Class 1943

Class of 1943Jane Moorhead Feller ’438907 Tr. 58, Findlay, OH 45840419-423-7655janelylefeller@gmail.comKyle and I retired twenty-eight years ago from Naperville and we are living on the farm where Igrew up, located near Findlay, Ohio. We recently celebrated our 66th wedding anniversary and our91st birthdays. We have enjoyed traveling to foreign countries, going on cruises, and our life on thefarm. I have been active in community clubs and activities and have three grown children, eightgrandchildren and two great grandsons.Robert Layer ’431700 W. Washington St. Apt. A301, Springfield, IL62702217-726-8206I moved from my home of fifty-five years inCarbondale, IL to my current home in Springfield, ILin September 2010. It is a retirement community of150+ persons. My health is excellent. I play Bridge five times a week.In 2011 I took a trip to Washington DC with my younger daughter, Tina. It was billed as the “Lando Lincoln Honor Flight” for World War II veterans.The food here at Hickory Glen is very good and I have made many new friends. I am a very happyold man of ninety-two. I would love to hear from any of my OWU classmates.Margaret Shaefer Schwoegler ’43mschwoegler@earthlink.netTime flies past so quickly. Since the last reunion we have changed our residence to the MilwaukeeCatholic Home Residence where we have a two bedroom two bathroom apartment. Frank (95) isnow totally blind and I (92) am his caregiver, we are fortunate to have quarters in a caring andprotected facility.My favorite Ohio Wesleyan memories are singing in the A Capella choir for four years, myroommates, my sorority associates and the super professors in the music department.

PO Box 985, Mount Dora, FL 32756352-383-4759I retired from Chrysler Corporation after twenty years oftechnical service in South America. I worked in everycountry except Brazil and my family (three sons) lived withme during half of my time there.Class of 1932 Quentin Brelsford ’48My favorite Ohio Wesleyan memory is meeting my wifeBetty Conway my freshman year, we married in Decemberof 1945 and I graduated in 1948. My wife Betty ConwayBrelsford ’44(pictured on the right) died May 29, 2012 ofcancer.Class of 1948JoAnne Young Taylor ’51400 Seabury Dr., Apt 4170, Bloomfield, CT 06002At the insistence of my freshman year suitemate in Stuyvesant Hall, I write to tell you of thepublishing of my second book: “Knit Together: An Oprhan’s Spiritual Journey.” Mary EllenOliver thinks it’s fantastic.It is about the discovery of my sisters after a separation of 49 years because of our adoption intodifferent homes out of the Williamsville Methodist Home For Children in Williamsville, N.Y.Reviews are highly favorable. One man here at the Seabury Retirement Home (MIT, Harvard)tells me he can’t remember when he has read such a beautifully written story.Class of 1951A granddaughter drew the front picture on the book jacket.

Patricia Young Allen ’53Class of 1953I’m so sorry I won’t be at our reunion, but travel is now just a pleasant memory. We have threechildren, two boys and a girl, and three grandchildren.Ardyce Resner Asire ’5310450 Lottsford Rd. Apt 4017, Mitchellville, MD 20721301-925-7348January 5 through May 1 I will be a passenger on the Holland American World Cruise. Most of theroute is the Southern Seas, although we will sail north of the equator at times. As usual, I’ve bookedan inside cabin on the lowest deck. So I’m wishing you a “Happy Valentine’s Day and a “HappyEaster” ahead of time. And for some, also best wishes for a Happy Birthday!Barbara Betts Baker ’5331686 Lake Rd., Bay Village, OH 44140440-835-8073dcbaker2@oh.rr.comDave and I have enjoyed visiting our daughters and their families on the East and West Coasts thelast few years. Ski and swim vacations together were lots of fun and now we’re watching all theircareers develop while we stat to slow down! I’m still teaching English as a second language andenjoying piano playing.Alan Batchelder ’531200 Braewick Rd., Tryon, NC 28782828-859-8334anbatch@gmail.comSince my last reunion I have been a part of the Habitat for Humanitybuilding crew, Lanier Library Board of Building and Grounds, TryonGarden Club and Isothermal Community College Board.My favorite Ohio Wesleyan memories are of Chad Dunham’shumanities course.

Martha Hibbert Boice ’537712 Eagle Creek Drive, Dayton, OH 45459937-433-2592marthahboice@gmail.comSince the 55th Reunion, life has focused on three continuingpassions: historic preservation in Centerville and WashingtonTownship where I live, growing plants and maintaining gardens aswell as researching and writing about the Western Shakers. Rightnow I’m working on a notebook of significant homes in our area.The township trustees always say when asked to provide protectivelegislation for early homes, “Oh, we need a list before we can dothat.” This effort is the List! One of my great gardening desires was to be able to still garden at 80. Imade it! Now 90 is my goal. I have a publishing business for Western Shaker books with fourvolumes available now, another two to come out this summer.A great loss came a few years ago when my husband of 55 years, Bill died of cancer of the bile duct.But our son Tom and grandson Bill keep the house in repair. Bill is an expert, too, at keeping thecomputer going and readily making house calls.Our daughter Judith, lives in Oklahoma working for the Cancer Centers of America, Inc. She’s aredhead with red-headed twin boys who are twelve years old. One accompanied me to Orlando, FL,last summer to learn all about Harry Potter. The other will be headed for Lancaster, PA, in July toexplore railroads in that area.

