COMMENCEMENT
The One Hundred Twenty Ninth Year
OTTERBEIN COLLEGE
SUNDAY, JUNE THIRTEENTH
NINETEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX
ELEVEN-THIRTY O'CLOCK
RI KE PHYSICAL EDUCATION-RECREATION
CENTER
Westerville, Ohio
THE COMMENCEMENT CONCERT
11 :00 A.M
Otterbein College Alumni B and Gary R. Tirey, B.M.E. , M . M.E. Assistant Professor of Music
William C. Moffit, B.S.M., M.M.E . Assistant Professor of Music
Marching Band Director University of Houston Directors
"Fanfare for the Common Man" Aaron Copland
"Broadway Show-Stoppers Overture"
March Medley Warren Barker
"From this Moment On" "Old Man River"
"Slaughter on 10th Ave."
"Fanfare and Celebration"
arr . William Moffit
arr. William Moffit, Jerry Neil Smith
THE COMMENCEMENT PROCESSION
The Colors
The Mace and Flambeau
The President of the College
The Commencement Speaker
The Honorary Degree Candidates
The Program Participants
The Trustees of the College
The Faculty of the College
The Class of Nineteen Hundred Seventy-Six
At the appearance of the colors, the audience will rise and stand until the flags have been placed and then be seated during the remainder of the procession .
THE COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM
Thomas J. Kerr, IV, B.S., Ph.D. President of the College Presiding
PROCESSIONAL
"Crown Imperial" Walton-Duthoit
Otterbein College Alumni Band
Gary R. Tirey, B.M.E., M.M.E.
Assistant Professor of Music Director
INVOCATION
David L. Deever, B.A., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Mathematics
RECOGNITION OF OTTERBEIN AS A BICENTENNIAL COLLEGE
The Honorable Alan E. Norris, B.A . , LLB. Representative, the 27th District of Ohio Chairman, Ohio Bicentennial Commission
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
"And May Yours Be 20/20" The Reverend Joseph Hughes Yeakel
A.B., M.Div., D.D. Bishop, Syracuse Area
The United Methodist Church
CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES
CONFERRING OF DEGREES IN COURSE
ANNOUNCEMENTS BENEDICTION
Thomas Hoover, B.A. Class of 1976
OTTERBEIN LOVE SONG
Marianne Grace Eldridge, B.Mus. Ed. Class of 1976
RECESSIONAL "Sine Nomine" R. Vaughn Williams
Otterbein College Alumni Brass Quartet
WILLIAM C. MOFFIT DOCTOR OF MUSIC
William Moffit was born in New Philadelphia, Ohio, earned a Bachelor of School Music Degree cum laude at Baldwin-Wallace University, a Master of Music Education at the University of Michigan, and taught ten years of public school music in Tipp City and Kenton, Ohio. Mr. Moffit then was appointed marching band director at Michigan State University. In his nine years at Michigan State he developed the "Patterns of Motion" field charting techniques, and the "Sound Power" music arranging techniques.
Mr. Moffit is now marching band director and Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Houston where he directs the famed Cougar Marching Band and Cougar Brass.
Mr. Moffit has recently been notified that his more than 150 published marching band arrangements have sold more than one-half million copies, a record in the music profession. He has written seven "Patterns of Motion" textbooks and produced several training films, charting materials, and records, as aids to band directors. Mr. Moffit travels throughout the nation giving clinics, judging, guest directing, and speaking on behalf of music education and marching bands
Mr. Moffit has a great interest in Otterbein College. He will hold his sixth annual marching band workshop on our campus this summer, has donated 88 musical arrangements to Otterbein, has been a member of Otterbein's President's Club for two years, has written a Bicentennial band show for the college, and has guest directed the Otterbein Band in four appearances.
Mr. Moffit is the foremost authority on marching bands in the nation today. Mr. Moffit is an inspiring music educator. He is the driving force behind many of the men and women who attend his workshop each year.
It is for his contribution to the music profession, the magnitude of his publishing for marching bands, and his interest in Otterbein specifically, that Otterbein College is proud to honor William C. Moffit with the degree of Doctor of Music.
BISHOP JOSEPH HUGHES YEAKEL DOCTOR OF LAWS
Bishop Joseph H. Yeakel has served in a wide range of responsibilities in his 27 years as a Christian minister. After pastoral assignment in Dayton, Ohio, Hagerstown, Maryland, York, Pennsylvania,
and Silver Springs, Maryland, he was elected to the Board of Evangelism of the Evangelical United Brethren Church as assistant secretary in 1963, becoming executive secretary in 1965. In 1968 he became general secretary of the Board of Evangelism of the United Methodist Church and in 1972, was elected to the Episcopacy and assigned to the Syracuse area.
