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s��stem Today The "typical" American family is no longer Mom, Dad, and 2.5 children

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Eastern Today is published periodically for members of the Alumni Associa1io11 of Eastem Michigan Unfrersity a11d produced by the Office of Public l11formatio11 and

U11iversi1y Publications. Please direct questions or comments 10 tire Office for Alumni Relations.

Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan 48/97; (313) 487-0250.

EASTERN TODAY

EDITORIAL COMMITTEE

Jack Slater. director of alum11i relotions and uni,·ersiry development

Pat Moran, associate director of alumni relations Carole lick, assis10111 director of alumni re/a1io11s

Be,•erly Farley. assistant director of university de,·elopment

Eugene Smith. director of

atlrletics Jim Streeter. sports information director Ka1h/ee11 Ti1111ey. assistant vice presidelll.

execmfre division Sue McKenzie, associate director of

university publicatio11s Kare11 M. Piuon. editor

Nancy}. Mida. s1a!Jwri1er a11d alumni association represemotil'e Jody ly1111 Reilly. srude111 writer

GRAPHIC ARTIST

lore/le Otis Thomas David Kieft

PHOTOGRAPHER

Dick Schwarze

ALUMNI ASSOCIATIO

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

William Mays. Jr .. ' 54. presidem Jah11 Charles Fove11esi, '73, president elect

A1111 o· Beay Pa,.elka, ·74_ '79, past president Robert l. Baird. "72. "75, secretary-treasurer

Par Moran. execurfre director Normajea11 Anderso11. '35

Ly,111 Babcock, "66, "69, '78 Wendy Baxter, ·73 Jah11 Beleutz, "60

Joan M. Colladay. · 72

Sanford Herman. "67. "74 Bernadeue Larki11s. '83

Richard Lepping, · 83 Nick Madias. "71

Daniel Manthe, ·53 Na11cyJ. Mida, "72 Jack Minzey. "50 Ralph Paso/a. "71

Denise Repasky. · 88 Karen Ann Rutgers. '84

Clark G. Spike. '44 Joyce Squires, '52

Thomas Stobie. '74. · 82 Matthew Miller. swdent represenwrive

Don Ward. s111de111 represen1a1ive

EASTER MICHIGA U lVERSITY

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

William E. Sire/ton. president Roy Wilbanks. executive vice preside111

Ronald W. Collins. pro,·ost 011d vice president for academic affairs

Janet G. Piclrette, vice president for business a11d finance and treasurer 10 tire board of regents

Laurence N . Smith, vice president for university marketing a11d student affairs

EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

BOARD OF REGE TS

Joh11 Burton, chairman Anthony A. Derezinski, vice chairman

James Clifton Thomas Guastella Richard N. Robb William Simmons

Gene,•a Y. Titsworth

CONTENTS

Page 6 Page 8 Page 10

'Ideal' American family fast disappearing ......................... 4

The working parent's challenge-finding quality child care .................................................... 6

EMU pride follows families through the generations ....................................................... 8

DEPARTMENTS

Campus Commentary ............................................................................ 1

Alumni Association News .................................................................... 2

Development ......................................................................................... 3

Sports ................................................................................................... 10

Campus News ..................................................................................... 14

Class Notes .......................................................................................... 15

Coast to Coast ...................................................................................... 24

On the Cover

The rapidly changing face of America's families, as depicted by graphic artist Lorelle Otis Thomas.

-campus Commentary

Pat Moran

This edition of Eastern Today will focus on the family.

Financial difficulties can cause problems in any family. Worries about paying

the bills or being able to provide for those we care about strain our relationships.

It's a similar situation in the family of higher education. We work harder with

fewer resources to provide a quality education for those who depend on us, our

students. But in order to continue providing the kind of education they deserve,

more money will have to be found.

That's why the Presidents Council of State Universities sponsored a series of

forums around the state, one of which was co-hosted by Eastern Michigan

University. The forums on the "Future of Public Higher Education in Michigan" fo­

cused on the critical need for financial support and strategies to address the

problem.

A report issued by the Presidents Council shows Michigan's public universities

are relying on tuition and fees for a continuously increasing proportion of their

revenue. In l 988-89, the level of state appropriation to public colleges and universi­

ties per full-time student was $468 below the national average. Of the fifty states,

Michigan was thirty-second in funding per full-time student. The report notes that

part of the problem can be attributed to the cyclical nature of Michigan's economy

and pressing demands on the state budget to address other critical priorities.

At the same time more and more students have been enrolling in public

universities in recent years, and the universities are serving an increasingly diverse

constituency. There has been a moderate increase in the number of minority

students, a sharp increase in the number of women enrolled in higher education,

and a substantial increase in the number of students attending school on a part-time

basis.

Yes, higher education is expensive. But as EMU President William Shelton

says, "It's important to look beyond the cost to the value." It's not just the students who attend our universities who benefit, but all of us, our communities, businesses

and the state. The students we are educating today are the people we will depend on

to lead us in the future. They'll be making decisions which may impact the cost of

a new car, for example, or the extent of our social security benefits. On a separate topic entirely, I want you to know I am leaving Eastern

Michigan to further pursue the development of my professional career. It has been a

great five and one-half years and I will miss all of you as I move on to other

challenges. Your support has been most appreciated. Please keep in mind that as

EMU alumni your continued efforts to enhance this University will be its true

measure of success.

Pat Moran

Associate Director for Alumni Relations

-Alumni Association News Tell a friend about us

This is a busy time for the Alumni Association. Plans are being made for this year's Homecoming (Oct. 27). We're looking forward to cheering the football team on to victory in Fresno, Calif., and Bloomington, Ind.; and to getting together with old friends at the various Alumni Outreach events. It would be terrific to ee some other

Homecoming '90 promises to be

a fun-filled weekend

It's not too early to start making plans to join your fellow alumni at this year's EMU Homecoming game. The Alumni Association is sponsoring several events, including a Golden Years brunch and a brunch at which alumni can honor those celebrating their 25 year class reunion. The Black Alumni chapter also will hold its annual cholarship luncheon Home­coming weekend.

Other events planned for Homecom­ing/Parents Day include the dedication of the new Gary M. Owen College of Busine s building in downtown Ypsilanti; tours of campus, including the COB and the Corporate Education Center; tailgate parties; and the annual Homecoming parade.

This year, Homecoming will take place October 27, when the Huron tangle with the Chippewas of Central Michigan University. Watch your mailbox and Alumni Action newsletter for details.

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faces as well, alumni who haven't yet joined the association.

Obviously, all of you know about the great benefits enjoyed by association members. One of the benefits is your subscription to Eastern Today. But perhaps your friends who also attended EMU don't realize that in addition to their subscription, membership would bring them monthly updates from the Alumni Association through the

Phone-a-thon surveys alumni needs

ln its continuing effort to ascertain the needs of EMU alumni, the Alumni Association recently conducted a phone-a-thon. Association members and non-member were questioned about their opinions of alumni events, and the extent of their participation in alumni activities.

"We received very good responses," said Pat Moran, associate director for

Alumni Action newsletter. Other benefits include discounts at selected local businesses and at the EMU Bookstore, ticket discounts for various campus events, and a Warehouse Club membership.

So remind fellow alumni who have yet to join the association that doing so not only brings tangible benefits, but also the chance to continue to be involved in the EMU experience.

alumni relations. The association contacted 925

alumni, and Moran said 50 percent of the non-members contacted requested information on membership benefits and a membership application.

Questions asked dealt with future alumni outreach activities, interest in purchasing an alumni directory, and support of the association.

Alumni Association picks scholarship awardees

Twenty-three students will benefit this fall from the Alumni Association Scholarship Fund.

The association awards scholarships to selected children and grandchildren of EMU alumni who wish to attend Eastern.

To be eligible for an award, recipi­ents must be enrolled at EMU as entering freshmen or first-year transfer students. Eligibility requirements also include a 3.0 grade point average, a minimum 20 ACT composite or 900 SAT total, and a written recommenda­tion.

The highest award granted is $ I ,250, but the board generally limits awards to less than $500 to avoid conflict with University financial aid policy. Recipients also are eligible to have their scholarships renewed.

Out of twenty-seven applicants for this year's scholarships, seven students have been chosen to receive scholar­ships of $500 each. They are Jennifer Birmingham and Kerry Birmingham, granddaughter of Mary (Dechantall) Ouellete, '48; Laura Cubberly, daughter of Lyle Cubberly, '74; Christopher Fleeman, son of Larry Fleeman, '74; Nancy McCullough, daughter of Robert McCullough, '56; Heather O'Neil, granddaughter of Hilda Labair, '53; and Todd Dziobak, son of Todd Dziobak, '66.

Sixteen other scholarships were renewed. A total amount of $14,000 in scholarships was awarded by the Alumni Association for fall '90.

The Alumni Association Scholarship Fund was established in 1970.

-nevelopment 1990 Partnership for Excellence Campaign off to a solid beginning

EMU alumni are supporting the University's commitment to provide an exceptional learning environment in the global society through the Partner­ship for Excellence Campaign. As of May 10 the University had received

pledges totaling $343,832. The goal of the campaign is to raise $500,000. This support and more will help EMU fulfill its mission of distinguishing itself as a comprehensive educational institution that prepares people and organizations

to adapt readily to a changing world. The generous support of alumni and friends also will help the University adhere to its philosophy of improving the quality of life through teaching, contract learning, research, and service.

Joanne Cranford, Clifford Larkins ,'71, and Richard Theisen, '75 at the Oct. 1989 Regents' and President's Council dinner, held at the Radisson

From left, Professor Robert Ristau and President's Council members Anthony, '71, and Deborah, '73, Petkus

on the Lake in Ypsilanti.

Attention Regents Council and

President's Council members

Reserve Friday, Oct. 26 to attend a special reception and dinner at the Radisson on the Lake in Ypsilanti.

This event will be part of the Homecoming 1990 activities. It's also going to be an excellent oppor­tunity for Regents' and President's Council members to celebrate with the EMU family.

Don't underestimate the importance of estate planning

Planning your estate so that it will provide for loved ones can be accom­plished through careful preparation and management. The first steps to beginning or improving an estate plan are the evaluation of how much property you own, and determining beneficiaries. Almost every estate plan includes a will and can also include a program of life insurance coverage and retirement planning. Growth in family size, income increases or decreases, and other changes that affect either the estate itself or the beneficiaries require adjustments in the estate plan. Ask yourself: Do I have a will? Am I aware of the amount of property I may leave

tax-free under current federal and state law? Are my financial records acces­sible and understandable? These questions are only a few of many that you should be prepared to answer when planning your estate.

