Io Triumphe! A magazine for alumni and friends of Albion College

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‘I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness. . . .’

Henry David Thoreau, 1851 As this issue of Io Triumphe was taking shape, I received a letter from Walt Pomeroy filling me in on his career since his graduation from Albion in 1970. His contemporaries will remember Pomeroy as one of the organizers of the first Earth Day celebration at Albion College in April 1970. That event, which included public clean-up activities, campus-wide rallies and panel discussions, attracted the attention of CBS News and was included in the network’s special Earth Day coverage.

Since then, Pomeroy has organized environmental advocacy organizations, served as the public information director for the Great Lakes Basin Commission, and worked as a regional vice president for the National Audubon Society. He has also helped write and lobby for numerous state and federal environmental laws relating to water and air pollution, wildlife habitat preservation and wilderness protection. After 17 years with the Audubon Society, two years ago he became executive director of the Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers, which assists in watershed and river planning, environmental clean-up activities and public education programs throughout Pennsylvania.

“I was attracted to working as a non-governmental environmental professional,” Pomeroy says, “because I could see that there was a lot to do and that I could play a role in solutions to those problems by working with

others. . . . I have been committed to a wide variety of environmental issues and organizations since my days at Albion College. Our campus activities on the first Earth Day made us aware of a diversity of environmental problems and potential solutions. Since then, I have had the opportunity to work with many to correct those problems, but other challenges remain. I am still committed today to working toward resolution of these new and more difficult challenges.”

That same spirit has given rise to Albion’s Institute for the Study of the Environment, launched last year as part of the College’s new Vision, Liberal Arts at Work, and described in this cover story. This commitment to solving environmental problems is also evident in the lives of Paul Dixon, ’83, Kurt Grunert, ’91, and Marta Griner Amundson, ’76, who are profiled in the accompanying features. Albion professors like Ewell “Doc” Stowell, Clara Dixon, Larry Taylor and Wes Dick surely deserve credit for nurturing this concern for environmental causes; in recent years they have been joined by a host of colleagues in nearly every academic department who often weave environmental lessons into their teaching. In the tradition of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Aldo Leopold and Rachel Carson, they too ‘speak for Nature’. Now, through the work of the Institute for the Study of the Environment, this legacy of commitment will inspire students for many generations to come.

—Sarah Briggs, Editor

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Finding real solutions to real problems

By Sarah Briggs “Environmental activism” took on a whole new meaning for six Albion student researchers this summer. As they conducted ecological studies along Rice Creek, a polluted stream just outside the city of Albion, the students found themselves in the midst of a growing environmental controversy that has pitted homeowners near the creek against county officials, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and corporate owners of a large-scale hog-raising operation. Adding further drama to the situation was a protest by still another group of citizens who attempted to block the installation of a pipeline that would carry wastewater from a nearby sewage treatment plant to the creek. The resulting standoff with police led to four arrests.

While the students’ goals were mainly scientific—to understand the causes of the pollution in Rice Creek and the impact of that pollution on the natural habitat—the research project has in fact provided an ideal case study of the broader issues that are involved when addressing environmental problems today. As the students talked with the local citizens and met with county and state officials, they began to understand the political and social questions that arise when private property rights collide with governmental and corporate interests.

That is precisely the point of taking students out into the field, according to Albion geology professor Tim Lincoln, who heads the College’s Institute for the Study of the Environment, the sponsor of the Rice Creek research project.

“You have to take learning beyond the classroom into the real world,” Lincoln insists. Environmental field work not only adds to the students’ scientific knowledge and develops their research skills, he says, it underscores the complexity of the problems at hand and the competing values at work in achieving a solution.

This “hands on” approach to learning has guided the Institute for the Study of the Environment since its founding a year ago as one of several new initiatives of the Albion College Vision, Liberal Arts at Work. By combining course work with field trips, internships and research, Lincoln says the Institute provides the broad, and practical, preparation necessary for students entering

environmental careers today. And that combination has proven popular with the students: beginning with 20 Institute members last fall, enrollment has now grown to 40, and Lincoln eventually hopes to attract at least 100 students to the program.

While majoring in a field of their choice, students in the Institute also complete either an environmental science concentration, with course work cutting across the sciences and emphasizing an analytical approach, or an environmental studies concentration, encompassing public policy, historical and cultural issues.

“All environmental issues are rooted in scientific fact, debated in an economic and social context, and ultimately judged by a set of values,” Lincoln says. “Artists and writers who can affect the things people value about ecosystems play roles at least as fundamental as scientists and policy makers in protecting those ecosystems.

The single most important thing we can do for our students is to make them fully aware of the breadth of environmental issues, and able to work as experts in their own disciplines, with people trained in a wide range of other areas.”

To help the students better understand the environmental challenges our nation is facing, Lincoln has planned a series of field trips that will explore various ecosystems across the country. The first such trip, held this past spring, had students diving along threatened coral reefs near Florida’s Big Pine Key, examining the diverse habitats and the impact of land development in the Everglades and along the south Florida coast, and going behind the scenes at Sea World to learn about programs aiding endangered species.

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Students involved in the Institute for the Study of the Environment have had the opportunity to trade views with well-known speakers including environmental attorney Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (above), former Sierra Club president Robert Cox and David Hayes, U.S. deputy secretary of the interior. Kennedy and Cox were on campus last spring as part of a symposium on “Environmental Activism for the New Millennium.” Hayes spoke at the College’s Opening Convocation this fall and kicked off an Institute-sponsored symposium entitled “The Land Is Our Legacy.”

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“Flood control efforts from the 1930s to the 1960s, combined with the exploding demand for land by urban areas and agriculture, have threatened the connected ecosystems of the Everglades and Florida Bay,” Lincoln explains. “Today, this problem is the reason for the most massively funded environmental restoration project ever attempted, the $10-billion cooperative effort between the U.S. and the state of Florida. . . . [In our travels,] our students saw firsthand the many facets of this complicated problem.”

Likewise, environmental internships allow students to apply what they have learned in class and practice their newfound skills. Our students have helped prepare court briefs for an environmental lawyer’s office in metropolitan Detroit, provided environmental education activities at the Prince William Sound (Alaska) Science Center, assessed coastal restoration efforts for the Washington Fisheries Research Institute, and studied jaguar habitats and food sources in Costa Rica.

As for the Rice Creek project, little did the students know when they began their research last May that it would eventually become a cause célèbre on campus.

Six Albion faculty and staff members, working under the auspices of the Institute, have now joined with area conservationists and county agencies in requesting a two-year, $185,000 grant from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to prepare a comprehensive watershed management plan for Rice Creek. The grant would allow for sophisticated hydrologic studies of the creek basin, identification of pollution sources and public education programs. Perhaps most importantly, it would, for the first time, bring together area residents, environmental groups, and local and state government representatives to work out programs that could reverse the creek’s decline. Environmental Institute students would work alongside the faculty and would be an integral part of the entire process.

Tim Lincoln envisions many more such programs that bring the expertise of College faculty and students to bear on local problems. Whether it’s assisting city residents in improving the energy efficiency of their homes, documenting environmental hazards in urban settings or devising sustainable recreational programs on the nearby Kalamazoo River, Lincoln believes that many productive partnerships could be established to encourage sound environmental practices.

“There are a lot of ways we can get out in the community and do good,” he says.

And that’s a lesson Lincoln hopes his students will take with them far into the future, as they become homeowners and civic and corporate leaders.

(Above) Geology major Crystal Shaw is preparing a Rice Creek watershed map using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology. (Right) Chemistry major Michelle Henn is conducting analyses of Rice Creek water at various points along the stream bed to determine possible sources of pollution. Shaw and Henn will be presenting the results of their summer work at the Geological Society of America national meeting in November.

Environmental dilemmas evident in Rice Creek story Rice Creek has endured its share of insults over the years.

Once a free-flowing trout stream, it was dredged and straightened during the 1920s to improve drainage in nearby farm fields. Today, largely because of this human intervention, its banks have eroded and its bottom has filled with silt. In the late 1980s, a large-scale hog farm began operating along its banks, and preliminary evidence suggests that animal waste from the farm has made its way into the creek, introducing harmful bacteria and increasing phosphate and nitrate levels.

Though the hog farm scaled back its production in 1992, it appears new permits may soon be granted for it to resume full operation. And now Rice Creek has been targeted as the discharge point for treated wastewater from the village of Springport’s sewage treatment plant. While the discharge has been deemed safe by local and state officials, area residents have gone to court to stop it, due to concerns about the risk of the long-term effects of the wastewater on the creek and the plant and animal life there, and on the groundwater that feeds nearby residential wells.

Over the past summer, six Albion College students, under the guidance of faculty from the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Geology and History, pieced together the complicated history of Rice Creek, which originates just a few miles east of Albion’s campus and flows into the Kalamazoo River near Marshall. Using geographic information systems (GIS) techniques, the students mapped its watershed. They tested its waters for the presence of various chemicals and microbes.

They studied its insect populations for what those would reveal about the quality of the creek’s habitat. And they talked with homeowners along the creek, many of whom are members of the Rice Creek Basin Association, about recent efforts to prevent further degradation, and with local and state government officials about the land-use policies and legal decisions that have impacted the creek over the years.

According to Albion biologist Doug White, who coordinated the summer research project, the students knew they were making contributions that could actually make a difference in the creek’s restoration.

“This was a real project with a real goal,” White explains.

“We were working with the actual stakeholders. It was not just a class exercise.”

While a number of the students will continue their analyses as they complete honors theses related to the project, still other faculty members and students are pursuing different facets of the research in biology and geology courses this fall. And if the College and area conservation groups are successful in obtaining a grant from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, in-depth scientific studies of Rice Creek will be conducted over the next two years, leading to a comprehensive watershed management plan.

The Rice Creek project was especially valuable for those students planning an environmental career.

Notes senior history and political science major James Gignac, “Since I am considering a career in environmental law, possibly working with citizens similar to the members of the Rice Creek Basin Association, this project provided an opportunity to experience the emotions and struggles related to protecting the environment on a local level.”

Those participating in the Rice Creek summer research included: students James Gignac, Michelle Henn, Chris Martinson, Rose-Anne Meissner, Crystal Shaw and Tara Simonds, and faculty members Wes Dick (history), Luti Erbeznik (biology), Tim Lincoln (geology), Gwen Pearson (biology) and Doug White (biology). Henn and Shaw have recently been invited to present their findings at a poster session during the national meeting of the Geological Society of America meeting in November. Earlier this fall, White received a Faculty/Staff Service-Learning Award from the Michigan Campus Compact for his leadership of the project.

Funding for the Rice Creek project came from the Culpeper Foundation and from the College’s Institute for the Study of the Environment and Foundation for Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity.

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When it comes to preserving human health and safety, these alumni find themselves in a delicate

Balancing act Paul Dixon, ’83: Taking the long view

By Jake Weber As raging forest fires spread toward Los Alamos, N.M., last May, Paul Dixon, ’83, packed up his two young daughters and his research materials and sought refuge in Albuquerque, 100 miles to the south. Once resettled, he quickly set up a remote office and picked up his work where he had left off the day before. On a deadline to complete what could arguably be the most important environmental project of the 21st century, he wasn’t going to let a natural disaster slow him down.

Dixon oversees Los Alamos National Laboratory’s portion of the Department of Energy’s Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage project. The Yucca Mountain project is a $395-million/year program involving five other national laboratories, the Department of Energy, the U.S. Geological Survey and a virtual nuclear corporation composed of 18 separate companies managed by TRW. The Los Alamos team includes more than 65 scientists and researchers who will spend $13million this year helping to design a safe storage facility at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. This facility is intended to be in use for the next 10,000 years—or longer. Given our imperfect ability to predict the future, the idea that anyone today could accomplish such a task is hard to imagine. Yet with the assistance of computer modeling, Dixon and his team have looked that far into the future—and he is confident that their design can go the distance. Persuading top government officials, key environmental groups and the American public of the safety of the plan is his larger challenge.

The Yucca Mountain facility will store high level nuclear waste that has been and will be generated by U.S. power plants and the military (in submarines and arsenals). Construction of such a facility, says Dixon, is long overdue. There are some 100 nuclear power plants in the U.S., and all are now putting their waste in containers or cooling pools that were not designed for stable, long-term storage.

The Yucca Mountain project began nearly 20 years ago. Initially, the U.S. government identified three sites to explore for potential long-term storage of high level nuclear waste. In 1987, Congress determined that Yucca Mountain was the only site that would be studied for suitability to store this waste. Its rural location is important, but just as crucial are its low water table and yearly rainfall. Even more than the radioactive contents that will be stored there, it’s water, explains Dixon, that has the most potential for damaging the high nickel alloy waste container materials and concrete structure housing the waste. But, he says, “Yucca Mountain has such a low annual rainfall that, even if rainfall were to triple for a long period of time, very little of the precipitation would reach as far down as the storage facility. If water did reach and corrode the waste containers, the Yucca Mountain rocks above and in the water table would absorb almost all the radionuclides released.”

The contents themselves pose another challenge to the facility’s structural viability. The uranium, plutonium and other materials that will be stored in the repository will raise the temperature of the waste container and the surrounding earth to very high levels.

Initially, the heat will help keep water from reaching the

repository, but, as the waste eventually cools, the moisture content will rise in the rocks surrounding the waste containers. “Obviously, we can’t run field tests for 10,000 years to look at the effects of heat and water,” says Dixon. Instead, part of his research team is working on computer simulations of how the changes in heat and moisture will affect the repository over thousands of years.

Dixon notes that the simulations “show the repository should be an effective barrier to radionuclide transport for far longer than 10,000 years (the regulatory compliance period).” On the basis of these models, a team composed of scientists from Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore and the University of California, Berkeley, is running a large “real world” test at Yucca Mountain. In the eight-year test that began in 1998, researchers have created an underground storage bunker that will be heated, in much the same way the actual Yucca Mountain site will be heated by radioactive fuels, and will then slowly be cooled. Precise monitoring of geomechanical and geochemical changes in the storage structure and the surrounding rock throughout the entire heating and cooling process will allow the scientists to make long-term predictions of how the waste containers and the Yucca Mountain site will perform over 10,000 years.

As this testing continues in Nevada, Dixon must also keep an eye on the “heating and cooling” in the Washington, D.C., political climate. Not only must he and other scientists working on the Yucca Mountain project convince the President and Congress that the site is virtually unassailable from a scientific standpoint, they PHOTO COURTESY OF P. DIXON

Paul Dixon, ’83, currently leads a Los Alamos (N.M.) National Laboratory team of more than 65 scientists and researchers who are helping to design a facility for safe storage of the nation’s high level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. Dixon is pictured at the outskirts of Los Alamos, near the site of forest fires that threatened the community last May.

must ensure that it can withstand rigorous court challenges as well. Dixon is currently overseeing the writing of sections of a feasibility report called the Site Recommendation that will be given to the U.S. secretary of energy, who will present it to Congress and the President next year. “Ultimately, it’ll come down in court to whether we can show that we followed all the NQA-1 (nuclear quality assurance) procedures, because I believe that the scientific basis for the storage of waste at Yucca Mountain is sound. To say that Yucca Mountain is a safe place to store nuclear waste, we have to show that we’ve studied it correctly, and document it so that anyone can redo our tests and get the same results.”

Dixon adds that he will be called upon to testify before Congress and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the upcoming years as the representative for all of the work that has been done over the past 20 years on this issue by the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Few issues are as galvanizing in this country as those revolving around the use and disposal of nuclear materials. Dixon frequently must confront fears among the general public about radiation exposure, fears that have been fed by the incidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl in the past two decades and by an era of government secrecy about nuclear materials from World War II to the present. People often have little understanding of the real risks of radiation from nuclear power plants, risks that are quite low, he insists, when the plants are properly managed. Dixon adds, “Everyone likes cheap electricity. Nuclear energy, in and of itself, is totally clean and safe. It’s the waste at the end of the nuclear cycle that presents the greatest problem.” And given that our fossil fuel sources are finite, he wonders, “When we’ve exhausted our oil reserves in 200 years, what do we have to fall back on?” Such questions only bring greater urgency to his work, he says.

Dixon, who holds a doctorate in geochemistry from Yale, began his association with the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1989. Following an assignment with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, he joined the Yucca Mountain site characterization project in 1992. He was tapped to head its geochemistry team in 1997 and then, last year, to direct the entire project for Los Alamos.

