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Lyle Schmidt, ’71, 7605 Brill Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45243, is a partner in Electronauts, a company that sells telecommunications equipment to developing countries in Africa, south Asia, and South America. He is also president of Chapin Properties, Inc., a real estate investment company. He is married and has four children. Richard and Nancy Miller Stack, both ’71, 106 Alder Place, Chapel Hill, NC 27517. Richard is a tenured cardiology professor at Duke University. He is president of the Atlanta Cardiovascular Research Institute and a managing partner of Synecor. He also serves as president of Quest Center Martial Arts. He is a fifth degree black belt. Nancy is vice president of Quest Center Martial Arts and a glassblower. The Stacks have three children. William Stout, ’71, 423 Dorsey Way, Louisville, KY 40223-2833, is an assistant professor of accountancy at the University of Louisville. He worked in public and industrial accounting and also for the Financial Accounting Standards Board. He earned his M.B.A. from the University of Illinois in 1973 and his Ph.D. from the University of South Florida in 1997. He is also a certified public accountant. He and his wife, Jean, have adopted 11 children. Richard Thomas, ’71, 608 Creekmore Court, Walnut Creek, CA 94598, is a pediatrician in the Permanente Medical Group. He is a member of the Christian Medical and Dental Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics. He has traveled to Japan. He and his wife, Ikuko, have three children. Carla Hird Tibble, ’71, 20612 Woodbird Dr., Northville, MI 48167, is a teacher in life management education. She is involved with various teaching committees. She and her husband, Robert Tibble, ’68, married in 1971. They have one son. Susan Todd, ’71, 39463 Baroque, Clinton Township, MI 48038, is computer coordinator for L’Anse Creuse Public Schools. She is a former Teacher of the Year. She earned a degree in administration and a master’s degree in mathematics instruction. She and her husband, Carl Isenberg, have one son. Robert “Bob” Wandel, ’71, 1782 Eaglehelm Place, Henderson, NV 89074, is general manager of Image Construction, Inc. He is a home builder and general contractor, and he also worked as a construction manager at Disneyland. He serves as the Eagle Scout reviewer for the Boy Scouts of America in Henderson, NV. He has traveled to Mexico and the Caribbean, and throughout the United States. He and his wife, Pam, married in 1972. They have three children. George “Ben” Hare and Janet Welch, both ’71, 912 Stuart Ave., East Lansing, MI 48823-3144, are both attorneys. Ben is legal counsel for the Michigan State Legislature. Janet serves as general counsel for the State Bar of Michigan. Ben has been involved with the Lansing area soccer programs as a coach and referee, while Janet is involved with various Lansing area dance organizations. They have traveled throughout the United States and Europe. They have two children.
74 Rosa Gomez Dierks, ’74, has written a new textbook, Introduction to Globalization: Political and Economic Perspectives for the 21st Century, published by Burnham in August 2001. She is a teacher at Adams State College and lives in Alamosa, CO.
