Alumni relations

1943 --- 1948 --- 1953 --- 1958 --- 1963 --- 1968 --- 1973 --- 1978 --- 1983 --- 1988
1993 --- 1998 --- 2003

1943

Arthur G. Allard Jr.
Past alderman, past mayor, Desperes, Mo.
Past member Kirkwood (Mo.) School District Citizens Committee
Past president, past board member, Clayton-Ladue Rotary Club
Past member, DePauw University Alumni Association Board of Directors

Robert Lavidge
Past president, board of trustees, Western Springs, Ill.
Past chair, Cook County Council of Governments
Past member, Executive Committee of the National Marketing Advisory Committee
Past chair, United States Census Advisory Committee
Recipient, 25-year Rector Achievement Award
Member, board of directors, Arizona Faith Counseling Center
Team leader, International Task Force aiding the Czech Republic in the transition to a free-market economy
Past president, DePauw University Alumni Association

R. Drew Miller

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1948

Mary Lou Tresch Petitt
Board member, Lower Cape Cod Community Development Corp.
Representative, Barnstable County (Mass.) Assembly of Delegates
Trustee, Federated Church of Orleans, Mass.
Past president, League of Women Voters, Ramsey, N.J.
Past director, Bergen County Housing Advocacy Center
Founder, board member, Interfaith Council for the Homeless
Founder, Cape Cod Habitat for Humanity Chapter
Member, Cape Cod National Seashore Supporters

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1953

Dorothy J. Chamness
Life member, Jaycees Auxiliary
Past captain, March of Dimes
Past president and secretary, Century Club
Member, Hope Academy of Senior Professionals
Member and past president, Rena Boven Hospital Guild
Member and past president, Holland (Mich.) Hospital Auxiliary Board
Founder, Positive Parenting Program
Member and past president, United Methodist Women

J. Kent Guild (DEC)
Past member, DePauw University Alumni Association Board of Directors
Past trustee, DePauw University
Member, DePauw Athletic Hall of Fame
Team physician, Plymouth High School (38 years)
Co-founder and president, Marshall-Starke Development Center for individuals with special needs
Co-founder and first president, Plymouth Athletic Boosters Club
President, United Way
Director, Marshall County Cancer Society
Rector Scholarship Achievement Award, 1978

James A Hollensteiner
Board member, Flathead Lakers
Board member, Museum at Central School (Kalispell, Mont.)
Member, DePauw University Athletic Hall of Fame

William L. White
Co-founder and tour leader, Vladimir/Canterbury Sister City Association
Founder, Divorced Christians
National leader, CAREE (Christians Associated for Relations with Eastern Europe)
Trustee, Citizen Exchange Council
Member, DePauw United Methodist Council
Former board member, WJBC public Radio Station

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1958

Mary Guyer Davies (DEC)
National cabinet member, Delta Gamma fraternity
Advisory board chair and social adviser, DePauw University chapter of Delta Gamma fraternity
Vice president and founder of Junior Group, Delta Gamma fraternity, Indianapolis
Advisory board chair, Duke University chapter of Delta Gamma fraternity
Art docent, Indianapolis Museum of Art
Supervisor of Saturday classes, John Herron Museum of Art
Member, Special Project Committee, Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation
Member, Festival Music Society of Indianapolis Directors

Robert N. Davies
Chief Legislative Legal Counsel to former governor of Indiana, Edgar Whitcomb
Chairman, Indiana State Board of Corrections
Presidential appointee, United States Cost of Living Council, Committee on State and Local and Governmental Cooperation
Draftsman, Marion County Mass Transportation Act of 1966
Draftsman, Transportation Section-UniGov
Draftsman, Indiana Offences Against Property Act
Vice president, Nantucket Bay Homeowners Association (Indianapolis)
President, Laurel Oak Community Association (Sarasota, Fla.)
Member, board of deacons and board of elders, Fairview Presbyterian Church
Member, administrative board, Meridian Street Methodist Church

Carolyn Beasley Gilbert
Civil rights activist during the 1960s-70s
Women's rights activist
Chair, Council on Ministries
Georgia Mother of the Year, 1992
Advisory board, Wesley Woods Retirement Center

Judy Blang Locke
President, Decatur (Ill.) Park Foundation
Past board member, Illinois Park Board
Elected official, Recreation and Airport Commission, Decatur, Ill.
Recipient, Woman of Excellence Community Award
Recipient, Excellence in Education award, State of Illinois
Recipient, Humanitarian Award, Illinois Medical Society
Recipient, Chamber of Commerce faculty award
Recipient, national community arts award
 Recipient, State of Illinois Individual Art Award

G. Richard Locke
Trustee, Millikin University
Board member, Illinois State Cancer Board and Race for the Cure
President, Decatur (Ill.) American Cancer Society
President, Decatur (Ill.) Chamber of Commerce
Chair, United Way Campaign

Jon B. Myers
Past president, treasurer and board member, Mental Health Association of Waukesha County (Wis.)
Past vice president, president and board member, Hebron House of Hospitality
Past vice president, president and board member, Elmbrook Rotary Club
Past den leader, assistant scoutmaster, Boy Scouts of America
Past superintendent, past board member, Wauwatosa Avenue United Methodist Church
Co-founder, first crisis helpline in Milwaukee
Past instructor, hunter safety

