I received tenure at Centre College this spring. I am now an Associate Professor of History.

After a challenging 2020, I was rewarded professionally with an Emmy Award for “Outstanding Achievement for Arts/Entertainment Programming – Segment” and recently elected to the Milwaukee Institute for Art & Design (MIAD) Board of Trustees.

Meghan is the Director of Social Media & Engagement at Amp Strategy. She is responsible for creating engaging social media campaigns and daily content, as well as one-off hero content for a variety of local and national clients.

Another group holding weekly zoom get togethers is a group of men of KX (seventh section) from 1973-1977. The group includes ’73ers Dan Hyatt, Bill Henley, Dave “Tiny” Wilbur, and Rod Russel. Class of  ’74 members include Tim Fusco, Chris Nicely, Don Allman and Brian Chisnell. Class of  ’75 members include  Danny Zeiters, Jay Schmidt, Gene Schindewolf, Mike “Poon” Patterson, Jim Clough, Robin Harbage, Dave Stenner and “Easy” Ed Snyder. Representing the class of  ’76 are Pat McLaughlin, Dave “Bird” Branfield, and Rick Hopkins, then Dave Chruchill is the only member from class of  ’77.  In these meetings, there are many exchanges of memories, some smack talk, and many laughs as pictures from long, long ago are produced. From class of ’76, is Debbie Starr Branfeild, their secretary.

Another group holding weekly Zoom get together are a group of men of KX (Seventh Section) from 1973 – 1977. The group includes ‘73ers Dan Hyatt, Bill Henley, Dave “Tiny” Wilbur, and Rod Russell. Class of’74 members are Tim Fusco, Chris Nicely, Don Allman, and Brian Chisnell. From the Class of ‘75 are Denny Zeiters, Jay Schmidt, Gene Schindewolf, Mike “Poon” Patterson, Jim Clough, Robin Harbage, Dave Stenner, and “Easy” Ed Snyder. Representing the Class of ‘76 are Pat McLaughlin, Dave “Bird” Branfield, and Rick Hopkins and Dave Churchill is from the Class of ‘77. There are many exchanges of memories, some smack talk, and many laughs as pictures from long, long ago are produced! Debbie Starr Branfield Secretary, Class of 1976

Kelly ’11 and Ryan Story ’10, celebrated the birth of their daughter Evelyn Story on November 5th, 2020

After 41 years, Steve Glick ’79, left law enforcement and entered the realm of emergency management full time with the College as the Director of Emergency Management.

Caitlin Gaffney ’11 and Josephine Ray ’14 got married on May 23rd, 2020. The pandemic drastically changed their plans from a large ceremony to a smaller more intimate one in front of Kenarden Lodge. Their officiant was Alice Web ’13 and two more Wooster alums in attendance were Dan Adair ’08 and Molly Adair ’08 (maiden name Gaffney).

Mike Putnam ’99 is now a full Professor of German & Linguistics at Penn State University. Since July 2020, he has been serving as the Director of Penn State’s Linguistics program. Class President Timeka Thomas Rashid ’99 started a new job on June 1 as vice president of student affairs at Baldwin-Wallace University. She was previously assistant vice president for inclusive student engagement at Cleveland State University. Shelley Goodlander Price ’99 is now Dean of Health Sciences at Skagit Valley College in Mount Vernon, Washington. As an ER nurse, she is also working on her PhD. In May, Gretchen Maier Armstrong ’99 launched a new literary magazine, Tomorrow and Tomorrow. She is the designer and editor. Subscribe at www.tomorrowandtomorrow.net

Dr. Timeka Rashid has been hired as the new Vice President for Student Affairs at Baldwin Wallace University. Timeka comes to BW with a wide range of experience in Student Affairs including roles at Otterbein University, Columbus State Community College, Kent State University, and most recently Cleveland State University where Timeka serves as Assistant Vice President. She will begin her work at BW on June 1, 2021.

“In May of 2021, I started a new position with Moog, Inc. as their Manager of Service Management Platforms in the Global IT Process & Quality team. I’m excited to work with a team representing the US, Germany, and India as we leverage the ServiceNow platform to improve business workflows and customer service. I’ll continue to reside in Cleveland and will be working remotely out of my home”

The middle of October 2021 will see the release of Kathleen Fair’s second novel–Hell Hath No Fury.  Available in paperback and ebook form on Amazon.

Nancy (Kriebel) ’72 and I (Charles F. Turner) retired during the past year. Last February, we took a trip to explore an area of the Low Country of South Carolina that we had visited some 40 years ago. Little did we think we would return home owning a condo in the Haig Point community on Daufuskie Island; a bridge-less island off the coast near Savannah. We take the ferry back and forth to the mainland as needed and get around the island on golf carts. I learned golf at Wooster from Ginny Hunt and Nancy learned from Bob Nye. Now with time available, we are playing often and will soon start back with tennis. Daufuskie will be our home most of the year and summers will be in Maine. We look forward to extending southern hospitality to family and friends on Daufuskie.

Heather Olivia Bohl obtained her Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics from University of Minnesota in May 2018. Following completion of her degree, she continued her research in the area of Structural Biology at Van Andel Institute in Grand Rapids, Michigan. At the end of 2019, Heather left this postdoctoral position to pursue a degree in Veterinary Medicine. In addition, Heather is currently working on multiple animal fantasy novels.

