra Gilbert received her Ph.D. in entrepreneurship from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., in August 2004.

Amy Varsek ’94 Takes Adventure to Another Level Amy Varsek ’94 loves the wilderness, so much in fact that she embarked on a 98-day voyage of skiing and dog sledding through snow, ice, wind and freezing temperatures.

In January 2004, Varsek was part of a quartet of women, including Sarah Lakosky, Suellen Sack and Jodi Swanson, who ventured on a 1,250-mile journey, with two sleds and 20 huskies, across northern Canada, beginning in Yellowknife and ending in Churchill. The women named the expedition Arctic Quest 2004.

Developed by the four women, who were instructors at the Voyageur Outward Bound School in Ely, Minn., Arctic Quest providedanopportunityforthemtochallengethemselvesphysically, emotionally and socially. The trip was a first for Varsek, who has been dog sledding and cross-country skiing for the past five winters. She took a seven-month hiatus from her job as a medical screener to train and prepare for the expedition, a four-year project in the making.

“We raised our own dogs, developed a route, built our own equipment and started a scholarship fund for low-income students attending the school,” she said.

After arriving in Churchill on April 28, 2004, Varsek was greeted with feelings of exhilaration and melancholy as well as dozens of supporters and gifts, including a 40-pound block of frozen meat for the dogs. “It was crazy,” she said.

Varsek, once the Outreach Coordinator at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago, joined the Outward Bound school in 2001, helping to train dogs for expeditions and spending her days on the slopes.

“When I’m skiing, I always want to find out what is around the next turn,” she said. “I have a hard time stopping at the end of the day.”

The biology major from Joliet, Ill., said the school encourages its staff to do personal expeditions for professional development. In the future, Varsek said she would like to plan another expedition — Greenland, Baffin Island, Ellesmere Island and Lapland are at the top of her list.

“The possibilities are endless.” n

—Sarah Gearhart ’06

Kara E. Gottschlich was married to Gene R. Prezocki ’97, Nov. 1, 2003. They live in Rockville, Md. Kara is a production team leader at Bernan Associates, a publishing firm in suburban Washington, D.C., where she is a member of the Junior League. Gene is creative director of the financial division of the Republican National Committee on Capitol Hill. More than 40 of their Wittenberg classmates were able to attend and share in the weekend events.

Kelly Glancy Milligan, Springfield, Ohio, and her husband, Marcus, welcomed the birth of Reilly Rhiannon, Aug. 2, 2004. Kelly is a labor and delivery nurse at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, Ohio.

Rusmir Niksic of Leeds, United Kingdom, and his wife, Aida, announce the birth of their second son, Arman, Sept. 23, 2004. Russ is an export sales manager of home care and functional specialties with Croda Chemicals Europe Ltd. Hal G. Ostrow and Amy Frank exchanged wedding vows Sept.

5, 2004. They live in Grandville, Mich. Hal is an attorney with Keller & Keller.

On November 26, 2004, Heather N. Rosebrock married David Rogers. They live in Cleveland, Ohio.

Isaac Michael was born July 12, 2003 to Natalie Waddell Rutter and her husband, Michael.

They live in North East, Pa. Natalie is an adjunct professor in the biology department at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pa. Matthew J. Scanlan, who earned his law degree in 2003 from the University of Dayton in Ohio, has joined Colbert & Winstead, PC, of Nashville, Tenn. A member of the Nashville, Tenn., and American Bar Associations and the Tennessee Lobbyist Association, he focuses his practice in civil litigation in the areas of commercial disputes, transportation, contracts, labor and employment.

Jodi L. Segal is director of development with the Pacific Pride Foundation in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Julie Smith Shaw, Rochester, N.Y., teaches second grade with the Pittsford Central Schools.

Susan B. Sklar is a production manager for Comedy Central’s Chappelle’s Show, New York, New York.

The Stark County Breast Cancer Survivors League in Ohio recently hosted a special benefit concert featuring nationally known flutist and recording artist Dianne Frank Williams.

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Seth C. and Shelley Nelson Bridger ’99 live in Columbus, Ohio. Shelley is serving a year’s pastoral internship with Ascension Lutheran Church, Montgomery, Ohio.

Mathew R. Combs and Tonica K. Spicer were married Nov. 15, 2003. They live in Fort Mitchell, Ky. Mathew is a manager for Sears Co. in Florence, Ky. Robert M. Heine, Westerville, Ohio, wed Melanie Miller, May 25, 2003. Robert, the logistics program leader for Liebert

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is serving his second term as president of FASO (FilipinoAmerican Association of Southern Ohio). He also advises and mentors students with the University of Cincinnati Discover Philippine Student Association.

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Global Services, is pursuing his M.B.A. at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business.

Krista Dorsett Giunchi, New York, N.Y., and her husband, Jim, welcomed the birth of Grant James, Sept. 17, 2004.

Sarah E. Schmidt and Jon R. Jacquin exchanged wedding vows June 28, 2003. They live in Littleton, Colo.

Eric M. Gray and his wife, Ileana, are the proud parents of Zoey Adriana, born March 8, 2005. Eric is the residence coordinator for Tower Hall and the Polis House at Wittenberg.

Karen J. Swiatek is a human resources specialist with Victoria’s Secret Beauty, New York, N.Y. Melissa Witt Valentine, Olathe, Kan., is an environmental scientist with Haley & Aldrich Inc., Lenexa, Kan. Rachael A. van der Biezen and Wade E. Jaques were united in marriage Sept. 13, 2003. They live in Highlands Ranch, Colo.

Rachael is an occupational therapist at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center.

Corinne M. Wohlford, St. Louis Mo., married Jason Taff, April 26, 2003. Corinne, an affiliate assistant professor of English at Fontbonne University, is pursuing her Ph.D. in American studies at St. Louis University.

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Michael T. Aljancic, Hilliard, Ohio, is a financial adviser with Morgan Stanley, Columbus, Ohio.

Jack William was born to Jason M. and Kimberly Lane Bellomy ’97 on July 20, 2004.

They live in Mesa, Ariz. Jason is working for Prudential Financial in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Kim, a homemaker, received her M.S.W. from Arizona State University in 2003.

Amy Tuttle Fent, Springfield, Ohio, and her husband, Roger, announce the birth of Jordan R., May 19, 2004.

Nils Galdo-Nogales is entrepreneur services manager for the International Organization Endeavor in Santiago, Chile.

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Theodore H. Pastor, Marysville, Ohio, is a CAD engineer with Honda Research and Development, Raymond, Ohio.

Nancy A. Perhot received a master’s degree in applied behavior analysis from Boston Bouve College of Pharmacy and Health Science Graduate School of Northeastern University, Boston, Mass. She is a program specialist at the New England Center for Children in Southborough, Mass.

Carla R. Sarratt lives in Charlotte, N.C., where she is a reimbursement counselor with The Lash Group, a medical reimbursement and patient assistance consulting firm. In June 2005, her essay “The Divine Design” was published in Women Today, an online magazine. An essay about her Wittenberg experience will be published in Gumbo for the Soul, an upcoming anthology created to raise awareness about educational issues in the black community.

In 2003 Adam L. Shope was awarded a doctor of medicine degree from the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo. He is serving his residency in emergency medicine at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center.

Steven Q. Thomas and Shannon Rice were married July 3, 2004. Steven is an internal wholesaler with Nationwide Financial, Dublin, Ohio.

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Elizabeth B. Beirise received her M.A. in museum studies from the University of Manchester in England in December 2004.

