Ohio Today spring 2019

spring 2019 L ANDSCAPES

for ALUMNI and FRIENDS of OHIO UNIVERSITY

P R E S I D EN T ’ S M E S S AG E

Holding fast & embracing change Dear OHIO Alumni, Have you ever wondered just how much the landscape of our university has changed over the last 215 years? The speed at which changes occur can sometimes be staggering, but OHIO students, faculty, and staff are staying ahead of the curve by putting intellect and innovation to work.

The economic and physical well-being of our communities has changed drastically over the past decade. Ohio University is attempting to meet this challenge by creating and cultivating an ecosystem of engagement. The Heritage

College’s mobile clinic travels throughout southeast Ohio, bringing quality medical care to our region’s most vulnerable populations.

The College of Health Sciences and Professions has collaborated with several state and local organizations to repurpose a recently closed regional jail by transforming it into a treatment and reintegration facility for women who are confronting drug addiction. And through the incubation efforts of Ohio University’s awardwinning Innovation Center, 297 jobs were accounted for in 2018, generating an estimated $12.9 million in employee compensation.

Bobcat Beacons of Excellence FROM PRESIDENT M. DUANE NELLIS OHIO President M. Duane Nellis signs CEO

Action Pledge to advance diversity and inclusion within the workplace.

[LEFT] Students, faculty, and staff engage in the first OHIO Challenging Dialogues Discussion, hosted by President Nellis. Photo by Hannah Ruhoff, BSVC ’20 [ABOVE] Elizabeth Hendricks, BFA ’20, performs as Sally Bowles in the School of Theater’s 2018 production of Cabaret. photo by Daniel King , MFA ’15

Various issues sparking national and international debate have the potential to change the landscape of personal connections. In an effort to bring people together and better connect with the world around us, a new “Challenging Dialogues” lecture series was created. To date, the focus of these lectures has been civil discourse and talking to people with whom you disagree.

Desire to improve the human condition isn’t a novel idea. In fact, it’s one that inspired our founders to create this fine institution. But with the everchanging landscapes of our world, rest assured that Ohio University will continue to be on the forefront as a positive catalyst for change.

The College of Fine Arts launches a new Theater Performance degree program, with acting or musical theater tracks.

Two OHIO undergraduate students,

Mahmoud Ramadan and Edward Drabold, have been selected as Barry M. Goldwater Scholars, recognized for their research on carbon capture.

The Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs was awarded a $1.6M

grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce to assist Ohio communities affected by decline of the coal industry.

For the eighth consecutive year, Ohio University is awarded the Military

Friendly® Schools designation.

E.W. Scripps School of Journalism

is now the home of the internationally recognized Kiplinger Program in Public

Affairs Journalism.

M. Duane Nellis President

Ohio University is recognized by the Arbor Day Foundation as a Tree Campus USA university campus.

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There is a difference between land, which is earth, and landscape, which signifies a kind of jurisdiction. It always meant the framing of an image.

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—SIMON SCHAMA The newly launched OHIO Museum Complex encompasses the landscape at The Ridges and includes a gallery in Lin Hall.

Its unique web-based app, mAppAthens, offers users self-guided tours of The Ridges and Athens that relate to topics like art, wellness, history, geology, and ecology. It also guides you to this serene pond.

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A healthy Mother Earth

Green is good

OHIO’s creative minds help protect the landscape

An alumna’s mission to restore green spaces

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OHIO + the Wayne

Connecting to place

Building trails and community

An alumnus’ OHIO days were rooted in the landscape

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Because of them

Still more

OHIO Match gift honors a legacy

OHIO in pictures

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12 Painters cling to scaffolding at the Convocation Center as the iconic building takes shape.

OHIO stories in photos + words

Photo courtesy of the M ahn Archives & Special Collections

16 Infographic 24 Calendar 39 Ohio University Press Featured book

42 OHIO time machine 44 Bobcat tracks

Class notes, Bobcat sightings, Future Bobcats, Alumni authors

52 In memoriam 16 This issue’s infographic walks you through the OHIO Sculpture Walk on the Athens Campus. Graphic by

Christopher Turner, BSVC ’20

56 Last word

Andrea Frohne opens up

ohiotoday.org

Visit ohiotoday.org for multimedia related to stories in this issue. Explore the vast unknown landscape of the universe on Ohio Today radio’s new podcast episode, “Dark Star.”

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ON THE COVER 26 John Sabraw, artist, activist, environmentalist, and professor.

His collaboration with researcher and Professor Guy Riefler harvests toxic iron oxide from streams polluted by abandoned coal mines to make artist-grade paint pigments.

See the video on ohiotoday.org.

Cover & gatefold photos by Ben Wirtz Siegel , BSVC ’02

Remember when you first set foot on your OHIO campus? You had to get acquainted with the campus’s layout, find the best (or easiest) dining hall to frequent, and plot the most direct routes to the buildings where you would spend the next four years discovering the landscape of academe. Stories in this issue are about OHIO’s landscapes—both literal and symbolic—which relate to the worlds of science, innovation, art, public service, and, of course, the land OHIO inhabits.

—Editor Kelee Garrison Riesbeck, BSJ, CERT ’91

Photo by John Halley, MFA ’87

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L E T T ER S TO T H E ED I TO R

Comments on stories in Ohio Today’s winter issue via email and posted on ohiotoday.org follow.

OHIO opens up

Something all universities, seminaries, colleges, schools, churches, etc. should always be doing! Blessings! —Dr. Sandra Kay Ranney, PHD ’95

I hope that my alma mater is a place where everyone can have an opinion without being attacked, where no opinions are censored!

—Joseph J. Janson, Jr., BSED ’74

Wow, sounds like a forum that is open to diversity of thought. That’s refreshing if I am understanding this correctly. Conservative, as well as progressive, thinking needs to have its place on our college campuses. Students need to explore critical thinking, not be told how to think. —Nina Hollis, BSHSS ’76

Thank you for your service

I was so pleased to read about the collaboration between the university and Passion Works, a talented, first-rate, and immensely inspiring arts center. Kudos to

Patty Mitchell and Mary Nally.

I’m happy to see OHIO working toward a serious commitment to effect positive change in its surrounding community. Ever since I was a student there, I have felt that OU, and every university, has a responsibility to reach out and make a real difference in its home region.

And what better way to teach true citizenship to its students? —Jeanne Yeaney Walker, BS ’71 Errata: The photo on pages 26 and 27 of the winter 2019 issue was taken at OHIO’s Cleveland Campus.

A five-piece art and science exhibit created by OHIO faculty, staff, and students, “Navigating Turbulence” emerged from the Open OHIO project.

Photo by Ben Wirtz Siegel , BSVC ’02

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Illuminating memories When it comes to interacting with or interpreting art, no two understandings of the work will be exactly the same. In fact, they can be as different as day and night.

Fifteen years after the opening of Bicentennial Park on South Green, upgrades to its centerpiece outdoor art installation are literally shining a new light on the work that forever changed the landscape of the Athens Campus.

Lighting has been installed and trees planted at Input, designed by internationally renowned artist and Athens native Maya Lin and her brother, poet Tan Lin, in an effort to create a more inviting and accessible green space.

Resembling punch card technology that was a hallmark of early computer programming courses at Ohio University, Input’s 21 stone rectangles— some raised, others sunken—form a “map of memories,” celebrating the personal reflections of the Lins’ time growing up in Athens and inviting guests to embrace shared experiences.

In 2018, the University worked with Lin to plan the improvements to the park.

“Maya was very collaborative with us in sketching and conceiving the ideas. She involved the University’s landscaping experts as the concept evolved,” said University Planner Shawna Bolin.

As a result, 21 trees native to southeast Ohio— red sun maple, burr oak, black oak, American sycamore, and black gum—were planted

Photo by Ben Wirtz Siegel, BSVC ’02

throughout Input, a nod to Lin’s and OHIO’s commitment to sustainability and to staying true to the installation’s intention. Twenty high-efficiency LED lights also have been added, illuminating nearly half of the 42 quotes featured in this landscape of words.

“It’s good to come home and reconnect and to be able to see the work with the introduction of the native trees that will, as the trees mature, really help connect this campus entry green to the other campus greens, a fond memory I have of growing up here,” Lin says.

Input, a tribute to both town and gown, is there for all to experience—day and night.

—Angela Woodward, BSJ ’98

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For millennia, humans have gazed upward and sought to make sense of the night sky’s vast landscape.

In Ohio Today radio’s latest podcast episode, “Dark Star,” Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Ryan Chornock leads an exploration about the universe’s most unusual events—and what they mean for life on Earth. Listen at ohiotoday.org/ radio. Photo by Shripathi Hadigal

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An entrepreneurial ecosystem

Neill Lane, president and CEO of Global Cooling. Photo by Ellee Achten, BSJ ’14, MA ’17

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Businesses are like plants: They need the right environment to grow. A solid foundation (like soil) and advice (like sunlight and water) are elemental.

TechGROWTH Ohio (TGO), a program of Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, plays the role of master gardener for entrepreneurs in southeast Ohio.

As a public-private partnership between Ohio University, Ohio Third Frontier, and private investment companies, TGO has been a gamechanger for technology startups in the region.

It has fostered companies with innovations and technologies “unlike any other” on the market, says Lynn Gellermann, its executive director.

has more than 100 employees and offices in Athens and Columbus, Ohio, and in Lexington, Kentucky.

Global Cooling’s success isn’t just about sales.

The company actively works to create a culture of accountability and transparency. How? One example is the quarterly book club the company hosts, which encourages employees to discuss topics like emotional intelligence and communication. Efforts like this earned Global Cooling TGO’s 2019 Best Startup Culture Award.

“Whether you want it or not, you have a culture, so it’s really important to kind of create the culture that makes sense and lifts the business,” Lane says.

