Alumni

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Ohio Rho Alumni Association Officers

Officers as of July 1, 2026.

  • Richard Abelson ’81 — President (abelson1076@gmail.com)
  • Robert H. Becker ’01 — Vice President (roberthbecker@gmail.com)
  • Gary T. Warzynski ’91 — Treasurer (gary.warzynski@gmail.com)
  • Paul D. Hicks ’66 — Recorder (phicks1@cinci.rr.com)
  • Kenneth A. Barker ’70 (kenneth.barker@case.edu)
  • Stanley McMillen ‘68 (stanley.mcmillen44@gmail.com)
  • Eric R. Ness ’98 (ericr.ness@gmail.com)
  • Louis J. Petrovic ’62 (lpetrovic@umassd.edu)
  • Daniel J. Wasser ’84 (dan@thewassers.com)

Official By-Laws

The Ohio Rho Alumni Association operates under established by-laws to support both the alumni and the active chapter, advancing the highest standards of friendship, scholarship, leadership, and service among our brothers.

Read the Official By-Laws

Alumni Awards

The Ohio Rho Alumni Association has established three awards which are intended to recognize the contributions of alumni.

The 1905 Founders Award (Service to the Active Chapter)

  • The Ohio Rho Chapter has a rich history tracing back to 1905, and the health and vitality of the Active Chapter are key to continuing this legacy.
  • This award recognizes outstanding direct support of the Ohio Rho Active Chapter through mentoring, advising, and contributions of time and financial support.
  • Past Winners: John Pesec, Ollie Poppenberg, Jake Showalter, Bill Manus, Marc Vitantonio, Matt Farrell, Lou Radivoyevitch.

The Magnolia Award (Service to the Alumni)

  • The memory of the house on Magnolia speaks to the history of the chapter for all alumni, reminding members to value friendships in the present knowing that time to enjoy fellowship is all too brief.
  • This award recognizes outstanding effort to further the membership, unity, and goals of the Ohio Rho Alumni Association.
  • Past Winners: Howdy Baybrook, Paul Hicks.

The Marble Hall Award (Service to the Community)

  • The white floor of Marble Hall was the first thing visitors saw at the Magnolia Drive and Carlton Road houses, acting as the gateway between the chapter and the larger community.
  • This award recognizes outstanding service to the community while furthering the ideals of the True Gentleman, with special emphasis on contributions to alumni/university and alumni/community relations.
  • Past Winners: Ed Rutkowski.

Distinguished Alumni

This is a partial list of distinguished Ohio Rho alumni, originally compiled circa 2012 as part of the documentation submitted to the SAE National Fraternity and Case Interfraternity Council when petitioning to have the new charter approved.

