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An intimate connection

Love, CMU style

Departments

Letters

Take Five
Jeff Daniels visit
Jesse Jackson visit
Brain research
CMU volunteers
Real estate

Discovery
Driving distractions
How seals relate

Sports
A championship year
Jones named new coach

In support
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Faculty learning
Opus gala

Maroon and Gold

Alumni in Action

I Am CMU

In memoriam

Doris Fogelsong Thomson, ’37, Jackson, died November 25, 2006, age 91.

Elizabeth Haden, ’39, Redding, California, died October 9, 2006, age 90.

Alice I. Ross, ’42, Lima, Ohio, died November 10, 2006, age 85.

Merelyn J. Sullivan, ’50, Petoskey, died November 24, 2006, age 79.

Harold D. Storz, ’51, Merritt Island, Florida, died November 2, 2006, age 78.

Carmen Johnston-Bonebrake, ’54 MA ’61, Traverse City, died November 21, 2006, age 87.

Willa B. Frederick, ’54, Ludington, died November 26, 2006, age 93.

Ruth M. Flint, ’55, Sebewaing, died November 19, 2006, age 73.

Howard L. Ashmead, ’59, Newark, Delaware, died October 29, 2006, age 75.
Margaret H. Hall, ’59, Fairgrove, died October 25, 2006, age 97.

Keitha R. Pence, ’60, Saginaw, died October 17, 2006, age 99.

Donald E. Rice, ’61, Lansing, died October 21, 2006, age 74.

L. Jean Clarady Hammond Barber, ’63, New Port Richey, Florida, died October 24, 2006, age 91.

Roy C. Berry, MA ’64, Marysville, died November 10, 2006, age 68.

A. Faith Hammond, ’64, Centennial, Colorado, died October 29, 2006, age 67.

Gary R. Yockey, ’71, Traverse City, died November 14, 2006, age 58.

William R. Hieber, MA ’72 MBA ’75, Snellville, Georgia, died October 29, 2006, age 72.

Chester H. Stow, MA ’72, Bay City, died November 10, 2006, age 74.

James J. Vancik, MSA ’80, Westlake, Ohio, died October 20, 2006, age 60.

Emmett Crane, ’83, Detroit, died October 12, 2006, age 87.

Karen J. Clark, MA ’86, Shelby Township, died November 11, 2006, age 69.

Sarah J. (Lincolnhol) Nelson, ’99, Littleton, Colorado, died November 6, 2006, age 33.

Faculty and staff
Carl Baumgardner of Mount Pleasant, former CMU teacher education professor, died May 24, 2006, at age 85. He taught at CMU from 1952 until his retirement in 1993.

Donald McBane of Mount Pleasant, former CMU marketing professor, died October 15, 2006, at age 60. He taught at CMU from 2000 to 2005. Memorial contributions may be made to the CMU marketing department.

Olga Denison, ’40, a lifelong supporter of the arts and culture at CMU and in the Mount Pleasant community, died November 16, 2006, at age 88.

Denison and her husband, the late Rollie Denison, ’41, met at CMU, settled in Mount Pleasant, and are credited with changing the lives of people in mid-Michigan through their philanthropy.

Olga is remembered for her passionate support of Native American art. She collected hundreds of pieces of art and gave much of her collection to CMU. An exhibit this fall at the University Art Gallery highlighted some of the pieces.

CMU awarded Denison an honorary doctor of public service degree in 2004.