Reflections Magazine Issue #80 - Spring 2014 | Page 28

Alumni News—Class Notes

class notes
FROM THE SITES
Benton Harbor
2010

Felix Clarke is currently employed
as a mechanical planner with Constellation Energy Nuclear Group. He
and his wife, Tamara, and their three
children live in Great Mills, Md.

National Bank. She also held senior
management positions at Republic
Bank and Main Street Bank, and
has participated in several global
executive leadership programs.
She also is the vice president of
the Michigan Philharmonic Orchestra and a Northville Community
Foundation board member.

2003

Monroe
2013

Jeff Evans was promoted from fire
marshal to fire chief at the Trenton
(Mich.) Fire Department in November 2013. Evans has worked as a
firefighter more than 20 years at
the Trenton and Riverview (Mich.)
fire departments, and is certified in
fire inspection and investigation. He
also is a state certified paramedic.

Port Huron
2003

Robert Schmelzer was recently
named chief of the Washington
Township Fire Department. He was
formerly promoted to captain in
2009, and joined the department
in 1992. He became the first EMS
instructor/coordinator for the department as well as a certified fire
inspector. Schmelzer recently finished the Michigan State Police
Fire Investigation School.

Southfield
1991

Audrey Mistor
was promoted to
executive vice
president and
wealth management group manager at Monroe
Bank & Trust in
November 2013. In her new position, Mistor will guide all facets of
wealth management operations and
lead a staff of 30 investment, trust,
estate planning and retirement
professionals. She has 30 years of
experience in the banking business,
including 20 years at Michigan

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Anthony Ashford and his family
won a mortgage-free home from
Quicken Loans in December 2013
during a promotion for military families at halftime of the Little Caesar’s
Bowl at Ford Field in Detroit. Ashford is a First Lieutenant in the U.S.
Army. To see a video of the event,
visit http://youtube/ZTpX6bg1qDk.

2013

Thomas Rogers was recently
sworn in as one of the newest members of the Westland (Mich.) Police
Department. Rogers previously
worked for the Detroit Police Department for 15 years.

MAIN CAMPUS
1954

Sister Alyce Van Acker, OP
had her painting exhibit “Sharing
Color,” featured by the Chicago
Tribune. “Sharing Color” ran April
17-May 23 in the Kavanagh Gallery
at Fine Line Creative Arts Center
in St. Charles, Ill. All paintings in
the exhibit were created in 1974 or
later and included a variety of sizes.
She also has served as a painting
teacher for Fine Line since 1980. For
more information about the exhibit
and Van Acker’s work, visit www.
fineline.org.

1971

2008

Les Morrison/MA is currently a
clinical therapist and the director
of Marriage and Family Services at
Perspectives of Troy. He also leads
marriage seminars and retreats. He
resides in Clinton Township, Mich.

2009

Dellonnie Shelby is employed as
an executive producer at WADL TV
in Detroit. He produces a talk show
entitled “Transforming Detroit,” and
another show he’s created and executive produces called “Matters of
the Heart” that aired in January
2014. He also runs the My Sister’s
Keeper Foundation with his mother.
The organization provides various
services for battered women and
children in shelters in Michigan and
Pennsylvania. On Dec. 8, 2013, the
foundation hosted its first humanitarian award banquet to honor
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist,
minister and radio talk show host
Angelo Henderson. 

Thomas Meyer/MA and his wife,
Jeannette, were the recipients of
the 2013 Musgrove Evans Award,
which is the City of Tecumseh’s
(Mich.) highest award. The honor
recognizes those who have contributed to Tecumseh’s quality of life.
The Meyers were recognized through
their teaching careers, volunteer
work and participation in the arts.

1977

John Caknipe/MA is an author and
historian who is expected to release
his latest book, “Preachers, Teachers
and Confederate Officers: Randolph
Mason College—The Early Years,
1830 to 1868,” this fall. Since 2007
the disabled Vietnam War combat
veteran has researched and written
about the evolution of the piedmont
area. His work was selected by the

Library of Virginia for inclusion in
a volume of the Virginia Biography
series. His work has also appeared in
the credits of Ark Media for the PBS
TV show “Finding Your Roots,” and
in the NBC TV show “Who do you
Think You Are?” He presently serves
on the Board of Directors of the
Old Brunswick Circuit Foundation,
which educates and preserves three
primary Methodist historical sites
in the area. He has served as a college professor for more than 30
years, and is currently employed
at South-side Virginia Community
College, South Boston, Va. He and
his wife reside in Clarksville, Va.

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