ECH
Wyoming High School Alumni Association Newsletter
Spring 2016
website: wyominghighschoolalumni.com
Volume 31 Number 1
WHSAA to Create WHS Alumni Community
Alumni Association to debut new networking tool to members
The Wyoming High School Alumni Association networking committee has been hard at work finalizing the
details of a new benefit for all Wyoming Alumni and current WHS students. We are excited about the
possibilities and opportunities that this will offer all “Cowboys”.
Beginning immediately, we are offering access to, a customized networking and social media website
exclusively for WHS alums. Our members will have the ability to post pictures, articles, events, reunions,
and feature information about themselves similar to Facebook and LinkedIn users. The difference is that
this will be exclusively for Wyoming graduates. In addition, this site will allow alumni to reconnect with
each other across the United States and the world (with a real time map), and give current WHS students the
chance to reach out to alums as they seek information about colleges, jobs, and careers.
It is easy to join the network and update your information. We ask each of you receiving this ECHO to
head to this link: wyominghighschoolalumni.com and log in. We encourage you to login
through Facebook and LinkedIn. The system auto verifies instantly if you are an alumnus and gives you
necessary access. If the system cannot verify you automatically, the data administrators will manually verify
your credentials and give you access. If you don't have an account with Facebook or LinkedIn, then use your
email address to register. As you navigate our new site please be aware that we have just launched this site
and we are still working on it daily. You may see names you do not recognize in your class. Our data base
is good but by no means perfect. We will need to update continuously.
We are looking forward to having a web
home base of our own where we can link to
each other, have digital copies of the ECHO,
post information about reunions, and enjoy
an interactive place where we can reach back
and look forward. Connecting alumni, both
young and old, helps build upon the special
and unique education that we all received at
WHS. Networking with alumni is a common
practice in private schools and universities,
and using a software program to facilitate the
process will put Wyoming in the forefront of
public high schools.
LOG IN here to start networking: wyominghighschoolalumni.com
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WHSAA to debut new networking tool to members!
The software will cost $3600 for the first year, and for the initial year the cost will be split between the
WHSAA and the Wyoming School Foundation. We see this as an important benefit for members and an
invaluable tool for students as they map out their futures. This program has the potential to enrich every
student who graduates from Wyoming with their college and career searches. The WHS administration and
especially the college counselors are very excited about an alumni tool that will benefit and connect all
students as they consider areas of study, colleges, careers, and relocation.
Enlisting in a partnership for the ownership of the networking tool supports the affiliation between the
WHSAA and WSF and strengthens both boards. Among other benefits, it increases the awareness of both
organizations with our students and community, broadens our reach among alumni, and increases our ability
to reach out to alumni and experts in the field for student speaker presentations, distinguished alumni, and
other programs.
The software company was chosen after a vetting process by the WHSAA. Their representatives have been
extremely responsive to our questions and needs, and have allowed us to customize the site for our alumni.
This capability will grow and strengthen our database, which in turn, strengthens our reach.
What can you do? PLEASE go to the link below, sign in to the site, and be an active member! Pass along
this link to your friends and classmates via Facebook and/or emails. We may not have their email address
and therefore are not receiving this ECHO. If you have a passion for social media, networking and all things
Wyoming Cowboys, and would like to financially support this cause, let us know. Please consider paying
your WHSAA dues with the form in this ECHO to support our cause.
We value all WHSAA feedback.
Shelly Brown Komrska ‘87
Co-Chair
WHSAA Networking Committee
2015 Graduation
Join our networking database here: wyominghighschoolalumni.com
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Cowboy Couples
Here are 50 couples we found!
If you are a Cowboy Couple and do
not see your name listed on the next
two pages, let us know and we will
add you to this list for the next
ECHO. We want to celebrate
couples that met at Wyoming High
School and married after graduation.
Bob Addis ‘48 & Ginny Votaw ‘48
John Kramig ‘52 & Jan Jamison ‘54
Ted Marty ‘53 & Barb Halberstadt ‘53
Keith and Jan Pomeroy Lance
Chuck Fischer ‘53 & Binny McLeon ‘55
Tommy and Jacqueline
Pomeroy Kramig
Beryl Chandler ‘54 & Dolores Kattelmann ‘54
Charlie Melville‘55 & Linda Smith ‘57
David Peck ‘57 & Beverly Ayers ‘57
Terry Marty ‘57 & Barb Porter ‘57
Dann Hess ‘57 & Karen Shannon ‘57
Rick Davis, II ‘57 & Ibby Potter ‘57
Cliff Boutelle ‘57 & Judy Beach ‘57
David Kern ‘59 & Katy Stilwell ‘61
Jim Schorr ‘60 & Liz Votaw ‘61
Jack McMaken ‘65 & Barbara Weyman ‘66
Jason Paul Ackley ‘68 & Sara Schumacher ‘69
Mike Seyfried ‘69 & Linda Ruehl ‘72
Tom Crosby ‘70 & Marcie Strom ‘70
Kevin Cooper ‘71 & Jackie Cole ‘70
Tom Tobias ‘71 & Barb Bowman ‘78
Bill Ward ‘72 & Nancy Bowes ‘72
Tim Bryce ‘72 & Susan Murray ‘72
Pete Thompson ‘72 & Barb Strom ‘72
Jim Spaulding ‘72 & Sharon Cole ‘72
Tom Margraf ‘72 & Jane Woodin ‘72
Tom Brewer ‘72 & Debbie Jones ‘74
Steve Bell ‘73 & Colleen McGee ‘73
Steve Diebold ‘73 & Molly Agna ‘73
Brian Allf ‘75 & Jeanne Cooper ‘75
Jim Owen ‘75 & Susan Braun ‘75
Mark Fuller ‘75 & Cindy Gaudin ‘75
Jeff Coleman ‘75 & Carolyn Abrams ‘75
Richard Cody ‘75 & Beverly Stier ‘76
Brian Smith ‘75 & Carrie Johnson ‘76
Bill and Nancy Bowes Ward
were both in the class of ‘72
and were both in Miss
Knoop’s Elm Avenue
Kindergarten class in 1959.
They still live in Wyoming
and have four children, all
WHS grads.
