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Michigan State University • Fall 2004 • Volume 22, No.1 

Cover: 

Peter McPherson 

Photo by Kurt Stepnitz, 

University Relations 

THE MCPHERSON YEARS: 1993-2004 

In a Hannahesque manner, Peter McPherson pushed productivity to a 

new level and advanced MSU’s vision for the future. 

20 

A SPARTAN CONQUERS MT. EVEREST 

An alum seeking to climb the Seven Summits recounts his recent successful 

conquest of Mt. Everest. 

28 

MSU PLAYS KEY ROLE IN HOMELAND SECURITY 

MSU is playing a key role in homeland security, such as helping protect 

the integrity of our food supply. 

34 

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

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PRESIDENT’SPERSPECTIVE 

MSU Alumni Magazine 

Robert Bao 

Editor 

Geneva Tupper 

Advertising Manager 

Dave Giordan 

Design 

Tim Potter 

Photography 

MSU Alumni Association 

Keith A. Williams 

Executive Director 

Nancy Brent 

Associate Director 

David Brown 

Assistant Director 

Louise Cooley 


Andy Henderson 


Sharon Radtke 


L. Patrick Scheetz 


Sandy Soifer 


Bev VandenBerg 


Beverly Carnahan 

Executive Staff Assistant 

Regina Cross 

Marketing and Sales Coordinator 

Cheryl Denison 

Marketing and Sales Coordinator 

Tim Potter 

Information Officer 

Dominic Schimizzi 

Business Manager 

Jackie Sweet 

Membership Coordinator 

Advertising Manager, Geneva Tupper 

(517) 432-1951 • fax (517) 432-7769 

In 

my final President’s Perspective, I want to 

thank all of you for your support, counsel, and advocacy 

for our wonderful university. These past 11 

years have reinforced an already held belief that 

Michigan State is not only a great university, but a 

caring and responsive one. Indeed, we “advance 

knowledge and transform lives” throughout the 

world in truly remarkable ways—we always have, 

and we always will. 

I leave the presidency as Spartans worldwide celebrate 

our sesquicentennial. With each event, 

with each ceremony, with each retrospective, one 

reason we remain the nation’s pioneer and pioneering 

land-grant university becomes obvious: 

We follow in the footsteps of legends. From great 

scientists to great teachers, from great faculty to 

great students, from those who created new 

knowledge to those who globally applied that knowledge, from visionaries to pragmatists, we have 

been led, in action and in example, by the best. 

Earlier this fall, the MSU family came together to celebrate and honor our heritage. On September 

17 we dedicated the statue of John Hannah, whose presidency from 1941 to 1969 is regarded 

as historic not only on the banks of the Red Cedar, but throughout all of higher education. 

On the eve of World War II, John Hannah became president of a college already considered a successful 

“grand experiment.” But he transformed that well-regarded regional college into a 

renowned global university, successfully conducting many “grand experiments” of his own—from 

naming higher education’s first dean of international programs to building the largest campus residence 

hall system, from bringing the National Superconducting Cyclotron to campus to personally 

recruiting highly sought-after young faculty who became internationally renowned scholars at 

John Hannah’s MSC and MSU. As I said on that Friday morning, “John Hannah saw the future. 

And he led us there.” 

The statue of John Hannah captures his spirit, and it captures the spirit of MSU. As depicted in 

the statue, John Hannah is not standing still—he’s on the move. Just like his beloved university. 

Hannah’s on-the-move statue calls us to follow him. His vision, his values, his example, and 

his leadership are part of our present and our future, just as they are part of our past. As I said on the 

dedication day, “May his vision and values guide us for generations to come.” 

As Joanne and I prepare to leave a place, a time, and people that truly have transformed our lives, 

we know that MSU’s first 150 years are a prelude to even greater accomplishments. And we are very 

grateful for a university that values its heritage and traditions. What—and who—made MSU 

great, will keep MSU great. As John Hannah so often said, “Only people are important.” 

COPYRIGHT 2004 

MSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 


MSU Union 


(517) 355-8314 

Peter McPherson 

President, Michigan State University 

MSU is an affirmative-action, 

equal opportunity institution. 

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PRESIDENT DESIGNATE 

In the nearly 30 years I’ve 

known Dr. Simon (cover 

story, Summer 2004), she 

has greatly impressed me 

with her diligence, integrity, 

and how fast she masters 

the intricacies of disparate 

issues facing MSU 

and its faculty. Her 

scholarly research on 

faculty productivity 

and other institutional 

matters, her vast administrative 

experience, 

and the human capital she has acquired 

over the years uniquely 

qualify her to lead this University. 

As faculty liaison to the MSU 

Board of Trustees and someone 

active in our academic governance 

system, I have had many 

opportunities to interact with Dr. 

Simon and to appreciate her experience, 

knowledge, confidence, 

passion, and vision for MSU. In 

choosing a new leader, our Board 

of Trustees also faced a time-critical 

constraint with the host of 

threats and opportunities confronting 

us right now. Dr. Simon’s 

keen insight into many issues, 

from the proposed 

expansion of the College of Human 

Medicine in Grand Rapids 

to the revision of the liberal arts 

curriculum, clearly made her the 

unequivocal frontrunner. 

I’m pleased the Board decided 

not to conduct a national search 

for a president when we already 

have a nationally recognized candidate 

who would soon be offered 

the opportunity to lead another 

major university if she didn’t have 

the job at MSU. At no time in 

the past has a thorough understanding 

of the University been 

more important to MSU than it 

is right now, given our many ongoing 

projects including the Capital 

Campaign and the effort to 

land the billion-dollar Rare Isotope 

Accelerator (RIA) project. 

We need a leader who fully understands 

these and other issues 

facing MSU. We have this leader 

in Dr. Simon. 

E. James Potchen, M.D. 

Univ. Distinguished Professor 

WHAT IT MEANS 

TO BE A SPARTAN 

Number 4 was “Get a parking 

ticket.” I can one-up that. As a 

freshman In 1965, I was biking 

across from the Library to 

Berkey Hall and when the sidewalk 

ended, and somewhere 

near the MSU Union, I was ticketed 

for going the wrong way on 

a one-way street. It was all of 

about two buildings in length. 

What a shock! 

Marjorie Roberts 

Cincinnati, OH 

Here are some more Spartan 

shared experiences: 1. Having 

lunch with your friends at the 

Union cafeteria, 2. coping with 

driving on campus during summer 

construction, 3. visiting the 

children’s park and the greenhouses 

on campus, and 4. belonging 

to the MSU credit union. 

Norman Abeles 

MSU Professor of Psychology 

East Lansing 

1. Found a new alumni club, 

2. serve as president of an alumni 

club, 3. have a personal interview 

with Dr. John Hannah, 4. join 

msualum.com 

the Varsity “S” Alumni 

Club, 5. usher at football 

games for $1.00, then take 

your girlfriend to Coral 

Gables, 6. work in a dorm 

cafeteria to help pay for tuition, 

7. hitch hike to Detroit to see 

the Tigers or Red Wings. 

Bill Roberts, ’43 

San Clemente, CA 

☛ Bill founded MSU’s Orange 

County Alumni Club and served as 

president of MSU’s Southern California 

Alumni Club. –Editor. 

Some more from a 1950s Spartan: 

Walking up the marble steps 

of the old library, Parties in the 

Forestry Cabin, Sunday Dinners 

in the MSU Union, The Barracks, 

the Quonsets, the Flattops, the 

Faculty Bricks, The “Pony Backfield,” 

The Tower Guard and Mortar 

Board, Excalibur, Green Helmet, 

Blue Key, the State Theater, 

Water Carnival, Parking your car 

on Grand River, Compulsory 

ROTC, the Short Course Cafeteria, 

#2 pencils provided by the examiner 

at every test, coffee at Kewpee’s, 

chaperones at every dance 

and party, and Late Minutes. 

Name Withheld By Request 

East Lansing 

Where can I learn how to “have 

MSU in your email address,” one 

of the 50 items that make someone 

a Spartan 

Karen L. Schmidt, ’75 

Oil City, PA 

☛Visit www.msualum.com, click 

on the Members Only/Other Features 

link, then the Email Forwarding 

link. Lifetime email forwarding 

is one of more than 60 

benefits of MSUAA membership. 

–Editor. 

SOARLY MISSED 

Thanks for “The Sky’s The 

Limit For The New Soar Telescope” 

(pp. 16-20, Summer 

2004). SOAR will greatly enhance 

astrophysics at MSU. 

Looking out in the infra-red is 

very helpful to probing fundamental 

issues such as the age of 

the universe. SOAR should also 

provide, through MSU, a multitude 

of outreach opportunities to 

help build relationships with children 

and astronomy students in 

Michigan and around the world. 

SOAR exemplifies MSU’s 

stature as a world-class institution. 

I encourage all alumni 

and friends to visit the observation 

room on campus to experience 

the thrill of watching MSU 

scientists unlock secrets of the 

Universe. 

By the way, the photo of 

SOAR’s infrared camera that you 

referenced was not included in 

the publication. 

Dr. Robert J. Pressley, ’54 

San Francisco, CA 

☛ Here’s the photo of the Spartan 

Infrared Camera, left out of the 

Summer 2004 issue in our final 

edit. –Editor. 

UPDATE 

Wallace Jefferson (see Winter 

2002), ’85, justice of the Texas 

Supreme Court, has been 

named Chief Justice by Gov. 

Rick Perry. Jefferson is the first 

African American member of 

the Texas Supreme Court. 

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AROUND CIRCLE DRIVE 

Tom Hannah, former MSU executive 

vice president Roger Wilkinson, Trustee David Porteous 

(partly hidden) and President McPherson unveil the 

new John Hannah statue on Sept.17. 

HANNAH STATUE IS DEDICATED 

Kicking off MSU’s sesquicentennial 

celebration, the statue of 

John Hannah was dedicated 

Sept. 17 before hundreds of 

MSU administrators, donors, 

alumni and friends. 

The 7-foot bronze statue, designed 

by California sculptor 

Bruce Wolfe, depicts MSU’s 

12th president walking across 

campus, facing the Hannah Administration 

Building. 

Crediting Hannah with democratizing 

higher education, 

MSU President Peter McPherson 

noted: 

“When he took over as president 

on July 1, 1941, an American 

higher education revolution 

began. Hannah saw opportunity. 

And he built. Hannah saw 

closed doors. And he opened 

them. Hannah saw talent. And 

he recruited it. Hannah saw 

what would work here. And he 

internationalized it. Hannah 

saw a college that could be transformed 

into a great university. 

And he made it so.” 

Indeed, Hannah was the person 

most responsible for turning 

MSU into one of the largest and 

most respected universities in 

the world. Under his leadership 

MSU grew from 6,000 to nearly 

40,000 students and became 

Michigan State University. 

Hannah’s association with MSU 

began in the 1920s when he was 

with the Cooperative Extension 

Service and spanned to the 

1980s when he served as president 

emeritus. 

The sculpture is the first project 

of the “Public Art on Campus 

Initiative” of the Public Art on 

Campus Committee. The MSU 

Board of Trustees and McPherson 

unanimously endorsed Hannah 

as the subject for the sculpture. 

Also a part of the 

Sesquicentennial celebration 

will be the publication of a 

three-part series on the history 

of the university. 

SESQUICENTENNIAL 

CALENDAR 

The official 2004 

Sesquicentennial Calendar, 

the fourth of five annual 

calendars depicting 

James Gratz 

various events in the university’s 

history, has been issued 

by the Sesquicentennial Celebrations 

and Traditions 

Committee. The calendar’s 

images are part of MSU’s 

photographic collection held 

at University Archives and 

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Historical Collections. The 

black and white images hark 

back to the early and mid- 

1900s, including photos of 

the Women’s Building (Morrill 

Hall), the Spartan 

Marching Band, the MSU 

planetarium, and the stadium. 

They cost $12.95 plus 

$5 S&H. 

☛ You can purchase the calendar 

at www.shop.msu.edu or by 

calling 517-355-2330. 

MSU DISCOVERS 

NEW ISOTOPE 

MSU scientists at 

the National Superconducting 

Cyclotron Laboratory 

under the direction of assistant 

professor Andreas Stolz 

have discovered a new rare isotope 

of the element germanium 

(Ge). 

The isotope, with 28 neutrons, 

is identified as germanium-60. 

“Rare isotopes once existed on 

earth and have long since decayed,” 

explains Aaron Galonsky, 

professor at the NSCL. 

“Rare isotope research is essential 

for understanding how the 

elements—and ultimately the 

universe—were formed.” 

MSU, home to the nation’s 

most powerful accelerator for 

rare isotope research, is one of 

the few places in the world where 

such a discovery can be made. 

Based on current theories of nuclear 

matter, Ge-60 will be the 

last such rare isotope found. The 

discovery could help solve the 

puzzle surrounding the origin of 

the elements. 

MSU RANKED 

TOPS IN BIG TEN 

The latest U.S. News & World 

Report rankings of universities 

listed MSU 41st among the nation’s 

“best value.” Indeed, 

MSU was the only public Big 

Ten university and the only public 

university in Michigan to 

achieve that lofty status. 

The magazine calculates “best 

value” by comparing academic 

quality to the net cost of attending 

for a student receiving average 

levels of financial aid. Says 

Terry Denbow, vice president for 

university relations, “It shows a 

pattern of excellence and a 

recognition that access and quality 

can go together.” 

MSU also ranked 30th among 

the “Top 50 Public National 

Universities,” tied with Indiana 

University. MSU’s Eli Broad 

College of Business was ranked 

20th in the nation. 

GREAT LAKES CENTER 

MSU will be an integral part of 

the new Center of Excellence for 

the Great Lakes and Human 

Health, Ann Arbor, funded by a 

grant from the National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration. 

The center will focus on human 

health effects in the Great 

Lakes in three main areas— 

drinking water, beaches and 

harmful algal blooms. 

“MSU has a very strong history 

in microbiology,” says fisheries 

and wildlife professor Joan Rose, 

who heads MSU’s role in the project. 

“By combining the aspects 

of waterborne diseases, which are 

caused by micro-organisms, and 

expertise in microbiology, as well 

as an understanding of the Great 

Lakes system, we can start to address 

some of these areas that have 

been neglected.” 

Adds project co-director 

Phanikumar Mantha, professor 

of civil and environmental engineering 

and geological sciences, 

“We at MSU have strengths in 

the areas of pathogens, microbial 

ecology and hydrology and 

modeling.” He adds that “an investment 

in health and the environment 

is an investment in our 

future prosperity.” 

Between now and MSU’s Sesquicentennial in 2005, Fred Honhart, 

director of MSU Archives and Historical Collections, will regularly 

highlight key moments in MSU history. – Editor. 

In the 1890s future MSU president Kenyon Butterfield (1924- 

1928), then superintendent of MSC’s Farmer’s Institutes, embarked 

on a campaign to advertise the college to the public. Enrollment 

had been basically static for the previous decade with an average 

freshman class of around 125 students, and MSC wanted to 

significantly increase this number. In addition to distributing numerous 

publications about the college, Butterfield convinced several 

railroads in Michigan to run excursion trains to the campus 

during one week in August. 

In 1897, the first year of this event, it is estimated that more than 

3,000 visitors came and caught a glimpse of campus. In his annual 

report of 1898 President Snyder noted: “As is usual with persons 

who visit the College for the first time, they were very happily surprised 

at the beauty of the campus and the number and character of 

the buildings.” 

The excursion trains continued to roll well into the second 

decade of the 20th century. It is interesting to note that the advertising 

efforts would appear to have been successful, as freshman 

enrollment more than tripled from 135 in 1897 to 450 for the 

class of 1913. 

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Images Courtesy of Wharton Center 

STUDENT ACCESS 

TO WHARTON CENTER 

MSU’s Wharton Center 

has introduced the most aggressive 

student ticketing 

program in the nation. Students 

can obtain $25.00 

tickets to the MSU Federal 

Credit Union Broadway at 

Wharton Center shows, and 

$15.00 tickets to the Michigan 

Radio Wildcard attractions. 

“The best seats are available,” 

notes Bob Hoffman, 

Wharton Center publicist. 

Students will be able to enjoy a 

terrific array of performance 

arts, such as the new Mel Brooks 

musical The Producers (Dec. 7- 

12), the biggest Tony Award 

winner in Broadway history, and 

Movin’ Out (Feb. 1-6, 2005), a 

musical that combines the music 

of Billy Joel with the choreography 

of Twyla Tharp. Among the 

many jazz attractions are the 

Dirty Dozen Brass Band (Nov. 

19), the Count Basie Orchestra 

with Nnenna Freelon (Jan. 28, 

2005), Russell Gun & Ethnomusicology 

(Feb. 11, 2005) and 

Laissez Le Bons Temps Rouler! 

(Feb. 16, 2005). The Chamber 

Music Society of Lincoln Center 

will perform a World Premiere 

Wharton Center Commission 

on Feb. 10, 2005. 

MSU KUDOS 

Every semester, MSU faculty, 

staff and students garner kudos 

too numerous to list exhaustively 

here. Some examples: 

Fred Honhart, director of University 

Archives and Historical 

Collections, has been named 

president of the International 

Council on Archives/Section on 

University Research Institution 

Archives. 

Jeanette Wrona Klemczak, assistant 

professor of nursing, has 

been named by Gov. Jennifer 

Granholm as Chief Nursing Executive 

for Michigan’s Dept. of 

Community Health. 

Four MBA students from The 

Eli Broad Graduate School of 

Management—Akilah Ellis, 

Carlos Johnson, Laith Maddur 

and Kendall Sykes—earned firstplace 

honors at the National 

Black MBA Case Competition in 

Houston, TX, beating 30 other 

teams from such schools as Duke, 

UCLA, MIT and the University 

of Michigan. 

AWARD FOR LEFRAK FORUM 

MSU has been awarded a 

$500,000 “challenge grant” from 

the National Endowment for the 

Humanities—a first for MSU— 

for creating a permanent endowment 

for the LeFrak Forum. 

The Forum, also known as the 

Symposium on Science, Reason 

and Modern Democracy, sponsors 

lectures, conferences and 

publications, as well as graduate, 

post-doctoral and senior fellowships—all 

devoted to the theme 

of “the theory and practice of 

modern democracy.” 

To receive the full grant, MSU 

must match the funds on a threeto-one 

basis. 

“This challenge grant is both an 

honor and a challenge,” says 

Arthur M. Melzer, political science 

professor and one of the program’s 

three co-directors. “The 

clock is ticking. We have only 

three-and-a-half years in which to 

raise the $1.5 million match.” 

The specific mission of the 

LeFrak Forum is “to place theoretical 

issues in practical context 

and policy issues in philosophical 

perspective,” explains Richard 

Zinman, forum co-director and 

University Distinguished Professor 

of political theory in James 

Madison College. 

☛For more information, visit 

lefrakforum.msu.edu. 

MSU BOASTS TOP K-9 UNIT 

MSU boasts the largest K-9 

unit of any university in the 

U.S., with six expertly trained 

dogs and their handlers/officers 

(see photo). It is also the largest 

K-9 explosive-detection team 

in Michigan. 

“Our dogs have been especially 

helpful in both on- and off-campus 

searches for recreational 

drugs and bomb sweeps, especially 

post 9/11 with the numerous 

visits to campus by U.S. and 

foreign dignitaries,” says Sgt. 

Matt Merony, canine unit supervisor 

of MSU’s Dept. of Police 

and Public Safety. 

MSU has had 23 dogs since 

1984, mostly German shepherds 

or Belgium Malinois. They un- 

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VET MED CENTER FOR ONCOLOGY 

The College of Veterinary Medicine’s new Center for Comparative 

Oncology is under construction and Phase I of the project, 

the Animal Cancer Care Clinic, could open in Fall 2005. 

The clinic consists of two floors surrounding a light-filled central 

atrium, with an intensity modulated linear accelerator and a 

radioisotope therapy area underground, along with resident, 

postdoctoral, technician offices and conference areas. The upper 

floor includes the reception area, patient examination 

rooms, conference rooms, a quiet room, in-patient hospitalization 

areas, chemotherapy administration and diagnostic imaging 

suites, treatment areas, and minor surgery rooms. It will also 

house faculty and staff offices and teaching laboratories. 

Phase II will add two additional upper floors that will house 

research laboratories, a large lecture hall, smaller conference 

rooms, and additional offices. 

Dr. Barbara Kitchell, one of the nation’s leading veterinary 

cancer experts, has been named the center’s director. Kitchell expects 

the center to participate in clinical trials and basic science 

research, studying “wild” types of cancer. 

Tim Potter 

dergo a four-week training and 

cerfication program along with 

their officer/handler at a facility 

about 100 miles from campus. 

After that, they undergo monthly 

8-hour training programs. 

“They are an extremely valuable 

asset,” sums up Merony, 

“and they represent a crucial 

part of our community policing 

program.” 

MSU’s K-9 Unit—(Front, l to r) 

K-9 unit director Matt Merony 

with Xena, and Danial Munford 

with Kaia; (back, l to r) Gary 

Heckman with Sam, Chris Rozman 

with Chico, Lorrie Bates 

with Athena and Paul Kuchek 

with Rambo. 

TAILGATE CHANGES 

ARE EFFECTIVE 

New MSU rules on tailgating 

went into effect with the Illinois 

game Oct. 9, and the results 

were deemed positive. 

“Everything has been going a 

lot better,” says Sgt. Florene Mc- 

Glothian-Taylor of MSU Police 

and Public Safety. “The students 

were cooperative. We had 

no arrests related to any drinking 

games. And ground crews 

reported that post-game 

cleanup took half the time than 

normal.” 

Sgt. Taylor notes that there 

were no calls for anyone being 

incapacitated by alcohol. In 

previous home games, those situations 

arose at a pace that 

alarmed university officials, who 

imposed two new tailgating 

rules: The banning of drinking 

games, such as beer pong, and 

opening the campus parking 

lots no more than five hours before 

kickoff, and closing them 

two hours after the game ends. 

☛ For more information, visit 

www.homefootball.msu.edu. 

MAJOR HONOR FOR FESTIVAL 

The MSU Museum and the 

Kresge Art Museum have been 

honored by the Michigan Humanities 

Council on Sept. 30 as 

having initiated projects that are 

TREE GENOME DECODED 

An MSU scientist helped to decode 

the genome of a poplar 

tree—populus trichocarpa—thus 

opening up enormous possibilities, 

including using the fastgrowing 

tree as a potential alternative 

energy source to oil. 

Kyung-Hwan Han, forestry 

professor and researcher at the 

Michigan Agricultural Experiment 

Station, was part of an international 

team that figured out 

the poplar’s DNA code. 

“We can use the information 

to pinpoint which genes 

cause the tree to go dormant 

in winter and become active 

in the spring,” explains Han. 

“(We can also) explore how 

global warming might affect 

this process.” 

Yet another possible value of 

the code is that microbiologists 

ranked among the state’s 30 most 

outstanding humanities projects 

during its 30-year history, from 

1974-2004. 

The winning projects were selected 

from 1,500 projects and 

can eventually tweak the tree’s 

genes to increase its consumption 

and storage of carbon dioxide, 

thus making for cleaner air. 

“This opens up a whole new 

field of biology that’s little understood,” 

notes Daniel Keathley, 

chairperson of MSU forestry. 


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each demonstrates the diversity, 

quality, historical and cultural 

content, and community impact 

of the council’s grants program 

over the years. 

The MSU Museum’s Great 

Lakes Folk Festival was named 

“Most Outstanding Humanities 

Project, 1974-2004.” This annual 

event, produced by the 

Michigan Traditional Arts Program 

at the MSU Museum, 

showcases the traditional cultural 

treasures of the nation’s Upper 

Midwest and a sampling of the 

best of traditional artists from 

around the country and the 

world. 

“The MSU Museum is honored 

by this recognition by the 

Michigan Humanities Council 

on the occasion of their 30th 

anniversary,” says Kurt Dewhurst, 

museum director. “The 

projects recognized reflect truly 

successful collaborations with 

other community partners to 

connect humanities scholars 

with public life of the people of 

Michigan.” 

The other winners included 

Kresge Art Museum’s “Wrapped 

Words: Handmade Books from 

Cuba’s Ediciones Vigia” (2002), 

and the MSU Museum’s “Uneasy 

Years: Michigan Jewry During 

Depression and War” (2003) 

and “A Community Between 

Two Worlds: Arab Americans in 

Greater Detroit” (1998). 

DETROIT VOICES AT MSU 

The words of prominent 

African Americans such as author 

Alex Haley, musician 

James Brown, and former Detroit 

Piston Dave Bing will be 

accessible to the public through 

an online archive at MSU. 

The project—Voices From 

Detroit: American Black Journal 

Online—will give access to 

interviews from Detroit Public 

Television’s “American Black 

Journal” over the past 36 years. 

“This project underscores 

MSU’s 21st century land-grant 

commitment to inclusion and of 

offering the community broad 

access to knowledge,” says Lou 

Anna K. Simon, MSU provost 

and president-designate. “It is an 

outstanding example of a longterm 

collaborative partnership 

that links university researchers 

with external organizations.” 

Funding is provided by a 

$285,000 grant from the National 

Endowment for the Humanities. 

GRANT FOR MSU 

COLLEGE OF LAW 

MSU College of Law has been 

awarded a $100,000 grant to help 

ALUMNI CAREER 

SERVICES 

By Keith A. Williams, 


I’m pleased to announce another 

member benefit. As 

an agreement with MSU 

Career Services and Placement, if you graduated 

from MSU one year ago or more and need career 

guidance, the MSU Alumni Association will be at 

your service. Effectively immediately, the 

MSUAA will be your contact point for a wide array 

of career services. 

