2007 Spring Edition by The University of Toledo Alumni Association

Toledo The University of

Spring 2007

ALUMNI MAGAZINE

UNIVERSITY HALL

UT Medical CenteR

Gillham Hall

International House

CENTER FOR the Visual Arts

Scott Park Campus

Raymon H. Mulford Library

Lake Erie Center

SAVAGE HALL

A Day in the Life dawn to dusk at UT

contents

fore words

ost of us, having been students and/or supporters of our University, would say we have a good handle on what happens around all our campuses. But this issue’s cover story will give you a whole new look at what goes into a typical 9-to-5, and beyond, at UT. It’s not every day, for example, that most of us get a front-row seat at an organ transplant or watch someone pouring molten metal. As eye-opening as the story may be, it underlies another great reality about UT: the quality alumni who graduate every year. When you read the several features about the exciting ways alumni have taken their UT degrees into the world, remember that for every story that appears in print, there are thousands more yet to be told. To help the Alumni Association maintain the level of support our high-quality alumni deserve, think about becoming a member or participating in your local chapters. If a chapter doesn’t yet exist, you might be the right person to start one — our Alumni Office staff is always ready to help you begin. As we travel the country for chapter events, we hear over and over again how great it is for alumni to be able to connect with each other via chapters. And our editor, Cynthia Nowak, asked me to remind everyone about the Toledo Alumni Magazine online survey at assessment. utoledo.edu/cgi-bin/qweb.exe?4MUHX3V.It’s easier than writing a letter, and you can enter a drawing for UT merchandise. Plus, I’ll remind all alumni about the services available at the Alumni Association Web page, where you can join up, make event reservations and stay in touch with other alumni. It’s at toledoalumni.org. One more thing — if you’re anywhere near UT the last weekend in July, make it a priority to attend Art on the Mall on Main Campus’ Centennial Mall. If you’re looking for energy and color, this event is for you, with an evening preview party on Saturday and then the free art fair on Sunday. It’s a great way to celebrate the summer. As always, go Rockets !

Dan Saevig Associate Vice President, UT Alumni Association

THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES

EXECUTIVE EDITOR

PRESIDENT

Vicki Kroll ’88

Barbara Berebitsky ’91

Cynthia Nowak ’78, ’80

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Paul Helgren Jon Strunk ’04

SECOND VICE PRESIDENT

DESIGNER

Jon R. Dvorak MD ’80, ’83

Meredith Thiede

SECRETARY

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Walter “Chip” Carstensen ’72, ’74

TREASURER

Constance D. Zouhary ’81

PAST PRESIDENT

Birdel F. Jackson ’68

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dan Saevig ’84, ’89

ONE-YEAR TRUSTEES

Bea Daniels* ’91, ’01 David D. Dobrzykowski ’95, ’99 Gary J. Corrigan PhD ’70, ’77 Dana Fitzsimmons** ’76 Pete R. Casey ’67, ’73 Donald L. Warner ’74, ’76

TWO-YEAR TRUSTEES

Nuore Alo** ’01 Janet Eppard ’83 Patrick J. Flynn ’93, ’98 Robin Oberle* ’97 Renee Ott MSN* ’00 George E. Robinson II ’02 Dan Silvers* ’02 Elizabeth “Betsy” Steinhauer OTR/L* ’97 Mark A. Urrutia ’88 Robin Whitney ’86*

THREE-YEAR TRUSTEES

Craig G. Burkhart MD ’83 Stephen Bazeley MD ’74 Randall King MD ’81 Jay Pearson ’91 Janet Schroeder ’89 Paul L. Toth Jr. ’88, ’01

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE

Adam Scharf (appointed by Student Alumni Association) *Appointed by the affiliate committee ** Chapter representative

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

James W. White Jr. ’76, ’79

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT

SPRING 2007 | Volume 54, Number 3

Jack Meade Daniel Miller ’99

Toledo Alumni is published three times a year in Fall, Winter and Spring by The University of Toledo Office of Alumni Relations and the Office of University Communications.

VICE PRESIDENT, ENROLLMENT, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS/ PUBLISHER Lawrence J. Burns

ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT/ PUBLISHER Dan Saevig ’84, ’89

cover story Not just another day

DIRECTOR, ALUMNI PROGRAMMING Eric Slough ’95

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Ansley Abrams ’92

OUTREACH COORDINATOR Brian Weinblatt ’02, ’04

RECENT AWARDS American Inhouse Design Award: Spring 2006 issue SEND CHANGE OF ADDRESS INFORMATION TO:

Toledo Alumni, Office of Alumni Relations, Driscoll Alumni Center, Mail Stop 301

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The University of Toledo Toledo, OH 43606-3395

Telephone 419.530.ALUM (2586) or 800.235.6766 Fax 419.530.4994 The University of Toledo is committed to a policy of equal opportunity in education, employment, memberships and contracts, and no differentiation will be made based on race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status or the presence of a disability. The University will take affirmative action as required by federal or state law.

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features Hollywood honcho For the kids Life and dance matters Crikey! Wotta pie!

Vision quest

other

on the cover:

It’s about time! And place. And people.

traditional & un research class notes book reviews

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contents

fore words

Dan Saevig Associate Vice President, UT Alumni Association

THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES

EXECUTIVE EDITOR

PRESIDENT

Vicki Kroll ’88

Barbara Berebitsky ’91

Cynthia Nowak ’78, ’80

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Paul Helgren Jon Strunk ’04

SECOND VICE PRESIDENT

DESIGNER

Jon R. Dvorak MD ’80, ’83

Meredith Thiede

SECRETARY

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Walter “Chip” Carstensen ’72, ’74

TREASURER

Constance D. Zouhary ’81

PAST PRESIDENT

Birdel F. Jackson ’68

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dan Saevig ’84, ’89

ONE-YEAR TRUSTEES

Bea Daniels* ’91, ’01 David D. Dobrzykowski ’95, ’99 Gary J. Corrigan PhD ’70, ’77 Dana Fitzsimmons** ’76 Pete R. Casey ’67, ’73 Donald L. Warner ’74, ’76

TWO-YEAR TRUSTEES

THREE-YEAR TRUSTEES

Craig G. Burkhart MD ’83 Stephen Bazeley MD ’74 Randall King MD ’81 Jay Pearson ’91 Janet Schroeder ’89 Paul L. Toth Jr. ’88, ’01

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE

Adam Scharf (appointed by Student Alumni Association) *Appointed by the affiliate committee ** Chapter representative

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

James W. White Jr. ’76, ’79

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT

SPRING 2007 | Volume 54, Number 3

Jack Meade Daniel Miller ’99

Toledo Alumni is published three times a year in Fall, Winter and Spring by The University of Toledo Office of Alumni Relations and the Office of University Communications.

VICE PRESIDENT, ENROLLMENT, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS/ PUBLISHER Lawrence J. Burns

ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT/ PUBLISHER Dan Saevig ’84, ’89

cover story Not just another day

DIRECTOR, ALUMNI PROGRAMMING Eric Slough ’95

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Ansley Abrams ’92

OUTREACH COORDINATOR Brian Weinblatt ’02, ’04

RECENT AWARDS American Inhouse Design Award: Spring 2006 issue SEND CHANGE OF ADDRESS INFORMATION TO:

Toledo Alumni, Office of Alumni Relations, Driscoll Alumni Center, Mail Stop 301

20 12 16 38 41

The University of Toledo Toledo, OH 43606-3395

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features Hollywood honcho For the kids Life and dance matters Crikey! Wotta pie!

Vision quest

other

on the cover:

It’s about time! And place. And people.

traditional & un research class notes book reviews

RECYCLED PAPER

Toledo: traditional & un

Falcon invasion at UT?

One of UT’s feathered fans

Esprit de core labs

heir haunting cries echo in University Hall’s courtyards, where sometimes a small pile of pigeon feathers marks their meal. Ornithologists rejoice — a pair of peregrines are living at UT, making them the only falcons for whom a welcome mat has been unrolled (unlike the reception traditionally reserved for the Bowling Green variety). Placed on the federal endangered species list in 1970, the American peregrine falcon has been successfully introduced into many eastern U.S. states, but Ohio’s first nesting pair wasn’t identified until 1988 at a downtown Toledo site. Since the birds in the wild prefer high, rocky ledges to build their nests, tall buildings make an ideal urban habitation for them; until now, the Commodore Perry Hotel had been the only documented peregrine nesting site in Toledo. Statewide, 23 breeding pairs are recorded. The species’ rebound has made it one of the conservation movement’s success stories and it was removed from the endangered species list in 1999. At May press time, UT’s falcons successfully hatched three eggs in a nesting box installed in University Hall Tower courtesy of the Ohio Division of Wildlife, which sent representatives to verify the birds as a mated pair; a leg band on the male identified him as a 2004 hatchling from a nest in Lima. Migrating peregrines often end up nesting long distances from where they hatched, and UT’s pair may have to contend with the Commodore Perryites. “Their territories may overlap,” says Scott Butterworth, wildlife management supervisor. “The spring nesting season could see some real battles.” In that case, it may be permissible to root for our side by saying the unthinkable: Go, UT falcons!

harpened by their new facilities in the Block

Health

Science

Building, UT’s

genomics and proteomics core laboratories, created in 2001, continue to define the leading edge of science. Here, David Weaver DDS, PhD, director of the Genomics Core Laboratory — one of the two labs housed on the Health Science Campus — displays the facility where researchers using microarray technology can assess 30,000 genes at one time, tracking parallel molecular reactions to detect specific genes or measure gene expression. In this way, for instance, the gene expression profile of cancer cells can be compared to that of normal cells. The adjacent core lab is devoted to proteomics, a rapidly emerging set of technologies used to identify proteins and map their interactions in a cellular context. Proteomics has attracted increased attention in recent years, with interest fueled by the completion of multiple genome projects and biologists’ need to rapidly and comprehensively evaluate complex samples of proteins on a global level. The two labs are equipped with the laser scanners, mass spectrometers and other high-end technology necessary for today’s research; two more core labs on the campus are devoted to image analysis and flow cytometry. The four labs are available for all UT researchers; additionally, grant-funded researchers outside UT are utilizing the facilities.

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Toledo: traditional & un

Falcon invasion at UT?

One of UT’s feathered fans

Esprit de core labs

harpened by their new facilities in the Block

Health

Science

Building, UT’s

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Fast track to China

Student loans? Consolidate!

usinesses wanting to grow where the action is can’t help noticing China. With its 1.3 billion consumers, low production costs and enthusiasm for capitalism, China is often hailed as the next economic superpower. Last fall, 13 UT students in the Executive MBA Program (EMBA), along with faculty, boarded a plane to see the story firsthand. On the itinerary: Hangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing. An international experience is traditionally part of the EMBA degree, but for the program’s 10th anniversary, the College of Business Administration planned something special. Don Beeman, director of the International Business Institute and professor of global business strategy, has led six international trips. “All the trips provide hands-on exposure to international business, but China has changed so much,” he says. “There are 21 million people in Shanghai and the number of skyscrapers makes New York City look like a small town.” Among the students making the trip was Betsy Steinhauer (HS ’96, EMBA ’06), occupational therapist for ProMedica Health System. “The program really prepared us for what we’d see and hear, so we weren’t too surprised,” she says. “Some students were already experienced business travelers and some, like me, were novices.” Prior to the trip, the students identified the businesses and industries they hoped to visit and the college worked on arrangements. “Some of the places we visited were a pharmaceutical company, Lenovo, which makes personal computers, and Audio-Technica, which manufactures high-end audio equipment,” she says. “And the U.S. Foreign Service Office, to learn how to start a business in China.” As the group met with leaders in Chinese business, finance and government, Steinhauer (whose trip blog can be viewed at web.mac.com/esteinhauer)

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Student loan consolidation is still available from the UT Alumni Association/Nelnet team. Qualifying borrowers who choose to consolidate can lock in a very low rate for the entire life of the loan and take a healthy bite out of monthly payments. Nelnet, a national leader in educational finance, brings more than two decades of experience in funding education. For more information on

student

loan

consolidation,

call

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Hard hats across the water

learned that China’s future is neither simple nor entirely rosy: “Right now, China’s very much an imitator rather than an innovator, but that will change. They’re in their Industrial Revolution as far as the way employees are treated, the wages they make and other issues like industrial pollution.” Beeman notes, “The business executives laid it on the line for our students, giving them straight information, nothing superficial.” John R. “Bob” Cryan PhD, director of the Office of Global Initiatives, says, “China is the future of our economy and our future business leaders must experience it now or be left behind while others take their place.”

Steinhauer might already be making plans that include China: “I’d love to go back. As their economy grows, their health care will improve and they’ll need more therapists. I’d like to use my background as a therapist to work with health care there.” She adds, “Visiting a country opens your eyes in a way that reading the Wall Street Journal can’t. When you’ve been there for a while, you start to think, ‘I could start a business here, I could live here, make a life here.’ So if you know that you could live in China, you start thinking about what you could accomplish here in Toledo.”

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Show us your blog! Social commentary? Political activism? Ruminations on the road to self-discovery? How about a passion for early Quentin

Honors for a distinguished life. Julius Jacobson MD (A/S ’47), widely recognized as the father of microsurgery, was honored by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) with its Distinguished Alumnus Award, which in the past has gone to luminaries that include former President Lyndon B. Johnson, General Colin Powell and author Eudora Welty. AASCU, whose mission is equal education for all, particularly for under-represented populations, serves more than 400 public colleges, universities and systems of higher education throughout the United States and its territories.

Tarantino movies? Whatever the subject of your blog, Toledo Alumni Magazine wants to read it and possibly choose alum bloggers to share their work in upcoming issues. Send the URL of your blogging best to the editor: cnowak@utnet.utoledo.edu.

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Fast track to China

Student loans? Consolidate!

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student

loan

consolidation,

call

1.866.4CONSOL (426.6765) or visit their Web site at www.alumniconsolidation.nelnet.net

Hard hats across the water

www.toledoalumni.org

Show us your blog! Social commentary? Political activism? Ruminations on the road to self-discovery? How about a passion for early Quentin

www.toledoalumni.org

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Viking Taylor among sports greats

Put it on big wheels Stevens Worldwide Van Lines can help alumni

planning

move.

Stevens’

University Move Center offers UT alums single-source contact throughout their move, with move coordinators who ensure enhanced services at every point. For more information or to schedule a free estimate, contact the University Move Center at 800.796.9988 or by e-mail: universitymoves@stevensworldwide.com.

Summer reunion! College of Medicine, College of Graduate Studies and Residency Program alumni: Taylor

un, Chester! This year, the Varsity T Hall of Fame inductees include Chester Taylor, the starting running back for the Minnesota Vikings who in 2006, ranked ninth in the NFL with 1,216 yards rushing. The full roster of famers: Kahli Carter-Wilson, women’s basketball (1997-2001). Ron Junko, wrestling (1968-71). Junko was a two-time MAC champion (1970 and 1971) and three-time NCAA qualifier. Mike Karabin, baseball (1977-78), baseball coach (1979-87) and an administrator at UT since 1979, currently senior associate athletic director. Tim McCann, men’s swimming (1996-99). Neal Mersch, baseball (1972-73). After graduating, Mersch played in the New

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Reserve July 26 – 29, 2007 for a reunion

Steinbrunner

York Yankees’ and Texas Rangers’ farm systems. Don Seymour, football (1971-74). Dave Speicher, men’s basketball (1974-77). He was drafted by the New Orleans Jazz and played professional basketball in Italy, Belgium and Switzerland. Brenda Steinbrunner-Vonderwell, softball (1986-89). Chester Taylor, football (1998-2001), Toledo’s all-time leading rusher with 4,849 yards and 61 touchdowns. He is in his fifth season in the NFL. Doward Williamson, men’s track and cross country (1978-1981). — Paul Helgren, Office of Athletic Media Relations

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on UT’s Health Science Campus. Catch up on classmates and faculty, check out Toledo’s great museum, zoo and the Mud Hens, attend an alumni awards luncheon, participate in two half-days of CME. And join the festive crowd at Art on the Mall! For full details, contact: dianne. wisniewski@utoledo.edu or 419.530.4088.

More than a step up

he initial design for the College of Business Administration’s new Savage & Associates Complex for Business Learning and Engagement climbs high. The new building, which will

extend north from Stranahan Hall up the hill between Gillham Hall and Ritter Planetarium, will house high-tech classrooms, action learning laboratories and the college’s academic programs. Glass will play a central role, with two walls to be primarily glass, as well as two walkways connecting the new complex to Stranahan Hall. The glass walls, which will help reduce lighting costs, are just one feature of a building full of environmentally friendly design elements, which should help achieve LEED (Leadership Energy and Environmental Design) Silver Certification for the new structure. The building, designed by Toledo architectural firm Munger, Munger + Associates Architects Inc., is scheduled to be student-ready by fall 2009. — Jon Strunk, Office of University Communications

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Viking Taylor among sports greats

Put it on big wheels Stevens Worldwide Van Lines can help alumni

planning

move.

