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1920’s
paul Seitz,
Class of 1929,
Ft. Pierce, Florida,
celebrated his
100th birthday
in June. A
great friend
and long-time
member of Tiffin
U n i v e r s i t y ’ s
President’s Club,
Paul is a native
of Republic, Ohio. Seitz Hall, on TU’s campus, is
named for Paul Seitz.
1960’s
alan Smith, Class of 1967, Heath, Ohio, wrote,
“After graduating in 1967, I took a job with Ohio
Highway Department and became Treasure
Manager of their Credit Union in 1968. After three
years, I went to work at the Ohio Credit Union
League in Columbus for twelve years in various
positions and in 1983 moved to Hopewell FCU
as President/CEO and will retire from there next
year.” Alan and his wife Janice, have five children
and fifteen grandchildren.
1970’s
Tell Us About Yourself
ClassScene
arlene Tjaden garvin, Class of 1978,
Pemberville, Ohio, is a Receptionist for Wood
Haven Health Care in Bowling Green.
1980’s
Carol Brickner, Class of 1986, Tiffin,
Ohio, recently celebrated her 30th wedding
anniversary with her husband John. She works
as the Assistant Manager of the McDonald’s in
Tiffin. John is a QMRP at the Tiffin Developmental
Center. They have three sons.
Ted link, Class of 1986, Kettering, Ohio, is
employed at Liberty Savings Bank as a Bank
Manager in Fairborn.
gary gruss, Class of 1987, Tiffin, Ohio,
celebrated 20 years of tax preparations services
this year. Twenty years ago, he began his
business, CF Professional, as a one-person office
that worked on computer programming and tax
preparation in Tiffin. “Today, we don’t do any
computer work at all,” said Gruss. “We’ve added
financial planning and life insurance.”
1990’s
Mustafa Mehmet Eser, Class of 1990, Mersin,
Turkey, works in Exports for Marsan in Adana,
Turkey.
aaron Hetrick, Class of 1990, Tiffin, Ohio, was
hired as the Corporate Manager of Ballreich Bros.
Inc. in Tiffin.
Mary Rosengarten Shaffer, Class of 1990,
Tiffin, Ohio, is a Systems/Database Analyst at
Heidelberg University in Tiffin.
Bob Spies, Class of 1995, Lakewood, Ohio, is
the Vice President of Sales for Prostar Marketing
in Bay Village, Ohio.
linda Stine, Class of 1996, Tiffin, Ohio, was
named first runner-up in the Mrs. Ohio pageant
in May. Additionally, she was announced the
“Mrs. Face of Arbonne.” Linda is an assistant
professor, teaching accounting and business
administration, at Heidelberg University. She
also operates her own business as a certified
public accountant.
Renae Meggitt, Class of 1997, is the new
pastor at North Lima Calvary United Methodist
Church. She attended Ashland Seminary, then
Methodist Theological School of Ohio, where
she received her Master of Divinity degree in
2009. Pastor Meggitt is a member of Protestant
Committee for Boy Scouts and is the recipient of
the Silver Beaver Award in Scouting, the highest
honor for volunteers. She also served as an oncall
chaplain at Med-Central Hospital.
Corey Dauber, Class of 1998, Toledo, Ohio, is
a Quality Assurance Specialist for Quality Care
Product in Holland, Ohio. He played football for
TU under the leadership of Bob Wolfe.
Cory Baker, Class of 1999, recently re-opened
a popular family landmark, Johnny Apple-
Cheese. His father, Mark, opened the produce,
deli, and bakery in 1977 when Cory was just
learning to walk. Cory said, “It’s an honor to
make this a great positive comeback.” The
business sprang from the Sunnyslope Orchard
founded outside Navarre in 1929 by Cory’s greatgrandfather.
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