To avail yourself of our Alumni Career Services, 

you need to be a member of the MSUAA. 

Membership in the MSUAA gives you access to 

our database of alumni, regional clubs, and college 

constituent groups, networking tools that can really 

be helpful in advancing your career, especially in 

the second or third career transition stages. We 

have an experienced staff that can help with all the 

issues facing job seekers, including placement contacts, 

how to write resumes, how to plan a jobseeking 

campaign, and so on. 

We hope this service will also bring many young 

alumni, who are most likely to use our career services, 

into our association. The more people who 

join us, the stronger and more useful our network 

becomes. Alumni who receive job search help from 

create and support 

the college’s new 

Small Business/ 

Nonprofit/Entrepreneurial 

Law Clinic. 

“The goals of the 

new clinic are to assist 

would-be and 

existing small business 

owners in developing 

their entrepreneurial 

prowess, to counsel 

Michigan’s many nonprofit entities 

in their business endeavors, 

and to provide a rare opportunity 

for MSU law students to develop 

special expertise in transactional 

business law practice,” 

says professor Michele Halloran, 

tax clinic director and clinical 

professor. 

The grant is funded 

by the Coleman 

Foundation’s Awareness 

and Education 

program. MSU is 

currently working to 

match funds from 

law firms and alumni. 

The clinic is the 

seventh in the college 

to provide community service in 

the Lansing area. Second- and 

third-year law students, under 

the supervision of Halloran, 

clinical programs director and 

clinical professor MaryAnn 

Pierce and other attorneys, offer 

legal services to a wide array of 

clients. 

our Alumni Career Services can participate in the 

MSU Alumni Network (ACAN), which helps current 

students in the career exploration process. 

Check out our web site at www.msualum. 

com/careers. Here you can link to top-notch employers, 

post your resumes for review by employers, 

examine job listings posted by employers seeking 

MSU alumni, and have your resume critiqued 

if needed. Career assessment resources are also 

available. 

Our network of volunteer leaders in regional 

clubs throughout Michigan, the United States and 

around the world can provide career help. Some 

alumni volunteers are willing to distribute cover 

letters and resumes from alumni to MSU alumni 

in their geographical areas. Constituent groups on 

campus operate similarly. 

Employers can post job listings for experienced 

applicants on the Alumni Career Services web site 

at www.msualum.com/careers/jobs/ or send them 

to jobs@msualum.com. In addition, a resume 

database is provided (free) so employers can review 

the resumes of MSU alumni of interest. I can tell 

you, based on many testimonials and even gifts 

we’ve received from successful alumni, that this 

process works. 

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ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE. 

Welcome... and 

congratulations! 

“Thanks in large part to 

the generosity of the 

alumni and friends listed 

here, Michigan State 

University continues to 

flourish as one of the 

nation’s leading centers 

of learning and scholarship. On behalf of the 

entire university family, I want to welcome 

them as the newest donors recognized in 

MSU’s giving societies.” 

“Private support is essential if we are to 

sustain the excellence in teaching, research 

and outreach that has characterized Michigan 

State for nearly 150 years. The commitment 

and support shown by these dedicated 

Spartans is invaluable, and we thank them.” 

The following individuals and 

organizations have made a 

significant financial commitment 

to Michigan State University, 

qualifying them for lifetime 

recognition in one of the 

university’s nine donor societies. 

Listing includes new society members 

from July 1, 2003-June 30, 2004 

$10,000,000 or 

$15,000,000 

planned gift 

From 1870 to 1910, William J. Beal 

served as one of the most influential 

faculty members in MSU history. His 

many accomplishments included 

perfecting the laboratory method of 

learning and becoming the first to 

cross-fertilize corn. The namesake of 

Beal Gardens, he is considered the 

“father of seed testing in America” and 

a champion of reforestation. 

W.K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION 

$1,000,000 or 

$1,500,000 

planned gift 

Frank S. Kedzie, the eighth president of 

MSU, is considered a pioneer for private 

support to the university. The Kedzie 

Society is one of the university’s most 

prestigious donor recognition groups. 

W. BRUCE ERICKSON 

Minneapolis, Minnesota 

DR. AND MRS.KIRKWOOD E. FABER 

Greenville, Michigan 

WILLIAM N. HURJA 

Redwood City, California 

DR.PAULA R. KNEPPER 

Rockville, Maryland 

DENNIS P. NYQUIST 

East Lansing, Michigan 

TIMOTHY R. AND PATRICIA E. OREN 

Redwood City, California 

JACK D. AND MARILYN E. RUTHERFORD 

Burr Ridge, Illinois 

$500,000 or 

$1,000,000 

planned gift 

$5,000,000 or 

$7,500,000 

planned gift 

President Shaw served as the eleventh 

president of MSU, introducing new courses 

including Hotel Administration, Public 

Administration, Geology, Geography, and 

Physical Education for women. 

For more information, please write or call: 

University Development 

Michigan State University • 4700 South Hagadorn Road • Suite 220 

East Lansing, MI 48823-5399 • (517) 355-8257 

or visit us on the web at www.givingto.msu.edu 

Joseph Williams, the first president of 

“The Agricultural College of the State of 

Michigan,” displayed a dedication to the 

college’s success that began building the 

strong foundation for what is today 

Michigan State University. The Williams 

Society is the highest university honor for 

donors. 

DAIMLERCHRYSLER 

CORPORATION FUND 

MR. AND MRS.GREGORY E. BRADBURY 

New London, North Carolina 

RICHARD H. BROWN 

Ada, Michigan 

A. J. HARRIS,II 

Washington, District of Columbia 

GLENDA AND PETER LAPPAN 


BRUCE W. AND TERRI G. MILLER 

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 

ELIZABETH DIFANIS PHILLIPS 

East Lansing, Michigan

TRANSFORMING LIVES. 

MARK SIMON 

Boca Raton, Florida 

JACK AND MARLYS GRAY 

Minneapolis, Minnesota 

GEORGE B. SMITH AND 

MARY ELIZABETH SMITH 

Plymouth, Michigan 

KRISTINE A. STEENSMA, M.D. 

Berkeley, California 

GARY C. AND MARGARET A. VALADE 


KATIE AND JOHN WELSER 

Hickory Corners, Michigan 

$250,000 or 

$500,000 

planned gift 

The Abbot Society was established to 

honor one of the first presidents of MSU, 

Theophilus Abbot, who led the university 

from 1862 to 1885. Abbot promoted 

growth, secured critical government 

appropriations and furthered MSU’s 

prestige as the nation’s first agricultural 

college. 

IRWIN FOUNDATION 

ERIC HANS AND JANICE M. BAUMAN 

Columbia, Maryland 

DONALD B. BRIGGS 

Sarasota, Florida 

WILLIAM AND LINDA CHEESEMAN 


MR. AND MRS.THOMAS GRIMES 

Tiburon, California 

DRS.MARK & TOULA GUILFOYLE 

ANASTASIA & DOROTHEA GUILFOYLE 

Sand Point, Michigan 

HERBERT W. AND JOAN H. KIRBY 

Mountain Lakes, New Jersey 

THOMAS AND MARY KRIGAS 

Arlington Heights, Illinois 

MR. AND MRS.GEORGE J. MARKHAM 

Battle Creek, Michigan 

DAVID AND LINDA MEHNEY 

Grand Rapids, Michigan 

CRAIG AND LISA MURRAY 

Burbank, California 

MARSHALL D. AND LEE K. NEWELL 

West Palm Beach, Florida 

MICHAEL AND ELAINE SERLING 

Orchard Lake, Michigan 

CHARLES L. SNYDER 

Lincoln, Michigan 

MICKEY AND DEBBIE STERN 


DR.WENDY K. WILKINS AND 

MR.JAY A. RODMAN 

Okemos, Michigan 

DR.EILEEN M. WILSON 

DeWitt, Michigan 

DR.ERNIE AND LEANNE BALCUEVA 

Saginaw, Michigan 

MR. AND MRS.JAMES C. BEACHUM 


WILLIAM BENOIT 

Lansing, Michigan 

DR.JOHN AND JANICE BURCHFIELD 

Holland, Ohio 

DOUG AND VALERIE DEMARTIN 

Summit, New Jersey 

J. FRANK AND BERTHA MAE DENNIS 

Davisburg, Michigan 

SCOTT AND PATRICIA ESTON 

Wakefield, Massachusetts 

RANDY AND CHERYL FEDEWA 


TAMARA Y. GERBER 

Chicago, Illinois 

DR. AND MRS.WILLIAM H. 

GREENWOOD III 


DRS.MARK & TOULA GUILFOYLE 

ANASTASIA & DOROTHEA GUILFOYLE 

Sand Point, Michigan 

J. C. HAEFNER,D.V.M. 

Fountain Valley, California 

PHILIP J. HICKEY,JR. AND 

REEDY D. HICKEY 

Marietta, Georgia 

FRANK AND MYRTLE MERRIMAN 

Deckerville, Michigan 

LARRY P. M ILLER 

San Francisco, California 

MR. AND MRS.LARRY A. MILLER 

Lambertville, Michigan 

JOHN AND MARCIA MILNE 

Bethel, Connecticut 

JOHN W. MUIJE 

Las Vegas, Nevada 

DIANE AND IRVIN NAYLOR 

York, Pennsylvania 

RICHARD AND DEBRA O'CONNOR 

Northville, Michigan 

MR. AND MRS.EUGENE N. PARKER 

Homewood, Illinois 

JERRY AND MARY PEARSON 

Naples, Florida 

MRS.BETTY JANE PETERSEN-NEUMANN 


MRS.FLORENCE E. RICHARDSON 


RON AND SHARON ROGOWSKI 

Beals, Maine 

ED AND CAROL SCHOENER 

St. Clair Shores, Michigan 

JOHN E. AND PATRICIA R. CHIPMAN 

Galesburg, Michigan 

DR. AND MRS.JAMES A. HINESLY 

Ann Arbor, Michigan 

WILLIAM M. SEIFERT 

Wellesley, Massachusetts 

STEVE AND LYNN COLLINS 

Jackson, Michigan 

EDWARD DEEB 

Grosse Pointe, Michigan 

$100,000 or 

$200,000 

planned gift 

DALE E. HISSONG 

Mason, Michigan 

DR.ROGER HOOPINGARNER 

Holt, Michigan 

STEVE AND LAURIE SHANKER 

Novi, Michigan 

GARY AND LISA SHIFFMAN 

West Bloomfield, Michigan 

JOHN AND MARNIE DEMMER 


DAUN C. DICKIE,PH.D. 

Gainesville, Florida 

Jonathan L. Snyder served in the role of 

MSU president from 1896 to 1915, 

transforming the office of the president with 

an aggressive administrative style that 

focused on innovation in higher education. 

ANTHONY J. AND NANCY J. HOPP 


SPENCER AND JULIANNE JOHNSON 


CHARLES AND KAREN SMITH 


DR.ROBERT L. AND SHELLEY A. 

SNYDER 

Midland, Michigan 

SCOTT AND PATRICIA ESTON 

Wakefield, Massachusetts 

DAVID J. STANTON & ASSOCIATES,INC. 

DBA WENDY’S 

ROBERT AND BONNIE KNUTSON 


DAVID AND PAT SPARROW 

Harbor Springs, Michigan 

DR.RONALD E. GOLDSBERRY 


KAY BILLINGS AYLESWORTH 

Dallas, Texas 

DAVID AND SHERYL LIVINGSTON 

Charlevoix, Michigan 

MR. AND MRS.MICHAEL W. STRAUS 


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ENOCH AND NANCY JEN 

Hudsonville, Michigan 

ROBERT OLSTEIN 

Greenwich, Connecticut 

Donors Continued— 

ROBERT AND ELLEN THOMPSON 

Plymouth, Michigan 

WARREN AND ANNELIESE WOOD 


WASHBURNE D. WRIGHT 

Allamuchy, New Jersey 

$50,000 or 

$100,000 

planned gift 

MARTIN LOUIS CLEMENS 

Nashville, Indiana 

JOSEPH AND SUZANNE COLUCCI 

Clarkston, Michigan 

WILLIAM F. AND HARRIETTE C. COOK 

Greenville, Michigan 

RICK AND DEDE COY 


CRAIG AND MARY HELEN CROOKS 

Ada, Michigan 

NELL HENNESSY AND FRANK DASPIT 


MR.JEFFREY S. DEGRAAF 

Croton on the Hudson, New York 

DR. AND MRS.LEO DENATALE,JR. 

Belmont, Massachusetts 

DONALD G. AND JOANN C. JOSWICK 

Kalamazoo, Michigan 

SCOTT AND KATHLEEN KAUFMAN 

Pacific Palisades, California 

GILBERT A. LAFARE AND 

MARTHA W. LAFARE 

Cornelius, North Carolina 

AL AND CHARLENE LAZETTE 

Portland, Michigan 

JULIE LOUIS-BENAGLIO 

Livonia, Michigan 

MICK AND AILEEN LUTZ 


C. KURT DEWHURST AND 

MARSHA MACDOWELL 


ROLLAND AND MARY PATENGE 

Boyne City, Michigan 

RALPH AND ALICE POLUMBO 

Plymouth, Minnesota 

WILLIAM L. AND MABLE M. PORTEOUS 

Reed City, Michigan 

DR.JACK AND KAREN SUE PREISS 


DR.AUBREY RADCLIFFE 


HENRY AND APRIL RANKE 


DAVID AND MELISSA RIGGS 

Adrian, Michigan 

CURT AND MARA SCHABERG 


The Hannah Society honors the memory 

of President Hannah, who served the 

university for forty-six years, twenty-eight 

of them as MSU’s twelfth president. He is 

revered by many and guided the university 

through its period of greatest physical and 

philosophical growth. 

HUGH A. ANDREWS 

Puerto Rico 

DICK AND MARIE BELDING 


ROB AND JULIE BERTON 

Raleigh, North Carolina 

WALT AND SUE BIELSKI 

Plymouth Township, Michigan 

MR. AND MRS.GARFIELD R. BOWMAN 


KATHY AND RICHARD BURGIS 


DR.R.TROY AND 

KATHLEEN CARLSON, CFNP 

Hastings, Michigan 

DR. AND MRS.RICHARD L. CARPENTER 


JERRY AND STELLA CASH 

Bath, Michigan 

DANIEL AND DONNA CHOJNOWSKI 


SCOTT,TERRI,EMERSON AND 

COLE DEVON 


JANE AND FRED DIBBERN 

Buffalo Grove, Illinois 

JOHN AND JOAN DOBBEN 


SUSAN J. ELSHOLZ 

Birmingham, Michigan 

R. WAYNE AND MARY LEE GWIZDALA 


JIM AND KATHY HAISLIP 


RAYMOND AND DONA HANSEN 

Bath, Michgian 

TIMOTHY L. HERNANDEZ 

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 

WANDA J. HERNDON 

Seattle, Washington 

JOHN L. AND MARTHA L. HESSE 

Eagle, Michigan 

PHILIP J. HICKEY,JR. AND 

REEDY D. HICKEY 

Marietta, Georgia 

PROFESSOR RUDOLPH HUGH,PH.D. 


DONNA MATHIAS MACINNES 


THOMAS AND ELLEN MALECK 

Kewadin, Michigan 

LES AND DOROTHY MANDERSCHEID 


DANIEL AND MARILYN MARSH 

Durand, Michigan 

DR.DONALD AND 

KATHLEEN MARSHALL 

Kalamazoo, Michigan 

HARRY W. MAXWELL 

Portage, Michigan 

HARRIETTE PIPES MCADOO,PH.D. 


MR.MICHAEL AND DR.ANNA MILLER 


CAROL L. MONSON,D.O.AND 

FRANK E. WARDEN 


JAMES FORGER AND 

DEBORAH MORIARTY 


BRUCE A. AND MARJORIE E. MORRICE 

Dallas, Texas 

GERALD AND DONNA OADE 


JUDY AND TOM SCHEIDT 

Lake Odessa, Michigan 

LOUIS M. AND DIANE L. SCHULTZ 


DR. AND MRS.JOHN S. SCHUSTER 

St. Johns, Michigan 

NICHOLAS AND KAREN SHERMAN 


DR.DUNCAN F. SIBLEY AND 

MARGARET C. SIBLEY 


MARY JANE AND TED SIMON 


DR.S.PAUL SINGH 


LAWRENCE AND MARJORIE SOMMERS 


MARTIN GIBBS AND CAROLE SORENSON 


DRS.GEORGE C. AND IDA J. STOCKMAN 


ROBIN A. STORM 


MR. AND MRS.MICHAEL W. STRAUS 


JAMES M. AND CAROL A. TAYLOR 

Farmington Hills, Michigan


GUY P. AND ALISHIA M. TERRILL 

Grand Haven, Michigan 

JOHN AND MARTHA BRICK 


WARREN P. AND DEBORAH L. THOMAS 

Palos Park, Illinois 

EDWARD A. BRILL 

New York, New York 

NANCY AND DENNIS GERSHENSON 

Franklin, Michigan 

DR.ILONA L. TOBIN 


SHANE H. BULLOUGH 

Muskegon, Michigan 

DONALD F. AND JOSEPHINE GIBBS 

Onondaga, Michigan 

DR.CURTIS AND MARY LIECHTY 


FREDERICK E. AND W. LYNNE TRIPP 


MS.JOANN P. B UNCE 

Midland, Michigan 

MARY LOUISE AND ROLAND S. GIFFORD 


DR. AND MRS.WILLIAM J. LOWE 

Woodbury, Minnesota 

DUANE AND JUDY VERNON 


JAMES AND RISHAN BUTLER 


NEIL AND JUDITH GILBERT 

Frankfort, Illinois 

BOB LOWES 

Santa Barbara, California 

ROBERT E. AND DARLENE R. WENNER 

Haslett, Michigan 

DR.L.SUSAN CARTER 


WILLIAM R. AND JEAN M. GUILFORD 

Hemlock, Michigan 

OLIN E. AND JANICE M. MACE 


JAMES L. AND SUSAN B. WHALEY 

Bay City, Michigan 

STEVE AND CHRISTINE CEREZ 

Rochester, Michigan 

CHERYL D. HAYES 

Bay City, Michigan 

MARTIN H. MALIN 

Oak Park, Illinois 

DAVID AND HOLLI WINCLECHTER 

West Windsor, New Jersey 

JAMES A. COLMAN 


MR.MICHAEL L. AND 

MRS.LISA A. HERRINTON 

Oakton, Virginia 

WILLIAM AND HILARIA 

MCALLISTER-ARMENTEROS 

Commerce Township, Michigan 

MR.WAYNE L. COREY 


ELEANOR F. HEUSNER 


DR.PATRICK M. MCCONEGHY 


$25,000 

Chartered during 

the university’s 

first capital campaign, Beaumont Tower 

Society is named after the one landmark 

that so thoroughly symbolizes Michigan 

State University, its history and traditions. 

GERALD AND JEAN ABEN 


SHARON AND JEFF ARMSTRONG 


BRIAN ANDRESS (LBC '82) 

LINDA AULICINO (LBC '83) 


SAMUEL AND SUZANNE BAKER 


TOM AND SALLY CRAWFORD 

Essex, Connecticut 

TOM AND CHRIS CURTIN 

East Jordan, Michigan 

GEORGE AND NANCY DAVIDSON 

Naples, Florida 

LEO V. AND NOLA J. DEAL 


SAID DEEP 

Dearborn, Michigan 

DR. AND MRS.GARY T. DENSLOW 

Tulsa, Oklahoma 

GARY J. DILLEY 


LARRY AND LOIS DIMMITT 

Topeka, Kansas 

R. WILLIAM HOLLAND,PH.D. 

MRS.CLAUDIA D. HOLLAND 

Darien, Illinois 

ROBERT L. AND KATHY D. HOOD 


MARTIN AND PAT JAHN 

Burr Ridge, Illinois 

MR.JOSEPH M. JANCA 

Owosso, Michigan 

IRMA AND GORDON JOHNSON 

Felch, Michigan 

DR.JOHN KAUFMANN 

MRS.JEAN KAUFMANN 


RUTH AND DONALD KECK 

Big Flats, New York 

MARY N. MCINTYRE 


DRS.BARBARA AND 

DOUGLAS MERCER 

Byron, Michigan 

DAVID C. MOLENAAR 


DR.MICHAEL J. AND MARY C. NOVELLO 


TOM AND MARGIE OGDEN 

Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan 

DR.DAVID PAWSAT AND 

DR.CLARA REGAL 


ROBERT A. RENTON, D.V.M. 

SUSAN R. BERG, D.V.M. 

Howell, Michigan 

DR. AND MRS.HENRY C. BARRY 


GARY AND DEBORAH EAKER 

Charlotte, North Carolina 

MRS.CYNTHIA A. KRAGT 


WILL ROLINSKI 

Gaylord, Michigan 

MICHAEL E. AND KATHLEEN M. BENS 


DR.WILLIAM M. AND JAN L. FALLS 


EUGENE T. LACROIX AND 

NANCY J. LACROIX 

Jenison, Michigan 

DRS.DAVID AND MARGARET ROVNER 


ROB AND JULIE BERTON 


HIRAM AND DOLORES FITZGERALD 


BRIAN AND DARYL LARSEN 


ROBERT E. RUIGH 


RICHARD AND ANNE BLAZO 

Dearborn, Michigan 

ED AND CAROL FRANCZEK 

Glencoe, Illinois 

AL AND CHARLENE LAZETTE 

Portland, Michigan 

MR. AND MRS.TODD A. SCARLETT 

Clarkston, Michigan 

ROBERT AND MICHELLE BONNER 

Canton, Michigan 

PAUL AND ELLEN GALE 

Grand Ledge, Michigan 

DIANE AND MARK LEYDA 

Brighton, Michigan 

PAT AND STEVE SCHEID 

Belvedere Tiburon, California 

continued


Donors Continued— 

ALLAN AND KAY SCHMID 


DAVID BALAS AND JIM SELLMAN 

Saugatuck, Michigan 

MR. AND MRS.EDWARD E. SOUDERS 


STEVEN T. AND ESTHER M. SPEES 


BARBARA C. AND JAMES F. STEIDLE 


BOB AND JUNE STERLING 


MARCIA AND OTTO STOCKMEYER 


BIRNEY AND LORRAINE SUMMERS 

Cass City, Michigan 

JOANNE W. SWEENEY 

Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 

DAVID AND SARA TAFT 

Atherton, California 

JAMES M. AND CAROL A. TAYLOR 

Farmington Hills, Michigan 

DAVE,PAT AND THERESA TOME 


WILLIAM CHARLES AND 

LINDA STOCK TREVARTHEN 


TOM AND MARY JO TUORI,JR. 

Ada, Michigan 

JOHN B. AND BEVERLY A. WEBB 


JEFF AND JULIE WELLMAN 

Boyne City, Michigan 

GREG,DAWN,MEGAN AND 

MICHAEL WILLIAMS 


WOODROW WILSON,JR. AND 

SHIRLEY A. WILSON 

Albion, Michigan 

CARL AND SUE ANN WILT 

Natchez, Mississippi 

P.K. AND VIVIAN WONG 


PAUL A. MEADERS AND 

CYNTHIA E. WYMER 

Troy, Michigan 

DENNIS AND MARY J. YAMAMOTO 

Reno, Nevada 

DR.DONALD A. YATES AND 

JOANNE M. YATES 

St. Helena, California 

MRS.DOROTHY J. YOUNG 

Williamston, Michigan 

ROBERT ZELMANSKI 


ADAM AND SHIRLEY ZUTAUT 


$10,000 

Established in 1963, the Presidents Club 

was the first donor recognition group 

created at Michigan State University and 

remains the largest. 

DRS.LEE MONSEIN AND 

STACEY ACKERMAN 


BETTYE G. PRICE 

JOYCE J. ALLEN 

Glendale, California 

MARK AND SUSAN (HARPER) ALLEN 

Eagon, Minnesota 

LARRY ALTERMAN 

Rogers, Arizona 

MIKE AND CAROL ANDERSON 

Grand Ledge, Michigan 

GALE AND FAME ARENT 


JOHN AND SANDRA BARBER 

Brighton, Michigan 

DAVID G. BROWNING 

Kingston, Rhode Island 

TOM AND CAROLYN CALDWELL 

McCordsville, Indiana 

PATRICK AND MARY KAY CAMERON 

Ballwin, Missouri 

MICHAEL A. AND SUSAN A. CARLIN 


DR.FRANKLIN CARMONA AND 

DR.JACQUELINE WALSH-CARMONA 


MARILYN H. COCHRAN 


C. MICHAEL AND BELINDA COOK 


WILLIAM A. AND KATHRYN J. COOK 


RICHARD AND PEGGY CORDRAY 

Grove City, Ohio 

DR.ROBERT AND BARBARA DAVIS 

Portage, Michigan 

DR.BOB DEANS 


STEVE AND SARAH DEYOUB 

Oxford, Michigan 

MEGAN DONAHUE AND MARK VOIT 


HAROLD E. AND DOROTHY J. FEARON 

Tempe, Arizona 

DAN AND CAROLYN FISCHER 

Maumee, Ohio 

TIM AND BETH FLORY 

Ada, Michigan 

MICHAEL C. FOURNIER 

Royal Oak, Michigan 

KENDALL AND JACQUELYN FOX 

Livermore, California 

KINDY FRENCH 


MARIANNE GALLOWAY 


CHERYL M. GILLIAM 

Grayslake, Illinois 

DR.GEORGE R. AND 

ROSEMOND GRANTHAM 

Titusville, Florida 

MS.CYNTHIA M. GRUEBER 

Columbia, Missouri 

DR.JOHN N. HARKER 

Safety Harbor, Florida 

MR.STEVE HELLSTROM 

Schaumburg, Illinois 

ANDY AND ALICIA HOPPING 


PAMELA T. AND STEPHEN A. HORNE 


WILLIAM R. HUTCHINSON 

Battle Creek, Michigan 

DRS.CARRIE AND MAXIE JACKSON 


PHILIP M. AND LAURIE A. JANSEN 


DAVID T. AND PHYLLIS A. JOHNSTONE 

Englewood, Colorado 

DR.LEE N. AND SHIRLEY A. JUNE 


STEVEN AND CAROL ANN KARLOWSKI 

Westchester, Illinois 

DR.ARTHUR TAI 

DR.JOAN KEISER 


THEODORE R. KENNEDY AND 

JEAN GRANVILLE KENNEDY 


MR.KYUNG-KIL KIM 

SOUTH KOREA 

JONATHON D. KOENIGSBERG,J.D. 


