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WMU maintains leading role Host ofspecial in training America's teachers projects seek to When Western State Normal School opened in 1903, When President Bush was proposing his reforms in students weren't asked 'What are you majoring in?" Washington, D.C., for instance, Dr. Christian R. Hirsch, a improve education Instead, they were asked "What do you plan to teach?" WMU professor of mathematics and statistics, was also in The institution, the last of four schools established by the nation's capital. He was at the National Science Many Western Michigan University research and the state of Michigan to exclusively train teachers, boasted Foundation finishing a one-year stint reviewing funding grant projects seek to improve the educational pro- an enrollment of 107 students in its first fall semester. proposals, many of which were aimed at implementing cess at all levels of schooling. These efforts range Today it carries the name Western Michigan University, the national mathematics education standards he helped from a $5.2 million national research and develop- has an enrollment develop. (Details ment center for improving school personnel evalua- of 27,000, and about Hirsch's activ- tions, to a Kalamazoo-area effort introducing is nationally and ities are included minority students to science career opportunities. internationally in a related story on The University's lead role in educational research recognized for this page describing was affirmed late last year when the U.S. offering a variety many of WMU's Department of Education, after months of intense of excellent teach- current teacher- competition, selected the Evaluation Center in the ing and non -teach- training activities.) College of Education as the home of CREATE, the ing programs. Historically the Center for Educational Accountability and Teacher But WMU hasn't University has been Evaluation. With $5.2 million in support over five forgotten its roots. Throughout this century it has in the education forefront, all the while successfully years, the center provides a focal point for U.S. remained actively involved in U.S. education. Being a meeting a variety of educational challenges. efforts to help public and private school systems superior teacher of teachers is still one of the institution's During the Depression, teacher-training institutions across the country develop academically sound and primary goals. struggled to survive. Not only were state appropriations fair methods for evaluating the performance of Despite five name changes and its evolution into a com- cut, but students had little money and the demand for teachers and administrators as well as the effective- prehensive university, WMU in 1988 still ranked seventh new teachers dramatically decreased. In his book ness of the schools themselves. nationally as the largest producer of classroom teachers. Western- A Twentieth-Century University, the late Dr. Daniel Stufflebeam, Evaluation Center direc- This year in Michigan alone, more than 8,000 alumni are Professor Emeritus Leo C. Stine used comments from the tor and CREATE director, says many states and teaching in public and private schools, while another 530 late Professor Emeritus Leonard C. Kercher to explain school systems are feeling pressure from the public are serving as school administrators and more than 600 as how WMU met the challenge. Some of the characteristics to improve schools by imposing accountability mea- counselors. Moreover, not a year goes by without scores of Kercher says that WMU's teachers had bear an uncanny sures on teachers and administrators. These states WMU-trained educators around the country being recog- resemblance to aspects of President Bush's current and schools have invested heavily in new systems nized at the state and national level for excellence and "reform" measures. for evaluating teachers, Stufflebeam says, but many distinguished service in their respective fields. "The greatest single resource that the college possessed systems don't work well and have triggered law suits Although the goal of providing quality educators has for riding out the Depression was .. . human-not build- by teachers' unions. He says school districts, and in remained relatively constant throughout WMU's eighty- ings, institutional organization, or public backing," some cases entire states, hastily adopted misguided eight-year existence, education as a national movement Kercher wrote. "The faculty . .. was a resource of great programs that were not based on sound evaluation has experienced peaks and valleys. In the 1990s educa- strength throughout. Its members had been more or less principles. tional issues are again at the top of the public agenda, this hand-picked by President Waldo, ... with special consid- CREATE is in the process of developing and shar- time in the demand for reform. eration given to: 1) teaching effectiveness, 2) breadth of ing valid evaluation methods that will result in President George Bush revealed his "National knowledge, 3) creative scholarship, 4) character reputa- improved service to the nation's youth. To accom- Education trategy" in April , calling for a "revolution in tion, 5) personality attractiveness, and 6) ability to work plish this, it has enlisted the aid of several other education." The plan was devised by new education secre- harmoniously with colleagues and students." universities, forty-nine state education departments, tary Lamar Al exander. Among its key points are merit pay The post-World War II baby boom, which led to a resur- a number of professional organizations, and a four- fo r teachers, presidential recognition for superior schools gence of interest in education in the 1950s as well as a teen-member international advisory panel com- and teachers, increased busi ness and communi ty involve- shortage of teachers, created other challenges. To fill the prised of some of the leading figures in the field of ment in education, continuing adult education, innova- personnel void, schools often hired people without under- evaluation. tion for more effective teaching styles and school graduate degrees. While other colleges were developing While CREATE and other projects focus on the systems, increased parental choice of schoo ls, continuing education programs, WMU expanded the overall educational process, faculty members from a and national standardized tests. program it had offered since 1905. This allowed variety of departments are pinpointing individual Few of Bush's strategies are truly "new" ideas, many people with teaching certificates to obtain subject areas where improvements are also desper- but the attitude of the country toward a national their degrees and then have their pick of ately needed. A sampling of projects in these areas plan of attack is a change from that of teaching jobs across the country. shows the diversity of WMU's involvement in edu- the last two decades. As a nation, By promoting diversity throughout cating educators. Americans are realizing that being on the University's history, its founders Reading intervention targets at-risk kids the "cutting edge" educationally is a and early leaders helped build in To help assure that Michigan youngsters master the major fa ctor in being a world leader in adaptability to those types of changing critical skill of reading early in their academic business, industry, and technology. educational needs. In fact, from 1904 careers, the University has become one of six sites in That rea li zati on isn't new at WM U. to 1953 they increased the number of the nation where elementary teacher-leaders can curricula from three to fifty-three, and learn to train other teachers to implement a highly in the 1950s all three ofWMU's degrees Going my way? Historically Western Michi- successful early intervention program called gan Umversity has been Throughout included teacher certificate options. When Reading Recovery. decades of growth and development, it the institution was granted university status Developed by New Zealand educator and psychol- has combined the best of the past with the in 1957, 38.8 percent of its student body was ogist Marie M. Clay, the program boasts a 90 per- promise of the future. Its role as one of the majoring in education. nation's leadmg providers of educa- cent rate of success in keeping at-risk students from tors 1s JUSt one example. The College of Education has been a major needing further remedial reading work. The pro- Building on its strong roots, factor in that growth and development. Today, gram targets the poorest readers at the first-grade WMU and its College of the college offers bachelor's degree programs level and puts them through a fifteen-to twenty- Education remain in the forefront of addressing America's educational Continued on page 2 Continued on page 2 needs and the Westerner, September 1991 2 Western M!chigan University