Dorothy Jean Campbell Hallett, age 94, passed away at home on February 14, 2020. Dorothy was born August 29, 1925, in Kunming, China, the second oldest of four children to missionary parents Rev Kenneth and Dorothy C. Campbell. She was home-schooled and attended Shanghai American School. When the family returned to Seattle, Washington, she graduated from Roosevelt High School. Dorothy attended the College of Wooster, Ohio, where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Spanish, Summa cum Laude and made many lifelong friendships. As a young graduate in Seattle, she took a course in secretarial skills at Broadway Technical School and was working as an elevator operator at the former Edmund Meany Hotel when she met a handsome attorney named Frank S. Hallett, Jr. They were married in 1948 in a ceremony officiated by her father and began a long and happy marriage of nearly fifty-one years in the town of Castle Rock. Dorothy shared Frank’s love of horses and the outdoors, and she devoted her life to the service of her family, home, and community. She led groups such as Cub Scouts, Campfire Girls, Rainbow Girls, and AFS for the sake of her children and was very active in Castle Rock Women’s Club, PEO, Cowlitz County Historical Society, Eastern Star, and the Jane Austen Society of North America. She maintained a keen interest in politics and current events and participated in her community through both Castle Rock and Kelso United Methodist churches, United Methodist Women, the Castle Rock Library, and the Castle Rock Fair. Throughout her life, Dorothy had a great love of reading for knowledge and pleasure and enjoyed very much her many travels. She found great pleasure in getting to know people and learning their life stories. She loved jokes and always tried to bring a new one to her group at the Castle Rock Senior Center. Dorothy always wanted to get out and do things. She attended community concerts, lectures, and many sporting events and performances. She always had a sympathetic and listening ear for others and many people will miss her cheerful presence. Dorothy is preceded in death by her husband, Frank, infant daughter Deborah Jean, her parents, and brothers Wallace, Kenneth, and Edward. She is survived by her children Mary Perillo, Seattle, Richard Hallett, Castle Rock, and Nora Hallett (Jack Brummel), Olympia. She also leaves grandchildren Leanora, Xina (Chrystian), Garrett, Elena, Gina (Jason), Aubrey (Morgan), and Brett, as well as six great-grandchildren, three nephews, and four nieces. She will be laid to rest in Castle Rock Community Cemetery. Remembrances may be made in her name to support educational scholarships for young women to PEO, Chapter CO, 1002 N 18th, Kelso, WA 98626. A funeral service for Dorothy will be held on Saturday, March 7, at 10:00 am at Kelso United Methodist Presbyterian Church, 206 Cowlitz Way, Kelso, WA 98626.

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Time in Between: Music Therapy with Adolescent Girls in a Safehouse in Kingston, Jamaica Lora Heller, MS, LCAT, MT-BC Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, Vol 21 No 2 (July 2, 2021)

In addition, we have celebrated 21 years of Baby Fingers TM this year! www.mybabyfingers.com. We moved to virtual programming all through the year and gradually added outdoor in-person classes. Our programs are now offered to students around the globe with our live online classes for Deaf and hearing students of all ages, newborn to adult. My older son graduated from SUNY Geneseo and is living on his own, but nearby in NYC. My younger one will enter his junior year at Bennington College in VT. I’ve been meeting almost once/month on Zoom during the pandemic with Travis Moyer (’92) and his wife Julie, along with my husband Ian and some other terrific people talking about current events and the state of our country. We manage to get in a lot of laughs and some reminiscence, which helps when the topic is otherwise so serious! Sending best wishes to Wooster friends.

Patricia G. Haidle, age 88, a longtime resident of Elmhurst passed away on February 4, 2021. She was a longtime member and volunteer of Epiphany Evangelical Lutheran Church in Elmhurst. Beloved wife of the late Russell F. Haidle (2014); loving mother of Nancy Haidle, David (Donna) Haidle and Douglas (Azniv) Haidle and cherished grandmother of Alice, Kevork, Samuel, Benjamin, and Grace. A private graveside service will be held at Chapel Hill Garden West Cemetery to lay her to rest along with her late husband.

Memorial contributions may be made in her name to the American Cancer Society at www.cancer.org/donate.

Arrangements by Elmhurst Community Funeral Home – THE AHLGRIM CHAPEL, 630-834-3515 or www.ElmhurstFH.com. To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Patricia G. Haidle please visit our Tribute Store.

I am fully retired now, after working part-time at a preschool for a few years. Tom is still having fun with being a caddy at the Secession golf course, so he is still in semi-retirement. We love Beaufort, SC and are so glad we made the move from Maryland in 2017. In August we will gather with our 3 daughters and their families in the Outer Banks; we will be getting a third grandchild in June! Life is so good.

Katherine (Kathy) Elizabeth Garland went home to Jesus on January 15, 2021, at the age of 87. Kathy was the only child of Rev. Anthony P. Landgraf and Hilda Mae Landgraf, born October 21, 1933, in Chicago, IL. She grew up with faith, compassion, a quick smile, and, sometimes a mischievous glint in her eye. Outgoing and kind, Kathy made lasting friends wherever she went, first at Cottey College, then at Wooster. She met her husband-to-be, James W. (Jim) Garland when both were attending the University of Chicago, where Kathy got her master’s in social work. They were married in 1958 and had two children, Caroline and Margaret. After a year-long sabbatical in England, they settled in Downers Grove, IL. Kathy postponed her career to dedicate herself as a full-time mom. She encouraged her children’s interests and created family traditions and memories. She was also a supportive wife who helped Jim succeed in his career. She was the center of the family. Looking for ways to share what they had with others after the girls went to college, Kathy and Jim hosted some individuals – and even a family – at their house. Kathy and Jim later downsized to a condo in Chicago, and then retired to Albuquerque in 1994. Kathy embraced the Southwest and loved to have friends and family visit their beautiful home near the foot of the Sandia Mountains. She even took up watercolors. Throughout her life, Kathy held an unwavering faith in God. The daughter of a Presbyterian minister, it was natural for her to be active in church life wherever she was. She participated in small groups, served as an elder and choir member (and soloist), helped with services, and worked behind the scenes, among other things. She made especially close friends at First Presbyterian Church in Downers Grove and New Life Presbyterian in Albuquerque. Kathy had many interests. She was a voracious reader. She loved flowers and had various forays in gardening – with some beautiful rose bushes as the result. She’s always been interested in the royal families and history in general. She loved music, especially classical and hymns, and had a beautiful singing voice. (At one time she wanted to be an opera singer.) She also loved nature and hiking, and she has literally hugged trees on every continent except Antarctica. Later in life, she had to reimagine herself again as a single woman. She was strong enough to meet this and each new challenge in life without giving up and with her sense of humor intact. Even after suffering a major stroke in 2014, she kept her keen sense of humor. Her last years were spent being cared for at The Wellington in St. Paul (near Margaret). Despite losing the ability to do many favorite activities, she continued to joke and make friends, and reach out to help someone else. Kathy was a big-hearted and generous lady who will be deeply missed by many. Kathy is predeceased by her parents, Tony and Hilda Landgraf, and husband, Jim Garland. Kathy is survived by daughters, Caroline Martien (Robert) and Margaret Walljasper (Eric), grandchildren Jonathan, Gretchen, and Yana, and second cousin Sally Pfander.

