Fall 2013 Miamian

miamian The Magazine of Miami University

Fall 2013

leading the way @twitter Adam Bain ’95, president of global revenue

IN THIS ISSUE:

Campus Canine Corps Armed for Life My Story: Just Swing…

A PASSION FOR GLASS Sandra Gross ’91 MFA ’04 is an artist who in her “search for transparency” began with bronze sculptures which led to beeswax and finally to glass. She is the founder of Brazee Street Studios in Cincinnati and also teaches and exhibits widely.

Staff Editor Donna Boen ’83 MTSC ’96

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Senior Designer Donna Barnet Photographers Jeff Sabo Scott Kissell

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Web Developer Suzanne Clark

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Copy Editor Beth Weaver

18 Life & Limb

Born with just one arm, Becky Selby Alexander ’82 learned early how to adapt. A pastor and author, she tells her story.

Issue Consultants Rachel Morton Associates Lilly Pereira (Design)

22 Work Like a Dog

University Advancement 513-529-4029 Vice President for University Advancement Tom Herbert herbertw@MiamiOH.edu Alumni Relations 513-529-5957 Assistant Vice President for Alumni Relations Ray Mock ’82 MS ’83 mockrf@MiamiOH.edu

Kristin McNamara ’13 is teaching dogs new tricks through 4 Paws for Ability, a program that trains them to be of service to the disabled.

24 Flying High at Twitter Brachs the wonder dog goes to class (see page 22).

A bird’s-eye view from Adam Bain ’95, who has flown to the top of one of the most successful cyber-companies in the world.

IN EACH ISSUE

Office of Development 513-529-1230 Senior Associate Vice President for University Advancement Brad Bundy Hon ’13 brad.bundy@MiamiOH.edu

2 From the Hub

16 My Story

3 Back & Forth

30 Love & Honor

Ideas fly at Convocation.

To and from the editor.

www.MiamiOH.edu/alumni Address changes may be sent to: Alumni Records Office Advancement Services Miami University 926 Chestnut Lane Oxford, Ohio 45056 alumnirecords@MiamiOH.edu 513-529-5127 Fax: 513-529-1466

Tasha Golden MA ’12 (see page 14).

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Campus news and highlights.

10 Such A Life 30%

Donors and volunteers help to keep Miami at the top.

32 Class Notes

Notes, news, and weddings.

46 Farewells

12 Inquiry + Innovation

48 Days of Old

The secrets of frozen frogs.

Utopia 2:XG paper features FSC® certifications and is Lacey Act compliant; 100% of the electricity used to manufacture Utopia 2:XG is generated with Green-e® certified renewable energy.

A life lesson from baseball.

Bollywood comes to Miami.

14 Media Matters ON THE COVER Adam Bain ’95, president of global revenue at Twitter, has had a meteoric rise through the ranks of the techno-elite.

Photo by Cody Pickens.

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Dusting off a historical gem from the archives.

New words and works by alumni artists and writers.

Miamian is published four times a year by the University Advancement Division of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056. Copyright © 2013, Miami University. All rights are reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. Miamian is produced by University Communications and Marketing, 108 Glos Center, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, 513-529-7592; Fax: 513-529-1950; Miamian@MiamiOH.edu.

from the hub

Class of 2017 lifts off … and so do we

By President David Hodge

I am Miami. Chances are, if you are enjoying this newly

designed Miamian, you are, too.

And so are the 3,600-plus new students who soared into their own Miami Experience at convocation this year. That’s when the members of the Class of 2017 launched their college careers by writing words of wisdom on paper airplanes and sailing them into the crowd to share with each other.

“Don’t be afraid to talk to people and try new things.” “Never hesitate to The members of approach your professors.” “Oh, and the Class of 2017 don’t blink, because the next four years are going to fly by!” launched their One piece of advice really stood college careers by out because it embraced I Am Miami, a meaningful, new initiative: “You writing words of are Miami. You are smart, strong, wisdom on paper and different.”

Looking out over the Hub, watching airplanes and airplanes sail and students stretch to sailing them into claim them, I felt my own optimism soar. These students will come to the crowd to share appreciate what I Am Miami is all about. with each other.

Miami has always emphasized honesty and integrity, values that our trustees formalized by approving a statement in 2002 that included those words and the right to hold and express disparate beliefs. Now, those values have been expanded and personalized in our new Code of Love & Honor, which the Class of 2017 read aloud for the first time convocation morning.

The code begins with “I Am Miami,” which means that what I, you, and our students say and do matters.

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The lines that most resonate for me emphasize personal responsibility, welcoming “a diversity of people, ideas, and experiences,” and “acting through words and deeds in ways that reflect these values and beliefs.” These are much more than words as we demonstrate by our actions the values we want our students to embrace and carry throughout their lives.

The I Am Miami initiative is the umbrella for so many programs and resources— from our Celebrating Freedom activities that will culminate next year in the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer; through the opening of the Armstrong Student Center, where all students will be able to work with each other in a backdrop that encourages close interaction. To read the entire Code of Love & Honor, go to www.MiamiOH.edu/ You are invited to write to IAmMiami.

President David Hodge at president@miamioh.edu. Follow I hope you, too, will embrace him on twitter @PresHodge.

I Am Miami and that it makes you even prouder of the values that Miami holds dear. “With a deep sense of accomplishment and gratitude, (you) will Love, Honor, and make proud those who help (you) earn the joy and privilege of saying, ‘To think that in such a place, I led such a life.’ ” To view highlights of the 2013 Convocation, go to http://miamioh.edu/convocation2013.

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Lovely read I opened the latest Miamian (Summer 2013) and read it cover to cover, as I usually do. It is remarkable that each time I read an issue, I am prompted to think, “...to think that at such a place and time, I lived such a life.” I still keep in touch with English department graduate school friends. What a great place Miami was in the mid-to-late ’80s!

Thanks for a great magazine.

—Bob Whipple PhD (English) ’90 Professor and Chair, English Department, Creighton University, Omaha, Neb. Wil’s groundbreaking work Editor’s note: Leslie Jones ’08 of the White House Historical Association wrote the following letter to Wil Haygood ’76, who was Miami’s Spring 2013 commencement speaker and the subject of the Summer 2013 Miamian cover story, “The Storyteller.” Leslie’s letter is reprinted with permission.

I was fortunate enough to return home from work yesterday and have the Summer 2013 Miamian at my door. The cover story, telling the remarkable journey you took

to reveal the incredible life of Eugene “Gene” Allen, was the most interesting piece I’ve yet to see in this publication. There is such depth and insight into your craft as a writer, and I respond to this as a researcher myself, having written on White House history for both academic and professional opportunities.

I know the White House Historical Association, for whom I work, aided the movie production team with research for the upcoming film The Butler and we all are very much looking forward to Gene’s story being told on a grand scale. Many years ago we had his oral history recorded with the Smithsonian Institution for “White House Workers,” which became a DVD and also a traveling exhibit with the SITES department at SI. As a Miami alum, and now a Washingtonian, I was so very proud to read the article about you and to know you were the commencement speaker for the class of 2013. As someone who is charged with telling the White House stories, particularly now as we are redesigning the White House Visitor Center, I want to thank you for the groundbreaking work you accomplished with your 2008 article.

—Leslie Jones ’08 White House Historical Association Washington, D.C. Amazing story Just wanted to say thanks for posting the video of Mr. Haygood’s commencement address. I live in the Washington, D.C., area, and I remember reading his feature article about the White House butler

when it was published several years ago. A well-told and amazing story. Didn’t know at the time that Wil was a fellow Miami grad.

Great! He is a fine speaker (as well as a writer), and I am pleased that Miami invited him to address the 2013 class.

—Anne Lynn ’75 MEn ’80 Alexandria, Va. Kudos I want to tell you how great the Summer 2013 alum mag is.

I just got it and as usual read it cover to cover.

Before I knew it, I had taken out the article about Wil Haygood so I could make copies of his story and distribute it among friends who are always looking for a decent movie with something of value in it.

Then I took out the article about broomball (“Boisterous Broomball”) to send to my Minnesota son who has been playing broomball there for many years; only with real brooms.

Couldn’t stop there. The article about the Bronco’s draft of Zac Dysert (“Broncos draft Zac Dysert ’13”) goes to another son who lives in Denver.

As always, the work you do to make Miami news come alive is much appreciated.

—JoAnn Funkhouser Hayes ’51 Liberty Lake, Wash.

Send letters to: Donna Boen Miamian editor 108 Glos Center Miami University Oxford, Ohio 45056-2480 Miamian@MiamiOH.edu; or fax to 513-529-1950.

Include your name, class year, home address, and phone number.

Letters are edited for space and clarity.

Finding Freedom Summer Thanks to the staff of Miamian for featuring the essay “My Parents Said Yes!” by Chude Pam Allen from the book Finding Freedom: Memorializing the Voices of Freedom Summer (Miami University Press, 2013).

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I was filled with the spirit of Miami, where dreams of the future were formed and where the ideals I hold dear were planted.

I have received numerous emails from alumni who would like to purchase a copy of the book. They are available at the Miami University Press website: www.orgs.miamioh.edu/mupress.

Please plan to join us Oct. 12-14, 2014, for the Freedom Summer National Conference at Miami University. Conference website: http://westernarchives.lib. miamioh.edu/freedomsummer/ conference.

—Jacky Johnson Archivist, Western College Memorial Archives, johnsoj@miamioh.edu Happy 45th MUDEC Editor’s note: The Miami University Dolibois European Center celebrates its 45th anniversary this fall.

In honor of the event and to recognize the impact the Luxembourg experience has had on so many Miami alumni, John Dolibois ’42 offers his well-wishes: http:// miamioh.edu/dolibois.

In addition, Miamian is reprinting the following alumni spotlight letter from the Fall 2013 MUDEC Alumni Newsletter.

My Luxembourg memories came rocketing back to me this year.

I was able to enjoy this unique European study and travel experience all over again through the eyes of my daughter, Jessica.

My husband and I sent her off in January 2013 knowing that she was going to have a life-changing experience at MUDEC. I often contemplated whether I enjoyed my experiences more or if I preferred living through hers. It’s a toss-up.

Listening to the weekend travel highlights was great, vicarious

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fun. Many were similar to routes I had taken more than 30 years ago.

Of course, she also went to places whose names didn’t exist in my tattered edition of Let’s Go, Europe.

Jessica and I were able to travel together to Ireland and England in May. We looped our way over the beautiful countryside of Ireland in a tiny car on the wrong side of the road.

It was hilarious, and stressful, and character building. It’s a true test of the mother/daughter relationship if there ever was one.

We survived. Traveling through England on trains was easier on the nerves, but didn’t result in as many stories that started with, “You won’t believe what happened next.”

We both extended our MUDEC studies to include a summer work experience. I spent the summer of 1979 working in Amsterdam for a typewriter manufacturer. (Yes, I know. What’s a typewriter?)

That job helped launch a 13-year career with IBM once I graduated in 1980.

Jessica worked in Manchester, England, as an unpaid marketing intern. It helped to solidify her commitment to her chosen career path in business and marketing.

Our two boys are seniors in high school this year. I hope that they also include a study abroad program in their college experiences.

I know just the program for them.

There isn’t another program as unique and special as MUDEC! —Amy Coughlan Quible ’80 MUDEC spring 1975 Cincinnati, Ohio

Return visit Alumni Weekend I returned to Miami for the first time since I graduated 50 years ago and was flooded with so many positive memories. In addition, I felt an immense gratitude for the quality of education I received. It’s truly a wonderful university, and I’m proud to be an alumna.

—Sally Workman Miller ’63 Bozeman, Mont.

Alumni Weekend images Sitting next to my husband on a bench between Elliott and Stoddard halls, I became aware of images from the past: studying with a special friend at King Library, playing ping pong with members of International Club in the basement of Bishop Hall, and hearing Josh McDowell from Campus Crusade for Christ speak at Hall Auditorium.

More than 40 years had passed since those images were created, yet at that moment, I felt as if I were experiencing them for the first time. At that moment, I was falling in love, sharing a good time with friends, and turning my life over to God. A week has passed since I sat on that bench, yet the images still remain. What do they represent?

How can I use them to benefit myself and others?

Philosophically, they represent three important aspects of life: marriage, social interaction, and spirituality.

Perhaps one could argue that these principles—devotion to a lifelong relationship, devotion to a community, and devotion to God—are the pillars of life.

They remind me that if my time and energy are directed toward

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keeping my marriage strong, maintaining solid social contacts, and relating to God on a daily basis, my life will be a satisfying experience.

Alumni Weekend at Miami University was more than a casual encounter with memories of my youth. It was a vivid reminder that life has a significant purpose: to continually relate to others and to God. Who I am today is the result of experiences that began at Miami.

The friendships developed while living in Dorsey, Flower, and Wells halls and while participating in the Little Sister program at Kappa Sigma fraternity are still with me today. The individuals who touched my life four decades ago serve as a reminder that I am not in this life alone. Rather, I share this life with those around me at school, at work, at home, and in the community.

As I sat on a bench in the middle of campus, surrounded by colorful flowers and majestic trees, I was filled with the spirit of Miami, where dreams of the future were formed and where the ideals I hold dear were planted in the buildings where I studied, on the lawns where I played, and along the streets that I walked.

Thank you, Miami, for providing a place where I can return year after year to reflect on all the good things that life has to offer in the past, in the present, and in the future.

—Carol Morgan Chester ’73 Worcester, Mass.

A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

An Inspiring Story, A New Look Not that I’m nosy, but when the construction fence around Etheridge

Hall came down this summer, I felt a sudden need to stroll through South Quad. As Miami’s newest residence hall came into sight, I stopped to stare.

Wow! Etheridge, just south of the Center for Performing Arts, sets itself apart with a dramatic, walk-through arch, its name carved into the arch’s stonelike façade. Dr. Etheridge was like that stone. Solid and strong. For 30 years, Miami’s dean of men, dean of students, and then vice president for student affairs guided thousands of young people.

When I interviewed Bob for his retirement story in 1989, he regaled me with colorful anecdotes. My favorite was of a Reid Hall freshman who bet his roommate he couldn’t streak around the outside of the dorm without getting caught.

Accepting the challenge, the roommate shed his clothes and started running, unaware that after he left the room, his buddy called the police. They were waiting for the fellow as he rounded the last corner.

Hoping to escape, he jumped into the bushes—a painful misstep.

I picture that student standing in Dr. Etheridge’s office, being asked to explain his actions while the vice president adopts a stern pose, eyebrows raised. Miami’s foremost advocate for students could seem gruff, but underneath he cared deeply and believed in students unshakably. He would be honored that a residence hall is named for him, and he would love that it introduces a new “house” concept, which gives residents a stronger sense of community.

Speaking of new, you’ve likely noticed that this Miamian sports a fresh design. After surveying many of you earlier this year to find out what you want in your magazine, we eagerly jumped into this creative endeavor. Starting with the cover, we left nothing untouched. Much of what you see here is based on your feedback.

As a result, we’ve added pages and departments, changed the type, increased white space, and rethought all the content. Because so many readers requested different paper, we researched extensively to find something that would better complement the photos and still be environmentally responsible, both by being recyclable and by using post-consumer waste paper. We hope you enjoy what you see.

As for Etheridge Hall, we need a new under-the-arch tradition.

Any ideas?—Donna Boen ’83 MTSC ’96, Editor

Even after he retired, Bob Etheridge enjoyed mentoring Miami students.

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New Dining, New Residences Above, one of seven restaurants on the ground floor of Maplestreet Station, a new building south of the Center for Performing Arts that also offers housing for 90 students.

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Maplestreet Station, which opened in August, is

home to 90 students who live on the second floor.

But its first floor is what’s garnering attention.

There, all students can choose among seven new restaurants, each with its own entrance and theme. With its opening, Scott and Hamilton dining halls closed.