Another option to consider is philan­thropic interests. Some EMU students have benefited from those who made provisions in their estate for the University and thereby contributed greatly to EMU's goal of quality education. Call (313) 487-1387 for additional information.

Estate planning requires time, con­sultation, and proper management. It is, however, the best way to plan for the future.

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'Ideal' American family fast disappearing

By Nancy 1. Mida, '72

Watching reruns of "Leave it to Bea­ver" is a little like looking into our past. The nostalgia we feel may be for our childhood, or may be for a way of life that is fast disappearing.

The Cleavers were TV's representa­tion of the ideal American family. Ward worked and brought home a comfortable income and June cheer­fully kept a lovely home in a small town. Wally and "the Beaver" occa­sionally got into trouble, but nothing serious, of course.

While families in TY-land don't nec­essarily capture what's really going on in our culture, they often reflect obvious changes in American society. As TY families have changed drastic­ally since early sitcom days, so has the American family.

According to research compiled by Dr. Marie Richmond-Abbott, professor of sociology at EMU, only 13 percent of all American families consist of a married couple, like Ward and June Cleaver, in a first marriage with their own children, the husband being the provider and the wife a homemaker. "People still think the two parent, original marriage is the norm, and it's rapidly not becoming that. After World War II, many women stayed in the workforce as the economy ex-panded . . . In the '60s, after the Civil Rights Act and coinciding with the women's movement, it became accept­able for women to work outside the home," Richmond-Abbott said.

Today, most married couples are more like the Huxtables on "The Co by Show"; 62 percent with both spouses in the work force. And 90 percent of all

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women will work outside the home at some time during their life with more than 70 percent working full time for 20 years during their lifetime.

Understandably, women entering the workforce, and returning to work sooner after childbearing, has had a tremendous impact on the American family. As Richmond discusses in her text, Masculine and Feminine: Gender Roles Over the Life Cycle, wives today are likely to have more resources than in the past. They are likely to be closer in age to their husbands and are more likely to have equal education and greater incomes than they had in the past. Their work outside the home may also increase their status, their social skills and even their attractiveness when they "dress for the office."

In the home, child rearing duties are shared or, more frequently, assigned to a caregiver. Household tasks may be shared, but often continue to be divided along traditional lines. Though Cliff Huxtable sometimes cooks, Clair is probably responsible for the refrigera­tor being full and the house in order.

In dual-career families, both partners are committed to long-term, profes­sional careers, their joint income is well above average, and they make family adjustments so they can sustain both careers. Richmond-Abbott reports that being married and having a family is much more likely to affect the woman's career than the man's. While most women in dual-career families were not willing to give up having children altogether, many compro­mised by limiting the number of children and by postponing children for a long time after marriage. "Many women delayed child bearing during

the '80s. Now, many of these women are 'dropping out' to have children, but they seem to take shorter child care leaves and (unlike their sisters from the '60s) do return to work," Richmond­Abbott said.

Though many of these older mothers feel guilty while pursuing their careers, Richmond-Abbott points out that there is no consistent finding of deprivation felt by children of employed mothers. Children in these families view women as more competent, and daughters of employed mothers are likely to be in­dependent and plan to work outside the home.

Literature shows the Clair Huxtables of America to be physically and emo­tionally healthy with high self-esteem, but the dangers of physical and emo­tional exhaustion are prevalent. The stress is there, but the benefits from the extra income are particularly helpful (and often necessary) during the parental stage of the family.

TY-land also features a few single parent families, like those depicted on "Full House" and "Kate and Allie," and research indicates it needs more to mirror family life in this country. In 1984, about 20 percent of white

families and 59 percent of black families were headed by a single parent. While the number of unwed, single-parent mothers has increased tremendously in the last decade, according to Richmond-Abbott, most single-parent families in this country originate after a divorce.

The single-parent family is the fast­est growing family form in America. Since 1960, the proportion of single­parent families has doubled and currently is growing at two and one-

half times the rate of husband-wife families. While the divorce rate doubled between 1 965 and 1975, the number of children involved in divorce has tripled since 1953. About 60 percent of all divorces now involve children.

Special problems face these single parent families. Often the burdens are economic. Many single-parent mothers have never worked, have outdated skills or are working at low income, low status jobs. After divorce, the in­come of the single-parent mother falls an average of 73 percent. Custodial mothers must deal with the tasks normally performed by two parents: earning an income, taking care of a house, caring for the children and per­forming extra errands and maintenance chores. In contrast, Richmond-Abbott reports, single-parent fathers with custody found that their major problem was adjusting to household routines and combining the demands of home and work roles. Despite the problems, most single parents of both sexes seemed to feel that they were coping well.

Behavior of children in single-parent families has been extensively studied and the studies seem to conclude that early father absence may affect the behavior of young boys and later that of adolescent girls. However, some of the behavior differences seem to be due as much to the custodial parent's atti­tudes and the structure of the home. In her text, Richmond-Abbott concludes that children do not seem to suffer from ill effects in single-parent homes, and most single parents seem to cope relatively well with their situation. "Single parents present an androgynous

Dr. Marie Richmond-Abbott

model for their children, but don't seem to treat them differently. They verbalize about raising their children to be more flexible, but don't necessarily pass this on to their offspring," Richmond-Abbott said. For example, girls in the single parent study group didn't do the yard work, unless there were only girls in the family.

"Remarried" families also present tremendous changes in the family structure. Parents must deal with "yours, mine and our" children, decide whose set of rules are followed, and struggle with the roles they play in the re-formed family. In the United States, 40 percent of al I new marriages are remarriages and more than 20 percent of households that contain a married couple are remarried-couple house­holds. In 1987, there were 5.24 million remarried households in the United States. Eighty-four percent of the men and 77 percent of the women remarry, most within five years. Women who have a college degree and who are childless are least likely to remarry.

However, among this group, more than 60 percent remarry.

"Remarried family structure is very complicated, with 'real' brothers, step­brothers (and step-sisters), two sets of rules from both sides of the family, four sets of grandparents and grandpar­ent-in-laws. These children get through it, but it's a lot more difficult," Richmond-Abbott said.

A fairly recent addition to TV's family sitcom line-up is "Roseanne," which also represents the working class family, a group that hasn't been the subject of much research. The working class, which comprises at least two­fifths of American workers, has a lifestyle and sex-roles interaction that differ in many ways from the middle­class norms for the "ideal family" of the American dream. "I feel the working class family is changing, and very traditional families are becoming more liberalized, but there is very little research to support this," Richmond­Abbott said.

Recently, Richmond-Abbott ex­panded her gender role research to another segment of the population, those aged over 65. "Older people be­come more androgynous and there is a mixture of the traditional roles. The men become less competitive, more tender, and the women become more aggressive," she said. She also found a strong correlation between an individ­ual's happiness and their ability to be more flexible. Often, a crisis, such as the death of a spouse or retirement, brings about these changes in behavior.

So if "Leave it to Beaver" were res­urrected in the '90s, we might see June happily driving the family car and Ward at home, running the vacuum.

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The working parent's challenge­

finding quality child care

By Karen M. Piuon

There's no question, quality child care is a must. But, affordable, quality child care? That's another question!

The challenge facing paren ts, car­egivers and now, legislators, is how to provide both quality and affordability to all families, regardless of income.

Indicators of quality are easy to spot, if you know what to look for, according to Dr. Sylvia Jones, E M U child care expert and director.

But beyond that, discussions between parents and care givers, and observa­tions of the facility, also are important . "It's the a ttitude of care givers and the teacher toward differences. Whether or not it 's celebrated as difference. Whether or not it's glorified, or if it's tolera ted or diminished."

Although referral systems are a great help, Jones said nothing beats legwork in finding the right center. "So much of a child 's successful experience in child care has to do with the match between providers and parents. I t doesn 't work well when the two come f rom vastly different phi losophical places," she said.

"The most cri tical thing for me is the emotional climate of the cen ter . Are teachers physically and psycho­logically available to children? Are they in tune with the emotional needs and the develop­mental needs of kids so they can meet [those

Congressman Carl Pursell Alleviating the

financial burden of

needs]?" Jones also said i t's important to look

at the set-up of a cen ter, and whether there's enough "stuff' for the kids. And "are there enough adults who can expand on their questions and ideas."

Finding the best child care can be especially difficult for minorities who need to look for added cultural sensitivity. Jones said the presence of ethnically di fferent dolls, posters of black children and multicultural playgroups are positive physical signs.

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child care on families

is behind efforts to convince the federal government to share a portion of the expenses. The most recent attempt , already approved by the U.S. House of Representatives, would provide $27 billion over f ive years through income tax credits and direct subsidies. That bill has been referred to a House­Senate conference committee where differences between it and a Senate­approved bi ll are being hammered out.

U.S. Rep. Carl Pursell, '57, '62, is one Congressional proponent of aid for

child care and early learning programs. He notes that he originally co-spon­sored a proposal by President George Bush to expand the Head Start Program and increase the tax credit for child care. "With the great increase in the number of dual-career and single­parent families, assistance in the area of child care is needed," he said. However, Pursell added he is "troubled by the cost of the House-passed

version" yet hopeful the conference committee will " trim down the size and cost of the final version. Without revision, I think either bill would face a certain veto" by the president.

U.S. Rep. Dennis Hertel, '7 1, ho wever , is optimistic about the bill 's chances of being enacted in something close to i ts House form. "I don't think it will be changed all that much in confer­ence because the House was going in the direction of the Senate when it reached i ts compromise," he said. Hertel also expects the

Congressman Dennis Hertel

president to sign the measure. "The amendments which would have brought a veto were defeated. I think the ou tcry would be very great if he didn' t sign it," he added.

Hertel's problem with the

bill is that i t

doesn't go far enough. "We're trying to set a goal of funding

all children who

qualify for the

Head Start

child care benefit from

their employees'

increased job

satisfaction, longevity, and a reduction in the number of work

days missed.

program because we know it has

been very successful. I 'd

[also] like to use

Dr. Sylvia Jones works wi1hfive-year -old Clark Paciorek al the EMU Children's Center.

But there are

other ways employers can

help with child

our public schools more [for child

care]," he said. I don't think we should be closing them at 3 or 4 p.m. We should admit we have that many people who are working and have the need."