KATY BAETZ-MATTHEWS AND 

BILL MATTHEWS 


ROBERT G. AND CAROL A. MAY 

Austin, Texas 

JOHN MCCALLA AND KIM SORDYL 

Portland, Oregon 

STEVE AND SUZI MCVOY 

Columbus, Ohio 

DR. AND MRS.ASCENSION C. MENA 

El Paso, Texas 

MICHEL AND RITA METZNER 

Portage, Michigan


GREGORY AND LISA NOWAK 


DR.LOGAN A. ONEY 

Grosse Pointe, Michigan 

LARRY AND FAYLENE OWEN 


JAMES J. AND KIMBERLY A. PALMER 

Rochester Hills, Michigan 

MR. AND MRS.TIM AND 

HEATHER SOULE 


GREGORY AND LISA SPEAKS 


FAYE C. BACKIE AND 

STEPHEN R. SZILVAGYI 


JOHN C. PEIRCE, M.D. 

Paradise Valley, Arizona 

MR. AND MRS.BRIAN SZYMANOWSKI 

Saint Joseph, Michigan 

JAY AND SUSAN PEPPER 

Franklin, Michigan 

DRS.CHRIS AND DEBRA PETERSON 


RICK AND IRENE TANGHE 


TERRIE E. TAYLOR,D.O. 

Traverse City, Michigan 

MARJORIE POWERS 


THOMAS THIVIERGE 


MICHAEL J. RANDELS 

Oak Hill, Virginia 

DR.CRAIG J. AND KRISTIN A. THOMAS 

Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 

ROBERT W. RATHKE 

Royal Oak, Michigan 

DOUG AND SHELLY THOMAS 

Alpharetta, Georgia 

GRAY R. AND LEAH A. REYNOLDS 

Farmington Hills, Michigan 

DR. AND MRS.DONALD L. ROBACH 

Auburndale, Florida 

DOUGLAS B. ROBERTS 


PAUL AND CAROL ROSE 

Hillman, Michigan 

DONALD M. TIERNEY 

Toledo, Ohio 

ROBERT A. TREMAIN 


JIM AND KAY TROSKO 


JEFF AND CARMEN VANDEVEER 

Chicago, Illinois 

For more information, please write or call: 


Michigan State University • 4700 South Hagadorn Road • Suite 220 

East Lansing, MI 48823-5399 • (517) 355-8257 

or visit us on the web at www.givingto.msu.edu 

THOMAS ROSS III 

Houston, Texas 

DR. AND MRS.CLARE D. WEIDMAN 

Eagle Rock, Virginia 

MERRI JO BALES AND 

RANDY SAHAJDACK 


DR.WILLIAM W. WELLS 

HELEN W. WELLS 

Northport, Michigan 

DR.E.RENÉE SANDERS-LAWSON 

AND DR.BILL E. LAWSON 


WILLIAM E. AND J. MURIEL SAUL 


DAVID W. SCHRUMPF 


DRS.GARY AND CATHERINE WESTFALL 


DON WHEELER 

Frankfort, Illinois 

LESLIE E. PAPKE AND 

JEFFREY M. WOOLDRIDGE 


ERIC FREEDMAN AND 

MARY ANN SIPHER 


HARVEY AND NANCY SOLWAY 


WILLIAM G. AND JUNE PIERCE YOUATT 


JOHN H. ZWARENSTEYN 


Dollar amounts listed are minimums for recognition in each giving society. 

Current gifts can be cash, securities, property or gifts-in-kind and are payable 

over a five-year period. When establishing a planned gift, credit can be given 

for previous cash gifts.

SPARTAN PROFILES 

RAY HEARN: 

YOU DA ARCHITECT 

He has been chased by boars in 

Alabama, attacked by rattle 

snakes and spiders in Costa Rica, 

and heaved by strong updrafts 

while flying an ultralight plane 

over the Pacific Ocean. All these 

are par for the course for Ray 

Hearn, B.S. ’83, B.L.A. ’89, one 

of America’s rising golf architects. 

After serving 10 years as a senior 

designer for Matthews & Associates, 

he founded Ray Hearn Golf 

Course Designs, Inc., Plymouth, 

in 1996. He proceeded to build a 

string of successes, such as the 

Grande Golf Club in Jackson and 

Hemlock in Ludington, named 

by Golf Digest as “Top Ten You 

Can Play” successively in 2002 

and 2003. Hearn has won national 

awards for Sea Oaks, Little 

Egg Harbor, NJ, where he adroitly 

combined elements from Augusta 

National and Pine Valley; 

for Mistwood, Romeoville, IL, a 

routing tour de force; and for Fox 

Hills Strategic Course in his 

hometown of Plymouth. Most 

recently, Yarrow in Augusta 

opened to rave reviews, while 

Macatawa Legends in Holland is 

sure to receive similar acclaim this 

fall. “I never want anyone to look 

at a golf course and say ‘There’s a 

Ray Hearn designed course,’” 

says Ray. “My goal is that each 

golf course maintain its own 

identity and remain true to the 

characteristics of the land it is 

built upon and the tenets important 

to its owner.” That philosophy, 

combined with his sheer creativity 

in golf design, has landed 

Ray two plum national projects—a 

spectacular resort course 

in Queopos, Costa Rica, right 

next to a tropical rain forest, and a 

major 36-hole resort course in 

Franklin, CT, for which legendary 

architects likeTom Fazio 

and Pete Dye were also considered. 

“I have the utmost respect 

for Fazio and Dye as designers, 

but every once in a while the 

Scott Thacker 

young underdog wins,” he notes. 

“Thank goodness they picked 

me. They said they liked my design 

concepts and my passion.” 

Or, put another way that is familiar 

to golf fans, they let Ray know, 

“You da man!” 

WENDY BAKER: THE HEALING 

POWER OF HORSES 

In The Horse Whisperer (1998), 

a little girl and her horse are severely 

injured in an accident, but 

both recuperate with the help of a 

mystical healer (played by Robert 

Redford). This story rang so true 

for Wendy Baker, ’77, an editor at 

Yahoo!, that she saw it multiple 

times. And it rings even truer 

now that she has just published 

The Healing Power Of Horses: 

Lessons From the Lakota Indians 

(BowTie Press, 2004), which recounts 

the stories of 12 Oglala 

Lakota Indians of Pine Ridge, 

South Dakota, and how they are 

healed by horses. “We all have 

tragedies in life, and the secret is 

to treat them as opportunities,” 

explains Baker, who moved to 

Burbank, CA, after 12 years as a 

book and magazine editor in 

New York City. “For example, a 

horse was the source of my problems, 

but a horse became the solution.” 

Indeed, as recounted in 

her book, Wendy suffered from 

rheumatoid arthritis in her knees 

and could hardly walk when her 

mother gave her horseback-riding 

lessons. “It 

gave me the freedom, 

mobility, and self-confidence 

that I had lost,” 

recalls Wendy of her 

childhood in Ann Arbor. 

She chose MSU “to get 

away from home, without 

going too far away.” At 

MSU she was greatly inspired 

by creative writing 

professor Al Drake, which 

led to an editorial career in 

New York City with DoubleDay, 

Harper & Row, and 

US and Conde Nast Traveler magazines. 

In 1990 she moved to 

California, and four years later 

suffered a major horseback-riding 

accident with three broken limbs. 

Again, what saved her was a horse 

called Mollie. “She has one eye 

In 2002, Wendy tried a rodeo 

horse in Pine Ridge, North 

Dakota, home of the Oglala 

Lakota Indians. 

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and we’re a great fit,” says Wendy. 

“She is my legs and I’m her eyes.” 

After her accident, she became 

very interested in the Oglala 

Lakota Indians. “At one time the 

horse was absolutely central to 

Lakota culture,” she explains. 

“So I wondered, what is their relationship 

with horses today” 

This curiosity led to the first of 

many trips to the Pine Ridge Indian 

Reservation where once 

there were three times as many 

horses as people, but now only 10 

percent of the population have 

horses. Wendy interviewed these 

individuals and families, and 

learned—as she documents— 

that the horse, while still considered 

a sacred being, is now primarily 

used for emotional and 

spiritual healing. 

BRUCE MCCRISTAL: 

SPIRIT OF MICHIGAN STATE 

If ever a book was a labor of 

love, The Spirit Of Michigan 

State (InnerWorkings, 2004) fits 

the category—having taken 11 

and a half years to assemble all 

512 pages and 440 photos. But 

Bruce McCristal, ’54, puts his 

magnum opus in perspective. 

“William J. Beal wrote the history 

of our first 50 years in five 

years,” notes McCristal, a retired 

General Motors executive in 

Bloomfield Hills. “It took Madison 

Kuhn 13 years to write First 

Hundred Years, which was published 

in 1955. I’m writing 

about 150 years, so it does not 

seem quite as long.” Nonetheless, 

Bruce spent years researching 

MSU history, even reading 

reports by the State Agricultural 

Society of Michigan in the 

1850s. The result is a tome that 

contains just about every positive 

achievement by MSU and 

its alumni, faculty and students. 

“This has all the wonderful 

things about MSU all pulled together 

in one place,” says Bruce. 

“It will give you sales ammunition 

on all kinds of activities.” 

The book contains a year-byyear 

timeline of MSU, 150 highlights 

to commemorate MSU’s 

sesquicentennial, listings of all 

NCAA and Olympic champions, 

and chapters of all kinds of 

individual and departmental 

achievements. Bruce literally 

grew up on the campus, the son 

of a professor, and while a student 

worked for legendary sports 

information director Fred W. 

Stabley. At General Motors he 

rose to head public relations at 

Cadillac, GM Hughes Electronics 

Corporation, and the AC 

Electronics Division. He served 

as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force 

and has served as chairman and 

vice chairman of MSU’s Development 

Fund, and on the national 

board of the MSU Alumni 

Association. His new tome has a 

hefty price of $49.95, but as 

Bruce notes, “All the profits from 

the book are going to Michigan 

State University.” The book is 

available at Barnes & Noble, 

Borders, and Amazon.com. 


www.spiritofmichiganstate.com. 

ATHENA TRENTIN: 

MONSTER HOUSE CREW 

In June, the Discovery Channel’s 

Monster House featured its 

first all-female crew. Five women 

builders successfully converted a 

desert home in suburban Los Angeles 

into a surfer’s paradise. One 

star was Athena Trentin, ’96, 

M.A. ’00, an international student 

advisor at California Institute 

of Technology, Pasadena, 

and a licensed master plumber (a 

skill she learned while working at 

MSU’s Physical Plant). In the 

episode, she was seen crawling 

under the house to install water 

and drain lines while fending off 

spiders and other effluvia. “I didn’t 

look like my normal gorgeous 

self,” says Trentin with a hearty 

laugh. “When I came out of hibernation, 

I looked pretty disgusting!” 

Nonetheless, Athena, a 

native of Escanaba and member 

of the Little Traverse Band of 

Odawa Indians, ranks it as one of 

her top accomplishments—especially 

having just recovered from 

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. 

“We had to haul 7,000 pounds of 

concrete,” she notes. “I had no 

idea if I was going to get a relapse.” 

When first diagnosed 

with CFS in 1999, she recalls, “I 

couldn’t move, my body felt 10 

times heavier, the lymph nodes 

under my arms were so swollen I 

couldn’t turn around in my car to 

reach the buckles, and I had a 

constant sore throat.” The doctors 

only knew it was an immune 

disorder and were not able to 

help. So she took matters into 

her own hands. She discovered 

that yoga helped. “One reason I 

believe I got sick is that I had so 

many goals I just kept going and 

going and ignored signs from my 

body,” she explains. The other 

thing that helped were herbal 

medicines, such as cat’s claw. 

After finishing her MSU master’s 

degree in 2000, she felt strong 

enough to move to southern California 

(in late 2001). The Monster 

House gig was a calculated 

risk, but it has paid off. “Today 

we’re the best of friends,” she says 

of her crew. Next up for Athena: 

Completing her doctoral degree 

in international education from 

the University of Southern California 

in 2006. 


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Dallas Cowboy Weekly 

FLOZELL ADAMS: 

FRANCHISE HOTEL 

At MSU, he was nicknamed 

“Hotel” and made All-American 

offensive lineman in 1997. Now 

it might be time to change the 

nickname to Marriott or Hyatt. 

Two years ago the Dallas Cowboys 

designated him as the team’s 

first “franchise” player. And with 

his reported five-year $25 million 

contract and $10 million signing 

bonus, left tackle Flozell Adams, 

’98, could well buy his own franchise 

hotel. At 6-feet-7, 357 

pounds, he has emerged after seven 

professional seasons as one of 

the NFL’s top left tackles—a key 

position for quarterback protection. 

“MSU helped me a lot,” 

says Adams. “Coach (Nick) Saban 

prepared me to be the player 

that I am, and the person that I 

am.” He also credits former 

MSU assistant coach Pat Shurmur, 

now quarterbacks coach for 

the Philadelphia Eagles, with being 

a mentor. “He’s the guy who 

recruited me in Chicago and just 

recently at the Pro Bowl I hung 

out with him.” Though he does 

not have the time to watch MSU 

games, he keeps track of the 

team. “I was disappointed about 

the Rutgers game,” says Flozell. 

“But they’ll be fine. It takes time 

to get going, especially the offensive 

line. You need to learn about 

each other and know what everyone 

is doing on each play. That 

takes time.” He raves about his 

current coach, Bill Parcells. “He’s 

a great coach,” says Flozell. “He’s 

a player’s coach. Everybody likes 

what he does. He’s straightforward, 

no secrets. If you want to 

know, he’ll tell you. If you don’t 

want to know, he’ll tell you.” In 

his free time, Flozell has gone 

into business, opening a clothing 

store in Lansing called Brick 

City, and getting into real estate 

development. In July, he kicked 

off his new housing development 

in Runaway Bay, TX. His 

company, FR Adams Luxury 

Homes, is building homes in 

the $169,000-$386,000 range. 

“We sold six units before we 

even started,” he says. “Right 

now we’re putting up five more 

homes.” 

DAVID P. O’MALLEY: RISING 

SPARTAN IN HOLLYWOOD 

In 1942 Glenn Miller put 

Kalamazoo on the map with his 

hit recording, I’ve Got A Gal In 

Kalamazoo. In 2005, film producer 

and director David P. 

O’Malley, ’69, hopes to do likewise 

with the movie Kalamazoo, 

a comedy about three 28-yearold 

women trying to destroy a 

time capsule prior to their 10th 

reunion so that they will not be 

embarrassed by their predictions. 

“It’s a wacky, caperish 

comedy,” says O’Malley, a rising 

Spartan in Hollywood who has 

enjoyed success in the film industry 

as an actor, writer, director 

and producer. “But it’s also a 

comedy-drama about facing 

your goals and what’s important 

about life, and the choices you 

make.” Coincidentally, Dave is a 

native of Battle Creek. He came 

to MSU to study “radio, television 

and film,” and in his senior 

year, he and fellow Spartan Tom 

Chapman wrote a script about 

the Baja Marimba Band that 

landed them an Emmy award for 

Best Entertainment Special. After 

a stint as a radio news director 

in Santa Barbara, CA, Dave 

wrote and produced his first 

film, Deadly Fathoms, in 1974, 

winning the Silver Medal at the 

Atlanta Film Festival. Since 

then, he has received credit in 12 

films as a writer, 7 as a director, 4 

as a a producer, and 4 as an actor. 

“I like them all for different reasons,” 

he notes. “Being a producer 

is really hard, but you learn 

a lot. Writing is terrific because 

you start off with a blank page 

and it’s all creativity. But I probably 

love directing the best because 

you get to work with so 

many different people.” In Kalamazoo, 

Dave gets to work with 

such stalwart actors as Claire 

Bloom and Chita Rivera. Perhaps 

his best known film was 

1993’s Fatal Instinct, a send-up 

of mystery thrillers in the style of 

Naked Gun. Dave credits MSU 

with giving him “the basics” 

about filmmaking and “a great 

general education.” And he says 

he runs into many Spartans in 

Hollywood. “Whenever I wear 

my Red Wings cap,” he notes, 

“you won’t believe how many 

people I meet at the grocery 

store.” 

O’Malley directs Dee Wallace 

Stone (of ET fame), and (inset) 

Claire Bloom and star Josie Davis 

(right). 

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Michigan State University 

Alumni Association 

LIFE MEMBERSHIP 

The MSU Alumni Association would like to take 

this opportunity to welcome our newest life members. 

We thank you and commend you for your 

willingness to share our commitment to this great 

university through Life Membership in the 

Alumni Association. 

Joseph and Katharine Allen 

Taylors, SC 

Michele Gesquiere 

Sterling Heights, MI 

Kevin and Kathleen Lynch 

Chicago, IL 

Erin and Eric Romanuk 

Royal Oak, MI 

Jeffrey and Sharon Armstrong 

Okemos, MI 

Diane and Michael Grieves 

Cocoa Beach, FL 

Michael Maitland 

Chicago, IL 

Bettina Sauter 

Chesapeake, VA 

Paul Begick 

Bay City, MI 

Terry Hallead 

Oxford, MI 

Nancy Marquez 

Coral Gables, FL 

Stefan Schwarz 

Lake Orion, MI 

David and Patricia Bender 

Somerset, NJ 

Phillip and Cindy Harwood 

Farmington Hills, MI 

David Massaron 

Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 

James Siemers 

Battle Creek, MI 

Lawrence Blyly 

Hartford, MI 

Robert Henes 

Bronxville, NY 

Lisa and Steven McKone 

West Bloomfield, MI 

David Silberstein 

Chestnut Ridge, NY 

Steven Bolhuis 

Cincinnati, OH 

Brendan Bolhuis 

Grand Rapids, MI 

Jon and Michelle Bricker 

Royal Oak, MI 

Erik and Kelly Brown 

Chicago, IL 

Thomas and Ann Burgoon 

Rockford, MI 

Timothy and Keri Conlon 

Holland, MI 

Cari Cullin 

Whitmore Lake, MI 

Cynthia Fates 

New York, NY 

Erik Fielbrandt 

Bay City, MI 

Timothy and 

Jacquelene Finegan 

Sterling Heights, MI 

Brian and Lori Frohock 

Oxford, MI 

Erica George 

Dayton, OH 

Jessica Hewitt and 

Matthew Thomas 

Macomb, MI 

Eric Homberger 

Belleville, MI 

Terry Inch and 

Tamara Richardson-Inch 

Clarkston, MI 

Heather Irwin-Robinson 

Ontario, Canada 

Martin Kane 

Concord, NC 

Matthew Kelly 

Western Springs, IL 

Myda Korkigian Fisher 

Franklin, MI 

Craig and Mary Lehmann 

Troy, MI 

Paul Lindstrom 

Concord, NH 

Jonathan Lock 

Brentwood, TN 

Mary and Mark Lunetta 

Okemos, MI 

Andrew Mclemore 

Lansing, MI 

Michael Milan 

Hessel, MI 

Ronald Milz 

Novi, MI 

Marc O’Connor 

Las Vegas, NV 

Bruce and Laurie Ofenloch 

Charlotte, NC 

Christina Oney 

Ann Arbor, MI 

Ralph Panella 

San Jose, CA 

William Price 

Waterford, MI 

Tara Reinholz 

Troy, MI 

Christopher Rice and 

Casey Schurkamp 

San Ramon, CA 

Michael and 

Pamela Richmond 

Kalamazoo, MI 

Clyde and Rosalyn Stretch 

Boynton Beach, FL 

Marc Thompson and 

Sarah Blessing 

Fenton, MI 

Jennifer and Justin Varner 

Grandville, MI 

Gary and Susan Wachler 

Huntington Woods, MI 

Virginia White 

Okemos, MI 

James and Peggy White 

Evanston, IL 

David Work 

Grand Ledge, MI 

Lauren Youngdahl 

Jackson, MI 


The McPherson Y 

Kurt Stepnitz/University Relations 

By Robert Bao 

Peter McPherson pushed productivity 

Perhaps no photograph better 

to a new level and 

symbolizes Peter McPherson’s 

11-year advanced tenure as MSU’s 

president 

than his presiding over the 

unveiling of the John A. Hannah 

statue on Sept. 17, the kickoff 

event for MSU’s Sesquicentennial 

celebration. 

When seeking adjectives and accolades to bestow on 

McPherson, one word recurs—“Hannahesque,” as in 

John A. Hannah, the mastermind of MSU’s modern 

growth from 1941-69. 

After McPherson steps down Jan. 1, 

2005 as MSU president, he can look 

back over his 11-year tenure and take 

pride in one of the most productive eras 

in the university’s history. His era was 

“Hannahesque” in every imaginable 

way, from the flow of concrete to 

changes that will have a major impact on 

the university far into the future. As the 

accompanying timeline makes clear, 

and as future historians will record, 

McPherson has cast a giant shadow over 

his alma mater and left an imprint comparable 

to that of his mentor, the great 

John Hannah. 

Indeed, McPherson unleashed the 

biggest wave of new construction on 

campus since the Hannah years. He 

spearheaded many visionary changes 

that will benefit MSU years down the 

road. He launched a $1.2 billion capital 

campaign that will take MSU to the next 

level academically. He tackled key national 

education issues, such as rising tuition 

costs and binge drinking on campus, 

earning national attention. He 

brought people of national stature to 

campus as commencement speakers, 

and also as McPherson lecturers. He 

worked to implement his visions for 

MSU, such as leading the nation in 

Study Abroad. He fought tirelessly and 

strategically to secure funding and other 

advantages for the university. He 

thought outside the box to bring a law 

school to campus, perhaps completing 

the last mosaic in John Hannah’s ultimate 

vision for the university. 

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Years: 1993-2004 

MSU Trustee David Porteous and 

President McPherson (right) at the 

dedication of the Hannah statue. 

The McPhersons hosted many events in 

Cowles House, including the historical 

Cotillion in 1995. 


“I am proud of the many accomplishments 

of faculty, students 

and staff over the past 10- 

plus years,” he said after 

announcing his departure plans 

at the spring undergraduate commencement 

ceremony at Breslin 

Center. “From the Guiding Principles 

to the Biomedical and 

Physical Sciences Building to the 

20-20 Vision. From becoming 

the nations’ leader in study 

abroad to dramatic growth in external 

research funding. From 

the Honors College renaissance 

to the Beaumont Tower renovation. 

“I was honored to be president 

for a national debate championship 

and a national basketball 

championship. We now have a 

law school on our campus. It’s 

been exciting and invigorating.” 

McPherson boasts strong MSU 

roots. He earned a bachelor of 

arts in political science from 

MSU in 1963. His family’s ties 

with the university run even 

Photo Courtesy of the U.S. Treasury 

McPherson receives the Distinguished Service Award from U.S. Treasury 

Secretary John Snow (left) and Under Secretary for International 

Affairs John Taylor (right). 

deeper; both his parents are MSU 

graduates, as are all seven of his 

brothers and sisters. And his 

grandfather, Melville, for whom 

he is named, was a member of the 

board that elected John Hannah 

MSU president in 1941. 

Why, with that background, 

would he leave MSU McPherson 

says that while serving in Iraq 

as the financial coordinator for 

the Office of Reconstruction and 

Humanitarian Assistance last 

year, he had time to reflect on 

both his future and that of the 

university. 

“Every decade or so, it’s important 

to have new ideas,” he explains. 

“Big organizations need 

to have change. 

“It’s been 11 wonderful years. 

I’ve deeply enjoyed this role.” 

The appreciation for McPherson’s 

contribution to MSU has 

flowed from newspapers, alumni, 

and friends. In a statement, 

Board of Trustees Chairperson 

David Porteous said, “On behalf 

of the Board of Trustees, collectively 

and individually, I express 

our deepest gratitude to Peter 

McPherson for his outstanding 

leadership.” 

McPherson’s departure will 

mark the end of the longest-serving 

president-provost team in the 

Big Ten. “I have had the privilege 

to work closely with Peter, who is 

a valued colleague and good 

friend,” says Provost Lou Anna K. 

