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Wired! Technology reaches every corner of campus By Sarah Briggs The minute she wakes up in her Wesley dorm room, Jane switches on her computer to start her day. After checking out the current news headlines on the Internet, she sends a quick e-mail note to her faculty research mentor, asking if they can meet later in the day to go over her recent lab results. She also reviews several new messages from her project team in her accounting class—she’ll have to come back to the attachments they have sent containing additions to the business plan they’re working on for the class. Then she checks out the online syllabus for her Early British Literature course to make sure she’s on track with the week’s reading assignments, and she examines the eighthcentury artifacts pictured on the professor’s Web site for today’s class discussion on Beowulf. Later in the day, in her Maps and Geographic Information Systems course, Jane’s professor uses online satellite maps of sea surface temperatures to help the class understand how thermal changes in oceans affect weather and climate. In the evening, she’ll sign on to her computer again to review the off-campus study programs she might want to consider for next year and to find out the balance remaining on her college bill.

Yahoo’s ‘Most Wired’ Colleges in the U.S. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 15. 20. 25. 33. 34. 35. 40. 48. 49. 50.

Williams College (Mass.) Colgate University (N.Y.) Bates College (Maine) Occidental College (Calif.) Oberlin College (Ohio) Sweet Briar College (Va.) ALBION COLLEGE Illinois Wesleyan University Smith College (Mass.) Trinity College (Conn.) Wellesley College (Mass.) Swarthmore College (Pa.) Colby College (Maine) Bowdoin College (Maine) Pomona College (Calif.) Wabash College (Ind.) Carleton College (Minn.) Colorado College College of Wooster (Ohio) Earlham College (Ind.) Grinnell College (Iowa)

Source: Yahoo! Internet Life magazine.

All part of a typical day for an Albion College student, Jane’s activities suggest the integral role technology plays in our students’ lives, both in the classroom and out. This weaving of technology into the fabric of campus life helped Albion earn a top-10 ranking this year among Yahoo! Internet Life magazine’s “Most Wired” colleges in the nation. The magazine’s May 2000 edition, which provided an overview of the technology resources and support that it considered critical on college campuses, ranked Albion seventh among its peers nationally and also showed that the College was the top-rated institution in Michigan (for the second year in a row). Albion, in fact, was the only Michigan college or university to appear among the magazine’s top 50 “Most Wired” institutions. “This national recognition is affirmation of our new Vision, Liberal Arts at Work,” says President Peter Mitchell. “We have harnessed the power of information technology in service of the liberal arts in ways that very few other institutions have done. Albion’s technology-rich learning environment gives our students a tremendous advantage both now and into the future.” Improving the College’s technology infrastructure has had high priority over the past five years. In that time, Albion has provided access to the campus computer network and the Internet in every residence hall room, developed “smart” classrooms equipped with the latest hardware for using and displaying digital information, and installed new administrative software that supports everything from financial aid packaging to online course registration to charitable gift reporting.

Troy VanAken, appointed as vice president for information technology in June 1999, has spent much of his first year at Albion leading efforts to improve the campus network’s capabilities, revamp the campus e-mail system, upgrade the personal computers used by students, faculty and staff, and expand the skills training offered, especially in support of teaching and learning. He believes this sustained investment in information technology resources was a critical factor in the College’s high ranking among the nation’s “Most Wired” colleges. Albion’s campus-wide commitment to using information technology, VanAken says, “makes it easy to innovate in this area.” And as far as VanAken is concerned, the innovation is just beginning. With demand for the existing digitallyenhanced classrooms steadily rising, the College next year will introduce portable systems that will make it possible to bring advanced technology into virtually every classroom and lab on campus. The portable systems—containing a laptop computer and the latest in video projection and sound equipment—will simply plug into the network port available in every classroom. Faculty will supply their own instructional software to run on the system or instantly access the resources available on the Internet. “Having these capabilities opens up a whole new realm of instruction,” VanAken says.

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Personal interaction between students and faculty remains paramount at Albion, VanAken insists. The increasing use of technology in the classroom won’t change that close relationship. What it will do, he says, is give faculty a broader array of tools for teaching and students more ways to express what they have learned.

Jeff Carrier, vice president for academic affairs and professor of biology, agrees. “Technology can be an incredible boon for faculty,” he says. “Imagine what it means for my physiology students to actually hear heart sounds and see the changing patterns in electrocardiograms—all replicated with digital technology. I can engage my students in the course material far more effectively than I could through a traditional lecture.” The ’round-the-clock availability of the new technology also means that learning can be continuous, VanAken says. Students can join in online discussions with their professors or locate Web-based course materials at any time of the day or night. This summer, renovation of Norris Science Center will make way for the new Dow Laboratory. According to Jeff Carrier, the lab may prove to be the “hottest technology spot on campus” when it opens in spring 2001. Funded by a $2-million grant from the Dow Foundation, it will contain sophisticated analytical instrumentation to be shared by all of the College’s science departments. Wireless networking will allow faculty and students to use laptop computers in the lab without being tethered to a wall jack. This design saves space and permits freedom of movement: with the wireless technology, the laptop users can communicate via the network from anywhere in the lab, from other campus buildings and even out in the field.

Other technology improvements currently in the works include enhancements in the College’s award-winning World Wide Web site, particularly in support of student recruitment. Next fall, the College will launch new services on the Web that will allow prospective students to more easily find and use the information that’s particularly important to them. There will be some highly personalized features with the site too: students can create their own Web page color and individualized menu, and develop electronic “trading cards” that can be shared with other site users. All of these features are intended to attract new visitors and then keep them coming back on a regular basis. Over the course of the next year, the College’s Web support for alumni will increase too, with the development of an online alumni directory and opportunities for e-mail alumni newsletters or online chat groups. And beginning with the Class of 2000, alumni can maintain lifetime e-mail accounts on the College system. Under a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the College has extended technology services to the Greater Albion community as well. The community e-mail system is housed on the campus network, as are Web sites for numerous local non-profit organizations, and computer workshops are regularly offered to community residents by College staff. VanAken says this outreach will continue as the College looks for ways to increase access to technology, particularly among low-income families. (See related article in “Around Campus” on the Albion Neighborhood Smart

Psychology team pioneers Web-based research technique For years, psychologists have used paper-and-pencil exercises to get at people’s opinions, attitudes and behaviors. Now Albion psychology professor Amy Otto and her team of student researchers have found a better way. The Web-based experimental technique they’ve developed may one day make many paper research instruments obsolete. Otto and her students took advantage of the Web’s interactivity to come up with an innovative online simulation to study conflict resolution in the workplace. “We wanted to improve the way we asked about how people resolve conflicts,” Otto says. They believe their method is far more realistic than traditional exercises, and thus should yield better results. Paper-based exercises typically describe a conflict scenario in a single paragraph and then ask people to select an appropriate response to the situation. The problem, Otto says, is that conflict resolution is a much more complex task, often involving multiple decisions as people seek a solution. With the new Web-based experiment, the respondents move through a progression of different approaches as their initial attempts at resolving the conflict fail. Another advantage of the Web-based simulation is that the researchers can incorporate graphics—photos of the individuals involved in the conflict and of the work setting, for instance—as well as sound narration. Both the graphics and the audio reinforce the conflict scenario that is conveyed in text on the screen. Answering the corresponding questions is a simple matter of “point-and-click” with the computer mouse.

Transferring their knowledge of experimental research to the Web environment was actually the hardest part of the process for the team, Otto explains. “We’re largely self-taught,” she says. “We spent many hours trying to figure out how the techniques would work [on the Web].” Starting in fall 1998, Otto and her students built the simulation from the ground up, determining the types of scenarios they wanted to test, creating the descriptive text, taking the digital photos and learning the technical aspects required to make it all work on the Web. After constructing it, they then had to make sure the responses to each question were recorded accurately on an online data sheet. (Once gathered, the data are analyzed using statistical software.) Finally, this year, after rigorous testing, the simulation was ready to go, and Otto and student Jennifer Barr used it with three different groups of subjects, including 40 workers at a nearby manufacturing plant. (To access the simulation, the manufacturing employees simply signed on to the College’s Web site from their company’s computers.) Each of the groups responded well to the new technique, Barr says, and adapted without difficulty to the technology involved. “This was almost like a computer game for them,” she notes. Barr used the research as the basis for a departmental honors thesis, and presented her work both at the College’s Isaac Research Symposium and at the Michigan Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference, hosted at Albion this spring. Barr now heads to a Ph.D. program in school psychology at Michigan State University.

After expanding the research to look at various types of conflicts and different resolution styles, Otto plans to publish her findings, and she notes that, in some instances, her students will be listed as co-authors. “I really view the students as co-investigators with me,” she explains. “It’s a collaborative process.” Otto is intrigued with the possibilities this method offers for future research. “Now that we’ve built the simulation, we can alter it to explore other research questions,” she says. The multi-layered format, Otto believes, could be useful in other areas, yet surprisingly she has yet to find many other psychology researchers who are using the power of Web technology to the extent that she has. She’s convinced, however, that it’s only a matter of time before the new method is widely adopted. “It’s the wave of the future,” she insists. Amy Otto has been an assistant professor of psychology at Albion since 1998. Members of her student research team included: (1998-99) Kirsten Metalonis, ’99 (deceased), Michael Nicholson, ’99, Lynnette Lubinski, ’99, and Jennifer Carlson, ’99; and (1999-2000) Jennifer Barr, ’00, Cory Scherer, ’00, and My Lien, ’01. For more information about the project, e-mail Otto at: aotto@albion.edu. —Sarah Briggs

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Education student earns state’s first technology credential Centers.) Another grant, from Ameritech, will involve Albion teacher education students in developing interactive mathematical modules to help elementary school students understand specific concepts. The College students will collaborate with local teachers on the project beginning next fall. Probably the most far-reaching change coming up next year will be the introduction of student digital portfolios. As part of Albion’s new First-Year Experience, every incoming student will begin to assemble a portfolio based on his or her personal, academic and career goals. Sally Walker, vice president for student affairs, and her staff have spearheaded the project. “Developing a digital portfolio,” Walker says, “will encourage students to think through what they want to achieve at Albion—what accomplishments they will want to have in their portfolio at the end of four years. And it will be an excellent way for them to gain new technology skills at the same time.” The portfolio, maintained on the Web, will eventually reflect the student’s academic achievements; internship, research and other practical experiences; leadership

When Beth Albery crossed the platform during Albion College’s May 6 commencement ceremony, she became the first college student in the state to graduate with the new Michigan Certificate for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching with Technology (M-COATT). The M-COATT was designed by a group of faculty and administrators representing nearly 20 Michigan K-12 and higher learning institutions, at the prompting of U.S. Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich.), to promote technology in K-12 teaching and train educators on the latest advancements in technology-based teaching and learning. The award recognizes prospective teachers who have demonstrated their excellence in using technology to aid classroom learning. This certification program is the first of its kind in the nation. An English major specializing in elementary education, Albery earned certification by teaching 29 third-grade students at Albion Open School how to write and illustrate on computers and to publish each of their stories in an electronic volume stored on CD-ROM. As part of the volume, Albery designed the table of contents, mounted photos of each student participant, and linked the CD-ROM user to audio recordings of each student explaining his or her work. To fulfill another requirement in the certification process, Albery taught her students to present their electronic work. On a special Parents’ Night at the school, those students educated moms and dads step-by-step on how to use the CD-ROM.

Student-originated Web site assists scholars internationally Publishing a book is a long and labor-intensive process, as Albion English professor Jim Diedrick can attest. He has already devoted several years to research on the life and work of political activist Upton Sinclair, best known as the author of the “muckraking” exposé of the food industry, The Jungle, and his manuscript probably won’t be ready for publication for another two years. As Diedrick worked with sophomores Misty Hensley and Nathan Piwowarski, his student researchers on the project last summer, he sought a way for the students’ discoveries to have a more immediate impact. What better means to accomplish that, he thought, than through publishing their findings on the World Wide Web? The Web not only would encourage them to organize and polish their material, it would allow them to share it with other researchers internationally. The resulting Web site (www.albion.edu/cishc/fbi) demonstrates the range and depth of their research, but Piwowarski believes the site also shows that undergraduates can make important contributions to the academic community. “We can add to the body of scholarly knowledge,” he says. “Undergraduates often don’t realize they can do something very original, very exciting . . . something fresh.” Sinclair, an outspoken socialist who ran for the governorship of California in 1934, attracted the attention of the FBI in the 1920s, and the bureau eventually compiled a 300-page dossier on his writing and political activities. Diedrick obtained the file through the Freedom of Information Act, and engaged the students in examining the file for what it might reveal about Sinclair and how he was viewed by the U.S. government. As they pored over the surveillance reports, wire-tap transcriptions, news clippings and correspondence between Sinclair and FBI agents, complex questions surfaced about the FBI’s use (and abuse) of power and citizens’ right to free

speech and association. The students eventually expanded their research, with Piwowarski examining the relationship of the FBI to the presidency and the Congress, and Hensley exploring the FBI’s broad surveillance of liberal American authors. “The Sinclair file confirms a lot of the literature out there on how the FBI works,” Piwowarski says. The FBI’s ability to collect information and to influence top government officials as revealed in the documents suggests “how important it is for the public to maintain control over the bureaucracy,” he adds. In the course of the research, Hensley also used the Internet to study the image of the FBI today and current public perceptions about government surveillance and perceived threats of conspiracy on the part of both the federal government and private groups. “The most disturbing thing is that surveillance is still being used [in questionable ways],” she says. Their Web site includes historical essays by Diedrick, Hensley and Piwowarski describing the “events, personalities and practices” that influenced the FBI during the first half of the 20th century, as well as separate personal reflections on what the three authors have learned thus far, and where the research may lead them. Site visitors can also find directories of online and print resources about Upton Sinclair and the FBI. (One of the links leads to an “electronic reading room” containing portions of the FBI files on over 50 famous Americans—foia.fbi.gov/famous.htm.) The site also offers background on the Freedom of Information Act and a step-by-step guide on how to use it. Because, as Piwowarski says, “information is power,” the students see their Web site as an effort not only to share information publicly but ultimately to make our society more open. —Sarah Briggs

(For a firsthand look at the project, visit Albery’s homepage: www.albion.edu/fac/educ/mcoatt/balbery/ portfolio/mcoatt.htm; for more about the M-COATT, visit http://www.coatt.org.) According to Albery’s supervising teacher, this project brought out the best in each student. “Our kids were anxious to work in the computer lab, and it was a great motivator,” says Tamara Hartman. “The students would finish their other assignments to allow them to resume their work on the computers. Our students are very proud of their accomplishments.” “Beth’s efforts were just incredible, and the kids benefited from that.” Albery’s technology project is an extension of the digital portfolio all Albion College students are encouraged to create. (See accompanying story.) According to Albery, the time and effort needed to earn the M-COATT credential was definitely worth it, but being the pioneer was difficult. “Usually when working on a project like this you’d like to be able to see what has been done in the past,” Albery says. “I didn’t have any projects to review to help demonstrate the standards.” But, she adds, “being able to design whatever I wanted was a lot of fun. I think it’s more unique. Next year, judges may see a lot of projects similar to mine.” The summa cum laude graduate believes her M-COATT recognition will be a distinct advantage as she looks for a job in elementary education. “Knowledge of technology is certainly a huge asset for prospective teachers,” Albery says. “Technology is changing education, and I assume that employers will be looking for teachers who are capable of incorporating technology into the curriculum.” —Jim Klapthor

skills and accomplishments; and community service. The digital format means the portfolio can be easily updated and expanded throughout the student’s four years on campus, and, unlike paper-based presentations, it can incorporate video or sound clips, and photos, artwork or other visual images that tell much more about the author’s interests and aptitudes than text alone could convey. Finally, during the student’s senior year, the portfolio can be shared with prospective employers and graduate schools. Reuben Rubio, director of Albion’s Ferguson Center for Technology-Aided Teaching, this year has piloted the use of digital portfolios with his students headed to careers in education. “Right now, we’re very much on the forward edge,” he notes. Rubio believes the portfolio project could bring about a digital chain reaction on campus. As students increasingly develop their technological capabilities, he says, they will in turn look for new ways to apply those skills in class work and in research. Their interest in extending technology into areas where it may not have been common before could prompt exponential growth in the use of technology across the campus. Technological know-how will be invaluable— indeed, indispensable—in our students’ future roles as citizens and employees, VanAken says. “As a higher education institution, we need to prepare students for the world that awaits them after graduation. We are doing that here at Albion.” Editor’s note: There was another Albion College connection in the Yahoo! Internet Life rankings: Internshipprograms.com, developed by Christian Houtzer, ’98, received first place among the Summer Internship sites the magazine rated in its section on “the best college resources online.” See related story in this issue’s Albionotes section.

