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Cover-New 5.indd 2 12/2/05 1:47:00 PM Executive Editor VOLUME 75 • NUMBER 2 • FALL 2005 and Director of Alumni Relations Mary Lu Yardley, ’90 MSA ’92
Editor Barbara Sutherland Chovanec
Photographers Robert Barclay Peggy Brisbane Writers 14 Melodie Anderson Cynthia J. Drake Fred Stabley Jr.
Design Director and Illustrator Stacy Simmer
Alumni Board Communications Committee Kevin Campbell, ’74 MA ’76 10 Thomas Olver, ’98 Shirley Posk, ’60 Judy Smith, ’65
For Advertising Information call Cindy Jacobs, ’93 (800) 358-6903
Vice President of Development and Alumni Relations Michael Leto 16 Associate Vice President for Public Relations and Marketing Rich Morrison COURTESY PHOTO COURTESY Stay Connected 4 Send change of address information to: On the cover Departments Alumni relations Carlin Alumni House Actor and comedian Larry Joe Campbell, ’92, breaks 2 Letters Central Michigan University out of Hollywood to return to CMU this fall as the Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 2005 Homecoming grand marshal. 3 Take Five Phone: (800) 358-6903 Fax: (989) 774-7159 PHOTO BY ABC/BOB D’AMICO E-mail: [email protected] 6 Discovery Web: www.cmualum.com Features 14 Athletics Centralight is published four times each year by Central Michigan University Offi ce of Alumni Relations. It is printed by Village Press Inc., Traverse City, and 4 Before and after the bronze 23 In Support entered at the Traverse City post offi ce under nonprofi t mailing. CMU (an AA/EO institution) strongly and actively strives to increase diversity within its community (see: 8 Come home to CMU 27 Maroon and Gold www.cmich.edu/aaeo/). CMU provides individuals with disabilities reasonable accommodations to participate in the activities, programs and services announced in 16 The gift of story 33 Alumni in Action this publication. Individuals with disabilities requiring an accommodation to participate in a program should call the event sponsor. 39 In Memoriam 40 Last Shot
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Centralight3.indd 1 8/1/05 4:08:00 PM LETTERS
ALUMNI PREPARE TO TAKE OVER RADIO STATION Editor: Remember radio? You hear it every day. It’s either For the past fi ve years, under the coordination of SCHOOL HOUSE HISTORY background noise or it’s so good you sit in your car Tom, Kelly Flynn Fortier, ’87, and Bill Thompson, ’78, WORTH TELLING in the driveway or parking lot waiting for your favorite BCA alums have returned to campus from across song or that great interview to fi nish. Sound familiar? the country and from overseas to participate in air Editor: shifts from Friday morning through the football game Radio has changed since you were in college, but it The last issue of Centralight pictured the old school on Saturday afternoon. Alumni play music from the also has survived the onslaught of television, MTV, house, but the building has a history that has never past, interview people including the president of VH1, the Internet, iPods, and now satellite radio. been acknowledged. CMU, faculty members, the Homecoming parade And modern, adaptable radio is still being taught at grand marshal, current Jack Neyer found the school, and with assistance students, athletes, and from Doug McFarlane Sr., Keith Feight, Rosemary other CMU alumni visiting Reed, and Joyce Arndt, bought the school. Chelsie campus. It’s all done just Utterbeck moved it to its present location, and it was for the fun of it. donated to CMU. I think it’s worthy of recognition.
A couple years ago, Centralight is a most interesting magazine and does we started doing live well in keeping in touch. Thank you. segments from the Peg McFarlane, ’34 Alumni Village tents Mount Pleasant near Rose Ponds. This has grown into a two- hour live show outside Write to Centralight: and includes all the Homecoming activities Centralight wants to hear from you! We welcome like the cardboard all letters from readers. Tell us your thoughts about boat race, presentation Centralight articles or about CMU in general. of the Homecoming Be sure to sign your letter with your full name and COURTESY PHOTO COURTESY ambassadors, and the also include graduation year and degree, address, Bill Thompson, ’78, (left) and Tom Moore, ’77, pause during setup for the fi rst PEGGY BRISBANE CMU Alumni Marching and daytime phone number. Letters may be edited two-hour long remote broadcast from the Alumni Village at Homecoming 2003. Band. for space and clarity. Once again this year, CMU. In fact broadcast and cinematic arts is one of Mail letters to: BCA alumni are returning to campus to enjoy the fastest growing departments on campus. BCA Homecoming and participate in the WMHW Takeover. Centralight Letters alums are among the most active in returning to Bill Thompson is again recruiting participants for the Public relations and marketing campus to advise the faculty on the latest trends, takeover and scheduling alumni for shifts throughout West Hall hiring graduates into the industry, and maintaining the weekend. Each alum pays a fee to participate, Central Michigan University friendships across miles and years. which is a donation to the BCA Alumni Constituent Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 Five years ago a few BCA alumni had an idea they Chapter. The money raised helps fund a scholarship Letters also may be sent by fax to (989) 774-1098 could “take over” the student radio station during which the chapter gives to an outstanding BCA or by e-mail to [email protected]. the Homecoming festivities, play music all CMU freshman at the spring banquet each year. alumni would enjoy, and reminisce about their days For more information about the WMHW Takeover on campus. check out the Web site at www.bcaalumni.org With the persistence of Tom Moore, ’77, and the Listen for us at 91.5 FM during the weekend, and strong support of the BCA department, the WMHW- you’ll probably hear some vaguely familiar sounds FM Alumni Takeover began with more than 30 BCA on campus. alumni returning to campus to participate in 2000. Kathy Banfi eld Shaw, ’74 Battle Creek 2 Centralight Fall 2005
Centralight3.indd 2 8/1/05 4:08:08 PM A capitol project CMU’s promise: A few CMU students can now add the experience Four years, one tuition rate of infl uencing state legislation to their resumes. Freshmen and new students starting at CMU this fall will pay the same tuition rate for four years. After students in Griffi n Endowed Chairman Bill Ballenger’s spring political science seminar In a time of slashed budgets and rising costs, decided to tackle a new plan for the Michigan Merit CMU was the fi rst Michigan university to make a Scholarship, they caught the attention of a few folks guarantee to its students and parents so they know over at the state Capitol. exactly what their educational costs will be from now until graduation. The students were invited to present their plan by the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Called The CMU Promise, the plan rolls mandatory Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education. fees and tuition into one rate that’s locked in for new and returning students. The cost per credit hour is After hearing the students present their plan in based on the number of credits each student has Lansing, Michigan senators said their ideas were Living large accrued. worth investigating as a possible solution. Next year CMU will add two new residence halls to accommodate a continually growing student body. Freshmen and new students will have their tuition “We’re thrilled you’re here. We frankly fi nd (your guaranteed for four years, with an optional fi fth year plan) very intriguing. This is grass roots politics at The fi ve-story halls adjacent to Woldt Hall on the extension. Spread out over fi ve years, the tuition its best,” said Sen. Mike Goschka, R-Brant. south part of the Mount Pleasant campus will provide increase equals 3.8 percent per year. Room and 456 new beds – 228 in each tower. Each residential The CMU students believe their proposal board rates also are guaranteed for new students for suite in the new buildings will feature four individual accomplishes the state’s goal to increase the two years. bedrooms, a shared living room, two baths, and number of Michigan residents who earn college high-speed Internet connections. For details see www.cmich.edu/tuitionguarantee. degrees. The plan involves increasing the merit scholarship from $2,500 to $5,000, awarded in The university has had a long-standing policy that all four yearly amounts of $1,250. freshmen and sophomores live on campus. Currently, Economy, not speed close to 6,000 students occupy At 15 miles per hour it wouldn’t win any high-speed 20 residence halls, including the races. But this little car and the CMU students who three new facilities that opened built it took 14th in an international competition this in fall 2003. More than 19,400 summer. students are enrolled at CMU. The students competed in the Society of Automotive Engineers International Supermileage Competition at Chomp chomp the Eaton Rapids Proving Ground in Marshall. Huey the alligator lived an exciting life last summer The vehicle got 366 miles per gallon, according to
PEGGY BRISBANE before ending up in the CMU biology department’s Ben Ritter, a CMU faculty member in engineering herpetology lab. and technology. Extra points for design gave the He spent his days basking around the pond near entry a fi nal score of 481. Huey accounting professor Tom Weirich’s house in Mount Teams were required to build a one-person, fuel- Pleasant. When fall approached, a team of biology effi cient vehicle based on a small four-cycle engine. students staged several capture attempts which The project gives students practical experience in Huey and his alligator friend, Fernita, evaded. Hitting the books design and fabrication and raises public awareness Finally, students caught Huey in September. Fernita of fuel economy. Whether you want to learn about goblins, Buddhism was never caught, and it is suspected that she or supply chains, chances are a CMU professor has perished in the pond over the winter, though her written the book on the subject. body wasn’t found. CMU celebrated the recent achievements of nearly Senior Matt Cross was one of the students involved 100 faculty and staff authors this spring during a
in the capture attempts. He estimates Huey is 3 to PEGGY BRISBANE Book Recognition Event at the Park Library, one of 4 years old, and he says Huey is happy on campus, the highlights of National Library Week. eating mice and “just about anything else he can get his teeth on.”
Huey joins four alligator roommates in the biology department.
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Centralight3.indd 3 8/4/05 4:04:16 PM ALUMNI PROFILE
Before and after the bronze By Barbara Sutherland Chovanec
Al Jones watched Cassius Clay Young Al grew up watching Friday Night Fights on television with his dad in Detroit. When he decided box at the 1960 Olympics and to take up boxing, he went to the local athletics club decided right then that he to learn how. wanted to be a championship Almost immediately Jones won fi ghts and championships. He won the Golden Gloves Junior boxer. He was 14. Novice Championship in Detroit in 1963. And he won the National Golden Gloves Championship Detroit division in 1965, the year he graduated high school. “I had never seen anybody Out of 112 amateur fi ghts, he lost just eight.
like him,” Jones says. “I was just Jones won the national Amateur Athletic Union awestruck. I decided that I wanted to championship in Toledo. And there he met fellow amateur boxer George Foreman. Soon after, Jones get on the stand and have someone and Foreman made the Olympic team and went to New Mexico for two months of training at high put a medal around my neck and say, altitudes to prepare for the altitudes of Mexico City.
‘You are an Olympic champion.’” Finally the Olympics approached. Jones was about to turn 22. And in 1968, the days of Malcolm X and But the difference between Jones Martin Luther King Jr., political unrest was common. Mexico City, now on the world stage, found itself in and the thousands of other wistful the middle of racial riots. boys watching the “We were coming into town on buses, and we Olympics broadcasts saw lots of rioting and from Rome is that he destruction,” Jones says. “When we got to the made it happen. Olympics there were all types of rumors about what might happen.” Eight years later at the But Jones focused on Mexico City Olympics, the ring.
Al Jones won a bronze In an early fi ght, he medal. knocked down a Cuban boxer – a crowd favorite – three times. The referee stopped the fi ght and proclaimed Jones the winner, silencing the crowd. ROBERT BARCLAY ROBERT
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Centralight3.indd 4 8/1/05 4:08:30 PM ALUMNI PROFILE
“We were coming into town on buses, and we saw lots of rioting and destruction. When we got to the Olympics there were all types of rumors about what might happen.”
