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Show Your Cardinal Style on the Course With golf season in full swing, how about the perfect gift for the golfer in your family? Through the efforts of the Otterbein National Alumni Association, special arrangements have been made with the Athletic Department and Ping, Inc. to offer our alumni and friends an opportunity to own a stand-up carry golf bag identical to those carried by our OAC Championship NCAA ranked golf team.

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Otterbein's Art Collection • page 13 From Inuit soap' stone carvings to ancient African vases, from woodcuts and intaglio printings, Otterbein is home to an impressive and growing

Campus Beautification Day

art collection.

• page 18 Over 40 volunteers participated in this annual event to spruce up the Otterbein campus.

President of the College • Brent DeVore H’86 Vice President for Institutional Advancement • Rick Dorman Executive Director of College Relations • Patricia Kessler

Otterbein^s Unique System of Govern­ ment, Part 2 • page 20 A sense of com'

Executive Director of Development • Jack Pietila ’62

munity is key to Otterbein’s governance system.

Director of Alumni Relations • Greg Johnson

Editor/Designer • Roger Routson Coordinator of News Information • Jenny Hill Photographer • Edward P. Syguda

Towers Magazine is produced in cooperation with the Alumni Coun­ cil in the interest of Otterbein alumni and friends. Published by the Office of College Relations, phone (614) 823-1600.

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Common Book Selected • page 4 Otterbein Breaks Ground on New Rec Center • page 2 College News, page 2 • Classnotes, page 5

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Sports, page 10 • "O" Club, page 12 Milestones, page 25 • Philanthropy, page 27 Alumni Notes, page 31

About the Cover: Portrait of Lillian Frank, 2000, oil on canvas by Louise Captein.

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Digging the groundbreaking: (L-R) President Brent DeVore, William Freeman ’57, Campaign Co<hair John King ’68, Co-chair Paul Reiner ’68, Student Trustee Susan Seeberger ’03, Student Trustee Rachael Ashcraft ’02, Chair of the Department of Health and Physical Education Cynthia Jackson ’69, Athletic Director Dick Reynolds ’65, and Board Chairman Thomas Bromeley ’51.

Otterbein Breaks Ground on New Rec Center Otterbein College broke ground on The Frank and Vida Clements Recreation and Fitness Center at a special ceremony hosted hy the Otterbein College Board of Trustees on Saturday, May 19, 2001 adjacent to the Rike Center.

The Frank and Vida Clements Recreation and Fitness Center is being funded through the “Fit for the Future Campaign.” TTie center will enhance the curriculum and clinical experiences for students preparing for careers in health, fitness and athletic training. In addition, the center will significantly increase the enrollments in the athletic training, sports management, and health and fitness programs; increase the health, wellness and recreation programs for students, faculty and staff; enhance Otterbein’s capacity to attract future students; and expand the oppor­

tunities for partnership with the wider Columbus community.

Fundraising continues for this new building, with $7.2 million of the $9.5 million needed already

pledged or committed. The cam­ paign is expected to extend up to the completion of the building in the fall of 2002.

Artist’s rendering of the new Clements Recreation and Fitness Center.

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Personal Identities Studied During Integrative Studies Fest Otterbein College took a look at culture, religion, ethnicity and other qualities that define identity as part of the 2000 Integrative Studies Festival, which took place on the Otterbein campus April 23-27.

The festival’s activities highlight­ ed Otterbein’s nationally-recognized Integrative Studies program and the festival theme “Selves and Stories: Dis­ guise and Disclosure,” which is based on the 2001 Common Book, After Long Silence by Helen Fremont. The book is Fremont’s memoir of being an American woman raised Catholic, who discovers her family’s history as Ger­ man Jews hiding to escape the Holo­ caust.

The festival began on Monday, April 23, with “Determinaticm of Ancestry Through Forensic DNA Analysis,” a discussion by visiting lec­

turer Dr. Bruce jackstm. Dr. Jackson is the head of the Biotechnology Program at Massachusetts Bay Community Col­ lege. Another highlight of the day was a presentation by Otterbein faculty and students titled “Ignorance, Remem­ brance, Tolerance: A Look at the Unit­ ed States Holocaust Memorial Muse­ um.” Otterbein students also presented “Student Soldiers: Otterbein in the Civil War” on Tuesday, April 24.

Common Book author Helen Fre­ mont returned to campus once again to lead a discussion titled “Memoir: Ethics, History and Truth” on Wednes­ day, April 25.

On Thursday, April 26, visiting lecturer Robin Ochs presented two lectutes: “Choosing to Label: Wlaat’s in a Name?” and “Complex Identities: When One Check Box Isn’t Enough. ” Ochs is editor of the 2000 Bisexual

Helen Fremont Research Guide and has been speaking on issues of bisexual identity for over a decade.

Also on April 26, Music Depart­ ment faculty and students presented a concert, “Strangers in a Strange Land: Music of Emigre Composers.”

Tlie festival ended on Friday, April 27, with a special viewing of Bridget Jones's Diary.

Space Program Subject of 14th Annual Science Lecture Series Otterbein College highlighted the theme “NASA: Experimentation and Exploration in Space” at the 14th Annual Science Lecture Series on May 7.

The 2001 Science Lecture Series examined the impact of the space program and the International Space Station on a variety of present and future endeavors. The most tangible benefits that were discussed in the lectures included those that directly impact our lives: medical research, materials and product manufacturing and new technological develop­ ments. More indirectly, but equally important, the permanent orbiting science institute known as the Inter­ national Space Station also repre­ sents a hope for a new era of interna­ tional cooperation, with 16 nations working together toward mutual goals for the benefit of all people.

Looking into the future, current activities of the space program may well mark the beginning of the expansion of human civilization into space.

To explore this topic, three pres­ tigious experts were invited to Cam­ pus, including Dr. Robert Zubrin, Dr. John Dunning and Martin Kress.

Dr. Robert Zubrin presented “Mars Direct: Humans to the Red Planet within a Decade.” Zubrin is chairman of the Executive Commit­ tee of the National Space Society and President of the Board of Direc­ tors of the Mars Society. He is an internationally renowned astronautical engineer and a former senior engineer at Lockheed Martin. He is the foundet of Pioneer Astronautics, a space exploration research and development firm. He is author of The Case for Mars and several other books as well as more than one hun­ dred articles on space propulsion and exploration.

Dr. John Dunning presented “Space Station: A Work in Progress.”

Dunning has worked for NASA for 33 years and is currently manager of space station support activities and of the on-board propulsion technology program at NASA’s Glenn Research

Center. He has earned the NASA Exceptional Service Medal for his Space Station Electric Power System work and the Exceptional Achieve­ ment Medal for Space Station Redesign activities.

Martin Kress presented “Space Exploration — The Journey has Just Begun.” Kress is Vice President and General Manager of the NASA Mar­ ket Sector at Battelle. He works with Great Lakes Industrial Technol­ ogy Center to bring technology developed for space exploration to the marketplace. Prior to joining Battelle, Kress worked for 20 years with the United States Senate and NASA. He has won several awards from NASA, including the Out­ standing Leadership Award.

“NASA: Experimentation and Exploration in Space” was made pos­ sible by support from Chemical Abstracts Services, Lockheed Martin, Ohio Health, Ross Products - Divi­ sion of Abbott Laboratories and the George W. and Mildred K. White Science Seminar Fund.

Common Book Readers to be Space Travellers Freshmen entering Otterbein in the fall will not only journey to a new school, but also to a new planet — the planet of Rakhat, to be exact. This interplanetary journey is the basis of the 2001-2002 Common Book, The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell.

The Sparrow explores the question of faith through the science fiction story of members of the Society of Jesus who travel to the planet of Rakhat, where their good intentions are overshadowed by their cultural blindness, which leads to tragedy.

“On a broad level, the book raises questions about what it means to be human and about the nature of God,” said Associate Professor of English Rebecca Bowman, who serves as chair­ person of the Common Book selection committee.

“On a more concrete level, it deals with encountering other cultures

and the tendency to misinterpret no matter how sincere the desire to understand.”

The academic theme for the year will be “Making Contact,” which Bttwman said is an appropriate theme t(t follow the science fiction story of The Sparrow.

“Freshmen will connect with the story since they will he encountering new surroundings and people at Col­ lege,” she said. “It will prepare them to become part of an intellectual com­ munity, which is one criteria of the Common Book selection. The stu­ dents must write a paper to be submit­ ted in their first class, and this gives them an understanding of the different expectations they will face in college.”

Other criteria are that the book must have clear ties to Otterbein’s mis­ sion, be appropriate for a wide variety of disciplines and classes, provide

potential for hands-on experiences or service learning and sustain discussion for a year.

The Common Book, provided to all incoming freshman and faculty, is predominantly used in freshman Inte­ grative Studies courses. It also will blend with many activities throughout the 2001-2002 academic year to create a multi-disciplinary program. The program will include a special visit to the campus by author Mary Doria Rus­ sell from Oct. 15-17, 2001. Doria Rus­ sell will give a presentation in Cowan Hall for all students and will visit indi­ vidual classes to discuss her experi­ ences and the book.

The Common Book is chosen by a committee of over thirty Otterbein fac­ ulty and staff members. Members of the committee read books from an extensive list and narrow the list ttt ten during the winter quarter. From that list, the Common Btxtk is chosen after discussions for and against each book.

The Common Book is part of the TTiomas Academic Excellence Series, established in 1994 by Mary B. Thomas ’28 in honor of her parents, Fred N. and Emma B. Thomas. An English major, Mary B. Thomas won the Barnes Short Story Award, among several other literary prizes. She worked in the treasurer’s office at Otterbein, served on the Otterbein Board of Trustees from 1960-1979, and was named the Westerville Otterbein Women’s Club “Wttman of the Year” in 1977. Thomas died Nov. 26, 1999 at the age of 92, but her literary legacy will continue to benefit generations of Otterbein students.

Past Common Books include After Long Silence by Helen Fremont in 2000-2001; There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz in 1999-2000; She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb in 1998-1999; The Paradise of Bombs by Scott Russell Sanders in 1997-1998; China Boy by Gus Lee in 1996-1997 and Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities by Anna Deavere Smith in 1995-1996.

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FL, where they attend many musical and theatrical per­ formances at nearby Edison Community College and Broadway Dinner Theatre.

1954 Wilber "Will" Kirk

received the 2001 ASTM Award of Merit. He is pres­ ident emeritus of the LaQue Center for Corrosion Tech­ nology, and he will also receive the accompanying title of Fellow. This award is the highest society award given to an individual for contributions to committee work.

1948 Otterbein College’s Courtright Memorial Library dis­ played 19 wood sculptures created by Westerville resi­ dent Kenneth Foltz. He is a retired doctor of osteopathic medicine and a well-known local artist. He sculpts in wood, clay, silver and stone.

He also builds stained glass windows for churches, schools and homes. In addition, he composes, writes poetry and plays the flute.

1942 John Martin retired after 32

years in education, the last 11 years as an area coordi­ nator with the State Department of Education.

1947

1957 Dean Roush retired June

30, 2000 after 40 years of ministry in the United Methcrdist Church.

Lee Snyder completed 20

years of service to Washing­ ton Township, Dayton, OH.

1959 Robert Miller retired from

Cargill Research Depart­ ment in 1991, and opened Surfside Microscopy Lab in 1991. He taught microscopy in the U.S.A., Canada and South Ameri­ ca. He resides in Myrtle Beach, SC with his wife, Peggy.

Helena Baer Machamer

turned 100 years old on February 11, 2001. The family of Berea Lake Tow­ ers, where she resides, had a birthday open house in her honor. She did her gradu­ ate studies at Syracuse Uni­ versity, then managed a health service at Benning­ ton College in Vermont.

She set up a health service at Heidelberg, where she met and married the college doctor, Roswell Machamer.

She continued to be active, and in 1966, Heidelberg College conferred upon her the honorary degree of Doc­ tor of Humane Letters.

Institute, Zurich, Switzer­ land.

Raymond Miner and his

wife Priscilla, celebrated their 50th wedding anniver­ sary on March 9, 2001.

Since they spend the win­ ters in Florida, their chil­ dren planned a celebration in June. They reside in Wooster, OH.

Francine Thompson Buck­ ingham just retired from

teaching in the Dublin City Schools. She is now writing and traveling.

1962 Ken Gilson has retired from

an investment counseling career. He and his wife.

Opal Adkins Gilson '62,

Allan Zagray recently

spent two weeks teaching intensive courses at Probitem, a seminary sponsored by the Methodist Church of Peru, in Huancayo, Peru.

