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1940s Helen Kane McGoff ’47 of Cincinnati enjoys painting portraits, especially of her grandchildren, using watercolors.
1960s Betsy Bass O’Kresik ’62 of Dayton, Ohio, is the ministry coordinator for Child Evangelism Fellowship of Ohio, Miami Valley Chapter. Child Evangelism Fellowship is one of the largest children’s ministries in the world. Susan Schneider Donofrio ’69 of Dublin, Ohio, has been appointed to chair the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) Family Law Committee. She is currently the training coordinator and a domestic group attorney for the Legal Aid Society of Columbus. Susan also serves as a family relations specialist and member of the Columbus Bar Association’s Family Law Committee and American Bar Association’s (ABA) Family Law Section, as well as past chair of the ABA’s Domestic Violence Committee. She is a member of the Franklin County Domestic Court E-Filing and Case Management Task Force and is a frequent continuing legal education presenter.
1970s Anne Gassmann Rosenfeld ’71 of Oro Valley, Ariz., received the Anna M. Shannon Mentorship Award from the Western Institute of Nursing. The award recognizes outstanding mentors who demonstrate selfless efforts to support and promote the professional growth of other nurses in the West. Anne is a professor and director of the Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing program at the University of Arizona College of Nursing.
Janet Louise Boehler ’78 of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, retired from the Moreland Hills Police Department. She spent 31 years as a sergeant and liaison between the police department and Orange School District. Some of the programs she initiated include “Safety Town,” a program that provides important lessons about fire, traffic and drugs to incoming kindergarten students; “Don’t Laugh at Me,” which teaches young people about bullying, building self-esteem and character; and the Juvenile Diversion Program, where first-time offenders can avoid having a juvenile record by successfully completing a program that calls for community service, a strict curfew and other types of sanctions. Connie Langguth Fields ’78 of Franklin, Ohio, received the United Way Warren County Volunteer of the Year Award. She was nominated by Abilities First, the nonprofit organization where she and her therapy dog, Cameron, volunteer in the preschool Autism Learning Center. Cameron is a certified therapy dog through the organization Therapy Dogs International. They provide emotional support to the children while they are working with an occupational therapist. Lefern Johnson-Turner ’79 of Griffin, Ga., spent November and December 2014 traveling through Tibet, Nepal, visiting schools and religious sites and learning about the cultures.
1980s Lorrie Monnin Croswell ’84 of Gahanna, Ohio, received the DAISY Award from the Ohio State University East Hospital. The DAISY Award is a nationwide program that rewards and celebrates extraordinary clinical skill and compassionate care given by nurses. Constance Vogel ’85 of Cincinnati announced the arrival of her second grandson, Joel Damaris, in July.
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Sharon Ogletree Thompson ’86 of Cincinnati received her CNOR certification in June 2015. This certification for professional achievement in peri-operative nursing practice signifies the commitment to safe patient care and lifelong learning. She is currently a peri-operative nurse at The Christ Hospital Health Network Surgery Center. Beth Murray, Ph.D., ’86 of Cincinnati has received the 2015-2016 McMicken College Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Cincinnati. The Distinguished Alumni Award is presented to graduates of the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences who have made significant contributions to their field of study that benefit the community, state, nation, college or university. She is a professor of biology at Mount St. Joseph University and one of only 75 board-certified forensic anthropologists in North America. TimesReporter.com profiled Charlene Quillin Holloway ’87 of Bowerston, Ohio, to showcase her 42 years of teaching. Sharon Elizabeth Sparks ’88 has worked at the English Montessori School in Madrid, Spain, since 1994 as an English teacher for secondary students. Before that, she worked for eight years as a high school Spanish teacher in Cincinnati.
1990s Karen McFarland Menchen ’92 of Cincinnati announced the arrival of granddaughter Abigail Marie Menchen, born in April 2015. Abigail has an older sister, Samantha Rose. Jill P. Meyer ’93 of Cincinnati is the president and CEO of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber. She is also the Member-in-Charge of Frost Brown Todd’s Cincinnati office—the largest of its 10 nationwide offices—where she leads the firm’s business development, civic and charitable initiatives and client relations.