Rosetta Marie VanCampen, age 84, passed away peacefully at Seasons Hospice in Phoenixville, PA, on April 9, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. Rosetta is survived by her sister, Ellen Jeanne Whitfield of Pottstown PA; brother, David Wherley of Cincinnati; son, Paul Gallagher of Coralville, IA; son-in-law, Orlando Lugo of Luquillo, PR; grandson, Ivan Lugo of Luquillo and companion Franklin Ross of Luquillo. She is preceded in death by her daughter, Rachael Lugo; and her husband, Addison VanCampen. Rosetta was born on July 1, 1934, in Coshocton, Ohio, the daughter of the late Donald and Catherine Sherer Wherley. She graduated from the College of Wooster in Ohio with a degree in Physical Education. She went on to teach math in the Cincinnati public school system. Rosetta and Addison VanCampen lived in Cincinnati for many years before retiring together in her childhood home in Stone Creek. Rosetta was a loving mother, sister, aunt, and friend to so many. She was a strong civil rights advocate and a true humanitarian. As a patron of the arts, she had an extensive art collection which brought her much joy. She was an avid fitness enthusiast who enjoyed swimming, walking, gardening, and yoga. She especially loved the ocean and the great outdoors. Her family and friends will always remember her as being virtuous, loving, generous, and kind. The family would like to thank Seasons Hospice and Hospital of the University of Philadelphia for the remarkable and gentle care they took of Rosetta Marie.

A celebration of life gathering will be held at 3 p.m. on June 22, 2019, at Ricardo’s Party Center, 115 Front Street S.W., New Philadelphia.

Donations can be sent to Seasons Hospice Foundation, 8537 Solution Center, Chicago IL 60677. To Plant Memorial Trees in memory, please visit our Sympathy Store. Published in The Times Reporter on May 10, 2019.

I have decided to move to Birmingham, AL permanently, approximately by the end of the summer, 2021. I have been living here on a trial basis since Nov., 2020. It’s close to my youngest brother and two nieces and nephews. The address is Brookdale Senior Llving, 400 University Park Drive, #367, Birmingham, AL 35209. Phone # is my cell phone # 508-827-1340. Please try to attend our virtual reunion from June 10-13. It would be great to see you!

During this pandemic time, Virginia Sauerbrun Everett (1961) is teaching herself the fine art of Kumihimo, Japanese bead weaving. She is a retired Counselor and recommends Kumihimo as a mentally challenging, but soothing activity for isolation at home. Her relatives can look forward to many necklaces and bracelets for Christmas.

I played the clarinet in Wooster’s Scot Marching Band. At the beginning of my Freshman year, I received my kilt, after all, upperclassmen selected theirs. My kilt was twice the size of my waist, so I pinned it securely. While marching over the hill, the pin opened, and the kilt fell off. I continued to play and march while holding onto the kilt. After the game, Dr. Stuart Ling asked a band member to please exchange Kilts with me. I will always remember the fall of Freshman year, and the chaotic selection of Scot Marching Band uniforms. Virginia Sauerbrun Everett ’61

Lowry Center- Dinner at 5:30 – always the time to see friends. Sometimes a specially planned get-together, or a random time for a leisurely meal perhaps being introduced to friends of friends. When I came to Wooster mid-year, Michele ( Burden) Johnson welcomed me warmly into the social and musical life at the College: KEZ and Wooster Chorus. .. I will always be grateful… So, After dinner – off to rehearsal, or a meeting… or perhaps even to the Library! It was delightful to see classmates at the Zoom gathering.. each one brought to mind many others – where are they? What are they doing now? Wishing I had been better about communicating through the years!

– Rebecca Carlson-Evans 1971

Died – May 21, 2021

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Working to help her neighborhood reclaim gardening.

Nona S. Taylor – Saint Petersburg, FL – Former Wooster and Orrville resident Nona S. Taylor passed away on April 15, 2021, in Saint Petersburg, Florida. She was 89. Mrs. Taylor was born in Detroit in 1931. She graduated from the College of Wooster in 1953. She married William David Taylor in 1972. While living in Wooster she taught at Parkview and Melrose Elementary Schools, and briefly directed the Wee Care Center. During that time she was a member of Wooster’s First Presbyterian Church. In 1982 she and Mr. Taylor relocated to Montana. Mrs. Taylor was preceded in death by her husband, her sister Alice Williston, stepson David Taylor, and grandson David Holte. She is survived by her son Timothy Visser, daughters Anne Visser Holte Ney (Peter), Janet Visser Preston, stepdaughter Holly Taylor Cutting (Jim), and grandsons Joseph (Suzanne) and Thomas Preston. Her ashes will be interred at the family plot in Detroit with a portion scattered near Glacier National Park, joined with Mr. Taylor’s. A memorial service will be held in Detroit at a later date. Published on April 20, 2021

Karen Skonberg Verprauskus March 9, 1941 – March 19, 2021, 45 Year Resident of Santa Cruz, Karen Verprauskus passed away at Dominican Hospital following a brave and much too brief battle with a very aggressive form of leukemia. Born Karen Edna Skonberg in Basking Ridge, New Jersey to parents Dorthy and Andrew Skonberg and older brother Andrew on March 9, 1941. She recently celebrated her 80th birthday. Karen earned a BS in Economics at The College of Wooster in Ohio in 1963. She then moved to Hartford Connecticut and took a position in the IT Department at Cigna Insurance Company where she designed computer programs that ran on IBM 360 and RCA2000 computers. She supervised eleven “coders” who reduced her designs to program punch cards and large reel magnetic tapes for the computers. It was in Hartford that she met her husband, Frank Verprauskus. Karen and Frank were married on May 27, 1967, in Basking Ridge. In 1969, she and Frank moved to San Jose California where she took a position with the IT Department at the County of Santa Clara. Among other duties, she put the Sheriff’s Department computer online with the FBI computer in DC, at that time a quite new concept. Her sons, Andy and Peter, were born in 1970 and 1972 and she shifted her focus to “domestic engineering” to give them a good start in life. The family moved to Santa Cruz in 1976 where Karen and Frank started ALTEN of Santa Cruz – Monterey, the first licensed solar company in Santa Cruz County. Karen helped ALTEN sell and install over 150 solar thermal heating systems for domestic hot water, pools, and home interiors over the next three years. Karen’s next career move was into teaching. She went through a two-year credential program (Masters equivalent) at UCSC and began teaching at Mission Hill Junior High School where she taught advanced mathematics and Algebra and became Chair of the Math Department. She became renowned for her problem of the week exercises which required the application of mathematical theory to practical problems. Students often came back to tell her how they had applied the techniques learned from her on college problems and work-related problems as they started their careers. A talented and accomplished musician, Karen could play any type of keyboard instrument; from a grand piano to a four-manual pipe organ. She was the lead trombone player in her High School and College bands and the pianist in a dance and party quintet that played gigs in central and northern New Jersey. She and her husband Frank were avid travelers with destinations to over seventy countries including Peru, China, Tibet, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, India, Australia, New Zealand, Panama, Curaçao, Belize, Japan, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Morocco, South Africa, Taiwan and most countries in Europe. Karen and Frank owned several rental apartments throughout Santa Cruz which Karen managed personally with a level of care and attention for the people living there that brought her invitations to birthday parties, quinceañeras, christenings, and even weddings. She is survived by her husband, Frank Verprauskus, of Santa Cruz, her son, Peter Verprauskus, his wife, Tina Chen, and granddaughters Emma and Keira Verprauskus of Moraga, California, her son, Andy Verprauskus, his wife, Michaelanne Ehrenberg and granddaughters Siena and Giada Verprauskus of Mercer Island, Washington. She also leaves many loved and loving nieces, nephews, cousins, extended relatives, neighbors, and friends who will keep her in their hearts.

