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

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Editor: Sarah BriggsClassnotes Writers: Brian Longheier, ’00 and

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The unusual name for this publication comes from ayell written by members of the class of 1900. Thebeginning words of the yell, Io Triumphe, wereprobably borrowed from the poems of the Romanwriter, Horace. Some phrases were taken from othercollege yells and others from a Greek play presentedon campus during the period.

In 1936, the alumni of Albion College voted toname their magazine after the yell which by then hadbecome a College tradition. For years, Albionfreshmen have learned these lines by heart:

Io Triumphe! Io Triumphe!Haben Swaben rebecca le animorWhoop te whoop te sheller de-vereDe-boom de ral de-i de-pa—Hooneka Henaka whack a whackA-hob dob balde bora bolde baraCon slomade hob dob Rah!

Al-bi-on Rah!

Printed on recyclable paper.

F E A T U R E S

3 Discovering the world at ourdoorstep

7 Against all oddsAlbion alumni find success in theprofessional music world

D E P A R T M E N T S

10 Around Campus

10 Scoreboard

11 Albionotes

ON THE COVER: (Clockwise from top left) AliMoore, ’00, with youngsters in the Albion PublicSchools’ Brighter Futures Project (D. Trumpiephoto); Jocelin Herron, ’00, volunteering at theAlbion Middle School (J. Jones photo); JulieHenning, ’01, visiting with a resident at Albion CareCenter (D. Trumpie photo); Alana McClelland, ’97,during a painting project at a local park; and ScottSmith, ’00, at Albion City Hall where he worked inthe Finance Office. (J. Jones photo).

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When they enroll at Albion, our students come not only to the Collegecampus but to the Greater Albion community. Beginning with City ServiceDay, held during their first weekend on campus in the fall, entering studentsquickly discover that Albion—community and College—is a remarkableplace to learn and to serve. Across their four-year undergraduate experience,our students will engage with the community through study and research,through internships and volunteer service, and through paid employment.And what often happens is that one involvement leads to another, and that aspecial synergy happens in the integration of learning and service. Considerstudent Scott Smith, for example, who followed up an internship in localeconomic development with further work at City Hall and who, as chair ofthe Student Senate’s Campus and Community Relations Committee, ledefforts to encourage more students to make connectionsin the Greater Albion community. Or Taneeza Islamwhose involvement with the community-based Arab-

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American Cultural Center has resulted both in demographic research on thegrowing Arab-American population in the area and in service to these newimmigrants as an English language tutor. This issue’s cover story offers amosaic depicting just some of the ways our students have become involvedin the community.

In reflecting on her many roles in Albion over the past four years, studentJocelin Herron notes, “The College and the community have provided mewith service learning projects and volunteer activities in which I’ve made adifference in the lives of others. In return, the people I’ve worked with havemade a difference in my life. [I now] understand diversity as being not justour race, gender or ethnicity, but all the qualities that make each of usunique. I have also come to understand that surface differences between

individuals and even communities often mask evendeeper similarities.”


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residents have traveled there, including two Collegegroups led by Guenin-Lelle. “The sister city relation-ship makes my seminar more meaningful,” Guenin-Lelle explains.

She notes that it also helps students view Albion in adifferent way. “When my seminar group was at themiddle school in Noisy, there was an exhibit of imagesrelated to Albion. My students were delighted andintrigued by the exhibit. They were also a bit embar-rassed because they saw pictures of Albion, taken byFrench people, that were places the students did notrecognize! It became a game for them to identifyvarious places.”

Students who have been involved in community-oriented assignments are equally enthusiastic about theexperience. “The projects I did . . . helped me toexperience how people of different ages, differentoccupations, and different beliefs can all live in thesame society,” says Stacey Burnaford, a member ofMullin’s cultural anthropology class. “Furthermore,through interacting with people outside of my shelteredworld I learned a lot about myself and how I fit intosociety.”

Another of Mullin’s students, Elizabeth Hermiller,observed a local physician’s assistant in action. “If Ihadn’t done the actual ethnographic research on myown,” Hermiller says, “I would have never understoodthe whole concept and process as fully as I do now,”she says. “I gained a whole new perspective on thework of anthropologists and . . . learned more aboutmedicine and treating patients. . . . [The project] wasvery interesting and inspiring.”

The city of Albion might seem an unlikely resourcefor an English class on “Dickens and London,” butEnglish professor James Diedrick explains that sendingstudents out into the community can indeed developtheir understanding of Dickens’ work. “Our firstreading assignment is a series of short sketches ofLondon written by Dickens when he was just beginninghis writing career,” says Diedrick. “[For] our firstwriting assignment, each student writes a sketch of aplace in Albion.”

This attempt to follow in Dickens’ literary footstepsilluminates the class material, according to the students.

“By doing this I got to know the city of Albion alittle better,” says Rachel Maloney. “I had neverventured into the downtown area before, and it was aninteresting experience. . . . I learned a lot aboutDickens’ technique of writing, and how to get in touchwith the people you are writing about.”

INTERNS ANDEMPLOYEES:Integrating learningand serviceWhile many Albion students opt for on-the-job intern-ships with large organizations in urban settings, thosewho have completed internships in and around Albionhave come to appreciate the impact they can have in asmaller arena. During his internship with the AlbionEconomic Development Corporation (EDC), ScottSmith worked on locating funding sources for localdevelopment projects and on securing a CommunityDevelopment Block Grant. The economics and manage-ment major believes he learned more about the relation-ship between business and government—and how tofind ways for the two to work together constructively—than he would have in a larger organization. “I reallyhad a chance to get involved in a more meaningfulway,” he says.

College students have recently served as interns atCity Hall, and for area manufacturing companies,banking and financial institutions, the Chamber ofCommerce and non-profit agencies. “Interns have donesome great work. . . . I think it’s great to have studentsas employees,” says Peggy Sindt, ’73, Albion EDCexecutive director. “Without fail, they’ve been brightand curious and interested in how the community andCollege relate to each other. It’s a wonderful opportu-nity for me to have students here, offering fresh ideasand skills.” On occasion, Albion students also findvaluable learning opportunities as paid employees withlocal health care organizations and businesses.

The following examples demonstrate how thesepractical experiences can enrich our students’ education.

By Jake Weber

Editor’s note: Albion College’s Vision, “Liberal Arts at Work,” asserts that “a liberal arts education enablesstudents to understand the interconnected nature of knowledge and of life, . . . to assimilate information into areasoned and coherent world view, to comprehend moral and ethical implications of action, and to adapt to achanging world.” Such learning may begin in the classroom but it also happens in diverse settings beyond thecampus, including the Greater Albion community, when students interact with a broad cross-section of society.Featured in our cover story are some of these less traditional, but certainly no less meaningful, learning opportunities.

‘HANDS-ON’ LEARNERS: Moving from theclassroom into the community

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Taneeza Islam (left) helps Hasan Johub, a Yemeni whorecently emigrated to the Albion area, learn English.Working with Albion’s Arab-American Cultural Center(AACC), Islam spent last fall doing a demographicstudy of the approximately 100 Yemeni immigrantsliving and working between Albion and Coldwater. Thestudy will help the AACC staff in planning support

“A lot of cultural anthropology is about getting out inthe world and dealing with unfamiliar people, unfamil-iar situations—and then having to write about them,”says professor Molly Mullin. For the 80 students whotake her Introduction to Cultural Anthropology courseeach year “the world” also includes aspects of the localcommunity, from school playgrounds to doctors’offices. “They learn a lot about anthropology by goingout and getting hands-on experience. A lot of what wecover in the course involves people and places that arevery far away. . . . I want students to learn that anthro-pology is relevant to what’s right in our own neighbor-hoods.”

Mullin is just one of many faculty who incorporatecommunity resources into their class assignments.Some classes, like the First-Year Seminars taught byhistory professor Wes Dick and foreign languagesprofessor Dianne Guenin-Lelle, have the history andculture of the city of Albion itself as a focus. Citizenparticipation and community problem-solving, withfirsthand experience in the Albion community, aremajor themes in political scientist Myron Levine’sinterdisciplinary course on “Voluntarism, Communityand Citizenship.” Likewise, biology, chemistry andgeology courses often utilize local resources in teach-ing specific skills related to those fields. For instance,geologist Tim Lincoln’s students carry out extensivestudies on water quality and on plant and animalhabitats using the nearby Kalamazoo River as anoutdoor laboratory. Still other faculty, in departmentsthroughout the humanities and social sciences, designassignments in the community as a way of giving theirstudents new insights into their surroundings.

“In the city of Albion there is a long, rich connectionto France, a connection often not evident, unlesspointed out,” says Dianne Guenin-Lelle, explainingwhy she developed her First-Year Seminar on “Cul-tures, Connections and Communities from Albion toFrance—and Back.” Her course plays up the tiesbetween this small Midwestern community and thewider world.

In recent years, the city of Albion has developed aparticularly active relationship with its sister city,Noisy-le-Roi, France; it has hosted students andcitizens from Noisy-le-Roi, and a number of Albion


local news each day and was involved with otheraspects of the paper’s operations. “On my first assign-ment I was given the camera and told to snap a fewphotos to go along with the story. Before long I wasalso laying out my stories on the front page andelectronically adjusting the photos.”

Active on campus, Longheier is a member of theAlpha Phi Omega service fraternity and a leader ofHabitat for Humanity. Until he did his internship,however, “I’d get out once in awhile through Habitat oranother volunteer project, but more or less I stayed oncampus,” he recalls. “After this internship, I felt more apart of the community, like I was a member of it.”

Longheier’s relationship to the community hascontinued to grow since his internship. He joined thelocal United Way board, and last summer, completed asecond internship with the city of Albion. Currently,Longheier is finishing an Honors Institute thesis on therole that Harvard Industries has played in the localcommunity. The topic grew out of his communityinvolvement. “I had heard about how importantindustry was to the community [before the 1970srecession],” says Longheier, who interviewed numer-ous administrators and factory workers for his thesis.“I was interested to see how Harvard was part of that.”

The internships have added a practical dimension tohis majors in English and economics and management,but they’ve also given him an increased appreciationfor his “second home.”

“Everyone I’ve talked with who’s ever done aninternship here in town has come back with a reallypositive experience, because . . . they realize there’smore to Albion than Albion College,” Longheierconcludes. “I highly recommend it.”

______ ◆ ______One midnight last September, emergency medicaltechnician Tom McGehee was doing 65 miles per houron Michigan Avenue when he looked in his rearviewmirror and realized, with a shock, that he had to pull

over. “I open the door to the back [of the ambulance],and I’m on the receiving end,” he laughs, recalling thebaby he and a paramedic delivered en route to OaklawnHospital.

McGehee is one of several current students whohave an especially intimate tie to the community—working for Albion Community Ambulance (formerlyAlbion Area Ambulance Service). While Albion

College students have been a part of theambulance service since its inception in the1960s, most were involved during theservice’s days as an all-volunteer force.McGehee is a full-time student and puts in20-30 hours a week as a paid ACA em-ployee.

McGehee provides basic medicalservices to patients, and advanced lifesupport assistance to the paramedic onduty. “You see some scary stuff,”McGehee says, noting that, along with thetwo babies he’s helped deliver, the firstdeath he witnessed is also indelibly etchedin his memory.

An economics and management major,McGehee plans to continue work as anEMT even while pursuing a career infinancial services.

“The big thing for me is to know I makea difference in people’s lives,” saysMcGehee, who also spends a few days eachmonth on call for Sexual Assault Servicesof Calhoun County. “You can make adirect impact. . . . You see [the conse-quences] right in front of you.”Construction is under way on the Albion College Habitat for Humanity

chapter’s first house project in Albion. With financial support from theCollege and a major gift from a local donor, the students have coordinatedmost of the planning and construction work. In addition to the 75 studentvolunteers who have worked at the site, numerous faculty, staff and localresidents have also contributed their time. College students also haveassisted with several of the eight houses built or renovated by the GreaterAlbion Habitat for Humanity chapter over the past decade.

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In addition to being a full-time student, Tom McGeheeputs in 20-30 hours a week as a paid employee forAlbion Community Ambulance. An emergency medicaltechnician, he provides basic medical services topatients, and advanced life support assistance to theparamedic on duty.

______ ◆ ______Albion College student Taneeza Islam recalls a recentEnglish tutoring session when her pupil, a Yemeniimmigrant new to Albion, was having trouble with theword “world.”

“I remembered the word in Arabic,” says Islam, afirst-generation Bengali-American whose Arabic islimited to that used in Muslim services. “He looked atme really shocked, . . . and I explained to him that Iwas Muslim. He started tearing up and said, ‘This is sonice—you volunteer your time, you’re a Muslim inAmerica, and you care so much.’ It really humbled me. . . to realize how much help [the immigrants] neededand how appreciative they are of everything.”

Islam’s connection to Albion, through her work withthe local Arab-American community, is an ideal modelof how off-campus experiences can apply to a student’sentire Albion career. Islam, who spent a year with theGreat Lakes Jerusalem Program in Israel, found anopportunity to use some of her Middle Eastern experi-ences during an internship with Albion’s Arab-American Cultural Center (AACC).

A political science major and member of the FordInstitute for Public Policy and Service, Islam spent lastfall doing a demographic study of Yemeni immigrantsliving and working between Albion and Coldwater, apopulation she says numbers over 100 in Albion alone,mostly men without families in the U.S. The AACCwas established in 1999 as a spiritual and culturalcenter for these immigrants. Islam’s study providedinformation needed by the AACC to obtain statefunding, especially to assist Harvard Industries, a localmanufacturer, in developing safety instructions inArabic. (Harvard Industries employs nearly all the Arabimmigrants living in Albion.) “[The Yemeni] don’tspeak English, so they can’t understand the safetyvideo or read the signs,” explains Islam.

