‘A PIONEER IN OUR MIDST

ouch of the pioneering spirit is needed to live in the "wilds of northern
Quant", aan ene Slee ees cigs anne te Davey Groskett.
‘enthusiasm for charti courses of direction and action is endle
in Traverse City is an adventure all dese, sais Me Sas ree sow
of cotfes im Minson's cafeteria, There Ls ao ‘nich’ going on in our community. In some
ways we're Like a frontier outpost, with 2 strong pioneering spirit.
Traverse City often do so at a great sacrifice. They then becone involved in
coumunity to make it 2 besten piace to/asve, aie ateerret tay have ng its That
kind of spirit is what makes this area such a

 

nk Stulen has forged many trails in Traverse City. Arriving here in 1946 after

earning a degree in aoreneutical engineering from Garnegis Tech and "guarding the coast

oF Florida for Uncle Sam, lr. Stulen vent to work for the Parsons Corporation. le pit
nd he: of

his knowledge of aeronautics and computers to vor! elped pantest | the te
helicopter rotor blades, It was not Panes a 1982 at he joined AL the
partnership that resulted in Belfour-Stulen, a processin fire.
Business an‘ mity affairs have kept Stulen busy e his arrival. He
layer of Neverss Si, sy ecpen of the Traverse City Planning © Commission, the Chanber
erce Education Committee, the Northwest Michigan gounei on Drug Abuse and the

of Conmer
Mayor" etemassion 2 in Aging. He is currently a director of the National Bank and Trust
we°Ghairman of the Traverse Area Development Fund. He was ap ppoiited te the Sovernar's
ounei on Sempron a Flaming ad is a member of M of Trustee
and 5 President d for
a i service Frank Stulen did some flying aboard helicopters, not as a pilot
bi engineer Suc Be aha sag especteental isely Birds, Today, his
eects Flying 42 inthe reste of soaring, and he hopes to become more than just an
interested "wing
our St so had in the age of flight, The company is employed
by the eee ae Decaeae a compiling data on the strength of materials which
included those used on the NASA Mercury flights
e part of Bel 3 business is in compiling information for the
coutege oe tnericon Pathotopiste ise fog lost Finns throughout the area. Work done
by the company keeps 1 computer 7 people moving rapidly
Each employee looks forward to the annual
Siarce, a successful writer near the turn of the
20th century, packed up all his troubles and his money in his old kit bag and left
New York. He was never heard from again. Once a year, an employees name is drawn fron a
hat and the winner is given an extra two wecks vacation and sone fun money by the
company. The ony stipulation made 5 that the winner must spend his and
money on a real vi

all is not worl offic
egiuination st maucuse Bierce doy.

When Frank Stulen accepted the 1972 Distinguished Service Award, he accepted "for
the do so mich." He wasn't Kidding, ‘Ho genuinely feels that there ave many
oe yino have done a lot to make Traverse City a good P. ‘0 live nk Stulen
ertainly rank high on the list
|, Stulen has been involved in the community, especially
Ho was active in the decision regarding Munson’
al was the best of all poss:

Both a doer and a ry Ue,
in terms "ot health care Flanaig:
Sosa yn plans and thinks that remodeling of the hospita.
choices

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he f the construction project was a great credit to all of the hospital's
opts who vont under a trying situation. Munson people allowed it to be successful,”
said Mr, Stu

"Good, sound planning for future health care needs is necessary right now," said
Mr, Stulen, "We have the perfect opportunity here to take a position of strong
leadership, We have seen both the mistakes and the successes of other communities, and
T tlie fevdan AeneH daasthius se {Pall We do oied eee ednost oe teetin ‘schools
on good health cape, and that io a kind of preventitive medicine. Wore emphasis mst
be put on maincaining 1 Te ae it rani discipline on an individual basis.

pated Ba sIED en it from all directions should give us good

 

"ALL care, must be scrutinized closely... There is

acgrent seed fonlentenied cece viscities ane the HHO Giealth ilaintenance Organization)
Concent nas, frankly, Sepressed we a great deal. ftnenicats greates
peop. a

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ple, and more must be done to insure ie iis -wesounee omagine @seyn.

 

If spirit and enthusiasi edients of the ing spirit, they
are enbodied in Frank Stulen. Now trails vill be blazed under his viection and"
guidance and Traverse City's,as well as Munson's growth,will be better fi

 

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