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<strong>ICU</strong> <strong>Alumni</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />
Indiana Central University 0 Vol. 36, No. 1<br />
August/September '84<br />
Two more alumni<br />
join the ranks<br />
Indiana Central University bestowed<br />
honorary degrees on two United<br />
Methodist ministers at the annual<br />
School of the Prophets. The 43rd<br />
annual meeting of the school was<br />
held on the <strong>ICU</strong> campus August<br />
13-1 6.<br />
Dr. Gene E. Sease, <strong>ICU</strong> president,<br />
awarded doctor of divinity degrees<br />
to the Rev. Masaichi (Mike) Katayama<br />
and the Rev. J. Philip Klinger. The<br />
degrees were presented Monday,<br />
August 13.<br />
Katayama is the church's<br />
Indianapolis district superintendent.<br />
Indiana Central University<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> Association<br />
1984-85 Board of Directors<br />
Officers<br />
Prtsidenl: George Jacobs '42, Rhinelander,<br />
WI<br />
Vice President: Jcna Jones '74, Indianapolis<br />
Directors<br />
To 1985<br />
Gordon Core '43, Lcbanon, OH; Ralph Frey<br />
'41, Indianapolis; Marilyn Hubbard '62,<br />
Indianapolis; Norma Dartis '81, Indianapolis.<br />
To 1986<br />
Zed Day 74, Indianapolis; Maryrose Dil '49,<br />
Indianapolis; A Glen O'Dell '34, Gramwood;<br />
Harvey Showalter '41, Indianapolis; Dennis<br />
Stone '67, Columbus, IN.<br />
Prior. to that he has held pastorates<br />
at the Michigan Street United<br />
Methodist Church, IUPUI, New<br />
Palestine and hwrenceburg. He ,<br />
was also an associate pastor in New<br />
Jersey and Illinois.<br />
Katayama did his undergraduate<br />
work at McKendree College in<br />
Lebanon, Illinois, graduating in<br />
1949. In 1952 he graduated from<br />
Drew Theological Seminary in<br />
Madison, N.J.<br />
He is a member of the Indiana<br />
Central University board of trustees.<br />
Klinger currently serves as the pastor<br />
of First United Methodist Church<br />
in West Lafayette. He is a 1961<br />
graduate of Indiana Central<br />
University. In 1972 he received his<br />
To 1987<br />
Julia Huddleston '78, Indianapolis; Joann<br />
Felker '79, Greenfield; Judi McBride '63,<br />
Indianapolis; Jim Miller '55. Indianapolis;<br />
Pete Morris '55, Indianapolis.<br />
To 1988<br />
Jim Brunnemer '66, Saline, MI; Larry<br />
Collins '68, Maineville. OH; Paul Has '74,<br />
Franklin; G. Phil Isgrigg '61, Indianapolis;<br />
Carolyn Lausch '60, Indianapolis.<br />
Past President: Louise Barnett '50,<br />
Indianapolis<br />
Student Rep.: Pam Conky, Kettering, OH.<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> Trustees<br />
To 1985<br />
Bill Kiesel '63, Trafalgar. IN; Dick Hilfiker<br />
'57, Indianapolis.<br />
To 1986<br />
Joe Koenig '70, Columbus, IN; Ktvin<br />
Whitacre '77, Indianapolis.<br />
To 1987<br />
Mary Kav Anthony '65, Greenwood<br />
master's degree from Purdue<br />
University. He is also a graduate of<br />
Garrett Theological Seminary.<br />
Klinger has selved as dean of the<br />
board of directors of the School of<br />
the Prophets. He is also on the<br />
board of ministry of the Jurisdiction<br />
School for Local Pastors on the<br />
Faculty. He is a member of the<br />
Mental Health Association and<br />
Planned Parenthood Association.0<br />
parting with her pet & long as possible<br />
when she moved into Warren Hall<br />
September 3.
New bishop visits <strong>ICU</strong> I<br />
Indiana’s United Methodist clergy<br />
had an opporttlnity to meet their<br />
newly appointed bishop on Tueshy,<br />
August 14 at the 1984 School of the<br />
Prophets at <strong>ICU</strong>. The Rev. Leroy<br />
Hodapp, appointed by the<br />
Jurisdictional Conference on July<br />
19, attended his first public reception<br />
on Tuesday, August 14, in Schwitzer<br />
Center. The school is hosted annually<br />
by <strong>ICU</strong> and is the only time all of<br />
the state’s Methodist ministers are<br />
together in a continuing education<br />
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1984-85<br />
Theatre Season<br />
Five plays, including a world<br />
premiere by a New York playwright<br />
formerly of Indianapolis, and a<br />
religious musical with book, music,<br />
and lyrics written by local talents<br />
will be included in the 1984-85 theatre<br />
season at <strong>ICU</strong>.<br />
The White House, “a presidential<br />
entertainment,” which seems<br />
especially appropriate this year, will<br />
open on Friday, September 28, at<br />
8:OO p.m. in Ransburg Auditorium.<br />
The production will continue<br />
September 29,30 and October 6<br />
and 7.<br />
In November an original<br />
dramatization of Thomas Wolfe’s<br />
autobiographical novel, You Can’t<br />
Go Home Again, will have its world<br />
premiere here. The play has been<br />
written by <strong>ICU</strong> alumnus Gayle<br />
Stahlhuth, a successful playwright<br />
and actress living in New York City.<br />
Dates are November 9, 10, 11, 16,<br />
17 and 18.<br />
The Good <strong>News</strong>!, another world<br />
premiere being written by several who<br />
were involved in <strong>ICU</strong>’s production<br />
of cotton Patch Gospel, will premiere<br />
on,campus February 8,9, 10,15, 16<br />
and 17, then tour Indiana churches<br />
as a part of the Ministry Through<br />
Drama program.<br />
The annual dinner theatre will be Ayn<br />
Rand’s popular courtroom drama,<br />
The Night of January 16th. fie jury<br />
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Coming Attraction LaScala Restaurant<br />
