Membership

membership Welcome NEW MEMBERS FROM JULY!

Bailey, Michele (Mike) of the Meredith Corporation was proposed by JD Sosnoff.

Brigham, Chad (Charisa) of Goldenberg, Heller & Antognoli P.C. was proposed by Aaron Pawlitz.

Brittingham, Samuel of Husch & Blackwell was proposed by Rick Lodewyck.

Gibbs, Caroline of GFI Digital was proposed by Sarah Gibbs.

Jackman, Barret (Jenny) was proposed by Dane McGraw.

Johns, Timothy of Hillenbrand and Co. was proposed by Ryan Hillenbrand.

Linton, Grace of Kirk Day School was proposed by Steve Linton

McGowan, John (Linda), retired, was proposed by Steve Cummings. Northcott, Peggy (John Hamrough) of Capital Performance was proposed by Carrie Burggraf.

Smith, Charles (Emilie) of Coulter Smith Woodworker waws proposed by Kurt Mungenast.

Wright, Neill (Kelly) of Blessing Hospital was proposed by Rett Oesch.

Zoia, Mark (Maria) of Carrollton Bank was proposed by Mike Rogers.

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Michael McCarthy and Kevin Cantwell are still tied with three members each! See if you can beat them.

IN MEMORIAM

F Thomas Blassie joined the MAC on Sept. 27, 1995, and passed away on July 18, 2020, at the age of 77. F William Gianino joined the MAC on Jan. 22, 2016, and passed away on June 2, 2020, at the age of 69. F Kenneth Hammer joined the MAC on Nov. 18, 1976, and passed away on July 13, 2020, at the age of 98. F Patricia Hofferth joined the MAC on April 9, 2002, and passed away on July 13, 2020, at the age of 82.

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70+ YEARS AT THE MAC The Club celebrates its longest Members

During the month of August, MAC governors and staff leaders treated long-term Members Don Nies and Cliff Kurrus to special luncheons at the Club, where they received proclamations for being at the Club for more than 70 years. Their dedication and involvment to the Club has made them staples of the MAC community. Learn a little more about them and their time at the Club below.

DON NIES Member for 72 years Don Nies joined the MAC in February of 1948 when his father gifted him membership for his 21st birthday. Although he was grateful for this gift, his primary concern was how he would pay for it. At the time, he was working for the International Shoe Company. Since he first entered the MAC, Nies’ life has changed quite a bit. He married his wife in his first year at the MAC, welcomed four daughters and lived in three or four houses. He eventually even became president of a printing company and printed the Cherry Diamond publication for more than 20 years. To this day, Nies often uses the Club for dining and the fitness center. In his time at the MAC, he has enjoyed the all of the friends he and activities here, even as a boy in the Boy’s Group. His favorite memory, however, had to be the many New Year’s Eves he spent with his friends at the Club Downtown. “It was televised at midnight, and since I’m 6’4”, I’d stand in the middle of the dancefloor and stand above the participants and wave to WALLY SMITH, PRESIDENT DAN LETT, DON NIES, HIS my four little girls at home. DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTER, GOV. FOWLER AND And the next day, they’d LARRY ABSHEER say ‘We saw you! We saw you!’ We had a lot of fun doing that.” Nies went on to say being honored by the Club was “a special occasion. The Club is something that I’ve been a part of for more than 70 years so to be honored here today is quite a thrill.”

CLIFFORD KURRUS Member for 70 years When Cliff Kurrus joined the MAC, he was 20 years old, the summer before his senior year of college. Though college and the Korean War kept him away from the Club for a while, he came back in full force, four years later, joining the basketball team right away, where they would play on Tuesday nights and have dinner afterward where he met many friends. Soon after, he attended an MAC volleyball game and, before he knew it, he had joined that team as well. In his time on the volleyball team, they won several tournaments. He also played tennis out at the West Clubhouse. Time when on, and though he was working and raising children, he came to the Club as often as he could. Then, a group of the mostly-retired Club members decided to start a club of their own, which they called the Forever Young Club. Through the FYC, they were able to reconnect with old friends and meet new ones. “At a Christmas concert, the FYC president at the time twisted my arm and asked me to be the next president. I told him I had to ask my wife, and she didn’t say no, so I became the president.” They continued activity in the Club and would go to the fitness center and dining and he stayed on the Board of the Forever Young Club. Kurrus went on to say his only regret AIDAN, CLIFF AND PHILIP KURRUS POSE WITH CLIFF’S FATHER PRES. A.B. KURRUS was that he was never on the Board of Governors, but because he was active in the Army Reserve, an ordained Anglican deacon and taught in the military, he, unfortunately, could not do it all.

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