Restaurant choices include: Red Brick Pizza; Deli-sh, a New York style deli; Patisserie, a French bakery; EnCounter, a burger joint; First Stop Wake Up Call, an all-day breakfast and coffee bar; Pacific Rim, with cuisine from 20 countries; and The Americas, serving Central and South American cuisine.

Maplestreet Station is adjacent to another new building: South Quad’s Etheridge Hall, which offers housing options for 232 students. The new hall with its walk-through arch, similar to Upham’s arch, completes MET (Morris, Emerson, and Tappan) Quad.

It’s named after Robert Etheridge, vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Miami 1959–1989.

The eight, 30-resident “houses” replace the traditional corridor layout. Each 15-bedroom house includes such student-requested features as communal living and dining room plus kitchen, multiple bathrooms, and study room.

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Timely Update

I’M GLAD YOU ASKED

Engineering students redesign Pulley Tower’s system

photo: Tri Sanguanbun ’11

Pulley Tower, where Aaron Pittenger ’13 redesigned the electronic controls for the clock.

The person who used to reset four large

clock faces by climbing the 95-foot Pulley Tower has three engineering students to thank for making that job a lot easier.

Located at the southwest corner of Cook Field, the 50-bell tower was

installed in 2001. For his senior electrical engineering capstone project last spring, Aaron Pittenger ’13 redesigned and updated the tower’s electronic controls.

“Three main problems motivated a redesign of the control system,” Pittenger explained. “Instability, difficulty of use, and the need to manually resync the clock faces.” Joining him on the project were Brandon Withrow ’13, another electrical engineering major who minored in computer science engineering; and Brian Breitsch, now a senior in computer engineering.

The new system revolves around a central desktop computer that controls hardware peripherals. The clocks can be set from the keyboard. No more climbing the tower.

“Projects like this allow students to go far beyond the classroom and deal with real-world designs, administration, fundraising, and relating with people,” said their adviser, Peter Jamieson, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering. “Aaron, Brandon, and Brian met this challenge head-on.”

“ We need a good challenge to have fun, to feel alive, to unleash our strengths, to turn strangers into teammates and allies.”

—Jane McGonigal, author of New York Times bestseller Reality is Broken and Miami’s 2013 convocation speaker

On move-in day we asked incoming freshmen (and one sophomore):

What precious item did you bring with you?

My in-the-washer scent boosters because I figured that if I was feeling homesick or if I had to do my own laundry, I’d really want it to smell like home.

Kaitlyn Ballachino, Cincinnati, Ohio biochemistry major

My Steelers pillow. I’ve been a fan since I was 3 years old.

Matt Hyman, Flemington, N.J., mechanical engineering

Mr. Bear. My grandfather got him for me in 1995 when I was about 1, for Christmas. He’s just been really special to me.

Ariana Carver, Cleveland, Ohio, sophomore, psychology major

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NOTEWORTHY

Dirk Auman, a senior from Reynoldsburg, Ohio, received an Astronaut Scholarship.

The biochemistry and engineering physics double major and computer science minor is one of 28 students nationwide selected for the $10,000 scholarship by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.

He conducts research on the isolation and characterization of genes required for meiosis in the plant Arabidopsis (member of the mustard family) with mentor Chris Makaroff, associate dean of the College of Arts and Science and professor of chemistry and biochemistry.

Joleen Young, an Iraq War veteran and assistant professor with Miami’s Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, has been promoted from captain to major in the U.S. Marine Corps. After a tour with Marine Air Group 14 as the operations officer, she was selected to be Marine officer instructor at Miami.

Danny Hayden is the new head baseball coach, ushering in the baseball program’s 100th season in 2013–2014. He is no stranger to Miami, playing for the RedHawks as a freshman in 2004 and also serving on the staff 2008–2010. Hayden comes to Miami after three seasons as an assistant coach at Xavier University.

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RISING RANKS

in undergraduate teaching by U.S. News & World Report after Dartmouth and Princeton.

27.5 Average ACT score of incoming Class of 2017, one full point higher than last year.

Artifacts Replicated With 3-D Technology Peek inside Jeb Card’s teaching lab, and

Other 3-D renditions include a cylinyou’ll see ancient history collaborating der stamp used hundreds of years ago in with futuristic technology in a way that South America to imprint a design on a is transforming how students learn. body or object. The real one, safely stored Miami’s visiting assistant professor in a locked drawer, looks like a wine botof anthropology is creating replicas tle cork covered in patterns. He scanned of artifacts using 3-D digital scanning the original and printed it on a 3-D and printing. His goal is to make objects printer at BEST (Business, Engineering, more accessible to his Science and Technology) students and, in some cases, Library in Laws Hall. show them how they were There is another 3-D originally used. printer in King Library’s Card illustrates his point CIM (Center for Information by picking up a new, plasManagement) Lab that, like tic version of a “chunkey” the one in BEST, is accessible South American cylinder stone, which looks like a to students regardless of their stamp and its 3-D replica. gray hockey puck. The game field of study. stones were used in North America after “We sit down with them and just make 1000 A.D. Players rolled a stone across sure their object is printable, make sure the ground, and then threw their spears there aren’t going to be any issues, and at it to see who could come closest to the then we print it for them,” said John stopped stone.

Williams ’07 MEn ’13, senior library “I don’t roll the real ones around,” technician at BEST Library.

Card said, before tumbling the copied For 20 cents a gram for the materials, chunkey across the floor. “We can students can pick up their objects crafted show people how it works. That’s from the same resilient plastic as Legos. $1.50 in plastic. If it breaks, I can get The plastic melts in the printer at 230 another one.” degrees Celsius.

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Dancing To A Different Beat: Exotic music from Brazil, Bulgaria, and India enticed and entertained a crowd in Hall Auditorium when a cast of 200 presented The Global Rhythms World Music Ensemble concert Sept. 28. The program introduced the audience to music from many non-western cultures through the visiting artists, Collegiate Chorale, orchestra, world percussion ensembles, dance, and puppetry.

Miami Tribe Documents Returned Eight early 19th-century land grant docu-

ments and a map of an Indiana town on historic Miami lands have been returned to the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma. Miami University staff members are assisting with the documents’ preservation.

The documents resurfaced recently in a Fort Wayne Catholic Diocese storage area. Church officials turned them over to the Historic Forks of the Wabash Museum. Daryl Baldwin, director of the Myaamia Center at Miami University and a member of the Miami Tribe of

Oklahoma, accepted the documents on behalf of the tribe.

“The 1823 land grant is the most elaborate, with a gilt edging and an attached ribbon and gold paper seal,” said Elizabeth Brice, assistant dean for the university’s Special Collections.

“The ink on this grant is faded and the map bears some old tape repairs, but the documents in general are in good condition.”

The documents will be accessible in the Myaamia Collection Online.

UPHAM ARCH TILED Rookwood Pottery Co. has unveiled the first limited edition tile featuring Miami University. The tile, depicting Upham Hall, is for sale instore and online at www.Rookwood.com, with a portion of the proceeds going toward scholarships. The back of the tile describes the building’s history and traditions.

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BOLLYWOOD AND INDIAN CULTURE In her classes, Professor Lalita Satyal draws her students into a world filled with the sights, sounds, and tastes of India. In one Bollywood class session, Satyal brought in tubes of henna paste and plates of her homemade Indian delicacies such as samosas with a variety of vegetables including corn, rice pulav with lentils, gulab jamun— fried cheese balls soaked in sweet syrup, and Parle biscuits to go with tea.

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Frozen Alive Researchers Unlock Mysteries of Freeze-Tolerant Frogs

By Margo Kissell

Tiny wood frogs freeze solid in winter—their hearts not beating, oxygen not flowing through their ice-filled bodies— then quickly resume normal life after thawing in the spring.

Researchers at Miami University are discovering some of the frogs’ secrets, including the accumulation of certain chemicals in their bodies.

Reported in the Aug. 21 Journal of Experimental Biology, their findings show the freeze-tolerant frogs can survive at temperatures much lower than previously thought.

The research of wood frogs (Rana sylvatica) may lead one day to medical breakthroughs related to cryoprotectants—substances that prevent freezing of tissues or damage to cells during freezing—and human organ transplantation.

The National Science Foundation-supported research has led to new discoveries about underlying physiological mechanisms that allowed frogs from the interior of Alaska to survive freezing at minus 16 degrees Celsius. They required only two days of thawing to resume normal movements.

This work is being featured in three TV science programs: NOVA’s Making Things Colder, the David Attenborough production Natural Curiosities, and the BBC’s Hidden Kingdoms.

The study authors, who have focused on the differences between Ohio and Alaskan wood frogs, include Jon Costanzo PhD ’88, senior research scholar in Miami’s biology department; Richard Lee, University

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Distinguished Professor of Zoology at Miami; and graduate students Clara do Amaral and Andrew Rosendale.

In 2011 they collected dozens of frogs on the verge of hibernation near Fairbanks, Alaska, to figure out how they prepare for winter. Back at Miami, they placed the frogs in programmable environmental chambers and manipulated temperature and light exposure for six weeks to simulate normal conditions.

“We kind of faked them out as if they were being subjected to decreasing temperature and decreasing daylight like they would experience in the field,” Costanzo said.

What they found surprised even Costanzo, who has been studying the creatures for 25 years—the frogs broke down muscle protein even though they would have to breed soon after emerging from hibernation.

They need “good muscle tone, good muscle structure, to be able to pull that off,” he said. “Yet these frogs were using some of their muscle protein before winter.”

Researchers believe the frogs are using nitrogen in the protein to produce urea. Although humans and other creatures also produce urea, they quickly release the waste byproduct. The frogs don’t. While the

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Jon Costanzo, senior research scholar at Miami University, with a study subject.

researchers have known for a while that frogs produce urea heading into winter, they don’t yet understand how they are able to retain it the way they do.

“The concentration of urea in their blood was just huge and way more than we’d ever seen in the frogs from Ohio,” Costanzo said. “Rather than urinating to get rid of the urea, they’re hanging onto it, and they really stacked it up. It’s really spectacular.”

Urea, a cryoprotectant, can help tissues survive freezing stresses and also stabilize membranes.

“It can help brain tissue tolerate swings in salt concentration, which you might see in freezing and thawing,” he said, “so urea is probably one of their secrets.”

Urea also helps slow metabolism while the frogs hibernate for nearly eight months, he pointed out.

“They are not going to be feeding, so depressing their metabolism during the winter is really important to survival because it’s going to help them last longer on their stored energy reserves.”

The research also found the frogs produce glucose— ordinary blood sugar—as they’re freezing and accumulate high levels of that as well, which appears to help the cells tolerate freezing.

Another key: dehydration. “We don’t know exactly how they are dehydrating their organs during freezing, but we know the organs shrink,” Costanzo said. “The idea is that rather than have all that water remain in the organ and freeze and become big chunks of ice, have that water freeze outside where it’s not going to harm the tissue structure.”

In addition to surviving significantly colder temperatures than Ohio wood frogs, the Alaskan species survived a two-month period of freezing at minus 4 degrees and required only two days to get back “up on their feet and looking great,” Costanzo said.

Ohio frogs needed a week or longer.

“Given they came back in two days, we think they probably can go much lower than minus 16.”

Costanzo and Lee, director of the cryobiology laboratory, focus on how various creatures cope with different kinds of winter stress.

One of three graduate students working in the lab, Rosendale took some of the frogs to England last spring so film crews for the Attenborough and BBC’s programs could shoot time-lapse video of the freezing and thawing process.

Rosendale, who earned a master’s in zoology from Miami in 2011 and is now pursuing a doctorate, enjoys being part of this project.

“There aren’t a lot of labs that study freeze tolerance, especially in vertebrates, so we get to see stuff that most people have never heard of,” he said. “Just the idea these frogs can survive freezing and survive that much ice in their body is amazing to us. That’s something we (humans) can’t even come close to at this point.”

Scientists can preserve simple systems such as embryos by freezing them. Medical personnel ship and store organs for transplants on ice to lower the temperature as much as possible to reduce damage. “But they can’t freeze organs yet,” Costanzo said.

Maybe one day they will be able to, thanks to the Alaskan wood frog and a team of Miami researchers.

“ Just the idea these frogs can survive freezing and survive that much ice in their body is amazing to us.”

—Andrew Rosendale

Margo Kissell is a news and feature writer in University Communications and Marketing at Miami.

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A Way With Words Poet and Musician Makes Words Sing

By Donna Boen Tasha Golden and her husband Justin Golden formed the band Ellery in 2005 and have recorded five albums.

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When Tasha Golden MA ’12 was learning to read, she

became obsessed with Dr. Seuss, reading over and over again about Horton and his Whos and that crazy, hatted cat.

“That sort of set me up to be in love with rhyme and meter and the play of words.”

A music composition major, Golden spent years on the road performing in Ellery, an alternative folk duo based in Cincinnati. She’s the songwriter; husband Justin is the arranger/producer. In 2009 they made a record with Grammy-winning producer Malcolm Burn and went on a national tour to support it.

By year’s end, Golden suffered a bout of clinical depression. She needed a break and liked the idea of studying poetry on Miami’s serene Oxford campus. It freed her to write about topics she never dared before,

such as sexuality and rage and loss of faith. “I really wanted to get back to my love of words.”

Poetry is taking her songwriting in a new direction.

She and Justin are back in the recording studio with her songs, heard in the films No Strings Attached and A Strange Kind of Happy and TV shows One Tree Hill and The Lying Game. Also collaborating with a photography friend on a book of her poems, she’s finding it hard to figure out which poems “need to exist.”

Easier is her blog for Ploughshares, Emerson College’s literary magazine in which she emphasizes that poets’ words matter.

“Poetry can start dialogue about issues that have been swept under the rug publicly, politically, socially.

I feel like it can actually make something happen outside of the world of words.”

media matters

So Many Lovely Days Mara Kirk Hart ’55 Kirk Press In So Many Lovely Days: The Greenwich Village Years, Hart writes about her parents’ early-married life. “From 1927 to 1939 my parents, George and Lucy Kirk, owned the Chelsea Bookshop at 58 West 8th Street in Greenwich Village. They dreamed of a carefree, Bohemian life, with only the bookshop and each other to care for. Even now, as I write this many decades later, sometimes I feel like an intruder, as if I was partially responsible for the death of this dream. Without children, could they have kept their beloved bookshop? Could they have stayed in the Village? Would they have been happier?”

Whatever Comes Mark Massé ’74 CreateSpace.com Whatever Comes is a dark comedy about an aspiring Irish-American writer in 1970s Cleveland and his decade-long sentimental fool’s journey to find love and success.

For years he grabbed for lovers like a drowning man, leaving little passion for the blank page. In this modern-day morality tale, 20-something Max Galway endures an odyssey of trials and temptations, false goals, and foolish pursuits. He claims his quest for literary fame is hijacked by

an unholy trinity of family, work, and romantic woes. But Galway is his own worst enemy en route to enlightenment.

The New Face of America Eric Bailey ’80 MA ’83 Greenwood Publishing Group More and more, the idea of America as a melting pot is becoming a reality. Written from the perspective of multiracial citizens, The New Face of America: How the Emerging Multiracial, Multiethnic Majority is Changing the United States brings to light the values, beliefs, opinions, and patterns among these populations.

It assesses group identity and social recognition by others, and it communicates how multiracial individuals experience America’s reaction to their increasing numbers. This compendium looks at multiracial families today, rural and urban multiracial populations, and multiracial physical features, health disparities, bone and marrow transplant issues, and adoption matters. The book also discusses how America’s current majority institutions, organizations, and corporations must change their relationship with multiracial and multiethnic populations if they wish to remain viable and competitive.

Chicago River Bridges Patrick McBriarty ’86 MA ’88 University of Illinois Press Chicago River Bridges presents the untold history and development of Chicago’s iconic bridges, from the

first wood footbridge built by a tavern owner in 1832 to today’s marvels of steel, concrete, and machinery. It is the story of Chicago as seen through its bridges, for it has been the bridges that proved critical in connecting and reconnecting the people, industry, and neighborhoods of a city that is constantly remaking itself. This guidebook, with full-color photography of existing bridges and more than 100 images of bridges past, chronicles more than 175 bridges spanning 55 locations.

