Issue No.12 - Spring 2020
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Letter from Our Executive Director
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Dear Colleagues:
I am excited to welcome new Board members and emeriti faculty to UC's Emeriti Association and Center. And, I reach out to all emeriti with sincere thanks for supporting me during my first two years as Executive Director.
I continue to focus on new ways to communicate the mission of the Emeriti Association and Center; to engage emeriti with administrators, faculty, and students across campus; and, to create partnerships with community organizations in and around Cincinnati.
In this issue of
Emeriti Connection
and in the future, you will find a new feature called Emeriti Friends and Supporters. In this article, we will spotlight people of diverse demographics, from different backgrounds, and with varied expertise, all of whom work with us to craft contemporary ways to communicate the mission of the Association and Center to new audiences, and to expand our global visibility. This will create greater awareness of what we do.
Some of our successes already include a new Emeriti Association and Center website, which contains useful information and resources; a YouTube channel featuring videos of speakers and guests in our Luncheon Speaker Series, as well as our EmeriTALKS interview series; and, the creation of various volunteer initiatives including Be the Change, a partnership with Saint Vincent de Paul, which we plan to expand upon this coming academic year. Details about this partnership appear in the Volunteer Opportunities section of this newsletter.
Two of the many things that impress me about UC's emeriti are their steadfast commitment to university life, as well as their pursuit of excellence in retirement. I look forward to developing new relationships with colleges, not-for-profit organizations, community organizations, and businesses that will provide opportunities for emeriti to continue these pursuits, especially during this challenging time in which we currently live.
As I begin my third year, I reflect on the bridges we have built, the communities we have helped grow, and the individuals on and off campus whose accomplishments were made possible in part by grants we awarded or mentorship opportunities we provided. We do important work, all of us. And I know we are all determined to continue that work, now more than ever.
Peter DePietro
Provost Fellow/Executive Director of the Emeriti Center
Professor of Electronic Media/New Media
University of Cincinnati
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Letter from Our Board President
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Mother’s Day, 2020
Dear Colleagues:
The Emeriti Board of Directors is delighted to welcome over forty new emerita and emeritus members to the Emeriti Association. This honor is one of distinction and indicates that you have worked diligently and unselfishly for and with your students and colleagues for a significant number of years, and have accomplished many goals, large and small, during your career. I congratulate you and welcome you to this Association!
Now what? You’ve cleared out your office, given away certain materials and books to deserving students, thrown away countless items, returned your keys, kept certain objects that are meaningful to you and closed your chapter at UC. Intentionally or not, however, you will probably continue to remain active in various ways: by writing occasional letters of recommendation, editing an article or two for a refereed journal, finishing a publication that has been needing your attention, reading the book(s) that you set aside to be finished at a later time. Maybe you will renew your interesting in gardening, participate in a new outdoor activity, or acquire a new pet.
Whatever lies ahead, I strongly encourage you to become and remain active in our Association. Service opportunities abound, particularly by serving on committees that include Student Mentoring, Transition to Retirement, Health & Wellness, Oral History Project, International Activities, Arts & Culture, Service and Membership & Development to name but some. We emeriti may be retired, but we continue to be creative and imaginative. Yes, the Board transacts business, but our most important function is that of creating new and innovative ways to be active in serving the University, the Cincinnati community and the world at large. During these times, we may be practicing social distancing, wearing masks and staying at home, but we continue to enjoy life and to give of ourselves for the benefit of others. We hope that you will become involved in whatever way you like. We have a place for you in the Emeriti Association.
On this Mother’s Day, I will tell you that I am a baker, thanks to the inspiration of my Mom. In fact, I began baking at the age of twelve and have been doing so ever since. I also enjoy conducting research. So, during this time of social distancing I’ve been putting the two together by conducting “research” on the following: chocolate-chip cookies (research on six recipes and counting); sourdough bread (four recipes); sandwich bread for grilled cheese and/or PB&J (seven recipes); Southern biscuits (four recipes); dinner rolls (five recipes); Bundt cakes (six recipes); and on, and on, and on. However, one recipe is perfect and needs no adjustment: my Crispy Oatmeal Cookie recipe. It is a recipe from my Mom and requires absolutely no tweaking of any kind. Unfortunately for my waistline, it produces a batch of cookies, the most of which I was known to devour in one setting as a teenager – with a very large glass of milk, of course. And so, on this Mother’s Day, I honor my Mom for her perfect crispy oatmeal cookie recipe. I only hope that I have enough all-purpose flour to get me through these days of COVID-19 and the coronavirus. We shall see!