1956

1951

George Fisher is a full time

Miriam Wetzel Ridinger

licensed mental health counselor in Florida. He is also serving as interim pas­ tor at the Upsala Commu­ nity Presbyterian Church in Sanford, FL.

and her husband Gerald "Jug" Ridinger '49, cele­ brated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 16,

2001.

1952

Richard Young was one of

Lee Lydick Ault and hus­ band Kenneth '51 , have

twenty counselors chosen to represent the USA in Cuban Schools March 1624,2001. He was also hon­ ored with the Tri-County NAACP Brotherhood Award for 2001 in Sidney, OH. He is now retired but continues to study psychol­ ogy during the winter at CGJUNG International

retired from Lockheed.

Kenneth retired in 1990 and Lee retired in 1993.

They are enjoying neigh­ boring, some volunteering, grandchildren and three great grandsons.

Charles Hefling and his

wife Sara, are enjoying the warm weather in Ft. Myers, 5

are living in Kingsport, TN. Judge Gary McKinley will retire in Fehruary 2003 after serving 24 years as Union County’s Juvenile/Probate Judge. He graduated in 1966 in the top 10 percent of his class at Ohio North­ ern University Law School.

He worked as a legal assis­ tant for the U.S. Depart­ ment of Justice before being admitted to the bar in October 1966. He was in private practice in both Marysville and Richwood from 1967 to 1972.

1963 Susan Gallagher French’s

daughter, Jennifer Hafner Suan, is now a feature writer for Stars and Stripes.

She is a graduate of William and Mary. She will be in Japan for three years. Her father is Terry Hafner '63.

Jeanne Leohner Woodyard teaches 4th grade at

West Elementary in St. Marys, OH. She directs the West Ohio Clergy I

Wives Choir “Singing Wives.” They have sung together for 29 years.

1964 Lloyd Jones retired in Sep-

temhcr 1999 from the University of Toledo Biolo-

PROFILE

’71 Alumnus Learns Early How to Serve Those in Need ed Morison '71 learned a very important les.stm at Otterhein College — how to serve those in need. With a bachelor’s degree in education from Otterhein, he has worked hard to become superintendent of the Franklin County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities.

After graduating from Otterhein in 1971, Jed began teaching and earned his masters degree in education administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati. From 1974 through 1977, he organized the Franklin County Special Olympics.

“The Special Olympics was established in 1968 for people ages eight or older with mental retardation,” jed said. “It helps them gain greater self confidence through sports. And if you can enhance their confidence in one area, they will be successful in other areas as well, including school or work.”

Jed said his years with the Special Olympics were rewarding. It was rewarding to watch a Special Olympian stop to help a competitor who fell and to see the joy of the families as they watch their son, daughter, sister or brother compete.”

Tlae Special Olympics is now an international program, and Jed was there to support it. He helped establish programs in South America in the 1970s, namely in Brazil, and in the early 1980s, he attended the first European Special Olympics in Belgitim.

As the Special Olympics spread throtighout the world, Jed gave guidance to new direc­ tors by authoring the book The Special Olympics Event Directors Guide, which is now used around the world.

Although he works in an educational field, Jed faces many challenges that most educa­ tion administrators do not. The program operates a variety of services for children and adults, including early childhood services, sheltered workshops and community employ­ ment thn)ugh the non-profit organization ARC Industries, schools for those with multiple handicaps, transportation, case management and physical and speech therapy. The pro­ gram also offers support services for families of individuals with mental retardation or devel­ opmental disabilities.

Despite the challenges, Jed enjoys his work. “It always feels good to see individuals and families enjoy a certain amount of success when that success might have been hard to attain. That is where 1 get my greatest enjoyment.”

Many of Jed’s clients find success through employment in the Franklin County com­ munity. “We work with hundreds of businesses placing individuals in food service positions, janitorial services, housekeeping jobs and even light industry,” he said. “Franklin County has been very stipportive and accepting of our mission.”

Another component of Jed’s job is making the members of local communities aware of what the program is doing. “We involve all the school districts and use volunteers in pro­ grams like the Special Olympics. We have locations all around Franklin County and we get a lot of local support for those programs.”

One such program is located in Westerville at the YMCA. “We trperate a preschool program there that is inclusive, meaning it serves children both with and without develop­ mental disabilities,” he said. “In this kind of program, the kids learn from each other and learn to accept those with differences.”

Jed credits Otterhein with preparing him for a challenging career of service to others.

Otterhein has a great liberal arts curriculum,” he said. “It prepares people for a variety of professions, and this has been particularly rewarding from my standpoint.”

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gy faculty. He is farming on the home place. He sug­ gests that perhaps this is a foolish choice given the immediate and possibly long term future of cash grain farming.

Roger Williams retired, effective September 30, 2000, from the City of Columbus as chief accoun­ tant for the Columbus Fire Department. He has retired to farm in the Mt. Vernon area and to pursue other interests. His youngest son, Stephen, 18, joined the Marine Corps in June 2000 and is currently stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC. His other son Scott, 21, has joined the Navy and went to Great Lakes Naval Train­ ing Center near Chicago in March, 2001.

196S Janet Cook Daxon and

husband Jim have finally retired. They have become Florida sntiwbirds in their new 35 Monaco motorhome. They say it has been great fun learning to paint, sing and do wood­ carving at the Florida resort.

They are expecting their first grandchild in May. She continties to be an avid bridge player on the inter­ net with her friends.

Jane Schoepke Stolzenburg is currently a kinder­ garten teacher at Gladstone Elementary School, along with two other Otterhein graduates. Michelle Lohr '99 is a music teacher and Sharon Anderson '76 is a counselor.

Jack Wright was one of

three named to the rolls of Washington High’s Distingufshed Citizens. He

received his master’s degree and doctorate from the University of Kansas, both in theater. He has served as professor of theater and film at the Univetsity of Kansas for 21 years, following facul­ ty appointments at the Uni­ versity of Texas at Austin and the University of Okla­ homa at Norman. He has received numerous awards, including the John F. Kennedy Medallion of Excellence for work with the American College The­ atre Festival. In addition to teaching and directing, he acts and directs for profes­ sional theater, television and film. He was responsi­ ble for local casting for sev­ eral television film and miniseries and movies of the week.

includes articles by current and former Otterbein facul­ ty Glenna Jackson, Henry Carrigan, and Paul Redditt.

Thomas Shoaf has been

inducted into WhitehallYearling High School Hall of Fame. He was an educa­ tor in the Columbus City schools for 34 years, serving in a number of teaching, administrative and coach­ ing positions. He is cur­ rently a student safety spe­ cialist with the Columbus City School District.

1968

Donald Lutz has joined the Schoedinger Funeral Ser­ vice and Crematory as a dri­ ver. He works at the Mid­ town Chapel.

Karen Summers Jayne was named the 2000 Coach’s Wife of the Year by Wrestling USA magazine.

She was nominated by her husband, Frank '68, who is the wtestling coach at St. Edward High School in Lakewood, OH. For the last 30 years, she has been very active in all aspects of the sport. Since 1990, she has been tremendously involved at St. Edward’s with the Eagle Wtestling Club, the Cadet/Junior USA-Ohio programs. She runs tournaments, handles registtation and obtains vol­ unteers. She also recruits parent volunteers and orga­ nizes housing for wrestlers.

In addition to this, she has served as an elementary school teacher for 32 years.

Allen Myers is associate

Patricia Gates Saltzgaber

editor of the Eerdrmms DiC' tionary of the Bible, by David Noel Freedman. His responsibilities include selecting, supervising, and editing the work of 12 con­ sulting editors and nearly 600 contributors. A selec­ tion of the Book of the Month and History Book Clubs, the dictionary

retired after teaching more than 30 years at Shelby City Schools. She now owns a concession business and travels all over Ohio and surrounding states attending fairs and festivals.

1967 Jeannine Benson Bates is a

volunteer teacher for the “Early Morning Seminary” for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

She meets with high school age youth every school morning at 6:15 a.m. for a one-hour scripture class.

She says it keeps her young and close to her daughter.

Ohio Department of Taxa­ tion’s excise and motor fuel tax division, has been elect­ ed to a one-year term as president of the board of trustees of the International Fuel Tax Association, Inc.

Richard Beckner of Wester­

ville, administrator of the

1970 Michael Ducey has been

David Geary has been named by Lockheed Martin Corporation to lead com­ munications at its aircraft design facility known as the “Skunk Works.” He has a master’s degree in journal­ ism from West Virginia University and is a doctoral communications student at the University of San Jose.

He has received numerous decorations from the U.S. military and awards from the Energy Department, universities and private organizations for public and community service. He is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Pub­ lic Relations, Who's Who in Finance (Sf Industry, and Who’s Who in American Education.

promoted to the newly cre­ ated position of chief oper­ ating officer for Borden Chemical, Inc. He is responsible for all aspects of the domestic and interna­ tional businesses of Borden Chemical.

1972 Robert Meeks was recently

promoted to senior scientist with Dow Corning Corp.

This recognition, which is one of Dow Coming’s high­ est levels of scientist, is indicative of the value he has btought to Dow Com­ ing through his leadership of hazard and risk assess­ ment of silicon-based mate­ rials.

1973 David Leist has been elect­

James Henry recently

joined the staff of Westmin­ ster Presbyterian Church in Dayton, OH as a mission associate. He will adminis­ ter their partnership with a local elementary school.

He will also market the partnership idea to other Dayton churches and schools. The goal is to have every Dayton school part­ nered with a church.

Patricia Kelley retired from

teaching this past May, after 22 years with Deercreek Elementary in London, Ohio.

Kariiryn Smith has been

1969

an outdoor enthusiast and enjoys downhill and cross­ country skiing, hiking and biking. She resides in Mag­ nolia, OH.

teaching Spanish and Eng­ lish at Malvern High School since 1980. She is

ed state director of the Ohio Education of Theatre Asso­ ciation. He will be respon­ sible for communicating with all the 163 thespian troupes in Ohio. His fouryear term will run from August 1, 2001 - July 31, 2005.

Deborah Burnham Lupia is

now schixil facilitator for Forest Hill School in Cam­ den, NJ. She resides with her husband in Markon, NJ. Brett Reardon has just moved to the B 737-800 aircraft as a captain for Delta Air Lines. He is enjoying skiing and golfing in the Reno/Tahoe area where he lives.

197 S Leslie Everett Borrieci is the

credit manager for Abbott Foods, Inc., in Columbus, OH. Her son, James, is attending the University of Akron on a football schol­ arship, studying business &. marketing.

Nita Seibel Colgain has

recently been named a “Top Doctor” in the Washington D.C./Baltimore area for her excellence in health care.

She is a pediatric oncolo­ gist/hematologist. She is also an associate professor at George Washington Uni­ versity School of Medicine and a member of the department of hematol­ ogy/oncology at Childrens National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Kathleen Ronan Pester,

who had major brain surgery twelve years ago, enjoyed her daughter Sarah’s academy graduation in May 2001.

Melody Steely was recently

certified hy the Ohio State Bar Association as a special­ ist in family law.

1976 Timothy Kish was recently

named defensive coordina­ tor and linebackers football coach at Ohio University.

He joins the Bobcat pro­ gram after holding a similar position at Illinois since 1997. He earned his mas­ ter’s degree in education from Bowling Green in 1978. At BGSU, he spent one season as a graduate assistant coach. He and his wife, Angela, have three children, daughters Megan and Emily and son Michael.

cation for TEVA Marion Partners, the neurology division of Aventis Pharma.

He is responsible for physi­ cian education programs over six states on the east coast.

David Mead has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer for Fifth Third Bank. He will oversee the accounting functions, including finan­ cial reporting, planning and management reporting. He received a master of busi­ ness administration degree from Xavier University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Ohio, chapter president of Financial Executives Inter­ national, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accoun­ tants and the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accoun­ tants.

Inc. as senior vice president of global distribution. The new position required him and his family to move to Memphis, TTSI.

1986 Paula Mathieu Compton

1979 Paul Rickels has been pro­

moted to vice president, dealet/franchise operations with RadioShack. He will be responsible for the opera­ tions of the dealer/franchise sales channel. His team of regional sales managers, dis­ trict sales managers, and sales and support specialists assist approximately 2000 dealer/franchise stores in all aspects of their retail busi­ ness. He resides in Arling­ ton, TX with his wife Thel­ ma and their three sons: Stephen, Aaron and Scott.

Phyllis Zajack Miller has tecently been named direc­ tor of university orientation at TTie Ohio State Univer­ sity.

