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

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The world of business Albion alumni today can be found working for businesses around the world: in advertising in Santiago, Chile, research and development for Valeo Thermal Systems in Reims, France, worldwide telecommunications management for Ericsson in Stockholm, global treasury services for Bank of America in Singapore, financial services for Citigroup in the Philippines, and investment consulting with RBC Dominion Securities in Vancouver, just to name a few. To tell us more about the particular demands of corporate life in the global marketplace, writer Jan Corey Arnett, ’74, has profiled executives Rich Baird, ’78, and Pete Jennings, ’82, for this issue’s cover story. And for insights on trade and legal issues related to business operations in North America, we offer an interview with Paulette Stenzel, ’72, who specializes in these areas in her teaching and research at Michigan State University. Each of these alumni brings a fresh perspective on the oftendiscussed topic of globalization and on the value of a liberal arts education in meeting the challenges of working in the international arena.

Richard Baird, ’78:

Peter Jennings, ’82:

‘In search of excellence’ across international borders

Applying instinct and intellect to global legal challenges

By Jan Corey Arnett, ’75

By Jan Corey Arnett, ’75

Richard Baird, ’78, thought he had his life all figured out before he graduated from Albion College.

“I envisioned myself becoming an attorney and living a comfortable, but not particularly exciting life,” he quips. “Then, Albion College opened a lot of doors for me.”

Apparently what Albion opened was a revolving door, because Baird spends three to four nights a week—about 70 percent of his time—either in another country or in transit. There are times, in fact, when he wishes his life wasn’t quite so exciting and he had more time to escape to his “study/retreat” nestled in the back yard of the Chicago home he shares with his wife, Linda, and their children, Ben, 14, Jessica, 12, and Blythe, 4.

Rich Baird is global operating leader for Assurance and Business Advisory Services (ABAS), an $8-billion line of business for the accounting and management consulting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers, L.L.P. (PwC). He oversees the global functions for assurance risk and quality, innovation and new product development, human resources, and learning and education.

“What we do used to be called auditing,” he laughs, explaining that one of his many duties is to oversee various functions for “the Trust guys,” the independent third-party professionals who review a company’s financial

Peter Jennings is accustomed to being asked whether he is the “real” Peter Jennings. Of course he’s real. He’s the Albion College-Class-of-1982-Peter Jennings, just not the one some folks are used to seeing on the evening news.

It’s interesting, though, that both Peter Jennings planned careers in journalism and both followed in their fathers’ career footsteps. But that’s where the similarities end.

“My dad is a lawyer, and he said I should go to law school first and be a journalist after that,” Jennings laughs. “I wanted to be a sports writer.” So, after graduating from Albion with majors in English and economics/management, Jennings, still thinking of a career in journalism, went on to the Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem, N.C., where he earned a J.D. degree in 1985. He was admitted to the Michigan Bar soon after.

“I got a job with Dow Chemical thinking I would stay a couple of years, and 16 have gone by,” he says from his skyscraper office in Hong Kong where he is regional counsel for Dow Chemical Pacific Limited in the Asia/Pacific region.

During the 16 years with Dow he has become a member of the State Bar of Texas and has appeared before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans and the U.S. District Court, Eastern District, in Michigan. He worked from 1985 to 1992 out of Dow’s Midland headquarters, then spent four years in

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Richard Baird, ’78: ‘In search of excellence’ across international borders (continued from p. 3) transactions and processes and attest to them. That role has expanded by quantum leaps, evolving into services including risk management, international commerce, information system security and applications, and many other areas that help companies meet their obligations to their shareholders.

“With the explosion of dot.coms, investors are unable to just look at the physical assets and net income to understand a company’s value. They are evaluating companies on things like recruitment of good people and advancing their brand,” he says. “Our professionals now have to understand and triangulate data from numerous sources, and also must audit through complex information management systems. We buried the green eyeshades 20 years ago. You have to work double time to stay ahead of new ways of doing business.”

In addition, PwC’s client service teams are now supported by professionals who specialize in environmental “sustainability,” the latest corporate buzz word that describes how a business maximizes economic, environmental, and social value for the benefit of all “stakeholders” not just “stockholders.”

Baird must see to it that the more than 60,000 people in the firm’s global ABAS practice receive constant professional training and development to stay abreast of this ever-changing business scene.

Baird’s Albion experience prepared him for his work today in a manner that was unusually well-rounded, beginning with no less than three majors—economics, history and religion. He praises history professor Julian Rammelkamp for “hammering discipline into [his] thick-headed skull,” and religious studies professor Frank Frick for having the ability to “embrace human history and religious study in a way that was sheer beauty.” Johan Stohl, also in religious studies, taught a class called “Myths, Dreams and Fairy Tales,” Baird recalls, noting that “I didn’t appreciate it until I realized that by walking through the mythical and seemingly irrelevant he was teaching us to look inside ourselves.”

Baird’s respect for the environment was first nurtured by history professor Wesley Dick, who, he says, taught as much environmentalism as history, and “gave [him] a good appreciation for the concept of personal and corporate responsibility.”

There were also several experiences beyond academics that shaped Baird and his future. An internship

spent helping to rebuild and staff the Campus Safety Department gave him insights into organizational dynamics and interpersonal behavior. In addition, he held numerous jobs on and off campus to pay for his education, and he was active in Albion’s Big Brothers program.

After graduating a semester early he worked in economic development for Washtenaw County and then became director of finance and human resources for the Detroit tax practice of Coopers As global operating leader for PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Assurance and Business Advisory Services, Rich Baird, ’78, often finds himself shuttling from & Lybrand. He moved up within the firm until he became operations his Chicago office to London, Paris, Frankfurt and other cities among the 150 countries that the firm now serves. (The London Eye, the latest addition to partner for the U.S. Business London’s skyline, is pictured in the background.)

Assurance practice. He continued to hold that position after the firm merged with Price Waterhouse but left for two years to something to keep your day by. In Japan, direct eye be the CEO of LAIcompass.com. After selling contact is not a sign of honesty but a lack of respect. In LAIcompass in 1999, he was invited to rejoin what had France, enjoy the meal rather than use it as a business become PricewaterhouseCoopers. forum. If you have genuine respect for the people, it will Rich Baird’s work day is built around meetings with take some of the edge off the stereotype of the ‘ugly colleagues from the 150 countries that PwC now serves.

American.’”

He may find himself around a table with the firm’s Other political and economic differences also must be executives in New York—and with other managers understood. “The Germans may view outside initiatives brought in from Frankfurt or Hong Kong via telephone as interference while the British are leery of American or video-conferencing. Baird’s role is often to “facilitate dominance,” he explains. “And then there are differing the right degree of involvement and communication” financial standards, currencies and technology platforms with his far-flung colleagues while ensuring that the that make consistent application very difficult, as well as collaboration leads to action and not indecision. laws against terminating or retiring people. It is a Baird’s business travel takes him regularly to challenge to find a framework of values that everyone London, and on occasion to other points in Europe and can relate to.”

Asia. “There isn’t much glamour in flying all night or In spite of all the challenges, Baird finds his work spending 17 to 22 hours getting to Asia, but there is no rewarding and takes special satisfaction in having substitute for the value of creating personal relationarranged a partnership with INSEAD, one of the top ships,” he says. business schools in Europe, to create the INSEADHis observations about doing business in a global PricewaterhouseCoopers Research Initiative for High environment reveal the challenge of his work. “Make Performance Organizations. The initiative will quantify sure you are engaging your audience whether it is a and assess the characteristics of excellent organizations presentation, meeting or a private dinner. Don’t lecture, and use what is learned to improve academic preparation and don’t be overly forceful. Make sure you understand for business. others’ point of view. Take time to ask questions. In Baird encourages young people interested in internaLatin America, time is a bucket in which to live, not tional work to do it while they are unmarried or don’t have children or aging parents to consider, although youth can also mean insufficient experience. He S. ROWE PHOTO cautions that the cost to provide a standard of living in other countries remotely like that enjoyed in the States is exorbitant, and it is difficult, if not impossible, to secure good employment for both people in a two-income family.

For those who can’t resist the lure of an international business career, he closes with this advice: “Marry well.

You can’t do a job like this, with all the constant travel, unless your spouse is a fantastic parent/partner/supporter.” (He and his wife, Linda, have been married for 16 years.)

Life is exciting for this Albion graduate who at one time didn’t think it would be. And it’s likely to stay that way. Rich Baird’s motto is, “The world is sufficiently complex to give me plenty of job security.”

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Peter Jennings, ’82: Applying instinct and intellect to global legal challenges (continued from p. 3) the company’s Freeport, Texas, offices. After another two-year stint in Midland he was asked to take the position in Hong Kong.

The years with Dow have offered Jennings plenty of challenges. He has worked in claims and litigation related to some hot-button issues, among them a billiondollar commercial suit between Dow and Consumers Power Co. over Consumers’ failed nuclear power plant in Midland, Superfund claims for Dow throughout North America, and the Dow Corning breast implant product liability suit involving 25,000 plaintiffs in several states.

Jennings’ work provides him with a wealth of material for the book he may one day write when he gives voice to his journalistic bent. “Here’s what I’m working on today,” he says, as he begins his day in Hong Kong while darkness settles across the Midwest.

“There is a manufacturing arrangement in process to make latex gloves in Malaysia, a dispute in Taiwan with a partnering company, lawsuits in Korea and the Philippines, and issues with two manufacturing plants in Indonesia where we want to combine subsidiaries. Then there’s the landfill concern in New Zealand and the joint venture in Australia. . . .”

He pauses for a moment, then adds, “We’re based in Hong Kong, but every day you end up with half a dozen legal issues from Korea to Australia to Pakistan. The fun part of the job is keeping all those balls in the air.”

But the real fodder for a book is likely to be found not in the duties but in what it takes to fulfill them. On any given day Jennings may stride through the sophisticated legal system of one country while slogging through the potential ethical corruption of another. He may travel confidently within one country or have to look over his shoulder in the next, as was the case when riots and insurrection broke out in Jakarta, Indonesia during the fall of President Suharto’s regime. He may need to assertively eyeball counterparts in a meeting or deliberately avoid eye contact so as not to appear threatening.

“A lot of these things you cannot learn in a book.

You use your judgment and instincts,” he says.

The most rewarding aspect of his job is building and being a part of multi-function teams across manufacturing partners and countries. Dow employs about 2,200 people in the Asia Pacific region, about 300 of whom are employed in various capacities in the region’s Hong Kong headquarters. The Asia Pacific region is the largest in both population and geographic size among Dow’s groups, encompassing 16 countries and 23 manufacturing locations. Other regions are North America, South America, Europe and Middle East/ Africa.

Jennings’ office is high in the Sun Hung Kai Centre in the Wanchai District of Hong Kong Island, shoulderto-shoulder with other skyscrapers overlooking Victoria Harbor. He and his wife, Martha Glotfelty Jennings, ’83, and their children, Gretchen, 12, and Spencer, 9, live about eight miles from his office in an apartment on the island’s south side, facing the South China Sea. They are close to the Hong Kong International School where both children are enrolled.

Hong Kong is one of the most expensive cities in the world and the most crowded with a population of about eight million and growing. A single-family residence is

At Dow Chemical’s Asia Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong, a typical day for corporate attorney Pete Jennings, ’78, may begin with e-mails or voicemails from Auckland or Sydney and then proceed in succession with contacts from Beijing, Bangkok, Singapore and New Delhi as the company’s holdings in nine time zones open for business. virtually unheard of. “An apartment with 1,200 square feet of space will cost an average of $7,000 U.S. dollars in rent a month,” Jennings explains. Extended families crowd together in tiny apartments. Living costs combined with the strong work ethic of the Chinese people contribute to long work days. Most people have a difficult commute via bus or subway and routinely work from about 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and after lunch until 9 p.m. day after day.

His work takes him to locations across the region.

Jennings says he traveled 75 days last year or about onethird of his time, adjusting to flights that are often from 5 to 12 hours in duration. “We’re prisoners of our laptops,” he admits.

He also confesses that his whole family is prisoner to the Internet and e-mail as a way to stay connected to friends, family and news back in the States. “The number one thing I miss is ESPN Sports Center. The kids miss a really good hamburger and the convenience of American fast food. You can’t get that here.” You also can’t find green grass or parking places.

In spite of occasional longings for things American, Jennings acknowledges that he and his family enjoy a very good lifestyle in Hong Kong and appreciate the amazing safety of the city. He and Martha are pleased that their children are getting a wealth of travel and cultural opportunities at such a young age. But he is equally aware of the reality of life not far from their upscale neighborhood.

“I see old ladies picking up trash, and in many places there is poverty so bad you almost have to turn your head. The average wage in countries such as Indonesia is about $1 a day,” he says. His voice becomes impassioned.

“Folks in the States don’t realize how good they have it. I was in Indonesia before and after the Jakarta riots. Even as frustrated as we were in America after our presidential elections, nowhere else in the world could we have gotten through that without bloodshed and violence. It shows that our system works.”

Jennings is also passionate about his Albion experience. He recalls with satisfaction, “One of the reasons I went to Albion was Mike Turner. He was from West

Branch (Michigan) where I’m from, and I wanted to play basketball for Mike.”

Although he didn’t play college basketball, he stayed involved by working as an assistant sports information director and sports editor of the Pleiad.

His Albion experience involved much more than sports, however. He speaks appreciatively of English professor Catherine Lamb (now Catherine Frerichs). In addition to being his faculty adviser, she was a taskmaster at teaching technical writing. “You look at the power of the written word and the emphasis she put on writing skills and on assimilating a vast amount of information accurately into bullet points. . . . I couldn’t get any better preparation than that for helping me as a lawyer.”

Jennings also praises journalism professor James Diedrick, whose skill in teaching efficient, concise story construction was excellent preparation for the demands of law and his role as an in-house counsel.

The personal communication skills he developed at Albion also make it PHOTO COURTESY OF P. JENNINGS possible for him to transcend the cultural barriers that might otherwise separate him from his coworkers who come from across the Pacific region.

Those skills can mean the difference between success and failure in the global business environment.

“I find it most gratifying,” he reflects, “that my colleagues and I have been able to form strong bonds, develop a sense of unity and have made contributions to the company, in spite of our vastly different backgrounds.”

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Doing business in Mexico

The North American Free Trade Agreement, signed by the United States, Canada and Mexico in 1994, remains controversial among government leaders, labor unionists and business executives. To assess NAFTA’s impact and to look at the broader issues of doing business in Mexico for this cover story, Io Triumphe turned to Paulette Stenzel, ’72, a professor of international business law at Michigan State University. Stenzel has written extensively on U.S.-Mexico economic and legal relations and currently teaches courses on business, law and public policy including an interdisciplinary summer offering on “Doing Business in Mexico” conducted in Mérida, Mexico for MSU honors students in business.

Io Triumphe. Can you offer some recent statistics on the extent of involvement of U.S. companies in Mexico?

