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George Croll, ’64, 43642 Serenity Dr., Northville, MI 48167. He retired in 1996 from Livonia Public Schools and now is an adjunct professor in speech communication at Wayne State University. George is a member of the Michigan Speech Coaches Hall of Fame. He earned a Distinguished Service Award from the Michigan Association of Speech Communication. He earned his master’s degree from Wayne State University. George and his wife, Joy, travel to see their seven grandchildren. Bruce Deardorff, ’64, 19320 Sandhill Lane, Flint, TX 75762. He is married to Kathy. Joe Fleming, ’64, 754 Roginhood, Newark, OH 43055. He is the chief technology officer for Denison University in Granville, OH. Joe is the principal tuba for the Welsh Hills Symphony Orchestra. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Joe and his wife, Mary Householder Fleming, ’63, have been married for 39 years and have two children. Theodore Fleming, ’64, 5651 SW 64 Place, South Miami, FL 33143. Theodore is a professor and chairman of biology at the University of Miami. His scientific memoir, A Batman in the Tropics: Chasing El Duende, was published in 2003. Theodore is past president of the Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation, and co-hosted the annual meeting in 2004. He has received awards from the North American Symposium on Bat Research and the American Society of Mammalogists. Theodore earned his master’s degree in 1968 and his Ph.D. in 1969, both from the University of Michigan. His research has been highlighted in several publications, including National Geographic and The Smithsonian. His work has taken him to India, China, Great Britain, Panama and Brazil. He and his wife, Marcia Strandberg Fleming, ’65, have been married for 39 years and have two children. Sharon Farthing Haight, ’64, 18130 North Shore Estates Rd., Spring Lake, MI 49456. Sharon is a CLIA certified cruise assistant, and worked for a cruise agency for five years. She has traveled throughout Asia and the South Pacific and to Africa, Europe and South America. She and her husband, Paul Haight, ’63, have been married for 40 years. They celebrated with a trip to Kauai with their four children and nine grandchildren. Allen Hesselbart, ’64, 223 Myrtle St., Elkhart, IN 46514. Allen is a writer and consultant. He has a monthly column in RV News, and serves as a consultant to the New York Times, The Associated Press and Reuters wire services, as well as several other news publications. Allen has attended several major RV events in Indiana, Iowa, Florida, Maine and Oklahoma. He also travels to Tennessee to fish Dale Hollow Lake from a houseboat several times each year. He has three children. Lynne Byrne Krieg, ’64, 751 S. Oxford, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236. Lynne is a special education teacher and consultant for Center Line Schools. She recently returned from Greece, where she attended the Summer Olympics. She earned a master’s degree and is certified in English as a Second Language. Lynne has three children and two grandchildren.
winter address is: PO Box AB 20576, Marsh Harbour, Abaco, Bahamas.
This wish list is good the whole year through!
Albion’s Wish List 1. Creating new scholarships 2. Achieving a 50% alumni giving rate or higher for this fiscal year 3. Improving programs and services for Albion students 4. Remaining #16 in the nation and #1 in the state of Michigan in alumni giving 5. Adding value to alumni degrees through the continuous improvement of our programs
Your gift to Albion today can make all of the above possible and make 2004-05 the best year yet at Albion! Please consider a gift to the Annual Fund or the Briton Scholarship Fund today.
