Where in the World Is Blue? – Fall 2024

U-M alums share their travel photos.

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As you travel around the world or around the block, show us your Michigan pride! Don your Maize and Blue or Block M and snap a photo (high-resolution, without filters or artificial enhancement). Then email it to [email protected] or share it on social media with #WhereInTheWorldIsBlue. Include the graduate years for all alumni appearing in the photo and a description of the location. Due to the high volume of submissions, we cannot guarantee your photo will appear in the magazine; however, all submitted photos appear on the Michigan Alum website. We publish only those photos submitted by Alumni Association members. By submitting your photo, you agree that the Alumni Association may also use it in its marketing and communication materials.

Nicholas, ’21, his mother and lifelong U-M fan, Judy, and father, Dean Etsios, ’86, traveled to Santo Antao, the northernmost island of Cape Verde off the coast of West Africa, in February.

Richard Husty, ’76, spent Cinco de Mayo in Rome, Italy, at the Spanish Steps, showing off his Maize and Blue support.

Marsha Beattie, DDS’02, MS’05, and her daughter, Cameren, were in Baraboo, Wisconsin, this past May to witness and celebrate U-M’s win in the Women’s Rowing Big Ten Championship.

Steven Tollefson, ’81, DDS’85, his daughter, Jill Wiseman, ’11, her husband, Kyle Wiseman, ’10, and their sons (and future Wolverines) Carter and Theo visited Paris during a recent trip.

Nitin Bhatia, ’99, gives cheers from Zermatt, Switzerland. Bhatia serves as co-president of the U-M Club of Northern New Jersey.

During a trip to South Africa, Jeff Zachem, ’20, got a jubilant photo with Tembo, one of the residents of Elephant Whispers, a tourism and educational center in the Sandford Conservancy in the town of Hazyview.

Dave Finger, ’73, MBA’76, stops to enjoy a picturesque view from the First Cliff Walk in Grindelwald, Switzerland, during a July trip.

Tom Sullivan, MBA’23, braces as his wife, Reem, gets ready to take him for a spin during their camping trip in Saudi Arabia.

In February, Norma Osborn, ’73 (left), and her friend of 68 years, Sharon Shovoly, MPH’96, took a road trip to The Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama. They highly recommend this amazing institution that chronicles the enslavement and fight for freedom and civil rights of African Americans.

Peter Beck sent in this photo of a Wolverine reunion in Boulder, Colorado. His mother, Martha Oetzel, ’64, is on the right; her maiden name Is Zeeb, the same as the Ann Arbor road. On the left is Barbara Mallek, ’64, whose father, Kasimir “Cash” Mallek, co-founded the former Mallek Service gas station in Ann Arbor, which was in business from 1941-2022. In the middle is William Shiovitz, ’65, MD’67, who practiced internal medicine in Boulder until his retirement in 2004.

Born in September, Evan, the son of Ben Brown, ’14, was a mere six days old when the Maize and Blue spirit enveloped him in Redwood City, Calif.

The Humenny clan celebrated the Wolverines’ College Football Championship in January while in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico. From left to right are Will Humenny, ’21, Julia Humenny, ’19, Ron Humenny, ’74, MBA’79, and Ellen Humenny.

Lindsay Adlhoch, ’23, Julie Adlhoch, ’92, and Bethanie George, ’92, MLS’00, enjoyed a nighttime visit to the Colosseum in Rome to cap off an amazing trip to Greece and Italy.

Greeting the sunrise from the top of Diamondhead Crater in Honolulu, Hawaii, in April are Mark Shuster, ’05, his brother, Gary, and their father, Steven Shuster, ’73, DDS’75.

Nicholas A. Glenn, MS’20, PhD’23 (left), and Sydney L. Carr, MA’20, PhD’23, met as first-year doctorate students at U-M in 2018 and completed their Ph.D.s simultaneously, taking a snapshot of the memory together at the Big House last year. They married in Boston in July.

Husband and wife Alexander, ’11, and Meagan Mitchell, ’11, MSW’12, greeted the sunrise with Maize and Blue spirit at Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple.

Peter Salamon, ’65, MD’67, MDRES’69, and Michael Schermer, ’65, MD’69, MDRES’70, brought the right stuff to ski the Wolverine Bowl at Alpine Meadows in California.

In February, Stacey Gish Wallenstein, ’00, and her future-Wolverine daughter, Rebecca Wallenstein, took in the sights of the Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon in southern Iceland.

Current U-M student Jaden Adler, Melina Adler, ’94, MHSA’98, and Matthew Adler, ’94, traveled to Nepal and trekked to Everest Base Camp.

Susan M. Aker, ’78, and her husband, David O. Aker, proudly hailed “Go Blue!” at Inspiration Point in Utah’s Bryce Canyon National Park.

Richard J. Simons, MDRES’84, hailed from the trails of Alta, Utah, during a recent trip.

Carole Florek Hair, ’74, and Dwight Charles Hair, MA’68, JD’75, visited the University of Salamanca in Spain. Carole attended a summer program there 50 years ago after graduating from U-M.

