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N O i s t e A V Th o INn C h g n A i d N a g e e L Whatever you call it, the three alumni profiled in this edition of Io Triumphe—Paul Sandford, ’62, Denise Cortis Park, ’73,

and Richard Smith, ’68—have moved to the forefront of their respective fields because of their ability (and willingness) to seize opportunities, to address problems creatively, to envision the future and to take those leaps of faith that make change possible. We think you’ll find their stories on the following pages inspiring.

Chemist Paul Sandford, ’62: Inventing new uses for old compounds By Jake Weber Chemist Paul Sandford, ’62, has spent his career studying the slimy, the sticky and the often thoroughly unappealing. In the process, he has helped launch numerous multimillion-dollar industries that make environmentallyfriendly and safe products from the most unlikely sources. Whether it’s formulating better drug-delivery systems for cancer patients, designing nontoxic wastewater treatment methods or inventing revolutionary food-

processing products, Sandford’s creative genius has led to new uses for old compounds as well as to versatile new biomolecules. In both of these ways, his research has benefited the lives of virtually all Americans. Sandford has become a worldwide authority on polysaccharides, a class of biomolecules used in dozens of major manufacturing industries. One of Sandford’s early accomplishments was the development of xanthan, a nowubiquitous ingredient in foods such as salad dressings and mayonnaise as well as non-food products such as paint and oil-drilling muds. He recalls that xanthan was created as a solution to a problem: his employers wanted to develop a thickening agent that could be competitively marketed to industry, and Sandford was convinced it could and should be created from a non-toxic, organic substance. So, in opposition to the stereotypic model of a chemist mixing toxins in his laboratory, unsure of what might result, Sandford “literally went to the literature and looked for references to organic materials that were slimy and viscous,” he says. (continued on p. 4)

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A U.S. Department of Agriculture report led Sandford to a cabbage plant pathogen, which turned the cabbages into thick, slimy goo—the basis of today’s xanthan production. “Xanthan is grown in a lab, just like penicillin or alcohol. It’s really a fermentation process,” explains Sandford, who notes that xanthan was also one of the first thickeners to be thoroughly tested as a food additive by the Food and Drug Administration. Much of Sandford’s later research has dealt with new uses for known products. His work with alginate, a biopolymer derived from seaweed, made possible numerous personal-care products. More importantly, Sandford directed a team of researchers with VivoRx, Inc. that used alginate to develop a new insulin-delivery system that led to the first report of successful reversal of spontaneous diabetes. He was also involved with the discovery of another polysaccharide, gellan, which found its way into gel toothpastes. Sandford recently patented a new method for delivering paclitaxel as an improvement to BristolMyers Squibb’s method for administering the anticancer drug Taxol. Taxol is a cutting-edge treatment for breast cancer, but, Sandford explains, the severe side effects prevented many women from getting its full benefit. “It was not only the Taxol but the surfactant in the delivery system that was toxic,” says Sandford. “We developed a whole different concept of placing the Taxol inside of a human protein, to deliver it without the surfactant.” He notes that this change will finally allow researchers to test the full potential of Taxol, a process that could revolutionize breast cancer treatment. Sandford is excited about another current endeavor, finding uses for the second-most plentiful organic substance on earth (after cellulose): chitin. The main structural ingredient of insect and shellfish exoskeletons, chitin was identified in 1811. It is an almost-inexhaustible resource, but, until Sandford came along, “no one knew how to produce it economically for commercial use,” he says. Millions of tons of chitin are harvested from the sea each year, in the form of seafood shells discarded during food processing. Moreover, shell disposal—which until recently had consisted of simply dumping the shells back into the ocean—was a pressing environmental and economic problem both in the U.S. and abroad. Here was a plentiful biomolecule in desperate need of an application, the type of challenge that is Sandford’s forte. Sandford was first hired by a Washington company to develop new applications for chitosan (a byproduct of chitin). “They had a process to make [chitosan]. . . . My job was to show what it was good for and develop new products,” he says. Sandford started by improving the

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refining process, designing techniques to make cosmetic-grade and pharmaceuticalgrade chitosan. He is currently working with two companies on drug-delivery systems based on chitosan. In Sandford’s hands, chitin and its derivatives, chitosan and glucosamine, have become “miracle products” for industry. In a head-to-head competition against a traditionally manufactured chemical product for a water-treatment project in Japan, “chitosan actually worked better than the other product,” says Sandford. However, higher processing costs still prevent it from becoming the treatment standard. Unlike synthetic treatments, chitosan is biodegradable, allowing the recovery of protein from the wastewater treated with chitosan to be reused in animal feed. Chitosan, a positively-charged molecule, is a desirable cosmetics ingredient, as it is naturally attracted to skin and hair. The pharmaceutical-grade chitosan is being used by 3M to develop a wound dressing, that, says Sandford, seems to accelerate wound healing. Add to this the burgeoning “nutraceutical” industry demand for the chitin derivative glucosamine, While some of Paul Sandford’s early research led to products that and it’s obvious why, when asked when he have now become standards in food processing, his current work thinks he’ll retire, Sandford’s answer is mainly serves the cosmetics, pharmaceutical and “nutraceutical” “Never!” Glucosamine is the largest selling industries. He recently patented a new method of administering a nutraceutical at $400-million per year. cutting-edge drug for treating breast cancer. He currently consults Despite being the head of his own with a variety of companies, including Leiner Health Products where consulting company for researching and this photo was taken, on new product development. marketing chitin derivatives for industry (among other products), Sandford is not content to direct Sandford holds 27 U.S. patents and their foreign research from the laboratory. Business partner Fred equivalents, and is active writing papers and presenting Mikill notes that Sandford shows enthusiasm for all at conferences worldwide. “I’ve always [presented] aspects of the research. On a recent trip to a shrimppapers, so other researchers could realize what the processing plant in Mississippi, “Paul just had to inspect potential is for these various natural polymers. I did that the shrimp-peeling line to look at the shrimp shells,” with xanthan—explained its properties and made recalls Mikill. By the time Sandford left the plant, his predictions that it might be good for this and that. Until shoes were soaked with fishy-smelling waste. “He and you get somebody interested in it, it just sits there.” the smell were quite the topic of discussion by patrons “I’m always thankful I came to Albion and didn’t go and staff at a fine dining establishment that evening.” somewhere else—I would have been lost at a bigger school,” says Sandford, who credits Albion chemistry professor Paul Cook with helping him choose a graduate school (the University of Illinois, where Sandford eventually earned his Ph.D. in biochemistry) and giving him a good grounding in research and “just the enjoyment of doing chemistry.” Now, 40 years later, “the enjoyment of doing chemistry” is still there. And, fortunately for the rest of us, it could take Paul Sandford almost anywhere.

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Paul Sandford lives in Los Angeles, Calif. with his wife, Caryl. In addition to operating his consulting firm, Paul A. Sandford & Affiliates, he is a partner in Sea Polymers, L.L.C. He is also a co-founder of the American ChitoScience Society. At Homecoming 2001, he received the Albion College Distinguished Alumni Award.

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Gerontologist Denise Cortis Park, ’73: Uncovering the secrets of the human mind Most of us have searched in frustration for our car keys, struggled to remember a familiar phone number, or felt foolish as we stood sheepishly and agonized, Now what was I about to do? Fear wells up. Am I losing my mind? The good news is that our mind is probably just fine, says Denise Cortis Park, ’73, one of our nation’s foremost experts on aging and its effects on the human mind. Park is professor of psychology and senior research scientist at the University of Michigan and director of the Roybal Center on Cognitive Aging, one of six research centers funded by the National Institute on Aging across the country. These Centers apply information from basic laboratory research to keep older persons independent, active and productive in their later years. So, why can’t we remember things the way we once did? Most people assume that forgetfulness is an inescapable fact of aging. It is true that the speed at which our brain processes information slows as we age. However, memory usually remains intact, according to Park. Some of the slowing can be blamed on the fact that we’re sorting through years of accumulated memories to recall information, but it is also due to neural aging. The brain ages like every other part of our body. “Aging,” she quips, “is being a little slower to respond—but being wiser when we do.” The old adage, “Use it or lose it,” appears to have real merit. Park writes in a recent article, “I recommend that individuals stay cognitively engaged. . . . Having a rich intellectual life [including book-reading], seeing and discussing plays and concerts, playing chess or cards . . . [is] as effective as direct cognitive training. . . . Active fitness programs maintain cognitive vitality. Stay happy; stay fit.” Park’s innovative work in exploring the human mind is drawing international attention for its breadth, the distinctiveness of her investigative approaches, and the areas she has chosen for study. Her work looks at aging in its physical, social, medical, cultural and emotional dimensions. She may, for example, be working in her laboratory one day conducting a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study watching the “hot spots” in a research participant’s brain as he or she responds to various stimuli, and the next day be on a plane to Beijing, where she will work with her counterparts at the Chinese Academy of Sciences examining cultural differences that influence the aging mind. Park’s investigative approaches are of interest because she has systematically mapped human memory and how it changes as we age by involving large sample groups who are tested over extended periods of time and across an age span of 20 to 80. “We don’t just look at the young or the old,” she explains. “We look at incremental changes over the lifespan.” This research has led her to conclude that mental functions requiring intense mental concentration decline across the lifespan, beginning in the 20s, but that, at the same time these declines occur, there is continued growth of knowledge and vocabulary. In a departure from the narrow specialization that characterizes many research labs, Park is committed to teamwork across many disciplines and respects the contributions all can make. In addition to her core team

of postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and research staff members, numbering about 20, she collaborates with faculty in psychology, medicine, social work, engineering and any Denise Park (left) and graduate student Meredith Minear examine results from other fields where a secret of a functional magnetic resonance imaging scan (fMRI) that allows them to look the mind might be coaxed out at areas of the brain used to remember a picture. They are interested in into the open. Park’s lab also patterns of brain activations that are different between young and old adults. involves 35 undergraduates in This study is just one of many that Park oversees in her role as head of the a research experience every Roybal Center on Cognitive Aging at the University of Michigan. year. One of her newest interests is the relationship between fibromyalgia and Her expertise in her field has led to numerous memory loss. Fibromyalgia syndrome is characterized national leadership roles in the American Psychological by muscle pain, sleep disorders, fatigue, lack of mental Association and to hundreds of scholarly research clarity and other symptoms. It affects both young and articles and conference presentations. Her work is old. keenly noticed and well supported. Since 1981 she has “People with fibromyalgia speak of memory probbeen the principal investigator for initiatives funded by lems and are often dismissed as though their concerns the National Institute on Aging, the Arthritis Foundaare not real,” she says. “We have found that their tion, the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskelcomplaints are real.” etal Diseases, and the AARP Andrus Foundation. The In recent years Denise Park has been quoted widely grant support for which she has provided leadership in the media, including The New York Times, The totals nearly $20-million. Washington Post, USA Today, Time and AARP’s Still, for as enthusiastically as Park can discuss her Modern Maturity. This past February, she was one of a work, it remains clear that none of this matters without a select few researchers featured on a five-part PBS series belief in enjoying what you do. on the human mind from infancy to old age. “I think people should figure out what they love and Neuroimaging technology has dramatically improved do it,” she says with great passion. “I’m not a practical researchers’ ability to understand the brain and will play person. Do what you love. Work should be play!” a central role in what is learned in the years ahead, That philosophy applies to her co-workers as well. according to Park, who calls neuroimaging “the next “I want my staff and students to be happy more than I frontier.” She expects more attention to be focused on want them to achieve. I really care about them. I want what we can do to maintain a healthy mind, including my staff to be collegial and to work as an extended the use of new pharmaceuticals. family.” How in the world did Denise Park, who came to Park’s words are not mere rhetoric. She often gets Albion College intent on becoming a social worker, calls and letters of gratitude from past students. Fourthbecome an expert in the field of aging and the human year graduate student, Joseph Mikels, says, “I have mind? worked with Denise for four years. She is not only a The answer has to do with luck and love. brilliant academic mentor—she is a compassionate role Park explains, “One of my first classes at Albion was model . . . one of the most amazing people I have ever Psychology 101. I opened the book and got really encountered. She has deeply influenced my life.” excited. I fell in love and stayed in love with the subject It is that positive influence on others that Park matter.” Faculty members who especially nurtured her regards as her greatest career achievement, rather than enthusiasm come easily to mind—psychology professors her groundbreaking research. “I’m more concerned Addison Woodward, David Hogberg and Michael about cooperation than competition. When you work Siegal. There was also philosophy professor Jack with people on a team from different areas you think Padgett, who, she says, nudged her to think about the more creatively. I want to always love what I do.” deep existential questions: Who am I? What are my Words to remember. values? Park wrote a senior thesis on memory that later A 1997 Albion College Distinresulted in an article published in the Journal of Experiguished Alumni Award recipient, mental Psychology in collaboration with Woodward and Denise Park lives in Ann Arbor with her close friend at Albion, Karen Seebohm Jackwith her husband, Bill Colburn. son, ’73. Her daughter, Colleen, will From Albion, Park went on to earn a Ph.D. in graduate from Albion in May and experimental psychology at the State University of New plans a career in social work. Her York at Albany in 1977. After beginning her career at son, Rob, works in one of the the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, she spent University of Michigan research 10 years on the psychology faculty at the University of labs. For more information about Georgia and served as director of the university’s Denise Park and her research, go Southeastern Center for Applied Cognitive Aging to: http://agingmind.isr.umich.edu. Research. 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If you look at most of the things that define newsmagazines today, Rick has played the leading role in creating them. Covering breaking news is just part of Rick Smith’s job as chairman and editor-inchief at Newsweek. Smith has also led the newsmagazine industry in beefing up reporting on generalinterest subjects like science, technology, health, religion and the family. And under his leadership Newsweek has reached ever-wider audiences through the use of new technologies.

