Paul E. Schroeder, M.D., '45: He was renowned for his research, development, and implementation of new procedures for renal dialysis and care of kidney transplant patients as chairman of the Department of Medicine at Hurley Regional Medical Center and Clnical Professor of Medicine at Michigan State University.

Herb Washington, '68: A track standout at CHS and an All-American track star and world record holder in the 60-yard dash at Michigan State University, he was drafted by the Baltimore Colts in 1972 and went on to become a successful business entrepreneur and community leader.

Honorable Thomas C. Yeotis, '47: A respected jurist, known for his fairness and impartiality, Judge Yeotis is also known for his leadership and involvement in his community and his church.

James D. Stinchcombe, '40: A successful paper industry executive, he was a participant in the phenomenal growth of the Scott Paper Company

William J. Pierce, '40. He had a distinguished career in teaching, research, and administration at the University of Michigan.

Mildred Hodges - CHS Social Studies Teacher. She imparted to her students her sense of fairness and equality and her positive outlook on life.

Dick Ramsdell - CHS Social Studies Teacher and Model U.N. sponsor. The students in his Model U.N. delegations attended conferences and received awards across the U.S. and in Mexico City.

Sherman L. Mitchell, '48 From playing oboe at Whittier, Mr. Mitchell became a self-taught jazz musician on the trombone and flute. He has performed and recorded as a soloist, section player, sideman, and leader and has played to audiences in Mexico, Canada, Europe and throughout the United States. He arranged the musical portion of the PBS series, Black Biography in 1983, and released two critically acclaimed albums, "Far From Tranquil" (1988) and "Once Upon a Lifetime" (1992).

Justice Clifford W. Taylor, '60 After leaving Central High, Justice Taylor graduated from U of M in 1964 and U of M Law School in 1967. Following service in the Navy, he became a prosecutor in Ingham County and later a partner in a Lansing Law firm. In 1992, the was appointed to the Court of Appeals and in 1997 to the Michigan Supreme Court by Governor Engler. He is co-author of a new two-volume law book, Torts.

Norman E. Walter, M.D., '64 Dr. Walter received his B.S. from U of M-Flint in 1969 and his M.D. from Wayne State in 1974. After internship and a general an orthopaedic surgery residency at McLaren Hospital in Flint, he opened a private orthopaedic practice. In addition, he acted as assistant director of the orthopaedic residency program at McLaren and Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery for the Michigan State University School of Human Medicine. He also served as team physician for Central High School and for the Flint Generals professional hockey team.

Nancy Carpenter Hammond, Ph.D., '64 Dr. Hammond received her B.A. from Albion in 1968 in Biology and Chemistry, her M.S. in Zoology from U of M in 1969 and her Ph.D in Zoology-genetics in 1972, also from U of M. She has served as Associate Director and Head, Section of Cytogenetics for Children's Medical Center, Tulsa Oklahoma and Associate Professor of Zoology at the University of Tulsa. She is currently Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma, Tulsa Medical College.

Mary Beth (Brown) Kur, '81 Mrs. Kur graduated from U of M in 1985 and University of Detroit Law School in 1990. She practiced law and served as a prosecutor in Genesee County in from 1991 to 1993 before becoming Chief Assistant Prosecutor in Charlevoix County. In 1995 she was appointed Prosecuting Attorney for Charlevoix County and was elected to the position in 1996.

Stan Gooch - CHS basketball coach and math teacher.

Jacqueline O. Kramer, '41 - CHS drama and English teacher.

David W. Blight, Ph.D. '67 Author of a biography of Frederick Douglas and several other books and texts, Dr. Blight was Senior Fulbright Professor in American Studies at the University of Munich, and is currently Professor of History and Black Studies at Amherst. He has consulted on several documentaries including the 1998 PBS series, Africans in America.

James G. Blight, Ph.D. '64 Currently Professor of International Relations at Brown University, Dr. Blight previously was a senior research fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. He received Choice Magazine's award for the outstanding academic book of 1990-91 in political science and has served as a media consultant to PBS, ABC, and the BBC.

Dale E. Foltz, '51 Dale began his career as Recreation Director at the Michigan Training Unit in Ionia. He was promoted to Deputy Warden at the Michigan Reformatory where he implemented advanced educational and vocational programs. As Deputy and then Warden at Jackson, Foltz built a modern prison hospital and developed new concepts in prison food delivery.

