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Autumn 2006
The Magazine of Marietta College
CULTURAL CHANGE
The Internationalization of Marietta College
A L S O : S t u d e n t C o n d u c t s R e s e a r c h i n N e w Z e a l a n d | A n A l u m P i o n e e r s t h e 3 - D I n d u s t r y

Where it all happens
Before there was the Christy Mall,
there was Fifth Street…a central artery
cutting across the very heart of the
Marietta College campus. This vibrant
thoroughfare may now be known by a
different name, but its symbolic value
to generations of Pioneers renders it a
fitting link between the past, present
and future of the institution.
NOT THE SAME MARIETTA
> Completion of the new campus
library is slated for January 2009.
> Last year, Marietta hosted 28
freshmen from Asia, the Middle East,
and Latin America.
> Six Investigative Studies students
received funding last summer to do
off-campus research.
> Wireless networks on campus
create unique working and learning
environments.
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Transitions
“The changes to Marietta College’s campus are
the heart of our success and critical to the future
direction of the College.” P R O V O S T D R . S U E D E W I N E

Message from the President
“We live in a world of
constant change. With
those realities in mind,
we strive to connect
liberal arts education to
a global society.”
Making an impact
D R . J E A N A . S C O T T
Educators greet autumn, with its familiar and exciting
rhythms marking the opening of the academic year. It is
a time to begin anew and to focus upon the aspirations
of our students and goals as a College.
This fall, our excitement is heightened by the launch
of this new publication designed to help you feel better
connected to Marietta College, our students and faculty
and to all the alumni who comprise The Long Blue Line.
The theme of this issue is another special connection
that Marietta College cultivates for its students – a
connection to the world community. A core value, this commitment to an
international emphasis is more critical now than perhaps at any time in our
generation. In the face of international terrorism, war and the rapid development
of the world economy, we must prepare our students to thrive in a diverse, yet
cooperative, global society. We take this daunting, yet exciting, task very seriously.
We are striving to achieve an ambitious goal – to make it possible for every
Marietta College student who wants a meaningful study abroad experience
to have one. A growing array of J-term and early summer short courses and
international partnerships in Brazil, China and Korea move us ever closer.
An international issues requirement and International Leadership Studies
major available through the McDonough Leadership Center further support
this direction.
A significant and growing number of international students on our campus
enriches the perspectives of all of our students, encouraging them to set aside
assumptions and prejudices and concentrate upon learning how to work and
play effectively together. A variety of intellectual, cultural, and social interactions
contribute to a more sophisticated understanding of our society than would be
available to our international students from textbooks or the news media.
International understanding and friendship have always been important, but in
the world of the early 21 st century, preparing our students to solve problems that
have global connotations is essential to their lives and careers and to the future
of the planet.
This publication will give you some appreciation of the ways in which Marietta
College undertakes that task.
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Autumn 2006 | Premiere Issue
The Magazine of Marietta College
Inside this issue
12 The Changing Face of Marietta College
Tears overwhelmed Rachel Carter ’09 when she arrived at the Forbidden
City in China this summer. She is just one example of Marietta students
being offered a variety of opportunities to deepen their cultural wisdom.
Marietta’s campus is steadily flowing with international activity – trips
being planned, exchange opportunities underway, and new students
from various locales arriving. | SHERRY BECK PAPROCKI
4 | MC SCENE
New and Notable
campus & alumni updates
5 | REVIEW
Comments from our readers
6 | JOURNAL
Alumni and campus news
22 | PIONEER SCOREBOOK
Athletic news
26 | DEVELOPMENTS
John G. McCoy and
Clare Kremer set priorities
28 | THE LONG BLUE LINE
Alumni class notes
7 11 12
20 22 27
EDITOR Sherry Beck Paprocki
DESIGNER AND ILLUSTRATOR Christina Ullman
PHOTOGRAPHERS Mitch Casey, Dan May, Billy
Howard, Tom Perry, Todd Roeth, and Seth Wolfson
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Sandra Gurvis,
Evelyn Frolking, Kate Manecke, and Dan May
PRESIDENT Dr. Jean Scott
PROVOST Dr. Sue DeWine
VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADVANCEMENT
Lori Lewis
ASSOC. VP, ALUMNI & COLLEGE RELATIONS
Hub Burton
MARIETTA The Magazine of Marietta College is published twice a year by
the Office of Alumni Relations. The magazine serves its readers by providing
information about the activities of Marietta College alumni, students, faculty
and staff through the publication of accurate and balanced content that
informs and stimulates intellectual discussion.
CONTACT US Send address changes, letters to the editor, and class notes to
Marietta Magazine, 215 Fifth Street, Marietta, OH 45750-4004. Fax: 740-376-4509;
Phone: 740-376-4709; 1-800-274-4704. Email: alumni@marietta.edu
Text, photographs, and artwork may not be reprinted without written
permission of the Director of Alumni Relations at Marietta College.
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MC SCENE N E W A N D N O TA B L E
> MARIETTA COLLEGE CHOIR
The choir made national news in
China during its summer tour. It was
the first American college choir to
perform during the All China Choral
Directors Seminar.
> DORMS GO WIRELESS
Students will have more flexible
access to the web in the residence
halls with the addition of wi-fi. Prior
to this school year, residence halls
had only Ethernet capabilities.
Long Blue Lines
H U B B U R T O N , A S S O C I AT E V I C E P R E S I D E N T, A L U M N I & C O L L E G E R E L AT I O N S
January is for resolutions, but for my money,
September is really the month for new beginnings.
School opens, self-assured high school seniors
become freshmen all over again and even seasoned
alumni can be exposed to a few new wrinkles.
Take this magazine, for instance. With this first edition
of Marietta, The Magazine of Marietta College, the
relationship between the institution and its graduates
experiences a new beginning. While some might call it
a reinvention of that strong connection that continues
BURTON
to bind together The Long Blue Line, the challenge of
launching a new publication and sustaining it over time really is no mere overhaul
or makeover. Instead, it represents nothing short of a reinvestment in that most
valuable of resources – you, our alumni.
This inaugural issue of the magazine represents the culmination of a year-long
project. Along the way, the support of the administration, partners across campus
and the Marietta College Alumni Association Board of Directors has been
unstinting. We were encouraged to be creative and to push ourselves to meet
the challenge of telling our story to an audience that already believes it has a
pretty good idea of what that is. Sounds easy doesn’t it? Not really and I have to
give tremendous credit to our editor, Sherry Beck Paprocki, and to our designer,
associate professor of graphic design, Tina Ullman ’93. Their fresh ideas and
approaches will tempt you to read this publication in a whole new way.
While familiar items such as class notes are a staple, we also urge you to look
beyond the “back of the book” to catch up not just with former classmates and
friends, but also to learn more about the wonderful array of people, programs
and accomplishments that characterize the Marietta College of today. Some may
instantly recognize the contributions of faculty members they have come to know
and love. Others may take special notice of the energy, vitality and curiosity of new
teachers and the inspiration they provide our creative, imaginative and ambitious
students. Still more information will highlight the outstanding achievements of our
dynamic alumni. Whatever your particular interest, our goal is to capture the excitement
of your alma mater and bring it home to you.
It’s excitement that you can actively participate in by taking a moment to
nominate a classmate or fellow Pioneer for an alumni award. More convenient
than ever, I invite you to visit our online nomination site at www.marietta.edu/
alumni/nominate.html and get the ball rolling. By recognizing their achievements,
you not only honor their contributions to their
community or to their alma mater, you also highlight a
commitment to excellence that can serve as a model
for other graduates as well as for our students.
As long as I’m making introductions, I’d like to take
this opportunity to welcome Ann Foraker ’03, ’05 to our
office as the new assistant director of alumni events
and services. We’re very excited for her to come on
board and with her knowledge of the institution and her
FORAKER family ties to Marietta College, she is a wonderful addition
to our team. Her goal is to provide dynamic and
responsive event programming and to develop an alumni services program to
create value-added benefits for members of The Long Blue Line.
Makes January seem pretty dull, doesn’t it?
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STUDENTS MAKE THE BIG MOVE The student
alumni council provided water and assistance to new
students and their families on Freshmen Move-in Day.
Approximately 390 freshmen were matriculated in the
annual ceremony on Aug. 17, with new students this
year coming from 24 states and 14 foreign countries.
> ALUMNI ENJOY PIRATES GAME
More than 100 Pioneer alumni and friends from
Marietta and Pittsburgh enjoyed Marietta College Day
at PNC Park on Aug. 13. They were rewarded with a
beautiful afternoon, a wonderful picnic lunch and a
victory by Jim Tracy’s (’78) Pirates!
RE VIEW C O M M E N T S F R O M O U R R E A D E R S
DEAR MARIETTA COLLEGE ALUMNI,
Over the course of the past several months, many of you
have asked whether the College would be publishing a magazine
in the near future. During that time, the Marietta College
Alumni Association Board of Directors has been working to
support that enterprise with discussion and encouragement
designed to demonstrate the very real interest our graduates
have in reading substantive articles and updates in a magazine
format.
You are holding the answer to that question and I have to
admit that along with my colleagues, I am elated that Marietta
has chosen to pursue this project with such enthusiasm
and with such commitment. Much planning and hard work
have gone into this first edition of Marietta, The Magazine of
Marietta College. Beyond its striking design and graphic presentation,
the magazine offers a wide variety of topics to capture
the interest of just about anyone who counts themselves
a member of The Long Blue Line.
In this issue, for instance, everything from the internationalization
of Marietta College to its thrilling accomplishments
on the diamond and on the water last spring jump off the
pages…and, yes, there are volumes of class notes in the back
of the magazine so you can catch up on what your fellow
Pioneers are doing in their personal and professional lives.
We are also very heartened that this magazine represents
but a part of an overall communications approach that
has been slowly and deliberately built over the last several
months. With two editions of the magazine scheduled for
publication per year, two newsletters and electronic updates
and web news all on tap, there is much to anticipate in keeping
connected to our alma mater.
Congratulations to Marietta College on this most welcome
initiative and we look forward to future editions of Marietta
with much anticipation and excitement.
Best Regards,
LESLIE STRAUB RITTER, ’85
Chair, Marietta College Alumni Association Board of Directors
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Because Marietta Magazine seeks to present a wide diversity of
subject matter and content, some views presented in the publication
may not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editors or
those official policies maintained by Marietta College.
Letters to the editor commenting on the material or topics presented
in the magazine are encouraged and will be available for
publication unless the author specifically asks that they not be
published. Such letters may be edited for style, length and clarity.
E-MAIL: mariettamagazine@marietta.edu
FAX: 740-376-4509
MAIL: Editor, Marietta Magazine, Office of Alumni and
College Relations, 215 Fifth Street, Marietta, Ohio 45750
PHOTOS AT TOP (L TO R): IMAGE COURTESY OF DR. DANIEL MONEK; BILLY HOWARD; AND TOM PERRY
OPPOSITE PAGE: TODD ROETH
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ALUMNI & CAMPUS NEWS
BILLY HOWARD
> GO-TO GUY Lon Vickers
has his hands full as dean of
student life helping students and
parents with the college transition.
A GROWING TREND
> The trend toward smaller
families has allowed for more
focus to be put on each child
– that’s true even as children
enter their college years.
> STUDENT LIFE
Helicopter parents
OFFER HOMELAND SECURITY
Hovering as their fledglings struggle to leave the nest, helicopter
parents have become an increasing phenomenon on
campuses across the country as the Millennial Generation,
born between 1982-2002, reaches young adulthood.
“I have seen a real change in who I hear from,” observes
Dr. Lon S. Vickers, dean of student life, who has spent 38
years in higher education. “We’ve always dealt with parents
in some shape or form.”
But in the past, students usually did the communicating, at
least during the early stages, by first contacting the resident
or academic advisor, then the director of resident life or the
department, and so on. But today that protocol has changed.
“We have no knowledge that anything’s even wrong until I get
a phone call from the parent directly,” says Vickers. To help
deal with the deluge, some colleges have already established
an office for parent relations and Marietta is considering
creating a parent advisory council or board.
Among the many reasons for the shift is the fact that in the
1960s and ’70s, there was an explosion in child development
theory stressing the importance of parental involvement during
the early years. This has now carried through to the college
selection process by helping fill out applications and flying with
their child all over the country to check out schools. Also, says
Vickers, “the educational philosophy went from grouping kids
according to their academic levels to an emphasis on selfesteem,
a sense that each child is as good as the next.”
Things were different back when the Boomers – now
Mom and Dad – were youngsters. “Families were larger, and
you couldn’t devote as much time to each child,” continues
Vickers, the oldest of six, who has one adult daughter. There
was also the attitude that children were like waffles: if you
didn’t get the first couple exactly right, you could do better
the third or fourth time around.
But the biggest umbilical cord today is an electronic one:
the cell phone, e-mail, instant messaging, etc. Whether
selecting a course, figuring out how to do a term paper, or
measuring detergent for a load of laundry, it’s easy to flip
open that ubiquitous silver device and start pressing buttons.
“Technology has shrunk the world, and allowed for an
unsurpassed immediacy of communication,” says Vickers.
“During academic advising, cell phones constantly ring, with
students consulting the parent on each and every course.”
And sometimes advisors find themselves speaking directly to
Mom and Dad and justifying why his or her child should take
a particular class.
Although Vickers sees parental concern as a good thing,
it has its downside. “College is a transition, a time to leave
home and strike out on your own,” he says. “So it’s OK to
test the waters and be challenged, and yes, even occasionally
fail…that’s how you learn and grow. The child is going to
college, not the parent.”
It’s not uncommon for a young adult to be traumatized
over a problem one moment, then completely OK the next.
So, even though they may get an upset phone call, parents
should keep things in perspective, and only become involved
when the issue becomes severe. By giving students the
opportunity to work out things on their own, the parent is acting
as more of a coach, says Vickers. “Rather than stepping
up to the plate to hit the ball, the coach gives them advice on
how to best play the game.” Once the helicopter recedes, the
students get back to the business of growing up.
