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Sarah G. Laverty, ’93, has recently joined the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. She is serving as an associate in the estate planning and administration practice group and the health care group. She received her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1996 and is a member of the American Bar Association and the Michigan Bar Association. She resides in Ann Arbor. Lisa A. Miller, ’93, is employed by Delta Environmental Consultants, Inc. in Farmington Hills. She is also busy planning her June 1998 wedding to Dave Mote, ’91. Lisa resides in Northville. Kevin C. Powell, ’93, graduated from the Indiana University School of Law in Bloomington May 10. Kevin is currently residing in Bloomington, IN. Stephanie L. Reed, ’93, has served as a second grade teacher at T.L. Marsalis Elementary School in Dallas. She will be returning to Michigan in July or August. Patric Rogers, ’93, is working as a partner at Morpheus Unbound. He will marry Kristi Simkins, ’95, in May 1998. Patric currently resides in Syracuse, NY.
Keith G. Tidball, ’93, is on staff in the anthropology department of the University of Kentucky. In May 1995, he was married in Ireland. He and his wife reside in Wilmore, KY.
94 Kimberly D. Blancke, ’94, is a customer service representative for Ford Motor Credit Co. Kimberly says hello to all her Delta Gamma’s! She resides in Canton. Lisa M. Evans, ’94, received her M.A. in social psychology from Ohio State University in 1996. She is working on her Ph.D. in social psychology and is anticipating receiving it in 1999. Lisa is also busy planning her December wedding to Steve Dibble. Jennifer C. Maxam, ’94, is completing her third year of medical school at Michigan State University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine. Edward Merrill, ’94, is the president and owner of E.J.M. Development Co. which operates around the MidMichigan area. The company purchases and develops land in both residential and commercial properties as well as
The Albion Connection ➢ To: Judy Jacko Hysell, ’71 From: DeeAnn Mangan Harris, ’71 828E North Main Street Spring Valley, NY 10977 914/354-4439 dharris@nrannex.lhric.org
“ ‘Jacko!’ I tried to reach you before and during our 25th class reunion last fall without any success. Hope this method works! Wondering how you are? Please call, write or e-mail me.”
“The Albion Connection” is a cross between want ads and the “personal” ads sometimes run in newspapers or magazines. If you would like to locate a long lost friend or if you need to contact your fellow alumni for any other reason, this is the way to do it—free of charge. The next Io Triumphe will be mailed in October.
subdivisions and apartment complexes. He resides in Eaton Rapids. Stephanie R. Mitchell, ’94, recently completed two internships. She spent time in the Adirondack Mountains in New York and spent the second internship in Maine conducting historic interpretation and research. She will be attending graduate school in the fall studying historic preservation. Heather L. Murley, ’94, received her B.S. in agriculture and animal science from Murray State University in 1995. She is now in her second year of veterinary medicine at Michigan State University. Her e-mail address is murleyhe@zebu.cvm.msu.edu. Jennifer O’Brien, ’94, is working as a teacher and counselor at Bishop Burgess High School. She will receive her M.A. in counseling from Wayne State University in August. Jennifer is busy planning her June 27 wedding to Michael Bahorski. She resides in Warren. John, ’94, and Emily VanDeGinste Volmering, ’94, celebrated their first anniversary on Nov. 18, 1996. They are now living in Midland where John serves as a fifth grade teacher for Coleman Community Schools. Emily is a substitute teacher in Midland County. Elizabeth V. Weisenbach, ’94, was recently elected the president of the Women’s Law Caucus. She is a student at Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University. She and her husband, Scott Kenney, ’92, reside in Okemos. Monica L. Wirth, ’94, completed Cheryl Strictland’s two-day seminar on window treatments in 1995. In July 1996, she joined the Columbus, IN, chapter of the Jaycees. Monica was recently given the “Rookie of the Year” award by her Jaycees chapter and was recently elected the group’s new individual development vice president. Monica invites classmates to write at 1100 17th St., Apt. 2B, Columbus, IN 47201.
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Thomas J. Barr, ’95, lives in Chicago with his cat, Oscar. His work with the Canadian press Pas De Chance has gone wholly unnoticed by any and all possible patrons. He will soon move either east or west. Eric Breitenbeck, ’95, is currently working on his M.S. in exercise science at Oakland University. He is anticipating the completion of that degree in December. To all of his brothers, Eric says “VTL.” Eric lives in New Baltimore.
Send to: Editor, Io Triumphe, Office of Communications, Albion College, 611 E. Porter St., Albion, MI 49224; or via e-mail, to classnotes@albion.edu. Be sure to include your full name, class year, address (geographic and e-mail) and telephone number in your e-mail message.