Terry Millligan
Board President-Elect
Professor Emeritus, CCM
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In This Issue
FEC Mentorship Program
Second Act
Emeriti Supporters and Friends
AARP Feature Article
Volunteer Opportunities
In Memoriam
University News
Scroll down for individual sections.
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Group Mentorship Program
The
Faculty Enrichment Center
invites you to apply to serve as a mentor for our
Group Mentorship Program
for
new faculty during the 2020-2021 academic year. In response to the positive feedback on our pilot program, we are excited to offer this program again. We are looking for 16 individuals to serve as a co-facilitator for mentee groups. Associate professors, full professors, emeriti, unit heads/directors, and assistant/associate deans are welcome to apply. Both full-time tenure-track and non-tenure track faculty are welcome to apply. Members of under-represented groups are encouraged to apply.
This program will be an exciting opportunity for you to give back to our new faculty and gain leadership experience. Serving as a mentor will consist of leading roughly six 90-minute sessions with a group of 8-10 new faculty during the academic year. An opening social will likely be held the latter part of August, and sessions will run September through April. A brief “check-in” meeting for all mentors will be held in December, and graduation for mentees will be held in April. In mid-August, the Faculty Enrichment Center will offer a one-day mentor training.
Serving as a co-mentor is a great way to engage in service and gain valuable leadership skills. As a small token of our appreciation, a $250.00 professional development award will be provided to support your mentoring, teaching, research, service, or leadership development activities in addition to unlimited access to
Academic Impressions
for mentoring and professional development resources.
Mentors from our pilot program felt they gained a lot from their experience and enjoyed serving as mentors. One of our mentors shared with us:
"I thoroughly enjoyed this experience and would love to do it again."
Another mentor stated:
“It felt good to give back and learn what is going on across all of UC from the mentees. Also made a connection that could help with my teaching in the future.”
To apply, please submit a brief (1000-word max) letter of interest that describes your experience mentoring or coaching faculty and a copy of your CV by
June 1, 2020
EnrichFaculty@uc.edu
Faculty from diverse ranks, disciplines, colleges, and demographic backgrounds will be selected.
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Cynthia Lockhart
Designer and Gallery Artist
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After a career working in the fashion industry in New York City, Cynthia Lockhart moved back to Cincinnati in the 1990’s and began teaching at UC in the Division of Professional Practice. She taught fashion design and cooperative education classes, which included co-op placement. Professor Lockhart ended her career at UC teaching in DAAP. She developed courses on Fiber Art Fashion and The Art of Jewelry and Leather Accessories Design. She was employed at UC for 25 years.
As a fashion designer, she had created clothes and accessories. Then, she was asked to do a gallery show, so she developed artwork and created a collection of fiber artistic pieces, which were suspended on the wall. She realized, “I am now an artist.” Some people call her work quilts. She prefers to call them fiber art. They are curvilinear in shape and push the boundaries of the traditional quilt form. She has been designing with cloth for years.
She recently had an exhibit at the Taft Museum in Cincinnati called
Journey to Freedom
. Her work in the exhibit told heroic and joyful stories of her ancestors from 400
years ago who were brought to America as slaves. She aims to celebrate strong people who endured many injustices. Her art,
composed of colorful fabric arranged in dynamic patterns,
encourages people to understand more deeply the diversity of people, cultures, and the beauty in the world. She hopes her art serves as a catalyst for individuals to dream, dance, sing, and shout their way forward to unbounded possibilities of freedom. “As an artist, I am honored and proud to celebrate the
accomplishments of a vibrant and creative people,” Lockhart said.
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Cynthia is a member of the Women of Color Quilters Network, founded by Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi. Lockhart has worked with the famous fiber artist and writer Dr. Mazloomi, who has curated shows all over the world. Cynthia’s first New York show
Threads of Faith
had the distinction of being reviewed by the
New York Times
. Lockhart’s art is featured in many publications and catalogs.
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Pat Mezniskis, Professor Emerita, interviewed Cynthia Lockhart for this Second Act article.
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Emeriti Supporters and Friends
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A new feature focusing on people from different backgrounds who are ardent supporters of UC's emeriti faculty, as well as the mission of UC's Emeriti Association and Center.
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Jonathan Kilberg
Supporting the Mission of the Emeriti Center with Multimedia
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Jonathan Kilberg, an undergraduate student studying Electronic Media at UC, was the first person to hold the position of Multimedia Intern for the Emeriti Association and Center, a position he held for the 2019-2020 academic year.