“Albion College gave me a solid earth science and liberal arts background,” says Dixon, a background that has been invaluable in negotiating the many aspects of this project. “My tendency to be a generalist came from my years of schooling at Albion. In order to do what I’m doing right now, I have to have broad working knowledge of the physical sciences. I have to be able to critically evaluate the scientific work that Los Alamos scientists have done to ensure that the nuclear quality assurance standards set by the project are met and maintained.”

Dixon knows that some environmental groups may try to block the construction of the Yucca Mountain facility. He bristles, however, at the idea that Yucca Mountain is not a crucial environmental safeguard. “I’m doing this because I want to have the legacy of nuclear waste solved in my lifetime. If we as a nation don’t reach resolution soon, then we hand this problem on to the next generation. It’s time we stand up and say we are going to handle the issue of safe nuclear waste disposal.”

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“We found horses and buggies perfectly preserved in that lake of wood tar,” he recalls. “They could not be kept as specimens because they were so toxic. I fell into As the father of two small children, he recalls most

By Jan Corey Arnett, ’75 that mess and sank in up to my waist.” No wonder the vividly an instance in a poor Detroit neighborhood spacesuit-like gear Grunert and team members wear has As a kid growing up in Livonia, when Kurt Grunert, ’91, where children were playing in a street wet with toxic, been dubbed “a body bag with a window.” potentially explosive acid and arsenic waste leaching was asked, “What do you want to be when you grow Fortunately, through a variety of processes, much of from barrels stored in a nearby warehouse. Several up?” it didn’t take him long to answer. the black tar near Mancelona could be rendered neutral.

“A fireman,” he would say with a grin. Grunert loved major employers in Detroit were quietly using the But in some cases, clean-up only means transferring warehouse as an unlicensed dumpsite. By the time the the red trucks and the head-to-toe adrenaline rush that materials from an unprotected site to a licensed landfill. came with the roar of sirens as heroic people raced off to full extent of the nightmare was exposed, Grunert’s team While Grunert believes progress is being made on the had found 1,500 drums of waste, 72 underground tanks conquer infernos and save lives. big environmental disasters, he worries about the overall and 70 above-ground tanks. The clean-up took nine Grunert has fulfilled his dream and then some. As a situation nationwide. “If the waste continues, we will months and $5-million. federal on-scene coordinator (OSC) for the U.S. have nothing left to call a country.” Emotion swells in Grunert says that, while he can use federal funds for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Emergency his voice. “Within one-quarter of a mile of any expressclean-up, the goal is to lay responsibility on the shoulResponse Branch serving Michigan, Ohio and other way there are concentrations of lead in the soil four to ders of the offenders. “People fight responsibility on a Great Lakes states, Grunert not only gets to ride atop five times the normal level. What are you drinking? daily basis,” he says, “but we have the authority to siren-screeching trucks en route to a crisis, he decides What are your kids playing in?” he asks. impose triple damages on owners who can also be what will be done at the scene, how it will be done, and “As a society we have to deal with what we are doing arrested.” who will do it. And that “who” might mean the Federal to ourselves. People store awful stuff in drums in Grunert has responded to countless incidents of Emergency Management Agency, the FBI, CIA, Army warehouses. Our response team has had to respond to overturned chemical or fuel trucks, leaking tanks and or Coast Guard. situations where people are already dead when we get unidentified barrels of substances in abandoned buildFBI? CIA? What kind of crises does he go to? there. That frightens me more than anything else,” he ings. But one of his most memorable projects was that of says.

Grunert responds to calls that may relate to environmental disasters of horrific proportions—a chemical fire “Tar Lake” outside Mancelona, near the popular resort It might have been an easier life for Kurt Grunert if or hazardous spills that can kill in a matter of seconds or community of Traverse City. he had stuck to marine studies which was his goal when There, a glacial depression was used in the early create carcinogenic contamination that will last for he enrolled at Albion.

1900s as a repository for a tar-like byproduct of charcoal decades or worse. As OSC, Grunert has the authority of “I came to Albion because my mother is an alumna, production. Antrim Iron Works dumped 41,000 tons of the President of the United States to spend federal because I wanted a small college, and because of the waste, eventually creating a “lake” 40 feet deep and dollars to prevent or clean up harm to the environment.

Albion’s excellent science curriculum,” he explains. As He can activate the military and has a response team that several football fields long of the black, toxic goo. part of his Albion experience he did off-campus work in As part of this and other clean-ups, Grunert collabofollows him wherever he goes. When Grunert and his marine studies both at the West Indies Laboratory on St. team of professionals respond to crises—there have been rates with investigators, researchers and others to Croix and at Duke University. His marine studies work compile extensive histories of sites and to gather health, 25 major emergencies in his region this year and 52 got him intrigued with environmental issues, which led scientific and other data before and after removal of the responses to some type of environmental hazard, an to getting onto an EPA emergency response team. The offending material. unusually large number—there is no time to equivocate. rest is history.

Lives, thousands of them, can hang in the “What I do . . . my habits . . . how I PHOTO COURTESY OF K. GRUNERT balance. present things . . . how I look at things . . .

Such was the case in Jackson County’s my investigative skills,” these all came from Blackman Township when a pipeline Albion faculty members Bill Bartels, Larry ruptured this past summer, spilling more than Taylor and Jeff Carrier, he says. “Albion did 100,000 gallons of gasoline onto the ground a lot for me.” and into the Grand River. Grunert’s team had Grunert and Taylor have communicated to act immediately to curb the risk of extensively for the past year on issues explosion, evacuate some 700 homes and related to Superfund clean-ups that Grunert stop the flow of fuel. He remembered, all too oversees in Albion, and he returns to campus painfully, a similar incident two years ago in for presentations to Albion College students Seattle, when the fuel was ignited and “lit up about his work and the kinds of environmenthe city.” tal problems their education is preparing Other cases may test his political skills them to tackle. every bit as much as his technical knowHe becomes pensive as he thinks about how. Grunert has been working for months the challenges he has to face in his career to resolve a long-standing environmental that call for a wide variety of skills— crisis at a steel company on the Ohio River scientific knowledge, diplomacy, leadership, that discharges oil directly into the river. ability to handle stress, good judgment under “If I tell them they have to shut the plant pressure, written and oral presentation down, I have 8,000 angry people out of abilities. Then he remembers why he took work, congressmen calling, and more this job in the first place: “[There might be delays,” he explains. Part of his job is to help occasions] when you have had to tell 800 the company weigh the short-term costs of In his role as federal on-scene coordinator for the U.S. Environmental Protection people that air samples have to be taken in building a new containment facility against Agency, Kurt Grunert, ’91, travels throughout the Great Lakes area dealing with all their homes before they can go back, you the long-term costs of cleaning up one of the environmental emergencies and working on long-term clean-up of polluted sites. haven’t slept for 72 hours, and you’ve had nation’s major waterways. He believes the people throw things at you. And then an Here, Grunert (far right) teams up with the U.S. Coast Guard to take helicopter EPA and the company are close to reaching a photos of industrial facilities suspected of releasing oil into the Detroit and elderly lady who has nothing but her house settlement that will remedy the problem. comes up and gives you a hug and says Rouge rivers.

Grunert receives as many as four environ‘Thank you.’ Those are the times you say, mental hazard calls a day just in Michigan ‘This is cool.’” and Ohio. He assesses each situation and determines whether it can be handled by the local authorities or whether it should be referred to the state or federal level.

Kurt Grunert, ’91: Weighing environmental costs

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Marta Amundson’s environmental ‘stories’ unfold

Piece by piece

By Jan Corey Arnett, ’75 When Marta Griner Amundson, ’76, thinks back to her Albion experience, what she values most is that the professors “made you want to learn more than they taught you.” A good professor, she says, is one who “can plant the curiosity that you need in order to learn on your own.”

She pushes the envelope both personally and professionally because of her enormous curiosity and passion for life. Both are made tangible through her extraordinary work as an artist in a medium just beginning to gain acceptance and recognition.

Marta Amundson is a contemporary quilt artist. She says, “The colors in my work are bold combinations that would make Emil Nolde or Henri Matisse proud but raise the hair on granny’s neck.” It was, in fact, her grandmother who first introduced her to the craft of quilting when Marta was in her twenties. But that was quilting in its traditional form—blocks or geometric shapes cut of fabric and stitched together by hand. It was the kind of quilting that became bed covers, lap robes and baby blankets.

That was then and this is now.

Today Amundson’s quilts are sought-after works of art made of dramatic hand-dyed, appliquéd, or painted images set in cloth, and they are displayed in prominent public places like the National Museum of Wildlife Art (where she had a one-woman show in 1996), foundations, corporations, colleges, and the homes and offices of private collectors. They are statements of who Marta is and the things about which she is passionate—endangered wildlife and women’s issues, to name only two. Her quilts are featured in several publications, including the 1992 and 1995 editions of Quilt with the Best and the recently released Quilting Masterclass. Her quilts are the stuff to which a long list of awards and honors have accrued.

inspiration for what her quilts say and the spiritual dedication for why they say what they do.

“Some people may not care what happens to a rare species of fish, a tiny bird, or whether wolves are ever again a part of the Yellowstone ecosystem, but I care deeply,” she says, the emotion evident in her voice.

“The initial beauty of my quilts sparks enough curiosity for the viewers to expose themselves to my message.”

Amundson, above all, wants people to respond to the cries of a troubled environment, an environment where the extinction of species is a regular occurrence. She has tromped through the dark and mud in a Puerto Rican rain forest at 4 a.m. and climbed 60 feet on tree spikes just to catch, at dawn, a glimpse of one of the last 36 wild Puerto Rican parrots. She was allowed into the cage of a baby Sumatran tiger at the London Zoo to study its movements and colors, and has done research for her quilts in India and Nepal on the endangered Sarus crane, the Asian rhino and the Bengal tiger.

From her up-close and personal research have come 97 art quilts, ranging in price from $500 to $7,000 and in size from as small as four square feet to as large as 67 square feet. While the actual construction can take about a month for a 50 by 60 inch quilt, the research and planning may take months or even years.

PHOTO COURTESY OF M. AMUNDSON Amundson’s early work was hand-quilted, but now that she has more ideas than time, most of her work is machine-sewn. Handquilting or embroidery appears only if it adds to the composition. Creating the design, selecting dyes and fabrics, and shaping the written message that appears on the back of each quilt are additional elements of a contemporary work that grandma didn’t have to think about. Amundson even recently made, with the help of her pasta machine, 107 striped buttons for a quilt she hopes to exhibit in Stockholm, Sweden.

Among her pieces are “Tea for Trout=Trout for Tea,” which carries a theme on trout, their habitat and fly fishing, and “Feathered Tribe for a New Millennium,” focusing on captive breeding of endangered cranes. “Dancing on Thin Ice” is a work drawing attention to the plight of penguins off the coast of New Zealand, while “Wallabies Wannabe” is a striking work on habitat loss for the yellow-footed rock wallaby of South Australia. Threats to coyote populations and to other species of birds are featured in older works.

But the entire time between “then” and “now” has not been spent solely as a quilt artist perfecting her craft.

After graduating from Albion, Marta moved to a ranch near Ocean Lake, Wyo., where she still lives with her husband, Larry, amid an enviable array of wildlife. The hunger to exercise her talent prodded her to enroll in the Pilchuck School for Glass near Seattle and later to work in a glass studio in Germany.

Amundson then launched a career as an architectural stained glass artist. Among her impressive accomplishments are the 52 stained glass panels of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Riverton, as well as stained glass work for other area churches and three large projects funded by the Wyoming Art in Public Buildings initiative.

“I was successful as a glass artist in Wyoming, but the economy changed [in the late 1980s] and with it the demand for public art. My first art quilt was really a stained glass window that couldn’t break,” she explains.

A lot has happened in the ensuing 10 years. Amundson’s decade of quilt work has earned her lecture and workshop engagements literally all over the world, and “all over the world” is where she finds both the visual

Over the past decade, artist Marta Griner Amundson, ’76, has created nearly 100 quilts that explore the themes of wilderness preservation, protection of endangered species and other contemporary concerns. She travels worldwide researching her subjects and offering quilting workshops for children and adults.

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But Amundson also has a lighter side. A quilt titled, “Reboot, Rethink, Retype!” contemplates computer technology, while “We Are Such Things as Dreams Are Made Of” is a whimsical portrayal of her own dream world. “A Woman Needs a Man . . .” is a funny comment on gender value in our society.

An early-morning, 10-mile bike ride each day to and from a waterfowl refuge feeds her soul, teases her curiosity and inspires her work. “Through my work I try to share my personal vision. If people want to embrace it, that is up to them. Quilts are large by nature and make a forceful impact on a space. Contemporary quilts are seen in public spaces more and more these days because people appreciate the effort it takes to transform the basic techniques of a familiar genre into a contemporary presentation. There is a growing core of private collectors buying the work of the better known makers, and museums that specialize in quilts are cropping up all over the world.”

Amundson is fluent in Swedish and German, can read Danish and Norwegian, and is facile enough in Portuguese to teach in that language. Teaching, she says, is a source of enormous pleasure and has taken her all over the world. “Helping other quilters discover their own visual voice is my goal as an educator,” she says. She points out that having a liberal arts education has helped her ability to converse easily with people from vastly different walks of life and parts of the world.

Amundson’s Albion experience helped prepare her both for her career as an accomplished artist and as a world traveler. She compressed four years into less than three and spent four semesters off campus—one at the University of Stockholm where she studied Scandinavian literature, archaeology and architecture, and another working in the photo studio at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. A semester in Switzerland

Marta Amundson’s colorful quilts often become a medium for educating the viewer about pressing environmental issues. In the message that accompanies this quilt, “Underdog Hurrah,” she writes: “Prairie dogs and the habitat they create are now recognized as the key to the health of the prairie ecosystem. Prairie dog towns hold about three times the density of wildlife and nearly double the number of species as prairie without rodents.” However, she continues, eradication programs and habitat destruction now threaten the continued existence of the species.

Amundson’s work is exhibited throughout the West, and has been purchased by the National Museum of Wildlife Art and other museum and corporate collections. allowed her to concentrate on the history of European art and music, and a fourth in Wyoming immersed her in ecology and wilderness studies. “I learned to organize my time well at Albion!” she laughs.

Several Albion faculty members, especially Clara Dixon, Dick Scott and Russell Aiuto, nurtured her passion for protecting the environment and saving endangered species. She regards Frank Machek and Richard Leach as her most influential art professors and continued to collaborate with Leach, teaching workshops and making educational films and pottery, until his death earlier this summer.

Another aspect of Amundson’s work is that of staying alert to change. She is watching the coming elections carefully, concerned about whether some Republicans may want to reverse decisions made under the Clinton administration creating more national monuments and whether the fragile and unique ecosystem of Wyoming’s Red Desert will be compromised by oil and gas exploration and development. She worries that conservative changes in the Supreme Court could

reverse Roe v. Wade and questions the logic of the Bush agenda that suggests taking funding away from schools where children test poorly. Without a doubt, current social and environmental issues will impact the subject matter of her future quilts.

“If you look at my work and enjoy it on a visual level, that is good,” she says. “If you take time to read the statement that I have written about the quilt, that is even better. If you think about your own views on the subject, then I have achieved my goal as an artist and an advocate.”

To learn more about Marta Amundson and her work, visit: www.artistsregister.com/artists/WY1. To learn more about the book, Quilting Masterclass, which includes Amundson among its featured artists, go to: www.martingale-pub.com.

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Organized athletics have been part of Albion College’s history since the 1880s when Albion became a founding member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA), the nation’s oldest college athletic conference. But this fall, Albion is celebrating an unusual aspect of its athletic history: 100 years of sports on the same parcel of land.

Prior to 1900, the main campus quadrangle had doubled as the athletic playing fields. In addition to a baseball diamond and football gridiron, tennis courts and two cinder tracks were laid out on the quad by eager students. Not surprisingly, as the century came to a close there was growing sentiment to segregate the athletic fields from the rest of campus.

During the spring of 1900, Albion College received donations for the purchase of land specifically for athletic use. Immediately after purchasing property along the north bank of the Kalamazoo River, the College began preparing the field for the following football season. The trustees allocated all of $3,000 for the purpose! Known as Winter-Lau Field, it was officially opened for league play Oct. 6, 1900, as the home crowd watched Albion shut out Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University), 29-0.

