Margaret Sykora McCrory ’50
Molly Sykora McCrory, LHS class of 1950, earned B.S. in Education and began her teaching career Cleveland. In 1956 she moved to San Francisco where she continued to teach elementary school. Eventually Molly became reacquainted with Charles McCrory, whom she first met as a senior at Lakewood High when LHS played Shaker Heights in football. They have been married for 52 years and have three daughters and six grandchildren.
Molly holds a California Lifetime Teaching Credential, which brought her to the volunteer world of education. In today‟s multicultural society, she found that thousands of teenagers, many from immigrant families, arrive in middle and high school without knowing how to read or do basic math. She co-founded YES Reading, an intervention program that teaches low-income elementary children to read.
The success of this reading intervention program prompted a California Superior Court Judge to invite the co-founders to create a similar program for at-risk juveniles. Molly used her teaching experience to write a JustREAD phonics-based curriculum for teenagers. The outcomes were amazing.
Last year, 100% of seniors enrolled in JustREAD passed the California Exit Exam and graduated from high school. Not one of the JustREAD participants dropped out of school. Middle school students in the program outperformed their classmates on standardized tests.
The program‟s current goal is to replicate centers so keep at-risk teenagers in school and help them graduate with the skills and motivation to become productive citizens with healthy families.
Gerald F. Linderman, PhD ’52
Gerald Linderman enjoyed a distinguished career as a professor of history, a respected counselor, and an author. Dr. Linderman received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1956. He served in the Foreign Service of the Department of State from 1956-1966 in posts including Vice-Consul in Kaduna in Northern Nigeria, Consul in Madras, India, and Political Officer and Second Secretary of the Embassy for Leopoldville, Republic of Congo. He began his graduate studies at Northwestern University from which he received a Master of Arts in 1964 and his PhD in 1971.
He began his career at the University of Michigan in 1969 as a lecturer in history; he was promoted to assistant professor in 1971, associate professor in 1974, and professor in 1986. Throughout his tenure, Dr. Linderman earned an array of awards including: the Class of 1923 Literary and Educational Award, the Michigan Student Assembly Teaching Achievement Award, the Matthews Underclass Teaching Award, the Amoco Teaching Award, and the College of Literature, Science and the Arts Excellence in Education Award.
Dr. Linderman was named a Smithsonian Fellow in 1977, and in 1988 was named the John F. Morrison Professor of Military History for the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth. He received the Ruth M. Sinclair Memorial Prize and the Excellence in Concentration Advising Award for his counseling work. Dr. Linderman is listed among Who’s Who in America.
Dr. Linderman’s books have focused on the United States as a nation at war. His first book, The Mirror of War, explored American society during the Spanish-American War. In 1987, he published Embattled Courage: The Experience of Combat in the American Civil War, which was hailed by reviewers as one of the best books ever written about Americans engaged in wartime combat. Embattled Courage, as well as his third book The World Within War: American Soldiers’ Experience of Combat in World War II, were named History Book Club main selections. The World Within War also received the 1999 Forrest Pogue Prize for best World War II book. Dr. Linderman is presently working on a fourth book studying the American combat experience in Vietnam.
Dr. Linderman was named Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan in 1995.
Rear Admiral Richard G. Shaffer ‘52
Richard G. Shaffer graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University, the Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry, and the George Washington University. He entered the U.S. Navy as an intern in 1960.
Dr. Shaffer served as the Commanding Officer of the Naval Regional Dental Center, Great Lakes, Illinois and was selected to Flag rank as a Rear Admiral in 1982. He then held the same post in Norfolk, Virginia, with additional duties as the U.S. Atlantic Fleet Dental Officer. In 1983, Dr. Shaffer became the first Vice Commander of The Naval Medical Command and in 1984 became the first navy dental officer to command a major medical command, The Naval Medical Command, National Capital Region with responsibilities for the President’s Hospital at Bethesda, MD, plus healthcare in 5 states. He was also appointed Chief of the Navy Dental Corps.