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Cowboy Couples
Peter Guggenheim ‘75 & Susie Giesey ‘84
Dave Lindsay ‘78 & Judy Farmer ‘78
Keith Lance’78 & Jane Pomeroy ‘79
Tom Kramig ‘80 & Jacqueline Pomeroy ‘82
Jon Marty ‘83 & Kendal Nelson ‘85
Matt Munneke ‘85 & Katie Gorman ‘86
Jim Grandstaff ‘87 & Christina Cresci ‘87
Jon Chalfie ‘87 & Marla Fischer ‘89
Randy Frankel ‘87 & Ila Rubin ‘89
Kurt Marty ‘89 & Melissa Puhalla ‘93
Ted and Barb Halberstadt Marty
Brett Burgess ‘89 & Danielle Maisenhalter ‘89
Steve and Colleen McGee Bell
Steve Metz ‘93 & Kelly Allred ‘93
Christian Rennegarbe ‘98 & Julie Killen ‘99
Chris Huening ‘03 & Kate Weiss ‘04
Phillip Roebuck ‘04 & Lauren Carter ‘04
Tyler Mombach ‘05 & Elizabeth Games ‘06
Conner Wetzel ‘07 & Kendal Prather ‘06
Here are some updates from a few of our Cowboy Couples...
Jack ‘65 & Barbara Weyman McMaken ‘66: After WHS, we attended Vanderbilt, both graduating in
‘69. We were married in Wyoming at St. James Church on December 27, 1968, with a reception at the
Civic Center.
Rick & Ibby Potter Davis ‘57: We met in kindergarten in Wyoming, graduated from WHS in 1957, and
married in 1962. We have been married for 53 years.
Phillip and Lauren Carter Roebuck ‘04: Were married in 2009 and Samuel Carter Roebuck was born in
March of 2015.
Jeff & Carolyn Abrams Coleman ‘75: We did not date until 10 years after graduation. In fact, it was at
our 10 year class reunion that we re-met and began dating, getting married one year later.
David ‘59 & Katy Stilwell Kern ‘61: We had twin daughters in 1968, Francis Mennone and Thekla
Gordon. Both live in Wyoming so we have five grandchildren in the Wyoming schools. Will and Evan
Mennone and Emma, Alex and Mac Gordon.
Beryl & Dolores Kattelmann Chandler ‘54: We married in 1957 and have enjoyed 58 years of wedded
bliss. We are looking forward to our 60th anniversary in 2017.
Jason ‘68 & Sara Schumacher Ackley ‘69: We were reintroduced by another Cowboy Couple—Charles
Doten and Valerie Williams in 1979. Valerie arranged a “double date” and Jason was my date. We hit it
off immediately. First date was in August, 1979 and we were married in March, 1980. We continue to
live “happily ever after”. We have one daughter and two grandchildren and reside in Tallahassee, FL.
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WHSAA President’s Letter
Spring 2016
Our board is initiating a new “Networking” database so our current graduates, as well as our alumni, can
reach out to each other regarding college and career choices. Our slogan and mission is: “Reach Out/Reach
Back: Connecting Wyoming High School Grads and Students”. You can read more about our new networking
outreach in our feature article on pages one and two of this publication. We will need your help with this
endeavor. We will be asking you to log on to a software program that we have purchased and enter your
information so we can connect you to current and future WYOMING alumni across the world.
We are also starting a new tradition of recognizing our Wyoming alumni that are married to another alum.
We are calling these marriages “Cowboy Couples”. Our response to this was fantastic. We accumulated
more than 50 “Cowboy Couples” that are listed in this ECHO. Please read about this and send us an email
if you are a “Cowboy Couple” that we missed. We will include your names in future ECHO publications.
With the help and support of the Wyoming Board of Education, our graduation walkway will be expanded.
The current walkway has run out of spaces to install additional bricks to honor our graduates. The new
expanded area will have enough space to include graduates through the class of 2033. You can always
purchase a brick. The order form is included in each and every ECHO publication.
Each year we sponsor the Round-Up during graduation weekend. This year it will be on June 3rd from
7-10 pm at the Wyoming Golf Club. Cost is $15. Please take a look at the Round-Up reservation form
which is included in this edition of the ECHO. Consider spending a nice evening with other Wyoming
graduates. It is always a fun event.
As always, we struggle to keep our association financially strong. Our networking software program and
our new brick walkway, as well as the continued support of our scholarships to two senior students each
year is expensive and we can always use your monetary support as well. Our Alumni Association dues
request is included in the ECHO.
Our board will soon be adding two new trustees. Katherine Ritchey ‘96 and Kim
Marty Stewart ‘83 will be joining our group at our May meeting. We will be losing
two very loyal board members. Julie Hart Turner and Nancy McCue will be coming
off our board. We thank them for all their time and effort. Our trustees work hard to
help you keep in touch with your memories of WHS!
Always Cowboys,
Jim Barre ‘72
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Alumni Profile
Emma Carlson-Berne Bernay ‘97
By Heidi Metcalfe Lewis
For Emma (Carlson-Berne) Bernay (‘97), now a published author of over 80 books, the
inspiration to jumpstart her writing career came from an unlikely place — the plagiarism case against Harvard sophomore and young adult writer Kaavya Viswanathan. “I
heard about this writer doing her job badly and thought, well, that publisher is going to
be hiring soon.”
It’s that sort of wry, lighting-quick humor that makes the story of Bernay’s entry into
publishing world so utterly believable. Bernay did pick up the phone to call the publisher of the plagiarized books to pitch herself for the job. Within six months, she had
an agent and a publishing contract, and a young adult writer for hire was born. From
American Girl doll books to issue-driven young readers series for libraries, Bernay has
published at least seven books a year for the past ten years. But she is most proud of
her three boys, whom she is happily raising with her husband, Aaron, in Wyoming,
Ohio. (But she’ll also tell you— with a little self-deprecating laugh—that she’s also
really proud of her most recent American Girl book, “Ghost Wind Stallion: A Kaya Mystery.” Because, she asks, “what girl doesn’t
secretly really love horses?”)
Bernay’s own love of horses saw her through an unspeakable tragedy — the sudden loss of her brother, Ben Carlson-Berne, in 2002.
On a PhD track at Miami University, Bernay was studying composition and rhetoric when her younger brother died in a hiking accident
in the Grand Tetons. “It threw me into an early life crisis,” she says, of her grief. She left academia, moved to Boston, and reconnected
with her girlhood love of horses to become a therapeutic horseback riding instructor for people with disabilities — a passion she would
devote herself to for five years.
