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Emily Yerkes Baxendine, ’78, 21 Ellis Ave., Onslow Village, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7SR Great Britain, is the office administrator for an arts and crafts guild. She has lived in Great Britain since 1979. She is married to Andrew and has two children. Bonnie Burnham Bennyhoff, ’78, 5950 W. Textile Rd., Saline, MI 48176, works in application development as a supply chain manager for AES, a division of ExxonMobil, where she has worked for 12 years. She also is involved with the Society of Plastics Engineers and the Society of Automotive Engineers. Bonnie is active in the First Methodist Church of Saline. She and her husband, Bruce, have been married for 20 years and have a son. James Burton, ’78, 1176 Old Mill Lane, Wyomissing, PA 19610, is president of Manchester Copper Products LLC. Jim earned an M.B.A. at the University of Michigan. He is married to Rebecca Keiser Burton, ’77.
Amy LaBarge, ’75, celebrated her 50th birthday along with several Albion alums in Pentwater. Attending the celebration were: (left to right) Kathy Martien MacMillan, ’75, Amy LaBarge, ’75, Barbara Lewis-Lakin, ’75, John Howland, ’75, (behind Barbara), Nancy Peterson Howland, ’75, and Bob MacMillan, ’75. Carolyn Finn Seckinger, ’73, 5539 Pecos Lane, Terre Haute, IN 47805, is an accountant with the Kemper CPA Group, LLC. She is currently in graduate school at Indiana State University. A member of the Academic Booster Club and Parents Advisory Committee at Otter Creek Middle School, Carolyn is also involved with the Swope Art Gallery. Every year her family spends the month of June in southern France at St. Jean-Cap Ferrat, where she lived as a child. Carolyn and her husband, Clifford, have three children. Dale Smith, ’73, 12202 R Avenue East, Scotts, MI 49088-9337, is a teacher and was named Climax-Scots Teacher of the Year in 2003. He was also named the Most Significant Teacher by the Kalamazoo County Excellence in Education Program four times. Dale served as the adult/ alternative/community education director for 18 years. The program was given a Top Class D Program Award in 1999. Dale has served as assistant football coach for the past five years, and has been a volunteer for men’s and women’s track. He traveled to Australia in 2001. He and his wife, Janice, have a daughter, Jennifer, ’99. Becky Mikeshock Soper, ’73, 1905 Bethwick Court, Lawrenceville, GA 30044, is an eighth-grade algebra teacher for Dacula Middle School. She will be completing her master’s degree in middle grades education this year. Becky has taken two trips to Honduras on mission trips with her church. She and her husband, Mark, ’75, have two children. Vincent Thomas, ’73, 27375 Bloomfield Dr., Lathrup Village, MI 48076-3341, is the owner of Networking Services for Novell (NSN), which provides network integration and support. He and his wife, Coletta Nelson Thomas, ’76, have been married for 27 years and have a son, Quinn, ’01. Judith Herring Winter, ’73, PO Box 341719, Austin, TX 79734, is an avid gardener and aided in the formation of a Horticultural Therapy Garden Club in Austin at her father’s assisted living facility. She earned her master’s degree from the University of Denver. Judith is married to William Winter.
Margretta Hauth Young, ’73, 11703 Parkriver Dr., Houston, TX 77070-2525, is an R.N. and elementary school nurse for Cypress Fairbanks School District in Houston. She earned her secondary education certification in 1973 and became a registered nurse in 1981. She enjoyed a reunion with Jane Greenawalt Westbrook, ’73, after 20 years. Margretta and her husband, Steven, ’70, celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary in 2002. They have two sons and a granddaughter. They also welcomed their 12-year-old nephew into their family in 2000.
78 Guy Schwartz Anthony, ’78, 295 El Cerrito Ave., Hillsborough, CA 94010, is the CFO and treasurer of Stentor, Inc., which sells radiology image management systems to hospitals. He left Intel last year after 22 years. Guy earned his M.B.A. from Harvard University in 1980. He is involved with YoungLife, Campus Crusade for Christ, John Stott Ministries and the local pregnancy care organization. He and his wife, Gigi, visited the YoungLife ministry in Russia last year. They have three children. Richard Baird, ’78, 346 Drovers Lane, Palatine, IL 60067-5823, is a partner and global operations leader in Assurance and Business Advisory Services with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (PWC). From 1998 to 2000, he was president/CEO of Compass.com. He is the chairman of the Albion College Board of Trustees and is involved with United Methodist Homes & Services in the Chicago area. A board member of Global AIESEC, an international educational exchange organization, Rich also serves on the advisory council for INSEAD, an executive education program (Fountaine Bleu, France). He was named one of the Five Outstanding Men of Michigan in 1983 by the Michigan Jaycees. Rich also received the Beta Alpha Psi Distinguished Service Award. He coauthored a book in 1989, and served as project leader for two PWC books in 2001 and 2003. Rich and his wife, Linda, have been married for 18 years and have three children.
