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

VOL. LXIX, NO. 4

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Published for alumni, parents and friends of Albion College

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Preserve and protect In the epilogue to his book, A Bat Man in the Tropics, biologist Ted Fleming, ’64, writes poignantly of an indelible moment that brought into focus his 40-year career spent studying bats worldwide. At sunset, he and a friend stood and watched the emergence of Mexican free-tailed bats from Bracken Cave near San Antonio, Texas: Well before dark, a steady stream of bats began to swirl out of the wide cave mouth and gain altitude before flying east and then south. The numbers of departing bats quickly swelled, and soon the area in front of the cave was filled with circling bats. . . . In the fading sunlight, I could see streams of bats, looking like wispy clouds of smoke, twisting and turning toward the horizon. A pair of red-tailed hawks slowly intercepted a column of bats and plucked a meal from the air in the darkening sky. . . . [Later that evening], I wondered how many future generations will be lucky enough to see the thrilling exit flight of 20 million Mexican free-tailed bats?

Was I witnessing a scene comparable to the mass movements of millions of passenger pigeons and plains bison that occurred in North America a little over a century ago—scenes that are gone forever? When, I wondered, would our species stop its wanton destruction of our world’s biological heritage?

Fleming, like many of his colleagues in the natural sciences, believes that “today, those of us studying biological diversity are in a race—often called a desperate race—against time” as the loss of species accelerates. In this edition of Io Triumphe, Fleming offers a first-person account of his work observing bat populations and protecting their habitats. And you also will read about Bob Mutch, ’54, who in the 1970s revolutionized the U.S. Forest Service’s fire management practices and who now consults with nations around the globe on how best to conserve forest and other wilderness areas. Both are among a growing number of Albion alumni who are taking steps, large and small, to educate the public about issues related to biodiversity and to defend fragile ecosystems. Biodiversity will also be one of several topics addressed at an Alumni Science Symposium, planned in conjunction with Homecoming Weekend, Sept. 29Oct. 2, 2005. More information on the symposium is available on p. 24 of this edition. We hope you will take the time to learn more about these conservation efforts of our alumni and that you will consider joining us for the symposium this fall.

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Seeing the forest and the trees: Forest-fire management expert Bob Mutch, ’56 PHOTO COURTESY OF R. MUTCH

By Jake Weber As a young researcher, Bob Mutch, ’56, delivered some bad news to his employer: they were mismanaging resources, and one of their core missions needed to change. It was a daring course of action, especially since Mutch’s employer was the U.S. government, and the mission in question was a longstanding forest fire suppression policy with universal public support. In holding to his convictions, however, Mutch eventually evolved from heretic to hero. Today, he and a few other pioneers are widely credited with having fostered one of the most important policy changes in U.S. Forest Service history. And even though he has been “retired” for the past decade, he continues to develop and train fire management teams throughout the world.

Despite growing up in Cleveland, Mutch spent much of his boyhood in the “forest”—a 10-acre wooded lot across four lanes of traffic from his home.

On arriving at Albion, he was determined to pursue a career in forestry, and signed on with the U.S. Forest Service as a 19-year-old summer firefighter in the western U.S. “I knew as soon as I saw the Rocky Mountains that I would never go home to Cleveland,” he relates.

Mutch’s early Forest Service career was spent as a “smokejumper,” fighting fires in remote areas of the West. During that time, the Forest Service was more than 20 years into a policy that mandated an immediate dousing of all fires on federally protected land.

Mutch, who earned a master’s degree in forestry in 1959, soon realized that this policy not only went against his research and firefighting experience, but that it was also setting the Forest Service up for disaster, in the form of uncontrollable conflagrations that would occur in coming decades.

Mutch explains that the forests themselves clearly showed that the “no fire” policy was wrong. He and other researchers saw that fire scars in the annual rings of large cut trees often showed that the trees

Bob Mutch (far right) began his career as a smokejumper in Missoula, Mont. during the summer of 1954, while still a student at Albion. He spent nearly 40 years working for the U.S. Forest Service and helped revolutionize the agency’s fire management policies. had survived fires over lives as long as 2,000 years.

In areas where fires had burned, foresters saw a greater, and healthier, diversity of trees, plants and animals. Firefighters began to report that, even in dry conditions, forested areas that had burned were surprisingly resistant to fire for several years afterward.

“We put it all together, after years of participating in and observing the scene,” says Mutch, “and we began to realize that keeping fire out of the forest is not in the best interest of society or ecosystems or the health of forests.”

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In the 1960s, however, “there were many people in the fire service who were against the idea, not to mention the general public,” says Mutch. Although his research showed that fires actually improved conditions for deer and other animals, images of Bambi and Smokey the Bear bolstered the Forest Service’s image as defender and protector of the wilderness. Many firefighters, not to mention other scientists, branded Mutch and his colleagues as “rebels” whose ideas were not only unfounded (in light of the Forest Service’s increasing efficiency in putting out fires) but dangerous.

It wasn’t until 1972 that Mutch and his colleagues won permission to let the first wild land fire in 40 years burn unchecked, in Montana’s Bitterroot Forest. That “radical experiment,” says colleague Dave Bunnell, past director of National Prescribed Fire Programs for the Forest Service, “changed the course of American fire management. . . . Bob’s stand to create this policy has had the most significant impact on wilderness and national forests of any decision made in the Department of Agriculture’s history.”

It’s an impressive legacy, but far from the end of Mutch’s contributions to fire management policy.

Mutch spent five years in the 1980s exporting an Incident Command System for the State Department’s international disaster assistance

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program. He helped create a program which both assisted other countries in developing fire management and forestry agencies and provided immediate State Department response to international crises.

“We had teams with passports in hand—if there was an earthquake in Armenia, we’d have a team on a plane in 24 hours,” says Mutch. After developing the State Department’s program, Mutch spent time overseas, working with foreign governments to set up their own emergency response protocols. At his office in the State Department, “I’d walk in the front door and see Ted Kennedy or George Schultz or a distinguished diplomat in the elevator,” Mutch recalls. “I got to work with the United Nations and got to know people in the World Bank, both of which fund conservation projects.”

Despite retiring from the Forest Service a decade ago, Mutch continues to work as an expert adviser to the U.S. Congress, the World Bank and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Even more rewarding, he says, is the consulting he does with foreign governments, helping them develop natural resource management programs. As he did with the Forest Service 30 years ago, Mutch creates strategies that are mindful and respectful of each country’s specific environmental needs and their resources—or lack thereof, an equally important consideration.

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Mutch recalls a trip he made to India, to help the government there fix a management plan gone awry.

“They had spent millions of dollars on radios that they couldn’t buy batteries for, and there were bulldozers in warehouses because they didn’t have money to buy diesel fuel,” he recalls. He was humbled to learn that another international agency had been successful in providing such simple assistance as whistles, boots and canteens.

On another trip, Mutch helped Mongolian firefighters by presenting a fire suppression course that emphasized fundamental principles, basic tactics and simple tools. “You have to remain humble and be a listener . . . learn about each situation before you propose a solution,” Mutch reflects. “And you have to not say, ‘This is how we do things in the U.S.’” This past summer, Mutch spent two weeks in Brazil, where he and a colleague trained every military officer in the state of Rio de Janeiro in incident command. At a closing ceremony, Mutch was awarded the state’s bronze medal of merit, while a military band played the U.S. national anthem.

“I felt a little bit of what it must be like for an Olympic athlete to receive a gold medal and hear his national anthem in a foreign country,” says Mutch of the experience, which he considers one of the highlights of a distinguished career. “All of the work became very worthwhile as we saw how appreciative they were of the total effort. In times when our government isn’t always seen in the best light, it’s something to be an ambassador and bring something good to people.”

Today, with more than 50 years’ professional service under his belt, Mutch, the firefighter, still is excited about that next call. “Our lives are just a journey, and you’re really not sure what the destination is going to be, which makes it kind of exciting,” he says. “It adds a little mystery to the future.”

Bob Mutch, ’56, resides in Missoula, Mont., and is president of Fire Management Applications, an international consulting firm. He received a Distinguished Alumni Award from Albion College in 2004, and is a member of Albion College’s Athletic Hall of Fame, as a member of the 1953 football team. The August 2003 Smithsonian magazine featured Mutch in a story on today’s fire management practices. He is married to Sara Ball Mutch, ’57.

Since retiring from the U.S. Forest Service in 1994, Mutch (right) has consulted on fire management and disaster assistance worldwide. Last fall he received a Medal of Merit after providing Incident Command System training to 500 officers in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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On the wild side: Albion’s own ‘bat man’

By Theodore Fleming, ’64 I’ve been studying the biology of bats—the flying mammals, not the baseball variety—for nearly 40 years, and one of the questions I’m continually asked is, “How did you first get involved with bats? Are they something that you’ve been fascinated with from childhood?” As much as I’d like to claim that I was enamored with bats practically from birth, this isn’t true. Although I do have friends who began catching bats at a very young age, I didn’t. Instead, as a school kid growing up in suburban Detroit, I caught snakes, frogs and turtles, and kept them as pets, much to my mother’s horror. I initially dreamed of becoming a herpetologist, a dream that persisted well into my Albion College years. Dean Dillery and Clara Dixon, two of my most influential Albion professors, encouraged me to seriously consider becoming a professional biologist and were pleased when I told them that I had decided to pursue a Ph.D. in zoology at the University of Michigan.

It wasn’t until my second year in grad school that I got the bat “bug.” This happened a long way from Ann Arbor—in the jungles of eastern Panama. My ticket to Panama, as well as my entire year-and-a-half stay there, was paid for by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. The Division of Mammals at the U.S. National Museum of Natural History hired me to collect mammals for them and to conduct ecological research on tropical mammal populations for my doctoral dissertation. Part of my job involved making monthly collections of bats for reproductive and dietary studies. Once I began capturing bats in fine nylon nets (Japanese “mist” nets) that I set up across trails, streams, abandoned roads and in forest gaps, I was hooked. After all these years, I still enjoy setting up mist nets in new places just to see what kinds of bats are in the neighborhood.

What was it about bats that attracted me? Initially, it was their sheer diversity that amazed me. I had learned about the lives of Michigan bats (which include only eight species) in Clara Dixon’s Vertebrate Natural History class. All of these bats belong to one family (Vespertilionidae) and eat only insects.

In my work in Panama I caught over 50 species classified in seven families. In addition to insects, which are hunted in many different ways, these bats ate fish, blood (the vampires) and vertebrates (including other bats), and some visited plants to drink nectar and eat fruits. The insect-eaters came in a wide variety of sizes—from butterfly-sized midgets to big, strong flying beetle crushers. Vampires (of three species) drink the blood of mammals and birds and are medium-sized and highly terrestrial when sneaking up on their sleeping prey. As you might guess, carnivorous bats are large and powerful and have strong jaws with robust teeth. Finally, there were the plant-visiting bats—the nectar-feeders with their elongated snouts, long tongues and small teeth, and the fruit-eaters with their shortened faces and strong jaws with dagger-like canines.

Of all these bats, it was the plant-visitors (nearly two dozen species) that fascinated me the most.

Capturing delicate little nectar-bats with their faces completely covered with pollen or sturdier fruit bats carrying green figs in their mouths suggested to me that these bats probably play an important role in the overall ecology of tropical forests. How many tropical plants depend on bats for pollination of their flowers? I wondered. And how many tropical plants depend on bats for successful dispersal of their seeds? Most of my research career has been spent answering those two questions.

After I finished my doctoral studies in Panama, I moved my research to Costa Rica for a period of 17 years. There my colleagues, grad students and I conducted a series of studies of the behavioral ecology of the short-tailed fruit bat and its role as a seed disperser in the regeneration of tropical forests. During the early years of this work, my family lived in the field with me. In fact, both of our children were born in Costa Rica. We woke up each morning to the roars of howler monkeys and the raucous cries of magpie jays coming from the nearby forest. These years were full of very long field days spent documenting the population density and distribution patterns of batdispersed fruiting shrubs and trees, watching the social behavior of bats in a cave during the day, and studying their foraging behavior by radio telemetry at night.

Ultimately, all this hard work paid off because we were able to document in considerable detail the important role that fruit bats play in the regeneration of tropical forests and were able to make recommendations to the Costa Rican National Park Service about the design of national parks in western Costa Rica. One of our discoveries, for example, was that female (but not male) short-tailed fruit bats migrate from lowland forests to moister, more food-rich habitats on the slopes of nearby mountains during the long dry season. To conserve this annual migratory cycle, both lowland and upland habitats need to be preserved. Preserving just lowland forests is not sufficient to meet the seasonal ecological needs of this common tropical bat.

After completing the Costa Rican project, I moved to a more northern, drier habitat—the Sonoran Desert of northwestern Mexico and southern Arizona—to study the role of lesser long-nosed bats in the pollination biology of several species of columnar cacti, including the familiar saguaro cactus. Working there for over 10 years, my research team and I discovered that these strong-flying bats play an important role in promoting gene flow among cactus populations. Using techniques involving stable

isotope analysis and molecular genetics, we were also able to identify the ‘nectar corridors’—broad latitudinal paths of food plants that sustain bats during their annual migration north from southern Mexico—used by lesser long-nosed bats to get to the Sonoran Desert. My Mexican colleagues and I have used this information to develop a conservation plan for this bat and other organisms that migrate from Mexico to the United States each year.

I didn’t know, on those nights long ago in Panama when I caught my first tropical bats, that I would end up devoting my scientific career to studying the lives of bats. But I’ve never regretted this decision.

Despite their poor public image, bats are utterly fascinating creatures in terms of their social behavior (some species, including vampires, are among the most cooperative mammals in the world), their sensory capabilities (echolocation) and their ecological importance. Consider the impact that tens of millions of Mexican free-tailed bats have on insect populations as they feed over the agricultural fields of central Texas each summer evening. Or the importance of thousands of fruit-eating bats that disperse millions of seeds over the landscape each night throughout the tropics. Or what effect eliminating populations of lesser long-nosed bats from arid parts of Mexico and the southwestern U.S. would have on populations of columnar cacti and century plants, their main food sources.

Illustrations (starting at top of p. 6): four lesser long-nosed bats; Ted Fleming and Sam, a juvenile Australian black flying fox (Marcia Fleming photo, 1988); Ted and Marcia Strandberg Fleming, at the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum (Sue Fleming photo, 1999); a short-tailed fruit bat carrying a Piper fruit (p. 7, top right); and a common tent-making bat and fig fruit. The drawings were created by Ted Fleming from photos by Merlin D. Tuttle, Bat Conservation International, with permission from the photographer.

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When I began working with bats in the mid-1960s, they definitely had a public relations problem and, along with snakes and spiders, were almost universally reviled. In Latin America, for example, all bats were considered to be ‘vampiros’ and were killed in vast numbers whenever they were encountered. Now, thanks to increased scientific understanding and the hard work of organizations such as Bat Conservation

International, with whom I have worked closely over the years, the image of bats has definitely improved.

Fewer and fewer countries still classify bats as ‘vermin,’ and bat conservation efforts around the world are on the upswing.

While it is gratifying to have played an important role in increasing our understanding of tropical bats, I continue to study them partly because it is just plain fun. My research has taken my family and me to many places in the world, including Panama, Costa Rica, Australia, Puerto Rico and Mexico, to live and do field work. Along the way, we’ve had many adventures and seen many interesting sights. My daughter, Cara, will always remember sitting alone in total darkness in a Mexican cave while vampire bats flew harmlessly around her. My son, Mike, remembers helping me radio-track tube-nosed fruit bats in the Australian rain forest. My wife, Marcia, (Marcia

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Strandberg Fleming, ’65) remembers running up a steep trail with me to get to a bat cave before sunset in the mountains of central Mexico. Having become flatlanders from Miami, neither of us was used to running uphill at 8,000 feet, and we were exhausted by the time we reached the cave. And finally, we all remember with considerable affection the three baby

black flying foxes that we hand-reared while we were living in Australia.

Once they could fly, we let Annie, Alexis and Sam exercise their two-foot wings by flying around our living room each night.

I plan to retire from the University of Miami in 2008, and Marcia and

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I will move to Tucson, Arizona, where I will be an emeritus professor at the University of Arizona. I plan to continue my ecological studies of bats and to work on bat conservation at a more relaxed pace.

In the meantime, my current research takes me to islands in the Greater Antilles, including the Bahamas and the Caymans where we are studying the evolution and ecology of three species of plant-visiting bats, as well as the effects that the strong hurricanes of September 2004 had on their populations. Here, as in the rest of the tropics, there is much work to be done for bat conservation, and we are working with the National Trusts of the Caymans and Bahamas to protect bats from human disturbance.

Flying over the brilliant azure waters of the Caribbean, I’m reminded of my first flight along the Pacific coast of Panama at the beginning of my research career. I’ve never tired of exploring new places, making new scientific discoveries and meeting new people. Because they provided me with solid biological training and encouraged me to pursue my dreams, I owe a large debt of gratitude to my Albion biology professors, some of whom have become lifelong friends, for starting me on this adventure.

After graduating from the University of Michigan with a Ph.D. in zoology in 1969, Ted Fleming spent nine years on the faculty of the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He joined the faculty of the University of Miami in 1978 and was named a full professor in 1980. Among his honors are: Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship (1987-88), National Science Foundation Mid-career Fellowship (1992-93), Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1995), the Gerritt S. Miller, Jr. Award from the North American Symposium on Bat Research (1999) and the C. Hart Merriam Award from the American Society of Mammalogists (2001). In 2001 he served as president of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation.

In addition to publishing over 100 scientific papers and book chapters, he has published five books, including his scientific memoirs (A Batman in the Tropics, Chasing El Duende, University of California Press, 2003). He is currently working on two more books on the evolution and ecology of island bats and the evolution and ecology of tropical plant-visiting birds and mammals. Popular accounts of his research have appeared in magazines such as Natural History, National Geographic, National Wildlife, Smithsonian and Bioscience as well as in television programs in Japan and the U.S.

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This constellation of humanity

By Jess Womack, ’65 Below is an edited version of an address given at Albion College’s convocation honoring the memory of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Jan. 13, 2005.

Jess Womack grew up in the city of Albion. Following his retirement from a 30-year career as a corporate attorney, he is now associate general counsel for the Los Angeles Unified School District. He is also an Albion College trustee and chair of the board’s Committee on Community Relations.

It is indeed an honor and a privilege to be here at my alma mater and my hometown delivering this address. Many times I sat in this chapel as a member of the audience and listened to people from William F. Buckley, Jr. to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. imparting their knowledge and wisdom. From many of these speakers, I gained kernels of wisdom that helped shape me. My goal tonight is to complete the circle by touching a few of you—tossing a bit of seed corn that hopefully will take root and perhaps help to shape one or two lives here.

When President Mitchell asked me to deliver this address, he suggested that the idea of social justice should be some part of the theme. What I finally settled on was a reflection on my personal journey toward a “conception of justice” that was in large part formed here in this chapel, in the classrooms of this campus, and by later training and experience. My conception of justice embraces three truths that I will share with you.

I borrowed the term “conception of justice” from the 20th-century philosopher John Rawls who says that a just society must in some way embrace each individual’s conception of justice. When I reflected on my college experience, it struck me that my conception of justice was largely shaped by classes in evolution, religion and speech. Evolution, religion and speech! For those of you who are already wondering about the connection, bear with me for a while. I will tie them together.

I attended a seminar on social justice at the Aspen Institute about 10 years ago. On the fourth day I spent an afternoon with Louis Henkin of the Columbia University Law School, one of the deans of modern human rights law. As a young lawyer, he was on Supreme Court Justice Jackson’s team at Nuremberg that prosecuted Nazi war criminals. Over picnic lunches, I sat with that giant of a lawyer as we discussed the Nuremberg trials and the importance of assuring the world that a fair rule of law instead of summary executions applied to Nazi war criminals.

We also discussed other theories of justice that had been the subject of the seminar, including Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Melville’s Billy Budd, Friedrich Durrenmatt’s The Visit and Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” which was the topic of our last day of discussion.

King’s letter, written after his arrest for protesting segregation practices, does two things. First, it responds to eight white moderate clergymen who

were urging him to slow the pace of his desegregation efforts because his presence was fomenting violence. King rejected that premise and articulated his personal conception of justice. Second, King expressed his fear that the greatest threat to further progress was not the virulent racists but the moderates who preferred “order to justice.” Order to justice!