Islam has recruited still more students to assistAlbion’s newest immigrant community. Members ofthe College’s Muslim Student Network have offeredtheir services as translators, and plan tosupport weekly prayers at the AACC. AndEnglish language classes are also providedto the immigrants, taught mainly by a coregroup of about 10 College students underthe supervision of the Albion PublicSchools’ Adult Education Program.

Largely because of these involvements,Islam was recently asked to join theDiversity Action Team, formed as part ofAlbion’s “Smart Community” initiatives.She has been impressed by the concern shehas heard expressed for the welfare of thearea’s new Arab residents. “I really applaudthe community members who are concernedabout the Arabs integrating into Albionculture,” she says.

______ ◆ ______“I was thrown into the community,” saysBrian Longheier, recalling his first intern-ship, in the summer of 1998, for the AlbionRecorder. “I talked to so many people andlearned so many things. After that summer,I pretty much knew all the leaders in thecommunity.”

Like many small-town newspapers, theAlbion Recorder has only a few full-timereporters, and so from his first days,Longheier wrote a sizeable portion of the


Community activism—Albion-styleNearly one-third of Albion’s roughly 110 student clubs participate in a serviceproject or a fundraiser each year. Finding outlets for the volunteer potential of thesegroups, as well as individual students, is the mission undertaken by the College’sStudent Volunteer Bureau (SVB). Working closely with the downtown AlbionVolunteer Service Organization (AVSO), the SVB finds volunteers for community-based projects reaching out to children, the elderly,the mentally handicapped and the disadvantaged.Some of these efforts begin as AVSO projects, arefunneled through SVB, and then are eventuallyadopted by another student organization. “A lot ofwhat we do is help student groups set up their ownprograms, rather than actually sponsor them our-selves,” says SVB director Amy Sheele.

Under the SVB aegis, students offer the SunGames for local elementary school children, raisepledges for the Walk for Warmth and run a SpecialOlympics Training Day on campus. In addition,during Make a Difference Day each fall, the Collegestudents join with many other community servicegroups for a riverbank clean-up and other beautifica-tion projects.

“SVB has a regular volunteer list of around 200,but 400 or more students participate every year inSVB-sponsored events,” says Drew Dunham, directorof campus programs and organizations. “By the end

of four years, our estimate is that 80-90 percent of students have participated in anSVB-sponsored project.”

To connect students to the student volunteer movement nationwide, Albionbelongs to the Campus Outreach Opportunity League and to Campus Compact, andit maintains a chapter of the national service fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega. These

groups provide workshops and other programming oncommunity service, grants for new projects andrecognition for outstanding volunteers.

Dunham notes that SVB, which receives nearlyfive percent of the student activity fee, demonstratesthe College’s commitment to service. “Students needto learn to be community activists. They need to takea role in communities in which they live, [and] this isa community where they live most of the time forfour years,” he says, adding that this involvementbenefits the students as well as the community.“[Research shows] students who are more engaged inthe community feel better about being in college,” heexplains.

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ROLE MODELS: Reach-ing out to the schoolsAlbion College students can be found volunteering inevery school building in the city at some point duringthe week, note officials for the Albion Public Schoolsand St. John Catholic Elementary School. “All of ourteachers utilize college students in the classroom,” saysWalt Nichols, ’73, who is an administrator for Albion’sOpen School (grades K-5) and Middle School. “Thiscollege is an asset to [us] beyond measure.”

The numbers are impressive. Each year, about 150College students are in area school classrooms, asforeign language enrichment teachers, tutors for theCollege’s Learning is Fun Together (LIFT) programand the public schools’ Help One Student to Succeed(HOSTS) program. In addition, many students work asemployees and volunteers for the after-school BrighterFutures program, as sports coaches and in other roles.

Below are just two examples of how our students’service has rewards for everyone involved.

______ ◆ ______“When I walk into school and [the kids] see me, theyget excited. They really enjoy having college kids inthe schools, the interaction, the activity,” says Spanishand physical education major Ericka Zemmer. Nostranger to the children of Albion, Zemmer, by the timeshe graduates in 2001, will have worked at three ofAlbion’s four elementary schools, the high school andSt. John’s Catholic School, whether as a volunteerSpanish language teacher or assisting in physicaleducation programs.

Currently, Zemmer works three days each weekwith the public schools’ Brighter Futures program,leading games and exercises that promote the students’athletic skills and physical coordination. The recreationprogram she leads at Harrington Elementary Schoolwith fellow student Ali Moore is an extension of

research by Albion physicaleducation professor Tom Johnsonon the relationship between learningand movement. Johnson believesthat structured physical activity canhelp students’ abilities in theclassroom. Zemmer will use herBrighter Futures experience to writea directed-study paper on “HowPhysical Education Affects Learn-ing Readiness.”

“The theory behind [my study] isthat activity is healthy for yourmind and your body, and activity inthe body can increase activity in the brain,” explainsZemmer. She is quick to note that her previous fieldplacements and tutoring experience were importantfactors in her decision to do the research, as was thechance to help her young students improve in school.“Seeing the kids’ hearts and their potential is whatmakes [me] want to get involved. . . . You see kidsacting up on purpose to get negative attention. Bygiving them positive attention, . . . it makes it all worthit, because you know you’ll have an effect on theirlives.”

______ ◆ ______“I remember junior high being a very difficult andhighly impressionable period. . . . Students not onlyattempt to find their own identities but are faced withchoosing a direction for their lives,” says studentLynsey Kluever, explaining one of her reasons forcreating and establishing Students Together RaisingIntegrity, Values, and Excellence (STRIVE).

Launched with a grant from the voluntary-serviceorganization, Michigan Campus Compact, STRIVE isan Albion College/Albion Middle School collaborationthat aims to teach leadership skills to the middle schoolstudents by engaging them in permanent teams withAlbion College students, staff and faculty. The inspira-tion for STRIVE came from Kluever’s reading of a

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Ericka Zemmer works three days each week with thepublic schools’ Brighter Futures program. She leadsgames and exercises that develop the students’physical coordination as a means of improving theirclassroom performance. Zemmer will draw on thisexperience to write a directed-study paper on “HowPhysical Education Affects Learning Readiness.”

speech by President Peter Mitchell, asking students tobecome community members and active participants intheir own education. “His words really touched me,”says Kluever, a history major and member of the FordInstitute for Public Policy and Service. “I remember. . . the realization that, with the support of the Collegebehind me, I could turn my vague concept of an AlbionCollege/Albion Middle School partnership into areality.”

Now in its second year of existence, STRIVEconsists of 10 teams, each with four or five middleschool students, two Albion College student mentorsand one faculty adviser. The teams complete serviceprojects, and Kluever anticipates STRIVE will do evenmore to enhance and encourage the leadership skills ofthe younger students. Plans are to have each teamdesign and direct a community service project, whichthe entire STRIVE group will carry out. In addition,the teams will plan day-long conferences completewith student panels, workshops and guest speakers.

Students like Julie Henning regularly volunteer at theAlbion Care Center where they visit with the residentsand help them with organized activities. She is amongthe hundreds of Albion College students involved inlocal community service each year.


Against all oddsIn the highly competitive music world, thesealumni have found extraordinary success.

The lure of the opera: Jennifer Trost, ’79professional singer finally came because her parentsrelocated to southern California. “I moved to LosAngeles to look for more opportunities, and also to becloser to my family,” says Trost. During this period,her voice became fuller and gained more volume,enabling her to consider singing professionally. In1989, when she was halfway through a doctoralprogram at the University of Southern California, theLos Angeles Music Center Opera asked her to becomea resident artist, so she gave up academia for a per-forming career.

As a lyric soprano, and now as a spinto or young-dramatic soprano, Trost has performed in dozens ofoperas with the Wuppertal Opera and the BSO. Whenher schedule permits, she does guest appearances withopera companies and orchestras throughout Europe. Asa contract artist, Trost’s rehearsal and performanceschedule is determined months in advance by the opera

company. However, becauseof her experience, she issometimes called upon tojump in as a replacement ona moment’s notice.

“Once I got a call aroundnoon to sing the Marriage ofFigaro countess that night,”Trost recalls. “I got on thetrain and traveled four hours.There wasn’t time when I gotthere to talk about the stagingor meet anybody. They gotmy costume fitted as I wasbeing made up for a 7 p.m.show. . . . I was singing withpeople I hadn’t even met,doing a staging that I’d neverdone before, with an assistantdirector standing on the sideof the stage pointing andgesturing to tell me what todo. I’m sure the audiencedidn’t realize that I wasdoing this for the first timewithout preparation. One ofthe things I’m proud of isthat, in spite of the stress, Iwas able to accomplish thatwithout making mistakes.”

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Editor’s note: The following articles continue our celebration of alumniachievements in the fine arts, begun in the Winter 1999-2000 Io Triumphe.

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Jennifer Trost, ’77, returned to campus lastfall to perform as a guest soloist during aHomecoming Weekend concert by the AlbionCollege Orchestra and Choir Oct. 3. Amongthe many roles she has performed during her10-year opera career in Germany is that ofElettra (pictured at left) in Mozart’sIdomeneo.

By Jake Weber

Fulfilling the dream of a professional artistic careeroften comes at a high price, as Jennifer Trost, ’79, canwell attest. In 1986, Trost received her first big break,the opportunity to audition in Germany for seven operahouses. “I sold everything to be able to go: my car, mypossessions, everything—and failed,” Trost remem-bers. “I had to start over from zero. . . . It took fouryears before I could go to Germany and audition again.When I landed a job with the Wuppertal Opera, I had tosell my stuff a second time so that I could move toGermany.”

Trost’s sacrifice paid off, and she has been on top ofthe world ever since, enjoying a voice and a career thatare both now rich and mature. After four successfulseasons with the Wuppertal Opera, Trost moved to theBavarian State Opera (BSO) in Munich, one ofGermany’s oldest and largest houses, and is undercontract there until 2002. Renowned conductor ZubinMehta has been the BSO’s general music director since1998, and, says Trost, “It’s exciting to be at thebeginning of his tenure, having someone of that stature,charisma and musicality. It’s a reason to stay inMunich.” She adds that Lorin Maazel and JamesLevine are also conducting orchestras in Munich at thepresent time, and she doesn’t rule out the possibilitythat she might work with them as a guest soloist. (Shehas sung previously with Lorin Maazel at the SalzburgMusic Festival.) “There’s a real musical renaissance inMunich right now.”

A band memberthroughout her schoolyears, Trost almostescaped learning thatshe could sing. Shenearly backed out ofher Albion CollegeChoir audition whenleft alone for a fewminutes before she hadto sing, but choir presi-dent Larry Sill, ’77,persuaded her to give it

a try. Upon hearing her, David Strickler, Albion’s choirdirector at the time, immediately said she should studyvoice.

Studying music wasn’t part of her plan when sheentered Albion College. In fact, she was a biologymajor, but singing in the choir under “Mr. Dave” andtaking a Music Appreciation course persuaded her tomake the switch to music. “Mr. Dave was like a fatherfigure for me—he helped build up my self-confidence,”says Trost. “I remember going to voice lessons and,afterwards, just feeling like I was walking on air.I enjoyed my other classes and learned things, butI never had that feeling of fulfillment.”

Music wasn’t the only activity that claimed herattention—far from it. She worked part-time on campusevery year, joined a sorority, played intramuralvolleyball and, in her junior year, was a residence hallassistant. After graduating from Albion as a musiceducation major, she earned amaster’s degree in vocal perfor-mance at Michigan StateUniversity, then came back toAlbion for a year, as a sabbaticalreplacement for music professorJacqueline Maag. Trost saysMaag has served as a strong rolemodel for her in the ensuingyears.

Oddly enough, Trost’s firstfirm step toward becoming a


Despite stereotypes of the opera singer’s glamorouslife—international travel, costumes, makeup and lots ofdrama—it is, insists Trost, a job much like any other.“Opera singers used to be the rock stars of the past.They earned lots of money and could do whatever theywanted,” she maintains. “Nowadays, it’s a real businessand there’s real competition; there’s no time for peoplethrowing temper tantrums. You’ve got to be on time,you’ve got to be prepared and you’ve got to be a goodcolleague. Those big ego things make the wholeexperience unpleasant for everyone, and opera isalways a group experience where teamwork is neces-sary. . . . We’re down-to-earth people, really.”

And being a singer is not a job that’s left at theoffice at the end of the day. “When you have toperform, you have to lead a sedate life,” muses Trost.“When I’m performing, I don’t socialize much. . . . Itend to avoid situations where I’m either going to strainmy voice or affect my health. You always have to thinkof that.”

Trost enjoys her life on the stage, but at the sametime, is looking past her current career. “I can’t singforever,” says Trost, who hopes someday to put herperforming experience to good use teaching others.“When you get older, the voice doesn’t work as well aswhen you were younger, which is ironic because youhave all this knowledge and experience to be a greatsinger, but the voice can’t do what you want it to doanymore. That’s when you say, ‘It’s time to give back,’and teaching is the best way to do that.”

Trost is a member of a closely-knit family and saysthat being near her parents, who now live in Rochester,N.Y., will be important to her. And as to where shemight teach, “I really believe in liberal arts,” she says.“It’s important for students to sample from all thedifferent disciplines. You do a lot in addition to juststudy. You start to explore your possibilities, and youbecome an independent person, which was a reallygood thing for me. Albion helped me become a well-rounded person and put me on that path towardattaining a career that I really love. If I’d gone any-where else, I know I wouldn’t be sitting here today.”

Alternating chords:David Barrett, ’77Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved. 1999,The Ann Arbor News.

By Rich Thomaselli

David Barrett is sitting where he is most comfort-able—on stage, guitar in his lap and a small, intimateaudience in front of him at The Ark in Ann Arbor.

At times, he is fanciful and waggish, introducing asong off his just-released CD, “The Fever Diaries,” bywaxing poetic about an egocentric friend. The songtitle? “Let’s Talk About Me.”

If only the network suits and ties at CBS televisioncould see him now.

“They think I’m this hick from Ann Arbor, Mich.,this neat little guy from the Midwest who wrote thisneat little song for their NCAA tournament,” Barrettsays. “That’s why I say I have a paradox of lives.”

