Amherst News-Times, 1997-05-28

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Amherst, Ohio
Honoring
those
who serve
The weather cooperated
and so did the patriotism for
the Memorial Day parade in
Amherst. Members of the
American Legion and the
VFW led the parade, followed by politicians, marching bands, scouts and
throngs of enthusiastic citizens, who lined the parade
route. The parade began with
a memorial service at Cleveland Avenue Cemetery, including Taps and a gun salute, and ended in front of
Town Hall with state representative Bill Taylor giving
the final salute to those who
made the supreme sacrifice.
Assistant principal trades for associate's slot
by GLEN MILLER
News-Times reporter
Dick Roth is used to change in
education. He's gone from being a
teacher to administrator and moved
from the Elyria lo Keystone schools
before coming to Amhersl seven
years ago.
Now he is changing again. Beginning Aug. 1, he will become ihc associate principal al Marion L. Steele
High School rather ihan assistant
principal.
For a lot of people, the change
appears to be a difference in title.
It'l not. Rolh, 55, also is giving up
his post as alhlclic director and will
have more of a hand in running ihe
day-to-day operations of the high
schtx>l.
As the assistant principal, he is
mainly responsible for making sure
alhlclic programs run smoothly,
some student discipline and the evaluation of about 20 of the school's
ffi icachcrs.
Next year, he'll still do teacher
evaluations bul have greater student
disciplinary responsibilities. He also
will work closely wilh student council and the  MLS  National  Honor
Society.
The alhlclic director's job will be
taken over by Jeffrey Ricscn, foot-
Dlck Roth
hall coach. alter  longtime  associate   principal
Principal   Bob  Boynton  offered Lois  Van Guntcn  announced  her
the post lo Roth several weeks ago retirement
"I'm pleased he (Boynton)
thought enough of my abilities lo
ask me to make ihc change," Roth
said. "I've worked in a lot of
schools, bul this is a great school.
I'm please to serve in anyway I
can."
Still, he didn'i make the decision
overnight. The more he thought about il, the more attractive ihe job
looked to him. Besides, as he looked
back at tus 28 years in education, he
recalls having changed jobs every
five or six years.
"It's always done me good. I just
wanted to be more involved with the
day-to-day operations of the
school" Roth said. "Besides, being
athletic director is a lot bigger job
than most people think."
Aboul 475 athletic events — loot
ball, basketball and baseball games,
wrestling, track  meets, tennis and
more — are jammed into a 180-day
schedule each year.
"It just doesn't happen. It lakes
planning," Roth said. "Al die same
lime, il kind of separates you from
ihe rest of die school operations and
other things dial are going on. You
get very immersed in it."
Hum's not lo say he won't miss
his current job. Aboul $2 million in
improvements have been made to
high school athletic facilities under
his guidance, although he refuses to
lake all the credit. Add to that the
winning of ihc 1995-96 Southwestern Conference All-Sports
Championship
"Ihey just happened under my
watch because there arc good athletes and coaches here," Rolh said.
Looking back over his career.
Roth said never SOW himself as an
administrator when he began teaching nearly 30 years ago. As years
rolled by, his goals and priorities
changed, although he has never
warned to separate himself from
students.
"They are why I stay in education. I'm fortunate to have advanced
my career, but they aa- what il is all
about," he added.
Roth has already started meeting
with Van Guillen and asking her
questions about her job. He's not
unfamiliar wilh it. having held a similar post at Keystone High School
years ago. Bul like him, times have
changed. Educational la'iuls have
improved along with technology.
lie plans to spend his summer
catching up on the changes before
moving into his new office Aug. I.
Eric Nord to relinquish Nordson chairmanship
Eric T. Nord, co-lounder of Nordson Corporation and chairman of the
board, will be retiring in October
und will be replaced by William
Madar,  Nordson's chief executive
officer.
Madar, 57, is retiring from die
chief executive officer's position after 12 successful years; during his
tenure, the company has seen il
sales increase four times and profits
go up seven limes — while doubling the number of employees.
Madar's achievements also include being named International Executive of the Year in 1990 by the
Cleveland World Trade Organization, and the Purdue University Distinguished Engineering Alumnus
Award in 1992.
Edward P. Campbell, president
and chief operating officer, will be
taking over Madar's position in October, having been groomed for ihc
job lor ihe past iwo years. He joined
Nordson in 1988 as vice president
and was promoted in  1994.
'The election of Ed Campbell lo
chief executive officer represents
ihc final phase of a succession
strategy put inio place several years
ago to ensure (he smooth transition
of Nordson's leadership into die future, " Madar said.
He cilcs Campbell's "vision,
energy and experience" as some of
the qualifications to help Nordson
reach 'its outstanding growth
potential.
In addition lo his duties al Nordson, Campbell, 47, is also a board
member of ihe Nordson Corporation
Foundation, president of the Board
of Trustees of the Center for Leadership in Amherst, and chairman of
the Investment Committee of the
Cleveland Area United Way.
Campbell said he feels ihe fundamental direction of the company is
sound and that his primary function
will be 10 "continue lo siccr ihc
ship."
He added lhat he  has enjoyed
working with Madar and "looks for
ward lo building on the record of
growth lhat he has established."
Nord, 79, founded ihc corporation
along with his brother Evan in 1954.
The company designs and manufactures equipment used lo apply adhc-
sives, scalers and coalings lo a variety of manufactured goods.
Although Evan Nord has since re
located to South Carolina, he still is
a board member and is active in the
Nord Family Foundation.
Nordson's corporale headquarters
is in Wcsilakc and the company cm-
ploys more than 3,800 people in 31
countries around  Ihc  world,  wilh
1,123 employees located al the Amhersl and Elyria sites. The Amherst
sue was the original headquarters
The Nord family has a long history of manufacturing success and
philanthropic endeavors throughout
the area.
Walter G. Nord was president of
U.S. Automatic when his sons organized Nordson as a subsidiary ol
Ihc corporation, and along wilh his
wife, Virginia, instilled. his sons
with a sense of community — believing lhal companies, as citizens
of the community, have a social and
moral responsibility to share their
success wilh ihc communities from
which ihey operate und draw
employees.
Eric Nord was president of Nordson Corporation from 1954 to 1967.
From 1967 until 1983 when he rc-
lircd, he was chief executive officer,
and has been chairman of the board
for 30 years. He is an inventor who
has been granted more than 25 patents during his career.
Nord is also well known for his
humannarianism ihroughoul Lorain
County, especially with regard lo
assisting wilh the educational needs
of ihe community.
He is a board member of ihc Nord
Family Foundation, an honorary
trustee of Oberlin College, und has
served on ihe Oberlin Cily Council,
ihc Oberlin Board of Education, ihe
Oberlin College Hoard of Trustees
and the board of Allen Memorial
Hospital.
Nord has described hLs career as
being "very tewarding...and a loi of
fun," and said lhal although he is retiring, he still plans on being active
on the board and continuing his philosophy of "sharing your good fortune wilh others."
Eric Nord
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