Class of 1970 50th reunion
Class of 1970 Returns to Rollins! On behalf of the entire campus community, we are delighted to see you back at Rollins in celebration of your 50th reunion. We sincerely hope you enjoy this special time to rekindle old friendships and to get reacquainted with the College today. Reawaken your inner Rollins student as you stroll through the picturesque campus and recall the experiences that made your Rollins story. This is your weekend to reminisce about days gone by and to share in the laughter of stories too good to be forgotten. Return and rewind to the Rollins of your time!
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Alma Mater Set like a gem amid the waters blue, Where palms and pines their fragrant incense brew; O Alma Mater, as the swift year runs, Sing we thy praise, thy daughters and thy sons. Sons who uphold thy fair unsullied fame, Daughters who love thine ancient honored name, True to thy colors blazoned far on high Gold of the sun and blue of bending sky. Far from thy walls, wherever we may go, Still with a heart where loyal memories glow, Still with a song for Rollins ringing clear, Guide of our youth, O Alma Mater, dear.
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Lost List If you have information on any of the alumni listed, please contact the Office of Alumni Engagement at 407-646-2266 or alumni@rollins.edu. *Indicates Holt School graduate
Ann Cahill Caton*
Despina Koufoudaki Rogers*
Daniel F. Clark*
Paul E. Schenk, Jr.*
Ralph J. Cordell '71MBA
Peter F. Simonetti*
Gary R. Delisle*
Antoinette Derosa Simonetti*
Penny Schlotter Dowling*
Edward W. Smith, Jr.*
Don S. Ebbert*
Richard L. Stemmerman*
Billy W. Finkbiner*
Genevieve Sempreviva Terrill*
Norman C. Flagg*
Joanne Dawson Waltman*
David W. Gretzinger*
James W. Whitehurst, Jr.*
George D. Henderson*
Jacquelyn P. Willingham*
Levi N. Hilling*
Don R. Woods*
Penelope Schlotter Holman*
Michael L. Wright*
Josephine Stewart Hyde* Grace Pattison Johnson* Mary Hudson Johnson* Robert H. Johnson* Ettie Gleason Keogh* Nancy Dicks Lawrence* Marston V. Leininger, Jr.* Margaret M. Moylan* James P. Murphey Yvonne Cook Norris* Lawrence R. Oliver* Henri C. Pache*
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In Memoriam
*Indicates Holt School graduate
Dorothea A. Anderson Antman*
Earl J. Land*
Florine M. Belliveau*
Lewanzer Lassiter
Doreen Bligh-Rutt*
Charles "Chuck" S. Lattin '77MBA
Olga Monserrate Bretzius* Charlotte "June" Close Brewer '76MSM
Virginia Gorham Lay* Dorothy Horak Lippmann*
Woodson "Woody" P. Daniel
Richard "Dick" L. MacLeod
Arthur V. Forman '71MSCJ*
Jerome R. McDonough*
Clyde W. Fritz, Sr.
Ian McNeill
James A. Fuller*
Laurence "Larry" M. Mercier
William R. Gale*
James F. Mobley*
Allen R. Gimbel
David J. Neiman '71MBA
Paula Tanner Girard*
Bob L. Newman*
Beatrice Neilson Hardin*
Richard A. Norris*
Herbert L. Hoover*
Robert E. Rymer
Lowell T. Hughes*
Barbara Hurlbut Sawyer*
Thomas "Tom" G. Jarrell
Calvin E. Seadeek*
John S. Jenks, III
Winifred Hackett Taylor*
Judith "Judy" Ives Johannsen
Marie Frantin Tienken*
Edward E. Jones*
Gunnar F. Wilster*
Ronald A. Jones* Kenneth "Ken" R. Kahn Jane Farrimond Keltner Mildred Bowers Koffman
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Rollins in 1970
Selections from Rollins Alumni Records, October, February, & June 1970 BLOOD DRIVE SUCCESSFUL In an attempt to do something constructive about the Viet Nam war, the IFC and Panhellenic joined other central Florida Colleges and Universities in a "Blood for Peace" drive. The purpose was to supply blood for American servicemen in Vietnam. The drive lasted three days with 47 Rollins students contributing blood.
CHANCELLOR HONORED BY TRUSTEES Honoring Hugh F. McKean for his years of service to the college since 1951, the trustees cited his many accomplishments during those years and concluded with a resolution which reads in part: "BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that we the Trustees of Rollins College upon the occasion of the elevation of this distinguished officer, Hugh Ferguson McKean, from the Presidency to the Chancellorship of the College on September 1, 1969, do hereby record our wholehearted approval and deep appreciation for his excellent services to Rollins College, which services go far beyond the call of duty and far exceed those services which can be measured in dollars and cents, because among his contributions through almost twenty years of unselfish effort, he brought forthrightness and integrity to the administration; higher academic standards to the faculty and student body; a sense of loyalty and genuine interest in cultural and education accomplishment and scholastic aspiration to the students; and inspiration to the trustees and all concerned."