Louis Lepontois Breese ’53Class of 1953I have retired from counseling with pay. Somehow I end up doing a lot of visiting help as a volunteer.Even in college with the Red Cross this was true.My favorite Ohio Wesleyan memory is how I always felt a part of something good be sports orlearning.Barbara Benedict Bunker ’53117 Highland Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222715-881-2166bbunker@buffalo.eduI retired from being a professor in the Psychology Departmentat the University at Buffalo (SUNY) in 2002. This has givenme time to continue my organizational consulting and writing.I did The Handbook of Large Group Methods (with BillieAlban) in 2006 and a field study of a 10 year intervention tohelp faculty at Purdue University change the culture ofengineering, math and science which was published by PurduePress in 2009. This spring I just finished updating chaptersabout working in organizations participatively for the Handbook of Conflict Resolution (3rd Ed)and the NTL Handbook of Organization Development (OD).I have also continued as an independent OD consultant working with various clients like Novartis,Bristol Myers-Squibb, the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Foundation and The Walt Disney Company. Ihave been training OD consultants in a course offered by Columbia University for a number of years.Since my identity is partly defined by being a social/organizational psychologist, I am delighted to beable in “retirement” to do what I love doing and let go of some of the hassle of organizational life as afull time employee. People keep asking me “When are you going to retire?” My answer is “I amretired. This is it!” I think we all do it in different ways and this is me at age 81.The other part of my life and my great pleasure is our natural beef farm which is my husband’sretirement project after leaving university teaching. Spring is finally coming. Calves are being born

In a few weeks , we will be able to cut wild leeks and make soup. Then, the hummingbirds willreturn. The farmers markets where we sell our beef start in May and end in November. Doug is thesenior partner, but the heavy lifting is done by our farm manager and his wife.On the family front, our four children and their families are doing well. Our oldest son just had a60th birthday so if you do the math you will know that these are my step children but they all livedwith us from the time we married and now there are 13 grandchildren (several of whom also livedwith us at various times). By the end of 2013, there will be 6 greats.I plan to be at the reunion if I am in the US. As I write this, I am waiting to hear whether a contractto teach in Malaysia in May is or is not happening. Sixty years ago marked the end of four veryimportant years in my life. I am especially appreciative of being able to be completely immersed incampus and academic life. Today, many of my students have to work and are only on campus forclasses. They miss out on so much that is available on campus. I feel very fortunate to have had thewhole experience!Nancy Evans Christensen ’53200 Laurel Lake Dr., Apt W214, Hudson, OH 44236-2134330-528-6214nchristen218@aol.comThe best thing I have done since my last reunion was moveto Laurel Lake Retirement community in Hudson, OH in2009. There are a wide variety of activities for mind and bodyto keep in shape and to enjoy life.My favorite memory of Ohio Wesleyan is of the friends Imade who are still my friends today.

Class of 1953Barbara Hunt Clark ’531042 N. Jefferson St. #14, Medina, OH 44256330-725-1665bac@zoominternet.netI am looking forward to seeing you all at our classdinner.I continue to play bridge and have worked at ourelection board the last two presidential elections, whichI enjoyed.This fall I was appointed by the Medina CountyCommissioners to the Medina County AdvisoryCouncil on Aging, which is very interesting.My husband, Alan Bruce Clark ('47) passed away inJanuary 2012.I have two children; Charles who lives in Port St. Lucie, Florida and Carolyn who resides inNorway. I have three grandchildren.Joan Weiner Comstock ’53Comstock@marion.netI keep busy by reading, entertaining, vacations and exercise.My favorite Ohio Wesleyan memories are Stuy Freshman year andhumanities class.