In lieu of flowers, donations to The Santa Cruz Symphony or The Seymour Marine Discovery Center in Karen’s name would be appreciated.

After spending her first year at Chatham University, our eldest daughter, Katherine is transferring to COW this fall! She loves Chatham but her academic program – Art History/Museum Studies is very small there and Wooster’s program is much stronger and more diverse and there is now a Pathway in that field. We have another Scot in the family!

Jean McClelland, 96, of Duluth, died on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, at Essentia Miller Dwan after a long illness. A memorial service was held on Wednesday, June 9 at Peace United Church of Christ in Duluth. Memorials are preferred and can be directed to the Central Hillside United Ministry (CHUM), 102 W 2nd Street, Duluth, MN 55802 or www.chumduluth.org. Arrangements were by the Cremation Society of Minnesota in Duluth. Jean was born on June 23, 1924, to Grace and Albert Nau in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. She graduated from Cleveland Heights High School and went on to get a degree in Chemistry from Wooster College in Wooster, Ohio, and an MD degree from Western Reserve Medical School in Cleveland, Ohio. She met her husband, John Gibson “Gib” McClelland in medical school, and they were married on Dec. 17, 1949. When Gib came down with tuberculosis, Jean moved in with her mother and helped her father-in-law with his pediatric practice. She had her first child while Gib was still in the hospital convalescing from tuberculosis. When Gib recovered, they went on to have five more children. Jean stopped her work as a pediatrician and stayed home to raise her children. When the youngest children were in junior high school, Jean and Gib volunteered their time in health clinics of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa at Nett Lake and Lake Vermillion. At that time, Jean also began seeing pediatric patients at the East Range Clinic in Virginia. She and Gib retired in 1987 and moved to their cabin on the Pike River Flowage, where they enjoyed canoeing the river and hiking and snowshoeing in the woods. Jean continued to enjoy living on the Pike River Flowage after Gib died on March 6, 2001, but moved to the Primrose Retirement Community in Duluth in 2009 in order to live closer to her children. She made dear friends at Primrose and enjoyed the activities for residents, especially the Book Club and the Pontoon Boat Rides on the St. Louis River. She enjoyed trips up the shore with her children and grandchildren, hikes around Duluth, and visits to her children in California, Idaho, New Mexico and New York. In 2016, Jean donated her cabin and the land on the Pike River Flowage to Big City Mountaineers, a non-profit that takes inner-city youth from Minneapolis into the Boundary Waters. Jean will be remembered as an active, loving mother and grandmother who loved to use her sewing and needlecraft skills to make gifts for her children and grandchildren. She sewed wedding dresses for her daughters, suit coats for her sons, and mother-of-the-bride dresses for her friends. She knit countless sweaters, mittens, and wool socks for her children and made beautiful cross-stitch samplers that marked the birth of her grandchildren. Most recently her family enjoyed hearing about the latest biography she was reading and talking about the birds that were coming to her feeders and our feeders. She cared deeply about our country and dutifully kept herself abreast of civic problems and the policies being considered to address them. Her last weeks were a struggle through which she remained strong. We are grateful she has been delivered from her suffering. Jean is survived by her six children, Joan McClelland (Stephen Glick) of White Rock, N.M.; Tom McClelland (Carin) of Northport, N.Y.; Dan McClelland (Irene) of El Cerrito, Calif.; Kevin McClelland (Mary Jo Tomlinson) of Ashland, Wis.; Carol McClelland-Thomas (Greg Thomas) of Eagle, Idaho, and Mary Adams (Jeff) of Duluth; grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Jesse McClelland (Carol Treska) and daughters Charlotte and Ivy of Cleveland, Ohio; Annie McClelland of Louisville, Ky.; Gina Glick of Las Vegas, Nev.; Katie Rowen (Dan) of Chicago, Ill.; Keighry McClelland of Astoria, N.Y.; Sarah Adams of Minneapolis; Matthew Thomas (Ellie) of Boise, Idaho; Laura Joella (Dane) and daughters Charlotte and Violet of Port Washington, N.Y.; Clara Thomas of Boise, Idaho; Parker Adams (Sarah) of Madison Heights, Mich.; and Joe McClelland of Northport, N.Y.

Special time for roommates to catch up after 15 years in Naples, Florida. Picture includes Richard Paton, Marcy Hubbell Paton, Nancy Hart Gast, and Greg Gast (76).

Hello, classmates of 1958. I had to reread what I wrote a year ago to see if I mentioned Phoebe Anderson Cassidy. Evidently not, at least not in February/March 2020. She died, and I don’t have a date. What I do have is a note/letter she wrote to Lucy Romig Eyster, who sent it on to me. It’s saddening because you can tell her body’s breaking down. Her handwriting is hard to read. She had rheumatoid arthritis pretty much all her post-Wooster life. At times during those years, medication for RA would get improved, giving Phoebe a new lease on life, sometimes for a long time. But she gave up on coming to our reunions because what is thought of as “accessible” by institutions (here, read College of Wooster, but we’re not unique) isn’t necessarily accessible enough in special situations, and RA put Phoebe in a special situation. I got to know her in the leadup to our 50th, when she was thrilled to figure out that she had enough money saved to fund a scholarship! She had never expected that! Phoebe’s immediate ancestors were important to her, and they figured in her naming of the scholarship (sorry I don’t have that to hand). She mentions them in her note, though not by name: a grandmother and her three sisters, and a grandfather’s sister-in-law. They acted as inspirational signposts to Phoebe. May this tale inspire us too. Classmates, please learn to put info on the Wooster Web site. I have to learn to do this too. We are all welcome to do this input. We can send it to Wooster to alumni@wooster.edu, which is what I’m going to do with this, but if we learn how to input it ourselves, that will be better. I hope you’re all vaccinated, since we’re all old enough for this in surely every state of the country; and that you are all living carefully even so. Keep safe!