Stenzel. In 1966, the maquiladora program was created to allow U.S. companies to establish plants across the border in Mexico—components or raw materials could be shipped across the border, assembled using cheap Mexican labor, and then brought back for sale in the U.S. The advantages included, first, the low cost of the Mexican labor and, second, no value-added taxes on products shipped to the U.S. While some people thought we wouldn’t need the maquiladora program any more after NAFTA, in fact, it is thriving today: the number of maquilas [plants owned by U.S. companies] as of August 2000 was 3,628, and the number of employees, 1,316,244. Huge numbers.

Particularly since the 1980s, the maquiladora program has spread throughout Mexico. You find different kinds of companies in different regions of Mexico, due largely to issues of transporting the finished goods. For example, in the Yucatán, the maquiladora companies include manufacturers of clothing and orthodontic devices, among other products.

Since January 1994, when NAFTA took effect, the maquiladora program has just mushroomed. Rather than slow down due to lack of need, it’s healthier than ever.

Exports from maquiladora companies increased 135 percent from 1994 to 1999.

NAFTA has also led to tremendous growth in direct foreign investment in Mexico. From $4-billion before NAFTA, foreign investment surged to over $10-billion in 1998. Due to changes in Mexican law, U.S. firms can now establish joint ventures with Mexican companies in

selected industries such as telecommunications and set up subsidiaries that serve the Mexican market as well as U.S. companies doing business in Mexico.

In terms of overall trade volumes, NAFTA has had a major impact. From 1993 to 1997, U.S.-Mexican trade increased more than 90 percent. Mexico is now the United States’ second-largest trading partner (after Canada).

Q. What are the chief cultural differences in the workplace that affect U.S. companies operating in Mexico?

A. I tell my students that cultural differences vary by region in Mexico, just as they do here in the U.S. Life is different in a Maine fishing village than it is in an upper Vermont ski town. In general, northern Mexico tends to be more like the U.S.—that’s to be expected in part because of the many maquiladora companies sending goods and personnel back and forth across the border.

What is traditionally Mexican in terms of personal relations and daily conduct of the day has fallen by the wayside, in some respects, in this region. However, if you go to villages or small cities in central Mexico or the Yucatán, you find a very different rhythm to everyday life. People still stop working at midday. The stores close from about one to four o’clock in the afternoon; everyone goes home from school and from his or her place of employment, has a meal with the family and then goes back to work from four o’clock until seven in the evening, or even later, depending on the type of employment.

Personal relationships are very different. In the United States, nepotism is a dirty word. In a society such as Mexico, where there has been a history of corruption in politics and the legal system, you don’t trust outsiders—you trust those you know. And so it’s perfectly natural and expected that you would give your business to family members. U.S. businesspeople working in Mexico must establish personal relationships and create their own “circle of trust.” The U.S. businesses that fail are those that don’t establish a physical presence in the country with their employees and families. Managers who only work in Mexico Monday through Friday and return to the U.S. on weekends don’t become integrated into the society and are not trusted in the same way as someone who lives there and participates in the social life of the community.

Concepts of time are different too. In the U.S., we have what is referred to as a monochronic system—we block out our time appointment-by-appointment. In Mexico, the culture is polychronic, as it is in many countries around the world. People deal with the personal relationship at hand, and devote whatever time is needed to that individual. The next appointment will simply wait. It’s not an insult to be kept waiting; it’s a matter of devoting attention to each person as he or she comes, whether that’s a family member, a subordinate or a visitor.

Mexico is a society in which the influence of the Spaniards and of feudalism is still evident. There’s more of a patron-to-subject relationship between employers and employees. American employers are very surprised when they go to Mexico and discover that, although there are very low wages as compared to the U.S., there are many employee benefits that employers have to provide in Mexico that they don’t in the U.S. Employerfunded savings programs assist workers with housing costs. Another program pays for medical care and other social services, though the quality of these services is often not very high.

With regard to the role of women in Mexican businesses, acceptance is slowly growing for women managers. Women who are well-educated are accorded a high level of respect in Mexico, and they can make their way into management jobs. These women tend to come from the wealthier families. On the production line, you often will find far more women than men, and companies are blatant about saying that they hire women because they are “more obedient” or better at doing piecework.

Q. What are the chief financial constraints these companies face?

A. Companies seeking loans generally need to work with a U.S. bank. The Mexican government for most of the 1990s was in the process of revamping its banking system, but it’s still not functioning as it should. The truth of the matter is that the average citizen can’t get a loan to buy housing because (a) it’s not available and (b) the interest rate would be about 30 percent if it were available. Similarly, it’s very difficult for a business to get a loan from a Mexican bank, and if it could get one, the loan would have a very high interest rate. U.S. banks offer a lower interest rate and greater stability. That’s one of the advantages created under NAFTA—in limited ways, U.S. insurance companies and banks have been allowed to come into Mexico and so there are increased opportunities for lending.

Tax evasion is pervasive throughout Mexico. Many of the big international firms—Ford, GM, Volkswagen and even the major Mexican-owned firms—do pay their taxes, but small- and medium-sized firms don’t. It is estimated that in Mexico fewer than half of the companies pay their taxes. Under the administration of Mexico’s newly elected president, Vicente Fox, the

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that area are doing a better job of protecting their workers than in the rest of Mexico, but the practices still are not up to U.S. standards.

government is increasing its efforts to collect taxes, and is attempting to reform an incredibly complicated tax code and to develop the accounting standards needed for corporate financial reports and tax calculations.

Q. What about environmental issues?

A. Mexico adopted a set of environmental laws called the código ecológico. It’s almost a direct translation of four U.S. statutes: the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the Toxic Substance Control Act. The truth is that the level of enforcement of these laws is very low. Mexico doesn’t have the history of enforcement that the U.S. does, and it doesn’t have the facilities for disposing of waste. For example, the Mexican resource conservation and recovery act tells companies that they must track all hazardous waste from the generator through the transporter to the point of ultimate storage. The problem is the companies don’t know where to put the waste. There is one licensed hazardous waste facility in the entire country, and—guess what—it’s closed because it’s full.

So the law exists on paper, but it’s not enforced.

In the act creating the maquiladora program, one of the stipulations was that if U.S. plants were to be allowed to come into Mexico, any hazardous waste was to be shipped back across the border to the U.S. Mexico recognized it didn’t have the facilities to deal with the problem. However, the recent estimates I’ve seen suggest that less than 10 percent of those wastes are actually making their way back to the U.S. These hazardous materials are sitting out behind the factories, seeping into the water supply systems, or they are simply being dumped into the rivers. That’s why you see the news stories about water pollution near the U.S.Mexican border, and the birth defects and other serious health problems that are the likely result of this pollution.

Q. How do Mexico’s labor laws impact U.S. businesses there?

A. Under side agreements made when NAFTA was negotiated, the U.S., Canada and Mexico all agreed to enforce their existing labor laws, rather than creating new laws in this area. The labor agreement was all about worker safety and worker rights. Mexico does have labor laws but they’re not enforced in the way they are in the U.S. For example, Mexico has laws prohibiting discrimination based on gender, but you can pick up any newspaper and see “help wanted” ads seeking young single women 18-21 years old—a complete violation of the law.

Similarly, Mexico has some occupational safety and health regulations to prevent illness, injury and death in the workplace, but, again, due to a lack of enforcement personnel and a lack of respect for law, the regulations aren’t enforced in most cases.

We are seeing much more stringent enforcement of occupational safety laws in the U.S.-Mexican border area. I believe many major U.S. companies operating in

Q. How has NAFTA changed the business climate in Mexico?

A. NAFTA has brought about remarkable changes in the relationship between government and business in Mexico. While in the past Mexico’s economy was largely a closed economy and trade was highly restricted, now Mexico is aggressively pursuing new trade relationships. Not only does it have Canada and the U.S. as major trading partners, but it has signed agreements with countries in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Mexico has done an incredible about-face—it now has more free trade agreements than any other country in the world.

During the negotiations on NAFTA, there was a lot of concern about the potential for losing manufacturing jobs to Mexico. It is true that U.S. companies have moved manufacturing and assembly jobs to Mexico because of the lower wages there. As the number of high-paying manufacturing jobs declines in the U.S., our workers will need to turn more to those jobs that require higher levels of education—jobs in technology, engineering and the like. Because Mexico lacks the trained personnel in technical management, product design and software development that we have, Mexico can be a growing market for U.S. companies willing and able to sell those services there.

Q. What do you see as the emerging trends for companies doing business in Mexico? What opportunities and challenges will they be facing in the next few years?

A. Under the previous ruling party in Mexico, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), Mexico had a very socialistic economy with restrictions on foreign trade and a high percentage of major industries being owned and run by the government including television, radio, newspapers, telecommunications, airlines and airports.

In contrast, new Mexican President Vicente Fox, a former Coca-Cola executive, has among his closest advisers individuals who have been trained in business and economics at Harvard, Wharton School and the University of Chicago. Fox and his party, the National Action Party (PAN), have always been closer to the philosophy of the Republican Party here in the U.S. They believe if you support businesses there will be a trickle-down effect that will benefit employees. In Fox’s view, prosperity for businesses will, in the end, mean prosperity for all of Mexico. So although I’ve heard many U.S. commentators remark about this new “liberal” party assuming power, it’s really not liberal at all. Fox, the “rebel,” is really a conservative.

NAFTA has brought about an increased openness in politics. The Mexican government is by no means transparent, but it is much more transparent than it used to be. Both in 1994 and again last year, there were U.S. and U.N. observers at the national elections. Yes, there still was some election fraud and bribery, but these latest elections were more honest than they have ever been.

The increased openness means dissent is possible now. I happened to be in Cozumel [an island off the east coast of Mexico’s Yucatán peninsula] in 1997 when the

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Mexican Green Party staged a public protest against the government’s plan to build a new pier that would break through a coral reef. There was actually picketing—that wouldn’t have happened in 1990. Citizens would have been unaware of the problem altogether or too afraid to speak out about it. Now protests are increasing against foreign industrial development in rural areas and against the displacement of farmers and other locally run concerns.

The U.S. is going to become more and more integrated with Mexico. It has to be. It’s partly due to the increasing tendency toward globalization in general, but, in the case of Mexico, it also stems from the simple fact that we share a border, an environment and an economic system.

Globalization may have its problems, but we’re not going to stop its march. The question is what we will do ethically as it marches along. How much do we do for sheer profit and how much do we take the lead and act responsibly even if other countries can’t afford to do so?

After all, we’re enjoying the cheaper products that result from manufacturing outside our borders. Shouldn’t we take responsibility for the conditions to which workers and their families are exposed as a result of manufacturing processes?

All of this comes back to a theme I stress in my teaching and advising: it is more important than ever for U.S. citizens to study other languages and, if at all possible, spend time living in another country. For a U.S. business to succeed in Mexico or any other foreign country, its managers and employees must understand and respect the language, culture, history and politics of the people with whom they are working. It’s all about personal relationships.

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Paulette Stenzel, ’72, is a full professor of international business law in the Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University. In August 2000, she was elected as cochairperson of the Environmental Law Section of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB). Also in August 2000 Stenzel received the ALSB’s Ralph Hoeber Award for an article that appeared in the Winter 2000 issue of the American Business Law Journal on the ISO 14000 Series environmental management standards.

At MSU, Stenzel was named the 1998 recipient of the Withrow Endowed Teacher/Scholar Award, the Broad College’s highest honor. (She is the only woman ever to receive that award.)

Her research and publications cover topics including ISO 14000, NAFTA, comparative U.S.-Mexican environmental law, and risk assessment and risk communication

by U.S. governmental bodies. She earned a J.D. from Wayne State University Law School.

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Campaign announced; $57-million in hand Albion College launched its new $120-million capital campaign in style April 20 with a lively program featuring student musical entertainment and the tongue-in-cheek “Gimmie Awards,” modeled after the Academy Awards and honoring the College’s volunteer leaders. President Peter Mitchell served as host. The event, held on campus in the Kellogg Center’s Gerstacker Commons, attracted nearly 600 trustees, alumni, faculty, staff, students and other guests. During the evening, campaign chairman Richard Baird, ’78, announced that $57-million has already been raised.

The campaign, entitled “Liberal Arts at Work: Challenging Minds, Transforming Lives,” aims to increase the College’s endowment to $250-million while funding a variety of initiatives. The drive also will underwrite new and renovated science facilities. It is the largest Michigan smallcollege campaign in progress, and the largest in the College’s 166-year history.

“With nearly $60-million raised of the $120-million goal, we are in a superb position to begin the public phase of this campaign for Albion’s future,” said President Mitchell.

“Our goal with the Liberal Arts at Work campaign is to mold Albion into a national model for liberal arts education in America.”

The Liberal Arts at Work campaign will fund a wide variety of initiatives put forth in the College’s Vision for the future, including the four groundbreaking Centers for Interdisciplinary Study, six preprofessional institutes, and the Foundation for Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity.

Existing academic departments and

enable the College to solidify its place among the best liberal arts colleges in the country.”

programs—along with the College’s distinctive FirstYear Experience— also will be strengthened. A total of $47-million is earmarked for Vision components.

The College has designated $32million of the campaign goal for the renovation of “Liberal Arts at Work” campaign chairman Richard Baird, ’78, Albion’s existing announced during the kickoff program’s finale that the College has science buildings already raised nearly half of its $120-million goal. and construction of paign, including the $8-million William C. new facilities that will add 36,000 square-feet Ferguson Student, Technology, and Adminisof laboratory space to the Palenske/Norris/ trative Services Building, slated to open in Putnam science complex.

The campaign also includes an $11-million summer 2002. The four-story structure will house an array of student services and five goal for the Albion Annual Fund to help administrative divisions. The Mae Harrison support all aspects of the College’s daily Karro Residential Village, a $3-million operations. student residence, will open for its first Another aim of the Liberal Arts at Work student occupants this fall. campaign is to increase the number of alumni Also planned are renovations of the giving to 50 percent. The goal of the Stoffer Stockwell-Mudd Libraries and the developChallenge, established by Albion trustee ment of a Human Performance Laboratory in William Stoffer, ’74, is to have at least 50 the Dow Recreation and Wellness Center. percent of Albion’s alumni donate each year Other funds are being sought for endowed

by June 30, 2003, and to maintain that percentage in the future. This rate would place scholarships, an endowed chaplaincy and faculty development. In addition, operating Albion among the top 20 liberal arts colleges funds have been targeted for start-up in the nation.

In 1999-2000, Albion topped all Michigan components of the Vision, as well as the College’s neuroscience program and “Albion: schools in alumni giving percentage, with The Smart Community” initiatives.

44.17 percent of alumni donating to the “Albion is fortunate to have such truly College. dedicated alumni and supporters,” said Baird.

Construction is under way on two major “The Liberal Arts at Work campaign will buildings funded by the new capital cam-

Editor’s note: A full report on the “Liberal Arts at Work: Challenging Minds, Transforming Lives” campaign will appear in a forthcoming newsletter devoted to campaign news and events.

Dow Lab opens Inaugurating an exciting new era in scientific research at Albion, the College dedicated the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Analytical Science Laboratory April 20. The laboratory, which boasts some of the latest instrumentation available, will serve every science field and will support faculty and student research.