Cliff Cooper ’53P.O. Box 1208, Manchester, VT 05254802-362-7051cincliff@together.netLucinda and I have been enjoying retirement since Idecided to leave the “profession” of internationalcommercialbanking in 1991. That was an easy one for the two of ussince we had just experienced another Middle East war,Operation Desert Storm, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Living first in upstate New York and currently, in VermontIhave been active in musical and art organizations and as avolunteer for an inter-faith support group and AARAP inincome tax preparation. At first we got in a bit of travel toAustralia and New Zealand, the UK and Italy but have settled into country life for some time now. I wasfortunate enough to travel the world at my employers’ expense and to have had the opportunity to live inEngland, Japan and Saudi Arabia during my thirty plus years of gainful employment.I tried my hand at writing about various experiences, completing two utterly unpublished works, one adiary of events in Saudi Arabia from start to finish of the first Gulf War, the second a biographical sketchof my father’s career in the US Navy concentrating on his participation in the “Lend-Lease” program fornine months of 1941 with the Royal Navy as flight instructor for the carrier based aircraft which wereprovided by us to the Royal Navy Air Arm. Fascinating experience and worth study but, at my age, fartoo much work to take on in detail. Perhaps I shall be fortunate enough to have a grandchild interested inmilitary history to probe that phase of this country’s pre-World War II involvement. But, then again,probably not!Richard “Dick” Davenport ’5315 Fairway Court, Hamilton, OH 45013513-868-6541RDavenport13@Gmail.comHi to everyone from the early 1950’s. My wife Mary Lou (Syracuse ’56) and I have lived in Hamilton,Ohio area since graduation. Our son David and his family live nearby in Mason, Ohio.

Class of 1953Janet Funk Dutt ’5390 Northview Dr., Tiffin, OH, 44883419-447-8517gdutt@woh.rr.comI graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree and taught Instrumental Music at Columbus Grovefor two years. When my mother got Leukemia I moved back home and took summer courses atHeidelberg for Elementary Education. I then taught second grade at Noble Elementary. GeorgeDutt was teaching 6th grade and we started dating. My mother died December 2, 1955. Georgeand I were engaged December 19th and we were married Jun 9, 1956. We had both graduatedfrom Columbian High School Class of 1949. When looking through family pictures we discoveredwe both went to the same nursery school and I was at his 6th birthday party. Our son, Laurence,graduated with a music degree from Cincinnati Conservatory and then earned his Master’s inMusic from BGCU. Our daughter, Laura, also graduated from Ohio Wesleyan with a PsychologyMajor.George retired as principal of Washington Elementary School after 37 years in education. Isubstituted in the lower grades there. George fell from a ladder in 1988 and developed Parkinson’sa year later from the head injury. He is now bedridden and I have hired 24/7 caregivers.Managing our rentals also keeps me busy. I belong to the Ohio Real Estate Investors Associationand am an Ohio Professional Housing Provider.Shirley Atkinson Felt ’5331 Stirling Dr. Apt. S-100, New Hartford, NY, 13413315-737-5441; 315-724-9152shfelt@aol.comAfter graduating from Ohio Wesleyan, Porter (’53) and Imoved to Ithaca, NY where he received a law degree fromCornell an I received a MS degree from Cornell with work infood science. We moved to Utica, NY where he worked in hisfather’s law office and I was a community volunteer and stayat home mom with our three boys – Edward (died on 9/11/01in the flight 93 plane crash), Larry (now living inWashington, DC) and Gordon (’85) lives nearby and owns acamp forlearning disabled children). When the boys finished highschool,I worked at a Nutritionist for the federal WIC program for 13 years before retiring.Porter and I spent a lot of time on adventure trips to Kenya, Egypt, Australia, New Zealand, India,

Nepal, Israel, South American Amazon Rive, Galapagos Island and the Hudson Bay. Porter diedunexpectedly of a heart attack at a Syracuse football game in 1997. Since then, I have been living inan active senior independent living complex in New Hartford, NY. I am totally healthy, happy andenjoying life to the fullest.Ruth McAfee Fenton ’5314381 Bridgeview Ln., Port Charlotte, FL 33953-5682941-764-8996ruthandben@comcast.netI have been living in Florida on a beautiful golf course, but nolonger playing. My son Kent, died in 2011 but that was alreadyreported.My favorite Ohio Wesleyan memory is living in Stuy Basement myfreshman year.Anita R. Foote ’53 & Benjamin Foote ’50492 Harvey St., Kent, OH 44240-2711Phone: 330-673-1520Email: afoote8@aol.comI am married to Benjamin A. Foote (’50), wewed in 1954. I Retired after 30 years ofteaching high school. I still live in Kent, OH.I have four children and nine grandchildren,and of those, five grandchildren live close by.I enjoy spending time with family, friends,golf, book club, travel and bridge.Benjamin retired from Kent State University as a full professor after teaching for 30 years. He haspublished over 160 papers on insects and was presented the Herbert Osborn Award by the OhioBiological Survey in 2004 for a lifetime of teaching, research and mentoring students in entomologyand aquatic sciences. He is still active in research and publishing.

