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Contact Margey Frederick at 785-864-2341 or [email protected] Thanks for helping us recruit future Jayhawks. KANSAS ALUMNI CONTENTS Established in 1902 as The Graduate Magazine 1 FEATURES 'Wfe'- DEPARTMENTS I1 20 Am • «; 3 EIRST WORD Faces in the Crowd 9 The editor's turn 4 FT THE CHORL^S Why has enrollment oj black students fallen in BH Letters from readers the past 20 years? Answers are elusive. JS 2 1 6 ON THE BOULEVARD By Megan Maciejowski ^H i & Schedules of KU events

On the cover: Glenn Ligon's untitled 1992 etching, from 8 JAYHAWKWALK the Spencer Museum of Art's collection, repeats a Titanic party, dinner the- atrev t If I t Le-vradt's V I \j[ Lit J phrase written in 1928 by Zora Neale Hurston: Pa§e 20 "I feel most colored when 1 am thrown against a X \J niL.L.1 v_7r Iv^j News and notes, sharp white background." Hurston's biographer is including a Marshall Chancellor Robert E. Hemenway. Scholar, stock studies, budget news and more 14 SPORTS 26 Men's and women's basketball, sviiiwf Osportsf Creative Fire 18 OREAD READER Pottery baked in a new, student-built kiln w Kooky Kansas history is the hottest arts sensation on campus. comes alive 1 1 19 OREAD WRITER By Katherine Dinsdale Composition meets the Photographs by Wally Emerson couch * 36 ASSOCIATION NEWS |k **» p»

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his is not the first time Kansas Alumni has made minor- nary metaphors. Winner of a ity student recruitment a cover story. In June 1989 we MacArthur Foundation illustrated our feature with rows of identical portraits of genius grant and a finalist for a young white man surrounding an understated head- the Pulitzer Prize, Smith Tline, "The face of academe: KU strives to break the pattern." meticulously records the Inside the magazine, we examined the enrollments of various speech of those who have minority groups, including black students. In fall 1988, black witnessed painful, pivotal enrollment stood at 675 among 26,020 students on the episodes in American life. Lawrence campus. A decade earlier, in fall 1979, KU had As she impersonates them enrolled 836 black students among 24,125 students in on-stage, she lays bare the Lawrence. societal scars of prejudice, More than 10 years after our story, while enrollments of other fear and distrust. minority groups have continued to gain, KU has added barely A standing ovation con- more than two dozen black students: Of the 25,406 students on cluded Smith's KU perfor- KU's Lawrence campus in fall 1999, 701 are black—still far mance. Her often hilarious, fewer than the number in 1979. sometimes harrowing charac- ANNA DEAVERE SMITH The University's commitment to attract more black students ters issued her challenge to America: to bravely venture beyond remains manifest not in enrollment increases but in little-touted what she calls our safe houses of identity, which she says we scholarships, little-used academic support programs, agendas of have built to shield us from the "brutal world of the other." She long-forgotten task forces and the public pronouncements of contends Americans are too eager to huddle in their houses, to two chancellors. So our cover ignore or hastily resolve conflict rather than working with their story this time pointedly asks the differences and learning from them. question: Why has KU failed to After the ovations, as Smith answered questions from the recruit more black students? KANSAS ALUMNI audience, a graduate teaching assistant stood and described a The answers, of course, are recent classroom conflict. Maggie Baldomir, who teaches theatre not easy, but as Megan and film, had shown her students the video of Smiths "Fires in Maciejowski discovered in the Mirror," a collection of monologues from people in Crown numerous interviews with stu- Heights, a district in the New York City borough of Brooklyn dents and administrators, the that saw clashes among blacks, Jews and Muslims in 1991. Class reasons may have less to do with discussion of the video sputtered, Baldomir said, the means to bringing blacks stu- when a Jewish student told his classmates that dents to campus and more to do when they laughed at Smith's portrayals of Jews, with what it means to be black in he felt they were laughing at his heritage. "For me the overwhelmingly white class- it was very hard to deal with because we were try- rooms and social structures of ing to go from one safe house to the other," Bal- the Hill. Recruitment of black domir said. "How do you get invited to the other students means coping with the feelings echoed safe house?" in our cover illustration, a 1992 etching by artist Smith embraced Baldomirs question and the Glenn Ligon from the Spencer Museum of Art's bravery of the student who had honestly shared collection. his feelings. "I believe your class sounds like a How can our community help ease the isola- great victory," she told the young teacher. "When tion that mars the KU experience of some black I talk about coming out of safe houses, I suggest students? Perhaps the solutions lie not in official people stand in the crossroads of ambiguity, ... programs but in individual understanding. Per- 1989 where it's not clear or defined. The people who haps in one sense we need more talk and less action. choose to stand in that uncomfortable place are people who When the issues involve race, real talk makes us squirm. To have the heart and the spirit and the curiosity to know about speak our minds and our hearts—or to hear others air our dif- the other." ferences—breaks rules and bruises feelings. But words that Heart, spirit, curiosity—and courage—move artists like offend polite company can speak powerfully on-stage, as play- Glenn Ligon and Anna Deavere Smith to express in poignant art wright and actress Anna Deavere Smith illustrated Feb. 10, or breathtaking theatre what so few of us dare ask or utter. As when she performed at the Lied Center as part of the millen- the University continues to struggle with diversity, we can only nium series hosted by the Hall Center for the Humanities. hope that heart, spirit, curiosity and courage inspire real talk In the raw words of ordinary people, Smith hears extraordi- about race on the Hill.^*"""*

KANSAS ALUMNI • NO. 2, 2000 [3 LIFT THE CHORUS

KANSAS ALUMNI MAGAZINE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Grit in face of ridicule Publisher Chairman Fred B.Williams Carol Swanson Ritchie, d'54, Wichita, I cannot restrain myself any longer. As Editor Kansas a Midwesterner transplanted to western Jennifer Jackson Sanner, j'8l Executive Vice Chairman New York, I am taking delight in the treat- Art Director Reid Holbrook, c'64, l'66, Overland Park, ment by the media of the actions of the Susan Younger, f'91 Kansas Kansas Board of Education regarding the Managing Editor Executive Committee Chris Lazzarino, j'86 Carol Swanson Ritchie, d'54,Wichita, theory of evolution. Your article, whimsi- Staff Writer Kansas cally entitled "Biological Warfare," put a Megan Maciejowski, j'98 Jim Adam, e'56, Overland Park, Kansas big grin on my face. Richard J. Cummings, c'54, m'57, Editorial Assistants Wichita, Kansas I am not ignorant or anti-science, and I Karen Goodell Reid Holbrook, c'64, l'66, Overland Park, Nancy Crisp, j'83 did not raise my children to be. What I Kansas am is anti-dogmatism. My Midwest ances- Photographer Cordell D. Meeks Jr.. c'64,167, Kansas City, Wally Emerson, j'76 tors having provided me with genes for a Kansas Graphic Designer Gil M. Reich, e'54, Savannah, Georgia rather long life, I have been around long Valerie Spicher, j'94 Vice Chairmen enough to observe that what starts out as Editorial Office Gary Bender, g'64, Scottsdale, Arizona, and controversial may evolve into orthodoxy Kansas Alumni Association Colorado Springs.Colorado that is just as stifling as what it replaced. 1266 Oread Ave. Michelle Senecal de Fonseca, b'83, Brussels, Lawrence, KS 66044-3169 Belgium To raise any questions about the theory 785-864-4760 Patricia Weems Gaston, j'81, Annandale, of evolution as it is popularly laid out Advertising Office Virginia leads to treatment as a scientific "heretic" Sarah Lober, Advertising Manager Lou Montulli, '94, Palo Alto, California Knight Enterprises and/or a fundamentalist dogmatist. There- Directors to July 2000 4840 W. 15th St., Suite 1000 fore I take great pleasure in seeing that Jim Adam, e'56, Overland Park, Kansas Lawrence, KS 66049 Kansans still have the grit to challenge 785-843-5511 Janet Martin McKinney, c'74, Port Ludlow, 1-800-844-3781 Washington educators and scientists and theologians to fax 785-843-7555 Debra Vignatelli, c'77, d'77,Topeka, Kansas come forth and be subjected to renewed e-mail: [email protected] Directors to July 2001 scrutiny even at the price of ridicule by Lisa Ashner Adkins, c'84,1*87, Leawood, Kansas Kansas Alumni Magazine (ISSN 0745-3345) is pub- John B. Dicus, b'83,g'85,Topeka, Kansas politicians and media agitators. lished by the Alumni Association of the University of Kansas six times a year in January, March, May, July, Sep- Robert L. Driscoll. c'61, l'64, Mission Woods, Marion Pugh Strand, c'48 tember and November $40 annual subscription Kansas Rochester, N.Y. includes membership in the Alumni Association. Office of Publication: 1266 Oread Avenue, Lawrence, Directors to July 2002 KS 66044-3169. Second class postage paid at Lewis D. Gregory, c'75, Leawood, Kansas Lawrence, KS, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Lynwood H. Smith, b'51, m'60, Lawrence, Macro-evolution absurd Kansas Alumni Magazine, 1266 Oread Kansas Avenue, Lawrence. KS 66044-3169 © 2000 by Linda Duston Warren, c'66, m'70, Hanover, Kansas Alumni Magazine. Non-member In the current debate regarding the Kansas issue price: $7 Kansas Board of Educations decision over Directors to July 2003 evolution, fires of passion burn too KANSAS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Sidney Ashton Garrett, c'68, d'70, Lawrence, Kansas The Alumni Association was established in 1883 brightly from different understandings of for the purpose of strengthening loyalty, friendship, Deloris Strickland PinUard, g'80, EdD'95, the term. Is there a need to debate that Kansas City, Kansas commitment, and communication among all grad- species adapt and alter according to their uates, former students, current students, parents, David R. Rankin. p'63, Phillipsburg, Kansas faculty, staff and all other interested friends of The environment, that survival of the fittest is a University of Kansas. Its members hereby unite Directors to July 2004 into an Association to achieve unity of purpose A. Drue Jennings, d'68,172, Leawood, Kansas precept of nature? Would those that and action that will serve the best interests ofThe Mary Kay Paige McPhee, d'49, Kansas City, believe in a Creator God deny His hand University and its constituencies. The Association Missouri may work through such processes? Of is organized exclusively for charitable, educational, John W. Mize, c'72, Salina, Kansas and scientific purposes. course not. Neither does the Board of Honorary Members Gene A. Budig, Ed.D., Princeton, New Jersey Education. Fred B.Williams, President: Kay Henry, Senior E. Laurence Chalmers Jr., Ph.D., San Antonio, Vice President for Administration and Human The issue is macro-evolution. Nothing Texas Resources; Jennifer Jackson Sanner j'81, Senior is more absurd and illogical than the belief Vice President for Communications; Dwight Archie R. Dykes, Ed.D., Goodlettsville, Parman, Senior Vice President for Finance and Tennessee that from absolutely nothing came every- Treasurer; William S. Green, Senior Vice Presi- Delbert M. Shankel, Ph.D., Lawrence, Kansas thing. That from nothing came something dent for Information Systems; Nancy Peine.Vice W. Clarke Wescoe, M.D., Spicer, Minnesota President for Alumni and Membership Records; with the self-creating ability to sustain Sheila Murphy Immel, f 69, g'84, Senior Vice itself, perpetuate, mutate, produce life and President for Membership; Kirk Cerny, c'92, g'98, evolve into the higher form called man, Senior Vice President for Membership Services PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER and this all by accident, is a little far

KANSAS ALUMNI • NO. 2, 2000 LIFT THE CHORUS fetched to be taught as fact, as a founda- Darwinian evolution stands on shaky earth could not hold all the people who tion of science, proved by scientific ground. Evolution is a theory in crisis, would be alive today. No, surely there was method. and the pro-evolutionists know it. They a Creator! Macro-evolution is an illogical theory, don't want a level playing field; they prefer All human life is organically exactly the destructive to human dignity, that snubs to keep control of the debate by ridiculing same, with interchangeable parts. Amaz- the sanctity of human life and encourages anyone who would dare to question the ingly, each human being is unique as well. social chaos. The Board of Education's validity of Darwin. Natural selection? No, surely creation! decision seeks only to return the verdict of The Kansas Board performed a coura- Jay Oliver, p'53 macro-evolution to the local school geous act by trying to downplay evolu- Denver boards. Three cheers for the wisdom of tion's dominant role in the teaching of the Board of Education. biology. Evolution's foundation is crum- bling, and the Kansas Boards move is a Embarrassed by science Van B. Norris, b'71 small step in the right direction. Horton Please withdraw my financial support Robert Lattimer, PhD'71 for this institution of "higher" learning. A theory in crisis Hudson, Ohio Your science faculty has me embarrassed to admit that I graduated with a degree in As a scientist (PhD chemist) and KU No ridicule of aedicules biology. graduate, I found Chris Lazzarino's article Imagine my surprise when I read the "Biological Warfare" quite intriguing. Your fine article on "Biological Warfare" recent article criticizing the Kansas Board While he makes some attempt to be objec- in the recent Kansas Alumni was a delight, of Education about the origins of life. tive, Lazzarino nevertheless falls into the both for its style and its intelligence. To Apparently, they have never done an trap of couching the "evolution-creation" lead off with the aedicules of Dyche Hall objective study nor any experimentation controversy in religious terms. The debate was particularly effective. to test this "theory" of evolution. In fact, I really should be on scientific grounds. Many thanks for your writing. can't understand why a "theory" that has In Lazzarino's article, pro-evolutionists Roy E. Gridley, c'57 absolutely no scientific evidence to sup- Krishtalka, Lieberman, Twarog, Bingman Lawrence port it continues to be upheld and pro- and Hemenway do a thorough job of moted as fact. Please show me any unfairly trashing the Kansas Board of Edu- Perfection means creation objective evidence that supports the cation. To her credit, Board member Linda theory of evolution. Holloway does a very reasonable job of In response to your article in defense of Surely there is some fossil evidence to defending the Board's action. Unfortunate- evolution, I must say that as an alumnus support a transitional species. We have ly, I'm afraid a lot of readers will overlook of our great institution, I was dismayed. over 100 million fossils, so there must be the sensibility of her arguments. Let us consider from a scientific perspec- one that shows a transitional life form The teaching of Darwinian evolution tive some of the evidence for a Creator. What's that you say—no, not even one. versus intelligent design (a better name to Evolution defies logic! How curious! Perhaps the "scientific" use than creationism) is basically a ques- Examples from the human body: The community will do a better job of forgery tion of fairness. In a fair classroom, one eye is a very complex organ with precise next time. would present the scientific evidence for lenses, exact ocular pressures and perfect David L. Lang, c'85 and against evolution, and also the evi- saline balance. Stimuli are registered in the Kirksville, Mo. dence for and against intelligent design. back of the eye and transmitted by the The students would then be free to choose nervous system to a very complex brain, which theory best fits the scientific facts. where they are interpreted. Does perfec- Kansas Alumni welcomes letters to the The trouble is, for the past 50 years or tion usually happen by chance? No, it was editor. If you would like to comment on so, the pro-evolution establishment has for surely created! a story, please write us. Our address is the most part had free rein in the class- Population growth: There is over- Kansas Alumni, 1266 Oread Avenue, room. Darwinian evolution has been pre- whelming scientific evidence in support of Lawrence, KS 66044-3169. sented essentially as fact, and other the flood described in the Bible about theories of origins have either been mar- 4,000 years ago. If eight people survived If you would like to respond via e-mail, ginalized or excluded completely. This is the flood as the Bible reports, only one- the Alumni Association's address is not fair treatment. fourth our present growth rate would pro- [email protected] Why do the science and education duce our current world population. Has communities do this? It's pretty clear. If human population been on the earth as Letters appearing in the magazine one really looks at the scientific evidence, long as evolution would suggest? If so, the may be edited for space and clarity.

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7-8 Donald Byrd's "JazzTrain" ALL THAT JAZZ: 10 Symphonic Band "The Toboggan," by Henri Matisse, is part of 12 Concert and University bands the exhibition "Matisse's 14 Jazz Ensemble I and KU Jazz jazz," opening April I at Singers Spencer Museum of Art. The exhibition, loaned to 18 Jazz Ensembles II and III and KU by the University of Vocal Jazz Choir Texas, features stencil prints from the deluxe 19 For Dancers Only: The Lincoln artist's bookjazz, printed Center Jazz Orchestra with in 1947 in Paris.The Wynton Marsalis exhibition is offered in 24 "Annie" conjunction with KU's yearlong celebration of 29 Emerson String Quartet jazz and the April 7-8 Lied Center appearance MAY of Donald Byrd's 4-5 University Dance Company "JazzTrain." 7 KU Choirs and Orchestra, "Sacred and Secular" Special events APRIL 7-9 "The Rape of Lucretia," KU Opera, St. Margarets Episcopal Church 14-15 Gold Medal Weekend, Adams Exhibitions 11 Vadim Mozo, violin, Visiting Alumni Center. Class of 1950 Artists Series "Matisse'sJazz" Spencer Museum of 50-year anniversary reunion, Art, April 1-May 21 13 Ted Cox, tuba, Visiting Artists Gold Medal Club brunch, Series "Fifty Years of Chinese Woodblock Class of 1940 60-year gather- Prints," Spencer Museum of Art, 15 Dean Sommerville, tuba, Visit- ing and Bailey Hall Centennial April 8-May 21 ing Artists Series Celebration. For more informa- tion, contact Donna Neuner at "Bandits and Bullfighters: Art and Life 27 Ania Bard, violin, Visiting 800-KUHAWKS. in Broadsheets by Jose Artists Series Guadalupe Posada," Spencer 31-April 1-2, 4-8 "Pot-Pourri Produc- Museum of Art, April 8-May 21 tions," Inge Theatre Academic calendar "Chokwe Art," Spencer Museum of Art, APRIL MARCH through April 16 14-16, 20-22, "Henry IV, Part I," by 20-26 Spring break "No Dreams Deferred: African-Ameri- William Shakespeare, MAY can Leadership in the Kansas University Theatre Region," Spencer Research 8 Spring classes end Library, through March 31 Lied Center events 10-17 Final examinations "Women's Work 2000: From Our Past 21 Commencement to the Future," Museum of MARCH Anthropology, through Aug. 6 12 The New York City Opera Millennium Series National Company in "The Barber of Seville" APRIL Murphy Hall events 26 Jeane Kirkpatrick, Lied Center APRIL MARCH 1 "Mozart and the 20th Century," 9-12 "Hedda Gabler," by Henrik KU Symphony Orchestra Ibsen, University Theatre 2 Australian Chamber Orchestra

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All paths lead to Lawrence

awrence has long served as a starting Lblock for youths preparing for the professional world. Now it seems our pleasant province also is popular among those who have crossed the work force finish line. In his latest book, Choose a College Town for Retirement, author Joseph Lubow rates Lawrence a lively locale for retirees to spend their golden years. Here, he says, savvy septuagenarians and ambitious octogenarians can take advan- tage of educational opportunities, quality medical care and thriving cultural centers and activities. "A peaceful, creative, friendly and mul- ticultural community, Lawrence stands out like a shining star in a mostly homoge- Here's hoping they don't call it f-mail neous rural and conservative state," lauds Lubow, who picked Lawrence among his ur computerized University experience immediately signed up by clicking a few but- top-five college towns. "It's kind of an Ostarts at the start—prospective Jay- tons on the registrar's homepage. Now oasis in the Plains. It stands out. It's a hawks can apply for admission online or there's no quicker way to find out whether wonderful place to be." stroll through virtual tours of Mount Oread. you've made the grade. Lawrence's over-65 crowd already has Electronic education doesn't stop there: Enduring the grinding wait for grades is a increased from 8 percent to 12 percent Classes are available online, library research not-so-hallowed (and suddenly quaint) tradi- in the last decade. Now that the city is can be conducted at your keyboard and fac- tion we can do without. But elec- being advertised as a mecca for ulty-student discussions are as accessible as tronic education that starts at the mature set, we can an e-mail account. the start should end at the rest assured that youth, Now the latest gee-whiz service: grades end: If walking down the Hill at least in this happen- delivered by e-mail. is replaced by point-and- ing hamlet, will not be A-B-C-D e-mail notification was first click Commencement, we'll wasted on the young. offered last fall, and thousands of students scream virtual murder.

Habit forming While buyers still can retain some and Mizzou students also favored the anonymity, they should know that, at fat-free foresight of The Carbohydrate n its infancy,online buying must least atAmazon.com, their every Addict's Lifespan Program. Fit and fad- Ihave spelled relief for shameful acquisition is being recorded and loving K-Staters catapulted Billy shoppers.Too embarrassed to buy the regurgitated in a "purchase circle" Blanks' Tae-Bo video to the top of its latest diet book in public? Order it arranged by categories, including uni- list. Not to be outdone, Mizzou's online! Mortified by your love for versities. music list featured an artist named Metallica? just click on your virtual These buying binges reveal fasci- Kinky at No. I and Weird AIYankovic shopping cart.The Internet was sup- nating fodder to fuel school rivalries. at No. 2. Sophisticated jayhawks posed to be a haven for those with a For example, while shoppers from favored a James Joyce book, a Bob penchant for unseemly purchases, KU, Kansas State and Missouri were Dylan CD, and, oh yes, the movie right? Not anymore. wild about Harry Potter, both K-State "Mallrats."

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Sorry, Bob, we never knew

ou shut your computer off, but still you hear the voices: faculty calling Yfor higher standards and salaries; students crying for lower tuition; Titanic accomplishment alumni pleading for prestige and, by the way, a championship basketball program would be nice.You close your eyes, but still your career as a uni- uch was made of Rams' coach Dick versity administrator haunts you as visions of pie charts, speeches and MVermeil ending his long quest for a spreadsheets dance in your head.You are endlessly accountable. Super Bowl victory, but few figures in the If this sounds like a terrorizing nightmare, perhaps Virtual National Football League have waited U is not the computer game for you. Modeled longer than Titans' president K.S. "Bud" after the popular SimCity series, the game Adams jr., '44, the son of K.S. "Boots" allows players to create and run their own Adams, '21, for whom the Adams Alumni universities using a sophisticated model Center is named. that emphasizes tradeoffs and relation- Bud Adams formed the Houston Oilers ships. Even Neil Salkind, the KU pro- 40 years ago as one of the founding teams fessor of psychology who developed in the old American Football League; in the strategy guide for Virtual U, 1995 he moved the club to Tennessee. admits the game gets into your head. Though his Titans lost the thrilling Super "It makes you see all the complex- Bowl to the St. Louis Rams, 23-16, Adams ities of being an administrator, of run- still savored the highlight of his football life. ning an institution," he says. "And After Tennessee beat Jacksonville, 33-14, to quite frankly, it makes you say,'Thank win the AFC championship and advance to God this isn't my job!'" the Titans'/Oil- ers' first Super Bowl, a relieved Adams said, "It's All the world's a kitchen about time. I'm getting pretty ood food, good friends, good follies. equal parts recipes, KU theatre history and old. I didn't want GSuch are the inspirations for Friends of applause for alumni. to go to the the Theatre, whose members delight in their Let Us Entertain You was three years in Super Bowl in a parties, perhaps even the occasional Picnic, rehearsals, mostly because producers threw wheelchair." as much as the Roar of the Greasepaint. every submitted recipe into The Crucible Also narrowly Now the group, which since 1979 has sup- and selected only those dishes that had din- missing out on a ported University Theatre, has produced a ers clapping for encores. Recipes came from championship z fundraising cookbook, Let Us Entertain You, faculty, alumni and chefs at popular restau- ring was former | that deliciously mixes, Measure for Measure, rants around OurTown. KU standout Isaac Byrd, '98, a Titans reserve The $20 book, which includes more than wide receiver who started Super Bowl 200 recipes and an index of every Universi- XXXIV because ofYanceyThigpen's leg ty Theatre production from 1923 injury. v through 1998, can be purchased But KU connections weren't entirely dis- through the University Theatre appointed. Football coach Terry Allen root- box office (785-864-3381) and ed hard for Rams' quarterback Kurt Mount Oread Bookshop, as Warner whom Allen coached at the Uni- well as at bookstores versity of Northern Iowa. and kitchen shops in "I was nervous," Allen says. "I found Lawrence and Baldwin. myself talking to him a lot, saying, 'C'mon The book's Chorus Line Kurt, let's go Kurt,' that kind of stuff. He's a of cooks hopes you'll audition very dedicated guy. I couldn't be happier" the delicacies for the sake of Sweet Charity and find the fare As You Like It.