A member of Who's Who in America for the past several years, recognition by his peers has been reflected by his service on numerous boards and agencies of the church. In the Susquehanna Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Church he was conference director of camping; president of the Board of Directors of Camp Penn; secretary of Christian Stewardship; and delegate to the General Conference. He was chairman of the General Church Program Council and has served on the General Boards of Christian Education, Missions and Publications; the Department of Stewardship; the Department of Communication; the Adult and Children's Council; the General Church Curriculum Committee; and the Youth Fellowship Committee. He has also served on numerous interboard and church union committees; the General Board of the National Council of Churches and the Division of Christian Life and Mission; the Commission on Structure for Mission of the Consultation for Church Union, the Board of Directors of CONTACT Teleministry, Inc.; Urban Young Adult Action, Inc.; trustee and chairman of the board of Scarritt College, Nashville, Tennessee; and trustee of Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.
He is a native of Pennsylvania having been born at Mahanoy City. His boyhood and youth were spent in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, where he received his elementary and secondary schooling. He served with the U. S. Navy (Seabees) on Guam, Mariana Islands, 1945-46. He was graduated from Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pennsylvania, and United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio. He was ordained by the Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Church on October 8, 1952. The honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred by Lebanon Valley College in 1968.
Bishop Yeakel is married to Lois Josephine Shank of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. They are the parents of five children, Claudia (Mrs. D. John McIntyre), Douglas, Joanna, Mary Jo, and Jody. So far three Yeakel children have matriculated at Otterbein College, Claudia '72, Douglas '74, and Joanna '76. All three have been consistent honor students and leaders in the College governance system.
For his outstanding service to the church, his heartfelt appreciation of the Otterbein educational environment and program, the recognition given to him by his colleagues in the ministry, his important role in the transitional years of union in the church, and his personal expression of the Christian life, Otterbein College is proud to present the degree of Doctor of Laws to Bishop Joseph H. Yeakel.
THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON
TO THE 1976 COLLEGE GRADUATES:
The freedom to pursu e knowled ge is one of the great blessings our Founding Fathers sought to bestow on the society they envisioned. You have been the beneficiaries of this great legacy. You have tasted the freedom to engage in the studies of your choice, to express your opinions and to pursue new opportunities for self-fulfillment.
As I congratulate you on the accomplishments reflected in your college degrees, a proud nation looks to you to help advance the continuing realization of the dream of our Founding Fathers and the aspirations of our society. We can reflect that two hundred years ago half of our population was less than twenty years of age. The author of our Declaration of Independence was thirty-three; and of its signers, sixteen were in their thirties and three were in their twenties. Young or old, our Founding Fathers cherished the concepts of indi vidual freedom and equality and were fiercely determined to direct their own destiny.
As the Bicentennial college graduating class, you are the embodiment of what America can achieve. You are both the strength and the hope of our nation. I send each of you my very best wishes for every success and personal satisfaction in your future lives.
BACHELOR OF ARTS
RANDY CARL ADAMS Willard Speech-Theatre
*ROBERT E. ADKINS Circleville History
BARBARA E. ALLEN .......... .. .. .... .. .............. . . Columbus Psychology
ERIC CALDWELL ANDERSON Leonia, N.J. Political Science
MATTHEW D. ARNOLD Xenia History
REBECCA KAY ASKINS ..... ... ...... ..... .... .... ...... Westerville Physical Education
BENJAMIN LOWELL ATWOOD New Albany English
BETSY LOU AUGSPURGER Dayton Individualiz ed Progr am - Physical Therapy
LOU ANN AUSTEN .. ....... ... ... ... . ...... . ...... ...... .. Shreve Political Science
LINDA ANN BAILEY .. ...... ..... ....... .. . . ... .... ...... Litchfield Health Education, Physical Education
DELORES J BARBER Columbus Psy cho lo gy, Sociology
*GREGORY ALLEN BEASLEY Cleveland Political Science
JACQUELINE DIANE BEAUDOIN Saint Antoine, France Life Scienc e
KAREN JO BENNETT Columbus Chemistr y
DARCI BIRMINGHAM Kettering Speech-Theatre
*ROBERT STEWART BOLES Columbus Theatre
THERESA NAU BRADDOCK Caldwell Art
DAVID THOMAS BROMLEY K etteri ng Business Administration
EDWARD E. BROOKOVER, II Millersport Political Science
DAVID MERLE BROWN Junction City History
*Graduated September 1, 1975 as of the Class of 1975
With Honors - A senior who has received an "A" in eighty per cent of all grades is graduated "With Honors". A senior graduating "With Honors" wears a cardinal fourragere
With Distinction - A senior who has satisfactorily completed an approved program of independent study and research, who has submitted a thesis, and has passe d written and oral examinations on the field studied, is graduated "With Distinction" . A senior graduating "With Distinction" wears a tan citation cord. A senior graduating "With Distinction" and "With Honors" wears a fourragere with tan and cardinal intertwined. A senior graduating " With Distinction" and with "Departmental Honors" wears a citation cord with tan and cardinal intertwined.
