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William A. Paquette, Ph. D. (United States) was a Professor of History at Tidewater Community College in Portsmouth, Virginia where he taught Latin American History, World Civilization, U. S. History, and Western Civilization. Professor Paquette received a Master's Degree from Duquesne University (Pittsburgh) and a Ph. D. from Emory University (Atlanta). During his academic career, Dr. Paquette was awarded 14 National Endowment for the Humanities Grants for professional study and Institutional grants that enabled him to study and conduct research in China and Japan. He traveled to southern Mexico over a ten-year period examining the archaeology at Maya and Aztec sites and studied the Maya language at Duke University (Durham, NC). Professor Paquette presented research at international conferences at the University of Louvain (Belgium), the Sorbonne (Paris), the University of Acala de Henares (Spain), the University of Copenhagen (Denmark), Lorand Eotvos University (Budapest), and San Pablo University (Madrid). He has published over 165 articles and thirteen books and served as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Education, the United States Institute of Peace, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and all major history textbook publishers. For a decade, he was the History Editor for the international MERLOT (Multimedia Education Resources for Learning and Online Teaching) Project instructing college and university faculty on how to teach online courses. Dr. Paquette was annually listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World. During his professional career Dr. Paquette met the late King Michael I and the late Queen Anne of Romania, King Simeon II of Bulgaria, the late Pope John Paul II, the Dalai Lama, members of the British Royal Family, and numerous Heads of Government from European States. Dr. Paquette attended Allentown Union School for grades kindergarten to six, Scio Central School for part of grade 7, and Wellsville High School for grades 7 to 12. Dr. Julian Bradford Woelfel was the great-grandson of Edwin Bradford Hall. He inherited the Pink House along with his brother, Bruce Woelfel, upon the death of his grandmother, Fannie Hall Carpenter, in 1958. Dr. Woelfel purchased his brother's interest in the Pink House, becoming the residence's sole owner alongside his wife, Marcile. Julian Woelfel was a Professor Emeritus of the College of Dentistry Prosthodontics Department of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Julian came to Columbus from New York City when he was twelve years of age. His father accepted a faculty position in the College of Education at Ohio State University. Julian Woelfel attended the University School on the campus, graduated in 1943, and enrolled in the Ohio State University Pre-Dent Navy V-12 program, graduating in March 1948. Dr. Julian Woelfel joined the Ohio State University Dental Faculty with the rank of a dental intern. Dr. Woelfel taught, did research, attended professional society meetings, and lectured in eighteen foreign countries, including Wales, Ireland, Turkey, Bulgaria, and Romania. In 1967 Julian was a Visiting Professor at Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan, for four months. After retiring in 1989, Dr. Woelfel was again a Visiting Professor for three months in Taiwan and Brazil and six months in London, England. The ninth edition of his textbook, Dental Anatomy, was published in 2017 and remains widely used in Dental Schools in both the United States and Abroad. Julian held two dental patents, which he gave to Ohio State University. For two years, Dr. Julian Woelfel was a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Standards in Washington, D. C. He made dentures using many different materials to be eligible for certification in the United States. Dr. Woelfel was a veteran of the Korean War and was a Captain in the United States 1st Armored Division at Fort Hood, Texas. He managed the Army Dental Laboratory there for two years. In retirement, he and his wife, Marcile, visited and toured China, South America, Costa Rica, many South Pacific Islands, Europe, Africa, Madagascar with two exciting journeys to Easter Island and Papua New Guinea extensively. Dr. Julian Woelfel died unexpectedly on September 2, 2017, at 91 years, four months shy of his 92nd birthday. Marcile B. Woelfel was born in Defiance County in northeastern Ohio, where she graduated from high school. Marcile received a scholarship to attend Capital University in Bexley, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus. Marcile met her future husband, Julian Woelfel when she was a student at Capital when her college roommate decided to go to the Jimmy Rawlins Dance School in downtown Columbus during the summer. Julian and a friend decided to take dance lessons there as well. Julian had an old coupe car and began taking Marcile home after dance class. They dated for two years while Julian finished dental school. Julian and Marcile were married on May 1, 1948, and settled near Ohio State University. Julian and Marcile raised three sons. Bradford Woelfel, the eldest, is a graduate of Ohio State University High School, Oberlin College (B. A.), Ohio State University School of Education (M. A.), and Capital University Law School. Brad worked in Juvenile Court until his retirement. Brad and his wife, Margo, have been married for thirty years and reside in Columbus. The Woelfel's second son, Barry Edwin, attended the New College in Sarasota, Florida, and Ohio State University before moving to California, where he graduated from Sonoma College. Barry received a degree in library science from Berkeley University. Julian's and Marcile's youngest son, Jay Bryan, graduated from the Ohio State University Department of Cinema and Film and moved to the Los Angeles area in California. Jay has been actively involved in the film industry, making his own movies and making sound for other films. Jay and his wife, Kristy, a former Ohio resident, currently reside in Glendale. After the Woelfel family returned from Japan in 1967, Marcile was invited by the Ohio State University Director of Foreign Affairs to become involved in a new program at the university for the wives and children of international students. Ohio State University was experiencing a rapid increase in international students studying for advanced degrees. An International Wives Club was formed to program classes in English, pregnancy, child care, grocery shopping, and many more to assist in assisting the international students and their families' adjustment to adjusting to American culture and lifestyle. Meetings were frequently organized at nearby churches. Marcile Woelfel was the volunteer chairperson for this program for twenty years ending with Julian's 1989 retirement. The International Wives Club was eventually phased out as more spouses of international students preferred to enroll in regular academic courses at Ohio State University. In addition to their extensive international travel in retirement, Julian and Marcile began the extensive restoration of the Pink House in Wellsville, New York. Marcile celebrated her 91st birthday on January 24, 2018.
