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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS

Margaret McCall Bell '52. '73

president

Vanzetti M. Hamilton ·49

first vice-president

Timothy G. Quinn '69. '71

second vice-president

Carolyn Ohst Embree '69. '71

secretary

Joan Doerner Hartsock '72

treasurer

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Robert A. Ackerman ·ss. '74

Stuart Winston Anderson ·51

Charles Eugene Beatty ·34

Margaret McCall Bell '52. '73

Virginia Rath Bennetts ·44

Helen Harvey Browning '43

Dr. Donald M. Currie ·47

Paralee Gillenwaters Day '63

Dr. Elven E. Duvall '47

Carolyn Ohst Embree '69, '71

Dr. Charles Greig ·44

Vanzetti M. Hamilton ·49

Joan Doerner Hartsock 72

Nick M. Madias ·59

James R. Martin '50. '57. '67

Peter J. Moir '67. '70

Ronald E. Oestrike ·54

Dr. Lloyd W. Olds '16

Dr. Timothy G. Quinn '69. '71

Or. E. James Rynearson '52, '56

Earl K. Studt '32

Barbara Warner Weiss ·so. '69

Ben Wright ·34

EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY A MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS

Volume 3, Number 1

Letters

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Eastern News

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The Energy Picture

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Interview: Jerry Green talks to Bob Welch D�

Glimpses

fl(b Travel il�

Alumni Happenings

ncv Giving 88

Athletes' Feats 8�

Class Notes

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Produced by the Office of Information Services and the Office for Alumni Relations. the Division of University Relations. for alumni and friends of Eastern Michigan University at intervals during the year. Eastern publications committee: Carolyn Ohst Embree '71. director of alumni relations; John C. Fountain, director of information services; Frances H. Gray, administrative secretary; Gary D. Hawks. vice-president for university relations: Nancy J. Mida '72. editor; Robert Musial '71; Francis L. O'Brien '30: C. Bruce Rossiter, director of development; Larry Scheffler. graphic designer and Dick Schwarze. photographer. Views expressed in Eastern by contributing editors are not necessarily those of the University.

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Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197

Dear Alumni and Friends:

As you may know, Eastern Michigan University's President James H. Brickley left the University on January I, 1979 to return to Lansing as Lieutenant Governor. However, as the selection process for the next president continues, the University is under the capable leadership of Dr. AnthoQy H. Evans, who has served as executive vice-president and assistant to the president for the past four years. He also was acting president while Mr. Brickley campaigned for Lieutenant Governor. Acting President Evans is supported by an able team of vice-presidents and administrators who will assist in keeping the University running smoothly until a president can be chosen.

As Eastern Magazine went to press, a Presidential Screening Committee with representatives from the administration, alumni, faculty, staff student body and Board of Regents had screened 115 applicants for the position. Six potential candidates and three alternates were recommended to the Board of Regents for further consideration.

The Presidential Screening Committee and the Board of Regents at Eastern Michigan are committed to choosing a president as soon as is feasibly possible. But they are cognizant of the impact their choice will have on the University and its alumni and friends and will take extreme care in choosing the right person for Eastern.

We extend to our alumni and friends best wishes for 1979. Sincerely,

Carolyn Ohst Embree Director, Alumni Relations

New Music Building Underv.:ay [; A groundbreaking for the Un1vers1ty MusicBuilding was held onOct. 14. 1978at a ceremony attended by University and Community dignitaries. The completed building will be comprised of 86.900 square feet on three levels. The four acre site is located in the fine arts area of campus. with the building immediately adjacent to Sill Hall. the Fine and Industrial Arts Building. and the Quirk Dramatic and Performing Arts Building.

Designed to meet the specific program requirements of Eastern Michigan·s Music Department. the building will utilize the guidelines of the State Design Division. construction standards of the University and all local. state and national construc­tion codes.

The building's main level will consist of two separate structures grouped to form an entry plaza. The administration area and the materials center will be located on the north side of the building with practice rooms. lockers and rehearsal halls on the south side.

Distinguished Faculty Awards r\ Presented at Eastern Michigan Ly' Distinguished Faculty Awards were pre­sented this fall to Eastern Michigan faculty members Stephen Brewer. Anthony Ian­naccone and George Perkins at a dinner and reception held in their honor.

Brewer. an associate professor of chemistry. received the senior teaching award: Iannaccone. an associate professor of music. received the junior teaching award: and Perkins. a professor of English language and literature, received the award for U niveristy service/publication. Each man received $1,000 for his award.

The three faculty members were chosen for the honor from among 14 finalists selected from 25 nominees. Faculty must be nominated for the awards by three stu­dents. faculty or administrators or a com­bination of the three groups.

Brewer. 37. has been a member of the faculty since 1969. He earned his Bachelor

Cons1ruc1ion underway! From le/1 10 righ1, Roberr C. Wakely, archi1ee1; Gary D. Hawks (background) vice-presidenl for Universi1y Rela1ions; S1a1e Sena/or Gilberr £. Bursley; Richard N. Robb. chairman, Board of Regems; Amhony H. Evans. ac1ing presidem and S1a1e Represen1a1ive Gary M. Owen.

The entire practice area. including 75 practice rooms. is designed to be closed off from the remainder of the building for late evening use. Large orchestra. band and choral rehearsal halls will be grouped on the main level for convenient access by student . faculty and guests.

Second Ooor music classrooms are lo­cated to provide the proper relationship be­tween faculty studio offices on the third Ooor and the practice and rehearsal halls on the main level. A ground level entrance on the south side will allow the largest volume of students to enter with access to the classrooms.

Sound isolation and acoustical control are major factor in the design of the build­ing. Sound isolation will be provided by selection of wall and su1face materials for the various areas and structural and mechanical systems will be designed to meet the acoustical requirements.

The exterior of the building will blend with adjacent structures in the fine arts complex. as well as with the campus in general. Construction will occur over a two year period. See Glimpses. pg. 16 for pic­torial essay.

The Facul1y A ward winners. from le/1 10 righ1. Amhony J. Iannaccone, George 8. Perkins and S1ephen Brewer.

of Science degree in chemistry from the University of Florida in 1962 and his docto­rate from the University of Wisconsin in 1969. He served as a visiting lecturer at the University of Wisconsin during the sum­mer of 1976 and also spent a year's sabbati­cal leave at the U-W during the 1976-77 academic year.

According to his nominators, Brewer has "consistently received highest marks as a teacher since he has been here ... (He has) always ranked in the top five percent of the department ... during his sabbatical leave at the University of Wisconsin, students there ranked him one of the best instructors they had encountered."

Iannaccone, 34, has been a member of the faculty at Eastern since 1971. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in music from the Manhattan School of Music in 1966 and 1968 respectively and his doctorate from the Eastman School of Music (the University of Rochester) in 1973. Iannaccone began his tenure at East­ern as an instructor, was promoted to assis­tant professor in 1972 and to associate pro­fessor earlier this year.

Nominated by colleagues and his de­partment head. he was cited for his "excel­lent evaluations from students." According to James Hause. head of the Music De­partment. Iannaccone "is without question one of the most gifted and effective teacher:s in the Dep_artment of Music. He is very kno.wledgeable in his subject matter. organizes it well and teaches with vigor and enthusiasm. He is sensitive to the learning problems of his students ... He is a model musician/scholar/teacher': .. " Iannaccone is also an award winning composer.

Perkins, 48. has been a member of the faculty since 1967. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts College in 1953. his Master of Arts degree from Duke Uni­versity in 1954 and his doctorate from Cor­nell University in 1960. Perkins served as an instructor at Washington University from 19�7 to 1960, an assistant professor at Baldwin-Wallace College from 1960 to 1963 and at Farleigh Dickinson University from 1963 to 1966 and as a lecturer at the Univer­sity of Edinburgh in Scotland from 1966 to 1967.

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Perkins was nominated by a student, a colleague and his department head. Recent publications have included "The American Tradition in Literature." fourth edition. published in 1974, a standard anthology of American Literature currently in use at ap­proximately 900 colleges and universities; "Come Back to the Blue Sedan, Huck. Honey," a short story published in "De­scant" in 1973; "A Modern Instance: Howells's Transition to Artistic Maturity." an essay published in "The New England Quarter ly" in 1974; and "Joanne Y. Creighton, 'William Faulkner's Craft of Revision."' a review published in "The Michigan Academician " in 1978. Perkins has also served as general editor of ''The Journal of Narrative Technique" since 1971.

The 25 nominees for the Distinguished Faculty Awards were narrowed to 14 finalists by a University Screening Com­mittee. The award winners were selected by an outside panel which included Dr. Eric S. Rabkin, professor of English at the University of Michigan; Dr. Leonard Kap­lan. director of teacher education at Wayne State University; and Dr. Donald Malm, professor of mathematics at Oakland University.

Richard Nisbet Resigns Post at Eastern

Richard Nisbet, director of Career Plan­ning and Placement at Eastern Michigan since 1958, has resigned to accept a posi­tion at Central Michigan University as as­sistant director of the CMU Placement and Career Information Center.

At Central he will perform a wide variety of administration duties and will be specifi­cally responsible for the liberal arts and government placement areas.

Nisbet, a native of Fremont, earned his bachelor's degree from Alma College in 1952. He earned a master's degree from the University of Michigan in 1955 and did additional postgraduate work at the Uni­versity of Minnesota in 1953. He was ap­pointed assistant director of placement at Eastern in 1956 and was appointed director in 1958, a position he held continuously until his resignation.

Former Labor Secretary Wirtz Scholar-in-Residence at Eastern

Former Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz spent two days this fall on the campus of Eastern Michigan University as a scholar­in-residence for the Career Horizons Pro­gram.

Career Horizons is a year-and-a-half long program with emphasis on the rela­tionship between education and the world of work sponsored by the EMU Division of Student Affairs.

A highlight of Wirtz's visit was an open dialogue with students and guests that pro­vided tudent the opportunity to question him on the relationship between education and work.

Another highlight was a formal address to leaders of the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti area at a breakfast session in McKenny Union. Wirtz's topic was "Where Commerce and Education Meet." Guests for the program included Ypsilanti city administrators. the Ypsilanti Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and committee chair­men, the Ypsilanti Area Industrial De­velopment Corporation Board of Directors and Council, the Greater Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors

and the EMU Board of Regents and execu­tive officers.

Wirtz. 66, currently is chairman of the board of the National Manpower Institute. He served as secretary of labor from 1962 to 1969 under former Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon 8. Johnson.

Born in DeKalb, Ill., he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Beloit Col­lege and a law degree from Harvard Uni­versity. He has served as a professor of law at Northwestern University and the Uni­versity of Iowa. assistant general counsel of the Board of Economic Warfare. member of the War L abor Board and chairman of the National Wage Stabiliza­tion Board. Currently he is a partner in the Washington, D.C. firm of Wirtz and Gen­try. chairman of the board of Curriculum Development Associates, Inc. and a trus­tee of Amherst College.

The Energy Picture The adequacy of energy supplies has become a commonly discussed sub­ject in the United States today. Though most Americans may not be directly involved in decision-making affecting our nation's use of the various energy sources, many are directly involved in important energy decisions on a more individual, personal basis. And through the polls, we all have at least some impact on major governmental energy decisions which may affect society in the future. Important decisions such as these cannot be made intelligently without some prior knowledge of the various aspects of the energy situation as it exists now. It seems that the de­mand for energy education increases with each passing day.

Fulfilling this increasing demand for energy eduction has become one of the major goals of the United States Department of Energy. In line with this mission of the Department of Energy, Dr. Elwood Kureth (Professor and De­partment Head. Geography/Geology) and I developed a workshop with a theme of energy awareness; its focus was directly on general energy educa­tion. The workshop was addressed specifically to high school and com­munity college teachers in southeast-

ern Michigan. We felt, as the Depart­ment of Energy does, that citizens need to be made aware of basic energy information. And we agreed that the project should be aimed at the school systems in the state. Further, we felt that teachers need to under­stand more clearly the existing and al­ternative techologies and their en­vironmental implications. We thought that they may want to incorporate these areas into curriculums at their schools to "spread the word" on our current energy situation.

Our work resulted in a proposal which was funded by the Department of Energy. Through the grant, a two­week faculty institute was held from July 10 to 21, 1978, in the Geography/Geology Department at Eastern Michigan. The general objec­tives of the project were to: (1) provide insight into the complexities of the present energy situation; (2) initiate communication among Michigan high school teachers, University faculty, of­ficers of state and federal agencies, environmental groups, industry, and energy utility companies; and (3) de­velop experience among participants in the areas of energy systems. prod­ucts, and processes. We felt these ob-

jectives would reinforce the broad goal of enhancing school programs by in­creasing participants' confidence and capability in the field of energy and environment.

The scope of the proposed project was wide. as it brought a broad spec­trum of energy related topics into focus, such as resources and conser­vation, alternate technologies, en­vironmental impacts of energy de­velopment, and socio-economic as­pects of the energy problem. The basic components of the project included lectures/discussions/question-answer periods, laboratory experiences, a workshop experience, and field trips. Factual data and other information were made available for participants to return to their own schools. Viewpoints and opinions of a variety of speakers were presented, both from EMU faculty and invited energy ex­perts from around the country.

Carl F. Ojala Associate Professor Geography and Geology

l(ichigallS Energy Situation

James C. Woodruff Director of the Gas Division,

M ichigan Department of Commerce

" I 've been ta lk ing about energy longer than some of you peop le have been out of g rade school. I have spent my enti re profess ional career i n energy. I started out on the i d i ot end of a s ledge hammer, d ri l l i ng for o i l , i n 1 939 i n the southwest part of M ich igan . I say d ri l ­l i ng for o i l , I never fou nd any, b ut d id a l ot of d ri l l i ng .

I n m y l i fet ime, from the t ime I started i n h igh school , which is not that long ago, the natu ral gas busi ness i n th is state cons isted of a gas f ie ld up in central M ich igan . They were consider­i ng p ip ing gas i nto G rand Rapids, Sag i naw, and Lans ing to d isp lace the coal gas that was be ing man ufactu red in those towns. In 1 936, the fi rst i n­terstate p ipe l i ne to br ing gas from the southwest to the m idwest arri ved in M ich igan . Pan hand le Eastern Pipe l i ne Company deve loped the tech no logy of transm itt ing vo lu mes of natu ral gas, our most eff ic ient fuel , long d i stances us ing large d iameter, h i gh pressu re p ipe l i nes. I n 1 936, the p ipe l i ne arrived here in Detro it , and su bsequently went across the river to Wi ndsor. That was the beg i n n i n g of the natural gas busi­ness i n M ich igan .

I n 1 970, when I was wel l a long i n my career with the Pub l i c Service Com­m ission , I was present at the beg in ­n ing of the end of the natural gas bus iness i n M ich igan . If I st i ck with the state of M ich i gan unt i l I ret i re, I wou ld sti l l be active i n the last decade of the natu ral gas bus iness as we know it . Now that would make i t the shortest­l ived major i ndustry i n the techno log i ­ca l h istory of the wor ld .

