Outstanding Alumni

PAST OUTSTANDING ALUMNUS AWARD WINNERS

1999
Dr. Sherman Alter, Class of 1969
Children’s Medical Center

Douglas Barnhart, Class of 1985
General Dynamics, Former Air Force Captain

Don Brown, Class of 1978
Sports Anchor and Reporter

JoLynn Barry-Butler, Class of 1969
Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio/Former State Representative, 94th Ohio House District

James DeBrosse, Class of 1970
Published Author, Features Writer; Dayton Daily News

John Dominguez, Esq., Class of 1970
Assistant U. S. Attorney

Gary Haines (dec.)
Class of 1968 Montgomery County Sheriff 1988-2000

Col. Jonathan House, Class of 1962
U.S. Army Commander, Defense Electronics Supply Center (Retired)

Mr. Duane Lapp, Class of 1970
President, Lapp Roofing & Sheet Metal Co., Inc. (Retired)

Daniel S. McClure, DDS, Class of 1970
Dentist

Dr. Leigh Gilbert-Segal, M.D., Class of 1983
Rheumatologist

2000
Dr. Larry Augustin, Class of 1980
CEO of SugarCRM, former venture capitalist, and the former chairman of VA SoftwareVA Linux Systems, Inc.

Ray Crawford, Class of 1989
Sports Anchor, Fox Sports Net Ohio

Jeffrey T. Hodge, Class of 1972
Senior Counsel, Bank of Nova Scotia

David S. Hogsette, PhD, Class of 1986
Published Author, Professor of English, New York Institute of Technology

Ronald D. Jones, Class of 1982
CEO & President at The Copious Group, LLC

2001
William Ames, Class of 1969
Retired Chief of Police; City of Riverside, Ohio

Mark Back, Class of 1980
Lawyer-Office of the Corporation Counsel; City of Washington D.C.

Claudia Ramsay-Dalton, Class of 1974
Trial Lawyer and Partner in Practice – Legal Consultant

Teresa Meese-Harrison, Class of 1969
Director of Government Relations, State Teachers Retirement System; Columbus, Ohio

Danny Palmer, Class of 1973
Chief of Graphics, Defense Institute of Security Mgmt. Assistance

Dr. John Sefton, Class of 1977
Board Certified Family Physician

Christopher Teleha, Ph.D., Class of 1979
Scientific Director at Janssen R&D, Johnson and Johnson

2002
Richard Carey, Jr., Class of 1972
Vice President of People and Organizational Development, Data Return

Kip Chappell, Class of 1988
Fashion Design Partner and Co-Founder/Owner Rubin Chappelle

Steve Dixon, Ph.D., Class of 1982
Project Leader, Ligand-Based Design Schrodinger, Inc.

Wilbur Wisecup, Jr., Class of 1975
General Manager/Founder, Eagle Mold Company, Inc.

2003
DuWain Ake, Class of 1981
Engineer and Inventor, YSI Inc. USAF Staff Sgt.

Gregory Fry, Class of 1989
Russian Linguist, U.S. Security Agency

Randy Palmer, Class of 1976 Award-Winning Staff Artist; Dayton Daily News

2004
Dr. Keith Bidwell, Class of 1975
Chairman of Medical Imaging, Kettering Medical Center

Maureen Burnley, Class of 1974
GTS Vice President for Finance & Operations; New York

James Ellis, Class of 1974
Bogin Patterson Ellis Slaton & Stump, LLP

Karen Vitunac-Martin, Class of 1962
Circuit Court Judge; Palm Beach County, Florida

Tom Studevant, Class of 1976
VP Sales at gokeyless.com

2005
Mark Morgan, Class of 1970
MainSail Productions, Inc.

Annemarie Meike, PhD, Class of 1974
Business Development Executive, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Karen Terry, Ph.D., Class of 1977
Clinical Psychologist, Private Practice

Chris Casterline, Class of 1979
CSD Express

Major Scottland Roddy, Class of 1981
Deputy Director of Test Operations, Joint Data Link Information Combat Execution; Nellis Air Force Base

2006
Ron Atkins, Class of 1970
Mad River Supervisor of Maintenance, Ret.

Daniel Sherman, Class of 1976
Navy Lieutenant Commander, Ret.

