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The EMU community was deeply saddened by the death of Don Anderson on December 25, 2007. Don was most known on campus for his passion to advance the full inclusion of all people with disabilities. He was particularly successful in helping provide access to higher education for individuals with disabilities.
Please use the form below to share your comments in memory of Don.
Friday April 11th
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Tuesday March 04th
FROM: Donna
Don and I were good friends in graduate school. As time went on we lost touch with each other. I decided today to see if I could track down my friend. What a shock to find out that my search came too late. My sympathy to your friends and family. I know that I have never forgotten you throughout the years. Your spirit remains alive!
Sunday March 02nd
FROM: Alicia
I misss you Don :) You are truly an Angel with full wings!
Wednesday February 27th
FROM: April Flanagan
I had the pleasure of working with Don at EMU, when I facilitated the LeadershipEMU program. Don spoke to the leadership group on several occasions, always with great passion, commitment and content. He was a great leader and a fabulous example of the excellent work that people who are differently abled can do, and he will be sorely missed.
Tuesday February 26th
FROM: Camille Ayers
I just want to say that I send my condolences to everyone at Eastern Michigan University and to Mr. Anderson's family!
Monday February 25th
FROM: Mark Higbee
Don was such a gift to this campus and such a tremendous help to so many students. For countless students, including many of my own students, his assistance and advice made the difference between success and failure in college: He knew what they needed to know, and what they needed to know they could do, and he was able to convey all that to them. And he also kindly and graciously helped many of us TAPs to better understand disability issues. He was one of the giants of EMU. He is missed.
Tuesday February 19th
FROM: Irene
I'm deeply saddened to hear of his passing-what a shock!
Wednesday February 13th
FROM: Sarah Armstrong
I always enjoyed seeing Don around campus. He was a pleasure to work with; an inspiring person. I am saddened to hear of his passing.
Sunday February 17th
FROM: Maureen
I returned to Eastern after a car accident, and was very apprehensive of how I was going to face the challenges of learning with a closed head injury. Don was extremely helpful and helped me to realize my potential with the new challenges. He will be missed.
Monday February 11th
FROM: Jeremiah Shinn
Don listened without judgment, challenged without malice and served without selfishness. I will always appreciate the lessons he taught me as a young professional. He will be missed.
Monday February 11th
FROM: Mary Kathleen Walsh
Don was a true advocate of people, whose legacy will be a highlight of EMU forever. His unending support for all students, especially those with disabilities, is an inspiration to all. He will be sadly missed! He is a true role model to others, and will always hold a special place in my heart!
Thursday February 07th
FROM: Yvonne Alcorn
Don thank you for your good deeds. May God bless you.
Wednesday February 06th
FROM: Denise Lewis
I had the pleasure of meeting Don in the summer of 2007 through the ACCESS office. He was very friendly and helpful. Watching him was encouraging. I admired his strength. I was truly saddened by his death. I will always remember him. May his work live on.
Friday February 01st
FROM: James Ratzlaff
Don is seriously one of the most amazing people I've met in my life. He was always there to help you achieve your goals no matter what they were or what obstacles you had on your way to reaching that goal. He was also a great friend. He was so fun to chill out with and talk to. A day with Don in it was always a good day for me. I remember when I was moving some computers around in the Student Center and I walked past Don's office and he yelled, 'Hey James, get back here!'. I thought he was mad or something. So I walked back cautiously to his office and he said with a smile, Hey James I haven't talked to you in a while. How have you been. How has school been going. How's life in general. So I sat down and chatted with him and I felt refreshed after our conversation. It was refreshing because it's rare nowadays that you'll meet someone that genuinely wants to know how you're doing and who really cares about you and your well-being. I will really really miss Don. I'm still not over the 'fact' that I won't be able to swing down by his office to talk about life. If an angel gets a wing for every life that angel touches, Don has thousands. If not for Don's guidance and general coolness, I probably wouldn't have made it through 6.5 grueling years at EMU. Don you will certainly be missed but definitely never forgotten.
Monday January 28th
FROM: Cathie McClure
Don will certainly be missed at EMU. What an inspiration he was. I was thinking about him the other day and remembered that he isn't in his wheelchair anymore. He is walking the streets of gold! But then I thought, no, not Don. He is running, jumping and skipping on those streets of gold!
Saturday January 26th
FROM: Jim Bauer
I feel fortunate to have known Don. I volunteered for him through Access Services while I was working on my Masters Degree in counseling. The guidance and knowledge he was able to provide has truly helped me as a professional in all of my jobs. I'm proud to say that one of my past jobs was being a Disability Support Coordinator while I worked at Baker College in Owosso, MI. His relaxed and calming manner while working with students is something that I truly admire and attempt to mimic. He is a wonderful man and will be forever missed.
Friday January 25th
FROM: Larry Kolopajlo
Donald Anderson's memeory is still an inspiration to me. I feel that NIH needs to establish more disease specific research targets. My understanding is that AIDS is the only well funded one. I hope that people in the EMU community will lobby NIH with me find more disease specific research money. Larry
Thursday January 24th
FROM: Anne McKee
I didn't officially work with Don...but you couldn't miss someone who could get his chair moving as fast as he did on a nice day and he was always friendly and matter of fact....so we met and talked when we ran into each other. We attended the intercultural competency instititute together and were dance partners...He was fun. I never knew he was a poet and was blown away by the awesome poetry he authored and in all he was involved with that I never knew about. I wish I had gotten to know him better - my loss.
Thursday January 24th
FROM: Phill Ververis
Don, I wish I would have had the opportunity to meet you. You were a very good man who had a very good cause. You will be missed by everyone.