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Clawson, Michigan is a small town—only 2.4 square miles. Once little more than two sawmills and a few farms, it was eventually captured by the urban sprawl of Detroit. In the years following WW-II the town rapidly grew as large num-bers of homes were built for the blue collar workers needed to fuel the auto and manufacturing plants of the post-war boom.

There is, however, little remarkable in that. Itʼs the story of thousands of small towns—places from which you would expect very little. But that would be a mistake. Those two square miles wound up producing an extraordinary number of truly remarkable and gifted people.

In an area smaller than what would be needed for a few good sized urban shopping centers, it somehow managed to produce a host of professional athletes, innovative busi-ness people, writers, and major players in the arts and en-tertainment industries. This does not include the hundreds of doctors, lawyers and other professionals—nor the tens of thousands of simple, honest, hard-working people—who got their start there.

Clawson got the job done the way most small towns do—in a simple, off-hand, no nonsense, blue-collar kind of way. It represents a value system and a way of life that seems to be evaporating in our modern high-tech world. Yet, despite it all, the city remains as a symbol of everything that is right with America.

CONTENTS

Forward by Melodie Nichols i

Preface v

Arts and EntertainmentDan Carlisle 3 Radio DJ, FM Radio PioneerPam Coutilish (Pam Scott) 7 Director, Playwright, Acting TeacherDavid Frezza 9 Actor, Singer, Dancer,Ken Gardestad 15 Swedish Song Writer and ArchitectChristina Kokubo 21 Movie and TV actressRobert McKee 23 Broadway Actor, Screenwriter, LecturerJason Mulheisen 27 Movie and TV ActorDaniel Scanlon 29 Illustrator, Cartoonist, Movie AnimatorAngeline Squires 31 International Dancing StarTerri Turner 35 Miss Michigan Teen USA 1986Al Terwilliger 37 Actor, Singer, Dancer, InventorVictoria Rose Zalewski 41 Puppet Fabricator

BusinessRobert Birch 47 Industrial DeveloperWilliam D. Morean 51 Co-owner of Jabil Circuits

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Beth-Ann Morean 53 Co-owner of Jabil CircuitsStephan Ross 55 European Textile Entrepreneur

Civic LeadersJanet Crawford (Lusk) 59 Development Coordinator - Detroit Institute for ChildrenEdward Luttenberger 61 Board President - National Vietnam War MuseumPaul Raine 67 Attorney and Co-founder of the Greater Detroit Free-NetFr. Simon Stark 71 Missionary to AfricaTeri Takai 73 Chief Information Officer State of California

LawKyle Hayes 77 National Police Officers Hall of FameBristol Hunter 79 JudgeDavid Hunter 83 Author and Environmental Lawyer

MilitaryEdith Davis 87 Pioneering Women’s Army Corps OfficerHerbert “Bud” Trexler 91 Army Commander, West Point Professor

SportsMark Campbell 97 Tight End — National Football LeagueMarty Clary 99 Pitcher — Atlanta Braves

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Tim Gleason 101 Defenseman — National Hockey LeagueRay Hayes 103 Defensive Tackle — National Football League Member of the 1968 Super Bowl Champion, New York JetsAndy Helmuth 105 Drafted by Chicago BlackhawksJon Janson 107 Offensive Tackle — National Football LeagueTom Joyce 109 Pitcher — Chicago White Sox systemThomas Morgan 111 Olympic Sports MedicineFrank Niedowicz 115 Pitcher/Outfielder — Philadelphia Athletics systemMary Olsen 117 Two time Big-10 Individual Gymnastics ChampionGary Sabaugh 119 Pro Wrestling Federation Heavyweight ChampionJoseph Sade 121 1976 Olympic WrestlerStanley Somers 123 Pitcher — Philadelphia AthleticsBill Stewart 125 Outfielder — Kansas City AthleticsBrian Woltman 127 Third Baseman — Houston Astros system

Writing and PublishingMatt Crossman 131 Associate Editor — Sporting News MagazineMolly Glad 133 Childrens Writer

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Jeff Gordon 135 Sports Columnist, TV & Radio talk show hostTom Grundner 137 Author, Publisher

Clawson to ClawsonRobert Acton 143 CHS Teacher, Coach, FriendWhitney Hames 147 CHS TeacherJames Hunter 149 DentistSteven McClelland 151 PhysicianFrederick Reid 153 PhysicianClair Wilson Volk 155 CHS TeacherClawson to Clawson Teachers 157

NotablesValdor “Les” Haglund 161 Father of 2008 Miss America Kristen HaglundArthur Sunquest 163 Friend of the Clawson Police DepartmentThe Ullman Quads 165 Quadruplets born in ClawsonThe VanderVen Brothers 167 Researchers, College Professors, Authors

In RemembranceWorld War I 171World War II 172Korean War 179VietnamWar 180

About the Author 185