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Mark A. Hector, ’63, is professor and training director of the Ph.D. counseling psychology program at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He is also the 1998 national singles champion, golden masters division of the national Paddleball Association. David Johannides, ’63, has recently retired from hospital management after 33 years. His new address is 603 Rothburg Lane, Louisville, KY 40243. His e-mail address is: johannid@couriernet.infl.net. Martha Wittenbach Mattson, ’63, is the author of Amazons, the Forgotten Tribe, a book on several orientations, now being used by the Episcopal Church in San Diego to further understanding of several orientations. (See bookwire.com for more information.) Chuck St. Louis, ’63, became the 26th president of the Florida Association for Media in Education in 1997. The 1,400 members who elected him into office are comprised mostly of school library/ media/technology specialists. Now in his 35th year as an educator, Chuck is currently the supervisor of instructional materials for Manatee County Public Schools in Bradenton, FL. His e-mail address is: stlouisc@gate.net. Judy Slick Williams, ’64, just returned from a year at the American School Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico, where she was head librarian at the high school. Also on the faculty were Jack Lawrence, ’64, and Beth Morely Lawrence, ’65. Her new address is: 3 Stuart Dr., Old Greenwich, CT. 06870. Her phone number is 203/637-9900, and e-mail address is: wms@ ghs.lhric.org.
65-69 Georgia Wilson Marsh, ’65, recently retired from a 30-year career as counselor/educator. In May, she was the guest speaker at Marshall’s first 1998 Michigan Week, the mayor’s prayer breakfast gathering on spiritual awareness. Georgia is very active in community and professional organizations, and in the United Methodist Church. She and her husband, John, have a daughter, Elinor. Nancy Adams Andrews, ’66, and Gene Muenchausen, ’67, were married Aug. 2, 1991. Gene is the owner of Baron Industries, Madison Heights. Nancy is currently retired from contract furniture sales. Nancy has a daughter and a son, and Gene one daughter. Nancy and Gene reside at 18326 Riverside Dr., Beverly Hills, MI. Larry Downs, ’66, and his wife Judith owns and manage Identity Marketing Group, a Coldwater, based distributor of corporate identity products.
Robert Krumm, ’66, has written his fourth book, The Pacific Northwest Berry Book. Now available from book stores and Falcon Press Publishing. Robert has been photographed for a Gore Tex ad. The two-page color photo has been carried in major fishing magazines for the past year or so. He lives in Sheridan, WY. Dianne Doten Morrison, ’66, and husband Dick recently moved to Battle Creek, following Dick’s appointment as Albion district superintendent in the West Michigan Conference of the United Methodist Church. Dianne became pastor of Gull Lake United methodist church July 1. Their address is 334 Watkins Lane, Battle Creek 49015. Kathryn Nan Wells Little, ’67, just received her Ph.D. in anthropology. Her dissertation topic was: “Science Education with or for Native Americans: An Analysis of the Native American Science Outreach Network.” Loren E. Musilek, ’69, is a sales associate at the Charlevoix office of Coldwell Banker Schmidt Realtors. Previously he was co-founder/partner of Future Pak Ltd. in Farmington Hills, a contract pharmaceutical packaging firm. He served as the company’s vice president and treasurer for more than 20 years. Linda McGregor Wheeler, ’69, is completing her bachelor’s degree at the University of Albany, State University of New York. She is director of marketing and public relations at the School of Business at Albany, overseeing production of publications, advertising, public relations and graduate student recruitment, as well as writing and editing the alumni newsletter.
70-74 Judith Miller Cova, ’70, became a widow in November 1997. She volunteers in the Women’s Information and Referral Center in Oakville, Ont. She enjoys cross-country skiing and vegetarian cooking. H. Curtis Lind, ’70, works in the claims department for Allstate Insurance, and also is in the Army Reserve. He received his commission as a second lieutenant in 1978 after being enlisted eight years. After many assignments, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in June. Lind lives in Novi. Dan C. Deligianis, ’71, has been practicing ophthalmology since 1984. After Albion he attended the University of Athens School of Medicine in Athens, Greece. He then worked at St. John Hospital and Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. He has a daughter and a son and lives in Grosse Pointe Shores and Port Huron.
