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Patsy Gore Clark, ’88, 9315 Hix Rd., Livonia, MI 48150, is the research director for Market Strategies Inc. She is married to Dan Clark. Lisa Valente Cox, ’88, 700 Courtwright Blvd., Mansfield, OH 44907, is a part-time physician assistant. She is a volunteer at her children’s school. Lisa graduated from the physician assistant program at Western Michigan University in 1990. She and her husband, James Cox, ’87, have two children. Monica Das, ’88, Lage Kanaaldijk 123, Maastricht, The Netherlands 6212NA, is a violinist with Andre Rieu and the Johann Strauss Orchestra. She earned her master’s degree in stringed instruments from the University of Michigan in 1991. Monica also received K-12 music teacher certification in 1990. She and her husband, Andre Dieleman, have two children. Matt Davis, ’88, is a district manager for Bank One. He oversees branches in Auburn Hills, Clarkston, Ortonville, Oxford,
Pontiac, Rochester, Rochester Hills and Waterford. Matt previously worked as district manager for Bank One and Fifth Third Bank in Columbus, OH. He began his banking career at National Bank of Detroit. Matt has a master’s degree from Franklin University in Columbus. Stuart Forsyth, ’88, 400 Coutant St., Flushing, MI 48433, is the president of Republic Bank. He is a youth soccer and tee-ball coach, and is also a member of the Downtown Flint Rotary Club. He earned his M.B.A. from the University of Detroit in 1995. Stuart and his wife, Susan, have been married for 11 years and have two children. Kay Lappin Gil, ’88, 371 Willow Lane, Menasha, WI 54952, is a stay-at-home mom. She previously worked in marketing and was a middle school Spanish teacher. Kay earned her M.B.A. from New York University in 1994. Kay and her husband, Pat, were married in 2000 and spent their honeymoon in Ireland. They have a daughter.
Tim Hamann, ’88, 2100 Planavon, Ferndale, MI 48220-2701, is the vice president of National Logistics Management, where he has worked for more than 10 years. He performs with several chamber choirs in the Detroit area. Tim sang with the Detroit Oratorio Society for nine years and served on the board. He now sings with other Albion alums in Vox Humana. Tim has been the programming chair for Together We Can, a Michigan recovery conference. He also does volunteer work at Affirmations in Ferndale. Mary Judd Hazen, ’88, 1625 Old Barn Circle, Libertyville, IL 60048, works in human resources consulting and outsourcing services for Hewitt Associates, where she has worked for 15 years. She earned her M.B.A. from the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business. Mary and her husband, Mike, have been married for five years and have two daughters. Cinthia Larkin Kazee, ’88, 1236 41st Ave., Sacramento, CA 95822, is the owner
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and president of Universal Network Development Corp., a telecommunications engineering firm. She is the editor of her yacht club newsletter. Cindy and her family enjoy boating in the Sacramento delta and camping in the Sierra Mountains. She has traveled throughout the United States. Cindy and her husband, Dennis, have been married for 10 years and have two children. David Keep, ’88, 9910 Juniper Court, Concord, OH 44060, is a pathologist and serves as chairman of the pathology department at Lake Hospital. David and his wife, Diane, were married in 2001 and have a daughter. Julie Lundstrum Kirby, ’88, 1452 Huntingford Dr., Marietta, GA 30068, is a social worker and utilization manager for Cobb Community Services Board. She and her husband, Douglas, have been married for 12 years. They have two sons. Kurt Kobiljak, ’88, 21370 Knudsen Dr., Grosse Ile, MI 48138-1157, is an attorney and partner in Pentiuk, Couvreur & Kobiljak, P.C. He was elected to a second term as Grosse Ile Township treasurer. Kurt is the founder and president of the Grosse Ile Nature & Land Conservancy. He is also involved with the Educational Foundation and the Tails Animal Shelter. Kurt and his wife, Kristen Carnes Kobiljak, ’95, have been married for eight years and have two children. William LeFevre, ’88, 1052 Audubon Rd., Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230, is a faculty member at Wayne State University. He and his wife, Mary Jo Yaklin LeFevre, ’89, have a son. Donna Lewis-Crawford, ’88, 24403 PineGrove Court, Farmington Hills, MI 48335, is an inside sales account manager for Compuware Corp. She has worked there for two years, after taking a leave in the early ’90s for marriage and a family. After college, Donna pursued her dream of performing and acted in several shows in the Detroit area for five years. She hosted a children’s show on WXYZ-TV Channel 7 for six years. Donna recently sang the national anthem at Comerica Park with Michael Smith, ’87, for a charity event. She has a daughter. Matthew Mair, ’88, 222 Valley Street 4, San Francisco, CA 94131-2344, works in marketing at AT&T. He earned his M.B.A. from Michigan State University. Mary Plagens Milne, ’88, 17875 SW 109th Ave., Tualatin, OR 97062, is a homemaker. She previously worked as a finance manager. Mary earned her M.B.A. from Purdue University. She has traveled to Bora Bora, Egypt, Greece, Australia and the Cayman Islands. Mary and her husband, Jim, were married in 1999 and have a son.