I will share with you the part of the letter that resonated most with me and expresses what I believe is the essence of his beliefs. It clarifies why he felt justified in disobeying unjust laws. King said: How does one determine whether a law is just or unjust? A just law is a manmade code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law.

To put it in the words of St. Thomas Aquinas: An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law. Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust. All segregation statutes are unjust because segregation distorts the soul and damages the personality. It gives the segregator a false sense of superiority and the segregated a false sense of inferiority. Segregation, to use the terminology of the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber, substitutes an “I-it” relationship for an “I-thou” relationship and ends up relegating persons to the status of things.

Relegating persons to the status of things! I felt that statement’s impact so deeply in my gut some 30 years after meeting Dr. King, the great speaker, at Albion College because here was King, the philosopher, stating so clearly how I had felt. For much of my life, I had been a person treated as one of those things, and I had lived its consequences.

I was born in Alabama about 50 miles south of Montgomery and 150 miles south of Birmingham. I attended overcrowded, underheated, uninsulated, segregated schools where hand-me-down books were kept under lock and key, and homework did not exist.

I remember our fifth-grade teacher saying in May 1954, “You kids had better learn to behave because they say you will have to go to school with white children.” For all of its believability, she may as well have said Martians.

Four months later, Daddy had gotten us out of the South, and I was a sixth-grader enrolled in Austin School, here in Albion—far superior to Alabama, but still a school with a strong caste system, not wholly unlike the one I had left in the South.

I completed junior high and high school in much the same system. Admittedly, the consequences of violating the rules were much different. In the South, a young man could be summarily killed—remember Emmett Till. In the North, it could result in a bad grade or ostracism. There is a substantial difference.

Seven years later, I started at Albion College, which also had its racial caste system. Now, I learned right away that there were not many in my caste. In fact when I looked around at that freshman orientation convocation, searching desperately for the others who looked like me, I discovered something! I was it.

I was the only one in that class of nearly 500 people, and it stayed that way for four years.

During the tumultuous Sixties, a time of freedom rides, sit-ins, voter registration drives and church bombings, I spent a lot of time and energy on this campus arguing with white moderates who preferred order to justice. Even more energy was spent trying to convince them that “I am a person just like you.”

I know the pain that results from being treated as a thing.

But mine is not a sad journey.

In my senior year I took Clara Dixon’s course in evolution. One of our readings was Robert Ardrey’s African Genesis, a book whose primary thesis is that humankind emerged in Africa and spread to the rest of the world, and that much of the evidence had been found at a place called Olduvai Gorge. In that thesis, that epiphany, I found a power I had never known.

Africa, the continent of my ancestors, was the source of all humanity. Learning that, absorbing it, and, most importantly, embracing it gave me a freedom I had never experienced. Not only was I at my core like you, at your core you are me. It was a truth that started my lifelong interest in paleoanthropology and the origins of humanity. It has shaped and guided my sense of justice because it gave me the power to liberate myself from the prison of inferiority.

Knowing that my ancestry mattered in history liberated me. That was the first truth.

A few years later, as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kenya, I visited Olduvai Gorge. I wanted to call Professor Dixon and say thank you for the freedom because I feel the presence of my ancestors. I feel the presence of all humanity Africa, the continent of my ancestors, was the here in Africa, in Tanzania, at Olduvai Gorge.

We now know that much of what Ardrey source of all humanity. Learning that, absorbing said, while great drama, was inaccurate. But his it, and, most importantly, embracing it gave me a central thesis has been reinforced by the work on the human genome and by other fossil finds freedom I had never experienced. Not only was since the 1960s. Humanity did arise in Africa, I at my core like you, at your core you are me. and I know now that we are all one species, that race is an irrelevant biological concept, and that we are all part of the same humanity.

The freedom I found also brought with it an They said! Who is the ubiquitous “They”? The obligation—an obligation to ensure that I acknowlalways-present blind hand of “They”! edge the humanity of others, that my relationships are Learn to behave! Inside that statement is a prayer in fact “I-thou,” and that I never relegate people to of the powerless: “Please don’t let them think any the status of things. It also helped me avoid the trap less of us than they do now.” The false sense of of becoming self-righteous in my own bigotry, a trap inferiority was already there and being reinforced by that too often consumes the oppressed because it is my role model. somehow justified by past oppression. No, selfrighteous bigotry is just another form of injustice!

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The obligation to acknowledge the common humanity in others was put to the test in Africa when my farmer clients were Kikuyu and Jaluo, my landlord a Hindu, my motorcycle mechanic a Sikh, my barber an African Muslim, my judo instructor a Japanese Buddhist, my girlfriend an Ismaili, and most Peace Corps volunteers were white, and many were Jews. That pluralism contrasted greatly with my background. Racially and culturally, Albion, Michigan was at best symmetrical—white and black. There was some ethnic diversity in the white population, but, from my perspective, they were only white.

Albion College was, let’s say, well-homogenized buttermilk, and to complete the metaphor, with one or two flyspecks here and there.

Coming from that background, I could have seen that pluralistic world in Kenya as a close encounter with strange beings, not a part of my humanity. Many Peace Corps volunteers did just that. They retreated into the safety of the western European culture. I didn’t. I saw all of these people as individuals to be embraced.

I attribute my willingness to be open to that world to William Gillham’s Religions of Mankind class. In our readings in Hinduism, I learned that we can take many paths in our individual quest for unity with and understanding of a higher and greater order. And to paraphrase Paul Tillich, it is that quest that rests at the ground of our being. That class and other religion and philosophy classes here helped me to accept, be fair and just with, and ultimately befriend people irrespective of their origin or race.

In Kenya I also learned that the Kikuyu tribe hated the Jaluo tribe, who hated the Njemp tribe who hated the Tugen tribe, who hated the Nandi tribe, who hated the Kikuyu, to complete a circle, and they are all black. This is not different from the Polish tribe who hated the Russian tribe, who hated the English tribe, who hated the French tribe, who hated the German tribe, who hated the Polish tribe, to complete another circle, and they are all white.

We know how much destruction European hatred has caused.

What I knew intellectually before, I experienced firsthand in Africa. Evil and hatred among people exist irrespective of color, and racism is not a special evil inherent in whites. It is only the principal form of oppression practiced in America.

In Kenya I learned to embrace Africa, to embrace my ancestors, and most importantly, to embrace myself, and in doing so I found the power and freedom to fully embrace others, white, black, yellow or brown, irrespective of their tribe. In his autobiography, Malcolm X said that he was not liberated from his own racism until he visited Mecca.

James Baldwin said in Notes of a Native Son that he could not escape the inferiority of his blackness until he went to France. I went to Africa.

Being liberated from my own sense of inferiority gave me the power to fully embrace a pluralistic world. That is the second truth.

Habari ya samaki? How’s the fish? This question was the favorite insult of the Kikuyu who traditionally were farmers, and did not eat fish, to the Jaluo, who live on Lake Victoria where fish is a staple. I heard it and understood it for the first time at a boxing match in which a Kikuyu boxer had flattened a Jaluo, and the chant Habari ya samaki? started.

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nature to me. Then several other thoughts crossed my mind, including semantics. Semantics, the study of words, their meaning and how we use them. I kid you not! I was at a boxing match at the police station gym in Nakuru, Kenya thinking about higher-order semantics. Admittedly, a little strange, but what can I say.

The Jaluo was no longer a person. He was a fisheater, a lower form of life.

I first learned the meaning of semantic abstractions, and of the power of words to uplift or degrade the human spirit, at Albion in Daniel Goulding’s speech class. When the words we use degrade human personality, like unjust laws, they lead to injustice.

In Leni Riefenstahl’s epic piece of Nazi propaganda, Triumph of the Will, Jews are equated to vermin—rats. Rats can be exterminated. Six million Jews died in World War II. During World War I, Turks called Armenians cockroaches and slaughtered a million people. Similarly, I recently saw the film Hotel Rwanda about the genocide against the Tutsi of Rwanda, and guess what the Hutu called the Tutsi as they killed nearly one million people—cockroaches!

Killing rats and cockroaches is easy. Killing another human being is difficult. Higher-order semantics can facilitate killing.

When I was drafted into the military, I was a welleducated “old man” of 25, having fully absorbed the positive experience of Kenya. As we trained for combat and fired at targets, we were never told to kill that person. No, it was Kill that enemy! Kill that gook! Kill that slopehead sonofabitch! Kill that little yellow bastard! And often worse.

I participated in those exercises with almost surreal detachment as I watched far less fortunate 18and 19-year-olds, who were often poor and uneducated, absorb those lessons of war, and I often reflected on the power of semantics and how words

A true conception of justice requires that we accept that the world consists of opposing points of view that emanate from its many people, and that we must embrace that pluralism. Further, in asking for justice, we have an affirmative obligation to reciprocate by extending justice.

can be used for good or evil. Stanley Kubrick’s film Full Metal Jacket powerfully captures how semantics are used to transform 18-year-old recruits, who had never considered killing, into people who would kill without thinking.

We were infantry soldiers being trained for war, being trained to kill people.

Those same people who trained us to kill the enemy often said that the Asian does not value life as much as we do. On the day I witnessed the Buddhist funeral of a young South Vietnamese soldier, and I saw and heard the pain of his family in their wailing, I thought about the fallacy of those words. I thought, you who does not believe that the Asian values life, you should come here now and bear witness with me.

Killing is one of the necessary evils of war. It is not a necessary consequence of our daily lives. God forbid that any of you will ever have to enter combat.

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that we do each day when the words we use fail to take into account the humanity of others.

Semantic abstractions often degrade the human spirit and facilitate injustice. That was the third truth.

So where has the study of evolution, religion and speech taken me? Where has this conception of justice shaped by these courses, and the truths they revealed, taken me? As I have traveled widely in work and leisure, in the conversations I have had with common folk, be they Haitians in New York, Russians in Philadelphia, African Americans in Houston, Egyptians, Kurds and Ethiopians in Washington, D.C. or Persians and Armenians in Los Angeles, I am often struck at how much common humanity flows through their immigrant stories.

Their stories are played out every day in that wonderful microcosm of the world in which I live, Los Angeles, where each part of this constellation of humanity strives toward essentially the same ends: do well by family and friends, educate children, find peace with a higher order. I seek to embrace that humanity.

As I work in the Los Angeles school system, a place where children with 49 different first languages are students, I remind the lawyers who work with me to acknowledge the pluralism and remember that most of us are at most a grandparent removed from immigrant status. I include myself in that group because we were part of the great African American northward migration seeking those same immigrant dreams.

In my personal life, in a nation seemingly more divided than ever into blue states and red states, I never forget that those maps are visual semantics, the highest order of abstraction from the reality that lies beneath. I do not live on the “Left Coast” of the United States and to me Michigan is not “Flyover Country” on the way to New York or Washington, D.C. where there are people like us. It is my home and the home of real people with real values not unlike my own.

As a lawyer, my professional life has focused principally on conflict resolution. My starting point has been and remains to first sweep aside the semantics. This is not a plaintiff or a defendant we are opposing, but a person with real concerns. Let’s try to understand them. This is a pluralistic world, religiously, racially, politically and culturally, and there are different points of view. Let’s try to understand their points of view. Finally, let us always remember that at the end of the day, at the end of this dispute, there will be an impact on someone’s humanity. Let us be fair. Let us be just.

Dr. King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” resonated so deeply because, in my 30-year journey from meeting him here in this chapel to reading it in Aspen, I had lived long enough to fully understand why a true conception of justice requires that we accept that the world consists of opposing points of view that emanate from its many people, and that we must embrace that pluralism. Further, in asking for justice, we have an affirmative obligation to reciprocate by extending justice. We can get there by acknowledging and honoring our common humanity, the ultimate foundation for justice.

Finally, Dr. King’s message resonated because so much of the foundation for my conception of justice is grounded in the liberal arts of this campus.

The circle is complete! I thank you.

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Barbara Bush to give 2005 Stoffer Lecture

Biology professors receive grants

Former First Lady Barbara Bush will offer the 2005 William K. Stoffer Lecture at Albion College’s Opening Convocation, Thursday, Aug. 25.

Bush has become one of the country’s best-known advocates for literacy, and, for the past 15 years, has served as honorary chairman of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, based in Washington, D.C. The foundation awards grants of up to $65,000 to non-profit organizations working to develop or expand family literacy programs.

Bush has also promoted other causes including support for the homeless and the elderly, AIDS research and school volunteer programs. She serves on the

Two Albion College biology professors have been awarded grants by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and a third has received a grant from the Michigan-based Pierce Cedar Creek Institute.

Molly Scheel, assistant professor of biology, has been awarded $149,000 over three years to advance her work in molecular genetics and cell biology. She focuses on regulation of the cell cycle during the nervous system development of Drosophila melanogaster, the fruit fly. In addition, Scheel has studied various genes that regulate the cell cycle.

Senior Eric Grunow, junior Stephanie Clark and sophomore Wendy Simanton are helping with Scheel’s research. The grant will provide stipends, equipment and materials for the research which includes such techniques as DNA manipulation and cloning.

Ken Saville, assistant professor of biology, received a grant of $49,000 to aid in his research investigating DNA repair in

Barbara Bush boards of AmeriCares and the Mayo Clinic.

The College’s Fritz Shurmur Education Institute will co-sponsor the Stoffer Lecture this year.

More information on the lecture will be available in the coming months at www.albion.edu/ac_news/ .

Guardian Industries to add jobs in Albion plant expansion Guardian Industries announced in January that its subsidiary, Guardian Building Products, Inc., is expanding its Albion fiberglass insulation plant with a $25million makeover that will add up to 135 new jobs. Guardian currently is one of the city’s largest employers, with 275 workers in Albion.

Albion alumni Peggy Meyer Sindt, ’73, Albion Economic Development Corp. president, and Mark Schauer, ’84, Michigan state senator, joined with other

local and state officials to make the expansion possible.

The improvements will double production at the Albion facility by mid2006. Guardian has operated in Albion since 1980 when it converted a television picture tube manufacturing facility to the fiberglass insulation process.

The College continues to work with the city on other economic development initiatives, particularly for revitalizing the downtown business district.

fruit-fly cells. Saville said this research has potential applications in agriculture and in medicine. The lab techniques he is developing may also assist other scientists performing similar kinds of research.

Over the years, dozens of Albion students have assisted Saville with his work.

Dean McCurdy, assistant professor of biology, was recently awarded nearly $20,000 to study the health of Michigan amphibians. The grant, from the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute of Hastings, will fund two research projects to be done by McCurdy and two Albion College students at Cedar Creek this summer.

McCurdy’s research will provide information on the causes of Michigan amphibian population decline, as well as offer possible solutions to stop that decline.

He and his students will look at parasite infestation in amphibians as well as temperature, humidity and other environmental factors that may affect the size of the amphibian population.

McCurdy and his students are part of the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute’s first class of Undergraduate Research Grants in the Environment, which will host up to 20 students and their faculty advisers in summer 2005.

—Jake Weber

In the winter 2004-05 Io Triumphe, the date for the 2005 Elkin R. Isaac Student Research Symposium was listed incorrectly as April 22. The correct date is Thursday, April 21. Following a day of student research presentations, Harvard biologist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author E.O. Wilson will offer the keynote address at 7 p.m. in Goodrich Chapel. For more information about the symposium, go to: www.albion.edu/library/Isaac/ .

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Detroit Tigers’ caravan stops in Albion The business of baseball, from fielding grounders to running a multimillion-dollar enterprise, was the focus of an Albion College visit made in January by Detroit Tigers ballplayers, coaches and top executives.

Tigers players met with Albion College varsity baseball and softball team members and coaching staffs, then later participated in a question-and-answer session with Albion schoolchildren. Members of the College’s Carl A. Gerstacker Liberal Arts Institute for Professional Management also had their turn at bat with Tigers president and general manager Dave Dombrowski and chief financial officer Steve Quinn, ’89. Their discussion covered challenges and careers in professional sports administration.

Junior Chris Terry, who completed a management internship with the Tigers this past fall, helped organize the Tigers’ visit.

—Jake Weber

Bench coach Kirk Gibson fields a question while sporting his new Albion hat.

(Above) Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski and chief financial officer Steve Quinn, ’89, talked with students in the Gerstacker Institute for Professional Management about the issues confronting professional sports executives today.

(Left) Students from Albion’s Washington Gardner Middle School and Albion High School enjoyed the chance to learn more about the Tigers, during a lively question-and-answer session in the College’s Herrick Theatre. Tigers players also stressed the importance of education for all future careers, including professional sports.

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A sterling season for winter sports

By Bobby Lee Albion College is a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) and NCAA Division III. Find Briton sports on the Web at: www.albion.edu/sports/ .

Albion enjoyed a 2004-05 basketball season matched by only two small colleges across the country. The Briton men’s and women’s basketball teams combined for 51 victories—the men posted 26 wins and the women 25—a total surpassed only by St. John Fisher College (Rochester, N.Y.) and Calvin College.

And the Britons’ success wasn’t confined to the basketball court. Sophomore divers Lindsay Brown and Dan Fradeneck claimed individual MIAA titles and the MIAA Diver of the Year awards, and then competed in the NCAA Championships. Fradeneck went on to win AllAmerica honors in the 1-meter diving competition. Meanwhile, swimmers John Fodell and Will Green lowered their school-record times in three events.

Men’s basketball: Veteran head coach Mike Turner, ’69, got a hint this season might be something special when Albion hung tough in a 47-42 exhibition loss to the Division I University of Detroit Titans in November. Expectations began to be realized when the Britons reeled off 14 straight wins to open the season, including back-to-back road wins at Calvin and Hope, to rise to No. 2 in the D3hoops.com national poll.

Albion went on to make history, claiming its second MIAA championship in three years and its first outright title since 1979, and making its longest NCAA Championship run since Turner’s Final Four team in 1978. Boosted by last-second victories over the College of Wooster and John Carroll University, the Britons advanced to the sectional championship (round of eight) in the NCAA Tournament.

They finished 26-4 overall.

“I was part of something very special this year,” Turner said to the media after the Britons’ season ended in the sectional championship game. “It was a thrill for me.” (continued on p. 12)

(Photos clockwise from top left) More than 14,000 fans packed Kresge Gymnasium to see the Briton men play 16 home dates in 2004-05, including three NCAA playoff contests.

The Albion pep band kept the fans enthused throughout the season.

The Albion bench erupts jubilantly after the final buzzer sounded in Albion’s 59-58 victory over the College of Wooster in a second-round NCAA Division III Championship game at Kresge Gymnasium.

Senior forward Travis DePree (no. 42) became the first men’s basketball player from Albion to be selected for the MIAA’s Most Valuable Player award since John Nibert in 1979. He was also named a first-team All-American by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

Junior guard Jaime Fornetti was named the MIAA’s Defensive Player of the Year. She also contributed offensively, scoring 10 points in each of Albion’s games in NCAA tournament play.

Senior guard Vanessa Thompson (no. 24), a regular starter for the Britons all season, squares up against Denison in the NCAA second-round regional playoff game.

Senior guard Sarah Caskey, Albion’s record holder for most points in a career (1,448) and season (463), was a natural choice for MIAA Most Valuable Player honors.

Senior guard Mike Thomas (no. 14, center photo) completed his career as Albion’s second-leading all-time scorer with 1,389 points.

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(continued from p. 11) The Britons placed three scholarathletes on the All-MIAA first team and two on the All-Great Lakes Region teams.

Senior forward Travis DePree was named a first-team All-Great Lakes Region player and a first-team All-American by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). Also honored as the MIAA’s Most Valuable Player (the first for Albion since John Nibert in 1979), DePree finished his career as Albion’s all-time leader in rebounds (878), assists (402), steals (265) and blocked shots (118). He averaged 13.4 points and a team-best 9.7 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game during the 2004-05 season. His scoring total was boosted by shooting 58 percent from the floor (156-of-267) and 78 percent from the free throw line (80-of-102).

Senior guard Mike Thomas, who completed his career as Albion’s secondleading all-time scorer with 1,389 points, averaged 14.1 points during his senior campaign. He connected on 41 percent of his shots from the field (138-of-333) and on 78 percent of his attempts at the free throw line (97-of-124). Thomas had his share of memorable moments during the 2004-05 season, including a 33-point performance in Albion’s 71-64 win at Manchester (Ind.) College in December, and the game-winning baskets in the regular season home victory over Calvin and at the buzzer against John Carroll University. Thomas was selected to the NABC’s All-Great Lakes Region second team, in addition to his all-league honors.

