Spring 2007 - College of Education - Michigan State University

DEVELOPMENT
Accomplishments of Educators
• Donald V. Adams, a consultant and
speaker for 60 colleges and universities
from Des Moines, Iowa.
Nominated by James C. Votruba.
• Mary Anne Adams, a consultant
for the Michigan Education Association
(MEA) from East Lansing.
Nominated by the Professional Development/Human
Rights Department of
the MEA.
• Thomas D. Bird, an MSU associate
professor of Teacher Education
from East Lansing. Nominated by
Yong Zhao and Xi Chen.
• Harold Brockberg, a former professor
and director of athletics at
Concordia University from River
Forest, Ill. Nominated by John and
Beth Haubenstricker.
• Janice M. Brown, the Kalamazoo
Public Schools superintendent
from Kalamazoo. Nominated by
Melody Glick.
• S. Tamer Cavusgil, the J. W. Byington
Endowed Chair of Global
Marketing from East Lansing.
Nominated by Shahriar Ghoddousi
and Shamsdokht Shams.
• Joseph R. Codde, an MSU professor
of educational technology from
East Lansing. Nominated by the
Richard Lee Featherstone Society.
• Erasmus Dent, a former principal
of Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary
School in Albany, Ga. Nominated
by Patricia Edwards.
• Dixie Durr, an MSU professor emeritus
of theater from East Lansing.
Nominated by Janet Wessel.
• Mindy Emerson, the principal of
Red Cedar Elementary School from
East Lansing. Nominated by Sharon
and Jack Schwille.
• Terri Flowerday, an assistant professor
of educational psychology at
the University of New Mexico in
Albuquerque. Nominated by Donna
Forrest-Pressley.
• Myra Ford, a human resources
technician for the Lansing School
District. Nominated by John and
Sharon Saltzgaber.
• Melody J. Glick, a retired teacher
and administrator for East Lansing
Public Schools. Nominated by Patrick
Dickson and Penelope Peterson.
• Pamela Gress, an English teacher
from Greenville, Mich. Nominated
by Aryc Mosher.
• David C. Hales, a social studies
consultant for the Wayne County
Regional Educational Service
Agency in Wayne, Mich. Nominated
by Janice Colliton.
• Brian L. Hawkins, president of educause,
and senior vice president
emeritus, Brown University, from
Niwot, Colo. Nominated by Cassandra
Book.
• Rose M. Johnson, a retired science
teacher from Detroit. Nominated by
Kay Lovelace Taylor.
• Barbara L. Knighton, a first grade
teacher from Waverly, Mich. Nominated
by Jan Alleman and Jere Brophy.
• Lisa Martinico, Birmingham Public
Schools’ executive director of technology.
Nominated by Gary L. Jones
and Barbara Crippen Jones.
• Dashika D. McCarthy, a mathematics
teacher from Okemos, Mich.
Nominated by Teal Maria Inzunza.
• Maggie Miller, a counselor from
Okemos, Mich. Nominated by Ann
Austin-Beck and John Beck.
• John Narcy, an MSU diving coach
and professor emeritus from East
Lansing. Nominated by 21 colleagues
and former students.
• Jean Netherton, a Northern
Virginia Community College
retired professor and provost from
Alexandria, Va. Nominated by Janet
Wessel.
• Michael Pressley (awarded posthumously),
an MSU University
Distinguished professor from East
Lansing. Nominated by Lauren Fingeret,
Katie Hilden, Mary Lundeberg,
Lindsey Mohan and Kelly Reffitt.
• Karen Riggs, a retired elementary
school teacher from East Lansing.
Nominated by Patrick Dickson and
Penelope Peterson.
• Cindy S. Ruble, Lakeview School
District’s superintendent from
Battle Creek, Mich. Nominated by
Robert D. Spencer.
• Bruce R. Torgerson, a high school
science teacher from Mt. Pleasant,
Mich. Nominated by Henry and Betty
Montoye.
• Maureen Weiss, a University of
Virginia professor from Charlottesville,
Va. Nominated by Daniel Gould.
• Yong Zhao, an MSU university
distinguished professor and director
of the U.S.-China Center for
Research on Educational Excellence
from East Lansing. Nominated
by Daniel W. Schultz.
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