  • Ernest Kaltenbach ’27 — President, E. J. Kaltenbach
  • Dr. Robert Shankland ’29 — Chairman of the Physics Dept., Case Institute of Technology
  • Wallace Persons ’31 — Chairman/CEO, Emerson Electric
  • John Barth ’32 — President, Barth Corporation
  • Edwin Bognar ’37 — President, Bognar and Company
  • Jack Horacek ’37 — President, Electro
  • John Coltman ’37 — Director, Westinghouse
  • Jack Duff ’38 — Vice President, Hoover
  • Richard Schager ’41 — Vice President, Gould
  • Charles Swartwout ’42 — Owner, Swartwout Productions
  • Richard Sherlock ’42 — President, Teledyne
  • Eugene Vitantonio ’43 — Chief Executive Officer, Villa Ware
  • Philip Legge ’43 — Secretary of the Corporation, Case Western Reserve University
  • Walter Mills ’43 — Chairman, Pro Source
  • John Hopperton ’44 — Professor, USIU
  • Stephen Werkman ’44 — President/Owner, Edgewater Furniture
  • Charles Olson ’45 — Owner, American Punch
  • Joseph Breneman ’45 — Mayor, Wooster, Ohio
  • Willis Fulton ’45 — Vice President, Cleveland Steel Tool
  • Glen Westenbarger ’46 — Technical Director, Karman Rubber
  • John Bates ’47 — Executive Director, Cleveland Center, Engineering Economics
  • Richard Allchin ’47 — President, The Rotor Tool Company
  • Roger Munson ’47 — President, R. A. Munson & Associates
  • Carl Bacik ’48 — Vice President, Krill
  • David Jenkins ’48 — Professor, University of Central Florida
  • Eugene Gasser ’48 — President, Gasser Associates
  • Henry Gilbert ’48 — General Manager, Johns Manville
  • William Apple ’48 — President, W. A. Apple Manufacturing
  • Joseph Gehring ’49 — President, Gehring’s Agency
  • Neill Teets ’49 — President, Golden Eagles
  • Ralph Hollinger ’49 — Chairman, Gateway Press
  • Fredrick Awig ’50 — President, Fransaco
  • George Doering ’50 — Group Vice President, MTS Systems
  • John Cazier ’50 — President, Allied Signal
  • Raymond Daniels ’50 — Emeritus Professor, University of Oklahoma
  • William Funk ’50 — President, Packaging Materials
  • William Martin ’50 — Director, Flo-Tork
  • William Wickline ’50 — President, Kathrein
  • Donald Southam ’51 — President/CEO, Combustion Engineering
  • Gregory Chacos ’51 — President, Gregory P. Chacos
  • Harvey Preslan ’51 — Vice President, Byers Engineering
  • Ivan Ganyard ’51 — President, Cowles Tool
  • Peter Petto ’51 — President, Arrow Aluminum Castings
  • Robert Vidal ’51 — Executive Vice President, Dow Corning
  • William Kerler ’51 — Senior Vice President, Jacobs Engineering Group
  • Robert Linn ’52 — President/Owner, R. H. System
  • Eric Cornell ’53 — Vice President, UBS Financial Services
  • Joseph Oppenlander ’53 — Professor Emeritus, University of Vermont
  • Martin Anderson ’53 — Chairman, Pumping Systems
  • Marvin Banton ’53 — Vice President, Hilton Hotels
  • Peter Benes ’53 — Owner, Benes & Company
  • Charles Henry ’54 — Vice President, Hoechst Celanese
  • Charles Sax ’54 — President/CEO, Adco Technologies
  • Robert Blanz ’54 — President/CEO, Nevada Bell
  • Barry Abrahamson ’55 — President, Innovative Research
  • Charles Rainger ’55 — President/CEO, Sandusky International
  • William McBride ’55 — President, McBride Engineering
  • Richard Lefauve ’56 — President, Saturn Corporation
  • Robert Horne ’56 — Vice President, Movats
  • Stephen Mihaly ’56 — President/Owner, Tectum
  • Walter Pavlick ’56 — Senior Vice President, Modine Manufacturing
  • Charles Vogel ’57 — President, Diamond Diablo
  • Adelbert Gorham ’58 — Director, Manufacturing, Engineering, & Consulting
  • Kenneth Nyman ’58 — President, Sarasota Brokerage
  • Thomas Jones ’58 — Partner, Ernst & Young
  • Wilbur Meredith ’58 — Owner, Meredith Enterprises
  • Allen Gaetjens ’59 — Owner, Creative Controls
  • Bernard Gallagher ’59 — President, Micro Products
  • John Havel ’59 — Director, Dana
  • David Deeds ’60 — Director, Mitsui Chemicals
  • Harris Schiller ’60 — President, Comline Systems
  • John Zucker ’60 — President, Tool-Weld
  • Michael Templeton ’60 — Founder/CEO, Discerning Technologies
  • Virgil Thomason ’60 — Professor, University of Tennessee
  • Steven Wallace ’61 — Chairman of the Physics Dept., University of Maryland
  • William Jones ’61 — President, Dresser-Rand Steam Turbine
  • Daniel Hirsch ’62 — Managing Partner, J & D Investments
  • David Meister ’62 — Director, Gorman-Rupp
  • John Van Leer ’62 — Professor, University of Miami
  • Joseph Binder ’62 — Vice President, Four Phase Systems
  • Joseph Czika ’62 — President, Oceanic Engineering Society, IEEE
  • Louis Petrovic ’62 — Director, University of Massachusetts
  • John Thomas ’63 — President, Womack Machine Supply
  • Richard Robrock ’63 — Vice President, Bell Communications Research
  • Albert Feucht ’64 — Vice President, Stonhard
  • Richard Fenker ’64 — Chairman/CEO, Theretailplanet.com
  • Gary Rubin ’65 — President/CEO, NRG Systems
  • Paul Huard ’65 — President/CEO, The Strategy Group
  • Henry Leuthy ’66 — President, HRL Associates
  • Lawrence Schwirian ’66 — Principal and Owner, Schwirian Architects
  • Robert Martin ’66 — Director, Arch Chemicals
  • David Labernz ’67 — President, Southern Architectural Systems