We are com ing to the end of foss i l fue ls . Un less w e are w i l l i n g t o send two hund red m i l l i on peop le back to Walden Pond, or issue double-bitted axes and p la id sh i rts to n i ne m i l l i on people i n M i ch igan and send them back to the woods, we're go ing to

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have to f igure out a way to su rvive as a techno log ical nation . We need to g ive an opportun i ty to the younger generat ions coming beh ind us. We've used up ou r ch i l d ren 's share, ou r g randch i l d ren 's share, ou r g reat­g randch i l d ren 's s hare, and ou r g reat­g reat-g randch i ldren ' s share of the fos­s i l fuel resou rces of the North Ameri­can cont inent. And we' re after the Arab ian 's share and the Afr ican's share and the South American's share and the i r ch i l d ren 's and g randch i l­d ren 's share.

How does this affect M ich igan? I want to t ry to t ie i t i n at the same t ime w i th the nat ion's p rospects, w i th the conti nent's prospects, and w i th the world 's p rospects. Despite the fact that we look l i ke a coup le of is lands, we are not an is land , we can not operate i ndependent ly of the rest of the world. I don 't even th i nk that it i s mora l ly or eth i ca l l y acceptab le for us to t ry. M i ch igan i s not e nergy i ndependent and never w i l l be e nergy independent. The U n ited States is not energy i nde­pendent and neve r aga in w i l l be energy i ndependent i n my v iew.

M i ch igan has many energy strengths. They are :

1 . D iversity of supp ly from the i n­terstate p ipe l i nes.

2. M ich igan is the largest gas stor­age state in the u n ion .

3. M ich igan has the world's largest coal-f i red p lant , the Detroit Ed i ­son p lant i n Monroe.

4. M ich igan has a synthet ic natural gas p lant at M arysv i l l e wh ich takes Canad ian l i q u ids and turns them i nto nat u ral gas.

5. We have c lose ties with the Canadians, who give us good serv ice and g ood p red ict ions .

N i nety percent of the natural gas we burn i n M ich igan is i mported from other states and other cou ntries. That may sound l i ke a l ot , but it is down from 97 percent a short t ime ago. One hund red percent of our coal is i m­ported . Yo u may wel l ask, why don ' t

we m i ne a l l ou r coal ? There are a n u m ber of reasons; i t 's deep, i t 's eroded, and i t 's wet. There is an old say ing about M ich igan coal , i t takes two tons of Oh io coal to make a ton of M ich igan coal burn . We are 67 percent dependent on coal for our power gen­erat ion i n M ich igan .

I n add i t ion to be ing an i mporter of gas and coal , M ich igan is also an i m­porter of e lectr ic ity. We are very heav­i l y dependent on large quant it ies of electric i ty com i ng across the St. C la i r R iver and the Detroit R iver f rom On­tari o Hydro. Th is i s a very n ifty ar­rangement h owever, because Ontario Hydro has power ru nn i ng out the i r ears when a l l the i r reservo i rs are fu l l in the spri ng . The or ig i nal arrangement was dur i ng the h i gh water t imes when they had lots of water power, the e lec­tr ic ity came th i s way. Later on , when the reservo i rs were down, M ich igan was to pay it back i n k i nd . As th ings have developed, part ia l ly due to the de lay i n construct ion of some of the power p lants, we are now net i mporter. It comes from Ontar io a l l the t ime and we don ' t send i t back, except under emergency situat ions .

N i nety to 95 percent of the o i l we burn , whether d i rectly as crude for ou r ref ineries or our power plants, or i nd i ­rectly as petro leum products ; gaso l i ne, fuel oi l , d iesel fue l , residua l fuel and so forth , i s also i mported. Another fact that is i mportant to understand is that not on ly are we heav i ly dependent on i mports, we are heav i l y dependent on i mports f rom fore ign countries. The obvious fore ign country, of cou rse, i s Canada.

In the future, we have to have Alas­kan gas, we have to have gas from coal , and i t 's go ing to be very, very ex­pensive. But the gas busi ness, con­trary to what I said in this tal k, w i l l not g o down the tu be. We w i l l a lways have a gas bus iness. We cannot afford to th row away the tremendous i nvest­ment in p ipe l i nes, d istr ibut ion mains , meters, storage f ie lds and gas

appliances. We will continue to get gas through those systems, but that gas will change over time. I think there are young engineers working for me right now who will still be there working for the Public Service Comission when we turn the gas business around 180°, from an extractive industry dependent on fossil fuel to a synthetic industry dependent on coal gas and liquified natural gas from overseas. Consider­ing the future electrically in Michigan, it's my belief that every projection on the need for electricity is too low. I think the time will come when we will be in a panic, constructing about 500 megawatt, coal-fired electric generat­ing plants on an assembly line type process. Eventually, I am firmly con­vinced that will we have to do everything we possibly can electrically.

If the Arabs ever get serious about the next embargo, and make it stick, and we're importing 45 percent of our oil from OPEC nations, think it over. What is going to happen to the auto industry and to the gasoline stations? Take half of it away - now close to half of it maybe is already being wasted in unnecessary travel, but it would be a tremendous economic dis­ruption and a social disruption.

Eventually I'm convinced that mass transit in Michigan and many other places will be electrically driven. We eventually may have to go very heavily into home heating with electricity. We'll obviously have to use more effi­cient systems, like heat pumps. But I think a lot of the planning, or the rhetoric, with respect to the need for power plants is probably wrong. I think we will need more. On oil, we'll rise or fall with the country as a whole. We are dependent on imports as the coun­try is dependent on imports. This is very hard to predict. The supplemental power sources - solar, wind and geo­thermal, in my view, will always be supplemental, we'll always have to base load with fossil or nuclear fuel . . . "

Unconventional Sources

o1 Energy

Serge Gonzales Geology Department Un iversity of Georgia

"O i l Shale is l i m i ted to the western part of the Un ited States, specif ical ly the states of Wyoming , Utah and Col­o rado. I n addit ion to that, tech n ical ly speak ing , it i s not sha le , as a geolog ist wou l d defi ne shale . It i s rea l l y a rock that we call a marl stone wh ich is l i ke m ix i ng ha l f l i mestone and ha l f shale with one other e lement lacki ng . About 1 0 to 15 percent of the vo l u m e of that th ing wh ich we have come to know o r ca l l o i l shale is a material ca l led Kero­gen . And Kerogen is essent ia l ly a so l id hydrocarbon (a compound conta i n i ng on ly hydrogen and carbon) . It is the sou rce of the o i l , but as i t ex ists in the rock, i t 's not o i l , i t 's Kerogen, and you

have to do someth ing to it , i t 's not d i s­solvable i n standard o rgan ic solvents . So conseq uent ly, the someth i ng you do to i t i s thermal ly treat it .

There are d iffer ing g rades of o i l sha le , and we have to put a l i mit or some boundaries on what we cons ider econom ica l l y i mportant o i l shale . The general barometer here has been , that for cu rrent s i tuat ions, and for p rojec­t ions i nto the future, a ton of o i l shale that wou l d y ie ld more than 25 ga l lons by whatever process ing means you go to i s cons idered h igh g rade o i l sha le . That wi l l range u pward . You can get some o i l sha le that w i l l y ie ld 75 to 80 gal lons per ton.

The oi l shale i ndustry has had a very i nterest ing , ro l l er-coaster h i story. As a matter of fact, we a lmost were c lose to m i n i ng oi l shale a n u m ber of decades ago in this cou ntry. When the Drake wel l i n Pennsylvania was found ( i n 1 859) at t h e beg i n n i n g o f t h e American o i l i ndustry, early efforts to m i ne some oi l sha le in Ohio and Pen nsylvan ia ob­v iously went out the w indow. Every t ime we have come c lose to actua l ly m i n i n g o i l sha le , someth i ng has come a long to d rive i t back down so that we do not have any h istory of product ion

i n th i s cou ntry other than the very sma l l vol u mes that have been pro­d u ced i n some test faci l it ies .

There is a new process ca l led l ns i tu Tech nology which m i nes the sha le i n the ground . With th is p rocess, there i s a red uct ion of d isposal and other en­v i ron mental problems.

There is a proposal before the U .S . Senate now to grant a tax cred i t for synthetic crude obtai ned from o i l sha le . Occi dental (the company that perfected the l ns i tu process) may not need that tax credit to make money. But i f they get that tax credit , and i f a l l other o perators do , and if other factors fal l in p lace, you may see a s ign if icant r ise in the 1 982-86 per iod of t ime for o i l shale projects. There are some b ig i t 's , don ' t quote me as say ing we' re off and flyi ng fo r o i l shale deve lopment, we' re not . We' re on the f i rst tenuous step that l ooks m u ch more real ist ic than many steps taken beforehand . If it goes, we' l l be able to meet some o i l demands w i th th i s resou rce, t he total mag n itude of wh i ch remains in ques­t ion .

Ta r Sands

A tar sand real l y isn ' t tar sand , another bad bunch o f geo log ica l nomenc latu re, because tar is a part icu­lar k i nd of hyd rocarbon . Now there are some deposits that are tarry, but that is rea l ly what we wou l d ca l l a heavy o i l imp regnated sand . It 's a sandsto ne; i t has l i tt le g ra i ns of sand i n i t . The ma­ter ia l in there is very heavy, i n fact, i n s u m mer, with the s u n o n it , i t wi l l f low. So you can app ly some amount of thermal treatment and get it to f low to some degree. So, techn ical ly, we shou ld ca l l th is o i l - impregnated sand rather than tar sands .

The largest depos i t (of tar sands) i n the U n ited States i s i n southeastern Utah , ca l led the tar sands tr iang le . The largest tar sand deposit in the wor ld is not in the U n ited States, i t 's in A lberta, Canada, known as the Athabaska Tar Sands. They are also noteworthy be­cause they ' re the on ly deposits c u r­rently support i ng com mercia l extrac­t ion techn iq ues in large amou nts. There are several deposits in Russ ia , a s i zeab le one i n Madagascar, and several in central Amer ica , but the big ones are at Athabaska and in far western Venezue la . The Canadians have been

getting syncrude (synthetic crude) out of oil sands for n ine years, and the process has been profitable for the past three.

What is the chance for the Utah deposits to have any commercial ef­fect? The answer is probably very l it­tle. The reasons are the small deposits and the extremely remote and en­vironmentally sensitive terra in . If we are go ing to rely i n th is country on tar sands meeti ng our crude o i l needs, the answer is q u ite clear. It 's going to come from our Canadian affiliates, out of the Athabaska deposits, not from the indigenous Utah deposits. Now there may be some breakthroughs in California, Kentucky and Missouri on deposits that are l i ke tar sands. i n other words, the o i l wi l l flow naturally, but its l i ke molasses and needs more advanced technology to make it flow into wells.

Unconventional Natural Resources

Coal seams bear methane which is purposely vented from coal mines so it doesn't ignite. There are studies underway, particularly in the Appala­chian regions, to try to collect the methane for commercial use. Gas may also be derived from shale, but this requires advanced techniques.

A gee-pressure reservoir has more hydrostatic (water) pressure than it normally would have. There is also methane dissolved in the water. With advanced technology, we could use the thermal energy, extract the methane, and maybe ut i l ize some of the mechanical energy, the problem is economics - it costs too much to get.

lnsitu gassification of coal - you don't m ine the coal. you turn the coal to gas in the ground and bri ng it up to the surface. We need more advanced technology to do this economically however. I believe the Russians have the best technology in lnsitu gassificat ion, but we are catching up . . . "

By Bernard L. Cohen Professor of Physics

University of Pittsburgh

Editor's Note: The following lecture was given by Dr. Cohen at Eastern 's Energy In­stitute. It was also printed in the November, 1978 issue of The Physics Teacher and is reprinted in part here with the author's permission.

" I f a uti l ity wants to bu i ld a power plant to produce electricity, its choice is now general ly restricted to burn ing coal in a "coal-fired" power plant, or burn ing u ran ium in a nuclear power plant. When these fuels are bu rned they don't simply d isappear, but rather they are changed i nto other forms which may loosely be called "wastes." When these wastes get i nto the human envi ronment they may cause dam­age to health and/or property; therein l ie the p ri ncipal environmental impacts of pro­ducing electricity. This paper wi l l deal with the wastes generated in nuclear power, but for perspective let us begin with a brief out­l i ne of the wastes generated by a s ing le large (one m i l l ion ki lowatt) coal-fi red plant.

The pri ncipal waste product of such a plant is carbon dioxide, em itted at a rate of one ton every five seconds. This is not bas­ical ly a dangerous gas, but the vast quan­tities of it being em itted from burn i ng coal, o i l , and gas have increased its concentra­tion in the atmosphere appreciably and there are serious concerns that this may have far-reaching long-term effects on world c l imate. The most i mportant poll utant emitted is sulfur dioxide, d ischarged at a rate of about 1 0 pounds per second. Ac­cord ing to a recent h igh level study, this typically causes 25 fatalities 60,000 cases of respi ratory disease, and $1 2 m i l l ion in property damage per year. Among the other gases emitted are n itrogen oxides, the principal pol lutants em itted by automobi les; our one power plant discharges as much of these as 200,000 automobi les. Second on ly to su l fur dioxide as a health hazard is the smoke, made up of t iny solid particles; one sixth of al l man-made smoke comes from these power p lants. And f i nal ly there is the sol id wastes or ashes, produced at a rate of about one ton per m inute.

The waste products of a nuclear power plant consist of gases released to the at­mosphere, contaminateq water released to

rivers, and solid wastes which wi l l be bu ried deep u nderground. But these wastes d iffer from those of a coal-fi red plant in two very spectacu lar ways: f i rstly, their q uantity is five m i l l ion times less - the wastes pro­duced by a large n uclear power p lant i n one year could fit under a d in ing room ta­ble; and secondly, they are radioac.tive.

Somehow radioactivity has a very bad publ ic i mage; it is generally viewed as someth ing very new, h igh ly mysterious, and extremely dangerous. Actual ly there is no­th ing new about rad ioactivity; it is, and al­ways has been present in the earth

(uran ium, thori um , rad ium, etc.) and there­fore also in the br icks and stones we use as bui ld ing materials, in our bodies (potas­s ium, an e lement vital to l ife is natural ly radioactive), and in the a i r we breathe ( ra­don gas) i n far greater quantities than we wi l l ever experience from nuclear power. Moreover, a new type of man-made radia­tion has been i ntroduced into our envi ron­ment in recent years in the form of medical x-rays, a lmost equal to our exposure from natural rad ioactivity.

There is also noth i ng so mysterious about radioactivity and the radiations it em its. They are much simpler and con­sequently much better u nderstood than nearly any other i nsult to our environment such as air or water pol lut ion, insecticides, and food additives. Measur ing techniques for radiation are cheap, accurate, and ex­tremely sensitive- easi ly capable of detect-

ing one-mi l l ionth of an amount that would do harm. Hundreds of m i l l ions of dol lars have been spent studying the biological ef­fects of radiat ion, and as a result we have rather reliable determinations of the worst effects a given amount of radiation can cause; it is these worst est imates that are always used in assessing environmental i mpacts (note that this is not done in as­sessing environmental i mpacts of coal-fired power plants; air pol l ution is assumed to be harmless u nless there is d i rect evidence for the harm it does at the levels in question).