Hertel is one of the co-sponsors of the legislation being considered. He

favors cutting defense spending and putting the money into child care and

other human services, saying our priorities are wrong. That comment is echoed by DeDe Owen, co-founder and member of the board of directors of the Educational Child Care Center in Lansing. The center's services are

available to state employees and Owen said the goal is affordable, quality child

care.

Owen is especially concerned about the needs of children from lower­

income, single-parent households, and stresses the need for government funding. "We have too many people in the Legislature who think it's a luxury

to have child care, not a necessity," she

said. "They will have to put some money into it. "

Still, Owen does believe the situation has improved in recent years. "The biggest help has been from corpora­tions, and I think that will do it for us

because it is helping the businesses as well. Studies show providing on-site child care helps morale, lessens absenteeism, and is cost-effective for the employers, she said.

"I expect a w indfall effect. If people see this [type of program] and how it works, other businesses will provide

space." EMU's Jones agrees on-site care is a

big plus for businesses as well as

parents. "Being in close proximity [to your child] lessens the stress . . . as

does knowing if something goes wrong

you can be there immediately," she said. Jones also cited studies which show employers that provide on-site

care expenses as

well. A program

offered at Eastern Michigan enables the University's full-time employees to

pay for child care with up to $5,000 a year of tax-free income. The Depend­ent Care Assistance Account is an

alternative to taking tax credits for de­pendent care on individual income tax returns and can provide a significant cost savings to the employee.

It would be a mistake to assume child care issues are limited only to those in­dividuals with young chi ldren and their employers. Jones, in fact, calls it a "universal" issue. In financial terms, all consumer benefit if businesses are

able to reduce costs because of increased employee productivity. And

we benefit as a society if quality child

care programs can provide all children with the tools to make contributions of

their own as productive and happy adults.

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EMU pride fol lows fami l ies through

the generations

By Debra Mclean

Jennifer McKenny, a 2 1-year-old j unior at E MU , hears the question all the time: "Are you any relation to the Mc­Kenny of Mc Kenny Union?"

What her questioners sel­dom expect, however, is her answer. "Yes," she says with much pride, "he was my great, great grandfather ."

The only problem is that few people believe Jennifer' s story of her blood ties to Eastern Michigan University 's 12th, longest-serving , and possibly most influential president.

Jennifer and Robert McKenny

"Some people don't believe me. They think I 'm making up a story," she said , "and it's hard sometimes to convince them."

Charle McKenny led EMU (then Michigan State Normal College) from 1 9 12 to 1933. During Mc Kenny 's 2 1-year reign, the character of E M U ex­perienced radical change, just a s the character of the nation did. McKenny saw the U niversity through the Great War, its post-war era, the devastating Depression and the early years leading up to World War I I. Nonetheless, Mc Kenny had big plans for EMU and most o f them came to pa s. He was responsible for the addition of five buildings to the tiny campus, which in 193 1 included the alumni-student­faculty social center , McKenny Hall, now called McKenny Union.

One person who watched that part of EMU's hi story unfold was Jenni fer's grandfather , Robert Laurence McKenny. Now 75 and living in Birmingham, Robert Mc Kenny lived with his grandfather, Charles McKenny, for most o f his young life , includi ng during the two years he attended EMU in 1933-34.

" I lived in the old President's House with him but my friends really paid no

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attention to that," he said. "But if I got in trouble, [my grandfather ] heard about it real fast ."

It was the gentle encouragement of her grandfather that convinced Jennifer McKenny to take a look at EMU when she wa choosing a college. 'Tm ma­joring in education and Eastern 's number one for education, but my parents and grandparents said it would be really wonderful if I went there," she said. "I know [ Charles McKenny ] was really influential and I thought it would be neat ."

Robert McKenny admits that he really did like the idea of his grand­daughter attending E MU, as none of his own children had, but insists he didn't pressure her. "We sort of talked her into it-well, not really-but we talked her into going there and taking a look," he said. "Now she 's doing real well and we' re very proud of her."

Jenni fer's gra ndfather took her around the EMU campus and pointed out the areas that used to be grassy fields where high-ri se dormitories now stand, showed her where his old frater­nity house (Ann of Honor ) was, and surprised her with Storie of many of the campus buildings' namesakes.

Charles McKenny stands alongside what would become the cornerstone of McKenny Union. Reprinted with permission of the Detroit News, a Gannett newspaper. Copyright 1931

"When I told my grandpa I was living in Buell Hall, he said, 'Oh yeah, I remember Mr. B uell ; he was really neat ,"' Jennifer said. "He also knew Mr. and Mrs. Sherzer and Mrs. Wi se. I couldn't believe it because usually building names are just names, but he knew all these people."

Naturally, Robert Mc Kenny said the E M U campus has changed tremen­dously since he attended Roosevelt School as a child and EMU as a college student, and believes his grandfather would be surprised by the growth.

" He (Charles McKenny) never envi­sioned that it would be as big as it is , I 'm sure of that," he said. "When I was there in '35 I think there were about 5,000 people there." Today there are 25,000 students.

Robert McKenny, like his grand­daughter , also is deeply proud of the contributions of Charles McKenny, a man he greatly admired. "He was a lot different than people might su pect," he said. "Everybody was sort of scared of him and when kids got a call to come to his office they were really scared, but I never saw him that way. I

remember that he liked to go to Detroit to ball games and when I was younger he took me. We also spent a lot of time just sitting together talking."

Like her grandfather, Jennifer doesn't want to push her future children into attending EMU, but also like her grandfather, she thi nks it would be wonder­ful if they did. "I don 't t hi nk I'd pressure my kids to go to any school, but I'd certainly suggest Eastern," she said.

Charles (left) and Eugene Beatty

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Another family for whom EMU p ride runs deep are the Beattys of Ypsilanti. Char les Eugene Beatty graduated f rom EMU in 1934 and his son, Charles Eugene Beatty Jr., gradu­ated in 1972.

The elder Beatty, who goes by Eugene, came to E MU from Detroit in 1929 and hasn't left the Ypsilanti area si nce. He was among the first handful of black men who a ttended EMU. There were only six others with him that first year, but he found the community to be as friendly as was possible in 1929 America.

"The only problem I ever remember was when we used to have dances and . . . someone once complained about us danci ng with white girls. Some of the black guys were called in to talk about it but they said, 'We don't know what the problem is here,' and it was never mentioned again," he said. " Around town, people were very pre­judiced in some places-Ypsilanti was much, much more racially divided­but I never had any real problems."

Apparently not, because Eugene Beatty has become one of E MU's biggest boosters. He earned a master's degree from the U niversity of Michigan, so now has divided loyal-

ties, but he still buys season football and basketball tickets every year at E MU. "Sometimes the games conflict with U-M's, but I just run back and forth," he said. "There is no way i n the world I would ever go against Eastern."

When Beatty's son, who goes by Charles, was choosing a college, Eugene Beatty feels sure "he would have gone to E M U," but he won a full­ride wrestling scholarship to Michigan State University. Unfortunately, he was sidelined his first year with a broken neck, but he stayed at MSU three more years. Before graduati ng, however, Charles Beatty married and felt the emotional pull of his father's alma mater.

"I felt a need to get closer to my roots and T knew E MU was a fine i nsti­tution," he said . He transferred to E MU, earned a bachelor's degree i n J 972 and continued on for a master's degree i n I 978.

Now a counselor at Ypsilanti High School, the younger Beatty has joined his father i n the E M U fan club and consistently encourages his young students to consider E MU for college.

"A student just left my office and I gave him the good news that he had been accepted at E MU," Beatty said. "I tell students all the time that it's an

excellent school. Usually, t hough, once I mention Eastern they say they want to get away from home, but T talk to them about the academic support Eastern offers. If they want to go somewhere else, I say, fine, but they need to understand the outstanding support they'll get at Eastern."

Eugene Beatty, too, en-joyed a long and successful career in the Ypsilanti Public Schools as a teacher and administrator before

retiri ng in 1974. Because he stayed in the Ypsilanti area, the changes on E MU's campus have not seemed so dramatic to him, but he does remember when thi ngs were different. "Living here all the time like I do, the changes aren't new to me, but there are still a few tall pine trees by the parking struc­ture that I remember," he said. "That (area of campus) used to be a beautiful place. There was nothing but nature back there."

With his father around, Charles Beatty really can't help but hold EMU close to his heart because Dad's always there to remind him. "Right now he's encouraging me to play in the alumni golf tournament, so I probably will. I thi nk my father was proud that I went to E MU," he said.

Proud indeed. Eugene Beatty sums that p ride up by quite simply saying, "We're Eastern people, that's for sure!"

Editor's Note: E MU pride also runs deep for the author of this article. Debra McLean joined the E MU staff as a writer in 1986, and quickly decided to pursue a master's degree from the U niversity. When she completes the degree in August, she'll be followi ng i n the footsteps of her grandmother, Nina Matson Fair, who graduated from EMU in 1927.

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Fami ly connection key in EMU ath letics -By Jim Streerer, · 73

The Eastern Michigan U niversity athletic program has proven that athletics is, indeed, a "family affair."

Throughout the years, there have been many examples of E MU athletes following in their father's or mother's footsteps into collegiate competition.

O ne current example of that athletic familial bond is the Don Stewart family.

Don Stewart wa the starting quarter­back at EMU from 1968-70 and also lettered in 197 1 for the Huron basket­ball team. Don's brother Dave was a standout wrestler for the Hurons from 1965-67 and returned to Ypsi !anti to become the head coach of the Eastern wrestling team f rom 1 975-79. And now, along comes Don Stewart's son and Dave Stewart's nephew, Stacy Stewart, a junior-to-be this fall on the E MU football squad. The 6-foot-3, 2 10-pound Stacy earned his first letter in 1989 as the starting holder on the EMU kicking teams and backup quar­terback on offense. He enjoyed a strong spring practice i n 1990 and wi II battle for a starti ng berth at quarterback this fall.

"I always thought it was kind of fate that Stacy chose to play at Eastern Michigan," Don Stewart said of his son's college selection. "I'm proud to be from Eastern Michigan and I know that Stacy is also and I have no doubts that he is capable of being a top player there."

And it wasn't a short route for Stacy Stewart to make when he decided on attending EMU. After spending his formative years around this area where his dad coached at Willow Run, Stacy moved with his father to Florida several years ago and competed for his father at Lely High School in Naples, Florida.

