Winter 2013 Miamian

MIAMIAN Winter 2013

Vol. 31, No. 2

A peek at the class of

Our Miami #AmazingMUstudents conversation. My first talk with the entire Class of 2016 was at convocation, an event I tweeted about later that day:

This year’s 3,734 freshmen, who set a new Miami enrollment record, join an amazing group of undergraduates.

They attack life and are deeply involved in their classes and in many different kinds of co-curricular initiatives, combining their skills in the most incredible ways. They bring enormous energy, passion, and love of learning to Miami, which many demonstrated throughout Startup Weekend in February, working in teams to develop concepts into business plans in only 48 hours: Alumni often ask me what today’s college students are like. I’d have to say that one of their more visible shared traits is their desire to be connected to each other and to the world 24/7. Walking to and from classes, they pull their smartphones from their backpacks and text and tweet nonstop. There’s even a term for that – twalking.

As a result of their technology, this is a generation that “talks” in 140 characters. Having started my own Twitter account a couple of years ago (Like the sign I tweeted about above?), I now better understand the challenge of keeping messages short.

If Abraham Lincoln, born the same year that Miami was chartered, were to tweet the Gettysburg Address today, 140 characters would get him only this far: Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposi. He’d have to send out a total of 11 tweets to share his whole speech, and it’s only two minutes long.

But providing substantial text is not the purpose of tweeting – it’s really about connecting. Used creatively, those 140 characters can link Miamians to each other as well as to numerous activities and resources. I frequently tweet to encourage students and alumni to attend concerts, athletic competitions, and lectures on campus, like the recent JANUS Forum on democracy with Ari Fleischer and Ezra Klein. I can usually include a URL that directs everyone to a website with more detail. Similarly, I often tweet the URL of an article that I think students, in particular, would like:

And while I enjoy the challenge of crafting condensed comments with my thumbs, I enjoy far more getting to know our students through old-fashioned, face-to-face

As you know, and first-year students quickly find out, attending college is one of the most important periods of your life. Our goal is for every student to be connected, connected to their professors, to each other, and to the endless possibilities available to them at Miami – connections that will lead to moments of transformation.

Those moments have already started for the four freshmen featured in this Miamian’s cover story about the Class of 2016. As you will see, no lack of connection, or ambition, there.

I leave you with one final tweet, which shows TeamRowdyBush after a broomball game and, might I add, sweeping victory. This time 140 characters gave me more than enough space to shout out our victory without bragging – prodesse quam conspici, after all:

You are invited to write to President David Hodge at president@MiamiOH.edu. Follow him on Twitter @PresHodge.

Contents

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Vol. 31, No. 2

Features 6 Art’s Celebration of Creativity and Culture

New concepts and innovative approaches … the Department of Art’s faculty and alumni display both in an exhibition at the Miami University Art Museum that runs through May 11.

8 Experience of a lifetime

Amazement, elation, pride. Students felt all that and more when they performed at Carnegie Hall. Photos capture their excitement during a special Sunday afternoon in Manhattan.

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10 Getting to know John Cooper …

Almost a year into his tenure as men’s head basketball coach, John Cooper is settling in.

12 The Class of 2016

Ever wonder what it would be like to be an 18-year-old freshman at Miami today? Here’s a peek at their fashions, fads, hopes, and dreams.

Departments On the Web www.MiamiAlum.org/ Miamian • Video that takes you to Miamian’s cover shoot with four freshmen • Extended Class notes with additional photos • First editions: books written by alumni

On the cover Miami’s Class of 2016 is composed of 3,734 faces with thousands of hopes, concerns, and ambitions regarding their college years and beyond. See what these four representatives of the freshman class have to say about their first year at college (Page 12). Photo illustration by Donna Barnet.

2 In your words 4 Along Slant Walk 19 Class notes 2 9 Obituaries 33 One more thing …

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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 Tom Herbert/herbertw@MiamiOH.edu

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

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

www.MiamiOH.edu/alumni

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In your words OMA, Oh my Izods … iPads … Egads

I imagine that freshmen have been showing up on move-in day with the latest fashions and fads stuffed into the family wagon since Miami’s early days.

Members of the Class of 2016 certainly continued that time-honored tradition and have been walking around campus all year in black leggings and leather boots or Dockers and Sperrys, with iPhones in their hands and iPads in their backpacks.

I did the same, although when my These boots are made for talkin’. family’s Pinto pulled up to Symmes my freshman year, I climbed out of the back seat wearing polyester bell-bottoms with a polo shirt. (We were still months away from going preppy with pink and green pastels and alligatored Izods.)

Like today’s students, we enjoyed our music as well, although record players required a lot more space than iPods. Still, stereo sound took on a whole new meaning after you heard Michael Jackson wail “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough” out of every room as you disco danced your way to the women’s bathroom.

As for cutting-edge technology, I was a bit behind the times with my manual typewriter, but one of my roommates showed up with an electric version that had a self-correcting ribbon. GASP! Wite-out bottles be gone. Unfortunately, I rarely got to use it because self-correcting cartridges were expensive. I’m not even sure our Uptown Snyder’s carried them, although they might have been shelved near the Hewlett-Packard calculators that Snyder’s was selling for the “new low price” of $90, proof positive that we also knew the value of high-tech tools.

Not too many years ago, a student walked into our front office when we still had a Selectric gathering dust on a desk. Nodding toward it, she said, “What’s that?” “An electric typewriter,” I explained. Still baffled, she asked, “What does it do?” I responded, “Remind us of how times change.”

I was reminded of that again last semester as I audited a journalism class in Bachelor Hall. When the professor asked if any of the students remembered life before the Internet, not a single hand went up. Nope, not mine either.

Sure I remember pre-Internet life, but no need to make 25 jaws drop. I also didn’t tell them that I remember when Bachelor Hall was brand-new my freshman year. And despite its cutting-edge freshness, it didn’t have a single computer for students to use, although I’ve no doubt it was decked out in the latest tools of its time. Fortunately, now, as then, the most important element in every class remains timeless. That would be the outstanding teacher, Miami’s greatest tradition.

Donna Boen ’83 MTSC ’96, Editor

I was excited to see the article on OMA (Opening Minds through Art) in your Fall 2012 issue (“The Art of Friendship”). I’ve been aware of Dr. Lokon’s work, but I didn’t realize just how big her vision had become.

I often wondered if my mother’s sad life could have been improved

by OMA and wished I could somehow duplicate it to some extent with me as the “student volunteer.”

But my mother and I lived 500 miles apart.

My mother died in 2010, but my mother-in-law is currently suffering from dementia and her life has become very limited.

She is living in Texas with her daughter. I am going to send the article to my sister-in-law to see if she can create an OMA-like experience for my mother-in-law with great-grandchildren serving as “volunteers.”

OMA is one of those projects in which the net benefits seem to far outweigh the resources put into it. I can imagine this program spreading from community to community, creating positive effects for so many – dementia patients and their families, volunteers, and the community itself.

As Dr. Lokon herself mentioned, this is what social change looks like.

It starts small with one person’s idea planted in one small community and has the potential to change the world.

Thank you for sharing this project with the entire Miami alumni community.

Coleen Hanna MA ’84 PhD ’88 Hamburg, N.Y.

Dolibois letter a delight What a thrill to see once again a letter from John Dolibois ’42 (in the Fall Miamian), and the timing could not have been more appropriate.

It has been said that, when John was alumni secretary, alumni

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would withhold their contributions until the end of the year just so we (yes, I was one of them) could continue to receive his delightful and thoughtful letters.

It’s as if John never left, and I could not have been happier.

Richard Gleick ’62 Maitland, Fla.

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JEFF SABO

More Milton White

I was delighted but not surprised to read Tom Romano’s article on Milton White (“Milton’s Lie,” Fall 2012 Miamian). Great teachers affect many students, and I, like Tom, was forever inspired by Milton’s teaching.

He was the best of my creative writing teachers bar none – through high school, college, and beyond.

I think of him often and have a copy of his book, A Yale Man, in my library.

During my senior year at Miami, Milton decided to teach a course on romance novels, and he pushed me to sign up for it. I was a bit indignant. Why would I want to write a romance story when my goal was set to produce the great American novel? But Milton said to me, “Benner (he always called us by our last names), there is never only one way or only one genre to write. And you can always learn by branching out.”

So I took the course, had great fun with it, and when a chance to write for young adults came along, because of Milton, I was openminded enough to jump at the opportunity. I owe my career as an author to Milton White. He was Miami’s best gift to me.

Kathleen Benner Duble ’80 Boxford, Mass.

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ust a note to offer two big thumbs up on Tom Romano’s remembrance of Milton White.

What great memories Tom brought

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back from my own courses with Milton in ’73 and ’74, although truth is that I think of Milton often.

Writing has s ip sh nd ie Colorful Fr been a huge part of my life and career, and, along with my English-teacher parents, I credit Milton with teaching me what is creative and what is just bunk and Marilyn Throne – another MU professor of the era – with teaching me the mechanics of how to express myself.

One day, I was reading one of my stories Milton hated so much that he got up, walked to the chalkboard, drew a big cross on it, then flung his small body against it and just hung there. Feigning crucifixion, he uttered, “Lord, please take me NOW!” Scott Sedam ’74 MBA ’79 Novi, Mich.

entia with dem p people dents hel ough art.

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From the archivist

A friend in Tiffin, Phyllis Mazzaferro-Allebach ’67, gave us her Fall 2012 copy of Miamian to read the editorial “No one ages in archives.”

Both my husband and I, the Heidelberg archivists, really enjoyed this and felt you should know how much we appreciated it.

Another aspect of the topic is that archivists get to stay young, too! Although we are both Heidelberg alums, we also found the “Miami Moments” especially interesting. Thanks for a great edition.

Dorothy Berg Heidelberg University archivist Tiffin, Ohio

Kudos

I just had to take a minute to tell you that this Fall issue of Miamian is the best ever.

I am from class of ’57 and loved the memories that Sue Morten Rogers ’57 made me think of from “our day.”

The activity of the OMA students is an incredibly wonderful program … and it is so reassuring to see the young students so involved in this.

The Cradle of Coaches, I’m happy to see, now has its way of helping all to be remembered, and all of us to remember. Loved the color, the personal comments, etc.

All in all, I have to say to your staff, “Kudos to a job well done!! “ It truly was my favorite issue after all of these years.

Thank you all!

Carole Elledge Burton ‘57 Crossville, Tenn.

Surprised and proud

I have been working in Surrey, England, since 1983 after a stint in the Peace Corps as a teacher in Sierra Leone, West Africa, seven years as a teacher in Bermuda, and 30 years teaching in England.

As the expression goes, “Imagine my surprise” when my wife and I visited the Royal Horticultural Society’s newly opened greenhouse and found a plaque stating the contribution of a faculty member of Miami University, Dr. Nancy Smith-Huerta, associate professor of botany. I am proud.

Winston Hulme ’62 Surrey, England

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

Include your name, class year, home address, and phone number. Letters are edited for space and clarity.

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D.C. fanfare

In Washington, D.C., for the Presidential Inaugural Parade, the Miami University Marching Band entertains at the Ohio gala in the Mayflower Hotel the Saturday before.

The Miami University Marching Band earned a salute from President Obama and a wave from the First Lady as it performed in front of the VIP stands during the 57th Presidential Inaugural Parade Jan. 21.

Representing the state of Ohio, the

New AD David Sayler, 43, moved into his Millett Hall office in January as the new director of athletics.

As Miami’s 16th AD, he brings David Sayler experience from eight collegiate athletic programs, most recently as AD at the University of South Dakota (USD).

Prior to USD, he was senior executive AD at Rice University and served in senior athletic administration at Oregon State and Bowling Green State universities and has been on athletic staffs at the universities of Houston, Hartford, Georgia, and Connecticut.

He has a BA in accounting from Ohio Wesleyan University and a master’s in sports management from the University of Connecticut.

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band was selected from more than 2,800 organizations that applied.

