2002 Crystal Apple Awards and 50th COE Anniversary
2002 was a special year for the College of Education at Michigan State University, for we celebrated 50 years as an independent unit at MSU.  Alumni, friends, and retired faculty and staff came together during several events throughout the year in celebration of 50 years of excellence.  The culminating event of this celebratory year was a black tie dinner at the Kellogg Center on Friday, November 8, 2002.
Awardee Roy Dexheimer, Interim Superintendent of Schools in Groton, New York, shares a laugh with Anderton and Phil Gannon.	Crystal Apple Awardee, Greg Weatherspoon, Everett Area Director for Lansing (Michigan) Public Schools visits with family and friends before the dinner. Mr. Weatherspoon was selected to receive the Crystal Apple Award by the Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals Association
Grady and Wanda Peninger join Vern and Nancy Seefeldt and Herb Olson pose for a photograph	The reception preceding the dinner featured the Sounds of the Telos String Quarlet with Karen Bird, Steve Koziol, Barb Powers and Gail Richmond
Guests were treated to an elegant evening complete with a champagne toast using College of Education 50th Anniversary commemorative champagne flutes	Sharon and Brant Cotterman share a moment with Associate Dean Cass Book
Awardee Alice Gordon, a retired teacher from the Kalamazoo (Michigan) Public Schools, with her husband Edgar	Provost Simon opens the evening with a welcome
Dr. Lee Shulman, President, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Professor Emeritus Stanford University, gave the keynote address recalling his time at MSU.	Professor Emeritus, Dr. Steve Yelon, was honored by the MSU College of Education Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education
As part of this celebratory year, we were pleased to honor 50 educators with the Crystal Apple Award.  Inaugurated in 1995, the Crystal Apple Award honors educators personally selected by donors as being representative of excellence and commitment.  Teachers, professors, administrators and counselors - active, retired or deceased - currently or previously employed in a learning community, from preschool through the university level, are eligible to receive the award.  Honorees need not be affiliated with Michigan State University.  If you are interested in honoring an educator with a Crystal Apple Award, contact Michelle Mertz-Stoneham, assistant director of development for the college at mertzsto@msu.edu or by phone at 517.432.1983. Several group photographs from the evening including Crystal Apple Awardees and their nominators follow.
Judith Shulman, Director for the Institute for Case Development and National Board Support Network in San Francisco receives the Crystal Apple Award	Department of Teacher Education Professor Emeritus, Dr. Joyce Putnam, was honored by her friends and colleagues
Harry Miller with his friends at the Van Buren Techology Center	Joan Sergent, Superintendent for Utica Community School, with her nominators
John Dirkx, Associate Professor, MSU College of Education Department of Education Administration, was suprised to receive the Crystal Apple Award from his colleagues	Dr. Sharon Feiman-Nemser from Brandeis University with her nominators and friends
Grady Peninger accepted the award on behalf of Professor and Chair Emeritus Dr. Gale Mikles who was selected by the MSU College of Education, Department of Kinesiology	Patricia Cianciolo, Professor Emeritus, MSU College of Education, Department of Teacher Education was honored by her department with the Crystal Apple Award
Harry Featherstone with members of The Richard Lee Featherstone Society	Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals Association awardee Gregory Weatherspoon with family and friends
Dr. Cleo Cherryholmes was honored by the MSU College of Education Department of Teacher Education Dr. Diana Pullin from Boston University was awarded a Crystal Apple by Susan Melnick	The MSU College of Education Department of Educational Administration honored Professor Emeritus and Vice Provost Robert Church
John Bell, Associate Professor, Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education, was honored by friends and family