Junior center Brandon Crawford was the third player added to the All-MIAA first team. Crawford, who reached the 1,000-point milestone as a collegiate player during the 2004-05 season (with 670 points in two seasons at Albion), led Albion in scoring at 14.6 points per game and was

Find it on the Web! Did you know that you can find all of the following (and much more) on the Albion College sports Web site?

■ SportsNet broadcast schedule ■ Latest news on spring sports ■ Winter season results and awards ■ Fall sports schedules (Note: Some dates may be subject to change.)

■ Sports archives

Follow the Britons at: www.albion.edu/sports/

second on the team in rebounds at 8.7 boards per game. He made 62 percent of his shots from the field (168-of-272) and posted 12 double-doubles on the season, including a 21-point and 11-rebound performance in the Britons’ victory over John Carroll.

Junior Garrett Gibbons and sophomores Lonny Fulse and Zak Silas were added to the list of honorable mention players in the MIAA by the league coaches.

Named the 2004-05 Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year, Turner has led Albion to three consecutive 20-win seasons. Now in his 31st season as head coach, he is 22 victories shy of 500 for his career.

Swimming and diving: Albion’s teams placed fifth in the MIAA Championships, but the Britons were led by six outstanding performers in the pool. Hope took the league championship in men’s swimming and diving, while Calvin was the women’s team champion.

Sophomores Lindsay Brown and Dan Fradeneck claimed league titles in the 1and 3-meter diving events. Sophomore

Women’s basketball: When fourthyear head coach Doreen Belkowski gathered her team at the start of the season, she talked about how her squad could leave a legacy after winning the MIAA Tournament and advancing to the NCAA Championships in 2004.

The 2005 season was marked with potholes, as four of the team’s five starters suffered injuries at different points of the campaign. Perhaps one of the most dramatic moments of the season came as senior guard Sarah Caskey, playing with a third-degree ankle sprain, drained a pair of three-point baskets in the final 1:20 to lift Albion to a 63-62 victory over Hope and a share of the school’s first MIAA regular season championship.

Albion, which finished with a 25-5 overall record, went on to gain its first-ever NCAA Championship victory (a 63-44 win over Denison University) before bowing out in the sectional semifinal (round of 16).

Caskey and sophomore forward Ruthie Sventickas were All-MIAA first-team and All-Great Lakes Region selections. Caskey was also selected as a third-team AllAmerican by D3hoops.com.

The MIAA’s Most Valuable Player, Caskey became Albion’s record holder for most points in a career (1,448) and season (463) during the 2004-05 season. In addition to her scoring, she led Albion in assists (137), steals (45) and blocked shots (12). She connected on nearly 45 percent of her shots from the field (140-of-314) and on 85 percent of her attempts from the free throw line (139-of-164).

Sventickas finished second on the team in scoring at 12.7 points per game and third in rebounding at 4.9 rebounds per game.

She was a 50 percent shooter from the field (149-of-296) and a 74 percent shooter from the free throw line (52-of-70). Sventickas scored at least 20 points in seven games during the season, with a high of 25 against Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) College in November.

Senior guard Vanessa Thompson and junior guard Jaime Fornetti gained AllMIAA second-team recognition. Fornetti was selected as the league’s Defensive Player of the Year, and Belkowski shared the league’s Coach of the Year award.

Brown

Fradeneck

Brandon Reiss, who was the runner-up to Fradeneck in both men’s diving events, also earned a place on the All-MIAA team.

Brown’s scores of 395.90 on the 1-meter and 417.85 on the 3-meter qualified her to compete in the NCAA Championship meet, and she went on to earn honorable mention All-America status with a 15thplace finish in the 1-meter. Fradeneck also qualified for the NCAA Championships

and achieved All-America status with a seventh-place finish in the 1-meter event.

Sophomore Chase Bacon, junior John Fodell and senior Will Green were the swimmers who joined the divers on the All-MIAA team.

Bacon enjoyed a fine championship meet, placing second in the 500-yard freestyle (4:40.97) and 100-yard butterfly (51.29 seconds) and third in the 200-yard butterfly (1:58.49).

Fodell lowered his school records in the butterfly events. He finished second in the 200-yard race with an NCAA Championship provisional qualifying time of 2:07.86, and third in the 100-yard race with a time of 58.07 seconds.

Green won his first MIAA individual title when he swam to victory in the 200yard freestyle with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 1:43.33. He broke the school record by posting a time of 1:43.16 in the morning preliminary. He posted the fastest qualifying time in the 500-yard freestyle Thursday morning, but came away with a fourth-place performance in the evening championship final (4:42.74).

Green also scored a fifth-place finish in the 1,650-yard freestyle (16.41.40).

Keith Havens is the head coach of the Britons.

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Junior John Fodell lowered his school records in the 100 and 200 butterfly events at the MIAA Championships.

It’s the next best thing to being here!

Senior Will Green claimed the MIAA title in the 200-yard freestyle. He broke the school record in the preliminaries.

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Class notes deadline The deadline for class notes appearing in this issue of Io Triumphe was Jan. 28, 2005. Notes received after that date will appear in the next issue.

Class news

School to be awarded a $500 scholarship each year. Carlton retired as principal of Sparta High School. He lives in Sparta.

50-54 1950 Reunion Co-Chairs: William and Muriel Schlorff Newman w.a.newman@worldnet.att.net

55-59 1955 Reunion Co-Chairs:

30-39 Mary Inez Critchett, ’31, will celebrate her 100th birthday with family and friends April 24, 2005. After attending Albion from 1927 to 1928, she graduated with a B.A. in history from Northwestern University in 1931. She eventually earned an M.A. in history from the University of Michigan. A high school history teacher, Mary taught for 26 years at New Trier High School in Winnetka, IL. Since retiring in 1967 she has lived in Palo Alto, CA. Other alumni in the family include her late father, George Critchett, ’16, and her greatniece, Cathie Critchett-Lane, ’89.

40-44 Edward Benjamin, ’44, has been the editor of the local rock club bulletin for more than 21 years. His latest hobby is restoring old radios. Edward recently purchased an old trumpet, and hopes to play it at the local Methodist Church, where he has been active in the choir for more than 30 years. He lives in Grand Rapids.

45-49 Esther Fenner Morrison, ’45, teaches private Spanish lessons and several Bible studies. Her husband, Clarence, is a retired United Methodist minister. They have been married for 52 years. They have a daughter, two grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. They live in Glenpool, OK. Carlton Hornbrook, ’48, recently had a foundation set up in his name, the Carlton B. Hornbrook Athletic & Academic Foundation. The foundation allows for a male and female student from Sparta High

James Garber jdgjim@comcast.net Beth Louise Capitanio Young blynorthville@aol.com Donald Strobe, ’55, is an adjunct professor of New Testament interpretation and Homiletics at the Jerusalem Center for Biblical Studies. He and his wife, Kathleen, lived in Israel during the winter months from 1992 to 2001. He also lectured as part of Educational Opportunities Tours in Greece and Turkey from 1991 to 1995. Donald retired in 1990 after serving 40 years as a minister in the Detroit and West Michigan conferences of the United Methodist Church. He is a published author and a graduate of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. They have two children and five grandchildren, including Lindsay Lyman, ’04, and Adam Strobe, ’07. They live in Haslett.

Thomas Wurdock, ’55, is currently in his second year as president of the Royal Oak Historical Society. The society is in the process of establishing its first museum.

He and his wife, Dian, live in Royal Oak. Donald Dempster, ’56, recently took his wife, Katherine Jewell Dempster, ’57, to the third floor of North Hall (now Vulgamore Hall) to give her a ring to commemorate the spot where he asked her for their first date in September 1954. They live in South Haven.

Hannah Provence Donigan, ’56, was recently certified by the American Humanist Association as a Humanist celebrant (minister). She may officiate at weddings, baby naming ceremonies and memorial services. Hannah has given sermons at two Unitarian Universalist churches in south-

eastern Michigan. In October 2004 she and her husband, Don, traveled with the Elderhostel organization to Japan. They are leaders of a volunteer citizen action group in Commerce Township. They also serve their Unitarian Universalist church and a local political group. They have four children and six grandchildren. Hannah and Don live in Commerce.

Dick and Marilyn Young Vitek, both ’56, moved to California after living in Wisconsin for 38 years. Dick was elected to the foundation of the Mission Regional Hospital in Mission Viejo, CA. He will be working on developing a committee for studying and evaluating new medical technologies to be introduced into hospitals.

Marilyn serves on the landscape committee of the condo association. They live in Dana Point, CA. Dale Brubaker, ’59, is a professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has written a new book, The Hidden Leader: Leadership Lessons on the Potential Within, published by Corwin Press/Sage Publications. It includes a chapter on the late Bob Teeter, ’61, a friend from Albion College days, and has quotes from Albion coach Morley Fraser and others about Teeter’s leadership style. Dale lives in Greensboro, NC, and can be reached at dlbrubak@uncg.edu.

Robert Terry, ’59, began a video production business. He and his wife, Gail, have four grandchildren. They live in Grosse Pointe Woods.

60-64 1960 Reunion Co-Chairs: John Lewis jlewismi@aol.com Michael Dant msdant@aol.com Carolyn Curtis Everett, ’60, is a retired teacher. She taught elementary school, reading and home economics. Carolyn now enjoys traveling, participating in art classes and serving as an usher for a performing arts center at the University of Kansas. She and her husband spend their winters in Venice, FL. They live in Lawrence, KS. Taylor and Mary Reed Snow, both ’60, are both retired. Taylor ran a trust department and a bank. Mary was an elementary school teacher. They are both cancer survivors. They have three children and five grandsons, and enjoy traveling, golfing, fishing and playing bridge. They live in Three Rivers.

Harry Cook, ’61, has written a fifth book, Findings—Exegetical Essays on the Gospels, published by the Church Publishing Group. He is in his 18th year as rector of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Clawson.

John Mutch, ’61, has been teaching electronics, math and computers for the past 11 years, and has been associated with ITT Technical Institute since 1998. He served for 33 years in the U.S. Navy and earned a degree from Troy State University in Alabama. John and his wife live in Parkland, FL, and have five children and a granddaughter.

These Albion alumni and their spouses, all part of the Nebel family, traveled on a Mediterranean-Greek Islands cruise recently. Participating in the trip were: (front row, left to right) Mary Sue Nebel Hansen, Nancy Nebel Palmer, ’52; (back row) Dick Hansen, Richard Nebel, ’54, Mary Alice Cameron Nebel, ’59, Phil Palmer, and Charles Nebel, ’59.

Susan Pellowe, ’61, will lead a tour in Britain in August of Methodist heritage sites from the viewpoint of Susanna Wesley. She has portrayed Wesley (the mother of the founders of Methodism) in a

Those were the days!

All Briton athletes who played for Coach Morley Fraser are invited to a special reunion this spring.

Relive those days on the Albion gridiron or diamond and reminisce with Liz Fraser and your former teammates. Spouses are welcome.

Fraser Players’ Reunion Cascarelli’s of Albion 116 S. Superior St. Saturday, May 7, 2005 4:30-9 p.m. $20 per person

Morley Fraser as he began his Albion coaching career.

Reservations must be received by April 21, 2005.

Contact Tom Sagendorf, ’62 (260/488-3995), David Neilson, ’66, (248/336-1677), or Duncan Beagle, ’70 (810/750-7292, evenings) for more information. one-woman show both in the United States and abroad for 17 years. She has also written a book about Wesley. Susan lives in Chicago, IL, and can be reached via e-mail at: susanpellowe@cs.com.

Walter Urick, ’61, and his wife, Karen, enjoy spending time with their family.

They recently became grandparents. They live in Hart.

Charlotte Knuth Zuzak, ’61, traveled to Ireland and Italy this year with her husband. Her short story, Return to Tara, was a winner in a short story competition sponsored by the South Florida Writers Association. They have a daughter. They live in Grove City, PA. Sharon Rinn Cathey-Gibson, ’62, is a professor for the College of Education at the University of Nevada at Reno. She has been chosen by the education students to be a member of their Golden Key National Honor Society as an advisor and mentor.

Sharon is currently the interim director of the Center for Learning and Literacy, where a reading clinic for elementary students is conducted four nights a week. She is also a consultant for Pearson Publishing Co. for the book Words Their Way, written at the university. She lives in Reno, NV.

Joyce Webster Helm, ’63, lives in Arizona with her husband, Roger. She enjoys making quilts, and Roger does woodworking. They have a son and live in Tempe, AZ. Jim and Karen Greenwood Russell, both ’63, are both retired. They recently published a CD of children’s original stories that use humor, pathos and faith to help children develop characters for children’s moments at their church. They live in Wenatchee, WA, and can be reached at: james.s.russell@verizon.net.

James Martin, ’64, has become a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

He is a founding member and president of the firm of Martin, Bacon & Martin, P.C., in Mount Clemens. James has served as lead trial counsel in over 125 major product liability, legal and medical malpractice, discrimination and insurance coverage cases, and was elected in 2004 as president of the Michigan chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is a graduate of the Detroit College of Law (now affiliated with Michigan State University).

Phyllis Mayers Thornburg, ’64, continues to teach math to seventh graders in Mishawaka, IN. She and her husband have three grandchildren. They live in South Bend, IN.

Your memories

of what your science and math professors have given you are very special:

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One-on-one help during office hours; Your first independent research project; Your acceptance to medical school; A curiosity and passion that extends far beyond the classroom.

Now you have the opportunity to give back to those who shaped your science education.

For a gift of any amount, you can honor your favorite professor of math or science on a permanent display to be housed in the renovated science complex. Please contact the Office of Annual Giving at 517/629-0564 or see www.albion.edu/alumni/Honor_Your_Science_Professor.asp for further details.

Any current or former professor is eligible for recognition.

Office of Annual Giving • 611 E. Porter St. • Albion, MI 49224

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Carol Olsen Yeomans-Phelan Mcyeomans_phelan@hotmail.com

Mary Jean Arquette Bell, ’67, retired in June 2004 as a music educator for Summerfield Schools, where she had worked for 15 years. She also taught music in Albion, Battle Creek, Charlotte and Niles. Mary Jean and her husband, Denzil, enjoy spending time with their children and grandchildren, and traveled to Key West, FL, in November. They live in Temperance.

Marilyn Pajot Robinson, ’65, retired from public education. A resident of Stockbridge, GA, she is associate director of education at the local Sylvan Learning Center. She recently traveled to Mazatlan, Mexico.

Peter Boyse, ’67, will be retiring in July after serving for 12 years as president of Delta College. He received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Saginaw Valley State University in December 2004. He has a grandson. He lives in Bay City.

Joanne Cornell Spencer, ’65, retired in January. She owns a home in a retirement community in Mesa, AZ. Joanne plans to sell her Alma home and divide her time between her home in Mesa and a cottage on Lake Huron. She has a granddaughter.

Lawrence Addison, ’69, is pursuing a doctorate in applied theology. He recently began a new church in the semi-rural community where he and his wife, Cindy, have lived for three years. He previously worked in education and human resources management. They have five children and seven grandchildren. They live in Hillsboro, MO.

65-69 1965 Reunion Co-Chairs: Thomas Padgett tpadgett@albion.edu

Robert Cummins, ’66, is the director of planned giving for Rollins College in Winter Park, FL. He recently received his M.B.A. from the Crummer School of Business at Rollins College. He and his wife, along with their son, recently completed the Ironman Florida Triathlon in Panama City Beach, FL. They live in Altamonte Springs, FL. James Dean, ’66, is serving as an adjunct instructor in journalism at Western Michigan University. A 39-year employee of the Battle Creek Enquirer, he previously taught at Albion and Hillsdale colleges.

Jim also owns an antiques gallery in downtown Marshall and enjoys world travel. He lives in Albion.

John Landis, ’69, retired as professor emeritus from Ferris State University in 2002. He currently teaches part-time online for Baker College of Owosso and the University of Cincinnati. John is also a parttime consultant for Bayer Diagnostics and the American Proficiency Institute. President of the Michigan Society for Clinical Laboratory Science for 2004-05, he is also serving as vice chair of the program review committee of the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences for 2003-07. He lives in Stanwood.

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70-74 1970 Reunion Co-Chairs: William Rafaill wsrafaill@rafaill.com Rick Lange LangeHome@comcast.net Sue Willson Brooks, ’70, has moved to Baltimore, MD, to work on the expansion of Experience Corps, a program through which seniors tutor elementary school children. The program is co-sponsored by the Greater Homewood Community Corporation and the Center on Aging and Health at Johns Hopkins University. Sue previously worked for the Service-Learning Initiative at Ohio State University in Columbus, OH. She lives in Baltimore, MD. Gretchen Goodrich Gleason, ’70, was featured in the December 2004 issue of Greater Lansing Monthly. She is the owner of Gretchen Goodrich Gleason Studio of Voice and Drama. She has also been involved for eight years with Kindermusik, a program to get children involved with music. She and her daughter performed with the Lansing Matinee Musicale Group in December 2004. Gretchen and her husband, John Gleason, ’69, have two children and two grandchildren. They live in Grand Ledge.

William Rafaill, ’70, has moved his company, Rafaill & Associates, to Michigan.

His wife, Barbara Olson Rafaill, ’72, accepted a position with Albion College in

More than ever before, internships help students land jobs.

The students in the Carl A. Gerstacker Liberal Arts Institute for Professional Management need your help in expanding the list of professional contacts and internships available.

Examples of internship placements needed: • Marketing • Media Production • Sales Promotion • Advertising • Event Planning/Hospitality • Sales • Public Relations • Hotel Management • Merchandising • Publishing • Customer Service • Banking Opportunities in the business world are preferred, but even if you don’t currently work in the business sector, you are welcome to participate as a resource. Internships may range from a few weeks to a summer or a semester in length. Students may look to you for advice, information, and/or mentorship.

HOW CAN YOU HELP? Contact the Gerstacker Institute by e-mail at gerstacker@albion.edu or call 517/629-0418 to learn about how you can be a resource for current students!

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Institutional Advancement as director of corporate and foundation relations. They live in Albion. They can be reached via email at: wsrafaill@rafaill.com or plantgirl@rafaill.com.

Margie Berns, ’72, traveled to Hangzhou and Xi’an, China, in August 2004 to lecture at seminars for college English teachers throughout China. She was the guest of Higher Education Press in Beijing, for whom she serves as chief editor for a college-level English language textbook.

Margie also enjoyed meeting and visiting the galleries of two well-known artists in Xi’an. She lives in West Lafayette, IN. Rolfe Hillman III, ’72, has a new job with Columbia Research Corp. in Washington, DC, at the Washington Navy Yard. He is providing professional services to the U.S. Navy’s PMS377 Program Office. He lives in Arlington, VA. Mike Hoover, ’72, is retired from AlumiSpan Inc. He has been battling a brainstem tumor that was diagnosed in December 1998. He lives in Pittsford and can be reached via e-mail: at mkhoov74@yahoo.com.

Keith Wilkinson, ’72, was invited as an honorary guest to the Nobel Prize ceremonies that were held in Stockholm, Sweden, in December 2004. He worked as a research associate with Irwin Rose, who shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry with two colleagues. Keith is a biochemistry professor at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. He earned a doctorate in biochemistry from the University of Michigan.

Martha Anderson Feinstein, ’73, earned her second master’s degree, this one in administration, in June 2004. She earned her first master’s degree in learning disabilities. Martha works at the Simi Valley (CA) District office as a program specialist for student support services. She and her husband, Barry Feinstein, ’73, have been married for 30 years and have two children. They live in Chatsworth, CA. Pamela Nyberg Kiesner, ’74, recently moved to Bellingham, WA, where she is director of the Bellingham Public Library.

She moved to Washington after 30 years in the Green Bay, WI, area. Pam previously worked for the Brown County Library System, most recently as assistant director.

She and her husband have two children.

She can be reached via e-mail: at pkiesner@yahoo.com.

Paul Pomeroy, ’74, has attained the designation of Certified Financial Planner (TM) professional from the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards. He also holds an M.B.A. from Michigan State University. Paul and his wife, Linda, have two children. They live in Highland Village, TX.

75-79 1975 Reunion Chair: Amy Beechler Wolbert awolbert@iserv.net Jon Scieszka, ’76, is the author of a new book, Science Verse. The book is written for ages 7 and up, and mixes science and poetry. His other books include The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. Jon also has developed a Web site, guysread.com, to encourage boys to read. He received his master’s degree at Columbia University. In addition to his

work as a children’s author, he has taught first- to eighth-grade students. Jon lives in New York.