“I’m extremely proud of our students as well as humbled by the opportunity,” said director Stephen Lytle, who’s certain he bought out the west side of Hamilton’s entire stock of white shoe polish for the D.C. events.

Parading along Pennsylvania Avenue.

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At Miami’s inaugural JANUS Forum, Ezra Klein (left), blogger/political columnist for The Washington Post, columnist for Bloomberg View, and contributor to MSNBC; and Ari Fleischer (right), former White House press secretary for U.S. President George W. Bush and CNN contributor, debated “Is Democracy in America Working?”

The Feb. 6 forum, moderated by political science master’s student Tyler Sinclair (center), filled Farmer Business School’s Taylor Auditorium. To hear what students thought about Fleischer

and Klein and their views, go to www.miami.muohio.edu/janus.

In another first for Miami, its men’s hockey team played outside at Chicago’s Soldier Field in the OfficeMax Hockey City Classic Feb. 17.

The day was clear and crisp for the historic event between Miami and Notre Dame. Players on both teams seemed to enjoy the out-of-doors experience, in which Miami lost 2-1.

Miami’s first outdoor hockey game takes place at Chicago’s Soldier Field against Notre Dame.

Applications up Students applying to Miami for the fall 2013 semester set a new record Jan. 30, 2013, with 21,027 applications, surpassing the old record of 20,314, established just last year.

Applications were expected to grow more by the Feb. 1 application deadline for fall 2013 enrollment.

Miami is ranked first among public universities in the U.S. for its exceptionally strong commitment to teaching. With an emphasis on attracting, retaining, and developing talented student leaders through personalized experiences, Miami’s efforts led to 81 percent of its students graduating in six years and a median time to graduation of 3.7 years, which lowers students’ net cost of attendance.

For graduates, the caliber of their education translates into Miami’s return on tuition investment being ranked first in Ohio and 11th in the nation, according to a SmartMoney. com survey that divided alumni’s

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reported median salaries by the tuition and fees they paid. Miami graduates reported a starting median salary at $46,600 and a median midcareer salary at $85,500 in a Payscale. com survey.

Combining those factors and more, U.S. News & World Report recently ranked Miami third highest among the nation’s top-ranked universities for “efficiently spending their limited resources in order to produce the highest possible educational quality.”

Ohio’s top prof from MU In the only national program to recognize excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring, associate professor of marketing Gillian Oakenfull was named 2012 Ohio Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

Director of experiential learning in the Farmer School of Business, she chairs Farmer’s diversity committee, is chief faculty adviser to the Women in Business student organization, and is a member of the College of Arts and Science’s Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program.

Oakenfull, who started teaching at Miami in 1998, was nominated by her students and colleagues. She was selected from nearly 300 top professors in the United States.

Ohio Professor of the Year Gillian Oakenfull focuses on developing students’ abilities to communicate effectively and deal with ambiguity.

Spring speaker Washington Post reporter and acclaimed author Wil Haygood ’76 Miami’s Farmer School of Business

Favorable environment The Farmer School of Business is part of an MBAprograms.org list of 10 environmentally aware U.S. business schools with programs that support sustainability as an economic goal.

The schools were chosen for “embracing the future” of the benefits of green design.

Established in 2009, the Farmer School was noted for its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver Certified building, energy efficient HVAC and lighting systems, low-emission fabrics and surface coatings, and low-flow faucets and toilets. It also incorporated minimal paving while preserving mature trees.

Zero waste

will be Miami’s spring Wil Haygood ’76

commencement speaker

1:30 p.m. May 11 in Yager Stadium.

While covering Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign, Haygood wrote a front-page story for the Post about longtime White House butler Eugene Allen, which became the inspiration for The Butler, a big-screen movie due out this fall starring Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey.

At the Boston Globe before joining the Post in 2002, he was one of the youngest foreign correspondents at the Globe, standing across the prison in South Africa to watch Nelson Mandela walk to freedom.

A Pulitzer Prize finalist and Guggenheim Fellow, the Columbus native is the author

Replacing a trash compactor with a 30-yard organic compactor, Miami has started to include organic waste in its recycling stream. The compactor, which will collect an estimated five tons a week, allows for several new pilot projects designed to help divert a majority of Miami’s waste from the landfill by 2017 and to begin recycling organic wastes before 2014 – without increasing costs.

of five books, including biographies on Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Sammy Davis Jr., and Sugar Ray Robinson. He is currently writing a book about former Supreme Court Justice and Brown v. Board of Education lawyer Thurgood Marshall.

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Art’s Celebration of Creativity and Culture In an exhibition that runs through May 11, the Miami University Art Museum is showcasing 68 artworks , including the five s h ow n h e r e , by 5 1 c u r r e n t faculty, faculty emeriti, and alumni of Miami’s Department of Art. For the show’s catalog and the museum’s hours, go to: http://arts.muohio.edu/art-museum.

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“Our faculty continually explores new concepts and expands the limits of media through innovative approaches. For alumni, the result of their time here at Miami illustrates the progressive educational experience that enables them to serve as the next generation in the evolution of the arts,” says curator of exhibitions Jason Shaiman.

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“… my works are to be experienced intimately, and to be enjoyed, played with, and laughed at. I want people to forget any sadness and to sleep happily every single night.” – Tadashi Koizumi MFA ’08, born and raised in South Korea, now works in Japan

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“My recent work is a way to honor two family members who have … passed away. The clothing represents the vivid details, colors, textures, scents, and sounds that were evoked from my grandmother’s stories. … She would describe what everyone in a story was wearing, every story, every time. … The clothes symbolize my father in different ways – he was always wearing sweatpants that were too short, had duct tape over the hole in the pocket, or a T-shirt that had a ridiculous saying or phrase. ... The clothes really did make the man.” – Josh Foy MFA ’09, who teaches at Capital University in Columbus

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“Nature is the inspiration for much of my work. … The nesting theme began with the concept that I am a ‘nester.’ Given any significant time in a space or place, I will begin to ‘nest,’ or claim the space. … This installation explores a variety of concepts represented by altered nests.” – Jean Langan, associate professor of art education at Miami, 1995-present

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“… Lawn ornaments represent a fascination with controlling nature in every way possible. … These decorations are designed to look harmless, smaller than life, clean, and, most of all, cute. People are ignorant of true nature. Bears are not huggable and deer do not come with permanent smiles. At first this seems like a trivial and minute problem, but it represents a larger and more meaningful issue, humankind’s disconnected relationship to nature.” – Roscoe Wilson, associate professor at Miami Hamilton Campus, studio art, 2003-present

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“I believe in Color Color Color!

Color as music.

Color as narrative.

Color as prayer.

And yes … color as laughter.”

– Philip Morsberger, Miami professor emeritus, painting and drawing, 1959-1968

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Glorious Spring

A happy and prolific bloomer, fothergilla joins with viburnum to fill the air near Benton Hall with sweet, honey-like scents. The hall is named for Miami’s 12th president, Guy Potter Benton, and houses the School of Engineering and Applied Science. It was built in 1968 and renovated in 2007.

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Experience of a lifetime Anticipation … elation … pride. Amazement … wonder … joy. These emotions and more filled Carnegie Hall’s Isaac Stern Auditorium when 417 Miami University students performed on its stage Oct. 7. The historic event involved seven musical ensembles directed by six faculty conductors – comprising the largest number of Miami students and staff ever to participate in any form of off-campus presentation. Gilded-age architecture … awe-inspiring acoustics … world-renowned music hall. These photos by staff photographer Jeff Sabo capture the excitement during that special Sunday afternoon when Miami took Manhattan. … Magic.

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Getting to know John Cooper …

By Peter Marx

basketball coach John Cooper is a proud Kansas City, Mo., native.

“I love my hometown,” said Miami’s first-year head coach, who was hired after Charlie Coles ’65 announced his retirement last spring. “It was good food, good barbecue, Kansas City Royals winning the World Series, Kansas City Chiefs … that’s what I grew up with.”

An only child, Cooper was a standout basketball player and an accomplished student at Kansas City’s Rockhurst High School (’87). His hard work both on the court and in the classroom paid off, as he earned a scholarship to Wichita State University.

“Growing up, I was really held accountable by my parents,” he said. “It wasn’t going to be one of those you-getwhat-you-want situations. It just wasn’t that kind of lifestyle.”

Cooper developed into a star forward for the Shockers, leading the team in scoring and rebounding during his junior and senior seasons, averaging 17 and 20.8 points per game, respectively. He was also a two-time team captain and a Rhodes Scholar candidate.

The 44-year-old, who brings an up-tempo, pressing style of play to Miami, graduated with a business administration degree in 1991 and played basketball professionally for the Fort Wayne Fury of the Continental Basketball Association (1991-92) and with Holland’s Commodore Mustangs in the European Professional Basketball League (1992-93).

From player to coach When his playing career came to an end, Cooper was offered an assistant coaching job at Division II Fayetteville State under Rick Duckett, who is now Cooper’s top assistant at Miami.

Cooper later spent six years as an assistant under Eddie Fogler at South

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“We’ve gone through various starting lineups and just really trying to discover who we are and how we have to play.” – basketball coach John Cooper before the first MAC game this season.

Carolina and two years as an assistant at Oregon, then served as Auburn’s associate head coach for Jeff Lebo.

After more than 15 years as an assistant, Cooper finally received his first head-coaching job at Tennessee State in 2009. His no-nonsense approach, along with his affable, downto-earth personality, helped create a winning culture.

It didn’t happen overnight, though.

“At the end of my first year (at TSU), the one thing we wanted to be able to say was that we had established the culture as to how we would go about our business,” he said. “We got rid of four players, three starters, one was the leading scorer and the other was the top kid off the bench, and dismissed them from the program.

“Obviously, that’s not how you want to do it, but it was something that had to be done and from that point forward, with our seven scholarship players left, it just seemed like the program started going in a positive way.”

Cooper struggled during his first year with the Tigers, but the team improved in each of the next three seasons.

Tennessee State peaked during Cooper’s third and final year, finishing with a 20-13 record, its first 20-win season in 32 years. He left TSU with a 43-51 overall record and was a finalist for four different coaching awards, including the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award.

New town, new team Cooper met his wife, Melissa, while working at South Carolina. The two have been married for 10 years and have a daughter, Kennedy, 6, and a son, Kameron, 5. While they haven’t bought a house yet, the family would like to make Oxford their permanent home.

“We’re here. We love it,” Cooper said. “The kids are settling in and so that part has been good. It’s always an adjustment for me and the wife, getting to know different people. We had really grown to love Nashville and had many friends, so that was certainly hard to leave those people, but it was a great opportunity.”

Cooper is most excited about Miami’s potential. He hopes to continue the basketball program’s success and build on the Miami community’s passion for basketball.

“The love that they have for the university is great,” he said. “People come back and share their memories of this place, their memories of the old days and playing over in Withrow. I hear people talking about that all the time and those things are really neat.

So for me it’s about trying to make sure that at some point 30 years from now people are coming back and this group and these teams are part of those kinds of memories.

“I want people to say, ‘I remember when there were 1,500 (people in the stands) and now it’s hard as heck to get a ticket.’ Everyone says that’s a grand vision. But it’s not impossible. Is it going to take time? Absolutely. But it’s something that could be done if we can just continue to get that vision out there.”

Peter Marx is a staff writer for Miami’s athletic communications department.

“Every coach is hoping that they can catch that fire and get their group going, and we’re no different.” – John Cooper PHOTOS BY SCOTT KISSELL

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The Class of 2 Trendy on campus right now is the iPad. We can play games, we can go online, Facebook, and write a paper on it.

My favorite Miami tradition is the Fight Song. It’s really amazing how we bond as we sing it at games and social events.

Every night, me and my friends, we go to the rec first around 9 to 11 and then we go to King Library. We rent a study room and we’re in there from like 11 to maybe 4 a.m.

My roommate is from Togo.

We’re very close. We love to cook and we have a bunch of African food in our fridge. She’s someone I can now call my sister.

I recently just discovered Bagel and Deli and I love it. I’m probably going to go up there every Sunday night.

