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My education at Lake State taught me not only the basics of exercise science and health and wellness but prepared me for my future research career. I became involved in national organizations, improved my networking skills to create working relationships, and ended up with an amazing paid internship that turned into a 3-year research professional position at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, GA. Now in graduate school pursuing a doctorate degree at Virginia Tech, I rely on the knowledge I acquired at Lake State and put it to practice daily while discussing health-related topics in class or conducting obesity and inflammation research in our laboratory.
Elaina Marinik
Exercise Science Alum,
Graduate Student,
Virginia Tech.
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Alumni Association
Donald and Catherine Finlayson Award Recipients
Dr. Shane Woolever Awarded 2008
- Founded Greater Peninsula Orthopedics, 2001
- Accomplished orthopedic surgeon
- Director of Adult Joint Reconstruction and Chairman of the Operating Room Operations Committee at War Memorial Hospital, 2001-03
- Title sponsor of Lake State Golf Classic
- Extremely generous supporter of Laker Athletics, both financially and in spirit
Roberts P. and Ella B. Hudson Foundation Awarded 2007
- Established Hudson, Coates and Kline Scholarship at LSSU, 1989
- Major benefactor of the following LSSU programs:
- Arts Center
- Cooper Gym Floor Campaign
- Cisler Center expansion and renovation
- Athletics
- Health Care Center
- LSSU Foundation’s Development Fund
- Establishment of scholarship endowment for LSSU students who are graduates of a Chippewa County high school.
William and Sharon Bollin Awarded 2006
- Established a scholarship at Lake Superior State University in honor of daughter Leah Marie, to benefit those afflicted with epilepsy or other seizure disorders
- Organized various fundraising efforts which brought in more than $120,000 for the Leah Marie Bollin Memorial Award
- Member, LSSU Foundation Board of Directors (Bill)
- Member, Zeta Tau Alumni Control Board, Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity (Bill)
- Honorary member, Alpha Kappa Chi Sorority (Sharon)
- Continue to volunteer time and treasure to advance Lake Superior State University
Demosthenes (Denny) Booth Awarded 2005
- Established the Sault High/Loretto Memorial Scholarship Fund in honor of his father’s request 50 years earlier.
- The fund has more than $150,000 with donations from more than 300 people. It has helped nearly 50 Sault High students earn a degree at LSSU.
- Served in Korea as a second lieutenant in the Infantry.
- Twice retired – First, as regional budget manager for Montgomery Ward. His second retirement came years later in California, where he was general manager of two cemeteries and three funeral homes.
Robert Andersen Awarded in 2004
- Supervisor of Instrumentation, Continental Teves
- Active LSSU advocate, volunteer and benefactor
- Member, LSSU Industrial Advisory Board
- Arranges for and supervises Senior Projects for LSSU Engineering students
- Continental Teves, through Bob’s leadership, has hired many LSSU alumni
- Awards received from Continental: Achievement Award - 2002, Special payment award – 2004
- Has hosted alumni gathering of engineers, etc. in corridor
- Named honorary LSSU engineering alumnus at February 2003 engineering banquet
- Granted official honorary LSSU alumnus status in 2003
- Major donor to LSSU
Walter North Awarded in 2003
- A staunch and generous LSSU advocate
- Chaired the LSSU Foundation Board of Directors on three different occasions, serving more than twenty years as a volunteer
- District 37 State Senator (1994-2002),
- As Senator, helped secure funding for Crawford Hall of Science, Shouldice Library and the Fine and Performing Arts Center projects
- Comptroller of the Mackinac Bridge Authority, 1966-1982
- Executive Secretary of the Bridge Authority, 1982-1993
- Korean War veteran, U.S.A.F.
Rick Fitzpatrick Awarded in 2002
Tom Robinson, DDS Awarded in 2001
Gary McClellan Awarded in 2000
Donald Finlayson, M.D. Awarded in 1999
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