KANSAS ALUMNI • NO. 2, 2000 [9 HILLTOPICS BY MEGAN MACIEJOWSKI Brilliantly rewarded

VISITOR Prestigious Marshall Scholarship helps young historian WOMAN OF MANY ACTS continue at Oxford his research on Anglo-American ties

Professor, playwright and per- ay Sexton does not former ANNA DEAVERE SMITH intend to save the world presented "Snapshots: Glimpses of with his research. He America in Change" Feb. 10 to an Jiiarbors no feelings of audience of about 600 at the Lied self-important, scholarly Center. Smith portrayed diverse, status. When describing his real-life characters, using their reaction to winning an exact words to convey their views esteemed Marshall Scholar- on the differences that still divide ship, Sexton sounds less like Americans. an aspiring academic and more like an excited kid. SPONSOR: The Hall Center for the "It's really cool," Sexton Humanities Millennium Speakers Series says. "I wasn't even going to apply for this, so it's great BACKGROUND: Smith in 1996 won news to me that I won it. a genius grant from the MacArthur I wasn't sitting around all Foundation, which hailed her lecture- nervous and waiting to hear performances as "a new form of the- if I won, but I couldn't be atre." A professor of the arts at happier." BRAINS AND BALANCE: Jay Sexton's grasp of British-American Stanford University, she helped found Sextons relaxed enthusi- history is obviously impressive, but the Marshall Scholar's broad inter- ests also endeared him to judges.The former high school basketball the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dia- asm and lack of pretense and tennis star from Salina also has been a Big Brother; tutored high- logue at Harvard University. contrast with the eminence risk students and volunteered for political parties. of his achievement. Marshall ANECDOTE: Smith inherited her fas- Scholarships, given annually to just 40 Civil War. His specialty made him a cination with language from her grand- students from across the United States, natural choice for the Marshall award, father, who once told her, "If you say a provide about $50,000 a year for up to Klayder says. word often enough, it becomes you." two years of graduate study at any British "He's so knowledgable about British- university. Since the scholarship was American diplomatic relations," she says. QUOTE: founded by the British government in "It's unusual for someone at the under- "We are now 1953 to express gratitude for the Marshall graduate level to already have done so living in a time Plan, seven KU students, including Sex- much focused research. And it's fitting where the ton, have been named Marshall Scholars. that his research is about the relationship expertise of "It's a very prestigious scholarship," between these two countries, because the me is so says Mary Klayder, associate director of scholarship honors that relationship." overdeveloped the University Honors Program. "For Sexton says he has been interested in that we have many previous winners, it's led to very the Civil War since childhood. At age 12, very little big positions in government." he used his summer earnings to buy a room for the If Sexton has aspirations of bureau- replica Civil War uniform and join the possiblity of cratic glory he is not revealing them yet. 8th Kansas Volunteer Regiment as a us. ...The challenge is for us to come He seems to be more intrigued by the drummer boy in battle reenactments. As out of our safe houses of identity." process of learning than by its rewards. Sextons intellect grew, his interests He plans to study Anglo-American rela- evolved from battles to diplomatic issues. tions at Oxford University, where he took His research focuses on why England did courses during the 1998-'99 academic not intervene in the American Civil War. year. As a history and English major, he "The dynamic between Britain and the researched England's role in the U.S. U.S. is really interesting, particularly at

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this time in history," he says. "Most of gave his State of the State address and what we are taught about the Civil War is proposed his revamped budget, KU and insular. But learning the British govern- Regents officials were relieved. ment's reasons for remaining neutral adds Graves' proposal included $21.9 mil- a whole other dimension to what we lion in state general funds for the board to know." carry out the Higher Education Coordina- DISCOVERY Sexton is studying a London network tion Act, approved by the 1999 Legisla- SATURN ON MY MIND of American and British supporters of the ture, which gave the Regents authority THE CASSINI SPACECRAFT'S North that pressured British politicians to over community colleges and technical seven-year, 850-million-mile journey to stay out of the war. After spending time at schools in Kansas in addition to KU and Saturn may still be in its early stages, Oxford a year ago, he is prepared for the other state universities. The governor's but the epic expedition already is pro- university's completely different approach budget included $8.4 million for faculty ducing what Tom Armstrong calls "spec- to learning. There, he says, students have salary enhancements. tacular data." Cassini's route entails more academic freedom and virtually no "It looks like the step towards partner- successive trips around Venus, Earth and incremental deadlines. To succeed, they ship with the governor that the Regents Jupiter before the gravitational force must be self-disciplined. took with the tuition increase has been fields from each planet catapult it to "It's a great environment for someone responded to with the faculty salary Saturn in 2004.The data from the who's really enthusiastic about what increase and the funding of the Higher spacecraft's suc- they're doing," Sexton says. Education Coordination Act," Hemenway cessful swing-by Fortunately, Sexton is such a scholar. said. "I hope that spirit will continue with of Earth in mid- He is clearly enthralled with the topic. the Legislature." August suggests "Jay is one of those rare people who is In December, the Regents approved a the device that really interested in 'what he's interested tuition increase to restore cuts to the base Armstrong in,'" Klayder says. "It's not about trying to budget requested by Graves for the cur- developed with impress someone in an interview. He's rent fiscal year. After conceding a tuition NASA is work- very bright and he's genuinely fascinated increase, the Regents considered it a polit- ing well. by what he's learning." ical necessity to win Graves' legislative "We're measuring the radioactivity Sexton also has a humble perspective support for funding the Higher Education around each planet," says Armstrong, about his research. When asked to explain Coordination Act. c'62, professor of physics and astrono- the significance of his work, he replies "I don't think there were promises," my, whose discoveries about Jupiter wittily. Graves said. "I do think there were expec- were featured in Kansas Alumni's Sep- "If I hear that platitude about needing tations. I think higher education is deserv- tember 1996 issue. "Earth and Jupiter to 'understand history so it doesn't repeat ing of more support." especially have intense radiation. If we can document how the radiation itself one more time, I'm going to throw Graves' proposal also included money changes, and in response to what, we up," he says. "I study this because I find it for a 2.5 percent increase in unclassified can unravel this tremendously compli- interesting. The fact that I get to continue faculty and staff salaries, a priority on cated story of how Earth interacts studying is just fine with me."'^* KU's list. The increase, combined with with its environment." additional state general funds, would Armstrong and a group of students mean faculty could receive an average of University, Regents happy are analyzing the flight's data. Once 5.9 percent salary increases. Cassini reaches Saturn, it will orbit for with Graves' 2001 budget In addition, the budget allocates funds four years, making a radar map of the for the Regents to begin carrying out the dense, primitive planet that Armstrong duties mandated by the Higher Education says resembles early Earth. He hopes hen Gov. Bill Graves' budget office Coordination Act. Graves recommended the project, which costs $ 1.5 billion, will Wproposed its recommended fiscal $350,000 and adding two full-time posi- exploit the technology he has helped 2001 budget in November, University and tions to the Regents staff. develop and teach scientists about Kansas Board of Regents officials were While University and Regents officials Earth's history. stunned. Missing was all of the money are generally satisfied with Graves' bud- "I'm optimistic that scientific discov- promised by the state under the Higher get, KU student body president Korb eries will be made because of this tech- Education Coordination Act. Chancellor Maxwell has one main point of con- nology," Armstrong says. "It's impossible Robert E. Hemenway called the snub a tention. A $1 library fee slated to begin to place a specific dollar value on priority crisis and implored University next fall was approved by Student Senate knowledge." supporters to lobby state legislators for on the condition that the state would more money. But by January, when Graves match every dollar paid by students. But

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the matching funds were not included in have direct control over the price, but the budget. they do have control over information," He said if the state would not match says Shenoy, b79, g'84, PhD'91. "So per- the library fee, he may push for it to be haps if there was some relatively bad reconsidered. The fee, coupled with the news about the company, they might leak UPDATE 2.5 percent base tuition increase and the that right before the grant date. Or they KC CAMPUS EXPANDING $3.20 per credit-hour increase, would might withhold good news until after that raise tuition 8.5 percent for in-state stu- date." IN ISSUE NO. 2, 1999, Kansas Alumni dents and 3.9 percent for out-of-state stu- proclaimed that the University's Studying 249 Fortune 1,000 compa- dents. Edwards Campus could expect pro- nies, Shenoy and Chauvin found a statisti- longed prosperity. A year later, KU's Still, considering the strides KU and cally significant abnormal decrease in Overland Park extension continues to Regents proponents have made since stock prices during the 10-day period fulfill that promise. Dean Robert Clark November, they found themselves in Jan- preceding the grant date. They say that in December announced that the Uni- uary in an unlikely position: They were while some CEOs collected huge financial versity will begin offering undergraduate smiling.'"""•'•• gains by having temporarily lowered stock classes at the Edwards Campus this prices, most gained on average about summer. $20,000 a grant, a paltry sum compared "We have had and continue to have Stocks slide on grant date, with their six- and seven-figure salaries. a significant demand for undergraduate business profs' study says The drawback of this practice, Shenoy programming," Clark says. "This is our and Chauvin say, is that it encourages first attempt to meet those demands." CEOs to cheat the system. As many as 30 upper-level courses isappointing earnings reports some- "It reduces the efficiency of the firms will be available this summer in English, Dtimes cause stock prices to fall. Other and the market, even if it is only tempo- economics, history, psychology and times, stock prices are the victims of rary," Shenoy says. other liberal uncertain rumors. But the surest arts sub- indicator that prices will tumble, jects. KU say business professors Catherine coordinated Shenoy and Keith Chauvin, is the the schedule calendar. On the days before cor- with John- porate stock options are offered, son County stock prices consistently drop. Community "We're looking at what happens College, to the stock right before the pur- which offers chasing date," says Chauvin, c'82, freshman and sophomore courses, to who, with Shenoy, recently com- avoid duplication. No undergraduate pleted a study about how CEO classes are expected to be offered dur- ing the 2000-2001 academic year, Clark stock options affect the stock mar- says, but they will reappear in summer ket. "Is the stock price on those 2001. days lower than expected? We find that it is." PUTTING STOCK IN THEIR OPINIONS: Business The Edwards Campus already offers Stock options—which give analysts have been clamoring to get copies of Keith Chauvin 17 graduate programs and will use sum- and Catherine Shenoy's stock options study. mers to slowly build its undergraduate company executives a chance to offerings.The first undergraduate buy stock in a company on a speci- degree completion program, in conjunc- fied day—are supposed to encourage The study, to be published in the Jour- tion with JCCC, will be offered in Eng- CEOs to improve company performance. nal of Corporate Finance, already has lish in fall 2001.A degree completion In the long term, they probably do. As attracted worldwide attention. program in biology will be added in the company's share price rises, so do "We've had probably 35 requests for 2002; one in communication studies is the CEO's profits. But in the short term, this paper already, and it hasn't even been planned for fall 2003. specifically on the grant date when execu- published yet," Chauvin says. "A lot more For more information about specific tives can buy stock, prices regularly fall. people have been interested in this than class schedules, call the Edwards Cam- Does this mean CEOs are manipulating in anything I've ever written before, I pus at 913-897-8400. the market to purchase their shares at a think because CEO compensation is a bargain? very interesting and hot topic right "There is no direct evidence that CEOs now."-'*

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ROCK CHALK REVIEW VISITOR MILESTONES, MONEY AND OTHER MATTERS PROPHECY OF HEALING

•AFTER RECRUITING A CLASS OF 101 NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS, THE WATTS PROPHETS, consid- KU now ranks ninth among the nation's public universities in new National Merit ered the fathers of West Coast Scholars. In his first public address as chancellor in 1995, Robert E. Hemenway set a rap, delivered a lyrical message goal of enrolling 100 new National Merit Scholars each year, beginning in fall 2000. about overcoming powerlessness Thanks to aggressive recruiting and increased private donations for scholarships, through poetry in "Discover the KU has met Hemenway's goal a year early. "We are proud so many exceptional, high- Beginning of the Rap Legacy." achieving students are choosing to attend KU," Hemenway says. "Quality attracts quality, and I think that's the case here." KU's total enrollment of National Merit Scholars in all undergraduate levels is 301.

• FORMER KANSAS FIRST LADY MEREDITH GEAR DOCKING, B'47, has committed $ I million to create an award to honor and retain exceptional teachers and scholars at KU.The first Docking Scholars, Monica Biernat, associate professor of psy- chology; RickT. Dobrowsky, assistant professor of pharmacology and toxicology; and W.M. Kim Roddis, associate professor of engineering, will receive a salary stipend for the duration of their fellowships. For their numerous donations to KU, Docking; her WHEN: Feb. I I sons, William, c'73, g'77, l'77; and Thomas, c'76, g'80,1'8O; and their families were hon- ored at halftime of the Kansas-Iowa State basketball game Feb. 16 at Allen Field House. WHERE: The Lied Center

•KU ENERGY RESEARCHERS have received a $1.9 million grant from the SPONSOR: School of Fine Arts, Lied U.S. Department of Energy for a field demonstration project using carbon dioxide to Center New Directions Series recover petroleum from an oil field in central Kansas.The funding will be provided to KU's Center for Research Inc. and the KU Energy Research Center. In addition, the BACKGROUND: The Watts project's partners are contributing another $3.5 million in services and financing. Prophets-Richard Dedeaux.Amde Hamilton and Otis O'Solomon-have • DOROTHY WOHLGEMUTH LYNCH, d'59, has pledged $305,000 to establish a lived, worked and created in Los Ange- faculty scholarship at KU and support the Alumni Association.The Faculty Scholar pro- les'Watts district since 1967. Bearing gram will provide research and salary assistance to non-tenured faculty members who witness to the racism, poverty and vio- are recognized as the brightest young professors. Lynch, a KU Endowment Association lence of their everyday reality laid the trustee, served as chairman of the Alumni Association from 1994 to 1995. thematic foundation for modern rap.

•OH, LOOK, WE'VE DONE IT AGAIN. In what has become a seemingly annual ANECDOTE: In his poem "Freedom tradition, KU has been ranked among the top 50 public universities by U.S. News and Flame," Dedeaux spoke about how World Report. In its annual America's Best Colleges issue, the magazine rated the transcending bleak reality can help peo- nation's 147 public and 81 private institutions according to their academic reputation. ple retain hope. "In front of this fire I Iowa State,Texas.Texas A&M, Colorado and Missouri also were in the top 50. feel like a king," he said. "But outside of this house it don't mean a thing. So I •JOANIEVIGNATELLI has donated $100,000 to establish the GeneVignatelli put another log on the fire." Scholarship Fund in honor of her late husband, who died in I998.joanie and Gene, d'55, a former KU football player and one of the program's most loyal boosters, had QUOTE: O'Solomon said that telling season tickets to Kansas football games for nearly 45 years. "He truly believed that the honest stories was therapeutic. "We education he received at KU gave him tremendous opportunities and allowed him to come from a place where we like to provide a better life for his family," Joanie said. "Gene's goal was to repay KU by pro- speak the truth that needs to be told," viding those same opportunities for others." he said. "There is a lot of healing in poetry for the listener and the poet."

KANSAS ALUMNI • NO. 2, 2000 I''' BY MEGAN MACIEJOWSK! Fight to the finish Inconsistency plagues Jayhawks in a confusing season SOON AFTER KANSAS beat Colorado, 89-74, Jan. 24, coach Roy that has coaches, players vowing their best is yet to come Williams—clearly still irritated by a 22- point loss two days earlier at Missouri, or much of the past decade, Kansas into a stretch in which five of eight games where fans were ravenous—used his had assumed its place atop the were losses and unpredictability became post-game press conference to rip into Fmen's basketball conference stand- the team's most predictable characteristic. KU fans who, as usual, had filled Allen ings. Though a Jayhawk championship KU followed an uninspired win at Field House to its capacity of 16,300. was never a foregone conclusion, the home against Colorado with consecutive "I don't care how you print it and I annual end-of-the-year net-cutting often losses at Iowa State and Iowa. A com- don't care how many fans write me let- seemed only slightly more than ters. I'll throw the suckers in the trash a formality. Not so this year. At can and I'm not gonna read any of 'em. press time, the enigmatic 1999- That's a sorry excuse for a home crowd 2000 Jayhawks had struggled out there tonight, after what we we had to a 9-4 record in the Big 12, to put up with Saturday [at Missouri]," trailing five other teams and Williams said. "Make whatever you want fighting desperately for the [of this], but I'm gonna fight for those conference title that still dan- kids. If that ticks somebody off then so gled in front of them, if only as be it." an unlikely mathematical possi- Williams then praised the student bility. sections before continuing his blistering What's the matter with attack on the rest of the crowd at Allen Kansas? For starters, the Big 12 Field House: "This place should never be is having its finest year, with described as a wine and cheese crowd, five teams, including No. 23 and that's about what it sounded like Kansas, crowding the top 25 out there tonight. I stole that from a guy rankings and six teams likely to at Florida State who said that's what earn NCAA tournament berths. North Carolina's crowd was like [in ref- "People have talked about erence to Florida State's 76-71 upset of how we ran through the con- North Carolina Jan. 22 in Chapel Hill]. If ference in my first two years," you don't want to cheer for us, keep senior forward Nick Bradford your big butts at home. I'll find enough says, "but we weren't getting friends that can come in here. six teams in the tournament "I have never seen a crowd like that. then." They were never into the whole thing. True. But KUs tough sched- You need people when you're down. We ule only partly explains its per- don't need people when we're high-fly- plexing performance this year. ing. When things are going perfectly you Kansas, which still carried a don't need crowds." respectable 20-7 overall record Opinions varied about the crowd's heading into the season's final enthusiasm. Some who were at the stretch, began conference play game said KU fans were as loud as ever; by beating Colorado, Kansas HARD TIMES: Though he has the highest career winning per- Lawrence Journal-World columnist State, Nebraska and Texas centage among active Division I coaches, Roy Williams is enduring Chuck Woodling wrote that he needed A&M. Then Missouri dealt the rare criticism during his 12th season. "I've been criticized for not earplugs. Others contended the arena Jayhawks a devastating, 22- going to the Final Four in seven years, but I keep coming back," point defeat at the Hearnes Williams says. "I've been criticized for losing to Oklahoma State felt flat. and we came back. I'm going to be criticized and [players will be] At any rate, the game was forgettable Center that sent KU spiraling criticized, but we're going to come back."

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manding victory over Texas Tech pre- and Collison, the team's most dependable ceded the second-worst defeat in school players, have started every game this sea- and perhaps didn't warrant much history, a 33-point loss at Oklahoma son, and perhaps the incongruity has enthusiasm from the fans:The two State, which preceded a dominating, 29- affected the team. teams combined for 46 personal fouls; point win at Kansas State. The Jayhawks But unmet expectations also have Colorado made just 38.7 percent of its lost at Allen Field House for the first time played a prominent role in KU's troubles. shots, and the Jayhawks weren't exactly all season when they surrendered a nine- The team still finds itself searching for the dazzling at 48.4 percent; and, as noted point lead with three minutes to play elusive go-to player. Before the season by University Daily Kansan columnist against Iowa State; four days later they began, many thought junior center Eric Michael Rigg, the Monday-night game beat Oklahoma, 53-50, by showing Chenowith would be that player; but the started at a "fan-unfriendly 8 p.m." uncharacteristic poise in the game's wan- preseason Ail-American has struggled all Although Williams declined to back ing moments. year and, despite his obvious effort, down from his contention that the "I still think we're gonna be pretty dog- Chenowith's confidence seems virtually crowd was less than spectacular against gone good," coach Roy Williams says. depleted. Colorado, he did use his radio show "I'm just wondering when, just like every- "It hurts me to not be able to con- the next day to apologize. body else." tribute more because I love this University "OP Roy has done some dumb In what has been a trying season, and this team so much," Chenowith says. things, and last night was one of them," Williams has been alternately despondent "All I can do is keep going out there every Williams said, as reported by the and defensive, at one turn lamenting his night and trying my best." Lawrence Journal-World."Ol' Roy can team's lack of focus, then lashing out at Kansas also has missed Axtell's instant say it. I was wrong. I've got to choose fans (see sidebar) for not supporting the offense and, against opponents with phys- my words a heck of a lot better. I don't team enthusiastically enough. He has ical big men, Earl's defensive toughness. mean to be offensive to our people. I been derided by critics who question his "All of us Jayhawk fans were counting have a passion and love for this place. It frequent substitutions and distracted by on certain people or certain things hap- is the best place there is to play college both the undisclosed illness that has side- pening that hasn't come through yet or basketball." lined junior guard Luke Axtell indefinitely hasn't materialized like we'd hoped," and Lester Earl's DUI arrest that earned Williams says. "Nobody is more frustrated the senior forward a seven-game suspen- with that than I am. Regardless of who is sion. But, more than anything, Williams in that uniform, I can't give up on them." has been determined to mold Kansas into The players certainly have not given the team he thinks it can become. up, and Williams has plenty of reasons to WHEN RYAN DOUGLASS came "It is a fact that Jacque Vaughn and remain optimistic. After KU's demoraliz- to Memorial Stadium in 1997 as a Mis- Scot Pollard's freshman year we lost three ing collapse against Iowa State, the team souri quarterback, his father, former conference games in a row," Williams displayed fortitude in hanging on to beat KU All-American football player Bobby says. "I remember going into those press Oklahoma. Douglass,'69, was spotted post-game at conferences saying we're not dead yet. "When you're a player here at Kansas, the Wheel with a Tiger sticker on his They made some mistakes during those when you have some adversity after all shirt. Douglass, beloved quarterback of runs that they didn't make later on. I'm the success you've had, you have a hard the 1969 Orange Bowl team, was visi- hoping that's what's going to happen with time, you question yourself," Williams bly distressed about his torn loyalties. this bunch." says. "To come back and compete, that's Two and a half years later, the younger By late February, KU still had yet to the biggest thing." Douglass has returned to Lawrence, develop the chemistry typical of recent When Williams is plagued by doubt, it but now Dad has nothing to feel con- Williams-era teams. Quite possibly, inex- must be the visions of Gregory dunking flicted about. perience has contributed to that void: on a breakaway or Gooden sinking one of Continuing a journey that has led Freshmen Kirk Hinrich, Drew Gooden his jump-hook shots or Bradford strip- him to three schools in two years, Ryan and Nick Collison all have started, and six ping the ball from the opponent or surfaced at Kansas in January as a walk- of KU's top nine players are in their first Boschee swishing a three that sustain him. on addition to the baseball team. A or second years. Sophomore guard Jeff Those visions of rare brilliance, however quarterback and outfielder and right- Boschee, who started the year with blis- brief, are enough to sustain even the most handed pitcher at Lake Forest (III.) tering accuracy from three-point range, critical doubter. High, the 6-2,215-pound Douglass orig- has been inconsistent during conference "The good thing is that we still have inally decided to concentrate on foot- play. Only junior guard Kenny Gregory chances," Williams says. "We have a lot of ball in college and chose Missouri over

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Washington, g'78, made no KU and other schools. After three sea- effort to conceal her enthu- sons at MU, during which he played siasm. sparingly, Douglass transferred to South- "I am so thrilled with ern Illinois last summer. But the our effort on the floor," prospects of sharing time at quarter- Washington said, her voice back and graduating from SIU did not brimming with excitement. appeal to Douglass, so he made what he "I am delighted with our hopes will be his final move, to Kansas. defense. We really main- According to NCAA transfer rules, tained our composure Douglass has two years of eligibility and down the stretch. We could play immediately because he has stayed very intense never played college baseball. Coach throughout the game. Bobby Randall predicted Douglass Wow!" would not likely see any pitching action It was not the first or the until at least mid-March, when the last time during its exhila- coaching staff can more clearly evaluate rating, and sometimes exas- the strength of his arm. For now, Dou- perating, Big 12 run that glass seems content with the strength of Washington's team had his decision given its coach reason to "I'm happy I'm a Jayhawk," Douglass express herself in exclama- says, "and my dad is too." tion points. At press time, the No. 25-ranked Jay- hawks were 19-7, 10-4 in the conference and one game out of first place with two games left to play in ALTHOUGH THE 29-28 record may the regular season. But sen- not have indicated it, the 1999 season sational victories over Iowa proved to be a breakthrough year for State (KU also defeated the Kansas softball.The team finished fifth in Cyclones in Ames to com- the Big 12 and made an appearance at plete a sweep of the top-10 the NCAA regionals while starting six team), Kansas State, Texas freshmen.Thirteen letterwinners, includ- and Oklahoma State were ing nine starters, return from that team, WATCH AND WORRY: Eric Chenowith, top, and Nick Bradford tempered with two losses along with their fourth-year coach, for- watch helplessly as Iowa State rallies to beat KU in Allen Field House. to Nebraska and losses at mer KU All-American Tracy Bunge,'87. Texas Tech and Missouri. Naturally, expectations for the 2000 sea- chances to make a great run and do some While Kansas has won games it was not son are soaring. good things. When they blow the last supposed to win and lost games it was "Our goal is the College World whistle and say we can't play anymore, not supposed to lose, the players are not Series," Bunge says. "That's the next step then I'll make a decision whether my searching desperately for answers; instead we need to be at." expectations were too high and say, 'Well, they attribute their inconsistency to grow- KU's success rests largely with its we don't have a chance to come ing pains. spectacular sextet of seasoned sopho- "We're still a work in progress," junior mores.Third baseman Megan Urquhar, forward Jaclyn Johnson says. "But we're shortstop Courtney Wright, second having a blast out there. We want to be at baseman Amy Hulse, catcher Leah Tabb Marvelous march in March our prime when March comes and I think and twin outfielders Christi and Shelly ultimate goal for women we're headed there." Musser all will reprise last year's starring After starting the year slowly, senior roles.They will be joined in the starting forward Lynn Pride has resumed her role lineup by senior rightfielder Katie Mal- oments after KU defeated then-No. as the team's leading scorer and rebound- one, senior first baseman Shannon Stan- M6 Iowa State at Allen Field House er. Senior guard Suzi Raymant, junior wix and senior pitcher Sarah Clopton. Jan. 29, women's basketball coach Marian guard Brooke Reves and Johnson com-

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plete a quartet of double-figure scorers who, like Wamble, successfully competed that has formed KU's offensive nucleus. in the drastically different 200- and 400- Both Clopton and Shelly Musser And as the season has worn on, sopho- meter dashes. were first-team All-Big 12 selections in more center Nikki White and sophomore "The 200 is so short, there's not much '99. Musser led the Jayhawks in runs guard Selena Scott have solidified their strategy," Wamble says. "You start fast and (35) and batting average (.296) and tied roles as productive bench players. John- go full speed. The 400 requires more a school record with 42 stolen bases. son, for one, envisions the components of thinking. The race has evolved into a KU will be tested early—two of its KU's Final Four dream coming together 400-meter sprint, but you still have to first opponents were ranked in the pre- patiently in the season's closing stretch. know when to maintain your sprint and season top 10—but Bunge believes the "Oh yeah," she says confidently, "we'll when to accelerate just past what you Jayhawks need constant challenges to be ready come March. We'll be think is your limit." improve. there. "'-*•» Wamble is that rare runner who can "I'm a coach who believes that to shift his mentality masterfully from speed be the best you have to play the best," to patience to speed again without losing Bunge says. "We're not going to back Sprinter garners attention sight of the finish line. In Swahili, the down." for race he fears and loves name Jabari means "brave warrior." Per- haps it is the warrior in Wamble that compels him to confront daily the per- Fabari Wambles love affair with the 400- plexing duality of his beloved 400-meter | meter dash is complicated. The cere- run. For while he enjoys the swift libera- Jral sprinter speaks with alternating tion of the 200, it is the complicated craft THE AMANDA REVES WATCH inflections of terror and awe as he of the 400 that truly suits him. continues. After concluding her volley- describes the run. His eyes narrow when "Before the race, I get really nervous ball career as one of KU's all-time kills he talks about the sheer psychological and just anticipating how much it's going to leaders, the four-year academic All-Big physical anguish this extended sprint hurt," Wamble says. "And when I finish, I 12 selection joined the women's basket- inflicts on him. They dance as he illumi- do hurt. It takes everything out of me. ball team.Then in January, Reves left the nates the total exhilaration he experiences But I'm fulfilled."--•"' basketball team, including her identical when crossing the finish line. The words twin sister, Brooke, because she had not Wamble chooses—fear, dread, honor, received as much playing time as she love—reveal the depth of his passion. originally hoped for and she wanted to "You have to respect the race," devote more time to academics. Now Wamble says reverently. "It can really she has resurfaced on the track team. humble you." The multi-talented Reves is running the This year it seems as though Wamble 400- and 800-meter events this season. is the one doing the humbling. The Okla- homa City junior and team captain has raced through the indoor track and field season as the Big 12's top performer in the 200- and 400-meter dashes. At the Nebraska Triangular in January, he ran the TERRY ALLEN'S 2000 football 200 in 21.65 seconds, shattering KU's 4- recruiting class has been called the sur- year-old record in that event and estab- prise of the Big 12. One prominent lishing himself as the school's first star recruiting service rated the group the sprinter in years. After toiling for two 31 st best in the nation—impressive for years on relay teams, Wamble is now hit- a program that struggled to a 5-7 ting his stride. record in l999.The 27-member class, As successful as he has been indoors, certainly Allen's finest effort to date at the 6-3 Wamble expects even greater LIFE IN THE FAST LANE: Jabari Wamble, KU's Kansas, includes 11 junior-college trans- achievements when the outdoor season newest sprinting star set the school record in the fers, the top two prep prospects in the begins because the larger track favors his indoor 200-yard dash, but the 400 remains his haunt- state of Kansas and a pair of sensational tall frame. His upright running style has ing favorite. "All my life I had always been the fastest," high school quarterbacks. Wamble says, "but when I came to college everyone even drawn comparisons to Michael John- was fast, so I had to learn how to mentally approach son, the 1996 Olympic gold medalist running."

