Summer 2011 Miamian

MIAMIAN Summer 2011

Vol. 29, No. 4

A tribute to Dr. Shriver, who inspired us.

Our Miami

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his edition of Miamian celebrates teaching. On that topic, there is no better place to start than with Phillip Shriver. For 52 years, including the 16 that he served as Miami’s president, Phil Shriver followed in the footsteps of his own father, who embedded in him the conviction that teaching is among the noblest of professions.

Phil said that he considered his years in the classroom and the relationships he had with other faculty, staff, and the thousands of students who knew him as “Uncle Phil” to be among his most important professional accomplishments, and his greatest joy.

What made Phil the consummate teacher was his passion for learning. In watching him, his own students could see that there were always new subjects to learn, and, with Phil as the teacher, those new subjects were always exciting. He made whatever topic he was discussing come alive.

That is true as well with the alumni we are spotlighting in our second feature in this Miamian.

Craig, Karen, Tim, and Sharon, all K-12 teachers, have been honored by their peers as being the best at turning learning into a creative journey. Their style of teaching takes their students far beyond classroom walls and school-year calendars.

When you read about these top teachers, you will see that they have been recognized because they are creating a special environment for learning, one that engages their students and perpetually encourages the growth of those habits of mind that prepare students for a lifetime of engaged learning.

Habits of mind is a phrase I use to emphasize what we want to instill in our students – a desire to be always curious, to be hungry to learn, to want to share what we learn with others, and to be eager to discover with others. Phil Shriver was brilliant in encouraging such habits of mind.

In the months since Phil’s death, many of you have reconfirmed his brilliance as you share your memories, honoring the man and all that he taught you.

In one such tribute, Lee Oneacre ’67 recalls that he needed an extra course, so he signed up for History of Ohio with Dr. Shriver even though it had nothing to do with his major, his class requirements, or his future career. In retrospect, he says, “It turned out to be the most interesting and memorable class that I attended while in Oxford. Dr. Shriver was engaging and his storytelling ability kept the entire class involved and looking forward to the next session.”

“This was a man who was born to teach – 52 years, and it ran in his family. His father was a teacher for 49 years, and as he himself explained: ‘It has been said that more than records, buildings, and budgets, the real continuity of a university is the generations of young people who come to us, and older generations who meet with them, deal with them, and try to help them into adulthood. This is the essence of teaching.’ These were Phil Shriver’s words from 1984, explaining why he continued to teach while serving as president of Miami University.” ~ Don Crain ’70, chairman, Miami University Board of Trustees. Photo is of Dr. Shriver during his 50th year of teaching in Fall 1996.

Inspiring people to learn is what being an effective educator is all about. Phillip Shriver started at Yale as a freshman intending to major in chemistry – until an exceptional history professor captured his imagination and ignited his curiosity.

Miami has a deep tradition of faculty who ignite the curiosity of students. Their enthusiastic passion for their studies, their close personal connections to students, and their eagerness to engage the students inside and outside the classroom define the Miami experience.

The spirit of Phil Shriver is alive and well – in the faculty who teach Miami students and in the graduates who have gone on to become effective educators, cultivating those habits of mind that are the hallmark of a Miami education.

You are invited to write to President David Hodge at president@muohio.edu.

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Vol. 29, No. 4

Features 6 To Dr. Shriver, with Love

No matter how busy he was as Miami president for 16 years and history teacher for 52, Phillip Shriver always made time for his students. He had a gift of making everyone feel special. Now, many of you have given your time to share, through anecdotes and other treasured memories, just how special Dr. Shriver was to you.

2 These Teachers Know How to Cut Through 1 the School Daze Veteran, award-winning educators Craig Divis ’03, Karen Anthony Streeter ’97, Tim Dove ’80, and Sharon Mills Draper MAT ’73 know how to make learning a fun adventure. They’re happy to share a few tips.

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As soon as May Commencement ended, construction fences went up and major residence-hall renovation projects started. Yet, classes and research and various other activities continued, making for a lively campus, what with Alumni Weekend and Classes without Quizzes, camps for music, art, and sports, plus freshman orientation and high-school institutes.

A few of the many happenings on the Oxford campus this summer are captured in this four-page photo spread.

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Departments On the Web www.MiamiAlum.org/ Miamian • More letters to editor • Additional heartwarming memories from many Miamians about Dr. Shriver, their favorite “uncle”

Web exclusive: • First editions: books written by alumni

2 In your words 4 Along Slant Walk 20 Class notes 2 9 Obituaries 33 One more thing …

Staff Editor, Donna Boen ’83 MTSC ’96 Art Director, Michael Mattingly Senior Designer, Donna Barnet Web Developer, Suzanne Clark Copy Editor, Beth Weaver

University Advancement, 513-529-4029 Vice President for University Advancement Jayne Whitehead/whitehje@muohio.edu

Alumni Relations, 513-529-5957 Assistant Vice President for Alumni Relations Ray Mock ’82 MS ’83/mockrf@muohio.edu

Office of Development, 513-529-1230 Associate Vice President Brad Bundy/bundybm@muohio.edu

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In your words Welcome home

Currently speaking Curling iron. Blow dryer. Tape recorder. Clock.

I’m pretty sure those are the electronic items I unpacked when I moved into Symmes Hall my freshman year. One of my roommates brought an electric typewriter. Ooooh. With … wait for it … a self-correcting ribbon. We might have had a mini fridge although it seems hard to believe we could have fit that into a room never meant to house three women in the first place. I’m sure Move-in day August 2011. we had a hot air popcorn popper. No self-respecting, middle-America teenager headed off to college without that in the late 1970s.

DVD. Wii. Microwave. At Alumni College in June, Bob Keller ’73, associate vice president for facilities planning and operations, discussed how Miami has changed. When he mentioned that today’s students come to college with 19 electronic devices, the audience nearly erupted and immediately started comparing notes.

“I only had a hot plate.” “I warmed the water in my coffee cup with a heating coil.”

TV. Iron. Night light. In 2003 we reported that Miami’s average college freshman was moving in with 18 electronics. At the time, we struggled to name all 18. Adding one more item to the list hasn’t helped, so folks in our news and public information office sent out a survey to this year’s freshmen to see what they’re bringing. They also surveyed Miamians who graduated in 1975, 1985, and 1995 to find out which of the electronics on our current list of must-haves decorated their dorm rooms.

Cellphone. Computer. IPad. The only plug-in item that Stetson Siler ’75 MS ’76 remembers bringing was a “pretty fancy radio” he used to tune into distant stations that broadcast major league baseball games. “My dorm room was in the basement of Morris Hall, and I cooperated with someone directly above me to string an antenna to improve reception. I don’t remember anyone on the floor having a TV. The dorm’s TV room was located in our corridor, so it was just a few steps away, and, of course, everyone had to agree what to watch.”

XBox. Printer. Digital camera. Eileen Dennis Davis ’75 brought an electric alarm clock with a radio, a desk lamp, an AIWA record player, a hair dryer, a box fan (no A/C at Dorsey then!), and electric hair curlers. “So simple then. And I ‘had’ to buy a calculator with scientific computing capabilities for a class. It cost $72, more than any of my books and a tenth of our quarterly tuition. Boy, was I mad! Now I don’t know what I would do without them, and the same calculator can be had at Walmart for $3-4 probably.”

Final results of the survey of the Class of 2015 aren’t in yet, but I’m told we won’t believe what they say they can’t do without.

Stay tuned.

Donna Boen ’83 MTSC ’96, Editor

Editor’s note: Dana ’59 and Carol Minner Shadrick ’60 wrote to Megan Douglas ’13 after reading her “Here’s to Home” essay in the Spring Miamian.

We just read your wonderful article regarding Miami being “home” to you.

We assure you that you are not alone.

What we find truly amazing is your indepth analysis and perception of how present students and alumni think of Miami as “home.”

In a few years you will begin to remember occasions similar to those in our long-term memories, i.e., decorating houses for Homecoming, the Homecoming parade, the pep rally, taking walks on Western College Campus, toasted rolls and ice cream (in our case, at Tuffy’s when Tuffy Potter was still the owner), discussions at The Res with friends, football games, Upham Arch, special professors (in our case, Drs. Thatcher and Siebert) and, of course, close friends.

A very special memory for the two of us was the Sweetheart Serenade the spring of Carol’s junior year. Dana’s fraternity, Sigma Phi Epsilon, all 80 men strong, marched across campus chanting marching songs, formed a quarter circle in front of Richard Hall, with a bonfire in front of the group and with Carol standing in a formal gown holding a candle.

Our memories did not end with graduation. We remember visiting our two sons and a future daughter-in-law when they were at Miami, good friends being brought up to date at many class reunions, plus a very special reunion, Dana’s 50th, at which we renewed our wedding vows along with 1,086 other couples at the “Miami University Merger Moment” the summer of 2009.

We think of occasions when Miamians stepped up to assist.

When we heard Shriver Center had purchased new furniture for the Res, where we first met, we called our Alumni Association and talked with Mike Macechko ’65. Mike graciously offered to go to the auction of the old furniture, on his own time, and bid on our behalf on four captain’s chairs. To

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this day, when we look at these chairs, we think of Miami and Mike’s generous help.

At Dana’s 50th Class Reunion at Miami, we asked a classmate to take a photo of our group of friends. While attempting to climb a short wall to get a better angle, he took a bad fall, hitting his head hard on the pavement.

He was taken to McCullough-Hyde Hospital where tests determined he was all right. Within minutes of his admission, Jayne Whitehead, a Miami vice president, was at the hospital to make sure our classmate friend was OK. How often does one see this type of concern at any large institution?

A year later, at Carol’s 50th Reunion, we had a wonderful opportunity to sit and talk with friends we had not seen in 50 years.

The more we talked the more it seemed the intervening years had not passed. At both of our reunions we had numerous opportunities to speak with President Hodge one-onone. How often does that happen on any sizable university campus? Every time we hear President Hodge speak we feel he is passing on the “Miami Spirit,” almost as if he was a Miami alumnus.

We feel, as we are sure you do, that we are very, very fortunate to have attended Miami University. It is our hope you have a continued, longterm, fantastic Miami Experience and continue to frequently “come home” to Miami after you graduate.

Dana ’59 and Carol Minner Shadrick ’60 Barrington, Ill.

Fun, by george It was fun reading “Hollywood Comes to Campus, by George,” by Donna Boen ’83, reporting on filming some of the scenes of “The Ides of March” starring George Clooney, who also directed the film.

I was pleasantly surprised see a few paragraphs devoted to fellow Summer 2011

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member of the Class of ’64, Dan Szuhay. Dan grew up in the Painesville, Ohio, area, as did I. We played on rival Painesville PONY League baseball teams in the summer of ’57. Also, I recall Dan and I occasionally dining together in Ogden’s dining hall.

Dan mentioned in the article that the back of his head was filmed for one scene, and he would be producing 8x10 glossy photos of the back of his head for publicity purposes. Dan, would you autograph one for your old Painesville buddy?

Louis Pumphrey ’64 Shaker Heights, Ohio

Study abroad revisited With all due respect to my dean in his response to Megan Dunker Watts’ letter (both published in the Spring 2011 Miamian), I agree with Ms. Watts’ comment that it is “ridiculous” (but not with her continuing comment of “downright cruel”) that SFA students cannot partake of the opportunities offered students in the CAS and the FSB, for example, to study abroad.

I was the first faculty member from the SFA to teach at the (then) MUEC, for two years in 1982-1984. During that time, a handful of students from my department were able to attend, for I offered to teach a six-credit-hour studio as an overload while they were there. Other colleagues followed me (Sergio Sanabria, John Reynolds, Linn Song, and most recently Ben Jacks), but unless one of us was assigned to the (now) MUDEC, there has been no way for architecture and interior design students to take advantage of the incredible experience that I know is the MUDEC program.

Dean Lentini is correct that other possibilities are available, including summer workshops (most of the ones he mentioned are in my

own department), but they do not substitute for the semester-long opportunity that our students could experience in our own campus in the Grand Duchy. I have long advocated that a track for fine art/ studio students be part of the MUDEC offerings.

My hope is that before I retire (I have been here since 1978), there will be a permanent presence of the studio arts, be they the fine arts or architecture and interior design, at the Luxembourg regional campus. Yes, our students can choose to go to other institutions’ programs, but why?

Gerardo Brown-Manrique professor of architecture, Miami’s department of architecture and interior design

A cherished thought In the Spring 2011 Miamian, under “Cherish the Days,” this question was posted: What advice would you give next fall’s freshmen? Six shared their best advice and here is mine.

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth. Beware of getting so busy that you drift away from Him. Put God first in your life, and keep His commandments. Whatever you do in life, make sure God is in everything. In Everyday Living. In Family Living. In Earning a Living.

When God is in everything, it will keep you from drifting, and your life will have purpose and direction.

