Hey there, fellow Titans, hope that you are enjoying your summer! I, started my summer off, in grand fashion, on Memorial Day weekend in Dayton, Ohio. My oldest son, Nicholas Wyatt Frazier married Sheri Elaine Marcellus in a beautiful ceremony. In the company of 280 friends and relatives they “jumped the broom,” literally and figuratively. It was truly a blessed event! There were all smiles from this mother-of-the-groom.:-)
Marva (Mech) Petty ’73 retired from the Medical Resource Network, in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Marva was the first employee when MRN was established in 1996. She ended her 20 years as a legal nurse consultant, with a 43 year successful nursing career. During her career, she worked as floor RN, critical care RN, nursing supervisor, nurse manager, instructor in an associate degree nursing program and legal nurse consultant.
Ray (Rodriquez) Bradford ’75 since January, has been Director of Programs, Enrichment Media for GLAAD (the largest global advocacy organization rewriting the script for LGBT acceptance). In this position, Ray advocates for fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of our LGBT community in film, TV, music, video games, and comics. Ray’s previous position of 13 years was at SAG-AFTRA as their National Director of Equal Employment opportunities. There, all labor concerns of the LGBTQ community were addressed across all content areas of the unions (television news/media performers, performers, broadcast journalists and sound recording artists).
After accomplishing his “bucket list” of visiting all seven continents, including two weeks in Antarctica: hiking, camping on ice, and sea kayaking). Ray married his longtime partner, Terry, and happily resides in the Belmont Shore neighborhood of Long Beach, California.
Dr. Debbie Burt-Frazier ’75 spent five days last week on a college tour of southern Illinois and Missouri, with 30 students from Eisenhower High School, Blue Island. The participants are all a part of the Moraine Valley Community College TRIO Upward Bound program. The program offers tutoring in Math, Science and English(yours truly) while also offering ACT preparation with college readiness. Our group visited seven colleges and universities which included; University of Illinois, Springfield and Edwardsville campuses and St. Louis University.
Lastly, let me give a quick shout out to some of my generous alums of the 1970’s classes with there quick response to my phone requests for contributions to the Wesleyan Fund before IWU’s fiscal year ends, this month. I, personally called 50 Titans, and had some great conversations! Here are the names of a few donors: Jacqueline Beard ’73, Craig Johnson ’75, Patricia Kuni-Rogers ’75, Mary Leonard ’74, Jill (Gaw) Girolami ’75, Helen Peck ’74, Barre Mulliken-Briggs ’72, Hope Turner ’72, Helen Peck ’74 and Barbara Vendt ’75. Thank you, Titans!!!
Enjoy the rest of your summer, be safe!