Nancy Kelley Daly, ’78, is currently singing with a semi-professional group called The Arbor Consort. The group performs in Elizabethan costume at the Michigan Renaissance Festival and in Victorian costumes at other events. She lives in Chelsea.

Megen Johnson Stadele, ’78, is in remission after a year of dealing with breast cancer. She has returned to teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) and Read to Achieve at Nederland Elementary School, located in the mountains outside of Boulder, CO. Her husband, Lee Stadele, ’80, continues to run his surveying business, Flagstaff Surveying, in Boulder, which he began in 1991. They live in Nederland, CO. Jennifer Trost, ’79, has accepted a oneyear position as visiting associate professor of voice at the University of California at Santa Barbara. She also heads the voice area. She previously spent 13 years singing opera in Germany. She lives in Goleta, CA.

80-84 1980 Reunion Co-Chairs: Betsy Bacon Grodhaus Mgrodhau@columbus.rr.com Margaret Neely Nault margnault@comcast.net Joel Hafer, ’80, is now the rector of St. James Episcopal Church in Hendersonville, NC, where he lives.

Barbara Smith Jang, ’80, is a pastoral counselor, cultural liaison, parent advocate and bi-cultural counselor at Taejon Christian International School in South Korea.

She is there under appointment by the West Michigan Conference of the United Methodist Church. She and her husband, Soo Chan, have three children.

Rick Plumb, ’80, has been practicing trial law at Garan Lucow Miller in Detroit for 20 years. He and his wife, Terese, have three children. They live in Troy.

Jim Amluxen, ’81, rejoined Ford Motor Co. at the world headquarters in Dearborn.

He was previously finance director for a national top 20 law firm. Jim also previously worked with Ford Aerospace in San Francisco, CA, where he was finance director of the Tomahawk Cruise Missile and B2 Stealth Bomber programs. He teaches martial arts class and is a volunteer with various local charities. Jim lives in Grosse Pointe and can be reached via e-mail at jamluxen@aol.com.

Gregory Hampton, ’81, was recently promoted to general manager of Americas for Clearswift Corp. He lives in Half Moon Bay, CA and can be reached via e-mail at greg_hampton@msn.com.

Matt Campbell, ’82, was recognized by Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Steven Chester, director of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), this fall. Matt works for the DEQ as an environmental quality specialist. For the past four years, he has been working on legislation regarding the management of septage waste in Michigan. Sponsored by Rep. Ruth Johnson, the bills were signed into law by Gov. Granholm in October 2004. During the ceremonial signing, Gov. Granholm commended Matt and the others

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involved for their hard work. He is married to Anne Marie Pula-Campbell. They live in Jackson.

Martin Dupuis, ’83, has been honored with the establishment of the Martin Dupuis Leadership Award Fund at Western Illinois University. The fund was established through a gift from the Mutki Fund, a private grant-making foundation. The Mutki Fund is dedicated to expanding individual awareness and improving the quality of life through community projects.

Martin is an associate professor of political science at Western Illinois University. He also serves as associate director of the university’s Centennial Honors College.

Martin co-founded the Mutki Fund in 1983 along with former Albion administrator Michael Dively. He earned his J.D. from the American University in Washington, DC, in 1987 and his doctorate from the University of Southern California in 1997.

His dissertation was issued as a book by Peter Lang Publishing in 2002.

Leslie Simon de Montfort Mortimer, ’83, was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in November 2004. She is also a registered dietitian with a consulting firm, Nutrition Management Associates.

She earned her master’s degree from Wayne State University. Leslie and her husband, Mickey, have two children and live in Horton.

Mark Priest, ’83, recently left Munson Health Care in Traverse City and has started his own family practice clinic in Suttons Bay. The new clinic is Leelanau Family Care. He can be reached via e-mail at: SBDOC@msn.com.

85-89 1985 Reunion Co-Chairs: James and Debra Frey Fadool dfadool@bio.fsu.edu Janet Borgerson, ’85, has left her associate professorship at Sweden’s Stockholm University to join the faculty in the School of Business and Economics at the University of Exeter in England. Janet continues to publish in the areas of philosophical and ethical theory, consumer behavior and organization studies. Her recent articles have appeared in the Journal of Philosophical Research and the Journal of Knowledge Management. She also has a chapter in a forthcoming book, Marketing Communications. She spends a month every year near Interlochen, MI. Todd Comeau, ’87, is a case investigator for the law firm of Keller & Keller. He is a regularly published illustrator in Over the Front journal, a publication of the League of World War One Aviation Historians in the United States. He is also regularly published in Cross & Cockade International in England. He and his wife enjoy photographing lighthouses throughout the United States. They live in South Haven.

Teri Marvin-May, ’87, moved to New Zealand with her family two years ago.

She works for a governmental agency. She and her husband have two sons.

Marc Wheaton, ’87, recently joined NRG, an international power generation company, as executive director of internal audit. He was also named chief compliance officer in August 2004. Marc lives in southern California. His father, William, was recently re-elected mayor of Albion.

He can be reached via e-mail at: marcwheaton124@yahoo.com.

Steve Germic, ’89, has been living in Egypt since August 2004. He is part of a new American studies program at the American University in Cairo. His wife, Cackie Boomer Germic, ’90, is coaching the high school girls’ tennis team at the American school. They have a daughter.

They can be reached via e-mail at: sgermic@aucegypt.edu or cackiebg@earthlink.net.

John Stanton, ’89, recently relocated from Honolulu, HI, to Omaha, NE. He can be reached via e-mail at: albion89@yahoo.com.

90-94 1990 Reunion Co-Chairs: Nelson and Stephanie Hatton Cary ncary@columbus.rr.com Jennifer Baggerly, ’90, is a history teacher at Coldwater High School. She graduated in April 2004 with a master’s degree in teaching from Western Michigan University (WMU). Jennifer has been a member of the Third Coast Writing Project at WMU since 1998, where she serves on the leadership team. She traveled to Morehead State University in Morehead, KY, in July 2004 to present digital storytelling to the Rural School Institute, which is part of the National Writing Project. She purchased a new home in Coldwater in July 2004 and can be reached via e-mail at: jbaggerly@yahoo.com.

Jay Arbaugh, ’91, is the principal of West Holmes High School. He received his master’s degree in educational leadership from Western Michigan University in 1995. Jay and his wife, Jennifer, live in Ashland, OH. Susan Greiner Gutierrez, ’91, was recognized in April 2004 by the Michigan State University College of Education Alumni Association as a recipient of the Outstanding Alumni K-12 Teacher Award. She has accepted a new position as assistant principal at Forest Hills Eastern High/Middle School. She lives in Ada. Amy Menken, ’91, is the president and CEO of Nobile Public Relations. She has two children and lives in Greenbrae, CA. Suzie Gwizdala Schuster, ’91, is a lecturer for the National University of Samoa in the South Pacific. She was formerly an academic director for the School for International Training for the Pacific Islands program in Samoa. Suzie can be reached via e-mail at: Suzie@conservation.ws.

Bobby Shahideh, ’91, has left the world of fashion and fitness photography to enroll in medical school. He has traveled throughout the United States and Europe.

Bobby can be reached at 804 Central Dr., Lake Orion, MI 48362; e-mail: caushian@cs.com.

Timothy Wyman, ’91, was named to a three-year term on the Financial Planning Association (FPA) board. He is a partner with the Center for Financial Planning Inc., in Southfield. Recipient of a J.D. degree from Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University, Timothy has appeared on several Detroit television stations, and has also contributed to articles in numerous publications, including Money magazine, The Detroit News, The Detroit Free Press, Bloomberg Personal Finance and Parents magazine. He lives in Bloomfield Hills.

Scott Gietzen, ’92, has been promoted to business loan officer with Ann Arbor Commerce Bank. He previously worked in the credit and trust areas of Comerica Bank. Scott earned his M.B.A. from Eastern Michigan University. He lives in Ypsilanti.

Julie Kirner, ’92, works for the Meredith Corp. as the Detroit manager of advertising sales for Traditional Home magazine. She has two children and lives in Bloomfield Township.

Janet Clover Lounsbury, ’92, has opened a new business, Fabrications—Custom Embroidery and Quilting in Three Rivers.

Her business focuses on customized digitizing of logos for businesses and monogramming for individuals. She recently worked on a centennial banner to honor the 100th anniversary of the Three Rivers Carnegie Center, which houses various art showings throughout the year.

Janet had eight of her quilts on display at the Carnegie Center during the 2004 Fabric and Wood Show. One of her quilts will be published in an upcoming edition of Quilter’s Newsletter magazine. She lives in Three Rivers.

Mahesh Nayak, ’92, has joined Clark Hill PLC as a member in the Detroit office. He began his career with the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office as a criminal prosecutor, and also served as an assistant attorney general with the Michigan Attorney General’s Office. Mahesh focuses his practice in commercial, real estate and intellectual property litigation. He also serves as legal counsel and advisor to the Michigan Association of Physicians of India and is a former vice president of the India League of America. Mahesh earned his J.D. degree from the University of Detroit Mercy. He lives in Troy.

Krista Wojcik Stephens, ’92, has been promoted to director of clinical services at HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital in Florence, SC, where she lives.

Dan Vukmirovich, ’92, serves as pastor of music and drama at Granger Community Church, located near South Bend, IN. He has collaborated with several church artists to produce a new children’s worship CD entitled “Everything!” The CD features 12 original songs written by Dan, along with his wife and daughter. The family lives in South Bend, IN. David Krivan, ’93, has moved with his family to Hiroshima, Japan, for a 2-3 year assignment. He continues to work for Lear Corp. as a platform director. He and his wife, Kristen Miller Krivan, ’92, have three sons.

Gary Parker, ’93, is the supervisor of Learning Options High School. His job involves working with community resources to help students better understand their future career options. He previously served as a social worker for two years. He earned his M.S.W. from Wayne State University. He and his wife, Jenny Rancilio Parker, ’95, have a son. The family lives in Clawson.

John Barden, ’94, has been named director of administrative computing services at the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY. He previously worked as a senior manager in the enterprise solutions division of BearingPoint and for Andersen Business Consulting. He lives in Palmyra, NY.

Keith Clark, ’94, has been named senior vice president at Campbell-Ewald, the nation’s sixth largest advertising agency.

He is responsible for the account management of the U.S. Navy direct marketing recruiting efforts. Keith previously worked at Rodale Inc. in Emmaus, PA, as a customer marketing manager. He earned his master’s degree from Northwestern University. He lives in Royal Oak.

95-99 1995 Reunion Co-Chairs: Michelle Lifford Khoury mlkhoury@hotmail.com Nicole Dupraw Carter ncarter@bellsouth.net Leigh Greden lgreden@yahoo.com Jonathon Husby jonathon.husby@teleatlas.com Erik Eid, ’95, began a master’s degree program in computer science at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, OH. He can be reached via e-mail at: eeid@wcnet.org.

Kirsten Goranson Francini, ’95, is employed by Fidelity Investments. She and her husband, John, have a daughter. They live in Concord, MA. Irina Calin-Jageman, ’96, is a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Pharmacology at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. Her husband, Robert CalinJageman, ’98, is a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Biology at Georgia State University. They live in Atlanta.

Jennifer McBride Haines, ’97, has graduated from the Ohio State University School of Medicine. She finished her internal medicine residency in Allentown, PA, at Lehigh Valley Hospital and is now in private practice in Columbus, OH, as a newly board-certified internist. She is married and lives in Westerville, OH. Matt Stockdale, ’97, entered private practice in February after working for more than four years in the Public Defender’s Office in Greensboro, NC. He specializes in criminal defense, but also practices business law and estate planning. He lives in Greensboro, NC, and can be reached by e-mail at: mastockdale@yahoo.com.

Susan Cunningham, ’98, is an account director at Swirl, an advertising agency in San Francisco, where she works on the eBay Motors account. She previously worked for Target Corp. (Mervyn’s HQ).

She lives in San Francisco, CA. JaCinda Sumara, ’99, is a technology specialist for Avalon Elementary School in St. Clair Shores. She recently participated in a publicity stunt for a new company called Zero Gravity Corp., which plans to begin offering airplane flights to the public simulating weightlessness in space.

JaCinda won a free, sneak preview of the flights by entering a radio contest. A graduate of the University of Detroit Mercy, she is working on her doctorate in instructional technology at Wayne State University.

00 2000 Reunion Chair: Herb Lentz herblentz@yahoo.com Robin Adair, ’00, is a carpenter. He graduated in preservation carpentry in 2002 from the North Bennet Street School in Boston, MA. He and his wife, Sarah, were married in October 2003 and live in Waterbury, CT. Brion Doyle, ’00, has joined the Grand Rapids office of Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett. He is working in the firm’s litigation practice group. He earned his law degree from Wayne State University in 2004. He and his wife, Jennifer Lange Doyle, ’00, live in Grand Rapids.

Marc Drummond, ’00, is the Web technologies coordinator for the city of Minnetonka, MN. He is working on updating the city’s Web site and Intranet, and will be redesigning both this year. Marc also works on the layout and design of the city’s newsletter and on various graphic design projects. He also serves as a deputy city clerk, assisting with elections and other duties. He lives in St. Paul, and will be moving to Minnetonka this spring.

Scott Sheahen, ’00, is currently working for Ernst & Young in their technology and security risk services department. He received his master’s degree in computer science from DePaul University in Chicago, IL. He lives in Deerfield, IL. Matt Wright, ’00, graduated from The George Washington University with his master’s degree in July 2003. He currently is the federal affairs representative at the MWW Group, a public affairs and lobbying firm. Matt has also been working to chronicle former Congressman Tony Coelho’s legacy as a longtime Democratic Party leader and author of the Americans with Disabilities Act. He lives in Washington, DC, and can be reached via e-mail: at mjw378@yahoo.com.

01 Nicholas Bachand, ’01, graduated from Wayne State University Law School. He is currently an associate with Peter J. Lucido, P.C., in Clinton Township. He lives in Macomb.

Cullen Casey, ’01, has received his J.D. degree from George Mason University School of Law in Arlington, VA. He has joined the Lansing office of the Thrun Law Firm, P.C. His practice focuses on general school law, labor and employment law, special education law and general civil litigation. He lives in East Lansing.

Lynsey Kluever, ’01, is a communications director at the Center for Public Policy Priorities in Austin, TX. The center is a think tank committed to issues affecting low- and moderate-income Texans. She previously worked as an associate at The Hauser Group, a public interest public relations firm in Washington, DC. She earned a master’s degree in communications from American University. She lives in Austin, TX, and can be reached via email: at lkluever@albion.edu.

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Tara Kneeshaw, ’01, is working on her master’s degree in geology at Texas A&M University. She lives in Bryan, TX. Erin McCann, ’01, is working on her M.F.A. degree from California Institute of the Arts. Her current projects include producing the world premiere of a new work at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, CA. She recently completed work on a film for IFC Films and Film Four through an Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences program. She will also be producing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for a second year. She lives in Valencia, CA. Brad Taylor, ’01, is employed at AHD Vintners, a wine importing and distribution company based in Warren. He is part of a sales team working with more than 1,500 wines, both imported and domestic. Brad passed the level one exam of the Court of Master Sommeliers in September 2004, and is studying to take the level two exam in the next three to four years. He has traveled to California twice to visit some of the wineries that he represents. He enjoys rock climbing and snowboarding. He recently moved into a new home in Meridian Township.

Paul Washburn, ’01, is living in California and pursuing his career as a writer and filmmaker. He also coaches lacrosse at La Jolla Country Day School. Paul previously lived in Frankfurt, Germany, where he taught writing and worked as a production assistant. He lives in Solana Beach, CA.

02 Bob Bullen, ’02, was recently accepted into the master’s program in communication at Northwestern University. He is currently working at Calyon Financial, a global brokerage firm, in the corporate communications department. He lives in Chicago, IL. Kelly Harrold, ’02, graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in December 2004. She will begin working for a small insurance defense firm in Cleveland, OH, in May. She lives in Chagrin Falls, OH. Kyle Kidder, ’02, graduated magna cum laude in August 2004 from the University of Detroit Mercy with a degree in mechanical engineering. He is a development engineer at The Oakwood Group in Dearborn.

He lives in Ferndale.

03 Kimberly Cragnolin, ’03, is a first grade teacher at West Maple Elementary School in the Birmingham Public School District.

She lives in Southfield.

Adam Dontz, ’03, has completed his first year with Gladstone Builders and Developers in Chicago, IL. He was recently promoted to vice president of land acquisition and real estate development. He lives in Naperville, IL, and can be reached via email at: ald10@alumnimail.albion.edu.

Bonnie Hickel, ’03, has accepted a position as an associate consultant in the business consulting services group at IBM. She travels full-time and is based out of Grand Rapids. She lives in Caledonia.

Sarah Rubino, ’03, was promoted to financial institutions underwriter at Bank One/JP Morgan Chase. She helps provide capital markets products and financing to financial institutions in the Chicago market. She lives in Chicago.

Elizabeth Walters, ’03, is a first-year contract teacher at Hill Elementary in the Troy Public Schools teaching second grade. She lives in Troy.

04 Jamie Druse, ’04, has completed her first semester at Valparaiso University School of Law (VUSL). During her first semester, she was selected as one of three first-year representatives to the VUSL Student Bar Association. Jamie was also recently inducted into Phi Alpha Lambda legal fraternity. She is assisting as a debate and speech judge for Valparaiso High School.

This spring, she is a guest performer with the Valparaiso University Orchestra, as well as the third member of the Valparaiso University harp trio. Her fiancé, Matthew, is working for the International Union of Operating Engineers in northern Indiana.

Jamie lives in Valparaiso, IN and can be reached at: Jamie.Druse@valpo.edu.

Scott Field, ’04, works in finance for GMAC Insurance in North Carolina.

Jennifer Gass, ’04, began working for The Chicago Tribune in October 2004. She started master’s classes at DePaul University in the summer of 2004 for a degree in corporate communication. She lives in Chicago.

Weddings Ann Jones, ’63, to Glenn Shockley on July 9, 2004 in Berryville, VA. They live in Leesburg, VA. Elisa Forcellini, ’93, to Jason Delozier on Oct. 23, 2004. Alumni in attendance included bridesmaid Adrienne Auker Keller, ’93, Brent Keller, ’93, Claire Skoski Roudebush, ’92, Melissa Campbell Christ, ’92, Jennifer Mullis, ’95, and Katie Condon, ’93. Elisa earned a master’s degree in management from Walsh College. She works for JP Morgan Private Client Services. Jason is a consultant at BCA in Birmingham. They live in Bloomfield Hills and can be reached via email at: forcellini01@comcast.net.

Jennifer Deckard, ’95, to Robert Duman on Feb. 21, 2004 in Ann Arbor. Jennifer is a kindergarten teacher at Pittsfield Elementary in Ann Arbor. Bob is a network engineer in Ann Arbor. They live in Whitmore Lake. (See accompanying photo.)

Kirsten Goranson, ’95, to John Francini in 2002. Alumni in attendance included bridesmaids Patti LaPointe Chinonis, ’95, Laura Mancini Berg, ’95, and Sara Handley Talsma, ’95. Kirsten is employed

by Fidelity Investments. They have a daughter, Maggie, and live in the Boston, MA, area.

Kathy Meyer, ’95, to Everard Santamarina in May 2003. Ellen Crane Freigang, ’91, attended the wedding.

Kathy is currently in Moscow, Russia, where she is finishing up a six-month effort as an IT project manager at an energy company. They live in Houston, TX. Melissa Roche, ’95, to Thomas Polzin on Sept. 14, 2002. They live in Saginaw. (See accompanying photo.)

Mary Shank, ’95, to Eric Stanley on Aug. 30, 2003. Alumni and friends in attendance included Melanie Brown, ’95, Elizabeth Price, ’95, Melanie Munsey Deisler, ’95, Jay White, ’95, Maryanne Greening White, ’95, Michelle Lifford Khoury, ’95, Fred Khoury, ’93, Libby Armstrong, ’96, Bob Jageman, ’98, Irina Calin-Jageman, ’96, Mary-Grace Bock Brandt, ’95, Marc Brandt, ’96, Julie Hamrick Cosgrove, ’95, Kelly Casterline, ’97, Frank DeLuca, ’85, and Frank Machek, Albion College professor of art emeritus.

Ryan Lewis, ’98, to Melissa “Issa” Beatty, ’01, on Oct. 10, 2004. Ryan is working in journalism. Issa is completing her master’s degree in poetry at New England College. They live in Portage and can be reached at: issa@thelewisesonline.com.