Stevens’

Summer reunion! College of Medicine, College of Graduate Studies and Residency Program alumni: Taylor

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Reserve July 26 – 29, 2007 for a reunion

Steinbrunner

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More than a step up

he initial design for the College of Business Administration’s new Savage & Associates Complex for Business Learning and Engagement climbs high. The new building, which will

www.toledoalumni.org

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Très chic télécommunication

hat’s hot: Great new services for Rocket Wireless customers! Verizon and Sprint family plans of every size — deals of under $30 a month — payroll deduction for UT employees — advanced smart-phones for tech-lovers; easy-use phones for traditionalists — no sales tax, no monthly service fees after sign-up, no termination fees for switching over your old Verizon or Sprint plan. What’s not: Your old cellular plan if you’re not signed up with Rocket Wireless! So check out the irresistible features for UT alums, students and employees at telecom.utoledo.edu, then call Rocket Wireless (owned and operated by UT’s Rocket Telecom): 419.530.7998.

Paperless calendar, news We’re listening! For all alumni who’ve requested that we keep you up to date on UT events, check out the online calendar: calendar.utoledo.edu

And for the most fresh campus

news, become a regular visitor to utnews. utoledo.edu/publish/index.html Remember that you can always use the Alumni Association Web page to become a member, make reservations for events and stay in touch with other alumni: toledoalumni.org

Signs they are a-changin’

n a symbolic facelift, The University of Toledo Medical Center sign has gotten

short and snappy, and now includes the UT crest. Other locations on the campus received new and highly visible signage as well; all feature LEDs for durability and lower energy consumption. “The new campus signs are a striking symbol of change,” said Diana Ganues, acting associate vice president for facilities operations. “We

want

students, visitors

and others to understand and appreciate that they are receiving care at the teaching hospital of The University of Toledo. Having a consistent visual identity on the Main, Scott Park and Health Science campuses effectively communicates to the public the University’s significant presence in the city.”

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Memorial Field House: it’s alive!

othballed no more! UT’s Memorial Field House, the site of countless athletics victories, graduation ceremonies, classic rock concerts and the start of not a few UT romances, is coming back to life as a new academic showplace. A planned three floors will primarily house classrooms, says Chuck Lehnert, associate vice president for facilities and construction, with faculty offices on the third floor. “We’ll also prepare the interior space to accommodate anything we may want to do in the future — change classrooms to laboratories, for example. When the Field House project is complete, we’ll have met our 10-year classroom need projection and can proceed with plans to tear down the Student Annex and the armory.” The five-phase project — UT is now in design and development, making mechanical and structural plans — has a September 2008 opening as its goal. Rob Sheehan, interim provost, says, “We’ll be offering our students the most state-of-the-art classrooms in the region. The Foreign Languages Department and the English Department will be enjoying new facilities there.” Although the new interior design will be very modern, Lehnert says, the building’s multi-layered history will be a visible part of the finished product: “The exterior will be largely unchanged, except for the roofline of the north façade, facing Bancroft. “We plan to keep some of the bleachers and the original gym floor — sanded and refinished —incorporating their retro look into the new design. We’ll include a wall of history or an academic walkway, and we’re considering naming opportunities, possibly making the bleachers available for donors wishing to commemorate, for example, the night they sat there and saw Hendrix play.” There’s also discussion of a veterans’ tribute at the south entrance to embrace the memorial aspect of the Field House’s name. www.toledoalumni.org

Artist's rendering of main floor

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Très chic télécommunication

Paperless calendar, news We’re listening! For all alumni who’ve requested that we keep you up to date on UT events, check out the online calendar: calendar.utoledo.edu

And for the most fresh campus

Signs they are a-changin’

n a symbolic facelift, The University of Toledo Medical Center sign has gotten

want

students, visitors

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Memorial Field House: it’s alive!

Artist's rendering of main floor

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UT research on the edge

It’s all in your head — ache Which came first, the depression or the headache? According to research done by Gretchen Tietjan MD,

State, feds help electrify UT research Ohio’s Third Frontier Project, a $1.6 billion program designed to build a tech-based state economy, didn’t forget

professor and chair of neurology, there’s good reason to believe the two may be joined at the metaphoric hip. published in the journal Neurology, notes the relationship

improve their ability to physically handle daily activities that

between chronic headaches, depressive disorders and

increase their independence, according to a study conducted

their form. In fact, cellulose gives literal shape to most of

somatic symptoms (those that mimic symptoms of

by researchers at UT and three other universities. Debra

the natural world. Now imagine this ubiquitous stuff as

million grant to establish the Photovoltaics Innovation

of several headache clinics nationwide, was based on

ence of generating electricity from sunlight. And last fall, the U.S. Department of Defense awarded UT $3.6 million for solar cell development. The outlook remains sunny for alternative energy research at UT.

Earth’s most abundant renewable resource? No, not

Tietjan’s four-year study, the subject of an article recently

physical illness). The project, performed with the input

decades of research in photovoltaics — basically, the sci-

Elderly folks trying to lower their cholesterol and triglycerides

Fueling up with the everywhere substance

levels may not benefit from modest exercise, but they can

UT when it came to current research. UT received a $9 and Commercialization Center, which will build on UT’s

Don’t unplug the treadmill!

responses from more than 1,000 female headache patients — reflecting the fact that women are more than twice as likely as men to suffer from migraines. For women with

Boardley PhD, associate professor in the Department of Public Health and Homeland Security, was one of five authors of a study, “The Impact of Exercise Training on Blood Lipids in Older Adults,” published in the American Journal of Geriatric

oxygen, water or Doritos wrappers — it’s cellulose, the substance that keeps trees upright and gives plants

an answer to our looming fuel crisis. The idea’s already lit the imaginations of researchers in UT’s Departments of Chemical Engineering (Connie Schall PhD and Sasidhar Varanasi PhD) and Chemistry (Jared Anderson PhD); they’ve been working with the Los Alamos National

chronic and disabling migraines, major depression is 32

Cardiology. While exercise — resistance training, aerobic

times more likely to occur than in women with infrequent,

walking — appears to not have a big impact on lipid levels

non-disabling migraines or without other severely painful

in older people, it helps maintain good health in other areas,

attempts to break it down to simple sugars, the necessary

symptoms. Up next — determining if the link originates in

including flexibility, muscle strength and proper weight.

first step on the way to ethanol. However, the UT team

the central nervous system with faulty serotonin levels.

Boardley was somewhat disappointed that regular exercise didn’t make a statistically significant difference in lipid levels, but says that for older people, being functionally fit — able to perform simple daily activities like walking stairs, carrying a grandchild or bringing in groceries — is very important. The researchers reported those study results in the Western Journal of Nursing Research.

Laboratory on ways to turn cellulose into ethanol. The process is tricky; the chemistry of cellulose resists

found that pre-treating the cellulose with particular ionic liquids can break down the resistant internal structures. Now they’re working to engineer the chemical structure of the ionic liquids and raise the efficiency of the sugarconversion process. No less an authority than Alan Greenspan has noted, “Cellulosic ethanol, should it fulfill its promise, would help to wean us of our petroleum dependence.”

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Toledo Alumni Magazine | Spring 2007

UT research on the edge

It’s all in your head — ache Which came first, the depression or the headache? According to research done by Gretchen Tietjan MD,

State, feds help electrify UT research Ohio’s Third Frontier Project, a $1.6 billion program designed to build a tech-based state economy, didn’t forget

professor and chair of neurology, there’s good reason to believe the two may be joined at the metaphoric hip. published in the journal Neurology, notes the relationship

improve their ability to physically handle daily activities that

between chronic headaches, depressive disorders and

increase their independence, according to a study conducted

their form. In fact, cellulose gives literal shape to most of

somatic symptoms (those that mimic symptoms of

by researchers at UT and three other universities. Debra

the natural world. Now imagine this ubiquitous stuff as

million grant to establish the Photovoltaics Innovation

of several headache clinics nationwide, was based on

Earth’s most abundant renewable resource? No, not

Tietjan’s four-year study, the subject of an article recently

physical illness). The project, performed with the input

decades of research in photovoltaics — basically, the sci-

Elderly folks trying to lower their cholesterol and triglycerides

Fueling up with the everywhere substance

levels may not benefit from modest exercise, but they can

UT when it came to current research. UT received a $9 and Commercialization Center, which will build on UT’s

Don’t unplug the treadmill!

responses from more than 1,000 female headache patients — reflecting the fact that women are more than twice as likely as men to suffer from migraines. For women with

oxygen, water or Doritos wrappers — it’s cellulose, the substance that keeps trees upright and gives plants

chronic and disabling migraines, major depression is 32

Cardiology. While exercise — resistance training, aerobic

times more likely to occur than in women with infrequent,

walking — appears to not have a big impact on lipid levels

non-disabling migraines or without other severely painful

in older people, it helps maintain good health in other areas,

attempts to break it down to simple sugars, the necessary

symptoms. Up next — determining if the link originates in

including flexibility, muscle strength and proper weight.

first step on the way to ethanol. However, the UT team

the central nervous system with faulty serotonin levels.

Laboratory on ways to turn cellulose into ethanol. The process is tricky; the chemistry of cellulose resists

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www.toledoalumni.org

Toledo Alumni Magazine | Spring 2007

Making every day

c ial e s d i p k

very abandoned building should be so lucky. At a once-shuttered elementary school in South Toledo, the noises of happy kids are again bouncing between rooms. These days, though, you’ll find kids and services never seen during the school’s earlier incarnation. Inside the EduCare Center — one of several similar facilities in the Toledo Public Schools Early Childhood Program — special-needs children and neighborhood kids alike enrich a playbased preschool program. Elizabeth Ruppert MD, UT professor emerita of pediatrics, is one of EduCare’s founding partners. “In the early 1990s, [the thenMedical College of Ohio] had a grant to develop a medical day-treatment

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program for children with complex medical problems. It was decided to put together a collaborative effort that would operate in a single center — an inclusive early childhood facility for children with and without special needs,” she says. From infants to 12-year-olds (and some older kids as well), children who are referred from other schools or from physicians, nurses and other professionals benefit from several programs under a single roof. One such program is PPC. “The majority of children using the facility have conditions making it necessary that they receive nursing services from the staff at the Prescribed Pediatrics Center [PPC],” says Ruppert, www.toledoalumni.org

Making every day

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who’s also the center’s medical director. PPC uses nursing services and early childhood education to create a familycentered alternative to private nursing or institutional care. Personalized, loving attention is bolstered by strong collaborations: regular reports to each child’s managing physician, partnerships with public school developmental programs for the older children, guidance for parents coping with their kids’ special care needs. The center holds three stars, the highest designation of the Step Up to Quality Award from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. But the real proof of success can be found in the PPC’s Snuggle Bug Room, bright and inviting despite the late-winter clouds outside. Children cluster around a table of art supplies; some kids dive right into paints and crayons, others receive enthusiastic help. One of the teachers,

Erika Swartzlander RN, explains, “We group the children here according to their cognitive levels, not necessarily by their chronological ages. Children here can’t tolerate the higher levels of noise and activity in a larger group.” Even the more cautious kids are soon up to their eyes in purple paint and musical giggles. The enthusiasm of the staff — made up of RNs, LPNs and early childhood education teachers — never flags, whether the teachers are coaxing smiles from a brown-haired charmer in a wheelchair or keeping gluey substances from the mouths of two bouncy twin brothers. Amanda Olivo-Vukovic RN, PPN clinical supervisor, notes, “UT has had many education students come through as volunteers or as part of their internship, and College of Medicine students come through as well, sometimes for a single day or longer in the summer.” Down another EduCare Center hallway is the UT Health Science Campus Early Learning Center (ELC). This program, accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, provides care for children (18 months to 5 years) of UT families, with places sometimes available for community children as well. The center’s “play-based” learning environment is designed to promote physical, social, emotional and intellectual development, with teachers acting as facilitators and mentors. On the day of this visit, children whose regular schools are closed for Presidents Day are playing movie critics with a Cinderella flick. “Watch out, Gus!” one toddler whispers anxiously to an emperilled cartoon mouse — only to break free a moment later and happily trot alongside her teacher to the facility gym. Caryn Salts, director of ELC, says, “We’re Toledo’s best-kept secret, but more people have been finding out about us! We have about 75 children now; in the summer, we take school-age children up to age 10, meaning an additional 50. Our Toddler Room usually has a waiting list.”

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A single-source facility like the EduCare Center is a rare find, Ruppert notes: “Most parents find it very useful to have under one roof the programs and services that their families need. We have several families with a special-needs child in need of continuous nursing services, as well as a child who is well and healthy and typically developing. The facility allows a family to have both their child care and education needs met at one site.” And because constant evaluation of a child’s progress is part of the EduCare Center’s services, she adds, “Children can begin in PPC, get better and then transition into ELC. We see how a child is able to adjust to a more traditional education setting; if things go well, we can tell the family with confidence that the child is ready — and we’re there to assist in the transition.” It’s a full academic calendar of services, Ruppert says, noting that Toledo Public Schools special education classes are also available at the center. “About

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250 children come through the EduCare building each week. Some children spend the day, five days a week, some may spend less time at PPC, some attend on the Toledo Schools schedule but need before-and-after care because of work schedules. We provide what we call wrap-around services to cover them. And of course, we’re open in the summer! “We’re part of the fabric of support services for families with small children, listed along with resources available to anyone calling the Lucas County Board of MR/DD, or calling TPS or neighboring suburban schools.” Considering the special needs of many of the children, is there an element of heartbreak for the staff? Ruppert doesn’t hesitate: “Not at all. It takes a unique person who is committed to helping children with major disabilities, but it’s a very pleasant, interesting and rewarding experience to work with our children and their parents.”

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Force, f luidity and freedom:

Something about the experience gave her a direction, and after her father’s death she decided to pursue a career in photography. She moved to New York City and interned for several months with fashion photographer Matthew Jordan Smith, also known for his portraits of notables that include Halle Berry, Quincy Jones and Oprah Winfrey. “Our philosophies on beauty differed, but we learned a lot from each other, I think,” Stephanie says. Smith relocated his business to the West Coast; Stephanie stayed in New York. Something about the dance profession pulled at her, and she began making contacts and talking photography. When she met Lori Belilove, dancer, choreographer and artistic director of the Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation (named for the pioneering icon of modern dance), more than Stephanie’s shutter clicked. “Lori has her own troupe of contemporary dancers. I have the greatest respect for the emotional content and experimentation modern dance affords, and understanding the Duncan style and its nature-based elements help root me in this art form,” Matthews says. Belilove offered her own dancers as subjects for Stephanie’s photography. The results have been dynamic. “I work to capture the emotion of the moment, certainly, but I’m doing more than portraiture,” Stephanie says. “It’s about a moment in the time of a larger experience, a frame in a fluid experience that pulls an emotion out of the viewer. I want the photographs to go beyond being two-dimensional objects — I want them to jump out of their frames.”

alum’s photos are anything but still life

By Cynthia Nowak Photos by Stephanie Matthews

or Stephanie Matthews (A/S ’95), the question isn’t how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. It’s how dancers can transport themselves and their audiences into celestial realms — and how to best photograph that phenomenon. Stephanie, who was a ballroom dancer and a small-business owner before she picked up a camera and aimed it at a painful chapter in her family’s history, has found her bliss photographing professional dancers. “My father [Seward Matthews] died in 2005, and when he was diagnosed with cancer, I wanted to document his life, even when he was in a decline,” she says. She remembers the experience as painful but also cathartic. “I photographed him as a personal exercise to truly ‘see’ him and in turn, those around me. It helped my grieving process,” she says.

Matthews

“

I believe that

everyone can dance.

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Force, f luidity and freedom:

alum’s photos are anything but still life

By Cynthia Nowak Photos by Stephanie Matthews

Matthews

“

I believe that

everyone can dance.