JOSEPH JAMISON BRUNK, With Honors ................ .. ... Mansfield History
ROBERT D. BUCHAN, With Honors Worthington Psychology
DAVID L. BUCKLE Lucasville Chemistry
JOHN MEAD CAIN, Ill Lansing, Ill. Theatre
STEVEN LEE CALHOUN Newcomerstown History
SCOTT EMERSON CAMPBELL Lima History
HOWARD RAYNOR CARLISLE .............................. Dayton Chemistry
*SALLY W. CARMICHAEL Columbus Sociology
E. JANE CARTER Cincinnati Sociology
CRAIG WILLIAMS CHARLESTON Byesville Economics
LEE ANNE CHRISTOPHER .......... . ....... . ......Orchard Park, N.Y. Psychology
ANNA MARIE CIAMPA South Fork, Pa. English
CONSTANCE LEE CLARK Dayton Psychology
ELAINE ANNE CLARKE Westerville Psychology, Sociology
SUSAN HELEN CLINE Mansfield Physical Education
E. BARRY COMBS Zanesville Business Administration
GARY D. CONDIT Westerville Business Ad ministration
BARBARA GAIL CONERY Ashland Chemistry, Life Science
JOYCE ELLEN CONOVER Springfield Business Administration
JAMES P. CRAMER Richwood Business Administration
KAY ANN CRIST Circleville English
GAIL ANN CROSBY Galion Psychology
*CAROLYN MARIE CROSSWHITE Worthington Sociology
GARY F. DALEY Oakville, Canada Physical Education
TIM DANIELL Columbus Psychology
RAY W. DANIELS Sandusky English
LINDA DIANE DAVIS Johnstown Business Administration
FREDERICK JAY DEBELL, Ill Lakewood Theatre
*KAREN LOU DECHERT Columbus Psychology
DOROTHY JANE DEITZ Columbus Theatre
*PATRICIA ANNE DEVEREAUX Pittsburgh, Pa. French
DEBORAH PARKE DEWEY ................................... Berea Psychology
DANIEL LEO DOHERTY McLean,Va. History
FREDERICK LOYE DONELSON Sherman, N.Y. Life Science
FRANKIE PHILOMENA DONISI Middletown Home Economics
STUART MICHAEL DOZIER Morrow Economics
THOMAS LOTHAR DREWENSKUS ......................... Columbus Mathematics
TERRENCE EDWARD ELDRIDGE Columbus Music
DAVID MARTIN ELLIOTT Norwood Psychology
CHARLES ROGER ERICKSON West Portal, N.J. Business Administration, Political Science
ANNE WANDRISCO ERNST ........................ Latrobe, Pa. Business Administration
RANDY CECIL EVANS ...................................Richwood Physical Education
ROBERT LEE EVANS Hamilton History
SUSAN LYNNE FAST Haviland Home Economics
*PAULE. GARFINKEL Sarasota, Fla. Political Science
ELSA CONCETTA GIAMMARCO Columbus Psychology, Spanish
JENNIFER LYNN GILSON Fremont Psychology, Sociology
*NANCY J. GORDON .....................................Granville Sociology
RONALD F. GORMAN Columbus Business Administration
MARTIN NEIL GREENHAM Naples, Fla. Business Administration
MARK ELLIS GRIFFITH ................................. Northfield Speech Communication
RODNEY EUGENE GRIFFITH Arlington Physical Education
PAMELA JEANNE GRUBBS Dayton French
HARLAND HANNA HALE Pemberville History
REBECCA LEE HALL Worthington Art
SUSAN M. HALL ........... ..................... ........ Mansfield Theatre
BARBARA ANNE HANNAHS Zanesville Home Economics
THOMAS A LAN HA RB RECHT Worthington Physical Education
JIMMIE LEE HARPER, JR . . ................... ... ........ . Columbus Life Science
VALERIE MARSHA HARTING Fairview Park Sociology
*SCOTT A. HARTMAN Canal Winchester History
ABRAHAM HATEM Columbus Physical Education
DAVID JOHN HERB RUCK Mogadore Business Administration, English
ANNE MARIE HILLER ............. .. ................... . Painesville Chemistry
DAVID SCOTT HILLER ... ............ .................... Painesville Psychology
DEBRA JEAN LEWIS HOECKH Columbus Mathematics
ARTHUR ANNETT HOLDEN Doylestown Speech Communication
JOAN LESLIE HOLLAND LaRue Home Economics
JANET RAE HOLLINGER Kansas Mathematics
KATHRYN LOUISE HOLMES ............... .. .. . ... Cream Ridge, N .J. Home Economics
THOMAS EUGENE HOOVER, With Honors Upper Sandusky History
BARBARA ANN HORNOCK New Alexandria, Pa. Life Science
THOMAS EDWARD HOWELL Newark Business Administration
JOHN ERIC HOYER Cincinnati Business Administration
STEVEN WAYNE JACKLIN ....... ... ..... .. ........... . ... Columbus Physical Education
KENNETH WAYNE JEWETT . .... ...... . .......... ........... Hilliard History
STEVEN KENT JOHNSON Westerville Life Science
DUDLEY WEST JORDAN, JR Blacklick Business Administration
DAWN MICHELLE KASOW ...................... ...... . Bethesda, Md. Health Education, Physical Education
DEBRA VICKY KASOW Bethesda, Md. Health Education, Physical Education
DEBORAH ANN KASUN IC New Madison Home Economics
LAURENA MICHELE KAUFMAN Columbus Psychology
BETH ANN KENDIG Canton Theatre
TIMOTHY MICHAEL KISH We sterville Physical Education
SUE ANN KOCKS , With Honors Whitehall Theatr e
GREGORY DOUGLAS LAFFERTY Columbus Physical Edu c ation
JOHN LESTER LANE Sunbury Spe ech Communication
BARBARA ANN LEHMAN Fairlawn , N.J. Home Economics
CHARLES D. LEHMAN, 11 W esterville Physical Education
JAMES NEAL LEWIS Sidney Business Administration
JONATHAN M . LEXA, With Honors ............ .... ....... Ch esterland Psychology
PATRICIA ANNE LUTZ Louisville Home Economics
MARYL. MACKE Westerville Mathematics
DENNISGALE MAHONEY .... ..... .... . .... ..