Office of Annual Giving • 611 E. Porter St. • Albion, MI 49224 517/629-0565 • www.albion.edu/alumni/giving.asp
Nancy Miller Kufchock, ’64, 18956 Devonshire, Beverly Hills, MI 48025. Nancy is a program guide for Bowers School Farm and E.C. Johnson Nature Center. She served as treasurer of the Alpha Xi Delta Building Corp. for 35 years. She is the district coordinator for AAUW and is a volunteer at church. Nancy and her husband, John, have been married for 35 years and have two children. William Lauderbach, ’64, 4321 James Dr., Midland, MI 48642. He is an executive vice president and senior investment officer for Chemical Bank and Trust Co. William and his wife, Linda Prior Lauderbach, ’66, have four grandchildren. Carol Allman Lee, ’64, 1326 Gettysburg, Rochester Hills, MI 48306. Carol has served as a church administrator for the Birmingham Unitarian Church in Bloomfield Hills for 20 years. She has two children and a granddaughter. Ernest Lindblad, ’64, 9 Blossom Lane, Wallingford, CT 06492. He retired as area vice president for Sprint Corp. and is a former sales and marketing vice president for Southern New England Telephone. Ernest graduated from Michigan State University in 1966. He was a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1966 to 1969, serving in Vietnam. He earned a Purple Heart and the Navy Commendation Medal. Ernest and his wife, Barbara, have taken cruises to the Caribbean and the Scandinavian countries. They have also traveled to Russia, Poland and Estonia. They have five children and six grandchildren. Martin Ludington, ’64, 314 W. Mansion, Marshall, MI 49068. A physics professor at Albion College, he will be retiring at the end of the 2004-05 year. He
and his wife, Kathryn Fry Ludington, ’77, have a time-share on St. Lucia that they visit every spring break. They celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in June. They have four grandchildren. Henry “Jock” and Robin Diller MacMorran, both ’64, 12 Sacedon Trace, Hot Springs Village, AR 71909. They are retired. They have traveled to Costa Rica and Russia, and Robin has also traveled to Italy. Jock is president of the Hot Springs Village Camera Club. They enjoy spending time with their children and grandchildren. Sara Meriwether Maxfield, ’64, 26530 Dundee, Huntington Woods, MI 48070. She serves on the board of worship for her church. A retired teacher, she was named to Who’s Who of American Teachers in 2001 and 2002. Sara and her husband, Bob Maxfield, ’63, have traveled to Alaska and Japan. Bob was named Michigan Superintendent of the Year for 2004. They have been married for 39 years and have two children and a grandson.
Karin McClow Orr, ’64, 1135 LaSalette Dr. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546. She is a pastor for the Western Michigan Conference of the United Methodist Church. Karin is a probationary elder with the Centreville United Methodist Church. She earned the YWCA Tribute Award in 1987 and the Annual Award in 1988. She earned the Michigan First Lady Award and was honored with the Albion College Distinguished Alumni Award in 1994. Karin graduated in 2003 with a master of divinity degree from the Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary at Northwestern University. She has four children and three grandchildren. Joy Fitzgerald Poole, ’64, 262 Washington St., Locust Grove, VA 22508. She is a travel consultant for CruiseOne. Recipient of a master’s degree from George Mason University in Virginia, she retired in July after 28 years with Fairfax County Public Schools. Joy is a member of the Central Fairfax Chamber of Commerce, the Kena Shriners ladies group and the Delta Gamma alumnae association. She is also involved with Messiah Methodist Church and Lake of the Woods Church. Joy and her husband, Skip, have traveled to Nova Scotia and have been on 26 cruises. They recently built their retirement home at Lake on the Woods. They have three grandchildren. Patrick “Rick” Pruim, ’64, 2603 Greenway Circle, Canon City, CO 81212. He is the owner of Fremont Furniture. He works with the advisory board of the San Francisco Furniture Mart and Canon City Town Council. Rick and his wife, Judy Christl Pruim, ’65, have traveled throughout the United States. They have two daughters and four grandchildren. Joan DeShon Reichenbach, ’64, 29 New City St., Essex, CT 06426. Joan is a docent for the Florence Griswold Museum and serves as the secretary for the Essex Historical Society. She has traveled to Costa Rica, and through much of Europe. Joan and her husband, Bill, have two children and a granddaughter. Stanley Rulapaugh, ’64, 3002 E. Golden Vista Lane, Phoenix, AZ 85028. He is self-employed. A member of the Northern Arizona University Foundation board, Stanley is past president and board member of the Phoenix Society of Financial Analysts and the Arizona Economic Round Table. He earned his M.B.A. from Wayne State University and is a chartered financial analyst. He and his wife, Anne Corstange Rulapaugh, ’66, have traveled to Alaska, Mexico, London and Spain. They have been married for 38 years.
