Class Notes - Summer 2018
News from Spartans around the world
1940s
BETHANY E. BEARDSLEE, ’46 (Music), penned her memoir, I Sang the Unsingable, published by the University of Rochester Press.
1950s
STANLEY P. ROSENZWEIG, PhD ’56 (Social Science), has published a chapter titled “Heal Yourself, Heal the World” in a new book about aging, Aging Wisely…Wisdom of Our Elders, by Irving I. Silverman and Ellen Beth Siegel.
ROSS PARK, ’59 (Business), was inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame.
1960s
NICHOLAS H. BRADLEY, ’65 (Arts and Letters), has published his book Ricky Trujillo. It is a young adult crossover novel for teens and adults.
JOHN F. SCHAEFER, ’65 (Communication Arts and Sciences), JD ’69 (Law), received a Leading Lawyers distinction and was honored in the peer-reviewed publication Best Lawyers of America for his career in family law.
BOB T. APISA, ’69 (Education), was inducted into the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame in January.
FRANK J. GRUBER, MA ’69, PhD ’72 (Both in Education), received the 2017 Kaywood Award for his contributions to traffic safety.
1970s
JIM C. MINNEKER, ’70 (Engineering), has been inducted into the National Corvette Hall of Fame.
DONALD CHRISTENSEN, ’73 (Communication Arts and Sciences), joined Rizco, a creative campaign agency in Spring Lake Heights, NJ, as an account director and business development specialist.
CHARLES C. MANZ, ’74, MBA ’75 (Both in Business), just published a new book, Twisted Leadership, from Maven House Press.
ROBERT G. DAVID, ’78 (Business), has been inducted into the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
HARRY A. FISK, ’78, MMUS ’85 (Both in Music), is singing with the Grand Rapids Barbershop Chorus. A retired chorale director, he also volunteers for Meals on Wheels, a jail ministry, and the Focus Hope food delivery organization.
1980s
ROBERT B. LABE, ’81 (Social Science), has been inducted into the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel.
COLEEN M. KING, ’83 (Communication Arts and Sciences), president of King Media, won first place in the PR News Agency Elite Awards for digital/social media.
1990s
LYNETTE J. WILSON, ’95 (Agriculture and Natural Resources), has accepted a Scripps Howard Fellowship at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Center for Environmental Journalism.
PHILLIP L. ZELLER, ’96 (Communication Arts and Sciences), is the new owner of the Ralph Nichols Group, Inc., a Dale Carnegie franchise in southeast Michigan.
DEIDRA A. WILSON, ’99 (James Madison College), is one of 40 honorees under the age of 40 selected by Crain’s Detroit Business for her business achievements.
2000s
ERIN A. NOVAK, ’00 (Arts and Letters), has joined the law firm Montgomery McCracken in Philadelphia.
KAMAL M. ADAWI, ’01 (Business), was named chief financial officer of Exagen Diagnostics.
CHADI S. ELMOHTAR, ’03 (Engineering), served in Mexico as a member of the NSF earthquake reconnaissance team. He is an associate professor at the University of Texas - Austin.
GETNET BEKELE, PhD ’05 (Social Science), recently published a book, Ploughing New Ground: Food, Farming & Environmental Change in Ethiopia.
CHRISTOPHER A. HESS, ’07 (Agriculture and Natural Resources), has been promoted to an associate of the firm TMP Architecture, Inc., Bloomfield Hills.
RACHEL E. WILKERSON, ’08 (Communication Arts and Sciences), published a new book, entitled Dot Journaling: A Practical Guide.
2010s
JEFFREY D. KOST, ’10 (Natural Science), earned a PhD in Physics from the University of Arizona and is starting a post-doc assignment at the Korean Institute of Advanced Science and Technology.
ALIYAH S. SABREE, ’10 (Law), has been appointed by Governor Rick Snyder to 36th District Court in Detroit.
ELIZABETH SCHULTZ, ’10 (Natural Science), studied desert and marine landscapes through ecological and social field methods in Baja in pursuit of her master’s degree from Miami University’s Global Field Program.
TRICIA E. PHELPS, ’11 (RCAH, Natural Science), has become the CEO of Taste the Local Difference, a local food marketing company serving a variety of communities throughout Michigan.
KEVIN J. COPE, ’13 (Business), is the national sales director at ACSI Funds in Ann Arbor and is the youngest person to have that role in the entire exchange-traded fund industry.
MATT B. HEIMBURGER, ’14 (Education), has served as a recovery specialist as part of Project Walk, Denver’s amputee program, which serves to help people improve their functionality.
MARIO L. MCLEAN, ’15 (Communication Arts and Sciences), just published his first book, Every Day Is an Interview.
CATHERINE J. FERLAND, ’17 (Communication Arts and Sciences), has joined Blohm Creative Partners as a writer and editor.
