Anna (Ann) Bowser Nichols
Class of 1987

Ms. Nichols co-Chairs the Hartel Fellows Committee and is a member of the Perspectives Committee at Marietta College.

She is also on the YMCA Board of Directors, Junior League of Parkersburg, the Ohio River Valley of Arts and Letters, and Trinity Episcopal Church. She lives in Vienna, W.Va., and has four adult daughters, including Matilda Bailey, Class of 1980.

William (Bill) O’Grady, Jr.
Class of 1970

Mr. O’Grady joined the Xerox Corporation as a sales trainee after graduating from MC with a Bachelor of Arts in economics, and remained with the company for 15 years. At the time of his departure, he was responsible for the Northeast Region and its more than 600 associates. In 1985, he began the financial services and investments portion of his career, holding senior positions at CitiGroup, Fidelity Investments, Alliance Capital, and MassMutual Financial Group, where he is currently Senior Vice President of the Corporation and President of the Distribution Company for the Pension and Retirement business.

He and his wife, Pat, live in Boston, Mass. They have two adult children, Megan and Ryan.

J. Roger Porter
Class of 1966

Hailing from Malta, Ohio, a small town about 40 miles northwest of Marietta, Porter graduated from Marietta with a degree in petroleum engineering. Upon his graduation, Porter began working for Continental Oil Company in New Mexico. He later received his MBA from Columbia University and began working with a New Jersey-based company Finetex.

For 35 years as president and CEO, Porter led the once small textile chemical company and propelled it to become an eminent manufacturer of specialty ingredients that are used in the personal care and the pharmaceutical industries. He retired in 2005 after selling Finetex.

Now retired, Porter and his wife, LaRue Scala Porter ’66 divide their time between Bonita Springs, Fla., and West Paterson, N.J. The couple enjoys spending time with their three adult children—Lisa, Julie and Jill—and three grandchildren.

Dr. Leonard M. (Randy) Randolph, Jr.
Class of 1965

Dr. Randolph received a Master of Science degree from Howard University in 1967, and his medical degree from Meharry Medical College in 1972. He is the Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Mercy Health Partners in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the lead physician for a five-hospital system, which includes four long-term care facilities, three health plexes and a number of free-standing clinics. In addition, he is responsible for the safety of patients and the quality of health care delivered.

Dr. Randolph is the former Vice President of Medical Operations for Catholic Healthcare West, where he is responsible for the quality and practice of health services for 21 hospitals in the Southern California and Arizona region of the second largest integrated health delivery system in the State of California.

Dr. Randolph is the past President of American College of Physician Executives and a distinguished Fellow of the College. He is a past member of the Board of Governors of American College of Surgeons and Fellow of the College.

Dr. Randolph is the past Deputy Executive Director and Program Executive Officer for TRICARE Management Activity, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Washington, D.C. Dr. Randolph is also the past Deputy Surgeon General of the U.S. Air Force. He and his wife, Linda Fleming Randolph, live in Mason, Ohio, and have four adult children, one son still at home, and six grandchildren.

Cynthia (Cindy) Reece
Class of 1978

Ms. Reece is the Global IT Technical Support Manager for ExxonMobil’s Upstream Companies where she has responsibility for the technical work environment supporting more than 6,000 technical professionals in more than 24 countries. She has spent the last 28 years with Exxon, now ExxonMobil, in a variety of assignments (both production and drilling as well as engineering and operations). She has degrees in both petroleum engineering and business and is a licensed professional engineer in Texas.

Ms. Reece is active in both industry technical societies and in the community. She and her husband, Eric Powell, reside in Texas, enjoy traveling throughout the world and are decorating a “starter” retirement home in Arizona.

Donald (Don) Ritter
Class of 1981

Mr. Ritter received his M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University in 2001. He is the Vice President of Engineering Services for GeoMechanics International, which offers a wide range of geomechanical, petrophysical, and wellbore imaging services to clients in the oil and gas, geothermal, environmental, and geotechnical industries.

Mr. Ritter formerly served as Joint Venture Well Construction Manager for Mobil's New Exploration and Producing Ventures worldwide. He lives in Farmers Branch, Texas, with his wife, Leslie Straub Ritter, Class of 1985, and two children.

David Rosenbloom
Class of 1964

Mr. Rosenbloom earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1969, and received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Marietta College in 1994. He was the Distinguished Professor of Public Administration in the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Rosenbloom taught at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, where he was named the first Distinguished Professor in the school's history. He also taught at the University of Vermont, Tel Aviv University, and the University of Kansas. He was an American Society for Public Administration Fellow in the Office of Federal Equal Employment Opportunity at the U.S. Civil Service Commission.

He has continuing formal faculty status as a Guest Professor at People's (Renmin) University in Beijing and at Northwest University (Xibei Da Xue) in Xi'an, PRC. Mr. Rosenbloom writes extensively about public administration and democratic constitutionalism. He currently serves on the editorial boards of approximately one dozen leading public administration journals. He and his wife, Deborah, reside in Bethesda, Md., and have three daughters and one son.

Charlene Samples
Class of 1977

Ms. Samples is the Vice President for Marketing at Jarden Home Brands (which sells items such as Ball jars, Diamond matches, toothpicks, and plastic cutlery) in Muncie, Ind. She was formerly the General Manager of Retail Specialty Brands for the Kellogg's Snack Division.

Ms. Samples is a member of Omicron Delta Kappa and Phi Beta Kappa. She resides in Fishers, Ind.