Rebecca Mann, ’98, to Charles Kass on Sept. 25, 2004 in Traverse City. Rebecca has a career in selling and buying real estate. Charles opened his practice as an endodontist. They live in Traverse City.

Molly McCracken, ’98, to Vincent Meehan on Nov. 27, 2004. They live in Alexandria, VA.

Jennifer Swan, ’98, to Peter Tascarella on Sept. 5, 2004 in Eaton Rapids. Jennifer received an M.A. degree from Purdue University in 2000 and an M.F.A. degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2002. She is employed by Swan Electric Company. Peter, a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, teaches at Lansing Community College. They are both artists and live in Okemos. (See accompanying photo.)

Jennifer Taylor, ’98, to Michael Howe on Aug. 7, 2004. (See accompanying photo.)

Melissa Driessche, ’99, to Ryan Kramer on Oct. 8, 2004 in Royal Oak. Alumni in attendance included Nicole Haas, ’99, Bridget Reynaert, ’99, Shantala Sonnad, ’99, Kate Surowiec, ’00, Gonca Gursel, ’99, Dave Pasick, ’99, Erica Peterson Garbacz, ’99, Jeff Garbacz, ’99, Beth Albery Newingham, ’00, and Justin Newingham, ’01. Melissa is an advertising sales representative for the Reader’s Digest Association. Ryan is a Central Michigan University graduate with a master’s degree in human resources management. He is a recruiter at Compuware. They live in Berkley.

Julianne Evans, ’99, to James Freer, ’99, on Sept. 18, 2004 in Clarkston. Alumni in attendance included Jessica Pyman Jones, ’99, Brooke Treas Fayne, ’99, Amanda Tratechaud Drobot, ’99, and Michelle Martin, ’99. Jim is the global sourcing manager for Teleflex Inc. Julie is a reporter for C&G Newspapers in Warren. They live in Milford.

News for Albionotes

Brian Reed, ’04, has accepted a position as a commercial and personal lines account representative with the Rathbun Insurance Agency in Lansing. He lives in Lake Odessa.

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Lucinda Reed, ’04, works in territory management for GMAC Insurance in Michigan.

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Thomas Roeder, ’04, currently works for a food distribution corporation. He lives in Mt. Clemens.

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Nikki Sulaica, ’04, is currently pursuing a master’s degree in clinical and humanistic psychology at the Center for Humanistic Psychology in Farmington Hills. She is also completing an internship at Perspectives in Troy as an intern clinician. She lives in Lake Orion.

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Beth Walton, ’04, is working as a city reporter for The Holland Sentinel. She will leave in March for the United States Peace Corps. She lives in Holland.

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Wedding Album See accompanying notes for details.

Jennifer Deckard, ’95, to Robert Duman on Feb. 21, 2004.

(Left to right) Lara Lenzotti Kapella, ’98, Sarah Waelde, ’97, Jennifer Deckard Duman, ’95, Robert Duman, Nicole Bondi Fawcett, ’95, Matthew Fawcett, ’95, Melissa Roche Polzin, ’95.

Jennifer Taylor, ’98, to Michael Howe on Aug. 7, 2004. (Front row, left to right) Mike Howe, Jennifer Taylor Howe, Melissa Roche, ’95, to Thomas Polzin on Sept. 14, 2002. (Inside row, ’98, Carrie Buege Nicholson, ’99, seated, left to right) David Roche, ’69, Tamara Transue Royle, ’63, James Royle, ’63, Meredith Neubeck Roche, ’01, Pamela Johnson VanFaasen, ’95. Susanne Oosta Whited, ’00. (Second row) Mike Nicholson, ’99, Ann Marie (Outside row) Darcie Degrow Clapp, ’95, maid of Schultz, ’99. honor Jennifer Deckard Duman, ’95, Colleen Sullivan Tarantola, ’95, Timothy McKay, Melissa Roche Polzin, ’95, Thomas Polzin, David Roche, ’99, Nicole Bondi Fawcett, ’95, Matthew Fawcett, ’95.

(Left) Jennifer Swan, ’98, to Peter Tascarella on Sept. 5, 2004. (Left to right) Paul Hartman, ’66, Molly McCracken, ’98, Lynn Swan, ’70, Jessica Hayes, ’98, Erin Eldridge Simon, ’98, Gabriela Vettraino, ’98, Andrea Bologna Barringer, ’98, Jeff Barringer, ’93, Peter Tascarella, Jennifer Swan Tascarella, ’98, Bill Morris, ’73, Margo Morris Swan, ’71, Susie Stuewer, ’70, David Swan, ’04, Anne Bruce Herrick, ’98, Laura Johnson, ’98, Jeff Herrick, ’98, Audrey Adams, ’98, Michelle Beaupre Baker, ’98, Sue Brown Bird, ’71, David Bird, ’71.

(Right) Jeffrey Weeks, ’99, to Valerie Skaleski, ’01, on July 25, 2003. (Front row, left to right) Brianne Rains, ’01, Kelly White, ’00, Brooke Kilby, ’01.

(Second row) Elyse Minnick, ’01, Natalie Lipski, ’02, Katy Clay, ’01, Molly Fraile, ’99, Lindsay Adams, ’01, Cathy Dubbs, ’00, Valerie Skaleski Weeks, ’01, Tony Fischer, ’99, Eric Righetti, ’00, Ricardo Cotto, ’99, Lisa Reiter, ’00. (Third row) Katie Sheridan, ’03, Steve Conger, ’99, Jeffrey Weeks, ’99, Dave Conger, ’00, Greg Weeks, ’00, Erick Schaefer, ’01, Matt McCatty, ’99, Jason Klein, ’99.

Andrea Lindley, ’99, to Geoff Caplea on May 29, 2004. (Front row, left to right) Aimee Lashbrook, ’99, Bradd Hemker, Kevin McAward, Debbie Haan Friggens, ’99. (Back row) Jessica Keane, Mark Schumacher, Melissa Steger, Dave Lindley, ’03, Andrea Lindley Caplea, ’99, Geoff Caplea, Joshua Caplea, Renee Alexandrowski, Mike Lofgren, Anna Sparling Jamison, ’99.

(Right) Greg Ryckman, ’01, to Michelle Frank, ’02, on Aug. 28, 2004. (Front row, left to right) Peter Kuhn, ’02, Raaed Batniji, ’01, Patrick Looney, ’03, Michelle Frank Ryckman, ’02, Kyle Bruns, ’01, Greg Ryckman, ’01, Jason Aagenas, ’01, Jay Larner, ’01, Dave Leslie, ’02.

(Second row) Brian Lindsay, ’01, Natalie Lipski, ’02, Leah Moeller, ’02, Cristy Dabringhaus Gleason, ’02, Jamie Eberhardt, ’01, Meghan Murphy, ’02, Lindsay Adams, ’01, Daniella Frank, ’05, Margaret Menoch, ’02, Marissa Nieman, ’02, Molly Strand, ’02, Amy Gardner, ’02, Lesly Wilberding, ’01, Connie Kuhn Pelton, ’83, Mary Frisbie Ryckman, ’68, Sally Scupholm, ’54, Edward Kuhn, William Quick. (Third row) Michael Gleason, ’01, Marcy English, ’00, Grant Berakovich, ’01, Jeff Weeks, ’99, Valerie Skaleski Weeks, ’01, Nick Kaleba, ’01, Geoffrey Dancik, ’01, Derek Turner, ’01, Ward Kuhn, ’71. Other alumni in attendance (not pictured) included Susan Cunningham, ’98, Carl Gladstone, ’01, David Gladstone, ’71, Richard Kuhn, ’52, Tim Kuhn, ’75, Michael Mayo, ’01.

(Left) Abbe Lindemood, ’01, to Matt Ernstes on July 24, 2004. (Front row, left to right) Kelly Donelan Shafer, ’01, Mark Lindemood, ’75, Deb Mason Lindemood, ’75, Abbe Lindemood Ernstes, ’01, Emily Rostash, ’01, Amber Janssen, ’01, Missy Garrison. (Second row) Linda Ohmer, Mike Sequite, ’75, Emily Cole, Amy Monson, Mary Beth Koberna, Tim Koberna, George Spencer, ’75, Marcia Hepler Starkey, ’74, Julie Law Mitchell, ’01. (Third row) Larry Mason, ’70, Mike Kota, ’75, Morris Arvoy, ’90, Jim Mitchell, ’01.

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Tara Kneeshaw, ’01, is working on her master’s degree in geology at Texas A&M University. She lives in Bryan, TX. Erin McCann, ’01, is working on her M.F.A. degree from California Institute of the Arts. Her current projects include producing the world premiere of a new work at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, CA. She recently completed work on a film for IFC Films and Film Four through an Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences program. She will also be producing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for a second year. She lives in Valencia, CA. Brad Taylor, ’01, is employed at AHD Vintners, a wine importing and distribution company based in Warren. He is part of a sales team working with more than 1,500 wines, both imported and domestic. Brad passed the level one exam of the Court of Master Sommeliers in September 2004, and is studying to take the level two exam in the next three to four years. He has traveled to California twice to visit some of the wineries that he represents. He enjoys rock climbing and snowboarding. He recently moved into a new home in Meridian Township.

Paul Washburn, ’01, is living in California and pursuing his career as a writer and filmmaker. He also coaches lacrosse at La Jolla Country Day School. Paul previously lived in Frankfurt, Germany, where he taught writing and worked as a production assistant. He lives in Solana Beach, CA.

02 Bob Bullen, ’02, was recently accepted into the master’s program in communication at Northwestern University. He is currently working at Calyon Financial, a global brokerage firm, in the corporate communications department. He lives in Chicago, IL. Kelly Harrold, ’02, graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in December 2004. She will begin working for a small insurance defense firm in Cleveland, OH, in May. She lives in Chagrin Falls, OH. Kyle Kidder, ’02, graduated magna cum laude in August 2004 from the University of Detroit Mercy with a degree in mechanical engineering. He is a development engineer at The Oakwood Group in Dearborn.

He lives in Ferndale.

03 Kimberly Cragnolin, ’03, is a first grade teacher at West Maple Elementary School in the Birmingham Public School District.

She lives in Southfield.

Adam Dontz, ’03, has completed his first year with Gladstone Builders and Developers in Chicago, IL. He was recently promoted to vice president of land acquisition and real estate development. He lives in Naperville, IL, and can be reached via email at: ald10@alumnimail.albion.edu.

Bonnie Hickel, ’03, has accepted a position as an associate consultant in the business consulting services group at IBM. She travels full-time and is based out of Grand Rapids. She lives in Caledonia.

Sarah Rubino, ’03, was promoted to financial institutions underwriter at Bank One/JP Morgan Chase. She helps provide capital markets products and financing to financial institutions in the Chicago market. She lives in Chicago.

Elizabeth Walters, ’03, is a first-year contract teacher at Hill Elementary in the Troy Public Schools teaching second grade. She lives in Troy.

04 Jamie Druse, ’04, has completed her first semester at Valparaiso University School of Law (VUSL). During her first semester, she was selected as one of three first-year representatives to the VUSL Student Bar Association. Jamie was also recently inducted into Phi Alpha Lambda legal fraternity. She is assisting as a debate and speech judge for Valparaiso High School.

This spring, she is a guest performer with the Valparaiso University Orchestra, as well as the third member of the Valparaiso University harp trio. Her fiancé, Matthew, is working for the International Union of Operating Engineers in northern Indiana.

Jamie lives in Valparaiso, IN and can be reached at: Jamie.Druse@valpo.edu.

Scott Field, ’04, works in finance for GMAC Insurance in North Carolina.

Jennifer Gass, ’04, began working for The Chicago Tribune in October 2004. She started master’s classes at DePaul University in the summer of 2004 for a degree in corporate communication. She lives in Chicago.

Weddings Ann Jones, ’63, to Glenn Shockley on July 9, 2004 in Berryville, VA. They live in Leesburg, VA. Elisa Forcellini, ’93, to Jason Delozier on Oct. 23, 2004. Alumni in attendance included bridesmaid Adrienne Auker Keller, ’93, Brent Keller, ’93, Claire Skoski Roudebush, ’92, Melissa Campbell Christ, ’92, Jennifer Mullis, ’95, and Katie Condon, ’93. Elisa earned a master’s degree in management from Walsh College. She works for JP Morgan Private Client Services. Jason is a consultant at BCA in Birmingham. They live in Bloomfield Hills and can be reached via email at: forcellini01@comcast.net.

Jennifer Deckard, ’95, to Robert Duman on Feb. 21, 2004 in Ann Arbor. Jennifer is a kindergarten teacher at Pittsfield Elementary in Ann Arbor. Bob is a network engineer in Ann Arbor. They live in Whitmore Lake. (See accompanying photo.)

Kirsten Goranson, ’95, to John Francini in 2002. Alumni in attendance included bridesmaids Patti LaPointe Chinonis, ’95, Laura Mancini Berg, ’95, and Sara Handley Talsma, ’95. Kirsten is employed

by Fidelity Investments. They have a daughter, Maggie, and live in the Boston, MA, area.

Kathy Meyer, ’95, to Everard Santamarina in May 2003. Ellen Crane Freigang, ’91, attended the wedding.

Kathy is currently in Moscow, Russia, where she is finishing up a six-month effort as an IT project manager at an energy company. They live in Houston, TX. Melissa Roche, ’95, to Thomas Polzin on Sept. 14, 2002. They live in Saginaw. (See accompanying photo.)

Mary Shank, ’95, to Eric Stanley on Aug. 30, 2003. Alumni and friends in attendance included Melanie Brown, ’95, Elizabeth Price, ’95, Melanie Munsey Deisler, ’95, Jay White, ’95, Maryanne Greening White, ’95, Michelle Lifford Khoury, ’95, Fred Khoury, ’93, Libby Armstrong, ’96, Bob Jageman, ’98, Irina Calin-Jageman, ’96, Mary-Grace Bock Brandt, ’95, Marc Brandt, ’96, Julie Hamrick Cosgrove, ’95, Kelly Casterline, ’97, Frank DeLuca, ’85, and Frank Machek, Albion College professor of art emeritus.

Ryan Lewis, ’98, to Melissa “Issa” Beatty, ’01, on Oct. 10, 2004. Ryan is working in journalism. Issa is completing her master’s degree in poetry at New England College. They live in Portage and can be reached at: issa@thelewisesonline.com.

Rebecca Mann, ’98, to Charles Kass on Sept. 25, 2004 in Traverse City. Rebecca has a career in selling and buying real estate. Charles opened his practice as an endodontist. They live in Traverse City.

Molly McCracken, ’98, to Vincent Meehan on Nov. 27, 2004. They live in Alexandria, VA.

Jennifer Swan, ’98, to Peter Tascarella on Sept. 5, 2004 in Eaton Rapids. Jennifer received an M.A. degree from Purdue University in 2000 and an M.F.A. degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2002. She is employed by Swan Electric Company. Peter, a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, teaches at Lansing Community College. They are both artists and live in Okemos. (See accompanying photo.)

Jennifer Taylor, ’98, to Michael Howe on Aug. 7, 2004. (See accompanying photo.)

Melissa Driessche, ’99, to Ryan Kramer on Oct. 8, 2004 in Royal Oak. Alumni in attendance included Nicole Haas, ’99, Bridget Reynaert, ’99, Shantala Sonnad, ’99, Kate Surowiec, ’00, Gonca Gursel, ’99, Dave Pasick, ’99, Erica Peterson Garbacz, ’99, Jeff Garbacz, ’99, Beth Albery Newingham, ’00, and Justin Newingham, ’01. Melissa is an advertising sales representative for the Reader’s Digest Association. Ryan is a Central Michigan University graduate with a master’s degree in human resources management. He is a recruiter at Compuware. They live in Berkley.

Julianne Evans, ’99, to James Freer, ’99, on Sept. 18, 2004 in Clarkston. Alumni in attendance included Jessica Pyman Jones, ’99, Brooke Treas Fayne, ’99, Amanda Tratechaud Drobot, ’99, and Michelle Martin, ’99. Jim is the global sourcing manager for Teleflex Inc. Julie is a reporter for C&G Newspapers in Warren. They live in Milford.

News for Albionotes

Brian Reed, ’04, has accepted a position as a commercial and personal lines account representative with the Rathbun Insurance Agency in Lansing. He lives in Lake Odessa.

Please use the space below to send your news about promotions, honors, appointments, marriages, births/ adoptions, travels and hobbies. When reporting information on a recent marriage, please provide date, location, and Albion-connected guests and their class years; also indicate any changes in legal name for you and your spouse. When reporting information on a death, please provide date, location, and Albion-connected survivors and their class years. Use of this form will help guarantee inclusion of your news in an upcoming issue of Io Triumphe.

Lucinda Reed, ’04, works in territory management for GMAC Insurance in Michigan.

We try to process all class note information promptly, but please note that the Albionotes deadline falls several weeks prior to publication. If your information arrives after the deadline for a given issue, it will be held and included in the succeeding issue.

Thomas Roeder, ’04, currently works for a food distribution corporation. He lives in Mt. Clemens.

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Nikki Sulaica, ’04, is currently pursuing a master’s degree in clinical and humanistic psychology at the Center for Humanistic Psychology in Farmington Hills. She is also completing an internship at Perspectives in Troy as an intern clinician. She lives in Lake Orion.

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Beth Walton, ’04, is working as a city reporter for The Holland Sentinel. She will leave in March for the United States Peace Corps. She lives in Holland.

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Jamie Justus, ’99, to John Rawcliffe Jr. on Oct. 2, 2004. Jamie is the editor of a small publishing company in Southfield.

John is a computer engineer for DaimlerChrysler. They live in Rochester Hills and can be reached via e-mail at: JABrit99@aol.com.

Lisa Leitz, ’99, to David Dufault in March 2004. Lisa is completing her Ph.D. in sociology at the University of California at Santa Barbara. David is in the U.S. Navy, training to fly jet aircraft. They live in Meridian, MS. Andrea Lindley, ’99, to Geoff Caplea on May 29, 2004. Alumni in attendance included attendants Dave Lindley, ’03, Anna Sparling Jamison, ’99, Aimee Lashbrook, ’99, and Debbie Haan Friggens, ’99. Andrea and Geoff are both family practice physicians. Andrea is completing her residency. They live in Chicago, IL. (See accompanying photo.)

Jeffrey Weeks, ’99, to Valerie Skaleski, ’01, on July 25, 2003. They live in Clawson. (See accompanying photo.)

Gretchen Gockerman, ’00, to Daniel Barnas on Aug. 7, 2004 in Grand Rapids.

Gretchen is an emergency medicine resident. Dan is a general surgery resident in Lansing. They live in East Lansing.

Rachel Hector, ’00, to John Sanders on Dec. 4, 2004 in Dearborn. Both Rachel and John are graduate students finishing their doctoral degrees in chemistry. They live in Champaign, IL. Emily Mull, ’00, to Christopher Trentacosta on Aug. 14, 2004. Alumni in attendance included Nora Maries, ’00, Sally Lane, ’00, Kristin Esshaki, ’00, Peter Yount, ’02, Christine Putnam, ’01, and Brad Westfall, ’98. Emily is a marketing research analyst in Philadelphia, PA. Chris is finishing his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of Delaware.

They live in Wilmington, DE, and can be reached by e-mail at: emull78@yahoo.com.

Abbe Lindemood, ’01, to Matt Ernstes on July 24, 2004 in Muncie, IN. Abbe is finishing her master’s degree in public relations from Ball State University. They live in Muncie. (See accompanying photo.)

Greg Ryckman, ’01, to Michelle Frank, ’02, on Aug. 28, 2004 in Bloomfield Hills.

Alumni in the wedding party included Daniella Frank, ’05, Margaret Menoch, ’02, Meghan Murphy, ’02, Natalie Lipski, ’02, Leah Moeller, ’02, Michael Gleason, ’01, Nick Kaleba, ’01, and Grant Berakovich, ’01. Greg is a CPA at Daoro, Zydel, a Holland public accounting firm. Michelle works in marketing at CBS MarketWatch. They live in San Francisco, CA. (See accompanying photo.)

Sarah Hepinstall, ’02, to Travis Rundle, ’02, on June 5, 2004. Alumni in attendance included attendants Tara Kneeshaw, ’01, Kristy Sholes, ’02, Michelle Summers, ’02, John Bennink, ’02, Erik Vernon, ’02, Bryan Heckman, ’02, Troy Rundle, ’05, and Chris Huff, ’02. Travis is the son of Ann and Craig Rundle, ’74. Sarah earned her master’s degree at the University of Notre Dame. She is a geologist at Chambers Environmental Group Inc., in Bellefonte, PA. Travis is a graduate student at Penn State University. He is a defensive end coach for the Penn State University football team. The couple lives in State College, PA.