Born in Nigeria, Lola Ojerinde now calls Columbus home. The psychology major envisions serving as a pediatrician in Africa through Doctors Without Borders.

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By Donna Boen ’83 MTSC ’96

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n case you haven’t walked around campus lately and aren’t familiar with all the current college fads, here’s a look at the latest, courtesy of the Class of 2016.

The women wear black leggings, dressy scarves, and tall leather boots in any color – as long as the color is black or brown.

The men, when sprucing up, gravitate toward Dockers and

Did you know?

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3,734 members, the Class of 2016 broke Miami’s enrollment record.

Sperrys, aka khaki pants and top-siders. UGGs are on their way out. Backpacks are still in. And seemingly everyone carries a smartphone, allowing them to text anyone anywhere all the time.

“Open your text” definitely doesn’t mean what it used to.

The biggest trend? The iPad – as vital to today’s students as the typewriter or pen and paper to generations past.

“I’ve had one since last year. It’s like a mini laptop in a way. It’s just easy and it’s there,” says Lola Ojerinde, a freshman from Columbus who is majoring in psychology with a pre-med focus.

Forget email. That’s so last century. Miami’s freshmen – most of whom were born about the time the Internet took off in ’93 and ’94 – communicate via Facebook and Twitter. Pinterest is their passion.

“These students live their lives in 140 characters,” says Michael Kabbaz, associate vice president for enrollment management at Miami. “Students come into class with phone in hand and laptop out. They might have Facebook up while they are taking notes.

That doesn’t mean they aren’t paying attention. They actually may be as actively engaged in the course as we were or even more so.”

Because of his career, Kabbaz spends his days and many of his nights studying high school and college-age populations to figure out who they are and what they want out of their education.

If he were tweeting about their top characteristics, he’d likely list: socially conscious and more diverse, high expectations of selves, high demands of others, know what they want, over-scheduled

OTHER STATS ABOUT THIS YEAR’S FRESHMEN:

52% are female

62% are from Ohio

61% were born in 1994 Another

38% were born in 1993

overachievers.

And those freshmen show up on move-in day already concerned about finding well-paying jobs immediately after graduation.

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More than

12.6% are ethnically diverse

22%

have a parent who attended Miami

13%

have a Miami sibling

36%

graduated in the top 10% of their high school class

3% are athletes

5%

came in with enough college credit to be classified a sophomore or junior

In fact, all across the country, the Class of 2016 is focused on financial security.

“To be able to make more money” is at an all-time high as a reason to go to college, moving from 71.7 percent in 2011 to 74.6 percent in 2012, according to the 2012 CIRP (Cooperative Institutional Research Program) Freshman Survey, which uses data from 192,912 first-time, full-time students entering 283 fouryear U.S. colleges and universities.

In the same survey, now in its 47th year, “being very well off financially” as a personal goal also set a new record in 2012, with 81 percent reporting this as “very important” or “essential.” That is double what it was 40 years ago.

There’s no doubt about it. This class is defined by the recent recession. Many have watched family income decrease and home values disappear as competition for careers has skyrocketed.

“I have two little sisters, and my parents are having to think about their tuition costs,” says Ojerinde, the first in her family to attend college. The Nigerian-born freshman is president of Wells Hall and a member of Choraliers and MUGS (Miami University Gospel Singers). “I would love to get a good job after college and be able to support my parents to help out my sisters too.”

Kevin Krumpak of Poland, Ohio, can relate. His oldest sister graduated from Miami last year and his other sister is a junior at Miami now. (At least one in five students who enroll at Miami have a parent or sibling who also attended here.) Interested in majoring in business, he appreciates how much of his family’s income is going toward tuition, and he’s anxious to spend his four years wisely.

His big worry? “When I graduate, will I have done what I needed to do to set me straight in my life?” Although focused on his classes, he’s still found time to play on a rec soccer team; campaign to become freshman senator of his residence hall, Emerson; and perform in Carnegie Hall as a member of the Men’s Glee Club.

Best part about college for him?

“Absolutely the freedom. You don’t have your mom and dad to tell you you can’t do this and you can’t do that. You need to decide what you care about and ultimately what you want to end up doing. It’s your responsibility, and I’ve really enjoyed that.”

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My roommate and I are super close.

We even have this freshman bucket list.

Facebook and Pinterest are my procrastination tools.

The first week, the professors did not wait on giving homework. It was definitely a shock.

Really looking forward to the Luxembourg program and being able to spend a whole semester in Europe.

Running around main quad trying to play quidditch with my buddies is kind of like madness.

I like rubbing the turtle’s head on the sundial. It works.

I got an A on my quiz when I did it.

I’m just blown away by all the experiences I’ve already gotten and I’m only a freshman.

Kelsie Anderson is an

Ryan Thomas, a

honors student and

political science

marketing major from

major from the

Dayton and part of the

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first freshman class

of North Olmsted,

in the Buck Rodgers

lists public service

Leadership Program.

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Only place I study is my room. I can be a people watcher when I’m around others so I wouldn’t get that much done at King Library.

I’m actually the third in my family to come to Miami. I have a sister who’s a junior and another sister who graduated last year.

Another one of my favorite professors is my history of jazz professor. I’m taking that for one of my Honors Breadth of Learning experiences. It turns out it’s one of my favorite classes. She knows everything that’s ever been said about jazz.

Something I couldn’t live without?

It’s a no-brainer. Gotta be the iPhone. I love staying in contact with my friends, staying in contact with what’s going on.

It’s a beautiful campus and that plays a lot into it too. It’s a very homey environment.

You learn a lot about yourself when you come to college and how you are going to handle yourself in the real world.

Kevin Krumpak, student government senator for Emerson Hall and in Glee Club, is a business undecided major from Poland, Ohio, a suburb of Youngstown.

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That might make him the exception then, because even with the world never farther than their fingertips, college freshmen are still most influenced by their parents.

“These students process information differently, they receive information differently. They communicate very differently,” says Kabbaz, who has researched this area extensively. “They don’t have to go to the library and pull a book out. They can find everything online. But what’s fascinating when you look at it, these students … No. 1 influence? Still tends to be Mom and Dad. In many ways, they have had some of the same traditional influences as past generations.”

Driving to campus the first morning of second semester, Kabbaz found himself thinking about all the first-year students returning from holiday break. Having survived first semester’s sharp learning curve and critical transition from high school, this is now their Miami. They know the names of each red-brick building and

98% live on campus

45% have financial need

44%

have at least one parent with a post-baccalaureate degree

can recite every treasured tradition.

Their sense of belonging is palpable.

“My roommate and I are super close,” says Kelsie Anderson, an honors student and marketing major from Dayton. “We even have this freshman bucket list, and we always take a picture of the day and put it on Facebook.”

Involved in the gymnastics club and Cru, she’s already used her contacts through Miami’s Buck Rodgers Leadership Program to apply for an internship this summer.

Ryan Thomas, another Wells resident, hails from North Olmsted.

The political science major and member of College Democrats enjoys community service. He’s part of Miami’s United Way student organization and can’t wait to study in Luxembourg.

His biggest concern is getting into law school. His second biggest is that his four years at Miami not go by too fast. Now that he’s an experienced college man, what’s his advice to the

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Class of 2017?

“Make the most out of every day. Have fun with your friends while it lasts. Just be open-minded, explore different things. Go play basketball or go try broomball, although you’ll probably get injured, like I did. Obviously hit the books hard too.”

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Photos by Jeff Sabo. Statistics from Miami’s offices of Institutional Research and Enrollment Management.

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Miami Explorers Hunt ’66 was wearing. In the group photo with Maggie are Tom Griffiths ’73, Pat Smith ’61, Maggie, Terry Hunt ’62, Lee Hunt ’66, and Cathy Miller Greene ’72. Later while in Rome, Karen Knick Schaffer ’64 was getting on the hotel elevator when she noticed a man wearing a Miami hat. It was Chuck Hazelrigg ’55. He and Luann ’55 were staying at the same hotel as the Miami group so they all got together for breakfast the next morning.

Enjoying the Alumni Association’s tour of Norwegian Fjords and British Isles Aug. 30-Sept. 12, 2012: Kathleen Todaro Dahm ’71, Bruce Dahm, Jane Walker Davies ’60, Donald Davies, Howard Emmons ’70, Rebecca Emmons, Michael Franz ’67, Patricia Franz, Joanne Keefer Miller ’64, Gary Miller, Richard Monroe ’74, Cheryl Monroe, Garry Rupp, Kathie Rupp, Nancy Lutterbeck Van Keuren ’60, and William Van Keuren.

On the Canada and New England cruise Oct. 7-19, 2012, were Kathryn Belsley, Elizabeth McDaniel Butts ’66, James Butts, Nicky Delvaux, from Luxembourg, Joseph DiStaola ’79, Carolyn DiStaola, Phyllis DiStaola ’59, Mike DiStaola, Brian Nemenoff ’70, Donna Duesing Rouster ’73, Daniel Rouster, Jeffrey Todd from Auckland, New Zealand, Glenys Todd, Stewart Williams ’58, and Nancy Williams ’58.

Portrait of Italy Oct. 6-22, 2012: (front row, l-r) Cathy Miller Greene ’72, Jackie Hunt, Gail Rhea Martin, Pat Mendenhall Smith ’61, Marcia Wilson ’65, Karen Knick Schaffer ’64; (second row) Bill Greene ’72, Terry Hunt ’62, Nancy Steward Fiala ’62, Prudy Ray Heimsch ’65, Jane Griffith, Carol Mayfield, Bud Mayfield ’72, Susan Hunt; (back) Lee Hunt ’66, Tom Griffith ’73, Dick Heimsch ’65, Dave Schaffer ’64, and Hal Wilson.

While touring Pompeii, the group ran into Maggie Gallagher ’84, who has been active with Miami’s recruitment network and Southern California Alumni Chapter for years. Living in Costa Mesa, Calif., Maggie was with friends traveling in Italy when they noticed the Miami shirt Lee

Tahitian Jewels tour Jan. 16-28, 2013: (front row, l-r) Carol Welch Sowar ’71, Diane Hall ’74, Karen Peterson Assink ’70, Deborah Joseph Swanson ’70, and Valerie Hodge; (second row) Pamela Carlson, Jack Sowar ’71, Patricia Zwiebel ’74, and Stephen Swanson ’70; (third row) Jill Wilhelm Gaby ’91, Richard Osborne ’69, Joy Lang Osborne ’69, Connie Kendall Sidley ’72, Pat Sidley ’72, Eileen Clarke, and right behind her William Dodd ’75; (fourth row) Marvin Knisley ’74, Beverly Knisley, Katherine Franz Winter ’77, Sandra Simpson, and Carl Simpson; (fifth row) David Winter ’76, Cheryl Fergus, Elise Rice Payne ’62; (six row) Donald Welti ’63, Patricia Brooksbank Welti ’60, and Tom Payne; (last row) Miami President David Hodge and James Fergus ’73.

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1947 Ernie Porter and wife Nancy of Las Vegas celebrated their 63rd anniversary April 23, 2012. A former MU varsity basketball player, Ernie retired as president, CEO of Unigard Olympic Life Insurance, Empire Life, and WM Life Insurance.

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John Bonander, retired from the paper industry and living in Hickory, N.C., has written Drop Out … Or Tough It Out? Straight Talk About the Decision That Will Change Your Life Forever for high-schoolers debating whether to stay in school.

Next reunion: June 20-23, 2013

Wolf Fuhrig MA ’53 MEd ’54 received the Lifetime Award of the Illinois State Historical Society. He also directed the four-day Prairieland Chautauqua for the 14th year. This year’s theme was “Women who made history.”

Don Knodel retired Dec. 31, 2012, as executive director of the “R” Association at Rice U. The last coach to lead the Owls to the NCAA Tournament, he stepped down as head coach after 197374, working in the private sector and coaching the Houston Angels until asked to take over the “R” Association in 1999.