Working under the direction of Executive Director Peter DePietro, Jonathan was a team member in the development of the Association and Center's media properties. He contributed significantly to the design and production of the Emeriti Association and Center's
new website
, as well shooting video and editing clips for our
YouTube Channel
, where there is documentation of our Luncheon Speaker and EmeriTALKS events, including those with former UC president Nancy Zimpher, PhD; Artistic Director and Managing Director of Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; and, the dean of the Carl H. Lindner College of Business, Marianne W. Lewis, PhD
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an event featured in
UC News
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Jonathan found working with UC's Emeriti Association and Center valuable saying: "It gave me an incredible opportunity to apply a lot of the techniques I had learned in classes, while also picking up new knowledge on location while recording events." And he stated the importance of communicating our mission and work digitally: "As the world goes more digital, all organizations need to continue adapting to this new online reality."
During his time at UC, Jonathan won two awards for his student work: Michael Shiff Media Scholarship 2019, and Outstanding Electronic Media Senior 2020. During this past academic year, he was also a member of the production team for Prof. Hagit Limor's (CCM) award-winning documentary about the Holocaust,
Hope After Hate.
For the production, Jonathan and the team flew to Eastern Europe to shoot footage of historic locations, including capital cities and WWII concentration camps.
Jonathan expressed his gratitude with the following statement: "It has been an honor to be able to work with all the amazing people of the UC Emeriti Association and Center. I couldn't have asked to work with a kinder, more accepting, and passionate group of people. No matter where my post-graduation life takes me, I will never forget my time with the Emeriti Center!"
We wish Jonathan all the best, as he begins his career in professional media. And we are grateful that he is a
supporter and friend
of UC's Emeriti Association and Center.
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If you know someone who is an ardent supporter of the mission of the Emeriti Association and Center, and you would like to recommend him or her for this feature, please email us at
emeriti@uc.edu
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COVID-19's Checklist for Older Adults:
Prepare for Coronavirus
by
Katherine Skiba
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued detailed advice for older Americans who are at higher risk for more serious
symptoms of COVID-19,
the illness caused by the novel coronavirus. People of all ages who have severe,
chronic medical conditions
such as heart disease, lung disease or diabetes likewise are at higher risk.
Here are key tips for older adults and their caregivers for preparing for a coronavirus outbreak in your community, adapted from the
CDC's checklist
for older adults:
Know the Symptoms
- If you develop COVID-19 symptoms including fever, cough and trouble breathing, call your doctor first.
- Some doctors offer telephone and “telehealth” visits to avoid the potential of spreading the virus to other patients and health care workers in the office.
- Not everyone who contracts the virus needs to be hospitalized. You may be able to recover at home. Follow your doctor's orders and CDC guidance on how to take care of yourself at home.
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Be Prepared
- Have a COVID-19 plan for yourself. Draw up one for your loved ones and review it.
- Have a list of your daily medications and time of day you take them. That way a caregiver will be able to help you if you get sick.
- Obtain at least a 30-day supply of your prescription drugs.
- Stock up on tissues and over-the-counter medicines to treat fever, cough and other symptoms should they arise.
- Have enough groceries and household items to be comfortable staying home for a few weeks. Make sure you have enough supplies.
- Draw up an emergency contact list.
- If you have a caregiver, make a backup plan for care in case he or she falls sick.
- If you are a caretaker, monitor your charge's food, supplies and medical needs such as oxygen, dialysis and wound care. And have a backup plan.
Stay at Home
- Avoid sick people and crowds.
- Postpone travel, including airplane trips, and avoid cruise ships.
- Pay attention to the local news and follow the advice of local health officials.
- Stay in touch with others by phone, email and video chats.
- You might need to ask friends, family, neighbors or community health workers for help, especially if you become sick.
- Seek out a “buddy” who will check on you, help you prepare and stock up on supplies, and help care for you if needed.
Practice Healthy Habits
- Cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue or the inside of your elbow, then wash your hands.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.
- Clean your hands often. Wash your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds.
- If you don't have soap and water, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60 percent alcohol.
- Clean — and then disinfect — surfaces and things you touch often.
Seek Help
- Call 911 immediately if you are sick and your symptoms worsen.
- Worsening symptoms include, but are not limited to, difficulty breathing or shortness of breath; persistent pain or pressure in the chest; bluish lips or face.
- If you are a caregiver, also pay attention if your charge shows new confusion.
This story is published with special permission from AARP. It originally appeared in The AARP website in March 2020.
https://www.aarp.org
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There are many volunteer opportunities for emeriti in Greater Cincinnati. Here are some.