”

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She’ll often approach each shoot almost as a theatric director would — “although the process is always very collaborative,” she says. “I use flashcards with a single word on them, like grief. If I know a dancer has suffered a loss, we talk about it, and then I ask her to dance grief.” She adds reflectively, “I’m still doing this with the memory of my father. As I shoot photos, I continue to heal.” Along with the emotional dynamism, a democracy of dance is equally important to her: “I don’t focus on an aesthetic bodytype or age. The reality of women is that we’re all so different.” The collaboration with Belilove made a splash in April with The EveryWoman Series: The Red Thread, which premiered in Ohio, at Columbus’ Southern Theatre. “The red thread is the bloodline that binds us all as humans, but also women as givers of life,” Stephanie explains. “Child, maiden, mother, wise woman and guardian — in the production we go a lot deeper than labels or archetypes to explore feelings of women at these phases of their lives.” Belilove says, “I was working on these themes when I met Stephanie, who was working on her own project of photographing dancers freely improvising, using fabric as a prop. “Stephanie has a remarkable way to draw the uniqueness out of each dancer and at the same time find the common denominator of the female experience in life. Connect all this to the writing and philosophy of Isadora Duncan and you have a modern artist reaching into the past to create gold in the new.” Combining dances of many cultures with poetry, music video montage and

Matthews’ photos, the Columbus performance of The Red Thread — followed the next evening by the opening of Stephanie’s Red Thread photography exhibit — kicked off a national tour. A tour, incidentally, that’s not just for the cognoscenti. “We created a program called Front Seat to the Arts, where corporations or individuals can buy blocks of tickets that will be distributed to underserved populations, people who don’t have access to theatre,” Stephanie says. In addition, a portion of Red Thread proceeds goes to several organizations with programs in art therapy, and health and wellness for women and children. Then there’s a project that takes Stephanie’s love of fluid lines to a new venue: an Olympic-size swimming pool, in a new and exciting experience for both photographer and dancers. “There’s so much freedom of movement and motion underwater,” she exults. A strong believer in the healing power of art, Stephanie is talking about more than choreography when she says, “Really, I believe that everyone can dance — it’s just fear of being judged that keeps people from it.” Visit her Web site: www.stephaniematthewsphotography.com

“Symphony”

“Cyclone”

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“Symphony”

“Cyclone”

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Scene: Movie producer’s office. Two writers are ushered in. The producer nods, leans back in his Ultimo leather chair; one writer, after a quick look at his partner, begins:

don’t have to finish school. He says, No

Yeah, we’ve got this great idea for a

— a real straight shooter. And they hold

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying only without songs, and there’s a little bit of Altman’s The Player but subtract the cynicism.

OK, you’ve got this kid, he grows

up in one of those Midwesterny kinds of places. Iowa, yeah. He’s born out in

northwest Iowa on a farm and when he’s 10, his family moves to an Iowa town

— call it Stacyville — that has all of 300 people living there.

Are you following me so far?

So he grows up and gets married,

wife and kids — that should appeal

to the families — and he’s done well,

working for this big company, but he’s

still somewhere Midwesterny, only now it’s another of those states with a lot

of vowels. Ohio, yeah. He’s a manager

at a company in Toledo, Ohio, and he’s

going to the university there, juggling all that class work with his job and family, working 70 hours a week —

Now here’s the kicker. He gets a call

from the parent company of this place he

works for. They ask, What are you going to do when you get out of school? Because we’d like to move you to California — in fact, we could move you right now, you

to wait until I have it done.

Shows he’s anything but a slacker

the job for him.

So as soon as he gets out of school,

he takes the transfer, moves to Newport Beach, ends up running the West Coast

audit division of this company and — get this — the company has a subsidiary in the movie business!

Our guy, he doesn’t play politics, he

uncovers some shady dealing and refuses to cover it up. No, no — they don’t fire

him, they promote him, first he’s CFO of

Posters: Courtesy of Castlebridge Enterprises Inc.

movie. It’s kind of Field of Dreams meets

way, I have one quarter to go, so I’m going

the movie subsidiary, then he’s second

in command. Then we see him become

a real Hollywood insider — senior exec

t’s all true, of course. Burlage (Bus ’73), who still puts in two or three days a week at his office, inadvertently got on the Hollywood track before he came to Toledo. “I used to do financial turnarounds in various financial services offices for the company. I was working for AVCO Corporation’s subsidiary, Avco Financial Services, when they moved me to Toledo, first to clean up one branch, which led to managing all four local branches,” he says. AVCO subsidiaries included financial services, insurance, land development, saving and loan — and the movie division that became Burlage’s purview when he moved to California after that UT degree he was determined to finish. He eventually became senior executive of AVCO Embassy Pictures and its successor company. He and his wife, Cheri (who attended UT part time), were equal to the challenge of relocating their family. “I came out [to California] in my early 30s, when you have lots of piss and vinegar in your blood,” he says. Both came into play in making the right choice during the ”shady dealing” part of his story. “I was one of those guys who always said it like it was,” he says. “I uncovered some wrongdoing in one of the divisions and was told by a very senior exec of the parent company to squash the information in the audit report — they would take care of it. I said, ‘Nope, I can’t do that. The report’s going

at the independent studios, people

pitching him ideas all the time, and years later when he’s semi-retired, these two

artists come into his office and pitch an idea for this graphic adaptation of the

9/11 Commission Report, he says Yes. The book’s a huge hit, gets nominated for

a Pulitzer, plans under way for a movie documentary version —

And this is the one guy in

Hollywood who never wanted to be in the business! Yeah, ironic, huh?

For a title, we thought we’d go with

something out of the classics, with a real colon and everything. We're calling it:

Hollywood Heavyweight:

Roger Burlage

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out to the audit committee.’ I went home that night and told my wife I was either going to get promoted or fired. “Two weeks later I was told I had a new job: financial officer of the movie company, which had already been under my audit jurisdiction. I said, ‘No, because I don’t have confidence in the company’s execs.’ They said to me, ‘Do us a favor; take the job for four months and if you don’t like it then, call us and we’ll find you another assignment.’ “Well, at the end of the four months I called the corporate office and said, ‘I’m out of here.’ ‘Just tell us what’s right and what’s wrong there,’ they said. I did and they told me, ‘OK, you stay there. You’re now second in command; you’ll help us hire your boss and some of the other senior execs will be fired.’” Other jobs followed: founding executive president and COO of New World Entertainment, chairman and owner of the L.A.-based Entertainment Services Group, president and CEO of Trimark Holdings Inc., and chairman and CEO of LIVE Entertainment Inc. Along the way, his skill at financial turnarounds made him a hot property. The Hollywood Reporter, a leading industry newspaper, was repeating what many said about Burlage’s abilities when they said he was “instrumental in transforming LIVE … into a diversified entertainment company that competed with major Hollywood studios.” And as with any insider, the stars

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Scene: Movie producer’s office. Two writers are ushered in. The producer nods, leans back in his Ultimo leather chair; one writer, after a quick look at his partner, begins:

don’t have to finish school. He says, No

Yeah, we’ve got this great idea for a

— a real straight shooter. And they hold

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying only without songs, and there’s a little bit of Altman’s The Player but subtract the cynicism.

OK, you’ve got this kid, he grows

up in one of those Midwesterny kinds of places. Iowa, yeah. He’s born out in

northwest Iowa on a farm and when he’s 10, his family moves to an Iowa town

— call it Stacyville — that has all of 300 people living there.

Are you following me so far?

So he grows up and gets married,

wife and kids — that should appeal

to the families — and he’s done well,

working for this big company, but he’s

still somewhere Midwesterny, only now it’s another of those states with a lot

of vowels. Ohio, yeah. He’s a manager

at a company in Toledo, Ohio, and he’s

going to the university there, juggling all that class work with his job and family, working 70 hours a week —

Now here’s the kicker. He gets a call

from the parent company of this place he

works for. They ask, What are you going to do when you get out of school? Because we’d like to move you to California — in fact, we could move you right now, you

to wait until I have it done.

Shows he’s anything but a slacker

the job for him.

So as soon as he gets out of school,

he takes the transfer, moves to Newport Beach, ends up running the West Coast

audit division of this company and — get this — the company has a subsidiary in the movie business!

Our guy, he doesn’t play politics, he

uncovers some shady dealing and refuses to cover it up. No, no — they don’t fire

him, they promote him, first he’s CFO of

Posters: Courtesy of Castlebridge Enterprises Inc.

movie. It’s kind of Field of Dreams meets

way, I have one quarter to go, so I’m going

the movie subsidiary, then he’s second

in command. Then we see him become

a real Hollywood insider — senior exec

at the independent studios, people

pitching him ideas all the time, and years later when he’s semi-retired, these two

artists come into his office and pitch an idea for this graphic adaptation of the

9/11 Commission Report, he says Yes. The book’s a huge hit, gets nominated for

a Pulitzer, plans under way for a movie documentary version —

And this is the one guy in

Hollywood who never wanted to be in the business! Yeah, ironic, huh?

For a title, we thought we’d go with

something out of the classics, with a real colon and everything. We're calling it:

Hollywood Heavyweight:

Roger Burlage

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book idea that I showed to Roger, but he turned it down because he felt it was too risky a project for him. When this project came about, I told Ernie, ‘Let’s at least show it to Roger Burlage.’ Sure enough, Roger said, ‘This time you’ve got me. Don’t go anywhere else.’

“When we had the idea, there weren’t

that many legitimate publishers

doing

graphic works. The ones we could get to couldn’t pay the money that would be needed for such an enterprise — it would involve at least a year of work. [In fact, it took about two years.] Our written proposal wasn’t enough

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to show to an agent, so I showed it to Roger

Burlage

in his eyes have long since dimmed. “Hollywood is crazy, but it’s like any other business. You have crazy people, you have honest, hard-working people who play straight, and you have the unethical players,” he says, adding, “If I have a fault, it’s that I accept people as being real and legitimate, and usually give them the benefit of the doubt. I’ve probably made the most mistakes in that department.” If you want to make stars dance in Roger Burlage’s eyes today, you’d do better to mention his abiding passion: water conservation. “People in the Midwest don’t think about water, but out here, water is scarce, water is expensive,” he says. He and one of his brothers have been working on a water conservation shut-off valve (patent pending). “Basically, you can have this device on an icemaker, a washing machine, a hot-water tank or a toilet,” Roger says. “I’m convinced there’ll be a huge market for a device that shuts off the water flow in case of a system malfunction.”

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But it’s not all about the money. “Every year the world has 1 percent less fresh water,” he notes. “I’ve seen all the movies on global warming; you have to be a fool not to see what’s happening.” But it’s the Hollywood insider in him who adds, “You can have messages in mainstream movies. Nobody likes to be preached to, but movies that preach can do business. Happy Feet preached environmentalism but did good business because of those cute penguin characters.” He muses, “I was at one time thinking about doing a graphic book on global warming, but it’s already been done on the film side.” That’s one race Al Gore won. And did someone say graphic book? That’s a pitch covered on the facing page. In the meantime, a parting shot from a still-vinegary veteran of The Biz: “You find that every business is run the same — with different products. Here it just happens to be movies.”

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The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation —

and asked if he’d be willing to partner with

which made its debut last year at number six

us. His yes made it possible to go ahead.”

on The New York Times Paperback Bestsellers

Colón adds, “The only one who wasn’t

List and at number 13 on the Publishers Weekly

as surprised about the level of the book’s

Paperback Bestsellers List — is a success story

success was our Wang & Hill publisher,

that no one quite expected. After all, a comic-

Thomas LeBien, who guessed it from the

book version of the 9/11 Report?

beginning and said, ‘This is going to be big.’”

Success or not, Roger Burlage was

One other vital group signed on as well,

determined to see it published when the book

Burlage says: “The real coup — which we

was pitched to him by editor Sid Jacobson,

didn’t know until the end — was having the

former editor in chief at Harvey Comics, and

9/11 Commission write the book’s forward.

artist Ernie Colón, who worked at Harveys,

That happened five days before press. The

Marvel and DC Comics. Burlage says, “I read

reason we got that was because we tried to

the report [officially, the Final Report of the

stay as true to the document as we could, not

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks

go left or right. It paid off.”

Upon the United States] as soon as it was

Big time. The book won new respect

available. A lot of my friends did as well and

for graphic novels, earning a Pulitzer Prize

we all found it too cumbersome. My thought

nomination. Schools and universities are

was ‘This is too important an event not to

using it as a textbook. And yes, plans for a

have it clearly laid out so everyone, especially

documentary film — “probably with limited

younger people, can read it and understand.’

animations, moving graphics and voice-

I was going to do this project whether I lost

overs, similar to Ken Burns’ films,” Burlage

money or not.”

says — are moving forward for a 2008 studio

Jacobson, who first met Burlage when the

release.

latter was Harvey’s CEO, says, “I had an earlier www.toledoalumni.org

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“When we had the idea, there weren’t

that many legitimate publishers

doing

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to show to an agent, so I showed it to Roger

Burlage

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The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation —

and asked if he’d be willing to partner with

which made its debut last year at number six

us. His yes made it possible to go ahead.”

on The New York Times Paperback Bestsellers

Colón adds, “The only one who wasn’t

List and at number 13 on the Publishers Weekly

as surprised about the level of the book’s

Paperback Bestsellers List — is a success story

success was our Wang & Hill publisher,

that no one quite expected. After all, a comic-

Thomas LeBien, who guessed it from the

book version of the 9/11 Report?

beginning and said, ‘This is going to be big.’”

Success or not, Roger Burlage was

One other vital group signed on as well,

determined to see it published when the book

Burlage says: “The real coup — which we

was pitched to him by editor Sid Jacobson,

didn’t know until the end — was having the

former editor in chief at Harvey Comics, and

9/11 Commission write the book’s forward.

artist Ernie Colón, who worked at Harveys,

That happened five days before press. The

Marvel and DC Comics. Burlage says, “I read

reason we got that was because we tried to

the report [officially, the Final Report of the

stay as true to the document as we could, not

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks

go left or right. It paid off.”

Upon the United States] as soon as it was

Big time. The book won new respect

available. A lot of my friends did as well and

for graphic novels, earning a Pulitzer Prize

we all found it too cumbersome. My thought

nomination. Schools and universities are

was ‘This is too important an event not to

using it as a textbook. And yes, plans for a

have it clearly laid out so everyone, especially

documentary film — “probably with limited

younger people, can read it and understand.’

animations, moving graphics and voice-

I was going to do this project whether I lost

overs, similar to Ken Burns’ films,” Burlage

money or not.”

says — are moving forward for a 2008 studio

Jacobson, who first met Burlage when the

release.

latter was Harvey’s CEO, says, “I had an earlier www.toledoalumni.org

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7:30 a.m.

Litter control at a university requires people with a lot of pick-up-and-go. Luckily, enthusiastic workers from Lott Industries, a Toledo employment agency for persons  with mental retardation and developmental disabilities, hit the grounds at sunrise. In the paid program that’s been in place since 2005, crews and their supervisors attack litter on Main Campus, handling cleanup at home football games as well. “They’re very enthusiastic about the work,” says Diana Ganues, acting associate vice president for facilities operations. “They almost think they’re UT employees.”

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A Day in the Life: dawn to dark with UT

8 a.m.

Amanda Smith, director of projects and interior design in facilities and construction, takes a breather from a schedule crammed with architects, contractors, administrators and wall covering samples to showcase one example of her work: the waiting room of the George Isaac Minimally Invasive Surgery Center on the Health Science Campus (HSC). “I try to create the most inviting environments possible in a clinical setting,” says the designer who estimates she’s worked on 60 percent of the new HSC buildings. “In this space, I was thinking of a slightly Asian feel and natural accents like the bamboo in a copper planter, but not to the extent that the space can become labeled and dated. Using warm tones seems important for comfort — too many health care facilities use grays and other cool tones.” She’s applying her skills to buildings on Main Campus as well.

Photos by Daniel Miller

OK, so maybe it’s not 24 and maybe UT can’t quite claim a Jack Bauer in its ranks, but the day-to-day of higher education doesn’t need gangs of terrorists to be both challenging and rewarding — as anyone who’s ever spent a weekend grading freshman composition papers can attest. Join us for some of the tests, triumphs and plain old typicalities of a dedicated community that makes UT happen every day.

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7:30 a.m.

AppLE TREE Nursery School

CENTER FOR the PERFORMING ARTS

MAIN CAMPUS

A Day in the Life: dawn to dark with UT

8 a.m.

Photos by Daniel Miller

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8:45 a.m.

9 a.m.

It’s called an operating theatre with good reason; surgeons, nurses and residents move with the precision of a choreographed cast during a laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (surgical removal of the left kidney from a living donor) in the UT Medical Center. Biological compatibility is required for these organ donations; in this case, the donor is a daughter providing a new kidney for her father, who’s being prepped in an adjoining OR. Performing the nephrectomy is Matthew Rutter MD (MED ’97), assistant professor in the Department of Urology, assisted by senior resident Saleem Zafar MD (MED ’01). Usually, one of the threehour surgeries is performed every week at the Medical Center. Says Rutter, “Although we do many of these and have become very efficient, the operations are rarely routine ... everybody is a little different on the inside.”

