LINDA MARKS LYON ’65 was a senior staff assistant to Senator Olympia J. Snowe in the Portland, Maine, office for almost 15 years. She recently published a book titled One Small Community: One Expansive Flagship. The book is a collection of photographs of United States flags that were displayed in her Maine community following the 9/11 event. Read more about the book at flags2001@gwi.net or at the book’s Web address at oneexpansiveflagship.com. Linda’s email address is lmlyon@gwi.net.
David H. Kaeuper lives in Washington, D.C. He is a retired United States ambassador. Virginia Padgett Trout is a retired elementary teacher. Since retirement she has volunteered as a mentor for at-risk reading and math students at a local primary school. Alexander L. Rogers is the general counsel for Shriners International and Shiners Hospitals for Children in Indianapolis.
1966
Robert F. Wells was selected by the governor of Vermont to serve on the Vermont Humanities Council. His wife, Barbara Stoner Wells, serves as president of the Green Mountain Gardeners.
1968
James A. Fisher is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Ball Brothers Foundation (BBF), a private family philanthropy. BBF annually makes grants totaling more than $6 million in support of arts and culture, education, the environment, health, human services and public affairs. James is a member of the DePauw Board of Trustees.
Cheryl Slagell Kinsinger ’68
Deborah J. Daniels ’73
Cheryl Slagell Kinsinger spoke about the ABLE Act in Congress at a U.S. congressman's news conference on Dec. 18, 2014. The ABLE Act passed the Senate and was signed, Dec. 22, 2014, by President Obama. (See photo. Thomas W. Walsh was elected to the advisory board of the Carnegie Abbey Club in Portsmouth, R.I., and to the board of Mount Hope Farm in Bristol.
1970
Trent Detamore celebrated 20 years of combined service as a missionary for disaster relief and sports divisions for Christian Outreach International, Aug. 1, 2014. Trent lives in Watauga, Texas. His email address is coachdet@aol.com.
Members of the Class of 1974 got together in a van owned by Derrick L. Warner ’69 during Alumni Reunion Weekend in June 2014. Those pictured include Barbara Conkling Mann ’74, Ruth G. Weston ’74, Holly Schneider Gott ’74, Susan Mottis Crichlow ’74, Derrick L. Warner ’69 and Juliana Walton ’74.
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Jeffrey L. Rhoades retired in April 2013 and now enjoys traveling to see the world and classmates.
1971
Jeffrey L. Krolick plays piano in the lobby of Orange Regional Medical Center in Orange
County, N. Y. Jeff has played there since the facility opened three years ago. He says, “I think music helps the healing process. If I can get one person to smile during the day, I think I have achieved my objective.” Cynthia Wilson D’Alimonte retired after 22 years as a language instructor at the Language Center of the University of Florence, Italy.
1972
Sally Draper Zoll was inducted into the Greenfield (Ind.) Central School Foundation Alumni Hall of Fame. Sally lives in Coronado, Calif., where she serves as chief executive officer of United Through Reading, a nonprofit organization that helps military service members stay connected with their children – during separation – through the simple act of reading.
1973
William F. Carroll Jr. was reelected to the board of directors of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world’s largest scientific society. William served as board chair until Dec. 31, 2014, when he completed the maximum allowable tenure for that position. He was also ACS president in 2005 before returning to the board in 2009. He is vice president at Occidental Chemical Corporation in Dallas. Deborah J. Daniels is a managing partner for the Indianapolis-based law firm Krieg DeVault LLP. On Oct. 20, 2014, she was inducted into The Indiana Academy in recognition of her leadership, achievement and philanthropy designed to promote the advancement of the state, as well as its independent sector of higher education. (See photo.) Wendy Sanders Robinson, superintendent of the Fort Wayne (Ind.) Community Schools, was named The Journal Gazette’s Citizen of the Year along with the FWCS board president. She was recognized for her work in establishing FWCS as the state’s premier urban school district and for advocating on behalf of public schools across Indiana.
1974
Pamela J. Coburn, the James B. Stewart Distinguished