alumni Class Notes 1960s
David Grath (BS60) had art work, including his new oil paintings, exhibited throughout the month of October at the Circa Estate Winery in Leelanau County.
Peter Saputo (BS61) has retired as a professional actor, director and professor and is now involved in local productions as an actor and director in North and South Carolina.
Karl Heise (BA64) will be retiring as a professor of Spanish from Minnesota State University of Mankato, Minn., after
35 years of service.
Jim Sargent (BS64) has retired from a long career of teaching American history at the high school and collegiate level, coaching basketball, and serving as dean of the Social Studies division at Virginia Western Community College. He is writing a history of the South Bend Blue Sox of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
Paul Muxlow (BS66) has been elected state representative of Brown City and is serving his first term in the Michigan House of Representatives.
Robert Chapman (BBA67) has been elected to serve as chairman of the board of directors for the Michigan Bankers Association.
R. L. McNeely (BA68) serves as chairman of the Felmers O. Chaney Correctional Center advisory board and on the executive committee of the NAACP branch in Milwaukee, Wis., where he also conducts legal education seminars on domestic violence. He and his law associate have recently launched a website,
MidwestLegalCenter.com.
Mike Morris (BS69, MS73), chairman and chief executive officer of American Electric Power in Columbus, Ohio, was
appointed to the EMU Board of Regents in February. His appointment is for eight years.
1970s
Artemis Alex (BBE70, MBE76) has retired from the Ypsilanti Public School District after 39 years as a business education teacher at the Regional Career Technical Center and Ypsilanti High School.
John Douglas (BS70, MA72) was selected by the Downtown Irish Club as the first-ever out- of-state Grand
Marshal for the 2011 St. Patrick’s Day parade, the third-largest holiday celebration of New Orleans, La.
Dave Hanlon (BBE70), of the band Dave Hanlon’s Cookbook, has successfully released the group’s third CD, Hot & Sweet, through Tasty Tracks label.
Richard Sobecki (BBA70) is retiring after 45 years of service to Huron-Clinton Metroparks. He was the southern district park superintendent for Lake Erie, Lower Huron, Oakwoods and Willow Metroparks.
Eleanor White (BS70, MA88) has received the Beekman Award from the Michigan Association of Administrators of Special Education in recognition of her distinguished service in the administration of special education programs. She is the State Director of Special Education.
Ron Bratlie (MA71) is serving as interim superintendent of the Northland Community School District in Remer, Minn.
Arveta Grady-Fletcher (BS72) has retired as a behavior specialist for the Detroit Public School District and is now an adjunct lecturer for graduate students in Wayne State University’s School of Social Work.
Gary Herron (BBA72) has served as the official scorer for more than 1,300 Pacific Coast League baseball games and has had his book “Baseball in Albuquerque” published by Arcadia Books.
Milton Mack Jr. (BS72), the Wayne County Probate Court Chief Judge,
has received the National College of Probate Judges’ Treat Award for Excellence. He is the first Michigan resident to receive this award.
Matt Zeigler (BS72) is founder of Zeigler & Associates P.C. of Troy, which has just launched its new website,
ziegler.com.
Dan Eversole (BS73) has joined the Mt. Pleasant Area Community Foundation board of trustees.
Al Martus (MA73) has retired from Goodrich High School after more than 40 years in education and athletic administration.
Gary Sullenger (MA73) is the new coordinator of articulation agreements at Life University of Marietta, Ga.
Mike Dougherty (BBA74) has been promoted to senior client executive in pharmaceutical and healthcare industries for Fujitsu America, based in Boston, Mass.
NancyLynn Sharpless (MA74) has been nominated as chairperson of the Valdese Heritage Arts Center, N.C.
Paul White (BS74) has been widely published; his book on educational reform, “The Eureka Learning Academy Student Handbook,” is now available.
Eric Federico (MS75, MA80) has retired after 39 years in education, athletics and administration and has received the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s Charles E. Forsythe Award.
Victor Hogan (MS75) is retiring from the Van Buren School Board after eight years of service to the Van Buren Public School District.
Brian Kelly (BBA75) is retiring from Huron-Clinton Metroparks after 36 years of service. He has most recently been the assistant park superintendent for Kensington Metropark of Milford.
Jim McKinley (MS75) is retiring as president of McKinley Financial Services, Inc., which was founded in 1987.
Was your child born to be an Eagle? Babies (birth – 12 months) who are children or grandchil- dren of EMU alumni can receive a bib like the one modeled by Aubrey Kurek, the daughter of Tony (BBA04, MS05) and Melissa Kurek (BS04). Tony is also a full- time lecturer in the College of Business. To request a bib, e-mail
alumni.relations@
emich.edu or call 734.487.0250.
Claudia Whitsitt (BS75, MA81) has had her book “The Wrong Guy” published by Echelon Press.
Paul Johnson (MBA76) is a guest lecturer at the University of Hyderabad’s School of Management in Hyderabad, India.
Terry Baas (BS77) has joined MetLife Bank as a reverse mortgage consultant for the Great Lakes Region.
Jeanette Balotin (MA77) has been hired as chief of staff to the president of the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta after serving 18 years as assistant dean for programs and planning at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, Md.
Martha Liddle-Lameti (BFA77) was one of four artists to be featured at the Shiawassee Arts Center for the opening of the 2011 exhibition year.
Born to Be an Eagle
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