Seeding success An entrepreneur often begins with an idea, then struggles to get the resources to turn that idea into a successful business venture. TechGROWTH Ohio has been the region’s resource since 2007, connecting more than 2,000 entrepreneurs with services like market research, consulting, and financial planning. And as that entrepreneur’s ideas are realized and the startup grows, TGO grows with them, helping with funding, hiring, and establishing a company structure.

“TechGROWTH helps entrepreneurs bridge gaps and find resources while guiding their new technology idea to the marketplace so it can grow,” says Jane New, TechGROWTH manager of investments & new venture development.

For Global Cooling, Inc., TGO has made all the difference.

“They have been a really important part of our success,” says Neill Lane, the company’s president and CEO. The program was “there right from the beginning,” he says, helping the company, which develops and manufactures ultra-low-temperature freezers, identify a market for its unique and energy efficient technology. Global Cooling now

A company culture that rewards innovation and entrepreneurship is a company that has a better chance at succeeding in the business landscape, Gellermann says.

“Success begets success, so with more winning entrepreneurs and startup companies, we have more shared examples for people and institutions to see and experience.” Gellermann says.

—Cat Hofacker, BSJ ’18

“It’s not just that you create successful companies,” Lane says. “You create a community of people who see startups and entrepreneurial businesses as an ongoing opportunity, and that mindset to a very large degree didn’t exist before TechGROWTH Ohio got involved.”

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When Black Alumni Reunion once again held the popular variety show in 2016, alumni rocked their fellow Bobcats with talent that inspired and entertained. The OHIO Alumni Association hosts the 2019 BAR in Athens September 12–15. Watch a video about BAR 2019 at ohiotoday.org.

Photo by K aitlin Owens , BSVC ’17

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Rooted in change The Athens Campus’ iconic landscape stays with people long after they’ve left town. It’s not too difficult for alumni to picture Cutler Hall and its reassuring cupola, College Green in its full springtime bloom, or each residential green’s unique blueprint.

Yet maintaining the classic look while also responding to the university’s evolving mission and goals is no easy feat. Any change to a building must answer an immediate need but also maintain the campus’s viewshed.

Photo courtesy of the Mahn Archives & Special Collections

Three iconic buildings celebrate anniversaries in 2019: Peden Stadium is standing strong after 90 years, and the Convocation Center (known as the Convo) and Alden Library have served students for 50 years. Scores of concerts, athletic events, book readings, and commencements have taken place in these spaces.

Outwardly, changes to the original form of some buildings are apparent. Peden Stadium has added spaces for student-athletes, administrators, and special guests, while Alden Library added its east and west wings in 1972.

The function of each building has also changed. Currently, the Convo’s court space is used mainly as a practice venue, says Jason Farmer, associate director of facilities.

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From its construction, pictured above in 1966 (with President Vernon Alden in the jacket), to its current place at OHIO, Alden Library towers over College Green behind Cutler Hall, the University's first library. Photo above courtesy of the Mahn Archives & Special Collections .

Photo below by Rick Fatica , MFA ’08

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[ABOVE] The Convocation Center takes shape. Photo courtesy of the Mahn Archives & Special Collections [BELOW] The Convo hosts volleyball practices and games each fall. Photo by Mijana Mazur, BSVC ’21

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“Our men’s basketball team and our volleyball program are practicing on the court almost every day, whether they’re in season or out.”

In the past, these venues generally were used by students, faculty, and administrators. In recent decades, a balance between OHIO and regional community use has emerged. For example, Peden Stadium hosted The Monument Quilt in 2017; Alden Library provides computers and database access to all; and the Convo hosts high school basketball tournaments each year.

Associate Vice President for University Planning Shawna Bolin recognizes the fact that how some buildings are used today differs from their original intended use. Still, OHIO is committed to merging the changing needs with honoring the campus’s iconic look, Bolin says.

“As the Athens campus evolves, maintaining a relatively consistent look will be part of our plan as we advance into the future,” says Bolin.

[ABOVE] Community members and ROTC Cadets run Peden Stadium’s stairs during the 2016 9/11 stair challenge event.

Photo by Emily Matthews , BSVC ’18 [BELOW] Peden Stadium takes shape. Photo courtesy of the Mahn Archives & Special Collections

—Elizabeth Harper, BSJ ’19 and Kelee Garrison Riesbeck, BSJ ’91

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The pieces of sculptural art featured below dot the Athens Campus’ landscape, taking center stage on OHIO’s greens, delighting walkers along pathways, and resting inside buildings. Ohio Today maps their location and offers a brief summary of each piece, each installed during various decades throughout OHIO’s 215-year history. Of note, David Hostetler’s “The American Woman,” in Wolfe Garden, located outside Alden Library’s fourth-floor entrance, is included in the newly launched Ohio Art Corridor, a 144-mile-long stretch that showcases outdoor art in Southeast Ohio.

Soldiers and Sailors Monument Athenians constructed this 45-foot statue in 1893 to honor the 2,610 residents who served in the U.S. Civil War. Its four bronze figures depict three soldiers and one sailor.

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Angle of Incidence Created by Brooklyn-based artist Alyson Shotz, this work made of aluminum and dichroic acrylic hangs in the atrium of OHIO’s Academic & Research Center and transmits and reflects wavelengths of light throughout the day.

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—By Michaela Fath, BSJ ’20, and Kelee Garrison Riesbeck, BSJ, CERT ’91

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Gold Butte Known for her lifesized abstract horse sculptures, Deborah Butterfield’s 2003 cast bronze piece rises from a hill at The Ridges.

Family Created by David L. Deming in 1988, this complex stainless-steel sculpture was a gift from alumnus Frank Krasovec, BBA ’65, MBA ’66, and his wife, Margaret Morton Krasovec.

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Energy of Spin A kinetic piece made of aluminum

by Alice Aycock, the work was unveiled at the 2004 dedication of the Shirley Wimmer Dance Theatre in Putnam Hall.

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E.W. Scripps bust The Edward Willis (E.W.) Scripps bronze bust is a lucky charm for j-school students, who rub his nose for good fortune before a big exam or handing in a project.

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The American Woman Created by the late Professor Emeritus David Hostetler, MFA ’49, this sculpture represents his iconic esthetic.

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Albatross Designed by thenstudent Michael McConnell, BFA ’70, MFA ’74, this two-ton piece finished in Corten steel rests at Alden Library’s second floor entrance.

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Brick Sculpture Designed by retired OHIO employee Tad Gallaugher and intricately chiseled by artists Brad anda Tammy Spencer, this relief sculpture depicts buildings and iconic emblems found on the Athens Campus landscape.

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The OHIO Museum Complex launched in February, expanding on the two-decades-old Kennedy Museum of Art by offering ways to explore the science and the environment embedded in The Ridges. The Complex’s gallery in Lin Hall, established through a Konneker Grant for Learning and Discovery, opened its first exhibit, “Through the Appalachian Forest,” in April, much to the delight of elementary school students Kenzie Klein [FOREGROUND] and Evan O’Connor.

Photo by Ben Wirtz Siegel, BSVC ’02

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Jean Hales Andersen, AB ’49, came to OHIO for a music degree. She soon found herself with an important job: to climb the tower in Cutler Hall and play “Alma Mater, Ohio” on its chimes via a keyboard-type instrument, fulfilling the sonic landscape on the Athens Campus. “I wanted to be an educated person. I wanted to know lots of things. And [OHIO] was the place where you went to get that,” she says. VIDEO: Andersen talks about her gig at Cutler Hall, her career, and life as an OHIO student in the 1940s at ohiotoday.org.

Photos by Susana Raab, MA ’10

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What did you save from your OHIO days?

Welcome to what we are calling “Bobcatland.”

It’s the proud display of an eclectic and sweeping collection of OHIO-themed items Jennifer Romero, BA ’07, and Aaron Romero, BSRS ’92, MSPE ’95, have kept and curated over time.

Details about a few items follow. Watch for an invitation from Ohio Today to send us a photo of a special item you’ve kept since your OHIO days, and the story that goes with it!

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[TOP LEFT] The Romeros’ framed Dave Jamerson jersey. Jamerson is OHIO Men’s Basketball’s career leading scorer from the 80s.

[TOP RIGHT] A caricature of Aaron wearing his Marching 110 uniform in the late 80s, given to him as a holiday gift. [BOTTOM LEFT] Flooring from the original Convocation Center, bought at auction, now works as the ceiling to the room that houses the couple’s OHIO collection. [BOTTOM RIGHT] Marching 110 steins seem to be standing guard by the sweater Aaron’s mother, Jean Campbell Romero, BSED ’51, wore as a student. Photos by Ellee Achten, BSJ ’14, MA ’17

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calendar For more upcoming OHIO Alumni events, visit ohiotoday.org/calendar

April–Dec. 31

June 5–July 3

Sept. 7

Through the Appalachian Forest: Field Explorations

“Under the Elms” Summer Concert Series

Bobcat Bash @Pittsburgh

This interactive exhibit in Lin Hall on the Athens Campus invites visitors of all ages and abilities to become reenchanted with the Appalachian forest.

A signature summer event in Athens, this free concert is held Wednesdays on College Green and features local and university talents.

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Get into the Bobcat spirit and support OHIO Football at this Bobcat Bash tailgate.

Photo by Emma Howells , BSVC '18

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Sept. 12–15

Bobcat Bash @Marshall

Black Alumni Reunion Weekend

Get into the Bobcat spirit and support OHIO Football at this Bobcat Bash tailgate.

This signature weekend is open to all alumni and celebrates black alumni’s ties to OHIO.

Calendar Culture

Oct. 7–12 Homecoming An annual tradition for the Bobcat Nation! Come back to the bricks for the community, the fun, and to cheer on OHIO Football!

