Fay Kaplan Fink ’60 and Stan Fink ’61 celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary. “Yes, in early September 1957, Fay Kaplan, an 18-year-old from New York, was starting her sophomore year at MC, and living in Fayerweather Hall with friends Julie, Janie, and Carol, all in the Class of 1960. In those days, Fayerweather was an upper-class, female dorm, and the freshman men lived in (Douglas Putnam) on the opposite side of the campus. However, those freshmen guys had their meals in the dining facility in the basement of Fayerweather, and the women in Fayerweather went across the street to (Dorothy Webster) for their meals! During his first few days on campus as a freshman living in DP, Stan Fink ’61, an 18-year-old from New Jersey, would pass the front of Fayerweather on his way to eat three times each day. On one of those days in early September 1957, Fay’s and Stan’s eyes met while she and her friends were sitting on the steps at the front entrance to Fayerweather and he was on his way for a meal. Now, 63 years later (June 19, 2023), they are celebrating their 63rd wedding anniversary! Our alma mater has been an important part of our lives since those days in the Fall of 1957, in addition to the fine education we received and friends we made among our fellow students, the faculty, and administration,” writes Stan. Recently he was awarded the Legal Services of New Jersey–Equal Justice Medal for 2023 (he received the same award for 2022), “in recognition and appreciation of major ProBono Contributions.” Stan retired from the active practice of law almost six years ago with Fink Rosner Ershow-Levenberg, LLC, the successor to the firm he founded in 1965, in Clark, New Jersey; however, since retiring he has volunteered part time weekly at the Union County office of Central Jersey Legal Services for several years.
Douglas C. Greene ’62 has been promoting the return of hands-on, skilled trades training for high school students for more than two years at Evergreen High School in Vancouver, Washington. In May 2023, a 7,500-square-foot Skilled Trades Center was dedicated. Greene funded the steel building, and the school district agreed to erect and finish the structure, which serves the students in the district.
Frank R. Holt ’63 (Lambda Chi Alpha) is retired from MAN Roland AG. He has three children and five grandchildren and lives in Niantic, Connecticut.
Maj. Gordon L. Bocher ’64 and his wife, Betsy, happily celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on June 26, 2023. Gordon is the author of Stormrider, which chronicles his life at Marietta College and subsequently the Air Force. He has included being shot down 51 years ago in Vietnam, as well as his part in the Iran hostage crisis. His second book, The Emma Effect, is a new fiction book dealing with non-military PTS. Bocher is past commander of Jewish War Veterans Post 126 of Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He has two children and a grandchild. He settled in South Jersey after having been around the world two and a half times and having lived in multiple states and countries.
Judith Maloney Freedman ’67 is retired and living in southwest Florida, where she has hosted Marietta’s golf team.
Sharon Lynn Janu Botelle ’69 is a retired teacher and is living in Haddam, Connecticut.
Keith John Sharpe ’70 is the Director at Northrop Grumman and lives in Durham, North Carolina.
In June, there was a mini-reunion of Alpha Sigma Taus from the classes of 1972 and 1973 in Ocean City, New Jersey. Pictured from left to right are: Donna Rockcastle Schalge, Barbara Poehlmann Moyer, Beth Thompson Miller, Barbara Perry Fitzgerald, Chris Fleckles and Cherie Gregory Spector. “We were very “visible” in our AST hats and shirts and made sure everyone knew our chapter was at Marietta College,” says Barbara.
Barbara Stitt Campbell ’73 and McKie Campbell ’74 live in Marblehead, Massachusetts.
Ed Joel Cutler ’73 is retired and lives in Newtown, Pennsylvania.
William Pruner ’74 is retired and living in Brick, New Jersey.
Gary Allen Clark ’83 is retired and living in Vincent, Ohio.
Leigh Hollins ’83 is retired and living in Westerville, Ohio.
