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1960's
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| 1965 |
William M. Cussen ‘65 BS
of Cincinnati was presented the “2012 Distinguished Contributions to the Profession Award” at the annual meeting of the Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys in November. The award is given to recognize senior practitioners for their long-standing contributions to the profession. Cussen is also a member of The American Board of Trial Advocates and was installed as the president of the Cincinnati chapter in November. He has been a practicing attorney for 42 years and is a partner in the firm of McCaslin, Imbus and McCaslin.
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| 1966 |
Jim Dissen ’66 MBA
retired as senior vice president of corporate development from Triana Energy in May, and is now chairman and chief executive officer of Highland Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Charleston, W.Va., where he has served on the board since 1992 and as chairman since 2005. After earning his law degree from Duquesne University, he began working for Columbia Gas System in Pittsburgh, which sent him to Charleston for a year. He never left. He rose through the ranks, becoming vice president of Columbia Natural Resources, the company’s natural gas exploration and drilling subsidiary. When CNR was sold in 2001, Dissen and several others formed their own energy company, Triana Energy, which ended up buying CNR two years later. In 2005, Triana sold CNR to Chesapeake Energy Corp. and made an estimated $1.87 billion profit. Dissen is also chairman of Star USA Federal Credit Union, and sits on the boards of Wheeling Jesuit University and the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce.
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| 1969 |
Jay C. Adrick '69BA/'76MED
joined the board of directors of the National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting. He is also a board member and vice chairman of the Advanced Television Systems Committee, an industry committee establishing standards for digital television and mobile digital TV technology, and serves as chairman of the Open Mobile Video Coalition Forum. Previously, he served on both of the Federal Communications Commission’s media security and recovery councils, and as an advisor to the FCC on the digital television transition. Adrick led teams that designed and built broadcast facilities including The Golf Channel, The Weather Channel, The Discovery Channel and National Public Radio. He is a Fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, and a member of the Society of Broadcast Engineers, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, and the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers. His primary job is vice president of broadcast technology at Harris Corp. Previously, he co-founded and was executive vice president of Midwest Communications Corp. Before entering the commercial broadcasting world, Adrick was a professor of communications at Xavier, director of radio and the television production center, and co-founded WVXU radio. He lives in Madeira with his wife Mary Ann. His hobbies include amateur radio, sailing and O-gauge model trains.
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1970's
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| 1973 |
Jim Swingle ’73 MED
of Philo, Ohio, was re-elected to the board of trustees for the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, representing members from Guernsey, Morgan, Muskingum and Perry counties. He has served as District 16 trustee for the past three years. Swingle is a 43-year member of Muskingum County Farm Bureau, where he has served as president and trustee. He produces beef and specialty crops. He is retired from Zane State College, where he was an assistant professor. He is involved with Muskingum Hills Ruritan, Franklin Local school board, Lions Club, Muskingum County Planning Commission and St. John’s Lutheran Church. He and his wife, Gail, are the parents of two grown children.
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| 1974 |
Stephen Waechter ’74 MBA
of Darnestown, Md., was named to the board of trustees at Christian Brothers University, a Catholic university in Memphis, Tenn., where he earned his bachelor’s degree.
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1980's
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| 1980 |
James Smith ’80 MED
was appointed interim superintendent of the Winton Woods School District in October. Smith is a consultant for High Schools That Work and previously served as interim principal for New Richmond Exempted Village School District in 2012 and as superintendent for the Bethel-Tate Local School District from 1998-2011. During that time he led the district to three “excellent” ratings, while meeting all Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) goals, and attained an “excellent with distinction” rating in 2010. He spent more than 20 years with the U.S. Grant Vocational School District, serving at various times as principal, director of adult education and job placement, and as a social studies teacher. He attended the Harvard University School Leadership Institute in 2001.
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| 1984 |
Judy Smith ’84 BSBA/’93 MBA
, senior vice president of employee services at the David J. Joseph Co. in Cincinnati, gave the Wells Fargo Distinguished Lecture on “Traits for Success” at Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business in October. Smith has been in the human resources field for 25 years, the last 20 at DJJ. Her responsibilities include leading efforts for employee relations, recruiting, benefits, compensation, training, development and succession planning.