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Don Stewart

"Stacy was around my teams all the time," Don Stewart said of his son's closeness to athletic teams as he was growi ng up. "He used to help out at practice, bring water out , things like that. Stacy even used to ride the bus with the teams. Our Willow Run team had a real good football season in 1 98 I and it was nice that Stacy could travel with us and be a part of that success."

Stacy used that early relationship with his dad's teams to learn the funda­mentals of football and basketball and became a standout on his dad's teams at Lely High School.

While a prep, Stacy became one of the top quarterbacks in the state of Florida and threw for more than 1 ,700-yards as a senior quarterback. Lely won two out of three league champion­ships in football. Don is an assistant football coach and head basketball coach at Lely. Stacy's brother Scott, now a starting point guard at Florida, joined Stacy on the Lely basketball squad.

With Don Stewart on the bench and Stacy and Scott helping lead the way on the court, Lely produced a 24-5 record in Stacy 's senior season.

There is another father-son legacy

currently on the EMU football team. Dempster R oss was the captain of the l 963 EMU grid squad and his son, Kurt, is a reserve offensive lineman.

It seems only natural that great coaches would have offspring that turned out to be outstanding in athletics at the same school.

That action has certainly been true in the case of three EMU Hall of Fame coaches and their children .

Running has turned into a li fe-long love affair for veteran EMU men's track coach Bob Parks. He first discovered that he could enjoy a meas­ure of success at that sport as a junior at Howell High School and continued that success as an outstanding runner for EMU in the 1950s , followed by a strong high school coaching career and now 20-plus years as the head man of Eastern 's nationally acclaimed track program.

And those successful track genes were transferred to Bob's daughter Sue and son Scott as ru nners and coaches.

"I guess you could say I pushed all my kids into track," Bob Parks said. "All four were invol ved in one way or another . We had a high jump in the back yard , and they used to race around

the block. Of the four P arks children, Sue,

Nancy, Scott and Steve, Sue and Scott were the two that stayed with the track program the longest.

"The two who really had the body builds for it-tall and thin-were Sue and Scott," Parks added. "Nancy and Steve were probably more competitive by nature but as soon as they lost to the other two, they got out of it."

Sue and Scott stayed on in the track field with Sue currently the assistant women's track and cross country coach at Michigan State and Scott a graduate assistant track coach at Iowa State University.

Sue Parks started her r unning c areer as an I I-year old in Linco ln Park because there was little chance for a young girl on the local school level. That lack of recognition of girl programs m ade Sue work diligently at her sport and she became one of the top young female runner s in the United States. As a 15-year-old, Sue Parks ran well enough to q ualify for the Pan­Arnerican G arnes and the Olympic Trial s.

Yet, despite that early success, there was still little opportunity for Sue to

Nancy Oestrike

compete in high school because there was very scant attention paid to the gi rls' teams. Forced to run in the boys' meet , Sue was still a standout and joined Bob in a class-action suit against the State of M ichigan that helped eventually to make the Michigan High School Ath letic Association instit ute state championship meets for girls.

Her running success followed her into coaching stints at Ann Arbor Huron and Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard high schools for six year s before she joined the University of Michigan as an assistant women's track and cross country coach and then moved on to Michigan State.

Scott Parks enjoyed a strong high school running career but his EMU track career was h ampered by a series of knee injuries that sidelined him. However , he learned a lot about the coaching business while helping his dad with the track program.

When Ron Oestrike h ung up his coaching gear after 23 years at the helm, he h ad developed EMU baseball into one of the top intercollegiate programs in the nation. D uring that 23-year reign, Oestrike-coached squads produced 658 wins and gained national

Jay Jones

Mike Jones

prominence. Following in Ron Oestrike's

footsteps at EM U was daughter Nancy Oestrike, a standout softball player for EMU. And despite his poor choice of schools, son M att Oestrike has been a four-year starter for the Bowling Green State University baseball team.

Nancy Oestrike was a three-year regular for the EMU softball team and also lettered three years in field hockey and one in volleyball. She was named All-Mid-American Conference in softball and field hockey in 1983. She joined the EMU softball staff as an assistant coach for two seasons before becoming the head coach at Adelphi University in New York in 1989.

While Mike Jones was not a swim­ming standout as a student-athlete at EMU, he was a pretty good baseball player.

After learning to coach the sport of swimming as a high school coach, Jones returned to his alma mater to coach men 's swimming and went on to turn EMU into one of the best intercol­legiate programs in the nation over a 2 1-year span before retiring from his coaching job in 1988. D uring that

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While many collegiate athletes fight to balance sports with studies, bucking the stereotype of the academically­inferior college athlete is not easily accomplished.

Many athletes at Eastern Michigan University, however, are making headway in the sports/studies battle and posting berter grade point averages while continuing their pursuit of athletic excellence.

In recently released statistics from the Intercollegiate Athletic Depart­ment, nearly 50 percent of EMU's female athletes had grade point averages of 3.0 or better during the 1989 fall semester and 20 percent of EMU's male athletes exceeded 3.0.

Conversely, only seven women, or 5 percent, had fall semester GPAs lower than 2.0 while 90 men, or 22 percent, had GPAs of less than 2.0.

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As of the end of the fall semester, the average cumulative GPA for EMU's male athletes was 2.49 and was 2.88 for women athletes. Associate Athletic Director Lucy Parker credits "the coaches who have increased their emphasis on academics, encouraging their players to give their studies added attention."

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Veteran Hurons ready

for strong '90

Jim Harkema has directed the Eastern Michigan University football team to the best record in the Mid­American Conference over the past fi ve years and expec t s his Hurons to challenge for the league title again in 1990.

Harkema, entering his eighth year at the helm, has made the Hurons the winningest team in the MAC during the last five years with a 33-20-2 overall record and a 25- 15- 1 MAC mark. Included in that record are consecutive runnerup finishes the past two seasons as well as a league t i t le and California Raisin Bowl victory in 1987.

And with 40 lettermen returning from last year's team that went 7-3- 1 overall and 6-2 in MAC action, Harkema and h is staff entered the J 990 spring dri lls with the idea of shoring up several areas hurt by graduation lo sses to help the Hurons meet the challenge of another tough season.

"We went into the spring knowing we needed to develop several areas and I was p leased with what we accom­plished," Harkema said. "Obviously, the quarterback area was one of concern because of the loss o f Tom Sullivan but our top two guys, Shane Jackson and Scott Hormann, p layed very well in the spring game."

The success of the offense will most likely rest on the emergence of an of­fensive line that was crippled by graduation and injury. "Losing K urt Davis to a knee injury early and sickness to some of the other players has slowed things down and that area will conti nue to be an emphasis in the

fall," Harkema said . . Six-foot-three, 265-pound offensive

tackle S teve Brockelbank earned first­team All-MAC honors last year and returns for h is senior season.

The receiving corps is in good shape with starting wide receivers Todd Bell and Jon Pfeifer battling lettermen Rodney Screen, Dan Bennet t, Chri s Nyenhuis and Dan Baenziger for p lay ing time.

The EMU defense, n umber one in total defense in the MAC last year, returns five starters, led by pre-season All-American candidate Bob Navarro. A 6-foot- l, 1 80-pound senior, Navarro tied for the lead in the NCAA Division I -A ranks last year with 12 intercep­tions.

"The defensive backfield seems to be strong but that may be because we have an outstanding defensi ve line for the second year in a row," Harkema added. "We have some veterans returning on the line and the young p layers have played very well to give us good depth.

"The linebackers are young but a lso pretty good and I think the depth there will be a big p lus," Harkema added.

Anchoring the defensive line will be second-team Al l-MAC defensive end Craig Petersmark a long with three-year let termen Donshell English and Mike Bass.

The kicking game suffered a huge loss with the graduation of Tim Henneghan. John Laupp handled all of the kickoff du ties last year but decided not to use hi s fifth year o f eligibility.

Despi te the loss of those two kickers, sophomore Jim Langeloh should be a strong replacement. Langeloh booted field goals o f 44, 38 and 32 yards in the '90 spri ng game. J unior punter Monty Kirkland missed four games last year with a shoulder separation but was the starter in the o ther seven contests and returns to duty thi s year.

Men swimmers stay on top

The rest of the Mid-American Con­ference must be wondering when the EMU men's swimming team will falter.

Eastern kept its lock on the MAC championship with a victory in the 1990 championships held at Bowling Green. That title marks the 1 1th consecu tive MAC title and 12th in the last 13 seasons for the Hurons.

The Hurons scored 875 point s to win the crown while second-place Ohio had 669 .5.

EMU's Ed Wagner won seven even t s in the meet to lead the field of swimmers. Wagner won individual titles in the 50-yard freestyle, the I 00-yard but terfly and the 50-yard freestyle and also swam on four winning relay teams, the 400-yard medley relay, the 200-yard freestyle relay, the 200-yard medley relay and the 400-yard free­style relay.

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coaching period Mike Jones recorded a 177-50 record and led EMU to 10 Mid­American Conference ti tles.

And four of those MAC titles may have carried the best memories for Jones, whose son Jay Jones was an in­tegral part of those sq uads. Jay won four consecutive Mid-American Con­ference 200-yard b utterfly crowns from 1980-83 and a lso captured the 200-yard individua l medley title in 198 1. Jay i s curren t ly a medical doctor in Detroit.

The coaches and their athletic offspring are just a small example of the number of former EMU a thletes and students who have had sons or daughters compete for the Green and White. That tradition of "family" has been a long and sturdy one for Eastern Michigan and has served the Univer­sity well.

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-campus News University develops strategic plan for 1990-95

EMU President William Shelton says while the University is "enjoying considerable accomplishments and even greater potential," it 's important to lay the groundwork for the direction in which the school should grow.

As part of the strategic planning process, Shelton recently held three forums with the University community to involve it in the process.

Participants learned that even though EMU has enjoyed the largest growth percentage of the major institutions in Michigan in recent years, the level of

state support has not kept pace. EMU is $1,700 to $ 1,800 below the state aver­age in per-student appropriation.

In determining a vision of the Uni­versity (e.g. should it focus on being a learning institution as opposed to a research institution or a teaching institution?), Shelton says it's impor­tant to realize EMU can't be all things to all people. He says it will be necessary for the University to look at its strengths and build on them, while considering available resources.

Environmental concerns highlighted on campus

Professor Andrew Nazzaro discusses ground rules/or "The World Game" with studem Andrea Krueger. Dr. Nazzaro chaired the EMU Earth Day planning commitlee.