Frank Carr, ’78, 109 South 21st St., Richmond, IN 47374-5731, has been the athletic director at Earlham College for two years. He previously worked for 17 years as the head football coach at Earlham and was the longest serving and winningest football coach in school history. He is an elder at First Presbyterian Church, where he also taught Sunday school and sings in the choir. He was a study buddy and mentor in Richmond Community Schools for seven years. Frank and his wife, Becky, have been married for 25 years and have three children. Julia Reyburn Christofaro, ’78, 2555 Queensland Lane, Plymouth, MN 55447, is a proposal manager for Identix Inc., a fingerprint and facial recognition technology company. She has traveled to the Caribbean, Costa Rica, England and the Canadian Rockies. She has two daughters. Jane Andert Clarke, ’78, 300 W. Higham St., St. Johns, MI 48879, is a magistrate
and court administrator for 65A District Court in Clinton County. She is married to Terry Clarke. Mark Crawford, ’78, 235 Brentwood Dr., Battle Creek, MI 49015, is the director of marketing and research for Battle Creek Health System, where he has worked for seven years. He serves as the chair of Battle Creek Silent Observer and Battle Creek Eye Opener. A trustee with Integrated Health Partners and the DeVinney Fund, he also serves on the board for Lifespan, Channel 41 Inc. and the Lakeview School Foundation. Mark and his wife, Sheila, have three daughters. Thomas Daly, ’78, 2676 Orrington Ave., Evanston, IL 60201-1770, is the vice president of finance for Goss International. In 1993 his company started a joint venture in Shanghai, China, to build newspaper printing presses. The venture has been very successful, and he has been to Shanghai more than 40 times. He is a board member of The Total Child Center, a program of the First United Methodist Church of Evanston. Thomas earned a degree from Kalamazoo College and his M.B.A. from Michigan State University. He is a certified public accountant. He and his wife, JeanneMarie, have traveled several times to France to visit with her family. They have a daughter. Sharon Berthet DeMusiak, ’78, 7215 Earldom Ave., Playa del Rey, CA 90293, works in marketing and administration for a wine broker to cruise lines and airlines. She previously worked for 13 years in account management at several Los Angeles advertising agencies. Sharon is a supporter of Hollygrove Orphanage and the Boys and Girls Club of Venice, and she also volunteers for local political fundraising events. Sharon is married to Kirk DeMusiak. Elizabeth Whitaker Dolby, ’78, 17401 Kinross Ave., Beverly Hills, MI 48025, is a self-employed manufacturer’s representative. She is participating in her third Team
in Training marathon for the leukemia and lymphoma society. Elizabeth and her husband, Craig, ’79, have been married for 24 years and have two daughters. Cheryl Myers Duggan, ’78, 2416 Pleasant View Dr., Rochester Hills, MI 48306, is a teacher at Detroit Country Day School, where she also supervises the study skills program and serves as coordinator for Walk for Multiple Sclerosis. Cheryl also serves as the Sunday School coordinator at Abiding Presence Lutheran Church. She earned her master’s degree from Oakland University. Cheryl is married to Charles Duggan. Laurada Boehl Edwards, ’78, 617 Lake Shore Rd., Grafton, WI 53024, is the Christian education coordinator at her church. She also does volunteer work with church, school and Girl Scouts, and she is an avid quilter. Laurada and her husband have traveled to Hong Kong and Bangkok. Her family has also traveled throughout the United States. Laurada and her husband, David, have three daughters. Mary “Kate” Gilmore Evans, ’78, 4126 Massachusetts Ave., La Mesa, CA 91941, is the editor-in-chief of AGW Productions, where she edits and designs Web sites, including the #1 non-commercial site on the Web for young girls aged 7-17. She is married to Thomas Evans Jr. John “Jack” Farrar IV, ’78, 2345 Brentwood Rd., Columbus, OH 43209, is a self-employed photographer and studio owner. He is a member of Rotary International. Jack and his wife, Elizabeth, have been married for 16 years and have two children. Alan and Sherryl Seavitt Fletcher, both ’78, 1057 Carriage Hill Parkway, Annapolis, MD 21401, have two sons. Alan is president and CEO of Accountants Inc. Sherryl is the senior associate director of admissions for Johns Hopkins University. She has worked in college admissions administration for 21 years. She is an active
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