Pick a time of day and it’s a safe bet that an administrative meeting is being held somewhere. At this one, the Main Campus senior leadership team — student leaders, Faculty Senate representatives, deans, vice presidents and the executive assistant to the president — convene to make policy and share information. Items that go on to the president are typically vetted at these weekly meetings.

9:15 a.m.

Looks as though the story is extra-personal at Apple Tree Nursery School, a nonprofit day care center on Main Campus. Usually operating at its full capacity of 136 children, Apple Tree serves mainly kids of UT faculty, staff and students, with any available preschool slots going to the community. In January, the facility received the state’s highest recognition for child care centers: a Three-Star Step Up to Quality Award from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Under the guidance of teacher Michelle Gonyer (all Apple Tree teachers have earned either an associate’s or bachelor’s degree in early childhood education), these children are pre-booking.

8:45 a.m.

9 a.m.

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10:10 a.m.

Photo by Ted Bacho

Rick Overholt from the UT Telecommunications Office, at left, and John DeMarco of Romanoff Electric refer to renovation plans as work proceeds in Gillham Hall. The $11.2 million renovation of the building housing the Judith Herb College of Education began in 2005 and is slated for a summer completion.

9:35 a.m.

Research is a constant for Shuo Geng and Sam Shepard, both first-year doctoral students working in the medical microbiology lab of Akira Takashima MD, PhD, professor and chair of the Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department. Under study are dendritic cells, an important cellular component of the immune system. The necessary analysis and manipulation of highly purified dendritic cell populations are made possible by sophisticated equipment that includes the robotic machine at the top left, which pipettes liquids with precision and uniformity. Shuo’s career plan is to continue basic and applied research in the field of immuno-biology; Sam is planning on combining his background in computer science with molecular biology to enter bioinformatics, a field of computer-based data analysis.

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10:30 a.m.

Not every breakfast is at sunrise and not every residence hall student starts the dining day in a cafeteria. “Sometimes you end up eating breakfast with one hand while you’re brushing your hair with the other,” says Jenna Svenson, far right. Today, though, a sometime posse in International House chills before heading to morning classes. Darren Flickinger and Jennifer Plocinski share the sofa.

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10:10 a.m.

Photo by Ted Bacho

9:35 a.m.

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10:30 a.m.

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11:15 a.m.

They may look like Emily Holsclaw, a junior in vocal music education, and Lorna Parks, a junior in vocal performance, but for the moment, they’re Dorabella and Fiordiligi, the two lovesick sisters of Mozart’s opera Così fan tutte. Under the direction of UT Department of Music Lecturer Robert Ballinger, the rehearsal is in preparation for the department’s opera workshop in the spring.

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High emotion at high noon; Match Day, the annual event when fourth-year medical grads throughout the United States learn where they’ll be serving their residencies, is always a wild ride. Most of the students spend months interviewing at hospitals across the country, ranking their top choices as the hospitals rank their top student picks. A computer program administered by the National Resident Matching Program makes the matches. At an envelope-opening ceremony held precisely at noon, the students learn the results. With residencies lasting between three and seven years, matches can have a major impact on students’ training and lives. Alison Chudyk’s feelings about her match are plain; the radiology specialist is going to the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

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Student Jean Ciccolini enjoys some lunchtime solitude at Scott Park Campus. AVI Foodsystems Inc. provides dining options in five residence halls and 19 locations campus-wide, ranging from meat and potatoes to international noshings to national retail brands: some 5,500 meals a week.

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Practice is looking like the real thing for medical student D. Zachary Adams, who’s running a head-to-toe physical on “patient” Bob Smith at the Ruth M. Hillebrand Clinical Skills Center. The center gives UT physician assistants, medical residents and students in medicine and nursing a chance to walk the walk before they encounter actual patients. During standardized simulations that rely on community members like Smith (a four-year veteran of the program, he’s trained to simulate certain illnesses), students face scenarios that can be stressful. The program, one of the first developed in the state, helps health-care professionals improve their clinical skills at the same time they’re honing their interpersonal aptitude. Says Smith, “We’re trained to be cranky sometimes, but cranky about our disease, not at the doctor.”

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Margo Michalkiewicz, a graduate student in the Judith Herb College of Education, is getting job counseling support from Jean Baker, assistant director of Career Services. The office gets especially busy as graduation nears; mock interviews, individual counseling, workshops, job fairs (the Major-Palooza was just around the corner at the time of this photo) and news about part-time jobs that pave the way for later careers are a few of the free services for students and alumni.

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It’s writ large in the College of Law’s curriculum: its Legal Clinics — encompassing legal, domestic violence and dispute resolution — put students into the roles of practicing lawyer, prosecutor, judge or mediator for a first-person learning experience. In the newly renovated facility, classroom curriculum meets individualized, collaborative learning.

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Nothing takes the chill off a winter afternoon like working with 2,000° molten bronze, here being poured into ceramic molds at the Center for Sculpture Studies located at the Campus for the Visual Arts at The Toledo Museum of Art. Left to right, UT sophomore Daniel Vierra, UT senior Travis Sanderson, Miami University senior Ben Lingeman and Karen Roderick Lingeman, UT associate lecturer in ceramics.

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As soon as classes end on the Health Science Campus, students and faculty often head for the Henry L. Morse Physical Health Research Center to unwind. Exercise machines, an indoor track and racquetball courts line the fitness facility operated by the YMCA and JCC of Greater Toledo. Amit Mediratta, a first-year medical student, momentarily has the basketball court to himself.

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Classes, schedules, activities and plans for the future — somehow it’s the simple connections that help make sense of it all. Two students share time on the Scott Park Campus.

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Study time at the Raymon H. Mulford Library, and although Nick Eilbeck is busy right now exam-cramming, he’ll soon be part of the annual tradition in which first-year medical students present a memorial piece to the library to honor those who donated their bodies to scientific study.

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Classes, schedules, activities and plans for the future — somehow it’s the simple connections that help make sense of it all. Two students share time on the Scott Park Campus.

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Science intersects satire at the Lake Erie Center, where researchers often continue their work into the evening.

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This lecture will be tested on the court — the evening’s pre-game strategy being outlined in the locker room by Head Basketball Coach Stan Joplin should bring down Old Dominion. Though the Rockets lost 73-70, Joplin — honored in February by MAC Report Online as the Mid-American Conference’s Coach of the Year — guided the Rockets to the MAC’s best record (13-2), which clinched the team the MAC title.

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The sky may glow red before darkening, but that’s not to say that the campuses roll up at sunset; in fact, during spring 2007 semester, UT offered more than 600 classes after 5 p.m.

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Science intersects satire at the Lake Erie Center, where researchers often continue their work into the evening.

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The sky may glow red before darkening, but that’s not to say that the campuses roll up at sunset; in fact, during spring 2007 semester, UT offered more than 600 classes after 5 p.m.

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Topping the pie charts

“A big small company is our goal. ”

Purri in the prep room —

ungry for a snack you can sink your teeth into? Purri Gould (Bus ’04) is hoping you’ll say bye-bye, American pie and hello, Crikey. The Australian-born Gould is vice president and chief operating officer of Crikey’s Genuine Australian Pies — meaty comestibles made in Toledo and carried in a widening swathe of grocery freezer cases nationwide. But don’t make the mistake of thinking that an Aussie pie is a Down Under version of that familiar American staple, the aluminum-bottom frozen pot pie. Purri’s mother, Lynne, Crikey’s president and CEO, explains, “You won’t find all the gravies like the pot pies here, and Aussie pies are eaten with your hands.” Purri adds, “They’re complete meals. In Australia, the meat pie is as common as the hot dog, the

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hamburger or the pizza here. Go to a petrol station — there’ll be a warmer where you can grab a hot pie anytime. At football games, you can sell 25,000 pies — but those are mass-produced pies, not what we make.” To explain how the pie jumped the Pacific, it’s necessary to go back to 2001, when the Gould family was living in Perth, Australia. Purri was attending Murdoch University and “I had just switched from engineering to marketing,” he says. “Dad came home one day and said after 20 years, he wanted to live closer to his aging parents. So we’re going to America. I thought, No worries, I’ll come over and have a look. I was enjoying marketing, and America is the most famous marketer in the world.” He enrolled in UT’s College of Business Administration; extracurricular-wise, he was living a crash

course in American culture and climate. “We moved in December, which is summer in Perth, so to come from where it’s pushing 110 degrees to the Chicago airport was an adjustment.” Since Purri acquired the appropriate attitude toward winter, his adjustment has included snowboarding in Michigan. Still, something was missing — even aside from Perth’s crescent of oceanside beaches. He says, “I was homesick, I think, for a bit of Perth when I said to Mum, ‘Why don’t we bring a piece of Australia here?’” That’s when he and Lynne began thinking pies. Lynne says, “We thought that America is great at taking foods from all over the world and adapting them into its popular culture, but there was nothing Australian.” Thus was born Crikey’s — first www.toledoalumni.org

at a bakery in Toledo’s Woodville Mall (“We were making each pie entirely by hand and using glue guns to seal the packages,” Purri says), then in a rented portion of a church kitchen, now in a north Toledo facility that formerly housed a catering company. “We took out walls, put in new floors and a roof, and built an extension,” Purri says. “Mum and I planned the layout for 18 months, based on what we learned about production in the church kitchen.” What they learned, he says, took them from dough punchers to front officers: “We went from making pies by hand to this bakery where, if we’re at full production, 24/7, three shifts, the output is a million pies in a month. We have nine employees on the line now; when we’re at full capacity, it’ll be 30.” Both Purri and Lynne, it should be noted, still roll up their sleeves and join the floury line. Purri made the rounds and was successful at selling the pies to local grocers. The Kroger Co.’s Ohio stores were their first major marketing coup. The biggest to date — Wal-Mart stores in the Southeast — came at the Food Marketing Institute in Chicago, the biggest food show in United States. As Purri recalls, “The vice president of Wal-Mart walked up eating on one of the pies. He was dressed very casually and I didn’t know who he was. He asked if we’d thought about Wal-Mart and that’s when Mum came in.” “I heard him say Wal-Mart and I swooped,” Lynne laughs. “As it turned out, we didn’t even have to go down to [Wal-Mart headquar-

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ters in] Bentonville. They just told us, ‘We like the pies, don’t worry about making the trip.’” Purri adds, “Only 2 percent of people who present to Wal-Mart get in, and we didn’t even have to present — we were lucky!” Though such early success is yeasty stuff, the Goulds aren’t dreaming of supersizing their bakery. “A big small company is our goal,” Purri says. “We want to get known as a little guy who’s still using a bakery process.” Lynne says that a string of small bakeries is one possibility: “We want to be able to spend time in Australia, so we want to systemize every part of the business. Then repeat it, and repeat it again, so if we open a market in California where the public’s tastes are different from the ones here, the facility can respond to the local market.” They’ve already, in addition to their shepherd’s pie, sirloin-mushroom pie and chicken pie, developed a macrobiotic pie and a tofu/ mushroom version to address the organics trend. Plans are also afoot for a restaurant franchise. But for now, keeping the business a joy is the goal. As Purri says, “The trap of many small businesses is that the job tends to run you. You’re frightened that no one can do the job as well as you can, so instead of a pleasure it becomes a burden. The proper systems can free you up to think on the big picture or have a crack at writing a book — something I hope to do myself.” In the meantime, he notes, “Look for the friendly crocodile on the pink package!”

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’30s

Henry R. Kreider Jr. (A/S ’33),

St. Petersburg, Fla., wrote in to share a four-generation photo of family descended from his father, Henry R. Kreider PhD, who joined the University in 1915 as the first chairman of the Department of Chemistry. “My dad and I were both involved in the move of the department from the original Cherry Street building,” he wrote. We wish we had room for the entire photo!

Storm of the eye: MD heads up effort to save vision (MEd ’63), Celina, Ohio,

professor emeritus of Wright State University and Urbana University, is working as managing editor of the Potter’s Shed section of Art-toArt Palette, a publication covering the arts in Indiana and Ohio. Online version at www.homestead. com/arttoartpalette/index.html.

Michael H. Ebner PhD (A/S ’64), professor of history at Lake

Forest College in Illinois, was named a life trustee of the Chicago History Museum. He was named to its board of directors in 1991.

Janice E. Carson PhD (A/S ’65, PhD ’04), assistant professor

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’50s

George W. Green (Bus ’50, MBA ’51), Dearborn, Mich.,

was the subject of a profile in the Dearborn Times-Herald in the fall. He also wrote an article, “Parlaying into Multiple Articles,” for Authorship magazine, and his 2003 book, Special Use Vehicles, was reprinted in a softcover edition.

Brig. Gen. Phillip J. Zeller Jr. (Ed ’52) and his wife, Barbara (Stedman) (Ed ’52), Junction City, Kan., relocated from their longtime home to a town house; they also celebrated their 51st anniversary in September.

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John Papcun (Eng ’61) retired in December following two terms as Ottawa County (Ohio) Commissioner and 32 years as county engineer.

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in UT’s Department of Social Work, was a delegate to the U.S.China Joint Conference on Social Work, which took her to Beijing for six days last fall. She also, in October, presented a paper, “Resiliency of Black Males Reared in Father-Absent Families,” at the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Conference in Los Angeles. David L. Rozelle (A/S ’67), associate professor of accountancy at Western Michigan University, won the Kalamazoo university’s 2007 Distinguished Service Award. A 37-year faculty member, he was previously honored with the WMU Alumni Association’s Teaching Excellence Award and by being named Educator of the Year by the Michigan Association of CPAs.

was among the winners of the American Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists 2006 Best Practices Award, presented at their midyear conference in December.

Judge Robert C. Pollex (A/S ’69, Law ’73) of the Wood

County Court of Common Pleas completed the Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource Center Program, which educates judges on current scientific issues to prepare them for the increasing amount of litigation relating to the field. Elected a Science and Technology Fellow at the National Judges’ Science School in Chicago, he was one of 40 judges from Ohio and Maryland to be so recognized.

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Tim Burkepile (UTCTC ’70)

was named deputy director of the Ohio Department of Transportation’s District 1 by Gov. Ted Strickland. He served as assistant construction engineer with ODOT since 1987. David Sleet PhD (PhD ’73), associate director for science with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, was part of the scientific team that received the Ralph W. Hingson Research in Practice National President’s Award from Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

James A. Luppens (A/S ’68, MS ’70), Leesburg, Va., project

chief of U.S. coal assessment for the U.S. Geologic Survey, was elected to the ASTM International board of directors for a twoyear term. He’s also chairing a technical committee responsible for documents published in the Annual Book of ASTM Standards.

Sleet ’73

of pharmacy services for Sharp HealthCare in Chula Vista, Calif.,

Curtis Black PhD (Pharm ’74), Merck Professor of Clinical

Elaine (Jakubowski) Levy (Pharm ’69), system director

Left to right: Dan Garrett, executive director of Prevent Blindness America; Carmen Castellano OD, American Optometric Association; Scott Meece, vice president of CIBA Vision; Senator (former) Mike DeWine (R Ohio); Congressman John Boozman (R Arizona); Senator Mike Enzi (R Wyoming) Steinemann; Gail Royal MD, American Academy of Ophthalmology. All had a hand in the eye-saving legislation.

Pharmacy at UT, received the 2007 Keys Award from the Ohio Pharmacists Association (OPA) at the organization’s annual conference in April, recognizing his outstanding contributions to OPA. George Mezinko (A/S ’75) was named development director for the Sisters of Notre Dame Toledo Province.

William W. Harding (MBA ’76), president and CEO of Union

Hospital in Dover, Ohio, was elected 2007 chair of the board of trustees for the Ohio Hospital Association. Jeff Mallamad (A/S ’76) was reappointed to chair the Labor and Employment Department of Bingham Hale, a business law firm with offices in Indianapolis and two other Indiana cities.