Working her writer’s muscle editing non-fiction anthologies for high school students, Bernay began doing work for the school library
market until another writer began making headlines for plagiarism and Bernay made her play. The work struck a chord, and she’s now
a go-to writer for juvenile, middle grade and young adult fiction and non-fiction for educational and trade publishers — work that she’s
able to do from home in Wyoming, Ohio.
And yet, to hear Bernay tell it, about the most unlikely place she ever thought she'd end up is right back where she started. "I was so
anti-Wyoming growing up," she says. Laughing, she recalls how she spent most of her Wyoming High School years hanging out in
Clifton with her friends, writing poetry. "Being deep," she jokes.
But, for this class of '97 graduate, Wyoming grew exponentially more attractive as children came into the picture. When her husband
started at University of Cincinnati Law School and they had their first child, Bernay felt Wyoming drawing them near. With her oldest
son now in 1st grade at Elm Elementary School, her middle child in Maple Knoll Montessori Child Center, and her youngest just 9
months old, Wyoming is just where she wants to be. "My son wrote a letter to the police department and we walked right over to deliver
the note," she reflects. "They invited us in and gave us a nice, impromptu tour of the station and we had a meet-and-greet with the police
sergeants. It was great!”
She pauses a beat and adds, “That doesn't happen in Boston, I'm guessing.”
With her parents nearby, Bernay is able to stay connected to the work her family does
in Ben’s honor — the Benjamin Carlson-Berne Memorial Scholarship Fund, which
provides instrumental music lessons for underserved youth in the Cincinnati community. Bernay also gives back through her work with the Junior Woman’s Club and as
a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. This month she
is also the featured author for the Wyoming Primary Schools, which means she’ll talk
about her books to all of the elementary school students in the area and sign copies
for students following her talks.
Mid-conversation, a young friend of her son’s from the neighborhood knocks on the
door for a playdate. "And all it took was one text with his mom," she says. "I love
Wyoming.“
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Defining Success: A Lesson for the Ages
By Miki Turner (Class of 1976)
When I was a junior at Wyoming High School, my cousin Renee and I went to see Mahogany, a film in which
Diana Ross plays a struggling seamstress in Chicago who falls in love with Billy Dee Williams. The two split up
after realizing each has a different definition of success. Tracy (Ross) is about the glitz and glamour, Brian
(Williams) is about the grit and grunt work.
When Brian realizes the relationship train is about to derail, he delivers the film’s most memorable line to Tracy:
“Success is nothing without someone you love to share it with.”
I’m fairly sure I was way too gaga over Billy Dee to think about how his scripted words could impact my life
beyond 1975, but a somewhat altered message has resonated with me in the
ensuing years as I have redefined my definition of success.
While it’s cool to have that boo on the scene to help you navigate the
highs and lows of life and tell you how wonderful you are even when you
are not, ultimately, success is realizing what it is not.
It’s not about being the most popular kid in school when you’re a teen.
It’s not about having that closet full of Louis Vuitton bags and designer
clothes like I had in my 20s and 30s; or about being recognized at the mall
because of your high-profile newspaper columnist gig like I was. It’s not
about driving the right car or living in an upscale zip code as I did in my
40s.
Success is about having the courage of your convictions and being
content with your current situation, no matter what.
So, even though I still have those LV bags, I no longer carry them
because I’ve moved away from that neighborhood and I’m no longer a
slave to the label. And I’ve learned to filter out the noise and to make
smart choices that benefit me physically, emotionally and spiritually.
Most importantly—no offense Billy Dee—I came to realize that I don’t
need anyone else to validate my definition of success.
That “someone else” Billy Dee was talking about is you.
I’m successful when my students at USC Annenberg realize their full
potential in ways that go beyond anything I may have taught them. I’m successful when my colleagues achieve their
professional goals because we all benefit from each other’s accomplishments. I’m successful when my friends and
family learn to love themselves by overcoming all the physical and emotional obstacles blocking their blessings. I’m
successful when a stranger speaks to me on the street for no reason; when a dog wags its tail or a child smiles.
But I think I’m at my most successful when I don’t give into the status quo and just do me. Every day I discover
something new about myself. Sometimes it’s something good. Sometimes, it’s something not so good. The key is
to embrace it all and be grateful for the lesson.
Misery has been evicted. Peace and harmony live here now.
Miki Turner is a 1976 graduate of Wyoming. She is currently a professor at the University of Southern California.
Prior to USC, Turner was an award-winning photojournalist/columnist, who has worked at several newspapers and
magazines, ESPN, MSNBC, AOL and BET. She is the author of two books, journey to the woman I’ve come to love
[sic] and tomorrow [sic]. She is currently pursuing a master's in communication management at USC.
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NEW BOOK FROM AN ALUM: Wayne Miller ‘94
Post- The fourth poetry collection from Wayne Miller (‘94) -- whom the New Yorker praised for making a
“vast impact with the smallest stroke” -- is now in print.
Post- addresses Miller’s father's death in 2008, his daughter's birth in 2011, and his experiences in Belfast,
Northern Ireland, on a Fulbright for seven months of 2013 -- and what it meant to live in that still-divided
city, socially and politically.
Miller, who moved to Denver two years ago to teach in the English department at the University of Colorado
Denver and edit the national literary journal Copper Nickel, is married to Jeanne Ouellette and has two
children (Harper and Sean). Previously he lived in Kansas City, where he taught for twelve years at the
University of Central Missouri, and edited the journal Pleiades.
Wayne Miller ‘94
Visit our website at: www.wyominghighschoolalumni.com
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Wyoming High School Reunion News
60 Year Reunion-Class of 1956: The Golf Club is reserved for Saturday night, June 4th, of graduation
weekend. Friday night, June 3rd, is the Round-Up at the Golf Club. Contact Ken Neaman at
[email protected] or 513-521-8890. We have room to share the Golf Club Saturday night.
50 Year Reunion-Class of 1966: Friday, June 3rd, the class of 1966 will celebrate their 50th reunion
and walk with the graduates. Friday night the class will meet at Century Inn then travel to the RoundUp at the Golf Club. Saturday, there is a tour of some of your old homes, followed by a guided walking
tour of Wyoming at 11am. A tour of the old high school is at noon. The class will walk with the
graduates at the new high school at 6:30 followed by a buffet dinner at DiStasi’s Banquet Center,
400 Wyoming Ave. Sunday morning brunch at Wick and Marlin’s, 45 E. Fountain Ave., Glendale, OH
45246. Contact John Dinkelaker to make your reservations, 15 Dorino Place, Wyoming, 45215.
40 Year Reunion-Class of 1976: Contact Jim Levinson at [email protected]. The date is July 29,
30, 31, 2016. Make your plans to attend.