“They were stunned,” Jones says. “But then they In boxing Jones turned started chanting, ‘Jones, Jones, Jones,’ and the next professional, competing day, everybody wanted my autograph.” weekends at Cobo Convention Center and In the semifi nals, Jones boxed Christopher Finnegan the major boxing mecca from Great Britain and delivered what the crowd of Detroit, Olympia seemed to believe were the winning blows. Stadium. When judges declared Finnegan – the eventual gold He retired from boxing medalist – the winner, the crowd erupted in disarray and resigned from and threw tomatoes, hats, and coins into the ring. Chrysler in 1971 to open Police had to calm the scene. a liquor store. “I received 100 telegrams that evening from all over “At that time, I had the world – strangers from Japan and Germany and been boxing 11 years. everywhere, saying they watched the fi ght on TV and I was married. It was I should have won.” just time to make a change in my life. I knew I sends him out once a year to talk, and he carried But Jones was proud of his bronze medal. couldn’t do both boxing and the business, so I chose the Olympic torch in Toledo in 1996. Even now he entrepreneurship.” gets letters from fans requesting autographs, and he “My original dream was to get on the stand and have happily complies by sending autographed photos. someone say, ‘You are an Olympic champion.’ Even When Detroit’s economy soured, Jones closed the though they were playing ‘God Save the Queen,’ they store in 1982 and turned to education. He earned Jones says his athletic training taught him still put a medal around my neck.” a bachelor’s degree and a master of science in determination, perseverance, and discipline that he administration degree from CMU in Troy. has carried throughout his life. After the Olympics, Jones returned home to Detroit and took a job working for Chrysler Corp., He has worked for the last 19 years at the “It gave me the confi dence to be successful in recruiting and training the city’s down-and-out men DaimlerChrysler National Training Center in anything and go places and do things that other (sometimes known as “unemployables”) through a Detroit, where he administers the company’s people have never thought about. I know who I am.” federally funded program. tuition assistance program, personal enhancement At home Jones seems happiest talking about program, and job skills development program to He remembers helping one man by doing whatever it boxing and the Olympics, sitting in his basement DaimlerChrysler employees at 57 locations across took to keep him working and off alcohol. He went to surrounded by old boxing posters, photos, the country. his house, bought board games for him to play with certifi cates, and memorabilia. And of course, his his family, and made sure he got to work on time. He keeps in shape by jogging four days a week and most prized possession – a bronze medal. • The man recently retired after 36 years at Chrysler, working out on his lunch breaks at the gym at work. and Jones was there to congratulate him. Jones speaks about the Olympics to Detroit area classes when he’s invited, the Olympic committee
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Centralight3.indd 5 8/1/05 4:08:39 PM DISCOVERY
America the un-sized Where a size 8 is a 12 is a 4 By Cynthia J. Drake
Maureen MacGillivray is concerned about the state of fashion. MacGillivray hopes one day that widespread use of body scanners will help bring order to the randomness of women’s First of all, Americans are losing their waistlines. sizing. (American women are pretty much the sole recipients of And simultaneously, we’re losing our clothing sizes as well. the problems caused by the size wars. Men’s sizing is based on “The last time the standard measurements; people outside the United States, by and American population was large, don’t have Americans’ weight problems). measured in an attempt It’s not that the fashion industry is oblivious to the fact that sizing to make a standard size is out of control – it’s just that a few manufacturers are taking was in the ’30s and advantage of the lack of standard sizing to do things their own ’40s,” says MacGillivray, way. The trend is sometimes referred to as “vanity sizing,” on a human environmental the assumption that women like seeing smaller numbers on the studies professor. “In that waistband of their jeans. period of time, we’ve changed a lot. We’ve “It is not unusual for one woman to be able to wear a size 8 at one gotten a lot bigger, a lot store, a size 6 at another, and even a size 4 at yet another store,” taller, and a lot wider.” says MacGillivray. PHOTOS BY PEGGY BRISBANE MacGillivray MacGillivray and Tanya “The industry in general has felt less compelled to do any kind Domina, a fellow apparel of standard sizing. It leaves the consumer confused,” she says. and merchandising design faculty member, believe they have some “My thinking is that the body scanner will revolutionize the retail of those problems licked with a piece of equipment called a body industry in the same way computer aided design has revolutionized scanner, which gives users an accurate picture of a person’s body. the apparel industry.”
The body scanner, which was funded by a $317,486 National Until that happens, though, American women will always have Science Foundation grant, measures 300,000 data points on the Marilyn Monroe, who human body in a matter of seconds, and creates a 3-D body image people like to say was that can be stored on a plastic card. a shapely woman at a size 12. Think: A mirror, only way more honest. “There’s no denying it,” Domina likes to say. Or maybe not – MacGillivray says that The technology may one day revolutionize fashion by bypassing thanks to the wackiness sizes altogether and allowing for quick, custom-fi t attire. Research of sizing, Monroe would projects on the table include creating a virtual runway model and actually be more like a a body image survey for adolescents. Body scan data also can be size 4 today. used to study ergonomics, fi tness, and physical therapy. Sweatpants, anyone? •
Tanya Domina steps into the body scanner.
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Centralight3.indd 6 8/1/05 4:08:42 PM Fashionista 101 By Maureen MacGillivray One of the most important elements of design in apparel is line. Line serves to lead the eye along a path that defi nes the shape or silhouette of the body. Straight lines tend to emphasize angularity and give off a more direct, precise, and dignifi ed effect. Straight vertical lines tend to convey authority, power, and perhaps prestige. Note the predominance of straight lines in the uniforms of the military, the police, airline pilots, or even in the standard business suit. The “dress for success” look, regardless of era, consistently emphasizes a look that conveys authority.
Curved lines in apparel tend to emphasize body curves and are considered more youthful, active, and feminine. Curved lines can also be used to counter thinness or “add weight” to a fi gure. While most Michiganians do not need to “add weight” to their bodies, it didn’t stop women in droves from adopting ruffl e trims and fl ounces in areas of their bodies that are already plenty ample.
However, it is the direction of line that tends to convey the most information about the wearer to the viewer. Psychologically, horizontal lines connote rest, repose, passivity, and serenity, while diagonal lines suggest active, dynamic, restless, and dramatic. Physically, vertical lines tend to lengthen the fi gure, while horizontal lines can shorten the fi gure and emphasize width.
Consumers would do well to consider carefully the effects of line and use it to either reinforce areas of the body where emphasis is desired, or use it to counter areas that they wish to minimize. Start with a good hard look in the mirror. What does the image say?
Maureen MacGillivray is a faculty member in CMU’s human environmental studies department.
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Centralight3.indd 7 8/1/05 4:08:50 PM HOMECOMING PEGGY BRISBANE
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Centralight3.indd 8 8/1/05 4:08:53 PM 2005Friday, Oct. 14 Saturday, Oct. 15 7 p.m. Rock Rally 9 a.m. Alumni continental breakfast 11 a.m. Sixth Annual WMHW Plachta Auditorium, Warriner Hall Leadership Institute, Powers Hall Alumni Takeover
This includes a pep rally and a “mock Start your day off right in the company Alumni take over the student radio rock” lip-sync contest for this year’s of fellow alumni and friends with the station, 91.5 FM, all weekend. The Maroon Cup. Learn who will be this year’s complimentary annual alumni breakfast. crew moves outside for a live two-hour Homecoming ambassadors, and meet the Stay right here to watch the parade. broadcast from the Alumni Village 2005 football team. Join alumni, friends, at Rose Ponds, starting at 11 a.m. 10 a.m. Homecoming parade students, faculty, and staff for this annual Saturday. event. Wave at grand marshal Larry Joe 1 p.m. CMU vs. Ohio football game Campbell, ’92, from ABC’s “According Kelly/Shorts Stadium to Jim.” The parade begins at Parking Lot 22 and travels through campus and Order game tickets by phone at downtown. 1-888-FIREUP2 or on the Web at www.cmuchippewas.com 10 a.m. Cardboard boat race Rose Ponds 7:30 p.m. Comedy show
Sponsored by the engineering and Catch the improv comedy show technology department, this annual event featuring grand marshal Larry Joe puts teams of students in cardboard boats Campbell, ’92, and friends in “The 313.” they’ve engineered, trying to stay afl oat For tickets see centralboxoffi ce.cmich. while paddling across the ponds. edu or call (888) 268-0111. 11 a.m. Alumni Village 9 p.m. Homecoming dance Rose Ponds Bovee University Center Rotunda Join the free campuswide celebration Swing by the Bovee UC for this between the ponds for food, friends, semi-formal dance. All alumni are and fun! Visit with a favorite professor, invited. say hello to a few old friends, or just soak up the atmosphere that is CMU For more information: Homecoming.
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You sound like you’re pretty serious According to about football. I love football. When the game starts, I probably won’t be talking to people, so I probably won’t be a very good grand marshal. … No, I’ll talk to people, and I’ll try to fulfi ll my grand marshal duties, but I’ll have one eye on the game. y And if I could get in there, I’d hit somebody. Larr Are you hoping Coach will put you in? I hope for one play. But I think my eligibility has expired.
You were hoping to play college ball, right?
Yes, in high school I bet my friends $100 that I’d oe play on the U of M football team. But I was fi ve-eight Homecoming grand marshal Larry Joe Campbell, ’92, stars on ABC’s “According to Jim” as Andy, and 220 pounds as an offensive lineman. And to Jim Belushi’s goofy brother-in-law,J co-worker, and sidekick. Campbell will treat Homecoming top it all off, I was – and am – slow. So I still owe attendees to a comedy improv show with friends from Second City Detroit in a group called “The them $100. But I played some quality intramural fl ag 313.” Centralight editor Barbara Chovanec talked with Campbell about stealing cookies, owing football. money, and getting in the big game. Are there any parallels between life on stage and life on the turf? What does it mean to you to be a grand marshal, What’s one thing your college buddies would be Absolutely. You can’t succeed in a play without a besides getting to ride in a cool car? surprised to know about you now? good ensemble, and the same on the football fi eld I remember when Dan Majerle was grand marshal, That I make my bed, and I don’t steal food anymore. – you need the whole team. and I thought, “How cool is that?” I had such You stole food? What will your comedy show be like? admiration for him and thought he was well-deserving of the honor. I don’t know that I’m Yeah, every time my roommate Mike McCarthy We’re going to improv the night away. We really want well-deserving. I just hope I can fi ll those shoes. would go home, he would bring back these really to give people a fun, fun show. great chocolate chip cookies that his mom made. How would your character, Andy, handle the Who is coming with you? I wouldn’t even ask – I would just take them and duties as grand marshal? eat them all. Nyima and Josh Funk, who are on a new MTV sketch Andy would be planning for it right now. It would show, Keegan-Michael Key from “Mad TV,” Andy People would also probably be surprised that I have be the highlight of his life, and he would really be Cobb who voices parts on “The Family Guy,” and four kids with one on the way. bugging Jim with all the details. Marc Evan Jackson, another LA actor. So we’ve got CMU faces the Ohio Bobcats at Homecoming. some home-run hitters coming. I just try to keep up. What was your nickname at CMU? As last year’s celebrity owner of an unbeaten It sounds like you’re looking forward to returning “Larry Legend.” When our softball team won Hollywood League fantasy football team, what to campus. a playoff game in intramural leagues, I went are your expert game predictions? one-for-fi ve in one game – I wasn’t a good hitter I can’t wait to come back. We’re going to put on a Coach Kelly is really shaping the program. We’ve got – but my one hit drove in the winning run. I’ve got great party for everybody. We’ll have the mint juleps an explosive offense. But we’ve really got to force the game ball, and on it they wrote “Larry Legend.” fl owing, and we’ll watch the horses run. … Oh wait, some turnovers. that’s something else. • Oh, I was also called “fat,” “chubby,” and “nerd.”
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Centralight3.indd 11 8/1/05 4:08:59 PM HOMECOMING
O COME S T AY W 3. Expand your kids’ musical repertoire beyond Eminem. Teach them the fi ght song. h
4. Smooch your true love at the seal. It doesn’t have to be at midnight.
U 5. In the mood for some H M relaxing death metal? Switch O 5 C on Modern Rock 91.5 to see ME TO if college tunes are still music 1 to your ears (www.bca.cmich. edu/WMHW)
1. Plan a reunion with old college friends. (Remind them to avoid your embarrassing nickname, “Stinky,” around Junior.)
6. Trash talk a Western grad. 8. Say goodbye mystery meat, Buy a new CMU 2. (It doesn’t matter who we’re actually hello Mongolian beef lettuce sweatshirt. Stop kidding playing. It’s just fun to horse around wrap at a fancy-schmancy residential yourself that your old one still fi ts. with the Broncos.) restaurant – formerly known as a dorm dining hall.
7. Shameless plug: Deck out your car with a CMU license plate. For bonus points, learn “CMU” in Morse Code to honk on your horn.
★BONUS POINTS★ C — • — • M —— U • • —
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condiments cookies
potato salad
chips hamburgers hot dogs
beer
9. Grab your favorite tailgate fare and watch Chippewa football. Be sure to include all the food groups.
10. Retrace your steps from 14. See who’s living in your your pub-crawl days to see if your old dorm room and annoy them with favorite bars are still there. your stories of “when I lived here ….”
11 . Start saying “Oh My” at every turn 15. Drop by your favorite professor’s as a tribute to sportscaster/alumnus Dick Enberg. offi ce. It’s never too late to turn in that overdue (See Page 14.) history paper.
12. Shameless plug #2: Become a gold member of the CMU Alumni Association. (We couldn’t resist!) www.cmualum.com
13. Catch up with CMU alumni on the big and small screen:
• Dumb? Dumber? Who cares! A Jeff Daniels fl ick is always a sure bet.
• According to us, you’ll love Larry Joe Campbell in “According to Jim” on ABC.
• Check out Carter Oosterhouse and his amazing (ahem!) carpentry skills on “Trading Spaces” on TLC.
• Don’t ask Terry O’Quinn for directions. He’s “Lost” on ABC.
