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

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7 Exploring one of the globe’s last frontiers DEPARTMENTS

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11 Albionotes 20 Alumni Association News On the cover: Images from the Albion College in Venice (Italy) Program. (Background photo) San Barnaba Canal, Venice, by Matthew Heinz, ’99; (top inset photo) Briton flag flying in a Venetian street across from the Arsenale, by Heinz; (bottom inset photo) Venice Program students in front of the Duomo, Florence, by Ann Marie Schultz, ’99. The photo of icebergs calving from the West Antarctic ice sheet was shot by Thomas Wilch, assistant professor of geology, Albion College.

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Editor: Sarah Briggs Classnotes Writers: Craig Labuhn, ’99, and Luann Shepherd Designer: Susan Carol Rowe IO TRIUMPHE (ISSN 0897-1269; USPS 268-400) is published quarterly by Office of Communications, Albion College, 611 E. Porter St., Albion, MI 49224. It is distributed free to alumni and friends of the College. Preferred Periodical postage has been paid at Albion, MI, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Office of Communications, Albion College, 611 E. Porter St., Albion, MI 49224. If you have questions about Io Triumphe, please write the editor at the address given above, call 517/ 629-0244 or send e-mail to: sbriggs@albion.edu. World Wide Web: http://www.albion.edu Albion College is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and non-discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age or disability, as protected by law, in all educational programs and activities, admission of students, and conditions of employment.

The unusual name for this publication comes from a yell written by members of the class of 1900. The beginning words of the yell, Io Triumphe, were probably borrowed from the poems of the Roman writer, Horace. Some phrases were taken from other college yells and others from a Greek play presented on campus during the period. In 1936, the alumni of Albion College voted to name their magazine after the yell which by then had become a College tradition. For years, Albion freshmen have learned these lines by heart: Io Triumphe! Io Triumphe! Haben Swaben rebecca le animor Whoop te whoop te sheller de-vere De-boom de ral de-i de-pa— Hooneka Henaka whack a whack A-hob dob balde bora bolde bara Con slomade hob dob Rah! Al-bi-on Rah!

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When in Venice . . . by Sarah Briggs N. LANGFORD PHOTO

New off-campus program immerses students in Italian culture Imagine walking past 15 centuries of history on your way to class. That was a daily experience for the 12 Albion students participating in a new off-campus program in Venice, Italy last fall. Senior Ann Marie Schultz remembers the awe she felt each time she crossed St. Mark’s Square with its Basilica and the Doges’ Palace, both dating from the 11th century. Her classmate, Jason Jackson, suggests “it was almost dream-like being there. The street that I lived on had reliefs that dated from the 1200s.” Through the Venice semester, developed and led by Albion English professor James Cook, the students attended classes in Italian language, literature and culture at the Zambler Institute. However, the city itself may have been their most influential teacher. The home of such Renaissance painters as Titian, Veronese and Tintoretto and 18th-century composer Antonio Vivaldi, Venice is also known for its stunning architecture and its unusual beauty resulting from the interplay of colorful facades, water and sunlight. As one critic put it, “Venice, to a degree, is art.” It is also a “world heritage city,” explains Cook. “The Venetian libraries are the repositories of materials that document the literary, artistic, musical, scientific and historical development and achievement of Europe in all its languages.” The students began the semester with intensive language instruction, a particular challenge since none had ever studied Italian before. It was mentally taxing, Jason Jackson recalls, “having to think about every word in every sentence.” However, after two months of constant practice, the students became conversant in their new language, and they were able to continue in course work on Italian theatre, music and art, all taught in Italian by the Zambler Institute faculty. Cook also Venice Program students with director James Cook (middle arch), Albion professor of English, during a visit to the ancient Roman theatre in Verona.

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taught a course on masterworks of Italian literature. “It was amazing to be in the country where these famous men and women actually lived and wrote as I studied their works,” observes Ann Marie Schultz. On field trips in Venice and to the nearby cities of Padua, Vicenza, Verona, Ferrara and Ravenna the students visited many of the sites they had learned about in class. The itinerary included Palladio’s Teatro Olimpico, the oldest indoor theatre in Europe, in Vicenza; the Roman arena and the museum at the Castelvecchio in Verona; and Dante’s tomb in Ravenna. (The students also traveled through-

out Italy and to other points in Europe during weekends and vacation periods.) The program gave Cook, who is Langbo Trustees’ Professor at Albion, an opportunity to share with the students his love for Italian culture. Fluent in the Italian language, he has devoted most of his scholarship in recent years to verse translations of works by Petrarch and other literary figures of the Italian Renaissance. As a young man, Cook lived for two years in Italy doing military counter-intelligence, and

Border crossings Editor’s note: The following stories add to our coverage of off-campus programs that stress experiential education. The novel programs described here are just two examples of the many ways Albion students today learn in ‘real world’ settings.

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est of El Paso from registering voters among the poor n strategies with paig cam County’s residents to discussing via conference Gore t iden Pres Vice and President Clinton get-out-theg rdin rega calls. “I got to speak with Clinton Randazzo. uses enth nty,” Cou Paso El vote strategies for ” him. by d hear s “It was exciting to have my idea for tute Insti Ford R. ld Gera on’s Albi A member of hand first ed learn o dazz Public Policy and Service, Ran tituent groups he about grassroots campaigning. The cons ical process. In polit the to met with often had little access he did on, trati regis r vote with ting addition to assis ion for rmat info er gath informal interviews, helping to s and need ary prim nts’ titue cons her g Briones regardin rience expe tical prac this concerns. Randazzo notes that qualitative ical polit in ies stud ent curr his to relates directly says, for studying research. He also has a better feel, he emic thing but acad an of e mor it’s re “issues of race—he , common yday ever were [in El Paso] race and ethnicity ies to appl y reall there got I ation educ subjects. . . . The Albion.” experience for “Being off-campus was a really good scale,” says al glob e being able to see things on a mor rstanding unde the three the for up ming McCauley, sum and trade ion igrat imm n xica they all gained about U.S.-Me o is dazz Ran es, rienc expe his of lt resu relations. As a in time this , ester sem us considering a second off-camp h Washington, DC, as part of the Nort on ram Prog ip ersh Lead American NAFTA. “Being on the border, seeing how NAFTA affects El Paso and Mexico, I have developed a very strong interest,” he explains. All three students agree that the experience forced them to see their own Midwestern environment in a new way. “When I came back I got culture shock all over again,” says Sims. —J. Weber

(Upper photo) Kristin McCauley; (lower photo) Matt Randazzo.

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he has returned numerous times since to travel and conduct his scholarly research. “His intensity and his energy made the program more significant [for all of us],” notes senior Matt Heinz. For many of the students, the Venice Semester also represented the first time they had lived on their own, and here too the city offered valuable lessons. The very aspects that give Venice its charm can also make it vexing for newcomers. The students had to learn their way around a city where travel is either on foot or by boat—and where the medieval street pattern defies logic. “It’s difficult [to get around] because you have very narrow streets, the buildings are high so you don’t have any reference point overhead, . . . and most of the buildings look the same,” explains Jackson. Generally, he said, the only way to avoid getting lost was to study the map until you had memorized where you wanted to go. In Venice and through their other travels, the students became self-sufficient in unfamiliar places. “[The students] developed strategies for coping with new situations,” notes Cook. “You could take them now—plop them down in any strange city—and they could cope.” Housed in apartments, the students also became self-sufficient in other ways. They found they could live without material goods they once thought were necessities such as televisions, microwave ovens and clothes dryers. They learned to do meal-planning, grocery shopping and cooking, all of which had to be A. M. SCHULTZ PHOTO

The Basilica della Salute in Venice.

(clockwise from upper left) Countryside near Greve in Chianti, Tuscany; the Castelvecchio in Verona; a promenade in Venice along the Adriatic Sea.

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“The reality of history is very difficult [to grasp] someother Albion College staff members times,” says Frank Frick, Albion’s Kres , Sharon and Phil ge Professor of Hostetler, to Germany, Poland and Israe Religious Studies, explaining why he l. The trip is an and a colleague will extension of the first-year seminar on take students in their Holocaust sem the Holocaust taught inar on a study-tour to by Fric k and Cocks. Europe and Israel this spring. “People and places are a way During the Holocaust seminars, Fric to bring that reality to life in a dram k and Cocks have atic way.” taken their students to the U.S. Holo Believing that learning is at its best caust Memorial when it incorpoMuseum in Washington, DC, a trip rates the sights, sounds, smells and taste which most students s of the subject at cite as a highlight of their early cam hand, Frick and several other Albion pus experience. Frick professors have acknowledges the educational value integrated travel with classroom instr of the museum, but uction in special also believes that “museums are som seminars they have designed for first etimes too much stuff -year students. They in one place at one time. To travel from are finding this combination of expe one place to riences produces another provides one with an opportun powerful results for their students. ity to reflect on where one has been, where one is goin Dianne Guenin-Lelle, associate prof g, and how the two essor of foreign places are related.” languages, had previously taken two groups of students on Frick hopes that, through their trave spring-break trips to southern Louisian ls, the students will a for an immersion better understand the complexity of experience in Cajun and Creole cultu the Holocaust. After re and language. This visiting the Wannsee Villa, where the past fall, with the College’s new Visi Nazis formalized the on in mind, Guenin“Final Solution,” and Treblinka and Lelle created a first-year seminar on Auschwitz, where it “Cultures, Connecwas carried out, the students will cont tions and Communities from Albion inue on to Israel to France—and Back” where they will meet with Holocaust survivors. that would give these new students a As the firsthand interdisciHolocaust survivors age, Frick notes, plinary experience in France. Followin opportunities to visit g several weeks of them in person are increasingly important. Thei instruction and preparation in Albion, r perspecthe students lived tives today shouldn’t be separated from briefly with host families in Albion’s the actions of half a sister city, Noisy-Le- century ago, he adds. “The students want to have Roi, visited students participating in justifiable the Albion Grenoble feelings of revulsion [but] that can’t semester and met with alumni living be the end of what in Paris. stud ying the Holocaust is about. . . . Survivor This intense, 10-day experience gave s are very the students positive people.” “information that would shape their research for the rest of “Tra velin g with one’s students is a powerful way the semester,” says Guenin-Lelle. She of stresses that the demonstrating to them that you are a students’ interviews with dozens of co-learner,” says citizens provided Fric k, who himself has never visited Poland. “Fou useful data and guided them as they r years at researched their college are only the beginning of a liber individual projects after the trip. “The al arts education.” y became very adept at ‘deconstructing’ [bias in rese —J. Weber arch materials] because of their own experiences,” note s Guenin-Lelle. “It was this connection, between stud ents and [others], that [made] our visit so rich, so dive rse and dynamic,” Guenin-Lelle says. This May, Frank Frick and Geoffrey Cocks, Hall Professor of History, will take 15 stud ents and two

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(Above left) The Venice Program included courses in Italian language, theatre, music and art at the Zambler Institute. Pictured are Zambler director Matteo Savini and Anna Santini, primary instructor for Albion’s program. (Above right) During their travels throughout Italy, a number of the students toured the Vatican in Rome. accomplished with unfamiliar foods, a new language and a different currency. With each new success, their confidence grew. “I adored living on my own. It gave me such a sense of freedom and control over my life,” says Schultz. Living independently, the students slowly began to absorb and appreciate Italian culture. They discovered a slower pace of life in which people take time to savor good food and conversation. “We Americans forget to enjoy life,” Schultz says. “When you rush through things you miss what’s important.” They were impressed by how openly the Italians— both within families and among friends—would demonstrate their feelings. “One of the things I admired most about Italian men,” Jackson reflects, “was that they didn’t allow the types of social constructs that we have [in the U.S.] to hinder how they felt about their male friends. They would kiss each other’s cheek, hold each other’s hands, walk arm-in-arm in public. It had nothing to do with their sexuality or who they were, and society wouldn’t think that. . . . The whole idea of the macho Italian man was completely shattered [for me]. The thing that made them macho was their confidence but that didn’t stop them from being sensitive.” The students discovered a sense of community in Venice that seemed unusual for such a large city. Ann Marie Schultz grew close to a family she had met while conducting research for one of her classes and became a frequent dinner guest at their home. Neighborhood shopkeepers and restaurant owners soon befriended the students as well, and helped them practice their language skills. Fascinated by the huge variety of breads he discovered at his local bakery, Matt Heinz asked the owner to help him learn the names for each so he could order them properly.

“I’m going to be spending the next eight years of my life in science, and I needed this opportunity [to do something different].” He also learned to relate to many different kinds of people, he says. “[Living in Italy] gave me a lot of insight into people in general, and that’s going to definitely help me . . . as I go on [to my career].” Off-campus study gave another dimension to his Albion experience, Heinz concludes. “Albion has now provided me with a nurturing environment to mature, classes to challenge my mind, and a wonderful kickoff into the real world with the Venice program.”