30 Year Reunion-Class of 1986: The proposed weekend is July 29, 30, 2016. The party will be at the
Wyoming Golf Club Saturday night, preceded by a tour of the new middle school building. Get in
touch with Dave Marver for more info: [email protected]. Send updated contact info to Cady
Short Thompson at [email protected]. Look for our class Facebook page as well:
“The Big 3-0 Wyoming HS Class of 1986”.
25 Year Reunion-Class of 1991: No Info at this time.
20 Year Reunion-Class of 1996: October 14-15, 2016. Contact Heidi Lewis Metcalfe or Stephanie
Merhar at [email protected] or [email protected].
10 Year Reunion-Class of 2006: July 16th at Rhinegeist Brewery downtown. The reunion planner is
James Horn. Contact James at 513-519-9663 for more info. Email: [email protected]
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Our Association
The Wyoming High School Alumni Association is an Ohio non-profit organization serving the graduates and
friends of Wyoming High School. Faculty/staff and non-graduates are welcome as auxiliary members with
dues payable at the same rate. Donations to our Scholarship Fund are also greatly appreciated.
The ECHO is published semi-annually in May and November. To ensure inclusion in the newsletter, all
letters/photos/materials must be received by the first day of the preceding month. Information contained
herein is believed to be accurate and does not necessarily reflect the views of the WHSAA. Letters to the
editor are encouraged and subject to modification due to space limitations. A class address list is available
to each reunion class.
All correspondence, newsletter info and address changes should be sent to WHSAA. Our address is 420
Springfield Pike, Suite K, Wyoming, Ohio 45215 or emailed to: [email protected].
The Board of Trustees is composed of alumni loyal to their school and willing to lend a hand when needed.
If you wish to serve on the board, please email [email protected] to that effect.
Your officers are Jim Barre-President, Judy Feigelson Levy-Vice President, Tom Tobias-Secretary, and
David Peck-Treasurer.
The Board of Trustees of our WHSAA are:
Class of 2016: Jon Boss ‘54, Greg Lewis ‘72, Jeff King ‘67, Julie Hart Turner ‘74, Tom Tobias ‘71,
Erika Wirtz Eesley ‘04, Nancy Hulbert McCue ‘52, Chris Woodside ‘97.
Class of 2017: Jim Barre ‘72, Laura Faber Bottenhorn ‘70, Audra Chalmers ‘13, Peter S. Guggenheim ‘75,
Justin Buckner ’93, George R. Lewis ‘00, Heidi Metcalfe Lewis ‘96, Samantha Rheingold ‘09.
Class of 2018: Vanessa Gentry ‘73, Shelley Brown Komrska ‘87, Judy Feigelson Levy ‘72, Michelle
Lohman ‘05, David Peck ‘57, David Melville ‘57, Alex Bason Guest ‘87, Holly Porter Little ‘93.
Founder: Dorothy Spreen Schierenbeck ‘40.
Emeritus Trustees: Bill Schuchardt ‘40, Carol Clark Johnson ‘46, Dick Cryder ‘49, Troy Banks ‘50, Lois
Hall Gleason ‘50, Bob Gorman ‘53, Barbara Halberstadt Marty ‘53, Ted Marty ‘53, Robert Edington ‘54,
Sherry Sheffield ‘63, Joyce Mueller ‘71, Bill Renz ‘52.
Wyoming Round-Up Registration
Wyoming Golf Club
June 3rd, 2016 7 to 10 PM
Name: ___________________________________________________ Class: _____________________
Guest: ___________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________________________________________
Phone: ________________________________ Email: ________________________________________
I have enclosed $15 for each person coming to the Round-Up Please be kind enough to RSVP so we
can determine food and drink required.
Please return by May 27th to 321 Pleasant Hill Drive, Wyoming, OH 45215. 513-821-6550
Email: [email protected]
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Graduation Brick Order Form
Wyoming High School Alumni Association
420 Springfield Pike, Suite K Cincinnati OH 45215-4284
Visit us at wyominghighschoolalumni.com
Purchaser’s Name ____________________________
Address ____________________________________
City/St/Zip _________________________________
Phone ( _____) ______________________________
Email ______________________________________
For each brick ordered, return a completed form and a check for $60 made payable to:
Wyoming High School Alumni Association.
PRINT NAME TO BE ENGRAVED: ________________________________________________
YEAR OF GRADUATION: ____________________
Bricks are placed in the walkway once a year. Orders received by April 1st will be in place for that June’s
graduation. Orders received after April 1st will be placed the following year. One name per brick.
