1950s
Mildred “Millie” Grossman, MA ’54, Waverly, OH, turned 100 on October 27, 2021. She celebrated with her brother, Mel Grossman, BS ’55, Bellbrook, Ohio, and his wife, Shelley.
Millie Grossman majored in Latin, English and social studies at Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Ohio, and graduated in 1943. She taught high school in Magnolia, Ohio, and Edinburg, Ohio, (one year at each) and then at LaBrae High School in Leavittsburg, Ohio, for 12 years. When Kent State began offering a library science curriculum in 1946, she began taking summer classes and received a master’s degree in 1954. Her last teaching assignment was at Glenwood High School (now GlenOak) in Canton, Ohio, where she applied her library skills for 21 years. She also volunteered to help three elementary schools in Alliance, Ohio, enhance their library programs.
Her brother, Mel, notes: “Years of post-retirement volunteering in a host of community and church activities in Alliance (her hometown) kept her active and vital.”
Jersey presentation: (Left to right) Sean Lewis, Lou Holtz, and Randale Richmond
Lou Holtz, BS ’59, Honorary Doctor of Law ’94, Orlando, FL, was the guest speaker at the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Breakfast as part of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in Boise, Idaho, on Dec. 20, 2021. About 70 Kent State players and coaches joined a similar group from the team’s bowl opponent, the University of Wyoming, along with hundreds of other patrons, to hear Holtz share stories of the gridiron and about his faith. Sean Lewis, Kent State’s head football coach, and Randale Richmond, MS ’06, Kent State’s athletic director, presented Holtz with a Kent State jersey. The next day, the Wyoming Cowboys beat the Kent State Golden Flashes 52 to 38.