1975 Recipients

Mr. Williams joined the Mattel Toy Company in 1962 and became vice president for product safety and quality assurance.

He wrote the first comprehensive engineering standards for toy safety in the United States. His draft of international safety standards for electric toys was ratified by 47 nations.

He was named "Father of Toy Safety" by the U.S. Bureau of Product Safety and served as the chief U.S. Delegate to the International Electrotechnical Commission in 1973.

Evart Ardis served as superintendent of four Michigan public school districts. In 1959, he was named director of career planning and placement at the University of Michigan, a position held until his retirement in 1982.

During his career, Ardis was an officer in numerous state and professional organizations. An elementary school in Ypsilanti is named in his honor.

Mr. Secory was a professional baseball player for eleven years with Detroit, Cincinnati and Chicago Cubs organizations. He played for the Cubs in the 1945 World Series.

He then became an umpire in baseball's National League. During his nineteen years of officiating, he umpired four World Series and five All-Star games.

A member of the WMU Athletic Hall of Fame, he received the "Umpire of the Year" award presented annually by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

Ms. Ux received a master's degree from Columbia University. She taught art in the Kalamazoo Public Schools and at WMU, Alma College, the University of Tennessee, and Central Michigan University.

Reputed to be one of this country's most talented weavers, her creative work, which also includes paintings, silk screen printing, jewelry, and ceramics, was selected for the first USA traveling exhibition to European museums.

Her art also appears in many galleries and private collections.

Mr. Briscoe was a teacher and an administrator in the Detroit Public Schools for 40 years. He received a master's degree from Wayne State University in 1941.

He was a Golden Gloves boxer and later became one of the most respected boxing referees, officiating both amateur and professional matches for 46 years.

In 1971, he was selected by the State Department to tour Russia with the U.S. Olympic boxing team. He served on the boards of the Detroit March of Dimes, the YMCA and the WMU Foundation.