State Stars

Tom Anastos, '85, president of the North American Hockey League and former MSU hockey star (1981-85), has been named commissioner of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. Anastos also serves as one of two NCAA representatives on USA Hockey's board of directors, and as a member of USA Hockey's Junior Council and International Council. Previously, after a season with the Montreal Canadiens organization, he became head coach at the University of Michigan-Dearborn 1987-90, compiling a 68-37-7 record. From 1990-92 Anastos was an assistant coach at MSU under legendary Ron Mason.

Kathleen S. Barclay, '78, general director of human resource management at GM North American Operations, Detroit, has been named vice president of global human resources and president of GM University. She joined GM in 1978 in personnel and held several administrative positions in the Detroit central office. In 1981, she join Southland Corp. holding retail management positions in Reno, NV and Chicago; became a human resource compensation manager for Allen-Bradley Co., Milwaukee; and rejoined GM in 1985 in human resources, Warren.

Raymond A. Dault, '50, executive director of The Greater Speedway, IN, Area Chamber of Commerce and member of the Board of Trustees, Speedway Public Schools, has been named recipient of the Indiana School Board Association's 1998 Lorin A. Burt Award. Dault taught hospitality management at the university level from 1950-87 at Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis (I.U.P.U.I.). He was assistant manager of the Indiana Memorial Union, Bloomington, from 1950-53, and manager of the student union building at I.U.P.U.I., 1953-70.

John Hall, Ph.D. '74, chairman of physiology and biophysics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, University, MS, has been named the recipient of two of cardiovascular research's most coveted awards for his research on the mechanism of obesity leading to hypertension and kidney disease. In April, he delivered the Ernest H. Starling Distinguished Lecture at the American Physiological Society, and, in June, he received the Merck Sharp and Dohme International Award for Research in Hypertension in Amsterdam.

Scott Jamieson, M.S. '85, COO of Hendricksen the Care of Trees, Wheeling, IL, has been named company president. Jamieson has worked for the company for 10 years advancing from a field arborist to president. He is a founding board member of the City of Chicago's Environmental Fund and served on Mayor Daley's Landscape Committee. He is a board member of the Greater North Michigan Avenue Association, Chicago, and has served on several committees of the Illinois Landscape Contractors Association.

Carolyn Clifford, M.A. '68, anchor for the 10 p.m. newscast on WPGH-TV, Pittsburgh, PA, has been named a reporter/anchor with WXYZ-TV/Channel 7 Action News, Detroit. Previously she was an anchor/reporter at WLNS-TV, Lansing, and at WLFL-TV, Raleigh, NC., where she was weekend anchor. She currently serves as the 'Healthy Living' reporter Monday through Friday at WXYZ-TV, co-anchors 'Action News' on Saturday and Sunday at 6 and 11 p.m., and hosts 'Healthy Living Live' on Sunday mornings.

San Oz-Alp, M.B.A. '68, vice president of Anadolu University. Eskischir, Turkey, has been named president of Kocatepe University, Afyou, Turkey. He held several administrative positions at Anadolu University including Dean of Faculty of Education, Dean of Faculty of Open Education, Director of Graduate School. He is a member of the MSU Alumni Club of Turkey.

Clyde E. Chesney, Ph.D. '80, director for the Piedmont and Northern Piedmont Districts of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, has been named administrator of the Cooperative Extension Program at Tennessee State University, Nashville. Chesney is a 24-year veteran of the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service and currently serves on the Extension's National Urban Task Force. He was a member of Class IV of the Kellogg National Fellowship Program.

Ronald L. Golumbeck, M.A. '73, senior director of industrial relations at The Stroh Brewery Co., Detroit, has been named vice president of human resources. In 1973, he joined Schlitz Container Division as as a staffing and development representative. He then served as human resource manager at Stroh's facilities in Tampa, FL, Longview, TX and Lehigh Valley, PA. In 1990 he became director of human resources for Solo Cup Co., Highland, IL. In 1993, he was vice president of human resources for The Ryland Group, Columbia, MD. He rejoined Stroh Brewery in 1996.

Norman A. Brown, '61, M.A. '65, Ph.D. '70, president emeritus of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, has been named president of Partners of the Americas. From 1964-80 Brown worked in MSU's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Later he was dean and director of the Minnesota Extension Service, Minneapolis. In 1984, he began his 10 years with the Kellogg Foundation. He also serves as board president of the Latin American College of Agriculture for the Humid Tropics, Costa Rica. He and his wife, Bernice, are members of MSU's Beaumont Tower Society.

Patricia Martin, '79, president of the Martin Resource Group, Inc., Elmhurst, IL, has been named 'Influential Woman in Business' by the National Association of Women Business Owners. Martin founded her company in 1995, has worked with a variety of corporations including American Airlines, Ameritech, Coca-Cola, Discovery, McDonald's, Microsoft, and Polaroid to create quality sponsorships. Martin is a frequent speaker and published author on cause-related marketing and nonprofit fundraising.

Alison Cruise, '58, retired secretary of the elementary special education department of the Lansing School District, has been named the first recipient of the Anne Richardson Reading is Fundamental (RIF) Volunteer of the Year Award. She was honored from 240,000 RIF volunteers. Cruise worked at MSU for various academic departments and for special projects from 1959-65. She joined the Lansing School system in 1995 and has volunteered 2,200 hours to RIF.

Jeff Ong-Siong, M.B.A. '86, accountant with the management consulting firm of Roth Bookstein & Azslow, LLP, Los Angeles, has been named a principal of the firm. Ong-Siong's early career was in the field of banking and he provides service in the areas of accounting, auditing, management consulting and income tax work. He serves on the board of directors of the Los Angeles chapter of the California Society of CPAs and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Industry Manufacturers Council.

Ronnie Barnes, M.S. '79, head athletic trainer for the New York Giants and president of the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society, has been named the recipient of the Tim Kerin Award for Excellence in Athletic Training by The Gatorade Co. Barnes spent four seasons as an assistant athletic trainer and instructor at MSU. He joined the NFL as an athletic trainer in 1980, and was NATA's Professional Athletic Trainer of the Year in both 1984 and 1988. He received the Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award in 1996.

Laurel Tanner, '49, M.A. '53, professor emeritus of education at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, has been named the recipient of a national writing award from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. She received her award for her book Dewey Laboratory School: Lessons for Today. Tanner taught at Temple for two decades and served a visiting professorship in 1988 at the University of Chicago. She is also the co-author of Curriculum Development: Theory into Practice, the leading collegiate text in the field.