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This year we celebrate the Golden Reunion of our Otterbein College graduation. The biographical updates, stories and

will invoke many reflections of days gone by.

Thanks to all the 1964 graduates who participated in our project.

Class of 1964 Ms. Julie Adams Bartley-Geraghty Mrs. Carol Albright Lauthers Mrs. Sharon Allaman Hoover Mr. Richard L. Allen Ms. Judith M. Anderson Rev. Kenneth W. Anderson Rev. David L. Andrews Mrs. Carole Anthony Lloyd † Mrs. Maria Apostolopoulos Coburn Mrs. Carol Arnold Mickey Mr. Ronald D. Ball Mrs. Sally Banbury Anspach Mr. Terry D. Ater † Dr. Lyle T. Barkhymer Mr. Phillip R. Barnes † Mr. Thomas K. Barnes Mrs. Pauline Barre Richey † Dr. David M. Bartley † Dr. William W. Beck Mr. Thomas R. Beck Mrs. Barbara Benton Brandeberry † Mrs. Nancy Bender Carlton Col. Jesse L. Blair Mrs. Sarah Boger Martin Dr. James W. Booth Dr. Larry H. Bowers Mrs. Carolyn Boyd Heriza Mr. Raymond L. Brandeberry Mrs. Sandra Brenfleck Baranet Mr. Wilfred D. Breyer † Mr. George S. Brookes † Dr. David A. Brown Mrs. Zoe Brown Tenley † Mr. David E. Brubaker Mrs. Jeanne Brumbaugh Lyons Mr. David R. Brunton Miss Patricia L. Buck Mrs. Judith Buckley Wiblin Mrs. Phylis Bush Miller Mrs. Linda Bussard Hartranft Maj. Clyde H. Butler Mr. Edward G. Carrigan Mrs. Judith Carter Case Mr. Robert Case Dr. William J. Catalona Mrs. Carol Clark DeLano Dr. James K. Clary Mr. James E. Clawson Mrs. Rebecca Clifford Goodwin Mrs. Judith Colwell Lininger † Mr. John C. Compton Mrs. Linda Conrad Shimer Dr. Charles H. Cook Mr. Geoffrey B. Cotton †

Mr. William A. Craig Maj. Herman T. Crane † Mrs. Diana Darling Case Mr. H. Jay Dattle † Dr. Gary A. DeBevoise Rev. Martha Deever Matteson Mr. David V. Deringer Mrs. Nancy Dern Mathison † Mr. Charles A. Deyo Mr. Frank A. D'Imperio Mr. Michael H. Doney Mr. Harvey W. Douglas Dr. Edward H. Drayer Mrs. Sue Drinkhouse Ward Rev. Michael D. Dudley Mrs. Alice Earhart Prochazka Mr. Donald L. Eppert Ms. Linda E. Evans Dr. Regina Fehrens Poulard Mrs. Carol Field Kirkman Mr. Lowell Q. Findley † Ms. Barbara Finkle O’Connor † Mrs. Dini Fisher Parsons Mrs. Linda Fisher Wright Ms. Janet Flenner Catalona Mrs. Barbara Fletcher Coburn Mr. David L. Fodor Mrs. Judith Fogel Baldwin Mr. Byron E. Ford Mrs. Ruth Freeman Pierce Dr. Richard N. Funkhouser Lt. Col. Eugene L. Gangl Mrs. Lois Gannett Walker Mr. David A. Gault Mr. Jerry A. Gill Mr. Wayne T. Gill Mr. Jerry E. Ginn Mr. James R. Gittins Mrs. Elizabeth Glor Allen Mr. Richard I. Goodwin Mr. Kevin T. Gorey Dr. Todd C. Gould † Ms. Virginia B. Grassel † Mrs. Joyce Graber Carlos Mrs. Jane Hagerty Telem † Dr. Mary F. Hall Mrs. Karla Hambel Lortz Mrs. Maryann Hamilton Kidwell Mr. John F. Harmon Mr. Gary A. Hawkes Mrs. Mary Hendrix Myers Mr. Thomas E. Hickman, Jr. Lt. Col. George M. Hittle III † Mrs. Sandra Holby Torresani

Mr. David R. Hollifield † Dr. John E. Hoover Mrs. Rosemary Huprich Jenkins Mr. D. Larry Ishida Mr. Gary C. Jackson † Mr. Charles H. Johnson Mrs. Leta Johnson Palm Dr. Lloyd A. Jones Mr. David R. Jones Mrs. Katherine Jones Peterson Mrs. Sandra Joseph Ziegler Mrs. Kathy Kanto Carpenter Mr. David Z. Keeler Mrs. Carole Keith Carlson Mrs. Margaret Kerr Brubaker Mr. Paul E. Keyser † Mrs. Kisook Kim Mrs. Martha Kinder Gifford Rev. Raymond F. Kinne Mrs. Joan Kissling Carman Mr. Harry J. Klockner Dr. Robert C. Koettel Mr. Albert E. Kohler Mr. Gerald R. Krauss Mr. Thomas H. Kreimeier Mrs. Carol Krohn Covrett Dr. David B. Kull Mrs. Ruth Lackey Tobias Mr. Arnold N. Lamp † Mrs. Sally Landwer Moore † Dr. Sanford K. Lauderback Mrs. Patricia Leader Cox Ms. Carol L. Leininger Mrs. Sheila Leonard Pratt Mrs. Beth Lewis Hershberger † Mrs. Linda Lewis Garger Mr. John L. Lininger Mr. Joseph C. Lippincott Mrs. Jane Lloyd Underwood Mrs. Stephanie Locke Puckhaber Mr. Steven R. Lorenz Mr. Ronald E. Lucas Mr. Rex W. Lynch Mrs. Martha MacIntyre Lauderback † Miss Shirley A. Mangold Mrs. Muriel Markle Slade Mr. Gary T. Marquart Mr. Ronald E. Martin Mrs. Sharon Martin Parsons Dr. Jerry L. Matheney † Mrs. Barbara Maurer Lindeman Mr. Richard K. Mavis Mr. Floyd May Mrs. Mary McClish Kysor

Class of 1964 Mrs. McCorkle Legrand † Rev. Thomas C. McFarren Mrs. Pamela McIlroy Daily Mr. Ronald W. Meckfessell † Mrs. Mary Meek Delk Mrs. Lee Miller Conley Rev. M. Joseph Miller Ms. Judith Minshall Mrs. Sharon Minty Naftzger Mr. Charles C. Moore Mr. John B. Morris † Mrs. Barbara Mosimann Gerber Mrs. Carla Mumma Massengill Mr. John C. Muster Mr. John R. Nelson Mr. Gary D. Nixon † Mrs. Anita Russell Nolan † Mr. Harry A. Nothstine † Mr. Carey F. Oakley Mr. Robert B. Ogur Mrs. Madalyn Osborn Youngbird † Mrs. Suzanne Osborn Stadnick Ms. W.F. Osborn † Mrs. Lauretta A. Owens Mr. R Thomas Parker Mrs. Georgia Pattison Rayburn Ms. Janis-Rozena Peri Lt. Col. John C. Peters Mrs. Joyce Peterson Zook Mrs. Jeanie Pfleger Sutton Maj. Robert G. Post † Mrs. Dora Potts Taylor Ms. Julie Provan Wise Mr. Lawrence L. Pryfogle † Mrs. Dianne Randolph O'Neil Mrs. Linda Rauch Snelling † Mrs. Jacqueline Reed Parker Mr. Gary W. Reynolds Mrs. Noreta Richert Bergstrom Mrs. Myrna Riddle Edie Mrs. Priscilla Rietschlin Banning † Mr. Stanley Robinette † Mr. Boyd D. Robinson † Mr. Dennis M. Rose Dr. Charles W. Ross Ms. Susan Roth Rydman Ms. Karen Ruegg Montgomery Mr. Richard A. Russo Mr. Kenneth J. Saeger Mrs. Sandra Salisbury Jenkins Mrs. Jill Schadl Saeger Mrs. Linda Schear Schultz † Mr. Richard L. Scheu Dr. Robert M. Schilling

Mr. Gary L. Schonauer † Mrs. Carol Schweitzer Cheek Mrs. Priscilla Secrist Thomas Mr. Mark A. Seese Mr. Robert G. Seymour Mrs. Phyllis Sharninghouse Hoenicke Mr. David E. Sharpe Dr. Carol M. Sheaffer Ms. Sharon Shelton Skaggs Mr. John L. Shields Mr. Robert A. Shimer Mr. Roger D. Shipley Mrs. Sarah Shuck Demchak † Miss C. Darlene Shull Mrs. Marilyn Shute Lorenz Mrs. Marguerite Sims Murtaugh Dr. Patricia Smith Caldwell Mrs. Claudia Smith Rose Rev. Dale R. Smith Mr. Gary P. Snider Mrs. Sue Snyder Gehret Mrs. Susan Sorchy Denoewer Ms. Sondra Spangler † Mrs. Helen Staats Harris Mr. Gary Stansbury Mrs. Bonnie Steele Schilling Mr. Stuart Stein Mr. Dennis E. Stewart † Mr. Thomas L. Stockdale Mrs. Brenda Storer Collins Mrs. Carol Sue Studebaker Beck Mr. David K. Sturges Mr. William H. Swan, Jr. Mrs. Esther Swartz Kester Mrs. Patricia Sweany Moore Mrs. Irma Takacs Gill † Mr. William D. Thompson Ms. Alice Toney Click Dr. Robert D. Townsend Mrs. Artabelle Trumblee Mader Mr. Yuichi Tsuda Mr. James H. Tyson Mr. Cyrus W. Upton Mrs. Judith Vance Miller Mr. Glenn I. Vermilion Mrs. Nancy Volz Shumaker Mr. John A. Voorhees † Mr. James M. Walberry Mrs. Ulrike Walchner Blair Ms. Virginia R. Walker Mr. Albert Walton Mr. James W. Ward Mr. Charles S. Warner Mrs. Frances Wellons O'Toole

Mr. Dale E. Weston Mrs. Ruth Whipp Riggle † Mr. Bradley H. Wiechelman Mrs. Cherry Wicks Jeong † Mrs. Carole Wigle Gallagher Mr. Donald W. Williams Mr. Roger U. Williams Dr. Sandra Williams Bennett Mrs. Susan Williams Scheu Mr. James L. Wilson Mrs. Marie Fritsche Wilson † Mrs. Donna Wolfe Becker Mrs. Susan Wolfersberger McFeeley Mrs. Rebecca Wood Robbins † Mr. E. Greer Wurster Dr. Richard W. Youngpeters † Mr. Donald E. Yantis Mr. Charles E. Zech Mr. Samuel R. Ziegler Mrs. Pauline Zieschang Gasparovic Mrs. Amy Zimmerman Burton † Mr. Harold P. Zimmerman Mrs. Sharon Zundel Sundial

†= Deceased

1960 to 1964 Otterbein Faculty President Lynn W. Turner Deans Marion C. Chase Jack Corkery Hannah Frank Dr. Joanne Van Sant Dr. David Waas Business Office Sanders A. Frye Albert Sanders Treasurer Albert V. Horn Development Dr. Wade S. Miller Registrar Floyd Vance Peter Baker Admission Counselors Michael Kish Richard Pflieger Elsley Witt Public Relations Craig Gifford Arthur L. Schultz Art Lillian Frank Albert Germanson Earl Hassenpflug Business/Economics Dr. Bert Glaze Stanley Hart George Hogue Young Koo Joseph Miles Herbert Parnes

English Dr. John Coulter Cleora Fuller William Hamilton Ada Haylor Mildred Munday Marguerite Nelson Elizabeth O’Bear Dr. Robert Price John Ramsey James Ray Marguerite Ray Mr. Ribman Mr. Storer Mr. Thackery Science Dr. Phillip Barnhart Don Baulthaup Charles Botts Keith Crane Albert J. Esselstyn Dr. Grodner Dr. Lyle Michael Donald Molyneaux Dr. Stephen Morton George Phinney Dr. Thomas Tegenkamp Dr. Roy Turley Dr. Jean Willis Mr. Phinney History/Government Dr. Harold Hancock Dr. Ursula Holtermann Tom Kerr Dr. John Laubach Mrs. Thurston Speech & Drama Dr. Charles Dodrill Dr. James Grissinger Nancy Norris Fred Thayer Miss Bigham Mr. Chase

Air Science Maj. Comstock Sgt. Cromer Maj. Robert Fawley Sgt. Arnold Page Capt. Phillip Rice Education Dr. Chester Addington Evelyn Anderson Helen Clymer Dr. Nell Pagean Mr. Raver George Saribalas Dr. Fred Slager Nicholas Vigilante Foreign Language Dorothy Cameron Janet Cristy Marjorie Hopkins Dr. Gilbert Mills Roger Neff Dr. Elizabeth O’Bear Dr. Lavelle Rosselot Anita Stoll Sylvia Vance Lena Wilson Mathematics Dr. Bamforth Mr. Estes Miss Loudin Norbert Michaud Dr. Jess Purdy Roger Wiley

Sociology/Psychology Dr. William Combs Robert Harrison Joyce Karsko Dr. Albert Lovejoy David Ruth

Home Economics Margaret Gill Mary Alyce Holmes Emily Ingram Mabel Joyce Physical Education Robert Agler Dr. Marilyn Day Judith Jensen Mike Kish Mr. Pflieger Dr. Joanne Van Sant Kurt Tong JoAnn Tyler Dr. Elmer (Bud) Yoest Kenneth Zarbaugh Music Mr. Alan Bradley Richard Chamberlain Lawrence Frank Dr. Paul Frank Catherine Gerhardt Karl Glenn Dr. Hohn Elizabeth Johnston Frieda Myers L. Lee Shackson Shelby Smith Robert Westrich Religion/Philosophy Dr. Paul Ackert Mr. William Amy Dr. Phillip Deever Mr. Albert Suthers Chaplain James B. Recob Library John H. Becker

Deceased Classmates

Deceased Classmates

Deceased Classmates

No Photo Available Mrs. Barbara Benton Brandeberry Maj. Herman T. Crane Dr. H. Jay Dattle Mr. Lowell Q. Findley Ms. Barbara Finkle O’Connor Mrs. Marie Fritsche Wilson Ms. Virginia B. Grassel Mr. David R. Hollifield Mr. Gary C. Jackson Mr. Paul E. Keyser

Dr. Jerry L. Matheney Mrs. Glenna McCorkle Legrand Ms. W.F. Osborn Mr. Ralph D. Perine Mr. Lawrence L. Pryfogle Mrs. Linda Rauch Snelling Mrs. Pauline B. Richey Mr. Stanley Robinett Mrs. Ruth Whitacre Riggle

Julie Adams Bartley-Geraghty 4540 Wingview Lane Kettering, OH 45429 937-436-2925

Spouse:

Col. Kevin Geraghty, retired

Children:

Michelle ’89 and Kevin McGovern, Marshall Bartley, Sean and Monica Geraghty, Shannon Geraghty and Alex Krumrein

Grandchildren:

Ryan and Kayt McGovern, Morgan Bartley (16), Elizabeth (16) and Matthew McGovern (13), Adam (6) and Eric (4) Krumrein

Great-grandchildren: James Tucker McGovern (1) To begin, my life beyond my wonderful 4 years at Otterbein College has been full of many great joys and many sorrows. One such sorrow was about 5 years ago when my heart went into atrial fibrillation and a blood clot caused a stroke that has left me without the ability to communicate verbally or in writing in an effective manner. Therefore my daughter, Michelle is writing this for me to the best of her ability. Her memories of my early life after Otterbein are not complete since she was born in July 1967. She and I both appreciate your patience as she pieces together my life in this story.

My mother, Julie Adams and my father, David Bartley met and were married while at Otterbein. They both began teaching careers in Beavercreek and then moved out to our family farm in Jamestown, Ohio. My darling brother was born in September of 1970. Shortly after my brother was born my parents were unfortunately divorced. Many years later in 1979 my father passed away.

After teaching for almost 20 years and raising her children as a single mother, my mom got her Real Estate license and enjoyed helping families find their perfect homes. During this time she volunteered in our schools and spent every spare moment helping my brother and I become the best possible versions of ourselves! She taught us integrity, honesty and mostly unconditional love. We were members of Normandy United Methodist Church and Southminster Presbyterian Church where she became very involved with the singles group there. She made friends through this group, many of whom she is still close with today.

In 1998 she married a wonderful man whom she met through some of the above mentioned friends. He was retired Air Force Colonel, Kevin Geraghty of Kettering Ohio. Prior to my mom’s stroke she and her husband enjoyed traveling to such destinations as Hawaii, Germany and Gulf Shores, Alabama. My mom also followed one of her passions and opened an antique booth in one of the Antique Malls in Lebanon Ohio, next to the Golden Lamb. She enjoyed searching for these treasures and then showing people how to use them in their homes.

Family has always been the most important thing to my mom and she continues to spend time with her children and grandchildren when our busy schedules allow.

I graduated from Otterbein in 1989 and received my degree in Theater with a minor in Communications. I currently live in Dublin, Ohio with my husband of 23 years and our children, Elizabeth and Matthew. Our son Ryan and his wife Kayt live in Baltimore with Julie’s GREAT grandson, James.

My brother Marshall lives in Centerville, Ohio with his daughter, Morgan. He graduated from Sullivan College and is a chef currently working with a catering company there.

My mom’s husband has two children. His oldest, Sean and his wife live in Dayton are expecting their first child this spring. His daughter Shannon lives in Germany with her husband and two more beautiful grandchildren, Adam and Eric.

I am quite certain my mom’s life didn’t go the way she expected when she was sitting on the lawn, in front of Towers Hall daydreaming with her sorority sisters 50 years ago. However I think she would agree with me that for every one of the sorrows in her life, these years after Otterbein have brought her so many more great joys.

Carol Sue Albright Lauthers 35 Woodside Blvd.

Lexington, OH 44904 419-884-0243

Spouse:

Clarence “Clancy” Lauthers

Children:

Steve (Renee) Lathers, York, PA, Amy (Marshall) Drake, Sunbury, OH

Grandchildren:

Blake and Ryan Lauthers, Cameron and Kaitlyn Drake

Following my second year at Otterbein, I transferred to Ohio State where I had been accepted into the College of Dentistry as a dental hygiene student. Otterbein was a great prelude to OSU in so many, many ways. After graduation in 1964 and passing state boards, I was employed as a hygienist in Fairview Park, Ohio. While there, Clancy and I were married and we look forward to our 50th anniversary this fall.

We moved to Mansfield, Ohio, in 1967 and have continued to be content to call this area home.

Raising our two children in this small community was a blessing. They each rightfully claim Bowling Green as their alma mater, as well as the University of Cincinnati for Amy’s master’s.

I retired from dental hygiene in 2004 having enjoyed many years of mostly part-time practice.

The majority of those years were with W. F. Marshall, D.D.S. until his retirement. Clancy retired as an architect in 2007, having worked for local firms followed by many years with the telephone industry.

Retirement has been busy and fun with travels to Europe, Alaska, Hawaii and the Panama Canal, as well as many trips across this great country. First Lutheran Church finds us volunteering various days of the week in many capacities. We recently started training for Stephen Ministry. Grandparenting is, of course, the best job of all!

It will be good to learn of others’ adventures over these very short 50 years!

Judith M. Anderson 3983 Shamrock Court Erie, PA 16510 814-899-5598/814-449-4855

I had a great time and education at Otterbein. I especially remember Drs. Hancock, Laubach and Holtermann. I also played first base in softball for several seasons and was a member of EKT.

My teaching career was in Fairfax County, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C. I spent 30 years at Robert E. Lee High School teaching several subjects in social studies, but mostly U.S. history, A.P. U.S. history and U.S. government. I was also the social studies department chair for a few years before retirement at age 51 in 1994.

The last year short of retirement, I built my dream home and moved back to Erie in the summer of 1994. I do not miss the traffic in northern Virginia or their manner of dealing with snow!

Since then, I have built many new relationships with friends, especially at my church where I served in several positions. I have also served as a volunteer for Meals on Wheels for several years.

Guess that’s about it.

Judy

Kenneth W. Anderson 7615 Parkford St. NW Massillon, OH 44646 330-437-3054 kenmarya@sssnet.com

Spouse:

Mary George Anderson, married June 18, 1966

Children:

Maureen, Michael, Carol

Grandchildren:

Elizabeth and Lily McDowell Isabel and Logan Anderson Drew and Rhianna Reddick

In the fall after graduation from Otterbein, I entered United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. Graduation from seminary in 1968 was followed by ordination in the United Methodist Church.

Mary and I were married after my second year at seminary and I spent an intern year in York, PA, which was a valuable learning experience. A trip to Europe and the Holy Land brought to life all that I had been studying.

During the next 37 years, I was pastor for nine churches, which involved five moves, in the East Ohio Conference. Weddings, baptisms, hospital and home visits, plus the myriad duties of a pastor, enabled me to have the blessing of being a part of the lives of loving people.

While at my first appointment, Bulah and Leon, in Ashtabula County, I organized and became the coordinator of a cooperative ministry that recently celebrated its 42nd anniversary.

Also in Ashtabula County at Gageville UMC, a new building was contructed to meet the need for larger and more adequate worship and educational facilities.

During my seven-year pastorate at East Fairfield, we built a large addition to accommodate the growing congregation and flourishing Sunday school and youth programs.

Then at West Lafayette, a child care day care ministry was created.

A Family Christian Life Center addition with much needed space soon followed.

These building projects brought much joy because there were growing congregations worshiping God and serving the needs of the community.

After our children were elementary age, we vacationed from coast to coast, enjoyed camping, hiking and spending days on Lake Erie on our Santana sailboat. In 2005, I retired after 37 years in the ministry. We continue to travel, especially to visit the grandchildren.

We also continue to be part of the Blessed Business in the name of the One we serve.

Carol Arnold Mickey 127 Dragonfly Lane Wellsboro, PA 16901 570-439-4075

Spouse:

Terry Mickey ‘65

Children:

Three

Grandchildren:

Twelve

Wow! Fifty years! It doesn’t seem possible that we have reached this milestone. There are two especially important things that happened at Otterbein and I would like to highlight those before I write about my life’s journey after graduation.

First, my freshman year at Otterbein, I was awakened to my desperate need for a personal Savior. I knew about God and had attended church all my life, but I didn’t know Jesus as Lord and Savior. Second, in the fall of my sophomore year, I met Terry Mickey, class of ‘65. Terry and I were married on August 28, 1965.

After graduation, I taught art in Marysville, Ohio, and continued to live in Westerville. After we were married, Terry and I moved to Bowling Green, Ohio, where Terry earned his master’s degree in physical education and recreation, and I took courses to become certified to teach elementary education.

We continued to live and teach in Ohio until 1969. When our first child, Tracie, was one year old, we decided that we wanted to raise our children in a more rural area. Terry’s brother Max Mickey, class of ‘52, told us about a 265 acre farm near him that we could purchase. We bought the farm, packed up our belongings, including my horse and two dogs, and moved to Wellsboro, PA. Once again, shortly after our move, there was another strong stirring in my spirit. The “hound of heaven” was not letting up and I knew, more clearly than ever, that I needed to receive Jesus as my Lord and Savior.

In 1970, I responded to an altar call and received Jesus as my Lord. In 1972, I was baptized in the Holy Spirit! Terry and I received the baptism of the Holy Spirit at the same time. Our lives were changed dramatically.

We have three wonderful children who are all serving the Lord! And about grandchildren...it is a good thing our word allotment is limited for this Memory Book, or my “Bragg Book� would begin here. We have 12 grandchildren. Seven are biological, four are adopted, and one comes to us through the marriage of our oldest grandson.

Teaching is another one of my great loves. For the past 31 years, I have been teaching at New Covenant Academy, which is a Christian school located in Mansfield, PA. I teach first grade.

Presently I am also serving as supervisor of the elementary grades.

Terry and I continue to make our home in Wellsboro, PA, which is, by the way, a beautiful place to live! We love visitors. If you ever find yourself traveling through the mountains of Pennsylvania, look us up!

Sally Banbury Anspach 404 Whitaker Ave. S. Powell, OH 43065 614-339-3795/440-225-5211 (cell) nicksally40@columbus.rr.com Spouse:

Nicholas Anspach ‘65, deceased

Children:

Julia (1969)/Jay Stoner and Jamison (1974)

Grandchildren:

Sammy (10), Delayney (7) and Haydyn (5) Stoner Rylee (11), Reagan (9) and Zachary (6) Anspach

From a small high school (Danville) to a small college campus came a very energetic young student. As a mature adult I remain the same. What a wonderful and friendly campus. I was able to transfer from education to the business world successfully with a great deal of confidence.

The summer I left Otterbein nurtured my interest in travel. I went by train from Mansfield, OH, to Seattle WA, for two weeks with my sister, Sharon. In July, I traveled with Otterbein touring the Northeast Command, USO, with the musical, The Boyfriend. What a wonderful experience with many classmates and friends.

I began my teaching experience at Heath Middle School. Nick and I married in December of 1965 and I left education for a while and spent time with Lazarus Department Store. After starting a family, I went back to education and spent 18 years in Heath, Sheridan (Northern Local) and Millersport Middle Schools teaching science and later elementary.

Nick and I began working with International Field Studies, Columbus, OH, in 1971 and spent 12 years taking high school students on ecology/geology study trips across the United States and Canada, including two trips to Alaska. We traveled in 15 passenger vans and set up tent camps for 1 – 5 nights at a time. Many fall and spring weekends found us spelunking with students in caves in Kentucky and several snorkeling and diving trips to the Bahamas. As educators, we had the beautiful summer months to travel and educate many wonderful students about the United States. Several of those students have gone on to be Forest Rangers across the United States.

We spent 20 years in Thornville, OH, (Nick’s home town) where Nick became elementary principal in the same building he attended for 11 years. In 1989, we moved to Lorain County where Nick accepted an elementary principal’s job.

(He spent 35 of 40 years as elementary principal). I changed my entire career again by accepting a job with American Greetings Card Company in Cleveland. I retired from there after 16 years as a manager of product prototyping and catalog production.

After retiring, we returned to central Ohio to be close to our children and grandchildren in Dublin. We continued traveling throughout the years on several cruises, trips to other parts of the U.S., not sleeping in tents, and an extensive trip to Italy.

In 2008, Nick was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma and passed the following year.

I have been blessed to be close to and watch several of my grandchildren. I volunteer at Riverside Hospital now and still enjoy singing in variety shows back in Thornville. My spare time is well spent traveling to six grandchildren’s multiple sporting events in soccer, softball, baseball, football and basketball.

Our daughter works with Ross/Abbott as senior manager in commercial services, and our son is a regional sales manager with Time Warner Business Class. Julia graduated with a degree in international business from Akron and later an MBA from Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh. Jamison received his business degree from the O.S.U. and his MBA from Northwestern/ Capital University.

I continue traveling as I now have spent time in Hawaii, more cruises, Mexico, Mediterranean trip with Otterbein alumni, fall weeks in Myrtle Beach and winter weeks in Florida. My bucket list includes trips to Europe in the coming years.

I have truly enjoyed working on several of our 1964 alumni reunion events and serving as cochairman on this truly remarkable Golden Reunion as we hope to see as many of you as can make it back to the “quiet peaceful village.�

Lyle Barkhymer 103 Central Avenue Westerville, OH 43081 614-882-7115 lbarkhymer@otterbein.edu

Spouse:

Margarette “Meg” Clark Barkhymer ‘68, married Aug. 5, 1988

Children:

Todd (44), teacher at John F. Kennedy Schule, Berling, Germany David (41) freelance web developer, real estate sales, Manhattan, NY

Indiana University was my first stop after Otterbein, where I got my master’s and doctorate with the inspiration of Otterbein’s Professor Alan Bradley. A call from Otterbein to take a one -year position came just at the right time when I had finished my course work, and one year turned into forty-one. Research in Sweden the summer before starting at Otterbein started a trend of foreign travel in my life, travel that eventually took me to Austria for clarinet study, to many other European countries, and frequently to Japan.

When I won an audition to play in the Columbus Symphony, I was grateful to have the support of the president and my chairperson, and twenty-nine years in the orchestra saw bad times—a six month strike under a difficult music director—and good times, wonderful colleagues, and playing with outstanding soloists like Yo Yo Ma. Over those years we pretty much covered the orchestra repertory, which I could make good use of in my Music History and Literature classes.

Professor Lillian Frank, who became a mentor and a dear friend, motivated me to follow up an NEH Summer Seminar in world music with sabbatical study in Japan, where Otterbein alumni, especially Noyuri Ariga and the Tsuda family showed the most incredibly helpful hospitality and friendship. This led to developing a World Music course at Otterbein and eventually, with Alan Reichert, a course in the Arts of Japan.

Meg and I were married in a quiet ceremony in 1988 in St. Leonhard’s church in Basel, Switzerland, attended only by two friends as witnesses, but to the sound of the church’s magnificent bells pealing just for us and to the glorious sound of Bach on a pipe organ built by the composer’s favorite organ builder.

We designed and built a modest house in old Westerville, next door to Dr. Grissinger, and in the coming years the children from each of our first marriages flourished, went off to further studies, and created their own lives and families, all of them far from Ohio. We havet o remind ourselves that we raised them to be adventurous and “leave the nest,” but we have missed them. It’s especially hard to have grandchildren so far away, skyping or not.

We applied to Otterbein’s exchange partner university in Japan for a visiting professorship in 2000 and taught at Kansai Gaidai University between Osaka and Kyoto for a semester then, returned for one more semester assignment, then finally when we were both emeriti at Otterbein, an academic year in 2011-12. This memorable opportunity allowed us close contact with both Japanese and international students in an exciting academic environment and enough free time to travel widely in Japan, where we have covered every region except Okinawa. Reconnecting with alumni friends and participating in meetings of the Otterbein Japan Alumni Group were always fun and memorable, including hosting President Krendl during her journey to Asian universities in 2011.

My last seven years as a full-time professor at Otterbein gave me the chance to follow some incredible forerunners, Sylvia Vance, Bill Hamilton, Beth Daugherty, and Alison Prindle, as chair of Otterbein’s nationally recognized Integrative Studies Program.

Another NEH Seminar, this time six summer weeks like a paradise in Vienna, motivated and prepared me to organize a Senior Year Experience (SYE) course. For ten years I enjoyed, along with Otterbein colleague Thomas Ahrens, bringing Otterbein seniors to Vienna for three weeks in the winter break for a course that focused on the similarities and difference between the city in before the First World d War and today. Thomas moved on and Meg took has place for the past two years, with a special highlight this year of participating in the Ball of the University for Business and Economics. We were able to stay on for an extended time this year while I taught a world music course at the invitation of the Vienna Campus of Webster University (St. Louis).

For thirty years now, our own little bit a paradise, a get-away, and a magnet for our far-flung family has been a vacation house/rental property at the Chautauqua Institution on Lake Chautauqua in the far West of New York State near Jamestown NY and Erie, PA. We’ve enjoyed connecting with Otterbein friends there, our amazing neighbors, and restoring and updating the 1895 property. We feel grateful to be able to enjoy the arts, recreation, and education offered every summer there during the festival season.

Thomas K. Barnes 20044 Pherson Pike Williamsport, OH 43164 740-986-5805 krlbrns@gmail.com Spouse:

Karla Krieger, Wittenberg grad, math teacher, retired from Westfall H.S.

Children:

Isaac (38) married to Jayne Gerber, both Wittenberg grads.

Own Honeyrun Farm and sell lots of honey-400 hives, also homemade soap and candles. Three children and one on the way.

Justin (36) married to Adrienne Lee, both Ohio State ATI grads. He is a grain farmer at Dry Run Farms and she sells puppies at Red Barn Doodle Farm. Four children.

Molly (34) Wittenberg grad, married to Brian Henderson, Iowa State grad. He is an engineer and farmer. One son and three foster children.

Becky (32) Wittenberg grad, a produce farmer at Dangling Carrot Farm.

She sells to Columbus markets and restaurants.

Mason (6), Maizy (4), Bridger (2) and one due in March Barnes Owen (10), Olivia (10), Lauren (7) and Allison (4) Barnes Elijah (4) Henderson

Grandchildren:

After graduating from Otterbein, I taught and coached in the Columbus City Schools for two years while attending graduate school at the Ohio State University. I was hired at Indian Lake High School teaching health and physical education and was the head basketball coach for three years.

I returned home to our farm in Pickaway County in 1969. My father, Robert (Otterbein, 1938), brother Paul (Otterbein, 1968), brother Bob (Otterbein, 1973) and I raised wheat, corn and soybeans along with a farrow-tofinish hog operation and a cow-calf beef herd. We incorporated our farm in 1970. As the years went by and land became available to purchase, we expanded our operation. After a few lean years but mostly good crop years, our children came back to the farm after their college and now we have nine Barnes families that live and work on Barnes Farms.

In 1999 we sold the cow herd and built Crown Hill Golf Course, an 18 hole family-run business located on USR 22 west of Williamsport. I retired from farming in 2009, but the family lets me combine the crops and mow the lawns still! My wife Karla retired from thirty years teaching math at Westfall High School. We are enjoying traveling far and wide, but most of our focus is on our family. Three of our four children live and work on the farm along with seven grandchildren who need lots of attention. What a blessing!

I have so many special and fond memories of my years at Otterbein. The great times I spent with Coaches Agler, Yoest and Tong and the many athletes and my friends associated with the football, cross country and basketball teams will stay with me all my life.

Otterbein is extra special to me and the Barnes family. My six siblings and my dad, grandmother and great grandmother and many cousins went to college here. I also have a special place in my heart for my great aunt Katie Barnes Smith and her husband, my great uncle Frank "Prof" Smith, who was professor of speech and drama at Otterbein. They gave me financial help but more importantly, encouragement as I worked my way through Otterbein in the old Student Union and the Barlow Dining Hall.

Classmates, you are welcome to come visit us! We will show you around the farm and golf course.

Thomas R. Beck 2165 Bradley Road Westlake, OH 44145 440-835-1293/440-666-4810 (cell)

Spouse:

Carol Sue Studebaker Beck ‘64

Children:

Michelle ’95 and Heather

After graduating from Otterbein my first job was as the junior high band director at Avon Middle School in Avon, Ohio. I had that position for just one year and then the high school band director left. That summer Carol Sue and I were married.

I moved to the high school and was the band director there for 17 more years. I then switched jobs and went to Westlake High School as the band director, a position I held for the next 11 years. I retired from Westlake Schools, but I didn’t really retire!

Following that I was the assistant marching band director for the Avon Lake Schools for ten years, and I also have been teaching elementary instrumental music in a local parochial school.

I have decided that this will be my last year for that, too.

I have always been interested in traveling, so in 1987, I became a director for the American Music Abroad tour for the state of Ohio. We traveled with about 100 students, giving concerts in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Hungary, England, and Wales. It was a wonderful opportunity for the students.