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A technology transformation New teaching tools engage students in learning as never before When math professor Ron Fryxell tells his students they can use the “Monte Carlo method” to solve probability and statistics problems, it’s a good bet he gets their attention. The Monte Carlo method involves using random-number simulations to study processes that cannot be handled with formulas. While the approach itself isn’t new, the work is made much easier thanks to today’s high-powered desktop computers equipped with sophisticated software packages. Here are some examples of the kinds of problems Fryxell’s students might solve using computer-intensive methods: (1) An airline experiences a 10 percent no-show rate on some of its flights. How many seats should it over-book in order to have the plane as full as possible and at the same time not inconvenience the passengers who do show up? (2) A gambler chooses to play roulette. Which betting scheme produces the most favorable situation for him or her in the long run? In addition to using such exercises in his statistical methods classes, Fryxell has developed a First-Year Seminar that explores “those aspects of chance that affect our day-to-day living as well as our plans for the future.” (E-mail: rfryxell@albion.edu) ▼ Word-processing and spreadsheet programs are useful tools, but, for chemists, these programs are insufficient for the effective analysis and presentation of their data, notes chemistry professor Dennis Gaswick. To address this problem, Albion’s Chemistry Department has installed a new Molecular Visualization and Computational Laboratory, including PCs with specialized graphics capabilities and software. These new systems allow students at all levels to import sophisticated chemical equations into their lab reports and seminar presentations, and view three-dimensional models of molecules they’re studying. Beyond these activities, students can compare computational results with experimental ones; for instance, they model a compound on the computer to calculate the various energy levels of a molecule and then compare those with their experimental data to check the accuracy of the computer model. The advanced software has opened up new student research opportunities as well. This summer, chemistry major Sarah Burpee is trying to design a new chemical reagent that will be used to synthesize chiral molecules, precursors to pharmaceuticals. Once designed, the new reagent will be tested using traditional laboratory methods. Computational work by May graduate James Smaby on a carbon dioxide dimer led to a presentation at the American Chemical Society’s national meeting this spring and to an invitation for Smaby to join a research team at the University of Maine working on a similar project. (E-mail: dgaswick@albion.edu) ▼

Instead of using a traditional textbook for his calculusbased Intermediate Microeconomics course, Dan Christiansen has developed an interactive text maintained on the College’s Web site. The text, accompanying graphs and problem-solving exercises are all formatted specifically for the computer screen. After studying topics such as “The Market Mechanism,” “Pricing Strategies” and “Economic Theory of Choice,” students take an interactive quiz that appears at the end of each chapter and receive instant feedback on their performance. (They still take traditional exams for their final grade in the course.) Christiansen hopes eventually to publish the text, perhaps as an e-book. (E-mail: christiansen@albion.edu) ▼ Web-based discussion groups are growing in popularity on campus. Using the College’s WebBoard software, students in biologist Dale Kennedy’s Great Issues in Science course this spring could continue and expand on conversations begun in class by exchanging ideas electronically. “One advantage,” Kennedy says, “is that some quiet students who may not participate as much in class but have good ideas are often quite willing to post their ideas to the WebBoard.” Anthropologist Molly Mullin uses the WebBoard in her Animals and Human Societies course for posting student reports on topics related to the course. “This was a way for all of us to learn from one another without taking up lots of class time,” Mullin explains. An added benefit, she says, is that students tend to “write much better—more clearly and concisely, and with more substance” in the Web environment. And WebBoard also permits contact regardless of time or distance. When French professor Dianne Guenin-Lelle was traveling in France with her First-Year Seminar students for 10 days last fall, she used the WebBoard to keep in touch with her other students back in Albion. (E-mail: dkennedy@albion.edu; mmullin@albion.edu; dgueninlelle@albion.edu) ▼ Teacher certification candidates at Albion start using computer technology in their first professional education course and then build on those skills in virtually every course that follows. They use computer software to plan and design lessons, develop interactive teaching modules, evaluate educational software and Internet sites, learn hypermedia authoring techniques and master various kinds of presentation software. Beginning next year, all teacher education students will be asked to design an in-depth technology project for use during their student teaching. According to Reuben Rubio, director of Albion’s Ferguson Center for Technology-Aided Teaching, the students first become

proficient with the technology and then adapt what they have learned to their teaching situation. He encourages his students to become savvy “software consumers,” and to use programs that emphasize creativity and discovery, rather than drill and practice. Connecting new ideas to what students already know is essential. “The best educational technology,” he advises, “helps students assimilate new information into the way they see the world.” (E-mail: rarubio@albion.edu) ▼ The digitally-enhanced classroom in Norris Science Center becomes a miniature planetarium for physics professor John Williams’ astronomy students. Williams can now supplement conventional photos with computer animations and digital video clips to make the motions of celestial objects and the concepts of physics more real for his students. A planetarium simulation he uses can display the sky as seen from any location at any time. The students also use this program in some of their lab sessions. In addition, they make “observations” with simulated photometers, spectrometers and radio telescopes; these activities mirror the functioning of a modern observatory where telescopes are operated by remote control. Experiences with a virtual sky and virtual instruments are balanced by other lab sessions in which students look at the real sky and use a real telescope themselves. Finally, Williams says, through Web sites and e-mail students can learn about the latest astronomy discoveries directly from those who made them, and can incorporate this new information in term papers and projects. (E-mail: jwilliams@albion.edu) ▼ Student teams in Gaylord Smith’s Managerial and Cost Accounting course use computerized spreadsheets to evaluate the business operations of a hotel chain and then present their recommendations to the rest of the class using PowerPoint software. At the end of the semester, the students individually prepare a PowerPoint presentation entitled “The Top Ten. . . .” According to Smith, “The only requirement is that the title must include ‘Accounting’ or ‘Accountant.’ For example, ‘The Top Ten Reasons That Accounting Is Important,’ ‘The Top Ten Reasons I Hate Accounting,’ or ‘The Top Ten Things Accountants Want for Christmas.’ As you might guess, most student presentations are very humorous. An unintended benefit of this project is the feedback it provides me on what worked during the semester and what didn’t.” (E-mail: gsmith@albion.edu)

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Broadway still glitters for Michael David, ’64 By Sarah Briggs Recognized over the past two decades as one of Broadway’s most successful producers, Michael David, ’64, has done it again. His company’s revival of The Music Man opened in April to glowing reviews from critics at The New York Times, USA Today and Newsweek. The lush new production of Meredith Willson’s classic musical is playing to full houses and was nominated for eight Tony Awards and eight Drama Desk Awards. The Music Man is the latest of the more than 300 plays and musicals David has produced in New York, London and Europe during his 30-year theatre career. On Broadway, his productions include Tony winners Titanic (1997), The King and I (1996), Guys and Dolls (1992) and Big River (1985), and a host of other highly acclaimed shows including Footloose, The Who’s Tommy, Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods, and Hamlet with Ralph Fiennes. His production of Jack Heffner’s Vanities still holds the record as the longest running play in Off-Broadway history. As founding partner and president of Dodger Theatrical Holdings, David is chiefly responsible for determining which shows the company will bring to the stage. “I’m the ‘rainmaker,’” he says. “I pursue projects and ideas and put creative teams together.” In the five years it may take to open a new production, David is constantly working behind the scenes—negotiating for rights, obtaining financial backing, building a marketing plan, and sometimes testing and refining the production in a regional venue. Financial considerations always loom large—it can cost upwards of $10-million to bring a large-scale production like The Music Man to opening night. And the payoff is always uncertain in an environment that David likens to “Vegas for theatre.” Still, the final decisions are often based on instinct and experience as much as anything else. “The most compelling reason in the end to choose a particular play is because you’re passionate about it,” David says. His passion for the theatre began the first time he took to the stage at Albion in Solid Gold Cadillac, he says, and has continued ever since. “I do think there is something called ‘stagestruck’—literally I got hooked.” This “addiction” keeps him on Broadway, he says, and the risks and the volatility only add to the thrill. “Anything can happen on Broadway,” he says. “There are no rules.” David says he never intended to pursue a career in the theatre—his main academic interest at Albion was in classical languages and literature. As graduation neared, he had signed up to teach English for the Peace Corps in Afghanistan but, as the song goes, “life happens when you’re making other plans,” and he

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wound up instead at Yale to work on an M.F.A. degree in theatrical production, design and administration. Even then, altruism prevailed during a year he took off from graduate school to join the Yale/ Harvard Southern Teaching Program and teach at historically black Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. He finished his M.F.A. at Yale in 1968 and was an adjunct theatre professor there from 1970 to 1979. New York beckoned, and from 1968 to 1977, he served as executive director of the Chelsea Theater Center at Brooklyn Academy of Music, which at the time was considered one of New York’s most prestigious non-profit theatres. At Chelsea, “we were underwritten to do the thing we loved,” he recalls, and while there, he had a chance to experiment with groundbreaking new works. In particular, his 1969 production of Slave Ship won praise not only for its challenging subject matter but for its intimate staging that literally dissolved the line between audience and performers. During this period, he also produced a revolutionary new version of Candide scored by Leonard Bernstein and directed by Harold Prince. As funding for the Chelsea Center and other non-profit theatres declined, David and the two friends who would eventually become his long-time business partners, Sherman Warner and Edward Strong, turned to the commercial stage and in 1981 opened their first show on Broadway, Pump Boys and Dinettes. Since that early success, David’s company has become the most prolific on “the Street.” Along the way, their productions have earned over 100 Tony nominations, 38 Tony Awards, Michael David has produced more than 300 plays and musicals in 20 Drama Desk Awards, 26 Obie Awards New York, London and Europe over the past 30 years, including and 18 Drama Critics Awards. David also The Music Man, which opened on Broadway in April. received a special Tony Award for “outstanding contribution to the artistic The King and I to London’s West End, and maintain development of the musical theater.” By the midtouring companies across North America. 1990s, Theater Week magazine was ranking the “We never imagined we’d be running this big a Dodgers third among the top “100 Most Powerful company,” he says. “It has grown exponentially on its People in American Theater.” own.” Today, David presides over an enterprise with 80 Refreshingly, David doesn’t fit the stereotype of a employees in five divisions: Dodger Management corporate CEO. He avoids the limelight, and in fact Group, Dodger Marketing, Dodger Touring, Dodger detests making public speeches. Sporting a bushy black Costumes (America’s largest theatrical costume beard and a ponytail, he enjoys defying convention. company) and Theatre Stuff (for theatre merchandise). Tony Awards night in June found him wearing a formal In addition to The Music Man and Footloose currently tuxedo . . . and his best “dress” tennis shoes. Still, on Broadway, the Dodgers have recently taken behind this laid-back exterior is a canny businessman— a consummate deal-maker who knows when to seize an

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opportunity and who will go head-to-head with the powerful theatrical unions when his interests conflict with theirs. David credits the Dodgers’ “accumulated wisdom and experience” for much of their success. More than anything, “continuity empowers us to do this well with some regularity,” he says. Their track record also permits the Dodgers, more than most Broadway producers, to nurture new plays and to advance the art of the theatre without sacrificing financial returns. “We do a healthy mix of classics and new work,” he explains. They begin by recruiting the best talent they can find, on stage and off, and they give new productions time to fully mature before they are ever brought to Broadway. Even the classic musicals get a fresh approach. “We always try to treat the classics as new,” he says. David and his partners have made other commitments in their business that are a rarity on Broadway. For instance, they operate Stages for Learning, an educational program that makes the professional theatre more accessible to students and teachers. At every performance, some low-cost seats are set aside for school groups, and educational workshops are offered throughout the year that enrich the students’ theatre experience. Not surprisingly, David is an astute observer of the entire entertainment industry. Unlike the environment of 40-50 years ago, Broadway shows today must compete for patrons not only with each other but with professional sporting events, pop music concerts and the like, David says. And cost is an issue. While much of what’s on Broadway today remains “family entertainment,” $80 ticket prices make it increasingly difficult for families to afford a night at the theatre. “That’s a problem that’s not going to go away,” he notes, given the fact that, even at those prices, many shows cannot break even.

The growth of some 2,000 regional theatres across the country has resulted in radical changes in how new works are brought to the stage and how emerging talent is developed. Broadway is no longer the only venue for creativity and innovation in the American theatre. Because of lower production costs, regional theatres often can afford to be daring, David observes, and they have become the breeding ground for new works, especially serious drama. In order to survive, he says, “Broadway has been compelled to provide something different.” Increasingly, that means productions that have big-name talent, as well as lavish staging and special effects, a level of entertainment that only companies like the Dodgers—with both know-how and consistent financial backing—can afford to produce. So what’s next for the Dodgers? Plans are to open a new production of the classic 42nd Street in 2001, and work has begun on a musical version of the movie Shane. More imminent, a new musical fantasy, based on the life of Hans Christian Andersen, has been tested in workshops for the past two years and is scheduled for its world premiere in September at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. For Michael David, each new production represents a chance to start afresh, to try something new, to perfect one’s art. And on opening night, the magic happens all over again. David says he will often stand at the back of the darkened house, simply watching the audience as they become ever more deeply engaged in what’s happening on stage. “It’s exhilarating. . . . That’s the payoff for what I do,” he says.

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round schedule of productions at the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County and has been recognized with a special Tony Award for theatrical excellence and two Pulitzer Prizes in drama. Prior to moving to the West Coast in 1990, Baker had worked in New York, managing such Broadway shows as Tru starring Robert Morse, The Gospel at Colonus, Annie, A Chorus Line, Working and The Wiz. His affiliation with A Chorus Line would have a lasting impact on his life: he met his wife, Wendy Mansfield Baker, when they both were working on that show, she as an original performing member of the London company, and he as company manager of the original national touring company. His first job in theatre, obtained as a result of his participation in the GLCA New York Arts Program, began just a few weeks after his college graduation, and Baker has remained in professional theatre ever since.

Albion theatre alumni can be found working from New York to L.A. Io Triumphe recently caught up with a few of them to learn more about their careers. Doug Baker, ’74, is in his 10th season as general manager of the Center Theatre Group (CTG) in Los Angeles, which operates the highly regarded Ahmanson Theatre and Mark Taper Forum. These two organizations have the largest theatre subscriber base in the country (60,000), and attract a total annual attendance exceeding 800,000 people. Featuring the works of leading American playwrights, CTG offers a year-

In May, Michael David received an honorary doctor of theater degree during Albion’s commencement ceremonies (see related story in the “Around Campus” section). He also was honored with the Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 1990.

