October 2006

Contact Us:
Alumni/ae Relations
Guzman House
Ohio Dominican University
1216 Sunbury RD
Columbus OH 43219

(614) 251-4608
FAX: (614) 251-4779

E-mail: alumni@ohiodominican.edu

From Your Alumni Office
What a fantastic Homecoming Weekend we celebrated earlier this month! We were blessed with gorgeous weather and a record number of alumni on campus, many of whom were ‘coming home’ for the first time in many years. Saturday’s pre-game tailgate picnic, the rides, the games, the cotton candy, popcorn, and balloon characters provided a relaxed and easy atmosphere for friends to mingle while children played. The Alumni Educators Recognition Luncheon and half-time recognition on the field drew positive comments from honorees, other alums, students and friends alike.

I am compelled to extend a huge and personal thank you to all members of the ODU staff for the hard work in making this the start of an outstanding tradition. 

Thank you to all who have kept Dr. Jack Calareso in your prayers through his recent heart surgery. He is doing extremely well and appreciates your good wishes and prayers.

Please feel free to e-mail, phone, or write to let us know what’s new in your life, what we can do for you, or any thoughts you may wish to share. Plans are shaping up for Regional Alumni Events in NE Ohio and in SW Ohio before winter sets in. Let us know if you want to participate!!


Best regards,

Sue

Sue VanWassenhove, Director of Alumni Relations
Direct: 614-253-3537
alumni@ohiodominican.edu

Class Notes (as received by October 2006)

News
‘58
Kay Wright works at the Visitors Bureau and does community theatre in Spring, TX. 

‘69
Madonna Chancellor teaches Human Biology, Anatomy, and Physiology at St. Catharine College in Kentucky, while also volunteering for the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

‘73
Carolyn Meier has retired after 29 years of teaching and now is an instructional services librarian at Virginia Tech.

‘75
Deacon Dennis Dorner was named Director of the Diaconate last December in Atlanta, GA.

Geraldine Murphy is a realtor in Tucson, AZ.

‘76
David Gehring teaches physical education and coaches golf at Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati. 

‘79
Lawrence Newton owns a real estate company in Columbus. 

‘81
Bob Chrisman is working for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services as an Unemployment Compensation Examiner in the Tax Division.

‘96
Nicole Robinson is a Mental Health Counselor in the Adolescent Unit at Maryhaven.

‘97
Pennie Barron received her master's in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Scranton on August 31, 2006.

‘98
Joel Hafner has earned a promotion at Abbott Laboratories in Cincinnati, OH.

More News
‘03
Carolyn Page-Bell has accepted a position as the Southern Ohio Marketing Coordinator for the Central Region Marketing Department at Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. 

‘05
Kathy Rex is teaching third grade at Prince George’s County Public Schools in Maryland.

New Arrivals
Jane Youfang, July 2006, to Carol Lynch ‘86.

Elizabeth Agnes Draher, September 21, 2006, to Nikki Perkins Draher’00 and Jon Draher ’00.

In Memoriam
 Louis Orlicki, August 14, 2006, husband of Catherine Kilmer Orlicki ’43.

Ellette Quarles ’75, November 28, 2005.

Marie Anthony ’42, August 22, 2006.

Dale N. Tefft ’80, September 5, 2006.

Timothy Owen Sullivan, September 10, 2006, husband of Margaret Sullivan ’67, brother of Ann Noll ’65, Christine Finocchi ’69, and Lisa Gallant ’72.

Frances Dancer, September 16, 2006, mother of Ernie Dancer ’05.

Frederic Morrow Coe, September 21, 2006, husband of Linda Coe, friend.

Nelson E. Jones, August 26, 2006, husband of Jane Willman Jones ’66.

Sr. Mary Dorr ’46, October 10, 2006.

Irene Willman ’67, May 24, 2005, sister of Jane Willman Jones ’66.