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Alumni Reunion Weekend 2005 – Class of 1975 Row 1: Teri Zimmer Parker, Caroly Bednar Good, Robin Ismond Boldt, Janet Crawford Schwartz, Paula Kendall Pritchard, Pamela A. Collins, Kathryn Burleigh Denny, Laura Sandberg Yeo, Ann Foster Lukes, Thomas L. Swanger, Charles E. Strain. Row 2: Peter C. Vaky, Scott J. Schneider, Elizabeth Chilton Schneider, Sondra Baughman Brewster, Joyce Taglauer Green, Douglas A. Schaffer, Sandra Watters Reinicker, Marcus R. Veatch, Cynthia Higgins Billington, Susan Leopold Freeman. Row 3: Stephen C. Brill, Dennis G. Lydick, Leslie Butler Lydick ’77, Mark D. Behrendt, David B. Becker, Roger K. McAlister, Robert L. Bever, Thomas J. Schuldt, William D. “Dave” Wilson. Row 4: Nancy Smith Ellis, Tracy J. Ellis, Pat Patterson, Robert A. Borgmann, Diane Herndon Borgmann, Mark A. Filippell, Larry S. Browning, Dan L. Doan, Charles R. “Rip” Tilden. Row 5: Thomas M. Boyd, John W. Breck, Robert M. Colver, Richard W. Schwartz, Gary E. Thompson, Parke M. Brewer, Denise Ward Brewer, Taffney Josif Smith, Suzanne Schulze Walker. Row 6: David C. Carr, Ann Cederblad Zielinski, Robert P. Mesalam II, Kathleen Snell Jagger. hometown. Mark is chairman and chief executive officer of Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc., and chairman and chief executive officer of Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC., in Nashville, Tenn. Mark spoke at the Global Automotive Conference in Bowling Green, Ky., in April. Steven D. Womack is the author of Cyclopean Rescue, a science-fiction novel. Steven; his wife, Debra; and their three children live in Casper, Wyo. He is an adjunct professor at Casper College, where he teaches American history and Western civilization. (See Recent Words, page 11.)
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Christopher L. Callahan is the managing director of Flying Cap Creative Services, an Atlantabased executive communications and video production company. He and his wife, Kathy Watson, live at 2828 Delcourt Drive, Decatur, GA 30033. Chris’ e-mail address is rokafett@hotmail.com. Thomas R. Cath, director of DePauw’s career services and DePauw’s men’s tennis coach, was named the 2005 Wilson/Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Coach of the Year for NCAA Division III by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Tom also was named the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year.
Marcus B. Chandler, attorney and partner with the Indianapolis law firm of Barnes & Thornburg, is the chair of the firm’s international practice group. He is also co-chair of the business and technology group. Marcus B. Chandler ’76 (See photo, left.) Jane Everhart; Mary Beth Johnson Edelson ’55; Martha Opdahl, former DePauw gallery director and University curator; and Cynthia O’Dell, DePauw assistant professor of art; were represented in a recent art exhibit at the Indiana State Museum. The exhibit, “Whispers to Shouts: Indiana Women Who Create Art,” was the first major exhibition of traditional and contemporary art from Hoosier women artists. Steven S. Foster is a captain in the United States Navy and deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He is working for the project and contracting office in Baghdad, coordinating logistics issues for the reconstruction of Iraq. His e-mail address is steven.foster@pco-iraq.net.
Rebecca Gernhardt Cox was present in the Roosevelt Room of the White House when President Bush named her husband, United States Representative Christopher Cox, head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, June 2, 2005. Rebecca is a senior vice president of government affairs at Continental Airlines and a former White House staff member. She and her husband have two sons and a daughter. Richard “Dick” S. Johnson is the morning news anchor at NBC News 5 in Chicago. Richard and the station hosted three DePauw Winter Term students in January 2005. Dick said, “The three DePauw interns we hosted proved two theories once again: that DePauw students are a cut above the rest in terms of their curiosity, intellect and communications skills and that Winter Term continues to be a valuable tool for students to explore potential careers without the risk of failing or becoming disillusioned by their job choice after graduation.” The duties of Meredith H. Siemens ’05, Kerri P. Angel ’06 and Marissa Gates ’06 at NBC 5 News Today during Winter Term included fact-checking, setting up interviews and logging tape as they worked with Dick and his assistant during the month of January. Dr. James H. Jones is a member of the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) board of
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