Class of 1953Sally Jackman Freeman ’532850 Classic Dr. Unit 1609, Highland Ranch, CO 80126303-683-1468sjbearco@gmail.comI am glad to be present at the reunion… I’m still living inColorado at a retirement place which also has a carecenter when I get older. I was in the Red Rocks RoversClub in Sedona, AZ (a 4x4 car version) and we had fifteencouples back in the eighties. Then here to CO I changedto the Jeep Jamboree USA in 2003 and took my jeepwherever seems good for me to attend—all Jeeps in Utah,Colorado, Wyoming and Kentucky. I also belong to DeltaDelta Delta sorority since 1950 the alums group fromother colleges here in Denver, P.E.O. since 1952, I amworking on having gals go to Cottey College in Missouriand am still in the Church of the Red Rocks in Sedona, AZ.My daughter, Vickie (’78) went on to Ohio State to get her Master’s degree in animal science,started working at Columbus, OH, Zoo, and has been here in CO at Denver Zoo since 1991. Sheis now the Assistant Curator for large animals and loves it. She has a son, Greg, who is now at ArtInstitute of CO in Culinary School and loves that her husband, Drew, sells cars in Castle Rock-Jeeps, Cadillacs and Dodges. They are also guides and tailgaters at JJUSAs where we go.My daughter, Deborah, lives in Missouri. She went to Stephens College in Columbia, MO,married a man from MO and works at State Farm Insurance. Her daughter, Amy, has hermaster’s degree in math and teaches 9th graders in Math- six classes per day!So I like to keep busy with needlepoint, taking people where I can, go to baseball spring trainingin Scottsdale, AZ and see those games here in CO. I also like to watch the Indians, Browns,Cavaliars, all of Cleveland, then Suns, Diamondbacks, Cardinals in AZ, and Rockies, Broncos,and Nuggets here in CO.Russ Geiger ’5330052 Persimmon Dr., Westlake, OH 44145440-892-8359bmgeiger@wowway.comI am currently enjoying retirement, my five grandsons and spending winters in Arizona.My favorite Ohio Wesleyan memory is of my good friends and good years.

Elaine Wismar Harpham ’53 & Jim Harpham ’53jharpham@verizon.netWe have been living in Dunedin, Florida for twenty years now, following Jim’s retirement from GTEMobilnet. Our three children and seven grandchildren (all grown up now) live in different states so wedon’t see them as often as we wish. We keep busy in our retirement by doing the things we love to do.Jim belongs to the “Dunedin Flyers,” a group that gets together and flies their model airplanes justabout everyday. He also is very involved in our community. Elaine enjoys quilting and volunteering atout favorite charity- Clothes to Reds. It’s been many great years since we’ve been to Delaware- themiles do keep us away.Our favorite Ohio Wesleyan memory is the whole experience of leaving home and being in a smallcampus atmosphere and making friends with roommates, sorority sisters and faculty. Enjoyed all fouryears!Lois Hubler ’535100 Linwood Ave., Vermilion, OH 44089440-967-2396My husband, Al (’54) and I are retired from the Methodist ministry. We live in Linwood Park inVermilion, OH. Our daughter, Barbara, is the director of student financial services at San FranciscoStateUniversity. Our other daughter, Sandra, lives in Newberry, SC. Her husband, Morrie, is the presidentof Newberry College. She is former vice president of George Mason University. She is currently part ofa higher education evaluation and consulting team.Richard Jackson ’53270 W Fountain Ave, Delaware, OH 43015740-362-6080arjay30a@columbus.rr.comSince my last reunion I have celebrated my 61stwedding anniversary to Janet (’52), turned 83,welcomed four great-grandsons, visited family, wentto nine college graduations for grandchildren and fourweddings, served church and fraternity and traveledthe world.

Class of 1953Judy Robertson LaSalle ’531715 Westview Ter. Apt A, Arlington, TX 76013817-276-8217judylasalle9@gmail.comI continue as coordinator if the Woman’s Club of Fort Worth.This beautiful property of four historic homes is always full ofactivities of over 1700 women. I enjoy my family and volunteeringat Cook Children’s Hospital, which is the main charitableinterest of my sorority, Delta Delta Delta.My favorite memories of Ohio Wesleyan are classes at Lyon ArtHall, a great group of friends and endless adventures andactivities on and off campus.Kenneth S. Lawson ’531125 Cymar Dr. E, Beavercreek, OH 45434-6362937-426-3637kemar@att.netI have been retired for the past thirteen years andam enjoying the time. My wife Margret retiredtwo years ago after thirty five years as a highschool secretary, with a student population of2,500+. Our family includes a son and a daughter.Glenn is manager of shipping and receiving for Cannon business systems under contract to GEMoney inDayton, OH. Ingrid is an investigator with the public defenders department of Montgomery CountyinDayton, OH.We have been enjoying ourselves playing bridge at least twice a week, & going to bridge tournamentsfour to six times per year at Bear Creek Farms in Bryant, IN. Over the years we have gone severalplaces to ballroom dance. We also enjoy going on cruises and have been on over thirty five trips since1986. Our travels include going to the Caribbean, Alaska, Panama, Hawaii & Europe. Australia wasanother trip of nine weeks for the 1956 Olympics. I achieved my private pilot’s license in August 1987and am currently working towards 700 hours PIC, Pilot in Command. The FAA keeps checking onmy health so I can retain the license. During my working career I was a sales engineer and qualityassurance manager for a specialized welding company. During employment I co-authored a book onwelding and was

