Bobcat Tracks

1960s

Karen Katterheinrich Wolter, BSED ’60, of Dublin, Ohio, was elected to a second two-year term as president of the Ohio branch of The King’s Daughters and Sons, part of an international nonprofit organization with branches in 36 states and Canada.

Anna Marie King, BSJ ’61, of Boca Raton, Fla., is executive director of the Migrant Association of South Florida and its affiliated Caridad Health Clinic. MASF is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for families of underserved migrant and agricultural workers.

Joel Mirman, BBA ’63, shareholder at Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs in Columbus, has been appointed to the Supreme Court Committee to Review Reporting of Opinions. He also serves on the Supreme Court Commission on Certification of Attorneys as Specialists.

Judith Levine Willis, BSJ ’63, of Kensington, Md., retired from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. She had been a member of the FDA’s Office of Public Affairs since 1979 and was the editor of periodicals for both medical professionals and the general public. Writing under the pen name Judith Laura, Willis is the author of two books on feminist spirituality.

Daniel Behring, MA ’64, PHD ’69, is a professor at Northwood University in Midland, Mich. Behring, who teaches individual and organizational behavior, strategy and managerial perspective, is the principal of a consulting company he created in 1995. He has been named an Outstanding Educator of America.

E. William Gourd, MFA ’64, retired from a 35-year academic career that included faculty positions at the University of Texas at El Paso, Cleveland State University and Saginaw Valley State University. Gourd founded SVSU’s Department of Communication and Theatre in 1978 and chaired the department for 14 years. In 1995, he received the University Faculty Association’s Annual Service Award and in 1996 was given a University Professional Continuing Achievement Award.

William Gurnick, BSED ’65, owns and operates Gurnick Tree Farms in Litchfield, Ohio. He retired from Strongsville City Schools in 1996 after 30 years as a teacher and coach.

Mary Psota, BFA ’65, and her husband, Ronald Psota, BFA ’65, have retired after 30 years as music educators in northern Ohio and now live in Sun City Anthem, Nev.

Michael Hyland, BSED ’66, who has been director of athletics for Celina (Ohio) City Schools for the last 21 years, received the Distinguished Service Award from the Northwest Ohio Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association. He also received the Ohio District Athletic Administrator of the Year award in the spring of 1998.

James Ragan, MA ’67, PHD ’71, of Los Angeles recently was invited to present poetry at Carnegie Hall as the featured poet of the Lyric Poetry Festival. He also received the Creative Artist Achievement Award from the University of Southern California.

James Frankel, BBA ’68, a leading New York attorney specializing in construction and design environment, received the Volunteer of the Year award from The Regional Alliance for Small Contractors. He chairs the Construction Industry Practice Group at Baer Marks & Upham.

Dennis Bender, BSJ ’69, BSJ ’93, is senior vice president of communications for the nonprofit organization Habitat for Humanity in Americus, Ga. “This is truly an exciting time to be serving in the leadership of this global movement for human progress,” he said.

Patricia Knight France, BSED ’69, is a tax specialist at Allen, Gibbs & Houlik in Wichita, Kan.

Carl Gedeon, MBA ’69, retired from BP America after 34 years and joined the investment firm Greenleaf Capital as managing director. He also has served as chairman of the Cleveland-Pittsburgh Regional Pension Fund Group. Gedeon lives with his wife, Rosemarie Gedeon, BSCE ’66, in South Euclid, Ohio.

Anthony Genovese Jr., BBA ’69, recently married Guan Ling of Beijing. He is the CEO of BancAudit Associates of San Jose and Silicon Valley, Calif., a business he formed in 1992.

Patricia Wolfert, BSED ’69, principal at St. Thomas Regional School, was awarded the National Catholic Educational Association’s Distinguished Principal Award for the New England region. Before becoming principal, she spent 17 years teaching kindergarten in Talawanda City Schools in Oxford, Ohio. She lives in Warwick, R.I., with her husband, Kenneth Wolfert, BSED ’65.