A typical year will find theatrical lighting designer Bob Jared, ’76, jetting from coast-to-coast and juggling the demands of more than a dozen productions. Based in New York City, Jared plans the lighting design for several months leading up to each show and then in the weeks just before opening will join cast and crew for technical rehearsals. It’s an oddity of his craft that Jared’s involvement with a show ends just as everyone else’s real work begins—once the lighting is installed and fine-tuned for opening night, Jared is off to his next assignment. In business for himself for the past

Susan Dolan, ’79, hones her craft on stage and screen By Jan Corey Arnett, ’75 No day is ever like the one before or the one that comes after for actress, director and teacher Susan Dolan, ’79. This week she might be on stage before a live audience, next week may find her on the set of “Touched by an Angel,” and the week after that, while the cameras roll for a commercial or training video, she may be eating french fries, or driving an SUV—with its windows down—through a car wash. Then there are the voiceovers, promotionals and magazine assignments. Her image has appeared in advertisements in magazines as diverse as Cosmopolitan, Psychology Today and Vegetarian Times. A member of the Screen Actors Guild and Actors Equity Association, Dolan regularly travels from her home in Salt Lake City to Los Angeles and other locations across the country for her television and film roles. In addition to acting, Dolan has a dozen or so directing credits to her name, primarily with theatres in Utah, and she has taught acting at the University of Utah and in other settings. She suggests much of her success is due to the opportunities she had at Albion College and the people who mentored her. “The thing which had the greatest influence on me at Albion College was the Great Lakes Colleges Association experience,” she said. “Through the GLCA, I got to go to New York and work at the Actors Studio. All the greats have come through the Actors Studio. I took

19 years, he has worked on productions in Europe, China, Japan and in most major cities across the U.S. Among his most frequent clients are the Wisconsin-based Milwaukee Repertory Theater and American Players Theater, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He notes that he recently designed his 50th production of Shakespeare. One of his most memorable assignments was an epic-scale production of Nicholas Nickleby involving more than 100 scenes presented in 10 hours over the course of two nights. In addition to designing for theatre, ballet and opera, Jared has also handled the lighting for industrial shows and has served as an architectural consultant. As an Albion student, Jared completed an apprenticeship with renowned lighting designer Tharon Musser through the GLCA New York Arts Program and then went on to earn an M.F.A. at Yale. An associate designer (to Paul Gallo) for three Tony Award-winning shows (Crazy for You, Guys and Dolls, and City of Angels), he is also the recipient of seven Los Angeles Times Dramalog Awards.

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classes from Lee Strasberg [who has taught such legends as Robert Redford, Paul Newman and Kim Novak]. I also was stage manager for [highly regarded drama critic and director] Harold Clurman. Here I was, coming from this little midwestern college and going where the greats are. I keep this on my resume, and it is commented on frequently.” But building a resume isn’t all there is to Dolan’s life. There is her center-stage role as wife and occasionally professional colleague to Pete Willardson, resident lighting director for Salt Lake City’s Pioneer Theatre Company, and her multi-task role as mom to sons David, 20, and Ben, 16. As Utah emerges as a major production center for the film and television industries, Dolan often finds challenging work right in her home state. The popular television series, “Touched by an Angel,” now in its

Now in her ninth year as theatrical properties supervisor at The Juilliard School in New York, Kate Dale, ’85, provides all of the props needed for the school’s drama, opera and dance divisions. Together with her staff of three professionals and two interns, she “pulls, alters, builds, finds, buys or rents every chair, table, sofa, rug, book, shrub, chandelier, sheep, teacup, gun, umbrella, bed, rock, gas mask and dead bunny the directors feel they need.” She supports eight largescale and 10 smaller productions each academic year. Prior to becoming the prop supervisor, she was the assistant supervisor for three years. Outside New York, she has been affiliated with Glimmerglass Opera, The Peterborough Players and Ogunquit Playhouse. In the city, she has worked for Manhattan Theatre Club, The Opera Ensemble of New York, The Center for Contemporary Opera and the International Flower Show. Dale reports she is also “the founder/instigator of Poodle World Productions, which I’ll describe as a ‘pink

sixth year with two more seasons assured, is completely shot in Salt Lake City, as was its sister series, “Promised Land.” Dolan has had principal roles in both, meaning that she has acted in scenes with the lead characters. PHOTO COURTESY OF SUSAN DOLAN She is appearing this summer in the musical, A . . . my name is Alice, with the Egyptian Theatre in Park City. She has performed and taught at the prestigious Sundance Institute in Provo Canyon, a non-profit institute founded by Robert Redford, now internationally known for its highlyacclaimed film festival and several other programs for aspiring filmmakers, screenwriters and actors. Earlier this year, Dolan had a significant role in the CBS mini-series, “Perfect Murder, Perfect Town,” about the 1996 murder of child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey in Boulder, CO. Dolan played the part of Barbara Fernie, a close friend of JonBenet’s mother, Patsy Ramsey. To prepare for her role she read the entire 600-page book about the case written by Lawrence Schiller, an eight-time Grammy award winning writer/director/producer. The city of Boulder did not want the mini-series shot on location so a

tank.’ The only thing we produce with any regularity is our annual entry in the Coney Island Mermaid Parade. . . . In 1996 I was crowned Best Mermaid.” Shelley Troupe, ’90, has been general manager of the Off-Broadway Irish Repertory Theatre in New York since 1997. Winner of a New York Drama Desk Award for “Excellence in Presenting Distinguished Irish Drama,” the Irish Repertory Theatre is devoted to bringing classic and contemporary Irish and Irish American works to the stage. Troupe has also worked for Dodger Theatrical Holdings (see accompanying story on Dodger president Michael David) and for the National Asian American Theatre Company, both in New York. She earned an M.A. in arts administration from Columbia University. In her job, she crosses paths with people from all over the theatre world, as this recent story illustrates. “An actor from our company came into the office

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complete 5,400-square-foot replica of the Ramsey home was built inside the former Osmond Studios in Orem, UT. Filming took place from November 1999 to January 2000. Over her 17 years as an actress, Dolan has played many roles, including that of a detective in the film Invasion of Privacy, working in partnership with David Keith (An Officer and a Gentleman). She also was the unsympathetic mother to Bradley Pierce in Leucadia Films’ Undercover Kid. Most often, however, she finds herself cast as a “warm mom,” a role she handles comfortably. Asked about the risk of becoming typecast, she admits audiences often have trouble separating actors from their roles. “If you’re mean in your role,” she says, “people see you as mean, or if you are sweet they expect you to be sweet. People over-associate with the role they see. There can be risks, but if you become famous enough in that role, you gain the power to do what you want.” One of Dolan’s funniest experiences came when she had been contracted to do a 15-minute training video for a skin-care product. As part of the video she had to drive an SUV with its windows down through a fullyoperating car wash. “I had to get absolutely drenched,” she said. The training video was shown at a company conference held in Salt Lake City. When the conference concluded, employees were at the airport awaiting flights out as Dolan came through the waiting area. “They immediately recognized me as ‘the woman in the car wash’ and wanted my autograph,” she says with a zesty laugh. Her celebrity status had arrived, but not quite in the way she might have hoped. Dolan has done commercials for major auto companies and for McDonald’s. The latter initially posed a problem because she is a vegetarian. “Luckily they just had me eat french fries!” she says.

to make copies of a script and brought with him a very attractive man who was introduced to me as ‘Martin.’ He was very congenial and funny. I continued helping them with the scripts when it dawned on me—this was the Tony-nominated, world-renowned playwright Martin McDonagh. I should also mention that the actor was Brian O’Byrne, twice nominated for a Tony for his work in Martin’s plays, The Beauty Queen of Leenane and The Lonesome West.” Chris Bolender, ’91, now lives in Las Vegas where he is production stage manager of Notre Dame de Paris, soon bound for Broadway. He has also worked as stage manager for two other Las Vegas shows, Cirque du Soleil and O. During a five-year stint as resident stage manager for Houston’s Alley Theatre, he was involved in over 30 shows with stars including Vanessa Redgrave, Ellen Burstyn, Frank Wyldhorn and others. He also was assistant stage manager for the Houston Grand Opera on productions with Cecilia Bartoli and many more of opera’s best-known performers. The Utah Shakespearean Festival and several U.S. and European tours have also claimed his time. He holds an M.F.A. degree from the University of Missouri—Kansas City.

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Dolan enjoys both stage and film but says the part is more important than the medium. “The nice thing about the stage is that you create a character and live it. With film you don’t have the continuity to really create the character because it is shot out of sequence,” she explains. The most difficult roles for Dolan are those that bring reality too close for comfort. There was the time a few years ago when she played the writer, Charlotte Bronte, in live theatre. “In life, Charlotte Bronte was surrounded by death,” she says. “So, in the performance I was always burying somebody. My own youngest sister was very ill at the time. . . . You have to try to keep the emotions separate or you go nuts.” Things that most of us take for granted in our dayto-day lives are cause for major concern in the life of an actress. Simple things like changing a hair style or playing sports. “If I get my hair cut, it is a $500 decision,” Dolan notes. “If I change styles, that means getting all of my promotional photos redone because I have to look in person as I look in my photos.” But that’s not all. Besides having to watch her figure, Dolan has to protect it. “I played softball at Albion College, but when I started acting for a living I had to say, ‘I can play but I can’t slide [into] bases because if I get a bruise I can’t work next week.’” Between contracts, Dolan is constantly refining and honing her craft with voice lessons, dancing lessons and working with other actors to prepare for auditions. She records and listens to her own voice, both to develop her characters and to memorize upcoming scripts. Originally from Sterling Heights, MI, Dolan knew from the time she played the role of “Miss Art” in an eighth-grade play that she wanted a career in theatre. When she transferred to Albion College from Eastern Michigan University in 1976, she dove into the theatre program with exuberance. She says the entire experience—the liberal arts focus, faculty guidance, offcampus study and many opportunities to express and

nurture her talents—launched her into a career she loves. After graduating with her bachelor’s degree in speech communication and theatre, she went on to earn an M.F.A. in theatre and directing in 1983 from the University of Utah. She particularly recalls the lasting influence in her life of several theatre faculty. “Dr. Sam Grossman gave me the skills to research and create a character, skills I still use today. Dr. Tom Oosting taught me the very important technical side of my profession. And the late Dr. Helen Manning was great to work with because she was a role model for women who wanted careers.” Albion’s liberal arts orientation has benefited her acting career in ways she never would have expected. Dolan explains, “I have been flown to Detroit for the Society of Automotive Engineers to talk to a group of engineers at Cobo Hall about why magnesium is great for use in building a car.” It turns out she had also specialized in geology while at Albion, she says with a chuckle, “[so] even though I had a prepared text, I was not just another pretty face!” Theatre professor Tom Oosting remembers the maturity Dolan brought to her work, even as an undergraduate. “Susan hit Albion running. She knew she wanted to be a professional performer, but she was different than the usual 20-year-old actress. She had style, a commitment to the craft, and was very polished. She was incredibly effective without being arrogant.” Oosting said Dolan’s experience at the Actors Studio was

At Center Stage, the Baltimore area’s premier regional theatre, Sara Grove, ’95, is an associate for Theater for a New Generation. Funded through a $1.4-million grant, the educational outreach program aims specifically to increase the number of people aged 14-30 attending Center Stage performances and to involve them in a broad range of theatre experiences. Grove organizes student matinees, plans workshops with artists and artisans, coordinates a playwrights-in-residency program and a Young Playwrights Festival, assists with student productions and works with visiting school groups. As she puts it, “Our program invites students to explore their own artistry and imagination as audience members, writers, creative thinkers and performers. . . . The students have made my time in Baltimore extremely productive in fostering real creative growth, and I have to say I love my job!” Before joining Center Stage last fall, she taught school in Michigan for four years.

Tracy Keppel, ’95, is concert services manager at the Boston Conservatory, a graduate and undergraduate school for about 500 students studying music, dance and musical theatre. She is responsible for the staging and technical support for faculty recitals, guest artist recitals and large ensemble concerts at the conservatory. Before moving to Boston last fall she was stage manager for the Dorset (VT) Theatre Festival and Milwaukee’s Next Act Theatre. While earning her M.F.A. in performing arts and stage management at the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, she traveled with a company from UW to produce The Taming of the Shrew at the Shanghai Theatre Academy. She helped organize almost every aspect of the 10-day tour. In spite of language differences, the Americans and their Chinese counterparts were able to faithfully recreate the show, right down to three-story scaffolding for the set. It remains one of her most memorable experiences, Keppel says.

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Dolan is also featured regularly in print in magazines as diverse as Cosmopolitan, Psychology Today and Vegetarian Times, and in promotional flyers. exceptionally beneficial because Lee Strasberg was “the granddaddy of the emotional approach to acting” and director Harold Clurman, originally a drama critic for The Nation, “brought American theatre into its own as a political voice.” Dolan is a staunch supporter of the performing arts, not just because the arts are her chosen profession but for what she describes as “the ability of the performing arts to move people out of themselves to look at other people from a new point of view.” Her voice exudes conviction as she adds, “I want to move people to such a degree that they are inspired to go out and do something to make a difference . . . remove biases from the world.”

If you’re a fan of Oprah Winfrey’s new Oxygen cable network, you’ll likely see Ian Kesler, ’99, serving as one of the hosts of “Trackers,” a live talk show currently available to 13-million households. (He is pictured with one of his co-hosts for the show.) His other television work includes a guest appearance last fall on a “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit” segment on NBC. Kesler has done two OffBroadway plays, The “I” Word Interns and Intersections, and is now in rehearsal for Light Years at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York. Last summer, he helped run the Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Summer Conference, a retreat in upstate New York for both newcomers and accomplished veterans of theatre, film and television.

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Alumni prominent in symposium events April’s Elkin R. Isaac Student Research Symposium was the largest in the 11-year history of this event, with 55 student presentations on topics as diverse as risk factors for eating disorders, women’s roles in the Holocaust, and analysis of volcanic rocks from West Antarctica. Another 17 students offered poster presentations about their work. During the Elkin R. Isaac Lecture that kicked off the symposium, kinesiologist James Misner, ’66, offered insights from his 30 years as an educator and researcher on physical fitness and exercise. On the faculty at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, Misner has conducted research for the American Heart Association and has served as a consultant for over two dozen government and business organizations. Internationally renowned evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould offered the symposium keynote address. The College’s annual Honors Convocation was held in conjunction with the research symposium. Albion native Ruth Holland Scott, ’56, received an honorary doctor of sociology degree during the convocation. Since 1988, she has headed her own consulting firm, Scott Associates in Rochester, NY, providing economic, human resource and community relations advice to numerous clients in education, business and government. Also recognized during the Honors Convocation were faculty members Paul

Vacin gift funds Albion’s First-Year Experience This fall, Albion College will officially launch its First-Year Experience, providing an innovative approach to students’ transition from high school to higher education. And when it does, the new program will be underwritten in part by a recent $3-million commitment from the estate of Mary Brown Vacin, ’29. The Mary Brown Vacin and William A. Brown, Jr., Endowment will support in perpetuity the College’s First-Year Experience, a key component of the Albion College Vision. The First-Year Experience utilizes FirstYear Seminars, a Common Reading Experience, a digital portfolio project and other programs to sustain and enhance students’ academic and social development from the first day on campus through graduation. “Albion’s First-Year Experience has been described as the most exciting first year in American higher education,” said President Peter Mitchell. “Endowing the First-Year Experience ensures that each

(Clockwise from top right) The Isaac Symposium’s student poster session attracted a crowd to Gerstacker Commons; Ruth Holland Scott, ’56, recalls the Albion faculty who were influential in her life as she accepts an honorary degree during the Honors Convocation; student presenter Jennifer Barr reviews her research on conflict resolution; and kinesiologist James Misner, ’66, discusses fitness and exercise as the Elkin R. Isaac Lecturer.

Anderson (Teacher of the Year), John Beusterien and Carmen Pereira Muro (New Teachers of the Year) and Clifford Harris (Blanchard Faculty Fellow).

new entering class will be nurtured, supported and challenged during that critical transition from high school to college. “Mary Brown Vacin cherished her relationship with her brother William and their mutual tie to Albion College,” Mitchell continued, “so she chose to honor these connections with a remarkable estate gift.” Mary Brown Vacin was a homemaker who resided in Pasadena, CA, and Sun City, AZ. While at Albion, she was a member of Delta Gamma sorority. She died in 1999. William Brown, ’29, joined Albion’s Board of Trustees in 1951, and 10 years later was elected chairman, a post he maintained until his death in 1970. As former president and general manager of Liquid Carbonic Corp. of Chicago, Brown oversaw production of industrial gases and gas-related equipment in 57 plants across North America, and at subsidiaries worldwide. Brown and his wife Ruth had two daughters, Marcia Brucker and Mary Lou Brown Smith, ’61. A portion of this gift will also provide an annual William Atwell Brown, Jr., Endowed Scholarship for Albion College students.

Klungness becomes board chair The Albion College Board of Trustees has named James Klungness chairman of the board, effective July 1. Klungness succeeds Arnold Langbo, chairman of the board since 1996. “This is an exciting time for Albion College, and we’re grateful for this opportunity to tap Jim’s expertise and leadership,” said President Peter Mitchell. “His steady and thoughtKlungness ful style will ensure effective implementation of our Vision— Liberal Arts at Work. “Likewise, the College is indebted to Arnold Langbo for his decade of dedicated service as a trustee and his commitment to the liberal arts tradition,” Mitchell said.