1954 Lois Hall Gleason was inducted into the Butler County Sports Hall of Fame Nov. 25, 2012. She is also a member of the Butler County Fast Pitch Softball Hall of Fame and the Wyoming H.S. Athletic Hall of Fame, and received a Greater Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Women’s Sportsman Association Lifetime Service award.

collegiate levels, retiring as head football coach at Northern Illinois, where he spent 12 seasons guiding the Huskie program to four MAC West Division titles and two bowl game appearances.

Dorothy “Dot” Perrin Moore MA ’67 is the author of WomenPreneurs: 21st Century Success Strategies. Professor emerita of business administration at The Citadel, she was Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship.

1968

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Jack Haffey sent in this photo of three generations of Miamian Haffeys at their 2013 New Year’s Eve gathering in Oxford: (l-r) Molly Haffey Levine ’91, C. Patrick Haffey ’12, Jack, Marsha Morse Haffey ’57, Cathy Lowe Haffey ’84, and B. Michael Haffey ’84.

John White Jr.’s latest book is Wet Britches and Muddy Boots: A History of Travel in Victorian America. Curator for Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of American History 1958-1990, he retired to Oxford, where he has taught history at Miami.

1964

Robert Fleming, a watercolor painter in Bermuda Dunes, Calif., won first place at the art festival in Boulder City, Nev., in October.

The Cleveland native’s other recent awards include poster artist for Borrego Springs art show and first place in watercolor at the Indio Southwest Show. His painting based on the 1913 U.S. Open has been accepted into the Golf Hall of Fame.

1969 Dean Bingham’s company, Dean’sSweets chocolatiers, which he co-owns with wife Kristin in Portland, received the Shep Lee Award for Community Service at the 13th annual Maine Family Business Award ceremony.

1970 Susan McCarthy Campbell retired Dec. 31 as library director/ professor at York College of Pennsylvania after 28 years. She served previously as science librarian at Colgate U. and urban documents librarian at U. of Florida. She is looking forward to a new home, new partner, more volunteering and travel, and more time with friends and family.

Thomas Hall ’70 MBA ’71 has moved to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, after living in Cuenca, Ecuador, for two years. He retired as vice president for finance of Peachtree Fabrics in Atlanta in May 2010.

Eric and Mary Howard Putnam ’71 of St. Paris, Ohio, celebrated their 40th anniversary in August 2012. Mary retired Nov. 15, 2012, as microbiology section head at Wilson Memorial Hospital Laboratory in Sidney. She had worked at the hospital 37 years and 41 in her profession. Eric retired from education in 2007. They celebrated Mary’s retirement with a two-week Hawaiian cruise.

Vern Westfall’s latest book is his autobiography, The Philosophical Pilot: “Three Fathers, Three Wives, Nine Lives.”

1967

1955 Albert Dickas ’55 MS ’56, living on the crest of Brush Mountain in Virginia, is author of 101 American Geo-Sites You’ve Gotta See.

Joe Novak ’67 MEd ’69 was inducted into Miami’s Cradle of Coaches Association Sept. 22, 2012. He spent 40 years on the gridiron at the high school and

Tom McKnight ’70 sent in a photo of his gang’s annual golf outing at Bruce Downey’s in Weems, Va.: (l-r) Mike Leadbetter, Gil Short ’69, Tom Duck ’69, Tom, Richard Klein, Bo Walter ’69, Russ Savage ’71 MTSC ’01, Phil Brooks ’69, and Bruce Downey ’69.

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1971

Miami roommates and friends Diane Schnecke Claytor and Gary Claytor, Paulette Schutz Smith, Peggy Reany Nash, Bonnie McCullough McGuire, and Linda Heilman at Paulette’s Pandora, Ohio, home.

Alan and his mother, Jennifer West Dayrit ’93, on Awards Day at Bell’s Crossing Elementary School in Simpsonville, SC.

Randall Reid is county administrator of Sarasota County, Fla., and serves on the board for the Alliance For Innovation.

1975

Joanne Yeck’s latest book, The Jefferson Brothers, introduces Randolph, Thomas’s younger brother, and focuses on their relationship after Thomas retires from politics.

Krista Freymuth Taracuk, 2012 past president of Ohio Educational Library Media Association, has been appointed to the State Library of Ohio Board.

1976

1974

First-grade teacher Cynthia Mason Gluszik with her student

Nancy Douden Brawley hosted McFarland Hall friends at Pawleys Island: Penny Dunfee Blankenship, Linda Ailes, Connie Grimsley McIntosh, Debi Stevens Gallo, Peggy Grimsley, Barbara Douden Johnson, and Nancy.

Lori Miller Young retired June 30 after teaching for 35 years. She taught Latin and Spanish at Northwestern H.S. in Springfield, Ohio, and was one of four Clark County teachers to receive the Excellence in Teaching award in March 2012.

1978

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Randy Ayers ’78 MEd ’81 was inducted into Miami’s Cradle of Coaches Association Sept. 22, 2012. He has been a men’s bas-

ketball coach at collegiate and professional ranks for more than three decades. His first head coaching position was at Ohio State U., where he was named AP National Coach of the Year and earned Big Ten Coach of the Year honors. He joined the NBA in 1997-98 as an assistant coach with the Philadelphia 76ers. Currently lead assistant coach with the New Orleans Hornets, he was inducted into Miami’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991.

Tom and Anne Marie Ford Blank celebrated their youngest son’s graduation from Miami Dec. 14, 2012, making the entire family Miami grads: (l-r) Jeffery ’07, Anne Marie ’78, Kevin ’12, Tom ’78, and Peter ’09.

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Class notes Monica Olszewski Price was named 2012 Teacher of the Year in Parma City Schools, where she has invested 33 years of her career supporting students with special needs as both a special education teacher and a special education supervisor. She is a master teacher, by state of Ohio guidelines, Martha Holden Jennings Scholar, and a PTA Life Award recipient.

Sue Ramsey was inducted into Miami’s Cradle of Coaches Association Sept. 22, 2012. In her 18th season as women’s basketball head coach at Ashland U., she led the Eagles to a 33-2 record last year and the 2012 Division II National Championship game and was named the WBCA Division II National Coach of the Year and the GLIAC Coach of the Year. She also earned the WBCA’s Carol Eckman Award, which recognizes her commitment to the game of basketball.

1979 Michelle Dunnavant Geissbuhler ’79 MA ’80 has written Get Started in Art, a workbook that explains the basics of visual art and leads 4-H members through creation of an art project for state and county competitions. Her creative services firm, Goathill Productions, incorporates strategic brand management activities and handcrafted artwork made from vintage books and board games.

Her painting “Blue Sky at Night” was recently accepted into the PNC Arts Alive Worthington Sayama Arts Exchange.

1980 Don Fischbach is a partner and chair of the energy and natural

resources practice, including oil and gas exploration and shale production, at Calfee, Halter and Griswold in Cleveland.

Geoffrey Long is president of the Lone Tree Symphony Orchestra, a community orchestra in Lone Tree, Colo. For his day job, he continues as general counsel of OpSec Security Group, a provider of anti-counterfeiting and document security solutions.

M. Catherine Fernandez Vernon, Formica Corp. vice president and general counsel, accepts the 2011-2012 American Bar Association Section of International Law Outstanding International Corporate Counsel Award from section chair Michael Burke (left) and Justin Vineberg, chair of the nominating committee.

Christopher Watkins was elected president of the Warren County Bar Association for the 2012-2013 year. He is an assistant prosecutor with the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office.

Steven Solomon, chief financial officer/director of finance for Prince William County Government, Va., receives the national Distinguished Local Government Leadership Award from the Association of Government Accountants. Presenting the award to him is Mary Peterman, president-elect for the Association of Government Accountants.

1982

John and Leslie Hill Berens and their family, sons Tim and Ricky and daughter Jessica, spent an exciting time at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London as Ricky swam with Michael Phelps in the men’s 4x200-meter freestyle relay to win gold.

1981 Susan Sachs Levine has published her second children’s picture book Harriett’s Homecoming, A High-Flying Tour of Cincinnati. Based on the true story of peregrine falcons nesting downtown, the book takes kids on a fun and informative tour of all the sights the Queen City has to offer. Susan has paired with illustrator Erin Burchwell.

Commemorating the 30th anniversary of Miami’s first MAC Championship in women’s swimming, coach Michael Scott and assistant David Perkins ’82 MA ’84 met in London at the Olympics after one of the morning swimming sessions.

Sarah Wingo Williams sent in this photo from the latest annual Redskin Cup Golf event. For the past 27 years, the Miami Merger members of the Glen View Club in Golf, Ill., have gotten together for the annual Redskin Cup golf event. This year’s participants are: (l-r, front row) Cindy Pate Henderson ’77, Phyllis Greene Chambers, who attended Miami for two years, Bill Chambers ’59, Kris Ward Engle ’75, Sarah, and Kay Selby Buhl ’76; (back row) Jay Henderson ’78, Mitch Engel ’74, Dan Williams ’82, and Scott Buhl ’75.

1983

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John and Cathy McClinton Folk celebrate the graduation of son John Folk Jr. ’11 from Miami. Also part of the celebration were grandparents Donald McClinton ’55 and wife Jane.

Geoffrey Aughenbaugh was promoted to AVP risk management at CSX Transportation in January 2013. He and wife Joyce will be moving to company headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla.

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Class notes Art Journals: Explore Innovative Approaches to Collecting Your Creativity.

‘Super’ alum

1987 Courtesy: Baltimore Ravens

Kyle Kieper is a principal at FRCH Design Worldwide, an international architecture, interior design, graphic design and brand strategy firm in Cincinnati. Vice president and managing creative director, he provides leadership on projects across the company’s hospitality design studio. He has been with FRCH for 22 years.

1984

Ravens coach John Harbaugh ’84 and “the” trophy.

Ed Bash and sister Carol Bash Thompson ’85 enjoyed getting together at The Winking Lizard in Mentor, Ohio, when Carol was visiting from Tracy, Calif.

David Koenig’s first book, Governance Reimagined: Organizational Design, Risk, and Value Creation, has been published by John Wiley & Sons. He has been active in the financial markets for more than 25 years.

Kappa Sigma brothers Dave Ledman and Ed Bash watch the Cleveland Indians take on the Detroit Tigers at Progressive Field.

1986 Margaret Peot, a freelance artist for more than 20 years, is the author of several books on creativity. Her latest is Alternative

Miami alums lend a hand for Give Camp 2012 at the VOALC: (l-r) Jason Hubbard ’06, Rob Hoeting ’87, Kelly Dolan ’05, Tim Giblin ’10, Ryan Parsley ’05, Dominic Dore ’12, and Eric Schwartz ’01. Give Camp is part of a national movement in which computer programmers, designers, and specialists donate time and expertise to assist nonprofits with computer projects that make a key difference in their ability to serve others. This is the third year Give Camp has been at the VOALC (Miami’s Voice of America Learning Center).

Capt. Ken LaPolla, DC, USN, is commanding officer of the Navy Reserve Operational Health Support Unit in Jacksonville, Fla., managing the medical, dental, and nurse corps reserves for Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and the Caribbean. With the Navy Reserves for 22 years, Ken maintains a private dental practice in Warren, Ohio, where he lives with wife Judith Sadler LaPolla ’88 and their children, Madeline and John.

Bradley Wright, partner-incharge of Roetzel’s Akron office, was selected as a 2012 Top Rated Lawyer in Transportation Law

by ALM. He also was in the 2012 Top Rated Lawyers Annual Guide to Transportation Law,

Super Bowl 2013 champion coach John Harbaugh ’84 will be inducted into Miami’s Cradle of Coaches Association and immortalized with a statue at Yager Stadium’s Cradle of Coaches Plaza in early 2014.

The bronze, full-body statue depicting him on the sidelines as coach of the 2013 Super Bowl XLVII champion Baltimore Ravens will join existing statues of Red Blaik ’18, Paul Brown ’30, Carm Cozza ’52 MA ’54, Paul Dietzel ’48, Weeb Ewbank ’28, Ara Parseghian ’49 MEd ’54, John Pont ’52 MS ’56, and Bo Schembechler ’51.