Radioactivity can be dangerous i n large q uantities, but probably the main reason for the emotional reaction to this danger is the 1 00,000 + fatal ities caused by the atomic bombs d ropped on Japan dur ing World War I I . B lam i ng radioactivity for these deaths is unjustified : the g reat majority of these fatal ities were caused by blast, heat, and f i re, having nothing to do with radia­t ion. Perhaps 20 percent were due to the d i rect radiation from the bomb but none were caused by the rem nant radioactivity, which is the only source of potential danger from nuclear wastes. In fact, no trace of radioactivity from the bombs was ever found i n H i rosh ima or Nagasaki.

Before closing this d iscussion, it should perhaps be pointed out that radioactivity is sav ing thousands of lives each year through its medical applications, and b i l ­l ions of dol lars from i ts app l ications i n in­dustry, agricu lture, commerce, health care, and research.

Gaseous waste

Return ing now to the nuclear wastes, the effects of gaseous releases of radioactivity have been est imated by various inves­tigators, and there is little disagreement i n t h e scientific commun ity about them. If a l l U .S . electric power were nuclear, the radia­tion these p lants would admin ister to the average American would be less than 1 percent of what he al ready receives from cosmic rays (radiat ion from space). less than 1 percent of what he receives from the natural radioactivity in the ground, about 1 percent of what he receives from natural radioactivity in the bricks and stones from bui ld ings (avoidable by l iv ing in a wooden house) , 0.3 percent of what he receives from medical x-rays, and 0.2 percent ( i n ef­fectiveness) of what he receives from the natural radon i n the a i r he breathes. It is also less rad iation than he would get from

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one coast-to-coast airplane fl ight every ten years, or from spending one day per year in Colorado where the natural radiation is twice the national average (of course mil­l ions of people spend their whole lives in Colorado, and there has been no detectable effect on their health from this extra radia­tion; there are places in India and Brazil where the natural radiation is ten times higher than in Colorado, stil l with no de­tectable effects). While these comparisons may make the gaseous releases seem com­pletely unimportant. by most reckonings they are responsible for nearly half of all the health effects of nuclear power.

Solid wastes

The contaminated water released from nuclear facilities is less than one-tenth as effective as the gaseous releases, so we wil l ignore it here and go on to the question of the solid wastes which contain the g reat majority of the radioactivity and have been the center of so much discussion in recent years. These substances wil l be made part of a Pyrex glass-type of material and buried deep underground (about 1/3 mile deep) in some carefully selected rock formation. The principal danger from this waste after burial is that it will be contacted by ground water. leached into solution, and seep through the ground unti l it reaches the su rface and gets into food and water supplies . . . From that it seems reasonable to conclude that the principle danger lasts only for a few hundred years. It is difficult to see how one can worry much about a rock-like material buried 1/3 mile underground of which sev­eral ounces ingested would be required to

do harm; we have more dangerous mate­rials in our homes.

We wi l l develop a complete evaulation of this problem over the mi l l ions of years some like to consider, but first let us dis­cuss the protections we have during the first few hundred years when the waste is so dangerous. When people hear that this waste must be isolated from mankind for hundreds of years, their immediate re­sponse is horror; few things on this earth can be counted on to remain unchanged for hundreds of years. However, one would have a very different reaction if he were a rock lying 1/3 mile below the surface of the earth. The environment there is very differ­ent. If these rocks had a newspaper, it would only be published once in a mi l l ion years. because there would be little news to report. Changes in rocks at these depths take place typically once in 100-mill ion years . . .

We now turn to the hazard from the waste over the "mi llions of years" time period. This is best understood by compar­ing it with the natural radioactivity in the ground. The ground is ful l of natural radioactivity. and the wastes we bury add to it by only about one part per mi l l ion per year. Moreover, the natural radioactivity from deep underground is doing virtually no harm. A quantitative evaluation of the hazard from buried waste may be derived if we assume that buried waste is no more likely to be contacted by ground water and leached than is average rock at that depth. The result of a calculation based on that assumption is that if we used nuclear power for a mil l ion years, the accumulated

waste from all of this time would probably cause less than one fatality per year. Moreover. one should not forget that nu­clear power plants are burning up uranium which is a major source of natural radia­tion; by doing so it would be saving about 50 lives per year, a hundred times more than the lives lost due to the waste. Thus, on any very long time scale, nuclear power must be viewed as a means for cleansing the earth of radioactivity.

Before closing our discussion of the solid wastes. some comments are in order on the often-raised question of the burden we are placing on future generations in watching our waste. In the first place it should be noted that our estimate above of less than one fatality per year from the wastes ac­cumulated by a mil l ion years of all nuclear power in U.S. is with no watching. It was derived by comparing the waste with "aver­age rock," and clearly nobody is watching average rock," watching would serve only to reduce this already small effect. In the second place, once the waste is securely buried watching it would be a trivial bur­den; a thousand years of waste accumula­tion would be buried under an area only 10 miles square, and watching it (keeping signs maintained, checking against deep dril l ing or mining. collecting a few water samples once a month to measure their radioactivity) would be a part-time job for one person.

Clearly we are placing an infinitely greater burden on our progeny by consum­ing all the earth's rich mineral resources. Within a few generations we are using up all the copper, tin, lead, zinc, mercury. etc .. leaving few alternatives for our progeny to use for metals. And we are burning up those very valuable hydrocarbons - coal. oil. and gas-at a rate of mil l ions of tons each per day. thereby depriving our de­scendants materials for producing plastics and organic chemicals. In doing this, we are placing a tremendous burden on our progeny, and the only way we can compen­sate them is by leaving them a technology that will allow them to live in a reasonable comfort without these resources. The key to such technology must be cheap and abundant energy. With it. they can develop substitutes for almost anything. Without it, their only recourse will be to return to a primitive life. Thus we owe our progeny a source of cheap and abundant energy, and the only such source we can now guaran­tee is nuclear energy.

Plutonium

There is one component of what we have been cal l i ng nuclear waste that w i l l not be bu ried deep underground - namely the pluton i u m which w i l l be separated out be­cause it is val uable as a fuel . However, pluton ium has also somehow received a very unfavorable publ ic i mage . . .

It has been charged that i n produc ing large quantit ies of pl utoni u m we wi l l be in­troducing a terri ble new tox ic material i nto our world in unprecedented amounts. Since plutoni u m is dangerous only if i nhaled as a f ine dust, let us compare it with other lethal i nhalants we produce. The number of lethal doses (in tr i l l ions) produced per year in the U.S. is ch lor ine--400, phosgene--20, ammonia-6, hydrogen cyanide--6, p luton ium-1 i f all U .S. power were pro­duced by fast breeder reactors which are the type i nvolv ing the most pluton ium. It should be noted in th is comparison that the other materials are gases which are read i ly d ispersed whereas pluton ium dust is very difficu lt to d isperse effectively (it tends to agglomerate i nto large particles which are not dangerous to i nhale, and to clog up d ispersal devices). It may be argued that pluton ium w i l l last far longer than the gases with which we are compari ng it , but it turns out that d ispersed pluton ium does more damage in the short t ime after d isper­sal when it is in a cloud of dust than it wi l l accumu latively over the thousands of years subsequently spends on the ground and i n the soi l . F i nal ly, i t should be pointed out that these effects of pl uton ium are mostly theoretica l ; there is no evidence that p lutonium toxicity has ever harmed any human being, anywhere� ever . . .

Accidents

Up to this point we have been consider­ing releases of radioactive wastes from normal operat ions of a nuclear industry, but there is always the poss ib i l ity of acci­dents which wil l release it in much more dangerous ways. For example, worries have been expressed over transportation acci­dents result ing in radioactivity releases. However, these are much less of a hazard than one might th i nk . Firstly, the waste is always shipped as a ceram ic or g lass, and nearly a l l release scenarios requ i re that it be melted or vaporized; however, tempera­tu res from f i res that may be generated i n transport accidents (e .g . , gasol ine f i res) are

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not hot enough to melt this mater ia l . Sec­ondly, these wastes are shipped in very elaborate casks ; they cost $2 mi l l ion each , a n d one can well i magine that for that pr ice a g reat deal of crash protection can be ach ieved. There have been several elabo­rately detai led estimates of radioactivity re­lease probabi l i ties in transport accidents, and of thei r consequences. The results have always come out to be less than one fatality per century i f a l l U .S . power were nuclear. Of course there would be many more casualties from the ordinary traffic aspects of these accidents (a man is much more easi ly broken u p than a specia l ly de­signed $2 mi l l ion cask), but coal-fi red power would requ i re 1 00 t imes as much transport and thus would cause 1 00 t imes as many fatal it ies.

Of much g reater i m portance than these matters is power plant accidents. There is truly a vast quantity of radioactivity i n a reactor so if it were released to the envi­ronment in a power plant accident, the consequences could i ndeed be g rave. What is generally considered to be the most i m­portant potential accident is one i n which the system (made of very th ick, h ighest qual i ty steel) suddenly bursts open, a l low­i ng the water i nside, which is at very h igh temperature and pressure, to come pouring out, leav ing the reactor core without cool­i ng . In such a situation , the radioactivity would generate enough heat to melt the fuel , releasi ng the rad ioactivity with i n it par­t ial ly as a radioactive dust. If th is rad ioac-

tive dust should escape to the environment, a g reat deal of very serious radiat ion expo­sure could occur.

S i nce th is scenario is potent ia l ly so dangerous, a great deal of effort is ex­pended to m in im ize the probabi l ity of the system bursti ng open , to prevent such an event from lead ing to a fuel melt, and to mit igate the consequences of a fuel melt i f it should occur . Fi rst, fabrication standards are of the h ighest qual i ty, exceed ing those in any other industry. Second, the system is subjected to an inspection routi ne of un­p recedented thoroughness, uti l iz ing x-ray, magnetic particle, and u ltrason ic tech­n iques du ring the construct ion period , and after the plant is in operation it is periodi­cally put through renewed u ltrason ic and elaborate visual inspections ( i nc lud ing re­moval of i nsu lation) looking for imperfec­t ions or t iny cracks. Third , the system is h igh ly instru mented with warn ing systems for any type of abnormal ity ; for example, large leaks ordinar i ly develop from smal l leaks so the reactor is equ ipped with at least four d i fferent types of leak detect ion systems capable of detect ing leaks hun­d reds of ti mes smaller than what m ight cause problems. Fourth, if a l l of these measu res should fai l and the system does suddenly burst open leading to a loss of the water coolant, there is an elaborate emergency cool ing system to reflood the reactor core and thus keep the fuel from melting. Fifth, i f in spite of a l l this, some­how the fuel should melt, the system is en-

closed within a powerfully built contain­ment structure made of very thick. heavily reinforced concrete lined with steel plate. This containment protects the reactor against forces from the outside; for exam­ple, it would stop a truck load of explo­sives, or anything a tornado could thro.w against it ( l ike a house or an automobile). But in a fuel melt-down situation, its func ­tion is to keep the radioactive dust con­tained for at least several hours; if it can do so, there are systems within to clean the radioactive dust out of the air, thus eliminating the danger. And sixth, even if the containment should be breached before this can happen, under ordinary weather conditions the escaping radioactive dust would be sufficiently dispersed to avoid a tragedy; only if there is a temperature in­version keeping the radioactive cloud close to the ground would large exposures result.

This series of protections is an example of "defense in depth" which is the basic philosophy of reactor design. If is some­times said that if anything goes wrong in a reactor due to equipment failure, human e r ­ror, o r a n "act o f God," a tragedy would re­sult. This is exactly wrong. In reactor de­sign it is assumed that all sorts of equip­ment failures will occur, that the operator wil l make all sorts of mistakes, and that the worst credible tornadoes, earthquakes, and floods wi l l occur causing systems to fail.

But if one system fails there is another sys­tem behind to protect the reactor, if that system fails there is another system back­ing it up, etc. Of course you eventually run out of back-up systems. but it is only in the highly unl ikely event that several indepen­dent systems fail one after the other that tragedy can occur.

It is also worth noting here that airplane safety is much less stringent on the first three of the above defenses, and has no­thing corresponding to the last three. Mate­rials used in airplanes are severely con­strained by weight l imitations, and inspec­tions are much less elaborate than in reac­tors. There are no warning system on mechanical failures - if a wing breaks off, everyone aboard is as good as dead. These first three levels of defense have failed in airplanes, but they have never failed in reactors. And if they should, there are still three levels of defense that have never been challenged.

Of course it is not impossible to have an accident, and most public discussion seems to concentrate on the worst accident that can be envisioned, expected less than once in a mil l ion years if all U.S. power were nuclear, in which there would eventu­ally be tens of thousands of fatalities. Even this, it should be noted, is far less tragic than the worst accident from a hydroelec­tric dam failure, and the latter, whose risk we have long been wil l ing to accept, is far more probable. Transport and storage of liquified natural gas, another segment of the energy industry. could also lead to far g reater tragedies than the worst nuclear accident.

The rational approach would seem to be considering the average effects of these accidents. If one accepts the estimates de­veloped by the Rasmussen Study (a $4 mil­l ion study financed by the AEC and di­rected by Norman Rasmussen, an MIT pro­fessor), if all U.S. power were nuclear, the average American's risk of dying as a result of a nuclear accident would be in 20 mill ion per year (98 percent of this risk is in the form of a slight increase in one's probabil­ity of dying of cancer many years after the accident).

Critics of nuclear power have raised many objections to the Rasmussen study (it is not diffi cu It to criticize a process as complicated as estimating the probability of an accident). They have claimed that the uncertainties in the Rasmussen study are

so large that it may be underestimating the average effects of a nuclear accident by as much as a factor of one hundred. One could argue about their claims, but it would be almost impossible to prove them wrong.

Summary and perspectives

We are now in a position to summarize discussions by considering the total annual death risk from an all nuclear U.S. power system to the average American. If one ac­cepts the Rasmussen study, this is one in 10 million per year (50 percent from acci­dents, 45 percent from gaseous emissions, 5 percent from others), whereas according to the critics it is one in 200,000 per year. By comparisons, an all-coal electric power system is estimated to give an average an­nual death risk of one in 20,000 with cur­rent technology, and perhaps one in 1 00,000 with all air pollution control equipment that might be feasible.

To put the nuclear risks into perspective, let us compare them with some of the other risks we take, like smoking cigarettes, being overweight, riding in automobiles. and using small cars rather than standard size cars. If we accept the Rasmussen re­sults, all nuclear power would be as dangerous to the average American as smoking one cigarette every ten years, or as increasing his weight by a tenth of an ounce, or as riding in automobiles an extra three miles per year. or as riding in au­tomobiles the same amount as now but doing 0.1 percent of it in a small car. Even if we accept the critics' estimates, it 1s only as dangerous as smoking one cigarette every 10 weeks, gaining one ounce of weight, or doing 5 percent of one's driving in a small car rather than in a standard size car.