G. Byington (Bing) Pratt III
Member, Rotary Central Indiana District Foundation
Past chair, Rotary Gift of Life
Past board member, Zionsville Parks and Recreation Board
Founding board member, Community Foundation of Boone County (Ind.)
Past president, past board member, Marion County Child Abuse and Neglect Council
Past board member, Wawasee Area Conservation Foundation
Past board member, Zionsville Little League

Daniel Reed Scism
Past treasurer, Myasthenia Gravis Foundation, Marion County Chapter
Past vice president, Marion County Mental Health Association
Past chairman and past board member, Indiana Humanities Council
Past trustee, Indianapolis Museum of Art
Recipient, Lifetime Achievement Award, Indiana Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
Past trustee, Indianapolis Museum of Art
Chair, Meridian Street United Methodist Church Board
Past president, Law Club of Indianapolis

Nancy Lindquist Temple
Member, board of education, Geneva (Ill.) Public Schools
Founder and director, Geneva School Volunteers
President, Woman's Auxiliary Community Hospital
President, Fox Valley Social Services Agency
Ordained elder, Fox Valley Presbyterian Church
Recipient, Garth Memorial Award for Human Services
Recipient, Those Who Excel Award of Merit, Illinois Board of Education
Board member, Glen Arbor (Mich.) Art Association
Board member, DePauw University Alumni Association

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1963

Jack P. Cittadine
Indiana Bar Association Fellow
Board member, Elkhart County United Way
Board member, Elco Performing Arts Commission
Designer, Construction manager, Indiana University Center, Elkhart
Project manager, Restoration of the Performing Arts Theater

Rebecca Watts Lortz
Director, Parents Aid to Learning project
Recipient of the Friend of Education Award
Board member, Hamilton County (Ohio) American Cancer Society, and received the Volunteer of the Year Award
President of Facility Corporation Board, Alpha Chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta, DePauw University
Founding member, Greek Life Advisory Council (GLAC), DePauw University
Secretary and membership chair, Kindervelt Group 44 (a volunteer group whose members raise funds for Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center)

Sue Wegman Manning
Board member, Ridgefield (Conn.) Visiting Nurse Association
Board member, Danbury Hospital
Member, Ridgefield Community Foundation
Recipient, Jaycee Citizen of the Year Award
Recipient, Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year Award
Recipient, Visiting Nurse Association Volunteer of the Year Award
Chair, Town of Ridgefield 300th Anniversary Committee

R. Glen Mayfield
Board member and chair, Elizabeth Gamble Deaconess Home Association
Board member, Walnut Hills (Cincinnati) School Alumni Foundation
Board member, Christ Hospital (Cincinnati)
Volunteer, Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation

Thomas M. Roy

Jane Turk Schlansker
Member, International Fine Arts Board of Visitors, Texas Christian University
Board member, Fort Worth Sister Cities International
Board member, University of Texas Long Institute for Latin American Studies
Chair, Mimir Chamber Music Festival
Former board member, DePauw University Board of Trustees
Former board member, DePauw University Alumni Board of Directors
Past board member, Prevent Blindness Society
Past board member, Health Care of Texas

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1968

Noel Lei Hayashi
Reestablished the Dance Theatre of Harlem's professional ballet company
Board development and strategic planning consultant for various nonprofit organizations
Founder, The Center for Creative Resources
Leader, re-branding the Arts & Business Council of New York
Implemented new initiatives for the Dramatists Guild Fund
Producer of a concert to benefit the Daniel Pearl Foundation
Initiated Working in the Arts: The New York Experience program at DePauw

Carol Boardman Hittle (DEC)
Volunteer nurse, Visiting Nurse Service, Indianapolis
Public health nurse, Stark County (Ohio) Health Department
Nurse, Virginia Public Health Department
Volunteer, various health care organizations
Nurse, St. Vincent Hospice
Co-coordinator of congregational care, Meridian Street United Methodist Church

James W. Payne
Board member, American Public Human Services Association
Executive committee member, National Association of Public Child Welfare
Board member, Heartland Film Festival
Scoutmaster, Boy Scouts Troop 510
Director, Indiana Department of Child Services

Jill Kneen Stamm
Founder, New Directions Institute for Infant Brain Development, a nonprofit organization
National recognition in the field of infant brain development
Creator of Brain Boxes, a set of boxes that provide educational tools for children from birth through 5 years of age
Member, National Advisory Panel of the Learning & Brain Conference
Member, Governor's Advisory Council for Head Start in Arizona
Member, Tribune Newspapers Early Childhood Experts Panel
Member, Advisory Board for the Arizona Science Center's exhibit on the brain
Finalist, Woman of the Year, The Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce

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1973

Philip A. Byler
Vice president, director and coach, Huntington Tri-Village Long Island Little League/Senior League Baseball Association
Coach, St. Hugh's basketball league for youths
Delegate for John McCain, 2008 Republican National Convention
Elder, Central Presbyterian Church
Awarded Bronze Star and Army "V" Medal for Valor for actions under fire
New York State Bar Association, trial evidence and professional discipline committee member
New York City Bar Association, international security committee member
American Bar Association, trial evidence committee