Mallamad ’76 Bob Morrissey (Ed ’76), retired

in Port St. Lucie, Fla., had his third book, 2nd Humorous Beat: Actual Funny Police Stories, published in January. The book is a sequel to his first collection of stories from his 33 years as a Toledo police officer. Mark A. Penn MD (MED ’77), senior vice president for academic affairs and executive associate dean at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine in Rootstown, Ohio, was named a Bishop Fellow for the 2006-07 academic year by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Foundation. The program prepares senior academic family medicine practitioners and educators to www.toledoalumni.org

ick up a pseudomonas infection and your world can literally turn dark. “It’s a very, very aggressive pathogen. It can literally destroy the eye within a day or two,” says Thomas L. Steinemann MD (MED ’85), associate professor of ophthalmology at Case Western Reserve University. Until very recently, pseudomonas was a scourge of teenagers and young adults who made a mistake in pursuit of fun and fashion: They purchased colored contact lenses at video stores, T-shirt shops, hair stylists — anywhere but from trained eye care professionals. “The case indelibly burned in my brain is that of an unfortunate 14-year-old who was sent to us through the emergency department with a pseudomonas infection,” Steinemann says. “She’d gone out with friends to a party, stopped at a video store and on a lark, bought a pair of green contact lenses to match her dress. She ended up being the pseudomonas poster child on a front-page story in the L.A. Times.” Steinemann himself treated the girl, whose mother brought her www.toledoalumni.org

to MetroHealth Medical Center, where Steinemann practices, the morning after the party. “We admitted her and started administering antibiotic drops every 30 minutes around the clock for five days,” he says. “We finally got the infection under control, though the healing process continued for another four to six months.” The teen ultimately had a corneal transplant. The case outraged Steinemann, who called everyone from the local health department to the county prosecutor’s office to the state medical board to find out why non-corrective colored lenses (also called plano contact lenses) weren’t regulated. “The law back then defined a medical device — which would fall under inspection and regulation — as any device restoring or improving the function of the body part to which it’s applied,” he explains. “A British company that distributed colored lenses challenged the law, saying that a plano lens applied to a normal eye doesn’t improve the eye’s appearance — it just changes it. They said their products were thus exempt,

and if any attempt were made to limit [importing] them, they’d sue for restraint of trade.” The Food and Drug Administration knew they needed to rewrite the law; Steinemann knew he wanted to help. “I reached someone at the Optical Dispensers Board, a governing body, and got help on the state level,” he says. The American Academy of Ophthalmology hooked me up with the right people in D.C.” Steinemann was the lead investigator of a study loaded with evidence of the dangers posed by improperly dispensed plano lenses. “We knew we had to publish our findings, educate the public and members of Congress,” he recalls. “That’s what we did between 2002 and 2005.” The “we” was what he calls “a cast of thousands,” including TV and newspaper reporters, professional medical organizations and Prevent Blindness America, a grassroots consumer lobby. In D.C., bipartisan supporters threw their weight behind the effort. Ohio Sen. Mike DeWine was one of original sponsors of the legislation. Sen. Ted Kennedy was

another. “It took all of them to get this legislative fix done,” Steinemann says. The “contact lens bill” was passed in October 2005. It was a baptism in political activism for Steinemann, who testified before congressional staff. “Ultimately it was reassuring to know that the process works. You have to have a lot of people helping you, but the American system does work,” he says. In recognition of his efforts, he was honored this past November with the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Secretariat Award — but he’s the first to note that such efforts can’t let up. There’s always a black market. If you google ‘colored contact lens’ on the Internet, you’ll find five million sites. Many continue to advertise ‘No prescription required.’ He takes pains to note, “None of the lens companies want their product to be sold over the counter; the problem is in the distributors. And I’m not trying to make the lenses illegal. If you want to have cat’s eyes, go for it, but make sure you have the involvement of an eye care professional.”

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Henry R. Kreider Jr. (A/S ’33),

Storm of the eye: MD heads up effort to save vision (MEd ’63), Celina, Ohio,

Michael H. Ebner PhD (A/S ’64), professor of history at Lake

Forest College in Illinois, was named a life trustee of the Chicago History Museum. He was named to its board of directors in 1991.

Janice E. Carson PhD (A/S ’65, PhD ’04), assistant professor

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George W. Green (Bus ’50, MBA ’51), Dearborn, Mich.,

’60s

John Papcun (Eng ’61) retired in December following two terms as Ottawa County (Ohio) Commissioner and 32 years as county engineer.

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was among the winners of the American Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists 2006 Best Practices Award, presented at their midyear conference in December.

Judge Robert C. Pollex (A/S ’69, Law ’73) of the Wood

’70s

Tim Burkepile (UTCTC ’70)

James A. Luppens (A/S ’68, MS ’70), Leesburg, Va., project

Sleet ’73

of pharmacy services for Sharp HealthCare in Chula Vista, Calif.,

Curtis Black PhD (Pharm ’74), Merck Professor of Clinical

Elaine (Jakubowski) Levy (Pharm ’69), system director

William W. Harding (MBA ’76), president and CEO of Union

Mallamad ’76 Bob Morrissey (Ed ’76), retired

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take on greater responsibilities in academic medicine. Jerome J. Straub (Bus ’77) was promoted to senior vice president, commercial real estate, with Fifth Third Bank, which he joined in 1978.

Congress as well as the White House. Previously, he had been a member of Worthington (Ohio) City Council.

Karen (Hanley) Connors (Bus ’79, MBA ’84) is president of Grant Medical Center in Columbus and a diplomat in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

John Hoover (Univ Coll ’79, MS ’82), his wife, Kristine, and

Straub ’77 Doug Holmes (Law ’78)

assumed the presidency of UWC – Strategic Services on Unemployment Compensation and Workers Compensation in Washington, D.C., working with leadership in both houses of

three sons, John, Alec and Rew, were named 2007 Bowling Green Family of the Year, a competition now in its 26th year and hosted by the BG Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in cooperation with the city. John is executive director of Behavioral Health Alliance, Toledo.

’80s

Frank Barone MD (MED ’80)

was named Best Plastic Surgeon by Toledo City Paper; he’s worked in private practice since 1988.

Jon Dvorak MD (A/S ’80, MED ’83, MED ’99), who

practices with Perrysburg Pediatrics Inc., was chosen as the Arnold Freidman Community Pediatrician of the Year by the Ohio chapter of the American Academy of Pediatricians, honoring his dedication to Toledoarea children and families. He serves as second vice president of the UT Alumni Association Board of Trustees. Vern Preston (Law ’80) took office as a judge on the Ohio Third District Court of Appeals in January. He’d previously served as a Findlay municipal court judge; he remains an adjunct professor of equine law at the University of Findlay.

Debra (Geis) Schaefer (Law ’80), corporate secretary for

Brooks Insurance Agency, was elected vice president and named to the Toledo company’s board of directors. She’s also on the boards of the UT Foundation and the UT Edward Schmidt School of Professional Sales. Michael H. Weber (Bus ’80), director of residential construction with the Portland Cement Association in Skokie, Ill., was named by Concrete Construction magazine as one of the 10 most influential people in the concrete industry, recognizing his efforts to promote the use of concrete in residential construction.

engineering for Daifuku America Corp., Reynoldsburg, Ohio, the North American subsidiary of automotive material handling system supplier Daifuku Co. Ltd. He also was appointed to the board of trustees of Opera Columbus, in which his wife, Rebecca, and daughters, Olivia and Stephanie, are active participants.

for Advocates for Basic Legal Equality Inc. in Toledo, was named chief deputy attorney for public protection by Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann.

Judge Gene Zmuda (A/S ’81, Law ’84) of Toledo Municipal

Jeanne (Deimling) Johns (Law ’81) who since 1981 worked

Gary R. Sharlow (Eng ’81) was named director of

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Timothy L. Snyder PhD (A/S ’81, A/S ’81, MS ’83) was named vice president for academic affairs at Loyola College in Baltimore. Previously, he had been dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Fairfield University in Connecticut. Court was appointed Lucas County Common Pleas Judge by Gov. Bob Taft for a four-year term.

Michael P. Dansack (Eng ’82, Law ’85), a partner at the

Toledo law firm of Gallon, Takacs, Boissoneault & Schaffer Co., was named to the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library board of trustees. Mark H. Egbert (Bus ’82), Gibsonburg, was promoted to vice president with the business banking group of Fifth Third Bank, where he has worked since 1985.

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Martin Burchfield (A/S ’83, Law ’86) merged his Van Wert,

Ohio, law firm with another to become Kennedy & Burchfield Co. LPA. He‘s also serving his 10th year as chair of the county’s Republican Central and Executive Committee. Rod Walton (Bus ’83) was promoted by First Federal Bank to vice president, retail lending manager, of its Findlay and Hancock County markets. He’s also serving a term as president of Findlay Rotary. Victor L. Siewert (Bus ’84), Findlay, was promoted to chief financial officer of Hercules Tire & Rubber Co. Anthony LaCerva (Law ’85), a shareholder with McDonald Hopkins, Cleveland, was appointed president-elect of the Northern District of Ohio chapter of the Federal Bar Association for 2007. John S. Satkowski (MSA ’85), who previously managed budget development, accounting and purchasing at UT, was hired by Owens Community College as vice president of business affairs.

Greg Barlage (UTCTC ’86, Eng ’88) was appointed chief

operational officer with GS CleanTech Corp., a New Yorkbased engineering and technology transfer service company that emphasizes recycling and reusing. He’s been with the company since early 2006.

Rulx Ganthier Jr. MD (MED ’86), who practices at Highlands

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Eye Institute in Sebring, Fla., was reappointed a member of the state’s Diabetes Advisory Council by Gov. Jeb Bush for a fouryear term. The diplomate of the American Board of Opthalmology and fellow of the American College of Surgeons was chosen as the council’s vice chair by his peers.

Craig D. Hedric (Law ’86) was

elected judge of Butler County Common Pleas, General Division, assuming the bench in January. Previously he was chief assistant prosecuting attorney for the county. He and his wife, Annette, live with their two children, Taylor and Alyssa, in West Chester, Ohio. Dennis E. Pyle (Bus ’86), Sylvania, was promoted to vice president in the Business Banking Group at Fifth Third Bank.

was promoted to investment officer in the Investment Department of Fifth Third Bank Investment Advisors. She joined Fifth Third in 1989.

Young ’87 Tina Arndt (Ed ’88, MEd ’94),

Pyle ’86 John Schaeufele MD (MED ’86, Res ’89) became vice

president of medical affairs and chief administrative officer of Mercy Children’s Hospital in Toledo. Previously he spent 16 years in patient care and child advocacy at the hospital and at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center. He’s serving on the UT College of Medicine Alumni Affiliate board of trustees.

Patricia A. Delaney (A/S ’87, Law ’90), Delaware, Ohio, was

elected to the Fifth District Court of Appeals for a term that began in February.

Leslie T. Fenwick PhD (MEd ’87) is the new dean of the Howard University School of Education in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the university, she was a visiting scholar in education at Harvard University.

Tamara (Tami) Norris (Ed ’87, MBA ’06) is the computer training coordinator at Northwest State Community College in Archbold.

Lynn R. Young (UTCTC ’87)

an art specialist with Sylvania Schools, was named a 2006 Ohio Art Education Association Outstanding Art Teacher, chosen from more than 650 art teachers across the state.

Kim Campbell (A/S ’88, MEd ’97) was hired by Mount Carmel

College of Nursing, Columbus, as director of admissions.

Campbell ’88, ’97 Rita N.A. Mansour (Bus ’88),

senior managing director, Mansour Wealth Management, Thomas McDonald Partners LLC, Cleveland, attended the first Top Women Advisors Summit, an invitationonly conference hosted by Barron’s magazine and R.J. Shook, author of The Winner’s Circle. Vicki Pollauf (UTCTC ’88), Perrysburg, was promoted to human resources officer at Fifth Third Bank, where she has worked since 1997. Toledo Alumni Magazine | Spring 2007

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take on greater responsibilities in academic medicine. Jerome J. Straub (Bus ’77) was promoted to senior vice president, commercial real estate, with Fifth Third Bank, which he joined in 1978.

Congress as well as the White House. Previously, he had been a member of Worthington (Ohio) City Council.

Karen (Hanley) Connors (Bus ’79, MBA ’84) is president of Grant Medical Center in Columbus and a diplomat in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

John Hoover (Univ Coll ’79, MS ’82), his wife, Kristine, and

Straub ’77 Doug Holmes (Law ’78)

assumed the presidency of UWC – Strategic Services on Unemployment Compensation and Workers Compensation in Washington, D.C., working with leadership in both houses of

’80s

Frank Barone MD (MED ’80)

was named Best Plastic Surgeon by Toledo City Paper; he’s worked in private practice since 1988.

Jon Dvorak MD (A/S ’80, MED ’83, MED ’99), who

Debra (Geis) Schaefer (Law ’80), corporate secretary for

for Advocates for Basic Legal Equality Inc. in Toledo, was named chief deputy attorney for public protection by Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann.

Judge Gene Zmuda (A/S ’81, Law ’84) of Toledo Municipal

Jeanne (Deimling) Johns (Law ’81) who since 1981 worked

Gary R. Sharlow (Eng ’81) was named director of

Michael P. Dansack (Eng ’82, Law ’85), a partner at the

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Martin Burchfield (A/S ’83, Law ’86) merged his Van Wert,

Greg Barlage (UTCTC ’86, Eng ’88) was appointed chief

operational officer with GS CleanTech Corp., a New Yorkbased engineering and technology transfer service company that emphasizes recycling and reusing. He’s been with the company since early 2006.

Rulx Ganthier Jr. MD (MED ’86), who practices at Highlands

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Craig D. Hedric (Law ’86) was

was promoted to investment officer in the Investment Department of Fifth Third Bank Investment Advisors. She joined Fifth Third in 1989.

Young ’87 Tina Arndt (Ed ’88, MEd ’94),

Pyle ’86 John Schaeufele MD (MED ’86, Res ’89) became vice

Patricia A. Delaney (A/S ’87, Law ’90), Delaware, Ohio, was

elected to the Fifth District Court of Appeals for a term that began in February.

Tamara (Tami) Norris (Ed ’87, MBA ’06) is the computer training coordinator at Northwest State Community College in Archbold.

Lynn R. Young (UTCTC ’87)

an art specialist with Sylvania Schools, was named a 2006 Ohio Art Education Association Outstanding Art Teacher, chosen from more than 650 art teachers across the state.

Kim Campbell (A/S ’88, MEd ’97) was hired by Mount Carmel

College of Nursing, Columbus, as director of admissions.

Campbell ’88, ’97 Rita N.A. Mansour (Bus ’88),

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Pollauf ’88 Paul L. Toth Jr. (Eng ’88, MBA ’01), airports director for

the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, received the Corporate Partnership Award from the U.S. Transportation Security Administration.

Scott L. Hartley (Ed ’89, MEd ’00) was hired as superintendent of the North Fork Board of Education in Utica, Ohio.

Julie A. Jensen (A/S ’89, Law ’98) was promoted to legal

counsel with St. Luke’s Hospital in Maumee, where she served as staff attorney since 2000.

LLC in Cincinnati, was named a 2007 Super Lawyer by Cincinnati Magazine. Doug P. Phillips (Ed ’91) was hired as defensive line football coach at Bowling Green State University. He’d previously been at Ohio State as defensive quality control coach. J. Bernie Quilter (A/S ’91), Lucas County clerk of courts, was named president of the Ohio Clerk of Courts Association.

James K. Vallade (Ed ’91, MEd ’99), assistant professor

of mathematics at Monroe County Community College, was selected by the College Board Educational Testing Service as one of approximately 800 math teachers to serve as a national Advanced Placement exam reader for calculus exams, which will take place in June with some 200,000 exams given.

lecture on the subject at Howard University in Washington, D.C., where she is a student. She also completed an internship at TransAfrica Forum.

Mattero ’92 Lori Romstadt (UTCTC ’92, Univ Coll ’93, Law ’99), senior risk evaluation and assurance manager in compliance risk management with Fifth Third Bancorp, was promoted to vice president with the bank where she’s been employed since 1992.

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Muhammad ’94 Gerald Wayton (A/S ’94), an

anti-reflectant coatings materials manager with the Microelectronic Technologies Division of Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials, received the company’s annual Otto Haas Award for Technical Excellence in December for his new polymer platform, cornerstone of the company’s anti-reflectants that support a fastgrowing segment of the electronics marketplace. He lives in Leicester, Mass.

McQuillen (Ed ’97), have one daughter, Abigail Marie.

Steven D. Leamy (Bus ’95)

was promoted to vice president with Signature Bank N.A., with responsibility for business development. He’s been with the Toledo-based bank since 2003. Gregg Dodd (A/S ’96) is working for the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board at the Columbus Statehouse as deputy director for communications and education.

Griffin Gappert (A/S ’96, Eng ’96), Philadelphia, a senior

scientist with the Functional Polymers Technical Service Division of Rohm and Haas Co., received the company’s annual Otto Haas Award for Technical Excellence in December. He joined the technology development firm in 2002 and was honored for a mathematical model he developed that shows customers in the specialty materials industry how they can optimize product quality.

Jennifer L. (Scovell) Burns (HHS ’93), Las Vegas, wrote Vallade ’91, ’99 Jensen ’89, ’98

’90s

Christina L. Brown (Law ’90) joined the Chicago office

of intellectual property firm McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP as a partner.

John Brannan MD (MED ’91)

practices with Beacon Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Cincinnati, specializing in spine disorders.

