Team Work - Building America (Copy)

Team Work

The Great American Farmer (Copy)

The Great American Farmer

First American Women in Space - Challenger STS-7 Mission -Sally Ride (Copy)

First American Women in Space

Raising of the Colors (Copy)

Raising of the Colors

Raising of the Colors

911 - Still Strong (Copy)

911 - Still Strong

The Deburrer (Copy)

The Deburrer

The Foundry Worker - Building the American Automobile Industry (Copy)

The Foundry Worker

The Farrier - Caring for Horses (Copy)

The Farrier

Gemini IV - First American to Walk on the Moon - Ed White (Copy)

First American to Walk on the Moon

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The United Sates Postal Carrier - Afternoon Break (Copy)

The United Sates Postal Carrier

The Teacher (Copy)

The Teacher

Conductor - National Symphony Orchestra Director - Rostropovich (Copy)

The Conductor

The Seamstress (Copy)

The Seamstress

Sister - Gentlwomen (Copy)

Sister - Gentlwomen

Sr. Malachi Laithwaite, O.P. † Librarian, teacher, story-teller, scholar, gardener and true gentlewoman, Sister Malachi Laithwaite devoted 35 years to the College library. Born in Ireland, she received a broad education in several countries. Then she came to the United States, gained a master’s degree in library science and experience in several libraries. Joining the Grand Rapids Dominicans, Sr. Malachi was assigned to Catholic Junior College as the first full-time librarian. She built up the library holdings and moved them to three different sites as the College grew. She was an authority on children’s literature, organizer of the Friends of Aquinas College Library, and a founding member of the local Story-Spinners League. On visits to her family in England, she met literary figures such as C. S. Lewis and searched in book shops for bargains. Aquinas granted her an honorary doctorate of letters 1970. For six years after her retirement in 1971, she worked with Indian youth in San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico. She then returned to Grand Rapids and spent her final years in the House of Studies (now Hruby Hall). Renowned Grand Rapids' artist Paul Collins' created a painting of Sr. Malachi at work in the Hruby Hall garden. The painting is displayed in the College's Hauenstein library. Sr. Malachi died in November 1980.

The Social Worker - Prince (Copy)

The Social Worker - Prince

Father Frazell (Copy)

Father Frazell

Father Frazell

Reverend Mason A. Frazell was a minister who would spend his weekdays riding his motorcycle, connecting with cowboys around their campfires to offer prayers and friendship. Due to the Great Depression, he relocated his family from Nebraska to Lake Worth, Florida, where he worked in the family bakery alongside his sisters. He served as the rector emeritus of St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Lake Worth. After retiring in 1962, he continued his humanitarian mission by providing counseling to individuals in mental health and Alcoholics Anonymous throughout the Palm Beach area.

The Actor - James Earl Jones - Othello (Copy)

The Actor - James Earl Jones

The Auctioneer - Struggles with the Economy - Richard Redbow (Copy)

The Auctioneer

Bozo - Long Day of Work (Copy)

Bozo - After the Show

Mothering (Copy)

Mothering

Hero - The selfless firefighter (Copy)

Hero - The Selfless Firefighter

In the Line of Duty (Copy)

In the Line of Duty