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FOUNDERS WEEK Highlights of the Founders Week activities in February included guest speakers Warren C. Hume '39, Senior Vice President of IBM and U. S. Senate Minority Whip Robert P. Griffin. Hume's talk covered the so-called "generation gap," which in his opinion, is more apparent than real; the technological changes that have created generational conflict; and how this creative conflict could bring about efforts to make this planet into a more healthy and peaceful environment for all. The topic of Senator Griffin's speech was the timely "Environmental Problems." PELICAN BEACH HOUSE SOLD President Critchfield has announced that the Pelican Beach House at New Smyrna Beach, Florida, has been sold by action of the officers of the college and approval of the Board of Trustees. Rollins College Archives
COMMENCEMENT 1970 Commencement, May 29, was held for the first time in the Enyart Alumni Field House. The commencement address was made by President Jack B. Critchfield, at the request of the 200 graduating Seniors and the 24 graduating MBA's. Edwin Phillips Granberry was presented as a candidate for the Rollins Decoration of Honor, and Wendell Cornell Stone was presented as a candidate for the Hamilton Holt Medal. Both Dr. Stone and Dr. Granberry will retire from the faculty this year. 07
Class of 1970
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Kenneth A. Acker Vero Beach, FL
William "Blair" Alexander, Jr. San Diego, CA
Elizabeth "Eliz" Templeton Allan Orleans, MA
Charles A. Andrade Galloway, NJ
Mick Andrews Winter Park, FL
Max "Toby" W. Babb, III Milwaukee, WI
Stephen H. Bacon, Jr. Riverside, CT
Ann Brisbane Baird Micanopy, FL
Paula Baldissard Punta Gorda, FL
Margaret "Meg" Barry '71MED Snellville, GA
Linda Hamilton Bennet Lake Jackson, TX
Alan M. Bernstein Boca Raton, FL
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William "Bill" H. Bieberbach '71MBA Orlando, FL
Lamar Bingenheimer P'95 Norman, OK
Marcia Wilson Blasier Rockville, MD
Jean E. Briggs Sebastian, FL
Margaret "Holly" Vose Brigham Saint Louis, MO
Joan E. Britten In Memoriam
Daniel L. Brooks Kiowa, CO
George E. Brown, lll Tucson, AZ
John M. Buchko In Memoriam
Cynthia E. Burke Charlottesville, VA
Nancy Frazee Burkhalter Naples, FL
Edward "Brad" B. Buttner Plymouth, MA 11
Valerie Potter Byrnes Carbondale, CO
Roy W. Caffery lll Norristown, PA
Abigail "Gail" Bertram Campana Lansing, MI
Eddie C. Campbell Ormond Beach, FL
Gary R. Casselman Wilmington, NC
Billie Rich Cawley Glendale, AZ
Tristram "Tris" C. Colket, IV P'00 P'03 Hutchinson Island, FL
Laurene "Lolly" Hopson Cooney Ada, OH
Ethel L. Crawford Tampa, Fl
Thomas "Tom" P. Cutler P'10 Westwood, MA
Sharon Smith Daniel Oakland, CA
Terri Cauble Daniel Wilmington, NC
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Woodson "Woody" P. Daniel, III In Memoriam
Laura Willis Dansby Keezletown, VA
Nelson J. Diener Hampton, NH
Christopher J. Dillon Panama City, FL
Jack T. Dillon Colorado Springs, CO
Joseph V. Dipierro, Jr. Raleigh, NC
Bruce E. Downing Norway, ME
Charles "Charlie" B. Draper Kissimmee, FL
Ruth "Ruthy" Lawrence duPont P'95 P'97 P'98 Belleair, FL
Thomas "Tom" L. duPont P'95 P'97 P'98 Belleair, FL
Seth L. Feigenbaum San Francisco, CA
Lawrence F. Fiske, Jr. Fort Myers, FL 13
Gregory B. Fitzpatrick Parkland, FL
Evelyn "Lyn" Fidao Fleischhacker Clarendon Hills, IL
Suzanne "Suzie" Vanderbeck Fletcher Devon, PA
Gaby M. Forster-Kohn Coral Gables, FL
Melinda Crockett Franklin Mercer Island, WA
Clyde W. Fritz In Memoriam
Eric W. Gardner Camarillo, CA
Margaret "Monny" Cone Gasche Vero Beach, FL
Norman S. Gerstein Coral Gables, FL
Allen R. Gimbel In Memoriam
Robert L. Glass Washington, DC
Deborah Gluckman Gainesville, FL
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Stephen W. Greene Rockledge, FL
Mary Cheryl Fuller Hargrove Boca Raton, FL
John D. Harris Orlando, FL
Susan K. Hartwig Sewickley, PA
Kitty T. Hawley Cincinnati, OH
Susan C. Taulbee Heatley Miami, FL
Arthur "Art" W. Heller '71MBA Highlands, NC
William C. Hicks Burbank, CA
Barbara Canaday Hobart In Memoriam
Phoebe R. Howard Walnut Creek, CA
Miriam "Bebe" R. Howe Carolina Beach, NC
Eppa Hunton '72MBA Richmond, VA
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Fabian Izurieta '71MBA Quito, Ecuador
Bernard A. Jarman Honolulu, HI
Thomas G. Jarrell In Memoriam
John S. Jenks, III In Memoriam
Lyndsay P. Job Orange Beach, AL
Judith Ives Johannsen In Memoriam
Gregory "Greg" R. Johnson Bethlehem, CT
Harry L. Johnson, Jr. '71MBA Tulsa, OK
William Johnson South Miami, FL
Carol Ingalls Johnston In Memoriam
Lena Isaacson Johnston In Memoriam
Stephen "Steve" C. Johnston '73MBA Glenside, PA
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Robert "Bob" P. Jonap Port Chester, NY
Bonnie Baker Jones Naples, FL
I Dryden Jones Cincinnati, OH
Kenneth R. Kahn In Memoriam
Allan E. Keen '71MBA '10H Winter Park, FL
Dale E. Kane Keenan Woodstock, GA
Jane Farrimond Keltner '70 P'03 In Memoriam
John L. Kennedy '72MBA Gillette, WY
John M. Kest Orlando, FL
Lucia Turnbull King Luray, VA
William "Johnny" J. King P'10 P'11MBA Wilson, NC
Vicki Anderson Kirkbride Arlington, VA 17
Chira K. Kirkland Hendersonville, NC
Diane "Didi" Michelson Kirtley Somers, NY
Charles "Chuck" H. Kitchell In Memoriam
Cyrus L. Kitto Jacksonville, FL
David W. Knutson Jupiter, FL
William C. Koch West Chester, PA
Kim R. Kramer Silverdale, WA
Karen B. Kreider Oro Valley, AZ
Lorraine "Lorrie" M. Kyle Winter Park, FL
Daniel M. Lacosee Highland Park, IL
David W. Lambert In Memoriam
William "Jay" J. Lambert, lll Eau Claire, WI
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Alan H. Landay Rockville, MD
Lewanzer L. Lassiter In Memoriam
Henry Lee Seal Rock, OR
Robinson "Robin" Leech, Jr. Sharon, CT
Anthony "Tony" E. Levi '71MBA Winter Springs, FL
Clifton A. Livingston Asheville, NC
Charles B. Long '71MBA San Diego, CA
Richard "Dick" L. MacLeod In Memoriam
Christina "Tina" Cichowski Macre '72MBA In Memoriam
Susan "Sue" Kelso Malone Lakeland, TN
Anastassios "Stas" P. Margaronis Santa Rosa, CA
Jacob "Chris" C. Martin Franklin, TN 19
Martin "Marty" L. Mathews Lexington, KY
John B. Maxwell Naples, FL
Neil A. McFadden Chicago, IL
John A. McKallagat P'04 West Newbury, MA
Julia Frank McNulty Williamsburg, VA
Thomas R. Mercer Indianapolis, IN
Laurence "Larry" M. Mercier In Memoriam
Molly Heiner Merkel Moneta, VA
Mark M. Miller Clermont, FL
Linda "Lindy" Jeter Mills Newtown Square, PA
Jenifer A. Booth Montsinger Webster, NC
Mary Clausen Motsinger P'93 Daytona Beach, FL
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Elizabeth "Betsy" Blocker Munson Jupiter, FL