Gregory D. Delev (Law ’91),

a partner with Delev & Williams

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Tiffany (Reighter) Beckman (A/S ’92, Law ’98) was elected

Paulding County Court judge in November. She had practiced law in Defiance, most recently as a partner with Jim Borland. Lou Mattero (Bus ’92), Waterville, was promoted to assistant vice president with Fifth Third Bank, continuing to provide marketing support to several divisions of the bank.

in to report that she and her husband completed the Las Vegas Marathon in December on their first try.

Barbara Coen MD (MED ’94), a board-certified gynecology specialist, joined WRH Health System, headquartered in Wadsworth, Ohio. Molly Foley (Ed ’94) was promoted to sales and marketing analyst with Elster Perfection, a Madison, Ohio-based manufacturer for the gas, electric and water utility industries.

Sharron (Thompson) Muhammad (A/S ’94), who

is writing her master’s thesis on the African diaspora to Asia, organized and moderated a

Gappert ’96, ’96 Julie Fischer-Kinney (Bus ’96, MEd ’02), academic

Wayton ’94 Joanna Ellwood (Univ Coll ’95, MEd ’98) was appointed

director of residence life at Ohio Dominican University in Columbus. She had been serving as interim director and academic adviser.

Michael R. Goulding (Law ’95) is a judge in Toledo Municipal Court. He and his wife, Amy R. www.toledoalumni.org

program coordinator for chemical engineering in UT’s College of Engineering, earned a National Academic Advising Association graduate certificate in academic advising in December, one of only four Ohioans to complete the program that attracts enrollees from around the world.

Wendy A. (Chmielewski) Millis MD (MED ’96), a www.toledoalumni.org

pediatrician with New Beginnings Pediatrics in Bellevue and Norwalk, Ohio, and a staff member at Fisher-Titus Medical Center, Norwalk, was recertified by the American Board of Pediatrics. She also serves on the medical staff of Bellevue Hospital. Jason Raczkowski (Bus ’96), who worked for 10 years as a buyer in the Michigan automotive industry, accepted a position as a senior buyer with Toyota Motor Corp. He and his wife, Karen, relocated to Tennessee in January.

Joanne A. Speegle (UTCTC ’96, Univ Coll ’99), Toledo, a

case manager with Lucas County Child Support Enforcement, is planning for her upcoming retirement and notes, “There are many areas needing volunteers.” Brad Barhorst (Ed ’97), a teacher at Lehman Catholic High School in Sidney, Ohio, was selected for inclusion in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers for the 2005-06 school year, an honor that comes via nominations from students included in Who’s Who Among America’s High School Students. Daniel J. Brandt (Law ’97), a prosecutor with Montgomery County, was appointed to the Violent Crimes Bureau, the Dayton-area division handling all murder and homicide prosecutions.

Michael L. Lenhart (Eng ’97)

was promoted to deputy engineer with Defiance County, Ohio.

Steve Pheasant PhD (PhD ’97), associate professor

of kinesiology at College Misericordia, Dallas, Penn., was named to the Perrysburg High School Athletic Hall of Fame for football, basketball and baseball. He and his wife, Dorothy, have four children.

Joseph M. Restivo MD (MED ’97), a cardiology specialist boardcertified in internal medicine,

joined the medical staff of WRH Health System, a 113-bed acutecare hospital located in Medina County, Ohio, succeeding Wadsworth Municipal Hospital. He also completed a cardiology fellowship at University Hospitals of Cleveland.

Rebecca Strickland MD (MED ’97) was appointed

medical director of Altercare of Bucyrus Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Care. She continues her medical practice in the Ohio city.

(Pharm ’98, PharmD ’00), of the Department of Pediatric Pharmacy at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, was among the recipients of the American Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists 2006 Best Practices Award, presented at its midyear conference in December.

Matthew T. Koster (Bus ’98)

joined Fifth Third Bank as a mortgage loan originator, working out of their downtown Toledo offices.

Thomas Thompson (Law ’97), who since 2002 was chief assistant prosecuting attorney for Williams County, Ohio, was named county prosecutor. He’s also a partner at Bish, Butler and Thompson Ltd., Bryan.

Dawn D. Vandenbroek (Bus ’97), Sylvania, was promoted to

assistant vice president, portfolio manager with Fifth Third Bank’s Commercial Division.

Koster ’98 Douglas D. Rowland (A/S ’98) was appointed assistant

prosecuting attorney in Wyandot County, Ohio. He’ll continue to practice with Pfeifer & Pfeifer Attorneys.

Charles A. Seddon Jr. (Bus ’98) was promoted to real estate

Vandenbroek ’97

portfolio officer in the Commercial Real Estate Department of Fifth Third Bank’s Commercial Lending Division. He joined the bank in 2001.

Earnie Bliss (MBA ’98), plant

manager of the Delta, Ohio, manufacturing facility of Liquid Container LP, a Chicago-based plastic bottle producer, was pleased when the plant received its second consecutive Quality Recognition Award in February. The competitive award recognizes annual progress and factors including customer satisfaction and quality. Bliss credits his staff and employees for the honor.

John S. Clark PharmD

Seddon ’98 Eskender Getachew MD (MED ’99) joined the staff of

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Pollauf ’88 Paul L. Toth Jr. (Eng ’88, MBA ’01), airports director for

the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, received the Corporate Partnership Award from the U.S. Transportation Security Administration.

Scott L. Hartley (Ed ’89, MEd ’00) was hired as superintendent of the North Fork Board of Education in Utica, Ohio.

Julie A. Jensen (A/S ’89, Law ’98) was promoted to legal

counsel with St. Luke’s Hospital in Maumee, where she served as staff attorney since 2000.

James K. Vallade (Ed ’91, MEd ’99), assistant professor

lecture on the subject at Howard University in Washington, D.C., where she is a student. She also completed an internship at TransAfrica Forum.

Romstadt ’92, ’93, ’99

Muhammad ’94 Gerald Wayton (A/S ’94), an

McQuillen (Ed ’97), have one daughter, Abigail Marie.

Steven D. Leamy (Bus ’95)

Griffin Gappert (A/S ’96, Eng ’96), Philadelphia, a senior

Jennifer L. (Scovell) Burns (HHS ’93), Las Vegas, wrote Vallade ’91, ’99 Jensen ’89, ’98

’90s

Christina L. Brown (Law ’90) joined the Chicago office

of intellectual property firm McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP as a partner.

John Brannan MD (MED ’91)

practices with Beacon Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Cincinnati, specializing in spine disorders.

Gregory D. Delev (Law ’91),

a partner with Delev & Williams

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Tiffany (Reighter) Beckman (A/S ’92, Law ’98) was elected

in to report that she and her husband completed the Las Vegas Marathon in December on their first try.

Sharron (Thompson) Muhammad (A/S ’94), who

is writing her master’s thesis on the African diaspora to Asia, organized and moderated a

Gappert ’96, ’96 Julie Fischer-Kinney (Bus ’96, MEd ’02), academic

Wayton ’94 Joanna Ellwood (Univ Coll ’95, MEd ’98) was appointed

director of residence life at Ohio Dominican University in Columbus. She had been serving as interim director and academic adviser.

Michael R. Goulding (Law ’95) is a judge in Toledo Municipal Court. He and his wife, Amy R. www.toledoalumni.org

Wendy A. (Chmielewski) Millis MD (MED ’96), a www.toledoalumni.org

Joanne A. Speegle (UTCTC ’96, Univ Coll ’99), Toledo, a

Michael L. Lenhart (Eng ’97)

was promoted to deputy engineer with Defiance County, Ohio.

Steve Pheasant PhD (PhD ’97), associate professor

Joseph M. Restivo MD (MED ’97), a cardiology specialist boardcertified in internal medicine,

Rebecca Strickland MD (MED ’97) was appointed

medical director of Altercare of Bucyrus Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Care. She continues her medical practice in the Ohio city.

Matthew T. Koster (Bus ’98)

joined Fifth Third Bank as a mortgage loan originator, working out of their downtown Toledo offices.

Dawn D. Vandenbroek (Bus ’97), Sylvania, was promoted to

assistant vice president, portfolio manager with Fifth Third Bank’s Commercial Division.

Koster ’98 Douglas D. Rowland (A/S ’98) was appointed assistant

prosecuting attorney in Wyandot County, Ohio. He’ll continue to practice with Pfeifer & Pfeifer Attorneys.

Charles A. Seddon Jr. (Bus ’98) was promoted to real estate

Vandenbroek ’97

portfolio officer in the Commercial Real Estate Department of Fifth Third Bank’s Commercial Lending Division. He joined the bank in 2001.

Earnie Bliss (MBA ’98), plant

John S. Clark PharmD

Seddon ’98 Eskender Getachew MD (MED ’99) joined the staff of

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Montpelier, Ohio. He’s trained in adult and pediatric sleep medicine.

Benjamin Graef DO (A/S ’99), who graduated from Ohio

University College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his internal medicine residency, is finishing his fellowship in sleep disorders at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, with plans for a Cleveland or Akron practice. Leslie A. Kohli (Law ’99), who had been the fiscal officer of Springfield Township, Ohio, was hired as the new township administrator in January.

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Alex J. Gerken (Bus ’00),

Perrysburg Twp., was promoted to vice president in the Business Banking Group of Fifth Third Bank. He also serves as secretary for the Epilepsy Center of Northwest Ohio.

Adam Stienecker PhD (Eng ’01, PhD ’05), assistant professor

of technological studies at Ohio Northern University, has seven new state-of-the-art industrial robots to help make ONU’s new Robotics Center for Excellence more attractive to technology students, thanks to a partnership with KUKA Robotics Corporation. Pam Butler (HS ’02) was hired as Wood County (Ohio) health commissioner.

Christine Keefe-Smallman (Univ Coll ’02, MLS ’05),

director of college relations at UT’s College of Engineering, was elected to the Phi Kappa Phi executive board for a two-year term. She’s also serving on the Society of Women Engineer’s National Scholarship Committee for 2007.

Edward W. Banachowski (Univ CollA ’03), retired

award-winning Sears salesman,

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received a community service proclamation from Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner, honoring more than 25 years of volunteer service to Bayview Retirees Golf Course. He was one of the founders of the group that saved the thenabandoned north Toledo course before it was acquired by the city.

Cpl. Troy A. Kastor (HHSA ’03) returned from his third tour

of duty in Iraq. A Marine based at Camp Pendleton, Calif., he had been stationed most recently in Fallujah. Jason Munsch (Ed ’03) was named assistant coach for men’s and women’s cross country and women’s track and field programs at the College of Charleston in South Carolina.

Robert D. Shamy (MBA ’03)

was promoted to vice president, commercial lending, with Signature Bank N.A. He was one of the Toledo-based bank’s original employees when it opened in 2002. Ann Zallocco (A/S ’03) joined Thompson Hine LLP, Columbus, as an associate in the law firm’s corporate transactions and securities practice group.

Zallocco ’03 Sharon B. Dickerson (Univ Coll ’04), UT College of Law

secretary, was re-elected to a twoyear term as president of the West Toledo Democratic Club. She was also appointed to the UT Women’s Leadership Council, which covers all campuses and issues regular reports to the UT Main Campus

provost on women’s concerns. Joseph Grilliot (A/S ’04) was incorporated into the Missionaries of the Precious Blood, moving on to advanced studies for the priesthood at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.

Monique Bradford (MBA ’05) is the new coordinator

of MBA programs for the Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University.

Rebecca Brown (A/S ’05)

was hired as accounts payable coordinator with Malone Advertising in Akron.

Amy K. Burma (Law ’06)

joined the law firm of Freund, Freeze & Arnold LPA in Dayton.

Erin Dahlinghaus MD (MED ’06) began her pediatric residency at the INOVA Fairfax Hospital for Children in Falls Church, Va.

Jonathan D. Fraser (HHS ’06)

was sworn in as a police officer in Clarksville, Tenn., in October. Jeff E. Nomina (A/S ’06) was hired as a media assistant with public relations firm Marcus Thomas LLC, Cleveland.

Homecoming Weekend Oct. 6 –7! Plan now to attend; watch

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Marriages

Carey Arnold (MA ’92) married Debbie Weiner in December. Ann M. Kuhlman (Bus ’96) married Robert Salisbury in June. Andrew L. Norman (A/S ’97) married Susie Kauffman in November. Jennifer L. Callen (A/S ’98) married Michael Naviglia in October. Tim Grassel (Ed ’98) married Rachel Huhra in August. Matthew M. Jones (Eng ’98) married Robyn Longstreth in November. Jodi K. Phillips (Bus ’99) married Benjamin R. Kruse (Bus ’06) in June 2006. Eric P. Baron MD (A/S ’00) married Jennifer R. Padgett (Ed ’02) in April 2006. Joe McNamee III (Bus ’00) married Mandy Podges in July. Jolene M. Hinzman (Ed ’00) married Michael Reese in October. Frederick A. Wagner Jr. (Eng ’00) married Bridget Ensminger in September. Shawn M. Birkemeier (Bus ’01) married Angela Niemeyer in September. David B. Buckmaster (Eng ’01) married Haley Jo Von Deylen in September. Jennifer L. Bushey (A/S ’01) married Kevin Willis in October. Matthew S. Egner (HHS ’01) married Crystallyn Call in June. Bradley T. Ligibel (Eng ’01, Law ’04) married Anna Folino in November. Colette M. Zgorzelski (A/S ’01) married Patrick J. Einloth (Bus ’02) in August.

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Tara L. Boesch (Univ Coll ’02, Univ Coll ’03) married Michael Frost in October. Erica Schaffer (NRS ’02) married Andrew Burck PhD (PhD ’06) in October. Brent Altenhof MD (A/S ’03, MED ’06) married Katie Lucas (Ed ’05) in June. Chip Ciminero (EngA ’03, Eng ’03) married Jessica McCarthy in September. Heather L. Dankmyer (HS ’03) married Kevin J. Fritz MD (MED ’04) in September. Brett A. Hager (Eng ’03) married Susan Spader in September. Stephanie L. Kibler PharmD (Pharm ’03, PharmD ’05) married Joel Gensler in August. Jennifer Snyder (A/S ’03) married Jason Babinec in October. Melissa J. Allard PharmD (Pharm ’04, PharmD ’06) married Andrew Sherman in August. Paul L. Fullenkamp (Eng ’04) married Sarah Francis in December. Andrew Huber (Eng ’04) married Jennifer Yost (HHS ’05) in September. Halle N. Hurwitz (Univ Coll ’04) married Theodore Rengers in June. Amy Morgan (HHSA ’04, HHS ’05) married Ryan Schnipke (Eng ’04) in October. Nicholas D. Norden (Bus ’04) married Megan Scanlon in September. Carrie A. Scarbrough PhD (Pharm ’04, PharmD ’06) married Gregory Sampson in October. Jennifer Vodhanel (MPharm ’04) married John Krivonak in October.

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Meghan Walters (HHS ’04) married Daniel O’Brien in July. Craig Zutavern (Eng ’04) married Andrea Allen (MPharm ’05) in October. Emily B. Barnes (A/S ’05) married Sgt. Ross McFadden in September. Stephanie Haver (Ed ’05) married Shawn Canales in October. Nathaniel D. Irvin (Eng ’05) married Natalie M. Howard (HHS ’06) in September. Kimberly S. Miller (HHSA ’05) married Andrew Wright in August. Ashley N. Pruden (HHS ’05) married Matthew Ricker in August. Amy Wenning (Ed ’05) married Aaron Miller in September. Sandra M. Werman (A/S ’05, HHS ’05) married Mark Brunner in June 2006. Michael E. Youngblood (Eng ’05) married Stephanie Baker in September. Laura M. Codding (HHS ’06) married Ryan Holley in September. Ian A. McKenna (Law ’06) married Jessica Manning in September.

Births

Bill Grady (MBA ’94) and his wife, Carol, Odenton, Md., announce the birth of their third son, James Vincent, in September. Older siblings Matthew and John enjoy watching their little brother and think he’s “so cute!”

David Dilworth (A/S ’96) and his wife, Kari (Place) (HHS ’99, MBA ’03), Sylvania, announce the birth of their first son, Benjamin, in February 2006. Brooke Lowry MD (A/S ’96, MED ’99) and Vineet (Vin) Gupta MD (MED ’98, Res ’01), Sylvania, announce the birth of their first child. Their daughter, Anjali, was born in December. Vin works at Mercy Children’s Hospital in Toledo. Robin Oberle (A/S ’97) and her husband, Rob Knapke, Findlay, announce the birth of their daughter, Reagan Oberle Knapke (ROK-et!) in October.

Wendy (Pearce) Albright (HS ’98) and her husband, Troy, of Clyde, Ohio, announce the birth of twin sons, Graden Anthony and Deacon James, in November. They join sisters Katie (2), Megan (10) and Kirsten (10). Wendy is a staff occupational therapist with Bellevue Hospital.

