Contents

Presidents Letter

From the Alumni Director

On Campus

Applause

Homecoming Review

Civilization in a Day

Building Momentum

All in the Family

The World on a String

Stealth Career

Some Notes on Perfection

Bulldog Bites

Credit for the Assist

Parting Shots

A Marriage Made in Detroit

Sea to Shining Sea

Class Notes

Obituaries

Links

In Memorium

Tamsey Andrews (former staff) Big Rapids, Mich., 9/24/01 Frances Chapman (former faculty) Ringgold, Ga., 10/26/01 Stephen Graham (former faculty) Apex, N.C., 11/29/01 Robert Johnson (former faculty) Big Rapids, Mich., 8/29/01 Frank Justin (former faculty) Jackson, Mich., 7/25/01 John Ladd (former faculty) Kiel, Wis., 10/9/01 Linda Nowlin (former staff) Hersey, Mich., 8/1/01 Barbara Ogilvie (staff) Grand Rapids, Mich., 11/14/01 Bernard Ackerman (EHS’63) Traverse City, Mich., 9/27/01 Wayne Aikins (B’52) Marshall, Mich., 9/27/01 Melvin Appel (T’50) Grand Rapids, Mich., 9/19/01 Geneva Bartlett (AS’38) Pinellas Park, Fla., 9/14/01 Eric Bennett (B’93) Brooklyn, N.Y., 9/27/01 Kenneth Birdsey (B’58) Traverse City, Mich., 9/27/01 Eileen Bishop (B’29) Big Rapids, Mich., 7/31/01 David Burnett (AS’80) Gaylord, Mich., 11/26/01 James Bush, Sr. (P’35) Bettendforf, Iowa, 8/1/01 Ronald Cole (P’52) Homewood, Ill., 8/1/01 Vera Collins (P’32) Scottville, Mich., 9/27/01 H. Jack Cross (P’80) Grand Rapids, Mich., 8/29/01 Roger DePree (B’67) Grand Haven, Mich., 9/20/01 Opal Donahue (B’36) Taylor, Mich., 10/29/01 Alan Ekblad (T’79) Hoffman Estates, Ill., 9/17/01 Floyd Elsifor (AS’31) Munds Park, Ariz., 9/27/01 Edmund Feeney (EHS,T’69) Havre, Mont., 11/12/01 Judy Glaza (AH’68) Ubly, Mich., 11/28/01 Robert Hathaway (B’50) Mobile, Ala., 8/1/01 Daryl Hedgecock (EHS’58) Wyoming, Mich., 9/7/01 A. Chester Hemmingsen (P’25) Marshall, Mich., 11/12/01 Sarah Hesley (AS’31) Big Rapids, Mich., 9/6/01 Eugene Jenison (B’32) Dowagiac, Mich., 11/28/01 Ronald Johnson (T’85) Whitehall, Mich., 9/7/01

Jacki Knutson (B’57) Tempe, Ariz., 9/7/01 Fern Lane (AS’33) Grand Rapids, Mich., 8/21/01 Larry Langdon (B’60) Traverse City, Mich., 9/7/01 Evelyn Long (AS’30) Big Rapids, Mich., 8/1/01 Mark Mead ( T’76) Oakley, Mich., 9/7/01 Anthony Meisner (B’64) Birmingham, Mich., 8/29/01 Violet Moore (EHS’14) Grand Rapids, Mich., 10/4/01 Gustav Nelson, Jr. (T’48) Sun Prairie, Wis., 8/8/01 Roger Nix (AH’67) Paris, Mich., 8/10/01 Mark Ockerman (B,T’85) Manchester, Mich., 9/5/01 Philip Piotrowski (P’53) Manistee, Mich., 9/7/01 Harold Purvis (EHS’51) Traverse City, Mich., 9/7/01 Walter Russell (T’66) Morley, Mich., 10/12/01 Ruth Scholler (B’35) Grand Rapids, Mich., 8/1/01 Edward Servis (B’49) Rockford, Ill., 9/7/01 Edward Seymour (P’54) Sunnyvale, Calif., 8/8/01 Donald Shine (T’52) Wyoming, Mich., 11/21/01 James Southwell (B’41) Portage, Mich., 10/26/01 Clinton Swinehart (EHS’39) Utica, Mich., 9/7/01 Ervin Tank (B’28) DeWitt, Mich., 10/3/01 David Thornberg (T’86) Muskegon, Mich., 9/24/01 Gregory Vick (B’97) Grand Rapids, Mich., 9/7/01 Edward Wagner (EHS’50) Hobe Sound, Fla., 9/20/01 Marlyn Wenzel (B’47) Traverse City, Mich., 11/28/01 Joseph Wineinger (EHS’84) Osseo, Mich., 9/7/01 Karl Zimmerman (AH’59) Allegan, Mich., 11/28/01 Max Cooper (Staff) Charlevoix, Mich., 1/22/02 Robert Lewis Willison (Faculty) Big Rapids, Mich., 5/11/01 Robyn (Knight) Darish (B’88) Canton, Mich., 5/16/01