Their time abroad also made the students more observant of cultural differences and more sensitive to what it’s like to be the “other.” “You see so many things about your own culture that you didn’t see,” Schultz says, “and a lot of it you don’t necessarily like. . . . Every culture is different. Americans are loud . . . we take up a lot of space . . . we’re colorful people. I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing. As long as we’re respectful of the cultures that we go to visit, and we’re respectful of differences, there’s room in this world for all types of people.” The other students participating in the Venice program Participating in the Venice program is “the best last fall were: Sarah Catron, Jadon Hartsuff, Erica thing I’ve done in my life so far,” Schultz maintains. Johnson, Nicole Langford, Lara Lenzotti, Bethany The English and psychology major says the program Parkhurst, Jason Rea, Angela Smith and Ericka Webb. helped her regain a sense of energy and direction for her education. “The program meant so much to me. I had lost my focus completely. I needed something to jar me. Going to Italy revitalized me.” For Jackson, a music major intent on pursuing an operatic career, the time spent in Italy made him “realize now more than ever that I want to perby Ann Marie Schultz, ’99 form.” He had the opportunity to attend opera performances in The following is an excerpt from a jour both Venice and Vienna, and to nal Schultz kept while participating in Albion College’s Veni ce program. take music lessons from outstanding vocal coaches, includVenice has been exactly what I need ed. Within her winding streets I ing two sessions with a coach have found the strength and the cour age to stand alone, or maybe I’ve from Milan’s La Scala opera. He simply rediscovered things that were within me all along. also performed an aria at a For four months I’ve cooked for mys elf, found my way around an unfamiliar city, and solved my own charity benefit in Venice. “My problems. I’ve learned how to lean on myself (and sometimes on frien voice is much stronger [now],” ds) instead of always leaning on my family. At the same time I’ve he says. “I’m a lot more confilearned how to love my family without sacrificing my self-identity. dent in my singing.” While he I’ve learned how to love my parents as a mature adult instead of as a scared little girl. intends to pursue graduate study I’m not saying that there weren’t days when I felt overwhelmed, at a music conservatory here in but they were fewer and farther betw een than they have ever been the United States, Jackson hopes before. I have truly become a much more self-reliant person than I to return eventually to Italy to ever thought possible. study or perform. I am in Venice, Italy, now because of a prayer I made one January Heinz, a chemistry major night. Maybe it wasn’t the best or the most conventional reason to come to Italy, but it has saved my life. headed for medical school next I know that sounds dramatic, but it’s the truth. The person who I am, year, found the Venice semester the person that I was, and the person who I am going to become are a welcome break from his all tied up in this one experience. In trusting the Universe, I also intense science studies. learned how to trust myself.

Sebold Gift underwrites off-campus study Thanks to a generous donation from Albion parents William and Gloria Sebold, Albion College’s Center for International Education is pleased to announce the Sebold Gift for Off-Campus Study. The $500 gift is awarded each semester to a student enrolled in an Albion-approved off-campus program. The Sebolds’ son, Todd Sebold, ’94, participated in the Philadelphia Center program while he was an Albion student. The recipient of the Sebold Gift may use the $500 to cover extra expenses associated with offcampus study, above the cost of attending Albion for one semester. The intent of the award is to help a student achieve goals that might be out of reach without additional financial support. For example, recipients could use the gift to help pay expenses related to a particular independent research project or a special volunteer opportunity, for extra course fees or field trips, or for costs associated with renting an apartment. The Off-Campus Programs Advisory Committee selects the recipients under the following criteria: academic excellence; expenses associated with the off-campus program; and the applicant’s educational goals. This semester’s Sebold Gift recipient is junior Elizabeth Hutula, who is currently in London studying art history and completing an internship with the House of Lords.

Daring to live ‘outside of our element’

The program may be over in four mon ths, but the effects of it on my life will continue on indefinitely. I feel very strongly about this point: because of this program I learn ed who I am. I now know my own strengths and limitations. That’s more important to me than all of the art and literature in the world. In 10 years I might not remember how to conjugate the verb essere or which artist painted the ceiling in Chiesa San Rocco, but I will be able to get out of bed each morning knowing that no matter wha t life throws at me, I will be able to handle it. I believe that my life will be happier and more productive for the time I’ve spent here, and that I will be a better American and a better world citizen because of what I’ve learned about myself. There are strengths and weaknesses hidden inside each of us that only the most personal and private strug gles can ever reveal. Perhaps it is only in fighting our demons and living our dreams that we become the people we were destined to become. When we venture abroad and dare to live outside of our element, we are more fully able to appreciate who we are and what mak es us unique in this world. The courage that it takes to make the initial leap of faith is rewarded every time we can look at ourselves in the mirror and know that we felt the fear and didn’t let it stop us. When we can venture inside of ourselves and see with certainty our own vast and boundless potential, then we know we have achi eved true victory.

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last frontiers Albion geologist Thom Wilch has made seven trips to Antarctica to conduct his research on ancient records of global climate change. Flying out from McMurdo Station, his crews have camped in several remote settings across the continent including this site near Mt. Berlin in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica.

by Jan Corey Arnett, ’75 A lone soul huddles in a tiny tent, sled dogs curled at his feet. Outside, frigid winds howl in the vast, white wilderness that holds them all captive. Fingers numb, he scrawls in his journal, “Supplies are getting low. . . .” Time is running out. But wait . . . a cheery face pops through the flap of his tent. “Hello, honey,” chirps Mom, “I brought you hot chocolate and cookies!” A moment later, she climbs back into her shiny sports utility vehicle and disappears into the sunset. —fade to black— D. TRUMPIE PHOTO

That’s the magic of television. Fast forward to reality. What might such a scene really be like? Well, who better to ask than Thom Wilch. An assistant professor of geology at Albion since fall 1998, Wilch has made seven trips to Antarctica and knows what it feels like to huddle in a tent for days on end, wondering which will run out first—the supplies or the blinding snow storm. He knows how it feels to be unable to see more than 10 feet beyond a tent door in white-out conditions fed by 50-mile per hour winds. Hot chocolate and cookies? Sure. But forget the sports utility vehicle. Only a heavy-duty snowmobile gets you most places in this part of the world. And even that isn’t guaranteed, because if you lose your bearings and drive off into a crevasse you might not make it back to the pick-up point where the U.S. Air National Guard C-130 transport plane is to fly you the 1,000 miles back to civilization. That is reality in Antarctica, the southernmost part of our world, now regarded as the last great unspoiled—but very much in jeopardy—region on earth. Antarctica is the fifth largest of the world’s seven continents, with its actual landmass buried under an ice cap up to four kilometers (2.48 miles) thick in some places. The great Antarctic ice sheet is 30 million cubic kilometers of ice, comprising more than 70 percent of the world’s fresh water. The continent belongs to no one, and no one set foot on it until 1897. Today, it is dotted with research stations. The United States-operated McMurdo Station, located south of New Zealand, is one of the largest. So, just how cold is it in this land more “down under” than the Land Down Under? And what do people do down there amid all that ice? The lowest temperature ever recorded on Earth, -91C (-131.80 F) was recorded just two winters ago in Under a grant he has received from the National Science Foundation, Wilch this summer will involve several Albion geology students in an analysis of the rock samples he collected on his most recent trip to Antarctica from November 1998 through January 1999.

Antarctica, but fortunately for Wilch, who conducts his field research during the brief austrial summer, it has been considerably warmer when he has been there. That is, if 20 degrees during the day and 0 at night can be called “summer weather”! Even the word “night” takes on new meaning in the Antarctic because from September 23 to March 22, the sun never sets. Says Wilch about his most recent visit from late November 1998 to early January 1999, “The sun appears to circle overhead without setting. Working in perennial daylight has its advantages. If we had a lot of work to do at a distant rock outcrop, for example, we didn’t need to worry about getting back before nightfall.” Forcing oneself to adjust to a sleep schedule without the benefit of darkness is more difficult. Wilch has had a probing curiosity about geology— and, specifically, the formation of the ice sheets that at one time blanketed much of North America and other regions of the world—since his undergraduate days at Macalester College in Minnesota. However, it wasn’t until 1987, when he was offered a graduate research assistantship to study at the University of Maine, Orono, and work on a geological project in Antarctica, that he made his first trip to the frozen continent. “The first time I went I didn’t know what to expect,” he recalls. “I was accustomed to snow and cold but I’d never done extensive winter camping.” That first trip and three subsequent ones were to the Dry Valleys region in the Transantarctic Mountains. Photographs in his Palenske Hall office of the Dry Valleys show a relatively ice-free landscape of Ushaped mountain valleys. Alpine glaciers creep down the valley walls from permanent snow and ice fields. The heads of the Dry Valleys rise gradually until they disappear under tendrils of the vast continental ice sheet. In the opposite direction, a huge piedmont glacier blocks the Valleys’ connection to the sea. “The Dry Valleys are as spectacular as the Grand Canyon,” Wilch says. “This is where NASA sent astronauts to simulate an extraterrestrial environment. Due to the lack of vegetation and human-made

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structures, there is no sense of scale. You may think you’d like to hike to an outcropping of rock that appears to be a mile away but it is really eight miles.” After completing his master’s degree at the University of Maine, Wilch headed southwest to pursue a Ph.D. at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMIMT). While there, he traveled twice to West Antarctica in preparing his dissertation on the “Volcanic Record of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in Marie Byrd Land.” Later, as an NMIMT faculty member, he developed a proposal to the National Science Foundation (NSF) seeking support for Wilch and two other geologists, accompanied by a professional mountaineer, to travel to West Antarctica and study rock deposits at Mt. Takahe, a dormant 11,000foot high volcano that rises 6,000 feet above the ice sheet. The team was to look for evidence of past expansions of the ice sheet and relate this to other ancient records of global climate change. The proposal was funded just before Wilch left New Mexico to take his current position in the Geology Department at Albion College. He brought $114,325 of the $166,797 grant with him, with some of that to be used to provide summer stipends and travel for four Albion College students to assist with the laboratory analysis of Antarctic rock samples both at Albion College and at NMIMT. Living and working in the Antarctic is fraught with risk, but not to the degree encountered by the earliest explorers who strapped snowshoes onto leather boots, navigated by compass, carried supplies by dogsled, and scratched notes on coarse paper. The NSF maintains its own depot from which it issues the supplies needed by researchers for their excursions. Researchers receive clothing, snowmobiles, cargo sleds, camping gear and communications equipment. These items are later returned to the NSF. “When the C-130 flew our team to the drop-off point, 1,000 miles from McMurdo, we were carrying 10,000 pounds of gear including our four snowmobiles,” explains Wilch. “From there, we reloaded supplies onto sleds we pulled behind the snowmobiles and drove another 15 miles to our base camp closer to the volcano, making trips from there to other sites.” The three researchers and mountaineer slept in two, two-person tents and heated and cooked with Coleman stoves using white gas. Their diet consisted of regular grocery store fare which can be kept safely for days or weeks, with the exception of fresh produce. Wilch’s team used computers to record data and keep notes of their experience, communicated by radio with the base at McMurdo, and carried a search and rescue satellite beacon that could be detected anywhere in the world. On the way to each camp site, they marked “way points” using a GPS (global positioning system) which became their map for getting back to their base camp. In the field they worked with digital cameras to photograph volcanic outcrops. The images could be printed at camp and overlain with translucent sheets on which critical geological data could be added. “Recorded in the rock sequence is the information that tells us that the ice sheet was once much higher than it is now,” Wilch explains. “We observed the characteristics of the rocks, collected samples and surveyed locations. Rocks which erupted below the

Antarctica’s Dry Valleys are “as spectacular as the Grand Canyon,” says Thom Wilch. Perennially ice-free, Taylor Valley (pictured) offers geologists access to rock layers dating back four million years. level of the ice sheet differ greatly from those which erupted into open air. We found strong evidence suggesting that the ice sheet was 400 meters (1,312 feet) higher than it is today. This summer I will be working with Albion geology majors at a laboratory in New Mexico to determine the age of the rocks and, in turn, former ice expansion.” One of the topics of debate among climatologists worldwide is the extent to which global warming is affecting Antarctica and what that means for the rest of the world. Because part of the Antarctic ice sheet is inherently unstable, Wilch says, it may melt if global temperatures continue to rise. Should this occur, sea levels would rise by six meters (19.6 feet), flooding coastal cities around the globe. “The degree of stability of the Antarctic ice sheet is an important scientific problem,” Wilch maintains. “[Substantial] melting would also produce changes in ocean and atmospheric circulation patterns which would further change climate. Debate centers on how quick and catastrophic these changes may be. Antarctica is an important part of the global climate puzzle.” Wilch is committed to transferring to Albion students his knowledge and experience about the process of disciplined scientific inquiry. He teaches courses on geological hazards, environmental geology, geomorphology, and glaciers and climate change.

“Students need to see how things relate,” he explains. “Volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, and so on are natural earth events but these events are becoming more related to what people do as we urbanize flood plains and make decisions that are not in the earth’s best interest.” Wilch says he feels very lucky to be at Albion College. “I was specifically looking to teach students in a liberal arts environment. Albion’s Geology Department is recognized and respected by geologists from around the country. This is a good place to be.” Albion’s intimate size and solid liberal arts emphasis encourages students to get to know themselves and their world from many points of inquiry. But, if a person really wants to know something about himself or herself, eight days confined to a tiny tent in the midst of a driving Antarctic snowstorm may be one way to do it. Wilch admits that some people do not handle the isolation and sense of powerlessness very well. He plans to write another proposal to the NSF that will include taking Albion students with him to the Antarctic, but not, he says with a smile, for an experience “quite that intense.” Hot chocolate and cookies in the Antarctic? You bet. But Mom and the sports utility vehicle will have to stay home.

