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following good opera productions in Europe, New York, San Diego, Los Angeles and Seattle. He also enjoys reading and researching pre-revolutionary Russian history and is a volunteer teacher at a high school. He is the uncle of Megan Cutcher, ’06. Prentiss Dettman, ’54, 15484 Admiralty Circle 3, Fort Myers, FL 33917-3264. He had a professorship at the University of Nebraska until 1978, and later continued with a private medical group until he retired in 1990. Prentiss enjoys cruises and sailing his own boat. This summer he helped crew a sailboat in the first Mackinac Island to Manatoulin Island race. He is active in the Royal Palm Yacht Club in Fort Myers. Prentiss and his wife, Evelyn, spend most of their time in Florida, but still travel to Nebraska, Ohio and Michigan frequently. The Dettmans have been married for 49 years and have two sons, David, ’79, and Brian, ’82, and four grandchildren. Donna Stutesman DeVinney, ’54, 14 Dartmoor Place, Midland, MI 48640. A retired tax accountant, Donna is involved with the League of Women Voters and the United Methodist Church (UMC). She is currently serving on the Detroit Conference Board of Church and Society for the UMC. She enjoys spending time with her children, including Tim, ’77, who is building a house in Turkey. Dorothy Hoisington Dickerson, ’54, 28611 D Drive N., Albion, MI 49224. She is the manager of Books & More in Albion, a store she began in 2002. She is married to Gar Dickerson, ’52. Norman Eifler, ’54, 501 W. Grand Ave., Mount Pleasant, MI 48858. A retired dentist, he is involved with First United Methodist Church and volunteers for
Hospice and Meals on Wheels. He is the past president of the 9th District Dental Society and of the Mt. Pleasant Lions Club. Norman was also the president of the Mount Pleasant Country Club and served as chairman for Hospice of Central Michigan. He has enjoyed trips to the Maritime Provinces, as well as Alaska and Hawaii. He and his wife, Ada Jean Muma Eifler, ’56, have a grandson, Jeffrey, ’08, attending Albion, following in the footsteps of his father, David, ’80, and grandfather. Ruth Pollock Ely, ’54, 3814 Del Mar Ave., San Diego, CA 92106-2016. She was co-founder and principal of a private school in downtown San Diego from 1976 until her retirement in 1998. Ruth is involved with Voices for Children, where she is a court-appointed special advocate (CASA) for foster children. She is codirector of the care and children’s ministry at her church. Ruth has also been involved with many other groups including Girl Scouts and the San Diego Junior Theater Parents. She earned a master’s degree in education in 1976 and a master’s degree in marriage and family counseling in 1986. Ruth and her husband, Mel, took a trip in May on the Seine River from Normandy to Paris. In 2002, they took a tour with Lynn Collins Kirkpatrick, ’54, and her husband. They have also enjoyed many “mini” reunions with friends in Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, Colorado and Nebraska. They have been married for 47 years and have three children and four grandchildren. Sallee Fox Engstrom, ’54, 27 Little Traverse Bay Dr., Petoskey, MI 49770. She retired from teaching at Cornell University in 1986. She received her Ph.D. in 1994 from the University of Denver. Sallee has taught some community continuing education courses on Ralph
Waldo Emerson since 1994. She published a book in 1997 called The Infinitude of the Private Man: Emerson’s Presence in Western New York. She is active in the American Association of University Women and First United Methodist Church of Brevard, NC. Sallee recently returned from her second year of attending the Smithsonian Oxford Seminar. She is married to Keith Engstrom, ’51.
Alzheimer’s in 1998, and has been living in a small assisted living facility for three years. They enjoyed a three-week “retirement” trip to France in 1997, followed by a second trip to France in 1999. John has returned to France twice by himself, in 2003 and 2004. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in December 2003. They have four children and 12 grandchildren.
Sonya Kingsley Evenson-Ford, ’54, 6176 Tahoe Dr. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546-7127. She is retired.
Marjorie MacMillan Hever, ’54, 238 Brittany Place Dr., Apt. K, Hendersonville, NC 28792-7128. She retired as a part-time instructor at Howard Community College. Marjorie taught in public schools and later served as a substitute teacher for another 15 years. She is a volunteer for Churches Concerned for the Homeless and Habitat for Humanity. Marjorie has been singing for a year with the Columbia Pro Cantare, a choral group in Central Maryland. She is active with Sigma Alpha Iota, the music fraternity. Marjorie and her husband, Robert, have three children and six grandchildren.