instructor and technical writer on equipment operation manuals. At retirement I was QA manager fora plastic injection molding company. Working in the plastic industry it became a requirement,particularly for automotive, that all suppliers be QS-9000 certified. Our company achieved that goalforQuality Assurance and Manufacturing procedures before my retirement. While working I completedcourses at Rutgers, Temple, and University of Dayton. In addition I attended many QA andmanufacturing seminars.Dr. General C. Marsh ’531310 Garford Ave., Elyria, OH 44035440-322-8167GCMarsh1@juno.comI spent two years in the Marines, transferred to OSU and Graduated from Veterinary school in 1961. Ipracticed veterinary in Elyria, OH for thirty years. I have three children and four grandchildren. Ihave been married for fifty-seven years. I am enjoying retirement with winters in Arizona andsummers in northern Michigan.Betty Byall Marsh ’531310 Garford Ave., Elyria, OH 44035440-322-8167GCMarsh1@juno.comI worked as a fashion illustrator after graduation. I have been married for fifty-seven years. I havethree children and four grandchildren. I have done some traveling (England, Alaska, Caribbean,etc.).

Class of 1953Nancy Haig Marshall ’5310 Wildwood Drive, Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107207-321-9136nhmars@wm.eduAfter graduation, in December 1953 I married my fellow classmate, William H Marshall. We havefour children: Bruce Davis (born 1955, Northwestern University B.A. 1978, Yale Divinity SchoolM.Div. 1980, Yale University PhD. 1983); Gregg Price (born 1958, Yale University B.A. 1980,Stanford University M.B.A. 1992); Lisa Reynolds (born 1960, Bryn Mawr College B.A. 1982);Jeanine Haig (born 1963, Ohio Wesleyan University B.A. 1985).After all the children were in school and we moved from West Virginia to Wisconsin, I received myM.A.L.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Library and Information Studies,and began working at the Memorial Library on campus. Following fifteen years in variouscapacities there, in 1986 I moved to the College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, VA) as Deanof University Libraries and retired from that position in 1997.During my professional working life, I was very active on local, regional and national levels oflibrary organizations, and served for twelve years on the Council of the American LibraryAssociation as well as president of ALA's Reference and Adult Services Division.I fulfilled a lifelong dream soon after retirement when I wrote a book describing my fifty plus yearcollection of over 1,000 editions of Clement Clarke Moore's immortal poem 'Twas the Night BeforeChristmas (www.nightbeforechristmas.biz). Although I gifted my collection in 2005 to the SpecialCollections Research Center at the Earl Gregg Swem Library of the College of William and Mary, Icontinue to collect editions of the poem to add to the holdings of the Nancy H Marshall "A Visitfrom Saint Nicholas" Collection.In 2005, Bill and I moved to Cape Elizabeth, ME, to be closer to our daughter, Lisa, and herfamily. We are enjoying our life here in this beautiful coastal town outside of Portland. I haveserved on several town committees, including my local public library's Board of Trustees andLibraryFoundation.

William H. Marshall ’5310 Wildwood Drive, Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107207-318-4179w5h7m3@maine.rr.comAfter graduation in 1953, I enrolled at the ChildWelfare Research Station at the University of Iowa inIowa City, where I received my master's degree in1955. Following that, I attended Teacher's College,Columbia University and received the Ed.D in 1960. Ialso did additional graduate work at The MerrillPalmer Institute in Detroit. I taught childdevelopment and family studies at Michigan StateUniversity, West Virginia University, and ended mycareer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1990.In December 1953 I married my fellow classmate, Nancy Jane Haig. We have four children: BruceDavis (born 1955, Northwestern University B.A. 1978, Yale Divinity School M.Div. 1980, YaleUniversity, PhD., 1983); Gregg Price (born 1958, Yale University B.A. 1980, Stanford University M.B.A.,1992); LisaReynolds (born 1960, Bryn Mawr College B.A. 1982); Jeanine Haig (born 1963, Ohio WesleyanUniversity B.A. 1985).After Nancy retired as Dean of University Libraries at the College of William and Mary inWilliamsburg, VA, we moved to Cape Elizabeth, ME, in 2005 to be closer to our daughter, Lisa, andher family. We are enjoying our life here in this beautiful coastal town outside of Portland, and I haveserved on several town committees.

