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Gene Likens ’57 of Clinton Corners, N.Y., was awarded
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Ecology
and Conservation Biology category. The foundation noted that Likens
was instrumental in developing effective policies that reduced acid rain.
Julian Schrock ’57 of Sedona, Ariz., has published a new collection of
crostic puzzles.
Wendell Dilling ’58 of Midland, Mich., won
several medals in the Michigan Senior Olympics:
gold in the 5K and 10K cycling time trials, and
20K and 40K cycling road races; silver in the
hammer and javelin; and bronze in the shot put,
discus, triple jump, 200-meter dash and 800-meter
and 1,500-meter runs in the men’s 80 to 84 age
group. Dilling, who earned his Ph.D. in chemistry
from Purdue University in 1962, is a volunteer
research associate for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
at Central Michigan University. He threw the shot, discus and javelin
for the Manchester track team from 1955-58 and has bicycled 122,000
miles since 1967.
Shirley Ogle ’59 Willard, a Fulton County historian, organized Indiana
Indian Day, which was observed on April 22, 2017. The event is an
apology to the Potawatomi and Miami people who were driven out of
Indiana in the “Trail of Death.”
Marie Snyder ’67 Harris was named the 2017 Manchester University
Alumni Teacher of the Year. She is a second grade-teacher at West
Noble Elementary School and has taught in that system for 40 years.
Terry Pettit ’68, a former University of Nebraska volleyball coach, has
released his first collection of poems, Trust and the River. His previous
books were on coaching and leadership.
Ted Noffsinger ’69 and Ray Hedstrom ’69 were both Indiana High
School Athletic Association officials for the 2017 State Track and Field
meets. Ted was the head starter for the Unified State Meet and Ray was
the referee for the Girls State Meet.
1970s Karen Crain ’70 Rice’s book CRAIN: My Life so Far
was published in 2016 by Page Publishing. Karen lives in Peru, Ind.
Karen Horn ’71 published a business book titled Why Talk is Cheap:
Employee Engagement and the Bottom Line.
Ned Speicher ’71 joined the Argos (Ind.) Community Schools as their
new superintendent in July.
Tom Hurst ’73 is a full-time adjunct instructor in the Philosophy and
Religion and Interdisciplinary departments of McPherson College in
McPherson, Kan.
1960s Bill Patrick ’60 resigned as head basketball coach Craig Shanks ’74 is a licensed professional counselor in the Behavioral
Health Center at Red Cliff Community Health Center, which is
operated by the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa near
Bayfield, Wis.
David McCleary ’63 and his wife, Mary McCleary, of Warsaw, Ind.,
celebrated 50 years of marriage on June 4, 2017. Cameron Memorial Hospital in Angola, Ind., honored Dr. Terry
Shipe ’75 for 35 years of service to the Angola community this year.
Terry is a longtime physician in Angola.
from Tippecanoe Valley High School. He is a member of the Indiana
Basketball Hall of Fame.
Loren Finnell ’64 recently retired from full-time activity at The
Resource Foundation, a nonprofit agency he created in 1987, which
raised in excess of $100 million for local nonprofit agencies in Mexico,
Central and South America and the Caribbean. Loren worked around
the globe during his 50-year career in the nonprofit sector, making 380
trips to 47 countries.
The library of Mary Feeser Elementary School in Elkhart, Ind., is being
renovated and will be named in honor of Nancy Geil ’66 Gard. Nancy
is a former Feeser teacher.
James McKinney ’66 and Ruth Goshorn ’67 McKinney of Marion,
Ind., celebrated 50 years of marriage on June 11, 2017.
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Nancy Walker ’76 Hoffman of Wabash, Ind., has retired as president
and chief executive officer of Arc of Wabash County, Inc.
Janice Gilbert ’76 Hurst of McPherson, Kan., began her own
business, Author’s Voice Publishing, a company that helps aspiring
writers become published authors.
Daniel Tyree ’76 of Plymouth, Ind., has retired as the superintendent
of Plymouth Community School Corp. He worked for the Plymouth
schools for 38 years and was named superintendent in 2008.