Lois Isaacson Simmons
Inducted 1988
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Lois Isaacson Simmons
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Inducted 1988
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Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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| Loyal fan since 1947 | |
| Lois has been a friend of Michigan's hockey players, coaches, staff, parents, and fans since 1947. It was then that she came to Ann Arbor with her late husband, Carl Isaacson, who was trainer for the team during the decade of Vic Heyliger's NCAA championship teams. Carl later became league director for the Ann Arbor Amateur Hockey Association, a charter member of the Dekers, and the first non-player inducted into the Dekers' Hockey Hall of Fame. Shortly after Carl died in 1974, Lois served on the board of the Ann Arbor Amateur Hockey Association in charge of sponsors. | |
| She received the Helen and Ross Childs Award for Leadership. When the Dekers became a coed booster club, Lois was made an honorary member and has served in the ranks as well, as on the executive committee. She has done everything from hanging up wet long johns in the locker room at the old coliseum and cleaning the trophy cases at Yost area, to assisting with banquets, receptions, picnics, and reunions. In 1976 she brought Michigan hockey a new fan and worker with her marriage to Kenneth "Red" Simmons. Both of them have been honored as Deker of the Year. Beyond decades of treasured friendships, Lois has valued watching young recruits benefit from an excellent education in the classroom and on the ice. Lois is the first woman to be named to the Dekers Hockey Hall of Fame and the third non-player to be named. | |
| If you have additional information about this inductee, please send the information to dekersclub@umich.edu | |