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Class of ’63 Reunion photo now available Anyone who wishes to obtain an 8x10 copy of the Class of 1963 digital reunion photo from Homecoming 2003 may do so by sending $5.00 to the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations. Be sure to include your name and preferred mailing address with your order. Please make checks payable to Albion College. (You also may view photos from the reunion at: www.albion.edu/ alumni/scrapbook/homecoming0363.asp .)
R. Bruce Lacey, ’60, retired in June after 30 years as a professor of microbiology at Mississippi University for Women. He and his wife, Jennet, live in Columbus, MS.
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Charlotte Knuth Zuzak, ’61, recently won third place for her short story, “Old Porches and Homemade Bread,” published in Hodgepodge magazine. She has been named short story laureate for the summer of 2004 by Verses magazine. Charlotte has traveled to the Loire Valley of France and the Amalfi Coast of Italy. A resident of Grove City, PA, she continues to serve as organist for her church and accompanist for music students at Grove City College.
62 Margaret Barry-Bashur, ’62, owns Multi Media Consultants, a consulting and production media company in Troy and Farmington. Her brothers are Jack and Leroy Barry, both ’54. Jack is retired from the practice of medicine and now serves as CEO of Health Plus in Michigan. Leroy is still a practicing surgeon. Margaret lives in Troy. Sharon Cathey-Gibson, ’62, was named Kiwanian of the Year. Her club won the top honors for California,
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Hawaii and Nevada during her presidency. She is also a college professor, running the reading clinic for area children who are having difficulties learning to read. She lives in Reno, NV.
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Kay Evans Bruns, ’63, made a career and company change in 2003. She now works for New York Life Insurance Co. as an agent and registered representative. Kay retired from CUNA Mutual Life. She qualified during 2003 for membership in the Million Dollar Round Table. Kay sings alto with the Madrigal Chorale in Southfield, and traveled to Italy with them in the summer of 2002. She also went on a Scotland choir tour in the summer of 2002 with the choir of First Presbyterian Church of Royal Oak. Kay enjoys spending time with her granddaughter and lives in Southfield.
64 Jim Burch, ’64, retired in 2000 after 31 years with the Exxon Co. He enjoys oil painting, knife and jewelry making and antiques. Jim is also working to outfit a big game hunting camp. He and his wife of 40 years, Susie Knickerbocker Burch, ’65, travel quite a bit to visit their children in California, Kansas and England. They have eight grandchildren. The Burches live in Billings, MT.
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David Green, ’64, a visiting professor of chemistry at Albion, has been chosen by the Analytical Laboratory Managers Association (ALMA) to receive its Distinguished Service Award for Laboratory Management, the highest award given by ALMA. David is only the second laboratory manager in the country ever to be chosen for this award. He received this award at ALMA’s annual meeting in Pittsburgh recently, where he was invited to give the address at the award banquet. David was the manager of the Analytical Chemistry Laboratory at Argonne National Laboratory from 1982 until 2001. He is past president and treasurer of ALMA and served on the Board of Directors until 2001. He served as editor of Managing the Modern Laboratory from 1995 until 2003.
Theodore Fleming, ’64, professor of biology at the University of Miami, was a featured speaker at a one-day symposium on “Bat-Plant Relationships,” sponsored by the Linnean Society of London in November 2003. Ted has studied plant-animal interactions in the American tropics and Sonoran Desert for more than 30 years. In December, he spent two weeks in the People’s Republic of China as a guest of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. While there he attended a scientific conference at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden in southwestern China.
65 Margaret Brown Doolittle, ’65, has been selected to receive the 2004 Mason Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Teaching Award. She has taught for 24 years in the Mason Public School System, 22 of them as a kindergarten teacher. Margaret has three children and two grandchildren and lives in Mason. Jane Gobeske Franseth-Millar, ’65, was named the executive director of Northern Community Mediation. She provides leadership for the disputeresolution programs it offers in Emmet and Charlevoix counties. Jane previously worked for Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District. She has a master’s degree from St. Lawrence University and a doctorate from Eastern Michigan University. Between them, she and her husband, Bill, have six children and four grandchildren. They live in Petoskey.
