Alumni relations

Community Leadership Award Recipients 2007

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Sal F. Marino ’42

Dr. James K. Chamness ’52
• Member, Jaycees
• Past president, YMCA Board
• Past chairman, Indian Y-Guide Program
• Past Cub Master and Chairman of District Committee, Boy Scouts of America
• Member, West Michigan Council Boy Scouts Executive Board
• Member, Social Progress Club
• Member, Century Club
• Medical Advisor, March of Dimes

James W. Emison ’52 (posthumous)
•Past chairman, Phi Kappa Psi Endowment Fund, Inc.
•Member, Board of Governors, Marine Corps Association
•Former trustee, Marine Corps University Foundation
•Director, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
•Member, Board of Trustees, American University-Central Asia
•Member, National Association of Scholars
•Member and vice chairman, DePauw University Board of Trustees
•Member, DePauw University Alumni Association Board of Directors
 
Beverly Grant Patterson Frier ’52
• Past president, Downtown Naperville Property Owners
• Trustee emeritus, Interlochen Center for the Arts
• Board member, Naperville Elderly Homes, Inc.
• Founder and president, Omnia Performing Arts Association

 

Lee H. Hamilton ’52
•U.S. Congressman for 34 years
•Vice chair of the 9/11 Commission
•Co-chair of the Iraq Study Group
•Member, President’s Homeland Security Advisory Council
•Member, President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
•Member, Defense Secretary’s National Security Study Group
•Member, numerous Congressional committees and advisory boards
 
Barbara Miller Meeker ’52
• Past member, Northern Indiana Arts Association
• Past treasurer, Kappa Kappa Kappa
• Member, Kappa Kappa Gamma
• Past member, Munster Public Art Committee
• Past treasurer, Illiana Artists

Carol Rylander Reitan ’52
• Past chair and current board member, co-founder, Collaborative Solutions Institute, Inc.
• Member, Founding Committee, current member Steering Committee, Kids’ Peace Camp
• Founding Council member, McLean County Affordable Housing Coalition
• Past Legislative Chair, Past Committee Member, Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies
• Past President, Illinois Community Action Fund
Past Member, Domestic Violence Council, Illinois Department of Public Aid
• Past Advisory Board Member, Domestic and Sexual Violence Program of the YWCA of McLean County

H.E. “Barney” Burroughs ’57
• Past chair, Parkersburg (W. Va.) PTA
• Past director and member, DeKalb (Ga.) Chamber of Commerce
• Volunteer lecturer, Georgia Institute of Technology Senior Lecture Series on Entrepreneurism
•  Past Steering Committee member, past chair, conferences of the Student, Faculty, Industry Conference of Georgia Tech
• Volunteer, Atlanta Home-Stretch Project
• Volunteer, Drake House for Battered Women (Roswell, Ga.)

Fred W. Hawk ’57
• Past chair and current board member, CARC (formerly Chicago Association for Retarded Citizens)
• Past chair and past board member, Illinois ARC
• Past chair, National Council of State Presidents, The ARC
• Past board member, The ARC

 

Robert H. Puckett ’57
• Member, Council on Foreign Relations
• Member, Phi Beta Kappa Associates
• Past member, American Lung Association of Indiana
• Past member, United Way Allocations Panel
• Past member, Indiana Adult Literacy Coalition
• Past member, Indiana Commission for Higher Education
• Past member, Board of Advisors to the President, Naval War College
• Past member, Advisory Committee, U.S. Army Command and General College
• Past member, Advisory Committee to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
• Past member, President’s Commission on White House Fellowships
• Past delegate, Indiana Governor’s Conference on Libraries and Information Services

Paula Sedgwick Scism ’ 57
• Board member, Indianapolis Dance Company
• Board member, Carmel-Clay Educational Board
• Board member, Wishard Hospital Foundation Board
• Past president and current board member, YWCA of Indianapolis
• Board member, Fishers Arts Council

Ralph E. Snelson ’57
• Past President, Trumbull 100 (a community enhancement organization)
• Past Board member and past campaign chair, United Way of Trumbull County
• Past President and Foundation board member Ohio Dental Association
• Board member, Executive Committee, Lifelines
• Community leader in a $4 million campaign for the enhancement of Trumbull Memorial Hospital
• Influential in creating amphitheater in downtown Warren, Ohio