SANDRA GURVIS
When the air turns crisp, the leaves begin to turn and the pads begin to pop, it usually
means it’s time for Marietta College Homecoming, this year scheduled for
Oct. 13-15. Coming up with a theme that captures the imagination or leaves open
the opportunity to promote the variety of events that make up such a weekend
can be a challenge, but this year the Alumni Relations Office and College Union Board put their
heads together to brainstorm a common theme that would reach across all Pioneer audiences!
“Once Upon a Time at MC” is an open invitation for graduates to return to their alma mater
and remember when with classmates, friends, professors and colleagues. While much of
the schedule is a familiar one with Greek reunions, the parade, football game and All-Alumni
Banquet, there are a few new wrinkles designed to refresh the program and encourage
Pioneers who don’t often cross paths to stop and say hello.
On Saturday morning, the Christy Mall comes alive with a Navy Blue & White festival atmosphere
featuring music, entertainment, opportunities to visit with faculty and friends or score
that perfect souvenir. Top it off with a special alumni lunch before heading to one of the many
athletic events and you have a new and exciting Homecoming alternative.
Later that same evening, the Alumni Banquet will feature a program that includes the very special
presentation of four distinguished individuals for induction into the College’s Hall of Honor.
Top it all off with a return of the All-Alumni Breakfast on Sunday morning and you can see
why we are so excited to welcome back our alumni looking forward to remembering “Once
Upon a Time at MC.”
For more information, check out www.marietta.edu/alumni/homecoming/
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GLOBAL LEARNING
Russian excursion planned
ALUMNI INVITED TO JOIN BLACK SEA TRIP IN MAY
Last year, when junior Carrie Mason heard about the upcoming
trip to the Mediterranean, sponsored by the McDonough
Center for Leadership and Business, she knew she just had to
go. As part of the LEAD 350 course, the group visited Greece,
Italy and Egypt.
“It sounded like a really interesting and beautiful region of the world,”
says Mason, who is majoring in advertising, public relations and marketing,
PHOTOS ABOVE: DREAMSTIME.COM
MORE INFORMATION
FOR ALUMNI
> What: McDonough Center Trip
to Black Sea Area
> When: May 21–June 1, 2007
> Where: Moscow and Sochi
> Cost: $2,500 (Includes airfare, lodging,
meals, transportation, and fees.
> Contact: Gama Perruci at
perrucig@marietta.edu
as well as working toward a leadership
certificate. “Where else could
I sit in on a papal message, explore
the cradle and beginnings of civilization
in Alexandria, and visit the
Acropolis? It helped me appreciate
other cultures along with my own.”
Every May, the McDonough
Center sponsors an annual trek to
a far-away destination. And it’s no
paint-by-numbers vacation. “The
whole point is to open up new perspective
on the world, and to have a
hands-on experience in a different
culture,” explains Dr. Gama Perruci,
dean of the center. “We want students
to expand their comfort zone.”
The trips provide the basis for lifelong,
international exploration.
Next year, from May 21 to June 1,
the center plans an excursion to the
Black Sea area of Russia, first visiting
Moscow for a few days and then
spending the rest of the time in the
coastal town of Sochi. Alumni are
welcome as well. “It’s like being
back in the classroom, only you get
to see another country with experts
who provide an in-depth perspective,”
says Perruci.
Led by Dr. Kathryn McDaniel
of the history department and Dr.
Mark Miller of the math department,
the emphasis of next year’s
trip will be on meeting with business,
community and political
leaders. For students, the course
will have three components: pretrip
meetings at Marietta College,
which require readings and the development
of a research project; the
actual trip, featuring lectures, site
visits, cultural immersion and detailed
journaling; and the post-trip
evaluation in the fall when students
write and present research papers
to the campus community.
The option of auditing is also
available, and costs considerably
less ($63/hour) than the 3-hour
credit ($243/hour). The trip is a
bargain at $2,500, which includes
airfare to and from Columbus,
lodging, meals, site visit fees, transportation
and more.
What can participants expect?
The Moscow leg will entail mostly
learning about the way of life
there, says Miller, who has already
done pre-trip scouting in the area.
“Although fascinating, Moscow can
be a bit imposing,” says Perruci.
“The people and culture are completely
different from U.S. and
European capitals. People take
themselves seriously and tend to
have a somber outlook.”
In contrast, sunny Sochi, with its
moderate climate, beaches and ski
slopes “is more optimistic, and open
to different cultures, although they
don’t get many Western visitors,”
he continues. Participants will be
studying at the Entrepreneurship
and Law Institute and will get a
rare opportunity to explore differences
in leadership styles between
Russia and the United States.
Surrounded by people who have
never been to Ohio – much less
heard of the state – students will be
exposed to Sochi’s local traditions,
literature and history. Originally
founded as a fortress, Sochi evolved
into a resort and spa in the early
1900s, hosting leaders from the
Czar regime and the Soviet era,
and now attracts mainly an Eastern
European clientele.
SANDRA GURVIS
> ON LOCATION St. Basil’s
Cathedral in Moscow (top left) and
scenic ski slopes of Sochi (bottom)
will be highlights of the trip in May.
MORE TRAVEL
Additional global learning trips
are planned for the College’s
January term. For more information,
contact the Provost’s office
at 740-376-4741 or visit
www.marietta.edu/alumni/
travel.html
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ALUMNI & CAMPUS NEWS
> ONE-ON-ONE Bob Chase
(middle) discusses a project in the
newly-renovated Brown Petroleum
Building with students Brad Maddox
’06 and Shan Shan Yang ’06.
> PETROLEUM ENGINEERING
Changing with the times
HIGHER PRICES RESULT IN GREATER DEMAND FOR MC GRADUATES
When Dr. Bob Chase arrived on campus to become the
director of the petroleum engineering program at Marietta
College in 1978, the industry was booming. It was a trend
that lasted only until the mid-1980s when the U.S petroleum
industry nearly collapsed, eliminating many job opportunities. Now
the industry is rebounding with new explorations underway and new fuel
solutions being discussed.
Marietta College’s Petroleum Engineering Department weathered the downturn
and today is the ninth largest petroleum engineering program in the U.S.
and the only one at a liberal arts college. In light of recent political and economic
changes, as well as prices soaring at the tank, Marietta magazine writer Evelyn
Frolking asked him a few questions.
MM: How have the industry and
the program at MC changed since
you arrived in 1978?
CHASE: The boom in the ’80s
triggered a series of mergers in the
petroleum industry that changed the
landscape of the industry and it is
still going on. Today’s big oil companies
like Chevron, Texaco, Exxon,
etc. have been replaced on campus
by the large aggressive independents
like Anadarko, EnCana, Chesapeake
Energy, and Cabot Oil & Gas. These
companies are actually a great fit for
our students because our program
is focused on turning out graduates
who can walk out our door and into
a company where they can begin immediately
making a contribution to
the bottom line.
Even though our enrollment had
its ups and downs in the 1990s, we
never lost our focus on what our
graduates need to succeed in the
petroleum industry: a strong background
in petroleum engineering,
good communication skills that are
strengthened through the liberal
arts, and a practical understanding
of what petroleum engineers do
in the industry through our strong
summer internship program. For the
last 15 years or so, we consistently
ranked among the top 10 petroleum
engineering schools in terms of undergraduate
enrollment and probably
among the top five in terms of percentage
of U.S. students enrolled.
BILLY HOWARD
MM: Given the Middle East issues,
I’m wondering if they have
any relevance to your program.
CHASE: The political upheaval in
the Middle East continues to grow.
Much of that upheaval surrounds oil.
What effect, if any, does this have on
the demand for MC graduates? The
upheaval in the Mid-East creates tension
in the markets that certainly puts
pressure on oil prices. Higher oil prices
always result in a greater demand
for our graduates.
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM
> Students have internships each
summer after their freshman year.
> 100 percent of graduates since
1992 have been placed in jobs immediately
after leaving Marietta College.
> Marietta has the only petroleum
engineering department at a liberal
arts institution and the ninth largest
in the country.
MM: What aspects of the petroleum
industry do Marietta students study?
CHASE: Marietta College petroleum
engineering majors get a well-rounded
background in the three primary areas
that comprise the discipline: drilling
engineering, production engineering
and reservoir engineering. They
also benefit from the fact that the
program is located in the heart of
the Appalachian petroleum industry.
Our students usually obtain summer
jobs in the industry beginning in their
freshman year, thus enhancing what
they learn in the classroom.
MM: In light of turmoil over oil
supplies and increasing demand
for gasoline worldwide, is the
program doing anything different
to prepare its engineers?
CHASE: We adhere to our core
objectives and we encourage our students
to work in the petroleum industry
in the summer after completing
their freshmen year and every year
thereafter. Our graduates are in high
demand because we don’t waiver
from these core objectives.
MM: Has the curriculum expanded
to include other fossil fuels,
such as the tar sands of Alberta,
Canada, and new energy sources,
such as biofuels?
CHASE: Tar sands fall in the category
of heavy oils, which we do study in our
enhanced oil recovery class. Biofuels
are not currently part of the curriculum,
again because we are focused primarily
on producing oil and gas from
rock formations deep in the earth…the
primary job of a petroleum engineer.
MM: What makes the petroleum
engineering program at Marietta
unique in comparison to similar
programs in larger schools like
Texas and Texas A&M?
CHASE: MC petroleum engineering
class sizes typically range between 15
and 30 students; class sizes at large
state schools are typically much larger.
MC does a better job turning the
average student into a good student
thanks to the personal attention they
get from our faculty.
On the other hand, big schools
tend to have better laboratory
facilities because of their stronger
research programs.
MM: How have the nationalities of
students studying in the program
changed over time, especially
since major explorations and
extractions are outside the U.S.?
CHASE: We have had students from
countries all over the world graduate
from our program. Currently we have
students from China, Africa and
the Middle East studying with us.
International students make up less
than 10 percent of our student body
in petroleum engineering, however.
MM: What benefits does a liberal
arts curriculum bring to students?
CHASE: I could sum it up best in
two words – communication skills.
Students really do enhance their written
and oral communication skills
by virtue of taking a strong liberal
arts general education curriculum.
They also learn that there is more to
life than just engineering. I think the
faculty in our department model that
also…everyone has interests outside
of engineering and we share our interests
and hobbies with them.
> ACADEMICS
A convenient class
ONLINE COURSES OFFER SUMMER CREDITS
For non-traditional student Johan Stödberg, the independence
and flexibility of taking on-line courses during the
summer couldn’t be a better fit. Stödberg, a Marietta resident
who moved from Sweden nine years ago, is married
and works full time. His ongoing interest to better himself
attracted him to the College’s summer on-line courses. “It’s
a different way to learn,” he says. “I like it.”
Marietta offers nine introductory level courses in 13 sections
only during the summer, allowing both traditional and
non-traditional students like Stödberg to further their education
by fitting in coursework before fall semester. Enrolled
students access the College’s WebCT, an international
e-learning system that connects people and technology.
Through the connection to their MC professor, participants
earned college credit on their own schedules. Eighty percent
of the 110 registered students completed their courses.
“Students can reap the benefits of courses without being
here,” explains Laura Little, instructional technologist for the
on-line course program, now in its third year. “We started out
small with just four courses.” This summer’s course selections
included non-lab science courses, such as environmental
biology and chemistry, as well as courses in history,
psychology, economics, sports medicine and others. Class
sizes are capped at 15-20 to maintain personal attention,
Little adds.
While popular with both students and faculty, the on-line
program is not a degree-granting program. “We thought
about it for specialty areas, but we’ve decided for now that
what we want to do is have this as an enhancement to open
the campus,” Little says. “This is focused on the Marietta
College community.”
Stödberg completed his courses this summer in psychology
and history as a student in continuing studies. His
psychology class, for example, included readings, weekly
e-journal entries, quizzes and tests. “It worked out well,” he
says. “I liked the professors and the on-line discussions.”
All instructors in the program are regular faculty members
of the College. “Faculty like the program,” Little says. “They
appreciate the extra pay and can conduct the class from
anywhere in the world.” Participating faculty attend orientation
sessions with Little to review the technology, discuss
methods of concentrating instruction and trouble shoot
potential problems.
For both students and teachers, Little says motivation is key.
“The course expectations are high and we don’t recommend
on-line courses as remedial work or for re-taking a course
unless the student has a high motivation factor,” she says.
“The courses aren’t easy,” Stödberg adds. “You have to put in
the work to pass.”
EVELYN FROLKING
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Journal
ALUMNI & CAMPUS NEWS
> STUDENT LIFE
Students connect in communities
FRESHMEN HAVE NEW OPTIONS WITH RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM
Aside from the obvious joys and perils of being a first-year
student, more than 30 years of research shows that the most
critical step for success in college is learning to become part
of the college community.
“Being a first-year student brings difficult transitions,” explains Professor
Fraser MacHaffie, executive assistant to the president and provost. “This
program helps them become part of our intellectual community.”
The First-Year Learning Community program, now in its second year, aims
to support first-year students by grouping them in six learning communities
that are connected by a theme or problem. The College had two learning
communities last year, but has expanded the offerings for the 2006-07 school
year. Sixteen courses for freshmen are being offered through this program.
For example, this year one group of students is studying communication
and community. A required seminar for that group is “Discovering the Real
Appalachia: More than Moonshine,” taught by Dr. Michael Tager. It explores
the culture, history, economy and people of Southern Ohio. Students take
two additional courses: “College Life and Leadership Laboratory,” instructed
by Bruce Peterson, director of residential life, and “Foundations of Oral
Communication,” taught by Dr. Dawn Carusi.
MacHaffie and Dr. Suzanne Walker, assistant dean for First-Year Programs,
are excited about the potential growth opportunities that the First-Year
BILLY HOWARD
Learning Community provides.
Nearly one-third of the entering
class is part of the 2006-07 program.
