History of the Toledo
Society – The Late Period (1995 to Present)
The
Toledo Society was reactivated in 1995 with the first lecture season
in fall 1995 to spring 1996. The principal force behind this effort
was E. Marianne Stern, PhD (formerly a Curator of Roman Glass at the
Toledo Museum of Art and now an independent scholar in the
Netherlands). At the time she was a national lecturer for the AIA,
which approached her about restarting the Toledo Society. Dr. Stern
was assisted in this by Celinda Niggemyer and Judy Finkel with additional
help provided by Richard M. Krill, PhD, Charles Terbille,
PhD and Charles Williams, PhD, all future officers or
trustees-at-large of the Society. Additional help on fund-raising
was provided by Doreen Canaday Spitzer and Dorothy M. Price. Of
these individuals, Dr. Krill was a former officer during the Toledo
Society’s ‘middle period,’ and Ms. Spitzer, an archaeologist, was
the daughter of Mariam C. Canaday, the Toledo Society’s former
secretary and president. Ms. Spitzer was the wife of Lyman Strong
Spitzer, a relative Sydney Spitzer and Carl B. Spitzer, both past
presidents of the Society.
Kurt
T. Luckner, the Toledo Society’s
president during 1971-75 and Curator of Ancient Art at the Toledo
Museum of Art died in 1995. Dr. Stern led the effort to establish an
endowment for the Society in his name (“The Kurt T. Luckner
Lecture Fund”), which now largely supports the chapter’s annual
lecture program. Beginning in 2000, the Toledo Society began a close
association with the TMA, which now
co-sponsors and hosts nearly all the lectures.
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Toledo Society Officers, 1995 to present |
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Year |
President |
Vice President |
Treasurer |
Membership Secretary |
Corresponding (Recording) Secretary |
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1995-96 |
Marianne Stern |
Jack E. Romig |
Celinda
Niggemyer |
Vickie Lynn
Hauff |
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1996-97 |
Charles Terbille |
Judith Finkel |
Alice Weaver |
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1997-98 |
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1998-99 |
Richard M. Krill |
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1999-00 |
James A. Harrell |
Steven Frushour |
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Mohamed El-Shafie |
Judith Finkel |
Celinda
Niggemyer |
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2000-01 |
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2001-02 |
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2002-03 |
Charles Terbille |
Judith Ayoub |
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2003-04 |
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2004-05 |
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2005-06 |
John Shearman |
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2006-07 |
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2007-08 |
James A. Harrell |
Lionel J. D. Sully |
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2008-09 |
Louis Benedict |
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2009-10 |
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2010-11 |
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2011-12 |
Robert I. Finkel |
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2012-13 |
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2013-14 |
Robert I. Finkel |
Robert E. Mittelstaedt |
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2014-15 |
Andrea (Mall) Gardner |
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2015-16 |
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2016-17
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2017-18
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2018-19 |
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2018-19 |
Robert I. Finkel |
Robert E. Mittelstaedt |
Lionel J. D. Sully
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Andrea (Mall) Gardner |
Celinda Niggemyer |
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2019-20 |
Robert I. Finkel |
Robert E. Mittelstaedt
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Lionel J. D. Sully
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Andrea (Mall) Gardner |
Celinda Niggemyer
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2020-21 |
Robert I. Finkel |
Robert E. Mittelstaedt
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Lionel J. D. Sully
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Andrea (Mall) Gardner |
Celinda Niggemyer
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2021-22 |
Robert I. Finkel |
Robert E. Mittelstaedt |
Lionel J. D. Sully |
Beverly Karp |
Celinda Niggemyer |
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2022-23 |
Robert I. Finkel |
Robert E. Mittelstaedt |
James
F. Leslie |
Beverly Karp |
Celinda Niggemyer |
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2023-24 |
Robert I. Finkel |
Robert E. Mittelstaedt |
James
F. Leslie |
Beverly Karp |
Celinda Niggemyer |
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Toledo Society Trustees-at-Large, 1995 to present |
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Trustees (listed alphabetically) |
Years |
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Judith Ayoub, PhD |
2001-2002 |
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Melissa Baltus, PhD |
2015-present |
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Barbara
Baker |
2009-2021 |
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Louis
Benedict, JD, PhD |
2004-2008 |
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Thomas
Bentley |
2008-2012 |
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Mounir El-Khatib, MD |
1996-1998 |
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Mohamed
El-Shafie, MD |
1998-2001,
2002-2013 |
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Judith
Finkel |
1999-2000,
2002-present |
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Robert
I. Finkel, MD |
2007-2010 |
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Steven
Frushour |
1998-1999 |
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Andrea (Mall) Gardner |
2011-2014, 2021-present |
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Sandi
Glauser |
2004-2013 |
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James A.