“This research space would be the envy of any liberal arts college, and probably many research universities,” noted President Peter Mitchell during the ceremony. “Most remarkable of all, this lab is not reserved for use by faculty or by a select few graduate students. Every piece of equipment will be available for hands-on use by our undergraduates.”

The Dow Laboratory was made possible by a $2-million grant from the Midland-based Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation during the Albion Campaign for the Generations, which concluded in 1997. The foundation supported the proposal, in part, because of the emphasis the Albion faculty gave to interdisciplinary research collaborations and to making science more accessible to a broad population. During the dedication ceremony, Dow Foundation President Margaret “Ranny” Riecker complimented the College for achieving both of those aims in the laboratory’s final design.

The foundation also provided a $1-million gift to endow a professorship at the College which will be awarded in the near future.

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Winter sports highlights

By Robin Hartman Albion College is a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) and NCAA Division III. Find Briton sports highlights on the Web at www.albion.edu/ sports/.

Men’s basketball: For the fifth time in six years, Albion College finished its men’s basketball season with 15 or more victories, completing the 2000-01 schedule with a 16-9 mark and third-place finish in the MIAA. During the season, Albion defeated the league’s top two teams, Calvin College and Hope College, and for much of the year led all of Division III in three-point field goal percentage, hitting 46 percent (192-417) of its tries from beyond 21 feet.

Albion owed much of its success to a balanced attack that saw four players average between 10 and 11.5 points per game.

Leading that list is first-team All-MIAA center Andrew Neidlinger, a sophomore who ranked among the league’s best in field goal accuracy (.557), rebounding (7.2 rebounds per

game) and blocked shots (1.6 per game).

Senior guard Jon VanderWal set a singleseason school record for three-point field goal accuracy, making 55 percent (42-76) of his long-range tries. He also ranks among the division’s top free throw shooters, with an .846 mark (66-78) from the foul line.

Head coach Mike Turner will start the 2001-02 season seven wins shy of reaching 400 career coaching victories, all at Albion.

He has coached the Britons to 26 consecutive seasons of 10 or more wins.

Women’s basketball: Dogged by injuries and illness, the Briton women posted a 4-21 season under first-year head coach Annamarie Wyant. In MIAA play, Albion finished 3-11, but the three victories came at a very important time in the season, and, in one case, represented a turnaround of significant proportions.

The turnaround came Jan. 31 at Kresge Gymnasium during Albion’s home contest with Olivet. Having lost 66-44 in the first meeting between the teams Jan. 6 at Olivet,

Albion reversed fortunes, whipping the Comets 80-49. The 53-point turnaround from defeat to victory for the Britons was the largest for an MIAA series in women’s basketball this season. Three days later, Albion had its best offensive output since 1993, scoring 88 points in an 88-76 win over Adrian College.

Despite the record, Albion had two major contributors to the NCAA and MIAA stat rolls. Sophomore guard Becky Campbell finished in the top 15 among Division III individuals in free throw accuracy, making 85 percent (75-88) of her charity attempts. Junior center Amanda Yeager was among the league leaders in rebounds (7.5 per game) while averaging over 10 points per MIAA contest.

She was a second-team All-MIAA selection.

Swimming and diving: Albion earned fourth-place finishes in MIAA action for both men and women. In the process, two members of the women’s team came away from the league championship Feb. 16-17 in Holland with first-place performances.

Sophomore Liz Groth and freshman Erin Spiro each won two titles. Groth was a champion in the 100 and 200 backstroke, while Spiro took firsts in the 100 and 200

butterfly. It marked the first time Albion swimmers had won multiple titles at a league championship meet since 1994.

Both Groth and Spiro turned in NCAA provisional qualifying times at the meet, and Spiro’s times were good enough to earn full qualifying status for the Division III championship in Buffalo, N.Y., March 8-10. In her first appearance at the nationals, Spiro competed in the 50 freestyle and the 100 and 200 butterfly. She had earlier set a school record in the 200 butterfly, with a clocking of 2:10.46.

While the men did not finish with individual champions, best times or performances for the season were registered in 13 events at the conference meet. Senior Britt Johnson went a step further, posting top times in four more events at the Shamrock Invitational at the University of Notre Dame a week later, including a school record 2:14.88 in the 200 breaststroke. Johnson completed his career at Albion holding five school marks, including best times for the 100 freestyle (46.78), 200 freestyle (1:44.04), 100 backstroke (53.24) and 100 breaststroke (1:00.26).

The Britons are coached by Keith Havens.

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75 years at Kresge Gym celebrated Kresge Gymnasium’s 75-year history of sports competition, rock concerts, graduations and visiting dignitaries was celebrated Jan. 20, 2001. The landmark on the campus quadrangle saw its first official intercollegiate contest Jan. 8, 1926, a men’s basketball win over Olivet College, and basketball was again the main event Jan. 20 during the anniversary festivities.

Men’s basketball alumni competed against the current junior varsity squad to open the afternoon, followed by the varsity contest against Alma College.

All-MIAA performers at Kresge Gym The following Albion College student-athletes earned firstteam All-MIAA honors while playing at Kresge Gym. The dates indicate year of selection.

Bold type marks those individuals who were also named the league’s “Most Valuable” for that year.

At the 2001 men’s varsity basketball reunion in January, the returning alumni came away with a 61-58 victory during their contest with the current junior varsity squad. On hand for the reunion were: (front row, left to right) Earl “Butch” Cornett, ’67, Howard “Skip” Neilson, ’63, Donald Roe, ’54, Lawrence Mason, ’71, David DeCou, ’70, former assistant coach Timothy Williams, Paul Cryderman, ’77, Philip Roe, ’87, Peter Aerts, ’93.

Also recognized were these and other noteworthy events from Kresge’s past: ■ Former President George Bush’s commencement

Men’s basketball (since 1932) 1932 - Carl Risley 1935 - Edward King William Smith 1936 - Edward King Russell Kroeze 1937 - James Rouman 1938 - William Feduniak 1939 - William Feduniak 1940 - William Feduniak 1943 - Elkin Isaac 1946 - Elkin Isaac Lewis Moon 1947 - Elkin Isaac Lewis Moon 1948 - Lewis Moon 1949 - Lou Black 1951 - Dick Allen Bob Eggleston John Porter 1952 - John Porter 1953 - Cedric Dempsey 1954 - Cedric Dempsey 1956 - John Hannett 1957 - John Hannett George Vivlamore

speech from the gymnasium’s front steps while serving as vice president in 1986.

1958 - Vince Hall 1965 - Larry Downs 1968 - Mike Wilson 1973 - Damon Huffman 1976 - Paul Cryderman 1977 - Paul Cryderman 1978 - John Nibert 1979 - Milton Barnes John Nibert 1980 - Gary Nichols 1981 - Pete McKnight 1982 - Pete McKnight 1986 - Dwayne Johnson 1987 - Tony Harris 1988 - Troy Wright 1991 - Dave Marcinkowski 1992 - Steve Sheckell 1993 - Marcus Wourman 1994 - Steve Sheckell 1995 - Matt Essell 1996 - Eric Dufort Chuck Pinter 1997 - T. J. Carnegie 1998 - Tim Czarnecki Ben Geerling 1999 - Tim Czarnecki 2000 - Tim Czarnecki

(second row) John Kirtland, ’75, Tracy Garner, ’83, Eddie Lampton, ’99, Jason Klein, ’99, Gary Parker, ’93, Matthew Essell, ’95, Marcus Wourman, ’94, Eric DuFort, ’98. (third row) David Conger, ’00, Timothy Czarnecki, ’00, Stephen Conger, ’99, Kevin Randall, ’87, Hermen Pettiway, ’91, Neil Warriner, ’68, Brian Jamison, ’95, T.J. Carnegie, ’97, President Peter Mitchell, ’67. Not pictured: Coach Michael Turner, ’69.

■ Concerts by contemporary pop artists including Neil Diamond, John Denver, Chicago and Harry Chapin.

■ NCAA championship play in men’s basketball during the Britons’ run up to the 197778 Division III Final Four.

Women ’s basketball

1975 - Art Bronson Randy Parker 1976 - Chris Harrington Randy Parker Kevin Ryan 1977 - Kevin Ryan 1978 - Dave Smith

(since 1983) 1983 - Cathy Bachinski 1984 - Cathy Bachinski 1985 - Melody Janson 1989 - Susan Lang 1992 - Jennifer Kennedy 1993 - Jennifer Kennedy 1994 - Kelly Lewis 1996 - Christie Cleland 1997 - Sarah Grill 1998 - Kacy Davidson

Men’s swimming (1971-1978) Note: Swimming moved to the Dean Aquatic Center after the 1978 season.

1971 - Jim Everett John Karazim Dale Lockwood Mark Vanderkaay 1972 - John Aldrich Jim Everett Mark Vanderkaay 1973 - John Aldrich Kirk Bailey Al Baker Jim Everett 1974 - Jim Everett Randy Parker

Volleyball (since 1982) 1987 - Leslie Madill 1988 - Judi Sebolka 1993 - Susie Schulz 1998 - Jennifer Barnes 2000 - Michelle Hind

Wrestling (1969-1984) 1969 - Craig Cossey Gary Kresge 1970 - Craig Cossey Gary Kresge Ken Mienschein 1971 - Ken Mienschein 1972 - Randy Smith 1973 - Ted Miller Randy Smith 1974 - Paul Holdren 1980 - Clair Rowland

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Class notes deadline The deadline for class notes appearing in this issue of Io Triumphe was Jan. 19, 2001. Notes received after that date will appear in the next issue.

Robert Cutcher, ’54, of Deckerville, retired from medical practice in August 2000. He felt honored to have President Mitchell render remarks at a retirement celebration sponsored by the village of Deckerville in October. He spent this past winter in Cathedral City, CA.

55-59 Class news 30-39 Margaret Bell Jackson, ’33, of Beulah, is still living on her own in her home.

She has three children and two grandchildren.

Virginia Nagler DeCoudres, ’36, and her husband, Gordon, have 18 greatgrandchildren. She lives in Childersburg, AL, and would like to hear from anyone who remembers her from her college years. Virginia checks her e-mail every day and can be reached at: bamagrama@msn.com.

Marion “Pat” Rector and Ardyce Chaffin Rector, both ’38, of Midland, have lived in the Riverside Retirement home for a year and celebrated their 60th anniversary in November. They have four children, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

50-54 Joy Marshall Dean, ’53, lives in Lake Placid, FL, with her husband, Duane, ’51. Joy recently completed her autobiography, Three Mothers and Forefathers.

Virginia Renshaw Snell, ’55, of Paw Paw, has been retired for five years and keeps busy by reading, knitting, enjoying music and her family, and traveling. She has one grandson. Her former Albion roommate and sister-inlaw, Dorothy Snell Rimawi, and her husband were in Michigan last summer as well.

Richard Vitek, ’56, was elected the vice chairman of the Board of Trustees at the University of Missouri, Rolla. He and his wife, Marilyn Young Vitek, ’56, live in Brookfield, WI. Alfred Cohoe, ’59, has been appointed as chair of the combined departments of psychology and sociology at Ohio Northern University in Ada, OH. Alfred serves as professor of psychology at the university.

Lawrence Cox II, ’59, has been named vice president for finance and administration for the Academy of Dentistry International. Lawrence graduated from the University of Detroit School of Dentistry and has maintained a practice in Adrian since 1965. He and his wife, Joan, have two sons, a daughter and two grandchildren.

60-64 Ethel Moreland Hoenicke, ’60, has a new CD album available online at cdbaby.com/hoenicke for viewing and

listening. E.J.’s CD is called True Nature, and features original contemporary keyboard music for easy listening enjoyment. E.J. and her husband, Kenneth, live in Midland.

Charlotte Knuth Zuzak, ’61, has been chosen by Verses Magazine as Short Story Laureate for her story, “Going Home.” She has had works published in both short story and poem form, and stays busy through her positions as organist and accompanist in her community. Charlotte and her husband, Charles, live in Grove City, PA, and spent this past June in Ireland and the British Isles.

Bill, ’62, and Margaret Powell Hendry, ’63, have lived in Key West, FL, since 1994. Prior to moving to Key West, they lived in the Detroit metro area, Atlanta and London, England. Margaret is executive assistant for a national consulting firm, and Bill is an independent consultant to manufacturing companies, primarily those upgrading their Enterprise Resource Planning systems. The Hendrys have two children and one grandchild.

Katherine Kole VanZile, ’62, would love to hear from the women who lived at Bidwell house their freshman year, 1958-59. Kitty lives in Tampa, FL, and has been traveling and doing vacation house trades. She can be reached by email at: kittykvz@mymailstation.com.

David Keefer, ’63, of Palo Alto, CA, commemorated his 60th birthday on Oct. 30, by running his first marathon in Dublin, Ireland. In spite of the cold, rainy, windy weather, David finished the 26-mile course in 4 hours and 55 minutes.

James Kingsley, ’63, has been chosen by circuit judges in a statewide election to serve as a member of the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission. The ninemember commission promotes the integrity of the judicial process. A graduate of Northwestern University

Me? A philanthropist?

Sure.

Why not create a Named Personal Endowment for Albion College? You can create a research fellowship or a scholarship or an endowment for the library, or . . . well, there’s no limit to what you can do.

Call 517/629-0237 or e-mail us at advancement@albion.edu for information and ideas.

Report of Appreciation corrections The following individuals were omitted from the 1999-2000 Report of Appreciation. We wish to recognize their support for Albion during the July 1, 1999-June 30, 2000 fiscal year and extend our apologies for the error.

Philip D. (and Stacey) Brawer George P. (and Joy) Croll Fazli M. (and Yasmin) Datoo John P. (and Lois) Griffith Jerry D. (and Jana Carroll) Johnson Jeffrey S. (and Theresa A.) Jones Max I. (and Lisa) Kort Ernest V., Jr. (and Barbara) Lindblad

Daniel S. (and Karen) Patterson Mark A. (and Carrie) Priest Robert S. (and Heather) Ralls John R. (and Gail) Rogers Timothy T. (and Kimberly) Royle Steven N. (and Nikki L.) Schroeder Robert A., II (and Marlene) Smith Dan R. (and Jennifer) Travis Mark A. (and Le Anne) Wisnieski

Law School, Jim was appointed to the Calhoun County Circuit Court in 1982 and lives in Albion with his wife, Judith Case Kingsley, ’63.

John Cameron, Jr., ’71, has been listed in the 2001-02 edition of Best Lawyers in America. John lives in Grand Rapids with his wife, Ann, and is currently a partner in the law firm of Warner Norcross & Judd LLP. He specializes in real estate law.

65-69 Harold Voorheis, ’65, is a real-estate broker with Prudential Cal-Best Realty.

His wife, Lynn, is the registrar and museum manager for the Mission Inn Foundation and Museum of Riverside, CA. They live in Idyllwild, CA, in the San Jacinto Mountains.