76 Colleen White Baker, ’76, 5768 Stewart Rd., Monroe, MI 48162, is a math and science teacher for Mason Consolidated Schools. She is also a violinist in the Monroe Chamber Players. She earned her master’s degree in secondary school teaching from Eastern Michigan University in 1989. Colleen and her husband, Lynn, married in 1981. They have one daughter. Ronald Blair, ’76, 4880 Indian Creek Dr., Jackson, MI 49201, works in financial forecasting for Consumers Energy. He is married to Sharon Galardi. Susan Battle Boyko, ’76, 5131 Maple Grove Rd., Charlevoix, MI 49720, is a business owner, along with her husband. Recipient of a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Madonna, she has also worked as a registered nurse, flight nurse and an emergency room nurse. She is active in her church and is a newsletter writer for a local agricultural co-op. She and her husband, Tim Boyko, ’72, have been married for 24 years. They have two children. Kay Richardson Brawley, ’76, 3453 Old Ditch Dr., Placerville, CA 95667, is a kindergarten teacher at Blue Oak School in Buckeye Union School District. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware and a master’s degree from Western Maryland College. Kay has traveled to Mexico and to the western and southern Caribbean. She and her husband, Rod, married in 1998. Anne Bayer Burke, ’76, 324 Touraine Rd., Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236, does writing and research for the Gale Group, a publishing company in Farmington Hills. She and her husband, John, have two children. Cosette Tracy Campbell, ’76, 41 Beverly Rd., Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236, is a community and school volunteer, and she is currently the president of the University Liggett Middle School Parents Association. She earned an M.B.A. in 1978. She has three children. Duff Chamberlain, ’76, 8027 Osage, Allen Park, MI 48101, is a self-employed funeral director. He has served on Presbyterian church boards, and he has been a member of the Jaycees and the Lions. For the past two years he has served as president of the Allen Park Junior Football Club. He and his wife, Margaret Suhy Chamberlain, married in 1978. They have two sons. Laura Pollock Cerven, ’76, 21532 84th Ave. SW, Vashon, WA 98070, is a French teacher giving private and group lessons and is a published literary translator. She is also director of the Vashon United Methodist Church Choir. She earned a master’s degree in French from the University of Illinois and has traveled to France. She and her husband, John, have three sons. Charles Cook, ’76, 3420 Channing Lane, Bedford, TX 76021, is a family physician and owner of Bedford Family Medicine.
Medical director of First United Methodist Church Medical/Dental Missions, he is also a clinical associate professor of family medicine at UNTHSC Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, as well as the chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at Harris Methodist HEB Hospital. His hobbies include coaching girls’ youth basketball and singing in the church choir. He and his wife, Janelle, have four children. Jennifer Hewins Delozier, ’76, 8 Pine St., Easthampton, MA 01027, is a development educator for Heritage Child Development Center. A board member and community producer for a local public access television station, she is also interested in photography and writing. She earned her master’s degree in early childhood education/ Montessori. She has traveled throughout the United States. She and her husband, Gregory, have adopted two children. Steve Dickson, ’76, P.O. Box 9545, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067, moved to California this year. His family is enjoying the weather, but they miss their friends and family in Michigan. Last year he went mountain climbing in Morocco with Dan Webster, ’76. They climbed the highest peak in northern Africa in support of a
children’s charity. Dan hit a golf ball off the top of the mountain. He and his wife, Terri, have been married for 12 years. They have two children. Barry Doublestein, ’76, 5303 Holly Brooke Lane, Loganville, GA 30052, is president of the Osteopathic Institute of the South. He is chairman of Americans for Haitian Healthcare and is a lobbyist at the Georgia General Assembly for the Georgia Osteopathic Medical Association. He is the former dean of students for Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. Barry was a candidate for U.S. Congress during the open election to replace Newt Gingrich in 1998. He earned a master’s degree from Northeast Missouri State University. He and his wife, Vivian Balzer Doublestein, have three children. James Fay, ’76, 3142 Daggitt Dr., Spring Arbor, MI 49283, is a vice president for special loans at Citizens Bank. He also serves as director for the Michigan Certified Development Corp. He earned his M.B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1991. He and his wife, Lori Hannum Fay, married in 1979. They have two children. Janice Hook Foley, ’76, 3940 Leane Dr., Tallahassee, FL 32309, is a senior policy
analyst for the Florida legislature. She also owns a video production company along with her husband. She is president of Tallahassee Families with Asian Children, and she is active in the international adoption community. Janice earned her M.B.A. from Florida State University in 1978 and is a CPA. She and her husband, Steve, married in 1994. They adopted a daughter from China in 1998, and they are returning to China this winter to adopt another daughter. Steven Forbes, ’76, 2532 E. Ramsgate Court, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126, is a sales manager for Unilever Best Foods. He and his wife, Karen Hilbish Forbes, ’74, have been married for 25 years. They have two children. David Gruen, ’76, 11406 E. Vassar Dr., Aurora, CO 80014, is a senior loan officer. He and his wife, Kim, have three children. Susan Henry, ’76, 8708 Black Creek Blvd., Orlando, FL 32829, is a seminary student at Asbury Seminary and Christian education director. She taught special education for nine years and has been on the church staff for 14 years. She earned a master’s degree in Christian education/ youth ministry from METHESCO. She has
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