Richard Herrmann ’48 Cincinnati, Ohio

Send letters to: Donna Boen, Miamian editor 102 Glos Center Miami University Oxford, Ohio 45056-2480; Miamian@muohio.edu; or fax to 513-529-1950.

Include your name, class year, home address, and phone number. Letters are edited for space and clarity. To read more letters, visit Miamian’s website at www.MiamiAlum.org/Miamian.

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Nice payday Miami ranks first among public universities in Ohio for best salary potential after graduation, according to a new survey of employees by PayScale.com, a global compensation data website. Among public universities nationwide, Miami has the 34th highest earning potential. The survey showed starting median salary for Miami graduates was $46,000.

The mid-career salary for Miami alumni was $85,500. Among public universities in 12 Midwest states, Miami’s mid-career salary ranked sixth.

PayScale.com looked at more than 1,000 schools in the United States and only considered graduates who work full time in the U.S. and have a bachelor’s degree but no higher degree. Starting salaries are based on full-time employees with no more than five years of experience in their respective fields, while mid-career salaries are based on fulltime employees with at least 10 years’ experience.

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Top ranking in Forbes Miami ranks highest among public universities in Ohio in Forbes magazine’s America’s Top Colleges 2011 list, which features 650 private and public colleges and universities in the U.S. Among public universities nationwide, Miami ranked 46th.

Miami also appears as the fifthranked public university in Forbes’ Best in the Midwest list and 33rd among publics on the Best Research Universities list.

The rankings, compiled by Forbes in conjunction with the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, are based on five categories: • Postgraduate success, which evaluates alumni pay and prominence.

• Student satisfaction, which includes professor evaluations and freshmanto-sophomore-year retention rates.

• Student debt, which penalizes schools for high student-debt loads and default rates.

• Four-year graduation rate.

• Competitive awards, which rewards schools whose students win prestigious scholarships and fellowships such as the Rhodes, Marshall, and Fulbright.

Prize-winning, fingerlicking, fabulous food Miami won a grand prize, a gold, and a silver in the large-school category of the 2011 Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards competition sponsored by the National Association of College and University Food Services (NACUFS).

The awards are the highest honors in collegiate foodservice.

Miami’s housing, dining, recreation, and business services received: • A grand prize and a gold prize for Bell Tower Place in “Retail SalesMultiple Concepts/Marketplace.”

• A silver prize for Panache restaurant in “Retail Sales-Single Concept.”

• An honorable mention for Carillon Catering, Bill Nye special event, in “Catering-Special Event.”

Since 2004, Miami has won 50 culinary awards, including nine grands and 15 golds, in this competition, more than any other university in North America, according to Nancy Heidtman, director of dining and culinary support services.

Electronics is the key New electronic door locks are being installed on student room doors in all residence halls on the Oxford campus, one of many “Miami Makeover” projects under way this summer. The new access system includes online, real-time, wireless door locks that use a contactless smart card.

The new smart cards, which are replacing Miami photo IDs, provide access to students’ rooms and residence hall doors, have all the functions of the former ID card, plus a “smart chip,” allowing for added security.

“The doors are locked at all times,” explains Larry Fink ’81 MBA ’85, assistant vice president for housing and auxiliaries finance. “When the doors are closed, they’re locked, and the person with the ID card has the unique privilege for that designated door. There is a wireless signal, at all times, to each lock, and the locks can be updated through a click. If a student reports his or her ID card lost or stolen on the Internet, that ID card is automatically disabled.”

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Summer reading For the 30th anniversary of Miami’s Summer Reading Program, freshmen read The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope, a memoir by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer, in time for convocation Aug. 19 in Central Quad.

Kamkwamba is a citizen of Malawi in southern Africa and a second-year student at Dartmouth College. As a 14-year-old, he created a windmill from discarded materials and changed the lives of his family and the people of his community.

In a departure from recent convocations, this year’s speaker is not the author of the book, but two Miami alumni. Chris Clark ’08, founder of Sunflower Solutions, and James Muruthi ’10 of Naivasha, Kenya, were invited to tell how their Miami experiences reflect the kinds of global considerations and creativity displayed

by Kamkwamba’s story.

Bright futures in science Miami students Andy Zhou and Benjamin Schwarz have been selected as Beckman Scholars for 2011-2012, with both earning scholarships valued at $19,300.

• Zhou, a senior biochemistry major from Oxford, has been working with faculty mentor Gary Professor Lorigan and Lorigan, Andy Zhou professor of chemistry and biochemistry, since his first year at Miami.

His project involves investigating the structure and function of integral membrane proteins using the newpulsed EPR (electron paramagnetic resonance) spectrometer at Miami. He

is also investigating the new technology of electron spin echo envelope modulation spectroscopy (ESEEM) to probe the structure of membrane proteins and peptides.

• Schwarz, a junior zoology major from Oxford, started working with faculty Professor Robinson and Benjamin Schwarz mentor Michael Robinson, professor of zoology, the summer before his freshman year.

His research involves creating a transgenic mouse, using embryonic stem cells, into which he has inserted a myocardin isoform to determine if the inserted gene can rescue bladder function in mice with a megabladder mutation.

• Senior Zoe Hesp, a zoology and French double major and neuroscience minor from Dayton, has been awarded Zoe Hesp $10,000 from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF), one of 25 students nationwide selected.

Hesp has conducted undergraduate research for the past three years with faculty mentor Lori Isaacson, professor of zoology, studying the regeneration of peripheral nerve cells following injury.

She was asked to give an oral presentation on her work at the Microscopy and Microanalysis National Conference in Nashville in August, and she is preparing a manuscript for publication on her research findings on reinnervation of the vasculature following injury.

Good dog!

Pet owners are happier, healthier, and better adjusted than people without furry friends. Those are some of the findings behind 15 years of research in a study that was published in the July 2011 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

The paper, “Friends With Benefits: On the Positive Consequences of Pet Ownership,” is co-authored by Allen McConnell, Miami’s Jim and Beth Lewis Endowed Professor of Psychology.

Focused on dog owners and everyday people, McConnell noted that pets increased a person’s sense of belonging, self-esteem, and meaningful existence.

People perceive their pets as being able to fulfill social needs.

“The power of pet ownership comes from seeing pets as an important entity in our lives, just like a person, and as such, pets can provide significant social support to their owners, helping owners feel socially connected,” said McConnell, who is the study’s lead researcher.

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To Dr. Shriver, with Love L

ong before and after Phillip Shriver served as 17th president of Miami

University, he was a professor. A teacher.

He considered this one of the noblest of all professions, following in the footsteps of his father. Between the two, they graced the head of the class for 101 years. Dr. Shriver taught by example as well as by textbook. In addition to Miami and Ohio history, he taught us graciousness and patience and love.

Since his death in April, Miamians have been sharing their favorite “Uncle Phil� stories. What follows are a few excerpts of the many treasured memories we have of the dear man. These memories, in their entirety, and many others are online at www.MiamiAlum.org/Miamian.

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y sophomore year one of my friends in Wells Hall decided to have a Valentine’s Day party for the corridor and invite Dr. Shriver.

A group of us walked over to Lewis Place and presented ourselves on that wonderful porch.

My friend started to chicken out, but with some convincing, she managed to ring the doorbell. The porch light goes on, the door opens, and there stands Dr. Shriver. With some nervousness, my friend invited him to the party. “Martha,” he called into the house, “What’s on my schedule for Wednesday night?” After some conference, he came back, said he was free, and promised to come as long as no other university business came up.

He did come, and he even cut the cake. I really believe that, no matter what, Dr. Shriver loved the students, when we were learning and growing and even partying, as it were. That was a wonderful gift to each of us, for the rest of our lives. ~ Jenny Presnell ’83

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was a radio/TV/film major and one of my “jobs” was to host “The President’s Notebook” each week on WMUB-TV. During the show, I would ask Dr. Shriver as many questions as possible. One time we were taping on April 1. The set was supposed to look like Dr. Shriver’s office, and there was a phone on the desk. The control room crew decided to make the phone ring!

Neither Dr. Shriver nor I knew what to do so we kept on as if it wasn’t ringing.

Eventually he did answer the phone only to learn it was an April Fools’ joke.

We all had a good chuckle and then had to start the show over from the top as there was no video editing during those days. He was always so kind … especially when the poor freshman floor director had to powder his balding head so it wouldn’t shine in the lights. ~ Jan Mason Getz ’71 MS ’72

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still recall the phone call I received from President Shriver to congratulate me on being selected a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. He was so excited for me and so encouraging. He thought I had been notified, but the mail had been delayed so his call was the first “official” notification I received. What a distinct pleasure! ~ David Caputo ’65

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n going through the fairly stiff and formal receiving line at my graduation in 1967, my kid brother, who was 9 years old, shook hands with Dr. Shriver and introduced himself by gesturing toward me and saying, “I’m her father.”

Dr. Shriver’s great laugh in response relieved my parents’ anxiety and showed off his warm sense of humor.

He was indeed Uncle Phil. ~ Janet Dinius Litterer ’67

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had a job in catering at the student center. Every year Dr. and Mrs. Shriver hosted a tea for graduating seniors. One year I was assigned to cover it. It was lovely and the Shrivers were the perfect host and hostess. When it was over, Dr. Shriver took us on a tour of Lewis Place. He pointed out that the

carpet was becoming threadbare. “They told me I could replace it, but I’ll leave that for the next president.” That endeared me to Uncle Phil from that point forward. ~ Fritzi Wellman ’77

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freshman in 1965, which was Dr. Shriver’s first year as president, I recall him walking through The Res (now the Shriver Center) and stopping to talk with students, including me, on several occasions. He was so warm and always sincerely interested in the students. I was also there the night he had to confront a Vietnam protest group at King Library. I was so impressed with the manner in which he handled and defused what could have been a tense situation.

Miami has lost a great leader, historian, and gentleman … and a truly outstanding human being. ~ Wayne Roberts ’69

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s president of Tribe Miami, I would venture to his office on Thursdays and remind him to wear red the next day. I would see him often on campus, as he was a familiar figure to all the students. If he was wearing red on Fridays, I would give him a big hello, smile, and attaboy. If not (which wasn’t often), I would sternly remind him of his tradition.

In 2006 I went back for my 40th class reunion. Seeing Dr. Shriver, I approached him. As I did, he turned to me and said, “Jon, I know – wear red.” ~ Jon Peterson ’66

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y first encounter with Uncle Phil was my first day at Miami at Freshman Convocation. What I remember most was his tremendous enthusiasm for Miami and his efforts to make darn sure we knew the words and could sing to his satisfaction Miami’s Alma Mater and our fight song. It took three or four tries each, but finally, we passed his test. For 45 years after that, we sang that Alma Mater and fight song together hundreds of times at Miami events of every kind. By his example, Phil Shriver really taught us how to love Miami. I dare say there has never been a human being who loved Miami more than Uncle Phil. ~ Don Crain ’70

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t was April 1968, as tumultuous a time for America as any since the Civil War. Phil Shriver had been president since 1965, but he still seemed like the new guy. We liked him – but for many of us, there was a definite sense of disconnection with the administration. There were divisive discussions about everything from in loco parentis rules to curriculum content. The honors program had been challenged along with the ROTC. We wanted change and we wanted it now.

I first met Dr. Shriver at one of the afternoon teas he and Martha hosted for students. He was human, understanding, knowledgeable, funny.

Martha was even more so. She spent a good deal of time talking with me – and listening – and I felt like I had found an advocate. It was my senior year and I was way over-committed.

She told me to quit messing around

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and get my work done. And she told me to get a haircut.

I was sharing an apartment at the west end of High Street and convinced the leadership of Alethenoi, the English honorary society, to have its April meeting at my place.

Then came the 4th of April. We got the news that Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated in Memphis and shared in the shock that gripped most of the country. Riots and violent unrest were about to hit cities from coast to coast, and colleges were worried they would be next. There was talk of ending classes early and shutting down campuses.

Our plans changed. I suggested we invite English faculty members and make the Alethenoi gathering a focus for discussing the King assassination and what it meant to us, to Miami, and to the country. Then I stopped by the president’s house. Dr. Shriver wasn’t in, but Martha was. I told her about our event and invited them both to attend.

On the afternoon of the party, Dr. Shriver called and said he would stop by.

Professors showed up and joined the growing crowd. Many were surprised to see so many students engaged in serious discussions on a Friday night.

Dr. Shriver sat with various groups, listened to our concerns – in many cases our grief – and said the right things.

Miami didn’t cancel classes early. I joined Dr. Shriver and several hundred students and faculty on a peaceful march through campus. I finished my coursework. I talked with Martha Shriver again at an awards ceremony

for student writers. She said if I didn’t get cleaned up before my parents arrived for graduation, she was going to trip me as I came across to collect my degree. I cut my hair.

Dr. Shriver was more than a good leader, a good teacher, a builder of institutions, a healer in a time of trouble. He was a friend. ~ Doug Wilhide ’68

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resident Shriver and I began our “freshman” year together at Miami.