In one life, he is the composer and singer ofperhaps one of the greatest sports anthems of all time,the poignant “One Shining Moment” that has playedover the slow-motion highlights of the NCAA basket-ball tournament following every championship gamefor the last 14 years.

He also has composed theme music for several othernetwork sports telecasts, including The Great 18 golfspecial for ABC, the theme for the U.S. Open (tennis)on CBS, the opening theme for the 1988 Seoul Olym-pics on CBC, the closing theme to the 1992 Olympicson CBC, and “The Gift,” the theme music to the PGAgolf championship on CBS.

In another life, Barrett is the simple folksingerplaying to small audiences in places like The Ark,college campus coffeehouses and festivals.

PHOTO COURTESY OF D. BARRETT

Composer and folksinger David Barrett has appearedwith such well-known artists as Beth Nielsen Chapmanand Art Garfunkel (this picture was shot during a liveperformance with Garfunkel at Interlochen in northernMichigan), and he performs regularly in Ann Arborand around the Midwest. But Barrett may be bestknown for his compositions including “One ShiningMoment,” played every year during national telecastsof the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, and musicalthemes for the Olympics and other major sportingevents.

Britons of noteHere’s a look at what some other Albionalumni are doing in the music field.

Many of our music alumni can be found in teachingand administration with K-12 vocal and instrumentalmusic programs across Michigan and around thecountry. Britons figure prominently in the northwestMichigan music education scene, including RussLarimer, ’79, director of choirs at Traverse City WestHigh School, Holly Bringman, ’96, director of vocaland instrumental music at the Suttons Bay schools, andRandy Marquardt, ’70, an elementary school musicteacher in Harbor Springs. Larimer’s choirs haveexcelled in the 12 years he’s served in this role, withperformances at the Michigan Youth Arts Festival (12of the state’s top high school choirs receive this

prestigious invitation each year) and at the Midwestconference and the national convention of the Ameri-can Choral Directors Association. Nearby, KristaMaxson Cooper, ’93, serves as coordinator of campadmissions for the Interlochen Center for the Arts’summer camp for students ranging in age from eight to18. She processes applications (3,000 last year) andhandles financial aid awards for prospective campersfrom 45 countries around the world. Carleen Roeper,’90, is Interlochen’s director of alumni relations.

Downstate, Ron Weiler, ’95, has led his choirs atDetroit Country Day School (DCDS) to superiorratings at both the district and state festivals. He reportsthat the DCDS choral program has nearly doubled innumber of singers over the past two years. Weiler willbegin a term as District IV manager of the MichiganSchool Vocal Music Association in fall 2002. (To learnmore about the DCDS program, and his use of the Webin teaching, visit Weiler’s Web site: http://members.xoom.com/singatdcds.) Dawn RickardRoberts, ’83, has been vocal music director forClarenceville High School since 1986. In addition toleading four highly regarded vocal ensembles, shedirects the school’s annual musical. For the past eightyears, she also has sent students on to the State HonorsChoir.

On the collegiate level, Clayton Parr, ’80, joinedthe faculty of DePaul University’s School of Music asdirector of choral programs last fall. Previously he wasan associate professor of music for 10 years at MiamiUniversity in Ohio. The DePaul Chamber Choir’sJanuary 2000 concert tour included a stop at the FirstCongregational Church in Traverse City, where MelvinLarimer, ’53, is music director. Parr has also per-formed as a tenor soloist at the Oregon Bach Festivaland for many ensembles including the CincinnatiOpera.

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While they may pursue other “day jobs,” our musicalumni also continue as solo and ensemble performers.When he’s not working as a producer and on-screentalent for video production companies in Anchorage,Bob Clink, ’87, appears with the local opera company(10 productions to date) and in professional theatre.Ray Roberts, ’83, by day an elementary music teacherin Livonia, has performed a number of operatic roles,including Prince Ramiro in Rossini’s La Cenerentolawith the Michigan Opera Theatre Community Pro-grams, Rudolpho in Puccini’s La bohème, andFernando in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte with the PiccoloOpera Company. The performances for La bohème

On this particular night at The Ark, Barrett openedfor Beth Nielsen Chapman. A night earlier, Chapmanwon the Country Music Association award for writingthe Song of the Year, “The Kiss,” which was a No. 1single for country artist Faith Hill.


Barrett tells two acquaintances to listen to the wordsand appreciate Chapman’s styling.

“She’s very gifted,” he says.Not unlike himself.Barrett is married to wife, Tracy, and is the father of

two daughters, Esther, 9, and Claire, 6. He lives thesedisparate—yet equal—musical lives with amazingaplomb. Although he is not a native of Ann Arbor, he isa longtime resident who settled here to take advantageof such venues as The Ark and Solid Sound, a nearbyprofessional recording studio.

Fans familiar with “One Shining Moment” might besurprised to know about what Barrett calls his Ark Life,which includes a recent tour as the opening act for ArtGarfunkel.

“When I was traveling in a band for years, theydidn’t know that I was working on larger orchestratedpieces,” Barrett says. “It would have mystified them toknow that I was tinkering with this on my own time.On the other hand, when I sit down with the folks atCBS, they would be mystified to know that I wrotesongs like ‘The Child With No Name’ [a song aboutchild abuse].”

Yet both, he says, come from the same place—thesolitary experience of writing and the ability to findthat groove.

That’s exactly how “One Shining Moment” came tobe.

Barrett was playing a small club in East Lansing in1986. When his set was over he chatted with a waitressat the bar. In vain, he gamely tried to explain to herwhat it meant to be Larry Bird, who was performing ona television screen overhead.

“She just didn’t get it, you know?” Barrett said.“She didn’t understand what the feeling was like to beLarry Bird, to be in the zone all the time, to live on thishigh.”

So Barrett sat down and wrote the words to “OneShining Moment.” From there, everything fell intoplace like one of those Larry Bird three-pointerssnapping the twine.

Barrett showed the piece to a sportswriter friend ofhis, but this was no ordinary sportswriter. The friendwas Armen Keteyian, who at the time wrote for SportsIllustrated and is now an accomplished author whodoes television work.

Keteyian pitched it to several television executives,and CBS Sports creative director Doug Towey loved it.

But no story like this would be complete without apinch of irony. “One Shining Moment” was originallyscheduled to be used in a highlight package at the endof Super Bowl XXI in January 1987. But the telecast ofthe New York Giants’ 39-20 victory over the DenverBroncos ran long, and the song was temporarilyshelved.

“A couple of months later, we were looking forsome ways to put the NCAA tournament in an emo-tional and highlight context,” Towey told Sportmagazine. “This was it.”

It has been a staple of the telecast ever since. Thepiano riff that introduces the song has given sports fansacross the country goose bumps. Players hum it in theirheads. Heck, it is so much of an institution now in thesports world that it is referred to as nirvana.

Michigan State point guard Mateen Cleaves said asmuch [a year ago] when he led the Spartans to the FinalFour.

“I want to get to ‘One Shining Moment,’” Cleavessaid at a press conference, drawing a laugh from theassembled media.

But it was no joke. The words evoke the emotionevery player expends in trying to attain a goal.

Even now, 14 years later, Barrett is humbled by theacknowledgment.

“Oh sure,” he said. “Certainly, I didn’t plan for thisto happen the way it did. And although I have this‘Ark’ side of my life that is so different from thenetwork theme music, I don’t try to run away from‘One Shining Moment’ either.”

In fact, while the network briefly toyed with usingother artists to record the song—most notably Teddy

Pendergrass—Barrett was summoned back to NewYork to re-record the song this year.

If “One Shining Moment” is Barrett’s most-famouscomposition, “The Gift” is probably the second mostwell known. The theme for CBS coverage of the PGAchampionship is appropriately named. Barrett crankedit out in about 10 minutes.

“Every once in a while you sit down and it justcomes right out of you,” he said. “At that moment it allmade absolute sense, and I just kind of sat down andgot this neat gift, hence the name.”

But don’t let that fool you. It’s not as easy as onemight think, not when you have to compose and record21 different versions of the song in several differentarrangements, as well as several different time lengths—coming out of commercial, going into commercial,music for the helicopter flyover of a hole, etc.

Through it all, Barrett takes equal pleasure fromboth sides of his musical life.

“Some songs are like spider webs, fragile and rare,”he said. “Others are grand titanic liners that are hardystock. The trick is to respect the nature of the song orcomposition and go with it. Trust it.”

A philosophy major and Phi Beta Kappa member atAlbion, David Barrett, ’77, actually spent more timeout on the soccer field in college than he did in themusic studio. (He was a three-time All-MIAA athlete.)He didn’t become seriously involved in music untilafter graduation, though he recalls, “I composed one ofthe Olympic openings while I was a freshman at Wesleylate one night on a broken-down piano in the cafeteria.I held on to it for many years . . . and voilà . . . there itwas playing for millions of people worldwide.” Lastyear, he released his second solo CD, “The FeverDiaries,” on End Around Records. To learn more, visitwww.davidbarrett.com.

were staged in Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania andColorado. Cosi was staged in Texas. And Liz FordWolber, ’92, now a church youth choir director in theDallas area, is a member of the select OrpheusChamber Singers and has performed as an alto soloistwith many groups, including the Mesquite CivicChorus and the Orchestra of New Spain. She has wonseveral solo vocal awards, and the junior high girls’choir she led while teaching in the Richardson schooldistrict performed at the Texas Music EducatorsAssociation Convention in 1998. Marcus LaPratt, ’98,has just finished his master’s in music at the Univer-sity of Florida, and has sung internationally with theWorld Youth Choir (WYC) on four different tours.This month he joined the Nordic Chamber Choir for aseries of concerts in Basel, Switzerland. And he sayshe has taken up the musical saw, and just gave a debutperformance at the Fourth International Festival forWomen Composers.

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In arts management, Virginia Fallis, ’84, is director ofmajor gifts for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, andcurrently oversees a $125-million capital campaign forendowment and the expansion of Orchestra Hall. For

the DSO’s 1998 European tour, she secured $1.3-million in corporate sponsorships and traveled with theorchestra to assist with site arrangements. Fallis alsoperforms, along with several other Albion graduates, inthe Madrigal Chorale of Southfield, which this pastDecember sang at the White House and NationalCathedral. Bridget Force, ’95, is director of operationsfor the New York Chamber Symphony which performsat Lincoln Center. Force’s responsibilities include allaspects of concert scheduling and production for theorchestra’s regular and summer seasons, personnelmanagement and guest artist arrangements. Shepreviously worked with the American ComposersOrchestra, also in New York. Finally, AnnaVanBruggen Thompson, ’80, is executive director offine arts programming at the College of St. Benedict/St.John’s University (CSB/SJU) in St. Joseph, MN.During her career, which also includes seven years inarts management at Butler University in Indiana,Thompson has worked directly with internationallyacclaimed artists in classical music, jazz, dance andtheatre and has been responsible for newly commis-sioned works for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra,Diavolo Dance Theater and Donald Byrd/The Group.She also plans community outreach activities involvingeach of the artists she brings to her campus.


S C O R E B O A R D

Winter sports in reviewBy Robin Hartman

Albion College is a member of the MichiganIntercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA)and NCAA Division III. For the latest sportsnews, visit www.albion.edu/sports/.

Men’s basketball: Albion finished its25th straight season of 10 or more wins inmen’s basketball, and its eighth winningseason in the last nine years, completing the1999-2000 campaign with a 16-10 mark.Mike Turner is the men’s coach.

The season started and ended strong.Albion opened with eight wins in 10 games.After losing four straight games in earlyJanuary—one in overtime and the others byfour points or less—Albion recovered to wineight of its last 12, including league wins onthe road at Defiance and Kalamazoo.

In the end, Albion tied for fourth in theMIAA standings with Olivet, and earned thefourth seed in the league tournament. Albionopened the tourney with a 68-63 home winagainst Olivet, then closed with a 78-59 lossto tournament (and regular season) championCalvin College in Grand Rapids Feb. 25.Calvin went on to become NCAA Division IIInational champion.

Senior forward Tim Czarnecki was namedto the MIAA first team for the third year in arow. It was just one of many “three-pointers”for Czarnecki this year. He is the first Albion

player to exceed the 60-percent mark in fieldgoal accuracy for three seasons in a row, andhe also led the MIAA in field goal accuracyfor three straight league campaigns.

The senior also is the 16th player in Albionmen’s basketball history to score 1,000 ormore points in a career. Czarnecki finished theseason in 13th place on the Briton men’sscoring rolls with 1,091 points.

Earning honorable mention status from theleague’s coaches at season’s end were juniorguards Steve Champine and Jon VanderWaland senior forward Erick Shaffer.

Women’s basketball: Albion had a1,000-point player on the women’s side aswell. Senior guard Kacy Davidson is the fifthBriton to reach that mark for women’sbasketball, finishing her 96-game career with1,046 points. Davidson earned second-teamAll-MIAA honors for the second year in arow.

As a team, Albion finished with a 12-13overall record and 7-9 MIAA mark. The 12-win tally is the most for a Briton women’sbasketball team since 1993-94. Fueled by a71-64 win against Alma in the league openerDec. 4, Albion got off to a 7-4 start inNovember and December. The January recordwas not as impressive, but there werehighlights, including season series sweeps ofleague rivals Adrian and Saint Mary’s and a56-53 home victory against Defiance in theregular season finale Feb. 17.

Another individual milestone was reachedwhen senior guard Sarah Grill cracked the top10 for career scoring. At season’s end, Grillhad 890 career points, good for ninth on thewomen’s scoring rolls.

Grill was named to the coaches’ honorablemention list for all-league honors, along witha pair of sophomore frontliners, MeaganMadej and Mandy Yeager.

Cathy Henkenberns served as the women’scoach.

Swimming and diving: Twoindividual first-place finishes capped theMIAA Championship meet for the Britonswimming and diving team.