Mira Wood, ’02, to Eric Conklin on May 30, 2004 in Chicago, IL. Alumni and friends in attendance included Carrie Cangelosi, ’02, Katie Monaghan Spindler, ’03, Katie McCabe, ’02, Sean Swider, ’01, Michelle Wallace, ’02, Zac Eskau, ’02, Zack Kleinsasser, ’01, Carl Gladstone, ’01, Meredith March Kropf, ’97, and Kevin Kropf. Mira serves as program director at Woodburn United Methodist Church. Eric is pastor at Clarkes United Methodist Church. They live in Molalla, OR, and can be reached via e-mail at mwood@albion.edu.

Sophia Amour on July 7, 2004 to Jim and Beth Nichols Petipas, ’86. She joins big sister Olivia, 6. They live in Bedford, MA.

David Hansen, ’03, to Rachel Todd, ’04, on June 12, 2004. David is a graduate student at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. They live in Evanston.

Matthew Thomas Riker on Nov. 4, 2004 to Darin and Beth Ann Leeman Anderson, ’91. He joins big brothers Andrew, 6, and Brett, 4. Beth Ann is a stay-at-home mother, and is a frequent volunteer for PTA, MOPS and church activities in the community. The Andersons live in Park View, IA.

Katherine Strock, ’03, to Matthew Tucker on July 9, 2004. Katherine works for Pine Rest Mental Health Services. Matthew is a manager at Maple Hill West Golf Shop in Holland. They live in Wyoming, MI.

Baby Britons Melani Jean on Sept. 6, 2004 to Sandra and Kelly Flaherty, ’80. The family lives in Braselton, GA. Nathan William on Aug. 14, 2004, to Missy and Bill Pope III, ’83. He joins his older brother Nicholas Roman. The Popes live in Maryville, TN. Eva Lucinda and Anna Andrea on June 22, 2004 to Serge and Judith Bishop Riviere, ’83. Judi is an artist and teaches English.

Proud aunts and uncles include Rebecca Bishop Kedzie, ’79, Fritz Kraft, ’83, Susan Bishop Kraft, ’81, Dean Massab, ’84, and Martha Bishop Massab, ’86. The family lives in Nice, France.

Kathleen Mary on May 19, 2004 to Nancy and Andrew Sovran, ’83. She joins siblings Sarah, 17, Joseph, 15, Anne, 13, Mary Kate, 12, Dominic, 10, Molly, 9, Hope, 8, and Abigail, 4. They live in Southfield.

Claire Li on Oct. 9, 2004 to Nancy and Rich Hofstra, ’84. She joins big brother Richie, 4. The family lives in Westlake, OH.

Elizabeth Marcella on May 13, 2004 to Jim and Mary Plagens Milne, ’88. She joins big brother Jack, 2. The family lives in Tualatin, OR. Kaitlyn Anna Min on Feb. 28, 2004 in Seoul, South Korea and adopted by Kristi and Kenneth Kriger, ’89, on Sept. 7, 2004. She joins her big brother Karson, 5.

The family lives in Nunica.

Tate Warren on Aug. 17, 2004 to Gregg and Debra Fischer Garver, ’91. He joins big sisters Libby, 5, and Evie, 2. Gregg is vice president of First Community Bank in Harbor Springs, where the family lives.

Jonathan Robert on July 1, 2004 to Robert and Amy Hobbs Sawyer, ’91. He joins big brother Benjamin, 2. Proud relatives include aunt Beth Hobbs, ’88, and uncle David Oliver, ’89. The family lives in Warren and can be reached via e-mail at: gobrits91@comcast.net.

Andrea Letava on Oct. 13, 2002 to Cedric and Suzanne Gwizdala Schuster, ’91. She joins big brothers Brandon Lloyd, 6, and Matthew Numia, 4. The family is now living in Samoa, South Pacific, after working in the Fiji Islands for the past six years for WWF. Sally on Oct. 8, 2004 to Kristin and Edward Craig, ’92. She joins big sister Bailey, 8, and big brother Louis, 3. The family lives in Troy.

Andrew Edward on Sept. 24, 2004 to Edward and Andrea Ondracek Gatzke, ’92.

They live in Columbia, SC. Ellie Benser on May 8, 2004 to Ryan, ’93, and Amy Benser Irish, ’92. She joins big sister Gracie. Proud relatives include Don Luciani, ’82, Leslie Benser Luciani, ’83, Bob Benser, ’86, and Heidi Benser, ’88.

The family lives in Rochester.

CORRECTION: Melissa Kathleen on Oct. 8, 2003 to Mark and Shelly Thacker Meinhardt, ’85.

Shelly is a full-time mom and freelance writer. The family lives in Minneapolis, MN. They can be reached via e-mail at: st@shellythacker.com.

Logan Bryce on Dec. 17, 2004 to Emily and Jeff Pearson, ’85. He joins big sister Marlena, 2. Jeff is the chief pathologist at Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo. Emily is a neuroscience major who became a ceramic artist. The Pearsons live in Kalamazoo.

Tessa Yoon was adopted by Don and Michelle Wegienek Zelazny, ’85, from South Korea. She joins big brother Andrew, adopted from Kazakhstan. They live in Oxford.

Lauren Elizabeth on Oct. 14, 2004 to George and Christy Sanders MacDonald, both ’86. She joins big sister Allison Christine, 9, and big brother Christopher Alan, 2. George is a family physician. Christy is a speech pathologist. The family lives in Colorado.

Ella Joy on July 23, 2004 to Bill and Lisa Burns Johnson, ’92. Lisa is in the marketing department at GMAC Insurance. The family lives in Jackson.

Joseph Paul on May 26, 2004 to Julie Kirner, ’92. He joins big brother Ian Thomas, 2. Julie works for Meredith Corporation as the Detroit manager of advertising sales for Traditional Home magazine. The Kirners live in Southfield.

John “Jack” Spencer on Aug. 24, 2004 to Eric and Dawn Welks Sumners, ’92. He joins big sister Clare, 3. Dawn is taking a one-year leave from Ford Motor Co., where she works in finance. The family lives in Clinton Township and can be reached via e-mail at: dawnsumners@yahoo.com.

Madison Anne on Nov. 27, 2004 to Jeff and Maureen Hildebrandt Bauer, ’93.

The family lives in Willoughby Hills, OH.

Maia and Olivia on Oct. 29, 2004 to Matt and Krista Maxson Cooper, ’93. They join big brother Logan, 3. The Coopers live in Lake Ann. Chase Anderson on Nov. 10, 2004 to Brad Follis and Beth deBaptiste-Follis, ’93.

They live in Shelby Township.

Kelly Nicole on Dec. 4, 2004 to Kevin and Kim Logan Rosenau, ’93. She joins big brother Kyle, 2. Kim teaches part-time for Holland Public Schools. Kevin works at Metropolitan Hospital in Grand Rapids.

The family lives in Zeeland and can be reached at: kim.rosenau@ chartermi.net.

Thomas Robert on Nov. 2, 2004 to Steve, ’93, and Meredith Haar Sheridan, ’96.

Steve is a family practice physician with Thunder Bay Community Health Services in Hillman. Meredith is a dentist in Alpena, where the family lives.

Kenan James on Oct. 18, 2004 to Lejla and Aaron Schwoebel, ’95. The family is temporarily living in the United States.

They will depart later this year for Aaron’s second diplomatic assignment, at the U.S. Embassy in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Declan Ward on Dec. 8, 2004 to Michael and Jennifer McBride Shockley, ’95. She is a family physician in Bellaire. The family lives in Elk Rapids.

Elisabeth Alice on April 25, 2004 to Joshua and Erin Schrump Silver, ’95.

Erin was the recipient of a Director’s Award in 2004 at the Sun-Sentinel, where she works as an advertising artist. They live in Greenacres, FL. Ella Rae on Aug. 5, 2004 to Tom and Janet Condon Whiting, ’95. The family lives in Interlochen.

Jack Herschel on June 20, 2004 to Greg and Anna Urick Duggins, ’94. Proud grandparents include Karen and Walter Urick, ’61. The family lives in Muskegon.

Devin Mark on Oct. 18, 2004 to Mark and Jennifer Arbogast Keating, ’96. The Keatings live in Chandler, AZ, and can be reached via e-mail at: lov2fish@hotmail.com.

Ayesha Malik on Aug. 22, 2004 to Arifa and Asad Malik, ’94. She joins her sibling Saad, 3. They live in Bloomfield Hills.

Evan Michael on Dec. 5, 2004 to Jason, ’96, and Meghan Jackson Nagy, ’99. The family lives in Pinckney.

Brock Ryan on Sept. 4, 2004 to Thomas, ’95, and Julie Daniels Cavanaugh, ’96.

He joins big brothers Tommy, 4, and Drew, 2. The family lives in Rochester Hills.

Cooper Weymouth on Dec. 14, 2004 to Brian and Taylor Weymouth Hanton, ’97. Godparents are Bruk Weymouth, ’93, and Penny Eveningred Weymouth, ’94. The family lives in Park City, UT.

Richard Emery on Nov. 22, 2004 to Rich and Melanie Munsey Deisler, ’95. The family lives in Ypsilanti and can be reached via e-mail at: deisler@peoplepc.com.

Madison Caroline on April 12, 2004 to Troy and Lisa Moore Helmick, both ’97.

Proud relatives include Robert Moore, ’66, and Jeanne Moore Warner, ’74. The family lives in Redford Township.

Maggie in May 2003 to John and Kirsten Goranson Francini, ’95. Kirsten is employed with Fidelity Investments. They live in the Boston, MA, area.

Alexander Jesus on June 30, 2004 to Michael Smith, ’97, and Erica Lopez Negrete-Smith, ’97. Michael works for JP Morgan as an investment banker. He recently received his M.B.A. from Kellogg Business School at Northwestern University. Erica is home on maternity leave from teaching in Highland Park, IL. They live in Evanston, IL, and can be reached via email at: lopezsmith@ hotmail.com.

Tyler Brian on July 25, 2004 to Brian, ’95, and Anna Sparling Jamison, ’99. The Jamisons live in Fort Gratiot.

Niklas Aaron Christopher on Oct. 16, 2004 to Magnus and Sarah Riker Johansson, ’95. He joins big brother Anders. Sarah works from home as the marketing director for Greenleaf Trust. The family lives in Kalamazoo.

Madelyn Elizabeth on Jan. 28, 2005, to Matthew and Tracy Keppel Leonard, ’95.

The family lives in Gilbert, AZ. Kelly Quinn on March 12, 2004 to Kevin and Jennifer Parsons McDaniel, ’95. The family lives in South Bend, IN. Nadim James on Feb. 9, 2004 to James and Janine Alousi Miller, both ’95. Proud relatives include uncle Amin Alousi, ’92, and grandmother Sarah Spaulding Alousi, ’58. The family lives in Birmingham and can be reached via e-mail at: jmiller982@comcast.net.

Laci Elizabeth on Nov. 22, 2004 to Lance and Jennifer Shanks Newmark, ’95.

They live in Commerce.

Keegan Blaise on May 25, 2004 to Jeffrey, ’95, and Carrie Benchina Robinson, ’98. The family lives in Battle Creek.

Emmanuelle Caroline on Nov. 27, 2004 to Nick and Jaime Corte Christopher, both ’98. Nick is a private equity professional at UIB Capital Inc. Jaime works in marketing at The Merchandise Mart. The family lives in Chicago, IL. Emily Marie on Aug. 31, 2004 to Michael and Jennifer Wojtas Konopka, ’98. She joins big sister Amanda, 2. The family lives in Westland and can be reached via email at: winniethepooh@konopka.org.

Ryan Thomas on Nov. 11, 2004 to Thomas and Amanda Tratechaud Drobot, ’99.

They live in Waterford.

Zachary David on Oct. 7, 2004 to Dave and Jennifer Thomas Gustin, ’99. The family lives in Troy and can be reached via e-mail at: JGustin@WowWay.com.

Hannah Marie on Nov. 16, 2004 to Michael and Kelly Donelan-Shafer, ’01.

The family lives in Fort Wayne, IN. Eva Marie on Dec. 28, 2004 to Mark and Kathryn Cook Hagan, ’01. They live in Indianapolis, IN. John Adam on Dec. 16, 2004 to John and Katie Brown Swords, ’01. Proud grandparents are Stephen and Janet Reinhart Brown, both ’72. The family lives in East Lansing.

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Jamie Justus, ’99, to John Rawcliffe Jr. on Oct. 2, 2004. Jamie is the editor of a small publishing company in Southfield.

John is a computer engineer for DaimlerChrysler. They live in Rochester Hills and can be reached via e-mail at: JABrit99@aol.com.

Lisa Leitz, ’99, to David Dufault in March 2004. Lisa is completing her Ph.D. in sociology at the University of California at Santa Barbara. David is in the U.S. Navy, training to fly jet aircraft. They live in Meridian, MS. Andrea Lindley, ’99, to Geoff Caplea on May 29, 2004. Alumni in attendance included attendants Dave Lindley, ’03, Anna Sparling Jamison, ’99, Aimee Lashbrook, ’99, and Debbie Haan Friggens, ’99. Andrea and Geoff are both family practice physicians. Andrea is completing her residency. They live in Chicago, IL. (See accompanying photo.)

Jeffrey Weeks, ’99, to Valerie Skaleski, ’01, on July 25, 2003. They live in Clawson. (See accompanying photo.)

Gretchen Gockerman, ’00, to Daniel Barnas on Aug. 7, 2004 in Grand Rapids.

Gretchen is an emergency medicine resident. Dan is a general surgery resident in Lansing. They live in East Lansing.

Rachel Hector, ’00, to John Sanders on Dec. 4, 2004 in Dearborn. Both Rachel and John are graduate students finishing their doctoral degrees in chemistry. They live in Champaign, IL. Emily Mull, ’00, to Christopher Trentacosta on Aug. 14, 2004. Alumni in attendance included Nora Maries, ’00, Sally Lane, ’00, Kristin Esshaki, ’00, Peter Yount, ’02, Christine Putnam, ’01, and Brad Westfall, ’98. Emily is a marketing research analyst in Philadelphia, PA. Chris is finishing his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of Delaware.

They live in Wilmington, DE, and can be reached by e-mail at: emull78@yahoo.com.

Abbe Lindemood, ’01, to Matt Ernstes on July 24, 2004 in Muncie, IN. Abbe is finishing her master’s degree in public relations from Ball State University. They live in Muncie. (See accompanying photo.)

Greg Ryckman, ’01, to Michelle Frank, ’02, on Aug. 28, 2004 in Bloomfield Hills.

Alumni in the wedding party included Daniella Frank, ’05, Margaret Menoch, ’02, Meghan Murphy, ’02, Natalie Lipski, ’02, Leah Moeller, ’02, Michael Gleason, ’01, Nick Kaleba, ’01, and Grant Berakovich, ’01. Greg is a CPA at Daoro, Zydel, a Holland public accounting firm. Michelle works in marketing at CBS MarketWatch. They live in San Francisco, CA. (See accompanying photo.)

Sarah Hepinstall, ’02, to Travis Rundle, ’02, on June 5, 2004. Alumni in attendance included attendants Tara Kneeshaw, ’01, Kristy Sholes, ’02, Michelle Summers, ’02, John Bennink, ’02, Erik Vernon, ’02, Bryan Heckman, ’02, Troy Rundle, ’05, and Chris Huff, ’02. Travis is the son of Ann and Craig Rundle, ’74. Sarah earned her master’s degree at the University of Notre Dame. She is a geologist at Chambers Environmental Group Inc., in Bellefonte, PA. Travis is a graduate student at Penn State University. He is a defensive end coach for the Penn State University football team. The couple lives in State College, PA.

Mira Wood, ’02, to Eric Conklin on May 30, 2004 in Chicago, IL. Alumni and friends in attendance included Carrie Cangelosi, ’02, Katie Monaghan Spindler, ’03, Katie McCabe, ’02, Sean Swider, ’01, Michelle Wallace, ’02, Zac Eskau, ’02, Zack Kleinsasser, ’01, Carl Gladstone, ’01, Meredith March Kropf, ’97, and Kevin Kropf. Mira serves as program director at Woodburn United Methodist Church. Eric is pastor at Clarkes United Methodist Church. They live in Molalla, OR, and can be reached via e-mail at mwood@albion.edu.

Sophia Amour on July 7, 2004 to Jim and Beth Nichols Petipas, ’86. She joins big sister Olivia, 6. They live in Bedford, MA.

David Hansen, ’03, to Rachel Todd, ’04, on June 12, 2004. David is a graduate student at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. They live in Evanston.

Matthew Thomas Riker on Nov. 4, 2004 to Darin and Beth Ann Leeman Anderson, ’91. He joins big brothers Andrew, 6, and Brett, 4. Beth Ann is a stay-at-home mother, and is a frequent volunteer for PTA, MOPS and church activities in the community. The Andersons live in Park View, IA.

Katherine Strock, ’03, to Matthew Tucker on July 9, 2004. Katherine works for Pine Rest Mental Health Services. Matthew is a manager at Maple Hill West Golf Shop in Holland. They live in Wyoming, MI.

Baby Britons Melani Jean on Sept. 6, 2004 to Sandra and Kelly Flaherty, ’80. The family lives in Braselton, GA. Nathan William on Aug. 14, 2004, to Missy and Bill Pope III, ’83. He joins his older brother Nicholas Roman. The Popes live in Maryville, TN. Eva Lucinda and Anna Andrea on June 22, 2004 to Serge and Judith Bishop Riviere, ’83. Judi is an artist and teaches English.

Proud aunts and uncles include Rebecca Bishop Kedzie, ’79, Fritz Kraft, ’83, Susan Bishop Kraft, ’81, Dean Massab, ’84, and Martha Bishop Massab, ’86. The family lives in Nice, France.

Kathleen Mary on May 19, 2004 to Nancy and Andrew Sovran, ’83. She joins siblings Sarah, 17, Joseph, 15, Anne, 13, Mary Kate, 12, Dominic, 10, Molly, 9, Hope, 8, and Abigail, 4. They live in Southfield.

Claire Li on Oct. 9, 2004 to Nancy and Rich Hofstra, ’84. She joins big brother Richie, 4. The family lives in Westlake, OH.

Elizabeth Marcella on May 13, 2004 to Jim and Mary Plagens Milne, ’88. She joins big brother Jack, 2. The family lives in Tualatin, OR. Kaitlyn Anna Min on Feb. 28, 2004 in Seoul, South Korea and adopted by Kristi and Kenneth Kriger, ’89, on Sept. 7, 2004. She joins her big brother Karson, 5.

The family lives in Nunica.

Tate Warren on Aug. 17, 2004 to Gregg and Debra Fischer Garver, ’91. He joins big sisters Libby, 5, and Evie, 2. Gregg is vice president of First Community Bank in Harbor Springs, where the family lives.

Jonathan Robert on July 1, 2004 to Robert and Amy Hobbs Sawyer, ’91. He joins big brother Benjamin, 2. Proud relatives include aunt Beth Hobbs, ’88, and uncle David Oliver, ’89. The family lives in Warren and can be reached via e-mail at: gobrits91@comcast.net.

Andrea Letava on Oct. 13, 2002 to Cedric and Suzanne Gwizdala Schuster, ’91. She joins big brothers Brandon Lloyd, 6, and Matthew Numia, 4. The family is now living in Samoa, South Pacific, after working in the Fiji Islands for the past six years for WWF. Sally on Oct. 8, 2004 to Kristin and Edward Craig, ’92. She joins big sister Bailey, 8, and big brother Louis, 3. The family lives in Troy.

Andrew Edward on Sept. 24, 2004 to Edward and Andrea Ondracek Gatzke, ’92.

They live in Columbia, SC. Ellie Benser on May 8, 2004 to Ryan, ’93, and Amy Benser Irish, ’92. She joins big sister Gracie. Proud relatives include Don Luciani, ’82, Leslie Benser Luciani, ’83, Bob Benser, ’86, and Heidi Benser, ’88.

The family lives in Rochester.

CORRECTION: Melissa Kathleen on Oct. 8, 2003 to Mark and Shelly Thacker Meinhardt, ’85.

Shelly is a full-time mom and freelance writer. The family lives in Minneapolis, MN. They can be reached via e-mail at: st@shellythacker.com.