Newsweek editor-in-chief Richard Smith, ’68: Revolutionizing the newsmagazine By Donald Graham On Jan. 30, 2002, Rick Smith, ’68, chairman and editorin-chief of Newsweek, received the 2001 Henry Johnson Fisher Award, the magazine publishing industry’s highest honor. Don Graham, chairman and chief executive officer of the Washington Post Co., which owns Newsweek, offered the following remarks about Smith at the awards dinner. There are probably twenty black tie dinners taking place in New York tonight. In nineteen of them, I expect the speaker is struggling to find a good word he can honestly say about the honoree. And somewhere, an executive is desperate to fill seats at the company table as they honor the CEO. Somewhere—but not here. Tonight I can tell you I speak for every single person at Newsweek in what I’m going to say about Rick Smith. If we opened the floodgates on West 57th Street and invited everyone at the magazine, we’d have filled 100 tables and have people waiting in line. And they’d all want me to say the same things, starting with: we work with one of the greatest guys in the world. I first got to know Rick in 1974 when he and I were writers in next-door cubicles in the Nation section of Newsweek. Rick and Peter Goldman were writing the heavy stuff: impeachment, Watergate investigations, SALT talks. I was writing such weighty fare as a lavishly illustrated story on streaking, which Rick will let me forget about quite a long time after I’m dead. I knew after working with Rick that he was a sensational newsmagazine writer. And I learned the dirty little secret of the newsmagazine business, which is

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In the front of the book, where the lively mix of voice and attitude—quotes, cartoons, arrows up and down—that characterizes Newsweek has spread to others. In reinventing the back of the book with aggressive coverage of such fields as science, technology, health, religion and the family. In blending outstanding hard-news coverage with the distinctive individual voices of commentators like Anna Quindlen, George Will, Evan Thomas, Jonathan Alter, Mike Isikoff, Bob Samuelson, Allan Sloan, Jane Bryant Quinn and Fareed Zakaria.

Rick pioneered every one of those innovations, which now pervade all newsmagazines; for our times he’s the single most influential newsmagazine journalist. In 1991, he ceased to be just a journalist. There was a certain amount of turnover in Newsweek’s business leadership before ’91. Rick arrived and instantly took hold and proved himself an outstanding business executive. . . . Rick would be the hands-down winner in a newsmagazine decathlon. He can pick the right cover, write the story, edit it, do the layouts, write the heads, sell the ads and understand what [our production manager] is talking about. He . . . can even negotiate an international deal to translate the whole thing into Polish. I’m not kidding—Newsweek’s Polish edition is now the number one newsmagazine in that country. But what everyone at Newsweek would want me to add is: Rick Smith is all class. He’s smart, decent and ridiculously modest.

that putting out one of those magazines is about 100 times harder than it looks. Newsmagazine people easily recall the old Mark Twain quotation in a letter to a friend, “I’m writing you a long letter because I do not have time to write you a short one.” Before 1985, back when mastodons roamed the earth, there was some turmoil in the top-editing ranks of Newsweek. Rick took over as editor, and that was a thing (continued on p. 17) of the past. Magazine people instinctively know if they’re working for somebody who The Magazine Publishers of America described Rick Smith’s knows his stuff, or for a creative leadership this way in presenting him with the 2001 bum. And the week Rick Henry Johnson Fisher Award: Taking charge as editor-in-chief took over, we started on at a time when many media critics were declaring newsmagaa series of strong covers, zines ‘dinosaurs’, Smith stayed true to the mission of covering striking changes in the the news. But he revolutionized the way Newsweek did it, introducing innovations that would later be copied by all the magazine, and astute other newsmagazines. . . . Along the way, he promoted and recruitment of a smart hired a generation of editors that produced not only the future and highly diverse young editorial leadership of Newsweek but also top editors at more staff. . . . I’ve also seen than a half dozen other major magazines. him make the absolutely Under Smith’s leadership, Newsweek has won numerous correct decision to hold editorial awards, most recently the 1999 National Magazine Award for Reporting for its up printing a story that coverage of the Monica Lewinsky scandal—the first time a newsweekly has won in the would have showered Reporting category. In addition, Newsweek was also a 1999 finalist in the General publicity on Newsweek, Excellence category—which the magazine won in 1993. Newsweek has won more of because we hadn’t these awards, given by the American Society of Magazine Editors, than any other completed our reporting, newsweekly. and it would have been In a magazine marketplace that has undergone increasing consolidation, Newsweek grossly unfair to print. has maintained both its independence and healthy profitability during Smith’s tenure

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and achieved record-high levels for circulation and audience. Circulation is more than 3.1 million in the United States and nearly four million worldwide. Total audience exceeds 19 million in the United States and 22 million worldwide. Smith maintains a keen interest in opportunities overseas. In 1986 he introduced the first foreign-language edition of a U.S.-based newsweekly, Newsweek Nihon Ban, in Japanese. In later years, Newsweek launched editions in Korean, Spanish, Arabic and Polish. Newsweek International itself is published in three distinct English-language editions, Atlantic, Asia and Latin America. Under Smith’s watch, Newsweek has been at the forefront in both covering and taking advantage of new technology. In 1993, Newsweek became the first major magazine to produce a quarterly CD-ROM featuring original multimedia stories. In 1994 the magazine went online. . . . In November 1999, Newsweek, The Washington Post, WashingtonPost.Newsweek Interactive, MSNBC Cable, MSNBC.com and NBC News formed an alliance to share news material and technological and promotional resources. In June 2000, the alliance was cemented with the launch of the joint Web site: www.Newsweek.MSNBC.com. An Albion trustee, Rick Smith received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the College in 1973 and an honorary doctor of laws degree in 1993.

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As he prepares to retire from the influential Financial Accounting Standards Board, Ed Jenkins reflects on his 40-year career in accounting and on where the profession is headed.

By Sarah Briggs Ed Jenkins’ name is popping up everywhere these days. Considered the most influential voice in accounting today as chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), Jenkins has been in great demand for media interviews since news of Enron’s financial troubles surfaced last fall. The 1957 Albion graduate has served as an expert resource for Newsweek, Time, Business Week, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and many other major dailies across the country, as well as The Financial Times (London). He has been interviewed on MSNBC and CNNfn, among others. Add to that a cover story on Jenkins’ career that appeared in CFO (December 1999) and recognition as one of the top 30 “most influential people in investing” by SmartMoney (December 2001), and you begin to have a sense of his stature in the financial community. It’s not a role he cultivates, however. “I’d just as soon not [be a celebrity],” he notes dryly. The five years he has spent as chairman of the FASB represents the culmination of a career that began in 1958 in the Detroit office of Arthur Andersen. Even then, fresh out of the University of Michigan’s Business School where he earned an M.B.A., Jenkins was called on to give a public face to the rather arcane world of public accounting. He worked closely with the CEOs of what was then Consumers Power (now Consumers Energy) and Michigan Consolidated Gas Co. (now part of DTE Energy) on testimony given before the Michigan Public Service Commission. “Working with clients at high levels as a young person gave me insights into business management and leadership that I couldn’t have gotten any other way,” he says. “I learned a lot from that experience.” Jenkins next headed up Arthur Andersen’s practice before the Securities and Exchange Commission for four years and then became the managing partner in the firm’s Indianapolis office in the mid-1970s. Among the civic leaders with whom he worked was then-Mayor Richard Lugar, who went on to become a U.S. senator. The two have remained in touch and still meet when Jenkins travels to Washington.

In 1976 Jenkins moved to Arthur Andersen’s headquarters and was put in charge of the firm’s audit practice, with responsibility for what was then some 25,000 employees in more than 50 offices worldwide. “It was a tremendous challenge,” he reflects. “I hadn’t had that much experience internationally at that point. . . . I was very fortunate.” He closed his career at Arthur Andersen in 1996 as a managing director for accounting principles. During his later years at the firm, he also served on the FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force, which identifies and addresses trends in the profession, and he chaired the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Special Committee on Financial Reporting (known to this day in the accounting community as the “Jenkins Committee”), which issued a report in 1994 advocating a number of fundamental changes in financial and business reporting practices. Today, as FASB chairman, Jenkins leads an independent, non-profit body that sets the nation’s financial accounting standards. Enforcement of those standards falls to the Securities and Exchange Commission for public companies and to the AICPA for privately held companies. “All companies in the U.S. must follow our standards,” he explains. “We have a very important and serious responsibility. . . . In the U.S., we have the most effective and efficient capital markets in the world—and the reason for that is the quality of the financial statements.” Problems like those in the Enron situation occur, he says, not so much because of gaps in the accounting standards but because companies do not follow either the letter or the intent of those standards. “Enron didn’t follow our standards,” he says, “and the result was a lack of confidence in their financial reports. It’s an exception that proves the rule—good financial reporting is essential to a robust capital market. . . . Auditors too have a responsibility. They need to be independent so they can think and act objectively. They must audit to the intent of the underlying standard.”

Ed Jenkins, ’57, steps down this June, both as chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and as vice chairman of finance and business affairs of the Albion College Board of Trustees. From his Albion experience, he says he most prizes his long-time friendship with his faculty mentor, accounting professor Maynard Aris. “Maynard Aris,” he observes, “is the person I owe the most to for my career.” The FASB, Jenkins insists, puts the needs of consumers—not corporations or accounting firms—first. “The focus of the FASB is on consumers—users of financial information, such as investors, creditors and others. We attempt to ensure that corporate financial reports give consumers an informative picture of an enterprise’s financial condition and activities.” Many lessons can be learned from the Enron situation, Jenkins concludes. “In a sense, it is a watershed event for the business community and the accounting profession. I think this should be a wake-up call to follow good business practices.” (continued on next page)

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Beginning his career when accounting was still mostly a paper-and-pencil undertaking, he says the extent and rate of change in the field have been extraordinary. “Accounting and financial reporting must be global because companies and financial markets are global today,” he observes. “[Regardless of the size of the company,] you have to operate in a global environment. That has been a big change.” Business operations today are far more complex than they were 40 years ago as well. “It requires a different set of tools on the part of everyone involved in financial reporting,” he says. “People need to be much more broadly educated. It’s an area where my liberal arts education at Albion really paid off. I’m a firm believer that the purpose of a liberal arts education is teaching people how to learn so that they are in a position to learn continuously as things change in life.” Jenkins’ ability to stay ahead of the curve has been a particular boon in his dealings with Congress and the federal executive branch. He has countered those who believe government should have a larger role in regulating corporate financial transactions by vigorously defending the FASB’s independence and ensuring it retains its preeminent role in setting accounting standards. To do so, he has traveled to Washington several days each month to meet with members of Congress and Treasury officials and with those who influence the fortunes of the country’s banking and financial institutions, from Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan on down. He has provided formal testimony before Congress several times since he joined the FASB, including an appearance before the House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection in February. And as the FASB has introduced new—and sometimes unpopular—accounting rules, he has met in open hearings across the country with executives from the corporate sector and the leading accounting firms. Jenkins is now preparing to retire in June from the FASB chairmanship.