A number of recent campus events spotlighted the environment and the need to protect the planet Earth from its inhabitants.

EMU's spring commencement coin­cided with the celebration of Earth Day, which was the focus of the

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commencement address. The featured speaker was noted ecologist Dr. Simon Asher Levin, the director of Cornell University's Center for Environmental Research and a professor of applied mathematics and ecology at Cornell.

Muddling Through, which was billed as an "ecologimusical revue" was presented by the EMU Communication and Theatre Arts Department. The music for Muddling Through was written by Nancy Ford, EMU's 1990 McAndless Distinguished Professor in the Humanities. The show was a collection of songs and sketches carrying an environmental theme.

A map of the world the size of a basketball court was the site of another unique Earth Day event at EMU. Called "The World Game," it was de­veloped as a creative alternative to war games to show geopolitical complexi­ties and teach conflict resolution and planning. Players are distributed according to world population patterns, while "resource units" indicate where there is an abundance of resources and where resources are threatened.

President William Shelton recorded all recommendations proposed by partici­pants in a series of University forums.

Pho1ofrom 1he Eastern Echo: S1even J.

Koponen

EMU celebrates Black History

Month

EMU sponsored more than 30 events as part of the University's recognition of Black History Month.

Lectures offered included one on "Slavery and the Holocaust" by Syracuse University Professor Laurence Thomas, and another on "Black Male/Female Relationships," presented by "Gentle" George Folkes. Thomas has served as a Fellow at the National Humanities Center and as the Andrew E. Mellon Faculty Fellow at Harvard University, while Folkes was awarded three contracts by the U. S. Department of Labor to train young black filmmakers in Atlanta.

The editor in chief of Essence magazine, Susan Taylor, spoke on "Black Empowerment." Taylor is also a vice president of Essence Communi­cations.

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Florence (Hurd) Cathcart, '14, known as Davison's most beloved school teacher, celebrated her 97th birthday A ugust 3, 1 989. Duri ng her career Cathcart taught school in Battle Creek, Fli nt, Detroit and Davison. Cathcart also served as Davison's grade school principal. She retired in D unedin, Fla., b ut returned home to Michigan in 1972.

1940

William Simmons, '42, superintendent of the Wayne County Intermediate School District and a member of the EMU Board of Regents, was appointed to the Northeast-Midwest Leadership Council by U.S. Rep. William Ford.

Donald Currie, '47, was elected chairman of the Board of Trustees for l nterlochen Center for the Arts in northern Michigan. He is executive director emeritus of the M ichigan Association of School Administrators and has been a member of l nterlochen 's Board of Trustees since 197 l .

He was a former dean of students at EMU and was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree from the U niversity.

Currie, who has served as a teacher and administrator of p ublic schools, schools i n industry and at the uni versity level , has held positions with the Michigan Association of School Administra­tors, the Michigan Department of Education and the State Board of Education.

Currie and his wife, Betty, divide time between their two homes in Rogers City, Mich., and Mesa, Ariz.

Burton Dickerson, '49, a retired Central Michigan University professor, has won numerous awards in juried exhibitions for his paintings, i ncluding first place in the Flint I nstitute of Art Michigan Show and the Grand Rapids Art Museum Michigan Show.

1950

Theodore Dixon, '51, was promoted to senior associate at the architectural design firn1 of Hobbs & Black Associates, I nc.

Mary (Ausum) Batcheller, '56, was awarded Level IV Assessor Certifica­tion by the State Assessor's Board October 9, 1989. Batcheller, who has served as the assessor for the city of Trenton since 198 1, ran unopposed for her fifth term in the November elect ion.

Tahir Mansour, '58, was awarded the 1989 Achievement Award of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing at the National Conference i n Val ley Forge, Pa.

1960

James Snyder, '60, artist and retired Jackson Community College teacher of metal sculpture and welding fabrication and design, has contributed such work as the Golden Jet Fountain at JCC and the logo fountai n at Spri ng Arbor College.

Ralph Grimes, '61, recently named superintendent of Ypsilanti Public Schools, was the guest speaker at the Adrian College/Lenawee County Kickof

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Celebration for Black History Month in February .

Gene Bruce,

'62, a colonel in the U.S. A rmy, heads the Army's depart­ment of Con­tinuing Educa­tion, which provides educational services for soldiers, their families and the Army 's civilian employees. Bruce is head­q uartered in Washington, D.C., overseeing 1,300 civilian employ­ees who staff the network of educational services provided at more than 200 installations around the world.

Prior to his assig nment in Washington, D .C., Br uce served as ROTC brigade commander and was responsible for ROTC programs on 23 campuses in Arkansas and Louisiana.

Bruce, formerly of Petersburg, Mich., has traveled extensively and was stationed in Korea from 1983 until 1985. He also was stationed at Central Michigan U niversity, where he earned his master's and special­ist's degrees. He continued on to earn his Ed.D. from the U ni versity of Maryland, College Park. Bruce's wife Jane is a pharmacist and a University of Georgia graduate.

Charles Cubbage, '62, was appointed director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture's Pesticide and Plant Pest Management Division. Cubbage formerly served as executi ve secretary of the Toxic Substance Control Commission of the Michigan Depart­ment of Natural Resources.

Jack Kaitala, '63, is a hydrologist for the National Weather Service and River Forecast Center i n Forth Worth, Texas.

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-e1ass Notes Allan Torp, '63, was appointed assistant superintendent in charge of curriculum for the East Detroit school district. T orp formerly was principal of East Detroit High School and a varsity football coach.

Elliot Glicksman, '64, is a professor of law at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing. He represented EMU at the inauguration of Lansing Community College President Abel B. Sykes, Jr.

Christine (Lonski) Gratz, '64, is managing editor and publications director for the Michigan Dental Association in Lansing. Gratz formerly was a journalism instructor at Michi­gan State University.

William Morris, '64, was chosen as president-elect of the American A sociation of School Administrators. Morris is the superintendent of the Monroe County Intermediate School District.

Robert Schneider, '66, a bass opera singer living in Augsburg, West Germany, performed at the interna­tional Summer Opera Festival in Salzberg, Austria.

Robert Selwa, '66, received the Agricultural Comm unicator of the Year Award for newspaper reporting from the Michigan Farm Bureau. Selwa is a reporter for The Macomb Daily.

Robert Janson, '67, serves as superin­tende nt of Mount Pleasant Schools. Janson has also served as superinten­dent of Lakeview Public School in St. Clair Shores.

Joe Jeannette, '67, is coordi nator of elementary programs for Utica Community Schools. Jeannette was principal of Schuchard Elementary School for I I years.

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Eliehue Brunson, '68, was appointed regional representative for Region V I I by the U.S . Department of Labor. Brunson formerly was a partner in the law firm of Brunson & Low, P.C., as a general litigation attorney in the areas of civil, criminal and labor law.

Robert Riker, '68, was appointed director of supplier development and systems of the Purchasing Activities section of the GM Materials Manage­ment Staff. Riker formerly was the director of supplier management and scheduling for the Cadillac M otor Car Division.

David Dolan, '69, was appointed adminstrative services director for the Largo Police Department i n Florida. D olan is a native of Jackson, Mich.

Patrick Malamey, '69, was hired as principal of Hart High School. Malar­ney formerly was assistant principal for Onstead Community Schools.

Antoinette Morrison, '69, a member of the Southwestern Michigan College faculty, was awarded a 20-year pin by college trustees. Morrison joined the taff in 1969 as an instructor of

composition and developmental readi ng and now teac hes freshman Eng lish and introduction to human communications.

1970

Richard Ulrich, '70, Rochester school district athletic director, was named Regional Athletic Di rector of the Year by the Michigan Interscholastic Ath­letic Administrators Association.

George Wassel, '70, was named a vice president of National Bank of Detroit. Wassel formerly was a Master Trust administrator at NBD.

Donna Rhodes, 70, executive director of the National Foun­dation for the Improvement of Education, received an honorary degree from EMU at the commencement ceremony in Bowen Field H ouse on Saturday, April 2 1, 1990.

Rhodes lead the development of programs such as Operation Rescue, funded by the National Education Association; the Christa McAuliffe Institute for Educational Pioneering; and the project on Technology and Restructuring Schools : Teacher Leadership in Technological Applications.

Prior to becoming director of the foundation, Rhodes served as executive assistant to the president at California State University in Fullerton.

Rhodes earned a master 's degree from EMU in 1970 in social foun­dations and continued her education at the University of Michigan, where she obtained a specialist's degree in 1972. Five years later, she earned her doctorate from the University of Louisville in Ken­tucky.

Ellen Brubaker, '71, was elected to Adrian College's board of trustees to represent the West Michigan Confer­e nce of the United Methodist Church. Reverend Brubaker has been a member of the West Michigan Conference since 1974.

Dr. Frank Clark, '71, owner and medical director of MEC-1 Medical Center in Benton Harbor, has invented and marketed a device to relieve ear pain called "Ear Ease."

Ann Hinsdale-Knisel, '71, '75, was appointed Lenawee County coopera­tive extension director. Hinsdale­Knisel has served as the Lenawee County extension home economist since September 1976.

Susan Zaks, '71, is the director of Camp Tamarack in Brighton. Zaks has supervised the girls' villages at Ortonville for three years.

Dan Bachman, '72, is superintendent of Chassell Township Schools. Bachman formerly was principal at Calvary Christian School in Roseville.

J. Christopher Holman, '72, of Mason, was appointed to the board of directors of Capital Directions, Inc., and Mason State Bank. Holman is the owner of "The Greater Lansing Business Monthly"; Renaissance Pro­ductions, a graphic art and design company; and H&H Laboratory, Inc., a sales and marketing consulting firm.

Ron Leslie, '72, and his wife, Laura, were named Perchvill.e King and Queen by the Tawas Area Chamber of Commerce. Leslie is only the second manager to operate the East Tawas city park and recreational system.

Milton Mack, '72, Wayne County commissioner, was named the Out­standing Elected Official of the Year by the Detroit Metropolitan Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration.

Edward McEachern, '72, '76, owner of Print and Copy Centers, was selected as the 1990 Ypsilanti Area Small Business Person of the Year. The award committee focused on business skills, but also recognized McEachem for his leadership in local education, as chairman of the Graphic Arts Advisory Committee of the Ypsilanti Area Regional Career Technical Center, as a Little League coach and as a participant in local hockey and baseball programs.