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Stewards of the landscape OHIO’s faculty and students are lending a nurturing hand to planet Earth by taking toxins from water to make artist-grade paint pigments and leveraging life-sized replicas of oil and gas pipeline with software models to prevent spills.

Artist John Sabraw remembers driving through the Appalachian mountain range at dusk and thinking about color. “The hills take on this really interesting, earthy violet tone as the sun goes down,” he says.

John Sabraw creates a piece en pleinair using Gamblin Artist Colors made from iron oxide harvested from acid mine drainage. Photos by

Ben Wirtz Siegel , BSVC ’02

Meanwhile, Russ College of Engineering and Technology professor Guy Riefler and his students were creating a bench-scale process that removes toxic iron oxide from acid mine drainage, a pollutant produced by abandoned coal mines that dot the Appalachian landscape. Their mission? Mitigating damage to Ohio’s streams.

Sabraw learned Riefler was essentially harvesting iron oxide, an element used to make paint pigment.

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“The earliest paintings by mankind were made with iron oxide, from Rembrandts to Caravaggios,” says Sabraw, art professor and chair of OHIO’s Painting + Drawing program in the College of Fine Arts. “I thought, ‘Well, heck, could I make paint out of acid mine drainage?’”

A decade later, Sabraw and Riefler have done just that. Using their creativity and training, they are helping to heal the landscape in southeast Ohio by using the offending iron oxide to create paint pigment in partnership with Gamblin Artists Colors. With their students, they are turning pollution into paint, acid into art.

Sabraw and Riefler’s creative collaboration has garnered worldwide recognition in media outlets like Smithsonian and Scientific American magazines, as well as Al Jazeera America.

The effort was boosted recently when they launched a pilot-scale processing facility in Corning, Ohio, where abandoned mines empty acid mine drainage into the watershed.

The facility is yet another collaboration between OHIO artists and engineers. Civil engineering and art students designed and built the mini plant, with funding support from Russ College alumnus Dick Dickerson, BSCE ’80, and his wife, Joan.

“In the lab, we’re doing it in beakers and jars, and it’s fairly artificial,” explains Riefler. “[The facility] enables us to take the work from a lab out to a real, on-site environment and test the process.”

Sabraw and Riefler are joined by another steward of the landscape, Russ College professor Srdjan Nesic, director of the Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Flow Technology (ICMT), renowned as the world’s largest corrosion lab. The Institute works with multinational oil companies like Exxon and Chevron to prevent pipeline corrosion and reduce the risk of catastrophic oil spills.

“We’ve developed knowledge in the form of software that enables [the companies] to predict and assess their risk of corrosion and where they

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[LEFT] Riefler and a student in the lab processing toxins from acid mine drainage. [RIGHT] The effort’s processing plant in Corning, Ohio, moves forward, with students and Riefler laying the groundwork.

Photos by Ben Wirtz Siegel , BSVC ’02

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have to put resources in order to mitigate it,” says Nesic, who has been at ICMT’s helm since 2002.

The “Acid to Art” technology is in its infancy, while ICMT’s work is mature. Yet both efforts share a core mission of stewarding the earth’s waterways and landscape and developing technology and knowledge that revive and protect both.

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UiTM and at Taylor’s University, while Riefler led chemistry experiments with engineering students at both schools.

At Taylor’s, Sabraw demonstrated the technology and created paint pigments with students who used them to produce two-foot by two-foot paintings that were later sold at the Distinguished Tun Abdul Razak Lecture to support research on autism.

These creative problem solvers took their technologies and know-how on the road in December 2018 to Malaysia to visit with colleagues at OHIO’s partner university Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) and Taylor’s University.

“To see the generosity and equal interest in idealism from those students was such a reward for me,” says Sabraw. “[Our aim was] to combine art and science [to empower students] to solve problems in their own region.”

Collaboration, sharing technologies, building on solution-based research, and learning about each other’s culture marked the delegation’s goals for the trip [See sidebar]. Sabraw led art workshops at

Nesic met with Datuk Ahmad Nizam Salleh, who was appointed as chair of Malaysia-based PETRONAS oil company in August 2018 by Malaysia’s Prime Minister, Tun Mahathir bin

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[PAGE 30] Sabraw collaborates with a student at the Taylor’s University workshop. [ABOVE] Reclaimed Earth Violet paint pigment,

by Gamblin Artist’s Paint, right, and sludge containing iron oxide, the pigment’s raw material. Photos by Ben Wirtz Siegel , BSVC ’02

Mohamad. The ICMT and PETRONAS agreed to continue their relationship and embark on a new phase of its ongoing software development project.

The trip to PETRONAS headquarters was Nesic’s third—yet this one was different. Nesic learned that Salleh is one of 2,400 OHIO alumni living in Malaysia, the country that boasts the largest number of alumni outside of the United States. Salleh earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1979.

“It was completely fortuitous,” Nesic says.

The work continues back in Athens. That color Sabraw saw at dusk in the Appalachian landscape?

It was made into a Gamblin oil paint pigment called Reclaimed Earth Violet using the “pollution into paint” method. And the work that ICMT will do with PETRONAS? Nesic says the new research phase should bring new graduate students working as PETRONAS employees from Malaysia to work with ICMT’s researchers.

It’s all part of the ripple effect that Sabraw, Riefler, Nesic, and their students create to revive and protect the landscape.

—by Jen Jones Donatelli, BSJ ’98

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The special relationship between Ohio University and Malaysia is grounded in OHIO’s singular Tun Abdul Razak Chair program. Since 1979, 15 senior Malaysian scholars have been appointed as chairs at the Athens Campus, teaching, conducting research, and building intellectual bridges between the two countries.

Sabraw gave the keynote presentation for the Distinguished Tun Abdul Razak Lecture in Kuala Lumpur during the OHIO delegation’s visit in December 2018. In introducing Sabraw and his lecture, “Synergy of Curiosity: From Acid to Art,” OHIO President M. Duane Nellis hailed both Sabraw and Riefler’s work as a “global inspiration.” More OHIO key leaders traveled with the delegation, including Lorna Jean Edmonds, vice provost for Global Affairs and International Studies; Nico Karagosian, vice president of University Advancement and president and CEO of The Ohio University Foundation Board; Renee Middleton, dean of the Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education; Joe Shields, vice president for research and creative activity and dean of the Graduate College; and Hugh Sherman, dean of the College of Business.

Sabraw says he was inspired by what he learned from his Malaysian colleagues and by how they are addressing their own environmental challenges.

“The experience gave me a strong desire to try to create a more permanent bridge to other cultures, particularly Southeast Asia,” he says. “The value of it for our students and for analysis of our own programs can’t be overestimated.”

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Growing community

Cindy Code has helped to renovate or restore more than 47 million square feet of green space. Photo by Dustin Franz, BSVC ’10

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For some, a lawn is just a lawn.

For Cindy Code, it’s so much more.

Code is the executive director of Project EverGreen, a nonprofit based in Cleveland, Ohio, that works with communities nationwide to create, restore, and revitalize green spaces. Why all the fuss over a stretch of grass? Code suggests we look at green spaces this way: If a city’s buildings and infrastructure are its bones, then green spaces are the lungs. “They help the city and the people breathe,” she suggests.

“If you have the lawn and the landscape and kids are playing and dogs are out there, it brings the neighborhood together,” she says. “So it really provides that hub that a neighborhood or a community needs to engage with each other.”

Project EverGreen has renovated more than 47 million square feet of green space. Each project is unique, reflecting the needs of each community, Code says. In Phoenix, Arizona, the renovation of a neglected playground gave children a safe place to be active. In Detroit, Michigan, the restoration of an 18-acre park gave residents renewed pride in their neighborhood.

“It goes beyond all those professional mechanics of the landscape industry,” says Code, BSJ ’85. “It’s really the social and lifestyle network that we try to achieve” with creating intentional green spaces.

Project EverGreen has evolved since its founding in 2003. The original mission centered around raising awareness about the benefits of green spaces. Some are physical, like providing oxygen and a cooling effect in urban areas that typically have a lot of concrete. But when it came to conveying the social benefits, the nonprofit soon realized, “it takes more than just billboards and bus signs and news releases to really tell the story,” Code says.

Project EverGreen staffers and volunteers work side by side with community members. Code offers the advantages to green space and how it changes the dynamic of the community. Residents then share what they learn with neighbors, kids, and church groups.

“People want to make a difference in their communities, but they don’t know how or they don’t think they can do it alone. Project EverGreen is the umbrella organization that brings people together.”

Even though it has more than 50 community projects nationwide under its belt, Project EverGreen is just getting started, Code says.

“There’s so many organizations, corporations that want to give back to their community,” Code says, “so I think the sky’s the limit as far as what we can do with just the right amount of resources and the right amount of engagement.”

—Cat Hofacker, BSJ ’18

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Fast-tracking trail building

Peter Kotses, AB ’92, helps mark the path for the new 88-mile Baileys Trail System.

Photo by Ben Wirtz Siegel, BSVC ’02

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Kyle Brooks, BS ’17, documents wildlife, part of the trail planning process. Photo by Ben

Wirtz Siegel , BSVC ’02

During the summer of 2017, Kyle Brooks and a fellow Ohio University intern walked the first phase of the proposed 88-mile, multi-use Baileys Trail System in the Wayne National Forest’s (known locally as “the Wayne”) Athens District. Through heat, rain, and brambles, the students were tasked with recording habitats for plant and wildlife species that could be adversely impacted by the trail. They found two populations of the state-endangered blue corporal butterfly and vernal pools important to salamander breeding. In the end, the trail route was altered to accommodate wildlife.