Class of 1953Richard W. McClintock, Sr. ’538919 Park Rd. Apt 103, Charlotte, NC 28210-8646704-551 -6803dangmac@carolina.rr.comIt is now our 34th year in Charlotte. This was a great move. I retired in 1992 as manager of RexhamCorp. Custom Coating and Laminating plant, the only BA in a plant full of engineers. It has beengreat fun and a great way to wind up a working career.We are living in a lovely and friendly retirement community called South Minster. We have a largeground floor apartment overlooking a beautiful country and our puppy loves it. Hopefully Ginger’shealth will continue to improve so we can be with you all this May.William E. McCulloh ’53P.O. Box 346, Gabier, OH 43022Since the last reunion I have been attendingto family and household matters. I also amthe violist in the Knox County Symphonyand the (faint) Bass in the Harcourt ParishChoir.I have also been doing intermittent Sanskrittutoring along with Greek and Latin reading.Lastly, I have participated in a string quartetsessions at home (with no audience!).I have too many grateful memories of Ohio Wesleyan to list—of teachers, friends, and helpers,many of whom I have never properly thanked.Harriet McGraw ’53276 Fearrington Post, Pitssboro, NC 27312919-542-7342I am now Retired. I graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill A.B. in 1953.

John E. Moore ’531730 Grape, Denver, CO 80220303-321-8781moore123@aol.comI am currently a consulting hydrologist in Denver and havefifty years of experience as a field hydrologist, researchscientist, teacher, technical advisor and a senior hydrologist.I graduated from OWU in 1953 with a BA in geology. Aftergraduation I entered the Air Force where I received a year oftraining in electronics a nuclear physics. After leaving the AirForce I entered the University of Illinois and received a MS in 1958 and a Ph.D in 1960 in geology.In 1956 I married Dickie Thompson (Mt. Holyoke ’54). She also received a Ph.D from Illinois in1960. We have two wonderful children and four grandchildren.In 1960 I embarked on a 29 year career with the U.S Geological Survey (USGS). My first dutiesincluded field studies, project supervision, report preparation, teaching technical courses at theUSGS Denver training center, and USGS District offices. In addition I carried out technical reviewsof 15 USGS offices.I later served as a technical advisor to the U.S Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S Houseof Representatives when I was Deputy Assistant Chief Hydrologist with the U.S Geological SurveyHeadquarters. In this office I was responsible for the Water Resources Division’s publicationprogram and presented short courses at USGS district offices.Retiring from USGS in 1989 I began a consulting career. I served as adjunct professor for MetroState College in Denver. I presented workshops and short courses at International Association ofHydrogeologists meetings (Canada, China, England, Germany, Argentina, Slovenia, Portugal, andMexico). I also presented short courses for the Geological Society of America, and National GroundWaterAssociation.I received the US Department of Interior Meritorious Service award for my work with the USGS andChile. I was given the Silver Beaver Award of the Boy Scouts of America for the authoring Boy Scoutcamp books and for service to youth. I am a past president o the International Association ofHydrogeologists and the American Institute of Hydrology, a senior fellow of the Geological Societyof America and a member of Sigma Xi. I am an Honorary Life Member o the InternationalAssociation ofHydrogeologist and National Groundwater Association. I am the author and or co-author of 12books and 90 scientific articles. I am a registered Professional Geologist in Wyoming. I have servedon four technical reviews for the Institute of for Regulatory Science (Society of MechanicalEngineers)The highest honor of my career was the award in October 2010 of an Honorary Doctor of Sciencefrom Ohio Wesleyan University.

Robert Stone Neff ’53robertneff@earthlink.netClass of 1953I am now retired. From 2004-2011 I was president of the Masonic Temple Foundation in Dayton. Iam a current 100 Club of Dayton past Chair and Trustee.Robert Olson ’53700 Stubbs Mill Rd., Lebanon, OH 45036513-932-4763Right after graduation I married Anne Peck (’51). I enlisted inthe U.S. Air Force for two years as Deputy Finance OfficerVance AFB, Enid, OK. My first Son was born in 1955. From1956-1969 I worked at a general insurance business inLebanon, OH. My other Son was born in 1958. In the midsixties I attended law school. From 1969-2003 to worked or aprivate law practice in Lebanon, OH. Since 2003 I have beenappraising for Warren County Sheriff for foreclosed properties.I have done some travel in the U.S. and Europe. I have alsodone volunteer work for the local historical society, Habitat forHumanity, Cincinnati Symphony, local Chamber ofCommerce, Kiwanis and Church.Don and Carol Poe ’5316549 Merrill Court, Chagin Falls, Ohio 44023440-247-8642cappypoe@gmail.comWe are thankful to be alive and well as our sixtieth reunion rolls around and God willing, we will beattending. Ohio Wesleyan has meant a lot to us through the years. It is where we met, where wedated, and where we made plans to get married. There have been friends from OWU wherever wehave been. We continue to be active in the OWU events and activities. We are looking forward toseeing others who will be fortunate enough to be there for the reunion, and we will miss those whoare unable to attend.