Of course the risks are much larger if one lives very close to a nuclear power plant (the same is true for a coal -fired power plant), but if moving away from a nuclear power plant increases one's automobile travel by more than 250 yards per day (four miles per day according to the critics). it is safer to live next to the nuclear plant.

Surely these risks of nuclear power are acceptable, and in any case they are many times smaller than the risks from alternative energy sources. And surely they are infi­nitely less than the risks of doing without energy which include large scale unem­ployment and a deteriorating standard of living.

Welch Outshines

Tinseltown Jerry Green, a Detroit Nell's sportswriter for the last 15 years, attended the 1 978 World Series and interv iewed former EMU standout pitcher Bob Welch twice. The first interview was done before Welch had pitched in the series and the second was fi nished after Welch had saved the third game of the playoff for the Los Angeles Dodgers. We thank Green and the Detroit Nell's for al lowing us to reprint the two interviews.

LOS A N G E L ES - We are in the third base dugout holding a conversation , Bob Welch and I , and up sidles Ton i Tenn i l l e , the s inger. w ithout the Capta in in tow.

She is wearing a T-shirt urging Don Sut­ton to win a ball game when she spies Welch.

" H i Bob , " says Ton i , and she throws an arm around his shoulders and they em­brace.

The photographers knock each other down the dugout steps to capture the pic­ture for eterni ty.

This i s baseball H ol l ywood . There i s some conversation about P i ne

Knob. the Caucus Club and Joey Neder­lander, who is shoved into d isrepute as a part-owner of the Yankees.

Now a s l im, graying man approaches and walks down the steps .

" Bob , " the man says to Welch , "Sandy Koufax. Congratulations . "

Thi s i s baseball i n H ol lywood. " Yeh , I ' ve met Frank S i natra , " says

Welch. " Don R ickles. too. I met them at Tom Lasorda's daughter's wedding . "

A t 2 1 , Bob Welch , ou t of Ferndal e , M i ch . , H azel Park H igh and Eastern M ichigan . i s blase about the ent ire b i t .

H i s career with the Dodgers i s some­th ing straight out ofa H ol lywood scriptwri­ter's head .

I n June. 1 977. he was a kid on the cam­pus at Yps i lanti , hoping to pitch in the big league 's some day. The Dodgers drafted him on the first round and shipped h im to

San Antonio. Last spring. the Dodgers promoted him to Albuquerque.

Suddenly. on June 20. Welch found him­self on the mound at Dodger Stadium. try­ing to save the skins of the reigning Na­tional League champions. He did. The next day he was back on the mound again i n relief and became the winning pitcher.

The Dodgers. 6!1 games out of first place then. were on the way back.

Welch. rel ieving mostly and starting some . finished the season with a 7-4 record and a 2.03 earned-run average. Then. for good measure. he was the winning pitcher in the Dodgers's first victory over the Phi l­l ies in the playof

fs.

They tel l a story here where Lasorda's office wall looks like rogue ·s gallery in a theatrical restaurant. The day Welch ar­rived in the big leagues Toni Tennil le was in the dugout and the Dodgers were making a big fuss over her.

"Gee. I ' d l ike to meet her. .. Welch said. Welch i s a young man with blond hair and

blue eyes and a touch of adolescent shy­ness stickjng with him .

.. A year ago I was in Arizona at the in­structional league . .. Welch said. ·· 1 didn't really think I 'd be on his club this year. They had the best staff in the league last year. the best ERA. Then on June 19 I got the call.

' 'This thril ls me being here now . ..

I n other summers Welch worked at the Detroit Yacht Club or for Ad ray Appliance while playing for an Aclray sandlot team. He's the most recent of the product to make i t to the major leagues from the lumpy diamonds at Northwestern Field.

Now he i s being compared to some of the best of the Dodgers· right-handed pitchers.

·· H e ·s got the bulldog of a Don Drysdale. the cunningness (sic) of a Don Sutton and the fluid control of a Carl Erskine." said Tom m y Lasorda . h i s h eart p u m p i n g Dodger blue .

" H e's a tremendous p i t cher who 's shown everybody he can throw wi th poise and self-confidence."

" I f I could be that every t ime on the mound I 'd be OK." said Welch.

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LOS ANGELES - The duel ended with a violent swish of the bat.

The winner. the Kid from Ferndale. did not even bl ink. Blase Bob Welch. rookie. sauntered off the mound as casually as if he were walking down to John R and N ine M ile to buy a 'Detroit News

But this was the World Series. with the world his audience.

The loser turned and stomped away. He kicked and swirled his bat viciously into the dugout. He nearly conked his manager. His n a m e was R eg g i e J a c k s o n . a l i a s Mr. October.

" I got beat. ·· said Jackson. ·· 1 · m a human being. I did all I could. He did a pe1fcct job.·•

"That kid ·s got tabasco sauce on the bal l . "

A year ago. Jackson h i t three home runs with three violent swings in the final game

of the World Series. The Kid from Ferndale was in al} Arizona Instructional League learning to become a minor leaguer.

Reggie Jackson vs. Bob Welch. Dodgers ahead. 4-3, ninth inning. two outs. tying run on second. winning run on first . The duel at Doelger Stadium. Raw drama.

" I thought I had to go beat h im. '' said blase Bob Welch. ·· 1t was me against h im when it was 3-2 . I wanted to beat h im with my pitch . I f he beat me. I wanted him to beat me on my pi tch . I 've seen him swing before. and he hits the stuffing out of the ball. I was there when he hit the ball on the roof at Tiger S tad ium in the A l l-Star Game."

N ine pitches. a l l fastballs - a vicious swing for a strike. a ball high inside. three fouls back; another ball . another foul back. a ball and finally the violent swish.

The Mighty Reggie had struck out . . .

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TOGETHER AGAI -Twoformer Eastern baseball standouts, Bob Welch(left)andBob Owchinko (right), were reunited during a Major League game last summer.

A New Note for Music

Eastern music ians anxiously await their new home. The bu i ld ing is designed to meet the specific and u n iq u e program req u i rements of the M us ic Department and should be completed in two years.

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Sai l With the MAC

The Eastern M ichigan Alumni Association will join with other M id-American Confer­ence a lumni groups on a very spec ial Caribbean cruise M arch I 0- 1 7 , 1 979.

We will board the magnificent new F es­tivale of the Carn ival Cruise L ine for seven days of un and fun in San Juan, S t . Thomas and St . M aarten . The Fes­tivale i s almost twice as large as most of the Florida-based cruise vessel s and wi l l be the s ixth largest passenger ship i n the world . I t i s fu l l y stabi l ized and air-conditioned .

The vessel wi l l have 580 over-sized ca­b ins , many equ ipped with queen-s ized beds and al l s ta terooms w i t h pr ivate faci l i t ies . Publ ic faci l i t ies aboard the F es-1ivale include two fu l l-s ized grand ball­rooms, three nightclubs, a d iscotheque , a l ibrary, two pools , saunas, gymnasium and a ful l casino. Carnival Cru i se Lines wi l l introduce 24-hour cabin service with a full American breakfa t (in bed , if you prefer) , fu l l course lunch and di nner each day, mid-morn ing snacks and afternoon tea and two buffets - one at midnight and another at I a .m . I n addition to sports faci l i t ies aboard , there wi l l be a large theatre and the ship wi l l feature two d ifferent night c lub shows each even ing , with four or five bands to play music for a l l tastes .

A spec ial air/sea program from more than 1 00 c i t ies in A merica wi l l provide reduced-rate air transportation from a city near your home. Cru i se-on l y rates wi l l range from $505 to $780 for each person i n a double stateroom , plus $ 1 2 port taxes. A i r t icket from most M idwest cit ies w i l l be $ 1 25 , i ncluding round-trip airport to ship­side transfers.

Alumni Association Board Elects Officers

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New officers of the Board of Directors for the 1 978- 1 979 year were elected at their meeting i n September. Margaret McCall Bel l '52. '73 was elected president and Vanzetti M. Hamilton '49 wil l serve as first vice-president. Timothy G . Quinn '69. ' 7 1 was elected a s second vice-president. with Carolyn Ohst Embree '69. '7 1 continuing as secretary and Joan Doerner Hartsock '72 continuing as treasurer.

Mrs. Bell is an instructor in the Health. Phys ica l Educa t i on . Recreat ion a n d Dance department a t Eastern and i s a resi­dent of Ypsilanti . Hamilton is an attorney and also lives in Ypsilanti . Quinn is a resi­dent of Clark Lake and is the assistant superintendent of Napoleon Community Schools. M rs. Embree is the director of alumni relations at Eastern and is a resident of Farmington Hi l l s . and Mrs. Hartsock is assistant manager. personnel department. for Coopers & Lybrand in their Detroit office. She is a certified public accountant and is a resident of Farmington.

Elected as a new member of the Board is Robert A. Ackerman '55. "74. a resident of Clio, Michigan. He is the deputy uperin­tendent of the Genesee I n t e rmediate School District.

Re-elected to serve on the Board are Helen Harvey Browning "43. a resident of Sterling Heights; Ronald E. Oestrike "54. head baseball coach at Eastern and a resi­dent of Ypsilanti: Earl K. Studt "32. retired director of field services at Eastern and a resident of Ypsilanti; and Barbara Warner Weiss '50. "69. also an Ypsilanti resident and director of orchestra and drum and bugle corps at Ypsilanti Public Schools.

Appointed to the Board are Paralec Gil­lenwaters Day '63. a teacher at Willard School. H ighland Park. and a resident of Detroit: and Nick M . Madias '59. a resi­dent of West Bloomfield and the president of Madias Brothers . I nc . . in Detroit.

14th Annual Golf Outing

Continuing the tradition of past years . the 14th annual golf outing. sponsored by the Office for Alumni Relations. was a com­plete success. A full complement of golfers teed off with a shotgun start at 8:00 a .m . . August 1 5. 1 978. at Radrick Farms Golf Course in Ann Arbor. The weatherman cooperated and we had a beautiful day for playing the challenging course.

The scores ranged from 74 to 1 28. with the low actual score being carded by 1im Birk and the second low actual score by Roger Strong. Gary Doyle had the longest drive on the designated hole and J i m Greene was closest t o the pin on that des­ignated hole. Other prizes were awarded using the blind bogey system. with Bil l Boham. M i ke Shea. Mike McClear, Stan Sch i l l e r. Ed Dybas . G erald B a"rt l e tt . George Russell. and Bob Birk being the winners.

The cookout following the tournament was enjoyed by all the players and was a fitting climax to a fine day of golfing and fellowship.

We hope to see you next year for this alumni activity fun day.

Attention: All Band Alumni

The Eastern Michigan U niversity Band A l u m n i Associat ion ( E M U B A A ) has a n o t h e r s p e c t ac u l a r p l a n n e d for springtime. Due to the continuing success of the Alumni Marching Band featured at the Homecoming games. the EM U BAA is now in the planning stages for the presenta­tion of the first annual Alumni Concert Band. The tentative date set for the Alumni Concert Band gathering i s Saturday. March 3. 1 979. With the help and guidance of Dr. Robert Bianco. Eastern Michigan Univer ­sity director of bands. plans are developing for a fun-filled day. So get up in the attic and dust off those horns. look up the ol' finger­ing chart. and plan to participate on March 3. For further i nformation. contact the Of ­fice of University Bands. Alexander Music Building. Eastern Michigan Un iversity. Ypsilanti. M l 48 1 97. (3 1 3) 487- 1430.

We Need Your Ideas

Committees of the Alumni Association Board of Directors would like to hear from you. The Alumni Awards Committee would like you to have the opportunity to nomi­nate successful alumni you feel are deserv­ing of the following categories of honors:

I ) Dist i nguished Alumnus Award -must be graduates of 25 years or more and shall have distinguished themselves and Eastern in service to mankind, and demon­strated continuing interest in the U niver ­sity.

2) Alumni Honors Award - graduates of more than ten years. the award to be based on outstanding loyalty to the college and evidence that the college education has functioned in his or her l ife as shown by activities.

3) Young Alumnus Award - graduates of less than ten years to be based on an honor bestowed upon the recipient. or any evidence that the college education has functioned in his or her l ife as shown by activities.

I ndicate individual names and reasons for your nominations. Please forward your nominations to the Office for Alumni Rela­tions. where they will be kept on file indef­initely for committee use from year to year.

The Nominations Committee also would like you to forward individual or self nomi­nations to the Office for Alumni Relations for service on the Association Board of Directors. Presently. the Board meets three t imes a year for business. Committees within the Board meet throughout the year.

Seven out of 2 1 board members are re­placed each year and terms are three years. Nominees are screened and the slate is selected by the Nominations Committee for a vote by members in good standing in the Association. Your nominations to the Board will be kept on file indefinitely for committee use from year to year.

0 Alumn i Day

A small but very enthusiastic crowd of alumni and friends gathered at McKenny Hall on Sunday, July 16. 1978. for the an­nual Alumni Day and Alumni Awards Luncheon. The date was chosen to coin­cide with the summer colloquium held on campus and sponsored by the Office of Continuing Education, entitled "The Con­

temporary Family," which was open for alumni participation.

Presiding over the luncheon program was Vanzetti M. Hamilton '49. first vice­president of the Alumni Association Board of Directors, who welcomed the Classes of 1928 and 1953, who were honored on their anniver ary.

The Di tinguished Alumnus Award was presented to three of our outstanding graduates: Bernadine N ewsom Denning '5 1, who is the director of Revenue Sharing in Washington, D.C. , presented by Paralee Gillenwaters Day '63; William A. Paton '12. '66H, retired professor emeritus of ac­counting and finance (U-M ). and a resi­dent of Ann Arbor, presented by Earl K.

Studt '32; Clarence B. Sabbath '37. retired deputy school superintendent at River Rouge, presented by C. Eugene Beatty '34.

The Alumni Honors Award this year was presented to Robert C . Benedict '65. commissioner of the Administration on Aging in Washington. D. C.. and a resident of Mechanicsburg. Pennsylvania . His award was presented by Hamilton.

Paul J. Eisele '68 was the recipient of the Young Alumnus Award presented by Timothy G. Quinn '69. '71. Eisele is in a corporate staff position for the Environ­mental Engineering Division of Detroit Edison, and lives in Belleville.

Honorary Alumnus Awards were pre­sented to Vernon H. Jones and John T. Lynch. Jones recently retired after 26 years of service to Eastern. having served most recently as director of pre-student teaching and admissions in the College of Educa­tion. His award was presented by C . Eugene Beatty '34. Lynch is the director of public relations at H ydra-matic Division. General Motors Corporation. Ypsilanti. and is supportive of Eastern 's students. ac­tivities and programs. His award was pre­sented by Charles M. Greig '44.

A CCEPTING THE A WA RDS-Senior offensive tackle Rollie Hansen (top) and senior defensive end-linebacker Tom Williams (bo11om right) accept their awards as Most Valuable Players for the 1 978 EMU Football team. Williams accepts the John E. Borowiec A ward as defensive M VP from the man the award is named after, John £. Borowiec (bottom left). Hansen was the recipient of the James M. "Bingo" Brown A ward as offensive M VP. The awards were made at the 16th annual EMU Football Bust held Nov. 20, 1 978 at the Plymouth Hilton.

