Please join us in congratulating the latest Alumni Award receipients. Awards will be presented at the Alumni Awards Gala, Homecoming Weekend, on Friday, October 15.

• Alumnus/a of the Year
• Medal of Merit
• Distinguished Service
• Charles J. and Claire O. Ping Recent Graduate
• Honorary Alumnus/a
• The Kermit Blosser Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame

Alumnus/a of the Year

David Hostetler, MFA '49 Alumnus of the Year

David Hostetler’s art career spans across 64 years. His work has been shown at Trump International Hotel & Tower in New York City, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Columbus Museum of Art and Ohio University among many other locations totaling over 200 exhibitions, 25 museums and a variety of galleries. He was a member of the art department faculty at Ohio University for 40 years and now holds professor emeritus status. Hostetler is currently working on carvings for his “Earth Goddess” series. He likes to create new works, listen to jazz or play drums in his spare time and currently resides in Athens with his wife, Susan.

Medal of Merit

Jeff Finkle, BSC '76 Medal of Merit

Jeff Finkle is the President and CEO of the International Economic Development Council, based in Washington, D.C. As an international leader in the field of economic development, Finkle has maintained a long standing relationship with Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs and is the founder of the Bollinger Foundation, a non-profit organization which provides support to children who have lost one or both parents who worked in the economic development profession. Finkle lives in Alexandria, Virginia.

Laura Justice, BA '92, MED '96, PhD '00 Medal of Merit

Laura M. Justice is currently a professor at The Ohio State University, where she has won numerous awards and much recognition in her field. She is the author of seven books, along with many book chapters and reports. Justice has remained active with the School of Hearing, Speech and Language Sciences at Ohio University. She lives in Worthington, OH with her husband, Ian and two children, Adelaide and Griffen.

Jenny Holzer, BFA '72 Medal of Merit

Jenny Holzer is the owner of Jenny Holzer Studio, where she is artist. The main focus of her work is the use of words and ideas in public space, with a focus on bringing to light something meant to remain hidden. Her work has been on display in Times Square, Rockefeller Center, and John F. Kennedy International Airport. She resides in Hoosick Falls, New York with her husband. (Above photo by Nanda Lanfranco.)

Distinguished Service

Terry Lee, AB ’72 Distinguished Service

Terrence A. Lee is the owner of Lee & Associates Certified Public Accountants, where he is also an accountant. He has represented Ohio University in every way possible and has demonstrated hard work, dedication and support of many Ohio University activities. Lee has served as the Ohio University Eastern Regional Coordinating Council for the past 9 years, and he is a member of the Ohio University Eastern Campus’s Advisory Board. Lee resides in St. Clairsville, OH with his wife, Cathy.

Charles J. and Claire O. Ping Recent Graduate Award

Matthew Raider, BSC '03 Charles J. and Claire O. Ping Recent Graduate

Matthew J. Raider is the Vice President of Product Development at SinglePipe, Inc. and has previously worked as the Global Technology Consulting group for Accenture. Raider has been an active alumnus of Ohio University, remaining involved with the Scripps College of Communication and serving as a board member for both the J. Warren McClure School of Information and Telecommunication Systems and the Global Leadership Center, where he was involved as a student. Raider currently resides in Boston.

Honorary Alumnus/a of the Year

Mark Snider Honorary Alumnus of the Year

Mark Snider is the President and CEO of Snider Fuller Porter and Associates. He has been an Adjunct Professor for the College of Business at Ohio University for the past 33 years, teaching courses in Insurance and Estate Planning since 1975. Snider has helped many OU graduates find jobs with firms in the insurance industry. Snider remains active in many community service organizations in Athens, and he currently resides in Athens, Ohio with his wife, Rita. (Mark has a BA from Otterbein College.)

The Kermit Blosser Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame

Michael D. Arbinger, BSPE '02 The Kermit Blosser Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame

Michael D. Arbinger is a Toledo Public Schools physical education teacher and baseball coach. He was a starter all four years on the OHIO Bobcat’s baseball team, setting a school record for runs scored and total bases taken. At the end of his collegiate career, he held most of OHIO’s career and season hitting records. He has served on the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and has played baseball professionally with the Pittsburgh Pirates and in the Independent Frontier League with the Washington Wild Things. In 2002, he was named to the Gulf Coast All-Stars and named to the Frontier League All-Stars in 2005. Arbinger is currently working toward his Master’s degree in Education from the University of Toledo.

Joseph B. Carbone, BSED '70 The Kermit Blosser Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame

Joseph B. Carbone has been the head coach of the OHIO baseball team for more than 20 seasons, leading the team to victory more times than any other OHIO coach in any other sport. He is one of only two coaches in Mid-American Conference history to top 600 wins. He was an accomplished baseball player in his own right during his undergraduate career, taking positions of second base, shortstop, third base and outfield. Carbone is a sought-after speaker at coaches’ clinics in the United States and Canada and has addressed the American College Baseball Coaches Convention four times. Carbone also played a huge role in the establishment of the Southern Ohio Copperheads collegiate baseball team, of which he is still an advisor.

Jake Percival, BSSP '05 The Kermit Blosser Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame

Jake D. Percival is an assistant wrestling coach at Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio. He was a star wrestler at OHIO, the first four-time All-American in MAC history and only the third wrestler in conference history to win four individual titles. Over the course of his career, he achieved 142 wins, 10 losses, establishing a new school record. Percival also won the wrestling team’s Redshirt-of-the-Year award his first year at OHIO. He currently lives in Westlake, OH with his wife, Meredith.

Julia A. Cole, BSED '75 The Kermit Blosser Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame - Lifetime Achievement Award

Julia A. Cole is an experienced and versatile athlete. Shortly after earning her undergraduate degree from OHIO she began playing on the amateur golf circuit and eventually went professional. She has played in Asian, European and LPGA tours, winning many, including the 1984 Thailand Open. She is a Class A LPGA Teaching Professional and Managing Partner who earned Section Teacher of the Year honors from LPGA and was on the “Golf for Women’s” Top 50 instructors list for four straight years. Cole has also established the Julie Cole Annual Charity Golf Classic, which raises money for three charities in her hometown of Findlay, Ohio and serves as a board member on the First Tee of Charlotte Learning Academy. She currently lives in Charlotte, NC.

Congratulations again to our 2010 Alumni Award recepients.

To read more about the awards and see past Alumni Award recpients, click here.