We never dreamed that our sixtieth reunion would besurrounded by five grandchildren graduating-onefrom high school, two from college, and two from lawschool. Fourteen grandchildren have never given us achance to get bored. They have certainly kept us busyand made us very proud of their achievements. Wehad our first great grandson born in February.We are in a new retirement center, South FranklinCircle, which is a part of the Judson RetirementSystem. We remain in Chagrin Falls and aresurrounded byfamily. We think we have the best place ever to retire.We live in a house with two dogs, Brandy, a goldenretriever, and Barney, a rescue Yorkie who keeps usvery active. This is a God friendly place and that was abig factor in choosing to come here. South FranklinCircle, has a close connection to Case WesternReserve,Chautauqua, and many world and local leaders sothere is something to learn here. I am taking art lessons and enjoying learning new things but I amconvinced as I am no Grandma Moses.Surprisingly, Don keeps working when he is not playing tennis. I occasionally go to work also. It ishard to leave our family and the wonderful employees we have had through the years. Our childrenare now our bosses!We still have our cottage in Chautauqua. It is a lot of work but we love seeing the grandchildrenenjoy life there. It certainly has made it possible for our grandchildren to be very bonded.We wish everyone the best. Take care of yourselves if we don’t get to see you.Love from,Don & Carol PoeGerald Prittie ’53105 Spruce Ln., Louisville, KY 40207502-897-3713gvpky@aol.comWe were transferred by Aetna from Northern Ohio to Louisville, KY in 1970. We have retired here andfind Louisville to be a delightful city!

Class of 1953George Rader ’5312116 Stirrup Rd., Reston, VA 20191703-860-3926Unfortunately, I will be unable to attend our big 60th. However, I do wish my classmates the bestof health and happiness for the future years and a good time in Delaware. Best regards to all.James Roos ’53935 Fairway Lane, PO Box 517, Wauseon, OH 43567419-335-0666JBRoos@metalink.netI am still living in Wauseon, OH and enjoying summers at our cottage on Wampler’s Lake inMichigan’s Irish Hills. In 2009, Arleen and I went on a wine country tour of Italy, which includedsightseeing in Sienna, Montepulciano, San Gimmignano, Florence, Rome, and ended with a fiveday stay in Paris. Serendipitously the trip coincided with our 50th wedding anniversary. I still sing,mostly in Church choir, but I also discovered Karaoke a few years ago and occasionally get into thatif the venue is right.I will always remember Rexford Keller and the OWU Acapella Choir.Jenny Sehringer ’5322500 Lake Rd. Apt. 401, Rocky River, OH 44116440-331-6913I have not been traveling as much lately. Weused to travel to Belize, many Caribbeanislands and southern Florida. We particularlyenjoyed Boca Grande, FL for the fishing.My first love is family and good friends. Wehave two wonderful children, George andMarion. George and his wife, Pamela Zell,graduated from OWU in 1979. Their son,Keller, graduated from OWU in 2009. Theirdaughter, Alison, graduated from Denison.Our daughter, Marion, is married to Rick DeSanto. They have two lovely daughters, Jenny andAmy, also OWU graduates. Amy and her husband, Mike, blessed us with a great-granddaughter,Margaret Elizabeth, born on June 8, 2012. All three “jewels” top my hit parade.

Betty Jeane Farquhar Shultz ’53beej330@gmail.comSince the last reunion I have been researchingfamily genealogy.My favorite Ohio Wesleyan memory is serenades inStuy Court.Carol Stager ’5310560 Wilshire Blvd. 906, Los Angeles, CA 90024310-441-1046Stagers2@aol.comIn 1959 my husband, Paul '50, and I moved from Columbus, OH where he attended law school and Itaught special education, to Los Angeles, CA. During the past sixty years I've taught school, workedas a paralegal in the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, earned a second BA and an MA in English,written short stories, poetry, and taught creative writing to both adults and gifted children.Our two girls and six grandchildren live near; we are lucky to be part of their lives. I spend my timevolunteering and enjoying each day as the gift that it is.I'm grateful for the broad liberal education Ohio Wesleyan gave me and for the friends, values,memories and opportunities those important four years provided.