Alumni Viewpoints: Host of special projects seek to improve education National tests for students Continued from page 1 Or Gregory R Anrig has been pres1dent of the non- week program of daily one-on-one work with a specially in their geographic areas. The teams are trained to pass profit Education Testing trained teacher. on information about easy, low-cost methods that show Service m Princeton. N J Dr. James W. Burns, a reading professor in the students how basic physics concepts work. Objects like a smce 1981 and is a 1981 Department of Education and Professional Development, bed of nails or a fun-house mirror illustrate these basic 01stmguished Alumm concepts and are at the heart of the OPERATION Award recipient ETS has spent a year studying the program in Ohio, where it was clients around the world first introduced in this country in 1984. Last year he and PHYSICS philosophy. and IS the United States ' his WMU colleagues began training teachers to imple- WMU's Center for Science Education is also in the fore- largest test-maker ment the program and teacher-leaders who can train front of providing teacher-training programs. Among its Besides the NAEP and activities is participation in SEMSplus, a statewide effort other tests. it develops reading teachers in the program's method. Tentative and admtmsters the results from his work with at-risk Michigan children indi - preparing teachers to implement Michigan's new science Scholastic Aplitude Test cate a 93 percent success rate. goals and objectives. (SAT). taken annually by 1.8 mil/1on college-bound Mathematics education needs drastic change Educating minorities takes different tum students. If U.S. students are to meet President George Bush's goal The Midwest's first federally-funded High School of being number one in the world by the year 2000, math- Equivalency Program is providing a chance for West ematics teaching must change drastically, say two profes- Michigan migrant youth to complete their high school Dr. Gregory R. Anrig, B.A. '53 degrees and get a taste of the potential benefits higher President George Bush's advi ory committee, which sors in WMU 's Department of Mathematics and Statistics. recommended this year that the United States te t Dr. Robert A. Laing and Dr. Ruth Ann Meyer are directing education has to offer. The three-year project received $288,419 from the U.S. Department of Education to fund grades four, eight, and twelve to assess whether the Michigan's main mathematics education reform effort, nation is meeting its educational goals, i putting which hopes to enhance the mathematics teaching skills its second year of work. The University began another new project, SEE-WMU, the cart before the hor e by propo ing a te t before of nearly 42,000 Michigan elementary teachers. the nation has decided what these students should Funded so far by two federal grants totaling $486,316, in 1990, this time tackling head-on ways to increase the number of minority students in science and technology know, Dr. Gregory R. Anrig ays. According to state officials estimate it will take five years, $3.5 million, Anrig, children already spend too much time being and major commitments from industry to fully imple- fields. Supported this year by a grant from the Kalamazoo Consortium for Higher Education and by WMU's College tested. ment the project. Currently in its first year, this collabo- Rather than an overall national test, An rig argue rative effort of the Department of Education and the of Engineering and Applied Sciences, it brings area minority high schoolers to campus for a one-week resi- that a National Governors As ociation proposal call- Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics has already ing for a nationwide assessment system based on trained a core of 100 leading mathematics educators. dential experience that gives them a hands-on opportu- nity to sample high-technology engineering fields. The local and regional cooperation is a more favorable As part of the project, instructional materials have been idea. "Groups of states with similar interests would developed based on the recently adopted Michigan project's goal is to influence their future career choices and to guide them in selecting pre-college coursework. come together and design a way to as e s education Essential Goals and Objectives for Mathematics that would, in turn, be linked to some national mea- Education. These new goals and objectives incorporate A third project just under way seeks to stimulate inter- est in science careers and to protect the environment at sure. That measure probably would be the National the use of calculators, estimation, mental arithmetic, and Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), other- critical thinking and problem solving skills to show stu- the same time. The Kalamazoo River Watershed wi e known a the 1 ation'. R r ard.' · dents how to appropriately use technology and apply Education Project, with grants from The Upjohn Company, the Michigan Department of Natural ET has run NAEP for the federal government mathematics to real life situations. since 1983. Anrig says it' a good tool because it They were drawn from a national set of goals and objec- Resources, and the Kalamazoo Consortium for Higher reflects the decentralized nature of Ameri an tives that a WMU mathematics education specialist, Dr. Education, is training high school students to monitor water quality in the Kalamazoo River. education. "That's its (American education's) great Christian R. Hirsch, was instrumental in developing. strength, and I wouldn't want to hange that. Hirsch was part of a thirteen-member commission that 'Phys ed' being adapted for special students Instead, we should build on that trong tradition of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics charged Another segment of the minority student population, decentralized control while still having some to develop a set of standards to improve mathematics edu- those with special needs, is being addressed through the national focus." cation nationwide. He chaired the commission's high work of Dr. Billye A. Cheatum, a specialist in adapting school curriculum writing committee and now heads a physical education to the needs of handicapped persons project to develop a book series helping high school and a professor in the Department of Health, Physical Or. Rtchard L. Ferguson teachers implement the national standards. Education, and Recreation. Cheatum is conducting has been president of the nonprofit American Projects add 'gee whiz' aspect to science research into understanding the links between motor College Testmg m Iowa Taking the "ho-hum" out of science education and replac- development and academic readiness. She currently heads City. Iowa, since 1988 ing it with "gee whiz" is the goal of a number ofWMU sci- a team of researchers working with a one-year $100,000 ACT provides measure- ence education initiatives. One such initiative is grant from the Michigan Department of Education. ment and research The team is designing a model project of physical edu- seNices to educational OPERATION PHYSICS, now in its third year. Sponsored mstitulions and agencies by the National Science Foundation, the program is cation activities to correct developmental shortcomings throughout the world. designed to increase the physics knowledge of upper ele- that place children at risk of becoming part of the state's It's best known for the mentary and middle school teachers. largest childhood handicap group-the learning disabled. ACT test. taken annually More than 67,000 Michigan children currently fall into by 1.3 million college- This year's $88,411 grant from the Michigan " bound students. Department of Education supported a summer workshop this classification. Cheatum says such developmental to train twelve teams of teachers in physics concepts. shortcomings as an inability to tell left from right prevent Those three-person teams will join thirteen other teams children from properly receiving and processing informa- already trained at WMU who are stationed around the tion and halt their progress into more advanced academic state serving as resource and training teams for teachers readiness skills. Dr. Richard L. Ferguson, M.A. '66 -by Cheryl P. Roland "Simply imposing national tests won't help us much unless there is a clear national con ensus about what it is our students need to learn," Dr. Richard L. Ferguson says. "Then th important que tion WMU maintains leading role in training teachers becomes, what are we going to do differently in the classroom, if anything, to improve the education of Continued from page 1 our children?' A renewed emphasis on the early years of chool- in nearly all kindergarten Looking at the future, Dr. Floyd L. McKinney, interim ing is important, Ferguson adds. through twelfth grade subject College of Education dean, says the college believes its 'If we're serious about educational reform and areas. Additionally, it offers graduates will need more sophisticated teaching skills as improvement, we must have a long-term strategy numerous other master's, they move into the twenty-first century. that starts with those early years, with making ure specialist, and doctoral degree "With the explosion of research and knowledge, the that every student is ready to learn." But he says the programs through its six depart- increasing demand for more highly skilled workers, the nation can't ignore the millions of students who ments: consumer resources and changing student population in the public schools, and already are well along in the system. ''We have to technology; counselor education and counseling the need to educate all students so that they can partici- make efforts to impact their education as well.'' psychology; education and professional develop- pate fully in a democracy, future teachers can expect to A U.S. con ensus on national goals is not out of ment; educational leadership; health, physical spend more time away from the campus worktng with reach, Ferguson contend . "We already have what in education, and recreation; and special education. master teachers and their professors in public schools,' some respects is a national curriculum in mathe- Many of the college's faculty are nationally McKinney says. matics. It may vary from place to place, but I don t recognized as experts in their fields and leaders in ~~ western Michigan University has a continuing rela- believe there would be great difficulty in gaining developing standards and curricula that address America's tionship with more than 200 school districts, where some consensus about the core skills and knowledge changing educational needs and goals. Through their students currently learn from master teachers and apply that students should have in that area, and in oth- research and service on state and national committees, their teaching skills. The college expects to forge even ers. So it can be done, and it must be done." they are impacting education for generations to come. Conttnued on page 6 the Westerner, September 1991 3 Western Michigan University