Participants have chosen it to “try
something different,” MacHaffie says.
The First-Year Learning
Community involves 130 students
who share the first floor residence
of Russell Hall. They attend classes
that range from Appalachian cultural
history to psychology to English composition
to geology. The advantage of
the Learning Community, MacHaffie
points out, is that the same group of
students form a community through
scholarship, friendship and residence.
Benefits of being involved in a
Learning Community include increased
satisfaction with the college
experience, increased persistence to
learn, grow and prosper, and increased
retention of first-year students, which,
MacHaffie says, is always a concern at
small colleges.
“We have the advantage of smaller
classes, but sometimes we’re too small
socially or lack the programs a bigger
school can offer,” he says. “Our
primary motivation is to improve
pedagogy and move students to a new
level of intellectual development that
keeps them here at Marietta College.”
EVELYN FROLKING
> ACTIVITIES & ORGANIZATIONS
Still a winning team
FORENSICS WINS MAJOR TOURNAMENT AWARDS
In a world in which technology allows everyone to talk to
anyone around the world, all the time, one MC professor and
her students believe the quality of the verbal message still matters,
as does its delivery. Marietta’s Forensics Team sustains an
oral tradition rooted in the founding of the College focused on
the global skills of public argument and public advocacy.
Last year, the MC Forensics Team garnered three major
tournament trophies for overall performance and 80 awards for
individual events. Tournaments are held at colleges across the
region. “Our long tradition in the forensics arts and our consistent
performances give us a national respect that is amazing
for a college of this size,” says Dr. Mabry O’Donnell, professor
of communications and Forensics Team director.
“We might have 40 students in a year who participate in oncampus
and traveling events,” adds O’Donnell. The team is one
of 16 members of the Ohio Forensics Association and hosts
its own tournament, the Ruth A. Wilcox Forensics Invitational
Tournament, named for a former teacher and forensics coach.
MC’s chapter of Pi Kappa Delta, established in 1926 and promoted
by Wilcox, is one of the oldest in the country.
The city of Marietta has had a long-standing concern
with literary and debate dating to 1790. That, apparently,
influenced the College’s early interest in oratory during its
founding in 1835. At early graduations, every student gave
an oration, leading to a tradition that today honors two
seniors from among those who choose to compete for the
Jewett Award, named in honor of Milo P. Jewett. A member
of the original faculty who taught rhetoric and oratory,
Jewett went on to become the first president of Vassar
College and left funds in his will for continuation of the oral
tradition at MC.
Then, as now, forensics is encouraged. “Everyone is
welcome on our team and this makes our program unique,”
says O’Donnell. Students in diverse majors choose forensics
for a variety of reasons. Some love the art of debate. Others
enjoy training for individual events, such as extemporaneous,
impromptu and interpretative speaking; while still others have
had personal speaking challenges and seek to improve
their skills.
In her long tenure with the team, O’Donnell recognizes its
value to individual students. “I get letters and calls from former
students who believe the forensics experience gave them the
confidence and ability to get where they are,” she says.
EVELYN FROLKING
TODD ROETH
> IMPROVING SKILLS
Dr. Mabry O’Donnell speaks to students
who are on Marietta College’s
award-winning Forensics Team.
FORENSICS
For more information, visit
www.marietta.edu/~comm/
forensics
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A Marietta Moment
D E F I N I N G M E M O R I E S O F C O L L E G E L I F E
SETH WOLFSON
Reggie E. Sims
A MARIETTA MOMENT: A DISCUSSION ABOUT RACE
BIOGRAPHY Reggie Sims ’75 graduated from Hofstra Law School in 1978. He is
an assistant prosecutor in the juvenile division for the city of Newark, N.J. In the photo
above, he is holding the book, The Diversity of Modern America, which contains an essay
by the writer Norman Podhoretz to which he refers below.
Reggie E. Sims ’75 remembers it well – his first real discussion about race. It
was the spring semester of his sophomore year in 1973 during a history class in
Andrews Hall.
At the time, Sims, who’s African-American, was struggling with his own racial
identity. At Marietta, he didn’t quite fit in at the predominately white campus
even though the situation was nothing new to him: He was the first African
American graduate from Livingston High School in Livingston, New Jersey.
But, he says he wasn’t immediately accepted by Marietta’s Black Student
Union, whose members apparently saw him as too suburban, too middle class.
Eventually, during freshman year, he seemed to win them over.
In the age of Black Power, Sims was grappling with his place in life. “I was
going through an identity crisis,” he recalls. “Was I Reggie Sims, or was I a
black man?”
He had prepared for the history class by reading an essay about a Jewish
man dealing with prejudice while living in a mixed neighborhood. In class, the
students sat in a discussion circle. “Are there any observations about this
article?” the professor asked.
One of Sims friends piped up: “Reggie, I was reading this article and how
do you feel about being black at Marietta?” The professor diverted the question,
probably to avoid any discussion aimed directly at Sims.
“I do remember that I was feeling uncomfortable,” recalls Sims. “I was the
only black student in the class. They wanted me to voice my opinion as a
spokesman for black students, but I told them my opinion can’t stand for all
black people because I’m an individual.”
The discussion continued. White students complained about the newly
passed Affirmative Action laws, saying they took jobs away from their white
friends. There was talk about why some black students didn’t stand during
The Star-Spangled Banner. The final straw for Sims was when a white friend
said, “I think blacks are making progress because they are on television.”
Sims thought the comment was ludicrous.
Something about that class made Sims look at the world a bit differently.
Discussions with friends in the ensuing weeks continued to contribute to his
cultural awareness. As the months rolled by, he became more outspoken
on campus. And, as a senior, Sims led the Black Student Union to return
funding when students felt they weren’t being treated fairly by the student
government.
Ten years after he graduated, Sims purchased a plaque – now kept at
Dawes Library – that lists nearly every black graduate of the College. In fact,
he points out, 2006 is the 130 th anniversary of Charles Sumner Harrison’s
graduation from Marietta – the College’s first black graduate in 1876.
“That class was an eye opener for me,” recalls Sims, who is now an attorney
in New Jersey. “And it made me open my eyes.”
SHERRY BECK PAPROCKI
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Moment you would like to share?
Send us a description of your experience.
E-MAIL: mariettamagazine@marietta.edu
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College Relations, 215 Fifth Street, Marietta, Ohio 45750
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INTERNATIONAL FLAIR
(1st row) Fabio Lucio Savioli of
Itu, Brazil; Dr. Richard Danford,
Marietta College; Opeyemi
Gesinde of Lagos, Nigeria; (2nd
row) Housseynou Sanghott of
Nouakchott, Mauritania; Chunzi
Wu from Beijing, China; (3rd row)
Sebastian Unverricht of Passau,
Germany; Visiting Fulbright
instructor Nejmeddine Felhi of
Sousse, Tunisia; Dr. Xiaoxiong
Yi, Marietta College; (4th row)
Christina Rizk of Cairo, Egypt.
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T H E C H A N G I N G
OF MARIETTA COLLEGE
TEARS OVERWHELMED RACHEL CARTER ’09 when she arrived at the Forbidden City
in Beijing just a few days after finishing spring semester. “Since I was about 10 years old, I’ve always
wanted to go to China,” explains Carter, whose family has been mentoring Chinese students for the
last nine years. “I just couldn’t believe I was there.”
Carter was part of a 33-student tour of Beijing and Xian that was organized by chorus director Dr.
Daniel Monek. The group departed Marietta the day after graduation and continued for a whirlwind
10 days that featured daily performances – usually at host churches – with Chinese choral groups
followed by dinners afterward with other choir members. Chinese families hosted luncheons in their
homes, squeezed in between sightseeing tours and rehearsals. It was a cultural immersion that was as
much about education as it was about music.
For College President Jean A. Scott, it’s all about education and preparing students for the
opportunities that they’ll encounter after graduation. “We really need to think about what our
undergraduates need to know in the world in which they will be working,” says Scott. “It really is
a global society…We need to provide the kind of competitive edge that our students need.”
B Y S H E R RY B E C K PA P R O C K I
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A highlight of the trip was when Marietta’s chorus was
the first American college choir to perform during the All
China Choral Directors Seminar. The climactic event of
the journey, though, was a reception attended by some
influential officials in China, including those from the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the University of International
Relations and a representative from the U.S. Embassy.
“What I hope students gained was an appreciation of
the Chinese culture,” says Monek. He hopes that this
10-day introduction to Asian culture will go a long way to
help enrich Sino-American relations in the future. “The
music is a great way to open these doors,” he says. “They
automatically know that they have a shared interest…
I’ve got several students who are dying to go back.”
When MC officials decided back in 1999 to make “internationalization”
one of the College’s Nine Core Values,
Marietta already was well on its way to changing the
cultural face of those attending the college campus. Since
1995, Marietta has hosted a group of Chinese students
each year and that program has now evolved into The
China Institute, which was introduced at the Beijing reception
in May (See sidebar, pages 16-17). Exchange agreements
have been made with three Methodist colleges in
Brazil and the Latin American program may expand into
other countries as well. (See sidebar, page 15).
In recent years students have been offered even more
programming that enriches their cultural experiences. Two
> CHINA TOUR In May, 33
Marietta College students traveled
to Beijing and Xian in China on a
tour organized by chorus director
Dr. Daniel Monek. Students
were invited into private homes
for luncheons and performed with
choirs at churches throughout the
regions. “Internationalization” is
one of MC’s Nine Core Values.
years ago, Monek took his choir to Italy for a trip that was
as successful as the most recent China experience. The
College now provides international travel grants to faculty
members who are preparing to teach specific courses, and
for the first time a handful of Investigative Studies students
received grants to take their work to foreign cultures for a
few weeks of study this summer. Richard Danford, who
oversees the Study Abroad program, says that 25 to 29
students this year will spend a semester abroad, with many
choosing European countries, but others going to India,
China and Australia.
College administrators continue to examine possibilities
for providing more international experiences. “In five years,
it is a goal that every student has a significant exposure to
another culture,” says Marietta Provost Dr. Sue DeWine.
“I don’t think that as a country we’ve done a good job of
teaching people about different cultures. I hope what this
does is open up the world to our students. That they learn
that there are different cultures than what they are used to.”
In 2001, Dr. Dan Huck was teaching his first semester
in the McDonough Leadership Program when the planes
struck the twin towers in New York. Two weeks later, he
started teaching a curriculum that he’d quickly developed
that emphasized the global world. Now, he says, “the curriculum
really recognizes what we teach, that we’re part of
an entire human universe.”
Huck started organizing summer study tours soon after,
and other professors have followed suit. In May, he took
a group of students to Egypt, Greece and Italy. “This is
something that I would really like to find the funding for to
make it more possible for students who can’t afford to go,”
says Janie Rees-Miller, director of International Programs,
who joined Huck on the trip. “It’s the first time most of
our students had been confronted with a developing country.
I think that was useful information.”
Huck, who spent 14 years as an attorney prior to his arrival
at Marietta, agrees. “My students had not really seen poverty
until they went to Egypt,” he says. “They live their lives, they
do what needs to be done from a different perspective. You
have to take students some place that challenges them. That’s
why I wanted to take them to an Islamic country.”
Back on Marietta’s campus, Rees-Miller emphasizes
how far the school has come in the last 10 years. The
international student program was in its infancy when
she arrived on campus to teach English as a Second
Language in 1996. Even the student population from the
Middle East, once drawn by the Petroleum Engineering
Department, had decreased since countries in that region
had established their own universities. When Professor
Xiaoxiong Yi started recruiting Chinese students in the
mid-1990s, Rees-Miller says, “We wanted it to be one of
the foundation stones of our international programs.”
Marietta is developing a three-fold focus on international
student recruitment: Asia, Latin America and Europe. The
first two programs are well underway, and more European
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B R A Z I L
L AT I N A M E R I C A N C O N N E C T I O N G R O W I N G S T R O N G
Kimberly Hoff is still bubbling with enthusiasm
regarding the five weeks she spent in Brazil
early this summer, four of them as an English
teacher to children at a private Methodist school
in Piracicaba, a city about two hours from São Paulo.
“It took me a long time to get used to everyone hugging
and kissing me,” she remembers, her oversize hoop earrings
bouncing with every word. And she is still amazed at
the going-away party that her Brazilian friends threw her
– loaded with cultural foods such as rice and beans, passion
fruits and Brazilian breads.
She’s already been asked to return to teach at the same
school next summer, and she’s excited to do so. In Brazil,
English is a required language. This summer’s experience
teaching children about American culture, games and language
has lead her to decide that she wants to pursue a
career in education.
Hoff’s Brazilian experience is just one example of the
growing bond between Marietta College and several
Methodist institutions in Brazil that was initially fostered
by Gama Perruci, dean of the McDonough Leadership
Program. In 2000, the president of Methodist University
in Piracicaba, and his director of international programs,
visited Marietta at Perruci’s invitation.
The following winter, Marietta experimented with offering
Portuguese language classes and by the summer of
2001 business Professor Fraser MacHaffie was sent as a
visiting scholar to the Brazilian university for three weeks.
An exchange student agreement was signed by the two
colleges the following spring. In the summer of 2002,
MacHaffie went to another Methodist university, Instituto
Granbery in Juiz de Fora, as a visiting scholar. The same
year, two of Marietta’s students taught conversational
English at the Colegio Piracicabano, the same school
BRAZIL EXCHANGE
For more information, contact Richard Danford at
740-376-4899 or richard.danford@marietta.edu
that Hoff taught at this summer. Portuguese became permanent
among Marietta’s language offerings with Dr. Richard
Danford teaching it.
Since then, many exchanges have occurred and Marietta
professors regularly visit multiple Brazilian campuses. This year
Marietta has seven Brazilian students on campus, while 15
Marietta students are expected to join Danford and MacHaffie
in a two-week Brazilian trip in January. In the meantime,
Danford and MacHaffie are excited about a new relationship
with Instituto Izabela Hendrix in Belo Horizonte, which will
provide an opportunity for students and faculty to visit one of
Brazil’s largest metropolitan areas. Brazil is an ideal connection
for Marietta students, says Danford. “The cultural gap is not as
wide,” he adds. “It’s a Christian, European culture.”