Sue Farrell Supple ’57
• Member, CASA (Advocate for Children)
• Board member, Conner Prairie Farm
• Board member, Indiana Historical Landmarks
• Board member, Big Brothers
• Board member, Order of Omega
• Board member, Leader Shape
• President, Junior League of Indianapolis
• President, International KAO

Dwight F. Walton ’57
• Chair, Wheeling Township Mental Health Board
• Chair, Arlington Heights Transportation Committee
• Chair, Arlington Heights Bicentennial Commission
• Chair, Arlington Heights Special Events Commission
• Board member, Arlington Heights Low/Moderate Income Housing Commission
• Board member, Arlington Heights Master Plan Committee
• President, Arlington Heights Festival Committee
• Past board member, Arlington Heights Village
• Chair, Arlington Heights Community Services Committee
• Chair, Arlington Heights Arts Council
• Chair, Arlington Heights Public Health & Safety Committee
• Founder and president, Arlington Cares, Inc.
• Board member, Arlington Heights Performing Arts Center

Ellen Myers Clippinger ’62
• Co-chair and founder, Indiana YouthPro Association
• Founder and past president, Indiana School-Age Consortium
• Past president, National AfterSchool Association
• Past president, Marion County (Ind.) Step Ahead Council
• Past board member, Coordination of Child Care Regulations
• Board member, Children’s Coalition of Indiana
• Past member, White House Conference on Child Care
• Founding member and past board member, Indiana Child Care Fund

Bette Alexander Erxleben ’62
• Member, past president, Bluffton (Ind.) Rotary Club
• Member, Wells County Council on Aging
• Past board chair, Bi-County Services, Inc.
• Founding member, past president, Wells County Literary Council
• Past president, Bluffton Rotary Club
• Past president, Wells County Medical Alliance
• Member, Family Centered Services
• President, Wells County Council on Aging
• Board member, Transportation Advisory Council

Linda Sellen Frazier ’62
• Chair, Arts Commission of Tulsa
• Past president, Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa
• Board member, Tulsa Symphony Orchestra
• Advisory board member, Tulsa Ballet
• President, Chamber Music Tulsa
• Member, Oklahoma Arts Institute
• Member, Tulsa International Airport Cultural Committee
• Member, Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics Foundation

Elgin A. Manhard Jr. ’62
• Pro brono account manager, National Easter Seals Corporation
• Board member and chair of the Public Affairs Committee, National Easter Seals Corporation

 

G. David Schiering ’62
• Past president, Cincinnati Board of Education
• Leadership Cincinnati graduate
• Commissioner, Cincinnati Recreation Commission
• Past president, Ronald McDonald House of Southwest Florida

 

Constance Weimer Asbury ’67
• President, Presbyterian Children’s Services Stubbins Advisory Board
• Board member, Historical Preservation Commission of Moberly (Mo.)
• Treasurer, YMCA Founders Campaign
• President, League of Women Voters
• Board member, Randolph County YMCA

 

Lt. Col. Stephen W. Hadley ’67
• Coach, Little League baseball, softball, and YMCA basketball
• Co-founder, North Central Girls Basketball Association
• President, Allisonville Little League
• President, Castleton Kiwanis Club
• Lt. Governor of Wabash Valley Division—Kiwanis
• Vice president, Historic Forks of the Wabash-Huntington

 

Suzanne Anderson Hoover ’67   
• Past president, PTO
• Brownie Scout Leader
• Past board member, Muncie Children’s Museum
• Past president and board member, Muncie School Board
• Past board member, Impact on Education (formerly the Foundation for Boulder Valley Schools)
• Member, PEO

Heidi Schultz Huizenga ’67  
• Member, Board of Visitors, Cardinal Bernadin Cancer Center
• Board member, DuPage County Children Advisory Center
• Board member, Prison Fellowship
• Trustee, Trinity Christian College
• Board member, Chicago Zoological Society

 

Craig R. Stokely ’67
• Past board member, Greater Elgin Area YMCA and Camp Edwards
• Board member, Douglas Hoeft Scholarship Foundation
• Past board member, Rotary Club of Elgin
• Past trustee, Village of Wayne
• Past member and past vice president, Unit District 46 School Board
• Past board member, Elgin Symphony Orchestra

 