Alan McLaughlin, '72, was named student activities director at Lawrence Technological University. McLaughlin will coordinate the school's programs in intramural and recreational athletics and administer programs involving student chapters of various organizations.

William Bacarella,

'73, graduated from The Ohio Company Broker Training Course. Bacarella is an account execu­tive in The Ohio Company office in Monroe.

Sandy Eisele, '73, was named city circulation manager for the Ann Arbor News. Eisele formerly was district sales adviser.

Sandra Standel, '73, is principal of Marysville lntem1ediate School. Standel, formerly a student counselor at Marysville High School, was named Employee of the Year in 1987. She has been with the district since 1977.

Robert Amori, '74, was named director of the broker division at LeaseFirst, a national vendor product leasing service based in Southfield.

Dennis Faletti, '74, '88, was promoted to head of the Business and Industrial Technology Departments at Northville High School. Faletti is a former head women's track and cross country coach at EMU.

Gary Mikola, '74, i s manager of the conference department at the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. Mikola formerly was manager of the member services department.

Tom Purmort, '74, has coordinated a local Little League's First Challenger Division, a special league for special children. Purmort is the project manager in Lawrenceville, N.J., at ABB Traction, Inc., dealing in rolling stock and electrical equipment for rail transportation and mass transit industry.

George Rohloff, '74, is corporate materials manager of May and Scofield Inc. in Howell. The company special­izes in plastic moldings and assemblies for the auto industry.

Nina Spaulding, '74, is head of the Flat Rock Historical Society for 1990. The society, which re-elected Spauld­ing as president, works to preserve the history of the Flat Rock area.

Mark Stratton, '74, manager of Manufacturing Engineering Education for the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, accepted additional re­sponsibilities as manager of North American Manufacturing Research Institution.

Angela Witkowski, '74, is the eco­nomic development director of the Monroe Community Development Department.

James Zahner, '74, is an account agent with the Allstate Insurance Co.

Mary Brinker, '75, '80, joined the Edward Surovell Company, Realtors, as a sales associate in Saline. Brinker formerly was community education coordinator for the Ann Arbor Public Schools.

Gene Hillebrand, '75, was appointed inside sales representative for AlN Plastics of Michigan and is responsible for inside sales and telemarketing to retail and industrial customers.

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Leonard Posey, '76, was se lected to serve on the Wayne-Westland school board. Posey is the first b lack member of the board and the first trustee from Inkster.

Robert Sunday, '76, was e lected as assistant principal for Central E lemen­tary in the Mount Morris Schoo l District. Sunday formerly was assistant principa l at the high school in Chip­pewa Schoo l District in Remus.

David Dahl, '77, is an executive officer of the wor ldwide Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service . Dahl, an Army major, has been an assistant professor of mi litary science at Northern Kentucky University since 1985.

Barbara Bartsch Fritz, '77, is the director of the Housing Department for the city of Dearborn. Frit z, a former deputy director for the Housing Department, wi ll be the first woman to head a department in Dearborn since 1978.

Ronald Hoover, '77, wa promoted to national accounts branch manager for MCI . Hoover also will continue his responsibilities to the General Motors/ Electrical Data Systems Nationa l Account.

Rodney Slater, '77, was elected secretary/treasurer of the Arkansas Bar Association for 1989-90. Slater is the director of governmental relations at Arkansas State University.

Alan Walton, '77, a staff attorney for the United Auto Worker' Legal Services Plan, also is president of AFSCME Loca l 3069, which repre­sents 160 attorney employees.

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Larry Paul, '78, of North Canton, was promoted to group supervisor at B&W's Alliance Research Center. Paul formerly was a research specialist for the company.

Lawrence VanNess, '78, was named president of Baker College of Eastern Michigan, and will oversee the new campuses in Port Huron, Mount Cle­mens and Pontiac. VanNess was the president of Baker College of Owosso.

Tom Borg, '79, a national speaker and trainer, is owner and president of a company spe­cializing in cus­tomer service train­ing and consu lting.

Mark Hoover, '79, of Tempe, Ariz., is an implementor for Distribution Architects Internationa l, a company that writes, sells and services computer software for wholesale/retail distribu­tors and manufacturers of durable and non -durable goods. Hoover has been involved with starting a new Alumni Association chapter in the Phoenix area.

Robert Krist, '79, is the po lice chief and director of public safety for the city of Lapeer.

Jim Riethmiller, '79, of Ann Arbor, a ful l-time high schoo l history teacher in Dexter, is also a part-time actor, performing in musica ls, comedies, dramas and television commercials.

Richard Saranen,

'79, was promoted to vice president for investments by the Amerisure Com­pany. Saranen formerly was an assistant vice presi­dent.

1980

Sandra (Jacobs) Chlubna, '80, is a registered occupationa l therapist and provides services for five school systems in the Door and Kewaunee County area of Wisconsin. Ch lubna also provides service to local hospitals. Chlubna and her husband, David, '82,

have traveled extensively to such p laces as Eng land and Australia.

Sr. Alice Gradowski, '80, is principal of St. Joseph Catho lic School in Jackson. Gradowski formerly was principal at St. Dunstan's School in Garden City.

Dr. Robert Simmons, '80, joined the staff of Family Dental Practice in Indian River. Simmons and his f amily reside in Harbor Springs.

Lori (Hagopian) Gougeon, '81, is executive director of Meck lenburg Group Homes in Char lotte, N.C. Gougeon fonnerly was district director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association in Livonia, Mich.

Scot Laskey, '81, graduated from the National Commercial Lending Gradu­ate Schoo l sponsored by the American Banking Association. Laskey is a commercia l loan officer at Monroe Bank & Trust.

Judith March-Adams, '81, was named assistant to the dean of libraries for the Wayne State University Libraries. March-Adams forn1er ly served as legis lation analyst for the National Alliance for Animal Legis lation in Washington, D.C.

Patrick McConnell, '81, of Long Beach, Calif., is working in the department of Disabled Student Services at Rio Hondo Co llege.

Mark Wesley, '81, a state police emergency planner, hiked the Inca Trail in the Andes Mountains for 17 days to pick up trash. The tour was

organized by Journeys International and the Earth Preservation Fund to pick up garbage left by the 6,000 trekkers who travel the trail each year.

David Zuchowski,

'81, was promoted to product manager in Aeroquip Corporation's Aero­space Division Marketing Depart­ment in Jackson. Zuchowski formerly was a marketing analyst.

David Chlubna, '82, was listed in the 1989 National Distinguished Service Registry in recognition of "achieve­ments in the field of counseling and development," and also in the National Treatment Directory for Phobias and Anxiety Related Disorders published by the Phobia Society of America. Chlubna is in group private practice at a psychological services center in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., and coordinates a comprehensive anxiety and phobia treatment program.

James Denzer, '82, was appointed manager of Equal Employment Opportunity Compliance for Northwest Airlines. Denzer is a 1 987 graduate of the William Mitchell College of Law. He also served as an enforcement officer for the Minnesota Department of Human Rights.

Jay Finch, '82, an Iron Mountain attorney, was named chief assistant prosecuting attorney in Dickinson County.

Brian Higgins, '82, was hired by the Pinckney board of education as an assistant superintendent. Higgins formerly was assistant personnel director for Ypsilanti Public Schools.

Robert Kroll, '82, will be the director of bands at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, where he will direct a band composed of gifted students in the sixth and seventh grades. Kroll is the band director at West Middle School in Rochester-Hills.

Gloria McCormick, '82, was hired as the community education director by the Webberville board of education.

Gina Schremser, '82, is a senior writer for Intergroup Marketing and Promo­tions of D 'Arey Masi us Benton & Bowles in Bloomfield Hills. Schremser formerly was creative manager for Sandy Corp.

Timothy Gehrke, '83, '89, is a career development associate for EMU and a counselor for Washtenaw Probate Court. Gehrke's wife, Mary Ann, is director of operations for Dom Bakeries.

Linda Goulet, '83,

was appointed information systems officer by Comerica Incorporated. Goulet, of Northville, formerly was a lead analyst for the company.

Bobby Jones, '83, was promoted to senior vice president for United Healthcare Care Corp. Jones formerly was vice president of operations.

Michael Ferguson, '84, was named interim superintendent by the Allen Park board of education. Ferguson formerly was assistant superintendent.

Robert Gillikin,

'84, was named general manager of Sinai Health Services Credit Union in Detroit. Gillikin formerly was executive loan officer for the Dearborn-based Co-op Services Credit Union.

Robin Haynes, '84,

an architectural historian, is a visiting instructor in art and American studies at Colby College in Water­ville, Maine. Haynes has served as a consultant on various historic preservation projects nationwide.

Sheila Johnson, '84, was appointed senior data base analyst for Monroe Auto Equipment. Johnson formerly was a data administrator for Wayne County.

Randy Narowitz, '84, was appointed administrator of medical affairs of Detroit Macomb Hospital Association. Narowitz formerly was interim administrator of Detroit Receiving Hospital.

Tim Weaver, '84, is U.S. marketing director of Sagami Gomu Koogyoo Industries. Weaver was a graduate fellow with Japan's Ministry of lnter­national Trade and Industry.

Kathleen Wilson, '84, was promoted to manager of international activities for the Society of Manufacturing Engi­neers. Wilson has served as senior administrator in technical activities.

Andrea Brown, '85, is client represen­tative and project manager of Wade­Trim/lmpact, a community planning division of Wade-Trim/Associates in Taylor.

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Kathleen Merrill, '85, was named manager of marketing and customer development for General Motors Automotive Components Group in Troy. Merrill formerly was manager of strategic planning and international marketing at Central Foundry D iv is ion of General Motors in Saginaw.

John Seckinger, '85, was hired as assistant principal and athletic d irector for Johnson H igh School in the Mount Morris District. Seckinger is also the ass istant football coach at Ann Arbor Pioneer High.

Irvin Hall, Jr., '86, was named marketing coordinator of place ment services fo r Orchard's Children's Serv ices, a foster care provider in southeastern Michigan.

Chris Hill, '86, joined Seagram & Singer as a copywriter. He is respon­sible for writing advertising and promotional copy for the firm's c lients.

Cynthia Jones, '86, of Farmington H ills, is a sales representative for Land Data Network in West Bloomf ield.

Arthur Oake, '86, is d irector of the Jackson Business Development Center and an associate dean at Jackson Community College.

