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ATTENTION: This newsletter is intended for alumnae and parents. If your daughter is still attending The
Ohio State University, she will receive a copy at the chapter house. If she has graduated, please mail us her
new address to help update our records. Thank you.
Rho Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Phi
The Ohio State University
P.O. Box 442100
Lawrence, KS 66044-2100
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Rho Chapter Strand of Pearls
RECRUITMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS
Alumnae, we value your input in
membership selection. Please send your
recruitment recommendations to
aephiosu.vprecruitment@gmail.com or
mail them to Laura Drechsler '17 at
Alpha Epsilon Phi, 200 East 17th Avenue,
Columbus, Ohio 43201.
Loramae Weiland Simkoff '57 is a former
president of the National Council of Jewish
Women in Cleveland, where she is still active.
She is also a docent at the Maltz Museum
of Jewish Heritage in Beachwood, Ohio.
Loramae is the mother and grandmother of
Marcie Simkoff Harrison '87 and Shaina
Harrison '15.
Jo Ann Schlezinger Simon '63 has been a
member of Art Goes to School of Delaware
Valley, an art appreciation program in the
Philadelphia area, for 40 years. She has
also been a docent at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts for 30 years. Jo
Ann loves theater and volunteers as an usher
at theaters in the Philadelphia area. E-mail:
joannsimon2@gmail.com
Joan Adler Shell '67 has been retired from
teaching for 11 years. Life changed when
her grandchildren arrived: triplets, twins, and
two single births. Altogether, she is blessed
with four girls and two boys. Joan's hus-
band, Steve, is an internist in Columbus,
Ohio, and is very happy to still be working.
Joan and Steve's three daughters all live in
California, so they travel there often. Joan
and Barbara Engel Brenner are still very
close after 50 years of friendship, which
started in Rho Chapter in Columbus. E-mail:
joanraeshell@gmail.com
Rhonda Lashen Schottenstein '81 has
three kids, ages 15, 14, and 12, which has
been quite the experience! Her oldest, Libby,
will graduate high school in the year 2021,
so that will be a very exciting year. Rhonda
hopes she will be an AEPhi sister, whether at
OSU or elsewhere. E-mail: forchin8@aol.com
Mandi Frydman Bucceroni '02 works as
an immigration lawyer in Philadelphia. She
and six other Rho chapter alumnae trav-
eled to Savannah for their annual girls' trip
in February. E-mail: mbucceroni@gmail.com
Alumnae News
Thank You,
Loyal Alumnae
e wish to extend our
gratitude to the alumnae who
have chosen to support Alpha
Epsilon Phi. Your gifts make it
possible for our undergraduates to
reside in a safe and comfortable home while
remaining competitive at The Ohio State
University. The following is a list of alumnae
who gave to our fall 2017 appeal. Thank you
for your support!
Betty Frank Schoenbaum '36
Loramae Weiland Simkoff '57
Evie Rosen Topcik '58
Susan Winger Fitzsimons '78
Sharon Meckler Roth '80
Rosie Butterman Rodney '81
Denise Smuckler Nielsen '82