By 1902, a baseball diamond, a quarter-mile oval track surrounding the gridiron, and a covered grandstand on the north side of the football field were erected. The popularity of tennis on campus soon led to the development of two new courts at Winter-Lau Field. A rough board fence surrounded the north and west sides of the An “artistic entrance” to Alumni Field, complete with wrought–iron swinging gates, was the senior gift of the property.

Class of 1914. The new entrance and accompanying cement wall were a welcome change from the rough board The following two decades brought major changes to fence, covered in painted advertising, that had previously surrounded the field. the College’s athletic facilities. In 1914, much to the satisfaction of the alumni and students who had lobbied for the replacement of the wooden fence—now rotted, weather-beaten, and covered with painted advertising—plans were announced for the construction of a new concrete wall around the field. The wall would be built panel by panel, as funding became available. It was finally completed five years later. An “artistic entrance” featuring wrought-iron swinging gates was the senior gift of the Class of 1914. At the dedication ceremony it was announced that the field would be renamed “Alumni Field.” That name continues to this day, though it is generally shortened to “A” Field.

The original wooden grandstand was destroyed by fire in 1918; however, work had already begun to move the gridiron to the south and closer to the Kalamazoo River. The new field was dedicated during the first game of the 1919 season.

The previous June, the trustees had officially sanctioned purple and gold as the College’s colors, changing them from pink and green. The action concluded an extended lobbying campaign by students who had termed the original colors as “weak and insipid, wishy-washy and not at all tasteful.” (The Pleiad, January 1916) Albion’s first grandstand, depicted in this 1911 football photo, was mysteriously destroyed by fire at 4 o’clock in the morning Nov. 13, 1918. The Pleiad reported, “Nothing definite is known as to the origin of the fire, but the Fire Chief reported it as the work of incendiaries.” The Pleiad also mentioned, “The old building was an eyesore, but still it meant happy memories to a good many people.”

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Winter-Lau Field, which would later become Alumni Field, officially opened for league play Oct. 6, 1900. (This action photo dates from 1900-1910.) The Albion football squad was 6-1-2 in its first year on the new field and outscored opponents 146-40. Those winning ways have continued: the College currently ranks ninth in wins among the NCAA Division III list of top football-playing institutions.

Albion’s track and field program began in the 1880s on studentmaintained cinder ovals laid out on the campus quadrangle. By the 1940s, competition had moved to this site on the north edge of the “A” Field, as shown in this photo of hurdlers at a May 1947 meet with Ohio Wesleyan. Over the years, Britons have claimed five NCAA Division III individual national titles in track and field and frequent All-America honors.

Early baseball teams, like this 1913 squad, played against the University of Michigan, Michigan Agricultural College (now MSU), Ypsilanti State Normal College (now EMU), and even the University of Wisconsin, as well as small-college rivals Hillsdale, Olivet and Kalamazoo.

In 1930, lights were added to the gridiron at Alumni Field. The nickname “Britons” was adopted for the athletic teams during the 1933 season. Beginning in the 1940s, the press box and home seating stood on the south side of the field, opposite from where the home stands are today.

In the 1960s, women’s field hockey moved to the “A” Field from its previous location in the green space just north of Kresge Gym. When soccer began as a varsity sport at Albion in 1967, a soccer field was added at the eastern end of the property.

Albion College baseball came back to the campus in the 1960s after spending several years in and around the Albion community. In 1970, the College settled on the northeast corner of Alumni Field as the campus home for Briton baseball. Albion formally opened the facility with a 3-1 victory over Michigan State, a contest featuring a Duncan Beagle one-hitter against the Spartans.

After the construction of the Herrick Speech and Theatre complex, the outdoor track, then on the northern part of the property, was moved to its present location around the football field. The field was shifted slightly north to make room for this change. (continued on p. 12)

Albion football in the 1950s produced Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Most Valuable Players including Frank Joranko, ’52, Bob Wikstrom, ’53, Fritz Shurmur, ’54, and Tom Taylor, ’59. All went on to distinguished coaching careers. And 1954 saw the beginning of coach Morley Fraser’s career at Albion. Fraser’s teams posted an 81-41-1 record during his 15 years at the Briton helm.

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The varsity field hockey team took on returning alumnae in this 1976 Homecoming match-up. Under long-time coach Char Duff, Albion field hockey teams would go on to capture the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship every year from 1976 to 1980.

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Albion soccer teams, like this squad in the 1970s, have the added advantage of watching the changing seasons from their field along the scenic Kalamazoo River. Men’s soccer was introduced as a varsity sport in 1967, and women’s soccer in 1989.

A need for permanent seating and for on-site locker rooms led Albion to erect Sprankle-Sprandel Stadium in 1976. (In previous years, teams had a three-block trek across campus to the locker rooms at Kresge Gymnasium.) The stadium provides not only permanent seating for some 4,200 spectators, but also a press box, locker rooms and a concession stand.

During the construction of Sprankle-Sprandel Stadium, planning began for the W. Clark Dean Aquatic Center, which was eventually completed in 1978.

In 1988, the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Recreation and Wellness Center was erected adjacent to the stadium, bringing the existing pool, a new fieldhouse and Physical Education Department offices and classrooms into one facility. The building’s Bernard T. Lomas Fieldhouse contains flexible court space for intramural basketball, volleyball, badminton and tennis as well as a 1/9-mile track and two racquetball courts.

The fieldhouse is named for Bernard Lomas, ’46, president of the College, 1970-1983. The Ungrodt Tennis Center, with four indoor tennis courts, was added in 1999. Paul “Skip” Ungrodt, ’52, headed the Briton Athletic Drive that made possible many of the athletic field improvements in the past five years.

When Albion’s track was resurfaced and field areas upgraded in 1997, the facility was renamed Elkin R. Isaac Track, to recognize the 1948 graduate who also was a long-time coach and athletic director at the College.

In 1995, the baseball facility was formally named Frank Joranko Field, in honor of the retiring baseball coach and 1952 alumnus. Work on upgrading Joranko Field began in 1998 and included new bleacher seating, expanded dugouts and improved fencing.

Last spring, Albion dedicated the Dempsey Softball Field in honor of Cedric and June Luke Dempsey, both ’54. The improvements at the field doubled the spectator seating capacity and provided a new press box and scoreboard.

Other recent changes at the “A” Field include installation of a commemorative brick walkway, recognizing donors to the Briton Athletic Drive, and a sculpture, Faith of Odysseus, by Terry Karpowicz, ’70. Dempsey Softball Field is the latest of the athletic facilities to be renovated during the 1990s under the Briton Athletic Drive. The improvements included permanent bleachers that doubled the field’s Ben Engelter provided the historical seating capacity and a new press box and scoreboard. The field was research for this article and was a dedicated April 15, 2000. contributing writer.

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The Alumni Field athletic complex today includes Sprankle-Sprandel Stadium, Joranko Baseball Field, Dempsey Softball Field, the soccer field, Isaac Track and six outdoor tennis courts, along with indoor facilities such as Dean Aquatic Center and Lomas Fieldhouse (both part of Dow Recreation and Wellness Center), and the Ungrodt Tennis Center.

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By Morris Arvoy A $2-million grant to Albion College from the Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation of Midland was announced Sept. 23 by President Peter Mitchell during the College’s Community Day festivities.

Taking an innovative two-pronged approach to engendering growth both at the College and in the local Albion community, the grant allocates $1-million in unrestricted funds for projects in the community, with another $1-million slated to help strengthen and expand the programs of the College’s Carl A. Gerstacker Liberal Arts Institute for Professional Management.

“This generous grant from the Gerstacker Foundation is a perfect example of how the College’s vision and the community’s vision blend together,” said Mitchell. “It will be crucial in helping us implement a number of exciting projects in the local community. And it further enhances Albion’s reputation as ‘The Smart Community’.”

The grant is the largest ever made to Albion College for the purposes of revitalizing the local community and promoting the greater Albion area’s Smart Community initiatives, begun in May 1999.

The award includes an exclusive economic/community development component that will help Albion evolve into a national model for small-community development.

One million dollars has been earmarked to help accelerate economic development, improve the city’s housing stock, and support Smart Community efforts including artistic, cultural, technological and economic programs. Projects under discussion or being planned include a children’s museum, cyber café, cooperative art gallery, and a student consulting bureau for start-up businesses and non-profit organizations.

A steering committee made up of community leaders and College staff will decide, over the next few months, where the money will be allocated.

The grant also will help fund the expansion of the College’s Carl A. Gerstacker Liberal Arts Institute for Professional Management. This program, an incubator for future business leaders, combines course work, seminars and prominent visiting lecturers with hands-on internships and experience in the business world. The grant will develop the institute into a national model among liberal arts colleges for programs of its kind.

The Gerstacker Foundation funding comes on the heels of other grants from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, also in support of the Smart Community programs. Together these gifts have made possible the hiring of a full-

Future leaders of “Albion: The Smart Community” joined with Albion College President Peter Mitchell, ’67, (back row, left) and Albion Mayor William Wheaton during the Sept. 23 announcement of a $1-million grant to the College for community-based projects. time executive director for the Greater Albion Alliance, the coordinating body for the Smart Community initiatives. Marda Hinkley, who has over 12 years of experience working with municipal and non-profit agencies in Michigan and Texas, was appointed to the position in October.

Hinkley will coordinate the Greater Albion Alliance’s 13 action teams, nearly 250 volunteers and its Smart Community initiatives. She will also serve as a spokesperson for the Alliance, sharing its vision with everyone from foundation grantors to business and academic communities and the general public.

City-college bond grows in Albion Excerpted from an editorial in the Battle Creek Enquirer, Sept. 26, 2000.

The partnership between Albion College and the city of Albion continues to strengthen, with benefits for the entire community.

The latest development came . . . when the college announced that it has received a $2-million grant that will be divided between the school and the city.

The grant from the Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation of Midland will provide $1million to help accelerate Albion’s economic development, improve access to technology and enhance the community’s cultural life. The second $1-million will be used to expand the college’s Carl A. Gerstacker Liberal Arts Institute for Professional Management. . . .

While most private liberal arts colleges such as Albion would have welcomed a substantial gift such as that from the Gerstacker Foundation, few would have divided the money between the needs of the college and those of the community. But Albion College officials realize that a healthy, vibrant community enhances their school’s reputation.

Albion College has always played an important role in the Albion community, but the two entities have made some extraordinary gains in their cooperation over the past year.

With the support of the college, area business and local residents, the Albion Alliance has pushed forward with its “Smart Community” initiative to develop technology and help attract and retain employers to Albion. . . .

Albion’s cooperative focus on technology and education . . . will help ensure that the college, the community and the local economy will continue to thrive.

Leading scholars, performers visit Prominent government officials, top scholars and acclaimed performers have informed and entertained the campus community this fall.

In his address for this year’s Opening Convocation Aug. 31, David Hayes, U.S. deputy secretary of the interior, spoke on “Livable Communities: Today’s Environmental Challenge.” Hayes also kicked off a symposium, sponsored by the Institute for the Study of the Environment, on the theme, “The Land Is Our Legacy.” The symposium featured roundtable discussions on “Restoring the Land: Promise and Problems of Brownfield Programs” and “Protecting the Land: Natural Preserves and Strategies for Containing Sprawl.”

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Garry Wills discussed the “necessary evil” of government Oct. 19, in a convocation address sponsored by the College’s Honors Institute.

Wills explored the distrust of the government that has been a part of U.S. democracy from its beginning and whether that distrust is reasonable. Wills is the author of numerous books exploring many of the most complicated and divisive issues in American history and has earned acclaim from the National Book Critics Circle and other groups.

Distinguished ethicists, historians and sociologists met with Albion students and faculty for wide-ranging discussions on moral norms in modern life during a conference, “Morality and Its Other(s),” sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Study in Meaning and Value Nov. 9-11.

Among the notable performers on campus this fall have been Grammy-winning folk singer Shawn Colvin on Sept. 30 and Irish tenor Tony Kenny who appeared with The American Boychoir Oct. 27 as part of this year’s Family Weekend festivities.

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New faculty and staff appointed The following individuals have joined Albion College in recent months.

West Michigan Conference. Thomas holds an M.L.S. from the University of Maryland, and has worked as an archivist with performing arts and national public broadcasting collections held by that institution. Thomas holds a bachelor’s degree in music from Saint Mary’s College of Maryland.

Academic affairs The following four tenure-track faculty were appointed this fall.

■ Michael Anes, assistant professor of psychology. Anes has spent the past four yearsat Boston University, where he taught cognitive psychology and earned a doctorate.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from DePaul University, and a master’s degree in cognitive psychology from Michigan State University.

■ Sarianna Kristiina Metso, assistant professor of religious studies. Metso’s academic focus is on the oldest known Old Testament texts and other religious writings found at Qumran, near the Dead Sea. A scholar of several ancient languages, Metso also speaks Finnish, English, German and University of Helsinki, the University of Notre Dame and Trinity Western University of Canada. Metso holds master’s and doctoral degrees in theology from the University of Helsinki.

■ Robert Moss, associate professor of sports medicine and working to create athletic training program for the department. He spent the past 15 years associated with Western Michigan University’s Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation and the past five years teaching physical therapy at Andrews University. Moss has supervised athletic trainer internships for the past decade, in addition to pursuing research on sports injuries. He holds degrees in mathematics and physical education/athletic training from Western Michigan University, and a doctorate in biomechanics from Southern Illinois University.

■ Deborah Roose, chair and professor of education. Roose has teaching experience from preschool through college. On the faculty at Guilford College for the past 15 years, she also has taught at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and schools in Pennsylvania and Vermont. Roose focuses her research on the changing priorities in teacher education, especially issues dealing with diverse student populations and self-assessment in education. A graduate of Earlham College, Roose holds a master’s degree in education and a doctorate in integrated curricula from the University Massachusetts at Amherst.

Continuing faculty who have recently been moved to tenure-track status include: James Ball, associate professor of music and director of the orchestra; Andrew Grossman, assistant professor of political science; and Kathryn Lindberg, assistant professor of music and director of bands.

Other Academic Affairs appointments include: ■ Jennifer Thomas, Marilyn Crandell Schleg,’58, Endowed Archivist for Albion College and the United Methodist Church’s

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Admissions ■ David Hawsey, vice president for enrollment. Hawsey comes to Albion after holding leadership positions in admissions at Pacific Lutheran University (Washington) and Juniata College (Pennsylvania) from 1992 to 1999. He spent the past year as director of development for Pennsylvania State University’s Commonwealth College. Also a Navy veteran, Hawsey holds a bachelor’s degree and an M.B.A., both from Drexel University.

■ Doug Kellar, associate vice president for admissions. A graduate of Muskingum College, Kellar joined the admissions staff at Muskingum as an admissions counselor in 1987. In 1991, he was promoted to associate director of admissions, focusing on operations and research. He served as Muskingum’s director of admissions for the past four years.

Institutional advancement ■ Morris Arvoy, director of media relations.

A 1990 Albion graduate, Arvoy has spent the past seven years in Boston. As senior editor for H.O. Zimman, Inc., he directed publications for the U.S. Tennis Association and Harvard University football, among other clients. Prior to that, he was an editor at the

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Construction continues on the Mae Harrison Karro, ’31, Residential Village. Located at the corner of Erie and Mingo streets, the new residence will house up to 50 students in apartmentstyle units, beginning next fall. The new residence has been made possible through a $3-million gift from Roy Karro in memory of his wife.

John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.

■ Sarah Briggs, formerly director of communications, has been promoted to assistant vice president for communications.

Also editor of Io Triumphe, Briggs is in her 22nd year with the College.

■ Lisa French, grants officer. French previously served in the President’s Office as coordinator of the Vision Committee. She holds a bachelor’s degree and an M.B.A. from the University of Illinois.

■ Stacy Rothrock, coordinator of advancement services. She has previously owned her own management consulting service, and spent the past six years as business manager for Battle Creek Neurosurgical Services, P.C. Rothrock holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Western Michigan University.

■ J. Marie Seddon, director of development. Seddon held a similar post at the University of Michigan’s Comprehensive Cancer Center in Ann Arbor. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.

■ Michael Sequite, director of development.

A 1975 Albion graduate, he served as director of first-year recruitment in the Admissions Office last year and was previously associated with the College’s Department of Campus Safety for 19 years.

