Reflections Magazine Issue #74 - Spring 2011 | Page 26

Alumni News—Class Notes

class notes
From The Sites

SHU—Southfield

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SHU—Battle Creek

Ray Williams ’01 is employed as a senior program
manager with IBM. He and wife, Gayla, reside in
Pontiac, Mich.

Sister Corinne Florek, OP ’72 received the Ned
Gramlich Lifetime Achievement Award in November
2010 from Opportunity Finance Network in recognition of her long-time dedication to community
investment. Sister Corinne (right, middle) received
her award from Opportunity Finance Network President and CEO Mark Pinsky and Director of the CDFI
Fund Donna Gambrell.

Carolyn Fryer Alford ’08
received the Humanitarian of
the Year Award in November
2010 from the Metropolitan
Kalamazoo Branch of the
NAACP. According to the Kalamazoo Gazette, her dedication
to the Kalamazoo community
and its citizens was the main reason she was nominated for the award. Alford first started working at
the Kalamazoo County Community Action Program,
where she helped connect families with available
resources. She also helped begin the Family Health
Center and has worked with nearly a dozen community organizations, including Loaves and Fishes,
and the YWCA Domestic Assault Program. From
1989-2005, she was a member of the Kalamazoo
Public Schools Board of Education, including serving
as president. Alford was elected to the Kalamazoo
County Board of Commissioners in 2007, where
she is currently serving her third term. She and
her husband, Melvin, have one son, Duane.

SHU—Benton Harbor
Lynn Coursey ’95 is the executive director of the
St. Joseph County Commission on Aging. The former
award-winning gourmet chef who once prepared
a meal for former President Ronald Reagan now
oversees thousands of meals that are prepared and
delivered to St. Joseph County area senior citizens.
Gina Huebner ’01 is a Registered Nurse and case
manager for Hospice of at Home in St. Joseph, Mich.

SHU—Jackson
Brian Russell ’06, an 11-year veteran of the
Jackson County Sheriff’s Department, was recently
promoted to sergeant. Before his promotion he was
working in the detective bureau.

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