Award-winning author Ann Weisgarber, a 1976 Wright State University graduate, received the 2016 Alumna of the Year Award. The award was announced at the Alumni Achievement Awards Ceremony hosted by the Wright State Alumni Association.
They were the Fish sisters — Gerry, Kathy, Betsy, Sue. And anyone who attended Wright State in the university’s early days likely knew at least one of them.
The Fishes cut a high profile when they were at Wright State in the 1970s and were heavily involved in campus activities. The house they rented on Colonel Glenn Highway near the university became a magnet for fellow students.
Perci Piétro (Prince Percia Piétrolungo), who graduated from Wright State University in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in biology, founded the Miami, Florida-based firm OWN Realty and OWN Financial, of which he is chairman and CEO.