In Memorium
We have been notified of the passing of the following alumni, friends and teachers:
Heber (Hutch) Hutchinson - Class of '58 - 3/26/16
Charles Robert (Bob) Drake - Class of '67 - 12/9/15
Lori Katz Wigman - Class of '81 - 3/2/16
Danna Gendell - Class of '74 - 2/22/16
Rolf Nicholas Schliess - Class of '73 - 1/29/16
Bill Schuchardt - Class of '40 - 1/26/16
John Matthews - Teacher - 1/3/16
Joan Cryder Burgett - Class of '57 - 12/29/15
Joel E. Williams Jr. - Class of '41 - December 2015
Arthur E. Baldwin - Class of '04 - 12/15/15
Richard E. Klein - Class of '67 - 12/8/15
Elizabeth Warner Raney - Class of '40 - 10/30/15
Dave Fleischer - Class of '51 - 11/8/15
Ruth Eells Gerhold - Class of '56 - 10/19/15
Robert (Bob) Lee Logan, Jr - Class of '49 - 10/1/15
Barb Strom-Thompson - Class of '72 - 1/5/15
Martin Veveris - Class of '72 - 10/15/11
Anne Von Bargen White - Class of '72 - 11/1/13
Marc Herklotz - Class of '79 - June 2013
Elesa Todd Amend - Class of '52 - 5/18/15
Richard “Dick” Cryder - Class of '49 -7/24/15
Tony Thurston - Class of '55 - 2/20/15
Robert Morris - Class of '55 - 2/14/15
Elesa Todd Amand - Class of '52
Marcia Brown Bencic - Class of '57 - 5/14/15
William C. Fischer - Class of '49 - 3/15/14
Louis J. Seebohm - Class of '45 - 6/26/11
Mark Giuseffi - Class of '68 - 3/31/15
Patricia A. Krek - Class of '51 - 3/16/15
Marc Parker - Class of '87 - July 2014
Frederic Howe - Class of '45 - 11/23/13
Karl "The Cop" Woyan - 3/14/15
Virginia Wilson Frick - Class of '61 - 3/8/15
Gene Pitman - "Mr. Wyoming" - 2/27/15
Patricia Blocher Herpel - Class of '40 - 1/15/15
Janice VonBargen Huber - Class of '46 - 1/27/14
Jane Addis - Class of '52 - 7/31/14
William (Bill) Long - Class of '52 - 5/20/14
Davis L. Busener - Class of '52 - 12/9/14
Susan Roche Cogan - Class of '65 - 11/18/14
Thelma Rencher Massey-Class of ‘55 - 4/1/16
Alberta “Bert” Caine Storey - Class of ‘47 - 4/27/16
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Alumni Association Dues
Please use a separate sheet to tell us what’s new
Graduation Year: ___________________
Last Name : _____________________________
First Name: __________________ Middle: __________________ Maiden: ____________________
Address: ______________________________ City/State/Zip: _____________________________
Phone: __________________________Email: __________________________________________
_______ $250 Lifetime
_______ $100 Patron
__________ Contribution/memorial
_______ $50 Sponsor
_______ $25 Regular
__________ Scholarship
It is through your dues that we can produce and distribute the ECHO, maintain the website, and provide
scholarships. We thank you for your support. Fill out this form and send in your dues today to:
WHSAA, 420 Springfield Pike, Suite K, Wyoming, OH 45215
Wyoming Sports Update
We look forward to the start of the spring athletic season–and better weather! Baseball, softball, boys and
girls lacrosse, track and field and boys’ tennis all compete during the spring months! We were excited to
officially open our renovated baseball field on April 6th prior to our game vs. Indian Hill. School Board
Member, and alum, Scott Boster threw out the first pitch. Special thanks to our Wyoming Board of
Education, Superintendent Sue Lang and the Wyoming Athletic Boosters for their assistance in making
the baseball field a reality for our student athletes
and community.
Our winter athletic season was filled with
championships and outstanding performances.
Wyoming captured Cincinnati Hills League (CHL)
Championships in boys’ basketball and boys’
swimming. Wyoming currently leads in the CHL
All Sport Trophy standings.
A highlight of the winter season was the state
championship in the 200 free relay – Phillip Brocker,
Connor Williams, Christopher Rutter and Carson
Burt. Girls’ swimming sent six swimmers to state finals as well. Dave Elliott was named CHL Swimming
Coach of the Year and the boys’ swim team was crowned CHL Champions and District Runner Up.
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Jake Agna - ‘72 WHS Alum Strengthens US/Cuba Bond Through Tennis
South Burlington tennis coach builds US-Cuban bond
Alexandre Silberman, Free Press Intern
SOUTH BURLINGTON - When Jake Agna first stepped on the courts of the National Tennis Center in Havana he was shocked. The
courts hadn’t received maintenance in years. Nets were being held up by chairs. But at the same time he was surprised by the enthusiasm
and talent.
“I was dumbfounded by how bad the facilities were, and on the other hand, how
good the play was,” he said. “There are so many kids out there you would never
believe it.”
The local tennis pro has traveled to Cuba five more times since his original
visit and has brought 75 people from the Vermont tennis community. Each
trip, he also brought tennis balls, rackets, strings — and even shoes for the Cuban
National Team, mending the big issue of inadequate footwear.
Agna’s inspiration for this endeavor came from watching a CBS Sunday Morning
feature on prominent jazz musician Wynton Marsalis performing in Cuba.
Marsalis was playing trumpet for a group of kids.
“I thought, man, that looks like an unbelievable place, the kids look great, and I
want to see what it’s like to go down there,” he said.
Agna, 62, did just that, connecting with the Cuban American Friendship Society
(CAFS), a Burlington-based nonprofit focused on building bridges between the
U.S. and Cuba.
The South Burlington High School girls tennis coach has expanded his local “Kids on the Ball” program to the island nation and is
involved in a project to rebuild the National Tennis Center. The program has the long-term goal of establishing a youth exchange
program between the U.S. and Cuba.
The move comes after President Barack Obama’s historic visit to Cuba in March, the first time a U.S. president has visited the nation
since Calvin Coolidge in 1928.
Agna started Kids on the Ball in 2000 when he invited 20 low-income kids to join his summer tennis team. Participating in a summer
tennis program can cost around $400 per week, so Agna and his colleagues sponsored the initial participants. With Burlington’s refugee
resettlement designation, the program took off and now reaches about 100 kids on a summer day in Burlington’s Roosevelt Park.
In 2015, he set out to reach another 100 kids, this time in Cuba. His first trip to the island, accompanied by his wife and daughter,
completely surpassed his expectations on every level.
“Within 24 hours it was really clear to me that their level of tennis is high, and that their pros are really well trained,” Agna said. “I went
down there thinking I might help them with tennis, but within a few days it was clear that I could probably help them best by fixing their
facilities.”
The renovation of 10 tennis courts, phase one of the project, is slated to begin between May and June and should be complete by
December. Agna and his colleagues are waiting for the shipment of materials as only one U.S. company is currently licensed to ship to
Cuba.
The plan, approved by the Cuban government on March 1, will be one of the first bricks and mortar projects since the Kennedy
Administration severed diplomatic relations in 1961. The $600,000 expected cost
for phase one has already been raised due to financial support from the Robert
Stiller Family Foundation, The Argosy Foundation, the Serena Fund, and other
donors.
Phase two is expected to start following the court renovations and involves $1.1
million in upgrades to the building at the National Tennis Center. Kids on the BallCuba has yet to obtain funding for this step of the project.
Agna has his sights set on a youth exchange program between the U.S. and Cuba
following the project’s completion. “When the embargo opens up and we’re
allowed to exchange back and forth, it’s going to be tremendous,” he said.
Agna anticipates the program, a collaboration with Havana's Jose Marti
Institute, could start as soon as next spring. The goal would be to help connect
Cuban youth with educational opportunities in the U.S., as well as create
cultural bonds between Americans and Cubans.
“These kids are inspiring because they are so determined, polite and likeable,”
he said, referring to the Cuban players.