When we had both “graduated” in 1969, I was honored to be asked to sing at the Commencement ceremonies. Bob Hope was the guest speaker. I have an 8x10 glossy of President Shriver, Bob Hope, and me on the dais. I’m singing earnestly, Dr. Shriver is listening intently, and Bob Hope looks bored to tears. I was devastated!

Some years later, I mentioned this event to President Shriver. He laughed and explained: Mr. Hope’s lack of interest had nothing to do with my singing, or, indeed, even the Commencement events, but was, in fact, due to extreme fatigue.

Evidently, Bob Hope was jet lagged, couldn’t sleep, and had spent the night before driving golf balls up and down Tallawanda Road. ~ Jeanie Bowers ’69

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to the Hub and sat in the grass with a large group of students to answer questions and talk about Kent State. The fact that he chose to engage with students in this way significantly defused tensions.

I remember thinking years later that it might have taken an act of real courage for many to do what President Shriver did, but I suspect he didn’t consider this an act of courage at all. His actions showed his respect for students and a desire to help bring understanding to them at an uncertain time. ~ Debi Hust Allison ’73 MS ’82

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t was spring term in 1970. Dr. Shriver’s schedule and mine coincided in such a way that we met almost daily as he arrived at his office.

He was very open to discuss and debate the issues and events of a very contentious time. This informal class in the parking lot is one of my treasured Miami memories. ~ William Dubiel ’70

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n the spring of 1970, I was a typical freshman. Like many students of the day, I was caught up in the spirit of protest, questioning authority, and trying to understand a world where war and social injustice seemed to be the norm.

There were peace rallies and protests, and it was an exciting, intoxicating time to be young and in college.

In the midst of this madness stood Dr. Shriver, a calm and thoughtful voice that offered the perspective of a historian and the wisdom and warmth of a father figure. I recall sitting in his living room until 2 a.m. one night with

probably 50 other students, openly discussing the issues of the day. Dr. Shriver was clear in his views against violence, that education should be sacred, and that there was a place for ROTC just as there was for any other part of student life, but he was always kind and patient in listening to the concerns of the students. He spoke eloquently of the need for a longer view of history and the lessons of past episodes of civil disobedience. And he remained highly visible around campus throughout that turbulent spring, always accessible, caring, and leading by example.

He showed us that you could disagree and keep talking with mutual respect and dignity. And he never stopped encouraging discussion. The exchange of ideas was our greatest expression of freedom and the reason we were at Miami. ~ Ross Wason Sr. ’73

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hen four students were killed at Kent State, we, at the In Loco Parentis campus, were shocked! I’ll never forget Dr. Shriver sitting in the sun on South Quad just to have dialogue with those of us who were shaken by the deaths of innocent students, some of whom were simply trying to get to class.

Many years later, at my 35th class reunion, I learned that Dr. Shriver had personally intervened with Gov. Rhodes to keep the National Guard from our campus. They were stopped at Hueston Woods. Were it not for Dr. Shriver’s actions, Miami could have been Kent State! ~ Nancy Hume Aldridge ’70

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urs was the last class to have the honor of Dr. Shriver as president of Miami. I remember listening to him at Freshman Convocation and thinking what a wonderful man and leader. I heard about Dr. Shriver’s Ohio history and Miami history classes, and my best friend from my freshman year and best friend ever – Sue Ellen Foraker – and I took both.

Dr. Shriver enthralled all of us in each and every story, lesson, and experience. Even though we knew he had been teaching these classes for years, for us it felt as if it was the first.

His art of storytelling kept us wanting more. The time passed quickly.

Both Sue Ellen and I came back for our first reunion at Miami because Dr. Shriver was teaching Ohio and Miami history.

I deeply admired his love of learning and of teaching and his excitement for each and every one of us. Being so comfortable with the president of the university, to me, was unbelievable, but he was just a modest man doing what he loved. I had the honor of meeting Mrs. Shriver as well. What a lovely couple.

After I graduated in 1981, I continued to send Dr. Shriver Christmas cards and updates about my life. His handwritten notes back are still with my Miami Mementos and mean the world to me. I will miss him more than words can express but know, in my heart, that his legacy will continue. ~ Lauren Corbin ’81

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resident Shriver was beginning his last year in Roudebush Hall as I came to campus as a freshman in 1980.

As vice president of Campus Activities Council, I had the good fortune to work with and get to know Dr. Shriver well over the course of many programs and events on campus.

As we planned the 175th Anniversary Ball in 1984, Dr. Shriver was there to ensure it was a fitting celebration – from the parachute-drop ceiling, which transformed Millett into a ballroom, to the 25-piece orchestra. It was a special evening thanks to the magical touch of Uncle Phil! ~ Mark Metzendorf ’84

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r. Shriver cracked me up when he opened his History of Miami class with, “My name is Phillip Shriver. My title is president emeritus. Many people ask me what emeritus means. It comes from the Latin – ‘e’ meaning ‘out’ and ‘meritus’ meaning ‘deserves to be.’ ” I spent a special Labor Day weekend in 1991 with Dr. Shriver in Miami, Okla. In addition to visiting with the Miami Tribe, we had the great pleasure of attending the annual Ottawa Tribe Labor Day Powwow.

Chief Floyd Leonard loved to participate in gourd dancing – dancing for the warriors (now for veterans of service in the U.S. armed forces). Chief Leonard, like Dr. Shriver, a veteran of service in the U.S. Navy, brought Dr. Shriver into the gourd dance circle to be honored by the other veterans. I remember how humbled Dr. Shriver

was – almost to the point of being speechless. ~ Cory Foster ’67 MBA ’73

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was fortunate enough to travel with Dr. Shriver and several others to visit the Miami Tribe in Oklahoma.

His jovial attitude and his immense knowledge of just about everything were amazing. We found it a challenge to find something, anything, about which he knew nothing or very little.

One afternoon, while Chief Leonard showed Dr. Shriver the burial sites of former Miami chiefs in the local cemetery, I stumbled upon a marker with the name “Philip R. Shriver.” Aha! I finally found something that would surprise him.

Before we left, I asked Dr. Shriver to see my discovery. He looked at the marker, smiled, and exclaimed, “I wondered whatever happened to this guy!” He then told the story of how this Philip, with one “l,” died during World War II and the armed services got the two of them mixed up. Dr. Shriver’s family was notified of his death. ~ Linda Peetz Kramer ’74 MA ’81

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y fondest memory of Dr. Shriver was his enthusiasm at our football games, since, as a player from 1974-1977, I knew that rain, snow, or sunshine, Uncle Phil would be at Miami Field to cheer us on in his white, short-sleeved shirt and tie.

I had the privilege to come in contact with Dr. Shriver often because of football and my radio work for

WMUB. He was never too busy to take a moment to chat and always wanted to know how I, as a student-athlete, was doing. ~ Mario Macioce ’78

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was a member of Miami’s women’s basketball team. During each semester break when the students left for vacation, we remained on campus to practice and compete. In 1981, President and Mrs. Shriver had the entire team over to Lewis Place. As we sat in the living room, President Shriver went around the entire room and called us each by name!

President Shriver was an amazing man. I was blessed to have learned from him – both classroom and life lessons. ~ Kris Livingston ’83

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y story involves the opening of the original Goggin Ice Arena in 1976. His endorsement was important and an opening night with him and many dignitaries was scheduled. They sat in good proximity to the ice and, as happens in some hockey games, especially before full masks were worn, some blood was spilled. Maybe those seats were too close to the action! ~ Tom Maletic ’80

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hillip Shriver was visiting Martha at the Knolls while she was recuperating. This day he was carrying a yardstick. I thought it was strange so I asked Phillip why. He said, “To measure my love for my sweetie.” ~ Debbie Gross

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taught an honors course, Oxford, Ohio 1851-1852, in which the students had to role-play Oxford individuals from that period. At the end of the semester, community residents were invited to meet the residents of 18511852.

Dr. Shriver always attended and always questioned each of the students in detail. The proudest of all students was one who not only kept pace with Dr. Shriver but also knew something significant about his character that Dr. Shriver did not know. ~ Louise Van Vliet

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r. Phillip Shriver was not only an esteemed university president, but also an incredibly supportive colleague in the history department. Though he was probably the busiest man on campus, he never failed to respond to an offprint I would share with him with a handwritten note of appreciation.

I also appreciated so much the gracious letter he wrote in February 2010 on the 40th anniversary of the Oxford Bible Fellowship. ~ Edwin Yamauchi

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he reunion committee of the Class of 1980 requested Dr. Shriver as speaker at their reunion luncheon during Alumni Weekend 2000. Tradition was to have Dr. Shiver speak at the 25th reunion luncheon – another five years away for the Class of 1980.

The committee pondered how they could honor Dr. Shriver in another way.

Since Alumni Weekend is in June, and

Oxford can be steamy, it was decided to have hand-held fans with Dr. Shriver’s picture on the front and “Uncle Phil’s Fans” on the back. All the classmates held their fans in front of their faces during the class picture.

I presented Dr. Shriver with an enlarged copy of the photograph. He was indeed honored. ~ Alice Bolger ’81

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n the family tribute to Dr. Shriver during his memorial service May 28, son-in-law David Williams mentioned that while the president was very calm and controlled, one could tell when he was upset or angry.

Over time I had occasion to exchange letters with Dr. Shriver while I was an elected member of the student government. Though I do not remember what was at issue, at one time I recall I sent him a letter and he sent a reply. I read the reply and it seemed certainly reasonable to me.

However, a key administrator who worked with the president asked me if I noticed from the letter that President Shriver was upset about something I had done or said. I was puzzled and said no, I really hadn’t noticed that.

The administrator then explained to me that in prior letters to me, President Shriver had used a comma after my name in the salutation, but in this letter he had changed it to a colon.

Sometime after that, all of the letters he sent me used a comma, and I suppose that means I was back in good graces. ~ Richard Aynes ’71

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y deep respect for Dr. Shriver began my freshman year when I attended his Miami Mysteries program. He captivated me with the spooky side of Miami’s legends. I was hooked. I wanted to hear more.

Throughout my Miami years, I attended every program I could where Dr. Shriver was speaking and eventually took his course in Miami history my senior year.

Dr. Shriver in the classroom was a powerful force, with a distinctive voice, a remarkable memory, and a certain twinkle in his eye that charmed and enchanted.

I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of his History of Miami course. I couldn’t get enough of his tales – I didn’t want class to end.

I found out years later just what a truly astounding memory Dr. Shriver had. After purchasing his book, Miami University: A Personal History, in 1999 during a trip to Oxford, I sent the book to Dr. Shriver, respectfully requesting an inscription.

What he graciously returned, with not only a wonderful sentiment in the book but also a handwritten note, totally amazed me. Dr. Shriver made mention of some of my student leadership experiences, remembering, apparently, some of our conversations while I was a student.

To this day, that book and the accompanying handwritten note are cherished possessions, evidence of a special time in my life, surrounded by remarkable people such as Phil Shriver. ~ Kathy Branch Spicer ’87

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These Teachers Know How to Cut Through the School Daze

By Betsa Marsh

Back to school. Are there any bleaker words in the English language?

Kids groan, parents moan, and teachers … Teachers, armed to the teeth with lesson plans, fling open the doors and hope for the best.

But some teachers, especially those honored by their peers, devise stratagems for success each fall. Four remarkable, Miami-trained educators share their most effective welcome-back plans, plus tips to parents for countering summer’s brain-cell power down.

Craig Divis ’03 For Craig Divis, the school year runs deep into June, but it’s still not long enough to help his social studies classes make the learning leap into fall.

“With high-school students, their minds are in so many other places after the school year. Even if we had a topic in class a few months before, they say, ‘What, we talked about that?’

In geography, students can lose track of entire countries.”

So the 2010 Vermont Teacher of the Year reached back into his Miami experience to dream up an interdisciplinary project for recharging summer synapses.

“I remember when I was an incoming freshman at Miami, I was given a book to read and the author came in to speak. It was a great reading circle and a wonderful way to kick off the year.”

Devising a similar plan for his own students, Divis launched his Literary Kick-Off across all disciplines at Bellows Falls Union High School in Bellows Falls, Vt. The first year, he invited Loung Ung to speak after everyone read her memoir, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers.

Over the summer, students hit the library and the bookstores and went to films Divis staged in town. A women’s

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Karen Anthony Streeter ’97 It shouldn’t surprise her anymore, but Karen Streeter is always dismayed by the wall of blank little faces every fall.

A verb? A subject? We studied this?

The students usually diagnose their own problem. “We need the ‘Grammar Rock’ songs,” they tell her.

Sure enough, Streeter puts on the music from “Schoolhouse Rock” and suddenly her seventh- and eighth-grade language arts students at Our Lady of Lourdes in Draper, Utah, start to nod along with the parts of speech.

group cooked Cambodian food for students to sample.

“The kids got into it. It was something to do over the summer. There aren’t a lot of job opportunities in our small town, and kids mostly play video games and hang out. This was something structured.”