Student A lumn i Career Rap Sessions As a pilot project. the Residence Hall Pro­gram in conjunction with the Office for Alumni Relations has sponsored two rap sessions with alumni on their prospective careers.

The first was Dennis Hertel '71. state representative from the twelfth district. who spoke to interested students on "Poli­tics as a Career " in Buell Hall.

In November. Terry Phipps '68. whose book meadow larks. j1111e bugs & dreams was nominated for Pulitzer Prize, talked with students on writing/photography as a career. Phipps is an educator in Davison. Michigan.

Any alumni who are interested in par­ticipating in this career program may con­tact the Office for Alumni Relations.

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� The 1953 ream celehrares its 25rh anniversary. From le.ft to right are: Fred Trosko. coach, Nick Manych '55. Ron Oesrrike '54. Roher! Boyd '54, Doug Wilkins '57. Barry Basel '56, Cheerleader Gennr Tarpinian Parisi '54, Vaskin Badalow '55 and Thomas Waldron '53.

Alumni Awards Announced

Seven son-; and daughter\ of Eastern A l u m n i have .rece ived re s idence ha l l awards in the amount of $850. The awards were based on high school scholar!>hip and potential at EM U .

Vicki Corey. a 1 978 graduate of Dexter H igh School. rlans to majllr in dietics at Eastern. She belongs to the N ational Honor Society. was a varsity cheerleader. pitcher on the women's <;oft ball team and H omecoming Queen at D e x t e r. H e r mother Ruth graduated from Eastern·s school of nursing in 1 978.

Ernest Ku laszewski graduated from Clarkston H igh School in 1 978. H e played golf and varsity basketball al Clarkston and was active in student government . H e

plans to major in business administration al Eastern. H i s mother Virgi nia graduated from Eastern in 1 956.

Susan Plevck. a 1 978 graduate of Wayne Mem�irial High School. plans to allend Eastern·!> school of nursing and become a registered nurse. She participated in stu­dent government at Wayne Memorial as well as track and the marching band. Her mother Joan graduated from Eastern in 1947.

Janet Stahman. another Dexter H igh graduate. will be exploring career pos­sibilities al Eastern. Sht: was on the year­book staff and a cheerleader al Dexter. Her mother .Joann is a 1 955 graduate of E M U .

Nancy Steiner i s a 1 978 grad of H u ron H igh School and rlans to major in medical technology. She wa� in student government

"Fantasia" Homecoming 1 978

Many have said it was the most exciting home-:oming in years. The parade was col­orful and had the best attend,,nee since the 50's. The Alumni Tent atmosphere was full of gaily and enthusiasm. leading up to a very extiting Huron Football game. The alumni reception following the game con­tinued the spirit of the day.

Many organizations sponsored activi1ies for their alumni 1hroughout the weekend.

What a weekend to remember!

al Huron. worked on the Homecoming committee. the yearbook and was a cheer­leader. Her mother Mary is a 1 972 F M U grad.

Susan Torp. a Mt . Clemens H igh School grad. plan� tu enroll in the pre-medicine program at Eastern in hopes of becoming a doctor. At M t. Clemen�. she was ae1ive in student government . accompanied the choir and part icipated in water ballet . Dennis Torp. Susan's father. graduated from Eastern in 1 960.

Lora W()lfe. a 1 978 grad of Brighton H igh School. plans to major in biological sci­ences at Eastern. She was a member of the National Honor Society at Brighton and an accomplished musician. Lora ·s parents. Jon and Nancy. both graduated from East­ern in 1 955 and '56.

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The /928football team was honored at Homecoming halftime ceremonies. Pictured.from left to right. are: Ralph Thayer 'JO. Duane Fanner 'JO. Leighton Boyd LeAnderson 'JO. Ray StiteJ 'JO and Earl C Van Buren 'JO.

Development Council To be Establ ished

Recognizing the need for volunteer leader­ship in Eastern's development program, the University has approved the estab­l ishment of the EMU Development Coun­cil .

C o u n c i l membersh ip wi l l i n c l u d e a l umni. friends of the University and selected U niversity staff members. The ob­jectives of the organization include the fol­lowing:

I . To carry out a program of cultivation and dissemination of information re­garding gifts and endowments for the University.

2. To direct vigorous efforts to attract pri­vate fund support for both current and long-term needs of the U n iversity.

3. To aid the volunteer workers who are serving the U niversity, to encourage the best possible leader hip among alumni and friends, and to join thei r efforts di­rectly with those of the Board of Re­gents.

4. To assure the periodic requesting of funds , from alumni. parents, friends, business and industry, and foundations.

National Accounting Firms Support U niversity

The Department of Accounting and Fi­nance continues to impress the accounting profession with both the quality of its pro­gram and the quality of its graduates.

For the past six years. Coopers and Lyb­rand have been providing the Accounting and Finance Department with " u n re­stricted" dollars to be expended for un­budgeted needs of the department. Their most recent gift was for $ 1 ,000.

Touche Ross and Company also have recognized the need to supply additional "unrestricted " dollars by giving $1,000. Touche Ross' financial support of the Uni­versity and its accounting program dates back to 1972.

Both Touche Ross and Company and Coopers Lybrand employ many Eastern graduates.

Corporate Support Program Expanded

Financial support of the corporate and business community is a vital ingredient in Eastern 's future wel l-being. Private gifts also help the U niversity in working with business and industry to achieve mutual goals and needs. Recognizing the need for this support several members of the faculty and staff have embarked upon a program of personal visits to business and industrial leaders. U niversity personnel are advising the corporate constituency of specific serv­ices and facilities available to them as well as informing them of University p lans and needs.

For the pa t three year the U niversity has honored business and industry by host­ing a special fall dinner and footbal l game. This special fall weekend program is an expression of the University's appreciation for past support and for the h i ri ng of U ni­versity graduates.

The Annua l Fund -Alumn i Help ing Eastern

As we were nearing the publication date for this issue of Eastern , the 1978 Annual Fund year was drawing to a c lose. By al l indications the goal of raising $200,000 from 12 percent of the alu mni was going to be achieved.

"We are very pleased with the private support Eastern has received from its alumni and friends," said Gary Hawks. Eastern Mi'c higan 's vice-president for U niversity Relations. "Although total gifts for 1978 have not been tabulated. we are anticipating a very successful year. l n al l probability it will be the fourth year in a row that new giving records have been estab­l ished. In 1978, Eastern's objectives were to increase the amount of unrestricted gift support, and it appears this goal will be rea l ized a l so." According to Hawks . "Eastern has many needs that just cannot be met through the General Fund budget. Private support helps provide that all im­portant margin of excel lence."

Faculty and Staff Support Eastern With G ifts

As this publication went to press. plans were underway for Eastern's All-Campus Campaign . The campaign is directed to al l ful l time employees and solicits their finan­cial support of the University.

Last year was the first time for an al l campus program and I IO members of the campus family contributed more than $8,000 to the University through payrol l deduction and cash gifts. Gifts ranged from $5 to over $ 1 ,000 and, for the mo t part . were designated for unrestricted support of selected U niversity departments.

Co-chairpersons of this year's campaign incl ude: Dr. Ronald Collins, acting head of the Department of Chemistry. who serves as facu l ty co-c hairman ; Lee Hancock. coordinator of divisional programming for U niversity Computing, who is responsible for soliciting administrative. professional and technical per onnel; Cathy Krause, account specialist, of the Administrative Accounting Department, clerical staff co­chairperson; and Doug Oakes, bus driver, who will solicit both the physical plant and food service employees.

Parents' Fund Establ ished

In conjunction with the EMU Parents' As­sociation . the Office of Development has recently embarked on a new venture -ecuring private support from the parents

of Eastern 's students. I n April of this year. the Parents' Coun­

cil. the governing body of the EMU Par­ents' Association. established a Parents' Fund to offer additional private support to Eastern 's educational programs.

The first appeal for support went out in October. "We real ly don't know what to expect from our first effort." say Margaret and Jim Bel l , chaircouple of the Parent's Association, "The program is new, but it has been proven successfu l at many other colleges and universities. We are sure as time goes on the Parent's Fund will estab­l ish itself as a viable and important source of additional revenue."

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Stained Glass Window Donated

Marty and Hendrik Overkleeft. Dutch immigrants who left the Netherlands in 1956 and who have been employed by Eastern for more than 20 years. have in the words of Marty. ''decided to give Eastern a thank you present for helping us . All of us work here. my husband. my on, and I . "

Handmade in Rotterdam. the 45 inch leaded and stained glass window was speci­fically designed and built to fit into a win­dow of a dormitory at the U niversity's Kresge Environmental Education Center at Fish Lake.

Hendrik Overkleeft ha worked at East­ern for 2 1 years as a cu todial supervisor in the Physical Plant. Marty Overkleeft works as a supervisor in the H ideway Snack Bar located in the Phelps-Sellers dorm complex. She has worked at Eastern 20 year . Their son. Hendrik. J r. is em­ployed as a shuttle bus driver.

Chevrolet Honors George Gervin

During 1978. Ea tern Michigan received two gifts totaling $ 6.000 from the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motor Cor­poration. The gifts are the result of Chev­rolet's program to honor profe sional athletes· outstanding play in the National Basketball Association.

On April 16. George Gervin. former Eastern ba ketball player now with the San Antonio Spurs. was named the Most Valu­able Player in the televised game between Washington and San Antonio. At that time. Eastern received a $ 1 .000 gift for the Uni­versity's General Scholarship Fund.

Following the close of the season Chev­rolet again honored George by naming him NBA Player of the Year for 1978. As a result of this honor. the University received $5.000 for the General Scholar hip Fund.

Huron and Booster Clubs Provide The Winning Margin

Thanks to the generosity and support of Ea tern's many alumni and friend , our in­tercollegiate athletic program is a winner in many ways.

Private support generated by the Huron and Booster Clubs is currently ahead of last year's total. As in the past. much of the credit for the Clubs' success goes to the many volunteer who have per anally sol­icited support from alumni and friends. In addition. many past contributors have in­creased their level of giving.

According to Alex Agase. Ea ·tern's di­rector of athletics. "The financial support the intercollegiate athletic program re­ceives from our alumni and friends has a definite impact on the quality and succe s of our programs and is greatly appreciated. We take great pride in the fact that giving has continued to increase over the past few years.

Students to Assist U n iversity Advancement Programs

The n i ve rsi ty is i n the process of develop­i ng a p lan to fam i l iar ize and i nvolve stu­dents i n the U n i ver i t y 's advancement program . I t i n volves t he creat ion of a Stu­dent Foundat ion which w i l l be an organiza­t ion of s tudent l eaders who w i l l comple­ment t he effort s of t he Di v i sion of 11 1ver­s i ty Re lat ions in development . a l umn i rela­t ion . com mun i ty re lat ion . and pub l ic af­fa i rs .

A t i metable i s being developed to phase in t h e d i fferent areas of S tudent Founda­t ion invo lvemen t . The first area w i l l be t he de elopment area and t he p lann ing for and p ro m o t i o n of t h e h i g h l y s u c c e s s fu l

t udent-A l umn i Phonathon . Later. the or­ganizat ion w i l l be expanded to g ive t u ­den t s an opport un i ty to broaden t he i r ex ­perience i n support of other U n ivers i ty ad­vancement programs .

Companies Do nate Eq u ipment

Through t he generos i ty of John C lose . president of C lose . I nc . . P lymou t h . the Depart ment of I ndustr ia l Technology and I ndustr ia l Educat ion wa able to purcha e a hydrau l i cs trainer at ha lf it cos t . M r. C lose made a g ift of $5.670 to he lp t he U n i ver i t y purchase the equ ipment va l ued at $ 1 1 . 340. In mak ing the gift M r. lose sai d . " I am pleased to make t h i donat ion to Eastern M ich igan U niver i t y for t he ad­vancement of technology. ··

Another gift of equ i pment was a fork l i ft truck ( H i Lo) g iven t o the U n ivers i ty by the H ydra-mat ic D iv i s ion of Genera l Motors . I n presen t i ng the g ift George G riffi t h . gen­eral manager of t he D iv is ion . sa i d . " We are happy to make t h i s gift to replace obsolete equ ipment used at Bowen Fie ld H ouse . " T h e equ ipment i s v i ta l to t h e da i ly plant opera t ion and i s u sed con tant ly i n set t i ng up the phy ica l fac i l i t ies essent ia l to meet t he d i verse needs of the Depart ment of I n­tercol legiate A th l e t i cs · and other s tudent programs .

Coming Soon -To a Phone Near You

The Studen t -A lumn i Phonathon wi l l soon begin i t . t h i rd year i n what i s fast becoming one of t he mos t popu­lar events on campus .

Th i . year 's Phonathon wi l l be a 24 night extravaganza scheduled to take place from February 26 to March 29. By the t ime the program i s over. more than 500 E M U students wi l l have cal led nearly 20.000 Eastern a l umn i .

Serv i ng a s t he cha irperson for t he Phonathon i s J i m M erri l l . a Detroi t senior who worked as a cal ler last year. A n ne Karo la k . a Dearborn H e i g h t s s o p h o m o re . i s v i c e ­chai rperson. J i m and Anne w i l l be responsib le for recru i t i ng other s tu­dents to serv e i n leadership posi t ions d u ri ng t h e P h on a t hon . c h a i r a l l Phonathon meet i ngs and act a s the spokespersons for the event .

" L a s t y e a r ' s S t u d e n t - A l u m n i Phona thon was a great success . ..

says J i m . "bu t I ' m sure w i th the con­t i nued support of our a lumn i and stu­dents . we can do bet ter. When you are cal led . p lease say · yes ' and make a pledge to Eastern M ich igan U ni­ve rs i t y. You r su pport w i l l be ap­preciated and wi l l he lp Eastern main­ta in the qual i t y of educat ion you re­ceived . "

M accabees Gives Scholarsh ip Su pport

I n 1 977 Maccabees Mu t ual L i fe I n u rance C o m p a n y e s t a b l i h e d a f i v e - y e a r scholarsh ip for out · tanding scholar i n t he j u n i o r o r e n i o r l a s s . E a c h y e a r a scholarsh ip is awarded to a Mich igan re · i ­dent and i not restr icted to any d i sc ip l i ne or s tudy area.

Last year t he $ 1 .000 cholarsh ip was awarded to Thomas Emerick of Carle ton . a major in accou nt ing . who carried a 3 . 58 grade poi nt average .

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Hart's Depth a Key To Huron

Season

Ment ion a starting l i neup to Eastern's th ird-year women's head basketball coach Kathy Hart and you w i l l usual ly get a small scowl in return.

This is not without good reason. how­ever.

"There is a great need for more than five players as far as I can sec. I n looking over our games from last year you'd notice that when we won it was with a total team effort and with at least five players with 1 0 points or above." Hart said .

Hart is not overly concerned with who starts but rather with the qua l i ty and number of minutes played.