“To be included with these great men is something only dreamed about,” Harbaugh said. “I am most grateful to Miami, which is to say the coaches, teammates, and professors that made a positive impact on an impressionable young guy. Coach (Tom) Reed gave me an opportunity and taught me important lessons about becoming a man. Coach (Jay) Fry pushed and supported us. There are great teachers and many friends that I cherish to this day. Miami is the people who have made the difference in so many lives.”

which was in both The American Lawyer and Corporate Counsel magazines.

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John Bendel is president of the Albuquerque and Santa Fe, N.M., chapter of the NKBA (National Kitchen and Bath Association). A residential design project of his was featured in Saxon Henry’s book Four Florida Moderns.

Tony Frey assumed command of NRSPAWAR 303 in Mayport, Fla., Dec. 1, 2011. A P-3C Naval flight officer, he has been promoted to captain USN. He lives in Orange Park, Fla., and is the P-8A Integrated Products Team lead for the Space and Naval Warfare Tactical /Mobile program.

Stephen Prostor has been named to three new positions: North American head of margin and securities backed finance at Citi Private Bank; chairman of the

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Class notes New York chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth, and chairman and founding director of ACG Cares, NY Chapter Inc., a new charitable organization. He lives in New Canaan, Conn., with wife Colleen and children Aidan and Cailin.

Deb Vangellow MS ’88, LPGA master professional and director of instruction at Sweetwater Country Club in Houston, is 2012 LPGA National Teacher Of The Year, an LPGA and Golf Digest Woman Top 50 Teacher, a Golf Digest and GOLF Magazine Top Regional Teacher, and a US KIDS GOLF Top 50 Kids Teacher. She also was in the Titleist ad on the Golf Channel.

1989

Born: to Steve Mowchan and Laurie, Caroline Elle, Jan. 31, 2012.

Some 1989 Alpha Chi’s got together in Chicago in October: (front, l-r) Mollie Beattey Smith, Kathleen Briggs Hall, Molly Anderson Axline; (back) Joclyn Kaminsky Balanda, Connie Scheper Degler, Di Weigel Bailey, Alicia Croy Hanlon, Sherry Hunter Walker, and Amelia Nicklaus White.

Rodd and Lisa Peterson Whelpley ’90 were stage parents last summer when their son, Ethan, 10, performed the role of Randolph in Bye Bye Birdie at Theatre in the Park in Petersburg, Ill.

Lt. Col. Joseph Ignazzitto, an Army Reserve medical command soldier, joined an elite medical fraternity March 23, 2012, when he was inducted into the Order of Military Medical Merit (O2M3) at a farewell and retirement dinner for the commands chief of staff in St. Petersburg, Fla. Joseph, a medical service corps plans, operations and training officer for the Army Reserve, was welcomed into the ranks of the O2M3 in front of 60 family, friends, co-workers, and soldiers who filled Columbia Restaurant.

Judy Lombardo performed her one-woman show Victory?! (some names have been changed to protect the guilty) at the IndyFringe Festival Aug. 17-26, 2012, in Indianapolis.

Stephen “Skip” Dine Young, professor of psychology at Hanover College, has published his book, Psychology at the Movies.

1990 James Free is the new director of the John H. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.

Jeffrey Frye PhD ’90 is interim dean for the College of Sciences at the U. of Findlay, where he has worked for 22 years. Prior to his appointment, he chaired the physical sciences department for 10 years.

Rick Ley MEn ’90 of Dowingtown, Pa., has published a novel, Ghost Creek.

Joseph Surette received the Legion of Merit when he retired

from the U.S. Navy after 22 years. He is senior manager for executive communications for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, leading the team that provides strategic communication support to the senior executives.

Paula Walker Cohen MEd ’92 of Middletown, Ohio, has written a book about her geriatric Chow-Lab mix, Bok: The Memoir of a Dysfunctional Dog. Paula is a retired elementary special education teacher.

1991

Born: to Cathleen Grabnar Domes and Kerry, Joshua Thomas, June 10, 2012, joining Adam, 4, and Caroline, 2, in Mentor, Ohio.

Cathleen is with Deloitte Consulting and Kerry is with the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.

Married: Amy Greenbaum and Jason Shaiman, June 10, 2012, in Oxford, where they live. Both work for Miami, and Amy is proud to be co-chair of the 1809 LGBT Alumni Association.

Bob Grogan was re-elected to a second term as DuPage County Auditor, the second largest county in Illinois. Bob’s son, Bobby, looks on during the swearing in.

Sandra Reese Gross ’91 MFA ’04 of Cincinnati has written Toast to Counting with co-author Leah Busch.

Peter Zani is assistant professor of biology and curator of reptiles and amphibians at the U. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, teaching evolution and herpetology.

1992 The latest documentary film written and directed by Jeff Beer, Mansfield and Wire, is being distributed by Laamsvool, a holding company owned by Scott Mitchell. Jeff’s previous film, Morrissey: Sorrow, Suede, and Tea, received honorable mention at the 2008 Universite de Tunis film festival.

Lee Lamonica earned honorable mention for her one-woman show, Listen Here Y’all, at the 2012 North Corbin, Ky., comedy roundup. Lee’s show will be touring comedy clubs, parishes, and assisted living care centers in southeast Kentucky and northeast Tennessee in 2013.

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Class of ’93 Miamians plus their spouses and oodles of kids gather on the Outer Banks of N.C. for their almost-annual summer reunion: (l-r) Jennifer Hilliard Comiza, Erin Lavin Cabonargi, Mike Cabonargi, Ali Hagele DeCourcey, Brian Smith, and Ben Gibbons.

Carol Hofmann Davis is the author of 80 Morning Meeting Ideas for Grades 3-6. A teacher, counselor, and consultant for 20+ years, she is associate direc-

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Class notes tor of professional development at Northeast Foundation for Children.

Susan Cooper Greeley, a registered dietitian for more than 17 years, is the author of Cooking With Trader Joe’s Cookbook Lighten Up!

1994 Jennifer Reece Hall and husband Nicholas started their own nonprofit, Graham’s Foundation, in memory of their son. Graham and his twin sister, Reece, were born four months early on Thanksgiving Day 2006. The foundation, which offers practical and emotional support to parents of premature babies, provides care packages and a website for parents to share their stories.

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DonWithin.” is a geo-technical Bayberry Lanning Shah’s One Woman Show engineer with HDR. They live in Pa. SaveFox the Chapel, Date: Reception March 28th,Lardas 2013; 5p-8p John Modern MA ’96, Atlanta Botanical Gardens of religious assistant professor www.bayberryfineart.com

Bayberry Lanning Shah of Marietta, Ga., is putting on a one-woman, all-floral show this spring until April 28, 2013, at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. “Flowers. Secrets Within” features 35 of her oil and acrylic paintings (www.BayberryFineArt.com), which have been described as sensuous, provocative, and regal. “This show is not only the culmination of a few years of painting, but of a lifetime of the exploration of nature,” she said.

1995 Married: Michael Groat MS ’95 and Georgia Nagel, MD, April 28, 2012. They live in Houston.

Graham Hearns and other Collins Hall alums pose for a picture during their annual summer reunion in Michigan: (l-r) John Humphreys, Graham Hearns, Todd Hall, Doug Ford, and Rich Plum.

Bo Ollison recently joined HBW Resources as senior policy director in its Houston office.

Adopted: by Rebecca Heideman Pisano and Christopher, Keira Qin, born Oct. 11, 2011, in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, joining Carter, 5, and Avery, 2. Rebecca is director of study abroad at Towson U. Christopher is a computer programmer with DCP Group in Baltimore.

Born: to Thomas Sherrill and Heather, Christian Thomas, Oct. 24, 2011, in Columbus.

Adopted: by Shelley Smith Stuart and William, Trinity Nicole, May 31, 2012, joining big siblings Lily and Charles.

Lyra Totten-Naylor ’95 MA ’01, writing as Lola Karns, has a new fiction book, Winter Fairy, published by Crimson Romance, an imprint of F+M Media.

1996 Born: to Jeff Byrum and Katie, Henry Gordon Byrum, Feb. 27, 2012.

Married: Stacy Granger and Donald Splitstone, Sept. 8, 2012, in Raleigh, N.C. Stacy is

2012, joining big sister Ava. They live in Canton, Ohio.

Born: to Karen Uhlir Mosquera and Miguel, Dante Oceano, March 14, 2012.

studies at Franklin & Marshall College, has a new book out, Secularism in Antebellum America (religion and postmodernism).

Shawna Noble has recounted her miraculous recover from a horrendous car wreck at age 16 in her book, Journey to the Promise.

Married: Anne Spagnuolo and Jake Singleton, Sept. 24, 2011, in Denver, where they live. Anne is a real estate agent with PorchLight Group. Jake owns Ace Vending.

Married: Stacie Rosenthal and John Danberry, March 24, 2012, in Indianapolis. Stacie is an account manager for Entercom Communications and John is a general sales manager for Praxair. They live in Fishers, Ind.

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1997 Born: to Erin King Hafner and Ryan, Riley Kane, Sept. 8, 2011.

Erin is the alumni relations officer at Lourdes U. and Ryan is a teacher in Otsego Schools. They live in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Born: to Karen Solomon Rothbaum and Michael, David Solomon, March 15, 2012, joining Meyer, 10, Simon, 8, and Isaac, 4.

They live in Indianapolis.

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Born: to Christopher and Adrianne Walker Carroll ’00, Walker Stedman, March 27, 2012, in Baltimore.

Born: to Douglas and Jennifer Smith Freymark ’94, Wilson Douglas, Jan. 2, 2012. They recently moved to Glen Ellyn, Ill. Born: to Ryan Garn and Courtney, Lucy Catherine, June 14, 2012, joining big sister Grace and big brother George.

Born: to Ami Rayner Mayne and Thomas, Hannah Elyse, July 2,

1999 Jonathan Adams was one of the Cincinnati Business Courier’s Forty Under 40 winners.

Greg Herring is assistant athletic director for marketing and sales at Northern Illinois U. and president of the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators.

Lannetta Vader Knotts has opened Maraye Design Studio, a commercial interior design business in Columbus specializing in the K-12 and higher education markets. Lannetta is owner and design director.

Christopher Lewis MS ’99, director of student services and enrollment programs for the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Michigan, has written his second book, The Ultimate College Preparation Blueprint: Everything You Should Expect And Do When Planning For College.

Born: to Lauren Finn Salyer ’99 MEd ’04 and Brian, Charlotte Finley, July 24, 2012, joining

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Class notes sister Gabriella, 3, in Streetsboro, Ohio. Lauren is an intervention specialist at Woodridge H.S. in Peninsula. Brian is a client experience strategist with Key Corp.

2000 Born: to Karen Squires Davis and Joseph, Meredith Kate, May 30, 2012, joining brother Christopher in Annapolis, Md. Born: to B.J. and Jennifer Kohl Hanley, Rebecca May, March 15, 2011, joining Mia in Columbus.

B.J. is a technical consultant at Limited Brands. Jennifer owns Hound Dog Designs children’s clothing.

Born: to Dennis Hull and Barbara, Emma Kathleen, April 3, 2012.

Dennis is in marketing research at The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. Barbara is a nurse practitioner at Northwestern Hospital. They live in Chicago.

Married: Mark Jenkins and Marina Botros, July 14, 2012,

in Houston where they are PhD candidates in the humanities program at the U. of Texas.

Born: to Todd and Amanda Campo Johnson, Nels Robert, Sept. 8, 2011, in San Francisco.

Married: Cassy Maxton and Craig Whitacre, June 10, 2012, in Staunton, Va. Cassy is the theatre teacher at Shenandoah Valley Governor’s School. Craig works in IT. Born: to Theresa Merkel McKnight and Aaron, Aidan Edward, Sept. 17, 2011.

Kelly Fielitz Patyk earned a DVM from Colorado State U. May 11, 2012, and is a veterinary epidemiologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health. She and husband Matt live in Fort Collins, Colo.