• Record gifts, grants reflect WMU's stature her high school studies with honors and go on to college • Counseling graduate programs reaccredited WMU has set records in both grants and private gifts for with the help of corrective micro lenses that have been The Council for the Accreditation for Counseling and the 1990-1991 fiscal year. "That research funding now added to special glasses. Related Educational Programs has awarded a two-year constitutes 57 percent of our total grant support confirms accreditation status to options in: (master's level) com- our role as one of the states five research-oriented, grad- • Two honored as outstanding volunteers munity agency, school counseling, and student personnel uate intensive public universities," Dr. Donald Thompson, Among those services in higher education; and (doctoral level) school vice president for research, said. honored at the counseling, counselor education and supervision, com- Grants to the University for research and other spon- June recognition munity agency, and student personnel services in higher sored programs set a record of $12.3 million, nearly dinner of the education. In 1984 WMU became Michigan 's first higher tripling the 19 4-19 5 level. Funding for research alone WMU Founda- education institution to receive CACREP accreditation. jumped 86 percent to more than $7 million; federal fund- tion Academy of The University offers the state's most extensive and ing make up one-third of the University's grant total. Volunteers were largest counseling programs. Private gifts reached $10. million, nearly doubling the Larry L. Vander- previous record of $5.7 million set two years before. The Beek, B.S. '65, new level was spurred by the "Campaign for Excellence," president of which now stands at 5 percent of its $55 million goal. Larry VanderBeek Charles Ludlow Allied Mech- anical Services of The Westerner is ma1led to alumn1 and fr iends of • Alumna wins 1991 Miss Michigan crown; Kalamazoo, and Charles H. Ludlow, B.S. 50, retired vice Western Michigan Umvers1ty. V1ews Western Michigan University expressed in the Westerner are not freshman named Michigan Lions White Cane Queen president and treasurer of The Upjohn Company of Kalamazoo , Michigan necessarily those of the Alumm Association For the second Kalamazoo. VanderBeek was named 1990 Volunteer of the September 1991 , Volume 12, Number 1 or the Umvers1ty. The Westernens pnnted on recycled paper. O Published by consecutive Year and Ludlow was named 1991 Volunteer of the Year. Western Michigan University 1s an equal Institutional Advancement year, WMU is The Academy of Volunteers was established in 1985 to L. Michael Moskovis, Vice President for opportunity/affirmative action institution and Institutional Advancement a member of the Amencan Association of being repre- recognize the contributions of volunteers to fund raising State Colleges and Un1vers1t1es and the Public Information Council for Advancement and Support ol sented at this at the University. Martin R. "Joe " Gagie, Executive Director of Education. Public Relations and Communications month's Miss VanderBeek was honored for his leadership as chairper- Alumni Association Board of Directors America son of the steering committee for the 1990 Mike Gary Issue Staff President: Patnck Laugh 1m, BA '68, Lansmg; Editor: Jeanne Baron. MA '89 Vice President: Barbara Lett Simmons, BA '49, Pageant. Sandra Athletic Fund, which raised $350,000 for the Broncos. Des1gner: Michael R. Hofeldt Washington , D.C.; Treasurer: Wendy Stock, BBA Kay Metiva, B.M. Ludlow was honored for leading this past year's Production Coord inator: David H. Smith, MBA '91 '72, Grand Rap1ds; Past President: R1chard F. Alumni News Editor: M. Jamie Jeremy Chormann , BS '59, Kalamazoo ; Execulive 89, a twenty- Kalamazoo area portion of the University's Campaign for Campus News Editor. Michael J. Matthews Director: M. Jamie Jeremy, Kalamazoo Sandra Me/iva Christine Gomoll five-year-old ele- Excellence, which has raised more than $400,000 toward Alumni News : Jean R. Pitts, BBA '83, Tracy A. Directors: Connelly, BA '86; Elizabeth Spaniofo, '91 Barbara Dunninger Ayerdi , BS '86, Kalamazoo mentary school the total capital campaign goal of $55 million. Campus News : Ruth A. Stevens; Cheryl P. John A Binion, BBA '68, Haslett Roland: Michael L. Sm1th Cheryl Zesiger Costley , MA '74 , Hickory Corners music teacher from Traverse City, won the 1991 Miss Sports News: John Beatty, MA '87; Cindy Michael Dietz, BBA '83, Bloomfield Hills Michigan crown. She replaces Victoria Lynn Fair, who • New doctoral programs to be offered Paavola, MA '86 Richard M. Fluke, MBA '64 , Kalamazoo Photography: Neil G. Rankin; Mark Williams, '91 Margaret Hoerle Benham, BS '62, MA '67 won the crown while a WMU senior. This makes the sev- Doctor of philosophy degrees in geology with an emphasis Production Assistant: Joan B. Rickard Robert A. Hood , BBA '70, Detroit enth time a WMU student or alumna has been named in hydrogeology and in statistics are now being offered, The Westerner(ISSN 0279-3628) IS published Larry Leatherwood. BA '69, MPA '82, Lansing Mi Michigan. beginning this fall for hydrogeology and this winter for four t1mes annually, once each m September Deborah Mazur-Saker, BS '81 , Berkley and January and tw1ce In May . It is owned Dennis McCrumb, BS '71 , Marcellus AI o earning the right to wear a crown for a year is statistics. The hydrogeology program is for persons inter- by Western Michigan University, t 201 Oliver Robert G. Miller, BA '72 , Kalamazoo Street , Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-3899. Susan Hutchings Neumann, BA '76, MA '84 , eighteen-year-old Christine Gomoll, the 1991 Lions of ested in leadership roles in teaching, research, and appli- St. Joseph Second class postage paid at Kalamazoo, Marilyn Peterson , BS '66, MA '72, St. Joseph Michigan White Cane Queen. A freshman, Gomoll plans cations of hydrogeology. The statistics program addresses Michigan 49008 . Julie Schodowski Sikorski, BBA '82, Mt. Clemens to t a h or admini t r special education programs. the need for professionals with advanced computer POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Richard V. Washburn , BS '63, MA '64 , Kalama zoo Western Michigan University Carey Weaver '93 , Kalamazoo According to an article in the Allen Park News-Herald, computation, statistical reasoning, and data analysis The Westerner Katharine L. Werme, BBA '89, Kalamazoo she suffers from a rare eye ailment, aniridia, or the skills. The University now has thirteen.doctoral degree Office of Public Information John Yellich , BA '68, MA '71 , Broomfield, CO 1201 Oliver Street Robert Zakar, BBA '73, Dearborn absence of the iris. But Gomoll has been able to complete programs. Kalamazoo, M149008-5165 Philip Zwergel , BBA '59, Stephenson

Major gifts and pledges to continue excellence at Western Michigan University Class of 1941 contributes $23,000 Foundation to be used for construction costs for the Volunteer of the Year in 1986 for his leadership of the toward Watwood Union renovations new building for the Haworth College of Business. The $2.8 million capital campaign for the printing manage- ment and research center in Welborn. Completed in The Fiftieth Reunion Class of 1941 has contributed gift was promised by Kazuhiro (Ben) Ohta, previous 1987, Welborn is home for the WMU pilot printing $23,000 toward the renovation of Walwood Union. The president of the company, and announced by Mineo plant and printing managemenUmarketing program. class specifically requested that the funds be applied (Sam) Kawai, who was named company president effec- toward the costs of furnishings for restoration of the tive April 15. 'Nippondenso is dedicated to the support The Coxes, residents of Kalamazoo, are members of the WMU President's Club. Bertha Davis Room, a popular meeting room on the of excellence in education," Ohta said, "and we hope this contribution will help to secure the future (for first floor of the former student union located on the 'Jack' and Dorothy Early support University's East Campu . "Walwood Union holds a WMU's business program)." Nippondenso Company special place in the memories of all members of our Limited, the world's leading manufacturer of techni- business building with $15,000 gift class," said Phyllis Cooper Meyer, B.A. '41, a member of cally advanced automotive components, opened Vincent T. "Jack" Early and his wife, Dorothy, have the class reunion committee_ "We are pleased we can Nippondenso Manufacturing USA in Battle Creek in contributed $15,000 to the WMU Foundation to be provide a gift toward its restoration." 1986. It has since become Calhoun County's third used for construction and furnishing for the new build- largest employer. ing for the Haworth College of Business. Early is a senior partner in the Kalamazoo law firm of Early, WMU Golden Associates establish Russell and Eloise Seibert make major Lennon, Fox, Thompson, Peters & Crocker and is a Medallion Scholarship with $25,000 gift to Haworth College of Business director of the WMU Foundation. He attended WMU in 1941 and received a bachelor of Jaws degree in 1949 One of this year's Medallion Scholarships was made Dr. Russell H. Seibert, emeritus vice president for aca- from the University of Michigan. Dorothy Luigart Early possible through the generosity of the University's demic affairs, and his wife, Eloise, will support the new earned a bachelor's degree from WMU in 1942 and a Golden Associates, an organization of alumni who building for the Haworth College of Business with a gift of $20,000. Seibert came to WMU in 1936 to teach master's degree from WMU in 1953. The Earlys are graduated fifty or more years ago. Zack L. York, B.A. members of the WMU President's Club. 37, a Golden Associates member, advised President in the history department. He served as vice president Diether H. Haenicke of the group's decision to pool of the University from 1956 until his retirement in remaining funds from the fiftieth reunion class gifts 1973 and is credited with providing significant leader- Robert and Priscilla McDougal support for the classes of 1936 through 1940 to generate the ship in the transformation of WMU into a major public business building with $15,000 gift $25,000 needed to support the new Golden Associates university. WMU's administration building was named WMU President's Club members Robert C. McDougal, Medallion Scholarship. Each of the classes involved in his honor in 1978. The Seiberts reside in M.D., a Kalamazoo psychiatrist, and his wife, Priscilla had previously funded five separate Medallion Kalamazoo. Seibert McDougal, M.A. '73, have pledged $15 ,000 to Scholarships, named for their respective classes, as the WMU Foundation to be used for construction and part of their reunion gifts to the University. 