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Bishops in the News
Ohio Wesleyan University alumni have done some pretty amazing things to shape the world we live in. Our graduates have integrated professional sports, received the Nobel Prize, appeared on the silver screen and Broadway, pioneered broadcast journalism and held public offices as high as the Vice President of the United States. This impressive list could go on and on and on. While many of these accomplishments are well-known to Ohio Wesleyan students and graduates, Battling Bishops make frequently make headlines. The Alumni Relations Office has provided this space to proudly recognize our alumni who make headlines of all kinds.
If you would like to share the headlines of a fellow OWU alumna/alumnus or have headlines of your own, email us at alumni@owu.edu or contact the Alumni Relations Office main line at 740-368-3325. Please be patient; we'll do our best to post headlines in a timely manner.
November 2008
- Rae Ann Herman '84 President of the Dayton Alumnae Chapter of Pi Beta Phi
- Joe Unitas '97 Business Development Director for Student Athlete Showcase
- Dr. Shirin R. Tahir Kheli '61 Candidate for Chairman of the Higher Education Commission
- Thomas (Mac) Stemberg '07 Documentary of His Parents High Profile Divorce
- James Elliman '89 Appointed GM of Deer Park Town Center
- Best Lawyers Honors Matthew T. Phillips '92
- Debra Force ' 75 Featured Speaker During the Fifth Annual Jordan H. and Joan R. Leibman Forum
- Theresa DiNardo Brown '81 Named Chief Communications Officer for OSU's Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Michael Tiedemann '93 Member of Jessica Seinfeld's Non-Profit Organization Baby Buggy and CEO of Tiedemann Investment Group (NY)
October 2008
- Doug Dittrick '55 Joins Delaware Hayes Hall of Honor
- Clark Gregg '84 Directing Choke Which Debuts 9/26
- Richard Patterson '68 Biography and Time Interview
- Robert M. Owens '95 running for Ohio Attorney General
- Rosalie Hunter '84 listed as the Ninth Top Wealth Advisor in Philadelphia
- Hank Jones '86 Recognized as Chrysler's Top Sales Consultant
- Clark Winter's '73 New Book The Either/Or Investor Released
September 2008
- Updated myth offers a timeless message - Kevin Barron ‘07 plays Orpheus
- Men's Lacrosse: Bryant's Mike Pressler named head coach of U.S. team for 2010 World Game
- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Board Elects New Member Morten Arntzen ‘77
- H.S. Boys Soccer: Eric Gustavson '81 has seen it all
- Kgutlisi (Timothy) Moloi ‘98 and the Jonny Cooper Big Band's Swing Safari concert set for Aardklop
- Andy Riggle '95 name new Assistant Soccer Coach for Gettysburg High School
- Summer Quesenberry '08 named Assistant Women's Basketball Coach of Vassar College
- Shelby Cromwell '80 New Special Education Teacher at Saxe Middle School (New Canaan, CT)
- Sondra Tranen '80 Featured in Washington Jewish Week
- David Fouts'73 Appointed President of Magnet
- Ann Stafford Truesdell '69 Executive Director of Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation
- Amy Jackson Pinson '95 among State Auto's PaceSetters
- Jesse Jean's '08 Story: An Urban Teen Beats The Odds
- Happy Birthday, Melvin Van Peebles '53
- Beth Schopis '07 Works as Field Organizer for Obama Campaign
August 2008
- Mike D. Metivier '90 named as Senior Information Technology Auditor of RPM International Inc.
- Benjamin Rossi '97 appointed medical director of the Visiting Nurses Association of Southeast Michigan's Home Health Care program
- Zack Rosenburg '95 establishes non-profit group in New Orleans to help rebuild homes
- Pam Kuong '83 wins MA Amateur Golf Championship
- John Callahan '84 named as Chief Technology Officer of ActiveVideo Networks
- Karen Case Cook '77 directs "The Guardsman" and the world premiere of "Helpful Hints" for East Lynne Theater Company."