Since retiring from teaching full-time, I have worked with Noteworthy Tours, a student travel group. We take bands and choirs on trips during spring vacations and other holidays. I still have contact with students and get to enjoy their musical abilities, and I get to travel – all the things I like to do!

For 27 years I was the choir director at our church, Dover Congregational United Church of Christ, working with Carol Sue as the organist. I had to give that up when the traveling for Noteworthy Tours became a problem with being at the church for Wednesday rehearsals and Sunday mornings.

Our daughter, Michelle, graduated from Otterbein College and VanderCook School of Music and is the orchestra director at Olentangy High School. Our other daughter, Heather, graduated from Bowling Green State University and Ashland University. She is currently the athletic director at Elyria High School.

In the summers I fill my time by mowing our 2 ½ acres of yard and working at a local golf course. Playing golf there is also a favorite pastime!

Carol Sue and I have been married for nearly 49 years, and we are blessed to be healthy and still busy.

Jesse Blair 370 N. Alpha Bellbrook Road Beavercreek, OH 45434-6228 937-429-1136/937-266-2988 (cell) Jesseblr@aol.com

Spouse:

Ricki Walchner ‘64

Children:

Jesse ‘90 and Daniel

Grandchildren:

Katelyn and Ashlyn

We married in our senior year, and recently celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary. We were married on a beautiful fall day, October 19, 1963, in Ashland, Kentucky. After a weekend together, we returned to Otterbein to finish the year as a married couple.

After graduation, I went into the Air Force as a pilot and Ricki became an elementary teacher.

The Air Force moved us to Oklahoma, California, Georgia, and Florida. In 1967, while we were stationed in Orlando, Florida, our first son, Jesse, was born. After seven years in the Air Force and too many tours in Vietnam, I got out of the regular Air Force, went to graduate school at the Ohio State University and joined the Ohio National Guard at Rickenbacker. I still flew the KC135, the refueling tanker.

Meanwhile, Ricki taught in the Gahanna School System to help support the family. We lived in Columbus while I finished graduate school and then worked as a computer software engineer in a research bank. In 1967, our second son, Daniel, was born. Shortly after Daniel’s birth, I was offered a job as a researcher at the Air Force Research Laboratory and we moved to Beavercreek, Ohio. I worked at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, as a research engineer specializing in avionics for future aircraft. I continued to fly with the National Guard, while Ricki worked as a teacher in the Brookville School System. She was a “looping” teacher, meaning she got the students as third graders and taught them for two years. It was a very rewarding and interesting position. She earned her master’s degree at the University of Dayton.

In 1991, I was activated for the Gulf War and flew out of the Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for most of the war. I returned home after the war and slowly started retirement from the Air National Guard after 29 years of service. Flying was still a big part of my life, so I flew small airplanes just for pleasure with the Aero Club on base. We would fly to Cincinnati just to have dinner! What fun that was!

Our two sons attended the Beavercreek Schools and then continued on to college with Jesse Jr. graduating from Otterbein and Daniel graduating from The Ohio State University. Jesse and his wife, Julie, have two daughters. Katelyn is four and Ashlyn is one year old. We love being grandparents and spending time with them. Jesse is a high school teacher. Daniel is married to Ellie, and is an architect living in Washington, D.C.

I retired from flying as a veteran of Vietnam, Desert Shield, Desert Storm, and Bosnia actions.

In 2002, I also retired from the Air Force Research Laboratory. Ricki retired from a career in teaching in 2004. During our marriage, I traveled the world as a pilot and together we traveled before and after our retirement. We have been fortunate to have traveled to Spain, Peru, Egypt, England, Italy, Croatia, and of course, to Ricki’s homeland, Germany. We believe seeing different places in the world make us appreciate what we have in America. We recently built a second home in Florida and are enjoying our golden years with summers in Ohio and all our winters in the sunshine state of Florida.

To celebrate our 50th anniversary, we took a trip to Europe for three weeks in June, 2013, and later had a 50th anniversary party on our wedding date of October 19. We traveled to Bebenhausen, Germany, to visit Ricki’s family home and friends of our family. Then, we traveled to Switzerland to tour Lucerne. This Swiss city is called the “Swiss Paradise on the Lake” and has an old covered Chapel Bridge at its center. The next stop was Brienz, Switzerland, where our family nativity set was hand carved. We were able to tour the workshop and meet the carver who made several of our pieces. While we were in Switzerland, we took cable cars to the top of Mount Pilatus and the Santis Mountain. The mountain tops were very windy and snow covered, but the views were awesome. Then we traveled back into Germany where we went to Nuremberg. For Ricki this stop was the highlight of the trip because we got to tour the actual tunnels where her aunt helped hide the German art treasures during World War II. We then traveled by bus and headed to Prague in the Czech Republic. We spent a week in the Golden City and saw the Prague Castle, Old Town, Charles Bridge, Jewish Quarter, and many churches.

What a beautiful city and what a wonderfully romantic city for our second honeymoon. The last leg of the trip was to Berlin where we had a charming visit with Ricki’s cousin, Ulrike Seidel. It was great to sit and talk to catch up with each other’s children and personal activities.

It was a nice way to end a great trip.

Once we got home, we began the task of planning a large reception to celebrate our 50 th anniversary. People who attended included friends from different eras of our life: people we grew up with, high school and college friends, colleagues from work and military, neighbors and family members. It was definitely a great celebration for such an important milestone in our married life. This winter we have also been enjoying our Florida home and have been visiting with some of our Otterbein friends who come to visit Southwest Florida or who live in the local area.

We are looking forward to this special Otterbein reunion and to reconnecting with classmates whom we haven’t seen in a long time!

Sarah Boger Martin 5200 Bixford Avenue Canal Winchester, OH 43110

Spouse:

Ronald L. Martin, married July 6, 1985

I am happy to have attended Otterbein College for my last two college years. So many memories. Too numerous to share, but I am proud to say I graduated from Otterbein College. (Just can’t get used to the word University.)

After graduating, I taught first grade for 33 years in Copley, Berea and Westerville, Ohio, school systems.

In 1965, William “Wally” Beck and I married. While pursuing his doctoral degree from The Ohio State University, we moved to Columbus. We dissolved our marriage, but remain friends.

In 1985, I married Ronald L. Martin, graduate of Ohio University ‘69. We moved to Canal Winchester, Ohio, to be closer to his business, Martin, Inc. Carroll, Ohio.

For several years during “retirement,” I worked for Fine Lines in Worthington. I loved working with younger people and helping customers spend their money. Unfortunately, the stored closed so I am now officially retired. I have a great appreciation for fine paper products and the handwritten word. I prefer snail mail and talking on the phone, but the computer is a handy tool.

Ron and I have raised two girls, each with four legs and an extensive vocabulary of “meows.”

Our present, Pearl, is now six years old, very spoiled, a bed hog and very entertaining.

We enjoy traveling, reading, fine dining, wine, music, cooking and yard work.

Wishing the best to all of you. Getting old is not for the faint of heart.

Hoots!

Sarah

David Brubaker 4621 Lisa Lane North Royalton, OH 44133 440-582-9467

Spouse:

Margaret Kerr ‘64

Children:

Jeffrey ‘91, married to Melinda Harper ‘92 Gregory ‘93, married to Melissa Harshbarger ‘94

Grandchildren:

Megan (15), Jarod (13), Kellen (13), Kylee (12) and Logan (11)

After graduation from Otterbein, we were married in Cleveland, where I began work with the Cleveland YMCA, and Margaret began her teaching career. She taught in a number of school districts around the Cleveland area primarily in the sixth grade with classes in math and science. Margaret retired from the Parma School District after more than 30 years of teaching. I worked at a number of YMCA branch locations in Cleveland as executive director and became vice president of the organization in 1987. After 34 years with the YMCA, I retired.

Since retirement, we have enjoyed traveling and spending time with our children and grandchildren. We have been fortunate enough to travel to Scotland, where Margaret’s mother was born, as well as to Alaska, the Baltics, and Panama, and taken other various vacation cruises. Annual trips to Hilton Head in the early spring, and summer excursions with the family to Holden Beach in North Carolina, have kept us busy.

Our sons both graduated from Otterbein and married Otterbein graduates following a tradition of the family, as my mom and dad and paternal grandfather also graduated from Otterbein. I guess that makes us a fourth generation of graduates and maybe a fifth someday if we look to our five grandchildren.

With Jeff, Greg and their families close to our home, we have spent a lot of time watching and participating in our grandchildren’s variety of activities. We enjoy attending many baseball and soccer games as well as many plays, concerts and marching band performances. We are proud of their many accomplishments.

Our time at Otterbein helped to prepare us for the rich and full life that we have enjoyed as teacher, administrator, parents, grandparents and friend.

David Brunton 1255 Roland Road Lyndhurst, OH 44124 440-449-3493/440-655-4345 (cell)

Spouse:

Sandra

Children:

Laurel, Gregory, Douglas

Grandchildren:

10

It’s been a bit of a ride.

Naivety prevailing, I left Otterbein to pursue my MA in English at the University of New Hampshire. This seemed to be a good, interim plan until a more permanent plan would emerge: I might later reapply for med school, might join the Navy, might be able to marry and find some kind of future. Let’s take a semester or two and sort things out, I said to myself.

Naivety still prevailing, and thinking my assistantship benefit of $217/month would somehow carry the day, reality soon set in. My life at UNH was, as they say these days, unsustainable. In short, it wasn’t too long before I found myself back in Pennsylvania, ABD as to the master’s, and working in a factory.

In the process I abandoned all the aspirations I had held when I left Westerville in 1964 and my rather uncertain ride into a rather uncertain future had begun.

Nonetheless, the old cliché is true: God is good. I found a job at an advertising agency -- thank you, Otterbein, for teaching me to write! Then one day my boss sat me down for my annual performance review and said that he wanted me to complete the master’s. I thank him also, because that degree then opened up my future career world. I had for some time been enamored with John Updike’s masterful style, and did my MA thesis on his The Centaur, illuminating the subliminal Christian allegory in that work. Thank you as well, UNH, for accepting my thesis in absentia.

(And another thanks to Kings Fraternity, not only for all the affirming camaraderie, but for introducing me to my lifelong hobby of playing bridge. I still remember as a pledge that the way to get permission to sit on the furniture was to volunteer to be the fourth in the frat bridge game. And I learned the game the hard way, because if I made a really bad bid the punishment was “OK, pledge, drop and give me twenty!” Now, if I can get to a few more tournaments, I hope to reach Life Master Rank in the bridge world.)

Earlier on in the ride, a beautiful girl named Sandy had wanted to take a chance on this Bohemian and we wed; she stuck with me through thin and thin, and a family ensued, three children - marking the only meaningful legacy I feel that one can leave to this world. One child in Law, one with her Phar.D. working as a clinical pharmacist, and one in physical therapy. Then there are the ten wonderful grandchildren. God is good indeed.

The career in marketing and corporate communications also ensued. I achieved and job-hopped all the way to become director of communications for a Fortune 500 company in Cleveland; my wife was a stay-at-home mom to the kids’ everlasting benefit, we had them in parochial schools, and the bills were all being paid.

But as the ride continued, there were still a few more bumps to come. The pressure cooker Mad Men lifestyle finally led to a midlife burnout, followed by a downward spiral of the career, and my wife now forced back into her nursing profession in order to keep us going.

But again, the Lord picks us up: I was given a lead to apply to teach in the advertising curriculum at Kent State University School of Journalism in a program of upper-level students. All at a most ungenerous salary of $20K per year, Oh, well. I grabbed it and ran.

Success! I loved the work, especially teaching creative writing, and flourished. Soon I was head of the advertising sequence, and was publishing every week in the Cleveland Plain Dealer with a column in the Business Section titled “Marketing and More”; even got published in A dvertising Age. I remember one of the songs those days was “ The future’s so bright I gotta wear shades.”

However, anyone in teaching knows about politics in academia but it seemed I did not. When tenure time came the vote was 11-2 in my favor, but the two negatives were the school director and his sycophant. (It seems after five years in the Plain Dealer every Tuesday, with merit raises for publication, I still did not publish enough.) The collegiate tenure appeals committee voted in my favor 17-0, but since the director was politically tight with Kent State’s president, in the end I did not prevail.

That bump in the ride was an especially bad one, a lifetime burn, but other good things were yet to come: Leaving KSU, I took a job at an ad agency specializing in the exhibitions industry and learned that industry well. The industry provided lots of work-related travel and I relished in it. Then, at their request, I took two clients and opened my own one-man agency for the next eight years.

While running my shop a call had come in from a local college asking me if I would teach their advertising course. Sure I would, always loved being in the classroom. I segued my way into the English department and returned to my first love, our language. That was eighteen years ago. I now teach freshman comp and tech writing as adjunct faculty, and still do a lot of spot work for one of my exhibitions clients, writing reports and doing research for them. The polite term is “semi-retired.”

That’s about it. An eclectic series of perhaps small, but yet exciting achievements that made the ride rich and forever interesting. No real wealth as the world views wealth, but God was always good. Quite good.

Patricia L. Buck 8916 Nottoway Avenue NW Calabash, NC 28467 910-287-3039

In January 1964, I started teaching health and physical education at Euclid Senior High School. During those 34 years, I earned two master’s degrees, one from Case Western Reserve University with supervision certification; the other from Cleveland State University in sport management. I also spent one summer at the University of Oslo, Norway, studying the Scandinavian physical education programs. As a result, I incorporated basic movement classes for our juniors and yoga classes for our seniors.

I co-chaired the OAHPERD state convention in Cleveland, as well as co-chairing the AAHPERD convention. I was president of the Cleveland Women’s Physical Education and Recreation Society.

In my early years, my coaching endeavors included field hockey, tennis, gymnastics and softball. Later, I coached volleyball—one district runner-up; basketball—four years (28 games) undefeated and one league runner-up.

In the early 1970s, I started a girls track and field team. At our first meet, the girls said “Miss Buck, do you have any advice or strategy for us?” I said, “Yes, if the person in front of you is not wearing blue and gold you are in the wrong spot. You need to run faster!” We tied (John Hay) for the state championship one year, and another year, we were sole champions. As a result of our success, we started a cross country team. The girls won several invitational competitions.. No state competition at that point.

I gave up coaching to become the “official” athletic director for girls sports and boys minor sports—ice hockey, soccer and wrestling. I managed sectional and district tournaments in girls volleyball, basketball and track and field, and boys soccer, ice hockey and wrestling.

Upon retiring, I was inducted into the Euclid Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.

After retiring, I moved to Brunswick Plantation in Calabash, NC. I took up golf and briefly became a “golf nut.” Now I am working three days a week at our development’s golf course as a “bag lady,” starter and I wash carts.

I also dog sit for my neighbor.

Judith Buckley Wiblin 355 Way Road Belpre, OH 45714 740-423-8725 rjwiblin@gmail.com

Spouse:

Raymond Wiblin ‘62

Children:

Todd and Maria

Grandchildren:

3 beautiful cats and 2 beautiful dogs

Following my freshman year at Otterbein, I married my high school sweetheart, Raymond Wiblin, class of 1962. We both worked at Mann Nursing Home while Ray completed his senior year and I attended classes part time. When Ray graduated from Otterbein and took a teaching position with Xenia City Schools, I transferred to Central State University in Wilberforce, OH. Our son was born in 1963, and in the fall of 1964, Ray entered United Theological School in Dayton, OH, and began a student pastorate near Blanchester, OH. May of 1969 was a milestone date for us: I received my B.S. in Ed from Central State, Ray received his M. Div. from UTS and our son graduated from nursery school. So began our journey as pastor and family on a fulltime basis.

While we were serving Camden United Methodist Church, I did substitute teaching and volunteered at a Preble County MR/DD facility. In 1971, we adopted our baby daughter. Our next move was to Fairborn, OH. I took classes at Wright State University in speech and hearing sciences in preparation for graduate school, and Ray began working on his Doctor of Ministry degree. In the fall of 1976, I began working on a master’s in speech- language pathology at Ohio State University, commuting from Fairborn and then from Phillipsburg, OH, five days a week for two years. By the time I received my M.A. in speech and hearing sciences, and Ray his D.Min., our children assumed that it was normal for parents to go to school, work, and be involved with their activities, too. My first speech pathology position was with the Preble County MR/DD program where I had volunteered years before. I discovered that I really enjoyed the challenge of helping children find a way to communicate with sign language, picture boards or electronic communication systems if they were not able to talk.

Our final ministry move was to Columbus, OH in 1983. Ray was appointed to Brookshire United Methodist Church, and I took a speech – language position with Franklin County Board of MR/DD. Our son was in college and our daughter in junior high school. We found a wonderfully supportive church family and a stimulating working environment that helped both of us grow professionally. We had the privilege of staying for 19 years until we both retired in 2002. With the help of family and friends, we built our retirement home in Belpre on the farm where Ray grew up. It was ready to move into by the time we needed to move out of the parsonage.

Since we retired, we have enjoyed becoming re-acquainted with old friends and our hometown, becoming involved in Belpre Area Ministries food pantry and thrift store, Relay for Life, and Belpre Heights United Methodist Church. We’ve stretched our farming skills in raising chickens and turkeys, keeping bees, and, of course, growing a big garden and starting an orchard. We had the privilege of taking care of my mother the last 6 years of her life. We could not have had a sweeter, more thoughtful and gracious person to care for, and I could never have found a better, or more understanding helper than my husband. We still enjoy doing things together.

Our son R. Todd Wiblin, MD is Clinical Associate Professor, Internal Medicine at the University of Iowa Hospitals, and his wife Karen Kuntz, ND specializes in psychiatric nursing also at the University of Iowa Hospitals.

Our daughter, the Reverend Maria Wiblin, after serving in the Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church for several years, recently moved to Fairmont, WV, to be the campus minister with the Wesley Foundation at Fairmont State University. It has been nice to have her closer to us.

Linda Bussard Hartranft 4350 Braunton Road Columbus, OH 43220 614-451-7442 Hartranft.3@osu.edu

Spouse:

John C. Hartranft

Children:

Jay and wife, Noelle; Jeff and wife, Jessica; Josh and fiancée, Katie

Grandchildren:

Eve, Cora and Ella

Fifty years—what a long time—and how fast it has gone!

John and I got married the June we graduated—so we are among the many of us who will celebrate our 50th anniversaries along with our 50th reunions. We moved to Ann Arbor the fall after graduation so that John could attend law school at the University of Michigan. I taught third grade and eighth grade English in New Boston, a little town between Ann Arbor and Detroit.

We moved to Columbus three years later when John joined a law firm, which later became Porter, Wright, Morris and Arthur. I taught junior and senior English at Bexley High School for two years and retired when our first son, Jay, was born. Sons Jeff and Josh followed, and I was a stay-at-home mom with time for community activities—mostly League of Women Voters.

Once the boys were in school, I went back to school at Ohio State, and earned a M.A. and eventually—at age fifty—a Ph.D. in anthropology. I loved being a student, and our family joke was that I had finally found something to study that would never turn into a job. We were wrong, however, and I ended up teaching anthropology for fifteen years at OSU Marion, most of that time as a senior lecturer. For a few years many of my classes were taught at Marion Correctional Institution as part of an educational program which ended, unfortunately, with the loss of state and federal funding.

With my sisters, Nancy and Joyce, that’s me on the right.

We both retired six years ago and have become that cliché—people who say they don’t know how they had time to work. We feel very lucky to have two of our sons here in town—Jay and his wife, Noelle, and their daughters, Eve (9) and Cora (7); and Jeff and his wife, Jessica. Our youngest son, Josh, lives in Cleveland with Ella (7), his daughter by a previous marriage. He and his fiance, Katie, are planning a fall wedding.

I’m looking forward to our reunion!

John with our granddaughters, Eve, Cora and Ella.

Carol Clark DeLano 1625 New Gambier Road Mount Vernon, OH 43050 740-397-8251

Spouse:

Leon DeLano

Children:

Everett, Derek

Grandchildren:

Evan, Oliver, Isabel and Emily Westen, Alaina, Alexie, Angelena, Helene and Pierce

After graduating from Otterbein, I accepted a job as a kindergarten teacher in the Garden Grove California School System. Jeanie Pfleger (Sutton) and I became apartment mates. We were both teaching in Garden Grove.

I learned a lot that first year. I had 39 kids in the morning and 39 in the afternoon. It was very busy and exciting. I also learned that you don’t paint with 39 students at the same time.

I joined a single young adult group at the Garden Grove Methodist Church. Through that group I met Leon. I was very interested in sports cars and sport-car racing. He was driving an Austin Healey. We were never sure who invited who on the first date. We decided it would not be a serious relationship.

His son, Everett, was the first to propose. He asked me if I would be his new mommy. Leon and I were married Dec. 22, 1965. We lived in California until the summer of 1967. At that time, we decided that for our son’s health we needed to leave California.

We decided to come to Ohio (Leon was originally from Michigan). Since we loved to camp, we decided to camp our way (slowly) to Ohio. Yellowstone was probably the most exciting and beautiful part of the trip.

We moved to Mount Vernon, OH, my hometown. When I met Leon, he was an aeronautical engineering professor. He worked in the design section of North American and Boeing before teaching. We both got jobs. I was teaching at East Knox School System and he was working in the computer department at Cooper Bessemer. I had to resign due to an automobile accident.

I started working in Mount Vernon Schools in 1968.

When we first came to town, we were very active in starting a local sports car club. We did rallying and gymkhanas. Sports cars and sport-car racing continued to be an important part of our lives. Leon became chief tech inspector at the Mid Ohio Racetrack. I then became a tech inspector. I was one of the first licensed female tech inspectors in Ohio. Our older son was practically raised at the race track.

Our second son, Derek, was born in 1971. The next year I went back to teaching. I taught in the Mount Vernon City Schools, kindergarten then second grade. Next I became a Title I reading teacher.

When our older son was working in Maui, he invited us to come and visit. My mother, Leon, Derek and I had the best time together. There was never a dull moment. It has to be the most beautiful place in the whole world.

As our family grew, Leon and I spent a lot of time with our grandchildren. We went camping just like we used to do when our sons were young. We even went back to our favorite camping lake in Michigan’s Otsego Lake. Leon’s dad had taken him camping there when he was a boy.

We took Derek and Everett when they were boys and now Derek is taking his kids to the same place. Our older son, Everett, lives in California, so we only get to see them twice a year.

Although we no longer worked at the racetrack, we still had a major interest in sports-car racing. We attended many races as well as keeping track of Formula I racing on television. We also attended the Formula I race in Indianapolis.

Leon passed away very unexpectedly on August 14, 2003. Two days before that he had told someone that we were still not serious.

Our boys and I are still connected with racing. Everett races in club racing. His son, Oliver, races karts. On Formula I weekends, we are all watching racing. Derek and I talk to each other before, during and after the race.

After teaching reading recovery for 20 years, the school system cancelled the program and I was forced to retire in 2011. The following summer, I accepted an aide job in the same building in which I had been teaching. This year, I was transferred to another building as an aide. The principal asked me to take a job as a reading intervention specialist. So that’s what I am just starting. I intend to teach as long as I can physically do it. As I tell my friends, “I like me, but I don’t like living with just me.” I’m still taking an active part with my grandchildren. Every other weekend, I go to Columbus to see Derek and Liz and their kids, Westen, Alaina, Alexie, Angelena, Helene and Pierce. Twice a year I go to California to see Everett’s and Dare’s kids: Evan, Oliver, Isabel and Emily.

Linda Conrad Shimer 116 Willowood Lane Fishers, IN 46038 317-845-2954/317-442-3420 Bob@BobShimer.com

Spouse:

Bob Shimer, Christian entertainer, retired AT&T & Maj USAF

Children:

Lori, lives in St. Paul, MN; Kevin and wife, Monica, live in Fishers, IN

Grandchildren:

Nate

After graduation from Otterbein, I moved to Parma Ohio where I taught fourth grade and roomed with Sharon Zundel. In 1965, I married Bob Shimer and we moved to Biloxi, MS, where he was assigned to Keesler AFB. I taught fifth grade for Gulfport Schools. Our daughter, Lori, was born in 1967 at Keesler. When she was one year old Bob left active duty and we moved to my home town, Alliance, Ohio.

We bought our first house in Alliance and our son, Kevin, was born in 1971. I stayed at home with the children while Bob drove to Cleveland each day to work for Ohio Bell. It was wonderful to live near my parents and childhood friends and to be a part of my home church where we had been married.

Later, we moved to Medina, Ohio, to be nearer Bob’s work. I taught a sixth grade Sunday school class and volunteered on a curriculum writing committee under Michael Christian ’61 at Medina UM Church. When Kevin entered kindergarten, I began substitute teaching and enrolled at Baldwin Wallace College to begin my master’s degree work. In 1984, I took a position as children’s director at the church and worked under Rev Bill Yehnert.

Do you remember when Judge Green broke up the telephone company? As a result of that, Bob went with AT&T in Cleveland and later Indianapolis, Indiana. Lori had just graduated from high school and Kevin was in ninth grade. I took a job as a teacher in a brand new day care facility and enrolled at Ball State University to complete my master’s degree in elementary education. We joined Second Presbyterian Church, a large cathedral style church. I began working as assistant to the children’s director, Lucy Brock.

Lucy and I, also known as Batman and Robin, worked together for seven years. When she retired I took a job with At Your School, running a before and after school program at North Elementary School in Noblesville, IN. At the same time we joined Fishers UM Church where I later took the job of director of children’s ministries. With Bob’s help I ministered there for ten years in this growing church.

Bob retired before I did but later I joined him. He was actively performing as a storyteller and later as a magician and ventriloquist. We had lots of fun and fascinating experiences traveling for his performances. We also took several cruises and group tours. We visited my parents and family in Ohio often. Bob’s parents moved from Florida to be near us and lived in a retirement facility.

Today our daughter Lori lives in chilly St Paul, Minnesota. Our son Kevin and his family, Monica and Nate, live just seven blocks from us. The school bus drops our grandson Nate off at our house three times a week at the end of the school day. We aren’t traveling as much except to Ohio. My mother still lives alone there at the age of 94. My two brothers live nearby.

We volunteer for Friends of the Library running their bookstore once a month and also at our church.

My life so far has been filled with more blessings than I can count and only an average number of trials. Otterbein was a wonderful place to start my adult life and I will always have warm and grateful memories of my time there and my summers at Camp Wanake during my college years.

Diana Darling Case 8232 Rhine Way Centerville, OH 45458 937-439-1236 case8232@aol.com

Spouse:

Ed Case ‘64

Children:

Laurie Case Stewart and Allison Case Cox

Grandchildren:

Abbie and Max Stewart, Chloe Cox and baby brother on the way

Some of happiest moments of my life were spent at Otterbein College. It was a beautiful campus, and a carefree time making many new friends. It is also where I met my wonderful husband, Ed. I came to Otterbein because my parents were Otterbein graduates, and my sister, Nerita ‘61, was attending also. John King, who donated King Hall, was a relative on my father’s side, so it seemed natural that I would come to Westerville. I was fortunate to live in King Hall my freshman year, where I met friends who continue today. I remember the freshman beanies and the Coke dates, required as a Talisman pledge. Freshman were required to check in the dorm by 9:00 p.m. Housemother, Mrs. Anthony, made sure that happened by waiting at the top of the steps!

Hanby Hall was my residence my sophomore year. My junior year, I resided at Clements Hall, and the last year I lived at Kline Honor House. Many good times, room visits, and memories to last a lifetime.

Upon graduating as a home economics major, I accepted a position at Bay Village Junior High.

My time there was short-lived as I moved to Kettering, OH, to teach at Barnes Junior High. Ed and I were married April 1966, and I continued teaching several years until our first child, Laurie, was born in 1970. Ed worked for General Motors, and I became a stay-at-home mom. To stay in touch with my career, I taught adult education sewing classes for several years. It was a rewarding experience working two nights a week teaching housewives who wanted to learn new sewing skills. Many of my “students” are close friends today.

Through that group I met women who supported Dayton Children’s Hospital as members of Terrific Women in Giving, or TWIGS, as it is known. TWIGS serve as a fundraising organization for much needed medical equipment. Groups of women (TWIGS) meet regularly to determine ways to raise money. Craft sales, golf events, cookbook sales, dinners and talent auctions are a few of the projects. Each TWIG group elects officers, and one TWIG president is elected president of the Auxiliary who serves on the board of Children’s Hospital. I have been fortunate to serve as president of my TWIG and of the Auxiliary.

One of the major money-making projects is a three-day event called SUGARPLUM. At TWIGS 48th Annual Meeting in January 2014, $263,.000 was presented to the Hospital bringing the total amount given by TWIGS to over $9 million.

Our second daughter, Allison Marie, was born in 1979. Both daughters are in education and have master’s degrees from The Ohio State University. Laurie teaches kindergarten in Gahanna. Allison is a high school counselor at Tri-Rivers Vocational School in Marion, OH. Laurie lives in Westerville with her husband, Jeff, Abbie (13) and Max (9). Allison lives in Delaware with her husband, Travis, Chloe (4) and son expected in March 2014. We are fortunate to have our children and grandchildren nearby. As are all children, they are fun, full of vigor, and bring joy into our lives.

Ed worked for General Motors in Dayton in various disciplines. He retired as director of purchasing, and then formed a consulting company. Eventually, he accepted a position as vice president of a rubber molding company in Lake Geneva, WI, a resort community less than two hours from Chicago. He flew home most weekends, but often I would join him and spend time with new friends at that beautiful location. His job required trips to Italy and parts of Europe.

We enjoyed traveling. Trips to Mexico, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Greece have provided wonderful times and memories. Cruises have taken us to most of the Caribbean, Mexico, South America and the Panama Canal. Spring breaks have taken us to the beaches of Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Texas.

It is hard to believe, but 20 years ago, I accepted a part-time job at Talbots, the women’s specialty clothing store. I work two or three days a week and enjoy it very much.

Overall our general health is good. Ed inherited arthritis and has had both knees and both hips replaced. His right hip became infected and was removed for three months. After strong antibiotics and great care, the hip was replaced for the third time on May 1, 2013. He has made good progress and soon expects to walk without the support of a cane.

Otterbein influenced my life by preparing me to enter the education field teaching home economics. I am thankful for the many professors for their interest in me and the education they provided. I am forever grateful for Mrs. Joyce for her kindness, her teaching, guidance and direction as the head of the home economics department.

I look forward to my return to Westerville and Otterbein University. After 50 glorious years, I can’t wait to see my classmates from 1964!

THANKS OTTERBEIN!

Martha Deever Matteson 164 Meadowlark Lane Columbus, OH 43214 614-635-0843 Mervmatteson38@gmail.com

Spouse:

Mervyn, married June 16, 1963

Children:

Mara (1967) and Jeff; Miriam (1968) and Hector; Michael (1972) and Monica; Matthew (1972) and Yvette

Grandchildren:

Paris, Alijunius, Maya, Samuel and Cecilia

UNPLANNED ADVENTURES There is a banner on the wall next to my desk which sums up my life pretty succinctly: “One sign of God is that we are led where we did not plan to go.”

When I left Otterbein in June 1964, diploma in hand, I had some vague idea of doing something big and showy that would leave the world a little better off than when I arrived. I couldn’t imagine just what I might do, but I did have some enthusiasm, and I trusted that there was a place for me to serve God and my fellow humans at the same time. Little did I know what I would be asked to do! However as I grew in self-understanding and self-confidence I became aware of some of the many ways God might use my skills and talents.

Shortly after our marriage Merv and I did our first long bicycle tour - we rode from Dayton Ohio, to Naperville, Illinois, 320 miles in 5 days. That same summer, we took the church youth group, for which we had responsibility, to Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket on a bicycle tour. We all had a wonderful time and as we did the evaluating of the experience when we returned home, it seemed as though bicycle touring was now in our blood. We couldn’t wait to start planning the next summer’s trip.

Then God spoke through one of the youth members. “We did have a good time,“ she said thoughtfully “but we didn’t do anything for anyone but ourselves.” In that moment God called us to be more than we could be on our own. And the next spring found us making plans to do a “summer work camp” in a Presbyterian Mission School in Mt. Pleasant, Utah. We were led where we did not plan to go.

A similar nudging from the Spirit found me teaching 39 first graders at Residence Park School in Dayton. “How did I get here?” I would often ask myself as I walked up to the door of the school every morning. But I knew the answer - God had nudged me to reach beyond the limits of my comfort and to embrace and teach minority children, with whom I had never had any contact.

Our family was created because of a similar “nudge from God.” Daughters Mara and Miriam are ours by birth; sons Michael and Matthew are ours by adoption. Our sons are just as much a part of our family as our daughters. But because they are African-American, we are now a “trans-racial family. It was truly a time of growth for our family and even for our extended family.

Friends found this to be a stretch for our traditional family culture. We learned to say to those who questioned our sanity, “We may not look like other families, but we are a family just the same.” Over those early years I learned so much about parenting that I have collected those ideas and written a short book describing some parenting skills and methods of coping with the differences in individual children. Copies of INSTRUCTIONS NOT INCLUDED are available through Martha.

Certainly this reality for some families comes from the mind of God and is lived out in the lives of ordinary people. We are not heroes, or specially gifted people, we are simply mothers and fathers growing along with and loving their children the best way they know how.

When I was forty years old I heard and answered the call of God and began my formal theological education at United Theological Seminary in Dayton. Graduating in 1987, I was assigned to be a pastor of an inner-city church in Toledo, OH. After 2 years probation I was ordained an Elder in the United Methodist Church. The years that followed were rewarding and challenging, beyond anything I could have imagined.

However, after fifteen years of pastoral ministry Parkinson’s Disease overcame me and I had to take disability leave. It is tempting to say that God abandoned me and in my “down moments” it feels like a hard reality. But that is not the case. The truth is that if I look I will see signs of God at work, still leading me to places I never planned to go and doing things I never planned to do.

Chuck Deyo 1662 S. Galena Road Galena, OH 43021

Spouse:

Carol, married for 55 years

Children:

Brad and Brian

Grandchildren:

Tyler and Jessica

I started teaching in Columbus City Schools at Franklin Junior High School. I taught health education, general science and physical education and coached baseball.

In September 1965, I moved to East High School. I taught physical education and biology. I was assistant football coach and head wrestling coach. My wrestling teams won the city and district tournaments twice and placed third and eighth in the state tournament. We had a state champ along with seven state placers.

In September 1967, I moved to Northland High School, where I taught physical education, health, general science and biology. I was the district teacher of the year for Columbus in 1980. I was an assistant football coach for 23 years, head wrestling coach for 25 years, head softball coach for 16 years and coached cross country for two years.

In wrestling, we had seven city team championships, 54 individual champs, 21 state qualifiers and 11 district champs.

Our record in softball for 16 years was 212-26. We won the city nine times, district champs three times, and regional runners up in 1981 and 1982. I was city coach of the year nine times and district coach of the year in 1989.

I retired from teaching and coaching in 1995. I earned a commercial pilot license and flew for ten years. Iiam now working part time at Don Scott Airport as a marshaller.