  • Jeffery Powell ’67 — Vice President, Liebert
  • John Crain ’67 — Vice President, S & C Electric
  • Richard Patterson ’67 — General Manager, Equimeter
  • William Aronson ’67 — President, Metal Exchange Corporation
  • Raymond Koenig ’68 — President, Koenig Equipment
  • Richard Dietz ’68 — President/CEO, SBC Communications
  • Robert Bellman ’68 — President, Brook Train Research
  • Steven Diamond ’68 — Executive Vice President, Quaker Oats
  • Charles Nicholl ’69 — President, Modern Hard Chrome Service
  • Paul Kimmel ’69 — Vice President, Citi Bank
  • Robert Carney ’69 — Partner, Ernst & Young
  • Thomas Cross ’69 — Vice President, Kentucky Fried Chicken
  • David Christein ’70 — Vice President, Molex
  • David Morris ’70 — Senior Vice President, J. P. Morgan Chase
  • James Finucane ’70 — Vice President, Blue Socket
  • Jerry Mueller ’70 — Principal, Mueller and Smith
  • Kenneth Barker ’70 — Senior Vice President, Bank of New York, Mellon Corporation
  • Raymond Floyd ’70 — Vice President, Suncor
  • Robert Carper ’70 — Director, CSC Partners
  • Robert Hale ’70 — President, Hale Resources
  • Dennis Daugherty ’71 — President, Unimech Corporation
  • Lee Steele ’71 — Partner, Tatum Partners
  • Mark Gulley ’71 — Principal, Morgan Stanley
  • Robert Sovik ’71 — Managing Director, Elsag Bailey
  • Robert Styduhar ’71 — Partner, Vorys, Satar, Seymour, & Pease
  • Samuel Mason ’71 — Vice President, Environmental Services
  • Carter Funk ’72 — Owner, CKF Enterprises
  • Charles Cantanese ’72 — Director, Chilcote
  • John Flora ’72 — Senior Director, CA Services
  • Michael Moris ’72 — Professor, University of Notre Dame
  • Russell Young ’72 — Director, Royal Cup Coffee
  • Daniel Bischof ’73 — Vice President, Baxter Fennal
  • Henry Schwartz ’73 — Chief Executive Officer, GLC Systems
  • Jay Epstien ’73 — Partner, Shaw, Pitman, Potts, & Trowbrid
  • Frank Hemming ’74 — Director, L-3 Communications
  • David Kaufman ’76 — Chairman/COO, Hy-Ko Products
  • Roger Pecsok ’76 — General Manager, P & L Plastics
  • Chris Landry ’77 — Owner, SGO Classical Glass
  • Jonathan Dixon ’77 — President, Jonathan P. Dixon
  • Leonard Greenberg ’77 — Chief Technical Officer, Assistyx
  • Richard Finnicum ’77 — Chief Financial Officer, Summitville Tiles
  • Thomas Dickey ’77 — President, Keystone Consulting
  • James Hrusovsky ’78 — Vice President/General Manager, Mittal Steel
  • Keith Sechler ’78 — President, Keystone Financial Planning
  • Stephen Fossi ’78 — Vice President, Agilent Technologies
  • Andrew Wasynczuk ’79 — Chief Operating Officer, New England Patriots
  • James Dickerman ’79 — Chief Operating Officer, Allegro Mobile Solutions
  • Jeffery Herzog ’79 — President, Nexus Engineering Group
  • Kevin O’Brien ’79 — President/CEO, Energy Commercialization
  • Michael Kaufman ’79 — Vice President, Wright Medical Technology
  • Richard Wile ’79 — Vice President, Metaltek International
  • William Emling ’79 — Vice President, SMS Siemag
  • John Szablowski ’80 — Executive Pastor, Bridge Bible Church
  • Michael Humphrey ’80 — Vice President, Altair Engineering
  • Steven Schneider ’80 — Owner, Happy Landing Marina
  • Thomas Komos ’80 — Vice President, Travel Center of America
  • Brendan Dooley ’81 — Director, Lanxess Corporation
  • Richard Abelson ’81 — Vice President, Comdata Corporation
  • Bruce Caris ’82 — Chief Operating Officer, Green Valley Pecan
  • John Lilley ’82 — Director, Metaltek International
  • John Pesec ’82 — President, Avtron Aerospace
  • Marc Vitantonio ’82 — Director, Nottingham-Spirk Design Associates
  • Scott Loughran ’82 — Associate Director, Procter & Gamble
  • Thomas Mego ’82 — Director, Keithley Instruments
  • Mark Smith ’83 — Partner, Price Waterhouse Coopers
  • Eric Jennings ’84 — President, Datakey Electronics
  • Douglas Sherman ’85 — Director, Corrosion Probe
  • Kenneth Farrell ’86 — Founding Partner, Farrell & Farrell
  • Andre Goldstein ’87 — Vice President, Management Recruiters International
  • Eric Toperzer ’87 — Director, Nexant
  • Lance Frew ’87 — Partner, Globalexeter
  • Mahesh Gidwani ’87 — Director, Mercury
  • James Mitchell ’88 — Senior Vice President, Blood Center of Wisconsin
  • Timothy Schigel ’89 — Chairman, Share This
  • Richard Divers ’90 — Vice President, Medquest Associates
  • Kevin Paprzycki ’92 — Chief Financial Officer, Westmoreland Coal Company
  • Bruno Courbage ’94 — Senior Director, FICO
  • Michael Dwyer ’94 — Vice President, Call Miner
  • Ashraf Mohammad ’95 — Owner, South Tod
  • Brian Lettiere ’95 — Vice President, Honeywell Technology Solutions
  • Aaron Reames ’96 — Senior Vice President, Stanford Group
  • Dr. Peter Castro ’96 — Chief Financial Officer, Boulder Valley Anesthesiology
  • Aaron Smith ’97 — Senior Vice President, Amniox Medical
  • Terry Krantz ’97 — Director, Swisslog WDS
  • Aaron Delong ’98 — Director, American Greetings Credit Union
  • Dr. Peter Ronco, MD ’98 — Professor, Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Lawrence Yang ’02 — Vice President, National City Bank
  • Justin Boggs ’10 — President, Bridge Capital Partners