The winning performances came fromjunior Britt Johnson and senior Katie Waterson the final night of the league meet, hostedby Saint Mary’s College at the University ofNotre Dame Feb. 10-12. Johnson, who hadjust missed a championship run two nightsearlier by .01 seconds in the 50 freestyle,turned in a school-record 46.78-second timein the 100 freestyle to win by .24 seconds.

Waters earned her championship in the200 butterfly, winning the event in 2:17.35.Along with her third-place finish in the 100butterfly, Waters was named to the All-MIAAteam for the fourth consecutive season. She isAlbion’s second, four-time All-MIAAperformer in women’s swimming and diving,matching the number of All-MIAA honorsattained by Kellie Gehrs from 1992 to 1995.

Albion’s final team rankings were fifth forthe men and sixth for the women.

Senior diver Molly Maloney, who hadcompeted at the national level twice before,this year earned honorable mention All-America status with a 15th-place showing inthree-meter diving at the NCAA Division IIIWomen’s Swimming and Diving Champion-ship in Atlanta March 10. Earlier in the three-day meet, Maloney finished 18th in one-metercompetition.

Keith Havens coaches both the men’s andthe women’s squads.

Soccer team winsacademic honorsAlbion’s women’s soccer team earned a highhonor in mid-January, ranking first among allmembers of the National Soccer CoachesAssociation of America, regardless ofcompetition level, in grade point average forthe 1998-99 school year.

The women’s team GPA of 3.64 (on a 4.0scale) led the MIAA and four-year collegiateprograms across Michigan. The numbers,among all men’s or women’s soccer teamsnationally, are matched only by anotherDivision III institution, Pomona-PitzerColleges of California, whose women earnedthe same GPA.

Briton women’s soccer coach LisaRoschek accepted the NSCAA/Adidas TeamAcademic Award at the association’sconvention in Baltimore, Jan. 12-16.

A R O U N D C A M P U S

Acclaimed speakers and performersenliven spring semester

The lasting impact of filmmaker StanleyKubrick was the focus of a symposium, “TheEyes Have It: Stanley Kubrick, Film, andthe Uses of History,” March 20-24. Spon-sored by Albion’s Center for InterdisciplinaryStudy in History and Culture, the symposiumfeatured scholars from Pennsylvania StateUniversity, New York University and AlbionCollege, as well as film critics for the ChicagoReader and the Detroit News. Several Kubrickfilms were shown during the week, includingEyes Wide Shut, the last work he completedbefore his death in 1999. The symposiumexplored Kubrick’s “astonishing visualimagination” and his ability to direct “ourintellect and emotions to the compass andmaze of value and meaning” in human life,said event organizer Geoffrey Cocks, Albion’sHall Professor of History.

The a cappella Oriana Singers performed

Rubin Carter, the championship boxer portrayed by Denzel Washington in the recent film, TheHurricane, kicked off Albion College’s Black History Month celebration Feb. 4. His speechattracted a capacity crowd to Goodrich Chapel.

Controversial performance artist HollyHughes, celebrated prize-fighter Rubin“Hurricane” Carter and prominent environ-mentalist Robert Kennedy, Jr. have headlinedan impressive array of lecturers and perform-ers hosted on campus this semester. Andclosing out the year will be a lecture April 18by famed evolutionary biologist Stephen JayGould, followed by commencement speakerPhilip Lader, U.S. ambassador to GreatBritain, May 6.

Holly Hughes, who first gained nationalattention as one of the “NEA Four,” offeredher critically acclaimed one-woman showabout her experiences, “Preaching to thePerverted,” in Herrick Theatre Feb. 3.“Hughes embodies the spirit of the new artswhich are not only aesthetically expressivebut are topically challenging,” noted ThomasOosting, acting director of Albion’s Center forInterdisciplinary Study for ContemporaryExpression in the Arts which sponsoredHughes’ appearance.

More than 1,400 students, faculty, staffand community guests filled Goodrich Chapelfor a Black History Month speech Feb. 4 byRubin Carter, the former professional boxerwho is the subject of the recent movie, TheHurricane. After serving more than 20 yearsin prison for crimes he didn’t commit, Carterwas released in 1988 and now works to freeothers who have been wrongly convicted.“Dare to dream,” Carter told his Albionaudience. “We think the problem is too big orour contribution is too small to make a

difference. It’s easy to throw in the towel, butyou have to go the distance.”

A Feb. 27 concert by one of the country’schampions of contemporary music, theCleveland Chamber Symphony (CCS),included a world premiere of CCS directorEdwin London’s Portraits of Three Ladies.The multimedia composition, which com-bined vocal and instrumental music withnarration and visual images, portrayed thelives of Pocahontas, Dolly Madison andNancy Hanks (mother of Abraham Lincoln).The concert was sponsored by the AlbionPerforming Artist and Lecture Series.

An often overlooked facet of modernAmerican history, the incarceration ofJapanese Americans during World War II,was the topic of this year’s Yinger FamilyLecture, given by historian Roger Daniels,March 2. Currently the Taft Professor ofHistory at the University of Cincinnati,Daniels has written highly regarded books onimmigration and on how prevailing views ofrace and ethnicity shaped the experiences ofAsian immigrants and their descendants inNorth America from the 19th century to thepresent.

The 2000 Anna Howard Shaw Week,sponsored by the College’s Anna HowardShaw Center for Women’s Studies andPrograms, brought “X-Files” scientificconsultant Anne Simon and social behaviorspecialist Marcy Lawton to campus in mid-March as part of a series of programs thatdealt with women’s involvement in science.

The sextet’s concert included European folksongs and works by Aaron Copland andBenjamin Britten.

Attorney and author of The RiverkeepersRobert Kennedy, Jr. spoke on currentenvironmental initiatives during a symposiumcelebrating the 30th anniversary of Earth Day,“Environmental Activism for the NewMillennium,” April 3-6. Also included were apresentation by former Sierra Club leaderRobert Cox, films and a multimedia programon environmental justice issues facing theNavajo Indians.

For details on campus events from nowthrough the end of the semester, including thespeech by Stephen Jay Gould, please consultthe events calendar on the back page of thisissue and, for continuous updates, visit theAlbion College Web site at: www.albion.edu/ac_news/. Alumni and friends are welcome atall campus events.

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this year’s David L. Strickler Concert March 26.


A L B I O N O T E S

50-54Class of 1950 Reunion Chair:Burl GlendeningHome Telephone: 231/462-3273E-mail: [email protected]

Richard Burns, ’52, continues as aconstruction volunteer. He alsocompleted the 724 Cycle North Carolinabicycle ride in October, which hedescribes as having brutal hills of five toeight miles, terrifying descents and over500 great companions. Richard and hiswife, Martha, live in Cleveland, TN.

John Haas, ’52, retired from AmericanCyanamid in 1988. Since then he hasbeen involved with the local newspaper,the Home & Store News, as the trafficmanager. John and his wife, Janice, livein Ramsey, NJ.

Donald Holbrook, ’53, has served for25 years as a judge of the MichiganCourt of Appeals. Prior to this position,he served for two years as a circuit courtjudge and eight years as a member of theMichigan House of Representatives.Donald and his wife, Linda, live inLansing.

55-59Philip Glotfelty , ’55, retired fromsurgical practice Jan. 2, 2000, following36 years of service to Marshall andsurrounding communities. He and hiswife, Marlene, live in Marshall.

Ernest Hurst, ’57, retired from thefederal government after serving for 34years in various administrative positionswith the Executive Office of thePresident, the U.S. Peace Corps, theOffice of Economic Opportunity, theNational Institute of Mental Health, andthe Alcohol, Drug Abuse and MentalHealth Administration. He recentlymoved from Arlington, VA, to CapeMay, NJ.

Winthrop Yinger , ’57, received aD.Min. degree from Eden Seminary inSt. Louis in May 1998. He recently cameout of retirement to assume leadership ina struggling 40-member church inCalifornia, where he now serves aspastor. His wife, Joanne FriedrichYinger, ’55, is the church’s director ofChristian and community education.They live in Tehachapi, CA.

David Dinger, ’58, retired in Septemberfrom his private pediatric practice of 32years in Waterford. He is anticipatinglots of travel and watching his sixgrandchildren grow. David and his wife,Sue Delbridge Dinger, ’59, live inBloomfield Hills.

construction project. The couple residesin Alpena.

Charlotte Knuth Zuzak , ’61, is anorganist with the Church of the BelovedDisciple in Grove City, PA. She has alsopublished short stories in Penned fromthe Heart, Apropos and other publica-tions. Charlotte and her husband,Charles, recently traveled to Italy.

Thomas Worthy, ’64, was promoted tovice president of development andregulatory affairs at Cholestech Corp. inHayward, CA. Cholestech is an in vitrodiagnostic company that specializes inpoint-of-care medical diagnostic testing.Tom and his wife, Patricia, also own theBriar Rose Bed and Breakfast Inn in SanJose, CA. The Inn is managed by theirson, James, and has been featured in

several magazine articles and ontelevision.

65-69Class of 1965 Reunion Chair:Beth Rutter BaerHome Telephone: 517/321-4832E-mail: [email protected]

William Kitzmiller , ’66, retired inSeptember after 29 years of service withthe Grand Haven Department of PublicSafety. William joined the GHDPS in1970 as a patrol officer and waspromoted to sergeant in 1987. He and hiswife, Donna Meyers Kitzmiller, ’66,have been married for 32 years and livein Grand Haven.

Cedric and June Luke Dempsey, both ’54, were honored in December asthe 1999 recipients of the Partners for Democracy Award sponsored by theAmerica-Israel Friendship League (AIFL), based in New York City. Albionalumni and friends pictured at the gala awards dinner are: (front row, leftto right) Carolyn Aishton, ’64, Albion President Peter Mitchell, ’67, BeckyMitchell, Cedric Dempsey, ’54, June Luke Dempsey, ’54, Susan StuewerBensinger, ’70, Soon Young Yoon. (second row) James Taup, ’59, EricHildenbrand, ’93, Daniel Boggan, ’67, Richard Smith, ’68, Pat Meredith.(third row) Ben Hancock, Geoffrey Morris, ’66, Larry Meredith (formerAlbion College chaplain), Mark Meredith.

In “Bravo to Britons,” our intent is to highlight thenoteworthy, the unusual and the entertaining. Wewelcome submissions from all quarters. The onlyrequirement is that an Albion alumnus/alumna must beinvolved in the story.

Cedric and June Luke Dempsey, both ’54, werehonored in December as the 1999 recipients of thePartners for Democracy Award sponsored by theAmerica-Israel Friendship League (AIFL), based inNew York City. Proceeds from the AIFL’s galaawards dinner go to the organization’s youth sportsexchange developed through a partnership withIsrael’s Ministry of Sports and the U.S.-basedCitizenship through Sports Alliance, which includesrepresentatives from professional sports, the U.S.Olympic Committee and other groups. An initial pilotproject will bring together 40-60 students from theU.S. and Israel to teach the participants “the values ofteamwork, discipline, fair play, tolerance and respectfor diversity. Through these efforts, individuals of allraces, genders, religions, ages and abilities will learnto work together as a team to accomplish a commongoal.”

According to AIFL, “Israeli educators and sportsauthorities believe that Israel urgently needs thesetypes of programs as a means of addressing some ofthe social and cultural problems, including intoleranceand violence, that have developed in its schools.” TheCitizenship through Sports Alliance has alreadydeveloped educational programs on citizenship andnon-violence that have been distributed in 17,000American high schools.

As president of the National Collegiate AthleticAssociation, Cedric Dempsey works to maintain anappropriate role for athletics within educationalprograms at more than 1,200 U.S. colleges anduniversities, and to provide governance for intercolle-giate athletics at member institutions. He has over 40years of experience in college athletics having servedas director of athletics at the University of Arizona, theUniversity of Houston, the University of the Pacific

and San Diego State University. June Dempsey is a recognized

leader in the field of developmen-tal education and was, for severalyears, the dean of the Universityof Arizona’s Extended Universityand Summer School. A pastpresident of several nationalcontinuing education associa-tions, she is a long-time memberof the AIFL’s ExecutiveCommittee and is the co-chair ofthe AIFL’s Partners for GlobalEducation Committee. She is alsoa member of Albion’s AlumniAssociation Board of Directors.

Many Albion alumni,including President PeterMitchell, ’67, and members of theAlbion Board of Trustees and theAlumni Association board, wereon hand for the AIFL dinner inNew York City.

The Dempseys are bothmembers of the Albion CollegeAthletic Hall of Fame and haveled fund-raising efforts forimprovement of academicprograms and sports facilities atthe College.

Send your nominations, clearly marked for “Bravoto Britons” to: Editor, Io Triumphe, Albion College,611 E. Porter St., Albion, MI 49224. If an item is notreceived by the deadline for one issue, it will be heldfor possible inclusion in the next.

B R A V O T O B R I T O N S

Class notesdeadlineThe deadline for class notes appearing inthis issue of Io Triumphe was Feb. 1,2000. Notes received after that date willappear in the next issue.

Class news

30-39Donald Finlayson, ’38, received theDistinguished Citizen Award from LakeSuperior State University (LSSU) inSault Ste. Marie. He earned a medicaldegree from the University of Michiganafter graduating from Albion. Donaldoffered his services for many years tothe schools in the Sault area, serving as aguest lecturer for LSSU nursing classes,teaching classes at Sault Area HighSchool and providing sports physicalsfor high school athletes, all whileoperating his private practice. After hisretirement in 1982, he was honored bythe Michigan State Medical Society withits prestigious Plessner Award,recognizing a physician who bestexemplifies the practice of ruralmedicine. Donald and his wife,Catherine McLeese Finlayson, ’38,live in Brimley and are still active in theSault area. They established a $100,000endowment fund for a scholarship tobenefit nursing students at LSSU.