■ Anne Ward, associate director of alumni and parent relations. Ward spent the past four years teaching history at Emma Willard School in Troy, N.Y. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University and a master’s from the College of William & Mary.

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Albion’s Alpha Xi Delta chapter earned 12 awards at the sorority’s national convention this past summer, including recognition for financial efficiency, membership recruitment and senior giving, along with several honors for academic excellence. The chapter also received the prestigious Order of the Quill Award for overall performance. Sarah Rosin, ’00, received the Quackenbush Leadership Award as one of 12 “Outstanding Collegians.”

Senior Jill Whitehouse is the chapter president.

■ Amy Charland, director of career services. Charland spent the past two years as assistant director of career services at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, and before that was coordinator of career services at the University of Arkansas at Monticello.

She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Superior and a master’s degree from University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

■ Drew Dunham, director of the First-Year Experience Program and assistant dean of students. On staff at Albion since 1993,

The Albionian, Albion’s student yearbook, will return in 2001, following a four-year hiatus. Student interest prompted the move, and costs will be covered through assessment of a special fee, approved through a campus referendum. The editorial staff, led by senior My Lien and sophomore Danielle Crane, has already begun work on the 2000-01 edition, which will be delivered in late summer 2001.

Alumni and friends who wish to purchase a copy of the yearbook should contact Albionian adviser Lori Rader at lrader@albion.edu.

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Dunham served as director of campus programs and organizations from 1997-2000.

■ T. Todd Masman, acting director of campus programs and organizations for the 2000-01 school year. Masman joined the College last year as associate director of campus programs and organizations.

■ Connie Smith, director of residential life.

Most recently associate dean of students and director of residential life at Lenoir-Rhyne College, Smith has also held residential life positions at Mercer University, Franklin College, Mount Union College and Michigan State University. A graduate of BaldwinWallace College, she holds a master’s degree from Michigan State University.

■ Kenneth Snyder, director of campus safety. Snyder served with the City of Albion’s Department of Public Safety for the past 12 years. Named a detective sergeant in 1993, he was promoted to lieutenant-staff services commander two years ago. He is a graduate of Aquinas College.

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Pete Schmidt, 1948-2000

by Robin Hartman and Sarah Briggs Football coach Pete Schmidt’s career at Albion is one for the record books. Of course, there’s the NCAA Division III national football championship his team brought home in 1994. And his career win-loss record of 104-27-4 in 14 seasons as Briton head coach.

And then there’s the fact that every senior letter winner who ever played for him also earned a degree from Albion.

But Schmidt will also be remembered for those intangible qualities that don’t make it into the record books. He was a man with a simple, unpretentious style, and a quick wit.

He was a coach who knew instinctively how to motivate his student-athletes to ever higher levels of performance. He was an intense competitor who still managed to keep the game of football in perspective among life’s priorities. He was a loving family man, and a good and loyal friend. He will be remembered in these and many other ways, following his untimely death at age 52.

“Above all, when I look back on my friendship with Pete Schmidt, I think of his integrity and his values,” said Mike Turner, Briton men’s basketball coach. “Pete was the ultimate coach’s coach and player’s coach— he worked hard, and he cared deeply about his players and his co-workers. He disciplined without anger, and he offered praise with sincerity. And he brought both wisdom and fairness to the decisions he made. He set a high standard in everything he did.”

During his 15 seasons at Albion College (1982-1996), Schmidt’s innovative coaching style became his trademark. And it was that style that propelled Albion’s football program to new heights during his tenure. Consider these interesting numbers—prior to 1989, no Albion quarterback had thrown for more than 1,700 yards in a season, and only one Albion running back had rushed for over 1,000 yards in a season.

Eight years later, Albion had seven 1,000yard rushers and four quarterbacks who established records for attempts, completions, passing and total yards, and completion percentage for single games, seasons and careers.

There were other streaks during Schmidt’s time at Albion that may be hard to top anywhere in college football, let alone here.

Albion started the 1990 season with a freshman quarterback (Mike Montico) and freshman center (Ron Dawson). By the time the two completed their football careers in 1993, the tandem had 39 consecutive starts, one of the few times in the history of the sport that a quarterback and center had started every game in a career together.

That streak was nearly broken in 1993, not because of injury but because Montico had to miss practices before the final regular season game against Kalamazoo to complete medical school interviews in Albany, N.Y. In that same season, Academic All-American linebacker Eric Baxmann missed the first half of the Homecoming game for a dental school entrance exam, returning from the test in time to dress and play in the second half.

Montico went on to be the first of five consecutive Albion NCAA Postgraduate Scholars in football, the longest streak for a Division III program in the 1990s. Baxmann went to the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. Dawson was the first in a line of small-college All-American linemen from Albion in the 1990s, a group that includes Chip Heyboer, Casey Sivier and two-time AllAmerican Jason Carriveau.

“I hope he knew how much he heightened the college experience for all the studentathletes that he coached,” said Mike Oursler, ’97, in an interview with the Battle Creek Enquirer. Oursler added, “He epitomized what being a winner is all about, and many of his players took that with them in their life beyond football.”

Special teams and special plays were two of Schmidt’s specialties. A streak that has continued since 1986 shows Albion with either a first-team All-Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association punter or kicker.

Yet, not kicking the ball figured in two signature games en route to the 1994 national championship.

The first was a fake punt, used against Augustana in Albion’s 28-21 first round victory. Brad Brown, taking the snap on an apparent punt attempt, bent low, then stood up and fired a 50-yard spiral that Chris Barnett jumped up and caught at the Augustana one.

The next week, Albion was the winner in a 34-33 shootout with defending Division III champion Mount Union. The contest was decided with the help of two blocked extra points. Later, Scott Casteele’s recovery of a Washington & Jefferson kickoff return fumble would prominently figure in a 17-point swing that turned a 7-0 deficit eventually into a 3815 Briton victory in the Division III championship game.

Now receivers coach at Albion College, Casteele told the Albion Recorder, “[Pete] had the best offensive mind I’ve seen in football,” a statement echoed by Central Michigan University athletic director Herb Deromedi.

“You knew he really knew the game, and had an excitement for the game,” Deromedi said in an interview with the Detroit Free Press. “He loved to compete. He had a quest for knowledge. He wanted to know what was being done now and what was going to be done in the future.”

Pete Schmidt’s presence will be missed throughout the coaching ranks.

“Our state and the coaching profession has lost a great person,” noted University of Michigan head coach Lloyd Carr. “I know of few people who had as many friends as Pete Schmidt and that’s because he was a special man.”

Coverage of the fall sports season will be included in the winter edition of Io Triumphe.

Coach Pete Schmidt with some of the honors he and his Albion team received on winning the 1994 national football championship.

About Pete Schmidt Albion alumni, faculty and staff lost a valued coach, mentor, colleague and friend with the passing of Pete Schmidt, Sept. 29, 2000, following a year-long battle with lymphoma. After coaching football at Albion College for 15 seasons, Schmidt had joined the Indiana University football program in early 1997. As Indiana’s assistant head coach for football, he turned the Hoosier offense into one of high energy. Before coming to Indiana, Schmidt did the same with Albion College, developing one of Michigan’s best college football programs in the late 1980s and 1990s. He posted a 104-27-4 record at Albion.

His football teams at Albion won conference championships in 1985 and then 1989 through 1996, and appeared in NCAA postseason competition five times. In 1994, Schmidt coached the Britons to the NCAA Division III football championship, the first time an MIAA team had won a national championship in that sport. Albion’s record that season was a perfect 13-0. He earned numerous coaching awards that year, among them Coach of the Year honors from the American Football Coaches Association.

In reflecting on Schmidt’s legacy, Indiana University head football coach Cam Cameron said, “Pete Schmidt was a great husband, father, coach, and most importantly, a man of great faith. . . . He will always be an inspirational and motivating force in my life and the lives of many others.”

Schmidt’s wife, Becky, continues to live in Bloomington, Ind., where she is a high school English teacher. Their three children are: Amy, ’97, Peter, ’98, and Sarah, ’99.

Memorial scholarship created Under the leadership of Paul W. Ungrodt, ’52, Albion has established the Peter J. Schmidt Education Scholarship in memory of Pete Schmidt’s devotion to teaching and working with young people. Awards made possible through this endowed fund will go to deserving students in Albion College’s Fritz Shurmur Education Institute. Scholarships may not only help meet the financial needs of students, but may also assist with student research and professional development.

Contributions to the Peter J. Schmidt Education Scholarship can be sent to: Office of Institutional Advancement, Albion College, 611 E. Porter St., Albion, MI 49224.

During Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 6-7, 2000, Pete Schmidt was honored posthumously with an Albion College Lifetime Achievement Award and was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame in recognition of his coaching achievements while at Albion. The names of the Lifetime Achievement Award winners are inscribed on granite blocks installed in the commemorative walkway leading to the Briton athletic complex.

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Class news 30-39 Wendell Cole, ’36, is still designing stage scenery in Palo Alto and Stanford, and in July designed 14 White House locations for Teddy and Alice, a musical about President Theodore Roosevelt. He and his wife, Charlotte, live in Stanford, CA. Nelda Kurtz Balch, ’37, is still preparing and presenting Reader Theatre Programs for the Venice (FL) Public Library. She is working as a playwright and directed Fresh Seeing for the Venice Art Center and later at the Venice Library. She hopes to hear more news from students of the 1933-1937 time period in Io Triumphe. She resides in Venice, FL.

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Keith, ’41, and Lorene Rupp Whitehouse, ’40, have shared a love of music—especially Big Band-era music—since they met at Albion as students. And they continue to play today as members of the Ecumenical Jazz Band, with Keith on keyboard and Lorene on drums. The band presents fund-raising concerts at Morenci’s First Congregational United Church of Christ and various other Lenawee County churches and locations. “We never rehearse,” Keith told a newspaper reporter recently. “We always play Dixieland-Swing style, though some of the tunes are fairly modern. The music from the 1940s was the best ever . . . the best musicians, the best songwriters . . . beautiful lyrics, beautiful melodies.”

Robert Weiss, ’48, was recognized at the annual meeting of the American Association of University Professors in Washington, DC, for his 50 years of distinguished membership in the association. Robert and his wife, Ann Lawson Weiss, ’48, live in Greencastle, IN. Keith Leenhouts, ’49, wrote a book, Father, Son, 3-Mile Run, which is free on the Internet at www.rj-systems.com.

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In “Bravo to Britons,” our intent is to highlight the noteworthy, the unusual and the entertaining. We welcome submissions from all quarters. The only requirement is that an Albion alumnus/alumna must be involved in the story.

Send your nominations, clearly marked for “Bravo to Britons” to: Editor, Io Triumphe, Albion College, 611 E. Porter St., Albion, MI 49224. If an item is not received by the deadline for one issue, it will be held for possible inclusion in the next. The editor reserves the right to determine which submissions are selected for publication.

Phil Willis, ’63, was named the National Accountant Advocate of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration. He is president of the Jackson-based accounting firm, Willis & Jurasek, P.C. In addition to this honor, he was named as the Michigan Small Business Person of the Year. In business since 1967, Willis & Jurasek today employs 27 people and posts annual revenues of nearly $3-million. Phil also launched Willis Information Technologies, Inc., in 1997 to provide computer support and service for his clients. Over the past decade, he has assisted new companies by providing venture capital, and he was instrumental in forming The Enterprise Group, which provides information and assistance for local businesses. He is a current or past board member of numerous civic and economic development organizations. Phil remains active in the Greater Jackson Chamber of Commerce. Phil and his wife, Patricia, live in Jackson.

120,000 copies in the United States and was later translated into six different languages and sold internationally. He and his wife, Audrey, live in Royal Oak.

50-59 Edna Heimburger Smith, ’51, retired from the Manistee County library and is now writing her memoirs. She lives in Manistee and can be reached by e-mail at: erdds@voyager.net.

Robert Base, ’52, has retired and lives with his wife, Barbara, in Lansdowne, VA. He can be reached by e-mail at bbbase@starpower.net.

Robert Cutcher, ’54, retired in August after more than 40 years of practice both in Deckerville and California. He lives in Deckerville.

Janet MacIvor Jacobson, ’56, is currently spending time editing cookbooks and is working as a nutrition educator three days a week. In her spare time she has been working in her flower gardens. She still remains in contact with some of her ZTA sisters and often wonders about the others. She lives in Freeland.

Kathryn Randall Reeves, ’56, moved to the California desert with her husband, George, and built a home overlooking the Coachella Valley. She continues to work occasionally as a home health nurse and is a certified hospice nurse. George continues to work part-time as an instructor and network administrator at California State— Fullerton School of Business and Economics. She can be reached at kreeves@royal-carrizo.com.

Sue Salm, ’57, retired to Blue Hill, ME, to be near her friends, Madelon Botma Jacoba, ’55, and Albion professor emerita Clara Dixon. After completing some graduate study at the University of Chicago, she was employed in academic offices at the University of Chicago and at the University of Minnesota. She also spent time working for the University of Chicago Press, caring for her mother, and as a freelance graphic designer and copy editor.

John Fought, ’58, has been named vice president and chief financial officer at Great Lakes Energy Cooperative. Prior to his current position, he completed a 41-year career in public accounting. For the past 32 years, he was a partner and shareholder in the Petoskey firm of Smith, Fought, Bunker, Clark and Markiewicz, PC. He and his wife, Jean Magatti Fought, ’58, live in Petoskey.

Beverly Schelb Lawton, ’58, moved from Paw Paw to Three Oaks, where her husband, George, is a pastor at the Lakeside United Methodist Church.

Bob Waterman, ’58, and Kent Moorehead, ’58, celebrated 46 years of friendship by climbing Mt. Washington in New Hampshire, the highest peak in the Northeast. Bob is retired and the former owner and manager of the Jeffery Amherst Bookstore in Amherst, MA, and Kent is minister of the United Methodist Church of Orleans, MA, on Cape Cod. Dale, ’59, and Barbara Stewart Brubaker, ’60, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on June 11. Dale is co-author with R. Mumsy Thomas of Theses and Dissertations: A Guide to Planning, Research, and Writing, published by Bergin and Garbey. The couple lives in Greensboro, NC, and can be reached by e-mail at: dlbrubak@uncg.edu.

60-64 Mary Mathews Alaniz, ’62, who is in her 24th year of teaching English and journalism at Union City High School, received two honors from the Kellogg Foundation last spring. The foundation recognizes the top five percent of the graduating class in each school in Calhoun County as well as the educators chosen by those students as being the most influential in their school careers.

Mary was one of the educators chosen.

She also received a grant from the foundation for her winning proposal to publish her students’ writing in a book.

Finally, Mary’s short story, “One Violet Spring,” was recently published in Home and Other Places: Voices of Southwest Michigan, a publication funded by the Michigan Council of Arts and Cultural Affairs. Mary and her husband, Ben, live in Coldwater.

Barbara Bitney Ciesel, ’62, was ordained to the permanent deaconate in the Episcopal Church on June 12, 2000 at Calvary Cathedral in Sioux Falls, SD. Barbara and her husband, Conrad, work in a team ministry on the Yankton Sioux Indian Reservation. They work with five churches. Their son, Mark, is in the U.S. Air Force, Space Command. The couple lives in Wagner, SD. John Abbott, Jr., ’63, has retired from the U.S. Air Force and is now a C.P.A. in Florida. He would like to hear from Bob Kingon and Mike Dieting. John and his wife, Katherine Yeck Abbott, ’64, reside in Islamorada, FL, and can be reached by e-mail at: abbottrrcpa @reefnet.com.

Ernest Lindblad, ’64, received the Pinnacle Club-Platinum Award at Sprint Corporation’s annual award presentations in Cancun, Mexico. He was also recognized with a special award trip to Sydney, Australia to attend the 2000 Summer Games. Ernie is Sprint’s area vice president for New England. He and his wife, Barbara Duffy, live in Wallingford, CT.

65-69 Marilyn Pajet Robinson, ’65, has retired after 34 years in the field of education, most recently as assistant principal with the DeKalb County (GA) Schools. Marilyn and her husband, Paul, live in Stockbridge, GA. Margery Taber Schleicher, ’66, and her husband, Gordon, spent June on a sabbatical study leave at Tantor Ecumenical Institute in Jerusalem on the road to Bethlehem. Their new church appointments leave Margie at the AuGres United Methodist Church and Gordon at Sterling and Algers. When not traveling, the couple lives in AuGres.