Meanwhile, a group of Brazilian MBA students were visiting
Marietta’s campus for two weeks this summer to study
American business and culture.
Certainly, exchanges with other countries are expected
as the Methodist group of schools has more than 120 facilities
spread throughout the region, explains MacHaffie. The
connections with the Brazilian Methodist universities’ network
may open opportunities for Marietta College faculty and
students throughout Central and South America. “There is
no reason that we shouldn’t do in Latin America what we’ve
done in China,” says MacHaffie. “We’re excited that there’s a
lot of potential.”
> BRAZILIAN EXCHANGE
Dr. Richard Danford (top) will
be taking 15 students to Brazil
in January. Fabio Lucio Savioli
(above) is one of five students
from Brazil attending Marietta
this year.
connections are in the works. Since 2002, there have been
several successful exchanges with faculty and students of
Kodolanyi Janos University in Szekesfehervar, Hungary,
the first private liberal arts university established at the
end of the Communist regime. In May, Rees-Miller was
invited to give a short course about American dialects to
English majors at the university’s main campus, as well as
its Budapest branch. Rees-Miller is hoping that one of the
Hungarian university’s English faculty members will lecture
on Marietta’s campus next spring.
On a hot day in July, Jaimie Kendrioski, coordinator
of International Student Affairs, was still awaiting visa
approval for a handful of international students whom
he expected to arrive on campus within the next month.
This year Kendrioski says there will easily be around 100
international students on Marietta’s campus – he oversees
all of their immigration paperwork to make sure it is
properly completed.
Kendrioski, an MC alum, says the College has drastically
changed since he was a freshman there in 1997. For example,
American students are now asked when completing
residential information if they would be interested in
having an international roommate. Kendrioski oversees
a group of about 75 local families who host international
PHOTOS (OPPOSITE PAGE): COURTESY OF
PATRICK QUINN ’06; (TOP) COURTESY OF
RICHARD DANFORD; PORTRAITS ABOVE AND
ON PREVIOUS SPREAD BY TODD ROETH
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AN INTERNATIONAL
EXPERIENCE Michelle Lund
’07 (middle) of Bethel Park,
Pa., and Samantha Fuller ’07
(right) of Belpre, Ohio, enjoy a
camel ride during their trip to
Egypt, Greece and Italy this
summer.
students and also organizes an extensive Peer Partnership
Program in which international students are matched oneon-one
with American students. Each year, the campus
hosts, among other events, a Lunar New Year Celebration,
an International Dinner and an International Photography
Contest for both American and international students.
Kendrioski is among the campus’s major proponents
for an International House, which would allow continual
interaction between American and International
students. And, it could provide ongoing international
programming for the entire campus. “It would be a very
obvious sign to the campus and to the community regarding
internationalization,” says Kendrioski. “I think it
would be the perfect learning community.”
With all of the tools now in place for cultural visits and
exchanges, discussions will begin this fall among MC
faculty and administrators regarding the next step for
the campus’s internationalization. “When the Marietta
College student leaves this campus, what do we want them
to know?” asks Rees-Miller. “What do we want them to
do? How do we want them looking at the world?”
She’s hesitates before answering. “I want Marietta
College students to have an understanding and appreciation
of different behaviors and belief systems that arise
from different cultures,” she says. “The only way to understand
what is going on in the world…is to understand
other cultures.”
PHOTOS COURTESY OF MICHELLE LUND
Wei Tan ’04 easily recalls his first semester as
an international student on Marietta’s campus.
“The first week after I arrived was Sept. 11,”
he remembers. “From that point I have started
learning about human life. What challenges come against
us in the road, we should stand up to pave the road to
the future.”
Certainly, Tan understands challenges. Today, just two
years after graduating from Marietta, he is an international
program manager for the William J. Clinton Presidential
Foundation’s China office dealing with AIDS and HIV.
Tan’s Marietta experiences led him to complete a semester
at American University in Washington, D.C., and then to work
with the U.S. Foreign Policy Program. Once he graduated
from Marietta, and after a few more months in Washington,
he decided to return to China. A friend recruited him to the
Clinton Foundation position that he has held since April 2005.
“The foundation does public health work in 45 developing
countries in the world,” he explains.
His job is to assist the Chinese government and the
Chinese Center for Disease Control in strengthening HIV/
AIDS care, treatment and testing programs. China has an
estimated 650,000 residents who were infected with AIDS
in the early 1990s due to blood mismanagement, explains
Tan. In addition, there is a major concern about secondgeneration
transmission as some of those HIV-infected
women are in child-bearing stages. “We’re trying to help
the government develop early diagnosis methods for the
babies and integrated family care for the moms,” says Tan.
Also, he focuses partly on the drug-using population
helping to educate them that sharing, although culturally
encouraged as a good thing, is a bad idea when needles
are involved.
Incidentally, when the former President Clinton visited the
Hunan province last September, it was Tan who served as
his interpreter for two days. “It was a great experience, but
of course I didn’t get to sleep too much,” he says. “It was
a lot of talking to do.” Clinton visited, partly, to unveil, with
China’s top health administrator, a program that will bring
Chinese doctors to America so that they can be trained in
the treatment of AIDS.
Hearing success stories such as Tan’s is heartening to
Marietta Professor Dr. Xiaoxiong Yi who has spent nearly
his entire tenure at the College, after arriving in 1989, connecting
the two cultures. “Wei Tan is a great example of our
Chinese student program,” says Yi. “Many of our Chinese
students are now working in mainland China and have
become quite successful.”
In upcoming generations, College officials expect Marietta
graduates to be among the top Chinese government leaders.
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C H I NA
T H E C H I N A I N S T I T U T E : B U I L D I N G A B R I D G E B E T W E E N C U LT U R E S
“We’re a very small college, but in 12 years we have
become a very good brand name in terms of attracting
Chinese students.” D R . X I A O X I O N G Y I
But the bond between the two countries has taken years
to build.
Marietta has had a long relationship with China, dating
back to 1983 when faculty member Dr. Wen Yu Cheng was
invited to give presentations at two universities there. The following
fall a delegation from the Sichuan Institute of Finance
and Economics visited Marietta’s campus. The two colleges
signed a five-year faculty exchange agreement in 1985.
Yi was hired as an assistant professor of political science
at Marietta in 1989 with the help of a grant from the U.S.
Department of Education. Soon after, he began his crusade for
more cultural exchanges between Marietta College and universities
in his native land. After much discussion with College
officials, the U.S. Embassy in China and others, the first group
of Chinese students arrived on Marietta’s campus in 1995.
(Among early students was Jeremy Wang who is now an assistant
professor of management and information systems at MC.)
In the summer of 2000, 15 faculty members attended
several seminars on campus regarding Chinese culture, language
and politics and the following summer they traveled
to China for an immersion experience. That trip may have
been a springboard to extensive international programming
over the following years. “It’s becoming now part of the
fabric of the institution,” says Janie Rees-Miller, director of
international programs at the College. “It’s part of our institutional
character.”
Today, Yi says Marietta has produced many graduates who
are working in China for multi-national companies such as
Merrill Lynch, Deloitte & Touche, IBM and others. Some graduates,
such as Tan, return to China to work for government
agencies. Still others own their own businesses.
An economic boom is now enabling more Chinese families
to send their children to the United States for college. Partly
for that reason, The China Institute was announced last spring.
For the first time, Yi is devoting his energy full-time to create
programming on Marietta’s campus that will be felt on the
other side of the world. “This is a business opportunity,” says Yi.
“We’re a very small college but in 12 years we have become a
very good brand name in terms of attracting Chinese students.”
In addition to working with Marietta College’s recruitment
office in Beijing, Yi has other plans for The China Institute, too.
COURTESY OF WEI TAN
By next summer he wants to develop a summer semester for
Chinese high school students and young professionals that
would create a cultural immersion experience for them. And, he
wants to begin summer training programs on Marietta’s campus
for Chinese government and business leaders. “They want
their future leaders to be very aware of this outside world,”
says Yi, who travels to China at least four times each year.
In the future, Yi also hopes to create joint degree programs
with Chinese universities – at both the graduate and
undergraduate levels – which would encourage students to
spend time in both countries. Finally, because of Marietta’s
success, he hopes to begin a program that will teach personnel
at other small, private American colleges how to create a
Marietta-type brand in China.
After working for more than 12 years with three American
ambassadors in China, after learning the challenging lessons
of how to more easily obtain student Visas, and after creating
that brand he has mentioned, Yi says: “It’s about time we
think about doing more.”
PRODUCTS OF
GOOD RELATIONS
> In 2005–06 there were 39
undergraduate students from
mainland China enrolled at
Marietta College – a large sum
compared to The Ohio State
University’s total of 98.
> This year, 72 undergraduate
and 13 graduate international
students are enrolled at Marietta.
> Marietta is the only small
college in America with a permanent
office located in China.
> Plans for the future include
recruiting college students to
come to Marietta during the
summer for intensive study
programs and bringing officials
and business leaders from
China to campus for training
seminars.
CHINA PROGRAM
For more information, contact
Dr. Xiaoxiong Yi at 740-376-4921
or yix@marietta.edu
> CONNECTING CULTURES
Wei Tan ’04 talks with former U.S.
President William J. Clinton during
Clinton’s visit to China last year. Tan
works for the Clinton Foundation’s
China office and is involved in care,
treatment and testing of people with
HIV/AIDS.
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N E W T E R R I T O RY
PENGUINS ARE IMPETUS FOR NEW ZEALAND RESEARCH
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B Y K AT E M A N E C K E
UELED BY WHAT HE CALLS A “LITTLE BOY FASCINATION WITH MONSTERS,”
JEREMY RIEDEL ’07 HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF MARIETTA’S NUMEROUS
OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND HIS KNOWLEDGE OF PALEONTOLOGY, WHILE
ALSO ENRICHING HIS CULTURAL PALETTE.
INVESTIGATIVE STUDIES
For more information, contact
Grace Johnson at 740-376-4631
or johnsong@marietta.edu
> STUDYING BONES
Jeremy Riedel ’07 (above)
uses the skeletal model of a
modern penguin species as
he continues his research at
Marietta College this fall. The
bones of the extinct penguin
Archaeospheniscus (top) were
the focus of Riedel’s New
Zealand trip this summer.
Riedel spent spring semester researching fossilized penguin
bones in New Zealand and returned to Marietta to
compile his research. The idea of spending six months
in the luscious landscape of New Zealand, coupled
with Riedel’s desire to study vertebrate paleontology,
led him to seek out the Investigative Studies Summer
Research Fellowship Program. This is the first year that
the program has allowed students to conduct off-campus
research, thus opening up the world to the six students
chosen to participate.
Riedel applied to the program under the guidance of
his advisor, Dr. David Jeffrey. After pitching his proposal
to the program director, Professor Grace Johnson, he was
off to the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.
He had the choice of studying in any country, but New
Zealand won out because of its amazing natural scenery,
abundance of unique plants and animals, and the convenience
of English as the native tongue. Riedel notes that
most geology scholars elect to study in Australia, but he
wanted to do something a little different.
In February, Riedel – a northwestern Ohio native –
started a full semester of classes thousands of miles away
from his home state. His schedule consisted of geology,
biology and Chinese classes to which he commuted from
his off-campus studio apartment.
On top of his course load Riedel also conducted research
with Professor Ewan Fordyce, whom he met at the
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology international meeting
last fall. The research centered on the bones of an extinct
genus of penguin known as Archaeospheniscus. The fossils,
which are approximately 30 million years old, were embedded
in a block of rock. Riedel assisted in their removal,
cleaning and preparation for examination and he was also
responsible for photographing and measuring the bones.
“The species is yet undetermined and may represent a
new one,” explains Riedel. This particular discovery was
unique because “Often bones are recovered that are so
heavily eroded or incomplete that they cannot be identified
as a species. That is not the case with this penguin; several
of the bones are in very good condition and are identifiable,”
says Riedel. While the experience proved to be challenging
and exciting, Riedel was not particularly passionate about
the study of penguins prior to his semester in New Zealand.
His true passion lies with paleontology, so naturally the connection
between birds and dinosaurs provided the necessary
link to pique Riedel’s interest in the fossils.
In addition to his classes and research, Riedel also had
to adapt to living in a foreign country. However, the adjustment
to New Zealand culture was not as much of a shock as
adapting to a school as large as the University of Otago. With
over 20,000 students, the learning atmosphere was quite a
change from the intimate setting of Marietta. “There was not
as much time for questions or one-on-one interaction with
professors,” Riedel says. He also had to get used to a different
grading style, in which a higher percentage of each final
grade is taken from final exams, thus making it difficult to
determine how much study time to devote to each lesson.
Back at Marietta for the summer, Riedel worked on
preparing a rationale to back up the research he conducted
in New Zealand. The six students who participated in
the Investigative Studies Summer Research Fellowship
Program are required to present their studies at a symposium
at Marietta. They are also encouraged to present
their research in a professional setting that pertains to their
field, and Riedel plans to do just that. He has chosen the
Geological Society of America as the professional arena to
discuss his findings. He will present a poster at a GSA poster
session, which will allow more personal interactions with
those attending the meeting than a lecture would. Riedel
says the poster will consist of “a photographic reconstruction
of the extinct penguin skeleton, along with information
and tables explaining the reasons for my identification of
the animal.” He will also use the poster to display photographs
of New Zealand and to explain the local geology of
the area where the fossils were found. The GSA conference
will be comprised of about 7,000 geo-scientists from around
the world who specialize in a variety of geological fields.