Dawn McCullough Fowler, ’54, 3003 E. Fulton, Grand Rapids, MI 49506. A homemaker, she is president of the Butterworth Hospital Auxiliary and a member of the Sally Bender Guild. Dawn is also a member of the Butterworth Hospital Board of Trustees and the Butterworth Foundation Board. She is also involved with the Children’s Miracle Network. Dawn has traveled throughout the United States, as well as to Europe and South America. She earned her degree from Calvin College. She and her husband, Dave Fowler, ’53, have been married for 51 years and have three children and a grandchild. O. Guy Frick, ’54, 1940 Augusta Ct., Oxnard, CA 93036. He is a retired senior deputy district attorney. He is married to Marie Frick. John and Shanna Collins Gilbert, both ’54, 18406 Winterset Dr., Southfield, MI 48076-5743. John retired in 1997 after 33 years of teaching French and holding a variety of administrative positions. He earned his master’s degree from the University of Michigan in 1955. John also earned a certificate from the Universite de Grenoble for a full year of French studies in 1955-56. Shanna was diagnosed with
The Class of 1954 celebrated its 50th reunion Oct. 22-23 during Homecoming Weekend. Pictured are: (front row, left to right) Bruce Campbell, James Merrifield, Donna Stutesman DeVinney, Maureen Kennedy Kinzler, James Cook, Gretchen Personius Orr, John Gilbert, Daniel Dewey, Prentiss Dettman, June Luke Dempsey; (second row) Phyllis Starkweather Young, Sallee Fox Engstrom, Carolyn Townsend Maron, Esther Nevins Winchester, Marilyn Collins Kirkpatrick, Ruth Pollock Ely, Marjorie MacMillan Hever, Betty Smoot Whitlock, Sally Lynas Lamkin, Burton Lamkin, Barbara Kinzel Williamson, Jean Daniel Akers,
Sally Collins Jenkins, ’54, 7606 W. 102nd St., Overland Park, KS 66212. Now retired, Sally spent the last 13 years in the seminar business, traveling the United States and Canada training business people in all aspects of business communication. She and her husband, Paul, took a European cruise to seven countries. They currently divide their time between homes in Kansas and Tucson, AZ. Shirley Brady Johnson, ’54, 9901 S.E. Highway 314, #165, Silver Springs, FL 34488. She is a deacon for Grace Episcopal Church in Ocala, FL. Shirley does volunteer work for the church and ministers to the homebound and those members in nursing homes. She graduated from nurse’s training at Bronson Methodist
Hospital and earned a master’s degree from Western Michigan University. After she retired from nursing, Shirley and her husband, Lloyd, traveled throughout the United States and Canada. She also traveled to Ireland and Germany. She enjoys genealogy. They have been married for 39 years and enjoy spending time with their family. Barbara Larson Jones, ’54, 875 Front Range Rd., Littleton, CO 80120. She is a homemaker and former teacher. She earned a degree from Michigan State University. Barbara has traveled to several foreign countries. She and her husband, Stanley, have been married for 47 years and have three sons and nine grandchildren. E. Constance Kinzie, ’54, 1400 20th St. NW, Apt. 410, Washington, D.C. 200365906. She retired in 2000 after 32 years as a technical editor with the Federal Reserve Board. Constance enjoys attending special lectures and programs at the Smithsonian. She has traveled throughout the United States. Maureen Kennedy Kinzler, ’54, 26298 LaMuera, Farmington Hills, MI 48334. She is a homemaker. She and her sister, Bobbi Kennedy Tower, ’59, went on a cruise to the capitals of northern Europe in 2000. Maureen and her husband, Earl, have taken cruises through the Panama Canal and the Alaska Inside Passage. She is interested in genealogy and discovered Shirley Brady Johnson, ’54, who is not only a Delta Zeta sister but also a distant relative. The Kinzlers have been married for 42 years and have two daughters and two granddaughters. Marilyn Collins Kirkpatrick, ’54, 1836 Massoit St., Royal Oak, MI 48073-1982. She is retired after teaching elementary
Ruth Ann Williams Biggs, William Biggs; (back row) Alan Swan, Willard Meader, Gloria Brockway Cunningham, Donald Roe, John Brundage, John Hammond, Cedric Dempsey, Sonya Kingsley Evenson-Ford, James Bradshaw, Mary Joe Smith Swan, Neal Singles, Patricia Moody Bradshaw, David Klein, Dorothy Hoisington Dickerson, Frank Merrick, Priscilla Lewis van der Pas, Constance Kinzie, Katherine Smith Stahl, Barbara Carne Riehl, Marlene Hesse Cooper, Noel Black, Celia Cook Weidendorf, Elizabeth Norton Anderson, Betty Fitch Paarlberg, Richard Nebel (behind Paarlberg), Robert Burkholz, Richard Reinhard.