The Hiding Place David Bell MA ’01 NAL Trade The murder of 4-year-old Justin Manning rocked the town of Dove Point, Ohio. Janet Manning has been haunted since that day she lost sight of her brother in the park. Now, with the 25th anniversary of his death looming, a detective and a newspaper reporter have started to ask questions, raising new suspicions. Could the man convicted of the murder—who spent more than two decades in prison—really be innocent? Soon, years of deceit will be swept away, and the answers that Janet has sought may be found much closer to home than she ever could have imagined. A shallow grave holds the deepest secrets.

NOTED Quiet Edge of Town Robert Aumann ’72 The Robert Aumann Band’s first studio release is a bit of folk rock with a bit of country blues, meshing acoustic with electric for an “easy to listen to” sound. robertaumannband.com

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MY STORY is a place for you to share reminiscences and observations about everyday happenings.

Submit your essay for consideration to: Donna Boen, Miamian editor, “My Story,” 108 Glos Center, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056 or Miamian@ MiamiOH.edu. Please limit yourself to 900 words and include your name, class year, address, and home phone number.

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Keep Swinging

By Jim Rohrer ’63

When I was 12, I played Little League. Because my dad spent many, many hours teaching me to hit, throw, and catch, I was pretty good.

Since I wasn’t a fast runner and didn’t have a strong throwing arm, we decided I’d be a first baseman.

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We had a rock in the front bushes that we’d pull out and use as an imaginary first base. Then Dad would throw me the ball for hours, making me reach for it while stretching to keep my foot on that rock.

When not working on fielding in our front yard, Dad and I’d go to the schoolyard, and he’d pitch dozens of balls to me. He knew hitting was about timing and timing required that you swing early. Most kids swing late, but Dad taught me to swing early and hard.

In those days there weren’t enough teams to accommodate every kid who wanted to play. You had to be good enough to get picked. I’m sure that without the hard work and preparation with my dad, I wouldn’t have made the team.

About halfway through the season, I started striking out a lot. I hated to strike out, so I stopped swinging and hoped to get a walk. It wasn’t that difficult to do because many pitchers threw hard but didn’t get the ball over the plate. I got to the place where I was walking once or twice a game but being called out on strikes the other times. When that happened, I blamed it on a bad call by the umpire.

One week right before we were to face a good team with the best pitcher in the league, my mother announced we wouldn’t be going to the game. “What do you mean?” I asked. “We have to go.”

“No,” Mom said, “your dad and I decided since you’re afraid to swing and Westfall is pitching in this one, it doesn’t make sense to even go. He won’t walk you and you won’t swing, so what’s the point?”

I was horrified. I couldn’t believe we’d just not show up. What would my coach and teammates think? This was a big game and not going was like giving up and being a bad team player. I begged them to change their minds, but there was no budging their decision. I mentioned to Dad that maybe we should take some extra batting practice. Then I’d be better prepared.

“No, it’s too late for that,” he said. “You’ve made up your mind you can’t hit, so let’s just forget the whole thing.”

I couldn’t sleep at night. I was totally filled with thoughts of what my teammates would say about my not coming to face Westfall. It was an awful week. On the morning of the game, I made one more

attempt. I told my parents I’d swing at any pitch over the plate. I promised there would be no walks. They listened to me and they softened their stance a little.

Dad said he’d think about it at work, and if he changed his mind he’d call in time for us to go.

I kept asking Mom if Dad had called. He hadn’t, and the reality that I was too “chicken” to face Westfall hung over me all day. The game was to start at 4 o’clock. About 3:15, the call came. Mom put me on the phone. Dad said he’d allow me to play if I kept my promise to swing at strikes. I promised and hurried to get my uniform on and head out to the ballpark.

When we got there, I noticed my dad was just pulling up, but I hardly acknowledged him. I was still plenty upset by what had happened that week. I saw Westfall warming up but didn’t allow myself to watch how hard he threw. Since I batted third, I’d be facing him in the first inning.

Standing in the on-deck circle, I wasn’t thinking about striking out. I wasn’t thinking about how hard Westfall was pitching. My only thought was that he’d throw strikes, and I’d be swinging. If I struck out … so what! I wouldn’t go down without a swing.

I stepped into the batter’s box without looking around to see if my dad was watching. I heard him say, “Come on, Jimmy, you can do it.”

The first pitch was way over my head. It was so far up, I couldn’t have hit it if I wanted to. The next pitch looked like a strike. I swung as hard and fast as I could. As I looked up, I saw it clear the right center-field fence. I’d done it. I’d hit the ball. It wasn’t until later that it actually sunk in that I’d hit a home run off Westfall.

I can’t remember hitting too many home runs in my baseball career. I wasn’t a great power hitter, but I did manage to hit the ball somewhere most of the time. I now know why: because I prepared by practicing and because I swung.

My parents added the element of passion. They got my attention and taught me to always try my best.

They let me know they could live with me striking out, but not with me not trying. I got the message.

I’ve never forgotten the wise adage that “You can’t get a hit if you don’t swing.”

My parents…let me know they could live with me striking out, but not with me not trying.

This essay is adapted from Jim Rohrer’s book Never Lose Your Job …

Become A More Valuable Player. Jim, a 1963 business school graduate, is a managing partner of The Loyalty Partners in Evergreen, Colo.

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Life & Limb Grasping Life’s Lessons with Two Hands— One of Them Plastic

BY B EC KY SEL BY AL EX ANDE R ’ 8 2

Born with one arm, Becky Selby Alexander ’82 has faced life’s challenges with a smile … for the most part. Of course, there was that occasion when a stranger said Becky’s family must have done something bad for her to have been born that way. And the time a U.S. Congressman had to help her after her prosthetic arm activated security alarms in Washington, D.C. Still, Becky, executive pastor at Crosspoint Community Church in Decatur and Somerville, Ala., has learned and adapted. She shares a few of her life’s lessons in the following three essays from her new book, One Smile, One Arm.

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JFK

My left side was messed up at birth.

My leg turned inward, and I had no elbow, forearm, or hand. The doctor put a cast on my leg that led to my hip, which I wore for the first three months of my life. I learned to roll over by tossing the cast across my other leg, which would then flip me over. Thankfully, the casting procedure worked; my leg straightened out, and I had no further problems with it.

Mom quickly began the pursuit of a prosthetic arm for me. She learned that a prescription was required to start the process. When she asked the pediatrician for one, his response caught her off guard.

“No,” he stated. “You need to let Becky get old enough to decide for herself if she wants a prosthesis.”

Mom didn’t agree. She felt that my getting a prosthesis as an infant would make it easier for me to get used to it and would help me as I developed life skills. She went to another doctor who surprisingly told her the same thing. So she went to a third doctor and a fourth doctor. Neither of them would grant her a prescription. It was obvious that the popular opinion in the medical field discouraged infant prostheses. Mom was frustrated but not willing to give up. She sat down at the kitchen table and wrote a letter to the president of the United States of America!

The year was 1961. John F. Kennedy was in office. Lucky for me, President Kennedy was involved in helping crippled children across the country.

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To the next person who asks, “Are you left-handed or right-handed?” I am going to respond, “I’m ambidextrous!”

didn’t type the letter himself, but it came from his administration. They connected Mom with the Crippled Children’s Foundation, which ultimately got her the prescription she needed. On Feb. 5, 1962 (my first birthday), I had an appointment at a prosthetics facility in Grand Rapids, Mich. One month later, I was wearing my first prosthetic arm.

Today, specialists in the field of pediatric prosthetics recommend that children be fitted for prostheses as early as 6 months old. I’m glad Mom knew what was best for me even though it differed from the thinking of the medical community. My prosthesis has allowed me to live a normal, high-functioning life with few limitations. And it’s all thanks to Mom and JFK! “Be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded” (2 Chronicles 15:7 NIV).

DUMBEST QUESTION

I have been asked a million questions in

my lifetime. The most frequent one is, “What’s wrong with your arm?” When I’m in my usual good mood, I smile and say, “I was born with one arm.” When I’m in a particularly ornery mood, I have to restrain myself from responding, “What’s wrong with your nose?” I’ve never done that, but I chuckle thinking about it.

Please understand. I don’t mind inquiries from family and friends. And I don’t mind inquiries from kids—after all, I was a kids’ pastor for 20 years. However, when a total stranger walks up to me in Walmart and asks me a very personal question, I have to admit, it agitates me a bit.

Then there’s the “How do you…?” question. Just fill in the blank with anything you’d like, I’m sure I’ve heard it.

On one occasion, I was at an airport with my daughter, Cassie, who was 5 at the time. A little boy about the same age struck up a conversation with us. It went something like this: “How do you drive?

How do you cook? How do you take a shower? How do you tie your shoes?

How do you swim? How do you carry stuff?” It was like talking to Dennis the Menace. He hardly took a breath between segments of the interrogation. With each additional question, Cassie grew noticeably more aggravated. Finally, after the sixth question, she grabbed my right elbow and pulled my real hand out of my pocket. She shoved my hand about 4 inches from the boy’s face and gave him the “duh” look.

But of all the questions I’ve ever been asked, this one is ultimately and eternally the dumbest, “Are you left-handed or right-handed?”

When someone asks that, all I can do is stare at him or her for a few seconds, my head cocked to one side, and my mouth slightly open. I mean, if I were left-handed, how would I know? I work hard to get out the words “right-handed” without making a funny face. I just flat gave up when one woman replied, “Well, it’s a good thing!”

No matter how many times I am presented with the dumbest question (and you’d be surprised at the number), it always catches me off guard. So I decided to come up with a creative, predetermined answer. I discussed it with my brother-in-law Phillip, and he thought of the perfect retort. To the next person who asks, “Are you left-handed or righthanded?” I am going to respond, “I’m ambidextrous!”

“Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing” (Matthew 6:3 NIV).

Becky on her first birthday (right) with her first prosthesis and today (above).

EGG CRACKING

With great skill and speed, 10-year-

old Isaac cracked an egg, pulled the shell apart, and dumped the contents into a mixing bowl using only one hand. His friend Haley exclaimed, “Why did you crack the egg that way?”

My son, Isaac, replied bluntly, “Because that’s how you crack an egg.”

I had to smile. He had watched me.

That’s how I do it.

When my daughter, Cassie, was a little girl, she was helping my mom clean. She swept the dirt into a pile and laid the dustpan next to it. With her foot, she lifted the handle and held the dustpan at an angle while she swept the dirt into it. My mom was amused, knowing where Cassie had learned the technique. Once again, that’s how I do it.

I wonder how many things my kids do differently because they’ve watched me with one arm. I don’t notice. Isaac and Cassie probably don’t notice. Others may notice.

It makes me wonder, too, how many things beyond daily tasks they do differently because they’ve watched me.

Things that are much more important.

Things of the heart. Things that I aspire to: Like respecting other people—older people, people with skin that isn’t white, people who don’t speak English, people who have mental limitations, people with

physical imperfections. Have my kids seen “that’s how I do it?” I hope so.

Like honoring our country—appreciating past and present sacrifices, realizing our blessings, being willing to fight for freedom. Have my kids seen “that’s how I do it?” I hope so.

Like loving God—knowing Him as a friend, depending on Him for little things and big things, living out His plan for life.

Have my kids seen “that’s how I do it?” I hope so.

Anyway, if you ever see Isaac or Cassie do something weird, just know they learned it from me.

“Set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity” (1 Timothy 4:12 NIV).

Becky Selby Alexander ’82 is the wife of Tim, mom of Cassie and Isaac, and executive pastor of Crosspoint Community Church in Decatur, Ala. She blogs at www.beckyalexander.tv.

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Work Like a Dog

BY B E T S A M A R S H

At five months, most puppies are eviscerating sofas and watering chair

legs. So who are these collar scholars roaming the Miami campus, exquisitely behaved in every classroom, restaurant, and bookstore? They’re the elite corps of 4 Paws for Ability Miami, young service dogs in training. At the other end of the leads are Miami students who have dedicated themselves to socializing these cuddly helpmates round the clock. The dogs are destined to serve young children and veterans with special needs.

4 Paws dogs now proudly prance down Slant Walk because of the, yes, dogged persistence of Kristin McNamara ’13. The special education major first suggested a branch of 4 Paws for Ability at Miami when she was a sophomore. She received a resounding chorus of “No, thank you,” but never gave up.

Kristin McNamara ’13 and Liora

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The trainers now don’t look at people with disabilities as being in deficit, but that they just need an alternate way of doing things. A dog can be a person’s hands, a person’s ears.

After creating an official student organization, McNamara and her roommate Kristy Lind, a history major, interviewed and selected the first round of 4 Paws foster parents. The volunteers trained at 4 Paws for Ability headquarters in Xenia, Ohio, received their crates, food, and vests, and, most important, their 3-month-old trainee service dogs.

Since that first class, McNamara has shepherded 11 dogs and fosters through the program. At the end of each semester, the dogs return to headquarters for more training and their ultimate match to a person with special needs.

Some dogs help with hearing and mobility issues, others with autism, seizure, and diabetes needs.

McNamara stands tall at every puppy graduation. Each success is a tribute to her honorary little sister, the late Anna MacConnell.

In high school, McNamara was working in career development for early childhood education, volunteering at local schools in Centerville, Ohio. She went to a fundraiser for a service dog, where she met Anna and her family, and began a relationship that continues beyond Anna’s short life.

Deaf and blind, Anna also had a congenital heart defect. McNamara joined Anna and her mother at the intense 12-day training session at 4 Paws

for Ability in Xenia, and celebrated with the family when the goldendoodle named Acadia came to live and work with 7-yearold Anna.

“Cadi went to school with Anna, and anywhere else she went,” McNamara recalls. “I got to meet other families in the class and saw how well 4 Paws matches dogs with kids. Anna and Cadi were both very strong-willed, and they both liked to have their alone time.”

Anna was just 11 when she died in 2012, “and Cadi was on her bed in the hospital,” McNamara recalls. Cadi continues to live with the MacConnells, and McNamara joined them when her parents moved to Virginia and she began student teaching in Oakwood, Ohio.

“Anna wouldn’t want me to sit around being sad, but to be out there using my skills,” McNamara says. “She’s watching over me and guiding me.”

The night Anna died, a new litter of puppies was born at 4 Paws in Xenia.

Founder Karen Shirk gives each litter a theme, and these six little Labradors became Anna’s Sunlight. McNamara chose the only female chocolate lab, Liora, “my light” in Hebrew, to be her next service dog.

Like all 4 Paws pups in training, Liora first headed to prison, to be socialized with inmates in Rover Rehab. The dogs master potty training and basic obedience before they arrive at Miami.

“The dogs are all trained and ready to go, so they’re basically teaching you,” McNamara says. She is one of the few foster parents in special ed; other students come from such fields as biology, speech pathology, and mass communication.

“All the trainers have become huge advocates for persons with special needs and service dogs,” McNamara says. “We get a lot of questions, and the fosters talk about our goal to enrich the lives of people with disabilities."

Such an awareness shift is just one benefit of 4 Paws Miami that Kathy McMahon-Klosterman, associate professor in the College of Education, Health and Society, has noticed since McNamara brought the program to campus. She and graduate student Molly Kelly-Elliott are co-advisers of the student organization.

“Studies show that the puppies in prison benefit prisoners, building empathy and responsibility,” McMahonKlosterman says. “It’s the same thing with students, building responsibility and providing them with the opportunity to give service to the larger community, the disability community.

“I’m in admiration of the students for training the dogs. Generally, I see a maturing, as the students understand that people have a variety of needs.

Disability is part of the diversity of human beings. The trainers now don’t look at people with disabilities as being in deficit, but that they just need an alternate way of doing things. A dog can be a person’s hands, a person’s ears.”