Marilyn G. Genther
Board member, Mt. Prospect (Ill.) Historical Society
 Board member, Sunrise Rotary of Mt. Prospect
Board member, Mt. Prospect Chamber of Commerce
Past board member and president, United Way of Mount Prospect

Francis E. Morrissey

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1978

Christine Boeke
Co-chair, Winston Prep Spring 2008 Benefit and Auction
Vice chair, Infinite Family Launch Benefit, 2006 and 2008
Co-chair, La Famiglia Committee 2001-03
Founding member, LingoKids; member, LingoKids Committee
Eastside Middle School management team, 1999-2001
PTA president, PS 234-PS 235 in Manhattan, 1997-99
Past member, DePauw Alumni Board of Directors
Past member, External Advisory Board, DePauw's Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media

Steven C. Greene
Board member, Northern Illinois Special Recreation Association
Board member, National Association for Down Syndrome
Board member, Cancer Survivors Association
Volunteer, Adult Down Syndrome Center, Lutheran General Hospital

Melanie Thexton Hall
Board member, PBS Channel 39 (Fort Wayne)
Board member, YWCA Circle of Women
Board member, Leadership Fort Wayne
Board member, Arts United
Advisory board member, Wellspring Social Services
Past board member, Fort Wayne Museum of Art
Past board member, Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Past president, Erin's House for Grieving Children
Past board member, Junior League of Fort Wayne

Larry C. Spears
President and CEO, Larry C. Spears Center for Servant-Leadership, Inc.
Past president and CEO, Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership
Board member, Union Institute & University, Cincinnati
Board member, Scanlon Leadership Foundation
Board member, The Spears Center for Servant-Leadership
Recipient, 2004 Dare-to-Lead Award

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1983

Allison Brashear
Board member, Women's Fund of Winston-Salem (N.C.)
Past board member, Women's Fund of Central Indiana
Board member, Wake Forest Baptist Center
Board member, American Neurological Society
Board member, Centenary United Methodist Church

E. Mitchell Roob Jr.
Secretary, Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
Board member, Fairbanks Institute
Campaign volunteer and staff member for former governor James R. Thompson (Ill.)
Campaign volunteer for former Senator Charles H. Percy (Ill.)
Principal architect, Healthy Indiana Plan
Former director, Department of Transportation (Indianapolis)
Organizer, Building Better Neighborhoods program
Member, American Health Information Community
President, Marion County (Ind.) Health and Hospital Corporation
Board member, American Health Information Community
Board member, Indiana Health Informatics Corporation

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1988

Jennifer A Bauer
Past board member, Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana
Past board member, Indiana Dance Theatre
Board member, DePauw University Athletic Hall of Fame
Treasurer, Bryan Park Neighborhood Association
Volunteer, World Basketball Championships 2002
Volunteer, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Environmental Program

Erica Okone Ginsburg
Docent, American Museum of Natural History

Mark B. Hamilton
Team leader, Habitat for Humanity Building Blocks, Guadalupe, Ariz.
Chair, St. Joseph-Benton Harbor MCA Strong Kids Campaign
Coach, American Youth Soccer Organization

Nora E. Sneberger

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1993

Melanie Harshbarger Bella

Kristen E. Hall
Organizer, Family Sponsorship Program
Organizer, Crisis Nursery Cook for Kids Program
Lunch organizer, People Serving People
Past project manager, Habitat for Humanity
Volunteer, Youthlink

Scott G. Urban

Shawn A. Wietbrock
President, St. John Lutheran Church
Council member, St. John Lutheran Church
Leader, St. John Lutheran Church Youth Group

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1998

Jamie L. Lewis

Erica Levy Reh
Docent and Butterflies volunteer, Brookfield Zoo
Animal Care Volunteer, Cosley Zoo
Treasurer, Hinsdale South High School
Volunteer, West Suburban Humane Society Cattery

Sara E. Shade
Board member, Muncie Board of Works and Public Safety
Board member, United Way of Muncie
Past president, Tri Kappa
Member, Rotary Club
President, Women in Business Unlimited

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2003

Adam W. Czerwinski
Volunteer, Cook County (Ill.) Public Defender's office
Worked to free Herb Whitlock from prison. Whitlock was wrongly convicted of murder.
Worked to protect indigent people's legal rights and liberties

Gageby Hill Gaither
Associate board member, Carnegie Arts Center
Steering committee chair, Vocare Episcopal Young Adults
Steering committee and co-director, Northern Kentucky Reading Camp

Elizabeth J. Morgan
Board member, Indiana Rural Health Association
Board member, Clinton (Ind.) Optimist Club
Board member, Cayuga Christian Church
Board member, West Central Community Hospital Foundation

Daniel Marshall Reck
Assistant scoutmaster
Media director, Allegro Handbell Ensemble
Volunteer, marching band coach and pep band conductor, Hinsdale Central High School (Ill.)
Co-founder, Tiger Alumni Band and Stumblebums

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