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an eight-year project as director/ coordinator for Westat Research in Bethesda, Md. Previously, he served as a development director for Maryland Business Roundtable for Education, raising more than $450,000 to implement studentmatriculation programs. He resides in Germantown, Md. Claude Perkins, PHD ’73, is the 12th president of Virginia Union University in Richmond, Va. Stephene Klein Schulman, BSED ’73, designs teddy bears, dolls and dragons, which can be viewed by visiting her Facebook page: Stephi’s Whimseys. She retired in 2008 after teaching for more than 34 years in Prince George’s County, Maryland. She and her husband, David, live in Annapolis, Md. Thomas Whitney, BS ’73, retired in July 2010 from Goodyear-Dunlop Tires. He resides in Grand Island, N.Y. Hugh Wyles, PHD ’73, retired after 36 years with the DuPont Co. serving as an analytical chemistry researcher, research manager and recruiting manager at various DuPont sites in New Jersey and Delaware. He and his wife, Linda Byers Wyles, MED ’72, reside in West Grove, Pa.
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Jacqueline Eyring Bixler, AB ’75, delivered the keynote address at Virginia Tech during the fall undergraduate commencement ceremony in December. She holds the rank of Alumni Distinguished Professor of Spanish at the university. She lives in Blacksburg, Va.
Mary Grace Daguano Conneely, BSJ ’75, is a principal law clerk to Sullivan County Court judge Michael McGuire. Previously, she was principal law clerk to several Supreme Court judges. She and her husband, Anthony, live in Grahamsville, N.Y. John Davis, BGS ’75, MAIA ’76, returned to the United States after 30 years in Asia, mainly Malaysia, Indonesia and China. He is director of O’BON International in Winchester, Va. Mark Hopkins, BSC ’75, is teaching in an elementary school. He resides in Dayton, Ohio. Brenda Griffith Musser, BSED ’75, MED ’81, retired from Portsmouth City Schools after 33 years of teaching special education. She resides in Portsmouth, Ohio. Duane Swanson, BSIT ’75, is a volunteer with BRIDGE Ministries of Acadiana, mentoring and teaching young adults a trade. He retired from Chevron USA Inc. in 2008 after 33 years. He and his wife, Anne Orme Swanson, BGS ’75, reside in Lafayette, La. Cheryl Apruzzese Thompson, BSJ ’75, teaches English as a second language to adult refugees in the Buffalo, N.Y., area.
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Jack Abrams, BSC ’76, was inducted into the Chicago/ Midwest chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ Silver Circle, which honors individuals who have devoted 25 or
more years to the television industry, and who have made significant contributions to their local television market. Jack is the producer of “Outdoor Wisconsin,” MPTV’s longestrunning local series. He resides in Whitefish Bay, Wis. Michael Brittain, AB ’76, is a litigation partner and chair of the insurance recovery group at Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP and has been appointed to serve as a member of the Ohio State Bar Association Insurance Coverage Board. He resides in Avon Lake, Ohio. Chris Martin, BSIT ’76, volunteers at The Pickering House, a 12-bed hospice facility that serves Fairfield, Hocking and Perry counties. He has served on the Fairfield County Common Pleas Court General Division bench since 2003 and was previously a Fairfield County Municipal Court judge. He and his wife, Starrlet Conrad-Martin, BSED ’76, reside in Lancaster, Ohio.
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Larry Gassan, BFA ’77, held the photo exhibition “100Mile Runners at the Finish Line” in Altadena, Calif., which featured portraits taken since 2004 of a unique sports subculture. He resides in Los Angeles. Thomas George, BGS ’77, is retired and living in Phoenix.
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John Micklos, BSJ ’78, published high-school level biographies of Muhammad Ali and Elvis Presley in 2010. He and his wife, Deborah, reside in Newark, Del.
79 Residents ‘flushed’ at showers “I can’t remember a year since I arrived at Ohio University (in 1966) that I haven’t heard complaints about the showers at Bryan,” [East Green Coordinator Ed Ekin] said. Students on all floors have adopted a system whereby the facility-user screams “Flush!” before flushing a toilet. Persons in the shower, however, often don’t hear the shouts, and sometimes the warning goes unnoticed. — The Post, 1976, reporting on Bryan Hall plumbing problems
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Denise Edwards Liddell, BFA ’79, completed a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction and a master’s in business from the University of Phoenix. She and her husband, Kenneth, own two businesses, Alarm Core and D.C. Edwards and Associates LLC. They reside in Macedonia, Ohio. Sandra Moon, BMUS ’79, is a soprano singer who has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Portland Opera and more. Her music, photos, way of contact and more can be found at sandramoonsoprano.com. She resides in Long Island City, N.Y.
Back to the Bricks: Reunion weekend, a fun time for all
The Ohio University Alumni Association hosted its annual Alumni College and Golden Weekend July 14–17. Alumni celebrating their golden and 40th anniversaries, returning Alumni College participants and “PURRR-ennial Bobcats” (graduates of the 1960s and prior) all made their way back to Athens in honor of the occasion. Events began Thursday with the first round of alumni classes, socials and dinner. Classes were offered each of the four days, covering a wide range of subjects and were taught by Ohio faculty members. This year’s group included noted economics professor Richard Vedder, Scott Titsworth from the School of Communication Studies and Steven Grimes, the physics department’s mainstay. Other events for the weekend included class photos, the “OH, I dO!” vow renewal ceremony, campus tours, an Ohio Valley Summer Theatre production of “Bye, Bye Birdie,” Golden Society inductions and keynote speaker Lauren Onkey from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Her visit was sponsored by the class of 1971. For additional information, please visit www.ohioalumni. org/alumni-college. Next year’s reunion will honor the classes of 1972 and 1962 — so plan ahead!
Timothy Neal, BSED ’79, received the National Athletic Trainers Association Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer award in June 2010. His son, Brooks, is the director of marketing for Ohio University Athletics. Timothy and his wife, Anne Clark Neal, AB ’79, reside in Liverpool, N.Y.
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Lisa Miller Parker, BGS ’80, and her husband, Calvin, were featured presenters at the National Association of Home Inspectors Conference in Nashville. Lisa writes “The Vent,” a column in the association’s magazine. The couple have been inspecting