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Notes of Interest to COE Alumni and Friends

Archived Alumni Notes (April 2001-September 2003)

October 28, 2003

Doris Sperling '72 will be one of three honorees at the annual Ann Arbor Public Schools Educational Foundation dinner. Sperling retired in 1994 after more than 40 years as a teacher and assessment specialist in the Ann Arbor schools. Since that time, she has been involved with the Family Learning Institute, which offers reading and writing help to low-income students performing below grade evel.

October 20, 2003

From among 935 nominations made by first-year students, ten high school teachers were selected by the EMU Division of Enrollment Services as ‘Exceptional Educators.’ Each was recognized in ceremonies in Pease Auditorium on October 11. Among them were:

Kent Boulton ‘77, instrumental music teacher at Big Rapids High School; Debbie Karabees-Betts ‘91, a guidance counselor at Harry S. Truman High School in Toledo, OH; and Judy Kastel ‘68, a teacher of English at Tecumseh High School.

Hayes Jones ‘61 has been appointed by Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson to a new position in county government that deals with tourism, automation alley, and SEMCOG. Jones is a member of the EMU Education Alumni Hall of Fame and noted for winning a bronze medal in the 1960 Olympic Games and a gold medal in the 1964 Olympics.

Ellen Esther Loveland ‘64 died recently. Her career included many types of work, including as a special education teacher.

October 13, 2003

Donna Coller '89, a special education teacher at Cheney Academy of Math and Science, Willow Run, was the subject of a feature article in a recent issue of the Ann Arbor News.

October 6, 2003

Wilbert J. McKeachie ‘42 is the lecturer on a ‘Teaching for Strategic Learning’ Starlink live satellite teacher training program to be broadcast on November 13, 1:30-3:00 p.m., Central time.

Notes from the Michigan State Normal College Class of 1953:

Doris Sultz Anderson taught elementary school in Lansing. Waino Aukee spent most of his career as a teacher and principal in the Wayne-Westland school district, also serving as a part-time faculty
member at EMU.

Marda Jessop Benson taught at Lincoln Laboratory School and at Wayne State University.

Berta Moberg Boettcher was a public school music teacher.

Joan J. Redmond Carpenter worked at elementary schools in Belleville, Romulus, and Ypsilanti.

Louise Pejaski Cigile taught physical education in the Riverview Community Schools for 35 years plus four more years at Plymouth High School.

Ellen Janet Pifer Clark worked as an occupational therapist in California and Oregon.

Ruth Eno Clippert worked as a home teacher for disabled children in Wells, ME.

Jonelle Anderson Collins worked for the Michigan School for the Deaf, Fort Smith (AR) schools, Sault Ste. Marie schools, Ishpeming schools, and she retired from the Negaunee schools.

Delores Barr Curley taught 30 years at the Detroit College of Business.

Joyce Wingate Daugherty was a home economics teacher.

Audrey Waugh Fay retired from the Clio Area Schools.

William Gilster was a teacher, coach, and counselor during his career in the Birmingham and Hazel Park schools.

Maynard Harris worked as an elementary teacher for 36 years in Farmington, Dearborn, and Riverview.
He was the 500th person to receive a master’s degree from this institution.

Raymond A. Hawarny taught four years at Albion High School and 28 years at Royal Oak’s Kimball High School.

N. Martha Hoke was an elementary teacher 20 years in Grosse Pointe and 14 years in Utica.

Janet Lyon Holm spent her career as an elementary teacher in Berkley and Waterford.

Dorothy Curnow Horton spent six years as a fifth-grade teacher.

Joseph Israel was a chemistry teacher at Carman-Ainsworth before becoming a student teacher coordinator for UM-Flint.

Marilyn Larson Jacob retired after a career as an elementary teacher in San Diego (CA), Lincoln Park, and Wyandotte.

John Koczman served 16 years as a teacher, coach, and administrator in Rochester, Quincy,
Walled Lake, and Dearborn Township, followed by 18 years as a superintendent (North Dearborn Heights, Durand, Shepherd), followed by five years as superintendent in Tuskeegee, Alabama.

Doris Kemp Lang was a high school counselor at Thurston High and taught science in Japan. She was also the first female industrial arts teacher in the United States.

Norbert Lerch was a secondary school principal in the Utica Community Schools.

Daniel Manthe was associate superintendent for Wayne RESA, a field representative for MEA, and a
teacher and counselor in the Redford Schools.

George Marentette worked for 30 years as a teacher and counselor for the East Detroit school district.

Stanley Jay McConner, Sr. is the program director and chairman for the Dorothy McConner Educational
Enrichment Program. He is retired from a career in higher education administration.

Joanne Beauchamp Neuman worked as a lower-grades elementary teacher in San Diego (CA) and in Lincoln Park.

Delores‘ Del’ Joynt Norton was a teacher, but later a florist and a banker.

Jane Reid O’Halloran worked for 33 years as a kindergarten teacher in Detroit.

Laverne Ladd Papworth taught in the Trenton, Birmingham, and Troy school systems.

Madeline Senko Pawloski taught for 10 years full time and substituted for six more years.

Joyce Bird Renfrow had a 35-year career as an elementary teacher in the Wayne-Westland school
district.

Charles R. Ritter spent forty years as a classroom teacher, assistant middle school principal, high school principal, and central office administrator, 30 years of which were spent in the Livonia schools.

Robert Schultz retired in 1990 after working as a principal in the Monroe school district.

Betty Langford Shaw retired from the Norman (OK) schools. She is currently an adjunct professor of art at Rose State College.

Donna Harris Sheffield worked for 20 years as an occupational therapist and 15 years as a vocational counselor.

Elizabeth Schutzler Snow spent her career as an elementary teacher in St. Clair County rural schools and in the Marlette schools.

Patricia Lukaszewski Spraker taught in the San Diego (CA) schools, followed by 19 years of experience in the counseling department of Orange Coast College.

June Hultquist Sterns retired in 1984 after teaching in the Swan Valley school district.

Helen Trueman Stobbe retired from the Walled Lake schools in 1977.

Kent Thibaudeau worked for 14 years as a teacher and principal in the Romulus schools and for 21 years as a principal in the Holt schools.

Wanda Wallace taught several years in the Utica schools before becoming the chairman of the high school counseling department.

Betty C. Zuvich Zanotti retired in 1985 from a career as a special education teacher, including as a learning disabilities teacher consultant at Atherton School.
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Lucile ‘Lou’ A. Johnson ‘34, died recently. Prior to her marriage, she taught in one-room schools.

 

Last Modified on November 1, 2003