KANSAS ALUMNI • NO. 2, 2000 17 OREAD READER BY STEVEN HILL Where oddballs roam With his spirited, slender new book, an alumnus examines our eccentric history, filled with delightful souls who drifted through and came to call Kansas home

n 1541, the Spanish master. Cannonball plied him machines that did not fly. explorer Coronado led an with drink and the reluctant Utopian communities of vary- Iexpedition into what is mailman woke the next morn- ing success blossomed and now Seward County, in search ing to find himself and his died, like the ill-fated Vegetari- of a lost kingdom and its post office in Greensburg. an Creek commune near fabled seven cities of gold. The Hann's vignettes show that Humboldt. Touted in conquistador found no gold available land and a social brochures as an oasis for (and no cities, for that matter), order still in the shaping also "hydropathists and abstainers only immense herds of created opportunities for those from alcohol, tobacco, tea, cof- "crooked-back oxen" roaming accustomed to strict limita- fee and fowl and dairy prod- a seemingly endless and arid tions elsewhere. To the black ucts," it withered in the face of plain. Exodusters who founded harsh weather, disease and its It would be another 300 Nicodemus, for example, or followers' marked propensity years before settlement of the female nurses and doctors for starving. Kansas began in earnest, but who capitalized on the state's Perhaps more notable than the predominately white East- Kansas Past: Pieces of the distinction as the first to admit the sudden and devastating erners who journeyed west- 34th Star women to its medical society, transformation wrought by ward in the 1850s shared by David Hann Kansas must have seemed settlement, Hann suggests, is Penthe Publishing Coronados conviction that a comparatively liberated. the transitory nature of the $13.95 land promising riches—or, at Kansas Past is scattered with new order itself. "The lights of the very least, a fresh start— progressed quickly. Millions of such stories, none more small towns that once lit night was just over the horizon. Like acres of native prairie soon impressive than that of Junius on the plains are blinking Coronado, most found the yielded to the plow; the vast Groves: Born a slave in Ken- out," he writes of the rural promised land a harder place sea of grass became dotted tucky, he walked to decline that began after World in real life than in dreams. with islands of light as prairie Edwardsville in 1879 with 90 War II, less than a century into Kansas Past: Pieces of the towns sprouted where once cents in his pocket, which he statehood. "The era of small 34th Star, by David Hann, roamed only buffalo and ante- parlayed into substantial land farms and rural communities c'70, g'73, recalls just how lope and the Plains Indians holdings and the title "Potato lasted for far less time than the diverse were those dreams and who hunted them. King of the West." Groves centuries of hunting and gath- how harsh the reality that Early settlers like stage- went on to found the town of ering enjoyed by their prede- often crushed them. A series of coach impresario Cannonball Groves Center and died a cessors." short, historical vignettes col- Green envisioned Kansas as a prosperous, well-respected Why those prairie lights are lecting odd bits and loose ends tabula rasa, a blank slate with man. fading is ultimately beyond the of state history, Hann's slender no past and a future yet to be For every success story, scope of this modest book. But book patches together an written—a perspective that however, Hann offers two or its portraits of giddy opti- agreeably random compendi- conveniently ignored the terri- three chronicles of folly. Like mism, determined pluck and um of the people, places and torial claims of Native inhabi- any new venture, statehood plain old hubris offer some things that made Kansas tants while encouraging the attracted its share of get-rich- entertaining clues.^"•* Kansas. blunt tactics of men like quick schemes and ill-con- —Hill is Lawrence free-lance When the state became the Green, who epitomized pio- ceived pipe dreams. Booms writer and frequent contributor 34th star on the nation's flag in neer brashness. Desiring to (followed quickly by busts) to Kansas Alumni. His book 1861, Hann notes in his intro- found his own town, Green drew speculation on silk- reviews have appeared in the duction, the landscape still persuaded every citizen of worms, pearl-shell buttons Chicago Tribune, the Dallas looked much as it had in nearby Janesville to relocate and lead mining. Amateur avi- Morning News and other Coronado's time. But change save one key figure: the post- ators built fantastic flying publications.

.8] KANSAS ALUMNI • NO. 2, 2000 OREAD WRITER BY KATHERINE DINSDALE

Last fall, the first semester the class was offered, students gathered information Family portraits about their families, read published essays others had written on the subject, and English professor teaches critical thinking by tapping studied family-systems text and terms. For 15 weeks the students, mostly sopho- wealth of shared wisdom found in students' family lives mores, wrote about what they learned and observed. hen I left home for Baylor Uni- mon—their families. She set about There are descriptions of departure. A versity in 1977, toting a lime- designing a class that would tap this diary of the drive to school. Tales of tears Wgreen Sears bedspread in my knowledge, then teach students to exam- and terror, of loss and sentiment. There is Chevy Nova, I was aching for answers to ine their perceptions critically. frank observation: "I am the single most life's questions. I wanted to know who I "Reading, Writing the Family" goes important thing in both my parents' was, where I'd come from and where in beyond the simple composition class I lives," a young woman writes. And there the world I was going. I didn't is cool analysis: "This class has sleep for weeks. I melted rings of helped me understand the dorm carpeting with a contraband divorce." popcorn popper, shredded nap- And, as in most families, there kins, drank beer and stayed up all is plenty of humor. One student night writing freshman essays with writes that she is, "in the financial eye-crossing intensity. sense, poorly differentiated [from I wrote about my family, the her parents]. ... Without them, Saturday morning rituals with my I would be riding my Huffy to father that happily involved writ- my job at McDonald's as a fry ing cryptic messages on cinnamon flipper." toast, and I returned home to Fort Says Lester, "In 25 years of Worth with some blanks filled, teaching, I never knew about my others still empty. A freshman students' personal lives. I never composition teacher with wisdom tin had the chance to engage them. and verve had gently stood by me, Now I feel that was a disservice. and I'm glad to say similar aiding Having a sense of what each of and abetting occurs at KU under them is up against is tremen- the direction of Cheryl Lester, dously useful." associate professor of English and One students final paper American studies. focused on Thanksgiving: "I just Lester helps her students learn sat back and relaxed after I was to think critically: "I want them to finished eating, watching all the understand themselves, their expe- aspects of the class unfold in my rience and the world." But after 25 family members' conversations. years of relying on the "write what This mealtime should have been you know" adage, Lester was dis- the final exam. All I did, sitting satisfied. Students would write there, was refer back to all the with knowledge about some par- Cheryl Lester information I had learned." ticular subject—"What I did on Summer sloshed through. Critical thinking is It may be true what they say about the Vacation"—but their papers yielded no taught more intentionally, using the work unexamined life, but, as I remember my common ground for class discussions. of the late psychiatrist Murray Bowen, mother asking when I probed my roots "For all those years, I tried to get them to creator of family-systems theory. Order with such scrutiny: "Isn't it about time examine how their experiences had and predictability exist in human families you got started on the dishes?"^'""*' formed them," she says, "but without a and relationships, Bowen's theories con- —Dinsdale is a Lawrence free-lance writer. common framework, we were limited." tend. To figure out who you are, look Her feature story on KU's new ceramics kiln Finally Lester realized her students had back and understand where you've been. begins on p. 26. an enormous area of expertise in com- With that, Lester had her framework.

KANSAS ALUMNI • NO. 2, 2000 [19 Lord I suffer throu

and shed so many teai Lord I lost so many peers^ shed so many tears

ive a dream that oi |06:THE BLACK EXPERIENCE his nation will U.S. SIKCE EMANCIPATION live out the trl ing of its creed he hour is 8 a.m. and the these truths to be winter morning is blustery as self-evident, that Chico Herbisons students are created equal. slowly warm to the hot topic —Martin Luther Ki of todays discussion. Herbi- son is asking his class, one of Tthe few on campus where most of the stu- dents are black, to question some truths of black American history. Abraham Lincoln, proclaimed the Great Emancipator of slaves, also was known among abolition- ists as the Great Vacillator, Herbison notes. Theodore Roosevelt, painted by historians as an egalitarian liberal, once opposed the integration of American military forces. Even Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, beloved martyrs for civil rights, led ques- tionable personal lives, he says. Eyes around the room widen. In this sanctuary of black culture at KU, Herbison asks his students to reject much of what they know about history. Deifying heroes, he says, creates a mythol-

20 KANSAS ALUMNI • NO. 2, 2000 by Megan Maciejowski photography by WaUy Emerson

ACES IN THE CROWD Despite KU's increased recruitment and retention efforts, many black students still feel overlooked

ogy that denies their essential humanity. But the numbers do not explain the the need for more candor, more honesty To truly understand history, he continues, historical, social, economic and psycho- and more meaning in discussions of race. we must deconstruct the myths. We must logical factors that complicate the Univer- "The dialogue factor cannot be challenge what is accepted and search sity's efforts. They do not tell what it overlooked," he says. "You'll get more instead for what is true. means to be black at KU. Conversations than one side to a story, but you have to "In America we pride ourselves on with administrators, faculty and dozens be committed to telling the whole story. being candid about race," Herbison, assis- of black students reveal a rift between If you're really open, you'll see that there tant professor of African and African- reality and perception. The voices are are some injustices going on out there. American studies, says to his class. "But sometimes loud and forceful, sometimes But there are some false perceptions, too." the truth is we're not. We're far from it. soft and patient, but always they reveal It's a taboo subject. And until we can dissension. The voices, not the numbers, have an honest and meaningful discus- tell the story. o let's talk. One of the signifi- sion about it, we haven't gotten very far." Chancellor Robert E. Hemenway says cant factors in KU's failure to black student enrollment is a continuing recruit more black students is priority; one black student says the Uni- that the University does not versity "would function just fine if there Sdesignate scholarships for specific racial ow far has the University come? The numbers by them- was not one black student here." The or ethnic groups. In Kansas, Missouri and selves say much. Of the director of admissions says the University Oklahoma, blacks compose 10 percent or 25,406 students on KU's is actively recruiting black students; less of the total population. But the Uni- HLawrence campus, 701 are black. Of the another black student says KU recruiters versity of Oklahoma and the University of University's 18,995 undergraduates, 539 never came to her Kansas City high Missouri have higher percentages of black are black. Of those 539, 91 are student- school. Administrators in the Office of students than KU, in part because they athletes. Of KU's 1,398 faculty members, Multicultural Affairs say they are commit- offer attractive financial packages. 41 are black. ted to keeping black students on campus Hemenway says KU's scholarships are When viewed against the backdrop of once they have arrived; another student from private funds, while some compet- enrollment by race and ethnicity since the says the University does not support its ing institutions offer more money, often University began tracking such statistics, black students. Several black students say with state funds. the numbers show that KU's black stu- they are hindered academically and "We need to have more money avail- dent population has decreased over the socially by being the only blacks in their able for scholarships for African-Ameri- past 20 years. They reveal that the popu- classes; one black student leader says it is can students," Hemenway says. lation of other American-born minority time for people to move past perceived "Scholarships mean a great deal to the groups has increased. The numbers illus- slights and get on with their studies. recruitment of African-American students trate that the University's goal of making Robert Page, associate director of the because many of them don't have that the institution reflect a diverse society Office of Multicultural Affairs, says the safety net to fall back on. If they don't get remains unmet. conflicting statements reveal much about the money from us, many of them can't

KANSAS ALUMNI • NO. 2. 2000 for when they apply for admission. including Cline, dispute this notion. "I do think there's more we can do," "True, Kansas does not have a very Cerveny says. "1 think putting more high minority population, but the money into scholarships is certainly amount of minorities at KU should at "In America we pride something we can look at. But I'm not least reflect the amount in the state," he ourselves on being sure a lot of students fully appreciate says. "The state has 6 percent. We only what we already are doing. When the have 2.8 percent. There are a lot of black candid about race. question is, do we have any minority students in places like Kansas City, But the truth is we're scholarships and the answer is no, then Wichita and Topeka and many of them that paints a very different picture from just choose to go elsewhere." not. We're far from it. what the reality is." It's a taboo subject. Cerveny admits that the University's refusal to name minority scholarships as nderneath discussions of And until we can such crertes the notion among students finance and advocacy there is have an honest and that such scholarships do not exist. He a much more disturbing realizes his office will not be lauded for issue. Most of the black pop- meaningful its efforts when it cannot, according to U ulation in Kansas is concentrated in the discussion about it, school policy, be completely straightfor- state's urban areas—areas where the pub- ward about them. lic schools have been consistently under we haven't gotten "Is it a contradiction? Yes, I would fire for failing to prepare their students. very far." say that's probably a fair assessment," It is wrong to say that all black students Cerveny says. "But you have to play the come from inadequate high schools. hand you're dealt. This is our reality Such generalizations perpetuate racism. — Chico Herbison right now." But holding the public school system at Among many students, the reality come to school here." does indeed seem different. Floyd Cline, Alan Cerveny, director of the Office of a senior in architecture from St. Charles, Admissions and Scholarships, agrees that Mo., came to the University with the the perceived lack of scholarship money help of National Merit and Endowment hurts KU's efforts. But, he says, even Merit scholarships. Cline chose KU for though the University technically does the school's architecture program, but he not have any scholarships designated says that had his decision been based on for black students, a large number of the recruiting process, the University of Endowment Merit Scholar- Missouri would have been ships tend to go to minori- his first choice. ties. "Missouri actively "This is a political hot recruited me," Cline says. potato," he says. "It's a situa- "They sent me an applica- tion where you're damned if tion already filled out with you do, damned if you don't. my information and asked At KU, we felt that by setting me to just verify it. Then our scholarships up the way after I sent it back they sent they are set up, we are able a letter of acceptance with a to provide scholarships $3,500 scholarship offer, to academically talented just like that. For KU I had students, but we're not to apply and wait and won- calling them scholarships for blacks or der if I could afford it. I knew I wanted Chico Herbison's classes are some of scholarships for Hispanics." to come to KU because of architecture, the few on campus where black stu- dents compose the majority, but the Cerveny says the admissions office but for most students, money plays the professor's engaging style attracts stu- tells minority students that scholarships bigger role." dents from many backgrounds. "It's are available, but does not say they are The state's small black population, rejuvenating to be in a diverse class- exclusively minority scholarships. which composes just 6 percent of the room," Herbison says. Admissions officers are instructed to entire population, also is frequently cited indicate that these are scholarships the as an obstacle to bringing more black student automatically will be considered students to the University. But others,

KANSAS ALUMNI • NO. 2, 2000 least partially accountable for the low worked in the admissions number of black students at universities office for three years before like KU appears to hold some validity. moving to the multicultural "When we talk about our African- affairs office. He says he American students, we get them from all moved precisely for that rea- socioeconomic groups, so you can't make son. a blanket statement," Cerveny says. "But "When I was in admis- perhaps there are a higher percentage of sions, I saw all these stu- them who are in the lower economic sta- dents coming in," he says, tus than some other ethnic groups, who "but I saw just as many leav- come from schools without the kind of ing. That's why I came over support they need." here. We decided that we Alton Scales, director of the Office of needed to come up with a Multicultural Affairs, makes his point program that would keep more emphatically. them here, and that's Hawk- "Quite frankly, school districts need to link." change the way they prepare students for Hawklink, which aims to college," Scales says. "Until that changes, make minority students feel the University is in a tough position. welcome at the University It is my personal belief that universities immediately, was started through the are not in the business of remediation. Office of Multicultural Affairs in the sum If you come to an institution like KU mer of 1998 to take advantage of Hawk etention rates show that many without minimum proficiencies, you're Week. Now a yearlong program, Hawk- black students do leave KU set up to fail." link pairs minority students with older early. I he retention rate for A common perception among black mentors to connect the new students to . white freshmen who entered students is that the University does not academic assistance, financial aid and the University in fall 1998 was 78.1 per- care whether they fail. To fight this per- social camaraderie. Showing newcomers cent; for black freshmen the rate was 67 ception, many argue, KU should focus on that KU has an active and inclusive percent. Hemenway points to the reten- retaining the students who already are minority student community, program tion rates and notes that they are almost here rather than throwing its energy members hope, will discourage them the same. entirely into recruitment. Robert Page from leaving the University early. "We have significantly increased reten- tion of African-American students," Hemenway says. "The numbers refute the argument that this is not a hospitable place for African-Americans." Hemenway makes a valid point—the rate for black freshmen rose from 58.5 percent in 1994 to 77.7 percent in 1997 before falling in 1998—but the fact remains that losing 33 percent of 115 black freshmen makes a greater impact than losing 21.9 percent of 3,261 white freshmen. And whether or not Hemenway hears them, murmurs of frustration persist among black students who feel unrecog- nized by the University. Conway Ekpo, a senior in architectural engineering from Lawrence, contends most black students need more support to succeed because their expectations have been lowered by history. But is it fair to say that black stu- dents need more assistance than others? Ekpo believes it is.

KANSAS ALUMNI • NO. 2, 2000 •• "Black students are not coming from comes down to dollars." have chapter houses as their white coun- the same background as white students," Scales says the impression that KU terparts do, so their ability to provide a Ekpo says. "Until Brown v. Board of Edu- provides little for its regular students is stable social haven suffers, he says. cation, our people were denied the most a myth. "There are no significant events tied to basic educational rights and privileges, "This institution does have quite a few the minority students here. So you come whereas our white counterparts have labs throughout the campus—you have here and you either get with the tradi- always had that. When our family mem- academic support services right here in tions or you don't. I guess we're seeing bers were not even allowed to enter cer- Strong Hall," he says. "I've taken people by the numbers that a lot don't. Some of tain schools, how do we expect to be on there who didn't even know it existed. us just give up and say, 'I'm just here to the same level as someone who has gen- So sometimes, not all the time, you have get my degree, so I don't care about my erations of college education in their people who complain about the dark- social life.'" family?" ness, but for whatever reason, they're Ekpo admits that his statement pre- standing in front of the window blocking sumes much, but he still believes the the light." rganizations like Black Stu- University owes all of its students, and Scales concedes that there is still not dent Union, National Coun- its black students especially, a stronger enough academic support, but he thinks cil of Negro Women and commitment to their success. the current system could be used by stu- Oblack fraternities and sorori- "You see a lot of effort on the part of dents much more. A perfect example of ties provide social outlets for KU's black the University to keep their student-ath- this, he says, is a Feb. 8 Minority Fresh- students. They also become sanctuaries letes here," he says. "Their support sys- man Forum where eight different organi- where students can feel comfortable. For tem is amazing. The University is capable zations contributed pamphlets and fliers beyond the tangible difficulties that all of doing it. It's just a question of whether containing information about tutors and students face, perhaps the most insidi- or not they're inclined to do it. It's bene- minority organizations on campus. Only ous—and the most elusive difficulty for ficial to KU to keep their star basketball one freshman attended. black students to name and overcome— player here so he can make us a couple Scales also realizes that academic sup- is isolation. When the few black students more million in television deals and Nike port is only one facet of improving the at KU are repeatedly divided into sponsorships. Is it beneficial for the Uni- student experience. Ekpo says black stu- schools, majors, grade levels and courses, versity to go out and help John Doe, dents' social struggles are as significant as the chances that two or more will end up black student? I think who gets help their academic challenges. in class together are slim. The impact of "At KU, all the traditions are being the only member of a race in a directed toward white students," classroom is monumental. he says, noting that many cam- "They go to a class and they're the pus customs evolved from living only one in every class they go to," organizations. Historically black Robert Page says. "They experience that fraternities and sororities do not for four or five years. Yes, I think that

Floyd Cline lights a candle, above, and then leads a march organized by the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity to celebrate Martin Luther King's legacy. The perpetually active Cline says, "I see being involved as my obliga- tion. Somebody worked hard to get us here, to this point, so we need to help others here so we don't become extinct on this campus."

24 KANSAS ALUMNI • NO. 2, 2000 has some impact on their experience. black students. They ask themselves, 'Am I looked at dif- "A lot of times in a setting outside of ferently? Do I have to be better than BSU or a similar group, black students everyone else?'" are afraid to admit they need help," she When the few Chico Herbison's classes often provide says. "They don't want to fulfill a stereo- a rare island of normalcy for black stu- type. So in the BSU setting, they can ask students at KU are dents drifting in a sea of white faces at for help without worrying about repre- repeatedly divided the University. Two of Herbison's most senting their race badly." popular courses, African and African- Having experienced life as a black into schools, majors. American Studies 106 and 306, which student at KU for three years, Lucas grade levels and recount the black experience in the Unit- empathizes with her peers when they are ed States before and after the Civil War, discouraged and frustrated. But she also courses, the chances typically feature largely black groups of cautions against letting perceptions dic- that two or more will students. tate life. "I think that for many ethnic minority "Sometimes we as black students end up in class together students, coming to a predominantly hype ourselves into believing things are slim. The impact white institution brings with it a little bit about how people look at us or how of culture shock," Herbison says. "Some- people perceive us and they're just not of being the only times it's comforting academically and true," she says. "It's hard sometimes, but member of a race in emotionally when they are still in the we need to get on with what we're trying majority." to do here instead of getting over- a classroom is Gabriel Roland, a freshman from whelmed with perceptions." monumental. Kansas City, Kan., credits Herbison with Robert Page of the multicultural making history relevant and inclusive. affairs office agrees. He understands the "He is the definition of a teacher to need for organizations targeted at black me," Roland says. "His classes are better students and supports their efforts, but because he has a relationship with his he also sees limitations. He says his goal time of democracy," he says. "What students. He cares about you. And he is for black students to feel genuinely young people develop at a university are cares about making you think about included in the University. By participat- the skills and perspectives they need to things you've probably never thought ing in student government and residence be successful citizens. We cannot have a about." hall activities, for example, Page says successful democracy if higher education Still, experiences like those in Herbi- students can immerse themselves in is looked upon as available only to peo- son's classes are limited. Many black stu- University culture while allowing them- ple of a certain skin color or economic dents speak of the pressure they feel to selves to be defined by something other class. Higher education has to be a reflec- represent their entire race when they than their race. tion of the diversity of the country." speak in class. They recount individual Assessing KU's current diversity incidents when they were overlooked by depends on the definition of diversity. professors and classmates when attempt- emenway, who early in his When recruiters for the University tout ing to answer questions or form study career earned acclaim as a the school's diversity, they mean that groups. They carry with them the need scholar of African-American there are students here from more than to continually prove themselves. literature, says the University 100 countries, that there are people here Hwill not play a numbers game with its from 50 states, and that they come from "A lot of white students here only know blacks or other minorities through black students. He wants to recruit stu- eastern and western Kansas. While most the media," Floyd Cline says. "I have to dents who have an excellent chance of racial and ethnic groups are represented fight the negative perception portrayed succeeding, not just pad enrollment fig- at KU, their volume hardly reflects the by the media every day. I feel like I have ures with unqualified students who will complexity and complexion of the world to do twice as much just to appear aver- inevitably leave in frustration. He realizes beyond campus. age. I have to be outstanding just to be fulfilling his goal depends on increasing "KU does have a very small represen- visible." scholarship funds, hiring more minority tation of the world, and that satisfies Natalie Lucas, a junior from Kansas faculty and administrators, and selling some people," Conway Ekpo says. "I City, Mo., and BSU president, admits to the University to the students already on understand the whole world is not black. harboring many of the same feelings Mount Oread. He says the importance of But the whole world isn't white, either. A Cline and other students express. She having a campus that truly represents the lot of the foundation for progress in the says getting involved in BSU and other nation is such that he is unwilling to world is laid at the university level. If the black student organizations alleviates compromise. University was a fair representation of the some of the emotional isolation for "Universities prepare people for a life- world, I'd be happy."-^""'

KANSAS ALUMNI • NO. 2, 2000 [25 JflHHH By Katherine Dinsdale photography by Wally Emerson Creative Fire Relentless heat and flames within KU's giant kiln forge ceramics of rare beauty

lames curl along an iron fire Senior Shelby door and shoot from a chim- Smith, Greely, Colo., ney, scalding the night air. senior, simply exclaims, Smoke billows from every "It's all just incredibly fun. seam of this long, low brick I'm in love with fire. I like the texture and Fand mortar beast, the University's newest, the construction of the pieces and the biggest, fieriest wood-burning kiln. This color of the finished wares." 'anagama,' or one-chambered kiln, is the In a kilns class taught by design profes- only one of its kind in the Big 12, and sor Joe Zeller, ceramics students studied one of only 50 in the country. On a cold anagama kiln designs. When Zeller got a ana d starry February Sunday, it moans call from Mike Miller, assistant director of with low, throaty sounds, its appetite Facilities Operations, saying the University voracious. By the end of this firing it was tearing down an old boiler and the L will consume 16 tons of wood, bricks looked to be good refractory mater- k Tonights food of choice comes ial, it didn't take long for the students, led in donated 50-pound bags from a by Chris Obert, Lawrence graduate stu- decorative-trim milling plant in dent, to decide they wanted to build a Perry. Littering the ground are huge kiln. thousands of 2-inch hardwood Zeller was eager for his students to stars, hearts, pigs and dolphins. learn the nuances of flame and combus- They make perfect kiln chow, tion, the conditions that produce varied and are poured, like monster Lawrence graduate student Chris Obert led the surfaces. From a large wood kiln they bags of Lucky Charms, onto a construction of the kiln, which began last spring on could truly learn the choreography of fir- Campus West. steel chute and into the kiln. ing, trying their hands at the 600-year-old They explode into flame and are engulfed in swirling Asian method that Zeller calls "the art of peasant and palace." heat. By midnight the kiln will swallow at least 100 Late last spring, the students had laid the gravel and dirt floor pounds of stars and hearts every five minutes. for the kiln, tucked behind University Press of Kansas on Cam- This is the anagamas third firing since construction pus West, and topped the kiln's floor with two layers of hard ended in October. The kiln is every bit the work of the brick. They made a firebox grate with rail donated from an old group that now tends to it, a diverse and passionate Burlington-Northern-Pacific track. Obert and other students bunch mostly composed of student ceramic artists. built the interior wall with the salvaged brick and made most of "We are using the earth and what grows on the earth the exterior bricks with sawdust and reclaimed clay. and the incredible power of fire," says Brother Dominic With electric or gas kilns, temperatures and conditions are Cason, a Benedictine monk from Atchison who is the poet precise. Pieces come back finished, as if by magic. But with the among the students. "Here, fire is not a destructive thing. anagama, Obert says, each firing is something of a crapshoot. We'r^ e using it in a manner that's respectful, and instead of "You surrender your work to the kiln," he says. consuming, it creates." If a piece can't take the heat, it cracks. Occasionally, as stu-

Wpor, LEFT, CHRIS OBERT; PLATE, UPPER RIGHT, SHELBY SMITH LARGE POT

KANSAS ALUMNI • NO. 2, 2000 Clockwise from top left: As Professor Joe Zeller and other artists arrive with their pieces on Friday, load- ing begins. Sizing up the pieces and fitting them into the chamber can be a challenge; after the first shelves are loaded, Paul Guatney, f 99, and Chris Obert measure the remaining space. Inevitably some disaster occurs within the kiln—a pot explodes, shooting shrapnel at other pieces, or, as in this firing, a shelf collapses. Enthusiastic stokers also can dam- age pieces as they toss in the wood. Once loaded, the kiln is filled with wood and fired. For Brother Dominic Cason, Atchison senior, and the other artists, stoking the fire is a continuous, round- the-clock task.The heat mesmerized local ceramic artist Scott Garrett of Bracker's Good Earth Clays in North Lawrence.The kiln hits its peak temperature of 2,430 degrees Sunday night. When coals pile up to the eye-level stoke holes, the kiln is shut down and left to cool for several days.

dents stand stoking the kiln, they can hear results. All these vicissitudes combine in a heartbreaking pop. largely unpredictable ways to produce Despite the disappointments, the unique works of art. Glazes are rarely prospect of receiving from the fire a used in this kiln. breathtakingly colorful, perfect piece utterly charms these artists. A hopeful hundred pieces of pottery and potter hands over a plain pot and, after porcelain are crowded in the kiln, firing, discovers his work has been licked Aand temperatures rise steadily round and round by tracks of flame, through the firing. Friday night it stays which coax from the clays latent elements between 400 and 600 degrees. Saturday myriad blues, olives and crimsons, even morning, Obert describes the kilns 1,000 golds. Surviving pieces display degrees as "red heat." By Sunday evening distinct personalities that the students work hard to pick up the depend on the speed of the temperature. At mid-evening, it reaches lame, the heat of the fire, the 2,400 degrees. The peak hits at midnight: ength of time in the kiln and 2,430 degrees. the position of the piece. The Just before 3 a.m. Monday, with flames woods used in firing and the leaping three feet out the top of the two- age of the kiln also influence the JUDY ARNOLD story chimney, students decide they've

KANSAS ALUMNI • NO. 2, 2000 had enough. They shut down the kiln, revealing now and then a tragic crack No one seems disappointed. This firing Obert says, "partly because we're so tired along a side. He hurls some into a trash has been "exponentially better than the we can't see straight" and partly because barrel. But he hands most down a line of first two," Zeller says. "There are more coals are piled up to the eye-level stoke potters, who arrange the pieces tri- flash patterns, brighter colors." holes. This has been a good, long firing, umphantly on tables exactly as they had The young artists eagerly await the Obert says, and the amount of coal bodes baked in the kiln. This way the students next firing, but first they must sweep and well for rich glazes and colorful streaks of can see how different positions yield dif- wash the kiln. Mix more clay. Throw a melted ash. ferent results. few more pots. And haul a lot more wood The next day the kiln, still hot to the Senior Ryan Paget, a former biology to feed the beast.-"••* touch, is silent. It will remain quiet at major who has built a smaller kiln of his —Dinsdale is a Lawrence free-lance writer least as long as it raged. Then on Friday, own, stops to admire one of his pieces, a and frequent contributor to Kansas Alumni. a full week after it was lighted, the kiln fiery orange vase colored not with glaze can be opened. The same students, now but by the flame itself. Judy Arnold, c'72, rested and excited, gather around. Obert who is studying ceramics nearly 30 years crouches in the doorway and begins after earning her first degree in East Asian handing out pieces, one by one, into the studies and philosophy, sees her pieces, blowing snow. which went into the kiln pale and nonde- A few broken pots, cups and vases lay script, emerge shining and vitreous, in shards on the gravel floor. Obert lifts bright with traces of gold. other beautiful pieces to show the group, bert crawls out of the kiln, carefully rolling forth a 3-foot Olidded jar, whole and unbro- ken. "Wow, it's Jupiter," a student exclaims. Indeed the molten and mottled colors—purples, yellows, greens—bring Jupiter to mind. Another jar is gorgeous, too, this one with an applied glaze of vivid "kooks blue," and slips of cobalt and manganese. Flame tracks show reds and purples.

