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Women of the Years
The Women of the Years program at Ursuline Academy began in 1986 as part of the school’s 90th anniversary celebration to recognize and honor outstanding alumnae.
Numerous Ursuline graduates have distinguished themselves in careers as varied as health care, the arts and sciences, education, business, and countless other fields. Just as important to the Ursuline tradition are those alumnae who have lived lives of service to their families, church, and community. All of these achievements are deserving of recognition and are cause for great pride on the part of everyone associated with Ursuline Academy.
Sue McDonald Clarke '63 is 2012 Woman of the Year
President Sharon Redmond and Sue McDonald Clarke '63
Sue McDonald Clarke '63 is a generous supporter and loyal alumna. A former grade school teacher, Sue also spent a great deal of time volunteering to ensure that her children enjoyed active, academic and service driven lives. Her service extended throughout the Greater Cincinnati area and even globally through her sponsorship of foreign exchange students. While her daughters Sarah Clarke '86 and Jamie Clarke Rivers '93 were students, Sue was very supportive in many areas wherever help was needed. She continues her support of education and our future leaders by sponsoring the Nieman McDonald Clarke Endowed Scholarship Fund, a scholarship for young women to attend Ursuline Academy. Sue dedicates much time helping the underserved through agencies and churches, including providing Christmas gifts for the Hope Emergency Center, which started at Ursuline Academy in Brown County. Congratulations to Sue!
Women of the Years Honorees
Below are but a few of the thousands of remarkable women whose Ursuline education laid a foundation for lives of service, scholarship, accomplishment and imagination.
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2012
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Sue McDonald Clarke '63, volunteer, generous supporter, loyal alumna
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2011
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Dorothy "Puck" Donovan Schoettmer Stockle '46, business woman, homemaker, ambassador for Ursuline
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2010
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Becky Buehler Catino '79, entrepreneur, philanthropist, homemaker
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2009
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Sr. Phyllis Kemper '67, BSN, MSN, parish nurse in Over the Rhine and Fairmount. Beth Chapman Chance '98, teacher who was responsible for "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" for the Aker family in Cincinnati
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2008
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Mary Lou Dulle Boylan '45, musician, volunteer
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2007
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Susie Keating Lame '76, volunteer
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2006
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Janine Melink-Hueber '73, business woman, volunteer and founder of "Turning Points"
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2005
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Mary Jane Schimanski A'Hearn '45, business woman, homemaker, volunteer.
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2004
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Susan Long Dineen '64, homemaker, volunteer and founder of Child Care Professionals, Inc.
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2003
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Jean Weiner Johannigman '47, entrepreneur and educator; Anne Scheidler McGraw '68, school program director, Hematology/Oncology unit, Children's Hospital; Theresa Rebeck '76, playwright; Celeste Simon '73, research scientist
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2002
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Suzanne Adrian DeYoung ’76 chef, food ministry volunteer; Chris Inkrot Schroder ’69 volunteer and caretaker for handicapped child; Linda Haller ’75 lawyer and public servant.
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2001
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Lisa Maechling Debbeler ’73 attorney, homemaker and volunteer; Ann Ouelette Wehr ’75 vice president of health care division and chief medical office of Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico; Marianne Utz Sahms ’78 Class A member of the PGA of America, golf pro and coach and volunteer; and Jean M. Geoppinger ’83 attorney specializing in Holocaust restitution.
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2000
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Elaine Brinker Marchetti ’54 social worker and volunteer for developmentally disabled; Sister Nancy Vollman, OSU ’55 educator and counselor; Sylvia Sieve Hendon ’61, judge; Diane Castelli ’71 President of Ursuline Academy.
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1999
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Mary Ann Vogele ’49, accountant and caregiver, Angie Hoetker Buechner ’71, homemaker, mother and volunteer, and Gigi Greiwe Robison ’78, expert in oncology nursing.
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1998
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Kay Stagaman Napier '73, general manager, North American Pharmaceuticals, P&G; and Jane Naberhaus Gardner '53, homemaker, artist and volunteer.
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1997
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Margaret Drain '63, executive producer of The American Experience, PBS series on American History; Amy Wenstrup '86, McNerney & Associates, cancer survivor, caregiver and inspiration to those fighting the disease.
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1996
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Laura Massa '72, Associate Athletics Director and Senior Women's Athletic Administrator at the University of South Carolina; and Diane Seiwert '73, president and CEO of Geriatric Nursing Care, Inc.
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1995
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Jane Gusweiler Cooper '73, president and chief executive officer of Paramount Parks; and Susan Rains Garry '53, homemaker and volunteer.
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1994
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Carol Muething Meirose '66, teacher and cued speech specialist.
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1993
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Madge Smith Scheidler '44, homemaker and volunteer.
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1992
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Margaret Long '31, public library coordinator of children's services; and Julie Isphording '80, marathon runner and marketing director.
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1991
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Linda Vester '83, international news correspondent.
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1990
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Mary Joe Osberger '65, researcher, advanced bionics; and Sister Mary Carren Herring, R.S.M. '69, educator and revitalize of inner-city schools.
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1989
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R. Elaine Dreidame '60, University of Dayton athletic director; and Sister Joan Leonard, OSU '47, founder of Arts and Humanities Resource Center.
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1988
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Sally Bunker Fellerhoff '49, City Council member/Vice-Mayor; Sister Ruth Podesta, OSU '50, Haitian Task Force coordinator; and Ruth Hittner Steinert '62, Greater Cincinnati Women-Church co-founder
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1987
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Peggy Farrell Stier '50, Ed.D., learning consultant and owner of Learning Plus.
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1986
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Judith Ball '60, first woman editor of the Catholic Telegraph; Elizabeth Beckman '75, liturgical choreographer/dancer; Nancy Brockman '44, recognized Montessori authority, Anne Dammarrell '56, State Department AID program director; Rosemary Beatty Furlong '46, church and community volunteer, Sister Rosemarie Kleinhaus '56, mathematics professor at Xavier University in New Orleans; Mary Ann Kokenge '76, Appalachian service project director; Mary-Therese Dellekamp Mennino '68, Chatauqua Arts Institute program director; and Sheila McPhelin Mutchler '60, special education chief at Smithsonian Institute.
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