- Faulkner '63 gets surprise recognition for his work
- James P. Gross ‘71 Joins MBA as Associate Vice President of Accounting, Tax and Bank Regulation
- McGowan '84 balances golf game with family time
- Governor announces Marsh '75 appointment to Boards and Commissions
- Winters '61 has fond memories of 1973
- In one small corner of shiny, high-tech, forward-looking Silicon Valley, it is always 1776 for Richard Alexander '66
July 2008
- Faulkner '63 gets surprise recognition for his work
- James Gross ‘71 Joins MBA as Associate Vice President of Accounting, Tax and Bank Regulation
- McGowan '84 balances golf game with family time
- Governor announces Marsh '75 appointment to Board and Commissions
- Winters '61 has fond memories of 1973
- In one small corner of shiny, high-tech, forward-looking Silicon Valley, it is always 1776 for Richard Alexander '66.
- GroundWork Open Source Appoints Alan Cooke'81 as Vice President of Global Field and Channel Operations
- Phil Terry '71 named interim manager of the Delaware County Fair effective July 1, 2008
June 2008
- Jeff Davis '81 has a PR alter ego -- "contactjeff."
- Tom Cole '73 BCSN's 'The Coach' more than X's and O's
- Tim Dutton '74 won prestigious W.K. Kellogg Foundation fellowship -- one of 40 chosen out of 900 applicants --
May 2008
- Robert M. Owens '95 files as independent candidate for Ohio attorney general
- Alton Doody '56 looks to expand Nicholls State University's cooking school into a world-class culinary institute
- Doug Pierson '92 climbed to the summit of Mt. Everest on May 21 for PBS film!
- Rosalind Batley '73 appointed to State Board by Govenor Strickland
- Tom Butters '60 inducted into the 2008 class of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
- Jim Hanna '93 takes over as director of the vocational/technical education program
- Josh Shade '99 appointed vice president and senior relationship manager at Wachovia
- Hamra Enterprises names Michael Hamra '91 as new president
- Doug Kridler '77 and Dan Sharpe '06 to share stage in upcoming event at Columbus Metropolitan Club
April 2008
- Plamen Nikolov '00 chairs panel on "Importance of health in the economic growth process" at Harvard University's Annual International Development Conference
- Orchestrating Collaboration at Work by Arthur VanGundy '68 and Linda Naiman, offers seventy activities for those who want to use the arts to create transformative learning experiences in organizations.
Alumnus Matt Sparks '95 talks about living his dream, at least on weekends - Consul General Sharon A. Wiener (OWU 1970) Gives Keynote Address to Robert College Model UN General Assembly
- Toledoan C. Peter Hauck (OWU Class of 1952) honored at Ohio Wesleyan
- Dr. Joe Stickler '64 named "Teacher of the Year" at Valley City State University
- OWU Alumni Benjamin Bunsold '95 and Abigail Nims '01 performing together in the production of "Little Women" for Oprea Delaware in Wilmington, DE
- OWU alumnus Doug Pierson '92 is Climbing to the Top - of Mt. Everest!
- Alumna Margaret Pickett Sagan '48 discusses the new Margaret Sagan Field
- MIT nutrition scientist, Dr. Nevin S. Scrimshaw '38, celebrates a milestone
- Amy Schweizer '09 and Shirley Jeffrey '54 will showcase their macro, nature-based photography in ‘From Generation to Generation' exhibit...
- Shawn Starlin '00 is county's 'information clearing house'
- Alumna Marylee Schroeder '86 discusses participating in her sixth consecutive Boston Marathon
- Alumnus Phil McCluggage '70 is awarded the Celebrate Excellence award by the Hamilton County Education Foundation
- Jay Hood '86 named associate head coach with Miami University's football program
- Alumna Holly Rudolf '69 publishes her frist book titled "By the Heartful: Seasons of Hope in Word and Image"
- Brooke Thompson '88 honored as finalists for the 2008 Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching
- Branch Rickey's (Class of '04) work honored in new book
- Bill Woodall's (Class of '48) WW I-era airplane on display at MAPS Air Museum
- Fordham Law School Student Ji Zhang '90 To Receive Commercial And Federal Litigation Section Minority Fellowship
- Alumnus David Rucci '90 named to the Board of Directors for the New Canaan Community Foundation
- Samuel H. Adams '82 hired as General Manager to Lead Growing Talent Management Business Unit at Workscape, Inc.
- Cynthia Gray '75 named Lebanon's 'Excellent Teacher' by Area Progress Council's Project Excellence
March 2008
- Halabja: the policics of memory by Joost Hiltermann '77
- Alumnus Byron Pitts '82 to discuss literacy
- Eastern Michigan University has hired a retired Ford Motor Co. executive, alumnus John Lumm '73, to serve as interim chief financial officer.