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| 1985 |
Shelagh Larkin ’85 BS
and a 15-year member of the social work faculty at Xavier, published Applying Your Generalist Practice: A Field Guide for Social Workers. The book not only combines her two passions, field education and generalist practice, but provides students, field supervisors and faculty with the content and tools necessary to achieve the goals of field education in social work. In addition to graduating from and teaching at Xavier, Larkin grew up at Xavier—her father, Bill Larkin, has taught in the Department of Mathematics for 43 years.
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| 1985 |
Mark Rohr '85 MPA
was named by Governing Magazine as its “Public Official of the Year” for his leadership as city manager of Joplin City, Mo. More than one-third of the town was wiped out by an EF5 tornado last May, with 161 people killed, 500 more injured, 7,500 homes destroyed and 540 businesses impacted. Rohr was city manager in Piqua, Mo., prior to moving to Joplin.
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| 1986 |
Richard Shrum ’86 MBA/ ’88 MHA
was named chief operating officer of Diamond Healthcare Corp., where he is responsible for the corporate operational oversight of Diamond’s services nationwide. Shrum joined Diamond in 1991 and has more than 30 years experience in psychiatric and medical/surgical health care management. He lives in Richmond, Va., with his wife, Ann, and their daughters, Julie and Paula, and sons, Richard Jr. and Michael.
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| 1988 |
Stephen Ringel ’88 MBA
was promoted to senior vice
president of the market and
product group by CareSource, a nonprofit managed health care company in Dayton, Ohio. In addition to being responsible for market and product strategy, he’s also charged with supporting the partnership between CareSource and Humana as its expands to new states and introduces new product lines like the health benefit exchange. He’s now accountable for product performance including member growth and satisfaction. Ringel joined CareSource in 2011 and most recently served as vice president of operations, managing the enrollment and member service departments. Before he joined CareSource, he spent 18 years at Humana in information systems, customer satisfaction and as vice president of customer care.
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1990's
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| 1990 |
Ashraf Shehata ’90 BS/’93 MBA
of Cincinnati was named the newest U.S. member of the Global Healthcare Center of Excellence at the accounting firm of KPMG. Shehata is charged with providing executive leadership in health care IT, including meaningful use achievement, health information exchanges, longitudinal clinical records, cloud-based health care IT, and clinical and other health care business intelligence. Before joining KPMG, Shehata served in several health care IT leadership roles with Cisco, WellPoint, IBM and the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
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| 1993 |
Sheila Spradlin Reich ’93 MBA
was appointed managing director of international banking at Huntington Bank in Cincinnati where she is responsible for expanding the bank’s international banking services into a unified team of trade services, foreign-owned subsidiaries and U.S. export-import bank lending that operates seamlessly with Huntington’s commercial banking treasury management and capital markets divisions. A community-minded leader, Spradlin serves on professional and charitable boards across southern Ohio and actively participates in economic trade missions that encourage global trade and foreign investment in the Midwest.
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| 1994 |
Stephen Hoerst II ’94 BS
was promoted to sergeant in the Cincinnati Police Department. Hoerst has been with the department since entering the police academy’s 84th recruit class in July 1997. A U.S. Army veteran, he was first assigned to patrol in District 1. He later served in District 4 and District 2, where he’s been since December 2006. According to the department, the hallmark of his performance has been customer service, with numerous people writing to thank him over the years for the courtesy and consideration he showed when they required police services. Several members of his family have also made their careers in law enforcement. His father, Sgt. Stephen Hoerst Sr., retired after serving 30 years with the Cincinnati Police. Three of his uncles and a great-uncle also served with the department.
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| 1995 |
Nicole Tzetzo ’95 BSBU
of Buffalo, N.Y., presented an update on federal and New York state tax law for not-for-profit entities at the Institute on Taxation at the University at Buffalo School of Management in November. Tzetzo is a member of the executive committee and tax practice group at the corporate law firm of Jaeckle Fleischmann and Mugel. She has extensive experience in tax and business matters including corporation and partnership formation, mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financing, as well as contract matters, including preparation and negotiation of transactional documents. She also provides counsel to nonprofit organizations in connection with entity formation, board governance, regulatory compliance and establishment of foundations.
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| 1997 |
Daniel Layden ‘97 BA and Jennifer McGhee ‘97 BS
welcomed their second daughter, Grace Maxine, on Sept. 11. She joins older sister Avery, who’s 8 years old. The family lives in Fishers, Ind.
