In Memoriam Charles R. Walgreen, Jr. C harles R. Walgreen, Jr., 1906-2007, whose name now graces the Drama Center just erected on north campus, died on February 10, just one month shy of his 101st birthday. Walgreen, PHC ’28, HMS ’51, HLHD ’92, has been a steady supporter, both financially and otherwise, of his alma mater since graduating from the College of Pharmacy in 1928. It was Walgreen who, in 1997, gave then-President Lee Bollinger a $10 million discretionary gift, which Bollinger in turn directed toward the construction of what is now the Charles R. Walgreen, Jr. Drama Center and Arthur Miller Theatre. His gifts to the University are legion, as was his volunteer service on committees, in leading fundraising campaigns, and as advocate for the College of Pharmacy. Walgreen grew up in the pharmacy business, the son of the founder of the drugstore chain, making deliveries at age 9 from his father’s store on Chicago’s south side. By age 11, he was delivering his mother’s homemade soup from the house to the store’s new lunch counter. Chuck, as he was known to family and friends, entered the College of Pharmacy at Michigan in 1924. After graduation, no special favors were bestowed on this company heir, as he worked his way up from his job in the store opening crew, in the ice cream plant, and in the personnel, sales, manufacturing, and purchasing divisions, before becoming vice president in 1933. He was promoted to executive assistant to his father in 1935, and the School of Education, while his endowed scholarship support for each of these schools continues to provide critical resources for promising students. and president shortly before the senior Walgreen’s death in 1939. He was president of the company from 1939 to 1963, shifting to chairman of the board in 1963 until his retirement in 1976. During his tenure as president, annual sales grew from $72 million to $817 million. His skills in leading the company were evident—his father described him as “a good negotiator with a milliondollar smile.” He worked to raise the professional stature and working conditions of pharmacists and almost singlehandedly reduced pharmacists’ hours from the industry norm at the time, 66 hours a week, to the now standard 40. Walgreen’s generosity to the University of Michigan included gifts to establish four endowed professorships in the College of Pharmacy, the College of Literature, Science & the Arts, the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Walgreen’s support for the University dates from the 1950s, when he participated in the Michigan Memorial Phoenix project, organized to raise money for research on the peacetime uses of atomic energy. His volunteer service continued as a member of the national committee of U-M’s successful campaign in 1964-67, which raised $72 million, and the first Campaign for Michigan in the early 1980s, which generated $187 million. A longtime advocate for the College of Pharmacy, Walgreen was also national chairman of its steering committee and remained a member of its dean’s advisory committee until his death. Retirement did not signal a time to ride out the remainder of his life in an easy chair. In 1971, he passed the exams to earn an unlimited ocean captain’s license from the U.S. Coast Guard. He spent the upcoming years sailing the world on his yacht. He also maintained an office at the company’s Deerfield, IL headquarters, where he worked two to three days a week into his 90s. At the age of 95, he commissioned a new 127foot yacht on which he and his wife and a crew that included a staff of nurses cruised the Great Lakes, the Eastern Seaboard, and the Caribbean. His wife Jean, two sons and a daughter, 23 grandchildren, and 33 greatgrandchildren, survive him. Milton J. “Jack” Miller Jack Miller died on March 6, 2007 at the age of 94. He graduated from Michigan Law School in 1935 and married Jeanette Rabinowitz who graduated from the School of Music, Theatre & Dance the same year. Miller started a law practice in Detroit in 1935 with Jason Honigman, and with Honigman and Alan E. Schwartz founded Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn in 1951, now one of the state’s largest and most prominent law firms. He practiced law for over 70 years until his untimely death several weeks ago—Miller was playing competitive tennis until this past January. He had a great run, and was a mentor and friend to generations of lawyers and musicians. Jack and Jeanette were very involved in the music scene in Detroit and Ann Arbor and were close to generations of Detroit musicians such as Mischa Mischakoff and Ruth Laredo. Jack was the long-time trustee of the Charles H. Gershenson Trust, succeeded in 2000 by Maurice Binkow. One of the trust’s beneficiaries was (and is) the University of Michigan where Jack, through his love of music and after an introduction to Paul Boylan, chose the School of Music on behalf of the trust. The first endowment was to the Gershenson Piano Fund which supports the maintenance of pianos and, in recent years, has provided funds to purchase new pianos for the School. Other endowments include the Arthur Schnabel Professorship, now held by Martin Katz, and the Jessye Norman Graduate Scholarship and Master Class in Voice. Most recently, the trust has supported the new voice and directing tudio at the Walgreen Drama Center. Upon learning of Jack’s death, former dean Paul Boylan said, “Jack was one of the very special people I’ve met in my entire life. Beneath that wonderful humor and extraordinary intelligence was a man of great compassion and generosity. He