Diane Butler-Hughes, Alter Class of 1977 Only a few months after Diane and her husband were married, she was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer. Through all the trials of living with such a challenging disease and the life changes it presents, one thing that didn’t change was her desire to help others. In 2003, Diane co-founded with seven other breast cancer survivors The Noble Circle Project for Women Surviving Cancer, a wellness program in Dayton which empowers women surviving any type of cancer to take an active role in improving their overall health and wellbeing. Diane also joined the Smoke Free Dayton campaign as a volunteer advocate. Later she was invited by the Ohio Division of the American Cancer Society as a featured speaker to kick off the Smoke-Free Ohio Campaign and shared the podium with Gov. Bob Taft at a news conference in support of Ohio’s Smoke-Free Workplace Act. Due largely in part to her relentless work and countless interviews, rallies, and television appearances, the Act was passed in 2006. Diane holds a degree in Communications from Wright State University.
Annette Chavez, Alter Class of 1977 Dr. Chavez has been in practice in the Dayton and Kettering area for 19 years after first attending University of Dayton and then obtaining her medical degree from Ohio State University and completing her Family Practice Residency at St. Elizabeth Medical Center. She has achieved tremendous success professionally having become a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians in 1998, Board Certified in both Family Practice and Hospice and Palliative care, as well as President of the Montgomery County Medical Society elected in 2007 and President of the Miami Valley Academy of Family Physicians. Annette is a volunteer faculty member at Wright State University School of Medicine and serves on the Academy of Medicine Board, but her volunteering spirit extends globally as well. Residents in need of medical attention in the Amazon River Basin and Honduras have benefited from her commitment to various medical expeditions, as have the homeless in Dayton and migrant workers in Tipp City through her efforts with established medical clinics.
Mark Romer, Alter Class of 1978 Mark has been a leading Oncologist/Hematologist in the Miami Valley for 14 years with education locally at University of Dayton, followed by U.C. School of Medicine and his residency at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. Countless families have been faced with the dire news of cancer but find in Dr. Romer the comforting words and compassionate care needed at such a difficult time. His work has frequently received public praise and he was selected to attend Fellowships in Oncology/Hematology at both M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston as well as University of Cincinnati. Mark Romer is a name known also in service throughout the area. He serves on the Board of Trustees for the Wellness Connection, an organization designed to provide a broad psychosocial support system for those who have been newly diagnosed with cancer, and he received the Healer Award in 2005 from the Noble Circle Project, a group offering women with cancer healing alternatives, retreats and information. Mark is also very active in St. Leonard Faith Community where he was recently elected to their Parish Council, being recognized as a community leader.
Lois Ulrich, Lancerette Director 1966-1981
Lois Ulrich strove to be a role model for her Alter students and lead by example.
During her 15 year tenure as Alter Lancerette Director, Lois always set high goals for the girls on the drill team, built a strong team based on the spirit of acceptance, and worked individually with the girls to help them reach their fullest potential. She led her dancers in prayer, she encouraged them in community service and expected the girls to conduct themselves in a manner befitting the title of Lancerette at all activities. Her leadership helped mold girls into confident, hard working, upstanding women who draw on those same values in their lives today. Lois currently runs her own dance studio in Dayton and continues setting the example with her extensive community service, one of which is teaching blind children to dance. Years after all the first place trophies and the excitement of demanding performances, Lancerette alumni most easily and affectionately remember their Director, a woman who left an impression on them for life.
Only a few months after Diane and her husband were married, she was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer. Through all the trials of living with such a challenging disease and the life changes it presents, one thing that didn’t change was her desire to help others. In 2003, Diane co-founded with seven other breast cancer survivors The Noble Circle Project for Women Surviving Cancer, a wellness program in Dayton which empowers women surviving any type of cancer to take an active role in improving their overall health and wellbeing. Diane also joined the Smoke Free Dayton campaign as a volunteer advocate. Later she was invited by the Ohio Division of the American Cancer Society as a featured speaker to kick off the Smoke-Free Ohio Campaign and shared the podium with Gov. Bob Taft at a news conference in support of Ohio’s Smoke-Free Workplace Act. Due largely in part to her relentless work and countless interviews, rallies, and television appearances, the Act was passed in 2006. Diane holds a degree in Communications from Wright State University.
Dr. Chavez has been in practice in the Dayton and Kettering area for 19 years after first attending University of Dayton and then obtaining her medical degree from Ohio State University and completing her Family Practice Residency at St. Elizabeth Medical Center. She has achieved tremendous success professionally having become a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians in 1998, Board Certified in both Family Practice and Hospice and Palliative care, as well as President of the Montgomery County Medical Society elected in 2007 and President of the Miami Valley Academy of Family Physicians. Annette is a volunteer faculty member at Wright State University School of Medicine and serves on the Academy of Medicine Board, but her volunteering spirit extends globally as well. Residents in need of medical attention in the Amazon River Basin and Honduras have benefited from her commitment to various medical expeditions, as have the homeless in Dayton and migrant workers in Tipp City through her efforts with established medical clinics.
Mark has been a leading Oncologist/Hematologist in the Miami Valley for 14 years with education locally at University of Dayton, followed by U.C. School of Medicine and his residency at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. Countless families have been faced with the dire news of cancer but find in Dr. Romer the comforting words and compassionate care needed at such a difficult time. His work has frequently received public praise and he was selected to attend Fellowships in Oncology/Hematology at both M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston as well as University of Cincinnati. Mark Romer is a name known also in service throughout the area. He serves on the Board of Trustees for the Wellness Connection, an organization designed to provide a broad psychosocial support system for those who have been newly diagnosed with cancer, and he received the Healer Award in 2005 from the Noble Circle Project, a group offering women with cancer healing alternatives, retreats and information. Mark is also very active in St. Leonard Faith Community where he was recently elected to their Parish Council, being recognized as a community leader.
Lois Ulrich strove to be a role model for her Alter students and lead by example.