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Alumni Reflections
Sherry Sheffield—’62 Sherry, the long time editor of The ECHO, was recently
Honored by the City of Wyoming. She was named the Exemplary Volunteer of the
Year by the city council. The resolution stated that Sherry has been a dedicated
volunteer in this community and has selflessly served the City of Wyoming and
other community groups in a variety of capacities. She has spearheaded the 150th
Anniversary of the Naming of Wyoming event in 2011, the Historical Signage
project that was kicked off in 2015, earmarking Wyoming Historical Society funds
for the transcription of handwritten minutes from City Council meetings from 1874
to 1912. Sherry has willingly given her time, talent, energy, and expertise to the
benefit of past, present, and future generations of Wyoming residents and business
owners and has done so with an unparalleled sense of humor and wit. Congrats Sherry!
Ed Roman—Music Teacher I was a bit surprised when Jim Barre requested an 'update.' Had done one about a
dozen years ago and responses, reaching back to Class of '59, were many, startling and heart warming. I am from the
Wyoming Valley of northeastern Penna, a town whose main street is Wyoming Avenue. Harold Bush, Wyoming
Superintendent, brought me to WHS-Wyoming Avenue in part because his wife, Betsy and I shared an Oberlin
connection.
So, it seemed that career and a large part of life were preordained! What good\
fortune! The choirs of those twenty six years were extraordinary, thanks to
the talent, spirit and commitment of so many great kids! Kids no more, I still
hear remembrances of specific concerts, songs, even emotions, It's been a real
miracle. Just celebrated #83 and our nineteenth year in Prescott. We love our
mountain top home with stunning distance views and sunsets. Continue to
enjoy lots of European travel, river cruises, driving… No more choral music
but lots of piano playing and some amazingly gifted piano students, six of
whom gave gone on to undergrad/grad performance majors.
Messages will always be welcome.
[email protected] works a little better than Facebook.
Andrew Tudor—Class of ‘06 Since graduating from Wyoming in 2006, I attended Wittenberg University where I
majored in Business Management with a Finance Concentration. While at school I was very involved with our Office
of Multicultural Affairs, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Student Senate Judicial Board,
and America Reads tutoring program. I secured an internship my junior year at US Bank
and spent two summers working in the Consumer Finance Division in Downtown Cincinnati. After finishing school, I started at US Bank as a teller at the Brentwood location in
Finneytown in 2011. For the past 5 years, I have moved through each branch role across
various branches in northern Cincinnati. I am currently the Branch Manager at our
Colerain Hills location. I recently bought a house in Pleasant Ridge where I will live with
my fiancé Katelyn (not looking forward to moving). I currently serve on the Branch
Advisory Board for the Powell Crosley YMCA, teach financial literacy classes for Future
Leaders OTR, and am a math tutor a couple nights a week. I am also honored to be a part
of the Cincy Next development program through the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce that begins this spring. I am
still active in sports leagues around the city so I don't get too out of shape and regularly attend Crossroads Church in
Oakley.
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Alumni Reflections
Dave Marver—’86: Dave is the CEO of a company called Vicis. His company is reimagining the traditional
football helmet. The NFL is supporting efforts to improve the incidents of concussions in the sport of football.
They have given $60 million in grants in a joint program with General Electric and Under Armour. Vicis’s $10
million in funding, mostly from private investors, includes $500,000 from the NFL program. The company goal
is to reduce the number of concussions in football by 50 percent. Dave’s company helmet is called Zero1 and has
a soft, deformable outer skin with a harder plastic core inside. Like a car’s bumper, the softer carapace gives a
little when struck, slowing the impact before it reaches a tailback’s brain. Additional layers further dampen
impacts and cradle the player’s head in mattress-like memory foam. Two of the four chin-straps fasten to the
inner shell rather than the outer one, which Vicis’s engineers think will curb energy flowing through the jaw.
How much will this new helmet revolutionize the industry, we will have to wait and see. Congratulations Dave!
Wyoming Cowboys Basketball Champions 1972-73 season
coached by math teacher Rex Parker. Some of the Alumni in
the picture include Steve Bell, Tony Gentry, Smiley Tillman,
Steve Diebold and Paul Berg.
Madeline Marks—’05: After graduating from WHS in 2005, Madeline chose to move south to attend the
University of Texas at Austin. The transition was eased by joining the Alpha Phi sorority, where she made many
memories and life-long friends. She also participated in the Texas Tees, an organization that supports the UT
Longhorns men’s golf team. After four years of Texas Football, Texas sunshine, and Texas Teas, Madeline has
settled in Texas.
Madeline graduated in 2009 with a BA in Education. During her post-graduate period, she began dating a UT Law
student from Dallas whom she had met as an undergrad, Patrick Lingwall. Eventually, their relationship led Madeline
to relocate to Houston in 2012. Following in her mother’s footsteps, Madeline began teaching elementary school in
League City, outside Houston. She taught fourth grade for two years, one year of third grade and now teaches first
grade. She finds teaching very rewarding, if not a bit exhausting at times.
In June of 2014, Madeline and Patrick wed in Austin, and honeymooned in Hawaii. They live in the Washington
Heights neighborhood in Houston with Barry, their beloved Wire Fox Terrier. In addition to teaching, Madeline
serves in Junior League and volunteers with Dress for Success, which helps women achieve economic independence
with a support network, professional attire, and development tools. She also has a successful independent jewelry and
accessories business as a stylist for Stella & Dot.. Her time on UT’s “Forty Acres” made Madeline a Texan, but her
heart will always remain in Cincinnati. Madeline sends her warmest regards and good wishes to all her fellow
Wyoming Cowboy alumnae and the terrific teachers and staff at WHS!
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Julia Stern—’07: Congratulations to Wyoming 2007 graduate Julia Stern for being named as a Birthright Israel
ambassador. This is a not-for-profit that sponsors free trips to Israel for Jewish individuals ages 18 to26 who haven't
visited the country before. Julia took one of those trips and found it was an eye-opener. “You learn about aspects of
Israel that you don’t get the opportunity to learn that much about here in the U.S. From America, what we know is
what we see in the media, and it’s all very politically oriented.”
Martha Collins Armstrong—’58: Martha has had a 50+ year career as a professional artist and educator. Martha
has shown her work nationally and internationally for 50 years. During 2015 alone her work has been featured and
sold in Italy, China and Ireland as well as in the United States.
She has also taught at many universities, including Smith
College in Massachusetts.