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DeGrazia presents 1999 Isaac Lecture Emilio DeGrazia, ’63, will be the Isaac Lecturer during the 1999 Elkin R. Isaac Research Symposium, April 14-15. DeGrazia has written or edited five books, including the novels Billy Brazil and A Canticle for Bread and Stones. He has also published more than 100 short stories, poems and essays in anthologies and literary journals. The recipient of a Ph.D. from Ohio State University, he is currently professor of English at Winona State University in Minnesota. While on campus, DeGrazia will also meet with classes in creative writing and literature. Other speakers during the symposium include ethnobotanist Wade Davis, author of the international best seller The Serpent and the Rainbow (later released as a motion picture), and biological anthropologist Laurie Godfrey, a specialist on the anatomy and evolution of primates. Godfrey’s visit was sponsored by the Albion chapter of Sigma Xi scientific honorary society. Sixty-three students will present the results of their research and creative work in presentations and poster sessions during the symposium. Topics range across the curriculum and include: “Trade vs. Technology: Determining the Cause of the Widening Wage Differential,” “Women Found and Lost: Six

News in brief The Elmer Iseler Singers, one of Canada’s most renowned professional choirs, performed April 5 in Goodrich Chapel under the auspices of the College’s David L. Strickler Endowed Concert Series. Formed in 1979 by the late Elmer Isler, who also developed Canada’s first professional choir in 1954, the 20member group performs a wide variety of music ranging from baroque to contemporary. Douglas Rose, assistant professor of music at Albion, performed with the Iseler Singers from 1984 to 1986 and arranged their Albion appearance. The David L. Strickler Endowed Concert Series was established in 1992 by alumni and friends to honor Strickler, who was professor of music and director of the Albion College Choir from 1943 to 1976. The endowment ensures that a premier concert performance group will be a permanent feature of the Albion music scene. The Albion College theatre production of Vinegar Tom was among four college productions featured during the “Evening of

Corrections The following items correct errors that appeared in the winter 1998-99 edition of Io Triumphe. We regret the errors.

1998 Hall of Fame John Walker, ’54, should have been listed among the members of the 1952 MIAA championship football team inducted into Albion’s Athletic Hall of Fame at Homecoming 1998. Walker was named to the allconference squads, on both offense and defense, in 1952 and 1953.

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Fiction Pieces,” “The Women of Ravensbrück: The History of the Women’s Concentration Camp,” “The Effects of Exercise on Leucine Metabolism in HIV+ Individuals,” and “An Environmental Toxin (Mercuric Chloride) Inhibits Human Immune System Activity.” For the first time in the 10year history of the symposium, College classes will be cancelled on the day of the symposium in order for all students and faculty to attend the various presentations. The Elkin R. Isaac Endowed Lectureship was created in 1991 by Albion College alumni in honor of their former teacher, coach and mentor, Elkin R. “Ike” Isaac, ’48. In 1997, the lectureship was expanded and was associated with the College’s annual Student Research Symposium.

Scenes” at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival regional competition, Jan. 5-9 in Indianapolis. In addition, six acting students performed in the festival’s Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship competition, based upon reviews received during the 1998 Albion College theatre season, and two student designers (sets and costumes) earned invitations stemming from their work on A View from the Bridge, staged on campus last fall. Each year, nearly a thousand students and faculty participate in the festival nationally. Albion College’s World Wide Web site, www.albion.edu, has claimed national recognition for design and function, the third such award it has received in less than a year. CampusTours.com, an Internet company specializing in online college campus tours, gave Albion its Four-Star Award for virtual college tours in March. CampusTours noted that Albion’s “tour and campus map demonstrate the tremendous potential of online multimedia college tours.” Albion’s Web site previously earned awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and Market Central.

Chronicle of Albion women Albion-area historian Frank Passic passed along the following corrections on the profile of Gwendolyn Dew Buchanan. Her birth date was June 18, 1903, not 1904 as reported. It was the town of Howell, not Homer, whose electric power was cut off during an aerial ballooning incident in which Buchanan was involved. Finally, Buchanan attended Albion College for three years prior to transferring to the University of Michigan where she earned a degree in journalism. She was a member of Delta Gamma sorority.

While studying at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, senior Kirk Myers visited the southernmost point in Africa at Cape Agulhas (pictured). He used vacation periods to travel to other locations in southern Africa, including Mount Kilimanjaro.

Living and learning in the new South Africa by Jake Weber When Cuban leader Fidel Castro addressed South Africa’s parliament last fall, Albion senior Kirk Myers had one of the best seats in the house—in the president’s box, right by Nelson Mandela’s wife, Graca Machel, and her daughter Josina. Myers had become friends with Josina during a political science class they were both taking at the University of Cape Town (UCT), and she had urged him to accompany her to the speech. “It was amazing,” he says, to sit in the “president’s box . . . listening to Fidel Castro.” Myers was in South Africa under an offcampus program Albion maintains with UCT as part of the College’s South Africa

Behind the scenes at ‘Saturday Night Live’ by Melissa Driessche, ’99 Mary Summers remembers one of the most intense moments of her life. It was just before show time on the set at “Saturday Night Live,” and the executive producers made a last-minute decision to change one of the sketches and add a new one to the opening segment. Summers and the other interns sprang into action. “We had to race all over the whole studio, telling the camera men, the stage crew and the cast members about the change. The success of the show’s opening depended on us,” Summers says. A junior at Albion, Summers decided to spend last fall semester off-campus on the New York Arts Program. The program, which provides internships in a student’s chosen field, seemed like a natural choice for Summers, who is active both in the Theatre Department and the Purple Rose at Albion College Theatre Project. “I [went] to New York expecting to work for ‘Saturday Night Live,’” Summers says, “I was really excited about it because it was something that I had always wanted to do.” On her second day in the city, when she was still getting settled in her new apartment

initiatives begun in 1989. He first became interested in going to UCT when, as a firstyear student, he was invited to a meeting of Albion’s Committee on South Africa (COSA). His friendships with a South African student and other Albion students who had participated in the Cape Town program kept the possibility of traveling to South Africa “brew[ing] in the back of my mind,” says Myers. He finally decided to go when he realized he could combine off-campus study, thesis research and a required internship for the Gerald R. Ford Institute for Public Policy and Service, all in one semester. Leaving his hometown, Millville, MN, in mid-July, Myers arrived in the middle of South Africa’s winter. That was the first of many adjustments he would make over the next five months. In the racially diverse city of Cape Town, he was surprised to discover he was set apart not only for his nationality, but for the fact that, unlike most of his African classmates, he had been raised in a rural community. (continued on p. 20)

and finding her way around, Summers received some devastating news. She called the studio to confirm her job, and the show’s film coordinator told her that, due to scheduling conflicts, they would not be able to use her as an intern until November. “I was so disappointed when they told me that they didn’t need me. The whole reason I came to New York was to work for ‘Saturday Night Live,’” she recalls. “I almost decided to pack up and go home. . . .” In the meantime she located another internship with the Off-Broadway improvisational troupe Chicago City Limits, where she did some publicity work and staffed the office. She also took improvisational comedy classes one night a week. Although she enjoyed her work at Chicago City Limits, she called “Saturday Night Live” each week to see if they needed her. The last week of October, Summers came home to a welcome message on her answering machine: the film coordinator at “Saturday Night Live” was asking her to report to work that Saturday. “I was so ecstatic—it was what I had been waiting for all semester!” She was given a job with the show’s writers as a research intern. She sat in on pitch sessions and read-throughs, worked with the Weekend Update joke writers, was involved with the show’s budget, and did extensive research for possible sketches. “I remember one time they were working on a sketch about fishing, so I had to do all (continued on p. 20)

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New staff on board The following individuals have been named to Albion College’s administrative staff in recent months.

Academic Affairs ■ William DeWolf, registrar. DeWolf has 16 years’ experience as a registrar at Pennsylvania State University and most recently at Allegheny University of the Health Sciences. He began his academic career as an instructor in art education, and later continued as a professor and administrator in art and art education at Thiel College in Pennsylvania

and Radford University in Virginia. DeWolf holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in art education from New York’s State University College at Buffalo, and a doctorate in higher education and art education administration from Florida State University. ■ Douglas White, coordinator of the College’s Culpeper Foundation grant to support environmental education. Adjunct assistant professor of biology at Albion College since 1995, White has previously taught biology at Kansas State University and Rutgers University. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University, with a master’s degree in ecology from the University of Tennessee and a doctorate in ecology from Rutgers. The Culpeper grant will enable Albion to launch the Institute for the Study of the Environment in fall 1999.

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■ E. Heidi Yeager, Marilyn Crandell Schleg, ’58, Endowed Archivist. Yeager, who will serve concurrently as archivist for the West Michigan Conference of the United Methodist Church, worked most recently as an archivist with the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Archives and Records Center, and at several University of Michigan libraries. Yeager is a graduate of the University of Toledo, and holds master’s degrees in history from the University of Toledo and Ohio State University, and a master’s degree in information and library science from the University of Michigan. The archivist position was made possible by a gift from Marilyn Crandell Schleg, ’58.

Institutional Advancement ■ Leigh Ann Collier, coordinator of advancement services. Collier has worked in data and schedule management for manufacturing and service companies in Jackson County since 1994. She is a 1993 graduate of Western Michigan University. ■ Adriana Nichols, director of annual giving. Currently finishing her doctorate in higher education and public policy at the University of Michigan, Nichols has worked as a research assistant and staff member in the university’s Business School and School of Education, and has been a consultant to annual giving programs. A graduate of Alma College, she holds a master’s degree in higher education from the University of South Carolina.

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averaging 5.6 rebounds per contest, leading the Britons in grabbing stray shots for nine of the team’s last 15 games. Madej was named to the coaches’ honorable mention team. Junior guard Kacy Davidson earned second-team All-MIAA recognition. Davidson led the Britons in scoring (11.0 ppg), minutes played (819 in 24 games), assists (3.0 per game) and steals (two per contest). She also earned high honors off the court. Her 3.92 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) was a factor in securing first-team CoSIDA/GTE Academic All-District IV recognition in early March. Davidson now moves on to the national GTE Academic AllAmerica College Division ballot for women’s basketball. Cathy Henkenberns is women’s basketball coach.

by Robin Hartman Albion College is a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) and NCAA Division III.

Men’s basketball: Albion came within one second of repeating its 1998 accomplishment of winning the MIAA tournament and securing an automatic bid for the NCAA Division III tournament. After finishing in a tie for third place during the regular season, Albion won league tournament games against Kalamazoo (69-65) and Hope (62-60) before meeting Defiance in the league tournament championship game. Albion and Defiance battled into overtime before the Yellow Jackets prevailed, 75-72. Albion had a chance to win the tournament championship in regulation time, but missed twice in the final seven seconds. Coached by Mike Turner, the Britons finished the year with a 15-12 overall record and 8-6 mark in MIAA play. The 15 wins marked the 24th straight season for Briton men’s basketball to win 10 or more games. Junior forward Tim Czarnecki led Albion in nearly every statistical category, and finished among the MIAA and NCAA Division III leaders in field goal percentage. In fact, enroute to his second straight firstteam All-MIAA coaches’ selection, Czarnecki made things easy for the statisticians covering his work in league and non-league play. He had the same field goal percentage—.644— for both league (65-101) and overall (141219) play. Senior center Steve Conger earned secondteam All-MIAA recognition. Conger was second on the team in scoring (11.4 points per game) and rebounding (7.0 rebounds per contest), and led the Britons in scoring for nine of the team’s 27 games. Senior guard Jason Klein received coaches’ honorable mention status.

Junior forward Tim Czarnecki led Albion in nearly every statistical category and finished among the 1998-99 NCAA Division III leaders in field goal percentage.

Her 3.92 grade point average helped Briton scoring leader Kacy Davidson secure firstteam CoSIDA/GTE Academic All-District IV recognition in March.

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Calvin College stopped the Britons in the first round, 61-35. Albion compiled a 7-17 overall record and 5-11 MIAA mark. The Britons got a strong performance this season from freshman center Meagan Madej. The 6-footer led the team in rebounding,

secured the seventh and final playoff spot in the MIAA women’s tournament with perhaps its most complete game of the season—a 6246 victory at Olivet College Feb. 16. Albion’s playoff run, however, was a short one, as

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(From left) Mike Turner, ’69, President Peter Mitchell, ’67, and Dave Egnatuk, ’71.

Men’s track and field coach Dave Egnatuk, ’71, and men’s basketball coach Mike Turner, ’69, were honored in February for having completed 25 years of head coaching in their respective sports. Egnatuk has coached athletes who have won seven MIAA team championships, 25 All America honors and five NCAA Division III individual championships. Egnatuk also served as an assistant football coach at Albion for 23 seasons. Turner has 20 winning seasons to his credit, along with four MIAA championships and three NCAA Division III postseason appearances including a third-place finish in 1979. Turner is also men’s golf coach.