Logan Bryce on Dec. 17, 2004 to Emily and Jeff Pearson, ’85. He joins big sister Marlena, 2. Jeff is the chief pathologist at Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo. Emily is a neuroscience major who became a ceramic artist. The Pearsons live in Kalamazoo.

Tessa Yoon was adopted by Don and Michelle Wegienek Zelazny, ’85, from South Korea. She joins big brother Andrew, adopted from Kazakhstan. They live in Oxford.

Lauren Elizabeth on Oct. 14, 2004 to George and Christy Sanders MacDonald, both ’86. She joins big sister Allison Christine, 9, and big brother Christopher Alan, 2. George is a family physician. Christy is a speech pathologist. The family lives in Colorado.

Ella Joy on July 23, 2004 to Bill and Lisa Burns Johnson, ’92. Lisa is in the marketing department at GMAC Insurance. The family lives in Jackson.

Joseph Paul on May 26, 2004 to Julie Kirner, ’92. He joins big brother Ian Thomas, 2. Julie works for Meredith Corporation as the Detroit manager of advertising sales for Traditional Home magazine. The Kirners live in Southfield.

John “Jack” Spencer on Aug. 24, 2004 to Eric and Dawn Welks Sumners, ’92. He joins big sister Clare, 3. Dawn is taking a one-year leave from Ford Motor Co., where she works in finance. The family lives in Clinton Township and can be reached via e-mail at: dawnsumners@yahoo.com.

Madison Anne on Nov. 27, 2004 to Jeff and Maureen Hildebrandt Bauer, ’93.

The family lives in Willoughby Hills, OH.

Maia and Olivia on Oct. 29, 2004 to Matt and Krista Maxson Cooper, ’93. They join big brother Logan, 3. The Coopers live in Lake Ann. Chase Anderson on Nov. 10, 2004 to Brad Follis and Beth deBaptiste-Follis, ’93.

They live in Shelby Township.

Kelly Nicole on Dec. 4, 2004 to Kevin and Kim Logan Rosenau, ’93. She joins big brother Kyle, 2. Kim teaches part-time for Holland Public Schools. Kevin works at Metropolitan Hospital in Grand Rapids.

The family lives in Zeeland and can be reached at: kim.rosenau@ chartermi.net.

Thomas Robert on Nov. 2, 2004 to Steve, ’93, and Meredith Haar Sheridan, ’96.

Steve is a family practice physician with Thunder Bay Community Health Services in Hillman. Meredith is a dentist in Alpena, where the family lives.

Kenan James on Oct. 18, 2004 to Lejla and Aaron Schwoebel, ’95. The family is temporarily living in the United States.

They will depart later this year for Aaron’s second diplomatic assignment, at the U.S. Embassy in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Declan Ward on Dec. 8, 2004 to Michael and Jennifer McBride Shockley, ’95. She is a family physician in Bellaire. The family lives in Elk Rapids.

Elisabeth Alice on April 25, 2004 to Joshua and Erin Schrump Silver, ’95.

Erin was the recipient of a Director’s Award in 2004 at the Sun-Sentinel, where she works as an advertising artist. They live in Greenacres, FL. Ella Rae on Aug. 5, 2004 to Tom and Janet Condon Whiting, ’95. The family lives in Interlochen.

Jack Herschel on June 20, 2004 to Greg and Anna Urick Duggins, ’94. Proud grandparents include Karen and Walter Urick, ’61. The family lives in Muskegon.

Devin Mark on Oct. 18, 2004 to Mark and Jennifer Arbogast Keating, ’96. The Keatings live in Chandler, AZ, and can be reached via e-mail at: lov2fish@hotmail.com.

Ayesha Malik on Aug. 22, 2004 to Arifa and Asad Malik, ’94. She joins her sibling Saad, 3. They live in Bloomfield Hills.

Evan Michael on Dec. 5, 2004 to Jason, ’96, and Meghan Jackson Nagy, ’99. The family lives in Pinckney.

Brock Ryan on Sept. 4, 2004 to Thomas, ’95, and Julie Daniels Cavanaugh, ’96.

He joins big brothers Tommy, 4, and Drew, 2. The family lives in Rochester Hills.

Cooper Weymouth on Dec. 14, 2004 to Brian and Taylor Weymouth Hanton, ’97. Godparents are Bruk Weymouth, ’93, and Penny Eveningred Weymouth, ’94. The family lives in Park City, UT.

Richard Emery on Nov. 22, 2004 to Rich and Melanie Munsey Deisler, ’95. The family lives in Ypsilanti and can be reached via e-mail at: deisler@peoplepc.com.

Madison Caroline on April 12, 2004 to Troy and Lisa Moore Helmick, both ’97.

Proud relatives include Robert Moore, ’66, and Jeanne Moore Warner, ’74. The family lives in Redford Township.

Maggie in May 2003 to John and Kirsten Goranson Francini, ’95. Kirsten is employed with Fidelity Investments. They live in the Boston, MA, area.

Alexander Jesus on June 30, 2004 to Michael Smith, ’97, and Erica Lopez Negrete-Smith, ’97. Michael works for JP Morgan as an investment banker. He recently received his M.B.A. from Kellogg Business School at Northwestern University. Erica is home on maternity leave from teaching in Highland Park, IL. They live in Evanston, IL, and can be reached via email at: lopezsmith@ hotmail.com.

Tyler Brian on July 25, 2004 to Brian, ’95, and Anna Sparling Jamison, ’99. The Jamisons live in Fort Gratiot.

Niklas Aaron Christopher on Oct. 16, 2004 to Magnus and Sarah Riker Johansson, ’95. He joins big brother Anders. Sarah works from home as the marketing director for Greenleaf Trust. The family lives in Kalamazoo.

Madelyn Elizabeth on Jan. 28, 2005, to Matthew and Tracy Keppel Leonard, ’95.

The family lives in Gilbert, AZ. Kelly Quinn on March 12, 2004 to Kevin and Jennifer Parsons McDaniel, ’95. The family lives in South Bend, IN. Nadim James on Feb. 9, 2004 to James and Janine Alousi Miller, both ’95. Proud relatives include uncle Amin Alousi, ’92, and grandmother Sarah Spaulding Alousi, ’58. The family lives in Birmingham and can be reached via e-mail at: jmiller982@comcast.net.

Laci Elizabeth on Nov. 22, 2004 to Lance and Jennifer Shanks Newmark, ’95.

They live in Commerce.

Keegan Blaise on May 25, 2004 to Jeffrey, ’95, and Carrie Benchina Robinson, ’98. The family lives in Battle Creek.

Emmanuelle Caroline on Nov. 27, 2004 to Nick and Jaime Corte Christopher, both ’98. Nick is a private equity professional at UIB Capital Inc. Jaime works in marketing at The Merchandise Mart. The family lives in Chicago, IL. Emily Marie on Aug. 31, 2004 to Michael and Jennifer Wojtas Konopka, ’98. She joins big sister Amanda, 2. The family lives in Westland and can be reached via email at: winniethepooh@konopka.org.

Ryan Thomas on Nov. 11, 2004 to Thomas and Amanda Tratechaud Drobot, ’99.

They live in Waterford.

Zachary David on Oct. 7, 2004 to Dave and Jennifer Thomas Gustin, ’99. The family lives in Troy and can be reached via e-mail at: JGustin@WowWay.com.

Hannah Marie on Nov. 16, 2004 to Michael and Kelly Donelan-Shafer, ’01.

The family lives in Fort Wayne, IN. Eva Marie on Dec. 28, 2004 to Mark and Kathryn Cook Hagan, ’01. They live in Indianapolis, IN. John Adam on Dec. 16, 2004 to John and Katie Brown Swords, ’01. Proud grandparents are Stephen and Janet Reinhart Brown, both ’72. The family lives in East Lansing.

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Obituaries Marian Henderson, ’19, on Sept. 12, 2004. She taught history and algebra for seven years starting in Lawton, then Mason, and finally in Dunedin, FL. Marian continued her education with business classes and worked for the Holland Furnace Co. from 1928 to 1930. She later worked for Standard Federal Savings and Loan, where she retired in 1963 after 30 years. She was a member of Lakewood United Methodist Church in Lake Odessa.

Marian enjoyed volunteer work for the International Institute and the Red Cross.

She is survived by three nephews and two nieces.

Lucy Kingsley Ramsdell, ’25, on Dec. 16, 2004 in Kalamazoo. She earned a master’s degree in religious education from Boston University. Lucy went to work in 1957 as registrar at Kendall College in Evanston, IL. She was an active member of First United Methodist Church in Kalamazoo.

Lucy is survived by a son, a daughter, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

B. Smith Hopkins Jr., ’32, on Oct. 7, 2003 in Savoy, IL. A 1936 graduate of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Smith was an internal medicine physician at the Carle Clinic Department of Medicine from 1940 to 1980. He was past president of the Carle Foundation Hospital board and Champaign County Medical Society, executive secretary of the Statewide Health Coordinating Council, and chairman of the Carle Clinic board and the Illinois State Medical Society. He belonged to the First Congregational Church in Champaign. Smith is survived by his wife, Frances, two sons, three step-daughters, seven grandchildren, six step-grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and eight step-great-grandchildren.

Maynard Fleming, ’34, on Oct. 26, 2004 in Dearborn. He taught briefly at Crosswell High School before joining the Detroit Edison Co., where he worked in customer relations for 42 years. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He and his wife, Helen, were married for more than 60 years. He is survived by three children, including Ted Fleming, ’64, and Ted’s wife, Marcia Strandberg Fleming, ’65.

Mable Scott Matthews, ’35, on Dec. 5, 2004 in Rock Island, IL. She was a former member of Peace Lutheran Church, and served on several church committees.

Mable was a past president of the Saginaw County Medical Auxiliary, and recorded college textbooks for blind students for 15 years. She is survived by two sons, including Scott Matthews, ’62, two daughters, eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Grant Howell, ’36, on Oct. 14, 2004 in Bloomfield Hills. He was a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he won a Hopwood Award for essay writing. Grant established trusts to benefit students at Albion College, Michigan State University and Northwestern University. He was a retired editor of The Daily Tribune of Royal Oak and an inductee in the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame. He served as president of the Michigan Associated Press Editorial Association. Grant was also president of the Detroit Press Club and later president of the Detroit Press Club Foundation.

C. Parker Smith, ’36, on Dec. 4, 2004 in Albion. Parker was a captain in the U.S. Army during World War II, and retired as a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve.

After leaving the service he became a partner with his father in the Smith Insurance Agency. The agency was in the family for 75 years and continues in business today as the Smith Pulling Agency. Parker retired in 1976 and moved to Florida in 1982, returning to Albion in 1995. He was a member of several clubs and organizations. Parker also served on the Albion College Alumni Association board. He sat on the Albion Zoning Board of Appeals for 24 years and the Albion Board of Review for 23 years. He was a life member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, the American Legion and the Retired Officers Association of the United States in Sarasota, FL. Parker was also a lifelong member of the United Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife, Martha; a daughter, Judy Smith White, ’60; and two grandchildren, including Stephen White, ’83.

Ruth Mary Baldwin Atchison, ’37, in October 2003. She was a resident of Springfield, VA. Survivors include a son, Richard, ’62, and a granddaughter, Kelly Casterline, ’97.

Gardner Lloyd, ’37, on Nov. 9, 2004.

After graduating from Cornell University in 1937, he joined Albion Malleable Iron Co. Gardner served a three-year tour of duty in the U.S. Navy during World War II, achieving the rank of lieutenant. He then returned to Albion Malleable, which later merged with Hayes Industries and became Hayes-Albion Corp. Gardner retired from Hayes-Albion Corp. as vice president of finance and secretary in 1978.

He was very active in Albion civic affairs, and served on the City Council, Albion Civic Foundation board and the Albion Planning Commission. A former trustee of Albion College and Starr Commonwealth, Gardner also was a senior warden of St. James Episcopal Church in Albion. He is survived by two sons, including Gardner Lloyd Jr., ’68, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

James Richardson, ’37, on Nov. 14, 2004 in Plymouth. He graduated from Wayne State University in 1937. During World War II, he was a civilian employee of the U.S. Navy installing diesel engines in Navy vessels. James retired in 1968 after 30 years with Ajax Steel & Forge Co. in Detroit. He was a 32nd Degree Mason. He was active with Boy Scouts of America, the Michigan Colleges Foundation and Service Corps of Retired Executives. He was a former member of Bushnell Congregational Church in Detroit and Northbrook Presbyterian Church in Beverly Hills. He is survived by a son, James “Mac” Richardson, ’64; a daughter, Sherry Richardson Stefanes, ’65; five grandchildren, including Christopher Stefanes, ’03, and Alexandra Stefanes, ’04, and a greatgranddaughter.

Mary MacDonald, ’43, on Nov. 13, 2004 in Kennebunk, ME. She earned her master’s degree in library science from Pratt Institute. She served as reference librarian at the Mamaroneck Free Library in Mamaroneck, NY. Mary enjoyed volunteer work, playing bridge and water aerobics. She is survived by six children, including Keith Perkins, ’66, Sandra Perkins Rosenshein, ’67, Marvin Perkins, ’72, and Mary Perkins Morris, ’73. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren.

Betty Carrick Mann, ’43, on April 26, 2004 in Lansing. A former educator, she was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) and noted publisher of seven books in the field of genealogy. Betty was a resident of Port Aransas, TX, and Lansing. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Bob, and three children.

William Steers, ’43, on Jan. 26, 2005 in Kalamazoo. After attending Albion for three years, Bill graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1945 and served on the aircraft carrier USS Lexington in the final months of World War II. He was a member of Delta Sigma Phi. With the exception of a two-year tour of duty during the Korean War, for which he received a Bronze Star, Bill devoted his entire career to the Kalamazoo Creamery. Starting as a bookkeeper for the family-owned business, he served as office manager and then as president from 1962 to 1982. Bill volunteered with the Kalamazoo Air Zoo and was a long-time leader of the Kalamazoo chapter of the Association of American Business Clubs. Together with his wife, he established many scholarship funds for Kalamazoo area students. He is survived by his wife, Meribeth.

Ella Jean Seavitte Pettijohn, ’47, on June 23, 2004 in Novi. She was a 1948 graduate of Wayne State University. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Don Pettijohn, four sons, 12 grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

Robert Rodda, ’47, on Sept. 23, 2004 in Ellenton, FL. He served in World War II as a B-24 bombardier. After earning a master’s degree from Drake University in Des Moines, IA, Robert worked in the Flint Public School system as a teacher, coach and secondary school principal from 1951 to 1978. He then became associate director for the Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals, retiring in 1988. He served for many years on the board of the Flint Area School Employees Credit Union, where he was honored as director emeritus. Robert is survived by his wife, Olive Priestley Rodda, ’46, five daughters, including Jean Rodda Leavitt, ’71, three grandchildren and a brother, Edward Rodda, ’49.

Louis Bell, ’48, on Dec. 20, 2004 in Columbus, OH. He was ordained an elder of the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church in June 1951. He served six churches in Ohio until his retirement in 1987. Louis then served as minister of visitation until health forced him to retire a second time in 1997. He is survived by his wife, Jean Cowan Bell, ’48, three sons and two daughters, including Susan Bell Slusser, ’82, 15 grandchildren and a greatgrandson.

John Ferentz, ’48, on Oct. 17, 2004 in Pittsburgh, PA. He served with the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Professionally he was campaign director for the United Way in Detroit and Pittsburgh. He later went into the quick print business. John was involved in youth baseball. He is survived by his wife, Elsie Mae Reed Ferentz, ’44, two sons, a daughter and eight grandchildren.

David Taylor, ’48, on Sept. 30, 2004. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. A resident of Bloomfield Hills, he was president of Taylor Thompson Machinery Co. until his retirement. David was a past national president of American Machine Tool Distributors Association. He was a member of the Huron River Club and the Cranbrook Gardens Auxiliary.

David is survived by his wife, Patricia Butler Taylor, ’47, four children and eight grandchildren.

James Inglis, ’50, on July 27, 2004. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict. He was a CPA, and later joined the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, regulating the 12 districts of savings and loan associations. James later moved to San Francisco, CA, as treasurer for the 12th district. He also worked in commercial banking for 10 years before retiring in 1991. He is survived by his wife, Pat, two daughters and a grandson.

Ralph Ytterberg, ’50, on Oct. 17, 2004 in St. Joseph. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a member of Harbert Community Church and First Presbyterian Church in St. Petersburg.

Ralph was a corporate executive with several industrial equipment manufacturing companies, both domestically and abroad.

He retired as the CEO of Indresco. Ralph is survived by three sons, including Charles Ytterberg, ’75, seven grandchildren, and two brothers, including Roger Ytterberg, ’57.

James Benedict, ’51, on Oct. 27, 2004. He graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1954. He served two years with the U.S. Navy, and later completed a general surgery residency in Des Moines, IA, and a thoracic surgery residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

James practiced thoracic surgery and developed an open heart surgery program in Long Beach, CA. After retirement, he enrolled at California State University at Long Beach to study art. He received an M.F.A. degree in 2002. James is survived by his wife, Muriel Goodell Benedict, ’51, two sons, two daughters, 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Ann Rathbone Morton, ’51, on May 12, 2004 in Hardin, IA. Marcus Blaising, ’52, on Oct. 24, 2004.

An active leader in the United Methodist Church for more than 40 years, he served congregations in Fort Wayne, IN, Noblesville, IN and Elkhart, IN. Marcus later was appointed superintendent of 70 churches in the New Castle District. He was the executive assistant to the bishop of the Indiana Area of the United Methodist Church from 1986 until his retirement in 1994. A graduate of the Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary at Northwestern University, he was named Distinguished Alumnus of the Year by Garrett-Evangelical in May 2004. He did post-graduate theological studies at Yale University Divinity School, as well as at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Marcus was awarded the doctor of divinity degree from DePauw University as well as from the University of Indianapolis, where he served on the board for 12 years. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Nona, three children and seven grandchildren.

Keith Griffin, ’52, on Oct. 29, 2004 in Montague. He earned a master’s degree from Michigan State University. Keith served his country in the U.S. Army in Japan, after World War II. He was a science and agriculture teacher at Montague High School for 36 years, and was active in the Montague High School Chapter of FFA. He retired in 1992. He received the Outstanding Teacher of Vocational Agriculture Award in 1989. A member of Montague United Methodist Church, Keith was also active with Habitat for Humanity and Farm Bureau. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis, four daughters, nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Herbert Humphrey, ’52, on Sept. 26, 2004. He served in the U.S. Army’s Medical Services Unit as a member of the occupationary force in Germany. He also served in the Korean War. He graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1956. Herbert served the Marshall area as a physician at Oaklawn Hospital, and also had privileges at Leila Hospital and Community Hospital in Battle Creek until his retirement in November 1991. He served for many years as a Calhoun County deputy medical examiner.

He is survived by his wife, Ingeborg Dinse Humphrey, ’54, three daughters and three grandchildren.

Phyllis Palmiter Stahl, ’53, on Oct. 1, 2004. She lived in Albion.

Claudius Miller, ’54, on July 18, 2004. He served in the Marine Corps from 1952 to 1955. He was the former president of Miller’s Prepared Potato Co. of Blue Island (IL), a company he inherited from his father. Claudius liquidated it in 1988 and went to work for Torvac Inc. of Blue Island. He is survived by his wife, Jane, two daughters, two sons and a grandson. He lived in Palos Park, IL. Richard Elwyn, ’55, on Dec. 18, 2004 in Surprise, AZ. He graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1958. Richard practiced for many years as an anesthesiologist at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT. He enjoyed many trips to South America to provide anesthesia in plastic surgery. He helped to develop an endotrachial tube for use in children that is still used today. Richard is survived by his wife, Olive Manson Elwyn, ’53, four children and 10 grandchildren.

Virginia Content, ’57, on Oct. 6, 2004.

She earned her master’s degree at Michigan State University. She was a teacher for more than 17 years, teaching in Dearborn, Lansing, Clinton and Mendon schools.

Virginia became co-owner of Briar Hill Golf Course in Fremont. She owned Lum International (now Castle Creek) Golf Course from 1988 to 2002. She is survived by two daughters, a son and seven grandchildren.

