Ronald S. Cohen
1954
While Ronald Cohen was at Jefferson High School , he was a three-year
member of the Jefferson baseball team and played on the Lafayette
American Legion state championship teams of 1953 and 1954. He was
Salutatorian of the Class of 1954. Upon graduation Ronald enrolled at
Indiana University – Bloomington , where he graduated in 1958 with a
Bachelor of Science Degree in business with honors and a major in
accounting.
Ronald joined the CPA firm of Crowe, Chizek & Company in South
Bend upon graduation from Indiana University . Ronald practiced as a CPA
with Crowe, Chizek his entire 45-year career except for a brief stint
with the U.S. Army artillery. At his retirement in 2003, the firm had
grown to be the eighth largest CPA firm in the country. He served for 12
years as the CEO of the firm and six years as Chairman of its Executive
Committee. Subsequent to his retirement from the firm, Ronald continued
to act as an arbitrator and expert witness in complex commercial
disputes.
Ronald was active in professional accounting organizations and served
for seven years on the Board of Directors of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants, including a year as its Chairman. In 2006,
he was awarded the Institute's Gold Medal for Distinguished Service,
the highest award granted by the Institute. In addition, Ronald served
on the Executive Council of Horwath International, a worldwide
association of CPA firms, for 16 years. Seven of those years, he was
Chairman and on the Board of Directors of the International Federation
of Accountants as the U.S. Representative.
Richard M. Rea
1977
While at Jefferson High School, Richard was in the Marching Band,
Symphonic Band, Boys Glee Club Choir, Acapella Choir (president his
senior year), musicals, Male Jazz Quartet, soloist for Christmas show
and Senior Vespers convocation, Theatre Crew, swim team manager
(received varsity letter and conference champion patch and jacket),
J-Club, Broncho Broadcasters, and sports director. He broadcast all home
varsity and junior varsity football and basketball games and did
stringer reports of Jeff games for WLFI-TV 18 Friday night sports. He
was awarded a PTA scholarship.
Richard attended Butler University earning his Bachelor of Science in
radio and television in 1981. While at Butler , Richard served as
Sports Director for WAJC doing play-by-play of the 1980 NCAA Men's
Basketball Final Four hosted by Butler at Market Square Arena in
Indianapolis. Prior to that assignment Richard was already working at
commercial radio stations in Lafayette and Indianapolis.
Richard made the jump to television as a student intern at WISH-TV,
in the fall of 1980. While at WISH, he reported, anchored, and
administered a sports department which doubled from four to eight
members during his tenure. He also earned numerous awards for his
reporting from the Associated Press, United Press International, and
Indianapolis Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. His
work also received two local Emmy nominations. Richard has traveled to
numerous sporting venues nationally covering IU, Purdue, Pacers, and
Colts games. Richard helped launch Indy's first regular Saturday and
Sunday night expanded sports programs at WISH as a producer and anchor.
He also produced and hosted several sports specials dedicated to
coverage of motor sports and the 1991 PGA Championship.
Richard moved to WTHR in 1998. With Richard as the Sports Executive
Producer, the expanded Sunday night show quickly moved over the top as
the show of record for sports hungry fans. Richard recently celebrated
25 consecutive years in the local TV news business, a milestone
surpassed only by Indy sports legends Tom Carnegie and Don Hein.
In November 2006 Richard accepted a position as Director of
Communications at Methodist Sports Medicine Center , central Indiana 's
original and most experienced sports medicine practice. He has served as
emcee of the Indy 500 Last Row Party, Indiana Fellowship of Christian
Athletes awards dinner, Butler University Spring Sports banquet,
Lafayette Jefferson High School's Build the Future campaign, and the
Possibility Network luncheon series featuring former NBA great Isiah
Thomas.
Glenn S. Richie
1982
While at Jefferson , Glenn was named team captain or co-captain eight
times and earned six Most Valuable Player awards. He had four state
finalist appearances in cross country and track and field, three 800m
conference and sectional championships, and two city 800 championships.
He was a starter on the Jeff basketball team that won two sectional and
regional championships and received the Jill Burnhart scholarship award
for excellence. Throughout his athletic career, Glenn was a multi-sport
phenomonen, earning nine varsity letters in cross country, basketball,
and track and field.
Immediately after competing in the Indiana State High School Track
and Field Championships, he shipped to Army basic training. While at
basic training, he was awarded the Commanding General's Award for
Military Excellence, the Trainee of the Cycle Award. After basic
training, Glenn attended Indiana State University on a track scholarship
where he was an 800m indoor champion and seven-time indoor and outdoor
conference finalist. While at ISU, Glenn served as team captain for
three years. The highlight of Glenn's career came in 1986 when he raced
the 500m in the World Indoor Track and Field Championships in
Indianapolis . During his freshman year, he enrolled in the Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology ROTC program as one of 30 freshmen. In May 1984,
age 19, he was the only cadet of the 30 to complete the program and
receive an early commission. Glenn has served our nation for over 25
years and is still on active duty. Those 25 years included a combat tour
during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm and a variety of other
command staff positions.
Glenn is a graduate of the Joint Professional Military Education
School, the Air Command and Staff College, USAREC Commander's Course,
the Field Artillery Captains Advance Course, TACFIRE School, Maintenance
Officer Course, Airborne School and the Field Artillery Basic Course.
He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in business management
from Indiana State University and his Master's degree in computer
resources and information management from Webster University .