Riedel is actively choosing experiences that will help with
his career. In the summer of 2005, he traveled to Wyoming
for an opportunity to study dinosaurs with help from the
National Science Foundation Research Experience for
Undergraduates. He plans to continue his studies after
Marietta with a post-graduate program most likely in Los
Angeles or Washington, D.C. While career opportunities
in this line of work are often limited, Riedel hopes to one
day work with a museum or a university. Back on Marietta’s
turf this summer as he continued his research, Riedel was
happy to resume classes on a much smaller campus. While
the scenery in Ohio might not be as picturesque as it was in
New Zealand, he’s glad to be home.
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C
A Building for
Ne w Times
T H E M A R I E T TA C O L L E G E
LIBRARY
NEW LIBRARY MEETS FUTURE EXPECTATIONS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING > BY EVELYN FROLKING
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NEW LIBRARY
For more information, visit
www.marietta.edu/about/library
U RV E D WA L L S A N D A N G L E D P O RTA L S
leading in four directions will beckon students and faculty
into a thoroughly modern building designed to enhance
today’s culture for teaching and learning. Construction
of the new Marietta College Library, a building that will
almost certainly reconfigure the center of the campus, is
planned to begin next May with the building’s opening
currently scheduled for January 2009.
The $17-million project is inspired, in part, by the
College’s close relationship between students and faculty.
Classrooms for formal instruction are part of its new
design, as well as a 24-hour cyber café that will be situated
on the main floor. Small clusters of study tables and
comfortable furnishings will be scattered throughout.
Laptop computers will join desktops in a wireless environment
and a new Center for Teaching and Learning
will offer faculty members advice regarding new technologies,
such as creating podcasts.
“An academic library like ours doesn’t just find answers,”
says Dr. Doug Anderson, library director. “We relate to
students and help them learn the process of finding the
answer, we find out what their real questions are, we try to
help them become independent library users.”
The modernized, high-tech design of the facility will
focus on flexible spaces, engaged librarians and compact
storage of the library’s extensive collection to reflect the
ever-changing influence of technology. “We still have a foot
in both worlds,” Anderson says of the presence of technology
and its transformation of the academic process. While
most references and more and more journals are now electronic,
Anderson sees printed books gradually converting,
but by no means disappearing. “We continue to add to our
book collection and we continue to collect the scholarship
that’s out there, print or electronic,” he says.
A concept that was once called “information literacy,”
has evolved into a term called “information fluency” to
describe the mission of the teaching and learning library.
In Anderson’s vision, the library guides students to sources
of information, helps them determine reliability, challenges
them to think critically and asks them to look keenly at how
information is used.
From there, information fluency stretches deep into faculty
development. That emphasis will most noticeably be
centered in the new Teaching and Learning Center on the
second of the new facility’s four floors. There, faculty will
be able to explore new classroom strategies, engage in conversation
about teaching and use technology to enhance
educational collaboration. “Teaching is an isolated profession,”
explains Dr. Laura Little, newly appointed director
for the Teaching and Learning Center. “This open
concept will create dialogue and help faculty explore new
ideas.” If, for example, a professor wants to learn to create
a podcast or to try out other new technologies, the Center
will be the place to go.
The Teaching and Learning Center, modeled after
similar centers in other liberal arts colleges, features key
areas. In addition to conference rooms, there is a project
room and areas for “champions” who are faculty members
who act as mentors, says Little. “The Center will
open conversations about teaching and learning on the
campus,” she adds.
The new library, situated closer to the McDonough
Center for Leadership and Business, replaces Dawes
Library to distinguish the campus center. Persistent water
and humidity problems in Dawes Library and its outdated
1960s design no longer serves the needs of a technologyrich
campus, says Anderson.
> THE HEART OF CAMPUS
The library construction is
expected to create a new
campus center with a parklike
space between it and the
Gilman Center.
NEW
LIBRARY
> FITTING IT IN
The new library will be located
where there is green space
in front of the McDonough
Leadership Center. The view
above is from the south of
campus by Butler Street; the
view at right is an overhead
view from the southeast.
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AT H L E T I C N E W S
COURTESY OF NCAA
DAN MAY
> CHANGING MOMENTS
The celebration of the NCAA
Division III title was a moment
for the Pioneers that especially
changed the lives of Mike Eisenberg
(above) and Mike DeMark
’06 who signed professional
contracts in June.
> BASEBALL
Making “The Show”
EISENBERG’S LIFE ALTERED AFTER 2006 TITLE
When the final out of the 2006 NCAA Division III
World Series was secured in right fielder Tony
Piconke’s glove, it changed the lives of all of
the Pioneers involved. No one’s life has been
altered more than junior pitcher Mike Eisenberg, who soon
after was faced with a decision about joining the pros.
Eisenberg received a trophy case full of awards this past
season. The lanky, hard-throwing right-hander was named
Co-MVP of the World Series, first team All-OAC, first team
All-Region, Mideast Region Pitcher of the Year, NCAA D-III
National Pitcher of the Year and a first team All-American.
He was also named to the All-OAC Tournament, All-Mideast
Region Tournament and World Series All-Tournament teams.
Eisenberg finished the season with a 13-2 record, which
tied him for most victories in D-III. On the year, he made 21
appearances, started 16 games and worked 115 innings.
Eisenberg allowed just 28 runs (17 earned for a 1.33 earned
run average) on 70 hits, while walking 35 and striking out 138.
The 138 strikeouts tied him with 2003 graduate Matt DeSalvo
for third on MC’s all-time list.
Like the rest of his teammates, Eisenberg returned to
Marietta to celebrate the squad’s accomplishment. Once
the celebration finally died down, the team began to go its
separate ways for the summer. Eisenberg, however, did not
head to his mother’s house in Coral Gables, Fla., but instead
remained in Marietta.
Throughout the season, Eisenberg had two types of followers
– loyal MC baseball fans and a handful of professional
scouts who carefully monitored his every start. Eisenberg
heard the rumors about the possibility of him being drafted
this summer, but kept it in perspective. “I tried to keep my
head on straight by understanding that the draft is always
unpredictable,” he recalls. “So I waited and waited for the
day to arrive.”
That day was June 6. When it finally arrived, Eisenberg
was joined by good friends and teammates Justin Steranka
and Ryan Eschbaugh, as well as Eschbaugh’s dad, sitting
anxiously by the Eschbaugh’s garage with the XM Radio in
his dad’s car blasting the broadcast of the Major League
Baseball draft.
“It felt like forever,” Eisenberg says. “But finally in the eighth
round we heard my name called out and immediately were
filled with excitement over what had just happened. It was so
unthinkable, but actually happened. Now was the hard part.”
The Cleveland Indians selected Eisenberg with the 251st
pick of the draft; he was the highest drafted D-III player. He
became the first Pioneer drafted since Dave Bradley was a
14th round pick by the Cincinnati Reds in 1999. The news
forced Eisenberg to decide whether he would sign with the
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Tribe or return to Marietta for his senior season. The next day,
Eisenberg flew to Florida to discuss the options with his family.
Eventually, Eisenberg determined that he was going to
forego his final year.
“I’ve decided to take the Indians’ offer and pursue the career
I’ve always dreamed of,” he said, before he was flown from his
house in Florida to Jacobs Field to meet his new employers. “I
loved my time at Marietta and couldn’t have asked for a better
way to go out, winning the national championship.”
Eisenberg began his professional career in late June with the
short-season Class A Mahoning Valley Scrappers.
“The season has been an adjustment, but I am no stranger
to making them so I will put in the hard work necessary to be
successful at this level,” he added. “I’m looking forward to the
years ahead.”
As of Aug. 19, Eisenberg was 1-1 with a 4.50 earned run
average with the Scrappers, who led their division with a 31-27
record. He had made 11 appearances (10 starts) and allowed
26 runs (24 earned) on 59 hits in 48.0 innings. Eisenberg had
struck out 30 and walked 20.
Eisenberg, though, was not the only Pioneer making his
mark in professional baseball, as six other former Marietta
stars were in action this summer.
Jim Tracy ’78 is spending his first summer as the manager
of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Tracy, now in his 30th year of professional
baseball, was the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers
for the last five years. On Aug. 20, the Pirates were 47-77 and
in sixth place in the National League Central.
Nineteen-year veteran Terry Mulholland ’85 began the
season with the Arizona Diamondback and made five appearances
before going on the disabled list in mid-April.
Dave Bradley is in his first year with the Oakland Athletics
organization after spending the last few seasons with the
Milwaukee Brewers. Bradley, currently with the Class AA
Midland RockHounds in Midland, Texas was 6-10 with a 5.03
earned run average in 28 games by late August. The righthander
had made 21 starts and allowed 79 runs (66 earned) on
137 hits and struck out 73 in 118 innings.
Matt DeSalvo, who was drafted by the New York Yankees
in 2003, began the season with the Class AAA Columbus
Clippers and is currently with the Class AA Trenton Thunder. In
13 games with the Thunder, he was 3-3 with a 6.97 earned run
average. DeSalvo had allowed 52 runs (47 earned) on 67 hits
and struck out 42 in 60.6 innings.
Chris Sidick ’04 has been having a solid second season with
the Washington Wild Things of the Frontier League. Sidick was
hitting a team-high .310 (102-for-329) with nine doubles, 15
triples and six home runs through 80 games. Sidick’s 15 triples
was a new Frontier League record.
Mike DeMark ’06, also a member of the national championship
team, signed a professional contract with the Florence
Freedom of the Frontier League on June 20. The right-hander
has been working exclusively out of the bullpen for the
Freedom, who are located in Florence, Ky. Through Aug. 19,
DeMark was 1-2 with a 3.18 earned run average in 34 games.
He had allowed 20 runs (18 earned) on 32 hits and struck out
50 in 51.0 innings.
DAN MAY
PIONEERS IN
THE PROS
Since 1965, 42 Pioneers
have played professionally.
These are a few from
MLB teams:
> KENT TEKULVE ’69
Original Team: Pirates
Played 1969–89 with the
Pirates, Phillies & Reds
> DUANE THEISS ’76
Original Team: Braves
Played 1977–78 seasons
> JIM E. TRACY ’78
Original Team: Cubs
Former Dodgers Manager
Now: Pirates manager
> FOOTBALL
Continuing success
WIESE LOOKING TO BUILD FOOTBALL PROGRAM
Curt Wiese, the 27th head coach in 111 years of Marietta
College football, says that he is looking forward to building
Marietta’s football program – both academically and athletically.
Wiese, who was promoted from offensive coordinator,
replaces Todd Glaser, who resigned to become head coach
at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, his alma mater.
Wiese will continue to serve as the Pioneers’ offensive coordinator,
a position he has held the past three seasons.
“I am confident that Curt and his staff are prepared to take
the next step with our football program and I am pleased
for our players that Curt will provide important continuity for
the program,” says Athletics Director Debbie Lazorik. “The
College looks forward to this season and continued success
for the program.”
During his tenure as offensive coordinator, his unit showed
continuous improvement. Under his guidance, Marietta
averaged 305.5 yards of total offense – 132.5 rushing and
173.0 passing – over the three-year span. In addition, he has
coached six All-Ohio Athletic Conference and two Academic
All-OAC offensive players.
“This is a great opportunity to continue what was started
here three years ago,” says Wiese, who played quarterback
at both Minnesota State University-Mankato and Wisconsin-
Stevens Point. “We have great support from the Marietta community
and the College community. I welcome the challenge.”
In 1998, Wiese helped lead the UW-Stevens Point Pointers
to a conference championship. Before joining Marietta, Wiese
served as a graduate assistant at UW-Eau Claire for two seasons
and coached the tight ends. He stayed at UW-Eau Claire
for an additional season and coached the offensive line.
Wiese and his wife, Jenny, have two daughters, Alexis, 3,
and Makenna, 1. They reside in Marietta.
DAN MAY
> TERRY MULHOLLAND ’85
Original Team: Giants
In 21 years as a Pitcher,
Mulholland has played on
11 major league teams.
> NEW CHALLENGES Curt Wiese seeks to improve Marietta’s
football program – on and off the field.
TODD ROETH
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AT H L E T I C N E W S
> NAVY SUCCESS In addition
to the Dad Vail gold, Pioneers
such as Evan Tsourtsoulas helped
to bring victory to rowing teams
at national and international
events. Tsourtsoulas (above left)
competed with Greece in the
World Championships (below).
> MEN’S CREW
After the Dad Vail
TSOURTSOULAS HELPS GREEKS CAPTURE SILVER
When Chris Pucella was hired to take over the
men’s crew program in the spring of 2005, he
knew that he would oversee one of the top
small-school crews in the nation.
After some quick research, Pucella got a glimpse into the
program’s storied history. He found out that Marietta’s Varsity
8 had won the inaugural Dad Vail race in 1934, the first of five
gold medals for the school in its biggest race of the season.
What also stuck in Pucella’s mind was that the Pioneer
Navy had gone 38 years without capturing the gold medal
at Dad Vails. When he was hired, Pucella said: “My goal is
to continue the development of Marietta rowing as one of
the best programs in the nation. The ultimate goal remains
the same, to win the V8 at Dad Vails on a consistent basis.”
Pucella did not have to wait long to take the initial step
toward bringing his quote to a reality as he guided the 2006
V8 to that elusive gold medal.
The team entered as the top seed and proved worthy of
that label by rolling through all three races enroute to winning
gold. Marietta finished in 5:42.06, more than six seconds
ahead of the field.
Looking back, Pucella is still proud of the win. However,
he is now focused on the next season and how he will take
the program to a new level – remaining a consistent force at
the Dad Vail. The V8 has won a medal at the event in each
of the last five years and he intends to keep that streak alive.
Pucella also wants to build the medal count of the Freshmen
8 and to develop a consistent Lightweight program.
The new coach also believes that the program should
have a consistent presence at the Intercollegiate Rowing
Association Regatta. Currently, Marietta shells have the
opportunity to continue training for the IRAs. Without this
step, Marietta can not hope to advance beyond the fringes
of the top 25 programs in the country. Even with a victory
at Dad Vails, Marietta finished 22nd in the final USRowing
Collegiate Poll.