Swimming and diving: A number of individual quality performances, including a pair of NCAA qualifying efforts in diving, highlighted the swimming and diving season for the Britons. As a team, Albion was fifth for both men and women in the final MIAA standings. Both squads are coached by Keith Havens. Individually, two swimmers were honored with All-MIAA recognition. Sophomore Britt Johnson and junior Katie Waters had the best finishes at the league meet in mid-February. Johnson placed second in the 200 freestyle, turning in a time of 1:45.04. Waters posted a 1:02.50 time in finishing second in the women’s 100 butterfly. Diving into action in a major way were sophomore Travis Sterner and junior Molly Maloney. Sterner secured a spot at nationals with qualifying scores at a season-ending diving invitational and at the league meet. Maloney, on the other hand, came off a fall semester of study in England, and had less than a month of competition and training before posting a national qualifying score on the one-meter board at the league meet. Senior teammate Denise Routhier came as close on both the one- and three-meter boards to NCAA qualifying as one could get. Routhier was announced as qualified at the league meet on the one-meter board, only to learn later she missed making the qualifying standard by less than 10 points. Two days later on the threemeter board, Routhier’s effort missed by sixhundredths of a point.

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by Robin Hartman Albion College is a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) and NCAA Division III.

Junior forward Tim Czarnecki led Albion in nearly every statistical category and finished among the 1998-99 NCAA Division III leaders in field goal percentage.

Her 3.92 grade point average helped Briton scoring leader Kacy Davidson secure firstteam CoSIDA/GTE Academic All-District IV recognition in March.

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(From left) Mike Turner, ’69, President Peter Mitchell, ’67, and Dave Egnatuk, ’71.

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Class notes deadline The deadline for class notes appearing in this issue of Io Triumphe was Feb. 5, 1999. Notes received after that deadline will appear in the next issue.

Bob has been a member of Sarasota Flotilla 84 of the Coast Guard Auxillary, president of the Bayshore Gardens Homeowners Association, and vicechairman of the board of trustees of Bayshore Gardens Park and Recreation District.

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30-39 Robert and Katherine Benedict Hargreaves, both ’36, traveled to Indiana last fall at the invitation of the Muncie Symphony Orchestra and Ball State University. The occasion was the first classical concert of the 50th season of the Orchestra which Bob founded and conducted for 33 seasons. Indiana state senator Craycraft, representing Gov. O’Bannon, presented Bob with the prized Sagamore of the Wabash award. The Hargreaves live in Bradenton, FL.

1954 Reunion Chair John Brundage 1959 Reunion Chair Don Vangilder E-mail: vannan37@aol.com William R. Biggs, ’54, has written a second book, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way. He is donating the profits from this work and an earlier book to the

Arvella and Robert H. Schuller Possibility Thinkers Scholarship, which Bill and his wife, Ruth Ann Williams Biggs, ’54, created. Albion senior Nora Maries is a current recipient of the scholarship. The Biggses live in Marshall. James Timmons, ’55, received the National Aviation Transportation Association Distinguished Service Award for outstanding service to the general aviation industry. He retired from Air BP in May. James and his wife Karen reside in Houston, TX. John Lyday, ’58, retired from the practice of medicine last year. He was the laboratory director at Burlington Medical Center in Iowa for the past eight years. John’s e-mail address is jlyday@aol.com. James Beauchamp, ’59, retired in 1997 as professor of music and electrical/ computer engineering from the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign. He continues to advise graduate students, teach a seminar on computer music and a course in audio or electronic music. James is still contributing to his field and is now working on a book with 10 other authors

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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.

Eleanor Janice Ross Law, ’63, has been elected to a County Criminal Court judgeship in Houston, TX. To win in Harris County, which has a population of about three million, candidates must receive more votes than in some entire states. She unseated a 12-year incumbent. Janice was in her third term as an associate municipal judge for the city of Houston when she was elected to County Criminal Court #5. She had a 14-year journalism career before becoming an attorney. She holds a law degree from Nova University Law School.

entitled, Analysis, Synthesis, and Perception of Musical Sounds, to be published by Springer-Varlag. He and his wife Karen are the parents of a son, Nathan Charles, 2.

Frederic Berner, ’35

If, like the Berner family, you wish to pay tribute to Albion College through a bequest or other planned gift, please contact Jim Whitehouse in the Albion College Department of Gift and Estate Planning at 517/629-0237 or by e-mail at jwhitehouse @albion.edu.

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T. John and Gloria Schultz Leppi, both ’59, reside in Weatherford, TX. John recently retired as professor of anatomy and cell biology at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. He hopes to become an itinerant anatomist teaching part-time and filling in for vacationing faculty or those on sabbatical leaves. John’s e-mail address is jleppi@hsc.unt.edu

60-64 1964 Reunion Chairs Carolyn Aishton E-mail: carolyn.aishton@avon.com and Bill Lauderbach E-mail: lauderba@concentric.net Karen Greenwood Russell, ’63, is now a technical instructor for ARIS Corp. in Portland, OR. She has been with them for about 18 months, teaching programming and system administration classes around the Northwest. Trips to Seattle are a bonus now that Karen and her husband Jim are the proud grandparents of one-year-old twin boys. Melvin Smith, ’64, has been appointed the director of the Division of Petroleum and Chemical Safety in the Office of the State Fire Marshal in Illinois. He and his wife Amy celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary this year. He continues to swim in master’s events and coach Springfield Southeast girls’ and boys’ swimming and diving. They have two daughters and one wedding being planned for this summer.

65-69 1969 Reunion Chair Tom Tarvis James Batzer, ’65, has spent the past 14 years as circuit judge for Manistee and Benzie counties, having been elected three times. Previously, he was an assistant attorney general for the State of Michigan for five years. Suzanne Mortimer Fehniger, ’66, and her husband Mike have retired to Oro Valley in southern Arizona. They recently purchased a home and are busily unpacking. Mike has a part-time optical consulting business, and Sue tutors English as a second language once a week. They have become a part of the Episcopal Church of the Apostles and are enjoying new friends. Suzanne’s email address is fehniger@azstarnet.com. Gail Bradley Shaw, ’66, has moved to Sedona, AZ, where she is enjoying hiking, building a house, keeping her hands in clay, and working in a contemporary art gallery. She would love to hear from old friends at 520/2849720 or e-mail to gbs@sedona.net. Karen Munro Vournakis, ’66, celebrates the third anniversary of her studio/gallery in the historic district of Charleston, SC. She was an award winner at the Piccalo Spoleto Art Exhibition in 1996 and 1998. Her art work, “The Piazza,” is featured on the cover of the current Charleston Place magazine, owned by Orient Express Hotels. Her studio is located at 125 King Street, Charleston SC 29401, and the phone number is 843/723-3921.

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is currently seeking employment as an instruction designer/trainer. Her e-mail address is garylois@home.com.

70-74 1974 Reunion Chairs Bill Stoffer amtco@aol.com and Marcia Hepler Starkey mstarkey@albion.edu Lois Neshkoff Berkowitz, ’70, completed her M.B.A. in December at Baker College. She met another goal by running a marathon in every one of the United States. To date, she has run 111 marathons. As of January 1999, Lois took a buyout from Ford Motor Co. and

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Martha Melzow, ’70, recently received a Superior Honor Award from the U.S. Department of State. This award recognizes her “outstanding dedication and creative policy recommendations designed for the protection and welfare of U.S. citizens overseas.” Martha also holds two meritorious honor awards. She was promoted to the rank of foreign service officer grade 2 in October and now serves as the consul and deputy principal officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Marseille, France. Previously she was a consular officer in Monterey, Mexico and Madrid, Spain.

Dave David, ’70, recently was appointed district sales manager for Farmers Insurance Group in Pleasanton, CA. He has been with Farmers for the past 21 years, 13 in California. Dave is also past president of the Mt. Diablo chapter of the CPCU Society for insurance professionals. He continues to teach Sunday school, serve as den leader in Cub Scouts, and coach Little League. Dave and his wife live in Livermore, CA with their three children. Michael Perry, ’70, has been elected to the Board of Directors and to the office of secretary for the law firm Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Foster, P.C. Michael will be the first secretary of the Lansing-based law firm to see the opening of its new Detroit office. He graduated from Wayne State University Law School in 1972. Michael specializes in commercial and tort litigation, as well as environmental law. Bob Gray, ’71, is the coach of the Albion High School boys’ swim team. He is also an Albion High School graduate. Bob has been a swim coach for about 25 years and is an official for high school and college swimming.

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John Goodspeed, ’72, is the managing partner for the law firm of Poliquin, Goodspeed, Mulder and Skripko, LLP, in Santa Ana, CA. The firm is primarily engaged in civil litigation with a very active trial practice. Leon Herndon, ’72, was appointed pastor of Faith United Methodist Church in Oak Park in June 1998 at the Detroit Annual Conference. He would enjoy hearing from the “Morelia Gang.”

Clark Bisbee, ’71, and Randy Richardville, ’81 Clark Bisbee, ’71, and Randy Richardville, ’81, this year have continued a long tradition of service in the Michigan House of Representatives by Albion alumni. Both are Republicans and were elected to their first term in 1998. A Jackson native, Clark Bisbee served as a branch manager and commercial loan officer for City Bank and Trust in Jackson following his graduation from Albion. In 1980, he joined his father in the family travel business, which expanded in 1989 with the purchase of several travel agencies in the Lansing area and was renamed Bisbee Travel, Inc. Clark also operated Bisbee Infrared Services from 1978 to 1989. Past president of the Michigan chapter of the American Society of Travel Agents, he is also a board member for City Bank & Trust and Citizens Bank-Jackson, and has participated in and supported numerous other community organizations. Randy Richardville is currently on leave from his job as purchasing manager for North Star Steel Co. in Monroe. His work has also taken him to Ohio and Wisconsin, and he was employed with La-Z-Boy, Inc. in South Carolina. His local involvements have included Monroe County Planning Commission, Catholic Social Services of Monroe County and Monroe Rotary Club. He is a board member for Karmanos Cancer Institute and sits on the National Habitat Partners Council for Habitat for Humanity. He received a master of management degree from Aquinas College. Other Albion alumni who have served or are serving in the Michigan House are: Phillip Arthurhultz, ’71, Mary Carney Brown, ’57, David Camp, ’75, Dennis Cawthorne, ’62, James Hadden, ’51, Mark Schauer, ’84, and the late Richard Smith, ’43.

Rolfe L. Hillman, ’72, has joined a new company, TRANDES Inc. He continues to provide training support for the U.S. Navy. He also had his book review of Fighting on the Brink: Defense of the Pusan Perimeter, by Brigadier General Uzal Ent, published in the January 1999 issue of Marine Corps Gazette. Nicki Romcevich Walker, ’72, was promoted to second vice president at The Northern Trust Co. in Chicago where she is a senior tax technician in the Wealth Management Group. Prior to joining The Northern, she was a manager with Ernst and Young. Kay Leopardi Anderson, ’73, has taken a position as director of International House San Francisco. It is an organization based in London and is dedicated to the teaching of languages and promoting teacher training to native and non-native teachers of English in 34 countries. She received her master’s in counseling and therapy of handicapped children from Albert Ludwigs Universitaet in Germany. She also received her diploma from the Royal Society of Arts in England for teaching English as a foreign language to adults. Kay has been involved in the teaching and directorship of three language schools in Europe where she resided for 23 years. She retired to the U.S. in 1996 to become director at St. Giles College.

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Paulette Stenzel, ’72, was selected by the Eli Broad College Advisory Council, Michigan State University, to receive the 1998 John D. and Dortha J. Withrow Teacher/Scholar Award. This award is given annually to one or more Broad College faculty members who have “rendered distinguished service to the university and its student body through excellence in institutional and scholarly activities.” Paulette is the first woman in the history of MSU’s business school to receive this award. She is a professor in MSU’s Department of Finance, where she specializes in business law and public policy, and she also serves on the advisory board for the Center for International Business Education and Research. In 1996-97, she received the Broad College’s Lewis Quality of Excellence Award for quality improvement projects. The recipient of a J.D. degree from Wayne State University Law School, Paulette joined the MSU faculty in 1982 after practicing law in the Detroit area.

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CORRECTION: Sylvia Jane Townsend, ’68, was hired as a full-time interpretive naturalist for the Columbus (OH) and Franklin Country Metropolitan Park District in September 1998. She works at Blacklick Woods Metro Park in Reynoldsburg, a Columbus suburb. She was formerly employed as a seasonal naturalist for Ohio State Parks, at East Fork State Park near Cincinnati, in the summers of 1997 and 1998. Sylvia is also working toward her master’s degree in natural resources at Ohio State University, majoring in environmental communications, education and interpretation. Her thesis study involves how women use direct experiencing of nature as a spiritual resource.

Stanley Nelson, ’76, resides in San Antonio, TX, with his wife, Kymlyn Best Nelson, ’75. Stan is one of six to receive a 1998 Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. An associate professor in the Department of Restorative Dentistry, he also received a Faculty Appreciation Award in 1995 from the freshman students, and his department honored him with a Teaching Innovation Award in 1991. Earlier in his career, Stan and his father, Charles Nelson, practiced dentistry together in Albion. Stan received his D.D.S. degree from the University of Michigan.

Gary Hollidge, ’73, has joined Weldaloy Products Co. as vice president for sales and marketing. He lives in Grosse Pointe Park. Lisa Friedrichs Olson, ’74, was promoted to director of system validation and compliance at ClinTrials Research, a contract research organization. Her responsibilities include computer system compliance with FDA regulations for drugs and medical devices. Lisa and her husband Kevin are enjoying the short winters in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina.

