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2008 Harrington AwardThe John L. Harrington Award is presented each year atCommencement to a non-graduate for outstanding supportof Central Catholic High School, and the award includes anhonorary diploma. This year, the award was presented toRobert Niedzielski, who has been a strong supporter of CentralCatholic for many years.Bob is a native of Bay City, Michigan and a graduate ofSt. Stanislaus High School. He acquired his B.S. at AquinasCollege in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and he earned his master’sand Ph. D. from the University of Illinois. Bob has retired after35 years from the faculty at the University of Toledo,Department of Chemistry, and at retirement he was AssociateVice-President for Academic Affairs.Bob and his wife, MaryAnn, have three sons thathave all graduated fromCentral Catholic. Bob isthe current chair of theCCHS Board of Regentsand has been a membersince its inception in1986. He currently sitson the CCHS Board ofDirectors and in the pasthas chaired theAcademicsImplementation Teamand the Long RangeStrategic Plan.In addition to being amember and pastpresident of theUniversity of ToledoRetirees Association andthe Ohio Council ofHigher Education retirees, Bob is a lector at St. Pius X parishand a member of the Resurrection Choir. He is also a memberof the St. Vincent de Paul Society and Friends of the LibraryBoard, and he is a tutor and tutor trainer for the Read forLiteracy program.Outstanding Volunteer HonoredIn May, Central Catholic honored Evelyn Nagle ‘54 at the annualMedical Mutual of Ohio Outstanding Senior Volunteer luncheon at thePinnacle in Maumee. The CCHS Office of Institutional Advancementnominated Evelyn for her many years of service researchingCentral Catholic news items and keeping us up-to-date on ourdeceased alumni.Evelyn has decided to “retire” from her duties at CCHS and we thankher for her generous assistance over the years.Missing Your Class Ring?Every now and then we get a call or an email at Central Catholic sayingthat someone found a class ring from our school. Usually the ring hasa graduation year and maybe some initials or a name on it, and we tryto locate the graduate that it belongs to. We have had some successmatching rings to their owners in the past, but we currently have a fewthat we’d like to see find their true homes.We received the following message through the CCHS alumniweb site…“I have found a class ring from the Class of 1946 on the roof of the oldIGA store at 2300 Lagrange Street. It would give me great pleasure toreturn it to its owner or the owner’s family. The ring has the initialsL T M engraved on the inside.”If you think this ring belongs to you or someone you know, pleasecontact the Central Catholic Office of Institutional Advancement at419-255-2306 and we will put you in touch with the person who hasthe ring.We also have a class ring with the name Ann C. Zielinski from theClass of 1986, but we have not been able to reach Ann with the contactinformation we have. If anyone knows how to reach her, or if you arereading this, Ann, please give us a call at 419-255-2306!Lastly, a CCHS volunteer found a class ring from either the Class of1978 or 1979 with the initials L J M. If anyone can help us match thisring with its owner, please contact us.We look forward to hearing from anyone who can help us return theserings to their owners.In a related story, we recently received a call from Jack Graham ‘49who says he has lost the Chi Rho from his CCHS class ring. He iswondering if anyone has an old ring that he could buy to replace themissing part of his ring. Please call the number above if you can helpJack out.www.centralcatholicalumni.org