Bernard S. Myers Orlando, FL
Jane Fuller Neal Trumbull, CT
David J. Neiman '71MBA In Memoriam
Paul D. Newcomer Wayne, PA
Jewel-Ann "Julie" A. Nicony Brick, NJ
Kenneth A. Nittoli In Memoriam
Thomas E. O'Donovan Rockland, ME
Edmund "David" D. Osinski, Jr. Irondale, AL
Linda J. Palm Aynor, SC
Alfred A. Parks, III '71MBA Murrells Inlet, SC
Sandra "Sandy" Jetton Picker New York, NY 21
Mary "Meezie" Pritchett Pierce Sarasota, FL
Arthur "Art" S. Pohl Southport, NC
Mary Carter Pottinger Collierville, TN
Johnna Brand Pound Houston, TX
Daniel "Dan" S. Ramey Winter Park, FL
Steven L. Richards In Memoriam
Emory M. Robotham Ellsworth, ME
Jean Leith Robotham Castle Rock, CO
James "Jim" B. Ross Chatham, NJ
T Meredith Ross '71MAT Palo Alto, CA
Robert E. Rymer In Memoriam
Jody Argeaux Schroath Green Cove Springs, FL
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Walter Eric Schwoebel Raleigh, NC
Cynthia L. Shelton Sarasota, FL
Douglas M. Shine Jacksonville, FL
John F. Shollenberger Hamden, CT
James Warner Shook Catskill, NY
Linda S. Long Sieg '71MED The Villages, FL
Katharine Hubbard Slack Kensington, MD
Wendell R. Smith '77MED In Memoriam
Eric B. Solway Sherman, CA
Marian "Mimi" Hooker Stewart Cornelius, NC
Elizabeth "Beth" Miles Stowell Rocky Hill, CT
Alan E. Strober Springfield, NJ
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Howard Sugiuchi Athens, GA
Jane Butts Susack Pittsburgh, PA
Gwendolyn Von Stetten Szafranski Valrico, FL
Camille "Cami" Dempsey Taylor Laredo, TX
Robert "Bob" R. Taylor Germantown, TN
Richard A. Tinsler Keswick, VA
Frederick C. Tone Charlotte, NC
Barbara "Babs" J. Staley Tremaine P'04MBA
Burton "Tony" G. Tremaine P'04MBA Vero Beach, FL
John M. Tremaine New Canaan, CT
Frank V. Valenti Bonita Springs, FL
Norma Sanchez van Gelder Hellevoetfluif, Netherlands
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Vero Beach, FL
Sue Williams Vincent The Villages, FL
Jeffrey "Jeff" W. Weaver Roanoke, TX
William "Bill" G. Weiss, Jr. Alden, MI
Paul "Westy" T. Westervelt Folsom, LA
Richard E. Westfal Wilton, CT
Warren "Chip" E. Weston Winter Park, FL
Susan L. Wheeler Kensington, MD
Carol A. Wilson '82MAT Casselberry, FL
Steven "Steve" W. Wilson Scottsdale, AZ
John "Larry" L. Witzleben Fort Myers, FL
Melinda Russell Womack Highlands, NC
Paula Thompson Woohull Lake Forest, IL 25
Paul R. Wright Eugene, OR
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Lynn Hackney Yarger Saint Louis, MO
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Commemorative Pages Class of 1970
Bill Bieberbach Activities that kept you busy at Rollins: Physics labs, working in New Hall and the Admission office If you could choose your major today, what would it be? Business and English Favorite Professor: Dean Darrah, Joe Mulson, and Ross Evans Favorite Class: "Mitty" Evans Business Finance Funniest Moment: I really enjoyed playing Flag Football at Rollins. My favorite day was when Boyd Coffee assembled a team of Faculty and Grad students when I was in the Crummer School. I was 6’3" and Boyd loved having a taller person for passing plays. I came back to the huddle after catching a pass and Boyd said ”Nice catch, William." I later caught another pass and Boyd said ”Good catch, William." Later in the game, I got another pass and returning to the huddle Boyd was about to say something and I interrupted him to say ”Nice throw, Howard!" (Howard was Boyd’s given name and he hated it!) Boyd made this terrible face like I had exposed him to Mustard Gas and I laughed my head off!!! By the way, we won the game and Boyd called me “Bill” forever.
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Valerie Potter Byrnes Activities that kept you busy at Rollins: Sports, beach time, studying, sorority, learning to slalom ski & do dock starts with Roland Hillard If you could choose your major today, what would it be? Same Favorite Professor: Dr. Wright Favorite Class: Psychology Funniest Moment: Going to Gatorland with the Lambi Pis What went through your mind on your first day as a student? Yeah- I got out of Texas! Prank you can't believe you got away with: Dean Howden referred me to a job on Fishers Island the summer after my Junior year 1969. Not really a prank but I got to go to Woodstock not something Dean Howden would have approved. Partner in crime and your favorite memory together: Lynn Hackney Yarger, Cindy Burke, & I on a Spring Break, with a fun group, trip to Nassau...many laughs & fun escapades. Your biggest moment of triumph: Graduating Lesson you learned as a student that you still value today: Persevere & ask for help when you need it
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Person you met at Rollins who you will always respect: Lynn Hackney Yarger Your Rollins Story: After graduation I moved from Houston to Atlanta to room with Ann Baird. I got the call that my sister had made the 1972 Olympic Diving Team. Visiting Munich with my mom & sisters for the Summer Olympics is a trip I'll cherish forever. By the fall of 1974 I headed to the mountains of Colorado for a change in altitude & a more adventurous lifestyle. Was hired by the Aspen Ski Company, broke my Femur in a car accident & learned to ski the following year. I also babysat, waitressed, worked at a tennis club, construction, chamber of commerce, music festival sales, horse management, property management & ranch subdivision management. You see the Ski Co was a winter job. I met my husband after a summer of sailing and then living in Hawaii. My husband Jim is an avid sailor so mutual friends set us up. We enjoyed some wonderful sailing trips to theAbacos, Virgin Islands, & Antigua & many more. We married in 1979 & continue to worship in the 'church of the
great outdoors'... hiking, biking, skiing. for my 50th we joined a group of friends horseback ride to Budges' Cabins in the Flattops had been on my bucket list. Jim drove our stuff in his truck while the rest of us rode our horses 7 hours to the cabin. Jim was a carpenter when I met him, then a property management owner, & a real estate broker, then a builder of custom homes. In 19891980 we left Roaring Fork valley in search of a new
home. We traveled in a pop up camper all over the US, Canada, & Mexico. then turned around & came back. In 2015 we both retired from our respective jobs & moved a short distance down the valley to a less hectic small town of Carbondale. We continue to ski on the free lifetime ski passes awarded after 39 year of work. I am so grateful for this opportunity to revisit Rollins & catch up with some old friends.