4 Paws Miami dogs head out across the country to serve children and veterans. Each furry graduate, McNamara says, “is keeping Anna’s memory alive.”

Betsa Marsh, a freelance writer in Cincinnati, has her own canine companions, Ike and Selkie.

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ONLY MI NUTES after US Airways Flight 1549

crashed into New York’s Hudson River, Janis Krums tweeted a photo of passengers and crew standing on the plane’s wings waiting to be rescued from the icy water.

http://twitpic.com/135xa - There’s a plane in the Hudson. I’m on the ferry going to pick up the people. Crazy.

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Janis Krums @jkrums

photo: Cody Pickens

Adam Bain ’95, president of global revenue at Twitter.

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rums’ tweet and his photo of “the Miracle on the Hudson” caught the world’s attention, as well as that of the traditional media, which the next day reported that Twitter users broke the news 4 minutes after the plane went down and anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes before the mainstream media alerted the public.

With that one event in January 2009, Adam Bain ’95 realized for the first time just how significant social media and Twitter were becoming to our culture.

“That was that moment when I knew the platform was going to be used in really powerful ways,” said Bain, who was then a 35-year-old president at FOX Audience Network. Twenty months later in August 2010 he became Twitter’s president of global revenue.

“What’s terrific about the platform overall is it’s a great attention-pointing device. When I look at even just everyday moments when things are happening in the world, Twitter is that attention-pointing device for me to be aware and actually to discover what’s happening around me.”

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#MakingHeadlines These days the attention is pointed at Twitter, which announced in September through a 135-character tweet that it was going public, a move The New York Times called “the most eagerly anticipated tech offering on Wall Street since Facebook.”

According to the prospectus filed in October with the Securities and Exchange Commission, a requirement for an IPO (initial public offering), the 7-year-old social media company estimates its value at $9.7 billion. Analysts predicted the company could be worth between $12 billion and $20 billion when it started public trading, maybe as early as November.

A spotlight on Twitter means a spotlight on Bain, who describes his job simply as “anything that has to do with generating revenue for the company.”

After the big IPO announcement, the Times profiled the company’s “Main Characters.” Listing him among the new guard, the Times said, “Mr. Bain is the guy in charge of making money at Twitter. To that end, he decided to skip traditional banner ads and focus instead on ideas like promoting tweets and user names.

It seems to be working: in the company’s S-1, Twitter reported revenue of $316.9 million last year. That number is expected to double in 2013.”

This is not Bain’s first time in the headlines. When The Adweek 50 named those who make the machinery of media, marketing, and technology hum in September 2012, Bain topped the list at No. 1. Adweek stated, “Twitter is where the new ad wars are being waged. Much of the credit must go to revenue chief Adam Bain, who has helped build an essentially ad-free company into a mustbuy in just two years.”

This fall the American Advertising Federation is inducting him into its Advertising Hall of Achievement, the industry’s premier award for outstanding advertising leaders age 40 and under.

He’s honored by the attention and perhaps a little overwhelmed by the awards.

He’s an “aw shucks” kind of guy and super nice to boot, according to Glenn Platt, C. Michael Armstrong Chair, professor of marketing, and director of the Interactive Media Studies Program (AIMS) at Miami.

The two have worked together on Miami’s relatively new AIMS San Francisco Digital Innovation Center, a semester-long immersive experience in which students intern with startups throughout Silicon Valley and learn from innovation experts at established companies.

“He’s pretty humble about it, but he’s a very, very pivotal figure not just in digital and interactive, but really in where business culture is going generally in the United States,” Platt said. “I think of very few people that are more integral to where the new economy is going than Adam.” #MiamiMan A native of Cleveland, Bain attended a high school so large that he viewed Miami as “smaller and more intimate where I could get to know the professors and the students better.”

Once on campus, he went through a “ton of majors” before he decided on English journalism. Intriguing him with visions about the power of digital and how it was going to transform publishing, professor Dennis Walsh pushed him to join both The Miami Student newspaper and the then fledgling Interactive Media Studies program.

Bain was in the first group of students to graduate from IMS. Right after college, he assisted The Plain Dealer in its new digital division. He then headed to the LA Times where he focused on changing the sports end of the business. From there, he was recruited to Fox Sports, eventually heading all of its digital divisions.

Through his 13 years at Fox, he became acquainted with Dick Costolo, who was

Twitter has become the “new” newswires, supplanting AP, Dow Jones, and Bloomberg for breaking news.

Barry Ritholtz, Washington Post

running a Web feed company called FeedBurner at the time. Costolo, the current CEO of Twitter, is the one who asked Bain to join the socialnetworking site.

His first big project was to crisscross the world and visit 140 CMOs (chief marketing officers) in 140 days.

“In the same way people use Twitter to really listen, I tried to emulate the platform by going out on the road and just listening to the marketplace to figure out what we needed to build here,” Bain said.

Now that he travels so extensively— he’s on the road at least once a week—he’s grateful for his undergraduate days at Miami’s Luxembourg center.

“I don’t think I would have had the same appreciation for the world’s economy and the global business, even the global nature of our platform, without getting exposed to it back at Miami’s Luxembourg experience.

“I joined Twitter when the company had just slightly over 140 people. Three years later there are over 2,000. I’m responsible, I think, for some of that

headcount growth. I’ve helped put people here in San Francisco and all across the world. We have teams now in Japan, Korea, Brazil, UK, France, Dublin, and a whole host of other places.”

Luxembourg is also where he met Molly Long ’96. He walked the zoology major from classes to her host family’s house every day during their time in the grand duchy. A Miami Merger since 2003, they are the parents of Lyla, 5, and Sammy, 3. #CasualCulture Located in downtown San Francisco, Twitter’s headquarters is housed in a historic building in a developing part of the city. Twitter is proud to be part of the area’s rebuilding.

Inside, the environment is casual and “uncompany.” No oak desks or corner offices for the executives. Like everyone else, Adam comes in and sits in any available chair at one of the tables.

That’s when he chooses to sit. A high-energy person feeding off the

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[Twitter is] the global town square—a place where people can join together virtually and communicate, converse, and ultimately do business.

company’s fast-paced culture, he tends to be more comfortable pacing while he works. He’s been known to walk around in circles on the rooftop garden deck while talking on the phone.

He’s also a bit of a practical joker at the office. There was the time he opened an offsite meeting with a marching band and the day he showed up with a tattoo of the CEO’s face on his arm. It was only temporary, and he finally washed it off.

There’s no line he won’t cross to get a rise out of the team. When they hosted astronaut Chris Hadfield, Bain came out on stage to introduce him wearing a NASA spacesuit that weighed more

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than 150 pounds, complete with helmet, spacewalking backpack, and gloves. (He tweeted the resulting picture.)

Bain is a wonderful fit with Twitter’s culture, Professor Platt says.

“He brings a great amount of discipline and creativity around business models to the company, which is something that they needed,” Platt said.

“At the same time, he’s had this wonderful intuition over his whole career about where the frontiers of communication are going, where the new models are heading. In the time he’s been there I think he’s had a tremendous impact.”

#TwitterEffect Just as with other social media outlets, feelings about Twitter run the gamut— from eager users who send or read tweets several times a day to those who ignore it completely, saying, “Why do I care what my neighbor ate for lunch?”

Still, even if you don’t give a hoot about the social-networking site, the “Twitter effect” is affecting you whether you know it or not.

Because anyone with a cellphone can tweet, nowadays news breaks every minute of every hour and anyone can contribute. Twitter was first to report the two explosions at the Boston marathon

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with firsthand accounts of the tragedy in real time. Other breaking news via Twitter: Seal Team Six killing Osama bin Laden, the uprisings of the Arab spring, the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and the birth of Prince George.

Even the U.S. Navy confirmed the shooting at the Washington Navy Yard on Sept. 16, 2013, via Twitter: #Breaking: #USNavy confirms 3 shots fired 820am at @NAVSEA HQs BLDG 197.

In the April 23, 2013, Guardian Weekly, Barry Ritholtz, writing for The Washington Post after the Boston bombing, stated that Twitter has become the

“new” newswires, supplanting AP, Dow Jones, and Bloomberg for breaking news.

“Even the Boston police confirmed ‘at least 22 injured, two dead’—by tweeting it at 4:05 p.m.”

“Twitter’s an amazing self-cleaning oven for news,” Bain said. “In New York after Hurricane Sandy, there were all kinds of rumors that were floating around in the public about the New York Stock Exchange being under 6 feet of water. In fact, on TV they even announced that the stock exchange was flooded. Twitter was the way the NYSE actually communicated to the world that the rumor was not true.”

With more than 200 million active users (tweeps) sending 500 million tweets a day, the potential for erroneous reporting among the citizen journalists is also ever present. Users trust that other users will quickly correct flawed reporting.

“People didn’t just learn about the moments on Twitter, they also shared their firsthand accounts about those moments on the platform. They discussed the events and they made sense of them together and that’s ultimately what’s really interesting about the platform. By using Twitter you get to get closer to people all across the world,” Bain said. #Twitterverse Although it may seem as though Twitter has been around forever, the online social networking and microblogging service started less than a decade ago on March 21, 2006, when co-founder Jack Dorsey sent the first 24-characters message: “just setting up my twttr.”

Platt explains its inauspicious beginning. “They were creating software for podcasting, and they needed a way for their software engineers to talk to each other when they were sort of crossing paths in the night, and so they made this internal tool. The intent was never for it to be what it is today. No matter what they say, that was never the plan.”

Bain refers to what they’re building as the global town square—a place where people can join together virtually and

communicate, converse, and ultimately do business.

In his case, Bain’s town square is populated by 3,380 others whose tweets he follows. He links up with people who are passionate about the same topics he is— NBA basketball, the advertising business, and technology. He also uses the platform, as he often refers to Twitter, as a way to learn about what’s happening, what’s hot, and what’s new.

Close to 28,000 followers read his 140-character messages.

“I try and keep it to things that the people who follow me would find interesting.”

Like when son Sammy got a rubber fishing lure so far up his nose that his parents had to take him to the emergency room?

(Sammy’s fine, no harm done.)

So what’s the big deal about 140 characters anyway? In the early days, a huge plus for Twitter was that people could access it on their cellphones. Since text messages on phones were limited to 160 characters, Twitter’s founders thought 140 was a good length, leaving 20 for the sender’s username. That’s plenty for Bain.

“Through constraints come incredible amounts of creativity,” he believes. “We launched a 6-second video platform called Vine recently. What Twitter is to language, Vine is for stories in video. It turns out you can tell amazing stories in 6 seconds.”

And what about the future of digital communications? “I think the world ultimately will connect in more interesting ways. Barriers that used to exist between people—whether they be of geography, economic, political status, wealth—begin to erode because of technology. I’m proud to work at a company that is helping speed the erosion of those barriers.”

Donna Boen ’83 MTSC ’96 is editor of Miamian, whose Twitter address is @MiamianMagazine. Also follow @MiamiUniversity or search #MiamiOH to stay up-to-date with your alma mater on Twitter.

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Great Seal of Approval Students Help Create Replica for the New Bicentennial Rotunda

By Margo Kissell Ben Mark (above), a graduate student in the College of Creative Arts, shapes copper into continents for a globe that is now part of the Great Seal.

Margo Kissell is a news and feature writer in University Communications and Marketing at Miami.

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When the new Armstrong Student Center opens in

January, a major focal point will be the Great Seal, a replica of the university seal, created with real objects and containing students’ words and artwork to link the university’s past, present, and future.

The replica—measuring nearly 12 feet across and set almost 3 feet into the floor—will grace the center’s Bicentennial Rotunda beneath a dome that’s visible from Spring Street.

Just like the seal embedded in the Hub at the center of campus, this one will depict a globe, a telescope, and an open book, along with the university motto, Prodesse Quam Conspici (“to accomplish without being conspicuous”), inside a roped circle.

A glass globe, lit from inside, and its vintage wooden stand were discovered in the observatory of physics’

Culler Hall. The globe represents the present moment shared by all.

The telescope, also from the physics department, points to the future yet to be discovered. The rope, provided by the Delta Upsilon fraternity, was used in the Greek Week tug-of-war for years. The replica also will include bricks from Stoddard and Elliott halls and other buildings on campus.

The objects are life-size, including the book, created with paper produced on campus by students in paper science and engineering. It will be open to a page featuring the grand-prize winning essay, “We, on a path to wisdom,” by journalism and professional writing major Amanda Hancock.

Her essay, in which she strives to capture the collective experience on campus, was chosen from

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dozens of entries submitted to the Great Seal Writing Contest last spring after President David Hodge invited students to mark the opening of the Armstrong Student Center by helping to “literally write the book” inside the seal.

In addition to other winning essays, the book will contain 12 penand-ink sketches of Miami landmarks rendered by sisters Madelyn and Sophia Delgado, both seniors in architecture and interior design from Lebanon, Ohio.

Representing the past, the book is the accumulated wisdom of the centuries passed along to the present generation through their reading.

Hancock said she’s thrilled that her words will soon become part of Miami’s story: “We burn the midnight oil … a few times. We sing the fight song at the top of our lungs.

We discover, we search, we learn.

We immerse ourselves in an ongoing pursuit of the best version of ourselves.”

“I feel so honored that my writing will be seen in such a unique way,” said Hancock, a junior from Lexington, Ky. Only time will tell whether students will risk stepping on this seal, which will be covered by nearly 2-inch glass, or if they’ll keep up the tradition started at the Hub and walk around it so they don’t fail their next exam.

“I think we’ll leave that up to the students,” said Robert Keller ’73, university architect emeritus who is now Miami’s planning and design manager. Recreating the seal in this large, 3-D format was his idea, and, he said, “a fun challenge.”

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

By Vince Frieden Michelle Kerr ’95 is driven by the dream her parents envisioned when they immigrated to Columbus, Ohio, from South Africa. Today she is chairman, president, and co-founder of Oxford Consulting Group, a leading IT services firm in Columbus with an international footprint. Kerr, who is giving back through the Miami Annual Fund, recently sat down with Miamian to reflect on her parents’ sacrifice, her own professional starts and stops, and the Miami Experience that has shaped her path to a true American success story.

What motivated your family to emigrate from South Africa in 1981? It was an extremely difficult decision. At the time, South Africa was very wealthy. My parents didn’t believe in the social and political system, though, and they expected that the system would fall. Financially, I think our family was better off in South Africa. We also left a lot of family and friends behind. My parents gave all that up for the opportunities my brother and I would have in the U.S. How has your parents’ selflessness impacted you? From the time I arrived at Miami, I was very focused on my education and making the most of the time I had to prepare myself for a career. I was driven because I knew I could not waste the sacrifices my parents had made. I didn’t want them to ever regret the decision to come to the U.S. You spent your first three years studying to go into accountancy but abruptly changed course your senior year. What happened? I enjoyed my accounting classes and was 100 percent convinced I was going into public accounting. Then I interned at a Big Six firm. What a disaster.

So, back to the drawing board. That’s what internships are for.

As it turned out, your first job at Procter & Gamble was not the right opportunity either. You left after a few years for a temporary consulting job that you eventually turned into your own firm. What empowered you to take that risk? The great thing about Miami was that I never once thought I needed to settle for just any job. I had great experiences and an education that would be valued in the marketplace.

When the opportunity came to start my own business, I didn’t have to think very hard. I had the tools I needed.

You named your company Oxford Consulting Group as a tribute to your time at Miami. Why? Miami was vital to creating the path to who I am today. It allowed me to take that opportunity my parents gave me by moving to the U.S. and make the most of it. That’s priceless.

Miami was vital to creating the path to who I am today. That’s priceless.

Vince Frieden is associate director of development communications within Miami’s Division of University Advancement.

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Hold on! Students get set for a sled ride down one of Miami’s many hills in 1922.

