Class Year: 1970

Todd Harburn ’78

Todd Harburn ’78 continues to serve as co-team physician for the Hope College football team. He is chief of surgery at Mackinac Straits Health System, an outpatient surgery center at the Straits of Mackinac in Northern Michigan. He has an arthroscopic surgery orthopedic practice. He reports that he enjoys writing in his “free time” as… Continue Reading →

Marianne Walck ’78

Marianne Walck ’78 retired from Sandia National Laboratories in 2017 after a 33-year career, spending the last two years as vice president for Sandia’s facility in Livermore, California, and directing the energy and climate programs for the laboratory. Continue Reading →

John White ’73

John White ’73 passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, April 22, 2018. Born September 19, 1951 in Brooklyn, NY to Agnes (Aitken) White and Robert Gordon White, he graduated from Hope College and received his Ph.D. from Syracuse University, where he studied statistics, logic, and philosophy. He enjoyed a career in human resources, rising to Vice… Continue Reading →

David Kieffer ’76

David Kieffer ’76, 63, of Broomfield, Colorado, with courage and resolve, went home to God on March 17, 2018. He was continuously surrounded by his family and loved ones; he has never been alone. Born in Dearborn, Michigan, to parents Bob and Iris Kieffer, David attended parochial school throughout high school. He attended Hope College… Continue Reading →

Dale Quackenbush ’79

Dale Quackenbush ’79, 62, formerly of Warwick, NY passed away on Friday, March 16, 2018 at his home in Holland, MI after a long battle with chronic kidney disease. Dale was born December 8, 1955 in Middletown, NY. He was the son of the late Wallace and Marion (Shorter) Quackenbush of Warwick, NY. Dale was… Continue Reading →

Vicki Wiegerink ’74 Rumpsa

Vicki Wiegerink ’74 Rumpsa reports that she has 10 grandchildren and three foster grandchildren all living in Holland, Michigan. She is so thankful that they all live close and is looking forward to many family celebrations. Continue Reading →

Rich Williams ’75

Rich Williams ’75 of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is celebrating 16 years directing the New Mexico MainStreet program, utilizing community economic and rural development strategies, which is a licensed program of the country-wide network of the National Main Street Center. They just released four short videos telling the stories of the entrepreneurs and business people across… Continue Reading →

James Cannon ’76

James Cannon ’76 retired from teaching after 41 years. He reports that he is looking forward to spending more time with his family as well as traveling more. Continue Reading →

Gary Oegema ’78 and Deb Cleason ’78 Oegema

Gary Oegema ’78 of Lawton, Michigan, retired in June after teaching music for 39 years in two districts, the last 32 years in Lawton. His wife, Deb Cleason ’78 Oegema, who has accompanied the choirs for as many years, surprised him with a Mr. Holland’s Opus moment during his last choir concert by arranging to have many choir alumni join the… Continue Reading →

Linda Bos ’77

Linda Bos ’77 of Rogers City, Michigan, died on Monday, July 30, 2018. Linda was blessed in her career, loving her 3 major occupations. She served as a house parent at Parkview Adult Foster Care Home from 1977-1985; Associate Minister from 1985-1992 (The Crystal Cathedral Congregation in Garden Grove, CA); and Hospice Chaplain from 1992-2011… Continue Reading →

Susan Klaner ’71 Madden

Susan Klaner ’71 Madden is traveling this month with Habitat for Humanity to help rebuild a home for a family in Braga, Portugal. Currently the family rents a very small home with no indoor plumbing and little protection from the cold. The house to be renovated has been inherited by the family but is unlivable… Continue Reading →

William Hill-Alto ’72

William Hill-Alto ’72 retired from his career as a minister in the Reformed Church of America having served congregations nationally and internationally for 43 years and as a special education teacher for 20 years. He relocated from Vermont to Atlanta, Georgia, to be near his children and grandchildren in July 2018. As a kidney-transplanted person,… Continue Reading →

Louise Hughes ’72 Davies

Louise Hughes ’72 Davies reports that she received a stem cell transplant in September 2018. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007, non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 2014 and another blood cancer in 2017. She is currently recovering at home. She retired in June 2015 after 21 years of teaching high school English. Continue Reading →

Mark de Roo ’73

Mark de Roo ’73 will be joining three other Holland area residents on climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania in June to raise funds for research and an eventual cure for early-onset Alzheimer’s, the disease that took his wife of 41 years, Roxanne, in early 2018. The summit is 19,321 feet and will take seven to… Continue Reading →

Jim McFarlin ’74

The Hope College Alumni Association will present Distinguished Alumni Awards to Jim McFarlin ’74 on Saturday, April 27, during the Annual Alumni Banquet. McFarlin is an author and freelance journalist who has had his work published in multiple national publications and has written or edited more than a dozen books (and has an article elsewhere in… Continue Reading →

Steve Norden ’74

Steve Norden ’74 was selected to serve as the Grand Leprechaun for the Dublin, Ohio, St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Approximately 20,000 people attended what is promoted as central Ohio’s greenest, grandest St. Patrick’s Day parade. His selection was in recognition of 35 years of service to the Dublin community that includes his involvement with Dublin City Schools and… Continue Reading →

Mark Johnson, John Caven, Dave Cluley and Mark Convoy ’75

Former roommates from the Class of ’75 recently gathered at the home of Mark Johnson in Sarasota, Florida. After a 43-year absence, Kollen Hall buddies — John Caven (Rochester, New York), Dave Cluley (Ada, Michigan), and Mark Convoy (Glen Rock, New Jersey — took Mark up on his invitation and enjoyed the sights and activities of the Florida Gulf. Pictured are… Continue Reading →