'Scrap' and Cynthia Cox provide furnishing for the new building for the Haworth $15,000 for Welborn landscaping College of Business. Dr. McDougal received his medical Nippondenso USA gives $50,000 Homer C. "Scrap" Cox, III, and his wife Cynthia Yendes education at Case Western Reserve University. Mrs. to offset business building costs Cox, B.S. '67, M.A. '76, have pledged $15,000 for land- McDougal is the daughter of Dr. Russell H. Seibert, emeritus vice president for academic affairs. Nippondenso Manufacturing USA, Incorporated, of scaping improvements for Welborn Hall. Scrap Cox, a Battle Creek has pledged $50,000 to the WMU director_of the WMU Foundation, was honored as Alumnotes the Westerner, September 1991 4 Western Michigan Universify the Westerner, September 1991 5 Western Michigan University Three named 1991 Distinguished Alumni Award winners 1910-1959 sales proceeds to help students 0 Eric Lum, BBA '80, is director Excellence Award. Hunt is a pay for college by sponsoring a Karen S. Behnke, B.S. '79, Dr. Judith E. Lanier, B.A. '58, She wanted to expand her current business to encom- entered the United States Army Air Corps in 1942 and became interested in combining teaching and learning of tax at Stryker Corp., Kala- Career-Tech Center welding in- O Garrett Veld, BS '39, has been national scholarship contest fea- and Dr. Hackley Elbridge Woodford, B.A. '36, are the pass the larger spectrum of well ness, including nutrition served as a flight surgeon for the next three years. research with actual classroom practice. This interest led mazoo, Ml structor, Traverse City, MI. inducted into the Michigan High turing the game. If sales allow, he 0 Robert B. Rowden, BS '80, in • William W. McGinnis, BBA '82, School F'ootball Coaches llall of hopes eventually to provide full recipients of Western Michigan University's 1991 Alumni information, stress management, fitness training, medical After his discharge, Woodford returned to his home her back to the classroom to pursue a doctoral degree. F'ebruary was promoted to assis- in April was named vice president- Fame. Garrett is retired from scholarships to contest winners. Association Distinguished Alumni Awards. screening, substance abuse assistance, and injury preven- state and began his medical practice in the twin cities of She received her tant banking officer at NBD Bank, bank equity research at The Portage Public Schools. 0 Roger Dittmer, BS '63, in Since the Alumni Association established the award in tion. Although the "wellness" concept had already been Benton Harbor and St. Joseph. In 1960, he was appointed doctorate in cur- Flint, MI. Chicago Corp., Chicago, IL. • Cecil J. Burrows, BS '44, in January was named principal 1963, eighty-three Western Michigan University graduates introduced on the American fitness scene, Behnke's new chief of medicine at St. Joseph's Memorial Hospital and 0 Randall J. Verlin, BS '80, is a December 1990 retired as a judge of Anderson High School, South- riculum research registered representative for of the Circuit Court of the Eighth gate, MI. have received the award, the association's most presti- company incorporated an unusual twist, taking the entire was later named chief of staff. from Michigan Harvard Financial Croup of Judicial Circuit of Illinois. 0 Bruce McLaren, BA '63, in gious honor. service to corporate worksites for a reasonable fee. Ten years later he moved to California with his family State University in Michigan, Inc., Kalamazoo, MI. Burrows resides in Pittsfield, IL. March was elected president of the The 1991 recipients will be honored at an October 26 Because of her success and business acumen. the San to become a partner in the prestigious medical group 1968 and immedi- 0 Kim Dawson, BA '81, is owner • Ward Stanberry, BS '48, has Community College Association awards dinner held in conjunction with Homecoming. Francisco Chamber of Commerce named her Woman known as the Kaiser Southern California Permanente ately joined the of Lincoln Video Plus, Escanaba, retired from the position of mayor for Instruction and Technology, MI. of Katy, TX. Roswell , NM. Alumni and friends wishing to attend the dinner may Entrepreneur of the Year in 1987. "It is gratifying to think Group. In addition to his membership in numerous medi- MSU faculty as an 0 Sally Slap Goostrey, BS '81, in 0 D. C. Harmon, BA '50, is retir· 0 Paul Starr, MA '63, has make reservations using the Homecoming reservation that someone from a small town can come to a major, cal associations, Woodford is a charter member of the U.S. assistant professor June was promoted to manager of ing from his dental practice after received the status of director form on page 8 of this issue of the Westerner. competitive business area and excel in a field that one Committee of the World Medical Association. In 1970 he of education. the Consultant Resource Center, 34 years of service, Big Rapids, MI. emeritus of library services. Starr loves!" Behnke says, reflecting on the honor. was certified as a specialist by the American Board of After serving as Kalamazoo, MI. 0 Robert S. Casey, BS '51, MA is retiring as director of Library 0 Gregory E. Ludwig, BBA '81, '54, MA '69, in June 1990 was She and her company have been featured on numerous Family Practice, becoming the first of the more than both assistant direc- Services at Carroll College, radio and television shows, among them "Good Morning 3,000 physicians in the Kaiser Group to receive this in May was appointed assistant elected to a four-year term on the Waukesha, Wl. Karen S. Behnke, • tor and director of vice president, installment loan, William W McGinnis Hastings (MI) Board of Education. R.N., is chief execu- America," "ABC Evening News·· specials, and "Evening designation. ~ the MSU School of Comerica, Inc., Detroit, MI. 0 Irene Kubovich Allard, BS '53, 1965-1969 tive officer of Magazine." Publications such as USA Today, Working "I have saved a lot of lives and have guided a great num- Teaching Educa- 0 Dale K. Nesbary, MPA '81, in 0 James W. Nason, BBA '82, is in May was presented with an April was promoted to director of director of claims. billing, and • Robert Morris, BBA '65, in Execu-Fit Health Woman magazine, Chicago Tribune, and Japan Times ber of new lives into this world," Woodford initially says tion, Lanier in 1976 award of mer it from Boston Uni- L. administrative services for Boston, enrollment at IBA Health and Life April was appointed director of versity's Sargent College of Allied Programs, Incor- have also highlighted her company. when asked what he considers to be his most significant became the found- MA. Assurance Co., Kalamazoo, MI. training-business and carrier mar- Health Professions, Boston, MA. porated, which pro- Thinking back to the time she spent on campus, Behnke professional achievements. But he adds he is especially '----'----"'---="-'-..:...... :.:.::.~..;_:_.:.. ~ ing co-director of 0 Vicki Cox Smith, BBA '81, 0 John E. Samara, BBA '82, in kets for the five-slate of American vides clients with a cites both her academic and her social experiences. proud of the encouragement, inspiration, and support he Dr. Judith E Lamer MBA '87, in June was named assis- May was promoted to manager of Information Technologies. Morris MSU's well-known tant audit manager in the auditing custodial services at Eastern resides in Livonia, MI. system of services "My initial business interest started at Western. I really has given to a number of young medical aspirants, who Institute for department of F'irst of America Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI. to enhance enjoyed the business courses I took. My favorites were now. he notes with pride. "are making contributions to Research on Teaching. The institute was a pioneer in Bank Corp., Kalamazoo, MI. employee health management of the sales force, accounting, and eco- society and science. They include a professor at Harvard teacher collaboration, being the first to formally employ and to decrease nomics with Professor (Werner) Sichel. Since I have Medical School and a leading gastroenterologist." practicing teachers as co-researchers with senior research health care costs. always been quite social, however, I would have to say my Woodford has always been actively involved in each of faculty from the university. Behnke founded fondest memories revolve around the people who were my the communities in which he has lived and worked. In St. ln 1978, while retaining her responsibilities with the the company in friends, those who have become lifelong good friends." Joseph, he was a violinist in the Twin Cities Symphony institute, Lanier was named associate dean for program 1983, with nothing Orchestra and served on the school board in Benton development in MSU's College of Education. She was more than a spare Harbor. Shortly after his move west, he took a brief leave named to her current position of dean in 1980. desk and telephone Born and raised in of absence in order to help a newly established medical Four years later Lanier provided leadership in forming Irene Kubovich Allard in her apartment. Kalamazoo, Hackley group for needy patients in Pasadena. the Holmes Group, a consortium of major universities 0 Joyce Jensen Robinson, BS Karen S. Behnke Today the San Elbridge Woodford, In 1984. thirty-nine years after beginning his first pri- working on the legendary problems of teacher education Robert L. Morris '53, has completed four years as Francisco, M.D., entered what vate practice. Woodford retired from full-time medical and research to improve learning in schools. She has John E. Samara president of the Southern New California, based firm has evolved into a nationwide was then Western practice. Since then he and his wife, Mary, have been par- served as its president since the group's inception. Vicki Cox Smith England Conference United Meth- • William J. Parmenter, BS '65, 0 Julie Mullen Hendricks, BBA in January was appointed director health promotion business with annual revenues in excess State Teacher's Col- ticularly active with various organizations involved with Lanier is also the executive director of the Michigan odist Women. Robinson is midway lege as a freshman helping and mentoring young students in San Diego, • Randy L. Utting, BBA '81, has '83, in February was promoted to through a four-year