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Missouri University of Science and Technology Scholars' Mine Missouri S&T Magazine Special Collections Missouri S&T Magazine, June 1989 Miner Alumni Association Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/alumni-magazine Recommended Citation Miner Alumni Association, "Missouri S&T Magazine, June 1989" (1989). Missouri S&T Magazine. 378. https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/alumni-magazine/378 This Magazine is brought to you for free and open access by Scholars' Mine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Missouri S&T Magazine by an authorized administrator of Scholars' Mine. This work is protected by U. S. Copyright Law. Unauthorized use including reproduction for redistribution requires the permission of the copyright holder. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ALD us ALUMNUS MSM-UMR ALUMNI ASSOC IATION MSM-UMR A lumni Association University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla, Missouri Volume 63 2. Commencement weekend 15. Miner sports update Number 3 Photo essay by Kathy Matthews By Gene Green June 1989 Commencement is a time for look Spring season wrap-ups and ing to the future and the past. awards. On the cover 17. Section news UMR's 116th Annual Co mmencement was a time for considering the future and reflectin g on the past for new graduates. 20. Alumni news golden alumni. honorary and professional degree recipients, and other di stin gu ished guests and participants. Alumni Association Campus news 32. 8. Directory The AUditorium/ Music/ Alumni Build ing will be named Castleman Hal l. MSMALUMNUS (USPS-323-500) Issued bi-monthly in the inte rest of the graduates and former' students of the Missouri School of Mines and Metal lurgy and the Univer'sity of Missouri Rolla. E ntered as second class matter The MSM Alumnus is edited and designed by members of the staffs of the Division of October' 27, 1926, at Post Office at Alumni/ Development Affairs (Rebecca Martin) and the Offi ce of News and Pu blica Rolla, Missouri 65401, under' the Act of tions (Ri ck Abel, Martin Blank. Minnie Breuer, Gene Green. Ernie Gutierrez, Dick Hat March 3, 1897. fie ld . Kathy Matthews and Sa ll y White). Photo essay by Kathy Matthews Commencement weekend was a time for co nsid ering the future and reflecting on the past. For the 760 graduates who received degrees at UMR's 116th Annual Commencement, the occasion was a first step in to a new life, For the returning members of the Class of '39, it was a weekend for remembering clas - mates, telling stories about the good old days at MSM, sharing laughter, and reflecti ng on the past 50 years and the different directions their Jives have taken, The common thread that ran through the occasion was the feeling that everyo ne participating in com mencement had made a contribution to the proud tradition of excellence that is so much a part of the institution, --COunlt engine de sign '39 in mining tarboa, plans t gradua studen Co ngra 2 June 1989 --- ~ /2-/3 /989 It/hews I time ~ecting '" who sion or the ,f '39, it class· tod old md d the Ie an ing n· ;ion to that is Counterclockwise from left: Aerospace engineering graduates test some of their designs; two members of the Class of '39 in their commencement regalia; a mining engineer with appropriate " mor tarboard",· two golden alumni m ake final plans before the ceremonies begin; new graduate Cecelia Wright with her family; student marshall Kevin Edwards gets a congratulatory kiss from wife, Suzanne. MSM Alumnus 3 - Clockwise from top: Some of the golden alumni wives wait for their "graduates" to come by in the processional; friends and family take advantage of a "photo opportunity"; Jeff Hyde holds his sym bolical/y decorated mortarboard. Bottom row: Senior John Barr shows off the engagement ring he plans to give girlfriend, Nancy Butler, before com encement, and, yes, she accepted. A~ Near Class 0 anni vel schedu Rolla a cheon a banque mencer giVen a 4 June 1989 - --10fden Jates" iends .hoto sym- .wsoff give 1m- I.. A Golden Commencement for the Class of '39 Nearly half of the members of the Class members are (front row left to Class of '39 returned for their golden right) Robert H. Smith, Richard W. Love, anniversary reunion. The three-day Irv E. Shanfeld, William R. Ellis, Jim sched ule of events included tours of Miller, Charles William Morris, Basil C. Rolla and the campus, receptions, lun Compton, J. V. Spalding, Max Bolotsky. cheon at the Chancellor's Resid ence, a Second row left to right: Edgar F. Pohl banquet with slide show, and com mann, Fred N. Taylor, William