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Freda C. Swinehart obituary
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… Michigan University staff member, died Nov. 22, 2011. She was 93. Swinehart, of Kalamazoo, joined the WMU staff in … halls. She retired in 1982 after more than 13 years of service to the University. A charter member of Kalamazoo's Immanuel Lutheran Church, Swinehart and was involved in many activities over the years. Burial took …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/294
Windellin S. Ashbrook obituary
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… Western Michigan University staff member, died Jan. 2 . She was 77. Ashbrook, of Three Rivers, Mich., joined the WMU … October 1990 and retired in November 2000 after 10 years of service to the University. She was an assistant baker at Burnham Dining Services. Services …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5932
Louella M. Stratton obituary
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… University staff member, died Dec. 31, in Kalamazoo. She was 88. Stratton joined the WMU staff in 1963 and retired in 1984 as a secretary in Dining Services after more than 20 years of service to the University. She was a lifelong area resident who enjoyed bowling, birds, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/01/71
Edgar Inselberg obituary
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… sciences at Western Michigan University, died May 11 . He was 87. Inselberg, of Kalamazoo, joined the WMU faculty in … with emeritus status in 1999 after nearly 33 years of service to the University. Services were held at Jewish Riverside Cemetery in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/05/47278
Gerald Carl Schwemmin obituary
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… Western Michigan University controller, died Sept. 11 . He was 88. Schwemmin, of Sarasota, Florida, joined the WMU staff as an auditor in 1966, was an assistant controller and chief accountant and then controller. He retired in 1992 after 26 years of service to the University. Services A celebration of life …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/10/49550
From Aviation Camp to Aviation Captain
College of Aviation
… USA. However for Richard Bartlett, Battle Creek, Mich was aviation mecca. It was the city that offered him the access to the key that … back to the mitten state. This eventually led to a civil service job at the Battle Creek Federal Center - A move that …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2015/09/bartlett
DePuy is the Guy! Finding his path and overcoming challenges, Brian lands at Envoy Air
College of Aviation
… that? Just ask the successful novelists whose work room walls are plastered with rejection slips. 2017 WMU Aviation … Depuy preparing to fly a WMU Cirrus SR20 DePuy was raised in Naperville, Ill., which is 28 miles west of … to his resume was being part of the college's line-service department, which he has termed "a defining …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/07/depuy
From Behind the Scenes at Disney to the Front Lines of Corporate Aviation - Matt Bila is No Stranger to the Wild World of Aviation Management
College of Aviation
… how it functions effectively. Blending a stint at the Walt Disney Co . with what he learned as a student … as a toddler during my first flight," he says. "The family was traveling to Florida for spring break, and it was going … use on my job today what I learned in leadership, customer-service and guest-experience skills." Although that was …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2023/12/bila
CHHS Sponsors WMU Women’s Track Team’s Homecoming 5K
College of Health and Human Services
… Fraze on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— The College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) is proud to sponsor the WMU Women’s Track … program. Jones shared her journey to WMU, saying, “I was recruited by Coach Josiah Norville to run for his team, and I was immediately drawn to the strong team dynamics and …
https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2025/09/homecoming-5k
John T. Miller obituary
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… and a former assistant football coach, died Feb. 7 . He was 79. Miller joined the faculty in 1963 and retired in 1996 after 33 years of service to the University. During his WMU career, he … Network. Miller received WMU's W Club Man of the Year Award in 1992. He was active on campus, chairing or serving …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45488