ue Doody, owner of Lindey's Restaurant in German Village and author of As the Table Turns, will address the UA Women's Club on Friday, April 16 at 1:00 pm.

A graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, Sue taught public school, catered and taught cooking classes from her home before opening Lindey’s in 1981.

Sue’s passion for cooking was fueled in classes with Betty Rosbottom at La Belle Pomme, with Lisa Gallat at A Matter of Taste, at Nancy Jeffrey’s Good Things cook store, and at Columbus State with chef Carolyn Claycomb. But as her son Rick Doody, the CEO of Bravo! Development Inc., remembers, “When WOSU began to air The French Chef, I remember Mom and Dad ran out to buy a new television so we could have one in the kitchen, so Mom could cook right along with Julia, reading ahead in Julia’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking so she’d have everything ready the moment the program began.”

The Columbus Dispatch’s Grumpy Gourmet wrote, “Since…opening night—I have referred to Sue as the ‘Ella Brennan of Columbus .’ (If Ella’s Commander’s Palace exists in 2031, it will be on a barge tied dockside in Baton Rouge , and the original Palace in New Orleans will be a spawning reef for the fishes.) German Village and Columbus are on high ground, like the Doody legend.”

But beyond the admiration for her amazing skills in the kitchen, Central Ohio and the restaurant community have long recognized Sue Doody for her humanity and compassion. “I believe I’ve always had a true feeling about people,” Sue says, in her new book. “I’ve never treated my staff as if they were merely employees. I want to know about their families and their life outside of Lindey’s—as well as their life here. But I also hope my interest in them communicates that I hope they will treat our guests with similar interest and compassion.” Sue and Lindey’s have been supporters of and patrons to nearly every nonprofit in the Columbus , with particularly generous contributions to Action for Children, Columbus Symphony, BalletMet, Opera Columbus, and the Columbus College of Art and Design.

ndrew Johnson is the Chief Executive Officer of Diamond Cellar Holdings, LLC, which owns two Diamond Cellar retail jewelry locations in Columbus, Ohio, Bruce G. Weber Precious Jewels in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Donoho’s Jewellers in Houston, Texas. Andrew has been involved in the jewelry industry since the early 1970’s. He is actively involved with each store and finds his passion in merchandising and marketing.

DIAMOND CELLAR

The Diamond Cellar was founded in 1947 as a trade shop serving jewelry retailers in Columbus, Ohio. Over the past sixty years it has grown to be one of the finest jewelry stores in the country, with two stores serving central Ohio. The flagship store is a 23,000 square foot, three-story building which encompasses the manufacturing and design facility as well as administrative offices. The second store is 9,000 square feet and opened in 2001 in Eaton Town Center, an open-air lifestyle center in northeast Columbus.

r. David Schuller graduated from Rutgers University (B.A.) in 1966 where he was named a Henry Rutgers Scholar in Biological Sciences and was president of the Nu Beta Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta. He graduated with honors from The Ohio State University College of Medicine and has held Head and Neck Surgical Oncology fellowships at The Pack Medical Foundation with Dr. John Conley in New York City and a Facial Plastic Surgery Fellowship at the University of Iowa. He joined the faculty at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health in 1976.

In early 2008, he was named Vice President for Medical Center Expansion and Outreach after leading the Ohio State cancer program for 20 years. This new role allows him to focus on the planned expansion of the university's medical center which will dramatically increase the physical size of its patient care services and enhance the intellectual environment for accelerating research. Schuller was initially appointed in 1988 as Director of the NCI- designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute and served in that dual capacity for 10 years. He continued as director and chief executive officer of The James for the next 10 years while also serving as deputy director of the cancer center. In 2008, he was named CEO Emeritus of The James and Director Emeritus of the Comprehensive Cancer Center.

He also serves as the Medical Director of the Ohio State University Power to Change Lives Campaign.

Dr. Schuller's academic appointments include being Professor of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He served as chair of that department for 21 years until he retired from that leadership position in 2005. He specializes in head and neck surgery and facial plastic and reconstructive surgery and served as an American Cancer Society Professor of Clinical Oncology from 1989-94. His early research as a resident focused on the treatment of childhood croup and resulted in changing the standard of care for treatment of airway obstruction in this disease. His current research interests focus on the development of novel therapeutic strategies for head and neck malignancies. He was one of the first clinical researchers to demonstrate the efficacy of chemotherapy and was part of the leadership team of investigators who conducted a national trial that showed dramatic improvement in survival for the 2nd most common malignancy in the world. His research also involves the development and evaluation of new surgical approaches for both extirpation and reconstruction. He was appointed to the John W. Wolfe Chair in Cancer Research in 2004.

He was also Chair of the Residency Review Committee in Otolaryngology from 1989-91. He is a member of several Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery honorary societies including election in 1989 as a Director of the American Board of Otolaryngology, serving as President from 2002 to 2004. In 1995, he was elected to the Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum which is an international honorary research society. He reestablished the Head and Neck Committee of the Southwest Oncology Group in 1983 and served as its chair for twenty years. Dr. Schuller was instrumental in organizing the National Cancer Institute Head and Neck Intergroup and served two separate terms as Chair. He currently serves as co-chair of the NCI Head and Neck Steering Committee. In 2003, he was named a Fellow for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Dr. Schuller has been honored with numerous visiting professorships nationally and internationally, including being the featured speaker for the 2007 Japan Society of Head and Neck Surgery. He is the recipient of numerous honors including the Edmund Prince Fowler Award of The Triological Society and Presidential Awards from the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery and the American Head and Neck Society. Schuller was the recipient of the first annual John Peter Minton, MD, Hero of Hope Research Champion Medal of Honor awarded by the Ohio Division of the American Cancer Society. Schuller is the author of over 250 peer-reviewed journal publications and 47 book chapters/monographs as well as editor or author of nine medical textbooks. The recognition of his expertise is evidenced by his selection numerous times for inclusion in Good Housekeeping's "The Best Cancer Specialists in the USA," American Health and Woodward/White's The Best Doctors in America, the International Who's Who in Medicine, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Medicine and Health, Who's Who of Professionals, Who's Who Registry of Business Leaders, and Who's Who in Executives and Professionals.