Saturday, February 20, 1999
Chamber confirms: They're great
Four get honors at annual dinner
BY JOHN J. BYCZKOWSKI
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Four “Great Living Cincinnatians” were honored Friday night at the 1999 annual dinner meeting of the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce.
Former state Sen. William F. Bowen, Bartlett & Co. director William Friedlander, former University of Cincinnati Vice President M.J. Klyn and artist John Ruthven join 81 others honored with the award since 1967.
Also at Friday's dinner at the Hyatt Regency downtown, Western-Southern Life Insurance Co. chief executive John F. Barrett was installed as 1999 chairman of the chamber. He takes over for Robert L. Wehling, a senior vice president at Procter & Gamble Co.
“Great Living Cincinnatian” recipients are chosen by the chamber's senior council based on community service, business and civic attainment, awareness of the needs of others and accomplishments.
The honorees:
• Retired Ohio state Sen. William Bowen, 66. He was elected to the Ohio House in 1966, and was appointed to fill a vacancy in the Senate's 9th district in 1970. He retired in 1995. He led many community organizations, serving as presi dent of the Cincinnati branch of the NAACP, and founded the Black Male Coalition of Greater Cincinnati.
• William Friedlander, 66, spent 41 years at Bartlett & Co., and in 22 years as chairman helped it grow into Cincinnati's largest money management firm. He also served 14 years on the boards of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation and Jewish Hospital. With his wife, he co-chaired the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra's Second Century Fund campaign in 1995-97, helping to raise $37 million.
• M.J. Klyn, 74, was the first female vice president at the University of Cincinnati. Joining in 1975 as vice president of public affairs and UC's lobbyist in Columbus and Washington, she helped bring the university into the state system and won funding for numerous projects, including the Shoemaker Center and the Barrett Cancer Center.
• John Ruthven, 73, is a renowned wildlife artist. In 1960 his “Redhead Ducks” won the prestigious Federal Duck Stamp competition and launched his career. He has won many awards since, and his “Bald Eagle” is part of the White House Collection. He has served on the boards of the Cincinnati Museum Center, the Natural History Museum, the Nature Conservancy and the Cincinnati Nature Center.
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