Klungness is co-chairman of Cable Constructors, Inc., an engineering and telecommunications company. He is also vice president of Superior Aviation, a freight airline company. Both firms are based in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Appointed to the Albion board in 1986, Klungness has served for the past 10 years on the Executive Committee as chairman of the Subcommittee on Buildings and Grounds. Klungness has also served for 14 years on the Committee on Finance and Business Affairs. In 1991, he and his wife, Verle Anderson Klungness, ’50, established the Klungness Scholarship at Albion College, an endowed fund providing four-year scholarships to exceptional students from the Upper Peninsula. James and Verle Klungness have two children: Kraig, who briefly attended Albion College, and Barbara, ’79.

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A joint venture of the City of Albion, Albion College and other local organizations to provide Internet access to lowincome residents recently earned statewide recognition. In May, the Albion Neighborhood Smart Centers project received a Michigan Week 2000 Community Achievement and Volunteer Leadership Award. During a ceremony in Marshall, Albion Public Safety officer Larry Weeks accepted the award from Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus on behalf of the Smart Centers. Initiated by Weeks, the Smart Centers project is the result of a collaborative effort by Albion Public Safety, Albion College, the Forks Initiative, the Albion Housing Commission and Millennium Digital Cable to retrofit two neighborhood police sites in public housing units into Internet-serviced digital computer labs. Recently, the city received a $73,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to expand and update the centers with the purchase of new computer equipment. The grant also provides for the hiring of a coordinator who

Albion’s Gerald R. Ford Institute for Public Policy and Service has recently established the Norman and Justin Sleight Endowed Professorship in Leadership Studies, thanks to gifts from the Sleight brothers. The professorship is the second major commitment to the College from Norman Sleight, ’40, and Justin Sleight, ’43. Previously, they funded the nationally recognized Sleight Leadership Program for developing students’ skills and values for successful leadership. “The words ‘Sleight’ and ‘leadership’ are interchangeable at Albion College,” said President Peter Mitchell. “The Sleights’ generosity enables every student to be exposed to leadership theory and practice in perpetuity.” “Albion will continue to prepare worldclass leaders through the Sleight Endowed Professorship in Leadership Studies.” The Ford Institute, which will house this professorship and the academic components of the Sleight Leadership Program, combines leadership training with concentrated study on issues of government and public service. This infusion of additional

leadership study into the Institute’s curriculum is one component of the Albion College Vision, Liberal Arts at Work. Endowed professorships recognize and support distinguished teaching and research by faculty members at Albion College. A current faculty member who incorporates active leadership into his or her teaching and research will be appointed to the professorship. Appointment could come as soon as the 2001-02 academic year. Each term of service will last three years. Last fall, Albion College received a $25,000 grant from State Farm Insurance Companies in support of the professorship’s endowment. Norman Sleight, who lives in Newark, OH, served in several positions with State Farm, including regional vice president in Ohio from 1961 until his retirement in 1985. In 1995 he was recognized with the Albion College Distinguished Alumni Award. Justin Sleight, a retired Lansing ophthalmologist, began service as a College trustee in 1985 and was named an honorary trustee in 1994. The Norman and Justin Sleight Endowed Professorship in Leadership Studies will be the twelfth such endowed position at the College.

will oversee the Smart Centers’ operations and training programs. The project provides low-income families with access to current technology, and thus helps bridge the “digital divide.” It is also in keeping with the Greater Albion area’s “Smart Community” initiative launched one year ago. “Other cities are beginning to see the value of such a program in their own communities,” Weeks told the Albion Recorder in a recent interview. “I like to think we were ahead of the game, coming up with this idea and getting it started.” A select 13 individuals and 14 community groups received the Michigan Week Award. In addition, in late June, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Grand Rapids office selected the Smart Centers project as a local “best practices” winner for addressing the need for increased digital technology in public housing. (See related story in this issue on College-community technology efforts.)

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During the College’s May 6 commencement ceremony, Mia Taormina offered remarks on behalf of the 272 graduating seniors. Earning top academic honors in the Class of 2000 were Kaitlyn Kelly and Nora Maries. Albion’s newest alumni are now headed for graduate and professional programs at universities across the country including Vermont, Duke, Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Mayo Medical School and Wyoming. Others will be working for employers such as Andersen Consulting, BankOne, PaineWebber, Pharmacia & Upjohn, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Teach for America and the Ministry of Education in France. Also among this year’s graduates were Beth Albery, the first student in the state to receive the Michigan Certificate for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching with Technology, and Nicole Killian, the first student to complete Albion’s new neuroscience concentration.

Philip Lader, U.S. ambassador to Great Britain, former White House official and founder of Renaissance Weekends, (upper photo, left) received the honorary doctor of public policy degree, while Broadway producer Michael David, ’64, (lower photo, left) was awarded an honorary doctorate in theater. (See related story on Michael David in this issue.) Lader also offered the commencement address.

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Faculty active on national scene Andrew Bishop (Music) recently received the ASCAP Morton Gould Award for Composition, considered the most prestigious national award for a composer under age 30. Bishop’s composition, Crooning (for Small Orchestra), was selected from a pool of over 400 submissions. In a program to update existing articles, increase coverage of international topics and present material in a manner appropriate for digital media, Encyclopedia Britannica has invited Ingeborg Baumgartner (Foreign Languages) to be its adviser on the topic of Germanic literature. Over the course of the summer, Baumgartner will review all of the encyclopedia’s articles on Germanic literature (from Germany, Austria and Switzerland), make suggestions for revisions and assemble lists of authors to be included. Elizabeth Brumfiel (Anthropology/ Sociology), who has conducted extensive archaeological research in the Valley of Mexico, this past spring presented “Power and Production at Aztec Xaltocan” at the national meetings of the Society for American Archaeology in Philadelphia, and she also spoke on “Corn and Cloth: Local Production and Regional Demand in the Aztec Empire” as the Distinguished Lecturer at the joint meeting of the Central States Anthropological Society and the Society of Economic Anthropology in Bloomington, IN. Brumfiel holds the Ludington Trustees’ Professorship at Albion. Also this spring, Deborah Kanter (History) presented the paper, “‘Like Family’: Bastards, Orphans, and Servants in 18th-Century Rural Mexico,” at the XXII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association in Miami. Kathy Purnell (Political Science) spoke on “Dissension through Consensus: An Analysis of the Abortion Debate in America” at the international conference, “Gendering Ethics/The Ethics of Gender” at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom in June. Lisa Chavez (English) has just had her second collection of poetry, titled In An Angry Season, accepted for publication by the University of Arizona Press. The book, which reflects on race relations from the 19th century to the present, includes poems based on narratives of white women taken captive by Native Americans and on the way people of color were put on display at the World’s Fairs of 1893 and later. Chavez’s first book of poetry, Destruction Bay, was published by West End Press in January 1999. “The Great Nurse Shark Adventure,” a video segment created by Jeffrey Carrier (Biology) and his students, aired as part of the “Extreme Contact” program on cable television’s Animal Planet series in May. Carrier and the students shot the segment while conducting research on nurse shark

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mating behavior in the Florida Keys during summer 1999. Also working on the project was Carrier’s research partner, Wes Pratt, of the National Marine Fisheries Service. The program was the 13th produced for network television, according to Carrier.

Student wins CBS scholarship By Jim Klapthor Albion senior Stacey Johnson is one of only 26 students nationwide to receive a CBS Foundation Scholarship for the 2000-01 academic year. The $2,500 award recognizes and assists minority students planning a career in broadcast communications. The announcement was made in June by William Hamm, president of The Foundation for Independent Higher Education in Chicago, which administers the scholarship program for the CBS Foundation in New York City. A speech communication major with a concentration in mass communication, Johnson is currently a member of the women’s basketball team and participated on the track and field and volleyball teams in 1999. “We are delighted to award these scholarships for the 10th consecutive year to these outstanding students at our nation’s independent colleges and universities,” said Helen Blieberg, vice president and executive director of the CBS Foundation. “The broadcast industry is experiencing rapid changes that require smart, quickthinking individuals. Through programs like this, we are able to help young people prepare for that world outside the classroom.” The other award recipients come from 22 colleges and universities including Johns Hopkins, Emory and Marquette.

Summer research program grows More than 60 Albion College students are spending their summer on campus—or outof-state and abroad—conducting specialized research studies in fields ranging from chemistry to geology to sociology. With funding coming from a variety of sources, including the National Science Foundation and the College’s Institutes and the Foundation for Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity, the projects include: study of a polluted creek in Jackson County, assimilation of Hong Kong residents into Chinese culture, molecular modeling chemistry research (at University of Basel in Switzerland), abnormalities among fish reared in hatcheries, original music composition, and investigations of immigration into the city of Albion. The student researchers are advised by faculty in 15 science, art and humanities disciplines.

Albion students (clockwise from upper right) Tara Meadows, Scott Smith, Jocelyn Jacobs, Rosemarie Hunt, Kate Suroweic and Brian Longheier represented Albion College at the 2000 World Model United Nations conference held in Athens in March. The students also toured the Greek capital, including this stop at the Parthenon, and nearby historical sites.

Model UN students compete at conference in Athens, Greece Brian Longheier, ’00, vividly remembers the photo of the Parthenon that adorned the cover of his fourth-grade social studies text. “At the time, the wonders of ancient Greece seemed so far away,” he recalls. “I never expected that at any point in my life I would get to actually set foot on the Acropolis or see the ancient Agora.” But he did just that as part of Albion College’s delegation to the 2000 World Model United Nations (WorldMUN) conference held in Athens in March. Longheier and fellow Albion students Rosemarie Hunt, Jocelyn Jacobs, Tara Meadows, Scott Smith and Kate Suroweic spent the week honing their debating skills and knowledge of international relations in sessions with students from nations around the globe. Political science professor Myron Levine traveled with the group as adviser. The opportunity to interact with other students from all over the world was one of the highlights of the conference. “At one point,” Meadows says, “I realized I was caucusing with a student from Yugoslavia, and another student who grew up in Kuwait, and I found myself wondering when I would ever have the opportunity to talk about international politics with such a diverse group of people again. That’s part of why WorldMUN is so special—you get to meet, work with and socialize with students from countries you might normally never come into contact with.”

The Athens conference was the third WorldMUN Albion students have attended. Albion’s participation began with the 1997 conference in Budapest, Hungary, and continued with the 1999 conference in Cambridge, England. The trip also afforded many opportunities to experience modern Greek culture and learn about the treasures of ancient Greece. In addition to sightseeing in Athens, the group traveled to the Greek island of Aegeana, and some spent a night in Delphi, where they toured the ancient ruins. Visiting Greece was a life-changing experience, Meadows says. “After returning, I couldn’t stop thinking about how much I loved Athens and how intrigued I was by all that I saw. . . . I really became interested in ancient Greek history and philosophy, and now I’m considering studying in Athens during the spring of 2001.” Even the trip’s ending reinforced Albion’s international connections. “While waiting for a connecting flight in Frankfurt, Germany,” Longheier notes, “we discovered that Albion professors Ingeborg and Jorg Baumgartner were on the same flight. A few moments later, a woman approached the Baumgartners and Myron Levine and identified herself as an Albion alumna from the mid-’80s, proving that our Albion College family can be found throughout the world.” Brian Longheier contributed the background for this story.

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Celebrating the teacher’s art By Jake Weber Editors’ note: The four Albion faculty members featured below retired from active teaching this spring with a combined service of 135 years. These profiles recognize the enduring contributions each has made in the lives of their students and in the broader Albion community. (Alumni who wish to contact these or any other retired faculty will find their addresses on p. 21 of this issue.)

Bruce Borthwick, political science During Homecoming 1999, Bruce Borthwick found a business card under his door, from Roy Annett, ’79. Inscribed on the back was: “I’m still cooking (and eating) great Chinese food using your recipes. Thanks for the great education in the ‘art.’” It’s not often that professors receive such missives, but this occurrence is not so unusual for retiring professor Bruce Borthwick, who spent 35 years teaching in the Political Science Department—and much of the 1970s and 1980s teaching Chinese cooking. “Some of my legacy, people tell me,” smiles Borthwick, “is Chinese cooking and an appreciation for Chinese food.” A New Yorker by way of Washington, DC, Borthwick came to Albion College in 1965 as a specialist in Middle Eastern politics. However, in what was then a threeperson department, he soon branched out into other areas including American foreign policy and political systems in developing nations and in Russia. After teaching an after-hours Chinese cooking class for students and townspeople for a number of years, in the late 1970s Borthwick received an invitation to attend a Great Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA) conference on Chinese-American relations. He gave a brief talk during lunch about how he incorporated information about Chinese culture into his cooking courses. Two years later, he received a letter from China Institute of Mining (CIM), inviting him and his wife to come and teach English for a year. “I had in my hands a contract, and I didn’t know who [wrote] the letter, nor where this institute was located,” says Borthwick. He discovered that a Fulbright Scholar from Shanghai had attended the GLCA conference, and had later given his name to a CIM administrator. Borthwick took advantage of the year in China (1984-85) not only to soak up culture and food, but to gather information for a new course on Chinese politics, augmenting history professor Robina Quale’s Chinese studies offerings. Despite pursuing these interests, however, Borthwick has consistently expanded his expertise in Middle Eastern affairs. He has written a textbook on the politics of the region, and in 1980, he traveled to Israel and Egypt with religious

studies professor Frank Frick, which eventually led to a team-taught course. In 1993 and 1998, Borthwick spent long periods in Amman, Jordan, and in 1999 he published an article about the water crisis in that country. He has also been a civic leader working steadily to improve the City of Albion. He was part of a multiracial group that formed a non-profit corporation and secured funding from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority for Oak Meadows, an affordable housing community. A former member of the Albion Area Ambulance Service, Borthwick is currently secretary of Citizens to Beautify Albion and president of the Albion NAACP. He and his wife, Doris, have been active members of the Presbyterian Church since coming to Albion. “The thing I like about Albion is that it’s a community where you’ve got ordinary people doing extraordinary things,” explains Borthwick. “It has been a pleasure to work with many of those people.” With the demands of teaching behind him, Borthwick plans to continue language study, research and writing. He is talking with cooking instructor and cookbook author Christine Liu about collaborating on a cookbook. This spring, he wrote an article for a British journal on Israeli-Jordanian relations and water issues. And he wants to improve his language skills: “I am semiliterate in three foreign languages (Arabic, German and French). In the next several years I hope to become literate in these languages, able to write with ease and speak them fluently.” Borthwick is currently studying French independently, in preparation for a formal course at the Alliance Francaise in Paris next spring. But when he’s home, he will be in the kitchen in front of his Chinese stove. “I do all the cooking except two days in the year: my birthday and Father’s Day. For me cooking is an art form, richly expressive of the world’s many cultures. In all countries food is a sign of hospitality, a stimulus to conversation and a source of national pride. If you want to get to know people, you eat with them.”