1980

1977

Linda Lucas Ingham is a

mortgage loan originator at Fifth Third Bank in Chillicothe, OH. She placed in the “top ten” for mortgage loan volume in 2000 for originators in the BankCorp from Phoenix, AZ to Naples, FL. TTiis earned her a spot in the President’s Club and an all expense paid trip to Puerto Rico in March 2001.

Paul "Ike" Eiseman cur­

rently is manager of The Yardclub Restaurant in Hilliard, OH. This is a top ten casual dining restaurant in central Ohio. He is also treasurer for the Hilliard Girls Softball Association and coaches as well. He tesides in Galloway with wife, Laurie, and their three children: Riann, 15; Amelia, 11; and Todd, 10.

1983

Sharon Ockuly is an LPTA

Dorothea Taylor Jeggle

in the Rehabilitation/Physi­ cal Medicine department at St. Ann’s Hospital. She works primarily in the acute & critical care units. In January 2001, she became a certified weight trainer through IWA.

has joined the accounting fitm of Rea &. Associates.

She is a CPA and certified specialist in estate planning and provides the company’s clients with estate, retire­ ment and tax planning setvices.

1984

1978 Kevin Carter accepted a

Dean Miller recently

position in professional edu­

accepted a new position with Williams-Sonoma, 8

recently earned a law degree from Capital University Law School. She is current­ ly working with the Dave Thomas Center for Adop­ tion Law in Columbus, OH. She resides in Granville with her 8-year-old twin boys, Ty and Taylor.

J. Todd Weihl will be set­

ting up a family practice at Bucyrus Community Hospi­ tal. He received a bachelor of science in pharmacy from Ohio State University in 1989 and graduated from Ohio University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine and has done an internship and residency at Doctors Hospital.

1987 Jennifer Slager Pearce of

Westerville has been named director of marketing at Cheryl & Co.

1989 Kelly Patrick accepted a

new position on March 5, 2001, as the new human resources manager with the City of Perrysburg.

1990 Teresa Dunphy is a proper­

ty manager with Dunphy Real Estate, Inc. in Yellow Springs, OH. Rhonda Untied Holdren’s

son, Dalton Jacob, celebrat­ ed his third birthday on March 13,2001.

1991 Jeffrey Brubaker is cur­

rently working for MCI Worldcom.

Heidi Schultz Green and

for events and coordinating city parades, festivals and other activities.

Lauralee Brigode Jingo is currently a

her husband, Brad, recently moved to Ann Arbor, MI. She and her husband and their two sons, Joel, 4, and Logan, I, are adjusting well, but are not converting to Michigan fans as of yet!

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PROFILE

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1992 Ray Niemeyer is market­

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Christine Anderson has

been accepted to Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine. She will begin her first year of veterinary school in August in Fort Collins, CO. Megan Harrington is the

operations manager for Dal­ las Design &. Technology, Inc.

1994 Beth Anne Gregson Chesnes is one of three new

staff members for Dublin’s Division of Community Relations. She is a commu­ nity relations specialist in the division’s special events section. She is responsible for obtaining sponsorships

in Reynoldsburg with her husband, Rick, and sells for Dominion homes.

off Reynolds 91 came to Otterhein as a man with family tics and now has become a

ing in Cincinnati with her husband, Michael, and working full-time as an optometrist in their office in Evendale. Her BIG accomplishment this year was running the Disney Marathon (26.2 miles) on January 7, 2001.

1993

Myndi MacQueen resides

Protecting Ohio's First Family Job of '91 Alumnus

Brenda Beck Parker is liv­

ing/sales manager for the LED division for the Joyce/Dayton Corp. in Dayton, OH.

freelance editor and gourmet food distributor.

She works out of her home.

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man with political allies. The nephew of Athletic Director and Basketball Coach Dick Reynolds 65, Jeff now serves Governor Bob Taft and his wife, Hope, as a member of the executive protection unit of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

Jeff came to Otterhein in 1986 because of his Eimily connection to the College. He grew up near the Ccdlege and often played basketball at the Rike Center with his cousin, Chad Reynolds '90.

After graduating from Otterhein with a bachelor’s degree in educa­ tion, Jeff decided to go into law enforcement. He joined the Ohio State | Highway Patrol and began his career in law enforcement as a road trooper. He worked in Springfield and later West Jefferson until Gov. Taft was sworn in as Ohio’s 67th Governor on January 11, 1999.

“To he selected for the detail, 1 had to apply like any other job, and I was interviewed by Gov. Taft,” Jeff said.

As a member of the executive protection unit, Jeff protects Ohio’s governor, first lady and dignitaries visiting Ohio. There are research and field aspects to this job.

“We do what we call an ‘advance’ of a site before the governor visits,” Jeff said. “We research the entrances and exits the governor will he using as well as alternatives. We look at what type of event we are dealing with and we contact local law enforcement to let them know what will be going on.”

After the trip is thoroughly planned, Jeff accompanies the governor to and from the event.

The job can be sttessful at times. Recently, Gov. and Mrs. Taft visited Cincinnati to attend the funeral of a young African American man killed by a local police officer. “The situation was very tense. The riots were still going on, but they wanted to go, so we made it happen.”

Jeff also accompanies the governor on trips out of the state. He has been to President Gectrge W. Bush’s inauguration, a meeting of the National Governor’s Association in Washington, D.C. and a meeting of the Republican Governor’s Association in Florida.

According to Jeff, his career in law enforcement has been vety rewarding. “The cama­ raderie with other trtiopers is fulfilling, and despite the stress and long hours, it is also ful­ filling to make an event go smoothly.”

With a wife, Kristi, and two daughters, Karlee, 3, and Kortney, 10 months, Jeff is real­ istic about the dangers of his job. “My wife is more comfortable with this position than when I was working the road,” Jeff said. “Contacts on the road were more dangerous.” > In 1997, Jeff experienced the most dangerous traffic stop of his career when a routine | stop ended in a shootout. “The truck and the plates were stolen and not reported. The I driver was wanted for attempted murder, and I didn’t know any of that,” he said.

Since he was trained at the Highway Patrol Academy to react quickly in such an event, Jeff went home safely at the end of his shift. “I’m realistic about the danger, and sometimes I think about going into something else, but there are many opportunities in the Highway Patrol,” he said, adding that he will probably pursue a position in the investi­ gation unit of the State Highway Patrol in the future.

Jeff said the people at Ottetbein were very instrumental in starting his career. “They provided me with the guidance and support 1 needed,” he said. “It was really a great expe-iR:

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Compiled by Ed Syguda

Golf Cards Finish Fourth at the NCAA Championships The Otterbein men’s golf team, for the third straight year, finished fourth at the NCAA Division III Men’s Golf Championships.

The Cardinals, under 1 Zth-year head coach David McLaughlin, shot a 302 in the final round of the tourna­ ment at the par-71 Persimmon Woods Golf Club in Weldon Springs, MO. Otterbein opened tournament play with a 292—good for a share of second place—but dropped into sixth with a 304 in the second round. The Cardinals played back into contention for a top-four finish with a third-round 292, giving them a share of fifth place heading into the final round.

Ryan Dorff, a sophomore from Johnstown, Ohio, and Brett Williams, a freshman from Circleville, Ohio, earned All-America honors. Dorff took third team honors and Williams, honorable mention.

Williams was also selected “Softspikes Freshman of the Year.” The award goes to the top freshman golfer in NCAA Division III as selected by members of the Golf Coaches Associa­ tion of America (GCAA).

This marked Otterbein’s ninthstraight trip to the NCAA Tourna­ ment. The Cardinals have finished in the top four in six of the last seven years. Otterbein placed fourth in 2000 and 1999, finished second twice (1998 and 1995), and third once (1997).

Otterbein also won its fourthstraight Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) championship this spring, besting the ten-team field by 14 strokes.

The Cardinals fired a 36-hole 605 (312-293) at the par-71 StoneWater Golf Club in Highland Heights, Ohio.

Williams shot a one-under-par 141 (71-70) to take medalist honors.

Otterbein has won five of the last six conference titles.

Otterbein Wins OAC Women's Tennis Championships Otterbein captured the 2001 Ohio Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Championships hosted by John Carroll in University Heights, Ohio.

Under fourth-year head coach Pat Anderson, Otterbein took individual championships in .second, fourth and

2001 Women’s Tennis Bring Home OAC trophy. Front row: Andrea Wilson, Erin Moriarty, Kelly Shields. Back row: Assistant Coach Mark Anderson, Julie Kirsch, Erin Range, Jennifer Prasky, Kim Stewart, Sara Schaefer, Coach Pat Anderson.

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fifth singles, first doubles, and finished second at first singles and third doubles.

Kelly Shields, a freshman from Bucyrus, Ohio, Jennifer Prasky, a senior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Kim Stewart, a senior from South Vienna, Ohio, captured individual titles in second, fourth and fifth sin­ gles, respectively.

Shields and Erin Moriarty, a fresh­ man from Pickerington, Ohio, won the first doubles title. Moriarty fin­ ished second at first singles.

Andrea Wilson, a freshman from Clyde, Ohio, and Sara Schaefer, a senior from Geneseo, Illinois, teamed up to finish second at third doubles.

This marked Otterbein’s fourth conference title in women’s tennis (1996, 1995 and 1986).

Sofrixill Team Takes Big Step in Setting New Standards The Otterbein softball team, under third-year head coach Deb Quackenbush, took a big step forward this season, setting records for wins and making the four-team OAC Tour­ nament for the first time in school his­ tory.

The Cardinals finished regularseason play in a tie with Baldwin-Wallace for second place, each 13-5 in conference play. Thirteen conference wins is an Otterbein record.

Otterbein finished second to eventual national champion Musk­ ingum in the OAC Tournament, con­ cluding the season with a schoolrecord 19 wins.

Erin Springer, a junior from New Cumberland, West Virginia, was named to the first team All-Central Region and first team All-OAC. Springer, a starter at shortstop, batted .398 on the year and led the Cardinals in triples (five) and stolen bases (15).

Cari Dean, a sophomore from Canal Winchester, Ohio, was selected second team All-Central Region and first team All-OAC.

Dean, a starter at first base, led the Cardinals in hitting (.477), dou­ bles (eight) and RBI (34).

Baseball Squad Advances to OAC Tournament Championship The Cardinals, under second-year head coach George Powell, captured second place in the four-team OAC Tournament won by host Marietta.

Otterbein, making its first appear­ ance in the tournament since 1996, battled back with wins over Heidelberg, 4-3, and John Carroll, 9-7, after opening the tournament with a 6-1 loss to Marietta. The Pioneers took their 12th consecutive crown with a 13-6 win in the championship game.

The Cardinals, 22-23 overall, fin­ ished regular-season play in fourth place in the OAC at 10-8.

Tory Allen, a freshman left fielder from Valrico, Florida, and Dave Ricciardo, a junior pitcher from Newark, Ohio, were selected to the first-team All-OAC. Allen led Otterbein in hitting (.438), hits (67), triples (six), stolen bases (14), runs scored (37) and games played (45). Allen finished third in the OAC for hitting and triples.

Ricciardo led Otterbein in wins (seven), innings pitched (60.2) and second in ERA (3.12) and strikeouts (41). Ricciardo ranked fifth in the OAC for ERA and winning percent­ age.

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Men's Tennis Places Third af OAC Championships

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Otterbein, serving as host for the OAC Men’s Tennis Championships, finished third as regular-season cham­ pion Capital captured the team title.

The Cardinals, under tenth-year head coach Dan Morris, tallied 21 points, just one point behind defend­ ing OAC champion Mount Union, with 22 points. Capital scored 32.

Brian Erwin, a junior from Reynoldsburg, Ohio, and Marc Thomas, a senior from Columbus, did most of the scoring for Otterbein.

Erwin captured the fifth singles title and teamed up with Thomas for the second doubles title. Thomas finished second at first singles.

University of Cincinnati where he served as freshman football and head track coach from 1963-66.

Otterbein served as host of the Then followed stints either as OAC Outdoor Track and Field Cham­ defensive coordinator, defensive hackpionships this spring. field or linebackers coach at Indiana Eleventh-year head coach Doug State (1966-68), Cincinnati (1969Welsh, who coaches both the men’s 72), Virginia (1973), Western Illinois and women’s teams, led the women’s (1974), Kansas State (1975-77), squad to a second-place finish, and the Southwestern Louisiana (1978-85), men’s squad to sixth place. BaldwinKansas (1986-87), Rice (1988-89), Wallace won the women’s champi­ Texas at El Paso (1989-90), Temple onship while Wilmington took the (1990-92), Toronto Argonauts (1993), men’s title.