term on the of maintenance and plant opera- of $5 million. It operates in 30 states and serves more Partnership for New Education, created in 1990. This been promoted to treasurer and controller and vice president of General Board of Global Ministries tions at Saline Community than 100 corporations, including ARCO, Chevron, in 1932. "The Hill" California, where he now resides. unique public-private partnership will bring the capabili- chief financial Officer at Trans- finance at American Home Fund- and resides in Andover, MA. Hospital, Saline, MI. Pepsico, Proctor and Gamble, and Pacific Bell. The com- was an "oasis," says As for the school where Woodford began his advanced ties of Michigan's research universities together with Malic Manufacturing Co. , Inc., ing, Richmond, VA. • Lyle F. Shaw, BBA '53, O Gerald Ritenburgh, MA '65, in pany now supports 30 full-time employees and 150 regu- Woodford, better education, he recalls that he chose to attend WMU selected Michigan schools and colleges to develop, test, Holland, MI. 0 Jeff McCotter, BBA '83, is announced his retirement after 14 June retired after 24 years as lar contracted specialists, such as cardiologists, preventive known as "Hack" to because his parents talked about how well alumni Merze and share new methods of teaching and learning through- president of the newly opened years as vice president for Finance superintendent of Bark River- advertising agency, McCotter, and Administration at Northern llarris Schools, Bark River, Ml, medicine physicians and nurses, nutritionists, psycholo- his family, friends, Tate and Henry Lewis Van Dyke had done at the institu- out the state. This $48 million-investment to improve Latty, Houser & Associates, Kala- Michigan University, Marquette, 0 Thomas H. Semelbauer, BBA gists, physiologists, and fitness instructors. and colleagues. "The tion. "I was inspired and hoped to emulate them," he says. public education by Michigan's business, government, and mazoo, MI. MI. '65, in April was appointed After earning her diploma from the Bronson School of environment was And emulate them he has, by not only graduating from university sectors represents the largest public-private 0 Todd A. Sanford, BBA '83, is a 0 Donna Sumrill Smith, BA '53, marketing manager for Eaton the University, but having a noteworthy career serving education venture in U.S. history. Certified Financial Planner. San- Valeo Clutch Corporation, Kala- Nursing in Kalamazoo, Behnke says she enrolled at WMU stimulating and yet in January retired after 28 years of peaceful. others and now receiving an Alumni Association A published author of numerous books, articles, and ford is an associate with Scott, service at the Grand Rapids Child mazoo, MI. because "of the fine reputation of the business school but Doerschler, Messner & Cauntlett, Clinic, Grand Rapids, MI. O Carol A. Stuut, BA '65, MA '71, also because it was my dad's alma mater and he had fond "I received a good Distinguished Alumni Award. papers, and a frequent speaker at national assemblies, Kalamazoo, MI. 0 Gene M. Smith, BA '53, MA is coordinator of Career Planning memories of Western." In 1979 WMU became her alma foundation in chem- Lanier serves on the Executive Committee of the National '70, in December 1990 retired and Placement Services, Western mater as well when she graduated with a bachelor's istry, biology, and Dr. Hackley Elbridge Woodford Board for Professional Teaching Standards. In 1990, she after 37 years of service at Grand Michigan University, Kalamazoo, psychology which Dr. Judith E. Lanier, a distinguished professor of teacher was elected to the National Academy of Education. Rapids Junior College, Grand MI. degree in health and nutritional sciences and a minor in Rapids, MI. 0 Jack Jones, BS '66, in January business. helped later in my medical studies," Woodford says of the education and dean of the College of Education at Lanier says WMU played an important role in her career Randy L. Utting 0 Dana van't Zelfde, MA '54, is was selected officer of The Home Unsure about what she wanted to do with her two bachelor's degree he received in 1936. "A number of the Michigan State University, is recognized as one of this path because it was "ahead of its time." She says it pro- retiring after 50 years of service to Builders Association, Jackson, MI. diplomas, Behnke followed her sister to Marin County, professors were helpful and encouraging-Or. nation's leading conceptualizers of ideas for improving vided an extraordinary set of learning experiences for her the Chime Elementary School, D Steven B. Nakovich, Jr., BBA California, in 1980 and found a part-time nursing job at a McCracken, Dr. Eldridge, Dr. Goddard, Dr. llenry, and Mr. the teaching/learning enterprise. by maintaining two laboratory schools for preparing edu- 1982-1983 Kalamazoo, MI. '67, MBA '69, is a senior managing Gary J. Bender, BBA '82, in • Frank Friedman, BA '57, MA director and manager of Bear, local hospital. Shortly thereafter she teamed up with a Boynton are just a few that stand out in my memory." Lanier received her bachelor's degree from WMU in cators and by being the only state-funded university to 0 May was promoted to trust officer '59, on April 9 received an the Sterns & Co., Inc .. Chicago, IL friend and formed her first company, Get-Fit Aerobics. With the "good foundation" he received as an under- 195 , graduating cum laude with majors in education and support innovation and teacher preparatory work in a at Manufacturers Bank, Detroit, MI. "teacher of the year award" in the 0 Ronald R. Mortimer, BBA '68, The duo invested in a tape deck and tennis shoes, and graduate, Woodford enrolled in the I toward University French. She began her career in education by teaching all Michigan public school system. School of Arts/Humanities at Molt in F'ebruary was named vice presi- 0 Ron Boyd, BA '82, is employed began teaching fitness classes at the Presidio, the army Medical School in Washington, D.C., and received his seven grades in a one-room country school in Riverside. "I would not have achieved the accomplishments I have by WJBK-TV, Channel 2, South- Community College, Flint, MI. dent of City Bank and Trust Co., medical degree in 1940. After completing both his intern- She then returned to southwest Michigan to teach on in my professional career had I not learned the sense of Todd A. Sanford Friedman is a French instructor N.A., Jackson, MI. base in San Francisco. field, MI. Gary Dechert, BS '82, in May and director of the language labo- O David C. Coulter, BBA '69, has In 1982 Behnke was still working as a nurse but she ship and residency at Chicago's Provident Hospital. he both the junior and senior high school levels and later wonder and respect for inquiry and people that I devel- 0 ratory. been promoted to vice president of was running Get-Fit solo, as her partner had moved to served as a supervisor of student teachers for WMU. oped through the educational experiences made possible was appointed chief operating offi- cer at Pawating Hospital, Niles, MI. 0 Donald E. Rutherford, BS '57, Radnor Corp., Radnor, PA, a real Florida. Despite her hectic schedule, she began planning In 1960, while teaching first grade in a laboratory by Western Michigan University," Lanier says. Charles K. Hunt, MA '82, in • Denotes WMU Alumni in June announced his retirement esta~e development subsidiary of 0 her next project, Execu-Fit Health Programs. school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Lanier -b~ Ja-lie Jeremy January received the Professional Association members. after 27 years of service at Todd Sun Co. Coulter lives in Frederick, 0 Denotes association Co., Kalamazoo, MI. MD. nonmembers. 1960-1964 0 W. Thomas Hom, BS '58, MA '60, has been selected for induc- Alan J. Williams, BS '69, in 0 Timothy Edwards, BS '71, in • W. Ford Kieft, BBA '73, is 0 Lawrence L. Prokop, BS '74, in 0 Stan Sterk, MBA '75, in March 0 Paul J. Stark, BS '76, in June igan at the Kalamazoo Circuit • Jean M. Gemrich, BBA '78. in tion into the Michigan High 0 March was hired as a graphic March was named superintendent co-operator of Kieft & Gardner, March was named medical direc- was honored by the Michigan was promoted to director of loan Court, Kalamazoo, MI. June opened Cemrich & Associ- Alumni Update ______School Coaches Hall of F'ame. artist in the university advance- of Deckerville School District. Inc., a real estate service, Kala- tor of the Amputee Rehabilitation Association of Home Builders as review at First of America Bank 0 Kathy McBride VanderVelde, ates, CPA, Kalamazoo, MI. Horn resides in Vicksburg, MI. ment office at Ferris State 0 Gary Lucas, BM '71, MA '79, in mazoo, MI. Program at the National Rehabil - its 1990 Associate of the Year. Corp., Kalamazoo, MI. BA '77, is manager of administra- 0 Steven J. Proctor, BS '78, in • Sigma Chi alumni celebrate twenty-five years 0 William Bugera, BBA '60, in April was named principal of West O David W. Lubbers, MBA '73, in itation llospital, Washington, DC. Sterk is president of Sterk and Anita C. Benson, BS '77, University, Big Rapids, MI. 0 tion at Sefton Consulting Croup, February was named administra- This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary for WMU's Zeta Nu March retired from AT&T where Ottawa High School, Holland, MI. March was promoted to the rank D Michael L. Wells, BS '74, in Co., P.C., Grand Rapids, MI. in April was named economic Southfield, MI. tor of the Final Drive Business he was services vice president. Chapter of Sigma Chi. To commemorate the occasion, all WMU of Lieutenant Colonel and simul- June was named vice president of 0 Michael J. Mahan, BS '76, in development coordinator for Kal- 0 Eric E. Breisach, BBA '78, Unit of General Motors, Saginaw, Bugera is now manager of The 1970-1974 0 James M. Bills, BS '72, in June taneously appointed the state pub- operations of the Elecpac Division May was appointed brand manager kaska, MI. MBA '84, is a shareholder of How- MI. alumni and friends belonging to the fraternity are invited to return New York Restaurant, Harbor 0 John B. Whitledge, MBA '70, was appointed to assistant vice lic affairs officer for the Michigan of Wilbrecht Electronics, Cary, IL. for Philip Morris. New York, NY. 0 John H. Hart, BBA '77, in April ard & Howard, Kalamazoo, MI. Gary