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Alumni News 1950s Karl J. Jacobs, '52, was president of Rock Valley College in Rockford, Ill., for 28 years and now will have a building named after him, the Karl J. Jacobs Center for Science and Mathematics. The $30 million building is expected to be complete in the fall of 2011. 1970s Kenneth Tabacsko, '71 MA '82, recently retired as features editor of the Saginaw News. He is currently teaching journalism classes at Alma College and advising the student newspaper. In addition, he is coaching boys' and girls' tennis teams at Heritage High School in Saginaw Township and volunteering at a Veterans Administration hospital editing various publications. James D. Hilliker, '74, retired after 35 years of teaching English and theater. He began teaching in Mount Pleasant and then taught for 31 years at Jupiter Community High School in Palm Beach County, Fla. Roger Bleiler, '75, was promoted to director of communications at Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Mich. He manages branding and messaging, and he oversees the creative development of social media, project development, advertising, marketing, signage and public relations. Marjorie K. Nanian, '75, placed second in the 2009 GENEii Family Writing Contest, sponsored by the Southern California Genealogy Society, for a short story about her grandfather's rescue during the Armenian Genocide of 1915 and his immigration to America. She is an attorney and an adjunct political science faculty member at Schoolcraft College, Livonia, Mich. Dorene Root, '75, received the Thomas A. Bilger Citation for Service from the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Offi cers. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to conferences and programs, special projects, task forces, committee assignments or other positions. She is the associate registrar at CMU. 1980s Jeff Larkin, '81, won two Michigan Emmy Awards from the Michigan Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for his work as editor of a non- news program and editor of a short-form piece. He works for Fox Sports Detroit. He also received the Silver Telly Award for a documentary he edited, "4 Shades of Blue," for the American Music Research Foundation. This hourlong program highlighted the careers and live concert performances of Ruthie Foster, Koko Taylor, Ana Papovic and Tommy Castro. Nancy Aldworth, '85, joined In- House Hospice and Palliative Care, based in Bingham Farms, Mich., as a client services representative in the company's Kalamazoo location. Wendy Gager, '85, writing as W.S. Gager, has published her second book in the Mitch Malone Mystery Series called "A Case of Accidental Intersection." She also has written "A Case of Infatuation," which was the 2008 winner of the Dark Oak Mystery Contest. Clyde Sheets, '88, earned his MFA in design and technical production from San Francisco State University and was named a graduate student honoree for the Theatre Arts Department. He also has been selected to participate and exhibit in the 2011 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space, the largest event of its kind in the world, featuring contemporary live design work in a variety of performance design disciplines. 1990s Matthew Morrin, '92, was elected to the board of directors for the National Association for Campus Activities, the nation's largest collegiate organization for campus activities. He is director of student life and engagement at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Lt. Col. John Broomhead, MSA '94, took command of the 11th Transportation Battalion at Fort Story, Va. Network with future CMU alumni at the Student Alumni Association's Past and Present Luncheon Fill the seats in the buildings that you once filled. Walk the campus you used to walk. Give back as you answer questions and connect with students who are planning to work in YOUR specific field. 36 36 centralight fall '10 For more information Call: 800-358-6903 E-mail: maroon@cmich.edu

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