Once school reconvened, Ung’s experience in Cambodia launched projects in music, chemistry, French, and language arts, as well as in Divis’ social studies classes. “Their minds were warmed back up and ready to go.”

This fall, Margaret Trost will speak during the Literary Kick-Off after

“I feel like I reinvent the wheel at the beginning of every year,” said Streeter, one of only 12 Distinguished Teachers in the U.S. honored by the National Catholic Educators Association in 2011.

“I have to assume they know nothing, because that’s how they act.”

But much has been changing in the lives of her preteen students over the summer. As one young woman pointedly told her. “You may think you know me really well, but you don’t,” the girl wrote in the back-to-school letter Streeter asked each student to compose.

Students are charged to write about their plans for success in Streeter’s language arts and religion classes.

“I have them for two years, and this particular class I also had in first grade.

They want to be older, wiser, and cooler, and it’s important for me to step back and remember that. I even notice that with my own kids,” 8-year-old Evan Kai and 6-year-old Rowan.

In their letters, students “always write big goals. ‘I’ll do my homework every day.’ ‘I’ll make the team.’ Or the Honor Society. Because I also teach religion, they say they’re going to be

students read On That Day, Everybody Ate: One Woman’s Story of Hope and Possibility in Haiti.

But Divis won’t be there to hear it. He’s headed to South Africa on a Distinguished Fulbright Award in Teaching.

“I’ll be working on a research plan about violent and non-violent antiapartheid movements in schools and communities. I plan to bring this back to help restructure my World Cultures and World History classes and help schools curb bullying and violence.”

a better sister to their little brother or a better helper to Mom.” Streeter keeps them accountable: How are you going to make that happen?

Where are your supporting details?

“In class, we read pieces aloud, and it gets pretty personal. Kids reinvent themselves, and we need to let them evolve on their own. Maybe over the summer they got interested in a new kind of music or tried a new sport. They need the freedom to show they’re changing and growing, and we need to be respectful of that.”

Karen’s back-to-school tips Don’t be afraid of the teacher – get involved as parents. I’d love to see more parent faces, and for them to post on my blog.

Read some of the books your children are reading. Try the writing assignments. Walk a mile in your child’s shoes.

Check your child’s backpack every day. Is it an organizational nightmare? Are they falling behind in homework? A backpack is the real indicator.

Craig’s back-to-school tips When classroom learning is on hiatus, learning in general doesn’t have to stop. Find a good book to read together, and not necessarily an educational book.

There’s great programming on TV that can stimulate discussion. Have the kids follow current events.

Take kids to cultural events, such as speakers, concerts, and films. Check out the calendars of nearby colleges and universities.

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Tim’s back-to-school tips Set up an experience for kids, then have a deep conversation after the fact about what they might want to do – or not do – in the future. Go to the zoo, the downtown library, a play or outdoor concert.

Timothy Dove ’80 For Tim Dove, the concept of back to school is, quite literally, academic.

“We never end. Over the past four years, I’ve probably had five days of summer as vacation.”

But the 2011 Ohio Teacher of the Year isn’t complaining. At Phoenix Middle School in Worthington, Ohio, summer means a book club with his students at the local Barnes & Noble, impromptu movie nights, and study tours to France and Spain with 40 kids.

Dove also teaches summer classes to help students wrap up mastery assignments that are incomplete from his seventh-grade social studies class.

Mastery assignments at Phoenix are the culmination of learning after

a student has progressed through introduction and practice assignments.

These steps allow students to prove their skills and show they understand key concepts.

Four years ago, Worthington Schools asked Dove and nine other veteran educators to create their ideal school.

“We designed all the classes around what we wanted the kids to do or know, and what we as teachers needed to do for them to get there.” Phoenix Middle School arose from their brainstorming.

“Over the summer, kids call me and talk about what they’re reading. We go to the movies and have discussions.

Learning doesn’t happen just in the school building.”

A science teacher friend of mine and I did an experiment with our own 10-year-old daughters. What if we did less guiding and just stayed in the background and made sure they were OK? We went to the Columbus Zoo and the girls were enthralled by the aquarium’s touching pool. We were there an hour and 20 minutes, and in that time, maybe 10 or 15 sets of parents and kids had come and gone. They moved on when the parents were done with the touching pool, not the kids. We stayed as long as our daughters were interested.

Learning doesn’t happen just in the school building.

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Turn everyday events into learning activities.

Sharon Mills Draper MAT ’73 Sharon Draper’s college-prep English students would come to expect tough questions and challenging projects. So there was no danger that, as they filed into her Cincinnati classroom for the first time, they’d be confronted with one of education’s most-dreaded writing assignments: What I Did on My Summer Vacation.

“That’s a bomb assignment,” the 1997 National Teacher of the Year said.

“Teachers should never assign that.

“I would have them write something personal about themselves, about their families. ‘What makes you happy?’ If you asked what they did over summer, some of them sat and played video games for three months.”

Unlike younger students, highschoolers “are able to cover up what they’ve forgotten over the summer.

And high-schoolers aren’t there for the academics, but to show off new clothes and new boyfriends. Going to class is secondary.”

Draper greeted a new class every fall for 30 years before leaving the classroom to focus on writing and lecturing around the world. She is a New York Times bestselling author and a five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Book Award.

Sharon’s back-to-school tips Don’t let kids’ brains fry during breaks and holidays. My son Damon tells my grandchildren they can’t go outside or watch TV until they read. So from 8 a.m.-10 a.m., they read and write about what they’ve read, what they saw on TV, even a bug they saw in the yard.

This is the first year I gave my grandkids journals, and I asked them to write every day, Draper said of 9-yearold Jasmine and 6-year-old Landon. Landon loves sharks, and he said, “Can I write about their teeth?” It doesn’t have to be an essay, it can be two sentences.

Turn everyday events into learning activities. If we go to the store and a sign says 50% off, I ask them how much the item’s going to cost now. I ask, How much are three Big Macs going to cost? and I don’t go through the drive-through until they tell me.

Cincinnati freelancer Betsa Marsh wrote about five exceptional graduating seniors in “Simply Extraordinary” for the Spring Miamian.

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Where’d Summer Go? Summer Business Institute. Summer Arts Institute.

Undergraduate Summer Scholars and Junior Scholars. Summer music camps, arts camps, and camps for every sport imaginable. Alumni Weekend and Alumni College’s Classes without Quizzes with lectures on Cairo and Washington, energy and economics, and the ABC’s of Tweeting.

Summertime on campus isn’t exactly quiet.

Actually, the pace might have been described as nearly frenetic this summer when the Oxford campus started a vast number of improvement projects, with the intent of renovating every residence hall, except Heritage Commons, in the next 20 years and building four new residence halls, two new food service facilities, and the Armstrong Student Center in the next three years.

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Final notes from May Commencement’s “Pomp and Circumstance” had barely faded away when fences went up around Elliott and Stoddard and the scramble began to update the two oldest buildings on campus – new heating, cooling, electrical, plumbing, lighting – before students returned for fall semester.

The construction noise and dust did nothing to slow down academic activities.

Freshman orientation. Campus tours.

Hands-on CraftSummer sessions teaching metalsmithing, bronze casting, and glass staining. Undergraduate summer scholars researching the molecular basis of alternative splicing in HIV and raising wolf spiders – with kin and without – to study changes in behavior.

And then, just like that … the Class of 2015 showed up for freshman move-in day … and summer was over. Whew! You know the feeling. Where did the summer go?

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Class notes Class notes

1951 Herb Canada returned to Oxford for Alumni Weekend with his new Australian bride, Shirley Rerden of Melbourne. They met on the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship and were married in Austin.

1953 Norene Harshbarger Hogle of Mukilteo, Wash., has written Are You Feeling a Little Finer, Miss Norene?, about her teaching in a Namibian village school in 2009.

John White Jr., retired curator of transportation for the Smithsonian and adjunct history professor at Miami, received the Dubin Medal from the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society for his “outstanding lifelong contributions to the R&LHS and to the broader field of railroad history.”

1959

50th anniversary with family and friends. Living in southern California for 30 years, they are now retired. They are encouraging their three granddaughters to become future Miami alumnae.

Sylvia Hoffmeyer Lindsay ’59 and Gary Follmer ’63 teach at the YMCA in Myrtle Beach. They found each other when Sylvia, who teaches water aerobics, wore her MU shirt to Gary’s yoga class.

Randy Whitehead, in Miami’s Cradle of Coaches Association, is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from District 26 (South Nashua).

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1958 Mary Belcastro Lockwood has published How to Recover from a House Fire or How Not to Get Burned AFTER the Fire’s Been Extinguished. Mary and husband Pat live in Freeport, Ill. Retired, they enjoy traveling, painting, and their five grandchildren.

1966

These Class of 1959 roommates met at Jan Fisher Elliott’s home in Loudon, Tenn., in May: Sally Owens Thompson, Judy Knoll Eikenberry, Carol Gabel Large, and Jan.

Charlie Coles ’65 honored Miami head men’s basketball coach Charlie Coles ’65 received the National Association of Basketball Coaches Guardians of the Game Pillar Award for Education at the NABC Convention during the Final Four Charlie, always teaching in Houston this spring.

Guardians of the Game is a national awareness and education program that focuses on the positive aspects of basketball, the role coaches play in the lives of student-athletes, and the contributions coaches make to their communities. The education statuette rewards the coach who best mentors, teaches, and perpetuates the doctrine of the game. Thought to be the only Division I coach who continues to teach a class, Charlie is Miami’s all-time winningest coach and owns the most conference wins of any MAC coach.

Carolyn Stearns of Silver Spring, Md., started writing after retiring as a modern dancer, teacher, and choreographer. She has published: Spirit-Walking (1996), a collection of poems; Where Did All the Water Go? (1998) and Quiet Please – Eaglets Growing (2002), both illustrated children’s books; The Inheritance (2002), a novel about two women born two generations apart; and Drawing Together (2010).

1960 Jean Reeves Jensen of Alexandria, Va., was appointed

by Virginia Gov. McDonnell to the Bipartisan Redistricting Commission. She was deputy, then secretary of the State Board of Elections 2001-2007.

1962 Next reunion: June 14-17, 2012

Gary and Judith Hagerty Norman recently celebrated their

Michael Gmoser is prosecuting attorney for Butler County, Ohio.

After practicing law for 35 years, including eight as an assistant prosecutor, he was appointed by Ohio Gov. Kasich after the former prosecutor was elected to a judicial position in February. Michael will finish the term and seek reelection in November 2012.

(l-r) Susan Birdsall Warm ’68, Sally Lamphier Luzader ’82, Beckie Lynn Gregory ’90, Lorraine Bernazzoli ’03, and Kelly McCaughan ’09 joined conductor William Bausano and Miami’s Choraliers, performing in all of their concerts during a tour of Scotland and Ireland May 9-20. Concert sites included Christchurch in Dublin and St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh.

1969 Bob Katz’s novel Third and Long won the 2011 Benjamin Franklin Award for best work of popular

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Class notes fiction from an independent publisher May 23 from the Independent Book Publishers Association. Third and Long was published by Trolley Car Press, owned by Doug Wilhide ’68.

Co. as of Aug. 16, 2011. He had been executive chairman and was sharing the CEO role with his brother, Tim. Tim continues to serve the Orrville, Ohio, company as chairman of the board.

Miami Explorers

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Susan Haley Smith-Knabb ’69 writes, “About two years ago, my son, Jeff ’08, announced he was going to meet a person from Miami I might have heard of. I asked who, and he said, ‘John Dolibois.’ I couldn’t believe it! Mr. Dolibois was the most well-known Miamian to those attending our university in the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s! I asked my son how he could be so lucky. He said he had this opportunity because Mr. Dolibois was a family friend of one of his classmates. In April my family and I were honored to meet John at our Mason, Ohio, home. It was such an exciting evening as we listened attentively to his vivid accounts about the Nuremberg Trials, his life as ambassador to Luxembourg, and his speaking tours, presenting his book, Pattern of Circles. It was a cherished event that we will always remember as one of the great moments of our lives.” (l-r, front) John Dolibois ’42, Susan, and Christine Smith Vesper; (back) Christopher Smith ’95, Casey Smith Volz ’93, Edward Knabb ’71 MEd ’72, Jeff, and Brandon Smith ’98.

1970 Richard Smucker is chief executive officer at The J.M. Smucker

With their daughters and their daughters’ fourth-grade teacher at St. Isaac Jogues School’s Parade of States Day in Hinsdale, Ill., are: (l-r) Amy Galateo Caronchi ’96 and Madeline, teacher Betsy Galeese Dougherty ’71, Peggy Ryan Callahan ’88 and Anne, and Julie Jordan Laux ’85 and Donovan.

Dennis and Kittie Wilson Yohe, at the dangerous Masaya Volcano outside Managua, were married Feb. 6, 1971, in Sesquicentennial Chapel their senior year. To celebrate their 40th anniversary, they took this adventurous trip to Nicaragua in February.