14th Annual November -. 8, 1984<br />
Indv<br />
Thursday<br />
6:30 p.m.<br />
TOP dog<br />
<strong>ICU</strong> and Butler alumni, athletes,<br />
coaches, and fans join for this pregame<br />
celebration and gridiron<br />
Ban q et<br />
preview of the Top Dog game<br />
between the Greyhounds and<br />
Bulldogs on Saturday, November<br />
14. 0<br />
for this comedy-drama will be<br />
selected from the audience prior to<br />
each performance and will sit in the<br />
“jury box” during the performance.<br />
At the end of the murder trial, they<br />
will retire to the “jury room” to<br />
decide on a verdict of guilty or not<br />
guilty. Dates are March 15, 16,22,<br />
23 and 24.<br />
During Commencement Week in May<br />
(1 5, 16, 17) the Theatre Department,<br />
in cooperation with the <strong>ICU</strong> Music<br />
Department, will present a musical<br />
comedy that will be announced at a<br />
later date.<br />
Due to a new administrative policy,<br />
this will be the only announcement<br />
of the theatrical season sent to<br />
alumni this year. Please keep this<br />
announcement handy. 0<br />
More Ahmni<br />
Scholars<br />
Indiana Central University has<br />
announced that 14 high school<br />
seniors have been named as <strong>Alumni</strong><br />
Scholars in addition to the 22<br />
already named.<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> Scholars are granted a<br />
monetary award that assures the<br />
student winner of receiving non-<br />
repayable financial assistance from<br />
Indiana Central. This scholarship is<br />
renewable for three years based on<br />
the condition that a minimum grade<br />
point standard set by <strong>ICU</strong> is<br />
maintained.<br />
To be eligible to become an <strong>Alumni</strong><br />
Scholar, a student must be<br />
recommended by an Indiana Central<br />
alumnus and have demonstrated<br />
superior academic achievement and<br />
leadership in school, church and<br />
community affairs.<br />
The additional 1984 <strong>Alumni</strong> Scholars<br />
are:<br />
Greg Adams, son of Dr. and Mrs.<br />
Kent Adams of Bremen, Ind.;<br />
Stephanie Blake, daughter of Mr.<br />
William Blake of Indianapolis, Ind.;<br />
Molly Brown, daughter of Mrs. Karen<br />
Kindred of Martinsville, Ind.; Anita<br />
Favors, daughter of Mrs. Joyce A.<br />
Cassidy of Mooreland, Ind.; Barbara<br />
Fields, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.<br />
Randolph Fields of Laurel, Ind.;<br />
Shelley Frageman, daughter of Mrs.<br />
Darlen Replogle of Michigan City,<br />
Ind.; Lisa Hardin, daughter of Mr.<br />
and Mrs. kchard Hardin of<br />
Bargersville, Ind.; Kimi Hellenberg,<br />
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary<br />
Hellenberg of Mount Vernon, Ind.;<br />
Sheila Horton, daughter of Mr. and<br />
Mrs. Bennie Horton Jr. of Gary, Ind.;<br />
Christine McCombs, daughter of<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Earl McCombs of<br />
Indianapolis, Ind.; Alfred Ratz Jr.,<br />
son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Ratz Sr.<br />
of Indianapolis, Ind.; Deanna Selke,<br />
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Selke<br />
of Indianapolis, Ind.; Dale Shepard,<br />
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jon Shepard of<br />
1ndianapolis;Ind.; Scott Shope, son<br />
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Noland of<br />
Union City, Ind. 0
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Getting<br />
personal<br />
’2 6<br />
Jessie M. (Watson) Cummins, a<br />
Columbus, Indiana, resident, reports<br />
that her grandson Joseph Meek is<br />
attending <strong>ICU</strong>. Joe is a junior political<br />
science major.<br />
‘34<br />
Joseph Brice, son of Kenneth F. Brice,<br />
was unanimously elected as “Bandmaster<br />
of the Year” for the state of Colorado.<br />
A. Glen O’Dell has recently been<br />
appointed by Gov. Robert D. Orr to the<br />
Indiana State Commission on the Aged<br />
and Aging for a four-year term. Much<br />
involved in that field, he is presently a<br />
member of the Board of Directors of<br />
Johnson County Council on Agmg as<br />
well as the Greenwood Senior Citizens’<br />
Center. He represents his county on the<br />
Advisory Council of the Central Indiana<br />
Council on Aging. He was recently elected<br />
president of Central Indiana United<br />
Senior Action, a political action<br />
organization of 8000 members. In mid-<br />
June he was assigned to the staff of the<br />
growing Mt. Auburn United Methodist<br />
Church as Director of Senior Ministries.<br />
He and his wife, Gladys, live in<br />
Greenwood, a southern suburb of<br />
Indianapolis.<br />
Kenneth M. Richter, retired professor<br />
emeritus from the University of Oklahoma<br />
School of Medicine, is the father of four<br />
and the grandfather of 12 (6 grandsons<br />
and 6 granddaughters). “All sons and<br />
grandchildren doing well!! So am I.”<br />
’3 5<br />
At the close of the 1983-84 school year,<br />
Helen (Ringley) Brady retired from<br />
teaching. For the past 29 years, she<br />
taught elementary art at Westlake School<br />
in Indianapolis. She and husband<br />
Malcolm plan to enjoy their leisure and<br />
help with work in the church. ‘Ihe Bradys<br />
are the parents of two boys, both who<br />
attended <strong>ICU</strong> in the early 60s.<br />
’3 9<br />
Eulala (Graham) Roettger, a retired<br />
department chairperson and social<br />
studies teacher at Connersville Junior<br />
High School, will be spending the 1984-<br />