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Centralight3.indd 13 8/1/05 4:09:12 PM ATHLETICS
TEN MINUTES WITH Dick ENBERG Award-winning broadcaster Dick Enberg, ’57, will be a soul divided Sept. 2 when his two alma maters face off on the football fi eld. ROBERT BARCLAY ROBERT
Enberg earned his bachelor’s degree from CMU E. – (Without and a master’s degree and doctorate from hesitating) “FIGHT! Indiana University. The two schools duke it out Central down in the Chippewas’ season-opening night game the fi eld, FIGHT – the fi rst time a Big Ten football team has for victory, FIGHT! played at Kelly/Shorts Stadium. Fellows never yield; We’re with you, oh Varsity! Onward with Retiring CMU sports information director banners bold, to our colors we’ll be true! Fred Stabley Jr. caught up with Enberg at his FIGHT for Maroon and Gold, Down the field for CMU!” California home to pin him down on where his E. – I came back when we had Ernie Harwell on loyalties lie. S. – How about the Indiana Fight Song? campus as a guest speaker. The new facilities are Stabley – Where will you be on Sept. 2 when the E. – (Again without hesitating) “Indiana, oh marvelous. The new baseball stadium was not Hoosiers visit Kelly/Shorts Stadium? Indiana….” completed, but it looks amazing. Despite the school being much bigger than when I attended, it’s still Enberg – I’ll be in the broadcast booth for the U.S. S. – Do you still keep in touch with people at CMU? a beautiful campus, and the spirit of the university Tennis Open in New York. I’d love to be able to watch E. – The Phi Sigs from the 1950s get together every is still present. The students I met were friendly that game if it were broadcast. I’ll have to do a little two or three years in Charlevoix. We’re doing so and looked you in the eye. It’s a small campus checking to see if there’s anyplace I can pick it up. again this August and we’ve had as many as 40 or atmosphere on a big campus. S. – If you attended the game, where would you sit? more former Chippewas. As a group, we sponsor S. – You wrote a play about your late broadcast a speaker periodically to come to CMU, like Ernie E. – I’d have to be a little diplomatic about it and partner, Al McGuire, that debuted June 11 in Harwell a couple of years back. maybe sit on both sides like a governor would do in Milwaukee. How did this come about? Any more a big state rivalry. To tell you the truth, you’ll never S. – You had the opportunity to broadcast a couple plays in your future? have a stronger embracing of a school than the one of CMU basketball games in 2003 in Salt Lake City. E. – It’s the beginning and end of my career as a you attended as an undergrad. I went to CMU as a Did you enjoy that? Did it present any problems? playwright. It’s very exciting for me. When I looked boy and came out a man. I spent the same amount E. – I purposely asked the people I worked with back on the life of Al, I started writing down my of time at Indiana but it just wasn’t the same. on that broadcast not to mention that I had gone thoughts and memories. I had so much here that I S. – You don’t have to sing it, but do you know the to CMU because I didn’t want the listeners to feel I had to do something with it. I decided to put it in a words to the CMU Fight Song? had a bias. It was an enjoyable experience, and the play. Chippewas won one game. S. – Should CMU defeat Indiana Sept. 2, what would S. – When was your last visit to CMU, and what do you say? you think of the new facilities? E. – Oh My! •
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TO JOIN HALL OF FAME Six former CMU standouts will be inducted into This year’s class will join the 125 members the CMU Athletics Hall of Fame as the Class previously inducted into the Hall of Fame. The of 2005. fi rst CMU Athletics Hall of Fame class was inducted in 1984. Plaques honoring all the The new members will be: Terry Carey, ’47, inductees will be on display at the Dan football, track, and staff; Larry Lamphere, ’88, Rose Center. 6 baseball; Gary Lee, ’60, basketball; Brian Pruitt, ’94, football; Shelby Root, ’90, gymnastics; and “We’re excited to be inducting another Cathy Wylie, ’88, softball. outstanding class into our Hall of Fame,” says Herb Deromedi, CMU athletics director. “They’ve They will be inducted at the Hall of Fame all been superb representatives of CMU and are banquet Oct. 28 at the Mount Pleasant Holiday worthy of this honor. The accomplishments of all Inn and then honored at the CMU-Toledo football six new inductees speak for themselves.” game Oct. 29. 2005 INDUCTEES: TERRY CAREY GARY LEE SHELBY ROOT A 1947 graduate of CMU where he earned 10 A lightning quick guard who stood only 5-foot-7, Shelby was one of the fi rst outstanding gymnasts letters, Terry later served CMU as a vice-president Gary was team MVP for three seasons from 1957 at CMU who helped launch the Chippewas’ for university relations and secretary to the Board of to 1959. He was one of four Chippewas to lead dominance of the sport in the Mid-American Trustees from 1970 to 1980. He was an outstanding the team in scoring three years – 1958 through Conference. She won the fl oor exercise and sprinter on the track team, running legs on two 1960. He was named All-NAIA in Michigan three all-around title in 1990 in leading CMU to its record-setting relay teams. In a prestigious Chicago times. He set a school career record for points with fi rst MAC championship. She was named Senior meet, he fi nished second to Olympic gold medalist 1,173 – a mark that still ranks 17th. He coached at Gymnast of the Year in the MAC in 1990, and she Lorenzo Wright. He won the Robert Carlson Award Marysville and Saginaw Arthur Hill and was named was an all-MAC selection three times from 1988 as the outstanding senior scholar-athlete. He was a Coach of the Year by the Detroit News in 1966. He to 1990. She was CMU’s fi rst NCAA regional successful high school coach at St. Johns and Niles, is a member of the Michigan High School Basketball qualifi er and was named honorable mention winning eight conference titles in football with four Hall of Fame and the Saginaw County Sports Hall of Academic All-MAC. undefeated seasons, and his teams won six track Fame. conference crowns. He also served as the principal CATHY WYLIE at St. Louis High School. He resides in Mount BRIAN PRUITT One of the top hitters in CMU history, Cathy still Pleasant. CMU’s only fi rst team Division I All-American, shares the career record for homers with 16, earning the honor in 1994, Brian still holds the ranks second in career RBI with 120, and is tied LARRY LAMPHERE single-season rushing record with 1,890 yards. He for seventh in doubles with 34. Her career batting Larry was a starter on the CMU baseball team that ranks fourth in career rushing with 3,693 yards. average of .338 is third, as are her 220 games won four Mid-American Conference championships. He was all-MAC in 1994 and second team twice. played. She was named all-MAC three times He’s the only Chippewa ever to be fi rst team All-MAC He led the MAC in rushing (171.8 yards per game), and twice all-region. She held 10 team records three times and All-Mideast Region three times. He scoring (12.0 points) and all-purpose yards (208.5) when she graduated and made CMU’s “Silver is still CMU’s career leader in stolen bases (143) as a senior and was second in all three categories Anniversary Team.” • and runs (188). He holds the top two stolen-base in the nation. He was MAC MVP and Player of the totals for a single season with 50 in 1988 and 43 Year in 1994. He rushed for a school-record 356 in 1987. He leads the MAC in career stolen bases yards against Toledo. He is a member of the Saginaw and stolen bases in a season. He played on a USA County Sports Hall of Fame. Pan American winning team. Larry was homecoming king and president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes at CMU. Fall 2005 Centralight 15
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story by cynthia j. drake • Illustrations by Stacy Simmer
Once upon a time A young girl named Judy Dawn Pamp humans created a gift called story. heard and told the same stories so often she sometimes would forget that the stories weren’t hers to begin with. It was a simple thing, really. It As she grew older she learned that many of involved a teller, a listener, a few the stories unlocked secrets about her family, words culled from the garden about the Native American community her of memory. father left (later to rejoin), and the German community of her mother. Story came naturally and led She remembers the story of the black ash tree, people to understand each other. how the kind-hearted, peaceful elder who Over time, parents shared stories was loved by the whole village died one day. with their children, and their The members of the community spread his children shared those same stories ashes throughout the village, where later big with their children. Once in a while beautiful black ash trees sprouted in each of the words changed, but everyone the places his ashes rested. remembered the meanings.
Michigan Story Festival Judy remembers learning to weave baskets Be our guest for the Michigan Story Festival in Mount Pleasant Oct. 21 and 22. with those black ash trees. The baskets were sold as the family’s primary income. She This annual award-winning festival is sponsored by CMU, the Mount remembers people telling her, “Often times Pleasant community, and the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe. Activities we ate because of those baskets.” include performances, exhibits, workshops, and lectures presented by experienced and novice storytellers. Many events are free. But by the late twentieth century, Judy’s For festival information including a schedule of events and Native American community was one of the ticket prices, see www.michiganstoryfestival.org or call (989) 774-1885. few left in America to keep the gift of story alive.
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Centralight3.indd 16 8/1/05 4:09:32 PM oger Gilbert didn’t grow up knowing Rabout stories until he met Sheila, who told him about how he could use story to teach his students. Lo and behold, Roger discovered Sheila was right. He told stories to children when he fi rst lsewhere, people made their lives busier Storytelling – like hugging or feeding or met them, to break down barriers and help E and busier. They forgot about stories. drying a tear – is another form of nurturing, make them feel comfortable in his classroom, They forgot about how it felt, as Sheila Dailey she says. and they grew to know him as a storyteller. Carroll remembered, sitting on the family That’s something Judy has known for a long sofa with her fi ve siblings in their “zippy The students were patient. They listened to time. After raising three of her own children, ducky pajamas” listening to their mother and him. The room was very quiet. One student she shares stories every night with three foster father read them fairy tales. People forgot the asked him, where’s the book? Where are the children. magic of moments spent in story. pictures? Roger showed the students how to make the pictures with their imagination. When one of her children creates his or her Once in a while, you might fi nd a book. But own story – after all, everyone has a story the book competed with the video game, or tory was making a comeback. Around sleeping inside of them – Judy listens quietly. the television show, or something else terribly Sthe land, festivals sprouted up dedicated Then she says, thank you, with as much exciting. Families stopped eating dinner to the art of story in all its beautiful forms excitement as she can muster and holds that together. Children didn’t get tucked in to bed. – dance, song, and image alike. child tight. Over time, you might ask a group of children Sheila, who was once a teacher herself, took Because in the end, a story is a gift – possibly about Rumpelstiltskin, as Sheila did, and her storytelling on the road, and taught many one of the most important gifts we ever give – this part gave her a good fright – the group teachers like Roger about the importance of one another. of children would give only blank looks. such an old art form to a child’s development. The End Cast of Characters:
Judy Dawn Pamp, ’98, is assistant director at the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe’s Ziibiwing Center. Roger Gilbert, ’73 MA ’84, is principal of McGuire Elementary School in Mount Pleasant. Sheila Dailey Carroll, MA ’76, is a former storyteller and teacher who co-founded Worldwide Educational Resources, a nonprofi t organization dedicated to the development and distribution of educational curriculum materials to aid developing nations in educating their children.
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Tips for parents, grandparents, Choose a good story: Keep it interesting: and teachers for telling A well-selected story will have a lot of action, vivid Use a variety of pitches, tempos, and volumes. stories to children characters, a defi nite plot sequence, and many vocal Exaggerate the tone color of each word by making interests including animal mimicry, machine sounds, your voice do what the action of the word suggests. By Sue Ann Martin, street cries, and rhyme. Always make sure that the Put the action of the word into your voice. For dean of the College of story selected matches the age and interest level of instance, the word “surge” will grow as it is spoken, Communication and Fine Arts the child. the word “lift” will rise in infl ection and the word “collapse” will fall in infl ection. “Quick” needs to be Make it real: short and abrupt. “Soft” needs to be spoken in a Experience the story’s imagery fi rst-hand. Really smooth, quiet manner. Vocally meet the wild things touch, smell, see, taste, and hear what you are and “let the wild rumpus start!” describing. If the teller is genuinely involved, the listeners will be involved. Taste that porridge, see Let the body talk: that pumpkin turn into a carriage, and hear that Allow your body tone, gestures, and facial expression giant coming after Jack! to respond to the story’s circumstance, imagery, suspense, and humor. Do not plan gestures because Build the suspense: the timing will always be off and not legitimate. Pace the action orally through the use of the word Allow gestures to arise spontaneously from your stretch. Elongate vowels in each word as you genuine involvement with the dramatic action of the s-l-o-w-l-y describe t-i-p- t-o-e-i-n-g a-c-r-o-s-s narration. t-h-e b-r-i-d-g-e so as not the wake the troll. Hushed whispers also can enrich the anticipation Maintain direct communication: and the suspense. Eye contact is necessary to establish a human link between the teller and the child. Beware of anything Bring the characters to life: that obstructs eye contact such as hair, sunglasses, Speak the dialogue with the attitude and voice of baseball caps, and the insincere habit of looking past each character. Let the listener hear the wolf huffi ng the child instead of looking directly at the child. and puffi ng outside the door. Pay attention to the bigness, smallness, smoothness, gruffness of each Conduct a post-story conversation: character’s vocal quality. Young, naive, and sweet When the child is ready, engage him or her in characters, like Little Red Riding Hood, often speak questions that will encourage conversations about with a small, oral quality. Powerful, courageous the story’s meaning, plot, or impact. Why did the characters like The Great Oz often speak with a big, Grinch want to steal Christmas? Would the story rotund vocal quality. Comic and whining characters, work if the Wicked Witch of the West did not die? like Eeyore, often speak with a fl at, nasal quality. Who were the key characters that Alice met in Wonderland? Why was Mr. McGregor mad at Peter? Emphasize the humor: Who was Winnie the Pooh’s best friend? How can Use the vocal pause, a space of silence, just prior to you tell? • the words that hold the joke or humor. This will plant the humor by separating it from the rest of the story. Comedians use this technique so that the humor does not get lost. The vocal pause also can draw attention to key words, phrases, and actions that hold the story together.