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Herbert Wiepking of Oxford,

a loyal season-ticket holder to Miami football games for years, was on record as the oldest living season-pass holder when his photo was taken at the Miami-Army game in 2011. Herb, 97 at the time, was sitting with his daughter, Marcia Wiepking Haughey ’70, a former Miami cheerleader, who flew in from New Hampshire for the game.

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Robert Klima of Rhinelander,

Wis., wants to know if there are any other ’43’ers out there. If so, email him at bobk54501@charter.net.

He says he and Stanley LeBold stay in touch, but they’re certain other classmates are out there somewhere.

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Robert Schanke ’48 MEd ’56

has written THOUGHTS, a book celebrating words. His chapters are “A Gift of Love,” “Children … What a Blessing,” “Family … Makes this ouse a Home,” and “Feelings from the Heart.” A retired educator, Bob lives in Lebanon, Ohio, with wife Patty Colyer Schanke ’48 MEd ’66.

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John Sipe, choir director from

1956 to 1982 at Tecumseh High School near Springfield, Ohio, was conducting 312 of his former students once again in a special concert dedicated to him June 29, 2013. Former students from across the country and as far away as Japan and Norway gathered to show their appreciation in “The Sipe Years” reunion concert.

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Jim Richardson of the Village

of Mallory Hill, Fla., was featured in the Daily Sun in “Mr. Age Breaker” for shooting his age in golf 507 times so far. The former club professional from Ohio, who lettered in golf in college, told the reporter that he started shooting his age on the golf course

more than 13 years ago when he was 68.

“There is probably no way I could be scoring the way I’m still scoring without the modern clubs and the modern balls,” he told reporter Steve Trivett. “It all still comes down to putting.”

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Reunion ¶ Bill and Beverly Vinez Horrigan ’55 of Midlothian, Va., visited their children on Cape Cod and enjoyed great fishing.

Bill and grandson Joe Girardi caught 33 whoppers. ¶ Gordon Taiclet celebrated his 80th birthday by attending the Miami vs. Ohio State football game with daughter Pamela Taiclet-Rarick ’79 and grandson Nicholas Rarick ’01.

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Michael Kramer chairs the

board of trustees of Oakland University in Rochester, Mich.

Appointed to OU’s board in August 2008, he is an equity member of the Dickinson Wright law firm, general counsel of Crestmark Bank, and a board member for National Conference for Justice. His term on OU’s board is through August 2016.

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Fred Heer, longtime owner

entrepreneurial/international law practice and moved from Dayton to Santa Fe, where he is the publisher and executive editor of Santa Fe Monthly, an award-winning literary magazine he purchased focused on the Southwest.

and president of Lombards Fine Furniture in Columbus, is easing into retirement by transitioning his responsibilities to son Trent ’95, who has been the store’s vice president.

Fred joined Lombards in 1970, bought it in 1976, and moved it to Crown Point Plaza in 1984. Trent joined Lombards two years ago after almost 20 years in sales. He has expanded the store’s sales channels, website, and social media presence and established a new interior design studio.

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Richard Rogers has sold his

Jean Lodge returned to

Oxford this summer from Paris, where she’s lived for decades, to see her works in an exhibit at the Miami University Art Museum. The English literature major said, “A lot of it is work that I haven’t seen for 40 or 50 years, and so I’m seeing bits of my own beginning.”

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Reunion ¶ Deborah Coffin Kennedy, a Cambridge, Md., artist, saw her painting “Shore Bounty” accepted as the ninth addition to the Artists of the Eastern Shore Collection in the Teacher Education and Technology Center at Salisbury University’s Seidel School of Education and Professional Studies. Her painting pays homage to the roadside produce stand. In addition to her painting, she has worked as a biological illustrator.

Rob Price of Menomonie,

Wis., enjoyed a one-person “retrospective” exhibition in drawing at The Janet Carlson Gallery in the State Regional Art Center in Eau Claire, Wis., Sept. 6-29, 2013. Rob was an art professor at the University of Wisconsin– Stout 1970-2000. After he retired, he continued as an adjunct professor in drawing through fall 2012. ¶ Sherry Sheffield was honored in January 2013 as Citizen of the Year in her community of Wyoming, Ohio, near Cincinnati.

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Jeffrey Keiner, who focuses

on construction law in the Orlando office of GrayRobinson, has been recognized on the 2014 Best Lawyers in America outstanding attorneys list. Listed among Florida’s top 100 super lawyers earlier this year by Super Lawyers, he was also honored by

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Past: Class of 1970—In Uptown Oxford at Al & Larry’s bar in fall 1969 or spring 1970: (l-r) Allan Horton, Mary K. Foster Horton, Cynthia McKenzie Hilliard, and David Hilliard. Al and David were Theta Chi fraternity brothers and roommates, and MK and Cynthia were Chi Omega sorority sisters and roommates as well. Al and MK were in David and Cynthia’s wedding and vice versa.

Chambers USA 2013 and made Florida Trend’s annual 2013 Legal Elite list. ¶ Barbara Derickson Weinrich, professor of speech-language pathology at Miami, has been elected a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, one of the highest forms of recognition given by ASHA. She joined Miami’s faculty in 1975 and has taught courses in various areas, with a focus on voice and child language disorders. Her clinical teaching in Miami’s speech and hearing clinic also relates to voice and language remediation. She is retiring at the end of fall semester and plans to continue her private practice.

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Reunion ¶ Gary Baughman is serving a three-year term as speaker of the house of delegates of the American Association of Orthodontists. He has been an orthodontist since 1977 and practices and lives in Stockton, Calif., with wife Carol Williams Baughman. ¶ Martis Jones is the first female Suffragan bishop, consecrated by the Board of Bishops of the Louisiana District Council, 27th Episcopal Diocese of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World in June 2012 at The Church at New Orleans, making her the first female Pentecostal bishop

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in the South. An author and pastor for more than 10 years, she is a pastor in EdenNOW Ministries and WOMEN United in Prayer, both centered on reaching women and children in need.

For the past year she has served the church in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. ¶ Barbara Martin is retiring after 45 years as a professor of English at the University of Cincinnati, 43 years full time and two years as a graduate student. ¶ Bob Simpson received the Outstanding Accounting Educator Award of the West Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants at its 2013 Annual Meeting. Bob co-founded a CPA firm in 1974 that merged with Dixon Hughes Goodman in 2007. While still working part time at the firm, Bob assumed a full-time faculty position at Marshall University in 2011. He teaches federal income tax courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

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Richard Gilbert, a shareholder

with de la Parte & Gilbert in Tampa, has earned recertification as a specialist in business litigation through the Board of Legal Specialization and Education. He is also board certified in civil trial law, is a master emeritus in the Justice William Glenn Terrell Inn of Court, and is listed in Best Lawyers of America in both personal injury law and business litigation. He serves on the Development Council for Bay Area Legal Services and is chair of the pre-law program for Miami University for 2013-2014. ¶ Rick Ludwin delivered the first Special Collections Lecture Oct. 23, 2013, in Miami’s King Library.

His talk, “Studio 14: Miami University Television and Radio, 1966-1970,” highlighted the Rick Ludwin Collection, which includes recordings of student productions made during Rick’s student days. The lecture was presented in honor of professor emeritus William

Utter, former faculty sponsor of the student broadcasting program. While a Miami student, Rick served as the host of Studio 14, a variety-comedy show on Miami’s WMUB-TV station. He and classmates wrote, produced, directed, and acted the entire live show. “I had this love for live television. There was nothing more exciting,” he said. While a vice president at NBC, a position he held for more than 20 years, he persuaded a skeptical network to air the show that became the blockbuster Seinfeld. He is also credited for the success of such series as The Tonight Show, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Saturday Night Live, and Unsolved Mysteries.

The Rick Ludwin Collection includes scripts, photos, and other memorabilia from his NBC years.

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Jon Falk, longtime equipment

manager at the University of Michigan, is retiring at the conclusion of the 2013 football season after 40 years of service to the U-M football program. He was hired by Miami Cradle of Coaches great Bo Schembechler ’51.

“He offered me the position, but I decided that staying home to care for my mom and grandmother was more important. My mom woke up at 4 a.m. and came to me with tears in her eyes and said, ‘Jon, you are going to Michigan. Bo and the University of Michigan are going to take care of you and this will be a great career move.’ ” One of the most respected equipment managers in the nation, Jon was executive director of the Athletic Equipment Managers Association for 24 years and one of its founding members. He was named the association’s 2001 Glen Sharp National Equipment Manager of the Year and received the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005.

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Mich. They have three children and two grandchildren. ¶ Rebecca Klemm, after more than 30 years of working with and teaching about numbers, has become The Numbers Lady and founded NumbersAlive! As such, she demystifies numbers and math with educational toys, books, and out-ofschool activities that use the arts and real-world adventures to encourage children to observe and speak about numbers in their own environments.

“Putting numbers into a real-world context and looking at them through the lens of art, history, science, and culture can propel math out of academic abstraction and into a vital part of our everyday lives.” Rebecca, who lives in Washington, D.C., is an accomplished mathematician, statistician, world traveler, and teacher. ¶ David Strahan ’71 MEd ’72 was recognized as the 2012 Outstanding Middle Level Professor by the National Association of Professors of Middle Level Education. He teaches at Western Carolina University, where he has co-directed a project to develop a model for supporting teachers in identifying student needs in mathematics and literacy, and tailored instruction and individual interventions to address those needs.

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Robert Aumann, after a

lifetime of playing guitar, has finally released a studio album, Quiet Edge of Town. You can hear Bob’s songs at www.robertaumannband.com.

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Carolyn Caress Taggart, a

Porter Wright partner in Cincinnati, was recognized as one of the Top 100 Ohio Super Lawyers for 2013, comprising the top 5 percent of lawyers in the state. These attorneys receive the highest point totals in the Ohio Super Lawyers nomination, research, and review process. With more than 30

years of trial experience, she defends product liability, legal malpractice, and nursing home liability claims and litigates complex commercial cases. She has extensive jury and bench trial and appellate experience in both state and federal courts.

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Reunion ¶ John Forbes of Chicago is executive director of the American Academy of Periodontology, an 8,400-member professional organization for periodontists—specialists in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases affecting the gums and supporting structures of the teeth, and in the placement of dental implants. Appointed in September 2012, he has extensive leadership experience in the healthcare field, having worked at two fortune 50 companies, two medical startups, and two global nonprofit organizations.

Most recently, he served as chief operating officer and associate executive director of the American Academy of Pediatrics, a 60,000-member professional services organization. ¶ Karen Mayer, serving for the past 13 years as superintendent of the Miami County Board of Developmental Disabilities, more commonly known as Riverside, is retiring at the end of 2013. She has been with Riverside for 17 years, first as its director of human resources. She’s planning to leave Troy, Ohio, at least for this winter and head to Florida.¶ Married: Phyllis Fish O’Neill and David Ball, May 26, 2012. College sweethearts during their senior year in 1974, they reconnected 35 years later and became an official Miami Merger.

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Walter Lunsford, first vice

president-investments at Raymond James and Associates and executive director of the Hatton Foundation, was one of 12 recognized as

2013 Gentlemen of Style & Substance, awards given annually by Saks Fifth Avenue and Cincinnati Magazine to honor extraordinary men for their professional accomplishments and achievements and their passionate dedication to the community. Featured in the September 2013 Cincinnati Magazine, Walter, who financed his way through college as a produce manager at a local IGA, told the magazine that his objective is “to make a permanent, positive impact on a person, family, or organization.” As head of The Hatton Foundation, a private family foundation that has distributed $15 million to primarily Cincinnati organizations, he and the board are “especially motivated by our wounded heroes and families who care for our disabled children. We have your back.”

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Present: This photo, a “restaging” of the original on page 34, was taken at the Little Bear Saloon in Evergreen, Colo., Feb. 18, 2006. Note the original photo hanging on the wall above the booth. Close friends all these years, their friendship continues. The Hortons live in Centennial and the Hilliards in Littleton—30 minutes apart from each other in Colorado—and see each other every few weeks.

Melford Edwards was

inducted into The Greater Flint Afro-American Sports Hall Of Fame March 24, 2013. He starred at Miami as a defensive end and was a member of three consecutive MidAmerican Conference and Tangerine Bowl championship teams from 1973-1975. He also coached high school football for 21 years.

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After 25 years, I can believe that the Miami spirit is still within me!

—Barbara Kappus Ward ’88, yoga instructor

Debbie Calhoun McClave

recently retired after teaching elementary school in Euclid City Schools for 35 years. She was recognized on local and state levels for excellence in teaching, leadership, and volunteerism. Debbie and husband Tom McClave live in Gates Mills, Ohio. ¶ Gail McHenry Raymond earned the 2013 University Award for Excellence in Professional Academic Advising at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. In the College of Health and Public Affairs, Gail oversees graduation certifications, assists at orientations, maintains the degree audit systems, and advises students at risk of academic probation. As an academic adviser in the Office of Undergraduate Student Services, she helps transition transfer students during their first term at UCF.

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Susan Drapekin Shivers,

an attorney in Geneva, Ill., received the Kane County Bar Association’s Community Service Award, given annually to a member who has demonstrated a broad-based involvement in the community, is an active member of the legal profession, and has shown a firm commitment for working toward a better government and fostering civic improvements.

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Jack Binder has been selected

as the new board chairman of the Suicide Prevention Education Alliance. He is a South Russell councilman in northeast Ohio and president of Edmar Chemical Co.

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John Bailer, chair of Miami’s

department of statistics, is a vice president for the International Statistical Institute. “I am excited about working with this worldwide network of statistical professionals. ISI is a strong advocate for good statistical

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practice, which includes capacity building in national professional statistical organizations and promoting statistical literacy. Overall, this is an exciting time in our professional community. We are seeing an increasing appreciation and awareness of the impact of statistics on all aspects of society.” The ISI, along with other organizations, including the 18,000-member American Statistical Association, declared 2013 The International Year of Statistics. John will serve from 2013-2017 alongside vice presidents from Australia, Mexico, and Slovenia.

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Reunion ¶ Sarah Graves Stroh, executive director for Marion Senior Services in Ocala, Fla., recently earned an MBA from the University of Florida.

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Doug Haddix is assistant vice

president of editorial communications for Ohio State University, overseeing content for print and digital publications including the Ohio State Alumni Magazine, OnCampus newspaper for faculty and staff, the osu. edu website, social media, and Impact magazine. In addition, he supervises speechwriters for OSU’s president and serves as director of the Kiplinger Program in public affairs journalism.

He and Margaret Peterson Haddix ’86, a well-known children’s novelist, live in Powell, Ohio.

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Terre Vandervoort is a judge

for the Fairfield County Court of Common Pleas Juvenile/Probate Division in Lancaster, Ohio. She was appointed to the court by Ohio Gov. John Kasich July 19, 2013, to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Steven Williams. She assumed the bench Aug. 5, 2013. ¶ Carl Vivaldi ’87 MS ’90 is fulfilling a lifelong

dream of his by moving to the state of Washington and switching careers from education to wine making.

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Karl Knapp of Fishers, Ind., is

acting dean of the University of Indianapolis School of Business.

He joined the faculty in 2006 and has been serving as an associate professor of business administration. Prior to his nine years in academia, Karl spent 17 years in positions that included manager of information services and Six Sigma black belt for Raytheon Co. and Indianapolis Life Insurance Co. He also has worked, managed, and consulted in strategic planning, organizational development, human resources, and mergers and acquisitions. His commitment to students is reflected in his selection as UIndy Teacher of the Year in 2010 and Business Professor of the Year in 2009 and 2010. ¶ Barbara Kappus Ward has released an instructional DVD with help from a Cleveland Institute of Art media intern and a music student from the School of Rock in Cleveland. Her students, Shelly Essi ’86 and Michael Norhad ’86, CEO of School of Rock in Cleveland, inspired her to use their director, Tom Rich ’77, to find a musician to compose the DVD’s music. “I was fortunate, after teaching yoga to a true rock ’n’ roll drummer, Tom Rich, to find a student to incorporate his talent into the DVD. This project and all of our perseverance established this union of art called Balance Within Yoga: Find Your Inner Balance instructional DVD. I also feel that the spirit of being a Miami alumna also instilled an unspoken faith and trust for each of us to help another alumni in need. After 25 years, I can believe that the Miami spirit is still within me!” ¶ Mark Williams, MD, was recently promoted to vice president and chief medical officer of Miami

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Valley Hospital in Dayton. Mark lives in Miamisburg, Ohio, with wife Molly and children Megan ’15, Mitch, and Mia.