“He will be a hard act to follow,” says Accountancy magazine, published in Britain for an international audience. “The last four years have not been easy for the U.S. standard-setter—[the FASB] has faced major controversy at home and abroad over its stance on issues such as accounting for business combinations and the future of International Accounting Standards—but Jenkins has managed to guide the board through the problems and resist attempts to compromise its independence.” Long-time friend Jim Leisenring, ’62, formerly with the FASB and now a member of the International Accounting Standards Board, observes, “Ed’s superior technical skills, developed over years of experience, have been very valuable to the FASB, as one Television personality Ben Stein (right) teamed up with Ed Jenkins would expect. His diplomatic skills have been in a video, produced by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, even more valuable, given the increasing to educate investors about how to use financial reports in making political involvement in accounting standard investment decisions. As they conclude their on-screen conversation, setting activities. The respect he commands Stein, wearing his signature tennis shoes, walks off with Jenkins . . . in Washington, D.C., has been essential to also sporting tennis shoes. the board these past few years.” In June, Jenkins will also retire from his position as vice chairman for finance and business board. And on a personal level, he has been a wise and affairs on Albion’s Board of Trustees, after more than thoughtful advisor to me on a broad range of issues, not 20 years of service. He has presided over a period of limited to financial policies.” unprecedented growth in the College’s endowment and In looking back over his career, Jenkins says it’s not the construction or complete renovation of nine major the high-profile meetings with corporate or government academic or residential buildings on the campus. Jenkins leaders that have meant the most to him or the faralso had a leadership role in constructing the College’s reaching changes he has helped introduce in the business forward-looking response to the question of divestment community. in South Africa in the late 1980s and ensured funding “The single most important thing to me was the for the faculty exchanges with the University of Cape continual opportunity to work with young people [who Town and the scholarships for South African university were just joining the accounting profession]. It keeps students that were set up as a part of that response. you young yourself—you keep getting new ideas. That “Ed is a remarkable person and a prototype for was the most enjoyable part of my career.” trusteeship,” comments President Peter Mitchell, ’67. “He has a knack for listening to the ideas of others, then Ed Jenkins will be Albion’s 2002 commencement integrating those thoughts into a coherent plan. Ed speaker May 4 and will receive the honorary doctor of exhibits the highest level of integrity. Sensitive to people humane letters degree at that time. and dedicated to principle, he speaks with authority to all the issues facing Albion College and has earned the respect and admiration of all his colleagues on the

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Albion ranked among Yahoo! Top 10 ‘wired’ colleges for second year By Morris Arvoy Albion College has once again been ranked as one of the most technologically advanced institutions in America. In its annual rankings of the nation’s colleges, Yahoo! Internet Life magazine lists Albion as the seventh most computer-savvy small college in the country—the only college or university in Michigan to make the top 20. “We are proud at Albion to be a groundbreaking leader in technology while affirming our strong commitment to a liberal arts education,” President Peter T. Mitchell said. “The two—technology and the liberal arts— have a happy marriage at Albion.” Albion also was ranked seventh in the country last year by Yahoo! Internet Life. This year, only Albion and top-ranked Williams College (Mass.) were included in the magazine’s Top 10 for the second consecutive year. Colleges were graded in six different categories, including infrastructure, student resources, Web portal, teaching/e-learning, technical support and wireless capabilities. Albion earned its highest marks in the student resources, Web portal and technical support categories. “The Yahoo! ranking validates our belief that Albion leads liberal arts colleges in integrating technology into the campus experience,” said Troy VanAken, Albion’s vice president for information technology. “One of our goals is to better prepare students for the increasingly technological world that awaits them after graduation. We are succeeding in not only achieving but sustaining this goal.”

VanAken noted that a major difference between Albion College and most other colleges in the country is the ubiquitous nature of the technology on campus. “Many institutions do a couple of things well related to technology, but few have both the breadth and depth of capabilities we do,” he said. “In addition, Albion’s students, faculty and staff are succeeding in effectively using the hardware and software on campus— creating a culture that is excited about embracing technology as a tool for learning.” VanAken listed the significant technological innovations at Albion, including: ■ The Digital Portfolio project, an aspect of the College’s Vision of Liberal Arts at Work in which each student creates a computerized portfolio of his or her work and experiences at Albion College. ■ A concerted Web presence to enhance the campus experience and to better market the College (www.albion.edu and, for prospective students, www.albion.edu/myalbion). ■ An advanced network infrastructure with 1.2 network ports for every pillow in student residences—meaning that there are more places to plug in a computer than beds for students to sleep in. Albion has quadrupled the speed of its Internet connection and plans to further upgrade this capacity in the near future. ■ Increased multimedia capabilities. The College recently deployed more than 30 multimedia SMART carts to allow faculty and students to project computer, VHS, DVD and live video images in the classroom. This allows Internet and multimedia technology to become a part of every classroom setting.

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In keeping with Albion’s Top 10 “most wired” ranking, the William C. Ferguson Student, Technology, and Administrative Services Building, slated for completion by mid-June, will include a new 24-hour computer lab/multimedia classroom with teleconferencing capabilities; the building will also have complete wireless coverage so that computer users can work anywhere without being tethered to a network port. ■ A longstanding commitment to computer technology in the greater Albion community. The College is just completing a project, funded by the Kellogg Foundation, that is providing, updating and supporting computer resources in the Albion community. Further innovations implemented over the past year, according to VanAken, include wireless networking—with approximately 30 percent of the campus covered by wireless network capabilities, including the library,

four academic buildings, a residence hall and the Quadrangle. In the next several months, wireless coverage will be expanded to more than 50 percent of the campus with additional academic buildings coming online. Other advancements include the Library Wireless Classroom, with 20 wireless laptop computers that can be used anywhere in the library complex; the opportunity for students to review grades and financial transactions online from a secure web connection; and the addition of 200 new computers to the campus last year.

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Basketball squads post 17-9 seasons Turner surpasses 400th win mark By Bobby Lee Albion College is a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) and NCAA Division III. Find Briton sports on the Web at www.albion.edu/sports.

Men’s basketball: The men’s basketball squad finished the 2001-02 campaign with a 17-9 record, the highest season victory total for an Albion team since the 1997-98 squad posted 20 wins. The Britons’ league tally was 7-5, placing them fourth. Albion defeated regular season league champion Calvin College twice, a feat that last occurred in the 1983-84 season. Albion also defeated Hope College, the MIAA Tournament champion, in Kresge Gymnasium.

Head coach Mike Turner became the 15th active NCAA Division III coach to amass 400 career victories when the Britons defeated Buffalo State (N.Y.) College on Dec. 22. In his 28-year career, Turner has led the Britons to 410 victories. Senior center Andrew Neidlinger was named to the All-MIAA first team for the second consecutive year. Neidlinger led Albion in scoring (averaging 14.7 points per game), field goal percentage (54.6 percent; 130 of 238), rebounding (averaging 7.5 boards per contest), and blocked shots (33). Junior guard Brett Quayle was an All-MIAA second team honoree after averaging 12.5 points per contest. He made 56 three-point field goals, the most on the team, and was one of the Britons’ best free throw shooters at 81.7 percent (49 of 60). Senior forward Eric Serges received an honorable mention award from the league coaches.

Women’s basketball: Led by firstyear head coach Doreen Belkowski, Albion College posted one of the best turnarounds in NCAA Division III history. The Britons, who finished the 2001-02 season with a 17-9 record, won 13 more games than they had

during the 2000-01 campaign. In fact, Albion’s 17 victories were the most since the 1982-83 team posted a 17-7 record. The Britons finished in fourth place (7-7) in regular-season league play and advanced to the semifinal round of the MIAA tournament for the first time since 1994. Included in Albion’s win total were two regular-season victories over Hope College, the MIAA champion, and a pair of victories over Calvin College, a program that Albion had not defeated since 1992. Senior center Amanda Yeager achieved first-team All-MIAA status for the first time. She led Albion in scoring (averaging 11.1 points per contest), field goal shooting (107 of 220 for 48.6 percent), and rebounding (averaging 7.3 boards per game). Junior guard/forward Stacey Supanich and freshman guard Sarah Caskey were selected to the second team. Supanich led Albion in steals (47) and was second on the team in scoring (averaging 10.0 points per game). Caskey averaged 8.9 points and a team-best 3.4 assists per contest. Junior guard Becky Campbell received honorable mention recognition.

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 squad came away from the league championship Feb. 21-23 in Holland with all-league awards. Junior Liz Groth and sophomore Erin Spiro repeated on the all-league team. Groth was the runner-up in the 100 and 200 backstroke. Spiro was second in the 100 and 200 butterfly and the 200 individual medley. Spiro’s time of 2:10.25 in the 200 butterfly eclipsed her former school record of 2:10.46. In relays, Groth and Spiro joined sophomore Becky Pierce and freshman Jen Bendick on the 200 medley relay team that finished third with a school-record time of 1:53.7. The men established best times or performances for the season in 17 events at the conference meet. Junior Matt Gruber finished fourth in the 100 and 200 backstroke, and freshman diver Brandon Northrup earned fourth place in the one- and three-meter diving events. Keith Havens coaches both squads.

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Class news 38 Robert Metz, ’38, drove from Toledo, OH, to Louisville, KY, in early December 2001, to help Lenton Hawkinson, ’39, celebrate his recent 88th birthday. The two enjoyed reminiscing about their days at Albion as well as their grade school and high school days in Chicago where the two grew up in the same neighborhood. Bob is retired as director of the Metroparks of the Toledo area and lives in Maumee, OH. He would enjoy seeing news in Io Triumphe of other 1930s era alumni.

55-59 Richard Banovic, ’56, was recently featured in the Jackson Citizen Patriot in the “Everyday People” column for his involvement with his family and his love of baseball. Dick is a retired teacher and coach, and enjoys relaxing in the “getaway” room in his home which is

covered in photos of his sports idols. He still participates in two over-50 baseball leagues. He lives in Jackson. Patricia Harris Metz, ’58, received a career achievement award from the Michigan Association of School Social Workers in October 2001 for her dedication to the profession of school social work. Recipient of an M.S.W. degree from Wayne State University, she was a school social worker in Detroit until her retirement in 1997. She lives in Farmington Hills and is now employed by Wayne State University as a faculty advisor and part-time instructor. Dale Brubaker, ’59, is co-author of a book, Avoiding Thesis and Dissertation Pitfalls. It complements an earlier book, Theses and Dissertations. Dale and his wife, Barbara Stewart Brubaker, ’60, live in Greensboro, NC, and can be reached by e-mail at: dlbrubak@uncg.edu. Alfred Cohoe, ’59, is a professor of psychology at Ohio Northern University and was recently the guest conductor with the Lima Area Concert Band, in Lima, OH. The concert was a benefit for the New York police and fire departments. A selection from Alfred’s extensive Winston Churchill collection is on display at the university library. He lives in Ada, OH. Richard Fish, ’59, recently retired after 39 years as a dentist in Boyne City where he lives with his wife, Janet Keck Fish, ’58. He previously served as president of the Boyne City Chamber of Commerce, was a school board member for 10 years, was active in Rotary Club and served in leadership positions with the First Presbyterian Church.

60-64 Harry Cook, ’61, is an Episcopal priest and rector of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Clawson. Ordained in 1968, he began his career as an associate chaplain of Northwestern University and has since served parishes in Detroit and its suburbs. Harry is also a journalist who spent eight years as a writer and editor with the Detroit Free Press. He recently completed a book, Seven Sayings of Jesus: How One Man’s Words Can Change Your World. Harry and his wife, Susan Chevalier, live in Royal Oak. J. Theodore Everingham, ’61, was a keynote speaker at the Golden Anniversary Gala, celebrating 50 years of service at Brighton Hospital, a private hospital treating alcohol and other drug addiction. He has served on the hospital’s board since 1987 and was chairman of the board from 1990 to 1993. He and his wife, Marcia, live in Grosse Pointe Park. Barbara Sanders Lytle, ’61, retired after 25 years of working at Lansing Community College as an administrator in career and employment services. Her primary role was coordinator of student employment. She and her husband have four children and four grandchildren. They live in Evart. David Keefer, ’63, retired from United Airlines, concluding a 36-year career in their human resources division. He and his wife, Ruth, continue to reside at 622 Melville Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301. He welcomes contact from other Albion alumni at this address or through e-mail at: davidhkeefer@aol.com.

Join the crowd! To date, 700 people have included Albion College in their estate plans, and are therefore members of The Stockwell Society. These 700 alumni, parents and friends, along with others added in the future, will be honored on a large permanent display (artist’s rendering shown) in the Albion College Kellogg Center. This plaque is one way of recognizing the lasting investment these individuals have made in our students and programs. If you would like information about various tax-wise methods of making a gift to Albion, please contact us. If you have already made estate or other deferred arrangements for the College and have not yet told us about it, please call 517/629-0237 and let us know. Your name will join the others in this distinguished circle of benefactors. If you prefer, you can write us at Office of Gift and Estate Planning, 611 E. Porter St., Albion, MI 49224 or e-mail us at advancement@albion.edu.

65-69 David Neilson, ’66, has been appointed vice president of Compass Group Associates Ltd., a Birmingham management consultancy and executive interim management firm. Prior to working with Compass Group, David was executive vice president of sales and marketing for Intermet Corp., where he took early retirement. He brings over 32 years of background in automotive supply, program management, general management, and training and development. He and his wife, Karen, live in Royal Oak.

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Mary Anne Sekerke Rankin, ’66, is the executive director of the Bossier Council on Aging in Bossier City, LA. The council services over 500 seniors annually. Mary Anne and her husband, John, ’66, live in Shreveport, LA. Robert Schellig, ’66, is the new assistant prosecutor for Lapeer County. Prior to joining the prosecutor’s office, he had a private practice in Rochester, specializing in corporate law. He also worked for 14 years as senior executive and corporate counsel for the Canadian National Railway and its U.S. subsidiaries. He earned his law degree at Detroit College of Law.

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In “Bravo to Britons,” our intent is to highlight the noteworthy, the unusual and the entertaining. We welcome submissions from all quarters. The only requirement is that an Albion alumnus/alumna must be involved in the story. Send your nominations, clearly marked for “Bravo to Britons” to: Editor, Io Triumphe, Albion College, 611 E. Porter St., Albion, MI 49224. If an item is not received by the deadline for one issue, it will be held for possible inclusion in the next. The editor reserves the right to determine which submissions are selected for publication. Gary Noble, ’57, has been named a member of the Board of Trustees at the American Academy of Pharmaceutical Physicians and currently serves as the vice president of the organization’s Ethics Committee. Gary is vice president of medical and public health affairs at Johnson & Johnson, where he is a member of the Corporate Communications and Government Affairs Departments. He was formerly an official with the national Centers for Disease Control. Gary and his wife, Peggy, live in Far Hills, NJ.