85 school year at McCurdy School in<br />
Espanola, New Mexico, doing volunteer<br />
work.<br />
’40<br />
Dwight L Smith, professor of history<br />
at Miami University (Ohio), retired after<br />
30 years of service. Smith is author of<br />
‘The History of Canada,” a bibliography<br />
of the history and social science literature<br />
on Canada published in hundreds of<br />
professional journals throughout the<br />
world from 1973-78. It is the eighth<br />
volume on American and Canadian<br />
history that Smith has contributed to the<br />
Clio Bibliography Series.<br />
‘4 2<br />
Congratulations to Sherman A Cravens<br />
and wife Marjorie on their 50th wedding<br />
anniversary. The Cravens’ celebrated<br />
with an open house on June 30 hosted<br />
by members of their family. Dr. Cravens<br />
is a retired United Methodist Minister<br />
and Mrs. Cravens was employed by<br />
United Methodist Communications at<br />
the time of their retirement. They live in<br />
Indianapolis.<br />
’4 5<br />
After 47 years of teaching fifth and sixth<br />
grades at Lapel School, Theodosia<br />
Everly has retired. She is a resident of<br />
Lapel, Indiana.<br />
’50<br />
Robert B. Hanni, president of the State<br />
and Savings Bank of Monticello, has<br />
been appointed to the 1 1-member State<br />
Board of Education by Governor<br />
Robert D. Orr.<br />
Ivan Moreman retired from IPS as<br />
assistant dean of boys at Tech High<br />
School. Ivan and wife Mary (Ray) ’53<br />
have moved to Indian River, Michigan<br />
to enjoy their retirement.<br />
’5 1<br />
James Mansfield has joined the<br />
marketing and sales staff of WICAT<br />
Systems, a leading research, development,<br />
and manufacturing firm based in Utah<br />
that specializes in computer-assisted<br />
instruction systems and curriculum for<br />
schools. His areas of responsibility cover<br />
Illinois and Indiana.<br />
’5 3<br />
John and Betty (Butler) Sinclair are<br />
keeping busy in Sierra Vista, Arizona.<br />
John is in his third year as superintendent<br />
in Sierra Vista Unified School District<br />
and Betty is a teacher in Polominas<br />
School District.<br />
‘59<br />
Norma (Barnett) Gaston has been<br />
named the department chairman for<br />
Fine Arts and coordinator of the Positive<br />
Attitude classes at the junior high level<br />
in Decatur Township. Norma and<br />
husband Marion are residents of Camby.<br />
’60<br />
Robert Frey will become dean of<br />
Wilmington College, a Quaker-affiliated<br />
school in Ohio, July 1. He has been a<br />
member of the staff of Lynchburg<br />
College in Virginia.<br />
Lou Hurrle has been named attendance<br />
officer for Hancock-South Madison Joint<br />
Services, after teaching 19 years in<br />
Hancock County schools. Hurrle will<br />
begin his new duties in August. Wife<br />
Suzanne (Clark) ’59 continues to teach<br />
at Greenfield Junior High School. The<br />
Hurrles have two sons.<br />
‘6 3<br />
Marilyn Ramsey, head girls’ basketball<br />
coach at Southport High School, has<br />
announced her retirement from coaching<br />
effective the 1984-85 school year,<br />
concluding a 22-year coaching career at<br />
the IU School of Nursing and Southport.<br />
hmsey will continue teaching in the<br />
health and physical education<br />
department at Southport.<br />
‘64<br />
David and Judith (Danmeyer) Bra& ’63<br />
are now owners of the Computer Store<br />
located in Marion, Indiana. They are<br />
the parents of a son, Clark, who is a<br />
sophomore at Purdue University. David<br />
and Judy take an active part in the<br />
Sweetzer United Methodist Church near<br />
their home.<br />
Jerry L. Symmonds’ daughter Molly,<br />
(age 8), got excited when the mail came<br />
and told him, “Oh Dad, here’s your<br />
Aluminum <strong>News</strong>!” Jerry is a fourth grade<br />
teacher at Westlake Elementary School<br />
in Wayne Township.<br />
’6 6<br />
Bev (Gorbett) kibold has worked at<br />
McGuire Federal Credit Union,<br />
Wrightstown, New Jersey, since 198 1.<br />
The credit union is the second-largest<br />
in New Jersey dnd has 48,000 members.<br />
Bev and husband John, a retired member<br />
of the USAF, live in Mount Holly, New<br />
Jersey.<br />
R Lee Wolverton has recently accepted<br />
a position with Waycross Molders<br />
Products, Waycross, Georgia, as a staff/<br />
industrial engineer. Lee and wife Carrol<br />
Ann live in Waycross with their family.<br />
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’67<br />
Larry J. Barrett, chairman of the board<br />
and chief executive officer of Security<br />
Savings Association, was recently elected<br />
second vice-chairman of the Indiana<br />
League of Savings Institutions. Barrett<br />
has been district director of the league<br />
for four years, and currently is a<br />
member of its political action committee<br />
and of the deposit acquisition committee<br />
of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions.<br />
’6 8<br />
James Young has been promoted to vice<br />
president division manager of the<br />
Florida Division of Super Food Services,<br />
Inc. Super Foods is a multidivisional<br />
food wholesaler.<br />
’69<br />
Jan David has been named head varsity<br />
basketball coach at DeKalb High School<br />
where he has taught and coached for<br />
seven years. His wife, Jo Ann (Voss) ’7 1,<br />
is a guidance counselor at Eastside High<br />
School in Butler, Indiana. The Davids<br />
live in Auburn with their three sons, Andy,<br />
Nick and Rocky.<br />
Paul and Rosemary Fox observed their<br />