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A&S Task Force: The Way
Forward for UC During the Pandemic Crisis and Beyond
There are various opportunities available to participate in task forces created in the College of Arts and Sciences to advise and assist in guiding the university on ways to move forward during the COVID-19 crisis and in the future. For more information, please contact Professor Emeritus Dave Meyer at
meyerdl@ucmail.uc.edu
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Be the Change: A Partnership with Saint Vincent de Paul
The Emeriti Association and Center has partnered with Saint Vincent de Paul (Cincinnati, OH) and created a volunteer initiative called
Be the Change
. There are many opportunities avalable to emeriti, listed below.
Please contact Saint Vincent de Paul to see how these opportunities might be adjusted during the COVID-19 pandemic. The email address appears below.
Call Center
The call center receives nearly 4,000 calls a month from neighbors seeking assistance. This is often the first interaction a neighbor has with St. Vincent de Paul.
Charitable Pharmacy
The Charitable Pharmacy provided 66,223 free prescriptions valued at $9.7 M in fiscal year 2019. The Charitable Pharmacy is a health outcomes based pharmacy.
Choice Food Pantry
The choice food pantry affords neighbors the opportunity to shop for the food and personal care items they need for their family.
Drives & Distributions
St. Vincent de Paul hosts numerous drives throughout the year including food drives, fan and AC drives, personal care item drives, toy drives, coat drives and other one-off drives as well as the corresponding distributions of the collected items.
Education Center (Computer Lab)
The education center is new to St. Vincent de Paul this past November and provides computer access to neighbors looking to work on resumes, conduct job searches, print off personal documents, and provide overall access to the world wide web.
Home Visits
St. Vincent de Paul visits neighbors seeking assistance in their homes to assess the neighbors’ overall needs and how we can best assist.
Ozanam Retreat Center
The Ozanam Retreat Center strives to engage and educate community members on issues of poverty and justice and to help grow a commitment to long-term service and systemic change.
Re-entry Program
The re-entry program specifically works with neighbors who have been incarcerated in their lifetime and are trying to reenter society.
Special Events
St. Vincent de Paul conducts three major fundraisers annually to support the overall mission of the organization.
Teaching Kitchen
The teaching kitchen provides a space for neighbors to learn how to prepare healthy meals for their families from the food they received in our choice food pantry as well as from the food prescribed by our pharmacists.
Welcome Rooms
In lieu of home visits, neighbors seeking assistance visit our West End outreach center and are met by staff and volunteers in our welcome rooms to assess the neighbors’ overall needs and how we can best assist.
For more information or to volunteer, contact:
Mike Dunn, Executive Director
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F. Bob Dwyer, PhD
His professional accomplishments during his thirty-six years at UC were exceptional and exemplary. Bob held the Joseph S. Stern Professorship, and served in multiple leadership roles as Head of the Marketing Department, Founder and Director of the Direct Marketing Policy Center, and Director of the MBA program.
Bob won numerous awards for teaching and research, both within and outside the University. Known for his poetic use of language (what we called “Dwyer-isms”), Bob would invite students to “back up the truck and soar aloft with the eagles of abstraction.” He won the EXCEL Graduate Teaching Excellence Award at UC, and the Direct Marketing Education Foundation Clarke Outstanding Educator Award. Bob was a pioneer in the field of relationship marketing. Notably, his 1987
Journal of Marketing
article (cited over 13,000 times!) was awarded second place for the “Top Ten Sales Articles of the 20
th
Century.” In 2011, the American Marketing Association Interorganizational SIG awarded Bob the Lifetime Achievement Award.
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R. Terrell Finney, Jr.
R. Terrell Finney, Jr. passed away on January 23, 2020. Terrell was an esteemed member of the CCM family for more than 30 years. He served as the head of the Division of Opera, Musical Theatre, Drama and Arts Administration (now TAPAA) and then as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Director of Graduate Studies, a position he held until his retirement in 2016.
After more than a quarter century running the OMDA Division through periods of growth and artistic excellence he became the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies at CCM, lending his problem solving skills and attention to detail to all students at the Conservatory.
During his time at CCM, Terrell influenced multiple generations of students, colleagues and arts lovers. He was a guiding force for CCM.
Colleagues referred to him as the energizer bunny, because his life force was so strong. He could walk faster than a jack-rabbit, could barely sit still through talkative meetings, and would sometimes run around the office to make colleagues laugh. He took on monumental tasks with ease that helped thousands of CCM graduates and faculty. His compact frame belied surging energy; he was a Southern gentleman through and through. As a result, he was always a towering figure at CCM. His talent and leadership and love were one of a kind.