Born: to Charlie Zimkus and Svetlana Pelova, Evan John, Sept. 12, 2011.

2001 Born: to Charlie Billings and Kate, Joseph Patrick, July 7, 2012, joining older brother Chip in St. Louis. Charlie is an attorney at a family firm and Kate is a senior analyst at AT&T. Born: to Betty Smith Bittorf and Brian, Barrett John, April 30, 2011, joining big brother Bronson in Brookville, Ohio. Betty is a stayat-home mom. Brian is a superintendent at AK Construction.

Married: Allison Dalstrom and Paul Glotzbecker, Nov. 12, 2011, in Miami’s Kumler Chapel. Allison is a communications specialist for GE Aviation. Paul is a database administrator for Miami. They live in West Chester, Ohio.

Born: to Dennis and Natalina Talarico Dziubek ’03, Gavin Andrew, July 6, 2012, in Madison, Wis. Born: to Janelle Giangerelli and Lawrence Birello, Roman

John, March 22, 2012, in South San Francisco. Janelle is a registered dietitian for California Children’s Services in San Mateo County. Lawrence is a student activities coordinator at San Francisco State U. Natalie Hostacky Stevens was named a Rising Star by the 2013 Ohio Super Lawyers Magazine in employment litigation: defense.

Born: to Matt Van Schoyck ’01 MAcc ’02 and Casey, Grayden Cooper, Dec. 27, 2011, joining big sister Madi in South Lebanon, Ohio. Matt is a manager at FP&A at Omnicare in Cincinnati.

2002 Born: to Jeremy and Tiffany Church Arthurs, Bryce Stephen, July 2, 2012, in Cincinnati.

Born: to Tyler and Kelly Greenwood Carlson ’03, Grant Tyler, July 16, 2012, joining older sisters Leanna and Whitney and older

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Class notes brother Truman in Skokie, Ill. Tyler is a State Farm Insurance agent in Evanston, Ill. Born: to Paul and Alyssa Garcia Evanoff, Derek Anthony, July 4, 2012, joining Gregory, 3. Paul is a financial adviser for Charles Schwab. Alyssa is director of communications for Guidestone Ohio.

Married: Craig Heringhaus and Nicole Craven, June 1, 2012, in Sebastien Inlet, Fla. Craig is a district manager at the Infiniti division of Nissan North America.

Nicole is an integrative medicine pediatrician at The Franz Center.

They live in Orlando.

Married: Abby Schwartz and Chris Brigadoi in Minter, Ohio.

Abby is a performing arts teacher at Marburn Academy. Chris is a service manager for Scotts Lawn Service. They live in Hilliard, Ohio.

chology from the U. of Dayton, works in Springfield City Schools.

She and Michael, married June 17, 2011, in Dayton, are the parents of Colton Charles, born Dec. 16, 2011, in Indianapolis.

Born: to Jackie Kirby Repicky and Tim, Lucas Steven, May 23, 2012, joining Jacob, 2, in Cleveland. Jackie is an HR manager with Alcoa. Tim is an implementation consultant with Imagine Software.

Born: to Justin and Katie Shrout Shepard, Henry William and Lincoln James, Sept. 30, 2011.

2004 John Burgman of New York was awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship to South Korea in journalism for this academic year. The program is designed to increase mutual understanding between people of the U.S. and of other countries.

at the U. of Kansas, was honored as one of KU’s 2012-2013 Women of Distinction for breaking stereotypes as a female scientist and an active duty military spouse.

She also chairs the Geological Society of America’s Professional Development Committee.

Born: to Kevin and Jessica Brandenburg Steiner ’03, Jacob Alan, May 24, 2012, joining Jenna, 2, in Springboro, Ohio.

Married: Drew Wessell and Moira Sullivan Madden, Dec. 10, 2011, at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the U. of Notre Dame.

They live in Chicago.

Married: Tamara Williams and Emmanual Guillory, Dec. 1, 2012, in Lufkin, Texas.

Born: to Sarah Zielinski and Matt Carrington, Emma Grace, July 16, 2012. Sarah is an associate at the law firm McGuireWoods.

Matt is a claims adjuster for Progressive Insurance. They live in Chicago.

2005 Miami moms with members of Miami’s Class of 2034: (l-r) Maggie Malone Swearingen with daughter Abby, Lisa Thomas Banal with son Zane, and Cathy Paik Kuhn with daughter Lily.

Born: to Matthew and Abigail Galipault Whited ’00, Mason Alexander, Sept. 3, 2011, in Boulder.

Jen Duck and Lindsay King with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson on the first show the two women co-produced for Katie Couric’s show Katie!

Next reunion: June 20-23, 2013

Born: to Andrew and Erin McCullough Durren ’03, Ava Jane and Grace Madeleine, Dec. 1, 2012. Erin is an educator. Andrew is a national curriculum specialist for Cengage Learning. They live in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

Tracy Connon Mayne, who earned a degree in school psy-

Charity Phillips Lander MS ’94, a PhD candidate in geology

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Born: to Eric and Chandra Valput Verbic, Lincoln Eric, June 26, 2012. Eric works for CIGNA and Chandra is a stay-athome mom in Nashville.

Born: to Aidan and Emily Moore Carrigg, Molly Elizabeth, Oct. 16, 2012. Emily is a dietitian. Aidan is a pilot for the U.S. Navy. They live in Leonardtown, Md. Married: Hadley Eblen and Jeremy Lewno, Aug. 14, 2012, at a Spring Grove, Minn., family farm.

Born: to Eric and Lauren Oakes Fuller, Ethan Robert, June 19, 2012.

Born: to Katie Benages Gold and Matt, Camryn Elizabeth, Jan. 13, 2012. They live in Plymouth, Mich., where Katie is an account manager at Fathead and Matt is a teacher.

With so many Miami alums enrolled at the U. of Louisville School of Law, perhaps a record number, they decided to get together: (l-r) Timmy George ’11, Matt Doran ’08, Donovan Potter ’11, Lee Vish ’05, Susan Duncan ’87, interim law school dean; Meghan Burns ’12, Kiera Hollis ’11, Luke Milligan ’98, professor; Brian O’Connor ’98.

Not pictured: Kaitlyn Jones ’11, Emma Franklin ’10, Mary Jessee ’09, Andrew Miller ’10, and Leah Rupp Smith ’06.

2006 Born: to Greg and Jamie Swindall Bobulsky, Emma Jo, June 4, 2012. Greg is an internal medicine resident at Ohio State U. Medical Center and Jamie is a veterinarian in Columbus.

Born: to Kenny and Emily Kruse Goodwin ’05, Chase Joshua, May 2, 2012, joining Kara, 2.

Kenny is a CPA for Skoda Minotti in Mayfield, Ohio. Emily teaches middle school math for Buckeye Local Schools.

Married: Carly Haviland and Michael Oberle, July 28, 2012, in Frederick, Md. They live in Washington, D.C., where Carly works at SunTrust and Michael is finishing his second year of graduate school at Georgetown U.

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Class notes Married: Molly Salmon and Matthew Todd ’04, July 9, 2011, in Oxford where Molly is a sixthgrade teacher for Talawanda Schools and Matthew is general manager at Buffalo Wild Wings.

Married: Paul Theobald and Ali Johnson, in Oxford, Oct. 13, 2012. Paul is a new-model quality manger at Honda Manufacturing in Greensburg, Ind. Ali is a store manager at Kroger in Fairfield, Ohio. They live in Cincinnati.

Rob Mecklenborg Jr. is an associate in the Cincinnati law firm Peck, Shaffer, and Williams. He practices in the traditional issues and conduit practice groups.

Jerry Rouse has been promoted to manager at Ernst & Young.

Based in Cincinnati, he serves in the tax performance advisory group. He is a licensed CPA in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana.

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Matt Sajna celebrates the Akron Aeros win over the Trenton Thunder to claim the 2012 Eastern League Championship. The Aeros are the Double A baseball team of the Cleveland Indians. Matt is starting his second year as the team’s bullpen catcher. He is also the sports and operations coordinator for the 2013 National Senior Games this summer in Cleveland.

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Maria Wellman ’06 MS ’08, a speech-language pathologist, reunites with Mario in June 2012 during her third mission with Operation Smile to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Mario was named in her honor after she cared for his family during previous missions.

Lindsey Hossbach Youngerman ’06 MBA ’12 earned an MBA, with a concentration in marketing, from Miami in August 2012.

2007

Andrew Katerakis with his parents, Jim ’76 and Jody Gille Katerakis ’76, during his graduation from OSU Dental School in June 2012.

Andy Bailer is an account development representative at ServiceNow. The publicly owned company in San Diego delivers IT service management solutions.

2009 Married: Laura Coleman and Ryan Korchinski ’08, July 28, 2012, in Miami’s Kumler Chapel.

They live in Atlanta where Laura works for a Hispanic marketing agency for Coca-Cola, (Visual Latina). Ryan is a sales executive at the cloud-based health-care services company athenahealth.

The Alumni Association honored the following at its awards banquet Feb. 23: (front, l-r) Terry Marty ’61, recipient of the John E. Dolibois Award; Vanessa Schutz ’06, the H. Kenneth Gambee Young Alumni Award; Bobbe Burke ’70, A.K. Morris Award; and Michael Oxley ’66, Distinguished Achievement Medal; (back) Bruce Guiot, Dave Roberts Award; Mike Macechko ’65, Distinguished Achievement Medal; Brad Bundy, Honorary Lifetime Membership in Alumni Association; and Ronald Helman ’55, Bishop Medal.

2010 Ashley Brandenburg has signed a deal with Nashville-based BE Music and Entertainment to write and record music, including her own songs.

Miami Athletics welcomed the newest inductees into its Hall of Fame Feb. 9: (front, l-r) Dale Cohen ’94 (women’s tennis), Karin Sherr ’99 (synchronized skating), and Jane Hoeppner, representing her late husband, Terry (football coach); (back) P.L. (Pete) Miller ’71 (men’s track and field), Ben Roethlisberger ’12 (football), and Kyle Voska ’98 (golf).

Emily Getschman earned a master’s degree in social work from Ohio State U. June 8, 2012.

She is a licensed clinician on the staff of Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

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Kendra Keller earned an MS in occupational therapy June 9, 2012, from Rush U. in Chicago.

Donna Boen, Miamian, 108 Glos Center, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056-2480; Miamian@MiamiOH.edu; or fax it to 513-529-1950. Please send in details after your event.

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Obituaries Urcella “Dawn” Perkins Mosser Suhrer ’34, Avon Lake, Ohio, Oct. 18, 2012. Retired, secretary, Sandusky County.

Pennsylvania State University business administration graduate school; professor emeritus of management at Penn State and Rollins College.

E. Isabelle “Tee” Robbins Fesker ’36, St. Marys, Ohio, May 13, 2012.

Dorothy Dow DeVitt ’45, Erie, Pa., Sept. 25, 2012.

Marian Bax Heismann ’37 ’60, Mason, Ohio, July 9, 2012. Retired, teacher.

Alice Petticrew Leonard ’45, Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 1, 2012. Former PE teacher.

Ralph R. Johnson ’38, Hamilton, Ohio, Sept. 4, 2012. Former employee, Black Clawson Co.; city of Hamilton.

Rosemary Werner Ross ’45, Arlington Heights, Ill., May 27, 2012.

Ruth Tallman Pifer ’38, Canal Winchester, Ohio, Nov. 11, 2012.

Retired, insurance company executive.

Margaret Smith Borckardt ’46, McKinney, Texas, Oct. 20, 2012. Retired, special education teacher, Blanchard Valley Center, Findlay, Ohio.

Marvin J. Miller ’39, New York, N.Y., Nov. 27, 2012. Retired, labor economist; executive director, Major League Baseball Players Association, 1966-1982.

Mary Ann Morrison Osgood ’46, LaGrange Park, Ill., Oct. 9, 2012. Former reading teacher, Cleveland’s west side.