1972 Next reunion: June 14-17, 2012

Norman Salem, chief scientific officer and vice president of research for Martek Biosciences, returned to campus in spring to

At Caenarfon Castle in Wales, site of the 1969 investiture of Prince Charles as the prince of Wales, are Miamians and friends on the Celtic Lands tour May 6-15, 2011: (l-r) Don Paynter ’68, Bob Hayden ’60, Cynthia Quay Paynter ’69, Nancy Hayden, Mickie Victor, Pete Hieronimus ’53, Chris Palmer Baehr ’71, Terry Baehr ’72, Karen Kirby Clark ’72, Tom Clark ’72, Frank Shera ’63, Ellen Hurst Shera ’63, and Michelle Rosecrans.

On the Historic Reflections – Athens to Barcelona cruise May 15-26, 2011, hosted by Jill Wilhelm Gaby ’91 and Erin Taute ’08 MS ’10, are: Karen Peterson Assink ’70, Pat Ayersman, Carolyn Ayersman, Beth Rilling Baer MBA ’78, Bob Baer, R. Andrew Bell ’67, Catherine Chrysler Bell ’68, William Biggs ’69, Patricia Biggs, Betty Jo Gibbons Bramlett WC ’69, Martin Bramlett, Donald Bryan ’63, Belinda Bell Bryan ’65, Susan McCarthy Campbell ’70, Gary Davis, Mary Davis, Bruce Duncan ’72, Mary Cloonan ’67, Carl Emery, Marlene Emery, Terry Faulk ’68, Annette Faulk, Dean Gladden ’76, Jane Gladden, Richard Meyers ’64, Linda Arlene Gearhart Meyers ’65, Joanne Keefer Miller ’65, Gary Miller, Laura Farrar Reiser ’64, James Reiser, Virginia Houston Roche ’61 MAT ’70, Peter Roche, Sharon Shaver, John Sowar ’71, Carol Welch Sowar ’71, Penny Staggers, Stephen Swanson ’70, Deborah Joseph Swanson ’70, Stephen Whitlatch ’75, Amy Mallin Whitlatch ’76, Michael Williams ’61, and Mary Griswold Waller Williams ’61.

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Class notes present “What Does Physics Have to Do With Nutrition, Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Brain Development?” as the physic department’s Benson Memorial Lecture.

1973

Coldwell Banker Commercial Lunsford residential and commercial real estate companies in east central Indiana, is chairman of the Indiana Real Estate Commission, a one-year appointment.

The commission licenses the state’s real estate professionals and maintains standards.

1975

Homecoming 2011 Linda Fuller-Cross ’73, Julie Ellis Murphy ’72, and Shelly Glanton Shellabarger ’74 (l-r), all members of Beta Delta Chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha at Miami, shared a long-overdue reunion at Friday’s in Huber Heights, Ohio.

OCTOBER 26629 e fun begins Wednesday leading up to Friday’s & Saturday’s big events.

Hockey vs. Lake Superior St. Alumni Gathering Homecoming Parade Tailgate Town Football vs. Buffalo Volleyball vs. Kent State Plan your trip to Oxford for Homecoming 2011! For details, visit www.muohio.edu/homecoming.

Your Connection to Miami

1974 Charles “Skip” Barrett, principal of Bradford Elementary in Bradford, Vt., for 24 years, was the 2010 Vermont Elementary School Principal of the Year. His school also has been honored with numerous recognitions for student excellence. Skip and wife Susan retired in June.

During Christmas 2010 holidays, these four college friends got together for the first time since graduation: (l-r) Chris Graves, Barbara Bokenyi Maidel, Jo Ann Matousek, and Barbara Arnold Hamelberg.

Mike Lunsford, president/CEO of Coldwell Banker Lunsford and

Rick Goodstein, interim dean of the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities at Clemson U. since June 2010, has been appointed permanently after a national search. Rick went to Clemson in 1982 to work with the performance bands.

Ted Osborne ’75 MArch ’77 is a senior associate at Gannett Fleming, a planning, design, and construction management firm. As vice president and director of architecture of Ganflec Architects and Engineers, architectural affiliate company of Gannett Fleming, Ted leads the firm’s architecture business in the northeast out of the South Plainfield, N.J., office.

Greta Vollmer, professor of English and applied linguistics at Sonoma State U. in California, went to Argentina in 2010 as a Fulbright Senior Specialist.

She gave seminars to English language teachers at four universities and a plenary talk at the National Association of Language Teachers Conference in Cordoba.

Betsy Baumhardt Wacker earned an MA from Yale in May 2010. Her degree was conferred by the anthropology department’s Council on Archaeological Studies. She is consulting and serving on the Westport, Conn., Historic District Commission.

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1976 Ray Bower ’76 MA ’87 PhD ’92, chair of behavioral sciences at Olivet Nazarene U., received the Bill M. Sullivan Founder’s Award at the 30th Association of Nazarene Sociologists and Researchers (ANSR) Conference March 31. He was chosen unanimously by his peers for ANSR’s highest honor.

Wil Haygood, staff writer for The Washington Post and author of five books, received a 2011 fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. He was one of only 180 recipients selected from 3,000 applicants for the award.

His project will be a book about Thurgood Marshall’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.

1977 Next reunion: June 14-17, 2012

Joseph Binzer is an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. He was already chancellor and pastor of Saint Louis Church in downtown Cincinnati.

During a Sea of Cortez wildlife cruise along the Baja, Mexico, coast April 24-May 1, these four reconnected, some for the first time in 30 years: (l-r) Viani Navarrete ’77, who attended Miami 1972-1976, owner of Adimations.net in Miami, Fla.; Jose Jaime Maussan ’76, TV personality and UFO-logist in Mexico City; Dan Miller ’77, owner of Folia Health Products

in Mexico City; and Sue MacDonald ’77, research manager for The Nielsen Co. in Miami, Fla. Ross Rudolph has been selected to the 2011 Indiana Super Lawyers list. A founding partner of Rudolph, Fine, Porter & Johnson in Evansville, Ind., he mediates and handles a broad array of litigated matters.

1978

“Miami” sparkles: On July 4, these alums decided to do a little something different with their sparklers: (l-r) “M” is Robin Mears Lease ’78, “I” is Sara Sauer Lease ’07, Brian Lease ’07 is the “A,” Taylor Lease McGowen ’05 is the second “M,” and capping it off with the final “I” is Court Lease ’77.

Chris Yalonis, founder of Sustainametrics, a sustainability intelligence and consulting firm, returned to campus last spring to present “Feeding Your Wallet and Soul: The Sustainability Imperative and How to Build a Green Career.”

1980

inductee), and Jeff ’81 at the induction of Scott, Jeff, and Mark into the U. of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Area Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame Feb. 24, 2011. The brothers are the principals of Association Management Center.

during May Commencement. The medallion, named for the 1852 Miami graduate who became U.S. president, is presented to faculty and staff who make outstanding national contributions to education.

William Leuby, senior vice president of Columbus investment management and financial advisory firm Hamilton Capital Management, was named one of the Best Financial Advisers For Doctors for the third time by Medical Economics, one of only 12 in Ohio named to the list.

An attorney, CPA, and certified financial planner, he also was named one of the Best Financial Advisers For Dentists in the U.S.

by Dental Products Report.

Beth Moore Harman, who earned an MBA and a master’s in education law, is director of finance and administrative operations for the College of Allied Health and Nursing at Nova Southeastern U. in Fort Lauderdale.

1981 Ross Hunt, a certified financial planner, was accepted into an exclusive group of financial advisers – Ed Slott’s Elite IRA Advisor Group. Ross specializes in retirement plan distributions for pre-retirees, retirees, and small-business owners in his financial consulting firm, Ross & Mary Hunt Inc., in Murrieta, Calif.

Sidney Jones, financial adviser in the Canfield, Ohio, office of Merrill Lynch, made Barron’s “America’s Top 1,000 Advisors: State-by-State” list, published Feb. 21, 2011. Sid and wife Kate and their three children live in Boardman, Ohio.

1982 Next reunion: June 14-17, 2012

The Engle family: (l-r) Scott ’80, Mark ’82, Dagny and Art (a 1993

A. John Bailer, Distinguished Professor and chair of statistics at Miami, received Miami’s Benjamin Harrison Medallion

1983 Geoffrey Aughenbaugh is director of risk management, Great Lakes District, for CSX Transportation in Toledo. He and wife Joyce, a State Farm Insurance agent, live in Sylvania, Ohio, with their three teenage children.

Perry Denehy, athletic trainer at Sycamore H.S. in Cincinnati, was inducted into the Ohio Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame May 6, 2011. He has filled several leadership roles in the association.

1984

Former Miami football players John Harbaugh, head football coach of the Baltimore Ravens, and Bailie Morlidge met on the field before the Ravens-Panthers game last November in Charlotte.

Pictured are Bailie, his wife Shannon, and their twin boys, Jakes and Zach, with John.

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Class notes Joe Tanner is on the product liability editorial advisory board this year for Law360, a daily newswire for business lawyers.

At Baker & Daniels law firm in Indianapolis, Joe leads the firm’s product liability litigation group.

1985

Col. Jamie Gannon ’85 (NROTC alumnus) and Capt. Jared Klusmann ’03 at Yokota Air Force Base with Joint Support Forces, Japan as part of Operation Tomodachi, providing relief to the area impacted by the March earthquake, tsunami, and damage to Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. Jamie, stationed in Okinawa, was the commanding officer of the Consequence Management Support Force. Jared was Initial Response Force commander, part of the Chemical and Biological Incident Response Force in Indian Head, Md. Both Marines redeployed to their home duty stations when the mission ended May 6.

Dan Krassenstein lives in Shanghai, China, and is the director of Asia Operations for Procon Pacific, a Chicago-based manufacturer and distributor of industrial bulk bags. Dan’s wife of 21 years, Huiping, runs a cafe and catering business in Shanghai’s Qingpu District, host to this year’s Welcome to Miami celebration for 10 Shanghai area high-school graduates who will enter Miami this fall. Dan and Huiping’s son Joey will attend

USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and daughter Melissa will be a senior at the Shanghai American School Puxi campus this fall.

1986 Ann Moore Bailey was in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for participating in her first national art show, in Atlanta in March.

A project manager at her “day job” and artist at night, she also created the business plan for her gallery and art business while working on an MBA at Reinhardt U. This is the first show she has ever entered.

1987 Next reunion: June 14-17, 2012

Stephanie Flores Hegland graduated in December 2009 with an MBA from the U. of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. Her focus was in the field of health care. In June 2010 she became a program manager for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota.

1989 Molly Murphy was named chief investment officer for Catholic Health Partners in Cincinnati in recognition of her outstanding leadership in the management of CHP’s investment programs.

CHP’s investment portfolios exceed $3 billion in assets.

Brent Silverman, an attorney with Reminger Co. in Cleveland, is on the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Community Leadership Board. He seeks to increase federal funding for diabetes research and programs, improve comprehensive health care and insurance coverage, and

ensure people with diabetes are protected from discrimination.

Camden (born in 2006). Lisa is the senior event coordinator at Lewis U. in Romeoville, Ill.

1990 Philip Binczyk has reached an agreement with Medallion Press for publication rights to his first novel, The Holden Age of Hollywood. The book is slated for an August 2012 trade paperback and ebook release. Phil lives in Los Angeles and writes under the pen name Phil Brody.

1991 Nancy Buelow Gwynn, CPA, is a partner in the firm Bodkin Wilson & Kozicki, CPAs. She is the first new partner to be admitted in 25 years. In the firm’s Wheeling, W.Va., office, she is involved with the audit and tax practice and is a leader in the employee benefit plan audit practice. She and husband Gary ’92 live in Wheeling with sons Gary, Jeff, and Jason.

Todd Hipwell was promoted to vice president of tax for Dick’s Sporting Goods. Headquartered near Pittsburgh, Dick’s has stores in 42 states and is the largest and most profitable publicly held fullline sporting goods retailer in the U.S. Todd is married to Alisha Pollock Hipwell ’92. They have three children.

Doug Meil is the chief software architect and co-founder of Explorys, named a Gartner Cool Vendor for 2011, an award given to five life science companies in the U.S. He also recently was voted a committer for the HBase project for the Apache Software Foundation.

Born: to Lisa Beringer Salazar and John, Jonathan, Oct. 1, 2010, joining Jacob (born in 1999) and

1992 Next reunion: June 14-17, 2012

Sharon Cohn Chamberlin of Cincinnati, an ACE-certified personal fitness trainer and NESTA fitness nutrition coach, opened Catalyst 4 Fitness three years ago. She has upgraded her online fitness and nutrition services and added subscription options for those who design their own programs and need minimal guidance.

Michael Cullers is a partner with Squire, Sanders & Dempsey in Cleveland. He is among 22 lawyers in Europe and the U.S. promoted in the first partner election completed by Squire, Sanders since combining with Hammonds Jan. 1, 2011. He is a member of the taxation and benefits practice group.