Federal guidelines say new trails on federal lands must go through an environmental analysis, a process that can take years. Thanks to a burgeoning partnership between OHIO student interns and the Wayne, the process took only a matter of months.

“It was a cool way of giving us experience, but doing something that had to be done anyway,” says Brooks, BS ’17, now a photojournalism resource assistant for the Wayne. “This project couldn’t move forward without these surveys being done.”

OHIO students from across disciplines—including students in business, economics, and education—have been collecting valuable data in support of projects in the Wayne. College of Business students researched ecotourism marketing, College of Arts & Sciences economics students used the trail system as a service learning project, and students in The Patton College of Education conducted a case study in ecotourism.

These outcomes align squarely with one of OHIO’s goals: building a university engagement ecosystem that coordinates with the regional community and uses strategy and innovation to develop new and sustainable economies.

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“Three of our goals throughout the project have been sustainable economic development… opportunities for health and wellness, and this sense of community connectivity and pride,” says Danny Twilley, PHD ’17, senior lecturer of sport and recreation pedagogy in The Patton College. “I really think [the partnership] is going to be a strong reciprocal relationship for both organizations. Both are important to the region, both bring uniqueness to our region.”

Twilley cites one financial feasibility study that predicts the Baileys Trail System will host 180,000 visitors per year and bring in more than $20 million annually in revenue after the trail system is complete.

Another study shows that 60 percent of trail users exercise more regularly than before they became trail users, he says.

The first phase of the Baileys Trail System is expected to be completed by December 2020.

—Mary Reed, BSJ ’90, MA ’93

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Athens County Breakdown Just outside of the tiny village of Amesville, which The children of pioneers who’d crossed the Ohio River From Virginia had settled in spite of its poor drainage More than a century before, sat that big square house That Will Dewees rented out to classmates of ours While he was on leave from his job at the university— Jerry and Deb in a room upstairs, Linda and her daughter In another, Jim downstairs, and Donny in the cabin out back.

With its detached summer kitchen, its limestone foundation, Its faded grandeur, and its setting on the creek, Connected to the road by a bridge of tied logs, It reminded me a lot of a Yoknapatawpha County setting In a short story or novel by the inimitable William Faulkner— Major de Spain’s place in “Barn Burning,” say, featuring The notorious Abner Snopes, the antebellum house built

By Thomas Sutpen in Absalom, Absalom!, or the doomed abode Of the Compson family in The Sound and the Fury.

At least it did later—after I’d actually read that stuff.

Our shelter, though, the makeshift one that Phil and I shared,

Just a shack, really, a cheap box of aluminum sheets From the lithographic print shop of the Columbus Dispatch That Will and friends had learned to nail to two-by-fours On a volunteer project they’d done in East Africa To make perfectly serviceable, if temporary, lodgings, On the slope of a ridge overlooking the fallow field That filled a narrow flood plain between a parallel ridge And ours, was set back another one hundred yards or so From the gravel road and the creek that ran along it.

The silver rectangular sheets of aluminum on the wall Still bore headlines from past editions of the paper That we could read again, hanging out at our only table With a view of the field through the Plexiglass window— Not news we might have read back in the 1860s About the rippled region across that great river Seceding from the Secessionists and becoming West Virginia On the grounds that they had poor agriculture, no Aristocracy to speak of, and nothing to gain from slavery, But news from the turbulent late 1960s

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Scott Reuscher, AB ’75, reached out to Ohio Today more than a year ago to share “Athens County Breakdown,” a poem he penned about his life as a student and homesteader in Athens County during the 1970s. When this issue’s theme emerged as “landscapes,” his poem was destined to be published here. VIDEO: Listen to Scott’s reading of the piece and witness how the places he names appear today at ohiotoday.org.

And the early 1970s that now were fresh history.

Johnson’s decision, in light of the opposition To his program in Vietnam, not to run for President again; Nixon and Kissinger’s infamous Christmas Day surprise Bombing of Cambodia; the Manson Family massacre Of Hollywood celebrities. Traffic accidents. Box scores.

And endless reports on the Watergate hearings.

Not that we ever did that, really—except for momentary Amusement as we swilled our Rolling Rock beer Or sipped from ceramic mugs our weak Folgers coffee.

* Not having met him more than once or twice, I don’t know How it was for Will, growing up in the 40s and 50s In the suburbs of Chicago, according to his obituary, And returning from service in international development, To go back to the land like that, and to start himself both An intentional community and a daffodil business— Nor, for that matter, how it was for Jerry and Deb, He from Dayton and she from a suburb of Boston,

Lusty young lovers who had each other for breakfast; For countercultural blue-collar mountain mama Linda And her barefoot daughter running around in her underwear; For tall and slender Jim, the keeper of egg-laying geese Who was particularly fond of Jesse Colin Young’s song “Hippie from Olema,” a send-up of the Merle Haggard tune That begins, “I’m proud to be an Okie from Muskogee”; And for Donny in the cabin at the head of the holler, Determined, like Jim, to go to law school to defend us Against the wily capitalists who’ve since taken over.

But for a flatlander like me from a white bread suburb On the outskirts of Columbus, grandson to natives Of Old McDonald farms and German Village bakeries, son Of sheet-metal fabricator and pink-collar worker, It was a rare thrill to live out there, on the rustic backroads Of rural Amesville, especially in that improvised shack On the side of even the most utterly insignificant hill With loyal friend Phil—the curious and capable son Of an architect and a doctor from a suburb of Cleveland.

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I loved that it was built on four stilts of two-by-fours, And that a brook trickled beneath it on its way downhill, In ironic homage to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water.

With no telephone or plumbing, with natural gas siphoned From an oil claim on the property, and with electricity run, Illegally, by buried wire from the main house on the road, Where we had access to the toilet and the shower, That place put me closer than ever to the weather.

* Sometimes, climbing to the ridge top, following the creek Beyond Donny’s cabin, which he, Phil, and classmates In a Foxfire program had moved to the holler, Or throwing sticks for my dog between the barn and the house, I wondered whether, like certain iconic figures Of eastern religious legend, I could dissolve myself in nature And immerse my consciousness so selflessly in the imagery That, for all intents and purposes, my identity would disappear, Or at least the reprehensible aspects of my character.

At other times, living in the boonies of Athens County Was enough to drive me to write the kind of poetry That those same ethereal luminaries might have written As concession and consolation when the revelation failed And they needed to do something quick to get it back.

Not the poems lamenting an unrequited infatuation, Comparing greater Columbus to a gigantic ant colony, And worrying about the environmental implications Of my black VW bug, but those I recorded in my journal When a male cardinal, flying across the stubble Of that fallow field in fall, showed off its scarlet crest, When an ice-white blizzard huffed and puffed and tried To blow the flimsy shack down, when mayflower and dogwood Bloomed in the woods, and when the creek rose so high With cold spring rain that it flooded the shallow valley, Washing out our bridge, scattering its skinned logs, Stranding cars, tractors, and trucks, and clogging for a week The village’s one commercial block with brush and dead dogs.

A bird’s eye view of the Amesville landscape. The village received its first settler in 1797, was laid out in 1837, and was home to an estimated 157 Athens Countians in 2017.

Photo by Ben Wirtz Siegel , BSVC ’02

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Grounded “He thought that there was something different about the landscape here— the minerals or magnetic properties of the ground.”

While researching her book about 19th century farmer-medium Jonathan Koons—whose seances on the outskirts of Athens drew multitudes of spiritual seekers and gawkers from across the country—Sharon Hatfield was struck by Koons’ belief that the ground of his farm itself enabled his communications with the dead.

“He thought that there was something different about the landscape here—the minerals or magnetic properties of the ground,” Hatfield said. She was so drawn to Koons’ ideas about the land itself that she titled her book Enchanted Ground.

A young Koons moved to remote southeast Ohio—then considered the West—in 1835, from Pennsylvania. In 1852, he converted to spiritualism, the alternative religious movement that by then was sweeping the nation. After he built his “spirit room,” which used musical instruments and other apparatuses intended to communicate with the dead, he and his entire family became known as mediums, and their following surged.

In Koons, Hatfield found a subject that allowed her to illuminate a counterculture that flourished throughout the United States, Britain, and elsewhere in the 19th century. Hatfield, who describes them as “Victorian hippies,” says spiritualists were social reformers. “They wanted a less punitive vision of Christianity. They advocated for women’s rights and the abolition of slavery, among other things. They did not believe in hell, preferring to think that everyone had a chance to progress spiritually even after death.”

Image courtesy of Ohio University Press

Hatfield relished recovering the story of an influential but largely forgotten local. “We pride ourselves here in Athens on being a progressive community, as were the spiritualists. But beyond that, Jonathan Koons had a personal message that extends far beyond our region: Believe in yourself, learn to appreciate your divine nature, and find your own voice. That is what he tried to do.”

—Samara Rafert is the publicist for Ohio University Press

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In honor of Jeff Reed experienced a Bobcat epiphany as he peeked over the Ping Center’s second-floor balcony while he and a fellow Bobcat were working out.

“I [saw] a bunch of students from all different parts of the world playing volleyball,” said Reed, BSC ’06. “I thought, how cool, how unique and how special is this? That all of these people, from all different walks of life, are here because of one thing in common: Ohio University. It’s imprinted on my brain.”

That moment cemented his deep connection to Ohio University.

Years later, Reed, senior communications strategist at Honda R&D Americas, paid homage to that moment, to OHIO, and to the legacy of alumni in his family when he with the help of his mother Deb, an honorary Bobcat, used the OHIO Match program to establish the Reed Family Scholarship for Excellence in

Communications. The program, which ended June 30, provided $0.50 in matching funds for every dollar committed to eligible endowed scholarships.

It created more than 203 new endowed scholarship accounts and has awarded more than $580,000 in scholarship funding during the past three fiscal years.