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Susan Wirick Kuntz, ’66, is a professor of psychology at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, VT. She was recently awarded the 2001 Sister Elizabeth Candon Distinguished Service Award by Vermont Women in Higher Education. The award is presented annually to a woman in higher education who promotes the advancement of women in higher education and administration and who is involved at the national, regional, state, or local level. Among Susan’s many professional accomplishments, she has been the founding executive director of the Burlington (VT) Children’s Space, vice chair of the Vermont Leadership Council and chair of the Vermont Standards Board for Professional Educators. She has also directed Saint Michael’s graduate programs in education and has been a key participant in curriculum development for the college’s gender studies program. She has devoted many volunteer hours to serving the young and the disadvantaged, through child protection agencies and campus ministry programs. Susan has two grown children and is a long-time resident of Shelburne, VT.

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70-74 Ward Kuhn, ’71, sang with the Albion Choir members, including his son, Peter Kuhn, ’02, and other alumni at Carnegie Hall last June in a performance of Faure’s Requiem. In addition, he and his wife, Carol, joined other northern Michigan singers for a choir tour of northern Italy and Austria led by Mel Larimer, ’53, in August. After heart surgery in September, Ward returned to his position as chief video filmer for Traverse City St. Francis football. Mike Alanson, ’72, a Traverse City lawyer and Civil Service commissioner, was named Coach of the Year for boys’ teams by TBAYS, the Traverse Bay Area Youth Soccer organization. Mike coaches the U-12 boys select T.C. Rovers soccer team. He and his wife, Bonnie, live in Traverse City. Rolfe Hillman, ’72, has moved to a new job at Danna Corp., providing manpower, personnel and training support services to the U.S. Navy’s PMS440 program office at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, DC. He lives in Arlington, VA. Leslie Sutter Payne, ’73, was presented with the Stellar Performance Award from Indiana State University for her work in the field of distance education. She was also chosen as the Dearborn County (IN) Chamber of Commerce Business Woman of the Year. She and her husband, Bob, live in West Chester, OH. Steve Bixler, ’74, is a senior systems engineer with BMH Associates, Inc. in Norfolk, VA. He retired from the U.S. Navy in 1995 and earned his master of aeronautical science degree this past fall from Embry-Riddle University. He and his wife, Joy, were married in 1981, and have two children. Marsi Parker Darwin, ’74, and her husband, Bill, have expanded their stained glass shop to include Bill’s hobby-turned-business, restoring antique slot machines. Marsi designs Web sites in her spare time, so she created a new one at www.oldtimeslots.com, to showcase the machines. They have about 50 in stock at any given time. The couple lives in Chelsea. Rosa Gomez Dierks, ’74, released a textbook, Introduction to Globalization: Political and Economic Perspectives for the New Century. Rosa is assistant professor of government at Adams State College in Colorado. She earned her Ph.D. from Northern Arizona University in 1999. She previously served as an international trade specialist for the Arizona governor’s office, as a foreign service officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development, and as an investment consultant for Shearson Lehman Brothers and A.G. Edwards & Sons. She is working on a new book, Freedom in Peril, a comparative analysis of politics in the Western Hemisphere since the 1970s. She lives in Alamosa, CO.

Lisa Friedrichs Olson, ’74, published an article, “Electronic Record Challenges for Clinical Systems,” in the Drug Information Journal, a major pharmaceutical industry publication. In addition, she spoke at clinical research conferences in November and December on the FDA’s electronic records regulation. Lisa is a principal compliance consultant at SEC Associates. She and her husband, Kevin, live in Cary, NC.

75-79 Maggie LaNoue, ’76, is the owner of Albion Design, a home business designing custom note cards for local and national companies. She also designs and updates Web sites for several mid-Michigan cities, including Albion, Jackson, Battle Creek, and Marshall. Recently, Maggie was featured in the business section of the Jackson Citizen Patriot for her company and her talent. Maggie and her two children live in Albion. George Constance, ’79, is running for the Circuit Court bench in Macomb County. A graduate of the Detroit College of Law, he has also served as chairman for the Warren Municipal Federal Credit Union and has worked with the Warren Police Department’s DARE program. The longest serving city attorney in Warren, George has been involved in groups such as Knights of Columbus, the Fraternal Order of Police, and the Catholic Lawyer’s Society. He and his wife, Elizabeth, have two adopted children.

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in Beverly Hills and can be reached by e-mail at: bradcoulter@aol.com. Melissa Bichl Sturgis, ’82, is enjoying the breathtaking scenery and tropical

weather of Malaysia and the South China Sea, where she lives with her husband, Doug, an ESSO geologist. She is home schooling their two children.

Brian Fisk, ’83, was appointed as planning manager for the City of Irvine, CA. He was previously planning director for the City of Westminster. He was elected president of the Planning

Relishing the “Albion difference” First-year student Lisa Leverenz’s family tree has It was this atmosphere that attracted Lisa to the “Albion” written all over it. Besides Lisa’s parents, college as well. “I knew that I was looking for a John and Catherine Martin Leverenz, both ’78, four small school that was in-state. Eventually I narrowed aunts and two uncles all attended Albion. it down to Kalamazoo and Alma, but it was Albion “It just happened,” John says. “I was the oldest where all the people were friendly.” in my family, and my three sisters followed me. My It was also where President Mitchell remembered wife was the oldest, and her sister followed her.” her name. “On my second official visit to the college Two of John’s sisters also married Albion graduates. [as a prospective student], he came over during lunch Despite this family history, a college, says John, and talked to my mom. Later he remembered who I “is not something that you can choose for your was and introduced me to other people. I remember child.” But both Cathy and John were happy when thinking that he had only talked to us a half-hour. It Lisa finally decided to attend made me feel special. That is Albion. not something you would see Lisa was familiar with at a lot of schools.” Albion at an early age. “I used Much of Lisa’s extended to claim that I was brainwashed family now lives in the same as a child. I had the ‘Baby area of Grosse Pointe. A Briton’ bib set, and all sorts of number of them trekked back Albion stuff. We used to come to Albion for Homecoming back for Homecoming. I used to last fall and paid Lisa a visit at wear all my dad’s old Albion her room in Wesley Hall. “My sweatshirts and t-shirts. There is mom and dad were there,” this picture of my brother and Lisa recalls, “as well as my me wearing my dad’s Albion sister and brothers, two aunts, John and Cathy Martin Leverenz, both ’78, two uncles and my cousins. It sweatshirts. We were maybe with their children (left to right), Kimberly, was fun to have my parents, two and four at the time.” As Albion parents, John and Lisa, ’05, John and Matt. aunts and uncles all point out Cathy see many of the same their old rooms in Wesley.” qualities they remember from their student days. Lisa is the oldest child in her family and so is the “We were very active in campus life for the first only one of her generation at Albion—so far. “We 10 years [after graduation]. Now, of course, we are are thrilled to have a daughter at Albion,” says John, becoming more involved again,” John says. “The “and we would be happy to have any of our other liberal arts background you get at Albion is super. I children there.” could have gotten the training that I needed —Dana Lorien Fey, ’02 anywhere, but Albion’s atmosphere and family feeling are unsurpassed.”

Phillip Filbrandt, ’80, is a physiatrist at Enloe Rehabilitation Hospital in Chico, CA. He and his wife, Joanne, have three daughters and live in Chico, CA. Bill Hittler, ’80, was named Chevy Parent of the Year by the Minnesota Youth Soccer Association (MYSA). He was the head coach for both his son’s and daughter’s soccer teams. He also served as president of his local Cross Country Skiing Club, and as troop leader for his son’s Boy Scout troop. Bill and his wife, Donna, have three children and live in Plymouth, MN. Anne Hittler Hunter, ’81, joined her friend, Joan Lee, and 14 other explorers on a three-week trip to the base camp of Mt. Everest, elevation 18,000 feet. Owner of a marketing consulting firm, she also began adjunct teaching for the University of St. Thomas’ Center for Nonprofit Management. Anne has two children and lives in Minneapolis, MN. Brad Coulter, ’82, has returned to Detroit to take a position with Amhert Capital Partners, a small investment banking firm in Birmingham. Brad had spent 15 years working with Guardian Industries in a variety of financial positions. Brad and his wife, Anna, live

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 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/.

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Directors Association of Orange County for 2002, and he has also been a county planning commissioner for the past two years. He lives in Laguna Niguel, CA. Amy Serra Albright, ’84, is a licensed realtor concentrating on north Oakland and south Genesee counties. Amy and her husband, Jack, have three daughters and live in Clarkston. She would like to hear from classmates and can be reached at 248/882-5515 or by e-mail at: amyalbright@prodigy.net.

Albion’s 2002 David L. Strickler Concert in February was a homecoming of sorts for these alumni who performed during the concert as part of the Madrigal Chorale of Southfield: (back row, left to right) Ronald Weiler, ’95, Patricia Sanford Brown,’53, Kathy Cloutier Murrenus, ’81, George Bennett, Richard Huttenlocher, ’81, Tom Brown, ’56; (front row) Betsy Owen Marsh, ’72, Kay Evans Bruns, ’63, Virginia Fallis, ’84, Betsy Fuger Paquette, ’94, Martha Huttenlocher Manting, ’87. (The Browns now live in Albion but are former members of the Madrigal Chorale.) Albion College alumni and friends established the Strickler Concert Series in 1992 in honor of David Strickler, a long-time Albion faculty member and choir director. Strickler passed away in November 2001. This year’s concert featured two of Strickler’s choral arrangements in his memory. The concert series brings distinguished choral ensembles to campus each year.

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Catherine Bachinski, ’84, is teaching middle school physical education at Bentley Community Schools in Burton. She earned an elementary teaching degree from the University of Missouri at Kansas City, and she received her master’s degree in curriculum, instruction and leadership from Oakland University. She lives in Grand Blanc.

85-89 David Nickola, ’86, operates Nickola & Nickola, a Flint law firm he shares with his father, Genesee County commissioner John Nickola. He graduated from the Detroit College of Law in 1989. He and his wife, Cathy, have four children and live in Grand Blanc. William Robson, ’86, is a dentist and partner in Associated Family Dentists in Grand Rapids. He was married in 2000 and has a daughter. J. Todd Smiedendorf, ’86, is the associate pastor at Forest Grove United Church of Christ in Forest Grove, OR. He earned a master’s degree in exercise science from the University of Arizona in 1988. He also earned his master of divinity degree from Iliff School of Theology in 1993. He was ordained into the Christian ministry on Dec. 2, 2001, in Denver. He lives in Forest Grove. Sally Babbitt VanDenBerg, ’86, has her own law firm, practicing in the area of estate planning, business planning and real estate. She earned her juris doctorate from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. She and her husband, Curt, have two children and live in East Lansing. Mary Downie Talarico, ’87, is an associate in the Chicago law firm of Duane Morris, LLC. She is the co-author of an article that appeared in the January issue of the Illinois Bar Journal, the monthly magazine of the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA). She lives in Chicago, IL. James Cracraft, ’88, is the new principal at Hillside Middle School in Northville. He worked as a teacher, coach and assistant principal at Hillside before being promoted to principal in 2001. He also worked for eight years as a teacher and senior clinician at Starr Commonwealth. He earned master’s degrees from Eastern Michigan University and is a doctoral student at Wayne State University. He is also a 1997 Galileo Fellow, which is a teacher leadership training program funded in

part by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. He and his wife, Holly Sellen Cracraft, ’87, have three children and live in Northville.

91 David Coon, ’91, received his M.B.A. from DePaul University. He is employed as a vice president with J.P. Morgan. He and his wife, Selinda, have three sons and live in Palatine, IL. Susan Greiner Gutierrez, ’91, received the inaugural 2001 Grand Rapids Jaycees Most Distinguished Young Educator Award. Susan holds two master’s degrees from Michigan State University. She and her husband, David, live in Belmont. David Lounsbury, ’91, moved back to Michigan after 10 years in Texas. He is employed as business systems manager for American Express Financial Advisors in Portage, where he is responsible for software training and implementation for lower Michigan. His wife, Janet Clover Lounsbury, ’92, is a stay-at-home mom with their daughter. The family lives in Three Rivers.

92 Heather Coonts, ’92, is a graduate of the Midwest College of Oriental Medicine, earning a degree in acupuncture in 2000 and a master of science in oriental medicine in 2001. She passed her national board exams. She lives in Chicago, IL.

93 Jobst “Jobi” Blachy, ’93, recently competed in the Chicago Marathon, despite being diagnosed with lupus in 1994. He lives in Petoskey. David Canine, ’93, has joined the Detroit office of the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., as an associate in the Health Care Practice Group. Prior to joining Miller Canfield, he was an attorney with the law firm of Saurbier & Siegan, P.C. of St. Clair Shores. He earned his law degree from the Wayne State University Law School. He lives in Beverly Hills. Richard Finch, ’93, appeared on an episode of “Jeopardy!,” which aired on Feb. 26, 2002. He earned his law degree from Wayne State University and is an associate with the firm of Lacey & Jones in Birmingham. He lives in Dearborn Heights. Eric Hildenbrand, ’93, has formed the Children with Challenges Foundation. The foundation serves as a network of support and education to assist children in coping positively with the stressors relating to their health challenges. He lives in New York, NY.