I have been married to my wife, Carol, for 55 years. We have two sons, Brad (52) and Brian (48). Brad and his wife, Marcia, have two children, Tyler, in tenth grade and Jessica, in ninth grade. Brian and his wife, Pam, have a golden retriever.

Michael Doney 3599 Sparrow Pond Circle Akron, OH 44333 330-668-9739

Spouse:

Beth

Children:

Megan, Lisa and Mandy

Grandchildren:

Adam and Ryan, age 7; Sasha and Maria, age 4

After graduating from Otterbein, and taking part in a marvelous USO Tour with Dr. Dodrill, I started my teaching career in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. I taught at Sill Junior High for seven years, social studies and English, and I coached football and track. There I met my wife, Beth, who taught Spanish. We were married in 1972 in her hometown of Pittsburgh.

After leaving Cuyahoga Falls, I enrolled at Kent State University. I was involved in a special project working with delinquent students throughout Portage County. I earned a master’s degree in learning disabilities/behavior disorders and then continued to work on a school administration certificate. My career took me to West Geauga, Nordonia, and finally, Solon. I was the middle school principal in Solon for ten years, high school principal and then ended my career back in the classroom. I truly loved teaching. During my time as middle school prinicipal, we built a new school and implemented a teaming program. We also developed a quality reading program and fully integrated LD students into regular classrooms.

I retired in 2000 from Solon and started teaching part time at Kent State, social studies methods. This was a wonderful experience and I thoroughly enjoyed working with college students.

I finally retired, for good, in 2007. I now volunteer my time with our local elementary school, my church and the Summit County Metro Parks.

I have been blessed with a truly wonderful professional life; but my wife and children and grandchildren are my most precious blessings.

Beth and I have three terrific daughters, Megan, and twins, Lisa and Mandy. Megan lives in Virginia and teaches at New River Community College. She graduated from the College of Wooster.

Lisa and Mandy both graduated from Miami University. Lisa is the media specialist at the University School, a private, all boys school in Cleveland. Mandy has a great job with Westfield Insurance as a systems analyst.

Our family now includes four grandchildren, all living close to us. Adam and Ryan are seven and Sasha and Maria are four. We see them every week. Clearly my family is the joy of my life. Beth retired from Tallmadge High School in 2005. We love to cruise and have been to the Caribbean, including the Panama Canal, the Mediterranean, Alaska and Hawaii. We love to travel and we love to spend time with the family.

I think of my time at Otterbein as a period of growth, excitement and happiness. I made wonderful friends and I thank all of you for giving me your patience, support and love.

Harvey “Doug” Douglas 122 Knotts Landing Anderson, SC 29626 864-222-0160 ddouglas122@aol.com Spouse:

Jeanine Smigielski Douglas, retired from Market Facts Chicago, Sr. VP Toledo University Grad, married September 5, 1997

Children:

Kendal, born in Columbus in 1963, is a meat cutter in Toledo Bryce, born at Whiteman AFB in Missouri, is a caregiver in Toledo

Grandchildren:

Aren (15) and Danielle (10)

I received my BA from Otterbein and MBA from University of Missouri. My first assignment as an AFROTC grad was Laughlin AFB in Del Rio, TX, followed by a two-year stint at Goose Air Base in Labrador. The final six years of my ten year commitment was at Whiteman AFB in Missouri in the ICBM missile business, where I was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal. I loved the service, but we couldn’t turn down the early-out offer.

I joined Nation Family Opinion in Toledo in 1975 and enjoyed doing market research with them until 1986, when I was hired by the Landis Group out of West Palm Beach. It was here that my degree and research modeling techniques came into use. Two years later, I started my own satisfaction research consulting company called Information Insights TM with my main service being The Brand Satisfaction Monitor TM . It was fun and hard work being my own boss.

In the ‘90s, following my divorce from Anita, my Otterbein bride, I began to split my time between investing/trading in the stock market and providing satisfaction research. Good timing because you couldn't lose in the ‘90s. It was a time when I married my best friend, Jeanine Smigielski who was raised in Maumee, OH, who also worked at NFO and was living in Chicago. Jeanine had invited me on a business trip with her to South Africa where, after we were chased by an elephant while on Safari at Ngala, I asked her to marry me....oh and she said yes. It was a lucky decade and made me a very lucky man not only in love but in the stock market. We have become incredible life and living partners.

We semi-retired to Anderson, SC, on Lake Hartwell in 2000 and have never looked back as we opened many new doors of life, living and giving. The "semi" part of retired ended quickly as we absolutely filled our lives with boating, swimming, golf, mentoring, organic gardening and singing. We went on stage to include roles in The Music Man (I was bass in the quartet as I was at Zeta Phi), My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music, Cinderella and Hello Dolly. We are in three choirs and I get to sit next to one of my best friends, two-time Grammy winner Johnny Mann. My barbershop quartet sings about 25 to 35 shows a year. Those shows having to do with cancer awareness or fundraising are done at no charge.

Cruz Control—I am second from left

I was blessed to survive stage four gall bladder cancer six years ago losing it and part of my liver at Emery Hospital in Atlanta. Chemo for five months and forever grateful to my wonderful wife and Class A care giver who, with the Lord's help, pulled us through. Jeanine gave up golf for those six months and went from winning eight state wide events in 2008 to only one late that year. As I said it was only through the Lord's will that I survived and I'm forever changed and grateful. (I actually felt his healing) We now pray for my son Bryce to completely recover from his serious thyroid cancer. He is going to Ohio State for the cancer that came back in his neck.

At the South Carolina State Golf Couples event, we met other golfing couples and have gone with them annually to golf at such places as the Canadian Rockies, Ireland and South Africa. We have sometimes won our flight at the SC couples events, but I must confess, that is primarily due to Jeanine’s game. Another really fun trip is to Tortola BVI, but this January we went to the Orange Bowl which featured our two favorite teams, Ohio State and Clemson, just a few miles fr om us. We cross-dressed (OSU and CU), wore confused and conflicted signs and received unbelievable attention with nearly 50 folks wanting our picture and laughing as they snapped it.

I have to credit my parents, Otterbein and AFROTC for giving/teaching me the tools and ethics that I needed to succeed in this great nation. For me, I have found that if I live my life as if my Pop were watching my every move, I couldn’t lose.

Sue Drinkhouse Ward 905 Conway #18 Las Cruces, NM 88005 (Oct.-May) 313-231-5743 (cell)

Spouse:

Kenneth Ward, retired clergy, Detroit Conference, UMC

Children:

Erik and Jamie

After graduation from Otterbein, I started teaching high school mathematics in Northfield, Ohio. From that fall, until 2005, when we retired, I worked in schools, either full time or as a substitute every year except one. I married Ken Ward, whom I had met at Camp Wanake, in 1965, and we began a life together of traveling and moving around for his grad school, and later, his jobs.

I am thankful to Roger Wiley for teaching me how to teach math, and to Fred Bamforth, for showing me how my own students felt when they were frustrated with difficult concepts. I taught full time in Northfield and Englewood, Ohio, and in Onsted, Detroit, and Allen Park, Michigan. My most memorable teaching experience was at Detroit Benedictine, where I was enriched by two new cultures---the Catholic Church and the African American culture of Detroit. Small calculus classes at Allen Park Cabrini were fun and rewarding when a number of students passed the AP test. I received a M.A. in counseling from Eastern Michigan University in 1984, but only used it informally, not professionally.

Our two sons are a continent apart from each other. Erik operates a robot at an auto parts factory in Plymouth, Michigan, and Jamie is with a company that contracts with NASA at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Jamie was a student at Otterbein for two years, but later got a B.S. from San Diego State.

In the summer of 1964, I traveled west with Phil Barnhart and his family. I was captivated by the West then, and remain so today. For many years, Ken and I loaded our car up every summer with our sons and camping equipment and headed west to camp and hike. We followed that dream in retirement, spending our winters in Las Cruces, New Mexico. In the spring, we pack our truck and go to Michigan, where we have a cottage on a small lake.

Outdoor activities have been a big part of my life. My husband spent most of his career working in camping for the United Methodist Church, and I volunteered many summers, directing Camp Kinawind in northern lower Michigan for one summer. In retirement, we have spent two weeks at work camps, both at Kinawind and Wanake. We love to hike and participate in Audubon and Sierra Clubs. Once a week, I work the reception desk at a local B.L.M. park in the Organ Mountains here in Las Cruces.

Living in many places enabled me to learn about and appreciate many kinds of people. There was Mabel in the Waynesburg, Ohio, hardware who could speak Italian to the workers from the local brick factory. Amish buggies lined the parking lot at our church in Ashland, Ohio, for the funeral of a neighboring farmer. A student in Detroit wrote a "rap" about education to be performed at honors night. A fellow Otterbein alum, Shelly Russell ‘73, wrote a musical about logging in Marquette, Michigan. I wrote a piece about it for Towers Magazine. In Dearborn, where we were living on 9/11, we attended prayer services with Muslims and Christians together. Our two months in Liberia in 1995 offered some increased understanding of a resilient people in a civil war.

Since retirement, we have traveled extensively, to Africa, Southeast Asia and Europe. We enjoy a Spanish conversation group, and I have worn out one dictionary reading novels in Spanish. We work the concession stand at a local movie theater run by volunteers and are members of St. Paul's UM church. We walk a three mile round trip along the acequia (irrigation ditch) most days.

My years at Otterbein were one of the best times of my life. I am grateful for the opportunities for leadership and the lifelong friendships I received there.

Alice Earhart Prochazka 17036 E. Dorado Circle Centennial, CO 80015 303-690-7057 akpro2@yahoo.com

Spouse:

Kay Richard Prochazka

Children:

Jon, Regina (Gina), Danette and Stephen

Shortly before graduating from Otterbein College, I was hired by Columbus Public Schools to teach fourth grade. After graduation, I taught first and second grades in San Antonio, TX, and Columbus Public Schools until 1969. While teaching, I attended Ohio State University and in 1969, received a master’s degree in counseling.

In the fall of 1969, I was hired by Western Electric to participate in their executive training program. My first assignment was manufacturing supervisor at the new Mesquite, TX, manufacturing plant. After five years of line supervision, I was promoted to department chief. While in Dallas, I attended post-graduate courses at Southern Methodist University. In 1979, I was promoted to assistant manager, information systems and transferred to Denver, CO. During my Denver tour with Western Electric/AT&T/Lucent Technologies, I managed information systems development, regional customer service and corporate contracting. In the fall of 1982, I was AT&T’s selection to attend the executive development program, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. I attended AT&T’s Achievers Club in 1993, 1994 and 1995. I also represented the company at two Aspen Institute seminars, “Hispanic Americans and the Business Community.” My last assignment was executive director of administration, reporting to the regional vice presidents. I retired from Lucent Technologies in 1999.

Some things go well and some don’t. My first marriage ended after 15 years. After transferring to Denver in 1979, I met my wonderful husband of now 26 years and inherited four great children. We have eleven grandchildren ranging in ages from seven to 30 and two greatgrandchildren.

We have enjoyed traveling to Hawaii, Mexico, Australia and numerous other U.S. destinations. We enjoyed outdoor activities such as skiing and hiking for 28 years and long distance bicycling, up to 150 miles over two days. Common sense finally prevailed and we are doing less rigorous activities such as walking, reading and volunteer activities. We are very involved in family, church, community and political activities.

Regina Fehrens Poulard 205 Shadow Trail Michiana Shores, IN 46360

Spouse:

Jean V. Poulard ‘63

Children:

Johannes, Michiana Shores, IN

In 1961, my father was in charge of an Evangelical United Brethren (EUB) youth hostel in Berlin. That summer, two groups of students from EUB colleges came to visit Berlin. One was from North Central in Naperville, Illinois, and the other was from Otterbein. Since I was fluent in English, I served as interpreter and tour guide for these two groups. The leaders both invited me to their respective college to be a language teaching assistant. I chose Otterbein because, there, I was offered free tuition, room and board, and a stipend.

On my first day at Otterbein, as I was helping out with the sorting of some papers in the faculty room on the second floor of Towers, this fellow, with a French accent, showed up and, without really introducing himself, asked me to go with him to the Kings fraternity hayride. I had no idea about what that was all about, but I accepted the invitation. Far from me to think that I had just met my future husband!

I had a great time during my two years at Otterbein. I majored in English and French and learned a lot from Professors Price, Ray and Neff. As the German teaching assistant, I worked closely with Dr. O’Bear, who was such a gentle lady.

Because Jean and I dated exclusively, and since he was majoring in history and government, I came to know the professors he considered his mentors: Dr. Laubach, Dr. Hancock and Dr. Holtermann. We spent much time together with these professors, who would invite us from time to time for dinner. Since Dr. Holtermann was German, I spent much time at her house, especially babysitting her cats when she was away. And it is with her Volkswagen that I started to learn how to drive!

I will not forget all the good people connected to Otterbein who were so kind to me and Jean. One such person was Mrs. Crane, who invited us so often to enjoy the company of her family. And then, there was the eighty-year-old Dr. Rosselot who provided Jean and me, June 1964 rooms for us in his farm house during the summer.

Jean graduated in 1963 and went on to graduate school at the University of Chicago (where Dr. Holtermann had earned her Ph.D.). To my chagrin, he and I were now separated, but we saw each other at Christmas at his sister’s in Kansas. Later, we met in Chicago, where I was invited by some family friends. And, of course, he attended my graduation.

At Jean’s graduation 1963

In July, we flew to Berlin to attend my sister’s wedding. In August, I went to France, where I met Jean’s mother, in Epernay, and one of his brothers, in Reims. We really enjoyed each other sightseeing throughout the Champagne country, with its long history and great monuments. And I learned to appreciate the delicious wine produced in its numerous underground cellars!

That fall, I started graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh, where I was offered a teaching assistantship. There, Janet Lacey ‘63, became my colleague. I received my M.A. in English in the spring of 1966.

Graduation 1964

The following summer, Jean and I finally got married in Berlin on August 5. It was quite an affair with a good part of Jean’s family coming over from France. Since only Jean’s oldest brother spoke a little German, I had to do quite a lot of interpreting. It was indeed a fun celebration. We were driven to the church in a horse-drawn carriage. Jean’s sister, Jeanne, played the organ and her four daughters sang. This joyful Franco-German get-together lasted over three days!

Jean and I settled in Chicago in a married student apartment at the University. Things were pretty good for us since I had a tenure-track teaching position at Chicago State University. However, I still continued my graduate studies, this time at Chicago Loyola University, juggling my teaching and the care of our first-born son, Johannes, who came into the world in 1971. Nevertheless, I received a Ph.D. in American literature in June 1974, two years before Jean got his!

August 5, 1966 Berlin

Both of us returned to Europe every couple of years if we could afford to do so. To be frank, we could do that because we rarely had to spend a night in a hotel. Our large families and numerous friends were more than happy to be our hosts.

Jean loved my parents, and his mother thought I was her best daughter-in-law! Because of these trips to Europe, our sons became multi-lingual. It was easier for Johannes (who now speaks eight languages, six fluently) than for his brother, Roger, who although rather precocious in reading, did not want to speak with us in anything but English.

Our travels took us to several European countries other than France and Germany. We spent some time in Spain, where we visited all the great cities of Andalusia. We went to Venice once, but could not afford to go to Rome. We also went several times to Poland, where Jean had made some friends.

Kansas City 2012

While Jean is still teaching at Indiana University Northwest, after 34 years, I retired from CSU in 2000. Since then I have continued my involvement with the First Methodist Church of Michigan City and the town of Michiana Shores, where we live, and where Jean is president of the town council. We have a very nice place in this small town near Lake Michigan, in forested dunes. We do not plan to leave.

Like Jean did last year, I want to say a big THANK YOU to OTTERBEIN for bringing us together to where we are today.

Carol Field Kirkman 3705 Waterwheel Court Greensboro, NC 27409 336-315-5282

Spouse:

Charles Kirkman

Children:

Tod (42), software engineer for Microsoft in Charlotte, NC Chad (40), teaches theatre arts at a high school in Winston-Salem, NC

Grandchildren:

Seth (5), just entered kindergarten

Following graduation with a BS in education degree I landed my first teaching job in Dover, Ohio, where I taught home economics and science at the junior high level. After two years, I moved back to Westerville to take a job at the local high school and got married. After six years, I was forced to resign due to pregnancy. About two years after the birth of our first son, we had another bouncing baby boy. I loved being a stay-at-home Mom, but soon organized a child-care swap to make life a little easier.

Due to my husband’s work, we were transferred to Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1977. I loved the warm weather and soon adapted to a slower pace of life. I quickly became involved in a new church and helped lead the children’s choir, played hand bells and worked in the third grade Sunday school. As soon as both boys were in school, I started substitute teaching at the local elementary and junior high school.

When they entered junior high, I enrolled and began my studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro to earn my master’s degree in education. I only took a couple classes at a time, so it took me almost four years. In the midst of all of this, my husband had bypass surgery at age 42. Our lives became very challenging for the next twelve years, then he passed away.

My oldest son graduated from high school at the same time I received my master’s degree. It took me over a year to land my dream job as an academic advisor in the central advising office at UNCG, but it was certainly worth it. Besides my counseling duties, I led many “Successful Student” workshops and also helped teach a freshman class. Over the next ten years, I worked my way up to assistant director in charge of graduation clearance. I absolutely loved working with college students and they helped add joy and balance to some difficult years.

At 55 I was diagnosed with breast cancer, but I’m very blessed to be a sixteen year survivor.

At age 60, I chose to retire early to help care for my mom, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Within a year of my retirement, we sadly lost her and then, my younger sister, who had battled cancer for over fifteen years. In the midst of all that, I kept busy with volunteer work at our church and an assisted living community close to my home.

I took a few breaks over the years to do some travel.

Seattle, Dallas, Florida, Vegas, Cayman Islands and the Bahamas were some of my favorite destinations. The most exciting was the trip I took to Germany, France and Austria in 2008. I went with a good friend from my church whose family offered to house and show us around for almost a month. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity and can’t wait to go back to explore more of Europe. My grandson was born that summer and I love every opportunity to spoil him. I met my future husband a few months before this trip and we were married at the end of 2009. We have a lot to look forward to in the years ahead.

As I look back over the past, I have many fond memories but one of best has to be my four years at Otterbein.

Besides the meaningful classes, I loved the sorority experience and marching in the Otterbein Cardinal Band. I cherish the experiences and the many lasting friendships made.

Dini Fisher Parsons 200 Woodrow Bare Road Laurel Springs, NC 28644

Children:

Steven and David Shaw

Grandchildren:

Cameron Shaw

It’s been 50+ years, And there’s so much to say.

I’m luckier than some ‘Cause I’m still here today.

My life has had many ups and downs.

Good times and bad times all around.

But all in all, life’s taught me to live As though I’ve been blessed with wisdom to give.

Marriage found me twice, Though neither time lasted.

I do have two boys- who are wonderful menSo that part of my life I’d do over again.

Education was my career for over 30 years.

Teaching mainly high school brought laughter and tears.

Oh, along the way, I earned a master’s degree From The Ohio State University.

Oh, I’ve been many places in the U.S. to see But not as complete as I wished them to be.

Now that I have the time to travel around, I’ll try to keep seeing what’s on the ground.

After retirement to the mountains of NC I came, Built a house on my grandma’s old place And settled myself to a much slower pace.

But I keep myself busy as I want to be, There are many activities in my rural county.

So now you have a sense of what my life’s been.

‘Just hope I’m around longer to do some things again.

David Fodor 334 Coe Street Tiffin, OH 44883 419-447-1821/419-618-1821 dlfodor@msn.com Spouse: Children: Grandchildren:

Jeanne Carol Jacobs ‘65, elementary teacher, mother and grandmother Todd David, Kent State (architecture) Nicole Dawn, Ohio State (pharmacy) Lexi (Kent State), Drew, Owen, Mara and Jacob

I came to Otterbein in the fall of 1960. I started as a commuter, but soon realized the time and expense was a drag. At the time there was no room in the dorms, but a rooming house run by the college was available. It was called Grove House. Needless to say the guys there made some lasting bonds. At the end of my freshman year I was very discouraged and ready to go elsewhere. My history (Holdermann) and English (The Colonel) about did me in. During the summer of 1961, I pretty much had decided to continue my summer job into the fall, until I got a phone call from a guy named Edwin Roush. Most of Otterbein knows him as “ Dubbs”. His family was from my hometown and his parents knew my mother. So I became an employee of Roush Hardware my last three years at Otterbein. Dubbs gave me an opportunity to complete my education and was a great influence on my life. After graduation in 1964, I began my teaching and coaching career of 33 years (I did return for two years part-time), for a total of 35 years. I spent most of my years with the Tiffin City Schools (30 years) as a science teacher. I must say I had a very enjoyable experience.

In 1965, I married Jeanne C. Jacobs’65; we have a son, Todd; and a daughter, Nicole. We have five wonderful grandchildren: Lexi (Kent State), Drew, Owen, Mara, and Jacob. We are very fortunate to have them within an hour or so, which allows us to be a bigger part of their lives.

We try not to get in the way.

In the early ‘70s, I made a fishing trip to Canada and in the early ‘90s we obtained a small cabin up North. We have been making numerous trips up to the “Great Outdoors” with the family and some fishing buddies. Unfortunately, it gets cold up there early and stays cold late, but it has been fun. We have found in our travels the beauty of America, but always remark how pretty and serene it is up at the ‘cabin’.

Over the years, I have gained some experience doing carpentry work, mostly for myself, family, and friends. With that I also started to refinish/refurbish furniture and to build some rustic furniture. I enjoy that the most.

As I have looked back to my years at Otterbein, I always wish I would have had more time to be involved in the activities/classes that I did have interest in but no time. I was the youngest of eight children, and the first one to attend college and receive a degree. My brothers and sisters were supportive, but reminded me that I was in school to work.

Judith Fogel Baldwin 9019 Peters Road Ashley, OH 43003 740-747-2450/740-815-5441 (cell)

Spouse:

Dean Baldwin

Children:

Jeffrey Baldwin and Amy Baldwin Miracle

Grandchildren:

Erika, Jared and Ross Baldwin; Paige, Adam and Blake Miracle

After graduating from Otterbein, my husband, Dean, and I, lived in several locations while he was a statistician with the Bureau of the Census and a graduate student at the University of Illinois. During that time, I taught German or Spanish in Washington, D.C., Louisville, KY, and Champaign, IL. Later, we lived in Oxford, OH, then Westerville, where Dean was an assistant professor of economics at Miami University and a professor of agricultural economics at The Ohio State University, respectively.

For 11 years, I was a stay-at-home mom with our son, Jeff, and daughter, Amy. When they entered kindergarten, I returned to my profession by teaching at Bishop Watterson in Columbus. From 1988 until 1998, I taught both Spanish and German at Hayes High School in Delaware. Throughout this decade, I sponsored exchange students from both Germany and Switzerland and our children traveled to these two countries for visits. I also continued to study German by attending immersion courses at Millersville University in Pennsylvania and traveling in Germany.

Although I did not study music at Otterbein, I had taken piano and church organ lessons before arriving on campus. Throughout the years, I have pursued this interest by studying with a number of teachers and by completing the organist training program at METHESCO in Delaware. I am currently the organist at the Ashley United Methodist Church which boasts a century-old, well-restored pipe organ made possible by a donation from Andrew Carnegie in 1912.

Jeff, our oldest child, and his family, currently lives in Muskego, a suburb of Milwaukee, WI. He graduated from Northwestern University’s School of Engineering and holds an MBA from Marquette. His wife, Laura, also a graduate of Northwestern, holds a master’s degree in family counseling from the University of Wisconsin. They have three children, Erika (17), Jared (16) and Ross (11). Amy Miracle, our daughter, has a degree in nursing from OSU, and an a master’s degree in nurse midwifery from Marquette University. She is currently practicing at St. Ann’s Hospital in Westerville. Her husband, Alan, has a degree from OSU, and an engineering degree from the University of Toledo. He is employed by an engineering consulting firm that is also located in Westerville. They have three children, Paige (10), Adam (8) and Blake (5).

Throughout the 1990s, we traveled to Germany, Austria, France, Switzerland, Trinidad and China. In China, I visited a “high” school where I presented greetings from my students at Delaware Hayes, and the Chinese students practiced speaking English by trying to focus on current movies and actors. Since we were not up to date on this topic, we changed the subject to sports when we noticed a student who was wearing a Michael Jordan sweatshirt. This experience was a real treat and an “eye opener” as I compared their school facilities, teaching philosophies, and expectations with those that I have experienced in the U.S. As the year 2000 approached, we became empty nesters with retirement on the horizon. Our energy and goals transferred to renovating an 1871 farmhouse and barns where Dean was born. The farm is located outside the village of Ashley, about nine miles north of Delaware. Since our children joked that we had moved back to the 1800s, and without a mall in sight, we created a form of civilization by displaying a “Barns and Mobile” sign on the large barn. By also providing cappuccino to drink, books to read, and access to Wi-Fi, their suburbanite needs seemed to be met!

With the headmaster of a high school in Shanghai, China 1995

Although I often return to Columbus malls with my friends, and Dean can be found on Saturday at the ‘Shoe with children, grandchildren and friends in tow, we are enjoying the “Mayberry experience.” Gardening, maintaining the lawn, interacting with our children, grandchildren, new and established friends, and our latest addition, a German shepherd puppy named Heidi, are all high priorities. Heidi follows a long line of shepherds, which have enhanced the quality of our lives. The first pup arrived under our Christmas tree in 1964.

In recent years, we have vacationed in Florida with our Wisconsin family during their Easter vacation. Since this activity has become a yearly tradition, I will be unable to attend this year’s reunion. I hope that all of you who do attend will have a great time sharing many fond memories from the past.

Ruth Freeman Pierce 7922 Emerson Road Wayne, OH 43466 419-260-6001 ruthepierce42@gmail.com

Spouse:

Lester Pierce (deceased)

Children:

Tricia Blasius and Steve Pierce

Grandchildren:

Andrew, Adam, Tegan, Adalynn

50 years since our graduation from a school named Otterbein College!

I chose Otterbein as my school because it was just five miles from my home. And I did get to live on campus for two years. One Friday night, four or five of us decided to go for a walk just for something to do. We decided along the way to keep going and before dark we made it to my home. We happily surprised my Mom and Dad. I still like to walk and try in good weather to walk often. For eight years, I’ve taken part in a local charity event called “Pickle Chase 5K.” Last June, I won first place in my age group!

My focus in school was to earn my degree and be an elementary teacher. By taking two summer classes, I finished in January 1964. I was blessed to find a pregnancy leave opening in first grade at Big Walnut Local. By the next year, they had need for a fourth first grade class and I continued there for awhile. I moved to Kenton and had first grade there. Then I moved to Findlay and had first grade at McComb Local School. I always loved teaching in first grade.

During this time, I took further classes at OSU, first; then, BGSU and the University of Findlay. I did not complete another degree.

While living in Findlay, I purchased my first little home. At about this time, a friend introduced me to Lester Pierce, a single, Christian farmer who lived north of Findlay. We had many similar interests and likes and strong faith in God. We dated only a short time and were married in 1976. We built a new house on our farm and that is where I still am. Lester and I liked to travel. Over time we visited every state except North Dakota, including special tours to Alaska and Hawaii. When we married, I shifted from full-time teaching to substitute teaching.

I liked that too: could say “yes” or “no” if I had other things planned that day, experienced all the grades from K-8, learned to know teachers and kids in our community, and able to take part in foster care which led to our privilege of adoption. Now our daughter, Tricia, is a high school teacher in Spanish language.

Our son, Steve, is an accomplished diesel mechanic. They each married and had children. Our oldest grandson was married July 4, 2013. They are each finishing college. Our other grandson is in eighth grade. Our granddaughters are a second grader and a two year old. Everyone lives close by and it’s a blessing being a part of their lives.

On June 12, 2011, Lester and I celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary. It came on a Sunday, so while we were in Sunday school. Lester reminded all of our friends about the date and

with it kind, loving words about our life together and a wish for many more. On July 29, 2011, Lester’s life on this earth ended. It was sudden; in many ways it was expected but not known, due to medical issues. There is so much sadness in losing your spouse, as others of you may know by experience. But Lester has eternal life in Christ and he is free of pain; my life is continuing on earth for awhile and so I keep looking ahead.

Since 2006, I’ve belonged to a volunteer group called, SewMuchComfort.org. We adapt readymade clothing for our injured soldiers. At present time, there is much need for t-shirts and athletic shorts. By cutting open the sides, binding raw edges and sewing on Velcro, it makes respectful clothing in place of hospital gowns. If you have an interest, contact the website for information. Other sewing I do is making quilts, baby size usually, to give to friends.

After the tornado in Joplin, MO, I joined a work team for Samaritan’s Purse. A very moving experience. A year ago, I went with my daughter to Spain to visit friends who live in Barcelona. Maria and Jordi and their two children were wonderful hosts. They gave us a wonderful tour, via a large van, to travel as far south as Sevilla, enjoying beautiful scenery and visiting many interesting sights.

I’m enjoying helping in a one-on-one tutoring program my church holds in a library room.

Once a week, children in K-4 come for help with their homework, reading, math and spelling. I especially like the one-on-one due to my limited hearing. In 1993, I had the first of three surgeries to remove a benign brain tumor, also entangled in my ear. How thankful I am for skilled neurosurgeons.

I may take a trip this summer with my cousin who lives in St. Paul, MN. Our thoughts are: we will meet some place, rent a car and go from there. Details will work out!

Thank you to all who have written about your lives since 1964. May you have a good 2014!

Richard N. Funkhouser 1567 Main Street St. Johnsbury, VT 05819 917-539-0438

Children:

Giuliana, works in game development with Warner Bros/Turbine in Boston, MA Richard, works in international development in Washington, D.C.

Immediately after graduation, I entered Columbia University in New York City to pursue an MBA degree. Subsequently I worked in Latin America, including a period at the University of Puerto Rico, where I became interested in the developing world and economic development in particular. This evolved into a two-year hitch with the Harvard Institute for International Development in Djakarta, Indonesia, working as an advisor to the Indonesian Ministry of Finance.

I then spent three plus years completing a Ph.D. in economics at the University of York in York, England. This led to three years teaching at the University of Puerto Rico and five years at the Maryland Department of Economic Development in Annapolis, MD. My next position was at the University of Connecticut, where I spent a dozen years, taught in their MBA program, and travelled a great deal throughout the world teaching and organizing training programs in public sector economics and management. These pursuits took me to Curacao, Jamaica, Brazil, The Gambia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Thailand, among numerous other countries. During this period, I also took a leave of absence to run Boston University’s MBA program in Zaragoza, Spain.

In 1998 I moved to Vermont and taught economics and management at Norwich University until 2011. Since then I continue to live in Vermont and teach economics at New York University (don’t ask!). This particular gig has been especially fulfilling because of students’ heightened interest in economics in the wake of the recent recession and its impact on their lives.

Fortunately the New York job is only part-time, giving me the opportunity to spend more time with my children as well as pursue non-academic interests in theater, opera, map collecting and physical fitness.

Gene Gangl 296 Honey Jane Drive Beavercreek, OH 45434 937-361-8353 g.gangl@juno.com

Spouse:

Jeannette Gangl

Fifty years...where have they gone? Since I've served on the 50th Reunion Committee, my fellow members insist I participate in The Memory Book effort. So to paraphrase Lincoln, " ...the world will little note nor long remember what I write here..." but here goes.

Following graduation from Otterbein I was commissioned in the Air Force and received an educational delay to pursue a master’s degree in physics at The Ohio State University. Unfortunately, not very successfully. An advanced class in imaginary number mathematics and I did not get along very well (as Dr. Wiley channeling Churchill would say, "This was not my finest hour.") As a result, I entered active duty August 1966. However, during my tenure at OSU, I participated in a civilian program supporting NASA's Gemini program. I, along with three others, was placed in small, totally isolated mock space capsule at Wright Patterson AFB for six weeks. During this time we drew our blood, reprocessed urine for drinking water, existed on the same identical four meals every day and conducted a wide variety of experiments to analyze the impact of space flight on humans. This was my small contribution to the Apollo moon landing in July 1969.

My first military assignment was attending a one year graduate program in meteorology at the University of Oklahoma. From there, I served as a weather officer and unit commander at George AFB, CA. After three years I received orders to command the weather detachment at Phu Cat, Vietnam but just one week prior to my departure I was selected for a master’s degree program in computer science. I completed my master’s degree at Texas A&M University (Gig Em Aggies!) in 1971. Then the Air Force decided the best use of my newly acquired computer knowledge was to monitor some computers in a missile silo as a Minuteman missile launch officer at Minot AFB, ND. Now I know the past winter was a cold one in Ohio and the northeast, but until you've spent a few winters in Minot, you don't know COLD. So I made it my prime objective to leave Minot ASAP and after three years moved to Omaha, NE. There were three highlights from my time at Minot: meeting my future wife, Jeannette; completing an MBA degree; and receiving my private pilot's license.

I moved to Offutt AFB in Omaha in 1974 and for four years served on The Joint Strategic Planning Staff (JSTPS). JSTPS is responsible for targeting all nuclear forces controlled by the U.S. and the UK. I wrote and developed software systems used by the JSTPS staff, some of which were used to provide briefings to the President for his use in strategic decision making. Although President Nixon was out of office when I served at the JSTPS, one of his legacies was a new, and more flexible, nuclear war plan

John McCain visits us in Beavercreek

known as the Single Integrated Operational Plan 5 (SIOP5). Several of my programs supported this plan. My final two years in Omaha, I led an organization developing software systems for Strategic Air Command (SAC). The most rewarding event during this time was marrying my wife, Jeannette, in 1976. Also while in Omaha, I attended several classes at The University of Nebraska...now in any given NCAA football season I can claim OSU, the University of Oklahoma, Texas A&M or the University of Nebraska as "my team" and almost always back a winner!

On to Colorado in 1980. I served three years in beautiful Colorado Springs supporting software systems for the U.S.'s early warning systems as well as the command center operated in the Cheyenne mountain complex near Colorado Springs. While in the Springs, Jeannette and I acquired the shell of a cabin near Pike's Peak and for the past 30+ years have been completing it as our mountain getaway home.

My next assignment was really demanding...four years in a NATO assignment in Karup, Denmark. I had personnel from the U.S., Germany, Denmark and the U.K. working with me developing a command and control system for the northern region of NATO. Jeannette and I were "forced" to live in the hovel of a six bedroom Danish manor home located on 200 acres of private land. To make this an even tougher assignment we had to Me, dressing to support travel all over Western Europe and the U.K. as part of my job responsibilWalk for the Cure ities and pay exorbitant prices for wine and booze (e.g. $2 for a liter of Chivas Regal scotch )...talk about making a sacrifice for your country.

We returned to the U.S. in 1987 for my final assignment at Wright Patterson AFB, near Dayton, OH. During my final seven years, I led a division in a major computer center supporting organizations that acquire new aircraft for the Air Force as well as the Wright Laboratories complex.