Erin Hennessy is with Bracewell & Giuliani law firm in Seattle, focusing on trademark law with an emphasis on media and telecommunications industries.

Lynda Herndon of Freeport, N.Y., received a Top Women in Business award in Queens, N.Y. She is the executive director of the Queens Symphony Orchestra.

Born: to Michael Kelly and Dena, Megan Lilliana, May 11, 2010.

1993 Born: to John Brown and Julie, Caitlin Alexandra, March 28, 2011. They live in Sunnyvale, Calif.

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Class notes Born: to Gregg ’93 MS ’94 and Dana Hazelbaker Darbyshire ’97 MEd ’01, Cash Jennings, July 20, 2010, joining Grant, Bryce, and Lola. Gregg owns a sports management company.

Dana is a teacher at Sycamore Junior High in Cincinnati.

Jeremy Kudon is a partner in the litigation department of the New York office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. He focuses on constitutional challenges and state legislative affairs.

Jennifer Rothchild, associate professor of sociology and anthropology at U. of Minnesota, Morris, received the 2011 U. of Minnesota, Morris Alumni Association Teaching Award.

Nathaniel Vietor ’93, PhD, and Karl Wuensch PhD ’82 are professors of psychology at East Carolina U. in Greenville, N.C. Both were finalists for the 2011 University Alumni Award for Outstanding Teaching.

1994 Born: to Brooke Helmers Bremer and Lou, Louis William III, Dec. 2, 2010. Brooke is a vice president at Wells Fargo Bank.

Lou is with Veritas Capital. They live in Greenwich, Conn.

Christy Carr Schellhas’ work was showcased in the Art Academy of Cincinnati’s Pearlman Gallery Feb. 18-March 11.

In “Retro*Spect: New Works

Mapping 40 Years,” her floor installation consisted of 2,080 glycerin cylinders representing the number of weeks she has been alive. The varying heights represented high and low points and served as a topographic rendering of experiences charted over the course of a life. An associate professor at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, Christy heads the visual communication design program. She lives in Cincinnati with husband Hans and daughters Eva and Anja.

Married: Sarah Chociej Halloran and Patrick Barnett ’94, Oct. 16, 2010, in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

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1996

Born: to Dean and Christine Polomsky DiCarlo, Allison Christine, Feb. 26, 2009, joining big brothers Dean and Evan.

Kevin Hull was named one of the Top 40 Attorneys Under Forty to Watch by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. He is a professor at the John Marshall Law School and advocates for veterans and the disabled through his firm, Hull Partners. He, wife Kirsten, and daughter Annika live in downtown Chicago.

Married: Tedd Cittadine and Alexis Avery, July 24, 2010, in Calistoga, Calif. Tedd is vice president, digital distribution

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Class notes for 20th Century Fox Movie Studios. Alexis is public relations manager for women’s fashion company Bebe. They live in West Hollywood, Calif.

Mark Iswarienko is an associate director at Arthur J. Gallagher (UK) Limited. He lives in London with wife Mandy and their two daughters, ages 5 and 3.

Born: to Leah Burge Sedler and Tom, Dario Thomas, Nov. 1, 2010, joining big brother Dominic in Villa Hills, Ky.

1997 Next reunion: June 14-17, 2012

Born: to Bryan and Gretchen Caron Bosse ’00, Dominic Gary, Feb. 10, 2011, joining Reilly, 5, and Katrina, 4, in Cincinnati.

Mike Coco, vice president of Choice Property Resources, has been re-elected to a one-year term as chairman of the board of directors of Traverse City Light & Power, a community-owned electric utility. He and his family live in Traverse City where he volunteers on several nonprofit boards supporting youth rugby.

Paul McLoughlin II earned a PhD in higher education from Boston College and was named the 20102011 Paul P. Fidler grant recipient by the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition for his doctoral dissertation, “Full financial aid in the Ivy League: How high-achieving, low-income undergraduates negotiate the elite college environment.”

Born: to Mark and Heather Tschudy Vasilenko, Brooke

Lyn, Jan. 30, 2011, joining Alexis, 3. Mark is a marketing manager with KPMG in Chicago. Heather is a senior manager in the audit practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Born: to Jeff Vergamini and Kelly, Ashley Elizabeth, Nov. 5, 2010, joining Jack, 3, in Winnetka, Ill. Jeff is an investment banker in the mergers and acquisitions group at Morgan Stanley. Kelly is a buyer in the women’s apparel division at Sears.

Amanda Rasbach Yurechko, an associate in the Cleveland office of Weltman, Weinberg & Reis, is on the advisory board for the Akron Law Review, offering topic ideas and supplying input to the editorial board as to which student notes and comments to publish. At WWR, she is in the governmental collections, health-care collections, and utility practice groups.

2011. Natalie is an officer at Fifth Third Bank. Jeff is a store team leader for Target. They live in Cincinnati.

Married: Jeremy Kottkamp and Angelica Cifuentes, Feb. 20, 2011, in El Vino, a village in Colombia, South America. Jeremy is a teacher who works with special kids in the Bronx. Angelica is a Colombian doctor.

Born: to Lindsey Cameron Turover and Benjamin, Avery Benjamin, Jan. 21, 2011, joining brother Shiloh, 4. The family has moved back to Columbus.

Born: to Andrew and Jessica Howard Weisenberger ’01, Evelyn Grace, Emma Marie, and Eleanor Ann, Aug. 7, 2010.

Andrew is a partner at Santen & Hughes. Jessica is a consumer and market knowledge manager at Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati.

1998 Born: to Kristen Albers Chalker and Alan, Benjamin Alan, Nov. 16, 2010, joining Katie, 3, in Columbus. Kristen is an outpatient physical therapist for OhioHealth. Alan is a program director at Ohio Supercomputer Center.

Born: to Ed LeClear and Stephanie Perles ’97, Lisel Ann, Dec. 5, 2010. They live in Mechanicsburg, Pa.

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Born: to Natalie Baird Klockars and Jeff, Gunnar Alan, March 8,

Married: Tania Gray and Michael Harvey, April 2, 2011, in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. They live in Chicago. Tania is an attorney specializing in family law at Reed Centracchio & Associates and is an adjunct professor at John Marshall Law School. Mike is vice president of investments at Spectrum Real Estate, focusing on commercial real estate transactions and investments in Chicago’s River North area.

Irene King, a partner at the law firm James, McElroy & Diehl in Charlotte, N.C., was selected as a 2011 Rising Star in the practice of family law by Charlotte Super Lawyers and a 2011 Legal EliteYoung Gun by Business North Carolina.

Born: to Perry and Lauren Kramer Seal ’00 MEd ’04, Leah Haven, June 18, 2010.

2001

These friends have met regularly in various cities since graduation and remain close. Housemates and sorority sisters from Alpha Xi Delta and Delta Zeta, they lived in The Heisman on West Spring Street. At their most recent reunion, in Dallas: (l-r) Rachael Malkin Winthrop, Jessica Weese, Erica Evans Jansen, Callie Vasilakis Solomon, Rebecca Boroff Suhy, and Lisa Kalstrom DeBoever.

Born: to Shannon Davidson Latek and Joe, Alexis Evelyn, Feb. 3, 2011. They live in Brecksville, Ohio.

Cole, Nov. 8, 2010, joining sister Carsen, 3, in Charlotte, N.C.

Born: to Morgan and Erica Seabloom Christie ’01, Joshua

Married: Kara Beierle and Mike Dowling, Oct. 9, 2010, in Savannah, Ga. They live in Lawrenceville, Ga. Born: to Mark and Jennifer Knapke Braby ’02, Caroline Reese, March 6, 2011. Mark is a business development manager at Schott Solar. Jennifer is in finance technology at Troutman Sanders. They live in San Jose, Calif.

Born: to Tagan Rupp Buettner and Steven, Amelia Rosalene, Aug. 27, 2010. Tagan is a senior manager with Limited Brands.

Steven is a consultant with an IBM business partner. They live in Canal Winchester, Ohio.

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Class notes Born: to Keith and Jennifer Smith Dershem ’01 MAT ’07, Michael Donald, Oct. 14, 2010.

They live in Newport, Ky. Born: to Ryan Dlugosz and Heather, Liliana Grey, Feb. 17, 2011. They live in Portland, Maine.

Born: to Alexander and Jaclyn Block Leader, Jacob Frank, March 3, 2011, joining big sister Evelyn in Columbus. Alexander is co-founder and president of Infinum Education. Jaclyn is a clinical specialist for Medtronic.

Born: to Jason Plowman and Jeff Crouse, Charles Medford, Feb. 7, 2011. They live in Wauwatosa, Wis. Married: Kenny Wilmoth and Alicia Coleman, July 4, 2010, in Cleveland. Kenny is a business analyst for Cintas. Alicia is a physician assistant for University Hospital Pediatric Cardiology.

her mother’s and father’s side.

This picture of three generations of Miamians was taken at her brother’s wedding: (l-r) Brock Hilliard ’08, Chelsea Callahan Hilliard ’07, Elizabeth, Rachel Hilliard ’10, Earl Jones ’01, Jane Schreier Jones ’73, and Theodore Black ’52.

Born: to Jim and Erin Gies Mix, Benjamin Jacob, March 30, 2011, joining James, 4, and Emily, 2, in Cincinnati. Jim is a national account sales CSM for ADP. Erin is a stay-at-home mom.

Ben Poston and reporting colleague John Diedrich of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel won a 2010 George Polk Award for criminal justice reporting. Their series “Wiped Clean” explored how the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is hamstrung by Congress and rarely revokes the licenses of gun dealers who break the law.

2004 2002 Next reunion: June 14-17, 2012

Matt Edwards is with Miami’s football team as defensive ends coach. He returns to his alma mater after eight seasons at MAC rival Kent State, where he was a graduate student and then a defensive line coach.

Married: Gretchen Gerstner and Gregory Arnett, Oct. 2, 2010, in Milwaukee. Gretchen is a pain care specialist for Cephalon Pharmaceuticals and Greg is in medical sales with Smith & Nephew. They live in downtown Milwaukee.

Born: to Kristen Benner Montgomery and Jesse, Eleanor Marie, Feb. 27, 2011. They live in Charlotte, N.C.

2005

Elizabeth Jones ’02 sent in this photo of a family with a proud Miami tradition on both

Married: Samara Chodosh and Seth Preisler ’04, May 29, 2011, in Columbus, where they live.

Samara is a resource development associate for a nonprofit.

Seth is an attorney with a local law firm.

Born: to Brandon and Katy Siefring Nutting, Reid Duncan, Feb. 10, 2011, in Columbus.

Brandon is an analyst with Stanbery Development. Katy is an operations group leader at Target.

2006 Lisa Bockhoff earned a JD from the U. of Akron School of Law May 15, 2011.

Maria Han earned an MD from the Yale School of Medicine in May 2010.

Brian Shroder earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School in May 2010.

2007 Next reunion: June 14-17, 2012

Married: Corey Clark and Ben Hale, Aug. 28, 2010, in Cincinnati, where they live and work.

2008 Kelly Monachino of New York City is global sales development manager at Wall Street Journal world headquarters.

2009 Caroline Kristoffersen is the assistant volunteer coordinator for St. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center, which provides medical, dental, mental health, and other care for the uninsured and underinsured. A profile of her in the Democrat and Chronicle said when she moved to Rochester, N.Y., after graduation, she lived at St. Joseph’s Hospitality House, which serves as a soup kitchen and emergency homeless shelter in the winter. “Being a part of

that community, being with the people that you’re working with, it has its challenges, but it’s really fulfilling,” she told the reporter Jon Hand.

2010 Ricardo Palmezano, who studied with Harvey Thurmer, associate professor of music at Miami, is concertmaster of Orquestra de Câmara da Filarmônica de São Carlos. The Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra of San Carlos was established in 2007 and has performed throughout Brazil and for heads of state.

Laura Waltz was selected to travel to Lamu and Nairobi, Kenya, in March 2011 as a delegate for the Cincinnati Museum Center “In Their Own Voices” project. The program is a collaboration between the museum center and the National Museums of Kenya to introduce middle-school children to culture heritage arts. Laura is a sixth-grade teacher in Cincinnati Public Schools.

Married: Rebecca Williams and Robert Graessle ’08 MS ’10, Aug. 6, 2010, in Delaware, Ohio. Rebecca is a volunteer coordinator at the Kennedy Senior Center. Robert is a software engineer at MathWorks.

They live in Natick, Mass.

2011 Rachelle Boff (soccer) and Sean Mock (basketball) are the 2011 recipients of the fifth annual Spirit of Miami Award, presented to a female and male senior student-athlete for exceptional commitments and dedication to their teams. Rachelle, a business

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Class notes management major from Naples, Fla., was a goalkeeper who played in 13 career games, making 12 starts. Sean, from Oxford and in graduate school at Miami, is the first men’s basketball player to win the award.