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in Beverly Hills and can be reached by e-mail at: bradcoulter@aol.com. Melissa Bichl Sturgis, ’82, is enjoying the breathtaking scenery and tropical

weather of Malaysia and the South China Sea, where she lives with her husband, Doug, an ESSO geologist. She is home schooling their two children.

Brian Fisk, ’83, was appointed as planning manager for the City of Irvine, CA. He was previously planning director for the City of Westminster. He was elected president of the Planning

Relishing the “Albion difference” First-year student Lisa Leverenz’s family tree has It was this atmosphere that attracted Lisa to the “Albion” written all over it. Besides Lisa’s parents, college as well. “I knew that I was looking for a John and Catherine Martin Leverenz, both ’78, four small school that was in-state. Eventually I narrowed aunts and two uncles all attended Albion. it down to Kalamazoo and Alma, but it was Albion “It just happened,” John says. “I was the oldest where all the people were friendly.” in my family, and my three sisters followed me. My It was also where President Mitchell remembered wife was the oldest, and her sister followed her.” her name. “On my second official visit to the college Two of John’s sisters also married Albion graduates. [as a prospective student], he came over during lunch Despite this family history, a college, says John, and talked to my mom. Later he remembered who I “is not something that you can choose for your was and introduced me to other people. I remember child.” But both Cathy and John were happy when thinking that he had only talked to us a half-hour. It Lisa finally decided to attend made me feel special. That is Albion. not something you would see Lisa was familiar with at a lot of schools.” Albion at an early age. “I used Much of Lisa’s extended to claim that I was brainwashed family now lives in the same as a child. I had the ‘Baby area of Grosse Pointe. A Briton’ bib set, and all sorts of number of them trekked back Albion stuff. We used to come to Albion for Homecoming back for Homecoming. I used to last fall and paid Lisa a visit at wear all my dad’s old Albion her room in Wesley Hall. “My sweatshirts and t-shirts. There is mom and dad were there,” this picture of my brother and Lisa recalls, “as well as my me wearing my dad’s Albion sister and brothers, two aunts, John and Cathy Martin Leverenz, both ’78, two uncles and my cousins. It sweatshirts. We were maybe with their children (left to right), Kimberly, was fun to have my parents, two and four at the time.” As Albion parents, John and Lisa, ’05, John and Matt. aunts and uncles all point out Cathy see many of the same their old rooms in Wesley.” qualities they remember from their student days. Lisa is the oldest child in her family and so is the “We were very active in campus life for the first only one of her generation at Albion—so far. “We 10 years [after graduation]. Now, of course, we are are thrilled to have a daughter at Albion,” says John, becoming more involved again,” John says. “The “and we would be happy to have any of our other liberal arts background you get at Albion is super. I children there.” could have gotten the training that I needed anywhere, but Albion’s atmosphere and family —Dana Lorien Fey, ’02 feeling are unsurpassed.”

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85-89 David Nickola, ’86, operates Nickola & Nickola, a Flint law firm he shares with his father, Genesee County commissioner John Nickola. He graduated from the Detroit College of Law in 1989. He and his wife, Cathy, have four children and live in Grand Blanc. William Robson, ’86, is a dentist and partner in Associated Family Dentists in Grand Rapids. He was married in 2000 and has a daughter. J. Todd Smiedendorf, ’86, is the associate pastor at Forest Grove United Church of Christ in Forest Grove, OR. He earned a master’s degree in exercise science from the University of Arizona in 1988. He also earned his master of divinity degree from Iliff School of Theology in 1993. He was ordained into the Christian ministry on Dec. 2, 2001, in Denver. He lives in Forest Grove. Sally Babbitt VanDenBerg, ’86, has her own law firm, practicing in the area of estate planning, business planning and real estate. She earned her juris doctorate from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. She and her husband, Curt, have two children and live in East Lansing. James Cracraft, ’88, is the new principal at Hillside Middle School in Northville. He worked as a teacher, coach and assistant principal at Hillside before being promoted to principal in 2001. He also worked for eight years as a teacher and senior clinician at Starr Commonwealth. He earned master’s degrees from Eastern Michigan University and is a doctoral student at Wayne State University. He is also a 1997 Galileo Fellow, which is a teacher leadership training program funded in

part by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. He and his wife, Holly Sellen Cracraft, ’87, have three children and live in Northville.

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Scott Lilly, ’93, earned his M.B.A. from Oakland University in December 2001. He and his wife, Kara, live in Rochester Hills. Scott Muffley, ’93, is a marketing teacher in Three Rivers. He is attending Western Michigan University to complete his master’s degree in career and technical education. He and his wife, Nancy, have two children and live in Three Rivers. Stephanie Reed, ’93, graduated from Oakland University in 2001 with a master of arts degree in teaching

reading. A second grade teacher in Detroit, she has returned to school to get a second bachelor’s degree in psychology, with minors in teaching science and teaching math. She lives in Troy.

94 Kenneth Clark, ’94, was named the 2001 Employee of the Year for Campbell-Ewald, a national advertising and marketing communications agency. He lives in Royal Oak.

Richard Dula, ’94, graduated in December 2001 from the Western Michigan University School of Public Affairs and Administration with his master of public administration degree. He is an account executive with TransWestern Publishing. Active in his church, he serves on the administrative council, sings in the choir and performs trumpet instrumental solos throughout the year. He is also involved in Civil War re-enacting. He and his wife, Gretchen Harmor Dula, ’94, have a daughter and live in Jackson.

95 Your Albion College experience shaped your life. Isn’t it time to give back?

The Briton Scholarship Fund 93% of Albion’s students receive some form of financial aid. These grants and scholarships come from people like YOU who value an Albion College education. The Briton Scholarship Fund is designed to help deserving students attend Albion College. Your gift today will shape a student’s life forever!

Rebecca Daley-Benbella, ’95, works at the Medical Mutual corporate headquarters in Cleveland, OH. She lives with her two children in Medina, OH, and can be reached by e-mail at: rebecca.benbella@mmoh.com.

96 Carolyn Green, ’96, graduated with a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Iowa in December 2001. She works for Millennium Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, MA, and lives in Lexington, MA. Robert Stauffer, ’96, received his M.B.A. from the University of Michigan-Dearborn in August 2001. He was named controller of Electro-Matic Products, Inc., in Farmington Hills. He lives in Livonia.

98 “The scholarships that I received made it possible for me to attend Albion College. Without Albion’s generosity, I would not be receiving the quality education that I have found here.” —Andy Groggel, ’05 “I never thought it would be possible to attend Albion College simply due to financial reasons. However, with the financial aid package that the College was able to offer me, it became a much more affordable place, and I am so thankful.…” —Abby Brown, ’02 Send in your contribution today to help us meet 48% alumni giving participation by June 30!

Albion College Office of Annual Giving 611 E. Porter St. • Albion, MI 49224 Phone: 517/629-0565 • Fax: 517/629-0566

Janine Jacob, ’98, received her juris doctorate from Wake Forest University School of Law in May 2001. She has accepted an associate position with Daniel, Vaughan, Medley and Smitherman, P.C., in Danville, VA. She practices in the area of litigation, worker’s compensation defense and insurance defense. She lives in Collinsville, VA.

99 Lisa Smigelski, ’99, purchased her first home, and she serves as her own boss at an insurance agency. She lives in Venice, FL.

00 Carlina Wieferich, ’00, joined the accounting and consulting firm of Andrews Hooper & Pavlik, P.L.C. as a staff accountant. She is a member of the

audit team, performing various assignments for colleges and universities, financial institutions and closely held business clients. She lives in Lansing.

01 Sarah Bone, ’01, finished her first marathon with a time of 3:21:46 at the 2001 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon. The finish qualified Sarah for the 2002 Boston Marathon. She lives in Marshall. Michael Clow, ’01, graduated in November 2001 from U.S. Air Force Officer Training School at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, AL, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He has been stationed at Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, TX, for intelligence training. Isaac Kremer, ’01, has just launched a Web site three years and thousands of hours in the making. “Albion, Michigan Interactive History” is an interactive and comprehensive history of a small Midwestern town with more than 5,000 images and 2,000 pages of text. He lives in South Lyon.

Weddings Andreas Heath, ’55, to Katee Goldner on Aug. 4, 2001 in Lapeer. Andy is a retired Michigan state government employee. The couple lives in Roscommon. Brad Coulter, ’82, to Anna Kalil in July 2001. Brad is employed at Amherst Capital Partners in Birmingham. He has a step-son, Nicholas, 6. The family lives in Beverly Hills, and can be reached by e-mail at: bradcoulter@aol.com. Jodi Antles, ’91, to Patrick Davis on March 31, 2001 in Holland. Kerri Antles, ’91, was maid of honor and Kathryn Stam, ’91, was in attendance. Jodi has been involved in Nasdaq/OTC trading since 1991 and works for Fleet Trading in Jersey City, NJ, as a retail sales trader. The couple lives in Kinnelon, NJ. Anna Urick, ’94, to Greg Duggins on Oct. 20, 2001. The couple lives in Muskegon. Heidi Cushman, ’97, to Noel Schneider, ’95, on Sept. 22, 2001 in Tecumseh, NE. Noel is working for a local county sheriff’s department as a deputy, and Heidi is a police dispatcher for the local city agency. The couple lives in Golden, CO, and can be reached by e-mail at: schneiders911@earthlink.net.

Ronald Weiler, ’95, to Theresa Marier on Aug. 11, 2001 in Reston, VA. Zachary Constan, ’95, was in the wedding party, and Diane Jackson Constan, ’96, was in attendance. Ron has been teaching for seven years and is in his fourth year as choral director at Detroit Country Day School. Theresa is a graduate of The College of William and Mary and is a substitute teacher at Detroit Country Day. The couple lives in Farmington and can be reached by e-mail at rweiler@twmi.rr.com. Gifford Brown, ’96, to Katharine Leahy on Sept. 1, 2001 in Cedar. Katharine is a neonatal nurse at University Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT. Gifford is a project manager for the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Relay Team. The couple lives in Park City, UT. Sarah Chapman, ’96, to Matthew Preisser on Sept. 1, 2001. The wedding party included Jessica Beyer Wood, ’96, Anne Sturm, ’96, Katy Neumann, ’96, Tami McCumons, ’96, and Jen Febbo Kolean, ’96. Other alumni included: Sarah VandenBout Klein, ’95, and Kyle Klein, ’97, Erin Eldridge Simon, ’98, Adam Wood, ’97, Jon Kolean, ’96, and Ken Peirce, ’65. Sarah is working for Accenture in St. Louis, MO. Matt is an environmental consultant for Parsons Corp. The couple lives in Port Huron. Thomas Ivan, ’96, to Angela Ragsdale on Sept. 15, 2001. Angela is a medical biller at St. Francis Hospital, and Thomas is a medical student. The couple lives in Broken Arrow, OK. Todd Mortlock, ’96, to Michelle Hertz on May 5, 2001 in Berkley. Alumni in attendance included Carl Hubinger, ’65, Lisa Beebe Machesky, ’92, Kris Emmons, ’96, Neal Erickson, ’96, Max Kort, ’96, and Kimberly Plante, ’96. Todd is an attorney at Bodman, Longley & Dahling in Detroit, and Michelle is a project director at the RDA Group in Bloomfield Hills. The couple resides in Royal Oak and can be reached by e-mail at: tmortlock@juno.com. Allison Farmer, ’97, to Ryan Maki, ’98, on June 23, 2001 in Farmington Hills. Allison is a CPA with Ernst & Young, L.L.P. in Detroit. Ryan is with the Huron Valley Public Schools in Milford as a third-grade teacher. Among the many alumni in attendance were Jennifer Janiszewski Roberts, ’97, and John Stadelman, ’99. Ryan received his master’s degree from Marygrove College in 2000. The couple lives in South Lyon. (See accompanying photo on p. 16.) Sarah McCoy, ’97, to Edmund Malys on Sept. 15, 2001 in Lansing. Sarah is a commercial real estate lender at Standard Federal Bank. Edmund attends Wayne State University. The couple lives in Berkley. Nancy Noechel, ’97, to Patrick Rhatigan on March, 17, 2001. Nancy is an English teacher in Dearborn, and Patrick is a human resources director for a telecommunications company in Oak Park. The couple lives in Livonia. (See accompanying photo on p. 16.)

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Katie Cavanaugh, ’98, to Bill Truluck, ’97, on Sept. 15, 2001. In the wedding party were Shane Cavanaugh, ’95, Meghan Cavanaugh, ’03, Angie Benander, ’98, Kristy Smith, ’98, and Tom O’Brien, ’98. Also in attendance were Chris O’Neil, ’98, Jennifer Mackey, ’98, Becca Kivela, ’98, and Zach Knight, ’02. Bill is a fourth-year medical student at Michigan State, and Katie is the assistant director at the Michigan Women’s Historical Center and Hall of Fame. Katie completed her

M.A. in American studies at George Washington University in Washington, DC, in May. Bill completed his first marathon. The couple lives in Lansing and would like to hear from friends at 1721 Alpha St., Lansing, 48910 or by email at: katiecav@gwu.edu. (See accompanying photo.) Karen Brummett, ’98, to Jonathan Rayner on Oct. 27, 2001. Karen is a first-grade teacher in Fenton, and Jon works for a local engineering firm. The couple lives in Brighton.

