{"id":6898,"date":"2013-11-13T12:13:45","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T17:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=6898"},"modified":"2013-11-13T12:14:57","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T17:14:57","slug":"remembering-al-shumsky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=6898","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Al Shumsky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is with sad hearts that we report the death of Al Shumsky on\u00a0November 10, 2013. From 1957-1995 Al was a faculty member at NMC where he taught many English courses, but specialized in creative writing and linguistics. He was head of the English Department and Director of the Communications Division from 1962-1987 and in 1990 was recipient of the Imogene Wise Faculty Excellence Award. He was named an NMC Fellow in 1997. <!--more-->Even after his retirement in 1995, Al continued to be a part of NMC. Starting just after he retired, up until just a year ago, Al volunteered in the Archives office in the Osterlin Library every Thursday morning from 8am til noon, processing boxes of historical materials sent there by other departments. For 55 years Al was committed to bettering NMC and was really our lifeline to the college&#8217;s history. It should also be noted that Al wrote the book <em>Northwestern Michigan College: The Second Twenty Years, 1971-1991,<\/em> a thorough snapshot into the college&#8217;s history in that time period. He will be missed dearly by everyone who knew him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reynolds-jonkhoff.com\/obituaries\/Allisonal-Shumsky1683596\/#!\/Obituary\">An obituary can be read here. <\/a><\/p>\n<div>Al suggested that anyone wanting to honor his memory could do so by listening to Brahms&#8217; Third Symphony or the First Movement of Mahler&#8217;s Ninth Symphony.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #404040; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Al-working-in-Archives.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6903\" alt=\"Al working in Archives\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Al-working-in-Archives.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Al-working-in-Archives.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Al-working-in-Archives-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Al working in the Archives.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Shumsky-College-Council-Advisor-1961.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6901\" alt=\"Shumsky, College Council Advisor 1961\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Shumsky-College-Council-Advisor-1961-1024x718.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Shumsky-College-Council-Advisor-1961-1024x718.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Shumsky-College-Council-Advisor-1961-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Shumsky-College-Council-Advisor-1961.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><em>Al in 1961, when he was serving as Adviser to the College Council [Student Government].<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/AllisonShumsky-1957-58-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6902\" alt=\"AllisonShumsky (1957-58 photo)\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/AllisonShumsky-1957-58-photo.jpg\" width=\"247\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/AllisonShumsky-1957-58-photo.jpg 589w, https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/AllisonShumsky-1957-58-photo-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><em>Al in 1957, the year he was hired.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with sad hearts that we report the death of Al Shumsky on\u00a0November 10, 2013. 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