Alumni News—Class Notes
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1977
FROM THE SITES
Battle Creek
1995
Tom Martin recently was credited
in helping to save the life of an
11-year-old boy due to his autism
safety training. Martin, the chief
of the South Haven (Mich.) Police
Department, received a call about
an autistic boy who walked away
from his home. Due to his training,
he suggested that police check the
shore line, since those with autism
are drawn to water. Police found
the boy on the end of a pier and
safely returned him home to his parents. Martin is currently planning
additional autism safety training
for his entire force.
2003
Sara Morgan Clark is employed
as a 911 dispatcher, group leader
and CTO with the Kalamazoo (Mich.)
Department of Public Safety. She
resides in Portage, Mich.
Lansing
2005
Chad Tackett (below) was named
the chief of the Texas Township
(Mich.) Fire Department in September 2014. He has 13 years of experience working for the Michigan
State Police’s Emergency Management Homeland Security Training
Center and was the former chief of
the Otsego (Mich.) Fire Department.
2014
Nick Kogut recently accepted a
position with the Ingham County
Child Protective Services.
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1962
Margie Roggelin was named
constituent relations director for
Michigan State Sen. Ken Horn (R)
of the 32nd District. The Monroe,
Mich., native formerly worked for
State Sen. Randy Richardville for
eight years. In her new position,
which started in January 2015, she
will work directly with constituents
and oversee district outreach.
Online
2011
Vellore Kumar
is employed as a
radiology supervisor in the MRI/
nuclear medicine
department for
the DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. He
resides in White River Junction, Vt.
Southfield
2005
Sean
Huddleston
was named the
chief diversity
and inclusion
officer at Framingham St. University (Mass.) in
January 2015. He previously was
employed as the assistant vice president for strategic inclusion and
equity at Grand Valley St. University.
Sister Linda
Slakey, OP, was
named as a new
member of the
Westfield St.
(Mass.) University
Board of Trustees
in October 2014.
Dr. Slakey serves as senior advisor
for the Association of American
Universities’ STEM Initiative and
as senior fellow for Project Kaleidoscope/Association of American Colleges & Universities. She was first
appointed to the faculty of the
Department of Biochemistry at the
University of Massachusetts Amherst
in 1973. Her scientific work on lipid
metabolism and vascular biology
was funded by the National
Institutes of Health, the American
Heart Association and the National
Science Foundation. Dr. Slakey also
served at the National Science
Foundation from 2006-11.
1976
Jerry Edgar recently celebrated 25
years as co-owner of Café Degas, a
restaurant featuring French cuisine
in New Orleans, La. He also recently
helped author the restaurant’s first
cookbook.
John Warner is employed as a
senior lab technician/model maker
for DFM Functional Materials in
Elgin, Ill. He said he is still working
on the development of 3D printing
as well as the advancement of additive manufacturing. “These processes
will have an incredible impact on
Holly Siemens is currently teaching how we manufacture everything
in our lives as well as a profound
a clinic lecture course for the dental
impact in medical applications that
hygiene program at Washtenaw
are now making a difference in denCommunity College.
tal, orthopedic and pediatric care,”
he said. He and his wife, Barbara
’78, were recently blessed with their
first grandson, Jake Allen.
2011
Kenneth Thompson and SHU
art faculty member Natalie Lanese
had art pieces featured in the 95th
Toledo Area Artists Exhibition at the
Toledo Museum of Art in November
2014 (left). Thompson submitted
a portfolio featuring two five-piece
sculture series. He is the owner of
Flatlanders Art Gallery and Studio in
Blissfield, Mich. For her submission,
Lanese painted a 14-by-10 foot
wall featuring geometric figures in
fluorescent colors. They were two
of 28 artists in the show.
1980
Allan Rodewald
was featured in
The Woodlands
Lifestyles and
Homes Magazine
in January 2015
for his distinguished career as
an expressive abstract artist.
1985
Bruce Lee was
named the president of Heartland Financial
USA in January
2015. He has
more than 30
years in the
banking industry, including 12 years
at Fifth Third Bank, where he served
as executive vice president and chief
credit officer. His new duties will
include oversight of a number of
customer-facing business units.
Gregg Milligan
has had his first
book, “A Beautiful World,”
translated from
English to Thai
and will be made
available in June
2015. In addition, due to his work
in the field of abuse prevention/
treatment and human trafficking,
Milligan was the first American
honored with the Southeast Asia’s
Best of Piety Award. The award
recognizes individuals who have
shown respect for humanity in the
face of adversity. He is currently
employed as a chief strategy officer/
IT director for PimWo Intertrade
Partnership in Bangkok, Thailand.
1986
Dr. Henry
Naddaf was
inducted as the
157th president
of the Academy
of Medicine of
Toledo and Lucas
County in January 2015 at their annual meeting.
1988
Mohamed Darwish Al Khouri is
currently the executive director for
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