lived a long, productive, and meaningful life.” Jack had a great sense of humor and at one of the scholarship events at the School gave a talk on The Art of Page Turning. Jack had three loves in his life: his family and friends; the law and his law partners; and music and musicians. As former music dean Karen Wolff once wrote, “What a remarkable legacy Mr. Miller created at the School of Music.” —submitted by Maurice Binkow This One’s for You, Mr. C! Max Crosman Max William Crosman, BM ’40 (music), MM ’46 (music literature), passed away in January at the age of 93. After serving in the 54th tank destroyer battalion during World War II, Max joined the staff at the University of Michigan, serving as assistant to the three deans of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies: Ralph Time for Three Sawyer, Stephen Spurr, and Alfred Sussman. He was also Holland, saw chamber ensemble well known in Ann Arbor as a pianist, Time for Three in a performance in playing for dances, private parties, and Indianapolis on New Year’s Eve 2006. at the Ann Arbor Town Club. She thought immediately of Max and bought the group’s newest CD for her Toward the end of Max’s life, stepdad, by then in hospice. According Crosman’s stepdaughter, Cyndi to Cyndi, “Max listened intently to [the] CD and it played frequently until his passing. His eyes lit up when I described how much the ensemble seemed to enjoy making music, much as he did when he played the piano.” Shortly after Max’s death, Ms. Holland heard that the trio would be in Ann Arbor during their residency at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. She was able to reach group member Raanan Meyer through the ensemble’s management service to request a special favor. Time for Three graciously complied. At their February 18th performance, the trio dedicated Blackbird to Max. Leonard Riccinto Leonard Riccinto, BM ’63, MM ’64 (music education), who taught music at Eastern Michigan University for over 20 years, died in December at the age of 65, of complications from leukemia. He is survived by his wife Jan, son Adam, daughter Janalen, and three grandsons. director of Measure for Measure, an all-men’s choral group which has more than quadrupled since its beginnings. He also directed the Plymouth Oratorio Society for eleven years prior to his death. Members of these choirs joined with his university choirs for three trips to perform at Carnegie Hall. Riccinto also traveled the world with the Youth for Understanding and Musical Youth International High School Exchange programs. His was a life dedicated to music and teaching. “When I look back at my life and childhood,” his daughter Janalen told The Ann Arbor News, “it’s filled with music.” His son Adam, now conductor of the Ypsilanti Symphony Orchestra, followed in his father’s footsteps. He was a board member of the Michigan School Vocal Music Association and past president of the American Choral Directors Association of Michigan. R iccinto taught in public schools—Grosse Pointe and Battle Creek—for twenty years before joining the faculty at Eastern until his retirement in August 2006. At Michigan, he studied with Maynard Klein and Philip A. Duey before going on to Michigan State to earn his DMA. At Eastern, he conducted the University Choir and Chamber Choir and taught secondary methods, conducting, choral literature, and choral pedagogy. In 1988, he became founding music 1930s Frances (Parker) Loukes, NODEG ’32, died December 3, 2006 Ruth J. (Nichols) Sollars, BM ’34, in public school music, died December 5, 2006 Dorothy M. (Woodruff) Brogan, MM ’38, in public school music, died October 2, 2006 1940s Arnold H. Altvater, BM ’49, in violin, died December 1, 2005 “Leonard Riccinto was a man passionate about his art who gave selflessly of his time and energies in the name of music education at Eastern Michigan University and beyond,” said Kristy Meretta, coordinator of EMU music and dance events. Dorothy M. (Larson) Anderson, BM ’43, in music education, died February 2, 2007 Alice (Blodgett) Hoon, MM ’42, in music education, died January 13, 2007 Elizabeth V. Crater, MM ’41, in music education, died March 7, 2007 Wilbur F. MacDonald, Jr., MM ’47, in music education, died January 1, 2007 J. Justin Gray, BM ’42, in music education, died December 1, 2005 Marylee (Sneed) Hill, MM ’48, in voice, died January 12, 2007 Dorothy (Haydel) Overbeck, MM ’43, in theatre, died January 20, 2007 Ethel (Smith) Stevens, NODEG ’41, died February 23, 2007 Barbara (Litchfield) Stubbs, BM ’46, in music education, died July 25, 2006 Dorothy C. (Ager) Theiler, BM ’42, MM ’47, in music education, died February 20, 2007 Anna Ruth (Poppen) Wiersema, BM ’48, in organ, died December 9, 2006 1950s Martha (Wing) Erwin, BM ’57, in music education, died January 16, 2007 Samuel A. McDonald, MM ’58, in music education, died February 21, 2007 Donald W. Morris, MM ’50, in violin, died January 20, 2007 Roy Milton Parker, BM ’68, in organ, died January 13, 2007 Jo Ann (Green) Rehkopf, BM ’51, in music education, died November 27, 2006 Richard H. Perkins, BM ’66, MM ’67, in music education, died November 21, 2006 1960s Martha Nell Rearick, BM ’60, MM ’61, in piano, died May 29, 2006 Richard J. Burner, MM ’66, in organ, died January 9, 2007 Edna (Kellersberger) Kilgore, BM ’63, in music theory, died March 21, 2007 Gemma L. (Coloma) Lum, MM ’69, in music education, died November 27, 2006 1970s Eileen M. (Garden) Folson, BM ’78, MM ’81, cello performance, died February 4, 2007 Jerrold D. 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