“Last of the Sunflowers”: Oil on Canvas
©2015 Martha Armstrong
Madlyn Rencher Evans—’53: Madlyn sent us a reflection on what the African-American students did on a Friday
night when they were excluded from “corral” at the Civic Center. Fridays, after the COWBOYS’s football and basketball games, were the most exciting times for students who lived in Wyoming. Our social activities after the games
were fulfilled in Lockland, along with African-American students from Glendale, Woodlawn and Lincoln Heights.
We had a very up-to-date soda shop named “The Dairy Bar”. It was owned by two gentlemen who were residents of
Wyoming, Bud Baker and his brother-in-law, Mr. Les Elliot. These gentlemen had also been students in the Wyoming
school system. My mother and all her siblings were also Wyoming students during their school days. Whenever the
Cowboys won a game against Reading or Lockland High, the hoopla went on for hours. We, from WHS, would sing
our school song repeatedly as other students entered the Dairy Bar. We were not popular, but we were very highly
respected because of the love and loyalty we had for our school. The Blue and the Gold (later changed to White)
colors were always visible with our attire on game nights, sometimes only with the color of our socks. After basketball season ended, most of my age group were very busy with our community activities and church affairs, along with
continuous conversations on the weekends, at the Dairy Bar, making predictions about the coming year’s winning
season for the COWBOYS. Wyoming High School, one
of my forever LOVES!
7th and 8th Grade Basketball Teams-’65-’66:
Coach Jerry Scheele
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Hal Arenstein—’72: For the past 37 years, I've spent my life defending citizens accused of crimes. I see myself as
a defender of the constitution. Many people ask me how can I represent those people. Those are the same folks who
seek my assistance when they or a family member find themselves in a similar situation. No one understands how
stacked the system can be against them until they are up against it. I've handled dozens of homicides and numerous
financial crimes.
I was elected president twice of the Cincinnati Criminal Defense Attorneys Association and served on the Board of
Directors for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. I was an adjunct professor at the University of
Cincinnati Law School teaching trial practice. For several years Channel 12 used me as a commentator on various
legal issues.
Over the last four years, I've been lucky enough to bring two of my sons into my practice. Nothing is more satisfying
then getting up each day and knowing you're going to get to spend the day with two of your sons in a work setting. My
third son is also an attorney practicing in New York City. He's also a part owner of two restaurants, one a barbecue
restaurant the other Mexican. My wife of 34 years has been in charge of the ball kids at the ATP Tennis tournament in
Mason, Ohio for over 20 years. She was also the head tennis coach at Milford High School and director of the private
club at the Mason Tennis Center.
Over the past decade my interests have included Egyptology and writing. I've travelled to Egypt on four occasions and
look forward to returning when the political climate improves. Finally, I've completed one novel and am presently
working on a sequel. No publisher yet but hope springs eternal and not everyone who starts writing a book gets past
page 30.
Marie King Johnson: Master Educator—Selected by the Master
Educator Legacy Endowment (MELE)
Marie King Johnson joins Mary Lou Culp, B.S. Bradbury, and Ferol Betz as
MELE’s fourth Master Educator. Marie was a beloved Wyoming High School
teacher from 1967-1991. She served as High School Science Department Chair,
taught biology and anatomy, and was an Academy of Medicine Advisor. Marie
was presented an Ohio Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching Science,
and spent many summers organizing and leading student trips to such places as the
Galapagos Islands, Kenya, the Mediterranean Sea, and other overseas locations.
Marie taught biology and advanced biology for nine years before initiating the
anatomy program at WHS. Her motivation came from feedback from her former
students who had gone on to medical school and felt very prepared in biology, but
not anatomy. Marie began by asking several Wyoming physicians and one hospital to help by letting her students observe them, and her anatomy program took off from there!
Marie’s anatomy program has been described as “exceptional and truly outstanding” by physicians. It provided
excellent preparation for pre-med students, and helped students determine whether or not to go into medical school. As
a result, ninety percent of Marie’s students entered into a medical profession of some kind.
Marie was a remarkable teacher who took a personal interest in her students and their education. Many students credit
their decision to go into the medical field specifically back to their academic growth and learning experience under
Marie King Johnson.
Marie, her family and friends, will be welcomed at a reception on Sunday, May 15. On Monday, May 16, during the
Foundation Day assembly at the Wyoming High School, The Marie King Johnson Scholarship will be awarded to a
teacher with an interest to further their professional abilities and continue Wyoming’s tradition of excellence in
teaching.
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Alumni Reflections
Congratulations to Richard “Rick” Collins - ’56
WSF’s 2016 Distinguished Alumnus:
After graduating from Yale University and then Harvard Law School, Rick developed a passion for law and the rights
of the underserved and underprivileged. Deeply interested in the implications of American constitutional law for
Native American Indians, Rick dedicated the first 15 years of his legal career serving as an advocate to the Native
American Indians. He strongly related, and helped fight for, issues of tribal sovereignty, religious freedom,
anti-discrimination, and taxation.
Rick helped forge new American Indian law using the American judicial system, and has been instrumental in the
outcome of many landmark cases. He successfully argued several important cases in the US Supreme Court, most in a
pro-bono capacity, which significantly and positively enforced the rights of Native American Indians. In addition to
numerous publications, articles and speaking engagements that have helped shape judicial decisions, Rick is often
consulted by others for his expertise in litigation.
Following his remarkable legal career, Rick joined the faculty at the University of Colorado School of Law where he
specializes in, among other courses, Constitutional Law. Rick also taught American Constitutional and Human Rights
Law at Wuhan University in Wuhan, China, as a US Fulbright Scholar grant recipient. Receiving the Teaching
Excellence Award on three different occasions, Rick is one of the longest-serving and most-respected law professors at
the Colorado School of Law.
Rick remains as a pro bono consultant to Native American Indian tribes. He continues to mentor younger scholars and
professors, helping them to advance in ways that serve larger causes of inclusion and social justice.
Rick and his wife, Judy, have three grown daughters. Ever-gracious, Rick and Judy are well-known for opening up
their home to friends, visiting professors, and supporters of the arts, as well as entire classes of first-year law students!
In addition to his passion for law and civil and human rights, Rick loves, and is a great supporter of, music and the arts.
He has served on several boards, including the Colorado Music Festival, is an alumni of the Yale Glee Club, and still
travels all over the world to perform with the Yale Alumni Chorus.
Rick, his family and friends, will be welcomed at the Distinguished Alumni reception on Sunday, May 15. On Monday, May 16, Rick will address the entire student body at Wyoming High School, and then participate in a panel
question and answer discussion with each high school grade.