Linda Arnold MacMillan, ’71, has moved to Cumberland Center, ME. Her husband Bruce brought his communications consulting and training business with him, and Linda is looking for opportunities for business development/ project management in communications. Linda’s email is: lamvcg@aol.com. Eli, ’72, and Chris Brott Buzas, ’72, live in Longmont, CO. They own Colorado 1st Properties where Eli is the broker. They have three children. They are both very active volunteering at their church and the high school, where Eli is the president of the education foundation. They moved to Colorado in 1991 and love it. Rolfe L. Hillman, III, ’72, wrote a book review of America in the China Relieve Expedition that was published in the March 1998 Marine Corps Gazette. Rolfe’s article, From Tuscan Red to Olive Drab: The Norfolk & Western Railway in WWI/WII, was published in the winter issue of the Norfolk and Western Historical Society’s magazine The Arrow. Rolfe bought and is restoring a 1966 Pontiac GTO Convertible. He lives in Arlington, VA. Thomas H. Carnwath, ’73, has been named vice president for information technology services (ITS) at Widener University. He continues to serve as assistant to the president, a position he has held since 1991. Carnwath directs the implementation of the University’s new network infrastructure as computing labs and academic classroom spaces are upgraded with the next generation of workstations. Carnwath, his wife, J. Babette, and their two children, Emily and Theodore, reside on Cheltenham Rd., Westminster, Wilmington, DE 19808. John R. Rose, ’73, lives in Fairbanks, AK, and is still knocking around the state hassling the wildlife, and enjoying it. His e-mail address is: carlijrr@mosquitonet.com. Carol Hulett, ’74, was recently honored by the Girl Scouts of Macomb County as a 1998 Woman of Distinction. Carol was the first female resident physician in orthopedics at Wayne State University. Today, she runs a private practice in Clinton Township and continues to be one of only a few women in the Macomb County area to specialize in orthopedic surgery. She is also the team physician for Mt. Clemens High School. Walter McCarthy, ’74, was recently appointed chief of vascular surgery at Rush Presbyterian- St. Luke’s Hospital and Cook County Hospital in Chicago. He received a master’s degree in epidemiology from Harvard University in 1997.
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Excerpted from The Idaho Statesman, Dec. 30, 1997, this article profiles Jim Everett, CEO of the Boise, ID, YMCA. It’s difficult to stop Jim Everett, ’74, when he gets on a roll telling stories of kids who have been helped through YMCA programs. In between breaths, Everett can go from a wide smile to a bit choked up, as he tells their stories. “I want to create more safe places for kids to go,” the 45-year-old Everett said. “Kids do need safe places to go. They need places they can hang out and a place where they’re welcome. We say: ‘C’mon, you’re welcome here.’ “Everybody is going to belong to something. You can belong to a sports team or a gang. We need to get every kid exposed to as many different things as possible so they find something they enjoy.” Everett decided in college that he wanted to be a teacher and coach, preferably a swimming coach. He started teaching science and math at a rural school in Ohio when a local YMCA called him to offer him a swimming coach position. The 22-year-old Everett accepted, thinking it would be a stepping stone to a high school or college swimming coach position. “I had no intentions of staying at the YMCA,” Everett admitted. “Now I can’t imagine doing anything else.” Two years later, he was transferred to the Boise YMCA in a similar position. He gradually moved up the YMCA ladder until he moved back to Michigan in 1983 to serve as CEO of a small YMCA. “It was a great experience,” he said. “There was a lot of racial tension in the town, but the ‘Y’ was the one place you saw people coming together. That was neat to see.” He returned to Boise in 1987 as CEO. Ten years later, he runs a business with a $7-million annual budget, 600 employees and 13,000 members. He has no trouble with the number business, but he’d rather talk about the people business. He’s a Big Brother and tries to promote that program. Everett never tires of telling stories about kids coming from broken homes and finding friends at the YMCA. He doesn’t blame the parents, just praises the kids. Two brothers—ages four and six—are currently in the YMCA childcare center. The 4-year-old couldn’t count to 10 and couldn’t get past “C” in the alphabet. They were living with their parents, who were heavy into drugs and alcohol, Everett said. When the grandparents gained custody of the children, they turned to the YMCA for help. The boys have been a personal project of Everett’s [ever since]. “They’re excited about helping out around here and being part of it,” Everett said. “They’re making so much progress. They’re soaking everything up. It all goes back to giving kids a safe environment with adults who care. That’s what it’s all about.”
Debbie Peggs, ’74, has just become certified as a Microsoft systems engineer. She lives in Alpharetta, GA. Douglas A. Pippenger, ’74, has been promoted to a dealer at the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. His wife LouAnn is now secretary to the casino controller at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino. Their oldest son, Jonathan,
graduated from Adrian College. Their son Joshua got married in June in Battle Creek, and their youngest daughter graduated from high school in Las Vegas.
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