Classnotes
compiled by Becky Hill May ’78 Gifts listed in Classnotes are $50,000+. Isabel Howe Ziegler ’40 was given a special recognition at the annual banquet of the Española, NM, Chamber of Commerce in February 2015. She was recognized as the longest-living past president and the first female president of the chamber and received a standing ovation. She served as president of the chamber in 1979.
Giving Note
Robert Arn ’48 received the Congressional Gold Medal on March 10, 2015, at the Ohio Statehouse for his volunteer service in the Civil Air Patrol during World War II. He flew 179
coastal patrol missions including submarine patrol flights from September 1942‑June 1943. Vernon Pack ’50 presented his travel program, A Trip Through Northwest Ohio, at the Westerville Public Library in November. Bob Arledge ’55 won a gold medal in his age group for pole vaulting in the Senior Olympic Games, USA Track and Field Masters. He has been the Ohio Senior Olympic Champion in his age group for the past eight years.
Otterbein board of trustee member David Fisher ’75 committed a generous gift to the John W. Fisher Memorial Senior Writers Award, to increase the endowment and award amount. We are grateful for David’s commitment to putting Otterbein’s students first, and his service to the University.
Kay Hedding Mitchell ’68 hosted the 46th reunion of the “OC Gals and Pals.” This group of friends from the class of 1968 met during their freshman year in 1964 in Clements Hall and have continued to stay in touch through the years. Pictured in the reunion photo, front row: Sonja Goad Tweedle and Kay; middle row: Jan Coe Noah, Diane Haverkamp McDowell and Terra Baker McCanney; back row: Sharon Anthony, Sandy Hartsook Turner and Linda Keim Huseman. The smaller photo is from their graduation.
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Alice Heft Hoover ’61, historical dramatist, portrayed Mary Compton in the lecture, Mary Compton’s Memories at Roscoe Village, Coshocton, OH, in March. She portrays Compton as an 1800s Roscoe Village resident, sharing what everyday life was like in the area during the golden age of the Ohio Erie Canal. Connie Hellwarth Leonard ’63 represented Otterbein at the inauguration of Thomas Kruczek of Notre Dame College, Euclid, OH, in November 2014. Lance Lord ’68 has joined the board of directors at GenCorp Inc., a manufacturer of aerospace and defense systems. 1970
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reunion year Homecoming 2015
Rebecca Grimes ’75 of WHIO‑TV and Cox Media Group Ohio was awarded “Best Producer” by the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists for her work producing a prime time special, Miami Valley Murder Mysteries. The program profiled four unsolved homicides recently reopened by cold case detectives. She is currently the manager of special projects at Cox Media Group Ohio in Dayton. Stephen Jones ’75 was named a 2015 Ohio Super Lawyer in the field of business litigation. This is the second year in a row he received this honor.
reunion year Homecoming 2015
Cheryn Alten Houston ‘73 hosted the annual reunion of the class of 1973 music majors in November 2014, at her home in Dublin, OH. Vicky Sinclair Capper, Bob Day, Debbie Sahr Munsch, Daniel Clark, Cheryn, David Leist and Helen Herbst.