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AACHM Oral History: Mary McDade, Alma Wheeler Smith, and Nancy Cornelia Wheeler

Mary Wheeler McDadeMary McDade was born in Columbia, South Carolina in 1939, but grew up in Ann Arbor. Her parents Albert and Emma Wheeler were active in local politics and civil rights. As a college student, McDade helped found the University of Michigan chapter of the NAACP. She moved to Peoria, Illinois with her husband Joe Billy McDade in 1963. After raising four children, she built a career in law. McDade graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law and she has been a justice of the Illinois Appellate Court since 2000.

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Gene Sperling, Ann Arbor Junior Open, August 1972 Photographer: Robert Chase

Gene Sperling, Ann Arbor Junior Open, August 1972 image
Year:
1972
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 8, 1972
Caption:
Back To The Base Line The third-seeded player, Gene Sperling, drops back to the base line to return a shot from Dennis Royal of Detroit in the Ann Arbor Junior Open at the Huron Valley Tennis Club. The Ann Arbor entrant won this first-round match in a tough three sets, 6-2, 6-7, 6-2 in the boys' 14 single. (Ann Arbor News photo by Robert Chase)

Ann Arbor Junior Tennis Team, June 1970 Photographer: Cecil Lockard

Ann Arbor Junior Tennis Team, June 1970 image
Year:
1970
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 28, 1970
Caption:
There are plenty of tournaments in the future for the Ann Arbor Junior Tennis Team which is coached by Roger Boylan and Brian Eisner. The team members are: (left to right kneeling) Mark Weber, Cindy Morris, Bruce Thomson, Chris Gray, Ellis Freatman, (back row) Oliver Owens, John Freatman, Bev Morris, Emily Barrett and Peter Osler.