I retired in September 1994 and immediately went back to school.

Jeannette was working at The University of Dayton so I could attend classes for free. I decided I wanted to become a "true renaissance man" so I completed another four year degree. I studied political science, history, German, literature, philosophy, English, etc. I received my B.A. degree in 1998, and shortly thereafter, became the oldest congressional college intern on record.

Father John Putka at the UD got me placed to work for then Congressman John Kasich, now Governor of Ohio, who was chairman of the budget committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. I was in D.C. for four months during the time of President Clinton's impeachment trail and got to experience a unique insider's view of the political process!

Over the past years Jeannette has done volunteer work with the Victim Witness program and served as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for minors. I've done volunteer work with Habitat for Humanity and tax preparation with the VITA and AARP tax programs. We spend our summers in our Beavercreek, OH, home and head south to our house near The Villages community in central Florida when the weather turns cold in Ohio. We periodically escape to our mountain cabin in Colorado which has been dubbed by a friend as "The Lodge at Turkey Rock." Completing this cabin has been a labor of love for both of us. Jeannette has decorated it with items acquired over the years from our Air Force assignments and I have built virtually everything in the cabin including doors and light fixtures. We enjoy golf and traveling and while in Florida I work a couple days each week during tax season for a local CPA. The Lodge at Turkey Rock

Jerry A. Gill 78 Spring Creek Drive Westerville, OH 43081 614-891-0009 jagill2@juno.com

Spouse:

Sheila Barrett Gill, retired manager, married 1971

Children:

Matthew (40), state director for the Ohio Public Employee’s Deferred Compensation Program for Nationwide Insurance

Lori (deceased), former family practice physician, Ohio Health Kara (35), third grade teacher at New Albany Elementary Grandchildren:

Liam (8) and Nora (5)

I started my working career with Nationwide Insurance in Columbus, OH, after graduation. I held several jobs in administration and underwriting before being interrupted by a call from Uncle Sam to spend some time in the Army OCS and then in Vietnam.

After graduation, I married my college sweetheart, Ricki Takacs, in August of 1964. Sadly, she passed away, after a short illness, acute lymphatic leukemia, in 1969. She taught Spanish and German at Gahanna Lincoln High School, after graduating from Otterbein in 1964.

Following my release from the Army in 1969, I returned to Nationwide to continue my career.

In 1973, I wanted a new challenge and decided to get my real estate license. After selling homes for several years, I switched gears a bit. I founded my own custom home building business. I was owner and general contractor, with a concentration in single family houses, building primarily in Westerville, northern Columbus and southern Delaware County.

I married Sheila M. Barrett in 1971. Sheila is a graduate of The Ohio State University (‘68) College of Business. We had three children, Matt, Lori and Kara. They all graduated from Ohio University. Matt is the state director of the Deferred Compensation Program for Ohio Public Employees operated through Nationwide Insurance.

Lori was a family practice physician with Ohio Health. Sadly, Lori passed away in 2013 after a 41 month battle with inflammatory breast cancer (IBC). IBC is a rare, aggressive cancer with a low survival rate.

Surviving her are our two beloved grandchildren, Liam (8) and Nora (5). Kara has a master’s degree from Ashland University and teaches third grade at New Albany Elementary.

Sheila was a stay-at-home mother (a career I consider to be the most important job she could ever have), but did go to work for Chase Bank after the children were in high school. We volunteered many years in schools’ PYTA, coached sports, coached Olympics of the Mind and other school related activities. Sheila retired in 2012 after 17 years. She encouraged me to retire, which I did later in 2012, so we could have more time to travel, care for our ill daughter and her children, and a little selfishly, do things for us.

We have spent some time traveling and we are planning more trips to follow. We spend as much time as possible with our grandchildren. We are active in the charity our daughter began, The Hunt for Hope, raising money for research to help find a cure for IBC. In the three years since she began the charity, over $150,000 has been raised. We are active in a local car club. We enjoy this group very much, especially the drives, regional events and the wonderful people we have met over the years. We are active members of a newer church in Lewis Center called “north church.”

We have made Westerville our home for 35 years and drive through Otterbein’s campus several times a week. Good memories…………….

Jerry Ginn 200 Broadway St. Box 357 Seaman, OH 45679 937-386-2152 jginn1@cinci.rr.com

Spouse:

Laurel Margaret (Peggy) Smart ‘64

Children:

Michael ‘85 and Danielle ‘88, and her husband, Greg Griffith ‘85

Grandchildren:

Ashley (14), Scott (10) and Matthew (5) Griffith

I had already made significant life changes before graduating from Otterbein, when in 1962, Peggy (Laurel Margaret Smart) and I married. After graduation, I was accepted at Ohio State as a teaching assistant and earned an M.A. in French in the summer of 1966. I taught a year at University of Dayton as an instructor before I returned to OSU as a lecturer, supervising teaching assistants and teaching a demonstration French class. I also completed course work for a Ph.D. In 1969, Otterbein offered me a four-year contract to teach at the college for two years, and to follow-up with two years as the Director of the Junior Year Abroad in Strasbourg, France. In 1973, Brethren Colleges Abroad convinced me to serve as their director for an additional two years.

Meanwhile, our family had increased by two, Michael was nine when we left for France and Danielle was four. Of the four of us, I was the only one who spoke French. By Christmas, the children were putting sentences together and Peggy could shop, but was still adjusting to life abroad. Eventually we assimilated and appreciated the joys of traveling all over Europe, although the exchange rate was killing us financially.

We returned to the U.S. in 1975 with no job prospects, no home and few possessions. What followed was the interesting part of our lives. Given the paucity of college teaching jobs with little prospect of tenure, I decided to pursue a secondary teaching certificate. In 1976, I began teaching in the rural community of Adams County at Peebles High School. We bought a modest home needing considerable repair in Seaman, Ohio, and settled in where we are today. Our children grew up in a safe environment with ample opportunity to participate in any activity they wished.

Peggy had postponed completing her degree when the children were infants, but managed to graduate from Otterbein in 1975, having completed her graduation requirements in France. She began teaching high school English at Peebles, completed her master’s in education at Xavier University, and in 1992, she received the Ashland Oil Teacher Achievement Award. She finished her educational career in curriculum supervision and spends her retirement swimming laps at the YMCA, creating scrapbooks and traveling with me. Hawaii and Italy are our favorite destinations. Last year we spent two weeks in Sicily with a couple of days in Rome.

On our 50th Anniversary

I retired from teaching in 2000, having started a part-time lawn care business in 1987, which began to provide both a financial and creative outlet. I had spent 35 years in education. In 2010, I officially retired from all work-related activities. Recently, we have been considering the possibility of down-sizing and moving to the Otterbein Lifestyle Community in Lebanon, OH. We are the proud parents of two Otterbein graduates, Michael ‘85 and Danielle ‘88. Our son-in-law, Greg Griffith, is also an ‘85 graduate. Greg and Dani have three children, Ashley 14, Scott 10 and Matthew 5. Michael married Jennifer Carroll in 2009. She graduated from University of Cincinnati, but we try to excuse that. Mike is a flight attendant for United Airlines and in exchange for a college eduMike & Jenny’s Wedding 2009 cation, he provides us with free air travel. Dani is a human resource supervisor for the Defense Department in Columbus and has provided us with three grandchildren in payment for her degree. We believe we have been paid in full.

Peggy and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary in 2012. Aside from traveling, we spend most of our time with the kids and grandchildren. We tend to be goal oriented and recently fulfilled one of our major goals by finally traveling to all fifty states, Alaska being the last.

Peggy is prone to motion sickness and cruising is the best way of seeing Alaska. It took great persuasion to get her on the ship. Surprisingly, she had no trouble and now we have found another method of seeing the world. In fact, in September, we will board the canal barge, Roi Soleil, for a leisurely trip through the Canal du Midi in southern France.

Taormina, Sicily 2012

James R. Gittins 975 Shadow Trail Sumter, SC 29150 iamgits@aol.com

Spouse:

Denise Dobro

After graduation, I received a commission in the Air Force with a slot to attend pilot training at Craig AFB in Selma, AL. Completing pilot training in October 1965 and also completing the requirements for a commercial pilot license, my future destination was Vietnam. Before that, however, I had to complete: winter survival at Stead AFB, NV, F-4 radar and aircraft systems training at Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, ending up at MacDill AFB, FL, for the actual F-4 checkout and water survival training. I left PA on the longest ride to the West Coast that I could have imagined for my departure to Vietnam. (Airlines were on strike and the trains were booked, but not the Greyhound bus.) I had lots of days to make a promise to never do that again! I left California for Cam Rahn Bay, Vietnam, with a stop in the Philippines for jungle survival training. Time now: 15 July 1966.

I left Vietnam in March 1967 for an F-4 assignment at Spangdahlem AB, Germany, until the “U.S. Gold Flow Problem” required the redeployment of our F-4s to Holloman AFB, NM. I was reassigned to Bitburg AB, Germany until October 1970. It was here I had serious thoughts about leaving the Air Force but decided to stay in and marry Denise Dobro in Saverne, France.

I was reassigned to Laughlin AFB, TX, as a pilot training instructor in T-38s and ended up as the chief of the check section (flying student end evaluations required by the Air Force prior to being awarded their pilot wings.) After four years, I was sent to a remote assignment in the OV -10 to Osan AB, Korea, ending up in Wing Headquarters scheduling and training.

In November 1975, I got an assignment to the ASD computer center at Wright Patterson AFB, OH. I started as a computer systems analyst moving up to head a section that managed data based systems used by military and Department of Defense users nationwide. Reassigned again in November 1978 to Shaw AFB, SC, as a wing exercise and plans officer. After three years, I bailed out of this job and volunteered for an assignment back to Europe at Zaragoza AB, Spain. I was responsible for managing/scheduling air-to-air and air-toground areas for fighter aircraft based in Europe. I got a master’s degree in business administration in Spain. Prior to the end of this assignment in 1984, my commander got me back to Shaw AFB, SC, so we could spend one year employed back in the U.S. prior to saying goodbye to the Air Force. Gathering our belongings from storage, PA, and Europe, we settled back into our home and I retired in September 1985.

I got out of the Air Force on a Friday and started classes on Monday to get certified in secondary education in math. Originally, I wanted to get back to Europe as a Department of Defense school teacher, but landed a job here in SC at a local high school and ended up staying for fifteen and a half years, retiring in 2002. Later, I worked with adult education one year, with 15 and 16 year old children who got kicked out or dropped out of school.

We love traveling here and abroad, riding a motorcycle, working in the yard and helping others.

We had no children.

Elizabeth (Liz) Glor Allen 7115 Wild Trail Missouri City, TX 77459 281-778-1483/614-353-5860 (cell) allen@columbusacademy.org

Spouse:

Hugh D. Allen, M.D., ‘62, married June 20, 1964

Children:

Clark, Ph.D engineer for Intel in OR, wife, Jana, Ph.D. biochemist Carl, M.D., pediatric hematologist in TX, wife, Hillary, M.D. Ob-Gyn Lloyd, H. S. math teacher in MD, wife, Jennie, Ph.D. psychologist

Grandchildren:

Christopher (14) in Portland; Stella (7) and Adam (2) in Houston

For 21 years, except for my time spent living in dorms at Otterbein, I lived in the same house in Grand Island, New York. For me, the name May Flower was always connected to the Pilgrims.

After my marriage to Hugh, I soon learned that May Flower was connected to trucks, not ships!

I have just completed my 10th move! Home has been: Grand Island, New York -1942-1964 Otterbein College -1960 -1964 Cincinnati, Ohio -1964 -1968 Blaine, Minnesota – 1968-1970 Fort Hood, Texas -1970 -1972 St. Louis Park, Minnesota-1972-1973 Tucson, Arizona – 1973 - 1988 Davis, California - ( 6 - month sabbatical) 1979-1980 Westerville, Ohio – 1988-2012 Missouri City (Houston), Texas – 2012- present Two years after we were married, Hugh received his M.D. from Cincinnati Medical School.

After 6 more years of training (with an interruption by Uncle Sam), Hugh became a pediatric cardiologist. In 1973, due to his interest in the new technique of studying children’s hearts with echocardiography, which was only being used in adults at this time, Hugh was recruited to join another doctor in Tucson, also researching this new procedure. They co-authored the first textbook relating how this method could be used in children. Since this was so innovative at the time, many invitations, requesting presentations, were received. Grandma & Grandpa Allen often babysat our three boys and two golden retrievers while I accompanied Hugh to Nepal, India, England, France, Saudi Arabia, Puerto Rico and many states in the U.S. His continuing work in heart disease in Muscular Dystrophy patients at Columbus Children’s Hospital produced an offer to join Baylor Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. Now we live only 20 minutes away from grandchildren! Hooray!

Using the teaching degree I earned at Otterbein, I taught elementary school in Ohio and Minnesota. In Tucson, I served three terms on the Catalina Foothills School Board (president one interesting year). I was also a docent at Sabino Canyon, where I taught visitors about the fragile balance of nature in the desert, and I demonstrated how to pan for gold. As a member of the Desert Adventurers, with rock hammer in hand, I trekked into desert caves and deserted mines, scouting for gems and crystals. In Ohio, I taught at Columbus Academy 18 years and earned my master’s degree from The Ohio State University.

Otterbein reentered our lives with our move to Westerville. In 1988, only a couple weeks after moving back to Westerville, I co-chaired a planning committee for Dean Van’s celebration, “Forty Years and Still Going!” This was the beginning of my reconnection with Otterbein, including the “old” Alumni Board. As vice president of the board, I planned Alumni College with the help of Alumni Director, Greg Johnson. Working with Dean Van, I helped organize the Cardinal Migration, using Otterbein alumni to showcase their hometowns. I served as President of the Board until a new type of Alumni Council was formed. Serving on the Theater Board, Hugh & I often invited theater students to share our backyard swimming pool. Alumni Weekend 2004, Otterbein presented me with the Service to Otterbein Award.

Having faced some serious health issues over the past fifteen years, I celebrate each day, knowing that family and friends are the most significant parts of my life! We realize how fragile life is, and miss dear ones who are no longer here. A year before my mom’s passing, I helped organize her 100th birthday celebration, inviting many friends and all 45 of our “immediate family”, including my Otterbein sisters, Bernie ’61, Barbara ’62, and Ellen ’69. Although many miles have separated us from our boys and their families, we have done our best to diminish those miles by keeping the airlines in business! All six of us are donning cowboy boots this summer to meet at a ranch in Jackson Hole to celebrate our 50th anniversary! LIFE IS GOOD!

Joyce Graber Carlos 10 P Massaco Street Simsbury, CT 06070 860-805-0874 (cell) joyce.carlos@simsbury-homes.com

Spouse:

Don Carlos ‘67, divorced

Children:

Don Jr. and Sandy

Grandchildren:

Harley (15), Cobi (13), Olive and Iris (9)

I have lived in Simsbury, CT, since 1969 where I raised Don and Sandy. I taught for approximately seven years in the Columbus area, then in Wethersfield and Hartford, CT. In 1978, I went into real estate and both owned and managed a company. Since 1998, I have been happy being a realtor affiliated with ReMax Hometown, now Realty World Hometown as a realtor-broker.

Don Jr. and his wife, Samantha, live in Manhattan with their nine-year old twins, Olive and Iris. Don has a personal injury law firm and Sam is a freelance writer for Sachs 5th Avenue.

I visit them four to five times each year.

Sandy and her husband, Sergio Lopez Miro, and their children, Harley and Cobi, live in Jacksonville, FL. Sandy works for Paul Davis Restoration. Sergio is the director of swimming and diving at Boles, a private school. There is a chance that Harley could be swimming in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. I enjoy visiting my family, recently spending time with my sister and her family, in Mount Eaton, OH, where I grew up. I do get to New York frequently, and usually visit Florida once a year from mid-December into early January, first in Jacksonville, then in Port Charlotte, where a dear friend lives. Since some of you are near there, I hope to see you then, too! I would enjoy hearing from old, oops, former friends.

Mary F. Hall 45 Blackberry Lane Northhampton, MA 01060 413-584-0797

Directly after our graduation in 1964, I entered the master degree in social work program at the Smith College School for Social Work in Northampton, MA. This program begins in the summer and takes three summers of course work and two eight-month field placements (sites located throughout the United States and Canada) to complete. Both of my field sites were in the NYC area where I stayed after graduation to begin my professional career as a clinical social worker. The structure of this program was a real life changer as I doubt it would have ever occurred to me to move east from Ohio or, as it turns out, spend my entire professional career in the region.

My first employment was at the Jewish Board of Guardians, a well-known child guidance facility with services throughout the greater metropolitan area and Westchester. After diverse outpatient experiences there and progressing from caseworker to senior caseworker/supervisor, I moved on to an in-patient position as a social work supervisor and co-team leader on the Washington Heights Community Service (catchment area designated psychiatric emergency inpatient service) in the Columbia Presbyterian complex. While there I began a small part-time private practice which I have continued into the present.

I began formal teaching in schools of social work in 1974 as an assistant professor at the NYU School for Social Work. This was followed by a position as associate professor and chair of the Human Behavior in the Social Environment Sequence at Boston University. I eventually completed a part-time Ph.D. program in clinical social work at the Simmons College School for Social work in Boston, MA, in 1997. I am currently an emeriti professor at the Smith College SSW where I retired in 2012 after serving for twenty-nine years.

My teaching and research interests have been diverse and included clinical practice with individuals and families, at-risk populations, and clinical supervision; substance abuse in pregnant women (policy and treatment); the implications of race and racism; and the interface between race and gender in clinical practice.

I have also held numerous elected and appointed positions at the state, region (New England) and national levels of the National Association of Social Work that has approximately 150,000 members. This includes service on the national and state boards and the co-chairing two New England regional delegations to the National Delegate Assemble which convenes every three years to review and update policy and set priorities. Perhaps most rewarding, because of the degree of challenge and the

opportunities to make a contribution, was my three-year service as president elect/president of the Massachusetts Chapter of NASW (8,500) members in 1999-2002.

In May of this year, I will complete my third four-year term on the Board of Trustees at Otterbein. I currently chair the academic committee and am a member of the student life committee.

This service has been a labor of love and increased my appreciation, not only for the education I received, but for the Otterbein community and its history of commitment to both excellence in education and being an opportunity structure of upward mobility for all people regardless of economic status, gender, or race. In fact, I have been extremely gratified at how my professional life in some way has come full circle and I have been able to be of service to the two institutions of higher education that launched me, Otterbein University and Smith College.

I was honored to receive the Ninth Annual Frantz Fanon Award (1998) from the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health in NYC; the Otterbein College Distinguished Alumna Award in 2000; the Greatest Contribution to Social Work Education Award from the Massachusetts Chapter, NASW in 2012; and to be inducted into the Otterbein College African American Hall of Fame in 2012.

Karla M. Hambel Lortz 31 Stonebrook Drive Delaware, OH 43015 740-369-5730 (voice/fax) krl31dr@aol.com

Spouse:

Robert D. Lortz II, married June 15, 1968, retired director of the Governor’s Council on People with Disabilities

Following graduation from Otterbein, I was employed by Goodwill Industries in both Columbus and Zanesville for eight years. I also took time out to attend graduate school at Kent State University and obtain a master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling. In 1972, I began a thirty year career with the Ohio Governor’s Council on People with Disabilities.

During that time, I had administrative responsibility for the 21 member council, wrote and published books and brochures on a variety of disability issues, and provided technical assistance to employers and others on a broad range of issues concerning Ohioans with disabilities.

I was actively involved in the passage of Ohio's civil rights law for people with disabilities during the 1970s, and more recently have been involved in the passage and implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, at both the national and state level, as well as the Help America Vote Act.

Since retirement, I have continued to do ADA and HAVA related consultations as well as disability related volunteer activities, primarily in the area of voting and voter registration.

Bob and I enjoy live music performances from chamber music to jazz, reading suspense novels, gardening, cooking and traveling around the country.

Rosemary Huprich Jenkins 109 Buena Vista Street P.O. Box 222 Baltic, OH 43804 330-897-2351 jenkinsdandr@aol.com

Spouse:

Donald V. Jenkins

After graduation from Otterbein College, I was offered a job at Avon High School, Avon, OH. The teaching position was home economics, and 50 years later, there is no broad position known as home economics. My area of teaching was in food and home management. I felt I was one of the lucky Otterbein graduates because I started my career in a new addition of the high school, including all of the up to date equipment in a lab.

I continued with graduate work at Kent State University and Baldwin Wallace College, receiving my master’s degree in supervision and secondary administration in 1977 at Baldwin Wallace College.

I was a teacher for 15 years and 15 years in high school administration. During the last 15 years, my positions included assistant principal, grades 7-12, assistant principal grades 9-12, and athletic director grades 7-12 for Avon Schools. I retired from the school district after 30 years of service.

My husband, Don, was also in education and administration. We have been married for 46 years.

During our 34 years of working in education, we lived at Amherst and North Ridgeville, OH. We had a weekend get-away condo at Chautaugua Lake, New York. This included snowmobile rides, golfing and visiting the Chautaugua Lake Institute. We also had many travel experiences and golfing at Pinehurst, North Carolina.

Since retirement, I have been active in volunteer work at the community park and various church organizations and choir. My activities and hobbies include going to the fitness center, golfing, reading, flower gardening, quilting and home decorating.

I never thought that after retirement I would return to the village of Baltic, my family home. This area is in the heart of Amish country (Tuscarawas/Holmes County), and visited by many tourists.

Our permanent home is in Baltic, Ohio, but in the winter time we live in Naples, Florida. Our address in Naples is: 1549 Sandpiper St. #24, Naples, FL 34102. My retirement life spending summer in Ohio and winter in Florida has been a rewarding experience.

Lloyd A. Jones 12905 Weston Road Weston, OH 43569

There was never any choice as to whether or where I was to attend college. My grandparents met at Otterbein in the 1890s, my mother graduated in 1927 and my sister spent her first two years there in the 1940s. Unless denied admission, my only choice was Otterbein. For a rural Ohio farm boy from a small high school, not burdened by intellectual discipline and used to wandering in the fields, woods and streams, Otterbein was best for me. A few years later, my brother spent two years at Otterbein.

As a 17 year old in September 1960, watching my parents drive away from the parking lot at North Hall is firmly etched in my memory and the emotions are felt today. Mom had told me “to call everyone Doctor” and “take notes.” The latter was especially valuable advice since she knew high school work had not included note-taking. By the time I finished graduate school, my competency at writing notes had improved tremendously but it was a path followed with resistance and begun at Otterbein.

The socialization offered by Otterbein’s modest campus and my studious peers was very beneficial to me. Had I enrolled at a mega-university, like Ohio State, the distractions would have been too great. I doubt I would have developed, in time, the discipline necessary to avoid failure. Having many friends who were motivated students truly helped meet the challenges of college and made my two years there among the best of my young life.

I transferred to Ohio State in 1962 and into agriculture where I completed a B.S. and a M.S. in agronomy-weed science and botany. In 1966, an NDEA fellowship provided support to attend Purdue for my Ph.D. While at OSU, I met Carol A. Humphrey and we married in late 1965. Carol studied physical therapy; we graduated simultaneously and moved to West Lafayette, IN, in late 1966. The years at Purdue were very enjoyable.

Upon finishing at Purdue in late 1970, we came back to Weston and my folks’ small farm.

Carol was quickly employed while I tried agricultural consulting and farming with my father.

It didn’t take long for me to realize consulting would not be my career, so I began to search for a university position. By sheer good fortune, the University of Toledo had a position for a biology instructor available and I was hired. As the years passed, my work varied but it was primarily undergraduate teaching. My agricultural and botanical background rather filled some voids in our departmental offerings. My work included some research and several graduate courses and committees. After 27 years and a couple of modest promotions, I retired in 1999 to increase my farming. I retired from active farming in 2010.

Aside from relationship breakdowns (Carol and I divorced in 1977 and I married Dr. Susan C. Haley in 1982, we divorced in 1985), the pain of the death of my parents, my sister, and good friends, most of my life has been rewarding. Teaching and farming were and are extremely satisfying. Perhaps my outlook has been too parochial as I’ve never left North America, but as a biologist/naturalist, there are so many exciting things to observe and learn that Ohio still excites me! Making life even more enjoyable today is the presence of Jennifer A. Rogers, a retired English teacher. We have been happily involved for the last six years. I had no children, so the 10,000 plus undergraduates will have to suffice.

As I’m certain we all say, “It went by so fast.” I am sure I ignored opportunity, made mistakes of omission and commission and often thought too small. Life, however, has never seemed exceptionally difficult or depressing for long. I feel I’ve been very fortunate, especially in light of the terrible events that befall others. Anyway, most of my recollections are enjoyable, especially two important years at Otterbein!

Sandy Joseph Ziegler 10533 Plum Creek Drive Shreveport, LA 71106 318-798-2826 szigs1@bellsouth.net

Spouse:

Sam Ziegler ‘64

Children:

Scott and Shane

Thinking about my life since graduation, I can sum it up in one word – packing!

The summer after graduation, I returned to the campus to rehearse The Boy Friend and prepare for the American Theater/USO Tour of the Northeast Command. (Iceland, Greenland, Newfoundland and Labrador) I will always cherish the unique experience and memories made with special friends.

Returning to the states, I quickly regrouped (packed) and moved to Miamisburg, OH, to join the high school teaching staff in the business department. I enjoyed teaching, the activities and I started a dance line. Dancing will always be my passion.

After my engagement to Sam, we decided on a spring wedding. The night before I was announcing my departure, I had an emergency appendectomy. When my students were told that I was hospitalized and would not be returning, they thought I had a terminal illness!

Thinking we would have six months together, on March 7, 1965, in Portsmouth, OH, we were married. We immediately left for Long Beach, CA, and were anxious to begin our life. Three weeks later, Sam was on his way to Vietnam and well, I needed a plan. So, I worked as a bookkeeper at a local business, became active in Navy Wives Officers Club and developed friendships with other Navy wives in our division.

When it was time for the second Vietnam tour, we were expecting our first child. Sam moved me to his hometown – Espanola, NM. Six days after Sam left, Scott Lane entered the world.

Sam was notified by the Red Cross and announced to the entire ship: “I have a son!”

Sam returned home ten months later and then we were on our way to Oakland, CA, for processing out of the Navy. Upon our arrival, Sam had an emergency appendectomy – not the ideal homecoming we had planned.

Sam accepted a job with a Lazarus Department Store and it was back to Columbus, OH. Shortly thereafter, we purchased our first home in Westerville and were expecting our second child. Shane Joseph arrived on Halloween in 1969.

Opportunities often come quickly – we purchased a fabric store in Santa Fe, NM, and began the next chapter in our lives. We enjoyed all that Santa Fe had to offer: dance club, fiesta float building group and involvement with local and state political races. I had a small dance studio and was a member of Junior Woman’s Club.

After a few years, it was a career change for Sam that required a move to Albuquerque, NM. While there, I was the secretary for our Lutheran Church, first female elected to the church council and started and directed an afterschool youth club. I continued my association with Junior Woman’s Club and held a couple of state offices.

By this time, Sam was working for Cloth World and it was packing time again. He was transferred to Springfield, MO, and after just a few months, we were living in El Paso, TX. We enjoyed our time there and made lifelong friendships.

Sam received a promotion to district manager (still with Cloth World) and we relocated to Shreveport, LA. I knew at this point that we should establish roots, since Scott was approaching high school years. Therefore, Shreveport has been our home since 1980. I became the instructor of a drill/marching/dance group – Caddo Cuties – a position I held for fourteen years.

We traveled to a parade or competition each weekend and performed at two World Fairs. I conducted a yearly summer camp, as well. I still see many of my “Cuties” and am happy to know that I had a positive impact on their lives. Scott and Shane grew up thinking all mothers danced around the kitchen!

Surprise – another career change – we bought a print shop and later a rubber stamp & sign business. I was responsible for the bookkeeping and typing duties. This was our life for many years. During this time, Sam received a master's degree in education from LSU – Shreveport and decided to teach at the secondary level. The business was sold and I began working in a fine jewelry store based in New York. Knowing nothing about stones, it was challenging at first. Turned out to be a fun experience for me. I was selected to open a new store in Indiana so, I guess I did learn about diamonds, etc.

We have become happy Southerners, but our friends still consider us Yankees! Scott and Shane are graduates of Louisiana Tech University. Scott with a degree in life science/ horticulture and physical education/exercise for Shane. Scott teaches with his Dad at the high school in Mansfield, LA. The students call them: Daddy “Z” and Baby “Z”! Shane has been with a pharmaceutical company for several years and resides in Dallas, TX. Sam and I enjoy traveling and are especially fond of the Caribbean area.

Glad to have visited Russia and really enjoyed the Otterbein Greek Isle Cruise. I had a great time with old friends!

Moving around the country has given us the opportunity to enjoy different cultures and make wonderful friendships. My life, after Otterbein, has been diverse, never dull and I can’t wait for the next adventure. I guess packing isn’t so bad after all! I loved my years at Otterbein and thanks to all my dear friends for making it so memorable!

Kathryn Kanto Carpenter 8 Dayflower Drive Asheville, NC 28803

Spouse:

John F. Carpenter

Children:

Michael, Karen, Kate

Grandchildren:

Hayden, Miranda, Matt, Cooper, Shelby, Evan, Lucy, Levi

That fifty years have flashed by is shocking! And now the days and years seem to disappear even faster.

Looking back to my days at Otterbein, I see the bucolic campus, the angled walkways and the old stone buildings. I think of John Coulter, his very svelte stature and big toothy smile; of Robert Price, his dignity and love of Robert Frost. Both inspired my desire to teach, and I hope I was able to share their legacy with my students.

John’s career in television broadcasting turned us into “broadcast gypsies” with many moves for career advancement. We lived in Atlanta; Lancaster, PA; Omaha; New Orleans; and Fresno and enjoyed all the adventures and many friends along the way. We “turned off the TV” in 2004 and retired to beautiful Asheville, NC. All of the relocations left our offspring well-distributed on the map. Mike graduated from UNL in Lincoln, NE, and a master’s in computer languages/applications from the University of South Dakota. He and his wife, Lisa, live and work in Omaha. Karen and her husband, Steve, both live and work in Santa Cruz, CA. Kate and her husband, Sam, and three children live in Sacramento, where Kate is a botanist and graduate of UC Davis.

Three grandkids are in universities, five are still at home, but not for long.

Since 1989, I’ve been an avid book club member, starting a few clubs as we traveled, and now leading the club in our Asheville neighborhood.

Old English teachers are hard to kill.

After 34 years together, John and I count our blessings—our kids, our good health, the beautiful mountains, our sweet pets. For all we are so grateful!

Family at Yosemite National Park

John and me

Springtime in Asheville with Colette

With Chloe

Margaret Kerr Brubaker 4621 Lisa Lane North Royalton, OH 44133 440-582-9467

Spouse:

David Brubaker ‘64

Children:

Jeffrey ‘91 and wife, Melinda Harper ‘92 Gregory ‘93 and his wife, Melissa Harshbarger ‘94

Grandchildren:

Megan (15), Jarod (13), Kellen (13), Kylee (12) and Logan (11)

After graduation from Otterbein, we were married in Cleveland where Dave began work with the Cleveland YMCA, and I began my teaching career. I taught in a number of school districts around the Cleveland area, primarily in the sixth grade with classes in math and science. I retired from the Parma School District after more than 30 years of teaching. Dave worked at a number of YMCA branch locations in Cleveland as executive director and became vice president of the organization in 1987. After 34 years with the YMCA, Dave retired.

Since retirement, we have enjoyed traveling and spending time with our children and grandchildren. We have been fortunate enough to travel to Scotland, where my mother was born, as well as to Alaska, the Baltics and Panama, and take other various vacation cruises. Annual trips to Hilton Head in the early spring, and summer excursions with the family to Holden Beach in North Carolina have kept us busy.

Our sons graduated from Otterbein and married Otterbein graduates, following a tradition in the family, as Dave’s mom and dad and paternal grandfather also graduated from Otterbein. I guess that makes us a fourth generation of graduates and maybe a fifth someday, if we look to our five grandchildren.

With Jeff, Greg and their families close to our home, we have spent a lot of time watching and participating in our grandchildren’s variety of activities. We enjoy attending many baseball and soccer games, as well as many plays, concerts and marching band performances. We are proud of their many accomplishments Our time at Otterbein helped to prepare us for the rich and full life that we have enjoyed as teacher, administrator, parents, grandparents and friend.

Raymond F. (Fred) Kinne 12715 Fairview Road Heath, OH 43056 740-323-5772 fredkinne@aol.com

Spouse:

Abby Jean Wiggins Kinne (deceased 11/30/11)

Children:

Raymond Frederic (Rick) Kinne (deceased), Abby Rene Flowers, Stephanie Christian Kinne, Heather Daniel Henry, Matthew Scott Kinne

Grandchildren:

Ray Kinne; Dani and Ryan Flowers; Nicholas, Michael and

After completing my sophomore year at Otterbein I returned to my home town (Syracuse, NY), met my incredible wife, and completed my undergraduate degree in June, 1969. Upon graduation, I was employed by The Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company as their upstate New York sales representative (college textbooks). After three successful years, I was asked to move to Columbus, OH, as an elementary education textbook editor. After nine years, there was a downsizing and my position was eliminated.

I took my severance pay and started a general bookstore in Circleville, OH. At this time I experienced a call into pastoral ministry, sold the store, was assigned a four point charge in Logan, OH, and started attending Methesco in Delaware, OH. In my third year at Methesco, we were moved to Raymond OH. (A one point charge, yippee!). I served the Raymond UMC for 9 years. While there, I completed my studies at Methesco and was ordained. We were eventually moved to the West Jefferson UMC where we served for 14 years. I am now retired and serving a small United Methodist congregation part-time, Pleasant Chapel UMC in Newark, OH. I want to say a couple of words about my incredible wife, Abby. When I met her she was a freshman student at Syracuse University. It was one of those love at first sight things and several months later we were married. I became a part-time student and worked in the student bookstore. She finished her first year and quit school to have our son, Rick. He was a beautiful baby (as they all are, right?) but she did not like the procedures in the hospital. We began to look at alternatives and discovered home birth. To make a long story short we had five children and I "caught" the last two in our own home. Between child four and five we moved from upstate New York to Worthington, OH. We made a movie of delivery of our last child and because we were in contact with other couples who wanted a better birth experience, we showed the video. This eventually led Abby into being a midwife. This became her career and as of her death she had helped deliver over 1,000 babies in Ohio. She became the first Certified Professional Midwife in the country. And she had the opportunity to train many other midwives. I am very proud of all she accomplished.

I think that is all. I now live on 67 acres of woods with my daughter and three grandsons, serve the Pleasant Chapel UMC and do a variety of volunteer work.