40-49Paul Lawrence, ’43, has been honoredthrough the establishment of theendowed Paul R. Lawrence M.B.A.Class of 1942 Professorship of BusinessAdministration at Harvard BusinessSchool. Lawrence, who was termed “anoutstanding educator and gifted scholar”by the business school, taught organiza-tional behavior there for more than 40years. His research covered topicsranging from race relations to health careto R&D management, and he wrotenumerous books and journal articles.Lawrence lives in Cambridge, MA.

Bob Weiss, ’48, was awarded a 1999NCA Presidential Citation for outstand-ing service to the National Communica-tion Association and the communicationdiscipline. He and his wife, AnnLawson Weiss, ’48, live in Greencastle,IN.

Bill Page, ’49, and his wife, Pat,celebrated their 50th wedding anniver-sary in December. The couple weremarried in Philadelphia in 1949 and havelived on Marco Island in Florida for thepast 14 years. The couple has fourchildren, including Bill Page, Jr., ’75.

60-64Class of 1960 Reunion Chair:Forrest HeatonHome Telephone: 908/277-6288E-mail: [email protected]

Bob, ’62, and Diana Craig Kelley, ’61,have returned from Juchitlan, Mexico,where Bob was a Fulbright exchangeteacher for a semester. Bob taughtEnglish to students aged 12-15 in a localschool, and Diana provided additionaltutoring. They also held English classesin their home for interested adults. InFebruary, they went to Guatemala for atwo-week Habitat for Humanity


Kathryn Braun Carrithers , ’68, wastransferred in August to the position ofsupervisor of hourly employment withDelphi Chassis, Saginaw Operations andlives in Flint.

Thomas Long, ’68, was awarded aPh.D. degree in systematic theology atMarquette University. He and his wife,Carol, live in Richfield, WI.

Judyth Dobbert, ’69, has accepted theposition of superintendent with theWhitehall school district near Columbus,OH, and will leave the superintendencyof the Albion Public Schools in May.Judy has spent her entire professionalcareer with the Albion Schools, servingin the positions of student teacher,teacher, principal, assistant superinten-dent and superintendent since 1991. Shewas honored as Michigan Teacher of theYear in 1985.

70-74Class of 1970 Reunion Chair:Bill Rafaill, ’70Home Telephone: 502/863-9735E-mail: [email protected]

Robert Culbertson, ’74, is a guidancecounselor at Notre Dame High Schoolfor Boys in Chicago. He completed hissecond and third doctoral degrees, anEd.D. and a Psy.D. Next fall, he willbecome director of graduate studies atMuskingum College in New Concord,OH.

Karen Longman, ’74, holds an M.A.from Trinity Evangelical DivinitySchool and an M.A. and Ph.D. from theUniversity of Michigan. She is the vicepresident of academic affairs and dean ofthe faculty at Greenville College inIllinois. Karen has traveled to 40countries and spent summers teaching inMongolia, China and Vietnam. She livesin Greenville, IL.

75-79Class of 1975 Reunion Co-Chairs:Karl and Nan ChristensenCouyoumjianHome telephone: 734/995-4887E-mail: [email protected]

Ruth Brammer Johnson, ’77, hasestablished her own legal practicespecializing in oil and gas work inDenver. Ruth and her husband, Jeffrey,live in Denver, CO.

Joe Calvaruso, ’78, was promoted inDecember to executive vice president ofthe Shoreline Bank in Benton Harbor.He and his wife, Donna, reside inGalesburg.

Pam Nelson, ’78, is with Portage (MI)Physicians, PC, family practice division,and is one of the 23 physicians at thepractice’s four offices. Pam owns twovintage Land Rovers and drove one toColorado recently for a ski vacation.Friends can e-mail her at [email protected].

Megen Johnson Stadele, ’78, isteaching literacy at the third grade levelpart-time. She just completed herreading endorsement this past spring.Megen, her husband, Lee Stadele, ’80,and their three daughters moved toNederland, CO, over the summer.

80-84Class of 1980 Reunion Chair:Bill Hittler, ’80

Deborah Misner Broderick, ’81, hasbeen named vice president of finance,treasurer and assistant secretary ofAcordia, Inc. She and her husband,Timothy, live in Leonard.

Anne Hittler Hunter , ’81, a principal inthe strategic marketing firm, PenfieldHunter, in the Minneapolis area, hasrecently undertaken a variety of new

communications projects, includingediting a book on intervention incorporate America. She has alsoaccepted new assignments on the boardsof the Metropolitan Regional ArtsCouncil and the Volunteer ResourceCenter of the Twin Cities. Anne took atrip to Beijing as well.

Mark Johnson, ’81, accepted theposition of portfolio manager withLillibridge Health Trust in Chicago.LHT is a privately funded REIT thatowns medical office buildingsthroughout the United States. Previously,he was director of property managementat Rush Medical Center. Mark and hiswife, Karen, have two sons and live inInverness, IL.

Connie Winter-Eulberg, ’81, is in herthird year as a Lutheran campus pastor atColorado State University. She lovesbeing back on a campus and workingwith college students. Connie and her


If you have recently thumbed throughautomotive product literature or visitedthe Detroit Auto Show, chances aregood that you have seen photos taken byBrendan Ross, ’68. Brendan, whospecializes in industrial advertising andproduct photography, has traveledacross the U.S. and internationally toshoot for General Motors, Ford/Lincoln/Mercury, Chrysler, Hyundai andLamborghini. His photos have beenfeatured at the Detroit Auto Show in ajoint Ford-UAW exhibit (1991) and indisplays for GE Plastics (1997).Brendan has shot extensively for GEPlastics, and his photos were featured in two of six ads for a GeneralElectric national ad campaign that was a finalist in the 1999 CreativeExcellence in Business Advertising (CEBA) awards.

He has also worked for many other automotive suppliers, includingAmerican Axle & Manufacturing, Gibraltar Steel, Hoechst Celanese,Quasar and Tico Titanium. And he has contributed to annual reports andpromotional brochures for Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Dow Chemical Co.,Harper Hospital, Meadowbrook Festival and Theater, Standard Federal

Bank, and the Metro Detroit Visitorsand Convention Bureau. Perhaps themost difficult photos he has evertaken for a client were views of anewly completed pair of apartmenttowers on the Detroit River next todowntown. The shots were madefrom the open door of a helicopter ashe was tethered by a harness withnothing but air between him and theDetroit River below.

An independent business ownersince 1971, Brendan today operates a3,200 square-foot studio in AuburnHills. He is a past president of theIndustrial Photographers Associationof Michigan.

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Brendan Ross’s recentproduct photographywas part of an award-winning ad campaignfor GE Plastics in1999.

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Three Britons among100 influential DeltsIncluded among the “100 Most Influential Delts ofthe 20th Century” in a recent edition of the DeltaTau Delta Rainbow were the following Albiongraduates.

Robert Bemer, ’40, is known as the father of ASCII, the standardalphabet and symbol code used in computers. He also invented theescape sequence in 1960, which is a critical element in software createdin the following decades. Bob’s computer career began in 1949 as aprogrammer for RAND Corp., and he later worked for Lockheed, IBM,GE and Honeywell. The recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Awardfrom Albion, he now lives in Graford, TX, and continues to do computerconsulting.Herbert Chamberlain, ’16, at the height of his career in the 1940s wasconsidered one of the nation’s foremost psychiatrists. The states ofOregon and Nevada engaged him as a consulting psychiatrist for theirdepartments of social welfare, and he also assisted public and privatehealth agencies throughout California. During his career, he spoke atsocial work conferences in 30 states.Floyd Starr, ’10, founded the Starr Commonwealth for Boys nearAlbion, which has since expanded to three campuses in Ohio andMichigan. Starr Commonwealth today offers extensive educationalprograms for boys and girls on its residential campuses, and alsoprovides outreach services for families in metropolitan areas. Floyd Starrbelieved there was “no such thing as a bad boy,” and he was oncedescribed as “a man of culture, a lover of beauty, with a firm belief thatall beauty and happiness must be shared.”

Incidentally, only four other institutions had more graduates named tothe top 100 Delts list than did Albion.

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Serving human needs: The story continuesThe following features add to our fall 1999 Io Triumphecoverage of Albion alumni in the medical field.

As president of Georgia Osteopathic Institute, BarryDoublestein, ’76, was searching for a way to establish ahealth-care outreach program that would provideosteopathic students a broader range of clinicalexperience and help people in need at the same time. Achance meeting with a Haitian missionary provided justthe solution he was looking for.

Working with Father Jean Bien-Aime, Barry hassince set up a clinic in Tapio, a village of 7,000residents in the remote mountains of western Haiti.Virtually no health care had been available in the regionuntil the clinic was created. Now run under thenonprofit Americans for Haitian Healthcare, Inc., whichBarry also heads, the clinic serves as many as 85 peoplea day. The clinic’s patients seek treatment for a widerange of ailments including some not routinely seen inthe U.S.: malaria, tuberculosis, fungal and parasiticdiseases, and leprosy.

Barry has made several trips to Haiti to get the clinicup and running, and he also has been involved in raisingfunds and obtaining medical supplies and equipment.Assistance has come from medical supply firms,

Albion alumni have been represented in fiveconsecutive classes at NorthwesternUniversity’s School of Medicine. Beginningwith Shari Solomon Burns, ’93, the legacycontinued with Kevin Bohnsack, ’94, NicoleDuPraw, ’95, Jeannette Prentice, ’96, andChristopher Pelloski, ’96 (Pelloski enteredmedical school in fall 1997). Burns, Bohnsackand DuPraw are in residency programs inMilwaukee, WI (Medical College ofWisconsin), Marquette, MI, and Durham, NC(Duke University), respectively.

pharmaceutical companies, physicians’ offices andhospitals. He has also enlisted help from the AirNational Guard, which is flying supplies from the U.S.to Haiti, and from the U.S. Army, which has providedtransportation for seriously ill patients in areas wherepaved roads are nonexistent.

Eventually, the clinic will be staffed for a weekeach month by a physician volunteer, assisted byGeorgia Osteopathic Institute students, and is operatedin the interim by nurses and other medical personnelliving in Haiti. Among those who has already donatedtime to the clinic is William Gray, D.O., ’74, adermatologist from Cheboygan, MI. Gray spent 10days in Haiti in January 1999 and again in February2000.

“It is a blessing to be involved in changing lives,”Barry says, “especially in one of the poorest nations onearth. Our motivation to help these people comes fromJesus’ words, ‘To whom much is given, much isrequired.’”

For more information on Americans for HaitianHealthcare, contact Barry Doublestein, 3571 BaywaterTrail, Snellville, GA 30039, (O) 770/934-2495 or(H) 770/978-6324; e-mail: [email protected]

Christopher Pelloski, ’96, Kevin Bohnsack,’94, and Nicole DuPraw, ’95, are among fiveAlbion alumni to pursue medical degrees atNorthwestern University since 1993.

Craig Neitzke, ’85,is a lieutenantcommander with theU.S. Navy. In May1999 he received aNavy Commenda-tion Medal formeritorious serviceas the director of theSan Onofre (CA)Branch DentalClinic, 1st DentalBattalion, from1997 to 1999. He implemented new dentalhealth programs and lectured on prosthodon-tics. He also consulted at the naval hospital atCamp Pendleton. Craig holds a D.D.S. degreefrom the University of Detroit, a certificate ofprosthodontics from the National NavalDental School, and an M.Sc. from the GeorgeWashington University.

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Rena Salyer, ’95,will graduate in Mayfrom the ChicagoCollege of Osteo-pathic Medicine.Rena is one of 20medical students inthe country selectedto begin an Armysurgical residencyand is the firstfemale osteopathever to receive this

honor. Additionally, Rena is one of 250students nationwide to receive an Army HealthProfessions Scholarship. On June 5 she willreport to the Brooke Army Medical Center atFort Sam Houston, TX, to begin her promotionto the rank of captain.

husband, Steve, have one daughter andone son. They live in Fort Collins, CO,and can be reached at:[email protected].

Byron Konschuh, ’82, is running forLapeer County prosecutor in theNovember election. Byron has workedfor the prosecutor’s office for the last 11years, serving currently as chiefassistant. He holds a law degree and amaster’s degree in business administra-tion from Wayne State University.Byron and his wife, Lorraine PeroginiKonschuh, ’84, live in Lapeer.

Jeff Rehm, ’82, has completed his postbachelor’s certification in secondaryeducation at Western MichiganUniversity and began teaching English atSturgis High School in January. Jeff is

also a published songwriter and was aprofessional brass player and singer aftergraduating from Albion. He stillperforms with two bands, the BrentChilton Situation and the MysteryCowboys. Jeff lives in Sturgis and hastwo children.

Mary Sue Stonisch, ’84, has operatedher own practice, Faircourt Dental inGrosse Pointe Woods, since 1987. Thepractice underwent an extensiverenovation and welcomed an associate.Mary Sue holds a dental degree from theUniversity of Detroit and has achievedaccreditation through the AmericanAcademy of Cosmetic Dentistry, afellowship in the Academy of GeneralDentistry, and is a medical staff memberof St. John’s Hospital. She lives inGrosse Pointe Woods.

85-89Class of 1985 Reunion Chair:Bob HotchkissHome Telephone: 248/593-8411E-mail: [email protected]

Mary Kay Poljan , ’85, was promoted todirector of the University Center atSoutheast Missouri State University. Inthis position she will work with campusevents, student activities, Greek life,leadership development and facilitymanagement. Mary Kay holds a master’sdegree in higher education fromBowling Green State University and has

worked for colleges and universities inOhio, Maryland and California. Shelives in Cape Girardeau, MO.

Suzanne Counterman Wright, ’85, andher husband, Mark, relocated toFranklin, TN, where Suzanne is abusiness team finance representative forthe panels area of Body Systems atSaturn.

Daniel Brubaker, ’87, was elected tothe management committee of Mika,Meyers, Beckett & Jones, PLC, a GrandRapids law firm. Dan is a member of thefirm’s litigation, local government andemployment law groups. He and hiswife, Tamara, live in Lowell.