. .... Columbus Busi ness Administration
NEIL McLAREN MAIRS Toronto, Canada Physical Education
DIANNE RUTH SMITH MARTIN Westerville Home Economics
* MICHAEL DOUGLAS MASON Columbus Life Science
JOYCE JOLENE MAULER , With Honors, With Distinction Belpre Division o f Social Studies - Sociology Sociology
GEOFFREY L. MAYFIELD Cincinnati Speech Communication
LYDIA KAY MCALLISTER Waverly Psychology, Sociology
MICHAEL WAYNE MCCLEESE, With Honors Chillicothe Theatre
GARY ALLEN MCCOMB Columbus Physical Education
KIM ROGER MCCUALSKY Columbus Physical Education
PATRICK GEORGE MCEVOY Zanesville Business Administration, Economics
PATRICIA MCKEE Columbus Home Economics
THOMAS MCKELVEY
Columbus Psychology
DAVID LYNN MEAD , With Honors Bucyrus Business Administration
RUSSELL ALAN MEADE ..
Delawar e Business Administrat i on
MICHAEL PATRICK MIG LETS Worthington History
GLENNA LOUISE MILLER Amlin French , Psychology
RANDY ROBERT MILLER, With Honors Westerville Life Science
RICHARD H. Ml LLER, JR
Pi tts bu r gh , Pa Business Ad min i stration
SCOTT R. MILLER Co lu m bus Business Administration, Economi cs
ETHEL MARILYN MILNE , With Honors C he rry H i ll, N J Art, Spanish
CRAIG THOMAS MOON Mi ddl et own Physical Education
GIAN PAUL MORELLI C an t on Th ea tre
STEVEN PAUL MORRISON A sh ta bula Physical Education
TERRY WAYNE MORRISON . ..... ............. . .. . .. ... .. C irclevi ll e Busin ess Administration
STEVEN HARRISON MOTT Al exa ndri a Psychology
BETH LYNNE NELSON Fayette City, Pa. Theology
GERALD E NEPTUNE , JR Mo u nt Gile ad Political Scienc e
CRAIG OGLE Westerville Chemistry, Mathemati c s
KIM ALISON OGLE, With Honors Wester v i ll e Chem i str y, Lif e Scie n ce
ANN MARIE OHLINGER
.Pomeroy Life Sci e nc e
MARTY ROBERT OLIVER D ayt on Bus i ness Ad ministr ati o n
*FRANK GEORGE OTTERBINE Cli fto n , N. J Li fe Scienc e
WALKER HILLMAN OUTTEN , JR B i v alve, Md Mus i c
RICHARD ALAN PARKER
DONNA FELICE PATTON
Co l umbus Busin ess Administr ation
. W es t er ville Chemistry, Li fe Sci en ce
LIZETTE ANNE PAUL Mid dl etow n History
JOHN CHARLES PAYNE C h i lli coth e Life Scie nc e
ROBERT PETTIGREW, Ill
Co lu m bu s Th ea tre
ROBERT A. PHELPS C hag r in F alls Business Administr ation
ROBYN K. PRUETT
Lov ela n d Theatre
RUTH RAY R ay Sociology
SUE-ELLEN RUTH RAYMOND N as hu a, N H Life Sci enc e
SCOTT STUART REALL Hilli ar d Physical Education
JOHN STANLEY REECE A k ron Psychology
JAMES ALAN REEVES Columbu s Theology
JAMES WILLIAM REID Columbus Business Administration
ROGER EDSON RETHERFORD Westerville Life Science
STEVEN PAUL RICARD Fairborn Theology
PERRY SAMUEL RICHARDS Bexley History
JOHN C RI LEY Wauseon Individualized Program - Play Writing
CAROLYN SUE RISCH Delphos Art
BRENDA 5 . RISNER ............
. Wheelersburg Psychology
KEVIN JAMES ROACH Thornville Psychology
LEONARD LAWTON ROBINSON ..... . ... .............. . . Middletown Speech Communication
WILLIAM B. ROHRBAUGH .