Northeast Louisiana (1994-95), Fort Brianna Elsinore, a senior from Scott Community College (1996-97) Nevada, Ohio, took the conference and Southern Illinois (1997-99). championship in the 1500-meters Some career highlights include: (4:47.12), and finished third in both nine wins at Indiana State in 1968; the 800-meters (4:47.12) and as a back-to-back 7-4 seasons at Cincin­ member of the 3200-meter relay team nati in 1970-71; coaching NFL stand­ (9:50.37). out linebacker Dick Ambrose (Cleve­ Alfred Short, a junior from land Browns) while at Virginia in Marysville, Ohio, won the long jump 1973; Temple’s last winning season, 7(22-5).

4 in 1990; as defensive backfield coach at Toronto, facing quarterback Doug Dunkelberger Named Football Flutie in 1993.

Defensive Coordinator A two-sport standout at DePauw University, Dunkelberger graduated in Otterbein director of athletics 1961 with a bachelor’s degree in physi­ Dick Reynolds announced the naming cal education. He received his master’s of new football defensive coordinator degree in education in 1963 from the David Dunkelberger.

Dunkelberger, 62, comes to Otter­ University of Cincinnati.

He and his wife, Louise, have two bein via Oklahoma Panhandle Uni­ sons and two grandchildren. versity where he served as defensive coordinator and backfield coach last season. He brings over 38 years of Sports Briefly coaching experience—most of it at Women’s golf team finished fifth the NCAA Division 1-A and 1-AA at OAC Championships... Cari level—to his new assignment.

Dean, a .sophomore from Canal Win­ The native of Miamisburg, Ohio chester, Ohio, named third team 2001 replaces Jim Bickel, who went to Capi­ Verizon Academic All-America in tal University. softball as chosen by members of the “Who you work for has become College Sports Information Directors awfully important for me,” Dunkel­ of America ... Rick Gaal, a senior berger said, “and 1 wanted to come and from Amanda, Ohio, named third work for Rocky.” team 2001 Verizon Academic Spring Otrerbein head football coach At-Large All-America for track and Paul “Rocky” Alt and Dunkelberger field ... Pat Anderson selected OAC wetrked together at the University of Coach of the Year in women’s tennis Kansas during 1986-87. Dunkelberger ... George Powell named OAC Coach served as defensive coordinator, and of the Year in baseball ... Two-sport Alt coached running backs. The pair, athlete Mandy Simmerman, a senior both from the Buckeye state and with from Westerville, selected to receive children of similar age, struck up a NCAA Women’s Enhancement Post­ friendship which carried forward to graduate Scholarship in the amount of the present reunion. $6,000 ... Otterbein finished second Dunkelberger’s long and varied to Baldwin-Wallace in the OAC career—even spent one season with Women’s All-Sports Standings, scor­ the Toronto Argonauts—began at the ing 70.50 points to B-W’s 81.65 ...■

Otterbein Hosts OAC Track and Field Championships

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Irxside tin News from the “O” Club

Third Annual Senior Appreciation Picnic a Hit 1st Row: Jessica Warren, Kim SteW' I art, Brianna Elsmore, Marc Thomas, | Kara Grishkat, Scott Elliott, Trevor Younkin, Mandy Simmerman. 2nd Row: Jake D. Bruner, Jen Prasky, Caryn Humpal, Sara Schaefer, Matt O'Hearn, Kate Coy, Emily Cooper, Tricia Joy Johnson, April Fitch, Brian' Ballmann, Kevin Thorne. 3rd Row: Matt Hodge, Gretchen Linscott, Chad Dreshach, Angie Styers, Amy Traven, Bethany Whittington, Summer Lawson, Andrea Pulles. 4th ■«—____ .............

Row: Adam Stanley, Jennifer Eckert, Angela Flannery, Chad Friece, Stephanie Altman, Rick Goal, Mike Goal, Ken Toss, David M. Ritchey. 5th Row: Mike Cassesa, Ryan Ballard, David Anon.

Over 150 people attended the “O” Club’s third annual Senior Appreciation Picnic on June 5 in the Rike Center. The event was held in honor of Otterbein seniors involved in athletics their .senior year. Forty-five seniors, representing 70 percent of those invited, were able to attend. In addition to being treated to a catered meal, the seniors had the opportunity to socialize with the entire Rike staff, selected OC administrators, “O” Club board members, and VIPs. The seniors also received a gift of a glass paperweight engraved with the

Fighting Cardinal and the inscription, “In appreciation of your contribution to Otterbein College Athletics The Otterbein “O” Club.” Departmental awards were presented during the program (see photo). Special recognition was also given to coaches who received OAC “Coach of the Year” honors, retiring football coach Wally Hood and his wife Irma, and men’s basket­ ball coach, Dick Reynolds, for his 500th win.

Contact Info: Otterbein “O” Club, Rike Center, 160 Center Street, We,sterville, OH 43081-1405. (614) 823-3555 (phone), (614) 823-3554 (fax), oclub@otterbein.edu (e-mail), www.otterbeinoclub.com (website), Rebekah M. Carlisle ’81, Executive Director

2001 Calendar of Events Annual Cookout & Auctions

Oct. 7, 5 p.m. The Lakes Golf &.

Country Club

Annual Golf Classic Oct. 8, 10 a.m. The Lakes Golf & Country Club Homecoming

Oct. 27

Annual Smokey Ballenger “O” Club Classic

Dec. 29-30

Rike Center

CD X.( ) A , ^ (Jutstanamg t^ootball Award; Scott Elliott - Deke Edler Memorial Athletic Award; Kevin Thome - Augspurger-Ballenger Outstanding Athlete Award. 2nd Row: Brianna Elsmore -Dorothy McVay Outstanding Athlete Award; Jessica Warren - Dr. William N. Freeman Leadership Award; KaraGrishlmt - Dr. Joanne Van Sant Leadership Award; Mandy Simmerman- Nancy Myers Norris Scholastic Award.

3rd Row: Jen Prasky - Dr. Jo Ann Tyler Sirring Sport Award; Kim Stewart - Dr. Marilyn Day Athletic Scholastic Award; Trevor Younkin - Norris-Elliott Scholastic Athletic Award; Marc Thomas - Roger K. Powell Athletic Scholastic Award

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in the vacant comer of a classroom. A six-foot carved wooden bird is wrapped in archival plastic in a faculty office. Prints are cata­ logued and boxed in an art storage closet. More archival wrapping materials enclose large wooden doors from Africa.

“Any corner we can find, things have been secreted away,” says Art Department Chairperson Nicholas Hill in describing Otterbein’s permanent art collection.

Otterbein’s Art Department was established six years after the College itself was founded. Early on, the majority of people who contributed to Otterbein’s collection were missionaries in West Africa or natives who came to Otterbein as students. From masks and sculpture, baskets and weavings, to soft wood twigs used for toothbrushes, art and artifacts were collected and donated to the College.

The earliest documented item in the collection is identified as a charm a woman gave to the missionaries at the time of her conversion in 1890. Some of the first donations were from Rev. Charles R. Snyder who served the United Brethren Church as a missionary in Sierra Leone. Other such donors included John R. (1894) and Zella Bates King, Wallin E. Riebels ’03, Parker and Helen Cole Young and Amanda Hanby Billheimer.

The collection was housed for many years in the science building under the care of biologist. Dr. E.W.E. Schear. Later, English professor Dr. Robert Price maintained it on behalf of the College in the Otterbein Room of Towers Hall. Eventually, the collection was turned over to the Art Department.

“When an individual begins to collect it is usually with a particular intent,” Hill says. “The person focuses on an artist, medium, culture or period. Our collection has been determined in large part by gifts received. We have been given bodies of work and individual pieces over the life of the College. Occa­ sional pieces have been purchased but there is not much money for acquisition.

Left! Fulani maiden mask from the Dogon culture in Africa. Fiber, textile, cowrie shells, and coins.

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Above; Evelyn Svec Ward, Where Eagles Soar, 1975. Natural and dyed needle^manipulated fiber. Right; Soapstone carving by Inuit artist Isah Aviliayok.

“The focus of Otterhein’s collection, as it currently stands, is African, some Asian hut certainly a non-west­ ern emphasis with three dimensional pieces dominating the collection.

There are also works on paper, tex­ tiles, many of those also from Africa, but really very few paintings. Some, but there is no common cultural or period theme to them.”

A grant from the Kress Founda­ tion allowed the College to signifi­ cantly increase its collection of African and sub-Saharan art. With the support of that grant, Earl Hassenpflug H’91, associate professor of art emeritus, traveled to Africa in 1969 and 1970 to acquire a large number of pieces to add to Otterbein’s permanent collection. Hassenpflug says the department used the grant to increase the College’s collection of West African art “because we already had a good start from the missionaries and African art was such an important influence at the turn of the century.”

Today, the collection contains about 1,000 items with the bulk of those being stored in Battelle Fine Arts Center. While the collection does contain more than African art.

Hill affirms that for the most part the collection serves as representative collection of sub-Saharan African art from the 20th century created by a variety of cultures.

“So those are the arenas we want to build upon,” Hill adds. “We gener­

ally start with that as a base and try to improve the quality and fill gaps to provide a fuller picture of the period and culture.”

In recent years, the College built upon its fine collection of African art with a donation of about 200 pottery items from Dr. David Rilling of Philadelphia. In 1997, A1 Germanson, associate professor of art emeri­ tus, created an exhibition of African art in Roush Hall’s Fisher Gallery of works from Otterhein’s collection and his own private collection. A colleague of Rilling, Jack Adler, toured the exhibit and suggested that Otterbein might be the perfect place for some of Rilling’s collection.

“Dr. Rilling anticipated giving away some of his collection and he wanted it to go to an institution where it would be used and valued,” Hill says.

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Germanson agrees. “That show was the catalyst for the whole thing,” he says. “Jack was very taken with the quality of the pieces and could see that Otterbein valued so-called primitive art and knew that what Rilling had would he well received at the College.”

Germanson made contact with Rilling to establish a relationship and explain how such a donation would benefit the College and his collec­ tion. “He (Germanson) went to Philadelphia and brought back two truck loads with hundreds of wonder­ ful things,” Hill says. “That donation has become a big part of our collec­ tion. It has added to our non-Western focus.” Rilling’s donation includ­ ed many pottery items from New Guinea as well as art from Africa.

Throughout the year, the Otterhein community gets to see and

appreciate some of the permanent collection through exhibits in Fisher Gallery.

“1 see the college art collection as having an educational function,” Hill contends. “Students should learn about other cultures through art and art history. And that should happen for all our students. That’s one reason we have such a variety of exhibits.

And in Fisher we exhibit works from the collection so people can see what the College owns.”

Recently those exhibits from the College’s collection have included Japanese woodcuts donated by Dr. Benjamin Franklin Shively ’05 and his wife, Mary Grace Ressler Shively ’06, illuminated manuscripts from the 13th to 17th centuries, and a number of objects from the Rilling gift that had not been seen before on campus.

“We have so much that no one ever sees,” Hill admits. “We don’t have permanent exhibit space for all of it but that is common. Most muse' urns show only a fraction of what they own.”

In addition to educating students through exhibits, the collection is, of course, used in art classes. “It is also a teaching collection,” Hill explains.

“Many pieces are used in classes to talk about history, technique, culture.

They have great value as teaching objects.”

However, just keeping track of the College’s collection can some­ times be a challenge.

Through the years, there has always been a cataloging system although at times it was inconsistent­ ly maintained. For instance, when Towers Hall renovations began in 1998, a handful of professors called the Art Department wanting to return prints and pictures they had borrowed for their offices some 20 years before.

“That’s how we discovered some things,” Hill laughs. “And we knew if that was the case, there must he oth­ ers in other buildings.”

In the past, students akso could borrow from the collection. Lillian Frank H’68 established a lending library of framed reproductions and

Queen Bvooks, Ancient Adinkra Symhtrls #1, 2000. Colored dyes and wood burning on panel. originals. Joanne Stichweh’67, asso­ ciate professor of art, remembers bor­ rowing priceless original works of art for her room when she was a student.

“It was astounding,” she says. “I remember clearly that 1 had a Marc Chagall and Ben Shahn. Both are extremely valuable. It was pretty amazing and both are still in Otterbein’s collection today.”

Stichweh remembers that stu­ dents were charged $ 1 deposit to guarantee that they would return the works. Frank also made sure impor­ tant larger pieces were displayed in the public areas of the residence halls. As a student working in the Art Department, Stichweh helped 15

rotate those pieces during the school year.

“Lillian Frank thought students should have art works in their dorm rooms,” Stichweh says. “You could check out a piece for a semester just like a library book. She encouraged ycni to come back and get something different every semester. She felt strongly that students .should live with art.”

