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Spotlights » Shelley Lee, '86
Shelley (Maurer) Lee, '86, attributes much of her personal and professional accomplishments to her time spent at Grand Valley. "GVSU is where I really learned to write and write and write..." says Lee. It is also where she forged some of her closest and most treasured personal relationships. She met her husband, David Lee, '83, while studying to earn her BS in public relations and psychology from GVSU. During this time, she also amasssed a core group of supportive girlfriends who remain close to this day.
Lee was formerly the director of the Bowling Green Pregnancy Center in Bowling Green, OH. Last year, she published her first book Before I Knew You as a fundraiser for the center. The book is a loving tribute to the joy of parenthood and features a cover portrait of her and Dave's infant daughter Hannah, whom they lost to SIDS. Her second book Mat Madness, a short book geared toward helping the newcomer wrestling fan better understand the sport, is currently going to print. The couple resides with their four sons, all wrestlers, in NW Ohio.
Lee meets up every three years or so with her cherished group of friends and former Grand Valley classmates. Pictured above are Becky (Gray) Barton, '91, Leslie (Burrgraff) Gonzales, '86, Lee, and Amy (Langshied) Wiles, '86, on a trip back to where their friendships began, their first trip to Allendale in their eighth gathering since graduating. Others who regularly attend these informal reunions but not pictured are Patty (Edwards) Moore, '89, Donna Hartsell, '86, Tracy Winslow, Sue Nelson, '85, and Heidi Antel. Lee has been keeping a running memoir of their reunions over the years.
Added September 2007
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