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Steven Althoen: Hopefully in the fall of 1964 I began my life at Kenyon as a Class of 1968 mathematics major. Things went well for a time with a room at 27 Lewis Hall and dinners served family style at Pierce. That year Apostol’s calculus text was a national phenomenon which I believe was in part responsible for there being no mathematics graduates in the Class of 1968. That text and personal issues caused me to withdraw in October with passing grades in all my classes except Professor Hecht’s Elementary German. (I felt some vindication when told that only three survived that class: one A and two B’s.) I still appreciate Dean Edwards and Acting Chaplin McCallum’s help with my crisis. Two years and three colleges later I returned to Kenyon in the fall of 1966 as a sophomore mathematics major in the Class of 1969 living with the outcasts in the Bexley dorm, Watson Hall (room 28 and then room 9). The bad news: The family style meals had been replaced by Saga food service; the good news: an accessible calculus text. My weekends that fall were spent alternately in Mount Vernon and (via bus) in Columbus since I had just reunited with the love of my life whom I first met in middle school. Marcia attended OSU but was expelled for being caught with me in a Franklin County Holiday Inn and in December we married. We lived in a 50-foot trailer at Humphrey’s just west of Mount Vernon for a few months and then relocated to Columbus. In the fall of 1967, we arrived at apartment D2 in McIlvaine Place. Our two years there were the happiest of our lives. One day our neighbor’s little dog was attacked by another neighbor’s German shepherd and the owner of the little dog courageously wrestled them apart. That Fall we enthusiastically burned leaves in the incinerator and suddenly the fire siren called one of our volunteer firemen neighbors downtown only to return to McIlvaine Place with the fire brigade where we were hiding in the dark behind our couch. In my senior year I took the course, Expository German, taught by Mr. Dittrich, a German national who was a graduate student at Ohio State. He was considerably more laid back than Professor Hecht but he still had to follow the German Department attendance rules. In an unforgettable class at the end of the year we all watched with great compassion and terrible apprehension the empty seat, which if not occupied would mean one of our classmates would exceed the allowable absences, fail the class, and not graduate. At 49 minutes past the hour the door flew open, and his sit-bones hit the seat about 10 seconds before the bell rang. Phew! I once drove Mr. Dittrich to see my apartment and he asked how I liked it and I mentioned we had a problem with a German shepherd; he remarked he’d like to speak with him. Marcia was a special education major at OSU and in desperation Knox County hired her to teach the special education class at Wiggins Street School before she was certified and before she did her student teaching. She graduated in 1969 with her expulsion expunged. I must always acknowledge Professor McLeod’s generosity and kindness, without which I would not have graduated. As full Professor of Mathematics at the University of Michigan-Flint I was pleased to contribute to his case for promotion to full Professor at Kenyon, which should have happened many years before mine.

Jack Fallat: Kenyon has to promote the answer to the following trivia question: What is the greatest dynasty in the history of College Athletics? Kenyon College with 36 National Championships in men's swimming. For years, we used to be tied with Oklahoma State wrestling at 35. We now sit on the mountain top all alone.

Jim Irwin: Stephanie and I are enjoying retirement from law life, but not our back surgeries this past year, which we have called "The Year of the Knife". Thankfully, we are doing better and able to spend more time in North Carolina. As for the four sons, Jimmy and Chris are practicing law at our old firm in New Orleans, and they have each given us two grandchildren. Burke ’19 is pursuing his PhD in Particle Physics at the University of Minnesota. Cullen will graduate from Wake Forest next spring and plans to go to law school… just what the world needs, another lawyer, but Stephanie and I do like having another lawyer in our family.

Tom Ulrich: Susan and I moved from western Maryland to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in August. We reside in Garden Spot Village — a retirement community we chose after a rather thorough search. All is well.

Henry Vess: I officially retired in 2016 after 44 years as a trial lawyer in the Chicago area. My wife and I had semi-retired in 2013 and moved from Naperville, Illinois, to Pinehurst, North Carolina, where we spend substantial time volunteering. We have four sons, and by year-end will have a seventh grandchild and a second great grandchild. We see my classmate and frat brother John Smyth and his family when we can.

Read notes from the Class of 1970 and the Class of 1968. 

1969
Annual Fund Total: $153,832  
Class Participation: 42.20%

Presidents Society
Donors of $50,000 or more
Anonymous
Brackett B. Denniston*
Barry P. Goode*
J. Keith Kalinowski*
Barrett A. Toan H'09*

Kokosing Society
Donors of $25,000 to $49,999
Roger A. Bell*

Philander Chase Society
Donors of $10,000 to $24,999
Thomas Y. Au P'08*

Bexley Society
Donors of $2,500 to $9,999
G. Lawrence Atkins P'99*
Jeffrey W. Zoller*

Kenyon Society
Donors of $1,000 to $2,499
Thomas R. Callihan MD*
Jan Ehrenwerth MD*
Daniel F. Grum MD 
Michael T. Hull*
Robert S. MacIntyre Jr.*
E. Patterson Scarlett*
Dan T. Suratt*

Kenyon Society
Donors of $1 to $999
Gregory P. Alexander MD 
Steven C. Althoen*
Richard A. Baehr*
Scott R. Baird*
Richard Baker Jr. P'94 '96 '99*
Jane Bandler (widow of Donald K. Bandler H'06)*
James W. Biddle 
William E. Blank*
James A. Brady III*
John J. Fallat*
James S. Fine III*
Robert G. Fugitt MD 
Richard B. Gelfond*
James S. Hecox*
Charles H. Hollinger*
David C. Houghtlin*
Ronald A. Hoxter*
William A. Kobelak*
Stephan Landsman P'04 
Peter D. Lawrason MD*
Edgar F. Lentz Jr.*
John P. Leslie II 
William M. Lokey*
Watson Lowery Jr. 
Marc Mason*
Russell D. McDowell*
Jonathan Meigs*
Greg L. Offenburger DDS*
Wesley S. Poth*
Jesse C. Robinson*
John F. Saari MD*
Gregory D. Seeley P'93*
Philip E. Smith*
John M. Smyth Jr. P'08*
John I. Turnbull II 
David O. Ulery MD*
Malcolm B. Vilas III 
Lawrence H. Witner P'01*
M. David Wollam 
Percy S. Young III*
S. Richard Zagol*
George Ziga*

George Wharton Marriott Society
These alumni have included Kenyon in their estate plans or have made other planned gifts.

Steven C. Althoen '69
Richard A. Baehr '69
Roger A. Bell '69
Peter W. Dickson '69
Dr. Stacy A. Evans '69
Peter S. Greer '69
Austin C. McElroy '69 P'98 (IMO Austin McElroy '09, H'64)
Christopher H. Marty '69
William J. and Judy Murray '69
Alexander G. Yearley '69
Jeffrey W. Zoller '69

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