Kelley A. Carr, Bay Village, Ohio, and David Bujdos were married June 28, 2003. They announce the birth of Abagail McKee Bujdos, Aug. 17, 2004.

Kelly is a librarian at the Urban Community School.

Courtney A. Drake and Scott E. Shaff exchanged wedding vows July 9, 2004. Courtney is pursuing graduate studies at Oregon State University, Corvallis, Ore. Heather DeWees Gentry, a teacher with the Dublin City Schools in Ohio, received a M.Ed. in Spanish with minors in psychology and dance from Ashland University in May 2005. She lives in Powell, Ohio.

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Michael H. Dusenbery, Savage, Md., is a human resourcesspecialist(recruitment/ placement/compensation) with the Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. He is also a founding member of The Maryland Track Club.

Jadrian T. Ehret, Blacklick, Ohio, is a database analyst with Lifeline of Ohio in Columbus.

Ericka R. Glass and Matthew M. McKinnon ’98 were united in marriage May 9, 2004. They live in Fairlawn, Ohio. Ericka graduated from the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo, June 4, 2004. She is a resident in orthopedic surgery at SUMMA Hospital in Akron. Matthew is attending Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio, and is employed by Schneider Downs & Co.

James H. Horst, Jersey City, N.J. is in the internet marketing department with Estee Lauder Inc., New York, N.Y. Amy E. Kraus, a member of the all Jewish U.S.A. Maccabiah field hockey team that competed in the Jewish Olympics in Israel, serves as the junior varsity coach at Loyola Academy. She also coaches elite and developmental futures.

Michael H. Oliver, Aquebogue, N.Y., is a senior associate with Merrill Lynch, Riverhead, N.Y. Beth K. Sawyer teaches third grade at the John B. Cary Model School in Richmond, Va. Brock C. and Heather Dahlberg Schmaltz live in Blacklick, Ohio. Brock is a senior account executive with Edward Howard & Co., a public relations firm in Columbus, Ohio. Heather is the government affairs manager for Limited Brands.

Ericka Glass ’00 and Amanda Gordon ’00 graduated from the Medical College of Ohio.

On June 4, 2004, Amanda E. Gordon received her M.D. from the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo. She is serving her residency in internal medicine at Riverside Hospital in Columbus.

Mary Roffmann Howell is a recreation director with the Township of Eastampton, N.J. Laura G. Mayer, Kettering, Ohio, was married to Brian Connor, June 28, 2003. They announce the birth of Mary Elizabeth, Dec. 29, 2004. Laura, who teaches math and coaches volleyball with the Oakwood Schools, is pursuing her master’s degree in educational leadership at the University of Dayton.

Sarah Schmidt Meyer is a senior financial analyst with the Moen Corp., North Olmsted, Ohio.

Theodore Pickett Jr. is serving his pre-doctoral internship in counseling psychology at the University of California at Berkeley.

Alison M. Porterfield recently received her M.B.A. from Thomas More College in northern Kentucky. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she is a sales analyst with M&M/Mars.

One of 12 writers for the awardwinning television drama, The West Wing, Lauren E. Schmidt was nominated for a Writer’s Guild of America award for an episode she co-wrote titled “Disaster Relief.”

Eric D. Wennstrom, Hollister, Calif., is a project manager with REI Inc., Santa Clara, Calif.

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Laurie J. Bauer, Lusby, Md., is a graduate research assistant at the University of Maryland.

Melissa A. Edwards and Brian Jackson exchanged wedding vows Sept. 25, 2004. Melissa, who received her master’s degree in public affairs from Indiana University, is a graduate career counselor at the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Ind. Scott A. and Jennifer Bickford Gelo live in Bowie, Md. Scott is a studio manager with Kraft Neon Studio, Washington, D.C. He recently exhibited his artwork at Zenith Gallery’s annual neon show, Re-Vision.

Jennifer, who received her J.D. from Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, La., in May 2004, is a contract attorney with the U.S. Dept. of Justice Asset Forfeiture & Money Laundering Section.

Kelly M. Greene, a sergeant with the U.S. Army Reserves stationed at Camp Babylon in Iraq, wears her Wittenberg sweats to remind her of home.

Erin L. Hueston is working with Architectural Digest, New York, N.Y. Kyle D. Krauss is a senior associate with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Chicago, Ill.

Kelly A. Maguire and Jeffrey D. Sumption celebrated their marriage in October 2004. They live in Loveland, Ohio.

Christopher J. Connor, Dublin, Ohio, is a food safety specialist with the Steritech Group Inc., Columbus, Ohio.

Craig M. Oney is employed by Union Savings Bank, Columbus, Ohio.

Luz Plaza Helguero is a research analyst/linguistics coordinator with LatinSphere Advertising in Long Beach, Calif.

Omer S. and Valentina Dimitrova Qureshi ’03 live in San Francisco, Calif. Omer, an assistant vice president at Bank of America, is a senior systems architect and project manager of the equities technology group.

Gwen C. Roemer received her M.A. in intercultural relations from Lesley University, Cambridge, Mass., in February 2005. She is an immigration adviser at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

Christina L. Stevens and Joseph D. Summers of Dayton, Ohio were united in marriage March 19, 2005.

Daniel C. Stroeh is tutoring and mentoring at a nonprofit educational organization while serving as the resident playwright with alarmclocktheatre. He recently produced the play, The Fundraiser, for the theatre and is writing a novel and revising a play.

Michael P. VanVoorhis, Uniontown, Ohio, is a business sales manager in New Philadelphia, Ohio.

Alexander C. Welp is serving as a graduate assistant coach for the men’s basketball program while pursuing his master’s degree in educational leadership at Clemson University in South Carolina. He was formerly the varsity assistant coach at Centerville High School in Dayton, Ohio.

’02 Kelly M. Greene ’01 is currently stationed in Babil, Iraq, with the U.S. Army, serving as a machine gunner for her company.

Kimberly A. Bogen is a student at the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo.

Marcie E. McClintic, who is pursuing her J.D. and Executive M.B.A. at West Virginia University in Morgantown, W.V., is editor in chief of the West Virginia Law Review.

Geoffrey R. McGovern, Williamsville, N.Y., is in his final year as a student at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. He has been named to the board of directors of Domus Italica, a Harvard-affiliated program promoting the study and appreciation of Italian language and culture.

Bryan T. Simpson, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, is a client service associate with National City Corp., Cleveland, Ohio.

Amanda L. Thomas, Hilliard, Ohio, and Troy A. Callicoat were married Sept. 25, 2004.

Mandie is director of marketing and business development with the International Harvester Employee Credit Union, Springfield, Ohio.

Emily S. VerHoef teaches Spanish at New Albany High School in Ohio.

Abbie L. Watson, Perry, Ohio, teaches science at Madison High School.

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Kristen C. Bailey, Miamisburg, Ohio, has been promoted to financial specialist with U.S. Bancorp. She also serves as the sales and service manager at the Sugarcreek cub office of the U.S. Bank in Centerville, Ohio.

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Mark T. McKone, Scottsdale, Ariz., is a financial representative with Spence, Driscoll and Co. Inc., Phoenix, Ariz.

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Daniel M. Bello, Somerville, Mass., is a mortgage consultant with the New York Mortgage Co., Wakefield, Mass.

Megan C. Bonfield, Powell, Ohio, teaches Spanish at St. Francis DeSales High School, Columbus, Ohio.

Jennifer B. Chenault is a project assistant with Kirkland & Ellis L.L.P., Chicago, Ill. Heather M. Crumley, St. Paris, Ohio, is an intervention specialist at Five Points Elementary, Fairborn, Ohio.