25th wedding anniversary with a Mass<br />
of Thanksgiving in St. James Catholic<br />
Church on Sunday, June 10. The Foxes<br />
were married June 13,1959, and are the<br />
parents of four: Mary Ann, Monica Bova,<br />
Thomas and Andrew. Paul is a counselor<br />
for Catholic Cemeteries Association and<br />
Rosemary teaches and is a department<br />
head at Roncalli High School.<br />
’7 1<br />
Janice L (Coryell) Faherty has been<br />
promoted to vice president at Merchants<br />
National Bank & Trust Co. She has<br />
been with the company since 1974.<br />
Paul A. Thomas wrote the <strong>Alumni</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />
that he has passed the C.P.A. exam. He<br />
is currently an accountant with Robert<br />
Donovan C.P.A. in Dandle.<br />
’7 2<br />
Virginia Dailey has retired from<br />
teaching after 18 years in Perry Township.<br />
She taught five years at Southport High<br />
School before becoming part of the<br />
charter faculty of Perry Meridian High<br />
School. Among her many honors in<br />
education was recognition in 1981 as a<br />
Hoosier Teacher of the Year by the<br />
Indiana Council of Teachers of English.<br />
Doug Hattabaugh is now employed as<br />
a pilot with Air One Airline, St. Louis,<br />
and a pilot with the Air Force Reserve<br />
at Grissom Air Force Base in Indiana.<br />
4<br />
He and his wife Charlotte are residents<br />
of Indianapolis.<br />
“Not Above a Whisper,” the story of<br />
brothea Dk, was presented at the Indiana<br />
Repertory Theater Main Stage June 13.<br />
Gayle Stahlhuth wrote and starred in<br />
“Not Above a Whisper.” In addition, she<br />
authored “Four on Five,” a musical<br />
based on Walt Whitman’s life, and the<br />
play, “Lou,” the story of Louisa May<br />
Alcott. She’s working on an adaptation<br />
of Thomas Wolfe’s “You Can’t Go Home<br />
Again” to premiere in November at <strong>ICU</strong>.<br />
‘7 3<br />
Mick Bridgewater appeared with John<br />
Davidson in Starlight Musical’s<br />
production of “Oklahoma!” July 9-1 5.<br />
The cast of “Oklahoma!,” which also<br />
includes his wife, Judy, will tour for six<br />
weeks to Memphis, Chicago, St. Louis,<br />
Norfolk, Richmond, Cleveland and other<br />
cities. The Bridgewaters are the parents<br />
of three children.<br />
Steve Hurst will become the head<br />
football coach at Noblesville High School<br />
this fall. He was a coach for the North<br />
All-star Football Team this summer.<br />
John Memmer has recently been named<br />
the varsity basketball coach at Attica<br />
High School after having been the varsity<br />
basketball coach at Van Buren High<br />
School in Brazil, Indiana, for the past<br />
five years. While at Van Buren, he<br />
compiled a record of 73 wins and 37<br />
losses and captured a sectional<br />
championship. He has also been named<br />
assistant athletic director and boys’<br />
tennis coach.<br />
Lany A. Musselman, special agent for<br />
The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance<br />
Company, has earned the Chartered Lde<br />
Underwriter (CLU) diploma and<br />
professional designation from the<br />
American College at Bryn Mawr, PA.<br />
Musselman has also been recipient of<br />
the National Quality Award and<br />
National Sales Achievement Award.<br />
’7 5<br />
Kathy Niccum reports that she is a staff<br />
nurse at Kettering Medical Center in<br />
Kettering, Ohio.<br />
Teny L Taylor, since becoming director<br />
of admissions at Adrian College, has<br />
attended an educational conference on<br />
“Communicating the Value of Higher<br />
Education.” He presented a paper on<br />
personalizing the admissions p. voces<br />
and began a three-year term on the<br />
American Association of Collegiate<br />
Registrars as Midwest representative<br />
and attended the annual meeting in<br />
Denver, Colorado.<br />
’7 6<br />
Dianne (Sprunger) and Lowell Birkey<br />
are now residing in Kansas City after<br />
spending three years in Central America<br />
serving with Mennonite Central<br />
Committee. They are the proud parents<br />
of Melisa (age 2) and Justin (age 1).<br />
Dianne is currently working at Bethany<br />
Hospital Med. - Surg. Division PRN.<br />
Mary Ann Skaggs has been promoted<br />
to the newly created position of alcohol<br />
education director at the Greater<br />
Indianapolis Council on Alcoholism.<br />
J. Scott Dew, M.D. and Kathy S. Deasy,<br />
M.D., announce the association of<br />
Shirley A. Thomas, M.D. for the practice<br />
of obstetrics and gynecology at The<br />
Medical Towers and Winona<br />
Professional Building.<br />
‘7 8<br />
Dr. Richard stahlhut has recently<br />
moved to Boston, Massachusetts, to<br />
accept a twoyear fellowship to computer<br />
application to medicine at Harvard<br />
University and Massachusetts General<br />
Hospital.<br />
Steve Hodgson has been named as<br />
Cathedral High School’s head basketball<br />
coach. In addition to coaching duties<br />
Steve will continue as dean of students<br />
at Cathedral.<br />
Peter A. McAUister passed his CPA<br />
Examination in November 1982 and<br />
started a CPA partnership with Steven<br />
Ford called McAllister-Ford and<br />
Company located in Indianapolis.<br />
Peggy (Kirkwood) Price, director of<br />
internal audit at Mt. Sinai Hospital in<br />
Miami Beach, Florida, went to Kenya,<br />
Afnca, in July on a photographic safari<br />
to see the migration of the wildebeests.<br />
’7 9<br />
Reverend Mark Van Deman has received<br />
his master of divinity degree from<br />
Asbury Theological Seminary and has<br />