Amanda Tratechaud, ’99, to Thomas Drobot on May 26, 2001 in Detroit. The couple lives in Waterford. (See accompanying photo.) Carrie Bateman, ’00, to Gregory Palmer on May 26, 2001. The couple lives in Pontiac. (See accompanying photo.) Craig Olzak, ’00, to Robin Johnston on July 1, 2000. The couple lives in Pontiac. (See accompanying photo.)

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Beauregard Henry on June 6, 2001 to Carey and Joel Cochran, ’80. The family lives in Charleston, SC.

Melanie Belle on July 20, 2001 to Anna and Jeff Weathers, ’83. Melanie joins sisters Alaina, 11, and Lauren, 7. The family lives in Madison Heights where Jeff is a director of manufacturing for the Southeastern Michigan Region of the American Red Cross.

Nicholas Roman on April 15, 2001 to Missy and William Pope, ’83. Proud relatives include aunt Mishawne Pope Hoisington, ’87. Bill and Missy have purchased the family business from Missy’s father. Bill is president of Ameritraining, Inc. after 15 years of fund raising for higher education

Ross Michael on Dec. 14, 2001 to Kate and Michael Barrett, ’85. He joins twin brothers, Jack and Tom, 7. The family lives in Columbus, OH.

Wedding Album See accompanying notes for details. (Right) Carrie Bateman, ’00, to Gregory Palmer on May 26, 2001. (Front row, left to right) Carrie Bateman Palmer, ’00, Amy Sheele, ’00. (Second row) Mackenzie Wheeler, ’00, Lindsay Cook, ’00, Jennifer Lange, ’00, Molly Maloney, ’00, Nicki Harris, ’99, Gretchen Gockerman, ’00, Leslie Sanders Todd, ’00. (Third row) Justin Merchant, ’00, Brion Doyle, ’00, Matt Fetzner, ’99, Kyle Kramer, ’00, Bryan Todd, ’00. (Above) Katie Cavanaugh, ’98, to Bill Truluck, ’97, on Sept. 15, 2001. (Front row, seated left to right) Katie Cavanaugh, ’98, Bill Truluck, ’97. (Second row) Chris O’Neil, ’98, Shane Cavanaugh, ’95, Meghan Cavanaugh, ’03, Kristy Smith, ’98, Jennifer Mackey, ’98. (Third row) Angie Benander, ’98, Zach Knight, ’02, Becca Kivela, ’98, Tom O’Brien, ’98. (Right) Nancy Noechel, ’97, to Patrick Rhatigan on March, 17, 2001. (Front row, left to right) Amanda Cowger, ’98, Danielle Cadaret, ’98, Heidi Schwandt, ’97, Christina Lombardo, ’99. (Second row) Jenny Kaiser, ’99, Brian Lamborne, ’99, Kelly Sexton Flaherty, ’97, Patrick Rhatigan, Nancy Noechel Rhatigan, ’97, Betsy Beauman, ’97, Amy MayoMoyle, ’97, Clark Dawood, ’98.

(Above) Allison Farmer, ’97, to Ryan Maki, ’98, on June 23, 2001. (Front row, left to right) Rebecca Kivela, ’98, Michelle Hitchuk, ’97, Ryan Maki, ’98, Ralph Abbott, ’97, Amy Yeager, ’97, Mitch Moldovan, ’98, Brad Scheck, ’99. (Second row) Lisa Rizak, ’97, Lisa Surma, ’99, Stephanie Liebold Lemmen, ’97, Meredith March, ’97, Mindi Jenison, ’97, Allison Farmer Maki, ’97, Neil Johnson, ’98, Mike Brocavich, ’99, Erin Warner, ’98, Kelly Stevens Carlyle, ’97, George Carlyle, ’98. (Third row) Kristy Smith, ’98, Matt Rankin, ’94, Sarah McCoy Malys, ’97, Gretchen Humes Rankin, ’93, Julie Nutter, ’97, Steve Guibord, ’97, Kevin Curtis, ’97, Lyn Yeager, ’70, Joe Green, ’97, Jennifer Wollen Klinkman, ’97, and Rozi Markovski Petrovski, ’97.

Amanda Tratechaud, ’99, to Thomas Drobot on May 26, 2001. (Front row, left to right) Carmen Cotto, ’99, Michelle Martin, ’99 (maid of honor), Amanda Tratechaud-Drobot, ’99, Tricia Moyer, ’99. (Second row) Jaime Hatherley-Loch, ’98, Karin Messing, ’99, Thomas Drobot, Lisa Surma, ’99, Lori Surma, ’99, Beth Hatherley, ’99. (Third row) Rebecca Sameck, ’99, Jim Freer, ’99, Mick Rennick, ’99, Dan McCarty, ’98.

Craig Olzak, ’00, to Robin Johnston on July 1, 2000. (Front row, left to right) Amy Sheele, ’00, Loun Khammy, ’00, Rosa Trombley, ’00, Robin Olzak, Craig Olzak, ’00, Taneeza Islam, ’00, Herb Lentz, ’00. (Second row) Jef Robison, ’00, Jennifer Lange, ’00, Kyle Kramer, ’00, Bill Sweeney, ’98, Claire Walton, ’99, Nancy Begg (CPO staff). (Third row) Doug Goering (art and art history), Jen Barr, ’00, Erik Love, ’01, Anjali Thakur, ’99, Shannon Tomlinson (former Albion staff), Amanda Cowger, ’98, Jen Kaiser, ’99, Len Berkey (anthropology/sociology), Vicky Garcia Snyder, ’89, T. Todd Masman (former Albion staff).

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Beauregard Henry on June 6, 2001 to Carey and Joel Cochran, ’80. The family lives in Charleston, SC.

Ross Michael on Dec. 14, 2001 to Kate and Michael Barrett, ’85. He joins twin brothers, Jack and Tom, 7. The family lives in Columbus, OH.

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Joseph Robert on Oct. 17, 2001 to Dave and Dori Haan Couvreur, ’90. Proud relatives include grandfather David Haan, ’58, and aunt Debra Haan, ’99. The family lives in East Grand Rapids.

Little Sibs Weekend biggest ever Albion’s 2002 Little Sibs Weekend (March 15-16), sponsored by the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations and the Student Association for Alumni, was the biggest ever, with over 200 younger siblings and friends of Albion students on hand. Activities ranged from an indoor carnival sponsored by Kappa Delta sorority and a theatre workshop to a mini-Olympics and scavenger hunt run by the fraternities. The Little Sibs ranged in age from 1-26 years (the 26-year-old was “littler” in stature we’re told).

Anna Elizabeth on Dec. 1, 2000 to John and Sarah Jensen Hensien, ’90. She joins big brother Jack, 3. The family lives in Grosse Pointe Park. William Jensen on Oct. 5, 2001 to Dave Wentworth, ’89, and Beth Jensen, ’90. The family lives in Peoria, IL.

Triplets (from left) Emily, Allison and Lindsay Klemm, daughters of Scott and Rebecca Wood Klemm, ’81, were hosted by a family friend, sophomore Terrah Beurer.

Luke Thomas on Oct, 19, 2001 to Tom and Sherry Lippert Snudden, ’90. Sherry and Tom were married in September 1999. Sherry has taken a leave from her career as a client advisor at Marsh USA Inc. to be a stay-at-home mom. Tom is the insurance manager at Jervis B. Webb Co. in Farmington Hills. The family lives in Berkley. Ian Grant on Dec. 19, 2001 to Jeffrey and Mary Agles Carley, both ’91. He joins big sister, Shannon Rose, 3. Proud relatives include Garry Carley, ’61, Deborah Carley Kavulich, ’87, and Roselle Agles vonStaats, ’93. The family lives in Troy.

The theatre workshop gave an up-close look at a Herrick Theatre set for the workshop production, “Hello Out There.”

James Nicholas on Oct. 23, 2001 to Jim and Audrey Ayoub King, ’91. Jimmy joins big sister Zoe, 2. The family lives in Livonia.

(Above) Freshman Lindsay Elliott and her 14-year-old sister, Chelsey, came away from the Kappa Delta Carnival dressed in style.

Aden John on Oct. 7, 2001 to Jon and Erin Mead Lauderbach, both ’91. Proud grandparents include Bill, ’64, and Linda Prior Lauderbach, ’66, and aunt Deb Lauderbach Trimpe, ’89. Erin and Jon would love to hear from Albion friends, and can be reached at: 1016 Baldwin St., Midland, 48642; 989/ 832-4473; or by e-mail: ejlauder@aol.com.

(Right) Chelsea Lehmann and her aunt, sophomore Senior Josh Weimer enjoyed the day Maggie Keller, worked on campus with his 3-year-old on a scrapbook during nephew, Marshall Weimer. the arts and crafts time.

Mallory Mae on Aug. 18, 2001 to Denise and Scott Conrad, ’85. She joins older sister Megan, 7, and brother Nathan, 5. The family lives in Commerce Township. Nathaniel Robert on Sept. 14, 2001 to Robert and Laurel Hanson Kusner, ’85. He joins big brother Ian, 3. Laurel is a stay-at-home mom. The family lives in Solon, OH. Samuel Gene on May 14, 2001 to Jerry and Susan Wallace Schmitt, ’85. The family lives in Battle Creek. Ellen Anne to David, ’88, and Christa Seeloff Wallace, ’85. She joins big sister Margaret Rose. Proud relatives include aunt Karen Wallace, ’82. Christa is a professor at the University of AlaskaAnchorage, and David is with the Anchorage Fire Department as a paramedic. The family lives in Chugiak, AK. Samantha Anne on June 6, 2001 to Dawn and William Robson, ’86. William is a dentist and partner in Associated Family Dentists. The family lives in Grand Rapids.

Jack Harrison on Aug. 23, 2001 to Lynn and Christopher Roty, ’86. He joins big sister Olivia Adel, 3. The family lives in Prospect, KY. Samuel William on Sept. 4, 2001 to Kevin and Kelly Carter Bebow, ’87. He joins big brothers Josh, 9, Andrew, 6, and Seth, 3. Kelly is a principal with Rehmann Robson in Saginaw. The family lives in St. Louis and can be reached by e-mail at: kbebow@rehmann.com. William John on July 20, 2001 to Jeff and Kathy Delavan Plomer, ’87. Will joins his two big sisters Julia, 5, and Lauren, 3. The family lives in Broomfield, CO, and can be reached by e-mail at: kplomer@aol.com. Joshua Lawrence on Oct. 16, 2001 to Peter and Mary Sue Martin Vorbrich, ’88. The family lives in Tokyo, Japan. Owen Nelson on Dec. 1, 2001 to Neil and Belinda Nelson Eerdmans, ’89. Owen joins big sister Rose, 2. The family resides in Champlin, MN.

Aidan Nickolas on Jan, 4, 2002 to Timothy and Kimberly Stoppert Lee, ’89. Proud grandparents include Robert, ’61, and Ruth McDonald Stoppert, ’62, and great-grandparents Robert, ’39, and Barbara Ringelberg Stoppert, ’39. The family lives in Waltham, MA, and can be reached by e-mail at: ksl@netway.com. Gabriella Marie on July 2, 2001 to Matt, ’90, and Amanda Dozeman Ahearn, ’91. She joins big brother Sam, 5, and sister Ellie, 3. The family lives in Holland. Leif Harker on Nov. 8, 2001 to Robert, ’92, and Sheela Welch Allum, ’90. He joins big sister Mariah Blanche, 2. His aunt and godmother is Carla Welch Luberto, ’86. Other proud relatives include Dominic Luberto, ’85, and Linnea Allum Deitcher, ’90. The family lives in Rogers City and can be reached by e-mail at: rsmallum@george.lhi.net. Kaitlyn Elyse on May 17, 2001 to Ron, ’90, and Darci Dakin Face, ’95. She joins big brothers Cameron, 3, and Brandon, 2. The family lives in Albion.

Erin Grace on Nov. 11, 2001 to Joseph Declan and Kristen Edwards Moran, ’91. The family lives in Arlington Heights, IL. Delaney Marie on June 10, 2001 to Erin and Henry Phillips, ’91. She joins big brother Lincoln, 5, and sisters Kendall, 3, and Callahan, 1. The family lives in Ridgefield, CT, where Henry is a partner in the national structured finance and leasing practice of Deloitte and Touche. John Lawrence on Aug. 9, 2001 to John and Amy Schreur Wiener, ’91. He joins big sister Molly. Proud relatives include grandparents Jeff, ’69, and Susie Soderquist Schreur, ’71, aunt Carrie Schreur Mehney, ’98, and uncle Peter Vasiu, ’91. The family lives in Grand Rapids. August Oetken on Sept. 7, 2001 to Carol and James Campbell, ’92. August joins big brother Michael, 5. The family lives in Berkley. Dylan Tarick on Sept. 25, 2001 to Tarick and Megan Bryan Loutfi, ’92. He joins big sister Rhiannon, 2. Proud relatives include great-aunt Allie Wiley Moore, ’73, and great-uncle David Moore, ’68. Megan works part-time in human resources for the American Bar Association, and Tarick is an attorney. The family lives in Chicago, IL. Aidan Micah on April 6, 2001 to Daniel, ’92, and Wynne Davis Martin, ’94. Proud relatives include Jon, ’91, and Lesley Davis Addison, ’92. Dan is an attorney in Grand Haven, and Wynne is a physical therapist in Muskegon. The family lives in Grand Haven and can be reached by e-mail at: wynner11@chartermi.net. Madden Saunders on Oct. 12, 2001 to Sean Brady and Dawn MoulthropBrady, ’92. The family lives in Essexville.