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WY—HOMING DAYS HOUSE VISITATION FORM
If you are interested in visiting your former Wyoming home over Round-Up Weekend, send this form to Tom Tobias,
215 Wilmuth Avenue, Wyoming OH 45215 or email the information to him at [email protected].
The information is needed by May 22nd in order to have time to make the arrangements.
Wy-Homing Days, the opportunity to visit your childhood home in Wyoming, is jointly sponsored by the Wyoming
High School Alumni Association, Wyoming Historical Society and the Wyoming School Foundation.
NAME ______________________________________________________ CLASS OF _____________________
CURRENT HOME ADDRESS ____________________________________
CITY, ST, ZIP ______________________
LOCAL CONTACT WHERE YOU CAN BE REACHED DURING YOUR WEEKEND IN TOWN
NAME_______________________________________ PHONE __________________________________
DAYS AND TIMES THAT WOULD NOT BE CONVENIENT ON THAT FRIDAY, SATURDAY OR SUNDAY:
______________________________________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS(S) YOU WANT TO VISIT ______________________________________________________________
Kenny Sanders -‘70: Kenny graduated from Wyoming High School in 1970. Following high school he attended Rio
Grande College graduating in 1974. After graduating from college Kenny moved to Las Vegas. In Vegas, he worked as
a casino host at the very popular Harrah’s, currently Caeser Entertainment. While working, Kenny met the wonderful
mother of his beautiful three children. In 2010 he retired from the entertaining casino life and moved to sunny South
Florida. He has quickly adapted to the relaxing beach life and is enjoying fun in the sun!
Todd Kramer - '05: Following graduation, Todd attended Miami University for his Bachelor of Science in Zoology
and South University for his Master of Medical Science in Anesthesia. He has worked at The Christ Hospital here in
Cincinnati as an anesthetist since 2011. He and his wife Brittany currently reside in Anderson and spend most of their
time enjoying their 1 year old twins, Evan and Adalyn. Todd makes his way back to Wyoming often to see his mom,
Mickie, who retired from Wyoming High School last year, and to beat his step-dad, Jim Barre, in golf at the Wyoming
Golf Club. He has many fond memories of his time in Wyoming and is grateful for the opportunities it opened for his
future.
Chris Dolle—’78: Chris is the Managing Partner of the Ohio Valley Branch of AXA Advisors. The first focus is on
Financial Planning and Financial Advisory Services for individuals, schools, municipalities and corporations. The firm
has quite a number of WHS Alumni currently working in the Cincinnati office.
Elise Dolle—’09: Elise is a third year teacher in Chicago. She lives in the city in the Old Town neighborhood.
She currently teaches fourth grade at a private school in her neighborhood.
Chris Dolle, Jr.—’11: Chris graduated from Indiana University in the Spring of 2015. He has moved to Chicago
and is living in the Lincoln Park area. He is working in the transportation logistics field for Atomic Transportation.
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MASTER EDUCATOR LEGACY ENDOWMENT
(MELE)
In 2006, the Wyoming School Foundation announced that through a cooperative effort with Alumni, an Endowment (MELE)
was created to establish permanent scholarships and programs named to honor the memories of past, present and future master
educators of the Wyoming School System.
A unique aspect of the MELE is that the Donors are provided an opportunity to participate in the management and stewardship
of the Endowment. Five donors are voting members of MELE’s governing body (MELEC). Donations to the Endowment are
considered to be an investment and the guidelines/principals governing the management of the MELE and the Donor’s investments are outlined in the Master Educator Legacy Endowment Prospectus. A copy of the Prospectus is available on request.
The Wyoming School Foundation prepares annual Stewardship Reports that are mailed to all supporters each year in September/
October. Scholarship / Program recommendations are developed by the Wyoming School System Superintendent and District
Staff and submitted to the MELE’s governing body (MELEC) for annual review and endorsement.
As of December 31, 2015, MELE’s total donated principal reached $153,757. Thus, MELE is at a level of over 75% of the
$200,000 initial objective. When the $200,000 level is reached, annual earnings of $10,000 (5%) are anticipated that can be
disbursed to support MELE’s annual programs at a reasonable level while maintaining the total donated principal in order to
provide for future disbursements.
Total donations, by category, are as follows: Founders - $105,229 (average per founder of $15,033); Associate Founders $11,225 (average of $1,604); Supporters - $2,300 (average of $288); Wyoming School Foundation – $5,000 and MELEC $30,003 (transferred from earnings). It should be pointed out that the Class of 1951 is the leading donor class with a total
donation of $56,254. The class of 1952 follows with donations of $44,425.
A total of 21 Alumni are investors in MELE and there is one non-alumnus Wyoming family supporting the Endowment.
Two important aspects of MELE’s investors are: 1) over 50% of the investors have made multiple donations through the years
and 2) the overall average investment per donor is presently $5,393.
In 2016, MELE plans to award up to a $4,000 Mary Lou Culp Scholarship to a member of the Wyoming School Staff.
During January 2016, a letter will be sent to the Alumni of the 1970’s & 1980’s requesting that they consider making an
investment in MELE in recognition of the selection of Marie King Johnson as the fourth Master Educator of the Wyoming
School System.
During the Foundation Day Ceremonies in May 2016, MELE will award a Mary Lou Culp Scholarship and honor Marie King
Johnson for becoming a Master Educator. Also, the Foundation will present Marie a Photo Album/Scrapbook with newspaper
articles, letters of congratulations and photos sent to her by Alumni and friends.
LIST OF SUPPORTERS: (as of 12/31/2015)
FOUNDER
ASSOCIATE FOUNDER
SUPPORTER
Edward R Hopple ’48
Bill Schuchardt ’40
Jane Dyehouse Aab ‘51
David Dimling ’51
Bill & Mary Ellen Bowen ’51
Nancy Simmons Berger ‘50
Cathy Sewell Talley ’51
Gloria Strohmenger Goering ’51
Hugh McDiarmid ‘52
Tom Boyatt ’51
Nancy Hulbert McCue ’52
Tom & Leslie Mowry
Pete Serodino ’52
Genie Elliott Reed ’52
Mary Elizabeth Bridges Walker ‘49
Mike Boyatt ’52
Susan Hunsche Heil ’55
Dr. Albert K. Weyman ‘61
Susan Sidall Castleberry’51
F. Craig Barber ’57
Nancy Davis Bumiller ‘47
John C. Davis ‘59
Please consider a donation to MELE in 2016
Michael L. Boyatt
MELE Founder