James Cook, English Retiring English professor Jim Cook says his dream of an academic career “reading, writing, and talking about books” was fostered by emeritus professor Anthony Taffs during Cook’s first (and only) year as a student at Albion College 50 years ago. “I have always done what interested me,” he says, reflecting on a 38-year tenure at Albion during which topics ranging from medieval nuns and poets to struggling writers to the U.S. Navy have attracted his curiosity, attention and expertise. “One of the advantages of being at an institution like Albion is that I didn’t feel obliged to build a reputation in a narrow field.” Cook will leave a legacy of engaging classroom teaching, major translation and scholarship, and unique out-of-classroom

opportunities for students. Over the past 25 years, one of Cook’s major focuses has been translating Francesco Petrarca’s 366-poem Canzoniere, Lorenzo de’ Medici’s verse and prose Comento, and the plays of Antonia Pulci, a 15th-century gentlewoman and nun. Concurrently, he directed the Great Lakes Colleges Association’s new writers’ awards in poetry and fiction and twice led the Newberry Library Program in the Humanities in Chicago for the Associated Colleges of the Midwest. As an example of the benefits of scholarship to students and colleagues, Cook points to his edition of seven Borthwick Pulci plays. Published by the University of Chicago, one of the plays, Saint Guglielma, was selected for performance at the meetings of the International Society for the Study of Medieval Drama in Odense, Denmark in 1998. Directed by Albion theatre professor Tom Oosting and performed by Albion College students, the play was the only one performed by a U.S. college. “My Pulci translations have thus afforded both student and faculty development opportunities,” says Cook. “This is not the kind of work that makes much money in the marketplace, yet it is the sort that people in future generations will build on.” Cook also used his Langbo Trustees’ Professorship to create the Albion College Semester in Venice, Italy, which is now established as a permanent program, offering students language, history and arts education in Venice. In the 1970s, Cook worked with Albion student William Austin to establish the first Developing Skills Center on campus. Under the title In This Forest, Cook also initiated the College’s literary annual, now The Albion Review. Retirement notwithstanding, Cook has a full agenda for his final year as Langbo Professor. He and a co-author are finishing an edition of the works of 16th-century actress/poet Isabella Andreini, to appear at University of Chicago Press. He will also lecture in Australia and confer with other scholars interested in medieval drama and in the Medici family. Finally, Cook notes that, over the years, he has continued the Beowulf research he started as a graduate student and plans to publish his findings about the connections between the mythical Beowulf and a historical figure. The irony of his work on

Beowulf—returning to where he started after pursuing so many other interests—is, of course, not lost on the literary scholar. “Albion has always afforded opportunities seemingly limited only by one’s imagination. Although,” he adds with a smile, “had I [spent my career] at a major research university, I probably would have finished that Beowulf study by now.”

Thomas Doran, music “All I did was play the piano for about an hour, for the faculty. I met the president, and I think I met the provost, but that was about it,” says retiring professor of music Tom Doran, explaining how he came by his job at Albion College in the early 1960s. Despite the fact that the job included teaching music history and theory as well as applied piano, Doran says the hiring committee was only interested in his skill as a performer. “Thank goodness I could teach.” After 36 years at Albion, the art and science of teaching still fascinates Doran. “At the end, I was still working on my lectures,” says Doran of the last class meeting of his career, with his music history students. “That was an emotional moment for me, because that course was always regarded as the great mountaintop students had to climb before they graduated.” In his first year of teaching music history, he recalls, the class got only as far as Mozart. “Music history is a very demanding course [for the students] and hard for me as well,” Doran says, referring to his never-ending work preparing the course. “But I tell the students that’s the only way I know to do it. I wasn’t out to make this a fiendish course, but . . . to cover all of Western music in one year, from the Middle Ages on through the 20th century, is a bit of a challenge.”

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Doran During his early years on campus, Doran taught in Dickie Hall. “We had two old record players, an ancient ditto machine. As you look back on it, you sometimes wonder how the students learned anything,” he laughs. “And if it hadn’t been for the piano, I don’t think I could have taught the classes.” Performing, he says, is an integral part of music. “It’s important for students [to know] that you’ve done it, that you’ve been through the fires of having to perform.” A hand injury several years ago ended Doran’s career as a performer, but did not prevent him from continuing to teach piano, a very different, but equally demanding sort of instruction. “If a lesson is going well, it can be wonderful,” Doran explains. “But if it’s not going well, there’s no escaping to another student. [Teaching one-on-one] requires a tremendous amount of knowledge and concentration.” His teaching, in fact, made for what Doran remembers as the best moments of his career. “Most important was when my students did particularly well, when they’d exceed my fondest hopes. . . . There have also been some disappointments,” he concedes, but says these are overshadowed by one of his favorite types of student, one who may not be the most gifted musically but who nonetheless is consistently motivated to improve.

Doran recalls a current student who came to him, stating he wanted to learn the adagio movement from Beethoven’s Apassionata sonata. “I said, ‘That’s too hard for you,’ but he promised he’d practice it. He actually played it quite beautifully at the end of the semester,” says Doran. “He went home and played it countless times for his dad, who particularly liked that movement. Things like that, which did not take place in public, were a real source of joy to me.” Fluent in French and German (he is often taken to be a native in Austria), Doran now plans to do more traveling to Europe, and spend more time indulging his passion for opera. He will also continue to be a presence on campus, planning to study Spanish, take Charles Crupi’s Shakespeare class, and attend some student recitals. Junior Zach Kleinsasser says Doran will be remembered most for his piano teaching style, a style that has prompted both anxiety and admiration among his students over the years. “Dr. Doran has been what a college professor should be: qualified, scrutinizing and unrelenting. But what made Tom Doran such an institution (he was) and a legend (he is) at Albion College is the way in which he blended his knowledge of the piano with an unrelenting gentleness. His ability to listen to a student’s playing, criticize the hell out of it without sounding angry, and then to coax a completely different—and much better—version of the same piece out of the student has been, in my experience, unparalleled.” And, Kleinsasser continues, Doran taught him about much more than music. “He taught me to be meticulous, demanding of myself and uncompromising. But he also taught me how to be forgiving and how to criticize with kindness. And he helped me understand that living in my comfort zone is like a ship sailing in a harbor: safe, but that is not what it was made for.”

William Hayes, psychology Psychologist Bill Hayes arrived at Albion in 1973 after having taught for 10 years at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Hayes was particularly attracted by Albion’s emphasis on teaching and working with undergraduates—an emphasis he had found missing in the university setting. Through the years, he has taught a wide variety of psychology courses, but has been best known as the instructor for courses on the psychology of perception and on human sexuality. A specialist on animal behavior and perception early in his career, he later broadened his scholarship to include the psychology of addiction. He not only developed course work in the latter area but also put his academic interests to work in community-based drug and alcohol education programs. Recently, he has devoted substantial time to genderdifference studies, and, together with his students, he has explored the relationships between gender and handwriting, and the effect of gender on apologies. The inspiration for Hayes’ research on gender and apologies came from an op-ed piece written for The New York Times by sociolinguist Deborah Tannen. Tannen questioned her husband’s reluctance to offer apologies, and Hayes decided “to test whether her observation went beyond the personal level.” Working with students Kristen Moilanen, ’99, and May graduate Tia Konzer, Hayes asked Albion College students whether they might apologize for transgressions that ranged from minor inconveniences to major blunders, involving family members, friends and strangers. The pencil-and-paper exercise was based on an earlier study involving differences in apology styles between American and Japanese college students. That study did not find gender differences between students from the same culture, yet, says Hayes, “I thought it was because they didn’t ask [questions] the right way. . . . They didn’t really look hard enough for [gender differences].”

Hayes improved the earlier questionnaire and also built in a “social desirability” scale, to help determine whether students were giving answers to try to make a good impression, or were being truthful. He was confident his surveys “would surely [show] any [gender] difference. . . . We found nothing. That really shocked us, as Deborah Tannen’s observations sounded plausible to me, especially based on my own experience.” Moilanen also did a limited study of European students, and while she found cultural differences between the European and American students, again found no gender difference. “It looks like there is no difference in the likelihood of a man or a woman apologizing for doing the same thing to the same kind of person,” says Hayes. The study also showed that American students are least likely to apologize to an older family member, and that losing another person’s electronic data was considered worse than crashing another person’s car—an interesting reflection of our technology-centered age, he says. In retirement, says Hayes, “I plan on having a great time, doing things that I want to do.” Along with reading for pleasure and enjoying local golf courses, Hayes will continue to serve as a volunteer advocate with Sexual Assault Services of Calhoun County and on the public library board. He is also involved with the Albion Academy of Lifelong Learning, and is hoping to sing with the College choir. But, he says, “the first thing I’m going to do is raise my son.” An active parent volunteer at Albion Open School, Hayes is enthusiastic about the extra time he will have for Hayes Mueller, age 7. “I’m probably going to drive him crazy, but he’s never going to doubt that [my wife, Michelle Mueller, and I] love him.” Hayes recalls that in moving to Albion, his two grown children “learned more about how to get along with people of different backgrounds, and that has been of great value to them. . . . With my second family and second attempt at parenting, I wouldn’t live anywhere else.”

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Baseball: An end-of-season doubleheader sweep of Kalamazoo College May 13 clinched a second-place finish for the Britons in MIAA play, as well as Albion’s first 20win season since 1994. Under coach Jim Conway, the Britons posted a 10-8 league record and were 20-17 overall. After a 6-4 Florida trip that included a doubleheader sweep of North Coast power Wittenberg, the Britons battled to stay above the .500 mark throughout the spring. To that end, Albion closed with a flourish, finishing strong with wins in five of the last six contests. Mirroring the team’s season-long development, senior infielder Ryan Maurer went from reserve to first-team All-MIAA second baseman in the span of two months. Inserted into the starting lineup once the league part of the schedule began, Maurer batted .340 in 21 games, with one home run and 13 runs batted in. His .472 slugging percentage ranked fourth among team regulars by season’s end. Second-team all-league honors went to seniors Ryan Strother and Ryan Ignasiak and junior Chad Lechy. Strother batted .295, driving in 19 runs in his third season as a starting outfielder. Lechy started 35 games, hitting .302. Behind the plate, he ranked as one of the best defensive catchers in the MIAA, throwing out runners on stolen base attempts 41 percent of the time. Ignasiak, at pitcher, went 3-2 for the spring with one save. Like the team, he finished strong with complete game victories in his final starts against Adrian and Kalamazoo. Sophomores Sean Kelly, Will Tegel and Dan Dreyer earned honorable mention recognition.

Softball: The combination of good pitching and good defense helped Albion break into the upper half of the MIAA standings, with a third-place regular season finish and placement in the league’s postseason tournament for the first time. Albion’s 8-6 league mark included a win against every MIAA team except Calvin, highlighted by a come-from-behind, 7-6 victory against regular season champion Alma College April 25. The victory ended Alma’s 44-game league winning streak, dating back to the 1997 season. The overall season tally for the Britons was 17-23. Karen Baird is softball coach. Junior third baseman Darcy Stewart was singled out for special year-end awards twice, as she was named first-team All-MIAA and third-team National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III Central Region. Stewart led the Britons in 11 hitting and fielding categories during the season, including batting average (.430), hits (58), runs batted in (28) and runs scored (20). All-MIAA second-team performers were sophomores Laura Jagusch and Michelle Wallace and senior Jen Miesle. Earning coaches’ honorable mention selections were junior Alana Heikkinen and sophomore Sarah Pruess.

Track and field: Another second-place finish for the men’s track team at the MIAA Championship May 5 in Grand Rapids was highlighted with two individual titles. Sophomore Jared Owens set an MIAA record with a winning jump of 23 feet, 8 1/2 inches in the long jump. Senior Jason Whalen finished an inch short of the 200-foot mark in winning the javelin for the second year in a row. At a later invitational, Whalen would be the fourth Albion track athlete to break the 200-foot mark in the event, joining NCAA champions Lee Bartlett, Dan Pekrul and Steve Gilbert in the exclusive club. With their winning performances, Owens and Whalen advanced to the NCAA Division III Championship at Naperville, IL, May 2527. Owens had the ninth-best distance in the long jump, and barely missed reaching the finals in the event. Whalen placed 13th in the javelin preliminaries, and did not reach the finals. In other performances at the conference meet, freshman Adam Auvenshine earned AllMIAA honors by placing in three events, the highest finish being a second in the 110 high hurdles. The men, under coach Dave Egnatuk, were 4-1 overall in the league, good for second place. The Briton women, fourth at the conference meet, also wound up in fourth place (3-3) for the season under coach Amy Wolfgang. Junior Rebekah Schultz led the women with a first-team MIAA performance in the 5,000, a season-best 18:49.87 time that was a second off the winning effort. Tennis: After a 4-3 regular season in dual meet competition, the Briton women had to settle for a fourth-place league finish, both in tournament play and overall. They were 8-10 for the season. Junior Melissa Hall was a two-sport-inone-season athlete, not only playing tennis, but helping the women’s golf team in its bid to qualify for the NCAA Division III Championship. Despite a schedule that would see Hall play tennis one day and golf the next, she earned second-team All-MIAA honors in tennis. Her schedule also played havoc at times with Tracy Gray. Gray had four partners, including Hall, at number one doubles. Despite the ever-changing rotation, the junior stayed at number one singles, posted a 14-6 doubles record for the spring, and earned firstteam All-MIAA honors in the process. Albion’s men had a hard time getting untracked in league dual meet competition, finishing fifth in the league standings with a 1-5 MIAA mark and 3-13 overall record in duals. Despite not placing in the top three in any flight at the league tournament, Albion saved some of its best tennis for the final meet, playing in five, three-set, consolation final matches. One of those involved in the final-act marathons, senior Bryan Todd, earned second-team All-MIAA honors from the league’s coaches. Todd alternated between the number one and two singles position throughout the season, and was a fixture as part of the number one doubles team. Bob Adkins coaches both the men’s and the women’s teams.

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(Above left) On hand for the dedication of Dempsey Field April 15 were: (from left) Dan Boggan, ’67, Albion trustee and chief operating officer of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA); June Luke Dempsey, ’54, vice president for offcampus activities for Albion’s Alumni Association Board of Directors; Cedric Dempsey, ’54, NCAA president; and President Peter Mitchell, ’67. (Above right) June Dempsey throws out the ceremonial first pitch for the Britons’ contest vs. Kalamazoo following the dedication festivities.

Dempsey Field dedicated this spring The Briton women’s softball squad opened the 2000 season March 23 at a fully renovated diamond, complete with new seating, fencing and press box. The refurbished facility was officially dedicated April 15 as Dempsey Field, in honor of Cedric and June Luke Dempsey, both ’54, prior to Albion’s contest with Kalamazoo. The renovation has doubled the seating capacity at the field. Permanent aluminum bleachers are now available behind the backstop on the first and third base sides. Overlooking home plate is a new press box for scoreboard, statistical and media functions, including game broadcasts. Pitching warm-up areas next to the dugouts are now semi-enclosed, and a new batting cage is in place near the first base dugout. New portable fencing encloses the outfield, and permanent fencing now extends from the backstop to the foul poles along the first and third base lines. A new scoreboard, installed at the beginning of the 1999 season, rounds out the improvements. The Dempseys are the primary donors for the softball field renovation. Cedric Dempsey is currently president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, after having served in a number of administrative and coaching roles for several Division I universities, including Houston and Arizona. A former

basketball and cross country coach at Albion, he also has received the College’s Distinguished Alumni Award. June Dempsey, vice president for off-campus activities for Albion’s Alumni Association Board of Directors, is a nationally recognized leader in the field of developmental education and was, for several years, the dean of the University of Arizona’s Extended University and Summer School. Both Dempseys have been inducted into the Albion College Athletic Hall of Fame. They also have played influential roles in three other College initiatives: construction of the Elkin Isaac Track inside SprankleSprandel Stadium; creation of the Isaac Lectureship Series which has developed into the Isaac Symposium; and the current campaign to endow the Fritz Shurmur Education Institute. Another donor for the softball field improvements is Albion resident Barbara Hill Meyer, ’50. One of the early proponents of the renovation, Meyer was a four-year performer in tennis and field hockey for the Britons. She is a member of the Albion College Athletic Hall of Fame. The Dempsey Field renovation was the final project funded through the Briton Athletic Drive, chaired by Paul “Skip” Ungrodt, ’52.

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Anglo Chinese Boys School in Ipoh to serving as a church organist. Lee and Tom have two grown sons.

The deadline for class notes appearing in this issue of Io Triumphe was May 12, 2000. Notes received after that date will appear in the next issue.

Class news 50-54 Class of 1950 Reunion Chair: Burl Glendening Home Telephone: 231/462-3273 E-mail: Baglendening@aol.com Thomas Bennett, ’51, recently retired from 36 years of teaching biology and coaching high school students. He is now running a nature photo business from his home. Tom and his wife, Lorraine, live in Alpena. Leila “Lee” Brown Brown, ’52, and her husband, Tom, are both former Methodist missionaries, now dedicated to promoting the value of the United Nations in their home area of Madison, WI. They are both active in the Dane County Chapter of the United Nations Association of the United States of America. Lee holds a master’s degree in international studies, and has worked in a variety of positions, ranging from teaching history and English at the

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Loren Humphrey, ’53, recently published a book entitled Quinine and Quarantine: Missouri Medicine through the Years. The book examines the changing environmental risks and diseases that threatened Missouri throughout its history. Loren is retired as professor and chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Kansas. He has also served as a professor at the University of MissouriKansas City, Oral Roberts University and the University of MissouriColumbia. Loren and his wife, Janice, reside in Columbia, MO.