Mark Martin ’83 was honored twice recently. In May, Martin was the recipient of the Dale B. Miller Award — the highest honor presented by the West Virginia Broadcasters Association. In June, Martin was inducted into the West Virginia Schools Athletic Coaches Association North-South All-Star Football Classic Hall of Fame for his more than 40 years of media coverage. A member of the West Virginia Broadcasting Hall of Fame, Martin is Sports Director of WCHS-TV/FOX 11 in Charleston, West Virginia. He is heavily involved in Marshall University athletics, doing TV basketball play-by-play, radio color for football and is the host for both football and basketball coaches shows. Martin attended Marietta College from 1980-83, earning a B.A. in Radio-TV. He was a letterman for the Pioneer football program.
Medicaid expansion advocate and longtime public health champion Peg O’Connell ’77 was awarded the North Carolina Hospital Association’s 2023 Meritorious Service Award, one of the organization’s highest honors. The award is given each year to an individual who is not a CEO or trustee of an NCHA member institution and recognizes outstanding service to the healthcare field. O’Connell received the award July 21 at NCHA’s Summer Membership Meeting. She is a Senior Advisor for Government and Public Affairs with the Raleigh consulting firm of Fuquay Solutions. She has over 25 years of experience in legislative, public, regulatory, and governmental affairs, healthcare, media, and grassroots advocacy at the state and federal levels and has been active in working to reduce smoking and obesity. She is chair of the statewide, nonpartisan Care4Carolina coalition, a group created to find a North Carolina solution for closing North Carolina’s health insurance coverage gap and chair of the Safe Kids North Carolina Steering Committee.
Catherine Scullion ’85 lives in St. Augustine, Florida, and would love to reconnect with alumni.
Linda B. Jorgensen ’89 is retired and living in League City, Texas.
Christy Peters McCarroll ’92 is the owner of Bloom Bridal Nashville and lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
Michael Sherman ’92 recently founded Lucky 13 Golf — a slightly off-center golf brand. He is also the owner/Senior Marketing Consultant at Design One Creative. He lives in Cornelius, North Carolina.
After 15 years in Europe (London and Paris) working in the LNG industry for ENGIE and TotalEnergies, Megan Staley ’99 (Chi Omega) has repatriated to the U.S., settling in Houston, Texas. She now works for Sempra Infrastructure on the Port Arthur LNG project.
Virginia Amundson ’00 co-owns and runs Old Fox Books in Annapolis, Maryland.
Amy Jantz Templeman ’00 co-authored an article in The Hill titled, “Child Abuse Rates Dropped During COVID — The Reasons Point to Economics.” She remains the Director of Within Our Reach, an anti-child abuse initiative, at Social Current — an NGO in Washington, D.C.
Patrick Dutton ’02 recently became a Financial Crimes Strategic Intelligence Director at Wells Fargo in New York City.
Melissa Trusken ’02 is Senior Manager of Merchandise Systems at Designer Brands in Columbus, Ohio.
Melissa Jones Thompson ’05 and Neil Thompson ’05 celebrated the birth of their daughter, Leah Katherine, in August 2023.
Tyson Brown ’06 is an Economist at the U.S. Energy Information Administration, an agency that collects, analyzes, and disseminates information about the energy sector.
Jasmine Rogers Capen ’07 is a Digital Project Manager with Integrity Energy, Ltd.
Craig Stewart ’07 works at Stewart Law Office LLC and lives in Columbus, Ohio.
Scott Nyitray ’07 is a partner with the law firm Burnett Turner in Austin, Texas. He practices family law. He received his J.D. from Baylor University.
Sotiria Anagnostou ’08 is head of ESG Programs at STORE Capital, a large REIT in Scottsdale, Arizona. She works on decarbonizing buildings in the company’s portfolio of properties.
Nici Budzinski-Naypauer ’08 was recognized with The Top Nurser Award for Northeast Ohio during the 2023 Cleveland.com Top Nurses Ceremony. She was one of 11 nurses honored. Budzinski-Naypauer works at Akron Children’s Hospital in Akron and earned her nursing degree from Ashland University in 2010. “I work in the Emergency Department as a Registered Nurse and a Pediatric Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner. I am a Clinical Coordinator for the ER and I manage the nursing portion of the Pediatric Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (PSANE) Program.”