Catherine Shepherd Atchison, ’89, hasbeen named program officer of theCharlevoix County CommunityFoundation. Prior to accepting thisposition, Catherine had lived in Texasand was involved with the Peace Corpsand youth employment trainingprograms. She holds an M.A. degreefrom Michigan State University. She andher husband, Michael, live inCharlevoix.

90Lisa Lucido Thams, ’90, and herhusband, Eric, have moved fromCleveland, OH to 308 Kerby Rd., GrossePointe Farms, MI 48236.

Barry Doublestein, ’76, (center) has worked with missionary Jean Bien-Aime (far right) in establishing a medical clinic in a remote region ofHaiti. They are pictured with one of Barry’s medical colleagues fromGeorgia Osteopathic Institute and two of the clinic’s nurses.

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91Adam Burks, ’91, has taken up thecareer of custom boat-building and isclose to completing his first project, a17-foot New Jersey skiff. Adamgraduated from the Northwest School ofWooden Boat Building in Washingtonstate in 1997 and is operating hisbusiness in Benzonia, MI. Aftergraduating from Albion, he has held avariety of careers, including being anenvironmental education teacher, ascuba diver and a bread baker. He is alsoan accomplished ceramic artist and oilpainter.

Nancy Peckover Blair, ’65, wouldlike to hear from any Pi Phi“Broken Arrows.” Her address is:4216 Chesshire Rd., Dimondale, MI48821. Her phone number is 517/681-3426.

Joanne Cornell Spencer, ’65,would like to hear from Edna FinkleSprunk. Her address is 4527 ArcadaDr., Alma, MI 48801. Her e-mailaddress is [email protected], and her phonenumber is 517/463-4771.

The Alpha Gamma Lambda AlumniAssociation of Alpha Phi Omega islooking for its lost alumni. If youhave moved or changed names,please contact the president withyour updates at Jennifer Bramble,11257 Harold Dr., #1, Luna Pier,MI 48157 or by e-mail at:[email protected] have lots of things planned andneed you to help.

From Michon Dicks, ’90: Able andKenny P, where are you? Pleasewrite me at 2495 17th, Wyandotte,MI 48192.

“The Albion Network” is a cross between want ads and the “personal” adssometimes run in newspapers or magazines. If you would like to locate along lost friend or if you need to contact your fellow alumni for any otherreason, this is the way to do it—free of charge. The next Io Triumphe willbe mailed in July.

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Make giving to Albion College a part of your regular routine. Your gift to the Albion CollegeAnnual Fund will go to work immediately to meet the current needs of Albion College students.It is not too late to be included in this fiscal year! Any size gift counts as we work towardstrengthening Albion’s position as a leading liberal arts college and meeting our goal for thesecond year of the Stoffer Alumni Challenge. Every time you write a check to Albion you havethe pleasure of knowing you are helping deserving young people complete their education.

Tiffany Donovan, ’91, graduated fromCornell University Law School in May,earning a J.D. and L.L.M. in interna-tional and comparative law. She is nowpracticing as an associate with Jones,Day, Reavis, and Pogue in Washington,D.C., and is seeking admission to theNew York Bar.

Elisa Jensen, ’91, completed a master’sin early childhood education with a ZAendorsement from Central MichiganUniversity. She is teaching first grade atDiscovery Elementary in Williamston.She can be reached by e-mail at:[email protected].

attorney in the Detroit area and as aresearch attorney for the St. ClairCounty Circuit Court. He lives in GrossePointe Park.

Gowri Reddy, ’92, graduated frommedical school in June and is completinga family practice residency at BonSecours Hospital in Grosse Pointe.

93Jennifer Bramble, ’93, is a science anddrama teacher at River Rouge HighSchool, where in January she co-directedthe school’s annual drama production.Jennifer would like to hear from fellow

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92John Deegan, ’92, recently joined thePetoskey office of the Plunkett &Cooney, P.C., law firm. A graduate ofthe University of Detroit Mercy Schoolof Law, Jack has worked as an associate


Albion graduates by e-mail at:[email protected].

Shelagh Randall Eltringham, ’93, is aninternational account specialist with UPSin Detroit. She married Brian Eltringhamin 1997 and completed an M.B.A. ininternational business and marketing in1998. Shelagh serves on the Board ofDirectors for an international tradeassociation and loves to travel. She andBrian have traveled to the GrandCanyon. The couple lives in Toledo,OH, and can be reached at 419/474-0406or by e-mail at: [email protected].

94Elizabeth “Jenny” Weisenbach, ’94,joined the Huron County Prosecutor’sOffice in August 1999. Jenny graduatedfrom the Detroit College of Law andlives in Caro with her husband, ScottKenney, ’92.

95Class of 1995 Reunion Co-Chairs:Leigh GredenE-mail: [email protected] (until5/20/00)

Nicole DuPrawHome Telephone: 919/544-9639E-mail: [email protected]

Tammy Moore, ’95, has been hired asthe Interfraternity Council advisor forthe Greek Life office at the University ofMaryland. She is also serving as theadvisory board chairperson for theGamma Mu chapter of Kappa AlphaTheta. She lives in Laurel, MD, andwelcomes e-mail at:[email protected].

96Troy Ginzer , ’96, joined the CPA firmof DeBoer, Baumann & Co. in Holland.Troy lives in Holland.

Rebecca Slavin, ’96, is a mental healththerapist with the Ingham CounselingCenter in Lansing where she works withchildren and families. She holds amaster’s in counseling from MSU.Rebecca returned from a month inScotland and Ireland. She lives inHaslett.

Jody Suwalkowski, ’96, was awarded agraduate student research grant fromCentral Michigan University (CMU).She is pursuing a master’s degree inexercise science at CMU. Her research

Jessica Beyer, ’96, to Adam Wood, ’97, on Sept. 25, 1999. (Front row, left to right)Sarah Chapman, ’96, Jessica Beyer Wood, ’96, Adam Wood, ’97. (Back row) JenMcLeod, ’96, Dave Brust, ’95, Tami McCumons, ’96, Katy Neumann, ’96, JenniferFebbo Kolean, ’96, Jon Kolean, ’96, Deena Rank, ’95, Kelly Couzens, ’96, AnneSturm, ’96, Denis Waclawski, ’97.

Amanda Geerts, ’98, to Roman Bloch, ’98, on June 13, 1999.The bride is pictured with (from left) Jason Bilaski, ’97, groomRoman Bloch, Thomas Dobbins, ’79, Mike Somers, ’97, andJoseph Ales, ’98.

Wedding AlbumSee accompanying notes for details.

involves the development of a test thatwill accurately predict fitness levels inchildren between nine and 11 years ofage.

Ryan Sweet, ’96, is a full-timestockbroker for Charles Schwab & Co.,Inc. in Denver and is a fourth-semesterlaw student at the University of DenverSchool of Law. He is consideringpractice in either animal rights law,securities law or criminal law. Ryanwelcomes Albion friends to e-mail himat: [email protected].

98Amanda Cowger, ’98, is employed bythe University of Cape Town, SouthAfrica, as the administrator of a grantfrom the United Nations to study UNpolicies in sub-Saharan Africancountries. She can be reached by e-mailat: [email protected].

Susan Cunningham, ’98, left AndersenConsulting to accept a position as anaccount executive on the BuickMarketing Team with McCann-EricksonAdvertising Agency. She lives in Troyand can be e-mailed at:[email protected].

99Kara Orange, ’99, is teaching geometryand pre-calculus at Groves High Schoolin Birmingham.

WeddingsLeslie Sutter Roberts, ’73, to BobPayne on Dec. 31, 1999. The coupleresides in West Chester, OH.

Jeff Weathers, ’83, to Anna Horowitzon July 18, 1999. Jeff is working for theSoutheastern Michigan Region of theAmerican Red Cross as hospital servicesmanager. The couple resides in MadisonHeights.

Susan Parker, ’89, to Mark Burnell onSept. 18, 1999 in St. Clair Shores.Members of the wedding party includedHeidi Diehl DeMoss, ’89, ChristieFinocchio Parker, ’92, and WilliamParker, ’91. Also there to celebrate thewedding was Jeff DeMoss, ’89. Sue isemployed at the EnvironmentalProtection Agency since 1989. Thecouple resides in Washington, D.C.

Michon Dicks, ’90, to Todd Lince onNov. 6, 1998. Kristin Burns Sanson-Chirinos, ’90, was matron-of-honor. Inattendance was Kristine Hubert , ’91.The couple resides in Wyandotte.

Matt Croissant, ’91, to SuzanneOrlowski on Oct. 9, 1999 in Detroit.Alumni at the wedding included MattTroyer , ’90, Michael Smith, ’87, andJames Roth, ’88. Matt received his J.D.from Wayne State Law School andpassed the Michigan Bar exam in 1998.He has accepted the position as afinancial consultant at Merrill Lynch inAuburn Hills. The couple resides inBerkley and can be reached by e-mail [email protected].

Lyssa Whiren, ’94, to Dean Towl inJuly 1999. Lyssa is the manager of theDepartment of Rehabilitation at theChildren’s Hospital of Denver. Thecouple resides in Englewood, CO.

Heidi Wiitala , ’94, to MalcolmMacNaughton in 1998 in Scotland. Heidiis enrolled in a one- year program for thecertificate in personnel practice atSouthampton Institute. She also works asa personnel clerk with the SouthamptonCity Council. The couple resides inSouthampton, England, and can bereached by e-mail at:heidi_wiitala.freeserve.co.uk.

Ryan Rinke, ’95, to Cindy Markowskion Oct. 8, 1999 in Romeo. Among thosein attendance was Russell Rinke, ’96.Ryan is attending the University ofMichigan Dental School. Cindy is acertified medical transcriptionist for theUniversity of Michigan hospital. Thecouple resides in Ann Arbor.

Jessica Beyer, ’96, to Adam Wood,’97, on Sept. 25, 1999 in Brighton.Jessica is employed by AndersenConsulting, and Adam works for DetroitDiesel. Albion alumni in the weddingparty included: Sarah Chapman, ’96,Jennifer Febbo Kolean, ’96, TamiMcCumons, ’96, Katy Neumann, ’96,Anne Sturm, ’96, and DenisWaclawski, ’97. The couple resides atWhitmore Lake.

Mary Ann Morgan , ’96, to Philip Haaron July 10, 1999 in Battle Creek. Albionguests in attendance included TinaMertes, ’96, Meredith Haar Sheridan,’96, Steve Sheridan, ’93, Dan Haar,’99, Andrea Stubbs, ’96, JessicaLeDonne Johnson, ’96, Becky Slavin,’96, Carole McLaughlin, ’96, and BenFeeney, ’02. The couple lives inRochester Hills.

Reed Award establishedThe Albion College Biology Department has recently establishedthe Steven D. Reed Award for Excellence in Student LaboratoryTeaching in Biology. The Reed Award will be an annual prizegiven to the year’s outstanding student laboratory assistant. Ithonors the 1997 Albion graduate who tragically disappeared duringsummer 1999 while on a wilderness hike in Oregon. Reed was astudent at Wayne State University School of Medicine at the timeof his disappearance. The award will be presented for the first timeat the Honors Convocation, April 18, 2000. To make a contributionto the award endowment or to obtain further information, pleasecontact Dan Skean, chair, Department of Biology, Albion College,611 E. Porter St., Albion, MI 49224; 517/629-0525; e-mail:[email protected].

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Albion graduates by e-mail at:[email protected].

Shelagh Randall Eltringham, ’93, is aninternational account specialist with UPSin Detroit. She married Brian Eltringhamin 1997 and completed an M.B.A. ininternational business and marketing in1998. Shelagh serves on the Board ofDirectors for an international tradeassociation and loves to travel. She andBrian have traveled to the GrandCanyon. The couple lives in Toledo,OH, and can be reached at 419/474-0406or by e-mail at: [email protected].

94Elizabeth “Jenny” Weisenbach, ’94,joined the Huron County Prosecutor’sOffice in August 1999. Jenny graduatedfrom the Detroit College of Law andlives in Caro with her husband, ScottKenney, ’92.

95Class of 1995 Reunion Co-Chairs:Leigh GredenE-mail: [email protected] (until5/20/00)

Nicole DuPrawHome Telephone: 919/544-9639E-mail: [email protected]

Tammy Moore, ’95, has been hired asthe Interfraternity Council advisor forthe Greek Life office at the University ofMaryland. She is also serving as theadvisory board chairperson for theGamma Mu chapter of Kappa AlphaTheta. She lives in Laurel, MD, andwelcomes e-mail at:[email protected].

96Troy Ginzer , ’96, joined the CPA firmof DeBoer, Baumann & Co. in Holland.Troy lives in Holland.

Rebecca Slavin, ’96, is a mental healththerapist with the Ingham CounselingCenter in Lansing where she works withchildren and families. She holds amaster’s in counseling from MSU.Rebecca returned from a month inScotland and Ireland. She lives inHaslett.

Jody Suwalkowski, ’96, was awarded agraduate student research grant fromCentral Michigan University (CMU).She is pursuing a master’s degree inexercise science at CMU. Her research

Jessica Beyer, ’96, to Adam Wood, ’97, on Sept. 25, 1999. (Front row, left to right)Sarah Chapman, ’96, Jessica Beyer Wood, ’96, Adam Wood, ’97. (Back row) JenMcLeod, ’96, Dave Brust, ’95, Tami McCumons, ’96, Katy Neumann, ’96, JenniferFebbo Kolean, ’96, Jon Kolean, ’96, Deena Rank, ’95, Kelly Couzens, ’96, AnneSturm, ’96, Denis Waclawski, ’97.

Amanda Geerts, ’98, to Roman Bloch, ’98, on June 13, 1999.The bride is pictured with (from left) Jason Bilaski, ’97, groomRoman Bloch, Thomas Dobbins, ’79, Mike Somers, ’97, andJoseph Ales, ’98.

Wedding AlbumSee accompanying notes for details.

involves the development of a test thatwill accurately predict fitness levels inchildren between nine and 11 years ofage.