Opening the kiln is like Christmas, Obert says, because the unpredictability of the wood firing is part of the allure: You never know what you'll get. A week after the fire began, the kiln is opened. Obert carefully hands pieces to Cason, who passes them down the line of artists. Guatney, Cason and the others celebrate the successes and mourn the ruins.

KANSAS ALUMNI • NO. 2, 2000 BY CHRIS LAZZARINO

A century ofKU science goes under the microscope, revealing remarkable laboratory history

he Association of American Universities last year asked its member institutions to name their five greatest scientific achievements of the 20th century. When KU's list had been compiled with a survey of noted faculty and staff, the result resembled the scientific accomplishments Tit honored: extraordinary The list forwarded to the AAU is a compendium of basic and applied sciences at their most elite levels. For Jayhawks of all academic stripes, it is a journey of appreciation for a century of achievement that made KU such a special place. And, most of all, it is an honor roll of the rare courage that allows those brilliant few an opportunity to change the world.

KANSAS ALUMNI • NO. 2, 2000 "Hal" Cady fell in love with chemistry Chemistry as a farm boy, joining what he called "the Hamilton P. Cady army of barn scientists." He mowed tained 1.84 percent helium—non-flamma- neighbors' expansive lawns for a dime, ble and lighter than air. Until that and all of his money went for books and moment, helium—discovered as an ele- chemicals. Long before he began a formal

kfter a huge natural gas field had ment just 10 years earlier—was thought study of chemistry, he had devoured the been discovered near Dexter, to exist only in the sun and in trace most advanced textbooks he could find. southeast of Wichita, joyous cit- amounts in rare minerals. Thanks to His father died when he was 11, and his izens gathered in 1905 for a Cady's discovery, the Great Plains (south- mother reared all five children by herself. "sumptuous dinner and ern Kansas in particular) instantly became To judge by the man, the boy was luckier speech by the mayor." When the new gas the worlds greatest source for helium. than most. valve was opened beneath a blazing bon- Cady also was credited with the inven- "He remained the most modest and fire, celebrants expected to see "flames tion of scales to determine the molecular unassuming of men," a colleague said towering into the night sky." Instead, the weight of gases and instigating the coun- soon after Cady's death, at 68, in 1943. bonfire went out. "Not only did the town try's liquid ammonia research. As a Chancellor Deane Malott, c'21, have a gas which would not burn," one teacher, he was feared for his formidable mourned Cady by saying, account recalled, "it had one which would Chemistry 2 course, yet the gentle soul "The University of extinguish fire." with a kind face and short tie never closed Kansas has lost one Dispirited city fathers forwarded a sam- his door to students. Even while he was of the great figures ple to the University for inspection by dedicating every spare minute to his criti- in its history." Hamilton R Cady, c'1899, PhD'03, associ- cal "argon research," as KU's helium inves- ate professor of chemistry, along with the tigations were cloaked to confuse German plaintive query: "What's the matter?" spies, it was said that Cady unfailingly On Dec. 7, 1905, Cady and Assistant found time to assist even the rawest fresh- Professor David E McFarland, c'1900, man perplexed by an introductory chem- g'01, discovered that Dexters gas con- istry course.

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the onset of the Great Depres- sion, in 1929, a Lawrence cou- Cora Downs ple became sick with "rabbit Microbiology • fever" after slaughtering wild disease organisms that saved the most rabbitAs for the stew pot. The couple's ill- lives and gained Downs, the first woman ness drew Cora Downs, c'15, g'20, to earn a PhD at KU, her greatest fame. PhD'24, into research that eventually In 1958, Downs and her team of KU millions of lives. Asked whether that earned her acclaim as the world's foremost researchers developed fluorescent dyes astonishing figure was justified, Shankel authority on tularemia (rabbit fever), and that chemically attached themselves to quickly responded, "Absolutely yes." as one of the great authorities in rick- specific antibodies created when viruses Downs devoted herself to her career ettsia-caused diseases such as typhus, "Q" and bacteria and never married, a decision she never fever and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. publicly mourned: "I'm just a woman But it was her work in perfecting a who has done something that she technique for quickly identifying very much wanted to do," Downs said in 1984, when she was 91 years old. "That's all." But colleague David Paretsky, who died Jan. 2, once reminisced about the time he had privately griped about a promising gradu- ate student who was resisting the choice between family and sci- invade the human body. By injecting the ence. "Cora became sad, reflective," fluorescent dye into a sample on a slide, Paretsky recalled. "She told me, 'No, it researchers could instantly identify any shouldn't have to be that way. It would disease organisms. have been so nice to have had a family "It was a great breakthrough," says and children.'" Chancellor Emeritus Del Shankel, profes- The peerless microbiologist with "clear sor emeritus of molecular biosciences and blue eyes and elfin smile" retired as the a colleague of Downs' early in his career. first Summerfield distinguished professor "It meant you could deal with infection of bacteriology in 1963, and lived much earlier, within an hour or so instead until 1987. of days." Downs' dye technique is still in "Don't let anyone tell you she was use more than 40 years later, and various some sweet old lady," Paretsky said. "She reports claim Downs' research has saved was a woman with a tungsten-steel spine."

E.Thaver Gaston 1 Music Therapy

he English poet John Milton Kansas high schools in Sublette, described music as "the hidden Hunter, Minneapolis and Garden soul of harmony," and for an City. In 1937 he came to KU as eternity singers and lovers have an assistant instructor in music Trelied on music to reach the secret hearts. education. He didn't wait long to make after he created the intriguing discipline, None of this was lost on E. Thayer Gas- himself invaluable, creating KU's first "it may be the first step in winning back ton, g'38, PhD'40, who in 1948 invented degree course for wind instruments in his confidence." music therapy as a treatment for the men- 1945 and courses in the psychology of Gaston further explained that people tally ill. music in 1946. sliding into mental illness feel the world is "Music is the most abstract of the arts, Two years later he launched the worlds slipping away from them, and that their and will carry nearly any message you first music-therapy curriculum, designed lines of communication are being cut. The want," Gaston explained late in his career, to reach the unreachable. defense for a scared patient, Gaston said, in 1968. "If you can get a mentally ill person lis- is a retreat into themselves, where the Born in 1901 in rural Oklahoma, Gas- tening to music, and then maybe clapping confusing world no longer threatens. ton spent 14 years teaching music at his hands to it," Gaston explained soon But just as music can push armies into

KANSAS ALL MM • NO 1. Walter Sutton I Genetics

In his papers, Sutton showed that City in 1909, and in 1911 joined the fac- chromosomes came in pairs, one from ulty of his beloved alma mater as associate each parent; that the mixture of paternal professor of surgery. and maternal characteristics, now called He remained on the KU faculty for four meiosis, was one of chance; and that years, a remarkable stretch for him. Then genes were located on the chromosomes. came the day in 1915 when Sutton gave a "I well remember when, in the early weeks notice and dashed off to France to spring of 1902, Sutton first brought his serve as chief surgeon of the American main conclusion to my attention, saying Ambulance Hospital in the early days of that he believed he had really discovered the war. Though he remained in France 'why the yellow dog is yellow,'" wrote for less than a year, Suttons method for Edmund Wilson, Suttons mentor at finding and extracting bullets was soon % "T" alter Sutton, an 1899 var- Columbia. "I also clearly recall that at the adopted by all military surgeons, upon ^ /% / sity letter winner on James time I did not at once fully comprehend orders of the U.S. Army. He also perfected %/ %/ Naismith's first KU basketball his conception or realize its entire a device for irrigating the abdomen, which T • team, once delivered to his weight." was particularly helpful in preventing faculty mentor a grasshopper plucked Sutton left Columbia, his doctoral the- infection after a burst appendix. from a Russell wheat field during harvest. sis unfinished, and returned to Kansas, Not long after he returned to Kansas Together, Sutton and his young instructor, where he found work as a foreman in the City in 1916, Walter Sutton died—follow- Clarence McClung, p'1892, oil fields. There he ing surgery for a burst appendix. PhD'02, found that this partic- invented any "He was a prince of good fellows, jolly, ular type of grasshopper con- number of drills and good natured, witty, entertaining," mem- tained unusually large pumps, most of which bers of the Alumni Association wrote in a cells—large enough, in fact, to the old oil-field hands resolution offered during the annual allow for close study, even with ridiculed before realizing Suttons Kansas City alumni banquet four months the era's less-than-ideal equipment. gizmos invariably made their jobs easier after Suttons death. Suttons KU friends During his undergraduate and graduate and more productive. included in their resolution a detailed studies at KU, Sutton, c'1900, g'01, used Finally with money in his pocket, he accounting of his varied interests and those grasshopper cells to unlock genetic wandered back to New York, where he numerous accomplishments, but nowhere secrets first proposed by Gregor Mendel in earned a medical degree in 1907; not long was it mentioned that in their midst had 1866 but never physically witnessed. Sut- after joining the staif of Roosevelt Hospital roamed a great discoverer in the young ton delivered the proof in papers pub- he was credited with inventing a tech- field of genetics. They had failed to lished in 1902 and 1903, during his nique for the absorption of fully comprehend Sutton's doctoral studies at Columbia University in ether, which was particularly conceptions or realize New York City, but the bulk of his work useful in operations of the their entire weight. had been done at KU. neck and head. He They weren't returned to Kansas the first.

battle and win over a hesitant sweetheart, ing out his own version it also can reach deep inside those who of nonverbal therapy: a would otherwise refuse the outside world garden filled with cham- an audience. pionship roses. Explained Gaston: "Music can dissolve "Although his career has aloneness. ... Music therapy sometimes ended," Chancellor E. Laurence reaches withdrawn patients when words Chalmers Jr. said soon after Gas- fail." ton died during a 1970 Ozarks fish- A former high-school bandleader who ing trip, "the results of his research and found a way to leave his mark on the the work of his students will live on to wide world, Gaston made a point of seek- give hope to some who need it most."

KANSAS ALUMNI • NO. 2, 2000 T h Discoverers

Pharmaceutical Chemistry Valentino I. Stelia says Provost David Shulenburger. "Phar- macy has changed from the old model, The survey also revealed where you try 10,000 compounds to see amilton Cady and Walter Sut- what works, to the new model, where you other outstanding ton grew up on Kansas farms; design from the molecular level up. So Val Cora Downs was the daughter Stella represents that hallmark of applied achievements in science H of a Kansas City physician; E. science, while, like so many other mem- at KU, listed here in no Thayer Gaston hailed from small-town bers of our faculty, being so enormously Oklahoma and spent the first decade of well trained in the basic sciences." particular order: his professional life teaching in rural Stella, PhD'71, left his home in Kansas high schools. They all did splen- Melbourne to do graduate work at the did work, but those scientists also repre- University in 1968. He joined the faculty sented a time when KU maintained a in 1973 and, thankfully, has yet to leave. he Bureau of Child Research, narrower perspective. He won the 1989 HOPE Award, bestowed established in 1955, thanks to The modern KU—with students from annually on the year's outstanding faculty Tthe pioneering efforts decades all 50 states and more than 100 coun- member by the senior class, and is now earlier by Florence Brown Sherbon, tries—casts a broader net, and no catch in his 27th year as a member of the KU who earned degrees in both nursing has been bigger than a brilliant (and bril- faculty. and medicine from the University of liantly named) Australian, Valentino J. Along with Captisol, Stella also was Iowa. In 1920, her first year on the Stella, University distinguished professor one of the important figures in KU's KU faculty, she created the University's of pharmaceutical chemistry. development of the remarkable anti-can- first child-care courses, and in 1934 Working with doctoral student Roger cer drug Taxol, and he created an anti- Rajewski, c'84, PhD'90, Stella capped four seizure drug called Fosphenytoin. years of research when he announced, in "Fosphenytoin, for instance, is already 1990, the invention of a remarkable drug saving lives, and I'm very proud of that," additive called Captisol, which ensures Stella says. "I'm proud that some of this safe delivery of a variety of applied science is getting so much drugs by making them attention, but I'm also a little embar- more soluble. rassed, because so much very good basic "The interesting science is happening all over this campus thing about Vals work that maybe doesn't get quite as much is that while attention." it is so applied, it starts from published her epochal child-care really basic book, The Child. Sherbon recommend- science," ed "a simple, inflexible framework" for a child's daily routine; within those rules, though, she also insisted the child be allowed "free choice sufficient to make life interesting." Florence Brown Sherbon retired in 1944, at the age of 75. She died five days later.

he Treatise on Invertebrate Pale- ontology, founded in 1948 by TRaymond C. Moore. The ongo- ing treatise currently includes 41 volumes, and 12 more are in prepara- tion; at the time of Moore's death in

KANSAS ALUMNI • NO. 2, 2000 Honorable Mention

pecial educa- tion, which America. His work is considered among Shas consis- the great achievements of 20th-century tently ranked as paleontolgy. the top program He came to the University in 1947 in the country for after having worked for eight years at the the past 20 years. University of Colorado. Earlier this year, Among the Wilson earned the Society of Vertebrate department's Paleontology's highest honor, the Romer- numerous faculty Simpson medal. members who have earned dis- tinguished reputations in the field are Ann and Rud Turnbull, who were recently reation of a named two of the 20th century's 25 most physical influential leaders for causes affecting cpharmacy mentally retarded people. department by ^^^ Takeru Higuchi, known as the "father of physical pharmacy" and the first to use a evelopment of an oral vaccine systematic application of physical chem- against HIV in monkeys by Bill istry in drug design, delivery and analysis. DNarayan, professor and chair of 1974, about 25 volumes had been com- Higuchi, Regents distinguished profes- microbiology, molecular genetics and pleted and it was estimated the project sor of pharmacy and chemistry, was a immunology at KU Medical Center. would need a total of 36. visionary in forging partnerships between Narayan and Moore joined the KU faculty in 1916 the University and private industry, and it his researchers as assistant professor of geology. During was his guidance that established KU as first created KU the next half-century Moore was, at vari- an undisputed worldwide leader in phar- SHIV, a type of ous times, the state geologist, director of maceutical research and development. HIV that causes the Geological Survey of Kansas and Higuchi won the Distinguished Service an AIDS-like chairman of the geology deparment. He Citation in 1982. syndrome in directed the seminal treatise for more than monkeys. 20 years, securing more than $500,000 in They then grants and attracting he VISION project, which can created, in 1997, an oral vaccine contributions from monitor multiple television stations that gives the monkeys complete more than 200 scien- Tand save only predetermined selec- protection against the AIDS-like tists worldwide. tions, thus putting the viewer in charge syndrome. L of the content they'll watch, rather than When news of Narayan's research first the broadcaster. broke, he was immediately bombarded by orks of Robert W. VISION was developed in 1997 protests from activists who considered it Wilson, professor by Susan Gauch, associate profes- cruel to intentionally infect monkeys with Wemeritus of pale- sor of electrical engineering and the virus. Narayan carried on, however, ontology and former cura- computer science, and a team insisting the work could lead to life-saving tor of the Natural History of fellow researchers at the breakthroughs in the fight against AIDS. Museum. Information and Telecom- Narayan expects to receive FDA approval Wilson, now 90 years old, munication Technology for human testing by this summer. focused much of his research on Center. rodents and the geological sequence of Europe and North

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moment that gives me goose bumps," said co-chair Kristen Sjoberg Christian. "Seeing more than 1,000 Jayhawks in that room, Rock Chalk revelry then seeing the scholars on-stage, really represents the fruits of our labor. It makes Kansas City's fifthblack-ti e bash harvests friends for an all the time and hours worthwhile for our evening of KU spirit and a salute to young scholars 150 volunteers." Though the ball has become such a cherished tradition that "it almost has est anyone suspect the fifth-annual to the achievement—one year early—of taken on a life of its own," according to Rock Chalk Ball was a plebeian Chancellor Robert E. Hemenway's goal to John Marquis, the Greater Kansas City Laffair, Adam Obley, Topeka fresh- enroll 100 new National Merit Scholars chapter already has put four alumni in man, addressed the Feb. 4 throng of more by fall 2000. KU welcomed 101 new charge of steering the event for 2001. Co- than 1,000 Jayhawks by echoing the scholars in fall 1999, bringing Mount chairs Jay, b'80, and Becky Brand words of first-century Roman consul Pliny Oread's total number of these talented Meschke, c'83, and Robert, b'82, and the Younger: students to 301 and moving KU to ninth Susan Heck Holcomb, d'85, all of Over- "No person's talents, however brilliant, among public universities in recruitment land Park, will work with Michon Lickteig can raise him from obscurity unless they of National Merit Scholars. Quick, f'85, the Association's director of find scope, opportunity and a benefactor," This year's ball raised more than Rock Chalk Society and Greater Kansas Obley told the crowd on behalf of 23 $100,000, bringing the total raised by the City programs. Next year's ball will be Rock Chalk Scholars who had received balls since 1996 to more than $550,000. Feb. 2, 2001, at the Marriott Downtown assistance from the ball's proceeds and the The Rock Chalk Society for Academic Muehlebach Tower. Alumni Association. "Thank you for being Excellence fund held at the KU Endow- Marquis attributes the success of the our benefactors. Your support enables us, ment Association has sur- among other things, to attend one of the passed $1.2 million, finest schools in the nation, ... conduct thanks to the Kansas City independent research, study abroad or events and the Alumni pay our parking tickets. You have invested Associations 1998 gift of in our futures and we believe, not surpris- $670,000 that resulted ingly, that you have made a good invest- from a new, 12-year Jay- ment." hawk bank card agree- Jovial Jayhawks roared their approval ment with Intrust Bank of Obley's remarks and the Rock Chalk in Wichita. Scholars who lined the stage that Rock Chalk Ball 2000 evening—proof indeed that the hours and took its theme, "Harvest dollars donated by alumni and friends of Friends," from the fan- already had paid big dividends for the ciful campus landscape University and its growing enrollment of painted and donated by National Merit Scholars. Mike Savage, f'80, West- "Adams message was a true reflection wood. The painting high- of what all the volunteers are working lighted the evening's live toward. It is so gratifying to know the stu- auction, drawing a bid of dents understand," said John Marquis, $6,700 from Forrest, j'78, Prairie Village, who with his wife, e'56, and Sally Roney Lisa Dickerson Marquis, b'82, co-chaired Hoglund, c'56, Dallas. the event with Matthew, c'92, and Kristen Gary Bender, g'64, Sjoberg Christian, j'93, also of Prairie Vil- emcee for the event, auc- lage. The ball was hosted by the Alumni tioned four select items Association's Greater Kansas City chapter. following a rousing The sold-out soiree at the Kansas City march by the KU band DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY: Patrons dance to the music of the Marriott Downtown Muehlebach Tower and Spirit Squad and the Atlantic Express, while Honorary Chairs Scott, c'54, and Carol Swanson Alma Mater and Rock Ritchie, d '54, enjoy a moment. Rock Chalk Ball Chairs John, j'78, and Lisa was not only the traditional celebration of Dickerson Marquis, b'82, and Kristen Sjoberg Christian, j'93, and Matthew Kansas City's KU spirit, but also a salute Chalk Chant. "That's the Christian, c'92, take a break with Baby Jay.

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formal event to its decidedly unstuffy KU dence halls. Within a week, she was tone. "It is truly a big party," he said. "It's swamped with students eager to volunteer not just another black-tie function, but a their time and talent. celebration of friendship."--*"••' Garton arranges for undergraduate and graduate students to meet with children at East Heights Elementary School and Cen- SAA leader composes duets tral Junior High School. The schoolchild- ren are paired with KU students proficient for volunteers, children in the instrument of their choice, and the mentor-student pairs meet in private ses- he Student Alumni Association's sions for a half hour each week. Garton Temphasis on mentoring recently plans to expand the program into the found a new twist when junior Christie Lawrence Boys and Girls Club, where KU Garton, a business and French major from volunteers would most likely offer music Olathe, created the Music Mentors Society instruction to children in groups of five. to bring instruction and instruments to Garton, who has played the piano for Lawrence children. 15 years, asks that volunteer mentors "I can't believe how fast it's expanded," have at least seven years of experience Garton says. "We just started it last semes- with the instrument they will teach, or ter, and it's already growing so fast." five years of training in voice. Although Garton, SAAs director of promotions, the program attracts mostly music majors, started Music Mentors by placing fliers in Garton insists that she "recruits anywhere Murphy Hall and KU sororities and resi- and everywhere." The program especially appeals to students MUSIC APPRECIATION: Christie Garton founded like Garton who the Music Mentors Society, which matches Lawrence ON A HIGH NOTE: enjoy playing instru- schoolchildren with KU students who volunteer as A rousing ovation for the instructors.The group will perform in its first recital Alumni Association's Rock ments but have cho- May 6 at the Lawrence Arts Center. Chalk Scholars and a live sen majors that allow auction of four spectacular for precious little time The program accepts any donations of items, including alumnus spent making music. money or instruments, but Garton says Mike Savage's "Harvest of With this program, Friends" painting, were the the greatest immediate need is for begin- evening's highlights. Adam she says, students can ner's sheet music. Obley.Topeka freshman, combine their love of Jennifer Mueller, g'99, the Association's spoke on behalf of the music with a desire to director of student programs, says Gar- scholars. do volunteer work. ton's Music Mentors Society exemplifies Music Mentors one of the Student Alumni Association's currently has 40 stu- chief goals. dent mentors "This is another way for us to say that matched with 50 mentoring is important," Mueller says, Lawrence school- "whether she's mentoring these grade- children, and Garton school students or we're pairing college hopes the program students with alumni mentors in our will soon expand to 'Hawk to 'Hawk program." other universities. SAAs 'Hawk to 'Hawk currently has "This really could 500 alumni mentors in a professional net- be a full-time job for working system that links SAA members somebody," Garton with alumni who are already working in says. "And its such a their chosen field. great opportunity for "I really commend Christie for what music education she's doing, because we certainly believe majors to start apply- in mentoring," Mueller says. "The success ing what they've of her program has been another indica- learned." tion to us that mentoring should continue PHOTOGRAPHS BY WALLY EMERSON

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to be an important part of what we do." Garton will spend the fall semester studying in France, and she plans to study law after her KU graduation in 2001. Her career goal is international Alumni Events business. She also is preparing a book proposal on the history of sororities at American universities, while staying active in her KU sorority, Alpha Gamma Delta, Adams Alumni Center Chapters & Professional Societies and in SAA and Music Mentors Society. Garton appears to relish the hectic Reservations are required for all special events. schedule. She is especially eager for Music Call 785-864-4760 March Mentors' first group recital May 6 at the Lawrence Arts Center. March "Creating a music program for kids Wichita Chapter: KU-Mizzou watch really combines great areas of interest for 20-25 party at River City Brewery. Contact me," she says. "Judging by the response Spring Break: Adams Alumni Center Teresa Veazey [email protected]. we've had here on the Hill, it's doing the banquet services closed same thing for a lot of other students, as well. It's tremendously rewarding to spend Kansas City Chapter: Johnson time playing the instrument you love with April County information night for high a child who wants to learn and might not school juniors, 7-9 p.m., Double Tree otherwise have that opportunity." 7 Hotel, Overland Park. Contact Dick Anyone interested in making a dona- • KUAA & Lied: Donald Byrd's Jaz- Smith, 816-561-3551. tion to Music Mentors can contact Garton zTrain, 5 p.m., dinner $22 at 785-331-2447 or cgarton@eagle. 7-11 cc.ukans.edu. Alumni Association mem- 14-15 Kansas City: Big 12 women's basket- bers interested in volunteering for 'Hawk Gold Medal Weekend: Highlights ball tournament, Municipal Audito- to 'Hawk can contact Mueller at 864-4760 include Class of 1950 50-year rium. Pregame rallies before each or 800-KUHAWKS. Mueller's e-mail is anniversary reunion and pinning lun- KU game at the Kansas City Marriott [email protected].'"*"' cheon, Gold Medal Club brunch, Downtown Hotel. Contact the Class of 1940 60-year gathering and Association, 1-800-KUHAWKS. Bailey Hall Centennial Celebration. For more information, contact Donna 9-12 Neuner at 800-KUHAWKS. Kansas City: Big 12 men's basketball tournament, Kemper Arena. Pregame 19 rallies under the big tent in Golden KUAA & Lied: For Dancers Only: Ox parking lot begin three hours Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with before all KU games. Fans also invited Wynton Marsalis, 5 p.m., dinner $22 to FanFair in Hale Arena. Contact the Association, 1-800-KUHAWKS. For 26 game tickets, contact KU Athletics at Grad Farewell: 6-8 p.m. 1-800-34HAWKS.

