Homan Hajiran (1982) Associate Professor of Economics and Business Administration B.S., National University of Iran M.S., M.B.A., University of Southern Mississippi Ph.D., University of Georgia homan@wju.edu	Kathleen L. Solovan, C.P.A. (1984) Associate Professor of Accounting B.S.B.A., M.B.A., Wheeling College M.P.A., West Virginia University solovan@wju.edu
John E. Mansuy (1988) Associate Professor of Management and Quantitative Business B.S., The Ohio State University M.S.E., Cand. Ph.D., West Virginia University johnm@wju.edu	Amy Walbert, MBA (2008) Visiting Instructor of Business B.A., Washington and Jefferson College M.B.A., Wheeling Jesuit University awalbert@wju.edu
Charles Millick (2005) Assistant Professor of Management B.S., U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY M.B.A., Xavier University cmillick@wju.edu	Edward W. Younkins, C.P.A., C.M.A., C.M. (1972) Professor of Accountancy and Business Administration; Director, M.B.A. Program B.S., Wheeling College M.B.A., Duquesne University Ph.D., University of Mississippi Articles Written younkins@wju.edu
Ted Pauls (2007) Assistant Professor of Marketing and Management B.S., MBA, ABD, West Virginia University tpauls@wju.edu

In Memory of our departed colleague, Paul P. Ostasiewski
Eulogy delivered by Gilbert E. Dwyer May 21, 2007

Memories of Paul Ostasiewski
"Most of us wonder how we’ll be remembered when we are gone. I am sure Paul Ostasiewski would be no exception. I would like to share how I believe he’ll be remembered.

For those who knew him only slightly, he’ll be remembered as a shy, quiet, kind man who never had a sharp word for anyone. For those of us who worked with him, we’ll remember a good and helpful colleague, a serious man with a sharp sense of humor. A man with an insatiable curiosity and a prodigious memory, who could talk knowledgeably and in great detail about automobiles, 1930s motion pictures, art and architecture, motor boat racing, and NASCAR, among many other topics.

For the more than a thousand students in his classes over 17 years, he was a fine teacher and a story teller with an often unique and interesting style of conveying ideas and knowledge. He had high expectations of his students; he set high standards. They will remember him for that.

For the hundreds of students whom he advised and counseled and helped individually outside of class, he was a man who really cared and went out of his way for them.

Several years ago, Paul had in his class on international business a young man who had been born and raised on a farm in rural Ohio. Until he came to Wheeling Jesuit, he had never been out of the state. But he was intrigued by Paul’s stories of international travel and of London in particular. He came to Paul one day and said he would like to do a summer study in London. Using his extensive contacts, Paul set up an internship job with a company in London, and arranged for two courses at a college there.

When the boy’s parents were reticent about their son traveling so far away, Paul went to the parents and persuaded them to approve. They did but they didn’t have enough money to meet the costs of the trip. So Paul went to his sources and got contributions toward the cost. He would never admit it, but I know he paid for part of those costs out of his own pocket. He changed young people’s lives. They will remember him for that.

For those of us who shared much of his time during the past two years as he battled the disease which took him away from us, he was a marvel of toughness, determination and optimism.

While he had a number of other cars, Paul had always wanted a Corvette. For several months last year, in the middle of his first round of chemotherapy, he was looking at Corvettes on E-Bay. One evening he said “maybe I shouldn’t buy one; I may not be around long enough to enjoy it.” A couple of weeks later, at dinner, he said “Well I’ve bought a Corvette. If I’m so sure I’m going to win this battle, I shouldn’t be thinking about not being around.” So he took a bus to New York, picked up the car and drove it home, when the roads permitted, at 100 miles an hour.

The night before he died, we were talking about what he was going to do when he got out of the hospital. He had a long list of things on his mind. He never accepted defeat. I’ll remember him for that. There is a story about President Andrew Jackson, like Paul a man of great determination. At his wake, one of his old friends said to another, “Do you think Andy will go to heaven?’ The other replied, “He will if he wants to.” Paul surely wanted to go to heaven, although not as soon as he has, and I have no doubt that he is there today. I think he never really knew how respected and appreciated and loved he was. If he is listening today, and I believe he is, he will probably be more than a little embarrassed, but greatly pleased, to hear the memories he left behind."