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Reunion ¶ Shirley HustonFindley, an associate professor of theatre at the College of Wooster, has been awarded a Fulbright-Nehru Award to spend spring 2014 semester in India interviewing female playwrights regarding how their work is gendered, based on their distance from partition and the ways in which they have conformed to and/or resisted culturally inscribed gender identities. ¶ Richard Kiefer, associate professor of political science and history at Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove, Ill., was named Waubonsee’s Outstanding Faculty Member for 2013. While he works to ensure his classroom discussions don’t boil over, he also has to make sure he doesn’t burn out as the only full-time political science

faculty at the college. While this means he is always on, it also means he gets to develop and teach a wide array of classes. He makes sure students don’t just have examples and case studies to work with, but actual politicians, as well. He has facilitated the Hastert Leadership Seminar for the past four years, with former U.S. Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert and other guests meeting with students to discuss local, state, and federal government. ¶ Darby Scism is executive director of the Indiana State University Career Center. She has more than 18 years of career development experience in student affairs and academic affairs at public and private, urban and rural, secular and religious universities. Prior to coming to Indiana State, she was director of the Career Development Center at Loyola University Chicago.

She previously worked in career services at George Washington, Texas

A&M, and Indiana University business schools. She is frequently sought out by media for reports about career development issues and has been quoted by such major outlets as The Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, Fox News, and The Washington Post. ¶ Christine Sauerland Scruggs has been selected to serve as the director of marketing and advancement for St. Bernard Academy in Nashville. Christine served St. Bernard as a teacher for six years, unit head, and member of the school’s Olweus Bullying Prevention Program Coordinating Committee.¶ Tracy Smith ’89 MS ’92, head baseball coach at Indiana University, picked up two 2013 National Coach of the Year laurels, receiving the award from CollegeBaseballInsider.com and The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association during the College World Series. The Hoosiers’ eighth-year head coach guided his squad to a historic

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season in 2013, reeling off a programrecord 48 wins, including a 17-7 mark in Big Ten play, which gave the Hoosiers their first outright conference title since 1932. They hosted Bloomington’s first NCAA Regional and advanced to the first Super Regional and College World Series in IU history. Tracy, who was named the unanimous Big Ten Coach of the Year prior to the conference tournament, saw nine of his Hoosiers named to the All-Big Ten team. His post at IU is his second head-coaching job at the collegiate level. While head coach at Miami, he won 317 games and led the RedHawks to the 2000 and 2005 NCAA Tournament before going to Bloomington in 2006.

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Pamela Hayes-Bohanan MA ’90 and James Hayes-

Bohanan MA ’89 were married in May

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their married life as graduate students in geography and Spanish at Miami.

After the second year, they spent a summer in Mexico with a group of Miami undergraduates, led by professor Bill Bruhn. Those years of hard work and modest income were the foundation for a marriage that is now in its 27th year. As part of an on-going series on marriage among baby boomers, The New York Times recently profiled Pam and James in its Booming section.

The circumstances of that publication and a link to the April 22, 2013, article are posted on the pair’s May 19, 2013, blog at perrylaperra.blogspot.com. ¶ Jackie Miller received the inaugural Robert V. Hogg Award for Excellence in Teaching Introductory Statistics.

After 10 years as an education specialist in the department of statistics at Ohio State University, Jackie joined the department of statistics at University of Michigan in September 2013. ¶ Carter

Eugene Scites II MBA ’90 is a professor

of public administration at Northern Arizona University in addition to serving the state of Arizona’s Department of Economic Security as an administrative services officer for the past 22 years.

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Cara Armstrong is interim

director of the School of Architecture + Art in Norwich University’s College of Professional Schools as of July 1, 2013. Cara, who earned bachelor’s degrees in environmental design and philosophy from Miami, a master’s in architecture from Columbia University, and an MFA in poetry from Drew University, was awarded two fellowships for study in England and Canada. In 2002 the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy named her curator of buildings and collections at Fallingwater, one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most celebrated building designs. She was Fallingwater’s

curator of education from 2006 through June 2010. Prior to that, she was a project director at the Urban Design Center in Kent, Ohio, and an intern architect at Myers Associates, Architects in Medina, Ohio, before taking a post in 1995 as historic preservation planner with the Key West Planning Department in Florida where she became president of Gecko Roamin’ Inc., a gallery in Key West that featured her art-to-wear designs and the work of other local artists. She is co-author of two architecture-related books, author and illustrator of two children’s books, and curator of more than 10 architecture and design-related exhibitions. ¶ Chad Pergram ’91 MS ’93 is the third most followed journalist on Twitter by members of Congress, according to a Sept. 3, 2013, article in the Daily Intelligencer titled “Who Do Members of Congress Follow on Twitter?” by Dan Amira. Chad covers Congress for Fox News. He’s won an Edward R. Murrow Award and the Joan Barone Award for his reporting on Capitol Hill.

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law firm in Silver Spring, Md., was published in the Tax Analyst and ABA Tax Section Summer 2013 News Quarterly. His article was on estate planning–irrevocable life insurance trusts. ¶ Jose de Arimateia da Cruz MA ’92 PhD ’02 has been promoted to full professor of international relations and comparative politics at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Ga. March 8-22, 2013, he was a visiting scholar at the School of Economics in Prague, Czech Republic.

This is the second year he has lectured in the School of Economics. ¶ Steve Goodin, a Graydon Head attorney in Cincinnati, is in the midst of a fouryear term on the Hamilton County Public Defender Commission. He was

appointed by the presiding judge of the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court. The five-member commission appoints the Hamilton County public defender and sets general operational policy for the Hamilton County public defender’s office, which provides legal representation for indigent clients in criminal and family law matters, handling 65,000 cases a year with a staff of 127. Steve’s experience as both a former prosecutor and defense counsel allows him to bring a unique perspective to the commission. “I am honored that the judges trusted me with this appointment, and I will make sure their concerns are always in front of the commission,” he said. He practices in Graydon Head’s litigation department, focusing on white-collar defense and investigations, as well as qui tam and civil rights defense. ¶ Born: to Stacey Myers Hartley and Jim, John William, Jan. 11, 2013, joining big sister Brynne.¶ Kam Ming Lim PhD ’92 was invited to present a keynote paper at the 1st Chicago International Conference on Education June 3, 2013. He was also interviewed by WBEZ 91.5’s Worldview in Chicago June 4, 2013. Kam is associate dean and associate professor at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. ¶ Amy Malcom is a social worker for the hematological malignancies and blood and marrow transplant program in the University of Colorado Cancer Center. After working as both a dietitian and a medical social worker, Amy recently earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Regis University in Denver. She has accepted a position as an inpatient nurse on the oncology/ bone marrow transplant unit at the University of Colorado Hospital.¶ Marc Smith has been appointed to a third term on the Miami University School Education, Health, and Society Dean’s

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Advisory Council. Marc is president of Kohler & Smith Co. law firm in Columbus and lives with wife Jennifer and children Allison and Nathan in Dublin, Ohio.

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of pop and rock marketing for RCA Records in New York.¶ Born: to Gregg ’93 MA’94 and Dana Hazelbaker Darbyshire ’97 MA ’01, Jett Wendell, May 26, 2013, joining big brothers Grant, Bryce, and Cash, and big sister Lola in Cincinnati. Gregg is CEO of Procamps Worldwide while Dana is a teacher at Sycamore Junior High School.¶ Keith Dotson has his own production company, First Step Productions, which produced How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying for the Las Vegas Super Summer Theatre season at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park in 2013. Keith directed and choreographed the community theater show. ¶ Brad Ricca’s debut poetry collection American Mastodon won the St. Lawrence Book Award and was recently featured on A Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor. His teacher of poetry at Miami, professor emeritus James Reiss, notes that “the poet knows he is practicing

Kevin Geiss MS ’93 PhD ’01, deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for energy, received a Service to America 2013 Management Excellence Medal (aka Sammie) from the Partnership for Public Service.

He was one of nine civil servants to be honored at a gala in Washington, D.C., Oct. 3, 2013. He was recognized for championing the safe use of alternative fuels to ensure energy independence for combat and support missions around the globe and reduced U.S. Air Force fuel and energy consumption, saving more than $1 billion in 2012 alone.

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Eric “Indiana” Zediak ’94, adventurer and amateur archaeologist from Greenville, S.C., poses in front of the Gateway of the Sun at the ruins of Tiahuanaco in the highlands of Bolivia May 6, 2012. Believed to be 14,000 years old, the Sun Gate has been described as a “calendar” almost as long as the monolithic gateway has been known to exist.

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his craft as an American mastodon, i.e., a species that might as well be extinct in our 21st century sports-and-business-oriented iCulture.” The Rumpus says, “Ricca captures moments that are universal to us all, skillfully combining unrequited love, loss, and vulnerability with moments of comic relief to great effect.” Brad’s latest book, Super Boys (St. Martins Press, June 2013), is a literary biography of Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel, creators of the DC Comics superhero Superman and the inspiration for Michael Chabon’s Kavalier and Clay. Drawing on 10 years of research in the trenches of Cleveland libraries, boarded-up high schools, and secret, private collections, Super Boys is the story of a long friendship between boys who grew to be men and the standard that would be impossible for both of them to live up to. ¶ Rebecca Vay Wiehe, who has taught at Hudson High School for 10 years, was named Ohio’s 2013 World Language Teacher of the Year. She was chosen from more than 3,200 foreign language teachers.

A teacher in Cincinnati for nine years before Hudson, she lives in Sagamore Hills, Ohio, with husband Steve, and their children, Evan, 12, Samantha, 10, and Ryan, 5.

Reunion ¶ Mark Chambers has been promoted by Ernst and Young to director from associate director in its Atlanta office. Mark will continue his commitment to quality service and building a better working world on a daily basis. ¶ Geoff Melzer is athletic director at Badin High School, a Catholic High School in Hamilton, Ohio. A 1987 alumnus of Badin, he had been the freshman girls’ basketball coach at Badin and directed the Hamilton Hustle/Little Rams basketball program. He left his job as a district manager for Stagnaro Distributing in Cincinnati to become AD July 1, 2013.¶ Daniel Strauss has been named general manager of digital at The Hollywood Reporter. In his new role, he is responsible for The Reporter’s rapidly expanding slate of digital initiatives and new digital products. ¶ Damon Williams has published two new books, Strategic Diversity Leadership: Activating Change and Transformation in Higher Education and The Chief Diversity Officer: Strategy, Structure, and Change Management. Both books paint a quantitative and qualitative picture of diversity leadership in higher education and offer guidance in managing the change journey. The books were featured in a cover story for Diverse Issues in Higher Education. ¶ Married: David Yoon and Ingi Lee, May 4, 2013, in Blue Bell, Pa. David is a research scientist, conducting developmental research for compounds that could be used to treat Type 2 diabetes at BristolMyers Squibb’s Hopewell, N.J., research center. Ingi is a clinical director for research on vaccines in North Wales, Pa., for Merck & Co. pharmaceuticals.

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earned an MEd in curriculum and instruction at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in December 2012. ¶

Anthony McClure, a partner in Porter

Wright practicing in the litigation department in the firm’s Naples office, was admitted to the Florida Bar. He joined the Naples office after 11 years in the firm’s Columbus office. Tony has assisted clients in complex commercial litigation disputes, contractual and mortgage disputes, tort litigation, administrative appeals, legal malpractice, and environmental litigation.

His experience includes every facet of litigation—from initial investigation and evaluation of claims and defenses, to discovery and preparation and response to motions, through trials and arbitration, and presenting arguments on appeal. He has successfully argued before Ohio’s appellate courts and the Supreme Court of Ohio. He is an editorial board member with Litigation News, a publication of the American Bar Association, and has been recognized by Ohio Super Lawyers - Rising Stars Edition. ¶ Rob Snow of Medina, Ohio, has started a nonprofit organization called Stand Up For Downs (www.standupfordowns. org) whose mission is to use humor to enhance the world of Down syndrome.

Rob, a stand-up comic himself, and wife Ellen created the charity in honor of their second son Henry who was born in 2009 with Down syndrome.

The organization receives money by producing stand-up comedy events and distributes that money to organizations around the country doing work in the DS community.

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He oversees its curatorial, exhibitions and collections, and education and public programs divisions. He had been the chief curator at the Alan G. and Jane A.

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Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jason Juergens is the training officer aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, homeported in Norfolk, Va.¶ Married: Samuel Reynolds III and Lovelle Reynolds, March 20, 2013, in Chicago. Sam works in health policy and physician payment for ASGE, an international medical society headquartered in the Chicagoland area.

Lovelle is a full-time faculty member for the City Colleges of Chicago. They live in the Ravenswood neighborhood on the city’s north side with their bulldog, Sydney. ¶ Born: to Scott Spiers and Heidi, Morgan Olivia, April 3, 2013, joining Allison, 5, in Powell, Ohio.

Scott is an assistant vice president at Meadowbrook Insurance Group, while Heidi is a stay-at-home mom.

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partner from senior manager at Ernst & Young. He is part of the company’s transaction advisory services practice, providing advisory services to both private equity and corporate clients on acquisitions and divestitures.

He joined the firm in 1998, working in its Chicago office and the Zurich, Switzerland, office of the Swiss member firm of EY before transferring to San Francisco in 2006. ¶ Born: to Brian and Kelly Snider Kessack ’99, Joshua Chase, Sept. 17, 2012. He joins his sisters Madison, Samantha, and Jordon.

They live in Las Vegas. ¶ Married: Tom Maxwell and Vanessa Saurer, Dallas, Aug. 9, 2013.

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Reunion ¶ Jonathan Adams, president of SALIX, was one of 12 recognized as 2013 Gentlemen of Style & Substance, awards given annually by Saks Fifth Avenue and Cincinnati Magazine to honor extraordinary men for their professional accomplishments and achievements and their passionate dedication to the community. Featured in the September 2013 Cincinnati Magazine, he said his philosophy is to “attempt to approach philanthropy and life through the lens of Micah 6:8, “…to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.” He and wife Katie Thornton Adams live in Cincinnati with their children, Chase, 12, and Alexis, 10. ¶ Born: to Shawn and Lindsay Bellegia ’00, Myles Joseph, May 21, 2013. They live in Hidden Valley Lake, Ind. ¶ Born: to Brian and Cristen Means Breary ’01, Abigail Catherine, May 25, 2012, joining big sister Ellen. Brian is vice president of operations at CPI-HR, a benefits and payroll/HR firm in Solon, Ohio, while Cristen is a nurse practitioner for the pediatric surgical unit at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospitals in Cleveland. They live in Shaker Heights, Ohio, after relocating from Nashville in the past year. ¶ Married: Bradley Burd and Kelli Kenealy, April 21, 2013, in Charleston, S.C. ¶ Born: to Travis and Mary Gorham Hill, Nathan Charles, April 17, 2011, joining big brother Tyler in New Orleans. ¶ Walter Lynch is chief executive officer of Zipline Logistics of Columbus, overseeing the overall organizational structure of the company and heading processes within the business, including human resources, training, and CFO functions.