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Ethel Crawford Activities that kept you busy at Rollins: Rollins Singers, Rollins Chapel Choir, Rollins Chorale, Annie Russell Theatre productions If you could choose your major today, what would it be? Music Favorite Professor: Ward Woodbury Favorite Class: Acting What went through your mind on your first day as a student? Perplexity and anticipation: so many new places to find on campus, so many new people to get to know; so many new opportunities. Lesson you learned as a student that you still value today: How to use logic and relating things to figure out the answer to a question. Person you met at Rollins who you will always respect: Stefan Young Your Rollins Story: Since graduating from Rollins I moved to Boston for graduate work in vocal performance at Boston Conservatory. In Boston I sang with superb choirs at the Church of the Advent and the St. Paul's Cathedral Choir. I also sang with many local choruses. For 30 years with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, performing with many of the best conductors and soloists in the world. For a day job I worked for the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts and St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, 32
and I was part of the planning committee for the consecration of Bp. Barbara Harris, the first woman bishop in the Anglican Communion. I am now retired and living in Tampa, and my favorite pastime is cruising.
Charles Draper Activities that kept you busy at Rollins: Studying. Fraternity life. Rollins Crew. If you could choose your major today, what would it be? Pre-law Favorite Professor: Too many favorites! Favorite Class: Economics Person you met at Rollins who you will always respect: Fred Hicks Your Rollins Story: I am married to the love of my life. I have a beautiful daughter and three amazing grandchildren. I opened my law firm in Kissimmee, Florida in 1984 and I am grateful to have spent the past 40 plus years doing what I love. I am thrilled to be able to reunite with the wonderful, life-long friends from my days at Rollins.
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Ruth Lawrence duPont Activities that kept you busy at Rollins: Pi Beta Phi Sorority If you could choose your major today, what would it be? Behavioral Sciences Favorite Professor: Fred Hicks Favorite Class: Humanities Your Rollins Story: Tom duPont '70 and I married in August 1970 shortly after our graduation from Rollins and lived in Wilmington, Delaware until May 1976 when we moved to Belleair, Florida with our three daughters. I have been intimately involved in our local community in education, arts, and health care organizations. We have three married daughters, all of whom are Rollins graduates and we are the very proud grandparents of seven grandchildren. Tom and I are fortunate to have a summer home on Fishers Island, New York where we continue to build wonderful memories with long-time friends and families and continue to enjoy sailing and golf there as well. I am grateful for having met Tom in the Student Center at the beginning of our Freshman year and here we are 54 years later...no Puka Shell necklace, bell-bottoms or mini skirts, GTO convertible or house mothers, curfews, Harpers, The Toggery or Beef and Bottle however wonderful memories of our four years at Rollins are still in tact. We are so looking forward to our 50th Reunion!
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Thomas duPont Activities that kept you busy at Rollins: New Symrna Beach Kappa Alpha Order If you could choose your major today, what would it be? Business Favorite Professor: Lional Summers Favorite Class: Russian Literature What went through your mind on your first day as a student? Wow- am I glad to be here and not a prep school! Prank you can't believe you got away with: We put Nix in the fountain in front of Rex Beach Partner in crime and your favorite memory together: Kenny Wynn Your biggest moment of triumph: Graduation Day Lesson you learned as a student that you still value today: Show up prepared. Person you met at Rollins who you will always respect: Jack Critchfield Your Rollins Story: February 1970: Engaged to Ruth Lawrence, June 1970: Graduated, August 1, 1970: Married, 2020: Still at it!
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Margaret Cone Gasche Activities that kept you busy at Rollins: Kappa Kappa Gamma, classes, going to the beach!, sports If you could choose your major today, what would it be? PreMed, continuing on to Medical School Favorite Professor: Dean Darrah Favorite Class: Anything Dean Darrah taught What went through your mind on your first day as a student? Too long ago to remember! Your biggest moment of triumph: Pledging Kappa Person you met at Rollins who you will always respect: Connie Hirschman, my Kappa Big Sister. Your Rollins Story: I transferred from Rollins after my Sophomore year to Denison University hoping to continue in PreMed. My Rollins Biology credits were not acceptable for their PreMed Program so I ended up majoring in Art History, specializing in Federal Period Architecture and minoring in Biology. After graduating with a BA (and considering going on to Architectural School), I ended up graduating with a degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Pennsylvania. My first position was at the Hospital for Special Surgery, the Orthopedic part of Cornell Medical School in NYC. Although I was hired to be a staff PT, I was assigned to the Sports Medicine Department doing PT and research under the direction of John L. Marshall, M.D. who was one of the foremost Sports Medicine Physicians in the 36
Country and also the Doctor for the NY Giants, the Nets, a volunteer doctor for the US Ski Team and worked with most of the Pro tennis players of the time. I left the Hospital to start a Sports Medicine Center devoted to research and patient treatment with John. Unfortunately, he was killed on his way to the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid. I found myself suddenly in Private Practice with offices both in CT and NY, working with primarily orthopedic patients from both the amateur and professional worlds and everyday amazing people of all ages. I continued as a volunteer PT and fund raiser for the US Ski Team until 1991. I closed both offices in 2000 and moved to Vero Beach, FL with my husband, Jack Gasche, who I had married in 1996. Jack has 2 daughters from his 1st marriage, 2 sons-in-laws and 3 granddaughters in LA and Denver. We found ourselves by chance in the "Dog
Show World" living the movie "Best in Show" with Duffy, our German Shorthaired Pointer, who at the time, was one of the best GSPs in the Country. In addition to Duffy, we now live with 2 of his daughters and 2 of his grand dogs. I still have a small PT practice and continue to be blessed with wonderful patients. My hobbies include gardening, making Nantucket Baskets, needlepoint, sports and my beloved dogs. I became an Elder in the
Presbyterian Church. Jack, as an ex-commercial airline pilot, and I love to travel everywhere. I am a past member of the Tokeneke Club in Darien, CT and a member of The Moorings Yacht and Country Club. I was a Board member of the Moorings Property Owners Association and a member of the Property Committee of The Moorings Yacht and CountryClub, in Vero Beach, FL.