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Karin Pendle
Karin Pendle passed away on December 9 at Twin Towers in College Hill. Karin joined the CCM family as a professor of musicology in 1976 and retired in 2004. She was a pioneer in the scholarship of women in music. Karin edited one of the first textbooks on women’s roles in music “Women and Music: A History,” published by Indiana University Press in 1991. She also edited the textbook’s second edition, published in 2001. During her tenure at CCM, Karin began the “Women in Music” course, which was one of the only courses of its kind in the country to be offered in conjunction with a women’s studies program. She served as the President of the UC Association for Women Faculty and as head of the College Music Society’s Committee on the Status of Women.
Karin was considered an expert in 18
th
- and 19-century French opera, with scholarly articles published in peer-reviewed journals including the
Journal of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Journal of Musicology,
and
Opera Quarterly,
among others. She presented her research at a number of regional and national conferences, including the American Musicological Society and College Music Society, as well as international conferences.
Karin was considered as a mentor to many of her students. She was an inspiring mentor. Karin ruled with a firm hand and occasional – and often brilliant – touches of much-needed humor.
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James F. Thorpe, PhD
James F. Thorpe, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Cincinnati, died at age 93 on December 24, 2019. In 1947, Dr. Thorpe enrolled in the College of Engineering at the University of Cincinnati under the GI Bill of Rights. He graduated with the Degree of Mechanical Engineer in 1952. Then he decided to pursue graduate studies at the University of Kentucky, where he received the Degree of Master of Sciences in 1955. While working as a Nuclear Engineer at the Bettis Atomic Laboratory in Pittsburgh, he received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 1960.
He then spent the next 35 years as a professor and consultant at the University of Kentucky and at the University of Cincinnati where he was the Mechanical Engineering Department Head for ten years. In 1987 Dr. Thorpe received the Fred Merryfield award for excellence in teaching Engineering Design from the American Society of Engineering Education and he also was the recipient of several student awards for his teaching efforts.
During his career, he was a founding member of the Design Engineering and Law Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. In 1964 he received national recognition for his paper on Newton's Laws of Motion which was published in the American Journal of Physics. In the year 2002 he wrote his autobiography.
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Lindner College of Business Dean Featured in UC Emeriti Center Speaker Series
Keeping the student experience at the center of all business school operations. Exploring the role of business schools in leading the way for interdisciplinary learning. Creating a culture of innovation in which all are empowered to bring big ideas to solve problems that are executed with discipline. Carl H. Lindner College of Business Dean Marianne W. Lewis, PhD, sat down with Ralph Katerberg, PhD, member of the Emeriti Association's Board of Directors and professor emeritus at the Lindner College of Business, to discuss these very things for the UC Emeriti Center’s luncheon series, EmeriTALKS.
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UC College of Medicine and UC Health Fight the Coronavirus Through Innovative Research
A University of Cincinnati researcher says a study of COVID-19 patients shows loss of the sense of smell is most likely to occur by the third day of infection with the virus. Most of these patients also experience a loss of the sense of taste. Dr. Ahmad Sedaghat, an associate professor in the UC College of Medicine’s Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and UC Health physician, published these findings in the scholarly journal
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
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UC waiving SAT and ACT Requirements for 2021 Applicants
The University of Cincinnati announced that it will adopt a test-optional admissions policy for a two-year period as a result of significant disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The move means that students entering UC in fall 2021 will not be required to submit standardized test scores from the ACT or SAT to gain admission to the vast majority of programs. Though a few select programs will still require a standardized test, most applicants will be able to choose whether or not to submit scores to be considered as part of UC’s new holistic admissions review model.
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Ohio Man is Finally Free, Thanks to UC’s OIP
On a late summer’s afternoon in 1974, the body of Regina Andrews was discovered near a Cleveland swim club. Three days later, police arrested her husband of just three weeks, Isiah Andrews, despite the fact that physical evidence in the crime strongly implicated that another man had committed the murder. Andrews, who has always maintained his innocence, was nevertheless eventually convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
Isiah Andrews finally walks free after serving nearly 46 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Andrews, now 82, thought he’d die in prison. But nearly 46 years after he was incarcerated, he finally walked out of prison a free man, thanks to the tireless work of law students, professors and attorneys at the
Ohio Innocence Project
(OIP) at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
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The articles featured above appeared in UC News.
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Emeriti Connection
is produced and distributed by the Office of the Executive Director of the Emeriti Center. If you have questions or comments, please email us at
emeriti@uc.edu.
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Issue No. 12 - Spring 2020
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