ClassNotes: 1960-1969
Eunice Hendrix (MS ’47, CERTT EDUC ’67) was a naturalist who started Ann Arbor Public Schools’ outdoor education program nearly 50 years ago. She was an early advocate of conservation and environmental protection and is remembered for outdoor education featuring field trips and hands-on learning. In 1992, she received the Educator of the Year award from the Michigan United Conservation Clubs. In 1993, a scholarship fund was established in her name at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens by the Ann Arbor Public Schools Environmental Education Program.
Mrs. Joyce Anna (Poposka) Pacer (BS DES ’63, CERTT EDUC ’63, AM ’64) - Joyce describes herself as: grandmother, wife, caregiver with five grandchildren, two daughters, and two sons-in-law; secretary, White Eagle Lodge of the Polish National Alliance for which she plans education events; artist and naturalist of county parks; promoter of family reunions and family memoirs; proclaimer of epistles in her Catholic Church.
Mrs. Robert Johnson (Patricia Greiling Johnson) (ABED ’67, CERTT EDUC ’67) - Patricia received a Lifetime Achievement Award March 22, 2006, from the MI Adult Ed & Training Conference. She has been teaching 3rd grade and adult ESL since she graduated from U-M in 1967.
Raymond Madigan (1968 PhD) former superintendent of South Lyon Community Schools, passed away March 1, 2006 at the age of 83. Madigan was born in Detroit and spent much of his early educational career in the Detroit Public Schools. In 1970, after earning a doctoral degree in education from the University of Michigan, he became director of instruction in South Lyon. Eleven years later, Madigan retired as superintendent.
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Mark Thompson (BA 1967) ELL teacher at Como Park (MN) Elementary, receives a “thumbs up” from staff, students and families during a school assembly in his honor in September 2006. Mark received the Minnesota’s American Star Award of Teaching from the Bush administration. Those in attendance included U.S. Senator Norm Coleman,Assistant Secretary for planning with the U.S. Dept. of Education, and Saint Paul’s new superintendent, Dr. Meria Carstarphen. Complete stories can be found at: http://www.startribune.com/1592/story/ 680396.html
Mary Melvin (MA 1963) has been recognized by the Orava Association, Slovakia¹s national education association, for her longstanding contribution to improvement of education in Slovakia. Melvin lived in Nitra, Slovakia, working with the Orava Project from 1997 to 1999 to help teachers prepare students to be active citizens in a democratic society. As the work of the Orava Project spread to other countries, Melvin volunteered and served in Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Kosova, and the Ukraine.
Roland (Ron) Lehker (MA 1951; PhD 1963) was featured in an article in the Muskegon (MI) Chronicle on the occasion of his 80th birthday in March 2006. He wa recognized for his work in bringing Steele Middle School students to Washington, D.C. for educational tours of the Capitol, White House, and other government centers. Lehker was principal of Steele Middle School from 1971 to 1986.
Lauri E. Kallio (AB 1961) published a book, Confess or Die: The Case of Bill Heirens. The book resulted from her service on a committee of lawyers, forensic experts and Heirens’ biographer to determine whether Heirens had actually committed any of the three Chicago northside murders to which he had confessed in 19 7. She is also involved in the Peace Action movement and at present chairs the state level organization.
J. Downs Herold (MA 1968) Retired from “U of M after 35 wonderful years of administrative work in Adult Education (Extension Service), Community Liaison (Industrial Development Division), and Technology Transfer (College of Engineering).” He is making and selling UM and MSU commemorative dinnerware as well as custom orders for customers from througout the country. (www.collegiatechina. com). He says, “President Coleman took our plates to China to use as gifts.”
Alice Irwin Gordon (MA 1963; EdS 1968) a retired reading specialist from Kalamazoo (MI) schools recalls with pleasure the advisor/advisee relationships she enjoyed with Dr. Warren Ketchum and Dr. Donald E.P. Smith. She says that she loves being a member of the School of Education Alumni Board.
Edward A. Gallagher (BA 1959; PhD 1968) recently completed four years as president of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters. The Academy began in 189 to promote research and publication in a variety of academic and professional fields. Membership is open to all UM School of Education alumni.
Arnold Engster (BS 1963) has been a Whittemore-Prescott (Iosco, MI) Board of Education member since 199 . He is running for reelection this year.
David Churchman (MA 1964 ) writes, “I have just returned from a Fulbright (my second) to Ukraine, during which my latest book, Why We Fight: Theories of Human Aggression and Conflict, was published. I am dividing my time among Internet teaching for California State University (from which I retired in 2003), writing, traveling, and volunteering at the Shakespeare Festival in Ashland OR where we now make our home.”
Dr. Kay J. Andersen (Postdoctorate CSHPE, 1968) died March 24, 2004. Dr. Andersen always valued highly his sabbatical year at the University of Michigan. He was the first Academic Dean at Brigham Young University’s Church College of Hawaii when it was changed from a 2 to a 4-year school. He went on to a distinguished career in accreditation administration as director of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) in California for 20 years.
Edward A. Gallagher (PhD CSHPE 1968) has been president of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters for the past three years, and had served as the first chair of the education section in 1970. The academy was founded at the University of Michigan in 1894, holds an annual meeting in March, and publishes a quarterly scholarly journal, The Michigan Academician. Dr. Gallagher invites SOE alumni to consider
joining the academy. Information can be found at the website: www.alma.edu/michiganacademy/.
Rev. Robert A.M. Clark (AM 1967) and family lost their home to Hurricane Francis in September 2004 and were homeless until March 2005. He has also had to give up preaching due to Parkinson’s disease and now devotes himself to visitation and writing.
Margaret Mazer (BA 1967; MA 1968) died Aug 21, 2002 after a 7 year battle with breast cancer. She leaves her husband, Lewis Saltzman, and three children: Emily Saltzman: (Michigan 1997), married to Daniel Gottlieb: (Michigan 1995); Adam Saltzman: (Michigan 1998), married to Ilana Gonick (Michigan 2001) Amy Saltzman (Michigan 2002).
David Stipe (BA Education 1956; MA: Guidance & Counseling 1966) retired in 2000 after 43 years as teacher, counselor, principal, assistant superintendent, and other central office positions. He spent fifteen years in Ann Arbor schools and 28 in North Carolina. He is currently a NC state specialist for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Council on Accreditation and School Improvement. He has a wife, Linda, two sons and two grandchildren.
William C. Boonstra (AB 1959; 1960) retired in 1990 after instructing
world and U.S. geography at Grand Haven High School for 34 years. He was recognized as the top high school geography teacher by the Michigan
JCs. He has served as president of the geography section of the Schoolmasters Club of Michigan. Before doing his undergraduate work at Michigan he served in the U.S. Navy, 1949-1954. While at Michigan he became the intramural handball champion, even though he was evening librarian from 7 to midnight in the Undergraduate Library! He has served in civic and veteran capacities in Grand Haven for more than 40 years, and claims to be a “world traveled golfer!”