“I hope the students who receive this scholarship are able to continue excelling in their academics and fully experience all the joys of college life,” Reed said.

Reed’s passion for communications and the role it plays in informing the public was a passion he shared with his late great-uncle, Maj. James W. Reed, BSJ ’66, who died while serving as an F4 fighter pilot during the Vietnam War, and shares with his father, Jeff L. Reed, BSJ ’71.

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“My father always spoke fondly of Ohio University and his time there,” Reed said. “Truth be told, I didn’t even do a college visit to Ohio University. I just knew I wanted to go there.”

Reed knows not everyone can support OHIO the way he did.

“For me, I was very fortunate to be in a position—a lot of which was made possible by Ohio University—to give back financially.”

But, he says, alumni can still support their alma mater and make a difference.

“Alumni should contribute in ways that are right and doable for them,” he says. “Everybody can give back in some way— donating financially, mentoring students, volunteering in their communities, or simply wearing OHIO green.”

—Angela Woodward, BSJ ’98

Jeff Reed holds a photo of his late great-uncle, Maj. James W. Reed, BSJ ’66, who died while serving as an F4 fighter pilot during the Vietnam War.

Photo by Ty Wright, BFA ’02, MA ’13

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1969

OHIO UNIVERSITY LANCASTER | fifty years

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Photo courtesy of the M ahn Archives & Special Collections

The landscape of OHIO’s regional campuses grew 50 years ago when the Lancaster Campus opened, welcoming 788 students to Brasee Hall [ABOVE], the campus’s first academic building. The choice to build in 1969’s version of a modern aesthetic instead of the Georgian-style motif that dominates the Athens Campus was grounded in the community’s wishes. “We used to have classes in the Lancaster High School,” a Post story quotes then-student Susan McClenagham. “And when the time came for us to have our own building this fall, the community agreed that it wouldn’t tolerate a monstrosity.” The

student body matched today’s mix of both high school graduates and working adults, according to the story. The Post quotes Associate Professor Emeritus of Economics Larry Ault saying Lancaster Campus students were highly motivated and focused scholars. “[They] will bleed for you in their classroom studies, because their primary purpose in coming to the branches* is to get an education.”—Kelee Garrison Riesbeck, BSJ, CERT ’91 *OHIO’s regional campus system was referred to as “branch” campuses in 1969.

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Class notes, tweets and posts

* denotes tweets @OHIOAlumni or post on OHIO Alumni LinkedIn

1963

James Young, AB ’63, published “And They Rose…Again and Again” in the 2018 Pennsylvania Labor History Society Journal. In fall 2018 he published “Looking to History for Labor’s Future” in Democratic Left Online and presented “Progressive Labor in Pennsylvania: The PA Social Services Union, 1970-1995” at the North American Labor History Conference in Detroit, Michigan. Young and his wife, Susan Weader, live in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

1966

In August 2018, Anna Marie Feckanin Black, AB ’66, and her husband, Jon Black, BFA ’62, were each awarded a gramata for volunteer service to their home parish, Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.

Dennis Knaus, BSME ’66*, became a member of the Plastics Pioneers Association in November 2018.

Knaus founded EnviroTek, which develops

novel eco-friendly foam technologies. Knaus resides in Malvern, Pennsylvania.

Mallory McCane O’Connor, BFA ’66, MA ’68, MFA ’70, was presented the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award for her 40-year career as a writer, curator, and art historian. O’Connor is the president of O’Connor Art, LLC. She and her husband, John, live in Gainesville, Florida.

1967

In February, filmmaker Janis Crystal Lipzin, BFA ’67, MFA ’76, presented a screening of four of her recent works at the in San Francisco Exploratorium’s “A Salon with Janis Crystal Lipzin,” in San Francisco, California.

1972

Robert Evans, BBA ’72, was inducted into the inaugural Brilliant High School Athletic Hall of Fame in August, 50 years after his participation in football and track.

Charles Patterson III, BBA ’72, retired

as president of Southeastern Equipment Co., Inc. at the end of 2018. Patterson served as president for nearly a decade and was employed by the company for 46 years. Patterson and his wife, Denyse Bond Patterson, BSED ’72, live in Granville, Ohio.

1973

William Slaninko, MS ’73, retired in July 2018 after a 40-year career as a medical assistant at CedarsSinai Medical Center’s microbiology lab in Los Angeles, California.

1974

Mary Lynn Everson, AB ’74, retired after 42 years of working in the trauma treatment field. For the last 10 years, she served as the director of Chicago’s Marjorie Kovler Center, a treatment facility for survivors of politically sanctioned torture.

1975

In January, Douglas Charnas, AB ’75, joined McGlinchey Stafford law firm’s corporate and business transaction unit in Washington, D.C. Charnas’ 30-year career in advising

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includes working in the chief counsel’s office at the Internal Revenue Service. He and his wife, Marianne, reside in Falls Church, Virginia.

1978

Sculptor Harry Eric Stein, MFA ’78, exhibited his work in 2018 in Tennessee, Illinois, and New York. In July 2018, Stein completed a residency at Buffalo Creek Art Center and Sculpture Park in Gardnerville, Nevada, installing a new piece, Undefined, there. His piece Trap is on display at the Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park in Hamilton, Ohio. He and his wife, Roberta, live in Huguenot, New York.

Rev. George F. Woodward III, BGS ’78*, was installed as the seventh rector of St. Paul’s Anglican Church in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, in December 2018.

1979

Dr. Richard Moyer, BS ’79, a research scientist in the Center for Energy Research at the University of California, San Diego, is part of a three-person team awarded the 2018

BOBCAT SIGHTINGS OHIO alumni go on adventures hither and yon!

Cathrine “Birdy” Cayleigh Brown, BFA ’81, Cyndi Schmitz Geroski, BSED ’81, and Bryna Helfer, BSRS ’82, hanging out in South Dakota in October 2018.

Dublin’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral is a fine place to celebrate 18 years of marriage! Kristen Nelson Cook, BMUS ’98, and Chad Cook, BS ’98, traveled to Ireland to mark their special day.

Alumni bled green for the Bobcats at the OHIO vs University of Cincinnati football game in September. [FROM LEFT] Jeffrey Bramley, BSIT ’82; Patrick O’Shaughnessy, BBA ’83; Paul Rutkousky, BSC ’82, BSC ’86; Richard Zippert, BS ’87; and Tom Nyhan, BSC ’83

Gene Ammarell, EMERT ’16, right, shows off an OHIO Alumni Association tote at a Bobcat reunion in Jakarta, Indonesia.

These Bobcats met in October in Kearney, Nebraska, the midway point (1733 miles) between San Francisco and Boston! L to R are Scott Lavelle, BSJ ’77; John Locke, BBA ’79; Jeff Blosser, BBA ’78, MSA ’79; David Wilhelm, AB ’77, DPS ’02; Justin Klimko, AB ’77; Al Olson, BSME ’78; and Jon McBride, BSC ’78, MSA ’84.

Sean Scully, AB ’93, throws up his green and white behind this Komodo dragon, a species that holds the distinction of being the world’s largest living lizard.

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—Compiled by Editor Kelee Garrison Riesbeck and Elizabeth Harper, BSJ ’19 Send your photos with names, grad degrees and grad years to ohiotoday@ohio.edu or to Ohio University, Ohio Today, 112 McKee House, 1 Ohio University Drive, Athens, OH 45701.

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John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research by the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics.

Karen Richards, AB ’79*, was appointed in November to serve on the State of Vermont Racial Equity Advisory Panel. The panel advises Gov. Phil Scott on matters like systemic racial disparities in legislation. Richards and her husband, Kevin Kelly, BFA ’79, live in Williamstown, Vermont.

1980

Kim Richey, BSRS ’80*, released her ninth studio album, “Edgeland,” in August 2018. Richey resides in Nashville, Tennessee.

1983

Paul Leedy, BMUS ’83, launched S-Team LA, an affordable luxury fashion brand for men and women, in May 2018.

S-Team LA has dressed celebrities for red carpet events, magazine editorials, and TV programs.

Leedy resides in Laguna Hills, California.

Costa Rica

2019 TOURS Aug. 2-11 • The Majestic Great Lakes Aug. 7-11 • Costa Rica Eco Explorer Sept. 20-27 • Historic Hotels of New England Oct. 11-22 • Albuquerque Balloon Festival & U.S. National Parks Oct. 26-Nov. 2 • The Northern Lights of Finland Oct. 27-Nov. 4 • Oceania Cruise: Venice to Rome Nov. 27-Dec. 5 • Holiday Markets Cruise: The Rhine River

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For a complete list, visit ohio.edu/alumni/invest/partnerships/travel

Rev. Jack Sullivan Jr., BSC ’83, was selected as executive director by the Ohio Council of Churches in December 2018.

Sullivan is the senior pastor at the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Findlay, Ohio. Sullivan and his wife, Rev. Sekinah Hamlin, reside in Findlay, Ohio

1985

In October 2018, Pamela Duncan, BSC ’85, was appointed the president and CEO of the Metropolitan Development Council in Tacoma, Washington, the first woman and person of AfricanAmerican descent to hold the position. She resides in Federal Way, Washington.

In January, Mohd Y. Mohd Isa, BBA ’85, was appointed as dean of Bank Rakyat School of Business and Entrepreneurship at the Universiti Tun Abdul Razak in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

1987

Tom Ryan, BSC ’87, directed Philadelphia’s Allens Lane Theater premiere of “26 Pebbles,” a play about the 2012 Sandy Hook

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Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, which opened in March.

Marissa Wolf, MFA ’12, played three characters: Sally, Yolie, and Jeriann. Ryan partnered with Laura Robinson Madeleine, BFA ’76, who co-created Souls Shot, a project that links fine artists with families or friends of victims of gun violence and memorializes the victims.