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Mary Cheryl Fuller Hargrove Activities that kept you busy at Rollins: Student government - I was involved in all branches. Being assistant editor of the “R” book (“the rules”). Studying - as a Philosophy major and English minor, I had lots of reading and writing to do. Of course, dating and socializing - Rollins was a fun and friendly school. If you could choose your major today, what would it be? Philosophy Favorite Professor: Dr. David Conway Favorite Class: “God and Evil” Funniest Moment: The night before starting Freshman year, my mother and I were staying at the Langford Hotel. The restaurant had a band playing Hawaiian music. They called for all incoming Freshmen girls to come up on stage to learn the Hula. We were told to put our right arms across our chests. The leader went around checking our positions. When he got to me, he pushed my arm down a few inches, saying “Don’t worry, those Rollins boys will show you where your chest is.” Everyone laughed while I turned bright red. What went through your mind on your first day as a student? Excitement, confusion, happiness (until I saw those beanies), and a bit of trepidation. Your biggest moment of triumph: Being chosen Miss Rollins – I couldn’t believe it! My happiness was short-lived, however, when I realized that my boyfriend at the time, Charlie Koch, had not even bothered to attend the event.
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Lesson you learned as a student that you still value today: In our philosophy seminars we were expected to listen carefully to other student’s presentations and ask them intelligent questions. We were instructed to discuss our points of view respectfully, a skill which remains valuable in all situations. Person you met at Rollins who you will always respect: Dr. Conway, who taught us to be open minded without becoming empty headed. Life Since Rollins: As I advanced at Rollins, I became eager to get out into the “real world,” so I hurried to graduate in three years. Now I don’t understand why. I returned home to Indianapolis, where I worked for L.S. Ayres & Co. and married my husband, John. At Ayers, I became assistant buyer for all gift departments and created a new department of colorful organizational items named “Spare Parts.” It soon became the highest net sales per square foot across all the Ayers stores. After law school John received a two-year appointment to clerk for a U.S. Court of Appeals Judge in Iowa. During that
period, I worked for Northwestern Bell as the first woman hired to sell Centrex systems. After John’s clerkship, we moved to Florida where I transferred to Southern Bell, and was an active volunteer in the community. I became president of the Junior League of Fort Lauderdale, founder and president of SOS Children’s Village of Florida, and served on several community boards. My work left me eager to find ways of evaluating and measuring community needs, programs and results, so I pursued a master’s degree at Harvard. After completing my Harvard degree, I returned to Florida, and started a doctoral program in sociology at the University of Miami. During my studies I taught sociology at the University of Miami and Florida Atlantic University. Although the University of Miami provided a superb and useful education, I never completed my written dissertation and remain
“ABD” (All but Dissertation). Our son Johnny graduated from Butler University and later earned a master’s degree from George Washington University. His brother, Jimmy, graduated from New York University. Johnny worked in law office management and Jimmy pursued a career in marketing. Tragically, both our sons died, leaving holes in our hearts that can never be filled. But our enormous loss has fortunately brought us closer together. We enjoy selective private real estate investing, reading and travel. We are thankful to spend time with our friends, whose love softens the sharp edges of our pain and whose laughter is a tonic for our grief. Our lives have settled into a lovely pattern in Boca Raton, with frequent trips to Lake Como, Italy, and summers spent in Northern Michigan, where we live and play at Crystal Downs Country Club. We are grateful for our time with our wonderful sons and our future with each other.
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Allan Enright Keen Activities that kept you busy at Rollins: I was a day student, and was working at Barnett Bank almost full-time, therefore my on-campus activities were limited, my loss. I did serve 2-years as Comptroller of the Student Association. If you could choose your major today, what would it be? Business Favorite Professor: Mitty Evans Favorite Class: Accounting/Financial Management Funniest Moment: My senior year was my first year at Crummer, since I went through the 3/2 Program, and I remember many funny nights - after class - interacting with Bill Bieberbach, at his on-campus resident advisor lake-front apartment, and then all those occasions at Barnett's and Harper's. What went through your mind on your first day as a student? Scared to death. Arrived late and was told that all the freshman advisors were taken . . . being a skinny 18-year old, I asked, does this mean that I cannot go to college . . . Fate took over and they assigned me to Dean Charles Welsh, Dean of the Crummer Graduate School of Business as my Freshman Advisor (for all of my 5-years at Rollins/ Crummer), and the rest is history. Partner in crime and your favorite memory together: Again, Bill Bieberbach. Studying together, hanging around, doing the Harper's Experience, driving in his beat-up Camaro with no floorboard in the passenger's front seat. Stuff you cannot make up.
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Your biggest moment of triumph: Graduating from Rollins and Crummer, which was the launch of my career and success in life. Lesson you learned as a student that you still value today: Relationships and reputation Person you met at Rollins who you will always respect: Dean Charles Welsh, Phyllis Ramey (Assistant to Presidents McKean and Critchfield), Charles E. Rice, Prof. Mitty Evans Your Rollins Story: I was a day student at Rollins 1966-70, in the 3/2 Crummer program, and received my BA in Economics in 1970 (my 50th Reunion this year!), and my MBA in 1971. I was local, graduating from Colonial High School in Orlando. Although as a day student, I did not have the full Rollins experience of living on campus, and I worked most of my years to afford the opportunity, I owe most of my success in my business life, and ability now to give back, to my Rollins education.
I was amazingly fortunate that as a freshman, by luck (or fate) to have been assigned the Dean of the Crummer Business School (Charles Welsh) as my freshman advisor. A role he played for my entire 5-year career at Rollins. It was because of this that I was “headed to Crummer�, and the rest is history. My life was changed, and my ability to succeed was dramatically improved. And having never left Winter Park after graduation, this experience became the cornerstone of my business career, and for that I am forever grateful. I have been able to give back, now serving my 31st year as a Trustee of the College, and that experience also has been excellent. There is so much good going on at Rollins, our student
successes abound, President Cornwell is an incredible leader, and the Rollins we knew in those late 60s years, has never been better or in better hands. We can and should be proud of our Rollins degree, for those who followed us have been great stewards and have made physical, curricular and student engagement improvements that should make us proud. And now my daughter Kristen and her new husband Dave, are enrolled in the PMBA program at Crummer. Yeah! For all these reasons, I feel our 50th Reunion of the Class of 1970 will be an amazing time for all of us. GO TARS.