Halle L. Dimar married Christopher J. Ternovan ’00 Oct. 16, 2004. They live in St. Louis, Mo., where Halle is in her third year of law school at St. Louis University. Christopher teaches high school science.

Jesse G. Fyffe is a store accountant with Petland Inc., Chillicothe, Ohio.

Jennifer B. Grossman is in the student personnel program at The Pennsylvania State University at University Park.

She has been named by A.C.P.A. as the “Outstanding Graduate Student” for the commission of student involvement.

Erin J. Kelley is a lead specialist at the David Green Organization in Chicago, Ill. Matthew T. Lapish, Conshohocken, Pa., is an auditor with Beard Miller CaseNewHolland, Reading, Pa. Kevin M. Longley, Vandalia, Ohio, teaches art with the Miamisburg City Schools.

Jennifer L. Milia is an assistant language teacher in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.

Amanda M. Oleson earned a Fulbright scholarship to study in Salzburg, Austria.

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Julia Blakeman Purdy, Columbus, Ohio, is a branch manager with the Fairfield National Bank, Pickerington, Ohio.

Colleen A. Ryan has been named partnerships and promotions coordinator for Copper Mountain Resort in Colorado, which will host the 2005 Gravity Games. She is responsible for activation and renewalofcorporatesponsorship accounts for the resort.

Kelly A. Schwarber, Cincinnati, Ohio, is a case manager with the Warren County Educational Service Center, Lebanon, Ohio.

Molly E. Spath and Nicholas S. Williams were married June 26, 2004. They live in Lexington, Ky., where Nick is a receiving/ shipping manager with Big Ass Fans.

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Alexander F. Berger is a tour manager with JN Media, Los Angeles, Calif.

Erin J. Bonner is an account manager (client relations) with Corporate Research International, Findlay, Ohio.

Stephanie M. Conway, Centerville, Ohio, is a translation and localization project manager with VocaLink Language Services, Dayton, Ohio.

Heather Davis Harmon is a reading specialist with the Springfield Academy of Excellence in Ohio.

Leslie M. Runyan and Matthew Hess were united in marriage June 19, 2004. They live in Ashland, Ohio.

Michael J. Southard, Springfield, Ohio, is a manager with Thomas & King.

Sarah M. Unertl, Miamisburg, Ohio, teaches eighth grade language arts with the West Carrollton School District.

In Memoriam

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Ruth Hadeler Detrick, formerly of Dayton, Ohio, died March 4, 2005, in Naples, Fla. A member of Chi Omega sorority and the Naples United Church of Christ, she taught English with the Brookville Schools for several years. She also served as a board member of the Visiting Nurses Association and the Dayton Women’s Club. She is survived by her husband, David E. Detrick ’28, a son, a daughter, two grandsons and three greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by a sister, Catherine W. Hadeler ’25.

Mary Ellen Christopher Lohnes, Springfield, Ohio, passed away Jan. 23, 2005. An honored 75-year member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority, she taught English, French, Latin and physical education at Bryan High School, Yellow Springs, Ohio. She was an active member of First Lutheran Church and a dedicated volunteer. She loved music, bridge, bowling, walking, yoga and crossword puzzles.

Three sons, three grandsons and fourgreat-granddaughterssurvive.

Preceding her in death was her husband, Edwin B. Lohnes ’25.

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Avalyn Wilson Bernhard, Appleton, Wis., died Jan. 27, 2005. A member of Chi Omega sorority and the First Congregational United Church of Christ, she taught history and English in Piqua, Ohio, and directed two junior high school girl choruses. She enjoyed landscape painting, golf, decorating and traveling to the southwest United States. A brother, four nieces and a nephew survive. A sister, Mildred Wilson Heinrichs ’27, preceded her in death.

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Retired radiologist, George J. Bracher, who donated countless

hours to the American Cancer Society and other nonprofit groups, died Sept. 27, 2002 in Puako, Hawaii. A member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity, he was an assistant professor of radiology at the University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., the medical director for Peace Corps training, and worked at four state hospitals beforeopeningaprivateradiology company. In 1970, he received the A.H. Robins Community Service Award and was named “Physician of the Year” by the Hawaii Medical Association.

During his retirement, he became an expert woodworker, enjoyed diving and traveled extensively through the Pacific.

He is survived by a daughter, a son, three grandchildren, a niece, Alice Bracher Reed ’55, and a nephew and his wife, Peter S. ’54 and Joan Ruff Bracher ’54. His brother and sister-in-law, Edwin W. ’28 and Marjory Scholl Bracher ’28, preceded him in death.

Charles B. Miller, Largo, Fla., passed away March 29, 2004.

A member of Dorm League, he was chief of staff and surgery at Grace Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, before serving for many years as a medical doctor with the U.S. Air Force. He had a passion for all modes of transportation, antique to modern-day. He is survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter, a step-son, 10 grandchildren, 24 greatgrandchildren, six great-greatgrandchildren and numerous cousins, including Raymond A. ’43 and Flora Miller Heine ’43, Ruth Miller Smith ’56, Ward W. Heine ’69, Marcella Miller Woloshan ’71, Wilbert S. Miller ’73, Marian Heine Pye ’73, Laura Pye Szczembara ’97, Amy Pye Kochensparger ’97 and Toby M. Woloshan ’01.

Preceding him in death were cousins, Frank R. Miller ’42, Marian Miller Brown ’49 and Lawrence D. Pye ’72.

Leonard A. Wohler, Cushing, Maine, died Jan. 22, 2005.

Formerly from Akron, Ohio, he spent most of his working life with Firestone, retiring in 1967 as head of the rubber purchasing department. A member of Phi Mu Delta fraternity, he is survived by his wife, a daughter, a son and two grandsons. His brother, Elmer H. Wohler ’30, preceded him in death.

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Ann Hubbell Baughman, Tuscaloosa, Ala., passed away, June 3, 2002. She taught in elementary and junior high schools in Quincy, Ohio, before moving to Alabama in 1948.

She was an active member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority, the Tuscaloosa Music Club and the Alabama Federation. A son, a grandson and a greatgranddaughter survive. Her husband, Willis J. Baughman ’36, preceded her in death.

Ruth Shumaker Miller, Springfield, Ohio, died Jan. 12, 2005. A member of Delta Zeta sorority, she spent 46 years teaching children in the Englewood, Springfield City and Northeastern Local school districts before retiring in 1980.

Following her retirement, she worked with the Clark County Jail Chaplaincy Program and was active with the Covenant Presbyterian Church. She is survived by a daughter, three sons, eight grandchildren, including Vanessa Miller Coterel ’96, and seven greatgrandchildren. Preceding her in death were her husband, Ersie E. Miller ’29, and two sistersin-law, Virsie A. Miller ’40 and Nellie Miller ’40.

Pauline Schlegel Rentz, Lima, Ohio, passed away Dec. 3, 2004. A member of Delta Zeta sorority, she taught with the Chagrin Falls School System before becoming a homemaker.

She was an active member of the West Elm United Church

of Christ and volunteered for the American Heart Association for many years. She is survived by two sons, a daughter, seven grandchildren, two greatgrandchildren, two sisters, Margaret Schlegel Cain ’37 and Katherine Schlegel Moran ’44, and several nieces and nephews, including Michael P. ’72 and Margaret Moody Moran ’75.

A brother-in-law, Andrew F. Moran ’38, predeceased her.