STUDENT LEADERS: Palvih Bhana, 13 Lawrence junior, and Rory Smoot, Chanute May Denver Chapter: KU Night, senior, each received the Judy L. Ruedlinger Nuggets-Lakers. Contact Julie Brown Scholarship for their leadership in the Student Alumni Association. Both are vice presidents in 10 at www.kualumni-colorado.org. SAA. Bhana is a business communications major; Student Members' Finals Dinner: Smoot majors in biology and plans to attend 5-8 p.m. medical school.The $250 award for this semester honors Ruedlinger; former Alumni Association staff member and SAA's founding adviser.

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16 1 Kansas Honors Program Basketball Denver Chapter: Thirsty Third tournament Thursday. More information at uor information on supporting a KHP event, rallies i 1 J- /"i www.Kuaiumni-coioraQO.org. contact local site coordinators, or Carolyn Barnes at 785-864-4760. • New York Metropolitan Chapter: "Ti J" arch is basketball tourna- Thirsty Third Thursday. Contact 1 \ /1 ment time in Kansas City, Brian Falconer, 212-986-3700 (work), March -L V JLstarting March 7-11 with 732-441-9578 (home) or 6 Pittsburg: Dave and Evelyn the Big 12 women's basketball tour- Brian .Albert ,Falconer@Juno. com. Pistole, 316-232-2788 nament at Municipal Auditorium. 14 Hiawatha: Leland and Debbie Jayhawk fans will gather at the Hanson, 785-742-7240 Kansas City Marriott Downtown April 15 Atchison: Bill and Donna Roe, Hotel before every KU game during 913-367-7497 the tournament. 20 16 Washington: Larry Stoppel, The Big 12 men's basketball tour- • Denver Chapter: Thirsty Third 785-325-2173 nament is again at Kemper Arena, Thursday. Contact information above. 28 Concordia: Ken Palmquist, March 9-12. The best pregame action 785-243-2294 will again be at the big tent in the New York Metropolitan Chapter: 29 Liberal: Al and Donna Shank, Golden Ox parking lot before the Thirsty Third Thursday. Contact infor- 316-624-6360 Jayhawks' tournament games. Fans mation above. are also invited to the FanFair at Hale Arena during the tournament. April For more information on pregame May 3 Logan: Dane and Polly Bales, rallies for both tournaments, 785-689-4328 contact the Alumni Association at 6 5 Chanute: Virginia Crane, 800-KUHAWKS. • Albuquerque Chapter: Chapter 316-431-1612 The University is co-hosting the reception. Contact Kirk Cerny, 6 Oakley: Wade Park, women's NCAA Midwest Regional 800-KUHAWKS. 785-672-3221 basketball tournament March 25 and 13 Pratt: Cindy Keller, 27 at Municipal Auditorium, and will 9 316-672-5149 host the Big 12 men's and women's • Kansas City: School of Business Pro- 17 Scott City: Jerry and Marsha tennis championships April 27-30 at fessional Society luncheon, Mission Hills Edwards, 316-872-3145 the Plaza Tennis Center. Pregame Country Club. Contact Kirk Cerny, 800- 18 Greensburg: Bill Marshall, activities for both events will depend KUHAWKS or 316-723-2554 on the Jayhawks' participation. [email protected]. 18 • Denver Chapter: Thirsty Third Thursday. Contact information above.

• New York Metropolitan Chapter: Thirsty Third Thursday. Contact infor- mation above.

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1930s 1951 District Board of Education. She's president of Merrill Day, c'38, a retired colonel in the U.S. John Corporon, j'5 I, g'53, serves on the the Patron's Gallery at Shawnee Mission North Marine Corps, lives in San Diego and enjoys board of Associated Press Broadcast. He and High School. sailing. Harriett Sloan Corporon, '53, live in Donald Watson, g'58, has been honored for Nelson Fuson, g'35, lives in Kennett Square, Brooklyn, N.Y. his volunteer work with veterans. He lives in Pa., with his wife, Marian. He's a professor emer- William Sollner, g'5 I, g'54, and his wife, Fay, Hot Springs, S.D. itus of physics at Fisk University in Nashville, participated in the Puppeteers of America Fes- Tenn. tival of the Millennium last year in Seattle, Wash. 1959 John Hibbard, c'59, PhD'70, directs clinical Harold Knowles, PhD'32, a former professor They live in Arma. affairs at Beckloff Associates in Overland Park, at the University of Florida, continues to make where he lives with Ann Stingley Hibbard, his home in Gainesville. 1952 Donald Ford, PhD'52, displays his watercolor f'59.They celebrated their 40th anniversary last Dale Lindsay, c'37, g'38, is retired from a paintings in local shows. He lives in Floral Park, year career with the U.S. Public Health Service. He N.Y Lynn Miller, c'59, g'62, is a professor of politi- lives in Davis, Calif. cal science at Temple University in Philadelphia. Robert Morton, 135, received a lifetime 1953 achievement award last year from the Wichita Richard Anderson, c'53, is retired district 1961 Bar Association. He's a retired judge in Wichita. director for the U.S. Department of Labor's Bruce Barrett, c'61, is a professor at the Uni- employment standards administration. He lives versity of Arizona, where his research specialty 1940 in Grand Rapids, Mich. is theoretical nuclear structure physics. He lives Charles McDonald, f'40, retired last Decem- in Tucson. ber after teaching silversmithing at the Wichita 1954 Dee Ketchum, d'61, g'69, recently was Center for the Arts for the past 29 years. He Fred Laqua, e'54, retired last year as a design elected chief of the Delaware Tribe of Indians. lives in Wichita. engineer with Great Plains Industries. He lives He lives in Bartlesville, Okla. Betty Bond Prohodsky, c'40, lives in El in Wichita. Bruce Reuteler, g'61, keeps busy with volun- Dorado, where she's a retired teacher. Helmut Sauer, g'54, lives in Dortmund, Ger- teer work in Jonesboro, Ark. Wyatt Walker, e'40, g'49, was recognized last many, where he's an emeritus professor at the Stephen Schecter, l'61, has his own law year on Triangle Fraternity's Wall of Fame for his University of Dortmund. practice in New York City, where he represents achievements in engineering. He's former vice George, e'54, and Kay Newman Smith, insurance companies in property damage president of North American refining for Con- d'54, make their home in Midland,Texas. claims. oco and lives in Kingwood,Texas. 1955 1943 1962 Stewart Doty, g'55, received the James M. David Hederstedt, b'62, l'65, is senior vice Merrill Peterson, c'43, wrote Coming of Age Davenport Award earlier this year from the president and trust officer at the First National with the New Republic, 1938-1950, which was National Education Society for service, advoca- Bank of Hutchinson. published last year by the University of Missouri cy and leadership on behalf of NEA higher edu- Press. He's a professor emeritus of history at cation members. He lives in Albuquerque, N.M. the University ofVirginia in Charlottesville, 1963 where he lives. Fenton "Pete" Talbott, c'63, g'65, recently 1956 joined the New York City office of McCrown Forrest Hoglund, e'56, owns Hoglund Inter- De Leeuw & Co. He lives in Mount Kisco. 1944 ests in Houston. Margaret Titus Brickey, d'44, continues to Janet FinkemeierVetter, d'63, teaches Richard Roberds, c'56, g'63, is associate dean make her home in Colorado Springs. Spanish at Shawnee Mission South High School. of integrated science and technology at James She lives in Shawnee. 1947 Madison University in Harrisonburg.Va. 1964 Robert Martindell, c'47, l'49, practices law 1957 part time with Martindell, Swearer & Shaffer in Robert Boley, b'64, recently was installed as Charles Jenney, c'57, retired from practicing Hutchinson. president of the International Association of surgery last year He and Lucia Novak Jen- Assessing Officers. He's director of assessment 1949 ney, assoc, live in Wichita. for Jackson County, Mo., and he lives in Lee's George Haessler, l'49, was recognized last John Watson, b'57, is tax and relocation man- Summit. year by the Nebraska Bar Association for 50 ager for HNTB Architects Engineers Planners in Bryant Hayes, c'64, is a senior lecturer in years of practice in Wahoo. He divides his time Kansas City. English at Baruch College in New York City, between homes in Wahoo and La Jolla, Calif. where he's also a professional clarinet player 1958 1950 Peggy Brown, c'58, c'59, g'78, PhD'82, is an 1965 Jeanne Atkinson Boyd, b'50, retired recently associate professor in the School of Allied Peter Coulson, PhD'65, is a professor of the- as vice president and secretary ofTechniStar, a Health at KU Medical Center in Kansas City. atre at Southwest Texas State University in San robotics manufacturing firm. She lives in Long- John Gardenhire, d'58, chairs the English Marcos. mont, Colo. department at Laney College in Oakland, Calif. Dennis Klein, d'65, g'67, is a professor of Fred Doornbos, d'50, m'57, keeps busy in He lives in El Cernto. Spanish at the University of South Dakota. He retirement with gardening and home repair. Julie Purcell Miller, c'58, retired last year spent part of the summer in Spain doing He lives in Iowa City, Iowa. after 16 years on the Shawnee Mission School research on the 19th-century Spanish novel on

40 KANSAS ALUMNI • NO. 2, 2000 CLASS NOTES A HOME a National Endowment for the Humanities fel- 1970 lowship to Duke University. Kent Cox, PhD'70, m'75, practices medicine FOR ALL SEASONS Stephen Shade, b'65, recently became divi- part time in Payson, Ariz., where he and his sion accounting manager for the U.S. Home wife, Adrienne, make their home. Corp. He lives in Gearwater, Fla. Robert Craine Jr., b'70, edits and publishes Frederick Slicker, c'65, l'68, practices law in Future Value, a magazine owned by the Okla- Tulsa, Okla. homa Investment Forum. He lives in Tulsa. Helen Jorgenson Sutherland, d'65, g'68, is James Klaver, b'70,174, works at Klaver Con- associate director of the School Study Council struction in Kingman. He lives in Wichita. of Ohio in Columbus. She lives in Worthington. Walter Riker, c'70, j'78, is a department director for the McDonald's Corp. in Oak James Tharp, c'65, l'68, has a law practice Brook, III. in Honolului. Sally Fleeson Rimer, c'70, works as a flight 1966 attendant for Continental Airlines. She lives in Larry Benson, m'66, has a private nephrology Aurora, Colo. practice in North Kansas City. 1971 Allen McPherson, c'66, is a rancher in Charlotte Hardy Andrezik, s'71, does Galena. individual and marital psychotherapy in Carl Reed, e'66, g'69, g'85, lives in Lenexa and Oklahoma City, is a vice pesident of Delich, Roth & Goodwillie Marcia Bush Haskin, d'71, g'81, is assistant in Kansas City. superintendent of schools in Independence, Mo. Robert Sullivan, c'66, serves as president of Ernest Hodge, g'71, is a vice president with BokTower Gardens in Lake Wales, Fla., where Van Kampen Investment Advisory in Oak Brook TOWNHOME LIVING AT ITS BEST! he and his wife, Nancy, make their home. Terrace, III., and Claire Burghardt Hodge, 'randon Woods is more than g'74, manages the Hinsdale school district's Sci- Patricia Wise, d'66, is a professor of voice at a retirement community. It's a Indiana University in Bloomington. She'll give a ence Center.They live in Hinsdale. neighborhood of friends. master class this summer at Salzburg Mozar- Carl McFarland, c'71, g'73, PhD75, chairs the teum Academy. psychology department at the University of When you live in a Townhome Alabama at Birmingham. at Brandon Woods, home owner- 1967 Lynn Snelgrove, j'71,174, practices law with ship is a joy! A monthly service Robert Montgomery, c'67,171, practices law Stinson, Mag & Fizzell in Kansas City. fee covers all your maintenance in Lakewood, Colo. Gene Wier, d'71, g'78, coaches football at concerns. Plus owning a Town- Carol Uhlig Crown Ranta, c'67, teaches art Olathe North High School. home at Brandon Woods is an at Memphis State University in Memphis.Tenn., Dennis Yockey, b'71, has been promoted to investment. You have an and recently edited the book Wonders to managing partner of Grant Thornton LLP in Behold: The Visionary Paintings ofMyrtice West. appreciable asset that benefits Colorado Springs. you and your heirs. 1968 1972 FEATURING: Micheline Zacharias Burger, c'68, g'70,177, Wendal Goodwin, m'72, does cancer • TOWNHOMES & APARTMENTS has a law practice in Olathe. research in Springfield, Mo. • ASSISTED LIVING & HEALTH CARE Eugene Coats, PhD'68, is a self-employed Michael Misner, c'72, e'75, g'76, has his own • ALZHEIMER'S CARE & REHAB biotech investigator in Poway, Calif. law practice in Costa Mesa, Calif. • NO ENTRANCE FEE William McElfresh, f 68, is executive vice Richard Nelson, e'72, serves as a colonel in (785) 838-8000 president of Engine Lease Finance, which spe- the U.S. Air Force Reserves and works as a cap- cializes in aircraft and spare engine support for tain for US Airways. He and his wife, Sharon, 1-800-419-0254 commercial airlines. He lives in San Francisco. live in Auburn, N.Y, with their children, Richard www.brandonwoods.com David Schinke, PhD'68, is retired from a IV, 4, and Lily who'll be 3 in April. career with Bell Laboratories. He and his wife, William "Buck" Tanner, 172, practices law Arlene, live in Georgetown,Texas. with Paone, Callaham, McHolm & Winton in Irvine, Calif. He lives in Newport Beach. 1969 Tom Throne, j'72, publishes the Leavenworth William Coates, c'69,172, practices law Times. He lives in Lansing. with Holman, Hansen, Colville & Coates in Prairie Village. MARRIED RETIREMENT COMMUNITY Michael Wentworth, c'69, directs the master Gene Tunison, e'72, and Sheryl Wood, Aug. I. 1501 INVERNESS DR. • LAWRENCE, KS 86047 of arts in liberal studies program at the Univer- They live in Randolph, N.J., and Gene works for LOCATED 11/2 MILES WEST OF THE KU CAMPUS sity of North Carolina in Wilmington. Exxon in Florham Park.

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1973 Susie Kelps, d'76, designs curriculum for the David Aday, g'73, g'76, PhD77, is a professor Center for Advanced Research and Technology and academic administrator at the College of in Clovis, Calif. She lives in Fresno. William and Mary in Williamsburg.Va. Elizabeth Picone, d76, works as a member Robert Chisholm, g'73, owns and is presi- benefits consultant for NEA Member Benefits in dent of Robert Chisholm Architects. He lives in Austin,Texas. Golden, Colo. Fred Robinson Jr., c'76, manages research Douglas Donor, c'73, works as a scientist and and product development for Intrust Bank in technical adviser for the Environmental Protec- Wichita, where he and his wife, Jennifer live with their sons, Will, Carter and Braden. tion Agency in Philadelphia. He lives in Marlton, N.j. 1977 Rebecca Heidlage, g'73, is an assistant princi- JillTrask Cardenas, d'77, lives in Grand pal at St.Thomas Aquinas High School in Over- Prairie,Texas, with her husband, Rudy. She's an land Park. assistant principal at Williams Elementary Thomas Krebs, c'73, d'84, g'98, works as a School in Arlington. board development specialist for the Kansas Rosemary Gabel Danielson, d'77, is princi- Association of School Boards in Topeka. He and pal and vice president of BKD Investment Advi- Susan Knuth Krebs, 78, live in Oskaloosa. sors in Kansas City. She and her husband, Kenneth Peters, s'73, is associate health pro- Bradford, '80, live in Shawnee. gram adviser for the California Department of Contemporary Bill, j'77, and Patricia Morrison French, Health Services in Sacramento. He lives in b'77, live inTulsa, Okla., with their sons,Tom, I 3, JAYHAWK Stockton. and Kyle, I I. Bill is an account executive with Pendants CISCO Systems. 1974 Sterling Silver Arthur Weiss, j'77, is senior counsel in the Gregory Dove, d'74, works for Henry Petro- marketing practices law department at Sears. or leum in Midland,Texas. He and his wife, Laura, live in South Elgin, III., 14K Yellow Gold John Hanis, b74, manages underwriting for with their daughter, Lauren. Fortis Benefits in Kansas City. He and Suellen Smith Hanis, '87, live in Riverside, Mo., with 1978 their twins, Amelia and Andrew, I. Anne Burke Miller, c'78, l'81, practices law Kirk Taylor, c'74, is a mental health counselor with Seaton, Miller, Bell & Seaton in Manhattan. She's president elect of the Kansas Bar Founda- at the Sedgwick County Juvenile Detention tion. Facility in Wichita. Kevin J. Santaularia, b78, and Susan Witt Daniel Wakley, c'74, is a pilot for Northwest Santaularia, J78, reside in Dallas with their Airlines. He lives in Navarre, Fla. three children,Joe, 13;Julie, I hand Jack, 10. Kevin is president of Bradford Companies, a 1975 commercial real estate development company SILVER Marshall Eakin, c'75, g'77, recently was based in Dallas. WORKS named Tennessee Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Edu- 1979 cation and the Carnegie Foundation. He is a and more Kimberly Boos Anderson, b'79, works as professor of history at Vanderbilt University. an accountant for Jim Plunkett Inc. in Platte Sharyl Bradley Kinney, c75, is assistant chief City, Mo. of maternal and child health for the Oklahoma Justin Ford, c'79, directs human resources State Department of Health in Oklahoma City. a gallery of planning with Washington University in St. Louis. She lives in Norman. He and his wife, Stephanie, live in Chesterfield fine gold & silver Jonell Farver Schenk, s'75, s76, and her hus- with their children, Jordan, 16, and Kelsey, I I. jewelry/contemporary crafts band, Jerald, assoc, live in Beloit. He teaches Randy O'Boyle, j'79, recently was promoted technology education at Salinas Roosevelt-Lin- to colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He's a national coln Middle School. defense fellow at the Naval post-graduate school in Monterey, Calif, where he and his 715 Massachusetts 1976 wife, Jane, live with their son, Conor Randall Benson, c'76, has been promoted to Lawrence, Kansas Ralph Taylor, b'79, is vice president of com- national sales manager of the cardiopulmonary mercial loans at Simmons First National Bank in 785/842-1460 division of 3M Pharmaceuticals in St. Paul, Minn. Fort Smith, Ark. He lives in Woodbury. Joel Colbert, g'76, EdD77, is assistant dean of 1980 education at California State University in Car- Duncan Butts, j'80, l'86, g'86, is an associate son. He lives in Long Beach. with the Denver law firm of McKenna & Cuneo.

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Michael,] 80, and Sydney Weathers Earle, c'82, moved recently from Westwood to Fish- PAINTER'S BOLD COLORS HONOR TRADITIONS ers, Ind., where Michael works for the NCAA. Their family includes a son, Casey, 15, and a rent Learned, a contemporary daughter Mallory, 8. Indian artist who uses bold Brian McFall, j'80, g'84, serves on the board Bcolors and intriguing textures of the Kansas Mortgage Bankers Association. He to call attention to his work, isn't and Carol Frederick McFall, d 82, g'90, live ashamed to call himself a "mama's in Lawrence with their daughters, Allison, 6, and boy," and he sure isn't ashamed to Mallory, 3. Brian is vice president of First Savings admit he is eager to please his Bank, and Carol teaches English and geography at South Junior High School. mother, Juanita. "She's done a lot for me," Learned says from his James Sauer, d'80, manages the advanced sys- Oklahoma City home, "so I need to tems group at Dell Computer, where he's a vice president. He and Eileen Levesque Sauer, do the same for her." Though first c'82, live in Austin,Texas, with their children, attracted to art by his father, sculp- Colleen, 17, and Kevin, 13. tor John Learned, f'60, d'60, c'60, Paul Worth, j'80, g'86, works as chief invest- Brent Learned says his mother, an ment officer forTrueNorth, an investment man- alumna of Haskell Indian Nations agement firm. He and Diane Sorensen University, shaped his painting Worth, l'84, live in Wichita with their daughter, style. Hayley, 5. "When I came out of Kansas, I was doing abstract. KU is an 1981 abstract school," Learned, f'93, says. Jasper Garcia, '8 I, is an administrative officer "That's when I asked my mom what for the city of Kansas City. I could do to please her. She said to me, Learned, 30, TURN IT UP: Brent Kevin Koster, j'81, lives in Kansas City with his 'I'd like you to draw and paint the way Learned paints while listen- wife, Judy, and their children, John, I 3; Ryan, I I; uses bold colors you used to when you were a kid. That to attract atten- ing to music as diverse as and Sarah Jean, I. Kevin is vice president of Gene Autry and Roy Sandweiss Advertising. would mean more to me than what you tion, then hopes Rogers or Beethoven and Deena Scroggins Myers, c'81, c'82, and her are doing now.'" subtler nuances Bach. "It's amazing how husband, Larry, live in Richardson,Texas, with Learned abandoned his abstract, non- gently lure the when you listen to music, their son,James, who's I. figurative work and began searching for viewer deeper you kind of lose yourself in Somchai Sanyalaksiri, g'81, is senior vice his Indian heritage. The more he dug into into the painting. /^painting." president and manager of the tax department the past, the more Learned, a Cheyenne - "I want people of Siam Commerce Bank in Bangkok,Thailand. Arapaho, began to appreciate a heritage to look at the way everything is laid out he had largely ignored. Soon the young in a visual form, then look past that and BORN TO: painter found his voice and confidently into the eyes. The eyes are the focal point Richard, c'81, s 83, and Nancy Mulvihill established himself as one of Oklahoma's of the soul," Learned says. "When you Bollig, c'82, son, Daniel, June 17 in Leawood, leading contemporary Indian artists. He look into the eyes, I want you to see what where he joins a sister, Courtney, 16, and twin is one of 32 artists included in "Winter it was like to be in that person's place in brothers, Michael and Eric, 12. Richard is a pri- Camp 2000," currently showing at the history." mary care behavioral clinician for Shawnee Mis- National Cowboy Hall of Fame and West- sion Medical Center and the St. Luke's-Shawnee Learned's paintings hang in the Okla- Mission Medical Group. ern Heritage Center in Oklahoma City. homa governor's office and have been The show was designed to honor the Anne Marie Mischlich Pearson, b'81, and collected by the Smithsonian Institution. Russell, daughter, Nicole Joan, Sept. 3 in Eudora, legacy of traditional Indian art while He eagerly anticipates showing at Blue where she joins a brother; Jacob, 2. focusing on contemporary Indian artists Deer Gallery, a prominent Dallas location, with Oklahoma connections. and is making plans for another show in 1982 "When you think of traditional, you Scottsdale, Ariz. Edwin Cooley, e'82, manages markets for think of ledger drawings [named for set- "When I start out, I usually draw an TXU Electric and Gas in Dallas. He and Diana tlers' ledger paper that some Indian image on canvas. From there, I don't Dubrovin Cooley, f 83, live in Rowlett with artists delighted in and traded for], a sim- don't know what avenue I'm going to their sons, Kilian, 8, and Casey, 5. ple, primitive drawing," Learned says. take," Learned says. "I start applying Jeff Sharp, c'82, g'84, is a vice president and "Whereas in contemporary Indian art, color, and when I see an image form, regional sales manager forTransamerica Public there are no limitations. Still, the theme then I attack, bringing out the areas I Finance in Kansas City. He and his wife, Susan, live in Olathe with their children, Adam, 10, and is the same: the Indian way of life." want to emphasize." **"*-* Layne, 8.

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to- find than Thomas Matches, c'86, and his wife.Terri, live 9 in Lawrence with their sons, Ian, 3, and ayhcuvha teeth Connor, I. Leroy Mergy, e'86, has been promoted to partner at Marakon Associates, a strategy con- y a precious few 1999 Kansas Alumni sulting firm in Stamford, Conn, He lives in New directories are still available if you act Canaan. now.The 1999 directory lists nearly 300,000 KU alumni and friends in sepa- Paul Rabinovitz, j'86, works as quality man- ager at Ballantyne of Omaha. He lives in lte school, class year and geographic Omaha, Neb. ns. Don't miss your chance to this handy reference tool for David Ricke, l'86, serves as municipal judge of finding your flock. Augusta. He lives in Rose Hill. Pamela Swedlund, c'86, works for Arthur Alumni Directory book $35 plus Andersen in Kansas City. She lives in Prairie Village. $7.50 shipping and handling Evan Wooton, b'86, recently became presi- ni Directory on CD dent of Premier Pet Products, a manufacturer of compatible only) $35 plus pet collars, leashes and training aids. He and his $4 shipping and handling wife, Cathryn, moved recently from Overland Park to Richmond, Va., with their children, Anni- Limited quantities available. ka, 6, and Jansen, 3. Call today! BORN TO: 1-800-584-2957 Masayo, m'86, and Jeannine Kreker Watanabe, j'9 I, g'98, son, Jomei Davis, July 7 in Lenexa. Masayo practices medicine at Children's Mercy Hospital, and Jeannine is a marketing analyst for Koch Supplies. MARRIED Craig Hensley, c'85, works as assistant plan- ning director for the city of San Dimas, Calif. He Joanne Snapp, b'82, g'83,to Curtis Thomas, 1987 Oct. 9 in Newton, where they live. Joanne is a lives in La Verne with his wife,Tina, and their Paula Grizzle Edrington,j'87, n'93, is a CPA with Heritage Group in Wichita, and Cur- children, Mason, 9; Mallory, 6; Dylan, 4; and nurse in the neonatal intensive care nursery at tis works for Norcraft. Riley, I. Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. She James McKinney, e'85, b'85, is a mechanical and her husband, Michael, live in Roeland Park 1983 engineer for Dell Computer in Austin,Texas, with their son, Andrew, I. Joseph Moore, c'83, supervises inventory where he and Brigitte Wren McKinney, Daphne Hearn, b'87, recently was promoted control at 3COM in Mount Prospect, III. He d'86, live with their children, Stephen, 8, and to supervisor at FBI headquarters in Washing- lives in Streamwood. Lawren, 4. ton, DC. Stuart Shea, g'83, recently became vice pesi- Michael Seeber, g'85, has been promoted to Jim Sullivan, b'87, is a partner in the Kansas dent of Litton TASC in Chantilly.Va. He lives in chief information officer at Union Pacific City law firm of Shughart,Thomson & Kilroy. Oak Hill. Resources in Fort Worth,Texas. He and Becky Thomas Trossen, c'87, is an assistant profes- Machle Seeber, '86, live in Arlington. 1984 sor of military science at Oregon State Univer- sity in Corvallis, where he and his wife, Helen, Jeff Shackelford, c'84, co-founder and senior MARRIED make their home. vice president of Birch Telecom, lives in Over- Ann Kuglin, n'85, g'90, g'99, to Rick Jones, land Park. Oct. 9. Ann is vice president of oncology ser- MARRIED Anne Smith, a'84, a'85, is principal architect vices for Alegent Health System in Omaha, Shannon Moe, h'87, to David Miller, May 30. with A.M. Smith & Associates in San Diego, Neb.They live in Bellevue. Calif. They live in Denver; where Shannon's a pedi- atric respiratory therapist at Presbyterian/St. 1986 BORN TO: Luke's Medical Center John Ehler, p'86, is a pharmacist at Wal-Mart James Shaw, c'84, m'88, and Jane, son, Austin, in Topeka. BORN TO: and daughter; Winnie, Aug. 19 in Wichita, where Craig Gernon, c'86, m'90, practices cardiology they join a brother Casey, 2. James is a plastic Greg, b'87, l'91, and Amy Buchele Ash, j'88, in Santa Fe, N.M., where he and Ximena surgeon. l'9 I, s'99, daughter; Isabel Marie, June 2.They live Montserrat Garcia, m'91, live with their chil- in Lawrence, and Greg is a partner in the Over- 1985 dren, Lauren, 6; David, 4; and Christopher; I. land Park law firm of Spencer Fane Britt & Browne. Steven Bratton, f 85, manages finance at the Karen Colaw Herzog, PhD'86, lives in Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center in Washington, Mo., and is president of East Cen- James Shelton, c'87, g'88, and Betsy, daughter; New York City. tral College in Union. Christine Erin, Sept. 6 in Holmdel, N.J.