Simon. “He works tirelessly to 

raise MSU’s profile and reputa- 

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 

MCPHERSON YEARS 

1994 

• Establishes “Guiding Principles” for MSU following 

campuswide dialogue 

• Names Lou Anna K. Simon as Provost 

• Promulgates “Tuition Guarantee,” which held tuition 

increases to the rate of inflation, to enhance access to MSU 

• Hires Nick Saban to replace George Perles as football coach 

• First Lady Joanne spearheads the founding of MSU Safe Place, 

the first such campus facility in the nation 

• Named chair of the Presidents Council, State 

Universities of Michigan 

1995 

• Establishes affiliation with the Detroit College of Law, which 

has since moved onto campus and been renamed the MSU College 

of Law 

• MSU’s Eli Broad College of Business and Graduate School of 

Management offers Weekend MBA Program 

• President Bill Clinton becomes first sitting president to be 

commencement speaker since Teddy Roosevelt in 1907 

• Prevails on state legislators to increase MSU’s base funding for 

technology by $10.4 million a year 

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In 2003, McPherson went to Iraq at the behest of U.S. President 

George W. Bush to help rebuild its economy. He is shown standing near 

his office in Baghdad. 

tion as a globally connected institution, 

advancing our study 

abroad programs and other international 

initiatives, even while 

continuing our commitment to 

the communities and people we 

serve nearer to home.” 

McPherson is looking at several 

options, including development 

in impoverished nations, broader 

public service and finance. During 

his stint in Iraq from May to 

September 2003, he was instrumental 

in establishing the central 

bank in Iraq and worked with international 

banks as they began to 

invest in and establish themselves 

in that country. 

“I want opportunities to do 

something beyond this presidency, 

and I want to be readily available 

for them,” he explains. 

McPherson will leave MSU 

with some major projects still under 

way, including the $1 billion 

capital campaign, which has surpassed 

the $800 million mark 

earlier than expected, a recordsetting 

achievement that, in his 

words, has “accelerated institutional 

momentum and broadened 

confidence in our faculty, 

staff, and students as MSU prepares 

to celebrate its sesquicentennial.” 

In the coming months, as MSU 

celebrates its sesquicentennial, his 

time and energies will focus on 

two historic efforts—bringing 

the nation’s Rare Isotope Accelerator 

to MSU and continuing the 

expansion opportunities of the 

College of Human Medicine. 

Making history and creating a 

“great university that is responsive, 

effective, and efficient” have 

been the hallmarks of the 

McPherson presidency. As a 

Lansing State Journal editorial 

concluded in October, “Under 

McPherson, MSU has become 

more students, more research 

dollars, more private donations, 

more international study programs, 

more well-known.” The 

Detroit News added, “He has 

made the university a better place 

for students, and a better bargain 

for Michigan taxpayers.” 

Those who work at MSU have 

also come to appreciate First Lady 

Joanne McPherson, who last year 

received the Honorary Alumni 

Award for her indefatigable support 

for MSU and its athletic 

teams, and for helping found 

MSU Safe Place, the nation’s first 

on-campus shelter. “Joanne’s involvement 

throughout the university 

is significant,” says Keith 

A. Williams, executive director of 

the MSU Alumni Association. 

“Joanne is the driving force behind 

many of MSU’s Homecom- 

1996 1997 

• Rededication of the Beaumont Tower bells, silent since 1987 

• Launches initiative to dramatically expand overseas study 

• Cornerstone ceremony for the $14 million Herbert H. and 

Grace A. Dow Institute for Materials Research 

• Promulgates “Technology Guarantee,” which provides student 

access to information technology 

• Dedication of MSU Law School Building 

• Dedication of National Food Safety and Toxicology Center 

• MSU joins international consortium to build the 

SOAR telescope 

• Pioneering “virtual” courses are offered by four colleges 

• Named by President Clinton to the Commission on 

International Development, Cooperation and Trade 

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ing events. She is involved with 

the annual Parade, the Green and 

White Brunch, and is also the 

chairperson of the MSU Homecoming 

Court Selection Committee.” 

She also chairs several 

planning subcommittees of the 

MSU Sesquicentennial and the 

annual MSUAA Kaleidoscope 

Committee. As a member the 

MSUAA’s National Alumni 

Board, she served on the Alumni 

Center Committee. Under both 

Peter and Joanne, Cowles House 

has become a tremendously active 

and welcoming place, hosting 

some 100 events a year. 

Some highlights of McPherson’s 

presidency: 

☛The “Guiding Principles,” 

providing MSU with a renewed 

“practical vision.” 

☛The Tuition Guarantee that allowed 

MSU for seven consecutive 

years in the 1990s to hold tuition 

to the rate of inflation, something 

no other major university in the 

nation was able to do. 

☛ Affiliating with the then-Detroit 

College of Law , now the 

MSU School of Law. 

☛ Growth in Honors College enrollment 

from 1,000 students to 

over 2,500. 

☛ Declaring Study Abroad a university 

priority, resulting in a 

tripling of enrolment in the program 

as MSU became the nation’s 

leader in undergraduates studying 

internationally. 

☛The largest facilities growth 

since the Hannah Era, with major 

facilities constructions and expansions 

including the Biomedical 

and Physical Sciences Bldg, 

Agriculture Hall Annex, Beaumont 

Tower renovation, Koo International 

Academic Center, Eustace-Cole 

Hall, Henry Center 

for Executive Development, 

McPhail Equine Performance 

Center, Smith Student-Athlete 

Academic Support Center, the 

MSU Law School Bldg, and the 

new addition to Spartan Stadium 

that will house both University 

Development and the MSU 

Alumni Association. 

☛ Establishing the 2020 Vision 

Plan, an in-depth campus directive 

for space quality, land use, facilities 

development, and environmental 

sensitivity in 

long-range planning. 

McPherson, a former Peace 

Corps volunteer himself, has consistently 

called upon MSU students 

“to dream and act globallyto 

think beyond yourselves in lives 

of public service.” During his 

MSU presidency he has set an example. 

“He’s a fixer, in the purest 

sense of the word,” wrote Detroit 

News business columnist Daniel 

Howes last June. “He likes to tackle 

big problems—famine in Africa 

20 years ago for the Agency for International 

Development, binge 

drinking on campus, meaningful 

education for blighted urban areas 

or the restoration of Iraq’s economy.” 

McPherson was appointed 

by President George W. Bush as 

chair of the Board of International 

Food and Agriculture Development 

and serves as co-chair of the 

Partnership to Cut Hunger in 

Africa. He chaired reform commissions 

on Michigan’s charter 

schools and Lansing’s public 

schools. 

Last May, he took a five-month 

leave to head the economic reconstruction 

of Iraq, at the behest 

of President Bush. 

As the Lansing State Journal editorialized, 

“Whatever the differences 

some may have with President 

Peter McPherson, there’s no 

denying his departure from MSU 

will be a significant loss. MSU 

will miss McPherson. As will we.” 



1998 

• Dedication of Clara Bell Smith Student-Athlete Academic 

Support Center, the first such facility in the Big Ten 

• Renovation of Eustace-Cole Hall begins, launching an 

ambitious effort to renovate historic “Lab Row” 

• MSU receives major backing from the National Science 

Foundation to “couple” its two superconducting cyclotrons 

1999 

• Agriculture Hall Annex is completed 

• “20/20 Vision,” a comprehensive master plan for the campus, 

is introduced 

• Launches “MSU Promise,” a continued focus on undergraduate 

education, research, graduate education, globalization, outreach 

and diversity. 

• MSU wins a national award for its commitment to safety and 

responsible drinking 

• Lands Jean Chretien, Prime Minister 

of Canada, as commencement 

speaker 

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The Chairperson’s 

Perspective 

With great appreciation for all 

that he has accomplished I, and the 

Michigan State University Board 

of Trustees, offer our thanks to Peter 

McPherson. We are honored 

that he chose to spend nearly 11 

years as president of this great institution. 

His strong, energetic leadership 

of the University has indelibly 

marked it and has moved it 

forward in many ways. At the beginning 

of the 21st century, we are 

in an excellent position to take 

MSU to an even higher level. 

He has served longer than any 

president in the Big Ten, longer 

than any MSU president since 

John Hannah, and his leadership 

has found expression in many ways. 

He has served Michigan State 

University so well, and for so long, 

that we tend to forget what was not 

here when Peter McPherson returned 

home to East Lansing. 

There was no Biomedical Physical 

Sciences Building . The Study 

Abroad Program, while significant, 

was not the leader in the U.S. 

that it is today . The Livestock 

Pavilion was an artist’s rendering . 

There was no MSU College of 

Law. The Honors College had substantially 

fewer students. MSU’s 

tuition was among the more expensive 

in the Big Ten—and on a fast 

pace to even greater cost. 

The National Superconducting 

Cyclotron Laboratory hadn’t received 

an important upgrade, one 

that now allows MSU to compete 

aggressively for the Rare Isotope Accelerator. 

There was no Diagnostic 

Center for Populations and Animal 

Health. The debate team hadn’t 

won a national championship. 

These are just some of the accomplishments 

during the time he has 

led the team and worked to further 

improve the University. 

His knowledge and skills in finance 

have allowed MSU to 

weather far better the financial 

turmoil of the past two years. By 

the way, we have had excellent returns 

on our investments during 

his tenure. Also, his leadership in 

the Capital Campaign positions 

the University well as it closes in on 

the goal of $1. 2 billion in 2007. 

His vision has allowed him to 

take Michigan State in new and 

bold directions. By working hard 

to secure a partnership with hospital 

and community leaders in 

Grand Rapids, we are poised to 

bring even greater quality of education 

and experience to the College 

of Human Medicine. 

Peter McPherson also served the 

region, the state, and the country 

very well. From his participation 

and leadership on commissions 

studying education at all levels, to 

his work to combat hunger and 

poverty—especially in Africa—to 

his service on an advisory board to 

the U.S. Secretary of Energy, he has 

given the full measure. Above and 

beyond, his selfless contribution to 

the reconstruction of Iraq’s economy 

was a tremendously generous 

effort, and in the MSU tradition. 

We have been fortunate to have 

Peter McPherson as the leader of 

this remarkable University. We are 

also fortunate that he was with us 

this fall when we began our celebrations 

for MSU’s 150th anniversary 

with the dedication of 

the statue of John Hannah, a president 

whose leadership inspired 

Peter McPherson. 

We recognize that there are new 

challenges that await you, Peter. 

As I heard you talk about your experience 

in Iraq, it was apparent 

that particularly complex international 

problems, and your capacity 

to solve them, present interesting 

opportunities to serve yet again. 

Again, on behalf of the MSU 

Board of Trustees, I express our 

deep gratitude to Peter McPherson 

for his outstanding leadership of 


David L. Porteous 

Chairperson 


Board of Trustees 

2000 2001 

• Dedication of Mary Anne McPhail Equine Performance 

Center 

• Parking ramp at Communication Arts & Sciences completed 

• MSU basketball team wins NCAA championship 

• Ellen Taaffe Zwillich’s Fourth Symphony (“The Gardens”) 

premieres at Wharton Center with Leon Gregorian 

conducting the MSU Symphony 

• Dedication of Brook Lodge in Augusta 

• MSU confers degrees to its first seven “virtual” graduates 

• Dedication of James B. Henry Center for Executive Development 

• With “coupled” cyclotrons, MSU’s National Superconducting 

Cyclotron Laboratory boasts the highest-energy continuous wave 

accelerator in the world 

• Trowbridge Road extension adds a major entrance 

to campus 

• Served as international observer of elections in Peru 

• MSU efforts to increase alcohol education via “Action 

Team” plan is lauded by Michigan Legislature 

• MSU receives funds from Michigan’s Life Sciences 

Corridor, a state initiative to promote life sciences 

research and business development 

• A virtual professional development program for 

estate and wealth planning is launched, along with The Estate and 

Wealth Strategies Institute 

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“Covering” McPherson 

in the Alumni Magazine 

In one of his first visits to an 

MSUAA regional club, President 

McPherson brought along 

a lamp. He liked to work even 

during lengthy car rides. Such 

stories about McPherson and his 

prodigious work ethic, which includes 

late-night and weekend 

phone calls, bolstered his image 

as Mr. Productivity. 

He knew so much about this 

enormous university and its inner 

workings that he never used 

notes when speaking to alumni 

groups. When speaking about 

MSU, he was like a film buff 

talking about favorite movies, or 

an avid golfer recounting favorite 

rounds. He knew the facts 

and the details, and he exuded 

passion for his alma mater. 

President McPherson has been 

the source of six cover stories in 

the MSU Alumni Magazine during 

his 11-year presidency, the 

sign of a very active and productive 

president. They include the 

story of his hiring, of his vision 

for the university, the affiliation 

of the Detroit College of Law 

(now MSU College of Law), the 

Tuition Guarantee, the visit of 

President Bill Clinton, and a 

five-year retrospective of this 

presidency. 



2002 

• “The Campaign For MSU,” a $1.2 billion capital campaign— 

the second comprehensive one in MSU history—kicks off 

• Dedication of Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building, the 

Delia Koo International Academic Center, and the Alfred 

Berkowitz Basketball Complex 

• Lands Vice President Dick Cheney as commencement speaker, 

the fourth sitting vice president to speak at MSU 

• Hires Ron Mason as athletics director; John L. Smtih hired as 

football coach replacing Bobby Williams 

• Shaw Lane Parking Ramp and bus terminal completed 

2003 

• MSU Study Abroad leads the nation, according to figures compiled 

by the Institute of International Education 

• Served six months as financial coordinator in Iraq for the Office of Reconstruction 

and Humanitarian Assistance 

• Acquisition of one of the world’s first PET/CT scanners allows MSU 

Radiology to maintain its cutting-edge status 

• Plans announced for major expansion of Kresge Art Museum 

• Plans announced for major stadium expansion 

2004 

• Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health begins operation 

• Dedication of the SOAR telescope facility in Chile and East Lansing 

• Honored by U.S. Treasury with Distinguished Service Award 

• Faculty Oversight Committee formed to explore expansion of College 

of Human Medicine to Grand Rapids 

• MSU Debate Team wins the 58th National Debate Tournament 

• MSU Sesquicentennial kicks off with debut of John Hannah statue 

• Ongoing efforts continue to secure the proposed Rare Isotope 

Accelerator 

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Thank 

You. 

Andrew and Sandra Conner spent their working lives at Michigan State 

University, and their appreciation for MSU has shown during their many years 

of support. Now, through generous planning, their loyalty will live on forever. 

You see, they have named MSU as a charitable beneficiary of their estate, 

accomplishing more for the university than they could have dreamed of 

doing during their lifetime. “We love MSU, and we are very happy we’ve 

established this gift,” they said, noting that their future gift provides them 

with the satisfaction of knowing that the areas they care about most – 

the Dosser Family/Lyman Briggs Scholarship (named for Sandra’s 

parents), the Ralph Young Fund, the Physical Plant, the Wharton 

Center and MSU Safe Place – will be enhanced because of their 

generosity. Andrew and Sandra Conner, saying thank you by 

planning for the future of Michigan State University. 

The Linda E. Landon Society, named for the 

beloved MSU librarian and first female instructor 

on campus, recognizes and honors individuals 

and families who, through their estate plans, 

have established a planned gift of any size 

benefiting Michigan State University. These 

future gifts can take many forms, such as a 

bequest through a will or personal trust or one of 

several charitable life-income plans. 

Office of Planned Giving 


4700 S. Hagadorn Rd., Suite 220 

East Lansing, MI 48823 

517-353-9268 or 800-232-4678 

For planned giving answers online, 

visit www.givingto.msu.edu 


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A SPARTAN CONQUERS 

MOUNT EVEREST 

 

By Dale Darling, ’87, M.S. ’91, with Robert Bao 

On Sunday, May 23, 2004, I reached the summit of Mt. Everest, fulfilling a decade-long 

dream to conquer the world’s highest peak. 

My group of 10 climbers needed 

more than nine hours to negotiate 

the last 1,500 feet. We 

passed three dead bodies, part of a 

group that went just ahead of us. 

Six of them, we learned, had died 

from the extreme conditions just 

two days before. 

It was surreal and downright 

scary, but also awesome and 

thrilling. Many emotions flooded 

my brain in a way I can’t describe. 

But I didn’t take much time to 

enjoy the view—only about 10 

minutes. We had to muster all 

our energy and focus on the descent, 

which would take another 

eight hours to reach the Advanced 

Camp III, the penultimate 

camp. The vast majority of 

fatalities among Everest climbers 

take place at this stage, when people 

succumb to exhaustion. 

How, you might ask, did a 

Midwest kid like myself get into 

this two-month ordeal of an adventure 

Growing up on a farm 

in Milan, Michigan, the tallest 

thing I had ever climbed was a 

silo. I was first exposed to mountains 

after I moved to California 

in 1989 and a friend took me for 

a hike in the Western Sierras up to 

some lakes at 10,000 feet. 

I was immediately hooked. We 

hiked the Sierras at least once a 

month up to about 13,000 feet. 

About ten years ago, I read 

Seven Summits, by Dick Bass and 

Frank Wells. I was mesmerized, 

line by line, as the authors recount 

their conquests of the highest 

peak of each continent. It was 

an inspiration. Their feat has 

been achieved by fewer than 90 

people since. I was enthralled by 

that vision. 

So I began to climb progressively 

larger mountains, Mt. Whitney 

(14,496 ft.), Mt. Shasta 

(14,162 ft.) and Mt. Rainier 

(14,410). Other peaks include 

Pike’s Peak in Colorado, Mt. 

Rose, Sawtooth, Castle Peak, Mt. 

Talac, and Mt. Ralston—all in 

the Lake Tahoe area. Always in 

the back of my mind loomed the 

vision of the Seven Summits. 

At that time I worked for World 

Wide Sires, in Visalia, CA, directing 

exports of dairy and beef cattle 

frozen semen. “I’m in genetic 

sales,” I used to tell friends. In 

any case, during my frequent 

travels to Africa and Europe, I 

could spot various peaks from the 

airplane window, including beautiful 

Mt. Kilimanjaro (19,339 

ft.). That’s one of the seven summits, 

and the first I’d scale. It was 

not a difficult climb. This past 

July, I’m told, MSU football 

coach John L. Smith did so with a 

group of Spartans—most of 

them nonexpert climbers—on an 

MSU Alumni Association tour 

(see sidebar). 

After Kilimanjaro I climbed 

some of the other seven summits—Elbrus 

(18,481 ft.) in Russia, 

Aconcagua (22,840 ft.) in Argentina, 

and Denali’s Mt. 

McKinley (20,320 ft.) in Alaska, 

which took me two attempts. 

These climbs gave me confidence 

that I could summit Mt. Everest, 

the world’s tallest peak at 29,035 

feet (8,848 meters) and one of the 

most treacherous. 

In 2000, I changed jobs and 

joined Blue Diamond Growers in 

Sacramento, CA, to direct their 

exports of almonds. As a condition 

of accepting the job, I asked 

them to agree that I could take 

two months off within five years 

to climb Everest. They agreed, 

probably thinking this was apropos 

of someone in the “nuts” 

business. 


Indeed, my quest would seem 

foolhardy when you look at the 

history of Everest climb attempts. 

Only about 1,200— 

about 15 percent of those who 

try the arduous task—have ever 

reached the summit. A good 

many die trying. Since 1922, 

more than 171 fatalities have 

been recorded. In 1970, four 

climbers made the summit, 

while eight died trying. But such 

stats were not enough to discourage 

me. The sheer excitement of 

my vision trumped all else. 

In late 2003 I committed to 

this climb with Russell Brice of 

Himalayan Experience. He 

might be the world’s foremost 

 

Everest expedition leader, having 

led 8 percent of all those who 

successfully reached the Everest 

summit. He has not suffered a 

single fatality in 15 years—an 

unbelievable track record. 

The cost of the overall expedition 

was around $45,000. 

About 85 percent of it came 

from sponsors—Excel Inns of 

America, MCS Educational Services 

of Sacramento, New Factor, 

Michigan Farm Bureau, 

Oceanspray, Placer Title Company. 

The Moosejaw store in 

East Lansing was essentially a cosponsor, 

since they gave me major 

discounts of all my equipment. 

And Blue Diamond 

Growers allowed me the time 

off. I am deeply thankful to all of 

them. 

To prepare myself physically, I 

organized a strenuous daily regimen 

of physical fitness. Five 

days a week, I’d get up at 5:30 

a.m. Three days a week I’d spend 

an hour on a stair machine while 

carrying a 52-pound backpack. 

Two days, I’d do it at a running 

pace. One day a week I’d swim 

80 laps, one day a week I’d run 7 

to 8 miles. My routine included 

at least 200 sit-ups, 40-80 pullups 

and 40-80 dips, because 

climbers need to be able to pull 

themselves up with ease. On 

weekends I’d get at least one 

good hike through snow up in 

the Sierras. Regularly I’d rock 

climb at the local gym. Often I’d 

work out twice a day. 

My goal was to stay at 10 percent 

body fat. I’m 5-8 and, with 

four months of that regimen, became 

quite fit. I weighed 166 

pounds before the climb, but 

right afterwards I was an emaciated 

145 pounds. 

On March 30 our team met in 

Katmandu, Nepal, and spent a 

couple of days going through 

our equipment. We then flew to 

Lhasa in Tibet, China. Our 

climb would be via the northern 

route from China, which is more 

technical than the southern 

route through Nepal. It’s also a 

bit safer, since we bypass the dangerous 

Khumbu ice fall. 

We spent a few days getting acclimated 

to the more than 

10,000 feet altitude and visited 

some monasteries. We then 

drove towards Everest and went 

through three small towns, each 

a little higher in elevation, 

spending a couple of nights at 

each town. 

Then we arrived at the Everest 

base camp. We had two teams of 

ten climbers each, plus about 25 

Sherpas, Himalayan porters who 

carry and help set up tents and 

gear, and who also put in the 

ropes up high. We basically did 

very little at base camp. We’d do 

little day hikes into the neighboring 

hills. Every other day, 

we’d walk 5.5 miles to an interim 

camp. Then one day we’d 

overnight there, and hike another 

5.5 miles to an advanced base 

camp. You want to get used to 

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They thought that climbing Mount Everest was apropos of someone in the “nuts” business. 

the surroundings and progress 

gradually. 

No partying of any kind occurs 

at this stage. Everyone is 

focused and serious. You want 

to stay healthy. I also stopped 

my brutal exercise regimen. At 

this stage, you want to conserve 

energy. Basically, we just talked, 

went out for little walks, relaxed 

and read. I read 10 books in six 

weeks, including Hemingway’s 

The Sun Also Rises, Dan Brown’s 

Da Vinci Code, and books by 

Joseph Conrad and Lawrence 

Sanders. I also wrote a journal. 

After a week at the advance 

base camp, we proceeded to 

hike to the first of four Advanced 

Base Camps. You have 

use a rope here and there as you 

go over rocky terrain, but for 

the most part, it’s hiking. At all 

times, I used an ice pick and a 

jumar—a mechanical device 

that attaches to a rope and can 

only slide up. There were some 

sections when the slopes were 

80-degrees and you have to go 

straight up over ice or rocks, but 

nothing too severe. 

As you advance through the 

four Advanced Base Camps, the 

idea is to proceed slowly and 

gradually acclimate to each 

new level. 

The really technical aspects of 

the climb take place in the final 

leg from Camp IV, at 27,500 

feet, to the summit. You have to 

scale some 25-45 foot vertical 

rock walls. They are scary, because 

as you scale them, you face 

a 2,000 foot sheer drop. You 

can’t afford any errors. At that altitude, 

you’re wearing a bulky 

down suit and carrying an oxygen 

tank. The descent is even 

more challenging. 

On May 22, we got up around 

11 p.m. and started the summit 

climb at 12:30 a.m. of May 23, 

in pitch darkness. I drank some 

hot tea with lots of sugar and half 

a granola bar. At that altitude, 

you have no appetite. Once we 

got to the Advanced Base 

Camps, about the only things we 

ate were instant soup and granola 

bars. 

Dale Darling (left) reached the 

summit of Mt. Everest on May 23. 

It would take us nine hours to 

get to the summit, and another 

eight to get back down to Camp 

III. That’s roughly 17 straight 

hours of climbing, plus the time 

we spent on the summit. While 

it sounds exhausting, it’s actually 

not untypical. 

As we ascended, we spotted a 

person—then another, and another—sitting 

on a rock or along 

the trail. You wonder, why is 

someone sitting there Then it 

dawns on you, “Oh my God, 

these are the people who died 

two days ago.” Reality sets in. 

You get a feeling of fear and nervousness. 

You’re humbled. I 

probably moved a little slower, 

made sure my footing was firm, 

and checked the ropes more 

carefully. 

All climbers are aware of the 

risks. You hear stories about 

near-fatal mishaps from other 

climbers. For example, one 

might have started slipping on 

an icy patch and saved them- 

Photos courtesy of Dale Darling 


selves from falling by sticking 

their axe in the ice. I was very, 

very lucky. Once, at 28,800 

feet, I was going around a traverse 

that was only a foot wide 

with an 8,000-foot drop when I 

noticed the end of my rope was 

all frayed from rubbing against 

the rock. It was shredding. My 

heart basically shook to my toes. 

It was unnerving. 

Most climbing deaths do not 

occur, as the movies suggest, 

when climbers slip and plunge 

thousands of feet to their deaths. 

They occur when one sits down 

to rest, falls asleep and never 

wakes up. They freeze to death. 

Typically, it happens to someone 

who strays from the team. 

On your own, you’re more likely 

to sit down when you get tired. 

With a group you push each 

other along and make sure 

everyone keeps going. Ironically, 

many climbers die when they 

attempt to hide from the wind. 

