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In Memoriam
James R.C. Adams,
professor emeritus
James R.C. “Jim” Adams, 90, professor
emeritus of art, died Aug. 5, 2019.
His wife, Thelma Rohrer ’84, dean of
the College of Arts and Humanities,
survives him. the art, music, English and Spanish departments and integrated service
into his teaching. He embraced interdisciplinary learning and was
instrumental in developing Manchester’s First-Year Colloquium.
He also was passionate about providing students with study abroad
experiences, had traveled in about 50 countries and spoke five
languages.
On the Manchester faculty from 1957 to 2008, Adams was named
U.S. Professor of the Year in 2002. An accomplished artist who won
numerous awards for his painting and photography, Adams taught in Adams earned undergraduate degrees from George Washington
University and the Corcoran School of Art, and a Master of Fine Arts
at the Instituto Allende in Mexico.
Austin Adams ’15 of Dowagiac, Mich., serves as a sales manager at
Lippert Components. Carly Kwiecien ’19 is the communication director at Friendship
Botanical Gardens in Michigan City, Ind.
Hannah Schutter ’15 began as a teaching assistant at Fort Wayne
Community Schools. Darlene Melvin ’19 is a new residence hall director at Manchester
University.
Jordan Lett ’16 of Hagerstown, Ind., married
Taylor Lett on June 1, 2019. Amy Weeks ’19 is the environmental studies scholar at Manchester
University.
Brady Forman ’18 is grounds supervisor at
Manchester University. Manchester graduates Hannah Cooper ’19 Pharm.D., Christina
Ford ’19 Pharm.D., Mike Genday ’19 Pharm.D., Alissa
Keillor ’19 Pharm.D., Anna McGowen ’19 Pharm.D., Jonell
Nwabueze ’19 Pharm.D., Aakash Patel ’19 Pharm.D., and
Evan Beakas ’18 Pharm.D. participated in the Indiana Pharmacy
Teaching Certificate Program Conference at Butler University in
August. The graduates were there as part of their PGY1 residency or
fellowship programs.
Engy Kheir ’19 Pharm.D. has published an
article with Shekher Mohan, assistant professor
of pharmaceutical sciences. “Management
and Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease” appears in a recent issue of
Pharmacy Times.
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