Susan Alger (former staff)
Big Rapids, Mich., 2/28/05

L. Jean Harvey (former faculty)
Big Rapids, Mich., 10/26/04

Duane Metcalf (former staff)
Barryton, Mich., 3/3/05

Clifford Kiehn (AS'26)
Trent Woods, N.C., 2/27/04

George Pratt (AS'30)
Bradenton, Fla., 12/1/95

June Daar (B'31)
Weyanoke, La., 7/16/04

H. Everett Potrude (B'31)
Cadillac, Mich., 10/4/04

Dorothy Adesko (AS'36)
Menominee, Mich., 2/3/05

Verona Freis (AS'37)
Wallace, Mich., 5/1/04

Pauline Kiffer (B'37)
Vero Beach, Fla., 8/5/04

Harold Cook (B'39)
Alma, Mich., 12/19/04

Hilbert Zwyghuizen (P'39)
Silva, Mo., 3/20/04

Helen Creason (AS'40)
Sun City, Fla., 11/12/04

William Rice (P'43)
Strafford, Penn., 3/29/05

George Bauer (B'49)
Iron River, Mich., 4/22/05

Robert Bowman (P'49)
Alma, Mich., 1/30/05

Richard Wodarek (P'51)
Grand Rapids, Mich., 1/4/05

Wallace Isbell (P'52)
Swartz Creek, Mich., 4/24/05

Robert Leadley (P'52)
Grand Blanc, Mich., 3/25/05

Gerald (Jerry) Laetz (P'53)
Bay City, Mich., 5/7/04

Jay Montgomery, (P'53)
Traverse City, Mich., 3/31/05

Robert Roach (P'53)
Sun Lakes, Ariz., 4/13/05

Ronald Nettell (B'54)
Republic Twp., Mich., 4/12/05

Thomas Bitzer (B'55)
Muskegon, Mich., 12/4/04

James Snider (B'55)
Marine City, Mich., 12/11/04

Dale Woodworth (P'56)
Bradenton, Fla., 10/26/04

Gordon Kallstrom (B'59)
Green Bay, Wisc., 12/7/04

Karin Hollenbeck (AS'60)
Big Rapids, Mich., 2/1/05

Earl Powers (O'61)
Athens, Mich., 9/21/04

Andrew Zdeb (B'63)
Sherman, Tex., 4/22/05

Edward Perpich (EHS'64)
Northville, Mich., 10/26/04

Dale Allerding (P'67)
Windsor, Me., 4/23/05

Janice Beck (B'67)
Seminole, Fla., 12/13/04

Dennis Carnell (T'67)
Flint, Mich., 4/19/05

Gary Clements (B'68)
Grosse Point, Mich., 2/17/05

Robert Cook, Sr. (B'68)
Marysville, Mich., 1/31/05

Edwin Haapala (AHS'68)
Bay City, Mich., 12/9/04

Franklin Rasch (B'68)
Aura, Mich., 2/12/05

Wayne Levy (AS'70)
Signal Mtn., Tenn., (8/19/04)

William Orosz (B'70)
Flint, Mich., 1/10/05

Brian Killian (EHS'71)
Birmingham, Mich., 3/9/05

Steven Glesner (T'72)
Midland, Mich., 4/3/05

Francis Ernst, Jr. (B'76)
Jackson, Mich., 3/10/05

Michael Mullen (EHS'79)
Hanceville, Ala., 3/14/05

Sandra Guertin (EHS'81)
Saugatuck, Mich., 12/5/04

Steven Lambert (B'81)
Port Huron, Mich., 1/22/05

Miles Walter (B'81)
Middleville, Mich., 3/9/05

Susan Donati (O'82)
Iron River, Mich., 1/14/05

Dale Johnson (B'83)
N. Muskegon, Mich., 12/12/04

Daniel Hutchinson (B'84)
Custer, Mich., 4/6/05

James Nott (AS'84)
Evart, Mich., 1/13/04

David Vanderveen (T'84)
Greenville, Mich., 2/1/05

Kenneth Hubers (EHS'85)
Kalamazoo, Mich., 2/17/05

Dean Kadolph (T'85)
Grand Rapids, Mich., 1/5/05

Christopher Tobin (B'85)
Pinckney, Mich., 1/31/05

William Sanborn (T'89)
Ludington, Mich., 11/30/04

Leigh Schenk (EHS'92)
Huntsville, Ala., 1/27/03

Rodney Stevens (T'95)
Benton Harbor, Mich., 3/27/05

Carole Singleton (B'96)
Chicago, Ill., 2/4/05

Jason Ness (T'97)
Mishawaka, Ind., 1/12/05

Shirley Marie Young
Big Rapids, Mich., 7/2/05

    Because teachers make a difference in lives one classroom or one student at a time, we don't always stop to think how many students a single teacher reaches in a lifetime.
    For Shirley Marie Young, that figure is around 20,000.
    The former Chemistry and Math professor joined Ferris in 1948 and retired in 1985.
    Young's reputation was such that students competed with each other for coveted slots her classes. She received recognition as teacher of the year several times as selected by student groups.
    Young's peers recognized her dedication by naming her Distinguished Teacher of the Year and Woman of the Year during her long career.