moved to the Tampa/Brandon (Florida)<br />
area to begin the work of “planting”<br />
Resurrection Community Church. Small<br />
groups are now meeting and Rev. Van<br />
Deman invites area <strong>ICU</strong> alumni to<br />
contact him in Brandon for more<br />
information.<br />
Scott Miles received his MD from the<br />
University of Chicago this spring. Scott<br />
lives in Elmhurst, Illinois.<br />
Dave Miller is with the Hoosier Trails<br />
BSA Council and currently lives in<br />
Aurora, Indiana.<br />
‘8 0<br />
Carolyn M. Casey was ordained as a<br />
minister in the Christian Church
I<br />
I<br />
(Disciples of Christ) this spring at First<br />
Christian Church of Mooresville. As a<br />
seminary student, she served as Student<br />
Assistant Minister at Southport Christian<br />
Church from April 1980 to January 1984.<br />
She cumntly serves as Associate Minister<br />
at South Side Christian Church in<br />
Kokomo .<br />
Julie Leak has recently been hired as<br />
the new K-1 Pre-IDEA Resource Teacher<br />
in Perry Township bfted program).<br />
She lives in Indianapolis.<br />
Derek and LaDonna (Riddle) Weber<br />
are finally "back home again, in<br />
Indiana!" Derek has completed a year's<br />
appointment with the Dove Valley Circuit<br />
of the British Methodist Church. He<br />
received his MTh from Perkins School<br />
of Theology in May 1983. He has been<br />
appointed as associate to LaPorte United<br />
Methodist Church where he will begin<br />
in August. While in England, LaDonna<br />
worked as an inventory consultant/<br />
cataloguer for the National Trust at<br />
Sudbury Hall.<br />
'8 1<br />
Richard A Newbeny has been appointed<br />
vice president for finance and chief<br />
financial officer at NWT National<br />
Resource CQ., a subsidiary of Northwest<br />
Industries Inc. in Chicago. He had been<br />
director of finance and operations since<br />
May 1983. He is a certified public<br />
accountant and a distinguished certlfied<br />
management accountant.<br />
'8 2<br />
Samuel J. Juett was recently selected<br />
as a research assistant for the university<br />
of Louisville in the graduate school.<br />
Also, he was promoted to a first<br />
lieutenant in the United States Army<br />
Reserve. He has been placed on staff<br />
with the 212th S & S Bn., Jeffersonvilk,<br />
Indiana. Currently, Sam and his wife,<br />
Rev. JoAnne Juett, minister of youth<br />
and music at North Vernon Baptist<br />
Church, live in North Vernon.<br />
'8 3<br />
Dian K. Dietz has accepted a position<br />
as a programmer with the Alverno<br />
Administrative Services, Inc. in<br />
Indianapolis.<br />
The <strong>Alumni</strong> <strong>News</strong> has learned that<br />
Diedre Funkhouser is now a student at<br />
Duke Divinity School in Durham, North<br />
Carolina.<br />
R Joy Partridge has accepted<br />
employment with the Indiana Office of<br />
Occupational Development, following<br />
her year-long experience as a Governor's<br />
Fellow. She is an administrative assistant<br />
to the executive director of the Indiana<br />
Office of Occupational Development.<br />
'8 4<br />
Peter A. Engelmann was accepted for<br />
admission in the graduate program in<br />
the department of physics and<br />
astronomy at the University of Rochester.<br />
Douglas Zehr has been offered a<br />
graduate assistantship in the<br />
department of biology at Ball State<br />
University for the 1984-85 academic year.<br />
'59 Weddings<br />
Larry and Nancy (Koelling) Bledsoe<br />
'72 announce their marriage on May 26,<br />
1984 at Acton United Methodist Church.<br />
'7 1<br />
Deborah Anne Vidrine and Roger Keith<br />
Henry exchanged wedding vows May<br />
12 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in<br />
Columbus. The bride is employed at the<br />
Bartholomew County Hospital and the<br />
groom is employed at Cummins Engine<br />
Company.<br />
'7 3<br />
Linda Strodered and A Kevin Fry were<br />
married May 27 at Second Mount<br />
Pleasant Baptist Church. Linda is<br />
employed by Syndistar Inc. in New<br />
Orleans, Louisiana. Kevin is a structural<br />
engineer for River Consulting Inc. in<br />
Metairie, Louisiana. The couple is living<br />
in Metairie.<br />
Sharon S. Kurtz became the bride of<br />
Larry Smith on June 18, 1983. Larry is<br />
a farmer and Sharon teaches first grade<br />
at Clinton Central Elementary School.<br />
The Smiths live in Kokomo.<br />
'7 5<br />
Kathleen L. Hoagland and Kenneth J.<br />
Westercamp were married June 9 in<br />
Christ United Methodist Church. Kathlcm<br />
is a Perry Township teacher and the<br />
groom an Iowa State University graduate<br />
and senior project engineer for Eli Lilly<br />
and Co.<br />
'7 6<br />
Sue Anne Hayden and Kevin Keith<br />
Clark exchanged wedding vows June 16<br />
in Mt. Auburn United Methodist Church<br />
in Greenwood. Sue is a French teacher<br />
for Indianapolis Public Schools and<br />
Kevin is a pharmaceutical representative<br />
for Berlex Laboratories.<br />
'7 7<br />
Denise R Sprunger exchanged wedding<br />
vows with Brian J. Fry on June 9. She is<br />
employed as an elementary teacher in<br />
Phoenix, where the couple is residing.<br />
He is employed in Phoenix as a civil<br />
engineer.<br />
'7 9<br />
Donald Bed and Teresa Bradford were<br />
married in an afternoon wedding on<br />
July 14. The bride is a graduate of Indiana<br />
State University.<br />
'8 0<br />
Herman J. Bueno was married to Paula<br />
Rose Navarra on May 26 in the<br />
Greensburg St. Mary's Catholic Church.<br />
The bride teaches at Whiteland High<br />