Potomac, Md. Business Ad ministration
LYNN A LAN SALSER Johnstown Business Administration
JEFFREY W. SARVER Latrobe, Pa. Business Administration
CRAIG BYRON SAWYER Columbus Political Science
STEVEN DONALD SCHNARR Grove City Life Science
LYNN ALLISON LAFERTY SCULL Columbus History
RUSSELL LEROY SCULL Bronxville, N.Y. Theatre
*CATHERINE HENTHORN SHAW Youngstown Psychology
THOMAS J. SHEA
Circleville Speech Communication
LUANN MARIE SHUSTER, With Honors Alliance French
*VICKIE LYNN SILBERSTEIN Columbus Business Administration
THOMAS A. SIMMONS Akron Psychology
KERRY C. SMITH Columbus Business Administration
ROBERT ELLWOOD SMITH, JR Columbus Business Administration
JOAN MARIE SPETICH, With Honors Barberton Mathematics
TIMOTHY F. STARK Bradford, Pa. Physi cal Education
NANCY KATHLEEN STARKEY Columbus Religion , Sociology
CHERYLL YNN STERLE Columbus Business Administration, Theatre
LOIS JANE STEVENS Rome City, Ind. Psychology
BARBARA ANN STOOPS Pittsburgh, Pa. French
POLLY LYNN STOUT .. ... . . . . .. .. . . . ................... . Sandusky French
RICHARD KEITH STRAIT Pickerington Sociology
*DAVID ARDEN STUCKEY Findlay Art
DWIGHT DAVID STUCKEY Columbus Sociology
*CYNTHIA KLATTE STUMPH Bradford Woods, Pa. Psychology
DAVID CHARLES SUBICH Mansfield Chemistry, Life Science
JOSEPH THOMAS SUBICH Mansfield Speech Communication
MARY JANE SULCEBARGER Greenfield English
J. MICHAEL THOMAS Columbus Physics
MICHAEL L. THOMAS Columbus Political Science
PETER HAMMOND THOMPSON ............. .. ........ Saint Louis, Mo. Spanish
CATHERINE LUCILLE TRIPLETT Beverly English
DANIEL LAVON UNDERWOOD Antwerp Chemistry, Life Science
LINDA BECHTEL VANCE Amherst Home Economics
DEBORAH LEE VENABLE, With Honors ..................... Jefferson Chemistry, Life Science
CAROL ANN VENTRESCA Columbus Psychology, Sociology
SYBIL ANN WAGGAMON Alliance Life Science
BRENT JOSEPH WALKER, With Honors Westerville French
JAMES WALLACE Lakewood English
MARY ELIZABETH WATKINS Pittsburgh, Pa. Theatre
STANLEY BEECHER WEBB Waverly Business Administration
JAMES PATRICK SULLIVAN WEST Greensburg, Pa. Theatre
KEITH BRIAN WHEELER ................................. Cleveland Life Science
DEBORAH ANN WHETSEL West Jefferson Psychology, Sociology
MARY ANNE WHITE Columbus English, Philosophy
CONRAD ARTHUR WILLIAMS Akron Business Administrat i on
JOHN DAVID WOODLAND Reynoldsburg Theatre
MARK CONDRON YOUNG Chillicothe Psychology
PHYLLIS MARIE ZAJACK, With Honors West Seneca, N.Y. Business Administration, English
SALLY LYNN ZOECKLEIN ............. ... ................ Cincinnati Psychology
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION
MELISSA GAYLE ALLEN ...... .... .... . ............ Silver Spring, Md. Elementary Education
SHARON LYNN ANDERSON Columbus Elementary Education
PATRICIA ERDINE ANDREWS Findlay Elementary Education
MARY A. BOWLUS, With Honors Fredericktown Elementary Education
SHERRY MYS ER BUSH Marengo Elementary Education
LORNA JANINE CONLEY Westerville Elementary Education
REBECCA SEIBERT DECKARD Mansfield Elementary Education
JUDY SEBRIGHT FLIPPO Middletown Elementary Education
CARLA DENISE GEARY Columbus Elementary Education
TOHANNA LYNN HERTLEIN Whitehall Elementary Education
PRISCILLA ANN HUSTON - Huntington, W. Va. Elementary Education
VALERIE ANNE INGELS Cincinnati Elementary Education
DEBORAH JEAN INSCHO .. .. ......... .. ..................Painesville Elementary Education
SUE GRANGER JOHNSON Bainbridge Elementary Education
SANDRA A. LOOS Westwood, N.J Elementary Education
JULIE BETH MATHIAS ............ . ............ .. ..... . Phillipsburg Elementary Education
ALEXIS ANNE MILNE Cherry Hill, N.J Elementary Education
MARIAM STEWART PAYNE Newark Elementary Education
ELLEN TROUT REYNOLDS Westerville Elementary Education
JAN ELLEN RHODEHAMEL .... ...... .. ... ............. ...... Elyria Elementary Education
LESLIE JEAN RORABACK Kirkville, N Y Elementary Education
ROS ELLEN BETH SAYLOR .... ......... . ..... .•• .• .•••• Boswell, Pa. Elementary Education
