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alumni newsJohn V. Clendenin ’69 and his wifeCarol are living in Culver, Ind., where Johnhas worked at The Culver Academies, acollege preparatory boarding school, since1987. He earned a master’s degree from theUniversity of Notre Dame in business/notfor-profitorganizations in 2003. He wascounselor for the band at Culver Academiesfor 17 years before becoming a full-timeSpanish teacher in 2004.Tom Green ’69 is living in Garland,Texas, where he is a professor and the departmentchair for electronics at MountainView College in the Dallas County CommunityCollege District.1970sBonnie Downes ’70 retired in 2004 aftera 34-year teaching career at Seneca (Ill.)High School. During her career, she receivedthe Excellence in Education Awardfrom LaSalle County, was named the MostInspirational Teacher and was selected in thefall of 2004 to serve as the Grand Marshalof the Seneca High School homecoming.She lives in Morris, Ill., where she is activein community theatre.Carolyn Emery ’70 lives in Norman,Okla., where she is a forensic documentexaminer and handwriting expert.Margaret (Fraley) Beaver ’71 marriedJohn Beaver on Christmas Day 2003 in aninformal ceremony before family andfriends in Santa Ana, Calif. She is a businessanalyst and senior technical writer foreBuilt, Inc. They live with their granddaughterand Margaret’s mother, Lorena(Blakemore) Fraley ’38 in Santa Ana.Terrel Ferguson ’71 and JaniceFerguson ’72 are living in NorthwestArkansas and have been married for 32years. She is in her 30th year withFayetteville Public Schools, the last four asAnnette (Carlisle) Estes ’67 of Taylors, S.C., recentlypublished her first book titled, “Why Can’t You See It MyWay? Resolving Values Conflicts at Work and Home.” Estesis a certified professional behavioral and values analystand managing director of The Estes Group. She specializesin “coaching reluctant workaholics on work/life balanceand providing products and programs for small businessesto hire, develop and retain the best people.” She was atelevision news anchor in South Carolina for 15 yearsbefore starting The Estes Group in 1992. In 2004, she wonthe Matrix Award from Women in Communications for hercolumns in The Easley (SC) Progress newspaper.16 Today, FALL/WINTER 2004a sixth grade social studies/literacy teacherat Holt Middle School. They recently welcomeda new granddaughter to the family.Raymond Green ’71 is living in PortHuron, Mich., where he has been retiredfrom Morton Salt since 1996. He is activein amateur radio and spending time with his10-year-old daughter, Raelynn.Netta (Trowbridge) Harrington ’71lives in Oklahoma City with her husbandGary. She has been a teacher for 25 yearsand recently took on a new challenge, as the“reading first coach” for grades two andthree at Rockwood Elementary School.Faye (Williams) Raible ’72 is in her33rd year of education. She is a specialeducation teacher at Clarksville HighSchool. She and husband Gary have twoteenage children who attend CHS.Cliff Donaldson, Jr. ’73 and Joan(Miller) Donaldson ’73 live in SaranacLake, N.Y., with son Aaron. Cliff is thecounty administrator of Essex County, N.Y.,a position he has held for the past 10 years.He serves on U.S. Sen. Hillary RodhamClinton’s United States Military AcademyInterview Committee and in September waselected and installed as the 60th president ofthe New York State Association of Countiesthat represents more than 5,000 elected andappointed officials throughout the state.Linda (Ridener) Dickson ’74 has beena curriculum designer for the business officeoperations department of Beverly Enterprises,Inc., since 1994. She and her husband,David, live in Fort Smith, Ark., whereboth are licensed amateur radio operatorsinvolved in community emergency servicesas well as with the National Weather Serviceas area storm spotters.Carl Underwood ’74 and Rosemary(Smith) Underwood ’75 are living inCharleston, Ark., where he is an elementaryEarl Kile ’72 is livingin Houston, Texas,where he has coowneda furniturerefinishing businessfor the past 28 years.He ran the New YorkCity Marathon inNovember, his 22ndmarathon. He hascompeted inmarathons all overthe world and says,“there is no better way to see a city.”principal who is in his 30th year in education.Rosemary has been in education for 28years and is currently a reading enrichmentspecialist and high school drama teacher inCharleston.George H. Sherlock ’75 is in his sixthyear as technical director/production managerat Rockford (Ill.) College.Bob Cochenour ’76 lives in Alma,Ark., and serves as the technology coordinatorfor the Western Arkansas EducationCooperative. Since graduating from Ozarks,he earned a master’s degree in education aswell as an educational specialist degree inadministration, both from the University ofArkansas.Frank Thomas ’77 served as the headcoach of the U.S. men’s archery team at the2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. Thomascoaches archery at Texas A&M and is alsothe chair of the physical education program.Janice (Folkner) Zoller ’78 is in her27th year of teaching, the last 21 years inBentonville, Ark. Janice, who earned amaster’s degree in education from the Universityof Central Arkansas, teaches in thereading recovery program at Apple GlenElementary.Dr. Bruce Congdon ’79 is the dean ofthe College of Arts and Sciences at SeattlePacific University. He taught biology at thecollege level for 18 years before moving toan administrative position.1980sSharon (Terrill) Torres ’81 reports thatshe and her family in Vero Beach, Fla., survivedtwo hurricanes in a three-week spanearly in the fall. Her home received moderatedamage from Hurricanes Frances andJeanne.David Goins ’83 and wife Sheila live in