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1988 Stephen Bartelt, g'88, retired last fall NOVELIST CHRONICLES JEWISH PERSECUTION from the U.S. Army Reserve. He lives in New Berlin, Wis. or Deborah Spector Tyler Cain, b'88, is international tax manager Siegel, the publication with Enterprise Rent-A-Car He and Tracie Fof her first book was Fitzgerald Cain, d'89, live in Kirkwood, Mo. more than memorable. It was Ann Kaplan, f 88, sings with the Madison downright mythic. (Wis.) Symphony Chorus and the Madison "I sort of feel like Perse- Chamber Choir. She's a territory representative for Hallmark Cards. phone," says Siegel, c'77, who last summer published Melissa Larson Lewis, c'88, m'94, practices pediatric anesthesia with Colorado Anesthesia a historical novel for young Consultants, where her husband, Jeffrey, also adults, The Cross by Day, the practices.They live in Denver Mezuzah by Night. Set in Rodney Odom, c'88, works as a GIS analyst 1492, it tells the story of for the Johnson County Clerk's Office in Isabelle, a devoutly Catholic Olathe. He lives in Prairie Village, Spanish girl who learns, on Michael Womack, b'88, is a major account her 13 th birthday, that her manager for Lucent Technologies. He and his family is actually Jewish and wife, Annamarie, live in Prairie Village with their practices its faith in secret to avoid perse- daughter, Marisa, 3. the doctor con- ODYSSEY COMPLETE: cution under the Spanish Inquisition. firmed her worst Deborah Spector Siegel BORN TO: Persephone, if you remember your fear. Nine years endured cancer, litigation Greek mythology, was spirited away to earlier she had and a harrowing probe April Storm Lucas, n'88, and Eddy, m'90, into Jewish history before son, Brandon Kyle, Nov, 15 in Wichita, where he Hades but survived to recount the tale. undergone a finishing her first book joins a brother, Matthew, 2. Like Persephone's journey, Siegel's long mastectomy Larry, c'88, m'92, and Kelley Connors Mur- struggle to write and publish her novel while pregnant row, j'90, son, Aidan Thomas, Dec. 20 in Pitts- was something of a trip to hell and back. with her second son; now, after almost a burg, where he joins a brother; Bailey, 2. Larry is First, she spent years researching the decade in remission, cancer had a family practice physician. persecution and expulsion of Jews from returned. 1989 Spain, delving into historical archives to Doctors recommended a bone marrow Catherine Mariani Bettis, d'89, g 93, read the chilling firsthand accounts of transplant, but Siegel's insurance com- recently became a library media specialist at inquisitors who routinely tortured and pany refused to cover the procedure. Scarborough Elementary School in Olathe. She terrorized Jews and other non-Christians. She sued, and after enduring a year of and her husband.Troy, '90, live in Overland Park "There were so many tragic stories that it chemotherapy while awaiting the out- with their children, Bailey, 4, and Joel, I Troy is a partner in National Capital Corporation. was like going into an underworld," says come, she won. She had the transplant in Michelle Hermreck-Gray, d'89, c 89, g'97, Siegel. 1993 and has been cancer-free for six heads the foreign language department and Because the novel grew out of Siegel's years. teaches French at Ottawa High School. own experience with anti-Semitism in "Having a bone marrow transplant Vicki Johnson, PhD'89, a resident of Daytona Kansas City during the 1950s, writing it definitely puts you in the right mood to Beach, Fla., is an associate professor of aero- also dredged up painful childhood mem- write about the Spanish Inquisition," she space engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical ories. "Every Easter we had the 'Christ jokes now. But at the time, Siegel says, "1 University. killer' signs planted on our lawn. I was didn't even know if I'd be around to see Scott Lazaroff, e'89, works as a power sys- beat up regularly, finally to the point this book come out." tems engineer at NASA's Johnson Space Cen- ter in Houston. where my father had to engage the Today in bookstore readings and spe- police," Siegel recalls. "In a way, that cial appearances in schools, Siegel uses Jill Kapp Luft, c'89, practices law with Greensfelder Hemker & Gale in St. Louis. has sent me journeying through Jewish her novel to introduce young people to a history to answer the one question: Robert Taylor, PhD'89, was the senior writing chapter in Jewish history that she consultant for Theatre: Art in Action, a high school Why? Why do they hate us?" believes is too often misunderstood. theatre textbook. He's an associate professor at The Cross by Day, The Mezuzah by "People hear Spanish Inquisition and Arizona State University West in Phoenix. Night was originally scheduled for publi- they think it was about inquisitive peo- Christy Seddon Taylor, g'89, is the adminis- cation in 1992. But while substitute- ple," says Siegel. "It was really a holo- trative director for the American Alliance for caust, and it should be seen as such."^""** Theatre and Education inTempe.They live in teaching one day near her home in the Glendale. Chicago suburb of Buffalo Grove, Siegel —Hill is a Lawrence free-lance writer and a Blake Wells, b'89, is a trust officer for discovered a lump in her neck. A visit to frequent contributor to Kansas Alumni. Commerce Bank in Wichita, where he and

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Christine Ramsey Wells, c'90, make their Olathe with their sons, Brennan, 5, and Zachary, home with Katie, 4; Matthew, 3; and Thomas, who'll be 2 April 20. who'll be I in June. Brian Keasling, l'9 I, directs industrial relations for Payless ShoeSource Distribution in Topeka. BORN TO: He lives in Lawrence. John, e'89, g'91, and Jamie Phipps Johnson, Mike Roberts, c'9 I, l'94, practices law with c'92, son, Dylan John, Sept. 5 in Thornton, Colo., Mullen & Henzell in Santa Barbara, Calif. where he joins a brother Matthew, 4. Darin Wohlgemuth, d'91, directs research for enrollment at Iowa State University in 1990 Ames. Tracy Bahm, c'90, chairs the Kitsap County Domestic Violence Task Force in Gig Harbor BORN TO: Wash., and is a Kitsap County deputy prosecut- Pamela Votapka Huerter, c'91, m'96, and ing attorney. Eric, m'96, son, Finnegan Thomas, Sept. 15.They Amy Flickinger Bischler, j'90, is a sales rep- live in Lawrence, where Pamela is a physician resentative for Kraft Foods in Irving,Texas, and with Lawrence Family Care and Eric is a physi- her husband, Paul, b'93, is a controller for cian with the Reed Medical Group. Freightwise in Fort Worth.They live in Keller. Steve Buckner, j'90, co-wrote Portraits of 1992 Excellence, a book about members of the KU Susan Lynch Brown, '92, directs sales for Athletics Hall of Fame. He's senior writer for Lindblad Special Expeditions in St. Louis. HNTB in Kansas City. Tiffany Lauer, j'92, directs marketing for J. Robert Cahoon, c'90, manages human Countryman, the gift book division of Thomas resources for United Healthcare of California. Nelson Inc., in Nashville. She lives in Antioch, He lives in Long Beach. Tenn. Richard Eckert, c'90, l'94, has been appointed Teresa Ramirez, c'92, practices medicine in counselor for Shawnee County. He lives in Houston. Topeka. Audrey Castillo Schurr, d'92, n'94, works as Brett Frazier, c'90, manages district sales for a nurse practitioner/certified nurse-midwife in Hallmark Marketing Corp. in Prairie Village. private practice in Coral Springs, Fla., and her Bring your fondest husband, Stephen, c'95, n'98, is an ICU nurse David Folkers, m'90, has a private surgery memories back to the Hill at South Miami Hospital. practice in Smithville.Texas. He and his wife, for special reunions Friday & Jennifer; live in Bastrop with their son, Brian, I. Lance, c'92, and Molly Morrison Snyder, Saturday, April 14 & 15 c'92, live in Wichita with their sons, Lucas, 4, Trisha Harris, j'90, is vice president of corpo- Gabriel, 2, and Eli, I. rate communications for Premiere Technologies Steffenee Parsons Watkins, d'92, and her &OA* of 1950 in Atlanta, Ga. husband, Steven, d'93, live in Edwardsville with • Dinner Party, 6 p.m. Friday, Trish Kensinger, j'90, g'92, works as an event their son, Ashton, I. Steve teaches and coaches Adams Alumni Center program manager for Sprint in Dallas. in Atchison. Jane Deterding Lamb, I'9O, practices law Beth Curt Zamerski, b'92, is a senior com- • Pinning Luncheon, 12:30 p.m. with the firm of Foulston, Conlee, Schmidt pliance analyst forT. Rowe Price Associates in Saturday, Adams Alumni Center & Emerson in Wichita, where she and her Baltimore, Md. She lives in Bel Air with her husband, Michael, make their home. husband,Ted, and their son, Ryan, 2. Wendy Shumate, m'90, practices with North County Internal Medicine in Vista, Calif. She lives MARRIED (Classes of 1949 and earlier) in Oceanside. • Brunch and Program, 10:30 a.m. Brent Trouslot, j'92, to Saundra Parker, Aug. Timothy Tuttle, c'90, is a U.S. Air Force judge 21 in Spokane, Wash. He's a U.S. Marine Corps Saturday, Adams Alumni Center advocate at Kirkland AFB, N.M. captain, and she's a U.S. Navy lieutenant junior grade.They live in Hanford, Calif. • Class of 1940 60-Year Class Jennifer Warner, c'90, j'9 I, manages conduit Get-Together immediately operations for SG Cowen Securities in Chicago. BORN TO: following Gold Medal Club Deborah Massie Boschert, j'92, and Jeffrey, Brunch and Program 1991 Hugh Gill, b'91, g'95, l'95, works as an daughter, Claire Kathleen, May 5 in Jacksonville, Fla. To register or for more attorney for the Wichita law firm of Hinkle Eberhart & Elkouri, and Ingrid Olson Gill, Barton Fisher, b'92, andTerri, daughter information contact d'92, directs development for the American Katherine Chloe, Oct. 25 in St. Louis, Mo. Heart Association. Donna Neuner, Georgia Smith Oleen, c'92, and Matthew, Kansas Alumni Association, Courtney Reasoner Hanna, c'91, is general 1*93, son, Ethan Robert, Dec. 16 in Council 1-800-584-2957. manager of KU's Physicians Billing Operation, Grove, where Matthew is county attorney. and her husband, Steven, c'91, works as a Georgia is a psychologist at the Mental Health manager at Americo Life Insurance.They live in Center of East Central Kansas in Emporia.

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1993 Aimee Brainard, j'93, works as a senior CLASSICAL SINGER TRADES OPERA FOR SOUL account executive for Applied Communications, a public relations agency in San Francisco. my Christian and the Godfather of Soul go way back. Growing up Sean, c'93, and Alison Gilley Kentch, 94, in Augusta, Ga., Christian, f'88, live in Chesapeake, Va., with their daughter A Madison, who'll be I April 15. recalls visiting one of the towns most prominent citizens to enjoy the holiday Britt Miller, b'93, works as a client service representative for DST Systems in Kansas City. decorations and sing Christmas carols. It wouldn't be the last time she'd sing for Lyle Niedens, j'93, co-wrote Portraits of Excel- James Brown. lence, a book about members of the KU Athlet- ics Hall of Fame. He lives in Westwood and is Throughout her childhood she stud- senior reporter for Bridge News Service. ied ballet and dance. She performed with David Powell, l'93, practices law with Lathrop the Augusta Children's Theater, which & Gage in Kansas City, and Lucinda her mother directed. She sang with the Burlingame Powell, c'90,1*93, is an assistant local opera company and took formal vice president at Commerce Bank. voice lessons at the Stonar boarding Matthew Stafford, c'93, has been promoted school in England. to performance development trainer for the In 1993, Christian—who by this time Phoenix region of Merck & Co. He and his wife, had a bachelor's degree in theatre/voice Marti, live in Scottsdale, Ariz., with their children, from KU and a master's in voice perfor- Jordan, 10; Grant, 5; and Matalyn, 2. mance from the University of California, same script night GOOD FOR THE SOUL: Santa Barbara—heard Brown was hiring after night. "After Amy Christian has learned to MARRIED backup singers. Her father, a photogra- about six weeks of embrace the unexpected Noel Bushala, c'93, and Katie Cohler, 93, since joining The Bittersweet, pher who'd done album covers and other being Meg Brockie James Brown's all-woman May 30 in San Diego.They live in Chicago, work for the singer, passed along her in 'Brigadoon,' I'm backup group. "It's like you where Noel is an associate with Charter Con- demo tape. like, that's get the bitter with the sweet, sulting. "It was mostly operatic stuff, just so he enough," she says. and of course I'm the sweet" Christian laughs. John Sheehan, j'93, to Darcie Benton, could see I could sing," Christian recalls. Predictability Sept. I O.They live in Roeland Park, and John is "The embarrassing thing is, my father hasn't been a general sales manager for radio stations KMXV and KSRC. tacked on his own favorites from a tape problem since joining The Bittersweet, I'd made for Father's Day: 'Danny Boy,' Brown's all-woman backup group. Laura Varel, c'93, and James Brady, assoc, There's a Place for Us,' the Puccini aria "Mr. Brown has no set list, which Sept. 25 in Bartelso, III. She works at Brady Chi- ropractic Clinic in Lawrence, where he has a '0 Mio Babbino Caw (Oh My Beloved keeps it interesting," says Christian, who practice.Their home is in Eudora. Father).' James Brown had to endure had 10 hours to learn 40 songs before Frank's Favorites." her first gig, which was filmed and later BORN TO: Home for Christmas, she finally televised across Europe. "You always have Deborah Shackelford Bednar, p'93, g'95, angled a meeting when Brown came to' to be ready. He can pull me out anytime and William, son, Brandon William, July 22 in her fathers studio for a shoot. "I said, and say, 'C'mon, let's do this.' You never Liberty, Mo., where he joins a brother, James, 2. 'Look, this is what I can do, just give me know what's coming next." the opportunity and you won't be disap- When Brown does pull Christian out 1994 pointed.' He hired me the next day." to join him center stage, it's frequently to John Francis, g'94, edits publications for St. Now Christian tours the world with show off her classical training. When she Luke's Shawnee Mission Health System. He lives the entertainer billed as The Hardest auditioned, he surprised Christian by in Prairie Village. Working Man in Show Business. "I'm on asking her to sing 'Ave Maria.' He eventu- Ann Perry, j'94, c'95, directs marketing for call 24-7," Christian says. "He could call ally incorporated the song into his show. Peachtree Center/Northco Management Ser- today and say we're going to London "He'll start off saying, 'Here's a girl vices, a commercial real estate company in tomorrow, be ready at noon." from the other side of the tracks,'" Christ- Atlanta, Ga. Before signing with the Godfather, ian says, showing off a wicked, dead-on Andreas Spanos, c'94, works as a counseling Christian performed musical theatre James Brown imitation. "'She studied psychologist, sociologist, political researcher and Brahms, she studied Bach, and now she's theoretical analyst in Nicosia, Cyprus. in Los Angeles, landing roles in "Okla- homa!," "Annie Get Your Gun," "The come to Brrrrr-own.""-"'"'• Tiffany Clayton Way, c'94, coordinates the Marriage of Figaro," "'Cosifan tutti" and —Hill is a Lawrence free-lance writer and a Kansas City Film Office, and her husband, "Brigadoon." That meant following the frequent contributor to Kansas Alumni. Brady, c'94, is marketing director at Dynex Financial.

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for Mercantile Trust Co. and he works as a data Hill base administrator for Hillyard. BORN TO: Trista Hansen Burgard, c'95, and Randy, Chant son, Braeden Randall, Aug. 19 in Lenexa. Randy is a senior computer programmer for the Com- puter Science Corp. Sonya Hiatt Hogan, d'95, and Timothy, '96, Bird son, Caleb, Nov. 29 in Overland Park, where he joins a brother, Noah, 2. Benton Miller, PhD'95, and Heathen daughter, Elizabeth "Betsie" Rose, Oct. 3.They live in Gift Lawrence, where Ben is assistant men's basket- That's the perfect sendoff ball coach at KU. for the graduating Jayhawk 1996 Kirtus Bocox, b'96, is a senior associate in the A $25* gift membership in the tax department of Arthur Andersen in Kansas City. He lives in Olathe. Kansas Alumni Association David "Chris" Bryan, c'96, works as an is a thoughtful way to give your investment banker with Stephens Inc. in Little favorite 'Hawk - Rock, Ark. Octavio Hinojosa Mier, c'96, works for • six issues of Kansas Alumni magazine Integrated Management Services in • color calendar of campus scenes Washington, D.C. • exclusive TV Guide to KU Basketball Angelia Paulsen-Pebley, n'96, and her hus- band, John, live inTonganoxie with their daugh- • invitations to chapter events nationwide ter; Marina Alison, I. Angelia works at Bethany • access to Jayhawk friends through our Medical Center in Kansas City. Name Search Service John Roever, c'96, is a quality assurance engi- neer for Navigation Technologies Corp. in Fargo, • an application for a Jayhawk VISA or N.D. MasterCard Megan Younger, s'96, studies for a graduate • an Association member vehicle decal degree in the clinical mental health counseling program at Springfield College and interns as a The discounted $25 annual membership rate psychotherapist at the School Street Counseling is available to graduates for three years after Institute. She lives in Springfield, Mass. completion of first KU degree. MARRIED Susan Anderson, d'96, and Matthew For a graduation gift that Rock Chalks, call 1 -800-584-2957 Leonard, c'96, July 24 in Kansas City, where they live. Richard Heap, a'96, and Laurie Eck, c'97, MARRIED Keri Kish, c'95, is assistant county attorney for June 19 in Lawrence. He's a communications Ford County in Dodge City. consultant and founder of Arate Communica- Christopher Coy, c'94, to Cathi Ann Conrad, tions, and she studies medicine at KU Medical Sept. 4 in Lenexa.They live in Kirkland.Wash., Jeffrey Kolars, c'95, a U.S. Navy lieutenant Center They live in Westwood. and he's a software test engineer for Microsoft. junior grade, is stationed in Waipahu, Hawaii. Patrick Smith, e'94, ['97, to Susan Hibbs.June Dana Snodgrass Landes, j'95, manages cor- BORN TO: porate communications projects for Sprint in 12 in Lawrence. He's an attorney with Shughart Jennifer Kirchner Boehler, p'96, and Westwood. She and her husband, Derek, live in Thomson and Kilroy, and they live in Shawnee. Michale, daughter Dakota Jane, June I I in Las Kansas City. Vegas. Jennifer manages the pharmacy at Sav-on BORN TO: Hsin-Fu Wu, e'95, serves as a lieutenant in the Drugs. Brian Frick, c'94, and Jennifer, daughter; U.S. Navy. He studies for a master's in opera- Katherine Mari, Sept. 4 in Rogers, Ark. tions research at the Naval Postgraduate School 1997 in Monterey, Calif. Justin Angeles, j'97, edits copy and designs 1995 pages for the Hamilton (Ohio) Journal-News. Krista Cordsen, d'95, works as an outpatient MARRIED He lives in Villa Hills, Ky. orthopedic physical therapist at Texas Jacklynn Roth, c'95, and Bill Grimwood, Carson Elrod, c'97, recently received the Orthopaedic Hospital in Houston. b'95, Sept. 4 in St. Joseph, Mo., where she works Robert and Gloria Hausman Theater Award

48 KANSAS ALUMNI • NO. 2, 2000 CLASS NOTES from the Princess Grace Foundation. He studies Beach, Calif, and James is an advertising coordi- MARRIED for a master's in fine arts from New York Uni- nator for Warner Brothers Pictures in Burbank. Karen Bates, d 99, and Jeffrey Nash, b 99, versity in New York City, They live in Los Angeles. Oct. 10 in Wichita.They live in Kansas City, Rebekah Hall, j'97, works for Intertec Publish- where Karen manages Bath and Body Works ing as an associate editor for Waste Age maga- BORN TO: and Jeffrey is an account representative with zine. She lives in Atlanta. Kevin Lawrence, c'97, and Jane, son, Brandon Cerner. William Henderson, b'97, is vice president Seth.june 15 in Minot, N.D. Kevin recently Patrick Birkbeck, m 99, and Heather of sales for Architectural Details International in became chief meteorologst for NBC North Erickson, assoc, June 5 inTopeka. He's an Kansas City. Dakota News. internal medicine resident at KU Medical Cen- Crista Shufflebarger Johnson, c'97, and her ter, and she's a program manager and therapist husband, Steven, will celebrate their first 1998 atWyandot Mental Health Center They live in anniversary April l7.They live inTulsa, Okla., and Jeffrey Dingman, l'98, g'98, recently was Fairway. Crista works at Woodland Animal Medical Cen- appointed assistant county administrator of ter Sebastian County, Ark. He lives in Fort Smith. Amy McNally, l'99, practices law with Arent Fox in Washington, D.C. William Nazzaro, f 97, studies for a master's Marc Frey, c'98, is controller of the Mission's in music at the New England Conservatory. He baseball and the Iguanas hockey clubs in San Julie Sgarlat, c'99, and Brandon Urban, 01, lives in Cambridge, Mass. Antonio. He and his wife, Donna, have three Aug. 7 in Lawrence.They live in Overland Park. Shannon North, j'97, is a media buyer for children, Patrick, 9; Margaret, 4; and Emily, 2. Megan Shank, s'99, to Lyn Harp, June 19 in NKH&W in Kansas City. Kevin Lafferty, e'98, recently was promoted Liberal.They live in Wichita. Nathan Orr, c'97, studies law at St. Louis Uni- to technical sales engineer with Phillips Petro- Annin Spencer, c'99, and Sarah Beamer, versity in St. Louis, Mo. He recently accepted a leum in Detroit. He lives in Westland, Mich. '00, June 5 in Oakley. He's a second lieutenant in position as an associate at the Kansas City law Emily Vrabac, g'98, coordinates public rela- the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, and they live in firm of Spencer Fane Britt & Browne. tions and events for the Greater Kansas City Quantico.Va. Eric Patterson, g'97, works as a research ana- Sports Commission and Foundations. She lives Jaclyn Stegmaier, '99, to Barry Owens, Sept. lyst at CNET in San Francisco. He lives in Mill in Mission. 10. She's a nurse at Children's Mercy Hospital, Valley. and he's a cash posting supervisor at Shawnee Kristen Riccardi, c'97, g'98, a special projects MARRIED: Mission Medical CenterThey live in Shawnee editor for WDAF-TV Fox 4 in Kansas City, Sarah Mann, b'98, and Brian Wadel, 95, Mission. recently was nominated for an Emmy Award for Oct. 16.They live in Eudora. her story on Scarritt School. She lives in Lea- wood. Patrick McGuire, g'98 and Nicole Wiviott, BORN TO: c'98, Aug. 14.They live in Schaumburg, III. Elizabeth Slaine, g'97, is a Peace Corps vol- Kenneth Sheard, b'99, and Terra, daughter unteer teaching English in Bembereke, Benim, Sierra,June I I,They live in Lexington, Ky. Africa. 1999 Karrie Meyers Clinkinbeard, l'99, practices Corbin Trimble, g'97, teaches vocal music at law with ArmstrongTeasdale in Kansas City. She Green Springs Elementary School in Olathe. lives in Lenexa. SchOOl CodeS Letters that follow Michael Vaughn, b'97, works for Ferguson names in 1Kansas Alumni indicate the school Daniel Hubert, l'99, recently joined the Enterprises in San Diego. from which alumni earned degrees. Numbers Kansas City law firm of Armstrong Teasdale. show their class years. MARRIED Diana Buller Huebert, s'99, is a social a School of Architecture and Urban worker with United Methodist Youthville in Design Nathan Fortner, b'97, and Jessica Thomas, b Wichita. She lives in Halstead. School of Business f'99, Sept. 4 in Lawrence, where they live. c College of Liberal Arts and Nathan is assistant manager of Sherwin- Dimuthu Jayawickrama, PhD'99, works as a Sciences Williams Paints in Overland Park, and Jessica is a senior lecturer in the chemistry department of d School of Education paraprofessional at Quail Run Elementary the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka. e School of Engineering School in Lawrence. f School of Fine Arts Kyle Martin, c'99, recently joined the Hoopis Master's Degree Stephanie Geyer, b'97, to Hank Stratemeier, Agency in Northfield, III., as a life-insurance g h School of Allied Health Oct. 9.They live in Prairie Village. agent. He lives in Waukegan. j School of Journalism Zachary Holland, e'97, to Melissa Bunger, July Lata Murti, c'99, works as a receptionist at 1 School of Law 17. He's a district engineer with Samson Dos Mundos in Kansas City. m School of Medicine Resources in Tulsa, Okla., and they live in n School of Nursing Collinsville. Chee Soh, e'99, lives in Ames, Iowa, and works as a software engineer for Engineering Anima- P School of Pharmacy Lindsay Stratton, b'97, to Roger McClellan, s tion. School of Social Welfare Aug. 7 in Wichita. She's a CPA and financial DE Doctor of Engineering reporting administrator at Chance Industries, Holly Tallen, J99, recently became senior DMA Doctor of Musical Arts and he's a partner in the law firm of Martin, director of resource development at the Boys EdD Doctor of Education Pringle, Oliver; Wallace and Swartz. and Girls Clubs in Fort Wayne, Ind. PhD Doctor of Philosophy Leslie Taylor, j'97, and James Plesser, j'97, Rebecca Tegtmeyer, f '99, is associate art (no letter) Former student Oct. 24 in KU's Danforth Chapel. Leslie is director of Kuhn & Wittenborn Advertising in assoc. Associate member of the Alumni Association design editor for the Press-Telegram in Long Kansas City.