Virginia Shea Huxel ’40, Chardon Township, Ohio, Sept. 1, 2012. Retired, teacher, St. Mary’s School.

Robert D. Lightner ’40, Toledo, Ohio, Nov. 6, 2012. Retired, manager, OwensCorning Fiberglas.

Virginia Forsyth Shera ’40, Alexandria, Va., Nov. 9, 2012. Former dietitian, teacher, and small-business owner.

Virginia Bierly Wolff ’40, River Falls, Minn., Oct. 11, 2012. Former teacher.

Wilbur W. Deaton ’41, Yellow Springs, Ohio, Sept. 8, 2012. Owner, Deaton Hardware Co. in Yellow Springs.

William A. Kulow ’41, Vero Beach, Fla., May 5, 2012. Retired, graphic arts.

Annalou Banker Thomas ’41, Hilton Head Island, S.C., Nov. 12, 2012. Founder of Hospice Care of the Low Country; first director, Voluntary Action Center.

Elizabeth Callahan ’42, Portland, Ore., Nov. 1, 2012. Former occupational therapist; co-owner, art gallery.

John E. Richey Jr. ’42, Naples, Fla., Sept. 8, 2012. Retired, pilot, TWA. Victoria Eby Memmel ’43, Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 13, 2012. Retired, guidance counselor, Cincinnati Public Schools.

Marjory Morris Peters ’43 MEd ’63, Oxford, Ohio, Sept. 11, 2012. Former teacher, home economics and family living.

Carol Kersting Dunlap ’44, Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 22, 2012. Retired, sales agent, Loss Realty Group.

Max D. Richards ’44, Winter Springs, Fla., Sept. 14, 2012. Former dean, Winter 2013

Martha Fullerton U’Ren ’46, Petaluma, Calif., Nov. 12, 2012. Retired, secretary, San Bernardino City Schools.

George J. “Red” Albrecht ’47, Fairfield, Conn., Oct. 15, 2012. Retired, owner, Almar Industries. Husband of Dorothy Dengate Albrecht ’47.

John S. Bowen ’47, Olmsted Falls, Ohio, May 21, 2011. Retired, vice president, Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co. Husband of Jean Drumpelmann Bowen ’49.

Julia Schneider Floreen ’47, Haverford, Pa., Oct. 27, 2012.

Robert F. Krause ’47, Dublin, Ohio, Aug. 22, 2012. Retired, president, Sommerville-Belkin Packaging.

Arthur J. Matott Jr. ’47, Fort Wayne, Ind., Sept. 14, 2012. Retired, partner, Cole-Matott Architectural firm.

Dorothy Younger Rothage ’47, Orange, Calif., Oct. 21, 2012. Wife of George ’48.

Jack J. Wendling ’47, Kerrville, Texas, Nov. 11, 2011. Retired, businessman.

Lois Robinett Werbeach ’47, Painesville Township, Ohio, Oct. 28, 2012. Retired, business education teacher, Riverside High School.

Richard T. Sunderland ’48 MA ’53, Kent, Ohio, Oct. 7, 2012. Retired, music teacher, directed choirs and marching band, Twinsburg and Portsmouth schools; organist/choir director, First Congregational Church of Twinsburg.

Harold H. Edwards ’49, Springfield, Va., Aug. 27, 2012.

Milton A. Good Jr. ’49, Dublin, Ohio, Oct. 8, 2012. Special agent with FBI;

retired, director of industrial security, Rockwell International in Columbus.

Donald E. Morrison ’49 MA ’51, Mount Vernon, Ohio, Aug. 17, 2012.

Retired, industrial arts teacher, Mount Vernon City Schools.

Bruce H. Noordhoff ’49, Richland, Wash., June 6, 2012. Retired, manager, Westinghouse Hanford Projects Dept.

John W. Bates Jr. ’50, Connersville, Ind., Aug. 8, 2012. Former owner, East Side Marathon.

Carl H. Halen ’50, Hamilton, Ohio, Aug. 26, 2012. Retired, educator, Cincinnati Public Schools; bandleader, Gin Bottle 7; owner, Christmas tree farm.

Charles O. Kelley ’50, Overland Park, Kan., Oct. 13, 2012. Former CEO, Ducommun; founder, Kelley Metals.

Thomas W. Kemp ’50, Boca Raton, Fla., Oct. 5, 2012. Retired, journalist; founder, Fiduciary Research.

John P. “J.P.” Lafferty Jr. ’50, Duluth, Minn., Nov. 29, 2012. Retired, district claims manager, Nationwide Insurance.

Husband of Anne Staley Lafferty ’51.

Arthur K. Thatcher ’50, Merritt Island, Fla., Oct. 28, 2012. MD. William J. Broz Sr. ’51, Lorain, Ohio, July 28, 2012. Retired, payroll supervisor, National Tube Co. of U.S. Steel.

Alice Tanner Foote ’51, Urbana, Ill., Sept. 24, 2012. Wife of J. Lindsley ’52.

Jeanette Brees Messenger ’51, Longview, Texas, Sept. 10, 2012.

Freeman E. Stock Jr. ’51, Springfield, Ohio, April 21, 2012. Retired, management consultant, Clayton L. Scoggins Associates. Husband of Joan Mathis Stock ’52.

Frank R. Bennett ’52, Hendersonville, N.C., Oct. 5, 2012. Husband of Joyce Fleming Bennett ’52.

Anne Feth Chrysler ’52, Charlotte, N.C., Nov. 3, 2012. Wife of Charles ’52.

Harold W. “Hal” Jasper ’52 MA ’54, Oxford, Ohio, Dec. 1, 2012. Miami professor emeritus of accountancy, 19591998. Husband of BJ Amato Jasper ’53.

Joanna Marker Preston ’52, Richardson, Texas, Aug. 24, 2012. Former teacher.

Blair D. Algie ’53, Farmington Hills, Mich., Oct. 18, 2012. Retired, Ford Motor. Husband of Peg Lang Algie ’53.

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Shirley Meier Davies ’53, Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 8, 2012. Retired, teacher, Mariemont School System.

John A. Minns ’53, Sylvania, Ohio, March 3, 2012. Retired, from OwensIllinois and H.H. Donnelly Co. Patricia DeVore Wyatt ’53, West End, N.C., Oct. 12, 2012. Established Fox-Ridge Farm, breeding and raising world champion Morgan horses.

Shirley Larson Zalud ’53, Willoughby, Ohio, Sept. 18, 2012.

Nancy Sweet Bachmann ’54, Dayton, Ohio, Sept. 1, 2012. Retired, teacher/athletic director, University of Cincinnati.

Richard D. Kolb ’54, Louisville, Ky., Oct. 4, 2012. Air Force veteran.

Eugene B. Pleiman ’54, Russia, Ohio, Sept. 21, 2012. Retired, vice president, sales and engineering, Mansfield Brass and Aluminum.

Raymond S. Bash ’55, Edgewater, Fla., Sept. 14, 2012. Retired, systems analyst.

Patricia Williams Black ’55, Hamilton, Ohio, Sept. 6, 2012. Retired, fifth-grade teacher, Beachwoods Elementary, Greenhills, Ohio. Wife of Robert ’50 MEd ’56.

John E. “Jack” DeLaet ’55, Bradenton, Fla., Oct. 2, 2012. Retired, CPA, partner at McCrate, DeLaet and Co. Martin R. Erickson ’55, Windermere, Fla., Aug. 25, 2012.

LaVerne R. Hosek ’55, Willowbrook, Ill., Oct. 17, 2012. Retired, chief legal officer, Follett Publishing.

Roger L. Moore ’55, Arlington Heights, Ill., June 23, 2012.

Robert J. Wallace ’55, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Nov. 1, 2012. Retired, coach and teacher, Garfield High School.

Mariann Logee Conover ’56, Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 19, 2012. Retired, elementary teacher in California.

Joseph L. Orosz Jr. ’56, Orlando, Fla., Oct. 16, 2012. Retired, Martin-Marietta.

Joyce McCracken Patrick ’56, Hartland, Wis., Sept. 15, 2012.

Richard E. Shoenberger ’56, West Carrollton, Ohio, Sept. 19, 2012.

Jack E. Daugherty ’57, Oxford, Ohio, Sept. 6, 2012. Miami professor emeritus of educational media and librarian, 1962-1984.

John A. Dunning ’57, Raleigh, N.C., Oct. 14, 2012. Retired, USDA at North Carolina State University. Husband of Ikijeanne Lee Dunning ’60.

Alice Bovard-Taylor ’57, Littleton, Colo., Nov. 9, 2011. Former teacher, University of Minnesota; former owner, private psychotherapy practice.

Edward M. Teubner ’57 MEd ’59, Hamilton, Ohio, June 28, 2012.

Mary Parks Smith ’62, Liberty Township, Ohio, Oct. 16, 2012. Retired, teacher, Lakota Schools. Wife of Delmer ’60.

Marshall K. Deam ’63, Sinking Spring, Pa., Sept. 2, 2012. Retired, from sales, Hursh Packing.

Nancy Clark Waltz ’63, Eaton, Ohio, Sept. 16, 2012. Secretary, Concord United Church of Christ.

James F. Wisecup MEd ’57, South Charleston, Ohio, March 23, 2012.

Retired, school superintendent.

Nancy Huheey Herfel ’64, Southgate, Ky., Aug. 31, 2012. Retired, head librarian, Newport Branch of Campbell County Public Library.

Gerald S. Buerk ’58, Oxford, Ohio, Nov. 3, 2012. MD, ophthalmologist.

Husband of Ellen Plummer Buerk ’64.

Richard B. Robb ’64, South Euclid, Ohio, Aug. 31, 2012.

John C. Hauck Jr. ’58, Sheffield Village, Ohio, Nov. 5, 2012. Worked for Higbee’s, G.D. Searle, and own business, Chuck Marine Supply.

Carole Fleming Jackson ’58, Macon, Ga., Sept. 18, 2012. Retired, teacher, Burke Elementary.

Glenn A. Morocco ’58, Erdenheim, Pa., April 27, 2012. Retired, professor of language and literature, La Salle University.

Harold T. Sauerbrei ’64, Fresno, Calif., Aug. 6, 2012. Former president, Valley Decorating; founder, Sierra Display.

Margaret Williamson Barnthouse ’65, Hamilton, Ohio, Aug. 31, 2012. Retired, teacher, Hamilton City Schools.

Robert E. Brosky ’65, Port Clinton, Ohio, Oct. 20, 2011. Retired, president/ CEO, First Federal Savings of Lorain.

Charles L. Geanangel ’59, Winter Haven, Fla., Nov. 9, 2012. Retired, math teacher, Haines City High School.

William N. Roy ’65, Eugene, Ore., June 14, 2012. Former assistant professor of art, University of Oregon; building contractor/owner of Bill Roy Builder.

William F. Mills II ’59, Culver, Ind., Oct. 16, 2012. Retired, principal and superintendent.

Shirley Pearson Stein ’65, Piqua, Ohio, April 1, 2012. Retired, teacher, Piqua City Schools.

Dean J. Pelley ’59, Fripp Island, S.C., Nov. 8, 2012. MD.

Frederick W. “Fritz” Engel ’66, El Dorado Hills, Calif., Sept. 20, 2012.

Retired, sales career with many wellknown corporations. Husband of Jane Mace Engel ’65.

C. Bruce Hallmann ’60, Germantown, Tenn., Nov. 11, 2011. Senior vice president of sales, Cornerstone Systems; retired, Illinois Central Railroad.

Sukeo Kanabayashi ’60, Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 26, 2012. Chairman, Mataro Doll Craft Academy. For more, go to http:// bit.ly/UWrynE. Linda Linscott Robert ’60, Upper Arlington, Ohio, Jan. 25, 2012. Former teacher, Bexley Cassingham Junior High.

Joseph L. Cox III ’61, College Corner, Ohio, Jan. 10, 2013. Miami art professor emeritus and associate provost, 19722007. Husband of Barbara Stephens Cox ’64.

Joseph Gardner III ’61, Tucker, Ga., July 20, 2012. Attorney.

