1950s

Richard Noll, BSIE ’50, former mayor of North Ridgeville, Ohio, recently was inducted into the Ohio Department of Aging’s Senior Citizens Hall of Fame. He developed North Ridgeville’s first senior center and implemented a program allowing the elderly to receive tax breaks on utility bills. He is a part-time building inspector, treasurer of the Lorain County Office on Aging and chairman of the advisory board at the North Ridgeville Senior Center.

Frank Dilley, AB ’52, MA ’53, received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from Walden University in Minneapolis in honor of his contributions to the field of graduate distance education throughout his 30 years at the university.

Richard Farrell, BSJ ’54, of Bedford, N.Y., owns Richard Farrell Associates, a provider of strategic marketing and financial relations advice to Internet start-up companies. He has teamed up on projects with Christopher Gigley, BSJ ’93, editor-in-chief of Giftware Business, author of “Getting the Most Out of the Internet” and a frequent speaker at Internet seminars.

James Patterson, BSJ ’58, a graphic designer and freelance writer in Largo, Fla., has published the novel “The Thirteen,” which captures Ohio University during the mid-1950s. The account is not autobiographical, Patterson said, but draws upon his experiences on a campus undergoing great social change.

Elizabeth May, BSED ’59, retired from teaching seventh-grade language arts at Troy (Ohio) Junior High School and moved with her husband to Phoenix.