Innovator Vol. 36 No. 1 - Winter 06: The M Difference
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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.
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.
Dr. Mary L. Hummel (PhD CSHPE 1990) has accepted a new position as Director of Housing and Residence Life at the University of North Carolina- Greensboro. Dr. Hummel recently served as Associate Director of University Housing at the University of Michigan, a position she had held since 1997. During the 2003-2004 academic year Dr. Hummel served as Interim Co-Director of University Housing at Michigan. Also at Michigan she worked with the College of Literature, Science and the Arts on two residentially-based academic programs and was founding director of the Women in Science and Engineering Residence Program.
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!”
Tracey Cohen (BS 1993) completed her 25 months as a United States Peace Corps volunteer on April 29, 2005. She is now working at the newly opened Commerce Township library, doing children’s programming.
Dave Corsa (BS 1972; 1994) completed a year long partnership between Ann Arbor’s Allen Elementary School and Hatsukaichi’s (Hiroshima,
Japan) Ajinadai Nishi Elementary.
He hosted three Japanese partner teachers in Ann Arbor in March 2004, worked for six weeks in Japan in June and July 2004, then completed science and cultural activities via the Internet between students from both schools until March 2005. His fully funded program
was sponsored and organized by the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund.
Derrick Fries (EdD 1993) is Deputy Superintendent of Avondale (MI) Schools. He has recently been nominated to the Sailing World International Hall of Fame. Since 1971 he has won six world sailing titles and nine North American titles, He is author of four sailing books, including Start Sailing Right, the acclaimed official text of the U.S. Sailing Association and the American Red Cross. He is the First Master Instructor Trainer for the U.S. Sailing Association.
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/.
Laura Hovey-Salinas was selected in 2004, from a national applicant pool to attend one of 31 summer seminars supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. She participated in a seminar entitled, “Spanish Painting and the Literature it Inspired.” The five-week program was held in Madrid, Spain and was directed by John R. Rosenberg of Brigham Young University. The 15 teachers selected to participate in the program received a stipend of $3250 to cover part of their travel, study, and living expenses. In December of 2004, Laura also completed her master’s de- gree at Marygrove College. In 2005 she will begin her ninth year of teaching Spanish and her fourth year at Ann Ar- bor Pioneer High School.
Christian LeButt (BS1999; was a Finalist (Top 5) for the 2005 Michigan Teacher of the Year Award given by the Michigan Department of Education. Chris is currently teaching science classes at Lakeland High School. He created the Lakeland Future Problem Solving Club which won a state champi- onship last Year.
Margaret Mazer (BA 1967; MA 1968) died Aug 21, 2002 af-
ter a 7 year battle with breast cancer. She leaves her husband, Lewis Saltzman, and three children: Emily Saltzman: (Michi-
gan 1997), married to Daniel Gottlieb:
(Michigan 1995); Adam Saltzm
an: (Michi-
gan 1998), married to Ilana Gonick (Mich-
igan 2001) Amy Saltzman (Michigan 2002).
Frank J. Merlino (ABEd 1983) taught for a few years, then earned a law de- gree from Southern Methodist Univer- sity in 1989. He currently works in Human Resources for American Air- lines.
Raja T. Nasr (AM 1954; EdD 1955) is now Professor of Education and Applied Linguistics at Marymount University in Arlington, VA. He was at one time Director of the English Language Research and Teaching Center at the American University of Beirut. He has authored more than 40 articles and 50 books. He has trained language teach-
ers in 21 countries on four continents.
Bobbee Valleau-Pennington (BA Education 1978) graduated from the MLS program in Library and Information Science from the University of North Tex- as in December 2004. She is now work- ing in the youth services program of the Bryan Public Library in Bryan, Texas, as a storyteller and reference librarian.
Barbara M. (Scutt) Radley (BmusicEd 1942) passed away on February 12, 2005 after a brief illness. She was 85.
James H. Roberts (MS 1949) was named “Distinguished West Virginian” in 1972 and was inducted into the Ohio Valley Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.
William Smith (AM 1956) retired school superinten- dent in Alsip, IL, was presented the “Key to the City” by the Orland Park mayor for his leadership in conducting 27 Or- land Open Spelling Bees. More than 100 spellers each year strive to be “The Best Speller in Town” and the competition is open to spellers of all ages, from preco- cious tots to senior citizens.
Kathryn (Kathy) (Clabuesch) Snyder married Mike Snyder in June 1993. Hay- lee was born in May 2000 and Cayden in September 2002. Kathy has been teach- ing secondary psychology, sociology and AP psychology, plus coaching cheerlead- ing, at Dow High School in Midland, MI. She earned an MA in counseling from Central Michigan University in1999.
Richard L. Steinhart (ABED 1973) has recorded and released a CD titled, “Elvis Has Left the Building,” with his band, The Bunker Boys, on Bight Me Records, LLC. More than 150 radio stations all over the world have played songs from the CD. You can learn about Richard’s “Elvis encounter of the third kind” on his website: www.el-
vishasleftthebuilding.biz. Sample songs and order forms for the CD are available at www.thebunkerboys.biz .
David Stipe (BA Education 1956; MA: Guidance & Counseling 1966) retired in 2000 after 43 years as teacher, counselor, principal, as- sistant superintendent, and other central office positions. He spent fifteen years in Ann Arbor schools and 28 in North Caro- lina. 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.
Jay Camburn Taylor (PhD 1941) was born in 1913 and is married to Marianne K. Taylor. He enjoys attending School of Education Emeritus Weekends.