Walter is also responsible for strategic

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Lehman Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. ¶ Justin Flamm, a partner in the labor and employment practice group at Taft Stettinius & Hollister law firm in Cincinnati, participated in the 2012-2013 Class of Leadership Cincinnati, gaining a broader view of civic leadership through direct contact with the institutions and the people who keep Cincinnati active.

planning and finance. The third-party logistics company, founded in 2007, handles truckload, less-than-truckload, and rail shipment delivery across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. In 2011 Zipline was a finalist for the Best Places to Work awards by Business First magazine. A Zipline Logistics company founder, he and wife Christine Young Lynch ’98 have three young sons.

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Born: to Nehal Desai and Samantha, Noah Michael, Nov. 29, 2012, joining Benjamin, in Atlanta. Nehal is the director of finance for field operations at Coca-Cola Refreshments. ¶ Kim Goldsmith of Chicago was, for the second time, named a Fund for Teachers Fellow.

Her first fellowship was in 2009 when she traveled to India to study yoga for students with autism. In summer 2013 Kim traveled to Alaska to develop outdoor educator skills on a National Outdoor Leadership School backpacking and sea kayaking course. She is now providing outdoor education opportunities for her students with disabilities. ¶ Born: to Lori Adams Grandstaff and Matt, Maryn Elizabeth, Sept. 29, 2012, joining Julia and Abram in Liberty Township, Ohio. ¶ Born: to Jacey

Joanna Kotze ’98 won the 2013 New York Dance and Performance Award (aka The Bessies) for Outstanding Emerging Choreographer for her work It Happened It Had Happened It Is Happening It Will Happen, presented at Danspace Project. Joanna is a 2013 Movement Research Artist-in-Residence in New York City, a fall 2013 Baryshnikov Arts Center resident artist and artistin-residence at Djerassi Resident Artists Program in California. She returns to Miami nearly every year to choreograph a work for Dance Theatre’s spring concerts.

The piece she created for its concert last spring was the forerunner of It Happened.

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Kessen Kunka and Dan, Rosemary

Elaine, joining Clayton, 2. Jacey is a stay-at-home mom and volunteer and Dan is a screenwriter in Los Angeles. ¶ Born: to Brian and Sarah Clever Lang, their third child, Alice May, Aug. 1, 2013.

They live in Alexandria, Va.

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“Adam’s work is answering some of the fundamental questions of how the central nervous system controls movement.”

—Mentoring professor’s praise of research by Adam Deardorff ’03

Born: to Matthew and Julie Manuel Barkhurst ’04, Wyatt Joseph (Class of ’35), March 21, 2013. ¶ Jason Grunkemeyer is an assistant men’s basketball coach at Ball State University. A former player at Miami, he also coached at Miami 2007-2012, serving under college mentor Charlie Coles ’65. After Charlie retired in 2012, Jason spent the 2012-2013 year as athletic director at Talawanda High School in Oxford. Before coaching at Miami, he spent six seasons at Saint Louis University as director of basketball operations for one season and an assistant coach for five. He ranks among the top 10 in Miami history in 3-point field goals, 3-point percentage, and free throw percentage. He played in three Mid-American Conference championship games with Miami. He and wife Angie have two sons, Joshua and Nathan. ¶ Born: to Michael and Meredith Miller Schimmel, Benjamin Hoffman, June 6, 2011, joining big brother Carter Anderson.

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Born: to William Henrichs and April, Macy Jane, Nov. 22, 2012, joining William, 5, and Samuel, 4. ¶ Mary Modrich-Alvarado was appointed to serve on the State Bar of New Mexico Young Lawyers Division board of directors for 2013. Mary is a tribal attorney with the Navajo Nation Department of Justice in the tax and finance unit in Window Rock, Ariz. ¶ Chris Raimondo has been promoted by Ernst & Young to principal from senior manager. Chris is a member of the

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company’s advisory practice-finance services office working with clients in the insurance sector, focusing on largescale business and systems transformational programs for property and casualty insurance carriers.

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Katie Hanlon Bonner

is executive director of the Office of Student Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania. She had been associate director since 2008, advising Penn’s Social Planning and Events Committee, overseeing a $1 million budget to execute 45 programs throughout the academic year. As a result of her cross-campus collaboration, events such as Spring Fling now incorporate peer-to-peer intervention and harm-reduction efforts that have made the events safer and more enjoyable. Family Weekend, another well-regarded Penn mainstay event, was reimagined as a more creative and inclusive experience for all under her watch. She also has been involved with Parent Outreach and Development Partners, the Identity and Leadership Research Committee, and Open Expression Monitors. ¶ Born: to Jocelynn Clemings and John, Finn Moreland, March 15, 2013. Jocelynn is a public information officer with the Ohio Department of Transportation and John is an HR manager with Olympic Steel. ¶ Adam Deardorff, a Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine MD/PhD student, is providing research that will eventually help doctors better treat a variety of conditions, including spinal cord injuries, carpal tunnel syndrome, vascular and kidney disorders, autoimmune disease, and diabetes. At an International Motoneuron Meeting in July 2012 in Sydney, Australia, Adam presented his findings on traumatic peripheral nerve injury and was recognized by leading

scientists and clinicians from North America, Europe, and Australia with an award for the best oral presentation by a student. He presented research that he had conducted in the WSU labs of Robert Fyffe, university professor and vice president for research and graduate studies, and Timothy Cope, chair, professor of neuroscience, cell biology, and physiology, and director of the WSU and PHP Neuroscience Institute.

“Adam’s work is answering some of the fundamental questions of how the central nervous system controls movement,” Cope said. “The information he is providing is absolutely necessary to diagnosing the mechanisms underlying movement disorders.” ¶ Born: to Jon and Kathryn Clemons Parenteau, John Patrick, March 3, 2013, joining Caroline.

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Reunion ¶ Joe Borowski of Columbus is director in the valuation services group for GBQ Consulting, serving as the primary point-of-contact for many clients in the Columbus and Indianapolis offices.

And yet, he’s never had a piece of pie, at least according to GBQ’s website. ¶ Josh Fenton MS ’04, former senior associate athletic director at Miami, is commissioner of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. He played an integral role in the formation and development of the NCHC, which is in its inaugural season. Conference members are Colorado College, Denver, Miami, Minnesota Duluth, Nebraska Omaha, North Dakota, St. Cloud State, and Western Michigan. Josh and wife Lindsay MS ’04, sons Ryan, 3, and Luke, 1, live in Colorado Springs, Colo. ¶ Born: to Troy and Becky Ackford Magaw, Reese Elizabeth, May 8, 2013.

They live in Westerville, Ohio, where Becky is a partnership activation manager with the Columbus Blue Jackets

and Troy is a physician’s assistant at Mount Carmel St. Ann’s Hospital. ¶ Born: to Matt and Caroline Duke Reddington, Reagan Elizabeth, March 22, 2013, joining Connor. Matt is director of sourcing for Caraustar, a pulp and paper company, and Caroline is vice president of treasury management at Wells Fargo.

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associate manager at PepsiCo, is serving three years on the YMCA of the USA National board of directors. He served on the Y-USA board as a Kellogg Board Fellow before being elected as a full-term board member. David is also the founder-owner of Seven Falls, a startup consulting and investment firm that focuses on international smallscale sustainability projects. He serves on Miami’s Young Alumni Council. ¶ Born: to Ryan and Tina Flatt Binau, Christopher Francis, July 26, 2013, joining twin brothers Ethan and Kevin, 3. Ryan is a district sales manager for Phenix Mutual Fire Insurance Co. in Concord, N.H., and has just completed his CPCU designation. ¶ Born: to Scott and Sarah Wittbold Faherty, Emma Grace, Dec. 17, 2012. ¶ Kevin Frey, MD, is part of the primary care team at OhioHealth’s Millhon Clinic in Worthington, Ohio. Board certified in internal medicine, he provides preventive and illness care for ages 18 and older. A native of the Canton, Ohio, area, he earned an MD from Northeast Ohio Medical University in Rootstown, Ohio, near Akron. He completed his residency at internal medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and is a member of the medical staff at Riverside Methodist Hospital. ¶ Born: to Wesley and Shannon Gunther Groves, Makenzie Marie, April 18, 2012.

They live in Liberty Township, Ohio, where Wes is a physical therapist and

Shannon is a physician’s assistant. ¶ Born: to Matthew and Emily Furedy Huntley, Abigail Grace, June 6, 2012.

They live in Indianapolis, where Matt works for the NK Hurst Co. and Emily is a stay-at-home mom. ¶ Married: Katherine Krohn and Michael Mezher Jr. ’07, March 16, 2013, in Naples, Fla. They live in Cincinnati where Mike is a lawyer and Katy is a licensed psychologist, currently teaching at Miami. ¶ Born: to Kristin Murphy Packman and Bill, Carter Bentley, March 24, 2013.

Kristin is an operations and pricing analyst at Safelite and Bill is a graphic designer at Mettler-Toledo. They live in Columbus. ¶ Married: Cheryl Ramsey and Brad Barker, April 13, 2013, in Miami’s Kumler Chapel. Among the friends and family who attended the celebration, 29 were Miami alums.

They live in Michigan, where Cheryl is a senior research analyst for an investment consulting firm and Brad works in private equity.

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Born: to Michael and Shelley Montgomery Buch ’05, Caden Michael, July 1, 2013, in Centerville, Ohio. ¶ Born: to Zach and Kimberly Vanderberry Cleary, Kinsely Ann, April 18, 2013. ¶ Wes Ernst has been promoted to manager at BKD accounting and advisory firm in Cincinnati.

Wes serves clients in health care and not-for-profit industries by providing assurance services. ¶ Married: Justine Lelchuk and Benjamin Block, July 13, 2013, in Tarrytown, N.Y. Justine is a manager at the consulting unit of Deloitte in Manhattan, working primarily on supply-chain management and operations. She earned an MBA from Harvard. Benjamin is a partner in Ardsley Partners, a hedge fund in Stamford, Conn. ¶ Married: Susan Moser and Charlie Norden ’07, April 28, 2012, in Pittsburgh. They live in

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Columbus where Susan is in business development and Charlie, a four-year starter and letter winner on Miami’s football team, works in sales.

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of the Shy Town Girls book series, recently won best documentary at the Three Minute Film Festival in Santa Fe. Her short documentary, Ski Pioneer, about her grandfather, who was the first U.S. amputee skier, was selected from 350 entries and 49 other finalists. ¶ Andrew Raymond was recently appointed treasurer of Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE), a national nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing violence in schools and communities by promoting student involvement, education, and service opportunities in efforts to provide safer environments for youth. He has more than seven years of accounting and auditing experience and is a CPA for Dixon Hughes Goodman accounting firm in its Glen Allen, Va., office. He has a master’s in accounting from Indiana University. ¶ Navy Seaman Nicholas Spinelli completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes Ill. ¶ Christy Sullivan is a senior

LaDavia Hatcher Drane ’04, executive director of the Congressional Black Caucus, has been named one of the 25 most influential Washington women under 35 by National Journal. She has worked on everything from banking and housing to job development, but to this Cleveland native, the most important issue is child nutrition, according to an article in the National Journal. After campaigning for Barack Obama in 2008, she worked for Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio. She moved to K Street to lobby for the Grocery Manufacturers Association before returning to support the CBC chairwoman on immigration, education, sequestration, the Voting Rights Act, and other caucus interests.

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Patricia Casal ’09 is a research scientist investigating gene therapy treatments for children with muscular dystrophy.

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research associate at Porter Novelli, a public relations agency in Atlanta. She has created, fielded, and analyzed both national and international surveys and conducted secondary research and market segmentation using PN Styles, MRI Simmons, and other online data sources. Her duties include competitor audits, literature reviews, and target audience profiles for new business pitches and current clients. ¶ Married: Lindsay Taylor and Phillip “Benjamin” O’Brien, June 8, 2013, in DeWitt, N.Y. They live in Syracuse, where Lindsay is an event coordinator for Cincinnatibased company Vantiv. Ben is an agent for State Farm Insurance.

firm Holden & Hudson. ¶ Allison Vetter Lafave is an associate attorney with Arthur, Chapman, Kettering, Smetak & Pikala law firm, headquartered in Minneapolis. She focuses her practice in the area of commercial transportation. She earned a JD at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. ¶ Ryan Underwood graduated in December 2012 with an MS in biomedical engineering from the University of Kentucky and graduated in May 2013 with a JD from the University of Kentucky College of Law. He was awarded the prestigious Presidential Management Fellowship and moved to Washington, D.C., in August.

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Married: Jennifer Baum and Rob Boroff, June 30, 2012, in Cleveland. They live in Chicago where Jennifer is an account manager at Henson Consulting and Rob is an attorney in the commercial transportation and construction practice groups at SmithAmundsen. ¶ Jennifer Jacob Begley earned an MBA, with a concentration in marketing, from Xavier University in May 2012. She was recently promoted to senior project manager at Convergys. ¶ Neil Bruce recently graduated from the West Virginia School of Medicine where he was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha, the national honor medical society.

He also received the John C. Linton Psychiatry Award for outstanding performance at the Charleston campus.

In July Neil began his residency at Yale University in psychiatry. ¶ Married: Samantha Culovic and Ryan Russell, in October 2011 in Sarasota, Fla., with more than 10 Miami alumni also in attendance. Samantha was recently appointed executive director of the Kevin Dare Foundation. Ryan is associate professor of graphic design at Penn State University and owns the design

Reunion ¶ Patricia Casal has earned a PhD in biomedical engineering from Ohio State University. She graduated in December 2012 and is now working as a postdoctoral fellow at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in gene therapy treatments for muscular dystrophy. ¶ Maggie Graham is an account executive, technology for Porter Novelli, a public relations agency in Atlanta. She works on a variety of accounts, including the American College of Rheumatology’s Simple Tasks campaign, designed to educate lawmakers, administration officials, think tanks, advocacy groups, physicians, and physician groups about the value of rheumatology. She also is an integral member of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Learn the Signs. Act Early team, which provides early identification of children with autism and other developmental disabilities so children and families can get the services and support they need. ¶ Erin Latta graduated in May 2013 from Butler University with a PharmD. She is working as a retail pharmacist with the Kroger Corp. and currently lives in Indianapolis. ¶ Emma Gaalaas

Mullaney MA ’09 led a delegation of

U.S. youth at the UN’s 11th Convention on Biological Diversity, which promotes the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the fair and equitable sharing of natural resources worldwide. Fascinated by the relationships that exist between humans and their environments, she has traveled the world for academic research and environmental justice activism. She was chosen to go to Hyderabad, India, to the 2012 UN Convention by SustainUS, a volunteer-led youth organization that advocates for sustainable development at the international level. ¶ Ann Marie Woyma graduated from the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine May 4, 2013. She was inducted into the Delta Chapter of Phi Zeta, the national veterinary medicine honor society, on the same day.

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Kaitlynn Donnelly earned a JD

from the University of Toledo College of Law May 3, 2013. ¶ Married: Erin Maney and John Kramp, Aug. 10, 2013, in Milwaukee.

They live in Minneapolis where Erin works in sales at News America Marketing and John is in law school at the University of Minnesota and will graduate in May 2014.

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University of Illinois at Chicago Flames in July 2013 as the sales and marketing assistant. She prospects new business and marketing partners, creates partnership proposals, and manages and assists others with activation. From 2012-2013, she was a graduate intern for the Tar Heel Sports Properties in North Carolina. There she was responsible for the implementation of customized sponsorship programs. From 2009-2011, she served as a marketing intern in Miami’s athletic

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Married: Noelle Bernard and Ryan Boyer, Aug. 31, 2013, in Miami’s Kumler Chapel. They live in Pensacola, Fla., where Ryan is training to become a Marine aviator. Ryan proposed to Noelle along the Potomac River in Virginia July 9, 2012, the day before he began his Marine Corps officer training at The Basic School in Quantico, Va. At the time Noelle was in D.C. completing Miami’s Inside Washington Program. ¶ Christena Burell was accepted into the physician assistant program at Sullivan University College of Health Science in Louisville, Ky., and began her studies there in September 2013. ¶ Jessica Simpson is the new pitching/

assistant coach for softball at the University of Akron. An alumna of Miami’s softball program, she finished a highly decorated four-year career for the RedHawks, holding nearly every pitching record in the Miami record books. She also owns Mid-American Conference career records for wins (101) and shutouts (45). She helped lead the Red and White to two MAC Tournament Championships (2009 and 2012) and was a two-time recipient of the MAC Pitcher of the Year award (2011 and 2012). It all culminated during her senior season in 2012 when Jessica led the RedHawks with a 32-15 record and a 1.06 ERA. The 32 wins, along with her 358 strikeouts, were both single-season school records.

