John K. and Betty Boerema

Disappointing his parents by attending and graduating from Michigan State University instead of Calvin, First Lieutenant Boerema returned from overseas during the Korean War and enrolled as a graduate student at Calvin for teacher education. He had a 30 year career in education as a high school teacher and coach, the next 25 years as an instructor and administrator at Grand Rapids Junior College. Betty was adopted from an orphanage in Minnesota and her family later moved to Grandville. His wife, Betty, is a graduate of Blodgett Memorial School of Nursing where she was influenced and made many lifelong Calvin nursing friends.