Graden and Deacon Albright Kawaki J. (May) Braun (A/S ’98) and her husband, Robert, announce the birth of their first child, Victoria Jade, in October. They live in Laurel, Md.

Reagan Oberle Knapke Shannon N. Sorosiak-Simon (A/S ’97, MEd ’00, Ed Spec ’03) and her husband, Scott Simon, announce the birth of their second daughter, Brooke Ann, in December. She joins sister, Morgan, and the family in Grand Rapids, Ohio. Shannon is the K-12 school psychologist for the Archbold Area School District.

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Montpelier, Ohio. He’s trained in adult and pediatric sleep medicine.

Benjamin Graef DO (A/S ’99), who graduated from Ohio

’00s

Alex J. Gerken (Bus ’00),

Perrysburg Twp., was promoted to vice president in the Business Banking Group of Fifth Third Bank. He also serves as secretary for the Epilepsy Center of Northwest Ohio.

Adam Stienecker PhD (Eng ’01, PhD ’05), assistant professor

Christine Keefe-Smallman (Univ Coll ’02, MLS ’05),

Edward W. Banachowski (Univ CollA ’03), retired

award-winning Sears salesman,

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Cpl. Troy A. Kastor (HHSA ’03) returned from his third tour

Robert D. Shamy (MBA ’03)

Zallocco ’03 Sharon B. Dickerson (Univ Coll ’04), UT College of Law

Monique Bradford (MBA ’05) is the new coordinator

of MBA programs for the Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University.

Rebecca Brown (A/S ’05)

was hired as accounts payable coordinator with Malone Advertising in Akron.

Amy K. Burma (Law ’06)

joined the law firm of Freund, Freeze & Arnold LPA in Dayton.

Erin Dahlinghaus MD (MED ’06) began her pediatric residency at the INOVA Fairfax Hospital for Children in Falls Church, Va.

Jonathan D. Fraser (HHS ’06)

was sworn in as a police officer in Clarksville, Tenn., in October. Jeff E. Nomina (A/S ’06) was hired as a media assistant with public relations firm Marcus Thomas LLC, Cleveland.

Homecoming Weekend Oct. 6 –7! Plan now to attend; watch

your mail for events, activities.

Marriages

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Births

Graden and Deacon Albright Kawaki J. (May) Braun (A/S ’98) and her husband, Robert, announce the birth of their first child, Victoria Jade, in October. They live in Laurel, Md.

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biblio-files

Healing Pain Rodale, 2006 Ann Berger MD (MED ’88) and C.B. deSwaan

hether from traumatic injuries or debilitating medical conditions, chronic pain can overwhelm one’s life. Lacking an objective way to measure pain, Healing Pain identifies it as a profoundly individual experience. While no one can truly “feel your pain,” the author offers insights along with practical worksheets to guide chronic pain sufferers toward regaining some control over their pain and their lives. An oncologist and cancer survivor, Berger writes with the compassion of one who has felt pain from both sides of the examination table and believes that physical pain can severely influence mental attitudes and interpersonal relationships. Written in an engaging style, the book offers valuable advice to those suffering from pain, their friends and family, and medical care-givers. — James M. Nowak ’78, producer/ writer, Buckeye CableSystem

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It’s Always a Great Day to Be the Boss Sourcebooks Hysteria, 2006 Charlos Gary (A/S ’95)

isery loves company — and loves to laugh. The nationally syndicated cartoonist draws up a lighthearted look of the office — you know, that workplace most people recognize. The usual suspects are there: the efficient secretary, the naïve intern, the oldster who won’t retire, and yes, the incompetent boss who lacks foresight, tact, common sense … Gary knows most people have been there and offers 139 pages of fun. The quick read is a perfect present for that coworker who is a true friend. — Vicki L. Kroll ’88

Richard Hofstadter: An Intellectual History University of Chicago Press, 2006 David S. Brown PhD (PhD ’95)

n the foreword to his intellectual biography of W. E. B. Du Bois, Arnold Rampersad noted, “An intellectual biography is what you write when you don’t have access to the papers.” David S. Brown, a professor of history at Elizabethtown College, had an even more frustrating challenge. He had access to the papers of the great American historian Richard Hofstadter (1914-1970), but he was not permitted to quote from them in this first biography of a key figure in the writing of American history. As a result, Brown can offer little sense of Hofstadter as a man beyond his sketching of Hofstadter’s generosity, humility, buoyant demeanor and inner melancholy. Brown faces a bigger challenge, but meets it well. Biographers of authors and teachers often find their subjects’ lives difficult to convey save as explorations of the books they

wrote and the ideas they advanced. On this ground, Hofstadter has long needed and deserved a major biography. Though cut off prematurely by his death from leukemia at age 54, Hofstadter established himself as a leading interpreter of American history and culture. Though often cited as a key figure in the “consensus” school of historians who stressed the underlying agreements on values and principles holding Americans together, Hofstadter differed from most consensus historians by offering a critical, ironic and detached assessment of those shared values and the ways that they shaped, reflected and sometimes obscured the realities of American life. Always more of an interpretative essayist rather than what he called an “archive rat,” Hofstadter was best known for his elegant prose and his incisive analysis of the sometimes hollow pieties of American civilization in such books as The American Political Tradition (1948), The Age of Reform (1955), Anti-Intellectualism in American Life (1963), and The Progressive Historians (1968). In particular, Hofstadter’s research interests were guided by what intrigued and troubled him about contemporary America, and his preferred technique was to probe the past for whatever insight it could provide into the troubled present. Brown skillfully sets Hofstadter’s scholarship within the evolving intellectual context of postwar American liberal thought. In the 1960s, Brown shows, Hofstadter came increasingly to recognize liberalism’s limitations and www.toledoalumni.org

fragility — due both to the larger turmoil afflicting American public life in the late 1960s and to the upheavals that wracked his own beloved Columbia University. And thus, in his writings, Hofstadter moved from sardonic critique to troubled, ambivalent engagement with the best and worst of the American past. Perhaps today Hofstadter’s most studied book is his 1966 essay collection, The Paranoid Style in American Politics; in its pages we can find lucid and unsettlingly prescient analyses of what Hofstadter called pseudo-conservatism and its attendant ills. Brown’s biography illuminates for us the mind of the man whose work so illuminates our own time as well as the American past. — R. B. Bernstein, adjunct professor of law, New York Law School, and author of Thomas Jefferson (Oxford Univ. Press, 2003).

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biblio-files

Healing Pain Rodale, 2006 Ann Berger MD (MED ’88) and C.B. deSwaan

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It’s Always a Great Day to Be the Boss Sourcebooks Hysteria, 2006 Charlos Gary (A/S ’95)

Richard Hofstadter: An Intellectual History University of Chicago Press, 2006 David S. Brown PhD (PhD ’95)

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in memoriam

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Josephine K. (Ziegler) Auten (A/S ’28), Columbus, Jan. 2 at 100. *Sylvia (Northrup) (Molter) Neill (Ed ’28), Sylvania, Jan. 26 at 98. Phi Theta Psi, Alpha Omicron Pi, Delta Kappa Gamma member.

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**Edith R. (Ein) Barton (Ed ’33), Toledo, Feb. 26 at 94. **Richard M. Weter (A/S ’33), Toledo, Nov. 22 at 95. Alpha Phi member, former president of student YMCA. William H. Dufendock MD (A/S ’35), Genoa, Jan. 26 at 96. **Cyrus Jaffee (Ed ’35), Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 10 at 93. Iota Nu member. *John A. Marsh, att. 1935-1938, Toledo, Jan. 15 at 91. Carl W. Sisco (Eng ’35), Holland, Oct. 22 at age 92. Karl E. “Bizz” Hart, att. 1938-1940, Toledo, Oct. 17 at 87. *John W. Kappel (Bus ’38, MBA ’43), Clearwater, Fla., June 6, 2005, at 91. *Harry Lepold (Bus ’38), Toledo, Nov. 15 at 90. *Dorothea K. (Wiesehahn) Roshong (Ed ’38), Toledo, Oct. 30 at 90. She was valedictorian of her class. **Philip G. Robinson (Bus ’39), Sylvania, Dec. 31 at 91. He lettered in tennis and was a Sigma Beta Phi (Phi Kappa Psi) member. Robert N. Stephens (A/S ’39), Toledo, Feb. 21 at 89.

’40s

Lawrence M. Erb, att. 1940s-1950s, Maumee, Nov. 25 at 82. Burton Singer (A/S ’40), Sylvania, Dec. 8 at 88. Dorothea (Thiem) Starks (Ed ’40), Essex Junction, Vt., Dec. 19 at 89. G. Gordon Strong (Law ’40), La Cañada Flintridge, Calif., Nov. 13 at 92. The longtime newspaper publisher and executive was a faculty member in the College of Business Administration from 1949 to 1950. **Emma J. Tansel (Ed ’40), Swanton, Dec. 2 at 88. Jane (Cartwright) Baker (Ed ’41), Portland, Ore., Jan. 15 at 87. *Kenneth C. Culpert (A/S ’43), Ottawa Hills, March 2 at 86. Phyllis (Grothjan) Lauer, att.

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1943-1945 and in 1960s, Toledo, Oct. 29 at 82. Edith B. (Grosso) Pursel (A/S ’44), Toledo, Jan. 24 at 85. Donald C. Haberstock DO, att. 1945-1949, Rossford, Jan. 10 at 79. Doris J. (Hinkle) Stine (Bus ’45), Cape Coral, Fla., Jan. 1 at 87. Kappa Pi Epsilon (Chi Omega) member and president, she also was Chi Omega adviser for more than 30 years. Robert V. Tossell, att. 1945-1948, Toledo, Dec. 6 at 82. Mildred Dunham, att. 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, Toledo, Jan. 21 at 80. **Sidney Kezur (Bus ’46), Sylvania, Dec. 26 at 82. Mary F. Laws, att. 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, Battle Creek, Mich., Oct. 24 at 79. *Robert C. Pomeroy (Bus ’47), West Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 27 at 84. Sigma Alpha Epsilon member. *Betty J. Blagmon-Combs (Ed ’48), Toledo, Dec. 8 at 80. Delta Sigma Theta member. **Robert H. Garrett MD (A/S ’48), Lake Wales, Fla., Feb. 7 at 83. The longtime Toledo physician served as a trustee and president of the UT Alumni Foundation and as an original trustee of the UT Corporation, which later became the UT Foundation. Phi Kappa Psi member, former Student Body president. Richard C. Gundy (Bus ’48), Muskegon, Mich., Feb. 15 at 85. Joseph Wichowski (Eng ’48), Mount Clemons, Mich., Jan. 5 at 86. Neal W. Beaver (Ed ’49), Grand Marais, Mich., Jan. 20 at 83. He and his wife, Ruth, were one of the married couples who lived in “Nashville” housing on campus following WWII. **Helen A. (Saunders) Dennis (Ed ’49), Toledo, Jan. 26 at 79. Kappa Delta member. **Joseph Eisler (Bus ’49), Toledo, Nov. 2 at 87. **Donald C. French (Bus ’49, MEd ’64), Toledo, Dec. 22 at 84. Floyd Grolle PhD (Pharm ’49), Mountain View, Calif., April 11, 2006 at 81. **George W. Huebner Jr. (MA ’49), Toledo, Nov. 15 at 83. Sigma Phi Epsilon member. Clare B. Proudfoot (A/S ’49), Temperance, Mich., Oct. 19 at 85. *Richard S. Rokicki (A/S ’49, Law

’52), Newark, Ohio, Feb. 11 at 84. *Richard W. Schmidt (Pharm ’49), Toledo, Oct. 22 at 84. John P. Sevastos DO (Pharm ’49), Pepper Pike, Ohio, Nov. 26 at 80.

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Ronald A. Born, att. 1950-1953, Toledo, Jan. 21 at 74. Phi Kappa Chi member, secretary/treasurer of Pi Kappa Alpha, which established a UT scholarship in his name, for 27 years. Florence M. (Beran) Hawley (Bus ’50), Toledo, Feb. 1 at 78. *John (Jack) E. Maher (Bus ’50), Toledo, Aug. 4 at 79. Desdemona B. (Ballard) Mathis (Ed ’50), Toledo, Oct. 24 at 87. Phi Delta Kappa, Delta Sigma Theta member. *Thomas E. Meek (Bus ’50), Sylvania, Oct. 29 at 80. John J. Schlageter Sr. (Bus ’50, Law ’53), Sylvania, Jan. 10 at 82. Melvin C. Arnold (Law ’51), Naples, Fla., Jan. 1 at 83. Alpha Tau Omega member and president. Rose L. (Van Dorp) (Jones) Cripps (Ed ’51), Perrysburg, Jan. 6 at 77. Alpha Omicron Pi member, past president of UT Panhellenic Society. Ronald S. Carmichael (Eng ’52), Temperance, Mich., Nov. 9 at 79. Pauline (Polly) Goutras (Ed ’52), Manhattan Beach., Calif., Nov. 7 at 76. Benjamin Lieber, att. 1952-1956, Surprise, Ariz., Feb. 23 at 72. **Gordon W. Sloan (Pharm ’52), Holland, Dec. 21 at 77. Tower Club member, Tau Kappa Epsilon member. **Jay W. Thornburgh (Eng ’52), Sylvania, Jan. 28 at 82. Jeannette L. (Bushroe) Conrad (Ed ’53), Brighton Twp., Pa., Dec. 11 at 74. Robert G. Johnson, att. 1953-1955, Overland Park, Kan., Feb. 7 at 71. Sigma Alpha Epsilon member. Joyce E. (Frank) Condon, att. 1954-1956, Toledo, Jan. 3 at 70. Zeta Tau Alpha member. **Dolores “Dee” (Martin) Saunders, att. 1954-1956, Oregon, Feb. 21 at 70. She and her husband, Don, created a UT scholarship in their name for East Side high school grads. *Edrene (Benson) Cole (Ed ’55, MEd ’72, Ed Spec ’74), Toledo,

Jan. 6 at 75. The longtime teacher and education administrator was one of the founders of UT’s Toledo Excel Program to better prepare under-represented minority students for college. Honored with many UT awards that included the Alumni Association Minority Affiliate’s Outstanding Alumna in 1993, the Judith Herb College of Education’s Distinguished Achievement Award in 1994 and the Distinguished Community Service Award from the Toledo chapter of Kappa Alpha Phi, she was a frequent speaker at alumni events and at Excel graduation ceremonies, and received an honorary doctorate in education from the University in 2006. She served on the Alumni Association Board of Trustees and on the Minority Affiliate Board. Alpha Kappa Alpha member. Ida T. (Dorfmeister) McHugh (Ed ’55), Mount Vernon, Ohio, Feb. 7 at 74. Delta Delta Delta president. Stuart G. “Buck” Boyd, att. 19571964, Port Huron, Mich., Jan. 2 at 67. **Robert A. Ossege (A/S ’57), Toledo, Feb. 28 at 73. An endowment benefactor and Jesup W. Scott Society associate, he was also a member of the Henry J. Doermann Society and the Heritage Society. Wilfred Spevak (Ed ’57), Holland, Nov. 6 at 87. **Bernard V. Gaffney, att. 19581961, Holland, Dec. 27 at 75. *Paul “Bernie” Leiter (Ed ’58, MEd ’65), Toledo, Feb. 24 at 73. Sigma Alpha Epsilon president. *Stephen M. Mazurek Sr., att. 1958-1964 and 1970s, Feb. 4 at 75. **Nellie (Askermeese) Vartice (Ed ’58, MEd ’72), Toledo, Feb. 16 at 97. Alpha Kappa Alpha member. **Frank W. Zaenger (Bus ’58), Toledo, Nov. 8 at 75. H. William Bamman (Bus ’59, Law ’63), Toledo, Oct. 21 at 71. William R. Haas (Bus ’59, Law ’64), Sylvania, Jan. 17 at 73. Willis J. Shinaberry, att. 19591964, Sylvania, Jan. 7 at 68. Pi Kappa Alpha president.