D. Bennett, MSW '79, in to campus Homecoming weekend , October 25, 26, and 27. in February was elected chairman president and economist, funds 0 Springs, MI. David C. Coulter Air National Guard lleadquarters. • Susan Hutchings Neumann, opened a private law office in March was named assistant Tentative plans include a get-together Friday night, a tailgate of the board for Goodwill Indus- management at Comerica, Inc., 0 Larry Corbett, MA '78, in Feb- 0 Donald D. Nichols, BA '60, in Lansing, MI. 1975-1979 BA '76. MA '84, has been pro- Midland, MI. vice president and human re- Saturday morning before the football game against Bowling Green, tries of Greater Detroit. Whitledge Detroit, MI. ruary was named assistant prin- April was selected the Outstanding 0 David L. Barnett, BS '74. MA moted to manager, communica- 0 John Janick, BBA '77, in June sources officer at State Bank of F'aculty Member at Oakland • Robert A. Dinehart, BS '69, in is first vice president, Michigan 0 Tim Griffin, BM '72, MA '82, in 0 Michael Allkins, BS '75, MA cipal of Pinewood High School, a dtnner/dance Saturday evening, and a golf outing Sunday morn- February was named general man- August was named ombudsman at '82, in March was named partner tions for Whirlpool Corp.'s North was named vice president of the Kentwood, MI. Croswell, MI. Community College for 1991, Trust Services, Comerica Bank, '79, in February was named coor- ing. Information will be sent by mail this month to all Sigma Chi ager at the St. Charles Label plant, Northern Illinois University, De with the law firm of Holmes. American Appliance Croup, St. commercial division at Peoples John De Graff, BS '78, is direc- 0 Rose Lasala Layne, BS '79, Southfield, MI. Detroit, MI. dinator of natural sciences at John 0 alumni and friends . For more information, contact Jim Mcintyre, St. Charles, IL. Kalb, lL. Mumford, Schubel, Norlander & Joseph, MI. State Bank, St. Joseph, MI. tor of marketing, baby foods, MSW '83, in June was appointed • Dr. John L. Zettlemaier, BA 0 John J. Gruizenga, BS '70, in Wood Community College, B.B.A. '73, M.B.A. '77, at (616) 345-1236. Denis J. Meikle, BBA '69, in Thomas F. Rose, BBA '72, in Macfarlane, Battle Creek, MI. 0 Brad Latty, BS '77, is vice Gerber Products Co., Fremont, MI. admission and evaluation center '60, has developed a game called 0 April was named vice president, 0 Quincy, IL. January was promoted to presi- • Jeff A. Gardner, BBA '74, is president of the newly opened manager at Battle Creek Adventist Scholarship, which is similar to manufacturing support groups at June was named vice president 0 Ronald Fales, BS '75, in dent of FMB-Security National and chief financial officer of M. co-operator of Kieft & Gardner, advertising agency, McCotter, Hospital, Battle Creek, MI. • Ninety-nine and counting Trivial Pursuit. Zettlemaier, an Steelcase, Grand Rapids, MI. A. February was named assistant Bank, Manistee, MI. Todd Co., Kalamazoo, MI. Inc., a real estate service, Kala- Latty, llouser & Associates, Kala- 0 L. H. Rogero, MBA '79, in Florence Mildred Smith Wilkins, TC '12, celebrated her 1DOth birth- Ann Arbor, Ml, physician is using 0 David S. Pohlonski, BS '70, in principal for Finewood Middle mazoo, MI. day in January in Portland, Oregon, with family members. Wilkins 0 David J . Demos, BS '73, in mazoo, MI. School, Kentwood, Ml. January was named assistant April was promoted to vice presi- O Richard D. Kamar, BBA '74, in Jack G. Reinelt, BBA '77, in February was appointed manager- • Dr. Ronald A. Krol, MA '75, 0 controller for the Mead Corp., taught in Michigan for a few years then in 1918 taught Navajo chil- dent-mortgage lending at Stap & November 1990 was appointed March was promoted to president engineering, European business Ed.D '78, in March was named Dayton, OH. dren in Douglas, Arizona. There she met her future husband, Gen. Company, Kalamazoo, MI. corporate director, sales and mar- of Softward Services Corp., Ann unit of the Saginaw Division of associate director of medical edu- Paul C. Wilkins. During their marriage, they lived in several different Douglas R. Powell, BA '70, MA keting for Creative Foam Corp. Arbor, MI. D General Motors. cation and director of research in 1980-1981 areas of the country, including Washington , D.C., where they were '71, in March was named head of • Stanley Fortuna, MA '73, in Fenton, MI. • Gary E. Tibbie, BS '77, MPA It's come to our affention the Department of Medical 0 Edward T. Henderson, BSE dtnner guests of President Harding in 1924. The couple finally set- the Department of Child Develop- July was named superintendent of O David M. Kiser, BS '74. in May '80, graduated from Thomas It was incorrectly reported in the June 1991 Westerner Education, Oakwood Hospital, '80, in March named to the faculty tled in San Antonio, Texas. Gen. Wilkins was commander of Kelly ment and Family Studies at Pur- Oakridge School District, Muske- was appointed director, corporate Cooley Law School and passed the that Ralph N. Yingling, B.B.A. '87, died in December. The Dearborn. MI. at Lawrence Technological Uni- due University, West Lafayette, IN. gon, MI. safety, corporate relations for Michigan Bar Examination. Tibbie Air Force Base during World War II. In 1985 Florence moved to the report we received was incorrect; Yingling is alive and Eastman Kodak Co., Washington, Susan Neumann is employed by the stale of Mich- versity, Southfield, MI. Portland area. She would love to hear from anyone in her class. well and resides in Kalamazoo. DC. John De Graff Those interested may write to her at 11205 S.W. Summerfield Drive, #127, Tigard , Oregon, 97224-3532. the Westerner, September 1991 6 Western Michiga~ University

Many alumni bring a zest for education to their professional fields Corrections educator believes knowledge self-worth ," Johnson says of corrections education in particular ity projects appears on page 2 in a story describing many of and education in general. "I personally feel there's more to educa- WMU 's current educational activities.) is key to the future for prison inmates tion than the content area of the subject .. .. It's a must that we Education is the key to successfully return- attempt to address the needs of the total person. " ing prison inmates to society as productive Two teachers form publishing company to citizens, Charles Johnson , Jr. , says. For print child's view of Alzheimer's Disease seventeen years the social studies instruc- Alumni couple firmly committed to making tor at the Muskegon Correctional Facility education more accessible to migrant children Eight-year-old Eric Ruth didn't win his school 's young author's has tried to show his students how knowl- writing contest, but Ruth 's story about his great-aunt Dodie's edge can lead to a renaissance in their life. John Dominguez, Jr., M.A. '70, has been named Michigan's illness caught the eye of two alumnae teaching at his elementary His efforts earned him this year's Educator Outstanding Migrant Education Director of the Year by the school in Hart. Thanks to the two Michigan teachers , Christine of the Year award from the Correctional Association of Migrant Education Directors. Dominguez, the first to Okoren , M.A. '83 , M.A. '87 , and Judy Kronlein, B.A. '76, Ruth's Educational Association of Michigan . receive the newly instituted award , is administrator and director of story Aunt Dodie Has Alzeimer's was made into a book that was "With the national spotlight focused on Migrant/Bilingual Education Programs for the Van Buren featured last year in Family Circle magazine and Learning magazine. Intermediate School District. Charles Johnson, Jr. education , the need to develop strong aca- Okoren and Kronlein were so impressed when a fellow teacher demic skills has never been greater," Both John and his wife , Dora, M.A. '72 , Ed .D. '91 , grew up as showed them Ruth 's story that in 1988 they formed their own Johnson says. "Things are changing in the real world, for the pat- migrant children . "That in itself has kept us involved ," John says in publishing company, Paraclete Press, to print his work. Paraclete tern of our society's social fabric is changing. There's a need to re- a South Haven Daily Tribune interview . "We both know what it's is Greek for "one who helps another." The two teachers designed tool yourself for the diversity of the new job market." like. We feel the only way to get ahead is through proper education and edited the book while Eric drew the illustrations with some The need for re-tooling is just as important in prisons as in the and college." John and Dora, formerly assistant director of general help from Okoren . "real world," says Johnson , a part-time criminal justice instructor education services for the Van Buren district and director of its "We wanted Eric 's book to help children under- at Muskegon Community College and president-elect of the Bilingual Education Program , helped to develop an "exemplary" stand Alzeimer's," Okoren says Correctional Education Association of Michigan . "Corrections must migrant/bilingual program for Van Buren, the Tribune says , one in a Learning magazine article . no longer stand idle and be thought of as an end of a complex that has been frequently recognized at the national level. "Children have a fresh and criminal justice system designed to house and control society's Dora, who now heads Western Michigan University's High sincere way of expressing failures ," he says. School Equivalency Program, was named Michigan's Outstanding themselves , and this story Prison education is a golden opportunity to reclaim displaced Hispanic Educator of the Year in 1988. The equivalency program is needed to be shared ." In the members of society, he adds, many of whom are their own worst a three-year project aimed at bringing young migrant students to future Okoren and Kronlein enemies because education becomes a threat to their lifestyle and WMU to complete their high school degrees and to become familiar hope to publish other stories in thinking. "The challenge becomes the confrontation of values and with a college setting . It's the first program of its kind in the state which children and adults share and in the Midwest. (More information about this and other minor- their feelings about mental and physical health.