55-59 Hannah Provence Donigan, ’56, and her husband Don welcomed their fifth grandchild on March 23, 2000. In January they traveled to Peru with the Elderhostel organization. In October they will travel via rail through Europe revisiting friends in Oslo, Norway and Newberry, England, where Hannah taught for the Department of Defense Dependents’ Schools from 1987 to 1989. They will concentrate on Spain and France. They live in Commerce, MI. John Hubbel, ’56, was recently appointed to the Howell Township Board of Trustees. Previously he had served on the township’s tax board. John recently retired after working for 26 years as an insurance agent with Farm Bureau Insurance. John and his wife,

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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. The life and work of painter Philip Curtis, ’30, are featured in a new book, American Dreamer: The Art of Philip C. Curtis, released in December 1999. This comprehensive book spans Curtis’ career from 1937 to 1996. During the 1930s, Curtis was instrumental in founding what has since become the Phoenix (AZ) Art Museum, and, over the ensuing years, he has donated many of his paintings to the museum’s collection which also includes extensive holdings of American, European and Asian art. In recognition of this continuing relationship between the artist and the museum, a 3000-sq.-ft. wing will be added to the museum to permanently display the Curtis paintings. Curtis’ work is also part of the permanent collections at the National Museum of American Art (Washington, DC) and the Museum of Modern Art (New York). In 1991, through the generosity of Wanda and Russell Babcock, ’27, Albion College established the Philip C. Curtis Visiting Artist Program, which each year brings an artist to campus to work on his or her own creations and interact with students and faculty.

Martha Beatty Hubbel, ’60, live in Howell. Darlene Barkalow Lowe, ’58, chairs the Edward Lowe Foundation, an organization she and her late husband, Edward, founded in 1985 to champion the entrepreneurial spirit. She recently made a major contribution toward the construction of a new exhibit hall at the Cass County fairgrounds. In appreciation of this gift, the facility will be named in her honor. Darlene has three children and five grandchildren. She divides her time between her homes in Cassopolis and Arcadia, FL. Jacqueline Miller Fletcher, ’59, retired as a kindergarten teacher. She and her husband, Bill, have six grandchildren and enjoy traveling. The couple resides in Portage.

60-64 Class of 1960 Reunion Chair: Forrest Heaton Home Telephone: 908/277-6288 E-mail: forrest_heaton@msn.com Dan Gustin, ’63, has been named director of the Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival in Kalamazoo. Previously, he had been assistant managing director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and manager of the Tanglewood Festival and Tanglewood Music Center.

Sherry Lee, ’73, was recently appointed to the position of Birmingham (MI) city assessor. Sherry left a similar position with the city of Detroit. She holds an M.B.A. from Baker College and is certified by the State Assessor’s Board. Kathleen Lieder, ’73, is chair of the Board of Lutheran Social Services of Michigan, which provides over $100million in services annually to disadvantaged children and adults. She has served on the board since 1995. She is a partner in the law firm of Bodman, Longley & Dahling, LLP, and practices employment law, representing employers. She and her husband, Lloyd Fell, live in Cheboygan. Lisa Friedrichs Olson, ’74, recently joined SEC Compliance Services in Raleigh, NC, as principal compliance consultant. Prior to this appointment, Lisa was director of system validation and compliance at ClinTrials Research. Lisa and her husband, Kevin, live in Cary, NC.

75-79 Class of 1975 Reunion Co-Chairs: Karl and Nan Christensen Couyoumjian Home Telephone: 734/995-4887 E-mail: albion1975@aol.com Arthur French, ’75, and his wife Marsha recently moved to Houston, TX, from Norway. Arthur is employed by Exxon Mobil.

Class of 1965 Reunion Chair: Beth Rutter Baer Home Telephone: 517/321-4832 E-mail: bethbaer@att.net

70-74 Class of 1970 Reunion Chair: Bill Rafaill, ’70 Home Telephone: 502/863-9735 E-mail: wrafail0@georgetowncollege.edu Duncan Beagle, ’70, recently appeared on ABC’s Nightline with Ted Koppel. Duncan is a Michigan Circuit Court judge and was involved with a case concerning the father of the six-year-old who shot and killed a classmate in Flint. Duncan and his wife, Dana, live in Flint. Nicki Romcevich Walker, ’72, has been named vice president of the Northern Trust Company in Chicago, IL. She heads the fiduciary income tax section for the Wealth Management Group which serves high net worth clients. Nicki and her husband, Arthur, live in Lake Bluff, IL.

Tamara Scott Davidson, ’79, recently accepted the position of purchasing manager for Thermofil Inc., a plastics compounder located in Fowlerville. She and her husband, Oscar Roberto, and their two sons live in Farmington Hills. Christopher Wigent, ’79, will begin on Aug. 1 as associate superintendent of the Calhoun Intermediate School District in Marshall and will assume the position of superintendent by April 1, 2001. Most recently, Christopher served for six years as superintendent of Olivet Community Schools, and prior to that, for four years as superintendent of Dryden Community Schools. He and his wife, Cathie, and two sons live in Marshall.

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Diane Dunn, ’68, retired from public education in June 1999. She had taught in Brighton, Livonia and Palm Springs, CA. Diane currently lives in Walled Lake.

Donald Braun, ’78, is president of Hall Financial Group, a private investment company having holdings approaching $1-billion in the U.S. and Europe. Don and his wife, Debbie, have been married 17 years and have three children, Jennifer, 15, Heather, 13, and Eric, 11. The Brauns have been living in the Dallas area for the last 16 years.

Class of 1980 Reunion Chair: Bill Hittler, ’80 Home Telephone: 612/476-4702 E-mail: whittler@hlnsj.com Joseph Kuchenbuch, ’80, has worked as a psychologist for Psychological Consultants of Michigan, P.C. since 1986. He has specialized in working with adolescents and families. Joseph and his wife, Tina, have two sons and live in Portage. He can be reached via email at: hobie486@aol.com. Joel Manby, ’81, was named president of Greenlight.com, an online new-car buying service, in March. Founded in 1999 in San Mateo, CA, Greenlight.com

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Katherine Shindel, ’67, was promoted in February to the rank of colonel, becoming only the third woman chaplain in the history of the U.S. Air Force to reach this rank, and she is the only woman chaplain holding the rank of colonel on active duty in the Air Force. Shindel has served as a United Methodist US-2 (a short-term missionary) and graduated from Union Theological Seminary in New York. She was the first woman ordained elder in the former Southern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church and pastored churches for seven years before joining the Air Force in 1980. During her Air Force career, she has had two other firsts: she is the first woman chaplain to serve an overseas base as the senior-ranking chaplain responsible for all the religious programming on the base (Comiso Air Station) and the first to serve on the faculty of the USAF Chaplain School. The recipient of a Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters, Shindel is now the deputy command chaplain at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois.

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has an exclusive partnership with Amazon.com in the new car market and serves customers primarily in the Southeast and on the West Coast. Manby, formerly the CEO of Saab Cars USA and vice president for sales and marketing at Saab Automobile AB, led Saab through a period of market share expansion and dramatic sales growth over the past four years. Prior to joining Saab, he helped build Saturn as the manager of its largest sales region in the mid-1990s and as one of the original managers on the marketing team starting in 1985. He holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Albion College alumni were very much in evidence at the NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament in Indianapolis this past March. In addition to NCAA president Cedric Dempsey, ’54, and his wife, June Luke Dempsey, ’54, (not pictured), the following alumni were on hand to cheer on their favorite teams in the championship series: (from left) Dorothy McEvoy Serra, ’59, Joe Serra, ’56, John Brundage, ’54, Lou Jordan, ’52, Barbara Carne Riehl, ’54, Kay Dietrich Butler, ’40, and Dale Butler, ’39.

Lyle Brown, ’82, is the conductor of Vox Humana, a chamber choir in Metro Detroit. He’d love to hear from any Albion College choir alumni in the area who would be interested in singing. He can be reached at 313/964-2658 or lyle.h.brown@worldnet.att.net.

85-89 The Albion Network Eric Delalonde, ’74, writes: “Bonjour to all my dear friends from International House (years 1971-72). Where are Medge Winchester, Joyce Farkas, Rosa Gomez, Kim Cooper, Regina Eusey, Rafael Orejuela, Bob Stephenson, Dana Schoendelmayer (from Kansas City), Mark Chase (from Paw Paw), my roommate, Nadine Saint-Martin, Graciela Italiano, Robin Ludwig, Sue Marcos? Who could put me in touch with the wonderful blind pianist who played “Bridge over Troubled Water” in the dining room on weekends? Bernard Fonteneau

spent Christmas in the Alps with us last year. Curtis Weaver (Florida) is one of the only friends from that time that I could track. We will always be happy to host Albion alumni at home in Nantes (near the Atlantic Ocean).” Eric can be reached by e-mail at: delalonde @aol.com. Elizabeth Dillon, ’82, hopes to open a spirituality book store. She writes: “I invite my friends from Albion College, and in particular my ‘sisters’ to visit me, share our life’s journeys, and receive a friendship crystal.” Her e-mail address is: jales2@ameritech.net.

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Class of 1985 Reunion Chair: Bob Hotchkiss Home Telephone: 248/593-8411 E-mail: hotchkissR@aol.com Leslie Ippolito McCarley, ’85, recently accepted the position of director of corporate and foundation relations with Starr Commonwealth. Most recently she served as the principal with McCarley & Associates, a marketing and management firm. Prior to that she was executive director of Calhoun County Communities in Schools. Leslie has also served as vice president of the United Way of Greater Battle Creek, and holds a master’s in public administration from Western Michigan University. She lives in Augusta with her husband Michael, ’84. Amy Brandenberg Davis, ’89, has been elected principal of the Detroit office of the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. A specialist in public law, she received her law degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and the American and Detroit Metropolitan Bar Associations. She and her husband, J. Michael Davis, ’89, live in Bloomfield.

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Seamus Fitzpatrick, ’89, has joined Harris Interactive as director of client development. Based in Michigan, he will focus on the global automotive market and top-tier golf equipment companies. Previously, he had worked for the New York Times Co. as managing director. Seamus and his wife, Karen, live in Birmingham.

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A. Michael Palizzi, ’89, has been elected principal of the Detroit office of the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., where his practice includes securities and patent litigation. He holds his law degree from Wayne State University, where he was associate editor of the Wayne Law Review. Michael is a member of the American, Michigan, and Detroit Metropolitan Bar Associations. He resides in Royal Oak with his wife, Kristen Rentschler Palizzi, ’90.

manager of Punches Pharmacy Plus, a five-store retail chain located in Clare, Farewell, Shepherd and Onekama. John served in the U.S. Army Airborne Rangers after graduation. He met and married his wife, Patty, in the Seattle area, and they moved back to Clare in 1995. John and Patty have two sons, Colton, 4, and Tanner, 6 months. The family can be reached by e-mail at: jpunches@mich.com.

93 91 Janeen Duckett, ’91, was promoted to senior managing editor at Texas Cable News in Dallas (TXCN is the state’s first 24-hour news station covering the entire state). She would love to hear from classmates and can be reached by e-mail at: duck219@aol.com. Stephanie Pirich Erickson, ’91, and her husband, Jeff, have two children. Stephanie would like to hear from Albion friends via e-mail at: sserickson@hotmail.com or jeffandsteph1@netzero.net. John Leo, ’91, owns a dental practice in Troy. He graduated from the University of Michigan Dental School in 1995. John and his wife, Anne, have a threeyear-old son. They live in Royal Oak. George “John” Punches, ’91, is mayor of the city of Clare. He was elected to the Clare City Commission in 1997 and was elected mayor in 1998 and 1999. He is vice chair of the Clare County Republican Party. John is the general

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Shelley White-Thomas, ’93, recently completed a master’s degree in business administration in global management from the University of Phoenix. She is employed in the warranty litigation department at the Office of General Counsel at Daimler-Chrysler world headquarters in Auburn Hills and is a student at Wayne State University Law School. She and her husband, Eric, live in Auburn Hills.

95 Class of 1995 Reunion Co-Chairs: Leigh Greden Nicole DuPraw Home Telephone: 919/544-9639 E-mail: briton@eudoramail.com Rebecca Daley-BenBella, ’95, has recently started her own craft business. She and her husband, Hamid, just celebrated their fifth anniversary and have two children. They live in Fairview, OH. Rebecca would love to hear from old friends at rebenbella@cs.com.

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The Internshipprograms.com Web site that Chris Houtzer, ’98, launched shortly after he graduated from Albion has grown rapidly over the past two years. In May, it was rated #1 by Yahoo! Internet Life in the magazine’s Summer Internships category for “the best college resources online.” Serving college students, employers and higher education career centers, Houtzer’s comprehensive site includes thousands of internship opportunities with employers ranging from Fortune 1000 companies to non-profit and public service agencies. Comments from previous interns at those locations are also included.

Colleen Karamon, ’95, works as a tenured French teacher at Walled Lake Western High School and is working on her master’s degree in French. She would love to talk to her Albion friends and can be reached by e-mail at: reinecol@aol.com

Aaron Schwoebel, ’95, graduated with an M.A. in government from the University of Texas in 1996, based on a thesis he wrote while in Croatia. He lives in Austin, TX, and works as a web team supervisor for Janus Mutual Funds. He has passed both rounds of the Foreign Service exam and is on a list of eligible

hires to work overseas for the Department of State. Fellow Britons can contact him by e-mail at: aschwoeb@hotmail.com.

96 Christopher Kestner, ’96, graduated from Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine as a doctor of podiatric medicine (podiatrist). He is doing a oneyear residency at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Cleveland. He lives in Euclid, OH, and can be reached by e-mail at: skestner@ocpm.edu.

97 Karyn Thwaites, ’97, graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in December. She is now working as an associate at the Manhattan office of Morgan, Lewis, and Bockius. She can be contacted by e-mail at: kathwaites@mlb.com.

98 Sally Goff, ’98, began as assistant producer/education coordinator of the Davis Planetarium in the Maryland Science Center. Sally lives in Baltimore, MD.

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Weddings Norma Spafford Gohle, ’47, to Vernon Miller on Feb. 5, 2000. The couple lives in Bradenton, FL. Yvette Passios, ’80, to Roy Schmidt, Jr. on May 23, 1999. Yvette is employed by Qwest Communications in management, and Roy is employed at Chrysler. The couple lives in Leesburg, VA. Connie Krayer, ’94, to Kirk Ciak in the fall 1998 in Brighton. Members of the wedding party included Nicole Swartzmiller Tithof, ’94, and Heather Lawson Luciani, ’94. Connie is a human resources manager at ABB Flexible Automation, and Kirk is a release engineer for Daimler Chrysler. The couple resides in Troy, and Connie can be reached by e-mail at: cmkc@aol.com. Jennie Ciesielski, ’95, to Sean Mooney on Sept. 25, 1999 in Lake Orion. Alumni in attendance were Elizabeth Kozlowski, ’95, Andrea Woodworth Garrett, ’95, and Barbara Shipley, ’95. Jennie is employed by Nextel Communications, and Sean works for the Rochester Community School District. The couple resides in Oxford. Sheryl Fischer, ’95, to Tom Jacobs, ’95, on Aug. 28, 1999 in Harbor Springs. Sheryl is in human resources at Eaton

Corp., and Tom is employed at Michigan Extruded Aluminum. The couple lives in Jackson and is interested in hearing from friends by e-mail at: jacobs@dmci.net. Sandra Wylie, ’96, to Jason Potter, ’95, on June 19, 1999 in Grand Rapids. Albion guests in attendance included Irina Calin-Jageman, ’96, and Robert Calin-Jageman, ’98. Jason is a science teacher at Kettle Moraine High School in Wales, WI, and Sandra works with the Ameripath Pathology Group in Milwaukee. The couple lives in Shorewood, WI, and can be reached by e-mail at jasonpotter@hotbot.com. Christina Mertes, ’96, to John Bonney on April 7, 2000 in Ann Arbor. Members of the wedding party included Meredith Haar Sheridan, ’96, Mary Ann Morgan Haar, ’96, and Jessica LeDonne Johnson, ’96. Other Albion alums in attendance included Pamela Collins, ’83, Steve Sheridan, ’93, Becky Slavin, ’96, Carole McLaughlin, ’96, Andrea Stubbs, ’96, Melanie Munsey, ’95, and Dan Haar, ’99. The couple moved to Portland, ME, in June where John began his first year of residency in family practice at the Maine Medical Center. Tina will continue working for Collins Consulting, a management consulting firm based in Ann Arbor. Kristen Olson, ’96, to Bradly Toth, ’96, on Oct. 16, 1999 in Norway, MI. Alumni in attendance included: maid of

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Kristen Olson, ’96, to Bradly Toth, ’96, on Oct. 16, 1999. (Front row, left to right) Bethany Newland, ’96, Michelle Kennedy, ’96, Rachel Hesson, ’96. (Back row) Lori Hawkins, ’96, Kelly Couzens, ’96, Kristen Olson Toth, ’96, Jennifer Dupuis, ’96. Bradly Toth is pictured at right rear.

