Class Notes 1950s
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Francis E. Johnston ’59 ’60 AS is a biological anthropologist and professor emeritus of anthropology in the University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences in Philadelphia. He is also a Fellow in the Penn Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics.
The University of Kentucky “Marching 100” band added majorettes to its half-time football game activities in 1960. The majorettes performed for the first time during the Auburn-UK football game at Stoll Field. They are, from the left: Karen Shields, Susan Mendel, and Donna Wilson.
1960s Phillip Taliaferro ’62 LAW lives in Erlanger and is the founder of Taliaferro Carran & Hampton PLLC in Covington. He was inducted into the Kentucky Veterans Hall of Fame and Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame. Marie E. Setser ’65 AS was elected chair of the 42
Endowment Board of the Unitarian Church in Charleston, South Carolina. The church is the oldest Unitarian church in the South. Donald A. Vizi ’65 BE lives in McInnville, Tennessee, and is president and CEO of the McMinnville — Warren County Chamber of Commerce. He retired as a lieutenant colonel from the U.S. Air Force after a 26-year career and has been working for chambers of commerce for more than 16 years. Bissell Roberts ’67 AS is an attorney and partner with Bardenwerper, Talbott & Roberts PLLC in Louisville, specializing in land use law, zoning, eminent domain and mediation. He was appointed to the Kentucky Crime Victims Compensation Board by Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear. Roberts is also a member of the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance. He earned his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. Phillip R. Patton ’68 ED, ’72 AS, ’73 LAW lives in Glasgow and is a retired Circuit Court judge for the 43rd Judicial Circuit serving Barren and Metcalfe counties. He received the 2021 Chief Justice’s Special Service Award for his work as a circuit judge and for overseeing cases in the Green River Region as a retired judge. Prior to serving on the bench,
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Patton was the commonwealth’s attorney for Barren and Metcalfe counties and, before that, an attorney in private practice for 19 years in Glasgow. Fred T. Tracy ’68 AS lives in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and was inducted into the Waterways Experiment Station Gallery of Distinguished Employees. He is a retired employee of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Information Technology Laboratory after 47 years of public service.
1970s Patrick Fugeman ’70 DES lives in Newark, Delaware, and retired after 27 years on the senior management team as vice president, design and construction at Christiana Care Health System in Wilmington, Delaware. Sandra L. Helton ’71 AS lives in Chicago and serves on the boards of directors and is chair of the Audit Committees for Principal Financial Group, Covetrus Inc., an animal health services and technology company, and OptiNose, a specialty pharmaceutical company. She was named to the National Association of Corporate Directors Directorship 100. Pamela L. Elam ’72 AS, ’75 LAW is a retired attorney and activist. She
is president of the Monumental Women Board of Directors in New York, and worked to get the Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument in New York City’s Central Park. In her career, Elam held many positions including legislative aide to the New York City Council; assistant New York City comptroller and director of Community Relations; coordinator at the Mayor’s Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and deputy chief of staff to the Manhattan borough president. Marc A. Wells ’72 BE, ’75 LAW is the owner of Marc Wells Attorney at Law in Princeton. He was named a Continental Who’s Who Trusted Attorney. Dale R. Curth ’74 DES lives in Louisville and retired as project manager and associate at Schmidt Associates Inc., an architecture and engineering firm, after a nearly 50-year career in architecture. He had been a principal and president at Arrasmith Judd Rapp Chovan, which joined with Schmidt in 2020. Kim Weaver Kelly ’75 NUR lives in Dimondale, Michigan, and is a retired accountant manager for the Michigan State Police Office of Highway Safety Planning. She was appointed to the Michigan Truck Safety Commission by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