Margaret Brock Gaston, centenarian, of Ballston Spa, New York and Chebeague Island, Maine died at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine, August 21, 2020. Born May 22, 1917 in Youngstown, Ohio to Clarence and Georgia Brock, she was predeceased by her husband, Samuel Perry Gaston. Margaret was a 1939 graduate of Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and earned a Master’s Degree from Wooster College, Wooster, Ohio in 1970. She worked for Leonard Ewing, Esq. in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, and later taught English for two years at Beaver Falls High School in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, and for sixteen years at Washington High School in Massillon, Ohio. Beloved survivors include her children, Elizabeth H. Gaston, Emily Gaston Muller (Brien), and John Brock Gaston; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews and their families. A memorial service will be held next summer. Memorial gifts may be sent to Chebeague Island Library, 247 South Road, Chebeague Island, Maine 04017. To Plant Memorial Trees in memory, please visit our Sympathy Store. Published in The Daily Gazette Co. on Aug. 26, 2020.

Kathryn Ogden Kingwell, 1937 – 2019, passed away peacefully in Longmont, Colorado, at AltaVista Memory Care Centre, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Even throughout her difficult times Kathy reached out to those around her, often with a big smile. Kathy was born in Berkeley, CA and, as a child, also lived in Galveston, TX and Columbus, OH. Kathy graduated from Wooster College in Ohio and did post-graduate work at Ohio State University, where she met and married her husband, Robert Kingwell. She also got a degree from Goucher Business College for Women in Maryland. In Maryland she worked as a third-grade teacher, and then also in management at McCormick Spices and at City Bank in Baltimore. Kathy and Bob eventually moved to Osprey, Florida, near Sarasota. They loved being in Florida and took in all it had to offer. Kathy and Bob had two children – a daughter, Laura Lynn, and a son, Kenneth Grant. Their family enjoyed much traveling, both in the U.S. and overseas, as well as enjoying beaching and boating. For many years Kathy was involved with the Jackie Sorenson Aerobic Dancing Program, both on the administrative staff and as an instructor and trainer. The highlight was being on Oprah Winfrey’s TV program demonstrating the aerobic dance program. She also started a program of singing and dancing at a Center for Developmentally Disabled Adult Students in Florida. Kathy eventually moved to Boulder, CO, where she lived for many years. She was a loving, interesting and wonderful person, who will be greatly missed. She is survived by her son, Kenneth Kingwell, daughter-in-law, Heather Kingwell, grandson, Michael Kingwell, all of Florida, and her sister, Eleanor Poehlmann of Boulder. She is pre-deceased by her husband, Robert Kingwell, her daughter, Laura Kingwell and her brother, Michael Ogden. There will be a memorial service for Kathy at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, March 20 th at Saint Aidan’s Episcopal Church in Boulder. To plant trees in memory, please visit our Sympathy Store. Published by The Daily Camera on Mar. 17, 2019.

On Wednesday August 4th, 2021, Nanette “Nan” Johnson passed away peacefully at her home in San Diego due to complications from metastatic breast cancer at the age of 62. Nan was the type of person that touched people and people’s lives. Anyone that came in contact with her felt a special connection with her. She was kind, compassionate, thoughtful and loved life. Nan was born on December 5th 1958 in Rocky River Ohio to parents Hal and Aggie Fausnaugh. She studied Liberal Arts at the College of Wooster in Ohio and received her MBA from the Monterey Institute of International Studies in Monterey, CA (now Middlebury Institute of International Studies). She dedicated over 30 years in the medical field in San Diego, California, at a variety of institutions from small private practices to large medical centers. Nan was the executive director for five years at the innovative, integrative health center of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing. For the last sixteen years of her career, Nan found her calling in hospice and end-of-life care. She aspired to be a leader who inspired, and provided clear direction. Nan and her spouse Connie Villa, were together for 26 years and shared love for their dogs, travel, photography, meditation, writing and for supporting philanthropic causes. Through it all Nan had a lifelong passion to explore spirituality in its various forms and took workshops and retreats with different wisdom teachers. Her book “Legacy of Love”, is a culmination of what she learned along the way. Nan is survived by her spouse Connie and their dog Gus, Nan’s sister Janine (Bob) Obee of Chautauqua, NY. Nieces Courtney (Damian) Delaunay, Karina (Brian) Dolan, Kristen (Keith) Barnet and Marisa (Jindra) Skruzny; nephews Perry (Kim) Obee and Christopher (Olga) O’Brien, as well as great nieces and nephews. This loving family and wonderful friends stood by Nan and Connie through thick and thin. There will be a Celebration of Life at 11AM on Saturday September 25th at All Hallows Parish in La Jolla. A private reception for Covid vaccinated family and friends will follow after the ceremony. Connie would like to thank UCSD – Breast Health Center Team for the dedicated and compassionate work they did while Nan was under their care all these years. Similarly, words cannot express how thankful Connie is to LightBridge Hospice and Hospice of Chautauqua for the exceptional care Nan received with them. It was a true blessing to have such heartfelt compassion and care with these organizations. In lieu of flowers, Memorial donations can be done at any of the following organizations: www.cancerresearch.org/join-the-cause/donate https://lightbridgehospice.com/ https://sonomaashram.org/ https://chpc.care/

Jacquelynn Tucker Hornbeck March 3, 1927 – June 27, 2021 Born to Grayson and Janet Tucker of Auburn NY, Jackie was a 1945 graduate of East High School, a biology major at The College of Wooster in Ohio, and received an MS in early childhood education from SUNY Cortland. She taught kindergarten at Herman Avenue Elementary School for many happy years. She was married to Frank Wells Hornbeck from 1957 until his death in 2002 and is survived by her daughter, Heather, and son-in-law, Michael Nolan. We trust Jackie is reading a book with a cat on her lap on the shores of Cayuga Lake or toasting the sunset with her dear friends on Siesta Key. A memorial service will be held in Auburn at a later date. To remember Jackie and her love of animals you can make a donation to the Finger Lakes SPCA. Condolences may be made at www.brewfuneralhome.com.

Wende Laker Patton

1960 – 2021

BORN

1960

DIED

2021

FUNERAL HOME

Bennett Funeral Homes – Richmond

3215 Cutshaw Ave

Richmond, VA

UPCOMING SERVICE

Graveside service

Oct, 9 2021

11:00a.m.

St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Cemetery

PATTON, Wende Laker, passed peacefully at the age of 61 on September 22, 2021, in Richmond, Virginia, with her husband and children, Bess and John, nearby. Wende was born on August 26, 1960, in Buffalo, New York. She moved to Erie, Pennsylvania with her mother, Amelia Smith Laker and father, James Laker and made lifelong friendships with Eddie and Sharon. There, she met her husband, John Patton Jr., and together they spent their time enjoying nature. Summers were filled with sailing and winters spent skiing. Upon graduating from The College of Wooster in 1982, Wende soon married John and moved to Virginia.