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Paul L. Reynolds Jr. (Ed ’60), Avon Lake, Ohio, Nov. 22 at 73. Thomas T. Szkudlarek (Bus ’60), Saline, Mich., Jan. 31 at 69. Gerald W. Ice (Ed ’62, MEd ’65), Swanton, Feb. 6 at 67. **Harry Kessler, att. 1962-1965, Toledo, Jan. 3 at 79. He served as Toledo’s mayor from 1971-1977. *Margaret F. (Wester) Gaynier (Ed ’63, BFA ’89), LaSalle, Mich., Nov. 9 at 65. *Robert L. Genzman (Ed ’64, MEd ’77), Toledo, Nov. 24 at 64. Theta Chi member. *David M. Schnorf (Law ’64), Toledo, Nov. 26 at 69. Phi Delta Theta president. *Paul W. Geyer (MBA ’65), Findlay, Oct. 30 at 75. *Edward O. Klingelsmith, att. 1960s, Toledo, Jan. 20 at 69. Thomas M. Przyborowski (A/S ’65), Dayton, Nov. 9 at 65. **William C. Schaub Jr. (A/S ’65, Law ’68), Lambertville, Mich., Dec. 17 at 64. He lettered in golf for three years and was captain of the team when it captured UT’s first Mid-American Conference golf championship in 1964. He also helped launch UT’s Law Review. Joseph D. Molnar (A/S ’66), Perrysburg, Dec. 21 at 62. Rita D. Stout (Ed ’66), Sylvania, Feb. 2 at 91. *James A. Huber (Eng ’67), Perrysburg, Nov. 8 at 66. He was honored by the College of Engineering in 1999 as a Distinguished Alumnus. Herman F. Kummerle (MEng ’67), Gahanna, Ohio, Jan. 15 at 70. Tau Beta Pi member. Patricia J. (Taber) Basich (Ed ’68, MEd ’69), Holland, Nov. 9 at 73. James L. Marriott (Ed ’68), Perrysburg, Nov. 26 at 60. Robert M. Pearson, att. 1968-1973, Scottsdale, Ariz., Feb. 23 at 56. Sigma Alpha Epsilon president. K. Donald Fosnaught (Law ’69), Rush, N.Y., Feb. 17 at 66. Ralph H. Szteiter (Bus ’69, MBA ’77), Sandusky, Oct. 31 at 59.

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**Eleanor M. (Bensley) McGill (Ed ’70, MEd ’73), Sylvania, Feb. 2 at 78. Kappa Delta Pi member. **Ronald M. Bugaj (Bus ’71), Toledo, Feb. 26 at 61.

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James R. Conroy, att. 1971-1976, Toledo, Dec. 7 at 53. Jon A. Follis (Eng ’71), Toledo, Dec. 9 at 57. Clifford L. Phillips (Law ’71), Warren, Ohio, Oct. 27 at 62. Phi Alpha Delta member. Ronald Thomas-Copeland (Bus ’71), Glendale, Colo., Jan. 30 at 67. Thomas C. Gess (Bus ’72, Law ’81), Perrysburg, Feb. 14 at 59. Robert Quinn Jr. (UTCTC ’72), Toledo, Nov. 3 at 74. J. Hugh Straight (MEd ’72), Sylvania, Nov. 12 at 79. Daniel E. Ansted (Ed ’73), Temperance, Mich., Jan. 5 at 62. **Lona M. (Watkins) Campbell (Ed ’73), Toledo, Nov. 14 at 73. John N. Dillon (MEd ’73, Ed Spec ’74), Toledo, Feb. 19 at 88. Robert L. Kearney (Bus ’73), Ludlow, Vt., Jan. 19 at 60. Thomas L. Rahla (Eng ’73, MBA ’92), Northwood, Jan. 29 at 58. He was one of the founders of Triangle Fraternity. Mary Lou Smitley (MEd ’73, Ed Spec ’79), Toledo, Dec. 13 at 77. Phi Kappa Phi member, Martha Holden Jennings Scholar. Lelia M. (Brooks) Baskin (UTCTC ’75, Ed ’85), Toledo, Jan. 19 at 83. Melvin R. Frass (Ed ’75, MEd ’77), Columbus, Dec. 10 at 76. Phi Delta Kappa member. Kim R. Hughes (UTCTC ’75), Toledo, Feb. 14 at 51. David L. Powell (Univ Coll ’75, A/S ’78), Youngstown, Oct. 22 at 59. Chuck P. Skalsky II (Ed ’75), East Lansing, Mich., Nov. 29 at 54. He was a member of the UT Rockets football team from 1971 to 1974. Terry G. McKinley (Univ Coll ’76), Oak Harbor, Ohio, Dec. 2 at 55. David L. Prala (Bus ’76), Toledo, Nov. 16 at 51. Ralph W. Stevenson (MEng ’76), Lambertville, Mich., Jan. 6 at 82. He was a part-time material science instructor in the College of Engineering. John H. Lawrence (Univ Coll ’77, Law ’81), Toledo, Jan. 8 at 58.

’80s

Penny (Sipsma) Ellis (Ed ’80, MEd ’86, Ed Spec ’97), Toledo, Nov. 21 at 60. Lorraine (Collins) Hancock, att.

1980s-1990s, Toledo, Dec. 20 at 53. James “J.T.” Meyer (Bus ’81), Toledo, Nov. 11 at 47. Judy A. (Grafitti) (Bower) Gerken (MEd ’82), Liberty Center, Ohio, Dec. 6 at 59. Karen F. (Schwind) McLaughlin (Bus ’82), Pemberville, Oct. 24 at 52. Leola M. (Kinney) Seckinger (Ed ’82), Curtice, Nov. 10 at 64. Phi Kappa Phi member. Susan (Trendel) Szklarz (UTCTC ’83, Bus ’88), Cleveland, Nov. 18 at 44. Gregory D. Bailey (UTCTC ’84), Toledo, Jan. 26 at 54. Donna L. (Landis) Collins (Bus ’84), Indianapolis, Feb. 19 at 68. Jacquelyn (Phillips) Cauffiel (A/S ’85, MEd ’92), Ottawa Hills, Jan. 10 at 65. Kathleen (Kinsey) Dominique (Bus ’86), Oregon, Jan. 25 at 61. William F. Carll (Eng ’87), Houston, Aug. 5 at 46. John W. Ortman (Bus ’87), Mountlake Terrace, Wash., Jan. 15 at 43. Charlotte Y. Reed (UTCTC ’87, Univ Coll ’93), Toledo, March 2 at 56. Chantil M. Frais, att. 1988-2000, Toledo, Nov. 28 at 37. Keith T. Dressel, att. 1989-1991, Toledo, Feb. 21 at 35, killed in the line of police duty.

’90s

Rodney J. Dinkens (UTCTC ’91, Univ Coll ’96), Maumee, Nov. 3 at 38. Heather J. Philion (Ed ’92), Elyria, Nov. 24 at 37. Dorothy A. (Jennings) Strode (UTCTC ’92), Toledo, Dec. 11 at 55. Jacqueline Aldridge-Brownlee (MEd ’94), Toledo, Nov. 11 at 47. Kori M. Watson, att. 1994-1996, Toledo, Feb. 9 at 36. James G. Mutschler (MBA ’95), Sylvania, Dec. 30 at 56. Todd Harget (EngA ’97), Marcellus, Mich., Jan. 30 at 42. Edna E. (Freeman) Bean (A/S ’98), Toledo, Jan. 18 at 58. Denny L. Clingaman (Univ Coll ’99), Wauseon, Dec. 21 at 55. Glenda J. (Clemons) Sberna (A/S ’99), Perrysburg, Dec. 14 at 34.

’00s

Aaron M. Shapiro (Eng ’01),

Euclid, Ohio, Nov. 3 age 39. Eddie D. Butler, att. 2003-2006, Toledo, Jan. 29 at 30. *David A. Scheid (HHS ’04), Toledo, March 2 at 43. Timothy Conklin, Holland, Ohio, a senior in the College of Business Administration, Jan. 27 at 22. James A. Mullen, Moreland Hills, Ohio, a second-year medical student, Dec. 31 at 24.

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Barbara W. Allen, who as office manager for the Toledo Legal Aid Society worked closely with several generations of UT College of Law students, died Dec. 17 at 83. Thomas H. Anderson, 82, Toledo, a local civic and business leader, philanthropist and a strong supporter of the former MCO, died Nov. 30. He was a member of the Mayor’s Medical School Study Committee that worked in the early 1960s to determine the need for a medical school in northwest Ohio, leading to the establishment of the Toledo State College of Medicine in 1964. In 1967, the school’s name was changed to Medical College of Ohio. Anderson served on the board of the former Maumee Valley Hospital, where MCO was initially established, and was a member and chairman of the MCO Board of Trustees from 1980 to 1989. He also served on the MCO Foundation Board of Trustees. In 1990, he received MCO’s Distinguished Citizen Award. Earl W. Bitz Sr., Holland, died Feb. 17 at 79. He joined UT in 1970 as a custodian and held positions in housekeeping until 1978, when he became a maintenance repair worker. He retired from that position in 1989. Geraldine V. Bouyer, Toledo, a custodial worker at the former MCO from 1977 to 2000, died Jan. 14 at 58. James A. Brunner PhD, Sylvania Township, died Feb. 3 at 83. Perhaps more than any single person, he was responsible for today’s appearance of UT’s Main Campus. Brunner came to UT in 1951, and he served as the chair of the Marketing Department for 25 years, retiring as professor Toledo Alumni Magazine | Spring 2007 51

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Josephine K. (Ziegler) Auten (A/S ’28), Columbus, Jan. 2 at 100. *Sylvia (Northrup) (Molter) Neill (Ed ’28), Sylvania, Jan. 26 at 98. Phi Theta Psi, Alpha Omicron Pi, Delta Kappa Gamma member.

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’52), Newark, Ohio, Feb. 11 at 84. *Richard W. Schmidt (Pharm ’49), Toledo, Oct. 22 at 84. John P. Sevastos DO (Pharm ’49), Pepper Pike, Ohio, Nov. 26 at 80.

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**Eleanor M. (Bensley) McGill (Ed ’70, MEd ’73), Sylvania, Feb. 2 at 78. Kappa Delta Pi member. **Ronald M. Bugaj (Bus ’71), Toledo, Feb. 26 at 61.

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Penny (Sipsma) Ellis (Ed ’80, MEd ’86, Ed Spec ’97), Toledo, Nov. 21 at 60. Lorraine (Collins) Hancock, att.

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the Pediatrics Department at the former MCO, died Jan. 29 at 66. She also was a medical transcriber at MUO. William P. Day, Sylvania, who taught in UT’s Department of Communication for more than 20 years, died Dec. 24 at 80. The longtime area reporter and editor joined UT in 1970 as a visiting lecturer in journalism. Upon his 1984 retirement from The Blade, he became assistant professor of communication. He was faculty adviser to The Collegian, to the student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and to the Public Relations Student Society of America. In 1987, he received an Outstanding Teaching Award; in 1990, the UT Panhellenic Association named him Faculty Member of the Year. He retired in 1991. Kenneth J. De Witt PhD, Toledo, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, died Dec. 29 at 68. He joined the College of Engineering in 1965 as assistant professor, becoming associate professor in 1969 and professor in 1975. From 1981 to 1984, he served as the college’s associate dean of graduate studies. The internationally known engineering expert in fluid-thermal physics and transport phenomena was named an Outstanding Teacher in 1975 and a Distinguished University Professor in 1987 as part of UT’s Program for Academic Excellence. He was also an instructor and researcher at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. Charles Dolph, Sylvania, who since 2006 worked as business continuity administrator in the Office of Education and Information Technology, died Jan. 11 at 62. Daniel M. Gore, Toledo, who taught public speaking at UT for 10 years, died Feb. 18 at 94. Carolyn Warner Harrison, Toledo, a secretary in the UT Faculty Senate Office from 1973 to 1990, died Dec. 7 at 78. Dorothy “Dottie” G. (Brown) Hussain, Maumee, a nurse for more than two decades, died Dec. 2 at 62. She started nursing at the former MCO in 1975 and after a five-year stint with the former St.

Vincent Medical Center, returned to MCO in 1983, working in the emergency room as a critical care nurse until her retirement in 1996. She was twice named Nurse of the Year at MCO, an honor based on peer nominations. Julie A. Johnson, Temperance, Mich., a UT secretary for more than 25 years, died Jan 2 at 54. She joined the University in 1979 and Institutional Research the following year, remaining there until 2006, when she was an executive secretary. Karl H. Koester, Toledo, who worked as a lab senior technician at the UT Medical Center from 2005 to 2006, died Jan. 2 at 69. David E. Machcinski, a custodial worker on the Health Science Campus, died Jan. 26 at 64. He joined the staff at the former MCO in 1992. **Malcolm C. Maddy (MEng ’69), Beaverton, Ore., who was an assistant professor of engineering technology at UT Community Technical College from 1967 to 1968, died Dec. 28 at 70. He attained the rank of Captain in the U.S. Air Force. Homer E. Meder, Toledo, a carpenter in Hospital Maintenance at the former MCO for 20 years until his 1989 retirement, died Feb. 25 at 85. Marian A. (Mathewson) Miller, Toledo, who worked at the former MCO until her retirement from nursing, died Oct. 26 at 77. *Richard W. Rehm (Eng ’43), Bullard, Texas, an assistant professor of engineering drawing in the College of Engineering from 1946 to 1949, died Nov. 16 at 85. He and his wife, Jean (Gilbert), lived in the University’s “Nashville” for a time. President of Chi Rho Nu (Theta Chi). Doris D. Robinson, Toledo, a housekeeping employee of the former MCO, died Nov. 24 at 66. John R. Sadd MD, Sanibel Island, Fla., who was a volunteer faculty member at the former MCO/MUO for more than 30 years, died Nov. 26 at 73. The longtime Toledo plastic surgeon and chair of Toledo Hospital’s Department of Surgery served MCO/MUO as a clinical assistant professor of surgery from 1969 to 2004. To recognize his excellence in teaching, in 1984 the college bestowed on him the

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Golden Apple Award, an honor usually reserved for full-time faculty. Sandra Lee Salmi, Stuart, Fla., a nurse at the former MCO from 1989 to 1999, died Dec. 6 at 57. Charles C. Snyder, Bellevue, Ohio, who worked at UT for two decades, died Feb. 5 at 84. He was an assistant football coach for the Rockets from 1970 to 1976. Snyder started his job as assistant athletic director in 1968 and was promoted to associate athletic director in 1983. He retired in 1988. Rosie May Thomas, Toledo, a nurse’s assistant at the former MCO for 19 years, retiring in 1985, died Dec. 3 at 81. Annie Toth, Toledo, a custodial worker at UT from 1961 to 1991, died Feb. 21 at 83. Darlene Tyson, Toledo, died Dec. 26 at 62. She worked as a secretary in the Department of Physics and Astronomy from 1996 to 2000. *Thomas E. Walsh MD (MED ’78), Waterville, died Jan. 2 at 57. Following his degree from the former MCO, he performed his residency there and completed a cardiology fellowship, later becoming director of transplantation. At the time of his death he was a physician with the UT Medical Center and associate professor in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; he also served as director of the Cardiovascular Fellowship Program.

Tonight I float over breezy orchards beyond the bell tower toward a copper river, glide low for a moment to tousle the mud-borne brush. Squinting at eastern boat lights, I ascend to admire a pristine bridge, plucking its ivory cables like a harpist’s strings. Below, a harbormaster’s horn welcomes captains to port, warning them to leave no wake. The blare seizes me – my fingers tugging a cluster of threads in my pillow.

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emeritus in 1992. His service as the first chair of UT’s Campus Beautification Committee came about thanks to his reputation for gardening. In 1976, UT President Glen Driscoll called Brunner into his office and said, “I hear you’re the one professor that likes to dig in the dirt. Our campus is anything but attractive. Therefore, I challenge you to create something beautiful for The University of Toledo.” Brunner and his committee transformed the campus. In 2003, the American Society of Landscape Architects designated the University as one of the country’s most beautiful campuses, one of only 22 colleges and universities so honored. Brunner was also instrumental in creating the Alumni Gate, the Pursuit of Excellence Waterfall, identifiers for the Centennial Mall and the Toledo Edison Fountain. In 1996, UT created and dedicated the Brunner Garden to honor Jim’s beautification work. Brunner received UT’s Outstanding Teacher Award in 1968. He served for more than 30 years as faculty adviser to Beta Gamma Sigma, the College of Business Scholastics Honorary. He helped bring the freshman honor society, Phi Eta Sigma, to UT and initiated the freshman leadership society, Lambda Sigma. In 2002, he received UT’s Alumni Adviser Award for his dedication to fraternal values and to furthering Greek life on campus. He co-founded The University of Toledo Retirees Alumni Association (UTRA), serving as its first president. A charter member of the Presidents Club, he founded the Brunner Scholarship Fund, the Brunner Faculty Service Award in the UT College of Business Administration and the Brunner Multimedia Center in Stranahan Hall. In 2001, UT paid him high honor by creating the Brunner Society. Phyllis J. Church, Toledo, who worked at UT for 22 years, died Nov. 7 at 71. She was hired as a clerk in the Cashier’s Office in 1970, moving to Finance in 1976. She retired as an accountant in 1992. Cornelia M. Collier, Toledo, who worked as a secretary in

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