His military awards and decorations include: Bronze Star, Defense
Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with two Oak Leaf
Clusters, Army Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Army
Achievement Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, Joint Meritorious Unit
Award, and National Defense Service Medal with star, Southwest Asia
Service Medal with star, and the Parachutist Badge.
In December 2002, Glenn was promoted to Lt. Colonel and was selected
to command the largest geographic recruiting battalion in the United
States . His recruiting area covers 46,000 square miles throughout New
York , Massachusetts , Vermont , Connecticut , and all of Europe.
D. Richard Smith
1949
While at Jefferson High School , Richard played timpani in the Jeff
Band and Orchestra. Also, while at Jeff, he played timpani with the new
Lafayette Symphony Orchestra. Richard participated in the Red and Black
Review and served as the cymbal player in the Bernard McAdams Marching
Band. He was in the senior class play and was active in the Hi-Y. Upon
graduation, Richard attended Purdue where Al Stewart named him tenor
soloist with Purdue Varsity Glee Club. When he was 11 years old Mr.
Stewart used him as tenor soloist in the annual Christmas Convocation.
At Purdue, he majored in social studies education. Richard was given the
Purdue Musical Organization's “Outstanding Graduate” award as he
completed his B. S. degree in 1953.
While serving in the U. S. Army he organized an army chorus and
entertainment group that performed on television and sang at the premier
of the movie, “The Long Gray Line.” The chorus also traveled to Purdue
where it performed at the Elliott Hall of Music under the auspices of
the Purdue Glee Club. Richard was awarded the Army Commendation Medal
upon his release from active duty. He spent the following year as
assistant to the Director of Purdue Musical Organization before entering
the Purdue graduate school majoring in speech/communication.
After completing his doctorate at Purdue, Richard taught
communication at Albion College . In 1962 he was recruited by Purdue to
serve as the number two administrator at the Purdue Fort Wayne campus.
In 1965 he was promoted to Dean and Director of the campus serving five
years before moving to the office of Regional Campus Administration at
Purdue's West Lafayette campus. He was then promoted to Assistant to the
Vice President for Regional Campus Administration.
While serving in Regional Campus Administration, he assisted with
administration of regional campuses, developed policies for the
administration of IUPUI ( Indianapolis ), and assisted in the
development of the Indiana Higher Education Telecommunication System
(IHETS). Later he served as Assistant to the Provost, Felix Haas, and
was then promoted to the Office of International Programs where he
helped develop and supervise Purdue's Overseas Development Programs and
the junior year abroad.
He worked in Cairo , Egypt negotiating Purdue's contract for a major
nutrition study done with Ministry of Health. He also spent time in
Mexico and three months in the People's Republic of China setting up
exchange agreements.
Since his retirement he serves as a Docent at the New Mexico History
Museum (Palace of the Governors) and at the Santa Fe Opera. He also
continues to perform on the timpani with the Santa Fe Symphony, the
Canticum Novum Chorus and Orchestra, the Los Alamos Philharmonic, and
the Santa Fe Concert Band. He also visits two to four college and
university campuses a year chairing accreditation teams.
Jack L. Walkey
1964
While attending Jefferson High School , Jack was involved in Spanish
Club, Student Council, Key Club, J-Club, football, basketball, baseball,
and was a library assistant. Jack was starting guard on Jefferson 's
1964 State Basketball Championship team. Jack attended Ohio State
University on a full basketball scholarship playing on the basketball
team for all three years and was named a Scholar-Athlete. Jack graduated
from Ohio State University in 1968 with a degree in business
administration with a major in marketing. While attending Ohio State, he
participated in the Army ROTC program, was selected to Scabbard and
Blade and Mershon Honorary, and upon graduation, was named a
Distinguished Military graduate and commissioned a 2 nd Lieutenant in
the U.S. Army. With a deferment from the U.S. Army to attend law school,
Jack then attended the Indiana University School of Law. Upon
graduation from law school in 1971, he joined what is now the Ball
Eggleston law firm in Lafayette.
Jack's practice is devoted almost exclusively to estate planning,
trusts, estate administration, and real estate (including tax-deferred
exchanges.) He is a member of the Tippecanoe County , Indiana State
(Probate, Trust and Real Property, and Taxation sections), and American
Bar Associations (member of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, and
Taxation sections).
Jack is a frequent speaker on estate and tax planning, trusts, and
real estate subjects. He has been a contributing author, speaker, chair,
and co-chair at numerous Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum
seminars for Indiana lawyers on real estate and estate planning topics.
He has been an instructor for the Indiana Banking Association to local
bank employees on topics of banking law.
He is the author of Real Estate Primer, a popular form book and guide
for Indiana lawyers published by the Indiana Continuing Legal Education
Forum. He is also past president of the Estate Planning Council of
Greater Lafayette and a past president of the Tippecanoe County Bar
Association. Jack holds the highest rating (AV) in the Martindale
Hubbell director of lawyers and was recently named an Indiana “Super
Lawyer” in the area of Estate Planning and Probate Administration.
Jack is presently serving on the City of Lafayette Police Civil
Service Commission (past president) and has previously served on the
Lafayette City Council. He also served on the Board of Directors for The
Community Foundation of Greater Lafayette, Tippecanoe County Chapter of
the American Heart Association (past president), Lyn Treece Boys Club,
YMCA, and the Jefferson High School Booster Club (past president). He
was a charter member of the board and is now a life member of Jeff's
Golden Broncho Club (past president). He also served on the Lafayette
School Corporation's Task Force on Declining Enrollment.