Marie R. Prahl, '30 A dance student of Martha Graham in New York, Marie Prahl taught modern dance at the Flint Instutute of Music. She became Dean of Women at Flint Junior College in 1946 and went on to become Director of Guidance and Counseling and finally Dean of Personnel Services until her retirement in 1978. She helped move the college toward its modern role as a community college.

Sen. Donald Riegle, Jr. '56 Don Riegle was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives four times and then served three terms in the U.S. Senate. He chaired the senate committees on banking and housing and urban affairs and served on the finance and budget committees. He authored a best-selling book, O Congress, and was principal author of the Chrysler loan guarantee legislation.

Ed German - Legendary CHS music teacher.

Joe Eufinger - Long-time CHS football coach and history teacher.

David Hunter '58 - A top level executive with Clark Equipment Co. and the Chrvsler Corporation, Mr. Hunter has held both national and international positions.

Donna (Dodds) Hamm '59 Besides being a fervent believer and participant in all kinds of volunteer activities, Mrs. Hamm has excelled and has been honored by her peers as a highly professional funeral home director.

Gordon Sinclair '53 - A successful "restauranteur" in Chicago, his eatery was voted one of the 10 best restaurants in the country.

Rex 0. Graff '36 - A civic-minded businessman with Graff Ford and Graff Tractor Sales, Mr. Graff has held many church, civic and charitable executive positions.

John Nakamura'38- As a Japanese-American Volunteer, he fought an incredible 175 days of combat in Europe in World War 11. Mr. Nakamura coped with the war-time stigma of his Japanese ancestry during his military career. He died in combat in the Italian Campaign.

Mark Wilcox '28 Another American Hero, Mark Wilcox served in the US Army and was Flint's most decorated World War II Veteran.

Phillip Elliott '44 A highly regarded Judge of 25 years in the Probate/Juvenile Court and Circuit Court systems, Judge Elliott was not afraid to rebuff public and media pressure in highly publicized cases to decide them according to his own best judgement.

Ray Bearden - Recently retired in 1998, Mr. Bearden was chosen "Teacher of the Year" for the Saginaw Valley Schools in 1996 and again in 1997. He is loved and respected by his former students and colleagues as an excellent teacher of German and Humanities.

Ralph Misner This educator/instructor in Chemistry and Physics was recognized as "outstanding." He always maintained the highest standards and principals. A good mark from Mr. Misner really meant "you had done well."

Alice Dewey, '20, started work at Buick as secretary to Harlow H. Curtis and served his successors, Ivan L. Wiles, Edward Ragsdale, and Edward D. Rollert as they followed him as General Managers of Buick. At Curtis' request, in 1934, she organized the Industrial Business Girls, serving as its 1^st President. She also served as President of Big Sisters of Flint and Genesee County.

Walter E. Scott, '24. After retiring as a top General Motors public relations official, Walter Scott stated that talking to dignitaries such as President Hoover or comedian Bob Hope took a back seat to meeting with students at the elementary school which bears his name. The school was named after Scott when he served a President of the Flint Board of Education.

Edward A. (Ted) McLogan, '38, was long active in business and politics in the Flint area, serving on the Genesee County Board of Commissioners, and as a delegate to the state Constitutional Convention and the Flint City Charter Revision Commission. However, his service in WWII as an officer with Merrill's Marauders deep behind enemy lines in Burma represents a unique and significant achievement.

Hazel Saigeon, '24. Shortly after graduating from CHS, hazel Saigeon was hired by Flint Faience and Tiles, a ceramics division of General Motors, as its first woman draftsman. Saigeon worked in the ceramics and automotive industries in Flint, Detroit and Milwaukee for several years returning to AC as a draftsman (one of only two women) during WWII.

Max E Dodds, M.D.,'36 received his bachelors and medical degrees from Wayne State University. After interning at Woman's Hospital in Detroit, Dr. Dodds served two years in the Navy during WWII, a two-year surgical residency at Hurley Medical Center and a three-year residency at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Following his return to Flint in 1953, he became a noted Oncologist and was a driving force behind the Greater Flint Area Community-Wide Hospital Oncology Program which set community standards for Cancer treatment.