Rick Smith: Revolutionizing the newsmagazine (continued from p. 6)

After his family, Rick lives and breathes Newsweek. Tommy LaSorda once said if you cut him, he’d bleed Dodger blue, but Rick really does bleed a shade close to Newsweek red. This is an utterly decent and principled man. . . . In fact, the humane side of Rick’s leadership is singled out for praise in no less than the current Harvard Business Review. Describing Rick’s management at the time of his long-time colleague Maynard Parker’s illness and death, the Review wrote: Smith created an environment in which people could do their best work and at the same time share their sorrow over Parker’s losing battle with leukemia. Smith gave daily updates on Parker’s condition and stressed that the company was actively involved in getting him top medical care. The Newsweek staff could then concentrate on honoring the publication’s commitment to being a leading newsmagazine—meaningful because Parker had so enthusiastically pursued this goal himself. Mark Whitaker, who succeeded Parker as editor, reflected on how Smith provided meaning to people that could sustain them through the crisis and beyond: “I think it made people realize, ‘Well, if I ever have a situation like that myself, God forbid, this is a company that will be there for me.’”

Not a company—a man. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you an award recipient worthy to stand with the giants who’ve won this in the past, Newsweek’s chairman and editor-in-chief, Rick Smith.

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Matthew Hewett on Dec. 9, 2001 to Laura and Christopher Sale, ’92. Proud relatives include uncle Geoffrey Sale, ’88. The family lives in Columbus, OH. Logan Elliot on Oct. 11, 2001 to Matt and Krista Maxson Cooper, ’93. The family lives in Lake Ann. Connor Alan on Oct. 7, 2001 to Burke, ’94, and Pamela deNicola Groom, ’93. The family resides in Lake Villa, IL. Nicholas Glenn on Oct. 20, 2001 to Brian and Wendy Winn Gorman, ’94. He joins big brother Andy, 2. Wendy enjoys being a stay-at-home mom. The family lives in Seaford, VA, and can be reached by e-mail at: bwagorman@yahoo.com. Gabriel Max on Sept. 30, 2001 to Matthew and Joy McVey Mills, ’94. Joy is a senior tax associate with Andersen L.L.P. in Grand Rapids. The family resides in Otsego and can be reached by e-mail at: joy.e.mills@us.andersen.com. Fischer Thomas on May 2, 2001 to Tom and Sheryl Fischer Jacobs, ’95. The family lives in Horton. Justin William on Sept. 27, 2001 to Bill and Kerri Durocher Riggs, ’95. He joins big brother Jacob. Kerri is a counselor employed as the intervention specialist at Mason Consolidated Schools in Erie. The family has moved to: 1198 N. Raisinville, Rd., Monroe 48162. Kerri can be reached by e-mail at: riggs@scnc.eriemason.k12.mi.us. Madison Lynn on Jan. 16, 2001 to Lisa and Max Kort, ’96. The family lives in Troy. Hannah Donelan on Jan. 11, 2002 to Patrick and Nancy Noechel Rhatigan, ’97. The family lives in Livonia. Benjamin Campbell on March 21, 2001 to Jeffrey and Lachelle Wallace Eickwort, ’99. The family resides in East Lansing.

Obituaries Donald Dice, ’36, on Nov. 16, 2001, in Albion. A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, he was employed at Albion Malleable (Harvard Industries) for 42 years. Donald was involved in many civic activities, serving on the board when Albion Community Hospital was built. He also was president of the Leisure Hour Club for eight years and belonged to the Elks Lodge, the American Veterans of Foreign Wars and St. James Episcopal Church in Albion. He is survived by his wife, Tillie, four daughters, a son, 11 grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Katherine Benedict Hargreaves, ’36, on Sept. 19, 2001, in Muncie, IN. A school teacher after graduating from Albion, she later was the assistant in the Division of Music at Ball State University in Muncie and the executive

secretary of the Muncie Symphony Orchestra until she retired in 1982. She was a member of Sigma Alpha Iota, Psi Iota Xi (Alpha Chapter) and Zeta Tau Alpha sororities. She is survived by a son, a daughter, eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Mary Campbell Bruegel, ’38, on Dec. 31, 2001, in East Lansing. She was a member of Delta Gamma sorority and the Mortar Board and Theta Alpha Phi honoraries. She taught school in Greenville and East Lansing. A member of the East Lansing Woman’s Club, she also volunteered at Sparrow Hospital for more than 50 years. She is survived by a daughter, a son and four grandchildren. Paul Carnell, ’39, on Aug. 25, 2001, in Silver Spring, MD. Recipient of a doctorate at Case Western Reserve University, he served as the chair of the Chemistry Department at Albion College before moving to Washington, DC, in 1966. He did grants and accreditation work for the then-Office of Education at the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. He also directed a national advisory council on developing institutions. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis Whipple Carnell, ’64, five children, seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Helen Ackley Hepler, ’41, on Dec. 27, 2001, in Marshall. She was a retired music teacher for the South Bend Community Schools and the South Bend Youth Symphony. She also played in the symphony orchestra at Indiana University, South Bend, and the Albion College Orchestra. Helen was a member of the Presbyterian Church and the American Association of University Women. She was an accomplished seamstress. She is survived by her husband, Edward Hepler, two daughters, including Marcia Hepler Starkey, ’74, a son-in-law, Neil Starkey, ’73, a son, a sister, a brother and three grandchildren. Mark Putnam, ’41, on Nov. 6, 2001, in Midland. While at Albion College, he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon. In 1944, he was discharged from the U.S. Army to accept a commission in the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant (junior grade). His professional career spanned 37 years with The Dow Chemical Co., Midland Division, in various departments. He was a long-time member of Memorial Presbyterian Church and the Midland Kiwanis Club. He is survived by his wife, Mildred Plate Putnam, ’41; a son, John Putnam, ’67; three daughters, Charleen Putnam Lester, ’69, Ruth Putnam, ’70, and Barbara Putnam Smith, ’74; a sister, Ruth Putnam Caldwell, ’38; 13 grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Milton Wilde, ’42, on Dec. 2, 2001 in Yarmouth, MA. He was an Army veteran, serving with the Eighth Air Force during World War II. He became a prisoner of war in Germany after being shot down over Berlin. A teacher and vice principal at Glastonbury (CT) High School for 18 years, he also served as the principal of Coventry (CT) High School for 14 years. Milton was a member of the South Glastonbury United Church of Christ and was named

1970 Citizen of the Year by the Coventry Rotary Club. He is survived by his wife, Marjorie, a daughter, a son and three grandchildren. Russell Meier, ’47, on Nov. 28, 2001, in Rochester, NH. He had a 42-year career in the U.S. Air Force. A lieutenant colonel when he retired from active service, he worked for an additional 15 years as a civilian in research and development at Hanscom Air Force Base in Lexington, MA. He is survived by his wife, Lillian Powers Meier, ’44, four children and four grandchildren. Evva Carter Buck, ’51, in August 2000 in Ionia. She is survived by her husband, Jack Buck, ’47, four children and 12 grandchildren. Sheldon “Mac” McCullough, ’51, on Oct. 19, 2001. He is survived by his wife, Atheleah.

Edward MacConomy passed away on Dec. 17, 2001. Edward joined the Library of Congress in 1940 as a messenger and retired in 1985 as chief of the National Referral Center. During a brief hiatus from the Library of Congress, he taught political science and was a librarian at Albion from 1961 to 1963. He held a doctorate in political theory from the University of Michigan. Survivors include his wife, Alma, and one son. Donna Stone, a former physical education professor at Albion College, passed away on Oct. 6, 2001, in Denton, KS. Donna held a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa and had retired from teaching in 1996. She was a member of the St. John’s Lutheran Church in Bendena, KS, a Girl Scout and a lifelong member of the American Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation

and Dance in Washington, DC. Donna is survived by her companion, her mother, a brother, a niece and a great-niece. Adele Whitehouse, passed away on Jan. 3, 2002, in St. Petersburg, FL. She was the widow of William Whitehouse, president of Albion College from 1945 to 1960. A philanthropist and ardent supporter of Albion College, she was active in P.E.O., Kappa Alpha Theta and, while living in Albion, ELT Club. She is survived by her step-son, Keith Whitehouse, ’41, and his wife, Lorene Rupp Whitehouse, ’40; five stepgrandchildren and their families, including Jim Whitehouse, ’69, and his wife, Marsha Green Whitehouse, ’69, and Susan Whitehouse Wiley, ’66; 11 great-grandchildren, including T.J. Whitehouse, ’99, and Jill Whitehouse, ’01, and eight great-great-grandchildren.

Norman Keehn, ’53, on April 10, 2001, in McFarland, WI. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. A writer for most of his life, he started out writing political science publications, and for the past several years had written a wide variety of short stories, some of which were published. He is survived by his mother, a daughter, a granddaughter, and a cousin, Wayne Keehn, ’54. Virginia Valentine, ’53, on Sept. 27, 2001. She was a member of Delta Gamma sorority. A lifelong sports enthusiast, she was a teacher, coach and counselor at Fordson High School in Dearborn. The school has named its new swimming pool in her honor. John Wesley Oldt, ’68, on Oct. 12, 2001, in Sylva, NC. He was employed by the U.S. Department of Energy for many years. He is survived by his mother, his wife, Edith, a sister, an aunt, an uncle, a niece and three nephews. Donald Stone, ’88, on Oct. 21, 2001, in Kalamazoo. He held a law degree from DePaul University and was an attorney with Rayman & Stone for the last few years. He was president of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity at Albion College. While living in Kalamazoo, he was a member of St. Augustine Cathedral, was involved in local and state bar association activities and the Kalamazoo Humane Society, and coached the 2001 state champion Kalamazoo Central High School Mock Trial Team. He is survived by his parents, his wife, Julie Sullivan, his paternal grandmother, a sister, two nephews, several aunts and many friends.

Faculty and friends Frances Hansel passed away on Dec. 10, 2001 in Albion. She was a former owner and operator of the College Inn Eat Shop on Cass Street near the Albion campus. She is survived by one son, two daughters, nine grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren.

Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Coleman, an honorary trustee at Albion College, passed away on Nov. 27, 2001 in Ocala, FL. A graduate of George Washington University Law School, she began practicing law in Marshall in 1948. In 1960, she was elected probate and juvenile judge in Calhoun County and served in that capacity for 12 years before being elected to the Michigan Supreme Court, the first woman to win a seat on the court. She was elected to the Michigan Supreme Court again in 1978. In 1979, she became chief justice and held that position until retiring in December 1982. Her long list of awards included being inducted into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame in the first induction ceremonies in 1983. The Mary Coleman Women’s Health Center at Battle Creek Health System and the Mary Coleman Courtyard in Commerce Point were both named in her honor. The founding president of the Marshall branch of the American Association of University Women, Mary was a co-founder of the Marshall Civic Players as well as the Battle Creek Civic Theatre. She received honorary degrees from several colleges and universities, including Albion College. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law and three grandchildren.

Detroit attorney and real estate investor Jarvis Schmidt, ’49, an honorary trustee at Albion College, passed away on Oct. 28, 2001 in Port Huron. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. Jarvis joined Chrysler Corporation’s legal department after receiving his law degree at the University of Michigan and organized Chrysler’s corporate real estate department, which he headed for eight years. He served as the vice president of a large Detroit commercial real estate firm from 1961 to 1971, and then founded Jarvis J. Schmidt & Co., a real estate development and investment firm. In addition to developing industrial parks in Farmington Hills and Romulus, Jarvis owned several office and industrial buildings in the Greater Detroit area. He was the former owner of the St. Regis Hotel and the Ford Building in Detroit. He had recently retired from the law firm of Johnson & McPherson, P.L.C. An avid sailor, he was a past board member of the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club. He was a former deacon of Grosse Pointe Memorial Church and a member of First Presbyterian Church of Port Huron. He is survived by his wife, Gertrude Elgear Schmidt, ’49, three sons, two grandchildren and a brother.

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A Denise Thomas Porter, ’94, with her daughters, Kaitlyn (left) and Cassidy.

Lauren Bender, ’05, (left), daughter of Steve and Amy Bonta Bender, both ’78, niece of Chuck and Julie Bonta Frayer, both ’77, and granddaughter of Frank, ’49, and Patricia Smallwood Bonta, ’50; and Lizzie Mitchell, ’05, daughter of Dick, ’73, and Kate Hess Mitchell, ’75, niece of Mike and Peg Mitchell Turner, both ’69, and granddaughter of Warren, ’44, and Jane White Mitchell, ’45.

