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Where in the World Is Blue? – Fall 2017

Photos from our alumni around the world.

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Three people in matching navy blue shirts stand on a section of the Great Wall of China.

John Cho, ’89, left, and his family checked out the very cool ICEBAR in Stockholm.

Two people in Michigan apparel sit on a red rock cliff overlooking the Colorado River at Horseshoe Bend.

Robert C. Thurston, ’84, crosses the Atlantic City, N.J., finish line in June. He biked 55 miles from the Philadelphia area for the 2017 American Cancer Society “Bridge to the Beach” bike-a-thon.

Two people in Michigan apparel stand before the 3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry monument at Culp’s Hill.

Four people hold a maize and blue University of Michigan flag at a mountain overlook above Wizard Island and the lake.

Two people with their arms around each other stand next to a person in a suit at an Australian restaurant.

A person wearing a maize and blue Michigan Alumni cap and glasses sits on the top deck of a bus in front of Big Ben.

Two people in maize and blue Michigan football shirts stand by a motorcycle in a wooded area of Uganda.

People in Michigan apparel pose inside the Quadirikiri Caves in Aruba.

Two people stand on a cruise ship deck with a mountain and a glacier in the background.

Five people pose together, one holding a sign that reads In The Beilein Of Fire with an illustration of a water gun.

Lauren Triana, ’04, and Tyra Saechao, ’04, climbing Mount Rainier in Washington in July 2016.

Ronald D. Vanden Brink, MD’63, MDRES’67 (right), and his wife, Jan, MSW’78 (behind the camera), had a wonderful reunion in December 2016 with Ronald’s junior resident, Rogelio Pardo, MDRES’68, in Limon, Costa Rica. This was their first meeting since parting ways in Ann Arbor almost 50 years ago!

Dan Jokisch, ’91, and his wife, Gayle, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, in April 2017.

People wearing University of Michigan hats and attire pose for a group photo on a ship deck.

Lindsay Riley, ’06, at Mount Batur in Bali, Indonesia.

A person wears a navy Michigan Football shirt with maize lettering and stands with arms raised before a snowy mountain.

A large group of people in maize and blue Michigan t-shirts posing in a warehouse.

A person wearing a maize and blue Michigan long-sleeve shirt and cap stands in front of the Machu Picchu ruins.

Ken, DDS’71, and Carol Hovey, ’68, made the climb to Bhutan’s Paro Taktsang (also known as the Tiger’s Nest) in September. The Buddhist monastery was built in 1692.

Two people stand in front of a village in the Provence-Alpes-Côte countryside.

Two people hold a maize and blue University of Michigan flag on a cruise ship deck on the Danube, with a cathedral behind.

At 560 feet in length, the Trift Bridge is the longest pedestrian-only bridge in the Swiss Alps and a perfect backdrop for the Ryan family, from left: Dayna, ’07, DPT’10, her father, David, ’84, and her sister, Jessica, ’12—now a University of Geneva doctoral student.

A person in a maize and blue cycling jersey stands with a bicycle in front of the McMenamins Grand Lodge Hotel columns.

Sushil Pramanick, MBA’17, at Mulholland Drive, Santa Monica, CA

Retired dentist Ron Huey, DDS’55, likes to rile up his mostly green-and-white breakfast club with his a-maize-ing outfits in Milford, Michigan.

Three people stand before the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park sign.

Three people wearing maize and blue Michigan apparel stand together indoors.

Two people wearing maize and blue apparel stand on a stone path near an Italian hilltop castle.

Two people hold a Michigan flag in front of the snow-covered Himalayas near the South Base Camp of Mount Everest.

Two people wearing U-M apparel stand in front of Tower Bridge in London.

Two people in riding gear kneel by their motorcycles holding a flag with a maize Block M.

Almost 70 miles (112.9 km) west of Key West lay a cluster of seven islands, composed of coral reefs and sand, called the Dry Tortugas. Along with the surrounding shoals and waters, they make up Dry Tortugas National Park. The area is known for its famous bird and marine life and its legends of pirates and sunken gold. Fort Jefferson, one of the largest coastal forts every built, is a central feature. Left to right: Bobbie, ’67, and Sam Chappell, ’69, with Carol Steuk, ’63

Two people stand inside the House of Waterford Crystal beside a large crystal vase.

Three people in Michigan apparel stand before an ornate stone wall inside the Seville Cathedral.

Two people in formal attire stand on a Mamaroneck Beach wooden dock under a blue and maize Michigan umbrella.

Chandra Luczak, ’00, conquers Mt. Kilimanjaro and shows her Michigan pride with Climb2Cure benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

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