REBECCA LOUISE SCHULTZ Reading, Pa. Elementary Education
MELINDA ANN SLACK ....•.... Dayton Elementary Education
CYNTHIA JANE SPRIGGS Ironton Elementary Education
SUSAN LYNN STREB, With Honors Dalton Elementary Education
JACQUELINE WHITROCK WARE Columbus Elementary Education
GWEN ELLEN WELLS Westerville Elementary Education
ELIZABETH RODGERS WHALEY Westerville Elementary Education
JOANNA IRENE YEAKEL, With Honors Syracuse, N.Y. Elementary Education
BACHELOR OF MUSIC EDUCATION
PAUL KEITH ARBUCKLE Reynoldsburg Music Education
MELODY LYNN YOUNG COLLINS . ...... . ......... .. ........ Newark Music Educati on
MARIANNE GRACE ELDRIDGE Lexington Music Education
SHARON ANN FROST Columbus Music Education
LAURENCE ALAN HARVEY .............................Streetsboro Music Education
JEFFREY CHARLES HOWLETT ................... West Henrietta, N.Y. Music Education
LISA ANNE KERN Delaware Music Education
JULIA SUE KINNEY .................. ... ............ Madison, Wisc. Music Education
GAY ANN LEACH ....................................... Oakwood Music Education
ANITA CAROLE SHERRY RATLIFF Orestes, Ind. Music Education
NANCY WHITE SAUER Grand Rapids, Mich. Music Education
STEVEN EUGENE SHEETS Carroll Music Education
DEPARTMENTAL HONORS
RANDY CARL ADAMS Speech-Theatre
LINDA ANN BAILEY Physical Education
MARY A. BOWLUS Elementary Education
JOSEPH JAMISON BRUNK History
ROBERT D. BUCHAN Psychology
TERRENCE EDWARD ELDRIDGE Music
ELSA CONCETTA GIAMMARCO Spanish
THOMAS EUGENE HOOVER ................................ History
VALERIE ANNE INGELS Elementary Education
DEBORAH JEAN INSCHO ....................... Elementary Education
SUE ANN KOCKS Theatre
BARBARA ANN LEHMAN Home Economics
JONATHAN M. LEXA Psychology
JOYCE JOLENE MAULER .....................•••••••
LYDIA KAY MCALLISTER ................
Sociolo gy
Psychology
DAVID LYNN MEAD Business Administration
MICHAEL PATRICK MIGLETS .
GLENNA LOUISE MILLER
RANDY ROBERT MILLER
ETHEL MARILYN MILNE
History
Psy c holo gy
Sc ie n ce
Art
KIM ALISON OGLE Chemistry and Life Scie n ce
WALKER HILLMAN OUTTEN, JR .............••••••••••••
DONNA FELICE PATTON ...............•.
SUE-ELLEN RUTH RAYMOND
Music
e Sc ience
fe Scie n ce
ELLEN TROUT REYNOLDS ...............• Elementary Education
REBECCA LOUISE SCHULTZ
LUANN MARIE SHUSTER
Elem entar y Education
French
SUSAN LYNN STREB . .......... .............•• Element ary Education
DANIEL LAVON UNDERWOOD
DEBORAH LEE VENABLE
SYBIL ANN WAGGAMON
BRENT JOSEPH WALKER
JAMES PATRICK SULLIVAN WEST
MARY ANNE WHITE
JOANNA IRENE YEAKEL .................
MARK CONDRON YOUNG
Li fe Science
Lif e Science
Li fe Sci ence
French
Th eatre
Ph ilosophy
El e mentary Ed u cation
Psy chology
PHYLLIS MARIE ZAJACK Business Admini stration
Departmental Honors - A senior who has received an "A" in ei g hty- five per cent of all major subject field grades is graduated "With Dep artm ental Hono rs".
A senior graduating "With Departmental Honors" wears a cardinal c itation cord.
CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSION IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE RESERVE
Kenneth Wayne Jew ett, Distinguished Graduate
Gerald E. Neptune, Jr.
Hill iard
Mount Gilead
1976 HONORS AND PRIZES
Alpha Lambda Delta Senior Certificates
Linda Ann Bailey Litchfield
Mary Ann Bowlus
Fred ericktown
eresa Marie Braddock Caldwell
Anna Marie Clampa So. Fork Pa
Marianne Eldridge Lexington
Ju lia Sue Kinney
Madison , Wisc
Joyce Jolene Mauler Be Ipre
Glenna Louise Mill
er
Ethel Marilyn Milne
Donna Felice Patton Kim Alison Ogle
LuAnn Marie Shuster
Susan Lynn Streb
Deborah Lee Venable
Carol Ann Ventrescae
SybilAnn Waggamon
Mary Ann White
Joanna Irene Yeakel
Phyllis Marie Zajack
Amlin
Cherry Hill, N.J.
Senior Maria Leonard Book Award
Joyce Jolene Mauler , ' 76 ....
Paula Peters A ward
Anne Michelle Vittur, '77
Belpre
Waldo
ARCHAGHIA CIRCLE - SENIOR MEN'S HONORARY
CLASS OF '77
Joseph Antram
James Brush
James Dooley
Thomas Hoover
Jeffrey Hunt
Daniel Hawk, Jr.
