Miami Mentions
The Quarterly Applauds
Howard Kahlenbeck, Jr., Indiana ’52, Secretary of the Fraternity, presented Gregory A. Kavanagh, Miami ’81 and President Mark F. Abbey, Miami ’80, with their certificate in recognition of the Tmstees’ division award for improvement. The Trustees’ division consists of campuses having over 26 fratemities.
Donor Recognition
The Final Top 10 DU Chapters in Last Year’s Giving – 7. Miami – 77
DU Newsmakers
J. Paul McNamara, Miami ’29, received the Ohio State Bar Association’s Ohio Bar Medal for “unusually meritorious service to the profession, community and humanity” at a recent meeting in Toledo. Brother McNamara was a member of the Miami University Board of Trustees from 1935 through 1975 and is vice president of the international fraternity. He is a member of the firm of McNamara and McNamara and lives in Columbus, Ohio.
John E. Dome, Miami ’36, a professor at Miami who teaches a course on the geography of wines, conducted a 15-day alumni association tour this summer to the famous vineyards and wine regions of France. Professor Dome is also a wine critic for The Cincinnati Enquirer.
George Blair, Miami ’37, founder and president of Hospital Portrait Service at Red Bank, New Jersey, was recently featured in the “Outdoors” section of The New York Times. A 17 -year veteran of barefoot water skiing, Blair has mastered the art and teaches at clinics for the Jersey Ski-Ters Club and is a former national coach. He skis a five -mile round trip to Rumson every morning to keep in shape and wears a full wet suit in the wintertime. Last summer while on a business trip, he stopped at the Brazo Lake Barefoot Water Ski Tournament in Waco, Texas. Barefoot skiing until recently was not considered a competitive sport, and this was the first tournament George had ever entered. Of course, he came home with a trophy which now decorates his office.