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Arthur F. Beckel, former vice president of Robbins and Myers in Springfield, Ohio, died Jan. 13, 2005. He had been employed by Robbins and Myers for 45 years and following his retirement was the owner and president of Venetian Marble. He had also served as an instructor at Urbana University and Clark State Community College. A member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, he served as a president of the Wittenberg University Alumni Association in the 1970s. He was an active member of his community and St. Teresa Catholic Church. Survivors include his wife, two daughters, two sons, 10 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, a brother, Ralph W. Beckel ’43, and a niece, Sharon Beckel Lesch ’69.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Lawrence C. Beckel ’50, and a cousin, Reuben H. Bechtel ’17.

Katherine Trout Reichel, Springfield, Ohio, died Feb. 18, 2005. She was a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority.

During World War II, she served as associate chair of the women’s civilian committee of the Women’s Army Corps in Clark County, chair of the civil defense motor corps and as captain of the American Red Cross Motor Corps. Throughout the years, she was an active member of her community and Christ Episcopal Church.

Survivors include a son, David M. Reichel ’61, and many

cousins, nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Volney F. 1906 and Marguerite Sawyer Trout 1908, a sister, Jean Trout Dreyer ’32, and an uncle, Edric E. Sawyer 1910.

Well-known political cartoonist Frank M. Spangler Jr. of Montgomery, Ala., died Oct. 14, 2004. He had a long career as an artist and illustrator, beginning with the Max Fleischer Studios in New York, N.Y., animating characters such as Popeye and Betty Boop. Later, he was chief of graphics with Air University at Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base and, finally, a cartoonist at the Montgomery Advertiser.

A member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, he is survived by his wife, four daughters and five grandchildren. His father, Frank M. Spangler Sr. 1901 predeceased him.

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Robert W. Brown, Lafayette Hill, Pa., died Feb. 14, 2005.

Following his retirement from the U.S. Post Office, he became a volunteer associated with SCORE, RSVP, ARC and ACS. A member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, he is survived by a son, three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and a sister.

A brother, Howard L. Brown ’42, preceded him in death.

Cleo L. Sherer, Dayton, Ohio, passed away Nov. 23, 2004.

A member of the Rum Creek United Methodist Church, she retired in 1983 as a bookkeeper and loan officer for Gem City Savings and Loan. A sisterin-law, and several nieces and nephews survive.

Fred L. Snyder, Rockledge, Fla., died Feb. 16, 2005. He was an independentrealestateappraiser in Jacksonville, Fla., president of Tanker Marine Repair, Inc., in Tampa, Fla. and retired from Prudential Insurance Co. A lifelong member of the Masonic Lodge, he is survived by his wife,

two daughters, three sons, 13 grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren. Preceding him in death were a brother, Samuel P. Snyder ’22, and a sister, Mary Snyder Miller ’35.

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Joan Morrison Pettibone, Springfield, Ohio, died Dec. 2, 2004. A former teacher with the Springfield City Schools, she was one of the founding faculty members of the gifted and talented program with the Cleveland Public Schools where she won many awards for distinguished teaching.

She is survived by a son, John W. Pettibone ’66, a brother, many nieces and nephews, and a cousin, Jonathan Winters ’79H. Betty Stewart Spriggs, Plano, Texas, passed away Sept. 27, 2004. She taught French for many years at North High School and owned Storybook Galleries in Springfield, Ohio, until her retirement to Texas in 1992. She was a member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority.

Survivors include two daughters, Karen Spriggs Snaufer ’60 and Dail Spriggs Myers ’63, five grandchildren and a sister-inlaw, Veda Spriggs Trujillo ’46.

Preceding her in death were her husband, Elmo F. Spriggs ’35, a daughter, Tanis M. Spriggs ’66, her father-in-law, Arthur O. Spriggs ’27, and a brother-inlaw, Bernardo Trujillo ’46.

Louise Henning Whyte, Kettering, Ohio, died March 20, 2005. She was a 73-year member of First Baptist Church and for many years taught piano privately, accompanied the Dayton Music Club Chorus, and served as an organist for David’s Church. Left to cherish her memory are two daughters, seven grandchildren, six greatgrandchildren, a sister, and several nieces and nephews.

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James F. Garver, Arlington, Va., died Oct. 18, 2004. A member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, he served with the Strategic Air Command in England and France during World War II. Following the war, he provided initial research to help lay the groundwork for an autonomous Air Force and helped to establish the first Inspector General’s Office of the Air Force, where he served in both active military and civilian capacities until his retirement in 1976. He then served in the Air Force Reserve until retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 1977. A longtime member of Fairlington Presbyterian Church, he is survived by his wife, two daughters and three grandchildren. A brother, Robert C. Garver ’31, preceded him in death.

Mario L. Peretti of New Kensington, Pa., passed away Sept. 12, 2002. During World War II, he served with the U.S. Army Air Corps as a master sergeant in the intelligence division of General MacArthur’s headquarters in Manila, the Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.

A member of Dorm League and Mount St. Peter Roman Catholic Church, he was an educator with the New Kensington-Arnold School District for 36 years before retiring in 1976. He also coached football at Arnold Junior High School. Survivors include his wife, a sister-in-law, two nephews and a niece.

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Martha Bryant Cooper, Fairborn, Ohio, died Oct. 17, 2004. She was a school teacher at Enon and Greenon High Schools for 30 years, retiring in 1978. A charter member of First Christian Church and its organist for 58 years, she is survived by three sons, three grandchildren and a sister.

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Richard B. Caton, Kettering, Ohio, died March 20, 2005. A member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, he served as an officer with the U.S. Navy during World War II. He taught at Urbana High School for a short time and served for eight years as a principal, coach and teacher at Enon High School.

He then opened Orchard Park Elementary School in 1956 and remained principal there until his retirement in 1980. He was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Honor at Wittenberg in 1995. Surviving are his wife, two sons, including Douglas E. Shaw ’65, two daughters, including Sandra Shaw Jung ’60, two grandsons, including Rex E. Jung ’86, a great-grandson and two sisters.

Preceding him in death were two brothers, Robert B. Caton ’42 and Donald R. Caton ’50.

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Mary Mooney Buscemi, M.Ed. ’59, of West Jefferson, Ohio, passed away Jan. 21, 2005. A member of Saints Simon and Jude Catholic Church, she taught at Springfield Catholic Central for two years and in the West Jefferson School System for 37 years. She was active in various social, professional and civic organizations during her life. Surviving are her husband, three step-sons, 10 stepgrandchildren,severalstep-greatgrandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Thomas S. Dyke, Ashland, Ky., died Aug. 5, 2003. A member of Westwood Christian Church and Beta Theta Pi fraternity, he served with the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He retired after 38 years as a combustion engineer with Armco Steel Corp. Surviving are his wife, a son, a daughter and five grandchildren.

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Vermilion and other parts of Ohio and Indiana, passed away Oct. 10, 2004, in Findlay, Ohio. He retired in 1980. A football and baseball fan, he enjoyed playing and watching golf. He is survived by his wife, two sons, Douglas E. Powell ’68 and Drych D. Powell ’78, a daughter, a step-daughter, six grandchildren, including Jennifer Powell Gifford ’01 and Lauren M. Badenhop ’05, two step-grandchildren, two sisters, including Louella Powell Coffelt ’47, two brothers, Robert T. Powell ’33 and Richard W. Powell ’45, a sister-in-law, Charlotte List Powell Young ’38, and several nieces and nephews, including Marra Powell Wolpert ’63, Richard W. Powell ’68, Jane Powell Moheyer ’70, Daniel M. Powell ’75, William G. ’75 and Martha Powell Sackett ’76, Jacob R. Powell ’99, and Hannah D. Powell ’03. He was preceded in death by his father, Merlin I. Powell 1908, two brothers, Luther V. Powell ’35 and Owen B. Powell ’37, a sister, Isabelle C. Powell ’41, a sister-in-law, Esther Leilich Powell ’34, and a brother-inlaw, Stanley G. Coffelt ’48.