Lois Werner Kluver, ’57, on Oct. 6, 2004. She sang with the Albion College Choral Society and was inducted into the Albion College Athletic Hall of Fame in September 2002. Lois served as a social worker and police officer in Detroit. She earned a degree from Wayne State University and a master’s degree from Eastern Michigan University. Lois taught in Westland and Farmington. She also served as a science coordinator at Woodcreek Science Center for two years. Lois was involved with many organizations, including Paws with a Cause, the Humane Society and the American Cancer Society’s Discovery Shop. She is survived by a daughter, a son and five grandchildren.

James Wilson, ’58, on Nov. 8, 2004. He lived in Bonita Springs, FL. He is survived by his wife, Grace, and four children.

Tom Rollis, ’59, on Aug. 23, 2004 in DeWitt. Early in his career, he worked for Ernst & Ernst in Detroit, Oldsmobile in Lansing and General Motors in New York.

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Office of Economic Opportunity, Community Services Administration, the Department of Education and the Agency for International Development. He later became controller at Michigan State University, retiring for a second time in 1995.

Tom was very involved in politics, and was named 2001 Clinton County Republican of the Year. He is survived by his wife, Nancy, his former wife, Marilyn Eaton Rollis, ’60, and their three children.

Janis Molner, ’60, on May 14, 2004. She taught kindergarten at Stuckey Elementary School in the Redford Union School District for 38 years and was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.

Donna Cowan Rix, ’61, on Oct. 30, 2004.

She graduated from Michigan State University. She moved to Tampa, FL, from Columbus, OH, along with her family in 1973. She is survived by two sons and three grandchildren.

Philip Van Dam, ’64, on Dec. 11, 2004.

He was chief judge of the 75th District Court of Midland. Philip earned a graduate degree from the University of Michigan and earned his J.D. at the Detroit College of Law (now affiliated with Michigan State University). He served as assistant U.S. attorney for the eastern district of Michigan from 1970 to 1972, and worked in private practice in 1972-73. Philip then served as special assistant to U.S. Senator Robert Griffin from 1973 to 1976. In 1976, he received a presidential appointment as U.S. attorney for the eastern district of Michigan. He later moved to Midland as a partner in the law firm most recently known as Riecker, Van Dam, Barker and Black. In 2001, Philip was appointed 75th District chief judge, a position he held until his death. He also served as Michigan Civil Rights Commissioner from 1982 to1991, and general counsel of the Midland Cogeneration Venture from 1987 to 1991. He was a volunteer with many local organizations. Philip is survived by Tina, his wife of 36 years; a daughter and a grandson.

Holly Robinson Wingate, ’64, on April 16, 2004. As a student, she was a member of the Albion College Choir and was a leading soloist in many concerts. She lived in Summerfield, FL. She is survived by her husband, Chester.

Jon Dively, ’66, on Oct. 28, 2004. He earned his D.D.S. degree from St. Louis University. He is survived by his former wife, Lois Griesenbrock Dively, ’68, and two sons. Jon lived in Macomb, IL. Jean Skulstad, ’77, on Jan. 18, 2005. She taught high school for three years in the Roseville School District. After leaving teaching, Jean went to work in sales for the Deluxe Check Corp. In 1984, she returned to Battle Creek and worked in retail. She was active in the Junior League in Grosse Pointe and Battle Creek and was a supporter of the Safety Town children’s program. She also was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. Jean is survived by her mother, Betty Jones Neberman, ’50, and two brothers, John Skulstad, ’75, and James Skulstad, ’79.

Judith Lukosavich Algozin, ’81, on Oct. 23, 2004 in Owosso. She began her career working for a small public relations firm in Baltimore, MD. Judith later worked for the University of Illinois for 14 years, serving in philanthropy and alumni relations for the University of Illinois Foundation. She

also did work with the colleges of engineering and education. Judith and her family moved to Owosso in 2001, and she continued her work with the University of Illinois. She is survived by her husband, Ken, and three children.

Michael Laverty, ’96, on Dec. 4. 2004.

He was a graduate of Eastern Michigan University and the National Outdoor Leadership Schools (NOLS). Michael was an active member of the Alpha Pi chapter of Sigma Chi fraternity. He composed poetry, music and lyrics, recording several CDs and tapes. He was an avid and skillful sailor, skier, rock climber, mountain biker, disc golfer and explorer. A resident of Ann Arbor, Michael enjoyed traveling. He is survived by his parents, Bob and Suzanne Deming Laverty, ’67, and a sister.

Keith Marcola, ’08, on Dec. 22, 2004. He was a first-year student at Albion, and was a member of the baseball team. Keith was the class valedictorian at Anchor Bay High School, where he led the baseball team for two years. He was an All-State selection in 2004. He is survived by his parents.

Faculty and friends Virginia “Ginny” Hull died on Dec. 2, 2004 in Albion. She worked for 36 years as a word processor at Albion College. She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church. She enjoyed knitting, making clothes, gardening, traveling and playing games. She is survived by her husband, James, two daughters, and a son, Chris Hull, ’94.

Anthony J. Taffs, professor emeritus of music and a familiar figure on Albion’s campus for more than half a century, died Feb. 4, 2005 in Marshall. He was 89.

Taffs, who retired in 1981 after 32 years on the Albion faculty, continued to teach piano at the College.

An accomplished composer, over the decades Taffs wrote five operas, four oratorios and hundreds of other works for piano, organ, choir and voice. Most of his works had their premiere at Albion College, and many parts were written specifically for Albion faculty and students. In February 1963, Taffs’ opera Noah debuted at Goodrich Chapel, with choir director David Strickler leading the soloists, Albion College Choral Society and orchestra— 175 musicians in all.

A 1939 graduate of the College of the City of New York, he went on to earn a master’s degree in English from Columbia University’s Teacher’s College in 1943, and taught college English before being hired by the Albion College English Department in 1949.

Motivated by a growing love for music education and composition, Taffs left the College to earn a master’s degree in music from the prestigious Eastman School of Music, returning to Albion in 1952—this time settling in the Music Department.

Throughout his career, Taffs served as church organist and choir director for churches in New York and Albion, and was the supply pastor for five years for a rural Methodist church in Tennessee and

the Universalist Church in Concord, Mich.

In addition to performing as a visiting concert pianist in many major cities, Taffs frequently lectured around the country on opera and composition.

Taffs received an honorary doctor of music degree from Albion in 1992. On April 1, 2004, he gave his final faculty lecture, discussing “The Preservation of Music,” which centered on the creation of his Web site (http://people.albion.edu/ ataffs/), featuring a full catalogue of his works, with downloadable scores and audio.

Taffs was a member of the Exchange Club, Lions Club and Big Brothers/Big Sisters in Albion, and he volunteered at Albion Manor (Tendercare). He enjoyed walking, reading, telling stories and attending plays.

Taffs was preceded in death by his first wife, Virginia, and a son, Robin.

He is survived by his wife, Jean; daughters Juliet Taffs, ’66, and Margaret Rukes; and four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Memorial gifts may be made to the Albion College Briton Scholarship Fund or Episcopal Relief and Development Fund.

Tributes to a gentleman and a gentle man In the comments below, former students and friends remember Anthony Taffs, professor emeritus of music, who passed away Feb. 4, 2005.

Tony Taffs was a colleague and dear friend with whom I worked for over 36 years. He was an enormously gifted and prolific composer. Many of his compositions were written for faculty members at Albion, or for students or friends, and they were a reflection of his generosity, his dedication to his art and his dedication to Albion College, aside from his teaching of piano and music history. As a teacher, Tony was talented, dedicated and patient, and he truly loved what he did. He was unflagging in his support of students and colleagues—always attending their recitals and concerts, as well as plays, lectures and other events outside the Department of Music.

I remember so well Tony’s lectures he gave occasionally for my music history class or opera class, a class he had taught for so many years before his retirement from full-time teaching. His lectures on Wagner’s Parsifal were truly magnificent—they were like a little opera in themselves. Eventually, I would know exactly what he would say in this lecture. It would always begin so quietly and then in an almost Wagnerian way reach a great peak, and even though I knew what was to come, each discourse was different and fresh. Each time I found something new to admire, just as in a great work of music one is always discovering things not noticed before.

I wonder how many piano juries Tony and I heard together over those many years in Goodrich Chapel, just the two of us sitting

there. Each student in applied music had to play a “jury” at the end of each semester, which for many was traumatic even though we tried to put them at ease. On occasion we would hear truly great performances, truly moving playing. We heard many which were more than satisfactory, some that showed great progress over the semester (which always pleased us), and a few which were not so monumental, let us say. I will never forget a student playing from memory, who suffered a memory lapse at a critical moment. I am sure those 88 keys must have seemed like 88 million to this young person hunting desperately for the right key. Finally, Tony whispered “B-flat,” and, miraculously, the student found that note and somehow finished the composition. I will never forget Tony Taffs and that whispered “B-flat.”

Simply put, in his own quiet way he was a towering force in our department and at Albion College.

humble individual, extremely talented in a multitude of areas, a kind and patient person, and someone who in a very short period of time became an integral part of my life. Professor Taffs was greatly admired by both students and faculty, and was a mainstay in the Albion College Music Department.

In short, he was truly a “one of a kind” human being and will be greatly missed by many.

All of us have those individuals who make a meaningful difference in our lives. Professor Taffs was one of those people for me and even though I grieve the loss of his physical presence, I truly celebrate the time that I had with him and will never forget the lessons that he taught me, both in music and in life.

Chris Wigent, ’79 Chris Wigent began taking piano lessons from Anthony Taffs when he was a freshman in high school and continued throughout his time at Albion College.

Thomas Doran Professor Emeritus of Music Tony Taffs’ passing has wrung the hearts of his family, close friends When I received word that and of the thousands of students— Professor Taffs had passed away, including me—whose lives he my initial reaction was that of great touched over his long career at sadness, and the tears flowed Albion College. I first met Tony in freely. After all, one of my the fall of 1950 during his second mentors, one of my heroes, was no year of teaching English here. He longer with us, and the hurt was demonstrated the joys of writing very deep. and taught us that we could major Over the next few days, I in English and spend our lives reflected on what Professor Taffs reading, writing and talking about had meant to me over the past 33 books and authors. He inspired an years. He was a gentleman in the impossible ambition—to be just truest sense of the word, a very like him.

After Tony had shifted to music and composing, I had the pleasure in 1965 of auditing one of his music appreciation classes and learned much about classical music and how a heightened awareness of what to listen for enhanced the experience of listening. I was twice privileged to perform in Tony’s own operas. Especially I recall the thrill of playing in his Noah. Some of the strains of that opera’s arias, particularly of “I Love the Son of Tubal Cain,” have haunted me ever since.

On the tennis court and at the chessboard, Tony taught me humility. His effortless play on the courts ran me ragged. Since he regularly won international competitions for designing chess problems, I fared little better as his regular Wednesday night chess opponent over several years. I think I remember beating him once. He told me he didn’t remember my having won that often.

Always generous, Tony taught an opera course in 2003 for senior citizens. As a septuagenarian class member, I purposely sat in the same seat I had occupied as a freshman of 18. Tony entered, glanced at me, and laughed, “You always sat there.”

Loved and respected by colleagues, students and members of the larger community, Tony was one of the most remarkable, inspiring and likable people I have ever known. We all miss him.

James Cook, ’54 Professor Emeritus of English

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Your mission, should you accept it . . .

By William Rafaill, ’70 Vice President for Off-Campus Activities Alumni Association Board of Directors The Alumni Association Board of Directors recently adopted a revised mission statement: The purpose of the Alumni Association is to support Albion College in providing an excellent liberal arts education by encouraging communication between alumni and the College, engaging alumni to assist the College, and promoting the achievements of Albion’s students, faculty, staff and alumni.

“. . . by encouraging communication between alumni and the College . . .”

The College would love to hear from you, good or bad. If you have something to say, contact the Alumni Office via e-mail at alumniandparents@albion.edu or 517/ 629-0448 with any questions or concerns. If you prefer, you may contact me at wsrafaill@rafaill.com or 517/554-0178.

“. . . promoting the achievements of Albion’s . . . alumni . . .”

The Distinguished Alumni Award is given annually at Homecoming. The Alumni Association board selects the recipients from those persons nominated. You can help us by nominating deserving alumni.

The criteria are posted on the College Web site at www.albion.edu/alumni/ daa_ criteria.asp . Here you will also find a list of past recipients and a form which can be used to submit a nomination online.

“. . . engaging alumni to assist the College . . .”

What can you do to help the College?

One, serve as a director on the Alumni Association board. Each director is appointed to a term of three years, and may serve two consecutive terms. If you are interested in learning more about what we do, feel free to contact me. The current board is listed on the College Web site at www.albion.edu/alumni/alumni_ board.asp .

Two, reconnect with fellow alumni. If you have lost contact with some of your friends, or are just wondering “What happened to . . .?,” use the online Alumni Directory. Information about it is posted at

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Three, help recruit one student for Albion. Perhaps you have friends or relatives who work at a high school.

Contact them and see if they know about Albion and/or would like more information. Volunteer to meet with prospective students. The Admissions Office will help you with what you need. You may contact them at admissions@albion.edu or 800/858-6770. I have done this many times and find the experience very enjoyable.

Four, before you travel, whether for pleasure or business, check the online Alumni Directory to see if there are any fellow alumni in the area where you are going. Make a phone call just to say “Hi!” There is something about being a Briton; regardless of the differences in class years, two or more alumni always seem to have something to say to one another.

Five, whenever appropriate, wear something that says “Albion.” Place something in your office that says “Albion.” It never ceases to amaze me how simply showing off Albion can start a conversation! And it is great advertising for the College. (This edition of Io Triumphe offers many new choices of Albion College clothing for your wardrobe (see pages 16-17), or you can visit the bookstore Web site at albion.bkstore.com/ .)

Six, return to campus. If you have not returned to campus in a while you may be surprised by the changes. The largest single construction project in the College’s history, the science complex renovation and expansion project, is under way. Go to www.albion.edu/alumni/campaign/ science/ for more details. The new Held Equestrian Center, www.albion.edu/ heldcenter/, is open, enrollment is up and the faculty has been expanded accordingly.

And, the College is planning to celebrate its 170th anniversary at Homecoming this year.

Mark Homecoming Weekend, Sept. 30Oct. 2, on your calendars and plan to attend.

See www.albion.edu/alumni/ homecoming_2005.asp for details.

Lastly, I hope you will consider a gift to the Annual Fund. Remember, it is the Annual Fund that supports the daily operations of the College. Albion alumni have been very supportive in the past. With an alumni giving rate of just over 50%, Albion ranks #1 in the state. No other Michigan college or university, public or private, has a higher alumni giving rate.

Further, when national rankings are examined, of the more than 3,000 colleges and universities in the country, only 15 have a higher giving rate. Be proud and support your alma mater today. You can make a credit card gift online at: https:// secure.albion.edu/giving/ . Regardless of size, your gift will count.

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The spirit that draws you back for Homecomings and football games and reunions is manifest not only in mementos, memories and traditions, but in the campus itself—in its landscape, the walls, the sidewalks. . . . This feature is the second in a series on the curious history of some of the more prominent monuments, memorials and landmarks on campus.

—Jennifer Thomas, Marilyn Crandell Schleg Archivist at Albion College

The Stone Pile In May 1870, the 14 members of the Albion College graduating class searched the countryside for boulders that would represent each of them in a monument. The boulders were then brought back to campus by horse and wagon and assembled on the Quadrangle to create what became known as the “Stone Pile.”

A member of the class and later alumni editor for the first edition of the Pleiad, Isaac Riddick, delivered an oration entitled, “Footprints,” at the dedication of the class memorial that spring. In it, he spoke of the footprints the class left behind them during their student lives, and the footprints that were yet to be made in their lives after graduation. He concluded with these lines: “And now [my] fellow classmates[,] we have met this hour in harmony to make footprints more, which shall be a memorial telling to those who came after us that thro’ these halls and o’er these grounds [as] brothers and sisters we have trod.

And toward our memorial I trust in the future, many eyes will look with kindness and glad voices be heard saying, “There are the stepping stones of ’70 around which year [after] year we shall meet. . . . And now as you go out to labor as philosophers, essayists, politicians, orators, poets, historians, naturalists, seekers and teachers of truth, . . . may all your deeds, all your words, all your smiles[,] all your footprints shine with glory as the stars.”

(Left) In 1950, the family of Isaac Riddick presented the College with a plaque to be placed on the Stone Pile to identify it for later generations.

The Class of 1870 assembled these boulders in a pyramid between Robinson and South Halls as a class memorial. (South Hall was later renamed Dickie Hall and is now incorporated into the Kellogg Center.)

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(Top) The Stone Pile was moved in 1994 in preparation for construction of the Kellogg Center.

The boulders were numbered and photographed so that they could be repositioned once placed in their new location a year later, in front of the Gerstacker International House where they still are today.

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Sept. 29-Oct. 2 Please come and celebrate 170 years of “Albion, Dear Albion” this fall. In addition to our regular Homecoming offerings, including the Briton Golf Classic, Hall of Fame inductions, the Distinguished Alumni Awards, and the football game, we will have several special events honoring this milestone year. Here are the highlights:

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Alumni Science Symposium, ThursdayFriday, Sept. 29-30 (See details below.)

Kicked off with a keynote address by MIT biologist Harvey Lodish, the symposium also includes roundtable discussions, panel presentations and poster sessions.

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Prentiss M. Brown Honors Institute Reunion All Honors Institute alumni are invited to a reunion, including special programming and events during the weekend. We will also recognize the Class of 1980, the first class to have entered the program as freshmen, celebrating their 25th reunion this year.

All-Class Reception, Friday, Sept. 30

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The Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards, Saturday, Oct. 1 Rock the night away with this live performance by Dennis Edwards and his ensemble, which includes trombonist Nick Cucinella, ’01. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Edwards has 14 Gold Albums to his credit and is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.

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Join all Albion alumni and President Peter Mitchell, ’67, at an opening reception that will celebrate the College’s 170th anniversary.

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All-Class Luncheon, Saturday, Oct. 1 An all-class luncheon on Saturday will provide an opportunity to reconnect with Albion friends before the football game.

Tours of the newly constructed Kresge Hall and renovated Palenske Hall The first phase of construction on the $41.6-million science complex renovation and expansion will be complete this summer with the opening of these two buildings. Guided tours will be available at various times during the weekend.

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The Albion College Concert Choir, the Alumni Choir and the Albion College Orchestra will perform their traditional Homecoming concert Sunday afternoon.

There are approximately 170 days left until Homecoming Weekend 2005 (Sept. 29-Oct. 2), when Albion College will celebrate 170 years of operation! During the next 170 days, we are asking all of our alumni, parents and friends to “tell a friend” about all of the great activities we have in store. A record turnout will add to our celebration of what makes Albion the special place it is. Make plans now to attend!

For more details and regular updates, go to: www.albion.edu/alumni/homecoming_2005.asp

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Tentative Schedule of Events The Science Symposium is open to all alumni interested in learning more about future directions in scientific and medical research and in science education. Current and emeritus science faculty, as well as current students and fellow alumni, will be in attendance throughout the symposium.

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Opening Reception Dinner with Current and Emeritus Science Faculty Keynote Address: Harvey Lodish “Life Sciences in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities for Liberal Arts Colleges” MIT professor of biology and bioengineering and founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Mass., Harvey Lodish has conducted research that has important implications for the treatment of cancer, diabetes, heart disease and obesity.

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Breakfast/Round Table Discussions Alumni Panel Discussion I: “Medicine Today: High Tech/ High Touch” 10:30-11:45 a.m.Alumni Panel Discussion II: “Confronting Global Change and Its Implications for Biodiversity”

Noon-1:30 p.m. Luncheon Speaker: James Wilson, ’77 Faculty Panel: “Science and the Liberal Arts College” 1:45-3 p.m.

Guided Tours of Kresge Hall and Palenske Hall Poster Session I: Student Research Featuring the latest projects by Fellows in the Foundation for Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (FURSCA) 3-4:30 p.m.

Poster Session II: Alumni Research Albion’s new laboratory building, Kresge Hall, will Featuring recent research by Albion open this summer and will be available for touring alumni scientists during the Science Symposium.

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Homecoming/170th Anniversary Opening Reception 6 p.m.

Athletic Hall of Fame Dinner All alumni who majored in science at Albion will receive and Induction Ceremony, or Informal Departmental reservation information for the Science Symposium by mail.

Dinners with Current and Other alumni interested in attending are encouraged to Emeritus Science Faculty contact the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations via e-mail at John Vournakis, ’61, is serving as symposium alumniandparents@albion.edu or call 517/629-0448. chair.