\nWith several family connections with OWU, there was never any doubt as to what college would get Ted\u2019s application. In 1949 Ted was off to OWU and his first two years of rooming with his London friend, Ed Lilly \u201953. Ted was an accounting major from the very beginning. George Crowl (Geology professor) taught one of Ted\u2019s non-accounting classes and Ted became very interested in the subject. Although encouraged by Professor Crowl to make it his major, Ted stayed with the accounting department for his Wesleyan major. Ted\u2019s social life at OWU was limited, but for good reason\u2026..\u00a0more on that later.<\/p>\n
Beta Theta Pi<\/strong> His grades were good from the beginning and as a result, he was able to move into the house for his junior year. He became close friends and roomed with Bob Neff, a pledge brother also in class of \u201953. Also rooming with them was Vern Thomas and later Keith Thomas \u201954.<\/p>\n Fond Beta memories included the bridge games with Metzel\u00a0\u201953 et al and especially his frequent talks with Mama Linn. As Ted\u00a0remarked, \u201cMama Linn was one of a kind and a very dear person.\u00a0She contributed immensely to the lives of those of us who came\u00a0into contact with her gentle graces.\u201d Neff, Eiken, Davenport and\u00a0McClintock (1953) were wonderful brothers and we still share\u00a0fond memories to this day. Other fond memories included Ms.\u00a0Long and the Long boys\u2026\u2026.including Tom and Bill who were in\u00a0school with Ted.<\/p>\n Graduation and US Air Force<\/strong><\/p>\n At the time of his graduation from OWU, Ted was also commissioned from the ROTC into the USAF. He was soon off to his first USAF assignment at, of all places, Wright Patterson Air Force base outside Dayton, Ohio\u2026..only a short distance from his London home. His poor eyesight kept him from a flying assignment (as was true for many others) and as a result his active duty commitment was for only 2 years. His assignment and training prepared him for security and intelligence assignments, which included\u00a0security background checks and a small amount of criminal investigation. He was promoted to chief of his section, which\u00a0was at the displeasure of others of greater service and experience. Wright Patterson was a \u201cdream assignment\u201d for a non-military type and was perfect for Ted and Marianna\u2019s life style.<\/p>\n Career<\/strong><\/p>\n Following his discharge from the Air Force in 1956, his civilian career began with a job\u00a0in Lancaster, Ohio with Anchor\u00a0Hocking\u2026\u2026thanks to a contact\u00a0with Dick McClintock\u2019s father.\u00a0After 1 year, Ted left for another\u00a0opportunity with Timken\u00a0Bearing in Canton, Ohio. This\u00a0proved to be an improvement\u00a0in both their social life as well\u00a0as the improved remunerations\u00a0from Timken. His work with\u00a0Timken lasted for about 10 years\u00a0and his assignments covered\u00a0some accounting work but most\u00a0of the career there was in data\u00a0processing and systems. He\u00a0very much liked the systems\u00a0work and made significant\u00a0contributions in the areas of\u00a0plant scheduling and inventory\u00a0control. His next move was\u00a0to the Eaton Yale & Towne Company where he employed his special expertise in the data systems development work.\u00a0After 3 years, Marianna found Cleveland to lack something for her needs and they left for Columbus, Ohio and an\u00a0assignment with Nationwide Insurance headquarters. Ted\u2019s work with Nationwide lasted until his retirement 11 years\u00a0later in 1991. They had settled in Westerville, a small (at that time) suburb of Columbus.<\/p>\n Through Marianna\u2019s encouragement, they began to purchase properties to \u201cbuy\u2014renovate\u2014rent\u201d and as this approach proved successful, Ted continued this strategy. During\u00a0his retirement, he became interested in local civic matters and as a result found himself\u00a0accepting numerous assignments\u00a0on local boards and\u00a0commissions for the past 20\u00a0years. Some of the work dealt\u00a0with local planning, zoning and\u00a0architectural reviews.<\/p>\n Family and Friends<\/strong><\/p>\n As noted earlier, Ted\u2019s social life at OWU was limited\u2026..but for good reason. His high school sweetheart, Marianna, was attending Wittenberg College in nearby Springfield, Ohio. Much of Ted\u2019s time was traveling the road to Springfield\u2026in his 1931 Chevrolet….and the two were married in 1953 before his graduation because their parents insisted as they had plans to go to Florida for a senior year vacation. They had many happy years until her passing in 1988.\u00a0They had one son, Robert, who lives in Philadelphia where he is the acting director for the\u00a0museum for contemporary art.\u00a0Robert graduated from Ohio State U and has two children.\u00a0While living in Westerville,\u00a0he has been active in numerous\u00a0community activities including\u00a0serving as campaign treasurer\u00a0for 2 school board candidates,\u00a0the first president and sponsor\u00a0of the VW club of Columbus.\u00a0The VW club sponsors the\u00a0largest VW car show of its\u00a0kind in this part of the country.\u00a0Ted has also been an officer in\u00a0the Westerville Art League.<\/p>\n Ted resides at 22 E.
\nVirtually upon his arrival on campus, after few visits to the fraternity open houses and with his family history, Ted was quickly pledged Beta at the 54 W. Lincoln house. Key in this was\u00a0another London friend, Ned Speasmaker \u201950. Ted was active in\u00a0the chapter from the very beginning and served as Treasurer his\u00a0junior year.<\/p>\n
\nWalnut Street, Westerville,
\nOhio 43081 and can be
\nreached at 614-882-5878 or by
\nemail at\u2026\u2026.
\ntedchaney@wowway.com.<\/p>\n
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