As they do so, they are more 

likely to fall into slumber. 

Besides the cold and inclement 

weather, another major 

hazard climbers face is the lack 

of oxygen. While in Camp IV, I 

took my oxygen mask off for a 

couple of hours. While talking 

to my teammates, I couldn’t remember 

any of their names or 

what countries they were from. 

So I put my mask back on, and 

within 15 minutes I could remember 

everyone’s name. 

5:30 a.m. was a moment I’ll 

never forget. Until then we were 

climbing in darkness. Suddenly 

the sun rose over the horizon 

and I could see for 50 miles. It 

was a stunning view. You could 

see all the peaks and their shadows. 

That was neat. But you 

could also see the 8,000-foot 

drop-offs, some from ledges that 

were about two inches. I don’t 

like heights, so that gave me a 

real queasy feeling. 

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At 9:45 a.m. I reached the 

summit. It was the culmination 

of ten years of dreaming and 

four years of preparation. To be 

perfectly honest, however 

thrilling the moment was, my 

emotions quickly turned to an 

intense desire to get down safely 

and quickly. 

I was totally exhausted, and 

nervous. We had been on the 

move for nine hours. Eight out 

of 10 fatalities take place during 

the descent, when climbers 

are tired and running out of 

oxygen. 

After taking some photos 

with banners from the sponsors, 

I started down. That was 

challenging, since you have to 

look down, and as I said, I’m 

not particularly fond of 

heights. 

Many people have asked me 

whether conquering Everest 

has been a life-altering experience. 

I think it has. It definitely 

makes you more humble. 

Makes you appreciate life. 

Makes you want to say “please,” 

and “thank you.” Makes you let 

people know you appreciate 

them today rather than tomorrow 

as you realize you may not 

be here tomorrow. Makes you 

appreciate running water, hot 

showers, toilets, soft toilet paper, 

and good food. 

Number one, you appreciate 

your family and friends! Also it 

keeps you close to your religious 

faith. 

Within the next three weeks, 

I ate everything in sight and 

gained much of my lost weight 

back. My desire to complete 

the Seven Summits is still there, 

but I’m not in a rush right now. 

I plan to do the Vinson Massif 

(16,067 ft.) in Antarctica in the 

next three years. And Mt. 

Kosciuszko (7,310 ft.) in Australia 

will happen on a vacation 

in the next two years. 

SPARTANS CLIMB MT. KILIMANJARO 

On Thursday, July 22, 11 Spartans traveling with an MSU 

Alumni Association tour reached Mt. Kilimanjaro’s Uruhu 

Point, at 19,340 feet the highest peak in Africa and one of the 

world’s Seven Summits. The MSU contingent included football 

coach John L. Smith, his two sons, Sam and Nick, John McCallie, 

husband of basketball coach Joanne P. McCallie, Greg 

Hauser, member of the national alumni board, his son Steve, 

Gary and Jill Witzenburg, Hal Lehr, and sportswriter Dave Birkett 

and photographer Jimmy Chin, covering the climb for 

ESPN Magazine. The team was supported by five guides, a cook 

and 29 porters. 

“The sunrise that morning (when he reached the top) has to be 

the highlight of your life,’’ John L. Smith recalled after returning 

to campus. “You’re up there at 19,000 feet when that giant red 

ball seems to come up through the clouds . . . it was phenomenal, 

almost like a religious experience. 

“What a moment! I couldn’t stop crying.’’ 

Jill Witzenburg, scaling the mountain for the second time in 

two years, lauded Smith’s leadership. “Coach Smith’s determination 

to reach the peak inspired other team members to fight off 

nausea, headaches and dizziness to join him,” she notes, adding 

that from the base camp at Kibo Hut, temperatures dropped to 

the lower 20s. 

☛ For MSUAA tour information, visit www.msualum.com 

Spartans Atop Kilimanjaro—Assembled at Uruhu Peak are 

(back, l to r) Gary Witzenburg, Nick Smith, Greg Hauser, and 

John L. Smith; (front, l to r), Dave Birkett, Jill Witzenburg and 

Steve Hauser. The four other climbers in the MSU group—John 

McCallie, Hal Lehr, Sam Smith and Jimmy Chin—reached the 

peak earlier and had already begun their descent. 



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MSU PLAYS 

With news of the threat of terrorism 

abroad and in our own 

country, the specter of terrorism 

looms as near to us today as it 

did in the days following Sept. 

11, 2001. This year has seen a 

bolstering of defense protocol in 

our transportation systems, at 

events such as political conventions 

and the Olympics in 

Athens, and in immigration and 

naturalization policies. 

One potential target of terrorism 

that continues to be overlooked 

is in our own kitchens, 

workplaces, schools, supermarkets 

and restaurants: our food 

supply. This point is not lost 

on Michigan State University 

researchers and educators, including 

Edward Mather, deputy 

director of the National Food 

Safety & Toxicology Center at 

KEY ROLE 

IN HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

By Kirsten Khire and Trent Wakenight, M.A. ’04 

MSU is playing a key role in homeland 

security, such as helping protect the 

integrity of our food supply. 

MSU, who is heading a food 

defense education effort 

nationally. 

“Our nation’s food supply is 

vulnerable to attack,” Mather 

explains. “It is an area that continues 

to be overlooked and yet, 

if an intentional contamination 

event did occur, it would affect 

us all. The human health and 

economic implications cannot 

be underestimated.” 

Mather and other MSU colleagues 

met in July with U.S. 

Dept. of Homeland Security 

Secretary Tom Ridge and U.S. 

Dept. of Agriculture Secretary 

Ann Veneman to formalize the 

creation of a National Center 

for Food Protection and Defense 

(NCFPD). Various departments 

at MSU will join 

partner universities throughout 

the U.S. in developing the coordinator at the National 

NCFPD, funded at $15 million Food Safety & Toxicology 

over a three-year period. Center at MSU. 

“MSU is in a very unique position 

and we bring a lot to the defense capabilities of our na- 

One facet of shoring up the 

table,” Mather said. “Not only tion’s food supply is recognizing 

do we have strong programs in that a safer food supply rests 

food safety, but we have nationally 

renowned expertise in fields system. “No longer can we 

upon a safer food supply chain 

such as supply chain management, 

diagnostics, packaging problem at just one store, 

think of food protection as a 

and criminal justice.” 

restaurant, production facility 

“A key to MSU’s participation or processing plant,” says Wakenight. 

“When there is a prob- 

is the training of professionals to 

be able to deal with intentional lem at the farm level, for example, 

this affects everyone up that 

contamination events, a need 

that is currently unfulfilled as chain to, ultimately, the fork 

the U.S. is faced with a lack of level or consumer level.” 

food protection and defense expertise 

and has few academic approach presents a dire need. 

For the state of Michigan, this 

programs that address this Not only do Michigan residents 

shortage,” says Trent Wakenight, 

educational program state, but as the number 

consume foods produced in our 

two 

MSU faculty are uniquely poised 

to investigate supply chain security in 

general and food security in particular. 


Photos by Trent Wakenight 

(L to r), Edward Mather of the 

NFSTC/MSU, U.S. Secretary of 

Agriculture Ann Veneman and 

David Closs of MSU met in 

Washington, D.C. on July 6. 

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security 

Tom Ridge (right) met with 

Ian Gray (left) of MAES/MSU 

and Mather on July 6. 

A problem at 

producer of agricultural products 

in the U.S., Michigan foods 

proach was replicated here in 

Michigan with participants 

Community Health and the 

NFSTC, summit participants 

the farm level . . . 

make their way to dinner plates 

everywhere. “A problem in our 

from the grocery industry. 

Outcomes from that session 

have gathered with a singular 

mission: to ensure that Michi- 

affects everyone 

state could trickle down to multiple 

states and an exponentially 

included the realization that 

there are communication gaps 

gan’s food supply is prepared for 

a contamination event, that it 

up that chain to 

the fork level 

larger number of consumers,” 

says Wakenight. 

While the NCFPD project 

maintains a national focus, the 

NFSTC has been closely in- 

throughout our food supply 

chain, but that there are producers, 

processors, retailers and law 

enforcement personnel dedicated 

to tackling the problem. 

can prevent such an event, or respond 

should an event take 

place, and to become equipped 

to recover from an intentional 

event. 

or consumer 

level. 

volved in shaping a safer food 

supply in the state of Michigan. 

In April, Mather and MSU colleagues 

participated in a tabletop 

exercise in Maryland aimed 

at simulating an actual contamination 

event in the restaurant 

This same conclusion has 

been reached through a series of 

ongoing Food and Agricultural 

Protection summits conducted 

quarterly in Michigan since 

June 2003. Convened jointly by 

the Michigan Dept. of Agricul- 

Kirsten Khire is Director 

of Communication for the 

National Food Safety & 

Toxicology Center at MSU; 

Trent Wakenight , M.A. ’04, 

is the NFSTC’s Outreach 

industry. In May, the same ap- 

ture, the Michigan Dept. of 

Communicator. 

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MSU SUPPLY 

CHAIN FACULTY 

FOCUS ON FOOD 

SECURITY 

By David J. Closs 

The food chain involves all the 

processes and activities to deliver 

food from the farm to the fork. 

To secure this chain, the U.S. 

Dept. of Homeland Security 

(DHS) sought a team of researchers 

with both technical 

knowledge about food safety and 

business knowledge about organizationing 

and managing the 

process to move food from the 

farm to the consumer. 

They found that kind of expertise 

at MSU. A team of MSU researchers 

had already been investigating 

ways for firms to enhance 

the security of their supply 

chains. This includes the food 

consumer in the home as well as 

in restaurants and institutions, as 

well as transportation companies, 

government institutions, and 

port operators. Even though 

Americans consume mainly domestically-grown 

food, an increasing 

percentage is imported 

to allow for “out-of-season” fresh 

produce. This MSU team included 

faculty from marketing 

and supply chain management in 

the Broad College of Business, 

the School of Criminal Justice, 

Computer Science, Diagnostics, 

Engineering, the Food Safety and 

Toxicology Laboratory, and the 

School of Packaging. 

In November 2003, they hosted 

a workshop and generated a 

special report titled “Enhancing 

Security Throughout the Supply 

Chain” published by the IBM 

Center for the Business of Government. 

It’s clear that MSU 

faculty were uniquely poised to 

investigate supply chain security 

in general and food security in 

particular. 

The Criminal Justice and Supply 

Chain Management team 

have begun their efforts to examine 

such supply chain activities as 

material procurement, manufacturing, 

warehousing, transportation, 

inventory management, and 

customer service, which amount 

to 30-50 percent of the retail cost 

of food products. The objective of 

these activities is to provide food 

for U.S. consumers when and 

where they want it at the lowest 

possible cost. While there has always 

been concern regarding food 

security and safety, previous efforts 

have focused on accidental 

contamination. Since September 

11, the focus expanded to include 

intentional contamination, either 

via bio-chemical agents or by tinkering 

with the vehicles and containers 

hauling the food. 

Historically, the food supply 

chain has not focused major resources 

on improving security 

because of the low probability of 

such events and the trust between 

supply chain partners. 

Since September 11, however, it 

has become clear that a terrorist 

incident could have not only severe 

health implications for 

thousands of people, but also severe 

financial repercussions for 

the firm and the overall economy. 

For example, last year’s relatively 

small incident involving 

the import of an animal with 

“Mad Cow” disease from Canada 

reduced farm prices, or even 

eliminated the ability for Canadian 

beef farmers to sell product 

in the U.S., reduced employment 

at processing plants and 

distributors, and reduced availability 

and/or increased price of 

beef to U.S. consumers. An intentional 

event could well produce 

an even more significant 

impact. 

Food firms have already increased 

their interest in food supply 

chain security initiatives, ensuring 

vigilance when the 

product is on the road or ocean 

24/7 even with limited personnel. 

These initiatives include 

physical security of buildings and 

processes, increased inspections 

of equipment and processes, certification 

of domestic and international 

partners and carriers, 

application of technology to 

track and trace product movement 

and responsibility. Increased 

inspections help ensure 

that processes have not been 

compromised and that transportation 

equipment has not 

been compromised with contraband. 

Formal and informal certification 

and auditing processes 

help verify the integrity of other 

supply chain partners. Finally, 

new technologies such as Global 

Positioning Systems (GPS) and 

Radio Frequency Identification 

(RFID) help to track the movement 

and location of vehicles 

and shipping containers. 

We also need to minimize the 

cost of these initiatives so they do 

not mean higher food prices for 

the consumer. We need to determine 

which processes and technologies 

provide the best return 

on the security investment. We 

need to consider trade-offs. We 

can rely on both interviews with 

managers involved in enhancing 

food supply chain security and in 

statistical analysis. MSU’s research 

team will try to identify 

the best use of resources to provide 

us with a safe, secure, constant, 

and economic food chain. 

David Closs is MSU’s John H. 

McConnell Chaired Professor of 

Business Administration. 


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SPARTAN PATHWAYS 

2005 TRAVEL CATALOG 

All dates and prices are subject to 

change. Reservations are on a firstcome, 

first-serve basis. Since the 

MSUAA partners with other universities 

many tours fill quickly. It is essential 

that you make your reservation 

early to reserve a space on the tour. 

Expedition to Antarctica 

January 16-29 

Gohagan & Company 

From: $4,495, plus air 

Begin with a three-night stay in vibrant 

Buenos Aires before proceeding by air 

to Argentina’s southernmost city, 

Ushuaia, to embark on the M.S. Le 

Diamant and begin an eight-night 

Antarctic adventure. Follow in the 

wake of Sir Francis Drake and James 

Cook as you cruise the remote waters 

encircling our seventh continent, with 

calls at Penguin Island, Petermann Island, 

Pendulum Cove, Aicho Island 

and other landing sites enjoying unparalleled 

opportunities to view the 

distinctive bird and mammal life. A 

fleet of Zodiac landing craft will afford 

a firsthand look at the natural treasures 

of the Antarctic, and lectures by trained 

naturalists will contribute to a greater 

understanding of one of Earth’s most 

amazing ecosystems. 

Amazon River Journey 

January 29-February 6 


From: $2,995 

(airfare from Miami included) 

Machu Picchu post-tour: 

$1,795 

Join the adventure of a lifetime 

on a cruise down the Amazon 

to explore this exotic region’s 

vast rainforests, untamed waters 

and bird, plant and 

wildlife species not found anywhere 

else on the planet. Enjoy the comforts 

of an impeccable river ship that evokes 

the 19th century’s age of exploration 

while offering 21st-century amenities. 

Naturalist guides will lead hikes 

through lush rainforests and on special 

excursions down some of the Amazon’s 

secretive, sinuous tributaries to 

visit local tribal villages. Experience 

Peru’s historic capital, Lima, and take 

advantage of a special, optional posttour 

program to legendary Machu 

Picchu, which includes an excursion 

to the lost sacred city of the Incas. 

Beauty & Wonder Down Under – 

Australia & New Zealand 

February 16 – March 3 

Alumni Holidays International 

From: $5,995 from Los Angeles, plus taxes 

Embark on an exhilarating exploration 

of the geologic treasures, majestic 

glaciers, Victorian towns, sophisticated 

cities, breathtaking mountains, 

and primeval rainforests of New 

Zealand and Australia. In New 

Zealand, delight in Auckland with its 

magnificent harbour and mesmerizing 

expanse of extinct volcanoes. Discover 

Queenstown, set against the 

breathtaking spectacle of tranquil 

Lake Wakatipu and the snow-capped 

peaks of the Remarkables mountain 

range. Enjoy the quintessential Victorian 

charm of Christchurch and the 

stunning beauty of world-renowned 

Milford Sound. Journey to Cairns, 

Australia and see the colorful Great 

Barrier Reef, the world’s largest living 

organism. Also explore Sydney, with 

its heady mix of cosmopolitan 

panache and great natural beauty. 

Cruise the Waterways and Canals 

of Holland & Belgium 

An Alumni College program 

April 8-16 


From: $2,045, plus air & V.A.T. taxes 

Explore the spectacular waterways of 

the Netherlands and Belgium on this 

exciting adventure aboard the deluxe 

M/S Swiss Pearl. From amid the colorful 

canals of Amsterdam, travel to 

the flower fields of Keukenhof Gardens. 

Then cruise to the village of 

Kampen and historic Deventer for a 

special viewing of van Gogh masterpieces 

at the Kröller-Müller Museum. 

Visit the Mauritshuis in The Hague, 

and delight in Delft, home of the legendary 

blue and white pottery. Continue 

cruising to the maritime city of 

Rotterdam, and tour the famous 

Delta Project on the beautiful Zeeland 

Coast. The country of Belgium 

features the Flemish town of Ghent 

and the picturesque medieval Bruges. 

Conclude your journey in Antwerp, 

renowned for its glittering diamond 

industry. 

Italy - Orvieto 


May 2-10 



Amid the wonders of Umbria, embark 

on a journey of personal discovery 

in one of the most magnificent regions 

in the world. Explore the quaint 

streets and delight in a culinary 

demonstration at Orvieto’s Food 

Market. Excursions beyond the city’s 

medieval walls feature the Eternal 

City of Rome and the Vatican, a country 

within a city. Admire the splendor 

of Florence, the cradle of the Renaissance, 

where Italy’s artistic genius 

abounds at every turn. Examine the 

works of the great masters and try a 

hand at cooking or photography. 

Marvel at two Umbrian jewels—medieval 

Perugia, with one of Italy’s most 

remarkable squares; and the walled 

city of Assisi, home to the exquisite St. 

Francis Basilica. 

Passage of Peter the Great 

May 16-28 


From: $2,695 from Detroit 

Now is the time to experience firsthand 

the “new” Russia of open arms 

and warm hospitality. Ornate onion 

domes and winding waterways highlight 

this historic passage between two 

fabled Russian cities. Begin in the 

magnificent capital of Moscow and 

see Red Square, the famous golden 

domes of the Kremlin and Lenin’s 

Tomb. Board a luxury river cruiser designed 

especially to navigate the rivers 

and lakes of Russia. Ports of call include 

the ancient wooden architecture 

of Uglich; Yaroslavl, the Florence 

of Russia; the peaceful farming town 

of Goritsy; and the fairy-tale Kizhi Island. 

The journey concludes in beautiful 

St. Petersburg with a visit to the 

spectacular Hermitage Museum, the 

former Winter Palace of the Czars. 

Tuscany New 

May 16 - 24, 2005 

From: $2,195 per person, plus air 

An extraordinary vacation awaits you 

at IL BORGO Di VILLA BOSSI- 

PUCCI, set in the Tuscan hills overlooking 

the famous Chianti Toscana 

wine-growing region. Open your 

senses to the treasures of Italy. If 

you’ve ever wanted to experience the 

arts and culture of Italy first hand, 

Web site at www.msualum.com or call (888) 697-2863

this is the place to do it with wine 

tastings, conversational Italian and 

hands-on Tuscan cooking classes. 

Study photography, painting and 

more during a 7-day all-inclusive 

(land) vacation. These and other 

“Lessons of Tuscany” are all part of 

this all-inclusive luxury vacation 

package that offers you a wonderful 

way to experience the renowned 

charms of Tuscany. IL BORGO, (the 

village) is set on a private 17th-century 

estate just 30 minutes south of Florence. 

“Lessons of Tuscany” offers 

all-suite accommodations, meals at 

handpicked Tuscan restaurants, daily 

guided excursions to Florence, Lucca, 

Siena, Pisa, San Gimignano, all 

close at hand, plus a special invitation 

to dinner at a private castle. 

Village Life in Dordogne 

May 26 – June 3 



Savor the good life in the Dordogne 

River Valley - one of France’s bestkept 

travel secrets. From the base medieval 

town of Sarlat-la-Canéda, explore 

the region’s numerous historic, 

cultural and natural attractions, including 

the prehistoric caves of Fontde-Gaume, 

Lascaux II and Rouffignac. 

Follow in the footsteps of 

Richard the Lionheart at the castle of 

Beynac, explore the medieval 

labyrinth of lanes of Domme, enjoy 

the cliffside town of Rocamadour and 

savor Périgord’s world-renowned foie 

gras and truffles. Accommodations 

will be at the 100-year-old Hôtel de la 

Madeleine where gracious and charismatic 

host, Philippe Melot—a highly 

regarded chef and local historian— 

will provide insight into the region’s 

history and architecture in addition 

to introducing the culinary wonders 

of Périgord’s traditional cuisine. 

Yorkshire 


May 29 – June 6 



From the comfort of the charming 

and distinguished resort town of 

Harrogate, journey out to discover 

the grandeur and history of North 

Yorkshire. Originally a fashionable 

16th-century spa, Harrogate is also 

admired for its elegant Victorian 

buildings and its acres of immaculate, 

colorful gardens. Relax like royalty 

at the elegant estates of Harewood, 

Castle Howard, and Aske 

Manor. Brood over the rugged beauty 

of the Yorkshire Dales and the 

North York Moors like the famous 

Brontë sisters and James Herriot, as 

well as other distinguished British 

authors. Explore the ancient streets 

and cobbled marketplaces of historic 

York. 

Celtic Lands 

June 1-12 



The culture of the Celts comes alive 

on this journey to France, England, 

Ireland, Wales and Scotland. Embark 

on the M.S. Le Diamant in the 

historic port of Rouen and explore 

Normandy’s most important landmarks 

including the D-Day Beaches 

and the medieval Abbey of Mont-St- 

Michel. Then it’s on to the famous 

naval hub of Dartmouth, England; 

Ireland’s literary mecca of Dublin; 

the E.U. 2005 Cultural Capital of 

Cork; the magnificent gardens of 

Wales; and the legendary castles of 

Scotland before concluding in historic 

Edinburgh. A special twonight, 

pre-tour program in Paris featuring 

accommodations at the Hotel 

Ambassador is available. 

The Italian Riviera 


June 4-12 



Discover the beauty, history and culture 

of this stunning region on a special 

travel adventure. The base from 

which to explore the Riviera is the 

deluxe Hotel Vis à Vis, located in the 

seaside resort of Sestri Levante. Walk 

along its streets lined with pastel-colored 

houses and revel in breathtaking 

views of the neighboring bays. Delight 

in the charms of Santa Margherita, 

as well as the lovely village of 

Portofino and the Ligurian capital 

Genoa. Visit the picturesque village 

Portovenere, and the towns of the 

Cinque Terre, declared by UNESCO 

to be World Heritage Sites. Journey to 

the nearby Tuscan region to see a 

sculptor at work in Carrara, famous 

for its snow-white marble and experience 

the many delights of Lucca. 

Village Life in Wales 

June 12-20 



Experience the rich culture, long history 

and natural beauty of Wales on 

this leisurely paced program. For seven 

nights, enjoy the Victorian charm 

and elegance of the historic Imperial 

Hotel in Llandudno on the coast of 

the Irish Sea while venturing to explore 

regional attractions. Highlights 

include touring the medieval castles 

of Conwy and Caernarfon; riding the 

historic West Highland Railway 

through Snowdonia National Park; 

viewing the collection of Old Masters 

at Penrhyn Castle; strolling through 

Bodnant Gardens; visiting the historic 

Plas Newydd manor; and attending 

a live performance by a Welsh 

harpist. A full program of presentations 

about Welsh history, culture and 

literature, as well as a special “Village 

Forum” discussion with local residents 

about life in Wales, is also included. 

Hidden Fjords of 

Alaska’s Inside Passage 

June 17-24 

Clipper Cruise Line 


This unique Alaskan itinerary provides 

an in-depth, close-up perspective 

of America’s last frontier aboard 

the 138-passenger Yorktown Clipper. 

Experience the free spirit of Alaska – 

its bald eagles, pods of humpback 

whales, vast glaciers, and hidden 

fjords. This tour travels to the blue 

Sawyer Glacier in Tracy Arm and visits 

the small towns and picturesque 

communities. The Yorktown Clipper 

is the perfect small ship for exploring 

Alaska’s narrow waterways and shallow 

passages. Watch for mountain 

goats perched on the sheer granite 

faces of glacially carved ice floes that 

serve as resting pads for harbor seals. 

An experienced naturalist will be on 

board to give insight into the natural 

wonders of the area. 

Italy’s Magnificent Lake District 


June 20-28 



Lake Maggiore, second largest of the 

Italian lakes, is sheltered by an Alpine 

ring and its breathtaking shores are 

lined with romantic towns of international 

renown. Famous for its magnificent 

colors and the Borromean Is- 


lands, this region displays a picturesque 

archipelago, often painted 

and considered by artists to be one of 

the most splendid landscapes in the 

world. Visit Lake Orta and cruise on 

enchanting Lake Como, Europe’s 

deepest lake. See beautiful Bellagio 

with its tropical ambience and the impressive 

17th-century villas of 

Tremezzo. Delight in a full-day excursion 

to cosmopolitan Milan. 

Cruise the British Isles 

June 30 – July 11 

Alumni Holidays 

International 


Cruise the British Isles aboard the luxurious 

Minerva II, and gain a new appreciation 

for the beauty and majesty 

of these enchanted lands. This 

journey begins in stately Edinburgh 

with its imposing 

castle, before heading on to 

one of Scotland’s most cultured 

and dynamic cities, 

Glasgow. Sail into Belfast, 

the capital of Northern 

Ireland, and experience its 

legacy of industry and political 

struggles and then 

head south to charming 

Dublin, which welcomes 

all with open 

arms. Continue to sail 

around the tip of 

Cornwall to the historic port town of 

Falmouth and one of England’s most 

colorful maritime towns, Dartmouth. 