Geraldine “Geri” Williams Fraley ’62, Leesburg, Fla., Oct. 18, 2012. Retired, teacher. Wife of Larry ’62.

Steven R. Fisher ’66, Hamilton, Ohio, Aug. 31, 2012. Retired, auto salesman, Fiehrer Pontiac.

Ellen Denning Oerter ’66, Hamilton, Ohio, Sept. 20, 2012. Retired, from McGraw Hill.

Robert B. Estler ’67, Wheaton, Ill., July 17, 2012. Husband of Donna Chubb Estler ’67.

Ren M. Sutherland ’67, Mount Lebanon, Pa., Oct. 5, 2012. Retired, advertising and sales, Koppers Industries.

Richard D. Parsons ’68, Upper Arlington, Ohio, Sept. 30, 2012.

Dennis J. Morris ’69 MEd ’74, Mount Sterling, Ohio, Nov. 16, 2012. Retired, coach, athletic director, and teacher, Madison Plains High School. Husband of Katherine Luthman Morris ’75.

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Karen L. Osborne ’69, New York, N.Y., Sept. 6, 2012. Freelance editor.

Douglas A. Piper ’69, Washington, D.C., Sept. 3, 2012.

Russell L. Ensign ’70, Canton, Ohio, Oct. 12, 2012. Chair, communications department, Kent State University Stark.

Charles A. Little EdS ’77, Lebanon, Ohio, Nov. 5, 2012. Retired, principal, Louisa Wright Elementary, Lebanon City Schools.

Steven R. Maki MA ’77, Capitola, Calif., March 15, 2012. Retired, planner, county of Monterey.

Christine Crockett Grigsby ’70, Mason, Ohio, June 28, 2012.

Robert S. Brockwehl MEn ’78, Golden, Colo., April 23, 2012. Retired, environmental planner, National Park Service.

Dianne Croft Nowacki ’70, Melbourne, Fla., Oct. 5, 2012. Social worker, Maine schools, then Brevard County hospices.

William H. Harty Jr. ’78, Columbia, Mo., Dec. 11, 2012. Former trust officer in Chicago banks; with Dillards store.

Anne Fonner Thomsen ’71, West Chester, Ohio, May 28, 2012. Former teacher, Hopewell Middle School.

Keith R. Jensen ’78, Denver, Colo., Aug. 28, 2012. Worked for CBS and Comcast Spotlight Media. Husband of Anne Kuntz Jensen ’85.

Daniel J. Barnhart ’72, Gainesville, Va., Sept. 5, 2012. Retired, employee, RR Donnelly and Sons.

Barbara A. Bell ’72, Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 19, 2012. Retired, Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Supply Center Columbus.

Edward J. Benevent ’72, McCandless Township, Pa., Sept. 1, 2012.

David C. Fuller PhD ’72, Elyria, Ohio, Sept. 12, 2012. Retired, teacher, principal, and assistant superintendent.

Thomas J. Householder MS ’72, Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 23, 2012. Retired, teacher, math, engineering, physics, Muskingum Area Technical College.

Maxine Wilson MacKinnon ’72, Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 16, 2012. Former teacher, Harding Junior High and Garfield Senior High, Butler County.

David T. Meyers ’72, Lewes, Del., June 2, 2009. Customer service, U.S. Airways.

Miklos Treiber ’72, Morganton, N.C., Oct. 11, 2012. Owner, Valley Rental Centers.

Gail Stout Cochran ’73, Columbus, Ind., Aug. 31, 2012. Former secretary, A/K Steel.

Susan L. Cook ’74 ’76, Kettering, Ohio, Sept. 2, 2012. Music teacher.

Richard L. Bechtel ’75, Lexington, Mass., Feb. 19, 2012. Founding partner, Bechtel Frank Erickson Architects. Husband of Karen Gehnrich Bechtel ’75.

Elaine DeForrest Haynes ’75 MEd ’76, Boca Raton, Fla., Aug. 31, 2011. Retired, media librarian, Northwestern Middle School, Springfield, Ohio.

Mark R. Elsass ’76, Batavia, Ohio, Nov. 23, 2012. Manager, applications and technical service, Milicron.

Winter 2013

Amoret S. Butler ’79, Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 22, 2012. Retired, English teacher.

Mary Jane Kaiser ’79, Hamilton, Ohio, Sept. 27, 2012. Retired, elementary school teacher.

Jeffry G. Laupus ’79, New York, N.Y., Nov. 8, 2012. Vice president, institutional retirement and trust services, Wells Fargo.

Chris M. Jaeger ’80, Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 6, 2012.

Elaine Harp Eversole MEd ’81, Franklin, Ohio, Nov. 5, 2012. Retired, elementary school teacher, Franklin City Schools.

Mark A. Brufladt ’83, Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 5, 2012. Self-employed accountant.

Todd A. Hopkins ’85, Fernandina Beach, Fla., Nov. 17, 2012.

Chester C. Lucido III ’86, Austin, Texas, Sept. 25, 2012. Educational publishing.

Theresa Colter Thielemann ’87, Bozeman, Mont., Oct. 21, 2012. Founder, Kitchen TLC. Wife of Paul ’88.

John F. Rooney ’88, Needham, Mass., Nov. 9, 2012. With NY Life Investment Management.

Christopher R. Corthell ’91, Bowling Green, Ohio, Nov. 8, 2012. Para planner, Ameriprise Financial.

Roy R. “Rusty” Phillips ’94, Dayton, Ohio, Nov. 9, 2012. With engineering firm Amec International.

Stephanie Markham Minge ’01, Springboro, Ohio, Dec. 5, 2012. Music teacher, Carroll High School, then Middletown City Schools. Wife of Sammy ’03.

Bradley J. “BJ” O’Brien ’02, Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 4, 2012. Vice president, Woodburn Press.

Nathaniel J. Regensburg ’03, Middletown, Ohio, Oct. 30, 2012. Director and lead instructor, NPTI in Seattle.

William L. Davis ’06, Louisville, Ky., Sept. 2, 2012. Captain, Air Force.

Ainis “Andy” Supronas ’14, Mason, Ohio, Dec. 1, 2012. A junior majoring in software engineering at Miami.

Faculty, Staff, Friends Joseph L. Cox III (see ’61).

Jack E. Daugherty (see ’57).

Sander B. Friedman, Fort Collins, Colo., July 28, 2012. Miami professor emeritus of manufacturing engineering, 1974-1987.

Harold W. “Hal” Jasper (see ’52).

Donald E. “Gene” Masters, Oxford, Ohio, Oct. 2, 2012. Retired, from Miami.

Joan B. Murray, Black Mountain, N.C., Sept. 13, 2012. Biology teacher at Western College for Women, 1950s-1960s.

Michael M. Osterberger, Trenton, Ohio, June 20, 2012. Retired, Miami staff, 19812006.

Mildred B. Overton, Oxford, Ohio, June 26, 2012. Retired, Miami food service manager, 43 years.

Georgiana Reynolds, Tuckahoe, N.Y., Feb. 27, 2012. Former professor of classics and archaeology, Western College for Women, 1965-1974.

Callie S. Roberts, Trenton, Ohio, Aug. 27, 2012. Retired, Miami supplies assistant, 1995-2008.

Lucille M. Rumpler, Somerville, Ohio, May 19, 2012. Retired, Miami housing and dining, 1976-2001.

Clarence L. “Larry” Smallwood, Oxford, Ohio, June 19, 2012. Retired, Miami housing and dining.

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

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One more thing …

My Oxford life as a folksinger

By Jack Warshaw ’65

Jack Warshaw ’65 still performs, sharing both serious and humorous messages through song.

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came to Miami from New York City in the fall of ’59 to study architecture. Although Miami had a good reputation, the choice was partly because it promised the independence that I could not have if I stayed in New York. But I soon found that my background, music tastes, and political ideas led inevitably toward the more bohemian elements that were in short supply at MU. Nearly 700 miles from home, 14 hours by car, if we were lucky. Might have been another planet.

The Great Folk Boom was then almost unknown to Midwesterners, but a few of us, including Miami classmates Kathy Davis, Philip Sharaf, and Tom Loughead, drove down to a Pete Seeger concert in Cincinnati. A former member of the folk music quartet The Weavers, Pete was prominent in the 1950s and ’60s for singing protest music and was under a Contempt of Congress indictment for refusing to answer questions about his politics.

The concert inspired us to organize a regular folksong group.

Bob Strippel, who ran the YMCA at Miami’s Student Union, let us use the Y’s lounge on Friday nights.

From then on, there was a weekly “hootenanny,” which outlived my time at MU. We loved The Weavers, traditional singers and interpreters, hated The Kingston Trio and other commercializers. I formed a trio, The Wanderers, modeled on The Weavers,

with fellow student Nick Bocher and “townie” Lynn Sandage. We took first prize at the MU talent show of 1960.

We organized the first Miami Folk Festival, inviting Kentucky banjo picker Pete Steele, who had recorded Last Payday at Coal Creek and other songs for the Library of Congress in 1938; and The Stoney Mountain Boys, who played Cincinnati bars. I worried about how Pete (and his wife, Lillie) would go down with students who had never heard anything remotely as authentic. To my delight, they were cheered wildly. The Stoney Mountain Boys left the students open-mouthed with their virtuoso Bluegrass picking.

We broke boundaries and rules, often neglecting formal studies.

Once we drove 300 miles to Chicago for a Seeger Family concert with a borrowed tape recorder in the trunk.

I still have the recording.

In 1961 we spent an evening at Oberlin with Scottish folksinger/ songwriter/socialist Ewan MacColl and American folksinger Peggy Seeger (Ewan’s partner and Pete’s half-sister) before Ewan was banned from the U.S. The following year, I tried to organize a concert for Peggy, who was touring on her own at the time, but the Council of Deans refused to back it on the pretext that the Miami Folksong Group was not a “recognized organization” with rules, constitution, etc.

The Wanderers dispersed, and I formed a duo with Kathy Davis, playing gigs in Mac & Joe’s basement bar and other venues. That friendship and love of music endures to this day, together with a lifelong friendship with (now) Texas bluesman/songwriter Stuart Michael Burns. He and I caroused and womanized (the pill had only just become obtainable) with a gang of mainly Western coeds and English majors, one of whom was David Standish, creator of the irreverent off-campus mag Plague and later Playboy editor.

We joined the Civil Rights movement and sang for it locally. I

still regret missing the legendary Selma march, under pressure of my architecture thesis. Taking up a postgraduation job offer in London, I immediately looked up Peggy and Ewan, as well as American guitarist, banjo, and fiddle player Tom Paley, who left the contemporary oldtime string band New Lost City Ramblers to move with his wife to Sweden and then England. I spent the next seven years with my British contemporaries’ Critics Group, honing my skills, touring clubs, performing with Peggy Seeger and Tom Paley, writing songs, and acting.

The Vietnam War had made me into a draft resister, fugitive, and leader of the Stop It Committee, the American anti-war group. In 1970 news of the Kent State massacre struck deep. It could just as well have been Miami, I thought. So I wrote The Kent State Massacre, recorded by folk, blues, and jazz singer Barbara Dane.

For me, it was an honor to resist the war, although I would just as soon not have faced arrest back then. With Jimmy Carter’s amnesty of January 1977, I was free to return to the U.S. But, having made a life in England, I stayed, continuing to sing and write, as well as practice architecture, fittingly perhaps, dealing with heritage and vernacular buildings. I count myself lucky to be where I am.

Jack Warshaw ’65 is an architect, planner, building conservationist, urban designer, singer, and songwriter. Founder of Conservation Architecture & Planning, he and wife Jane live in Hampshire, England. They have two daughters and a son, all grown and musical.

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eady to be rid of winter, the trees of Miami shake snow off their branches and reward all with fresh greenery, complementing the eager tulips lining Central Quad’s walkway. With the coming of warmer days, students will shed their cumbersome coats and boots and once again start tossing Frisbees and footballs in front of MacCracken Hall in the late-afternoon sun.