C L A S S N the suffering of humanity through research and exemplary service. Bob is a professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in the division of renal diseases and hypertension. Dr. Richard M. Temple was inducted into the Geneva (Ill.) High School Athletic Hall of Fame, Feb. 11, 2005. He began his medical career in Geneva and became part of a rotation team to make sure a doctor was on hand for every home football game in case of an emergency. In 1974 he volunteered to be personally on hand for every game, both home or away. He was present at every game from 1974 until 1986. In 1979 Richard established and coordinated a program of inexpensive physical exams for the school’s athletes. Richard is a retired physician for Fox Valley Family Physicians, in Geneva, Ill.
1958
Catherine Culver Baty is a broker at Coldwell Banker Hedges in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Carol Dorsett Pyle has retired as a teacher in the Maercker School District in Claredon Hills, Ill. Joseph R. Flummerfelt took part in the DePauw School of Music’s 120th concert season that featured talented students, distinguished faculty and several internationally acclaimed artists. Joe served as the Elizabeth P. Allen Distinguished University Professor of Music during the spring 2005 semester. He conducted a choral concert Feb. 26, 2005, in the Performing Arts Center, and a choral workshop, Feb. 27, 2005, with the DePauw Chamber Singers and Chorus at St. Luke’s Methodist Church in Indianapolis. Dr. Ferid Murad’s 28 years of research has made possible an innovative nutritional supplement for cardiovascular patients. Ferid, along with two colleagues, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1998 for their discovery of the importance of nitric oxide to the functioning of the cardiovascular system. Ferid is director of the Institute of Molecular Medicine at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston and chair of the university’s department of integrative biology and pharmacology. Charles B. Stafford and Pamela B. Rosenbaum were married Jan. 1, 2005, in Cincinnati. Charles retired from the IRS in February 2005. He previously had a 27-year career with Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance in Milwaukee. C. B. “Bud” Stringfellow retired as a department manager at Westinghouse. He and his wife, Joellen McFarland Stringfellow, live in Queenstown, Md.
1959
Joseph P. Allen IV was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville, Fla., April 29-30, 2005. The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame is part of the Kennedy Space Center and
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Thomas L. Stiers ’60’s retirement party. DePauw alumni present included Nancy Hackler McConnell ’61, Anthony F. Andres ’60, Gretchen A. Stiers ’84, Laura Ingalls Babcock ’61, Charles W. McConnell ’61, Brenda Enmeier Stiers ’60, David W. Pomeroy ’60, Kermit B. Morrison, (director of the Methodist Student Movement at DePauw, 1954-58), Phyllis C. Leppert ’60 and Nancy E. Henningsen ’60. tells the history of human space flight and houses the largest collection of personal astronaut memorabilia. Joe is a member of the DePauw Board of Trustees. He is chairman of the board of Veridian Corporation and the not-for-profit Challenger Center for Space Science Education. Willis “Bing” H. Davis was one of the featured speakers at Harvard University’s African-American Art Conference, in November 2004. Bing was honored by the Dayton (Ohio) region of the National Conference for Community and Justice at the 27th annual friendship awards dinner on Oct. 25, 2004. He was also one of the participants in The Spirit of Collaboration, a fundraiser for the Home-Based Arts, Inc., in Dayton. He was the recipient of The Dayton Urban League’s 2004 STAR Award for The Arts.
1960
Barry G. Roberts was named Teacher of the Year at Sherman School in Sherman, Conn., where he has taught English for 37 years to middle school students. Rev. Thomas L. Stiers retired as senior minister from the First Congregational Church in Greenwich, Conn. (See photo, above.) Bonnie Tall Gauger retired as a kindergarten teacher in 2003. She enjoys reading, tennis, gardening and traveling. Richard H. Tomey is the head football coach at San Jose State University. In an article in the San Jose (CA) Mercury News, Dick said he believes his third head-coaching stint will be his best.
1961
James M. Force and classmate Charles “Bill” Geiss ’62 returned to DePauw to attend Old Gold
Day, October 2004. They took part in the alumni baseball game hosted by DePauw’s head baseball coach, Matt Walker ’99. Bill says, “Coach Matt Walker made us feel right at home.” As students, Jim and Bill played baseball under Theodore “Ted” Katula, DePauw professor emeritus of health and physical performance. Richard J. Howson retired from the United States Navy and a career in Navy architecture. He is a substitute teacher in Kalamazoo Public Schools and a member of the Audubon Society of Kalamazoo and Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy. While vacationing in Santa Fe, N.M., in August 2004, Pamelia Ledune Tallman and Suzanne Quinn Perozzi met fellow DePauw classmate Dr. Paul T. Cochran ’60 for lunch. The three have been friends since high school. Pamelia lives in Indianapolis. Suzanne lives in Avon, Colo., and Paul lives in Albuquerque, N.M. (See photo, below.)
Suzanne Quinn Perozzi ’61 and Dr. Paul T. Cochran ’60 and Pamelia Ledune Tallman ’61 lunching in Santa Fe, N.M. J. McRae “Mac” Thorlton is one of seven members of the board of directors of his gated residential golf community, Copperleaf at the Brooks, in Estero, Fla. He served as chair of his community’s communication committee, president of his neighborhood homeowner’s association and chair of the
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