Christiaan Bon, a geology major from Chardon, Ohio, received the Mandarino Award for best undergraduate student talk at the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium in April. He presented with John Rakovan, associate professor of geology at Miami, on the morphology and structure of smythite, (Fe,Ni)3S4. He plans to attend the U. of Maine to earn a master’s in hydrogeology.

Michael Chase ’11, who lives near Valley Forge, Pa., graduated May 7 from Miami with a BA in international studies. He is seen here at the ceremony with his grandparents, Peter ’59 and Jeralyn Thurman Svanda ’57, from Stone Harbor, N.J. Erin Fischesser, a journalism and economics major from Cincinnati, participated in the Poynter Institute’s 2011 College Fellowship May 15–27 in St. Petersburg, Fla. Poynter is a nonprofit school dedicated to teaching and inspiring journalists and media leaders from around the world.

Joseph “Harrison” King of Nicholasville, Ky., who majored in international studies and in Russian, East European, and

Eurasian studies and minored in Middle East and Islamic studies, was selected for the Carnegie Junior Fellows Program by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, one of the world’s leading think tanks specializing in international affairs. One of about 10 students nationwide offered the fellowship, Harrison will work in Carnegie’s Russia and Eurasia program full time for a year, providing research assistance to the endowment’s senior associates.

When cousins Katie Kochert ’11 and Nick Staudt ’11 graduated from Miami this May, Katie's mom, Kim Storm Kochert ’80, made this cake for them. It’s a replica of Slant Walk with the Phi Delt Gates, Beta Bells, and King Library as decorations, along with the Miami seal on the sidewalk. Nick’s parents are Karie Storm Staudt ’81 and John Staudt ’81. Katie’s dad is also a Miamian, Mark Kochert ’80.

Evan Rose of Bethel Ohio, was accepted into a Harvest Internship at Adelsheim Vineyards in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Evan graduated with honors with a major in botany and a minor in molecular biology.

Xiaojuan “Roxy” Zhou, a chemical engineering major from Guilford, Conn., was awarded a $5,000 fellowship by the Honor

Society of Phi Kappa Phi. She plans to pursue a doctorate in chemical engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology.

Foxy housemates

The “original Foxes” from the Class of 1977 held a reunion in Oxford spring semester and invited current residents of the Fox Den at 116 Tallawanda to pose for a photo with them. “They were really good sports when we knocked on their door early Saturday morning,” says Sue Nelson Thornton ’77. “It has been an amazing story of enduring friendship for the original Foxes … a very special bond was formed at Miami that continues today.” Nancy Morris Geiser ’77, another of the originals, offers a “call out” to all the women who have lived in the Fox Den from its first year in 1975, asking all 250 (or so) to donate in Fox Den’s name to Miami’s Armstrong Student Center, which officially breaks ground Oct. 6. Nancy, who has created a Facebook page (Search “The Fox Den of Miami U.”), also challenges former and current next-door neighbors in Hut Hut to top the Foxes. For more about the student center and how to donate, go to www.muohio.edu/armstrongstudentcenter. After your first name in the online giving form, add Fox Den (or Hut Hut or whatever your college manor’s moniker) if you want to recognize your house.

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Obituaries Corinne Gates Bruce ’32, South Bend, Ind., April 1, 2011. Retired, from Ridgedale Presbyterian Church after 22 years.

Mary Stark Woods ’36, Winter Haven, Fla., May 27, 2011. Retired, lieutenant commander, U.S. Navy.

Josephine Mills Finfrock ’37, Lake Worth, Fla., Aug. 29, 2010.

Margrit Dux Robertson ’39, Boise, Idaho, Dec. 13, 2010.

Wallace H. Duffy ’40, Apopka, Fla., May 1, 2011. Practiced medicine and general surgery in Farmington until 1976; worked at several migrant farm worker clinics in central Florida.

Donald A. Gest ’40, Mystic, Conn., Feb. 20, 2011. Retired, sales manager, textile division, DuPont Co. Helen Diener Secrist ’40, Whitehall, Pa., Jan. 20, 2011.

William A. Snyder Jr. ’41, Yorktown, Ind., March 18, 2011.

Reed B. Strimple ’42, Kent, Ohio, April 16, 2011. Retired, owner and president, R.B. Strimple & Son, an insurance and real estate firm.

Jean Shenefelt Watkins ’42, Fairmont, W.Va., Dec. 25, 2010.

Robert H. Whittier ’42, San Diego, Calif., March 30, 2011. Administrator in education, Chula Vista Elementary School District, 1960s to 1980.

Eleanor Fraser Wysocki ’42, Dayton, Ohio, May 28, 2011. Retired, kindergarten and first-grade teacher, Beavercreek Schools.

Wayne J. Albers ’43 Hon. LLD ’84, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, June 21, 2011.

Retired, CPA, national partner in charge of personnel, Ernst and Ernst (later Ernst and Young); former Miami board trustee and chairman; former alumni board member and president.

Charles D. Hess ’43, Vero Beach, Fla., April 15, 2011. Owner, Hess Gardner Lumber Co. Husband of Louann Gibbs Hess ’49.

Donald E. Lindsey ’43, McMurray, Pa., July 10, 2011. Retired, from Union Central Life Insurance Co. Martha Seabold Starkey ’44, Westlake, Ohio, April 18, 2011.

Dorothy Coupland Shiplet ’45, Loudonville, Ohio, April 2, 2011. Taught Summer 2011

swimming lessons at Mansfield YWCA, worked for Girls Scouts of America.

Roger K. Tewksbury ’45, Homosassa, Fla., April 11, 2011.

Helen Slocum Wyant Fifer ’46, Akron, Ohio, April 7, 2011. Retired, director of Student Testing and Research, University of Buffalo.

Williard P. Keebler ’46, Oxford, Ohio, June 25, 2011. Retired from Miami in 1986 as assistant to the vice president of finance and business affairs; business manager, then vice president for business at Western College for Women until it merged with Miami. Husband of Mary Lee Bales Keebler ’46.

Ruthann Charles Young ’46, Oxford, Ohio, June 5, 2011. She and her late husband, Roy ’42, owned Roy Young’s College Shop & Shoes in Oxford.

Joseph A. Kosin ’47, Plainfield, Ill., April 27, 2011. Retired, representative of Metropolitan Life for 30 years; branch manager and real estate appraiser, MidAmerica Federal Savings.

Doris Glasser Maclean ’47, Corvallis, Ore., April 30, 2011. Professor emerita of French, Oregon State University.

Rose Earner Markle ’47, Austin, Texas, March 7, 2011.

Joyce Turner Morrison ’47, Mount Vernon, Ohio, March 20, 2011. Former teacher, Mount Vernon School District.

Wife of Donald ’49 MA ’51.

Kurt C. Becker Jr. ’48, Fernandina Beach, Fla., June 23, 2011. Retired from Continental Corp.

Earl L. Boland ’48 MEd ’50, Lakewood, Colo., April 22, 2011. Retired, Jefferson County Schools administrator.

Barbara Kerschbaum Cox ’48, Middletown, Ohio, April 25, 2011. Wife of Douglas ’50.

Lois Pierson Daniel ’48 MEd ’62, Adamstown, Md., June 21, 2011.

Retired, science teacher, Princeton High School; part-time teacher, Miami Middletown and Miami Hamilton.

Wife of Paul MS ’54, Miami professor emeritus of zoology.

Dale G. Ridenour ’48 MEd ’50, Monroe, Ohio, April 12, 2011. Spent 60 years as an educator, southwest Ohio schools.

Stanley C. Blackburn ’49, Strongsville, Ohio, March 7, 2011. Retired, from sales and advertising, Ferro Corp. Husband of Barbara Byrnes Blackburn ’48.

Edward J. Cassidy ’49, Warren, Ohio, April 21, 2011. Retired from Republic Steel, 30 years in industrial engineering department.

Janis M. Frye ’49, Columbus, Ohio, April 25, 2011. Retired, 34 years at the Ohio State University Eye Research Laboratory.

David F. Griffing ’49 MA ’50, Oxford, Ohio, June 12, 2011. Miami professor emeritus of physics, 1956-1990; textbook author. Husband of Louise Elsner Griffing ’47.

Eugene K. Pembroke ’49, Newfane, N.Y., May 31, 2011.

Harold V. Peters ’49, North Haledon, N.J., Feb. 26, 2011. Founded and was chief executive of Peters Chemical Co. Husband of Betty Murray Peters ’51.

Donald L. Davis MA ’50, Wilmington, Ohio, April 11, 2011. Longtime teacher, school administrator in Clinton County, Ohio.

C. Marvin Gardner ’50, Trenton, Ohio, March 21, 2011. Manager of data processing, Sorg Paper Co. Raymond L. Hammer Jr. ’50, Punta Gorda, Fla., March 7, 2011. Retired, board chairman, Hammer Graphics in Piqua.

Harry A. Lundgren ’50, Columbiana, Ohio, Sept. 22, 2010. Retired, teacher, Boardman High School.

John L. North ’50, Summerfield, Fla., Jan. 11, 2011. Retired, teacher, coach, assistant principal, athletic director, Orange High School, Pepper Pike, Ohio.

Marion Dove Werth ’50, New Bern, N.C., June 30, 2011. Retired, art teacher and professional cross-stitch designer.

Operated her wholesale design business “Designs by Marion Dove Werth” for 24 years. Wife of John ’50.

Patricia L. Hartle ’51, Waverly, Ohio, April 6, 2011. Retired, English teacher, Troy City Schools.

Carl J. Leach ’51, Medina, Ohio, May 14, 2011. Retired, Lutheran minister.

Isabel Cheeks Lewis ’51, Peoria, Ariz., May 1, 2011. Retired, food service director, Bloomington (Minn.) Public Schools. Wife of Wilbur ’51.

Verl V. Mangen ’51, Clayton, Ohio, March 16, 2011. Retired, corrective therapist for VA medical centers.

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William V. Boice ’52, Dayton, Ohio, Jan. 27, 2011. Sales engineer for BoiceCrane in Toledo, later a sales rep for Ferguson Machine in St. Louis.

David C. Holton ’52, Washington, D.C., April 2, 2011. Retired, Foreign Service officer.

Gary L. Pielemeier ’52, Arnold, Md., May 4, 2011. Ordained Episcopal priest; professor and dean, business schools and vice president of development at several schools, including Pepperdine, Salisbury State, Youngstown State, and Ithaca College. Retired, full colonel, U.S. Air Force.

Robert W. Pulley ’52, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 2, 2011. Pioneered highrise condominium development in Waikiki, later expanding to include real estate syndications in Hawaii and on the mainland. Husband of Doris Stanfill Pulley ’52.

Max W. Rensberger ’52 MEd ’60, Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 24, 2010. Retired, principal, Winton Woods Schools.

Nancy Trilety Balger Summers ’52, Lebanon, Ohio, April 16, 2011.

Teacher for nearly 37 years, mostly in Middletown City Schools. Wife of Frank ’51.

Andrew R. Arvay ’53, Auburn, Calif., March 19, 2011. High-school teacher and coach, 39 years.

Charles E. Timberlake ’54, Columbus, Ohio, June 2, 2011. Owner, Timberlake and Associates.

Elizabeth “Libby” Beach Batsche ’55, Mason, Ohio, May 20, 2011. Former teacher. Wife of Frank ’54.

George W. Coulter ’55, Hamilton, Ohio, May 28, 2011. Founder, Coulter Realty.

Pauline Purtee Shiverdecker DeWitte ’55, Riverside, Calif., May 11, 2011. Retired, teacher.

Leonard E. Hemke ’55, DeBary, Fla., Dec. 14, 2010. Worked for Seismograph Service, Tesco Laboratory, and city of DeLand.

Richard C. Staby ’55, Eden, N.Y., March 27, 2011. Buyer and merchandise manager for Wm. Hengerer Co., later Hens & Kelly, then Twin Fair. Husband of Joan Behrens Staby ’55.

Leo E. Cale ’56, Shelby, Ohio, March 30, 2011. Retired from Shelby Mutual Life Insurance in 1992.

Robert B. DeVore Jr. ’56, Pinehurst, N.C., March 5, 2011. Retired, stockbroker, LPL Financial.

Barbara French Fray ’56, Montgomery, Ill., Jan. 1, 2011.

Stanley A. Lair ’56, Akron, Ohio, April 15, 2011. Retired, teacher, principal, assistant superintendent, Barberton Schools; retired, Stan Lair Realty.

regional manager in Orange County, Calif., for Thomasville Furniture.

Ronald B. Carey ’63, Georgetown, Texas, June 2, 2011. Retired, Mertz Inc. Husband of Virginia Shute Carey ’63 MEd ’68.

Robert W. Finzel ’63, Glen Ellyn, Ill., April 24, 2011. AIA.

Jerald D. Richmond ’56 MEd ’62 PhD ’82, Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 7, 2011.