Charles Day, Jr., ’69, was elected to the Board of Directors of Ponte Vedra Beach Rotary Club. He enjoys a second year of operating his own writing and communications business. Friends are welcome to visit Charles and his wife, Judith, at their home in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.

70-74 Randall and Susan Skelton Hansen, both ’70, remain active in West Michigan. Randall was recently appointed as senior pastor of the Central United Methodist Church in Muskegon, and Susan is continuing her work as the coordinator of Weed & Seed, a federally-funded community development program in Holland. In addition, their daughter, Saray Hansen, ’96, is working as a mental health specialist in Chicago, and their other daughter, Hilary Hansen, is now a senior at Albion. The family lives in Muskegon.

Lisa Friedrichs Olson, ’74, has joined SEC Associates as a principal compliance consultant in Cary, NC. SEC provides regulatory compliance and computer validation consulting for the pharmaceutical industry. She specializes in the FDA’s regulation on electronic records and signatures. Lisa and her husband, Kevin, live in Cary.

Greg Rappleye, ’74, has won the University of Wisconsin’s Brittingham Prize in Poetry, and his book, A Path Between Houses, will be published by the University of Wisconsin Press in October. He has also had work published in a variety of journals and anthologies.

He is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and the M.F.A. Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, NC. He currently resides near Grand Haven with his wife, Marcia Kennedy.

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75-79 Jill Clawson Golden, ’76, has been promoted to director of ambulatory pediatrics for Greenville (SC) Memorial Hospital. Her husband, Paul Anderson, ’76, has his own landscaping business.

They would like to hear from former classmates and can be reached at: 209 Heathwood Place, Easley, SC 29640.

Terry Sprague, ’77, resigned from IBM after a 20-year career. She and husband, Steve Livingston, are enjoying life in the San Francisco Bay area. Terry is enjoying being a stay-at-home mom with their daughter, Annie, 6. The family resides in Hillsborough, CA. Daniel Busto, ’78, has joined BBDO Detroit, the advertising agency for the Dodge division of DaimlerChrysler, as senior vice president and associate creative director in the national creative group. He resides in Grosse Pointe Park.

David Maxwell, ’78, has been named vice president of U.S. operations for Lear Electronics and Electrical Division in Southfield. He joined Lear in 1994 as human resource manager for the General Motors Division and has had 20 years’ experience in the automotive industry.

Lear is the world’s fifth largest automotive supplier. He lives in Northville with his wife, Kay, and their son.

Michael Williams, ’78, director of Starr Commonwealth, Detroit, was recognized by the child and family service organization for his commitment to the Oneness of Humankind, the Starr philosophy that recognizes that all people are part of one human family, regardless of differences on the surface.

He received his master’s from Eastern Michigan University in guidance and counseling and has served as the director in Detroit since January 1999. He resides in Westland with his wife, Denice, and daughter, Jasmine.

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Kathy Lanum Williams, ’79, was promoted to director of career planning and advising at Gettysburg College.

Prior to joining Gettysburg in 1998, she was the director of career services at York College for five years. She received her master’s degree from Western Michigan University and is enrolled in a doctoral program in higher education administration at George Washington University. Kathy and her husband, Arthur Williams, ’80, live in Mechanicsburg, PA.

80-84 Shari Parker Burgess, ’80, was appointed to assistant treasurer at Lear Corporation, with responsibility for global corporate finance activities.

Recipient of an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan, she joined Lear in 1992 as a treasury manager, and was promoted to treasury director in 1996.

Lear is the world’s fifth largest automotive supplier. Shari and her husband, Larry Burgess, ’79, live in Beverly Hills, MI. Anna VanBruggen Thompson, ’80, serves as executive director of fine arts for both the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University. She had an article published in Inside Arts, the professional journal of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, in April entitled “Community Trust.” Her husband Doug is teaching instrumental music at the Saint John’s University Prep School. Their son, Karl, has entered Augsburg College this fall. The family resides in St. Cloud, MN. John Dix, ’82, a professional potter, lives in Japan, but remains independent in both his work habits and style, according to an article in the journal, Ceramics: Art and Perceptions. “Most Japanese learn and develop through mastering established methods, carrying on a tradition,” he says. “I value tradition, and theirs is a never-ending

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Jeff Gregor, ’83, has been named vice president, sports marketing and promotions, at Turner Network Television (TNT). Based at TNT’s Atlanta headquarters, he is responsible for developing and implementing highimpact marketing programs for TNT’s sports and sports-related programming.

Prior to joining TNT, Gregor was director, sport asset management, for the Coca-Cola Co., where he was responsible for management and marketing of brand sponsorships with NASCAR, NFL, NBA and NHL. Previously, Gregor worked with Wunderman Cato Johnson, a Young and Rubicam marketing services company, and served as vice president of field operations before joining Coca-Cola in 1994. TNT currently reaches 78.2 million homes.

source of inspiration for me, too . . . but I cannot control what emerges from my hands and heart . . . nor do I want to.”

Unlike many Japanese master potters who seclude themselves in the countryside, John maintains work spaces in four locales, including two near urban train stations. He offers pottery-making classes and regularly invites his students and friends to assist with his kiln-firings.

“The crew consists of young and old, men and women, Japanese and Westerners—a melange that is . . . normally impossible to find in Japan,” according to the article.

As he produces his novel ceramic shapes, he seeks acceptance on his own terms. “I am an American of a certain time and place, and I’ll continue to wear T-shirts and a leather jacket instead of the samue (Japanese craftsman’s uniform), follow the NBA instead of sumo, and, most importantly, continue to make pots the way I like best.”

Anne Lundquist, ’82, was promoted by Greensboro College from associate dean of leadership and first-year programs, to the position of dean of students.

Lundquist formerly was assistant dean for retention and the first-year program at Guilford College from 1995 to November 1999. She received an M.F.A. in creative writing from Western Michigan University and also taught classes in English at Guilford College and Elon College for six years. She lives in Greensboro, NC. Joseph Serra, ’82, is the owner of Serra Automotive, the 13th largest dealership group in the nation. Last year the company reported sales of $824-million.

The group currently includes 19 dealerships. Recently he also headed Saturn’s Retail Enterprises project. Joe and his wife, Julie, live in Grand Blanc.

Mark Edington, ’83, has been named as the first Archie C. Epps Fellow and chaplain to Harvard College. The fellowship offers a two-year appointment to a recently ordained seminarian for the purpose of serving as a chaplain to Harvard’s undergraduate community.

He was ordained as deacon on May 27, 2000 and received an M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School in June. He is also enrolled as a doctoral student in the Ph.D. program of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.

Mark and his wife, Judith Hadden Edington, ’82, live in Cambridge, MA. Mark Schauer, ’84, was honored last spring with the Distinguished Service Award from the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Michigan (AICUM). In particular, Schauer, who represents Michigan’s 62nd district in the state House of Representatives, was praised for his support of the state’s tuition grant programs for higher education. Schauer accepted the award during Albion College’s Community Day festivities Sept. 23. He lives in Battle Creek.

Homecoming news and notes The Winter 2000-01 edition of Io Triumphe will cover Homecoming and the reunions for classes ending in “0” and “5.” Reunion class notes will also appear in that issue.

Dean Massab, ’84, in March became part of the founding management team of the Internet start-up, SolidSpeed Networks, in Ann Arbor. SolidSpeed is an Internet infrastructure company focusing on the acceleration of Web site content to the end user. Dean and his wife, Martha Bishop Massab, ’86, live in Novi with their three children, Joshua, 6, Jordan, 3, and Julia, 1.

Tim Nolan, ’84, was recognized by Starr Commonwealth for his commitment to the Oneness of Humankind, a philosophy of the child and family service organization that recognizes all people are part of one human family, regardless of differences on the surface.

Mark was honored for his efforts as a school-based worker assigned to the Marshall Public Schools. He is an active member of the civic and arts community and is a Bellevue resident.

Polly Smith, ’84, has accepted a new job as copy editor at the Chicago SunTimes, after having been an editor of the

Times of northwest Indiana. She is currently looking for classmates in Chicago.

85-89 Jana Hazekamp, ’86, served in July as a consultant for the North Central Association Accreditation Team Exchange to Australia. Her Australian counterpart will be meeting with her in Holland in October. Jana lives in Holland.

Timothy Ward, ’86, was appointed to the Michigan Economic Growth Authority, which provides incentives in the form of tax credits to selected businesses that are expanding in Michigan or relocating to Michigan. Tim is an attorney in private practice, having earned his J.D. degree from Detroit College of Law in 1995. Timothy and his wife, Mary Liioi-Ward, ’85, live in Okemos.

Albion at Carnegie Hall Choir trip scheduled for 2001 The Albion Music Department is inviting all choir alumni to join the College Choir in June 2001 for its first-ever appearance in Carnegie Hall in New York. The concert, on June 3, 2001, will include a performance of the Faure Requiem with a professional orchestra and soloists under the direction of choral director Douglas Rose, along with a couple of Albion favorites, conducted by former choral director Mel Larimer.

Group travel, food and lodging arrangements in the city will be made by the College in conjunction with our booking agent, Manhattan Concert Productions; transportation to New York will be the responsibility of the participants. The five-day/four-night stay, May 31-June 4, will include three mornings of rehearsals, with plenty of time for sightseeing in the afternoons and evenings. On the evening of June 3, there will be a post-concert cruise with dinner and dancing.

The cost for alumni will be $699 per person plus transportation (based on quadruple occupancy). Spouses or guests of choir alumni may also attend for the same fee.

A deposit of $100 will reserve your place in the Carnegie Hall chorus ($100 also needed for each spouse/guest). Please make out checks to “Albion College” and send to: Coordinator—Albion at Carnegie Project, Albion College Department of Music, 611 E. Porter St., Albion, MI 49224.

For more information, call Douglas Rose at 517/629-0251 or e-mail drose@albion.edu.

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Lynne Fouts Currie, ’87, and her husband, Darryl, left England on Sept. 6, 1999 and sailed on their 43-foot Morgan to France, Spain, Portugal, the Canary Islands and across the Atlantic to St. Lucia. They spent five months cruising the Caribbean, returning to Florida on Memorial Day weekend. They are now traveling the States by car visiting family and friends after five years abroad.

Division. LDM is a custom injection molder and painter supplying the global automotive industry. Previous to this assignment, Steve had been managing LDM’s European operation located in Beienheim, Germany. Steve and his wife, Denice, reside in Troy with their sons Douglas, 6, and Brandon, 4. The family can be reached by e-mail at: sschoms@aol.com.

Steven Schomer, ’88, was named director of manufacturing operations for LDM Technologies’ Under-The-Hood

P.J. Thomas, ’89, received an M.B.A. from Harvard University in June. He is employed at CNN Internet Group, doing

business development and strategy work. He resides in Atlanta, GA.

90 Jennifer Baggerly, ’90, was one of 30 social studies teachers from across the nation chosen in 1999 to participate in the Stratford Hall-University of Virginia summer seminar studying the role of Virginians in the American Revolution.

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The tradition continues Among the first-year students who arrived at Albion this fall are some 19 (listed below) who are the children of Briton alumni. Of course, we also

welcomed many other entering students who have alumni relatives other than their parents. Thanks to all of you for helping the Albion tradition continue.

David Barry B. Gordon and Susan Svendson Barry, ’72, ’74

Kyle Koehs Edward Koehs, ’79

Sarah Cook Harry, ’61, and Sue Cook

Annie Lerew Lloyd and Sharron Forgrave Lerew, ’62

Melisa Riser Bruce, ’73, and Jan Riser

Elizabeth Crabb Frederick and Catherine Ford Crabb, ’67

Jon Lighthall James and Jane Cockrell Lighthall, ’76, ’77

David Swan Lynn and Margo Morris Swan, ’70, ’71

Erica Dudas Daniel and Deborah Vite Dudas, ’77

Martha Louks Brian and Dorothy Byers Louks, ’80

Natalie Sztykiel Witold and Lynn Stevenson Sztykiel, ’74, ’75

Deanne Hoekwater Harris, ’77, and Jane Hoekwater

Matthew Meunier Timothy and Laurie Avery Meunier, ’77

Mollie Jannasch Karl and Bonnie Stitt Jannasch, ’71, ’70

Caitlin Moore Donel and Polly Schweinsberg Moore, ’72, ’73

Shaw named to National Women’s Hall of Fame Alumna Anna Howard Shaw (1847-1919) was among 19 distinguished American women inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame, Oct. 7, 2000. The induction ceremony was held in Seneca Falls, NY, site of the first Women’s Rights Convention in 1848. Shaw, who was a long-time colleague and friend of Susan B. Anthony, served as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association from 1904 to 1915. Termed “a master orator for social justice,” Shaw traveled nationwide, speaking on behalf of women’s rights, temperance and world peace. Her 1915 speech, “The Fundamental Principle of a Republic,” has been ranked in the top 100 American speeches of the 20th century by leading scholars of American public address. Shaw was the first woman to be ordained by the Methodist Protestant Church, and she also earned a medical degree. She attended Albion College from 1873 to 1876.

Among the other women inducted this fall were champions of civil liberties, environmental preservation, and education for women, as well as leading authors, physicians and researchers. Selection criteria included “the enduring value of a nominee’s contribution to society, to significant groups within society, or to the progress and freedom of women.”

Sarah Priebe Michael, ’79, and Rebecca Priebe

Craig Veramay Arthur and Karen Wilder Veramay, ’74 Dana Word James and Brenda Jeisy Word, ’89

Margaret Keller Michael, ’68, and Patricia Keller

Albion College Application Fee Waiver Form We strongly encourage our alumni to share this Fee Waiver Form with a promising college-bound high school senior. Simply fill out the alumna/alumnus section, clip out and pass it on. This form may be photocopied.

Instructions for the Applicant: Please attach this coupon to your completed Application for Admission in lieu of the application fee. Should you need an Application for Admission or other assistance, please call the Albion College Admissions Office at 800/858-6770.

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Mathews Alaniz, ’62, were among 18 teachers chosen to work as teams at the Thoreau Institute in Lincoln, MA, where they studied ways to integrate Thoreau’s writing into their teaching. Jennifer is in her fourth year of teaching history at Colon Middle School, and she lives in Coldwater.

91 Tim Hummer, ’91, graduated with a Ph.D. in toxicology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He is doing cancer research as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Maryland-Baltimore.

He lives in Baltimore, MD, and would enjoy hearing from friends through email at: bhumm001@umaryland.edu.

Sean McFadden, ’91, has completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at Mt. Clemens General Hospital and has moved to Orlando, FL, to start a oneyear sports medicine fellowship.

92 Daymond Grifka, ’92, was appointed elementary principal for the Rogers City Area Schools, effective July 1, 2000.

Prior to this appointment, he was the Rogers City High School assistant principal and athletic director. Earlier in his career, he taught in the Ubly Community Schools. He holds a master’s from Central Michigan University. Daymond and his wife, Tricia Kubacki Grifka, ’92, reside in Presque Isle.

Daniel Martin, ’92, has been named the associate director of KIDS HOPE USA, a program that equips churches to train their members to develop positive relationships with at-risk children at local elementary schools. After earning

his law degree from the University of Notre Dame Law School in 1995, he served as an associate attorney for Scholten & Fant, PC of Grand Haven before accepting the position with KIDS HOPE USA. He currently resides in Grand Haven with his wife, Wynne Davis Martin, ’94.

Henry Wineman, ’92, has joined Frasco & Caponigro, P.C., where he will be active in sports/entertainment and corporate law practice. Prior to joining Frasco & Caponigro, P.C., he was an attorney with the law firm of Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss, P.C., where he specialized in the areas of tax-qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, ERISA litigation, and mergers and acquisitions. A graduate of Detroit College of Law, he resides in Birmingham.

John C. Wood, ’92, after earning his M.A. at Western Michigan in rehabilitation for the blind, has been working for the past two years at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Chicago. He recently wrote to Albion swim coach Keith Havens: “Teaching WWII veterans how to use the white cane has been a joy. Being a teacher to some of the finest people I could ever hope to encounter has, on more than one occasion, caused me to stop and consider all the lessons I have ever had. . . . Since I’ve been teaching former service men and women how to walk and think in new ways I am somewhat of a coach.

