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Mr. Dale Davis
In his four years at Belleville High School, Dale Davis participated in Band, the Class play, Chorus, Camera Club, Varsity Club, Cheerleading, Speech, Basketball, Track, and Cross Country. During his junior year he was Captain of the Cross Country team. Beside Dale Davis’ picture in the 1950 Belleville High School Yearbook is this caption: “True to his work, his word, and his friends.” These are words by which he lives. He was drafted in to the Army in 1952 and served for two years, attaining the rank of Corporal. He earned a sharpshooters medal and also ran in track and field for the Army. He was honorably discharged in 1954. He returned to EMU where he participated with a debate team and was in the National Honorary Forensic Society. He graduated in 1957 with a BS in Business Administration. He was immediately hired by General Motors where he worked for nearly 14 years. During his tenure there, he developed the first computer-based method for determining the cost of an automobile, which had previously been done by manual calculations (i.e. guessing). It was during this time that he earned his MBA by taking night classes at EMU. He left General Motors to complete his Ph.D. in Education Administration. During this time, 1971-1977, he was a full-time faculty member of EMU in the College of Business. In 1977, he was recruited by the newly established Volkswagen of America Corporation to serve as Corporate Auditor, where he developed the Systems and Procedures in Accounting for them. In the fall of 1992, Dale accepted a full-time faculty position in the MBA program at the University of Michigan, Flint. There he taught at least 15 different courses in the undergraduate and graduate business programs and won the Outstanding Teacher Award twice. He recognized the need for management and accounting information systems courses in the business curriculum, so developed them, making U of M among the first business schools to offer such courses. They are now required as part of the graduate business curriculum. On his official retirement in 1997, he was appointed Professor Emeritus, and continues to teach courses at U of M, Flint. Dale married Alice Drexler on May 9, 1954. They raised five children: Cheryl, Mark, Patrick, Eric, Glen, and Peter. He enjoys the company of his 11 grandchildren and many other family members and friends.
Posthumous Winner Nancy was born September 11, 1925 in Dearborn to William and Mabel Ridley. She graduated from Belleville High School in 1943. Nancy then went on to the University of Michigan where she graduated in 1947, then received her Masters Degree from Wayne State University in 1960. Nancy continued to reside in Belleville and worked as a social worker and an elementary school teacher at Quirk and Haggerty Elementary Schools. Nancy Ann Ridley Cash, distinguished herself in community service to the Belleville Area. She was devoted to raising people’s awareness of animals’ rights and was responsible for improving the welfare of many animals. She advocated against the circus coming to Belleville and was instrumental in stopping the donkey basketball games in Belleville.
Nancy volunteered for the Michigan Humane Society, walking dogs at the shelter. She was also in charge of many of the Humane Society’s “Sand Dog” banks located at various sites around Belleville, collecting and counting the money to send to the Humane Society. Nancy was responsible for distributing the Humane Society newsletters around town, and provided tables at the Strawberry Festival that had water for the dogs that were out in the hot weather. Nancy was a member of many organizations such as the Teacher’s Union, the Human Relations Council, and is best remembered for her work with the Michigan Humane Society. Nancy was also a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, which her mother helped found in 1942. Nancy tutored young people, encouraged everyone to uphold their civil liberties by voting, and was a peace and social justice activist since the early days of the civil rights movement. With such a busy schedule, Nancy also managed to have fun, she loved to travel with family and friends. Nancy passed away in December of 2003 and will be remembered fondly in the Belleville Area. |
Mr. Jeffery D. Collins
Class of
1981 Jeffery went on to further his education at Albion College where he participated in a dual degree program. He earned an A.B. in Physics in 1985 during the first part of the program and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1987 during the second. He then continued to earn his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1992. “I have attributed my ability to get through the challenging times during my college years to cross-country training and racing at Belleville High School, and to the inspiration Coach Medley provided to our team,” said Collins. Jeffery has distinguished himself professionally as he did educationally. He has worked for the Lockheed “Skunk Works” Advanced Development Company which has a long history of building important military aircraft such as the SR-71 “Blackbird”, F-177, and most recently the F-22. He also worked for The Aerospace Corporation which provides services related to all technical and programmatic aspects of satellite design, deployment, communication, and data collection to the intelligence communities. He currently holds a security clearance of Top Secret, SSBI. He received the 1999 Aerospace Group Achievement Award for web-based Synthetic Aperture Radar image browser, the 1996 Aerospace Spot Award for phase unwrapping algorithms, and the 1985 Albion College Outstanding Senior Physics Major honor. He has also been published in many technical periodicals further distinguishing himself in his field. He currently lives in Louisville, Colorado with his wife, Sheila Hausbeck, and their two children Abigail and Benjamin. He continues to be an active community member by being Science Fair Mentor for Coal Creek Elementary School, Leader of the software group the Front Range Pythoneers, and Soccer Coach for the Recreation Center League. Mr. Richard L.
Cunningham Richard L. Cunningham graduated from BHS in 1964. While he was pursuing his Bachelor’s degree, he was drafted into the Army where he served for two years. Upon his return, he completed his Bachelor’s at Eastern Michigan University in 1971. In 1978 he completed his Juris Doctor degree at the University of Detroit, School of Law. He worked as Staff Counsel for the U.S Veterans Administration for three years before opening his own practice in 1982. In 1984 he became Assistant Wayne County Prosecutor emphasizing in homicide and public corruption cases. September 1991 through December 1992 he served as Judge of the Recorder’s Court where he had jurisdiction over felonies committed in Wayne County. The Detroit Free Press identified him as one of the ten Michigan judges least likely to be reversed on a criminal case. Richard served seven years as Staff Counsel for the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission where he investigated and prosecuted allegations of attorney misconduct. In 2000 he was chosen “Lawyer of the Year” by Michigan Lawyers Weekly. He currently has a private practice specializing in criminal defense and homicide cases. Richard has served as Chairperson for organizations such as State Bar of Michigan (Criminal Law Section) and Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association (Criminal Law Section). He served as a member of the Board of Directors on victim rights and survivor support organizations such as the National Organization of Parents of Murdered Children, Inc., and Save Our Sons and Daughters (SOSAD). He was elected to the State Bar of Michigan, Representative Assembly as a Delegate from the 3rd Circuit in 1996. He was reelected to a second three year term in 1999. In addition to his private practice, he is currently Vice-Chair of a non-profit housing corporation which is currently developing low and moderate income housing on the east side of Detroit, promoting rehabilitation of existing housing and construction of new single family residences. He is also Adjunct Instructor at Henry Ford Community College, teaching Criminal Procedure in the Criminal Justice. |
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