School and the groom is a salesman for<br />
Runners' Forum in Greenwood. The<br />
couple lives in Greenwood.<br />
Saturday, June 9, 1984, Beth Ann Byrum<br />
and Daniel E Sease exchanged marriage<br />
vows in Southport Presbyterian Church.<br />
Beth attends Indiana University School<br />
of Law and is employed by Hammond<br />
and Hammond Attorneys At Law, while<br />
Daniel is employed by Merchants<br />
National Bank and Trust Company.<br />
Dan Bemenderfer and Cheryl Bowers<br />
were married May 12 at Mount Olive<br />
United Methodist Church. The bride is<br />
employed as an optometric technician<br />
for optomcwists Dawn and Phillip Wright.<br />
The bridegroom is a manufacturing<br />
chemist for Allison Gas Turbine. The<br />
couple lives in Greenwood.<br />
'8 1<br />
Lisa Ann Frenze and Jay <strong>Hill</strong> exchanged<br />
wedding vows June 2 at the home of<br />
the bride's mother. A trip to the French<br />
Riviera was the couple's honeymoon plan.<br />
Karen Sue Gunn and Kendall Lee Wood<br />
were married August 4 in Center United<br />
Methodist Church. The bride is employed<br />
by LS. Ayres & Co. and the bridegroom<br />
is a biomedical electronics technician<br />
at Wishard Memorial Hospital.<br />
Joan Sachs is now Joan Casson. The<br />
Cassons make their home in Indianapolis.<br />
Nancy J. Stafford and Christopher J.<br />
Mosier were married June 9 in<br />
University Heights United Methodist<br />
Church. The bride is a registered nurse<br />
for St. Francis Hospital Center and the<br />
groom a Ball State University graduate,<br />
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and patrolman for Beech Grove Police<br />
Department.<br />
Neal A. Yoder took Leslie Virginia<br />
Reiman as his bride on May 19. Neal is<br />
a senior at Indiana University School of<br />
Dentistry. The Yoders reside in<br />
Indianapolis.<br />
'82<br />
Kathleen Marie Denny and Ernest<br />
Glenn Locke were married March 3 1 at<br />
Greenwood First Church of the Nazarene.<br />
The bridegroom is employed by I.G.W.<br />
Systems Inc. and the couple lives in<br />
Indianapolis.<br />
Niki Lee Shields and Mark Robin<br />
Hammitt were married June 16 in First<br />
United Methodist Church in Martinsville.<br />
Niki is a contract manager of Aerospace<br />
Engine Parts and Mark is an account<br />
specialist for Indiana Bank and Trust.<br />
Lisa Ann Williams and Donald Joe<br />
Borja were married June 15 in Southport<br />
Baptist Church. The bride is a nurse for<br />
St. Francis Hospital Center and the<br />
groom is an electronics technician for<br />
Naval Avionics.<br />
John and Debbie (Stock) '84 Stansell<br />
were united in marriage June 2, 1984 at<br />
University Heights United Methodist<br />
Church.<br />
'8 3<br />
Kevin E. Beltz and Cynthia A. Stewart<br />
('82) were married September 8, 1984,<br />
at St. John's United Church of Christ in<br />
Indianapolis. The wedding party<br />
included Ted (Deal) hndwerlen ('84)<br />
maid of honor, Rowdy McKee ('84)<br />
and Jeff Crabtree. The couple will<br />
reside in Indianapolis.<br />
On June 2, Pamela Ann Fisse and Mark<br />
Eugene 'Ihackery were united in marriage<br />
at St. Maurice Catholic Church. Pamela<br />
is with Decatur County Community<br />
Schools. Mark is engaged in farming in<br />
Greensburg, where the couple resides.<br />
John M. <strong>Hill</strong>samer and Carrie Bedwell<br />
became husband and wife on May 4 in<br />
Washington, D.C. The bride is attending<br />
the University of Maryland. The<br />
bridegroom is employed with<br />
International G.G. Pagonis and Associates<br />
in Washington.<br />
Faith United Methodist Church was the<br />
setting of the May 5 wedding of Monica<br />
Leah Ingram and D. Ralph Simmons.<br />
Monica is currently employed by Dexter<br />
Home Health Services. Her husband is<br />
a drywall finisher for Commercial<br />
6<br />
Decorating, Marion. The Simons' live in<br />
Walton, Indiana.<br />
Susan Jean Sellers and Gregory Louis<br />
Weyhe were pronounced husband and<br />
wife June 30 in Zion United Church of<br />
Christ in South Bend. The bridegroom<br />
is employed at Baer Supply of Skokie.<br />
The Weyhes live in Indianapolis.<br />
Jane A. Arhneier and Gary Spilman<br />
were united in marriage on September<br />
1, 1984. Jane is a registered nurse at<br />
Rush Memorial Hospital and the couple<br />
reside in Rushville.<br />
Mary Elizabeth Reigert and Michael<br />
John Dedina were joined in marriage<br />
August 11 at Christ Lutheran Church<br />
in Valparaiso. The bride is a physical<br />
therapist at Bloomington Hospital. The<br />
groom is working on his master's degree<br />
at Indiana University where he is also<br />
employed in the computer science<br />
laboratory.<br />
'8 4<br />
Marcia Ann Roach and Jeffrey Kurt<br />
Runde were married August 11 in Second<br />
Presbyterian Church. The bride is a<br />
registered nurse and the groom is a<br />
mechanical engineer for Detroit Diesel<br />
Allison.<br />
Carla Anne Ferguson and Robert Erwin<br />
Arnett were married July 2 1 at St. Paul<br />
the Apostle Church in Greencastle. Carla<br />
is employed by the State of Indiana and<br />
Robert is employed by <strong>ICU</strong>.<br />
Light of the World Christian Church<br />
was the setting for the marriage of Debra<br />
Jean Golladay and James Harold Powell<br />
Jr. Debra and James were married June<br />
16, 1984. Debra is a registered nurse at<br />
U.S. Management Systems Inc. and<br />
James is a security specialist at Wishard<br />
Memorial Hospital.<br />