Sharon Anderson Mellin ’72
• Past board member, Child & Family Advocacy Center
• Past president and past board member, Prevent Child Abuse Indiana
• Past vice president and past treasurer, Women’s Action for New Directions
• Member, Elkhart County Wraparound Team
• Member, Board of Directors, public television
• Active in her church

 

Thomas M. Anderson ’77
• Chair, Texas Commission on Human Rights
• President and board member, HR Houston
• Past member, National Safety Council
• Board member, Texas State Council
• Past chair, Society of Human Resource Management
• Chair, Workplace Health and Safety Committee

 

Katherine L. Keck ’77
• Involved with African Orphans & Vulnerable Children
• Advisor and Event Chair, Infinite Family
• Involved with Presbyterian Church of Ghana
• Board of Deacons Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City
• Member, women’s chef team to benefit the U.N. Development Fund for Women
• One of 50 women chefs selected to participate in the Women of Taste Project to benefit Girls Inc.
• Member, DePauw University Alumni Board

W. Tobin McClamroch ’77
• Vice chair, Special Olympics of Indiana, Inc.
• Board member, The Arts Council of Indiana
• Board member, Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association
• Board member, Marion County Commission on Youth Advisory Council
• Board member, Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute
• Board member, Senior Enterprises, Inc.
• Board member, Nora Community Council
• Chair, Annual Tree of Lights, Salvation Army of Indianapolis

 

Susan Johanningsmeier Olesik ’77
• Founder and Director, Wonders of Our World (WOW) — Science Outreach Program

 

Rebecca Hawk Roess ’77
• Member, Executive Committee, Oakwood Schools Education Foundation
• Board member, Wright Memorial Library Board of Trustees
• Chair, Project Grant Committee, Four Seasons Garden Club of Dayton
• Past president, Oakwood Board of Education
• Steering committee member, Citizens for Wright Library
• Chair, Oakwood Schools Business Advisory Council
• President, Learning Tree Farm Board of Trustees
• Founding partner and co-chair, Carillon Historical Park Bell Board
• Member, Dorothy Lane Market Consumer Advisory Board
• Board member, Muse Machine
• Committee member, The Dayton Foundation Neighbor-to-Neighbor Grants Committee
• Cabinet member, United Way of Greater Dayton

 

Bonnie Hensley Webb ’82

M. Scott Welch ’82
• Financially supports more than 100 charitable organizations
• Supports nine educational institutions
• Lions Club Citizen of the Year
• Honorary chair, Elkhart Mental Health Association
• Advisory council member, Mayor of Elkhart
• Board member, Lake City Bank
• Board member, Indiana Chamber of Commerce
• Board member, Elkhart General Hospital
• Member, DePauw University Board of Visitors

 

Rev. Mary S. Whetstone ’82
• Past camp counselor for Middle School and High School Youth
• Leader, high school youth study trips to New York City and Washington, D.C.
• Organizer, middle school and high school mission trips to South Carolina and Appalachia
• Member, Spiritual Response Team of the Critical Response Team of the American Red Cross
• Member, Spiritual Response Team for the American Red Cross following 9/11
• Spiritual lead officer, Disaster Command Center, Falls Church (Va.)
• Co-leader, Mission Trips to El Cipre, Honduras
• Spiritual adviser and active participant on several adult mission trips to El Cipre, Honduras
• Organized and led youth and adult mission trip to Nevis Island, Caribbean

 

Dennis E. Bland ’87
• President, Center for Leadership Development
• Volunteer efforts to help develop education policy and educational opportunities throughout the state
• Board member, Indiana Commission for Higher Education
• Board member, Indiana Education Roundtable
• Board member, Indiana Arts Council

 

Laurie Hinson Kohrs ’87
• Executive, Manning Road Methodist Church, Durban, South Africa

 

 

 

Joy Rowe Blang ’92
• Assistant teacher, preschool environmental education enrichment programs, Cincinnati Nature Center
• Coordinator, after school program
• Chair, Grant Writing Committee, Junior League of Cincinnati
• Program Development Committee, Junior League of Cincinnati
• Program director, AmeriCorps National Service program
• Executive, Service Corps, manager of education and development consultant
• Education manager, Freetown Village

 

