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Advancement Dept. for a recent visit. Marshall has had a successful career as a manufacturing rep and designer of cold weather gear. He was recognized as the Salesman of the Year at his 50th anniversary convention.
1952 Class Agent and Secretary: Karl E. Gierman 8090 Virginia Ln. Northville, MI 48168 email: sacon8080@aol.com
1953 Class Agent: Robert E. Meshew 12654 Buttonbush Pl. Bonita Springs, FL 34135 email: mrmeshew@comcast.net No Class Secretary Harold Wells, founder and president of Wells Oldsmobile Inc. in Whiteville, N.C., won election as chairman of the Campbell University Board of Trustees in Buies Creek, N.C.
1954 Class Agent: Stephen N. McEwen 1053 Pinewood Ct. Bowling Green, OH 43402 email: snmcewen@wcnet.org No Class Secretary
1955 No Class Agent Class Secretary: John E. Mahoney 826 Edgemont Run Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304 email: jemahoney@comcast.net
1956 Class Agent: John H. Dodge 133 S. Walnut Ct. Mason, MI 48854 email: luludodge@juno.com Class Secretary: Clayton “Bud” Little Jr. 719 Ashbrook Dr. Hixson, TN 37343 email: cjlittle@bellsouth.net Clayton “Bud” Little recently published a book titled “Fabrics of Freedom (Ordinary Heroes).” It is a fictionalized account of his ancestor, Robert Little,
who served in the New Jersey Militia of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Additionally, Bud Little says that Gene Weaver, who was a brother in Alpha Delta fraternity, sent an article titled “A Frat for Misfits at OLD MISS” that appeared in the Orange County edition of the “Los Angeles Times” on Dec. 16. The article reads as follows: “Cheers! A motley band of foreign students and domestic square pegs has created its own fraternity: the Awesome Dudes of Alpha Delta. It is the University of Mississippi’s newest fraternity. The Awesome Dudes are a group at Miss and have ‘christened themselves as the Awesome Dudes of Alpha Delta.’ “What am I to think as I drink beer from my trusty Alpha Delta beer stein?” Weaver writes in a letter to Little about this story. According to Little, the Alpha Delta beer stein no longer exists. The fraternity was also one of the earliest in GMI’s history, but it was canceled years ago and joined with Phi Delta Theta. Thomas and Joan Hruby celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in October. Fifty people from 11 states and two foreign countries joined in the celebration held in Florence, Ala.
1957 Class Agent: Richard W. Mink 2520 Glenside Blvd. Muskegon, MI 49441 email: richmink@aol.com No Class Secretary
1958 Class Agent: J. Ward Woodruff Jr. 21814 N. Veterans Dr. Sun City, AZ 85375 email: ward@amath.com No Class Secretary
1959 Class Agent: John J. Goodrich 6360 Emerald Lake Dr. Troy, MI 48085 email: jaksoon@hotmail.com
Class Secretary: John R. Lutz 127 Crauns Beach Dr. Quincy, MI 49082 Donald Ableson won election to the prestigious status of “SAE Fellow” by SAE International. Fellowship status is the highest grade of membership bestowed by SAE International.
1960 Class Agent: Norman R. Sherbert P.O. Box 3878 Evergreen, CO 80437 email: sherbnorm@aol.com Class Secretary: Marvin D. Engelmann 2610 N. US 23 Oscoda, MI 48750 email: mdelae@aol.com
1961 Class Agent: Gerald T. Meier 23821 Addison Place Ct. Bonita Springs, FL 34134 email: bgmeier@aol.com Class Secretary: Robert P. Werenski 404 Barclay Rd. Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236 email: bobwerenski@ comcast.net Don Chaffin is now a SAE International Fellow. He is the Richard G. Snyder Distinguished University Professor of Industrial Operations Engineering and G. Lawton and Louise G. Johnson Professor of Engineering at the University of Michigan.
1962 Class Agent: Francis J. Petro 2308 Executive Dr. Kokomo, IN 46902 email: fpetro@haynesintl.com No Class Secretary
1963/1964 Class Agent: John D. Braun 280 Forge Hill Rd. Wrightsville, PA 17368 Class Secretary: Richard W. Brescoll 319 Millington Blvd. Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304 email: rbrescoll@comcast.net
Richard “Buzz” Brescoll is co-owner of Great Lakes Profiles Inc., which employs computerized integrity and personality testing to help companies improve their “new hire” selection process, and to maximize the deployment of existing personnel. He is also involved with residential and commercial mortgage financing, and keeps active playing competitive team tennis. His USTA Super Seniors team went to the National playoffs two years in a row.
1965 Class Agent: R. Kenneth Ledford 4613 Island Park Dr. Waterford, MI 48329 email: rledfor1@peoplepc.com No Class Secretary Dr. George Hettenhouse retired from Indiana University where he served as professor of Finance in the Kelley School of Business for 36 years. He and his wife, Nancy, will split their time between Bloomington, Ind., and their second home on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
1966 Class Agent: James R. Robinson 9880 2 Mile Rd. Lowell, MI 49331 email: barnus@earthlink.net Class Secretary: Ronald W. Clement 503 Villa Dr. Pittsburg, KS 66762 email: pclement4@cox.net
1967 Class Agent: Dean W. Bell 33 Snow Ct. Dearborn, MI 48124 email: deanmel@sbcglobal.net No Class Secretary
1968 Class Agent: Donald G. Kowalke 1003 Breckenridge Dr. Richmond, IN 47374 email: dgkowalk@msn.com
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