75-79 1979 Reunion Chairs Fran Federer Miller E-mail: ffm297t@aol.com and Jill Cotter Walters E-mail: jwalters@macatawa.org Mary Ann Tidwell Gilbert, ’75, is now the manager of extended care services at Amicare Homecare in Muskegon. Bettina Guzdzial McConnell, ’76, is now director of development at Purdue University’s School of Chemical Engineering. She and her husband John and their son live in West Lafayette, IN.

Larry Scott, ’76, recently was elected to the Special Olympics Michigan Board of Directors. Larry is a partner of Mager, Mercer, Scott and Alber P.C. He is the vice chairman of the Water Warriors, a group that raises money for Special Olympics Michigan. He is also a Wertz Warriors volunteer. Larry is a resident of Harrison Township. David, ’76, and Gail Peterson Walker, ’77, have moved to the Chicago area after 14 years in Atlanta. Dave is the Midwest Region extended care director for KCI. Gail is busy working with special needs kids in the Naperville school district. They have two children, Julianne, 15, and Dave, 13. Mark Crawford, ’78, graduated as part of the tenth class to complete Leadership Michigan in December. Mark was sponsored by Battle Creek Health System to participate in an eight-month leadership development program held around the state. He was able to discuss topics such as education, criminal justice and health care with Michigan’s leading authorities. Patricia Martin-Kovacs, ’78, works for the Detroit Medical Center as a clinical social worker and psychotherapist. She and her husband Jon are parents of daughter, Augusta Nicole, 2.

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Trustee Bill Stoffer, ’74, has offered to donate $1-million to Albion to endow the Stoffer Lecture Series. In order for Albion to receive the $1-million gift, we must raise our alumni giving percentage to 48% by the end of fiscal year 2000-01.* In order to keep us on track to reach 48% we have set mini-goals for each year:

100 In honor of the 100th anniversary of the Rock’s introduction to the Albion campus, we are inviting alumni to send us their favorite memories of painting the Rock, gathering around the Rock (in fun and in protest), even moving the Rock. (Yes, the administration moved it off-campus, and the students promptly moved it back again.) We will print the best submissions in an upcoming issue. If you have a photo of the Rock that relates to your story, please send it along too. Send to: Editor, Io Triumphe, Albion College, 611 E. Porter St., Albion, MI 49224; or e-mail to: sbriggs@albion.edu.

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In 1999-00 we cruise past second with 44%!!

As of March 1999, we were more than three-fourths of the way to 40%. In order to keep this strong momentum, we need your help. If you have not made a gift to Albion since June 30, 1998, please consider doing so today. Gifts may be mailed to: Albion College, Attn: Annual Fund, 611 E. Porter St., Albion, MI 49224. *Albion’s fiscal year runs from July 1-June 30.

Michael Adam, ’79, recently joined Jacobs Industries in Fraser after nearly 20 years in commercial banking and will be active in strategic planning and marketing for the firm. Jacobs is an automotive supplier. Michael resides in Beverly Hills with his wife Lora and son Spencer.

80 Beth Falkner-Brown, ’80, is director of community health for Lake Hospital System in northeast Ohio. She heads the Lake County Community Health Coalition. Beth was appointed to the boards of Lake County Council on Aging, Pathways Inc. and the Alzheimer’s Association. She earned her M.S. in social administration in 1992 from Case Western Reserve University. Beth and her husband James live in Willoughby, OH. Marcia Lust Heirman, ’80, accepted the position of executive director for Accord-Area Churches Together. She received a B.A. in philosophy and religion from Spring Arbor College in 1998. She and her husband Reinhard live in Marshall with their three children, Rachel, 10, Erik, 12, and Jonas, 14.

81 Deborah Misner Broderick, ’81, was one of the Detroit-area businesspeople featured in a “40 under 40” years of age special section by Crain’s Detroit Business magazine, honoring the best and brightest in the Detroit business world. She is the vice president and Midwest Regional CFO for Acordia Inc., the only woman in the company to hold this rank. Deborah was honored as 1998 Volunteer of the Year for Special Olympics in Oakland County. She and her husband Timothy reside in Leonard.

82 Carl and Sally Layman Davis, both ’82, recently moved to Naples, FL, for Carl’s new investment position with Brown Brothers Harriman of New York. They adopted Shelby Lynn in June 1997, and Sally is now a full-time mom.

83 Lois Carpenter Costello, ’83, is teaching third grade in the Redford Union school district where she has taught for 13 years. She was on the committee to implement a new teacher mentoring program as the elementary representative. Even though Lois no longer teaches elementary music classes, she still enjoys singing with a local choir

as a soloist. She earned her master’s degree from the University of Michigan. She and her husband Keith have been married for seven years. Michael Dowling, ’83, has accepted a new position at American Library Association, as head of the International Relations Office. He resides in Evanston, IL. Roger Shammas, ’83, is in a private practice cardiology group in Grand Rapids. He graduated in cardiology at the University of Minnesota. Roger and his wife Kim enjoy their three children, skiing, walks and the theater.

84 1984 Reunion Chairs Mary Beth Hartmann Halushka E-mail: marybeth.halushka@mnca.com and John Harding Jeffrey Coe, ’84, has left his position as executive producer at WCVB-TV in Boston to become a producer at “Dateline NBC” in New York City. Friends can reach him online at: jeff.coe@nbc.com. Robert DeVries, ’84, is vice president of theme park brand management and special events for Walt Disney Attractions in Orlando, FL. His responsibilities include marketing the four Orlando Walt Disney World Theme Parks (Animal Kingdom, EPCOT, MGM Studios and Magic Kingdom) and

Downtown Disney (West Side, Pleasure Island and the former Village Marketplace). He also oversees special events like WDW’s upcoming millennium celebration. Bob and his wife, Amy Ewing DeVries, ’83, have three daughters.

Daniel Gordon, ’84, is the commercial lines marketing manager for Burnham Stewart Insurance Group based in Battle Creek. He resides in the Grand Rapids area with his wife Laura and their sons, Ross, 8, and Chad, 5.

NEWS FROM CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Briton Career Connection works for students Albion College alumni are a distinguished and dedicated group. Their willingness to remain involved with their alma mater is especially evident in the steady growth of the Briton Career Connection, Albion’s career networking database. Special thanks to the many alumni volunteering to be a part of this invaluable student resource. The Briton Career Connection provides the opportunity for alumni to share career-related knowledge and expertise with motivated students. Participants agree to have some form of contact information shared with students for networking purposes. This is not a job service, but rather an avenue to make connections and exchange career-related information. The Office of Career Development regulates the use of this database. Students recognize the value of networking. Mary Simpson, Lafayette, IN, senior believes “in today’s marketplace, networking is crucial. Speaking with alumni is incredibly helpful because they are familiar with the quality of an Albion education and can provide relevant advice.” Virgil Petty, West Bloomfield senior, observes that “connecting with Albion’s alumni gives students personal insight into common career interests.” T.J. Whitehouse, Albion senior, has found networking with alumni “especially helpful in learning of potential opportunities out-of-state.” Please help increase the scope and effectiveness of the Briton Career Connection. Volunteers from all geographic locations and career fields are needed. Please e-mail Laura Bogardus at lbogardus@albion.edu or call the Office of Career Development at 517/629-0332 if you would like to be a part of this network.

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85 Mark Williams, ’85, and Robert Faulkner have formed the law firm of Faulkner and Williams, P.C., in Traverse City. Mark has been in private practice since 1988 after graduating from Indiana University School of Law. He practices primarily in the areas of labor and employment law, worker’s compensation defense litigation, and commercial litigation.

86 Robert Barry, ’86, was inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons during ceremonies at the Academy’s 66th annual meeting in Anaheim, CA. Robert was one of 596 new fellows inducted. He and his wife Theresa reside in Manistee. Kristijan Minanov, ’86, is a cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon with the Cardiac Surgery Institute in Detroit. Kris received his M.D. from the University of Michigan in 1989. He trained in general surgery at the University of North Carolina Hospitals in Chapel Hill and in cardiothoracic surgery at the Emory University Hospital and Clinics in Atlanta. Kris and his wife of five years, Deborah, have two healthy boys, Karstan, 2, and Nikolas, 16 months. Robert Rutherford, ’86, and his wife Jill reside in Indianapolis where he works for Eli Lilly as area sourcing coordinator for Asia-Pacific and Latin American operations. They recently spent two weeks in Europe, the highlight of which was the Lilly European Soccer Tournament held in Strasbourg, France. Rob was one of 13 members of the Lilly USA team who competed in this intercompany tournament for the first time. Out of the 17 men’s open teams, the Lilly USA team finished fourth with key victories over Poland and the UK. The Rutherfords can be reached via e-mail at: jrr@iquest.net.

87 Daniel Brubaker, ’87, has become a member of Mika, Meyers, Beckett and Jones, PLC, a Grand Rapids law firm. Dan was an associate with the firm for over six years following his graduation from the University of Michigan Law School. He lives in Lowell and is the chairman of the planning commission and president-elect of the Chamber of Commerce. Nancy Kirchberger Ladd, ’87, and her husband Gilbert will be moving from Mobile, AL, to Bloomfield Hills in May. Gilbert will be practicing psychiatry at William Beaumont Hospital. Their son Russell turned three in December.

89 1989 Reunion Chair John Fuelling E-mail: jammfuelling@msn.com Steve, ’89, and Cackie Boomer Germic, ’90, reside in East Lansing with their daughter Eloise, 3. Steve received his Ph.D. in American studies in December 1997 from Wayne State University. He is currently teaching at Michigan State University in the Department of American Thought and Language. This summer they moved from Marquette to East Lansing to be closer to his job. Cackie is a full-time mom. They can be reached at: 873 Audubon Rd., East Lansing, 48823, sgermic@aol.com. Anne Lucchetti, ’89, completed her Ph.D. in interpersonal communication from the University of Texas at Austin. She is in her second year of teaching at North Carolina State University. Her husband, John Geary, is a management consultant with McKinsey and Co. Oktavijan Minanov, ’89, is a chief resident in general surgery at the University of North Carolina Hospitals in Chapel Hill. Oktavijan received his M.D. from the University of Michigan in 1992. From 1995 to 1997, he was a postdoctoral research scientist in the field of cardiothoracic transplantation at Columbia University in New York City. In the summer of 1999 he will be returning to New York to continue his training in cardiothoracic surgery at the Mount Sinai Medical Center. Oktavijan and his wife Alexia, a pediatrician, have a rambunctious son, Alexander Albert, 1.

90 Jennifer Hill Buehrer, ’90, and her husband Dave have recently moved to Ypsilanti and would love to hear from long-lost friends. Jennifer has her M.S.W. and works as a legal advocate for people with mental illness. Dave works at Washtenaw County Community Mental Health. David Kochanek, ’90, has left Arthur Andersen’s business consulting practice to join the fast- growing software company, AudienceOne. The Grand Rapids-based AudienceOne (www.audienceone.com) is a pioneer in the emerging field of one-to-one publishing on the Internet. David, his wife Ann Marie, and their two daughters reside in Grand Rapids. David can be reached at dkochanek@audienceone.com.

91 Doug Armstead, ’91, was selected as Teacher of the Year for Eaton Rapids Public Schools. He teaches three choirs and two drama classes at the high school. The chamber choir will be performing at Carnegie Hall in May.

Diana Marie Azzopardi, ’91, is a practicing attorney in Michigan dealing primarily with constitutional law issues. She works with one of her former law professors, Stephen Safranek, from the University of Detroit Law School. David Kindt, ’91, received his M.B.A. from Loyola University in 1996 and his education degree from Aquinas College. David is teaching computer education and marketing at Watervliet High School while doing extracurricular activities in sports and acting as the sophomore class sponsor. Liz Mauer, ’91, went from Albion to the College of William and Mary in Virginia where she earned a master’s degree. She took a position as historical interpreter for the Colonial Williamsburg living history museum and later worked in educational program development. Her husband, Harold Hancock, is a law student at the University of WisconsinMadison so she moved there and now is a service representative at Manpower Inc. She also has begun a home business of producing lesson plans for teachers to make history come to life for their students. Sharon Sikkelee, ’91, has just completed her first semester at the University of Detroit Mercy working on her M.S. degree to be a physician assistant. She also just started a new job as an emergency room technician at William Beaumont Hospital in Troy. In her spare time, Sharon has been traveling across the country trying to find a future home to practice in. She would like to hear from her long-lost friends, especially those from Campus Safety and Delta Sigma Phi. Drop her a line at patec2001@aol.com.

92 Julie Kindt Kirner, ’92, received her M.B.A. from Wayne State University in 1997 and is now the manager of Hearst Magazines Sales in Troy. Julie was married in 1995 to Paul Kirner. Heather Louisell Lukasik, ’92, and her husband Andy have both completed their master’s degrees, Heather in gifted and talented education and Andy in public administration. Heather is a teacher of English and science at Spring Lake Middle School, and Andy is Spring Lake’s city manager. Heather and Andy were married in 1993. Scott VanderLeek, ’92, was recently promoted to assistant vice president of business banking at Old Kent Bank. He is working on his M.B.A. at Western Michigan University and resides in Grand Rapids.