Today, faculty can continue to borrow pieces from the collection for their individual purposes. They are referred to Paula Nees, senior lectur­ er, who visits the office to assess the space available. She then selects a variety of pieces and asks the faculty

Above left: Yvonne facquette, Bridges Over Cuyahoga River, Cleveland,

2000. Woodcut printed on Japanese paper. Above right: Book cover by Aminah Robinson. Fiber cover with fiber dolls, buttons, stitching, cowrie shells, and attachments. Lower left: Sidney Chafetz, Contemplation, Intaglio print in colors on paper.

Lower right: April Gomik, Cascading Waterfall, 1999. Etching and aquatint on paper. Opposite page: Bokolanfini texture, Bambara culture, Africa.

member to come to Battelle to choose the perfect item to accentuate their office.

“We have a system now,” Hill says. “Paula has a form so we know where, what and what condition of the items we lend out. But it is a lot of work.”

For the past four years Nees has been cataloging Otterbein’s art col­ lection in terms of what the college owns, where it’s stored and what con­ dition each piece is in.

“We have many fragile works,” explains Hill. “The collection con­ tains a large number of wood pieces, textiles and paper works. Our first line of action is to address pieces

where there has been damage or where damage could continue.”

For instance, many of the paper works are framed in non-archival materials. The pieces themselves may be of acid free paper but the mattes are not. Hill also mentions that many pieces in the collection are wood, and infestation can be a major con­ cern. Many of those have been bagged in archival plastic to prevent any infestation from traveling from item to item.

Another concern is the environ­ ment where the art is stored.

“It’s not just the temperature and humidity level,” Hill explains, “but the fluctuation of those things. You

need them to be constant. Dramatic changes in temperature and humidity are a bad thing for works of art gener­ ally and we don’t have control over that here.”

He adds that the Frank Museum which is being renovated (see sidebar) will provide the department with a physical environment where those factors can be monitored and controlled.

Nees is also creating a computer­ ized catalog of the collection that will include digital pictures of each piece. Hill says eventually they hope to have the entire collection on line so anyone can take a virtual tour of the collection. It will also help peo­ ple narrow their focus if they are searching for a particular kind of item. If someone wants to see, for instance, pots from New Guinea, they can look at 75 pictures on the computer instead of physically going through the collection. They could then find perhaps three that would be most useful in an exhibit or class.

While some of the collection is always on display and other items are highlighted through shows in Fisher Gallery, the collection remains a valuable resource for art students, a thing of beauty to the entire campus community and a source of pride for Otterbein. ■

Work Continues on Frank Museum Work is continuing on the house donated by Lillian Frank H’68 but Art Department Chairperson Nicholas Hill doesn’t want to yet hazard a guess as to when the public will be invited inside Otterbein’s newest art gallery.

“She and her husband, Paul, used the space for music performances and receptions and they were using it effectively for her own art collection so it’s very sensibly designed for our own purposes,” Hill says. “It’s not a big space and in fact is a very intimate space but you will be able to look at an entire exhibi­ tion and get a sense of the whole body of work. The building does have a sen.se of volume that is sympathetic to three dimensional pieces and I think many of our pieces are well suited for the space.”

The first floor will consist of two major gallery spaces. As visitors walk into the museum, there is a large open area with a vaulted ceiling. The second gallery will be toward the rear of the building under the second floor loft, which will be used for storage and office space.

The house, located on Vine Street several blocks from Otterbein’s cam­ pus, began its life as the Salem Evangelical Church and now is 124 years old.

Last year, the city of Westerville granted the College a conditional use permit to open and operate an att museum in a residential area.

“I like the fact that it’s a little bit off campus,” Hill admits. “I think it’s a wonderful tribute to Mrs. Frank who was very involved in the community of Westerville as well as Otterbein to have her home become a museum for the entire community. The location is a statement in itself.

He adds that he thinks the museum will draw audiences from the greater Columbus area with exhibits that will generate intetest in the entire Central Ohio area.

For now. Hill and others are looking at environmental factots that will make the house suitable fot exhibits including UV filters for the windows, heating and cooling.

“We’ve been working with the Columbus Museum of Att in determining what will be appropriate for the collection in terms of heating and cooling, the lighting system and security,” Hill says. William Ward, husband of the late Evelyn Svec Ward ’48, has also been a consultant on the project.

Ward worked at the Cleveland Museum of Art for many years and Hill says his input has been very valuable and much appreciated by the department.

While visitors may not give much attention to the workings of environmental control. Hill says the majority of the renovation expenses are for those things.

The College’s flindraising goal for the Frank Museum is $300,000. Currently, Otterbein has received $150,000 in gifts and pledges and, as the Class of 1951 celebtates its 50th reunion, those graduates have named the museum as the beneficiary of their $50,000 class gift.

When the remaining money has been raised and the interior work com­ pleted, the Frank Museum will welcome the public inside to enjoy and appre­ ciate works of art just as Lillian Frank graciously did for the Westerville and Otterbein communities for so many years.

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The third annual Can jus Beautification Day was a huge success. Over 3 volunteers attended the event, which is more than twice the number of participants in the 2000 event. Participants included Otterbein alumni, staff and students, including members of the Outdoor Adventure Club, Lambda Gamma Epsilon (Kings) fraternity and the newly created Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity.

Volunteers arrived on Campus early on Satur­ day, May 19 and began working at 8:30 a.m. They planted flowers at locations in front of Towers Hall, RoLKsh Hall, Battelle Fine Arts Center, Clippinger Hall, Rike Center, the Business Office and beside Memorial Stadium and Ballenger Field.

Volunteers also spread fresh mulch and plant­ ed flowers in front of the Campus Center.

Top: (I't): Laura Lynd, Dawn Tomczyk, Robyn Hopkins, Pamela Goodfellow and Sarah Mullins of the Outdoor Adventure Club spruce up the entrance to the campus with flowers. Middle; Director of Alumni Relations Greg Johnson transported volun­ teers to work sites on his trusty steed, the Service Department golf cart. Bottom; Pamela Goodfellow, Jenny Hill, Sarah Mullins and Laura Lynd display the aftermath of hard work — and some mud slinging.

Left: Ouerhein friend Becky Hoover shows the students how gardening is really done. Above; Evan Hughes, Casey Emerson, Justin Regula and Alfred Short of Kings fraternity showed that real men plant flowers! Bot­ tom: Volunteers take a break after a hard day of work to pose for a picture

The first Campus Beautification Day was held in 1999 to prepare the campus fot the upcoming graduation and Alumni Weekend festivities. Tlie event is supervised by the Otterbein College Service Department, which provides the equipment, gloves, flowets and mulch. The event saves the College over $10,000 in labor costs every year.

In appreciation of their time and labor, the Office of Alumni Relations gave each participant a handkerchief with the Beautification Day logo on it and treated volunteers to lunch. The Service Department also expressed their grati­ tude hy providing each participant with a flower to plant in their own gardens. This year’s event was organized by Jen­ nifer Sullivan '98 and Dana Minear Diefz '98.

The Otterbein Board of Trustees in a meeting this past May. Recent changes to the Board have reduced the number of members from 40 down to 30.

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n the spring of 1970, happening almost simultaneously with the Kent State tragedy, Otterbein ushered in a new system of governance—one that brought administration, faculty and students together in a common sen­ ate and that provided for faculty and student representatives on the Board of Trustees. The plan was so differ­ ent and innovative for its time, that it garnered headlines in the New York Times and other major papers across the country.

In fact, Earl J. McGrath, in his 1970 book Should Students Share the Power, stated, “In terms of structure, representation, and scope of responsi­ bility, the new government at Otter­ bein College is the most advanced in the entire establishment of higher education. In principle it comes closer than any other extant model to establishing a genuine academic community with all members partici­ pating in the deliberative and legisla­ tive process which determine major

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educational policy. It is, of course, untried in practice, but since all per­ sons concerned were involved in its development over a two-year period, it may reasonably be expected to function with a minimum of friction from the beginning.”

Some 31 years later, the system is still intact and still seems to func­ tion very well, albeit with a newly updated and refined Code of Regula­ tions and some streamlining for sim­ plicity. And the system still remains somewhat of an oddity in how col­ leges govern themselves.

“At most colleges and universi­ ties, the various constituencies of the campus have their own governance system,” said Otterbein President Brent DeVore. “It’s the silo approach. The faculty have a faculty council, and the students have a stu­ dent council.”

At Otterbein, DeVore said, “it’s more like overlapping circles. It brings together faculty and adminis­ trators and students. All of the com­ mittees of the College Senate are populated by representatives of the constituencies.”

Indeed, the very first paragraph of the Preface to the Otterbein Col­ lege Bylaws reads: “This document sets forth a system of governance which can best be described as com­ munity oriented. The governance plan is designed to encourage signifi­ cant participation in the decision­ making process by the entire college community through representation on all legislative bodies.”

Note that the word community was used not once, but twice.

Though all constituencies are being represented, constituents are not merely representing their peers. Bill Evans ’56 has been a member of the Board of Trustees for 12 years and has served on the governance committee since it was formed several years ago.

“There’s a document called the Stan­ dards of Trustee Practice,’’ Evans said.

“Within that, it’s strongly stressed that when you are in a board meet­ ing, you are a trustee of Otterbein College and not a representative of a constituency. I think the Board as a

whole would take anyone to task who stepped into a meeting as a strong representative of a constituen­ cy and representing an issue that was counter to the best interests of Otter­ bein.”

A Good System that Needed Tweaking Thanks in large part to the hard work of the governance committee over the last few years, Otterbein’s Board of Trustees has recently under­ gone a restructuring and downsizing.

All of the consituencies are still rep­ resented, but overall, the Board membership has been cut from 40 members to 30.

Evans said that a few years back, under the tenure of previous Board Chairman Bill LeMay '48, the Board received several legal opinions expressing concern of the Code of Regulations. “The main issue,” said Evans, “was that the Board was not self-determining. The East Ohio, West Ohio and Western PA confer­ ences of the United Methodist Church all had seats on the board and they were appointed by the con­ stituency. And the faculty, student body and alumni association were appointing (some by means of elec­ tions) their own members to the Board. The Board had no mecha­ nism of rejecting these members, and

legal counsel said that was inappro­ priate.”

The code of regulations, which had been changed very little since its original writing in the 70’s, also needed a little cleaning up. But the main issues that have been addressed by the governance committee have been to make the Board self-deter­ mining and to simplify it.

“We began talking about reduc­ ing the size of the Board several years ago, ” President DeVore said. “The size was reduced to make it more manageable—more conversation, less presentation. It was decided that the Board would maintain all the current constituencies, but the Board would elect the constituencies rather than the constituencies electing mem­ bers.”

However, constituencies still for­ ward names to the Board for their approval. For instance, the faculty recently had elections in which there were five names on the ballot. They submitted the top three vote-getters to the Board. “All three were quali­ fied and we saw no reason not to fol­ low the preference of the faculty,” Evans said.

Though the Board shrunk itself, no one was ever asked to leave. It was a process of attrition, of positions not being replaced once the term was up.

Otterbein President Brent DeVore and Board of Trustee Chairman Thomas Brotncley confer at a trustee meeting.

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Before the Board of Trustees meeting, trustee members John Ludlum, associate pro­ fessor of Communication; Rachel Ashcraft ’02; Susan Seeberger ’03; and Bob Gatti, vice president of Student Affairs, share refreshments and conversation.

Four ex-officio positions were also eliminated. Three of the four were bishops from the United Methodist Church. “We have few records of the bishops ever attending Board meetings,” Evans said. “And yet legally they were still liable for the actions being taken by the Board.” The fourth ex-officio posi­ tion was the president of the College.

This was changed to make the presi­ dent a full voting member.

Students and Faculty are Integral to the Process One student who is impressed with Otterbein’s governance system has a firsthand view of the proceed­ ings. Rachael Ashcraft ’02, a molec­ ular biology major, is not only a stu­ dent member of the Board of Trustees, but is also a member of the governance committee.

“The governance system is obvi­ ously one-of-a-kind. Dr. DeVore says he gets requests all the time from people looking to get the constitu­ tion, the structures of the senate and various committees,” Ashcraft said.

As a Boatd member, Ashcraft’s vote counts as much as the most senior member of the Board. And her student “voice” is actively sought. “I get asked a lot of ques­ tions. Everyone has been very very nice and very accepting. 1 haven’t encountered any patronizing.”

And while Ashcraft is a valued member of the Board, she also feels that participation is an enhancement of her education. “It’s been a very good learning experience,” she said.

“There are so many different aspects to college and life that you don’t know that much about coming out of high school. 1 thought it would be best to become a little more knowl­ edgeable in this area before I embark on a career.”