- Alumnus Edward Rentz '54 named one of four judges at the Annual Peony Pageant in Northwest Ohio.
- Alumnus Glen Morse '77 discusses his career as head baseball coach for the New London Wildcats and approaching 300 wins.
- Ronald W. Kruse '57 recipient of the 11th annual Barry K. Wendt Memorial CommitmentAward for his dedication to the construction aggregates industry,his family and his community.
- Chuck Riesz '66 retiring after 28 years as Editorial page editor of the Wilmington Star-News
- U.S. Congressman David Hobson '58 announced as Wittenberg University's commencement keynote speaker
- DeWitt '87 named Great Lakes Region Men's Basketball Coach of the Year
- Alumna Lisa Schuba '90 discusses her expected appointment as principal of Animas Valley Elementary School, in the Durango (Florida) Herald.
- Alumnus and CBS News correspondent Byron Pitts '82 is noted as the upcoming commencement speaker for Cazenovia College, in The (Syracuse) Post-Standard.
- Katharine Battelle McMillan '50 to be inducted into the 2008 Class of Outstanding Women of Clinton County
- Alumnus David Spence '58 is honored for his service as mayor of La Cañada, California, in the La Cañada Valley Sun.
- Alumna Zibby Tozer '64 is recognized for her aesthetic sensibilities, nurtured at OWU, in article about a family home that unites the beauty of the Utah mountains with a New York point of view, in The New York Times.
- Christopher Davis '86, named a distinguished alumni exhibitor
- Charlotte Smith '25: Active senior reaches major milestone
- Alumna Maryann (Nusbaum) Holderman '90 discusses her career as head coach of the Mt. Blanchard Riverdale Lady Falcons, in The (Defiance) Crescent-News.
- BitGravity Taps Chris Turner '88 as Vice President of Worldwide Sales to Further Accelerate Growth and Expand Channels
- Coach Mike DeWitt '87 leads Men's Basketball team to North Coast Athletic Conference championship and to the first round of the NCAA Div. III tournament
February 2008
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Nobel Laureate F. Sherwood Rowland '48 discusses his almost six-decade-long career as researcher and public policy advocate, permission granted by Chemical & Engineering News, a publication of the American Chemical Society.
January 2008
- At 90, Nevin Scrimshaw '35 lives the lifestyle he preaches
- Peter Elsbeck '05, graduate student in architecture wins El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe design competition
- Microfinance project in Kyrgyzstan supported by Plamen Nikolov '00
- George Ross '63 Joins the Board of Acura Pharmaceuticals
- Dean Hood '86 named the new head football coach at the Eastern Kentucky University
- OWU Trustee George Conrades '61 Joins Oracle's Board of Directors
- Jennifer Crocker talks to Richard North Patterson '68 about his new book, which exposes the problems in America's political system
- Reverend Robert Hill '76 to speak at MLK events at Hendrix College
- JoAnn Verburg '72 discusses her art career and latest exhibit in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Star Tribune
- Architect Nicholas J. White '70 featured in Architectural Digest
- Alumnus Jim Henke '76 talks about his new book, "The Jim Morrison Scrapbook"
- Jay Vidovich '82 Wins NCAA National Championship
- Thomas Rosenberg '77 named one of Ohio's "Super Lawyers" by Law and Politics magazine
- Dan Bennington '68, City of Delaware City attorney considering retirement
- Poe Timmons '82 appointed to Columbus State Community College Board of Trustees
- Bruce Tall '82 named University of Michigan Defensive Assistant Coach
- Legendary CBS executive Frank Stanton '30 bequeaths $3 million to Harvard
- Daniel Buckley '71 named one of Cincinnati's "Leading Lawyers"
- Bill Wiggins '56 Receives IU Foundation's William S. Armstrong Ambassador Award
- OWU Life Trustee Maribeth Graham's long career on West Carrolton School Board concludes
December 2007
- Bruce Eldredge '74 has been named the new executive director and CEO of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center
- David E. Mack '76 Joins MorrisAnderson as Managing Director
- Margaret Beamer Juergens '38 Bequest Supports Students Seeking to Become Teachers
- Ronald Kosmahl '80 hired by the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE)
- Juanita Kemp '35 donates 17th gallon of blood
- OWU Alumnus Wins Nobel Prize for Work with IPCC
- Kyungwon (Won) Lee '88 selected as partner in international law firm
November 2007
October 2007