" I don't put a heavy emphasis or strain on any particular people to perform ex­tremely well on every single occassion. Sometimes I wait unt i l warmups to decide who looks good or 1 · 1 1 watch their concen­tration levels in the first f'cw minutes to see if it's there. If it's not I ' l l put in someone else who wi l l concentrate. We wi l l use our bench . .. the Wayne State graduate as­serted.

There is not a talent shortage on this year's edition of the Green and White and thus Hart will be able to shuttle the players in and out of the l ineup with no marked loss of efficiency.

Senior 5-foot-8 inch guard Donna Tr·avis is the Hurons top scoring threat as her 1 5 . 5 per game average of last year indicates.

Newcomer Laurie Byrd brings some firepower to the guard slot with her 28-points per game average and 1 .000 point career at Fl int-Hamady high school.

Jeanne Weist and Deborah Mu l lice also return to the guard corps.

Another top freshman is Denise Al len. a heady ballhandling and passing guard.

Denise Woods. a 5-8 senior forward. can also play center for Hart. She scored at a 10.3 per game c l ip a year ago along with pull ing down a team leading 7 .6 rebounds a game.

Sheryl Mu l l ice. the team's most im­proved player of the year honoree at the end of last season. i s a good shooter (9.3

ppg) and reboundcr(6.5 rpgl l'rom thc other forward spot.

J ulie Anderson. a fine defensive player and a 5 . 8 per game scorer. will aho �ee plenty of action up front .

Newcomers at the forward posts include Joy Ganze!. a rebounder. and the scrappy Loi Atcher. Atcher is a real digger and an asset to any pressing style of defense em­ployed.

Cathy Sholes. who shined as a freshman last year. wil l again see a lot of duty in the middle. She is expected to get the bal l of

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the boards to help start the fast break. Sholes chipped in 5 .3 points per game on offense and should improve.

Senior Betty Raab. a forward . and leri Block . a sophomore forward . add even further depth to the mixture .

Paulette Holloway rnuld yet provide the Hurons with the tallest player in their his-

tory at 6-foot-3 inches. She cuuld help up front .

With this depth and versati l ity Hart wi l l press on defense whenever the opportunity dictates. On of

fense the H uron� will try

and fast break. If that is choked off they wi l l go from a set 2- 1 -2 stack offense with Donna Travis doing the bulk of the ball­handl ing and playmaking at the point . Sholes and Wood� wi l l p lay underneath in the double low post.

Hart sees the learn as having a successful �ea son although she won't go as far as mak­ing any predictions.

" We have a m uch more competit ive schedule this year. one that wi l l involve more than 3 .000 miles of travel. I look for us to be strong. with the talent we have there's a chance that we could beat Michi­gan State this year. We wil l never take a state title unti l we do . ..

Men's Basketball Prospects Good

I f the Eastern M ichigan men's basketball team makes as much i mprovement i n 1 978-7 9 a s i t did last year the H uron wi l l enjoy a f ine year.

H ead coach Ray Scott guided the H uron basketball squad to an 1 1 - 1 6 overall record i n 1 977-78 but more i mportantly the Green and Whi te fin i shed 6th in the J O-team M id-American Conference race with a 7-9 league mark . That record was a big im­provement over an 8- 1 9 overall and 4- 1 2 MAC record i n 1 976-77 when the H urons t ied for eighth , Scott's first year at the helm.

Thi i s Scott's th ird year in the rebui lding program and the prospects look good for another big improvement.

" We made some tremendous strides in the program last year and i f we play with the i ntensity and desire that we showed at t imes last year we can be very competit ive in 1 978-79, " Scott said . " I felt overall that we showed some defin i te signs of being a very good team last year but we didn ' t sus­tain that improvement . That 's something we ' l l work on thi year. We want to be in the MAC race all the way this season and that will be our goal .

Scott, the National Basketball Associa­t ion's "Coach of the Year" in 1 973-74, has nine lettermen returning from last year's team and that nucleus should help the H u­rons improve .

One of the keys t o the accomplishment of that goal i s 6-foot-5 senior forward Gary Green. Green, the captain of this year's squad , averaged 1 5 . 7 ppg and 7 . 9 rpg last year to rank eighth in both categories i n the final MAC tatist ics l i s t .

Green was named to the M AC honora­ble mention l ist as he compiled a 1 7 .6 point average and an 8.6 rebound average in 1 6 league games last season .

Jo in ing Green on the 1 978-79 Huron c lub wi l l be e ight other returning lettermen , three top freshman recruits and a highly talented junior college transfer.

The transfer is a 6-7, 200- lb . forward fro m Ar izona Western named Ke l v i n Blake ly. A former a l l -c i ty player from South H igh School i n Brookl yn , N . Y. , Blakely was Arizona Western 's M V P in each of h i s two seasons there . Team marks of 29-6 and 27-7- were largely a byproduct of Blakely's 23 .5 and 24.9 ppg figures . I n addi­t ion he averaged 1 3 rebounds and five as­sists per game each season there and was named jun ior college second team Al l -American.

Scott thinks high ly of the all-conference and all-region player. " H e wil l help us . H e i s very definitely a good player. "

I n addit ion t o G reen the other returning starters are 5- 10 playmaki ng guard Hank Wiggins (7 . 3 ppg, 1 53 assists) and sopho­more lim Bracey who hopes to improve on his 6 . 2 ppg average of last year.

Senior guard Ton y Jami on (9 .8 ppg) i s over the ailments that hampered h im in 1 977-78 and w i l l contribute. H e w i l l join guard Bennette Gay (4 .4 ppg) and Jerome Wi l l iams ( 2 . 7 ppg) ; forwards Kelv in J ustice ( I . 3 ppg) , Aaron Fowler (3 . 8 ppg) and G reg Floyd (5 .0 ppg) ; and center Dan Smith ( 3 . 9 ppg) a s the top returning lettermen t o the l i neup .

Three sophomores wi l l a l so a id the cause , M ichael Applebet, Jack Brusewitz and Pat M il ler aw l itt le game action last year but will be counted on to provide some front court depth.

MAC Basketbal l on TV

On January 6, 1 979, a M id-American Conference television network became a reality.

On that date, the M iami Redsk ins visited the Central M ichigan Chippewas in the first game of a n ine game package carried over a four state, 23 station public television hookup.

The games start at noon ( EST) on Saturdays and run consecutively to Saturday, March 3, 1 979. All games are broadcast l ive and i n color and feature the latest in broadcast mechanics. Such devices as instant replay, slow motion and postgame wrap-ups are a part of every production.

Dave Di les, nationally known ABC-TY sports announcer, does the play-by-play and Bill L inson, MAC I nformation Director, handles the color.

The recognition the MAC will receive from the coverage is expected to be valuable in the recruitment of students and student athletes.

Eastern wil l be on the tube twice under the broadcast schedule. A game at Ohio University was televised on January 1 3 and the February 10 game at orthern I l l inois will be broadcast.

The appointment of Robert Lor· ma11d '67 as branch chief of the Solar Energy I nformation Center. has been anounced by the I nfor­mation Systems Division of the Solar Energy Research In titute (SER I). Lormand joined SERI after spending nine years at the University of California's Lawr­e n c e L i v e rmore Laboratory. Livermore. Cal. . where he was head of I nformation Precessing.

A native of Syracuse. N . Y.. Lormand graduated from Eastern Michigan with a B.S . degree in mathematics. In his new position. he will be responsible for collect­ing all information available on solar and all support disciplines. 'This will be the national l ibrary for solar energy,"' Lormand said. " O u r goa l s , for t h e next 1 2 months. are t o acquire at least 50.000 volumes of books and jour­nals. and to build a data bank of 20.000 searchable records by au­thors. titles and subjects .. , The li­brary is located on the SERI cam­pus in Golden. Colo. SERI is the nation·s leading institute for solar energy research. development and demonstration.

1 940·1949 Barbara E. Forker '42 was :,,. awarded the title of distinguished professorship in Education at Iowa State University. She has been head of the department of physical education since 1974. and a member of the faculty since 1948. Por 16 years. she was head of women·s physical education. A member of the President's Commission on Olympic Sports. she is a Fellow of the American Academy of Physical Education and Recreation (AA H PER). Students elected her professor of the year in the department and she received a Faculty Citation. In 1971 . she received an Honor Award from the AAH PER.

Dean Howe, a 1964 graduate of Eastern and a member of the Flint Journal sports staff for more than 13 years. has been named assistant sports editor. He wi l l assist in the operation of an eight member sports department while continu­ing with regular reporting assign­ments.

Howe joined the Jot1m11/ in 1965 and ha� covered several major as­sign m.:nts since then. Three years ago he began a new assignment. keeping track of the many Flint area high school graduates who continue in college athletics. He has reported on B ig Ten basketball regu lar ly s i n1.:e 1 975 and i s a member of the M id -American Conference News Media Associa­tion.

While reporting on the Flint public schools and the Saginaw Valley Conference. he was panel chairman of the Associated Press football and basketball polls from 1969- 1974 and a member of the A P all-state board i n football. basket­ball and baseball.

Howe is a native of Peoria. I l l . . but moved t o Ypsilanti i n 1948. He g radua ted from Yp s i l a n t i Roosevelt High School i n 1959. earning a scholastic award for writ­ing. He was employed by the Yp­s i lami Press before joining the Flint ./1111mal staff.

Tim Ehlen '78 will pend most of next year sailing around the world on a Spanish ship to commemorate 1he historic voyage of Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan.

Ehlen. who plans to write a book and illustrated articles about the voyage, left Cadiz. Spain on Nov. I . 1978. After stops in Rio de Janeiro. Acapulco. Honol u l u . Manila. Singapore and eight other cities. the ship wi l l return to Cadiz in August. 1979.

The 400-foot schooner. the Juan Sebastian de Elcano. was named for a Spanish captain who com­pleted the first worldwide cruise in 1522. After Magellan was killed in the Phi l l ippines. Captain Elcano took command and returned with 17 survivors after completing the voyage.

Ehlen first sailed on the Ekano d u ri ng the B icen tenn ia l · · tal l ships'· parade in New York Har­bor. H e majored in Engl ish al Eastern. was active i n Forensics. and has been a contributing writer for £1w,·m Magazine. Ehlen is on leave from his job at an advertising agency.

Joh11 Calki11s ·43 was elected president of Michigan Outdoors Writers Association at the group·s 1978 annual meeting. He has been a board member of MOWA for a number of vears and served as MOWA"s treasurer for 12 year�.

1 950-1959 Jack D. Mi11zey ·so. director of the Center for Community Education at Eastern Michigan Universi ty. has been appointed head of the Department of Educational Leadership at Eastern. H c has been a member of the educational leadership faculty at Eastern since 1968 and head of the Community Education Center since 1969. He also served for a year as acting dean of the College or Education.

;., Sally Yo1111g '72. a communications major at Eastern. has moved to the Public Relations Department of the American Broadcasting Com­pany (A BC) . the number one net­work in the country. She moved to A BC from her job with Norman Lear's Tandem Production as as­sistant to the producer. which. i n the production industry. is known as the "script girl.·· As script girl with Lear. Young was respun�ible for t he cast knowing their l ines. the timing of the show and public rela­tions. Young had the dubious dis­tinction of eventually cancelling every show she worked on at Tan­dem. Included on that list are " Maude . .

. "The Nancy Walker

Show." "Airs Fair.·· and .. Mary Hartman.··

Young·s new position at A BC i� in the Special Projects division of the Public Relations Department which handle5 promotion of ABC specials (such as .. Roots . . , and the 0:,car�). celebrity personal ap­pearan1.:es around the country and on Johnny Carson. Merv Griffin. etc. and new season kickoffs.

• Laura �ford Billi11gsley · 5 1 has recently announced the publication of her book entitled Animal Antics. written for pre-school to first grade reading vocabularies.

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Stuart W. Anderson ·s I . member of the Board of Directors of the E M U Alumni Associat ion . founder of the E M U C hapter of Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity ( Founded Yale U ni versi ty i n 1 845 ) . ha s been elected Director of the Organizat ional Commit tee of the N ewsletter Association of A lpha Sigma Ph i . He has funded the Anderson-A lpha Sigma Phi Scholarship to be awarded again th i s year through Eastern

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Michigan U nivers i ty. Angelo G. Batsakis · 52 has been appointed superintendent of schools in Dearborn H eights No. 7 Distr ic t .

Dr. Glenn A . Goerke M A '55 . former v ice-president for communi ty affa i rs at F lorida I nternational Un i vers i ty. has been named dean of the Div is ion of Un ivcrsi t v Ex tension at the Un i versity of Rhode I sland. At t he Un i versi ty of Rhode I sland . Dr. Goerke wi l l be leading the nat ion· seventh largest continu ing education program.

Loct i te Corporation has announced the promotion of John J. Maenza ·55 to President and Ch ief Operat i ng Officer of the Perrnatex Div ision of Woodh i l l Permatex . M aenza also holds the posit ion of execut ive vice-president of Woodh i l l Permatex .

John V. Koczma11 ·57 was appointd as superintendent of the Shepherd Publ ic Schools . Prior to t h i s appointment . he was superintendent of the Durand School syste m . a posit ion he ha held for the past e leven years .

.. A M V ETS . the American Veterans of World War 1 1 . Korea and Viet Nam. honored Richard G. Bucksar " 58 . M A '60. M A '69. Sp . · 70 recent ly a t the i r annua l convention by awarding him the A M V ETS highest award . the " Si l ver Helmet Award . " He received the nomination for the Americanism Award. Bucksar is curren t ly teach ing at Bay de Noc Communi ty Col lege i n Escanaba.

Dr. Donald G. Butcher MA '58 . Lake Superior State Col lege academic vice-presiden t . was named president of the 3 .000-student Agricu l tural and Tec hnical Col lege in Morri sv i l l e . N . Y.

Roy Parmelee · 59 has compiled a 257 won. 67 lost ( . 799 pct . ) record the past 1 2 years a s a high school head basketball coach i n Pennsylvania and Oh io . S ince 1 965 . h i s teams have won ten league t i t les .

Dr. Marilyn Kay Stickle ·59 is the coordi nator of the Resource Center for Publ ic School Services. and was also promoted to professor of elementary education at Bal l State Un ivers i ty. M uncie . I nd .

1 960-1 969 Rev. Myra Lee Sparks '60 has been elected to the Deacon's Orders and received as a local pastor member of the Detroit Annual Conference of The Un i ted Methodist Church .

David Wood ' 60 wa appointed superintendent of the Warren Woods School Distr ic t . H e had been superintendent of the Moon Arca School Distr ict . Coraopol i s . Pa . . for the past five and one-half years and served as superintendent of the Yps i lant i L incoln Consol idated Schools for four and one-half years prior to going to Pennsylvania.

James C. Handy, Ill '6 1 has been promoted to v ice-president of the Nat ional Bank and Trust Company of Ann Arbor. He wi l l assume responsibi l i t y a, head of the bank's Mortgage Div is ion . H e joi ned the Nat ional Bank in 1 963 and has been branch manager of the bank's Westgate and Campus Office;, prior to h is recent assignment as manager of the new H u ron River Drive Office.