(Watch Ohio Today’s video about Souls Shot at ohiotoday.org/summer-2018/souls-shot/).

1988

In July 2018, Wayne Moss, MSA ’88, became executive director at the National Council of Youth Sports. Moss previously served as senior director of sports, fitness, and recreation for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. He resides in Suwanee, Georgia.

The inaugural Thrive Columbus event, produced by Thrive Columbus founder Mary Relotto, BSJ ’88*, took place Feb. 26, 2019, featuring four panels and 26 presenters. Thrive is a Columbus-based women’s networking nonprofit organization.

1989

Joseph “Joe” Potter, MSA ’89*, was named senior vice president of Learfield IMG College’s University Partnership Group, a business relationship unit for the university. Potter and his wife, Jane, reside in Winston Salem, North Carolina.

In October 2018, Kenneth “Mike” Wolfert, MSA ’89, became a principal at Teall Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in sports, entertainment, and lifestyle brands. Wolfert formerly worked at IMG College and ISP Sports. Wolfert and his wife, Michele McGee Wolfert, MSA ’90, reside in Winston Salem, North Carolina, with their three children.

1990

Artist Robert Cross, MFA ’90, exhibited “Stream of Consciousness: Recent Work by Bob Cross” at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art from December 2018 through February.

Cross and his wife live in Elkhart, Indiana.

Belinda Paschal, BSJ ’90, is the associate editor of Miami Valley Today, a merger of

the Troy Daily News and Piqua Daily Call.

She started the position in May 2018 and previously worked in California for nearly seven years before returning to Ohio. She resides in Dayton, Ohio.

1994

Derek Morel, MSA ’94*, joined the Allstate Sugar Bowl staff as executive vice president for sales and marketing. He and his wife, Mary Morel, BBA ’93, live in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Anthony Petruzzi, AB ’94, was listed with the annual Ohio Super Lawyers for 2019, a rating service that highlights outstanding lawyers in Ohio from more than 70 practice areas. Petruzzi is a partner at Tucker Ellis LLP specializing in corporate litigation in Cleveland, Ohio.

COMS ’95, was named a 2019 Leading Lawyer

by Cincy magazine.

Zamary, founder of Zamary Law Firm LLC, was the sole attorney selected for the “general practice” category.

1996

Tiffany Chenault, AB ’96*, was appointed full professor at Salem State University in November 2018.

Previously, she worked as an associate professor and as a coordinator for the University’s African-American studies minor program. She lives with her husband,

Frenchie Chenault, BSED ’66, in Boston, Massachusetts.

1997

President and CEO of Krile Communications, Angela Hazlett Krile, BSJ ’97, was named best public relations firm in Columbus by Columbus CEO magazine in October 2018.

In December 2018, Ashleigh Church Miller, BSC ’97, founded Amplify Excellence LLC, a company that offers training and coaching on the role of emotional intelligence in business.

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In 2018, Abdul Williams, BSC ’94, won a 2018 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie for “The New Edition Story, Part 2.”

He resides in Redondo Beach, California.

1995

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George Zamary,

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Miller and her husband, Len, reside in Silver Lake, Ohio.

1998

In March 2019, Matthew Brandon, MS ’98, became the chief advancement officer for inclusion and diversity at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Brandon previously served as the executive director of the Ridley Scholarship Fund at the University of Virginia Alumni Association in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Douglas McKechnie, BA ’98, a scholar and teacher of constitutional law at the U.S. Air Force Academy, was awarded a Fulbright Scholar Award.

The award supports McKechnie’s research in constitutional law.

1999

Jamie Clark, BSC ’99*, was hired as a career coach for Ohio University Eastern and Ohio University Zanesville in December 2018. Clark served for nearly two decades as Zanesville, Ohio-based Zane State College’s director of career services.

Jon Oldham, BS ’99, was named Akron

Municipal Court’s presiding judge for 2019.

Oldham was elected to the bench in 2015 and also has served as a law clerk for the Summit County Prosecutor’s Office, an attorney, a visiting magistrate for the Akron Municipal Court, and a magistrate to Judge Elinore Marsh Stormer in the Summit County Probate Court. Oldham resides in Akron, Ohio.

2001

Julie Miceli, BSED ’01, was named managing partner of Husch Blackwell LLP’s Chicago office in October 2018.

Miceli previously served as the deputy general counsel for higher education and student aid at the U.S. Department of Education.

The Library Foundation of Cincinnati and Hamilton County selected Jessica Strawser, BSJ ’01, to be its 2019 Writer-inResidence. Strawser will serve as the library’s literary ambassador to the community and receives a stipend with help from the Naomi Tucker Gerwin Foundation and the Library Foundation.

2002

In December 2018,

Susan Emmert, BA ’02, was named vice president and chief advocacy officer for St. Paul-based Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota (LSS), which is among the largest human service organizations in the state. Emmert also has held the positions of advocacy manager and senior director of advocacy during her nine year-career at LSS. She and her son reside in St. Paul, Minnesota.

2004

In November 2018, Jay Nixon, BA’ 04*, was appointed as the new Knox County (Ohio) juvenile/probate judge after serving as magistrate in the same court for several years.

Nixon resides in Mount Vernon, Ohio.

Kimberly McDonald Rometo, BSC ’04, MITS ’14, was named vice president and chief information officer for the Miami Dolphins in December 2018. Rometo previously served as the franchise’s chief information officer.

In 2018, Rometo was recognized as a Women in Technology’s 2018 Women of the Year honoree. She and her hus-

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band, Michael, reside in Atlanta, Georgia.

2005

State of Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague named Sam Rossi, BA ’05, MA ’07,* his office’s director of communications in December 2018. Rossi formerly worked in the Ohio Senate and for the Ohio Department of Medicaid. He resides in Columbus, Ohio.

2006

In November 2018, Cheryl Sadler, BSJ ’06*, became a digital marketing manager for the Cleveland Jewish Publication Company based in Cleveland, Ohio. She resides in Mentor, Ohio.

2007

In October 2018, Krista McCormick Trent, BSED ’07*, was the sole Ohio teacher to be awarded the Milken Educator Award, which celebrates outstanding educators and comes with a cash prize. Trent teaches fourth grade at Thornville Elementary School. Trent and her husband, Kyle Trent, BSIT ’08, live in Pataskala, Ohio.

Michelle Patella, BBA ’07, presented

FUTURE BOBCATS

Big sister Ella makes sure baby sis Liliana Vale grows in knowledge, wisdom, and love, making parents Anthony Castrovince, BSJ ’03, and Kate Castrovince proud.

This tantrum of Bobcats—[FROM LEFT] August Michael, Cecilia Josephine, Maris Rose, and James Gregory—are all smiles for their parents, Carissa Patton Young, BMUS ’08, MM ’11, and Jacob Young, BM ’09, MM ’11.

Maria Choi Paparone, BS ’08, and Frank Paparone don son Francis Edward Salvator with a pint-sized OHIO jersey as the family gets ready to cheer on the Bobcats.

Elyse Raley Dillinger, BSCHS ’08, CERT ’08, snaps a pic of Avery [LEFT] and Westin in their stripiest Bobcat gear.

—Compiled by Editor Kelee Garrison Riesbeck and Elizabeth Harper, BSJ ’19 Send your photos with names, grad degrees and grad years to ohiotoday@ ohio.edu or Ohio University, Ohio Today, 112 McKee House, 1 Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701.

Emery can hardly wait for 2038, when she can follow in the footsteps of parents Lauren Best Feig, BSHSL ’10, and Michael Feig, BSS ’11, and become a fourth generation Bobcat.

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a TedX talk in New Albany, Ohio, in April 2018 titled “Mindfulness Applied.”

The presentation discussed tools and techniques for aligning time management with one’s core values and purpose.

2009

Gallagher Sharp LLP in October 2018 as an associate. He is also a logistics officer in the United States Marine Corps Reserve and a member of the Ohio State Bar Association.

2014

Justin Eddy, BA ’09, was promoted to counsel at Tucker Ellis LLP in Cleveland, Ohio, in January. Eddy now provides counsel to developers, investors, public and private companies, municipalities, and more.

In November 2018, Noah O’Brien, BSAM ’14, was elected to the Board of Directors of the Lloyd Library and Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio. O’Brien also serves as the vice president of West End Community Council.

2010

2015

In August 2018, Gina Ciavarro, BBA ’10*, was promoted from senior director to chief information security officer at Ankura Consulting Group in the Washington, D.C., area.

2012

Attorney Alexandra Arko, BSC ’12, CERT ’12, was hired in January at Minc Law LLC in Cleveland, Ohio. Previously, she conducted trials and hearings for the State of Ohio at the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office-Juvenile Division.

Robert Pleines, BA ’12, joined

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Gregory Atkin, BFA ’15, BA ’15, played the roles of Edmund Mortimer, Ancient Pistol, and Lord Mowbray in the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s production of “Henry IV, Part One” and “Henry IV, Part Two.” The productions ran from February 2019 through April 2019. Atkin currently resides in Kensington, Maryland.

2016

In October 2018, Trey Klopfenstein, BS ’16, MS ’18, joined Field Environmental Instruments in Tigard,

digital producer for The Washington Post’s opinions department in August 2018 after completing a summer internship with the newspaper the same year.

Oregon, as a branch manager. Klopfenstein resides in Portland, Oregon.

2017

In November 2018, Jarid Brown, BSC ’17*, signed as a wide receiver with the Tucson Sugar Skulls, an Indoor Football League team in Arizona.

Jack Marchbanks, PHD ’18, CERT ’18, was named director of the Ohio Department of Transportation in January. Marchbanks resides in Columbus.