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| 1997 |
Dave Palm ’97 BLA/’03 MED
was named senior vice president of operations at dunnhumbyUSA where he is responsible for driving the daily operations, as well as the company’s growth strategies, resource management and facilities. Palm previously served as vice president of organization engagement. Prior to joining the company, he served as president of the national Speaking of Women’s Health Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping women make informed decisions regarding their health and wellness. He also served as vice president of education for Fifth Third Bancorp and spent more than a decade at Luxottica Retail where he served as associate vice president of organization development.
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| 1997 |
Jim Stoker ’97 MBA
was named president and managing executive of GE Aviation Czech. He joined GE Aviation 25 years ago as a design engineer for both military and commercial engines.
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| 1997 |
Nickolas Sypniewski ’97 MBA
was promoted to managing director of the ComStock Advisors office in Newport, Ky., which oversees the Cincinnati metropolitan area. Since joining the firm in 2000, he has completed valuations for ESOPs, estate taxes, estate planning, gifting, mergers, acquisitions, sales, lending, litigation support and marital dissolution. In addition to appraising businesses, he has appraised intellectual property, including patents and trademarks. His consulting experience on behalf of ESOPs includes feasibility studies, implementation of ESOPs, purchases of large blocks of stock, annual updates, sales of ESOP companies and acquisitions of companies by ESOP companies. He is a senior member of the American Society of Appraisers.
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| 1998 |
Steve Petty ’98 BLA
was named deputy executive director of operations for the Louisville, Ky., Regional Airport Authority. In his new position, Petty oversees airfield operations, maintenance, public safety and terminal facility functions at the authority’s two airports, Louisville International and Bowman Field.
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| 1999 |
David Lohr ’99 MBA
gave a talk at NASA’s Langley Research Center on how the research-based collaboration between the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech University, Virginia State University and a group of global manufacturing companies is a game-changing model for growing the advanced manufacturing sector in the U.S. and globally. Lohr is president and executive director of the Hampton, Va.-based Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing, a unique applied research center that bridges the gap between fundamental research typically performed at universities and product development routinely performed by companies. Prior to joining CCAM, Lohr was vice president of business development for the Virginia Biotechnology Research Park and executive director of the park’s business incubation programs. He is a founding member and past chairman of the Virginia Tech Chemical Engineering Department advisory board, and is a member of the Virginia Tech College of Engineering committee of 100 and College of Engineering advisory board.
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2000's
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| 2001 |
Chris Collins ’01 MED
, an English teacher at Mother of Mercy High School in Cincinnati, published his first book of poems, Gathering Leaves for War, which grew out of his multiple deployments as a soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan. He previously taught at Covington Catholic High School. He served 12 years in the U.S. Army Reserves, completing three overseas combat tours. His poetry has been published in the anthologies Against Agamemnon: War Poetry and Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors, as well as in various journals such as The Licking River Review, The Chaffin Journal and The Heartland Review.
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| 2002 |
Joe Angolia ’02 BA
was named communications director for the Kentucky High School Athletic Association. For the past seven years he was sports information director at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock. He also worked in sports information at Eastern Kentucky University and Western Kentucky University.
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| 2004 |
James (“Jay” ) W. Jackson Jr. ’04 BSBA/’05 MBA
, a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of Law, passed the Ohio Bar Exam in July and is now a licensed attorney focusing on business and corporate law. He also married Kristina Mejac on Jan. 5.
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| 2004 |
Sandra Stude ’04 MBA
was promoted to vice president of human resources at Champion Window in Sharonville, Ohio. She joined Champion in 2010 with more than 30 years experience in both the manufacturing and home improvement industries. Since joining Champion, she has been responsible for staffing, training, benefits, compensation, labor relations, safety and employee relations. In her new role she is responsible for overseeing all HR activities, ensuring that they tie deeply into the corporate goals and direction.
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| 2005 |
Tara Laudenberger ’05 BS
is the sixth and seventh-grade intervention specialist at St. Mary’s Middle School in Celina, Ohio.
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| 2006 |
Angie Scarlato Hawley ’06 BS ’10 MED
of Cincinnati was inducted into the Mother of Mercy Athletic Hall Fame.
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| 2007 |
Sarah Wolfe ’07 BSW
married SSgt. David White on Sept. 22 at the First Lutheran Church in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. She is employed at Specialized Alternatives for Families and Youth in Elizabethtown, Ky. The groom is a team leader for the 703rd Explosive Ordinance Disposal unit at Fort Knox, Ky., and has been deployed twice to Iraq and once to Afghanistan.
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| 2008 |
Chris Heitker ’08 BSBA
is a commercial portfolio manager at Fifth Third Bank in Cincinnati. He joined the bank in 2007.