Class of 1953Jo Ann Bradley Thompson ’53305 N. Pompano Beach Blvd. Apt. 1512, Jamaica House, Pompano Beach, FL 33062724-962 2523wallaceRT@comcast.netWally and I spend several months in Florida each year (late October until May). Our three childrenare in Maine, South Carolina and Pennsylvania. We have four grandchildren. Amanda graduatedfrom OWU and received a law degree from Lake Forest last May. She is married to Christian Oliver.Halie graduated from Penn State in May 2011. Colin is working in Sharon, PA and Allie is in SouthCarolina in her 2nd year of college.We like to keep in touch with our friends from OWU and look forward to reading about them in theyearbook. We retired in 1996. Wally from US Steel and I from teaching.Nate ’53 and Peggy Newell ’53 Walkley7152 Pinebrook Rd., Williamsburg, VA 23188Natewalkley@cox.net (Peggy) walkleynate@cox.net (Nate)Nate and Peggy Walkley lived for two years in Heidelberg, Germany, courtesy of Uncle Sam andthen spent thirty working years chasing work assignments for the Bell System, mostly in NYC butalso in Canada, Alabama and of course, New Jersey.They have been successfully retired and in good healthy in beautiful Williamsburg, Virginia foralmost twenty years. Peggy is a docent at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, dispensinghistorical trivia to thousands of tourists every year while Nate basically bikes the historic triangle ofJamestown, Yorktown and Williamsburg, occasionally chasing a small, white dimpled ball.Their mutual most favorite OWU memory is, of course, meeting each other their senior year, 1953.That was over sixty years ago! What else could they say?

Joel Warner Jr. ’53270 Smith Dr., Southold, NY 11971631-765-6687After graduating from OWU in 1953 I went to Italy(Portici just south of Naples) to work at a largerMethodist orphanage, Casa Materna. I stayed therefor four years, founded the Casa Materna Children’sChoir and took the choir on tour through Italy andSwitzerland and then the U.S. From that, I experiencedGod’s call to the ministry and so I returned in 1957 andentered Yale Divinity School. I graduated from there in1961 and served churches on Long Island, New York (Port Jefferson, Islip, Lake Ronkonkoma andCoram).I also trained as a Clinical Pastoral Educator at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Washington, DC and wasthen certified as a CPE supervisor. I supervised CPE in New Jersey and New York. I retired from allof the above in 2007 (I think). And have been traveling off and on since then (Italy, France, US).I was married for the second time to the Rev. Noel Koestline on August 28, 1982, and have had a veryhappy life with her.I have three grown children: Paul who is a motion picture director and currently teaches at the NewYork Film Academy. Stephen who is married to Martha Hakmaat and they have three children, Kaila(who will graduate from high school in June of this year), Georgia who is 15 and Grace who is 12. Theabove two both live in Brooklyn, NY. My youngest, Sarah, lives in Oakland, California with herpartner and beautiful new baby girl, Avery.I am now 81 years old and in reasonably good health.I was born in Columbus, Ohio and came to live with my parents in Delaware where my father, Dr.Wellman J. Warner was professor of sociology at OWU. He hired Butler Jones for the faculty, the firstAfrican-American faculty person. He also taught, among many others, Branch Rickey and played asignificant role in Rickey’s decision to hire Jackie Robinson as the first Black professional baseballplayer. My grandmother, Mrs. Gertrude Smith Saint, was raised in Delaware and graduated fromStuyvesant Music program. My mother, an opera singer, sang numerous concerts at OWU while welived there.

Carol Walker ’532701 Dana Dr., Burnsville, MNClass of 1953952-890-6979Leroy Westberg ’53740 Barber Cir., Lakeland, Fl 33803863-644-0669rwestberg@tampabay.rr.comI find it hard to believe that this is our 60th class reunion, but the calendar does not lie!There have been no really significant events in my life since our last reunion in 2008. My 26 years ofretirement have been pretty placid and kind to me and I am content enjoying a quiet and unexcitingtime in my life.I am pleased to be able to active with my Condominium Association of which I continue to bedirector and treasurer.It was a privilege to attend the re-dedication of Stuyvesant Hall in the fall of 2012. My sister, Ruth,Class of 1952, lived there during her freshman year. It has been beautifully restored and is once againanelegant building high on a hill overlooking the city of Delaware. Every winter, I always look forwardto the Florida gathering of OWU alumni and some college staff, including our wonderful President,Rock Jones. This event is indeed a great joy to me.God bless Ohio Wesleyan and the United States of America!

Gwen Turner Young ’53637 Lac La Belle Dr., Oconomowoc, WI (53066-1501)262-567-5780gwenay31@gmail.comIt has been a great 60 years since May 1953. I spent severalyears teaching in Shaker Heights while living with OWUfriends, before meeting and marrying my husband Walt, ayoung graduate of Lehigh University. I then became amother of three fine children, moving to Columbus,Indiana, and then on to Oconomowoc, Wisconsin in 1969.Now Walt and I are Florida residents, living on HutchinsonIsland, Florida for the winter months and in our lake homein Wisconsin during the summer. We have sevengrandchildren – from 2 to 27. We enjoy gold and travel – have discovered cruising – which is a lot ofun. I always look forward to returning to OWU – because of the great friends and memories.