Wolverine friends got together for another annual trip recently, this time for some rounds of golf in the historic town of Tubac, Arizona, where the 1996 film “Tin Cup” was filmed. From left to right are Mark Livezey, ’73, Bryce McClellan, ’74, Jim Sellgren, ’73, and Carl Roehling, ’73, MARCH’74.

Celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary, Paula Salerno Herbart, ’92, and Ken Herbart, ’86, MARCH’88, traveled to Akureyri, Iceland, in May 2023.

Carrie, ’83, and Kurt Ketelhut visited the grounds of the Heceta Lighthouse on the coast near Florence, Oregon, in June.

Alene L. Fishbein, ’45 (seated front), celebrated her 100th birthday on April 17, 2024, with a party in Golden Beach, Florida. Attendees included her daughter, Sue Ann Fishbein, ’70 (left), Tanja Lahti, ’72 (middle), and Cathy C. Mancino, ’71. Alene was honored by the mayor of Golden Beach and presented with a key to the city for her contributions and activism spanning many years. Alene was certified as a learning disabilities teacher after getting a master’s degree in learning disabilities at Northeastern Illinois University and taught for about 10 years full-time in Chicago public schools. She had 9 children and has 25 grandchildren. Alene enjoyed non-credit classes regularly at Florida International University until age 94.

Rose Kehoe, ’88 (left), and Jody Costilo Gan, ’87, met 11 years ago as faculty colleagues at American University in Washington, D.C. They soon realized that they both were U-M alums who overlapped at Mosher-Jordan, married West Quad residents, and had similar professional interests. They also shared a love for swimming, taking time off from teaching over the summer to dive into the Adriatic Sea off of the Croatian coast.

In July, Ayad Farjo, ’93, MD’96, MDRES’00, MDFEL’01, and Andrew Moon, ’93, MD’96, climbed the Grand Teton in Wyoming.

Michele Trombley, ’92, took her Maize and Blue spirit with her on a recent trip to the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

Matthew Bruce Gross, ’06, took in the amazing sight of the Gulf of Mexico from Florida’s Dry Tortugas National Park during a trip.

Alan Lewitz, ’80, MSE’82, happened to run into fellow alum George Sayre, ’70, DDS’74, while photographing the beauty of La Isla de Los Muertos (The Island of the Dead) in the southern Chilean Patagonia.

Madeline Landau, ’24, and Emma Cassidy Smith, ’24, summitted California’s Mount Shasta during a recent trek.

Steve Shindler, ’85, and Mary Kay Kosnik, ’83, flew the U-M colors on the Tre Cime di Lavaredo hike, in the Sexten Dolomites of Italy, during a recent trip.

David Harwood, ’83, and his wife, Leslie, joined Larry, MD’84, and Diane Robillard, ’84, MS’93, in hailing from atop Sulphur Mountain in Banff, Alberta, Canada.

Louise Hofer, ’92, and current U-M student Megan Galantowicz graced the hillside of Rainbow Mountain in Peru (pictured) and the Great Salt Flats in Bolivia with their Wolverine pride.

Alan Finkelstein, ’77, brought the Maize and Blue to Mount Rushmore during a 109-mile bike ride on South Dakota’s Mickelson Trail.

The elephant friends of Heather Campbell-Lieberman, ’90, were happy support U-M during Heather’s recent trip to Thailand.

Marc Israel, ’92, Elisa Leopold Moed, ’83, and Abbey Frank, ’93, enjoyed a hike in northern Israel during an April trip.

Ken, MHSA’78, and Andrea Marcus, ’75, MS’78, visited Peace Park in Hiroshima, Japan.

Aaron Brooks, ’98, gives a “Go Blue!” from near Uluru in Australia recently. It wasn’t that far of a trip, as he serves as the U.S. Senior Defense Official/Defense Attache in the U.S. Embassy in Canberra.

It was a Men’s Glee Club reunion for Joe Wieciek, ’11, Josh Glassman, ’12, and L.J. Bae, ’12, during the MLB World Tour: Seoul Series in Korea in March.

Orlando Cabrera, ’84, and second-generation Wolverine Stefan Cabrera give a hearty “Menjadi biru!” (Go Blue!) from the Temple of Borobudur in Java, Indonesia, during a recent trip. Stefan is researching vaccine hesitancy in Indonesia as part of his master’s degree. Orlando practices affordable housing law in Washington, D.C.

Four U-M grads enjoyed southern France while celebrating their 75th birthdays, 54 years of friendship, and 51 years of marriage each. From left to right are Tim Thieme, ‘71, MPH’74, MBA’79, Janet Stefango Thieme, ’71, Sandy Engel Welch, ‘71, MBA’81, and Fred Welch, ’71, MBA’73.

Donna and Lee Hornberger, ’66, JD’68, showed their true-blue colors while walking along the Silver Sands of Morar, enjoying views across the Sound of Sleat to the Isle of Skye in Scotland.

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