Visit the wind-swept Isle of 

Portland whose white limestone 

quarries have provided materials to St. 

Paul’s Cathedral and the UN headquarters 

in New York. Continue on to 

the bustling port of Dover, famous for 

its dramatic white chalk cliffs before 

transferring to London. 

Poland - Krakow 


July 27 – August 4 



With its soaring towers, fortified castles, 

and splendid old houses, Krakow 

is the spiritual capital of Poland. 

Krakow’s abundance of well-preserved 

historic buildings, miraculously 

spared the destruction of both 

World War I and II, has earned it the 

status of a UNESCO World Heritage 

Site. Journey to Czestochowa and 

view the famous Black Madonna, the 

most treasured religious icon in all of 

Poland. Gaze at the magnificent Tatra 

Mountains from picturesque Zakopane, 

future site of the 2006 Winter 

Olympics. Make a sobering pilgrimage 

to infamous Auschwitz or 

explore the breathtaking Dunajec 

Valley on a rafting trip, and delve into 

Malopolska, the country’s most picturesque 

and varied region and walk 

the noble streets. 

Village Life in the Alps 

August 5-13 



Enjoy the unrivaled charm and stunning 

natural beauty of the Austrian, 

German, and Italian Alps on this new 

and exclusive program. While staying 

amidst a magnificent alpine setting at 

a four-star, family-owned traditional 

Tyrolean hotel in the quaint town of 

Igls, experience the region’s fascinating 

history and rich culture with visits 

to such landmarks as Mozart’s birthplace 

at Salzburg and Ludwig II’s 

fairy-tale Neuschwanstein Castle in 

Füssen, Germany. Also, see the mysterious 

5,300-year-old “Iceman” ice 

mummy, visit a working farm and 

gain understanding and enjoyment of 

the region by attending special cultural 

presentations and a village forum 

discussion with local residents. 

The Danube & the Habsburg Empire 

August 20-29 



From the spires of Prague and the castles 

of Krakow to the palaces and cathedrals 

of Vienna, explore the legendary 

landmarks of the Habsburg Empire 

and Central Europe on this exclusive 

new luxury travel program. While visiting 

the magnificent cities of Prague, 

Vienna, Budapest, and Krakow, as well 

as the historic castles and natural beauty 

of the Wachau Valley, enjoy accommodations 

at Europe’s finest hotels 

and aboard the deluxe M.S. Amadeus 

Classic. In addition, travel between 

Krakow and Budapest will be made 

aboard the elegant Majestic Imperator, 

a faithfully restored reproduction of 

Emperor Franz Joseph II’s personal 

railroad car. Throughout the program, 

expert guides will lead the excursions 

and tours of central Europe’s most famous 

palaces, castles, cathedrals and 

museums. 

Odyssey to Oxford 

August 27-September 10, 2005 

MSUAA Lifelong Education 

From: $3,245 plus air 

Located in the heart of England, Oxford’s 

historic setting will charm you 

during your two weeks of lifelong 

learning. This outstanding lifelong education 

opportunity takes you on a 

rare adventure to Oxford—“city of 

dreaming spires” and to the University 

of Oxford, famous as a great center of 

learning since the 12th century. Once 

England’s capital, Oxford is located in 

the heart of England just 50 miles 

northwest of London. Explore topics 

such as British archaeology, art, history, 

theatre, or literature with Oxford 

tutors. Field trips include theatre in 

Stratford-upon-Avon, visits to historic 

sites, and other optional excursions. 

Call 517-355-4562 for a brochure. 

The Canadian Rockies 

August 12-20 

Intrav 


This exciting nine-day adventure of 

the Canadian Rockies is an excellent 

occasion for learning and discovery. 

See Chinatown, the brick-paved 

roads of Gastown, Robson Street, 

and Stanley Park. Travel through 

towering peaks and fertile fields 

aboard the Rocky Mountaineer train 

en route to Kamloops, for a pleasant 

overnight stay. Continue by train to 

Alberta’s Jasper, the largest national 

park in the Rockies. Delight in one 

of the most spectacular drives of 

North America, following the Icefields 

Parkway to lovely Lake Louise, 

Bannff National Park’s premier attraction. 

A visit to Yoho National 

Park highlights such sites as historic 

railroads, spiral mountainside tunnels, 

and steep rock faces where goats 

roam. Explore Banff, the unquestioned 

capital of the Canadian Rockies, 

during a sightseeing excursion en 

route to Calgary. 

Charlemagne’s Dream – 

Main-Danube Canal and Danube 

River Cruise 


September 2-10 



Once upon a time, Charlemagne 

dreamed of connecting the waterways 

of Europe into one vast thoroughfare 

from the North Sea to the Black Sea. 

The Main-Danube Canal, one of the 

most impressive engineering feats of 

all time, was the realization of this 

dream and, since September 25, 

1992, has linked an enchanting world 

of fairytale castles and cities steeped in 

tradition. On this exciting journey 

through the heartland of the Bavarian 

Alps and the breathtaking Wachau 

Valley, marvel at spectacular natural 

beauty, well-preserved medieval 

charm and architectural splendor. 

Traverse the Main-Danube Canal 

and the Danube River aboard the elegant 

M/S Swiss Pearl. Explore historic 

Nuremberg, regal Regensburg, picturesque 

Passau, the Wachauer towns 

of Linz, amazing Melk and Dürnstein 

and of course classic Vienna. 

Great Lakes Cruise 




From world-class cities like Toronto 

and Chicago to the quaint streets of 

Mackinac Island and stunning beauty 

of the Michigan and Minnesota 

shores, experience the rich history and 

natural treasures of North America’s 

Great Lakes on this exciting new 10- 

night cruise program. While sailing to 

such fascinating historic sites as Sault 

Sainte Marie, Ontario and taking in 

the beautiful coastal scenery of settings 

like Gooseberry Falls State Park, 

enjoy deluxe accommodations, expertly 

prepared American cuisine, 

and the highest levels of personal service 

aboard the M.S. Columbus. A 

special, optional pre-cruise program 

in Toronto that includes a city tour 

and two nights at the landmark Fairmont 

Hotel is available. 

Civilizations of the 

Western Mediterranean 




For eleven days, experience the rich 

history, colorful traditions and oldworld 

charms of the Western 

Mediterranean on this exciting new 

cruise itinerary aboard the deluxe 


M.S. Le Diamant. Begin in Portugal’s 

historic capital of Lisbon and 

continue on to the medieval quarters 

of Cadiz, the Moorish delights of 

Malaga and the architectural beauty 

of Barcelona, including the magnificent 

Picasso Museum. Enjoy the legendary 

coastal cities of Ste and 

Cannes on the French Riviera, before 

concluding with the jewels of 

Italy’s western coast, to explore the 

legendary landmarks of Florence, 

Pisa and Pompeii. A very special 

two-day pre-tour in Lisbon and/or a 

two-day post-tour in Rome that includes 

private visits to the Sistine 

Chapel and the Vatican Museum are 

available. 

Treasures of China 

September 23-October 10 


From: $5,595 from Los Angeles 

Experience the magic that has 

drawn travelers to the mysterious 

East for centuries. Begin this journey 

in fascinating Beijing to visit 

Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden 

City and the Temple of Heaven. 

Also see the Ming Tombs and the 

amazing expanse of the Great Wall. 

Journey on to explore Xi’an, home 

of the remarkable Terra Cotta Warriors. 

From Chongqing, visit remote 

Dazu and the 50,000 brilliantly 

painted Buddhist stone 

carvings discovered there. Aboard 

the elegant M/V Yangtze President, 

cruise the incomparable Yangtze 

River and marvel at the magnificent 

Three Gorges. Stroll along the famous 

Bund in Shanghai and conclude 

this Asian odyssey amid the 

bustling excitement of Hong 

Kong—a shopper’s paradise. 

America’s Last Coast 

September 27-October 4 



Explore the magnificent Pacific 

Northwest – a destination that appeals 

to artists, photographers, nature 

lovers, and all those with a spirit 

of adventure in their souls abord the 

138 passenger Yorktown Clipper. 

Sail among the delightful small islands 

of the San Juan Archipelago 

and experience Friday Harbor on 

San Juan Island, tiny Sucia, and the 

wildlife refuge of Matia. Watch for 

orcas and the many species of birds 

that inhabit this area. Visit the famous 

Butchart Gardens in Victoria 

and enjoy a day exploring Vancouver. 

The intimate Yorktown Clipper 

navigates easily through the Strait of 

Georgia providing an up-close perspective 

of the attributes that give 

this region its unique character and 

charm. 

Wateways of France 


October 7-15 



Sail into the heart of France on this 

unforgettable journey aboard the 

M/S Anacoluthe and enjoy the sights 

and sounds of timeless Paris. Stroll 

the streets of Auvers-sur-Oise, the 

small village that was a magnet to 

artists such as Pissaro, Cézanne and 

Van Gogh. Delve into the history of 

Ile de France, the political axis of the 

country since before the days of 

Louis XIV. Marvel at the splendid 

halls and gardens of Vaux le Vicomte 

and Fontainebleau and gain a deeper 

understanding of the forces of 

monarchy and revolution. See the 

peaceful glades of Barbizon that inspired 

and transformed landscape 

painting. Visit Monet’s beloved gardens 

at Giverny; tour the ancient 

town of Sens with its glorious Gothic 

cathedral; and sample the wares at 

Chablis, one of the most famous 

wine villages on earth. 

The Hudson Valley Wine Cruise 

October 12-19 



Experience the spectacular Hudson 

Valley wine country on this unique 

cruise aboard the 102-passenger 

Nantucket Clipper. Local experts 

will enhance the voyage with presentations 

and informal talks on the region’s 

delectable cuisine and wine 

while enjoying the comfort and convenience 

of the floating “country 

inn.” Along the way, enjoy winery 

visits and tastings at the region’s premier 

establishments. Additional 

highlights include lunch with a 

cooking demonstration at The Culinary 

Institute of America, and a visit 

to the Hudson Valley produce farms 

and markets. 

Polar Bear Watch 

October 15-20 

Natural Habitat Adventures 


See the illustrious polar bear up close 

and personal on this trip to the icy 

tundra of Churchill, Manitoba. 

Churchill, located on Hudson Bay in 

Western Canada, serves as base camp 

for this exciting adventure. View the 

bears and other wildlife from tundra 

vehicles during two all-day outings 

where wildlife activity is well documented. 

Natural Habitat’s professional 

staff is known for its memorable 

wildlife adventures and takes 

seriously its responsibility to protect 

and preserve the fascinating creatures 

and habitats. An optional helicopter 

excursion to view the tundra and the 

bears is available to enjoy. 

Saxony Cruise on the 

Magnificent Elbe River 


October 20-29 



Berlin provides the perfect start for a 

land-and-river journey into one of 

Europe’s most majestic and historic 

regions. Explore this vibrant, haunting 

city, with its echoes of kings, conquerors, 

tyrants, and statesmen, before 

embarking on a cruise down the 

mighty Elbe River. From your base 

aboard the inviting M/S Saxonia, visit 

some of the most picturesque and historically 

significant cities in Germany’s 

Brandenburg and Saxony 

provinces, including Potsdam—effectively 

the birthplace of modern 

Germany—and Wittenberg, the epicenter 

of the Protestant Reformation. 

Experience the exquisite beauty of 

Dresden and the charm of Meissen, 

home of European porcelain making. 

Sail through enchanting mountains 

amid some of the country’s most 

breathtaking scenery. This adventure 

ends in magnificent Prague, the jewel 

of Eastern Europe that has remained 

virtually unchanged for centuries. 

In the Wake of Lewis & Clark 

October 28 – November 3 

Lindblad Expeditions 


Back for it’s third season, the journey 

of the Lewis & Clark expedition is 

available once again to mark the Bicentennial 

anniversary of the famous 

expedition across America. Sail the 

Columbia and Snake rivers and marvel 

at Hells Canyon, the Columbia 

River Gorge, Fort Clatsop, Bonneville 

Dam and the Columbia River 

Maritime Museum. Retrace the steps 

of two of the most famous American 

adventurers aboard the 70-passenger 

Sea Lion. Zodiac and kayak boats will 

be used to transport passengers to the 

deepest areas of the rivers and a historian 

who is an expert on the voyage of 

Lewis and Clark will also accompany 

the group throughout the program. 

Note: Passengers must arrange airline 

reservations with their local travel 

agent. 

Sicily – The Cultural Season 


November 26-December 5 



Cradled in a wide bay, Sicily’s bustling 

capital, Palermo, is an extraordinary 

cultural crossroads and a living reflection 

of its rich history. Following in 

the footsteps of the Phoenicians, 

Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines who 

once controlled Sicily, the Arabs 

came into rule and Palermo became a 

multicultural metropolis and the 

world’s second largest city. Explore 

the island’s cultural riches from the 

ancient archeological site of the Valley 

of Temples, to the Allied landing 

beaches; from medieval Cefalù to 

charming Corleone; and from beautiful 

Bagheria to the magnificent mosaics 

of Monreale. Dive into Sicilian 

culture and tradition with a hand’s-on 

lesson in ceramics, antiques restoration, 

or cooking. 


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SPORTS 

IZZO CONTINUES QUEST 

FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 

By Robert Bao 

At last, Izzo will be able to field 

players in their natural positions, 

rather than have to adjust 

for unforeseen departures. 

(Clockwise from left) Izzo looks 

forward to seeing Paul Davis and 

Chris Hill lead the team, as well 

as newcomers Drew Neitzel and 

Marquise Gray. 

Tom Izzo is quietly optimistic 

going into his 10th season as 

MSU head coach. The reason 

“This year,” he believes, “we can 

put round pegs in round holes, 

and square pegs in square holes.” 

Unexpected player departures 

had forced some players out of 

position the past couple of seasons, 

a situation made worse by 

Izzo’s nails-tough scheduling. 

The results—two early NCAA 

departures and just one Elite 

Eight appearance—might be 

deemed good by some programs, 

but not MSU, where success is 

now measured by trophy hardware 

(combined with an 80 

percent graduation rate). 

The 2004-2005 MSU team 

boasts a good mix of experience 

and youth and the luxury 

of not having to force 

square pegs into round holes. 

And although a gauntlet of foes 

like Duke, Stanford, and UCLA 

still lurk, at least they are not 

bunched like last season, when, 

Izzo notes, “they came one right 

after the other.” 

MSU will be led by seniors 

Alan Anderson, Tim Bograkos, 

Chris Hill, and Kelvin Torbert, a 

group that Izzo describes as “unfairly 

maligned, even by me.” 

“They will go down as one of 

the best classes academically 

ever,” says Izzo. “I hope they can 

find a way to win a championship. 

Our program is at a point 

where we’re measured by that.” 

Last season, they came within 

a couple of free throws from winning 

MSU’s fifth Big Ten championship 

in seven years. “How 

I’ll judge these seniors is how 

they bounced back after having 

been rocked, socked and rolled 

over, with all those early losses on 

national TV,” says Izzo. “I’ll use 

this as a reminder.” 

The year before, despite not 

having a pure point guard, they 

advanced to the NCAA’s Elite 

Eight, beating Colorado, Florida 

at Florida, and Maryland, before 

succumbing to Texas in Texas. 

And as freshmen, they had to put 

in 30-plus minutes of playing 

time as MSU had dwindled to 

seven scholarship players. 

Helping them will be junior 

forward Paul Davis, who has 

bulked up to 265 pounds and, 

Izzo says, “has been very, very focused, 

working every day on his 

game and acquiring a love for the 

game.” Junior Maurice Ager and 

sophomore Shannon Brown, 

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“We need to keep 

coming at people and 

wear them down. 

That’s what we did 

in our national 

championship year.” 

two athletic perimeter players, 

have “looked great” in individual 

workouts. Power forward Delco 

Rowley was a strong rebounder 

for the Big Ten team that traveled 

to Europe in the summer. 

Sophomore center Drew 

Naymick endured a shoulder injury 

over the summer, but Izzo 

expects him and Rowley to play 

significant roles on defense. 

“We need someone to set picks, 

defend, rebound and just bang,” 

says Izzo. “That might be a role 

for Naymick and Delco. The 

strengths of this program have 

been defense and rebounding, 

and we need to improve in these 

areas. Ironically, we were last on 

defense statistically but led in 

four offensive categories—field 

goal percentage, free throw percentage, 

three-point percentage 

and scoring. It was the first time 

in Big Ten history a team led in 

all four offensive categories.” 

Incoming freshman Marquise 

Walker, an above-the-rim type 

inside player, is also expected to 

help immediately, as is fellow 

freshman Drew Neitzel, a nifty 

ball-handler who, says Izzo, 

“can see the court with the back 

of his head.” 

“We definitely have enough 

good players this year (to win titles),” 

says Izzo. “The keys are 

finding a running mate for 

Davis, stabilizing our comfort 

zone at point guard, and staying 

injury-free. 

“We have some depth to where 

maybe we can run every time and 

wear opponents down. We need 

to keep coming at people. That’s 

what we did in our national 

championship year. We rotated 

and kept coming at people and 

nobody cared who started.” 

Tom and his assistants, Doug 

Wocjik, Mark Montgomery and 

Dwayne Stephens, have their 

work cut out. The Big Ten is going 

through yet another cyclical 

rise in strength. 

“The Big Ten will be way up 

from last year,” predicts Izzo. 

“Your have four teams that 

everyone will pick in the Top 

25—Illinois, MSU, Wisconsin 

and Michigan. Iowa and Indiana 

have a chance. Northwestern 

will have its best team ever. 

And you can never count out a 

Purdue team coached by Gene 

Keady. Minnesota, Ohio State 

and Penn State are question 

marks because there are some 

unknowns there. 

“A couple of teams have a legitimate 

chance to make the Final 

Four.” 

Obviously, Izzo believes MSU 

will be in the mix. “My job is to 

put us in position to win championships,” 

he explains. “And in 

the past seven seasons, we’ve had 

a mathematical chance to win 

the Big Ten coming into the last 

week (of regular season play).“ 

Expect the knocking on the 

door to get louder in 2004- 

2005. 

RESPECT FOR MSU 

WOMEN CAGERS 

By Robert Bao 

Big Ten women’s basketball 

coaches picked MSU to finish 

second in the league, showing 

great respect for Joanne McCallie’s 

emerging program. They 

also picked junior sharpshooter 

Lindsay Bowen to the pre-season 

All-Big Ten team. 

Last season, MSU went 22-9 

and advanced to the second 

round of the NCAA tournament. 

The Spartans were 10-6 and tied 

for fourth in the Big Ten. Guard 

Bowen notched 66 treys while 

leading the team with 13.5 points 

and 2.4 assists per game. 

Other key players for MSU include 

senior point guard Kristin 

Haynie, senior center Kelli 

Roehrig, junior forward Liz 

Shimek, and sophomore guard 

Victoria Lucas-Perry. MSU 

alumni will have an opportunity 

to see MSU’s high octane team, 

since three of MSU games this 

season will be broadcast by FSN 

Chicago and others could be on 

ESPN or ESPN2. 

McCallie herself received some 

kudos in being named to the 

New England Basketball Hall of 

Fame. A native of Maine, she 

enjoyed eight successful seasons 

as head basketball coach for the 

University of Maine, going 167- 

73 with six straight NCAA appearances. 

Assistant coach Ann Marie 

Gilbert, former Oberlin standout, 

returns for her third season 

at MSU. Debuting as assistants 

are Al Brown, who won three national 

championships while an 

assistant at Tennessee from 

1996-98, and Semeka Randall, a 

former Tennessee All-American 

and WNBA player with the San 

Antonio Silver Stars. Both 

Brown and Randall were part of 

Tennessee’s 1998 national championship 

team that went 39-0; 

Randall started as a freshman, 

averaged 15.9 points, and earned 

All-American recognition. 

Coach Joanne “Coach P” 

McCallie gives instructions to 

Lindsay Brown, who was 

selected to the preseason 

All-Big Ten team. 


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2004 

FOOTBALL TEAM 

AIMS TO IMPROVE 

By Robert Bao 

At mid-season, yet to face the 

toughest part of its schedule, the 

MSU football team stood at 3-3 

and was just finding its stride 

and identity. 

The key for John L. Smith, 

who won eight games and Big 

Ten “Coach of the Year” honors 

in his debut last year, was finding 

a quarterback to fill the shoes of 

Jeff Smoker, who now plays for 

the NFL’s St. Louis Rams. 

Sophomore quarterback Drew 

Stanton, his knee injury from 

the Alamo Bowl still lingering, 

took over the reigns in the second 

half of the Notre Dame 

game and proved he could move 

the chains, providing both leadership 

and an uncanny running 

ability that one coach affectionately 

calls “Coyote ugly.” 

The emergence of Stanton dramatically 

improved MSU’s attack. 

By mid-season MSU fielded 

the most balanced offense in the 

The emergence 

of Drew 

Stanton at 

quarterback 

has solidified 

MSU’s offense. 

Big Ten with 

194.3 rushing 

yards and 214.8 

passing yards per 

game. To the astonishment 

of 

some in the media 

who did not 

think a spread offense 

could generate 

many running 

yards, MSU 

ranked second in 

rushing in the Big 

Ten. 

“It was a point of emphasis for 

us this year to do that,” explains 

Smith, not at all surprised by the 

statistics. “It’s a credit to the offensive 

front, they’re doing a better 

job, and I think our running 

backs are doing a better job as 

well. 

“And then we’ve got a punk 

playing quarterback who’s running 

the ball OK too.” 

By midseason it became clear 

that Stanton, coyote ugly or not, 

had began to give MSU an offensive 

identity, if not a swagger. 

Previously, MSU had tried senior 

quarterback Damon 

Dowdell for the opener at Rutgers 

and freshman Stephen 

Reaves for the next game and a 

half. MSU’s 19-14 loss at Rutgers 

was a lackluster effort that 

exposed the Spartans’ youth, inexperience 

and lack of depth. 

MSU’s one experienced unit, 

the wide receivers, exhibited 

butterfingers. At game’s end, 

however, Dowdell missed some 

opportunities to make the winning 

play. 

Reaves took over at the home 

opener against Central Michigan 

and completed 9 for 19 for 

183 yards as MSU won 24-7. 

He threw some beautiful passes, 

including a 44-yard touchdown 

spiral to junior captain Kyle 

Brown. But his inexperience 

caught up with him in the night 

game against Notre Dame, a 

team MSU had beaten in six of 

the last seven games. Reaves 

threw three interceptions in the 

first half enroute to a 31-24 

loss. In the second half, Stanton 

led MSU to its only offensive 

touchdown (the others came 

from a blocked punt and a kickoff 

return by DeAndra Cobb). 

Stanton finally earned the start 

at Indiana, and led MSU in a 

roaring second-half comeback 

for a 30-20 win after trailing 20- 

7 at the half. Stanton ran for 134 

yards and two touchdowns and 

passed for 172 yards. More importantly, 

he showed leadership 

in rallying the Spartans back 

from its deficit. He had great 

help from the defense. Keyed by 

safeties Eric Smith and Jason 

Harmon, MSU shut down the 

Hoosiers completely. 

“We’ve got a punk playing 

quarterback who’s running the 

ball OK.” 

The following week, however, 

the Spartans ran into a Hawkeye 

buzzsaw at Iowa and lost 38-16. 

Stanton engineered four long 

drives, but MSU could not quite 

finish, settling for field goals instead 

of touchdowns. Two apparent 

MSU touchdown passes 

were ruled out of bounds. Despite 

its sloppiness with bobbled 

passes and missed tackles, MSU 

still amassed 449 yards and 

seemed on the verge of becoming 

a yard-churning machine on 

offense. 

Sure enough, MSU scored its 

highest offensive output of the 

season with a 38-25 home win 

over Illinois. MSU did not commit 

a turnover and had just two 

penalties for 20 yards. The offensive 

line—led by center Chris 

Morris, tackles Gordon Niebylski 

and Sean Poole, and guards 

Kyle Cook and William 

Whitticker—proved surprisingly 

productive, boosting MSU to 

second in the Big Ten not only in 

rushing but also in sacks allowed 

(just 5 in 6 games). Stanton 

completed 22 passes to 10 different 

receivers, and himself caught 

a touchdown pass from wide receiver 

Jerramy Scott. At game’s 

end, redshirt freshman running 

back Jehuu Caulcrick was able to 

chew up yardage while running 

the clock down, something that 

pleased John L. Smith. 

Could MSU sustain its emerging 

offensive prowess and personality 

in the second half of the 

season Could MSU’s defense 

play up to preseason expectations, 

even with its key injuries 

These questions remained to be 

answered. However, MSU was 

clearly beginning to jell on offense 

and also establishing a reputation 

as a team that gets 

stronger as the game unfolds. 

MSU was outscored 31-14 in 

the first quarter, 33-23 in the 

second, 34-24 in the third, but 

owned a whopping 47-17 edge 

in the final period. 

In an instant poll at the MSU 

Alumni Association web site 

(msualum.com), most respondents 

believed that John L. 

Smith was the right leader for 

the MSU football program. In 

his first full recruiting season, he 

mustered a Top 20 recruiting 

class, and the young team was 

clearly making improvements in 

his areas of emphases. 

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MSU ICERS IN 2004-2005 

After finishing within three 

points of the CCHA title a year 

ago, MSU icers begin the 2004- 

05 season hungry for another 

championship try. The pieces are 

there . . . offensive point production, 

defense and goaltending. 