Another student who partici­ pates through the college senate is Kyle Witt ’02, a history and political science major who has served on many different fronts, including the personnel committee, the appeals council, the faculty development committee and the student life com­ mittee. “1 thought it would be a great experience and I just always had a desire to become involved and I saw it as a great opportunity,” Witt said. “I think a lot of the students don’t realize exactly what kind of opportunity they have here to really become involved.”

That students don’t get involved like they could is evident in the sen­ ate, where the by-laws state that the number of student senators can equal that of faculty senate members. In the first senate under the governance system, in 1970, there were 82 facul­ ty senators and 82 student senators.

Many more students ran than were actually elected to the senate. How­ 22

ever, in recent years, not enough stu­ dents have run for their numbers to equal the faculty membership. Witt rues that lack of involvement.

“It’s really too bad,” he said, “because on these committees you receive nothing hut a warm welcome and faculty members and others on that committee are interested in hearing what you have to say. It can be intimidating sometimes, but you get used to it and now I feel like I’m experienced at it and it has been a wonderful experience.”

Ashcraft agrees, but has a partial explanation for the fall off in student involvement. “I think we have a lot more things to do than what they had back then,” she said. “Almost all of us work. And we work a lot.

Then there’s the increasing competi­ tion. We know everything’s getting competitive so you have to do more in your classwork.”

Ashcraft serves on academic council, as did April Bowyer, who graduated this past June. Academic council reviews students’ petitions concerning academic affairs.

Through this participation, Bowyer feels she has had a strong and active voice in the proceedings of Otterbein government.

“On council they really value student opinions,” Bowyer said.

“There have been times when we had cases that could go either way and the students led the discussion and eventually the vote was persuad­ ed by what we said.” Bowyer said that sometimes friction can result between council members over a case, but that she’s never seen it run along lines of students versus faculty.

“It’s usually between students and students or faculty and faculty, to be honest with you,” she said.

One faculty member who has been involved on many levels in Otterbein’s government is Professor of Chemistry Bob Place, who has been teaching at Otterbein since 1967. He’s served as a faculty trustee for three different terms and has served on and chaired many different elements of the College’s govern­ ment, including the personnel com-

mittee, administrative council, and faculty council. Place thinks that Otterbein’s system provides not only a better communication mechanism, but a superior decision-making process as well. “I’ve grown to believe that certainly within reason, the more input you get the better the final decision is going to be,” he said.

To that end. Place appreciates working with students. “I think peo­ ple are excited to have a system that involves students,” Place said. “I think it’s great to have students in the sen­ ate. I believe personally that legisla­ tion is diffetent when you have to con­ sider students, because the students are going to be voting on it. You have to consider them in your reasoning, your rational and writing of legislation. I think that’s a good thing.”

Another positive Place sees with the system is in introducing new courses. “I think the governance sys­ tem provides a good mechanism for introducing new courses,” he said. “I developed a course for Integrated Studies called ‘Chemistry Affects Your Life.’ I’ve been the only one to teach it for 19 years, but the gover­ nance system was a vehicle to do that. We started with a little com­ mittee and then we went to the department and then to the division and then to the curriculum commit­ tee and then finally to the senate.

That’s a natural progression for many new courses proposed.”

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1995 Jennifer Cochran is cur­

rently employed as the ser­ vice manager for City Year Greater Philadelphia, part of the Americorps National Service network.

Melissa Crohen recently

graduated with her masters in education in December 2000 from the Ohio State University.

Vice President of Academic Affairs Patti Frick (left) chairs the Personnel Commit' tee. To her left are Chuck Zimmerman, associate professor of Religion/Philosophy; Allan Cooper, professor of History/Political Science; Kyle Witt ’02; and John Weispfenning, associate professor of Communication.

Looking to the Future So with faculty and students both busily involved in Otterbein’s government, and with a newly tweaked and downsized Board of Trustees, what are some of the biggest challenges ahead? Bill Evans is ditect with an answer for that.

“A new science building,” Evans said. He hesitated then corrected himself. “Let’s say an enhancement of the science facility, whether it’s a new building ot a refurbishing of the curtent building.” In addition to the science facility, Evans also lists incteasing competition from other educational institutions and keeping up with technology as the three biggest issues that Otterbein will face in the near future.

It seems safe to believe that Otterbein’s unique governance sys­ tem will he up to the challenges the College will face in the early part of the 21st century. It certainly seems like that sense of community is alive and well and working for Otterbein.

“The system works for us,” Presideiat DeVore said. “It breaks down barriers. It challenges a group to have well-developed arguments fcrr change.

Probably most impottant, it allows for open dialogue abtrut issues. You can say ‘1 don’t know what’s going on,’ but you can’t say you don’t have an avenue to find out what’s going on.

It’s our general philosophy on campus that we are open and share a lot. We are truly a community.”

Julia Gwin Falvo is cur­

Michelle Feichtner

rently teaching teading recovei7 and is a reading specialfst in the Penn Hills School Disttict, Pittsbutgh, PA.

Niemeyer is an RN wtrrk-

John Steiner continues to

ing as a research nurse for a cholesterol research compa­ ny in Cincinnati, OH.

make his living as a free­ lance musician. He has a roster of over forty private voice students, conducts the chorus at St. Charles Preparatory School, and performs all around central Ohio. He recently com­ posed original music for a play called The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940.

Julie Robinson is assistant Jason McGlothlin will

city manager of Madeira, OH. She is happy to add that she is in full remission from leukemia since May 1999!

receive his Ph.D. in psy­ chology from Ohio Univer­ sity, June 2001. In Septem­ ber 2001 he will be an assis­ tant professor at Kent State Univetsity.

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1996

1997 Ryan Borland, in his first

year as head coach of Otterbein’s cross country, was named Ohio Athletic

Conference (OAC) Coach of the Year for men’s cross country. He also coaches the women’s cross-country

team, and serves as an assis­ tant in track and field.

Janet Hladik retired from ___ Lucent Technologies

PROFILE Recent Qrad is Young Up'Und'Comer in Hollywood rom the Otterbein stage to the silver screen, Sam Jaeger '99 has kept his small-town

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attitudes and values. This up-and-coming actor has his feet firmly on the ground despite acting opposite such stars as Michael Douglas in Traffic and Bruce Willis in the upcoming Hart's War. Sam can’t remember when his interest in acting began. He can only say that he’s been acting since he was a child and he was tnily inspired by the movie Dead Poets' Society.

“It is a good release as a person and a great way to learn compassion for others,” he said. “I’ve always loved it.”

This ingrained desire to act took him from Perrysburg, Ohio to the Otterbein College stage and ultimately, to Hollywood.

Sam came to the Otterbein College Theatre in 1995. He performed in several productions, including Robin Hood, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Few Good Men and Moon Children.

In 1998, he moved to New York City fot an internship with ABC Prime Time Casting, where he read scripts opposite actors at auditions.

Sam returned to Otterbein in 1999 to visit his friends and walk in graduation. Eventually, he moved to Los Angeles, where he has earned roles in such popular television shows as Law and Order and The West Wing.

Sam said the Ottetbein faculty gave him the tools he needs to be successful in acting.

While performing in Otterbein theatre productions, Sam learned the techniques and confi­ dence that carry him through auditions.

“Chris Kirk really helped me with technique and how to keep my body centered and to know where my body is going,” he said. “1 also learned a lot from working under Ed Vaugh­ an’s direction. 1 think performing in Picasso Does My Maps really took me from being a young, arrogant high schooler to a matute actor.”

Now a member of the Hollywood acting community, Sam has had to adjust to a new way of doing things. “The biggest adjustment is that 1 spend months memorizing lines, then someone will approach me with changes or new lines right befote it’s time to film,” he said.

In addition, Sam pointed out that stage acting “goes ftom one place to another,” whereas films are shot “in chunks,” not necessarily in order.

However, Sam misses the comforts of Ohio. “One thing I miss about Otterbein is that it is so peaceful. You can walk around at two in the morning and feel completely peaceful.

It’s hard to find that here,” he said. Ironically, Sam says the only place in Los Angeles he has found that is as peaceful as Otterbein is the Warner Brothers set.

Sam has spent his time away from Ohio learning a lot about acting, show business and himself. “I’ve learned not to beat my.self up over things, because there is no point to it. If I don t get a role 1 auditioned for, 1 just tell myself 1 didn’t really want to do it anyway,” he said.

Sam has also spent his time going head to head with major Hollywood stars, who Sam said are just like everyone else. “Even successful actors have their insecurities. I have to prove 1 can stand with them, but they still have to prove they ate worth $20 million.”

While he proved talented enough to earn a role opposite Michael Douglas in Traffic, it turned out to be a humbling experience, as his scene was edited from the movie. In his upcoming film Hart's War, which was filmed recently in Prague, Sam is more confident his friends and family will see him on the silver screen. “My role in Hart's War is much more integral, so they will have a hard time cutting me out,” he said with a laugh. , 24

after 20 years. Her plans to travel developed into a trip to Vienna, Austria.

Justin Hooper and his wife, Amy Walter Hooper '96,

recently relocated to Chica­ go. He will be the l.S. man­ ager for the Chicago divi­ sion of Cardinal Health.

Amey Jordan is working

for DLZ Corporation, an architectural/engineering fitm, as the human resource representative for DLZ’s five Ohio offices. She is living in Columbus with her sig­ nificant other, Troy Hilde­ brand, and three-year-old daughter, Kyra Elizabeth.

1998 Jason Gilham has accepted

the position as public rela­ tions assistant for the National Football League’s Atlanta Falcons. He served as an intern with the team last season after coming to Atlanta from the Cleveland Browns publicity/media relations department during their expansion season of 1999 and the Cleveland Cavaliers during the 199798 season.

2000 John "Rob" Burk is cur­

rently conducting graduate research in Blacksburg and Middleburg, VA at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He is pur­ suing a master’s and PhD in equine nutrition and exer­ cise physiology.

Jason Grell is an on-air tal­

ent and part-time producer for CBS/lnfinity owned WLVQ Columbus, QFM96.

Since working there, he has picked up a pretty good size fan following.

Donna Hedges accepted a position as APN with Uni­ versity Hospital East after completing her MSN from Otterbein in June 2000.

Nellie Hough is currently

working as a graphic design­ er. She recently moved to Apple Valley, CA with Chris Mundhenk '00.

Professional Baseball team, which is an affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers.

Daniel Largent is currently

teaching 7th grade language arts in the Olmsted Falls City School District. He is also coaching football and baseball. He will start grad­ uate classes this summer to become a school counselor.

He is engaged to April Bowyer '01, and will be getting married on July 27,

Ensign James Oakley

graduated from Pensacola Naval Air Station this past February. He is presently deployed on the USS Kincade in the Persian Gulf Andrew Rinehart is current­

2002.

ly employed at Management Recruiters International as an executive recruiter spe­ cializing in financial ser­ vices/insurance professionals in Columbus, OH.

Mark Kish is presently work­

ing as a communications assistant for the Buckeye Ranch in Grove City, OH.

Christopher Mundhenk has

been promoted to director of ticket sales for the High Desert Mavericks Class A

2001 Leo Knoblauch is running

for Whitehall City Council.

The general election is November.

Leah Mason has been selected as a Rotary Inter­ national Ambassadorial Scholar and the recipient of a $25,000 scholarship. She will study music at the Ruprect-Karls Universitat Heidelberg in Heidelberg, Germany during the 200102 academic year.

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M------ 1----compiled by Sandy Ritchie MARRIAGES

ADDITIONS

1987

1981

Teresa Barok to Terry

Lynette Blum Shoots and

Thompson, June 12, 1999.

husband James, a girl, Sarah Elizabeth, Nov. 17, 2000. She joins older sis­ ters Jenny, 9 and Jamie, 4-

1993 Martin Smith to Benet

Myndi MacQueen to Rick

Zipf, May 2000.

Jodi Thompson to Bruce

Michelle Feichtner to Ray Niemeyer '92, Aug. 29,

1998.

1996 Jamie Price to John

Weaver, Dec. 9, 2000.

1997 Tamara Winzeler to Cory

Sprow, Aug. 5, 2000.

2000

2001.

ford '44 &. ’86 Honorary

1987

and husband Michael, a girl, Hannah Kay, Feb. 10,

1993 Michael Rose and wife

Lisa, a girl, Myah Brynne, Feb. 22, 2001.

and his Aunt Tracy.

Lisa Rae Madden and

1990

husband, Eric, a girl, Olivia Rea, Sept. 13, 2000.

She joins older brother Noah, 4.

Teresa Dunphy and hus­

band Thomas Gregor, a boy, William Dunphy Gre­ gor, Oct. 10, 2000.

