PROFILES

SCOTTISH AMERICAN PROFILES

Featuring members of the Scottish American Community who have made outstanding contributions to the furtherance of our heritage and culture.

David and Kathi Macgregor

David H. Macgregor

On December 16, 2007, David Macgregor was honored with a 25 year award by the Trustees of the Ohio Scottish Games at the Oberlin Inn. During Games Day, David is the Chairman of the Childrens’ Games, providing activities for children of all ages to participate in a mini version of the adult athletic competition performed that day.

David is also a 20 year member of the Board of Trustees for The Lorain International, which is a week long festival honoring the various nationalities of the city of Lorain. One nationality is spotlighted each year and David was President of International in 1983 when the Scottish Community was focused upon. David is also President of the Great Lakes Chapter of Clan Gregor.

David is also a Board member for The Black River Historical Society in Lorain, which is housed in a Museum known as the Moore House; the home of the first mayor of Lorain.

He is married to Kathi, who is Captain of the Canadian Legion Drill Team, a kilted, precision drill team marching to the tunes of local bagpipe bands. David is a tenor drummer in the Lochaber Pipe Band of Lorain, again following his ethnic background.

David also served on the Lorain Goodwill board for 10 years, is Past President of Lorain Cotillion Club, University Club, Lorain County Insurance Agents, Lorain Towne Club, United British Society, was a Lorain Kiwanis Trustee, and a member of the American Clan Gregor. He is presently a member of Lorain Lions Club and Masonic Lodge. David is also very proud to be a graduate of Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

All this … and he still finds time for his semi-retired consultant position at the Somers Insurance Agency, into which he merged his company, Culbertson-Macgregor Insurance, approximately 25 years ago.

When he is not involved with all of these entities, he finds time to run a one-man landscaping company from spring to fall, planting annuals and maintaining landscaping duties for a few area businesses and local condo associations. Yes, David is a busy man.

NEW MEMBER PROFILES

New member Mike Adams (a member of Clan Gordon by descent) is an interesting guy. He moved to Quito, Ecuador, where he has lived for the last five years. He works there as a legal translator (Spanish [and recently Brazilian Portuguese] to English).

His wife, Lucia, is a modern dancer from Ecuador, and her group will be dancing in festivals in Zaragoza, Spain, and Faro, Portugal, in late July. Lucia and Mike will be relocating to the U.S. later this year, but first they would like to take advantage of her trip to travel around Europe.

Ron Caldwell and his wife, Maggie, joined the Sas'y group at the Ohio Scottish Games and we are delighted to have them as members. They live in Ashtabula so may not be at our meetings on a regular basis, but we hope they will take advantage of some of our activities. Ron and his wife also have connections to Clan Buchanan or Forbes through their family name of Watson.

Bert May and his wife, Jane Pattie, have been members for a little while now. Bert is a retired minister and Jane worked as a mental health professional. They have been to Scotland and Bert looked absolutely splendid in his Clan Lindsay tartan kilt and bonnet at the Ohio Scottish Games in Wellington. Jane wore a simple Gordon sash to the games, though she has connections to Clan Wallace, McKenzie, MacDonald, and others.

Ken Campbell lives in New Jersey and will probably find it difficult to attend many of our functions, but he was born in Glasgow and we are delighted he decided to join our group.

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