The Alumni Association of Ohio Northern University presented Distinguished Alumni Awards during the Alumni Awards Banquet on May 31.

The awards, recognizing outstanding service and loyalty, were presented to Edward "Ed" Gmyrek, BSEd '65; Floyd Keith, BSEd '70, H of F '03; Michael Rencheck, BSEE '83; Patricia "Pat" Parteleno, BSPh '90, PharmD '96; James Patsiavos, BSPh '53; and Judy (Reed) Weir, BSBA '60. The banquet was part of Northern's 2008 Alumni Weekend, held May 30 through June 1.

The Ohio Third District Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in one criminal case in the Moot Court Room of Ohio Northern University's Pettit College of Law at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 18.

The oral arguments will be held before a three-judge panel consisting of presiding Judge Stephen R. Shaw and Judges Richard M. Rogers and John R. Willamowski. Rogers, Shaw and Willamowski are all Ohio Northern law alumni.

Ohio Northern University will commemorate Black History Month this February with a number of scheduled events. Several campus organizations will collaborate to provide diverse opportunities to celebrate African-American heritage. Here is the schedule of February's activities:

Tuesday, Feb. 5
"Spirituality as Liberation in the Lives of Two African-American Women: Jarena Lee and Zilpha Elaw"
Presentation by Dr. Margot Cullen, associate professor of English
5 p.m. - McIntosh Center Faculty Dining Lounge

Ohio Northern University will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the Mathile Center for the Natural Sciences adjacent to the Meyer Hall of Science on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 4 p.m.

2007 Homecoming Attending list

 

1939

William & Betty Pigozzi

1949

Eugene Murdock

Stretch Roberson

1953

James Patsiavos

1955

Eugene Potesta

Ron Hull

Eugene Potesta 

1956

Gordon (Mitch) Acheson

1957

Ron & Patsy (Spellman) Evans

Chuck Fried

Keith & Sally Kiggins

2007 Hall of Fame induction dinner Friday, October 5, 2007, 6:00 p.m., McIntosh, Ballroom

Kelly Louise (Born) Carbone, BS ‘89

Dawn Lorene (Hill) Kock, BS ‘91 BSMT ‘92

Laura Ann Pruchnicki, BA ‘97

D'Artis A. Jones, BSME ‘97

Brent Alan Ridenour, BSBA ‘95

Richard M. Trick, BSED ‘64

Ohio Northern University has received more than $4 million from alumni estate contributions.

The estate of Dr. Anthony and Doris Martin provides more than $2.5 million for the benefit of the existing Dr. Anthony J. and Doris E. Martin Pre-Medical Student Scholarship Fund. The University additionally received $1.5 million from the estate of Dwight L. Carhart for the benefit of the Pettit College of Law and to establish the Fred L. Carhart Memorial Program in Legal Ethics.

Ohio Northern University has received a gift of more than $3 million from the estate of Eugene A. Beeler.

Beeler, who passed away in October of 2006, graduated from ONU in 1949 with a bachelor of arts and science degree and a major in accounting. Beeler was a certified public accountant and a founding partner in Howard & Beeler in Lima, Ohio, now known as Lentol, Violet Kientz & Co.