Ohio Wesleyan Magazine - Ohio Wesleyan University
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www.owualumni.com<br />
<strong>Ohio</strong> wesleyan Alumni<br />
Online Community<br />
Director of Alumni relations<br />
laura Wayland<br />
editor<br />
Pamela besel<br />
Assistant editor<br />
ericka Kurtz<br />
roll Call editor<br />
ann lee<br />
classnotes@owu.edu<br />
Graphic Designer<br />
Sara Stuntz<br />
Contributing Photographers<br />
Doug martin<br />
matt emmons<br />
laura Wayland<br />
<strong>University</strong><br />
Communications Office<br />
740-368-3335<br />
Alumni relations Office<br />
740-368-3325<br />
Fax: 740-368-3328<br />
e-mail: alumni@owu.edu<br />
Web site: www.owu.edu<br />
oWu magazine:<br />
http://magazine.owu.edu<br />
The ohio <strong>Wesleyan</strong> magazine<br />
(iSSn 0030-1221) is published in<br />
Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring by<br />
ohio <strong>Wesleyan</strong> university, Delaware<br />
ohio. Periodicals postage paid<br />
at Delaware, ohio and additional<br />
mailing offices. Postmaster: Send<br />
address changes to The magazine,<br />
ohio <strong>Wesleyan</strong> university, Delaware,<br />
ohio 43015. general university<br />
telephone number: 740-368-2000.<br />
Printed on recycled paper.<br />
m a g a z i n e<br />
OhiO<strong>Wesleyan</strong><br />
w i n t e r 2 0 0 6 • v o l u m e 8 4 • n u m b e r 1<br />
Features<br />
8 Branch Rickey’s Way<br />
<strong>Ohio</strong> <strong>Wesleyan</strong> graduate Branch Rickey, Class of 1904, has made lasting<br />
contributions to baseball and civil rights. His name now graces several signposts<br />
on campus, in an area we call Branch Rickey Way — our way of saying “Thank<br />
you Branch, for all the good you have done for humankind.”<br />
11 OWU’s Jackie Robinson Foundation<br />
Scholars<br />
Meet our three <strong>Ohio</strong> <strong>Wesleyan</strong> students who are recipients of these<br />
special scholarships.<br />
12 Scales of Justice<br />
“Branch Rickey saw a duty and carried the burden — he didn’t do it<br />
for gratitude or money.” These words of California judge George Nicholson only<br />
begin to describe his great admiration for one of <strong>Ohio</strong> <strong>Wesleyan</strong>’s favorite sons.<br />
15 Branch Rickey and the Evolution<br />
of Baseball<br />
Besides his civil rights contributions to society, Branch Rickey was,<br />
unquestionably, one of baseball’s innovators. He was integral to the evolution of<br />
“America’s favorite pastime.”<br />
17 In the Running<br />
Scholar-athlete Marie Rymut ’07 is one of those students who is hard<br />
to keep up with. She shares her lifestyle and life’s ambitions — color-coded day<br />
planner and all!
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