Wende was filled with light and possessed the most perceptible balance of confidence, courage and generosity which she instilled in her children John and Bess. Wende cherished her children. She and John had a special connection and bonded over their love of music, and he had a way of making her laugh in a way no one else could. Wende and Bess were best friends and shared so many life experiences together. They connected and confided in each other on daily walks in the woods with the beloved family dogs.

Wende pursued her career mightily and became an early childhood educator at the Washington Waldorf School. She blossomed into a dedicated and caring kindergarten teacher. She thrived in her friendships at the Waldorf School and Christian Community, which meant so much to her. Wende loved her family dearly and is survived by her children and husband; her sister, Amy Labie of North Carolina; her two brothers, James and Greg Laker, both of New York, and their growing families.

There will be a graveside at service at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 9, in St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Cemetery, 12291 River Road, Richmond, to honor Wende’s life.

Gifts may be made to the Wende Patton Fund for Childhood Development, P.O. Box 76495, Baltimore, Maryland 21275-6495.

Sept. 25, 2021. To make it easier to learn which of our classmates died since May of 2020, I would like to list them here since otherwise you have to read through the entire list of names by class year in the Obituary section of Wooster Magazine. Currently there are 134 names listed in our class. Not all of them are listed together. It’s always very sad to see who we have lost – I find that the list conjures up many fond memories.

Marian (Mary) Miller Kreithern 5/19/20

Nancy (Brownie) Tyburski 8/21/20

Tom Wiley 9/20/20

Gerald Smith 10/26/20

Bradley Stoddard 6/16/21

Elizabeth Gerig 7/22/21

Marigale Mohr Compton 8/10/21

An obituary of Marigale appears in the “In Memoriam” section of the Wooster Magazine.

If you know of any names I have missed or you learn of someone’s death, please be sure to let me or the Alumni Office know: vickyfritschi@gmail.com, 508-827-1340, or alumni@wooster.edu, or post it in our Class Notes section.

Marigale Mohr Compton, Class of 1960, passed away on August 10, 2021, in Tucson, AZ. She is survived by her three children, Christopher (Lori) Compton, Steven (Karen) Compton, and Cathleen (Frank) von Hippel, five grandchildren, and ex-husband, William Compton.

Marigale left Wooster after the first semester of her sophomore year to study in Vienna for a semester, then attend the University of Cincinnati and marry Dr. Willliam Compton. They lived in Kotzebue and Anchorage, AK, where they raised their family and lived a life of many adventures. During the long, isolating Arctic winters in Kotzebue, Marigale assembled a Heathkit electronic organ and taught herself to play.

To fulfill her desire for mental challenges and assure her financial independence, Marigale became a commercial real estate broker and a certified financial planner. Throughout her career she encouraged and helped women to pursue their own financial independence.

She became a world traveler, visited almost every country on every continent, and, per her son Steven, “developed a side hustle, smuggling jewelry in cold cream and other contraband in her luggage beneath her underwear. It seemed that customs agents were uninterested in rooting through a white-haired lady’s unmentionables.”

Marigale’s last years were spent in Arizona to be close to her daughter and and son Chris, but she enjoyed returning to Anchorage to see her many friends “and beat them at bridge.” As all who knew her can attest,“she was loved by many for her caring spirit, sense of humor, and sense of adventure.”

From left to right:

Business Office: Eileen Walker, Lynne Miller, and Terri Brigham. Registrar’s Office: Broede Armstrong ’07. Kayla ’21 & Michael Adkins. Business Office: Krista Way, Lisa Crawford, and Marlene Kanipe. Katie Walker ’17.

Nancy White Kauffman, (’51) passed away on Saturday, August 21st at Bristol Village in Waverly, Ohio at age 91. She was born August 24, 1929 in Wooster, Ohio, daughter of the late Percy and Celma (Beam) White (’21) and sister to the late Donn White. On June 8, 1951, she married the love of her life, Bruce Robert Kauffman (’51), and together they shared over 61 years of marriage before his passing on July 29, 2012.

Surviving are their two children, Greg (Sheri) Kauffman, and Linda (John) Anadale (’78); three grandchildren, Daniel (Heidi) Kauffman, Sarah (Corey) Johnson, and John Anadale; 5 great grandchildren, and numerous extended family members, as well as her beloved cat Tommy.

Nancy grew up on the family farm in Wooster, Ohio with her parents and brother. She graduated from Wooster High School, and then the College of Wooster, with a B.A. in Sociology before marrying her best friend. They got married the Friday before college graduation so that all their Wooster friends could be there. Nancy spent time teaching elementary school, but much of her life was devoted to raising her family. She was also a Cub Scout Leader and an Explorer Scout Leader. In November of 1956, she joined the Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO) and was a member nearly 65 years. She loved reading, sewing, and playing bridge in her free time. But most of all she loved to create new crafts. She taught craft classes at various places over the years, most recently teaching a class at Bristol Village in her spare time. Before moving back to Ohio, to be nearer to family (especially grandchildren and great-grandchildren!), Nancy and Bruce lived for 35 years in Boca Raton, Florida.

Author David C. Mahood’s latest nature and environment book includes ten years of Earth Day essays, original poems, and other thoughts related to ecology, biodiversity, nature, and the environment.

Book Synopsis
In his latest book, Kings of a Lonely Kingdom, author David C. Mahood shares his passion for preserving nature, biodiversity, and for combating climate change, through ten years of Earth Day essays, original poetry, and related sentiments. Throughout the book he shares compelling examples of a world in need of greater care in order to bring attention to the unfavorable, long-term consequences of climate change, and the loss of biodiversity. The plights of penguins and pachyderms, whales and wolves, minks and monarchs, and the struggle for clean energy and environmental justice are topics woven into Kings of a Lonely Kingdom. Mahood reflects on the origin and success of the first Earth Day as well as the status of its fiftieth anniversary, which also contains excerpts from a 1972 Earth Day booklet that the author wrote as a nine-year-old, fourth-grade student. The purpose of Earth Day is also expressed by members of today’s youth, from ages nine to thirty-two. Kings of a Lonely Kingdom is a combination of wit and concern and personal stories, a unique appeal for a healthy habitat for all species, and for all times.