Rick Comley, in his third year 

as head coach, returns 21 letterwinners, 

including 12 forwards, 

six defensemen and three goaltenders 

to their rotation. MSU 

Jim Slater, MSU’s leading scorer 

with 48 points, is expected to 

lead MSU’s offensive charge. 

also welcomes seven newcomers 

(five forwards, two defensemen) 

to a line-up that went 23-17-2 

overall, took third in the CCHA 

and made the NCAAs. 

Last season MSU finished 

15th in the nation on offense, 

averaging 3.24 goals per game, 

with 87.5 percent of its scoring 

production returning. Up front, 

senior forward Jim Slater, a 2004 

All-America Second-Team selection, 

a Hobey Baker finalist and 

an All-CCHA First-Team honoree, 

leads the charge. He tallied 

a team-best 48 points (19 goals, 

29 assists) one year ago to tie for 

the CCHA overall scoring race. 

“There is no question in my 

mind that we will have the ability 

to score goals this season,” says 

Comley. “We just need to find a 

way to be more creative on offense 

and find a second line that 

can score on a consistent basis to 

take some of the pressure off Jim 

Slater’s line.” 

MSU also returns senior forward 

Mike Lalonde and sophomore 

forward Tommy Goebel, 

Nos. 2 and 3 in scoring last year. 

Lalonde tallied a career-best 40 

points, including a team-high 22 

goals. Meanwhile, Goebel tallied 

15 goals and 17 assists for 32 

points while making league 

Honorable Mention in his rookie 

campaign. 

Defense should be solid this 

season with the return of six letterwinners 

that allowed just 2.5 

goals per game one year ago. 

Sophomore A.J. Thelen leads 

the returnees after finishing 

fourth on the squad in scoring 

with 29 points (11 goals, 18 assists) 

and being named the 

CCHA’s Best Offensive Defenseman. 

Other returnees include 

assistant captain Jared 

Nightingale, Corey Potter, 

Ethan Graham, Chris Snavely 

and Brandon Warner. 

Unlike last year’s squad which 

featured five rookie blueliners, 

State’s roster shows just two newcomers 

in Jeff Dunne of the 

Chicago Steel and Daniel 

Vukovic of St. Michael’s Buzzers 

of Ontario. 

MSU also returns all three netminders 

in sophomore Dominic 

Vicari, senior Matt Migliaccio 

and junior Rod Tocco. 

“Defensively, we are in a very 

good situation with the return of 

six blueliners and goaltenders 

Dominic Vicari (2.31 GAA) and 

Matt Migliaccio (2.70 GAA),” 

remarked Comley. “It is an area 

that we need to continually improve 

upon if we are going to 

contend for championships.” 

“The CCHA will be very competitive 

from top to bottom,” remarked 

Comley. “It is going to 

make for a very interesting 

league race.” 

—Becky Olsen, MSU sports information 

director. 

FOR THE RECORD 

WE’RE NUMBER ONE!—In 

mid-September, MSU’s field 

hockey team was 7-0 and ranked 

No. 1 in the nation in the 

STX/NFHCA coaches poll. 

The undefeated Spartans have 

scored five or more goals in all 

but two contests, while holding 

opponents to no more than two 

goals per game. Spartan junior 

goaltender Christina Kirkaldy 

has already posted two shutouts 

in 2004, marking 13 in her career. 

Said MSU head coach 

Michele Madison, “This is a 


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credit, first and foremost, to the 

players and their ongoing commitment 

to do their very best 

every day because that is their 

primary goal. It is also a credit to 

the staff and to everyone who has 

ever played for MSU, everyone 

who has ever worked for it. I am 

just so proud to be a part of this 

team.” MSU boasts its most 

prominent winning streak since 

1975, when the Spartans enjoyed 

an 8-0 streak. 

Christopher Smith 

GOLF IS CORE-IGIBLE—A frustrating 

game, golf can be more 

easily mastered by following the 

advice of John Dal Corobbo, director 

of golf instruction at MSU’s 

Forest Akers Golf Courses and 

one of America’s top teachers according 

to Golf Magazine. In his 

new book, Model Golf–The Nine 

Core Skills to an Enlightened Golf 

Game, he focuses on core basics 

while eliminating the kind of extraneous 

information that fill up 

golf magazines. Dal Corobbo 

takes the reader step by step 

through each of the nine core 

skills of golf with clear descriptions, 

diagrams and photographs. 

A former Nike Tour member and 

a seven-time qualifier for the National 

PGA Club Professional 

Championship, Dal Corobbo was 

the 2002 Michigan PGA Player of 

the Year. Model Golf is available at 

both Forest Akers Golf Courses 

for $20.00 (call 517-355-1635). 

The book was produced and published 

by the MSU Division of 

Housing & Food Services Marketing 

Communications Dept. 

OLYMPIC STADIUM TURF—The 

grass used at Olympic Stadium 

during the 2004 Olympic 

Games in Athens in late August 

was created and perfected by 

MSU turfgrass experts. In the 

photo below, taken on Aug. 17, 

three days before the start of 

competition, workmen are laying 

final modules of grass to create 

a field that mirrors the modular 

field in Spartan Stadium. 

SPARTAN OLYMPIAN DECATH- 

LETE—Former MSU All-American 

track star Paul A. Terek, ’02, 

competed in the decathlon in 

Athens, Greece, as a member of 

the 2004 U.S. Olympic Track 

and Field team. Although he did 

not medal, Terek will use that experience 

to launch his medal bid 

in the 2008 Games in Beijing, 

China, as he demonstrates in 

this photo taken after the closing 

ceremony on Aug. 29. At the 

July trials in Sacramento, CA, 

Terek won the third and final 

spot on the U.S. decathlon unit 

by just a couple of seconds in the 

1,500-meter event, the last of 

ten grueling events in two days. 

In previous Summer 

REUTERS/Gary Hershorn 

Games, MSU Archives basketball & Historical Collections star Steve 

Smith competed in Sydney in 

2000, while diver Julie Farrell- 

Ovenhouse competed in 

Barcelona in 1992. 

MEMOIRS FROM MISS BAS- 

KETBALL—Julie (Polakowski) 

Swanson, ’87, the state of Michigan’s 

first “Miss Basketball” and 

a star player for MSU in the early 

1980s, has authored a novel for 

youngsters, Going For The 

Record (Eerdmans Books Publishing 

Co., 2004). The book, 

featuring a female star athlete in 

Leenalau County, is essentially a 

roman à clef. As a high school senior 

in Leland, Swanson led her 

team to the state title and scored 

812 points in 28 games, setting a 

single season scoring mark. 

Even today, the mark is in second 

place alltime. At MSU, 

Julie made Big Ten Honorable 

Mention in 1985. Swanson is 

currently a mother of three in 

Charlottesville, VA. Her husband 

Steve, ’85, former MSU 

soccer player, is the women’s soccer 

coach at the University of 

Virginia. 

MSU BRAINASTS— 

With a team GPA of 

3.31, the MSU gymnastics 

team ranks 

among the top 

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schools in the nation both athletically 

and academically. Six 

Spartan gymnasts were named to 

the 2004 NACGC/W All- 

America Team for earning a GPA 

of 3.5 or higher. Junior Anna 

Hunsinger and sophomore Victoria 

Iakounina both posted a 

3.87 GPA to lead the team academically. 

Senior Lindsey Voth 

ranked third with a 3.81. Junior 

Lauren Simpson posted a 3.78, 

while sophomore Jenna Rivers 

earned a 3.64 and junior Jaime 

Miles posts a 3.62. The women 

gymnasts have enjoyed academic 

success for several years, posting 

a team GPA of at least 3.0 since 

2002 and earning a 3.3 or higher 

as a team the past two years. 

THE ICEMEN COMPETETH — 

Two former Spartan icers, forward 

Bryan Smolinski and defenseman 

John-Michael Liles, 

made the 2004 U.S. World Cup 

Hockey Team that opened competition 

Aug. 31 in Montreal, 

Canada. Liles enjoyed an excellent 

rookie season with the 

NHL’s Colorado Avalanche. 

Smolinski, a veteran who has 

played with Boston, Pittsburgh, 

New York Islanders, Los Angeles 

and Ottawa, previously was a 

member of Team USA’s gold 

medal squad at the 1996 World 

Cup of Hockey. 

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ALMAMATTERS 

COASTAL GEORGIA—Jun. 26: 

More than two dozen area Spartans 

attended the Club Charter 

Presentation at the Moon River 

Brewing Co., Savannah, GA. A 

silent auction raised $170 for the 

club. 

DALLAS/FORT WORTH, TX—Jun. 

12: More than 70 area Spartans 

attended the Fifth Annual Golf 

Tournament and Scholarship 

Drive at the Riverchase Golf 

Club, Coppell, TX. A raffle 

of merchandise autographed by 

Tom Izzo, John L. Smith and 

Dallas Cowboy Flozell Adams 

helped raise $2,600 for the club’s 

scholarship fund, which now well 

exceeds $10,000. The event has 

been organized by Patrick Johnson 

all five years. 

and Jane Loper in Jamestown, 

OH. About $250 was raised for 

the club’s scholarship fund. 

EASTERN VIRGINIA—Apr. 24: 

About 30 area Spartans attended 

the Annual Dinner and Meeting 

in Williamsburg, VA. Special 

guests included Pamela Horne, 

MSU director of admissions 

and scholarships. About $100 

was raised for the club’s student 

scholarship fund. 

REGIONAL CLUBS 

BERRIEN COUNTY—Jun 15: 

This child relaxing in the arms of 

Sparty was one of 550 area Spartans 

who attended the 18th Annual 

Steak ‘n’ Suds Outing at 

Sportsman’s Park, St. Joseph. 

Special guests included MSU athletic 

director Ron Mason, assistant 

hockey coach Tom Newton, 

and women’s golf coach Stacy 

Slobodnik. The event was 

chaired by Larry Smith and Judy 

Soelle. 

BLUEWATER CLUB—Jul. 21: 

About a dozen area alumni attended 

a dinner for 2004 Jim 

Reilly Memorial Scholarship recipient 

Jenna Gray (center, with 

her parents Diane and William) 

at the Thomas Edison Inn, Port 

Huron. 

CHICAGO—Aug.1: More than 

115 Spartans gathered at Shoreline 

Parks in Evanston to welcome 

incoming area freshman. 

Jim Higgins served as cook, while 

club president Dave LaPorte introduced 

the MSU Fight Song to 

the new Spartans. 

DAYTON, OH—Jul. 17: Area 

Spartans participated in the Big 

Ten Night at the Dayton Dragons. 

Aug. 14: Some two dozen 

area Spartans (see photo) attended 

the fourth annual summer picnic 

at the lakefront home of Joe 

GRAND TRAVERSE—Jul. 10: 

Sparty, seen here with this year’s 

National Cherry Queen, was 

among the 10,000 participants at 

the Grand Royale Parade of the 

National Cherry Festival in Traverse 

City. For the 12th straight 

year, the club boasted a parade 

entry—a chariot pulled by miniature 

horse—that was followed by 

MSU cheerleaders, a 20-member 

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Spartan alumni band, and two of 

the club’s 2004 scholarship winners. 

HILLSDALE COUNTY—May 22: 

Some 60 area Spartans attended 

the Annual Dinner Event at the 

Hillsdale Golf and Country 

Club. Charlie Holton was honored 

as the “Spartan of the Year.” 

Special guests included Barbara 

Ball-McClure of University Development. 

METRO WASHINGTON, DC— 

The club needs 350 area Spartans 

to purchase an MSU affinity plate 

issued by the State of Virginia 

(minimun state requirement). 

Interested alums can visit 

www.dmv.state.va.us/webdoc/pd 

f/vsa61.pdf and download the license 

plate application form, and 

send the completed application 

and a $25 check (payable to MSU 

Alumni Association of Metro 

DC) to Michael Cieslak, 221 N. 

George Mason Dr. #1, Arlington 

VA 22203. Meanwhile, the club’s 

softball team went 7-7 for the season, 

finishing with four straight 

wins, including a 20-0 whipping 

of Florida. 

area Spartans in Thousand Oaks 

for dinner and theater. Jan. 31: 

Area alumni gathered at The 

Wine Thieves in Lafayette for a 

wine tasting event. 

ROCHESTER, NY—May 11: 


the bi-annual Spring Dinner and 

Raffle Fundraiser Kickoff at the 

Locust Hill Country Club in 

Rochester. Guest speaker was 

Chuck Webb (left), vice president 

for university development. (bottom 

of page) 

SACRAMENTO VALLEY, CA— 

May 13: Nearly 100 area Spartans 

attended a baseball game of 

the Sacramento Valley Rivercats 

at Raley Field, West Sacramento. 

SCOTTSDALE, AZ—May 1: Scott 

and Brooke Essex hosted a luncheon 

for area Spartans to meet 

MSU President-Designate Lou 

Anna K. Simon at their home in 

Dave Brown 

Tempe, AZ. 

JACKSON—Jun. 18: Some 164 

area Spartans participated in the 

Fourth Annual Golf Outing and 

Scholarship Fundraiser at the 

Hankerd Hills Golf Resort, Pleasant 

Lake. Guest speaker was assistant 

football coach Jeff Stoutland. 

Special guests included Bob 

Knickerbocker, MSU athletic 

equipment manager, and 

MSUAA assistant directors Dave 

Brown and Robert Bao. About 

$3,000 was raised for the club’s 

student scholarship fund. 

KALAMAZOO COUNTY—Jun. 1: 


the 32nd Annual Summer Picnic 

at MSU’s Brook Lodge Hotel and 

Conference Center, Augusta. 

Special guests included MSU 

trustee Dee Cook, president 

emeritus Gordon Guyer, trustee 

emeritus Russ Mawby, football 

coach John L. Smith, music 

school director James Forger, and 

associate head women’s basketball 

coach Janelle Grimm-Burgess. 

Altogether $4,475 was raised for 

the Ralph Young Fund, the 

School of Music, and the Student 

Alumni Foundation. 

MUSKEGON—Jun. 29: Nearly 

180 area Spartans took part in the 

14th Annual Don Arnson Golf 

Outing at the Oakridge Golf 

Course in Muskegon. Special 

guests included basketball coach 

Tom Izzo (middle), assistant football 

coach Steve Stripling, and 

Chuck Streeter of the Ralph 

Young Fund. A total of $21,589 

was raised for the club’s scholarship 

fund. Three $2,000 grants 

and three $500 book grants were 

awarded to MSU students from 

the area. 

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA—Jan. 

24: MSU President-Designate 

Lou Anna K. Simon met with 36 

ROCKY MOUNTAIN—Jul. 2: 

About 40 area Spartans and 40 

Wolverines teamed up to see some 

fireworks as the Detroit Tigers 

took on the Colorado Rockies at 

Coor’s Field, Denver, CO. 


CONSTITUENT 

ASSOCIATIONS 

HUMAN ECOLOGY—Jun. 10: 

MSU President-Designate Lou 

Anna K. Simon (middle) and acting 

dean William Abbett (2nd 

from R) were among those attending 

the HECAA’s afternoon 

tea at the home of associate dean 

Won O. Song. The event served 

to update alumni on the college’s 

reorganization. 

bial Ecology (whose contingent is 

in the photo). MSU Professor 

James Tiedje was congratulated 

for having been elected the new 

president of ASM. 

NURSING—Jun. 23: Some 55 

alumni and friends joined dean 

Marilyn Rothert at the Lansing 

Area Alumni Garden Party in the 

Life Sciences Building. Tours were 

given of the Janice Thompson 

Granger Learning Labs and the 

MSU Demonstration Gardens. 

INTERNATIONAL CLUBS 

TUCSON, AZ—May 1: Bob and 

Kathy Workman hosted a reception 

for MSU President-Designate 

Lou Anna K. Simon at their 

home. 

WEST MICHIGAN—July 12: 

About 350 Spartans attended the 

MSU Alumni Club of West 

Michigan’s 6th Annual Steve 

Smith Charity Challenge at 

Egypt Valley Country Club in 

Grand Rapids. Smith was honored 

for his role as honorary chair 

of the Sparty Project and for all 

he’s done for MSU. Special 

guests included Jud Heathcote 

(inset), Ron Mason, George Perles, 

Gus Ganakas and Steve’s 

teammates from the 1990 Big 10 

Championship team (see photo), 

including Mike Peplowski and 

Matt Steigenga. The event raised 

$60,000 for MSU, the Steve 

Smith Detroit Pershing MSU 

Scholarship, and the Grand 

Rapids Public Schools Student 

Advancement Foundation. 

WESTERN NEW YORK—Aug. 3: 

Some 50 area Spartans, including 

students and parents, attended a 

pizza send-off event on Grand Island 

for students bound for 

MSU. Each student received a 

$50 gift certificate for textbooks. 

LABOR & INDUSTRIAL 

RELATIONS— Nov. 6: Nearly 

two dozen area Spartans attended 

an alumni reception at the Seyfarth 

Shaw Law Firm in Chicago. 

May 11: About 70 alumni and 

friends attended an alumni reception 

at the James B. Henry Center 

for Executive Development. 

Special guests included Marietta 

Baba, dean of the College of Social 

Science, and speakers Rich 

Block and Keith Groty. 

BEIJING, CHINA—May 31: The 

MSU Alumni Club of Beijing, 

China, met at the Jinglun Hotel 

to welcome Ron Rosenberg, 

MSU’s associate dean of engineering. 

The banquet was organized 

by Dr. Yi Zhang, Ph. D. 

’02, assistant professor of finance 

at Peking University. 

NATURAL SCIENCE—May 25: 

More than 120 alumni attended a 

reception at the New Orleans 

Marriott during the American 

Society of Microbiology’s General 

Photo courtesy of Doug Moffat 

Meeting. The reception was hosted 

by the CNSAA, the Dept. of 

Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, 

and the Center for Micro 

SRI LANKA—Jun. 17: Members 

of the local alumni club met at 

Han Gook Gwan Korean Restaurant 

in Havelock Place, Colombo. 

Special guests from the U.S. 

included Dr. Chitra Gunawardena, 

Dr. P. Kaviratna and his wife, 

Dr. Hema Kaviratna, from Georgia. 

The dinner event was organized 

by Dr. Sunethra Karunaratne 

of the University of 

Peradeniya. 

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SPARTAN SPIRIT 2004—Sparty 

made his presence felt at this 

year’s Spartan Spirit event at Spartan 

Stadium, the largest gathering 

on campus for new students every 

fall. Sponsored by the MSU 

Alumni Association and the Student 

Alumni Foundation, the 

event drew upwards of 15,000 

students and community members 

this fall. They learned the 

MSU Fight Song and MSU 

Shadows directly from the Spartan 

Marching Band, and also 

heard inspiring words from President 

Peter McPherson, President- 

Designate Lou Anna K. Simon, 

football coach John L. Smith, 

hockey coach Rick Comley, 

women’s basketball coach Joanne 

McCallie, men’s basketball assistant 

coach Mark Montgomery, 

and a number of student-athletes. 

Kurt Stepnitz/University Relations 

Photo by Carole S. Berk 

BASEBALL SPARTANS—June 

25: MSU adjunct professor and 

Fourth Genre editor Mike Steinberg, 

author of Still Pitching (p. 

11, Winter 2004), a memoir that 

focuses on his love for baseball, 

signs a copy of his book for fellow 

Spartan Dale Petroskey, ’78, at 

the Baseball Hall of Fame book 

store in Cooperstown, NY. Petroskey 

is president of the national 

baseball shrine. 

SPARTANS ORGANIZE ANTI- 

TERROR EXERCISE—Many 

MSU alumni are involved in 

homeland security initiatives. In 

July, for example, Col. Mike Mc- 

Daniel, Asst. Adjutant General 

for Homeland Security in Michigan, 

and an adjunct professor at 

the MSU College of Law, directed 

an anti-terror exercise that included 

2,000 soldiers from 18 

countries. The multinational 

force performed simultaneous exercises 

in Latvia, Lithuania and 

Estonia, involving mass casualty 

response, maritime search and 

rescue, maritime recovery of unexploded 

ordnance, forest search 

and rescue, disaster recovery, and 

humanitarian assistance to displaced 

persons. 

McDaniel and two of the planners, 

both MSU ROTC Distinguished 

Alumni, nicknamed the 

exercise “Task Force Spartan” and 

the MSU flag flew alongside 18 

Country flags as well as the 

NATO flag. McDaniel explained 

to the participants, which included 

soldiers, sailors, and civilian 

emergency workers from Latvia, 

Lithuania, Estonia, Germany, 

Bulgaria, Moldova, Azerbaijan, 

Romania, and other ten countries, 

that “Spartan values” as 

exemplified by Leonidas and the 

Spartan Army at the Battle of 

Thermopylae, included vigilance, 

teamwork, and selfless service. 

Protecting and defending the 

homeland is McDaniel’s number 

one mission. Working with 

Michigan National Guard Joint 

Force Headquarters (JFHQ), 

McDaniel, who also serves as the 

Governors, Homeland Security 

Advisor, is responsible for ensuring 

that National Guard troops 

are trained, equipped and ready to 

execute Homeland Defense and 

Security operations at the request 

of the Governor or President. 

SPARTANS IN LATVIA–Col. 

Michael McDaniel (middle) and 

Maj. Stephen Potter (left) watch 

Maj. Scott Hiipakka raise the 

Spartan flag during anti-terrorism 

exercises conducted in Aluksne, 

Latvia, by 2,000 multinational 

forces from 18 countries. 

McDaniel directed the exercises. 


SPAR10-PL8S—In August this 

group gathered at the Ralph 

Young Women’s Field Hockey 

complex to show off their personalized 

license plates honoring 

MSU. In the background is the 

steel frame of the new addition 

to Spartan Stadium. The group 

currently boasts 240 members. 


www.cqql.net/msu.htm. 

SOUTHERNMOST SPARTAN— 

You can’t go further south than 

this MSU cap, which was placed 

on the ceremonial post marking 

the South Pole and photographed 

by TSgt. John R. Rayome 

of the 109th Airlift Wing 

(139th Airlift Squadron), Stratton 

Air National Guard Base, 

Scotia, New York. A huge MSU 

fan, Rayome is married to 

Suzanne Alden, ’83. He travels 

to Antarctica every year to support 

the National Science Foundation 

mission in Antarctica. 

When he had the opportunity to 

visit the South Pole on Nov. 15, 

2001, he took his MSU cap 

along for this photo op. By the 

way, the photo was taken at 12 

midnight. 

SPARTAN CODEBREAKERS 

KEYED VICTORY IN WWII 

Given the popularity of The 

Da Vinci Code, America is fascinated 

with codes and codebreakers. 

It turns out two of the 

greatest code breakers in American 

history are both Spartans. 

Nearly a decade ago, the 

MSU Alumni Magazine profiled 

David Mead (Spring 1995), an 

English professor who taught at 

MSU from 1948 until his retirement 

in 1981. Mead was 

the U.S. cryptanalyst who 

broke the Japanese military 

code in April 1943, thus giving 

the U.S. armed forces a tremendous 

military advantage. 

Mead's role, for which he won a 

Legion of Merit in 1945, was 

not publicly known until he revealed 

it in a magazine story on 

the 50th anniversary of Japan's 

surrender. 

Now, the MSU Alumni Magazine 

has learned that Mead was 

not the only Spartan codebreaker 

whose efforts helped win 

World War II. The chief U.S. 

cryptanalyst for the U.S. War 

Dept. from 1941-47 was Col. 

William Frederick Friedman, 

who broke the major Japanese 

diplomatic code in 1940. Incredibly, 

Friedman is an MSU 

alumnus, having attended 

Michigan Agricultural College 

as a student in Fall 1910. 

Friedman's breakthroughhelped 

the U.S. in many ways, 

among them the planning for 

the Battle of Midway, where 

Admiral Nimitz was able to 

fight off a superior Japanese 

force. Born in 1891 in 

Kishinez, Russia, Friedman and 

his family emigrated to the U.S. 

in 1893 to escape anti-semitism. 

He died in 1969 and is 

buried in Arlington National 

Cemetery. How Friedman came 

to attend MAC is not known, 

but Mead, who still lives in East 

Lansing, was pleasantly amused 

when told of his colleague's affiliation 

with MSU. "Yes, I 

knew Friedman," he said. 

"What an incredible coincidence." 

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Editors Column 

AMAZING SPURT 

BY STUDENTS 

By Robert Bao, Editor 

A couple of 

years ago, I 

noted in this 

column that 

the MSU 


had become the fastest 

growing association in the Big 

Ten. Many of our initiatives to 

increase membership began to 

pay dividends and our numbers 

rose by more than 50 percent. 

Well, a similar spurt is now taking 

place with the Student Alumni 

Foundation, our student organization. 

“We project that our 

membership in SAF will go from 

1,800 to more than 6,000,” says 

Beverly VandenBerg, the SAF’s 

adviser. “We are very excited by 

what is happening.” 

What has happened is a combination 

of dynamic leadership 

combined with some great marketing 

and hard work. 

One great example of improved 

marketing is that the SAF now 

markets memberships not just to 

students, but also to parents. “To 

date, parents have bought some 

890 SAF memberships and the 

number continues to rise,” notes 

VandenBerg. 

The numbers of the SAF’s student 

spirit groups are also rising 

dramatically. Corner Blitz, the 

football spirit group, has grown 

from 549 to 1007 members. 

These students are the ones you’ll 

see staying on at Spartan Stadium 

applauding the team even well after 

the game’s end, win or lose. 

