Class Notes
News and Events from Alumni
Notes 1950s ’51
Marion Taylor Ward was featured in the Thousand Oaks Acorn for her work organizing the “Celebrating the Joy of Music” concert in March 2019, five years after being partially paralyzed in a traffic accident. She has enjoyed a career in publishing in New York and California.
Notes 1960s ’62
Nancy McMullen Smith was featured in the Watertown Daily Times for her embroidered art, and an exhibit of her work, “Variety Is the Spice of Life,” was held at the Thousand Islands Art Center during the winter of 2018–19.
’65
Barbara J. Rautner has published her second small book of spiritual reflections in poetic form: Songs of the Spirit, Darkness and Light (2019). That follows the publication of To Walk With Thee, Songs of the Spirit in 2012. Both of her books were published by Rose Dog Books, Dorrance Publishing Company, 585 Alpha Drive, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She graduated with a degree in psychology. Steven Ross welcomed his third grandchild on July 5, 2019. Evelyn Amelia Ross joins sister, Eleanor, and big brother, Leo.
’67
Peter McCormick writes: “A few years ago — the mid to late 1960s to be more precise — Phi Delta Theta at 681 The Terrace was the movie capital of Meadville. We made such classics as Tom Jones, The Collector, and The Great Spaghetti Dinner Massacre, along with other short films and documentaries. If you saw any of them, we’re sure you’re smiling now at the memories. All those wonderful 8mm and super 8mm movie films are lost. A few of the movie clips were found in 2010, and we enjoyed a generational Phi Delta Theta reunion with a showing. Now, a quest has
begun to find the majority of those movie films. However, we need all the help we can get. If you know anything about those films, no matter how small the detail (like “I saw the metal canisters with the films in them when I visited the House in 1978.”), please pass along that information to me at macbon@verizon.net.”
’68
Nancy Reiss Hinz has started the Dr. Paul Zolbrod Interdisciplinary Communications Living Legacy Fund at Allegheny. The fund’s mission is to bring successful alumni and experts from all disciplines for campus presentations, seminars and meetings with students. These interactions will help prospective graduates develop real-world communication skills and practical career tools critical in today’s competitive and changing job market. You can visit the dedicated donation page at http://go.allegheny.edu/zolbrod. John Ziegler shares a catching-up note: After serving in the Peace Corps, he received a master’s degree from the University of Hawaii in 1972. “From there I became a history professor at Honolulu Community College for 35 years. I retired and now split my time between Pennsylvania and North Carolina.”
Notes 1970s ’70
Jane Offutt is the owner of Accomplishonline, which distributes Accomplish Reading, an app that improves reading comprehension for students in grades 3-8. Recently, Accomplishonline was certified as a Woman Owned Business. This certification is a tool to increase business and networking opportunities for women entrepreneurs. Dane Velie received his Master of Science in business economics from the Georgia State University Graduate School of Business in December 2019. He was the oldest graduate receiving a degree from the GSU Graduate School of Business that day. “Next to receiving my degree from Allegheny College almost 50 years ago, it was the second most proud day of my life. GO, GATORS,” he says.
