1940s
Marjorie E. Fields, (1949) art and (1960) MA French, taught three years at Yorktown as an art teacher after graduation. She then went into a property management business. She is now retired and travels as an amateur photographer.
1960s
Patricia Lee Evans, (1967) music, was very involved in area music. She recently took part in the second annual Waycross Area Composer's Concert as one of the singers and composers. Carla Rae Johnson, (1969) art, is a visual artist, and her media include drawing, sculpture, conceptual, performance, and installation art. She is a New York Foundation for the Arts 2005 Fellow in Sculpture and a 1990 recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. Her work has been exhibited in solo, individual, and curated shows in museums and galleries nationally and in New York City and is included in numerous public and private collections. She received a master of fine arts from the University of Iowa in 1975 and now resides in the artists' community of Peekskill, New York. Daniel Sherry, (1963) music and (1966) MA biology, has been in the same Top 40 nightclub band since 1969. He is now retired but still works part-time as a fisheries biologist for a Tennessee wildlife resources agency. Robert C. Tarlow, (1960) art, (1970) MA psychology, and (1975) EdD, was selected as one of the artists in the book Painting Indiana, The Changing Face of Agriculture and was invited to the Statehouse to paint Governor Mitch Daniels' portrait.
1970s
Jacqueline Lee Brown, (1974) speech and (1976) MA theatre, was recently named department chair of the performing arts department of the Loran G. Skinner Auditorium at Pendleton, Indiana. She was also a member of the College of Fine Arts Advisory Board and representative to the Alumni Council, where she received the Benny Award in 2006. Matthew Stephen Davish, (1978) music education, has recorded three CDs with the Nashville Symphony (2001–2007) and performed with L. Pavarotti (1993). He has also played more than 50 touring Broadway productions in Nashville, Tennessee, and toured with NSO and Amy Grant. He has continued his work in the recording field and as a member of freelance musical organizations and has private instruction in woodwinds. David Garrett, (1979) music, is in his ninth season as a cellist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He teaches at California State University-Long Beach and maintains an active chamber music and recital performance schedule. In summer 2007, he and his wife, pianist Junko Ueno Garrett, played a series of recitals in Japan under the auspices of the U.S. State Department, presenting music by American composers. Jan Lynette Stewart, (1971) music and (1979) MA music, has retired after teaching music for 35 years in the Chardon local schools and plans to travel around the country. Dale Threlkeld, (1970) MA art, has a solo exhibition of paintings at the Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, Michigan, April 11–May 18, and guest artist and solo exhibition at the Dogwood Festival, Dowagiac, Michigan, 2006.
1980s
Melody Sue Jackson, (1983), earned her PhD in mythological studies from Pacifica Graduate Institute. She completed two marathons and was named a Top Five Script Consultant in the Country by Creative Screenwriting magazine. Mark Kratzner, (1987) theatre, worked at the Indianapolis Museum of Art as an audio-visual technician for 15 years, which inspired him to make a museum from his small collection of Hollywood hoosiers items