F. Ober mencement exercises, where each was beck, Charles E. Boulson, Clarence L. given a 50-year pin. Baumann, Howard H. Fillmer, I. James Ulak, John D . Berwick Jr., John F. L. Reed, Joel F. Loveridge, Kermit Siegrist, Robert G. Livingston, Hubert S. Barger. Third row left to right: William R . Rea, Albert L. Tetley, Dr. Elmond L. Claridge. Fourth row left to right: Joseph W. Mooney, John H. Livingston, Glenn E. Brand, George E. Machens, William T. Pearl. Fifth row left to right: Robert Dief fenbach, Pernell J. Moore, Leroy E. Smith, Walter Gammeter Jr., Lawrence A. Roe. MSM Alumnus 5 - this, however, are made more proble matic by the fact that "sometimes things do ne with the best of intentions foul the human nest. "We are learning just how difficul t it is to in vent something that is totall y beni gn, but still does humani ty some good," he added. For example, "as we ti ghten our homes to save energy , whi ch is good, we expose ou rselves to in creased radioactiv ity in the form of radon that is felt to be harmful," he said. "C hloroflurocarbons-inve nted as a nontox ic, nonexplos ive colorless, odorless refrigerant to repl ace dangerous ammo ni a and sul fu r diox ide, may degrade the ozone layer in the stratosphere hi gh above us that protects us from skin cancer-causi ng ultraviolet- B radiation from the sun." He con cluded by telling the graduates that creating "an even better life will certainly be a chall enge just as it has been in the past. UMR graduates urged not only affect us but others as well ," he "The chall enge is goin g to require all added. "We do not li ve in a perso nal kinds of talents and hard wo rk-anthro to be responsible nest or even a national nest; we are pologists as well as engin eers, philosophers learning that we li ve in a global nest." as well as scientists, and, perhaps, in stewards As a result, he call ed upon the gradu formed teachers most of all ," he added. "It Dr. Bruce R. Doe, assistant director for ates to become "responsible stewards of is a challenge handed on to thi s graduat research, U.S. Geological Survey, Res the land." ing class as well as others. It is the chal ton, Va., told about 760 graduates of Becoming "stewards of the land adds lenge of global housekeeping." U MR that their future will include an ethi c whereby decisions are not made meeting "the challenge of global lightly," he said. housekeepi ng." He explain ed that our attempts to do Doe, who made hi s remarks as part of Thil UMR's 116th Annual Commencement, also received the doctor of science deg degree (honoris causa) during Cor commencement. Extending the proverbial wisdom that Thirte, "a bird does not fou l its ow n nest" to award "our family nest, to our national nest, to mence the global nest," Doe cited universal Prof, agreement for the fact that "housekeep UMR ing is a necessity. outstar "Probably even the messiest among us ments eventuall y reach a tate where we agree The that something must be do ne," he said. they I'E "But once we go beyond our personal Dr. 1 nest, many of us have a different atti low, H tude, an attitude that the 'countryside is Bethlel someone else's responsibility, if it is metalh anyone's at all." L1oy( Doe stres ed that "the hou sekeeping of reseal'( the countryside is the responsibility of Group, us all" and "when we foul the country Dona sid e, we are fouling our nests just as engine, much as if we were fouling our homes. Electri "We are becoming aware that we are engine, in one world, that many actions we take 6 June 1989 - lie things 11 the ult it Iy ne xl, we .activ . to be ; a orless mmo le the h .Ion !uates lill las 'e all nthro lphers in led. "It aduat ! chal- Larry H. Carpenter, president, Delhi Thirteen professional Professional degree recipients are (left to Gas Pipeline Co rp., and director, execu right) Robert Newcomer, Richard Grau degrees awarded at tive committee member, and executive mann, Robert Miller, William Zorumski, vice presid ent, Texas Oil and Gas Corp., Commencement Stephen Garrison, Donald Capone, Larry Dallas, Texas, petroleu m engineer. Carpenter, Thomas Flaim, Chancellor Thirteen professional degrees were Dr. Thomas A. Flaim, staff Martin C. Jischke, Buddie R. Morris, awarded at UMR's 11 6th Annual Com engin eer-brake tech nol ogy, Brake and Lloyd Brunkhorst. June Thomason, Gra mencement Saturday, May 13. Bearing Systems Center, General ham Sutherland and Bruce Bramfitt. Professional degrees are awarded by Motors Proving Grounds, Milford, UMR to honor alumni and others for Mich., ceramic engineer. outstanding professional accomplish Stephen L. Garriso n, senior vice presi ments in their respective fields.