Albion College

A two-sport athlete at Albion, Al earned eight varsityletters in baseball and football for the Britons and was voted tothe All-MIAA football team in 1952, the same year the team tookMIAA Championship honors. In 1955 he received All-MIAA recognitionin baseball and was the team's Most Valuable Player andcaptain.

Since graduating from Albion, Al has spent a lifetime ineducation. Upon earning his master's and doctorate degrees ineducational administration from Michigan State University, he hastaught history and economics at South High in Grand Rapids andserved as the assistant principal at a middle school and highschool in Grand Rapids. For ten years he worked as the dean ofcollege services at Grand Rapids Junior College. For the past threeyears, Al has worked with the superintendent of Grand Rapids PublicSchools on special assignments.

He lives in Grand Rapids with his wife Barbara.