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A tribute to parents
By Melodie Anderson
Todd, ’77, and Teresa Anson, ’74, have created an endowed scholarship in honor of Todd’s parents, longtime Mount Pleasant residents and CMU alumni Jack and Patricia Anson.
Jack, ’50, worked many years as the assistant superintendent of schools in Mount Pleasant before his retirement. In 1982, he was selected Mount Pleasant Citizen of the Year. Patricia, ’47, worked to support Jack while he was attending CMU, and then put her energy full time toward raising their three sons, Todd, Tim, ’82, and Steven.
“The scholarship serves to honor my parents, who have devoted their life to Mount Pleasant and to Central Michigan University,” Todd says.
The Jack and Patricia Anson Endowed Scholarship provides support for Mount Pleasant High School Patricia and Jack Anson student-athletes to attend CMU. Todd said he wanted his father to stay connected with the youth league for 13- to 14-year-olds and a Colt league Today Todd remains managing member of Cisterra and athletics through the scholarship. for 15- to 16-year-olds. In 1976, he offi ciated the Partners LLC, which he co-founded in August 1999.
( 8 00) opening and closing ceremonies of the International The company currently is building an offi ce tower “My father is able to weigh in on the selection of Special Olympics, which attracted 16,000 people to at PETCO Park in San Diego – home of the Padres each year’s scholarship recipient,” he says. “This CMU’s campus. Even in retirement, Jack maintains – which will be the fi rst offi ce tower that is part gives him a way to stay connected with the kids.” numerous board positions in the community. of the Major League Baseball stadium. Another of
2 CMU is a pretty special place for the Anson family. Todd’s latest endeavors is as founding investor in the
8 3 Jack and Patricia say they are honored by Todd and Jack, a native of Evansville, Ind., came to Mount Golden Baseball League in California and Arizona, Teresa’s gift to endow this scholarship in their name. Pleasant in 1946 to attend CMU, following his which fulfi lls his and his father’s love of
0 Like his parents, Todd has his own connections to World War II military service. During his fi rst week the sport. 2 CMU.
34 on campus, he met Patricia and the couple was In addition to their historic landmark home on married only months later. Patricia, a native of Clare, In addition to being a three-sport high school athlete Coronado Island, Todd and Teresa have built a log • graduated from CMU in 1947. She supported Jack and class valedictorian, Todd Anson played baseball home in upstate Michigan as a family retreat and until he fi nished his degree in 1950. The couple for two years at CMU. After graduating summa cum vacation site. Teresa is the daughter of Roger and celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary May 17. laude from CMU, he earned a law degree from the Sally Cole of Mount Pleasant. University of Michigan, where he graduated magna Jack is a very active member of the Mount Pleasant cum laude. They have two sons, Christopher, who recently and CMU communities. Before retiring as assistant completed his freshman year at George Washington superintendent of Mount Pleasant schools, he taught Todd moved to San Francisco and eventually became
bkt University, and Ryan, who will enter his last year of elementary school, including sixth grade, at the managing partner of the second largest law fi rm in high school at Francis Parker School in San Diego. CMU Laboratory School. He was the fi rst principal of California. From there, he was approached by one of Mary McGuire Elementary School. His love of girls’ his clients, Cisco Systems, to start an independent “I have been blessed all the way around,” and boys’ athletics led to creating a Pony baseball real estate development company, Cisterra Partners Todd says. • LLC, to develop large-scale corporate campuses and research and development parks for Cisco around the world.
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Helping fellow teachers The student-teacher relationship didn’t end By Melodie Anderson when Crooks moved to Mount Pleasant. She Two signifi cant infl uences brought Dorothy Crooks says she chose to attend CMU to earn a performed her student Galloway Crooks, ’54, from her native Grosse teaching degree through the encouragement of a teaching under Allan, Ile home to CMU to become a teacher. teacher, Margaret C. Allan, who is a 1940 graduate who had since moved of what then was Central State Teachers College. One of those infl uences was a teacher who to Trenton. Following mentored and guided her. The second was a Crooks says that as a high school student, instead graduation, Crooks scholarship that made her CMU education possible. of going to study hall, she would go over to the landed a teaching position in the Trenton school elementary school and work as an aide for Allan, the district, this time working as one of Allan’s peers. Crooks, who lives in Trenton and is retired after second grade classroom teacher. teaching second grade for many years, is passing “I was fortunate to have a mentor teacher who was her gifts on to other CMU students who are choosing “Before long, I had my own reading and math a CMU graduate,” Crooks says. “Now, I want to offer a similar path. She has established the Dorothy L. group,” she says. “I was doing hands-on teaching that to other students. It is time to give back to those Galloway Crooks Elementary Education Endowed before I even attended college. That is when I who had been so helpful to me.” Scholarship to support elementary education juniors discovered I wanted to teach.” “Mrs. Crooks is not only incredibly generous, she’s and seniors. Allan always spoke highly of her alma mater and also a very wise donor,” says Cindy Hales, director “This wonderful gift from Mrs. Crooks is just another encouraged Crooks to consider going there to be a of development for the College of Education and example of the amazing generosity we see in our teacher as well. Human Services. “We worked closely together alumni,” says Karen Adams, dean of the College of throughout the process to assure we were meeting “I really wanted to go to CMU to learn to be a good Education and Human Services. “We are so grateful her philanthropic interests. It has been a complete teacher,” Crooks says. for the continued support they give us. I have pleasure for me.” • never been at any institution with such loyal and Leaving Grosse Ile on the Detroit River and attending enthusiastic alumni.” college in the middle part of the state was a new adventure for her, Crooks says. While a student, she became a charter member of the Delta Zeta sorority, which was established in 1953.
Honoring a journalism pioneer
Event and scholarship Port Huron High School senior Kameel Stanley is editor of Washington Week and senior correspondent celebrate accomplishments committed to becoming a journalist who upholds for “NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,” was the evening’s of the late Lem Tucker excellence and the success of minorities in the keynote speaker. media. By Melodie Anderson Nearly 400 people attended the event honoring “In journalism especially, diversity is essential,” the accomplishments of the late Lem Tucker as says Stanley, the 2005 Lem Tucker Journalism a broadcaster and CMU alumnus. Tucker was a Scholarship recipient. “Journalism is one of the Saginaw native who graduated from CMU in 1960 primary tools that society has for communication and became a pioneer in broadcast journalism and for that to be totally effective, a complete story for minorities. The two-time Emmy award winner must be told, and by every possible angle.” worked for all three major television networks before his death in 1991. Stanley spoke at CMU’s Ninth Annual Lem Tucker Speaker Series and Journalism Scholarship event in The 2005 Lem Tucker Speaker Series and Guy Gordon, ’80, congratulates May at the Atheneum Hotel in Detroit. Accomplished Journalism Scholarship event was presented by Kameel Stanley on her award. political reporter Gwen Ifi ll, moderator and managing the CMU College of Communication and Fine Arts
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Scholarships generate once-in-a-lifetime opportunities
By Melodie Anderson Guiding younger students as a resident “With this scholarship, I was motivated and assistant. Delivering HIV/AIDS education determined to be a positive catalyst for others,” Bock in Africa. Studying abroad in Australia says. “In this way, I have shared the benefi ts of this and interning at CNN headquarters in scholarship with many others than just myself.” Atlanta. Klein performed her student teaching in Ghana, Generous scholarship donors provided West Africa, an opportunity she attributes directly these once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to receiving a scholarship. for three CMU students. “I am very blessed and lucky to have been able to reach my goals and dreams of teaching AIDS Scholarship recipients were able to thank their Bock education in Africa, but it wouldn’t have been a scholarship donors at the 2005 Scholarship and Dr. Eugene H. McKay III, ’82, was this year’s featured possibility without my scholarship,” she says. Endowment Luncheon in April at the Comfort Inn scholarship donor speaker. He established the Conference Center in Mount Pleasant. The annual A full Centralis Scholar Award enabled Bennett Business Student Endowed Scholarship. event also celebrates the accomplishments of the to study abroad in Australia, where she hiked the scholarship recipients. Donors have helped to establish 466 endowments Outback, snorkeled the Great Barrier Reef, attended for a total endowment in excess of $58 million. An an opera at the Sydney Opera House, and held Scholarship recipients featured at the additional 91 scholarships are perpetuated through a koala in Northern Queensland. Because of her luncheon were: annual gifts. This year, more than 400 students have scholarship, Bennett said her parents were able to • Zachary Bock of Fox Lake, Ill., recipient of the merited fi nancial assistance through CMU’s privately use the college fund they set aside to pay her living John G. Kulhavi Scholarship and the Col. William funded scholarship program, says Michael Leto, vice expenses while she interned for the summer at CNN B. Nolde Scholarship president of development and alumni relations. in Atlanta.
• Katherine Klein of Sparta, recipient of the Fay and Benefi ts exemplifi ed “Although I’ve learned many things here, through Genevieve Barhitte Outstanding Student Award my scholarship I’ve learned the importance of giving Bock says his award, which is designated for back,” Bennett says. “I hope that I have the same • Jenna Bennett of Caledonia, recipient of the students in the ROTC program, provided full tuition privilege someday to make a contribution like you Centralis Scholar Award support for three years. He says this support gave have to CMU.” • him the freedom to focus on more than academics, adding that he made a positive difference as an Emmons Hall resident assistant.
and sponsored by DaimlerChrysler. Event sponsors wrote a piece of poetry in the car on her way to the Martin read a quote from Ifi ll: “I am very conscious and other contributions support the Lem Tucker event, and it was just beautiful.” that there are very few people who look like me in Scholarship Endowment Fund. this business. I am very aware that I am a ‘lonely In her keynote address, Ifi ll told the audience that only’ doing this, as far as black women hosting Since 1997, nine students have received four-year politics should not be viewed as unimportant. Politics public affairs programming. But I am not at all full scholarships to CMU from the Lem Tucker are at the core of major issues concerning society convinced that it has to be that way. I love and Scholarship Endowment Fund. Stanley will begin today, including gas prices, the war in Iraq, social embrace being a role model. I am happy to give attending CMU this fall. security, and health care, she said, urging people advice and ideas to students … that’s a huge part of to become more aware of how politics affects “Kameel Stanley is one of the most versatile my role and why I am here.” important issues. students we’ve had apply to the Lem Tucker Martin said, “That is a huge part of why we Scholarship,” says Sue Ann Martin, dean of the “I am not cynical, but I am skeptical,” Ifi ll said. invited Gwen Ifi ll to be here tonight to celebrate College of Communication and Fine Arts. “Not “Everything is politics.” the pioneering heritages of Lem Tucker and the only is she a journalist as the editor in chief of Similar to Lem Tucker, Ifi ll is a pioneer in the achievable possibilities for minorities in The Lighthouse, Port Huron High School’s student journalism profession. journalism.” • newspaper, but she also writes poetry. In fact, she During her introduction of the evening’s speakers, Fall 2005 Centralight 25
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Comerica gift Bowens support real estate helps program development program expand By Melodie Anderson A College of Business Administration program that helps people with disabilities develop and The old adage, “success begets success” is more than a saying to CMU launch businesses will be able to expand its alumni Mike and Julie Bowen. service range to Michigan’s west side, thanks It is the outcome that the 1992 graduates intend to achieve by helping CMU to a grant from Comerica. develop a new program in real estate development. The program, launched four years ago with a four-year innovation and expansion grant from The Spring Lake couple is providing the fi nancial industry and put students in internships and in the Michigan Rehabilitation Services agency, resources to create a professorship of real career positions. There aren’t many programs like it allowed the college’s LaBelle Entrepreneurial estate fi nance within the College of Business in the state or nation.” Center to develop a highly successful model Administration. Their gift will provide funding to Bowen says he attributes the majority of his success for providing consulting and business technical recruit an outstanding faculty member who will to CMU. It was during this time that he met Julie, a services to MRS customers. Their customers develop the newly created undergraduate program. student studying communication disorders who, like have included a range of business people, Real estate development is an area of particular her future husband, worked as a resident assistant. from architects to manufacturers, daycare interest for Mike Bowen, who is the founder and It also was during his four years at CMU that he says providers, and even a magician. CEO of Westwood Development Group LLC, which his own drive for success was sparked. “Comerica’s generous support has been specializes in developing open-air shopping centers After graduation, Bowen launched his career in absolutely critical in sustaining the program nationwide. Project locations include sites in banking as a commercial loan offi cer, based on the we’ve built over the past four years,” says Michigan, Kansas City, Nebraska, Indiana, Arizona, recommendation of Professor Rose Prasad. This was the LaBelle Center’s associate director Mike Utah, and Florida. great advice, he says: “Banking is great training for Vuillemot. “Their $25,000 grant this year was The company currently has development projects many other avenues of life.” the only reason we were able to secure the totaling approximately $175 million, he says. $125,000 in federal and other dollars that From there he worked for a real estate investment allowed us to continue.” “There is a clear lack of education for the trust before starting his own business in 1998. Julie development business, which I would suggest is a is involved in the decision making of the business Comerica’s funding gives the LaBelle Center top-fi ve industry worldwide,” Bowen says. “Many with her husband. In addition to being a full-time the opportunity to expand services beyond the schools provide very limited programs or very narrow mother to their two sons, Joey and Jake, she also mid-Michigan district to include MRS’s Grand programs. We, and many other developers, train is very active in numerous voluntary activities and Rapids and West-Central districts – more than from the ground up, for the most part.” serves on their children’s school advisory board. doubling the program’s range. Most of the courses needed in real estate “It was at CMU that I realized how competitive the “Our partnership with CMU is a perfect fi t for development already are in place at CMU. This new world is, and I was going to have to work hard to get Comerica because the gift supports two areas program would be tailored to the needs of real estate up to speed,” Mike says. “CMU has a clear path to we are deeply committed to – education and development. success for anyone willing to step up and take the entrepreneurship,” says Caroline Chambers, challenge.” • Comerica vice president and contributions “The program is going to provide students with manager. “Entrepreneurship drives economic knowledge and skills that will make them very growth in our state and nation and, as marketable to the real estate industry,” says Dan Michigan’s oldest and largest bank, we are Vetter, interim dean of the College of Business happy to do our part to help develop the Administration. “The program will allow us to have next generation of entrepreneurs and small strong industry connections with the real estate business owners.” •
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Alumni offi ce ANNUAL REPORT On behalf of our volunteer Alumni Association Board You might also visit the alumni and donors section of the CMU Web site at www.alumni-donors.cmich. of Directors, please accept my appreciation of your edu/ for online publications.
