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April 21, 2004

Eight former Case Western Reserve University athletes—and one team physician—will be inducted into the Case Reserve Athletic Club Hall of Fame.

The 27th annual Hall of Fame dinner will take place at 6 p.m. April 23 in the Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athletic Center. The cost of the dinner is $50 per person, and there will be a cash bar. Call Gretchen Denaro at 216-368-3836 or e-mail gretchen.denaro@case.edu with questions or for reservations.

Members of the 2004 Hall of Fame class are: Millard R. Bell (CIT '33), Beth Bickford (Case '81), Gregory D. Hanchin (Case '89), William T. Mason, M.D. (WRU '62), Thomas Charles McLaughlin, M.D. (Special Category), Al Motiejunas (WRU '67), Norman E. Protiva (CIT '52), Marcia J. Ruley (FSM '66) and Vincent VanBurik (Case '91).

Millard R. Bell (CIT '33)
Millard R. Bell wrestled for the Case Institute of Technology in the early 1930s. While a member of the varsity wrestling team for three years, he was the state champion his junior and senior years in the 145-pound weight class. While attending Case, he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, the Theta Tau engineering fraternity, the Skull and Bones, the Blue Key, and the Case Senate. He also participated in the Interfraternity Council his junior and senior years, was editor of Case's yearbook, the Differential, and was awarded the Honor Key at commencement. Some of Bell's achievements include the invention of a self-sealing fuel cell while working as a field engineer in the aeronautical division of BF Goodrich Company during World War II. Additionally, he was senior systems engineer for both the Surveyor and Mariner spacecraft at the Jet Propulsion Lab. Millard 'Mo' Bell died in 1993.

Beth Bickford (Case '81)
Beth Bickford played basketball for Case Western Reserve University in the late 1970s and early 1980s. During her athletic career she earned four letters and was the university's all-time leading scorer, with 575 points, when she graduated. She also served as team captain her junior and senior years and won the Nip Heim Award her junior year. After graduating from Case, Bickford worked as a nurse at University Hospitals of Cleveland and attended graduate school at the University of Rochester. Since earning her master's of science in nursing, she has worked as a clinical nurse specialist and as director of program services at the Ohio Nurses Association, where she was actively involved in passing legislation to give prescriptive privileges to advanced practice nurses in Ohio. She currently is working as a director in association management.

Gregory D. Hanchin (Case '89)
Gregory D. Hanchin wrestled for Case Western Reserve University in the late 1980s. During his career at Case, he earned four letters and was a three-time national qualifier as well as GTE & Academic All-American. In addition, Hanchin was an NCAA All-American his senior year, finishing sixth in Division III in the 177-pound weight class and ending his career with a 77 percent winning percentage. He also served as team captain, graduated with high honors, and received a NCAA post-graduate scholarship. After graduating he worked as a senior project manager for General Motors. In 1999 Hanchin received a master's of business administration from the Case Weatherhead School of Management. He is a member of both Beta Gamma Sigma (business) and Eta Kappa Nu (electrical/computer engineering) honor societies. Since earning his master's, he has worked as a management consultant and is currently the president and owner of Emphasystems, Inc.

William T. Mason, M.D. (WRU '62)
William T. Mason, M.D. wrestled and played football for Adelbert College (Western Reserve University) during the late 1950s to early 1960s, lettering eight times. Mason was a member of two Presidents Athletic Conference champion teams-football in 1960 and wrestling in 1961). He also was a three time PAC wrestling champion in the167-pound weight class his freshman through junior years and finished third his senior year. While at Adelbert he served as the wrestling team captain all four years and as football team captain his senior year. Mason also was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He graduated from the University of Maryland Medical School and later served as a naval flight surgeon. Mason is a past president of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame Foundation. He is currently the chairman of the board at First Bank in Salisbury, North Carolina, where he practices orthopaedic surgery.

Thomas Charles McLaughlin, M.D. (Special Category)
Thomas Charles McLaughlin, MD has been the Case Western Reserve University varsity athletic team physician since 1973. He received his bachelor's of arts degree from Harvard University in 1961 and his medical degree from the University of Rochester in 1965. After his internship and orthopaedic surgery residency at University Hospitals of Cleveland, he became Case's team physician and a member of the Case medical school faculty. He also served in the United States Air Force from 1967-1969. Since joining the athletic department, he has missed only one Spartan football game- in 1988 when his father was posthumously inducted into the Nebraska College Football Hall of Fame. He has helped develop a sports medicine education program which has provided educational opportunities for high school students, undergraduates, medical students and residents in various specialties.

Al Motiejunas (WRU '67)
Al Motiejunas played basketball and football as well as ran track for Adelbert College (Western Reserve University) in the mid 1960s, lettering seven times. While at Adelbert, Motiejunas was a member of the varsity basketball team his sophomore and junior years. He also ran track for three years, during which he was a three-time Presidents Athletic Conference champion in the 400-meter relay, 200-meter run, and broad jump as well as being an All-PAC selection. Motiejunas also played football for one season as a wide receiver and defensive back and won the Willaman Trophy for excellence in athletics that year. Following graduation, Motiejunas worked as a management consultant and retired in 2000. He resides in Scottsdale, Arizona, and is enjoying spending time with his wife and family and playing golf.

Norman E. Protiva (CIT '52)
Norman E. Protiva played basketball for the Case Institute of Technology in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He earned three letters and set records for most points in a season and in a game-and was fifth in the nation in assists. He also served as team captain and was an All-City team selection two years. Protiva also was chosen to play with the college All-American team. While at Case, he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, the Case senate, the Blue Key, and the Theta Tau engineering fraternity. Following graduation from Case, he worked as a sales engineer for the Garrett Corporation for 35 years until retiring in 1987 as a corporate vice president and general manager of the air supply division. Since retiring, Protiva enjoys spending more time with his family and on his two hobbies: woodworking and computing.

Marcia J. Ruley (FSM '66)
Marcia J. Ruley played tennis, basketball, and field hockey for Mather College (Western Reserve University) during the early to mid 1960s. During her four years of athletics she played either #1 singles or doubles at the state college tennis tournament each year, as well as playing in four all-star basketball games. Ruley also served as Mather Student Government treasurer her junior year, was a member of the Sigma Psi sorority, and was president of the Mather Athletic Association her senior year. She also received the Dorothy L. Hoza Award twice-the first person to do so-the Mather Athletic Association Honor Key, and the Emily Russell Andrew Award. After graduating, she attended Ohio State University and received a master's of arts degree in education in 1970. Ruley taught, coached, and was a guidance counselor in Columbus Public Schools-where she received two Educator of the Year awards-for more than 30 years before retiring in 1998.

Vincent VanBurik (Case '91)
Vincent VanBurik ran both track and cross country for Case Western Reserve University in the late 1980s, earning eight letters. While at Case he was a three-time All-NCAC and a four-time All-Ohio selection in cross country-and a seven-time All-NCAC and one-time All-UAA and All-Ohio selection in track. He also was an All-American in track twice in 1987 and 1988 in the 800-meter run. In 1987 VanBurik was co-captain of Case's eighth place Division III cross country team as well as NCAA Division III national champion and NCAC champion in the 800-meter run. Following graduation VanBurik attended Cleveland State University where he received a master's of business administration in operations management in 1995 and was inducted as a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma business honor society. Since then, he has worked as a management consultant for several consulting firms and now works for BearingPoint, specializing in supply chain management.

For more information, go to http://www.case.edu/athletics/varsity/halloffame.htm.

Source: Case Western Reserve University
Sports Information Office