Lee Ann Davis Wainwright ’08 recently joined Pittsburgh-based Archaea Energy, a subsidiary of BP, as the Regional External Affairs Lead – Northeast US.
Jakob Loukas ’09 is the Senior Escalations Manager in Amazon’s Global Immigration Program, where he monitors and analyzes immigration escalations worldwide.
Sarah Elizabeth Griffin ’10, MBA, congratulates her Chi Omega-Chi Gamma Chapter on its centennial. Sarah resides in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and works as Senior Market Intelligence Analyst at NextEra Energy, Inc. She is also an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Junior League of the Palm Beaches. Additionally, Sarah is a daughter of Susan West Pearl ’80 (Sigma Sigma Sigma) of Wellington, Florida.
Heather Wojton ’11 was recognized by the Alexandria (Virginia) Chamber of Commerce as a member of its 2023 Class of 40 Under 40 honorees. She is the Director, Research Quality and Chief Data Officer at IDA, providing strategic leadership, project management and direction for the corporation’s data strategy. Prior to this position, she served as an assistant director in the Operational Evaluation Division at one of the three federally funded research and development centers operated by IDA. Wojton joined IDA as a research staff member in 2015. She earned a doctorate in Experimental Psychology from the University of Toledo in 2015 and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Marietta College in 2011, where she was a member of the McDonough Leadership Program. She is a graduate of the George Washington University National Security Studies Senior Management Program and the Maxwell School National Security Management Course at Syracuse University.
Nicole Holstein Keller ’12 is a Resilience Planner with PlanRVA, the planning agency for the Richmond, Virginia, region. She works across the environment, transportation, and emergency management fields to make recommendations to help communities address climate change.
Sean Kenny ’12 joined MMG Real Estate Advisors as a graphic designer. He has over 10 years in the industry and he says, “I owe everything I have learned to the Marietta College Art and Graphic Design departments.”
Whitney Miller ’12 is a partner in the Andrew Parker law firm in Medina, Ohio, where she focuses on criminal and juvenile law.
Jessica Johnson Langdon ’14 is the Legislative Liaison and Community Outreach Coordinator for the Ohio EPA.
Bryan Murray ’14 is the Director of Health & Safety at the national office of Alpha Tau Omega in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Michael Fahy ’15 received his J.D. from The Ohio State University last spring and is clerking this year with Judge Pierre Bergeron of Ohio’s First District Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has also secured a clerkship for next year with Federal Judge Edmund Sargus at the U.S. District Court in Columbus, Ohio.
Kurt Fire ’15 is an Information Systems Analyst at Columbus Public Health.
Shannon Johnston ’15 is working as a Communications Specialist with the Arlington (Virginia) County Government.
Paul Bieniek ’17 is a Community Development Specialist for the Turtle Creek Valley Council of Governments, an organization serving 20 municipalities east of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County.
Tommy Crowl ’17 is living in Chicago, working as an Account Executive for Growth Business/Financial Service at Salesforce.
Hanna Steketee ’17 was appointed as a Magistrate Judge in Palmer in the Third Judicial Circuit of Alaska.
Molly Dunlap ’18 was promoted to Commercial Escrow Assistant with Title First Agency in Parkersburg, West Virginia.
Emily Elizabeth Williams ’19 is the owner, aesthetic injector, and concierge at Emily Williams LLC, and she lives in Dallas, Texas.
Christian Hopp ’20 is an Equity Trader at Cardinal Financial Solutions.
Manning Bennett Shaw IV ’21 is a paralegal at Drose Law Firm and lives in Hollywood, South Carolina.
Aly Wiseman ’21 was named the head coach of Wilmington College’s volleyball program.
Maddie Lears ’22 was accepted into the Peach Corps. She is a paralegal at Kozlov Law Office in Schaumburg, Illinois.
Cole Longcor ’22 is doing marketing for Civic Synergy, an organization promoting collaborative bipartisan problem solving.
Andrew Novak ’22 is a Legislative Aide for Pennsylvania State Representative Valerie Gaydos, a Republican from District 44.