2018

Josh Ball, BSM ’18*, was appointed stadium operations coordinator for the Indianapolis Indians, a minor league baseball team based in Indiana.

In February 2019, Abby Reno, BBA ’18, was named partnership manager at 84.51° in Cincinnati, Ohio, a company that pioneers customer engagement. She resides in Springfield, Ohio.

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Alumni Authors Ohio University alumni publish books across subjects and genres. Here are releases within the last year.

—Compiled by Elizabeth Harper, BSJ ’19, and Kelee Garrison Riesbeck, BSJ, CERT ’91 Stand Up: How to Flourish When the Odds Are Stacked Against You, self-help (Morgan James Publishing), by René Banglesdorf, BSS ’16 • Bits & Pieces, psychological thriller (Ant Colony Press), by Dawn Hosmer, AB ’93 • The Funeral Plain, fiction (iUniverse), by Michael D. Kiggans, BSM ’79 • Dancing Naked in Front of Dogs, poetry (Independent), by Michael Maul, AB ’70, MA ’72 • Talk To Me: How to Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers, and Interview Anyone Like a Pro, how-to (HarperCollins), by Dean Nelson, PHD ’91 • The Enchanted Valley, historical fiction (Lulu.com), by Dr. Larry Powell, BSED ’70, PHD ’93 • Jews Make the Best Demons: ‘Palestine’ and the Jewish Question, history (New English Review Press), by Eric L. Rozenman, BSJ ’69 • Mapping with ArcGIS Pro, how-to (Packt Publishing), by Amy Rock, BGS ’92, MA ’05, and Ryan Malhoski • Lazy Fairy, fantasy (Independent), by P.K. Silverson (Paul Silberberg), BSC ’74 • Forget You Know Me, suspense (St Martin’s Press), by Jessica Strawser, BSJ ’01 • The Catalyst Effect: 12 Skills and Behaviors to Boost Your Impact and Elevate Team Performance, human resources (Emerald Publishing Limited), by Dr. Steven Weitzenkorn, AB ’72

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Join at mentorship.ohio.edu today!

Benefits: Benefits: • ∙Develop and apply youryour mentorship skills by working with current students and fellow alumni Develop and apply mentoring skills • ∙Practice your interpersonal communication skills skills Practice your interpersonal communication • ∙Give to to andand reconnect with Ohio in a rewarding and life-changing way Giveback back reconnect withUniversity Ohio University in a rewarding and life-changing way

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Remembering fellow alumni

1930s

John K. Donaldson, BSED ’39 Beatrice K. (Kloepfer) Stecca, AB ’39, MA ’41

1940s

Elizabeth J. (Anthony) Banner, KP ’41 Jean L. (Leaf) Elsner, AB ’41 Helen A. (Williams) Guy, BSHEC ’42 Dorothy M. (Kuchenrither) Katzman, BSED ’42 Bruce P. Price, BSED ’42 Muriel J. (Holt) Altman, ELED ’43, BSED ’45 Sophia (Masich) Balmer, BSHEC ’43 Eleanor F. (Arnett) Snavely, BSED ’43 Marilyn A. (Reeley) Church, AB ’45 Harold I. Salzmann, AB ’45 Robert M. Chapman, BSCOM ’46 Gloria R. Collett, BSED ’46 Harold D. Kent, BSCOM ’46 Helen L. (Bowman) Rattray, BSHEC ’46 Wanda L. (Quest) Dean, BSED ’47 Margret R. (Lamb) Ashbrook, BSED ’48 James G. Gianakopoulos, BS ’48 Eugene B. Giffin, BSAE ’48 Dudley B. Rolla, AB ’48 Janet L. (Birdsall) Tempel, BSS ’48 Mary A. (Cone) Williams, BSCOM ’48 Harold H. Beaver, BS ’49 John E. Collins, BSED ’49, MED ’53 Mary J. (Robinson) Keys, BSED ’49

1950s

Robert E. Bires, BSCHE ’50 Donna J. (Herbert) Elliott, AA ’50, BSED ’72 William F. Horn, BSCOM ’50

Jeanne C. (Collis) Johnston, BSHEC ’50 John P. Jones, BS ’50 Mary L. (Hurley) Smith, BS ’51 Helen (Tomaski) Elliott, MED ’52 F. W. Englefield, BSCE ’52 Thalia N. (Grammer) Roebuck, BSED ’52 E. H. Scott, BS ’52 Donald E. Seffens, BSCOM ’52 Richard M. Sopko, BSCOM ’52 Theodore S. Zajac, BSEE ’52 Anne (Guckenberger) Delo, MA ’53 Barbara J. (Nogrady) Evener, AA ’53 Jack F. Mercer, AB ’53 Margaret K. Scott, AB ’53 Kenneth B. Burns, BSCOM ’54 Horace R. Collins, BS ’54 Carl O. Eycke, BSCOM ’54, MA ’56 Jim E. Hartley, BSCOM ’54 Lionel P. (Bowers) Levreault, MS ’54 Barbara J. (Porter) McClain, BSHEC ’54 Paul D. Pavelka, BSCOM ’54 Sandy N. Wilson, BSED ’54 Raymond J. Abraham, BFA ’55 Ralph L. Ankenman, BA ’55 Barbara M. (Jones) Baker, AB ’55 George P. Saliaris, BSEE ’55 Mary R. (Davis) Ashcroft, AAS ’56 P J. Lymberopoulos, BSCOM ’56 Carol L. (Rice) Sharrock, BSED ’56 Alfred B. Sullivan, BS ’56 Carolyn (Cunningham) Arganbright, BSED ’57 Gerald E. Bobo, BSME ’57 John W. Ellenwood, BFA ’57, MA ’63 Sandra J. (Murray) Knutsen, BSED ’57 Ronald E. Punkar, BFA ’57 Louis A. Riekert, BSME ’57, BSME ’60 Daniel L. Stix, MA ’57 James R. Waltz, AB ’57

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Richard E. Abbruzzese, BSCOM ’58 Barbara A. (Hyde) Bellville, BSED ’58 Robert A. Cashbaugh, BFA ’58 William E. Kortier, MS ’58 Joyce A. (Cunningham) La Fond, BSED ’58, MED ’59 Constance J. (McClure) Morison, BSHEC ’58 Jerry A. Patriarca, AB ’58 Carol J. (Rassie) Bush, BSED ’59 William C. Crossgrove, AB ’59 Michael R. McKinley, AB ’59 Steven Ratner, BS ’59 Susan G. Cox Reilly, BSED ’59 Darrell Risner, BSED ’59, MED ’69 Lawrence M. Sasaki, BSED ’59, MED ’64 Walter M. Warner, MS ’59 Richard W. Zolman, BSCOM ’59

1960s

Gerald S. Clapp, BSED ’60 Helen J. (Mienik) Kinsworthy, BSED ’60 Carmen J. Lorubbio, BSED ’60, MED ’71 Richard H. Roberdeaux, BSCOM ’60 Carl A. Smith, BSCOM ’60 Russel C. Stinson, BSAE ’60 Joanne M. (Pietrafese) Feudo, BSED ’61 Robert E. Hunter, BSED ’61 Sarah B. (Bowling) Kraft, AB ’61 John F. Pitcher, AB ’61 James M. Ward, BSED ’61 Marilyn J (McCarroll) Wilson, BSED ’61 Susan K. (Hale) Allen, BSED ’62 James F. Papp, BSCOM ’62 William R. Reed, BSCOM ’62 Michael I. Rothburd, AB ’62, PHD ’70 Margaret A. Scott, MA ’62 John J. Witt, BSME ’62 Robert A. Woodworth, BSED ’62

Jennie R. Bush, BFA ’63 William D. Conner, BSJ ’63 Bradford V. Decapite, BBA ’63 John T. Longsworth, BFA ’63 Gerald E. Ridgeway, BSME ’63 Jeanette C. Thomas, BSED ’63 James L. Buttle, BSCE ’64 Barbara D. (Damon) Capsalis, BS ’64 Lawrence A. Grey, AB ’64 Janet (Mikitan) Grothjan, BFA ’64 Gerald W. Perritt, BSED ’64 Michael E. Preston, BA ’64 Ronald L. Schie, BA ’64, MFA ’66 Larry H. Welch, BBA ’64 Janet E. West, BA ’64 William P. Anthony, BBA ’65 Patricia (Rizer) Buehler, BSHEC ’65 Patricia (Lee) Clifford, BSHEC ’65 Darlene A. Diddle, BSED ’65 Joy M. Horvath-Schumack, BA ’65 Mary J. Kardos, BSED ’65 James M. Bower, MA ’66 Bienvenido N. Celones, BARCH ’66 Mary S. (Hawk) Fenton, BSED ’66 Wayne A. Pletcher, BS ’66 Alan I. Shorr, BBA ’66 Paul T. Beebe, BSED ’67 Thomas R. Bizosky, BBA ’67 Phyllis (Bowman) Conklin, MSHEC ’67 Orlan C. Cooper, MED ’67 Wayne F. Drotleff, BBA ’67 Josephine M. (Wells) Johansson, BFA ’67 Alexander Koslow, BSED ’67 Tak-Ming Lam, BSCHE ’67 Jennie G. (Roberts) McClendon- Pryor, BSED ’67 James R. Morris, BSJ ’67 Richard J. Olds, BSIT ’67 James J. Patton, BBA ’67 Robert J. Walsh, BBA ’67, MBA ’72 Sally S. (Vines) Wasson, BSED ’67 Jimmy L. Wood, MED ’67 Estella Curry, BSED ’68 William V. Fischer, MFA ’68

Charles J. Talley, BBA ’68 John E. Trimpey, PHD ’68 William L. Allen, MED ’69, PHD ’77 Melvin Claybrooks, BFA ’69 John K. McKean, BSED ’69 William E. McKenzie, AB ’69 Stephen W. Merchant, BBA ’69 Linda Y. Stapp, BSED ’69