Ryan Sweet, ’96, is a full-timestockbroker for Charles Schwab & Co.,Inc. in Denver and is a fourth-semesterlaw student at the University of DenverSchool of Law. He is consideringpractice in either animal rights law,securities law or criminal law. Ryanwelcomes Albion friends to e-mail himat: [email protected].

98Amanda Cowger, ’98, is employed bythe University of Cape Town, SouthAfrica, as the administrator of a grantfrom the United Nations to study UNpolicies in sub-Saharan Africancountries. She can be reached by e-mailat: [email protected].

Susan Cunningham, ’98, left AndersenConsulting to accept a position as anaccount executive on the BuickMarketing Team with McCann-EricksonAdvertising Agency. She lives in Troyand can be e-mailed at:[email protected].

99Kara Orange, ’99, is teaching geometryand pre-calculus at Groves High Schoolin Birmingham.

WeddingsLeslie Sutter Roberts, ’73, to BobPayne on Dec. 31, 1999. The coupleresides in West Chester, OH.

Jeff Weathers, ’83, to Anna Horowitzon July 18, 1999. Jeff is working for theSoutheastern Michigan Region of theAmerican Red Cross as hospital servicesmanager. The couple resides in MadisonHeights.

Susan Parker, ’89, to Mark Burnell onSept. 18, 1999 in St. Clair Shores.Members of the wedding party includedHeidi Diehl DeMoss, ’89, ChristieFinocchio Parker, ’92, and WilliamParker, ’91. Also there to celebrate thewedding was Jeff DeMoss, ’89. Sue isemployed at the EnvironmentalProtection Agency since 1989. Thecouple resides in Washington, D.C.

Michon Dicks, ’90, to Todd Lince onNov. 6, 1998. Kristin Burns Sanson-Chirinos, ’90, was matron-of-honor. Inattendance was Kristine Hubert , ’91.The couple resides in Wyandotte.

Matt Croissant, ’91, to SuzanneOrlowski on Oct. 9, 1999 in Detroit.Alumni at the wedding included MattTroyer , ’90, Michael Smith, ’87, andJames Roth, ’88. Matt received his J.D.from Wayne State Law School andpassed the Michigan Bar exam in 1998.He has accepted the position as afinancial consultant at Merrill Lynch inAuburn Hills. The couple resides inBerkley and can be reached by e-mail [email protected].

Lyssa Whiren, ’94, to Dean Towl inJuly 1999. Lyssa is the manager of theDepartment of Rehabilitation at theChildren’s Hospital of Denver. Thecouple resides in Englewood, CO.

Heidi Wiitala , ’94, to MalcolmMacNaughton in 1998 in Scotland. Heidiis enrolled in a one- year program for thecertificate in personnel practice atSouthampton Institute. She also works asa personnel clerk with the SouthamptonCity Council. The couple resides inSouthampton, England, and can bereached by e-mail at:heidi_wiitala.freeserve.co.uk.

Ryan Rinke, ’95, to Cindy Markowskion Oct. 8, 1999 in Romeo. Among thosein attendance was Russell Rinke, ’96.Ryan is attending the University ofMichigan Dental School. Cindy is acertified medical transcriptionist for theUniversity of Michigan hospital. Thecouple resides in Ann Arbor.

Jessica Beyer, ’96, to Adam Wood,’97, on Sept. 25, 1999 in Brighton.Jessica is employed by AndersenConsulting, and Adam works for DetroitDiesel. Albion alumni in the weddingparty included: Sarah Chapman, ’96,Jennifer Febbo Kolean, ’96, TamiMcCumons, ’96, Katy Neumann, ’96,Anne Sturm, ’96, and DenisWaclawski, ’97. The couple resides atWhitmore Lake.

Mary Ann Morgan , ’96, to Philip Haaron July 10, 1999 in Battle Creek. Albionguests in attendance included TinaMertes, ’96, Meredith Haar Sheridan,’96, Steve Sheridan, ’93, Dan Haar,’99, Andrea Stubbs, ’96, JessicaLeDonne Johnson, ’96, Becky Slavin,’96, Carole McLaughlin, ’96, and BenFeeney, ’02. The couple lives inRochester Hills.

Reed Award establishedThe Albion College Biology Department has recently establishedthe Steven D. Reed Award for Excellence in Student LaboratoryTeaching in Biology. The Reed Award will be an annual prizegiven to the year’s outstanding student laboratory assistant. Ithonors the 1997 Albion graduate who tragically disappeared duringsummer 1999 while on a wilderness hike in Oregon. Reed was astudent at Wayne State University School of Medicine at the timeof his disappearance. The award will be presented for the first timeat the Honors Convocation, April 18, 2000. To make a contributionto the award endowment or to obtain further information, pleasecontact Dan Skean, chair, Department of Biology, Albion College,611 E. Porter St., Albion, MI 49224; 517/629-0525; e-mail:[email protected].

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Jacqueline Worosz, ’96, to StevenPaquette in spring 1999. Briton alumnion the guest list were Melanie Audet,’96, Angela Benander, ’98, andHeather Fraizer, ’96. The coupleresides in Southfield.

Amanda Geerts, ’98, to Roman Bloch,’98, on June 12, 1999 in Spring Lake.Alumni in attendance were JasonBilaski, ’97, Thomas Dobbins, ’79,Mike Somers, ’97, Joseph Ales, ’98,Katy Mulcrone , ’00, and Albion

professor Royal Ward. Roman is asecond-year medical student at theUniversity of Rochester School ofMedicine in Rochester, NY. Amandaworks as a QA analyst for West Grouppublishing. The couple resides inRochester, NY.

Baby BritonsHadley Louise to Nancy and DavidCamp, ’75. She joins big brotherAndrew, 4, and big sister Lauren, 2.David is a U.S. Congressman. Thefamily resides in Midland.

Brendan James on Feb. 28, 1999 toChris, ’76, and Diane Burton Robb,’75. He joins big sister Lindsey, 19, andbrother Alex, 12. Diane is a freelance-and grant-writer, and Chris works forParke Davis in Holland. The familyresides in Holland.

Mitchell William on Jan. 1, 2000 toKevin and Nancy Pulte Rickard, ’79.Mitchell joins his sister, Bridget, 3, andbrother, Hudson, 1. The family resides inBoca Raton, FL.

Logan Garrett and Justin Austin on Jan.13, 1999 to Juliana and Larry Bowen ,’81. They join brothers Alexander, 7,and Connor, 3. Larry is the director ofthe treasury for OhioHealth, and Julianais a stay-at-home mom. The familyresides in Dublin, OH.

John Patrick on Oct. 22, 1999 to Grantand Mary Foster Stewart, ’81. J.P.joins big sister Claire. Mary is a stay-at-home mom, and Grant is president ofStewart Filmscreen Corp. They reside inCincinnati, OH, and Newport Beach,CA.

Charles Paul on Sept. 9, 1999 to Charlesand Bonita Wheeler-Wells, ’81. Hejoins sisters Elizabeth, 5, and Victoria, 3.Bonita teaches for Detroit PublicSchools. The family resides inSouthfield.

Isabel Julieann on Aug. 11, 1999 toPeter and Susan Spruit Krupp, both’83. She joins brothers Charlie, 9,Dillon, 7, and Kate, 2. Peter is still atSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher andFlom, and Sue is a stay-at-home mom.The family lives in Indian Head Park,IL.

Brooke Mida on Jan. 27, 1999 to Anneand Galen Kersten, ’84. She joins sisterAshley Nicole, 3. The family resides inWaterford.

Elizabeth on Dec. 8, 1999 to Lisa andJim Naatz, ’84. She joins big sisterSarah, 3. Lisa completed her Ph.D. inclinical psychology. Jim continues hiscareer with GE Capital as programmanager for a private label financeprogram with Lucent Technologies. Jimcompleted a major kitchen renovationproject in their historic Geneva, IL,home that was featured in Home Depot’s1999 Kitchens & Baths magazine.

Joseph E. on Sept. 16, 1999 to Jerry andSusan Wallace Schmitt, ’85. Susanworks for Kellogg Co. in Battle Creek.The family resides in Marshall.

Jared Robert on June 22, 1999 to Kathyand Christopher Hill , ’86. The familylives in Traverse City and can bereached by e-mail [email protected].

Amelia Jean on Sept. 21, 1999 to Ericand Julia Saylor Plumhoff, ’86. Shejoins big sisters Katherine, 6, and Marta,2. Proud aunt is Melinda North Saylor,’87. The family resides in Berkley.

Grace Margaret on Oct. 7, 1999 toBruce and Karen Oswald Bethards,both ’87. Grace was welcomed home bytwin brothers Jake and Ben, 2. Prouduncle is David Bethards, ’81. Thefamily resides in Naperville, IL.

Megan Nicole on Sept. 24, 1999 to Billand Laura Weaver McFadden ,’87.She joins brother Ryan William, 5.Laura is an asset management supervisorat Starr Commonwealth in Albion. Thefamily resides in Marshall.

Heather Marie on Oct. 26, 1999 toRandy and Lisa Carion Zimmerman,’87. Lisa was appointed dean of studentsat Detroit County Day Middle School inBeverly Hills. She continues to teachseventh grade world history and ischairperson for the History Department.The family resides in Auburn Hills.

Katherine Renate on Sept. 25, 1999 toKurt , ’88, and Kristen CarnesKobiljak , ’91. Kurt practices law inTaylor. The family lives in Grosse Ile.

Daniel Jeffrey to Douglas and PamelaSimpson Atchinson, ’89. TheAtchinsons reside in Santa Ynez, CA.

Rose Elizabeth on July 28, 1999 to Neiland Belinda Nelson Eerdmans, ’89.The family resides in Champlin, MN.

Mathieu Stirling on June 16, 1999 toStephane and Cindy Golden Girard ,’89. He joins big sister Gabrielle, 3. Thefamily resides in Cleveland Heights,OH.

Stephanie Lynne on Oct. 22, 1999 toTim and Jennifer Schomer Reemtsma,’90. Stephanie joins brother Billy, 3.Proud relatives include grandfather BillSchomer, ’66, and uncle SteveSchomer, ’88. Stephanie and her familylive in Chicago where Jennifer works forthe University of Illinois at Chicago.

Donald Ryan on Dec. 6, 1999 to Raubynand Reed Barich, ’91. Ryan joinsbrother Louis Reed. Reed is a salesconsultant for ComputerJobs.com. Thefamily lives in Indianapolis, IN.

Kathryn Elizabeth on Dec. 24, 1999 toDoug and Sarah Tanner Barrow, ’91.Katy Beth joins big brother Dylan, 2.The family resides in Fort Wayne, IN,and would love to hear from friends.They can be reached by e-mail at:[email protected].

Callahan Olivia on Sept. 30, 1999 toErin and Henry Phillips, ’91. She joinsbig brother Lincoln Henry, 4, and sisterKendall Reed, 2. Henry is a seniormanager with Deloitte & Touche inRichmond, VA. The family resides inGlen Allen, VA.

Jonah Michael on Oct. 29, 1999 toMark and Rebecca Russell Thompson,both ’91. He joins big brother NoahJames, 2. The family resides inO’Fallon, IL.


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Andrew Hutch on Aug. 10, 1999 to Jeffand Kristin Korth Gandy , both ’92. Hejoins big sister Olivia, 2. The familylives in Midland.

Alexander Jordan on Sept. 14, 1999 toBrian and Elizabeth Coke Haller, ’92.They have moved to 4115 TurnbridgeDr., Holt, 48909, and would love to hearfrom friends.

James Pierce on April 11, 1999 to Nealand Amanda Osborne Hegarty, ’92.The family resides in Okemos.

Rhiannon Anita on Oct. 6, 1999 toTarick and Megan Bryan Loutfi , ’92.Megan is the assistant director of humanresources for the Chicago SymphonyOrchestra, and Tarick is an attorney.Albion alumni relatives include great-aunt Alice Wiley Moore, ’73, and great-uncle David Moore, ’68. The Loutfisreside at 3420 North Halsted Street,Chicago, IL 60657.

David James on Aug. 4, 1999 to Karenand Jamie Newton, ’92. The familyresides in Whitefish Bay, WI.

Gianna Angeline on Aug. 17, 1999 toVincent and Amy Goodwin Parlove,’92. The family lives in Lakeland.

Gwyneth Elizabeth on Nov. 21, 1999 toPhil and Susan Mitchell Robins, ’92.Phil works for Dell Computer Corp., andSusie has taken time off from teachingmiddle school language arts to raiseGwyneth. The family resides in Austin,TX. Friends are encouraged to contactthe family via e-mail at [email protected].

Grace Rebekah on Nov. 16, 1999 toRyan and Claire Skoski Roudebush,’92. She joins big sister Olivia, 3. Thefamily resides at 6120 Pillory Place,Indianapolis, IN 46254, and welcome e-mails at [email protected].

Joseph Parker on Nov. 21, 1999 toKeith , ’93, and Christianna MorganHarvey, ’95. The family resides inDayton, OH.

Katherine Danielle on Dec. 31, 1999 toGreg, ’92, and Deanna Ellis Westfall,’93. The family resides at 2075Lafayette NE, Grand Rapids 49505, orthey can be reached by e-mail at:[email protected].

Brittany Tayol Ann on July 8, 1999 toGerry and Teri Frazer Bush, ’94. Shejoins big brother Matthew, 3. Teri isteaching at Bath High School, and Gerryworks for Prudential Preview Propertiesas a real estate agent. The family lives inSwartz Creek.

Meghan Marie on Nov. 15, 1999 toRichard and Gretchen Harmor Dula,both ’94. Gretchen is a children’slibrarian for the Jackson District Library,and Richard works for the Lansing-Mason Area Ambulance Service. Thefamily resides in Jackson.

Andrew James on Nov. 20, 1999 toBrian and Wendy Winn Gorman, ’94.The family resides in Virginia and wouldlove to hear from friends. They can bereached by e-mail [email protected].