Glenn Peacock, '86, was named manager of public relat ions for Mich igan Sugar Co. in Saginaw. Peacock formerly worked in public relations for the National Hearing Aid Soc iety in Livonia.

Nancy Pionk, '86, was admitted to the Ill inois state and federal bars. P ionk participated in the lntraschool Moot Court Competit ion and was named the best speaker of the 1987 Chicago Bar Assoc iation Moot Court Competit ion.

Darrell Pursiful, '86, is a mission pastor at the D eHaven Memorial Baptist Church in LaGrange, Ky.

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Candice Uhl, '86, was named Y oung Career Woman for 1990 by t he Belleville Business and Profess ional Women's Club. Uh l is the owner of Belvil Flowers and G ifts.

Gwen (Jones) Fedor, '87, presented an art show at the Harding-Mott Univer­sity Center Gallery on the University of M ichigan-Fl int campus. Fedor's e xh ib its focus pri marily on Southwest­ern Ind ian themes.

Scott Fisher, '87, is the author of "The Ironmen," a novel that rel ives the 1939 Iowa football season . Fisher is a technical writer f or Creative Universal in Warren.

Ron Leuty, '87, was named business writer for The Herald-Palladium in St. Joseph. Leuty, the first to f ill the pos it ion full-time, fo rme rly was a staff writer for the Ypsilanti Press.

Matthew Skeels, '87, is a laboratory supervisor at Testing Engineers and Consultants in Troy.

Eila Alhonlinna-Meusling, '88, was named data processing manager of Brooklyn P roducts Inc. in Brooklyn. Alhonlinna-Meusling formerly was a programmer analyst for O&S Manufac­turing Co. in Whitmore Lake.

Deborah Felder-Smith, '88, is the director of the Women's Resource Center in Howell. The center provides such services as counseling, re ferrals, ed ucational workshops and community presentations on women's issues.

Kathy Herman, '88, was promoted to production control manager at Aeroquip Corpora­tion 's Aerospace Div ision plant in Jackson.

Char Reese, '88, was named confer­ence d irector for O livet College. Reese formerly worked in marketing and public relations at Domino's P izza World Headquarters.

Joseph Rossi, '88, is the assistant pr inc ipal of Chelsea H igh School. Rossi fonne rly was a mathemat ics teacher in the d istrict.

Cheryl Davis, '89, was appointed superv isor of human resources by the Cross Company in F raser.

Skip Freysinger, '89, is training and development coordinator of Aeroquip Corpora­tion's Aerospace Division in Jackson.

Kelly McCarthy, '89, was appointed sales manager of the Rad isson Resort Hotel and Conference Center in Yps ilanti. McCarthy formerly was on s taff at Weber's Inn in Ann Arbor.

Marriages

Jacquelyn Butcko, '89, and J effrey Mull

Genise Fries, '81, and Mark Pattullo

Anniversaries

John Gardner, '27, and h is w ife, Loretta, '54, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on December 27, 1989. John is a former teacher, principal and coach and has spent much of h is l ife in horticultural farming. Loretta taugh t elementary school for 4 1 years, many of them at George School in Ypsilanti. The Gardners resided in Ypsilanti through­out the ir l ives, b ut recently ret ired to Saline.

Retirements

Lawrence Miller, '41, retired a s principal of Howe Trainable School in West Dearborn after 39 and one-half years of service in the district. Donald Julien, '52, retired as assi stant principal of Cou sino High School after 37 and one-half years in education. Julien also ser ved as coach and teacher d uring his career. Ken Wegner, '52, retired as principal of Fenton High School, concluding 36 and one-half years in education. Wegner served as coach, teacher and admini strator throughout his career. Harold Burkholder, '65, retired as superintendent of Lake City Schools after 33 years in education. Burkholder has served as superintendent and principal in the di strict for the past 17 years. Harlan Minor, '57, retired after teaching physical ed ucation at Parcells School for 28 years. The school's ad ministrators honored Minor with a tree planting ceremony to recognize his years of service. Edward Linta, '68, retired as academic counselor in Ferris State University's School of Ar t s and Sciences. Linta has served in several positions including vice president for student affairs, associate vice president for personnel and labor relations and professor of business since 1969. Prior to joining Ferris, he was director of counseling at Washburn University and dean of students at EMU.

Faculty Memoriams

Eugene Holtman, '40, Uni versity Library, Ann Arbor, Mich., 10-24-89

Elizabeth (Wanamaker ) Hyd, '62, English Language and Literature, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Jean Sundqui st, Humanities, Ypsilanti, Mich. , 4-23-90

Sherman Nathaniel Williams, Ann Arbor, Mich., 10-19-89

Memoriams

Marie (Coulson) McLellan , ' 13, Medina, Ohio, 12-25-89

Fem Leutzinger, ' 17, Cadillac, Mich., 10-29-89

Ledah Freed, ' 17, 1 2-30-89 Alice (Colby) Brady, ' 19, Ypsilanti,

Mich., 9-26-89 Helen Young, ' 19, Dansville, Mich.,

2-9-90 Marguerite Cleghorn, '20, Canada Maude Spears, '20, Pontiac, Mich. Louise Ernst, '22, Farmington Hills,

Mich., 1-27-90 Mabel (lone) Wilcoxson, '22, Saginaw,

Mich., 1 1- 13-89 Viola Grant, '24, Ne wberry, Mich.,

2-2-90 Anne Rodeheffer, '24, Levering,

Mich., 1 1 -5-89 Sylvia Miller, '25, Charlevoix, Mich.,

3- 1 1-90 Olah Bid well, '26, Hollywood, Fla.,

3-3-90 Genevieve Loudon, '27, Harrisville,

Mich., 3-2-90 Lill ian Buttolph, '28, Tecumseh,

Mich., 2-27-90 Evelyn Johnson, '28, Morenci, Mich.,

1 -90 Harriet Lambert, '29, Sylvmian Lake,

Mich. Christine Merignac, '30, Largo, Fla.,

2-4 -90 Burnus Page, '30, Pittsford, Mich.,

1- 17-90 Hazel Day, '32, Milan, Mich., 3- 1 1-90 Virginia (Gardner ) McDonald, '32,

Port H uron, Mich., 3-90 Ray Williams, '33, Westland, Mich.,

4-90 Eleanor (Reed) Hicks, '34, Charleston,

S.C ., 10-20-89 Cyril Walker, '34, Canton, Mich. Ethel Bu sh, '36, Fresno, Calif., 2- 16-90 Bernice Gildart, '36, Albion, Mich.,

1-8-90 Irving B ush, '37, Fresno, Calif.,

2-24-90

Ken Matheson, '29, who was ind ucted into the EMU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1980, died March 2 1, 1990 in Traverse City, Mich. at the age of 85. Matheson earned 1 1 varsity letters in football, track and basketball at EMU and was captain of the football team in 1929. Matheson went on to earn a master 's degree from Wayne State Uni versity in 1937.

Matheson was a Metro Detroit high school coach and athletic director for 39 years. He also coached football at Wayne State University in 1938. He was active in numerou s groups, serving as president of Green Lake Betsie River Association, chairman of Green Lake To wnship Planning Commission, president of Inter­lochen Lions Club and was a member of the Michigan A ssocia­tion of Retired School Personnel. Matheson was also named to the Michigan High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1970.

Eleanor (Bowen) Case, '31, died on February 17, 1990 in Petoskey, Mich. Case was the daughter of the late Professor Wilbur Bowen for whom Eastern 's Bowen Field House was named. Case's hu sband, Howard, of Alanson, Mich., is a 1934 EMU graduate.

Paulus Hoopfer, '37, Sun City, Ariz., 1 -2-90

Franklin Graubner, '38, Marshall, Mich., 12- 13-89

Jack Lockwood, '38, Concord Township, Mich., 3-28-90

Robert Shafer, '40, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1- 1 8-90

Mary Purchase, '42, Ithaca, N. Y., 3-6-90

Margaret (Raymond) Ferguson, '43, Port Sanilac, Mich., 6- 17-89

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Elizabeth Tu nnicliffe, '44, Ypsilanti , Mich., 2-23-90

Jean (Bailes) Evans, '46, Ypsilanti, Mich., 3-23-90

Vernon Sherman, '47, Petoskey, Mich., 2- 19-90

Maynard Klein, '50, Ann Arbor, Mich., 2-7-90

Carol Stewart, '50, California Esther Howarth , '5 1, Fli nt, Mich .,

3- 18-90 Ronald Bridge, '56, Panama City

Beach, Fla., 2- 14-90 Wayne Getty, '56, Mio, Mich., 8-23-89 Lydia Hatch, '56, Jackson, Mich . Dean Smith, '56, Orchard Lake, Mich.,

8-3-89 Myrtle Wollaeger, '56, Sault Ste.

Marie, Mich. Jane Durant, '57, Ypsilanti , Mich. James Green, '57, Asheville, N.C.,

2- J 1-90 Mary Jones, '58, Boca Rato n, Fla.,

8- 15-89 Arthur Mann, '58, Central Lake, Mich. Emily (Cody) Rauch , '58, Flint , Mich.,

1 1-4-89 Zella Welden, '5 8, Jonesville, Mich .,

2- 10-90 Bessie Wi se, '58, Clinton, Mich.,

3- 1 8-90 Mary Ackerman, '59, Jackson, Mich. Frances Bird, '59, Milan, Mich .,

1 1-27-89

Let us know . . .

If you: • have a name or address change, • receive duplicate mailings from the

Alumni Relations Office, • have questions about pledges or

gifts, please write or call Office for Alumni Relations, Suite 015 Welch Hall, EMU , Yp silanti, Ml 48 197 ( 3 1 3 ) 487-0250.

If you receive duplicate maili ngs, please enclose all labels you were sent.

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Gwyneth Pratt, '59, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.