While learning to cross a street at a traffic light or stepping onto the right bus without any vision are significantly different from ripping a dive or riding the springboard, the feelings of accomplishment and movement are very similar.

“I do want to thank you now for all the support and encouragement you provided to this human service provider some years ago. You and all my teachers at Albion gave me the foundation and fundamentals to serve those who have served before us.”

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Wood this fall is moving to Santa Cruz, CA, where he will join the staff at the Doran Center for the Blind.

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Sandra Wylie, ’96, to Jason Potter, ’95, on June 19, 1999. Recipient of a master’s degree from Duke University, Sandra is employed as a pathologist in Milwaukee. Jason is a science teacher in Webs. The couple lives in Shorewood, WI.

Ron Smith, ’94, was named eastern regional sales manager for Fernco, Inc., the largest manufacturer and distributor worldwide of flexible pipe connections.

His new responsibilities include maintaining relationships with sales representatives and promoting new products. Ron and his wife, Lesa Galsterer Smith, ’94, live in Saginaw.

Julie Kovatch, ’97, to Warren Smith in March 1999. Julie is working as an anthropologist for the State of Indiana, and Warren is a social studies teacher.

The couple lives in Evansville, IN, and can be reached by e-mail at: juliekovatch@juno.com.

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Holli Mezeske, ’99, to Nicholas Whitney, ’00, on July 22, 2000 in Albion. Nick has been accepted into the Ph.D. program at the University of Hawaii. Holli is a teacher at the MidPacific Institute, a private school.

Eric Allen, ’95, earned a J.D. degree from Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law. Sara Lamb, ’95, received the Robert K. Richards Endowed Scholarship Award of Excellence from Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine. In 1999 she was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha, the only national medical honor society in the world. She received her M.D. degree from MSU in May and has begun her residency at the University of Utah in a combined program of internal medicine and pediatrics.

Jo Latimore, ’95, earned an M.S. in biological sciences with an emphasis on aquatic ecology from the University of Notre Dame and has now begun a Ph.D. program in watershed management in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University. Jo and her husband, Ralph Kridner, reside in Elsie.

Jean Kwiecinski Lauer, ’95, earned an M.A. in Spanish at Arizona State University in May and resides in Chandler, AZ, with her husband, Ryan, ’95.

Timothy Powers, ’95, earned an M.D. from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in May. He is pursuing a residency on orthopedic surgery at Spectrum Health System in Grand Rapids.

96 Adam Rogers, ’96, graduated from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary School in Evanston, IL, with a master of theological studies degree, and an M.A. in ethics, church, and society.

He lives in Evanston, IL. Ryan Sweet, ’96, is in his third year of the evening law program at the University of Denver. He is deciding whether to practice securities law or animal rights law. He also passed the Series 7 and 63 exams in 1999 and works full-time as a registered

Karen Waslawski to Michael Royle, ’92, on Oct. 16, 1999 in Traverse City.

Albion family members are Jim, ’63, and Tammy Transue Royle, ’63, sister Megan, ’95, and brother Tim, ’89.

Kara Kuuttila, ’89, to Brian Shuell on June 17, 2000. (Front row, left to right) Lori Grigg Bluhm, Kara Kuuttila Shuell, Tracy Ames Persing. (Back row) Kimberly Stoppert Lee, Jennifer VanDyke, Ann Brown Moening, and Joan Brasher. All are members of the Class of 1989.

Baby Britons Katherine Anne and Elizabeth Lydia on April 13, 2000 to Barbara and David Sturtz, ’76. The family lives in Northville.

Genevieve Ella on July 7, 2000 to Edward and Sara Birtman-Fox Corkery, ’78. She joins big brother Jack, 3. The family lives in Villa Park, IL. Rebecca Catherine on April 20, 2000 to Katie and Dave Lubera, ’83. She joins big brother Andrew, 5. The family lives in Grosse Pointe Woods.

John Robert on Nov. 11, 1999 to Denise and Bob Varner, ’83. He joins big sisters Erin, 6, and Emily, 3. The family lives in Plymouth.

David Chen on Dec. 2, 1999 to Kelly Chen and Kevin Grimm, ’85. He joins brother Michael. Kevin is the international procurement manager for totes Isotoner. The family lives in Cincinnati, OH. (continued on p. 22)

The Albion Network representative (stockbroker) for Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. in Denver. He can be contacted at: 1175 Kingston Street, Aurora, CO 80010, or by e-mail at: ryanls@student.law.du.edu

97 Jane Neitz, ’97, finished her master’s degree in higher education administration and college student personnel at Kent State University and has accepted a job at Illinois State University in Normal, IL, as Greek program coordinator.

Christopher O’Connor, ’97, received his J.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He graduated magna cum laude and was admitted to a national law honor society.

He has accepted a position at the law firm of Jenner & Block in Chicago, IL, where he lives.

Lawrence Springer, ’97, graduated from Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law with a J.D. degree. He had been active in criminal dispute resolution, the Street Law Program, and was a contributing editor of the ONU Law Review, and winner of the 1999 Symposium Writing Competition. He resides in Youngstown, OH. Kristie Tubilewicz, ’97, recently received her M.S. in physical therapy from Grand Valley State University and is working at the Outpatient Clinic at Trillium Hospital in Albion. She lives in Battle Creek.

98 Carrie Davis, ’98, started law school at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Clevelend, OH, in August. Prior to beginning law school, Carrie served as a congressional aide and was employed at a law firm in Okemos.

She welcomes e-mail at: silver_wolf75@hotmail.com.

00 Jason Whalen, ’00, has joined the Albion College Admissions Office as a representative in the eastern Michigan region. He lives in Albion.

Joy Marshall Dean, ’53, writes that she would love to “connect” with old friends on the ’Net. Her email address is: duanejoy@htn.net.

Krivoy Knowles-Smith, ’91, is looking for Lisa Davis, ’89. She writes: “She was my R.A. in 1989

at Twin Towers. We attended Bank Street College of Education together in New York (1989-90). I haven’t heard from her since 1992 and would like to get in touch again.”

Krivoy can be reached by e-mail at: krivoysmith@hotmail.com.

“The Albion Network” is a cross between want ads and the “personal” ads sometimes run in newspapers or magazines. If you would like to locate a long lost friend or if you need to contact your fellow alumni for any other reason, this is the way to do it—free of charge. The next Io Triumphe will be mailed in December.

Name __________________________________ Class year _____________ (Please print name)

Street _________________________________________________________ City _____________________________ State _______ ZIP _____________

Weddings Susan Cook Alfultis, ’59, to Tom Shull on May 14, 1999. Tom practiced internal medicine for 45 years in Eugene, OR. The couple lives in Brunswick, GA. Kara Kuuttila, ’89, and Brian Shuell on June 17, 2000 in Livonia. Albion alumnae in attendance included Joan Brasher, ’89, Lori Grigg Bluhm, ’89, Kimberly Stoppert Lee, ’89, Ann Brown Moening, ’89, Tracy Ames Persing, ’89, and Jennifer VanDyke, ’89. Kara teaches English at Southfield High School. The couple recently moved to Brighton. Kara would love to hear from any Albion friends at KaraSK@voygager.net.

E-mail address _________________________________________________ Wording for ad to appear in “The Albion Network”: (Keep to 60 words or less. If you want your address to appear in the ad, be sure to include it in your ad copy.)

Send to: Editor, Io Triumphe, Office of Communications, Albion College, 611 E. Porter St., Albion, MI 49224; or via e-mail, to classnotes@albion.edu. Be sure to include your full name, class year, address (geographic and e-mail) and telephone number in your e-mail message.

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Lynne Fouts Currie, ’87, and her husband, Darryl, left England on Sept. 6, 1999 and sailed on their 43-foot Morgan to France, Spain, Portugal, the Canary Islands and across the Atlantic to St. Lucia. They spent five months cruising the Caribbean, returning to Florida on Memorial Day weekend. They are now traveling the States by car visiting family and friends after five years abroad.

Division. LDM is a custom injection molder and painter supplying the global automotive industry. Previous to this assignment, Steve had been managing LDM’s European operation located in Beienheim, Germany. Steve and his wife, Denice, reside in Troy with their sons Douglas, 6, and Brandon, 4. The family can be reached by e-mail at: sschoms@aol.com.

Steven Schomer, ’88, was named director of manufacturing operations for LDM Technologies’ Under-The-Hood

P.J. Thomas, ’89, received an M.B.A. from Harvard University in June. He is employed at CNN Internet Group, doing

business development and strategy work. He resides in Atlanta, GA.

90 Jennifer Baggerly, ’90, was one of 30 social studies teachers from across the nation chosen in 1999 to participate in the Stratford Hall-University of Virginia summer seminar studying the role of Virginians in the American Revolution.

Also, she and her mother, Mary

The tradition continues Among the first-year students who arrived at Albion this fall are some 19 (listed below) who are the children of Briton alumni. Of course, we also

welcomed many other entering students who have alumni relatives other than their parents. Thanks to all of you for helping the Albion tradition continue.

David Barry B. Gordon and Susan Svendson Barry, ’72, ’74

Kyle Koehs Edward Koehs, ’79

Sarah Cook Harry, ’61, and Sue Cook

Annie Lerew Lloyd and Sharron Forgrave Lerew, ’62

Melisa Riser Bruce, ’73, and Jan Riser

Elizabeth Crabb Frederick and Catherine Ford Crabb, ’67

Jon Lighthall James and Jane Cockrell Lighthall, ’76, ’77

David Swan Lynn and Margo Morris Swan, ’70, ’71

Erica Dudas Daniel and Deborah Vite Dudas, ’77

Martha Louks Brian and Dorothy Byers Louks, ’80

Natalie Sztykiel Witold and Lynn Stevenson Sztykiel, ’74, ’75

Deanne Hoekwater Harris, ’77, and Jane Hoekwater

Matthew Meunier Timothy and Laurie Avery Meunier, ’77

Mollie Jannasch Karl and Bonnie Stitt Jannasch, ’71, ’70

Caitlin Moore Donel and Polly Schweinsberg Moore, ’72, ’73

Shaw named to National Women’s Hall of Fame Alumna Anna Howard Shaw (1847-1919) was among 19 distinguished American women inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame, Oct. 7, 2000. The induction ceremony was held in Seneca Falls, NY, site of the first Women’s Rights Convention in 1848. Shaw, who was a long-time colleague and friend of Susan B. Anthony, served as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association from 1904 to 1915. Termed “a master orator for social justice,” Shaw traveled nationwide, speaking on behalf of women’s rights, temperance and world peace. Her 1915 speech, “The Fundamental Principle of a Republic,” has been ranked in the top 100 American speeches of the 20th century by leading scholars of American public address. Shaw was the first woman to be ordained by the Methodist Protestant Church, and she also earned a medical degree. She attended Albion College from 1873 to 1876.

Among the other women inducted this fall were champions of civil liberties, environmental preservation, and education for women, as well as leading authors, physicians and researchers. Selection criteria included “the enduring value of a nominee’s contribution to society, to significant groups within society, or to the progress and freedom of women.”

Sarah Priebe Michael, ’79, and Rebecca Priebe

Craig Veramay Arthur and Karen Wilder Veramay, ’74 Dana Word James and Brenda Jeisy Word, ’89

Margaret Keller Michael, ’68, and Patricia Keller

Albion College Application Fee Waiver Form We strongly encourage our alumni to share this Fee Waiver Form with a promising college-bound high school senior. Simply fill out the alumna/alumnus section, clip out and pass it on. This form may be photocopied.

Instructions for the Applicant: Please attach this coupon to your completed Application for Admission in lieu of the application fee. Should you need an Application for Admission or other assistance, please call the Albion College Admissions Office at 800/858-6770.

Student Information (Please print) Name ________________________________________________________________________________________ Address ______________________________________________________________________________________ City _______________________________________________ State ____________ Zip _____________________ Telephone ____________________________________________________________________________________ High school ___________________________________________________________________________________ Alumna/Alumnus Information (Please print) Name ___________________________________________________________________ Class year ____________ Address _______________________________________________________________________________________ City _______________________________________________ State ____________ Zip _____________________ Daytime telephone _____________________________________________________________________________ Signature _____________________________________________________________________________________

Mathews Alaniz, ’62, were among 18 teachers chosen to work as teams at the Thoreau Institute in Lincoln, MA, where they studied ways to integrate Thoreau’s writing into their teaching. Jennifer is in her fourth year of teaching history at Colon Middle School, and she lives in Coldwater.

91 Tim Hummer, ’91, graduated with a Ph.D. in toxicology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He is doing cancer research as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Maryland-Baltimore.

He lives in Baltimore, MD, and would enjoy hearing from friends through email at: bhumm001@umaryland.edu.

Sean McFadden, ’91, has completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at Mt. Clemens General Hospital and has moved to Orlando, FL, to start a oneyear sports medicine fellowship.

92 Daymond Grifka, ’92, was appointed elementary principal for the Rogers City Area Schools, effective July 1, 2000.

Prior to this appointment, he was the Rogers City High School assistant principal and athletic director. Earlier in his career, he taught in the Ubly Community Schools. He holds a master’s from Central Michigan University. Daymond and his wife, Tricia Kubacki Grifka, ’92, reside in Presque Isle.

Daniel Martin, ’92, has been named the associate director of KIDS HOPE USA, a program that equips churches to train their members to develop positive relationships with at-risk children at local elementary schools. After earning

his law degree from the University of Notre Dame Law School in 1995, he served as an associate attorney for Scholten & Fant, PC of Grand Haven before accepting the position with KIDS HOPE USA. He currently resides in Grand Haven with his wife, Wynne Davis Martin, ’94.

Henry Wineman, ’92, has joined Frasco & Caponigro, P.C., where he will be active in sports/entertainment and corporate law practice. Prior to joining Frasco & Caponigro, P.C., he was an attorney with the law firm of Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss, P.C., where he specialized in the areas of tax-qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, ERISA litigation, and mergers and acquisitions. A graduate of Detroit College of Law, he resides in Birmingham.

John C. Wood, ’92, after earning his M.A. at Western Michigan in rehabilitation for the blind, has been working for the past two years at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Chicago. He recently wrote to Albion swim coach Keith Havens: “Teaching WWII veterans how to use the white cane has been a joy. Being a teacher to some of the finest people I could ever hope to encounter has, on more than one occasion, caused me to stop and consider all the lessons I have ever had. . . . Since I’ve been teaching former service men and women how to walk and think in new ways I am somewhat of a coach.

While learning to cross a street at a traffic light or stepping onto the right bus without any vision are significantly different from ripping a dive or riding the springboard, the feelings of accomplishment and movement are very similar.

“I do want to thank you now for all the support and encouragement you provided to this human service provider some years ago. You and all my teachers at Albion gave me the foundation and fundamentals to serve those who have served before us.”

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Sandra Wylie, ’96, to Jason Potter, ’95, on June 19, 1999. Recipient of a master’s degree from Duke University, Sandra is employed as a pathologist in Milwaukee. Jason is a science teacher in Webs. The couple lives in Shorewood, WI.

Ron Smith, ’94, was named eastern regional sales manager for Fernco, Inc., the largest manufacturer and distributor worldwide of flexible pipe connections.

His new responsibilities include maintaining relationships with sales representatives and promoting new products. Ron and his wife, Lesa Galsterer Smith, ’94, live in Saginaw.

Julie Kovatch, ’97, to Warren Smith in March 1999. Julie is working as an anthropologist for the State of Indiana, and Warren is a social studies teacher.

The couple lives in Evansville, IN, and can be reached by e-mail at: juliekovatch@juno.com.

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Holli Mezeske, ’99, to Nicholas Whitney, ’00, on July 22, 2000 in Albion. Nick has been accepted into the Ph.D. program at the University of Hawaii. Holli is a teacher at the MidPacific Institute, a private school.

Eric Allen, ’95, earned a J.D. degree from Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law. Sara Lamb, ’95, received the Robert K. Richards Endowed Scholarship Award of Excellence from Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine. In 1999 she was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha, the only national medical honor society in the world. She received her M.D. degree from MSU in May and has begun her residency at the University of Utah in a combined program of internal medicine and pediatrics.

Jo Latimore, ’95, earned an M.S. in biological sciences with an emphasis on aquatic ecology from the University of Notre Dame and has now begun a Ph.D. program in watershed management in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University. Jo and her husband, Ralph Kridner, reside in Elsie.

