The Burnside Township Master Land Use Plan was prepared by the Burnside Township Planning Commission circa 1988.

Michael Burton was born in Detroit and enlisted in 1966 after finishing one year at Grand Valley State College. He spent 8 months in Hawaii as part of the 127th Marine Infantry Regiment, and for a short while was part of their bases tennis team. He…

Robert Darrell Burton is a Grand Rapids native and a resident at the Coit Street VA Facility. Burton spent the majority of his army service (1976-79) as a military policeman at a base in New Mexico. Burton did not see any combat during his term of…

Thadius Burzynski was born in Michigan on April 18, 1916. Ted was married in 1940 and expected to be drafted after Pearl Harbor was attacked. Ted was deferred from service many times because of his work in a factory. Ted was drafted in 1943 and…

Black and white photograph of Positano, Italy from above taken from a bus.

Black and white photograph of a bus stop in London, England. In the photograph, the bus stop sign features the iconic London Transport logo and a long line of men wearing business attire are seen lining up on the sidewalk. Scanned from the negative.

Black and white photograph featuring an exterior view of Busford Church located in Oxfordshire, England. In the photograph, a family is gathered together while getting their photograph taken next to the church building in the distance, and a small…

Black and white photograph featuring the interior architecture and woodwork of Busford Church located in Oxfordshire, England. Scanned from the negative.

Black and white photograph featuring an exterior view of Busford Church located in Oxfordshire, England. In the photograph, the stone church building is framed by a wooden picket fence lining the churchyard and gravestones surrounding the building.…

Sam Bush was born in 1925 near Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. In 1943, at Dartmouth College, he undertook the Navy’s air corps V12 training program. Initially he spent time in Lynchburg, VA as well as Sheepshead Bay, NY working tarmac duty. In 1944 he was…

Jimmie Carol Bush was drafted into the Army in 1967, and served in the Vietnam War. He joined the 82nd Airborne Division, and was involved in heavy jungle fighting. His job in his platoon was to carry the M-60 machine gun. His unit spent most of its…

Max Bush, 1972 Alumnus, visiting speaker and playwright

Paul Bush, born January 21st 1931, was drafted into the U.S. Army shortly after completing college in 1953. Paul completed his basic at Fort Knox Kentucky. Upon its competition, Paul was then sent to Southern France. Here he was made a chaplain's…

Maurice Buskers enlisted into the Navy after graduating from Ottawa Hills High School in 1943. He was originally a part of the V-12 Program that would have made him an Officer of the Navy, but he decided to transfer into the Navy Air Corps instead. …

Black and white photograph of a bust of author C.S. Lewis by sculptor Alan Hadfield in London, England. Scanned from the negative.

Donald Buteyn served in the US Army from 1942-1945. He served as an infantryman in the 303rd Regiment, and saw action along the Dutch/Belgian frontier early in 1945 and took part in the crossing of the Rhine at Remagen. He later participated in the…

Charles Butkus served in the Air Force as a meteorologist during the Korean War. He was born in Waukegan, Illinois, and his father was an electrician. He completed high school and some college before he joined the Air Force due to his low draft…

James Butler served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. He evaded earlier tours of Vietnam, by serving on two missions to Antarctica as part of a construction crew. However, he eventually served time in DaNang, Vietnam, once again as a…

Oliver Butler was an aerial photographer for the Marines during World War II and was based on Midway Island. He spent 13 months here taking pictures of terrain and enemy defenses. He remained in the reserves during the Korean War where he was a…

Thomas Butsch, Art

Jimmy Butt was born in Tippo, Mississippi, on October 13, 1921. He was in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at Auburn University and graduated in February 1943. He attended the Officer Candidate School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and was commissioned…

Button from the Groundbreaking of the Richard M. DeVos Center on GVSU's Pew Campus in Grand Rapids, MI, October 16, 1997.

Russell Buys enlisted in the Michigan National Guard shortly after graduating from high school in 1940. A few months later, his unit was activated and sent to Louisiana to train. He initially served as a cook with the 2nd Battalion, 126th Infantry…

An article writted by David Nicollete that explores how the Red Barn Theatre was in the planning phases for the next season. It includes an announcement that the Gilbert & Sulivan Festival will not happen that year. It also describes the various…