Liana Peters-Tinsley and

1991

husband Kevin, a girl, Lia Christine, Nov. 11, 2000.

She joins older brother Jackson, 4.

Aysu Basaran and hus­

band David Kaczmarek, a girl, Isabel Nura, Dec. 25,

2000.

1994 Megan Smith Hill and

husband William, a girl, Allison Elizabeth, Oct. 11, 2000. She joins older brother Zach, 8.

LauraLee Brigode Jingo

and husband Bill, a boy, Caleb John, Feb. 13, 2001.

Jaimee Hance Mont­ gomery and husband Eric,

Teresa Barok Thompson Kelly Kean Emnett and

and husband Terry, a boy, Taos Hunter, Oct. 25,

husband Rich, a girl, Grace Elizabeth, July 18,

2000.

twins, a boy, Nathan Samual and a girl, Ashley Elizabeth, Jan. 25, 2001.

2000.

1988

1992

Mark Collier and wife

Melinda Harper Brubak­

Christina, a boy, Paul Karcher, Jan. 13, 2001.

er and husband Jeffrey

Molly Jones to Anthony

Price, Dec. 2, 2000.

Martha Kinder Gifford '64 &. Craig Gifford '57; &. Larry Gifford '94; Great Uncle Ray W. Gif­

Davy, Apr. 7, 2001.

1995

Sharon Kraut Littlefield

Uncles Bruce Gifford '86

Bondi, Mar. 24, 2001.

1994

Craig, Nov. 30, 2000.

Proud family members include Grandparents

1996 Stacie Kish Collins and

husband Troy, a girl, Faye Joanna, Mar. 7, 2001.

'91, a girl, Kylee Jo, Feb.

13, 2001. She joins older sister Megan.

Daniel Gifford and wife

Deanna, a boy, Mitchell 25

Jodi West Woerner and

husband Bryon, a girl.

Emerson Marie, Mar. 14, 1999.

grandson. Jay; a brother, Ray and a sister, Mary Eliz­ abeth.

1997 Teresa Miklos Cotner and husband Frederick '94, a

boy, Chase Jonathon, Dec. 3, 2000.

1942 Helene Bauer Bickel

Elizabeth Getter Middle-

passed away Jan. 1998.

She is survived by her hus­ band, Fred Bickel and one daughter, Nancy Bickel

ton and husband Jeff, a

Sims '77.

girl, Brenna Elisabeth, Dec. 20, 2000. She joins older brother Blake Alexander, 2.

199S Melissa Wilcox Ziogas

and husband James '95, a boy, Andrew, Feb. 3, 2001.

DEATHS

1924 Otterbein has learned that Emma Wright Wood

passed away Oct. 31, 2000.

She is survived by her daughter, Jacquelyn Lemen.

1931 Margaret Mill Peters

passed away Jan. 27, 2001.

She is survived by two children. Sue Brietzke and Lt. Col. John Peters '64.

19 S, Lola "Lolly" Jennings Searles passed away Apr.

15,2001. She was a memher of Condit Presbyterian Church, Friendly Club, Church Women United, Columbia Chapter #33 OES, Search Light Club, and was secretary of the residents council at Huber Village. She was also a reading volunteer for Pointview Elementary School, and tutored many students after her retire­ ment. She is survived by her daughter. Nan, and

United Methodist Church.

He is survived by one son Jon; daughter Jeanne; four granddaughters and a great granddaughter.

1944 Geraldine Wright Fox

passed away Nov. 20, 2000.

She is survived by her two daughters, Patricia Fox '81 and Rebecca Fox Edwards '78 and son-inlaw, Todd Edwards '78.

Charlotte Patterson Payne passed away Jan. 4,

2001 in Oakwood Village.

She worked as an execu­ tive secretary for Colorado Interstate Gas Company for 17 years. She is sur­ vived by two stepdaugh­ ters, Sharon Payne and Sarah Clausen; two sisters, Gwendolyn Humphrey and Margie Thomas; sisterin-law, Louise Patterson and four step-grandchil­ dren.

1947 Harry France passed away

Apr. 12, 2001. He was a veteran of WWII. He moved to Germantown in 1947 and was a teachet, coach and principal at Germantown High School until he joined the Montgomety County Schools Office in 1957. After 23 years of service, he retired as an assistant supetintendent with the county. He was an active member of the Germantown Lions Club and received the Melvin Jones Fellowship honor in 1997. He was a member of Good Shepherd

1950 Hershel Clemmons passed

away on Feb. 10, 2001. He was retired from his prac­ tice in Hamilton, OH, which was his hometown.

He attended the Universi­ ty of Cincinnati for his medical and his residency at the University of Louisville, KY. He was a member of The Presbyter­ ian Church, where he served as a Deacon and an Elder. He served in the Army Medical Corps from 1956 to 1958 and was a member of the Butler County Medical Society, Hamilton Academy of Medicine, American Med­ ical Association, American College of OB/GYN, the American College of Sur­ geons, and was certified by the American Board of OB/GYN. He served as chief of staff at Fort Hamil­ ton Hospital, was past president of YMCA Board and currently a member and president of the Board of R.A.D.D. He is sur­ vived by his mother Lois Clemmons, daughters Melanie, Barbara and Linda; one son, James “Jamie” Hershel Clem­ mons and several grand­ children.

sons, Michael and Richard.

1957 Richard Hayes passed

away Mar. 6, 2001. He was a Korean War veteran serving as a corpsman in the United States Navy.

He received two Purple Hearts for his combat injuries. He was an active member of Christ United Methodist Church, where he served on the finance committee. He was past president of Community Action, and served on the Salvation Army Board.

He also served as superin­ tendent of Frontier School District and Lower Salem School District, as pastor of Mowrystown EUB Church, business manager of Marietta City Schools, controller of Marietta Col­ lege, vice president of Washington Technical College, and served on the Marietta City School Board. In 1978, he opened his own business, Ace Lock and Security Co., and was a member of the Associated Locksmith’s of America and the PennOhio Locksmith Associa­ tion. He is survived by his wife, Macel McDermott Hayes'55; two daughters, Gail Hersman and Lisa Hayes; one granddaughter; two brothers, Warren and Bob; and several nieces and nephews.

James Williams passed

Otterbein has learned that J. Kenneth Potter passed away Apr. 6, 2001.

1952 Dr. Marlin Miller passed

away Dec. 11, 2000. He is survived by his wife, Anne; three daughters, Susan, Kathi, Krista; and two 26

away Mar. 12, 2001.

While at Otterbein, he was a member of the Eta Phi Mu fraternity. He was the southeast sales manager for Pittway Corporation. He is survived by his wife, Jean; three sons, Jim, Todd and Brian, and three grandchildren.

1958

1976

1978

Avalyn Gibson passed

Jon Rhodehomel Phillips

Patricio Lenz Yothers

away June 1, 2000. She is survived by her two sons, John '57 and James '54 and one daughter, Mar­ garet.

passed away Mar. 18, 2001.

She received her master’s degree in special education from Baldwin-Wallace College in 1998. She was a member of Kappa Delta Phi Sorority and was listed in Who’s Who in Teacher Education in 2000. She was employed as a teacher for Regent Academy in Elyria, OH for eight years.

She was also a member of Abundant Life Christian Center. She is survived by her husband, Mickey and her mother, Dorothy.

passed away Jan. 2, 2001.

She is survived by her hus­ band, Duane '55; two sons, Robert and David; and two daughters, Tracy Diles and Laura Lawrence.

1967 David Reynolds passed

away Jan. 29, 2001. He is survived by his wife, Mar­ jorie and two sons, Mark and Clay.

1971 Otterbein has learned that Anita Andrev/s passed away Jan. 13, 1999.

1984 Lisa Gibson Gross passed

away May 21, 2001. Pre­ ceded in death by her mother Martha Gibson; father Frank Gibson ’69 and grandfather Floyd Gib­ son. Lisa is survived and deeply missed by her hus­ band of 16 years, Steven Gross; daughters, Melissa and Alexa; brother, Eric

(Diane) Gibson of Wester­ ville; grandmother Alice Gibson; uncles and aunts, Richard and Charlotte Clark, Ruthann and David White, Edward and Sandy Clark, Greg and Sue Gib­ son, Jeff (Beverly) Gibson, Martha Gibson and Evelyn Gibson; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Carl and Imogene Gross; sisters and brothers-in-law, Cathy Wisecup, Peggy Gross and Bill Gross; nieces and nephews, Brian Wisecup, Jennifer Searles, Arron Gross, Julie Gross, Randy Gross; and many other rel­ atives and friends. ■

compiled by Jenny Hill

Corporate and Foundation Support Going Strong ing the Campaign was a very generous gift of $3.5 million from The Clements Foundation.

Most recently, Otterbein received a gift from The Nationwide Foundation in the amount of $500,000. For over 35 years Otterbein has been served with Nationwide representatives on our Board of Trustees, individuals who have provided outstanding leadership, including our cur-

Fit for the Future Campaign With 75% of the project funding raised, the formal groundbreaking took place on May 19th for Otterbein’s new recreation and fitness center (see related story on page 2). With the goal of $9.5 million, $7.2 million has already been pledged or donated, largely from the corpo­ rate and foundation community of Gentral Ohio. Initiat­

An artist’s rendering of the inside of the Clements Recre­ ation and Fitness Center. Con­ struction began this last May.

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rent board member, Mark Thresher '78. During that time Nationwide has contributed $2.2 million to Otterbein for major capital projects and scholarship assistance.

Not surprising, Nationwide is the number one corporate donor in Central Ohio and last year received the 2000 Corporate Caring Award. We applaud Nationwide for their commitment and leadership to Otterhein and to the wider community.

The Fit for the Future Campaign has also attracted corporate and foundation support from Follett Cohege Stores ($100,000), the Harry C. Moores Foundation ($60,000), BISYS ($15,000), Key Bank ($2,500), Anheuser Busch ($2,000), and Witt, Fiala, Flannery and Associates ($1,000). The Fit for the Future Campaign is now entering its final phase in terms of timing and dollars raised. Recently, The Kresge Foundation was invited to create a stimulating challenge grant to successfully culmi­ nate the Campaign. An award decision is expected in September.

scope 2000 Summer Institute, the 16th Biennial Confer­ ence on Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society, and the 8th National Conference of the Council on Undergraduate Research) and six teams visited model science facilities. In addition, Otterhein was awarded, and recently participated in, a PKAL-Keck Consultancy through Project Kaleidoscope.

Academic Program Support Corporations and foundations are also instrumental in their support of academic programming. The Martha Holden Jennings Foundation awarded Dr. Patti Albaugh $16,000 to provide summer workshops for 45 Central Ohio teachers. The three workshops will focus on digital photography, interactive presentation software, and math/science manipulatives. The Ohio Board of Regents awarded two grants totaling $22,900 to Drs. Susan Enyart and Jeffrey Smith to improve teacher education programs for students preparing to teach mathematics and science to grades K-12. The funding will support curriculum development for two new inquiry-based courses.

The 2001 Science Lecture Series, NASA; Experimen­ tation and Exploration in Space was made possible by gener­ ous contributions from Lockheed Martin ($3,000), Chemical Abstracts Services ($1,000), Ohio Health ($1,000) and Ross Labs ($1,000).

Looking Ahead Toward the Future In concert with the College’s ten-year facilities plan, we are examining program needs regarding science educa­ tion and crafting plans for an enhanced science facility.

Last summer, with a $200,000 grant from The Reinberger Foundation, seven teams of faculty attended various con­ ferences on curriculum and facilities (the Project Kaleido­

Calendar Year vs. Fiscal Year, Designated vs. Undesignated Giving Many times a phonathon caller will be told “1 already gave this year.” Sometimes it is simply a matter of the gift being mailed after the call list was compiled, but more often, it is a result of confusion between Otterbein’s fiscal year and the calendar year. Otterbein’s fiscal year begins each year on July 1st and ends on June 30th.

All gifts received by June 30th are included in the Honor Roll of Donors which is mailed out every fall.

Another source of confusion is the difference between designated and undesignated giving, also , referred to as unrestrictive giving. The Annual / Fund is the College’s only private source of unrestricted giving. This means that the money is available to assist the College wher­ ever the need is greatest. Many people chose to not only support the Annual Fund, hut also specific projects on campus, such as the Towers Hall renovation, a family schol­ arship, or an academic department. Although a person may contribute to these funds on an annual basis, they are not considered Annual Fund gifts.