James Breay, ’67, has been listed in the 2001-02 edition of Best Lawyers in America. James lives in Grand Rapids with his wife, Jean, and is a partner in the law firm of Warner Norcross & Judd LLP. He specializes in banking and corporate law.

Kathy Shindel, ’67, is a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, and is the wing chaplain for the First Fighter Wing, the oldest and proudest combat unit in the Air Force.

She now leads the religious program for Langley Air Force Base in Virginia, serving 10,000 military personnel and their families.

70-74 Lynne Blodgett Barden, ’70, is employed as science department chair and biology teacher for Laville JuniorSenior High School in Lakeville, IN. She has been happily married to her husband, Dan, for 30 years and resides in Plymouth, IN. Lynne and Dan have two sons, and one granddaughter. Members of the First United Methodist Church of Plymouth, they are active in the choir, adult ministries and finance. They enjoy cycling and boating during summers.

Lynne would love to hear from old classmates and friends, and can be reached by e-mail at: lydan@kconline.com.

Janet Welch, ’71, now serves as general counsel to the State Bar of Michigan.

She will provide legal advice to the Board of Commissioners and Representative Assembly, and serve as staff liaison to the Public Policy Commissioner Committee. Janet had been Michigan Supreme Court counsel since 1997, and before that was an executive analyst in the Office of the Chief Justice.

Before joining the court, she was the director of the nonpartisan legislative analysis office for the Michigan Senate.

She and her husband, George Hare, ’71, live in East Lansing.

F. Hampton Bumgarner, ’72, lives in Denver, CO, and has spent the past few years finishing some writing in theocentric transpersonal psychotherapy.

He would love to hear from friends through e-mail at: fhampb@attglobal.net.

John McKendry, Jr., ’72, has been listed in the 2001-02 edition of Best Lawyers in America. John lives in Muskegon with his wife, Linda, and is a partner in the law firm of Warner Norcross & Judd LLP. He specializes in employee benefits law.

Sammye Strong-VanDiver, ’72, is employed by Health Alliance Plan, a subsidiary of Henry Ford Health Systems in Detroit as a manager in the information systems division. Sammye is also an active member of the Metropolitan United Methodist Church and has volunteer interests in literacy programs, outreach programs, women’s help organizations and community calls for volunteers. Her proudest accomplishment is that she serves as the president of the board for the Detroit-based Coalition for Temporary Shelter, which exists to alleviate homelessness by providing services.

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Robin Ludwig, ’73, of New York, NY, is on sabbatical leave from the United Nations. Robin is a Fellow at Yale University for the spring semester, working on a research project related to elections and democratization.

A natural choice “Did I pressure Quinn to attend Albion? No, I don’t think so. I manipulated him,” says Coletta Nelson Thomas, ’76, mother of Quinn, ’01, wife of Vincent, ’73, and president of Albion’s Alumni Association Board of Directors.

“Once, I changed my voice and pretended I was Admissions calling to tell Quinn how badly we wanted him to come to Albion. He caught on, but I definitely didn’t play fair . . . [and] I sleep a lot better because of it.”

“My mother definitely had a large influence on my decision to attend Albion,” Quinn agrees. “When I was looking at colleges, she’d put a plug in for Albion every second: ‘You should consider Albion . . . Albion’s really good,’ she always said. But it was a good pressure.”

Quinn has attended Albion’s Homecoming games for the past 21 years. He has worn over two decades’ worth of Albion sweatshirts and caps, eaten in both the Keller and the Eat Shop, experienced the naming and renaming of College buildings, and witnessed the campus’ expansion firsthand.

“Quinn has been coming to Albion every single year since 1979,” his mother explains. “He identifies with Albion and feels ownership with it.”

His parents were not the only ones to tell him “the Albion story.”

Coletta says that many of their Albion friends moved to within a mile of each other in the Detroit area after graduation (the Thomases live in Lathrup Village), creating a new Albion community for themselves and making Albion a permanent part of their lives. The families raised their children together and continue to meet often.

Quinn’s mother majored in English and was active in the Commission on the Status of Women and the AfroAmerican Union. She also wrote for The Pleiad and typed dissertations for professors John Moore and Dowell Smith. She now has her master’s degree in education and works as a teacher at the General Motors SPO Pontiac Skill Center.

Quinn’s father majored in economics and management with a specialty in accounting. After becoming a C.P.A. and earning his M.B.A., he currently runs his own information technology business.

Quinn, Coletta and Vincent Thomas.

When Quinn was growing up, the Thomases continually stressed the importance of Albion’s small size and caring faculty. “At other places students get lost in the shuffle, but not at Albion,” Vince says.

Coletta remembers discussing the Harlem Renaissance and Black America with English professor Eugene Miller outside of class and recalls how he once returned to campus the night before an exam to discuss the material with some students. “It was the kind of experience you only have at Albion,” she reflects.

Even though Quinn considered other small, liberal arts schools during his college search, Albion seemed like a natural fit, and he has been making his own mark since. He is active in band, plays piano, belongs to Black Student Alliance (the successor to the Afro-American Union), works as a Kellogg Center student manager, and is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music honorary.

In the future he hopes to attend graduate school in psychology because, as he says, “I am interested in people and what makes them do different things.”

Quinn’s parents appreciate his accomplishments.

“We’re really proud of Quinn,” Coletta says. “It was important to me that he did choose Albion. I wanted him to have the ‘Albion experience’. It’s nothing you can describe; you have to experience it. Coming to Albion was the one thing I really wanted him to do—it will mean everything in the future. This may be Albion snobbery, but I believe that it’s the Albion foundation that counts.”

—Lynsey Kluever, ’01

Building the Albion legacy in your family If you are already part of a historic family involvement with Albion College, or if you’d like to start such a tradition in your family, here are two new benefits that will be of interest: ■ Albion College will waive the $20 application fee for any legacy student who applies for admission.

■ A $1,500 Alumni Grant will be awarded to all incoming students whose family includes at least one Albion alumna/alumnus (sister, brother, father, mother, grandparents). This grant, offered without regard to financial need, is renewable for all four years.

To qualify, the student simply needs to indicate his or her family’s alumni status when submitting the application.

We welcome campus visits at any time. Please contact the Admissions Office at 800/858-6770, and we will make all arrangements. For more information online, visit: www.albion.edu/admissions/.

Wendy Lathrop, ’74, has completed service on a Technical Mapping Advisory Council to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Wendy also co-coordinated this year’s National Women’s Martial Arts Federation’s four-day training camp. She resides in Bala Cynwyd, PA. Greg Rappleye, ’74, of Grand Haven, has written a book entitled, A Path Between Houses, published by the University of Wisconsin Press in October.

75-79 Doan Hansen, ’75, an industrial and public health researcher at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, received a federal Hammer Award given to those who implement cost-saving measures. The recipient of a Ph.D. in industrial health from the University of Michigan, Doan is the technical program coordinator for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Emergency Management’s Subcommittee on Consequence Assessment and Protective Actions. He resides in Miller Place, NY. Mary Ann Tidwell Rankin, ’75, joined Amicare Homecare in February 1997, where she is the manager of clinical services. She lives in Muskegon with her husband, Mark. Despite missing her 25th class reunion, she and Kym Nelson, ’75, Mary Moelhoek, ’75, and Sue Leahy, ’75, enjoyed getting together in Albion in July for a special “Ground Hog” minireunion.

Catharine LaMont, ’76, is a member and former president of the Commercial Real Estate Women in Detroit and has received an Elite Eight Award from Commercial, Inc. magazine. A graduate of Wayne State University Law School, Catharine is vice president and counsel for national accounts at First American Title. She and her husband, Michael, live in Troy.

Bob Brown, ’77, of Farmington, is the executive producer of Escanaba in da Moonlight, a Michigan-made film starring Jeff Daniels, founder of the Purple Rose Theater. The film was

Correction Our fall Io Triumphe listing of firstyear students who are the children of alumni failed to list Katie Delaney, daughter of Julie Montgomery Delaney, ’71. We regret the error.

released in January. The two met at Albion College when the actor was speaking.

Fredric Maxwell, ’77, of Seattle, WA, just signed a contract with HarperCollins to author a biography of Microsoft CEO and president Steve Ballmer. The project evolved out of a book he started two years ago and lectured on in Albion in 1999.

Chris Baker, ’78, was named principal of Northridge High School in suburban Dayton, OH, last fall. After concluding a successful teaching and football coaching career, Chris is now in his seventh year of high school administration. He and his wife, Linda reside in Kettering, OH, with their four children.

Michelle Armstrong Guralnick, ’78, has moved to Bellevue, WA, after 11 years overseas in Hong Kong, London and Singapore. She and her husband, Michael, have three children and are enjoying the adjustment to life in the United States.

Milton Barnes, ’79, is now a coach for one of three Globetrotters’ teams based in Phoenix. A former Albion High School basketball coach, Milton played at Albion College and was a part-time assistant for the Britons in the 1979-80 season. Milton also coached at Eastern Michigan University (EMU), where he was the first EMU coach to post 20-win seasons in his first two years.

80-84 David Harrison, ’80, has been appointed to the position of vice president, supply chain management at Pechiney Plastic Packaging in Chicago, IL. In his new position, David will be responsible for leading the supply chain initiatives from all manufacturing locations. Pechiney Plastic makes flexible packaging for the food, health care and personal care industries. David holds an M.B.A. degree from Michigan State University and previously worked for Midas and Chrysler.

CORRECTION: Kirk Jabara, ’80, is a business consultant with Northern Network, Inc., and is the owner of Boyne Co-op True Value Farm-GardenHardware Store in Boyne City. Kirk and his wife, Lynne, have two children.

From 1980 to 1998, Kirk worked for Arthur Andersen’s consulting practice, becoming partner in 1989. He established and ran Andersen’s mid-market consulting group in Michigan until relocating back to northern Michigan.

Barbara Smith-Jang, ’80, went to Korea after college to teach English at the Holston Girls High School and the Mokwon Methodist University in Taejon. This past January she returned to Korea to fill a position in the chaplain’s office of Mokwon Methodist University in Taejon, the same institution where her husband, Soo Chan Jang, serves as professor of political science. Barbara holds an M.Div. from Garrett-

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Robin Ludwig, ’73, of New York, NY, is on sabbatical leave from the United Nations. Robin is a Fellow at Yale University for the spring semester, working on a research project related to elections and democratization.

A natural choice “Did I pressure Quinn to attend Albion? No, I don’t think so. I manipulated him,” says Coletta Nelson Thomas, ’76, mother of Quinn, ’01, wife of Vincent, ’73, and president of Albion’s Alumni Association Board of Directors.

“Once, I changed my voice and pretended I was Admissions calling to tell Quinn how badly we wanted him to come to Albion. He caught on, but I definitely didn’t play fair . . . [and] I sleep a lot better because of it.”

“My mother definitely had a large influence on my decision to attend Albion,” Quinn agrees. “When I was looking at colleges, she’d put a plug in for Albion every second: ‘You should consider Albion . . . Albion’s really good,’ she always said. But it was a good pressure.”

Quinn has attended Albion’s Homecoming games for the past 21 years. He has worn over two decades’ worth of Albion sweatshirts and caps, eaten in both the Keller and the Eat Shop, experienced the naming and renaming of College buildings, and witnessed the campus’ expansion firsthand.

“Quinn has been coming to Albion every single year since 1979,” his mother explains. “He identifies with Albion and feels ownership with it.”

His parents were not the only ones to tell him “the Albion story.”

Coletta says that many of their Albion friends moved to within a mile of each other in the Detroit area after graduation (the Thomases live in Lathrup Village), creating a new Albion community for themselves and making Albion a permanent part of their lives. The families raised their children together and continue to meet often.

Quinn’s mother majored in English and was active in the Commission on the Status of Women and the AfroAmerican Union. She also wrote for The Pleiad and typed dissertations for professors John Moore and Dowell Smith. She now has her master’s degree in education and works as a teacher at the General Motors SPO Pontiac Skill Center.

Quinn’s father majored in economics and management with a specialty in accounting. After becoming a C.P.A. and earning his M.B.A., he currently runs his own information technology business.

Quinn, Coletta and Vincent Thomas.

When Quinn was growing up, the Thomases continually stressed the importance of Albion’s small size and caring faculty. “At other places students get lost in the shuffle, but not at Albion,” Vince says.

Coletta remembers discussing the Harlem Renaissance and Black America with English professor Eugene Miller outside of class and recalls how he once returned to campus the night before an exam to discuss the material with some students. “It was the kind of experience you only have at Albion,” she reflects.

Even though Quinn considered other small, liberal arts schools during his college search, Albion seemed like a natural fit, and he has been making his own mark since. He is active in band, plays piano, belongs to Black Student Alliance (the successor to the Afro-American Union), works as a Kellogg Center student manager, and is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music honorary.

In the future he hopes to attend graduate school in psychology because, as he says, “I am interested in people and what makes them do different things.”

Quinn’s parents appreciate his accomplishments.

“We’re really proud of Quinn,” Coletta says. “It was important to me that he did choose Albion. I wanted him to have the ‘Albion experience’. It’s nothing you can describe; you have to experience it. Coming to Albion was the one thing I really wanted him to do—it will mean everything in the future. This may be Albion snobbery, but I believe that it’s the Albion foundation that counts.”

—Lynsey Kluever, ’01

Building the Albion legacy in your family If you are already part of a historic family involvement with Albion College, or if you’d like to start such a tradition in your family, here are two new benefits that will be of interest: ■ Albion College will waive the $20 application fee for any legacy student who applies for admission.

■ A $1,500 Alumni Grant will be awarded to all incoming students whose family includes at least one Albion alumna/alumnus (sister, brother, father, mother, grandparents). This grant, offered without regard to financial need, is renewable for all four years.

To qualify, the student simply needs to indicate his or her family’s alumni status when submitting the application.

We welcome campus visits at any time. Please contact the Admissions Office at 800/858-6770, and we will make all arrangements. For more information online, visit: www.albion.edu/admissions/.

Wendy Lathrop, ’74, has completed service on a Technical Mapping Advisory Council to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Wendy also co-coordinated this year’s National Women’s Martial Arts Federation’s four-day training camp. She resides in Bala Cynwyd, PA. Greg Rappleye, ’74, of Grand Haven, has written a book entitled, A Path Between Houses, published by the University of Wisconsin Press in October.

75-79 Doan Hansen, ’75, an industrial and public health researcher at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, received a federal Hammer Award given to those who implement cost-saving measures. The recipient of a Ph.D. in industrial health from the University of Michigan, Doan is the technical program coordinator for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Emergency Management’s Subcommittee on Consequence Assessment and Protective Actions. He resides in Miller Place, NY. Mary Ann Tidwell Rankin, ’75, joined Amicare Homecare in February 1997, where she is the manager of clinical services. She lives in Muskegon with her husband, Mark. Despite missing her 25th class reunion, she and Kym Nelson, ’75, Mary Moelhoek, ’75, and Sue Leahy, ’75, enjoyed getting together in Albion in July for a special “Ground Hog” minireunion.