Albert L. Harshbarger ’63, Dayton, Ohio, March 30, 2011. A German teacher for 30 years in Kettering Schools.

James A. Stechschulte MEd ’56, Minster, Ohio, Aug. 15, 2010. Retired, teacher, Minster High School, 42 years.

Ruby Raines Phillips ’64, Hamilton, Ohio, May 22, 2011. Retired, teacher, New Miami Local School District.

Margaret Cockerham Day ’57, Middletown, Ohio, Jan. 18, 2011.

Teacher, Middletown City Schools.

Joyce Ihle Alvey ’65 MEd ’67, Hamilton, Ohio, May 20, 2011. Retired, teacher, Liberty Elementary.

Richard E. Turner ’58 MA ’59, Lawrenceville, N.J., June 16, 2011. Retired, research editor, GfK Market Measures; retired, adjunct professor of English, Mercer County Community College.

Patricia Woods Miller ’65, Wichita, Kan., April 17, 2011. Regional manager, Getinterviews. Wife of Denny ’65.

Ellen A. Dey ’59, Ashland, Ore., May 6, 2011.

Herbert L. Fairfield ’59, Bloomington, Ind., April 17, 2011. Husband of Sally Gross Fairfield ’58.

L. Gregory McAfee ’59, Kettering, Ohio, Feb. 18, 2011. Owner, Big Hill Realty.

Carol Virginia Gable Gillis ’60, Washington, D.C., March 17, 2011. Teacher, elementary schools in Rochester, N.Y.; Montreal, Canada; and Washington, D.C. Wife of Richard ’60.

Eva Easterday Hartzell ’60, Greenville, Ohio, July 9, 2010. Teacher.

Karin Pohla Pillsbury ’60, Villa Park, Ill., April 15, 2011. Wife of Donald ’60.

Brenda Kneen Sollitt ’61, Chicago, Ill., April 19, 2011. Worked for investment firm William Blair and Co., law firm Abramson & Fox, and attorney Richard Hartford until her death.

Martha Longstreth Trocin ’61, Huntington, W.Va., Dec. 31, 2009.

Served 17 years on West Virginia Library Commission. Wife of Robert ’58.

Gloria Gallo McDrew ’62, Walnut Creek, Calif., April 21, 2011.

Leland D. Smucker MS ’62, Newark, Del., May 22, 2011. Retired, professor of chemistry, Lincoln University in Oxford, Pa. Edward C. Stehmeyer ’62, Loudon, Tenn., June 15, 2011. Retired, Western

Roger K. Kersh MAT ’66, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 11, 2011. Retired, teacher, Reading High School.

H. Charlene Armstrong Maurer ’66, Clayton, Ohio, Jan. 19, 2011.

Ruth Hosler Purdy-Leslie ’66, Bay Village, Ohio, April 23, 2011. Retired, art teacher, Bay Village Schools. Wife of Jack ’66.

Kip P. Farrington ’67, Chicago, Ill., March 25, 2011. Salesman.

David L. Wilson ’67, Fishers, Ind., May 30, 2011. U.S. Army, disabled veteran of Vietnam. Husband of Judy Liles Wilson ’67.

Pamela Champion Wright ’67, Waynesboro, Va., May 3, 2011. Retired, alumni and development coordinator, Fishburne Military School.

Fredric R. Goldstein MS ’68, Trenton, N.J., May 3, 2011. Retired, professor of geology, College of New Jersey; adjunct professor at Bucks County Community College, Rider College, and Thomas A. Edison State College.

Ruth Ward Wells ’68, Fairfield, Ohio, April 18, 2011. Fourth-grade teacher at Liberty Elementary, 1967-1983.

Alison G. Gronlund ’69, New York, N.Y., April 15, 2011. Retired, public relations, advertising, and layout and design of kitchens, T.O. Gronlund Co. Carol Weisman Blann ’70, Edgemont and Manhattan, N.Y., July 2, 2011.

Psychotherapist.

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William H. Chidester ’71, Sylvania, Ohio, May 21, 2011. Senior pastor, Sylvania United Church of Christ.

John E. Depke Jr. ’89, New York, N.Y., April 21, 2011. A partner at international law firm DLA Piper.

Dorothy Eheman Schaaf ’71, Miamisburg, Ohio, Nov. 14, 2010.

Retired, Cincinnati Public Schools.

Michael J. Scharfe ’92, New Albany, Ohio, March 24, 2011. A chartered financial analyst, he worked for several different financial institutions.

John C. Zimmer ’72, Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 27, 2010.

Robert J. Boop Jr. ’74, Mesa, Ariz., Dec. 14, 2010. English teacher and golf coach, Queen Creek High School.

Husband of Lisa Dock Boop ’72.

Andrew “Scott” Hevelin ’74, West Liberty, Ohio, June 6, 2011. Retired, director, international sales and marketing, Ranco/Invensys; gunsmith.

Nancy J. Cordell ’75, Columbus, Ohio, March 1, 2011.

Ann Lewin Shipley ’75, Annapolis, Md., May 27, 2011.

Douglas B. Collins ’76 MA ’78, Dayton, Ohio, April 4, 2011. Former employee, Grambling State College and Santa Monica College; employee, Kroger.

Marsha L. Courtright ’77, Kalida, Ohio, April 16, 2011. Third-grade teacher, Kalida Elementary School.

Sean M. Greenwood ’98, College Corner, Ohio, April 9, 2011.

Shelley Ann Powell Snell-Plumbo ’98, Middletown, Ohio, April 22, 2011. Former director of nursing for two Warren County MRDD facilities, Fairview and Hopewell; teacher at John XXIII School for many years.

Brian S. Dulle ’02, Lebanon, Ohio, May 10, 2011. Sergeant, Warren County deputy. Husband of Abbie Uhl Dulle ’98.

Karen L. McIntyre ’02, Trenton, Ohio, July 7, 2011. Worked in Miami’s bursar office past eight years.

Ronald D. “David” Weaver Jr. ’04 MA ’06, Trenton, Ohio, June 17, 2011.

Application analyst, Miami’s IT services department.

Noah A. Warsaw ’05, Chicago, Ill., March 21, 2011.

George F. Bryant ’80 ’82 MS ’86, Hamilton, Ohio, June 2, 2011. Retired, registered nurse, Vitas Hospice.

Tarista Huff ’14, Ross Township, Ohio, April 18, 2011. A first-year student at Miami Hamilton studying business management technology.

Charles E. “Chip” Henry ’80, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, May 23, 2011. Juvenile/ probate court judge, Geauga County.

Faculty, Staff, Friends

William M. Berry ’81, Bath, Ind., April 12, 2011. Husband of Laura Livingston ’79 MA ’81.

Sharon Scalf Henson ’81, Fairfield, Ohio, May 15, 2011. Registered nurse, VITAS Hospice.

Linda Blossom Reiff ’83, Middletown, Ohio, April 23, 2011. Tax examiner for IRS for many years.

Edward A. Jacobs ’85, Campbell, Calif., April 1, 2011. Director of finance, Micro Dental.

James E. Kerr ’87, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 8, 2011. A CPA, previously worked for LSI Industries. Husband of Elaine Szczesny Kerr ’88.

Adoree Evans Bystrom, Oxford, Ohio, June 7, 2011. Miami professor emerita, home economics and consumer sciences, 1962-1987.

William J. Copeland, Hamilton, Ohio, July 8, 2011. Membership director, then executive director, Miami’s Pulp and Paper Foundation, 1992-2001. Husband of Barbara Clapp Dayton Copeland MEd ’63.

Lois Pierson Daniel (see ’48).

Dorothy Carmichael DiIorio Hon. ’90, Evanston, Ill., May 29, 2011.

Luther J. Ritchie ’87, Middletown, Ohio, April 20, 2011. Worked with Boy Scouts of America for many years.

Donald L. Edwards, London, England, Nov. 26, 2010. Miami professor emeritus and director of Miami’s reading center, 1962-1984; owner-publisher, Learning Programs Design; retired, lieutenant, U.S. Naval Reserve.

Julia Richards Clark ’88, Naples, Fla., April 12, 2011. Personal trainer.

George S. Goodell, Oxford, Ohio, May 8, 2011. Miami professor emeritus

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of finance and department chair, 19801991.

David F. Griffing (see ’49).

James W. Hershberger, Oxford, Ohio, July 28, 2011. Associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Miami, joining the faculty in 1984.

Eulo Marie “Mimi” Hornsby, Camden, Ohio, April 20, 2011. After retiring from Alcoa, joined Miami in physical facilities, 1992-1997.

Phyllis Hoyt, Peterborough, N.H., May 26, 2011. Western College for Women dean and vice president for student affairs, counselor, teacher, 19461974. Retired, vice president of student affairs, Russell Sage College.

Williard P. Keebler (see ’46).

Karen L. McIntyre (see ’02).

Carl S. Minton, Oxford, Ohio, April 27, 2011. Miami employee 32 years.

Robert E. Moeller, Oxford, Ohio, May 22, 2011. Research scientist in Miami’s Global Change Limnology Laboratory.

Richard Schiewetz, Dayton, Ohio, April 18, 2011. Founding member, WinWholesale.

Thomas M. Shelley, Camden, Ohio, May 8, 2011. Senior maintenance/ repair technician in physical facilities at Miami 29 years.

Nancy Wilson Sommer, Oxford, Ohio, April 6, 2011. A docent at Miami’s Art Museum. Wife of Jack, who taught philosophy at Miami.

Deborah Sue Sullivan, Somerville, Ohio, June 30, 2011. At Miami in housing, dining, recreation, and business services for 23 years.

Floyd Summers, Lake City, Fla., March 28, 2011. Retired, painter for Miami 36 years.

Ronald D. “David” Weaver Jr. (see ’04).

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Pie judge adds dash of education

By Richard O. Jones ’86

Editor’s note: This article is a departure from our usual first-person essay on this page, but it’s such a delectable morsel and fits so well with this edition’s theme – teachers finding lessons to share anytime anywhere. This story was first published July 27, 2011, in the Hamilton JournalNews and is reprinted here with permission. Enjoy.

“I wouldn’t run if that was thrown at me,” Diana Spillman said Tuesday morning as she swooned over one of the peach pies laid out in a scrumptious row in the Butler County Fair’s Arts & Produce Hall.

“Not a bad pie,” she continued as she laid a third-place ribbon beside it. “In any other county, it would take first place.”

After 20 years of judging pies at the fair, Spillman still has her work cut out for her. There were 95 pies to be sliced into “small, ladylike pieces,” then explored, tasted, and critiqued Tuesday. There are 13 categories, including “Your Favorite Pie” catch-all.

Apple is the biggest category with 15 entries to be judged.

But with Spillman at the fork, the judging also is an educational experience. With each category, she offers a little background on the basics of the fruit or filling under consideration.

Butterscotch needs to be nearly burned, but not quite, she explained.

Tart green apples are the best

for making apple pie. And for about the 20th time: Use the metal pie pans for decorations or to scare off raccoons in your garden. The best pies are made in glass pans.

And every once in a while, she makes a pitch for the fair’s building fund so she can have a nice, air-conditioned place to put on her show next year.

Her patter is part Julia Child, part Joan Rivers – instructional and informative, sometimes just a little bawdy.

“Cooking is making love to food,” she said. “Take it low and slow and you’ll be satisfied.”

And when a pie turned out to be particularly delicious, Spillman did a little dance as the flavor settled on her tongue, exclaiming, “That’s a tail-wagger!”

“This, ladies and gentlemen, is the taste of paradise,” she cooed at another. “If this is a man’s pie, I’ll marry you.”

“This one’s a beauty,” she said of one about to get second place. “But I have to find fault.” She paused to think about something critical to say.

“I’m fat and 60. That’s a fault. The pies are perfect.”

The rest of the year, Spillman is a professor at Miami University, teaching nutrition and doing research into various food issues.

“I’ve eaten my way around the world,” she said, and she’s serious when she says that Butler County pies are the best in the state, partly, it may be inferred, due to her work as a judge.

“We’ve had open judging since the beginning, and people here are smart,” she explained. “They listen to the judges and continue to learn every year.

“This county has a real cultural richness. If you look at the people who came here through the centuries, they all brought their own ideas

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and traditions, and we have an abundance of natural richness, too.”

She’s also an advocate for homestyle food preservation, encouraging people to take advantage of the bounties of the land.

“We’re losing our culinary culture, and it scares the hell out of me,” she said. “We should all be canning and freezing.”

And we should be creative with it. During a break in the judging, she took a jar of green jelly off the shelf behind her and passed it around for her audience to smell.

“Looks like mint,” she said, “but it’s basil jelly,” and rattles off some of the possible uses, including as a garnish for venison or rabbit.

“I love to teach people,” she said.

“And I love pies. I think everyone should make one every week.”

Richard O. Jones ’86 majored in English at Miami. He’s been with the JournalNews for 22 years, writing about arts and entertainment for the first 20. Now he covers schools and education.

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