Class Notes the Indiana chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals with a 2010 Philanthropy Award. Sue is vice president of development and executive director of the St. Vincent Foundation in Indianapolis.
1971 Scott S. Brinkmeyer is listed in the 2011edition of the Best Lawyers in America. Scott is an attorney with Mika Meyers Beckett & Jones PLC law firm in Grand Rapids, Mich. Cindy I. Carlson is chair of the department of educational psychology at the University of Texas at Austin’s College of Education. She has written or cowritten more than 25 book chapters as well as more than 30 journal articles. She is author of Handbook of Family-School Intervention: A Systems Perspective and Family Assessment: A Guide for Researchers and Practitioners. Delta Zetas from the classes of 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973 met in Chicago, July 23-25, 2010. (See photo, previous page.) David M. Perkins was inducted into the Park High School (Racine, Wis.) Hall of Fame during Summer, 2010. David is president of Racine Federated Inc. Rev. George A. Purnell is superintendent of the Southwest District of the United Methodist Church’s Indiana Conference. He is the senior pastor of First United Methodist Church in Bloomington, Ind. Marilyn Verduin Paarlberg is coordinator of Room for All, a national faith-based organization supporting the full inclusion of all people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender in the life and ministry of The Reformed Church in America.
Mississippi Valley Council of Boy Scouts of America, Sept. 26, 2010. Judson is a member of DePauw’s Board of Trustees. A. Jon Kinnaman is author of A Viable Service: A Centennial History of the James E. Nichols Memorial Library, Center Harbor New Hampshire, 1910-2010. The book marks the 100th anniversary of the opening of the library in June 1910. Jon has served as librarian of the Nichols Memorial Library since 2005. Gerald “Gerry” O. Sweeney Jr., a partner in the Chicago office of Barnes & Thornburg LLP, met with director Jeff Wang of the State of Indiana Taiwan office and office intern Laura M. Noggle ’06 during a series of meetings in Taipei, Taiwan and Hong Kong, Peoples’ Republic of China, in June 2010. The meetings related to Barnes & Thornburg LLP’s representation of the intellectual property rights of Taiwan-based telecommunications, computer and electronics technology companies. (See photo, right.)
1975 David B. Becker is featured in a book, How They Did It: Billion Dollar Insights from the Heart of America, published in November 2010. David is founder of First Internet Bank. Lale Cilenti lives in Bullhead City, Ariz. She teaches chemistry and mathematics at Mohave Community College. Lale’s e-mail address is lcilenti@mohave.edu. Mark A. Emkes is commissioner of finance and administration for State of Tennessee. He heads the Department of Finance and Administration and is the state government’s chief operating officer.
1976 1972 Leslie Baird McDonald is author of Down the Aisle and a companion website (www. downtheaislestories.com), where horse lovers can share their special stories and memories. Leslie and her husband, Doug Froh, live at Full Cry Farm in Batavia, Ohio. Her e-mail address is fcfarm@aol.com. (See Recent Words, page 33.)
Virginia A. Gibson is a partner in the firm of Hogan Lovells US LLP in the Philadelphia,
1973 Members of the 1973 class met in Lexington,Va., at the farm of Julie Houk Goodrich for a mini-reunion in August 2010. (See photo, right.)
1974 Judson C. Green received the 2010 Distinguished Citizen Award from the
Members of the 1973 class met in Lexington, Va., for a mini-reunion. Those attending included Pamela Nielsen Schilt ’73, Cheryl Haines Sinkovic ’73, Julie Houk Goodrich ’73, Gayle Torian Meyer ’73 and Marilyn Shultz Evans ’73.
Gerald “Gerry” O. Sweeney Jr. ’74 Pa., office. She is a member of the litigation, arbitration and employment practice group. Linda H. Heuring published a short story, Victim of Circumstance, in the #48 issue of Rosebud magazine, a 16-year-old Wisconsinbased literary magazine with international distribution. Emily Johnson Phillips is self-employed with Pezzulich Glassworks and makes jewelry and decorative arts with glass. She is married to Alan Pezzulich, a retired Naval Research Lab engineer, now a personal trainer and photographer. Emily has one daughter who practices law in Cuzco, Peru. Emily enjoys reading, travel and hiking. C. James Levin is a partner in the Winston & Strawn LLP law firm. He is based in the firm’s Los Angeles office.
1977 Charles E. Barbieri was named to the 2010 edition of Michigan Super Lawyers. He is an attorney with Foster Swift Collins & Smith, P.C., where he practices in environmental, First Amendment and media law matters. Randolph C. Elble, assistant professor of pharmacology at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, was awarded four federal grants to study the potential of several new therapies for cancer treatment. Randolph has been doing cancer research for 17 years and focuses on the suppression of tumors. Barbara Kingsolver won the Library of Virginia Literary Award for fiction for her latest book, The Lacuna. She is a contributor to Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril, which also includes contributions by the Dalai Lama and President Barack Obama. Mark A. Millis is assistant superintendent of Richmond Community Schools in Indiana. He and his wife, Karin Traylor Millis ’77, have two children. Steven W. Peterson’s play, The Invasion of
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