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Arthur H. Kuhlman Jr., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, died Oct. 9, 2004. A member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, he served as a lieutenant with the U.S. Navy during World War II. He retired after 40 years as a chemical engineer with B.F. Goodrich. A member of the Western Reserve Historical Society and the Ohio Historical Society, he was a volunteer for the Metro Parks and various other park systems. He is survived by his wife, Edna Riley Kuhlman ’45, two sons, two daughters, eight grandchildren, a great-granddaughter, a sister, Mary Kuhlman Walling ’50, and a niece, Melinda Barnhardt Jud ’65. Preceding him in death were his parents, Arthur H. Sr. ’11 and Hazel Kieffer

Kuhlman ’14, and a sister, Martha Kuhlman Barnhardt ’38.

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Ruth Hamill Thompson, Huntington, W.V., died Sept.

17, 2004. An active member of her community, she co-founded the Tri-State Literacy Council in 1981 and served as a tutor and past president. For her vision and effort, she was the first recipient of a literacy award in her name. A lifetime active member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, she served as a delegate for the national women’s convention and a lay delegate to the national church convention.

Her husband, two daughters, a son, five grandchildren and two great-grandsons survive.

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Richard C. Recher ’49S, passed away Nov. 15, 2004, in Camden, Ind. He was a member of Phi Mu Delta fraternity. An ordained Lutheran minister, he was pastor of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Camden from 1949 to 1953 and from 1967 to 1985. He also served Lutheran congregations in Logansport, Indianapolis and Napoleon, retiring in 1988. He was considered an influential community leader and was active in more than 30 service organizations throughout Carroll County and surrounding areas. Surviving are his wife, two daughters, his mother, three sisters, Virginia Recher Currens ’46, Naomi Recher Fleming ’56, and Mary Recher Brown ’59, a brother-in-law, Gerald E. Currens ’48, two nieces, Debra Recher Pietrangelo ’74 and Barbara Recher Bowen ’75, and cousins, Robert A. Recher ’49 and John M. Recher Jr. ’51.

Preceding him in death were his father, Paul S. Recher ’23, a sister, Carolyn Recher Schiele ’49, and a brother, Kenneth P. Recher ’48.

Boris S. Traicoff, Wakeman, Ohio, died Sept. 22, 2004.

Stanley G. Coffelt, Mansfield, A member of Phi Kappa Psi Ohio, died June 15, 2004. fraternity, he taught business A member of Beta Theta Pi education and was an assistant fraternity, he served in the U.S. football coach at Midview High th Army 288 F.O.B. during School in Grafton, Ohio. He World War II and was the was also the owner of several recipient of three Bronze Stars. private businesses and was an As a musician and educator, he avid golfer and bowler. Survivors touched the lives of countless include his wife, a daughter, two students through his dedication sons, two grandchildren and a and commitment to 30-plus brother, Steve Traicoff Jr. ’56. years of teaching. He directed He was preceded in death by a adult and youth church choirs, brother, Alexander S. Traicoff conducted community choirs’ ’49. annual “Messiah” concerts and taught private piano and voice lessons to hundreds of students.

A member of Christ Lutheran Philip A. Anttila ’51S of Church, he is survived by his Rochester, Minn., passed away wife, Louella Powell Coffelt ’47, March 28, 2004. A member two sons, two daughters, seven of Phi Mu Delta fraternity, he grandchildren, two brothersserved in the Army Air Corps in-law, Robert T. Powell ’33 as a tail gunner in a B-25 in and Richard W. Powell ’45, the Pacific Theater during a sister-in-law, Charlotte List World War II. He was a pastor Powell Young ’38, and numerous of various Lutheran churches nieces and nephews, including in Ohio until accepting the Marra Powell Wollpert ’63, pastorate at Bethesda Lutheran Douglas E. Powell ’68, Richard Church, Moorhead, Minn., in W. Powell II ’68, Jane Powell 1969. Following his retirement Moheyer ’70, Daniel M. Powell in 1987, he served as a part’75, William G. ’75 and Martha time visitation pastor at several Powell Sackett ’76, Drych D. churches. He was a member of Powell ’78, Jacob R. Powell ’99, many boards and agencies of the Jennifer Powell Gifford ’01 and L.C.A. Surviving are his wife, a Hannah D. Powell ’03. He was daughter, a son and a grandson. preceded in death by his fatherin-law, Merlin I. Powell ’08, two Jan Ruhe Dietz DiCarlo of brothers-in-law, Luther V. Powell East Liverpool, Ohio, died Nov. ’35 and Owen B. Powell ’37, and 6, 2004. During World War II, two sisters-in-law, Esther Lielich she served with the U.S. Navy Powell ’34 and Isabelle Powell and received a Presidential ’41.

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Michael P. Moffo, Fairfield, Ohio, passed away Dec. 31, 2004.

During World War II, he served as a flight engineer with the U.S. Air Corps in the European Theatre of Operations. A member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and St. Matthias Church, he retired in 1978 as a sales manager after 30 years with Texaco Inc. He was an avid golfer and a lifetime member of the Hamilton Elks.

Surviving are a son, a daughter and five grandchildren, including Elizabeth A. Walters ’03.

Japanese codes. A member of St. John Lutheran Church and Alpha Delta Pi sorority, she was a retired professional educator with a career in the East Liverpool and the Hancock County school systems. During her retirement, she captained her own stern wheel riverboat through the nation’s inland waterways. A daughter, two sons and eight grandchildren survive.

A brother, J. William Ruhe ’52 predeceased her.

Vera Janicky Miller of Marinette, Wis., passed away

May 31, 2004. She taught communications and language arts in Indiana and at Marinette Middle School. She is survived by her husband, Ivan H. Miller ’48, two daughters, including, Louise Miller Durnell ’79, a son, four grandchildren, a greatgrandchild, two sisters and many nieces and nephews.

Former City Commissioner E. Dean Spragg died Jan. 8, 2005 in Springfield, Ohio. He was employed by Carpenter Lithographing for 45 years and was president from 1977 to 1989. He also served as an officer and member of the boards of numerous civic organizations, including the Chamber of Commerce and the Clark County Board of Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities. During World War II, he served in the Signal Corps in Australia. In 1971, he was the recipient of an Alumni Citation for his many years of service to the university. A member of First Lutheran Church and Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, he is survived by his wife, Sonya Hillgreen Spragg ’53, two sons, four grandchildren, four brothers, a sister, Ruth Spragg Englefield ’56, a brother-in-law, John T. Beymer ’49, and a niece, Nicole D. Fogarty ’98. He was preceded in death by a sister, Nancy Spragg Beymer ’49.

Mary Miksch Yeazell, Springfield, Ohio, died Oct. 24, 2004. After serving as a nurse with the U.S. Army in Great Britain during World War II, she worked at Mason General Hospital in New York. She then taught with the Dayton City Schools until her retirement in 1985. She is survived by her husband, William O. Yeazell ’49, three daughters, including Penelope Yeazell Blosser ’80, a son, six grandchildren, a brother and several sisters-in-law.

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James R. Gatchell from Bucyrus, Ohio, died Feb. 15,

2005. A member of Phi Gamma Delta, he served as a sergeant with the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He worked for The Timken Co. for 37 years, retiring in 1988 as chief quality control engineer.