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1920s rated art lessons on radio stations and on ger's Coffee for 36 years before retiring and Virginia Arnold Ball,f'28,92, Aug. 9 in educational television. is survived by a daughter Lucretia Gable Riverdale, N.Y She was a pioneer in early radio Elva Ottman Bowlus, c*39, 81, Nov 14 in Pladera, d'59; a brother; a grandson; and a with a live popular music program on NBC Bartlesville, Okla., where she lived for many great-grandson. and later a classical music program on CBS, years. She is survived by her husband.Thomas, John Grist, e'37, 86, Dec. 18 in Blue Springs, where she met her late husband, radio b'38; a son,Thomas, m'78; two daughters; and Mo. He was a professional engineer and is sur- announcer Don Ball. She was friends with two grandsons. vived by his wife, Mary, four sons, a brother; 15 numerous famous musicians, including George Robert Briggs, d'38, g'39, PhD'51, July 2 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington and Guy in Little Rock, Ark. He had been dean of fine Bartlett Hess, g'32, PhD'34, 88, Dec 21 in Lombardo. She worked as a concert pianist, a arts and professional studies at the University Livonia, Mich., where he was founder of Ward soloist and later as a voice coach at Sarah ofTulsa and director of the school of music at Evangelical Presbyterian Church. Survivors Lawrence College in Bronxville. Surviving are a the University of Houston. A son, a daughter include his wife, Margaret, two sons, two daugh- daughter; a sister, Dorothy Arnold Brown, c'33; and three grandchildren survive. ters and nine grandchildren. and four grandchildren. Gordon Cameron, c'31, 89, Nov. 5 in Nathan M."Bob" Howard, b'39, Nov 10, Mildred Odell Blum,'24,97, Dec I I in Springfield, Mass., where he was retired presi- 1998. He had spent his entire career with Gen- Lee's Summit, Mo. A brother, Edward Odell, dent of Farm Credit Banks of Springfield. Sur- eral Electric, where he was a senior financial b'31, survives. vivors include his wife, Doris, two daughters executive. He is survived by his wife, two sis- J. Raymond Eggleston, c'29,1*31, 93, Dec 2 and a granddaughter ters, a daughter and a son, Charles, c'72 in Wichita. He was a lawyer and is survived by James Caps, e'39, 88, Dec. I 3 in Tullahoma, Charles Joseph, l'39, 86, Dec. 25 in Potwin, his wife, Josephine Laws Eggleston, c'38; three Tenn., where he was a retired civil engineer He where he was a retired farmer and stockman. sons, one of whom is Dale, b'72; a sister; and is survived by his wife, Grace Schroetter Caps, He is survived by his wife, Jean; three sons, Alan, seven grandchildren. b'41; a daughter Sharon Caps Kaczorek, d'69; a b'68,172, Frederic, c'73, and Robert, c'74; and Marianne Berry Garland, '29,90, Nov. 2 in son; and two grandchildren. seven grandchildren.. Pueblo, Colo., where she was a retired school Elizabeth "Betty" Stauffer Collinson, Marie Hall Kellison, c'30,90, Dec. 5 in East teacher She had lived in Wellington for many c'36, 84, Oct. 19 in Venice, Fla. KU's Stauffer- on, where she had taught school and farmed. A years and is survived by a son, John, d'56, g'61; Flint Hall, which houses the School of Journal- son survives. two daughters, one of whom is Sally Garland ism, is named in part for her father Oscar Robert Lingo, e'35, 86, Dec. 3 in Topeka. He Foulks, d'52; a sister; six grandchildren; and four Stauffer;' 12. Surviving are a daughter; two sons, had worked for the Kansas Water Resources great-grandchildren. Tom, c'64, and Daniel, 74; two brothers, John, Department and for the U.S. Department of Edith Levitt Goldschmidt, c'23, 97, Dec j'49, and Stanley, c'42; and six grandchildren. Housing and Urban Development Several I I in Wichita, where she was active in the sym- Marvin Cox, b'39, 82, Dec. 8 in Kingman, nieces and nephews survive. where he was an insurance and real estate bro- phony association and the art museum.Three Esther "Virginia" Pellett Lowe, '32, 89, ker, farmer, former state senator state represen- sons, seven grandchildren and nine great-grand- Nov. 28 in the Olathe home in which she was tative and Kingman County commissioner He is children survive. born. She had worked for the Federal Reserve survived by his wife, Willa; two sons, Marvin, Harriett Husband Longren, c'29,92, Nov. Bank of Kansas City for 35 years. b'75, and James, b'79; two sisters, one of whom 17 in Topeka. A son, a daughter, four grandchil- is Virginia Cox Mitchell, f 53; and five grandchil- Raymond McCabe, '32,90, Dec 20 in dren and a great-grandchild survive. dren. Topeka. He had worked for several newspapers Candace McLean McDowell, c'29, g'30, in Kansas and for the State Printing Plant before Carolyn Combe DeGross, c'32, 88, Nov. 9 I, Oct. 30 in Hesston. She lived in Halstead, retiring. Among survivors are his wife, 26 in Fort Collins, Colo. A daughter and a where she had been a substitute teacher and a Genevieve Spencer McCabe, c'36; a son; a granddaughter survive. piano accompanist at Halstead High School. sister; Helen McCabe Harvey, c'35; a brother Surviving are three sons, two of whom are Katheryn Hancock Downs, c'36, 84, Nov. Clarence, e'40; and six grandchildren. I in Overland Park. She is survived by her hus- William, e'59, and Robert, e'66; 10 grandchil- Charles Mullen, c'39, Nov. I I in Kalamazoo, band, Edward, e'35; two daughters, one of dren; and 18 great-grandchildren. Mich., where he had practiced law and been whom is Anne Hancock, l'91; a son; and 10 Mildred Renz Pack,'26,95, Dec I I in senior vice president and trust oficer of First grandchildren. Kansas City. She is survived by a son, Richard, National Bank. He also was a retired judge. Sur- c'53, m'57; a daughter; two stepdaughters, Helen Doyle, c'31,9 I, Dec. 20 in Merriam. viving are his wife, Alice Russell Mullen, f 39; and Eleanor Pack Gage, c'47, and Barbara Pack She had been director of mental health at two daughters, one of whom is Martie Mullen Heiser, d'51; five grandsons; and two great- Western Missouri Mental Health in Kansas City. Holmer, f'67. A brother and a sister survive. granddaughters. Chester Oberg, '31, 90, Dec. 3 in Clay Cen- Genevieve Kimball Tinkler, '28, 92, Oct. Virginia Post Egolf, c'35, 85, Nov I I in ter. He spent 72 years with Union State Bank, 30 in Overland Park, where she was a retired Casper Wyo. She lived in Great Bend for many where he was president, CEO and chairman of teacher She is survived by a daughter, Mary years and was a social worker.Two sons and the board. Survivors include his wife, Reta; four Tinkler Meeker d'59; two grandchildren; and three grandchildren survive. daughters, two of whom are Florence Oberg five great-grandchildren. Carlene Holt English, '36, 85, Nov 25 in Schwab, f 52, and Franc, '5 I; four stepsons, one St. John. Surviving are her husband, Robert, of whom is Kelly Donley, b'83; a sister; a broth- 1930s b'36; three sons; a daughter Jo Ann English er Frank, c'37; eight grandchildren; nine step- Rosemary Beymer, d'36, 96, Dec. I in Champlin, c'59; 12 grandchildren; and 12 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and Kansas City, where she was former art director great-grandchildren. two stepgreat-grandchildren. for the public schools and had directed an art Jean Murduck Gable, c'33, g'34, 86, Nov Chesley James Pearson, c'37, 83, Nov. 25 program for more than 30 years that incorpo- 23 in Independence, Mo. She worked for Fol- in High Point, N.C. She is survived by a son, two

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daughters, a sister eight grandchildren and three Yarnevich, d'81; two brothers, Spencer, c'42, Nola; a son, Bryan, e'85; a sister; a brother; and great-grandchildren. m'44, and John, e'58; and six grandchildren. two grandchildren. Wiley Poleson, g'33,91, Jan. 5 in Colorado E. Keith Beard, I'4O, 85, Dec. I I in Hutchm- Ralph Jackson, e'47,77, Aug. I in Minneapo- Springs. He lived in Lee's Summit, Mo. and had son, where he was a retired lawyer. He is lis, Minn. He worked for Argonaut Insurance taught in Kansas City for 40 years. A son and a survived by his wife.Juanita Cooper Beard, '40; and ran the Pelican Store in addition to driving granddaughter survive. a son, Larry; c'64; a daughter, Cynthia Beard a school bus for Reichert Bus Co. He is sur- Jack Reeder, b'37, 85, Dec. 27 in Sun City Hoffman, d'68; a sister; and two grandchildren. vived by his wife, Ruth Schaeffer Jackson, f'43; Ariz., where he retired in 1976 after a career Ermal "Polly" Dearborn Colby, c'40, 82, two daughters; a son; a brother, Maurice, c'41; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. with Bendix in Kansas City. He is survived by his Dec. 8 in Wichita. Surviving are three sons, wife, Margaret; a daughter Kathleen Reeder Scott, c'66, Marc, b'74, and Charles, c'70; a Burks Jeter, '42, 81, Nov. 24 in Wichita, Feaster, d'70; and two grandchildren. daughter Gayle Colby Rolland, l'81; seven where he worked for Boeing. He is survived Barbara Woodard Riley, c*39, 81, Dec. 19 grandchildren; and a great-grandson. by three sons, two of whom are Christopher, d'68, g'79, and L.R, b'65; a daughter; and nine in Fort Worth,Texas, where she was a former William Cornwell, d'49, g'51, 75, Nov 2 grandchildren. elementary school teacher. She is survived by in Durango, Colo. He had been a coach and a her husband, Homer, b'38, e'49; three daughters, physical education teacher for many years. Sur- Kenneth Kennedy, c'49, m'53, 75, Nov 17 one of whom is Janet Riley Zuther, c'69; a viving are his wife, Marjorie;two sons, Michael, in Goodyear Ariz. He practiced at the Sylvester brother; two grandchildren; and two great- a'72, and Jeffrey, d'75; a daughter; a sister Alber- Powell Jr Community Center in Mission for grandchildren. ta Cornwell Mahoney, c'47, c'49; a brother more than 30 years. Surviving are his wife, Sonja; three sons, Hal, f'80, Kelley, c'92, c'93, and Pascal Roniger, c'39, 84, Nov. 8 in Burdick. Charles, d'65; and two grandchildren. Mark, c'82; three daughters, Gina, c'76, Jan, c'83, He was a retired farmer, longtime chairman of Thurston Cowgill, e'49, 77, Nov. 6 in Den- g'99, and Ellen, c'84; and three grandchildren. the Diamond Creek Watershed and former ver He worked for General Electric and for member of the Kansas House of Representa- Stearns-Roger. Surviving are his wife, Anna Robert LaGree, '43, 79, Dec. 17 in Wichita, tives. He is survived by his wife, Martha Sharer Mason Cowgill, '5 I; three daughters; a son; and where he was a retired agent for the Internal Roniger c'41; a daughter; a son; a sister; five two sisters, one of whom is Courtney Cowgill Revenue Service and a tax consultant for Elmer grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Knauth, c'48. Fox and Co.Two daughters, a brother and three grandchildren survive. Audrey Smith, c'35, 97, Dec. 21 in Good- William Douce.e'41, 79, Nov. 13 in land, where she taught at Goodland High for Bartlesville, Okla., where he was former chair- Richard Large, e'41, April 9 in Houston, 28 years. man and chief executive officer of Phillips where he was retired from a career as an engi- neer with C.E. Lummus Co. He is survived by Petroleum. He was the recipient of KU's Distin- Nan Wright Tebbe, '33, 89, Nov. 2 inTustm, his wife, Kate, five sons, four daughters and nine guished Service Citation, the Distinguished Engi- Calif. A son and a daughter survive. grandchildren. neering Service Award and the Fred Ellsworth Otto Tiemeier, c'37, g'39, 87, Nov. 27 in Medallion. He was a former Alumni Association Harry McClure, b'48,76, Dec. 2 in Osage Manhattan, where he was on the faculty at national president and trustee of the KU Beach, Mo. He was retired from the U.S. Kansas State University, researching fish and Endowment Association, where a memorial has Department of Housing and Urban Develop- wildlife. He established the Turtle Creek Fish- been established in his name. Surviving are his ment in Kansas City and is survived by his wife, eries Laboratory, helped organize the Kansas wife, Willene; a daughterTerri Douce Springer Betty Jean, assoc; two daughters; a son; two Commercial Fish Growers Association and was c'67; a brother Robert, '44; and a grandson. stepsons; three stepdaughters; a brother Al, inducted last year into the National Fish Culture b'36; 13 grandchildren; and five great- Hall of Fame. Survivors include two sisters and Herman "Joe" Hale, c'49,74, Nov 20 in grandchildren. two brothers, one of whom is Paul, e'46. Kansas City, where he was retired chairman of Gerald McGrew, e'47, 81, Nov. 30 inTulsa, Newman Treger, c'37, m'40, 83, Nov. I 3 in ADM Milling. At KU, he was a benefactor for the Hale Achievement Center a study center Okla., where he was retired vice president of Topeka. He was a specialist in internal medicine public and industrial relations at Cities Service and is survived by his wife, Helen KrugTreger for student-athletes, and for the Hale Music Media Center in Murphy Hall.The American Oil Co. A son, a daughter two sisters, a brother c'37; a son, Herbert, c'70,173; a brother Don- and two grandsons survive. ald, c'44, m'46; a sister; and a grandson. Royal's Hale Arena and Kansas State University's Hale Library are named for him. He is survived Lynne McNutt, c'48,76, Nov. 12 in Coos Herbert Weatherby, c'33, g'34, 87, Dec 10 by his wife, Joyce; two sons, one of whom is Bay, Ore., where he practiced law for many in Warrensburg, Mo. He had been an auditor John, b'76; four daughters, one of whom is years. He is survived by three sons, a daughter, with the Defense Contract Audit Agency at Dana Hale Nelson, j'76, g'79; a sister; I 3 grand- two stepchildren and seven grandchildren. Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. children; and two stepgrandchildren. Surviving are his wife, Rae Stoland Weatherby, Wilbur McPherson, c'41, 82, Nov 27 in c'34; four daughters, one of whom is Judith John Harvey, c'42, Oct. 5 in Lake Forest, III. Baxter Springs, where he owned Mac's Fertiliz- Weatherby Parris, d'61; a son; two sisters, Olive He worked in the advertising business and er He also farmed near Lowell for 52 years. He Weatherby Jackson, c'28, and Katharine Weath- founded the mail-order catalog firm Golf Day is survived by his wife, Ethel, a son, three daugh- erby Smith, c'30; nine grandchildren; and three Products. He is survived by his wife, Jane Miner ters and six grandchildren. great-grandchildren. Harvey, c'43; a son; two daughters, one of Robert Perrin, b'46, 81, Dec. 5 in McPher- whom is Gayle Harvey Edson, c'76; a sister son, where he was a retired real estate agent 1940s Sarah Harvey Tyler c'43; and three and a land developer He is survived by his wife, Hugh Bayles, c'49, m'52, 73, Nov 5 in grandchildren. Rita, a son, three daughters, a brother a sister Edmonds, Wash. He practiced medicine in Fre- Robert Hilgardner, j'49, 73, Dec 17 in and four grandchildren. donia for 32 years and is survived by his wife, Topeka. He worked for the Kansas City Star Warren Spencer, c'47, g*48, 86, Nov 15 in Joan Vickers Bayles, f'48; two sons, Robert, c'80, and in the public relations department of Bartlesville, Okla. He was a social worker retir- m'84, and John, c'74; a daughter Mary Bayles Southwestern Bell. He is survived by his wife, ing as director of foster home licensing and

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supervision for the San Mateo (Calif.) County Gordon "Dick" Cummings, c'54, 68, Feb. Thelma Monzingo Witter, '55, 9 I, Dec 21 Health and Welfare Department. His hobbies 23, 1999, in Mulberry. He managed administra- in Newton, where she was a retired elementary included traveling and playing the cello and tive services with Agrico inTulsa, Okla., for many and music teacher A daughter and five grand- piano. A sister, Jeanne Spencer Fish, c'42, l'45, is years and is survived by his wife, Nancy, a children survive. among survivors. daughter and a son, Glen Thomas, g'49, 82, June 3 in San Anto- Duane Darling, e'50, 76, Nov. 17 in Hutchin- 1960s nio. He was a retired colonel in the U.S. Air son. He was a retired engineer at the Western Ray Burcham, '61, 68, Nov. 26 in Butler Mo. Force, where he had served for 30 years. Gear Corp. in Los Angeles. Four brothers and He was a machinist in the Kansas City area and Surviving are his wife, Anna, a son, a daughter two sisters survive. is survived by two brothers and three sisters. and a sister Harry Falgren, '50,70, Nov. 21 in Fort Edna Bratton Cameron, g'61, 94, Dec. 7 Myers, Fla. He lived in Kansas City, where he in Amarillo,Texas. She taught school for 25 John Thompson, g'40, Nov. 14 in Wichita, taught school and later directed the Kansas City years and is survived by two sisters and two where he was retired principal of Riverview Area Vocational Technical School. Surviving are brothers. School. He is survived by two daughters; a his wife, Betty, a daughter a son, a sister and brother, Daniel, m'50; three sisters, one of John Carras, j'68, 53, Dec. 3 in Prairie Village. four grandchildren. whom is Mary Thompson Duling, d'33;two He was a staff reporter for the Kansas City grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. John Garrett, c'59, m'63, 62, Nov. 22 in Kansan, where he also wrote a weekly column. Agana, Guam. A sister survives. His parents survive. Betty Smith Underwood, b'46, 74, Dec 18 Joseph Chrzanowski, e'60, 68, Dec. 3 in in Lawrence, where she had worked for the KU Jeanne Peterson Honsinger, c'50, Dec. Overland Park. He was retired director of elec- athletics department for more than 20 years. 20 in Northfield, III. She is survived by a son, Randy, d'74; a daughter; a brother; and two trical engineering for the Kansas City Board of She is survived by two sons, one of whom is grandchildren. Public Utilities and is survived by his wife, Patri- David, d'71; and a grandson. Donald Kerle, b'52, g'69, PhD'72, 69, cia; two daughters, Deborah , c'92, and Paula, Charles York, e'47,g'64,76, Aug. 9 in Inde- Dec. 18 in Pittsburg, where he was a professor c'99; a son, Steven, c'86, m'90; and a sister pendence, Mo. He was a television engineer emeritus of political science at Pittsburg State John Cook, '61, 65, Oct. 29 in Bodega Bay, with KMBC in Kansas City for 42 years and is University. He is survived by two sons, one of Calif, where he was a longtime partner in Car- survived by his wife, Regina Ward York, '46; two whom is Kirk, g'00; and a brother son Bowler He is survived by his wife, Mary sons; three daughters; three brothers, two of Pontius Cook, f 59, g'66; and a son. whom are Robert, e'50, and Edwin, e'48; a sis- Albert Koegel, e'51, Aug. I in Irving,Texas, ten Avalon York Reeves, f 58; six grandchildren; where he was an engineer He is survived by his Sandra Richards Hayden, n'68, 54, Dec 8 and two great-grandchildren. wife, Mary, a daughter a brother, a sister and a in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She was a former grandson. nurse and is survived by her husband, Joe, Robert Lauffer, '53, 69, Nov. 30 in Palm PhD'76;two sons; his mother; a brother; and 1950s two sisters. Francis Boggess, e'50, 74, Dec. 19 in Dear- Springs, Calif. He lived in Yucca Valley and had been a newspaperman his entire career. born Heights, Mich., where he was an engineer Jacqueline Lenahan Johnson, d'64, 60, He is survived by his wife, Doris Baysinger with Ford Motor Co. for 37 years. He is sur- Dec. 15 in Brussels, Belgium, where she taught Lauffer f'5 I; a daughter; two sons; and five in the Department of Defense Dependent vived by his wife, Norma;two sons,Trent, grandchildren. School since 1986. She is survived by her PhD'81, and Jay, e'82; a daughter Jana Boggess husband, Jean, two sons, two daughters, a Henry, c'76; and three granddaughters. Charles Sledd, j'56, 67, Dec. 6 in Naples, Fla., where he was retired from the Naples Daily brother; eight grandchildren and three great- John "Bill" Breyfogle, c'57, 64, Oct. 25 in News. A memorial has been established with grandchildren. Olathe. He was founding librarian of the John- the KU Endowment Association. He is survived Larry Jones, e'60, Aug. 5 in Mitford. His son County Court House's law library, which by a son, a daughter and five grandchildren. mother Goldie Field Jones, c'26, survives. was named for him last fall. Surviving are his wife, Joanne Francisco Breyfogle, n'59;two sons; Howard Sperry, g'53, Oct. 25 in Bellflower Joan McCabe Moore, '67, 54, Dec 17 in his father; John, l'30; a sister; Ann Breyfogle John- Calif. He was a docent at the Living Desert in Sarasota, Fla., where she had been a journalist son, n'88; and a brother, Robert, c'63. Palm Desert and is survived by two daughters and editor of Letter Perfect. She is survived by and two sons. her husband, John, '69; a daughter; a son; and Robert Broadstreet, c'53, l'55, 68, Dec 7 Arden Nelson Toftoy, f*50, 87, Nov. 7 in three grandchildren. in Morrow Bay, Calif. He had been a judge Belleville. She taught school and was a painter. advocate in the U.S. Air Force and was judge Mary Jane Wheatley Newcomb, d'63, Four brothers survive, of theTulare County Municipal Court in Visalia. PhD'70, 83, Oct. 5 in Raytown, Mo. She taught anatomy and chemistry at Cleveland College Surviving are his wife, Nancy Neighbor Brad- Robert Unrein, m'58,70, Nov. 12 in Great and was an English instructor at KU, Kansas street, f'53; two daughters; a son; two sisters, Bend, where he was a physician. He is survived State University and the Central Missouri State Lois Bradstreet Dove, '48, and Barbara Brad- by his wife, Barbara; two sons, one of whom is John, j'85; three daughters, one of whom is Bar- University Residence Center. She also had a chi- street Boltz, c'56; and four grandchildren. bara Sanders-Unrein, c'83; five brothers, two of ropractic practice in Kansas City for many years. Mildred Ince Brown, d'57, g'66, 87, Dec. 4 whom are Francis, p'5 I, and George, f 62; a sis- Survivors include her husband, Byron, a brother in Lawrence, where she taught elementary ten Marguerite Unrein Houchins, f 54; seven a daughter, a son, seven grandchildren and two school for 31 years.Three sisters survive. grandchildren; and five stepgrandchildren. great-grandchildren. Martin Burke, '56, 66, Nov. 27 in Hutchin- Elsie Wilson, c'53, Dec. I I in Wilmington, Howard Reineman Sr., '61, 78, Dec. 10 in son. He owned and was president of Fueltec Del. She was a nurse in Latin America, Europe, Topeka. He was a clinical psychologist for the United and is survived by his wife, Datha Australia, India,Tibet, Japan and Sioux and state of Kansas for 25 years before retiring in Lauber Burke, '55; two sons; two daughters; Cherokee reservation hospitals in South Dakota 1982. Surviving are a son, Earl, c'78; a daughter; and six grandchildren. and Oklahoma. A brother survives. a brother; and two grandchildren.

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Richard Snyder, '64, 63, Dec. 5 in Kansas Alvin Spikes, '75, 47, Nov. 5. He lived in of Spanish at Kenyon College in Ohio, Washing- City. He worked in retail management for Dodge City, where he was a partner in the law ton University in St. Louis, St. Mary's College in Macy's, Montgomery Wards and Wal-Mart and firm of Spikes and Gleason. He is survived by South Bend, Ind., Albion College in Albion, had owned a hobby and toy store. He is sur- his wife, Glory; his parents; two daughters; a Mich., and at Central Michigan University. She is vived by his wife, Mary Leighton Snyder, '64; son; a stepdaughter; Jordan Scott, student; a survived by her father, mother and stepfather, two sons; two daughters; 15 grandchildren; and stepson; two sisters, Janice, f'72, and Susan and a sister. two great-grandchildren. Spikes Peterson, h'75; and a brother, Larry, c'70. Judith Stitt, c'67, m'7l,Nov. 16 in Madison, JohnTullis,'73,48, Dec. 15 in McLouth, The University Community where she was a professor of medicine and where he was a computer troubleshooter. He is Curtis Besinger, a'36, 85, Dec. 12 in director of the Breast Care Center at the Uni- survived by his wife, Judith; three daughters; his Lawrence, where he had been professor emeri- versity of Wisconsin. She also served on the parents; three sisters, one of whom is Sylvia tus of architecture. He was instrumental in U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Surviving Tullis Steffen, n'78; and a brother forming the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection at are her husband, Robert Kennedy; a daughter; a KU's Kenneth Spencer Research Library, and son; her parents, Ronald, m'45, and Kathryn 1980s was technical editor and architectural consultant for House Beautiful magazine. He was a 1995 Pees Stitt, c'44; a sister, Martha Stitt Schwegler, Keith Becker, e'88, 38, Oct. 6 in Tracy, Calif. recipient of KU's Distinguished Service Citation, n'70; and two brothers, Ronald, c'71, and He had worked in Germany, Australia, Illinois the highest honor bestowed by the University. Richard, c'75. and Florida. Among survivors are his father Two nephews and two nieces survive. Jon Swisher, '61, 60, Nov. 7 while hunting and Kenneth, e'43, and a sister fishing on Brownlee Reservoir near Hell's Ramona Gwin Fair, '81,71, Nov. 27 in David Paretsky, 8 I Jan. 2 in Lawrence, where Canyon. He lived in Richland, Ore., and had Overland Park. She taught school for 37 years, he was professor emeritus of microbiology. He been a pharmacist. He is survived by two many of them in Olathe. Surviving are her is survived by four sons, three of whom are daughters, his mother and a brother husband, Kenneth, '89; two sons; a daughter; Jeremy, c'62, Jonathan, c'78, g'84, l'87, PhD'97, a sister; and eight grandchildren. and Nick, c'87; a daughter, Sara, c'67; and four Marguerite Thorsell, EdD'64, 78, Nov. I in grandchildren. Topeka. She taught school and worked in spe- Michael Flaskerud, c'87, 39, Nov 16 in cial education administration for the State Shawnee Mission. He lived in Overland Park Richard "Dick" Wright, V53, g'56, 68, Board of Education for more than 30 years. A and owned J-Hawk Painting. Surviving are his Nov. 23 in Lawrence, where he was an associ- brother and a sister survive. wife, Deborah; three daughters; his mother; ate professor of music history and had hosted and a sister; Susan Flaskerud Coddington, c'88. the KANU radio show "The Jazz Scene" since Susan Curry Tork, c'64, 57, Dec. 26 in I960. He also was a founder of Audio Reader Wichita, where she was an assistant professor Sara Meyer Kennedy, c'86, 36, Nov. 12 in and curator of KU's Jazz Archives. A memorial at Wichita State University. She is survived by Topeka of injuries suffered in an automobile has been established with the KU Endowment her father Delmar Curry, c'36; a sister; and accident. She led a small group ministry at Association. He is survived by his wife, Maxine two brothers. Prince of Peace Lutheran Church and is sur- Shellman Wright, assoc; three sons, one of vived by two daughters; a brother; Andrew whom is Shawn, f 86; three daughters, one of 1970s Meyer; c'88; and her grandmother. whom is Kathy Wright Gillihan, s'81; his mother; Clayton "Dutch" Chipman, '77, 45, Dec Stanley Koplik, PhD'85, 55, Jan. 3 in Boston, and eight grandchildren. 17 in Kansas City. He lived in Lawrence and is where he was chancellor of higher education survived by his wife, Liane;two sons; two for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He Associates daughters; his mother; two sisters, Laurie, f'74, previously worked as executive director of the Wilma Schallau Moore, 79, Nov 30 in and Anne, f'83; and 10 grandchildren. Kansas Board of Regents. He is survived by his Lawrence. She had taught at Cornell and Baker Dale Anne Riden Generaux, f 70,5 I, Nov. wife, Kathleen Solman Koplik, g'73; a daughter; universities, McLouth High School and Central 21 in Shawnee Mission. She taught art at Pier- Kristen, c'97, g'00; a son; and a brother Junior High School. Surviving are her husband, son Junior High School in Kansas City and is Todd Livingston, '89, 34, Nov. 28 in Over- Richard, '74; two sons, one of whom is Daniel, survived by her husband, Jack, e'70; a son, Brett, land Park, where he was a digital computer j'75; a brother; a sister; and two grandchildren. c'99; a daughter; Cydney Generaux Reece, c'91; technician for the Danka Corp. He is survived Betty Myers Morgan, May I in Hutchinson, her mother; and two brothers, one of whom is by his parents, a brother and his grandparents. where she was a trustee at Hutchinson Com- Mark Riden, c'66. Carl Siegel, m'81, 84, Nov. 26 in Kansas munity College. Surviving are her husband, Nel- Ronald Gossage, b'70, 5 I, Nov. 7 in Over- City. He practiced medicine in Sedalia for many son, c'36; a son, Larry, e'65, g'66; two daughters, land Park. He lived in Olathe and was a systems years and was regional program director of the Kiana Morgan O'Sullivan, c'67, and Elaine Mor- manager at Annan Marketing. Surviving are his U.S. Public Health Service's Medical Care gan Wilbur; b'75; and two grandchildren. wife, Diane, two daughters and a brother Administration in Kansas City. He later worked Robert Neis, 76, Dec. I I in Lawrence. He Laura Stollings Larimore, '71,49, Nov. 30 for Upsher Lab and for the Business and Indus- lived in Eudora, where he was a retired farmer in Prairie Village. She worked for St. Luke's Out- try Health Group before retiring at age 80. He and former Douglas County commissioner He patient Imaging Center and is survived by a is survived by his wife, Emily, a daughter, a son, is survived by his wife, Lois Gerstenberger Neis, daughter, her parents and a brother two sisters, two brothers and two grandsons. g'74; two daughters, Menlee Neis Dymacek, Stephanie Dolman Robinson, b'79, 42, Jorge Sturich, m'85,45, Dec. I I inWinfield. d'7l;three sons, two of whom are Brian, h'83, Nov. 29 in Kansas City. She had been the in- He was Cowley County coroner and is sur- and Paul, c'78, m'82; a sister; I I grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. home services director for Catholic Charities of vived by his wife.Terri, a son, a daughter his Kansas City and St. Joseph and later was an ana- parents, a brother and a sister Betty Tanner, 63, Nov. 29 in Lawence, where lyst for the Kansas City Aviation Department. she had been an elementary school librarian. Surviving are her husband, Howard; a daughter; 1990s She is survived by four sons, two of whom are a stepdaughter; and two brothers, Tony Dol- Lori Pattison, PhD'94,44, June I I in Mount Gregory, b'81, and Garry, e'84; a brother; two man, c'72, and Michael Dolman, g'92. Pleasant, Mich. She had been a visiting professor sisters; and a granddaughter