66 Janice Eymer Kessler, ’66, is now “happily unemployed” after working at JoAnn Fabrics for 15 years. She and her husband, Jerry, recently celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with family and friends. They have three sons and four grandchildren. They live in Sault Ste. Marie and enjoy camping, fishing and gardening. Bill Miller, ’66, retired and moved to Virginia Beach, VA, after 37 years of working in higher education, the last 22 years with the College Board. He goes to Marathon, FL, each winter. His goal is to swim in either the Atlantic Ocean or the Chesapeake Bay for as many months of the year as possible. He can be reached by e-mail at: bill2212@hotmail.com.
67 Duane Dobbert, ’67, had a book published, Halting the Sexual Predators Among US: Preventing Attack, Rape and Lust Homicide. He is a senior professor at Florida Gulf Coast University, where he is responsible for the criminal forensic studies curriculum. Duane is also an adjunct professor in Capella University’s Ph.D. program in human services. He and his wife, Joyce, have four grandchildren. They split their time between Angola, IN, and Naples, FL. He also enjoys fly fishing.
Trying out the links in Ballybunion, County Kerry, Ireland last spring were: (from left) Mike Sequite, ’75, Morris Arvoy, ’90, Mark Garrison, ’71, James Slager (former Albion College director of counseling), William Hileman, ’72, James Kingsley, ’63, Charles Arey, ’72, and Mike Turner, ’69.
68 Kim Cuniberti, ’68, is a realtor with Weichert Realtors in Ridgefield, CT. Since 1985, he has run a mail order business for modern U.S. stamps called Contemporary Coils, specializing in plate numbers and errors on coil and self-adhesive stamps. Kim and his wife, Nancy, celebrated their 30th anniversary in August. They have three children. They have lived in Ridgefield for 28 years. Ronald Kloustin, ’68, is regional director of an international consulting company in Michigan. He received an M.B.A. and has held several senior marketing positions in the consulting business. Ronald and his wife, Karen, have two children. They have traveled to Hawaii and live in West Bloomfield. Brenda Belson Lazarus, ’68, is spending the 2003-04 academic year as a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the University of Qatar in Doha, Qatar. She is teaching graduate classes at the university and working with local schools on the inclusion of children with special needs into general education classrooms. Brenda has also conducted a review of the university’s graduate special education diploma program. Her permanent home is in Naples, FL.
69 Roger Aikin, ’69, was appointed general counsel at Community Bank of Central California in Salinas, CA. He retired from the U.S. Navy in 1998. He lives in Aptos, CA, and can be reached by e-mail at: wen523@aol.com.
70 Eric Britner, ’70, retired from education in July 2003 after 31 years as a teacher, coach and administrator. He and his wife, Connie, moved to Jackson in December.
71 Tim Blood, ’71, has traveled with his family to Britain and Costa Rica, as well as several places in the United States. Since 1996, they have been creating a digital holiday greeting card with photos of their adventures from the past year. He lives in Eugene, OR. Falinda Hartsuff Geerling, ’71, earned her Ph.D. from Michigan State University College of Education in November 2003. For the past five years she has taught full-time at Spring Arbor University School of Adult Studies. Her son, Ben, ’98, works in computer programming in the Detroit area. Falinda lives in Grand Rapids.
72 Kristina Shue Barker, ’72, is working with her husband in commercial real estate. Previously she was a dental hygienist. She lives in Charlotte, NC. Ruth Ann Clay Stover, ’72, has opened a family-owned restaurant in downtown Lima, OH, called The Meeting Place on Market. They use all their own recipes and serve and sell gourmet coffees. The restaurant has a European atmosphere, patterned after her junior year experience in Europe. She lives in Lima.
73 Kalista Hartsuff Castine, ’73, retired after a 30-year career in special, adult and community education, teaching and administration. She is now working parttime at the library. She lives in Grandville and can be reached by e-mail at: castinek@comcast.net.