Where in the World Is Blue? – Summer 2023

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. 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.

During the Alumni Association’s Fiesta Bowl pep rally in Scottsdale, Arizona, this December, Michigan Marching Band alumna Portia Jackson, ’04, took an opportunity to get back in the piccolo groove.

Six alumni proudly display their U-M flag in the Parc Guell of Barcelona, Spain. David, ’66, and Chady Hall, ’66 and Bob ’66, and Nona Pickering, ’67, celebrate their 50th anniversaries with Frank, MD’65, MDRES’69, and Bonnie Pauli, ’68.

Corey, ’19, and Rick Esterow, MBA’86, showed their “M” pride at Pebble Beach, California.

Patrick Fetterman, ’86, took the U-M colors on a tour of Edinburgh, Scotland, during a recent trip.

Tristan Kladzyk, ’04, visited the famous Franklin Canyon Park in Los Angeles on a recent trip. The site has appeared in many film and TV show productions, including “American Horror Story: 1984.”

On a recent trip, Marc Wolfson, ’71, took one more photo before departing from Hong Kong. The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge consists of 34 miles of three cable-stayed bridges, an undersea tunnel, and four artificial islands.

Neither the rock nor the hard place could keep the U-M spirit Meredith Holtz, ’91, stuck in one place as she explored Joshua Tree National Park in California.

Marshall L. Smith, ’62, MSW’63, sent this photo of his son, Aric Smith, DDS’92, MSE’02, and granddaughter, Alanna Fogle Smith, ’23, on their recent trip to England.

Daughter-and-father duo Brooke, ’09, and Richard A. Goodman, MD’75, MDRES’78, took a 14-day polar expedition to South Georgia Island and Antarctica in March. Though she was unable to join the two on this trip, they also sent love and pride to Deborah Kowal, ’73, for being a wonderful mother and wife.

The family of Edward Kartashevsky, ’02, spent last summer at Londolozi Game Reserve in South Africa.

Doris Rubenstein, ’71, wasn't the only one sporting Michigan regalia while cruising aboard the Eurodam ship, but she made sure that our university was well represented when transiting the Panama Canal.

Bradley, ’97 and Lisa Paskievitch, ’97, MSW’99, visited Iceland with family.

Justin Cohen, MPH’04, PhD’07, and Sharon Greene, MPH’02, PhD’05, explored Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains with some hoofed help.

Thomas, ’82, and Paula Wuori, traveled to New Zealand with a group of other alumni.

With the Matterhorn looming large in the background, Mary Ellen Lemire, ’91, visited her nephew, Patrick McGuire, PhD’03, and his wife, Almut Mecke, MS’00, PhD’04, in Zermatt, Switzerland.

Father-and-son duo Rick, ’93, and Brendan Jackson, ’20, took their Christmas vacation to the Dominican Republic, where they participated in a day trip to assist locals with their coffee sustainability program.

Sharonda Ayers, ’00, represented the University of Michigan at the Library of Celsus, located in the ancient city of Ephesus in western Turkey.

The clear blue water of Oregon’s Crater Lake National Park was the perfect backdrop for Matthew Gross, ’06, to express his Maize and Blue pride.

A “bucket list” item got checked off when Dale, MS’74, and Debra Sands, got to enjoy their pandemic-delayed visit to Machu Picchu, Peru.

Steve Pondell, ’79, Pat Pondell, ’79, and Ann Myles, MA’07, enjoyed the scenery of Das Kehlsteinhaus (The Eagle's Nest) in Bavaria, Germany.

The Dyer family celebrated the 80th birthday of Dick Dyer, ’64, MA’68 (front row, middle) at Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. In the front row, left to right, are Rick Dyer, ’90; Dick Dyer; and Linda Dyer, ’61. In the middle row, left to right, are Madeleine Thomsen, Allison Dyer, Charlie Dyer, and Elliot Thomsen. In the back row, left to right, are Rick Thomsen, Susannah Dyer, and Susan Dyer.

Maize and Blue siblings Jeff Stanley, ’89, and Sarah Stanley Russo, ’91, took in the sights of Pompeii, Italy, during a recent trip.

Irv Freeman, ’79, represented the University of North Texas (UNT) at the inauguration of U-M President Santa J. Ono in March. Freeman previously represented UNT at the inauguration of President Emerita Mary Sue Coleman in 2003.

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