Class Notes – 1980-1989
David Hazard '80, Andy Hart '80, Jeffrey O'Sullivan '81, and Joe Angel '79 (from left) participated in the Pan-Mass Challenge, a bike-a-thon raising money for cancer research. The four rode more than 190 miles across Massachusetts, from Sturbridge to Provincetown. David and Andy founded the team 10 years ago, and they have raised more than $3 million to fight cancer. The team has over 150 members, and 60 to 80 ride every year. (12/23)
Suzanne Gerber Rorick '80 retired as executive director of the Toledo Opera in May. She has served in the nonprofit sector for decades, first joining the Toledo Opera in 2001 as the director of development before becoming the executive director in 2011. (7/24)
Peter Rubacky '80, Greg Knopp '80, Russ Whitman '80, and George Snyder '80 (top photo, from left) got together in northern New Jersey with some great, lifetime friends to play golf and catch up. The bottom photo shows the Sigma Alpha Epison brothers on the links 35 years ago, from left, Peter, Russ, Greg, George. (12/23)
Steve Bruce '81, head coach of the Indiana University/South Bend women's basketball team, guided the Titans to the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament title for the first time since 2005, and they participated in the National Association of Intercollege Athletics (NAIA) national tournament for the second straight year. (12/23)
Richard Alexander '82 donated 1.2 acres of land for environmental conservation to the Darien Land Trust. (12/23)
David Cooke '82 was appointed chief financial officer and vice president of finance at the Bellevue (OH) Hospital. He has more than 40 years of experience in healthcare, most recently as finance manager at the nonprofit Better Health Partnership in Cleveland. (7/24)
Bruce Tall '82 joined the football coaching staff as co-defensive coordinator at Murray State University (KY). He has more than 35 years of experience in coaching, including at West Virginia University, Mississippi State University, and Emory and Henry College. (12/23)
John Milligan '83 was appointed to the board of directors of TurnCare, a medical technology and services company. As an investor, innovator, and former CEO of Gilead, a biotechnology company, he hopes to help TurnCare grow their reach and impact. (7/24)
Jeffrey Coursen '85 was appointed CEO of Evolve IP, a leading provider of secure, reliable remote solutions that enable distributed workforces to be productive anywhere. Jeffrey joined Evolve, based in King of Prussia, PA, in 2017 as CFO and strategic adviser and has over 20 years of experience in operations and strategic planning in the technology industry. (7/24)
Hillary Pember '85 (left and with raised arms) completed the Camino de France, a 500-mile hike across Spain starting in France, to honor her OWU college roommate, Bethany Hill Anderson '85 (right), who has been battling multiple sclerosis for 10 years. To read about Bethany's story or make a donation (through the National Multiple Sclerosis Society) please visit mssociety.donordrive.com/campaign/The-Bethany-Fund. (7/24)
Robert Vadas '85 received the 2023 President's Award of Special Recognition from the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society for his exceptional work on the Western Division Resource Policy and Environmental Concerns Committee and for his considerable efforts to work with a multitude of fisheries experts to develop policies regarding breaching of the four Lower Snake River dams. He also received the Coelacanth Award for science/management excellence from the Washington-British Columbia Chapter. (7/24)
Dean Hood '86 rejoined the University of Kentucky football staff as director of player development. He previously served as special teams coordinator at UK from 2017-2019, before becoming head football coach at Murray State University. (7/24)
Doug Robinson '86 was inducted into Johnson Central High School Athletic Hall of Fame (KY). He lettered three years each in football, basketball, and baseball in high school and was selected allstate in football and baseball his senior year. Doug also earned varsity letters in football and participated in baseball and track at OWU. He is a retired federal agent from the U.S. Department of Justice and chief of police. (12/23)
David Lavenburg '87 was promoted to shareholder at Bacon Wilson, a Massachusetts law firm. He joined the firm in 2020 as an attorney, focusing on loan recovery, loan workouts, collection matters, restructuring, debt repayments, and bankruptcy. (7/24)
Daniel Clark '88 received his Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Pennsylvania in May 2023, along with a Certificate in Nursing Leadership from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. (7/24)
Mary "Molly" Irwin '89 joined the research firm Abt Associates as principal solutions architect for workforce, children, youth, and families. She has more than 25 years of experience leading research and working with policy makers and researchers, most recently as the Pew Charitable Trusts' vice president of research and science. (12/23)
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