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John Kest Activities that kept you busy at Rollins: Student Court Resident Advisor Fraternity If you could choose your major today, what would it be? Liberal Arts Favorite Professor: Paul Vestal, Ph.D Favorite Class: Comparative Anatomy What went through your mind on your first day as a student? Whether I would be able to make it through the four years successfully Partner in crime and your favorite memory together: Thomas Jarrell; the times spent together talking about the future and what we would each become Your biggest moment of triumph: Making the grades that allowed me to have the choice between law or medicine as a career. Lesson you learned as a student that you still value today: That hard work and preparation will allow you to accomplish any goal that you might set for yourself Person you met at Rollins who you will always respect: Too many to enumerate. Your Rollins Story: After Rollins, I attended FSU College of Law. I practiced as a board certified trial lawyer with my firm, Wooten, Honeywell and Kest, P.A. for 30 years. I served as President of multiple statewide and national Bar organizations, including ABOTA, 42
and the Florida Bar Board of Governors. In 2003, I elected to the office of Circuit Judge and have served as a judge for the past 18 years. As a judge, I am on the faculty of the statewide judges' colleges and teach regularly. I have been married to Sally Kest, also and an attorney and former judge, for 46 years. We have three children and seven grandchildren.
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Diane "Didi" Michelson Kirtley Activities that kept you busy at Rollins:
Your biggest moment
Phil Mu Sorority, Panhellenic Council, Chapel Choir,
of triumph:
Rollins Chorale, Rollins Players
As head of the makeup crew for our production
If you could choose your major today, what
of “Camelot,” I had to
would it be?
come up with a realistic
Spanish & French
blood formula. After a few failed attempts, baby
Favorite Professor:
lotion and food coloring
Burton Wright & Frank Sedwick
did the trick -- and fooled a group of friends into
Favorite Class:
thinking I had really sliced
Statistics & Don Quixote
my hand!
What went through your mind on your first day
Person you met at
as a student?
Rollins who you will
How would I survive the heat, humidity and those
always respect:
damn palmetto bugs?!?
President McKean who was a wonderful,
Prank you can't believe you got away with:
welcoming presence
During Pledge Week I was required to present
on campus, and made each of us feel special and
my Big Sister with some peacock feathers.
worthy of being there.
Knowing peacocks roamed the property of President Hugh McKean's house, I bribed some
Your Rollins Story:
upperclassmen to take me there where we snuck
After graduation, I stayed in Winter Park for a few
around searching the ground for loose feathers.
years at the Chamber of Commerce, an exciting
Mission accomplished without incident (though in
time in the life of Central Florida as Disney World
retrospect, Dr. McKean was probably used to all
had just opened. On a whim, I then moved to
the shenanigans).
London for a few years where I would meet the Scot who would become the father of my children, Hugh & Tori. After returning to NY, I worked for IBM, first traveling the world to set up conferences for one of the international divisions, followed by working on their task force to create what would become Prodigy (which sadly could not compete in the growing online world). After 12 years there, I became a stay-at-home mom for several years. After my divorce, I joined a non-profit film, media
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arts and visual literacy center, where I enjoyed an exciting and fulfilling 14 years, working with our membership and the international film community. While there, I was grateful to have enough time off to indulge my wanderlust and I was able to take at least one big trip a year, meeting wonderful people and learning about the world and cultures around us, including the trip of a lifetime to Antarctica. In 2016, I decided it was finally time to retire, enjoy my growing family and continue my love of travel, having now been to all 7 continents. My philosophy is to never go back to the same place twice, so I’m slowly working my way through all
the fascinating countries of the world. Having been to Antarctica, of course I then had to make my way to the opposite end of the earth, so earlier this year I visited Svalbard to see polar bears and the land of the midnight sun. But my most recent trip to Central Asia’s Silk Road (three of the five ‘Stans’) has proved to be the most fascinating so far, experiencing first-hand how Turkmenistan is the second most-repressed regime in the world after North Korea. But none of my travel experiences compare to spending time with my three grandchildren… very soon to be four. I can’t wait for them to be old enough to travel with me!
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Karen Kreider Activities that kept you busy at Rollins: Theatre rehearsals, water skiing, KAT activities,
Lesson you learned as
Vietnam War moratoriums on the library lawn,
a student that you still
strolls down Park Avenue, hanging out at the
value today:
Beanery, studying for theatre majors-only
Listen more, talk less
chemistry class, after-show parties. Person you met at If you could choose your major
Rollins who you will
today, what would it be?
always respect:
Same - theatre. The best department then.
Janis Hirsch
Favorite Professor:
Your Rollins Story:
Dr. Weingart
Most of my adult life I’ve lived in either NYC or LA but recently retired after 31 years at Disney
Favorite Class:
Studios in Burbank, CA to Tucson, AZ with my
Philosophy of Religion
husband Bill. My adult daughter Sara is my biggest joy. A favorite pastime with Young Storytellers
Funniest Moment:
organization was teaching 5th-graders to write
Rehearsing In the old Fred Stone theatre with
their very own 5-page screenplay and see it
Warner Shook. I think it was “Oh What a Lovely
performed onstage by professional actors at their
War.” He kept calling me Essie Goosemawn.
school. Life’s been pretty good. And I treasure my Rollins friends that I’ve stayed connected with
What went through your mind on your first day as a student? OMG! How long do I have to wear this stupid beanie?? Partner in crime and your favorite memory together: Imbibing on the library lawn with Rick Camp and Roger Miller Your biggest moment of triumph: Performing on the Annie Russell stage as the title character in “The Prime of MissJean Brodie”
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to this day!
Lorrie Kyle Activities that kept you busy at Rollins: Theater, Flamingo/Sandspur, Phi Mu If you could choose your major today, what would it be? Still English! Favorite Professor: Ed Cohen Favorite Class: Winter Term serigraphy course with Tom Peterson Funniest Moment: Stage managing Black Comedy when the playwright, Peter Shaffer, came to a rehearsal just as we lost power--it was like a scene from the play. Prank you can't believe you got away with: Moving the chapter room furniture from the Sig Ep house to the center of Mills Lawn one Sunday morning. Your Rollins Story: With the exception of graduate school and a period in the private sector (futures, development), my life since Rollins has centered on Rollins. As well as writing for the magazine, I have been privileged to work with four Rollins presidents who care as deeply for our alma mater as we do. In the process, I’ve met luminaries such as Maya Angelou, Thomas Keneally, Jaron Lanier, Gloria Steinem, E. O. Wilson, and, of course, Fred Rogers. My favorite part of the job: helping the Fox!