0 Mark C. Schmidt, BS '83, in 0 Anita Riegle, BS '84, MA '87, is 0 Joseph C. Koch, BBA '85, in the Muskegon (MI) County Health American University, Washington March was promoted to product a fourth grade teacher at Wattles February was named investment Department. D.C. • Denotes WMU Alumni manager in Aeroquip Corp.'s Park Elementary, Battle Creek, executive at Prescott, Ball and 0 Michelle I. Serlin, BS '85, • Doug DeFord, BS '89, is a sur- Association members. Aerospace Group, Jackson, MI. MI. Turben, Plymouth, MI. MSW '89, is a certified social gical sales representative for 0 Denotes association • Dan Witt, BBA '83, MBA '84, in 0 Dan Schroeter, BS '84, in May 0 Mary Hanna Morley, BS '85, in worker at Choices for Change, Richard -A llan Medical, Houston, nonmembers. April was named executive direc- was promoted to associate creative January was named occupational Kalamazoo, MI. TX. tor at Tax Foundation, Washing- director for Bonsib, Inc. Mar- therapist for Cedar Care Center, 0 Darrell D. Sobe ki, BBA '85, in 0 Tony Hockin, BS ' 9, is morn- ton, DC . keting Services, Fort Wayne, IN . Cedar Springs, MI. May was promoted to manager in ing supervisor at United Parcel 0 David Morrow, MBA '85, in the tax department of Price Service, Kalamazoo, MI. 0 Leslie Butgereit Schroen, BS Pebruary was named account Waterhouse, Detroit, MI. 0 Sean Semler, BBA '89, is a '90, in April was appointed pro- executive for Sefton Associates, sales representative with Ashland gram director for the Red Cro s, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI. 1986-1987 Chemical, Inc., Tulsa, OK. Ottawa County, MI. 0 Brad T. Sackett, BBA '85, • Joseph Thomas, MPA '89, in • Sara wanson, MA '90, in David E. Hinga, BBA '86, in in May was promoted to associate 0 April was named police chief in January was named speech-lan- June was named chief financial of Plante & Moran, Benton Southfield, MI. guage pathologist at nited officer at Silver Leaf Paper Co., Harbor, MI. M moria! Hospital , Greenville, MI. Watervliet, MI. 1990-1991 • herry Tykoski, MPA '90, in 0 Paul A. Riegle, BS '86, in March was appointed administra- • Joseph P. Cook, BBA '90, in March was promoted to territory tor of Plainwell Pines ursing January was promoted to special- manager by Hoffman LaRoche Centre, Plainwell, MI. Pharmaceuticals, Battle Creek, MI. ist II in the data processing department at State Farm Mutual • Robert B. Walker, B '90, in Dan Schroeter 0 Jane DeBat, BBA '87, is a April was nam d enior specialist Dan Witt branch operations supervisor for Automobile Insurance Co., Bloomington, IL. at Firsher Flack. Inc.. aginaw. MI. Hastings City Bank, Hastings, MI. • Jody Welty, BA '90, is a market- 0 Patricia Lezak Darnell, MA '85, • Chris Harbowy, BBA '90, has 0 Scot D. Ferris, MBA '87, is a ing con ultant for WM H radio 1984-1985 in February was named laboratory senior consultant at efton been appointed product informa- manager at Foot Hospital, station. Kalamazoo. MI. 0 Kelly Latendresse Demorest, Consulting Group, Southfield, MI. tion specialist for Young & Jackson, MI. Rubicam, Detroit, MI. • Angela Jones, MM '9 1, in June BBA '84, in April was named 0 Daniell Neveaux, BS '87, in premiered one of her music com- corporate account executive al 0 Camilla Dowswell, BBA '85, is April was named flight attendant • John P. Miller, BBA '90, works sales/warehousing manager at positions in Kalamazoo College's Stevens Worldwide Van Lines, for United Airlines, based in San for the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Koyo Corp., Battle Creek, MI. Brad T. Sackett Washington, DC. Letson Chapel. Jones ha written Saginaw, MI. Francisco, CA. a variety of other works, including • James D. Jenkins, BS '85, MPA • Carrie Rulli, BA '9 0, in March 0 Lee F. Fisher, BS '84, in April 0 Gregory J. O'Dell, BBA '87, in a symphony that blends tradi- '90 , in March was named public 0 John A. Scott, MPA '85, in February was promoted to credit was named staff writer for was named assistant prosecutor safety director for Springfield, MI. January was appo inted director of Kaechele Publications, Otsego, MI. tional African music and Western for Ottawa County, MI. department manager and loan orche ·tral ounds. review officer for Empire National Bank, Traverse City, MI. 0 Rick Perkins, MBA '87, in April was promoted to president and chief operating officer for ProLight, Holland, MI. WMU maintains leading role Mildred Early Butler, TC '27, Mildred Marrs Correia, MA '63, 0 Patricia S. Tobin, BBA '87, in Continued from page 2 Deaths May 14 in Kalamazoo, MI. January 9 in Santa Rosa, CA. March was appointed commercial Arthur Secord, BA '28, May 7 Bernard J. Murphy, BBA '63, loan officer at Society Bank, South Bend, IN. stronger relationships with the public schools as Josephine C. Rood, April 23 in in Sun City Center, FL. February 16 in Traverse City, MI. faculty and classroom teacher form partnerships Kalamazoo, MI. She was married Geneva Putnam Smith, TC '29, Marguerite Zebell Conrad, MA to improve learning for all student .'' to WMU faculty member Paul February 19 in Leland, MI. '65, March 15 in Champaign, IL. 1988-1989 Rood, for whom Rood Hall is Anna C. Tazelaar, BA '29, May Mary Lou Carmody McCain, 0 David M. Borcherding, BBA That effort, among others now under way at named . Last year Mrs. Rood and 5 in Kalamazoo, MI. BS '66, April 23 in Coloma, MI. '88, in January was promoted lo WMU, exemplifies the institution's comitment to members of her family established Paul K. Welter, BA '3 3, April William H. LaDuke, BA '67, loan officer at Madison National education and to playing a major role in national the Jon P. Rood Endowed Scholar- '91 in Elkhart, IN. MSW '71, May 14 in Kalamazoo, Bank, Oakland County, MI. Betty Davis Wilder, BS '34, MI. education reform. "For today's students, we must ship Fund in the Department of D Kim Nguyen Crown, BBA '88, make existing schools better and more account- Biological Sciences in memory of April 25 in Boca Raton, FL. Charles C. Riker, MA '67, May is a personal lines underwriter at Mrs. Rood 's son, who died in Honora M. O'Connor, BA '43, 14 in Kalamazoo, MI. Auto Owners Insurance Co., Lan- able," President Bush said in April of this year. 1989. April 20 in Rochester Hills, MI. Phyllis Leach Speck, MA '71, sing, MI. "For tomorrow's students, the next generation, we Hazel Huey Mau, TC '46, BA May 2 in Vandalia, MI. 0 Dan Halsey, BSE '88, went to must create a new generation of American schools. 1910-1959 '51, May 12 in Paw Paw, MI. Christine Nozal Beaudoin, BA Japan earlier this year to work at For all of us, we've got to become a nation of William A. Rhodes, BS '50, '72 , MA '79 , February 18 in the Honda Corp. as a mechanical Ila F. Boudeman, TC '20, BA '25, April 11 in Kalamazoo, MI. Rockford, MI. engineer. students, to recognize that learning is a lifelong Aprilll in Grand Rapids, MI. Robert D. Colman, BA '5 1, Wayne E. Schaner, BS '72, 0 Gary A. Kaufmann, BS '88, in process. Finally outside our school , we must cul- Dorothy M. Miller, BA '2 1, April 22 in Kalamazoo, MI. February 17 in Grand Rapids, MI. May was named marketing man- February 26 in Marquette, MI. tivate communities where learning can happen." Thelma Newkirk Bullard, BA W. Trask Schindler, BS '76, ager for the computed tomogra- For WMU those words could have been spoken Floyd L. Stannard, TC '22, in '57, MA '68, May 2 in Otsego, MI. May 3 in Battle Creek, Ml. phy division of Picker Inter- May in Kalamazoo, MI. Frederic H. Zweering, BBA '58, Leslie McVey Hahn, MA '79, national, Cleveland, OH. by Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United Doris Doak Hudson, TC '24, May 3 in Kalamazoo, MI. March 5 in Niles, MI. D Loudeen Gagnon Schwan- State in 1903 when the school first opened its April18 in Baroda, MI. Richard L. Boyd, BS '59, April Kermit Fitzpatrick, BS '84, necke, BBA '88, was named con- doors as an institution dedicated to the educa- Josephine Connable Rood, TC 1 in Kalamazoo, Ml. July 7 in Detroit. troller at Health Deliver, Inc. , tional process. '24, April 23 in Kalamazoo, MI. Robert C. Franklin, MBA '85, Saginaw, MI. -by Cindy Paavola, M.A. '86 A. Lenore Shinaberry Leach, 1960-1991 April 13 in Kalamazoo, MI. • James A. Swaim, BA '88, in TC '26, March 21 in Owosso, MI. Daniel D. Bedford, MSA '86, in May earned a law degree from the Clara Bullen Torrent, TC '2 6, Maxine Huether Andrews, MA '62, March in Ludington, MI. BA '30, February 17 in Madison, April 25 in Sault Ste. Marie, MI. Wl. the Westerner, September 1991 7 Western Michigan University

Former Broncos head professional sports teams It's rare when someone under forty years of age is the top dreamed of becoming a baseball general manager. He ad mini trator for a major league profe ional sports team. achieved all-conference honors in football and baseball But two of this elect few are Western Michigan University along with the National Honor Society presidency at alumni-Neil Richards High School in Oak Lawn. After a year at Cornell Smith, B.A. '77, University, Dombrowski transferred to WMU to major in and Dave business administration. Dombrowski, "I came to Western because of its locale and academic B.B.A. '79. and athletic reputation,' he says. "I still keep in touch Smith, thirty- with many of the people I went to school with, especially seven, recently Sam Accorso, the principal at Kalamazoo Hackett." ~ completed his Unlike Smith, who established future contacts by work- second season as ing at the Islanders' hockey schools during his summer Dan Pero directed Gov. John Engler's upset victory for vice president- vacations, Dombrowski gained recognition with an hon- Michigan 's governorship. Neil Smtth Dave Dombrowski " general manager ors thesis entitled "The General Manager: The Man in the of the National Middle." Marketing professor Bruce Kemelgore and David Hockey League s Rozelle from the accountancy department helped provide New York Rangers. Dombrowski, thirty-five, is now in the business knowledge and general ideas for the thesis and Political-minded graduate middle of his fourth year in the same capacity with the entry into a professional front office. Montreal Expos of ba eball's National League. While interviewing for the thesis, Dombrowski made a becomes chief of staff Another notable WMU graduate who rose to the top in lasting impression on then White Sox and now Baltimore sports, i former Bronco Bill Lajoie, B.S. '56. Late last Orioles general manager Roland Hemond. Acting on Dan Pero, B.S. '73, rates high honors for applying the year he ended a long tenure as vice president-general Hemond's recommendation, Dombrowski went to the political science lessons he learned so well at Western rna nag r of the American League's Detroit Tigers baseball winter baseball meetings to look for a job. He ran into Michigan University during the early 1970s. Pero directed club. Lajoie, a 1991 inductee into the Mid-American Hemond and was hired as administrative assistant. John Engler's upset victory for Michigan's governorship Conference Athletic Hall of Fame, was an All-American Although the money wasn't there initially, a wealth of and now serves alongside Gov. Engler as his chief of staff. outfielder at WMU and has spent thirty-seven years in pro- knowledge and experience was. Dombrowski spent count- ''We had a plan and stuck to it," Pero says in explaining