Photo: KIWI Photography Photo: KIWI Photography
ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND 2015 - Members of the Class of 1955 and prior John “Jack” C. Wright ’50; Benjamin “Ben” G. Cochran ’55; Phyllis (Walker) Nicholas ’55.
ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND 2015 – Members of the Class of 1960 Row 1: Kenneth “Ken” R. Todd; Doris “Dorie” (Taylor) Maxwell; Robert “Bob” J. Darnall. Row 2: Gary L. Wegenke. of the medical staff at St. Anthony Hospital, president of the LaPorte (Ind.) County Medical Society, trustee of the Thirteenth District of the Indiana State Medical Association and assistant treasurer of the Indiana State Medical Association. He and his wife, Jean, cofounded Northern Indiana Association for Children with Learning Disabilities.
1955
Sally Brown McKinney has traveled as a journalist in Fiji, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania and 41 other countries. Sally currently volunteers for the Bloomington (Ind.)-based Kilimanjaro Education Outreach. She has given presentations at conferences of the International Institute for Peace Through Tourism in Zambia, Uganda and Thailand. Sally’s email address is goingslowernow@gmail.com. (See photo.)
1956
Dianne Schneider Trees and her husband, John “Jack” S. Trees ’54, have relocated to the Sagewood Retirement home in Phoenix. They discovered several other DePauwites living at Sagewood. (See photo.)
1957
H. E. Barney Burroughs was honored by the National Air Filtration Society (NAFA) as a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award. He was commended for his 50-year career of contributions to the filtration, air cleaning and air quality industry. Barney is a Fellow and past president of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers, a technical society, from which he received the Exceptional Service Award. He received the DePauw Community Leader Award at his 50th class reunion.
Residents of Sagewood Retirement home in Phoenix include John S. Trees ’54, Dianne Schneider Trees ’56, Dick and Jean Savage (parents of Michelle Savage Caw ’88), William M. Pendleton ’53, Elly Pendleton, Robert K. Whipple ‘53, Helen Whipple, Rose Levine (worked at WGRE radio and started the first kindergarten in Greencastle), Norm Levine (DePauw professor of history 1965-70), Shirley Craig Karas ’56, George G. Karas ’56 and Stephen R. Crosby ’61 (not pictured).
Members of the 1962 Delta Delta Delta class met in St. George, Utah. Attending were Jo Anne Stickrod Nash ’62, Julie Newton Machen ’62, Sandra Frakes Parsons ’62, Julianne Myers Nelson ’62, Janalee Smith Holmes ’62 and Linda Kissell Browne ’62.
Robert C. Sammons concluded several years as an executive partner for the University of Dayton’s M.B.A. program. He continues to be a student candidate adviser.
1958
Julia Whitney Dawson was honored at a special reception and gala dinner as a Pillar of Vibrancy in Culture by The Community House in Birmingham, Mich. She was selected for using her art and writing skills in the Detroit area for many community, art and garden organizations.
1959
William V. Blake III swam in the United States Masters Swimming Spring National Championship in San Antonio, Texas, April 23-26, 2015. He competed in five freestyle events and four relays, and two of the relay teams, 200-yard men’s medley and 200-yard mixed medley,
finished first. All events were in the 75+ age group. Bill swims with MOST (Masters of South Texas) and has competed in Master’s swimming since 2003. Bill’s email address is 2blakes@ sbcglobal.net.
1961
Don R. Daseke was The Robert C. McDermond Honorary Lecture speaker, May 6, 2015, at DePauw. Don, who is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Daseke Inc, was presented the Robert C. McDermond Medal for Excellence in Entrepreneurship. Don is a founding director of the McDermond Center for Management & Entrepreneurship. He is a member of DePauw’s Board of Trustees.
1962
In March 2015, six Tri Deltas from the Class of 1962 met in St. George, Utah, to celebrate their 75th birthdays together. (See photo.)
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