Christopher Kaiser
David Lance
David Mead
Walker Outten
Leonard Robinson
CLASS OF '76
Randy Adams
Matthew Arnold
Edward Brookover, 11
Joseph Brunk
Robert Buchan
Terrence Eldridge
Charles Erickson
Steven Ricard
Daniel Underwood
James West
ARETE HONOR SOCIETY
CLASS OF '77
Deborah Banwart
Melissa Barr
Patricia Call
Jean Farkas
Cynthia Horie
Pamela Pifer
Laurie Rice
Robin Sando
Brenda Simmons
Anne Vittur
Sandra Walrafen
Sarah Weinrich
Leslie Young
CLASS OF '76
Linda Bailey
Marianne Eldridge
Elsa Giammarco
Valerie Ingles
Sue Ann Kocks
Joyce Mauler
Donna Patton
Deborah Venable
Sybil Waggaman
Mary Anne White
Joanna Yeakel
INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS AWARDS
Harry Ewing Memorial Athletic Award
Thomas Alan Harbrecht, '76 Worthington
Royal F. Martin Memorial Athletic Award
Roger Edson Retherford , '76 Westerville
Robert " Deke" Edler Memorial Awards
David Thomas Broml ey , ' 76 •. .• .•• Ke tt e rin g
Terry Wayn e Morrison , ' 76 C irclevill e
Augsburger-Ballenger Outstanding Athlete Award
Kim Roge r McCu a lsk y, ' 76
Norris-Elliott Scholastic Athletic Award
Robert Da na Buchan , ' 76
PRIZES IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Charles R. Bennett Prize
David Lynn Mea d , '76 . .....
HONORS AND PRIZES IN CHEMISTRY
Weinland-Esselstyn-Michael-Crane Award
David All e n Horner, ' 77 ....
Columbus
. Columbu s
.. Bu cyr u s
Wes t e r ville
COLUMBUS SECTION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Outstanding Chemistry Senior
Kim Ali s on O g le, ' 76 We st ervi ll e
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTS
Outstanding Chemistry Senior
Kim Alison Ogl e, ' 76 Weste r vi ll e
CORPORATE ASSOCIATES OF AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Award for Servic e to Chemistry as an Undergraduate
Ho w ard R. Ca rlisl e, ' 76 ...
HANDBOOK OF CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS AWARD
D ayto n
Outstanding Freshman Chemistry Student
Willi a m John Fl y nn , ' 79 G ree n field
Sigma Zetan of the Year
Kim Alison O g le, ' 76 . Wester v i ll e
HONORS AND PRIZES IN EDUCATION
Dick Family Memorial Prize Excellence in Student Teaching
Dav id Le wis Bu ck le , ' 76 Lu cas vill e Fr e derick Lo ye Don e lson , ' 76
. Sh e rman , N.Y
HONOR AND PRIZES IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Nancy Hamilton Merit Award
Bonita Lyn Homan , ' 77 Columbian a
PRIZES IN HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
Class of 1904, Prize in Government and Political Science
Harl a nd Hann a Ha le, ' 76 Pe mb e rvill e
Pierre Frederic and Louise Marguerite Rosselot Scholarship
Jeanne McD e rmid Br own , ' 77
Lynn W. Turner Prize in History
.. We s te rvill e
Joseph Jamison Brun k, '76 Ma ns fie ld
HONORS AND PRIZES IN HOME ECONOMICS
Home Economics Phoenix Award
Patricia Lynn Call, '77 Batavia, N.Y.
Ann Manette Stallings, '77 Croton
LITERARY PRIZES
Quiz and Quill Prizes
Prose
Honorable Mention - James Edward Dooley, '77 Columbus
Honorable Mention - Bradley Begin Manier, '79 Celina
General Poetry Contest
First Award - Christopher Wilson Nicely, '76 Kenton
Third Award - Lisa Marie Durham, '79 Edina , Minn.
Fourth Award - Mary Anne White, '76 Columbus
Honorable Mention - Debra Lynn Shaw, '79 Columbus
Honorable Mention - Sandra Ann Gold, '79 Gahanna
Humorous Writing Contest
Second Award - Mary Anne White, '76 Columbus
Third Award - Nora Ann Minor, '78 . .... . .. .. ........ .. .... Johnstown
Honorable Mention - Ethel Marilyn Milne, '76
Cherry Hill, N.J.
Honorable Mention - Reagan Elise Whitmyer, '78 ... ... . ... .. . .. Columbus
Roy Burkhart Religious Poetry Contest
First Award - Christopher W ii son Nicely, ' 76 Kenton
Second Award - Reagan Elise Whitmyer, '78 Columbus
Honorable Mention - Felipe Martine z , '78
Short Story Contest
New York, N.Y.