David B. Kull 13170 Oakmont Drive #6 Fort Myers, FL 33907 239-437-8654

Spouse:

Kathleen Kull, married May 16, 1981, retired social worker/Adult Ed

Children:

Scott ‘90 (45), Fort Worth, TX; asst. athletic director at TCU Sean (43), Bangor, ME; optometrist, three children Jeffrey Schmidt (42), Ellenton, FL; Ph.D. in pharmacology Kathryn (39), New London, NH; human resources at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, two children

After graduating in 1964 with a B.S. in biology, I started graduate school at Ohio State with the intention of going on to medical school. As so often happens, you make one of those small turns in life that changes everything. Todd Gould and I stopped at the optometry school office one day after class, and the rest is history.

Following four years of optometry school, I entered the U.S. Air Force in 1968. One year in San Bernardino, CA, three years in Fairbanks, AK, and one year in Las Vegas, NV, all as an optometrist in the Flight Surgeon’s office. I particularly liked Alaska for the camping, fishing, hunting and flying to remote areas for the above. We did a lot of skiing both cross country—up a glacier one day—camp overnight—ski down the next day—and downhill skiing. The ski lifts closed at –20 degrees.

A lot of my Alaskan friends lived in Maine and suggested we consider it on leaving the service.

I set up my optometric practice in Orono, ME, in 1973 and remained there until I retired in 2000. Kathy and I lived in the woods on Branch Lake outside of Bangor, ME, with our dogs and cat for 20 years before moving to Florida.

Kathy obtained her degree at the University of Maine and worked in the prison system in Ellsworth helping prisoners obtain their G.E.D., as well as working in children services. Upon moving to Florida, she has continued to involve herself in social work and substitute teaching.

Since retiring, I have been playing lots of golf, reading and traveling. I have two sons who participate in Ironman Triathlons, so I follow them around the country for moral support. We also return to New England once a year to visit our five grandchildren. For the past ten years, I have either worked for the Boston Red Sox or the Minnesota Twins during spring training.

Upon reflection, I think many of the choices I have made revolved around the Q.P.V., small town, small population and close friends. I remember my four years at Otterbein fondly. Class of ‘64, have a great time, sorry I can’t make it.

Ruth Lackey Tobias 3134 Claydor Drive Beavercreek, OH 45431 937-426-6868

Spouse:

Robert W. Tobias

Children:

Eric and Lori

Grandchildren:

Cora Wieland

I’m sure I was not alone in having no firm job commitment after graduation. However, in some preparation I had taken the Federal Service Entrance Examination for Federal Service while a senior at Otterbein. In September of 1964 I received a job offer at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, to be a computer operator for the Univac system. I was only the second female hired for that system. I met my future husband Bob there a month later. He was born in Xenia, Ohio, and was transferring to Wright Patterson from Norton Air Force Base in California. We were married on December 4, 1965. I was transferred to the IBM system at WPAFB and worked there until our son Eric was born in 1970. Our daughter, Lori, was born in 1973, so I continued the stay-at-home mom routine that we all know so well. As outside activities I volunteered for 12 years in the library at my children’s elementary school, was a band parent, supported my daughter’s vocal music activities, volunteered at church, and sang in a women’s chorus for several years.

When the children were teenagers, I decided to put my school library work to good use and applied for a job with the Greene County Library System, and was hired for the Beavercreek Branch. I retired from there in 2007 after 19 years as a clerk at the circulation desk, where we transitioned from a pen and paper system to being fully automated. Being a circ clerk gave me the equivalent of a college education in working with the public.

My brothers-in-law gave us the opportunity to travel quite a bit. In 1967 Bob’s middle brother, who worked for Kaiser Aluminum in Germany, persuaded us to visit there. Using his VW we drove through the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, and Italy. We took the train to Paris and spent several days touring on our own. The conversational French that I learned at Otterbein from Mademoiselle Lambert was a big help. Bob’s oldest brother was head of the English Department at the University of Pittsburgh and took a 6-month sabbatical to England in 1990, which gave us a reason to travel through much of that country. We enjoyed an Alaska cruise in 1991. Most recently, our son spent 10 years in the US Air Force and was stationed in Germany for 3 years, so that meant another trip there and to the Netherlands. Lately we have been armchair travelers via PBS.

As a member of the Beavercreek Historical Society and as part of the book committee, I wrote articles and helped to edit a hard-back book called The Beavercreek Chronicles, which has been an excellent resource for local history and genealogy buffs. Until the format changed, I was a regular contributor to the “Log by Log” Historical Society newsletter.

Perhaps my biggest personal accomplishment occurred in 2009 when our church, Beaver United Church of Christ, celebrated its 200th anniversary. During the planning stage in 2008, I was asked to honor that event by compiling a book. That request turned into a year-long project, which was made somewhat easier by my being the historian for the church since about 1977.

From that time forward I had collected and transcribed information from old record books, minutes of meetings and vital records, and created notebooks for each year beginning in 1809.

The information in these notebooks and collected photos resulted in a book of about 150 pages, entitled Beaver Church—Our First 200 Years. I’ll invite someone else do the next 200 years. I credit an interest in writing to Otterbein’s class in composition.

Current hobbies include genealogy (a never-ending project), working in the flower gardens, crocheting, reading, singing in the Greene County summer chorus, and babysitting our 4-yearold granddaughter. I also keep track of three cats, all courtesy of our son, when he lived in Georgia, Germany and Texas. Volunteerism at church continues with secretarial duties, committee work, and singing in the choir. Bob and I are probably a rarity because we’ve lived in the same city in the same house since 1968. That’s called putting down permanent roots.

Bob, Lori, me and Eric

Memorial for

Arnold (Arnie) W. Lamp February 9, 1942—April 12, 1969

Spouse:

Judith Lamp

Children:

Debra ‘88 and Laura

Arnie married Judith Armstrong May 30, 1965 and returned to pilot training at Vance AFB in Enid, OK. Judy was literally “the girl next door.” The family grew the next year as daughter, Debbie was born in 1966, then Laura Ann in 1968.

He was a true family man, starting with the love for his parents, older sister, Louise, and younger brother, Jeff ‘75. He played high school football for Lakewood in Hebron until he was injured. Then he excelled in golf, playing for Otterbein and later the U.S. Air Force. At one time he had a four handicap! He was a member of Zeta Phi Fraternity.

His first plane was the KC135, a tanker used to refuel other aircraft while in the air. This took his family to Altus AFB in southwest Oklahoma. After two years there, Arnie was transferred to the RF4C aircraft, which had eight cameras underneath. He trained on this plane at Bergstrom AFB I Austin, TX. In December 1968, he became a member of the 16th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron stationed at Tan Son Nhut AFB, Saigon, Republic of South Vietnam. The RF4C aircraft that he flew had no armament but was loaded with cameras and infrared detection devices. His missions required him to fly day and night photo reconnaissance, mostly over the southern delta region and central highlands of South Vietnam. On April 12, 1969, his aircraft went down about 75 miles northeast of Saigon over heavy jungle. His navigator successfully ejected and was found uninjured. Arnie was listed as missing in action and later determined to be killed in action.

After his death, the Harbor Hills Golf Course in Hebron, OH, held a tournament in his name for 20 years, which was a true honor. The family still keeps in touch with several of Arnie’s Otterbein friends, many of whom were fellow Zeta Phi brothers. Judy and the girls have attended weddings and family gatherings for several of Arnie’s friends.

Judy and her daughters live in Ohio. Debra graduated from Otterbein in 1988 and has remained an active alumna. She works at Wright State University and lives in Beavercreek, OH. Judy and Laura live in Delaware, OH, but are planning a move to the Beavercreek area. Laura will either transfer with work or find new employment. Judy will continue to volunteer.

Our lives have gone on, but Arnie is greatly missed.

Memorial for

Sally Joan Landwer Moore May 22, 1942– December 14, 2013

Spouse:

C. Curtis Moore ‘64

Children:

Laura and Mike

Grandchildren:

Drew, Heather, Nicholas

Sally is finally at peace. She fought a valiant three year battle to confront primary amyloidosis, an incurable disease. It has been very hard to watch her decline over the last few months. But she continued to show an amazing spirit and inner strength. She passed peacefully where she wanted to be here in Barrington, IL. Sally was an amazing person. She was committed to many things but none more than children, her own, Laura and Mike; and their spouses, Scott and Stacey; and three grandchildren, Drew, Heather and Nicholas. But also her nieces and many students of her lifetime: as a first grade teacher, tutor, Sunday school teacher and pre-school teacher.

A true lover of her home and family and many, many friends. And those not as fortunate as she was. She loved traveling, playing all kinds of games and maintaining a wonderful home. Such a blessed life you had, Sally. It ended too soon. You will be sorely missed by family and friends alike. Rest easy and know we will carry you with us always. You are now with your mom and dad and will be there when we arrive.

Carol L. Leininger 459 Cambridge Avenue Elyria, OH 44035

After receiving my degree at Otterbein, majoring in biology and history and minoring in German, I headed on to graduate school at Southern Illinois University for a master’s degree in biological sciences. I then got a job as a biology professor at Lorain County Community College in Elyria, OH, where I taught until my retirement in 2000. For 35 years, I taught courses in bioloy for non-science majors, principles of biology for science majors, human anatomy and physiology for nursing students and an introductory oceanography course (via TV), and ornithology. I wrote numerous lab manuals for most of these courses. I received three National Science Foundation grants for further graduate study at Oregon State University, Colorado State University and the University of Puerto Rico.

While teaching at LCCC, I was also active in Girl Scouts (troop leader and advisor for 10 years), teaching Sunday school at First United Methodist in Elyria (20 years) and volunteering at Elyria Memorial Hospital (15 years). I have been active and held numerous board positions (including president and editor) in the Black River Audubon Society (43 years). I also worked as a volunteer naturalist for Lorain County Metro Parks giving talks on birds, dinosaurs and nature.

While in the teaching profession, I spent most of my summers traveling throughout the world.

My favorite countries were Iceland, Norway, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and New Zealand. I also attended numerous birding conferences all over the U.S. and Canada, including a sabbatical to bird in England and Wales. Some of my favorite trips were to Peru, Trinidad and Tabago, Pribilof Islands and Churchill on the shores of Hudson Bay. I also participated in an Earthwatch Project to Costa Rica. My students were amazed to hear Ii paid to go on a trip to study manikins in a tropical rainforest and spent most of the time watching, counting, recording and collecting ants on the forest floor.

Now that I have been retired 14 years, I still keep active with many of my volunteer activities, talking to groups and schools in the community and going on mission trips. I have been to Red Bird Mission in Kentucky twice to drive about Appalachia delivering Meals on Wheels. I enjoyed a visit and volunteering at McCurdy School in New Mexico. I have traveled with Global Volunteers to help in schools in Romania (English as a second language) and Ghana (biology in the intermediate school). I also gave talks on dinosaurs at a school on a Navajo reservation in Arizona.

I thoroughly enjoy retirement, going on many Elderhostel (Road Scholar) programs and bus trips. I have joined a chapter of the Red Hat Ladies and also work as a docent at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. I especially enjoy a week at Chautaugua every summer. Basically, I could sum up my present life as reading, birding, traveling and volunteering. I am happiest when I can combine all four of these activities in the same trip.

Steve Lorenz 4215 Harding Pike Nashville, TN 37205 615-714-7484 srl@midiweb.org

Spouse:

Marilyn Shute Lorenz ‘64

Children:

Jennipher Murphy (Mike) Brookline, MA Kristin Cushman (Erik) Pacific Grove, CA

Grandchildren:

Grace (16) and Gannon (14) Murphy Isabel (15) and Lorenz (13) Cushman

We were married the weekend following graduation and made our home in Dayton, OH. Marilyn taught third grade in a local school district and Steve went to work for a music publishing company.

Two years later, when our first child was born, we made the decision that Marilyn would be a stay-at-home mom. She worked into her schedule time to volunteer in the community and over the years, served the non-profit sector in many leadership roles at both the local and state levels.

Steve continued in the print music publishing field. In 1969, he took a sabbatical after being selected to participate in a concentrated business master’s program at Harvard Business School.

After receiving his master’s degree, Steve served as CEO of The Lorenz Publishing Company.

He also served on a variety of community boards and committees. In 1985, he relinquished his position at the publishing company and our family transitioned to Tennessee. In Nashville, Steve created a music company, Lorenz Creative Services, that did song publishing, record production and artist management. By this time, one daughter was in college and the other was entering her junior year in high school. Marilyn became involved in this new company as a copyright administrator, which proved invaluable as another career unfolded.

In 1990, Lorenz Creative Services was sold to BMG Music and Steve entered a new season of his life. He became involved in mission work in Africa and Ukraine. He co-founded Mission Development International (MDI), which mentors, consults and equips ministry leaders worldwide. It currently operates in eight countries.

At the same time, Marilyn created The Copyright company, which provides administrative services for publishers, producers, individual songwriters, ministries and churches. She served as its president until she sold it at the end of 2006. She has come “full circle.” After selling the company and retiring, she finds herself back in the classroom, tutoring in an inner city elementary school and is back to being an active volunteer in her community serving on a variety of boards.

We enjoy traveling to visit families on both coasts and see each about four times a year. We have all been able to gather twice a year, but that is becoming harder as the grandchildren become more involved in activities and jobs. We have been fortunate to do our share of domestic and international travel, but are always excited to return home. Skiing, golf and tennis have had their place in our lives at various stages. Currently, hiking for Marilyn and fishing and photography for Steve is what captures free time.

Lots of memories from Otterbein, but the best thing that happened is we met!!!

Ronald E. Martin 149 Lees Lane Caryville, TN 37714

Spouse:

Janet Martin WSU, UD

Children:

Jeffrey R. Martin ‘83 Douglas A. Martin ‘85 Tracy A. Martin Quinter‘87

Grandchildren:

Christopher Quinter ‘13, Sean Martin U Cincinnati, Kayle Quinter ‘14, Corey Martin U.S. Army 7th Calvary Hawaii, Meagan Martin U.S. Marines, Erik Quinter Piqua H.S., Mary Kate Martin Charleston, SC.

Following my graduation from Otterbein College in 1964, I set out to conquer the world, or at least make a difference! I accepted a teaching position in the Carmen School District in Flint, MI. While teaching sixth grade students, I also managed a local Burger King in the evenings. I endured two years of extreme cold, snow and damp before heading back to Ohio!

Wooster City Schools in Wooster, OH, offered me the opportunity to teach in a non-graded situation. While teaching there, I attended evening classes at Akron University and attained my master’s degree in educational administration in 1968. During my two years in Wooster, I also coached pee wee football and worked Saturdays in Wayne Nursing Home.

With my new degree in educational administration in hand, I became the elementary principal of Broadway Elementary in the Tipp City Exempted Village School District, Tipp City, OH, in 1968. During my years in Tipp City, I introduced the concept of community schools (it’s still functioning strongly yet today!); was selected as an IDEA Kettering Foundation Fellow for seven continuous years; was chosen as a National Elementary School Principal Fellow; became the local Boy Scout Master; joined the Tipp Community Players; was a JayCee; received the Outstanding Young Man of the Year Award; earned my Ed.S. degree from the University of Dayton; opened a lawn mower repair shop and helped my wife, Janet, raise our three children; Jeffrey, Douglas and Tracy.

It has been our pleasure to see all three of our children graduate from Otterbein College, Jeffrey in 1983, Douglas in 1985 and Tracy in 1987. Two of Tracy’s children have continued the Otterbein tradition. Chris Quinter graduated in 2013 and Kayle Quinter will graduate in 2014 from Otterbein University.

Our 50th Wedding Anniversary

Otterbein has always afforded the highest quality of education, no matter what courses were desired. My three children, two grandchildren and I all have different majors and are all convinced that Otterbein was the best choice we could have made.

Our children have thoughtfully given us seven beautiful grandchildren. We love getting together as often as possible. Our retirement home in Caryville, TN, is in the mountains on Lake Norris near Knoxville. We enjoy traveling whenever and wherever we can.

I may not have conquered the world, but I feel that I’ve done all right in my little corner of it!

Barbara Maurer Lindeman 5137 Pickle Road Oregon, OH 43616 419-693-3896

Spouse:

Bill Lindeman

Children:

Denise and Larry

Grandchildren:

Ryan

My teaching career actually began in 1963 prior to our graduation. I did my student teaching in the fall of our senior year and a week later was teaching fifth grade at Longfellow School in Westerville just a short walk from campus. Those were the days of “the great teacher shortage� and I took advantage by moving to a different state for four years. From Westerville I travelled to Flint, MI, then a thriving General Motors city, teaching sixth grade next door to fellow Otterbein grad, Ron Martin. From Michigan to the Boston area, I taught fifth grade a few blocks from the Village Green in Lexington, MA, in a neighborhood school similar to Longfellow School with beautiful antique floors, woodwork, and cabinets. My classroom is now part of a luxury condo featured last year in Parade Magazine.

I then returned to Ohio and married my high school sweetheart, Bill. This summer we will celebrate our forty-eighth anniversary. After one year in the Akron area, we moved to northwest Ohio and remain there today. We lived in Elmore, where our two children, Denise and Larry, were born, Bill taught biology and coached several sports; Findlay, where the kids graduated from high school while dad was a principal; and on to Oregon, OH, where Bill was high school principal. After seven years at home with the kids, I went back to teaching, some in Catholic schools, most in public schools in Findlay, and the dream retirement job in a Jewish Day School in Toledo. No matter where I taught, I changed grades every couple years hitting every grade first through eighth at least once. I took advantage of every workshop, grad course, and grant offered by any school in the area and thoroughly enjoyed my teaching career. I spent one semester serving as fiber optic coordinator and grant writer for Findlay City Schools, but despite enjoying the challenge, I soon realized that kids are where my heart lies. After telling the superintendent that I really missed bus duty, she declared me certifiable and allowed me to return to the classroom.

Two weeks after my retirement from public schools, I answered an ad in the Toledo newspaper for a fifth grade teacher at the Hebrew Academy. What an opportunity!

In ten years, my largest class had 17 students, there was an abundance of parental support, and my creative spirit found an outlet teaching fifth through eighth grade, developing special programs, and serving as

librarian. The highlight of my tenure was being one of five chaperones with thirty-five thirteen year-olds on a three-week trip to Israel. Experiencing the Holy Land through my own eyes, as well as the eyes of teenagers, was an incredible journey in a truly beautiful country.

Bill and I both run competitively, enjoy hiking and backpacking and have completed 41 of the 50 United States highpoints including the second and third highest, trade houses to travel throughout the world, volunteer in our church and community, and enjoy time with our children and grandson. Denise and family live in Parma, OH, two hours from our doorstep to theirs; Larry and Becky reside in Steamboat Springs, CO. Making the great sacrifice to travel west when they leave on vacation to dog sit and take the dogs hiking in the mountains is just one of several trips to Colorado each year.

Looking back on my four years at Otterbein from the vantage point of 50 years has brought forth wonderful memories of people and events that have shaped and enriched my professional and personal life. Bill and I feel so fortunate to enjoy good health and the opportunity to thank God for the many blessings we have experienced throughout our lives. The impact of my time at Otterbein is one of those major blessings.

Richard K. Mavis 112 Marita Drive Mount Vernon, OH 43050

Spouse:

Peggy Workman—Kent ‘65

Children:

Jennifer ‘89 Julie —Wooster ‘93

Grandchildren:

Jack and Lauren Westerheide

Garden Grove, California, was recruiting teachers at Otterbein and I, along with fellow grad, Bill Thompson, went west.

I stayed one year and returned to marry my high school sweetheart, Peggy Workman. We both taught in Wooster City Schools for two years and moved to Mount Vernon, OH, where Peggy was the elementary librarian, and I taught sixth-seventh grade and coached various sports.

I operated Mavis Sporting Goods in downtown Mount Vernon until 1994 and closed after 40 years in business. Peggy and I operated West Gate Mobile Home Park for 20 years.

In 1974, I ran for Knox County Commissioner and was elected and re-elected to serve a total of 20 years. I ran for Mayor of Mount Vernon in 1995 and am currently in my fifth term.

We have two daughters, Jennifer and Julie; and two grandchildren, Jack and Lauren Westerheide.

Public service has been a large part of both Peggy’s and my life, we recommend it to others.

Pamela McIlroy Daily 2583 Orbit Drive Lake Orion, MI 48362 248-391-1397 pddaily@sbcglobal.net

Spouse:

Dennis Daily‘62

Children:

Rob, Holly and Christiane

Grandchildren:

Lukas and Jillian

I loved my 4 years at Otterbein. Remember the television program, "Fantasy Island"? The opening line was, "De plane, de plane." You could go to the island and have a re-creation of a favorite time in your life. I've often said that mine would be to relive my Otterbein years.

Some friends at college often asked how I got to Otterbein from NY. I had been accepted to Colby Jr. College in NH. in April of 1960--at least based on my grades. In June, I got another letter--we have no dorm space for you. So obviously I wasn't their first pick. What to do now?? There was an organization in NYC where you could send your transcripts, $25 and hopefully then be flooded with invitations to attend all these colleges. I was somewhere in between. Got the catalog from Otterbein--pictures looked real nice, had my major to be-teaching, AND since I was going west, I surely could go skiing in the mountains!!. Remember, I was 17 and didn't like geography class.

So now it's September. My parents and I are in the jammed packed car, heading west, and my parents are a little concerned about what Evangelical United Brethren really means. First stop was in Pennsylvania (see--there are the mountains). We stopped at a little mom and pop motel.

My dad is checking in, and the owner asks where we're going— etc. My dad tells him Westerville, OH, Otterbein College, and then there's a brief conversation about EUB. Low and behold the owner's eyes light up. He's EUB, knows of Otterbein, and invites us all to attend his EUB church gathering that night. NO, we didn't go. Next day we reach Westerville. Next adventure-"registering" for classes on the lawn of Towers at all the little card tables manned by our future professors. Registering-yellow lined pad with numbers (approx 1-20). If you're # 20, you're in, class filled. It's a very hot day, it's taking me a long time to register, my parents have now teamed up with a very nice mother--Elsie Minty (also waiting), and my father can't wait for me to finish so we can have lunch, and he can get a refreshing gin and tonic at William's Grill. The poor waitress was in shock at the request! Thus began my first semester and my life long friendship with Sharon Minty and many of my other dear Otterbein friends.

I met Denny Daily that November. That’s a funny story, too.

I was working a few hours a week at the Administration Building. I had my beanie on, and I was asked to

take a shoebox and go gather pretty maple leaves from a tree in front of the Zeta Phi house. The guys in the house put some money in a pot and dared Denny to go ask me out. Just as I had my last leaf in the box, I left. Meeting attempt failed. My junior counselor, Kay Ayers, who unofficially served as a go between with Zeta Phi and King Hall, finally got us introduced.

So fast forward—we got married in June of 1964, a few weeks after I graduated, and moved to Michigan where Denny was already a manufacturer’s rep to the auto industry. Upon graduation, I taught elementary school in Birmingham for four years only. We went on the have three children—Rob, Holly and Christiane. When the children were in school, I started a Shaklee business, and for a number of years, did nutritional consultations and seminars. We still live in Lake Orion, a suburb about 30 miles north of Detroit. It’s an area surrounded by many lakes, one on which we live. I think you can see a little bit of Lake Vorheis in our picture. Rob lived in Seattle for 18 years and now lives near us. Holly, her husband, Joe, and their children, live just ten minutes away. Christiane moved to Asheville, NC, about a eighteen months ago.

I’m an avid tennis player, have been playing for years, and just love it. I play year-round. Summer tennis is mainly our USTA leagues. I’ve been involved with many playoffs, but have never made it to nationals—still on my bucket list. So now as a continuation into the “golden years” (whoever coined that?), I’m still as busy as ever. I do lots of varied volunteer work at church—one is a tutoring program helping at risk elementary school children from Pontiac’s inner city. It is very rewarding mentoring them.

Denny and I love to go to Florida early each spring for a few weeks when we’re in need of seeing green grass and flowers. We’ve taken a couple of the Otterbein trips to Italy and the Greek Isles, which have been wonderful. Many Otterbein friends attended also. We love spending time with our family and love our role as grandparents—that’s why we chose a picture with Lukas and Jillian.

We are both very much looking forward to the reunion. What a fabulous event it will be spending time with friends we used to see every day—reminiscing about life at Otterbein in the 60s.

This will be my “Fantasy Island” weekend.

Memorial for

Ronald W. Meckfessel March 24, 1942—November 3, 2013

Spouse:

Judith Reddick Meckfessel ‘66

Children:

Jim, Largo, FL; Debbie Clinton, Gatlinburg, TN; and Lisa Meckfessel, Largo, FL

Grandchildren:

Danielle and Cassidy Clinton

Ronald married Judi Reddick on June 20, 1964. He served in the U.S. Air Force after participating in ROTC while at Otterbein. He also was a member of Jonda.

He was the owner and operator of Alice Mae Rentals, a party, wedding and event supplier, in Seminole, FL, since 1979.

He was a member of Anona United Methodist Church.

Mary Meek Delk 1320 Marlei Road La Habra, CA 90631 562-697-7805 ouitch@aol.com

Spouse:

Gary Delk ‘63

Children:

Emily Diane born 1972 Brian Scott born 1977

Although definitely a member of the Class of ’64, I actually left campus after our wedding in August, 1963. I had completed all my course work and had an arrangement to do my student teaching in the same school in Carlisle, OH, where Gary had a job teaching music. I finished student teaching in early November, 1963, and was hired to teach in the same school starting in January, actually replacing two of my master teachers who had been carrying an overload at the time. Quite an interesting schedule……French I, French II, French II (using a completely different text and format!), world history and American history. Pretty heavy duty for a brand new teacher just starting out both professional and married life, but I survived!

After our two years in Carlisle, Gary was granted an assistantship for his master’s in music education at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. We moved to Cincinnati where I taught French I and II at Princeton Middle School using methodology much closer to the “Rosselot style” that I was so happy with at Otterbein. At the end of our second year in Cincinnati, Gary was approached by his supervisor about the possibility of both of us traveling for the summer with a group called The Young Americans. He asked me if I’d heard of them and I was very excited because I had seen them singing the Academy Award winning, Born Free on the Oscar show that year! That tour, opening for such stars as Wayne Newton and Tennessee Ernie Ford among others, and promoting the Young Americans Academy Award winning documentary movie, led to many, many life changing experiences for us, not the least of which led to our move to California in 1969 to work with them on a regular basis. It was part time, mostly on weekends and in the summer, so Gary got a job teaching music in Azusa, CA, and I decided to stay home and start a family.

I still toured with the group to places all over the United States and even to Australia and Japan and other places in the Far East during the Vietnam War. Between times, we bought our first and only house. We were not blessed with children for several years before Emily and Scott arrived, making them even more precious. I was fortunate that I was able to stay home and be a full-time mom (and part time on-call singer at our local funeral home!) until I returned to teaching in 1986. Music has always been my avocation and even at Otterbein, I spent as much time in Lambert Hall as I did in the French lab, so as Gary directed church choirs through the years, I was the first alto at rehearsals!

I got my master’s degree in school administration in 1999 and immediately moved from the classroom to be director of student achievement for secondary schools in Azusa Unified School District. I returned to the classroom for the final years of my career, teaching……not French, not music, but geography, retiring in 2005. I occupy my time doing pretty much what I want….mostly reading and following court cases on line and television.

I maintain an alumni file for The Young Americans who celebrated 50 years of their existence in 2012! Today, they are an outreach organization, traveling the world to support music in the schools. Gary still travels with them, but I find the travel a little too difficult, so my contribution is at home. I am the “communicator” for our family. Emily graduated from Chapman University with a major in theater performance. She lives in Sacramento, CA and works in the philanthropy department of the Sutter Medical Group. She is a freelance event planner and has done many major events in the city. Scott is a self-taught “techie” and recently moved to North Carolina where he was offered a position as Project Manager at an audio-visual meeting planning group. He travels steadily, and loves it.

We remember our years at Otterbein very fondly, especially our time in a cappella choir where we met. I regret not being there for our 50th class reunion, but we are celebrating our 50th anniversary with a cruise with our kids just before it. Seeing the names of classmates on the letters brings back so many happy memories and I will miss seeing all of you!

M. Joseph Miller 752 Laura Drive Marion, OH 43302 joejoycemiller@frontier.com

Spouse:

Joyce Rugh Miller ‘65, retired school teacher

Children:

David Joseph Miller, United Methodist minister Timothy James Miller, manager of two Arby’s restaurants in Florida

Grandchildren:

Alesha, Breanna, Brittany, Emma and Isaac

After graduation in June 1964, I packed up and followed my call from God to be a parish minister. I enrolled in United Theological Seminary, where after three years, I earned the master of divinity degree. Later, I was ordained by Bishop Herrick with my father helping with the ordination.

I was an active parish minister in the United Methodist Church for 46 years, retiring in June of 2010. During those 46 years, I served as the conference statistician for 12 years and worked on the health and welfare board of the West Ohio Conference. I also served numerous years on the board of ministry, where I encouraged and guided new men and women to follow their call from God to be a minister.

In my last appointment, I was given the challenge of merging two different congregations into one. This was done very successfully. In my role as the lead pastor of different churches, I was able to guide five different congregations out of debt.

During my ministry, missions were very important to me as it is to all churches. I was mission chairperson for numerous districts, earning the nickname, “The Mission Man,” which I enjoyed. I was able to raise the mission awareness in many congregations as chairperson of those mission committees.

I have worked with youth all my life. I have been counselor for youth summer camps and I have coached soccer. I also have been very active in the scouting program. I have served on many different committees and even was a scoutmaster for a short time. Lately, I have been working with Boy and Girl Scouts in in their religious awards program through PRAY. Seventeen different boys and girls have earned the God and Me and God and Family award. For all my work with scouts, I have received the Cross and Flame Award given by the church.

I have been a member of the Lions Club for several years serving as president once. My presidential project was for the Lions Club to clean a two mile section of a highway of trash several times a year. I am also president of the Preachers Relief board of directors. This board oversees a million dollar investment portfolio with the interest earned helping ministers with health issues.

Since my retirement, I have tried to remain active. I work at the front desk of a local hospital. It is wonderful to be able to tell somebody where to go and they enjoy it. I am also active in the shut-in and nursing home ministry of the church that I attend. I also have participated in three different mission trips helping people get their lives together after a disaster.

My wife, Joyce, and I enjoy traveling and we have visited the Holy Land, Greece, Italy and the state of Alaska.

I enjoyed my four years at Otterbein and those years helped prepare me for my future life goals!

Yea Otterbein!

Judith Minshall Smith Vowell 5954 Rainwater Way Columbus, OH 43228

In the fall of 1961, I was admitted from Mount Carmel School of Nursing to Otterbein College as a sophomore. I was also hired as one of the clinic staff in the Student Health Center, supervised by Mrs. Mildred Crane. I worked morning and went to school in the afternoon. The following year, I worked evenings. I left school in 1963 at the end of my junior year.

The summer of 1963, I arrived in Detroit, MI, eager to begin work as a public health nurse for the Detroit Health Department. I became very involved in the Michigan Nurses Association (MNA). Nurses were beginning to organize to bargain with their employers under the National Labor Relations Act. Working with the MNA in their collective bargaining division, I was on the ground floor as nurses in Michigan joined their association and began to bargain with their employers about wages, working conditions and patient care issues. It was an exciting time to be a nurse advocate pushing for nurses rights in the collective bargaining arena.

I also continued my education begun at Otterbein, and in 1973, graduated from the University of Detroit with a B.S. degree. That year, I began working full time as a consultant and negoitiator for nurses and other medical professional employees. I still found time to work in a hospital emergency unit to maintain my clinical skills. In my spare time, I flew with Air Ambulance, Inc., out of Detroit, to move sick patients in and out of the country to a medical facility of their choice.

Life was busy and became more so when I entered law school at the University of Detroit. It was while balancing my life with all my activities that I met the man I would later marry while working in the ER. Ron came with a family, one daughter and two teenage sons. We seemed like a good match right away and a few months later, in 1978, we were married. All of our children were four-legged and furry!

Life became more interesting. I played English hand bells with our church choir and later joined a National Federation of Music Clubs affiliate and played hand bells for them. For the past 35 years, I was affectionately known as a “ding-a-ling” in my family. Ron became quite ill in 1981; I sold my consulting business, quit law school and found a job in an emergency unit close by our home. For the next 20 years, we struggled with his cancer and everincreasing heart problems. He died in 2001. Work was my salvation and for the next ten years, I worked in the Emergency Center at Doctor’s Hospital in Pontiac, MI. I did not finish law school, but worked as a registered nurse for fifty years. Those years were full time, except for about five years, when I worked part time. I was honored to be in Who’s Who in American Nursing in 1984 for my contribution in the area of collective bargaining for nurses.

Protecting students’ health by providing tuberculin tests are (l to r) Mrs. Crane, Judy Minshall, Adelie Bence, Mrs. Botts and Mrs. Kintigh.

I thought life was slowing down and never had a clue as to what was coming! It was 2012, I was retired finally, and spending time with my dog, a beautiful yellow lab names, Gigi, volunteering at senior centers and senior care facilities and the local schools and library with their reading programs. I met an old high school friend, who was recently widowed, and it didn’t take long before the sparks were flying! We were married June 1, 2013; I moved back to Ohio and we honeymooned in Italy!

We now have six children, thirteen grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. My second act is probably even better than the first one!

Sharon Minty Naftzger 3959 San Rocco Drive Unit 812 Punta Gorda, FL 33950 941-655-8669

Spouse:

John Naftzger ‘62

Children:

John Christopher and Jeffrey

Grandchildren:

Dory (12), John Tucker (10), Jack (8) and Ethan (7)

I left Otterbein in my senior year (1963-1964) to get married, do my student teaching, and secured my first teaching position in a first grade in Northmont, OH. I returned for graduation with all of you in the spring of 1964 and spent the next seven years teaching second and sixth grade in Kettering, OH. John and I moved to Connecticut in 1972 where I spent the next 17 years raising my two boys, Chris and Jeff and discovering the wonderful sport of golf. As an amateur, I traveled and played in many tournaments in New England, Palm Springs and at Doral, here in Florida.

In 1989, I received my master’s degree in language arts from Central Connecticut State University and returned to teaching. I taught in inner city Hartford, West Hartford and the South Windsor School Districts.

In 1993, we moved to Saratoga Springs, NY, and I was fortunate to get a teaching position in the Shenendehowa School District teaching sixth grade social studies. There, we renewed our friendship with Harvey and Cindy Butler. Cindy taught fourth grade in the same district. We are still great friends.

My tenure at Shen lasted 19 years! I had many rewarding years there including being honored by the VFW as “Citizen Teacher of the Year” both locally and in the state of New York.

I retired from teaching in June. We sold our home in Saratoga Springs and moved here to Punta Gorda, FL, in September where we are very happy, enjoying the warm weather, playing golf, making new friends and even renewing some old friendships with fellow Otterbein alums! My sister lives in Bonita Springs and my brother lives in Naples, so we have family not too far away.