Sandra MacAbee Montgomery, ’64, 4706 Skelton Rd., Columbiaville, MI 48421. She is an instructor at the Davenport University-Caro campus, teaching English and presentation techniques. Sandra traveled to Austria as a U.S. judge for Halflinger horses in the United States and Canada. She is also a competitor in carriage driving with Morgan horses. Sandra is a riding instructor for handicapped children and also breeds and raises Australian Shepherd dogs. She earned master’s degrees from Wayne State University and Arizona State University.
Kristi Wells Ryan, ’64, 6835 East F Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. She retired in 1999 from Pfizer (previously Pharmacia and The Upjohn Co.), where she began working in research and development in 1967. For the past four years, she has worked in clinical pharmacology for Pfizer on a contract basis. Kristi is a member of Pen Dragons Calligraphy Guild and the Richland Presbyterian Church Choir. She and her husband, Tom, have traveled throughout the United States. They have been married for 10 years.
Lenore Skinkle Mulock, ’64, 195 17th Ave. North, St. Petersburg, FL 33704. She is married to David Mulock. Their
Betty Jean Abbott Schweitzer, ’64, 3501 Country Tree Ct., San Jose, CA 95127. She is the administrative manager for Yellow Cab of Palo Alto, San Mateo
Computer Cab and Bay Area Sedan and Lift Van. Betty Jean also works in guest services for the San Jose Earthquakes, a major league soccer team. She traveled to Singapore. Betty Jean and her husband, Bill, enjoy spending time with their family, including daughter Heather, ’05. Melvin Smith, ’64, 2225 Montclair, Springfield, IL 62704. He retired from the Illinois State Fire Marshal’s Office. Melvin was a former high school teacher and worked for 20 years as a swim coach. He also worked for the director of traffic safety for the Illinois Department of Transportation. Melvin is the chairperson for the National Association of Governor’s Highway Safety Representatives. He earned a master’s degree in economics and obtained school administration certification. He has traveled throughout the United States. Melvin and his wife, Amy, were married in 1964 and have two daughters and a grandson. Nancy Beard Smith, ’64, 1324 Woodcliff SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506. She is an antiques dealer and owner of Lamplight and Old Glass, Ltd. Nancy runs antiquing/history bus tours through her business, Antiques on Tour. She has now traveled the length of the Oregon Trail, in several different segments. Georgia Welch Vanis, ’64, 2945 Pondview Ct., Marietta, GA 30062. Georgia is retired from the Internal Revenue Service after 38 years. She was named a Distinguished Toastmaster by Toastmasters. She has traveled throughout the United States, as well as to Greece, Turkey, France, England and Czechoslovakia. Judy Slick Williams, ’64, 515 East Vermont St., Indianapolis, IN 46202. She works for the Indiana Department of Education as a state consultant for school library media specialists. Judy had a 30day Fulbright-Hays group study grant to China in 2004. She traveled on a medical mission trip to Ecuador in 2003 and also went on a trip to Thailand. She has earned degrees from Indiana University and the University of Michigan. Ron Witmer, ’64, 84 Eldredge St. #4, Newton, MA 02458. He is an attorney and partner in Witmer, Karp & Warner LLP in Boston, MA, and has practiced law for 28 years. Ron previously served nine years in the United Methodist ministry. He was named in The Best Lawyers in America and serves as president of the Massachusetts chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. He is also the president of the New England Personality Disorder Association Inc. Ron earned his master of divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary and a J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law. He and his wife, Melanie, have traveled to Greece and Italy. They have been married for 15 years and have five children between them. They also have four grandchildren. Rosemary Smith Zander, ’64, 290 Windsor Rd., Englewood, NJ 07631. She retired from a 25-year career in psychiatric social work. Rosemary worked for 15 years as a clinician in children and family services and 10 years as a departmental administrator. She earned her master’s degree from Simmons College in Boston, MA, in 1967. She is also a licensed clinical social worker in the State of New Jersey. Rosemary and her husband, Albert, enjoy spending time with their family.