Pamela Sue Green became Mrs. Robert<br />
Wayne Aldridge on August 4. The<br />
bridegroom is employed by the U.S.<br />
Postal Service.<br />
J. McKinney Jones and Melissa Patterson<br />
were married Saturday, June 9. The<br />
bride is a graduate of Indiana University.<br />
Following a honeymoon trip to Daytona<br />
Beach, the couple lives at RR 2,<br />
Rushville.<br />
&pi Seeger and Dr. David Scheidler<br />
exchanged wedding vows May 19 in St.<br />
Andrew Catholic Church. The bride is a<br />
physical therapist at Riley Hospital.<br />
Donnette McGee became the bride of<br />
Brian Beckham in a ceremony at Manitou<br />
Beach, Michigan, June 9. Brian is a<br />
graduate of Franklin College.<br />
Cindy Dianne Dowdy and Grant Richard<br />
Riggins exchanged wedding vows June<br />
2, 1984, in Chapel Glen Church of Christ.<br />
The bride is a customer assistance<br />
representative for American Fletcher<br />
National Bank and the groom is an<br />
engineer for Naval Weapons Support<br />
Center, Crane, Indiana.<br />
Linda S. Kockins and Jack L Rhoades<br />
Jr. were married June 2 at St. Peter's<br />
Lutheran Church, Columbus. Linda is<br />
currently a nurse in the critical careburn<br />
unit at Wishard Hospital and Jack is<br />
completing his education in philosophy<br />
and religion at <strong>ICU</strong> while serving as a<br />
student pastor of Camden and Colburn<br />
United Methodist Churches.<br />
Robin Dewlen and Kent J. Adams 11<br />
were married April 15 at the home of<br />
her sister in Dandle, Illinois. Robin<br />
graduated with a degree in business<br />
administration and music and Kent will<br />
complete his education in 1985 with a<br />
biology and science education major.<br />
L3<br />
Opal L. Gilliatt passed away March 26,<br />
1984.<br />
'3 4<br />
Byron Kent recently passed away in<br />
California. Mr. Kent was retired from<br />
the Aluminum Company of America.<br />
'3 8<br />
Dr. Ronald S. Ping died April 17 at<br />
Florida Orlando Hospital following<br />
several massive heart attacks. Following<br />
his retirement from Indiana University<br />
School of Dentistry as chairman of the<br />
oral surgery department in 1976, he<br />
and wife Nellie (Schmidt) '28 moved<br />
to Florida.<br />
'42<br />
Jane L. Wangelin passed away May 3 1<br />
in Vero Beach, Florida at age 63. Mrs.<br />
Wangelin had lived in Vero Beach since<br />
April. She is survived by her husband,<br />
William, and a son James.<br />
'56<br />
The <strong>Alumni</strong> <strong>News</strong> has learned of the<br />
death of Sandra DeLap. Mrs. DeLap
I<br />
was a member of Prospect Chapter of<br />
Eastern Star, Bethany Lutheran Church<br />
and its Lutheran Church Women,<br />
Abigails and IU <strong>Alumni</strong> Association.<br />
She lived in Indianapolis.<br />
'59<br />
James Lansinger passed away June 14,<br />
1984.<br />
Births<br />
'65<br />
Ron and Karen (Kleinknight) Parrott<br />
are the parents of their fourth child,<br />
Travis Lincoln, born March 27, 1984.<br />
He and his oldest sister, Kristi, age 10,<br />
share their birthdays. Also pleased<br />
about the birth of a baby brother are<br />
Shane, age 8, and Sallie, age 4.<br />
'67<br />
Jack and Patricia Noone proudly<br />
announce the birth of their first child<br />
Jaclyn Ann, born April 14, 1984. Jack is<br />
employed with Converse Shoes and has<br />
spent time outfitting the U.S. Olympic<br />
team and Indiana All Stars.<br />
'6 9<br />
Loretta (Haskins) and Stephen<br />
Albertson were doubly blessed on<br />
April 27. Twins Courtney Drew and<br />
Joshua Paul were the Albertsons' new<br />
additions. They reside in Fort Wayne.<br />
Dan and Cheryl (Kistler) Targgart,<br />
Churubusco, are parents of a son, Joel<br />
Andrew. He was born June 16, 1984.<br />
The Targgarts have two other children,<br />
Tim (age 12) and Angie (age 8%).<br />
Grandparents are Richard '51 and<br />
Mabel Kistler. Kokomo.<br />
'7 1<br />
John A. and Carol Rucker have a new<br />
addition to their family. Ian Michael<br />
was born April 20. He is their first child.<br />
John is in his third year at Eastern<br />
Wyoming College as an instructor in<br />
math, computer science and medical<br />
lab technology. Carol is director of<br />
health services at Tri County<br />
Development Corporation.<br />
'7 2<br />
Mary Ellen Goda was born to Linda<br />
(Whalen) and Michael Goda on August<br />
12,1983. She weighed 8 pounds, 6<br />
ounces and was 21 inches long. The<br />
Godas are owners of Green Leaf Co.<br />
and live in Fontanet.<br />
Merrell and Rogalea (Farris) Kenworthy<br />
announce the birth of Jonathan Wayne<br />
on January 28, 1984. The Kenworthys<br />
live in Kokomo, Indiana.<br />
Todd Corey Snovel was born in<br />
November, 1983. The proud parents<br />
are Cynthia (Core) and Dennis Snovel.<br />
Todd joins sister Tonya Rae, 6 years old.<br />
'7 3<br />
Carol (Hileman) and Charles Beadling<br />
announce the arrival of daughter<br />
Matilda "Mattie" Janine on February 7.<br />
She weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces and<br />
20% inches. She joins big sister Sarah,<br />
age 2%.<br />
A son, Glen Albert, was born to Susan<br />
(Boynton) and Bill Reyelts on May 29.<br />
He joins sister Amy (age 5) at home in<br />
New Lenox, Illinois. Susan is on leave<br />
from Summit <strong>Hill</strong> School District.<br />
'7 4<br />
Richard and Mary Ellen (Goshorn)<br />
McAfee are pleased to announce the<br />
arrival of Mark Daniel on February 22.<br />
He is their second son and joins two-<br />
year-old Philip. The McAfees reside in<br />
