By Kara Schroyer
Two new executive officers and seven new board members were selected for the Ohio University
Alumni Board of Directors during the spring board meeting April 24-25 in Athens.
Dr. William Burke, DO '88, is the new executive vice pres
ident for alumni services and Joanne
Utley, BSJ '79, is vice president for communication and media. Their terms began July 1.
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| Dr. William Burke, DO '88 |
Burke is an assistant professor of family medicine at Ohio University and residency director of the
Grove City site of the Doctors Hospital Family Practice Residency in suburban Columbus. A winner
of the College of Ost
eopathic Medicine's Outstanding Faculty Award in 1992, Burke has remained
active as a member of OU-COM's Society of Alumni and Friends. He has served two terms as
president of the group.
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| Joanne Utley, BSJ '79 |
Utley is an assistant art director at Newsday on Long Island, N.Y., where she designs section fronts
of the newspaper. She was a member of the News-day staff th
at won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for
spot news coverage of the crash of TWA Flight 800.
Utley recently returned from Trinidad, where she spent six months on a Knight International Press
Fellowship. She provided training in newspaper design and computer graphics. Utley has worked
with the Massachusetts Alumni Chapter and the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut Chapter since
moving to New York.
New members of the alumni board include:
- Marilyn Poling Branstitter, BSED '52, a third-g
rade teacher for Bexley City Schools in Columbus.
She has been an active member of several campus organizations, including the Ohio University
Foundation, PAWS, Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority, and the Society of Alumni and Friends of the
College of Education.
- Jeffery Chaddock, BSC '88, a financial advisor with American Express Financial Advisors in the
Columbus area. He has been a member of the Trustees' Academy's William H. Scott Circle level
for three years and of the School of Communicat
ion Systems Management's advisory board.
Chaddock established two $1,000 scholarships for freshman and sophomore communication
majors.
- Amiso Margaret George, BSC '83, BSJ '86, MA '87, PHD '92, assistant professor of
communication at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where she has won the Outstanding
Faculty Member Award. She was a leader of several student organizations, including Graduate
Student Senate.
- Jean M. Kainsinger, BSED '58, retired teacher and coordinator
of the Gifted and Talented
Education Program for Bedford City Schools. She is a past president and current secretary of the
Ohio University Women's Club of Greater Cleveland, which she joined in 1960.
- John M. Lusa, BSJ '53, past president of the alumni chapter in Chicago and current president of
the Greater Dayton Chapter. He is a visiting associate professor and senior research associate for
the Center for Information and Communication Sciences at Ball State University and an independe
nt
consultant. He is a member of the Trustees' Academy.
- Ronald L. Patrick, BSEE '60, recently retired as vice president of planning and business
development for Aviall Inc. of Dallas, a manufacturer of aircraft parts. He has been supportive of
Ohio University for 42 years as a Sigma Chi and the originator of a scholarship for Southern Ohio
engineering students.
- Lon G. Walls, AB '72, BSJ '78, president and CEO of Walls Communications Inc. in
Washington, D.C. He is preside
nt of the Capital Press Club, and a member of the Washington
Urban League board and the National Association of Black Journalists' entrepreneurship
committee.
Kara Schroyer, BSJ '98, was an intern in the Office of Alumni Relations for the 1997-98 academic
year.