After winning MAC Tournament MVP and leading Miami to the NCAA Tournament, she held fifth-ranked Tennessee scoreless in a 1-0 NCAA Regional win.

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and Ryan Martini were awarded 2013-2014 Fulbright English Teaching assistantships, which place them in classrooms abroad to provide assistance to teachers of English to non-native English-speakers. Brian, an architecture major and German minor, is teaching in Germany. Jacob, a history major and Spanish minor, is in Spain. Ryan, an integrated mathematics education major and American literature minor, is in Indonesia. Miami seniors or recent graduates have won Fulbrights 13 of the past 14 years. ¶ Shannon Tillett, an alumna of Miami’s varsity softball program, is a graduate assistant at New Mexico Highlands University. While at Miami, Shannon played in 59 career games, recording three home runs and 17 RBI. Her playing career was cut short due to injuries, but she continued to support the team in a coach-type capacity.

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farewells 1930’S Anne Amos Brown ’32, Oxford, Ohio, June 18, 2013.

Carl D. Glickman ’47, Cleveland, Ohio, March 28, 2013.

Edwin K. Griest ’36, Dayton, Ohio, May 23, 2013.

June Bartlett Homeister ’47, Munising, Mich., July 20, 2013.

Charles C. Roudebush ’36, Milford, Ohio, June 13, 2013.

George J. Jacobs ’47, Fairview Park, Ohio, June 2, 2012.

Malcolm W. Owings ’50 Hon. ’77, Southern Pines, N.C., May 3, 2013.

Eleanor Oakley Cameron ’39, Grand Rapids, Mich., July 4, 2013.

George T. Schmitt ’47, Hamilton, Ohio, Oct. 15, 2012.

Mary Brawley Acker ’51, Middlebury, Vt., July 19, 2013.

Dee B. Springer Jr. ’47, Centerville, Ohio, March 15, 2013.

Louise Kizyma Cook ’51, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Dec. 15, 2012.

Paul F. Dietzel ’48, Baton Rouge, La., Sept. 24, 2013.

Alan G. Lewis ’51, Perryville, Md., June 11, 2013.

Lois Schuster Fisco ’48, Cleveland, Ohio, May 28, 2013.

Ronald E. Anderson ’52, Pinehurst, N.C., April 11, 2013.

Marilyn Rogers Hochschwender ’48, Glenmoore, Pa., July 11, 2013.

Barbara Kling Bumbaugh ’52, Tahlequah, Okla., Jan. 11, 2013.

1940’S Mary Kersting MacLean ’41, Charleston, S.C., March 28, 2013.

Charles J. “Bud” Wolfrom ’41, Dublin, Ohio, Aug. 13, 2013.

Aaron J. Alton ’42, Wakefield, R.I., June 25, 2013.

Jane Thomas Plum ’42, Naples, Fla., April 14, 2013.

Raymond M. Case ’43, Springfield, Ill., April 25, 2013.

William W. Boyd ’44, Clearwater, Fla., May 21, 2013.

Joan Veit Hamilton ’44, Columbus, Ohio, May 31, 2013.

Albert D. Sherman Jr. ’44, Lafayette, Calif., Aug. 5, 2013.

Mary Ford Good ’45, Weymouth, Mass., June 30, 2013.

Virginia Motherall Barry ’46, Mount Vernon, Ohio, April 24, 2013.

Herman O. Torge ’46 PhD ’48, Eaton, Ohio, July 22, 2013.

Mary Blaumeiser Albrecht ’47, Greenville, S.C., July 8, 2013.

Ruth Dewar Balcomb ’47, Findlay, Ohio, Aug. 9, 2013.

Robert W. Bryant ’47, Shepherdstown, W.Va., May 15, 2013.

Lois Fiege-Robinson ’47, Ellensburg, Wash., June 11, 2013.

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Betty Cruikshank Krukenberg ’48, Lima, Ohio, June 23, 2013.

Robert S. Cromling ’49, Lyndhurst, Ohio, May 13, 2013.

Shigeru Morishita ’50, Tokyo, Japan, March 19, 2006.

Donald R. Newkirk ’50, Westerville, Ohio, May 2, 2013.

Wayne J. Byers ’52, Augusta, Ga., March 8, 2013.

Robert W. Forster ’52 MBA ’53, Bartlett, Tenn., Aug. 20, 2013.

Robert J. Donaldson Jr. ’49, Bethlehem, Pa., May 21, 2013.

William E. Goodwin ’52 MEd ’56, Celina, Ohio, July 18, 2013.

Marian Smith Norris ’49, San Clemente, Calif., July 1, 2013.

Franklin C. Hale ’52, Maumee, Ohio, March 13, 2013.

Thomas J. Patton ’49, Dover, Ohio, July 15, 2013.

Leroy J. “Jim” Porter Jr. ’52, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 4, 2013.

Margaret Pugh Reid ’49, Columbus, Ohio, June 23, 2013.

Charles L. Shawver ’52, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 23, 2013.

Betty Broadwell Vaughan ’49, Lebanon, Ohio, Aug. 16, 2013.

Robert G. Tallman ’52, Allentown, Pa., Jan. 31, 2013.

1950’S Janet Teboe Lemon Cook ’50, Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 1, 2013.

Herbert F. Curry ’50, Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 20, 2008.

Donald C. Fanta ’50 Hon. ’87, Columbus, Ohio, May 17, 2013.

Florence Combs Gross ’50 MA ’52, Silver Spring, Md., June 24, 2013.

Betty Eyler Marsh ’50, Loveland, Ohio, March 19, 2013.

George O. “Bud” True Jr. ’52, Aiken, S.C., Feb. 19, 2013.

Richard E. Balthaser ’53, Lake San Marcos, Calif., May 28, 2013.

Peter McDonald ’53, Hudson, Ohio, June 21, 2013.

Robert E. Oberlin ’53, Marysville, Ohio, May 2, 2013.

John M. Sommer ’53, Denver, Colo., May 18, 2013.

David R. Barr ’54 MA ’54 MS ’57, Kettering, Ohio, May 16, 2013.

Hannalou John Coco ’54, Wellesley Hills, Mass., March 10, 2013.

Judith Almy Gibbins ’54, Summerville, S.C., April 3, 2013.

Richard W. Muehlenhard ’54, Sarasota, Fla., April 23, 2013.

David T. Pitts Sr. ’54, Augusta, Ga., July 2, 2013.

Donald R. Wilham ’54, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, July 7, 2013.

Betty Beitzel Batson ’55, Madison, Wis., June 8, 2013.

Conrad B. Weinrich ’55, Walkersville, Md., Sept. 14, 2012.

Louis J. Skubic ’56, Mentor, Ohio, July 9, 2013.

Robert R. Taylor ’57, Newport Beach, Calif., Aug. 29, 2013.

David P. Rahm ’58, Middletown, Ohio, June 18, 2013.

Richard D. Rieke ’58, Myrtle Beach, S.C., May 14, 2013.

Margaret McMullen Selby ’58, Columbiana, Ohio, June 16, 2013.

Nancy Boyd Tickel ’58, Langhorne, Pa., May 7, 2013.

Elinor Diehl Tyler ’58, Ashtabula, Ohio, June 12, 2013.

Ronald F. Ball ’59, Richmond, Va., July 13, 2013.

E. Allen Roth ’59, Westwood Hills, Kan., May 6, 2013.

1960’S Cynthia Mode Hauser ’60, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 29, 2013.

Bruce T. Hord ’60, Jackson Township, Ohio, June 25, 2013.

Seymour S. Resnik ’60 MA ’62, Chanhassen, Minn., Sept. 26, 2013.

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Sherwood L. “Woody” Waltman ’60, Grove City, Ohio, April 2, 2013.

Sam H. McGoun III ’61, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Sept. 21, 2012.

Daniel A. Nease Jr. ’61, Greenville, Ohio, Dec. 30, 2012.

Frederick B. “Ted” Woodbridge ’62, Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 25, 2013.

Chester E. McDonald Jr. ’63, Bellevue, Mich., Dec. 11, 2012.

Donald R. Kusel ’64 PhD ’75, Henderson, Nev., April 7, 2013.

Robert M. Johns MBA ’65, Springboro, Ohio, April 10, 2013.

Richard P. McClure ’65, Corpus Christi, Texas, Aug. 28, 2012.

Alice Bilstein Breece MEd ’67 MEd ’72, Scottsdale, Ariz., March 18, 2013.

Eugene N. Jansen ’67, Cleves, Ohio, June 28, 2013.

Bettie Poston Glanton ’68 MEd ’79, Farmersville, Ohio, May 13, 2013.

Gerald L. Stutz ’69, Georgetown, Texas, Sept. 23, 2012.

1970’S Marlene Meyers Dragoo ’70, Lebanon, Ohio, April 1, 2013.

Marvin E. Carey ’71, Sylvania, Ohio, June 23, 2013.

Keith G. McBurnie ’71, Atlanta, Ga., May 10, 2013.

Gayle A. Greschuk ’72, Wickliffe, Ohio, April 14, 2013.

Jackie Straub Underwood ’73, Newark, Ohio, March 24, 2013.

Kathleen Beattie Weyers MEd ’73, Lansing, Mich., March 15, 2013.

Debra King Mustard ’74, Milford, Ohio, May 5, 2013.

Dawn Oris Ward ’75, Brecksville, Ohio, March 31, 2013.

Brian J. Weierbach ’76, Houston, Texas, April 4, 2013.

Robert A. Bokeno Jr. ’77, Hamilton, Ohio, March 24, 2013.

Laurie A. Thomas MEd ’77, Charlottesville, Va., Feb. 9, 2013.

Barbara Sari Bartholomew ’78, Frederick, Md., May 24, 2013.

1980’S Susan Richards Kelly ’81, Wheaton, Ill., July 29, 2013.

Beth Bowman Russell ’85, Alpharetta, Ga., April 30, 2013.

Mark E. Hendryx ’86, Liberty Township, Ohio, Nov. 27, 2012.

Kathy P. Moon ’86, Vandalia, Ohio, April 7, 2013.

David F. Presti MS ’87, Doylestown, Pa., April 6, 2013.

Susan K. Miller ’88, Columbus, Ohio, May 25, 2013.

Michael A. Pane V ’89, Fair Haven, N.J., July 2, 2013.

Rebecca Martinson Petrone ’89, Roswell, Ga., April 3, 2013.

1990’S Jill M. Curtiss ’92, Denver, Colo., Nov. 9, 2012.

Tom L. Colliver ’93, Spartanburg, S.C., June 29, 2013.

Christine Webb Luteran ’93, Saint Augustine, Fla., Feb. 26, 2013.

William P. Morrison Jr. ’93, Wilmington, Del., April 23, 2013.

Megan Patrick Fedorko ’97, Worthington, Ohio, Nov. 29, 2012.

2000’S John R. Lentes Jr. MA ’10, North Olmsted, Ohio, April 10, 2013.

Jonathan N. Whitacre ’10, Rayville, La., July 18, 2013.

Sean W. VanDyne ’17, Hamilton, Ohio, Sept. 23, 2013.

FACULTY, STAFF, AND FRIENDS Jan Augenstein-Miller ’60 MEd ’61, Albuquerque, N.M., Sept. 11, 2013. Miami director of development emerita, 1977-1992.

Merideth J. Baum, West Chester, Ohio, April 15, 2013.

Miami undergraduate in nursing.

Charles L. Coles ’65, Oxford, Ohio, June 7, 2013. Miami men’s head basketball coach 16 years, retiring in 2012.

Edward J. DeVillez, Oxford, Ohio, Sept. 18, 2013. Professor emeritus of zoology, retired in 1992 after nearly 30 years at Miami.

Clare A. Easton, Springfield, Ill., Aug. 22, 2013. Assistant executive director emerita, Miami University Middletown and director of continuing education, 1966-1988.

Betty L. Jackson, Trenton, Ohio, March 21, 2013. Miami assistant bursar and cashier emerita, 1966-2000.

Juanita K. King, Oxford, Ohio, July 20, 2013. Miami administrator emerita, dean’s office, College of Arts and Science, 1956-2003.

Sue M. Krause, Hamilton, Ohio, Sept. 7, 2013. Retired, from university advancement after 30 years at Miami.

David R. McLaughlin, Oxford, Ohio, May 8, 2013. Retired, at Miami, 1967-2004.

JoAnn D. Olson, Oxford, Ohio, July 25, 2013. Miami administrator emerita, University Libraries, 1968-1999.

Jon J. “Skipper” Pavlisko, McAllen, Texas, Aug. 23, 2013.

Miami head baseball coach, 1983-1996.

Marian Pyles, Fort Myers, Fla., April 21, 2013. Miami professor emerita of English, 1968-2001.

John L. Rhodus Sr., College Corner, Ohio, June 8, 2013.

Retired, Miami carpenter with building maintenance, 1977-2006.

Jeannette G. Roberds, Eaton, Ohio, June 15, 2013. Miami professor emerita of educational psychology, 1968-1989.

James R. Showkeir, Phoenix, Ariz., June 22, 2013. Miami professor emeritus of educational leadership, 1969-1985.

Richard “Glenn” Simmons Jr., Brookville, Ind., June 6, 2013. Assistant chief engineer in Miami’s department of communication, joining Miami in 2000.

Vada S. Stanley, New Canaan, Conn., July 13, 2013.

Clarence K. “Bud” Williamson, College Corner, Ohio, Aug. 16, 2013. Miami executive vice president and provost emeritus and professor of microbiology, 1955-1989.

Carolyn “Kaye” YorkLongworth ’50, Greenfield, Ohio, Aug. 3, 2013. Miami administrator emerita, Alumni Affairs, 1968–1992.

In Memory of… If you would like to make a contribution in memory of a classmate, friend, or realtive, send your gift to Miami University in care of Wendy Mason, Advancement Services Building, Miami University, 926 Chestnut Lane, Oxford, Ohio 45056 or call Wendy at 513-529-3552.

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days of old

Shake, Rattle, and Roll A velocipede housed in Miami University Archives, part of the University Libraries Special Collections Department.

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In the 1860s, Miami students were learning to ride

a conveyance around campus called a velocipede.

Though its name makes it sound like some kind of rapid and deadly dinosaur, it is actually a wheeled vehicle, a precursor to our bicycle of today. Velocipede is a French term derived from Latin meaning “swift foot.”

Its manufacturers created larger and larger wheels once they realized that the bigger the wheel, the farther you could travel with one rotation of the pedals, attached directly to the front wheel.

At Miami, there was a University Velocipede Club, and

photos in the archives show students of the time (circa 1891) with various models.

In the photo at left, taken in front of old Harrison Hall, Everett McDonald and Robert Harvey stand in the center with their “ordinaries,” the more common term for the high wheeler. Carl Greer, on the left, holds a “safety,” a popular alternative that started replacing the ordinary in the late 1880s because a rider’s feet could reach the ground easily, and the pedals powered the rear wheel, keeping toes away from the dangerous front wheel. The man on the right is unidentified.

Another term for velocipede, coined about 1869, is boneshaker because the bicycle came without springs and was ridden on cobblestone streets, often rutted ones.

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In Morris Hall arch looking toward Tappan Hall in South Quad.

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COLD AS ICE Miami scientists are studying how wood frogs freeze solid in the winter, and then emerge in spring to begin life anew. See page 12 for the story.