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| 2008 |
Kevin Hoggatt ’08 HAB
, a Wilmington, Ohio, native and aide to U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, addressed the Clinton County Republican Party Century Club in January. Hoggatt is director of development and special projects in Portman’s office, managing a portfolio of major economic development initiatives around the state and working with the legislative team to assist the senator on job creation and retention efforts across Ohio. He previously worked on Portman’s U.S. Senate campaign as deputy political director and special assistant, where he was responsible for building and managing the grassroots organization and political operation in southern Ohio. He also served as a debate prep strategist for the Mitt Romney and John McCain presidential campaigns. From 2007-2010, he worked as an analyst at the law firm of Squire, Sanders and Dempsey. He’s also served in the administration of President George W. Bush, working for then-director Portman at the Office of Management and Budget.
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| 2009 |
Neil Barron ’09 BA
received his JD from the Saint Louis University School of Law in May 2012 and passed the Missouri Bar Exam in July.
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| 2009 |
Joseph E. Lehnert ’09 HAB
joined the Cincinnati law firm Keating Muething and Klekamp, serving in the litigation and commercial finance and reorganization groups. During law school, Lehnert worked as an associate with KMK, as well as a law clerk at GE Aviation in environment, health and safety, and an intern at Great American Insurance Co. in accounting and reinsurance. Lehnert earned his JD from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 2012, where he served as the problem writer on the Moot Court Honor Board. He served as co-editor-in-chief on the Freedom Center Journal Executive Board. Lehnert was an active member of the Black Law Students Association and served as president of the Latino/a Law Students Association.
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2010's
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| 2010 |
Joseph Konys ’10 MHSA
was recognized by Worldwide Who’s Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in the executive direction of cardiovascular care in the Cincinnati area. Konys is executive director of Mercy Health/The Heart Institute in Cincinnati, a multi-facility organization that provides cardiovascular care to patients nationally. He is responsible for a service line encompassing six major hospitals and works with the chief executive officers of those hospitals to facilitate long-range strategic planning and operational cardiovascular care. Prior to becoming executive director at Mercy, he spent 25 years serving as the business director at the Center for Surgical Innovation and director of clinical integration and assistant executive director at UC Physicians-Surgery. He is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, American College of Surgeons and the American College of Cardiology.
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| 2011 |
Nicole Jones ’11 BS
graduated from Ohio University with a Master of Science degree in athletic training in 2012. In July, she started working for Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, as an athletic trainer for Wayne High School in Huber Heights, Ohio.
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| 2011 |
Melissa Maxwell ’11MA
and James Switzer were married July 21 during a double-ring ceremony held at Knox Presbyterian Church. She is pursuing a PsyD at Xavier.
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| 2012 |
Akosua E. Addo ’12 BSBA
of West Chester, Ohio, was inducted into the Zonta Club of Cincinnati. Addo now holds the position of operations leadership associate with Fifth Third Bank.
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| 2012 |
Ashley Carrico ’12 MBA
joined dunnhumbyUSA in Cincinnati where she is responsible for financial analysis on the manufacturer practice business, including delivering insight to optimize strategies and deliver business objectives. Prior to joining the company, she spent four years at Procter and Gamble, most recently serving as financial analyst for North American market strategy and planning within the skin and personal care business unit.
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In memory of...