John C. Kubiak "6 1 has been named manager of Education and Development for Dow Corning Corporat ion . He wil l have respons ib i l i ty for the developmen t . implementation and coord inat ion of Do,1, Corning's educat ion . tra ining and deveropment act iv i t ies .

Columbia Col lege is pleased to announce the recent appoi ntment of Dr. Bernard S. Sadowski '6 1 as Director of the Seat t le Campus. Sadowski ' s doctoral degree in educational gerontology. a warded by the U nivers i ty of Wa;,hi ngton. examined psychosocial correlate, of the educational needs of senior c i t i zens . He spent th i s past summer as a gerontology fel low in t he Administ rat ion of Aging office in Seat t le .

Dr. Richard W. Thiede "6 1 has been appointed assistant professor of communicat ion arts at The Defiance Col lege i n Defiance. Ohio. Dr. Thiede taught h igh school in Batt le C reek . Sout hgate . Detroi t . and Livonia for n i ne years and instructed col lege i n M i ssou ri . I l l ino is . M ich igan. I owa. and N ebraska prior to joining The Defiance Col lege .

.. Valerie Leverton Becker '63 wi l l assume the dut ies of pri ncipa l of Fuerbri nger E lementary Schoo l . Sag inaw. M ich . She began her experience wi th the Saginaw Public Schools i t� 1 958 as a subst i tu te teacher. She also taught at Jones Elementary

chool . H andley Elcmer , :�ry. Kempton Elementary and H e,·ir E lementary before transferring to Fuerbri nger School in 1 964 as a k indergarten teacher. She has received numerous honors at both t he national and local level inl" iuding .. Teacher of the Year

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William Harvey M A '63 has been appointed superintendent of the Cherry Hi l l chool Dis trict . He has been a member of the Cherry H i l l staf

f s ince 1 960.

\\ here he began a� a classroom teacher in the jun ior high schoo l . He has served as assistant princ ipal i n the C herry H i l l H igh Schoo l . jun ior h igh school principal and for the past t h i rteen years a� a�,istant superintendent i n ,harge or personnel and fi nance.

Jerome D. Peterson '63 was appoi n ted assistant principal at Trenton H igh School . Ho· ha� been act ing assi stant principal during the 1 977-78 school year. He was a teacher at Trenton H igh from 1 958 to 1 966. a rnunselor from 1 966 to 1 977 and served as admin i strat ive in tern during 1 974 and 1 975 prior to being named act ing a�sistant pri nc ipal .

Louis C. Williams. Jr. '63 . consul tant at Towers . Perri n . Forster & C ro�by. Los Angele� . has been cert ified as an accredited communicator by 1 he I nternational Association of Bus i ness Communicators ( I A BC ) . He current ly is execut ive v ice-president or ! A BC and wi l l automat ical l y assume the po t o f presidency next year.

Warren C. Andrews M A ·64 was appointed as a��istant to the supcrinrencknt of Wyandotte Schools. Sinct: 1976. he ha, been group director. pcn,onnel and labor relations for the B,·nton Harbor Arca Schools. From 1971 to 1976. he was director of personnel and labor rcla!it>ns for tht: Sault Ste. Marie Arc.i Schools. Betwe,·n 1 966 and 1 97 1 . h c was superintendent 11f the Three River, Public S<:110ols.

Ronald /<.'. Cowden '66 is the ne" principal 1lf' Manistee H igh Schnnl. H e ,,a, prim:ipal at Lnwell Junit>r High in Livonia. He has been elementary teacher and prim:ip:il. as,i,tant high �chonl principal. �tudt:nl al'tivitic, tlin:ctor and a��i�tant lO the superintendent.

Captain Brian R. Fullerton '66 is a nH.:mber t>f th.: fighter squadron which recently won th,· U .S . Air Forces in t::urnp.: Command.:r in Chief ·n-llphy. Milo Kar/111 MA '66 was appointed assistant principal of Rcdf(>rd Union High School. H e is a Redford Union High School graduate and has been a high �chool counscl11r for ten year, and a Redford Union teacher sirn:e 1960.

Lou J. Piotrowski MA '66 ha, been promoted ro associatc professor llf adult and community edu.:atiun al Ball State University. Muncie. I nd. Dr. Piotrowski taught previously at Albion and Grand Blanc Publit: Schools. He also worked at the University of Michigan.

Ralph J. Scheffler SP '66. principal of Kirk Elementary St:hool in Mi l l ington. has been named prim:ipal of Mil lington High School. He has been principal nf Kirk Flcmentary f(>r the past six years and was formerly principal of Shields Fk,rn:ntary in the $\\'an Valley S.:hool District.

Francis M. Wilson '66 has been promoted w major in the U . S . A i r Fmcc. Major Wrlst>n. an ,1d111 ini�trativc managcmi:nl otlkcr. is as�igned I; Andrews AFB. Md .. with a unit nr the Air Force Systc·m, Command.

Da,,id Andrell'S '67 is manal!cr of Detwit 13ank & lh1st Co. 's !=dison Plaza branch in Detroit. Hc joined the hank in 1%� in its administrative· training program and was a�,istanl manager at several brant:hes before hi, new prt>motion.

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The University of Oklahoma has appointed William R. Audas M A '67 t o the PllSiti(>n (>f diret:ror or Carec:r Planning and Pl111.:ement Services. Audas formerly served eight ycars as the Associalt' Director or Career 'Planning aml Placement at the University of Michigan and also was assi�tant mamu?er or McKennv Hall on Ea�tern's campus. A·uda, is noted for his creativity in program areas. staff development and for engineering one of the outstanding career planning and placement facilities in the United States.

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named a career rcpre�cntative ur the Chicag1>/Bitter general agency of National Life I nsurnncc Company of Vermont. Piror lo joining National Life of Vermont. Heron had been pastor of the Garfield Baptist Church in Mt. Clemens. Michigan. Previllusly. he had been employed by the Chrysler Cnrp. in Detroit and by the Wayne County Child Development Center as a special education autt, mechanic� teacher. He abo served a� visitation mini,ter at the Redeemer Baptist Church in Warren. from 1967-1 969.

Shelby B. Claibome MA '68 has rcccntly accep1ctl a new position at the Columbia Bible College in Columbia. South Carolina.

A 11g11sti11 K. Dupont '6R has been named as the new city m.inager for St. Louis. H e comes to St. Louis from Lake Orion. where hl· has ·crved as city manager since March 197:- . Prior to his position at l .akc Orion. he wa� an administrative assisrnnt i n New Baltimllrc. and before that. he served as a purchasing agem f'or the city of Westland.

Victor T. Miller '68 has been .ippointed by the Southfield City C\luncil for three and one-half vcar term to the Southfield T1>tal Living Commission. H e is an attorney who is serving as legal n>unsel and senior vice-president in charge ni' mortgage lending for a savings a�sociation.

Joh11 D. Sloane '68 has b.:cn chosen assistant superintendent fur bu�in.:�s of Durand Schools. His wifc. Darlene Kollins. MA ·77. is the dire,·tor of Ross Medical Education in Livt,nia.

Lt. James H'. Crattford '69 has been selected as the instructor of th.: quarter for H d irnpter Antisubmarine Squadron 30 based at Naval Air Station. N orfolk. Va. He was cited for hi, outstanding performance of duty. prnticiency. leadership. initiativc and mil i tary bearing.

A Lynn Babt·11ck M A '69. SPA ·78 has taken the position of principal at Centreville Elememary School in Centreville. Previous to this assignment. she taught in Dearb(>rn Heights and 1'1,r the Department of Defense Overseas School� in Germany and the Philippines.

Richard J. Grunow '69 has been appointed district manager of the new Wo111c11i'.1· Day magazine sales otlicc in Detn.)il. He prcviou�ly has bccn cmploycd by the Woll St,:,•c•r Jo11m1il and i::.,quin· magazine.

James D. Hogle '69 has bc•cn appointed to Acroquip Corporation ·s Industrial Division �aks tcrritory in West Texa� and Southern New Mexico. H e began his Aero4uip career in 1 966 as a pricing analyst and was named pricing supervisor in 1967. He "as promoted to pricing and gt'neral office administrator in 1974.

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Capt. Richard B. Cole '70 re,·cntly assumed command of Company C. 4th Battalion of the 73rd Armor in Boblingen. Germany. Cole entered the Army in August 1970.

Douglas S. McCall MA ·70 ha� been appointed the new Allegan H igh School principal. Prior to this appointment. he was assistant principal of Livonia High School.

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A Phyllis Burton ' 70 has been appointed the pri ncipal of Edi th Bai l l ie Elementary School in Sagi naw. She began her teach ing career in the Saginaw Schools a a teacher of special education at South I n termediate School in 1 976. She a l so served as a pec ial education teacher i n

I nkster. For three years . s he was an academic adviser at Central Mich igan U niversi ty. Mount Pleasant and for one year she was a special education-learning disabi l i ty teacher i n the F l i nt Communi ty Schools .

Howard Roberts MA "70. employee of t he H i l l sdale Tool Manufactu ring Co .. was h ired as the K-through-grade ix elementary principal by the Gal ien Township School Board . He was previously a principal for s ix year in several different school systems . He i s return ing to the educational field after leaving it in 1 976. Roberts' position will also i nc lude bei ng d irector of the reimbursable program.

Ba l l State U niversi ty. M uncie. I net . . has recent ly promoted Peter J. Murk M A ' 7 1 to associate professor of cont inu ing educat ion. Dr. Murk joi ned Ball State in 1 973 . coming from M ich igan State U niversi ty. He also taught in Se lby Communi ty School and Central H igh School i n Fl int . Dr. M urk was winner of the 1 977 Creat ive Programming Award given annual ly by the N at ional Un i versity Extension A sociat ion . an award given for the development of a three-year Academy for Communi ty Leadersh ip sponsored by the Muncie Delaware County Chamber of Commerce.

The J. L. H udson Co. has announced the promotion of Thomas Paup ·7 1 to manager of Warren Systems. He joined H udson's i n 1 974 as a fi nancial analyst i n the profit anal ys is department .

Harold D. Sterling, Jr. · 7 1 was awarded a D . P. M . ( Doctor of Podiatric Medic ine degree at commencement exercises at the I l l i nois Col lege of Podiatric Medicine in Chicago.

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Clifford Larkins ' 7 1 is now an as istant professor of physical education at Ol ivet Col lege in Ol ivet . Mich igan . He i s also head track and cross country coach at Ol ivet .

Edward F. Swinkey ' 7 1 graduated from Thomas M . Cooley Law Schoo l . Lansing.

Northwestern Michigan Col lege trustees have approved the appointment of Wallace E. Weir · 7 1 to direct the new Center for Cont inu ing Education at the col lege . Prior to th i s appoi ntment . he worked for H onda Motor Co. in Cal ifornia as a sales admin istration manager in the parts div is ion.

Robert L. Buhl '72 has been named regional manager of Circ le Air Freight in Romulus . H e wi l l be responsible for the company's busine s in M ich igan, Ohio. Kentucky. Tennessee and parts of Pennsylvania and

anada.

Andrew J. Chapelle · 12 . i nformation specia l i st i n t he Office of I nformation Serv ices a t Eastern Mich igan U nivers i ty. was promoted to assistant news edi tor. He was employed as an i nformation special ist for the Detroit Osteopathic H ospital Corporation prior to joining the I nformation Serv ices staf

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Eastern in 1 977.

David Coplai '72 has been named v ice-president of market ing at Sandy Corporat ion . Southfield. Formerly an account upervisor in the same area. he will now manage Sandy"s Canadian and overseas accounts .

Mike Guider '72 i s the new manager of the Tyrone H i l l s c lubhouse. For the las t four years. he has been manager of the Ann Arbor Town Club . Prior to that . he was assistant manager of the Washtenaw Country C lub i n Ann Arbor.

Roger LaForest '72 . cost analyst at the Tilden M ine. has been named supervi sor-general account ing. He is a C PA and was a staff accountant with an area account ing firm prior to joi n i ng Cleveland-Cl iffs I ron Co. in 1 974 .

A Rev. William J. Dykstra M A '72 . pastor of the Jackson C hrist ian Reformed C h urch . has resigned to become a c haplain at Sout hern M ichigan Prison. He has pastored the Christ ian Reformed Church since J u l y. 1 968. During the last five years. he was involved in group and i nd iv idual counse l i ng at SM P. H i s new post at the prison is in the new north complex . H e wi l l be responsible for coord inating al l re l igious act iv i t ies . counsel ing. conduct ing re l igious services and worki ng w ith l ocal re l igious groups. Bruce R. MacDonald ' 72 has been appointed superintendent of the Palo Publ ic Schools. He has been teach ing fifth and s ix th grades i n Eaton Rapids for the past s ix years.

Robert Ritz MA ·72 has been chosen as the new Sand Creek H igh School pri ncipal . He began h is educational career with the Sand Creek Communi ty Schools as an Engl ish and speech teacher and baseball coac h . He was formerly employed by the Bedford Publ ic Schools as a teacher. coach and director of high school act iv i t ies. M ost recent ly. he has served as the assistant pri ncipa l at Pennfield H igh School.

Robert E. Thayer MA ' 72 , A d irector of accounti ng at Eastern Mich igan U ni vers i ty. was named U ni versi t y control ler by the E M U Board of Regents . Thayer has been a member of the staff at Eastern since 1 967. Previous! y. he spent ten years with a C PA firm in Yps i lant i .

Dr. Andrew R. Barnowsky '73 rece ived the Doctor of Osteopathy degree last week duri ng commencement exercises at K i rksv i l le Col lege of Osteopathic Medic ine in M i ssouri . H av i ng completed four years of professional study i n medic ine . he wi l l enter an i nternship at R i verside Osteopath ic H ospital in Trenton.

Clifford A. Brown '73. a cert ified publ ic accountant . has been promoted to audi t manager by the Arthur Young account ing firm of Detro i t .

M i chigan State Pol ice Trooper Bonnie Craig '73 has recently been assigned to the state police post in Flat Rock from the Detroit Freeway Post. M iss Craig started with the State Pol ice i n 1 974 and served at Bay C i t y unti l her transfer to Detro i t .

Thomas Christopher Crosse11 ' 73 has been appoi nted to the management development program of El tra Corporat ion. He wi l l be placed for s ix to 18 months in various market ing assignments wi th in several d i visions of E l tra . I ni t ia l ly. he will be a market analyst i n the wholesale battery sales department .

Carol Jean Gilbert · 73 received a master of arts degree i n East/West psychology from the Cal iforn ia I nst i tute of Asian Studies in San Francisco. Cal if. She is present ly employed by Wel l s Fargo Bank World Headquarters in San Francisco as a tra in ing coordi nator for the admini strat ing management development programs. teaching superv i sory and communications courses and doi ng technical writ i ng . She is also a fami l y p lanning counselor in private pract ice . She plans to conti nue her studies at the institute in the fa l l as a doctoral student in c l i nical psychology. wi th an emphasis in women's studies .

Donna Lomas · 73 wi l l become marketing d irector of the Community Federal Credi t U nion of P lymouth . She began her career in advertis ing sales for the Cumm1111itv Cril!r and then as T/Je Crier ·/ first typesetter.