Douglas S. Gourley ’92

Clarenda M. Phillips ’92
• Director, Governor’s Minority Student College Preparation Program
• Mentor, YMCA Black Achiever’s Program
• Youth leader, United Methodist Women’s School of Christian Mission
• Workshop leader, Ethnic Young Adult Summer Internship Program
• Grant reviewer, Fayette County Partners For Youth Program
• Rape crisis counselor, Bluegrass Rape Crisis Center

 

Patricia Cowan Skelton ’92
• Past president and member The Children’s Museum Guild (Indianapolis)
• Various roles with The Children’s Museum Guild, including manager, Haunted House; exhibit assistance; hospital outreach; Prelude awards; Reach for the Stars scholarship program; and past president, Children’s Literacy Outreach

 

 

 

 

Heike Cockerill Spahn ’92
• Co-chair, DePauw University 15th Year Reunion Committee
• Committee member, Valparaiso University School of Law 125th Gala
• Past president, Midwest Alliance of Law School Admissions
• Past board member, Midwest Alliance of Law School Admissions
• Past board member, Midwest Association of Prelaw Advisors
• Past board member, Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunities Advisory Committee
• Past board member, Christian Community Action

 

Kevin L. Cammack ’97
• Volunteer, annual community fundraiser, Pig Roast
• Member, Red Ribbon Society
• Past co-chair, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
• Silver Key member, United Way

 

Sonya L. Lee-Daniels ’97
• Founder, Columbia (S.C.) Chapter of the African-African American Breastfeeding Alliance, Inc.
• Affiliate, Breastfeeding America
• Member, Babies R Us Breastfeeding Workshops
• Board member, Mocha Moms Inc.
• Board member, La Leche League
• President, African-American Breastfeeding Alliance
• Midlands Breastfeeding Coalition

 

Ugarhon “Sugar Johnson” Serrette ’97
• Participant, Poem in Your Pocket Day
• Math and poetry facilitator, local schools and Island Academy, Rikers Island Correctional Facility
• Group Member, The After School Corporation
• Active in efforts to raise funds and awareness for AIDS, breast cancer, heart disease and autism
• Featured poet with Poetic People Power
• Community service liaison, assists with coordinating community service projects for middle school and high school students in Harlem

 

Kimberly Svenson Weas ’97

 

 

 

Carolyn E. Whittier ’97
• Member and past executive board member, Rotary International
• Past executive vice president and current member, Association of Fraternity Advisors
• Member, Association of Fraternity Advisors Foundation
• President, Alpha Omicron Pi, Richmond Alumnae Chapter
• Volunteer, Street Clean-UP, City of Richmond
• Regional Specialist, Children’s Miracle Network Dance Marathon
• Volunteer, Loaves and Fishes Food Bank
• Volunteer, Duke Children’s Hospital

 

Courtney L. Driscoll ’02
• Community Health and Development Volunteer, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Peace Corps
• Member, Crisis Corp Team in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
• Community Relations Officer, Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Togo (West Africa) Resident Technical Advisor for Dracunculiasis eradication
• Volunteer, Burkina Faso Returned Peace Corps
• Member, Friends of Burkina Faso

 

Tara L. Karasch ’02
• Peace Corps, Romania
• Intern, United Nations Populations Fund Program, Sarajevo, Bosnia
• Employee, International Women’s Media Foundation

 

 

Laura B. Moorman ’02
• Chair, Pauline Barker Educational Trust
• Chair, Harold Ellison Scholarship
• Chair, Kuhner Schlarship
• Chair, Clifford & Daisy Amburn Scholarship
• Chair, Dwight & Virginia Deen Schoeff Scholarship
• Chair, Shroyer Scholarship Fund
• Committee Member, Mary K. Garr Scholarship Fund
• Volunteer, Medical Missions to Fonds Parisien, Hati and Damoh, India

 

Shawn S. Odle ’02
• Member, 100 Black Men of Indianapolis, Inc.
• Board member and chair, College Connection Committee
• Member, Beautillion Militaire Committee
• Emerging Leaders, United Way of Central Indiana
• Committee Member, Indiana Black Expo News Generation

 

Annamarie Quintero ’02
• Created college preparatory program, Kelvyn Park High School
• Created postsecondary opportunities for Latino youth, specifically those living in the Logan Square/Humboldt Park community, Chicago.
• Member, North Central College Advisory Board
• Member, Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling