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

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Singular moments from the Vulgamore years will remain etched in our institutional memory: then-Vice President Bush’s commencement address delivered to a crowd of 3,500 on a sun-drenched May morning . . . the community’s thunderous welcome that greeted South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu as he entered Lomas Fieldhouse to receive an honorary degree . . . the campus-wide exhilaration following the announcement that our own Amy Wakeland had won a Rhodes Scholarship. Each event illustrates in its own way a dynamic presidency, one marked by increased national recognition for Albion, an enhanced global awareness and a heightened intensity in academic life.

This edition of Io Triumphe chronicles the leadership that Mel and Nan Vulgamore have provided as president and first lady for Albion during the past 14 years. In honor of the Vulgamores’ service to the College, the Board of Trustees announced in April that trustee gifts had funded the renaming of North Hall, one of Albion’s most venerated buildings, as Vulgamore Hall. An account of the Vulgamore era appears on the following pages.

Photos clockwise from top right: President Melvin Vulgamore (left) greets then-Vice President George Bush prior to Bush’s 1987 commencement address. South African Archbishop and Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu (center back) visits Albion to receive an honorary degree in 1993.

First Lady Nan Vulgamore (right) talks with award-winning novelist and human rights activist Jerzy Kosinski during his campus visit in 1988. President Vulgamore (third from left) and thenMichigan State University President John DiBiaggio (second from left) announce the founding of Michigan Campus Compact at a 1989 news conference.

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Dear Albion Family:

‘We will always serve Albion’ A message from the Vulgamores

We have been so “farewelled” in the last weeks that we feel almost apologetic about one more valedictory! We received a fabulous send-off at the Board of Trustees’ dinner in Baldwin Hall April 25. What a great gift we were given, to be able to look out on so many close friends, all in the same room at the same time. We were astounded when it happened 14 years ago at the inauguration, and what a sweet morsel to enjoy as we leave.

And to have “Vulgamore Hall” (formerly North Hall) for our grandchildren and their grandchildren to see—and this the gift of trustees who had already made their generous pledges to the Campaign for the Generations—it was a miraculous and spectacular surprise! (Of course, one of the students joked, “But what about Mr. and Mrs. North?”)

All we can say is that we have assured Peter and Becky Mitchell that no Board of Trustees anywhere could be so supportive of a college and its leadership as is Albion’s. We can only speak of them, together with the alumni and parents and friends of this wonderful place, as “family” in the truest sense of the word. We will always be grateful for the honorary alumni degrees granted to us, and we will always serve Albion with all of you.

As we sort and pack, the collage of memories keeps shifting. As a biologist friend in his eighties said of getting older, “It’s just wonderful, raking the leaves off your memories.” Coming into and out of focus are scenes such as these: ■ the horse-and-buggy ride down Superior Street at the College’s Sesquicentennial; ■ meeting the Underwood family (with their many Albion connections) on the campus of the great Yonsei University which they founded in Seoul; ■ Sir David Willcocks, famed former director of the King’s College Choir (Cambridge), conducting a magnificent Albion Choral Society concert; ■ following the trumpets with a “Call to the Games” for hundreds of Special Olympians at SprankleSprandel Stadium every fall; ■ meeting our oldest alum in sunny Tucson; ■ the retrospective exhibit on campus honoring our distinguished graduate and acclaimed artist Philip Curtis, where we discovered that he paints himself somehow into every picture;

Highlights of the Vulgamore Editor’s note: What follows is a story of institutional growth. It offers a look at how Albion has changed in visible ways—a vastly improved physical plant and exciting new programs, for instance—as well as in more subtle ways—an increased self-confidence and a strengthened commitment to community service. Albion’s remarkable progress over the past 14 years is due to a host of individuals who have labored long in Albion’s service but especially to Mel Vulgamore who consistently challenged all of us with his vision of what Albion was capable of becoming.

Photos counterclockwise from top right: Melvin Vulgamore (left) receives the Albion College presidential medallion from Board of Trustees chairman John Ludington, ’51, during his inauguration in 1983. President Vulgamore (left) and Kellogg Co. CEO Arnold Langbo celebrate with Tony the Tiger during the 1993 announcement of the company’s $6-million gift toward the construction of a new campus center. Distinguished American artist Philip Curtis, ’30, flanked by Nan and Mel Vulgamore, serves as the first visiting artist in an endowed program established in Curtis’ honor in 1991 by Russell Babcock, ’27, (far right).

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Academic programs Fourteen years ago, the microcomputer was in its infancy, and computing was primarily the domain of scientific researchers. Today, microcomputer labs are found in the library, in classroom buildings across the campus and in the residence halls, and nearly every Albion student, regardless of major, makes use of the computer for research, word-processing and electronic mail.

Since 1990, the Albion College library has installed computer systems permitting electronic searches of its collections and links to research databases around the world. And the campus has recently made tremendous advances in instructional technology, thanks to a $2million W.K. Kellogg Foundation grant that since 1995 has underwritten campus-wide installation of fiberoptic cabling, enhanced Internet access, and provided satellite uplink and downlink capabilities as well as other distance-learning improvements involving area schools and colleges. These new resources are literally transforming teaching and learning at Albion.

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■ celebrating the night-long Easter service with Albion’s Russian Orthodox congregation (not to mention the delicious cabbage rolls at breakfast following!); ■ the British Eighth wowing our visitors with their ingenious halftime formations, their great playing and their irrepressible spirit; ■ the torrential rain (and the incredible plays) at the 1994 national championship football game in Virginia; ■ the absolutely packed Goodrich Chapel that awaited former hostage Alann Steen. (As he looked out at the huge crowd, he said, “I’m scared.” I said, “So am I!”); ■ the one executive decision completely unopposed by the faculty—air conditioning the entire campus; ■ our wonderful choir wearing their new purple robes for the first time; ■ the annual Briton Bash on the quad—picnics and medieval jousting plus 100 opportunities to sign up for service; ■ scrumptious dinners at the Gerstacker International House with flavors of all kinds from everywhere; ■ the Detroit Institute of Art’s exhibit of our famous print collection in their gorgeous galleries; ■ the Honors students getting their own digs in the restored Victorian setting of the Observatory and its Werner Library; ■ standing at the tip of the Cape of Good Hope with the Indian Ocean on one side and the Atlantic on the other during our study-tour of South Africa; ■ the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity, as well as our pioneering Student Volunteer Bureau, linked up with the downtown Volunteer Service Center; ■ and many, many more.

Ours has been an extraordinary personal privilege, serving a great college which has taken us around the world and deep into personal lives. Yet, each of us in measure has felt the multiple benefits of enhancement and enrichment, personal and social, which can only accrue from collegial and familial associations such as we have shared. Please accept our thanks, even as you already share in our joy. President Seaton’s watchword remains: “The best is yet to be!” God’s richest blessings, as we continue.

Nan and Mel Vulgamore

presidency, 1983-1997 Under an aggressive facilities improvement program, funded entirely from private sources, the College has totally remodeled Robinson Hall and Vulgamore Hall (formerly North Hall) to provide first-rate classroom and office space; other academic buildings, including Bobbitt Visual Arts Center, Stockwell Library and the Observatory, have been refurbished. A thorough renovation of the music facilities has just begun this summer.

The Anna Howard Shaw Center for Women’s Studies and Programs was launched in 1985, and a women’s studies concentration was added in 1992.

Introduction of an international studies major and the College’s unique South Africa initiatives have emphasized the importance of global citizenship, and environmental awareness is encouraged through two new concentrations in this area.

First-year students entering Albion next fall will be able to choose from 13 new courses, designed especially for them as part of a comprehensive freshman experience that will be completely in place within the next few years. And many more upperclass students will engage in summer research programs, thanks to recently established endowment funds.

Student life The Vulgamore years have also been noted for increased opportunities for community involvement and for celebrating diversity.

The opening of the $6-million Kellogg Center this past fall meant that, for the first time in Albion College’s history, students, faculty and staff had one central space where they could come together for meetings, entertainment and informal conversation.

The new building has fulfilled a need for a campus center that had existed for at least 50 years. It is in use around the clock for performances, dances, contests, service projects, meetings, studying, workshops . . . and simply for hanging out.

The Kellogg Center also provides enhanced support for Albion’s leadership and service activities, which have significantly expanded over the past decade. The Sleight Leadership Program, founded in 1990, now encompasses leadership training seminars that extend across a student’s four-year career on campus, a leadership conference for high school girls and a summer academy for incoming freshmen.

President Vulgamore speaks during the kickoff of the $68-million Albion Campaign for the Generations at Kellogg Co. headquarters in 1994. Thanks to successful fund raising and careful financial management, Albion’s endowment increased from $25.5-million to $115-million during the Vulgamore era.

Students now volunteer for over 20 service organizations both on and off campus, organize a City Service Day each fall and sponsor the Sun Games each spring for local elementary school children. And they have received start-up grants and awards from the Michigan Campus Compact, the statewide student volunteer organization funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and co-founded by President Vulgamore and former Michigan State University President John DiBiaggio.

The founding of the Office of Multicultural Affairs in 1988 signaled a strengthened commitment to educating students about pluralism in American society and to promoting increased racial and ethnic diversity within the campus community. This development was followed by the addition of graduation requirements in gender studies and ethnicity studies in 1991 and a freshman common reading experience focusing on cultural diversity. An Association of American Colleges grant in 1993 recognized Albion as one of the national leaders in multicultural education.

Adding yet another dimension to student life was the construction of the Dow Recreation and Wellness Center in 1988 under a $5.2-million program that also included the renovation of Kresge Gymnasium. The

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(Above left) The Vulgamores were instrumental in founding and maintaining the Volunteer Service Center in downtown Albion. The center serves as a clearinghouse for many community service activities and also recruits college student volunteers for local groups who need them.

(Above right) The Ring Lardner Centennial Symposium (marked by these students sporting Lardner’s signature “boater”-style hat) brought a number of celebrated literary critics to campus in 1985. Many all-campus symposia on topics in the arts and sciences were held during the Vulgamore years.

Dow Center offers a full schedule of sports, recreation and wellness activities for the entire student body.

Improvements in Albion’s athletic facilities continue under the current Briton Athletic Drive, most notably with the installation of a new varsity track, upgrading of Joranko Baseball Field and rebuilding of the varsity tennis courts. Athletics brought the College national attention in 1994 as the Britons captured the NCAA Division III football championship.

Finally, Wesley and Seaton residence halls were thoroughly modernized and refurbished, and extensive improvements were made in the Baldwin Hall student dining areas. The campus is now heated and cooled by a new and highly efficient boiler and chiller central system.

Endowment Today, a strong endowment is one of the most persuasive indicators of an institution’s financial health. With careful management and successful fund raising, Albion’s endowment has quadrupled since 1983, growing from $25.5-million to $115-million. For all purposes, the College has raised well over $110-million in gifts and pledges since 1983.

Over the past decade, Albion has established eight endowed professorships, awarded to current faculty who have proven themselves exceptional scholar/ teachers, and two more will be created by the end of the Campaign for the Generations. Endowment funding for faculty research and continued professional development has increased substantially, while endowed scholarship funds have grown ten-fold. In

A tribute to Nan Vulgamore Nan Vulgamore brought grace and enthusiasm to her role as first lady of Albion College over the past 14 years. With warm hospitality, she helped campus visitors feel instantly at home, and she was an unparalleled ambassador for the College, representing Albion at national alumni events and other celebrations. She participated fully in campus life—lending her applause and appreciation at lectures, theatre productions, sports contests and student recognition programs, and, of course, at concerts since she is a musician herself. Her involvement ranged from serving as Mortar Board advisor and as friend of international students and the Student Volunteer Bureau to acting as Greek Week song judge.

She will also be remembered for her continuing education programs for trustee spouses and for her ministrations to retired faculty and staff and Nan and Mel Vulgamore were avid followers of College their spouses. sports and arts programs.

Through her numerous volunteer commitments here in Albion, Mrs. Vulgamore greatly strengthened the ties between the College and its home community. As president of the Albion Civic Foundation, she worked on many projects to promote the arts and to improve the quality of life in Albion. She also served on the governing boards of the Albion Volunteer Service Center, the Burnham Brook Senior Center and Calhoun County Family and Children’s Services. Her devotion to the arts led her to serve for many years on the boards of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra and the Calhoun County United Arts Council, and she was a constant supporter of musical and theatrical groups statewide. As a member of the Council of Michigan Foundations, Mrs. Vulgamore also gave her time to historic preservation efforts and educational programs on a statewide scale.

“Nan Vulgamore’s dedication to the people of Albion and Albion College will be an enduring legacy,” says local trustee Bill Stoffer, ’74. “Her outreach to the entire community engendered a spirit of trust and cooperation that is unmatched in recent years.”

addition, endowments now support the operations of the Gerald R. Ford Institute for Public Service and the Carl A. Gerstacker Liberal Arts Program in Professional Management.

These funds continue to grow and will support College operations in perpetuity, freeing up resources in the operating budget to be used for other purposes and reducing our reliance on student tuition and fees.

Outreach Albion’s stature as a national liberal arts college has increased substantially during the Vulgamore era.

Albion has joined with 60 of the nation’s most prestigious colleges in efforts to advance liberal arts education and to increase awareness of the contributions of liberal arts colleges within American society as a whole. Since 1990, our faculty have secured research grants from the National Science Foundation (eight different grants), the National Geographic Society, the Department of Energy, the Fulbright Program, Pew Charitable Trusts, the National Endowment for the

Humanities and the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education.

At the same time, the College has become a strong advocate for improving the quality of life for residents of Calhoun County and particularly the City of Albion.

President Vulgamore was a founding member of the Calhoun County Economic Development Forum, promoting economic growth and job training countywide, and he also co-chaired the Greater Albion Alliance 2000 which has championed improvements in housing, health care, the water system and in the local climate for business. Currently, funding is in place for the development of a new well field and water treatment plant for the City, largely due to the College’s initiative.

Outreach to Albion alumni has expanded through two National Leadership Conferences since 1991. A National Volunteer Network grew out of the first leadership conference and now involves alumni in student recruitment, fund raising, academic enrichment, alumni programming and career development.

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D. TRUMPIE PHOTOS

Farewell letters to ‘Team Vulgamore’ Dear Mel and Nan: Congratulations on the triumphant “end of the beginning” of your love affair with Albion College. And what a beginning: 14 years in which the two of you served so admirably in the most demanding and unforgiving of jobs: President and First Lady.

Most institutions are starting to think about the actions required to be ready for the 21st century: the popular “bridge to the future.”

Mel, under your leadership, we not only started thinking about this even before the current decade, but you led us in the actions of building a bridge that is nearly complete. That bridge includes the huge improvements in such infrastructure as: ■ Buildings ■ Endowment ■ Campaigns to aid scholarships and faculty development ■ Alumni participation ■ Partnering with the City of Albion ■ Technology to aid teaching and learning Over the 14 years situations developed wherein your fellow presidents took the politically expedient course, but instead you chose to create a learning experience for the campus. I, then and now, admire you for your courage and judgment. Clearly, one example was the issue of divesting in companies that do business in South Africa. You, in the best tradition of the liberal arts, used that issue to cause all of us to think about and internalize the many sides of the problem. You did the same when Albion’s ethos came into question. You truly were a liberal arts president.

Mel and Nan, Joyce and I thank you for your enduring and outstanding contributions to our Albion. May your love affair with this special college continue to flourish in the coming years.

Bill Ferguson, ’52 William Ferguson, retired CEO of NYNEX, is a former chairman, Board of Trustees.

Dear Nan and Mel: On behalf of the alumni, I wish to express our appreciation for the past 14 years of your leadership. The College has experienced significant progress through your pursuit of excellence. We have had great pride in your dedication and love for our institution.

Truly, we do believe that your blood runs purple and gold.

It has been a great pleasure to come to Briton Manor as an alumni board and to be treated with your gifts of hospitality and caring. We always looked forward to Mel’s visits with us during our regular meetings and his willingness to share and communicate with us. It helped us keep our fingers on the pulse of the College.

We shall miss you, but we will remember you, especially Nan, in purple suit with pompons waving, along with Mel cheering in the stands at football games.

May God bless you in the years ahead.

Carolyn Carr Christ, ’57 Carolyn Christ, coordinator of pastoral ministries at First Presbyterian Church, Battle Creek, is president of the Alumni Association Board of Directors.

Dear Mel and Nan: I joined the faculty of Albion College in the fall of 1962, and one of the first committees I served on was the committee to plan the new student union. We planned one, but somehow nobody ever got around to building it. Thirty-four years later, though, thanks to you and Kellogg Co., we have one that exceeds the fondest dreams of that long-forgotten committee.

Nan, your enthusiasm and capacity for fun has delighted many of us, faculty and students alike. The wonderful tradition of the British Eighth’s paying you their weekly compliment, “Nan, you’re looking FABULOUS!” may continue for your successors, but the graciousness of the way you’ve received the tribute will be a hard act to follow. One of my most prized memories of your time as Albion’s first lady will always be the day you brought the trustees’ spouses to visit my reading and writing poetry class, and I’ll recall the quality of the interactions between the student readers and the

women who listened to their poems and responded so warmly to them, offering praise, analysis, and suggestions. I thought then and think now that your instinct for a generation-spanning creative time together was, as usual, unerring.

Mel, I shall especially remember the creative initiative you took vis-a-vis student demands for divestment in South Africa. Rather than make a quickly forgotten gesture, you turned meeting the students’ concerns into an ongoing opportunity for student growth and faculty development. Doing so was a truly statesmanly gesture. Your presidency has transformed the physical aspect of the campus, making our plant enviable among Michigan liberal arts colleges. You have provided resources to attract National Merit Scholars to our classrooms, and you have much improved towngown relations.

Both of you can look back with pride on the many contributions you have made to what historian Julian Rammelkamp used to call “a pretty good little college.”

Best wishes as you head east, and thanks for so many wonderful memories!

Mel and Nan Vulgamore

Dear Mel and Nan:

May your memories of Albion be as uplifting and sustaining for you as ours are of the two of you during your years at Albion.

As we reflect on the years that have passed ever so quickly we are reminded of a story about Indira Gandhi. During an interview with a reporter, she was asked to what she attributed Jim Cook, ’54 her success. She responded: James Cook is a professor of “It’s because of some advice my English at Albion. grandfather gave me when I was a young girl. ‘Indira, if you Dear Mel and Nan: want to get ahead in this world, When moving from one you must remember that there chapter of our lives to the next, (Above) Jenny Banner Wheeler, ’84, representing the Alumni are two categories of leaders: it is natural to have thoughts Association, conferred honorary alumni status on the Vulgamores those who seek the credit, and about the legacy we will leave during an April 1997 dinner marking the Vulgamores’ retirement. those who give the service. I behind. All any of us can ever suggest you elect to participate hope for is to leave a place (Top left) Bill and Ruth Ann Williams Biggs, both ’54, flanking the in the latter category—there is a better than we found it. Mel Vulgamores, commissioned a sculpture honoring the Vulgamores which lot less competition.’” and Nan, you have done just they presented at the April event.

Luckily for Albion College, that—you leave Albion you elected to provide the College better than you found service. Not once with all the successes, awards and endowments it. Of particular significance is the way you both have inspired the that have come to Albion during your tenure have you sought the College’s growth while steadfastly insisting it remain true to its credit—rather you have basked in the reward of the service and mission. deflected the credit to others.

The past 14 years have brought tremendous growth to Albion We use the term “your tenure” (for the two of you) because College: major building renovations and construction; a campusfrom your first days on campus it was evident that you were a wide rededication to excellence in teaching and learning; a “team,” a couple whose joint efforts were a catalyst for bringing commitment to community service; and a renewed pride among Albion to the pinnacle of recognition as one of the finest liberal arts alumni for our shared experiences as children of Albion College. colleges in the Midwest. At the same time, you never overlooked Your belief in the College and its mission helped shine a regional, your local surroundings: you became an integral part of the Albion and sometimes national, spotlight on Albion, its programs, community through involvement and service. students, faculty, trustees and alumni. The process wasn’t always Among the significant memories we have are: smooth, the discussion not always easy, the results not always ■ Leadership and volunteerism. You helped to establish a immediately evident. Through it all, however, you never wavered program of student volunteerism, a program that ultimately became from your vision, never lowered your expectations, never shied institutionalized as an integral part of the “Albion Experience.” away from criticism and, all the while, unselfishly shared the ■ Transforming problems into challenges. You helped to defuse accolades with others. the anger and helped to build a campus ethos that has enriched the Nan, you recently told me how proud you both are of the new lives of all constituents, students, faculty, staff, alumni and Kellogg Center. While this pride is justified, I know that your real community residents. sense of pride in Albion comes from sharing the joy of the ■ The South African challenge. The popular solution was to accomplishments of the people of Albion College. Albion’s divest. You converted this issue and developed at Albion a students, faculty and alumni have dedicated themselves to making national model for involvement in South Africa. our communities, and the College, better than we found them. You You leave a great legacy. The word “balance” seems most celebrated with us and, when possible, have helped in the journey. appropriate to describe your tenure, a balance of body, mind and And now we celebrate with you. Your last months at Albion spirit. undoubtedly have been bittersweet, full of laughter, tears and all May God bless as you continue your journey. We’ve had a too awkward goodbyes. I hope you go with a sense of peace, great deal of fun in the process. Thanks! knowing that you have served Albion College well. I hope, too, that you find yourselves better for your time at Albion. Personally, Chris, ’51, and Betty Christ I thank you and wish you Godspeed as you begin the next chapter Chris Christ, a Battle Creek attorney, is a former vice chairman of of your lives. academic and student affairs, Board of Trustees.

Virginia Fallis, ’84 Virginia Fallis is director of corporate gifts at Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall.

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Dear Mel and Nan:

Dear Mel:

I first heard that you had moved to town by numerous reports that the two of you were walking up and down Superior Street greeting people, and introducing yourselves to all the business owners.

Little did I realize at the time that this was only the beginning of a new and exciting relationship between Albion College and the City of Albion.

Both of you quickly made Albion your home. We saw you everywhere—friendly, enthusiastic and always reaching out.

Mel, when I became mayor you asked me to represent the city at all major college events. You invited me to meet with the Board of Trustees. I welcomed the college freshmen each fall. I met with student leaders. The message was clear: a strong college and a strong city working together for the benefit of both.

Thanks to a joint effort by the city and Albion College and with your successful lobbying help, the city received a government grant, and has now embarked on a long-needed and much-desired plan to build a water treatment plant.

As everyone who is involved in this community knows, when Nan Vulgamore is on a board or committee, she is there to work and get things done. And you did! But it is your many thoughtful and mostly unknown acts of kindness that I will always remember, Nan. You made the day a little brighter for so many of us in the community. We all thank you.

Mel and Nan, I will miss you both as leaders in our community, and I will miss you as warm and caring friends. But you have left a legacy of improved relationships between the city and the college—one we must continue to build upon.

It has been an honor to serve on the Board of Trustees during your presidency. As a trustee, I can honestly say through your excellent leadership Albion College has been taken to a higher level in education. The students, faculty and community have and will continue to benefit as a result of your achievements as president.

Mel, your outstanding ability to secure continuing financial support reflects your dedication to our beloved Albion. Albion College has been truly blessed with your service. You have exemplified Christian character while promoting the welfare of the larger institution. Ultimately, your influence has expanded to life beyond the College.

I cherish my relationship with you and Nan on a personal level and pray we will always remain in contact.

Lois McClure Lois McClure is a long-time Albion resident and former mayor.

Dear Mel: There are few people in Albion that I admire more. Your vision for the College and the community were positive and focused on the future. You saw clearly that for Albion College to sustain itself as a premier academic community, Albion the city needed to flourish as well. . . . The destinies of both are intertwined. . . .

Your leadership is what makes me so proud to have known you—your insights into people and their needs; your caring ways for the least of us, your willingness to stretch out your hand across a large racial divide. All of these attributes make you a leader for this nation. You stand as a model for believing in the liberal arts college, and for showing people what we are capable of learning when we open our eyes and our hearts.

Dan Boggan, ’67 Daniel Boggan, Jr., is chief operating officer of the NCAA and a trustee.

Dear Mel and Nan: We celebrate the 14 wonderful years of leadership and service you have given to Albion College.

You brought a “participatory” style of governance to the College involving all constituencies in planning and problemsolving. You also understood that the final decision was yours, and you never shirked that responsibility. You led us through the establishment of academic scholarships bringing an “increase in excellence” to the campus; through the South African divestment discussions resulting in an innovative, educational solution for Albion; and through the “campus ethos” discussions leading to better understanding and respect among our students and the reestablishment of responsibilities for all.

Soon after you came, we launched the “Campaign for Albion College.” That started many years of our calling on fellow trustees and major donors. We made a great team. You articulated the needs of the College and your vision of Albion’s future. As president, you will have spearheaded the raising of $108-million in two campaigns. These funds have provided scholarship and program enhancements, added new and remodeled facilities, and given the College a financial stability for the future.

You two have been great emissaries for the College. Your outgoing personalities have enhanced every event held on or off the campus. You have opened your home to all constituencies, and you both have reached out to the local community in so many ways.

We thank you both for your leadership, dedication and service to Albion College and for our enduring friendship.

May God’s blessings continue to shine on you and give you peace.

Stan, ’49, and Fran Jones Stanley Jones is a retired Unisys executive and former vice chairman for institutional advancement, Board of Trustees.

Skip Ungrodt, ’52 Paul W. Ungrodt, Jr., chairman and president of Ideation, is vice chairman for institutional advancement, Board of Trustees.

Dear Mel and Nan: This is no farewell message. Just as you have made the College a vital part of my life, so, too, have you made yourselves an enduring legacy of these recent years.

Without your interest and active participation, the Philip C. Curtis Visiting Artist project would not have happened as quickly as it did, thus giving me years of deep satisfaction.

You have encouraged me to help in the advancement of the College during these years, and in so doing, you have contributed to my own sense of purposefulness.

By your warmth and enthusiasm, you have made me more aware of what Albion College has meant to me. And you have added yourselves to my appreciation of friendship.

Thank you, Mel and Nan, for adding so much to what has been a good life.

Russell Babcock, ’27 Russell Babcock is a retired teacher living in Galien, Mich.

Dear Mel and Nan: As we mark this milestone in your lives, we give thanks that there was a time when you came to visit the ‘beloved country’, and there you became our friends.

You came because you cared deeply about South Africa, and you wanted the Albion community to do what was most helpful to the people suffering here. You chose to stand alongside the Methodist Church in working for change, and to offer empowerment through education to those who had been denied it. In the years that followed, right up to our Day of Freedom, you made your care known through warm friendship and support.

On behalf of all the people, whose names you do not know, who owe so much to Albion College, we salute you.

Peter and Elizabeth Storey Peter Storey is bishop of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa.

Dear Mel and Nan: Perhaps because I spend so much of my professional life chronicling the trends, upheavals and celebrities of the moment, I find that in private times my thoughts turn more and more these days to the institutions, people and ideas that triumphantly endure.

In Albion College and especially in the persons of Mel and Nan Vulgamore, I am proud to be associated with the very best exemplars of treasured “old-fashioned” values. In your commitment to integrity, intellectual and professional honesty and the nourishment of our beloved college, you have been an inspiration to all around you.

For your leadership, for all you have done to preserve, enhance and strengthen Albion and, above all, for your friendship, many thanks and Godspeed in the years ahead.

Richard Smith, ’68 Richard Smith is editor-in-chief and president of Newsweek and a trustee.

Dear Nan: Through your enthusiasm and commitment, you encouraged me, my staff and the entire United Arts Council Board of Directors to accept nothing less than the best [in the arts] for our citizens, visitors and especially for our young people.

You have been visionary to so many aspects of the arts and cultural community here: ■ As a dedicated board member, you scrutinized every component of UAC programming with a microscope to ensure that

Albion and all of Calhoun County would benefit. Ironically, one of the programs about which you were most enthusiastic—the Chautauqua Mobile Arts Festival—will come to Albion, Homer and Marshall in the fall of 1997, after you have left us; ■ As chair of our Arts-in-Education Committee for two years, you used bifocals to keep an eye on the national “big picture” of arts education trends while focusing clearly on our local efforts.

Under your leadership, the UAC was one of only 10 sites in the United States selected to participate in the prestigious John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Partners in Education teacher training institute in 1997; ■ As a member of the UAC Long Range Strategic Planning Committee, you used a telescope to see past our limited horizons and prepared us to meet the unseen challenges that lie ahead; ■ and you have always encouraged us to use the arts to their full potential as both windows and mirrors on life: windows to see out onto and understand more about the rest of the world through human creativity, and mirrors to see reflected our own humanity, creativity and experiences.

You have made a major contribution to the cultural life of this region, and a lasting impression on all of us. The only solace I find in our loss is that I know you will continue your community development efforts in your new home. We will miss you dearly.

David Thomas David Thomas is executive director of the United Arts Council of Calhoun County.

Dear Nan and Mel: What a wonderful asset you two have been to Albion College and the community of Albion! You have supported virtually every significant event in recent years in Albion by your leadership, your contributions “behind the scenes” or your attendance. And you have continually welcomed community residents to the campus for meetings, cultural programs and many other events.

Your leadership in the community has been outstanding. You two have been instrumental in the development and growth of many fine projects and organizations in the community. Here are a few that come to mind: ■ Mel was responsible for the creation of the downtown Volunteer Center. More than 900 students each year are involved as volunteers in different projects throughout the Albion area. The enhancement of the arts locally is a direct result of Nan’s efforts on the Albion Civic Foundation.

■ Mel worked hand-in-hand in the community in such organizations as the Albion Alliance 2000 whose purpose is to enhance the lives of the citizens in the community through job development, business retention, infrastructure improvement and zoning.

■ Mel was one of the founding members of the Calhoun County Economic Development Forum, responsible for coordinating business and job training throughout Calhoun County. Nan has been involved with the United Arts Council, an organization promoting different cultural programs throughout the region.

I can honestly say that because of the Vulgamores, Albion College and the community of Albion are better places to live and learn.

We wish you all the best in your retirement.

Bill Stoffer, ’74 William Stoffer, CEO of Albion Machine and Tool Co., is a trustee.

Dear Nan and Mel: Martha joins me in proclaiming what a joy it has been to have known and worked with you both over the last six years at Albion.

We have grown to care deeply about Albion College, in part, I’m sure, because of our sons Gary, ’89, and Craig, ’95. I believe, though, that it is equally due to your leadership and the manner in which both of you have nurtured relationships and the way in which you both have been relentlessly committed to a higher mission than “self.”

As Peter Mitchell takes the reins, I’m sure he considers himself fortunate to take over an institution like Albion. In your administration you have balanced well all of the important elements that are part of a successful academic institution. But if forced to choose the most important, I would take the financial legacy that you are leaving us which should, if properly managed, make all other things possible.

What a great feeling it must be for both of you to have invested so much of yourselves in young people—the leadership of tomorrow. Well done!

Arny Langbo Arnold Langbo, CEO of Kellogg Co., is chairman of the Board of Trustees.

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Commencement 1997

Promises to keep

by Roger Landrum, ’59 Roger Landrum, ’59, joined Albion President Melvin Vulgamore in addressing the graduates during the College’s 1997 commencement ceremony. Youth Service America, founded in Washington, DC, by Landrum in 1986, provides training and technical assistance to more than 2,000 service organizations nationwide. In the past 10 years, Youth Service America has brought a number of innovative programs, policies and initiatives to the field, including the largest service event in the world, National Youth Service Day, involving more than two million volunteers in 1996. Landrum has served as principal adviser to President Bush and his Points of Light Foundation and to President Clinton in setting up AmeriCorps and the Corporation for National Service. He holds a doctorate in human development from Harvard. He received the honorary doctor of public service degree during commencement.

The following is an edited version of his remarks.

When I was a graduating senior at Albion years ago, never in my wildest dreams did I expect that I might be returning one day to address a new generation. In fact, I had no idea what I was going to do for a career.

Albion was a deeply engaging place for me to spend four years. I was so absorbed by the intellectual adventures of the liberal arts and warm personal relationships at Albion that, when it came time to graduate, I was unclear about the next steps to take and had little perspective on how well Albion had prepared me to make my way in the world.

I am an example of someone who did not choose a career at Albion or even later, but instead had a career choose me. That is a theme I want to speak about today—the kind of open journey that life can be for you as a citizen of a free society with almost limitless possibilities to discover and pursue your deepest personal interests and values, and to find your own ways to contribute to your community, your country and the human race.

I also want to suggest several of the greatest challenges to your generation—a new generation with new attitudes and new solutions.

After leaving Albion, I entered graduate school in a halfhearted effort to become a professor of English literature. I really didn’t want to be in school after so many years in classrooms, and I was unprepared for what I found to be the tedious specialization of graduate studies.

Then one of those fortuitous events took place in my life that changed the direction in which I was headed. A young U.S. senator came to my university and gave a speech.

Because he was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, many students turned out to see him. I can still recall the impact John F. Kennedy had upon me, bounding to the stage, calling on my generation to accept the responsibilities of public service and to help lift the country to new achievements, and ending his speech with the haunting lines of a poem by Robert Frost: The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.

A year later, Kennedy was elected president and as part of his famous New Frontier launched the Peace Corps, which I instantly knew I wanted to join. The next thing I knew, I was on my first trip outside this country on a plane flying across the Atlantic Ocean headed to Africa. The plane landed in Nigeria, which was in the first year of its independence as a nation.

I was assigned as an English and literature teacher at a new university—several buildings under construction in an open field 600 miles from the capital city. To make a long story short, I had a wondrous two years living in a culture at least 2,000 years old and utterly unlike our own. My students were the cream of the crop from Nigerian villages and towns.

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laureate in literature, Wole Soyinka, and a now worldfamous novelist, Chinua Achebe. One of the most amazing things about this entire experience was just how well I had been prepared at Albion not only to serve as a teacher but to meet the many challenges of cross-cultural living that came my way. The experience also gave me a much broader and deeper perspective on American history and our heritage of political and economic freedom.

When I returned from Nigeria two years later, I faced the same dilemma I faced on leaving Albion.

What was I going to do next? Would I ever be able to decide upon a career?

I spent several years working at Peace Corps headquarters, recruiting new volunteers, running training programs for Africa, and finding my way around Washington bureaucracies. I had some remarkable experiences working with the leadership of the Peace Corps in those days—Sargent Shriver and others.

Not long after I returned, President Kennedy was assassinated. Our country was entering the tumultuous era of the civil rights revolution and the slippery slope of the Vietnam War. I was assigned to set up the first Peace Corps training program at a historically black college, Morehouse College in Atlanta, where Martin Luther King preached on Sundays at the nearby Ebenezer Baptist Church. I was jailed in Georgia on trumped up charges for traveling on a state highway in the company of Morehouse students and Nigerian colleagues. I participated in the civil rights march from Birmingham to Montgomery, Alabama, where the Ku Klux Klan shot into our camp at night with rifles.

Oddly enough, being a part of the Peace Corps had led me into some of the uglier—and more violent— aspects of American society. I knew I could not make a career of the Peace Corps, but the experience inspired me to work on the problems of making racial integration successful in American classrooms. Because I felt I owed a debt to the public education system which had prepared me for Albion, I set out to help improve public education in our inner cities.

My idea was to create a kind of Peace Corps for inner city schools. I was long on ambition but short on knowledge about how to accomplish my goal. One of the first foundations I visited to seek funds listened to my idea and announced that they would fund the program and its initial projects in Harlem and Chinatown in New York City. When I explained that I didn’t know how to set up a new organization, the foundation retained a law firm to draw up the incorporation papers for the service corps we called The Teachers Incorporated. Over five years, my colleagues and I recruited, trained and placed hundreds of young teachers in eight school systems on the East Coast: former Peace Corps volunteers, civil rights workers, and some of the best and brightest new college graduates. Teaching in the ghetto schools and promoting educational reform are very difficult tasks. I don’t believe we changed the schools very much, but we made a difference in the lives of thousands of children.

I am glad to say that years later there is an even better organization, Teach for America, that carries on this work.

From these experiences I learned a valuable lesson that I want to pass on to you. We live in a society in which any citizen with an idea for social change, for improving our society and advancing social justice, can translate that idea into action through guts, ingenuity and very hard work. Many people do just that.

American society is divided into three great sectors—government which provides for national defense,

makes the laws and administers programs funded by taxpayers; profit-making businesses which create the wealth of the nation; and a third or independent sector of nonprofit organizations, which carry out citizen initiatives that are often the cutting edge of our social values and ideas— from churches to private colleges like Albion to Amnesty International, the Wilderness Society, World Wildlife Fund, United Way, Mothers Against Drunk Driving and many others.

These organizations create hundreds of thousands of jobs and carry out some of the most Commencement speaker Roger Landrum, ’59 (left), founder of Youth Service America, and his Albion mentor, Elkin “Ike” Isaac, ’48, former professor and coach. important work that creates the fabric of civil society here and across the world. New organizations Now I want to turn to a second theme—five challenges with new ideas and social causes are created every day, for which you and your generation can provide the funded largely by philanthropic grants and the volunleadership: tary contributions of people like you and me to causes ■ The first challenge to your generation is the goal we believe will make our society a better place. It is in inscribed on the Great Seal of the United States of this independent sector of our society that I came to America, E Pluribus Unum. From Many, One. find my career.

Divisions in this country are not new, but we are at risk Eleven years ago I co-founded a second organizaof a progressive dividing of Americans into hostile tion, called Youth Service America (YSA), dedicated camps and identity groups at the cost of continuing to creating opportunities for all young people to destruction of any sense of national unity and common participate in community service and national service citizenship. This trend will tear the fabric of American programs throughout our country. It is in large part society beyond repair unless your generation reverses because of this work that I am here today. YSA has the divisiveness. helped spread service learning programs throughout A past generation fought a terrible civil war for this precollegiate and higher education. It helped lay the country to remain unified without slavery. Other foundation for President Bush’s Points of Light generations struggled to win voting rights for women program and President Clinton’s AmeriCorps program, and civil rights for minorities. All of this country’s and has helped revive and spread the spirit of economic, military and social achievements have been volunteerism and community service among young made possible by a sense of common ideals and shared people and citizens of all ages. citizenship.

Our goal has been to engage every young person in Your task is to strengthen the social contract among this country in volunteer service. In my lifetime, I have Americans by reversing the balkanization of our come much closer than I ever expected to seeing my society and creating a new sense of shared values and dream come true. Now, I am trying to build a third ideals. organization called Youth Service International, ■ The second challenge to your generation is to dedicated to providing young people in emerging become citizens of the world. It is apparent that the democracies with opportunities to participate in world is an increasingly integrated economy. Sustaincommunity and national service programs and to ing the American standard of living in a world marketstrengthen citizenship and civil society in their own place depends upon a clear recognition of this irreverscountries. ible fact. It is important for your generation to play an There is a great deal to be learned through volunteer active role in the sweeping changes in government service, and a great deal to be given to others. The structures, human rights and economic opportunities recent Presidents’ Summit on the Future of America that will take place throughout the world in the next reinforces the idea that community service is as much a century. part of being a citizen as voting or paying taxes. We do Take every opportunity that you have to travel the not have to wait for the government to make this a world. Go beyond Europe and tourist hotels to see how better country. I hope some of you will consider most people in the world live. Learn a foreign lanserving in the Peace Corps or AmeriCorps and that guage. Learn to be at home in the world. Insist that each of you will find other ways to participate in our government be more generous with nonmilitary volunteer service throughout the life you have ahead of foreign assistance, starting with our neighbors in you. I challenge you to develop “habits of the heart”— Mexico. generous charitable giving to causes in which you believe, including Albion College. Millions of citizens directing just a small percentage of their income to nonprofit organizations can change the direction of social policy here and across the world in ways that will amaze you.

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Your generation has an obligation to care about economic justice throughout the human community.

Sharing wealth does not mean that you have to become a socialist or even a tax-andspend liberal. It does not mean that there must be an everexpanding welfare class. It does not mean that there must be ever-growing government entitlement programs.

The challenge to you is to President and Mrs. Melvin Vulgamore join three of the students who earned top academic honors in the Class of 1997: (from left) Christopher “Kitt” Carpenter, make choices about investing your talent and career in a way Brook McClintic and Carrie Wagner. Carpenter also is a Truman Scholar and that is mindful of economic and McClintic was a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship. social justice. Be a part of the Your generation has the capability in the next solution, not a part of the problem. A friend advised century to reshape the world. me to simply say to you, “Do not lead a selfish life.”

■ A third challenge to your generation is sharing the ■ A fourth challenge to your generation is to protect wealth. We live in the wealthiest country in the world, and defend the worth and freedom of the individual. yet there are great disparities in access to wealth within Individual worth is at risk in our own country to racial our own country. Statistics prove the rich are getting and other stereotypes and group identities that stigmaricher and the poor are getting poorer. We cannot tize and exclude those who do not belong to a particular survive as a nation for long when the wealth is concengroup or submit to its rigid norms. trated in the hands of a few and is not fairly invested Consider the example of Tiger Woods, the gifted among the many. young golfer of mixed heritage. He was recently asked The disparities in wealth between the North and which race he identifies with, African American or South in our global community are even more stark.

Asian American. He answered, the human race.

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ethnic history. No human being belongs to a subspecies or a super-race. All individuals share a common humanity. In the deepest sense, we are all brothers and sisters. Every human being has an inherent right to individual identity and worth and to be seen as a member of the human race.

Your generation will be called upon to stand up and defend the rights and worth of individual human beings in our society and everywhere.

■ A fifth challenge to your generation is to keep idealism alive. In your lifetime, as in mine, your idealism will be severely tested. There is much evil in the world. You will come to see terrible things— corruption in politics, poverty, greed, ruined lives, pogroms and possibly even war. Sometimes in your career you will be swimming with sharks. In Washington, I’ve been bitten a few times myself. You will be tempted to become indifferent or cynical. But far more than money or ambition, the engine of progress in civilization is a lasting belief that the community, the nation and the world can be made a better place.

Hold on to a sense of idealism and a belief in social justice.

As you leave Albion, have the courage to be bold in your life. Stay open to the many opportunities the journey will offer you, whether you choose a career or a career chooses you. As Ben Franklin once said, life is a “tour of surprises.” I am living proof of that. More than you may now realize, Albion has prepared you well for the journey.

Congratulations. God bless you and God bless Albion College.

1997 Commencement highlights Family and friends gathered on the College quadrangle to honor the 263 seniors Christ served on the Albion College Board of Trustees from 1982 to 1996 and is who received bachelor’s degrees during Albion’s May 10 commencement. Ranknow an honorary trustee. ing at the top of the class were: Brook McClintic, Carrie Wagner, Christopher Donald Ott, doctor of sacred theology. Elected a bishop in the United Methodist Carpenter and Michelle Kne. Members of the Class of 1997 now head off to Church in 1992 by the North Central Jurisdictional Conference, Ott was assigned graduate and professional programs at such D. TRUMPIE PHOTO by that same body as bishop for the Michigan institutions as Harvard, Duke, Vanderbilt, Ohio Area, which encompasses the Detroit and West State, Michigan, Indiana, Notre Dame and Michigan Conferences.

Northwestern and to jobs with employers On the national level, Ott is currently including Andersen Consulting, the Detroit Red assigned by the Council of Bishops to the Wings, EDS, Ernst & Young, First Chicago General Board of Global Ministries including NBD, Merrill Lynch, New York City Board of its National and Women’s Divisions. He also Education, Peace Corps, TRW, University of is president of the United Methodist DevelopMichigan Hospital System, and many other ment Fund and serves on the World Methodist organizations.

Council.

Six individuals received honorary degrees He has served on the Albion College Board during the ceremony, including President of Trustees since 1992.

Melvin Vulgamore and First Lady Nan Leonard “Fritz” Shurmur, ’54, doctor of Vulgamore (see cover story), as well as pedagogy. As defensive coordinator for the commencement speaker Roger Landrum.

Green Bay Packers, Shurmur reached the Others honored included: pinnacle of his profession this year as Green Chris Christ, ’51, doctor of laws. After Bay captured the National Football League earning a law degree at the University of championship in Super Bowl XXXI. Michigan, Christ entered the practice of law Shurmur has gained widespread recognition and later served as Calhoun County’s assistant over the past 40 years as a superb defensive prosecuting attorney for six years. Associated strategist. After beginning his coaching career with the Battle Creek law firm of VanderVoort, Receiving honorary degrees at commencement May 10 were: (from as a graduate assistant for the Albion College left) Roger Landrum, ’59, Leonard “Fritz” Shurmur, ’54, Nan Cooke, McFee, Christ, Carpenter and Fisher Britons, he moved to the University of Wyosince 1962, he is now president emeritus of the Vulgamore, Melvin Vulgamore, Chris Christ, ’51, and Donald Ott. ming as the Cowboys’ defensive line coach and firm. later was named head coach. From there his For more than 40 years, Chris Christ led numerous organizations in Battle Creek career led him to the NFL, with stints with the Detroit Lions, New England and the surrounding region, including economic development groups, the Battle Patriots, Los Angeles Rams, Phoenix Cardinals and now with the Packers.

Creek Health System, the United Arts Council, the Y Center and First CongregaShurmur has also authored four books on coaching team defense. tional Church. He currently is board chair of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation supporting philanthropic projects worldwide.

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Geologists add two more NSF grants

by Jake Weber Albion geology students, majors and nonmajors alike, are truly “leaving no stone unturned” as they examine Kalamazoo River sediments, trace lead concentrations near I-94, alert hometown governments to contaminated water and sift through fossils in southwestern Wyoming, all part of the department’s emphasis on research-centered learning. This increasingly sophisticated research is now aided by top-quality lab equipment and stipends funded through National Science Foundation (NSF) and Albion College grants.

Since 1993, Albion’s Geological Sciences Department has received over $400,000 in grants from the NSF for equipment and study programs.

This spring paleontologist Bill Bartels learned he had received the College’s first NSF grant for a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU). Totaling $140,000 over two years, it is one of only eight such grants awarded nationwide in geology this year. Bartels’ REU will involve 10 undergraduates from institutions across the country in research on early modern vertebrates. The students, including Albion junior Darrell Robbins, will spend four weeks gathering fossils and data in Wyoming’s Green River Basin. They then will return to Albion for four weeks to examine specimens and analyze data. The students’ research will address paleontological, geological and geochemical questions and will help create what Bartels describes as “perhaps the most comprehensive view [of one faunal turnover] ever attempted.”

Bartels has spent 20 years studying reptile fossils of the early- and mid-Eocene period in Wyoming, and says he values the assistance of students, as well as the chance to provide an intensive learning experience. “I like to

Geology professors Bill Bartels (left) and Tim Lincoln (below, wearing cap) both received grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) this spring. Since 1993, Albion’s Geological Sciences Department has received over $400,000 in grants from the NSF for equipment and study programs.

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show them that even though maybe their interest is in fossils, [they] don’t necessarily have to shoot for one of those few museum jobs. . . . There are many [associated] areas that . . . can make good careers.”

Geochemist Tim Lincoln’s recent grant of $79,000 for an x-ray fluorescence spectrometer (XRF) is his third NSF award to date.

(He shared the two previous grants with Albion geology colleague Russ Clark.) The XRF, along with the NSF-funded ICP spectrometer and geographic information systems equipment, complete an “ideal” research laboratory, according to Lincoln.

The XRF and ICP used in conjunction will allow students to do safe, accurate and thorough analyses of liquids and solids; the data can be further analyzed and displayed using the graphics capabilities of the geographic information systems.

“Our undergraduates can do valuable research of very high quality, suitable for publishing,” says Lincoln, who explains that this experience is rarely available to students at this level. “It’s likely half the geology students in graduate programs haven’t published anything.”

This state-of-the-art equipment is not locked away for a special few, either. The ICP is used in Lincoln’s introductory geology course, and next semester all 40-60 introductory geology students will be required to do a research experiment that will involve one or

both spectrometers. “It turns out students love [doing spectroscopy],” says Lincoln. He reports that one introductory student’s research project, an analysis of drinking water in her home county’s government buildings, found high lead levels and led the county to upgrade the plumbing.

Lincoln also envisions future large-scale collaborative projects that will involve majors and non-majors, first-year and upperclass students working together on a single longterm project. Such projects may even be interdepartmental, perhaps involving the Chemistry Department’s resources such as the

Loukides argues film conventions reveal culture

Bragg receives Goldwater Award

by Jake Weber

Albion College sophomore Arthur Bragg has been awarded the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Excellence in Education Award.

Bragg was one of 282 recipients selected from a field of 1,164 mathematics, science and engineering students nationwide. The Goldwater Scholarship, honoring the former U.S. senator, is the premier undergraduate award of its type in these fields.

Bragg was named the “Outstanding FirstYear Student” by the Albion College Mathematics Department in 1996 and is a member of the College Chemistry Club and varsity swim team.

Students are selected on a basis of academic merit and are nominated by the faculties of colleges and universities nationwide. Of the scholarship recipients, 160 are men and 122 are women and virtually all intend a Ph.D. as their degree objective.

The one- and two-year scholarships will cover the cost of tuition, fees, books and room and board up to a maximum of $7,500 per year.

The Goldwater Foundation is a federally endowed agency established in 1986.

Beyond the Stars: Conventions in American Popular Film is the name of a five-volume series of essays on film criticism, edited by Albion College English professor Paul Loukides and Worcester College professor Linda Fuller. The fifth volume of the series was published by the Bowling Green State University Popular Press last fall, completing this seven-year project.

Beyond the Stars contains essays from a wide variety of film scholars, dealing with conventions of plot, character, setting, objects and themes in film. Loukides explains that his inspiration for compiling the essays grew out of the realization that such conventions were largely ignored in film criticism. When conventions were studied, he says, it was either in the context of usage that “essentially offended people”—racist and sexist images, for example—or was limited to the study of film genres. Such studies, says Loukides, “weren’t exact enough, weren’t focusing enough on the real detailings of film.”

“This focus on convention is really quite new,” Loukides says, explaining the impor-

tance of Beyond the Stars. “Film conventions are very revealing of American culture and values.”

For instance, one author in the anthology compared family dining scenes in American films and European films and concluded that Europeans tend to portray family dining as a ritual of bonding, while family dinners in American films are most often tense and divisive occasions.

Film history also reflects changes in social attitudes toward, for example, alcohol and tobacco use. “It used to be that everybody in films drank and smoked. Now, this convention is often used to indicate that a character is a villain, not one of the good guys,” says Loukides.

Work on Beyond the Stars has inspired several essayists, including Loukides, to write books that trace specific film conventions.

Loukides’ book, examining portrayals of ritual celebrations in film, is scheduled to be completed this fall.

“The movies give us documentation of changes in the texture of American life,” says Loukides. “Sometimes they are little things, but we ought to notice them.”

gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer, which can further analyze specimens for molecular compounds (such as toxins), or the Biology Department’s ability to identify bacterial components.

Both Lincoln and Bartels are excited about the future of research at Albion College, especially in the College’s willingness to match the NSF grants as needed and to create endowed programs such as the Kresge Summer Science Fellows.

“There is a tendency to think we really know everything by now, but that’s not the case,” says Bartels, explaining the value of hands-on research to student understanding of science. “I’m fond of using the phrase in my classes, ‘That’s a problem for the next generation.’” With the efforts of professors like Bartels and Lincoln, the next generation will certainly be ready.

Faculty honored Six Albion College faculty members were recognized for their outstanding work at the College during the annual Honors Convocation in April.

Wesley Dick (history) was selected as Teacher of the Year while the New Teacher of the Year honors were shared by Corinna Hasbach (education) and Myron McReynolds (music). Both awards are funded through an endowment created by Arthur Andersen & Co. The 1997-98 Phi Beta Kappa Scholar is Bruce Weaver (speech communication and theatre). The Blanchard Faculty Fellowship for professional development went to Selva Raj (religious studies).

Leonard Berkey (anthropology and sociology) received an award from the President’s Advisory Council on Multicultural Affairs (PACMA) for incorporating the spirit of multicultural education in his teaching.

Lawrence Taylor (geological sciences) received the first United Methodist Church Board of Higher Education and Ministry Exemplary Teacher Award, for excellence in teaching, concern for students and colleagues, commitment to value-centered education and service to the institution and the community.

Promotions noted Promoted to full professor this year were: William Bartels (geological sciences), Lynne Chytilo (visual arts), and Gregory Saltzman (economics/management). The following were promoted to associate professor: Paul Anderson (mathematics) and Jon Hooks (economics/management). Those receiving tenure were David Seely (physics) and Pamela McNab (foreign languages).

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Jack Crump has made a career not just out of teaching chemistry, but also out of promoting the liberal arts.

When Crump was applying for a teaching position in the Chemistry Department at Albion College, he called the research director at his graduate school, the University of Illinois. The director was willing to write a letter of recommendation for Crump, but his immediate response was to question Crump as to why he didn’t want to go to a larger institution.

“The University of Nevada was one of them,” remembers Crump. “Well, no, I wasn’t interested in going to the University of Nevada—I was interested in going to a liberal arts college.”

Crump’s professional career began in research chemistry with the Dow Chemical Co. “I left graduate school without thinking that I was going to go into teaching,” Crump says. “I enjoyed the research thoroughly, but somehow I had this teaching bug in the back of my head. And so, when the opportunity came, I took it. It’s the wisest thing I ever did.”

Crump came to Albion following six years in research at Dow. Previously, he had earned a B.A. (Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of California, Berkeley in 1953 and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1957, where he was elected to Sigma Xi. He was appointed to the chemistry faculty at Albion in 1962.

He chose a liberal arts institution, he says, “to be able to see and talk regularly to people from a wide variety of areas. To be able to sit in on music literature courses taught by Tony Taffs—I sat in on several and came to know Tony as a friend. To have people in philosophy and literature who are close personal friends.”

In this way, he has balanced his love of chemistry with interests in many other disciplines.

“Since I believe in a liberal education, teaching at an institution where that is the focus has made my professional life and personal life come much closer together.”

Being at a liberal arts institution meant Crump would be teaching students who would never pursue chemistry as an occupation.

Typically, they would take chemistry to round out their education, not to be the focus. For these students, he taught more than chemistry.

“John Crump was my freshman chemistry teacher,” says Jim Whitehouse, ’69, who went on to become an attorney. “He did an amazing job of integrating science with the life-lessons we were learning in freshman English and our other humanities classes.

Even though I didn’t pursue the study of chemistry beyond that year, I have never lost the ‘Oh! Wow!’ wonder for the world that he helped bring to me.”

Crump’s broad interests are reflected in his sabbatical leaves from the College, including research in the laboratory of E.C. Kooyman at

the University of Leiden in the Netherlands and teaching and curriculum development at Lucknow Christian College in India as a short-term missionary for the Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church.

Crump also believes a liberal arts education helps make better chemists.

Crump “It teaches them to think, rather than to be technicians—to think broadly, be creative.”

The best thing about teaching, according to Crump, are the students.

“It’s [a] constant source of freshness,” he says, “that constant sense of renewal that you get with a new bunch of students every year.

Many of my friends in industry, when I left, would ask in the years that followed, don’t I get tired of teaching the same thing every year?

“My response was always the same: I don’t teach the same thing every year. I teach a different group of students each year. That’s what keeps it fresh.”

Crump was honored as Albion College Teacher of the Year in 1977.

“He is truly one amazing person,” says Karen Inman, who teaches with Crump in the Chemistry Department. “I count it an honor and privilege that I’ve been able to work with him these past seven years.”

“I have learned more from him about teaching, about chemistry, and about life, than from any course or book. Most of what he has taught me has not been from what he has told me—although he has certainly offered many pearls of wisdom. Most of what I have learned from him has come by his example.

He is the most committed and compassionate teacher that I have ever seen—and I’ve seen some very good ones.”

“Most people probably don’t even begin to know what he does for his students,” continues Inman. “He’s never been one to blow his own horn. The time that he has dedicated to working with and for his students is unmeasurable.”

There are a lot of things Crump has wanted to do for 35 years. In retirement, he and his wife Beverley will occupy their time with reading, gardening, woodworking and researching their family histories. And they expect to continue to be actively involved in the Albion community.

The hobbies are a continuation, or even a definition, of the liberal arts. So it is not surprising that those things are what will take up his time.

“You certainly don’t get rich teaching,” says Crump on what advice he would give incoming faculty members. “You don’t gain great professional prestige, so the only reason to do it is because you really enjoy it. So you enjoy it as much as you can.”

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Scott Cracraft: A true Southern gentleman Growing up in a small town in Arkansas, E. Scott Cracraft never pictured himself living in Albion or teaching accounting. After all, he says, he and his boyhood friends played Civil War, were all on the same side, and nobody ever played accountant.

“Did I ever think I would be an accountant? If you had listed 500 occupations, accounting probably would have been 499 or 500,” he says. “I thought I would end up practicing law down there in Arkansas.”

Described by his colleagues and students as “a true Southern gentleman,” Cracraft thought he would follow his grandfather, father, brother and others in a long line of attorneys. But the University of Mississippi (“Ole Miss”), and Cracraft’s instructors, would lead him down a path of travel and teaching.

“I was all set to go to law school,” he says.

“But I think in accounting you are found by faculty. I was inspired by a professor I had in school, and my path was changed. I’ll always be grateful to the Ole Miss accounting faculty who helped me and have tried to repay them by trying to help my students.”

The Korean war interrupted his studies, and he signed up to serve with the U.S. Air Force. Following his tour of duty, he returned to Ole Miss, and earned his B.B.A. and M.S. in 1960 and C.P.A. in 1968. He and his wife Elaine, whom he met at Ole Miss, were married in 1955.

Cracraft spent time in Pennsylvania and Germany, doing a number of audits for the U.S. Air Force, but while in Germany, discovered his real passion when he was invited to teach part-time at the University of Maryland’s European Division.

“I would take off my blue suit and put on my tweed jacket and have a ball,” says Cracraft.

Leaving the Air Force in 1967, Cracraft went to work for the Ford Motor Co. But teaching was now in his blood, and when an opportunity arose at Adrian College in 1974, he grabbed it.

Appointed to the Albion faculty in 1977, Cracraft is retiring from teaching at Albion College, but that does not mean he will spend his retirement relaxing. He plans to remain in Albion, continue with his accounting practice, stay involved with veterans organizations and maybe return to Europe to teach for the University of Maryland. But he will always have ties to Albion College through a scholarship established in his honor.

The E. Scott Cracraft Scholarship, established by Richard, ’78, and Linda Baird and other Albion College alumni, was created

to assist students majoring in economics/management. The first award was presented to junior Brent Stine during the Honors Convocation on April 17.

“This scholarship means a lot to me,” says Stine. “I have had Scotty for a professor for three years now, and he is by far my favorite. He keeps up with students outside of class to see how they are doing and is a very personable guy. He is a very experienced man who has tried to pass on his knowledge to his students and has done an excellent job.

“It was an honor to be the first recipient of the scholarship in his name.”

“I left Albion just before Scotty arrived so I never had him as a teacher,” says Rich Baird, principal, human resources/operations at Coopers & Lybrand. “I added Albion to our recruiting list in 1981, which is how I got to know him. I was so impressed with the way he truly cared about his students, I decided to do the scholarship.”

To get a better feel for what college students go through when they enter public accounting, Cracraft enrolled in Coopers & Lybrand’s Entry Level Staff School. Baird says Cracraft was the first, and so far only, faculty member in the country to do so.

Though complimentary about Coopers & Lybrand’s technical focus, Cracraft urged Baird to introduce more hands-on training experiences. “Consider creating a true simulation of an audit with all its components—planning, risk assessment, execution,” he said. “And throw some curve balls at them to work through, rather than just lecture on how things are done.”

That level of caring about students, and preparing them for “the real world,” is readily apparent to Cracraft’s colleagues. Gaylord Smith, professor of economics and management, has taught with him for 20 years.

“I have never encountered any professor who took a more personal interest in the lives and successes of his students,” says Smith.

“Rarely would I engage Scott in conversation but what the topic turned to ‘Joe’s’ midterm or ‘Sally’s’ internship. He was academic advisor for more than twice the normal load of students.

“He put extraordinary effort into finding internships or employment opportunities for everyone he could, or helping them gain admission to graduate school,” Smith says.

While he remains close to former students and their families, Cracraft also remains true to the Southern tradition. Friendships, family, honor and patriotism have been among the tenets of his life.

But the gentleman also has a sense of humor.

“Scott always has a joke to tell or a quip to make,” Smith says. “I remember three years ago, during our first semester in the renovated Robinson Hall, the elevator was frequently out of order. One day a student of Scott’s was trapped inside. He yelled through the door asking if I would tell Scott that he was going to be late for his exam.”

“When I told Scott the news, he replied, ‘Tell him not to worry. If he never gets out, I’ll just make his exam oral!’”

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Briton men compete at track nationals; women’s track strongest in a decade

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

Men’s track and field:

Albion sent a trio of sophomores to the NCAA Division III Track & Field Championship in late May. Eddie Lampton (Kentwood) qualified in the long jump with a school record-setting leap of 23 feet, seven inches. Pat Slone (Marine City), who established a school record with a shot put throw of 52 feet, 3 1/2 inches, reached the Division III finals in the shot put, finishing 12th.

For the second year in a row, Virgil Petty (Haslett) qualified for the nationals in the 100 dash. Petty had the fifth fastest time in the preliminaries, but pulled a muscle midway into the finals race. Petty finished ninth, one position shy of All-American honors.

Under coach Dave Egnatuk, the men’s team finished second behind Calvin in the final league standings. League champions included senior Tom Raven (Canton) in the discus, junior John Bayse (Traverse City) in the javelin, plus Lampton and Petty in the long jump and 100, respectively. Also named to the All-MIAA team was senior Paul Thompson (Quincy).

Women’s track and field: Women’s track and field tied Hope for third in the final league standings after beating the Flying Dutch in dual meet action for the first time in the 1990s. Under coach Amy Wolfgang’s direction, the Britons were 3-2 in duals against league teams, the best record in league competition in better than a decade.

Albion had no individual winners on the women’s side at the league meet at Holland in early May, but the Britons did claim one second-place finish with its 4:16.98 time in the 1600-meter relay. During the season, senior Michelle Wade (Clarkston) set a school record with a top throw of 36 feet, one inch in the shot put. Sophomore Denise Routhier (Flushing) had top performances in three events, the long jump (16-1), triple jump (333) and the steeplechase (13:44.77).

Baseball: Under coach Jim Conway, Albion finished sixth in the MIAA standings, closing the season with a 15-22 overall record and 6-12 league mark. Senior shortstop David Lefere (Jackson) batted over .500 for much of the season. In 34 games, his final batting average was .475. He led the team in hits (57), runs batted in (36) and stolen bases (17).

Lefere earned second-team All-MIAA honors with teammate Tim Czarnecki (Rochester Hills) while freshman catcher Nate Keskes (Flint) was an honorable mention selection. In his first collegiate season, Czarnecki batted .376 with four home runs and 31 runs batted in. Keskes was a standout behind the plate, batting .347 with four doubles and a teamleading four triples.

Lefere is the first Albion College and MIAA student-athlete to earn three first-team GTE Academic All-America awards. After receiving first-team recognition in football in 1995 and 1996, Lefere was named to the firstteam College Division Academic All-America baseball team. He is the only MIAA player to earn first-team honors.

Softball:

Softball completed the spring with an 8-32 standard, 3-9 in MIAA play.

Sophomore Piper Metz (Brighton) was the team’s top hitter, batting .376 with 20 runs batted in. Metz earned second-team AllCentral Region honors at the catcher’s position. Freshman first baseman Jen Miesle (Woodburn, IN) was Albion’s lone first-team All-MIAA selection. She batted .296 for the spring, but led the team in doubles (6) and triples (2).

The player seeing the most action for Albion this spring was freshman second baseman Deirdre Lindemann (St. Joseph).

Lindemann started 39 games, leading the team in hits (39). Lindemann was an honorable mention selection in all-league balloting, as was senior Stephanie Johnson (Okemos).

Johnson played in 39 games, batting .297 with five doubles and 14 runs batted in. Johnson also earned honorable mention status for the All-Central Region team, as did Miesle.

Lisa Melz coached the Britons.

Get your play-by-play on WWW You can hear a live play-by-play broadcast of all Briton football games and selected women’s volleyball matches by signing on to Audionet, a free service on the World Wide Web, at: www.audionet.com. Schedules, stats and records for all Briton sports are posted on Albion’s Sports Information section of the College’s World Wide Web site at: www.albion.edu/fac/comm.

Live play-by-play is available over the telephone by calling Teamline at 800/846-4700. Charges may be applied to your credit card.

The Briton track squads competed on Albion’s new metric track for the first time this spring.

The track, which has an all-weather synthetic surface, was installed last summer with funding from the Briton Athletic Drive.

Women’s tennis:

Women’s tennis had an impressive finish at the MIAA Tennis Championship in early May, placing third.

The strong finish was a factor in the selection of sophomore Stacey Portenga (Traverse City) on the All-MIAA first team. Senior Sarah McCoy (East Lansing), Portenga’s partner at number one doubles, was a second-team selection.

The Portenga-McCoy tandem went the farthest in tournament play, making it to the championship game before losing in three sets to Audrey Coates and Becky Lucas of Hope College, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3.

How Albion fared in consolation play made the difference in moving up in the team standings from a fourth-place showing in dual meet competition. Andrea Bologna (Clinton Township) and Sally Lane (Rochester Hills)

were consolation champions at number three doubles, and Portenga, Heather Heinze (Mount Pleasant) and Holly Mann (Battle Creek) won consolation championships in singles’ play at numbers one, three and five, respectively.

Darrell Sedersten was coach.

Men’s tennis:

Men’s tennis suffered through a rebuilding year, going 0-7 in the spring. However, strong play by sophomore Don Dimitroff (Lansing) helped Albion to a fifth-place finish for the league season, tying the Britons with Adrian College.

Dimitroff reached the consolation finals at number five singles and joined freshman Matt Forster (Midland) for consolation finals play at number three doubles.

The Britons were coached by Bob Adkins.

MIAA celebrates football centennial This fall, the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) will honor 100 years of league play in football. The league is planning commemorative publications about the early days of MIAA football, as well as recognition programs during the 1997 league contests. Check A-Club mailings and the Sports Information section of the Albion College World Wide Web site (www.albion. edu/fac/comm)for further details as they become available.

The first game between league schools actually occurred in 1884, four years before the league’s founding. The Albion Britons played Olivet twice that year winning 10-5 and 10-2, according to MIAA Football.

Earlier that year Albion had competed in the state’s first intercollegiate football game vs. the University of Michigan (the Wolverines won 18-0).

The MIAA, which had sponsored competition in other sports, notably track and field, beginning in 1888, added football as a league sport in 1894. Champions were determined on a challenge basis until 1904 when a round robin schedule was adopted.

By 1897, league membership included Albion, Hillsdale, Kalamazoo, Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University), Michigan State Normal College (now Eastern Michigan University) and Olivet.

Albion is the only MIAA member to hold continuous membership. It also holds the record for most league football championships (29) and longest unbroken string of championships (8).

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Class notes deadline The deadline for class notes appearing in this issue of Io Triumphe was May 9, 1997. Notes received after that deadline will appear in the next issue. ➢ Class notes sent via e-mail bear this symbol.

—The Editor

Class news 35-39 Nelda Kurtz Balch, ’37, has moved from Kalamazoo to Venice, FL. She continues to appear in programs at the Venice Art Center and the Venice Public Library. She would love to hear more news about alumni from the 1930s.

45-49 Class of 1947 Reunion Chairs: Jeanne Kittinger Curtiss and Janice Primrose Linsell Philip F. and Ethel Dean Lange, both ’46, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with receptions Aug. 3 on Beaver Island and Aug. 10 in Lansing.

They are planning a return trip to Isle Royale where they honeymooned in 1947. The Langes reside on Beaver Island.

Ray Wauthier, ’46, was recently honored by Kansas State University’s athletic department when they declared April 19 as Ray Wauthier Day at Frank Meyers Field. He was recognized during the Kansas State-Texas Tech baseball game and was honored with a banquet that evening. Ray received his M.S. in

physical education from Drake University in 1947. He served as the Kansas State Wildcats’ baseball coach from 1949 to 1964 and as the golf coach in 1977 and from 1980 to 1986. He and his wife Dorothy reside in Manhattan, KS. Elizabeth Johnson Gray, ’47, is still enjoying memories of the Dean Hall reunion that occurred during the 1996 Homecoming Weekend. She states that she appreciates all the college did to make it a successful and memorable celebration. She and her husband Douglas reside in Farwell.

Robert O. Weiss, ’48, has been given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Educational Debate Association. Bob retired in June after 42 years of teaching and debate coaching at DePauw University. He is professor emeritus of communication arts and sciences at DePauw University. He and his wife, Ann Lawson Weiss, ’48, have four children now scattered in Idaho, California, Georgia and the Republic of Ireland. The Weisses live in Greencastle, IN.

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Joy Marshall Dean, ’51, lives in Lake Placid, FL with her husband, Duane E. Dean, ’51. Prior to her retirement, Joy taught elementary school and also served as the executive director of the Shiawasee County American Red Cross.

She serves as a volunteer for their local hurricane committee and welcome committee. She and her husband have enjoyed traveling throughout the United States. They have three children and three grandchildren.

Bill Biggs, ’54, was named to the international Board of Directors of Crystal Cathedral Ministries in February 1997. He and his wife, Ruth Ann Williams Biggs, ’54, reside in Marshall.

Robert I. Cutcher, M.D., ’54, is semiretired from family practice in Deckerville, MI, after 24 years there and 10 years previously in San Diego.

Robert says that, by semi-retired, he really means he keeps his “nose in the practice of medicine to avoid going mad during the summer months and playing golf ad nauseum in Rancho Mirage during the winter months.” He resides in Deckerville.

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Class of 1957 Reunion Chair: Mary Jane Pond McCrory

Florence “Dinghy” Sharp, ’50, was recently part of the annual Green Valley Storytellers concert at the Jewish Temple in Green Valley, AZ. Her storytelling selections this year included a tale of a young boy who searches for a 96-year-old woman’s memory. Florence and her husband, H. Lawrence Sharp, ’49, reside in Commerce Township.

John H. Lignell, ’57, is a family practice physician, having joined the Charlevoix Area Hospital staff in 1963.

John received his M.D. from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1959. He and his wife Jeanie reside in Charlevoix.

Sara J. Dobie Collins, ’51, retired in June 1996 as head of the Virginian Collection at the Arlington County Libraries (Special Collections, Archives, Oral History). She continues to be active in local, regional and oral history activities as well as in music. Sara says she enjoys the Washington, D.C.-Albion group. She resides in Arlington, VA.

Ila Sloan Leavy, ’58, sang on her fourth overseas trip with the Greeley Chorale last summer. They were the guest choir with the Oxford City Orchestra performing Mozart’s Requiem plus their varied repertoire in the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford. She stated that the trip was very rewarding. Ila resides in LaSalle, CO with her husband, Frank L. Boulter.

A 25-year+ reunion is slated for Aug. 9-10, 1997 in Kalamazoo/Paw Paw. All Pi Phis from the late 1960s to mid-1970s are encouraged to attend. For more information, contact Tally Cone Orange, 616/657-6430 or e-mail at: torange@remcll.k12.mi.us; or Carolyn Relph Keller at 616/327-8263.

many volunteer projects including the Monroe County Fine Arts Council, Habitat for Humanity and several church projects. She and her husband, Herbert V. Gabehart, ’62, reside in Ida. Susanne Wagoner Clay, ’63, continues to work as a middle school counselor in East Grand Rapids. She is currently serving as president of the Michigan School Counselors Association. She and her husband Harry reside in East Grand Rapids.

Michael G. Harrison, ’63, was installed as the chair-elect of the American Bar Association Judicial Division National Conference of State Trial Judges. He

received his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1966 and studied at the Hague Academy of International Law and at the School of Public and International Affairs at George Washington University. He and his wife Deborah live in East Lansing.

Al Hesselbart, ’64, has been named vice president and manager of operations for the RV/MH Heritage Foundation. This foundation maintains the National Hall of Fame, Museum and Library for the Recreational Vehicle and Manufactured Housing Industries. Al has received 40year veteran status as a leader in Boy Scouts and is an avid tournament bass fisherman. He lives in Elkhart, IN.

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60-64 Class of 1962 Reunion Chair: Helen Nott Berndt Richard R. Swain, ’61, retired from Eli Lilly & Co. on July 31, 1996 after 23 years. He last served as a senior biochemist. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Association for Clinical Chemistry and is also certified by the American Board of Clinical Chemistry.

From 1967 until 1971, he taught at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, IL. He resides in Indianapolis with his wife, Jenne Emeric Swain, ’62.

These Albion alumnae gathered at the home of Betty Dunham Bichl, ’48, in Green Valley, AZ, March 11, 1997: (from left) Betty Dunham Bichl, ’48, Beverly Hawes Sebastian, ’50, Patricia Smallwood Bonta, ’50, Ann Reed Simpson, ’51, Elizabeth Barton Kozarek, ’51, Betty Long Souder, ’48, Mary Lou Ahrens Valrance, ’49, and Florence “Dinghy” Spalding Sharp, ’50.

Pi Beta Phi reunion planned

C. Elizabeth Grindstaff Gabehart, ’62, has been named the new School-toWork project manager for the Monroe County Intermediate School District.

She received her M.A. in counseling and guidance from Eastern Michigan University. She has been involved in

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Jack Long, ’64, recently retired as principal of Vera Wilsie Elementary School in Newaygo after 21 years. Jack received his M.A. in school administration from Central Michigan University.

He and his wife Carol reside in Newaygo.

65-69 Class of 1967 Reunion Chair: Nancy Crocker Horstman April DuVal Marshall, ’65, in January was named executive director of the

Council for Retarded Citizens, an advocacy organization for persons with disabilities and their families. April has been working at the council for 28 years.

She and her husband Wayne reside in Louisville, KY. Reed K. Freidinger, ’67, serves as an internal medicine physician at Charlevoix Area Hospital. He joined the

staff in 1975. He received his M.D. from Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University in 1971. He and his wife Janet have two children and reside in Charlevoix.

Mary Lou Lantzy Battley, ’68, continues to work as a clinical social worker at Northville Psychiatric Hospital. She also plays and teaches hammered dulcimer at the Dixboro

LL AA MM PP LL II GG HH TT EE RR SS With this issue we are launching “Lamplighters” as a regular feature of the Albionotes section. These short profiles or first-person accounts of our more “senior” alumni will recognize individuals who have pursued interesting second careers later in life or who, in retirement, have achieved impressive results in the projects and causes they have adopted. Their

stories suggest that both learning and service can truly become lifelong commitments.

If you wish to contribute to “Lamplighters,” simply send your article to: Editor, Io Triumphe, Albion College, 611 E. Porter St., Albion, MI 49224; or by e-mail: sbriggs@albion.edu. FAX: 517/629-0198.

Rick Smith, ’60 ‘Making the world a more livable place’

This has been immensely exciting and inspirational for me. I have met many of the real heroes of the international conservation movement, the men and women who work in the parks of the world, often without adequate compensation, with little government support, and with few resources. We owe them a huge debt of gratitude for what they are doing to make our world a more livable place.

I retired in June 1994 after 30 years with the National Park Service, a career that took me to places such as Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, the Everglades and Carlsbad Caverns. Although my official interest in protected area management had come to an end, I found that my passion for natural and cultural resources management had not died.

I needed to find a way to continue to contribute. I had been a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay in the late ’60s, and my Spanish was still pretty good. I therefore opened a small international consulting firm, R&K International, and began to make contacts in Latin America, an area of the world where protected area management is a major issue.

The results have been gratifying. I served on the faculty at Colorado State University during a five-week course for Latin American conservation officials. I have worked twice as a PHOTO COURTESY OF R. SMITH consultant for the United States Peace Corps, offering seminars in Belize and the Dominican Republic on ecotourism. I was invited to participate in the United States Information Agency’s “American Speakers” program. That invitation took me to Colombia and the Dominican Republic where I met with government leaders, university staffs, park rangers and private sector individuals to discuss the potential for ecotourism activities in these two countries.

USIA invited me again to participate in a Rick Smith retired as a National Park Service seminar on sustainable administrator in 1994 and now spends much development in of his time consulting with Latin American Uruguay which sought countries on land use and conservation to find a compromise issues. Here, he teaches a course on that would allow rice protected area management. production in areas which were important wetlands and wildlife habitat.

I was a delegate to the first congress in Zakopane, Poland, of the newly-organized International Ranger Federation which seeks to promote dialog among the rangers of the world. I furnished consulting services to the National Parks and Conservation Association, an NGO that is promoting wise land use planning in two new reserves in northern Mexico, and to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Bank regarding protected area management issues in Argentina.

Dulcimer Store in Ann Arbor and the Gitfiddler Academy of Music and Arts in Northville. She and her husband, Hugh Battley, ’70, live in Northville.

John H. Cease, ’69, has been named chief of police for Wilmington, NC. He began his new duties April 7, 1997.

Wilmington is a major seaport and the eighth largest city in North Carolina.

The police department employs approximately 200 people. John and his wife, Susan Cook Cease, ’71 reside in Wilmington with their two children.

Timothy F. Sedgwick, ’69, and Martha Wilkinson Sedgwick, ’69, are moving to Alexandria, VA, where Tim will join the faculty at Virginia Theological Seminary as the professor of Christian ethics. Martha is working on a B.S. in nursing at Marymount University. Their address as of Aug. 1 will be Virginia Theological Seminary, 3737 Seminary Rd., Alexandria, VA 22304.

70-74 Class of 1972 Reunion Chair: Lyn Ward Healy

Rick Smith lives in Placitas, NM.

Bill Richardson, ’62 Transcending boundaries of language and culture In 1996 I spent eight months in Guizhou Province in southwest China where I taught English at Middle School No. 6 and Guiyang Teachers’ College while providing in-service training to 40 teachers of English each week. During my six-month stay in the capital city of Guiyang, I also served as an educational consultant to both the provincial and municipal education commissions on behalf of Oakland University’s School of Education and Human Services.

Last summer, I chaired the foreign language institute program at Tongren Teachers’ College in a remote northeastern sector of Guizhou Province. English teachers from 12 surrounding counties and autonomous regions spent one month developing their listening, speaking and comprehension skills.

After establishing a program to pay annual mandatory school fees for 60 minority children from the countryside whose parents’ total income is $6.00 per year, I am now raising funds to build a 16-room primary school in China’s heartland.

I returned to Guizhou in June as chairperson for foreign language institutes in four different cities staffed by public school educators from Oakland County and plan to remain through October.

Bill Richardson is a retired teacher and school administrator who lives in Waterford, MI. PHOTO COURTESY OF W. RICHARDSON

Bill Richardson (center, accompanied by two colleagues left and right) is paying school expenses for these minority children from the Chinese countryside who otherwise would be unable to obtain an education.

Richardson has made numerous trips to China to teach English and train teachers.

Rolfe L. Hillman, ’72, recently had his article, “Dr. Hillman and the Norfolk and Western Railroad,” published in the May-June 1997 issue of the Norfolk and Western Railroad Historical Society’s Newsletter The Arrow. The article deals with his grandfather’s employment with the railroad as a train surgeon. Rolfe resides in Arlington, VA. Gail Meyer McCaine, ’72, is the new librarian for the Fuller and Henry law firm in Toledo, OH. She and her husband, John W. McCain, ’70, have two children, Ian, 14, and Kathryn “Kate,” 10. The family resides in Perrysburg, OH. ➢ Clinton Richardson, ’72, recently published his book, The Growth Company Guide to Investors, Deal Structures, and Legal Strategies, in World Wide Web version. He invites classmates and others to visit this online and up-to-date version of a guide for growing companies and private company investors whose first version was published in 1987 as The Venture Magazine Complete Guide to Venture Capital. You can visit the site at http:// www.once.com/gcg/. Richardson and his family reside in Atlanta where he continues to practice business law with the firm of Arnall, Golden & Gregory, L.L.P. He can be contacted at cr@once.com.

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75-79 Class of 1977 Reunion Chair: Jean Skulstad Jan Corey Arnett, ’75, recently won InterCom’s 1997 Communicator Laureate Award. She was honored for her work on the Breast Cancer Foundation’s 1996 Battle Creek Race for the Cure. She was presented with the award on April 23 at InterCom’s dinner meeting held at Western Michigan University’s Fetzer Center. Jan received her M.A. in management from Nazareth College in Kalamazoo. She is a consultant for Coralan Communications in Battle Creek. She and her husband Doyle reside in Battle Creek.

Christy Larimer-Compson, ’77, has been happily married for 14 years. She is the mother of two daughters, Catie, 8, and Rachel, 7. Christy is currently working on her M.F.A. in vocal performance at the University of Tulsa.

She recently performed the role of “Buttercup” in the Gilbert and Sullivan Society’s production of H.M.S. Pinafore.

She enjoys being a stay-at-home-mom.

She and her husband Thomas reside in Tulsa, OK.

Margaret Snider-Hakun, ’78, continues to work as a flight attendant for Northwest Airlines. She recently hiked the Great Wall on a Beijing layover. Her children Emily, 12, and Michael, 10, along with her husband Dennis, keep life on the ground busy.

The family resides in Canton.

CORRECTION: Susan Hansen McIntosh, ’79, has two children. Lane is in third grade, and Emma is in kindergarten. Lane’s name was incorrectly spelled in a previous issue.

Tony Perrino, ’79, is working at the Flint EDC Center as a senior project engineer. In this position, Tony is in charge of the Phase O Quality for all future models of the mid-lux division.

He was recently certified by ASQC as certified quality manager. He also holds certifications in Shainin and Quality Engineering. His daughter Alexandra plays soccer for the Waterford Warriors/ Travel Team and fastpitch softball for the Michigan Outlaws/Travel Team.

Tony resides in Clarkston with his wife, his daughter and his son, Tony.

John R. Wylie, ’79, has been elected president of the Christian Legal Society, an organization of 400 attorneys, judges and law students that seeks to help individuals with the integration of their

faith and practice. It is also active on religious freedom issues at the trial and appellate levels as well as in the executive and legislative branches. John and his wife Karen reside in Colorado Springs, CO.

80-84 Class of 1982 Reunion Chair: To be announced Susan Reeves Beyer, ’80, has accepted a promotion and transfer with Comshare, Inc. Her new position as the director of training is a global job which provides for the training needs of Comshare’s direct operations in five countries and agents and VACs in another 35 countries. Susan and her husband Steve have moved to Saline. They have three children, Caroline, Kathryn and Andrew.

Sarah Elford Richardville, ’80, was hired as the new workforce readiness program teacher for Cantrick Middle School in Monroe. She received her M.A. from Grand Valley State University. She and her husband, Randall Richardville, ’81, reside in Monroe.

Robert B. Linke, ’81, has been appointed the president and CEO of Periodontix, a company investigating new therapeutic agents to prevent and treat periodontal disease. He received his M.B.A. from Harvard University Business School in 1985. He and his wife Kathleen have two children, Allison, 7, and Kevin, 6.

Martha J. Miller Holman, ’82, is enjoying her new self-owned company providing sales, marketing and promotion for small businesses in the Las Vegas area. She also serves as the president of Ranco, Inc. Jane has a son, J.D., 5, and three step-children, George Jr., 14, Daniel, 12, and Rachael, 9. She lives in Las Vegas, NV. Keely LaRocca-Betts, ’82, and her family recently moved to 5 Brookside Ct., Scotch Plains, NJ 07076.

The Albion tradition continues: Paul Hazen, ’69 (far left), Jim Whitehouse, ’69, (far right) and Jon Miller, ’69 (not pictured) were pledge brothers of Albion’s Delta Tau Delta fraternity chapter in 1966. All three men now have sons who are active members of the chapter: (from left) Brent Hazen, ’99, Don Miller, ’00, and T.J. Whitehouse, ’99.

Patricia Kusse Perry, ’69, (left) recently took a trip to Cozumel, Mexico and stayed at the B & B Caribo. It turns out the owner, Harold Mondol, ’54, (right) is also an Albion alumnus. The two became fast friends and had fun comparing Albion College stories. Her experience once again “proves what a small world this can be.” Patricia is a travel agent at R & R Travel in Mason and resides in Okemos.

Mark Priest, ’83, has joined the medical staff at Leelanau Memorial Hospital. He received his D.O. from Michigan State University in 1987. He is certified by the American Board of Family Practice.

Don and Martha Kuntz Schenck, both ’83, will be transferring to Windhoek, Namibia this summer where Don will work at the U.S. Embassy as the regional security officer. Don had been working for the U.S. Department of State as a special agent. He and Martha have three children, Katie, 8, Lauren, 6, and Peter Cole, 1.

Lisa F. Prince Smith, ’83, has been named as the assistant vice president of Old Kent Financial Corp. She joined the organization in December 1992 as a communications officer in marketing.

She is currently pursuing graduate studies at Aquinas College. She and her husband Ryan have two sons. The family resides in East Grand Rapids.

Kimberlee Coleman-Recchia, ’84, has joined the Grand Traverse Children’s Clinic. She received her M.D. from the University of Michigan in 1988.

Steven B. Fox, ’84, was named partner in the law firm Teague, Rotenstreich and Stanaland in Greensboro, NC. He received his J.D. from the Wake Forest University Law School in 1987. He and his wife Elaine reside in Greensboro with their children.

Doug Parker, ’84, left Northwest Airlines in June 1995 and is now working as the CFO for America West Airlines in Phoenix. He and his wife Gwen have one son Jackson, 2. The Parkers reside in Paradise Valley, AZ.

85 Shawn Hartung, ’85, received her J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law in May. She is currently employed at Community Legal Services in San Jose, CA, and resides in Santa Clara.

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Mark Palazzo, ’85, serves as the senior vice president at Bank One in Cincinnati and is the manager of commercial loans for northern Kentucky. His wife Sara owns her own business, “Lil Gardening Angels.” They have two daughters Leah, 10, and Gina, 5.

86 Jeffrey S. Battershall, ’86, has been named a partner of the Grand Rapids legal firm Warner, Norcross, & Judd.

He specializes in corporate and business law in the area of mergers and acquisitions. He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1989. He and his wife Stephanie reside in Grand Rapids.

Kevin J. Berlin, ’86, recently joined the Downriver Cardiology Consultants in Trenton. He received his D.O. from

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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.

Tim, ’72, and Cheri Culver Leach, ’69, are the founders and directors of Raven Hill Discovery Center, a non-profit hands-on museum that emphasizes science, history and the arts. Located in East Jordan, Raven Hill has attracted over 31,000 visitors of all ages since it opened five years ago. The museum’s science outreach programs have served 13 different school PHOTO COURTESY OF C. LEACH districts through field trips for students and workshops for teachers.

Raven Hill’s programs geared to younger children involve them in a wide range of science experiments, or they can learn about life in early America through such activities as Tim Leach’s 12-foot python fascinates young making a leather visitors at the Raven Hills Discovery Center. pouch, grinding their own flour for baking, weaving textiles or ropemaking. Older children are encouraged to design their own projects, such as building a kaleidoscope. Fine arts activities might include paper-making and using “found” objects to create a sculpture. All of the programs were designed by Tim and Cheri to make learning “relevant, meaningful and fun.”

To contact the Leaches, or to find out more about the museum, call 616/536-3369 or e-mail: rhdc@freeway.net.

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They show their colors with pride Our admission volunteers represent Albion at high school programs and metropolitan college fairs, at receptions for prospective students and through numerous other personal contacts. We appreciate their dedicated efforts on Albion’s behalf.

College fairs

Individualized contacts

Willoughby South High School Julie Busch, ’80

The following volunteers staffed high school programs and fairs during March and April.

Indiana Elkhart County Fair Elizabeth Neilson, ’85 Homestead High School, Ft. Wayne Mark, ’83, and Lynne Futter Gilmore, ’74 Ohio Bexley Area College Fair, Columbus Heramil Almeda, ’91, and Steve Miller, ’91 Centerville High School Kathryn Holt, ’95

These volunteers wrote letters to local applicants this past spring.

Missouri St. Louis All Metro College Day Paul Ogg, ’91

Daniel, ’91, and Joelle Drader Wilcox, ’91, to all pre-medical applicants in west Michigan.

Tennessee Key Club International Convention and College Fair, Nashville Michael, ’86, and Michelle Marcellin Mykeloff, ’87

John Harding, ’84, to all Detroit area pre-medical applicants.

Krista Maxson, ’93, to all music and theatre arts applicants.

Virginia Northern Virginia College Fair Daniel Patterson, ’92

Mark, ’78, and Marsha Rosewarne Tompkins, ’79, to all Kent and Ottawa county applicants.

Wisconsin University School of Milwaukee Evelyn Vitek Woods, ’85

Kay Courter Behm, ’91, to all Flint area pre-law applicants.

Racine Area Fair Andrea Dalton, ’95

Jason Waechter, ’89, to all Detroit area pre-law applicants.

Owens Community College, Toledo Jeanette Fulton Arnsby, ’86

Share the “Albion Experience” with a young person you know Albion alumni and parents play an important role in the recruitment of every freshman class. By completing the form below, you can help us identify promising students.

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I am willing to do the following: Call or write letters to applicants and discuss the quality of an Albion education and/or how Albion prepared me for my career Represent Albion at a local high school “college night” program Attend a reception for prospective students in my area For more information, contact: Marsha Rosewarne Tompkins, ’79, director of admission volunteers, 800/858-6770. Return this form to Tompkins at Albion College, 611 E. Porter St., Albion, MI 49224.

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Michigan State University’s School of Medicine in 1991. He completed a rotating internship at Riverside Osteopathic Hospital in 1992 where he served as chief intern and was also named Intern of the Year. In 1994, he completed his residency in internal medicine at Riverside. He just completed his fellowship in adult cardiology at Riverside and Henry Ford Hospitals. He and his wife Kim reside in Westland with their son Connor, 4.

Sheri J. Biller, ’86, is still “hanging out” in sunny San Diego. She received her M.A. in counseling in 1991 and her M.F.C.C. - Marriage Family Child Counseling license - in 1993. She invites Albion friends to come and visit.

“Chris Lane, it’s still early! Please get in touch!” She resides at 3860 Pendiente Ct. #CD204, San Diego, CA 92124.

Timothy P. Diggs, ’86, and his wife, Renee La Forest-Diggs, have just finished building a new home in the Columbus, OH, area. They now reside at 9375 Waynebrown Dr., Powell, OH 43065 with their two children Emilie, 3, and Delaney, 1, and their two dogs Murphy and Savannah Jane. Fraternity brothers and friends are encouraged to call 614/760-9217.

Lisa Siefker Long, ’86, has completed her Ph.D. in English at Vanderbilt University. She is now teaching as an assistant professor at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN. Her husband Greg runs The Sterling Marketing Group. The couple have two children, Sterling, 3, and Lydia, 1. They live in Nashville, TN. David M. McElroy, ’86, received his D.O. from Michigan State University in 1991 and completed his residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation in 1995. He is currently in private practice primarily based in Detroit. He and his wife Debbie are enjoying their first son Jacob born in August 1996. The family resides in Birmingham.

William C. Robson, ’86, was recently named partner in the dentistry practice of Terrell Brace in Caledonia. William received his M.S. in natural resource management from the University of Michigan in 1988 and his D.D.S. from the University of Michigan in 1992.

Since his graduation, he has been in practice in Howell and has been on staff at the University of Michigan’s School of Dentistry. He resides in Howell.

Kathy L. Craig Vasold, ’86, serves as the secretary for the cardiopulmonary department at Gratiot Community Hospital in Alma. She and her husband Randy live in Shepherd with their two children, R.J., 7, and Kerri, 5. Kathy would love to hear from everyone.

87 Class of 1987 Reunion Chair: James Cox Armand R. Courson, ’87, has served as region marketing manager for the CocaCola Co. since December 1994. His region handles northwest Africa which includes Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.

Armand resides in Casablanca, Morocco.

Laura M. Hanssen, ’87, moved to Denver last year and is now working in micro enterprise development with the Colorado Enterprise Fund as a program manager. This fund provides small business loans and technical assistance to small business entrepreneurs. She received her M.A. in international business from the American Graduate School of International Management at Thunderbird in 1988. Laura says the skiing and weather are great!

Drew Landauer, ’87, after graduating from Wake Forest University Law School in 1990 and practicing law for five years, accepted a sales position with Medic Computer Systems. He and his wife Holly and their Welsh Terrier, Whiskey, moved to Highlands Ranch, CO last spring where Drew serves as the regional sales manager covering the Rocky Mountain states. Their new address is 9373 Wolfe Place, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126.

Linda S. Ludeke Martinez, ’87, is a staff psychologist with Bertha Abess Children’s Center in North Miami, Fl. Linda received her M.S. in psychology from Nova University in 1991 and her Ph.D. in psychology from Nova University in 1993. She received her clinical psychologist’s license from the State of Florida in 1995 and was also named a diplomate with the American College of Forensic Examiners in 1996.

Linda and Jorge are still living in Miami and would love to hear from Albion friends. They are expecting their first child in July.

Scott L. Shafer, ’87, has recently relocated to Michigan and is now working with the Al Serra Saturn Team.

He resides in Clarkston.

Michael D. Smith, ’87, is attending Wayne State University to obtain his certification to teach vocal music in public schools. He has been working as a private voice teacher, church choral director, musical director of theater productions and performer for the past four years. Mike lives in Royal Oak with his wife Sue and their daughter Caitlin, 2.

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88 Jennifer Fedor de Laurentiis, ’88, Esq., is an attorney with Harris, Ellsworth and Lev in Washington, D.C. She received her J.D. from the American University’s College of Law in 1992.

She would love to hear from her Albion friends. Jennifer resides in Alexandria, VA. Stuart A. Forsyth, ’88, is the senior vice president for Republic Bank in Flint. He earned his M.B.A. from the University of Detroit in 1994. He and his wife Susan had their first child, Joanna Nicole, on Oct. 21, 1996.

Ken Groves, ’88, and his wife, Amy Fender, have recently taken over the practice of a retiring dentist in Frankenmuth. A 1992 graduate of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ken is a member of the American Dental Association, the Michigan Dental Association, and has been a member of the Academy of General Dentistry since 1992. Amy is also a dentist. The couple were married in June 1996.

Scott A. Ogg, ’88, received his Ph.D. from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1995. He is currently working as a research fellow at the Department of Molecular Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital and in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School. He resides in Boston.

Kenneth G. Overholser, ’88, began working for Franklin Mortgage as a mortgage consultant in January. He and his wife Cheryl have two children, Nathan, 4, and Jessica, 1. The family resides in Allegan.

Maria J. Randazzo, ’88, is serving as a comptroller for Randazzo’s Fruit Markets. She is busy planning her August wedding to Mark L. Purchiaroni.

Maria resides in Clinton Township.

Steve Schomer, ’88, was named plant manager of the Deco-Trim Division of LDM Technologies, Inc., an Auburn Hills-based supplier to the automobile industry. Steve has also taken on all profit/loss responsibilities for a sister division located in Fowlerville. He and his wife Denice reside in Troy with their two sons, Douglas, 3, and Brandon, 1.

David R. Sibilsky, ’88, graduated in May from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University with an M.B.A. He will spend the summer traveling Egypt and Europe and will then work as a strategy consultant with Andersen Consulting in Atlanta. He currently resides in Durham, NC. Bartev J. Vartanian, ’88, graduated with his Ph.D. in applied physics from Stanford University in 1995. He received his M.S. in applied physics from the same school in 1990. Since November 1995, Bartev has been employed by Group One and is currently trading equity options on the floor of the Pacific Stock Exchange. On July 8, 1995, he married Hilda Siyahian.

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Arpi Vartanian, ’87, and Tom Dempster, ’88. The couple are now resides in Redwood City, CA.

89 Jamie K. Bolio, ’89, is working as a character key in clean-up animation for Walt Disney Feature Films. Her art work appears in Disney’s Hercules and has appeared in past projects like The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pocahantas and The Lion King. Jamie is also pursuing her master’s degree in clinical psychology, M.F.C.C., at Pepperdine University. She encourages friends to write c/o Disney Feature Animation, 2100 Riverside Dr., FAB, Burbank, CA 91506-4947.

Mary Catherine Buday, ’89, was recently promoted to executive associate, teacher outreach, for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. In that role, she is developing and coordinating a program for national board certified teachers.

Mary has also completed her M.A. in curriculum and instruction at the University of Detroit-Mercy this spring.

Her husband, Steve Tupper, ’89, continues to work as a contract administrator at EDS and is attending Wayne State University Law School in the evenings. The couple lives in Berkley. ➢ Joanne Ferguson Cosenza, ’89, has recently been promoted to systems and procedures analyst with IBM where she has been employed for eight years. She continues to reside in Armonk, NY. Joanne may be contacted via e-mail: jcosenza@vnet.ibm.com.

Lisa Davis, ’89, has been named by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards as one of the 135 teachers nationwide to receive national board certification. She has served as a fourth grade teacher at Westorchard Elementary School in Chappagua, NY for seven years. She received her master’s degree from Bank Street College of Education in 1991. She asks, “Sarah Leak, ’91, where are you?

Please write!” Lisa lives in Elmsford, NY. ➢ Melanie Holmes DeWitt, ’89, has accepted employment, along with her husband, as an ESL coordinator for a private school in Rio de Janeiro.

Melanie’s e-mail address is bwdewitt@ouray.cudenver.edu.

Sandra Veramay Jones, ’89, is a research associate at the University of Michigan’s Diabetes Research and Training Center. She received her M.S. in biochemistry, molecular biology and cell biology from Northwestern University in 1991. Music remains an important part of her life as she continues to play the viola, sing and is now directing a newly formed sacred dance group at her church. She and her husband Gregory reside in Ann Arbor.

Lynne A. March, ’89, is in a private prosthodontics practice in Kansas City, MO. She received her D.D.S. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City

School of Dentistry in 1993 and her certification in prosthodontics in 1993.

She wishes her sister Meredith, ’97, best wishes and congratulations on her recent graduation from Albion College.

John M. Sachs, ’89, is working as a financial consultant to the World Bank in Washington, DC. Focusing on cofinancing large scale energy and infrastructure projects with the private sector, John divides his time between Washington, D.C., and Asia. Prior to joining the World Bank, John worked for Ford Motor Co. He completed his M.B.A. in finance from Vanderbilt University.

Tim Schmitz, ’89, has been named director of information technology service for the Metropolitan Detroit Convention and Visitors Bureau. In this new position, Tim will be responsible for monitoring, maintaining and upgrading the bureau’s information system. He received his M.B.A. in finance from Wayne State University in 1995. He and his wife Amal had their second son in February. They reside in Troy.

Stephen L. Tupper, ’89, passed his CFM (certification in financial management) exam during the program’s pilot earlier this year. He anticipates graduation from Wayne State University Law School in 1998.

Stephen earned his M.B.A. in finance from Western Michigan University in 1993. He and his wife, Mary Catherine Buday, ’89, reside in Berkley.

Marathon April 21, 1997. They both finished with their 2nd best times.

Laurie received her M.S. in physical therapy from the Mayo School of Health-Related Sciences in 1992 and is a physical therapist. Andy is a physiatrist.

After living in Minnesota, Hawaii, New Hampshire and most recently in Las Vegas, NV, the couple relocated in June to Asheville, TN. They hope not to move for a long time!

Nelson D. Cary, ’90, is an attorney specializing in labor and employment law with the firm of Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather and Geraldson. His wife, Stephanie Hatton Cary, ’90, is enjoying staying home with their son Alexander, 2. They are anxiously awaiting the birth of their second child.

The couple would love to hear from friends and Kappa Delta sisters. They reside at 3902 Maximilian Court, Fairfax, VA 22033-2736.

Jeffrey DeWeerd, ’90, is now serving as an emergency medicine resident at Metropolitan Hospital in Grand Rapids.

He received his D.O. from Michigan State University in 1997. He and his wife Karen love Grand Rapids and are planning on staying there throughout Jeff’s residency. They have two children Scott, 4, and Courtney, 2, and are expecting their third child in July.

They would love to hear from classmates and friends at 1448 Hall Street SE, Grand Rapids, 49506-3965.

Melissa F. Grinstead, ’90, is teaching English 101 and 102 at Troy State University in Montgomery, AL, where she received her M.A.T. in June. She resides in Montgomery.

Elizabeth L. Jensen, ’90, received her J.D. from Loyola University in Chicago in 1993. She serves as assistant states attorney for the Peoria County States Attorney Office in Peoria, IL. She and David Wentworth, ’89, plan to marry in Chicago in June 1998. She resides in Peoria.

Scott A. Lukas, ’90, is a full-time instructor in anthropology and sociology at Valparaiso University. He is finishing his Ph.D. in anthropology at Rice University. He resides in Valparaiso, IN. Jennifer E. Marcelli, ’90, is teaching high school English at Henry Ford High School with the Utica Community School system. She also coaches the debate team. Jennifer received her M.A. in education from the National Louis University in 1993.

Patricia L. Matusik, ’90, is a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Department of Interior - Bureau of Land Management.

She works at the National Aquatic Monitoring Center in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Utah State University. Patricia received her M.S. in wildlife science from New Mexico State

David L. Wentworth II, ’89, recently joined the law firm of Howard and Howard in Peoria, IL. He received his J.D. from the University of Detroit Law School in 1993. David specializes in commercial litigation. He is a member of the Peoria County Bar Association, the State Bar of Michigan, the American Bar Association and the Abraham Lincoln Chapter of the American Inns of Court. He resides in Peoria.

90 Kimberly F. Almeida, ’90, recently relocated to San Antonio, TX, where she is seeking employment in community development. She will earn her M.A. in Latin American studies and sociology from the University of Florida in 1998.

Kimberly would love to know if any of her Albion pals live nearby. Her address is 14001 Oak Meadows, #2213, Universal City, TX 78148-2503.

Philip Brawer, ’90, is the president of Alpha Promotional Products, Inc. in Kalamazoo. He encourages Albion friends and classmates to call him at 888/344-3414. He resides in Kalamazoo.

Michelle McCaffrey Bresser, ’90, is a part-time account representative for McNich-Demehy Agency, Inc., in Troy.

She and her husband have two children, Kelsey, 3, and Patrick, 2, and are expecting their third child in October.

Laurie E. Canonaco-Rudins, ’90, and her husband Andy ran in the Boston

Wearing your heart on your sleeve (or bumper, as the case may be) Steve Tupper, ’89, came up with this creative way to show his Albion pride, and he recommended Io Triumphe run a photo feature in a future issue on all the different Albion/Britons vanity license plates adorning alumni automobiles. We thought it was a good suggestion, so we are now inviting all alumni to submit photos of vanity plates promoting their Albion connection. We’d especially like to see entries from outside Michigan.

Please send a good-quality color print with a close-up view of your license plate, along with your name, class year and mailing address, no later than Aug. 31, 1997 to: Editor, Io Triumphe, Albion College, 611 E. Porter St., Albion, MI 49224.

In case you were wondering, Tupper’s license plate bears an abbreviated version of “Go, Albion, go!”

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University in 1996. She is planning her July 26 wedding to Don Rowan, a Ph.D. candidate at Utah State University.

Patricia resides in North Logan, UT. Amy Ordona, ’90, says, “Hello from sunny San Francisco. I finally made it out here to this beautiful land.” Amy would love to hear from any Albionites who might be living out there or visiting.

Her e-mail address in ord2@aol.com.

Gary C. Scott, ’90, is on a professional leave of absence from his job as teacher for Gaylord High School to continue his graduate training in social studies. He anticipates receiving his M.A.T. in social studies from Indiana University in 1998.

He is planning a July wedding to Jill Wheeler. Gary resides in Bloomington, IN. Terence A. Thomas, ’90, is employed

by Miller, Canfield, Paddock, and Stone, P.L.C., in the Greater Detroit area. He received his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1993. Terrance is planning to marry LaShanda Royals.

Craig S. Thompson, ’90, is an attorney with the law firm of Sullivan, Ward, Bone, Tyler, and Asher, P.C. in Southfield. He specializes in construc-

tion litigation. Craig received his J.D. from the University of Detroit in 1993.

He resides in Troy.

Matthew T. Troyer, ’90, is living in Ferndale and is a member of the Hillberry Theatre Repertory Company.

He is working on his M.F.A. and is acting full-time.

Tanya L. Walker, ’90, will be spending her second consecutive summer in Berlin, Germany, working with university students. She would love to hear from Albion friends and “would love to connect with those who spent our junior year in Europe.” Tanya’s address is 15 Arnold Ave., #1-R, Northampton, MA 01060, and her e-mail address is whimsey@compuserve.com.”

91 Courtney Cooley, ’91, has been named assistant media relations manager in the communications department at PontiacGMC. She is responsible for community relations, overseeing the Pontiac and GMC aerosports programs and media relations activities.

Eric J. DeWeerd, ’91, is still working for Arts Marketing Services, Inc., a company contracted by non-profits and arts organizations to help with fund raising. He is currently serving as the executive campaign director for the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater. He is currently residing in Pittsburgh with Chris Klinke, ’91. Eric’s e-mail address is deweerd@prodigy.com. His home address is 345 Kambach, Pittsburgh, PA 15211.

Bill Johansson, ’91, is the boys’ track coach and is an assistant football coach at Seaholm High School in Birmingham.

He received his M.A. in educational administration from Michigan State University in 1996. His wife Kristin is working as a business news publicist in Troy. The couple resides in Berkley.

Tyler MacEachran, ’91, is the new assistant to the Shelby Township supervisor. He received his master’s in public administration from Wayne State University. He and his wife Arelene reside in Redford Township.

David Markey, ’91, passed the exam required to obtain his certified public accounting license. He is a member of the staff at Rehmann Robson, CPA’s and

News for Albionotes Please use the space below to send your news about promotions, honors, appointments, marriages, births, travels and hobbies. When reporting information on deaths, please provide date, location, and Albion-connected survivors and their class years. Use of this form will help guarantee inclusion of your news in an upcoming issue of Io Triumphe.

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

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

consultants in Midland. He has served on the Board of Directors for ARC and the United Way audit committee. He and his wife Sheri reside in Midland where Sheri teaches kindergarten.

Katherine L. Martindale, ’91, recently moved to Milwaukee where she is a buyer for Carson Pirie Scott & Co. She would love to hear from friends in the Milwaukee or Chicago areas. She lives at 716 E. Ogden Ave. #206, Milwaukee, WI 53202, 414/277-8617.

Susan Tauscher Morgan, ’91, is a resource and referral counselor at Child Care of Allen County in Fort Wayne, IN. Her husband Chris works for Norfolk Southern Railroad. Their son Wyatt Nathaniel turned one year old in April.

The family resides in Fort Wayne.

Matthew H. Persons, ’91, started his post-doctoral research position at Union College in Schenectady, NY in June. He successfully defended his dissertation on the foraging behavior in wolf spiders on Nov. 26, 1996. He received his M.S. in 1995 from the University of Cincinnati and his Ph.D. in biology from University of Cincinnati this year. His advisor was George Uetz, ’68.

Henry Phillips, ’91, has accepted a position with Deloitte and Touche in their management development program at their national offices in Wilton, CT. He and his wife Erin and their son Lincoln, 1, reside in Ridgefield, CT. Russell T. Venaska, ’91, passed his CPA exam in November 1996. He is currently searching for a new position that will qualify for the work experience requirement to obtain his CPA license.

Russell resides in Haslett. ➢ Nancy Volk, ’91, has moved to Colorado where she works in Boulder at The Association of Brewers. She is currently the art director of The New Brewer, a magazine for microbrewery and brew pub owners and employees.

She and her boyfriend of four years, Matt McLaughlin, are planning to get married in the Colorado mountains in June 1998. If you would like to reach Nancy, you can do so via e-mail at Nancyv@aob.org or at 303/432-8802.

Her address is 7825 Allison Way, #A208, Arvada, CO 80005.

Jay Windham, ’91 is the president of W.H. Investments in West Bloomfield.

He and his wife, Nona Mason Windham, ’91, are expecting their first child in October. Nona is currently working as a human resource/training coordinator for EDS, Rolls-Royce Aerospace Group. She will be returning from an assignment in London in August. The couple lives in Bloomfield Hills.

92 Class of 1992 Reunion Chair: Laura Swan MacMorran Robert P. Camara, ’92, received his medical technology degree from William Beaumont Hospital in 1993 and his D.O. from Michigan State University’s College of Medicine in May. He will complete his internship at Oakland General Hospital in Madison Heights.

Robert is also busy planning his June wedding to Ann Marie Orevon.

Scott Gietzen, ’92, was recently promoted to credit analyst for the United Bank and Trust in Tecumseh. He joins a long line of Albion connections at the bank including chairman of the board, David Hickman, ’62; director, Charles Gross, ’50; director, John Foss, ’65; and director, Jim Whitehouse, ’69.

Noelle S. Giguere, ’92, received her M.A. in art history and museum techniques with a specialty in collections management from George Washington University in 1996. “To the charter members of Phi Mu, Rock on!” Noelle resides in Washington, DC. Frederick J. “Fritz” Goodnow, ’92, is the general manager of Evergreen Juice and LaCroix Water Co. He is also pursuing his M.B.A. at the University of Michigan. His wife, Amy Korpela Goodnow, ’93, finished her D.V.M. from Michigan State University in 1997.

They have one son, Christian James, 2, and another child is expected in October.

The family resides in Howell.

Shannon L. Hare, ’92, recently received her real estate license and residential specialist certification. She is now an affliate broker for Crye Leike Realtors in Nashville, TN. Julie Kindt Kirner, ’92, received her M.B.A. in marketing and finance from Wayne State University. She is now working at Ford Headquarters in the sales and marketing department. She and her husband Paul live in Beverly Hills.

Anthony J. Kozma, ’92, will be coming back to Michigan to complete his clinical rotations for medical school. He will be working at Riverside Osteopathic Hospital in Trenton and will be residing in Grosse Ile. Marianna May Larroquette, ’92, is a project scheduler and manpower forecaster for Kuka Welding Services in Sterling Heights. She received her B.S. in business management and German from Oakland University in 1990. She and her husband, Maximiliano Larroquette, were married on July 1, 1995. The couple resides in Rochester.

Staci M. Richard, ’92, finished her M.A. in science education from the University of California—Berkeley in May, as well as her single subject credential in life and geoscience. She also earned an M.A. in marine geology from the University of California—Santa Barbara. She has now returned to the Santa Barbara area where she is planning on teaching high school science. Staci

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also hopes to do some curriculum development and teacher training for the Santa Barbara Unified School District.

She resides in Goleta, CA. Becky McBrayer Scarcello, ’92, has contracted with Gallery FunctionArt in Pontiac as an independent art consultant.

In this role, Becky works mainly with corporations, architects and designers.

The gallery represents many dynamic local and nationally known artists who create functional works of art. Becky also serves as the interior design office manager at Scarcello Associates, Inc. She and her husband Paul, ’92, reside in Royal Oak. Megan Johnstone Smith, ’92, and her husband, Captain Kevin Smith, have moved again. They now reside at 4935 B Locust St., Great Falls, MT 59405, 406/771-7694. Megan serves as a regional director for the American Diabetes Association.

Elizabeth Johnson Tally, ’92, is teaching fifth grade language arts in Clarkston. She received her M.A.T. in 1996 from Oakland University. She and her husband Brian were married in 1994.

They recently built a house and would love to entertain other Albion friends in the area. Elizabeth is looking forward to seeing everyone at the reunion this fall!

They reside in Clarkston.

93 Christine Parkhurst Anderson, ’93, is a full-time mother and part-time music teacher. She owns and operates Anderson Studio of Music. She is busy home-schooling her eldest child and continues to be an active musician at First Baptist Church in Albion. She has three children, Michael, 5, Brady, 3, and Oliver, 8 months. She and her family reside in Albion.

Jonathan E. Beeton, ’93, worked on the Clinton/Gore 1996 campaign and most recently served on the Presidential Inaugural Committee. In September, he will marry Kathleen Koerner, ’93, on Mackinac Island. Jonathan resides in Washington, DC. Brian L. Bonnett, ’93, is working as a computer networking instructor teaching Windows NT, Windows 95 and Netware. He received his Microsoft Certified Trainer status in 1996 and was certified as a Novell instructor in 1996.

He is interested in hearing from Albion friends. Brian resides in Bel Air, MD. Kathryn E. Condon, ’93, is a fourth grade teacher at Walker Station Elementary School in Sugarland, TX. She is also working on her M.A. in instructional technology at the University of Houston-Clear Lake.

Kathryn resides in Houston.

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Richard G. Finch, ’93, received his J.D. from Wayne State University last year.

He is now practicing law with the firm of Benner and Bilicki in Farmington Hills. He lives in Dearborn Heights.

Eric Harris, ’93, serves as a combat engineer officer with the 7th Engineer Support Battalion located at Camp Pendelton, CA. This summer he will be deployed to the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, CA, to construct and improve roads in the training area. He and his wife, Bobbie Stumpf Harris, ’93, would love to have visitors to sunny California.

Both send their hellos to all of their Albion friends.

Brad Heffner, ’93, has accepted the position of city manager for the city of Ithaca. He has served as the assistant football coach for Coleman High School and is a member of the Optimist’s Club.

Jerry D. Johnson, ’93, is working on his M.S. in public administration at Western Michigan University. He expects to receive his degree in 1998.

Jerry says “the experiences and friendships at Albion have continued to be the foundation upon which I build my personal and professional life. Io Triumphe to all of you who are part of my Albion family!” Jerry serves as the project director for the Calhoun County Communities in Schools, Inc., and resides in Marshall.

Kathleen Koerner, ’93, received her master’s in city and regional planning, M.C.R.P., from Rutgers University in 1995. She is currently serving as a staff planner for the Township of Cherry Hill in Cherry Hill, NJ. She is busy planning her September wedding to Jonathan Beeton, ’93. She will be relocating to Washington, DC, after the wedding.

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1. Yes, just whistle a happy tune and strike up the band!

Albion’s Music Department will benefit greatly from the Campaign for the Generations through a $4-million music initiative, now underway.

2. Well, the lead improvements will be a complete renovation of Goodrich Chapel’s lower level to create new teaching and practice space. Improvements will also be made at this time to the chancel area on the upper level.

3. Gosh sakes, yes . . . and no. Yes, a flutist and a tuba player will be able to use side-by-side practice rooms. But no, they won’t be able to hear each other play—simply their own sweet sounds of music.

4. Strickler . . . Larimer . . . Taffs . . . Bolitho . . . Maag . . . Mason . . . well, you know all the names. You see, more names will be added to our legendary list since the music initiative adds a $1-million goal for an endowed music professorship.

5. Heck, no! We haven’t forgotten the students . . . the initiative includes a $425,000 endowment goal for music scholarships. Do you think maybe we could attract 76 trombone players to join the British Eighth?

6. Yes, as has been the tradition, the College and the First United Methodist Church of Albion continue to gather together at Goodrich.

7. Oh, yes, and all the pipes too! They stay—but probably in the not-toodistant future the glorious organ sounds will need to be generated by a whole new console. How many times do you recall hearing the exquisite organ played in Goodrich?

8. No, not singin’ in the rain . . . the Chapel’s front plaza will be newly landscaped and made much more inviting to visitors. In fact, did you know that the Senior Class of 1996 will have helped to provide some of the beautiful lighting planned for this space? Birds sing . . . sunshine . . . .

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Gifts of any size are welcome in the “Teaching Our Hearts to Sing” music drive, and all count toward the $68-million Albion Campaign for the Generations. More questions? Just call 517/629-0242.

They harmonize! The Kresge Foundation will blend its financial resources (in the form of a $750,000 challenge grant) with our goals to produce a new musical score!

10. But we’ll travel along, singin’ a song . . . side by side! We can’t do it without you—we need your gifts to demonstrate to The Kresge Foundation that you’re behind the project! And why not? A gift toward this project will be like music to your ears!

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Sarah G. Laverty, ’93, has recently joined the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. She is serving as an associate in the estate planning and administration practice group and the health care group. She received her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1996 and is a member of the American Bar Association and the Michigan Bar Association.

She resides in Ann Arbor.

Lisa A. Miller, ’93, is employed by Delta Environmental Consultants, Inc. in Farmington Hills. She is also busy planning her June 1998 wedding to Dave Mote, ’91. Lisa resides in Northville.

Kevin C. Powell, ’93, graduated from the Indiana University School of Law in Bloomington May 10. Kevin is currently residing in Bloomington, IN. Stephanie L. Reed, ’93, has served as a second grade teacher at T.L. Marsalis Elementary School in Dallas. She will be returning to Michigan in July or August.

Patric Rogers, ’93, is working as a partner at Morpheus Unbound. He will marry Kristi Simkins, ’95, in May 1998. Patric currently resides in Syracuse, NY.

Keith G. Tidball, ’93, is on staff in the anthropology department of the University of Kentucky. In May 1995, he was married in Ireland. He and his wife reside in Wilmore, KY.

94 Kimberly D. Blancke, ’94, is a customer service representative for Ford Motor Credit Co. Kimberly says hello to all her Delta Gamma’s! She resides in Canton.

Lisa M. Evans, ’94, received her M.A. in social psychology from Ohio State University in 1996. She is working on her Ph.D. in social psychology and is anticipating receiving it in 1999. Lisa is also busy planning her December wedding to Steve Dibble.

Jennifer C. Maxam, ’94, is completing her third year of medical school at Michigan State University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Edward Merrill, ’94, is the president and owner of E.J.M. Development Co. which operates around the MidMichigan area. The company purchases and develops land in both residential and commercial properties as well as

The Albion Connection ➢ To: Judy Jacko Hysell, ’71 From: DeeAnn Mangan Harris, ’71 828E North Main Street Spring Valley, NY 10977 914/354-4439 dharris@nrannex.lhric.org

“ ‘Jacko!’ I tried to reach you before and during our 25th class reunion last fall without any success. Hope this method works!

Wondering how you are? Please call, write or e-mail me.”

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

subdivisions and apartment complexes.

He resides in Eaton Rapids.

Stephanie R. Mitchell, ’94, recently completed two internships. She spent time in the Adirondack Mountains in New York and spent the second internship in Maine conducting historic interpretation and research. She will be attending graduate school in the fall studying historic preservation.

Heather L. Murley, ’94, received her B.S. in agriculture and animal science from Murray State University in 1995.

She is now in her second year of veterinary medicine at Michigan State University. Her e-mail address is murleyhe@zebu.cvm.msu.edu.

Jennifer O’Brien, ’94, is working as a teacher and counselor at Bishop Burgess High School. She will receive her M.A. in counseling from Wayne State University in August. Jennifer is busy planning her June 27 wedding to Michael Bahorski. She resides in Warren.

John, ’94, and Emily VanDeGinste Volmering, ’94, celebrated their first anniversary on Nov. 18, 1996. They are now living in Midland where John serves as a fifth grade teacher for Coleman Community Schools. Emily is a substitute teacher in Midland County.

Elizabeth V. Weisenbach, ’94, was recently elected the president of the Women’s Law Caucus. She is a student at Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University. She and her husband, Scott Kenney, ’92, reside in Okemos.

Monica L. Wirth, ’94, completed Cheryl Strictland’s two-day seminar on window treatments in 1995. In July 1996, she joined the Columbus, IN, chapter of the Jaycees. Monica was recently given the “Rookie of the Year” award by her Jaycees chapter and was recently elected the group’s new individual development vice president.

Monica invites classmates to write at 1100 17th St., Apt. 2B, Columbus, IN 47201.

Name __________________________________ Class year _____________ (Please print name)

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Thomas J. Barr, ’95, lives in Chicago with his cat, Oscar. His work with the Canadian press Pas De Chance has gone wholly unnoticed by any and all possible patrons. He will soon move either east or west.

Eric Breitenbeck, ’95, is currently working on his M.S. in exercise science at Oakland University. He is anticipating the completion of that degree in December. To all of his brothers, Eric says “VTL.” Eric lives in New Baltimore.

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

Zachary Constan, ’95, recently passed his Ph.D. candidacy exam and is currently studying musical acoustics with William Hartmann at Michigan State University. He resides in Okemos.

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Gwen Alec Jordan, ’96, has been accepted by audition to the Rome Festival Opera Chorus in Rome, Italy, this July, where he will understudy the lead role of Hansel in Humperdinck’s opera, Hansel and Gretel. He will also sing in the prestigious festival opera chorus and will play saxophone in a jazz ensemble. Just 155 artists from eight countries were selected for this program. Albion faculty member Maureen Balke performed as a guest soloist during a March 1997 benefit concert in Three Rivers that Jordan held to help raise support for his traveling expenses. He resides in Three Rivers.

Studies. Aside from being a full-time student, Rebecca is at home with her husband and two children, Joseph, 21 months, and Sara, 9 months. ➢ Kerri Durocher, ’95, recently accepted the position of client assessment specialist with the Monroe County Employment and Training Department.

She will receive her M.A. in counseling from Siena Heights College in August.

She is currently interning with the Family Counseling and Shelter Services in Monroe. She is planning her June 1998 wedding to Bill Riggs. She resides in Monroe.

Craig Everingham, ’95, is a secondyear student at Life Chiropractic in Marietta, GA. He resides in Marietta.

Sharon Ezzell, ’95, has been accepted to the doctoral program in psychology at the University of Hartford in Hartford, CT for fall 1997. She currently resides in Ann Arbor.

Jennifer Miller Heisler, ’95, graduated from Central Michigan University in May with her M.A. in speech communication. She and her husband Doug have purchased a house in the Lansing area, and she will be starting her Ph.D. studies this fall at Michigan State University.

Eric B. Ives, ’95, has selected a thesis laboratory for his Ph.D. work in molecular biology. He is working under the guidance of Dr. Susan Wenter at Washington University in St. Louis, MO, where he is studying export from the cell nucleus. Eric resides in St. Louis.

Colleen L. Karamon, ’95, spent just under a year in Toulouse, France working for Siemens Automotive as a bilingual secretary. While she was in France, she was able to visit with IHouse native speakers Angela Rieck and Gregoire Badulfe. Colleen is now working as a French/English teacher at Walled Lake Western High School. She is also serving as the French Club advisor. She is living in Livonia.

Nicole S. Kramer, ’95, lived in Ann Arbor for one year and worked as a legal advocate for the Domestic Violence Project/SAFE House. She is currently in an M.A. program in women’s studies at Ohio State University in Columbus. She resides in Columbus.

Ryan, ’95, and Jean Kwiecinski Lauer, ’95, have moved to Tempe, AZ. Both are working on their master’s degrees at Arizona State University. They would

love to hear from friends and especially from those who would like to visit the valley of the sun! Their address is 6815 S. McClintock, #2271, Tempe, AZ 85283.

Aaron Nash, ’95, is an enforcement officer for the 37th Judicial Circuit Court in Battle Creek. He is currently working on his J.D. at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School and is anticipating receiving that degree in 1999. He is also planning his August 1998 wedding to Samantha Harrell, ’97. Aaron resides in Marshall.

Jennifer A. Parsons, ’95, is employed by the Anchorage School District in Anchorage, AK. She will marry Kevin McDaniel in August. She resides in Anchorage. ➢ Norman Pavlic, ’95, served with VISTA in Iowa for one year, working with local chapters of the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse. He is planning on pursuing his master’s in history in the fall. ➢ Courtney A. Roeck, ’95, is working in business consulting for Arthur Andersen in Detroit. Courtney resides in Berkley.

Joy Stuckey, ’95, is working on her Ph.D. in medical microbiology and immunology at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI. In January 1998, she will marry Jasan Doan in Grosse Pointe.

Alexander V. Tashian, ’95, is a night auditor with Dahlmann Apartments, Ltd. in Ann Arbor. He was recently voted Employee of the Quarter. Alexander is working on his M.S.A. in the science of accounting at Eastern Michigan University. He resides in Ann Arbor.

96 Bradley W. Brown, ’96, serves as a junior high school and senior high school art teacher for the Genesee School District in Genesee. He is also their J.V. football coach, junior high basketball coach, J.V. head baseball coach and serves on the Gen-Net Computer Committee. He resides in Swartz Creek.

Ben Colmery IV, ’96, writes that he is “working here and there, studying the world around me, and preparing for a grueling and fulfilling life as a writer that will start in about seven years.” He resides in Dexter.

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Carrie A. Gabriel, ’96, is a distributor trainee with the Federal-Mogul Corp. and is planning her August 1997 wedding to Thomas Photsios. Carrie resides in Bloomfield Hills.

Melissa Knepple, ’96, states that her health has improved one hundred percent since leaving Albion College.

This has allowed her to log nine volunteer hours per week (like a good Albionian!) in her church’s elementary tutoring program and preschool. She recently became a member of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Chorus this past spring. “She would love to hear from anyone who has the slightest inclination to contact her.” Melissa’s address is 1823 Griswold Drive, Apt. M-11, Fort Wayne, IN 46805.

Jessica LeDonne, ’96, is a business analyst from Deloitte and Touche Consulting Group, L.L.P. in Detroit.

She will be married in August to her old high school sweetheart Jim Johnson.

Jennifer J. McLeod, ’96, is moving to Baton Rouge, LA to work for BASF as a production engineer. She received her B.S. in chemical engineering from Michigan Technological University this year. Currently, Jennifer resides in Hartland.

Wesley L. Rigot, ’86, to Connie A. Wolfe on Sept. 7, 1996 in Kalamazoo.

Wesley received his D.O. from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in 1995 and is a physician at Michigan State University/ Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies.

Connie is a graduate of Ferris State University and serves as a pharmacist at Bronson Methodist Hospital. The couple resides in Kalamazoo.

Mary Meade, ’87, to Rolondo Barcenas Luna on Jan. 1, 1997 in Mason. Albion alumni in the wedding party included Susan Meade Drengler, ’75. Mary is the director of Abracadabra Graphics.

Rolondo attends the National University of Mexico and is employed in research at National Geographic. The couple resides in San Miguel, GTO, Mexico.

Anita M. Pugliesi, ’89, to Christopher J. Nearhood on May 11, 1996, in Grosse Pointe Woods. Albion alumni in the wedding party included Mary Jo Yaklin LeFevre, ’89, Anne Minninger Dailey, ’89, and Betsy Vance Foster, ’89.

Other Albion alumni in attendance were Shannon Smythe, ’89, Michael Domzalski, ’88, Laura Baker, ’89, and

William Wentworth, ’68. Anita is an associate attorney at Bellanca, Beattie & DeLisle in Harper Woods. Chris is an owner of American Environmental-West in Westland. They reside in Royal Oak with their black Labrador retriever Chandler.

and Stephen N. Tuohy, ’91. Gordon is a graduate of Denison University and is employed by Thompson Leasing, Inc., in Taylor. Tina is employed by Towne Mortgage Co. in Sterling Heights. The couple reside at 1532 Shore Club Dr., St. Clair Shores, MI 48080.

➢ Jill Bullock, ’91, to David Master on Sept. 7, 1996 in Marquette, MI. Albion alumni in attendance included Katrin Brodhagen Thorson, ’91, Sabrina Smith, ’91, Karin Larson Dee, ’90, and Karen McCoy, ’91. The couple resides in Brooklyn Park, MN.

Dori L. Haan, ’90, to David B. Couvreur on Nov. 30, 1996, in Spring Lake. Albion alumni in the wedding party included David L. Haan, ’58, Debbi Haan, ’99, and Maria Pervolarakis Balcoff, ’90. Other Albion alumni in attendance included Leslie Booth, ’90, Kathy Burke, ’90, and Juliet Mullenmeister, ’90. Dori is employed by Old Kent Financial Corp. as an internal auditor. Dave is employed

by First Michigan Bank Corp. as a commercial real estate lender. The couple resides in East Grand Rapids.

Scott Young, ’90, to Shannon Brown on Oct. 12, 1996. Albion alumni in attendance included Susan Jane Grinager Brown, ’59; Dominic Livedoti, ’90; Gordon, ’90, and Laura Swan MacMorran, ’92; Dave, ’91, and Kerry McGehee Bogataj, ’91; and Dennis Adamson, ’90. Scott is an assistant vice president with Bank of America in Chicago. Shannon is a graphic designer with Healthcare COMPARE Corp. in Downers Grove, IL. The couple resides in Downers Grove.

Christine M. Valka, ’90, to Gordon T. Ford, Jr., on Sept. 7, 1996 in Harbor Springs. Albion alumni in the wedding party included Sarah M. JensenHensien, ’90, Stacey A. Lossia-Tuohy, ’90, and Stephanie M. FergusonMaster, ’90. Other Albion alumni in attendance were Dana M. Wurtz, ’90,

Jonathan Addison, ’91, to Lesley Davis, ’92, on June 14, 1997. Jon received his M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Pittsburgh in 1995. Lesley received her M.A. in college student personnel and her M.A. in guidance and counseling from Bowling Green University in 1994.

They reside in Marquette, MI.

Weatherly Burkhead, ’91, to Craig S. Verhelst on May 11, 1996. Albion alumni in attendance included Christine Dykgraaf Talattof, ’91, Juliet Mullenmeister, ’90, Kimberlee Heath, ’94, Myriam Tamez, ’91, and Arthur F. Coxford, ’59. Weatherly is the associate pastor of Court Street United Methodist Church. Craig is the assistant controller for Electro-Mechanical Products in Auburn Hills, a subsidiary of Alcoa Fujikura. The couple is sorry they have lost touch with so many friends.

“Please call us if you’re in the Flint area.” Their phone number is 810/2395456.

Stephanie Huey, ’95, and Eric Harrison, Dec. 31, 1996.

Joining Stephanie Huey (center) at her wedding were these classmates: (from left) Nicole DuPraw, ’95, Courtney Nichols, ’95, Michelle Britton, ’95, and Andrea Dalton, ’95.

Kristen A. Rowell, ’96, is working on her Ph.D. in chemistry at Wayne State University. She resides in Highland.

Brett M. Salamin, ’96, recently received his secondary provisional certification in English language and literature from Eastern Michigan. He is a secondary biology teacher, assistant drama coach and forensics coach for Novi High School. His wife, Jessica Stearns Salamin, ’95, is a secondary English teacher. They recently celebrated their second wedding anniversary. The couple lives in Brighton.

Rebecca M. Slavin, ’96, has been accepted to Michigan State University’s master’s in counseling program for the fall of 1997. She resides in Saginaw.

Weddings John W. Isgrigg, ’67, to Diane C. Brietzke on March 8, 1997 in Birmingham. John is an attorney with a concentration in estate planning and real estate. Diane is a figure skating instructor and flight attendant. The couple can be reached at 4519 Highland Rd., Waterford 48328, 248/674-1193. ➢ John C. Sherwood, ’72, to Katari K. Brown on June 12, 1996 at the foot of El Salto near Arroyo del Seco, NM. John has served as opinion page editor for the Battle Creek Enquirer since 1990.

Katari is a Michigan State University graduate student in psychology and is a teaching assistant for the university’s Psychology Department. John’s son Nathan served as best man. All three are members of The Victorian Villa Production Company, which John serves as artistic director. The couple are living at 120 W. Hanover St., Marshall.

F. Kay Courter, ’91, to Michael J. Behm on Aug. 17, 1996 in Flint. Kay is an attorney employed by the law firm of Winegarden, Shedd, Haley, Lindholm, & Robertson, P.L.C. in Flint. Michael is an attorney employed by the law firm of Pelavin, Powers & Behn, P.C. in Flint.