Zachary Constan, ’95, recently passed his Ph.D. candidacy exam and is currently studying musical acoustics with William Hartmann at Michigan State University. He resides in Okemos. Rebecca Daley-BenBella, ’95, just started her first year in the master’s program at Cleveland College of Jewish
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Gwen Alec Jordan, ’96, has been accepted by audition to the Rome Festival Opera Chorus in Rome, Italy, this July, where he will understudy the lead role of Hansel in Humperdinck’s opera, Hansel and Gretel. He will also sing in the prestigious festival opera chorus and will play saxophone in a jazz ensemble. Just 155 artists from eight countries were selected for this program. Albion faculty member Maureen Balke performed as a guest soloist during a March 1997 benefit concert in Three Rivers that Jordan held to help raise support for his traveling expenses. He resides in Three Rivers.
Studies. Aside from being a full-time student, Rebecca is at home with her husband and two children, Joseph, 21 months, and Sara, 9 months. ➢ Kerri Durocher, ’95, recently accepted the position of client assessment specialist with the Monroe County Employment and Training Department. She will receive her M.A. in counseling from Siena Heights College in August. She is currently interning with the Family Counseling and Shelter Services in Monroe. She is planning her June 1998 wedding to Bill Riggs. She resides in Monroe. Craig Everingham, ’95, is a secondyear student at Life Chiropractic in Marietta, GA. He resides in Marietta. Sharon Ezzell, ’95, has been accepted to the doctoral program in psychology at the University of Hartford in Hartford, CT for fall 1997. She currently resides in Ann Arbor. Jennifer Miller Heisler, ’95, graduated from Central Michigan University in May with her M.A. in speech communication. She and her husband Doug have purchased a house in the Lansing area, and she will be starting her Ph.D. studies this fall at Michigan State University. Eric B. Ives, ’95, has selected a thesis laboratory for his Ph.D. work in molecular biology. He is working under the guidance of Dr. Susan Wenter at Washington University in St. Louis, MO, where he is studying export from the cell nucleus. Eric resides in St. Louis. Colleen L. Karamon, ’95, spent just under a year in Toulouse, France working for Siemens Automotive as a bilingual secretary. While she was in France, she was able to visit with IHouse native speakers Angela Rieck and Gregoire Badulfe. Colleen is now working as a French/English teacher at Walled Lake Western High School. She is also serving as the French Club advisor. She is living in Livonia. Nicole S. Kramer, ’95, lived in Ann Arbor for one year and worked as a legal advocate for the Domestic Violence Project/SAFE House. She is currently in an M.A. program in women’s studies at Ohio State University in Columbus. She resides in Columbus. Ryan, ’95, and Jean Kwiecinski Lauer, ’95, have moved to Tempe, AZ. Both are working on their master’s degrees at Arizona State University. They would
love to hear from friends and especially from those who would like to visit the valley of the sun! Their address is 6815 S. McClintock, #2271, Tempe, AZ 85283. Aaron Nash, ’95, is an enforcement officer for the 37th Judicial Circuit Court in Battle Creek. He is currently working on his J.D. at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School and is anticipating receiving that degree in 1999. He is also planning his August 1998 wedding to Samantha Harrell, ’97. Aaron resides in Marshall. Jennifer A. Parsons, ’95, is employed by the Anchorage School District in Anchorage, AK. She will marry Kevin McDaniel in August. She resides in Anchorage. ➢ Norman Pavlic, ’95, served with VISTA in Iowa for one year, working with local chapters of the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse. He is planning on pursuing his master’s in history in the fall. ➢ Courtney A. Roeck, ’95, is working in business consulting for Arthur Andersen in Detroit. Courtney resides in Berkley. Joy Stuckey, ’95, is working on her Ph.D. in medical microbiology and immunology at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI. In January 1998, she will marry Jasan Doan in Grosse Pointe. Alexander V. Tashian, ’95, is a night auditor with Dahlmann Apartments, Ltd. in Ann Arbor. He was recently voted Employee of the Quarter. Alexander is working on his M.S.A. in the science of accounting at Eastern Michigan University. He resides in Ann Arbor.
96 Bradley W. Brown, ’96, serves as a junior high school and senior high school art teacher for the Genesee School District in Genesee. He is also their J.V. football coach, junior high basketball coach, J.V. head baseball coach and serves on the Gen-Net Computer Committee. He resides in Swartz Creek. Ben Colmery IV, ’96, writes that he is “working here and there, studying the world around me, and preparing for a grueling and fulfilling life as a writer that will start in about seven years.” He resides in Dexter.