Catharine LaMont, ’76, is a member and former president of the Commercial Real Estate Women in Detroit and has received an Elite Eight Award from Commercial, Inc. magazine. A graduate of Wayne State University Law School, Catharine is vice president and counsel for national accounts at First American Title. She and her husband, Michael, live in Troy.

Bob Brown, ’77, of Farmington, is the executive producer of Escanaba in da Moonlight, a Michigan-made film starring Jeff Daniels, founder of the Purple Rose Theater. The film was

Correction Our fall Io Triumphe listing of firstyear students who are the children of alumni failed to list Katie Delaney, daughter of Julie Montgomery Delaney, ’71. We regret the error.

released in January. The two met at Albion College when the actor was speaking.

Fredric Maxwell, ’77, of Seattle, WA, just signed a contract with HarperCollins to author a biography of Microsoft CEO and president Steve Ballmer. The project evolved out of a book he started two years ago and lectured on in Albion in 1999.

Chris Baker, ’78, was named principal of Northridge High School in suburban Dayton, OH, last fall. After concluding a successful teaching and football coaching career, Chris is now in his seventh year of high school administration. He and his wife, Linda reside in Kettering, OH, with their four children.

Michelle Armstrong Guralnick, ’78, has moved to Bellevue, WA, after 11 years overseas in Hong Kong, London and Singapore. She and her husband, Michael, have three children and are enjoying the adjustment to life in the United States.

Milton Barnes, ’79, is now a coach for one of three Globetrotters’ teams based in Phoenix. A former Albion High School basketball coach, Milton played at Albion College and was a part-time assistant for the Britons in the 1979-80 season. Milton also coached at Eastern Michigan University (EMU), where he was the first EMU coach to post 20-win seasons in his first two years.

80-84 David Harrison, ’80, has been appointed to the position of vice president, supply chain management at Pechiney Plastic Packaging in Chicago, IL. In his new position, David will be responsible for leading the supply chain initiatives from all manufacturing locations. Pechiney Plastic makes flexible packaging for the food, health care and personal care industries. David holds an M.B.A. degree from Michigan State University and previously worked for Midas and Chrysler.

CORRECTION: Kirk Jabara, ’80, is a business consultant with Northern Network, Inc., and is the owner of Boyne Co-op True Value Farm-GardenHardware Store in Boyne City. Kirk and his wife, Lynne, have two children.

From 1980 to 1998, Kirk worked for Arthur Andersen’s consulting practice, becoming partner in 1989. He established and ran Andersen’s mid-market consulting group in Michigan until relocating back to northern Michigan.

Barbara Smith-Jang, ’80, went to Korea after college to teach English at the Holston Girls High School and the Mokwon Methodist University in Taejon. This past January she returned to Korea to fill a position in the chaplain’s office of Mokwon Methodist University in Taejon, the same institution where her husband, Soo Chan Jang, serves as professor of political science. Barbara holds an M.Div. from Garrett-

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Evangelical Theological Seminary. She and her husband have three children and, before relocating, lived in Harrison.

Lance Baylis, ’81, graduated from Thomas M. Cooley Law School with a J.D. degree in September 2000. He is the vice president of North Oakland Home Health Care, Inc., and resides in Clarkston.

Camille Cleveland, ’81, has accepted the vice president, general counsel position with Troy-based Entertainment Publications, Inc., a national and international coupon book, discount marketing, Internet marketing, and fundraising business. She and her husband, Brian Smith, live in Bloomfield Hills with their two children, where they are active in the Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian Church. Camille also enjoys staying in touch with other Albion alums, Bernadette Len Pijls, ’81, Terrie Howell Sharp, ’81, George Darany, ’81, and Lyndean Brick-Lenhoff, ’81.

Sue Sweeley Prister, ’81, of Naperville, IL, was promoted to vice president/ general manager of the NextMedia Radio Network in Chicago. She and her husband, Jim Prister, ’83, have three children.

Mark Witbeck, ’81, of LaPorte, IN, received his M.B.A. degree from the University of Notre Dame in May 1998 and was promoted to director of change management at Ave Maria Press where he has worked since joining as controller in 1989. He attended the rechartering of the Alpha Tau chapter of Delta Sigma Phi in Ann Arbor, and would love to hear from classmates and Delt Sigs at: witbeck.2@nd.edu.

Lyle Brown, ’82, of Detroit, conducted Vox Humana in its inaugural concert held in downtown Detroit. Singing with the group were Kerri Durocher Riggs, ’95, Carrie Gilchrist, ’00, Juliet Mullenmeister, ’90, and Cheryl Rakich, ’92. Guest soloist for the concert was Jeanne Heller Bourget, ’83.

Byron Konschuh, ’82, became prosecutor in the Lapeer area. Recipient of law and M.B.A. degrees from Wayne State University, Byron has been with the prosecutor’s office for 12 years, the last eight as chief assistant. Byron and his wife, Lorraine Perugini Konschuh, ’84, live in Lapeer.

Robert DeVries, ’84, has accepted the position of president/COO of a luxury

Scholarships State of the Art

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Beautiful Landscaping

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IN GIVING TO THE ANNUAL FUND? • Your donation will help finance scholarships for deserving students.

• Your donation will support academic expenses such as departmental resources and library books.

Administration Faculty Books Campus Services

Multicultural

• Your donation will help us reach the Stoffer Challenge— 50% alumni participation by 2003.

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travel company called Grand Expeditions. Amy Ewing DeVries, ’83, stays active managing their four children. The DeVries family can be reached at 1175 Cocoanut Rd., Boca Raton, FL 334327632 or by e-mail at: amydevries@aol.com.

85-89 Frank Dempsey, ’86, was named as vice president and general counsel for American Community Mutual Insurance Co. He and his wife, Karen, reside in Brighton with their two children.

Mark Grover, ’86, was promoted to first vice president and loan group manager for Comerica Bank’s U.S. Banking Loan Group in Dallas, TX. He welcomes contact from Albion classmates and can be reached at: 3000 Oates Dr., Plano, TX 75093-3349; 972/ 867-4941 or e-mail: grovertx@gateway.net.

Michael Grant, ’87, is the vice president of technology sales for Megasure Insurance Services. Michael and his family live in Tustin, CA. Matthew Remmo, ’88, lives in Buchanan with his wife, Karrie, and their two children. Karrie was promoted to portfolio manager of the construction division at First Source Bank, and Matt teaches and coaches track and cross country at Galien High School. He is also a lieutenant on the Bertrand Township Fire Department.

Charles Drier, ’89, relocated back to the Lansing area with Auto-Owners Insurance Co. after six years in Minneapolis/St. Paul. Charlie and his wife, Jill, have two children and would enjoy hearing from other Albion classmates by e-mail at: earlsjam@ juno.com or by mail at: 816 Creyts Rd., Dimondale, MI 48821-9611.

Lisa Wilson Harris, ’89, has joined the metro Detroit office of the law firm of Warner Norcross & Judd LLP as an associate. Originally from Albion, Lisa lives in Auburn Hills with her husband, Tony Harris, ’87, and their son. She holds a J.D. degree from Michigan State University Detroit College of Law.

Karen Pifer, ’90, has joined the Detroit-area law firm of Honigman, Miller, Schwartz, and Cohn LLP as an associate in the real estate department.

She earned a J.D. degree from the University of Michigan. Karen resides in Birmingham.

Craig Thompson, ’90, of Huntington Woods, has been promoted to partner in the Southfield-based law firm, Sullivan, Ward, Bone, Tyler & Asher, P.C. Craig concentrates his practice on construction and professional liability litigation.

92 Newkirk Johnson, ’92, graduated from The Evergreen State College of Olympia, WA, in June 1999 with a master of environmental studies degree.

He is employed by the Allegheny Defense Project based in Clarion, PA, where he is working diligently to end the commercial logging program in the Allegheny National Forest.

IMPORTANT NOTICE Going . . . going . . . gone The Office of Career Development has made plans to destroy all graduate/professional school and employment credential files that are more than 10 years old, unless otherwise requested. If your file is more than 10 years old, and you would like for us to maintain it, please notify the office in writing by Jan. 1, 2002. Files will be destroyed promptly after this date. Questions? Contact Amy Charland, director.

Office of Career Development, KC #4900, Albion College, Albion, MI, 49224 Telephone: 517/629-0332 Fax: 517/629-0578 E-mail: careers@albion.edu

The Albion Network Ken Quatrini, ’85, where are you?

Please contact Dave Bingham, ’85.

“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 July.

Name __________________________________ Class year _____________ (Please print name)

Street _________________________________________________________ City _____________________________ State _______ ZIP _____________ E-mail address _________________________________________________

90 Stacey Henson, ’90, moved to Saginaw from Port Huron to take a job as Sunday editor with The Saginaw News after working for three years as regional editor at the Times Herald in Port Huron.

Prior to Port Huron, she was the managing editor at the Albion Recorder and a staff writer at the Homer Index and Wabash Plain Dealer. Stacy lives with her son, and would enjoy any contact with fellow alumni at: smhenson@aol.com.

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

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

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Evangelical Theological Seminary. She and her husband have three children and, before relocating, lived in Harrison.

Lance Baylis, ’81, graduated from Thomas M. Cooley Law School with a J.D. degree in September 2000. He is the vice president of North Oakland Home Health Care, Inc., and resides in Clarkston.

Camille Cleveland, ’81, has accepted the vice president, general counsel position with Troy-based Entertainment Publications, Inc., a national and international coupon book, discount marketing, Internet marketing, and fundraising business. She and her husband, Brian Smith, live in Bloomfield Hills with their two children, where they are active in the Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian Church. Camille also enjoys staying in touch with other Albion alums, Bernadette Len Pijls, ’81, Terrie Howell Sharp, ’81, George Darany, ’81, and Lyndean Brick-Lenhoff, ’81.

Sue Sweeley Prister, ’81, of Naperville, IL, was promoted to vice president/ general manager of the NextMedia Radio Network in Chicago. She and her husband, Jim Prister, ’83, have three children.

Mark Witbeck, ’81, of LaPorte, IN, received his M.B.A. degree from the University of Notre Dame in May 1998 and was promoted to director of change management at Ave Maria Press where he has worked since joining as controller in 1989. He attended the rechartering of the Alpha Tau chapter of Delta Sigma Phi in Ann Arbor, and would love to hear from classmates and Delt Sigs at: witbeck.2@nd.edu.

Lyle Brown, ’82, of Detroit, conducted Vox Humana in its inaugural concert held in downtown Detroit. Singing with the group were Kerri Durocher Riggs, ’95, Carrie Gilchrist, ’00, Juliet Mullenmeister, ’90, and Cheryl Rakich, ’92. Guest soloist for the concert was Jeanne Heller Bourget, ’83.

Byron Konschuh, ’82, became prosecutor in the Lapeer area. Recipient of law and M.B.A. degrees from Wayne State University, Byron has been with the prosecutor’s office for 12 years, the last eight as chief assistant. Byron and his wife, Lorraine Perugini Konschuh, ’84, live in Lapeer.

Robert DeVries, ’84, has accepted the position of president/COO of a luxury

Scholarships State of the Art

WHAT’S Tuition THE POINT Technolog Libraries

Student Clubs

Beautiful Landscaping

Awards Organizations

Athletics Residence Halls

Fine Arts Facilities Honors Institute

Funds

IN GIVING TO THE ANNUAL FUND? • Your donation will help finance scholarships for deserving students.

• Your donation will support academic expenses such as departmental resources and library books.

Administration Faculty Books Campus Services

Multicultural

• Your donation will help us reach the Stoffer Challenge— 50% alumni participation by 2003.

SEE THE POINT?

Community Services

Academics Research & Creative C

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Albion College Office of Annual Giving 611 E. Porter St. Albion, MI 49224 Phone: 517/629-0565 www.securealbion.edu/giving/

travel company called Grand Expeditions. Amy Ewing DeVries, ’83, stays active managing their four children. The DeVries family can be reached at 1175 Cocoanut Rd., Boca Raton, FL 334327632 or by e-mail at: amydevries@aol.com.

85-89 Frank Dempsey, ’86, was named as vice president and general counsel for American Community Mutual Insurance Co. He and his wife, Karen, reside in Brighton with their two children.

Mark Grover, ’86, was promoted to first vice president and loan group manager for Comerica Bank’s U.S. Banking Loan Group in Dallas, TX. He welcomes contact from Albion classmates and can be reached at: 3000 Oates Dr., Plano, TX 75093-3349; 972/ 867-4941 or e-mail: grovertx@gateway.net.

Michael Grant, ’87, is the vice president of technology sales for Megasure Insurance Services. Michael and his family live in Tustin, CA. Matthew Remmo, ’88, lives in Buchanan with his wife, Karrie, and their two children. Karrie was promoted to portfolio manager of the construction division at First Source Bank, and Matt teaches and coaches track and cross country at Galien High School. He is also a lieutenant on the Bertrand Township Fire Department.

Charles Drier, ’89, relocated back to the Lansing area with Auto-Owners Insurance Co. after six years in Minneapolis/St. Paul. Charlie and his wife, Jill, have two children and would enjoy hearing from other Albion classmates by e-mail at: earlsjam@ juno.com or by mail at: 816 Creyts Rd., Dimondale, MI 48821-9611.

Lisa Wilson Harris, ’89, has joined the metro Detroit office of the law firm of Warner Norcross & Judd LLP as an associate. Originally from Albion, Lisa lives in Auburn Hills with her husband, Tony Harris, ’87, and their son. She holds a J.D. degree from Michigan State University Detroit College of Law.

Karen Pifer, ’90, has joined the Detroit-area law firm of Honigman, Miller, Schwartz, and Cohn LLP as an associate in the real estate department.

She earned a J.D. degree from the University of Michigan. Karen resides in Birmingham.

Craig Thompson, ’90, of Huntington Woods, has been promoted to partner in the Southfield-based law firm, Sullivan, Ward, Bone, Tyler & Asher, P.C. Craig concentrates his practice on construction and professional liability litigation.

92 Newkirk Johnson, ’92, graduated from The Evergreen State College of Olympia, WA, in June 1999 with a master of environmental studies degree.

He is employed by the Allegheny Defense Project based in Clarion, PA, where he is working diligently to end the commercial logging program in the Allegheny National Forest.

IMPORTANT NOTICE Going . . . going . . . gone The Office of Career Development has made plans to destroy all graduate/professional school and employment credential files that are more than 10 years old, unless otherwise requested. If your file is more than 10 years old, and you would like for us to maintain it, please notify the office in writing by Jan. 1, 2002. Files will be destroyed promptly after this date. Questions? Contact Amy Charland, director.

Office of Career Development, KC #4900, Albion College, Albion, MI, 49224 Telephone: 517/629-0332 Fax: 517/629-0578 E-mail: careers@albion.edu

The Albion Network Ken Quatrini, ’85, where are you?

Please contact Dave Bingham, ’85.

“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 July.

