1960-69
1960
Patricia Owen Lindsey, Shreveport, La., was named Conference Woman in Mission at the recent United Methodist Women (UMW) annual meeting. This is the highest honor bestowed on an individual by the UMW.
1962
Madeleine Trichel, Columbus, Ohio, received the 2006 John Nevin Sayre Award from the Episcopal Peace Fellowship of the Episcopal Church in the United States. The award is named after a founding member of the U.S. branch of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. The Episcopal Peace Fellowship statement of award noted, “Madeleine Trichel is always growing with the times, offering her skills and services as they are needed. She exemplifies EPF’s founder, the Rev. John Nevin Sayre’s model of ‘walking by faith.’” She was at the 75th annual general convention of the Episcopal Church in Columbus, Ohio, in June where she, along with a second recipient, Rev. Canon Naim Ateek (a Palestinian Anglican priest and the founder and director of the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem), received their awards at a reception at Trinity Episcopal Church. She received her bachelor’s degree from Centenary in 1962 and her master’s from the University of Kansas, Lawrence in 1965. She will retire at the end of 2006 as the executive director of the Interfaith Center for Peace after serving the Center for nearly 25 years.
1967
Leonard Critcher, Dallas, Texas, is president of The F.I.R.M. in Dallas. His company specializes in asset protection and wealth preservation planning. He was recently selected to be on the Educational Board of The Wealth Preservation Institute and wrote the accounts receivable financing text for the course work leading to the Certified Wealth Preservation Planner professional designation. He also developed and markets the country’s most widely utilized plan for capitalizing and shielding a physician’s accounts receivable from malpractice litigation. Leonard writes a bimonthly email newsletter and will soon publish Asset Protection & Wealth Preservation, Myths and Methodologies. He and Mary Tullie (Wyrick) ’68 will celebrate 39 years of marriage in August. Their youngest son, Len, was married April 8 to Pamela Wiggains of Tyler, Texas.
Charles Dunn, Lewisville, Texas, retired from Child Protective Services and currently works as a crisis intervention specialist for a 24/7 mental health crisis line. He flew professionally for a time and still has a private pilot’s license.
Charlie Park, Springhill, La., has been the executive director of Habitat for Humanity in Webster Parish since 1999. Volunteers have built 18 houses since he started. Their “Two-Week Blitz” project in Minden was televised on Country Music Television last July.
Marsha Pickett Wells, San Antonio, Texas, and her husband, Chip, moved to San Antonio after living several years in Canyon Lake. She is a referral agent with Kuper Sotheby’s and serves as social chair of the Zeta Tau Alpha Alumni Board in San Antonio, working with the Race for the Cure and other projects. She has also enjoyed reconnecting with Martha Wood Griffith ’70.
1968
Bill Gibson, Boerne, Texas, is assistant vice president of the Space and Engineering Division for Southwest Research Institute. He is responsible for business development, staff development and project management.
Diane Wagner Somerville, Port Angeles, Wash., is the author of hundreds of articles for magazines, newspapers and encyclopedias. She is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors and the National Association of Science Writers. She has just published her first book, Inside Out Down Under: Stories from a Spiritual Sabbatical. Find out more online at: www.beechworthpress.com.