Jon Husby, ’95, and Alyssa Hall, ’93, Nov. 16, 1996. (front row, left to right) Mekel Sebestyen, ’97, Kelly Sexton, ’97, Chris Flaherty, ’97, Nicole DuPraw, ’95, Steve Ivan, ’96, Josh Trent, ’95, Alan Hall, ’97. (second row) Dave Towne, ’97, George Miller, ’91, Jim Estigoy, ’95, Jerry Johnson, ’93, Jon Husby, Alyssa Hall, Roopham Chowdhury, ’95, Brett Salamin, ’93. (third row) Joe Green, ’97, Megan Royle, ’95, Jeff Ewald, ’92, Missy Robinson Ewald, ’92, Sara Lamb, ’95, Wendy Wilson, ’95, Ernie Gaggos, ’93, Sue Johnston, ’94, Randy Baker, ’93, Julie Ashby, ’93, Jessica Stearns Salamin, ’93, Ginanne Brownell, ’93, Kelly Van Wormer, ’92. (back row) Tricia Learman, ’93, Sarah Humphrey Marshall, ’93, Dave Marshall, ’90, Ann Walsh, ’94, Mike Juchno, ’93, Traci Thomas, ’93.

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Frederick Khoury, ’93, and Michelle Lifford, ’95, June 29, 1996.

Editor’s note: Beginning with the fall 1997 edition, Io Triumphe will include wedding photos only if accompanied by a complete identification (including class years) of all those in the photo.

Lisa Severn, ’92, and Jay Goddard, Oct. 26, 1996. With Lisa (center) are Janine LeFleur, ’92, (left) and Chris Hardin, ’91.

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The couple resides at 3101 Sherwood Dr., Flint, 48503.

Cheryl C. Dugan, ’91, to Steven D. Brandt on June 14, 1997 in Grand Rapids. Albion alumni in the wedding party included Elizabeth Sanford Quinn, ’91, and Amy Benser, ’92.

Cheryl is employed by Williams Marketing in Grand Rapids. The couple resides in Grand Rapids.

Stacy Ferguson, ’91, to Michael Mitchell on Aug. 24, 1996. Albion alumni in the wedding party included Kristin Ferguson Bertoia, ’91; Tony Bertoia, ’87; Kerry McGehee-Bogataj, ’91; Dave Bogataj, ’91; and Sarab Kamoo, ’91. Other Albion alumni in attendance included Tom Denhof, ’91, and Cynthia Rafaill, ’91. Stacy is an account executive for an advertising and graphic design firm. Michael is an environmental project coordinator. The couple resides in Ann Arbor.

Toby Tucker, ’91, to Kimberly James on Oct. 5, 1996 in East Lansing. Albion alumni in the wedding party included Sam Tucker, ’83. Toby is employed in sales at Bond Fluidaire Corp. in East Grand Rapids. Kimberly is a graduate of the University of Colorado and works as a physical therapist at Grand Rapids Sport and Spine. The couple resides in East Grand Rapids.

Nancy L. Wilt, ’91, to Kevin Slupski on June 1, 1996. Albion alumni in the wedding party included Lynn Suitlas, ’91, and Kristen Neller, ’90. Nancy is the supervisor of financial planning for Toyota Motor Credit Corp. They couple resides in Redondo Beach, CA. Nancy would love to hear from friends at 310/ 787-3638. ➢ Stephanie Ray, ’92, to Christopher Masin on Sept. 21, 1996. Albion alumni in the wedding party included Karen DeGarmo, ’92. Stephanie is a map librarian for the Memphis/Shelby County Public Library. Chris is an instructor at Southeast College of Technology. The couple resides in Memphis, TN. Lisa Severn, ’92, to Joseph “Jay” Goddard on Oct. 26, 1996, in Bethesda, MD. Albion alumni in the wedding party included Janine LaFleur, ’92.

Other Albion alumni in attendance included Chris Hardin, ’91. Jay is employed as a contract computer specialist at the Pentagon. Lisa is attending courses in computer sciences.

The couple recently purchased a home in Potomac, MD. Alyssa Hall, ’93, to Jon Husby, ’95, on Nov. 16, 1996 in Dearborn. Albion alumni in the wedding party included Megan Royle, ’95, Julie Ashby, ’93, Kelly VanWormer, ’92, Josh Trent, ’95, Roopam Chowdhury, ’96, Jerry Johnson, ’93, Joe Green, ’97, and Jim Estigoy, ’95. Annie Walsh, ’94, and Traci Thomas, ’93, were liturgists.

Many other Albion alumni were in attendance. Alyssa is the quality manager for Ajilon Services, Inc. in Southfield. Jon is a human resources specialist at Denso Manufacturing in Battle Creek. The couple resides in Ann Arbor.

Keri L. Ivan, ’93, to David Church on April 12, 1997 in Midland. Albion alumni in the wedding party included Alex Parker, ’91, and Jill Marosky, ’93. Other Albion alumni in attendance were Sarah Blumenshine, ’93, Jennifer Lindsay, ’93, and Steve Ivan, ’96. Keri would love to hear from fellow classmates at 1075 Atlantic Avenue, Apt. C, Hoffman Estates, IL 60194.

Michelle Lifford, ’95, to Frederick Khoury, ’93, on June 29, 1996 at Bellemont Manor in Albion. The wedding party included Kevin Haan, ’93, Julie Hamrick, ’95, Ashley Andrews, ’95, Jessica LeDonne, ’96, and Jeannette Prentice, ’96. Fred works for Nike Securities in Lisle, IL. Michelle is a medical student at Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine. The couple resides in Oak Park, IL. Shari L. Solomon, ’93, to Jeffrey Burns, ’94, in May. Shari graduated from Northwestern University Medical School in June and is a pediatric resident at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.

Lesa A. Galsterer, ’94, to Ronald K. Smith, ’94, on May 25, 1996 in Saginaw. Albion alumni in the wedding party included, Emily Kutt, ’94, Brandy Lorenz, ’94, Emily VandeGinste Volmering, ’94, Matt Rankin, ’94, and John Volmering, ’94.

Heidi Stevens, ’94, to Joseph Ratti on Oct. 5, 1996. Albion alumni in attendance included Kristen Stacey, ’94. Heidi is finishing her M.A. in counseling at Western Michigan University. She anticipates receiving her degree in December. Joseph is a substitute teacher. The couple resides in Battle Creek.

Laurence D. Cappel, ’95, to Kristen Garretson on Jan. 2, 1997 in Orlando, FL. Albion alumni in the wedding party included Megan Cappel, ’96, Kevin Cermak, ’94, Tyler Schulze, ’95, and Paul Wilson, ’95. Other Albion alumni in attendance included Kristyn Meech, ’95, and J.D. Collins, ’94. Kristen is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University and is employed by Bay Harbor, Inc., as a sales and marketing representative.

Larry is a student at the University of Detroit/Mercy College of Law. The couple lives in Plymouth.

Stephanie Huey, ’95, to Eric Harrison on Dec. 31, 1996 in Seattle, WA. Albion alumni in attendance included Michelle Britton, ’95, Andrea Dalton, ’95, Courtney Nichols, ’95, and Nicole DuPraw, ’95. The couple resides in Coeur d’Alene, ID. Jennifer Daig, ’96, to Jay VanderVeen, ’96, on Aug. 3, 1996 in Flushing. Albion alumni in attendance included Jennifer Arbogast, ’96, Elizabeth Miller, ’96, and Robert Harbaugh, ’94. The couple resides in Ann Arbor.

Rhonda Hails, ’96, to Rick Snook on Feb. 8, 1997. She is working as the lead teacher at the Learning Center in Lansing. She just recently received her associate’s degree in applied science from Lansing Community College.

Rhonda will be moving out of Michigan

this fall. She states that she will “never forget my time at Albion. Not only did I meet some of the most wonderful people, but I made some lasting friends.”

Elizabeth Roller, ’96, to Jay Kocan, ’96, on Oct. 12, 1996 in Rochester Hills.

There were 51 Albion alumni in attendance. Albion alumni in the wedding party included Carrie Railing, ’96, Julie Pietrzen, ’96, Matt Hopkins, ’95, Phil Dietrich, ’97, Larry LaVanway, ’97, and Roger Roller, ’65.

The couple resides in Boston.

Baby Britons

Jackson Lindquist on Dec. 16, 1996 to Bob and Patti Temple Rocks, ’81. The family resides in Rocky River, OH. Caleigh Blair on Sept. 6, 1996 to Tom and Lynn Tomlinson Stockebrand, ’81. Proud relatives include aunt, Brenda Tomlinson, ’90; and grandparents, Chuck, ’54, and Sylvia Malott Tomlinson, ’56. The family resides in the Dallas- Fort Worth (TX) Metroplex. ➢ Lauren Nicole on July 22, 1996 to Mark Jones and Renee Burns-Jones, ’82. She joins sister Ashley, 3. Renee continues as a psychologist in private practice in Brighton and Southfield.

Mark is a division safety engineer at Ford Motor Co. The family resides in Howell.

Jack Raymond on Dec. 7, 1996 to Ryan and Lisa Prince Smith, ’83. He is joined by brother Sam, 4. Lisa has been appointed assistant vice president, marketing communications manager at Old Kent Financial Corp. The family resides in East Grand Rapids.

Casey Marie on Jan. 7, 1997 to Jeff and Amy Lyden Dunlap, ’84. She joins older sister Erin, 2. The Dunlaps reside in Chicago. ➢ Tony Jacob on Nov. 15, 1996 to Maggie Falk-Britvec, ’84, and Kel Britvec. He joins older siblings Trevor, 8, and Madeline, 4. The Britvecs reside in Alexandria, VA. Sarah Michelle on Oct. 16, 1996 to John and Laura Johnston Horvath, ’84.

Laura quit her job as the controller for Adistra Corp. and is enjoying staying home. The family resides in Beverly Hills, MI.

Danielle Marie on June 21, 1996 to Carol and Howard Bennett, ’76. She joins brothers Bud, 8, Nick, 6, and Jack, 3. The family resides in Cave Creek, AZ.

Mitchell Alexander on July 18, 1996 to Jane and Scott A. Marvin, ’82. He joins big sister Devon Rachel, 2. The family resides at 691 Lake Ave., Crystal Lake, IL 60014.

Emma Ruth on Feb. 20, 1997 to Dawn and Erick Rupprecht, ’77. All family members are doing well. They reside in Ada.

Megan Elizabeth on Aug. 24, 1996 to Brian, ’82, and Jill Manning Morrill, ’88. The family resides in East Grand Rapids.

Jeffrey Thomas on Sept. 9, 1996 to Kathy and Tom Kirkpatrick, ’84.

Kathy resigned her position as hospice chaplain to be a full-time mom. Tom continues to teach fifth grade. The family resides in Redlands, CA.

Elizabeth Abigail on Feb. 10, 1997 to Todd and Dawn Marie Mugg Mulder, ’82. She joins brother Lincoln Thomas, 2. Dawn would love to hear from old Albion friends at 1427 Apache, Holland, 49424.

Madison Ariana on March 10, 1997 to Jessica and Scott Lannon, ’84. She joins her sister Sydney Alexandra, 1.

The family resides in Lansing.

➢ Livia Christine on Nov. 11, 1996 to Linda and Christopher M. Baker, ’78.

She joins brothers Nicholas, 7, Bradley, 5, and Mark, 1. Chris continues to work in the Bellbrook school district as a high school administrator and athletic director. Linda divides her time between nursing and full-time motherhood. The Bakers live in Kettering, OH. Alice Whitten on Feb. 20, 1997 to Jim and Anne Carlisle Rigby Haley, ’78.

She joins sister Jackie, 5, and brother Reeves, 1. The Haleys live in Lizella, GA. William Murray to Shelley and Bill Krieg, ’78. He joins older siblings Alexander, Katrina and Christopher.

Bill spends his time practicing orthodontics in St. Clair Shores and practicing child-rearing in Huntington Woods.

John Logan on Aug. 24, 1996 to Timothy and Laura Benson Quinn, ’78.

Laura recently became the associate counsel at American Community Mutual Insurance Co. The family also recently moved into a new home at 10156 Covington, Brighton, MI 48116, 810/ 227-9487.

Carley Kerr on Oct. 9, 1996 to Donald, ’78, and Shelley Stock Schmid, ’81.

She joins sister Stephanie and brothers Connor and Spencer. Proud aunt is Sandra Stock Abowd, ’84. The family lives in Troy.

Nicole Hadley on Nov. 5, 1996 to Mary Jane and Bob Van Lanen, ’78. She joins her brother Robby, 4. The family resides in Charlotte, NC. Natasha Ann on Dec. 28, 1996 to Susan Hawken, ’80, and John Lee. Susan resides in southern California and is a senior vice president for Equitable Real Estate. She manages office towers from Alaska to Colorado.

Samantha Ruth on Sept. 20, 1996 to David, ’82, and Becky Flood Parkinson, ’82. She joins her older brother John, 7, and twin siblings Sarah and Jeff, 3. David is employed by a small health care consulting firm in Elmhurst, IL. Becky is a full-time mom and homemaker. The family lives in Naperville, IL. ➢ Anna Grace on Oct. 13, 1996 to Samuel and Wendy Sharp Rath, ’82.

Proud relatives include grandparents, H. Lawrence, ’49, and Florence “Dinghy” Sharp, ’50. The family resides in Riverside, IL. Daniel Marcus II on April 2, 1997 to Daniel, ’83, and Janet Sedor Ames, ’85. He joins sister Anna, 2. Dan is working in Livonia as the national marketing supervisor for Alexis, Inc. Janet is working part-time in community relations at Penrickton Center for Blind Children. The family lives in Bloomfield Hills.

Madeline Claire on Nov. 5, 1996 to Jack and Jeanne Heller Bourget, ’83. The Bourgets reside in Bloomfield.

Amy Ruth on May 18, 1996 to Jim and Sue Neely Hagedorn, ’83. She joins big brother Evan, 4. Proud relatives include aunt, Margaret Neely Nault, ’80. The Hagedorns reside in Skokie, IL. Madeline Cari Jean on Oct. 2, 1996 to Margie and Rich Roty, ’83. She joins big sister Anna. The family lives in Ann Arbor.

Quintin Neil Knuth on Jan. 18, 1997 to Tom and Shar Knuth Sanders, ’84.

Shar would like to hear from classmates.

The family’s address is 3930 Milan SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49509.

Morgan Michael on Feb. 25, 1997 to Bob and Jan Vernor Warner, ’84. He joins sisters Ashley, 8, and Courtney, 6.

The Warners reside in Grosse Pointe Park.

Jesse Taylor Esteves Christiansen to Argenis and Gay Christiansen-Esteves, ’85. He joins big brother Maxx. The family lives in Delray Beach, FL. Julia Margaret on April 12, 1997 to Doug, ’87, and Amy Lundberg Dozeman, ’85. She joins big sister Kirsten, 2. The family resides in East Grand Rapids.

Sarah Angelina on March 5, 1997 to Steve, ’85, and Susan Arellano Mazur, ’85. She joins sisters Julia, 5, and Danielle, 3. Proud relatives include uncle, Rick Mazur, ’83, and godmother, Lisa Arellano Scaccia, ’87. The family resides in Bloomfield Hills.

Jamieson “Jamie” Scott on March 5, 1997 to Scott Pirochta, ’85, and Elizabeth Jamieson, ’85. A frequent flyer with visits to Charleston, Puerto Rico in June and San Francisco in August, Jamie is keeping busy with mom and dad. The family resides in Grand Rapids. ➢ Nicholas A. Worden on Jan. 1, 1997 to Rick Worden, ’85, and his wife.

Rick works as a manager for WCI Financial Services in Redmond, WA. He and his family live at 1009 166 Ave. SE, Bellevue, WA 98008.

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Paige Berrit on March 27, 1997 to Christine and James Bleicher, Jr., ’87.

James received his M.D. from Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine in 1992. The family resides in Spring Lake.

Robert John on Sept. 20, 1995 to John and Jennifer Agnew Johnson, ’87. He joins older sisters, Ashlee, 13, and Sammi, 4. The Johnsons reside in Marshall.

David James on Feb. 24, 1997 to Jim, ’87, and Sarah Cowie Piper, ’88. Jim is a buyer for Allied Signal Automotive.

He received his M.B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1993. Sarah

is the operations manager for Marketing Displays. The family resides in Birmingham.

Stephenson, ’89, and Shelly LeFlere Stephenson, ’91. The family lives in Richmond, TX.

Meghan Isabelle on Jan. 8, 1997 to Kevin, ’87, and Karis Domanski Ray, ’88. Kevin received his Charter Property Casualty Underwriter certification in 1996. He is a casualty underwriting specialist with Kemper Insurance Co. in Long Grove, IL. The family resides in Arlington Heights, IL.

Joshua David on March 19, 1997 to Kathy and David Venegas, ’87. He joins big sister Julia. The family resides in Missouri City, TX.

Adam Frederick on Feb. 5, 1997 to Rod and Lori Stephenson Trautman, ’87.

He joins big brother Andrew, 2. Proud relatives include uncle and aunt, Mark

Stay in touch!

Io Triumphe is providing the following information on retired faculty and spouses to permit alumni to renew contact with these former professors and friends.

Mrs. E. Maynard Aris (Mary), 29196 Albion Rd., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. Kenneth Ballou, 202 Colfax St., Albion, MI 49224 Miss Betty Beese, 1121 Rivers Bend Dr., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. Albert Bolitho, 917 Maple St., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. Maurice Branch, 29300 Albion Rd., Albion, MI 49224 Mrs. John Cheek (Williemay), 1220 Jackson St., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. Paul Cook, 118 Bushong Dr., Albion, MI 49224 Mr. E. Scott Cracraft, 499 N. Clark St., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. John Crump, 14685 E. Michigan Ave., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. Dean Dillery, 1205 E. Broadwell, Albion, MI 49224 Dr. Robert Dininny, 412 E. Erie St., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. Clara Dixon, Route FD1, Box 1296, Stonington, ME 04681 Miss Charlotte Duff, 1133 Rivers Bend Dr., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. Sol Elkin, 2104 Georgetown Blvd., Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Mrs. Keith Fennimore (Jean), 511 Perry St., Albion, MI 49224 Mr. H. Morley Fraser, 124-1/2 S. Clark St., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. Willard Frick, 416 Canterbury Court, Westerville, OH 43081 Mrs. Justin Glathart (Mary Jane), 418 Darrow St., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. John Hart, 412 Fitch St., Albion, MI 49224 Mrs. Nancy Held, 1155 Rivers Bend Dr., Albion, MI 49224 Mrs. Coy James (Aurelia), 422 Linden Ave., Albion, MI 49224 Prof. Frank Joranko, 2215 Wellington, Lansing, MI 48910 Mrs. Jean Keller (Betty), 719 Church St., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. Sheila Kragness, Box 276, Excelsior, MN 55331 Mr. Melvin Larimer, 139 West Silver Lake Rd. South, Traverse City, MI 49864 Mr. Richard Leach, 310 N. Mingo St., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. Frances Lucas, 1020 S. Superior St., Albion, MI 49224 Jacqueline Maag, 420 S. Hannah St., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. Helen Manning, 415 Brockway Place, Albion, MI 49224 Dr. Philip Mason, 815 Hall St., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. Eugene Miller, 11820 Edgewater Dr., #807, Lakewood, OH 44107 Dr. Keith Moore, 1201 Jackson St., Albion, MI 49224 Mrs. Arthur Munk (Margaret), 288 Dayo Hill Rd., A-33, Johnson City, NY 13790 Mrs. Charles Swan (Doris Notestein), 105 High Point, Fairfield Bay, AR 72088 Dr. Jack Padgett, 1206 Crescent Dr., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. John Parker, 9611 Condit Rd., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. Howard Pettersen, 413 Lombard St., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. G. Robina Quale, 422 Darrow St., Albion, MI 49224 Mrs. Julian Rammelkamp (Mabel), 416 Linden Ave., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. George Reed, 2608 Edgewater Court, Palmetto, FL 34221 Mrs. Henry Rottenbiller (Eva), 20776 29 1/2 Mile Road, Springport, MI 49284 Mrs. Walter Sprandel (Ann), 29156 Albion Rd., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. Johan Stohl, 420 Allen Place, Albion, MI 49224 Dr. Ewell Stowell, 1541 E. Michigan Ave., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. David Strickler, 410 Allen Place, Albion, MI 49224 Dr. Anthony Taffs, 908 Cram Lane, Albion, MI 49224

Paige Elizabeth on April 3, 1996 to David and Julie MacIsaac Zeiler, ’87.

She joins sister Emma, 4. The family resides in Groton, MA. Margaret Louise on Oct. 29, 1995 to Julie K. Eberly Clark, ’89, and Kevin Clark, ’88. Julie received her D.V.M. from Michigan State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 1993.

The family lives in Holland. ➢ Steven Joseph on Jan. 23, 1997 to Joseph and Becky Stewart Juzwiak, ’88. Becky has a new career as a stayat- home mom. The family resides in Kalamazoo.

Parker William on March 8, 1997, to Andrew Chuba and Rebecca RobsonChuba, both ’89. Andrew received his M.B.A. in marketing from Wayne State University in 1995 and serves as the assistant vice president and sales manager for Old Kent Mortgage Co. in Grand Rapids. Rebecca received her M.A. in communication disorders and sciences from Wayne State University in 1993. She also has her certificate of clinical competence. She is a speech and language pathologist for Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Rapids.

The family lives in Grand Rapids Township.

Andrew Allyn and David Alexander on Oct. 28, 1996 to Jeff, ’89, and Heidi Diehl DeMoss, ’89. Proud relatives include aunt, Jennifer DeMoss VanderPloeg, ’92, and godfather, R. Dean McCracken, ’89. The family resides in Holland.

Taren Elizabeth on Feb. 1, 1997 to Steve and Mary Messner Eddy, ’89. She joins brother Steven, 2. The family resides in Ceresco.