93 Adrienne Auker-Keller, ’93, graduated in September with her Ph.D. in clinical psychology. Her major areas of study were child/family and health psychology. She and her husband, Brent Keller, ’92, recently moved to Grand Blanc. Chris Hull, ’93, is a third-year teacher at Chippewa Valley High School in Clinton Township. He is the assistant athletic director at Chippewa Valley and has just received his master’s from Wayne State University in health, physical education and recreation with a concentration in athletic administration.

94 1994 Reunion Chairs John and Emily VanDeGinste Volmering Lisa Evans Dibble, ’94, completed her Ph.D. in social psychology at Ohio State this fall. In January, she started as an assistant professor of psychology at Hope College in Holland. Her husband Steve will be starting as an engineer at Johnson Controls. They’re excited about their new lives, and would love to hear from friends at dibble@hope.edu. Joy McVey, ’94, received an M.S.A. from Western Michigan University in June 1998. She is working as a tax consultant for Arthur Andersen, LLP, in Grand Rapids. Jennifer O’Brien-Bahorski, ’94, and husband Michael have moved to Auburn Hills. Jennifer recently became the elementary guidance counselor for Anchor Bay Schools in Chesterfield. She can be reached at mjbahorski@ameritech.net.

96 Douglas Ropa, ’96, was promoted at the Galena (IL) Gazette to a dualdepartment position. He will work in composition services designing ads and ad set-up on computer, as well as photographic enhancement. Additionally, Doug will work in the news department covering several towns in northwest Illinois. The Galena Gazette is a weekly newspaper with nearly 8,000 subscribers.

97 Melissa Korte, ’97, has been hired at Eastern Michigan University as head coach for women’s golf. Since March, she has been the assistant golf professional at the Washtenaw Country Club in Ypsilanti and in 1997 at the Monroe Golf and Country Club.

98 Anessa Songer, ’98, received the Ronald O. Kapp Award for the most outstanding paper presented by an undergraduate student at the 1998 annual meeting of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts & Letters. Her paper was based on field research she conducted, under the guidance of Albion biologist Dale Kennedy, on feeding habits of small rodents. The paper will be published in a forthcoming issue of the Michigan Academician.

99 Jadon Hartsuff, ’99, left Albion early to accept the position of manager of annual campaigns and special projects with the Michigan Colleges Foundation in Southfield. He has relocated to Ann Arbor, and can be reached at jhartsuff@aol.com.

Faculty and friends Jim Hardwick, former associate director of campus programs and organizations (1989-93), sends his greetings to Albion alumni and staff. Jim is the associate dean of students at Saint John’s University (MN) and is working on his doctorate at the University of Minnesota in educational policy and administration. Jim and his wife Sharon have a daughter, Libby, 4. Jim can be reached at P.O. Box 241, St. Joseph, MN 56374 or via e-mail at jhardwick@csbsju.edu.

Weddings David Keefer, ’63, to Ruth Snyder on Aug. 29, 1998. David continues his role as an employment manager with United Airlines. Ruth is employed as the director of instruction for Jackson County Intermediate School District. The couple resides in Palo Alto, CA. Martha Meek, ’84, to Teresa Myers on Sept. 12, 1998 in Allegan. Albion alumni in attendance were Paul Meek, ’84, Sheryl Wilkinson Shenstone, ’84, Ken Shenstone, ’84, Kim Richardson, ’85, and Missy Howse, ’88. Martha and Teresa own Kayak Connection, L.L.C., a kayak rental business that provides tours and programs focusing on the preservation of the planet. They welcome correspondence at this address: Kayak Connection, P.O. Box 451, Allegan, 49010-0451. Shawn Hartung, ’85, to Jay Mladineo on Oct. 3, 1998 in Lake Tahoe, CA. Shawn is employed as a professor at San Jose State University. Jay is an electronics technician at LSI Logic in Santa Clara. The couple resides in Santa Clara, CA.

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Patricia (Pam) Magiera, ’90, to Gary Stephens on Oct. 17, 1998 in Hartland. Albion graduates in attendance were: Sara Tanner Barrow, ’91, Brian Crouse, ’89, Elizabeth Coke Haller, ’91, Brian Haller, ’91, Kathy Martens, ’90, Nona Mason Wyndam, ’91, Jay Wyndam, ’90. Pam is a project manager for the Kmart Corp. Gary is a graduate of Susquehanna University and works for Comerica in the information services area. Pam and Gary reside in Auburn Hills. Carmela Spadafora, ’91, to David Stamper, ’90, on Oct. 3, 1998 in Cleveland, OH. Albion guests in attendance included Kimberley Almeida, ’90, Elizabeth Mansfield, ’90, Mario Spadafora, ’91, Patrick Pendleton, ’91, Jennifer Shaw, ’90, Jeanine Madsen Gruschow, ’90, and Robert Gruschow, ’90. The couple resides in Oregon, OH. Kristen Mitchell, ’98, to Paul Ogg, ’91, on June 13, 1998 in Albion. Albion alumni in attendance were: Charles

Ogg, ’59, Eleana Mann, ’61, Scott Ogg, ’88, Jenny Basch, ’93, Anthony Williams, ’97, David Diegel, ’93, Kirk Myers, ’99, Amy Mayo, ’97, Amanda Cowger, ’98, Heidi Schwandt, ’97, Molly Arnold, ’98, Claire Walton, ’99, Jenny Kaiser, ’99, Clark Dawood, ’98, Rebecca Palmer, ’97, Jen Barr, ’00, Rachel Hector, ’00, Steve Boller, ’96, Mike Koslosky, ’91, Lori Jacobs, ’93, Darrin York, ’89, Martha Ramsdell, ’90, Phil Dietrich, ’97, Larry LaVanway, ’97, Arturo Caro, ’01, Kevin Shehan, ’99, Matthew Forster, ’00, Steve Reitz, ’99, Scott Smith, ’00, Scott Sheahen, ’99, and Paul Gale, ’99. The couple lives in Coralville, IA. Brad Smiles, ’92, to Patty Lymburner on Oct. 17, 1998 in Plymouth. Albion alumni in attendance were Jeff Urbanski, ’92, Scott Tinson, ’92, Jamie Little, ’92, Timothy Maxwell, ’92, and Mike Smiles, ’93. Brad is a senior account executive with Aerotek Automotive Engineering. Patty is employed by the Hechinger Investment Co.

Christianna Morgan, ’95, to Keith Harvey, ’93, on Sept. 13, 1997. Albion alumni in attendance were: Theo Nittis, ’96, John Tapper, ’94, Katy Painter, ’94, Kurt Harvey, ’97, James Riley, ’93, and Bill Prahl, ’93. The couple lives in Dayton, OH. Melissa Kelly, ’93, to Hank Grezlak in October 1998 in Newton, PA. Albion alums in attendance were Katy Schnitger Hollis, ’93, Meg Tobin, ’94, and Gordon, ’91, and Laura Swan MacMorran, ’92. Melissa is the managing editor of Media Management Services, which develops and markets educational materials such as teaching guides, newsletters, etc. The couple resides in Levittown, PA; Melissa’s email address is: makelly@edumedia.com. Tricia Learman, ’93, to Brian Mangapora on Aug. 29, 1998. Tricia is a laboratory supervisor at MidMichigan Regional Medical Center in Midland. Brian is a corrections officer at the Standish Correctional Facility. The couple resides in Bay City.

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Melanie Shearer, ’93, to Timothy Hoeksema on April 25, 1998 in Grand Rapids. Kate Morgan, ’93, was in the wedding. The couple resides in Grand Rapids. Sarah Burstein, ’94, to Craig Shirley on Sept. 5, 1998. Sarah is a sales assistant at Dain Rauscher. Craig is a vice president and assistant manager/ investment officer also at Dain Rauscher. Sarah, Craig and son Benjamin live in Whitefish Bay, WI. Sarah’s e-mail address is: sshirley@dainrauscher.com. Gretchen Harmor, ’94, to Richard Dula, ’94, on Sept. 12, 1998 in Hillsdale. Gretchen is the children’s librarian for Mitchell Public Library in Hillsdale. Richard is the manager of Commonwealth Power Co. in Okemos. The couple lives in Jackson. Caron Colette Schreer, ’94, to John Davis on Dec. 13, 1996 in Brighton. Albion alumni in attendance included Katie Ramsey Dogwiler, ’95, and Burke Groom, ’94. Caron is employed by UMI in Ann Arbor, where she has opportunities to use her French. John is a graduate of Ferris State and Michigan State University. The couple can be

reached at 907 Meadow Lark Lane, Howell, 48843; telephone 517/552-0978. Karen Heinrich, ’95, to Ernest Martinez on Aug. 22, 1998. The couple resides in Bay City. Irina Calin, ’96, to Robert Jageman, ’98, on Aug. 22, 1998 in Canonsburg, PA. Irina is in her third year of Wayne State’s doctoral program in molecular biology. Bob is in his first year of Wayne State’s doctoral program in cognitive psychology. The couple resides in Detroit. Their e-mail is: rcalinjageman@usa.net. Stephen Martin, ’96, to Heather Beauman on Oct. 10, 1998 in Monroe. Albion alumni involved in the wedding included Jason Sonnenberg, ’96, Gregory Coyne, ’97, Heather White, ’96, Brendan Woodburn, ’96, James Estigoy, ’95, and Timothy Karns, ’94. Steve is employed at La-Z-Boy, Inc., World Headquarters in Monroe, as the leather and contact inventory control analyst. The Martins would love to hear from Albion friends at 10600 Brunt St., Temperance, 48182 or e-mail: steve.martin@la-z-boy.com. Jill Lansing, ’97, to Curtis Hahn on Oct. 17, 1998. The couple resides in Lansing.

See accompanying notes for details. Stephen Martin, ’96, to Heather Beauman on Oct. 10, 1998. (Front row, left to right) Michael Martin, ’92, Renae Kline, Kelly Sexton Flaherty, ’97, Amy Dempsey Karns, ’95, Heather Beauman Martin, Steve Martin, ’96, Kevin Kalasz, ’96, Heather White, ’96, Jim Estigoy, ’95. (seated on floor) Rebecca Wood Klemm, ’81, and Matt Hopkins, ’94. (second row) Dan Ackerman, ’94, Hilary White, ’99, Tim Karns, ’94, Jody Gale, ’95, Dale Church, ’94, Scott Kopriva, ’95, Jason Sonnenberg, ’96, Chris Flaherty, ’97, Brendan Woodburn, ’96, Matt Ponitz, ’97, Paul Gale, ’99, Greg Coyne, ’97, Jeena Sonnenberg, ’96.

The Albion Network Nancy Pratt Steinhauf, ’62, writes to Barb Blomgren, ’62: Babs—Miss our Pi Phi days and the fun times in home ec. Write to me at 14902 W. Northland Dr., Big Rapids, MI 49307. Sylvia Townsend, ’68, would love to hear from former Dean Hall

residents from 1964 to 1967 and from classmates or contemporaries who share her interest in environmental education/interpretation, nature and women’s spirituality, or who are lesbian or gay. Write her at 47 Olentangy St., Columbus, OH 43202, or via e-mail at townsend.51@osu.edu.

“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 June.

(Right) Carmela Spadafora, ’91, to David Stamper, ’90, on Oct. 3, 1998. (Front row, left to right) Pat Pendleton, ’91, Elizabeth Mansfield, ’90, Edgar Almeida, Kimberley Almeida, ’90, Jeanine Madsen Gruschow, ’90, Robert Gruschow, ’91. (second row) Mario Spadafora, ’91, David Stamper, ’90, and Carmela Spadafora Stamper, ’91.

Name __________________________________ Class year _____________ (Please print name)

Street _________________________________________________________ City _____________________________ State _______ ZIP _____________ E-mail address _________________________________________________ (Left) Irina Calin, ’96, to Robert Jageman, ’98, on Aug. 22, 1998. Ali Barasani, ’94, Art Bragg, ’99, Kim Hoogerhyde, ’99, Julie Thornton, ’98, Mike Callahan, ’99, Irina CalinJageman, ’96, Joel Cline, ’98, Robert Calin-Jageman, ’98, Todd Brower, ’96, Dan Harr, ’99, Sandra Wylie, ’96, Jason Rea, ’99, Ned Garvin, Jennifer Garvin, Jason Potter, ’95, Kevin Bohnsack, ’94.