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Alan Landay Activities that kept you busy at Rollins: Listening to music, watching soccer and Women’s tennis games, going to plays, studying (I really did enjoy this!) Favorite Professor: Dr. Bruce Wavel Favorite Class: Logic Funniest Moment: When my girlfriend told me that her roommate, from a wealthy family, spent more on underwear than she did on her whole wardrobe. Prank you can't believe you got away with: I remember the prank I didn’t get away with- I wish I hadn’t done it. Partner in crime and your favorite memory together: Forgot his name but one student had an old beat up car, “The Hulk” that you could start without a key. He let me and the others borrow it- no questions asked! Your biggest moment of triumph: Graduating Honors B.A. Magna Cum Laude Lesson you learned as a student that you still value today: Focus on things that you value. Person you met at Rollins who you will always respect: Dr. John Ross, physics professor
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William C. Koch Funniest Moment: Too many! What went through your mind on your first day as a student? I wish I wasn't sporting this black eye and swollen nose suffered in a car accident on my way to Rollins. Prank you can’t believe you got away with: I never got away with anything! Partner in crime and your favorite memory together: Chuck Thomas was always my partner in crime and we used to have quite a little routine we performed at the beach. Your biggest moment of triumph: When Chuck asked me to be his wife. Lesson you learned as a student that you still value today: Always tell the truth. Even a little white lie can get you into trouble.
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John Maxwell If you could choose your major today, what would it be? Sociology Favorite Professor: Dr. Strong Favorite Class: Business Law What went through your mind on your first day as a student? Do I really have to wear this stupid beanie?
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Bernard Myers Activities that kept you busy at Rollins: New Hall Dormitory Counselor, Science Laboratories, Assistant to David Lord (Basketball Manager) If you could choose your major today, what would it be? Pre-Veterinary Medicine Favorite Professor: Paul Vestal & Eric Blossey Favorite Class: Biology Your biggest moment of triumph: Receiving Bachelor of Arts & Acceptance into graduate school Lesson you learned as a student that you still value today: Every person has an equal value before God. Discipline and service to others are very important. Person you met at Rollins who you will always respect: David Lord, Boyd Coffie, Joe Justice, Dean Darrah (Chapel), President Hugh McKean Your Rollins Story: After graduation from Rollins, received D.V.M. from Cornell University 1974. Married Cheryl Loudd (B.A. Rollins 1981). David Lord arranged for our reception to be held here at Rollins (Patio of Cornell Fine Arts Museum). We have 3 children and 3 grandchildren. I provide veterinary services in Central Florida. My freshman roommate William Johnson and I are very good friends today. My good friend John Maxwell (our classmate) has been in contact continuously since graduation.
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Arthur Pohl Activities that kept you busy at Rollins: Intramural sports, fraternity life, the beach, the orange groves If you could choose your major today, what would it be? History Favorite Professor: Dr. Rhea Smith Favorite Class: Spanish History Funniest Moment: Too many to boil it down to just one. What went through your mind on your first day as a student? The next 4 years are going to change my life. Prank you can't believe you got away with: The Delta Chi scavenger hunt and actually getting Fleet People's finger. (With his permission) Partner in crime and your favorite memory together: Toby Babb. John Maxwell, Betsy Blocker Your biggest moment of triumph: Graduating Lesson you learned as a student that you still value today: I can do just about anything if I put my mind to it. Person you met at Rollins who you will always respect: Norman Gerstein
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Dan Ramey Activities that kept you busy at Rollins: WPRK, Sigma Phi Epsilon If you could choose your major today, what would it be? Good question--I had five majors before graduation. Favorite Professor: Ed Cohen Favorite Class: Dick Trismen's law class Your biggest moment of triumph: Passing French. Your Rollins Story: Spent early years after graduation in Illinois, New Jersey, Iowa, where son David and twins Michael & Marisa were born. Returned to Winter Park to continue work in the financial services industry, traveling between Florida & NYC. Outside work, served as president of Rollins Alumni Assoc. and Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival. Now focused on digital information flows.
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T Meredith Ross Activities that kept you busy at Rollins: Studying, playing golf, working in the Math Dept, Alpha Phi activities, intramural sports and programming the IBM 1620 school mainframe computer If you could choose your major today, what would it be? Mathematics Favorite Professor: Dr. Alexandra Skidmore Favorite Class: 17th & 18th Century Man and His Ideas Funniest Moment: Late one night in the basement of the Admin building, our math class was trying to program the school's IBM 1620 mainframe. As my card deck started to feed into the system, a lid popped open and my cards flew all over the room. The computer supervisor who happened to be with us, looked at me and said: "What did you say to it? I've never it seen it swear at anyone so dramatically!" What went through your mind on your first day as a student? What a beautiful place. Followed immediately by what possessed me to think this is a good idea or something I can accomplish! Prank you can't believe you got away with: Writing my first name in the newly poured concrete walkway to the back of the newly built Bush Science Center. Partner in crime and your favorite memory together: We were Alpha Phis, we never participated in unsavory events, well except when one of our sister was "lavaliered" and we threw her boyfriend in the 54
Lake Virginia. Turned out he couldn't swim, so I had to jump in and retrieve him. Your biggest moment of triumph: Graduation! Becoming a member of the women's golf team. Expanding Lyapunov's stability theorem to the Nth degree. Lesson you learned as a student that you still value today: Before delving into the details of a issue/problem, look at the broad perspective and the context of the issues original meaning, and then how today's difference affect a possible solution. Person you met at Rollins who you will always respect: Dr. Alexandra Skidmore, Sue Williams, Vincent Kathy, Kersten Assaf Your Rollins Story: After graduating from Rollins (Mathematics '70, MAT '71), I spent two years playing golf. I had always dreamed of being a professional golfer, unfortunately I didn't dream specifically to be a successful professional golfer. My dream had come true, but I was not earning enough to eat. In 1975, to feed, clothe, and shelter myself, (and to play golf) I went to work for Bechtel Power Company as a computer systems analyst. 3 years later, having recognized that career paths at Bechtel were for engineers, I joined the Control Systems Engineering organization and earned a BSEE ('81) and MSEE ('86). After working in the design of the control and monitoring systems on a dozen nuclear power plants, including one in England, I transferred to the corporate offices in San Francisco, CA. To round out the technical degrees,
I earned an MBA in Construction Management ('91). I worked in team development and change management for the next 4 years. When nuclear power plants were no longer being built, I went to work for Applied Materials as their Manufacturing Engineering Manager. Applied Materials moved their manufacturing to Texas, then the dot.com bubble burst, so I took a package. Ever since a craftsman called me “Babe”, then “honey”, and then “dearie”, I had wished I had a PhD. Then I could have responded “It's not babe, honey, or dear! It is Dr Ross to you. You will construct this cabinet as I have designed it!” Consequently, in 2005, I attended the University of Nebraska, Lincoln and earned my PhD ('08) in Management Systems and Industrial Engineering. It was my intention to teach at the local Native American College, in honor of my Cherokee heritage.