Marla Baker ’20 and Andrew Baker ’20 shared a photo of their successful four-hour climb of Mount Evans — one of Colorado’s 14ers. The couple showed their Pioneer pride atop the 14,255-foot peak.
Hannah McKain ’22 is working as an Event Coordinator for Blackstone Country Club in Peoria, Arizona. Hannah is also a Field Ambassador for Alani Nutrition and a Fitness Instructor with the International Sports Sciences Association.
Lindy Brobeck ’23 is an Assistant Women’s Lacrosse Coach at John Carroll University, an Ohio Athletic Conference opponent. Lindy started 15 games and competed in 50 during her four years with the Pioneers. She recorded 38 points on 23 goals and 15 assists.
Natasha Didytch ’23 is the Community Engagement Coordinator at the Brilliance School, a public charter school in the Cleveland area.
India Flores ’23 joined Worldpackers, which places people in volunteer opportunities abroad and pays their expenses. She is working in Guatemala.
Logan MacPherson ’23 is an Inventory Specialist at Pennant Moldings in Sabina, Ohio.
Jason Panas ’23 is attending the master’s program in Political Science at Kent State University.
Kelley Powell ’23 is a full-time graphic designer for Woodcraft Magazine in Parkersburg, West Virginia. She lives in Belpre, Ohio.
Elizabeth Vigue ’23 is a Contract Specialist at Medpace, a CRO for Drug and Biologic and Medical Device Programs headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Shortly after graduating from Marietta in December 2021, Emily Pfouts ’21 began her career at Acertitude Executive Search, a firm owned in part by MC Trustee Kevin O’Neill ’87. Acertitude is an executive search firm comprising around 100 individuals and serves a number of sectors. Emily is an analyst for the consumer and industrial group. “The industrial group is the fastest moving and makes up a large portion of annual revenue. Every day, I do market research and sit on calls with high-level executives. Acertitude has also offered me rapid career growth. After only a year with Acertitude, I was promoted to Associate as the youngest member of the C&I team.” In her new role, Emily has taken on more responsibility and is now managing other analysts. “Kevin hires best-in-class leaders and mentors, which has given me a terrific start to my career, and I feel miles ahead of where I thought I would be at 23.”
Thomas Wiewandt ’67’s book, Hidden Life of the Desert, And Our Future in the Drying Southwest, was named by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group as one of the best indie books of 2023. A Double-Gold Winner, his book captured the top honor in two of the 80 categories of the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, the world’s largest book awards program for independent publishers and self-published authors. Winners and finalists were honored in June at a gala event at the Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois, coinciding with the American Library Association Annual Conference. Appropriately subtitled And Our Future in the Drying Southwest, this greatly expanded Third/2022 Edition of Hidden Life of the Desert offers readers a timely synthesis of environmental concerns affecting residents in the American West — hot topics covered in weekly news reports that most folks know little about. On May 5, 2023, the book won another prestigious publishing award: a Silver Benjamin Franklin Award from the Independent Publishers Book Association, the largest publishing association in the US. IBPA Awards recognize excellence in book editorial content and design and are regarded as one of the highest national honors for independent publishers. As in previous editions, Part 1 of the book profiles plants and animals through five seasons of a Sonoran Desert year: spring, dry summer, wet summer, autumn, and winter — the foundation for Wiewandt’s popular film without narration Desert Dreams: Celebrating Five Seasons in the Sonoran Desert. This film has aired as a fundraising program on national public television stations for the past seven years. To see a flip-through preview, visit https://wildhorizons.com/hidden-life-of-the-desert-book/
Miles Fowler ’74 recently published his first book, “Murder in the Grand Bazaar: An Intellectual Thriller.” The book is about a gay American professor in Istanbul meeting with an antiquities dealer who may have an ancient codex that contains a controversial version of the Gospel of Mark. He has lots of questions he would like answered about the codex, but the first thing he learns is that someone is willing to kill for it. The book is published by Prosthetic God Publishing. The e-book version can be purchased on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