On our 50th Anniversary

Chris, our oldest son, is a lawyer and lives in Lancaster, PA, with his wife, Emily; and children, Dory and Tucker.

His brother, Jeff, works for Microsoft and lives in Alexandria, VA, with his wife, Audi; and two sons, Jack and Ethan.

We are looking forward to my fifty year celebration in April and seeing all of you. We have very fond memories of Otterbein.

C. Curtis Moore 1501 Lake Shore Court Barrington, IL 60010

Spouse:

Sally Landwer Moore “64 (deceased)

Children:

Laura, and husband, Scott; Mike, and wife, Stacey

Grandchildren:

Drew, Heather and Nicholas

I married Sally Landwer in July 1965. We have two great kids and three wonderful grandchildren. I spent four years in the U.S. Air Force in photo reconnaissance. I was in sales of photographic and medical products for 27 years at DuPont; then 12 years at Dade Behring, a Bain Capital company, in medical national account sales. I’ve been retired for six years.

Sally fought a valiant three-year battle to confront primary amyloidosis, an incurable disease.

It was hard to watch her decline over the last few months. But she continued to show an amazing spirit and inner strength. She passed peacefully on December 14, 2013 in Barrington.

Janis-Rozena Peri 364 Patterson Drive #144 Morgantown, WV 26505

At the beginning of my senior year, I announced to the world in general and to my mother in particular that, immediately after graduation I was going to go to New York City and become a star. Whereupon, my mother smiled sweetly and responded that, no, I was NOT going to New York City immediately after graduation. I was going to go to grad school first, and THEN I was going to New York City: the star business was up for grabs. When I protested vehemently that going to grad school would make me too old to get started in New York, she reminded me that women in our family have been lying about their age for ions: why stop now? My reaction to the post graduation challenge was – to do nothing. Thus it happened that one Saturday, shortly after that mater-filial contretemps, I was leaving the music building as my voice teacher, Richard Chamberlain, was entering. After we exchanged pleasantries, he, quite casually asked what I was planning to do after graduation. Just as casually, I repeated my “going to New York to become” etc. mantra, but beyond that, I didn’t have the vaguest idea. Mr. Chamberlain turned pale and said, faintly, ”You’re graduating in a few months and you’ve made NO plans?!?” He grabbed me by the hand, took me to his office, and made a series of phone calls, in between which he muttered darkly about the shortcomings of the soprano IQ. By the end of the afternoon, he had secured for me provisional acceptance at Miami University [Ohio], an acceptance which turned into a full acceptance with graduate assistantship after my audition and interview a few weeks later.

I received the master of music degree after two very rewarding years at Miami, and again, I was faced with the question: How do I get to New York City and become a star? While waiting for the answer to drop down out of the sky, I received a call from Richard Miller, the internationally known voice teacher at Oberlin. Richard liked my voice (he had heard me in performance my senior year at Otterbein), and suggested that I should study with him until we figured out my future. In spite of my very limited typing skills, Mr. Miller arranged for me to have a clerical position, which kept me from starving to death, and which allowed me to study with him tuition-free. During that year at Oberlin, I was awarded the Kate Neal Kinley Award (which is administered by the University of Illinois) and VOILA: I was able to go to New York.

No, I did not become a star. But I did have a very successful Carnegie Recital Hall debut recital which received rave reviews in The New York Times; I sang as soprano soloist in the CBS-TV two-part CA MERA THREE program Gustav Mahler in New York, with James Levine and Pierre Boulez as commentators; I sang solo recitals throughout the country; I sang Serena in several productions of Porgy and Bess, receiving especially fabulous reviews in Alabama and Ohio; and I sang the role of Frankie in the Schweitzer Tournee Theatre production of Carmen Jones.

Also, as the daughter of composer, Zenobia Powell Perry, I have had the privilege of championing and specializing in the works of women composers. My performance songs by Alma Mahler at my debut recital, featured the first New York performance of those songs in fifty years.

After several years in New York, I was appointed to the voice faculty of Old Dominion University. In 1985, I was appointed to the voice faculty of West Virginia University, from which I retired in 2008. At West Virginia University, at various times, I was chair of the Alliance for Women’s studies and chair of the West Virginia University Faculty Senate.

In retirement, I am still experiencing the physical, emotional and intellectual joys of singing.

And I am exploring the challenge of several Iyengar Yoga classes weekly; training for various athletic events annually; studying Spanish; and sleeping really late without guilt.

John Corwin Peters 1024 Keystone Lane Clemson, SC 29631 864-654-0180/864-884-6544 (cell) jspeters1@bellsouth.net

Spouse:

Sylvia Hodgson Peters ‘65

Children:

Jim and Kevin

Grandchildren:

Jacob, Ross, Victoria, Maria, Angelina, William, Seth and Lydia

Following graduation in June 1964, with a B.A.in economics and a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force, I returned to my hometown of Ann Arbor, MI, to attend the Business School at the University of Michigan. During the next two years, I married my Otterbein Sweetheart, Sylvia Hodgson, drove a school bus for the Ann Arbor Public Schools, and enjoyed the benefits of attending a large University. I graduated with an MBA in May 1966 and headed off to the Air Force.

That spring, I received notification that my first Air Force assignment would be Lockbourne Air Force Base, Columbus, OH, as a management analyst. Throughout the next 25 ½ years I served as a budget officer, program manager, director of accounting and finance, and ended as a base comptroller. My assignments took us to Hawaii; South Carolina; San Vito, Italy; Ohio; Colorado; Virginia and finally, Myrtle Beach AFB. I retired in 1991.

Following my retirement from the Air Force, I was fortunate to be hired by Clemson University as a program manager at the National Dropout Prevention Center (NDPC). The mission of the NDPC is to research and disseminate information on successful programs that keep students in school through high school graduation, and prepare them for successful careers. In my position, I plan professional development conferences for regional, national and international educators. I also manage all aspects of the National Dropout Prevention Network, which is an international organization of professional educations dealing with the dropout issue. I retired from Clemson University in August 2011 and then returned as a part time consultant doing basically the same task but with limited responsibilities.

Since moving to Clemson, I have had the opportunity to use my leadership skills to assist numerous nonprofit organizations in the Clemson area. I have served on the Board of Clemson Community Care, a human services organization; helped established the Clemson Free Medical Clinic; served as President of the Clemson Rotary Club and helped organize and lead the Clemson Area Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) Adult Chapter. I am currently serving as the chairman of the City of Clemson Planning Commission.

I feel the values I learned while attending Otterbein, and my Air Force ROTC leadership training, allowed me to be successful in both my Air Force and civilian careers. Sylvia and I loved our Otterbein experience and keep in touch will several of our Otterbein friends. We were honored to serve our country for more than 25 years and since then have enjoyed being associated with a Top 20 University where the interaction with college students, on a daily basis, is quite amazing!

I have been honored with six wonderful awards. In 1990, I was selected as the Tactical Air Command Comptroller of the year. In 2001, I was selected at the Clemson University College of Health, Education and Human Development Professional Staff Award for Exception Performance. In 2004, I was the Rotarian of the Year. In 2011, I was honored to receive the Abernathy/Cox Award for “Outstanding Contribution to the City of Clemson.” In 2012, I received the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Hall of Champions Award and in 2013, I was presented The Crystal Star Award for Distinguished Leadership and Service by the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network.

A week after our wedding on January 23 1965, Sylvia started teaching at Northside Elementary School in Ann Arbor, MI. She continued teaching at two different Air Force assignments before retiring to raise our two sons. After our sons graduated from high school she attended Tidewater Community College, VA, and graduated as a physical therapist assistant in 1987.

She retired in 2005 after working in numerous clinics.

Our older son, Jim, graduated from the University of Michigan and Clemson University and works for OrthoNeuro Center for Physical Therapy in Columbus, OH, and as an Athletic Trainer for Bishop Hartley High School. He and Erin have one son, Jacob. Kevin graduated from Clemson University with a degree in graphic communications, works for IDL Worldwide as director of client services, is married to Micha and has seven children, Ross, Victoria, Maria, Angelina, William, Seth, and Lydia.

And to think it all started in "The Quiet Peaceful Village,” home of Otterbein University.

Jeanie Pfleger Sutton 5284 Westbridge Road Columbus, OH 43231 614-882-8282 don_sutton2000@yahoo.com

Spouse:

Don Sutton

Children:

Lori ‘90 and Jim

Following graduation from Otterbein, I decided to venture west with several classmates and accepted a teaching position in a Garden Grove, CA, junior high school. I taught seventh grade English and assisted in the school library. I taught there for two years, which was my original plan, before I would return to Ohio. While teaching in Garden Grove, I met Don, a graduate of Southern Oregon University, who had secured a position at the same school.

In 1966, we left California for Ohio and were married at my home in Minford. We both continued to teach until 1968. I worked with the school district from which I graduated and Don in western Scioto County. I taught ninth grade English and was the faculty representative to the cheerleading squad.

1968 was a turning point for us. Our daughter, Lori< was born and it was decided that I would be a stay-at-home mom until she was in high school. Don left teaching to begin working with a major Columbus business. We were moved from southern Ohio to Columbus by the company with which Don worked. In 1980, we added to the family by adopting a ten year old boy, Jim. I restarted my teaching career in the Columbus City Schools as a high school English instructor. Within a few years, Columbus added English as a Second language (ESL) program to its district curriculum and I was one fo the four original teachers. We were in a position that caused us to create our own curriculum and resulted in writing study guides we shared with each other. These writings also led to forming our own small publishing company and distributing these materials to schools around the nation. The highlight of my ESL work was being able to take many of my students to Washington, D.C. for an annual education experience known as The Close-Up Foundation. This is a great learning time regarding our government, especially for new Americans. It also provided, for me, many new and lasting friendships with educators from all over the country.

Our association with Otterbein continued with Lori graduating in 1990. She has been an elementary school teacher since graduation and received her master’s from Ohio State. I earned my master’s from Otterbein in 1993.

I retired in 2008 and we have been very active in our church, traveling, taking care of my cats and following activities at Otterbein, especially sporting events. I have enjoyed working with reunions and now with the planning committee for our 50th reunion.

My experiences regarding Otterbein have been wonderful and I have always cherished the friendships coming from those years.

With our daughter, Lori

Dianne (Dee) Randolph O’Neil 250 Johnson Street Marion, OH 43302

Spouse:

Bill O’Neil ‘65

Children:

Allan and Scott

Grandchildren:

Allyssa, Britton and Kurtis

After spending 30 years teaching elementary school, substituting for ten more years there, and tutoring for 13 years at Sylvan Learning Center, four other partners from Sylvan and myself are now operating Bridgeway Educational Center at my church. As you can see, education has been my life outside my family, but they are my treasures!

Bill and I have two sons, Allan and Scott; a daughter-in-law, Janell; a granddaughter, Allyssa; a grandson, Britton; and a new grandson by marriage, Kurtis.

Allan and Janelle celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in December with a Caribbean cruise in September. The preceding year had been very busy for them. Britton had graduated from Marion Harding in June 2012. Allyssa graduated from BGSU in December 2012 and then got married in May. Bill is organist and choir director at our church, Salem Evangelical. I am director of Christian education, Sunday school teacher and administrator for Bridgeway. Now that our grandkids are no longer here, we stay busy at church most of the time. Allyssa is teaching fourth grade in a suburb of Green Bay, WI, and Britton is a sophomore at Kent State University studying air traffic control. With only Allan and Janelle left in Marion, life is slower. But I’ll probably never stop working until my health prevents me from doing so.

Britton’s graduation 2012

Allyssa and Kurtis May 18, 2013

Our son, Scott, conducting the Colorado Symphony. He has been resident conductor there for seven years and is wanting to move on. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see what happens.

Son, Allan and his wife, Janelle, on their cruise.

Jacqueline Reed Parker 9791 Star Drive Huntington Beach, CA 92646

Spouse:

Ray

It is hard to believe that 50 years have passed since our time at Otterbein.

After graduation, I headed for California and my first teaching assignment. Mrs. Evelyn Anderson was such a great teacher and mentor for me. She told me to cut the apron strings that tied me to Ohio, that it was time for me to spread my wings and fly on my own. Wow! What does a shy girl from Ohio do in fast-moving Southern California?

Well, my first year was quite an adventure. Teaching was a challenge with 39 first graders and no aides. Many spoke Spanish, and I had taken French. That first year was challenging, but what a wonderful experience it was for me. I was finally getting to put all the great things I had been taught at Otterbein to use. Yes, I survived and went on to teach 35 years.

Most of my teaching experience took place in California, however for two years, I taught first grade on Kwajalein Island which is located in the Marshall Islands. The children I taught were the children of the people who supported the missile site. The children were very energetic and smart. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to worry about a language barrier. Warm weather, super people, beautiful, deep blue ocean and fantastic sunsets. Life was good. What more could I ask for?

My husband and I returned to California after our two years on Kwajalein. We bought our home in Huntington Beach, CA, and I am still her enjoying all that great weather and what the beach has to offer.

I have become a year round gardener and outdoor person. I love to travel and have been to many special places like Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Yugoslavia and many places in the states.

I enjoyed teaching and working with children. The children I taught were very special to me.

They gave me the opportunity to have the children that I was not fortunate enough to have.

Thank you, Otterbein, for my education and all the super people that I met while learning and growing up there.

Love to visit Ohio, but California is my home now.

Gary Reynolds 7817 Chattington Drive Dallas, TX 75248 214-714-1887 gwreynolds20@yahoo.com

Spouse:

Beverly Canode Reynolds

Children:

Trisha, Brenda, Krista, Vic ‘95

After graduating from Otterbein in 1964, Beverly and I moved to Sandusky, Ohio where we started our family and I accepted my first teaching/coaching position. In 1965, Sandusky High School won the Ohio High School API/UPI State Football Championship, and this made the community an exciting place for me to launch my young coaching career. After much work, I later served as the chairperson of the High School Health and PE Program. During this period, we rewrote the HPE curriculum for the Sandusky School District. I also finished my master’s of education/administration degree at Bowling Green State University to add to my credentials for a possible college coaching opportunity. While attending BGSU, I always felt it had to be the coldest campus in America.

In 1972, I was named the head basketball coach at Sandusky High School, a job that I held for nine years. In my first year, I inherited Scott May, who later played for Bobby Knight at Indiana and was named 1975 NCAA Player of the Year. During our time in Sandusky, our family loved and enjoyed its friendly people, Cedar Point, and boating on Lake Erie. After nineteen enjoyable years in Sandusky, Beverly and I decided to move our family to Dallas to begin a new adventure when I accepted a teaching/coaching job at Richardson High School. Guided by our motto, "You can't steal second unless you take your foot off first," off to Dallas we went. In Dallas we began a transition that was not easy, but eventually proved that this was a very rewarding decision for our family.

After arriving in Dallas I went back to school to broaden my science teaching credentials. I completed twenty-two hours of biology that certified me to teach biology for the remainder of my teaching career.

At Richardson High School, I was deeply involved in teaching a new subject and experiencing what Texas high school football was all about. While on the Richardson football staff, I witnessed and enjoyed some of the finest high school football in the nation. For example, we played Dallas Kimbell H.S., when it was ranked number #1 in the country, and beat them 3-0 in front of 25,000 excited fans at Texas Stadium, the Dallas Cowboys’ stadium. Another highlight was beating Dallas Carter H.S. 10-8 in the Cotton Bowl when they had eleven Division One signees on their team. Probably the most satisfying win, during this time of outstanding competitive football, was a 41-6 win over our district rival Plano Senior H.S., that had won seven large-school Texas high school championships and annually graduated 2,200

Students in their senior classes. I loved being part of and experiencing the nation’s premier high school football. During this period, Beverly worked as a secretary at a local junior high school and was a full-time mom. loved being part of and experiencing the nation’s premier high school football. During this period, Beverly worked as a secretary at a local junior high school and was a full-time mom.

Beverly and I have four wonderful children (Trisha, Brenda, Krista, and Vic) and eleven beautiful grandchildren. Trisha and her husband, Pete, live in Zeeland, MI, and have five children (Jonathan, Issac, Samuel, Levi and Anna). When I asked her where the Biblical names came from, she responded, "Not from you, Dad." Trisha, “T-Bob”, ranked first in her biology/ pre-med classes while attending Southern Methodist University. Brenda attended North Texas State University and has a very talented daughter, Alexis, a freshman at the Minneapolis School of Art and Design in Minnesota. Krista and her husband, Clay, have two daughters (Olivia and Bridget) who love school and sports. Krista is an Aggie (attended Texas A&M) and is now a second grade teacher. Vic graduated from Otterbein and played basketball for his uncle, Coach Dick Reynolds. For Vic, it was four years of “hell with no slack”, but his and his team’s hard work were rewarded with two Ohio Conference Championships and a appearance in the Regional D-3 NCAA Championship Tournament. Vic and his wife, Amy, have triplets (in order of birth, Amber, Briana, and Carson). They live in Frisco, TX, just 25 minutes north of Dallas. With these eleven beautiful, healthy grandchildren, I finally have my football team!

In 2006, I retired from my teaching/coaching career after 42 years in the profession. During this time, at least 4500 students passed before me; and, hopefully, I touched each one in some positive way. In the classroom, I always believed that I was in the business of helping students be successful in their lives. I knew that many would not remember the detailed subject matter, but all would certainly remember how I made them feel as a person. While coaching, I regularly challenged athletes to perform at a level beyond their comfort zone in order to maximize their potential. Over the years, I did not deviate from this teaching/coaching philosophy. Looking back, I have had very few bad days in my chosen profession, and I can truthfully say that I have no regrets and would not change a thing in my 50-year journey since leaving Westerville in 1964. With the support of the Varsity "O" Club, coaches, teammates, professors, and classmates at Otterbein, I was afforded opportunities to better my life and the lives of my family. I will always be grateful to Otterbein!

Myrna Riddle Edie 123 N. Windswept Road Greenfield, IN 46140 317-462-9305 Orchidzor@aol.com

Spouse:

Ronnie Edie â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;62 (deceased)

Children:

Shawn and Shannon

Grandchildren:

Collin, Morgan, Ashton, Caitlin, Stephen and Chloe

After leaving Otterbein, I headed back home to New Philadelphia. My first teaching job was at Midvale Elementary teaching second grade. I loved my first class because it was in a small mining town and the children were so appreciative of whatever was done.

June 14, 1964, I married Ronnie Edie and joined him in Indianapolis, IN, where he had moved after he finished with graduate school at the University of Missouri. He was working for Eli Lilly as a research chemist. I was able to find a teaching job in first grade with the Indianapolis Public Schools. After three years of teaching, I decided to be a stay-at-home mom.

Our son was born April 13, 1967. Shawn now lives outside Traverse City, MI, in a little town named Cedar, with his wife, Lisa. His job is with SafetyNet as support services manager. He graduated from Vincennes University and Baker College in computer science. His wife works for Greenstone as a customer service representative. They enjoy living in the country where they have a mini farm with a huge garden, raising organic vegetables to sell. Shawn has one son, Collin, and four step children, Morgan, Ashton, Caitlin and Stephen. All of the step-children are adults and Collin is a sophomore at Cadillac High School.

Two and one half years later on Oct. 23, 1969, Shawn was joined by a sister, Shannon. She and her husband live in Avon, IN. Shannon has a degree in veterinary science from Purdue University. She works for Eli Lilly as a senior specialist-regulatory. Her husband has a degree in business from IUPUI and Indiana Wesleyan University. He works for AT&T as senior specialist network operations. They have one daughter, Chloe, who is a sophomore at Covenant Christian High School.

After staying home for thirteen years, I went back to teaching in a new way. I helped to open the first private day care in the county. I was the degreed person who taught kindergarten readiness to four and five year olds. After being there for fifteen years, I moved on to the Head Start program in our county. I loved working with those children that had not had a lot of guidance at home. You felt like you were making a difference in their lives. In 1994, I received an award for Outstanding Caregiver from the State of Indiana. June 1999, I decided to join Ron in retirement.

For many years, we raised and showed Shetland Sheepdogs (Shelties). I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any Shelties any more, and I really miss them. We also grew orchids in our own greenhouse. At one point, we had over a thousand orchids to enjoy and show.

We were enjoying traveling to orchid shows and pleasure trips to different places in the United States and Canada when Ron passed away suddenly on March 26, 2001. My focus totally changed from that point and I told God that I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what he had planned for me but I was there to serve Him. Since then, I have served as an elder in the church for eight years and a deacon for many. One of the things that keeps me busy is heading a group in the church called the APPLE Team (Angels Providing Personal Love Effectively). We prepare bereavement dinners and cater banquets. The largest we have done ws for over 500 people. I am also in charge of keeping things up in the church kitchen. Some days I spend transporting others to doctor appointments. I have really been blessed in so many ways.

I have traveled a lot with my daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter. We have been to San Diego, Hawaii, Florida, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Yellowstone, Arizona, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, South Carolina, Michigan and a cruise to the South Caribbean Islands. This past summer, we traveled to Guatemala to visit an exchange student and her family that my daughter and son-in-law had hosted. What a fun time we had with her family showing us around the country and introducing us to some of their foods and culture. One day we even went zip-lining in the mountains. We visited a coffee plantation and a place where textiles were made.

I have lived for 39 years in the same house and plan on being here much longer. My life revolves around my children, grandchildren and my church work. Life is good for me and I try to enjoy each day I am given.

Memorial for

Priscilla Rietschlin Banning December 14, 1942â&#x20AC;&#x201D;August 17, 2013

Submitted by Carol Sue Albright Lauthers After two years at Otterbein, Priscilla completed her degree at the Ohio State University. For 12 years, she was a vocal soloist with The Mello-Larks which was part of The Sandhills Community College Jazz Band. She was also Pinehurst Resortâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concierge within the Carolina Hotel lobby in Pinehurst, NC. Priscilla passed away in Southern Pines, NC, following a recurrence of cancer.

Memorial for

Boyd D. Robinson September 11, 1942 - July 20, 1995

Spouse:

Mary Jo Allen Carlos â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;67

Children:

Boyd, Venice, FL; Elizabeth, Solon, OH

Grandchildren:

Nathaniel Chapman and Louis Robinson

Following his graduation from Otterbein, Boyd received a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in business administration from Baldwin Wallace College.

He was director of worldwide marketing and business development for a division of TRW, Nelson Stud Welding. He belonged to the American Management Association, American Welding Society, Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, Pi Beta Sigma Fraternity and University Masonic Lodge 631 in Dublin, OH, where he received his 25 year pin. He was a member of the Episcopal Church of Redeemer.

He enjoyed sailing, biking, hiking the Appalachian Trail, golfing and was a member of Oberlin Golf Club.

Boyd passed away at the age of 52, at home in Vermilion, OH, having battled an inoperable brain tumor for 14 months. A red maple tree was planted by the front entrance of Nelson Stud Welding Company, Elyria, OH, and dedicated in his honor by the employees there.

Dennis M. Rose 303 Wildflower Drive Galion, OH 44833 419-462-2843/419-688-2166 (cell) drose10182@aol.com

Spouse:

Sharon, married June 10, 1967

Children:

Stephanie, Michael, Scott

Grandchildren:

Nicole Winbigler, Morgan Rose, Derek Rose, Myah Rose

I left Otterbein in 1964 somewhat disappointed because I had not been able to receive my Air Force commission due to a lack of depth perception in my eyes. But my Otterbein training had prepared me for a career in teaching and that is where I needed to begin. I had always harbored a dream that I could coach, but not having been a stellar athlete in high school, and not participating in college athletics, I did not see that the possibility would be there. However, through the assistance of Professor Yoest of the Otterbein faculty, I was able to do my student teaching in mathematics and coaching with the cross country and track teams at North High School in Columbus. I have always been grateful for his assistance.

My first full time teaching and coaching experience began at Perry High School in Lake County, OH, approximately 25 miles east of Cleveland. During my three years at Perry, I began and finished a master’s degree in guidance and counseling and met and married my wife, Sharon.

From 1964 to 1984, I worked in several school districts in Ohio, serving at various times as math teacher, athletic coach, guidance counselor, athletic director and building administrator.

In August 1984, my professional career took an interesting turn. I was hired by the Pioneer Career and Technology Center in Shelby, OH, to create mathematics curriculum for career and technology areas. I served Pioneer for ten years, eventually becoming the schools’s assistant vocational director and I “retired” for the first time in December 1994.

Beginning in 1975, I began a part-time secondary career as a life insurance salesman, which over the years has evolved into a financial services business. I hold a Series 7 securities license and have earned the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) designations from the American College in Bryn Mawr, PA. As a sole proprietor, I own my own office in Lexington, OH> Since my “first” retirement from public education, I have filled several interim roles. My final stop was the Galion City School District, where in a strange series of events, I became assistant high school principal, assistant superintendent, and finally, superintendent. I served six years as superintendent and “retired” for the second time in June 2007.

Sharon and I currently live in a beautiful home that we built in Galion in 2002. In 1999, Sharon and I experienced a very traumatic time when she was diagnosed with a brain tumor.

We were fortunate that it was benign. The only residual effect from her surgery was that she has no feeling in her right

leg from her toes to her hip. We are blessed that our children all live fairly close to us. Stephanie and husband, Bill, live in Mansfield, where she works for the Med Central Health System.

Her daughter, Nicole, is a junior at Ohio State. Our oldest son, Michael â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;93, is an accountant and lives in Marysville, OH, with his wife, Lisa, a teacher at Buckeye Valley Middle School, and daughter Myah, a seventh grader at Marysville Middle School. Our youngest, Scott, is a supervisor for Ancelor Mittal in Shelby, OH, where he lives with wife, Nychole, a respiratory therapist at Nationwide Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital in Columbus. Their daughter, Morgan, is a freshman at Ohio State-Mansfield, and their son, Derek, is a freshman at Shelby High School.

Sharon and I enjoy our time together with our family. We love to travel and have been to the four corners of the United States and lots of places in between. We are both active in our church in Lexington, OH, and enjoy all kinds or gospel music. In the future, we look forward to spending some winter time in a state further south than Ohio!

Sandy Salisbury Jenkins 177 Upper Lake Drive Easley, SC 29640 864-307-9529 Tom.sandy@gmail.com

Spouse:

Tom Jenkins ‘62

Children:

Jonathan Jenkins

Where to begin? In many ways 1964 seems like only yesterday, and in other ways it seems like the life time ago that it was. I feel blessed to be writing this from the comfort of my own home, in good health, and with wonderful memories of all of my 71 years, particularly my four years at Otterbein.

I married Tom Jenkins in May of ’64, just before graduation, and thus begins this story. Tom was in the Air Force and his first assignment was to Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton. As native Ohioans this was not the “see the world” opportunity we had hoped for. After one year in Dayton however, Tom did get to see another area of the world as he was sent to Vietnam. Again, not exactly what we had hoped for. After that year though, things began to look up as we spent the next several years at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, CO. Tom left the Air Force in 1969 and spent the rest of his working years in training and development for various organizations, mainly healthcare groups. Job changes allowed us to live throughout the U.S. We started on the east coast, in New Haven, CT, where our son, Jon, was born in 1971.

We then moved to Kalamazoo, MI, where we spent most of Jon’s growing up years. Just after Jon headed off to college we moved to the central valley of CA for another job change. And then when it was time to retire we selected the only area of the U.S. we had not lived in before, and moved to the south, Greenville, SC. We have truly enjoyed each location and thought it was the best place for us at the time we were living there. As a result, we have seen all 50 states, and always spent much of our time visiting the sights and destinations in our particular area.

I graduated from Otterbein with a degree in elementary education, and spent the first seven years after graduation as an elementary school teacher, teaching third and fifth grades. During this time I also earned a master’s degree in reading education from Southern Connecticut State U. After staying home for a few years when Jon was young, a part-time job for a neighbor led me into the field of accounting. After a few business and accounting courses at a local community college, I had some new skills, and spent the rest of my working years as an accountant for various organizations, a physician’s group, a CPA firm, and county government.

Tom and I have always enjoyed traveling and I feel fortunate to have visited several areas, while still maintaining an extensive “bucket list” of places yet to be seen. Travels have taken us to Great Britain, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, China and India.

The trip to India was particularly memorable, as we visited with the family of our Sri Lankan son, a young man who lived with us for a year as an exchange student when he was in high school. We consider him a second son, and his daughter, our granddaughter.

We now fill our time with volunteer activities, gardening, and classes for seniors at nearby Furman University in Greenville, SC. The OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) program at Furman offers over 95 classes for seniors each term, and provides us with ample social and mental stimulation, all on the beautiful Furman campus. Each time I walk among the students on Furman’s campus, I am reminded of walking the Otterbein campus, and as at Otterbein, I find it easy to smile and greet everyone I meet. However, the greeting here has to contain a “y’all”. Our son, Jon, lives on the West Coast, Seattle and San Francisco, so we still have an excuse to make annual visits to that area.

We love to show people around our area of SC, so invite you to give us a call if you are in the vicinity.

Richard (Dick) Scheu 8113 Hillingdon Drive Powell, OH 43065 740-881-3982 rsuscheu@aol.com

Spouse:

Susan Williams Scheu â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;64

Children:

Jeffrey, Jennifer, Stephanie

Grandchildren:

Katie, Betsy and Lilly Scheu, Hayden and Charlie Coss

Sue and I were married in June after graduation from Otterbein which also gives us something special to celebrate this year. We moved to Powell, OH, (Northwest Columbus) from Troy, MI, in September 2004 and are now full-fledged Buckeyes in addition to Otterbein supporters.

Sue taught kindergarten in the Dayton school system for a few years then stayed at home to raise our three children. She also taught for nine years at St. Paul United Methodist church preschool in Dayton, Ohio. While in Dayton, I returned to the University of Dayton to get a MBA degree. After a 37 ½ year successful career with General Motors Financial Staff with assignments in Dayton; Detroit; Paris, France; and Pontiac/Auburn Hills, MI; I retired in 2001. The plan was and is to stay healthy, help with the kids and enjoy our grandkids. Jeffrey located in Shanghai, China, is a General Motors engineer married to Angela Hunter and has three girls.

Stephanie is a realtor/broker (Columbus, OH) and has two boys. Jennifer (Columbus, OH) is our nurse in the family.

Along with the family activities, I keep busy trying to improve my golf handicap, church and condo association committee activities and an occasional visit to the family farm in Hollansburg, OH, where there is always some project to tackle. Active involvement with grandchildren and Powell United Methodist church committees and choir keeps Sue busy.

Sue and I both enjoy dining with good friends, a glass of wine, beaches, Florida in the winter and traveling throughout the U.S., Europe and now China.

The four years at Otterbein were a great foundation for us to start our life together. Reflecting back some of the most memorable were: -Personal friendships that have remained over the years -College sports and lasting relationships -Trips to and from college at breaks with local students who had a car -Fraternity and sorority brothers and sisters and activities that gave us a common bond at that time

-Teachers, coaches and others that helped us through the tougher times

-Campus activities ie: chapel, the union, Barlow Hall, library, date night, jobs held to support us -Off-campus activities ie: dances at the Valley Dale, venturing uptown or DQ

We are looking forward to seeing everyone this spring!

Carol Schweitzer Cheek 1302 Montague Midland, MI 48642 989-835-5948/989-430-9330 (cell) DCCheek@att.net

Spouse:

Dave Cheek ‘63, retired director of sales for Dow Chemical

Children and Grandchildren:

Michael (46), orthopaedic surgeon, specializing in shoulder surgery, Holland, MI; wife, Wendy, three children Camden, Kaedyn and Caleb

Jeff (44), sells peripheral cardiac devices for Boston Scientific; two children, Soleil and Grayson Laura (31), taught children with autism in College Station, TX, currently does YouTube tutorials on make up and beauty products; husband, Daniel, and three children, twins, Ava and Ella, and Lilah Dave and I were married in 1964 in Flushing, NY (my hometown). That summer, I had a job at the New York World’s Fair, only a stone’s throw from my home.

Dave finished his MBA at the University of Michigan and we moved to Dearborn, MI. During that time, I worked at Wayne State Medical Research Center as a research technologist for a renown virologist. My B.S. degree in biology from Otterbein qualified me for this job. We then bought a home in Northville, MI, and I worked in research at Providence Hospital in Southfield until my first child was born.

Dave started working for Dow Chemical, and in 1973, we moved to Midland, MI, the corporate headquarters for Dow. During this time, I was a Welcome Wagon hostess and also hosted wives and girlfriends while their spouses interviewed for Dow. I loved both of those jobs.

A promotion for Dave moved us to Montville, NJ, and we lived in a lake community (Lake Valhalla). I did substitute teaching for a few years while living there. We enjoyed adventures into NYC, but the biggest adventure was the birth of our daughter when I was 39. since we had two boys a good bit older, this was quite an experience raising a girl.

Dave’s job brought us back to Midland in 1984 and we built our “dream house.” In our local area, it’s called the Gingerbread House or Hansel and Gretyl. In 1987, we were featured on a home tour with over 1,000 people coming through the house.

My activities include being on the planning team for Stonecroft Christian Women’s Club for many years.

I am currently vice president and line up speakers for each monthly luncheon. I enjoy playing mah jongg, golfing, and am part of a Bible study

group. I volunteer at Caregiving Network, a food and clothing pantry. Dave and I often usher at our Center for Arts. I’ve been making pins from buttons, pieces of jewelry and odds and ends which I sell at a local art gallery and also at craft shows. In our neighborhood, I’ve been the organizer of monthly luncheons, Christmas and block parties for more than 30 years.

Our travels have included two European trips, two Caribbean cruises, the Holy Land, Egypt, an annual three to five week Florida trip, and lots of visits to family and friends.

This year will be our 50th anniversary and I often think how glad I am that I chose Otterbein and met my life-long love on its campus. We both came very close to going elsewhere, but I’ve never regretted the decision. We met in my first college class, 7:45 a.m. psychology. I valued sleep over breakfast, so due to my loud stomach growling, Dave placed a donut on my desk every morning ( we sat beside each other) and the rest is history.

We thoroughly enjoyed Dave’s 50th reunion last year, and look forward to my reunion this year.

David E. Sharpe 5663 Baltusrol Ct. Unit 1B Sanibel, FL 33957 239-579-0540 dsharpe@aol.com

Spouse:

Jane, ageless, retired reading specialist

Children:

Susan (40), in final year of law school, University of Florida Chris (39), works at Morgan Stanley, Philadelphia

Grandchildren:

Ryan (1)

Following graduation in June of 1964, with my B.S., I did not need to decide what I would do as I had already joined the Navy. The next four years were already committed! Other than the Navy, I did not have a particular plan. The next five years turned out to be very interesting.

Our duties were to air transport materials and people to remote areas of the world, and some not so remote! While in the Navy, I met and married Jane Taylor of Washington D.C! We actually became engaged in Tokyo.

