2009-10 Regional Campus Award Recipients
Cathy J Bitler, BSC '80, MA '01
Alumni Leadership Award
Ohio University Lancaster Campus
Ms. Bitler, former Chair of Lancaster campus' Coordinating Council, has extensive community service experience with the Lancaster Junior Women's Club, who twice named her Woman of the Year.
Dr. Dama C. Burkhart
Austin C. Furbee Award
Ohio University Eastern Campus and
Eastern Ohio (Belmont County) Chapter Network
Dr. Burkhart has a long history of involvement in eastern Ohio, having served on the campus' Regional Coordinating Council for 20 years, and has worked to increase access to higher education for Monroe County residents, especially women.
James W. Lungo, BSED '63, MED '64
Rich Bebee Alumni Leadership Award
Ohio University-Chillicothe
Mr. Lungo, who attended OU-C when it only offered evening classes, has worked in education for 30 years, innovating ways to incorporate media into classroom lessons.
Thomas M Lyall
Alumni Leadership Award
Ohio University-Zanesville
An active member of his community, My Lyall serves as Chair-Elect of the Zanesville-Muskingum County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, and has spearheaded an effort to construct an Aquatic/Recreation Center on the Zanesville campus.
V. Ann Newman, BBA '94
Ohio University Southern Alumni Leadership Award
Ms. Newman is a commissioner of the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights as well as a member of the Boyd County NAACP.