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Calendar July Maybe To the editor: I just received the Spring 2013 The stor issue of Centralight today and y of us was delighted to see Terri Finch Hamilton's story about couples that met while at CMU and went on to marry. My wife, Carla Swenson, and I also met at Central during our last semester as students there in 1965. We married (spent our first night of our honeymoon in Mount Pleasant) and will celebrate our 47th anniversary this year. A heartwarming couples and famili look at es who fell in love at Centr al By Terri Finch 8 centralight an university central michig ine alumni magaz spring 2013 hamilTon , '83 centralight spring '13 bY FUN. 2 Chicago Cubs vs. Los Angeles Dodgers at Wrigley Field, Chicago Nick + Lisa How love bloome at Troutman Hall d Nick Marrone, '80, and his roommate were painting a Laurel and Hardy s on the wall of mural their when Lisa (Westby) Troutman Hall room roommates from Marrone, '82, and her 410 popped in It was 1976, and to say Nick was a sophomor hi. e. Romance, he says, thing I was looking"was the last for." But as the weeks went Nick Marrone, Nick and Lisa clicked. on, '80 and Lisa (Westby) "I really didn't Marrone, '82 want says. "But by our to be tied down," he What was it like, junior year, we that moment fell in love." of falling in love? Then – the fateful Halloween Party of 1977. "We'd go for walks, "We got into an especially in the argument," Nick Nick recalls. "It fall," says. "It was probably was my fault. When around campus so neat to be walking that happened then, it was so , I realized I loved beautiful." I thought, 'What her. They both had did biology classes, this up.' So I went I do? I screwed so they'd look for back to her." leaves and plants identify. They to They married loved hanging three out at swinging bridge after graduation months at Deerfield Park. the in August. "When the holidays Now, 32 years later, came, I always that was so romantic," thought adviser at Merrill Nick is a financial Nick says, "going Lynch and Lisa that Christmas customer relations is a to breakfast in your manager for ECA, candles. Some PJs with the a company that of my very best builds science memories of my lifetime kits. Two of their kids originate from attended Central. CMU." centralight spring '13 Also wish to congratulate Central for having Colin Powell as the keynote speaker for the Martin Luther King Jr. Week. He is a role model. Jim La Rochelle, '65 August THE sWEETH EaRTs Also pleased to read that Andrew Dost of fun. is a CMU grad. We are young! We are old. We are accomplished! We are all over the world, in many fields of endeavor! Go CMU! fueled 22 Grand Traverse Golf Outing, Traverse City it's that spooky of the Warriner love legend seal under a full moon, – kiss your love there at midnight and you're destined to marry. Or it could be the irresistible romance of autumn strolls through the candlelit pajama leafy campus. Or those Decembe breakfasts in the r cafeteria. Whatever it is, love at least the 1920s has been blooming at Central since, well, when Howard McDonald and Cook fell for each Marietta other as they studied to be teachers. Along the way, three roommat es fell in love with roommates, and three they popped the question all got married. Craig Mulder to Kathi McDonal of Sunday night d over a load laundry. And several families just kept generations of falling in love – at and with CMU. 3 Latino Night at Comerica Park, Detroit 9 15 Traverse City Beach Bums game, Traverse City 18 REO Speedwagon concert at Freedom Hill, Sterling Heights September 23 Great Lakes Bay Region Golf Outing, Freeland October 19 Homecoming vs. Northern Illinois University, Mount Pleasant campus '05, rockets Andrew Dost, inning fame. to Grammy-w Plus CMU love stories star g with an HGTV Treasure huntin by Colin Powell stops on the road to victory! Support Your Chippewas The CMU Alumni Association brings the tailgate party to three games this season: Aug.31 SepT.14 SEpt.28 CMU vs. Michigan Ann Arbor, MI CMU vs. UNLV Las Vegas, NV CMU vs. NC State Raleigh, NC Information: cmich.edu/alumni or 800-358-6903 Tickets: 888-FIREUP-2 CMU is an AA/EO institution (see cmich.edu/aaeo). For accommodations, call 989-774-3312 at least one week before the event. UComm 8845 Join us before each home game at the CMU alumni tent on the island north of Kelly/Shorts Stadium for complimentary tailgate food. At Homecoming on Oct. 19, stop by and visit the Alumni Village, located on the hill by the ponds.

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