Education Arbitration is a tabletop game designed to simulate the journey of historically underrepresented and excluded students as they venture through higher education. The game was originally created in 2019, as a tool to educate and train faculty of higher educational institutions about the intersectionality of their students and different identity groups. The goal was to create an interactive tool that trains faculty, staff, administrators and even other students to identify existing policies, language and teaching styles, and hidden curriculums that are often harmful to many students of marginalized groups.

In May of 2021, I graduated from Wooster with a degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and another in Spanish. I experienced what it was like first hand to be a Black, limited-income woman at a PWI, studying a field where people who looked like me and had similar identities as myself have been historically excluded. College campuses are filled with microaggressions, assumptions, and expectations that leave many students feeling alienated from their counterparts. Something we talked a lot about was how hidden factors such as family support, knowledge gaps, language barriers, citizenship, and more play a role in a student’s success.

This game is unlike any other training tool used in the field of diversity, equity and inclusion.  It’s designed to mimic a traditional four year college or university. Players who choose to “enroll” in the game’s fictional university must work to earn their degree as the character they pick at the beginning of the game. Throughout the game they are hit with different chance cards; some of which will have scenarios that help them move towards their degree, and some that will delay their progress. Each scenario affects the characters differently depending on their race, socioeconomic status, citizenship, gender/sexuality, disabilities etc. I chose to base each character’s identity off of the demographics of my own college campus and are likely found at school’s nationwide. This way, we hope to eliminate the need to rely on individual students or student groups to share their experience with the college campus or administration in order to educate faculty, staff and administrators.

I’d appreciate any support while promoting and gaining interest in this project. Though there is not much time left to donate on our Kickstarter page, there is more information on the project there: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/educationarbitration/education-arbitration-the-board-game?ref=discovery&term=Education%20Arbitration

Whilst sporting Wooster mascot hose and having removed my Wooster plaid mask and having set down my Wooster coffee mug, I welcomed the newest students to my high school, where I will once again talk Wooster up as an excellent option for college!

Joseph R. Durham has been recognized in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© (Environmental Law)

Hi all,  I am using this to test the new digital alumni system.

Yesterday, August 16,  I drove the backroads of Ohio from Dayton to Pittsburgh ( I don’t like riding on interstates!) and it took me straight by Woo!  I had to search for a safe spot to park and get the Bike and Woo picture which was a challenge.  Lowry Center is fenced off with construction.  The campus was very quiet, probably because of the rain.

I made it home at 6pm, having chased the rain the entire way.  This morning (Tuesday, Aug 17)  Jill Bogart shared a note from the Daily Record about the famous Black oak falling in the same weather system!

I hope all are well.  We’ll see how this class note input works!!

Mike Putnam ’99 is now a (full) Professor of German & Linguistics at Penn State University. Since July 2020 he has been serving as the Director of Penn State’s Linguistics program.

Class President Timeka Thomas Rashid ’99 started a new job on June 1 as vice president of student affairs at Baldwin-Wallace University. She was previously assistant vice president for inclusive student engagement at Cleveland State University.

Shelley Goodlander Price ’99 is now Dean of Health Sciences at Skagit Valley College in Mount Vernon, Washington. An ER nurse, she is also working on her PhD.

In May, Gretchen Maier Armstrong ’99 launched a new literary magazine, Tomorrow and Tomorrow. She is the designer and editor. Subscribe at www.tomorrowandtomorrow.net.

Greetings Wooster Alumni!

Michael Hatton (Theatre & Dance Program Head, NKU) and I have organized this program with the support of CCSA (The Cooperative Center for Study Abroad).  Michael, being a Board Member with CCSA, will serve as the Program Director for Scotland: Hearth and Home, while I will serve as Leader/Faculty.

I encourage you to post this more widely than just the 1969 class notes page.  While this is not an academically credited program, we are open to any participant of a certain maturity! CCSA is extremely helpful and will answer any questions about the program specifics, as they arrange all accommodations, transportation, including international flights as desired.

For more information, please contact me at vaughng@nku.edu More information can be found at: https://ccsa.cc/programs/summer/2022/Scotland.  The application deadline of October 1, 2021.

Please contact me with questions!

Gretchen

Gretchen  Hill Vaughn ’69

Professor Emeritus

Theatre & Dance Program

Northern Kentucky University

Our information comes from emails we received from classmates in 2021 and entries made by classmates to the Memory Book compiled for our 55/56th reunion in June, 2021. It focuses on classmates’ work and volunteer activities.

Jill Karatinos MD, was working 4 days a week during the pandemic as a neuropsychiatrist seeing patients by telehealth and in office.  Her website, www.jillkaratinosmd.com, has information about her work and the video of the women’s presentation at the 50th reunion.

Frank Richeson, MD, was forced to practice outpatient cardiology and teach remotely and didn’t like it; so he retired from practicing medicine last September but continued to teach. He is now vaccinated and working weekly in person at a free clinic for the uninsured.

Barb Kurz works part-time as a Mission Consultant with Providence Presbytery in South Carolina.

Judy McBurney Richards continues to work as a clinical therapist through the use of teletherapy. Her clients are high school and college students who are on the Autism Spectrum.

Mike Stott wrote and published a novel called Too Much Loft which consists of three novellas that “follow a young man’s journey as a caddie, grounds crew member, and golf shop attendant at a suburban Chicago country club in the early 1960s.”  You can find it in print or on Kindle. 

Betty Limkemann continued to teach piano lessons and play the organ at a Catholic Church with some differences. The lessons were on Zoom, and she played in an empty church where the services were being live streamed.  She published a book entitled Surviving a Biblical Childhood: How I came to love God in spite of the Bible. 

Dick Robertson volunteered as a Certified Mediator for Small Claims Court in San Diego via Zoom.  When the vaccine became available, he volunteered at the Tri-City Medical Center Vaccine Clinic.

Elizabeth (Betsy Byers) Roghair completed a term as board chair of the School for Advanced Research and served as treasurer and board member of their local water district in New Mexico. 

As soon as she was able, Peg Osburne went back to volunteering for Community Volunteers in Medicine, a free medical clinic for the working poor in Chester County, PA. and being a volunteer at the local library in Exton, PA. 

Tom Welty and his wife, Edie, are heavily involved in various volunteer projects. Two are community efforts to preserve the environment and public access to state lands in his area of Idaho. In addition, they continue to support their Cameroonian colleagues and the work they are doing to improve health in Cameroon.  See http;//ijgc.bmj.com/content/29/9/1446. Tom, Edie, and Ben Huffford are on the Board of the Cameroon Health and Education Fund which raises money to support the work in Cameroon. See http://cameroonhealthandeducationfund.com/chef/ 

Arlene (Dingilian) Hinkemeyer was actively involved in the League of Women Voters last year in setting up/publicizing Zoom library programs to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the League AND the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote as well as setting up/publicizing Zoom candidate debates for state and congressional offices in the primary/general elections.  She is the publicist for the Hamptons documentary film festival, Hampton Doc Fest, writing news releases highlighting its many online film offerings, such as a 10 day film festival in December 2020 and its Earth Day films and forums in April of 2021.