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| 1940 |
Dieckhaus, Mary Wagner ’40 ND (EC)
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| 1940 |
Sheetz, John ’40 ND
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| 1943 |
Bishop, Edward ’43 ND
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| 1945 |
Overbeck, RSM, Sr. Mary Perpetua ’45 BA (EC)
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| 1946 |
Smallwood, Dorothy ’46 BA (EC)
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| 1947 |
Meiners, James ’47 BSBA
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| 1948 |
Follick, Joann Sansone ’48 ND (EC)
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| 1949 |
McCaffrey, Thomas ’49 BS
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| 1950 |
Auth, Robert ’50 BSBA
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| 1950 |
Copeland, James ’50 ND
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| 1950 |
Gehring, Robert ’50 BA
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| 1950 |
Kramer, Robert ’50 BSBA/ ’57 MBA
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| 1951 |
Glade, Frank ’51 BSBA
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| 1951 |
Hunt, Donald ’51 BS
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| 1951 |
Lair, Anthony ’51 BA
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| 1951 |
Nieman, Joseph ’51 BS
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| 1951 |
Seiler, Carl ’51 BSBA
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| 1952 |
Gamm, Paul ’52 ND
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| 1952 |
Franke, Hal ’52 AA
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| 1952 |
Skahan, John ’52 BS
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| 1953 |
Erno, Roland ’53 BSBA
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| 1953 |
Rettig, John ’53 HAB/’54 MA
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| 1953 |
Sweeney MD, Paul ’53 HAB
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| 1954 |
Cashman, Vincent ’54 MED
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| 1955 |
Hirschman, Minnabel ’55 ND
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| 1956 |
Loyanich Jr., Peter-Paul ’56 BS/’58 MA
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| 1956 |
McGrath, William ’56 MBA
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| 1957 |
Purcell, Jr. MD, Thomas ’57 HAB/’59 MS
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| 1960 |
Bibbo, Pasquale ’60 MBA
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| 1960 |
Davison, Samuel ’60 MBA
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| 1960 |
Knoll, Leo ’60 BS/’60 MA
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| 1960 |
Schoeplein, James ’60 BSBA
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| 1960 |
Stuhlreyer, Robert ’60 BSBA
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| 1960 |
Thiemann, Edward ’60 BSBA
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| 1960 |
Yalch, John ’60 ND
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| 1961 |
Ongaro, Rev. Mario ’61 MA
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| 1961 |
Wilson, Albert ’61 MBA
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| 1962 |
Reilly, Franklin ’62 BSBA/ ’66 MBA
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| 1963 |
McGowan, Robert ’63 BSBA/ ’66 MBA
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| 1963 |
Mohr, Donald ’63 MED
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| 1963 |
Vergamini, Paul ’63 MBA
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| 1963 |
Wermeling, Gilbert ’63 BSBA
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| 1964 |
Sheatzley, Sr. Patricia Ruth ’64 ND (EC)
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| 1965 |
Ash, Cecilia ’65 BS
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| 1965 |
Burns, Michael ’65 BA/ MED ‘82
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| 1965 |
Gushurst, Ellen ’65 MED
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| 1965 |
Masterson, William ’65 BS
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| 1966 |
Koon, Kenneth ’66 MBA
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| 1966 |
Rogers Jr., George ’66 MED
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| 1966 |
Trunnell, David ’66 MS
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| 1967 |
Lynch, David ’67 BS/’78 MED
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| 1968 |
Barrett, Robert ’68 MBA
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| 1968 |
Richard, David ’68 MED
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| 1969 |
Comer, Ruby ’69 MED
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| 1969 |
Geier, Christine ’69 ND (EC)
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| 1969 |
Schlager, Thomas ’69 BA
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| 1969 |
Steele, Robert ’69 AB/ ’81 MBA
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| 1969 |
Zillick, Peter ’69 MBA
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| 1970 |
Davis Sr., McLain ’70 MED
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| 1970 |
Drockelman, William ’70 BSBA/’74 MBA
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| 1970 |
Gabis, Mark ’70 AB
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| 1970 |
Irwin, Larry ’70 MED
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| 1970 |
Stewart, Charles ’70 MBA
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| 1972 |
Sullivan, Daniel ’72 MBA
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| 1973 |
Benedetti, David ’73 BSBA/ ’77 MBA
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| 1973 |
Douglas, Richard ’73 MED
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| 1973 |
Duffy, Georgianne ’73 BS/ ’77 MA
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| 1973 |
Ferris, G. Patrick ’73 BSBA
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| 1973 |
Helmling, John ’73 BSBA/ ’76 MBA
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| 1974 |
Blair, Bryce Dixon ’74 MBA
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| 1975 |
Pratt, John ’75 AB/’77 MBA
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| 1975 |
Weiss, Mary Joyce ’75 BS (EC)/’80 MED
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| 1976 |
Brockwehl, Robert ’76 MED
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| 1976 |
Laughlin, Stanley ’76 MED
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| 1977 |
Hamilton Jr., Myron ’77 MED
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| 1979 |
Weyand, Nancy ’79 MED
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| 1980 |
Breitfelder, Ronald ’80 MED
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| 1985 |
Everman, Karen ’85 MED
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| 1985 |
Medland SC, Sr. Mary Paul ’85 MED
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| 1993 |
Haas, Alvin ’93 MED
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| 1996 |
Hendryx, Mark ’96 MBA
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| 1997 |
Owen, Victoria ’97 MED
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| 2009 |
McGahan, Anna ’09 MED
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