Ossian, Indiana.<br />
'7 5<br />
Donald and Anne (Hathaway) Hennfent<br />
'73 announce the delivery of twin girls<br />
born March 8. Kristen Jean weighed 5<br />
pounds, 12 ounces and was 18% inches<br />
long. Meagan Lyn, also 18% inches,<br />
weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces. The<br />
twins join sister Keri, age 3.<br />
'76<br />
Dave and Anne (Kay) Michel are the<br />
proud parents of a new daughter,<br />
Corinne Kelsey Michel.<br />
'77<br />
R Michael Cagle and wife Sheila ('75)<br />
are the proud parents of Patrick Michael,<br />
born July 26, 1984, weighing 8 pounds<br />
8% ounces and measuring 2 1% inches.<br />
LeeAnn (Kolp) and Bill Blume<br />
announce the birth of Kristen on July<br />
17. She joins brother Kyle, 2 years old.<br />
Bill is now in private family practice in<br />
Evansville.<br />
'7 8<br />
John G. and Sally Jo Peters are the<br />
parents of their third child. Joseph<br />
Michael was born February 5 and joins<br />
sisters Jenny and Katie at home in<br />
Grand Rapids, Michigan. John is a<br />
physician at Blodgett Memorial<br />
Medical Center.<br />
'7 9<br />
Mark and Nancy Hetrick have a new<br />
arrival. His name is Clint Markus and<br />
he was born February 28 weighing 9<br />
pounds, 5 ounces. He was 22 inches<br />
long. The Hetricks live in Woodburn,<br />
Indiana, where Mark is a biology teacher<br />
at Woodlan High School.<br />
'8 1<br />
Bethany Rachel Appleton was born July<br />
3 to Mark and Rebecca (Nunan) '82<br />
Appleton. She weighed 8 pounds, and<br />
!h ounces and was 21% inches long.<br />
The Appletons are residents of Franklin.<br />
'84<br />
Dave Wantz and wife Rachelle are the<br />
proud parents of a new baby girl. Ann<br />
Elizabeth was born June 2, 1984, and<br />
joins older brother Jacob at home in<br />
Mooresville.<br />
Attention snowbirds,<br />
sun worshippers, etc.<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> who have different summer<br />
and winter addresses may now<br />
notify the <strong>ICU</strong> <strong>Alumni</strong> Office of these<br />
addresses and the dates of residence<br />
for both. We will keep a listing and<br />
change our address records for our<br />
correspondence and publications<br />
at the appropriate time during each<br />
year. This will alleviate your<br />
responsibility of notifying us when<br />
you go south for three months, or<br />
some similar situation. PLEASE<br />
SEND US:<br />
Name(s)<br />
Class Year<br />
Permanent Address (Dates of<br />
Residence)<br />
Telephone Number<br />
Seasonal Address (Dates of<br />
Residence)<br />
Telephone Number<br />
This cooperative effort can save<br />
you and the university time and<br />
money, as well as assure the<br />
uninterrupted delivery of<br />
communications from our alma<br />
mater to you. Thank you. 0<br />
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Homecoming Weekend, 1984<br />
Friday, October 5<br />
8 p.m. - Midnight Join President and Mrs. Gene E. Sease for the annual President’s Ball to be<br />
held at La Scala Restaurant in Indianapolis. <strong>ICU</strong> alumni, faculty, students, and<br />
trustees are invited to this gala evening of dancing and entertainment. For tic-<br />
Saturday, October 6<br />
9 a.m.<br />
10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.<br />
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.<br />
11 a.m.<br />
1 - 4 p.m.<br />
1:30 p.m.<br />
5 - 6:30 p.m.<br />
8 p.m.<br />
<strong>ICU</strong> <strong>Alumni</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />
1400 East Hanna Avenue<br />
Indianapolis, Indiana 46227<br />
Indiana<br />
Central<br />
University<br />
ket information contact the <strong>ICU</strong> Information Office at (317) 788-3300.<br />
Reunion tennis match for all former <strong>ICU</strong> women tennis team players. Send<br />
your reservation and telephone number to the <strong>Alumni</strong> Office.<br />
Open house of newly remodeled Warren Hall (formerly East Hall/New Dorm)<br />
and the nicely renovated Krannert Hall.<br />
Ruth filly Center for Health and Fitness open for your pleasure. Swimming,<br />
racquetball, jogging, and basketball, available to alumni and their families.<br />
Fellows buffet luncheon under the big tent for members of the <strong>ICU</strong> Fellows<br />
Club. For more information on joining this group of annual donors call Dan<br />
Nicoson at 788-3201.<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> Hospitality Tent open for alumni and their families at the north end of<br />
Key Stadium. Stop by for refreshments, spirit boosters, and fellowship.<br />
The <strong>ICU</strong> Bookstore will have a special alumni “tent sale” of t-shirts, sweatshirts,<br />
hats, and other apparel from your alma mater, in the <strong>Alumni</strong> Hospitality Tent.<br />
Don’t miss it!<br />
<strong>ICU</strong> football vs. Franklin College in Key Stadium. Buy your Greyhound painter‘s<br />
cap at the Hospitality Tent and “back those Hounds!”<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> family and student cookout in the Campus Park. Tickets available in the<br />
park at $3 per adult and $2 for children under 10. Invite your classmates to join<br />
you for that old familiar cookout in the park!<br />
The Theater Department of Indiana Central University proudly presents “The<br />
White House” by A.E. Hotchner in Ransburg Auditorium. Tickets are available<br />
in the Ransburg Lobby box office or by calling (3 17) 788-325 1.<br />
Nonprofit<br />
Organization<br />
U.S. Postage Paid<br />
Indpls., IN<br />
Permit No. 640