involvement, interest, and pride in the university The importance of marketing has increased this year and our alumni association. This is our fi rst annual as a direct result of declining budgets. Profi ts from report, presenting a brief review of the alumni staff our Gold Membership and license plate programs directly impact the operation of the alumni relations and volunteer efforts that provided the services and offi ce. With the assistance of the Alumni Association events for alumni during the 2004-05 fi scal year. Board of Directors’ Revenue Generation Committee, new promotions were initiated. Gold membership has 555 members. CMU remains fourth in Michigan More than 90 activities were planned during this Our event participation was up approximately 11 for license plates sold, behind No. 3 WMU. time, including events in 24 cities across the nation, percent from last year. Forty-seven of the 48 clubs Partnerships with Chase for our affi nity credit card and multiple events in Michigan and on campus. and chapters held events this year or have one program, along with several other programs, have Some of our larger events included the third annual planned for early fall. increased total revenue from last year. CMU Night at Comerica Park, gatherings at Detroit Communication has been a focus for the alumni Pistons and Lions games, tailgate receptions at We have a rich tradition of programs and services offi ce, and connecting with alumni is always a top MSU and Ford Field, and more than 2,800 alumni that have been developed with the assistance of priority. Three issues of Centralight were published attending the Alumni Village near Rose Ponds at our alumni leaders and a dedicated alumni staff. this year – one issue was mailed to more than Homecoming. Sports were not the only activity CMU has benefi ted from the leadership and support 145,000 alumni, and the other two issues were enjoyed by alumni, as many socialized in Naples, of the 2004-05 CMUAA President Tom Lapka and mailed to 45,000 at each mailing. Planning for Fla., attended concerts in Lansing and Battle Creek, the Board of Directors. Through the guidance of next year includes four issues of Centralight and and gathered at restaurants in a number of cities these CMUAA board members and the support and launching four issues of a new publication, Maroon across the nation for good food and networking. encouragement of CMU President Michael Rao and & Gold Review. Golf outings in Traverse City, Grand Rapids and the Vice President Mike Leto, the past year was very tri-cities offered alumni the opportunity to support The alumni offi ce has made some great strides in successful. scholarships for area students. The fi scal year ended the past year regarding online communication. The Thank you for your past involvement. We look with celebration reunions for the classes of 1955 @CMU e-calendar has been very well received by forward to your continued participation. and 1965 and our annual CMU Alumni Awards alumni and is a great source of information to keep Banquet. you connected with CMU no matter where you live. With CMU pride, This publication is sent out monthly and is currently These are just a few of the events, but large or reaching more than 50,000 alumni. If you would small, CMU alumni appreciated the opportunity to like to subscribe to @CMU, e-mail the alumni offi ce, meet and share stories about their alma mater. [email protected]. Mary Lu Yardley, ’90 MSA ’92 This year we increased the number of alumni The alumni online community, found at Executive director of alumni relations chapters and clubs from 40 to 48. This includes 11 www.cmualum.com is another great source to stay Michigan regional chapters, 10 national chapters, 11 connected with CMU. This is a great place to fi nd out constituent chapters, and 16 alumni clubs. Without what is happening with your local alumni chapter, the alumni volunteer leadership in out-of-state search for old classmates, catch up on the latest places such as Phoenix, Dallas, and Chicago, we CMU news, and much more. The online community would not enjoy successful connections. was launched a little more than three years ago, and has since grown to more than 5,000 registered users. If you are not a registered user, it only takes a minute, and it’s free. Fall 2005 Centralight 27
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sociologist, a scientist, musicians, a broadcaster, and A devoted volunteers were among the 11 recipients of CMU’s top alumni awards this summer. Two hundred people attended the annual Alumni Awards Dinner in June to celebrate the accomplishments of the honorees. • Adam Miller, ’98, Community Recognition Alumni Award. He works on behalf of the people of Mount Pleasant as the youngest mayor in the city’s history. He was twice elected to the city commission, and the commission has elected him twice to serve as mayor.
• Richard Moehl, Honorary Alumni Award. He ardently supports both the biology department and the Clarke Historical Library. He serves as president of the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association, based in Mackinaw City, and he is co-founder of the Michigan Lighthouse Project. Alumni honored • Allan L. Schoenberg, ’90, Alumni Commitment Award. He has devoted countless hours helping with top awards public relations students by speaking on campus
PEGGY BRISBANE and hosting students on professional trips to Alumni awards went to (front, from left) JoAnn Hinds, Joseph Scott, Richard Moehl, Paul Lavender, Cheryl Chicago. He works as an associate director of the Lavender, (back, from left) Laura Bloem, Adam Miller, Sam Staples, Kevin Campbell, and Allan Schoenberg. Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Kevin Essebaggers is not pictured. • Joseph Scott, ’57, Distinguished Alumni Award. He has built a distinguished career as a In alphabetical order, the 2005 honorees are: • JoAnn Hinds, ’72 MS ’77, Alumni Commitment sociologist and currently serves as a professor Award. She is an ardent supporter of the CMU • Laura Bloem, ’81, Distinguished Alumni emeritus of sociology at the University of Biological Station on Beaver Island. She serves on Award. She is a principal research scientist Washington in Seattle. He has published about 50 the CMU Development Board, the New Vision of in lead optimization biology for Lilly Research articles and chapters and also a book, “The Black Excellence Committee, and the College of Science Laboratories in Indianapolis. Revolts: The Politics of Racial Stratifi cation.” and Technology capital campaign committee. • Kevin Campbell, ’74 MA ’76, Alumni Commitment • Sam Staples, Honorary Alumni Award. He has • Paul, ’73, and Cheryl Lavender, ’73, Distinguished Award. He has been a longtime supporter of CMU been a longtime friend and avid supporter of Alumni Awards. Paul supervises the creative work and the broadcast and cinematic arts department. CMU’s School of Music and the College of of many of the music industry’s most respected He is a senior information specialist at Dow Communication and Fine Arts, and his family is composers and arrangers, producing more than Corning Corp. the namesake of a concert hall on campus. • 600 new instrumental publications each year as • Kevin Essebaggers, ’98 MA ’01, Outstanding vice president of instrumental publications for Hal Young Alumni Award. He advanced from television Leonard Corp. Cheryl is internationally recognized reporter to anchor in just three years, making as a master music educator, composer, and rapid progress in a highly competitive fi eld. He clinician. She has taught music for 30 years and works as an anchor and reporter for WWTV- currently teaches at Swanson Elementary School WWUPTV 9 & 10 News in Cadillac. and Wisconsin Hills Middle School in the Elmbrook School District in Brookfi eld, Wis.
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New Haven, Conn. CATCHING UP WITH THE About a dozen alumni and guests gathered at Humphrey’s East in New Haven, Conn. Alumni who attended were Jim Love, Catherine Ann Mathis, Oliver Porter, Aaron Cunningham, Angie Pugliese, Jeff Beattie, and Kim Going. CHAPTERS New York City In May a small but enthusiastic group of alumni greeted professor Robert Miller’s marketing class for Atlanta Latino/a constituent chapter an evening of socializing and networking at B Bar & Atlanta area alumni and friends who gathered Alumni gathered at Grill in New York City. Alumni enjoyed catching up at Café Tu Tu Tango sampled a unique display of El Azteco in Lansing in with current students to learn the latest news from delicious appetizers as they mingled and networked. April to form a campus. new Latino/a constituent Dallas chapter, elect offi cers, As Dallas area alumni tailgated before a Texas and discuss future events. Offi cers are Laura Rangers vs. Detroit Tigers game, sounds of CMU Gonzales, president, Chad Santos, vice president, fi lled the air when Jeff and Jennifer Beane drove up and Elisa Guerra, secretary/treasurer. playing the CMU Fight Song from their truck stereo. Says organizer Bruce Theunissen: “Talk about feeling Las Vegas school spirit!” The group got bargains on their ticket Las Vegas area alumni and friends attended the and parking prices, and they watched the Tigers baseball game between the Las Vegas 51’s and the score two runs in the ninth inning to win 2-0. Albuquerque Isotopes in May. Everyone enjoyed the game and socializing, and each guest also received a 51’s baseball cap. New York City
Detroit At the Pistons game: Eric Gloudmans, Dan Herzog, Todd Hart, and Steve Canole.
Detroit Detroit area alumni met at Hoops in Auburn Hills for a pre-game gathering before heading to The Palace to watch the Detroit Pistons take on the LA Clippers.
Rainy weather greeted attendees of CMU Night Mount Pleasant at Comerica Park this spring. About 1,500 alumni and friends attended the pre-game reception for Mount Pleasant socializing, snacks, and giveaways. The crowd The classes of 1950 through 1959 and the class of 1965 celebrated their anxiously waited for the start of the game, which reunion weekends June 3 and 4. The weekend included an hors d’oeuvres was rain-delayed, and then fi nally canceled. reception, luncheon in Warriner Hall, and meals at The Embers restaurant. Everyone enjoyed catching up with old friends and sharing stories of their time at CMU. A trolley transported alumni and friends around campus to see the many changes that have taken place through the years.