Native American colleges were chartered by the Federal Government in the early 70's, because the reservation education was not robust enough to allow Native Americans to be accepted into mainstream colleges. When the secondary education on reservations allowed Native Americans to attend mainstream universities, the Native American college would be closed. While I was writing my dissertation, the local college had no enrollment and closed. In 2013, my partner of 20ish years, The Rev Wendy Smith, PhD and I married. We travel, participate in archaeological digs, wildlife preservation projects, walk the Border Terrier and root for the 49ers. I play golf, and volunteer with the AARP/IRS TaxAide program, where teach other volunteers and prepare tax returns at senior centers.
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Linda Long Sieg Activities that kept you busy at Rollins: Chapel Choir, Pi Beta Phi, Elizabeth Hall Resident Advisor, Women’s Golf Team. If you could choose your major today, what would it be? Education/Counseling Crummer MBA Favorite Professor: Dr. Carol Burnett Favorite Class: Dr. Wendell Stone’s Senior Philosophy Brown House Seminar Funniest Moment: Going through Sorority Rush! Truly had no clue about entire process!!! Joined Pi Beta Phi and loved every minute of my Sorority affiliation! What went through your mind on your first day as a student? So excited to be in Florida! Could not wait to join the Women’s Golf Team! Prank you can't believe you got away with: Pi Phi pledge class “queen” of forgery! Tasked to get and copy all the signatures of the Fraternity Presidents. Entire pledge class had 100% completion of this task! Partner in crime and your favorite memory together: Nancy Melrose, my Elizabeth Hall freshman roommate! We have remained friends for 50 years! Your biggest moment of triumph: Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award. Graduation 1970 followed by completion of Masters Degree in 1971.
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Lesson you learned as a student that you still value today: The value of perseverance! Learning how to communicate with others. Person you met at Rollins who you will always respect: Dean Darrah, Sara Howden, and Dr. Carol Burnett Each helped me to believe in myself. Your Rollins Story: Enjoyed a 42year career in the field of education, teaching, counseling, school psychology and Private school admissions. Also Rollins Associate Admissions Director for 2 years. Married and became mother of twins, Amanda and Matthew. I have 3 wonderful grandchildren. Currently living in The Villages, Florida playing golf 4-5 times a week. Hobbies include playing the piano, LPGA/Amateur Golf Association, coordinating Jr. Golf program Grades K-8 at Villages Charter School. Part-time contributing writer for Golf Central Magazine. Loving my current retirement.
Sue Williams Vincent If you could choose your major today, what would it be? Business Favorite Professor: Mr. Collins Favorite Class: Abnormal Psychology Funniest Moment: When one of my professors got so excited during a lecture, he passed out. What went through your mind on your first day as a student? Rollins has a beautiful campus Prank you can't believe you got away with: One of my friends was interested in a Winter Park police officer. I called his home, pretending to be a survey consultant, to determine his marital status. Person you met at Rollins who you will always respect: Meredith Ross
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Richard Westfal Activities that kept you busy at Rollins: Basketball, baseball, Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity, resident advisor If you could choose your major today, what would it be? Biology Favorite Professor: Dr. Eric Blosse Favorite Class: Shakespeare Funniest Moment: Nighttime sandwiches from the Sandwich Man What went through your mind on your first day as a student? Why am I wearing this silly "beanie"? Prank you can't believe you got away with: Too many to note. Partner in crime and your favorite memory together: Playing baseball with Bob Jonap and the last game he started as our best pitcher. Lesson you learned as a student that you still value today: I personally performed best in small classes with high quality, interactive faculty Person you met at Rollins who you will always respect: Coach Boyd Coffie
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Your Rollins Story: My favorite story at Rollins: So for the seniors it is a beautiful May 1970 day and our baseball team is playing our last game of the year and the last game of our careers. So I played shortstop and my closest teammate on the team was our best pitcher, Bob Jonap, who had a record of 5-1 going into the last game. He worked so hard to get to that level and had pinpoint control of his pitches. So...as it goes..we are playing one of our biggest rivals, Steson, and in the very first inning Bob walks the first 2 hitters by throwing 8 straight balls ...so I turn to the umpire to call time out and go to the pitcher's mound and say to Bob.... "Bobby, what the hell is going on?" and he doesn't answer me so I repeat "what the hell is going on with you? " and as he looks down at the dirt ... I say "Hey Bobby look at me, are you alright?" Well with that he looks up at me and with a sheepish smile I see that his eyes are incredibly bloodshot so I begin to laugh and realize last night he was out drinking all night so as a close teammate and a dear friend I proceed to say to him ... "Guess what... you are on your own pal with this one" and proceed to return to my shortstop position. Now as the story goes... Bob pulls it together and wins his 6th game and finished with a terrific season with a 6-1 record. To this day, 50 years later I tell that story once or twice a year to teammates alumni, and family and the truth be told... his wife Joyce has heard the story so much she could tell it.
Chip Weston Activities that kept you busy at Rollins:
working for the City of
Art, music, fraternity, inter-murals, student
Winter Park, teaching
government, the beach
at Rollins and Full Sail University, doing research
Favorite Professor:
in artificial intelligence,
Many!
playing in a band again, being a member of an
Funniest Moment:
artist coop. Becoming
Watching Arnie Palmer's wife on Johnny Carson
a grandfather.
with all the fraternity brothers What went through your mind on your first day as a student? Who else has a guitar? Your biggest moment of triumph: Driving home after graduation, trying to rock the college experience and contemplating the future. Lesson you learned as a student that you still value today: Participate in your community Person you met at Rollins who you will always respect: Hugh McKean Your Rollins Story: Many hats since Rollins... Peace Corps, playing in bands and touring the USA, becoming an artist/ illustrator, traveling all over Canada and the USA with my wife, big garden and starting a food coop, having a son, developing a design business, developing a patent, traveling to many places with my wife and son, working with businesses of every size, developing software for photos, art and music, practicing and teaching yoga and meditation, 59