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Baby Britons Olivia Jade Liu Foley, born April 18, 1997, was adopted on June 15, 1998 by Steve and Janice Hook Foley, ’76. Steve and Janice welcome any questions on adoption from China. They reside in Tallahassee, FL, and can be reached at 850/893-3750. McKenna Crawford on Sept. 9, 1997 to Kheri and Tom Schaar, ’76. She joins Kellen, 14, and Piper, 6. Tom is an emergency physician in Ft. Myers. The family resides in Ft. Myers, FL. Seth Gorham Reeves on Nov. 30, 1997 to Tom and Jill Azadian Herendeen, ’77. He joins brother Charles, 1, and sisters, Mary, 5, and Sarah, 7. The family resides in Plymouth, MA. Audrey Anna on Sept. 28, 1998 to David, ’78, and Ann Batdorf-barnes, ’80. She joins brother Christopher David. Proud Albion uncle is Tim Batdorf, ’91. The family resides in East Lansing. Scott Westley on July 22, 1998 to Harry and Claire Bartlebaugh Newman, ’79. He joins Shaw Ann, 2. The family resides in Northport, NY. Jacob Singer on April 26, 1998 to Robert and Ellen Ferguson Keleman, ’80. Proud grandparents are Joyce and William Ferguson, ’52, and aunt Joanne Ferguson Szeparowycz, ’89. Jacob joins brother Sam, 3. The family lives in Manhattan. Valerie Ann on Oct. 31, 1998 to Michele and Michael Darger, ’82. She joins Luke, 6, and Ella, 4. Michael works as an economic development coordinator for Sherburne County, MN. Michael’s favorite project this year was the construction of a 40-family community garden. The family resides in Minneapolis. Claire Marie on July 13, 1998 to Bruce and Nancy Brown Fathers, ’82. Nancy is a stay-at- home mom. The family resides in Rolling Meadows, IL. Andrew Blake on Dec. 2, 1998 to Mark and Priscilla Westphal Richardson, ’82. He joins sisters Jennifer and Sarah. The family resides in Duxbury, MA. Gregory Andrew on Oct. 1, 1998 to Tim and Heidi Willard Taylor, ’82. Gregory joins brother Matt, 5. The family resides on Lake Vourheis in Orion Township and can be reached at 248/393-3366. Elizabeth Rose on May 27, 1997 to Robert, ’84, and Amy Ewing DeVries, ’83. She joins sisters Stephanie Margaret, 6, and Julia Diann, 8. Bob is vice president of theme park brand management and special events for Walt Disney Attractions. The family resides in Orlando, FL. Alexa Anne on Dec. 16, 1998 to Stephen and Elise Guidobono Guidos, ’83. Alexa joins her three big brothers: Stephen, 9, Nicholas, 7, and Bennett, 5. Elise is a stay-at-home mom. The family resides in West Bloomfield.

Stephanie Marie on Feb. 6, 1998 to Dan and Beth Wingard Kirby, ’83. She joins big brother Curtis, 3. The family resides in Virginia Beach, VA. Danielle Ryann on Oct. 3, 1998 to Carrie and Mark Priest, ’83. She joins big brother Connor, 3. Albion family members are grandparents Donald, ’58, and Marjory Burden Priest, ’57, and aunt Julie Priest Skelton, ’80. Greatgrandparents are Howard, ’22, and Sylvia James Burden, ’25. The family resides in Suttons Bay. Samuel Mark and Iain George-Mark on Oct. 28, 1998 to Mark and Amy Cain Sares, ’83. They join brother Daniel, 3, and sister Zoe, 3. The family resides in Denver, CO. Amy can be reached via email at: Cairocafe@aol.com. Mary Harris on Dec. 23, 1998 to Badger, ’85, and Julie Jessen Beall, ’86. She joins big brother Bob, 3. The family resides in Midland. Samantha Grace on Sept. 23, 1998 to Jim and Debra Frey Fadool, both ’85. Sammy joins big brothers, J. Calvin, 9, and Andy Bob, 5. Proud relatives include Robert Frey, ’53, Elizabeth Lewis Frey, ’55, and John Fadool, ’82. Debi and Jim are faculty members at Auburn University. The family resides in Auburn, AL. Julia in November 1998 to Jackie and Ed Ortiz, ’85. Julia is their second child. Ed continues to practice anesthesiology in Toledo, OH, and would like to hear from Albion friends. The family resides in Toledo. Olivia Joy on Nov. 11, 1998 to Karla and Gordon Rohrbacher, ’85. She joins sister Sarah Ruth, 6. The family resides in Wayland and would love to hear from any alumni in the Greater Grand Rapids area. Rachel Kay on Nov. 13, 1998 to Julie and Rick Worden, ’85. She has an older brother Nicholas, 4. The family lives in Bellevue, WA, and can be reached by e-mail at: Wordenri@msn.com. Emily Margaret on Oct. 6, 1998 to Leigh and Jerry Moran, ’86. She joins big sisters Katie, 6, and Sara, 2. They reside in Charlotte, NC. Olivia Adel on Oct. 29, 1998 to Lynn and Christopher Roty, ’86. They reside at 7404 Wolf Pen Woods Court, Prospect, KY 40059. Eric Anthony on Dec. 30, 1997 to Chris and Diane Stein Fischer, ’87. He joins Karl, 3. Diane is an assistant vice president of Standard Federal Bank, managing the Lake Orion Office. Proud grandparents include Carole Mack Fischer, ’55. The family resides in Metamora. Ani Sophia on July 27, 1998 to Dimitrios and Claudia Harootunian Karagianis, ’87. She joins big brother Patrick, 6. Claudia is a stay-at-home mom but plans to join Dimitrios in his real estate business. The family resides in Downers Grove, IL.

Ryker Howard on Sept. 22, 1998 to Andrew and Jennifer Sullivan Youngs, both ’87. He joins big brother Cooper, 3. Proud aunts and uncles include Mark and Cindy Frable Sullivan, both ’82, and Ginny Sullivan VanBlaricom, ’83. The family resides in Parker, CO. James Bowen on Oct. 27, 1998 to Anthony and Kathryn Walsh Cady, ’88. Kathryn is a managing editor of Soap Opera Weekly, and Anthony has his own fine art book business. The family resides in New York, NY. Brady Elias on Nov. 29, 1998 to Michael and Lori Lemanski Casper, ’88. Proud alumni uncles include Jeff Lemanski, ’83, and Greg Lemanski, ’84. The Caspers reside in Avon Lake, OH. Burr Vincent on Feb. 12, 1998 to AnneMarie Bartlett Awrey, ’89. The Awreys reside in Traverse City. Katherine Elizabeth on Dec. 3, 1998 to John, ’88, and Katie Lymon Mundell, ’91. Lily joins big sister Caroline. The Mundells reside in East Grand Rapids. Frances Reising on Jan. 7. 1999 to Robert, ’91, and Emily Johnston Dube, ’89. She joins big brother William, 4. The family resides in Birmingham. Morgan Elizabeth on Oct. 18, 1998 to Jeff and Betsy Vance Foster, ’89. She joins big brother Spencer, 2. Jeff owns a construction company, and Betsy is a stay-at-home mom. The family resides in Arlington, VA. Jordan Kay on Oct. 5, 1998 to Andrea and John Fuelling, ’89. She joins sisters Madison and Megan. Proud Albion aunt is Katie Fuelling, ’02. The family resides in Western Springs, IL. Lillian Mae on July 9, 1998, to Jill and Thomas Grant, ’89. Lilli is welcomed into the family by aunts Julie Grant, ’88, and Elizabeth Grant Farrar, ’90, and uncle Kitt Farrar, ’90. Her grandmother is Vicki Grant, political science/honors department secretary at Albion College. The family resides in Homer. Anna Louise on July 19, 1998 to Tom and Cindy Cilimburg Medema, ’89. Anna joins her brother David, and the family resides in Streetsboro, OH. Cindy can be reached by e-mail at: tcdmed@gateway.net. Meredith Caroline on July 24, 1998 to H. Kelley and M. Kathleen Manning Riley, ’89. She joins big brother Samuel Kenneth, 2. Kathleen and Kelley are both practicing general pediatrics in the Grand Rapids area. The family lives in East Grand Rapids. Casey Kai on Nov. 24, 1998 to Scott and Laura Pitt Cooper, ’90. Proud uncle is Albion College accounting manager, Tom Pitt, ’88. The family resides in Seattle, WA. Cameron James on Dec. 3, 1998 to Ron, ’90, and Darci Dakin Face, ’95. The family resides in Albion.

Lauren Emily on Nov. 23, 1998 to John and Meredith Mitchell Gornto, ’90. Lauren is welcomed by brother Mitchell. Both John and Meredith are human resources managers. The Gorntos reside in Richmond, VA. John Howard on Nov. 19, 1998 to John and Sarah Jenson Hensien, ’90. Proud grandmother is Marcia Grimes Spencer, ’58. The family resides in Berkley. Benjamin Heath on Dec. 9, 1998 to Lauren and Brad Keller, ’90. Ben joins big sister Erin, 3. Proud relatives include grandparents Ron, ’58, and Pat Reppert Keller, ’59, uncle Brent Keller, ’92, and aunt Adrienne Auker Keller, ’93. Brad was recently promoted to branch director of Bethany Christian Services of Van Buren County. He supervises a staff of 25 people providing services in foster care, adoption and counseling for families and children. The family resides in Kalamazoo.

Nathan Victor on Nov. 10, 1998 to Vincent and Michelle Lancaster Giordano, ’91. The family lives at 46 Boot Pond Rd., Plymouth MA 02360. Matthew Egan on Nov. 17, 1998 to Michael and Christine Hysell Heron, ’91. He joins big sister Danielle, 1. The family resides in Swartz Creek. Celia Jean on Oct. 3, 1998 to Scott and Connie Wright Mendoza, ’91. The family resides in Ann Arbor. Molly Barbara on Sept. 27, 1998 to John and Amy Schreur Wiener, ’91. Alumni relatives include grandparents Jeff, ’69, and Susie Soderquist Schreur, ’71, aunt Carrie Schreur, ’97, and uncle Peter Vasiu, ’91. The family resides in Grand Rapids. Andrew Hans on Nov. 18, 1998 to Peter and Ellen Crane Freigang, ’92. He is the first grandson of William Crane, ’62. The family resides in Saginaw.

Lindsey Jane on Oct. 26, 1998 to Kyle Mutz, ’90, and Laura Brown-Mutz, ’91. The Mutz family lives in Pleasant Ridge.

Madison Anna on Aug. 17, 1998 to Daymond and Tricia Kubacki Grifka, both ’92. The family resides in Rogers City and can be reached by e-mail at tgrifka@freeway.net.

Grayson Russell on Jan. 18, 1999 to Dan, ’90, and Tracy Moses Obey, ’92. Dan is the head athletic trainer at Albion College. The family resides in Battle Creek.

Trevor Joseph on Dec. 6, 1998 to Michael and Jill Douglas Olshefke, ’92. He joins big sister Allison Juliana, 2. The family resides in Gurnee, IL.

Callahan David and Duncan Patrick in January 1998 to Hugh and Deborah Vacca O’Brien, ’90. Deborah was employed for seven years as a formulation chemist of automotive topcoats. She now works full-time at home and lives in Chardon, OH, with her family. Kendall Kathleen on Feb. 16, 1998 to David, ’90, and Liz Sanford Quinn, ’91. Liz is employed at Old Kent Bank Financial Corp. The family resides in Grand Rapids. Alexander James on June 6, 1998 to Keith and Amy Harris Watson, ’90. He joins sister Rebekah, 2. Proud aunts and uncles include Dave and Bonnie Harris Bem, ’89, and Eric and Bobbie Stumpf Harris, both ’93. The family resides in Camp Pendleton, CA. Andrew Stephen on July 30, 1998 to Darin and Beth Ann Leeman Anderson, ’91. The family resides in Eldridge, IA. Jenna Renae on Dec. 3, 1998 to Jeff and Stephanie Pirich Erickson, ’91. She joins big brother Jack, 2. Jeff has been employed as a landscape architect by Katerberg-Verhage in Grand Rapids for four years. Stephanie works part-time as an inside sales account manager for Haviland Products. The family resides at 757 Bristol Ave., NW, Grand Rapids, 49504. Joseph David on Dec. 22, 1998 to Elizabeth and Michael Gildner, ’91. He joins brothers Daniel, Jonathan and Thomas. The family resides in Lapeer.

Luke Chapin on Sept. 2, 1998 to Mark and Amy O’Dell Wilson, ’92. Over the past two years, they have been working in the field of alcohol and substance abuse prevention. They have designed an adventure program that uses rock climbing, canoeing, sailing, backpacking and cross-country skiing as vehicles that challenge teens to stay drug-free. Their new home address is: HC1 Box 50, Lake Pleasant, NY 12108; telephone 518/548-2443. Ariel Rhiannon and Zoey Rebecca on Oct. 16, 1998 to Matthew and Caroline Ducharme Engelbert, ’93. Carrie works at home doing freelance legal research and writing. The family resides in Ann Arbor. Ashlee Maree on Dec. 8, 1998 to Stephanie Lee Reed, ’93. The family lives in Troy and would love to hear from old friends. Kayla on Dec. 20, 1998 to Aaron, ’92, and Lynne Porter Yaverski, ’93. Aaron is working at IBM in New York. Lynne works for the Dutchess County school system doing physical therapy with handicapped children. The family resides in Poughkeepsie, NY. Maya Elizabeth on Sept. 3, 1998 to Amy and Brodie Burris, ’95. She joins big brother Tobin David, 2. Brodie graduated with an M.S. from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco, CA. He is practicing acupuncture and herbology in Ann Arbor at the Barefoot Doctors Brigade. The family resides in Ann Arbor.