Second Award - Sarah Jane Weinrich, '77 Waverly
Third Award - Benjamin Lowell Atwood, '75 New Albany
Honorable Mention - James Edward Dooley, '77 ............ . ... Columbus
Weinland Writing and Selling Contest
First Award - Mary Anne White, '76 Columbus
HONORS AND PRIZES IN MATHEMATICS
The Dr. James H. Weaver Mathematics Award
Joan Marie Spetich, '76 Barberton
SCHOLASTIC-LEADERSHIP
James V. Miller Award
Joanna Irene Yeakel, '76 Syracuse, N.Y.
Joseph Jamison Brunk, '76 Mansfield
HONORS AND PRIZES IN MUSIC
Presser Foundation
Joseph Milton Antram, '77 Lewistown
Susan Kay Henthorn, '78 Boardman
Kent Alan Eastham, '78 ......... . .. . .................... New Albany
Marianne Watkins, '78 Sidney
Sylvia Warren Turner Scholarship
Cathleen Marie Stettner, '77
Melissa Lou Frazier, '78
Thomas Michael Mcleish, ' 78
Arbogast Music Prize
Terrence Edward Eldridge, ' 76
Julia Sue Kinney, '76 .
Graybill-Shackson Award
Anita Sherry Ratliff, '76
Lawrence S. Frank Memorial
Columbus
Columbus
Newark
Columbus
Madison, Wisc.
Or e stes, Ind.
Timothy Paul Bach, '78 Pittsburgh , Pa
Frances Harris Music Scholarship
Linda Kay Jones ..................
Lawrence Keister New Testament Greek Award La Ru e
HONORS AND PRIZES IN RELIGION
First Award - Chester William Cady, '77 Worthin g ton
Second Award - David Harold Bridgman, ' 78 Ke tt e rin g
American Bible Society Award
Joseph Jamison Brunk, '76 Mansfie ld
Steven Paul Ricard, '76 Fairborn
Joyce Jolene Mauler, '76 B e lpr e
Kim Eli z abeth Christy, '77 Columbu s
HONORS AND PRIZES IN SPEECH AND THEATRE
James 0. Cox Debate Prizes
Rebecca Louise Coleman, '78 Ca nton
Joseph Lee Hobson, ' 79 Streetsboro
Mark Edward Snider, ' 77
Richard Kent Wright, ' 79
Carl C. Byers Public Speaking Prize
Etna
Worthin g ton
Geoffrey Lynn Mayfield, ' 76 Cin c innati Dr. Howard Hyde Russell Prizes in Oratory Oral Interpretation
First Award - Leslie Jane Young, '77
Columbus
Second Award - Steven Michael Black, '77 Columbus
Third Award - Karen Ann Freeman, '79 Ke tterin g Persuasion
First Award - Steven Michael Black, '77
Second Award - Christine Ann Kapostasy, '78
WOBN Alumni Station Manager's Award
Columbus
Fairport Harbor
Leonard L. Robinson, '76 Middletown
Robert Spencer Memorial Award for Excellence in Broadcasting
John Lester Lane, '76 Sunbury
Redding Speech-Theatre Prize
Steven Michael Black, '77
Gressman-Schultz Drama Award
Columbu s
Gian Paul Morelli, '76 Ca nton
George Bechtolt Memorial Award
Charles James St. Clair , '77
Eugene Reynolds Speech and Theatre Prize
Pamela Ann e Burns, '78
Sprin gfie ld
Pho e ni x C itv, A la
Bradley James Haynes, '79 Fresno
TORCH AND KEY
James Jonathan Brush, '77
Painesville
Joanna Irene Yeakel, '76
Syracuse, N.Y.
OTTERBEIN COLLEGE
1847 - 1976
As the oldest institution of higher education in Franklin County, it is appropriate that Otterbein College be recognized as an official Bicentennial College during the morning's commencement ceremonies. From the beginning Otterbein University was co-educational and coracial. The first two graduates in 1857 - Miss Jennie Miller and Miss Kate Winter (later the wife of Benjamin R. Hanby, '58) - were women, receiving M.A. degrees (Mistress of Arts).
Celebrating the nation's Bicentennial Year, Otterbein sponsored a Festival of American Music last fall. The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra performed an all-American program, noted American composer Virgil Thomson participated in a festival of his works, and William Moffit arranged a special Bicentennial Show for the Otterbein Marching Band to present at homecoming. In addition, John R. Howe, '57, lectured on the meaning of the Revolution, the College's Centennial history was reprinted (copies may still be secured from the Alumni Office} and the Learning Resource Center is now cooperating on an audio-visual project for elementary students about the nation's beginnings. Otterbein appreciates the generosity of the George Gund and Clements Foundations and the cooperation of the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Commission in helping to make these Bicentennial activities possible.
As the country enters its third century, Otterbein looks with pride to the past and toward the future with confidence.
OTTERBEIN LOVE SONG
In a quiet peaceful village, there is one we love so true, She ever gives a welcome to her friends both old and new. She stands serene 'mid tree tops green, She's our dear Otterbein.
(Chorus)
Old Otterbein our college , we sing of thee today; Our memories round thee linger , in a sweet and mystic way . 0 Otterbein, we love thee, our hearts are only thine, We pledge anew, we will be true, dear Otterbein.