Name __________________________________ Class year _____________ (Please print name)

Street _________________________________________________________ City _____________________________ State _______ ZIP _____________ E-mail address _________________________________________________

90 Stacey Henson, ’90, moved to Saginaw from Port Huron to take a job as Sunday editor with The Saginaw News after working for three years as regional editor at the Times Herald in Port Huron.

Prior to Port Huron, she was the managing editor at the Albion Recorder and a staff writer at the Homer Index and Wabash Plain Dealer. Stacy lives with her son, and would enjoy any contact with fellow alumni at: smhenson@aol.com.

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

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

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93 Jorgen Elovsson, ’93, is working with Ericsson Shared Services AB in Stockholm, Sweden, where he is project manager to implement electronic invoice handling. Jorgen and his wife, Debby Porter Elovsson, ’95, spend weekends in their cottage in the province of Halsingland on the Swedish Baltic coast.

He can be reached by e-mail at: Jorgen.Elovsson@swipnet.se.

Christopher Lamb, ’93, an associate vice president at Prudential Securities, has earned the designation of Certified Investment Management Analyst through the Investment Management Consultants Association. He earned this designation following course work and an examination at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Christopher and his wife, Autumn, live in Traverse City.

95 Debby Porter Elovsson, ’95, based in Stockholm, Sweden, has joined Ericsson’s division for global services in Telecom Management and Professional Services. She is now responsible for internal communication for over 2,200 employees worldwide. She and her husband, Jorgen Elovsson, ’93, spend weekends at their cottage in the province of Halsingland on the Swedish Baltic coast. She can be reached by e-mail at: bellejaunefleur@hotmail.com.

Nicole Kramer, ’95, has recently moved but can still be contacted at nikki_kramer@hotmail.com.

Charles Marentette, ’95, received a master’s degree in business administration from Johnson Business School at Cornell University in May 2000. He is working at Delphi in Troy in the department of investor relations and resides in Clarkston.

Aaron Miller, ’95, has completed his Ph.D. in physics at Stanford University.

He is married to Holly Buege Miller, ’96.

Karrie Zeits, ’95, of Traverse City, has joined the law firm of Sondee, Racine, & Doren P.L.C. where she will practice in the areas of municipal, land use planning, real estate and environmental law.

96 Michael Kobylarz, ’96, is working as a senior network engineer for microMANAGEMENT Systems in Troy. He also began study for his master’s degree in business administration at Walsh College in summer 2000. Michael lives in Sterling Heights and would love to hear from people through e-mail at: mkobylarz@microman.net.

David Gareth Moss, ’96, practices real estate finance law at Salomon & Weinberg. He earned his J.D. degree from George Washington University School of Law in 1999. He resides in Manhasset Hills, NY.

97 David Lefere, ’97, has joined the law firm of Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C. as an associate following his graduation from Michigan State University Detroit College of Law. Prior to joining the firm, David was a student representative for the American Inns of Court. He serves in the litigation department in Lansing.

Christina Lombardo, ’97, is a featured performer in the hit comedy/interactive theatre presentation, Tony N’ Tina’s Wedding in downtown Detroit’s Harmonic Club. Lombardo has been with the show for six months and joined the cast after completing an apprenticeship at the Purple Rose Theater. Christina resides in Royal Oak.

98 Jeff Kotas, ’98, has been appointed as a Calhoun County caseworker for Big Brothers Big Sisters. Prior to this

appointment, Jeff was employed by Starr Commonwealth for two years. He and his wife, Letitia Watson Kotas, ’98, live in Albion.

Jennifer Taylor, ’98, returned in July 2000 from Heidelberg, Germany, where she was a teaching assistant. She now teaches German at Edsel Ford High School in Dearborn and resides in Canton. She can be contacted at: jentaylor8@hotmail.com.

99 Julie Vecchio, ’99, teaches marine biology to school kids at the Catalina Island Marine Institute in southern California. Most of her day is spent snorkeling, kayaking, hiking, and teaching about life in the Pacific Ocean and Catalina Island. This past summer she took a vacation as a crewmember of the Pilgrim of Newport, a 119’ sailing schooner harbored in Long Beach. She would love e-mail at: ponte_vecchio@hotmail.com.

The Albion Choir News for Albionotes comes to Carnegie Hall! Please use the space below to send your news about promotions, honors, appointments, marriages, births, travels and In concert at Carnegie Hall (corner of 7th Avenue and 57th Street)

Sunday, June 3, 2001, 8 p.m.

A combined choir of Albion students, alumni and community friends will join with a professional orchestra and soloists in a performance of the Fauré Requiem under the direction of Albion choral director Douglas Rose and will offer several Albion favorites conducted by former choral director Melvin Larimer, ’53.

The Office of Alumni and Parent Relations is sponsoring a reception prior to the concert for alumni, parents and friends. Invitations will be mailed soon to those who live in the Greater New York area. If you live outside of the area and are interested in more information on the reception and on how to obtain concert tickets, please call the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations at 517/629-0448. All are welcome.

There are still a few spaces available for alumni singers who would like to join the choir for this special occasion. Spouses, children and friends may also join the choir, or join the package as a non-singer. Rates including accommodations (5 days/4 nights, May 30 - June 4), breakfast each day, rehearsals, the performance, transportation to package events, and a postconcert cruise (with a dinner and dance) are as follows: quadruple occupancy: $699 per person; triple occupancy: $749 per person; double occupancy: $849 per person; single occupancy: $1,224.

Checks should be made out to “Albion College” and sent by May 15 to: Albion at Carnegie Coordinator, Music Department, Albion College, Albion, MI 49224. For more information, please contact Douglas Rose at 517/629-0251.

hobbies. When reporting information on deaths, please provide date, location, and Albion-connected survivors and their class years. Use of this form will help guarantee inclusion of your news in an upcoming issue of Io Triumphe.

We try to process all class note information promptly, but please note that the Albionotes deadline falls several weeks prior to publication. If your information arrives after the deadline for a given issue, it will be held and included in the succeeding issue.

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Check here if this is a new address. Also, if you have a winter address that is different from your permanent address, indicate it in the space below along with the months when you reside at that address.

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Wedding Album See accompanying notes for details.

Melanie Munsey, ’95, to Rick Deisler on Sept. 29, 2000. (Left to right) Mary Shank, ’95, Elizabeth Price, ’95, Jason White, ’95, Martin Wilder, ’95, Melanie Munsey Deisler, ’95, Mary Anne Greening White, ’95, Brian Haapala, ’95, Krista Hammerbacher Haapala, ’96.

Christie Cleland, ’96, to Tyler Hursey on July 24, 1999. (Front row, left to right) Christie Cleland Hursey and Tyler Hursey. (Second row) Mike Williams, ’99, Amy Comer Williams, ’96, Chris Pelloski, ’96, Jaimi Blakeman Pelloski, ’96, Lynnette Evans Telck, ’96, Kris Fekete, ’96, Tonya Taylor, ’96, Karen Mayhew, ’67, Piper Metz, ’99, Jessica Hayes, ’98, Nicki Nash Sabin, ’98, Matt Sabin, ’98. (Third row) Karen Groulx, ’97, Stacey Portenga, ’99, Mike Cabana, ’96, Holly Hay Cabana, ’96, Charles Pinter, ’96, Darcey Durr, ’96, Dale Mayhew, ’67, Ellie Whitlock, ’99, Matt Mitchell, ’96, Beth Mitchell, ’96.

Elizabeth Rodeck, ’98, to Charles Stallman on June 3, 2000. (Front row, left to right) Libby Rodeck Stallman, ’98, Nina Sanchez, ’98, Jessica Hayes, ’98, Tom Behan, ’98. (Back row) Molly McCracken, ’98, Rebecca Mann, ’98, Abigail Walton, Bruce Mann, ’69, Erin Eldridge Simon, ’98, Nancy Jones Mann, ’68, Jennifer Swan, ’98, Jennifer Rupp, ’98, Jessica Steed, ’99, Zachary Mack, ’98, Martha Huckle, ’98.

Leslie Kohn, ’97, to Patrick Drueke, ’95, on Oct. 7, 2000.

(Front row, left to right) Erin Reagan, ’97, Meredith Wierman, ’97, Kim Warren, ’97, Leslie Kohn-Drueke, ’97, Patrick Drueke, ’95, Neal Silverman, ’95, Jeff Richards, ’93. (Second row) Stephanie Ashcraft, ’97, Christina Wills-Klein, ’97, Barbara Stein, ’97, Sara Handley, ’95, Chris Talsma, ’95, Gregg Colburn, ’95, Dan Mehney, ’93. (Third row) Brian Sheehy, ’94, John Callaway, ’93.

Lisa Lipford, ’89, to Robert Garypie, ’87, on May 6, 2000. (Left to right) Jane Miller, ’89, Jennifer Lakin Quint, ’89, Dan Quint, ’87, Lisa Lipford Garypie, ’89, Robert Garypie, ’87, Lynn Fisher, ’78, George MacDonald, ’86, Christy Sanders MacDonald, ’86, John Witt, ’89, and Doug Armstrong, ’88.

Jennifer Arbogast, ’96, to Mark Keating on Sept. 3, 2000. (Left to right) Dan Travis, ’96, Holly Quick Valovick, ’96, Jennifer Arbogast Keating, ’96, Mark Keating, Beth Miller, ’96, Jennifer Daig VanderVeen, ’96, and Jay VanderVeen, ’96.

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Weddings Steve Crane, ’78, to Judy Minke on July 17, 1999. Steve owns Crane Construction Inc., in Brighton, and Judy is an account executive for Gail & Rice Productions in Southfield. Steve and Judy have five children and live in Brighton.

Lisa Lipford, ’89, to Robert Garypie, ’87, on May 6, 2000 in Ann Arbor.

Albion guests in attendance included maid of honor Jane Miller, ’90, Jennifer Lakin Quint, ’89, Dan Quint, ’88, Lynn Fisher, ’73, George MacDonald, ’86, Christy Sanders MacDonald, ’86, John Witt, ’89, and Doug Armstrong, ’88. Lisa is the director of public relations for Dana Commercial Credit Corp., and Bob is a transplant donation specialist for the University of Michigan Hospital. The couple lives in Chelsea, and can be reached by e-mail at lisa.garypie @dana.com or rgarypie@umich.edu.

Michelle Jones, ’93, to William Browne in July 2000. Classmate Brad LaPratt, ’93, made an all-night drive from Michigan to sing and play at their wedding. Michelle and William live in Chicago where she manages a restaurant called the Mity Nice Grill.

Jennifer Maxam, ’94, to Thomas Grossman on Sept. 9, 2000 in Bay City.

Marcia Schleicher Switzer, ’94, attended the wedding. Jennifer will

finish her pediatric residency in June at St. John Hospital in Detroit. She went to Africa in January to work at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi. The couple lives in Grosse Pointe.

Leslie Kohn, ’97, to Patrick Drueke, ’95, on Oct. 7, 2000 in Grand Rapids.

(See photo for information on alumni in attendance.)

Melanie Munsey, ’95, to Rick Deisler on Sept. 29, 2000 in Houghton. The couple would love to hear from old friends and can be reached at 1225 Jay Ave., Ypsilanti 48198; telephone: 734/ 340-2537 or by e-mail at: deisler@peoplepc.com.

Jennifer Arbogast, ’96, to Mark Keating on Sept. 3, 2000 in St. Louis, MO. Albion guests in attendance included Elizabeth Miller, ’96, Dan Travis, ’96, Holly Quick Valovick, ’96, Jennifer Daig VanderVeen, ’96, and Jay VanderVeen, ’96. Jennifer coordinates a volunteer program for the city of Phoenix, and Mark is employed with Sprint in their E-Solutions department. The couple resides in Tempe, AZ, and can be reached by email at: lov2fish@hotmail.com.

Christie Cleland, ’96, to Tyler Hursey on July 24, 1999. (See photo for information on alumni in attendance.)

Elizabeth Rodeck, ’98, to Charles Stallman on June 3, 2000. The couple

resides in Traverse City. (See photo for information on alumni in attendance.)

Kate Roessler, ’98, to James Boynton, ’97, on Nov. 27, 1999 in Grand Ledge.

Members of the wedding party included the groom’s parents, Jack Boynton, ’68, and Joan Mansfield Boynton, ’67, and Marcus Boynton, ’03, Jared Boynton, ’05, Michael Zacha, ’97, and Brian Lamborne, ’99. Other Albion alumni in attendance included Wendy Boynton, ’00, Steve Johnson, ’71, Cheryl Mansfield Johnson, ’72, Richard Mansfield, ’64, Amy Hailey, ’99, Ricardo Cotto, ’99, Amanda Schram, ’99, Allison Wood, ’99, Steve Bossert, ’95, Carly Rowe, ’98, Jessica Dull, ’98, Kevin Coe, ’98, Lisa Brady Nave, ’98, Matt Nave, ’97, Tom Behan, ’98, Susan Cunningham, ’98, Jennifer Jacobs Farrugia, ’98, Kristen Raphael, ’98, Dan Strong, ’68, and Emily Brewer Strong, ’67. James is a mortgage banker for Interfirst in Ann Arbor. Kate is a third grade teacher in Dexter where the couple lives.

Jennifer Hall, ’99, to David Mancini, ’98 on Nov. 11, 2000 in Dearborn.

Albion alumni in attendance included bridesmaids Mary Ann Staib, ’99, and Laura Mancini Berg, ’95, as well as Sara Handley, ’95, Doug Shepard, ’98, Chris Talsma, ’95, Jason Tague, ’96, Kurt Crosby, ’96, Kirsten Bee Crosby, ’96, Josh Lippert, ’96, Karyn Sopher, ’99, Eric Konieczny, ’99, John Gath, ’98, and Brian Brausa, ’99. The couples resides in Deerfield Beach, FL.

EKEND E W G IN M O C E HOM 1 OCT. 12-13, 200 • Class of 1961 Symposium • Athletic Hall of Fame Inductions • Distinguished Alumni Awards Ceremony • Football vs. the Alma Scots • Reunions for Classes ending in “1” and “6” If you are celebrating a reunion this year, please get in touch with your reunion chair(s), listed below, to learn more about the special plans for your class.

1951 Jack Curtis jcurt246@aol.com

1971 Mark Garrison mwgarrison@hotmail.com

1986 Tim and Kay Clear Jabin tjabin@aol.com

1956 Tom Brown II tbrownii@gfn.org

1976 Allen Tucker atucker@genesys.org

1991 Kim Karman Dobson guykim@pcrealm.net

1961 Richard Karman karman@rutgersprep.k12.nj.us

1981 Andy Mccomas amccomas@ford.com

1996 Matt and Keri Towsley Keck matthew.keck@mindspring.com

1966 Jan Steininger Strand jestrand@charronhanisch.com

John Poulin Poulin_john_h@lilly.com

Brock Peters, ’99, to Elizabeth Palmateer on Nov. 25, 2000. Albion alumni in attendance were Doug Shepard, ’98, Brent Stine, ’98, and Gabe Priddy, ’99. Both Brock and Liz are teaching in the Warren School district and live in Roseville.

