Albion College

One of Albion's finest distance runners, Don competed inboth track and field and cross country, setting records in theone-, two- and four-mile runs, the 880-yard run and mile relay. Healso set an MIAA and Angell field mile run record at the MIAAchampionship meet at Kalamazoo College in 1950. A member of theMIAA championship cross country teams in 1948, 1949 and 1950, healso competed in track and field in 1949 and 1950.

Don's career at Albion was cut short by his call tomilitary service. After joining the U.S. Air Force in 1951, Donkept up his habit of breaking records and broke the Air Forcerecord for the one- and three-mile runs while in Europe and theUnited Kingdom. Don returned to Albion after his discharge in 1954and graduated in 1956. He went on to become the owner and operatorof Vandivort's Apparel until his retirement.

Don now lives with his wife, Wanda, in Bartlesville, Okla.They have three children, Janet, Carol and Steven. Don continues torun and most recently placed second at the Oklahoma Senior Olympicsin the 800- and 1500-meter runs.