Dr. Shaffer retired from the Navy in January 1989 with awards including: The Distinguished Service Medal, Three Legions of Merit, The Meritorious Service Medal, The Navy Commendation Medal and two Commendations from the President of the United States. In 1988, Dr. Shaffer was selected Alumnus of the Year by the CWRU School of Dentistry.
After retirement, Dr. Shaffer served 10 years with the International College of Dentists and remains as chairman of the Convocation Committee. He has been honored with: The Ottofy-Okurmura Award, ICD’s highest award in 1999; the Gold Medal Award, the Pierre Fauchard Academy highest award; a Master Fellowship from the ICD; and was named a Cabellero for the Bernardo O’Higgins Award from the President of the Republic of Chile. He also serves on the Board of Visitors of the National Museum of Dentistry; as a Trustee and Teacher at the McLean Bible Church in McLean, VA; a Consultant and Visiting Lecturer at the Navy Dental School and is a Red Cross Volunteer at the Naval Hospital, both in Bethesda, MD.
Dr. Shaffer and his wife of 51 years Barbara reside in Potomac, Maryland. They summer at their home on Lake Michigan. They have three sons and nine grandchildren
Kay Kujala Deaux ’59
Dr. Deaux is the Distinguished Professor Emerita at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and a Research Affiliate in the Department of Psychology at New York University. Upon graduation from Lakewood High School, Dr. Deaux attended Northwestern University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with Distinction and with departmental honors in Psychology. She continued her studies at the University of Texas at Austin where she earned a Ph.D. in Social Psychology in 1967.
Dr. Deaux was Assistant Professor at Wright State University. At Purdue University, she moved from Assistant to Associate to Full Professor of Psychological Sciences. She then moved to the Graduate Center of the City University of New York as Professor, Psychology and Women’s Studies. Dr. Deaux has served as a Visiting Professor at institutions including Antioch College, New York University, Princeton University, and the University of Kent in Canterbury, England. She was twice a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Advanced Study, Stanford, California, as well as at the Russell Sage Foundation, New York City.
Dr. Deaux has been recognized for her achievements throughout her career. Among the many honors she has received, Dr. Deaux was awarded a Ford Foundation Fellowship in Women’s Studies (1973-1974), the Carolyn Wood Sherif Award (Division 35 of American Psychological Association) in 1987 for her contributions to psychological research on women, the CWP Leadership Award from the American Psychological Association (2001) for contributions to the professional development of women in psychology, and the Kurt Lewin Award, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (2007) for career contributions to the study of social psychology and social issues.
Dr. Deaux has served in a variety of leadership positions for organizations advancing her profession. These appoitments include: President, Association for Psychological Science(1997-1998); President, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (2004-2005); President, Society of Personality and Social Psychology (1990-1991); President, Eastern Psychological Association (1994-1995) and President, Midwestern Psychological Association.
Dr. Deaux is the author or editor of eight books and has published more than 125 articles and chapters in professional journals and books. Her first book, The Behavior of Women and Men (1976) was one of the first books in the newly-emerging field of gender in social psychology and became a classic in the field. In 1987, Women of Steel: Female blue-collar workers in the basic steel industry was published, based on research Dr. Deaux did in the steel mills of Gary, Indiana. Her most recent book, To Be An Immigrant (2006) offers a social psychological perspective on the immigrant experience. In 2010, a book will be published about her contributions to the field of social psychology, highlighting in particular her work related to gender and to immigration. Dr. Deaux has also been called upon as a speaker and consultant at institutions and conferences throughout the world. Within the past few years, destinations have included England, Italy, Ireland, Germany, Portugal, the Netherlands, Mexico, Chile, and China.
Kay and her husband Sam Glucksberg (a retired professor of psychology at Princeton University), reside both in Princeton and in New York. Although retired from a regular teaching schedule, she is actively engaged in speaking, writing, and research in her professional field.