Media in 1995. Nancy left Katz this past summer to become the national sales manager for the oldies and country stations in Chicago. She earned her master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 1989. Nancy and her husband, Jim, were married in 1991 and have twin sons. Andre Oei, ’88, 1038 Rockbridge Rd., Lexington, KY 40515, is a special education teacher in Kentucky after teaching music at a high school in California. He is active in the Methodist church. Andre earned a degree from Michigan State University and began his master’s degree at California Lutheran University. Andre and his wife, Sandy, have three children. Stephanie Danner Paluda, ’88, 32741 Friar Tuck Lane, Beverly Hills, MI 480252501, is an obstetrician-gynecologist in private practice at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak. She and her husband, Andy, ’86, have two children. Marit Rasmussen, ’88, 11 Begalina St., Almaty, Kazakhstan 480-100, works with the ABA Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative, working on issues of international human rights with an emphasis in the area of child protection. She also volunteers for anti-death penalty campaigns and cancer fund-raising and awareness projects. She earned her J.D. degree. John Rosenburg, ’88, 77945 Dequindre, Leonard, MI 48367, has his builder’s license and works as a chief estimator with Denn-Co Construction. He is a coach for two soccer teams. John earned a master’s degree in financial management. He and his family have enjoyed vacations to England and Walt Disney World, and also took a trip to the Grand Canyon. John and his wife, Gerrie, have four sons. David Sibilsky, ’88, 3235 Roswell Rd. NE, Apt. 10, Atlanta, GA 30305-1883, is the director of sales operations for GeorgiaPacific Corp. in Atlanta after working for Accenture. He is active in Big Brothers/Big Sisters and Outward Bound. David climbed to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in 2002 and hiked the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in 2003. Cynthia Higgins Smith, ’88, 1546 Sodon Lake Dr., Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302, is a vice president and senior trader with Comerica Securities. She is the director of the Bond Club of Detroit and a member of the Women’s Economic Club. Cynthia and her husband, Scott, have a son. Amy Thomas-Mellema, ’88, 2526 Belfast SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49507, is an attorney and works as senior counsel at Meijer Inc. She and her husband, Todd, have three daughters.
David Norczyk, ’88, 26 Manse Rd. (Cults), Aberdeen, Scotland U.K. AB15 9TL, is a Ph.D. student in the divinity department at the University of Aberdeen. After 10 years as a financial consultant, he returned to school at Dallas Theological Seminary to receive his master’s degree. David is now in Scotland studying and preaching in the northeast at various Baptist churches. He has traveled to China, Hong Kong, Japan, Ghana, Israel and Jordan. David and his wife, Stephanie, have been married for 10 years and have four children.
Andy Valentine, ’88, 5067 Plantation Court, Mason, OH 45040, is an electronic banking product manager at Fifth Third Bank. He lived for a brief time in New York. Andy and his wife, Amy Kaufman Valentine, ’89, have two sons.
Nancy Reed O’Brien, ’88, 471 Cottage Hill Ave., Elmhurst, IL 60126, is a national sales manager for WJMK-FM/WUSN-FM, affiliated with Infinity Broadcasting. She worked as a media buyer for several years in the Chicago advertising community, and switched to national radio sales for Katz
Mary Sue Martin Vorbrich, ’88, 8875 Danton Way, Eden Prairie, MN 55347, is a homemaker and former lawyer. From 1991 to 1998, she worked as a lawyer doing construction and general commercial litigation work. In February 1998 she became a shareholder in a Minneapolis law
Bartev Vartanian, ’88, 3 Brewin Court, San Ramon, CA 94583, is a market maker for Group One Trading. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford in 1995. He ran his first marathon for Team in Training in 2002. Bartev and his wife, Hilda, were married in 1995 and have two children.