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Obituaries Norma G. Sleight, ’24, on Dec. 6, 1998 in Kalamazoo. She continued her education after Albion earning her M.A. at Columbia University and went on to teach high school biology, physics and mathematics in Allegan, Lansing and other locations. Norma concluded her career at New Trier High School in Winnetka, IL, where she headed the Mathematics Department. She was an abstract painter in the ’70s and had several articles published in scientific journals. She was the daughter of longtime Albion mathematics professor E. R. Sleight. Evelyn Thornton Baad, ’27, on Nov. 13, 1998 in Athens. She was a teacher for 33 years, having taught in Constantine, Leonidas and Athens. She spent the last seven years of her career as a high school counselor. Evelyn was a member of the Athens First Congregational United Church of Christ and several education associations. She was also a member of Alpha Beta Epsilon Iota sorority. Surviving are her two sons and eight grandchildren. Howard Teeter, ’29, on Dec. 15, 1998. A long-time community leader in Coldwater, he had served the city as mayor. He owned and operated the Teeter Equitable Life Agency for 65 years and was named a member of the Equitable Hall of Fame. Howard was a member of the Michigan Republican Central Committee, Coldwater Jaycees, Coldwater Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors of Southern Michigan National Bank and the First Presbyterian Church of Coldwater. Past president of the Coldwater Rotary and a Paul Harris Fellow, he also was active in the purchase and restoration of Tibbits Opera House. The Scouts were a continuing interest for Howard, as was Sigma Chi fraternity. He is survived by his three sons, including Robert Teeter, ’61, and John Teeter, ’67, and four grandchildren. George M. Jones, ’30, on July 16, 1998. The recipient of an M.Div. degree from Yale, Jones served as a United Methodist minister for 42 years, retiring in 1972. He was the holder of a Conference cane for six years. During the 1950s, Jones participated in a Peace Witness trip to Europe, visiting eight countries in two months. He is survived by his wife Evelyn, a son, two granddaughters and four greatgranddaughters. L. Graham Lyday, ’30, on Oct. 11, 1998 in Jacksonville, FL. He worked for Sears Roebuck and Co. for 37 years and retired in 1968. He had lived in Florida for the last 28 years. Graham was actively involved with The Peoples Church in East Lansing where he was an elder and with the First United Methodist Church in Stuart, FL. He is survived by his wife, Alberta, his son, John Lyday, ’58, and granddaughter, Katharine Lyday Thompson, ’86.

Robert Colwell, ’33, on Dec. 13, 1998. He practiced optometry in Dearborn for 50 years. Robert served as elder of Littlefield Boulevard Presbyterian Church, president of the East Dearborn Kiwanis Club and board chairman of the Dearborn YMCA. He is survived by his wife, Grace Campbell Colwell, ’34, three daughters, seven grandchildren and three great- grandchildren. James Ted Watts, ’33, on Nov. 14, 1998 in Frankfort. A World War II veteran, Ted also attended Central Michigan University, University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Long Island University further pursuing his teaching and administrative careers. In addition to teaching physics, speech and math at the high school and college levels, Ted coached basketball, football, and track and field. He retired in 1972. He was a member of Sigma Nu. Ted served on the Benzie County Social Services Board for 12 years and devoted 40 years of service to the Boy Scouts of America. He is survived by his wife, a son, a daughter and two step-daughters, and 15 grandchildren. Rex Martin, ’38, on Dec. 20, 1998 in Adrian. He began his career in law after graduating from the University of Michigan Law School in 1941. Rex served as assistant prosecuting attorney and prosecutor before being elected Circuit Court judge in 1954. He retired after 29 years on the bench, and the judicial facility where he served was renamed the Rex B. Martin Building. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church. Rex received honors from the Adrian Exchange Club, a distinguished service award from the Adrian Jaycees, the Maple Leaf award from the Adrian Chamber of Commerce, the Eagles Good Citizen Award, Kiwanian of the Year and the Boy Scout Silver Beaver Award. Survivors include his wife, Mary Pearson Martin, ’38, two sons, two daughters and six grandsons. Paul Goodman, ’39, on Oct. 27, 1998 in Marquette. A World War II veteran, he was awarded the American Service Medal, the European Service Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the WWII Victory Medal and the Purple Heart Award. Paul taught high school band and worked for New York Life Insurance Co., distinguishing himself as an awardwinning agent. He was a member of Mitchell United Methodist Church and served as the choir director. Paul was involved in numerous swing and jazz bands and orchestras in Europe, New York, New Orleans, Chicago and throughout Michigan. Surviving are his wife and three daughters. Arlo Butcher, ’43, on Dec. 9, 1998 in Corunna. He worked in tool and die and retired from Toledo Commutator in 1987. Arlo was a veteran of World War II, serving as a paratrooper in the U.S. Army. He was a member of the Corunna United Methodist Church and a dedicated member of the Corunna school board for 21 years. Arlo was selected “Citizen of the Year” by Ford Motor Co. in 1965 for his work in community service. Survivors include his wife Corrine and two daughters.

Richard Smith, ’43, on Dec. 4, 1998 in Bay City. He went on to earn his law degree from the University of Michigan and spent his professional years in private practice with the firm of Smith and Brooker. Richard served two terms in the Michigan State House of Representatives and as Bay County Circuit judge for seven years. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, the Bay City Lodge #88 B.P.O.E. and several professional organizations. Survivors include his wife Joyce, four children and 11 grandchildren. Elizabeth Hayes Van Patten, ’48, on Oct. 23, 1998 in Cadillac. After Albion, Elizabeth lived and taught school in Flint for nine years. After two years of teaching in Indianapolis, she returned to Michigan to teach in the Alanson area. She loved to cook and was very active in community activities including the Bliss Pioneer Memorial Church. She was a member of Kappa Delta sorority. She is survived by one daughter and four brothers. Patricia McGinnity Mulligan, ’56, on June 10, 1998. She earned her mortuary science degree from Wayne State University. Her husband, Robert Mulligan, ’55, owned a funeral home business in Detroit. Active in the Kappa Delta Alumnae Association, Pat was elected province president, named a national officer and awarded the Order

of the Emerald for special services. She served on the Albion College Alumni Association Board of Directors and was chairwoman of the American Lung Association Project Hope fundraiser. Pat founded a travel agency in Southfield. She was active in gardening, music, travel and entertaining. She is survived by two sons including, Arthur Mulligan, ’79. Constance Salmon Stone, ’58, on Nov. 9, 1998 in Naples, FL. After graduation, she taught in the Ypsilanti school system. Connie then moved to the Lansing area and devoted her time and energy to her family and the community. She is survived by her husband Larry and two children. David Dippel, ’61, on Oct. 29, 1998 in Grand Rapids. He graduated from Michigan State University in 1961 and then served in the U.S. Army for three years. After his discharge, he worked for Stouffer’s for many years. David was a member of the Spring Lake Lions Club, National Restaurant Association, Michigan Restaurant Association and the Knights of Columbus. Surviving are his wife Marie, three daughters, his mother and step-father, and one grandchild. James DeFrancis, ’65, on Jan. 1, 1998 in Chevy Chase, MD. He worked on the staff of U.S. Senator Robert Griffin for 10 years and served on the presidential

campaigns of President Gerald Ford and Michigan Governor George Romney. James was deputy assistant secretary of the Energy Department for four years, and he directed communications and federal relations for Ebasco Services. Since 1994 he had worked for Raytheon Engineers and Constructors as vice president of Washington operations. James also was a skilled amateur horticulturist. Survivors include his wife Suzanne and their three sons. John Cawood, Jr., ’77, on Nov. 8, 1998 in East Lansing. He was president of Cawood Building Co. and wellrespected in his community. John coached his sons’ basketball and soccer teams. He was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity and Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos. Surviving are his wife Rebecca and two sons. Helen Gromme, ’92, in December 1998 in Thailand. A world adventurer and photographer, Helen was killed in a Thai Airways crash with her fiance. They were filming gibbons and hornbills in northern Thailand for the PBS-TV “Living Edens” series. After graduating from Albion, Helen sold fax machines to raise money for a 14-month around-theworld backpacking trip with her twin sister, Andrea. This year, she was quoted in a nationally syndicated article about their journey. Surviving are Helen’s parents and two sisters.

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SAA News and Comments Greetings from the Student Alumni Association! After an extensive restructuring of our organization, SAA is stronger than ever. For starters, Externship ’99, planned for May-June, is currently recruiting interested students at a record pace. We expect nothing less than a stellar year for our program. Little Siblings Weekend, held March 19-20 and featuring a Jungle Safari theme, provided activities for siblings of all ages. The weekend attracted over 160 youngsters. Also during March, SAA members celebrated Founder’s Day by serving cake and ice cream in the Kellogg Center and offering entertainment and a trivia contest. We are excited to announce our semester’s new project, which is to aid the Career Development Office with the Briton Career Connection. Currently, about 300 alumni have registered as volunteers providing career advice for Albion students. Through advertising, SAA hopes to increase not only the number of students who take advantage of this program but also the number of alumni involved. SAA wishes you a wonderful spring season and hopes to see you on campus soon! Zach Rorabaugh President zrorabaugh@albion.edu

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South Africa (continued from p. 9) He quickly set about making friends, however, and soon got to know Josina Machel and another classmate, Hlumelo Biko, son of political activist Steven Biko. He notes that both students were “neat people to hang around with—I didn’t feel like they were all that different from me.” In addition to his course work, Myers completed an internship at the Cape Peninsula National Park, where he worked on conservation programs for the 2,500 African penguins living and breeding in a residential area. “It was common sense, really,” says Myers, who helped organize volunteer workers’ schedules and supervise construction of a beach walkway intended to keep tourists from disturbing the penguins. The penguins, Myers explains, have little fear of humans, but their increasing population on the beach necessitated tourist control measures. Myers’ internship also extended into the park’s forests, where he worked with Pixie Littlewort, a South African botanist in her seventies. Littlewort was conducting a study on trees endangered by local healers (sangomas) who stripped off the tree bark to be used for medicinal purposes. “We tried to avoid the sangomas, because they can be quite fierce,” says Myers, who worked under Littlewort’s direction in sealing the trunks of

injured trees, along with removing unwanted species of trees from the forest. Now back at Albion, Myers is finishing his senior thesis, an analysis of housing problems in urban Cape Town, where, as in much of South Africa, some 80 percent of the population lives in substandard housing. “There are so many [third-world] issues [in South Africa] that we don’t have to deal with in this country,” says Myers, who credits his Albion experience with helping him approach these topics knowledgeably. “Coming back, I’m inspired to make the most of this last semester here,” says Myers, reflecting on how his experiences are affecting his last classes at Albion. “I’m taking a political research methods class, which touches on subjects involved with race, class, gender issues . . . and in the Ford senior colloquium, we’re talking about different issues such as elitism, inequality, where society is going. I think about South African society . . . and I can really draw upon my experiences. “Going where everything’s foreign has allowed me to figure out what matters to me and what I need to have to enjoy my life.” Fourteen Albion students have studied and/or worked in South Africa since the Albion offcampus program began there in 1991.

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Spring Spring alumni alumni events events planned planned Unless otherwise noted, please contact the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, 517/629-0448, or e-mail mstarkey@albion.edu, for further information on any of the events below.

Dedication of the Frank L. Joranko, ’52, Baseball Field Tuesday, April 27, 1999 Albion College Athletic Field Preceding the 4 p.m. Varsity Baseball Game, Albion vs. Olivet

Rotary Club of Detroit President Peter T. Mitchell, ’67, guest speaker Wednesday, May 12, 1999, Noon Detroit Athletic Club, 241 Madison, Detroit

Detroit Annual Conference—United Methodist Church Sunday, May 23, 1999, 6:45 a.m. Adrian College, Adrian, MI Breakfast meeting of alumni, parents and friends attending the conference

West Michigan Annual Conference— United Methodist Church Thursday, June 3, 1999, Noon Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI Luncheon meeting of alumni, parents and friends attending the conference

Albion vs. Alma Alumni Golf Challenge Scheduled for early June 1999 Interested alumni should contact event organizer Wynn Miller, ’69, at 248/642-4724.

‘Saturday Night Live’ (continued from p. 9) kinds of Internet research, and I had to use this book called The Idiot’s Guide to Fishing to list all the ways to hook a crappie.” Summers was fascinated to learn how the writers got all of their ideas for the comic sketches. A silly little dance around the office one day inspired cast member Chris Kattan to develop a character who choreographs ridiculous dance moves to songs from the radio. “Everything around us was inspirational,” she explains. The best part of her job, Summers says, was working with the show’s cast members. “They really made me feel like I belonged there, and they encouraged me to pursue my own goals.” “When you go to a job every day, you build relationships with your co-workers. It just so happens that I worked with people on an extremely popular television show. Everyone was just so much fun because they are all funny people.” The internship also gave her an insider’s view of the entertainment industry. “I wanted to see how the business works because I would love to actually be on the show one day,” she admits. Of many memorable moments with the show, one stands out. She was in the video room dubbing a tape with Kattan, and arguing about a controversial call on “Monday Night

Football,” when a voice behind her chimed in, agreeing with her opinion. “I turned around and it was Alec Baldwin!” They talked about Summers’ dream to work in television in the future, and Baldwin offered her some tips on getting started. When the semester came to an end, Summers made special arrangements to continue working for the show on weekends, while she attended Albion during the week. “It seemed like a crazy idea at first,” Summers says, “but I really wanted to stay, and flying to New York twice a month is actually less expensive than renting an apartment.” When the show is taping, Summers flies into the city on Friday morning, works all day Friday and Saturday and flies home Sunday evening. Her time in New York is definitely what Summers needed to get her future on the right track. “It was my first experience with people in the entertainment industry telling me to keep doing things my way.” And what is Summers’ ultimate professional goal? “I want to be the First Lady of late night.” Summers points out that there are no women hosts for any of the popular late-night television talk shows. Whose position does she covet most? Watch out, Jay Leno. Mary Summers is on the way!