Baby Britons Arthur Willard on Oct. 15, 2000 to Karen Willard and Fred Fuller, ’74.

Fred was re-elected on Nov. 7, 2000 to a four-year term as St. Clair County drain commissioner. The family lives in Yale.

Jacob Mac on Sept. 28, 2000 to Rick and Susan McGraw-Mirandekte, ’78. He joins brothers Erik, 17, Alex, 14, and sister Allyson, 14. The family lives in Kentwood.

Katherine Whitney on June 9, 2000 to Charlene and Tom Crandell, ’80. She joins big sister Elizabeth and brother Michael. Other Albion alumni relatives include Brian Jurasek, ’79, Mike Jurasek, ’81, Steve Jurasek, ’86, and grandfather Richard Crandell, ’35. The family lives in Kalamazoo.

Alyssa Grace on Oct. 30, 2000 to Mark and Linda Broadbridge Boff, ’83. She joins big sister Lauren, 4. The family lives in Bloomfield Township.

Robert Ewing on June 20, 2000 to Robert, ’84, and Amy Ewing DeVries, ’83. He joins older sisters, Julia, 10, Stephanie, 8, and Elizabeth, 3. Bob has become president/COO of a luxury travel company called Grand Expeditions. Amy stays active managing the family and home. The DeVries family can be reached at 1175 Cocoanut Rd., Boca Raton, FL 33432-7632 or by e-mail at: amydevries@aol.com.

Josephine Ann on June 14, 2000 to Eric and Connie Kuhn Pelton, ’83. She joins Wally, 7, Bess, 5, and Chas, 4. Proud grandparents include Richard Kuhn, ’51, and Sally Scupholm Kuhn, ’54.

The family lives in Bloomfield Hills.

Richard Li on Sept. 16, 2000 to Nancy and Richard Hofstra, ’84. The family lives in Westlake, OH. Cameron Ross on March 9, 2000 to Gordon and Sandy Shultz Whitehead, ’85. He joins big sister Caitlin Ann, 2.

The family lives in Bloomfield Hills.

Hayden Michael on Sept. 5, 2000 to Kelly and Janet McConkey Drooger, ’86. He joins big brother Ethan, 6, and sister Sydney, 2. The family lives in Holland and can be reached by e-mail at: kelly_drooger@hotmail.com.

Matthew Blair on Sept. 3, 2000 to Victoria and Mark Grover, ’86. Proud uncle and aunt are Michael Grover, ’86, and Lori Latowski Grover, ’85. Mark was promoted to first vice president and loan group manager for Comerica Bank’s U.S. Banking Loan Group in

Dallas, TX. They welcome contact from Albion classmates and can be reached at: 3000 Oates Dr., Plano, TX 75093-3349; 972/867-4941 or e-mail: grovertx@gateway.net.

Beau William on Dec. 18, 2000 to Elliot and Stacey DuFord Lerner, ’86. He joins sister Alicia, 5. The family lives in Beverly Hills.

Bailey Kay on Oct. 4, 2000 to Sandra and Michael Grant, ’87. She joins Jacob and Jessica. Michael is the vice president of technology sales for Megasure Insurance Services. The family lives in Tustin, CA. Noah Bradley on April 30, 2000 to Rob and Mishawne Pope Hoisington, ’87.

Noah joins brothers Tyler, 8, and Connor, 5. Rob is a sales representative for Henredon Furniture, and Shawne is a stay-at-home mom and part-time athome travel agent. The family resides in Fairport, NY. Elizabeth Merritt on Oct. 18, 2000 to Anthony and Kathryn Walsh Cady, ’88. Elizabeth joins older brother James, 2. The family resides in Croton-onHudson, NY, and can be reached by e-mail at: kwcady@aol.com.

Easton William on May 4, 2000 to Thomas, ’88, and Julie Marvin Coomes, ’89. The family lives in Chicago, IL. Molly Ann on Oct. 2, 2000 to Mike and Mary Judd Hazen, ’88. The family lives in Libertyville, IL. Rachel Suzanne on June 27, 2000 to Harold, ’89, and Heather Bedell Colby, ’91. She joins brother Dylan, 4.

The family lives in Rochester Hills.

Cole Benjamin on Sept. 29, 2000 to Damian, ’89, and Rebecca Kalb Hayden, ’90. He joins brothers Connor, 6, and Quinn, 4. The family lives in Royal Oak. Emma Louise on Aug. 7, 2000 to Paul and Blakely Burns Meyers, ’89. Proud relatives include Jack Meyers, ’81. The family lives in Reston, VA, and can be reached by e-mail at: blakelymeyers@home.com.

Benjamin Patrick on Oct. 19, 2000 to Kelley and Kathleen Manning Riley, ’89. He joins brother Samuel, 4, and sister Meredith, 2. The family lives in Grand Rapids where Kathleen continues to practice general pediatrics.

Parker Joseph on Jan. 5, 2000 to Christina and Matthew Terry, ’89. The family lives in Charlotte, NC, and can be reached by e-mail at: matthew.terry @firstunion.com.

Jack Andrew on Dec. 28, 2000 to Holly and Jason Waechter, ’89. Jack joins his sister Audrey, 3. Jason is an attorney and has his own personal injury practice in Southfield. He can be reached by e-mail at: jason@lawyerforlife.com.

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Samuel Shea on Sept. 3, 2000 to Scott and Laura Pitt Cooper, ’90. He joins brother, Casey Kai, 2. Proud uncle is Tom Pitt, ’88, accounting manager at Albion College. The family resides in Bellevue, WA.

Reed McIntyre on Dec. 20, 2000 to Darryl and Tia Payne Duerbusch, ’91.

Tia is a senior account executive with SelectCare in Troy. The family lives in Mt. Clemens and can be reached by e-mail at: duerbusch@yahoo.com.

Lily on Oct. 21, 2000 to Menahem and Linnea Allum Deitcher, ’90. Linnea previously worked in the real estate industry in Chicago and was on the management team for the Sears Tower.

She most recently managed 1.4-million square feet of downtown commercial real estate with TrizecHahn Office Properties and now is staying at home with Lily. The family lives in Chicago, IL, and can be reached by e-mail at: monkeyface10@msn.com.

Evangeline Zay on Oct. 9, 2000 to David and Elizabeth Ludington Holden, ’92.

She joins big brother Leo, 2. Proud alumni grandparents include Martin, ’64, and Kathryn Fry Ludington, ’77, and Judy Gill Tetmeyer, ’66. The family lives in Webster Groves, MO.

Megan Shea on Sept. 27, 1999 to Timothy and Colleen McDonald Pearl, ’90. She joined big sisters Kelsey, 4, and Riley, 2. Tim is working on growing the family spa and sauna business, and Colleen has resigned from her senior manager position in finance at Globalcrossing to stay home full-time.

The family lives in West Bloomfield and can be reached by e-mail at: thepearlgirls@juno.com.

Chloe Elizabeth on Sept. 24, 2000 to David, ’90, and Elizabeth Sanford Quinn, ’91. She joins big sister Kendall Kathleen, 2. The family lives in Kentwood.

Luke Edward on Oct. 11, 2000 to Keith and Amy Harris Watson, ’90. He joins Rebekah and Alex. Proud relatives include Dave and Bonnie Harris Bem, ’89, and Eric and Bobbie Stumpf Harris, both ’93. The family lives in Beaufort, SC, and would welcome hearing from friends. They can be reached by e-mail at: watsonamy@aol.com.

Brett Daniel on Nov. 12, 2000 to Darin and Beth Ann Leeman Anderson, ’91.

He joins brother Andrew, 2. The family lives in Park View, IA. Ezekiel Joseph on Aug. 23, 2000 to Jonathan and Elizabeth Roelant Cotter, ’91. He joins brother Joshua, 5, sister Rachel, 2, and proud uncle, Charles Roeland, ’00. The family lives in Paradise.

Grant Thomas on Jan. 10, 2000 to Sarab Kamoo, ’91, and Thomas Denhof, ’91.

The family lives in Lathrup Village and can be reached by e-mail at: tgdllp2@aol.com.

Greta Louise on Oct. 24, 2000 to Guy and Kim Karman Dobson, ’91. She joins brother Conor Stuart, 3. Proud grandparents are Richard, ’61, and Sandy Meader Karman, ’62. The family lives in Ramsey, NJ.

Anna Marie on Oct. 15, 2000 to Jeff and Kirstin Huhtala Karoub, ’92. Proud relatives include grandparents John Huhtala, ’64, and Karen Kreitzer Huhtala, ’65. Kirstin received her M.B.A. from Michigan State University, and is an associate brand manager at Kellogg Co. Jeff is a business reporter at the Flint Journal. The family can be reached at: 514 E. Jefferson St., Grand Ledge, MI 48837, or by e-mail at: caribou@tir.com.

Alexander Kevin on June 8, 2000 to Kevin and Megan Johnstone Smith, ’92. The family lives in Manitoba, Canada and can be reached by e-mail at: railfan4life@aol.com.

Alexander Robert on July 29, 2000 to Robert, ’93, and Susan Rostash Dimitriou, ’94. The family lives in Lombard, IL. Jacob William on Nov. 16, 2000 to Jeff and Ginger Weaver Jaskolski, both ’93. The family lives in South Lyon.

Jack Lawson and Jeremy Daniel on Oct. 21, 2000 to Dan, ’93, and Heather Lawson Luciani, ’94. Proud relatives include Mark, ’79, and Janet Luciani Richardson, ’80, and Don, ’82, and Leslie Benser Luciani, ’83. The family lives in Marshall.

Haley Joy on May 26, 2000 to Dan and Lynne Burmeister McQuown, ’93. The family lives in Riverside, RI. Brendan John Jr. on Aug. 6, 2000 to Brendan and Elise Ertle Quealy, ’93.

Elise earned her master of arts degree in teaching from Dominican University in May 2000. Elise is a stay-at-home mom, and the family lives in Chicago, IL. Ava Kennedy on May 5, 2000 and adopted on Nov. 16, 2000 by Nikole and Eric Thewes, ’93. Eric is trying to reunite “Recharge.” The family lives in Farmington Hills.

Katherine Rosemary on May 19, 2000 to Bob and Sally Sheffer Reddy, ’96. The family lives in Rosemount, MN.

Obituaries Metha Whitney Stevens Brubaker, ’25, on Dec. 12, 2000 in Chelsea. A homemaker who was deeply involved in United Methodist Church activities, Metha is survived by three children, Whitney, Waneta Stevens Hawes, ’50, and John Stevens, ’61, eight grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Ethel Helrigel Fleenor, ’26, on Dec. 5, 2000 in Chelsea. She received a teaching degree from Michigan State Normal and then taught school and served as a counselor in Albion from 1942 to 1970.

She coached Albion High School debate teams to three state championships. Her community activities included the First United Methodist Church and Delta Kappa Gamma. She received a meritorious service award from Alpha Xi Delta sorority for her involvement with the Albion chapter. A former president of the Michigan Speech Teachers Association, she also was a member of the Michigan Speech Coaches Association. She is survived by a daughter, five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Mary Stewart Brown, ’27, on Nov. 20, 2000 in South Carolina. She was involved with her church, the Emma Denham Miller Circle, the Battle Creek Country Club and Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She is survived by a daughter, three grandchildren and four greatgrandsons. She was the granddaughter of Samuel Dickie, Albion College’s president from 1901 to 1921.

Nellie Ward Mutch, ’27, on Nov. 2, 2000 in Springfield, OH. She taught Latin and English before moving to Ohio where she did social work. She is survived by sons John, ’61, and Robert, ’56, and daughter-in-law Sara Ball Mutch, ’57, and seven grandchildren.

Julia Montague Burd, ’31, on Sept. 27, 2000 in Cortland, NY. She taught science in Flint after graduation and later did graduate work at the University of Michigan. She later taught in Cortland.

She was a member of the Faculty Wives Club and the Garden Club of SUNYCortland. She is survived by her husband, Van Akin, one daughter and one granddaughter.

Harold Spiegel, ’32, on July 12, 2000 in Tucson, AZ. In 1966, he was awarded an honorary doctor of business administration degree from Albion and in 1975 received a Distinguished Alumni Award.

He is survived by his wife, Helen.

Don Main, ’33, on Oct. 20, 2000 in Lansing. He served in the U.S. Navy in World War II and was attached to the British forces during the D-Day landings. He was a Cadillac and Oldsmobile dealer in Howell for 36 years. Don also was president and then chairman of the board of First Federal Savings of Livingston County and retired at age 70. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis.

Harold Powell, ’35, on Oct. 25, 2000 in North Palm Beach, FL. He was a professor of educational psychology at Wayne State University and served as a Fulbright Lecturer in Italy assigned to the Italian School of Social Work in Rome. He also lectured in Italian for the U.S. Information Services. He authored 25 books and articles. Past president of the Palm Beach County Genealogical Society and the Palm Beach Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, he also was a member of the Masonic Scottish Rites Temple in Lake Worth, FL. He is survived by his wife, Ruth, two daughters, three grandchildren, including Margaret Powell Hendry, ’63, and her husband, William, ’62, and one great-grandson.

Hubert Gaskell, ’36, on Jan. 5, 2000 in Albion. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and spent four years in the Albion National Guard. He worked in the Albion post office for 33 years, retiring as superintendent of mails. He was a Paul Harris Fellow as a member of Rotary and was a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He served as presiding officer of many Masonic Orders and received the KYCH. He also was a member of the United Methodist Church and the Albion Community Band. He is survived by his wife, Pauline, two daughters, one son, Jon, ’71, 10 grandchildren and a great-grandson.

Charlotte Jane Price Parsons, ’39, on Aug. 30, 2000 in Adrian. She was a Sunday school teacher and a member of Alpha Chi Omega. She also was involved with the American Red Cross, the Bixby Hospital Auxiliary and the Lenawee Country Club. She is survived by her son, Jeffrey Parsons, ’66, one daughter and one granddaughter.

Henry Aughton, ’41, on Jan. 7, 2001 in Albion. He served as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy during World War II and then was employed as a salesman and manufacturer’s representative. He is survived by two sons, two daughters, two stepdaughters, nine grandchildren, one great-grandson, six step-granddaughters and seven stepgreat-grandchildren.

Daphne Wochholz Doelker, ’41, on Dec. 16, 2000 in Traverse City. During World War II, she served in the U.S. Navy as a WAVE and was a radio operator at Floyd Bennett Naval Air Station in New York. She was an avid golfer and a longtime member of the First Congregational Church and Traverse City Golf and Country Club.

She is survived by her husband, Frederick, and one son.

James Matthews, ’43, on Oct. 14, 2000 in Arizona. He served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater during World War II. After leaving the military, he took over management of Matthews Ice Cream in St. Johns from his father and operated the business until 1965. He then moved to Arizona and worked as a real estate broker in the Carefree/Cave Creek area, most recently with Gail Wilson Realty. He was a sports enthusiast and an avid golfer. He was a past president of the St. Johns Rotary Club and the Carefree Board of Realtors and a past member of the Carefree Kiwanis. He is survived by a son, two daughters and five grandchildren.