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Michigan chapters National chapters Ann Arbor Atlanta Bob Balicki, ’79, and Gail Elliott, ’94 Lisa Sommer, ’04 Bob: (313) 608-7922 [email protected] Gail: (313) 608-7923 Alumni Mark Guy, ’00 [email protected] home: (770) 475-3447 [email protected] Chicago Battle Creek Ira Kreft, ’77 chapters T.R. Shaw, ’82 work: (312) 827-4202 work: (616) 979-3838 ira_kreft@fl eetcapital.com home: (616) 965-2979 Constituent chapters [email protected] Cleveland African-American Integrative public relations Call the alumni offi ce at Rene Johnson, ’78 Nancy Arnold Abigail Dean, ’01 (800) 358-6903 for information. work: (269) 388-8403 [email protected] St. Charles, Ill. [email protected] Dallas work: (815) 753-5062 Band Mark Wilson, ’82 home: (630) 513-8278 Detroit Tom Broka, ’72 home: (817) 416-0667 [email protected] Christopher Jablonski, ’83 Bay City [email protected] [email protected] work: (989) 662-4481 Latino/a Houston home: (989) 684-0462 Laura Gonzales, ’79 Flint Bill Cox, ’83 [email protected] [email protected] Ted Bunker, ’69 home: (713) 722-0911 home: (810) 694-7359 Broadcast and cinematic arts Leader advancement scholars [email protected] [email protected] Kathy Banfi eld Shaw, ’74 Dan Gaken, ’04 Las Vegas Battle Creek [email protected] Grand Rapids Ann Marie Fredrickson, ’94 work: (616) 979-3838 (989) 774-2698 Pam Murray, ’77 MA ’83 home: (702) 655-2118 home: (616) 965-2979 work: (616) 234-5370 ROTC [email protected] [email protected] home: (616) 249-0898 Don P. Case, ’60 [email protected] Los Angeles College of Business Administration Bloomfi eld Hills Patti, ’83, and Ed Schroll, ’77 MA ’78 Julie Nowicki, ’96 Lansing Recreation, parks and leisure Ed.S. ’91 [email protected] Lisa Pratt, ’89 services administration work: (909) 370-2891 work: (517) 334-8050 Football Chris Bundy, ’88 home: (909) 446-1946 [email protected] Chuck Selinger, ’94 (989) 779-5328 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Mount Pleasant Phoenix Tony Voisin, ’84 MA ’88 Honors Susan Wells, ’77 Dale Wernette, ’67 [email protected] Michael Collins, ’94 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] (248) 858-4634 Northern Michigan (480) 515-5132 Or Honors Program (989) 774-3902 Stephanie Carroll, ’97 Student Alumni Association Reno [email protected] Heather Potts Carol Perrigo, ’72 (231) 487-1073 [email protected] (775) 747-5066 Traverse City [email protected] Don “Skeet” Welch, ’77 MA ’90 Washington, D.C. [email protected] Tony Brown, ’02 (231) 334-4163 work: (202) 857-8030 Tri-cities home: (202) 882-2993 Daniel Herzog, ’91 abrown@morganfi nnegan.com home: (989) 799-2557 [email protected]
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Jan (Keegan) Hagland, ’77 Anne Monroe, ’96 board Berkley Mount Pleasant President Directors Daniel Herzog, ’91 Thomas Olver, ’98 Thomas Lapka, ’78 Michael Ardelean, ’03 Saginaw Oxford, Ohio Ada Shelby Twp. work: (517) 482-0222 Timothy Hicks, ’74 MA ’77 Darcy Orlik, ’92 MSA ’95 [email protected] Doug Brown, ’81 Muskegon Mount Pleasant Harbor Springs First vice president Gerald Hug Jr., ’81 Edward F. Schroll, ’77 MA ’78 Sheldon Lennox, ’81 Jean (Bennett) Brown, ’88 Plymouth Ed.S. ’91 Yucaipa, Calif. Rockford Novi Christopher Jablonski, ’83 work: (616) 292-5865 Janet Burns, MA ’83, Ed.S. ’89 Bloomfi eld Hills Charles Selinger, ’94 MS ’98 [email protected] Ceresco Buchanan Robert Kennedy, ’87 Second vice president Kevin Campbell, ’74 MA ’76 Northville Brian Szagesh, ’90 Darlene Nowak-Baker, ’87 Midland Midland Lansing Ira Kreft, ’77 work: (248) 358-6403 Ryan A. Fewins, ’02 MA ’04 Naperville, Ill. George Torreano, ’70 MA ’73 [email protected] Bay City Mount Pleasant
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Honoring ROTC’s beginning At Homecoming this year, CMU celebrates the fi rst graduating class Alumni from the university’s ROTC program. clubs Dubbed the “Michigan 22,” the class included 22 men who went to Boston area advanced camp together between their junior and senior years and then Jeff McMaster, ’89 New England area were commissioned together after graduation in 1955. [email protected] Kevin Richards, ’89 Norwalk, Conn. ROTC will honor the group before raising the Cincinnati area (203) 840-6221 fl ag during the pre-game ceremony at the Call the alumni offi ce at [email protected] MICHIGAN Homecoming football game Oct. 15. (800) 358-6903 for information. New York City Florida’s East Central area Adam Ebnit, ’03 Karen, ’94, and Gary Aalbregtse, ’72 [email protected] Deland KarenA2@cfl .rr.com North Carolina 22 Rodger Skirvin, ’78 Florida’s Gulf Coast area [email protected] Kim Maszera, ’90 Tampa Bay Terry Guttrich, ’57 (727) 946-1299 (910) 215-8916 [email protected] Omaha, Neb., area Alumni Florida’s West Palm Beach area Peter J. Rakovalis, ’95 Paul Gaba, ’88 Bellevue, Neb. September (561) 422-8960 [email protected] events [email protected] San Antonio/Austin, Texas, area 2 Party in Dallas to watch the October Indianapolis area Kathleen Mackenzie, ’82 broadcast of the CMU vs. 8 Army football tailgate party, Grace Ketchum, ’69 (512) 733-2771 Indiana football game West Point, N.Y. (317) 842-0851 [email protected] 10 Betsie River Trail Ride, [email protected] San Diego area Traverse City 15 Homecoming Katie Reed, ’92 Greg Cox, ’00 15 Alumni reception at November [email protected] (858) 534-0437 McFadden’s in Cincinnati [email protected] 3 Toledo alumni reception Kansas City area 17 Flint area alumni golf outing, Frank Moussa, ’85 San Francisco area Woodfi eld Country Club, 12 Football tailgate party before (913) 962-9620 Jan Houts, ’82 Grand Blanc the CMU/WMU game, [email protected] (650) 543-0110 Kalamazoo [email protected] 17 PSU football tailgate party, Knoxville, Tenn., area Happy Valley, Penn. March ’06 Aaron J. Todd, ’97 Western Pennsylvania area [email protected] Jeff Rivard, ’66 23 Monica Rao art reception, 19 Alumni band concert, (865) 974-4481 Pittsburgh Park Library Baber Room, CMU Music Building (412) 826-2180 CMU, 4 to 6 p.m. Milwaukee area [email protected] Call the alumni offi ce at 24 Atlanta Braves baseball game, (800) 358-6903 for information. Atlanta
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Centralight3.indd 32 8/1/05 4:11:08 PM ALUMNI IN ACTION 1950s 1970s Fred M. Mester, ’59, received the Frances R. Jeffrey Brasie, ’70 MA ’76, was appointed to Geoffrey Kramer, ’75 MA ’77, joined West Shore Avadenka Memorial Award from the Oakland the board of the National Accreditation Council for Community College as a full-time psychology County Bar Association in June 2005. The award is Agencies Serving People with Blindness or Visual professor. presented to a member of the association who has Impairment. He is president of Clovernook Center for Dave Kring, ’75, was elected president of the made signifi cant contributions to the community the Blind and Visually Impaired, based in Cincinnati. Michigan Automobile Dealers Association. He owns outside of the legal profession. Mester is the Carol Kennedy, ’70, has written three books dealing Tallberg Chevrolet-Oldsmobile-Cadillac in Petoskey. Oakland County Circuit Court judge. with literacy development, parenting, and grief: “The Billy C. Hawkins, MA ’76, was named to the Grief Monster,” “The Encyclopedia of Parenting from 1960s National Register’s Who’s Who in Executives and A-Z,” and “The 15-Minute Guide to Parenting.” Professionals. He is president of Texas College in Hans Andrews, ’60, was inducted into the CMU Mike Touzeau, ’70 MA ’78, is a sports and feature Tyler, Texas. ROTC Hall of Fame in February, and he was inducted writer for the Green Valley News, with a Sunday into the Grayling High School Hall of Fame in May. Larry Johnson, MA ’76, retired after 10 years column called “In the Ballpark.” He retired in 1999 He is the Distinguished Fellow in Community College as director of Michigan State University Extension from Imlay City Schools after 29 years in education. Leadership at Olney Central College in Illinois, where Service’s Allegan County offi ce. He worked for MSU His wife, Linda, ’73, is a pottery artist who teaches he is retired from the college presidency. Extension for 26 years. pottery classes and puts on shows around Arizona. Rev. Keith Titus, ’62 MA ’64, earned his master’s of She retired from Goodrich Schools after 26 years in Roderick Martin, ’76 MA ’79, was named divinity degree and founded Re-Member, a nonprofi t education. They live in Green Valley, Ariz. superintendent of Tahquamenon Area Schools in volunteer outreach to the Oglala Lakota Indian Nation Newberry. Darryl Goncharoff, ’72, recently retired from Walled on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. He Lake Schools. Michael Koster, ’77, was promoted to president and retired in 1995 as professor of speech and theater CEO of Williams Distributing and Williams Kitchen at Alpena Community College after 30 years, during Sally Shumway, ’72 MA ’79, MA ’84, works full and Bath in Grand Rapids. which time he founded Thunder Bay Theatre. time as a speech and language pathologist for Pasco County Schools in Florida. She recently Michael Mayse, ’77, completed the executive Linda Howdyshell, MA ’66, was named vice retired from Jenison Public Schools after 32 years in master of nonprofi t organizations degree from the president of Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, educational administration, international education, Mandel Center for Nonprofi t Organizations at Case Calif. and speech and language therapy. Her husband, Western Reserve University and serves as president Paul Curell, ’69, retired as Vassar Central Douglas Grossa, MA ’70 Ed.S. ’74, MA ’77, also and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Elementary School principal. His wife, Sharon, retired from Jenison Public Schools in 2005 after 36 Cleveland. ’69, retired as a speech pathologist from Tuscola years in mental health, international education, and Deborah Yordy Coleman, ’78, was promoted to Intermediate School District. school psychology. He now works full time for Pasco project coordinator in the Offi ce for the Protection County Schools as a school psychologist. Following Dennis LaClaire, ’69, earned Emerald Level status of Research Subjects, Institutional Review Board, at retirement from Jenison, they took a six-week trip in the Masters Program from Century 21 Northern Northwestern University’s Chicago campus. to the southwest before moving to New Port Richey, Broker Council. He works for Century 21 Lee-Mac Fla. Dennis Durkee, ’78, was named managing editor of Realty in Alma. Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers, a group of daily Christine Thomas, ’72, was named dean of the Linda M. Macy, ’69, retired from the Pinellas County newspapers in Stuart, Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce, and College of Natural Resources at the University of School System in St. Petersburg, Fla., after teaching Vero Beach, Fla. Wisconsin-Stevens Point. music for 33 years. She lives in St. Pete Beach, Fla. Joe Maci, ’78, was named dean of students at Jessica Phillips, ’73, was named volleyball coach John Smith, ’69, a teacher at T.L. Handy Middle Summit Academy, a charter school in the Monroe- at Augsburg College in Minneapolis. School in Bay City, won the 2005 Martin Luther King Jefferson School District in Romulus. Jr. Keeping the Dream Alive Award from the Bay City Paul Worfel, ’73, joined Huntington College in James Reindl, ’78, was promoted to director of Human Services Committee. Indiana as an assistant professor of education. major accounts development in the newspaper and Howard Keim, ’74 MA ’76, was appointed president new media markets department of the Associated of Hesston College in Hesston, Kan., a two-year Press. He is based in Chicago. liberal arts college affi liated with the Mennonite John Silveri, ’78, was named superintendent of the Church. Marysville Public School District. John Matthews, MA ’74, was inducted into the Greater Flint Afro-American Hall of Fame.