The Annual Fund is a particular fund with a goal that must be reached each year because it is part of the College’s operating budget. The success of the Annual

Fund is dependent on alumni, parents, and friends who are asked each year to make a contribution. Each year in the fall, we begin the appeals on behalf of the Annual Fund. This includes both a direct mail piece and a phonathon call. Also, the Honor Roll of Donors includes a response envelope that you can use to mail your gift to the Annual Fund to Otterhein. Each spring, we conduct the Class Agent mailing. Every class has an individual who has volunteered to contact I their classmates on behalf of the Annual Fund.

Why do we try so hard to contact you about the Annual Fund? Because your participation is very important. The Annual Fund accepts gifts of all sizes. During this past fiscal year, the Annual Fund received gifts ranging from $5 up to $25,000. Not everyone can contribute at a Giv­ ing Club level ($500 and up), but most people would con­ sider a modest amount. If you have not been a supporter of the Annual Fund, a $5 gift can and will make a difference.

If you have been contributing to the Annual Fund, consid­ er increasing your gift for this next year. Inflation affects

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all aspects of life, including the price of a college education.

Each year the Annual Fund must raise more money than the previous year to keep up with the changing times.

Please consider making your contribution to the Annual Fund for the 2002 fiscal year. You can make a contribution online by visiting the alumni community of

Otterbein’s website at www.otterhein.edu. You will need your ID number which can be found above your mailing address on this issue of Towers. If you have any questions, please call Jennifer Beharry at the Annual Fund Office at (614) 823-1400 or email JBeharry@Otterbein.edu

New Endowed Scholarships and Awards The Class of 1946 Endowed Award

Angela Marie Dixon, first recipient of the Class of 1946 Award, with the Rev Carl Robinson ’46.

The class of 1946 celebrated their 50th reunion by establishing this endowed award for outstanding Junior Education majors. It was awarded for the first time at the 2001 Honors Convocation.

The Pasquale and Concetto Giammarco Premio Endowed Award This endowed award was est;iblished in 1997 by Elsa C. Giammarco '76 and gifts from family and friends in mem­ ory of her father and to honor her mother. This award is for part-time and/or full-time foreign language students. It was awarded for the first time at the 2001 Honors Convo­ cation.

The Carolyn C. Miller Endowed Scholarship This endiiwed scholarship was established in 2001 from the estate of Carolyn Miller. It is for “endowed scholars” who play intercollegiate football. It will he awarded for the first time in the 2002-03 school year.

Elsa Gkirnmarco '76; Naomi Gill, first recipient of the Pasquale and Concern Giammarco Premio Award; Concetta Giammarco.

The Pietila Family Equine Science Endowed Award Jack '62 and Mary Jean Pietila '61 created this award for

Etiuine Science majors. Jack spent 21 years as an Air Force officer, retiring in 1983. At that time, he joined the Otterbein development staff and currently serves as execu­ tive director of development. Mary Jean’s gift was teach­ ing elementary education which .she did for many years before retiring in 1998. The Pietila daughters, Jackie Pietila Hassenflug ’89 and Wendy ’92, both rode (tn the Otterbein Equestrian team and it is in their honor that the Pietila Endowed Award was established. It was awarded for the first time at the 2001 Honors Convocation.

Maria Calderone, [yrofessor of equine science; Jackie Pietila Hassenflug ’89; Mary Jean Pietila ’61; Kimberly Keeton, first recipi­ ent of the Pietila Family Equine Science Award; Jack Pietila ’62.

The Maurice and Rose Rapkin Computer Science Endowed Award This award was established in January of 2001. With Mr. Rapkin’s background as a veteran of WWll and in mechanical and civil engineering, this San Diego, CA couple established this award to “promote continuing excellence in research and education in the science of engineering particularly as it relates to computer science.”

Mr. and Mrs. Rapkin’s son-in-law. Dr. Duane G. Buck, has been a computer science professor at Otterbein since 1991.

It was awarded for the first time at the 2001 Honors Con­ vocation.

Geoffrey Davis and Wei Lui, first recipients of the The Maurice and Rose Rapkin Award; Ellen Rapkin; Susan Enyart, chairper­ son of mathematical sciences; Duane Buck, associate [rrofessor of computer science.

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Reconnecting...

Coming Home...

Tau Delta will celebrate its 80th anniversary at Homecoming 2001, and the alumnae chapter needs some helping hands to make the occasion a success. Alumnae are planning their own float in the Homecoming parade and an after­ noon get-together.

Those wanting to help should contact either chapter President Katie Altier Reagan ’97 at KAlt6@aol.com or at 440-774-6262, or chapter Vice President Heather Rutz ’95 at hjrutz@yahoo.com or at 419-993-2094. Alumnae members are welcome to contact the sorority house at 614-823-2041 to be put in touch with other alums.

If you are unable to help, keep this year’s Homecoming in your plans, dig out those scrapbooks and stop by the house to share some Tau Delta memories. Look for more information about the anniversary in the fall issue of Towers.

Homecoming 2001!

Otterbem fans will be out in full force to support the Cardinals football team as it takes on Heidelberg at Homecoming Weekend 2001. With festivities tm Oct. 26-27, the weekend is sure to be full of excitement!

The weekend activities will include the annual Spirit Day Rally featuring the marching band, cheerleaders and the Homecoming court, as well as the annual parade. This year, a special dinner will be held following the game on celebrate the reunion classes of 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991 and 1996.

So paint your face red and tan (or just wear your favorite Cardinal gear) and join your fellow alumni on Campus Oct. 26-27 for Homecoming 20011

Compiled by Jenny Hill

Re^onal Events

Cardinals Flock to the Football Hall of Fame On May 12, 84 Otterbein College alumni and friends attended an exclusive after hours party at the Pro-Football Hall of Fame in Can­ ton.

Otterbein alumni and friends enjoyed spe­ cial behind the scenes tours, including show­ ings of Game Day, a movie that follows a rook­ ie from his first game to the Superbowl, World’s Funniest Football Bloopers and special behindthe-scenes videos that have never been seen by the general public. In addition, a special pre­ sentation was given titled “One Hundred Years of Helmets.”

Guests also enjoyed dinner, a scavenger hunt and a College update by President DeVore. Otterbein’s new Head Football Coach Rocky Alt attended the event and former Otterbein football greats were honored, includ­ ing Moe Agler '48, Vic Ritter '48, Ted Benadum '52, Elmer "Bud" Yoest '53 and Ron Jones '61.

Special thanks go to Gloria and John Spring '62, and Dorothy and Don Unger '55 for hosting this great event with a wonderful turnout!

Tailgate Parties In it’s third season, Otterbein football tailgating keeps getting bigger and better! This Top: Guests of the Pro Football Hall of Fame enjoying dinner. Abwe: Hosts of year, parents of Otterbein’s football players are the Hall of Fame visit, Gloria Spring, John Spring ’62, Don Unger ’55, Dorothy hosting tailgate parties at five games. Parents Unger, President Brent DeVore. of student athletes are invited to join the Otterbein Alumni & Kids (OAK) Otterbein College National Alumni Association for par­ ties at the College of Mount St. Joseph on Sept. 8, Ohio Programming for young alumni, both with and without Northern University on Oct. 6, Baldwin-Wallace College children, is an area of particular interest to the National on Oct. 13, Marietta College on Oct. 20 and Muskingum Alumni Association. Therefore, the Office of Alumni College on Nov. 10.

Relations is planning upcoming programs for young alumni Special thanks go to the parents who have organized who have graduated within the past 25 years. these events, as well as those in attendance for providing Some OAK activities currently being considered are food and “live entertainment.” special programs for single alumni; planned activities at Homecoming; traditional Otterbein events for children such as the May Pole Dance; special events for children such as horseback riding, art, and alumni and youth Spirit Days. The Office of Alumni Relations would like your ^ input and suggestions for OAK programs. Please contact gjohnson@otterhein.edu (subject: interest in OAK) or (614) 823-1650 with any thoughts or ideas.

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Regional Events

Tucson and Phoenix Alumni Gatherings Two alumni events in April joined members of the Otterbein family for socials in Phoenix and Tucson, Ari­ zona. With President Brent DeVore in attendance, alum­ ni and friends enjoyed food and fellowship, as well as a College update. Many different class years were represent­ ed at the events, making the socials fun for all ages.

Special thanks go to young alumna Amy Nordstrom Jones '94 for hosting the Phoenix event and Tom '62 and Judy Edcner '65 Kintigh for hosting the Tucson event. Thanks also go to Mory Ann Anderson Elwood '60 and Dale Crawford '59 for helping to organize the Tucson event.

Lifelong Learning

Classroom Violence: Are Your Local Schools Ready?

Recent incidents of school violence have brought concerns to the hearts of parents and educators alike.

What is causing this tragic trend? How can we prevent these incidents from occurring?

On August 23 at 6:30 p.m., Otterbein College will address the issue of violence in school with “Classroom Violence; Are Your Local Schools Ready?,” a free Life­ long Learning program for parents, educators and con­ cerned community members.

School violence is no longer something you only hear about on the news. It could be as close to you as your local school. In Reynoldsburg, Chief of Police Jen­ nie Miller received information about a planned inci­ dent of violence at the local school, and made a contro­ versial decision to keep the school open. Her decision encountered opposition from teachers, who advised stu-

dents to stay home. Miller will discuss the reasons behind her decision and the controversy that followed in het discussion, “Prevention: Parents, Schools and Police Working Together.”

In addition, the program will feature a panel discus­ sion with Special Agent Keith Coy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) speaking on national trends in school violence, as well as commentary from Spring Township Chief of Police David Heimpold, School Resource Officer Mike Webb, Johnstown Schools Superintendent Dan Montgomery and a repre­ sentative from Westerville City Schools.

Please plan to attend this Lifelong Leatning progtam because the first step to making a change is being aware of the problem.

Kappa Phi Omega Sorority Celebrates 80th

The formal event will be held on Saturday, October 27, 2001 at the Holiday Inn in Worthington at 6:00pm.

A dinner buffet will be served, along with a cash bar, and a night cT dancing and reminiscing! The price of the evening will be $20.00 for single, $30.00 for a couple.

You can send this money with your RSVP to: Emily Cotton, 2795 Preston Club, Columbus Oh 43219.

If you have any suggestions of ways to make this celebration unforgettable, or you would like to help out

with the planning, please email Emily Cotton at emcot' ton@hotmail.com, Tricia Collins at triciac@gbainc.net or Nikki (Davis) Dunbar at niksterl30@hotmail.com. We are also looking for missing alumni. Please let us know if you have addres.ses or email addresses for your sorority sisters who might have moved!

Tltis is going to be a great way to re-unite with your sorority sisters, as well as meeting the new active members!

We want to see everyone at the 80th!!!

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Calling All Cardinals!

Cardinal Migration 2001 is taking flight for Colorado Springs, Colorado, September 20-23! For early birds, Otterbein will offer the Pre-Migration Vacation Package to participants who want to explore the natural wonders of Colorado on their own September 15-19.

Alumni Office: 614-823-1650

Otterbein College National Alumni Calendar (dates subject to change) 2001

Alumni, family and friends are sure to enjoy the boundless beauty of Colorado Springs, a city known for cool slopes and hot springs, with a style all its own.

During the weekend, participants will experience both the majesty of the Rocky Mountains and the major attractions of the city itself. Included in the trip will be breath-taking views of the fall colors of shimmering aspen trees at the ski resort town of Breckenridge; visits to the historic gold mining camp of Cripple Creek, Garden of the Gods and the Pioneers Museum; a trip on Cog Railway to the top of Pikes Peak (14,110 feet); and an insider view of the U. S. Olympic Training Center and the Air Force Academy.

So join fellow Otterbein alumni and friends for life­ long learning, fun and fellowship in Colorado Springs!

The deadline for registration is September 4, so if you have not yet received your information, call the Office of Alumni Relations at (614) 823-1650.

7/27-28 8/13-18 8/23 8/29 9/8 9/20-23 9/29 10/6 10/13 10/16 10/20 10/27 11/10 11/23-24 11/24-25 11/27

Alumni College 2001 Schooner Mary Day, Camden, Maine “Classroom Violence” Lifelong Learning Dayton Send-Off Party for New Students Parents’ Tiilgate Party/Mount St. Joseph Cardinal Migration, Colorado Springs, CO Toledo Area Alumni Gathering Parents’ Tailgate Party at Ohio Northern U. Parents’ Tailgate Party/Baldwin-Wallace Dayton Area Women’s Club Gathering Parents’ Tailgate Party at Marietta Homecoming 2001 Patents’ Tailgate Party at Muskingum Women’s Basketball Tournament, San Antonio, TX Men’s Basketball Tournament, San Antonio, TX Men’s & Women’s Basketball, Austin TX

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