Alton, Ill., where he is a police officer forthe city of Alton as well as a pastor for theMorning Star Baptist Church. He was recentlynamed Alton Boys & Girls Club Manof the Year. The Goins have three children.Jack Johnson ’83 and his wife of 10years, Amber, live in Fayetteville, Ark.,where he is the sales manager forNewlywedsfoods. He was the company’ssalesman of the year in 2003 and 2004.Paula Bodnar ’84 is teaching English asa Second Language (ESL) at NorthsideHigh School in Fort Smith, Ark.Katie (Hamilton) Russell ’84 is anelementary counselor for RobertsonElementary School in Tulsa, Okla. She wasa classroom teacher for 13 years.John Hinsley ’85 and wife Teresa welcomedtheir second son, Justice AndrewReece, to the family on April 12, 2004.John retired from a 17-year career in teachingand recently opened the J. LloydHinsley Agency of Farmers Insurance andFarmers Financial Services in Springfield,Mo. The Hinsleys live in Nixa, Mo.Rachel (Cole) Pippin ’85 is working asa parole/probation officer for the Departmentof Community Corrections inHarrison, Ark. She and husband Mike havebeen married since 1991.Ralph Sattazahn ’85 and Mary(Scharber) Sattazahn ’85 are living inAlma, Ark., where he teaches math andcoaches volleyball at Darby Junior High inFort Smith. He is in his 20th year of teaching.They have three children.Leslie (Richmond) Sheskin ’85 isteaching special education in the Rogers(Ark.) Public Schools with resource andhomebound students.Mida (Figliulo) Milligan ’86 is in hersecond year of working on her doctorate ineducation administration at Texas A&MUniversity-Commerce. She is an assistantprincipal at Beaver Technology Magnet forMath and Science in Garland, Texas.Ken Ross ’88 and Joyce (Tollins) Ross’88 are living in Ridgeland, Miss. Thecouple recently celebrated their 15th weddinganniversary and have 9-year-old twins,Ryan and Ashley. Joyce works as an administrativeassistant for Safeway InsuranceCompany and is a published writer.Callie Jo (Harmon) Daniels ’89 is anassociate professor of mathematics/statisticsat St. Charles Community College in St.Peters, Mo.alumni newsAlumni Soccer Match & ReunionSeveral soccer alumni returned to campus on Aug. 28 to participate in the annualalumni soccer reunion and match against the current Eagles team. Those returningfor the event were (front row, from left) Nick Richardson, Paul Heimke, EricSteinmiller, Zach Boatright, Michael Coffey, Aaron Coats, Nick Courtney, WillMasterson, (standing, from left) Ricky Herrera, Jeff Jackson, Kris Breton, BrianJolly, Armando Vergara, Richard McKay, Loscar Mejia (holding daughter), MattDresher, Clif Cottrell, Daniel Faires, Taylor Magee and Scott Thompson.1990sEvan Chronister ’90 is a regional fieldtrainer for Wal-Mart stores in eastern Oklahoma.He and his wife Kelly live in Bixby,Okla., and have two children, Gabby andE.J.Sandra (Sosa) Navarro ’91 is living inHonduras with husband Juan. She is a contractsmanager for United Nations DevelopmentProgram and is in charge of supervisingand certifying all contracts issued byUNDP Honduras. Sandra and Juan have a5-year-old son and she writes, “although ithas been more than 10 years since I graduatedfrom Ozarks and I have not been ableto go back and visit, I will never forget thememories of my four years as a WaltonScholar there.”Luis Colmenares ’94 is the nationaldirector for Compassion International inGuatemala, a Christian development organizationthat helps children around the world.He and his wife Gabriela (Reynosa)Colmenares ’94 recently celebrated their10th wedding anniversary. They have threechildren.Bobbie (Edwards) Biley ’95 and husbandKen just celebrated their seventh weddinganniversary and are living in Anoka,Minn., where Bobbie works from home inaccounts receivable for KC PsychiatricGroup, P.A. The Edwards were expectingtheir second child in November.Amy Anderson ’97 of Bentonville, Ark.,has recently been promoted to associatemarketing manager for Walmart.com. Herresponsibilities include overseeing integrationopportunities that bridge the gap betweenthe online and in-store businesses forhome, family and speciality categories.Chris Bradke ’97 and Carrie(Shoemate) Bradke ’00 welcomed a babyboy, Adyn Rex, to their family on Nov. 8,2004. They live in Fort Campbell, Ken.Mitzi (Cook) Donato ’97 and husbandMarcello welcomed a new addition to theirfamily on March 9, 2004, with the birth ofIsabella Faith. The Donatos, who live inMarion, Ark., also have a 3-year-old,Alyssa.Brenda (Garcia) Tamez ’97 and husbandAnthony, whom she married in 2003,recently moved from Monterrey, Mexico toChicago. They are expecting their first childin March.Jihan (Kawas) Zablah ’97 and her husbandAlan reported the birth of their firstchild, daughter Andrea, on May 10, 2004.Jihan was a Walton Scholar from Honduras.Continued on Page 16Today, FALL/WINTER 2004 17
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Page 3 and 4: CONTENTSTodayA Magazine for Ozarks
Page 5 and 6: Alumni philanthropy reaches new hig
Page 7 and 8: CampusNewsHumanities professors bec
Page 9 and 10: CampusNewsCampus stages own debatei
Page 11 and 12: U of O basketball players andbrothe
Page 13 and 14: Electrical School in Maryland; Utah
Page 15: alumni news1950sRobert “Bob” De
Page 19 and 20: alumni newsworking as a first-grade
Page 23 and 24: ARAMARK Corporation, Coppell, TX*Ri
Page 25 and 26: Bella Vista Community Church,Bella
Page 27 and 28: John Crary ’76 and Sharon Smith C
Page 29 and 30: Charlie Sefers, Jr. ’50 and Janic
Page 31 and 32: John Clendenin ’69 and CarolSauge
Page 33 and 34: Douglas Kelly ’72 and Gail KellyG
Page 35 and 36: David Scarborough ’49 andDallas B
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