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hires to work overseas for the Department of State. Fellow Britons can contact him by e-mail at: aschwoeb@hotmail.com.

98 Sally Goff, ’98, began as assistant producer/education coordinator of the Davis Planetarium in the Maryland Science Center. Sally lives in Baltimore, MD.

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honor Jennifer Dupuis, ’96, best man Terry Browder, ’96, Russ Curcuru, ’96, Bethany Newland, ’96, Michelle Kennedy, ’96, Rachel Hessen, ’96, Lori Hawkins, ’96, and Kelly Couzens, ’96. Brad is an environmental scientist, and Kristin works for an advertising agency. The Toths live in Denver and can be reached by e-mail at: brtoth@aol.com. Kimmi Dukes, ’97, to Steven Pinkosky. Kimmi is employed as an English and art teacher at Harrison High School in Farmington Hills. Alumni in the wedding party included: Brad Emmons, ’97, Liz Goodman, ’97, and Jill Parsons St. John, ’97. Steve is employed as a research assistant at the University of Michigan Cancer and Geriatric Research Institute in Ann Arbor. The couple resides in Farmington Hills. Letitia Watson, ’98, to Jeffery Kotas, ’98, on April 1, 2000 in Marshall. Letitia teaches second grade at Harrington Elementary in Albion, and Jeff works at Starr Commonwealth in Albion. Former Albion College chaplain Linda FarmerLewis officiated at the ceremony. The couple lives in Albion. Elizabeth Grewe, ’99, to John Orr, Jr., on Oct. 9, 1999 in West Branch. Albion alumni in the wedding party included Lisa Smigelski, ’99, and Amanda Schram, ’99. The couple resides in Gladwin.

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Baby Britons Kurt Gerald on Jan. 1, 2000 to Cathie and Christopher Wigent, ’79. Kurt was the first baby of the new year born at Oaklawn Hospital in Marshall and joins brother Patrick, 3. The family resides in Marshall. Patrick Henry Tate on Jan. 12, 2000 to Greg and Cami Huth O’Herren, ’81. Tate joins his brother Hale and sister Paige. The family resides in Indianapolis, IN. Rhett Thomas on Dec. 4, 1998 to Tom and Lynn Tomlinson Stockebrand, ’81. He joins sister Caleigh, 3. Proud family members include grandparents Charles Tomlinson, ’54, and Sylvia Malott Tomlinson, ’56, and aunt Brenda Tomlinson Schmitz, ’90. The family resides in Southlake, TX. Brenna Joy on Feb. 22, 2000 to Bruce and Nancy Brown Fathers, ’82. She joins sister Claire, 1. The family resides in Rolling Meadows, IL. Mary Patricia on Sept. 15, 1999 to JeriLynn and Brian Bailey, ’84. She joins brother Kyle, 4. Proud aunt and godparent is Susan Magnuson Beech, ’92, and uncle Kirk Bailey, ’78. The family resides in Suttons Bay.

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Brennden Everett on Feb. 16, 2000 to Scott, ’84, and Katherine Dec Prohaska, ’85. He was welcomed home by big brother Nicholas Sean, 2. Scott is a senior consultant with Fahrenheit Technology. Katherine is a sports

medicine physician in private practice. The family lives in Richmond, VA. Emily on Nov. 26, 1999 to Deborah and Timothy Prister, ’85. Her alumni relatives include aunts Linda Prister, ’80, and Sue Sweeley Prister, ’81, and uncle Jim Prister, ’83. Tim is employed at General Re Financial Products in New York City. The family resides in Weston, CT. Samantha Glynn on Jan. 24, 2000 to Bill and Martha Glynn Morgan, ’86. The family lives in Broken Arrow, OK. Donald Mars on Sept. 16, 1999 to David and Barbara Boyd Poston, ’86. He joins brother Jake, 8, and sister Monica, 5. Proud relatives include Janet Poston Ledbetter, ’77, and Scott, ’80, and Patricia Poston Tribby, ’80. The family resides in Los Alamos, NM. Hunter Riise on Nov. 29, 1999 to David and Kimberly Kersten Lagerquist, ’87. Proud uncle is Galen Kersten, ’84. Kimberly is a vice president at Comerica Bank. The family resides in Rochester Hills. Margaret Joyce Ling was adopted from China on Nov. 21, 1999 by Henry and Martha Means Upjohn, ’87. Maggie was born on April 24, 1998. The family resides in Kalamazoo. Martha would be glad to talk to anyone about Chinese adoption and can be reached at 616/5529626. Max David on Feb. 22, 2000 to Karl, ’87, and Sarah Matick Zimmermann, ’88. Proud relatives include grandmother Kathryn Murdick Matick, ’62, aunt Krista Zimmermann, ’91, and uncle Paul Zimmermann, ’98. The family lives in Bingham Farms. Matteo Amerigo on Oct. 16, 1999 to Enzo and Jennifer Fedor de Laurentiis, ’88. The de Laurentiis reside in Old Town, Alexandria, VA. Chase Arthur on May 2, 1999 to Scott and Cathy Szliter Lusader, ’88. He joins sister Alexa, 6, and brother Scott, 3. The family resides in Oakland Township. Chase Raworth to Angie Willard and Melissa Howse, ’89. Angie is a stay-athome mom, and Melissa is teaching biology at Grand Rapids Community College. They live in Kalamazoo and can be reached by e-mail at howse_willard@yahoo.com. Matthew Wei on Jan. 5, 2000 to Wei and Cheryl Newman-Lau, ’89. He joins big sisters Emily, 5, and Hannah, 3. Cheryl has resigned from her physician assistant job to be a stay-at-home mom. The family resides in Saline. Gage Steven on Feb. 6, 2000 to Steven and Trena Kalb Rohrbeck, ’89. Proud relatives include aunt Rebecca Kalb Hayden, ’90, and uncle Damian Hayden, ’89. The family resides in Troy. Nathan George on Sept. 17, 1999 to Jim and Leslie Arvanigian Thomas, ’89. They live in Portage.

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Brandon Michael on March 30, 2000 to Ronald, ’90, and Darci Dakin Face, ’95. He joins big brother Cameron James, 1. The family resides in Albion. Nicklas Christopher on Dec. 11, 1999 to Christopher, ’91, and Jill Rifenberg

Katsaros, ’93. He joins big sister Taylor Marie, 4. Albion alumni relatives include aunt Joy Rifenberg Scott, ’90, and uncle Jason Scott, ’89, and proud grandparents Judith Stafford Rifenberg, ’67, and Gary Rifenberg, ’66. The family resides in Three Rivers.

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, 803 S. Superior St., Suite 101, Albion, MI 49224 Miss Betty Beese, 1121 Rivers Bend Dr., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. Albert Bolitho, 917 Maple St., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. Bruce Borthwick, 515 E. Michigan Ave., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. Maurice Branch, 29300 Albion Rd., Albion, MI 49224 Mrs. John Cheek (Williemay), 1220 Jackson St., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. James Cook, 703 Irwin Ave., 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 Dr. Thomas Doran, 1225 E. Porter St., Albion, MI 49224 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 Dr. William Hayes, 1200 E. Michigan Ave., Albion, MI 49224 Mrs. Nancy Held, 1155 Rivers Bend Dr., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. David Hogberg, 15451 28 Mile Rd., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. John Hostetler, 312 Irwin Ave., Albion, MI 49224 Mrs. Coy James (Aurelia), 422 Linden Ave., Albion, MI 49224 Prof. Frank Joranko, 2215 Wellington, Lansing, MI 48910 Dr. David Kammer, 1500 E. Michigan Ave., Albion, MI 49224 Mrs. Jean Keller (Betty), 803 S. Superior St., Suite 106, 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 Mr. Paul Loukides, 604 Irwin Ave., Albion, MI 49224 Dr. Frances Lucas, 1020 S. Superior St., Albion, MI 49224 Jacqueline Maag, 420 S. Hannah St., 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, 611 E. Porter St., KC Box 4905, 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 Dr. Charles Schutz, 909 Irwin Ave., P.O. Box 501, 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 Dr. Lawrence Taylor, 1111 Rivers Bend Dr., Albion, MI 49224

Riley James on Jan. 28, 2000 to Karen and Brent McConnell, ’91. Brent is an alliance manager for General Motors’ Internet division. The family resides in Troy and can be reached at bkmcconnell@home.com. Evelyn Grace on April 26, 2000 to Dan and Joelle Drader Wilcox, both ’91. She joins big brother Sam. The Wilcox family resides in Grand Rapids and can be reached by e-mail at dwilcox@pol.net. Joseph Bradley on April 4, 2000 to Arthur and Kristen Benninger Gray, both ’92. They reside in Grand Rapids. Benjamin Carlyle on July 27, 1999 to Joseph, ’93, and Catherine Carlyle Gibson, ’94. Proud relatives include George Carlyle, ’98, Kelly Carlyle, ’97, Amy Carlyle, ’90, James Gibson, ’91, and John Carlyle, ’60. Joe is an engineer with Eaton Corp., and Catherine is a stay-at-home mom. The family resides in Plainwell. Megan Strohm on Nov. 11, 1999 to Kara and Scott Lilly, ’93. The family resides in Rochester Hills. Patrick Connor on April 15, 2000 to Craig and Sarah Burstein Shirley, ’94. The family resides in Whitefish Bay, WI. Lydia Anne on March 21, 2000 to Todd and Marcia Schleicher Switzer, ’94. She joins big brother Micah. Proud grandparents include Margery Taber Schleicher, ’66. The Switzers reside in Hanover Park, IL, and can be reached by e-mail at tmswitzer@home.com.

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and Stephanie Huey Harrison, ’95. The Harrison family resides in Coeur d’Alene, ID. Adam Gregory on Feb. 14, 2000 to Douglas and Jennifer Miller Heisler, ’95. Jenn is completing her Ph.D. in interpersonal and family communication at Michigan State University. Doug is a project manager for a fire alarm company. The family resides in Lansing. Alyssa Nicole on March 3, 2000 to Christopher, ’95, and Deborah Sprunk Merz, ’94. The family resides in West Bloomfield and can be reached by e-mail at merz@thepentagon.com. Jacob Thomas on Oct. 1, 1999 to William and Kerri Durocher Riggs, ’95. Kerri does both foster care and adoption casework with State of Michigan Family Independence Agency. The family resides in Allen Park.

Seth VanNote on Feb. 29, 2000 to Eric

Friends Larry Herzberg, who taught East Asian languages at Albion in the early 1980s, has been teaching Chinese and Japanese at Calvin College in Grand Rapids since 1984. Larry shares his love for culture and travel with his students, whom he frequently leads on trips to China and Japan. One of his most interesting experiences traveling with students was during the student uprising in Beijing in 1989, when he and his students barely escaped from the country before travel was restricted. Larry has also been a violinist with the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra for the past 20 years. Larry and his wife, Xue Quin, live in Cascade Township. Former Albion College dean of the chapel Wilbur “Bill” Franklin passed away April 29, 2000. During his tenure at Albion in the mid-1980s, Bill initiated

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. Yes, I would like to recommend the following high school student. Student name ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Age ________________________ Street

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“College Sunday” at the First United Methodist Church, a regularly scheduled worship service at which the College Choir offers the anthem and the College chaplain preaches. Franklin served many United Methodist Churches in the East Ohio conference, both as a pastor and as superintendent of the 58-church Norwalk District. He also was college minister at Muskingum College. Condolences may be sent to Bill’s wife, Mary Lou Franklin, at 3905 Glenmere Dr., Youngstown, OH 44511-3515.

Obituaries Marjorie Cross Smethells, ’30, on Jan. 12, 2000 in Bloomfield Hills. Marjorie was a life-long member of Simpson United Methodist Church in Bangor. She is survived by her daughter-in-law,

Mary Ellen O’Connell Smethells, ’63, two granddaughters and two greatgrandchildren. Wesley VanCamp, ’31, on Feb. 16, 2000 in Pueblo, CO. Wesley practiced internal medicine and cardiology in Pueblo until he retired in 1983. He received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. During World War II, Wesley served in the Public Health Services and was stationed in Kirkwood, MO. He is survived by his wife, Dorice, a son, two daughters, seven grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and a sister. Warren Strait, ’34, on April 19, 2000. He was the head counselor at Palmer High School, an engineer and a teacher. He is survived by his wife, Marjorie Walton Strait, ’34; a son, Donald, and a daughter, Judith; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Top 10 ways you can make a gift to Albion College 1. Include Albion College in your will. 2. Contribute stock, mutual funds, real estate or other appreciated property and receive favorable tax benefits. 3. Fund a bequest with your IRA or pension plan to avoid double taxation in your estate. 4. “Loan” assets to the College through a charitable lead trust and avoid taxes on appreciation. 5. Purchase a life insurance policy with the College as the beneficiary and owner, or name the College as the beneficiary of an existing life insurance policy. 6. Remember a loved one with a memorial gift. 7. Recognize a special person with a gift in his or her honor. 8. Provide yourself with a lifetime income through a charitable remainder trust that may increase your income and provide favorable tax benefits. 9. Purchase a commemorative engraved brick honoring you, your family or friends, to be placed in Albion’s Brick Walkway.

