Jack Mehl and Hank Mittelstaedt

Henry "Hank" Mittelstaedt is the perfect example of a goodwill ambassador for Oakland University. Not only is he a member of the President's Club, Golf Outing Committee and the Oakland 100 Club, but he has linked OU with a wide range of community organizations, including the Oakland Live Y'ers and the Heart of the Hills Swim Club.

Mittelstaedt is probably best known at OU for refereeing men's and women's swimming and diving meets. He is an United States Swimming referee and has officiated 11 national championships and three Michigan High School State Championships. His long list of championships also include the 1999 National Independent Conference and Mid-Continent Conference Championships.

The 1996 Oakland Live Y'ers Swim Club Worker of the Year, Mittelstaedt was an instructor of the Division of Continuing Education, Legal Assistant Certificate Program, at OU from 1990-94. He served on the Meadow Brook Music Festival Committee (1989-91) and recently was a speaker at the 1999 MIRSA State Workshop for OU's Department of Recreation. He was also the Dale Propson Coach of the Year in 1988 as awarded by the Rochester Youth Soccer League.

Mittelstaedt's community service goes well beyond the boundries of Oakland University. He is a past president of the Kiwanis Club and Oakland Live Y'ers and has served as chairman and board member of the North Oakland County YMCA.

A 1969 graduate of Michigan State, Mittelstaedt received his Juris Doctorate rom Wayne State Law School in 1974. Mittelstaedt and his wife Linda reside in Rochester Hills and they have two children, Brian and Anne.