As the end of my service obligation approached, I began planning my future. I had delayed graduate school to join the Navy and now was able to enter New York University Graduate School of Business in the MBA program. I also decided that I wanted to work in the private sector. My experiences at Otterbein had prepared me to excel in the school environment.

Following graduation, MBA in hand, I accepted a position with one of the big three auto companies. We relocated from New York to the Philadelphia suburbs, where we lived for 40 years. Three years later, I accepted a financial position with a global building materials and glass manufacturer. I also continued my Navy career as a Reservist to fulfill my 20 years of service. About this time our children were born. This, more than anything, caused a new focus in our family. We have fond memories of family sailing and ski tripsâ&#x20AC;Śnot to mention the numerous horse shows we attended to cheer on our daughter, Susan. Personally, I became interested in single-handed sail racing and completed three single-handed races from Newport to Bermuda. The family is glad that mid life crisis is over!

I retired in 2002 and retirement activities have filled our daysâ&#x20AC;Ś. the best being and playing with our new (and only) grandchild. Winter months are spent in Sanibel, FL where I volunteer at Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, golf, paint, and kayak. We continue to enjoy our friends and activities during the summer in Maine. Jane and I love to travel and have enjoyed many interesting trips.

I often think back about my time at Otterbein and realize how those years influenced and shaped my future! I am looking forward to a wonderful weekend reuniting with classmates and making new memories.

Sharon Shelton Skaggs 1350 Mulford Road Columbus, OH 43212 614-486-9913 ssskaggs@yahoo.com Spouse:

Arbie Skaggs, married Dec. 27, 1963, divorced 1989

Children:

Sherri Skaggs Edinger (43)

Grandchildren:

Hannah (16) and Cameron (14) Edinger

I completed college in January, 1964 and taught first grade at Forest Park (now Forest Park West) from January to the end of school year. I went through graduation ceremonies with my class in June 1964.

Then at the end of June 1964, I went with my husband, who was in the Army, to Fort Benning, GA, where I taught first grade in a barracks on the army post. That was an interesting experience. The barracks had been twice condemned and I had to keep the children from going into one corner of the room for fear of falling through the floor. I had children whose parents were Privates or Sp4 Class. When they transferred some Sergeant’s and Captain’s children to my room, parents were not happy to have the different ranks in one room. Everything worked out though, and everyone ended the year quite pleased.

In August 1965, I came back to Columbus, OH, (my husband returned in October when his Army time was done). I got a job with the Columbus Public schools teaching in the inner city.

That was another interesting experience but very rewarding. I taught at the same school for five years. During this time we bought our home on Mulford Road where I still reside. This house is on the same block where I grew up. I knew Grandview Heights was a great place to live and raise a family.

In October 1970, our daughter was born and I opted to be a stay-at-home mom. I volunteered in the school PTO, as a room mother, with the high school marching band as chairperson of the uniforms, and was a Girl Scout Leader for 12 years. I was still involved in teaching and working with my troop. We earned our way, selling GS cookies and GS products, to take a 10 day trip to Savannah, Georgia to visit Juliette Gordon Low’s (founder of Girl Scouts) home.

When my daughter was in high school, I went back to work at Victoria’s Secret Catalogue until they closed their doors in Columbus. From there I went on to work at Alliance Data Systems until I retired in 2010.

In 1995 I had the opportunity of a lifetime to travel to Europe with my daughter and Grandview high school students and parents. The trip was sponsored by the Art and English teachers. We visited five countries, saw many sites and had a great time.

My daughter and both grandchildren live with me. Even though I am retired, I keep quite busy transporting the grandkids to/from school, after school activities and sports events. I am also very active in my church, Columbus Church of Christ. I am now taking an online course to be a medical transcriptionist which I can do from home.

My family, my church and staying busy are all important to me. I enjoy reading, crafts, traveling and getting together with the church Sage Sisters (a group for ladies over the age of 65).

Robert A. Shimer 116 Willowood Lane Fishers, IN 46038 317-845-2954/317-442-3420 Bob@BobShimer.com

Spouse:

Linda Conrad Shimer ‘64, married June 12, 1965, retired Christian Educator

Children:

Kevin, lives in Fishers, IN; Lori, lives in St. Paul, MN

After graduating from Otterbein, I went to officer training at Bunker Hill Air Force Base, now Grissom Air Force Base, where I was commissioned a Second Lieutenant. My first assignment was back to Keesler Air Force Base where I had taught electronics as an enlisted man for over four years. I packed all my belongings in my little Volkswagen bug headed south. Just before graduation I was asked to stay as an instructor in the school. I spent the next four years teaching in the Communication Officer’s School. At Christmas that year I invited Linda to come to Mississippi and we ended up getting engaged. We were married that June.

We decided to leave the Air Force and move back to Ohio. We ended up in Alliance, where Linda’s parents live. I got a job at Ohio Bell. I started out in marketing. One of my first contacts was the National Guard. One thing led to another and I joined the Air National Guard. I was the chief of maintenance for communications. When I retired, I was a Major and commander of the unit.

At Ohio Bell, I was assigned to developing tariffs for Ohio in Cleveland. I did the long commute from Alliance to Cleveland. After two years, I moved to major marketing in Akron, OH. My accounts were Kent State University and later, the big power companies in Ohio. Next, I was moved to product management. This was again in Cleveland but this time I took a move to Medina OH. I was involved with projects that were quite interesting. One was developing a new project with AT&T, the cell phone. This was an exciting project because it was something brand new and we knew that there was a future in it.

Little did we know at the time how far it would eventually go!

Around that time the Bell System was broken up and I went with AT&T in external affairs, working with regulatory matters for Michigan, Ohio and Indiana.

Eventually I was assigned as state manager for Indiana and moved to Fishers, IN. I stayed there dealing with the state government and with the independent telephone companies in Indiana until I retired in 1991.

My job was to get AT&T deregulated in Indiana.

When I accomplished that, my job ended. At that point I would be transferred; however, we were pretty happy in Indiana. They offered to add to my seniority enough to make me fully eligible for retirement and I decided to go ahead and take that.

I had become involved with storytelling in Indiana and started professional storytelling on the side. I enjoyed it and decided I wanted to try to make a go of it full time. So for several years after retiring, I taught computer systems at Tech State College as an adjunct faculty. Eventually I stopped teaching and started performing full time. This was probably the most fun I ever had and we got to meet many interesting people. Linda and I got to travel doing shows both in the United States and abroad. We even performed on some cruise ships and Las Vegas. In 2013, I had some hip problems and had a hip replacement. That slowed me down and I stopped performing full time. I'm getting back into performing a little bit now trying to specialize in small churches and nursing homes, the type of venues that could not afford me before.

I had become interested in photography professionally while I was in Mississippi I belong to the Gulf Coast Professional Photographers Association and Professional Photographers Association of America. Once I moved to Alliance, I started a part-time studio specializing in portraits, weddings, and some commercial work. I did this until the opportunity came up to move to Medina. In Medina, I became interested in computers and started writing computer programs. I formed a small company, Castle Software, and wrote software for Atari computers. When we moved to Indiana, I discovered my storytelling talents. I started doing that part time. Eventually I performed full time as a professional. I became a ventriloquist due to a meeting a ventriloquist on a cruise ship that we were working on. Later on another cruise ship I decided to add magic to my shows. In the end my shows became a combination of storytelling, magic, and ventriloquism.

Lately I have been doing a lot of computer art. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done several art shows including one with our daughter, Lori, in St. Paul, MN. I have also been the webmaster for a number of web sites. I have been enjoying our son, Kevin, and his wife Monica, and our grandson, Nate, who live in our neighborhood. (See the family picture on Lindaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Memory Book page.)

Otterbein was a wonderful place for Linda and me to start our lives together. So many great memories and friends come from Otterbein. These last 50 years have been an amazing adventure.

Roger D. Shipley 264 Lehman Drive Cogan Station, PA 17728

Spouse:

Nancy Torbush Shipley â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;65

Children:

Jennifer, Jason and Bryan

Grandchildren:

Amelia (7), Ariana (4) and Tyler (1)

The year after graduation, I returned to Otterbein College for a May Day celebration. I soon found myself accompanying Sanford and Marty Lauderback on a blind date with Nancy Torbush at the Kahiki Bar and Restaurant. Need I say more? We really hit it off and we have been married for 47 years.

After graduating from Otterbein, I went on to study for a year at the Cleveland Art Institute and then went to Cranbrook Academy of Art, where I received an MFA in painting with a minor in printmaking.

After graduation, I was employed by Lycoming College teaching painting, drawing, printmaking, 2D design and color theory. I was honored with the Logan Richmond Chair and attained the rank of full professor of art. I retired from full-time teaching in 2008.

I am a dedicated volunteer for the arts in Williamsport, PA, serving on numerous boards and served as chair on a number of them. I continue to be active in the community serving on the review committee for the Hospital Art Project for the Susquehanna Hospital complex. I have been honored with numerous awards for my service to the art community of Williamsport.

Over these 50 years since graduating from Otterbein, I have been quite active as an artist showing my work in numerous juried and invitational exhibitions throughout the country. I am represented by a number of galleries around the country. My current work is representational, created in various media including oil on canvas, watercolor, graphite pencil, etching and bronze and Plexiglas sculpture.

My website in rogershipley.com.

Nancy and I have raised three wonderful children.

Jennifer, who resides near Fort Lauderdale, FL; Jason, who lives in Arlington, VA; and Bryan, who lives in Washington, D.C. We are grandparents to Amelia, Ariana and Tyler. All three have established themselves in successful careers.

My remembrances of Otterbein primarily consist of a lot of hard work in the art department under the direction of Lillian Frank and Earl Hassenpflug. I also remember the rigorous training received from Richard Chamberlain and all those crazy choir experiences. Fraternity life was also an experience with those late night poker games and trips down the road.

I cannot forget all those wonderful shared moments with Nancy Dern for those four years on campus. She had the voice of an angel and was so dedicated to helping so many others. May God rest her soul.

Marilyn Shute Lorenz 4215 Harding Pike Nashville, TN 37205 615-330-1237 marilynlorenz@comcast.net Spouse:

Steve Lorenz ‘64

Children:

Jennifer Murphy (Mike) Brookline, MA Kristin Cushman (Erik) Pacific Grove, CA

Grandchildren:

Grace (16) and Gannon (14) Murphy Isabel (15) and Lorenz (13) Cushman

We were married the weekend following graduation and made our home in Dayton, OH. Marilyn taught third grade in a local school district and Steve went to work for a music publishing company.

Two years later, when our first child was born, we made the decision that Marilyn would be a stay-at-home mom. She worked into her schedule time to volunteer in the community and over the years, served the non-profit sector in many leadership roles at both the local and state levels.

Steve continued in the print music publishing field. In 1969, he took a sabbatical after being selected to participate in a concentrated business master’s program at Harvard Business School.

After receiving his master’s degree, Steve served as CEO of The Lorenz Publishing Company.

He also served on a variety of community boards and committees. In 1985, he relinquished his position at the publishing company and our family transitioned to Tennessee. In Nashville, Steve created a music company, Lorenz Creative Services, that did song publishing, record production and artist management. By this time, one daughter was in college and the other was entering her junior year in high school. Marilyn became involved in this new company as a copyright administrator, which proved invaluable as another career unfolded.

In 1990, Lorenz Creative Services was sold to BMG Music and Steve entered a new season of his life. He became involved in mission work in Africa and Ukraine. He co-founded Mission Development International (MDI), which mentors, consults and equips ministry leaders worldwide. It currently operates in eight countries.

At the same time, Marilyn created The Copyright company, which provides administrative services for publishers, producers, individual songwriters, ministries and churches. She served as its president until she sold it at the end of 2006. She has come “full circle.” After selling the company and retiring, she finds herself back in the classroom, tutoring in an inner city elementary school and is back to being an active volunteer in her community serving on a variety of boards.

We enjoy traveling to visit families on both coasts and see each about four times a year. We have all been able to gather twice a year, but that is becoming harder as the grandchildren become more involved in activities and jobs. We have been fortunate to do our share of domestic and international travel, but are always excited to return home. Skiing, golf and tennis have had their place in our lives at various stages. Currently, hiking for Marilyn and fishing and photography for Steve is what captures free time.

Lots of memories from Otterbein, but the best thing that happened is we met!!!

Marguerite Sims Murtaugh 706 Yorkhaven Road Cincinnati, OH 45246 513-851-8352 margmurtaugh@fuse.net Spouse:

Tom Murtaugh

Children:

five

Grandchildren:

six

This is the year to observe 50 year anniversaries. In May of 1964 I graduated from Otterbein College. In June 1964, I married my husband, Tom. We started our life together in Greenville, IL. After five years, we moved to St. Louis, MO. About three years later, we were back in Ohio – Coshocton to be exact. In 1973, my husband’s work took us to Cincinnati, OH, where we’ve lived for 40 years.

I was lucky enough not to have to teach while my children were very young. We have five children – three daughters and two sons. The expanded family includes six grandchildren – four boys and two girls.

My teaching career covered 27 years in the regular classroom. Over that time, I taught fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades. Most of that time, I spent with seventh and eighth graders studying earth science, life science, and physical science. I retired after the 2008-2009 school year. Substitute teaching kept me busy until this year.

Life is good. I know because I survived a heart attack and triple bypass heart surgery in July 2002. While pondering life’s events, I have an abundance of fond memories.

Peggy Smart Ginn 200 Broadway St. Box 357 Seaman, OH 45679 937-386-2152 jginn1@cinci.rr.com

Spouse:

Jerry Ginn ‘64

Children:

Michael ‘85 and Danielle ‘88, and her husband, Greg Griffith ‘85

Grandchildren:

Ashley (14), Scott (10) and Matthew (5) Griffith

In 1962, Jerry and I married. After graduation, Jerry was accepted at Ohio State as a teaching assistant and earned an M.A. in French in the summer of 1966. He taught a year at University of Dayton as an instructor before he returned to OSU as a lecturer, supervising teaching assistants and teaching a demonstration French class. He also completed course work for a Ph.D. In 1969, Otterbein offered Jerry a four-year contract to teach at the college for two years, and to follow-up with two years as the Director of the Junior Year Abroad in Strasbourg, France. In 1973, Brethren Colleges Abroad convinced him to serve as their director for an additional two years.

Meanwhile, our family had increased by two, Michael was nine when we left for France and Danielle was four. Of the four of us, Jerry was the only one who spoke French. By Christmas, the children were putting sentences together and I could shop, but was still adjusting to life abroad. Eventually we assimilated and appreciated the joys of traveling all over Europe, although the exchange rate was killing us financially.

We returned to the U.S. in 1975 with no job prospects, no home and few possessions. What followed was the interesting part of our lives. Given the paucity of college teaching jobs with little prospect of tenure, Jerry decided to pursue a secondary teaching certificate. In 1976, Jerry began teaching in the rural community of Adams County at Peebles High School. We bought a modest home needing considerable repair in Seaman, Ohio, and settled in where we are today.

Our children grew up in a safe environment with ample opportunity to participate in any activity they wished.

I had postponed completing my degree when the children were small, but managed to graduate from Otterbein in 1975, having completed the graduation requirements in France. I began teaching high school English at Peebles, and completed my master’s degree in education at Xavier University. In 1992, I received the Ashland Oil Teacher Achievement Award. I finished my educational career in curriculum supervision and now spend my retirement swimming laps at the YMCA, creating scrapbooks and traveling with Jerry. Hawaii and Italy are our favorite destinations. Last year we spent two weeks in Sicily with a couple of days in Rome.

On our 50th Anniversary

Jerry retired from teaching in 2000, having started a part-time lawn care business in 1987, which began to provide both a financial and creative outlet. He had spent 35 years in education. In 2010, he officially retired from all work-related activities. Recently, we have been considering the possibility of downsizing and moving to the Otterbein Lifestyle Community in Lebanon, OH. We are the proud parents of two Otterbein graduates, Michael ‘85 and Danielle ‘88. Our son-in-law, Greg Griffith, is also an ‘85 graduate. Greg and Dani have three children, Ashley 14, Scott 10 and Matthew 5. Michael married Jennifer Carroll in 2009. She graduated from University of Cincinnati, but we try to excuse that. Mike is a flight attendant for United Airlines and in exchange for a college eduMike & Jenny’s Wedding 2009 cation, he provides us with free air travel. Dani is a human resource supervisor for the Defense Department in Columbus and has provided us with three grandchildren in payment for her degree. We believe we have been paid in full.

Jerry and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary in 2012. Aside from traveling, we spend most of our time with the kids and grandchildren. We tend to be goal oriented and recently fulfilled one of our major goals by finally traveling to all fifty states, Alaska being the last. I am prone to motion sickness and cruising is the best way of seeing Alaska. It took great persuasion to get me on the ship. Surprisingly, I had no trouble and now we have found another method of seeing the world. In fact, in September, we will board the canal barge, Roi Soleil, for a leisurely trip through the Canal du Midi in southern France.

Taormina, Sicily 2012

Claudia Smith Rose P O Box 873 Enosburg Falls, VT 05450 802-933-6107 claudiarosevt@gmail.com Spouse:

Lew Rose ‘63

I greatly appreciate this opportunity to look back over the last fifty years and identify how all the pieces fit together. I have distilled the essence of the years and experiences into six categories that speak most deeply to my heart. 

Relationships, particularly with my life partner Lew, our children (biological and “adopted”) and their families and our greater extended family, are the core around which everything else is built.

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My spiritual life that continues to evolve from my firm foundation in the EUB church to the Ageless Wisdom Teachings and the Law of Attraction satisfies my need to grow in understanding of what life is all about.

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Living in nature in Vermont feeds me at all levels. Hiking, identifying animal tracks and sign, skiing, cycling, swimming and gardening keep me balanced.

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Studying and sharing what I learn with interested students and clients has been my service and my livelihood. After a brief stint with junior high math, my interests shifted to preschool, early childhood education and infant mental health and included setting up childcare centers on site for corporations and government entities for the Merrill-Palmer Institute in Detroit. In Vermont, my focus shifted to energy healing, massage and Ida Rolfe’s bodywork. My current passions are the Ageless Wisdom Teachings, Esoteric Healing and the vagus nerve.

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Traveling and experiencing other cultures satisfies my need for adventure.

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Singing classical music in choral groups is the thread that ties my life together as various interests come and go. It offers me the opportunity to express my incredible gratitude for the gift of life.

Dale R. Smith 1415 Edinburgh Drive Troy, OH 45373 937-552-7392/937-829-6674 (cell) drma07@woh.rr.com Spouse:

Mary Alice Showalter Smith ‘65

Children:

Gregory, Alicia and Matthew Barnishin

Grandchildren:

Mya, Aidan and Max Barnishin

Freshman orientation was hosted by our student senate in 1963, and I noticed an attractive registered nurse working one of our tables. Within a week, we found ourselves in the same sociology class, and we all needed a project for the term. I wanted to determine if Westerville needed a health care facility and I asked Mary Alice Showalter if she would be interested in working on the project with me. She gladly accepted, and within a few days, I asked her to the Wittenberg football game and a concert by The Lettermen. Mary Alice and I were married in June 1965, and she has been a perfect helpmate and partner for nearly 49 years of marriage and ministry.

After graduating from Otterbein with a B.A. in psychology, I continued my education at United Theological Seminary, and received my master’s of divinity degree in 1968, after completing an enlightening year of internship at Calvary Evangelical United Brethren Church in Lemoyne, PA. The class of ‘68 was the first class to graduate and be ordained in the new United Methodist Church. While in seminary, I worked for the admissions office at Otterbein in the Dayton and tri-state area, as well as being a youth and assistant pastor in a Congregational United Church of Christ, and a trained attendant at local hospitals.

My first appointments in PA, were as an associate pastor in Garden City and pastor of Center Avenue Church in Pitcairn. During these years, I served as a district youth director, advisor to the conference council on youth ministries, and ws one of the original designers of the ecumenical Monroeville Mall Ministry, a listening, caring and referral ministry which still functions today. It was also during these years that I served as a volunteer firefighter, drove a pumper truck, was the company chaplain, working in Boy Scouting and was appointed a Grand Chaplain for the Grade Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania.

I was appointed pastor of the Baden Church in 1978, and along with developing a community food cupboard, I served as president of the board of directors for Camp Allegheny, along with numerous district and conference boards, commissions and task groups, including the Hospice team of Sewickley Valley Hospital and Beaver Valley.

After 14 years as pastor of the Baden Church, I was appointed superintendent of the Connellsville district, with pastoral oversight of 101 churches and 50 pastors in a four county area. During these four years, Mary Alice and I visited all of these churches at least once, and many, several times. As a member of the Bishopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cabinet, it was essential for me to be familiar with the gifts, strengths and needs of the churches and the pastors, as we carried out the responsibilities of the appointment process. During these years, I served as secretary of the cabinet, and was chosen as a delegate to the Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference where bishops are elected in the United Methodist Church.

After four years as a district superintendent, I was appointed to the Community United Methodist Church of Harrison City, a growing, visionary, suburban church on the east side of Pittsburgh, with three weekly services of traditional and contemporary worship. I worked with three consecutive associate pastors, all with unique strengths and gifts, as well as 20 paid and volunteer staff. We operated a childcare ministry for preschool and early elementary children both before and after school. We also completed a major building expansion program which more than doubled our square footage at a cost of over $4 M. Mary Alice and I have two children. Greg, who is a teaching assistant with severely disabled elementary children; and Alicia, who is a fifth grade English/literature teacher. She and her husband, Matthew, both teach in the Troy Christian Schools. They are the parents of three children, Mya (11), Aidan (9) and Max (7). They all bring joy to our hearts and excitement to our lives.

I fondly remember my years of singing with the a cappella choir at Otterbein, the conference ministerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chorus and I am still singing with the Melody Men Barbershop Chorus, and as the bass in the Noteability Quartet.

Pat Smith Caldwell 13993 Burning Tree Drive Victorville, CA 92395 760-245-1832/760-553-3015 (cell)

Spouse:

Terry Caldwell

Children:

Carrie Bershee and Christie Gabler

Grandchildren:

Jones Edward Gabler

Immediately after graduation, I taught junior high for one year in Copley, OH. I then started a master’s program in higher education – student services at Ohio State and finished it in 1967 at University of Oklahoma. A move to California quickly followed, where I started my community college career as a counselor and instructor, followed by jobs in other community colleges as dean, vice-president and president. I spent 20 years in the California community college system and another 20 years consulting with colleges and businesses. I semi-retired in 2008, but still do a little consulting. It’s hard to say “no” to friends!

I received my Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside in 1980, with dual emphasis in politics of education and management and decision-making. When I took time off to be a stay-at-home mom for a few years, I taught part-time in the MBA program at the University of Redlands nearby.

I met my husband in 1967 here in Victorville and we’ve been married for 43 years. Both of us have always been very active in the community and believe in “giving back.” I served on the local school board for ten years, and served on numerous non-profit boards. I also was a leader for our daughters’ Girl Scout troops for many years. Cookies, anyone? During this time my husband was a member of the city council and served eight terms as mayor. As you might imagine, we thrive on being busy.

Our daughters have followed in my footsteps. Carrie is a counselor in a wonderful charter high school locally, and Christie has her Ph.D. from my alma mater and teaches at Santa Monica Community College.

Terry and I have been boaters throughout our marriage. In 2012 we spent six months on our boat in the Pacific Northwest, primarily in the San Juan Islands of Washington and the Gulf Islands of Canada—just us and our dog, Matey, although we made lots of boating friends along the way – and we’d do it again in a heartbeat! Hopefully, we’ll cruise Mexico next. We’re doing lots of traveling – especially cruises (boats, you know) – with a canal cruise in France in the fall where we will charter a boat and drive it ourselves.

Terry and I agree on the important factors in our life – family, God, our values, conservative politics, community service – and we believe we have instilled those same values in our children. Fortunately, they married men who grew up in the same kinds of families with the same values. We are fortunate to live close to our girls and get to spend a lot of time with them and our 19 month old grandson. Life is good!

I have very heartfelt memories of my days at Otterbein – editing the Sybil, living in the “honor dorm” at Saum Hall, being football homecoming queen, singing in the A Capella Choir, being in a couple of plays, serving as treasurer of Theta Nu – I could go on and on. But, the most important memories are of the friendships I made there. I am so sorry we are not able to attend the Golden Reunion as I would love to see everyone again.

Terry and I with his great-granddaughter

Sue Snyder Gehret 171 W. La Pintura Green Valley, AZ 85614 520-625-3859

Spouse:

Don Gehret, realtor

Children:

Bernie (43), Portland, OR, wife E Gabriel (36), Atlanta, GA, fiancĂŠ Nikki

Grandchildren:

Laschlan

I am a retired teacher, realtor and licensed clinical professional counselor.

I am so thankful for the good times, memories and friends from Otterbein. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a nice life, and am grateful for that blessing, too.

My life has never been dull, and I guess, that is another gift from God. I love living in Arizona!

Thomas Lee Stockdale 44869 Township Road 504 Coshocton, OH 43812 740-622-3885 stockdale8622@roadrunner.com Spouse:

Cindy Stockdale

Children:

Anna Stockdale Johnson â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90, Alice Stockdale Beers â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;91, Jason Stockdale Scott Karr, Brent Karr, Katrina Karr Pfander

Grandchildren:

Maria, David and Aaron Johnson; Audrey and Evan Beers; Sarah and Noah Stockdale Ashley, Dylan, and Brayden Karr; Mackenzie Taylor

I was enrolled in three summer sessions at Otterbein and as a result all I needed to complete my senior year was my student teaching which I did at Westerville High School. I finished it on a Friday and on Monday started teaching math full time at Franklin Park Junior High School in Columbus. I was transferred to Linden McKinley High School at the end of the first semester and finished the school year there teaching chemistry. I taught chemistry at Wynford High School in Crawford County, OH, during the 1964-66 school years. I received an Academic Year Institute from the National Science Foundation and attended The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the 1966-67 school year. I earned my master's degree in a physics/ chemistry combination. Later I was enrolled in three summer NSF institutes. I taught chemistry and physics at Lucas High School in Richland County for two years and in 1969 came to Coshocton where I have been teaching since. I did some teaching in the evenings from 1989-94 for Central Ohio Technical College in Newark, OH. I am teaching physics, honors physics, advanced chemistry and advanced physics. The honors physics and advanced chemistry classes are dual enrollment classes where the students receive high school credit and four semester hours of college credit. I was selected as the Exemplary Educator for Coshocton City for the 2010-11 school year by the Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center.

Cindy is the administrative assistant to the superintendent of the Coshocton City Schools where I teach. My wife and I have been married 21 years and in that time we have taken many trips all over the country on Amtrak. Neither one of us has any desire to go on an ocean cruise, but we love river cruises. We have done seven trips- three on the Mississippi Queen, two on the Delta Queen and two on the American Queen. It is a nice leisurely way to travel and see the country. Our travels have taken us from British Columbia and Alberta to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in Canada.

We enjoy camping, traveling and doing some back roads driving in isolated portions of the west.

We are both very active in the Keene United Methodist Church and it is an important part of our lives.

Anna graduated from Otterbein in 1990 and is a Spanish teacher for Tri-Valley Schools in Dresden, Ohio. Alice graduated from Otterbein in 1991 and is a financial analyst with Cardinal Health in Dublin, OH. Jason graduated from Muskingum Area College (now Zane State) in Zanesville, OH, and is employed at the AK Steel plant below Coshocton. My children and stepchildren are all close to us except for my stepdaughter Katrina and her husband who live in Tavernier, FL. Nice.

Carol Sue Studebaker Beck 2165 Bradley Road Westlake, OH 44145 440-835-1293/440-666-5479 (cell)

Spouse:

Thomas Beck

Children:

Michelle ‘95 and Heather

Tom and I were married in June of 1965, and I moved with him to Avon, OH, where he was a music teacher in the Avon Local Schools.

There was a shortage of teachers at that time, and I went back to school at Cleveland State University to become certified to teach Business Education, which I did in the Avon Schools.

After five years of teaching, I became a stay-at-home mother, although at the same time I used my music degree by giving piano lessons and being the organist at Dover Congregational United Church of Christ in Westlake. I held that position for 30 years and still do quite a bit of substituting when needed at various churches in the area. During that time I also did a lot of accompanying of solos for Tom’s students.

I have been fortunate to travel quite a bit with Tom and his student groups. While he was a teacher we went (along with 100 students at a time!) to various states to perform in festivals.

Tom was also a director for American Music Abroad, and we have traveled to Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Hungary, England, and Wales) with students from Ohio. Now we think it would be nice to visit some of those places again – without 100 students along!

I am managing to stay quite busy with substituting as organist for churches, accompanying musicals for local high schools, and accompanying several high school students on solos for the Solo and Ensemble Contest. I also have a two-piano partner, and we work on two-piano duets and give programs two or three times a year.

Our older daughter, Michelle, followed in our footsteps and was a music major at Otterbein. She is now the orchestra director at Olentangy High School. Heather, went to Bowling Green State University where she was a Business Major and then to Ashland University to get her Administrator’s Certificate. She has taught business and is now the Athletic Director at Elyria High School.

We are quite fortunate to have our 49th wedding anniversary coming up in June, and we have lived in the same house for 43 of those years.

David K. Sturges 375 Warner Hill Road Southport, CT 06890 203-255-6553 davidsturges@sbcglobal.net Spouse:

Ellen L. Sturges, deceased in 2011

Children:

by previous marriage to Carol K. Sturges: Jeffrey (39), pilot with Delta Airlines Melissa (37) housewife, yoga instructor, social worker

With my B.A. from the college in History and English, I went on to graduate school at OSU for a master’s program. I roomed in a rented Columbus house with classmates Gene Gangl, John Muster, Tom Mignerey and Ray Loeffler. I studied under Dr. Foster Rhea Dulles, then head of the Graduate School History Department. I had gratefully found my academic bearings at Otterbein and plunged on toward contemplated goals of writing and government service. I worked part time for the Ohio State Museum during its accession of the Harding Presidential Papers. In 1966, I ran out of draft deferments before I could get by some difficult course work and do my thesis.

To keep ahead of the Selective Service posse, I quickly joined the Navy as a journalist and after boot camp was sent to the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in Vietnam. In 1968, I was ordered to the Pentagon as Flag Journalist on the personal staff of the Chief of Naval Operations, then Admiral Thomas H. Moorer. (More details of my long and lucky Navy career are in the military service section of this booklet and University Alumni records). Decorated and commissioned in Washington, I continued in the Naval Reserve for 16 years, studying further in Command and Staff and International Affairs course work at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I., while serving as station Public Affairs Officer at the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center in New Haven, CT. I retired as a Lieutenant Commander, with a full 20 years of service in 1986.

My parallel civilian occupation for 20 years was as a senior technical writer for United Technologies in the Pratt and Whitney and Hamilton Standard Divisions. At Pratt, I wrote maintenance and overhaul manuals for military jet engines, including the J-58 powering the SR-71 “Blackbird” surveillance aircraft. At Hamilton Standard, I was on the team doing the cabin ventilation system manuals for the Space Shuttle, then in its early use by NASA. I retired from UTC in 1993.

My son Jeff had always wanted to fly since his sandbox days and I put him through Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and he has been a commercial pilot for over 15 years, first with American Eagle and now with Delta Airlines. He and wife Marsha, an elementary school teacher, are residing in Haddam, CT. Daughter, Melissa is a graduate of St. Michaels

Gramps with Cole and Eliza on the beach in Nantucket

College and a master’s graduate of the University of Vermont in the field of educational psychology and social work.

She has put down some Buckeye roots for the family with husband, John, President of the Kappus Company in Rocky River, just west of Cleveland. They live in nearby Clifton Park within Lakewood. I can’t resist saying that I ‘m proud as punch of both kids and by July John Henry, John & Melissa Kappus; they will have produced between them Eliza, Cole, Jeffrey & Marsha Sturges four grandchildren for “Gramps” to nurture, mentor and hopefully control the spoiling impulse which comes too easily to we grey hairs.

Finally, in 1994, I started my own business, Information Design, in Southport, doing small contract writing projects for clients. At the same time, I was active in local and state politics, serving on zoning, conservation and planning boards in nearby towns of Killingworth and Fairfield.

Recently, having lost Ellen to cancer three years ago, I am slowly getting used to life alone and being furiously busy with local town history work and also with the Naval History Foundation .

An additional task is my continuing restoration on a landmark old house she left me, which is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Door’s open for any classmates passing by whenever they’re east of the Alleghenys. I stay active in my old home church, Trinity Episcopal in Southport, a parish over 289 years old, the second oldest in the Connecticut Diocese. At 72, I am a firm believer in the senior fitness chestnut of “If you don’t keep using it, you’ll lose it.” Complete retirement—what’s that??

Ellen and I in 2010

An aging vet with his old ship in 2012

William H. Swan Jr. 101 Swan Drive Connellsville, PA 15425 724-628-8844/724-880-0743 (cell) swange@cvzoom.net Spouse:

Andrea J. Swan, retired elementary school teacher (36 yrs), married July 18, 1964

Children:

Bill (47), Kelly (45), Amy (41) and Tim (37)

Grandchildren:

Sam (23), Jacob (21), Tyler (19), Logan (17), Nicholas (17), Aly (14), Noah (14), Aunah (11), Hannah Belle (8), Claire (6) and Lily Grace (2)

After graduation in 1964, I returned to our family business, Swan’s Appliances and Furniture Store in Connellsville. Andrea and I were married in 1964 and will celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary this July. We raised four children and now have 11 grandchildren. Our family business celebrated 80 years of being in business before I retired in 2001. We were fortunate enough to travel to many countries thanks to the General Electric Company.

Andrea and I have served on many boards and organizations in our community. Now that we are retired, we still help with many projects in our town and with our church, Otterbein United Methodist Church. We have attended many sporting events while the children were growing up and that hasn’t come to a halt. Now, we attend many basketball games, wrestling matches and soccer games and watch our grandchildren in action.

I was honored to serve on Otterbein’s Board of Trustees for a few years and enjoyed my time on the board very much. I always looked forward to returning to Westerville. Our daughter, Amy, teaches in Westerville, at Huber Ridge, so we do get back to Westerville to visit. Can you believe my roommate, Dick Scheu, lives fives minutes from our daughter?

Our town awards distinguished citizen and service awards and I was honored to receive the Distinguished Citizen Award in 2008 from the Connellsville Chamber of Commerce.

My hobby was collecting classic cars and spending my Saturdays at car shows and parades. I was very fortunate to attend the Barrett Jackson Auction in Arizona for three years.

After reading this, I’m sure you will agree with me that I have been blessed.

Andrea and I in the locker room at Heinz Field

Aly and Aunah Jacob, Logan and Tyler

Hannah, Claire and Lily

Noah, Sam and Nick

Esther Swartz Kester 14 W. Dixon Avenue Dayton, OH 45419 937-2947-1136 Peachysnana@aol.com Spouse:

Jim Kester, graduated from MIT, USAF, retired, now a military contractor, married, July 3, 1976

Children:

Deborah and Robert

Grandchildren:

Kristen

Can it truly be 50 years from Otterbein and all the memories that it gave to each of us? Time has a way of creeping by and so here we are in 2014!