10. Make a cash gift to the Annual Fund. Office of Annual Giving Albion College 611 E. Porter St. Albion, MI 49224 517/629-0565

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George Matthews, ’36, on Oct. 22, 1999 in Albion. George served as plant manager and vice president of Union Steel Products in Albion prior to his retirement. In college, he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity and the football team. He was inducted into the Albion College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1992. George is survived by his wife, Emily Belle Brewer Matthews, ’35, daughter, Sue Marcos, and three granddaughters, Catherine Marcos-Millet, ’89, Rachel Marcos, ’92, and Julie Marcos, ’94. Mary King Nestmann, ’37, on March 19, 2000 in Carolina Village, NC. After graduating from Albion, Mary taught high school English in East Jordan, prior to marrying Ralph Nestmann. The couple lived in Charleston, WV, Wheeling, WV, and Carolina Village. Mary was an active member and Sunday school teacher at the Charleston Baptist Temple and was past president of the Wheeling (WV) YMCA. She is survived by her husband, Ralph, three sons, five grandchildren, three great-grandsons, and her brother. Bert Scott Rhodes, ’37, on Jan. 15, 2000 in Taylor. Bert was an art teacher in Dearborn, retiring in 1978. After graduating from Albion, he received a master’s degree from the University of Michigan in 1942. He also served in the Army during World War II. Bert is survived by his wife, Ruth, three sons, a granddaughter and a brother. F. Harger Green, ’40, on Feb. 13, 2000 in Plymouth. He is survived by his wife, Dorotha Onweller Green, ’38, son, David Green, ’64, a daughter, four grandsons, three granddaughters, including Brenda Green, ’99, and one great-granddaughter. Forestine Schaeffer Jenkin, ’41, on Feb. 28, 2000 in Orange City, FL. She was a homemaker who followed her Navy husband from coast to coast and Cuba. She was a member of Kappa Delta, earned a teaching certificate in hula in Hawaii, and taught crafts to Girl Scouts in Virginia. She is survived by her husband, Wendell, ’39, and one daughter. Mary Elaine Giddings, ’46, on Oct. 29, 1998 in Washington, DC. Elaine spent the last years of her life at the Methodist Home of DC. She was an active supporter of various missionaries during her lifetime. Betty Chamboy Elliott, ’47, on Feb. 10, 2000 in Port Huron. Betty had worked with the American Cancer Society’s Research Laboratory at Wayne State University. She was the first R.N. for the Visiting Nurses Association, was a school nurse, and was the director of the PHASD School of Practical Nursing. Betty was a member of Grace Episcopal

Church, the Altar Guild of the Church, the Women’s Auxiliary of the Salvation Army, and the American Cancer Society. She is survived by her longtime companion, Jerry Elliott, and her daughter. Clark Oliver, ’47, on Jan. 6, 2000 in Greenville. Clark retired as principal of Greenville High School in 1984. Through his efforts, the Greenville Public Schools orchestra program was begun. Clark is survived by his wife, Dorothy Minshall Oliver, ’45, three sons, and three grandchildren. Philip Marsh, ’48, on Jan. 14, 2000 in Greenbush. He is survived by his wife, Yvonne Avery Marsh, ’48, his son, Matthew, ’78, his daughter, and two grandchildren. Joseph Wagar, ’48, on Jan. 17, 2000 in Loveland, CO. Joseph served in the Army during World War II, attaining the rank of master sergeant. He then worked for 34 years as a reporter for the Flint Journal, retiring in 1983. Joseph was a member of All Saints Episcopal Church and Sigma Chi fraternity. He is survived by his wife, Berta Anderson Wagar, ’48, two sons, two daughters, one sister and two grandchildren. Joyce Cooley Kennedy, ’49, on Jan. 19, 2000 in Burt Township. Joyce was a member of the American Association of University Women and a member and past president of the Friends of the Indian River Area Library. Joyce is survived by her husband, Donald Kennedy, ’49, her son, Eric Kennedy, ’75, her daughter, three grandchildren and her brother. Marylyn McCormick van der Harst, ’50, on April 14, 2000 in Livonia. A cellist in the Redford Symphony for many years, Marylyn was an elder of Ward Evangelical and a sponsor of more than 100 Christian, civic, cultural and environmental groups. She taught in Baltimore, Detroit and Battle Creek schools. She is survived by two sons, two daughters and seven grandchildren. Richard Zemmer, ’50, on April 1, 2000 in Bradenton, FL. He received his pharmacy degree from Wayne State University in 1953. He owned and operated the Zemmer Drug Store in Lapeer from 1957 until retiring in 1990. He was involved in his church as well as being active in several community clubs. A past school board president, he also served on the board of First National Bank of Lapeer. He is survived by his wife, Shirley, three sons, one daughter and seven grandchildren. Rhoda Jean Montgomery Trombley, ’51, on Feb. 12, 2000 in San Diego, CA. Jean was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She is survived by her sister, Rita Montgomery McCue, ’50, her brother, two sons, her daughter, five grandchildren and her brother-in-law, Neal McCue, ’49.

Kenneth Grodavent, ’52, on Dec. 17, 1999 in Stockton, CA. Ken served in the Navy during World War II and the Korean War. He worked for the San Joaquin County Health District as a statistician. While at Albion, Ken was a member of the 1950 Hall of Fame cross country team and was the manager of the 1953 cross country team. He was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and had recently been honored for 50 years as a loyal Delt. Don Baker, ’53, on March 14, 2000 in Tucson, AZ. Don was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He had served with various United Methodist churches throughout Michigan until a move to Tucson in 1970 where he served the Catalina United Methodist Church. He co-founded Baker, Peterson, Baker and Associates, Inc., real estate appraisers and consultants, in 1974, and remained with the firm until his retirement in 1996. He was a frequent lecturer on residential appraisal theory and technique, a state-approved instructor in the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, and taught at the University of Arizona. He was the past president of the Tucson Chapter of the Society of Real Estate Appraisers. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Marilyn, and survived by his second wife, Mary, one son and eight grandchildren. Robert Thompson, ’54, on Feb. 4, 2000 in Cape Coral, FL. He was a teacher for Clarenceville High School in Livonia from 1954 to 1982. He served in the Army during World War II, 1943-46. He was involved with his church and the V.F.W., American Legion Post and the Elks. He is survived by his wife Berniece, two sons, one daughter and 10 grandchildren. Arthur Coxford, ’59, on March 21, 2000. He is survived by his wife Diane. Georgia Black Kreider, ’63, on Oct. 25, 1999. She was predeceased by her husband, James Michael Kreider, ’61, in 1997. Thomas Pearson, ’66, on March 5, 2000 in Hanover, NH. Thomas was a member of the Goguac Yacht Club and won many awards in competitions on Goguac Lake. He is survived by his wife, Reba, his mother, two sons, one daughter, and a brother. Timothy Rupp, ’84, on Aug. 11, 2000 in Davison. Timothy graduated from Wayne State Medical School in 1988 and completed a residency in internal medicine and a gastroenterology fellowship at Indiana University, where he was still actively involved in research prior to his death. Most recently, Timothy was a partner with Blount Gastroenterology Associates. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, two sons, his parents, and a brother. Audrey Janelle, ’94, on May 8, 2000. Audrey was an All-American swimmer, an Academic All- American and captain of the swim team. She had recently finished veterinary school. She is survived by her parents.

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Thomas tapped as board president Spring balloting for the Alumni Association Board of Directors resulted in the election of three new members: Mary Beth Hartmann Halushka, ’84, Pat Pearsall Hessler, ’57, and Kenneth Hollidge, ’67. All have terms extending through June 30, 2003. Newly elected officers include: Coletta Nelson Thomas, ’76, president; June Luke Dempsey, ’54, vice president for off-campus activities; and James Clark, ’51, secretary. David Neilson, ’66, vice president for on-campus activities, was appointed to a second term. (The entire roster for the Board of Directors appears at right.) A member of the Gerstacker Liberal Arts Institute for Professional Management while at Albion, Mary Beth Halushka earned a master’s degree in taxation from Walsh College. Currently she is a senior tax consultant for Michigan National Corp. in Farmington Hills where she has worked for 12 years. In her community, she has been a strong supporter of Independence for Life (senior citizens agency), has been active in Macomb County politics and has served as treasurer of the Detroit Alumnae Chapter of Alpha Xi Delta sorority. Currently a member of the Troy Newcomers Association, Halushka was a gubernatorial appointee on the Michigan State Industries Advisory Board in 1994. She has also assisted on several Albion College fund-raising projects. Pat Hessler has successfully spent the past 25 years as an independent business owner. She and her husband, Hugh Hessler, ’55, are the co-owners of Betsie Bay Furniture in Frankfort. She has been a 25-year member of the Benzie Community Chorus, sits on the Community Advisory Board for Interlochen Public Radio, and serves on the Board of

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Trustees for the Congregational Summer Assembly. For seven years Hessler acted as a mission interpreter for the United Methodist Church and for nine years served on the Board of Directors for the Benzie Historical Society. Currently she is the missions chairman for the First Congregational Church of Frankfort. She and her husband sponsor and host-parent a foreign exchange student at Albion. Ken Hollidge is general manager for Mannesmann Dematic in Clinton Township. He is involved in several civic organizations, most notably serving on the Advisory Board of the Salvation Army in southeast Michigan for the past 15 years. He has served as the chairman of the Board of Trustees and Building Fund Committee for the Grosse Pointe United Methodist Church and currently sits on the Board of Directors of Michigan Tooling Association. Among his Albion involvements, Hollidge has been a member of

Coletta Nelson Thomas, ’76, president; 27375 Bloomfield Dr., Lathrup Village, MI 48076; e- mail cnelsonthomas@mediaone.net June Luke Dempsey, ’54, vice president for off-campus activities; 8036 Clymer Lane, Indianapolis, IN 46250 David L. Neilson, ’66, vice president for on-campus activities; 1624 Greenleaf, Royal Oak, MI 48067; e-mail: dneilson@notes.intermet.com O. James Clark, ’51, secretary; 1800 Oakfield, Midland, MI 48640; e-mail: ojmeclark@aol.com Susan Stuewer Bensinger, ’70, immediate past president; 4688 Nowak Rd., Gaylord, MI 49735

Terms expiring in 2002 Katherine Jewell Dempster, ’57; South Haven Kirk L. Heinze, ’70; Mason Louise A. Kirk, ’90; Livonia Anna VanBruggen Thompson, ’80; St. Joseph, MN Sarah VandenBout Klein, ’95; Commerce

Terms expiring in 2003 Kenneth B. Hollidge, Jr., ’67; Grosse Pointe Shores Mary Beth Hartmann Halushka, ’84, Troy Pat Pearsall Hessler, ’57, Frankfort

Ex-officio members Peter T. Mitchell, ’67, president, Albion College William K. Stoffer, ’74, alumni trustee Ben E. Hancock, Jr., vice president for institutional advancement Marcia Hepler Starkey, ’74, director of alumni and parent relations B. Nate Rohde, ’01, Student Alumni Association president

Terms expiring in 2001 Ellen K. Carlson, ’95; Greenwood, IN Gregory L. Eastwood, ’62; Jamesville, NY

the Visiting Committee for the Gerstacker Liberal Arts Institute for Professional Management since its inception and cochaired his 25th class reunion. He is also a member of the Albion College Parents Committee.

Retiring from the board this year were: Susan Stuewer Bensinger, ’70, Robert Brower, ’69, Beverly Hannett-Price, ’58, Virginia Banner Wheeler, ’84, and Jess Womack, ’65.

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Others participating from Albion were: Dave Berry, ’70, Craig Dolby, ’79, Dave Dolik, ’80, Bill Goudie, ’63, Dave Johnson, ’70, Chris Kantgias, ’80, Dean Koulouras, ’69, Don Luciani, ’82, Wynn Miller, ’69, Tom Radom, ’71, Gordon Scupholm, ’61, and Witold Sztykiel, ’74. M. SEQUITE PHOTOS

Dean Koulouras, ’69, Bill Goudie, ’63, and Matt Lowman, ’97, were among the 15 Britons competing in this year’s Albion vs. Alma Alumni Golf Challenge June 16 in Birmingham. Wynn Miller celebrates the Briton win and the return of the “crock” from the Alma Scots.

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Britons rule in golf challenge In the fifth Albion vs. Alma Alumni Golf Challenge, the victorious Britons regained the “crock” that they had lost to the Scots during the last challenge two years ago. This year’s event, held June 16 at the Birmingham Country Club, saw the Britons prevail in three of the five matches, led by Matt Lowman, ’97, Mike Sequite, ’75 , and Tom Scupholm, ’93, who shot scores in the 70s.

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Family Weekend~Oct. 27-28, 2000 Plan to join our Albion family by bringing yours to campus! On Friday evening, we’ll have informal entertainment, and you can enjoy some “quality time” with your student. On Saturday, you can talk with your student’s professors during a faculty reception and convocation, enjoy a Briton football game vs. Olivet College, and meet other Albion parents and families while attending a gala dinner. Following dinner Carl Rosen will perform “Turnstiles,” his salute to Billy Joel, in the Kellogg Center. Lots to do and fun for the whole family! A schedule of events and details will be mailed to you this fall. If you have any questions in the meantime, please contact: Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, 517/6290448; or e-mail: eluft@albion.edu.

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

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TRANSFORMING INDIVIDUAL LIVES, THE WORKPLACE AND SOCIETY Albion trustee John Porter, ’53, has devoted his career to advancing education. Beginning as a classroom teacher, Porter went on to become Michigan’s superintendent of public instruction. When appointed in 1969, he was the youngest chief state school officer in the nation and the first African American in such a role in the U.S. Porter then served as president of Eastern Michigan University from 1979 to 1989, and now is CEO of the Urban Education Alliance, where he assists urban school districts in increasing student achievement and school effectiveness. Among his many career accomplishments, he helped found the Michigan Competitive Scholarship and Tuition Grant Programs and has championed vocational

rehabilitation efforts. “Ensuring access to a high-quality education for every student— regardless of race or family income—has always been my goal,” Porter says. “I was fortunate in having some fine teachers and outstanding educational opportunities, including those at Albion, and I wish to make those same kinds of opportunities available to future generations of students.”

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➤ LIBERAL ARTS AT WORK Upcoming events events calendar calendar For further information on these and other activities for alumni, parents and friends, please contact the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, 517/ 629-0448, or visit www.albion.edu/ alumni/. Invitations will be mailed shortly for the northern Michigan events. If you will be traveling in the area and would like to attend, simply call the Alumni Office to make a reservation.

Bay View Saturday, Aug. 5, 2000 6 p.m. Potluck supper 8 p.m. Musical: Oklahoma Both events will be held on the Bay View campus.

Traverse City Early August (Invitations coming soon) Evening Reception

NCAA Hall of Champions Indianapolis, IN Sunday, Oct. 1, 2000 1 p.m. Tour of recently opened NCAA Hall of Champions Reception immediately following, hosted by Cedric and June Luke Dempsey, both ’54.

Homecoming & Class Reunion Weekend • October 6-8, 2000 Friday Briton Classic Golf Tournament The Albion College Athletic Department is sponsoring the fourth annual golf tournament on Friday at The Medalist Golf Club, Marshall. Festivities will begin at 10 a.m; all alumni, parents and friends are welcome! Register today by calling the Athletic Department, 517/629-0500. Proceeds will support Briton athletics. Alumni Tennis Tournament This is your chance to get back on the courts! An alumni tennis tournament will be held on the new indoor courts in the Ungrodt Tennis Center. All former varsity players are invited to lace up those tennis shoes for a fun, lighthearted tournament! For more information, please contact Bob Adkins, 517/629-0739.

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Hall of Fame Dinner Join this year’s Athletic Hall of Fame inductees and their families for a special dinner as we celebrate their contributions to athletics as students or alumni. Please indicate on your Homecoming reservation form if you and your family plan to attend the dinner. Reservations are required.

Saturday “A” Club Breakfast All “A” Club members are invited to join current and former players and coaches. Former student athletes will have the opportunity to visit during breakfast.

Alumni Awards Ceremony Join us Saturday morning in Gerstacker Commons, Kellogg Center, as we recognize the 2000 Distinguished Alumni and Meritorious Service Award recipients. Class Reunions (1950-1995) All classes ending in “0” or “5” will celebrate their class reunions. If you graduated in one of these classes, plan to attend your reunion dinner on Saturday evening. Reunion information and locations are posted on the Web: www.albion.edu (follow Alumni & Parent links). Reservation forms will be mailed shortly.

Football Albion vs. Butler 1 p.m. Kickoff Halftime program featuring the Homecoming Court and the British Eighth.

Award Recipients Albion College will honor the following people during Homecoming Weekend for their contributions to and passion for Albion College, their communities and their professions. Distinguished Alumni Award David L. Camp, ’75 U.S. Congressman (R-Michigan, 4th District) Midland, MI and Washington, DC Emilio DeGrazia, ’63 Professor of English Winona State University Winona, MN James J. Leisenring, ’62 Vice Chairman Financial Accounting Standards Board Ridgefield, CT

Jon R. Scieszka, ’76 Children’s Author Brooklyn, NY Karen Munro Vournakis, ’66 Photographer Karen Vournakis Studio Gallery Charleston, SC Meritorious Service Award John S. Ludington, ’52 Chairman of the Board, Emeritus Dow Corning Corp. Midland, MI

Hall of Fame Inductees Coach Peter J. Schmidt Douglas C. Barcy, ’79 Darwin L. Christiansen, ’63 Mary Jane Lang Grunden, ’79 Melody A. Janson, ’85 Wendy Lombardi Kohlhepp, ’84 Steffanie Lundstrom Laven, ’82 Gary W. Nichols, ’80 Randall J. Parker, ’76 Daniel E. Pekrul, ’87 Robert J. Varner, ’83 1985 Football Team 1982 Baseball Team