Another way Marietta is building its reputation in the rowing
world is by having its athletes – past and present – compete
at the top events in not only the nation, but also the world.
This summer, Pioneer Navy team members made their
mark all over the elite rowing circuit. Evan Tsourtsoulas, a citizen
of both the United States and Greece, helped the Greeks
capture the silver medal in the Senior B Lightweight Men’s 4
at the World Rowing Under 23 Championships on July 23 in
Hazewinkel, Belgium. It was the second straight year that he
left the World Championships with a medal.
Other Pioneers helped their respective clubs achieve
success at the US National Rowing Championships in
Indianapolis. Mike Ross rowed with Philadelphia’s Vesper
Boat Club, one of the most exclusive rowing clubs in the
country and won three gold medals. Brent Keuch represented
the New York Athletic Club at the US National Rowing
Championships and helped his club win two golds.
Alums Matt Hoffer ’04 and Mark Dolson ’05 also participated
in the National Championships.
All of these athletes carry with them the banner of Marietta
College rowing – a reminder that the Pioneer Navy will continue
to be a force in the rowing world for years to come.
DAN MAY
MAIN PHOTO: BILLY HOWARD; INSIET PHOTOS: COURTESY OF EVAN TSOURTSOULAS
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MITCH CASEY
PIONEER ROUNDUP
> WOMEN’S SOCCER | FILLING IMPORTANT HOLES
Marietta expected to return 15 lettermen and seven
starters from its record-setting 2005 season, but was
forced to fill some important holes left by graduation.
The Pioneers finished 14-3-2 a year ago and tied for
fourth with John Carroll in the OAC standings. Marietta,
however, lost its tournament seat in a tiebreaker.
Pioneer seniors – Jill Sorboro, Dana Donchess
and Chelsey Moore – took over the program’s leadership
in 2006. Sorboro is one of the leading point
scorers back from 2005; she scored three goals and
dished out seven assists. Sophomore Jessica Martinez also added 13 points
(six goals, one assist) in her first season with the Pioneers. Junior Vanessa
Nicholls (six goals, two assists) and sophomore Allison Williams (four goals,
two assists) also return.
A combination of veterans and some talented underclassmen was expected
to gel. The Pioneers opened the season at home with the MC Classic Sept. 2-3.
BILLY HOWARD
> MEN’S SOCCER | TEAM YOUNG, BUILDING EXPERIENCE
After committing to a rebuilding year in 2005,
Marietta will continue to develop and integrate young
players into the program this season. Senior captains
– Joel Nau (four goals, one assist), Shawn Urbanek
(one assist) and Mike Zourdos (three goals, one
assist) – are expected to build off last year’s 7-10
record and lead the team back to its winning ways.
Sophomore Felix Ntow returns as the team’s leading
scorer, totaling 15 points (seven goals, one assist)
in 15 games a year ago. After having four freshmen
tend goal in 2005, Marietta will look for one of those sophomore to emerge as
the main keeper in 2006. The coaching staff looks forward to another highenergy
season, but hopes that the team will come together as a unit early in
the preseason.
The Pioneers plan to be more competitive in the OAC and strive to make
the tournament this season. Marietta Men’s Soccer also opened the season at
home with the MC Classic Sept. 2-3.
> CROSS COUNTRY | BUILDING A STRONG ROSTER
The cross country program at Marietta College will be in its fifth season
since being reinstated as a varsity sport. Under the direction of Head Coach
Derek Stanley, the Pioneer runners are expected to continue making huge
strides this fall.
The biggest difference from previous years will be in the number of athletes
participating. Stanley expects 13 women and 19 men to fill the roster this season.
Leading the men’s squad, which features seven returning lettermen, will be
juniors Harrison Potter and John Hull. The women’s team returns two letterwinners
and it will be paced by sophomore Jessi Larrison. All are coming off solid
spring track & field seasons and the success is expected to carry over into the
2006 cross country season.
MITCH CASEY
> VOLLEYBALL | EIGHT LETTERMEN RETURN
Marietta College’s volleyball team has matured into a veteran core for the
2006 season. Third-year Head Coach Tom Symons’ Pioneers return eight of
nine lettermen from last season’s squad and six of seven starters.
“We are looking for the improvement the team has made the last two
seasons to start turning into wins,” says Symons. “We will be helped by the
momentum created this past spring season. Without the loss of a senior class,
the core of returning players was able to quickly build on the responsibility
they had as leaders last season and work to improve their skills and speed.”
Senior middle blocker Ellen Doolittle and senior outside hitter Jaymi Stephens
will look to carry the offensive load for another year. Doolittle is coming off a
season in which she led the team in hitting (.291), blocks (0.99) and service aces
(0.40). Stephens paced Marietta in kills (3.01) and digs (3.41) last year.
Other starters returning include senior outside hitter Paige Burton (2.27 kpg,
2.92 dpg), junior middle blocker Marissa Barnhart (1.37 kpg, 0.55 bpg), junior
right side hitter Paige Williams (1.71 kpg) and junior defensive specialist Casey
Davis (3.01 dpg).
The only missing piece from a year ago is the Pioneers’ setter. However,
with the help of recently hired Assistant Coach Tannah Haidet, a former setter
at Heidelberg, the position was predicted to get the attention it needs before
the season began Sept.1 with Marietta’s River City Tournament.
The 2006 Pioneers will also travel to tournaments hosted by Washington &
Jefferson (Pa.) as well as Marymount (Va.). The team will also participate in triangular
matches at Ohio Wesleyan and Otterbein to prepare for the challenges
associated with their Ohio Athletic Conference schedule.
> SENIOR LEADERSHIP Ellen Doolittle, who led the lady Pioneers in hitting last
season, is one of eight lettermen returning this year.
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Developments
ADVANCEMENT NEWS
Ste wardship:
JOHN G. MCCOY
S A LU T E S H I S A L M A M AT E R
Good afternoon!” a robust John G. McCoy says as he
answers the telephone at his Michigan summer home
in early August. McCoy ’35, a longtime supporter of
the College, has been awaiting this call to talk about
his ongoing support for the College where he obtained a business degree
before going on to be one of the greatest leaders in the banking industry.
THE MCCOY
SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM
The McCoy Scholarship
(started in 1998) is the only
endowed scholarship at
Marietta College that covers full
tuition, fees, room and board,
and a computer. Awarded to
an incoming freshman in recognition
of outstanding academic
achievement, it is renewable
for all four years of study.
Recipients of the
McCoy Scholarship:
2006 Grace Elaine O’Dell
2005 Brandon Crane
2004 Harrison Potter
2003 Samantha Armacost
2002 Amanda Cobb
2001 Melissa Yusko
2000 Cody Lane
1999 Trent Reisberger
Despite years spent building the Bank One empire,
McCoy has never forgotten his roots in southeastern Ohio
and the time he spent on Marietta’s campus. He proudly
explains that his mother graduated in MC’s class of 1910
and that his father spent 24 years on the College’s Board
of Trustees. His father, John H. McCoy, was also a banker
and served as president of City National Bank and Trust
before passing the title to his son. The McCoy Memorial
Gateway, at the corner of Fourth and Putnam streets, was
erected in 1962 as a gift from the family in honor of the
late John H. McCoy. McCoy Residence Hall is also named
after the McCoy family.
After leaving Marietta, John G. McCoy received a master’s
degree from Stanford Business School and began his
career in banking at City National in 1937. During World
War II, he served in the U.S. Navy with an assignment as
chief financial officer for the War Production Board from
1943-1945. He left the service after the war to return to
Columbus where he eventually took over the helm of
City National in 1958.
McCoy was an innovator in the banking industry,
sparking ideas that included drive-through banking, bank
credit cards, automated teller machines and aggressive
marketing campaigns aimed at selling loan products to
consumers. He built City National to become the second
largest credit card company in the world, in the beginning
convincing BankAmerica to partner with him to create the
BankAmericard – the precursor to today’s Visa card.
McCoy retired from banking in 1984. Although he
was succeeded by his son, John B. McCoy, he continued
to stay involved in the industry. City National eventually
evolved into Bank One, which merged with First
Chicago NBD in 1998 to become the largest bank in the
Midwest and the fifth largest one in the country. (The
company is now known as JP Morgan Chase after yet
another merger.)
John G. McCoy joined Marietta’s Board of Trustees
in 1966 and served 21 years, among one of the longest
tenures of any Marietta College trustees. He is listed now
as an Emeritus Member of the Board and has been succeeded
by daughter, Virginia (Jinny) McCoy. In 1981, the
College honored him with an honorary Doctor of Laws
degree and he was inducted into the Ohio Foundation of
Independent College’s Hall of Excellence in 1991.
In 1993, the McCoy family established the John G. and
Jeanne B. McCoy Endowment for Teaching Excellence,
which provides Marietta College faculty members the
chance to receive a four-year designation and a $10,000
salary enhancement. “I think they have a great opportunity
and I hope they continue using it to get good professors,”
says McCoy. “I just tried to help.”
The McCoys also have endowed funding for The John
G. and Jeanne B. McCoy Scholarship Program, which
promotes and recognizes outstanding academic ability and
achievement by incoming freshmen. ( Jeanne B. McCoy,
John’s wife, died this summer. Please see page 32.) The
award includes tuition, room and board, a computer, as
well as incidental fees, and is renewable for four years.
“John G. McCoy represents a wonderful example of
how one family can continue giving for three generations,”
says Lori A. Lewis, Marietta’s vice president for advancement.
“We, at the College, are proud to be recipients of the
McCoy’s generosity as so many family members have given
unselfishly of their time, talent and treasure.”
SHERRY BECK PAPROCKI
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“AUNT BEA”
INSPIRES KREMER FAMILY TO KEEP GIVING
MCCOY ENDOWMENT FOR
TEACHING EXCELLENCE
McCoy professors have been
recognized as outstanding teachers
by a selection committee
composed of nationally recognized
teachers and scholars. This 4-year,
renewable designation began in
1993 as the John G. and Jeanne
B. McCoy Endowment for Teaching
Excellence.
McCoy Professors
at Marietta College
Dr. Mary Barnas
Dr. Jacqueline DeLaat
Dr. Gregory Delemeester
Dr. Carolyn Hares-Stryker
Dr. Peter Hogan
Grace Johnson
Dr. James O’Donnell
Dr. Mabry O’Donnell
Edward Osborne
Dr. Kevin Pate
Dr. Gamaliel Perruci
Dr. Mark Sibicky
Dr. Steven Spilatro
Dr. Michael Taylor
Dr. Ena Vulor
Dr. Matthew Young
> JOHN G. MCCOY
John G. McCoy ’35 obtained a
business degree at Marietta College
before he became one of the greatest
leaders in the banking industry.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFFREY A. RYCUS
©1997 RYCUS ASSOCIATES PHOTOGRAPHY LLC.
Beatrice Kremer ’30 was a keen inspiration to
the nephews she and her sister Clara reared in
Marietta during the 1930s while she also taught
school and studied to get a college degree.
A tiny woman of less than five feet tall, Aunt Bea – as her
nephews called her – was also referred to as “Bull Dog” at
times. Her tenacity and dedication left a life-long impression
on the late Richard P. Kremer ’39 and his two brothers,
James F. Kremer ’35 and Dr. Frederick J. Kremer ’43.
“She never drove a car and walked to school, rain or shine,”
explains Clare Kremer, Richard’s wife. Aunt Bea was even
known to don ice skates to glide down the Muskingum
River to get to work during especially frigid days.
Born on March 7, 1883, Bea Kremer attended Marietta
College for several years before obtaining her degree at the
age of 47. After getting her teaching certificate, she began
taking the bus to Athens, where she later obtained a master’s
in English from Ohio University. She retired at age 62, after
teaching for 42 years. She died in 1968.
Two years later her nephews started the Beatrice A.
Kremer Memorial Scholarship Fund that provides a
scholarship to a junior English major who plans to have a
teaching career. “I think it was a wonderful thing that Dick
honored her in this way,” says Clare Kremer, who has continued
contributing to the fund since the deaths of her husband
and his brothers. “I admire her for stepping up and
raising four boys (including another nephew) in the 1930s.”
Recently, Clare Kremer made the decision to support
the College by establishing a fund with the Marietta
Community Foundation to care for the College buildings,
grounds, and trees. A substantial estate gift will provide
funds to help preserve the historical beauty of the campus.
“Though I live in Florida for most of the year,” says
Clare, “when I return it is always a pleasure to walk
through Marietta and enjoy its beauty. The College plays
an important part of this community, and I would like to
do my part to help maintain its history and dignity for the
future generations.”
Her announcement both surprised and delighted
College officials. “We are stunned and humbled with Clare
Kremer’s significant estate gift that will allow for the upkeep
of the College’s grounds and buildings,” says Lori A.
Lewis, vice president for advancement. “We have always
been extremely grateful for Clare’s ongoing interest in the
Beatrice A. Kremer Memorial Scholarship, even since
Dick’s death in 2004. But her more recent announcement
TODD ROETH
took us totally by surprise. It is impossible to express the
gratitude that we feel regarding her dedication to the preservation
of Marietta’s historic campus.”
Although Clare and Dick Kremer spent most of each
year in Vero Beach, Fla., she says that their summertime
visits back in Marietta were very enjoyable, partly due
to the city’s peaceful surroundings. Prior to his retirement
in the late 1980s, her husband was the owner of
Dick Kremer Shoe Stores, which originated on Putnam
Street in Marietta and expanded to more than 20 locations
throughout Ohio. Today, Dick’s children – Richard
P. Kremer ’70, Deborah Kremer Brown, Charles Kremer
and Laurel Kremer Beatty – still own the downtown
Marietta building that housed the original shoe store.
SHERRY BECK PAPROCKI
> TRIBUTE Clare Kremer plans to honor her late husband’s
family by contributing toward the ongoing care of the College’s
buildings and grounds.