James White, '59, Littleton, Colo., 1 2-3 1-89

Helen (Bunton) Waterman, '60, 2-20-90

Ruth Brant , '6 1, Plymouth, Mich., 1-6-90

Anna McKay, '6 1 , Clio, Mich. Zelda Treichel, '62, Prescott, Mich .,

12- 13-89 Avis Gesler, '64 , Ann Arbor, Mich. Michael Yatchman, '64, Lincoln Park,

Mich. Marion Hill, '65 , Dansville, Mich.,

1-8-90 Margaret Nurmi, '66, Marquette,

Mich., 2-1-90 Kenneth Wenk, '66, San Francisco,

Calif., 2-25-90 Stephanie Homenik, '67, Livonia,

Mich., 8-1 1 -89 Drew Reeves-Dundee, '69, Sa ndu sky,

Mich., 7-15-89 Dorothy Goodfellow, '69, Fenton,

Mich. Dorothy Thodeson, '69, Manchester,

Mich. Robert Marks, '70, Dayton, Ohio,

1-24-90 Quentin Blonigen, '72, Clio, Mich.,

1-27-90 Carroll McFadden, '72, Pontotoc,

Miss., 4-90 Richard Uchman, '74, Willi s, Mich.,

3-30-90 Jean A nderson, '75 , Tecumseh , Mich. ,

1-24-90 Mary Effinger, '82, Ann Arbor , Mich.,

4-89 Mildred Wilson, '82, Allenton, Mich.,

1- 15-90 Nancy Kinnard, '88, Clinton, Mich .,

10-22-89 Helen Betts, '89, Jackson, Mich.,

1 1- 24-89 Paul Kozma, '89, Ann Arbor, Mich .,

1-24-90

Michael O'Connor, '83, of Troy, Mich., died at age 29 from injuries sustained in a car crash. The O'Connor family allowed his organs to be donated. His heart was given to a 45-year-old patient who had been on a waiti ng li st for a donated heart since May 1989. The transplant surgery was performed at Henry Ford Hospital.

O'Connor was an attorney in Troy. He was a graduate of Troy Athens High School , Eastern Michigan University and Cooley Law School.

Susan Burch Hill, former dean of students at EMU, died March 26, 1990 in Naples, Fla. , at the age of 85. Hill Residence Hall was named for her when she retired from the University.

Hill served as EMU's dean of women from 1939 until 1963, when the offices of the dean of women and the dean of men were combined into the dean of students. Hill held this position until she retired in 1969. Prior to joining the EMU staff, Hill was assistant dean at Iowa State Teachers College.

Hill held a bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota and a master's degree from the Teacher's College of Columbia U niversity.

Hill served on the Ypsilanti City Council from 1958 until 1962 and was an active member of the American Association of Univer­sity Women, Delta Kappa Gamma and the Michigan Association of Women Deans and Counselors.

What's Happening?

Awards, civic activities, promotions, marriages, births a nd other events that are an important part of your life are important to us, too. Just send us your news for inclu­sion i n a f uture issue of Eastern Today. However, d ue to the time required to proc­ess your information a nd produce the magazine, it may take up to six months for your news to appear in print. Preference in using class notes will be given to Alumni Association members.

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City _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____ ____ State __ Zip _ _ _ _ _

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My news (please attach separate sheet) :

Please mail to : Office for Al umni Relations Suite O 15 Welch Hall Eastern Michigan U niversity Ypsilanti, Michigan 4 8 197

WHY NOT SEND A PICTURE TOO? Please send o nly black and white glossy head shots. Photos will be returned upon request. 7/90

Behind the scenes

The Eastern Today editorial commit­tee would like to address some questions from our readers concerni ng the time it takes to publish class notes and the process by which the notes are prioritized.

Alumni should allow at least six months for a class note to be printed in the magazine. This i s primarily because each note that comes through Univer­sity mail must first be recorded in Alumni Records and Research in order to maintain an active and updated alumni records system. The notes are then relayed through the Alumni

Relations a nd Al umni Development Office to U niversity Publications, where they are sorted, filed, written , edited a nd finally printed i n the magazi ne.

The editorial committee developed a system of prioritizing the c lass notes as they are sorted. Class notes accompa­nied by photographs receive top priority. This is because alumni recog­nize faces of former classmates more easily than only names. High priority is also given to those class notes sent in by the individual or a friend of that person .

Alumni Activities

JULY 1 5-30 Davos, Switzerland-EMU

Alumni Globetrotter Tour. AUGUST 19 Chicago Alumni Chapter

Brunch 25 MAC at Meadowbrook. SEPTEMBER

Fresno, Calif.-EMU vs. Fresno State and pre-game tailgate.

29 Bloomington, lnd.-EMU vs. University of Indiana a nd pre-game tailgate.

OCTOBER 6 Toledo , Ohio-EMU vs.

University of Toledo, convoy and pre-game tailgate.

27 Homecoming-EMU vs. Central Michigan University.

DECEMBER 2 Charles Dickens Christmas

in Holly 7-8 Boulder, Colo.-Men's bas­

ketball at Mile Hi Classic tournament a nd Alumni O utreach.

Besides personal class notes, the U niversity receives many alumni announcements and stories through newspaper clipping services and various company press releases. These notes are sorted according to gradu­ation date and are prioritized u nder such headings as awards, civic activi­ties, promotions, marriages, births a nd other events.

If you have f urther questions or comments about class notes, please direct them to the Alumni Relations

Office.

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-coast-to Coast

Florida alumni meet the president

EMU's Florida connections had an opportunity to meet with President William Shelton as he traveled to the sunshine state for several meetings with alumni. Shelton attended Alumni

Sharing a laugh at an Alumni Outreach event in Orlando are Stan Schook, '48, Fran Kujda, '83 (president of the Central Florida Alumni Chapter) and Marlyn Martin.

Outreach events in Fort Myers, Fort Lauderdale and St. Petersburg in March. Jim Marlin, '50, emceed all three events, plus one in Orlando with the Central Florida chapter. Following

dinner at Orlando's Omni Hotel, alumni and friends took in a basketball game between the Orlando Magic and the Charlotte Hornets.

Members of the Florida Suncoast Alumni Chapter enjoyed a reception and brunch in St. Petersburg. Pictured from bouom left to right, Terry Lorenz, Ralph Lorenz, '37, Harold Gears, Betty Gears, '39, Peg Fenker, Meldrew Bernard, '36, Ed Bernard, '37, Al Pons, '35, and Molly Pous.

,,

h," Fort Lauderdale was the site/or a gathering of the Southeast Florida Alumni Chapter. Left to right, Kurt Ely, Lillian Conklin, '50, EMU President William Shelton, Chapter Presidellf Alan Conklin, '50, and EMU Assistant Director of Alumni Relations Carole Lick.

The Southwest Florida Alumni Chapter gathered in Fort Myers/or a reception and dinner, and a chance to learn the latest news from Ypsilanti. Clockwise from bouom center, Marilyn Kloosterman, Win Kloosterman, Eleanor McGarry, '43, C. C. Meredith , '29, Marian Light Haas, Victor Haas, Stan Gex, and Mary Gex.

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A midwinter night's fun

What do you do w hen a night at the theater runs suspiciously close to bedtime? Well, the answer for a num­ber of EMU alumni and friends was to attend a performance of "The Pajama Game" in their p.j.s. The event was co­sponsored by the Huron Valley C hapter of the A lumni A ssociation, EMU Alumni Outreach and the Department of Communication and Theatre Arts. More than half o f those in attendance wore some form of night­clothing, from homemade night caps to huge slippers. And many brought their old teddy bears to keep them company i n the dark thea ter.

Pr ize categories included nuttiest nightcap and silliest slippers, a s determined by judges from the H uron Valley Chapter. The chapter also prov ided volun teer help for the evening.

Special thanks go to t he four th grade class at Fletcher Elementary School in Ypsilanti for the artwork which decorated the lobbies. The studen ts ' teacher, Tom Tobias, '63, was feat ured in the Winter 1990 issue of Eastern Today.

Yes Virginia, there is football in

Indiana

Travel to Bloomington, ind. wi t h other Alumni A ssoc iation members to watch the EMU Hurons take on Indiana University. We'll fly out Satur­day morning (September 29) and arrive in plenty of time for a pre-game tailgate and concert by the EMU and Indiana marching bands. The package i ncludes roundtrip transportation, the tailgate and game t icket, a Hoosier Country BBQ and a night 's lodgi ng in the resort community of Nashville, Ind. If you 'd like to join us for a weekend of football fun, call (3 1 3 ) 487-0250.

Ken Glenn, '85, and his wife, Lori captured a couple's theme award at a special performance of "The Pajama Game."

Follow the Hurons to Fresno

It's t ime for a change of pace this Labor Day weekend. I f you 're tired of the same old holiday picnic a t the park

consider a ta ilgate picnic in Fresno, California. Alumni Outreach is spon­soring a trip to sunny California to

A couple's theme award was also presented to Alumni Association board member Sanford Herman, '67, ' 74, and his wife Barbara, ' 74.

watch the EM U football team take on Fresno State University. We'll leave Detroit wi t h the team aboard a char­tered flight at 4 p.m. August 30, and return the morning of September 2. The package includes two nigh t s lodg ing at the P icadilly University inn, a cocktail and d inner party, the Saturday tailgate and a ticket to the game. We'll even throw in a pom-pon for you to use to cheer the Hurons on to v ictory. Two packages are available, includ ing a land-only package. For more informa­tion about reservations, call Alumni Relations at (3 13) 4 87-0250.

II Bring your family to EMU sporting events!

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1990 Home football schedule

Sept. 8 WESTERN MICHIGAN* 6:00 p.m. 27 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* 6:00 p.m.

1 5 OHIO*

(Band Day)

Oct. 6 at Toledo* (Convoy Trip)

1990 Women's home basketball schedule

Nov. 10 (through December) German Nat'l Team

(Exh.) 7:30 p.m.

26 LOYOLA-

CHICAGO

Dec. 1 2 MICHIGAN

7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.

*Mid-American Conference Games

Office for Alumni Relations 0 1 5 Welch Hall

Eastern Michigan Unjversity

Ypsilanti, Michigan 48 197

l :OO p.m. (Homecoming/Parents' Night)

10 BALL STATE*

l :OO p.m. (Family Day)

1990 Home volleyball schedule Sept. 2 1 -22 EMU TOURNAMENT 5:00 p.m.

Marquette, Valparaiso, Akron Oct. 5-6 EMU TOURNAMENT 5:00 p.m.

Auburn, Wisc.-Milwaukee, Windsor

9 UNlVERSITY OF DAYTON 7:30 p.m.

13 WESTERN MICHIGAN 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 2 MIAMI UNIVERSITY 7:30 p.m.

3 BALL STATE 3:00 p.m.

23-24 MAC TOURNAMENT

l :OO p.m.

1990 Men's home basketball schedule (through December)

Tentative Nov. 20 YUGOSLAVIA TEAM

(EXHIBITION) 8:00 p.m.

24 ST. MARY'S TBA

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