Jean Kwiecinski Lauer, ’95, earned an M.A. in Spanish at Arizona State University in May and resides in Chandler, AZ, with her husband, Ryan, ’95.

Timothy Powers, ’95, earned an M.D. from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in May. He is pursuing a residency on orthopedic surgery at Spectrum Health System in Grand Rapids.

96 Adam Rogers, ’96, graduated from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary School in Evanston, IL, with a master of theological studies degree, and an M.A. in ethics, church, and society.

He lives in Evanston, IL. Ryan Sweet, ’96, is in his third year of the evening law program at the University of Denver. He is deciding whether to practice securities law or animal rights law. He also passed the Series 7 and 63 exams in 1999 and works full-time as a registered

Karen Waslawski to Michael Royle, ’92, on Oct. 16, 1999 in Traverse City.

Albion family members are Jim, ’63, and Tammy Transue Royle, ’63, sister Megan, ’95, and brother Tim, ’89.

Kara Kuuttila, ’89, to Brian Shuell on June 17, 2000. (Front row, left to right) Lori Grigg Bluhm, Kara Kuuttila Shuell, Tracy Ames Persing. (Back row) Kimberly Stoppert Lee, Jennifer VanDyke, Ann Brown Moening, and Joan Brasher. All are members of the Class of 1989.

Baby Britons Katherine Anne and Elizabeth Lydia on April 13, 2000 to Barbara and David Sturtz, ’76. The family lives in Northville.

Genevieve Ella on July 7, 2000 to Edward and Sara Birtman-Fox Corkery, ’78. She joins big brother Jack, 3. The family lives in Villa Park, IL. Rebecca Catherine on April 20, 2000 to Katie and Dave Lubera, ’83. She joins big brother Andrew, 5. The family lives in Grosse Pointe Woods.

John Robert on Nov. 11, 1999 to Denise and Bob Varner, ’83. He joins big sisters Erin, 6, and Emily, 3. The family lives in Plymouth.

David Chen on Dec. 2, 1999 to Kelly Chen and Kevin Grimm, ’85. He joins brother Michael. Kevin is the international procurement manager for totes Isotoner. The family lives in Cincinnati, OH. (continued on p. 22)

The Albion Network representative (stockbroker) for Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. in Denver. He can be contacted at: 1175 Kingston Street, Aurora, CO 80010, or by e-mail at: ryanls@student.law.du.edu

97 Jane Neitz, ’97, finished her master’s degree in higher education administration and college student personnel at Kent State University and has accepted a job at Illinois State University in Normal, IL, as Greek program coordinator.

Christopher O’Connor, ’97, received his J.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He graduated magna cum laude and was admitted to a national law honor society.

He has accepted a position at the law firm of Jenner & Block in Chicago, IL, where he lives.

Lawrence Springer, ’97, graduated from Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law with a J.D. degree. He had been active in criminal dispute resolution, the Street Law Program, and was a contributing editor of the ONU Law Review, and winner of the 1999 Symposium Writing Competition. He resides in Youngstown, OH. Kristie Tubilewicz, ’97, recently received her M.S. in physical therapy from Grand Valley State University and is working at the Outpatient Clinic at Trillium Hospital in Albion. She lives in Battle Creek.

98 Carrie Davis, ’98, started law school at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Clevelend, OH, in August. Prior to beginning law school, Carrie served as a congressional aide and was employed at a law firm in Okemos.

She welcomes e-mail at: silver_wolf75@hotmail.com.

00 Jason Whalen, ’00, has joined the Albion College Admissions Office as a representative in the eastern Michigan region. He lives in Albion.

Joy Marshall Dean, ’53, writes that she would love to “connect” with old friends on the ’Net. Her email address is: duanejoy@htn.net.

Krivoy Knowles-Smith, ’91, is looking for Lisa Davis, ’89. She writes: “She was my R.A. in 1989

at Twin Towers. We attended Bank Street College of Education together in New York (1989-90). I haven’t heard from her since 1992 and would like to get in touch again.”

Krivoy can be reached by e-mail at: krivoysmith@hotmail.com.

“The Albion Network” is a cross between want ads and the “personal” ads sometimes run in newspapers or magazines. If you would like to locate a long lost friend or if you need to contact your fellow alumni for any other reason, this is the way to do it—free of charge. The next Io Triumphe will be mailed in December.

Name __________________________________ Class year _____________ (Please print name)

Street _________________________________________________________ City _____________________________ State _______ ZIP _____________

Weddings Susan Cook Alfultis, ’59, to Tom Shull on May 14, 1999. Tom practiced internal medicine for 45 years in Eugene, OR. The couple lives in Brunswick, GA. Kara Kuuttila, ’89, and Brian Shuell on June 17, 2000 in Livonia. Albion alumnae in attendance included Joan Brasher, ’89, Lori Grigg Bluhm, ’89, Kimberly Stoppert Lee, ’89, Ann Brown Moening, ’89, Tracy Ames Persing, ’89, and Jennifer VanDyke, ’89. Kara teaches English at Southfield High School. The couple recently moved to Brighton. Kara would love to hear from any Albion friends at KaraSK@voygager.net.

E-mail address _________________________________________________ Wording for ad to appear in “The Albion Network”: (Keep to 60 words or less. If you want your address to appear in the ad, be sure to include it in your ad copy.)

Send to: Editor, Io Triumphe, Office of Communications, Albion College, 611 E. Porter St., Albion, MI 49224; or via e-mail, to classnotes@albion.edu. Be sure to include your full name, class year, address (geographic and e-mail) and telephone number in your e-mail message.

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Wood this fall is moving to Santa Cruz, CA, where he will join the staff at the Doran Center for the Blind.

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Wedding Album See accompanying notes for details.

Sandra Wylie, ’96, to Jason Potter, ’95, on June 19, 1999. Recipient of a master’s degree from Duke University, Sandra is employed as a pathologist in Milwaukee. Jason is a science teacher in Webs. The couple lives in Shorewood, WI.

Ron Smith, ’94, was named eastern regional sales manager for Fernco, Inc., the largest manufacturer and distributor worldwide of flexible pipe connections.

His new responsibilities include maintaining relationships with sales representatives and promoting new products. Ron and his wife, Lesa Galsterer Smith, ’94, live in Saginaw.

Julie Kovatch, ’97, to Warren Smith in March 1999. Julie is working as an anthropologist for the State of Indiana, and Warren is a social studies teacher.

The couple lives in Evansville, IN, and can be reached by e-mail at: juliekovatch@juno.com.

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Holli Mezeske, ’99, to Nicholas Whitney, ’00, on July 22, 2000 in Albion. Nick has been accepted into the Ph.D. program at the University of Hawaii. Holli is a teacher at the MidPacific Institute, a private school.

Eric Allen, ’95, earned a J.D. degree from Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law. Sara Lamb, ’95, received the Robert K. Richards Endowed Scholarship Award of Excellence from Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine. In 1999 she was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha, the only national medical honor society in the world. She received her M.D. degree from MSU in May and has begun her residency at the University of Utah in a combined program of internal medicine and pediatrics.

Jo Latimore, ’95, earned an M.S. in biological sciences with an emphasis on aquatic ecology from the University of Notre Dame and has now begun a Ph.D. program in watershed management in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University. Jo and her husband, Ralph Kridner, reside in Elsie.

Jean Kwiecinski Lauer, ’95, earned an M.A. in Spanish at Arizona State University in May and resides in Chandler, AZ, with her husband, Ryan, ’95.

Timothy Powers, ’95, earned an M.D. from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in May. He is pursuing a residency on orthopedic surgery at Spectrum Health System in Grand Rapids.

96 Adam Rogers, ’96, graduated from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary School in Evanston, IL, with a master of theological studies degree, and an M.A. in ethics, church, and society.

He lives in Evanston, IL. Ryan Sweet, ’96, is in his third year of the evening law program at the University of Denver. He is deciding whether to practice securities law or animal rights law. He also passed the Series 7 and 63 exams in 1999 and works full-time as a registered

Karen Waslawski to Michael Royle, ’92, on Oct. 16, 1999 in Traverse City.

Albion family members are Jim, ’63, and Tammy Transue Royle, ’63, sister Megan, ’95, and brother Tim, ’89.

Kara Kuuttila, ’89, to Brian Shuell on June 17, 2000. (Front row, left to right) Lori Grigg Bluhm, Kara Kuuttila Shuell, Tracy Ames Persing. (Back row) Kimberly Stoppert Lee, Jennifer VanDyke, Ann Brown Moening, and Joan Brasher. All are members of the Class of 1989.

Baby Britons Katherine Anne and Elizabeth Lydia on April 13, 2000 to Barbara and David Sturtz, ’76. The family lives in Northville.

Genevieve Ella on July 7, 2000 to Edward and Sara Birtman-Fox Corkery, ’78. She joins big brother Jack, 3. The family lives in Villa Park, IL. Rebecca Catherine on April 20, 2000 to Katie and Dave Lubera, ’83. She joins big brother Andrew, 5. The family lives in Grosse Pointe Woods.

John Robert on Nov. 11, 1999 to Denise and Bob Varner, ’83. He joins big sisters Erin, 6, and Emily, 3. The family lives in Plymouth.

David Chen on Dec. 2, 1999 to Kelly Chen and Kevin Grimm, ’85. He joins brother Michael. Kevin is the international procurement manager for totes Isotoner. The family lives in Cincinnati, OH. (continued on p. 22)

The Albion Network representative (stockbroker) for Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. in Denver. He can be contacted at: 1175 Kingston Street, Aurora, CO 80010, or by e-mail at: ryanls@student.law.du.edu

97 Jane Neitz, ’97, finished her master’s degree in higher education administration and college student personnel at Kent State University and has accepted a job at Illinois State University in Normal, IL, as Greek program coordinator.

Christopher O’Connor, ’97, received his J.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He graduated magna cum laude and was admitted to a national law honor society.

He has accepted a position at the law firm of Jenner & Block in Chicago, IL, where he lives.

Lawrence Springer, ’97, graduated from Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law with a J.D. degree. He had been active in criminal dispute resolution, the Street Law Program, and was a contributing editor of the ONU Law Review, and winner of the 1999 Symposium Writing Competition. He resides in Youngstown, OH. Kristie Tubilewicz, ’97, recently received her M.S. in physical therapy from Grand Valley State University and is working at the Outpatient Clinic at Trillium Hospital in Albion. She lives in Battle Creek.

98 Carrie Davis, ’98, started law school at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Clevelend, OH, in August. Prior to beginning law school, Carrie served as a congressional aide and was employed at a law firm in Okemos.

She welcomes e-mail at: silver_wolf75@hotmail.com.

00 Jason Whalen, ’00, has joined the Albion College Admissions Office as a representative in the eastern Michigan region. He lives in Albion.

Joy Marshall Dean, ’53, writes that she would love to “connect” with old friends on the ’Net. Her email address is: duanejoy@htn.net.

Krivoy Knowles-Smith, ’91, is looking for Lisa Davis, ’89. She writes: “She was my R.A. in 1989

at Twin Towers. We attended Bank Street College of Education together in New York (1989-90). I haven’t heard from her since 1992 and would like to get in touch again.”

Krivoy can be reached by e-mail at: krivoysmith@hotmail.com.

“The Albion Network” is a cross between want ads and the “personal” ads sometimes run in newspapers or magazines. If you would like to locate a long lost friend or if you need to contact your fellow alumni for any other reason, this is the way to do it—free of charge. The next Io Triumphe will be mailed in December.

Name __________________________________ Class year _____________ (Please print name)

Street _________________________________________________________ City _____________________________ State _______ ZIP _____________

Weddings Susan Cook Alfultis, ’59, to Tom Shull on May 14, 1999. Tom practiced internal medicine for 45 years in Eugene, OR. The couple lives in Brunswick, GA. Kara Kuuttila, ’89, and Brian Shuell on June 17, 2000 in Livonia. Albion alumnae in attendance included Joan Brasher, ’89, Lori Grigg Bluhm, ’89, Kimberly Stoppert Lee, ’89, Ann Brown Moening, ’89, Tracy Ames Persing, ’89, and Jennifer VanDyke, ’89. Kara teaches English at Southfield High School. The couple recently moved to Brighton. Kara would love to hear from any Albion friends at KaraSK@voygager.net.

E-mail address _________________________________________________ Wording for ad to appear in “The Albion Network”: (Keep to 60 words or less. If you want your address to appear in the ad, be sure to include it in your ad copy.)

Send to: Editor, Io Triumphe, Office of Communications, Albion College, 611 E. Porter St., Albion, MI 49224; or via e-mail, to classnotes@albion.edu. Be sure to include your full name, class year, address (geographic and e-mail) and telephone number in your e-mail message.

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(continued from p. 19) Grace Maren on March 20, 2000 to Andy, ’86, and Elizabeth Rosenfeldt Lawrence, ’85. Grace joins brother Connor Andrew, 7, and sister Delaney Rose, 4. Andy is a regional sales manager with Caremark Therapeutic Services, and Elizabeth is a freelance marketing consultant. The family lives in Ann Arbor.

Grayson Francis on Aug. 28, 1999 to Donald and Maureen Farrar Huldin, both ’86. The family lives in Beverly Hills.

Michael Robert on April 1, 2000 to Michael and Ruth Goethe Melaragni, ’86. He joins big sister Anna, 3. The family resides in Fenton and can be reached by e-mail at: mjm1@tir.com.

Emily Lynn on April 28, 2000 to George and Nancy Coyner Vickers, ’86. She joins brother Jonathan, 12, and sisters Jennifer, 4, and Allison, 2. The family resides in Aurora, IL. Benjamin Hungerford on July 1, 2000 to Mary and Brent Green, ’87. He joins Emma, 4, and Evan, 2. The family lives in Grand Rapids.

Nicholas James on April 19, 2000 to Eric and Martha Huttenlocher Manting, ’87. Proud relatives include uncle Ric Huttenlocher, ’81, greatgrandmother Kay Hanchett Korff, ’39, and cousin Brienne Johnson, ’01. The family lives in Oakland Township.

Claire Marie on May 8, 2000 to Michael and Lori Lemanski Casper, ’88. Claire joins brother Brady. Proud relatives include Greg Lemanski, ’84, and Jeff Lemanski, ’83. They live in Prospect, KY. Michael Stephen on May 6, 2000 to Stephen and Kimberly Rose Sambor, ’88. He joins big sisters Paige, 5, Hailey, 4, and Madison, 2. The family lives in Bloomfield Hills.

Ming-Hoa Frances on Aug. 21, 1999 to Julie and Geoffrey Wang, ’88. The family lives in Grand Blanc.

Christopher Jerome on May 26, 2000 to Jerome, ’88, and Kimberly Lightheart Yaklic, ’89. Christopher joins sisters Mary Ellen, 5, and Rebecca, 3. Jerome and Kimberly would love to hear from old classmates and friends and can be reached at 329 S. Outer Drive, Bad Axe, MI 48413 or by e-mail at: jyaklic@usa.net or kyaklic@usa.net.

Nolan Patrick on March 17, 2000 to Michael and Anne-Marie Bartlett Awrey, ’89. He joins big brother Burr, 2. Anne-Marie is a sales representative for Novartis Pharmaceuticals. The family lives in Traverse City and can be reached by e-mail at: aawrey@aol.com.

Carleigh Josephine on May 1, 2000 to Anthony and Jennifer Miller Hill, ’89.

C.J. joins her brother Nate, 3. Proud relatives include aunt Krista Miller Farris, ’91. Tony is an attending physician with St. Louis University Hospitals, and Jennifer is a stay-at-home mom. The family lives in St. Louis, MO. Hannah Grace on May 5, 2000 to Rick, ’89, and Karen Jenkins Pifer, ’91. She joins big sister Kaitlyn, 2. The family lives in Birmingham.

Sabrina Lynn on May 31, 2000 to John Blank, ’90, and Paula Prevost-Blank, ’89. The family lives in Traverse City, where Paula is a physician, and John is employed at Arthur Andersen and Company.

Samuel Patrick on Feb. 21, 2000 to Kathy and Patrick Tagget, ’89. He joins big brother Jack, 2. The family lives in Frankenmuth.

Tyler William on Sept. 29, 1999 to Meggan and Kenneth George, ’90. He joins older brother Jordan Kenneth. The family lives in Grand Rapids.

