Mel Starr

Mel Starr was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Mel graduated from The Spring Arbor High School back in 1960, and then Greenville College in 1964. He later received an MA in history from The Western Michigan University back in 1970. Mel taught history in the Michigan public schools for around 39 years, 35 of those years in Portage, where he later retired in 2003 as the chairman of social studies department of The Portage Northern High School.