KANSAS ALUMNI • NO. 2, 2000 SCHOOLWORK BY LAZZARINO & MACIEJOWSKI Space crafts Architecture students expand their imaginations by designing outer-space hotels

"T "T Then students enter Bob Coffeen's Introduction to dug out on their own," Coffeen says. "The technical content in \/\ / Architectural Engineering course, the lecturer asks a lot of the projects was really thorough." V V them to think outside of their comfort zones. Last Coffeen says his favorites were a model that used the idea of semester, he asked them to think outside of this world. spinning the spacecraft/hotel to create gravity and another For their final projects, the 66 students in Architectural whose design was so flexible the spacecraft could assume dif- Engineering 103 were divided into 15 groups and told to ferent designs in three dimensions. The level of invention, he design scale-model hotels for outer space, complete with oxy- says, was extraordinary, and students learned to take their gen sources and emergency escape pods. ideas from inception to completion within a group. "We like to choose extreme environments to get the stu- "People in industry today want team players," Coffeen says. dents' attention and get them thinking," says Coffeen, who last "This project is real-life experience." year asked his class to design underwater research facilities. So what if designing hotels for outer space does not appear "This way they can't rely on anything but their own imagina- to have a practical application for what will be most of the stu- tions." dents' entry-level jobs? Stretching the realm of possibility is Coffeen, who teaches the class with Tom Glavinich, associ- exactly the point of the course. ate professor and chair of the department of architectural engi- "We've got to excite these students," Coffeen says. "Unfortu- neering, says the students' innovations were impressive, nately, today it's cool to be bored. It's not cool to show interest. particularly considering the minimal guidelines they received. The idea is to turn that around. I think we've been pretty suc- The instructors gave each team two cardboard tubes to repre- cessful." sent fuel tanks, and said that once the hotel reached outer Judging from the imaginative lunar lodgings Coffeen has space, the empty fuel tanks could be used as portions of the collected, the results have been successful indeed. In fact, they hotel. are out of this world.-^"^ They instructed the students to provide enough living space for 15 occupants and seven staff members. In addition to the guest rooms, the students had to create a recreational area, communications center, conference room and docking ports. The hotel's energy was to be sup- plied through solar panels, and students were to account for sewage storage and disposal. Beyond those specifications, the blueprints for the stu- dents' designs were empty pages. One of the biggest challenges the students faced, Coffeen says, was researching the different systems needed to make the hotel truly function- al. Heating, air conditioning, lighting and acoustics are demanding considerations on earth; in space, they take on entirely new dimensions. "We asked them to do all the things we do in buildings on earth," Coffeen says, "as well as things that would be unique to outer space." Students also prepared written reports and oral presentations explaining their schematic ARCHITECTS OF IMAGINATION: Students from Introduction to Architectural Engi- designs. Many students used computer graphics neering show off their visionary visions of outer-space hotels. From left to right are Branden to provide virtual tours of their hotels. Warden, Springfield, Mo., sophomore; Ryan Burton, Wichita freshman; Melissa Bryan, Andover "I was surprised how much information they freshman; and Cheyenna Barhan, Overland Park sophomore.

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ALLIED HEALTH Anyone wishing to contribute should spread, total devastation," Browning says. call 785-864-9610 or e-mail "Yet the people were so helpful to the Physical therapy earns [email protected]. engineers to help us understand what full accreditation, praise happened." ENGINEERING McCabe says the civil engineering hysical therapy received high marks Structural lessons found department has applied for several grants Pand high praise after its recent accredi- from the National Science Foundation to tation. in Turkey's quake rubble continue quake-related research. The Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy accredited KU's program onths after a devastating earthquake GRADUATE for eight years, its lengthiest award. It also Min Turkey registered 7.4 on the issued commendations, reportedly given Richter scale and killed more than 15,000 Debicki earns top honor to only three of the 237 scutinized pro- people, tremors of disbelief still shook of foreign-language group grams. two KU engineers. JoAnn Browning, assis- The accreditation team also inspected tant professor of civil engineering, and ndrew Debickis roots always have physical therapy's distance education pro- Steven McCabe, g'81, chair of the civil Abeen in language. The retiring dean of gram in Pittsburg, where 16 students engineering department, recently traveled the graduate school, whose term ends July attend classes via interactive video, the to the ravaged site of the quake; what 1, has taught Spanish and Portuguese at Internet and other electronic media. they saw haunted them. the University since 1968. So it was fitting "This report should enhance the confi- "It's impossible to comprehend how an that as Debicki was completing his career dence of our students there, and their entire city can be completely changed by as an administrator, he received acclaim future employers and patients," says 45 seconds," Browning says. for his life's work. chairman Chukuka Enwemeka. "It con- By touring buildings that did survive, At the Modern Language Associations firms that these students are getting the Browning and McCabe gathered observa- convention Dec. 27-30 in Chicago, same quality of education that they would tions that could help engineers build Debicki received the Association of here at the Medical Center." structures to withstand future quakes. Departments of Foreign Languages' Award McCabe focused primarily on the anchor- for Distinguished Service in the Profes- EDUCATION ing in concrete structures, while Browning sion. The award is one of the MLAs top studied the effects of ground motion on career awards and honors eminent schol- Tile mural to raise funds, buildings and overall system performance. ar-teachers for exceptional contributions beautify renovated home They documented their findings with to foreign languages, literatures and cul- photographs and videotape. tures at the post-secondary level. he folks at the School of Education While the professors have not yet "I'm thrilled, of course," Debicki says. Tbelieve all graduates and friends of the made detailed evaluations on their "It affirms that I've been doing the right school can leave a legacy in the school's research, a few factors were immediately thing all these years. I'm excited to get new home in the renovated Pearson Hall. apparent. McCabe observed that in many back to doing more teaching and research By contributing to the Tile Mural cases, engineers had not paid enough when my tenure as dean is finished." Fundraiser, donors can make that legacy a attention to the care and detail of joint Debicki is the director of three reality. connections in buildings. Browning saw National Endowment for the Humanities Donors to the fundraiser will have that the collapsed buildings tended to use summer seminars for college teachers and their names immortalized on individual reinforcing bars smaller than accepted the author of eight books and numerous tiles that compose a vibrant floor-to-ceil- U.S. standards. But she also noted that articles on Spanish poetry. ing mural planned for the student com- soil problems, construction practices and He is known for developing 20th-cen- mons area of the new building. The simple bad luck contributed as well. tury Hispanic poetry as a field of study mural, to be produced by Lawrence artist As they were beginning to understand and for mentoring young Hispanist Steve Smith, f'96, will be an original work some of the enormous damage they wit- scholars. of art featuring KU motifs such as the nessed by studying surviving structures, "I can think of no one more deserving Campanile, the previous homes of the Browning and McCabe were more affected of recognition," Chancellor Robert E. School of Education, the Chi Omega by what did not survive. Thousands of Hemenway says. "This award brings into fountain and various historical forms of residents were living in tents amid giant focus Andy Debickis truly extraordinary the Jayhawk. In addition to having their piles of debris. The loud hum of bulldoz- contributions as a scholar, teacher and names forever etched into the tile wall, ers was a constant reminder of the leader in higher education." donors will be invited to the mural's dedi- destruction. cation, scheduled for 2001. "The magnitude of damage was wide- Continued on page 57

KANSAS ALUMNI • NO. 2, 2000 [55 SCHOOLWORK Watergate watershed White Citation honoree Bob Woodward reminds KU audience of the value of truth

hile channel-surfing with his wife one recent glass to drink the last of his Coke, Woodward said, "he's look- evening, Bob Woodward landed on "All the Presi- ing through the bottom of the glass and still making eye con- Wdent's Men," the movie version of the book he tact. Ronald Reagan, the so-called Great Communicator, is an wrote in 1974 with fellow Washington Post reporter Carl amateur compared with Clinton. 1 think no one else in poli- Bernstein. tics, movies, theatre, anywhere in our contemporary world has "I hadn't seen it in 15 years, so we stopped and actually those communications skills." watched it," Woodward told an audience that filled Woodruff Although Clinton was not forced from office by his trial in Auditorium to hear Woodward speak after he received the the Senate, Woodward said the damage was severe: "He has William Allen White Foundation's National Citation. "We got paid an immense price, probably almost as great as Nixon's. to the part in the movie from spring 73, when we were on The attitude people have toward him is so harsh, it's almost as [Editor Ben] Bradlee's lawn early in the morning, telling him severe as resignation or removal from office." everything we had, and Jason Robards, as Bradlee, says some- Woodward said he relishes the current presidential cam- thing like, 'Go home, relax, take a paign, especially Sen. John shower ... then get back to work McCain's battle with Gov. George because it's only the future of jour- W Bush for the Republican nomi- nalism at stake here.' nation, and he disagrees with "And I went, 'Huh? That didn't those who say it has become too happen. I was there.'" bitter and divisive. Woodward told the KU audi- "That's what it's all about," ence that according to his notes of Woodward said of the harsh poli- that frightening morning, when the tics. "That's like complaining that implications of their Watergate a football game is rough. No one reporting first became clear, should flee from that. In the Bradlee's reaction was, "What the experience of going through the hell do we do?" process, we get to know about Said Woodward, "In a sense, these people. I know many of that ought to be the motto of them myself, some of them quite newspapers. The threshold of deal- well, and I always wind up learn- ing with the inconceivable is ing a great deal about the candi- extended regularly." date in the campaign process." Woodward, 56, now assistant Former Sen. Bob Dole, '45, managing editor of the Washington has long fascinated Woodward, Post and the author or co-author and Woodward says he enjoys of eight books, has been a close traveling to Kansas to learn more witness to Washington, D.C., his- about the state that Dole says is tory for the past three decades, and partly responsible for making him he shared his insights with candor the man he became. And, Wood- and enthusiasm. ward says, that's a man to be While meeting with President admired: "He is fearless, and such Clinton for a book interview, a decent man and strong person. Woodward said, he was mesmer- HEADLINER: Bob Woodward, whose Watergate reporting I've been here a number of times, ized by Clinton's unwavering eye inspired a generation of journalists, spent much of his two-day visit but I still haven't answered my contact: "He almost creates a gravi- in journalism classes and at receptions for faculty and members of question of who he is and how tational force." the William Allen White Foundation. "What I like about coming he became what he is." here," Woodward said, "is that the dean, Jimmy Gentry, doesn't let Even when Clinton raised a you sleep." As for decent people in gov-

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Continued from page 55 in place for diagnosing wide ranges of dis- LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES eases. ernment, Woodward would not include PET patients are injected with small former President Richard Nixon: "[Water- Nigerian poet's power still amounts of radioactive glucose, which gate] is a horrifying story of criminal inspiring a century later contains signal-emitting tracers. All cells abuse of government and smallness of depend on glucose, or sugar, but rapidly character, and a willingness to seek ven- or years, the breathtaking power and growing cancer cells require more glucose gence on political opponents. You can't Fsubtle intricacies of Nana Asma'u's than ordinary tissue. As the glucose trav- listen to those tapes and not feel the poetry have consumed Beverly Mack. els through the body, the PET scanner wrong man was president. The president Thanks to a $1,500 publishing reward locates the tracers. If large numbers of should be above those things and obey from the Hall Center for the Humanities, tracers have gathered in one particular the law, all those things Nixon was not." Mack's careful study of the 19th-century area, a cancer might be growing. Woodward repeatedly returned to Nigerian poet and scholar will come to Although clinical PET has been avail- McCain, indicating he thinks the Arizona life in print. able for 25 years, it cost too much in its senator appears to be a decent and hon- Mack, associate professor of African early years, with little or no reimburse- est politician. and African-American studies, has for ments available for patients who under- "The lesson of Watergate is that all years coveted the celebrated work of went the scan, according to James Traylor, political people, and others, need to tell Asma'u, translating and compiling the c'85, h'86, supervisor of the division of the truth," Woodward said. "The amazing poet's writings in The Collected Works oj nuclear medicine. Traylor says Executive rise of John McCain is the embodiment Nana Asma'u, 1793-1864. Her latest labor Vice Chancellor Don Hagen and the hos- of that. The rise of McCain is all about of love, One Woman's Jihad: Nana Asma'u, pital's chief executive officer, Irene Cum- the value of straight talk and truth- Scholar and Scribe, is the seminal history ming, wanted PET for KU Medical Center, telling. He was willing to admit his errors of the poet. and a contract was signed less than a and mistakes. If Richard Nixon had "Nana Asma'u is so important in terms month after the hospital severed ties with admitted his mistakes and apologized, of her timing and place in the world," the state and became the KU Hospital even late in Watergate, it quite likely Mack says. "Its exciting to be a part of Authority in 1998. would have gone away." uncovering and rediscovering her work." "That freed up the ability to make The same is true, Woodward said, for Asma'u was a gifted and prolific writer major capital equipment purchases with- Clinton. whose work aided war refugees and the out going through the process of dealing "Clinton was reduced to a tactical regions Islamic reformation. Mack says with the state," Traylor says. presidency," Woodward said. "Instead of her work left an indelible mark on the going big, Clinton was forced to go small, modern Arabic literary canon and that her NURSING to go tactical and survive." independent spirit became a beacon of Woodward reminisced that he and hope for women in northern Nigeria. Grant boosts health care Bernstein often had days, or weeks, to "What she did was essentially give a for Wyandotte children track down confirmations for their sto- poetic voice to [northern Nigerian] ries. Not so anymore. women," Mack says. "When you think of ccess to health care is an essential "The danger now is an editor saying, the Muslim culture, women's freedom to Abuilding block for children and fami- 'Can you get it on the web site by noon?' express is certainly not what comes to lies, says Jackie Nowak, clinical instructor You can't understand a scandal, or an mind. So against that backdrop, Asma'u's in the School of Nursing. That's why she issue, in an afternoon, or even close to it. poetry becomes that much more extraor- is particularly excited about a recent grant But the sense of rush and speed is here to dinary." that will help her provide health care for stay. It's not going away." Mack's book will be published in children in Wyandotte County. As for winning an award named for March by Indiana University Press. The 18-month, $36,725 grant was White, legendary editor of the Emporia recently given by Children International, Gazette, Woodward said, "He was a MEDICINE of Kansas City, Mo. feisty, feisty man, of course. He was an "We know that preschoolers in disad- independent thinker, and he had that as New PET scanner locates vantaged urban areas are susceptible to his core value. As I go back and look at diseases others overlook [health problems]," Nowak says. "We his work, I don't agree always, but I hope this partnership will provide valu- knew it was coming from the heart and early 15 years after it first made KU able health-care service that includes pre- the head."-""•• N Medical Center's wish list, positron ventative care and access to a full range of emission tomography—or PET—is finally educational services."

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The funding will allow Nowak to dicts Special Children's Center and Our centers will also allow nursing, allied spend two days a week organizing a range Lady Child Care Center, both in Kansas health and medical students opportunities of services—including treatment, immu- City, Kan. to work in a child-care health room, offer- nizations, education and evaluation of Under Nowak's supervision, the part- ing first aid, physical exams, parent edu- special needs—for children at St. Bene- nerships between KU and the child-care cation and follow-up care. Right here all along After national searches, associate dean (and alumnus) to become new law dean

he search was long and winding, but it eventually came says Chancellor Robert E. Hemenway. home as Professor Stephen McAllister was selected as McAllister has brought Justices White and Thomas to cam- Tthe School of Law's next dean. pus, as well as Justice Antonin Scalia, and he is planning a McAllister, 37, currently the law school's associate dean of return visit for Thomas in April. He also works as the first academic affairs, will replace Dean Michael Hoeflich July 1. state solicitor for Kansas, working with Attorney General Carla Hoeflich announced his intention to resign as dean and return Stovall, 1'83, g'93, on constitutional cases involving the state, to teaching nearly two years ago, but the first search for his and he has briefed and argued two cases before the U.S. replacement failed. Supreme Court since joining the KU faculty. McAllister, c'85,1'88, becomes the first KU law graduate to McAllister says he is not certain whether he can maintain be named dean, and he will be the 13th dean in the school's his position as state solicitor, both because he might not have 107-year history. time and he could be drawn into cases that become "poten- "When this was announced, I made a comment that one of tially problematic" with alumni relations. my goals was to increase the school's national visibility, and "I think a lot of what a law school can do depends on pri- that got a fair amount of press," McAllister says. "But that vate support," McAllister says. "We are competing with state needs to be understood in the context of never forgetting who schools that have stronger support from their states or private we are. We are the state law school, and we will always have a schools with large amounts of money available for scholar- role of training lawyers for service to the state and state gov- ships. It's important to hold onto people who get a lot of ernment. Preparing real lawyers for the actual practice of law attractive offers, meaning our own undergraduates and stu- will always be the major mission here." dents from other schools in the state."^^* McAllister's appointment is the latest honor in a career filled with distinction. As an undergraduate, McAllister was a Summerfield and National Merit scholar and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. At the law school, he was a member of the law review and graduated at the top of his class in three categories, including grade-point average. McAllister clerked for Supreme Court justices Byron White and Clarence Thomas, then spent two years in private practice in the Washington, D.C., office of a Los Angeles firm. He returned to Mount Oread in 1993, and his star has been rising ever since. He teaches torts and constitutional law and litigation and supervises KU's moot court competitions. He also offers a freshman honors tutorial on the Supreme Court and is a faculty adviser to the prestigious University Scholars Program. Last fall McAllister received the $5,000 William T. FIRST AND LATEST: Steve McAllister the first KU law alumnus selected as the Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence. school's dean, will soon trace his administrative heritage to KU law's first dean. "Uncle" "The future of the law school is in good hands," Jimmy Green.

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PHARMACY Numerous gifts improve scholarships, equipment Sit awhile Miniature chairs teach history of functional design he estate of Loretta Gee, who was the Twidow of Lenexa pharmacist Roy Gee, recently donated $134,000, of which $70,000 has endowed the Roy W and hey may have been big Loretta Gee Scholarship Fund, which ideas, but they arrived at assists KU pharmacy students. The TKU in tiny little pack- remaining $64,000 is available for unre- ages. stricted use by the school and already has The "100 Giants of Chair been used to renovate and furnish labora- Design," a traveling show fea- tories. turing 100 5-inch chairs, made Another recent gift, $11,600 given by a recent stop at the Art and an anonymous donor, will establish the Design Gallery, offering visitors Kathryn L. Harris Scholarship Fund, a chance to see the history of designed to assist women pharmacy stu- chair design—in miniature. The dents. Harris spent more than 30 years as tiny chairs, exact reproductions a bookkeeper and accountant in the phar- of modern chair designs, were macy school, and retired in 1993. displayed on pedestals through- CyDex, an Overland Park company that out the gallery. markets compounds developed at KU, Ron Kemnitzer, associate recently gave the school $25,000 to fund a professor of design, said the new pharmaceutical chemistry fellowship. display helped students under-

stand "how something as utili- CHAIRS EVERYWHERE: The history of modern chair SOCIAL WELFARE tarian as a chair" can spark so design was displayed in an Art and Design Gallery exhibition many different ideas and of 100 tiny replica chairs created by a German museum. Humor, relationships top designs. Social Work Day agenda Among the most fascinating of the Also featured in the traveling show of miniature chairs was "Sitzmaschine," a replica chairs were designs by greats n expert on the psychology of women beachwood creation by German such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Gerrit Aand family relationships and a motiva- designer Josef Hoffmann, who created Rietveld and Charles Rennie Mackin- tional speaker dubbed "Mr. Good Humor" the original in 1905. tosh. will headline Social Work Day April 7. Also represented was Michael Marcel Breuer's B3 chair, created in Harriet Lerner, a clinical psychologist Thonet's No. 14, the first successful 1921, introduced tubular steel to chair and psychotherapist at Menninger in large-scale production chair. Thonet's design. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe soon Topeka, will deliver the keynote address, chair was first made in 1840, con- used the same material to create the first titled "The Dance of Life: New Steps structed with interchangeable parts cantilevered chair, the MR-10—all of Toward Remarkable Relationships." and shipped flat for economy. The which students got to see for themselves Al Schmidt, psychiatrist and consultant chair is still in production. in the miniature, 3-D history of chair on wellness and prevention for Via Christi Although they were intended to draw design. Health System in Wichita, will demon- attention to the originals, the miniatures The minature chairs are reproduced strate how to transform stress into humor were fascinating in their own right. down to every detail of material and in his lecture, "Lettin' Go and Holdin' On: They were created by the Vitra Design construction, including the 1940s Finding the Humor and Courage to Live Museum in Germany; besides stopping development of blended plywood that Well." at KU, in a visit sponsored by the stu- allowed for creation of the fluid furni- Morning workshops are from 9 a.m. to dent chapter of the Industrial Designers ture popular at the time. 12:15 p.m. and afternoon workshops are Association of America, the chairs also "This shows not only the evolution of from 1:15 to 3:30. To register, call the will visit Europe, Japan, Australia and designs," Kemnitzer says, "but the school at 785-864-3804. Latin America. unique use of new raw materials. "^*"*'

KANSAS ALUMNI • NO. 2, 2000 HAIL TO OLD KU ISY CHRIS LAZZARINO On your marks, get set... And away went the Kansas Relays on a record-shattering day in 1925

lthough the Kansas Relays had tape 6 inches ahead." Illinois won in 1 begun only two years earlier, it minute, 27 seconds, a world record Aimmediately earned what would by nearly half a second. And there was become an enduring soggy reputation, and more to come, as Texas set a world the absence of rain on April 18, 1925, was record in the medley relay: "How those already newsworthy: "The heavenly hosts, Texas boys can run!" exclaimed the in concert assembled, decided to send the Kansan. "They must get their prac- gods of mild weather on a visit to the Sun- tice running down jackrabbits." flower state." Excuse the University Daily Also that day, "wing-footed Locke Kansan reporter for his flowery tone; he of Nebraska" won the 100-yard dash in KU's spring track and field tradition has had just witnessed an unrivaled blossom- 9.6 seconds, equaling the world record, been halted only twice: from 1943 to '45, ing of world records. and intercollegiate records were shattered for World War II, and in 1998 and '99, In the quarter-mile relay, Illinois raced by "Schwarze, giant Wisconsin shot-put- while Memorial Stadium was renovated. to "a substantial lead, as far as leads go in ter," and pole vaulter Earl McKown of The Relays thankfully return April 21 and a short race." Then KU's Tin Luke Wong- Emporia Teachers College. 22, and it seems likely the tradition will wai relayed the baton to Ray Fisher. The Countless Kansas Relays memories were need some time—and perhaps another Jayhawk anchor "set a whirlwind pace at yet to come: Middle-distance gods Glenn "orgy of record breaking"—before it shines the heels of the flying Mini, breasting the Cunningham in the 1930s and Wes Santee as it did that fine April day in 1925. tape scant inches ahead of him." in the 1950s; matchless domination by "The gala appearance of the stadium, KU won in 42 seconds, slicing three- field-event kings Al Oerter (discus), Bill with all its colorful banners, added to tenths of a second off the world record. Alley (javelin) and Karl Salb (shot put); the impression of the scene," wrote the Then came the half-mile relay. Again the 32,000 fans who came in 1973 to Kansan's weary reporter, weaving down Fisher took the baton in second place and cheer Jim Ryun as he won the mile in the stretch after sprinting through a page aimed for the Illinois leader. "Running 3:57; and, 10 years later, the hammer-and- of copy produced on tight deadline. demoniacally, [Fisher] could not overcome sickle flapping above the stadium along- "The affair will go down in history as one the advantage, his opponent breaking the side the Stars and Stripes as the Soviet of the greatest relay carnivals ever held in national team crushed the awed collegiate America." competition. Perhaps one day it will do so again.^""* MCI WORLDCOM,

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