DR. MARGARET GOETTLE RUSH ’80 is executive medical director and chief of staff for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt University. She was named among Nashville Tenn. Lifestyles’ Top 10 Women in Business for 2015. Meg came to the Children’s Hospital in 1984 as a resident in neonatology. She joined the faculty in 1990 and became a leader in education, research and clinical care, and eventually a administrative leader. Meg is program director for Fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, associate director of Pediatric Transport, medical director of Neonatal Transport and cochair of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Ethics Committee. She recently completed a master’s degree in management in health care from Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt.
1978
Robert F. Kyle is head baseball coach at Rockville (Ind.) High School. He led his team to its first-ever state championship, June 20, 2015, at Victory Field in Indianapolis.
David G. Kraemer ’78 and Jeffrey R. Kennedy ’78 at Mount Whitney. Julie Smith Wiehl and her husband, Roger, have retired to Prescott, Ariz. They would enjoy hearing from other DePauw alumni in the area. Julie’s email address is jswiehl@gmail.com.
1976
Linda H. Heuring’s short story, “Breaking Point”, was published in the 2015 edition of Broad River Review. Her entry was a finalist for the journal’s Rash Award in Fiction. Cynthia L. Vernon is chief operating officer of California’s Monterey Bay Aquarium. 38 DEPAUW MAGAZINE FALL 2015
David G. Kraemer and Jeffrey R. Kennedy celebrated their 40-plus years of friendship and their 60th birthday with a fund-raising hike across 60 miles of the Eastern Sierra, summiting Mount Whitney, the highest point in the lower 48. David’s email address is davidkraemer2001@gmail.com. (See photo.) David C. Thomas is a patent examiner in biotechnology for the United States Patent and Trademark office. Helen M. Weeks retired after 35 years of teaching elementary school. She lives at 10245 Quail Covey Road, Boynton Beach, FL 33436. Her email address is h.m.weeks@comcast.net.
1979
Charles D. Brooks is vice president for government relations and marketing for Sutherland Global Services. Glenn E. Davis was named the Best
Alpha Phi Class of 1981 reunion. Those attending included Sarah Dewart Morrison ’81, Mary Morris Hamilton ’81, Wendy Putnam Pierce ’81, Margaret Thomson Kelsey ’81, Jody Tweed Gullifor ’81, Nancy Sommer Gariepy ’81, Susan Gallion Ball ’81, Vicky Martin Hime ’81, Jill Taubensee Havey ’81, Marcie Stults Vormohr ’81, Marsha Brown Webster ’81 and Amy Miller Marschand ’82. Lawyers’ 2016 Antitrust Law Lawyer of the Year in Saint Louis. Glenn was selected by his peers to be included in The Best Lawyers in America© in the practice areas of antitrust law, commercial litigation, franchise law and litigation for antitrust, intellectual property, mergers and acquisition and securities. Margaret Kissinger Boynton, an investigative reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, was included in The Best Newspaper Narratives. The anthology collects the 12 winners of the 2013 Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest. Margaret’s “A Mother, at Her Wits’ End” was a runner-up in the contest.
1980
Deborah K. Burand is an assistant professor in clinical law at New York University School of Law. She plans to launch an international transactions clinic similar to one she cofounded and directed at University of Michigan Law School. Gregory L. Holzhauer is an attorney for downtown Orlando and Winter Park (Fla.) offices of the law firm of Winderweedle, Haines, Ward and Woodman, P.A. He was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers In America© (2016). Melissa Hunter Long has been a television news anchor in Fort Wayne, Ind., for more than 30 years. She is retiring from WPTA-TV at the end
of the year. The mayor of Fort Wayne declared June 25, 2015, as Melissa Long Day in the city.
1981
C. Kennon Hetlage is the chief executive officer of Memorial Hospital West in Pembrook Pines, Fla. He was selected as a Broward Ultimate CEO and profiled in the South Florida Business Journal. The award recognizes leadership and community contributions. Kennon says his most effective attribute as an effective CEO is passion. The passion to make his hospital the best it can be. The Alpha Phi Class of 1981 enjoyed a reunion at Hilton Head Island, August 2015. Wendy Putnam Pierce shared a photo and list of attendees. Her email address is wpiercem@att.net. (See photo.)
1982
Matthew R. Fischer is president and creative director of Curiosity Advertising. The agency is listed as number 10 on the Courier’s list of largest ad agencies. Michael G. Neill has joined First MidIllinois Bank & Trust as Carbondale Community Bank president, and trust and wealth management officer. Dayle A. Ohlau has transferred her global Ph.D. study to the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco with a focus on community activism. Her email address is dayle. cafe@icloud.com.