1970s

Donald H. Bergen, MS ’70 Siegfried L. Hausladen, MS ’70, PHD ’73 Roger H. Oney, BSED ’70 William H. Welch, BFA ’70 Robert M. Weston, MED ’70 Richard W. Bailine, BBA ’71 Richard A. Guder, AB ’71, MED ’74 William A. Kelley, AB ’71 Nancy E. (Nickell) Lee, BSED ’71 Jerry D. May, BSJ ’71 Michael Q. McCarty, BSED ’71 Peggy J. (Jackson) Morrow, AA ’71, BSED ’74 Grace V. (Monigold) Schmittauer, BSED ’71 Jama L. Sebald, AB ’71 Thomas M. Seeley, BSED ’71 Bernice M. Bartels, BSED ’72 Richard E. Carter, BSED ’72, BBA ’76 Deborah Corwin, BSED ’72 John F. Diesenbruch, MBA ’72 Thomas N. Hayes, BSED ’72 William E. McMillen, MA ’72, PHD ’76 Ann E. (Peridon) Rawlins, BSHEC ’72 Charles C. Stauffer, BSCHE ’72 Roger S. Brumfield, MED ’73 Alice C. (Crawford) Driscoll, MA ’73 Craig A. Dunn, MM ’73 Stephen P. Gilmore, BS ’73 Francis L. McWhorter, MSEE ’73, PHD ’90

In memoriam

Myra S. (Embrey) Van, BSED ’73 Lawrence P. Crist, BSED ’74 J.C. Inabnet, BSC ’74, MA ’77 James M. Ott, BBA ’74 Walter E. Scheid, PHD ’74 Carole A. Trimble, BSJ ’74 Ronald J. Hangen, AB ’75 James L. Norton, BSIT ’75 Geraldine (Queen) Stump, BS ’75 Patrica A. (Schager) Brill, AB ’76 John J. Griesinger, AB ’76 Susan G. (Glick) Moskowitz, BSED ’76 Alice E. Potosky, BSJ ’76 James S. Hank, MFA ’77 Larry N. Neichter, BSJ ’77 Gerard P. Rossi, BSJ ’77 Betty L. (Cartmell) Bodner, BSN ’78 Ronald P. Haygood, MBA ’79 Thomas A. Hutto, PHD ’79 Barbara (Allgeier) Kmecak, BBA ’79 Ann C. McLean, BSC ’79

1980s

Kevin E. Kelly, BSJ ’80 Elsie K. (Andronis) Mays, AIS ’80 Mark R. Arnold, BBA ’81, MBA ’83 Robert D. Scott, BSCHE ’81 Janice C. Mosser, BSED ’82 Craig A. Parsons, BBA ’82 Karen L. (Mitchell) Pierce, BSHEC ’82 Laszlo F. Hary, MS ’83 Phillip A. Edwards, DO ’84 David M. Magee, BSRS ’84 Robert G. Shoemaker, BSC ’84 Andre R. Tang, BS ’84 Joanne C. (Makee) Charney, BSED ’85 Laura A. Ditka, BSC ’85 Jonathan A. Hutchings, AB ’85 Nancy A. (Pok) Knisley, BSC ’85 Lois B. (Burchfield) Highley, BSN ’86 Merianne C. Miller, AB ’86 Matt E. Arnold, BSJ ’87

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Peter J. Feduchak, BBA ’87, BSS ’96 Carole S. (Shapaka) Sacco, AA ’87 Orville M. Vulgamore, BBA ’87 Kevin S. Blythe, BSISE ’88, MS ’91 Michael J. Pfeffer, BSED ’88 Richard T. Alatorre, BSC ’89 Thomas E. Gavin, BSC ’89 Marilyn (Eisel) Roberts, AIS ’89, CERT ’96 Belinda M. (Dean) Seagraves, BSED ’89, MED ’07

1990s

James T. Bruney, AB ’90 Davidah A. (Walton) Groves, BGS ’90 Darrin E. Lewis, BSC ’90 Valla T. (Royer) O’Dell, AA ’90, BSG ’91 Paul K. Distel, BBA ’91 Rebecca A. (Traikoff) Douglas, AB ’91 William R. Edmunds, BBA ’91 David L. Ransom, MBA ’91 David J. El’Hatton, BSC ’93 Sean D. Hilverding, BSEE ’94 Michael S. Keller, DO ’94

Kevin J. Mackrell, BS ’94 Stacey M. Harris, BSSPS ’96, BA ’98 Richard S. Fitch, BSS ’97, MS ’91 Joseph J. Cicero, BBA ’98 Karen L. Campbell, BSN ’99

2000s

Brian W. Lowe, AAS ’00, BA ’03 Joyce A. Jones, BSN ’01 Anna S. (Larimer) Lattimer, BSC ’02 Clifford J. Kittle, BFA ’03 Ronald L. Ross, MED ’08 Mary R. Coles, BSS ’11 Darla K. Meek, AAS ’12, BSN ’15 Daniel R. Chadwell, BA ’13 Timothy A. Beavers, AAB ’14 Carol L. Lasiewski, BSN ’17 Chris Dorich, MSRSS ’18

Faculty/Staff

Steven D. Bourquin, BSEE ’89, MS 91, PHD 99, Pembroke, North Carolina, professor, Ohio University Eastern Campus, Sept. 4.

Charitable remainder trust A charitable remainder trust is an irrevocable taxexempt trust that provides an income stream to you for a stated term with the remainder transferring to The Ohio University Foundation.

BENEFITS: • Deferment and partial bypass of capital gains • Charitable income tax deduction • Increased income • Income can be deferred • Offers flexibility in financial and estate planning

For more information, contact Kelli Kotowski Executive Director of Gift Planning kotowskk@ohio.edu • 740.597.1819

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Paul R. Deuster, Fairfax, Virginia, professor, Ohio University Athens Campus, Nov. 20.

Aethelred Eldridge, EMERT ’11, Millfield, Ohio, professor, Ohio University Athens Campus, Nov. 12.

Jessie Crawford Essex, BSED ’50, EMERT ’08, Athens, Ohio, administrator emeritus, Ohio University Athens Campus, Nov. 6.

Lynn A. Simon, MS ’60, EMERT ’89, Athens, Ohio, professor emeritus, Ohio University Athens Campus, Oct. 30.

—Compiled by Kelee Garrison Riesbeck, BSJ, CERT ’91. Includes alumni who passed away between Sept. 1–Dec. 31, 2018. Information provided by the University’ s Office of Advancement Services.

MISSION STATEMENT Ohio Today informs, celebrates, and engages alumni, faculty, staff, students, and friends of Ohio University.

Editor, Director of Content, Advancement Communication and Marketing Kelee Garrison Riesbeck, BSJ, CERT ’91 Art Director Sarah McDowell, BFA ’02 Contributors Ellee Achten, BSJ ’14, MA ’17 Jen Jones Donatelli, BSJ ’98 Michaela Fath, BSJ ’20 Rick Fatica, MFA ’08 Dustin Franz, BSVC ’10 John Grimwade Shripathi Hadigal John Halley, MFA ’87 Elizabeth Harper, BSJ ’19 Emma Howells, BSVC ’18 Cat Hofacker, BSJ ’18 Daniel King, MFA ’15 Jennifer Kirksey, BSJ ’98, MA ’16 Kyle Lindner, BFA ’17 Emily Matthews, BSVC ’18 Mijana Mazur, BSVC ’21 Tom McGrath Ohio University Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections Ohio University Press Kaitlin Owens, BSVC, CERT ’17 Susana Raab, MA ’10 Samara Rafert Mary Reed, BSJ ’90, MA ’93 Scott Ruescher, AB ’75 Hannah Ruhoff, BSVC ’20 Peter Shooner Ben Wirtz Siegel, BSVC ’02

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Last word Andrea Frohne has spent her career investigating the visual landscape of African culture, arts, cinema, and space. Her 2015 book, The African Burial Ground in New York City: Memory, Spirituality, and Space, explores the visuality of New York City’s African Burial Ground, a 6.7-acre swath in lower Manhattan where more than 15,000 mostly enslaved Africans and African-Americans were buried throughout the 18th century.

Frohne, an associate professor of art history who holds joint appointments in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts, the School of Art + Design, and African Studies, shared some of her life, work, and worldview with Ohio Today. An excerpt of the interview follows.

What’s your earliest memory? I remember my newborn sister coming home from the hospital, and I remember a wall-sized Max Ernst painting that hangs in Mies van der Rohe’s Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin.

You just got home from a trip—what’s the first thing you do? Begin working.

Photo by Ellee Achten, BSJ ’14, MA ’17

List some books that have changed your life.

Edward Said’s Culture and Imperialism and E.M. Forster’s Room with a View. From early on, I can say the Nancy Drew detective series.

Visit ohiotoday.org for the complete Q&A. —Peter Shooner

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For more than 200 years coal mines in Appalachia have dumped heavy metals into waterways, leaving a legacy of pollution that impacts aquatic life in more than 1,300 miles of streams in Ohio. This photo was taken with a drone, looking straight down onto a strip mine in Oreton, Ohio. OHIO professors have teamed up to restore polluted waterways and transform an ugly reality into fine art pigment and beautiful works of art. —Ben Wirtz Siegel, BSVC ’02, OHIO photography supervisor at University Communications and Marketing

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The new realm was spoken of as “the back country,” “the vast interior,” “the howling wilderness,” “the fair domain beyond the Ohio,” or simply “the Ohio country.”

—Excerpt from The Pioneers, by David McCullough, on how Ohio was described prior to its settlement.

Photo by Kyle Lindner, BFA ’17

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