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Mark Bailey, ’79, received the Retailer of the Year Michael Connors, MA ’82, was elected to the board Craig Barnhart, ’84, was named general manager 2004 award from the Michigan Retailers Association. of directors of Eastman Chemical Co., a Tennessee- of Freudenberg-NOK’s gasket division. He and his wife, Claire, own McNalley’s Shoes in based company that manufactures and markets Kent Henson, ’85 MA ’92, was promoted to Allen Park. chemicals, fi bers, and plastics worldwide. He is a assistant principal at West Ottawa High School member of the executive board of VNU, a media Kathleen Oswald, ’79 MA ’86, was promoted to and marketing information company, and he is Jim Hitpas, ’85, and his wife, Tina, announce the president of Right Management Consultants, Great chairman and CEO of VNU Media Measurement and birth of their daughter, Courtney Jeanelle, born Feb. Lakes Region, to oversee the Southfi eld, Toledo, Information Group. 17, 2005. They live in Mount Pleasant. Grand Rapids, and Kalamazoo offi ces and the company’s organizational consulting practice. Brian Fisher, ’82, is chief fi nancial offi cer for the Nancy Leinonen Howells, ’85, portrayed the role Lake Wales Charter Schools in Florida. of “Linda” in the Boston premiere of the musical 1980s version of “The Diet Monologues,” and she was John Holowaty, ’82, was named vice president and featured in the “Sundays on the Hill” concert series Kerry (Lutz) Bennett, ’80 MA ’82, joined the account director at W.B. Doner, Southfi eld. hosted by Indian Hill Music in Littleton, Mass. She is Nemours Foundation as Web content editor for the Michael Spradlin, ’82, is writing a young adult book a member of the voice faculty of Indian Hill Music, a division of health and prevention services. She lives series, starting with “Spy Goddess: Live and Let vocal artist in residence at Weston Public Schools in in Bear, Del. Shop,” published by Harper-Collins. Weston, Mass., and a visiting lecturer for Fitchburg Randall Trinklein, ’81, was promoted to vice State College. She also maintains a private voice David Sirvio, MA ’83, was named vice president of president at Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance Co. studio. She and her husband, Bruce, live in Maynard, sales and marketing for Valdor Fiber Optics Inc. Mass. Dr. Steven Smoke, ’83, and his wife, Brenda, are James Sager, ’85, and his wife, Janice, announce expanding their optometry practice, Smoke Family the birth of their son, Jeffrey, born Feb. 24, 2005. Vision Center, to Dowagiac. They also have offi ces in They live in Alma. Buchanan and New Buffalo. :cYdlbZci
;VXjainVcYegd\gVbZcYdlbZci #-5 IS AN !!%/ INSTITUTION SEE WWWCMICHEDUAAEO 34 Centralight Fall 2005 Centralight3.indd 34 8/1/05 4:11:11 PM ALUMNI IN ACTION John Stanford, ’85, is special assistant to the Wendy Potter, ’89, was named a fi nancial specialist Darren Warner, ’92, married Casey Kremers in superintendent for board and government affairs for for the Society for Lifetime Planning, Troy. October 2004. Columbus Public Schools. He is the district’s chief government affairs offi cer and administrator for the 1990 1993 offi ce of board services. Julie Baker, ’90, passed the Michigan Bar Exam Jon Bouck, ’93, has opened Tributary art gallery David McGuire, ’86, was named Volunteer of the and was sworn in as an attorney in May. in Grand Rapids with his brother, Jake Bouck, ’02. Year by Habitat for Humanity of Michigan. He was They spent two months restoring the gallery space, Ralph Fanelli, ’90, married Kate Ver Schure in May presented the award by Gov. Jennifer Granholm which features art by the Boucks and other artists. 2004. in April. McGuire is chairman of the construction Jon also teaches art and science at East Kentwood committee for Habitat for Humanity of Isabella Todd Hart, ’90, joined Bank One to manage High School. County. relationships with commercial customers and John, ’93, and Monica Brady, ’03, announce the develop new bank relationships with business in the Dr. Patrick J. Offman, MA ’86, is director of Novi birth of their son, Atticus John, born April 14, 2005. Saginaw, Bay City, and Midland areas. Chiropractic Clinic, vice president and chief fi nancial They live in Midland. offi cer for Immune Modulation Maximum Corp., Robyn Lucka, ’90, retired from her job as Genesee Steven Cowherd, MSA ’93, was named senior and director of Phoenix Immunology Foundation. He County Jury Board supervisor after more than 23 director of OEM business development at iBiquity also has completed more than 25 marathons, he is years of service to the county. Digital Corp., Pontiac. a black belt in karate, and he has coached middle John Rivett, ’90, was named manager of school and high school sports for the last 20 years. James Kellogg, ’93, joined Access Lending in commercial lending for Wolverine Bank, Midland. Midland as a mortgage loan representative. John Scholten, MA ’86, was named superintendent of Petoskey Public Schools. 1991 William Marvin, MSA ’93, was named vice president of purchasing for Avado Brands, based Rick Ament, MSA ’87, was named president and Neva Baron, ’91, academic adviser in the College in Madison, Ga., which owns and operates the Don CEO of LakeView Community Hospital in Paw Paw. of Arts and Sciences at Eastern Michigan University, Pablo’s Mexican Kitchen restaurants and the Hops received the Outstanding New Adviser Certifi cate Edward French, ’87, joined NetSource One in Restaurant and Brewery chain. of Merit from the National Academic Advising Saginaw as a network engineer. Association. She was one of eight awardees 1994 Greg Kigar, ’87, joined the SMG Management staff nationwide in the academic advising, primary role at The Dow Event Center as director of operations. category. Susan Backofen, MSA ’94, was named vice president for enrollment management at Ottawa Thomas Burnor, ’88, was named vice president of Paul DeRoche, ’91, is vice president and fi nancial University in Kansas. sales for the San Diego Retirement Services offi ce of adviser at Merrill Lynch, Farmington Hills. The Principal Financial Group. Sarah, ’94, and Jerry Bendele, ’95, announce the Michelle Snyder, ’91, was named executive birth of their son, Joel Steven, born Feb. 28, 2005. Ed Kengerski, ’88, was named sports director of director of Phi Sigma Sigma Fraternity. Snyder was They live in Shepherd. WWMT-TV in Kalamazoo. initiated by Phi Sigma Sigma’s Delta Iota chapter in 1989, and she has worked for the fraternity since Thomas Kollie Jr., MSA ’94, assumed command Skip Kirkwood, MSA ’88, was named director of graduation. of Patrol Squadron 26, home based at Naval Station Wake County Emergency Medical Service in North Brunswick, Maine. Carolina. 1992 Scott Quarderer, MBA ’94, married Karen Wolff in Patricia Spitzley, ’88, joined Governmental Toni, ’92, and Lucas Ethington, ’01, announce the November 2004. Consultant Services Inc. as a lobbyist. birth of their son, Dawson Lee, born Jan. 13, 2005. Keith Wetters, ’94 MA ’04, was named assistant Robin Stressman, ’88, was honored by Coldwell The family lives in Breckenridge. principal of South Middle School in the Van Buren Banker with membership in the International Kevin Flattery, ’92, was elected partner at School District. President’s Council for 2005. She is an associate Plante and Moran PLLC. He focuses on providing broker for Coldwell Banker Mount Pleasant Realty assurance, tax, and business consulting services to 1995 and Associates. service organizations. He also plays an active role in Craig Elford, ’95, joined the rehabilitation staff at recruiting for Plante and Moran’s Ann Arbor offi ce. Deanna Gambrell, ’89, was promoted to manager MidMichigan Medical Center in Midland. of loan operations and credit analysis for Wolverine Jodi Patterson, ’92 MA ’94, teaches art for John Krolczyk, ’95, married Ranee Patten in Bank in Midland. Hemlock Public Schools and is an adjunct professor February 2005. Debra Kubitskey, ’89, was appointed court at Wayne State University. She earned a master’s of administrator at the Wayne County 35th District fi ne art degree in interdisciplinary art from Goddard Jon, ’95, and Wendy Odykirk, ’95, announce the Court. College in Plainfi eld, Va. birth of their daughter, Rachel Elizabeth, born March 2, 2005. They live in Clare. Fall 2005 Centralight 35 Centralight3.indd 35 8/1/05 4:11:14 PM ALUMNI IN ACTION 1997 1999 Judith Ouvry, ’95, was promoted to general sales Tricia Boerman, ’97, earned President’s Club Amanda Carroll-Barefi eld, MSA ’99, was manager of Lake Michigan Broadcasting Inc., a honors from RE/MAX Real Estate System as a sales named program director for the undergraduate group of fi ve radio stations in West Michigan. associate for RE/MAX of Mount Pleasant. and certifi cate programs in the Medical College of Georgia School of Allied Health Sciences health Greta (Stroope) Skogseth, MA ’95, received tenure Roman Burchart, ’97, was named director of informatics department. from Montcalm Community College, where she technical services, Sport View Technologies, teaches composition, speech, children’s literature, Brighton. Laura Courtright, ’99, and her husband, Ben, and young adult literature. She lives with her announce the birth of their daughter, Catherine Ann, Chad Darnell, ’97, and his wife, Molly (Bourgeois), husband and two girls, Emma and Alison Grace, in born March 29, 2005. They live in Mount Pleasant. ’98, announce the birth of their daughter, Lucy Ella, Greenville. born April 24, 2005. She joins her big sister, Abigail. Erin Engler, ’99, was named business sales 1996 The family lives in Lake Orion. manager at The Townsend Hotel, Birmingham. Michelle Gimmey, ’97 MA ’02, and her husband, Matthew Flenar, ’99, married Jennifer Charron in Jeffrey Funke, MSA ’96, is a certifi ed project Michael, announce the birth of their daughter, October 2004. management professional and was promoted to Mikeh-lah Danielle, born Dec. 28, 2004. project team leader at ConAgra Foods in Omaha, Jim Gadziemski, ’99, announces the birth of his Neb. Stephanie Lynn, ’97, joined Century 21 Bowerman/ second son in April 2005. Jim was promoted to Peake Realty of Mount Pleasant as a sales associate. Milwaukee campus manager for the Olson Co., and Don, ’96, and Athena Helinski, ’96 MS ’99, he lives in Waukesha with his wife and two sons. announce the birth of their daughter, Gabrielle Marie, Constance McNeill, MSA ’97, was named born April 8, 2005. They live in Mount Pleasant. Don coordinator of administration for the Atlanta-based Lori (Heckman) Guilbeaux, ’99, and Hans was recently promoted to sports information director Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Guilbeaux, ’96, announce the birth of their son, at CMU, and Athena is a physician assistant at Dominic, born March 4, 2005. Lori also earned her Luke Sawyer, ’97, and his wife, Taylor, announce Central Michigan Community Hospital. master’s degree in teaching from Saginaw Valley the birth of their son, Jaxson Jeremiah, born April 8, State University, and she teaches in the Anchor Bay Joseph, ’96, and Teresa Judge, ’97, announce the 2005. They live in Edmore. School District in New Baltimore. birth of their twin daughters, Kiersten Anastasia and Margo Smith, ’97, married Douglas Joseph in June Carly Lucille, born Oct. 29, 2004. Brenna McLaughlin, ’99, was sworn in as an 2004. offi cer with the Troy Police Department. Kristen King, ’96, joined the YMCA of Marquette County as a personal trainer. 1998 Christopher, ’99, and Holly Nelson, ’00, announce the birth of their daughter, Noel Mallory, born May 5, Col. Tracey Nicholson, ’96, assumed command of Daniel Alto, ’98, married Elizabeth Rzepka in August 2005. The family lives in East Jordan. the U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn, 2004. N.Y. Kristin Pruitt, ’99, married Jeff Engle in October Shannon Cooper, ’98, married Scott Felgner in 2004. Lynda Rademacher, MA ’96, married Steve Fox in September 2004. June 2004. Thomas Sands, ’99, was named commander of the Jeremy Holmes, ’98, was named vice president Michigan State Police Brighton Post. Brian Ross, ’96, and his wife, Maggie, announce and cashier of West Shore Bank. He and his wife, the birth of their son, Tate Huxley, born March 13, Laura, live in Ludington. Helen Thompson, MSA ’99, is a risk specialist for 2005. They live in Alma. the city of Jacksonville, N.C. She was one of Onslow Chuck Nelson, MSA ’98, was named president County’s representatives for the Intriguing African- Vaughn Smith, ’96, was named to “Who’s Who and CEO of Keweenaw Memorial Medical Center in American Women awards. Among America’s Teachers” and was honored as a Laurium. Michigan Interscholastic Golf Coaches Association Kyle VanDerHaag, ’99, and his wife, Amy, announce Krista Newman Pohl, ’98, joined Harrison Dance Regional Coach of the Year for his work with the the birth of their son, Kevin Jacob, born March 25, and Creativity Center as a dance instructor. Lakeland High School varsity boys golf team. He and 2005. Kyle recently completed a master’s degree in his wife, Elizabeth, live in Highland. Courtney Stapleton, ’98, married David Reiser in fi nance from Walsh College, and he is employed at November 2004. Comerica Bank in Grand Rapids as a credit analyst. The family lives in Cedar Springs. Nate Walton, ’98, married Suzanne Adam in September 2004. 