Ralph Baughey, ’50, on Dec. 6, 2000 in Muncie, IN. He was elected to the Albion Athletic Hall of Fame as a member of the 1947-48 basketball team.

An Army veteran of World War II, Ralph had served as president of HP Products, Inc. in Hartford City, IN, and of Paint and Assembly Corp. in Elwood, IN. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and various community organizations. Ralph had played professional baseball for the Toledo Mud Hens. He is survived by his wife, Mary, one daughter, three sons, his sister, Gladys Baughey Prange, ’60, 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Robert DeVinney, ’53, on Oct. 13, 2000 in Midland. After receiving master’s degrees in education from University of Colorado and mathematics from University of Kansas, he taught mathematics and computer science at Delta College for 30 years, serving as division chair from 1964 to 1970 and retiring in 1991. He is survived by his wife, Donna Stutesman DeVinney, ’56, four children including Timothy, ’77, six grandchildren, a sister, Kathryn DeVinney Crawford, ’51, a brother, J. Richard DeVinney, ’58, and sister-inlaw, Marion Yoki DeVinney, ’59, an aunt, Margaret Leland DeVinney, ’31, and several nieces and nephews.

Hans Parker, ’57, on Nov. 1, 2000 in Williamsville, NY. After graduation, he was employed at City National Bank of Detroit, but continued his studies, eventually obtaining a master’s degree in banking and finance from Rutgers University. He was employed at various other financial institutions in Michigan, Europe and New York until retiring from Goldome Bank in 1988 as vice president and head of leveraged leasing. He is survived by his wife, Patricia, two sons, a brother and two grandchildren.

Louis Maceroni, ’61, on Nov. 20, 2000 in Detroit. After graduation, he earned his master’s in psychology from the University of Windsor and completed his studies for his doctorate from the University of Detroit and the University of Windsor. He was chief psychologist at the Macomb County Youth Home and earned the Mary S. Coleman Award for the most outstanding child care worker in the state of Michigan in 1999. He is survived by two daughters, two sons and six grandchildren.

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Distinctive gifts from the Albion College Bookstore A 01-100. Adult hooded sweatshirt by Gear. Gray with purple tackle twill embroidered lettering.

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M 01-112. Adult cap by University Square.

White with purple lettering (“Alumni”) or purple with gold lettering.

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B 01-101. Adult jacket by MV Sport.

Reversible. Purple with white screen print lettering.

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N 01-113. Wooden armchair with Albion College insignia. Solid maple hardwood, cherry and black finish. Laser engraved.

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P 01-115. Albion College blanket with emblematic shield. 54x84. Gray with purple screen print. ......................... $29.98 Q 01-116. Non-tip travel mug. Purple with white lettering. .................................. $7.98

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Election 2001 Albion College Alumni Association Board of Directors Each year the Albion College Alumni Association conducts elections for the threeyear terms available on the Board of Directors, the governing body of the Alumni Association. In 2001, two alumni will be elected.

Carefully read the following qualifications of each candidate, determine those for whom you would like to vote, then mark your ballot card (enclosed in this issue) and MAIL NO LATER THAN MAY 18, 2001. In order for your ballot to be valid, you must provide your full name, address and class year. If you prefer to mail your vote in an envelope, please do so.

T.J. Carnegie, ’97 Biographical sketch: Upon graduating from Albion with a degree in economics and management, T.J. Carnegie began working with Great Lakes Computer, and he is currently a senior account manager with Open Systems Technologies in Grand Rapids. His experience and energy have allowed him to become an effective business leader, as well as a varsity basketball coach and role model for today’s youth. During his time at Albion, Carnegie was actively involved in the Sleight Leadership Program and Big Brothers/Big Sisters. He was a two-year captain of the varsity basketball team and a volunteer for Albion’s Admissions Office.

Personal statement: As a member of the Albion College Alumni Association Board of Directors, I will diligently seek to encourage alumni and friends of the College to promote and perpetuate the goals and objectives of Albion College. I am a lifelong resident of Grand Rapids, so I live and work among the third largest concentration of Albion alumni in the nation. I believe that fact will help me blend and unite all existing graduates and current students in an effort to help increase enrollment, support campus programs and organizations, and maintain Albion’s esteemed reputation. I believe that Albion is a very special place, and I look forward to becoming more actively involved as well as helping to foster the loyalty and pride that we all have in our alma mater.

Arnold R. Pinkney, ’52 Biographical sketch: Arnold Pinkney has played a leadership role in Greater Cleveland political and community affairs for the past four decades. He successfully managed the extension of the “sin tax” campaign to help fund the new Cleveland Browns Stadium and the “Save the Browns” campaign that brought a new expansion football team to Cleveland.

He was the national campaign director for Jesse Jackson’s presidential campaign in 1984 and the deputy campaign manager for Dick Celeste’s Ohio gubernatorial campaigns in 1982 and 1986. He was the state campaign director for Sen. Bill Bradley’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination and managed the campaign to re-elect Cleveland Mayor Michael White. Pinkney has been affiliated with the Pinkney-Perry Insurance Agency for 40 years and is currently chairman of the board.

His commitment to education is evidenced by his serving as president of the City of Cleveland school board for 11 years and as a member of the Board of Trustees for Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, for seven years, three of those as chairman.

Pinkney’s dedication to Albion College is demonstrated by his service on the College’s Board of Trustees from 1975 to 1979 and his active involvement on campus with the AfroAmerican Union.

Personal statement: I am and have always been a supporter of Albion College. As I travel throughout the country, I always give Albion credit for the education I received and applaud the College’s acceptance of minority students as equals at a time when that was not popular. Albion College taught me to be involved, especially when you are dissatisfied with what is being done. This lesson has stayed with me all of my life. I have and will continue to be an involved person in my community especially as it relates to education and business. I am a strong believer in diversity with a special interest in knowing and understanding the cultural differences of the various ethnic groups. Integrated liberal education involving a diversity of people is the best way to prepare students to live, work and socialize in an ever-changing society.

Metodi C. Pogoncheff, ’72 Biographical sketch: Metodi Pogoncheff has had a successful dental practice in Lansing for 25 years. A 1976 graduate of the University of Michigan Dental School, he is also a member of the Michigan and American Dental Associations. While establishing his practice and raising his family, Pogoncheff has found time to initiate and coach in the Special Olympics basketball program of Grand Ledge.

Past president of the Grand Ledge Youth Basketball Association, he is currently junior varsity baseball coach for Lansing Catholic Central High School. He has been able to combine his enthusiasm for sports and his knowledge of dentistry as a charter member of the Academy for Sports Dentistry. Pogoncheff also serves on the board for Saint Andrew’s Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church.

Pogoncheff has directed many prospective students to Albion College. His passion for trees, which began in a senior seminar at Albion, continues today as his family owns and operates M & M Farms, a 48-acre certified tree farm.

Personal statement: My high school math teacher, John Kinne, ’58, introduced me to Albion College in 1967. His enthusiasm about his Albion College experience convinced me there was something special about Albion. My four years there proved that to be true for me as well. Albion College did a superb job of preparing me for dental school at the University of Michigan.

One of my fondest memories was my senior biology seminar in which we planned the development of the Whitehouse Nature Center and organized the planting of over 12,000 seedling trees in the spring of 1972.

Every time we visit Albion, my family and I take a trek out to the Nature Center trails and watch these seedlings grow into a mature forest.

Over the years I have referred numerous students to Albion, including my brother Nick, ’79. Every time one of them graduates and goes on in life, they express the same positive feelings about Albion. This is what the Albion College experience is about, and I feel privileged to have been able to participate in and continue to perpetuate the Albion College family.

William S. Rafaill, ’70 Biographical sketch: Bill Rafaill received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia in genetics. He was an assistant professor of biology at Berea College in Kentucky for five years and continued his tenure at Berea as the instructional computing coordinator until 1985. He then left education but continued to educate people about instructional technology while working for a variety of organizations that served as sales agents to schools in Kentucky. In 1995 he formed his own consulting company, Rafaill & Associates, which offered professional development workshops to schools. In 1996 he was enticed to return to education with a teaching position at Georgetown College, also in Kentucky; in 1999 he was appointed to his current position of coordinator of the Technology Literacy Program at Georgetown.

Because of his expertise in educational technology, Rafaill is an item writer for Tek.Xam, a technology certification exam, and has served on the boards of the Regional STLP Advisory Council of the Kentucky Department of Education, and of Forward in the Fifth. His community involvements include development of a local arboretum.

Rafaill chaired his 25th and 30th class reunions and participated in the National Leadership Conference II on campus. He has a deep commitment to Albion College that he continually shares with prospective students as an admissions volunteer.

Personal statement: When I was at Albion we did not refer to our education as “Liberal Arts at Work.” Instead I remember the phrase, “Never let your studies interfere with your

education.” To some, that probably meant one needed to balance fun with study. To me it meant that what one learned in class was just the first step in the mind-expanding experience called education. The starting point was classroom learning but the end embodied the essence of that phrase. I was a biology major while at Albion and received two postgraduate degrees in biology. However, I am now making my living working with computers. I realize that my Albion education gave me the tools necessary to be able to make the transition from teaching biology courses to teaching technology, with several variations on these careers along the way. I can never thank Albion enough for what it has given me, including my wife, Barbara Olson Rafaill, ’72, and I only hope that I will be able to start giving something back by serving on the Alumni Association Board of Directors.

Susan J. Sadler, ’77 Biographical sketch: After graduating from Albion, Susan Sadler continued her education at the University of Toledo College of Law where she earned a J.D. in 1980. She has practiced law since that time, and currently is one of the founding partners in the Bloomfield Hills law firm of Dawda, Mann, Mulcahy & Sadler, P.L.C. Her practice focuses on representing corporations in environmental regulatory proceedings and toxic tort litigation. While on campus for the fall 2000 convocation, Sadler was pleased to see Albion College had initiated the Institute for the Study of the Environment.

A self-described diehard fan of the College, she continues to remain close to her Albion friends, and recently they attended a “mini-reunion” in Hilton Head.

She is an active member of the Advisory Board to the Great Lakes Environmental Law Institute and is frequently called on to lecture and write for various American Bar and State Bar Association programs. She also coordinates charitable events sponsored by her firm.

Personal statement: I am very grateful that I attended Albion College. I do believe that there were distinct advantages to having had the experience of being a part of the Albion College community. Alumni, I believe, can act as an outside network that supports the College’s mission to provide academic excellence. If there is anything I can do to give back to the College, I will. Therefore, I would appreciate the chance to help Albion College and serve on the Alumni Association Board of Directors.

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

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TRANSFORMING INDIVIDUAL LIVES, THE WORKPLACE AND SOCIETY Andrea Lindensmith, ’01, spent her Paris semester not simply polishing her French, but getting a hands-on education in international relations as well. During her junior year, the French and economics/management major interned with Poloco, a division of Polo Ralph Lauren, at the company’s European headquarters located in the Parisian fashion district. “I was constantly on the phone dealing with offices in other countries, particularly Italy, Spain and Germany,” says Lindensmith. Working with fashion magazine and newspaper journalists from across Europe, Lindensmith assisted with choosing clothes used

in advertising and fashion news coverage. “Dealing with people from many different countries gives you a new perspective of . . .

American-style business. You learn a global perspective on things,” says Lindensmith, who hopes her spring job search will land her a position with an international company doing business in Europe.

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The Eat Shop is open.

Come on in and have a seat!

As planning was under way to create the new Kellogg Center, it was decided to incorporate old Dickie Hall into the newly constructed campus center. (Dickie Hall was formerly known as South Hall, and, prior to 1958 when Goodrich Chapel was completed, was simply known as “The Chapel.”)

Visitors marvel at how the old building has been blended with the new one—the wooden floors, the worn stairways, and the hand-hewn beams, which were put in place around the time of the Civil War, have all been carefully preserved.

To establish another tie to the past, it was also decided to commemorate a place that was special to generations of Albion students. The snack bar in the new building would be known as “The Eat Shop,” after a popular student hangout that was located near where Bobbitt Visual Arts Center stands today. A neon sign and old photos link the “new” Eat Shop to the old one.

The problem was the new Eat Shop simply couldn’t match the old for “atmosphere.” It wasn’t dark, smoky and worn around the edges, the qualities that gave the old Eat Shop its charm. When the Kellogg Center opened a few years ago, alumni would see the new Eat Shop and exclaim, “But it’s nothing like the old Eat Shop!”

That has now changed.

Many years ago, during an auction of obsolete College equipment and furniture, Marcia Hepler Starkey, ’74, now director of alumni and parent relations, spotted two of the old Eat Shop benches. She rescued them, hoping to find a home for them.

Last year, a group of old friends were having dinner at the home of Linda and Jim Rogers, ’69. The subject of the Eat Shop came up. When the group learned that some of the old benches still existed, it was decided immediately that they should be installed in the new Eat Shop. The friends agreed to pay any associated costs.

The project snowballed. The booths were located, repaired and cleaned up by the College carpenters.

Fortunately, Don Masternak, the College’s associate director of facilities operations, was the manager in charge of the project. He recalled rescuing an old table from a dumpster several years earlier. It was in his home workshop, serving as a place to store some of his tools. He thought it might be about the right size and offered to bring it in. It turned out not only to be the right size but to be an original Eat Shop table! He peeled a cracked covering off the top and discovered graffiti dated as early as 1937 carved into the wooden top. Masternak donated the table.

Dave Hogberg, professor emeritus of psychology, sadly watched as the Eat Shop was being torn down nearly 30 years ago. He rescued a wooden finial from the rubble, and sent it to Oregon as a gift to his former student, Russell Rottiers, ’69. Dave and Russ had spent many enjoyable hours in the Eat Shop during the late ’60s. Rottiers has now given this relic to the College, and it is mounted above the old booth.

Visitors may sit at the booth and have a hamburger or play a hand or two of bridge for old times’ sake. It is located on the second

A hand of bridge, anyone? Generations of Albion students gathered around these tables for a round of bridge or a burger and milkshake at the old Eat Shop near campus. Now these original Eat Shop benches and table are in use once again, this time in the “new” Eat Shop in the Kellogg Center. Alumni are invited to stop by and try them out during a future campus visit.

Who knows? You might just find professors Paul Loukides or David Hogberg there, happy to discuss the news of the day or maybe the term paper that is now more than a little late. floor of the Kellogg Center near the pool table and pinball machines, right where it ought to be.

Those contributing to the restoration expenses include Kathleen and Russell Rottiers, ’69, of Portland, Ore., David Hogberg, John and Tina Sarchet Lane, both ’69, of Traverse City, Don Masternak, Linda and James Rogers, ’69, of Grand Blanc, and Jim, ’69, and Marsha Green Whitehouse, ’70, of Albion.

Others who might have Eat Shop photos or memorabilia are welcome to send them to: Jim Whitehouse, associate vice president for major gifts, Albion College, 611 E. Porter St., Albion, MI 49224.

—Jim Whitehouse, ’69