GOLD NUGGETS GOLD NUGGETS publishes submitted updates about DePauw alumni’s careers, milestones, activities and whereabouts. Send your news to DePauw Magazine, P.O. Box 37, Greencastle, IN 46135-0037 or dgrooms@depauw.edu. Faxes may be sent to 765-658-4625. Space considerations limit our ability to publish photos. Group photos will be considered if you include each person’s name (first, maiden and last), year of graduation and information about the gathering or wedding. Digital photos must be high-quality jpegs of at least 300 dpi. Submitted hard copies cannot be returned. Questions? Contact Mary Dieter at marydieter@depauw.edu or 765-658-4286.
Shore Arts gallery at the Center for Visual & Performing Arts in Chicago, Sept. 24 through Nov. 1. She is known for her landscapes of the unexpected beauty in the industrial backgrounds and the natural beauty of the dunes in Northwest Indiana.
Jean MacRae Jones ’44
1944 Jean MacRae Jones celebrated her 98th birthday Sept. 30 in Decatur, Illinois. Joining the celebration were her three daughters and three of her eight grandchildren, while her 12 great-grandchildren sent along birthday wishes. While enjoying her birthday cake, Jean was treated to tunes by a Scottish bagpiper who played her favorite music. (See photo.)
1951 Mary Lou Van Buren, retired religious organization administrator, was recognized by Marquis Who’s Who Top Educators for dedication, achievements and leadership in religion education.
1952 Barbara Miller Meeker was featured in a career retrospective at The South
1969
1973
Philip A. Scheidt is the author of “Holy Wood: Movies Doing the Bible.”
Bradley K. Buettin is the purchasing director for Fishman & Associates.
Chris Wurster reports that he and his Phi Kappa Psi pledge brothers have been keeping in touch monthly via Zoom and “I have gotten to know them all so much better than when we were students.” After the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Jan Hoey initiated the Zoom gatherings, which usually draw nine or 10 attendees.
William F. Carroll Jr. is the author of “Ranking the Albums.” The link to his website for a description and a video tour is http://ranking.rocks/the-albums.
Barbara Zaring is one of six artists exploring their worlds in isolation. Their art work was featured in “Art In This Time” at the Bareiss Gallery in Taos, New Mexico, in October.
1956
1972
Norval D. Reece and his wife Ann exchanged gifts with the Dalai Lama. Norval is one of 15 people from different faiths who take turns writing a column for Bucks County’s (Pennsylvania) largest newspaper every Sunday.
Bob Alston is trying to find out who created the REDBOL computer language that was used in the computer course in the late 1960s and early 1970s. His professor told him three students wrote the program. If you know, email him at bobalston@gmail.com.
1963
Scott H. Decker is co-author of “Competing competing for Control: for control GANGS AND THE SOCIAL Gangs and ORDER OF PRISONS the Social Order of the Prison.” The book was recently named Outstanding Book by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, the largest professional association of faculty and researchers who work in criminology and criminal justice. (See book cover.)
Anita L. Johnson has retired after 40 years as a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice, first in the Office of Consumer Litigation in Washington D.C. and then as assistant U.S. attorney in Boston. She previously worked at Ralph Nader’s Health Research Group and the Environmental Defense Fund. She lives with her husband, John Harris, in Brookline, Massachusetts.
1967 James M. Taylor and his wife Geri were virtually awarded the Perennial Hero Award by the Alliance for Aging Research in Washington D.C. Geri was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2012, and since then the couple has spoken to more than 10,000 people around the country and Europe to educate others about the disease.
40 I DEPAUW MAGAZINE SPRING 2021
DAVID C. PYROOZ AND SCOTT H. DECKER
Karen Werner Connolly is the director of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care’s 2021 board. She is a licensed health care professional with more than 40 years of organizational leadership in diverse health care settings.
1974 Michael J. Christie, a Nashville, Tennessee, orthopedic surgeon, received the humanitarian award from the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons for founding Walk Strong, a nonprofit that provides free knee and hip replacements for patients in developing and underserved countries. James R. Stewart, chief of thoracic surgery at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, has been recognized by Marquis Who’s Who Top Doctors for dedication, achievements and leadership in thoracic surgery.
1975 David C. Carr has self-published a book, “65 at 65: 65 things I know for sure by Seizing the Day after 65 years!” Mary Elizabeth “Beth” Jaeger has retired to Fort Collins, Colorado, with her partner, Vicki Vennell. Beth serves on the board of directors of The Family Center/La Familia, a child care and family resource agency and has been appointed to the city’s Human Relations Commission. Mary B. McClendon Johnson has completed a five-year research project, “The Faith-Charity Scale or the Success Scale,” which examines the educational process for college students and Christian rights. She also has completed a postdoctoral fellowship in psychology. She produces a television program, “Word of Encouragement,” and has written two books, “These Little Ones” and “How to Overcome Depression: A Woman’s, A Christian’s, A Psychological Viewpoint.” She also has written entries