Rocky Rockenstein is active in the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area having served as Moderator for a year, Chair of its Leadership Team for a year, and as part of its pro bono legal counsel.

Bill Vodra is a member of the Board of the American Battlefield Trust and lives in Virginia where the controversy over Confederate monuments has persisted since the protest and violence in Charlottesville in 2017.  After the death of George Floyd, he has been studying Reconstruction, the rise of Jim Crow segregation, the myth of the Lost Cause, and the role the Confederate Monuments played in that story.

Nick (Allen) Vaala and his wife worked at their church’s food cupboard.  A major activity for him was finishing the development of a week-long lesson plan for Haitian high school seniors or recent grads. He is working with Junior Achievement America to see if they can come into Haiti to teach their program

Karelisa Voelker Hartigan, as a volunteer, offered two classes in improv at her Senior Center three times a week via Zoom.

Mary Jo Weaver MacCracken has spent time during the pandemic with volunteer work on FABU (Finding a Better U), a project funded by a 2 year demonstration grant from The Ohio Commission on Minority Health.  Initially, the instructors met twice weekly with the participants, elderly underserved residents living in public housing in Akron, OH.  During COVID, her University of Akron colleagues and she adapted the project by creating exercises and healthy menus for the participants to view online.  The project ended in June.

I wanted to share the following note about our Wooster wedding!:

Francesca Cistone ’15 and Daniel Alfonso-Diaz ’15 met at the end of their first year in Bissman Hall in 2012. On June 26th, 2021, they were married in Oak Grove. While originally many College of Wooster alumni were invited, few could ultimately attend due to COVID-19 restrictions. The bridal party included: Zach Diehl ’15, Diana Drushel ’15, Emily Watt ’15, and Zaria Brewer ’15. Other guests included the parents of the groom, Pedro J Alfonso Martin ’85 and Alicia Diaz Alfonso ’86, Byron Earley-Jones ’15, Phil Sizek ’15, Brian Hefele ’15, Mallory Kruper ’15, Jim Torpy ’15, Whitney Spaulding ’16, Levi Fawcett ’15, and Melanie Chin ’15.

Since 2019, I have been a monk at Incarnation Monastery in Omaha. After 30 years as an Episcopal priest, and various life changes, I am now a vowed Benedictine. My daughter, Elizabeth, lives in Lincoln, NE, where I served 14 years as Rector of a parish before becoming a monastic.

In May of 2021, I started a new position with Moog, Inc. as their Manager of Service Management Platforms in the Global IT Process & Quality team. I’m excited to work with a team representing the US, Germany, and India as we leverage the ServiceNow platform to improve business workflows and customer service. I’ll continue to reside in Cleveland and will be working remotely out of my home.

See newspaper clipping.

I am managing editor of Chicago Quarterly Review whose current issue is a special one titled An Anthology of Black American Literature. It is guest edited by Charles Johnson, National Book Award-winning novelist for Middle Passage and prolific, wide-ranging author of works of philosophy, Buddhism, the craft of writing, cartooning, martial arts, short stories and other novels. In the course of many years he acquired a vast network of fellow African-American writers including Rita Dove, August Wilson, John McCluskey Jr. and others whose names appear below in boldface.

Because I would like my fellow Wooster alumni to know about this issue here are the contributors:

Jeffery Renard Allen * Steven Barnes * Arthur Burghardt * Cyrus Cassells * Louis Chude-Sokei * Aaron Coleman * celeste doaks * Rita Dove * Rachel Eliza Griffiths * Peter J. Harris * Le Van D. Hawkins * Tsehaye Geralyn Hébert * David Henderson * E. Hughes * Charles Johnson * Jamiel Law * Clarence Major * John McCluskey, Jr. * E. Ethelbert Miller * Yesenia Montilla * David Nicholson * Delia C. Pitts * Mona Lisa Saloy * Sharyn Skeeter * Clifford Thompson * Jerald Walker * Jan Willis

Allow me next to past links to two interviews with Johnson, one of which, for radio, includes me:

http://digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=371869c1-8286-4ac4-9e34-e410cb0fc758

https://wgnradio.com/after-hours-with-rick-kogan/chicago-quarterly-reviews-special-edition-an-anthology-of-black-american-literature/

About our journal: http://www.chicagoquarterlyreview.com/and https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoQuarterlyReview/.

Chicago Quarterly Review was founded in 1994 by Chicago novelist Syed Haider (To Be With Her and Life of Ganesh) who remains senior editor along with Elizabeth McKenzie, also a novelist (The Portable Veblenand Stop That Girl) . I joined the magazine in 2014 and about a year later became managing editor. At Wooster I was editor of the literary magazine Thistle in my junior year and editor-in-chief of Voice as a senior. As a graduate student at the University of Chicago I was one of the editors of the national college publication, Chicago Literary Review, founded incidentally by Wooster graduates Ted Hearne and Bryan Dunlap. From there I joined the Chicago Sun-Times Sunday supplement Book Week/Show.

I met Charles Johnson decades later while portraying hisMiddle Passage villain, captain of the slave ship The Republic, in a 2016 stage adaptation titled Rutherford’s Travels. He flew that year twice to Chicago from his home in Seattle to see a reading and then the full production. Later when we decided to publish an edition of African-American writings we knew he would be the perfect guest editor. He immediately agreed.

I mention all of the above for context, nothing more. I am foremost interested in letting members of the Wooster community, past and present, know about our special issue. To that end I am writing you, and if you would like me to send you anything else please let me know.

I am attaching the digital version of the entire issue.

Best wishes,

Gary Houston

Class of 1968

Hello Wooster! Wishing you a happy fourth of July from our Wooster brunch today!
Best,
Audrey Hudak ’11

Front left to right: Bridget Kraynik, 2011; Gillian Daniels 2010
Back left to right: Thomas Dwyer 2010; Nathan Comstock 2010; Jonah Comstock 2010; Mackenzie Brown 2011; Audrey Hudak 2011

https://www.newcomeralbany.com/Obituary/201928/Elizabeth-Gumustop/Albany-NY

Class of 2009 dads, Mike Krivicich, Zack Belcher, and Paul Seling gathered with their families in Lakeside, OH and made sure to get an update of their 2015 photo with their future Wooster Scots.