Following his retirement, he was an independent creative quality consultant for several years. A member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, he was an avid sports fan and involved in many community organizations.

Two daughters and five grandchildren survive. His wife, Marilyn Cotner Gatchell ’52, predeceased him.

Christian A. Gregg (Gregerson), Parma, Ohio, passed away Sept. 23, 2004. A member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, he served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in the South Pacific during World War II. He recently retired as general manager of Bob Gillingham Ford after many years in the automotive business. He was active with many charities, especially the MBB-Special Olympics. Survivors include his wife, a son, a daughter, two grandchildren and a brother.

Janis Baker Herrera, Dayton, Ohio, died Feb. 4, 2005. A member of the Christian Science Church, she retired in 1989 after 22 years as a teacher with the Dayton Public Schools. She is survived by a daughter, a son and two grandchildren.

Caroline Gaver Maine, Springfield, Ohio, died Dec. 1, 2004. A member of North Hampton Church of Christ and Kappa Delta sorority, she retired from teaching at Northwestern Middle School after 27 years.

She previously had taught at Linden McKinley High School in Columbus, Ohio, and Roosevelt Middle School.

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nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Carroll D. ’19 and Mary Hoffman Gaver ’22, a sister, Ruth E. Gaver ’49, and two aunts, Ella F. Gaver ’29 and Emma Gaver ’31.

William L. Nolte, Indianapolis, Ind., died Jan. 14, 2005. During World War II, he served in the medical corps with the U.S. Army in Europe and then served with the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He retired from Naval Avionics after 31 years as a model maker. A daughter and a sister survive.

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Julia Kerr Better of Warren, Ohio, and Siesta Key, Fla., died Nov. 14, 2004. A homemaker, she was a member of Chi Omega sorority, First United Methodist Church, Trumbull Memorial Hospital Women’s Auxiliary, the Art and Drama Club and various other charitable organizations. Her husband, a daughter and son survive.

James S. Bowman, Exeter, N.H., died June 27, 2004. A member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, he served at the Army Chemical Center, Fort Mead, Md., during the Korean Conflict. In 1970, he joined the University of New Hampshire’s Entomology Department, received his full professorship and retired as professor emeritus in 1994. An active member of the Exeter Congregational Church and an avid competitive sailor, he became a marine docent following his retirement.

He is survived by his wife, a son, two daughters, two grandchildren, two brothers, and several nieces and nephews. His father, Ralph H. Bowman ’24, preceded him in death.

Ned A. Kamp, Shelby, N.C., passed away Nov. 21, 2004. He was a member of Central United Methodist Church and Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He served with the First Marine Division

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during World War II in the South Pacific and North China and in the Korean Conflict. He was a business management consultant and principal of his own consulting firm for 30 years. He is survived by two sons, three grandchildren and two brothers, including John P. Camp ’60. His wife, Marilyn Chandler Kamp ’51, preceded him in death.

Harold K. Krichbaum Jr., Indian Lake, Ohio, died Jan. 17, 2005. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and served our country proudly as a hospital corpsman in China during World War II. A member of the Amvets Post 39 in Lakeview, Ohio, he is survived by his wife, a daughter, two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, three sisters, two brothers, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Lois Legge Tustin, Mill Valley, Calif., died July 1, 2003. A member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority, she was a teacher in the Mill Valley School District and at San Francisco Day School.

She leaves behind her husband, three children and their families, and two brothers.

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A lifelong Kinsman, Ohio, resident, Mildred Stokes Amy died July 31, 2004. She was a teacher and guidance counselor with the Maplewood School District for 35 years.

A member of the Kinsman United Methodist Church and the Eastern Star of Hartford, she was past mother adviser for the Kinsman Rainbow Assembly. Her hobbies included gardening and playing bridge.

Surviving are a daughter, a son, a granddaughter,agrandsonanda brother-in-law.

Robert H. Johnson of Huntington Beach, Calif., a university professor and scenic designer, died Feb. 2, 2005. A member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, he designed sets at the

University Theatre in Eugene, Ore., and in Hollywood, Calif., for Bob Hope, Jack Benny and Fred Astaire among others. He also taught at the University of Southern California, was a publisher with Logos Signum Publications and most recently was the executive director of Museum Classics in Laguna Beach, Calif. A brother and a sister, Patricia Johnson Franta ’51, survive.

Patricia Nafz Olender, formerly of Springfield, Ohio, passed away March 28, 2005, in Hollywood, Fla. A dental hygienist, she was a member of Kappa Delta sorority, Nativity Catholic Church and numerous community organizations.

Surviving are two sons, two daughters, 11 grandchildren and a brother.

Kari Zimmerman Winters, ’52 B.S., ’61 M.Ed., Springfield, Ohio, died Jan. 31, 2005. She retired after a career as a school teacher for the Mad River Green Local School District, teaching at Enon Elementary and Hustead Middle Schools.

A member of First Lutheran Church, the Woman’s Town Club, and Gamma Phi Beta sorority, she is survived by a brother and sister-in-law, John L. III ’55 and Norma Hanley Zimmerman ’58, a nephew, two nieces and numerous cousins, including Richard G. Zimmerman ’56. A cousin, Charles B. Zimmerman Jr. ’56, followed her in death Preceding her in death were her parents, John L. II ’16 and Kari Ness Zimmerman ’20, her grandfather, John L. Zimmerman I 1879, and an aunt, Helen Ness Moores ’20.

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Carolyn Friend Dillman, a resident of Mount Airy, Md., died Sept. 2, 2003. A member of Kappa Delta sorority and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, she was a teacher at Mount Airy High School before embarking

on a career in real estate. She was also an owner of Notions and Potions and a volunteer patient advocate at Brooke Grove Nursing Home. Survivors include two daughters, two sons, three grandchildren, a sister and a brother.

Eugene W. Newell, ’56S, a retired pastor of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod of the E.L.C.A., died Dec. 20, 2004 in Springfield, Ohio. During his active ministry, he served parishes in Ashtabula, Ohio, Pleasant Hills, Pa., and for 27 years at Mount Pleasant, Pa. Following his retirement, he served as parttime interim pastor at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Springfield.

A member of Dorm League, he served as an electrician mate with the U.S. Navy during World War II. His wife, two sons, a daughter and seven grandchildren survive.

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Richard C. Kerrigan, Muncie, Ind., passed away March 5, 2005.

During World War II and the Korean Conflict, he served with the U.S. Army. He worked for Texaco Inc. and Miller Oil Co. His memberships included Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, St. Mary’s Catholic Church and various fraternal organizations. He is survived by his wife, three sons, a daughter, 17 grandchildren and a sister-in-law, Sue Lisch Kerrigan ’63. Preceding him in death was a brother, Louis F. Kerrigan II ’59.

George W. Overhalser Jr., Pahrump, Nev., died Aug. 5, 2002. He served as a weather forecaster with the U.S. Air Force for 10 years on active duty and seven years as a reserve, attaining the rank of staff sergeant. He worked as an agricultural meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau in Redding, Calif., before retiring to Nevada. His wife survives.

Jane E. Schwemley, Akron, Ohio, died July 29, 2004. A member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority, she taught music in several schools, retiring from the Brecksville School System.

She was a Braille Bible worker at Fairlawn Lutheran Church and directed a handbell choir at Bethel Lutheran Church. A member of the Cuyahoga Valley Civil War Roundtable, and the World War II and Korean Conflict Roundtables, she is survived by a cousin, Elizabeth Baumgartner Dickinson ’41.