Harrell, PhD |
1997-1998,
2005-2007, 2013-present |
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Karen
Havens |
1997-2002 |
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Bonita Hay |
2022-present |
| Richard Hebein | 2017-present |
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Lewis
Heldt |
2000-2003 |
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Debra Hoffmaster, PhD |
2022-present |
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Beverly
Karp |
2000-2022 |
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Richard
M. Krill, PhD |
1996-1998 |
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Sandra
Knudsen, PhD |
2000-2012 |
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Robert
J. Lauer |
1999-2002 |
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Stephanie
Langin-Hooper, PhD |
2012-2014 |
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Sean
Leatherbury, PhD |
2016-2019
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Adam
Levine, PhD |
2014-2018
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Lea
McChesney, PhD |
2009-2014 |
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Marie
Minniear |
2001-2007 |
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Willard
Misfeldt, PhD |
2012-2017 |
| David Mittelstaedt, Maj. US Army, JD | 2017-present |
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Robert
E. Mittelstaedt, MA, LtC US
Army |
2006-2013 |
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Richard
Putney, PhD |
2001-2004 |
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Andrew
Schneider, PhD |
2002-2005 |
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John
Shearman |
2004-2005,
2007-2010 |
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Marianne
Stern, PhD |
1998-2001 |
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Donald
Stierman, PhD |
2003-2012 |
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Kristina
Sully |
2014-present |
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Lionel
J. D. Sully, PhD |
2022-present |
| Charles Terbille, PhD | 1998-2004, 2008-present |
| Charles Williams, PhD |
1996-1999 |
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Thomas
Zych, MA |
2018-present |
BACKGROUNDS OF PAST AND PRESENT OFFICERS AND
TRUSTEES-AT-LARGE (1995 to 2019)
Judith
Ayoub, PhD (deceased)
late
Nursing Program Coordinator at Mercy College of Northwest Ohio
Melissa
Baltus, PhD
Associate
Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toledo; does
archaeological surveys and excavations in the American Midwest
Barbara
Baker
avid ‘Arts’
supporter in Toledo and former Docent at the Toledo Museum of Art
Louis
Benedict, JD, PhD
Attorney
at Law in Bowling Green, Ohio, and Adjunct Professor at Bowling
Green State University
Thomas
Bentley (deceased)
late Colonel
in the US Army, and CEO of A. Bentley and Sons General Contractor
and Engineers in Toledo
Mounir El-Khatib,
MD
retired physician
of Internal Medicine at the Toledo Clinic in Toledo
Mohamed
El-Shafie, MD (deceased)
retired Pediatric
Surgeon with the Children’s Medical Center of Northwest Ohio
Judith
Finkel (wife of Robert I. Finkel)
archaeology and
ancient art enthusiast in Toledo
Robert
I. Finkel, MD (husband of Judith Finkel)
retired
Rheumatologist at the Toledo Clinic in Toledo
Steven
Frushour
retired Associate
Coordinator of Exhibitions at the Toledo Museum of Art
Andrea
(Mall) Gardner, MA
Keeper of
the Collections at the Toledo Museum of Art; has worked on
archaeological excavations at Poggio Colla in Tuscany.
Sandi
Glauser
archaeology
enthusiast in Toledo
James
A. Harrell, PhD
retired Professor
of Archaeological Geology at the University of Toledo; does
geo-archaeological surveys in Egypt and other Middle Eastern
countries
Vickie
L. Hauff
no
information available
Karen
Havens
retired Latin and Classics teacher at Notre Dame Academy in Toledo
Richard Hebein, PhD
retired Professor of Classics at Bowling Green State University
Lewis R. Heldt (deceased)
late Child
Psychologist for the Toledo Public Schools
Beverly
Karp
glass artist in
Toledo and former editor for a national medical publication; has
worked on archaeological excavations in England and on Mallorca and
Easter Islands, and on archaeological documentation projects in
Greece and Turkey.
Richard
Krill, PhD (deceased)
late Professor
of Foreign Languages (Classics) and History at the University of
Toledo
Sandra
Knudsen, PhD
former Director
of Publications and Curator of Ancient Art at the Toledo Museum of
Art
Robert
J. Lauer (deceased)
late
electrical engineer with the Haughton Elevator Division of the
Toledo Scale Corp. and later Schindler Elevator Corp.
Stephanie
Langin-Hooper, PhD
former Assistant
Professor of Ancient Art at Bowling Green State University
Sean
Leatherbury, PhD
former
Assistant Professor of Art History at Bowling Green State University
Adam
Levine, PhD
Director
of the Toledo Museum of Art
Lea
McChesney, PhD
former Adjunct
Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toledo
Marie
Minniear
archaeology
enthusiast in Toledo and former president of the Black Swamp
Archaeological Society
Willard
Misfeldt, PhD (deceased)
retired Professor
of Art History at Bowling Green State University
David Mittelstaedt, Maj, JD
retired Major in the US Army and currently an Attorney at Law in Toledo
Robert
Mittelstaedt, MA, LtC
retired
Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army; has worked on archaeological
excavations in Jordan and Egypt
Celinda Niggemyer
avid ‘Arts’
supporter in Toledo
Richard
Putney, PhD
retired
Professor of Art History at the University of Toledo
Jack
E. Romig
former Toledo
police officer and now writer of mystery-suspense novels
Andrew
Schneider, PhD
vice president
of Archaeological Consultants of the Midwest
John
Shearman
Toledo
businessman and former Associate Director of Luxor (Egypt) for the
American Research Center in Egypt
E.
Marianne Stern, PhD
former Curator
for Roman Glass at the Toledo Museum of Art and now independent
scholar in the Netherlands
Donald
Stierman, PhD
retired
Associate Professor of Geophysics at the University of Toledo
Kristina
Sully (wife of Lionel Sully)
retired
Nurse Practitioner for the Women’s Health Clinic at the University
of Toledo’s Student Medical Center
Lionel
J. D. Sully, PhD (husband of Kristina Sully)
retired research
metallurgist, engineer and technical grant writer
Charles
Terbille, PhD
retired librarian
and Dean of University Libraries at the University of Toledo
Constantine
E. Theodosiou, PhD
former Professor
of Physics and Dean for the Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the
University of Toledo
Alice
Weaver (deceased)
late
librarian at the University of Toledo
Charles
Williams, PhD (deceased)