fes ional ba eball as a player, scout and administrator. less hours absorbing the thoughts of three of the sharpest why Engler won. "We worked harder than the other side. Despite their relatively young ages, mith and minds in baseball-White Sox owner Bill Veeck, Hemond, And we had a better message and we were able to commu- Dombrow ki have paid their dues to reach the top. and manager Paul Richards. He also had a chance to work nicate it-property tax cuts, smaller government, better Dombrowski began his career in 197 by turning down a with the astute Tony LaRussa, who soon took over as field schools, and time for a change. People have always under- $52,000-offer from a major accounting firm to take an manager. estimated John Engler; that's why he has beaten four $ ,000 a year administrative assistant position with the After working his way up to assistant to vice president- incumbents." Chicago White ox. After pending two seasons in the general manager Ken "Hawk" Harrelson, Dombrowski Pero acknowledges that it has been difficult implement- International Hock y League, Smith turned down a good- was caught in the crossfire between Harrelson and the ing policies to turn around a ship of state that has been paying sale job to take a $10,000 a year scouting position owners and was fired. The Montreal Expos quickly picked sailing in one direction for twenty years. But he believes with the New York I landers. him up as minor league director and later elevated him to reducing public assistance and downsizing government Today both are recognized as shrewd evaluators of assistant general manager and then vice president-general through attrition is the course Michigan needs to follow player tal nt and, while believing foremost in player manager. In Montreal he has forged an organization that to become competitive with the rest of the Midwest, de elopment through the farm system, both have done has been voted by baseball insiders as the sport's best in nation, and world. "Our future doesn't rest with bigger well in the trading arena. Dombrowski once wung eleven two of the last three years. welfare checks," he says. "It rests with better job opportu- deals in an eleven-month period while mith made four Smith's career took off when he accepted the director nities, better schools, and people being able to keep more significant trades during his first year at Madison Square of professional scouting position for Jim Devellano, who of their paychecks and spend their money on what they Garden. was leaving the Islander's as assistant general manager to want, rather than what government wants. It's where we Five year ago, age was a handicap, Dombrowski ays. resurrect the Detroit Red Wings. By 1986 Smith was believe Michigan has to go." "Even though I'd already been in baseball eight years," he director of scouting-player procurement and general A political science major, Pero finished his bachelor's note , "I was still in my twenties and people thought I was manager of the American Hockey League Adirondack degree in three years, then was awarded a graduate assis- young. Once I became a general manager, it turned out to (New York) Red Wings. tantship in political science. He pursued a master's degree be a plu . I'm now considered to be both young and expe- Then in 1989 he took over the helm for the Rangers. for one year but didn't complete the thesis. His experience rienced.' That winter the "Broadway Blues" won the Patrick with faculty members such as Roy Olton, Claude Phillips, mith says he feels hi age "led to some anxiety in the Division title, the team's first crown in forty-eight years. Ernest Rossi, Chester Rogers, Howard Wolpe, Helenan beginning because you're always taught to respect your Smith was runner-up for The Hockey News' "executive of Robin, and Bill Thompson only solidified his interest in elders. The bigge t mountain to climb is being respectful the year" award. The 1991 Rangers were first in the politics. ~ ~ "I have always found it to be very exciting, and I still enough to win the respect of your peers," he adds. Patrick standings before being overhauled late in the year 1 do," Pero says, adding that he first became involved in A native of Don Mill , Ontario, in metropolitan by eventual Stanley Cup winner Pittsburgh. Toronto, Smith had been drafted by the Islanders before "Always do more than you're expected to do-that politics as a high school volunteer but has never sought entering WMU. A a hockey Bronco, he played defense impresses people," Smith says about getting ahead. "The public office. Politics is part of the family as well, as Pero's from 1975 to 197 , winning Division II All-America biggest burden in the (general manager) job is the wife, Colleen, is currently Engler's director of state affairs. honors a a freshman and garnering 136 points during a tremendous amount of time spent with communication- Those Pero cites as mentors and friends are former 130-game career. answering letters and phone calls," he adds. "There's State Rep. Bob Edwards and national political consultant "Going to We tern wa very enjoyable and it was my never really enough time." Doug Bailey. In 1974 at age twenty-two, Pero ran the suc- first experience of living in the United tates," recalls Dombrowski notes that "there is a certain glamour cessful House re-election campaign for Edwards, who is mith, who majored in bu ine and communication. involved, but you have to prepare for hard work, particu- now director of the Michigan Employment Security '' Bill Neal recruited me, coached me and was good to me. larly when your team is in season. You also don't start out Commission. His other mentor, Bailey, was the leading The campus wa beautiful and I can still mentally picture as the general manager," he says. "Getting your foot in consultant for President Gerald Ford's presidential cam- dri ing my car through it." the door is most important, and have the patience to keep paign in 1976. "He is the most brilliant person I have ever met," Pero says of Bailey. "He is a great friend and Dombrow ki grew up in the outhwe t Chicago suburb looking until you find the first job." teacher; he is an incredible human being who possesses of Palos Heights and while still in grammar school -By John Beatty, M.A. '87 great compassion and intellect." A former political consultant in several states and Washington, D.C., Pero met Engler in the early 1970s when Pero worked on the Michigan House's Republican Several graduates bring a touch of brown and gold to the media Caucas Campaign Committee. Edwards and Engler were both House members at the time and were officemates. A number of Western Michigan University alumni have and bantering around. I didn't aspire to be in this field, ''I was going to be John's administrative assistant when become prominent in the world of sports. In addition to but I've always been a sports nut." he was elected to the Senate in 1978, but I changed my supplying top administrators for professional sports Saunders notes that college athletics has changed con- mind and accepted the position of head of the constitu- team , WM alumni have al o earned national positions siderably since he was a Bronco hockey player. "I think ency relations section for the Republicans," Pero recalls. in sports media jobs. the tendency of the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic "John was very gracious, forgiving and understood my John aunders, for instance, i a well -recognized Association) to have such an iron fist over everything decision. I told him then that, if he ever ran for statewide anchor on the national cable sports channel ESPN and involving college athletics and the athletes is probably the office, I would drop whatever I was doing no matter where a! o anchor ABC ' weekend port desk. aunders, a biggest change since when I competed .... Also, the tele- 1 was and come back to help him." student-athlete who attended WMU from 1974 to 1976 vision exposure that college athletics has is a major That decision brought Pero from a job in Texas to became intere ted in broadca ting through Neil Smith', change. ESPN was a big factor in that." where he is today, directing an executive staff of about B.A. '77, a former hockey teammate and now general Larry Osterman, B.S. '66, is another alumnus whose sixty people. ''I'm the manager of an all-star team," he manager of the National Ho key League's New York face is familiar with television sports audiences, particu- says. "John has stressed loyalty, fondness, and respect; he Rangers. larly in the Midwest. Osterman is the play-by-play works and studies harder than anyone else. He's reshap- " eil wa taking some radio and television classes and I announcer for a variety of sports on the pay-to-view Pro- ing Michigan to become a better state, and it's a great was a p ychology major at the time," Saunders say . "Neil Am Sports System (PASS) based in Ann Arbor. Osterman opportunity to work with him." had orne di c jo key time at WIDR, the student radio sta- calls the plays for the Detroit Tiger baseball games and its -By Joe Gagie tion, and he used to take me down there with him. Pretty four-time Emmy-winning "CCHA (hockey) Game-of-the- oon we started doing little comedy routines on the air Continued on page 8 the Westerner, September 1991 8 Western Michigan University

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In 1983, Century Publishing bought the maga- zine title and put Herbert "in charge of the resurrection." I D Send my tickets by mail OR 0 Hold my tickets at WILL CALL for game day pick-up . I United States and Canada. "I think I have the best job in the whole world ," Inside Sports now has the second largest advertising rev- I Taorderbyphone, call616-387-3092 or 1-800-992-7841 Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. I to 5:30p.m. Return to WMU, Athletic Ticket Office, Read Fieldhouse, Kalamazoo , Ml49008 . Osterman says. "I love all of it. Any sportscaster in his or enue of all sports magazines. I No refunds or exchanges lor any tickets. I her right mind wants to do major league baseball some- While college athletics are more sophisticated at some day and I'm doing that, but I also get a chance to work schools than others, Herbert says he thinks they're ba i- ••••••••••••••••• with seasonal sports and I've had a chance to do all cally the same as when he was a Bronco spectator. "I don't kinds-boxing, college football, hockey, and volleyball." think they've changed all that much. Back then, athletics • Osterman, who still resides in Kalamazoo, began work- were a focal point of a community which drew people Alumni Association Membership I ing in radio with Kalamazoo stations WKZO and WMUK together-like a fall football game- and I still think that's (WMU's public radio station), where for nineteen years he the primary and basic foundation today. " Rrst Middle Initial Maiden Last was involved in broadcasting many Bronco sports events. One of Herbert's favorite sports memories of WMU is "The highlight of my nineteen-year association with playing with Dale Livingston on an intramural football WMU Graduation Year(s) I WMU athletics was the excitement of the top ten nation- team. "Dale was a freshman that year and that's where ally ranked 1976 basketball team," he says. 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