Lauren Rene on June 7, 2000 to Dennis, ’90, and Amy Johnston Hackett, ’91.

She joins big sister Abby, 2. The family lives in Pinckney.

Lauren Grace on Feb. 18, 2000 to Kent and Fran Whittaker Katnik, ’90.

Gracie joins her brother Morgan, 2. Kent is a pilot for Frontier Airlines, and Fran has resigned from teaching to be a stayat-home mom. The family lives in Boulder, CO, and can be reached by email at: kentkatnik@compuserve.com.

Peter Joseph on March 12, 2000 to David and Cheryl Irvine Wacnik, ’90.

He joins brother John, 3. The family lives in Libertyville, IL. David Edward on April 25, 2000 to David and Courtney Cooley Breaugh, ’91. Proud relatives include grandfather Richard Cooley, ’57, and uncle Scott Cooley, ’89. The family lives in Royal Oak. Abigail on Jan. 12, 2000 to Saralyn Coupe, ’91, and Mark Sherwood, ’91.

The family lives in Larchmont, NY. Caelan James on Jan. 19, 2000 to Craig and Weatherly Burkhead Verhelst, ’91. He joins big brother Isaac, 2. The family lives in Ovid and would love to see or hear from Albion friends. Their email address is: revwow@shianet.org.

Andrew James on June 2, 2000 to David, ’93, and Kristie Miller Krivan, ’92. Andrew was welcomed home by his big brother, Alex. The family lives in Birmingham.

Maxwell Ryan on May 21, 2000 to Le Anne and Mark Wisnieski, ’92. Mark is a telecommunications technician for the Bureau of Labor Statistics in Washington, DC. He has been working on distance learning solutions,

videoconferencing and satellite broadcasting for the bureau. The family lives in Alexandria, VA and can be reached at Markwiz@home.com.

Lilly Tinsley on May 24, 2000 to James and Amy Rowan Heitman, ’93. Proud relatives include grandparents Martha Tinsley Rowan, ’65, and Philip Rowan, ’65, and cousin Anna McBride Beeman, ’70. The family lives at 126 N. Helen Ave., Rochester, MI 48307 and can be reached by e-mail at: jamnaim@aol.com.

Anthony Perry on May 12, 2000 to Mary-Margaret and Phillip Koppers, ’93. The family lives in Annandale, VA. Madeline Grace on May 22, 2000 to William, ’94, and Stephanie Parker Prall, ’93. The family lives in Traverse City.

Alexander Duvall on June 19, 2000 to Andre and Kathryn Schnitger Hollis, ’93. The family lives in Arlington, VA.

Calvin John on June 27, 2000 to James and Cathy Vettraino Riley, both ’93.

He joins big sister Josie, 1. Albion alumni relatives include aunts Angela Vettraino Cady, ’92, and Gabriela Vettraino, ’98, uncle Gordon Cady, ’92, and grandfather Robert Riley, ’58.

The family lives in Grosse Pointe Woods.

Natalie Joy on June 5, 2000 to Jonathon, ’95, and Alyssa Hall Husby, ’93. Proud relatives include Alan Hall, ’97. The family lives in Dearborn.

Madeleine Jean on May 4, 2000 to Michael and Jennifer O’Brien Bahorski, ’94. The family lives in Auburn Hills.

Faculty and friends Cathie Schweitzer has been named Springfield College’s director of athletics. She had served as the college’s acting director of athletics since January 1999 and became the first woman to hold the post in the institution’s 115-year history. She previously had held coaching and administrative positions in the athletic department at Albion College. She resides in Springfield, MA. Mary Helen Hart passed away on July 9, 2000 in Albion. She moved to Albion in 1954 and taught art in the Homer Public Schools from 1955 to 1961 and taught art and was the art consultant in the Albion Public Schools from 1962 until her retirement in 1979. She was

Remembering Dick Leach Professor emeritus of visual arts Richard Leach passed away July 10, 2000. (See the accompanying notice in the “Faculty and Friends” section.) Below are reminiscences from a number of his former students and friends.

Professor Dick Leach was a great teacher and a dear friend.

As a teacher, he had the ability to show us the art and the science of things clearly and simply. When Mr. Leach explained how things were, you always sensed that he was personally involved with both the facts and with you.

Whether it was art history, clay science, tools for sculpture or the concept of negative space, it was always about the human condition. Mr. Leach was always willing to humanize information. One came out of class with real, working, knowledge. . . .

[Our] friendship lasted well beyond college days into my career as a potter.

—Peter Johnson, ’69 Professor, sensei, mentor, friend and humorist . . . I hope Dick Leach knew he was thought of in any or all of these ways by those of us who were lucky enough to be in his classes. . . . So many I have known have a special place in their hearts for him. My own personal perspective makes him all of the above and much more.

I’ll grievously miss a phone conversation with him once in a while, as we’ve had in the past.

—Ralph Pardington, ’60 Richard Leach was and will remain the most influential person of my professional life. I was hooked on clay from the moment I took my first class with him in 1971; I went on to get my M.F.A. in ceramics in 1977 and was chosen by him to become his sabbatical replacement in 1982, a position that I kept until 1984. After leaving Albion I became a full-time potter and now work with my husband, also a potter, in our studios in northern Michigan, where we’ve made and sold work for the last 16 years.

Richard Leach had thousands of students over the years, many of them with great memories of their experiences in his classes. He could be cantankerous, but mostly he was a gentle soul who made the pot shop a favorite haunt for all of us who fell in love with clay through his teaching.

I am going to miss him, but I am also never going to forget him.

—Lynn Fisher, ’73

Dick Leach was an excellent potter in addition to his ability to teach his craft. He perfected a castable catenary arch kiln that could be built for very little money in a short time. He was the quintessential kiln doctor, coaxing the perfect balance of fire and air from any oven. His giant raku platters are a marvel, and the vivid surfaces of his soda-fired jars appeared in Nelson, the bible of ceramics in those days. His teapots are exquisite, in addition to their quality of function.

Those of us who live with his work can feel his presence in it.

One of Dick’s most crippling shortcomings as an artist was his modesty for his own accomplishments, yet this very same humility was one of his most charming traits. He hated to wear a necktie unless there was the promise of a concert at the end of it. He could talk your ears off, but he was never boring. He was a good listener. Dick loved his friends, and he had many.

He loved Gustav Mahler, public radio, cherry pie, newly baked bread with butter, and a good book . . . thousands of good books. Each summer he liked to get in his truck with two big dogs and make his way across the country to the wide open spaces of Wyoming. He had a passion for new territory and a memory for every hill and turn in the road. He would read about a place and want to go there, so he often did.

—Marta Griner Amundson, ’76 At Albion Dick Leach was our model for dedication and professionalism; the independent, strong-minded artist. The rest of us were all a little intimidated and somehow felt like amateurs next to him. And, of course, students loved him. What a loss; his character and presence were so strong.

—Paul Stewart, ’53, Former Professor, Albion College Department of Visual Arts Richard Leach would have been designated a national treasure if our country were civilized enough to have such an honor. He elevated his craft to an art form. To those who hadn’t seen Dick in years, I would say he hadn’t changed. He was still cool, still excited about his work, and died with pots firing up in the kiln. He will live on in my shop, in my work, and in my heart.

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very involved in her community and was active in several clubs and societies, including the Albion Historical Society, which she served as president, the United Methodist Church and Delta Kappa Gamma. She is survived by her husband, John Hart, professor emeritus of English at Albion.

Melbourne Worfel, ’46, on Dec. 19, 1999 in Greenville. During his retirement years, he was an active member of the Lakes and Streams Association and served as a volunteer in providing information for lake studies in Michigan. He is survived by his wife, Mildred.

Aurelia DeBuchananne James passed away on Dec. 12, 1999 in Albion. She served as a teacher at Albion High School and Middle School and was active in volunteer service, Meals-onWheels and the Albion Historical Society. She was preceded in death by her husband, Coy James, a history professor at the College, and is survived by three sons, Coy, Jr., Gerald, ’67, and Robin, ’79, a sister, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Mary Childs Young, ’47, on Dec. 16, 1999 in Kalamazoo. Mary earned an M.A. in speech pathology from Western Michigan University (WMU) in 1973.

She worked as a speech pathologist at Southwestern Michigan Rehabilitation Hospital in Battle Creek for 17 years.

After retiring from that position, she worked as an associate professor at the WMU Speech and Hearing Department.

She was very active in her community and with her church. She is survived by three daughters and nine grandchildren.

Richard Leach passed away on July 10, 2000 in Albion. He taught ceramics and sculpture for 30 years at Albion, retiring in 1983 as a professor emeritus of visual arts. A graduate of Central Michigan University, he held an M.A. degree from Michigan State University and an M.F.A. from Alfred University. His work was displayed in exhibitions across the country. Surviving are his wife, G. Robina Quale Leach, professor emerita of history at Albion, a son, Timothy N. Leach, ’72, a daughter-inlaw, Cheryl Culver Leach, ’69, a daughter, four grandchildren including Lara Sharrar Jones, ’99, and Timothy T. (Thor) Leach, ’01, two greatgrandchildren, a brother and four sisters.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Lillian Johnson Leach, and a son.

Obituaries Helene Faulkerson Figy, ’26, on April 27, 2000 in Shabbona, IL. She served as a choir soloist and member for 25 years in the various churches wherever she lived. She had a life membership in the Order of the Eastern Star, Pere Marquette Chapter 327 in Ludington and was active in local historical societies.

Her father, William Faulkerson, was also an Albion graduate. She is survived by a brother, three daughters, eight grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

George Miles, ’26, on July 30, 2000 in Mitchelville, MD. He received a master’s degree in engineering from the University of Michigan and then moved to Washington in 1934 to work as a structural engineer in the design phase of National Airport. He joined the American Bible Institute as part-time president in 1934 and became full-time president 10 years later. George retired as president of Washington Bible College in 1984. He is survived by his wife, LaDelle, a daughter and seven grandchildren.

Gale Elms, ’52, on Dec. 28, 1999 in Naubinway. Gale retired from K-Mart Corporation in 1985. He is survived by his wife, Ann Peters Elms, ’54, a son, Russ Elms, and his wife, Kim Evans, ’80, a daughter, Denise Elms Boucher, ’80, and her husband, Matt, and four grandchildren.

Bryce Treadwell, ’59, on Feb. 15, 2000.

Bryce lived in Garrett, IN. He graduated from the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1964 and then practiced family medicine from 1967 to 2000. He was past president of the Indiana Osteopathic Association and was involved in many other clubs and professional organizations. He is survived by his wife, Stephanie, three daughters, a son and three sisters, including Charlotte Treadwell Scott, ’55.

CORRECTION: Timothy Rupp, ’84, on Feb. 20, 2000 in Davison. Timothy graduated from Wayne State Medical School in 1988 and completed a

residency in internal medicine and a gastroenterology fellowship at Indiana University, where he was still actively involved in research prior to his death.

Most recently, Timothy was a partner with Blount Gastroenterology Associates. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, two sons, his parents and a brother.

Online alumni directory planned The Office of Alumni and Parent Relations is currently updating its records and working toward posting an online alumni directory for Internet users.

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Harold Rice, ’62, on May 17, 2000 in Barrington, IL. After graduation, he worked for Wyandotte Chemicals and Quaker Oats Chemical Division in Chicago. He then was self-employed as president of H.B. Rice & Associates from 1977 to 1999. He was past president of Barrington East Countryside Association and a former member of the board of Countryside Center for the Handicapped. He is survived by his wife, Margarate, a daughter, a son and one grandson.

George Wolf, Jr., ’69, on April 1, 2000 in Richmond, VA. He served as manager of Packaging Process Global Packaging & Consumer Group, Flexible Packaging Division of Reynolds Metals Co. He is survived by his wife, Mary Southard Wolf, ’70, and three children.

Stephen Olds, ’70, on May 3, 2000 in San Diego, CA. Stephen began his career as a CPA with Coopers and Lybrand in Detroit. In 1980 he made partner and remained with the firm through his transfer to Los Angeles in 1983 and merger with PriceWaterhouse.

He was a regular participant in the Newport to Ensenada sailboat race, placing in the top third of his class every year. He is survived by his wife, Karen, and son, Michael, 16.

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Distinctive gifts from the Albion College Bookstore A 00-200. Adult hooded sweatshirt by Champion. Gold with purple lettering.

S, M, L, XL, XXL. ......................... $34.99

H 00-207. Albion College football. Purple with gold and white lettering in the design. $9.98

B 00-201. Adult sweatshirt by MV Sport.

Gray sweatshirt with purple lettering.

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Available in both orange and gold, with navy blue lettering.

S, M, L, XL, XXL. ......................... $44.98 E 00-204. Adult long-sleeve T-shirt by Gear. Available in forest green with white and navy blue lettering, navy blue with white and red lettering, and orange with white and navy blue lettering.

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by Storm Duds. Purple jacket with a gold stripe and yellow lettering.

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J 00-209. White mug with purple and gold lettering. ............................................ $6.48 K 00-210. White plastic water bottle, with a purple and white thermal wrap. ..... $5.98 L 00-211. Albion College 24-piece chocolate gift set wrapped in Albion College foils. .................................. $12.95

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LIBERAL ARTS AT WORK In keeping with the theme of Albion College’s new Vision, Liberal Arts at Work, we are offering a series of profiles of Albion alumni who exemplify “liberal arts at work” in their careers and in their personal lives.

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TRANSFORMING INDIVIDUAL LIVES, THE WORKPLACE AND SOCIETY Michelle Lesperance, ’00, “walks the talk” when it comes to supporting environmental causes. While at Albion, she served as campus recycling coordinator and president of the Ecological Awareness Club, and she could often be found at Whitehouse Nature Center creating indoor nature displays or conducting field research on bird nesting behavior.

Majoring in biology and religious studies, she was fascinated by the complex connections between these fields. “So much of how we treat the earth,” she says, “comes out of how we define our relationship to it, which comes out of our basic world views, which are in turn often determined by our religion. Understanding those differences in

perspective is as important to affecting change in the environment as knowing the science.”

Now Lesperance is pursuing graduate study in natural resources management and conservation biology at the University of Michigan and eventually may work as an environmental educator. In doing so, she can share her passion for making the earth a more livable place for every species.

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➤ LIBERAL ARTS AT WORK Upcoming events calendar Alumni and friends are welcome at any of these Albion College events. For ticket information or other details, contact the Albion College Communications Office at 517/629-0445.

Art Nov. 11-Dec. 10: Art Exhibit—Recent prints by Sam Morello, Bobbitt Visual Arts Center, Munro Gallery. Open during posted hours.

Music Nov. 19: Orchestra Concert, Goodrich Chapel, 4 p.m.

Dec. 3: Briton Singers Concert, Goodrich Chapel, 4 p.m.

Dec. 8: Jazz Band and Symphony Band Concert, Goodrich Chapel, 8 p.m.

Dec. 10: Festival of Lessons and Carols, Goodrich Chapel, 7 p.m.

Dec. 13: Sing-Along Messiah, Goodrich Chapel, 7 p.m.

Theatre Nov. 15-18: Tales of the Lost Formicans,

by Constance Congdon, Herrick Theatre, 8 p.m. Advance ticket reservations recommended. Call 517/629-0344.

Sports For complete schedules for men’s and women’s basketball and men’s and women’s swimming/diving, go to: www.albion.edu/sports/.

Dec. 29-30: Men’s Basketball Tournament, Greater Albion Chamber of Commerce Classic

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PRESENTS An Albion Educational Weekend in Florida Saturday, January 13, 2001 • Take mini-seminars led by current Albion College faculty members • Share thoughts over dinner as part of a book discussion group led by an Albion facilitator • Enjoy the company and fellowship of other Albion alumni and friends All Saturday events will be held at the Hilton Longboat Key Beachfront Resort in Sarasota, Fla.

Sunday, January 14, 2001 • Play a round of golf at University Park Country Club in University Park, Fla. • Take a behind-the-scenes tour of Sea World in Orlando, Fla. For more information on the schedule and fees for the Albion Institute, or to make reservations, please contact the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations at 517/629-0448 or e-mail mstarkey@albion.edu. Participants will need to make their own lodging arrangements. Discounted hotel rates are available by calling the Hilton Longboat Key Beachfront Resort at 800/282-3046 and mentioning Albion College.