Documenting an estate gift is a very
easy process. Call Lori Lewis, vice president
of advancement, at (740) 376-4704 or visit
www.marietta.edu/advancement/faq.html.
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BOOKSHELF > 30
WEDDINGS & ANNIVERSARIES > 31
IN MEMORIAM: OBITUARIES > 32
TRUSTEES & ALUMNI BOARD > 33
GIVING BACK > 33
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THE LONG BLUE LINE > CLASS NOTES
1940
Ernest J. Fauss, Jr. ’42 is retired
from Celanese Corporation. He also
worked as a health inspector for the
Allegany County Health Department
and is a retired U.S. Air Force pilot.
John D. Van Fossen ’49 (Lambda
Chi Alpha) and wife Joana, moved
from Lafayette, Va. to The Woodlands,
Texas. They would enjoy hearing from
other Marietta graduates. (Contact
information is available from MC’s
alumni office.)
1950
Dorothy O. O’Neill Burns ’50 and
husband Norman still enjoy traveling,
gardening and keeping in touch with
friends. Last year, they crossed the
Atlantic Ocean six times. Their longest
trip was to Sri Lanka to visit their
daughter and her family.
Anne Hart Swenson ’51 (Sigma
Kappa) is enjoying her retirement.
Ann Potter McGurk ’53 hosted a
gathering of 1953 graduates: Marcia
Flower McCauley, Margi Hoyt
Nasemann and Pat Walworth Wood.
Sidney P. “Sid” Wattstein ’58 is
spending seven months a year in
his home in Palm Beach Gardens
in Florida and the other five months
in Stamford, Conn. This summer he
enjoyed a Baltic cruise. He would like
to wish those in the class of ’78 a
Happy 70 th Birthday.
> UNEXPECTED MEETING
On a recent European trip, Mary
Jean Heywood Tedrow ’59 (front
row) and her husband, Allen, unexpectedly
shared a riverboat cruise
with another MC alumnus, David P.
Prindle ’71, and his wife, Paula.
1960
Kurt P. Stocker ’60 was named to the
NYSE Regulation board of directors
in April.
David M. Carris ’61 (Alpha Sigma Phi)
retired from John T. Boyd Company,
which is an international mining consulting
company, after 43 years of service.
Michael “Mike” J. DeMarco ’61
(Lambda Chi Alpha) is the proud grandpa
of a granddaughter, Kristie Nicole
DeMarco. She was born on April 28
to his youngest son. Mike and his wife
Margaret are looking forward to seeing
their new granddaughter when they
return for Homecoming in October.
Victor D. Powell ’62 reports that the
Smithsonian Institution’s National
Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy
Center at Dulles International Airport is
displaying his Valkyrie fixed wing hang
glider that he built and flew over the
Shenandoah Mountains in Virginia.
> ALUMNI NOTE
Innovative dimensions
SOWAR IS PIONEER IN 3-D INDUSTRY
When Dick Sowar ’66 left
Marietta College he had no idea
where his career path would
lead, but with a degree from a
liberal arts institution he was well
prepared. As it turns out, Sowar
has been an innovator in the field
of three-dimensional software,
starting several companies and
creating multiple products that
pioneered an entire industry.
While at Marietta, Sowar took the first computer programming
course ever offered at the College. He was
among students in the class who traveled to the nearby
DuPont plant so they could get their hands on a computer.
But that experience helped him find a job after graduation
teaching computer programming at the Air Force
Institute of Technology in Dayton. While there for the next
12 years, Sowar got a master’s degree from the University
of Dayton and in 1978 he moved to Boulder, Colo. for
Esther L. Walp Steffens ’63 (Chi
Omega) explored China and Tibet
last summer. This year, she plans for
her travels to take her back to Central
America and the route of the Mayans.
doctoral studies with one of the most well-known graphics
professors in the country. “While I was working on my
dissertation I got lured into a high tech start up company,”
he explains. Eventually, he became the vice president for
research and development for Graftek, Inc. “We were in a
field called…computer aided design, or CAD,” he explains.
By 1986 he wrote a business plan for another company
called Spatial Technology and, by that point, had enough
experience that a New York investor contributed $1 million.
High tech software continued to be his specialty.
Through the years, Sowar gained patents to protect the
intellectual property rights of his products and by the time
Spatial Technology sold in 2000, it had 650 clients around
the world. “What we were building was 3-D modeling
software that our customers such as Autodesk and HP
would embed in their 3-D applications,” he explains.
Sowar hasn’t slowed down a bit. Since 2000, he has
started two additional companies – first, a consulting
business called Geomenon and this year, Free Design
Inc., which has developed technology that has garnered
interest from the technology giants such as Pixar and
Adobe. Free Design is targeting creative artists who are
end users. “We think we’ll have a very popular product,”
says Sowar. Visit www.freedesign-inc.com to give it a try.
SHERRY BECK PAPROCKI
Sandra G. (Sandie) Cook Carpenter
’65 enjoys gardening and hiking in the
summers and skiing and being a substitute
teacher at the local high school
in the winters.
Anne C. Sammons Anna ’66 continues
to enjoy working as an elementary
school counselor in Yakima, Wash.
Her husband Joe retired in 2005 after
35 years working as a microbiologist.
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THE LONG BLUE LINE > CLASS NOTES
BOOKSHELF
> DR. JANET BLAND
Dr. Janet Bland, assistant professor
of English, wrote A Fish Full of
River, a collection of nine characterdriven
stories that occur during the
first half of the 20th century. She
also is the author of The Civil Mind
(with Margaret Whitt), published in
August, which immerses readers in
conversations occurring in American
culture today with topics including
race, religion, immigration, sexuality,
technology and terrorism.
> DR. BARBARA MACHAFFIE
Dr. Barbara MacHaffie, professor of
history, politics, religion and philosophy,
wrote the second edition of Her
Story: Women in Christian Tradition,
which was published by Fortress
Press in March. A concise history,
this book explores the forces that
have shaped the status and role of
women from biblical times through
today. The first edition was published
in 1983 and has sold 30,000 copies.
> ALMUTH TSCHUNKO
Almuth Tschunko , associate professor
of biology, wrote the Plant Biology
Laboratory Manual for Prentice Hall,
to accompany the textbook, Plant
Biology by Linda Graham, Lee Wilcox
and Jim Graham. This lab manual,
published in July 2006, is different
from others on the market in that it is
investigative in nature.
They became first-time grandparents
on March 20, 2006 when their oldest
daughter, Wendy and her husband,
became parents to Sean Joseph Kerby,
who was born in Seattle, Wash.
Robert P. (Buzz) Blumm ’66 (Delta
Upsilon) continues to live in Eugene,
Ore. with his wife, Cecile, and two
young children, Andrew and Maddie.
He has gained two sons-in-law, in addition
to his first son-in-law Scott. Over
Memorial Day weekend, his daughters
Rebecca Anne Blumm and Eliza Lenore
Blumm both had weddings. Buzz continues
to work at Eugene Sign & Awning
in corporate sales.
Richard Roe ’66 received the
Christopher Latham Sholes award
in May for “Outstanding Service to
Wisconsin Writers” from the Council
on Wisconsin Writers.
E. Sue Bradfield Densmore ’67 is
now assistant regional controller of
humility of Mary Health Partners, the
northeast Ohio region of Catholic
Healthcare Partners.
Barbara Kuhl Roe ’67 works parttime
and volunteers with the Salvation
Army. She worked with relief teams in
Stoughton, Wis. and New Orleans.
1970
Carol Lucas ’70 has retired after
35 years of teaching. She moved to
Vermont and plans to fill her time with
friends, family, traveling and skiing.
Diana Pabst Parsell ’70 recently
returned to the U.S. after a fivemonth
assignment working as a
science writer at the International
World Fish Center based in Penang,
Malaysia. While living in Asia, she also
had opportunities to travel in Laos,
Cambodia and Thailand.
Linda Taber Ullah ’67 is currently a
teacher-in-residence at the Foothill
College Krause Center for Innovation in
Los Altos Hills, Calif. She is the director
of the center’s K-14 technology integration
staff development program. She
and her husband soon will be retiring
and plan to move near Charlotte, N.C.
Corinne L. Goodwin Wilson ’67
became a grandmother to Austin
James Cole born Feb. 9, 2006.
Linda Pipoly Book ’68 is the pediatric
chief of medicine at the University
of Utah hospitals and is conducting
research in pediatric liver disease.
Allan R. Kerze ’68 (Alpha Sigma Phi)
received the Stefanie’s Champions
Award, which honors those whose dedication
and strength were powerful influences
in the lives of cancer survivors.
He was nominated by his wife Joyce A.
Rupert Kerze ’71 (Alpha Xi Delta).
Joan E. Oxenham Pyne ’68 (Alpha
Xi Delta) and husband Gary A. Pyne
’68 (Tau Kappa Epsilon) divide their
time between Baltimore, Md., Ocean
City, N.J., and Stuart, Fla. Gary is flirting
with retirement from his insurance
agency (HMS Associates) and Joan
has finished her term on the MCAA
Terrence J. (Terry) Thines ’70 has
accepted a position as professor and
chief of service at the Upstate Medical
University and University Hospital in
Syracuse, N.Y.
Parvanne Pettigrew ’72 has written
a pirate adventure book entitled One
More Breath. It is the first novel to be
published by Headline Books of Terra
Alta and was released on May 20.
Marcella Aceto Zemancik ’72 is a registered
licensed dietitian working for the
Ashland County WIC Program in Ohio.
She recently received certification from
the American Dietetic Association in
Adult Weight Management and is
contemplating a private practice in
that field.
Julenne Dietrick Barshop ’74 has
Board. She and Roberta L. “Bobbi”
Whitford Schwarz ’69 are enjoying
planning Alpha Xi Delta reunions.
Valerie Wabrek Chittim ’69 is working
for a financial investment advisor,
and enjoys traveling, entertaining and
keeping fit.
Sandra L. Fisher Cseh ’69 and husband,
Robert, are enjoying retirement in the
Catskill Mountains. They also enjoy visiting
with their children and grandchildren.
Kathryn A. Kadesch Draisin ’69
(Sigma Kappa) is property and facilities
manager for a non-profit healthcare
organization, North Bay Healthcare
in Solano County, Calif. Her husband
of 36 years, Lee, died unexpectedly
on May 23. She is the secretary of
the Solano Economic Development
Corporation and Treasurer of the Napa-
Solano Girl Scout Council. She and her
four cats live at 90 Fountainhead Court,
Martinez, Calif. 94553-4364.
James C. Williams ’69 conducted
two national workshops for teachers
on bullying behavior and the power
of nurturing this past summer. Jim is
a national speaker for the Love and
Logic Institute and has published a
book and video series on parenting.
accepted a position as director of
development for the University of
Texas Health Science Center. She is a
recent recipient of an “honorable mention”
award for Writer’s Digest’s 74 th
annual competition.
G. Andrew Maness ’75 was recently
entered into the Who’s Who Among
America’s Teachers as the result of his
position on the guitar faculty of Berklee
College of Music in Boston. His musicservices
business, Four Guys in Tuxes,
has also seen great success with locations
in Massachusetts and Rhode
Island. Andrew and his wife, Donna,
have two children, Emily, 9, and Jack, 8.
Dave Merkel ’76 is the chief executive
officer and co-owner of Chippery, a
gourmet cookie manufacturer for the
foodservice and fundraising industry.
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THE LONG BLUE LINE > CLASS NOTES
1980
Chris Fox ’82 is a senior facilities project
manager at Venoco, Inc. in Santa
Barbara, Calif.
Diane Blumstein ’84 is teaching English
in South Korea for the year. After her
time teaching she plans to travel.
John M. Breitmeier ’86 was recently
named vice president of engineering
for Energas Resources, Inc. He will
manage the engineering, evaluation,
drilling, and production operations of
the company. John will work on location
in eastern Kentucky, the company’s
current focus.
David Hazlett ’86 recently joined
the senior management team of
Integrity Applications Inc. in Chantilly,
Va. as their new director of finance.
David was married on Oct. 15, 2005
to Bonnie B. Coile and is living in
Stafford, Va.
Susan Perry ’87 recently moved from
Cleveland to Kansas City, Mo. to take
a position as technology services manager
with Williams Lea, a technology
solutions consulting company.
Patrick Creedon ’88 and his wife, Sue,
became the proud parents of Chase
Patrick Creedon on March 5. Patrick
is currently a physician assistant in
trauma surgery in Hartford, Conn.
Julie Davis Lockwood ’88 is principal
of a primary school in Spokane, Wash.
WEDDINGS &
ANNIVERSARIES
James J. Cesarz ’90 is an assistant
vice president/investments at Janney
Lindsey R. Gabbert ’00 (Sigma
Kappa) graduated with a masters
degree in business administration from
Marshall University in August 2005.
In January, she began working for
Schneider Downs & Co. of Pittsburgh,
Pa. in internal audit services.
Justin Mayo ’00 was named director of
the Washington County Public Library
after serving as the Marietta library
branch manager for just over two years.
Thaddeus R. Smith ’00 and wife,
Melinda would like to announce the
birth of their daughter, Addison Jayne
Smith, who was born April 5, 2006.
Montgomery Scott LLC. He recently
was designated an accredited wealth
management advisor from the Wharton
School of Business at the University of
Pennsylvania. Jim and his wife, Tracey,
live in Braintree, Mass. with their two
sons, Jack, 5, and Quinn, 2.
Thad is currently employed as a cost
analyst for General Mills.
Nathanael T. Long ’01 is a Navy
Eric J. Ostroff ’95 is a corporate
account manager for PC Connection,
Inc., a leading direct marketer of business
computing solutions. Eric lives
in Worcester, Mass. with his wife,
Jennifer, and their 3-year-old son,
Zachary.
Amber Vaney Hughes ’97 is a central
Ohio market manager for Ease@Work.
1990 > WEDDING Jason Gromelski
2000
> CHAD M. OLIVER ’03
and wife Jennifer welcomed Kylie
Adele Oliver to their family June 27.