Gabrielle Claire on Jan. 13, 1997 to Stephan and Cindy Golden Girard, ’89.

The family resides in Cleveland Heights, OH. Nathan Samuel on Dec. 23, 1996 to Anthony and Jennifer Miller Hill, ’89.

Proud godmother is Krista Miller, ’91.

Jennifer received her Ph.D. in physiology and biophysics from the University of Louisville, KY in January. The family resides in St. Louis, MO and would love to hear from Albion friends.

Their address is 7752 Ravensridge Rd., St. Louis, MO 63119.

Steven Ernest on Sept. 24, 1996 to Tim and Elizabeth “Wendy” Knight Ives, ’89. He joins older brother Parker, 3.

The family resides in Bloomington, IL. Sarah Marie on Feb. 17, 1997 to James and Donna Potchynok Finn, ’90. She joins older brother Nicholas Joseph, 2.

Donna has taken off from teaching to spend time with her family. They reside in Macomb Township.

Mitchell Alan on Feb. 25, 1997 to John and Meredith Mitchell Gornto, ’90.

Meredith is a human resources manager for Bethesda and Good Samaritan Hospitals. John is a human resources manager for Procter and Gamble. The family resides in Cincinnati, OH. Maeve Kaitlyn on March 6, 1997 to Don and Karla Ramsey Hammond, ’90.

She joins sisters Rachel and Claire. The family resides in Kalamazoo.

Magdalen Paige on Sept. 27, 1996 to F. David and Mary Limbaugh Hutton, ’90. Mary is employed at the corporate offices of Walgreen’s. She asks, “Beth Albright, ’90, and Karen Brown, ’90, where are you?” The family resides in Springfield, MO. Madeline Marie on Feb. 28, 1997 to Steve and Stephanie Ferguson Master, ’90. Steve is an account manager at Phoenix Group in Farmington Hills.

Stephanie is an account executive for Inmart Group in Farmington Hills, a promotional and marketing services corporation. The couple built a home in South Lyon in 1996 and are enjoying the new addition to their family.

Frank “Frankie” James on April 15, 1997 to Eric and Lisa Lucido Thams, ’90. He joins older sister Elizabeth, 2.

The Thams reside in Sagamore Hills, OH. ➢ Allison Claire on Feb. 9, 1997 to Steve, ’91, and Stacey Lossia Tuohy, ’90. Darren Lossia, ’91, is her proud uncle and godfather. Steve received his M.E.S.A. in health services administration from Xavier University in 1994. He currently serves as the administrative coordinator in diagnostics for St. Mary Hospital in Livonia. The family resides in Bloomfield Hills and can be reached at tuohy@aol.com.

Rebekah Sue on Sept. 4, 1996 to Keith and Amy Harris Watson, ’90. Proud aunts and uncles include Bonnie Harris Bem, ’89, and Eric, ’93, and Bobbie Stumpf Harris, ’93. The Watsons are stationed at Camp Pendelton in California. They would love to hear from friends at their new address: 304 Angeles St., Oceanside, CA 92054.

Jacob Henderson on March 12, 1997 to Ramie, ’91, and Cheryl Henderson Almeda, ’91. The family resides in Urbana, OH. Erin Kelly on Jan. 22, 1997 to Blake and Michele Hageman Chapman, ’91. She is joined by older brother Blake Daniel.

The family resides in Naperville, IL. ➢ Danielle Christine on Feb. 8, 1997 to Michael and Christine Hysell Heron, ’91. Proud relatives include John, ’69, and Judy Jacko Hysell, ’71. Christine received her M.A. in library and information studies from the University of Michigan in 1993. The Herons live in Flint.

Katherine Hill on Jan. 22, 1997 to Daniel Kaiser, ’91, and Mary Dionich Kaiser. She joins older sisters Lauren, Elizabeth and Alexandria. They live in Albion.

Riley Jean on Jan. 4, 1997 to Holly and Mike McClain, ’91. She joins big brother Mitchell, 4. Mike is working as a district manager for American Express Financial Advisors in Auburn Hills.

Megan Grace on Jan. 10, 1997 to Sean McFadden, ’91, and his wife. Sean received his D.O. from Michigan State University’s College of Medicine in 1995. The family resides in Mount Clemens.

Olivia Claire on Nov. 4, 1996 to Ryan and Claire Skoskie Roudebush, ’92.

Claire is teaching kindergarten part-time so that she is able to spend more time at home with her daughter. Ryan works as a sales representative for Big A/APS Indiana. The family resides at 6120 Pillory Place, Indianapolis, IN 46254.

Abigail Grace on June 21, 1996 to John and Laura Terhune Scharfenkamp, ’92. Laura continues to work as a therapist for the Oakland County Catholic Social Services. She states that Abigail “is a joy, a challenge and a delight!” The family resides in Eastpointe.

Joshua Edward on April 1, 1995 to Edward, ’95, and Sherri Nemacheck Biocic, ’95. Ed is still working with Merrill Lynch. Sherri is staying home to care for Joshua. The family resides in Saukville, WI.

Faculty and friends Marilee Kroul, former Albion College employee, on March 9, 1997, in Homer.

She worked at Albion College until her retirement in 1975. She was a former member of the Women of the Moose.

She is survived by her husband, two daughters, one stepson, five grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

Susan S. Lipschutz, former Albion College professor and assistant dean of faculty, on April 13, 1997 in Ann Arbor.

She received her B.A. from Smith College and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. A member of Albion’s philosophy faculty from 1972 to 1980, she had served the University of Michigan in several capacities since 1981. She was named associate dean of U-M’s Rackham School of Graduate Studies in 1986 and was promoted to senior associate dean three years later. She became assistant vice provost for academic affairs in 1993. In addition, she was adjunct associate professor of philosophy. She is survived by her husband, one daughter, one son, her parents and one sister.

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grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

John K. Frost, Jr., ’23, on Dec. 23, 1996 in Hillman. He retired from Consumers Power Co. after 43 years of service as an accountant. He was a member of the St. John’s Lutheran Church in Pontiac and the Gloria Deal Lutheran Church in Auburn Hills. He is survived by one son, a daughter, four

Cecil G. Soule, ’25, on Feb. 1, 1997, in Port Huron. He was a graduate of Northwestern University and served as a teacher at Cass Tech in Detroit for over 40 years. After retiring from teaching, Cecil became an Episcopal priest and served in Florida and England. He was a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He is survived by his wife.

A. Pauline Rodgers, ’27 A. Pauline Rodgers, passed away on March 7, 1997 in Jackson.

Rodgers served as a home economics faculty member at Albion from 1949 to 1971, and was department chair at the time she retired. The recipient of a master’s degree from Columbia University, she had also taught at Central Michigan University and the University of Iowa. A member of several professional organizations, she belonged to the First United Methodist Church in Jackson and had lived at Vista Grande Villa in that city since the early 1970s. She is survived by a nephew and four nieces.

‘Albion College was her family’ The following comments were offered by colleagues and former students to celebrate the life and career of Pauline Rodgers, ’27, professor emerita of home economics. We thank all of those who took the time to write letters about Prof. Rodgers and regret that space limitations prevented us from reprinting them all.

Pauline Rodgers was an extraordinary teacher and person whose greatest legacy is represented in over two decades of Albion College students as well as those she reached teaching in other high schools and colleges.

She was an excellent teacher who taught teachers-to-be by example. She was department head and taught clothing and textiles, home planning and furnishings, consumer economics and home economics education.

Her strengths were always to draw in related fields—economics, the physical and social sciences, and art.

She stressed problem-solving and, if students made a mistake, her focus was on learning from it and how it could be fixed. Her assignments included field study in the local community: housing surveys of Albion and market studies involving trips to local stores. She taught applied and technical courses with a liberal arts philosophy; it’s hard to explain, but it was very easy to see the difference when I did graduate work at Michigan State University.

One of her frequent expressions was “if I had my druthers.” But she knew that was not always possible. Visiting her in her last years in the medical center at Vista Grande Villa, I found her cheerful and content and focused on what she could do, rather than on her limited vision and physical frailty. She was truly an example of “accepting the things we cannot change.” I will always remember her both as an exemplary teacher and boss.

Virginia Renshaw Snell, ’55; instructor of home economics, 1956-1959 Paw Paw, MI Pauline Rodgers created a positive and constructive atmosphere in the Home Economics Department during her years as department head.

There was an air of warm acceptance of each of us by her and by the staff she trained and inspired, and an aim to encourage us to adopt an accepting approach toward others as well as a serious but adaptable approach to work, tempered with humor. There was an overall spirit of inquiry, an encouragement to think things out, which befit a dynamic college department.

The concerns which Miss Rodgers fostered—theoretical, practical, relational—influenced our lives after Albion as well as our college years.

In my case, this influence had an enabling effect on my roles as homemaker and teacher in the U.S., in England, and in India where I taught home economics with two sewing machines and one gas ring for equipment.

Above all, however, I remember Pauline Rodgers for the great kindness and understanding she extended to each of us.

Dorothy Hart Gibbs, ’55 Birmingham, England

William H. Strong, ’25, on Feb. 24, 1997 in Tempe, AZ. He is survived by his wife.

George R. Jones, ’28, on Dec. 30, 1996 in Green Valley, AZ. He served with Michigan Limestone and Chemical Co. in Rogers City, retiring as the superintendent of industrial relations in 1968 after 41 years. He was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity. He is survived by his wife, Kathleen White Jones, ’29; one daughter; a son, Richard A. Jones, ’56; one grandchild and one greatgrandchild.

Joseph W. Jenkin, ’31, on Jan. 18, 1997. He is survived by one son.

Edith H. Parks, ’31, on March 9, 1997 in Grand Rapids. She served as a teacher in Temperance, Capac, and North Branch before going to southern Rhodesia as a missionary teacher in 1938. She began the first Standard Five Class at Nyadiri Mission in 1939, the first Standard Six Class at Nyadiri in 1945, the first United Methodist secondary school in Rhodesia at Old Umtali Mission in 1950 and the church’s second secondary school at Mrewa in 1961. She is survived by three cousins including Nancy Comstock Spalenka, ’53.

Bruce E. Young, ’31, on Feb. 14, 1997, in Traverse City. He served as the vice president of the Bank of Albion and retired in 1974. He was a member of the Albion Methodist Church, the Albion Exchange Club, the Albion Boosters and Knockers, and the Lions Club. He is survived by two daughters including, Kathryn Young Mosier, ’63, one son and four grandchildren including Brett Mosier, ’92.

Jean Dempster Baker, ’34, on March 10, 1997 in Sarasota, FL. She received her M.A. in guidance and personnel counseling from the University of Michigan. She earned her M.A. in music and her Ph.D. in musicology from the Detroit Institute of Musical Arts. She spent 32 years teaching and supervising as an administrator in the Detroit schools. After retirement, she served as a volunteer at the Sarasota Music Archive.

Charles S. Meagher, ’34, on July 9, 1996 in Merritt Island, FL. He owned and operated a lumber yard in Pontiac prior to his retirement. He was a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity and had served as a commander in the U.S. Navy. He is survived by four children including Janet Winters Lawson, ’70, and two brothers.

Alice Miller Sutton, ’35, on March 29, 1997 in Morenci. She retired in 1978 after 20 years as a first grade teacher in the Morenci Public Schools. She was a member of the Morenci First Congregational United Church of Christ. She is survived by two daughters, four grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.

Kenneth Himebaugh, ’37, on March 24, 1997, in Lansing. The recipient of an M.A. in education from the University of Michigan in 1943, he retired from the State of Michigan

Department of Vocational Rehabilitation Determination Office after 39 years of service. He was a member of Amvets, C.C.C.A., and the Capital City Old Car Club. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Homer C. Wittenberg, ’39, on April 11, 1997 in Puyallup, WA. He spent 26 years in the U.S. Air Force, retiring in June 1967 with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He is survived by his wife, three sons, one daughter, seven grandchildren and his sister, Helen Wittenberg Dusse, ’41.

Elizabeth Gmeiner Boies, ’40, on Feb. 23, 1997 in Battle Creek. She attended Wayne State University before finishing her degree at Albion College in 1972.

She taught nursery school and served as the director of the Altrusa Day Nursery in Battle Creek. She retired in 1983 having served as a remedial teacher in the Battle Creek and Lakeview school districts. She is survived by her husband, Edward “Ned” Boies, ’40, her children and her grandchildren.

Gerald A. Salisbury, ’40, on March 15, 1997 in Eaton Rapids. Gerald helped to found the Fiske Lodge at Albion. He is survived by his wife, four sons and one daughter.

Philip M. Sirrine, ’40, on Feb. 22, 197 in Big Rapids. He worked as a sales representative for Marshall Music Co. and retired in 1989 after a long career in retail. He helped to establish and direct the Big Rapids Area Civic Orchestra.

Philip was a life member of the Scottville Clown Band and the Michigan Band and Orchestra Association. He was also a member of the Big Rapids SPEBQSA and other local music groups.

He is survived by his wife; a son, Gary T. Sirrine, ’65; two daughters; nine grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.

Earl H. Longworth, ’41, on Dec. 30, 1996, in Bayonet Point, FL. He managed the Crawford County Chamber of Commerce in Grayling for many years. He was a life member of the Free and Accepted Masons. He is survived by his son, Timothy Longworth, ’66, three grandchildren, two greatgrandchildren and one brother.

Mary “Betty” McDougal Wiley, ’41, on Feb. 28, 1997 in Lowell. The recipient of an M.A. in education from Western Michigan University, she taught elementary school for several years in both the Holton and Fremont school districts. She served as a volunteer for the Alzheimer’s Association in Grand Rapids and Lowell. She is survived by four children, eight grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and one brother.

Nancy Prentice Breed Millar, ’43, on May 5, 1997, in Toronto, Ontario. She earned a B.F.A. degree in visual arts from York University in Ontario and continued to pursue art as a hobby.

Active in the Toronto alumnae chapter of Alpha Chi Omega sorority and the Brethren Assembly, she also was a member of the Society of Canadian Artists, the American Women’s Club

and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She is survived by her husband Lorne, three children and eight grandchildren.

Dewey D. Smith Jr., ’50, on March 17, 1997, in Manistee. After receiving his D.D.S. from Ohio State University School of Dentistry in 1955, he served as a dentist in private practice in Manistee for 21 years. In 1976, he became the regional dental consultant for the State Department of Health. He retired in 1986. An active member of the Manistee Civic Players, he was a twotime recipient of The Malcolm Actors Award. He is survived by his wife, Edna Heimburger Smith, ’51, two daughters, two sons and seven grandchildren.

Walter H. Hasler, Jr., ’52, on March 6, 1997 in Bloomfield Hills. He served as president and CEO of Avery-Hasler and Associates Insurance Agency in Clawson. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega and the Sea Pines Country Club and served as the past president of the Rotary Club of Auburn Hills, a former director of the Boys and Girls Club of Auburn Hills and a past member of Lake States Advisory Council. He is survived by his wife, Gerry Larsen Hasler, ’53, one son, one daughter and his mother.

James E. Navarre, ’52, on March 2, 1997, in Seattle, WA. The recipient of an M.S. in business from Columbia University in 1953, he was president and CEO of Sunstrand Data Control and Tally Corp. He also served as a management consultant for various companies in the Puget Sound area. He was a member of the Ranier Club and the Seattle Tennis Club. He also served as a director of the American Electronics Association. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, one son and a brother.

Henry B. Moore, ’57, on Feb. 10, 1997, in Hilton Head Island, SC. A University of Michigan School of Dentistry graduate, he retired as a U.S. Army colonel in 1989. He received the Bronze Star medal for his tour of duty in Vietnam, the Meritorious Service Medal with two Oak Leaf clusters, the Legion of Merit and several other honors. He was a member of the American Board of Prosthodontics and the American Dental Association. He is survived by his wife, one son, a grandson and two sisters. ➢ Sally MacArthur Heaton, ’62, on Feb. 23, 1997, in Summit, NJ. She served as the receptionist and librarian for the law firm of Cooper, Rose and English for the past 12 years. She was a member of the Summit Historical Society, the Summit/Shorthills TWIG #1 and the Summit Presbyterian Church.

She is survived by her husband, Forrest W. Heaton, ’60, one son, two daughters, three grandchildren, her mother and one sister.

Lisa Carl Dilley, ’73, on Jan. 7, 1997 in Minneapolis, MN. She is survived by her husband, three daughters, her parents and three brothers.

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Meet the Mitchells Come and get acquainted with incoming President Peter Mitchell, ’67, his wife Becky and son Peter at these special events in Northern Michigan!

Invitations will be mailed in early July to alumni, parents and friends living in these respective locations. If you will be traveling in the area and would like to attend, please call the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, 517/629-0448, to make a reservation.

Bay View

Traverse City

Saturday, August 2 6 p.m.

Potluck 8 p.m.

Musical: “Into the Woods” Location: On the Bay View Campus

Tuesday, August 5 7-9 p.m.

Reception Location: Home of Chuck, ’73, and Sue Chapelle Judson, ’76, 6861 Franklin Woods Dr., Traverse City

Escanaba Sunday, August 3 4:30 p.m.

Reception and Picnic Location: Ludington Park Pavilion

Watch the fall Io Triumphe for information on other opportunities to meet the Mitchells.

GREAT BRITONS Everyone knows Skip Ungrodt, ’52, bleeds purple and gold. Who else would have scoured every one of his gift stores in southeastern Michigan to come up with enough purple and gold “Patti the Platypus” Beanie Babies to present to the guests at the recent Ann Arbor Regional Campaign Dinner? This story illustrates not only his creative flair but his stubborn tenacity.

Skip’s “never say die” attitude has benefited Albion College many times in the past 45 years.

An Albion trustee, he has headed up previous fund-raising efforts for the College, but by far his most successful undertaking has been the Briton Athletic Drive, a nearly $2-million effort that is a key component of the current Campaign for the Generations. Already the drive has resulted in a new all-weather outdoor track, new soccer, football and swimming scoreboards, a new sound system for Kresge Gymnasium and a handsome brick commemorative walkway leading into the A-Field. Plans are now shaping up for six new outdoor tennis courts, four new indoor tennis courts and other improvements. Skip has been a guiding force for the drive—assisting with planning, making a leadership gift and encouraging others to give.

Skip’s efforts have gone beyond fund raising. He has chaired nine biennial reunions of his ATO fraternity brothers (the next is scheduled for this Homecoming). Most recently, he arranged for film actor Jeff Daniels to become a visiting artist at Albion.

“Working for Albion College has been a labor of love for me,” Skip says.

“These enhancements help us long-term, both in recruiting students and in keeping them.”

For more information on the Briton Athletic Drive or other goals of the Albion Campaign for the Generations, contact Ben E. Hancock, Jr., at 517/ 629-0242.

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Football

Oct.10-11

Albion vs. Olivet 1:30 p.m. Kickoff Halftime program featuring the Homecoming Court and The British Eighth.

Reunions ALL classes ending in “2” and “7” (1947 to 1992) will celebrate their reunions. If you are in one of these classes, please hold Saturday night for your reunion dinner.

Alumni Awards Ceremony Join us in Gerstacker Commons in the Kellogg Center as we honor the 1997 Distinguished Alumni Award winners: Bruce C. Berndt, ’61 Denise Cortis Park, ’73 Professor of Mathematics Professor of Psychology University of Illinois Research Scientist, Institute of Gerontology Urbana, IL University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI Richard W. Huff, ’52 Veterinarian Michael E. Williams, ’78 Beverly Hills Veterinary Association Director Beverly Hills, MI Hannah Neil Center Columbus, OH and Meritorious Service Award winner: Stanley Jones, ’49 Executive Director of External Affairs (Retired) Wayne State University Medical School West Bloomfield, MI

ReceptionwiththeMitchells Following the Homecoming football game, alumni and friends are invited to a reception in the Kellogg Center for Albion’s new president and first lady, Peter and Becky Mitchell.

AthleticHallofFameInductions Come for Friday night’s banquet and induction ceremony for: David M. Barrett, ’64 John E. Bromley, ’29 (deceased) Frank R. Carr, ’78 B. June Luke Dempsey, ’54 William C. Ferguson, ’52 Tracy A. Garner, ’83 B. Timothy Hartson, ’83 Barbara A. Lindblom, ’53

James E. Misner, ’66 Cameron B. Owens, ’81 Wilma Hurley Spencer, ’38 Paul W. “Skip” Ungrodt, Jr., ’52 Donald E. Vandivort, ’56 1947-48 Men’s Basketball Team 1976 Field Hockey Team 1981 Men’s Track Team

Briton GolfTournament The Albion College Athletic Department is sponsoring a Friday golf tournament at Duck Lake Country Club for alumni, parents and friends. It begins with a shotgun start at 10:30 a.m.

Reservations may be made using the form included in the Homecoming brochure to be mailed later this summer. Proceeds will support Briton athletics. Start lining up your foursome now!

SOAR Leader Reunion Kristine Palmquist, ’97, is planning a reunion on Homecoming Weekend for all former Student Orientation and Registration (SOAR) leaders. The group will have an informal gathering Friday evening in the Kellogg Center, and they will be leading the “Io Triumphe” cheer at the bonfire that night. You can also join the group on Saturday during the picnic lunch in the Dow Center.

More information about this reunion will be mailed later this summer.

KappaDeltaSororityCentennialCelebration The Sigma Pi Chapter of Kappa Delta sorority is hosting a luncheon and open house on Saturday in honor of the national sorority’s centennial celebration this year. An invitation will be mailed to all KD alumnae this summer. For more information, please contact the Alumni Office.

More information will be coming to you this summer, but please HOLD THIS WEEKEND, and plan on returning to Albion for Homecoming 1997. If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations; Telephone: 517/629-0448; FAX: 517/6290566; e-mail: mmurray@albion.edu.

Mark your calendar for Family Day Please reserve Saturday, Sept. 20, 1997 for an action-packed Family Day, including a morning faculty reception and convocation, the Briton football game vs. Wabash and a gala dinner to top off the evening.

More details will be mailed to parents in August. If you have questions in the meantime, please contact: Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, 517/629-0448; or e-mail: traven@albion.edu.