Alumni Happenings
Regional Campaign Kickoffs
Regional kickoffs of the Connect Today, Create Tomorrow campaign were held in select cities during our annual holiday parties and at the annual Red & Black luncheon in Naples, Florida, in February.
Regional Campaign Kickoffs
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Chicago
Chicago event attendees at the Chicago Yacht Club (from left): Garrett Van Schaick ’15, Dave Mack ’76, and Kevin McGrath ’11.
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Boston
Boston event attendees at the Harvard Club of Boston (from left): Hillary Panas Pember ’85, Andy Morrison ’85, Marylee Gordon Schroeder ’87, Noelle Shiland ’87, and Nancy Roberts Mahoney ’86.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia event attendees at the Wayne Hotel (from left): Karen Spofford, Ed Spofford ’81, Neal Bozentka ’81, and Sharon Bozentka.
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Cleveland
Cleveland event attendees at at the Infiniti Club at Progressive Field (from left): James DiBiasio ’12, Kevin Herman ’15, Bob the Bishop, Colton Poncsak ’14, and Blake Adkins ’15.
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Red & Black Luncheon
Red & Black luncheon attendees: (seated, from left) Anne Houston Rismiller ’61, Martha Ferguson, Sheila Lockwood; (back row) Lloyd Ferguson ’62, Lou Simpson ’58, Roger Lockwood ’60, OWU vice president for university advancement Colleen Garland, and David Rismiller.
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Columbus
Columbus event attendees at the Columbus Museum of Art (from left): Kimberly McConville ’89, Bob the Bishop, Victoria Joshua Gresh ’88, and Amy Wrobbel ’87.
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Red & Black Luncheon
Red & Black luncheon attendees at Royal Poinciana Golf Club in February: (seated, from left) Christine Anderson Kurtz ’66, Tom Fenton ’64, Sharon Fenton, Sue Petri Locke ’65; (back row) Kathe Law Rhinesmith ’64, Grant Kurtz ’64, Carolee O’Hara ’70, and Jim Locke ’64.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. event attendees at the National Press Club (from left): Woodrow English, Anne Derhammer English ’82, OWU associate director of admission & coordinator of multicultural recruitment Reggie Onyido, Catherine Hope P’20, and Dan Lesmez P’20.