She was 6 pounds 13 ounces and
20 inches long.
Ellen Beaver Rumpff ’97 and her
husband had a son, Michael, born
Feb. 12, 2005.
seaman and was recently promoted
to his current rank upon graduation
from recruit training at Recruit Training
Command in Great Lakes, Ill. Long
received an early promotion due to his
outstanding performance during all
phases of the training cycle.
Libby McCandlish ’01 recently became
the girls’ basketball coach for Zanesville
High School in Zanesville, Ohio.
Alison N. Poole ’02 and ’04 is now a
physician assistant at the Charleston
Area Medical Center Surgicare in
Charleston, W.V.
Casey Trail ’05 is a graduate student
at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
He recently collaborated with Dr.
Mark Miller, an associate professor
of mathematics at Marietta, on an
article entitled “Sparse Domination of
(t,k)-Prisms.” It was published in the
current issue of Bulletin of the Institute
of Combinatorics and its Applications.
’98 married Gina Lucia Alleva on
August 27, 2005 in New York City.
Fellow alumni in attendance included
Tony Fennych ’97, Robert Murphy
’98, Dan Schimmelpfenig ’97 and
his wife, Lydia. Jason is assistant
director at Recovery Physical
Therapy in midtown Manhattan.
> ANNIVERSARY Brandon Welch
’05 and Cary Harper ’04 will celebrate
their first anniversary on Nov. 5.
> WEDDING Ryan Williams ’99
and Jill Morrison ’02 celebrated their
first wedding anniversary on Sept. 3.
> ANNIVERSARY Robert J.,
Sr. ’58 and Shirley Grim Guinta
’56 celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary by enjoying a trip to the
Caymen Islands with their children
and their families.
> ANNIVERSARY Barbara Ligon
Burns ’65 retired in January and plans
to celebrate by traveling. She and her
husband, Dick, celebrated their 41st
wedding anniversary on July 3.
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THE LONG BLUE LINE > BOARD NOTES
IN MEMORIAM
>1930s
Kathryn A. Gregory Johnson ’30
of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
(4/22/2006).
Nancy Goodhue Blair ’32
(Chi Omega)
of Portsmouth, Ohio (6/13/2006).
James R. Weeks ’33
of Long Beach, CA (4/4/2006).
George A. Haddad ’35
of Rochester, NY (8/12/2005).
John L. Gruber ’36
of Marietta, OH (6/27/2006).
Dorothy M. Purtle Wilking ’36
(Alpha Xi Delta)
of Marietta, OH (7/24/2006).
Edward Roberts ’38
of Poland, OH (3/2006).
Athel G. “Unk” Unklesbay ’38
of Columbia, MO (3/12/2006).
Dr. Paul H. Chapman ’39
(Delta Upsilon)
of New Bern, N.C. (1/28/2006).
Edna G. Cochran Clark ’39
of West Puducah, KY (12/22/2001).
Howard C. Pierpont ’39
(Delta Upsilon)
of Arlington, VA (2/14/2006).
Betty Lawrence Semmelman ’39
(Chi Omega)
of Dayton, OH (6/12/2006).
>1940s
Martha H. Hayes Davis ’41
(Chi Omega)
of Savannah, GA (3/10/2005).
Rachel Ruth Joy ’41
of Williamstown, WV (4/10/2006).
Nell E. Heldman Kester ’42
of Beaver, PA (5/4/2006).
Glenn D. Stober ’42
(Alpha Tau Omega)
of Visalia, CA (5/9/2006).
Louise VonMengeringhausen
Felts ’44
of Oakland, CA (3/16/2006).
Burr D. Benedict, Jr. ’45
(Sigma Chi)
of Columbus, OH (3/6/2006).
Robert T. Wright ’47
(Lambda Chi Alpha)
of Solon, OH (3/20/2006).
Ella Roark Leach ’48
(Chi Omega)
of Blacksburg, VA (3/25/2006).
Dewey H. Amos ’49
of Charleston, IL (5/6/2006).
Chester L. McCullough ’49
of York, PA (2/5/2000).
Frederick U. Needham ’49
of Marietta, OH (7/18/2006).
Nancy J. Keener Trautman ’49
(Alpha Xi Delta)
of Parkersburg, WV (6/23/2006).
>1950s
Charles T. Burkland ’50
of Seattle, WA (3/25/2006).
Glen J. Ritter ’50
of Marietta, OH (6/27/2006).
William E. Williamson ’50
of Davisville, WV (4/26/06).
John P. Bohanes ’51
of Marietta, OH (4/23/2006).
Charles H. McCurdy ’51
(Delta Upsilon)
of Port Saint Lucie, FL (6/3/2006).
Earl J. Frost ’53
of Utica, OH (7/23/2005).
Cecil E. Biehl ’53
of Marietta, OH (6/2/2006).
Harold A. Johnson ’53
of Chillicothe, OH (12/29/2004).
William H. Wassell ’53
of Altoona, PA (11/20/2005).
Pasqual G. Megliola ’54
(Lambda Chi Alpha)
of Buck Hill Falls, PA
(12/23/2005).
Bill C. Wichterman ’54
of Kailua Kona, HI (11/12/2005).
Patricia Graham Chalfant ’55
of Cape Coral, FL (3/21/2006).
Gerald “Jerry” A. Tomlinson ’55
(Alpha Sigma Phi)
of Elmira, NJ (6/24/2006).
Emmett S. Bucklew ’56
of Alexandria, OH (5/3/2006).
Theda B. Babcock McLaren ’57
of Neenah, WI (4/11/2006).
Thomas D. Stacy ’57
of Marietta, OH (3/14/2006).
Charles Richard “Dick” Amos ’59
of Parkersburg, WV (3/13/2006).
> FACULTY & FRIENDS OF THE COLLEGE
Stephen W. Schwartz of Brevard, N.C. (6/11/2006).
Dr. Schwartz spent his entire career in higher education,
most of it at Marietta College, where he went
as a young man. He intended to spend three years
at MC, but ended up staying for 39. During those
years, he filled many different roles, serving first as
a professor of English, then as Director of Academic
Advising. Other positions occupied by Schwartz
were: Director of Freshman Year Programs, Associate
Dean of the College, Dean of the McDonough Center
for Leadership and Business, and Vice President and Dean for Student Life and
Leadership. Schwartz was instrumental in the development of the McDonough
Leadership Program, which became a national model for small liberal arts
college leadership programs. In 2003, Schwartz retired from Marietta College
to join colleague and friend John Gardner as visiting senior fellow at the Policy
Center on the First Year of College at Brevard College.
Jeanne N. Bonnet McCoy of New Albany, OH (7/18/2006). Mrs. McCoy was
the wife of Bank One patriarch John G. McCoy and mother of former company
chairman John B. McCoy and daughter, Virginia. Mrs. McCoy was a philanthropist
and was involved with many charitable organizations. Mrs. McCoy graduated
from Bexley High School and then attended Ohio State University, from
which she graduated in 1937 with a bachelor’s degree in English.
Owen P. Hawley of Marietta, OH (7/31/2006). He was a 1952 Phi Beta Kappa
graduate of St. Olaf College where he majored in English, History, and French.
During his college years, he traveled and studied during the summer in England
and Western Europe. While a Danforth Graduate Fellow, he earned his graduate
degrees in History and English at Harvard University and the University of
Minnesota. He joined the Marietta College faculty in 1964 and retired in 1990.
Norman W. Holt, II ’59
(Alpha Sigma Phi)
of Ormand Beach, FL (10/26/2005).
>1960s
Barbara A. Graham Hester ’62
of Springfield, OH (11/4/2005).
Robert J. Dryfoos ’64
(Tau Epsilon Phi)
of New York, NY (3/2/2006).
Walter E. Webber ’65.
Earl L. Bartlett ’67
of Albany, OH (5/26/2006).
David P. Towner ’67
of Bath, N.Y. (5/24/2006).
John R. Slate ’68
of Parkersburg, WV (3/02/2005).
>1970s
Donna L. Janeczek Harpold ’71
of Roanoke, VA (5/14/2006).
Marjorie C. Cunningham ’72
of Lower Salem, OH (6/24/2006).
Anthony R. Pottmeyer ’77
of Lowell, OH (4/8/2006).
>2000s
Janet S. Roth Becker ’05
of Marietta, OH (5/5/2006).
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Giving back offers benefits
M A R I E T TA F U N D K I C K S O F F
The 2006-07 Marietta Fund Campaign is off to a great start! Since the
campaign kicked off July 1 more than 400 alumni, parents and friends have
already made their annual gift to the Fund. In addition to these gifts, the
College has received over 700 pledges which reflect each donor’s annual
support of the current Marietta College student body.
If you haven’t done so, please show your support today! The goal for the
2006-07 Marietta Fund is $1.3 million. Your gift is especially important to
increase the College’s ability to:
> Provide financial aid to attract and retain the best and
brightest students.
> Nurture our students’ desire to learn through internships,
study abroad, research experiences and other special
programs.
> Support a talented and engaged faculty.
> Make sophisticated technology available for student learning
and communications.
To make your gift visit www.marietta.edu/advancement or call 800-274-4704.
Thank you in advance for your generosity!
IRA ROLLOVER AN ADVANTAGE
Sometimes finding just the right way to
support your alma mater can be challenging.
Things just got quite a bit easier thanks
to recent legislation that now allows for
certain Individual Retirement Account (IRA)
distributions to be excluded from gross
income when calculating your tax liability.
Thanks to the IRA rollover measure,
certain distributions for qualified charities
of up to $100,000 can earn the exemption,
but your opportunity is available only
through 2007 and only if your age is 70.5
years or older.
To qualify, the distribution must be made
directly from the trustee of an IRA account
to Marietta College and donors will need
to check with their IRA trustee or advisor
before moving forward with their rollover
gift to ensure proper credit and tax benefit.
For more information about how you
may be eligible for this limited benefit or
for details on other estate gift options,
please call 800-274-4704 or email
giving@marietta.edu.
TRUSTEE NOTES
> APPOINTMENTS | MCCURDY JOINS BOARD OF TRUSTEES
C. Brent McCurdy ’68 has been elected to the Board of Trustees at Marietta
College. A certified public accountant, McCurdy retired from the Indianapolis
firm of Ernst & Young LLP, where he was responsible for the real estate and
construction industry practice in a three-state region.
“I’m delighted and honored to be a member of the board,” says McCurdy.
“Based on my experience as a CPA, I look forward to helping the College work
in the area of advancement. I think I am well qualified for that challenge.”
Before moving to Indianapolis, McCurdy was a managing partner of the
Columbus firm of Kenneth Leventhal and Company, prior to its 1995 merger
with Ernst & Young. McCurdy began his professional career with Arthur
Anderson & Co.
He is currently a member of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and of the state CPA societies in Ohio, Indiana and South
Carolina. He has served in varying capacities or on the boards of the
American Cancer Society, the Alzeheimer’s Association, the Ohio Hotel and
Motel Association and Woodland Country Club.
A native of Marietta, Brent and his wife, Charlie, now reside in Mt. Pleasant,
S.C. His son, Scott McCurdy, is a Marietta resident and works at Pioneer Pipe.
MARIETTA COLLEGE CONTACTS
President
Dr. Jean Scott | 740-376-4701
Provost
Dr. Sue DeWine | 740-376-4741
Vice President for Advancement
Lori Lewis | 740-376-4704
Assoc. VP, Alumni & College Relations
Hub Burton | 740-376-4709
Director of the Marietta Fund
Pam Mauldin | 740-376-4977
Director of Planned Giving
Charlie Powell | 740-376-4446
MARIETTA COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Chair
Patricia (Pat) Willis ’70
Penelope (Penny) Adams ’72
Robert (Bob) Brucken ’56
Dr. Christine (Chris) Fry Burns ’66
T. Grant Callery ’68
Joseph (Joe) Chlapaty
Frank Christy
George Fenton
Barbara A. Perry Fitzgerald ’73
Douglas (Doug) Griebel ’74
Robert (Bob) Hauser ’71
Nancy Putnam Hollister
Daniel (Dan) Jones ’65
John B. Langel ’70
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chair
Leslie Straub Ritter ’85
Vice Chair
Elizabeth Munch Mard ’71
Alumni Trustees
Daniel J. Jones ’65
Timothy J. Maroney ’68
C. Brent McCurdy ’68
Robert E. Showalter ’59
David B. Smart ’51
Timothy (Tim) Maroney ’68
Virginia (Jinny) McCoy
Terrence (Terry) Morris ’69
Anna (Ann) Bowser Nichols ’87
William (Bill) O’Grady, Jr. ’70
Dr. Leonard M. (Randy) Randolph, Jr. ’65
Cynthia (Cindy) Reece ’78
Donald (Don) Ritter ’81
Harry J. Robinson ’48
David Rosenbloom ’64
Charlene Samples ’77
Jean Scott
Robert (Bob) Showalter ’59
David (Dave) Smart ’51
Donald (Don) Strickland ’66
Kean Weaver ’84
Jeffrey S. Baylor ’93
Mark S. Fazzina ’83
David S. Feldmann ’53
David E. Harmon ’54
Timothy D. Maddox ’86
Robert P. Monter ’62
Todd R. Myers ’91
Teresa Gilliam Petras ’88
Jodell Ascenzi Raymond ’84
Brian P. Rothenberg ’88
Frank M. Schossler ’86
Reginald E. Sims ’75
Jeffrey J. Stafford ’83
Sharon Bayless Thomas ’78
Jonathan D. Wendell ’70
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The Progressive Pioneer
Harry Antonio
JEWETT ORATION WINNER, SPRING COMMENCEMENT 2006
BIOGRAPHY: This fall Harry Antonio ’06 started a master’s of business
administration program at the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins
College in Winter Park, Fla. He is receiving a full, two-year scholarship while he
attends the program.
“Remember the formulas, remember
the philosophy, but most importantly,
remember what we’ve learned from
each other.”
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