Grace Elizabeth on Oct. 1, 1999 toEdward and Sherri Nemacheck Biocic,both ’95. She joins Joshua, 2. TheBiocics are in their second year ofbusiness with Riverside Car Wash andreside in Saukville, WI.

Abigail Lynn on Dec. 21, 1999 toAndrew and Sandra Schultz Ferguson,’95. She joins big brother Joshua, 2.Andrew works for Johnson Controls inHolland, and Sandra works out of herhome for Archive Impact in Detroit. Thefamily resides in Zeeland.

Lauren Macy on June 11, 1999 toMichelle and Josh Lippert, ’96. Joshand his family moved from Alma toNaples, FL, but he continues to work forLippert Components. The family residesat 6592 Glen Arbor Way, Naples, FL34119 and can be reached by e-mail [email protected].

ObituariesHelen Dean Ewbank, ’26, on Oct. 24,1999 in Albion. Helen’s parents, Georgeand Belle Clark Dean, were alumni andlong-time benefactors of Albion College,providing it with Bellemont Manor,Dean Hall and other facilities. Helen wasa member of the First United MethodistChurch, the Albion Historical Society,Review Club, Delta Gamma sorority,and a lifetime honorary member of theE.L.T. Club. She was preceded in deathby her husband, Paul Ewbank, ’25, in1980 and is survived by her daughter,Jane Ewbank Swanson, ’50.

Wesley Bradburn, ’27, on Dec. 19,1999 in Ludington. After graduatingfrom Albion, he earned a master of artsdegree in religious education fromNorthwestern University and marriedAdelaide Jones. The couple had lived inKenilworth, IL, and Laguna Hills, CA.Wesley served as director of music andreligious education for several churchesand assisted with music at the Winnetka(IL) Congregational Church for 30 years.He taught at New Trier High School inWinnetka and in the Chicago publicschools, and served as an officer of theNational Association of Teachers ofSinging in northern Illinois and aspresident of the Chicago SingingTeachers Guild.

Mildred Price Rudig , ’28, on Dec. 7,1999 in Farmington. Mildred wasemployed as a laboratory technologistwith the city of Chicago for 25 yearsprior to retiring in 1970. She was amember of the Morgan Park Chapter ofthe Eastern Star. Mildred is survived bytwo children, five grandchildren, threegreat-grandchildren and a sister.

Gladys Bauer Whitehouse, ’28, on Jan.9, 2000 in Chelsea. Gladys grew up inAlbion, working at her father’s meatmarket. After graduating from Albion,she married Norman Whitehouse, ’29,brother of former Albion CollegePresident William Whitehouse. Gladyshad served as a staff member forchurches in Detroit and Evanston, IL.The couple lived in Oklahoma City untilNorman retired from the ministry, andthey moved to Chelsea.

Hellen Rockwell Ballard, ’29, on May1, 1999 in Rock Hill, SC. She issurvived by two sons.

Hannah Abramsen Larsen, ’30, onJan. 1, 2000 in Paoli, PA. Hannah wasborn in Youngstown, OH, and had livedin the West Chester, PA, area since1983. She was a member of the Sons ofNorway. Hannah is survived by a sonand two grandchildren.

Mary Douglas Whiting, ’30, on Oct.12, 1999 in West Palm Beach, FL.

Mary Reid Paxton, ’34, on Oct. 4, 1999in Charlevoix. After Albion, shereceived a library science degree fromQuincy College. She later taught atConstantine, MI, and moved toPittsburgh for several years beforereturning to Petoskey. She taught atPetoskey High School and St. FrancisSchool, retiring from Inland LakesSchool as the librarian. Mary Margaretwas a member of Alpha Xi Deltasorority, AAUW and the Order ofEastern Star. She is survived by threechildren and two grandchildren.

Alma Carmichael Reith, ’34, on Jan. 9,2000 in Sterling Heights.

Rhea Davis Smock, ’36, on Sept. 11,1999. After graduating from Albion, sheattended Wayne State University andcompleted a master’s degree at EasternMichigan University. Surviving are herthree children, Frances SmockWoodroofe, ’64, Bert Smock, ’65, andGeorge Smock, ’68.

Ralph Steffe, ’36, on Jan. 3, 2000 inGrayling. After graduating from Albion,Ralph received his M.D. from theUniversity of Michigan. He completedhis residency in obstetrics andgynecology after serving in the U.S.Navy for three years during World WarII. During his career, Ralph operated aprivate practice in Flint, served as anemergency room physician in Grayling,and served in several other medical rolesin Crawford County. He retired in 1997.He was a member of numerous civic andprofessional organizations and washonored with the Michigan StateMedical Society’s Community ServiceAward. Ralph is survived by threechildren.

Wilbur Walton , ’38, on Dec. 23, 1999in Tacoma, WA. After Albion, Wilburjoined the Army Air Corps and trainedto be a fighter pilot. He was a multi-decorated World War II ace pilot, andwas medically retired as a major fromthe Air Force in 1955. In 1960, hemoved to Tacoma, WA, and worked formany years as an auditor for the GeneralServices Administration and theEmployment Security Department inOlympia. Wilbur is survived by his wife,Betty Jean, four children, 11 grandchil-dren and eight great-grandchildren.

E. Marguerite Martin , ’39, on Oct. 26,1999 in Howey-in-the-Hills, FL.Marguerite was employed for much ofher life as a bookkeeper and officemanager for various family businesses.She was a member of Alpha Chi Omegasorority and the Daughters of theAmerican Revolution. Marguerite issurvived by three children, includingMartin Ludington , ’64, professor ofphysics at Albion College; sixgrandchildren, including ElizabethLudington Holden, ’92; and four great-grandchildren.

Georgia Atha Ward Callahan, ’40, onJan. 6, 2000 in Cincinnati, OH. She waspreceded in death by her first husband,Paul Ward, and is survived by herhusband, Thomas Callahan, and herthree children.

Howard Neilson, ’40, on Nov. 15, 1999.After Albion, Howard pursued a careerin automotive- related businesses,serving as vice president of NeilsonChemical Co. and later working forAmchem Products and DiamondShamrock. He was active in the PleasantRidge community and with a variety ofgolf clubs and associations, as well asbeing a member of Alpha Tau Omegafraternity. Howard is survived by hiswife, Ruth Appel Neilsen, ’41; threesons including Howard “Skip” Neilson ,’63, and David Neilson, ’66; fivegrandchildren; and two great-grandchil-dren. He was a member of the FirstUnited Methodist Church of Birming-ham.

James Jacobs, ’41, on Oct. 22, 1999 inHollywood, FL. James worked for theMarquette County (MI) Road Commis-sion for many years. He is survived byhis wife, Lenore, and a brother.

Kathryn “Kit” Kitsman Saxton , ’42,on Sept. 22, 1999 in Lansing. Kit hadserved in the women’s branch of theCoast Guard and had left the SPARS asan ensign. She was a member of DeltaGamma sorority. She is survived by herhusband, Robert Saxton, ’41, a son,Robert, and a daughter, Kathryn SaxtonFrederick, ’69.Marian Castle Strickler , ’42, on Nov.4, 1999 in Clemson, SC. Marian was amember of Delta Gamma sorority. She issurvived by her husband, MarshallStrickler , ’40, three sons, fourgrandchildren and a great-grandchild.

Edward Spence, ’43, on Dec. 17, 1999in Lansing. Edward earned a law degreefrom the University of Michigan. Heserved in the Merchant Marine Corpsduring World War II. Edward practicedlaw in the Lansing area for over 50years. He was an active leader of theCentral United Methodist Church and inthe community with such organizationsas the Boy Scouts and United Way.Edward is survived by three childrenincluding Barbara Spence Al-Shawaf,’72, and a granddaughter.

Richard Burson, ’44, and his wife,Lenor, were among the 217 victims whodied in the EgyptAir Flight 990 crashover the Atlantic Ocean on Oct. 31,1999. Richard had retired from MichiganBell as an engineer. The couple had beenmarried for 57 years and lived for fourdecades in Wyandotte before retiring toVenice, FL. They were flying to Egyptas part of an Elder Hostel group of about60 tourists. The Bursons are survived bytheir four children and seven grandchil-dren.

Beryl Voelker Gray, ’45, on Oct. 31,1999 and is survived by one son.

Laura Crockett McCamman, ’48, onDec. 6, 1999 in Ann Arbor. Laurapursued a career in nursing, receiving anursing degree from Schoolcraft Collegein 1981 and eventually as a certifiedbiofeedback practitioner until herretirement in 1993. Laura is survived byher husband, Ernest, and her threechildren.

Joseph Wagar, ’48, on Jan. 17, 2000 inLoveland, CO. After graduating fromAlbion, Joseph served in the Armyduring World War II, attaining the rankof master sergeant. He later worked as areporter for the Flint Journal, retiring in1983 after 34 years. After his retirement,Joseph and his wife moved to Loveland.He was a member of Sigma Chifraternity. Joseph is survived by his wife,Berta Anderson Wagar, ’48, two sons,two daughters, and two grandchildren.

Keith Ednie, ’49, on Sept. 12, 1999.Keith worked for many years for FisherBody, retiring in 1986 as chief financialofficer. A Royal Oak resident, Keith wasa long-time member of the First UnitedMethodist Church of Royal Oak and wasactive with Junior Achievement. He wasa member of Tau Kappa Epsilonfraternity. Keith is survived by his wife,Shirley Pearce Ednie, ’49, threedaughters, six grandchildren and hisbrother, William Ednie , ’44.

Kenneth Grodavent, ’52, on Dec. 12,1999 in Stockton, CA.

Bill Keller , ’69, on Dec. 23, 1999 inPortage. He is survived by his wife,Carolyn Relph Keller, ’70.

Robert “Bruce” Thompson, ’73, onNov. 12, 1999 in Berkeley, CA. Aftergraduating from Albion, he entered thelighting industry, working in retail,theatrical lighting design, and as amanufacturer’s representative in Detroitand San Francisco. At the time of hisdeath, he was vice president of sales andmarketing with Shaper Lighting. Bruceis survived by his mother, and hispartner and companion of 10 years,Patricia Glasow.


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April-May campus events scheduleAll of the following events are open to the public. For more detailed information on upcomingevents at Albion, including a spring sports schedule, visit: www.albion.edu/ac_news/.

Elkin R. Isaac StudentResearch Symposium

Monday-Tuesday, April 17-18April 17

7:30 p.m., Bobbitt Visual Arts CenterElkin R. Isaac Lecture: James Misner, ’66Professor of Kinesiology, University ofIllinois in Champaign

April 188:30-10:15 a.m.; 1:15-5 p.m. StudentResearch PresentationsCheck www.albion.edu/fac/libr/isaac/isaac.htm for details.

7 p.m., Goodrich ChapelSymposium Keynote Address:Stephen Jay GouldEvolutionary Biologist, Harvard UniversityCall the Albion College CommunicationsOffice for Gould lecture tickets,517/629-0445.

Honors Convocation

Tuesday, April 18, 2000, 10:40 a.m.,Goodrich ChapelHonorary Degree Presentation to RuthHolland Scott, ’56Student Honors and Awards

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Jack Curtis, a great example of

Fine Arts Performances

Wednesday-Saturday, April 12-16 , 8 p.m.,Herrick CenterTheatre Production: Les LiaisonsDangereusesCall the Theatre Department for tickets,517/629-0344.

Friday, April 14 , 8 p.m., Goodrich ChapelSymphony Band Concert

Sunday, April 16 , 4 p.m., Goodrich ChapelOrchestra Concerto Concert

Tuesday, April 18 , 9:15 p.m., Kellogg CenterJazz Band Concert

Wednesday-Thursday, April 19-20 , 8 p.m.,Herrick CenterStudent Dance Performance

Commencement

Saturday, May 6, 2000, 11 a.m.,Campus QuadrangleSpeaker: Philip Lader, U.S. Ambassadorto Great BritainHonorary Degree Presentation to MichaelDavid, ’64(Dow Recreation and Wellness Center,if inclement weather)

Spring alumni eventscalendarSpring alumni eventscalendarUnless otherwise noted, please contact the Office ofAlumni and Parent Relations, 517/629-0448, orvisit www.albion.edu/alumni/ for further information onthese and other upcoming events.

Detroit Annual Conference—United Methodist Church

Sunday, May 21, 2000, 6:45 a.m.Adrian College, Adrian, MIBreakfast meeting of alumni, parents and friendsattending the conference.

West Michigan Annual Conference—United Methodist Church

Friday, June 2, 2000, NoonCalvin College, Grand Rapids, MILuncheon meeting of alumni, parents and friendsattending the conference.

Chicago River Tour

Wednesday, June 7, 2000, 7-8:30 p.m.Depart from River East Plaza, Chicago, ILRiverfront and Lake Michigan charter cruise,followed by a gathering at a nearby restaurant.Invitations will be mailed shortly.

Albion vs. Alma Alumni Golf Challenge

Friday, June 16, 2000Birmingham, MIFor more information, contact Wynn Miller, ’69,at 248/642-4724.


executive, he also hasserved two terms onAlbion’s AlumniAssociation Board ofDirectors. “Along withmy family, AlbionCollege cultivated inme an ethic of servicethat has stayed with me tothis day,” Curtis says. “I trulybelieve that volunteerism is still one of the best ways

we have to bring about change in our society.”

Community service just comes naturally to JackCurtis, ’51. For more than 50 years, the BattleCreek resident has been active in the Chamber ofCommerce, Kiwanis and many other groups. Butthe project closest to his heart has been the FoodBank of South Central Michigan, which he helpedfound in 1982. The food bank distributed over 5.6-million pounds of food to the hungry in 1999, andboasts first-rate facilities due to capital campaignsCurtis led that raised over $1.1-million. For hiswork with the Food Bank, Curtis received theBattle Creek area’s highest volunteer honor, theGeorge Award, in 1998. A retired Kellogg Co.

In keeping

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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

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Io Triumphe .

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

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