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Ann Gieseler Nelson, ’71, (top) and Carol Olsen YeomansPhelan, ’65.

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Jim Cook, ’54, professor emeritus of English, and Barbara Cook, former assistant director of career planning and placement.

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Biographical sketch: After receiving his M.D. degree from Wayne State University in 1979, Brian Fox completed his internship and residency at Blodgett/St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Rapids in 1983. Now affiliated with Ruby Mountain Obstetrics and Gynecology in Elko, Nev., Fox previously was chief of obstetrics in Grayling, Mich., Racine, Wis. and Riverton, Wyo. He also has been vice chief of staff, chief of staff and chief of surgery in Riverton. His community involvement includes Methodist Church choir member in Grayling, Racine and Riverton. He also chaired the StaffParish Relations Committee and was a coleader of senior high youth groups. Fox has sung with the Central Wyoming College Collegiate Chorale and the Central Wyoming Acapella Chamber Singers. He has had significant roles in college theatre productions of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Since graduation, Brian and his wife, Cheryl Bennett Fox, ’73, have been to several homecoming/reunion celebrations and plan to continue that tradition far into the future.

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Each year the Albion College Alumni Association conducts elections for the three-year terms available on the Board of Directors, the governing body of the Alumni Association. In 2002, three 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 3, 2002. 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.

Brian W. Fox, ’73

has been an alumni admissions representative for college recruitment nights held in the Chicagoland area. Gearhart recently created a personal campaign, The Legacy of Dreams, to assist Albion with the Stoffer Alumni Challenge (to achieve a 50 percent alumni contribution rate by 2003), and wrote all of her classmates encouraging increased participation. The class contribution rate has increased nearly 100 percent so far, rising from 12 percent to over 20 percent (the highest it has ever been).

Personal statement: When I was first contacted about possibly joining the Alumni Association Board of Directors, I was concerned that the distance I now live from Albion would make participation difficult. Upon reflection, I realized the distance could also be an asset, providing me with the opportunity to contribute to the board from the perspective of someone who lives in an area where few have heard of Albion. I believe Albion has much to offer prospective students from all regions of the country. Albion alumni, especially those now far from Albion’s usual recruiting area, have the opportunity to acquaint local students with the value of a liberal arts education, particularly one obtained at Albion. I feel most fortunate I was able to attend Albion, and I would like to give back in a personal way.

Personal statement: My heart lies with Albion College. Albion has given me the best gift a person could receive, one that will last a lifetime. I received an exceptional education that otherwise I would not have been able to afford. I was involved in many alumni-funded programs including the Gerald R. Ford Institute for Public Policy and Service and the Sleight Leadership Program. It was there that we were taught to leave an indelible fingerprint on humanity, to make a contribution to this world that we can be proud of. I have diligently tried to live up to this challenge through volunteering for several organizations in Chicago and by giving back to Albion through creating The Legacy of Dreams fund-raising project for the Class of ’96. I may not have had decades of “real-world” experience like some of my fellow nominees, but I do consider it a benefit to have graduated six years ago. This gives me enough distance and perspective to bring new improvements and creative ideas to help make Albion an even greater institution, and it is still recent enough to have my “finger on the pulse of the community,” knowing the challenges that students, faculty and alumni currently face. I am fiercely dedicated to helping Albion achieve great heights and making the world take notice of the strong leaders Albion has produced and will continue producing. I am committed to helping place Albion’s name among the ranks of only the most prestigious schools. I cannot think of a greater honor than to be able to serve as a board member for the Albion College Alumni Association.

Robin L. Gearhart, ’96

William D. Hittler, ’80

Biographical sketch: Upon graduating from Albion, Robin Gearhart dedicated four years to working at the State’s Attorney’s Office in Chicago, where she was a victim/witness specialist before being promoted to the Sex Crimes Division as the victim sensitive interview coordinator. Gearhart has become Series 7 and Series 66 licensed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, inspiring her to switch careers to the financial industry. She has been working at Merrill Lynch as a registered client associate for the past two years. As a young entrepreneur, she has also started her own business, Pocketful of Daisies, making handmade stationery, cards, and invitations. A Campus Safety officer, resident assistant, and executive board member of both Student Senate and Kappa Delta while at Albion, Gearhart now volunteers for the Greater Chicago Food Depository, assisting the homeless and less fortunate, and for a Chicago Housing Authority beautification project. She

Biographical sketch: Bill Hittler earned his J.D. degree from Notre Dame Law School in 1983. He is currently a shareholder in the law practice of Halleland, Lewis, Nilan, Sipkins & Johnson in Minneapolis. Hittler extends his expertise to people in need of legal aid as a volunteer for the Lawyers Network. He is active in his home community of Plymouth, Minn. as a soccer coach for a traveling soccer league for both boys and girls, as a scoutmaster, and as a volunteer reading buddy in the schools. He also serves holiday meals to senior citizens for Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly and has served as a board member of the Minnesota Youth League. Since graduation Hittler has been a class agent and a member of the National Volunteer Network, and he has chaired his 20th class reunion. He and his wife, Donna, have three children. Personal statement: My parents sent five of their children to Albion College. They knew what they were doing. Well-rounded liberal arts

education is as valuable today as it was in 1980. An active and diverse Alumni Association Board of Directors can offer valuable insight on how Albion can continue to attract top students who have the passion and the commitment to make a difference in other people’s lives. That’s why I went to Albion, and that’s what drives me today. I would be honored to serve on the Alumni Board.

David S. McCredie, ’61 Biographical sketch: David McCredie is owner of the Piper-McCredie Agency, Inc., in Flint. He has been deeply involved in civic and professional organizations in his home community. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the following organizations: Flint City Club Focus Council (past president), YMCA, McLaren Health Care Corporation, Flint Airport Authority, Center City Association (past president), University Club of Flint, Flint Airport Feasibility Committee (chairman), NBD Genesee Bank, Independent Insurance Agents of Genesee County (past president), the Flint Pilots Association (past president), Aviation Insurance Association (past president), and Mott College Foundation (past president). Since graduation McCredie has attended Albion College homecomings and the Carl A. Gerstacker honoring held on campus, and he participated in the Albion-Flint telephone campaign. He has chaired his class reunion and a Flint regional campaign event, has served on the Visiting Committee of the Gerstacker Liberal Arts Institute for Professional Management and has co-hosted an alumni dinner. McCredie and his wife, Connie, currently reside in Fenton and have two grown children, both Albion College alumni. Personal statement: Having had the Albion “experience” and having two children attend, I have strong personal attachments to Albion. Serving on the Alumni Association Board of Directors is my way to contribute to Albion.

Steven C. Selinsky, ’90 Biographical sketch: Steven Selinsky is vice president of sales and service at Preferred Provider of Midwest Healthcare Network (PPOM) in Southfield, where he is responsible for group health and casualty insurance and new business sales, as well as retention and service for PPOM’s existing clients. Prior to joining PPOM in 1996, he worked in managed health care sales and also gained extensive background in provider contracting and recruitment as a health care consultant. President-elect of the Metro Detroit Association of Health Underwriters and membership chair for the Michigan Association of Health Underwriters, Selinsky also serves on the sponsorship committee for the American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations and the promotions committee for the Self-Insurance Institute of America, Inc. He is an active participant in Leadership Oakland and a member of the Southeastern Michigan Healthcare Executive Forum. Selinsky has also been a volunteer for the Rainbow Connection and Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church RCIA program, and he has been president of the Kimberely Subdivision Association board. Since graduation he has been actively involved with Albion College as a volunteer in the Externship Program, has sponsored Gerstacker Liberal Arts Institute for Professional Management interns and has been a speaker at numerous speech communication/

English career nights. Selinsky served on his class reunion committee and has attended new student recruitment meetings in the Detroit area. He and his wife, Kerry, have two children. Personal statement: Albion College not only afforded me the opportunity to receive a firstclass education, it also provided me with innumerable outlets to develop and enhance my leadership and interpersonal skills. I left Albion College fully prepared to take on my professional career, as well as become an active member of my community. Albion College taught me the importance of having a wellrounded education and being involved. It gave me the tools I needed to be successful in all facets of my life. Outstanding and caring faculty, friendships, plentiful student activities, off-campus study, volunteerism and abundant academic resources make Albion College an exemplary educational experience. I have had the opportunity to share my experiences with current students and other alumni. We always end up discussing the important role Albion College has played in enhancing our education and shaping our personal lives. It is also very encouraging to see recent developments at the College and know that Albion will be even better for future generations. Alumni play a vital role in preserving and enhancing Albion College. I would welcome and appreciate the opportunity to give back to Albion College and assist in gaining greater alumni involvement and support of Albion College’s mission and vision via the Alumni Association Board of Directors.

Michael A. Zamiara, ’87 Biographical sketch: Mike Zamiara is currently the chief financial officer and vice president of finance and administration at BioPort Corporation in Lansing. After graduating from Albion he received his Certified Public Accountant certificate in 1989. For over 10 years Zamiara has been involved in community activities as a Big Brother and a member of the Treasurer Construction Finance Managers’ Association. He also served on the Board of Directors of the YMCA and, for the past five years, he has been a coach for youth basketball, baseball, soccer and football. Since graduation Zamiara has been on the Alumni Control Board for Delta Sigma Phi and has served as a class reunion chair. Currently he resides in DeWitt with his wife, Nancy Rupp, ’88, and their four sons. Personal statement: It took me a while after graduation to appreciate my Albion College education. When I first started my career in public accounting, I found that many of my peers had a much deeper understanding of accounting than I did. This meant that I had to play catch-up for the first year of my career, and at the time this was troubling. After a few more years I began interacting more with clients and business contacts and found that my education was extremely beneficial and actually put me ahead of most of my peers at that stage of my career. This opened my eyes to the benefits of a liberal arts education. The wellrounded education that I received at Albion College allows me to interact with many different people, in many different ways. I feel very comfortable discussing/debating almost any topic, and this confidence stems from the education I received. I continue to encourage young people to consider Albion College. I would like to find ways that I can give back to the College.

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Women’s soccer All-American Liz Hermiller, ’02, is well known for her impressive ball-handling skills on the playing field. But “fancy footwork” has also been required off the playing field as she has juggled a demanding major in biology, two pre-medical internships, and a term as president of Alpha Xi Delta sorority. “Playing at Albion makes it easy to find a balance between academics and athletics,” Hermiller says. Her achievements in the classroom have been recognized with several Albion scholarship awards, including a Presidential Scholarship, the Srinivasu Meka, ’95, Endowed Scholarship and a

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Lomas Project 250 Award, and in March she learned that she had won an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. As a high-scoring midfielder and four-year starter on the Briton women’s soccer team, she helped the team capture the league championship for two straight seasons and go on to NCAA Division III Tournament berths each time. Her ability to balance competing priorities should prove invaluable as she enters a graduate program in health care next year.

Liz Hermiller, a great example of

LIBERAL ARTS AT WORK Travel in time on Web site By Dana Lorien Fey, ’02 What started out for Albert “Alby” Zatkoff, ’76, as a simple interest in old letters has turned into a fascinating history of Albion’s past 100 years, compiled from the fronts and backs of old postcards. Zatkoff, a managing editor for BestBuy.com, has a collection of about 100 postcards in some way related to Albion College. Most of them, he is pleased to note, “have been used for what they were intended for.” These postcards not only depict the campus, but also the character and wit of former students through the short messages written on the back. “My favorite is the [message on a] postcard of Robinson Hall which reads in part, ‘Here is where I spend some painful hours,’” says Zatkoff. Zatkoff’s ever-growing collection, which he has now made available for viewing on a Web site, includes several exceptionally rare cards not found even in the College’s own archives. He says he has found the cards in antique shops and at postcard shows, as well as through online auctions. He even has two

cards, purchased via Yahoo’s UK portal from a person in England. “They’re out there, and it’s fun to find them,” he says. The mysteries contained in the cards also add to the pleasure of collecting, explains Zatkoff, as he works to discover the cards’ histories. Zatkoff owns two cards, written by different Albion residents in different years, to a woman living in Butte, Mont. He also has two cards published by Farmer Fred of Battle Creek, about whom he has been unable to find

any information. “There’s some fun research and history involved, which I [enjoy],” he notes. Zatkoff’s Web site, “One Hundred Years of Postcards from Albion College,” can be found at www.albionpostcards.com. Have you got a card or letter you’d like to share with Zatkoff? He can be reached at ozzieonharriet @hotmail.com or 612/825-4308. Postcards (clockwise from upper left): The Observatory (c. 1908) stood alone on the north side of the Quadrangle from 1883 until the 1916 construction of Epworth Building; Commercial Building (c. 1921), later known as North Hall and now Vulgamore Hall (note Rock in foreground); Gassette Library as seen from Porter St. (c. 1912), later used as the Administration Building and torn down in 1998; Robinson Hall (c. 1907), since rebuilt but still a landmark on the Quadrangle (inscription reads in part: Here is where I spend some painful hours.); McMillan Laboratory (c. 1909), built in 1893, primarily serving the Chemistry Department until demolished in the late-1960s.