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Hats off to our 2008 Homecoming/Class Reunion Chairs

The Office of Alumni and Parent Relations extends special appreciation to these alumni whose efforts throughout the past year made their class reunions such a success during Homecoming 2008.

1948 Reunion Chair
Jane Carpenter

1953 Reunion Chair
Patricia Sanford Brown

1958 Reunion Chairs
John and Jean Magatti Fought

1963 Reunion Chair
Joanna Norris Burton

1968 Reunion Chairs
Bob and Betsy Knust Pickup

1973 Reunion Chairs
Alice Wiley Moore; Marsha Gentry-Pointer (deceased)

1978 Reunion Chair
Tim Newsted

1983 Reunion Chairs
Jeanne Heller Bourget, Elise Guidobono Guidos

1988 Reunion Chair
Ann-Marie Anderson

1993 Reunion Chair
Lynne Burmeister McQuown

1998 Reunion Chair
Douglas Shepherd

2003 Reunion Chair
Sarah Cooper

 
1928 Alumna Attends 80th Homecoming
Edith Bentley Strait, ’28, (center) celebrated the 80th anniversary of her  college graduation with a trip to Albion’s Homecoming this fall. During her  campus visit, she was greeted by President Donna Randall (right).

Walter and Edith Strait
Walter and Edith Strait
Edith Bentley Strait, ’28, (center) celebrated the 80th anniversary of her college graduation with a trip to Albion’s Homecoming this fall. During her campus visit, she was greeted by President Donna Randall (right). Edith, who is 102, traveled to Albion with her son, Richard, ’58, (left) who attended his 50th reunion. Edith married her classmate, Walter Strait, ’28, shortly after they graduated from Albion. After teaching in Michigan for a brief period, they moved to Culver, Indiana where Walter taught physics and headed the science department at Culver Academy and Edith taught home economics in the public schools. He passed away in 1982. From her Albion days, Edith especially remembers attending what was then mandatory chapel, noting “we had numbered seats, and we had better be in them!” After earning his Albion degree, Richard graduated from dental school at Northwestern University and practiced dentistry in northern Indiana. He is now retired.

 
Class of 1958 Celebrates 50th Reunion
 
Sigma Nu Fraternity Gathering
Sigma Nu brothers from the graduating classes of 1960 to 1966 met in Albion  July 25-27 for a mini-reunion in Albion. Bill Stoffer, ‘74, president of the  Sigma Nu Educational Foundation board, joined the group for dinner at  Cascarelli’s on Friday evening. A Saturday golf outing and campus tour were  capped off with dinner at Schuler’s in Marshall. The 40 attendees came from  Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Texas, Colorado, Virginia, South Carolina, Florida,  New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Michigan. “Never have I  attended a reunion with the satisfaction or depth that you and the brothers  provided,” wrote one of the participants to reunion organizer Dale Terrell, ’61.  Attending the reunion were: (front row, left to right) George Elsener, ’63,  Kenneth Neal, ’65, Edward Lapekas, ’65, David Zimmerman, ’63, Bruce Blakeman,  ’63, John Champe, ’63, Ben Snyder, ’62, Louis Rivers, ’63, Thomas Lutz, ’63,  William Harrison, ’63, John Vournakis, ’61; (second row) Dennis Bloomquist, ’64,  Jesse Bommarito, ’66, John Baker, ’65, Bruce Walker, ’63, Bruce Martens, ’63,  Gordon Blakeman, ’60, Jens Bach, ’61; (third row) Phillip Hora, ’64, Will  Wright, ’63, Denton Kime, ’64, Larry Metzger, ’64, Tobin Bailey, ’64, Robert  “Stub” Valluzzo, ’64; (fourth row) Donald Morrison, ’63, Jack Wood, ’60, Bruce  Deardorff, ’64, George Ristow, ’65, Lyle “Skip” Sisson, ’61; (fifth row) George  Shipman, ’63, Walter “Sonny” Bushala, ’61, Charles Hookway, ’62, Frank Shipp,  ’61; (sixth row) Felix Fliss, ’60, William Noland, ’60, Michael Harrison, ’63,  Dale Terrell, ’61. Not pictured: James Smith, ’60, and Theodore Tucker, ’61.
Sigma Nu brothers from the graduating classes of 1960 to 1966 met in Albion July 25-27 for a mini-reunion in Albion. Bill Stoffer, ‘74, president of the Sigma Nu Educational Foundation board, joined the group for dinner at Cascarelli’s on Friday evening. A Saturday golf outing and campus tour were capped off with dinner at Schuler’s in Marshall. The 40 attendees came from Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Texas, Colorado, Virginia, South Carolina, Florida, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Michigan. “Never have I attended a reunion with the satisfaction or depth that you and the brothers provided,” wrote one of the participants to reunion organizer Dale Terrell, ’61. Attending the reunion were: (front row, left to right) George Elsener, ’63, Kenneth Neal, ’65, Edward Lapekas, ’65, David Zimmerman, ’63, Bruce Blakeman, ’63, John Champe, ’63, Ben Snyder, ’62, Louis Rivers, ’63, Thomas Lutz, ’63, William Harrison, ’63, John Vournakis, ’61; (second row) Dennis Bloomquist, ’64, Jesse Bommarito, ’66, John Baker, ’65, Bruce Walker, ’63, Bruce Martens, ’63, Gordon Blakeman, ’60, Jens Bach, ’61; (third row) Phillip Hora, ’64, Will Wright, ’63, Denton Kime, ’64, Larry Metzger, ’64, Tobin Bailey, ’64, Robert “Stub” Valluzzo, ’64; (fourth row) Donald Morrison, ’63, Jack Wood, ’60, Bruce Deardorff, ’64, George Ristow, ’65, Lyle “Skip” Sisson, ’61; (fifth row) George Shipman, ’63, Walter “Sonny” Bushala, ’61, Charles Hookway, ’62, Frank Shipp, ’61; (sixth row) Felix Fliss, ’60, William Noland, ’60, Michael Harrison, ’63, Dale Terrell, ’61. Not pictured: James Smith, ’60, and Theodore Tucker, ’61.
 
Alumni Choir Concert

Former Albion College choral director, Mel Larimer, ’53In memory of Melvin Larimer, ’53

Sunday, April 26, 2009 4 p.m., Goodrich Chapel

All alumni choir members are invited to join in a concert celebrating the life and career of former Albion College choral director, Mel Larimer, ’53. The concert will feature several of his favorite choral works.

Rehearsals will be held throughout the day on Saturday, April 25, with a final dress rehearsal at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 26 prior to the concert at 4 p.m.

For more information (and to be put on a mailing list for concert details), please call Douglas Rose, associate professor of music, at 517/629-0251, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it , or go to: www.albion.edu/music/larimer. A registration form is available on the Web site or on request.

 

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