Richard Primrose, '38, enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1939 and was on the battleship California when Pearl Harbor was attacked. Primrose saw action on Guadalcanal and Bouganville. He was in the 5^th Division, 2^nd Marines at Mt. Surabachi, Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945, where he received a Purple Heart and a field promotion. Following the Japanese occupation, he served in Korea as a Tank Platoon Commander of Co. D, where he received a Purple Heart and Silver Star for personally knocking out land mines while rescuing a company which had been cut off and was under enemy fire.

Glen D. Phillips, '48, studied Radio-Television Journalism and Speech culminating in a PhD from the University of Michigan and post-graduate studies at the University of Texas, Temple University, London, England, and Oxford University as a Fulbright Scholar. He held numerous university teaching appointments and public television production assignments. In 1968, he worked in the White House assisting the Press Secretary in preparation of briefing papers for President Johnson and proofread presidential speeches and press releases. He currently lives in Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, where he teaches comparative law.

Charles A. (Williams) Green, '57 earned degrees from Texas Southern University and Wayne State University. He served the community at the Greene Home for Funerals for 35 years until he retired in 1996. He was a member of the Flint City Charter Commission in 1975, the Bishop Airport Authority, the Downtown Development Authority and of Foss Avenue Christian School.

Lillian F. Weller, English Teacher

Helmut ("Fritz") Petrich. Vocal Music Teacher

Thomas C. Gale, '61, an automobile design engineer who has risen to Executive Vice President of Chrysler Corporation.

George T. Guerre, '42, an athlete with several MSU football records and a successful insurance agent and community benefactor.

Donald E. Johnson, '21, newspaper entrepreneur and community benefactor.

Daniel E. Riley, '33, Major General of the US Air Force, SAC, ICBM Command.

Katherine R. (Roat) Stevens, '25, successful business woman, first woman president of the Flint Area Chamber of Commerce.

William F. Minardo, '28, outstanding educator at "that other school" and "father" of Flint Community School Directors.

Grace Pinel and Florence Bishop, both recognized as master teachers.

Benjamin F. Bryer, M.D., '20, an abdominal surgeon who served in the Pacific theater during WWII and later excelled in private practice.

M. Bushnell Trembley, '20. After graduating from CHS at the age of 13, and from FJC two years later, he became the youngest LLD to graduate from the UM Law School. He served in Europe during WWII earning a Bronze Star. Following the war, he returned to Flint where he practiced law and served his community in civic organizations and by holding local and state offices.

Edward A. (Ted) McLogan, '38, served in WWII as an officer with Merrill's Marauders earning the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He was long active in business and politics in the Flint area.

Audrey (Adams) Smith, '40. played a significant role in a myriad of community activities, chief among them her involvement with the Flint Junior Golf program for 32 years.

Edward N. Harris, '42, who had a successful career as a sales engineer and business executive culminating in his appointment as a Vice-President of Gulf and Western Corporation.

Daniel B. Sullivan, M.D., '42, served at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute as a surgical fellow in cancer treatment and had a distinguished career as a cancer treatment specialist.

Darwin N. Davis, '50, math teacher, accountant and sales executive, he rose to Senior Vice President of the Equitable Insurance Company and is listed as one of America's 25 most influential black executives.

Idella Waters, long-time Central math teacher

Napoleon (Nap) LaVoie, outstanding Central coach and athletic director (and a Central alumnus, too)

William Crapo Durant, 1879

Lindsey W. Williams, '38

Doris M. Richards, Ph.D., '41

Spiridon N. Suciu, Ph.D., '40

Jonsie Nail Sturgis, '40.

Stanley Othello Broome

William R. (Billy) Mills, '13

Henry G, Logeman, '38

Jean Bullard Burnett, Ph.D., '41

Donald E. Coleman, Ph.D. '48

William H. Piper, '51

Maude Stewart Beagle

Charles Wolcott, '23

Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, '28

Richard Pohrt, '31

Doris (Logeman) Rich '38

William "Frank" Price, '48

Florence E. Riddell

Helen Hardy Brown

Lloyd Brazil, '26

Maurice Cossman, '32

Paul Brady, '45

Romain Johnson, '47

Margaret MacVicar, Ph.D., '61

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