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Charles B. Zimmerman Jr., Springfield, Ohio, passed away Feb. 20, 2005. A member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and First Lutheran Church, he served with the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict. He was admitted to practice law in 1958 and was past president of the Clark County Bar Association. A former member of the Wittenberg Alumni Council, he was elected to the Athletic Hall of Honor and taught business law and Ohio history in Wittenberg’s evening session. An active member of the community, he is survived by his wife, a brother, Richard G. Zimmerman ’56, a sister, cousins, John L. III and Norma Hanley Zimmerman ’58, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Preceding him in death were his father, Charles B. Zimmerman Sr. ’11, his grandfather, John L. Zimmerman 1879, an aunt, Kari Ness Zimmerman ’20, an uncle, John L. Zimmerman Jr. ’16, and a cousin, Kari Zimmerman Winters ’49.

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John T. Jones, Springfield, Ohio, died March 10, 2005. A member of St. Teresa Catholic Church and Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, he served with the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He worked as a department manager with Sears

for many years before starting the Jones Funeral Home in 1972. In 1995, he retired from the Jones-Kenney-Zechman Funeral Home. He also was the owner of the Sports Stadium and T&M Jones Stables in South Charleston where he raced harness horses for 40 years. Survivors include three daughters, a grandson, a granddaughter, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Richard T. Lawrence, Springfield, Ohio, died Feb. 2, 2005. During the Korean Conflict, he served with the U.S. Navy. He worked at GMAC for 19 years and retired as a loan officer from National City Bank after 20 years. Recently, he was a courier for Bill Marine Auto Sales. He was a member of various civic and fraternal organizations. Survivors include his wife, two sons, a daughter, seven grandchildren, a greatgrandson, a sister, and several nieces and nephews. His father, Irvin W. Lawrence ’16, predeceased him.

Mildred Bothwell Snapp, Terre Haute, Ohio, died Oct. 28, 2004. She taught with several school districts before retiring from the Urbana School System in 1978. She was a former employee of the Howard Bond Co. and volunteered at Mercy Memorial Hospital until 1996.

A member of the Terre Haute United Methodist Church and other civic organizations, she is survived by a son, two grandsons, two greatgrandchildren,andseveralnieces and nephews.

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James A. Slusher, Springfield, Ohio, died Jan. 22, 2005. An employee of the Springfield City School System for 36 years, he retired as assistant superintendent of business affairs. He served as a board member for Mental Health Services of Clark County and was an active member of

several other civic and fraternal organizations and Faith in Christ Lutheran Church. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, two grandchildren, two sisters, a brother, and a niece and her husband, Robert M. III ’99 and Heidi Collins Beedy ’85.

Retired educator James A. Waters of Springfield, Ohio, died Jan. 15, 2005. A member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, he spent 36 years teaching and coaching with the Mad River Green Local School District.

He was a principal at Greenon High School and Hustead Middle School and served as manager of Overbrook Swim Club. Following his retirement, he was a real estate agent with Burton and Minnick. Survivors include his wife, three sons, a daughter, two step-children, 15 grandchildren, a greatgranddaughter and an aunt, Jeanne Armstrong Braun ’46.

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Helen Freeman Michael, Mannington, W.V., died Oct. 12, 2004. She was a cashier for 20 years with the A&P Stores in Fairmont and Dayton, Ohio, before beginning her 20-year career in education.

She served as a sixth-grade teacher in Lansing, Ohio, and as a special education teacher in St. Clairsville, Ohio. A member of the East High Street United Methodist Church, she is survived by her husband, Camden W. Michael ’62, a daughter, Diane D. Michael ’82, a son, a step-son and three grandchildren.

Verlie Crabtree Miller ’66 M.Ed., Springfield, Ohio, died Dec. 29, 2004. A member of the Maiden Lane Church of God, she taught in the Springfield City School System for more than 30 years. Surviving are two daughters, two sons, 11 grandchildren, 14 greatgrandchildren, three step-greatgrandchildren, a brother, a sister, and several nieces and nephews.

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Merle A. Clum, Tuscarawas, Ohio, died Oct. 25, 2002. An avid NASCAR fan, he worked for the Beaver Excavating Co. in Canton, Ohio, for 16 years.

Survivors include his wife, a son, two daughters, two stepdaughters, nine grandchildren, his mother, and many nieces and nephews.

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James R. McKee, Enon, Ohio, died Feb. 15, 2005. A member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and Mary Help of Christians Church, he was director of human resources at Antioch University in Yellow Springs, Ohio, for 32 years and at the Union Institute and University in Cincinnati, Ohio, for 10 years. A charter member of the Ohio Chapter of College and University Professional Association, he is survived by his wife, two sons, a grandson and a sister.

Ruth Campbell Mowell, Springfield, Ohio, died Nov. 18, 2004. A member of Delta Zeta sorority and Woman’s Town Club, she retired from Springfield South High School as a teacher and counselor in 1971 following 43 years of service. Several cousins survive.

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Frank V. Strobl, Paris, Tenn., died Aug. 15, 2003. A chemist, he was a former employee of Dana in Paris and Moldex in Milton, Fla. He was a member of the American Chemical Society and attended Paris First Baptist Church. He leaves a wife, three sons, two grandchildren and a brother.

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Stephen L. Hendricks, Palatine, Ill., died Jan. 22, 2005. He worked as a flight engineer, a co-pilot and a captain on international and domestic flights with United Airlines. A

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member of Phi Kappa Alpha fraternity, he was fond of boating, fishing and hunting.

He is survived by his wife, a daughter, two sons, a grandson and a brother.

Lois Turner Messer of Boynton Beach, Fla., died Nov. 22, 2003. Survivors include her husband, a son, a daughter, five grandchildren, her parents and two sisters.

John L. Pendleton passed away Feb. 10, 2005, in Springfield, Ohio. A member of the Presbyterian Church, he retired from Navistar following 36 years of service. He enjoyed coin collecting, fishing and playing golf. Survivors include his wife, two children, three stepchildren, eight grandchildren, a great-granddaughter, a sister, a brother, and numerous nieces and nephews. Two brothers, Harlan D. Pendleton ’52 and Donald L. Pendleton ’58, preceded him in death.

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Mary Atherholt Hartsel, Kiawah Island, S.C., died Dec. 18, 2004. A member of Delta Gamma sorority, she was a guidance counselor for the Perrysburg School District in Ohio. She enjoyed fishing, playing golf and serving at Church of Our Savior as chair of the outreach program for residents of John’s Island. A husband and son survive.

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Carolyn Whittington Bradley passed away March 24, 2005, in Springfield, Ohio. She retired after 30 years of teaching with the Springfield City School System, 23 of those at Warder Park Elementary. She was the first Title I reading teacher in Springfield. A member of the High Street United Methodist Church and numerous community organizations, she is survived by her husband, Robert C. Bradley ’56, a daughter, a

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son and three grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Roger L. ’31, and Mildred Grundtisch Whittington ’30, two sisters, Barbara Whittington LeBlanc ’54 and Shirley Whittington Neuhardt ’55, and a brother-inlaw, Frederick Neuhardt ’58.

William C. Krupski, a nationally renowned vascular surgeon formerly on staff at the University Hospital in Denver, Colo., died Nov. 27, 2004.

While in Denver, he was a professor of surgery and chief of vascular surgery at the University of Colorado Health Science Center. He joined the staff of the Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center in San Francisco, Calif., in 2002 as assistant sub-chief of vascular surgery and was an associate professor at the University of California-San Francisco. A member of Phi Mu Delta fraternity, he is survived by his wife, a son and two stepdaughters.