The Izzone, which has achieved 

quite a bit of fame around the Big 

Ten, could increase from 953 to 

4,000, which would occupy both 

the lower and upper decks at 

Breslin with a seniority system to 

determine the better seats. 

The SAF has also launched 

many new initiatives. For example, 

they staged Rock and Rally, a 

pep rally for the Notre Dame 

game, at Munn Field. The event 

included a live concert with five 

area bands. They also launched 

some innovative fundraising efforts, 

such as Sparty’s Pizza Deal, 

which sold more than 3,500 pizza 

coupons to parents. SAF is currently 

raising funds by selling 

Chrome Automobile Emblems—a 

cool-looking Sparty 

head and Block “S.” 

“Credit goes to the tremendous 

leadership of the group,” 

says VandenBerg, who cited as 

key leaders President Ben Lorson, 

VP of Operations Ross 

Ramsey, and VP of Marketing 

Matt Warpinski. 

Given that one of the missions 

of SAF is to provide leadership 

training for future alumni leaders, 

the future of the MSUAA 

looms bright. 


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STATE’SSTARS 

Leif E. Peterson, ’70, U.S. Air 

Force Material Command Civilian 

Personnel 

Chief, Wright- 

Patterson AFB, 

OH, has been 

named Deputy 

Director. In his 

new role, he will 

be responsible for personnel 

matters for all 90,000 military 

and civilian workers across the 

country in the command. Peterson 

has worked in personnel 

functions for the Air Force since 

he took his first job at the Pentagon 

in 1971. He has had assignments 

in bases in the United 

States, Germany and England. 

Deborah Crabbe, ’82, assistant 

professor of medicine, Temple 

University, 

Philadelphia, 

PA, has received 

a grant from the 

National Heart, 

Lung and Blood 

Institute to support 

her project “Sex-Based Differences 

in Post Infarction Remodeling.” 

Crabbe underwent 

postgraduate medical training in 

cardiology and internal medicine 

and received advanced subspecialty 

training in nuclear cardiology 

and adult cardiac 

ultrasound imaging. She has 

completed a research postdoctoral 

fellowship in physiology at 

Temple. 

Ameen Najjar, ’84, legal counsel 

for the City of Indianapolis Police 

Department 

(IPD), has been 

named director 

of enforcement 

with the 

NCAA, Indianapolis, 

IN. 

Najjar first joined IPD as a patrol 

officer in 1984. He joined 

the legal counsel office in 1987 

and served as assistant counsel 

for more than five years before 

assuming his current position in 

1993. Since 1994, he has also 

served as a part-time associate attorney 

with Miller, Waters, Martin 

& Hall, Indianapolis, IN. 

Najjar is a life member of the 

MSUAA. 

David Kapolka, ’72, mathematics 

teacher at Forest Hills Northern 

High 

School, Grand 

Rapids, has been 

awarded the Albert 

Einstein 

Distinguished 

Educator Fellowship. 

A math teacher for over 

30 years, he has taught at Forest 

Hills since 1980 and has served 

as dept. chair since 1989. 

Among his many honors, Kapolka 

was an Eisenhower National 

Clearinghouse Presidential Ambassador 

in 1997 and a NASA 

Newmast Educator in 1998. He 

is active in many mathematics 

and education organizations and 

is a life member of the MSUAA. 

Christine Ervin, MA ’81, director 

of corporate communications, 

Kellogg 

Co., Battle 

Creek, has been 

named director 

of communications 

and public 

affairs (western 

Michigan area), for Comcast, 

Grand Rapids. In her new position, 

Ervin will oversee community 

and media relations initiatives 

of nearly 400,000 

customers and more than 500 

Comcast employees. She has 

held previous public affairs assignments 

with Bayer Corp. and 

General Motors Corp. 

David Stephens, ’83, forensic scientist 

for the Michigan State Police 

(MSP) Forensic Science Lab, 

Bridgeport, has been named laboratory 

supervisor 

at the MSP 

Forensic Science 

Lab, Marquette. 

Stephens has 

provided expert 

testimony in 

over 200 felony cases and participated 

in more than 3,000 criminal 

investigations. He helped establish 

forensics labs in Haiti, 

Lebanon, Bosnia, Kosovo and 

Uganda, and has served as a consultant 

and instructor for the 

U.S. Dept. of Justice and the U.S. 

Dept. of State. 

Gary Minish, ’66, professor of 

animal and poultry sciences, 

Virginia Polytechnic 

Institute 

and State University 

(VT), 

Blacksburg, VA, 

has been named 

dean of the College 

of Agricultural Sciences at 

Southern Illinois University, 

Carbondale. During his 35-year 

tenure at VT, he served as professor, 

assistant dean and assistant 

director of resident instruction 

and also as associate dean and director 

of development and agriculture 

technology for the agricultural 

college. Minish also 

served as head of the animal and 

poultry sciences dept. from 

1994-2001. 

Mark A. Davis, ’84, attorney 

with Howard & Howard, 

Bloomfield 

Hills, has been 

elected president 

and CEO. 

Davis has been 

with the firm for 

14 years, concentrating 

his practice in the areas 

of real estate, business, securities 

and tax law. From 1987-91 

Davis was associated with E.F. 

Hutton and subsequently with 

the Michigan Corporation and 

Securities Bureau. He is a member 

of the State Bar of Michigan. 

Natasha Williams, MA ’95, of 

Peekskill, NY, is the grand prize 

winner of Kraft’s 

1st Annual 

“New Voices of 

Gospel” Talent 

Search held in 

New Orleans, 

LA. Over 700 

entries were received for the first 

round of this nationwide competition. 

Williams received 

$25,000 in prize money, an audition 

with Sony Music and a live 

performance during the Essence 

Music Festival with some of the 

world’s most popular R&B performers. 

James Anhut, MBA ’85, vice 

president, Brand Management, 

Staybridge 

Suites, has been 

named senior 

vice president, 

Brand Development 

for the 

Americas of InterContinental 

Hotels Group 

(IHG), Atlanta, GA. Anhut has 

more than 25 years of industry 

experience, and more than 14 

years in senior management positions. 

He currently serves on 

the Visibility Committee of the 

Board of Directors of the Atlanta 

College of Art, and was recently 

appointed to the Board of Directors 

of the School of Hospitality 

Management at MSU. Anhut is 

a member of the Presidents Club. 

Rick Gosselin, ’72, sports columnist 

for the Dallas Morning 

News, has won the 2004 Dick 

McCann Memorial Award for 

long and distinguished career reporting 

professional football. 

Gosselin was honored earlier this 

year at the Pro Football Hall of 

Fame in Canton, OH. Gosselin 

worked for United Press Interna- 

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tional and The 

Kansas City Star 

before coming 

joining the Dallas 

Morning 

News in 1990. 

While a student 

at MSU, Gosselin worked for 

The State News. 

Linda C. Stone, ’65, professor in 

the Dept. of Family Medicine, 

Ohio State University, 

Columbus, 

has been 

named 2004 

Professor of the 

Year by the OSU 

College of Medicine 

and Public Health. Stone 

currently serves on the Admissions 

Committee, the Board of 

Governors of the Medical Alumni 

Society and is chair of the Professionalism 

Council. She received 

the Humanism in 

Medicine Award in 2003 from 

the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. 

Steven A. Leibel, ’70, MD ’70, 

chair of the Dept. of Radiation 

Oncology at 

Sloan-Kettering 

Cancer Center, 

New York, NY, 


medical director 

of the Stanford 

Cancer Center, Stanford, CA. 

Leibel joined the staff at Sloan 

Kettering in 1988. Prior to that 

he served on the faculties at Johns 

Hopkins University School of 

Medicine and UCSF. Leibel is 

past president and chair of the 

American Society for Therapeutic 

Radiology and Oncology and 

recently became president of the 

American Board of Radiology. In 

July, he was elected to the Johns 

Hopkins University Society of 

Scholars. 

Rodger Kershner, JD ’76, attorney 

with Howard & Howard, 

Bloomfield 

Hills, has been 

named chairman 

of the 

Michigan Technological 

University 

Board of 

Control. He was appointed to 

serve as vice-chair by Gov. John 

Engler in 2001. Kershner is a 

member of the American Bar Association 

and is a member-atlarge 

of the Boy Scout’s Detroit 

Area Council. 

Daniel Seikaly, ’67, Criminal 

Chief for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, 

Washington, 

D.C., will 

join the law firm 

of Sheppard, 

Mullin, Richter 

& Hampton, 

Washington, 

D.C. In his current position, 

Seikaly has supervised many high 

profile terrorism cases, including 

the bombing of Pan Am flight 

103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, 

and the hijacking of TWA flight 

837. Formerly, he was Assistant 

Inspector General for Investigations 

at the CIA and worked in 

the Justice Dept. Office for National 

Security. 

Karen P. Goebel, Ph.D. ’76, professor 

of Human Ecology and Extension 

specialist 

at the University 

of Wisconsin, 

Madison, has received 

a Distinguished 

Service 

Award from the 

American Assoc. of Family and 

Consumer Sciences. Goebel 

chairs the Wisconsin Assoc. of 

Family and Consumer Sciences 

Foundation and is advisor of the 

honorary society Phi Upsilon 

Omicron at UW-Madison. She 

is former president of the Wisconsin 

Home Economics Assoc. 

and has served as national president 

of the American Council on 

Consumer Interests. Goebel 

serves on the board of the Dane 

County League of Women Voters. 

John G. Russell, ’80, president of 

the electric division, Consumers 

Energy, Jackson, 


president of 

Electric and Gas. 

Russell joined 

the company 

in1981 and held 

positions in material services, 

economic development, customer 

service and operations. He 

also served as vice president and 

senior vice president of transmission 

and distribution. Russell is a 

member of the board of directors 

for Right Place, Inc., the Michigan 

Virtual University and the 

Consumers Energy Foundation. 

Vickie L. Markavitch, ’66, Ph.D. 

’91, superintendent of the Penn- 

Harris Madison 

School Corp., 

Mishawaka, IN, 


the first female 

superintendent 

of the Oakland 

Intermediate School District. 

Previously, she was superintendent 

in three school districts in 

Indiana and Illinois, assistant superintendent 

and executive director 

in the Niles Community 

Schools and principal of Bridgman 

Elementary School. She has 

taught special education and 

served as a learning disabilities 

consultant. She currently serves 

as president of the Superintendency 

Institute of America. 

Thomas J. Manganello, ’77, partner 

at Warner Norcross & Judd 

LLP, Detroit, has been named 

chair of the firm’s Automotive Industry 

Group. The group provides 

counsel on a number of 

highly specialized 

areas in the 

auto industry. 

Manganello has 

more than two 

decades of automotive 

experience 

and is a member of the Society 

of Automotive Engineers, the 

Product Liability Council and the 

Wayne County Mediation Tribunal. 

His is also a member of the 

State Bar of Michigan and the 

American Bar Association. 

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OBITUARIES 

10’s 

Blanche (MacNaughten) Coryell, 

’18, of Grand Rapids, MSU’s oldest 

known living alumna, July 22, 

age 107. 

30’s 

Franklin Howell, ’30, of Jackson, 

July 7, age 97. 

Milton L. Berg, ’33, of East Lansing, 


Dorothy (McCulloch) Meitz, ’33, 

of Lansing, July 9, age 95. 

Jon L. Young, ’35, of East Lansing, 

Sept. 13, age 92. 

Rex C. Burgdorfer, ’37, of Sun 

City Center, FL and Macatawa, 

Dec. 27, 2003, age 88. 

Ursula W.(Walters) Darnton, 

’37, of Lansing and Charlevoix, 

May 19, age 89. 

John C. Coffee, ’38, of Grand 

Rapids, June 2, age 87. 

John D. Lorimer, ’38, of Birmingham, 

May 22, age 88. 

Norma G.(Hoag) Warren, ’38, of 

Duck Lake, formerly of Lansing, 

June 17, age 86. 

Clarence C. Feightner, ’39, of 

Oklahoma City, OK, July 18, age 

88. 

John M. Hunnell, Sr., ’39, of 

Lansing, Aug. 26, age 89. 

Gleason A. MacInness, ’39, of 

Charlotte, July 18, age 87. 

Georgiana (Braun) Snyder, ’39, 

of Tryon, NC, July 13, age 85. 

40’s 

Jane E. Andros, ’40, of Lansing, 


Ruth (Welch) Brown, ’40, of 

Whitehall, July 8, age 85. 

Robert J. Buzenberg, ’40, of 

Chapel Hill, NC, Sept. 6. 

Raymond Kangas, ’40, of Wilmington, 

DE, Apr. 11, age 90. 

James LaDu, ’40, of Virginia 

Beach, VA, Sept. 12, age 86. 

J.B. Poffenberger, ’40, M ’59, of 

Lakeland, FL, July 1, age 88. 

David C. Pray, ’40, of East Jordan, 


Robert L. Blue, ’41, of Saginaw, 


Robert H. Denham, W’41, of 

Adrian, June 5, age 84. 

Fern (Christopherson) Mason, 

’41, of Scottsdale, AZ, formerly 

of Montague, June 25, age 86. 

Charles M. Butler, ’42, of Bellvue, 

Aug. 10, age 88. 

Malcolm “Mac” E. Plumton, ’42, 

of Barryton, July 10, age 84. 

Percy J. Smeltzer, ’42, of Frankfort, 

May 28, age 85. 

Elizabeth (Herb) Church, ’43, of 

Grand Rapids, May 31, age 82. 

Harold P. McGinnes, ’43, of 

Bloomington, IL, June 29, age 

84. 

Roger M. Seaver, W’43, of Montague, 

May 1. 

Shirley L.(Thornton) Chirko, 

’44, of Grand Ledge, June 29, age 

83. 

Mary F. Greenfield, ’44, EDS 

’71, of East Lansing, Sept. 3. 

C. Ray Thompson, ’44, of Grand 

Blanc, July 19, age 82. 

Marvel “Mac” (McGirr) Adamy, 

’45, of Grand Rapids, June 2, age 

79. 

Katherine J.(Peterson) Lewis, 

’45, of Traverse City, June 12, age 

81. 

Doris J.(Hampton) Abbott, ’47, of 

Owl Head, ME, Apr. 15, age 89. 

Fred Martin, Jr., ’47, J.D. ’50, of 

Saginaw, June 2, age 81. 

Warren Card, ’48, of Linden, 

June 21. 

Elaine (Brandt) Johnson, ’48, of 

Jacksonville, FL, formerly of 

Lansing, June 22, age 78. 

Walter H. Meyer, ’48, of Cincinnati, 

OH, June 28. 

Lowell W. Rasmussen, ’48, of East 

Lansing, July 4, age 79. 

Robert A. Smith, ’48, of Midland, 


Richard F. Burns, ’49, of East 

Lansing, June 17. 

John A. Manby, ’49, of Battle 

Creek, June 10, age 80. 

Joseph R. Menustik, ’49, of Columbia, 

MD, Jan. 2004. 

Donald “Pete” E. Sark, ’49, of 

Grand Blanc, June 27, age 80. 

50’s 

Robert S. Boatman, ’50, of Sun 

Lakes, AZ, Nov. 4, 2003. 

Charles J. Coe, ’50, of St. George, 

UT, May 25. 

Richard “Dick” R. Montgomery, 

’50, of Battle Creek, June 22, age 

76. 

Paul J. Ott, ’50, of Alden, July 21, 

age 77. 

William H. Vanderbeck, ’50, of 

Niles, June 17, age 80. 

William F. Camp, ’51, of Fulton, 

NY, Aug. 8, age 75. 

Kenneth L. Cobe, ’51, of Huntley, 

Il, formerly of Chicago and Ft. 

Myers, FL, Aug. 30, 2003, age 75. 

George L. Cook, ’51, of 

Rochester, July 20, age 74. 

Thomas A. Creager, Sr., ’51, M 

’56 of Owosso, July 30, age 75. 

Joseph V. DiBello, ’51, M ’55, of 

Perry, formerly of East Lansing, 

Aug. 21, age 75. 

Clyde J. Greenman, ’51, of Kalamazoo, 


Maurice J. Hartsuff, ’51, of 

Clarklake, June 23, age 76. 

Joel B. Dean, ’52, of New York, 

NY, May 24, age 73. 

Russell A. Hansen, ’52, of Lakeland, 

FL, formerly of Detroit, 


Frederick Harris, ’52, of Farmington 

Hills, July 21, age 74. 

Marvin H. Hoppert, ’52, of Dallas, 

formerly of Monroe, June 11, 

age 74. 

O. Keith Petersen, ’52, of Tampa, 

FL, formerly of Jackson, May 25, 

age 75. 

Clarence Johnson, ’53, of Higgins 

Lake, formerly of Clio, Sept. 1, 

age 76. 

H. Morley Fraser, M ’54, of Albion, 


F. “Doc” Oral Grounds, ’54, 

DVM ’56, of Gowan, Aug. 16, 

age 79. 

Philip “Phil” H. Paine, ’54, of 

Verona, WI, formerly of East 

Lansing, July 20, age 72. 

William “Bill” E. Carroll, M ’55, 

of Wakefield, June 11, age 80. 

Donald J. Holland, ’55, of Shelby 

Twp., May 27, age 72. 

Wilbur D. Howard, ’55, of Lansing, 


William H. Bovin, ’56, M ’57, of 

Metamora, Dec. 25, 2002, age 

72. 

Ronald F. Heck, Sr., ’56, of Lansing, 


Charles I. Switzer, M ’56, Ph.D. 

’66, of Morton, IL, July 18, age 

74. 

Marylynn “Suzie” (Lambert) 

Weaver, ’56, of East Tawas, June 

30, age 69. 

Howard D. Wilson, ’56, of Traverse 

City, June 12, age 75. 

Mason I. Himelhoch, ’57, of 

Southfield, May 24, age 71. 

Lawrence C. Lindstrom, ’57, of 

Portland, July 25, age 72. 

Frank T. Paganini, ’57, of Grand 

Rapids, Sept. 6, age 70. 

Willis A. Reid, ’57, of Livonia, 


Theodore L. Vernier, ’57, of Grosse 

Pte. Woods, July 26, age 75. 

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John C. Calhoun, ’58, of Flint, 


Jacques Levy, MA, ’58, 

Ph.D. ’61, of Manhattan, 

NY, director of the original 

Broadway production of Oh! 

Calcutta for a total of 7,273 

performances, and head of 

Colgate University’s theater 

department, Sept. 30, of 

cancer. He was 69. 

Helen A. (Caskey) Olk, M ’58, of 

East Lansing, July 13, age 93. 

Carl H. Steffen, ’58, of East Lansing, 


Sally (Foster) Lockhart, ’59, of 

East Lansing, Sept. 7, age 67. 

Barbara M.(Blancett) Sawdey, ’59, 

of Tallman Lake, July 25, age 67. 

60’s 

Randolph R. Hippler, ’60, of 

Warren, June 12, age 65. 

Robert E. Kimmerly, ’60, of St. 

Joseph, July 11, age 67. 

Earl D. McCracken, ’61, of Dunwoody, 

GA, July 29, age 67. 

Beulah (Hannah) McGovney, 

’61, of DeWitt, June 14, age 93. 

Costa N. Miller, ’61, of Indianapolis, 

IN, June 19, age 64. 

Roy S. Pung, ’61, of Jackson, Aug. 

2, age 66. 

Vilma (Graf) Wetzel, M ’61, of 

Tucson, AZ, Sept. 11, age 84. 

Dorothy (Schweinsberg) Wilks- 

Baughman, ’61, of Dataw Island, 

SC, June 28, age 66. 

Gary Lamm, ’62, of Jackson, 

Aug. 22, age 64. 

John D. Rogers, ’62, of Texas 

Twp., formerly of Kalamazoo, 

May 29, age 65. 

Jerry R. Hutchins, ’63, of 

Lawrence, May 23, age 63. 

John H. Lazell, ’63, of Flint, June 

17, age 64. 

Walter W. Fisher, ’64, of Suffern, 

NY, July 25, age 65. 

Janet D. Greene, M ’64, of Americus, 

GA, June 14, age 61. 

Anna Howery, ’64, of Leslie, June 

25, age 80. 

Eugene N. Morgan, ’64, of Farmington 

Hills, May 22, age 67. 

Roger S. Leavenworth, ’65, of 

Grand Rapids, May 31, age 63. 

Wayne A. Tongue, ’65, of San Antonio, 

TX, July 8, age 66. 

Richard Pangrazzi, ’66, of Troy, 

May 23, age 59. 

John R. Shaw, III, ’66, of Santa 

Rosa, CA, May 12. 

Wilbur L. Dungy, Ph.D. ’67, of 

Jackson, June 8, age 78. 

Richard K. Nelson, M ’67, of 

Grayling, May 18, age 76. 

Richard D. Parmater, M ’67, of 

Bridgeview, IL, July 14, age 60. 

Julie A. Reader, ’67, of East Lansing, 

Sept. 10, age 59. 

Norman W. Stevens, ’67, of St. 

Clair Shores, Aug. 21. 

Cleo B.(Hall) Isbister, ’69, of Traverse 

City, June 7. 

E. Michael Kelly, ’69, of Burr 

Ridge, IL, Aug. 9, age 57. 

Donna (Davis) Lewis, MA ’69, of 

Jackson, formerly of Battle Creek, 


70’s 

John W. Ingersoll, ’70, MS ’72, of 

Lapeer, formerly of Davison, 

Aug. 12, age 55. 

Hazel Vaughn, ’70, of Leslie, July 

4, age 84. 

Kathryn “Kitty” L. Kane, ’71, of 

Hanahan, SC, June 20, age 55. 

Alan Kochanski, ’71, of 

Rochester Hills, June 14, age 55. 

Linda (Metzger) Linske, ’71, of 

Okemos, Sept. 10, age 55. 

Kenneth L. McCormick, ’71, of 

Fairlawn, OH, July 8, age 61. 

Edith M.(Turkish) Hall, ’72, of 

Sandusky, OH, Nov. 22, 2003, age 

54. 

Lawrence C. Nash, ’72, of Gladwin, 


Diane (Thelen) Urbanik, ’72, of 

East Lansing, Aug. 30, age 56. 

James T. Vedders, ’72, of Whitehall, 


Harry H. Raby, ’73, of Lake City, 


Howard Gustafson, ’74, of 

Chesaning, July 8, age 50. 

Ralph E. Peckens, ’74, of 

Fowlerville, May 20, age 65. 

Mary (White) Skusa, ’74, of 

Okemos, Aug. 23, age 53. 

Lane E. Holdcroft, M ’76, of 

Poulsbo, WA, July 27. 

Mary J. Marshall, ’76, of Okemos, 

July 14. 

Michele Cousino-LeMay, ’77, 

MA ’79, of Ann Arbor, June 8, 

age 54. 

Leslie (Statz) Fraske, ‘77, of Livonia, 

Sept. 23, age 49. 

Debra A.(Seeger) Hiltner, ’77, of 

Muskegon, June 15, age 50. 

80’s 

John F. Giuliano, ’83, ’93, of 

Haslett, July 4, age 47. 

Peter Hrisko, ’87, of Cleveland 

Heights, OH, June 29, age 39. 

Eve M. Broderick-Nugent, MA 

’88, of Miami, FL, July 4. 

Alison P. Wolcott, ’88, of Oxford, 


Craig L. Neuner, MD ’89, of 

Bloomfield Hills, June 2004. 

John C. Valas, ’89, of Howard 

City, May 31, age 76. 

90’s 

Genevieve M.(Schornberg) de- 

Beaubien, MD ’94, of Saginaw, 


Lacey C. Kerner, ’94, of Sayville, 

NY, formerly of Linden, June 25, 

age 31. 

Daniel E. Radke, ’96, of St. 

Charles, MO, May 10, age 29. 

Nicholas J. Bell, ’99, of Central 

Mine, July 23, age 46. 

00’s 

Brian K. Corbitt, ’00, of Adrian, 


Scott L. Marshall, ’02, of Midland, 


Faculty 

Robert Blomstrom, professor 

emeritus of hotel, restaurant and 

institute management (1965-83), 

of Sun City, AZ, July 27, age 84. 

Imogen Bowers, professor emeritus 

of the Counseling Center 

(1972-89), of East Lansing, Apr. 

9, age 84. 

Frank Mossman, professor emeritus 

of marketing and supply 

chain management (1951-81), of 

Montclair, CA, July 1, age 89. 

Lee McIntosh, professor of biochemistry 

and molecular biology 

(1981-), of Leslie, June 28, age 54. 

Alvin Rogers, professor emeritus 

of medical technology (1968- 

94), of Safety Harbor, FL, May 9, 

age 75. 

Munir Sendich, professor emeritus 

of linguistics and Germanic, 

Slavic, Asian and African languages 

(1970-03), of East Lansing, 


Lee Sonneborn, professor emeritus 

of mathematics (1967-02), of 

East Lansing, Aug. 14, age 72. 

David Stewart, professor of counseling, 

educational psychology 

and special education (1986-), of 

Mason, June 5, age 50. 


LASTINGIMPRESSIONS 

Photo by Dennis Groh 

A GREEN ANGEL—This 

amazing Weeping Norway 

Spruce in MSU’s Hidden 

Lake Gardens, Tipton, naturally 

grew to resemble an 

angel, complete with wings 

and a needle configuration 

resembling a halo. It was 

spotted by visitor Dennis 

Groh, ’68, of Dearborn 

Heights, who photographed 

the unique 15-foot tree. 

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