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Ralph Adams '52 writes: Louis Marquart '51 suggested I attend OWU. I did. Majored in chemical engineering, then choral music conducting, then science teaching. I was employed for none of those. I taught radar maintenance to GIs, then worked with large-scale computers as a computer engineer. I retired in 1992. After 32 years, how do you retire from retirement? I just planted 225 bulbs in a triangular plot behind the Paramount Assisted Living Facility dining room, and I can't wait until spring. I use a typewriter, have a landline telephone, and I walk with (or without) a cane, walking stick, or rollator. After January 22, 2025, I will be saying, "I'm not old, I'm only 98!" (06/25)
Elva Pickwick Dunham '52 writes: "I chose a place like OWU where things could happen that I never imagined as an only child from Buffalo, NY, in 1948! I became a person I didn't know I could become when I chose education for my major, married my soulmate, Bill Dunham '51, and taught school for 31 years. OWU is a college that changed my life when I graduated on my birthday, June 9, 1952. Thank you, OWU, for your love connection." (11/24)
Roger Fromm '55 won gold medals in the 90-94 age group at the North Carolina Senior Games Finals in the 50-meter, 100-meter, and 200-meter races in September 2023. He also set the record in all three events. A Phi Gamma Delta, Roger did not run track at OWU, but he was a member of the varsity swimming team. (11/24)
Richard Fryman '57 was honored with the dedication of the Richard Fryman Pavilion next to the tennis courts at Upper Arlington (OH) High School, where he was a longtime coach and assistant athletic director. A group of his former tennis players came together to raise money for this honorary pavilion. Richard was named Ohio Athletic Director of the Year in 1983 and was inducted into the national Athletic Directors Hall of Fame, the Tennis Coaches Hall of Fame, the Upper Arlington High School Athletic Hall of Fame, and in 1977 was inducted into the OWU Athletic Hall of Fame. (11/24)
Jack Carmichael '59 writes from Mason, MI, that he is combating the effects of Parkinson's disease through exercise and physical therapy. After receiving his Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Michigan State University, Jack enjoyed a long career at Dow Corning, the University of Oregon, University of Massachusetts, and as a consultant with the World Bank and FBI. For 15 years, he was an officer at the United Nations in Vienna, Austria, where he was responsible for environmental technical assistance in more than 40 countries. During his retirement, he has practiced painting and photography and participated in community theater. (06/25)
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