Upon graduation, I taught in Geneva, OH, schools. During the summers, I was invited to be on the ground floor level of the Head Start program in Ohio. I received my master’s at Edinboro University, PA. Following this, I received one of the first certifications for reading supervision from Akron University, OH. That experience enticed me to leave the classroom and begin a reading lab for grades four through six, then become the district reading supervisor. When I remarried, I moved to Omaha, NE, where my husband was stationed. This took me into the Ralston school district as a supervisor. This was such a happy time while being there for two years. Although we were told we would be in Omaha for five years, we were sent to Zweibrucken AFB in Germany in 1978. Jim was the chief weather officer. Upon returning to the U.S., we were sent to Dayton, OH, to Wright Patterson AFB and a teaching position in eighth grade at the junior high. (I was anxious that change would be scary, but it ended up being my favorite level of all.) Moreover, this brought us back to Ohio, where our parents lived and would be able to see more of them.

It was an honor that I was nominated and received Teacher of the Year awards in all three of the districts where I was employed.

Since retiring in 1998, my life has been filled because our son, daughter and her family, especially our granddaughter, Kristen, all live within one mile of each other. I find myself fortunate and blessed as many cannot be near this grandchildren. In addition, becoming active in our church, Christ United Methodist, was one of my goals. Presently, managing our growing bookstore there, is my way of serving with joy. For fun, I drive to Cincinnati, OH, to work for a friend in her interior design studio. Additionally, reading and scrapbooking (a little lazy there) are my major hobbies.

I had a heart attack in October while in Milwaukee watching Kristen fence at a national tournament. This has given “exercise” a new dimension. However, my hospital outpatient therapy will end in two weeks. I look forward to traveling again.

Robert D. (Bob) Townsend 3106 Lancer Lane Cincinnati, OH 45329-7675 513-481-3937/513-520-0443 (cell)

Spouse:

Rupa B. Townsend, retired high school principal, Cincinnati Public Schools, married February 27, 1987

Children:

Neil (25), graduate research associate, The Ohio State University, master’s degree in public administration (May 2014)

Upon graduation in June 1964, I left Otterbein College and the Quiet Peaceful Village and accepted a high school chemistry/general science teaching position with the New Washington City Schools (Crawford County), OH. During my third year there I was awarded a National Science Foundation Academic Year Institute (AYI) award to pursue my master’s degree in science education. Thus began my educational experience with The Ohio State University.

I then accepted a chemistry/physics high school teaching position with the Grandview Heights City Schools in Columbus, OH. Prepared, I thought, for a lifelong high school teaching career, I became science department chairperson and taught there for ten years.

In 1978, I realized higher education was calling me and entered an interdisciplinary doctoral program through the Graduate School at The Ohio State University majoring in environmental education, research design and statistics, and environmental pollution control. I completed my doctorate in 1982 which led to an assignment with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) in waste water treatment in Cincinnati, OH. With the change in politics in Washington, D.C. and the impending threatened dismantling of the USEPA, I returned to public education accepting a position with the Cincinnati Public Schools. Thus began an 18-year career with the district where I served as a science teacher, elementary/secondary K-12 science supervisor, director of magnet schools, and director of human resources. I was blessed to lead the development and implementation of the first public Montessori high school in the United States – Clark Montessori. This school has been continuously honored as one of the outstanding high schools in the United States today.

In 2000, I ended my public school career and retired. Within two weeks, I was employed by Xavier University where I continue to be employed in 2014. I serve as accreditation coordinator for the School of Education where I am responsible for national and state accreditation plus all data reporting to the federal government (Title II) and the Ohio Board of Regents. The School is currently piloting a new national accreditation model for the Ohio

Rupa and Neil, Montessori graduation

Board of Regents. I also serve as an adjunct professor teaching educational research (EDFD 507), educational research paper (EDFD 508) and sports research and statistics (SPMG 522).

With the implementation of the new doctoral program in educational leadership in the summer of 2014, I will be teaching a course in statistics and data analyses. I firmly believe that if one does not keep active teaching and “use it,” one will lose it.

I have always believed that Otterbein College played a key role in the acquisition of my academic skills (although I would not have been perceived as an academic at the “bein” – a late bloomer) and my leadership ability. I was honored to have Dr. Roy H. Turley as my advisor – a great professor and an outstanding human being. Other greats included Professor Fred Thayer (speech), Dr. William O. Amy (religion), Frau Dr. Elizabeth O’Bear (German), and Dr. John Coulter (English). Who can forget Dr. Harold Hancock? I was not a history major but he made American history a memorable experience.

It is hard to believe it has been 50 years since my graduation from Otterbein College. I have been blessed by God with a beautiful, loving family and a professional life where I like to believe I have made a difference in the lives of high school students, teachers, and college students. It has been a great ride and it all began at Otterbein College.

Rupa and I at Hoover Dam

Ricki Walchner Blair 370 N. Alpha Bellbrook Road Beavercreek, OH 45434-6228 937-429-1136/937-266-2988 Jesseblr@aol.com Spouse:

Jess Blair ‘64

Children:

Jesse ’90 and Daniel

Grandchildren:

Katelyn and Ashlyn

Whenever I reminisce about my four years at Otterbein, a long list of memories come to my mind. I think of dorm life, housemothers, lunch at Barlow Hall, TEM sorority, beanies, coke dates, football games and track meets, Mrs. Frank, professors and classes, and meeting special friends. Some of my Otterbein friends are still among my best friends today. But the best was meeting my husband, Jess, during our sophomore year. We married in our senior year, and recently celebrated our 50th Wedding Anniversary. We were married on a beautiful fall day, October 19, 1963, in Ashland Kentucky. After a weekend together, we returned to Otterbein to finish the year as a married couple.

After graduation, Jess went into the Air Force as a pilot and I became an elementary teacher.

The Air Force moved us to Oklahoma, California, Georgia, and Florida. In 1967 while we were stationed in Orlando, Florida, our first son, Jesse, was born. After seven years in the Air Force and too many tours in Vietnam, Jess got out of the regular Air Force, went to Graduate School at the Ohio State University and joined the Ohio National Guard at Rickenbacker. He still flew the KC135, the refueling tanker.

Meanwhile, I taught in the Gahanna School System to help support the family. We lived in Columbus while Jess finished graduate school and then worked as a computer software engineer in a research bank. In 1967, our second son, Daniel, was born. Shortly after Daniel’s birth, Jess was offered a job as a researcher at the Air Force Research Laboratory and we moved to Beavercreek, OH. Jess worked at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, as a research engineer specializing in avionics for future aircraft. He continued to fly with the National Guard, while I worked as a teacher in the Brookville School System. I was a “looping” teacher, meaning I got the students as third graders and taught them for two years. It was a very rewarding and interesting position. I earned my master’s degree at the University of Dayton.

In 1991 Jess was activated for the Gulf War and flew out of the Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for most of the war. He returned home after the war and slowly started his retirement from the Air National Guard after 29 years of service.

Flying was still a big part of his life, so he flew small airplanes just for pleasure with the Aero Club on base. We would fly to Cincinnati just to have dinner! What fun that was!

Our two sons attended the Beavercreek Schools and then continued on to college with Jesse Jr. graduating from Otterbein and Daniel graduating from The Ohio State University. Jesse and his wife, Julie, have two daughters. Katelyn is four and Ashlyn is one year old. We love being grandparents and spending time with them. Jesse is a high school teacher. Daniel is married to Ellie, and is an architect living in Washington D.C. Jess retired from flying as a veteran of Vietnam, Desert Shield, Desert Storm, and Bosnia actions. In 2002, he also retired from the Air Force Research Laboratory. I retired from a career in teaching in 2004. During our marriage, Jess traveled the world as a pilot and together we traveled before and after our retirement. We have been fortunate to have traveled to Spain, Peru, Egypt, England, Italy, Croatia, and of course to my homeland Germany. We believe seeing different places in the world make us appreciate what we have in America. We recently built a second home in Florida and are enjoying our golden years with summers in Ohio and all our winters in the sunshine state of Florida.

To celebrate our 50th Anniversary, we took a trip to Europe for three weeks in June, 2013, and later had a 50th Anniversary Party on our wedding date of October 19. We traveled to Bebenhausen, Germany to visit my family home and friends of our family. Then, we traveled to Switzerland to tour Lucerne. This Swiss city is called the “Swiss Paradise on the Lake” and has an old covered Chapel Bridge at its center. The next stop was Brienz, Switzerland where our family nativity set was hand carved. We were able to tour the workshop and meet the carver who made several of our pieces. While we were in Switzerland, we took cable cars to the top of Mount Pilatus and the Santis Mountain. The mountain tops were very windy, snow covered, but the views were awesome. Then we traveled back into Germany where we went to Nuremberg. For me, this stop was the highlight of the trip because we got to tour the actual tunnels where my aunt helped hide the German art treasures during World War Two. We then traveled by bus and headed to Prague in the Czech Republic. We spent a week in the Golden City and saw the Prague Castle, Old Town, Charles Bridge, Jewish Quarter, and many churches. What a beautiful city and what a wonderfully romantic city for our second honeymoon. The last leg of the trip was to Berlin where we had a charming visit with my cousin, Ulrike Seidel. It was great to sit and talk to catch up with each other’s children and personal activities. It was a nice way to end a great trip.

Once we got home, we began the task of planning a large reception to celebrate our 50th Anniversary. People who attended included friends from different eras of our life: people we grew up with, high school and college friends, colleagues from work and military, neighbors and family members. It was definitely a great celebration for such an important milestone in our married life. This winter we have also been enjoying our Florida home and have been visiting with some of our Otterbein friends who come to visit Southwest Florida or who live in the local area.

We are looking forward to this special Otterbein reunion and to reconnecting with classmates whom we haven’t seen in a long time!

Frances (Frankie) Wellons O’Toole 160 College Circle Connelly Springs, NC 28612 828-448-5561 (cell)

Spouse:

Martin O’Toole

Children:

Kevin, Kelly and Marcy

Following graduation, I entered United Theological Seminary in Dayton, OH. I graduated in 1966 with a master’s degree in religious education. From there, I served several churches in northeast Ohio as director of education. I met my husband while serving in Willoughby, OH, and we married in September of 1969.

Our first children, Kevin and Kelly, were born in July of 1970. I continued working and our youngest, Marcy, was born in August of 1972. I "retired" when the twins were in fifth grade to become a full time mom.

Kelly graduated from Greensboro College in 1988, and has been a special needs teacher in high school ever since that time. Kevin graduated from E. Tennessee State in 1989 with a degree in business and has been in marketing ever since. Marcy graduated from Carson Newman College and has been with Enterprise Rent-A-Car since then.

I have dabbled in some part-time positions totally unrelated to my education, but I really wanted to continue to be the mom who spent as much time with my children as they could stand. I was with Mary Kay Cosmetics for fourteen years as a consultant and director and even earned a car.

After some time in "retirement" I went to work at Fiserv, a call center that services several large banks, especially Bank of America. That was a very challenging position where I learned how important it is to treat call center reps with kindness and respect!

I am now fully retired and live with my husband and my daughter, Kelly, who was kind enough to open her home to us. We live downstairs and have our own living space and love it.

We are so blessed that our daughters have opened their homes to their cousins who were taken from their homes. Kelly has two teenage boys for whom she is a foster parent and hoping to adopt soon. Marcy is guardian for the boy's two nieces who are three and four years old. Kevin helps his sisters in any way he can. They are beautiful children who are the grandchildren I don't have.

God has blessed me with a happy and full life.

Dale E. Weston 611 Crissy Drive Jacksonville, NC 28540

Spouse:

Kathleen A. Weston

Children:

Andy, Melinda and Ben

Grandchildren:

five

I retired from the air Force as a Major at the end of July 1985.

I completed some graduate education courses at the University of Akron, obtained a teaching certificate and moved to a job teaching high school English and later county testing coordinator in Jacksonville, NC. I retired from the county school system in 1999. We are happy in eastern North Carolina with no plans to ship out again.

We remain active in community affairs, mainly concerned with clean water and public health.

I serve on several boards and committees including the Restoration Advisory Board for Camp Lejeune, the Onslow County Planning Board and am president of the White Oak-New Riverkeeper Alliance.

The remaining military connections include attending the Marine Corps Air Station Chapel, playing racquetball at the base gym and keeping a sailboat at the Camp Lejeune marina. The kayak, canoes, power boat and windsurfers stay at home. Boating is the enduring (but no longer burning) interest. I still like to read.

Our family life has been good. We count three children and five grandchildren. Andy heads the English department at Superior High School in Superior, WI. Melinda is designing and selling women’s accessories in Brooklyn, NY. Ben is drillin’ and fillin’ teeth in Greensboro, NC. The oldest grandchild is a senior in high school and Jack, the youngest, at age three is pretty much ready to catch all of them. Life goes on!

Sandra Williams Bennett 3998 Silvaner Drive Gahanna, OH 43230 614-471-4088 sandy@nearbennett.com Love of my Life:

Dick Bennett ‘63

Children:

Rick (1970) and his wife, Anne (1968)

Grandchildren:

Emily (17), Nathan (14)

Otterbein changed my life in so many wonderful ways. Professor Jim Grissinger led me into a long career in speech communications and gave me a job in the speech and theatre department.

Dick Bennett ’63 and I were married in 1963 before my senior year. Upon graduating, I took a teaching position at Reynoldsburg High School in English and speech. I loved being a teacher and received lots of kudos for creating a debate team, a radio station, and performances of “Diary of Anne Frank.” I am still in touch with some of my students from the 1960s. I have wonderful memories of my teaching days.

In the late 1960s, Dick and I traveled for two Christmases to Montserrat, an island in the British West Indies. Dick is an active ham radio operator, currently his call sign is K8MZ (formerly K8EHU). I received my first license in Montserrat and became VP2ML; later in the States, I was licensed as WB8ACF. The island of Montserrat and its people were beautiful and we were so saddened when the volcano which we had climbed, erupted a few years ago and destroyed the populated side of the island.

I decided to go to graduate school at The Ohio State University and in three years got my MA and PhD and had our son, Rick. My next career move was to an administrative position at the OSU College of Medicine where I produced and moderated radio and television programs for continuing education in medicine, nursing, and pharmacy. That brought together my loves for teaching and communications and introduced me to the fields in health care.

Then the Ohio Nurses Association asked me to join their organization, which lasted 27+ years. I started as an assistant executive director and finished as director of communications. I edited and wrote for the monthly magazine, planned media events, spoke to thousands of nurses and nursing students, served as a registered lobbyist and testified before the Ohio Legislature, and worked as a labor organizer in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.

One of the highlights of my career at ONA was being able to be the only American reporter for a daily newspaper published in 5 languages, with a circulation of 10,000 nurses, in Tokyo, Japan.

The national committee for continuing education in nursing and the first non-nurse to be inducted Dick and I in Cowan

into the Cornelius Leadership Congress. I was not a nurse, but loved working for nurses and the nursing profession.

I also traveled to Spain for business while I was with ONA. Following my tenure with ONA, I had a yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contract with McGraw Hill to edit reading textbooks for the state of Florida. That was certainly interesting. Then I joined the marketing staff at Abbott Nutrition (formerly Ross Labs), from which I retired in 2007.

Since retirement, Dick and I have greatly enjoyed having more time with our son Rick, daughter-in-law Anne, and grandchildren Emily (age 17) and Nathan (age 14). Dick and I took a two-week trip to Alaska which we just loved and are looking forward to going to Hawaii soon. Our son recently took us back to Otterbein to relive our days there and take lots of pictures around campus, especially back stage at Cowan where we got engaged 51 years ago.

Yes, Otterbein changed my life and I look forward to celebrating with all of you in April 2014. My wish is for you all to have good health and lots of love in your life.

Susan (Sue) Williams Scheu 8113 Hillingdon Drive Powell, OH 43065 740-881-3982 rsuscheu@aol.com Spouse:

Dick Scheu â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;64

Children:

Jeffrey, Jennifer, Stephanie

Grandchildren:

Katie, Betsy and Lilly Scheu; Hayden and Charlie Coss

Dick and I were married in June after graduation from Otterbein which also gives us something special to celebrate this year. We moved to Powell, Ohio (northwest Columbus) from Troy, MI, in September 2004 and are now full fledged Buckeyes in addition to Otterbein supporters.

I taught kindergarten in the Dayton school system for a few years then stayed at home to raise our three children. I also taught for nine years at St. Paul United Methodist church preschool in Dayton, OH. While in Dayton, Dick returned to the University of Dayton to get a MBA degree.

After a 37 ½ year successful career with General Motors Financial Staff with assignments in Dayton; Detroit; Paris, France; and Pontiac/Auburn Hills, MI, Dick retired in 2001. The plan was and is to stay healthy, help with the kids and enjoy our grandkids. Jeffrey located in Shanghai, China, is a General Motors engineer and is married to Angela Hunter. They have three girls. Stephanie is a realtor/broker inColumbus, OH and has two boys. Jennifer, also in Columbus, is our nurse in the family.

Active involvement with grand children and Powell United Methodist church committees and choir keeps me busy. Dick and I both enjoy dining with good friends, a glass of wine, beaches, Florida in the winter and traveling throughout the U.S., Europe and now, China.

The four years at Otterbein were a great foundation for us to start our life together. Reflecting back some of the most memorable were: -Personal friendships that have remained over the years -College sports and lasting relationships -Trips to and from college at breaks with local students who had a car -Fraternity and sorority brothers and sisters and activities that gave us a common bond at that time -Teachers, coaches and others that helped us through the tougher times -Campus activities ie: chapel, the union, Barlow Hall, library, date night, jobs held to support us -Off campus activities ie: dances at the Valley Dale, venturing uptown or DQ .

We are looking forward to seeing everyone this spring.

Donna Wolfe Becker 927 Ellston Street Colorado Springs, CO 80907 719-598-4038 donnabecker@q.com Spouse:

Dr. Lee A. Becker, deceased

Children:

Brian and Kevin Becker

Grandchildren:

Brandon and Kaden Becker

I have had an idyllic and charmed life, from childhood in the hills of southern Ohio, swinging across ravines on vines, exploring creeks and critters thereabouts with my siblings, tending a milk cow, chickens, rabbits and a big vegetable garden, camping across the USA from one park to the next, including Dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s endless road-trip discussions on the meaning of life, and gathering around Mom at the piano for family sing-a-longs. Ah, those were the days!

When I became interested in foreign cultures and languages, my dad tipped me off about Otterbein where he knew the Rosselots were using what was then an experimental immersion film -text method for teaching French. I fell for it hook, line and sinker and came out thinking and speaking in French, a passion that has lasted me to this day. What luck! I hereby express a huge thanks and tribute to Otterbein and the Rosselots for their homemade, but ground-breaking work in language training. A similar, but multi-million dollar program came out some years later on video from Yale, and was used all over the country. Having found my second life language through this method, I loved using it with my students through most of my teaching career.

As it turned out, I was at Otterbein only two years. Admissions allowed me to transfer credits from Laval University in Quebec, Strasbourg University in France and International Christian University in Tokyo to complete my program.

When I returned to Otterbein for my BA, I had already completed two quarters towards my MA in French from OSU, where I first taught. It was at Ohio State that I met the love of my life. He was a psychologist, a hot air balloon pilot, a Minnesota water skier and ice skater for starters. Together we explored the earth from under the sea to the mountain tops and all the visual and performing arts we could squeeze in between.

Imagine my delight (after U of MD in DC and U of MO, where we both taught), when Lee got a position at the U of CO-Colorado Springs (UCCS), in 1976. We were able to live and raise our two sons just a couple of miles from the Garden of the Gods, my favorite landmark on earth since childhood. I taught part time at UCCS for 16 years while also founding and managing the Foreign Language Center in town where, with a team of language specialists, my other family, we taught, interpreted (in the courts, hospitals and schools) and translated many languages for 23 years.

The Leap In 2011, I picked up the piece of wood for The Leap, while out on a walk. I was amazed on returning home to notice that it was essentially a ready-made, delightful, humanoid form. I glued on the dried, seed-head of a wildflower that I’d brought home with me from France some years before, and stuck the stick into a rock that had its own hole in it (which I had also picked up years before).

I’ve always picked up interesting pieces of wood, stones, shells, bones, etc., just for their pleasing shapes, colors and textures. This stuff sits all over my yard, house, garage and shed. After The Leap, I started focusing on making quite a few more of these whimsical earth art pieces, not all humanoid, but other sorts of critters, too. I get a huge kick out of it.

Since Lee’s death and my retirement in 2001, I have thoroughly enjoyed volunteering with the Friends of Garden of the Gods (of which I am a board member), an array of local arts activities, hiking, yoga, travel and, of course, my family. My older son, a computer programmer who has just placed a new app, PhilanthroPal, in the Apple Store, lives here in Colorado Springs with his wife and two sons (12 and 9). My younger son lives with his wife in Waikiki and manages a bicyAt the Summit cle courier service for lawyers. We are a four -generation band of Beckers (my 2 grandsons to their great grandma), who morph from football and basketball mania during the school year here in Colorado Springs, to water sports at our northern MN lake retreat in the summer, where I am the self-appointed grounds keeper. Visitors are welcome both in CO and MN. Come see me.

Big Bird

Charles (Chuck) E. Zech 7696 Coldbrook Lane Cincinnati, OH 45255 513-624-9882 chuckymca@aol.com Spouse:

Virginia C. Leader â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;65, married April 14, 1965

Children:

Richard C. Zech (46) and June E. Coooper (44)

Grandchildren:

Caitlin Courtney (13), John Francis (12) and Conor Patrick (8) Zech

Upon graduation from Otterbein College, I attended the U.S. Air Force Air Intelligence School, in Denver, CO. I graduated in April 1965. Following my marriage to Virginia C. Leader, in late April, I reported to Langley AFB, in Hampton, VA. I served as an air intelligence officer for the 463rd Troop Carrier Wing. The Wing was made up of C-130â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

After six months, the entire Wing was deployed to the Philippines. Two squadrons were stationed, at Mactan Island across from Cebu Island, in the southern Philippines. Two squadrons were stationed at Clark AFB, in Manila, Philippines. Since I was assigned to Mactan AFB, I spent a year overseas unaccompanied. My dear wife remained behind, in Hampton, VA, and taught second grade for the Hampton School District.

I spent four months at Clark AFB briefing aircrews on reported ground fire in Vietnam and how to escape and evade the enemy, if shot down. One of my most taxing experiences was attending the Jungle Survival School, in the Philippines. The final test required me and my partner, to evade capture by members of a Pigmy race, in the Philippines. Within four hours, we had been captured, however, we had poker chips, to barter for our life and this got us to the next day. They could exchange the poker chips for five pounds of rice. We were given two flares to signal a helicopter for our successful extraction. I also traveled to Vietnam and made several stops within the country. While overseas, we lost one C-130 aircrew. The plane was carrying a load of ammunition and may have been hit by a 50 caliber round causing a mid-air explosion.

Upon my return to the continental U.S., I was assigned to Bergstrom AFB, Austin, TX. I was a targets officer with 602nd Direct Air Support Squadron. On occasion, we traveled to Fort Hood ARMY Base, in Ft. Hood, TX, to work with the Army on maneuvers by providing close air support. After two years in Texas, I resigned from active duty. I had reached the rank of Captain. I remained for two more years as a member of the in-active reserve , to fulfill my military commitment. In the mean time, I began my career with the YMCA. My YMCA career began in Mt. Vernon, OH, as a program director, from September 1968 until April 1972. I taught swimming lessons, organized youth basketball leagues, led exercise classes for men and helped plan all youth activities. Besides organizing programs, I helped raise money to support our charitable work in the community.

In the spring of 1972, I moved to Cincinnati, OH, and I served as a branch executive, at several facilities. I had the opportunity to operate five facilities with the responsibility to supervise staff, work with volunteers, raise money, provide programs, and operate a balanced budget. I did that for 22 years. My greatest achievement was to serve as a vice president of the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati, in operations. A position I held for five years. In that capacity, I supervised ten branches and had financial accountability for $6 million dollars, in operating income. I also

district school board, and Sandy started her involvement with Jr. Woman’s Club. In 1975, the partnership of the business declined, and was responsible for developing and implementing the marketing plan for our city-wide membership initiatives. I served for three years, as the director of facilities. I had responsibility for all capital improvements, to the Association’s facilities and any major maintenance repairs, to the existing buildings.

All together, I worked for the YMCA for 33 and one half years. I retired in March of 2002. The YMCA of Greater Cincinnati presented me with the “Award of Excellence” in recognition of my service to the Cincinnati YMCA. The award was presented by actor, Danny Glover, at the Association annual meeting, in March 2002.

I was fortunate to have a family which supported my YMCA career. I enjoyed a very fulfilling career with the YMCA. Since retirement, I have traveled eight times to Mexico, on mission trips. On three trips, I traveled with doctors and nurses and worked as a Spanish interpreter. On five other occasions, I worked with members of my church serving orphanages, in Monterrey, Mexico, through Back2Back Ministries. I have been very active with church choir, men’s volunteer group, Eastern Hills Exchange Club and performing other tasks as needed. I continue to enjoy good health and my retirement. My favorite hobby is coin collecting. I play golf and love to watch the Cincinnati Reds.

Thanks to Otterbein University for launching me on my way.

Sam Ziegler 10533 Plum Creek Drive Shreveport, LA 71106 318-798-2826 szigs1@bellsouth.net Spouse:

Sandy Joseph Ziegler ‘64

Children:

Scott and Shane

On day in April of ’64, my Pi Sig fraternity brother, Chuck Johnson, said to me, “I’m going to join the Navy, want to come along?” Chuck signed that day, I opted for September and a summer of work and fun. I did manage to graduate that June, and then it was off New Mexico. As I went west, Sandy Joseph headed east with The Boyfriend, Dodrill and the gang, to support the USO in the Northern Command. (But I will let her tell her story) I was not home two days, worked one, and the call came from the Navy, report for physical the following day, and report to Officer Candidate School, New Port, RI, within 90 hours.

Vietnam was gearing up.

There is an interesting story connected to my trip east, but to keep it simple, I meet up with Chuck in CT, and we drove in Chuck’s car to the base. For the next five months we worked together in Charlie Company to pass and graduate. October commissioned us “ninety day wonder” Navy Ensigns and off we went to fight the war. Sandy was able to come to the graduation, and we became engaged at that time. Then I headed to Charleston, SC, and special training in mine warfare, supply for small combatants, and damage control.

Following graduation from these schools, Sandy and I were married in Portsmouth, OH, and then off to Long Beach, CA, where I was to meet my ship, the USS Excel MSO – 439, an ocean going mine sweeper. What was to be six months of shore time, became three weeks and I was deployed, headed to Vietnam waters, Sandy left to learn about military life on her own.

Basically, until October of ’67, I was at sea – weather at home or deployed. Being assigned to a small combatant, I was quickly qualified as Officer of the Deck Underway, and enjoyed the responsibilities of department head. My active duty time was challenging, with long deployments, but very rewarding. Following active duty, I joined the Naval Reserve, and went on to spend another 26 years filled with travel, commands, and responsibility.

In January of ’67, I deployed to Vietnam for a second tour. Six days after departure, our first son, Scott, was born in Espanola, NM. (I’ll let Sandy tell the story) There is an interesting story about my discharge from active duty, but I think that Sandy can tell that better than I. However, following discharge, we found employment with F & R Lazarus in Columbus, OH, and ultimately moved to Westerville. I worked as a department head and buyer for Lazarus until 1970. Our second son, Shane, was born in 1969 in Columbus, and remains a diehard OSU fan to this day. By the end of 1971, I had an opportunity to go into business with a small fabrics, custom drapery establishment in Santa Fe, NM. We enjoyed this city and good friends until 1975. During these years, I became

the president of the Downtown Santa Fe Merchants, ran for district school board, and Sandy started her involvement with Junior Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club. In 1975, the partnership of the business declined and I went on to travel in sales through CO and NM. In 1977, this travel lead to a management position with Cloth World, Inc. Sandy, I and the boys moved with Cloth World from Albuquerque, to Springfield, MO, to El Paso, TX, and finally to Shreveport, LA, where I had district responsibilities for Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, East Texas, and West Tennessee.

I traveled for Cloth World until 1984, at which time Sandy and I went out on our own and purchased a small offset printing company. Talk about a learning curve. This was our life, along with another sign company we bought until the fall of 1999. During this time I spent many nights over a five year period working on my masters, and in December, 1996, I graduated from LSU Shreveport with a masters of Education. We sold the printing business 2000, Shane ran the sign company, Scott was with a lawn management company in Birmingham, AL, Sandy, at the time worked for a fine jewelry company located in one of the casinos here on the Red River and supported Shane with the AA Rubber Stamp and Sign Company until we sold that in 2007, and I went off to teach in a medium size high school in Mansfield, LA, about 40 miles from home. I thought I would teach for 3 or 4 years and retire. Now, in 2014, I am finishing my 14 year of biology, chemistry, and physics, and coaching football, girls volleyball (three district championships), and girls softball. The coaching I relinquished this year. In 2004, Scott left his job in Birmingham, and joined me teaching the sciences at Mansfield High. Shane is in Dallas, TX, in pharmaceutical sales.

Sandy and I have had the opportunity to travel some in the last number of years. We enjoy most the Caribbean, and look for a different island to visit on each jaunt. Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Bahamas, Caribbean cruise, and some fun places in Mexico.

Sandy has traveled with the Otterbein group to the Greek Isles, and we traveled to Russia with my Mother. For me, the Navy Reserve traveled me to Hawaii and Korea, at least three times, and Turkey to name several.

Now, most of my time is spent working on being prepared for class. However, I did manage to attain a black belt in Tae-Kwon-do, ran for city council, build decks, read, run, and collect a few stamps.

Someone mentioned that our class won Scrap Day. I remember that I was one of the Freshmen to be assigned to the sac race. I did not get my sac over the line, but the Soph. did not either. He was a big guy, seemed to be about twice my size, but a draw was good for me, and I think we won by one sack across the line.

There are lots of other stories to be told, but this is enough for now.

Sharon Zundel Sundial 81 Crosslands Drive Kennett Square, PA 19348 610-388-1260 ssundial01@verizon.net I begin my 50th Anniversary remembrance by noting that I transferred to Otterbein in my junior year when my sister, Charlene, entered as a freshman, so my ties to OC may not be as strong as some of you. I have not been back to campus for many years and look forward to renewing acquaintances this April.

After graduating with a BS in Elementary Ed, I moved to Cleveland where I taught briefly. I explored inner city church related social work which I studied at the Oberlin Theological School where I received an MA in 1968. My career path eventually led to work with elders and I earned an MSW from Case Western Reserve University in 1980. My field, for 25 years, was community based long term care, first in Cleveland and later in Arlington, VA. (Hopefully I learned some things that I am applying to my own aging!)

Not one to jump into things, I remained single until marrying David Voorhees (now Peacefull*) in Cleveland in May of 1985. He worked for the federal government and we moved to Arlington, VA, due to a job transfer the same year. We have no children and few living relatives. My sister, Charlene, moved to Cleveland after finishing college in 1966. She married Marvin Nevans (also Class of 1966) in 1968. They have no children but are close to Marvâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extended family. We see them regularly and share many similar interests.

Dave and I both retired early in 2000. Mine was an early retirement and I thought I would likely work part time at some point. I have not found time to do so! We kept quite busy with volunteering, exercising, gardening, and the cultural/historical abundance of the DC area. We both enjoy music, theater and movies as well as museums. We like to travel and especially enjoy natural settings like the our National Parks. We have visited Alaska twice and been to Europe several times. A treasured summer tradition has become a week or two at our favorite â&#x20AC;&#x153;summer camp for intellectualsâ&#x20AC;? - the Chautauqua Institution in western NY state.

Over the years, much of my volunteer work has been with churches where I have taken leadership in environmental and peace education efforts in particular. Dave and I became active in the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington soon after moving there in 1985. We found our extended family within this stimulating community of about 1000 members.

Dave and I agreed that we wanted to spend the final period of our lives in a CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community) and that moving sooner rather than later had its merits. We devoted much thought and exploration to this important decision over a number of years. Also, since Dave is 10 years older than I am, we proceeded more quickly than I might have otherwise.

We decided to leave the congestion of the DC area and moved to the Kendal -Crosslands Retirement Community in southeast Pennsylvania two years ago. The downsizing and moving process (after 25 years in the same house) were daunting yet we kept reminding ourselves that this would be our last move. We are grateful to have that behind us! We enjoy our wooded community of about 350 elders where those in “independent living” plan all our own activities (through 90 committees). We are grateful for the many available services and conveniences plus a new extended family. We are enjoying getting to know the beautiful and historic Brandywine River Valley near Wilmington, Delaware and I am “in heaven” volunteering at Longwood Gardens, a world class horticultural and performing arts site right next door!

One final note: In case you’re wondering, I added Sundial to my name legally after the age of fifty. The name was a nick name a friend gave me. I find it uplifting and that it reminds me of my connection to the earth. It’s also easy for people to spell and remember..... Dave also adopted the name Peacefull legally (since I did). He searched for a unique name which reminds him of personal values and ethics.

Otterbein Love Song Words by Celia Ihrig Grabill `1900 • Music by Glenn Grant Grabill `1900

In a quiet peaceful village, There’s one we love so true; She ever gives a welcome To her friends both old and new.

She stands serene ‘mid tree-tops green, She’s our dear Otterbein.

Chorus: Old Otterbein, our college, We sing of thee today; Our mem’ries ‘round thee linger In a sweet and mystic way.

O, Otterbein, we love thee!

Our hearts are only thine; We pledge anew, we will be true,

Dear Otterbein.

Memory Book Acknowledgments The Class of 1964 Golden Reunion Planning Committee

Seated Left to Right:

Gene Gangl, Martha Deever Matteson, Jeanie Pfleger Sutton, Sally Banbury Anspachâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Co-chair

Standing Left to Right:

Janis-Rozena Peri, Sandy Williams Bennettâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Co-chair, Barbara Maurer Lindeman, Robert Townsend, Mike Doney, Ron Martin

Missing from photo:

Liz Glor Allen, Carol Clark DeLano, Karla Hambel Lortz, John Peters, Susan Williams Scheu, Bill Swan, Sam and Sandy Joseph Ziegler

Many thanks go out to the following people, for without them, these memories would not be captured.

Becky Fickel Smith `81 Executive Director of Alumni Relations

Candace Brady Director of Development and Planned Giving

Lucy Henderson Cryan `86 Director of Campaign Logistics

Laurie Draper Administrative Assistant Office of Alumni Relations

Stephen Grinch `98 University Archivist

Becky Hill May `78 Memory Book Editor

Roger Routson Director of Publications

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OFFICE OF ALUMNI RELATIONS 2014