Gabe Brandt, Ph.D., Class of 1988
Post Doctoral Fellow, Brandeis University

Kelli Robinson, Ph.D., Class of 1990
Research Engineer, Center of Ocean Engineering, MIT

2007
Judith A. When, Class of 1969
Chief of Education at the National Museum of the United States Air Force

Susan Opt, Ph.D., Class of 1975
Chairperson/Associate Professor of Communication, Salem College, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Michael Bridges, Class of 1977
Founder and President of Peerless Technologies Corporation

2008
Loretta Taulbee-Kraus, Class of 1959
Federal Trade Commission, Senior Trade Investigator

Terri Wilkerson Riddiford, M.D., Class of 1981
Northeast Family Practice

Christine McCoy Haaker, Class of 1987
Thompson Hine LLP

David Engstrom, Ph.D., Class of 1989
Professor of Law, Stanford University

2009
Dee Ross Hastler, Class of 1965
Retired Stebbins High School Athletic Director

Bobbie Heath Strobhar, Class of 1971
Principal Harpist

Raymond Monell, Class of 1976
Monell Communications

Robert Pratt, Class of 1991
Operations Research Specialist, SAS

2010
Maryann Motza, Ph.D., Class of 1969
State Social Security Administrator of Colorado

Rick Potter Mann, Ph.D., Class of 1975
President of Crown College

Linda McClure Rumpke, Class of 1976
Commissioner of Finance & Administration; Lexington, Kentucky

Kim Lynch Vesey, Class of 1978
General Manager – VITAS

2011
Greg Wylie, Class of 1967
Retired IBM Executive

Holly Powell Kennedy, Ph.D., Class of 1969
Internationally known midwifery researcher and professor

Richard Wells, Class of 1975
Retired GM/Delphi Engineer, Associate Professor– Harding University

2013
Kyle Zaidain (dec.), Class of 1968
Zaidain Design Group

Laura Herbert, Ph.D., Class of 1975
Principal, Lloyd C. Bird High School

Major David Hale, Class of 1981
Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office

Matthew Teleha, Class of 1982
Kettering Health Network

Mary Cole Mertz, Class of 1983
Ohio Attorney General’s Office

Jessie Prewitt, Class of 1991
U.S. Secret Service

Dr. Michele Torres, Class of 1992
Physician

2014
Linda O’Keefe (dec.)
Class of 1965 Sinclair Community College

Mike “Miles” Scully, Class of 1980
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP

Dr. Donna Glowacki, Class of 1987
Professor of Archeology, University of Notre Dame

2015
Dr. Mark Bidwell, Class of 1973
Founder and Medical Director of Kettering Reproductive Health

Brian Jarvis, Class of 1973 Mayor, City of Beavercreek, OH

Scott Buchanan, Class of 1986
Chief Financial Officer, Ohio Masonic Home

Charles Michael Davis, Class of 2000
Actor, The CW's The Originals

2017
Paul Sparling, Class of 1977
Cincinnati Bengals, Head Athletic Trainer

Bill Begley, Class of 1979
Houston Airport, Public Information Officer

Lisa Fleig Ames, Class of 1982
Catalyst Consulting Group, Owner

Brig. Gen. Stephen L. Davis, Class of 1983
Special Assistant to the Air Force Chief of Staff

Jeffrey Blair, Class of 1994
Savvus Technology, CEO/Magnus Information Technology Partner & Co-Founder

2018
Stephen Frey, Class of 1972
SWFTEC Technical Solutions, Owner

Robert Thomson, Class of 1974
Tri-Tech Engineering, Owner

Chris Miller, Class of 1975
Director of Center Operation & Volunteer Services @ USO of Illinois

Elizabeth Richardson Brads, Class of 1990
School of Public & International Affairs-Adjunct Asst. Professor, Non-Western
World Wright State University

Heather Blair, Class of 1992
Chief Technology Officer for Auto Finance, JPMorgan Chase

2019
David Wylie, Class of 1973
Retired IBM Sales Executive

Jamie Greene, Class of 1980
Planning NEXT, Principal

Jamee Ranta, Class of 2004
Producer, CEO of Artifact Content; Los Angeles, CA

2023
Steve Post, Class of 1970
Retired Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of L-3 Communications

Ursula Buehring Post, Class of 1970
Medical Technologist

Errik Hood, Class of 2003
Music Assistant Professor of Vocal Performance and Director, Program in Vocal Performance, NYU Steinhardt

2024

Lindsey Beaver-Smith, Class of 2003
The Wendy's Company, Dublin Ohio

Jason Norwood, Class of 2009
Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan at United States Attorneys'​ Offices

2025

Michael D. Clark, Class of 1976
Retired Newspaper Reporter, Cincinnati, Ohio

Ron Flohre, Class of 1977
Retired Stebbins High School Principal

Maureen C. Silva, PhD, Class of 1980
Vice President of Advancement, Hawaii Pacific University

Alden W. Craddock, PhD, Class of 1982
Assoc. Vice President of Academic Affairs, Maryville University