by the Ann Arbor
News, an honor he
shared with Judy
Rumelhart. The two
were honored for
their community service which includes
work on behalf of the
Washtenaw Housing Alliance to
raise funds for a new homeless
shelter in Ann Arbor.
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takes the time to listen to the
residents and the staff.”
Shannon Dumire ‘01 lives in
Ann Arbor and works in credit
analysis for TCF Bank.
Becky Jo Franklin ‘01 lives
in Swanton, OH, and teaches
at Evergreen Middle School in
Metamora.
Victoria Hayes ‘01 is a touring
exhibition assistant with Artrain,
USA, a job that keeps her on the
move. When she’s home, she
lives in Ann Arbor.
Lindsey Morse ‘01 of Jasper
is working this summer as a
Children’s Zoo keeper at the
Toledo Zoo. She recently completed a nine-month internship
at the Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge and Foundation, a
459-acre refuge in the Ozark
Mountains near Eureka Springs,
AR. During her internship, she
assisted with the care of about
150 wild animals living at the
refuge, more than 100 of which
were “large cats”—tigers, lions,
leopards and cougars. The
cats, mostly former pets whose
owners found they could no
longer care for them, lack the
survival skills to return to the
wild.
Ryan Robinson ‘01 works for
Info Plus Accounting of Ann
Arbor.
Jessica Morris Seagraves ‘01
and her husband, Jason (SHU
student from 1997 to 2000), own
a business in Toledo, OH, and
plan to move there from Adrian
in the future. Jason and Jessica
were married in August 2001.
Joe Fitzsimmons of Ann Arbor,
a member of the Siena Heights
Board of Trustees, was named
Citizen of the Year for 2001
Warren
Reuther,
former
Siena Heights Trustee, recently
received the Golden Heart
Award at the conclusion of
Michigan Week 2002, in recognition of going “the extra mile in
working toward the betterment
of Michigan and the community.” Warren founded the Payback to Education program in
Lenawee and Monroe counties,
has been a leader with United
Way and the March of Dimes,
and is a member of the Monroe
County Chamber of Commerce
and Monroe County Community
Foundation.
Miriam Stimson, OP ‘36, professor emerita of chemistry at
Siena Heights and 2002 recipient of the Siena Medal, died
June 15 at the Dominican Life
Center at the age of 88. Also
known as Sister Miriam Michael
and, familiarly, as “M-squared,”
Miriam was an accomplished
chemist who taught 29 years
at Siena Heights (1939-1968),
then chaired the chemistry
department at Keuka College
in New York before returning
to Siena as director of graduate
studies (1979-1991). She earned
master’s and doctoral degrees
in chemistry at Institutum Divi
Thomae in Cincinnati, OH.
Internationally recognized for
her research in spectroscopy,
she was only the second woman
invited to lecture at the Sorbonne
in Paris—the first was Madame
Marie Curie. Miriam is survived
by her sister, Kay Stimson
Dymond ‘45 of Acworth, GA,
and many nieces and nephews.
(For additional information, see
related article on page 20.)
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George Olshavsky ‘90 lives
in Mission, TX, where he is
Mexican operations engineering manager for TRW.
Christine Beacc