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A Detroit Bank & Trust has announced that Robert M. Porterfield M B A '73. who is a member of the loan cbntrol staf

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Jeffery M. Parko ·73 has joined Yaffe Stone August. I nc .. as a production manager. He previously had been a production manager at Ambrose Associates. Before entering the field of advertising production. he taught fine arts at Northville High School. Gregory P. Reinke ·73 recently was appointed to the position of editor with Burroughs Corporation. H i s duties include editfng technical and product specification manuscripts in the business management and scientific systems divisions.

Gary Lee Sullenger MA ·73 has received his doctoral degree from Western Michigan in educational leadership.

Michael Healey Merrill ·74 has been admitted lo the Michigan State Bar Association. He has entered private practice in Wayne and Oakland counties.

Michael S. Burke MA '7:, has been appointed lecturer in English and speech methods at The Defiance College. Defiance. Ohio.

Chris Flowers MA '75 has been appointed interim director in early childhood education at H i.llsdale College in Hil lsdale, Michigan.

Gary C. Roach '75 graduated from the University of Detroit Law School. He entered the U of D Law School in September 1975 and graduated in May 1978 with a juris doctorate degree. The past year has been spent instructing junior students and working as clerk for Alice Gilbert. circuit court judge of Oakland Counry.

Margaret R. Quinn MA ·75 was appointed administrative associate I I in the Michigan Consumer Education C.:nter in the Center of Educational Resources at Eastern Michigan University by the E M U Board of Regents. She currently is working on an indjvidual studies program in consumer education at E M U . Before coming to E M U , she was a teacher for the Livonia public 5chools in the department of family life education.

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J. Dawn Allison MA '76 has joined Marquette Univen,ity as assistant to the director of admissions. She will be responsible for coordinating recruiting on the East Coast and will a�sist with admissions counseling. She was previously employed as an admissions counselor at the University of Detroit and a high school teacher in Delaware. Gregory A. Hopkins MA '76 has accepted a position at The Defiance College. Defiance. Ohio. as part-time instructor in communication arts. In addition. he will serve as adviser to the campus newspaper and yearbook staffs. Hopkins has been the assistant director of Eastern Michigan's national championship forensics team since 1975 and has been a lecturer in the Eastern Michigan University Speech Department. Frank Pascarella '76 is the new village manager in Lake Odessa. He previously served on the Southgate council for five years. where he was finance chairman and worked closely on grant applications.

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Linda Miller M S '76. a partner in the M illcr -Kent. I n terior Designers firm. has recently established her own firm. She taught home economics in th.: Inkster school system and interior design at Wayne County Community College on a part-time basis.

The new principal of Parsons Elementary School in the Gibraltar School District is Dolores P. Okrav MA '76. The new principal tias been teaching for 15 years and has had c.:lassroom experience in grades two through eight. Her most recent assignment was at Hunter Elementary School. Gibral tar. which provided her with background in individually guided education.

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�i A Richard Frnwnfeller ·77 \�as appointed computer operations supervisor at the Eastern Michigan University Computing Center. Before coming lo Eastern. he served as a computer operator and shift leader at ADP Network Services in Ann Arbor. As computer operations supervisor. he will supervise the daily operations of Eastem's DEC 10 computer to insure that it is utilized efficiently. Also. he will train and supervise staff members in the Computer Center and assist in the maintenance and inventory of adequate supplies at the Computer Center.

Second Lie11tenant Cheryl A . Boren ·77 has recently completed a medical service C()rps officer basic course at the Academy of Health Sciences of the Army. Ft. Sam Houston. Texas. Lt . Boren received her commission through the Reserve Officers Training Corps program .

Alex R . Earl ·77 i s the new financial aid officer of tht' medical branch at the University of Texas in Galvest(rn. lexa5. Mu Phi Epsilon. the international music fraternity. has announced that Cy11thia Ferris '78 is the recipient of this year's Sterling Achievement A\\ard. The award is given annually for excellence in scholarship. leadership and participation in professional. fraternity and school activities during college years and is the highest honor bestowed on a collegiate memher of Mu Phi Epsilon. She is the second winner of the national award from Eastern.

Northeast Michigan Community Mental Health Services. Alpena. has annoum:ed the appointment of Brian Wilmot '78 to the position of education specialist. He will be providing educational services. along with therapeutic modes. to students who have been able to cope with a formalized school setting.

Recent Retirees

Mrs. Cassie Adamski Biro ·34 was honored for her 25 years of teaching in the business education department at Roosevelt High School in Wyandotte.

Dr. Do11ald K. Brundage '33. a chemistry professor at the University of Toledo. is retiring after 32 years on the University staff.

Alice Medendorp Casselmo11 ' 6 1 is reriri ng after 22 years of teaching. She spent three years teaching in the Philippine� and has spent the past 19 years of her teaching career in Belleville.

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John F. Burg '38 has retired after 3 1 years of teaching and coaching. He started at P inckney as athletic coach and eighth grade teacher. He i naugurated the industrial arts program for Pinckney and outl ined the present Pinckney H igh School industrial arts department. A one of Pinckney's first driver education in tructors. he served on the State Department of Education staff as a resource person in traffic safety. The past 1 2 years he has been on the staff of Oakland Schools as consultant instructor of school bus driver safety educat ion.

Mary Claire Rice Effward '65 retired after a 3 1 year teaching career in the Yan Buren Schools . She taught for a year i n the Ellsworth schools and then for more than two years in Wayne County. For almost 28 years. M rs . Ellward has been at Bel levi l le H igh School , first as a Lat in and English teacher and then. for 16 years. as a counselor.

Margaret Farley '48 has retired after 40 years in the A lmont school district where she has been a remedial reading teacher since 1 966.

After 30 years of teaching. Blanche Fink '48 has retired. She was an art supervisor in elementary schools for 2 1 years and then taught sixth grade at Adams Elementary School for the past n ine years. She has spent her entire teaching career in the Ypsi lanti schools .

Geraldine "Jerry" James ·43 has retired from Sycamore Elementary in the H ol t school district after 25 years of teaching.

After 32 years of teaching at Whiteford Schools. Margaret Koppelman '64 wil l retire. For 1 2 years she taught al l eight grades at a county school. and for the past 20 years she taught fifth grade.

Mrs. A lice Butler McComb '66 was honored at a dinner given by her colleagues from Daley-Roods Lake School . Al ice has been teaching for 23 years. She began teaching in rural schools in the Caro area. then taught for 1 7 years in the Lapeer school system .

Agnes Nienberg '36 has retired after teaching elementary school for 45 years. She began teaching at Bigler School . Lake Orion . She also spent two years at a rural school in Oakland County where eight grades studied i n a one room schoolhouse. The next 40 years were spent in the Ferndale Schools .

Edna Ropp '5 1 has reti red after 40 years in the M ichigan schools . She spent 32 years teaching in various G ratiot County districts. She was the first special education teacher in G ratiot County when the program began i n 1 960. and is the last of those .. pioneers" to retire.

Mildred "Midge" Nissley Southgate '37 is retiring after 3 1 years of teaching. She taught for three years in Muskegon H eights and five years in Lincoln schools before coming to the Ypsilanti District where she taught for 24 years.

Roselyn Tapp '58 has been in the Ypsilanti School D istrict for 30 years and has retired. H er teaching career has included teaching in kindergarten. first . second and third grades and at an experimental preschool program at Bennett School. She also taught for short periods of t ime at E M U and the U niversity of Portland. Oregon.

Purl L. Wark ·4 1 retired in J une, 1 978, after 35 years as a teacher and athletic director at Croswel l -Lexington Schools.

Joan Woodward ' 66 is retiring after 29 years in the B l issfield Schools . She was named Lenawee County Teacher of the Year by the Lenawee County Federation of Women's Clubs.

IN MEMORIAM

both as a faculty member and as an undergraduate . having been a student assistant bet ween 1 9 1 9 and 1 924.

She was act ive during her student days as a member of the M inerva Literary Society. the Frances E . Wi l lard Debating Club and the Alpha Sigma Tau sorori ty. She majored in English and was a member of the Aurora Board and secretary of the senior

Mrs. Wanda Crawford Bates cla s. Her interest in Alpha Sigma Tau continued after

M rs . Wanda C rawford Bates ·24 . graduation and she became the

emeritu a sociate professor facul ty resident member and its

order l ibrarian at Eastern died on advi ser in 1 94 1 . Mrs . Bates

J une 26. 1 978. at her home in v is i ted every state in the union.

Ypsi lanti . M rs . Bates graduated inc luding Alaska and Hawa i i .

from Michigan State Normal She was .. a wonderful and loyal Col lege . now Ea tern M ichigan friend to a great many people University. and did post graduate . when anyone is her friend study at The Un iversity of they are always one . . . she has Michigan. She wa a l ibrarian at a quiet way of keeping track of Eastern for 43 years. retiring in people . . . and she's on hand 1 967. She erved under three when needed'' say those who l ibrary directors. Genevieve knew her. Her own account of Walton. Elsie Andrews. and E . her many years at astern is Walfred Erickson. and was avai lable in t he University total ly devoted to the niversity Archives .

c:::.-----,,-- g � Alban . Martha · 3 1

Cherry Valley. Cal if. 5-78 Bachman. Dorothy Lee '33

Ypsi lan t i . M I 6-78 Barrows. Hester Rash ' 1 6

Westland. M l 3-78 Bates. Wanda Crawford '24. E F

Ypsi lan t i . M l 6-78 Benenat i . Rosaria · 4 1

Port H uron. M l 3-78 Borgmeier. Lena '06

Petersburg. M I 4-78 Bush . Dr. Jack ·53

Ann Arbor. M l 9-78 Catton. Bruce ·72

Frankfort. M l 8-78 C lark . Harry · 24

Crown Point . I nd . 6-78 Col l ins . Ethel Lyle ·03

G rosse Pte . Pk . . M l 8-78 Corey. Elmer ' 29 . ·35

H arbor Springs. Ml 7-78 Evans. Barney ·75

Gary. I nd . 5-78 Farris . Tre a Meyers ' 1 7 . · 5 1

Caro. M l 3-78 Fries. Katharine H enry ' 1 5

Durand . M l 7-78 Garrard . C laribel H ammack ' 3 1

scanaba. M I 6-78 Greene . Marian Palmer ' 1 6

Brooklyn . M l 8-78 ! I i i . C larence · 35

Ann Arbor. MI 5-78 Kont ry. Ed '42

Lathrup Vi l lage . M l 1 0-78 Lampe. Wi l l iam ·34

Detroit . M I 8-78 Leverett . H arold '46

St. Lou i s . MO 1 0-78 McCabe. Sister Lucien · 24

Monroe. M I 7-78 Macnab. Estel la D. ' 1 1

Duane. C A 8-78 Mancour. Marjorie Fletcher Life · 3 1

G rand B lanc . M l 4-78 Mart in . H ulda Feldkamp ·29. ·49

Manchester. M I 4-78 Metcalf. Patricia Berryman ·70

Garden Ci ty. M I 4-78 M i ller. George '40

Monroe. M l 6-78 Naveaux . Forrest ·49

Monroe. M l 6-78 Pace. Jame '58

Si lver Lake. Wi sconsin 5-78 Rosko. Alexander '60

Southfield. M l 4-78 Rossel . Susan Werly '72

Comstock Park . M l 5-78 Scott. Janice Aust in ' 24

Westland. M l 6-78 Slates. N ina Fleming · 1 0

Fenton. M l 5-78 Smith . Ethel Curran ·25

East Tawas. MI 4-78 Stossel . Lawrence ·7 1

Kalkaska. M I 5-78 Swartwood . Ora Mae ·30

Ypsi lanti . M I 6-78 Thompson. Bernice H icks '56

Brighton. M l 3-78 Verschaeve. Art u ra '63

Northv i l l e . M I 5-78 Walker. Florence Regal '26

Ypsi lant i . M l 9-78 Walker. N ina Burnette ' 1 4

Adrian . M I 4-78 Warner. James

Ypsi lant i . M I 6-78 Wi lkinson. Al ice Nauscl '08

Kalamazoo . M l 1 0-78 Wood . Fern Russell ' 1 2

Plainwel l . M l 5-78 Wyl ie . Ethel Brewer ·53

C l io . M l 8-78

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The Best Wag to Give.. . To Eastern Michigan Universitg ...

. . . is the way that you select, depending on your own motivation, financial circumstances and tax position. All d o nors to the U nivers i ty are contributing to the total EMU Annual Fund. All contributions to the E M U Annual Fund receive favorable tax treatment.

CAS H Gifts of cash from current income are the most common and simplest form of gift.

BEQUESTS THROUGH WILLS This is an excellent way to contribute-an amount to E M U that you would not be able to afford during your lifetime. The federal government encourages bequests to our University by granting an estate tax charitable deduction. Specific bequests to E M U are exempt from federal estate taxes. Most states give similar inheritance tax benefits.

SECURITIES Many people choose to give securities instead of cash. Donors are entitled to a

tax deduction, and are not obligated to pay capital gains tax where the stock has appreciated in value since the acquisition date (provided the securities have been held the proper length of time).

REAL ESTATE Real estate gifts may be held by the University and used for educational or research purposes, converted into cash, or managed as endowment assets.

GIFTS-IN-KIND These gifts come mainly in the form of books, collections, paint ings or equipment. Donors are entitled to a tax deduction in the amount of the fair market value of the property at the time of the gift. Determining this amount is the donors responsiblity.

LIFE INCOME A life income gift (unitrust, annuity trust, pooled income fund) enables you to provide life income for yourself (and a survivor) and at the same time, increase the resources of EMU.

LIFE INSURANCE Life insurance is purchased to provide financial security for the family. Usually, ?_:; :he years go by, �he need for life insurance decreases. The family needs, for which the insurance was initially purchased, are frequently provided by other assets. A life insurance gift to E M U generates substantial tax savings. You get an immediate income tax charitable deduction when you make a charitable gift of a life insurance policy (naming irrevocably E M U as the sole beneficiary and I or policy owner). You are entitled to a charitable tax deduction of approximately the cash surrender value of the policy. If you continue to pay the annual premium, you are entitled to a deduction in the amount of the premium and are credited with an annual gift in that amount.

The EMU Office of Development would welcome an opportunity to discuss any of the above "ways to give" with you.

Office for Alumni Relations Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, Michigan 481 97

EVENTS

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EMU Theatre (Qu i rk) $2.25, $3.50 "The Rivals"

Symphonic Band Concert (Pease) 8 p .m.

EMU Al umn i Concert Band (Pease) 8 p.m.

EMU Theatre (Qui rk) $2.25, $3.50 "Abelard and Heloise"

Concert Band (Pease) 2 p.m.

Honors Convocation ( Pease)

Symphonic Band Concert (Pease 8 p.m.

Commencement (Bowen)

Hall of Fame, in conjunction with

BULK RATE Non-Profit Organizat ion

U.S. POSTAGE PAID

Ypsilanti , M ich igan Perm it No. 1 39

33rd Annual MAC Spring Championsh ip, May 1 7-1 9