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Ethel Lind Jacoby, Springfield, Ohio, passed away Feb. 5, 2005. An active member of First United Church of Christ, she was a teacher for the Springfield City Schools and remained a substitute teacher for a number of years following her retirement. An avid bridge player, she is survived by a daughter. Geraldine Jacoby Stafford ’57, a granddaughter, a grandson, two greatgranddaughters, a great-great granddaughter and nephews, William L. Jacobs II ’67 and Michael T. Jacobs ’72. An aunt, Florence Jacoby Maxwell ’26, preceded her in death.

Noel E. Kissling, formerly of Westerville, Ohio, died Jan. 19, 2005, in Fredericktown, Ohio.

A member of Nevada Lutheran Church and Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, he retired in September 2004 as a coordinator for Alliance Data Systems. His

hobbies included gardening and raising Morgan horses. His wife, his mother, a son, a daughter and a brother survive.

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Ann Ripley Gehring, Sylva, N.C., died Jan. 30, 2005.

Formerly a registered nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, she was a homemaker and a music teacher who loved to sing. An active member of her community, she is survived by her husband, two daughters, her father and two brothers.

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John B. Schmidt, Mason, Ohio, died Nov. 6, 2004. A lifelong employee of Natorp Nurseries, he dug trees in the fields as a teenager and worked his way up to president of the company.

An active member and leader of Rotary Club International, he was president of the Rotary Club of Cincinnati in 1994 and served as Rotary Club district governor in 2001. An avid runner and football referee, he is survived by his wife, two sons, two brothers, two sisters, and numerous nieces and nephews.

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Jeffrey D. Binz passed away March 13, 2005, in Springfield, Ohio. He was a teacher and administrator with the Northeastern Local Schools, an administrator with Springfield Shawnee Schools, and taught special education kindergarten and middle school at Dayton Meadowdale and fourth grade at Northridge, He was an assistant principal at South Vienna and served as principal at Rockway and Reid Schools before becoming principal of Rolling Hills Elementary. An active member of High Street United Methodist Church and his community, he is survived by his wife, two daughters, his mother, two brothers, including Whitney C. Binz ’73, and a sister.

Alan R. Cannarozzi passed away March 20, 2005, in Springfield, Ohio. A selfemployed paint contractor, he is survived by his wife, Anne Peters Cannarozzi ’78, a son, a daughter, three bothers, three sisters, and several nieces and nephews.

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James. M. Sebring, Springfield, Ohio, died Jan. 9, 2005. The chief executive officer of Dillon Manufacturing, he is survived by his wife, a son, a daughter and his mother.

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Laura Golden Mingle, Upper Darby, Pa., died March 9, 2005. She worked at Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio, for a few years before doing freelance research and working on various craft projects. She is survived by her husband, Jeffrey W. Mingle ’78, a daughter, her mother and two brothers.

Jeanne E. Oxley, Craigsville, W.V., died Dec. 19, 2004. A member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority, she was a supervisor at Columbia Forest Products and was a certified EMT. As an avid golfer she owned Fit to a Tee, a business repairing and manufacturing golf clubs. Her father and a sister survive.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

August 18-21

New Student Days

22 Fall Semester Begins

31 Wittenberg Series — Opening Convocation

Mark H. Erickson, President of the University, Weaver Chapel, 11 a.m.

September

17

Wittenberg Series — Susan Marshall & Company (Dance) 7:30 p.m., Kuss Auditorium, Clark State Performing Arts Center

17 -25 Inauguration of Mark H. Erickson as President of Wittenberg

30 Parents Weekend

October

1-2 Parents Weekend

6-9 Mainstage Theatre Production

10 Wittenberg Series — Author Tim O’Brien

7:30 p.m., Weaver Chapel

17-18

Fall Break

24 Wittenberg Series — Sauer Luther Symposium (tentative date)

ROBERT GANTT

7:30 p.m., Bayley Auditorium, Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center

28 Wittenberg Series — The Second City Touring Company

6:30 & 9:30 p.m., Chakeres Theatre

28-30

Homecoming & Reunion Weekend

Presidential Inauguration Sept. 24, 2005

Chakeres Theatre, 8 p.m. Thurs-Sat.; 2 p.m. Sun., admission $4

30 Wittenberg Series — Festival Choral Eucharist

8 p.m., Weaver Chapel, 7:30 p.m., special music by university music ensembles

November

9 Wittenberg Series — Fred R. Leventhal Family Endowed Lecture

15

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., environmentalist, 7:30 p.m., HPER Center

Wittenberg Series — IBM Endowed Lecture in the Sciences

Lawrence M. Krauss, physicist and author, 7:30 p.m., Bayley Auditorium, Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center

23-30

Thanksgiving Holiday

December

Homecoming & Reunion Weekend, Oct. 28-30, 2005.

2 Wittenberg Series — Lessons and Carols for Advent and Christmas

8 p.m., Weaver Chapel, 7:30 p.m., special music by university music ensembles

JEFF SMITH ’96

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Reflections Bill Steinbrink ’64 Looks Back on His Year as Interim President

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s the interim president during the 13-month gap between the departure of President Baird Tipson and the arrival of President Mark Erickson, I saw the university with the unique, broad perspective of the one in the president’s chair. I met frequently withstudentleaders,becameacquainted with many of our strong academic performers, marveled at the skills of our artistically inclined students and their athleticallyenabledcompatriots,andwas amused by the behavior of our students as they work through the transition from teenagers to adults. I was impressed by the leadership of First-Year Class President Mark Preston ’08 and the poise of Alma Mater Ann Bixel ’05.

The 162 dedicated professors and scholars who fill our faculty ranks, however, stand out the most in my mind.

Wittenberg traditions are memorable; athletic victories are exciting; college friendshipsareeverlasting,butthefaculty is the raison d’être of Wittenberg and the underlying attraction for students to come to Springfield. From Nelson Sartoris, who retired during the year as a professor of chemistry, to D’Arcy Fallon,whothisyearbeganherpromising Wittenberg career teaching English, the faculty enable learning to happen.

Each professor has a personal style and a different slant on the subject matter, but they all help students develop a lifelong love of learning.

I experienced the joy of accepting a major gift from a graduate of a class from the early ’50s. I met with Representative Dave Hobson, who grasps the vitality of Wittenberg to his constituency. These

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and many other alumni and friends are essential to year-to-year operations and one-time projects. Helping students learn and learn how to keep on learning after graduation requires resources from churchcongregations,governmentsand grateful graduates, as well as the families of those students. I found the breadth of that support humbling.

My intimacy with Wittenberg helped me also see the challenges before the university, including the need for a consistent annual enrollment, facility upgrades, an endowment that equates with our peer institutions, and a stronger annual fund stream, all of which I know Mark Erickson will address with confidence and integrity.

Mark Erickson will be an outstanding president. He has the capacity and willingness to listen, learn and battle with ideas. He has the intellect to work to good decisions. He has the strength to take action and lead Wittenberg forward. He will honor the heritage of the German Lutherans and the leaders of a bustling Springfield who founded Wittenberg 160 years ago.

Wittenberg is a wonderful place. For me,Wittenberg was a critical experience at the beginning of my adult life, and it has been a re-awakening now as I see in the offing the winding-down phase of my life. I am grateful to Wittenberg for thismostrecentopportunitytocontinue learning and to serve, and I look forward to working with the entire Wittenberg community again as the chair of the university’s board of directors this year. n – Bill Steinbrink ’64