36 Centralight Fall 2005 Centralight3.indd 36 8/1/05 4:11:15 PM ALUMNI IN ACTION 2001 Chad Walden, ’99, and his wife, Natasha, announce Lynette Fether, ’00, married James Keillor in Kristin McDonough, ’01, earned her doctor the birth of their daughter, Avery Hope, born April 28, October 2004. of chiropractic degree from Palmer College of 2005. They live in Elwell. Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa. Melissa Ingells, ’00, is a host and producer at Dennis Worden, ’99, was named public relations WKAR Radio in East Lansing. Carrie Meyers, ’01, and her husband, Joseph, manager of Michigan International Speedway. announce the birth of their son, Zachary Joseph, Jay Kurowski, ’00, and Jaime (Prevo) Kurowski, born April 8, 2005. They live in Weidman. 2000 ’01, announce the birth of their son, John Patrick, born May 9, 2005. He joins big sister Katherine. The Melissa Miskus, ’01, married Jeffrey Dykhuis, Lindsay Allen, ’00, was promoted to assistant family lives in Fenton. ’02, in October 2004. director of media relations at CMU. She has worked Jennifer McKinin, ’00, and her husband, Edmund, in the public relations and marketing offi ce since Jodi VanDam, ’01, married Charles Shortridge IV in announce the birth of their son, Xander William, born 2002, and she lives in Mount Pleasant. October 2004. April 30, 2005. They live in Mount Pleasant. Aaron Andres, ’00, married Rebecca Dzurak in 2002 Laura (Lessnau) Miller, MS ’00, and her husband, September 2004. Chris, announce the birth of Zachary John, born Jill Asplund, ’02, married Michael Sella in August Karen Bailey, ’00, married David Koch in November March 14, 2005. The family lives in Warren. 2004. 2004. Julie Stratton, ’00, married Nicklaus Carr, ’00, in Phillip Castonia, ’02, married Melissa Couturier in Courtney Biesiada, ’00, and her husband, Steven, June 2004. July 2004. announce the birth of their daughter, Kathryn, born Nicole Culver, ’02, works in Scottsdale, Ariz., June 3, 2004. teaching elementary school children whose native language is not English. She also is her school’s translation specialist. She lives in Chandler, Ariz. RIDE WITH CHIPPEWA PRIDE FRIENDS AND ALUMNI OF CMU CAN RIDE WITH CHIPPEWA PRIDE ANYTIME. • Purchase a Central Michigan University license plate for just $35 in addition to your annual vehicle registration fee; $25 of this supports YOU DON’T HAVE TO CMU alumni programming. • Renewing your CMU license plate each year is WAIT FOR YOUR just $10 in addition to your registration fee. RENEWAL MONTH. The renewal fee also supports alumni programs. Just tell staff at your local Secretary of State offi ce www.cmualum.com that you want to Ride with Chippewa Pride! CMU is an AA/EO institution (see www.cmich.edu/aaeo) Fall 2005 Centralight 37 Centralight3.indd 37 8/1/05 4:11:16 PM ALUMNI IN ACTION 2004 Amy Goodrich, ’02, married Casey Smith, ’02, Anne Veltema, ’02, joined Spectrum Health in Nicholas Austin, ’04, is a sports reporter and in July 2004. Grand Rapids as a public relations specialist in the weekend anchor at KJCT-TV in Grand Junction, Colo. corporate communications and marketing offi ce. Phil Hernandez, ’02, was elected to the Erica Goff, ’04, joined the Gratiot County Herald as She also received the 2005 Newcomer of the Year Government of the Student Body at Iowa State a general news reporter. award from the West Michigan Chapter of the Public University. Relations Society of America. Dale Jameson, ’04, is working on his master’s Christa Janke, ’02, married Jonathon Comer, ’02, degree in atmospheric science at Texas Tech in June 2004. 2003 University. He lives in Lubbock, Texas. Laura Langhorst, ’02, married Leonard Brucato in Stephanie Braden, ’03, married Matthew Danner in Kenneth Janson, MBA ’04, joined Northwestern June 2004. June 2004. Mutual Financial Network as a fi nancial representative. Ellen (Word) Langworthy, ’02, announces the birth Candy Brown, ’03, is a dancer on the national tour of John Daniel Langworthy III, born April 2, 2005, in of the Broadway show “Contact.” Ericka Leavesley, ’04, and her husband, Matt, Grand Forks, N.D. announce the birth of their daughter, Rebekah Lynne. Catherine, ’03, and Edmond Cain Jr., ’95, Robert Lusk, MSA ’02, was named vice president announce the birth of their son, Lucas Edmond, born Jenni Martin, ’04, married Tim Briggs, ’04 in of sales and marketing for Alienware, a custom March 21, 20005. They live in Horton. February 2005. computer manufacturer that serves the United States David Cobler, ’03, married Anya Bonine in Mike Sherbow, ’04, joined Elite Sport and and Europe. December 2004. Entertainment Auctions as vice president. The West Deanna MacKay, ’02, married Edmond Langhorst Bloomfi eld business helps nonprofi t organizations Chris Hecox, ’03, joined Kaechele Publications Inc. in July 2004. raise money by auctioning sports and entertainment in Allegan County as a news reporter for the Allegan items. Andy Madden, ’02, was named media relations/ County News. marketing coordinator for USA Hockey’s Ann Arbor- Katharine Stevens, ’04, married Jon Demorest, Brett Hunkins, MBA ’03, was awarded the “certifi ed based national Team Developmental Program. ’03, in June 2004. fraud examiner” designation by the Association Amy Nostrandt, MSA ’02, married Christopher of Certifi ed Fraud Examiners. He is an assistant Carrie Stubbs, ’04, was named teen director at the Zwolensky in April 2004. professor at Northwood University in Midland and Southeast YMCA in Grand Rapids Township. is a member of the American Institute of Certifi ed Adam Olson, ’02, married Paula Tuttle, ’03, on July Jennifer Wentworth, ’04, and her husband, Public Accountants and Michigan Association of 3, 2004. Adam is self-employed in sales, and Paula Michael, announce the birth of their daughter, Ashlyn Certifi ed Public Accountants. is a seventh grade math teacher at Hamilton Local Marie, born March 28, 2005. They live in Mount Schools. They live in Columbus, Ohio. Lyniece McNair-Levi, ’03, is the athletics trainer for Pleasant. Grand Blanc High School. Melody Rosenberg, ’02, was promoted to Crystal Wild, ’04, was promoted to customer admissions and marketing director at Heartland of Liz Oberlander, ’03, and her husband, Jon, service representative in the life and health West Bloomfi eld. announce the birth of their son, Ted Marvin, born department of The General Agency of Mount March 2, 2005. They live in Mount Pleasant. Pleasant. Dacia Russian, ’02, married Joe Albaugh in July 2004. Kedrin Ruuspakka, ’03, was named community Joy Wood, MA ’04, was named the lower school development manager for Make-a-Wish Foundation, principal at Wesleyan School in Norcross, Ga. Erica Schurr, ’02, married Samuel Barclay on Southeast Michigan. July 9 in Malibu, Calif. She teaches third grade in Pasadena, Calif., and he is an architect in Los Larissa Saldana, ’03, married Joseph Leach in Send us your news Angeles. June 2004. We want to hear from alumni near and far to Nathan Schulz, ’02, married Kristi Dennis in August Michele Smith, ’03, married Ryan Litwiller in include your news in the Alumni in Action section 2004. September 2004. of Centralight. Please write to us about recent job promotions, awards, marriages, births, and other Eric Zawilinski, ’03, married Crystal Smalley in Kileen Thomas, ’02, joined The General Agency of noteworthy recent accomplishments or changes. Mount Pleasant as a customer service associate. June 2004. Send your news to Centralight by e-mail to [email protected], by fax to (989) 774-1098, or by mail to Centralight, Public Relations and Marketing, West Hall, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859. Be sure to include your graduation year and contact numbers. 38 Centralight Fall 2005 Centralight3.indd 38 8/1/05 4:11:18 PM IN MEMORIAM Marja Warren, ’22, Ann Arbor, died Douglas F. McKim, ’52, St. Louis, Jean Pearce Kelly, MA ’70, Vista, Myrna Haugen, MBE ’82, Saginaw, May 4, 2005, age 102. died April 4, 2005, age 75. Calif., died April 11, 2005, age 90. died June 12, 2005, age 66. Gladys M. Wood, ’26, Mount Elaine Hewitt, ’53, Saginaw, died Richard C. Lyon, ’70, Kingwood, Connie Ann (Grzegorczyk) Graul, Pleasant, died April 28, 2005, age 98. May 14, 2005, age 73. Texas, died March 30, 2005, age 61. ’85, Midland, died Oct. 19, 2004, age 50. Katherine E. Funck, ’29, Grayling, Verne A. Hawes Jr., ’55, Charleston, Carol A. Ruba, ’70, Victory Township, died Feb. 4, 2005, age 94. S.C., died April 2, 2005, age 72. died March 23, 2005, age 92. Rod Wagner, ’85, Midland, died April 20, 2005, age 56. Joy A. McAlvey, ’31, Lansing, died Blanche Kumfer, ’55, Cadillac, died Barbara Shortridge, ’70, Aurora, June 17, 2005, age 103. June 7, 2005, age 102. Colo., died May 1, 2004, age 59. Susan M. Jackson, ’87, Chesterfi eld Township, died March 24, 2005, age Allison Green, ’35, Kingston, died Joseph Rabideau, ’55, Bay City, died Helen R. (Geiger) Swanson, ’71, 40. March 26, 2005, age 93. May 29, 2005, age 75. Lake City, died June 20, 2005, age 90. Daniel A. DiCenzo, MSA ’88, Alma E. Elkins, ’37, Corunna, died Milton Jennings Converse Jr., ’56, Bellbrook, Ohio, died June 6, 2005, March 18, 2005, age 95. Buchanan, died March 16, 2005, age Arlene Lillian Peterson, ’72, Harbor age 67. 71. Beach, died June 16, 2005, age 82. Edwin K. McIntosh, ’40, Mount Robert J. Kuhn, ’96, Battle Creek, Pleasant, died May 17, 2005, age 88. Wesley Davis, ’57, Hillman, died Kenneth Leo Rakoczy, MA ’73, Bear died April 2, 2005, age 61. March 25, 2005, age 89. Lake, died Nov. 12, 2004, age 57. Catherine Rowland, ’40, Midland, Dhana (Lockhart) Elsenheimer, ’98, died Dec. 22, 2004, age 89. Ben Edwards, ’58, Key West, Fla., Raymond J. Ryan, MBA ’73, Saginaw Kewadin, died June 28, 2005, age 29. died Feb. 28, 2005, age 69. Township, died June 17, 2005, age Phyllis Anderson, ’41, Traverse City, 65. Dennis Malloy, MSA ’99, Montclair, died June 5, 2005, age 85. Richard G. Murray, ’58, Cheboygan, Va., died May 22, 2005, age 65. died May 20, 2005, age 72. Timothy R. Karr, ’74, Alma, died May Mary (Greer) Pero, ’41, Gladwin, died 24, 2005, age 52. Lenora B. (Walker) Williamson, MSA March 27, 2005, age 84. Marian O. (Kopec) Clymer, ’59, Bay ’01, Chesterfi eld, Va., died June 24, City, died March 31, 2005, age 88. James D. Sapikowski, ’74, Chapel Francis “Red” Ensign, ’49, Midland, 2005, age 37. Hill, N.C., died May 16, 2005, age 52. died March 20, 2005, age 83. Louise A. Furkey, ’60, Marion, died June 8, 2005, age 95. Col. Francis T.J. Sefchik, MA ’74, Faculty and staff Charles R. Lembach, ’49, Clio, died Easton, Penn., died June 24, 2005, March 27, 2005, age 80. Suzanne Hensel, ’63, Acme, died William P. Browne, Mount Pleasant, age 75. April 13, 2005, age 67. died April 18, 2005, age 59. He taught Avis Johnston McGregor, ’49, David D. Matt, MA ’76, Haines City, political science for nearly 30 years Livonia, died April 22, 2005, age 77. David L. Goodell, MA ’64, Traverse Fla., died May 17, 2005, age 74. at CMU. City, died June 9, 2005, age 71. Robert Raymor, ’49, Muskegon, died Ray E. Hard, MA ’77, Blanca, Colo., Wells Cook, Mount Pleasant, died June 8, 2005, age 79. Robert Hutchinson, ’64, Fenton, died died May 10, 2005, age 69. June 30, 2005, age 77. He taught April 29, 2005, age 63. Stanley Wareck, ’49, Waterford, died business information systems at CMU, Frederick G. Manson, MA ’78, St. June 23, 2005, age 80. Ronald “Wimp” Nettell, MBA ’65, retiring in 1997. Simons Island, Ga., died May 20, Marquette, died April 12, 2005, age Dr. Duane Martin, ’50, Rogers City, 2005, age 62. Alice I. Kasper, Shepherd, died April 75. died Feb. 10, 2005, age 76. 26, 2005, age 82. She retired from Lt. Col. Thomas McKinney, MA ’78, Alice M. Montney, ’68, Byron, died CMU food service in 1987 as a master Kenneth F. Licht, ’51, La Crosse, Dayton, Ohio, died April 30, 2005, Feb. 7, 2005, age 83. cook after 21 years of service. Wis., died April 22, 2005, age 78. age 63. Juanita Burtch, ’69 MA ’82, Stanton, Lucille Morey, Mount Pleasant, died Jean M. Purdy, ’51, Chelsea, died James “Fritz” Smith Jr., MA ’79, died Oct. 30, 2004, age 72. May 28, 2005, age 86. She worked March 22, 2005, age 76. Rocky Mount, N.C., died April 22, for CMU as an administrative aide for Elrita “Jean” Sterling, ’69, 2005, age 60. George F. Hackett Jr., ’52, South more than 21 years, retiring in 1981. Harrisville, died Oct. 31, 2004, age 83. Portland, Maine, died April 13, 2005, H. Austin Pollard, MA ’80, Kansas age 76. Donald N. Fenton, MA ’70, City, Mo., died June 13, 2005, age 74. Roscommon, died April 17, 2005, age Jean Leismer, ’52, Petoskey, died Janet Schell, MA ’80, Saginaw 62. Dec. 12, 2004, age 75. Township, died March 23, 2005. Fall 2005 Centralight 39 Centralight3.indd 39 8/1/05 4:11:20 PM LAST SHOT PEGGY BRISBANE Jack Saunders, ’60 MM ’65 CMU director of bands Nov. 22, 1938 – April 26, 2005 40 Centralight Fall 2005 Centralight3.indd 40 8/4/05 4:08:20 PM Cover-New 5.indd 3 12/2/05 1:47:01 PM Centralight NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID Carlin Alumni House TRAVERSE CITY MI Central Michigan University PERMIT NO. 29 Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 Cover-New 5.indd 4 12/2/05 1:47:02 PM