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Hollywood’s vixen Fans of Glee love the Sue Sylvester character, played by Jane Lynch ’82. Publisher Stephanie Epp, Ed.D. ’07

Editor-in-chief Susan Marquardt Blystone ’84, M.S. ’03 alumni Editor FirstWord Annette States Levitt ’96, M.S. ’02 “You are known by the company you keep.” Class notes Editor Nancy Neisler How many times as a youth did we hear that from our parents? The mantra is one all Copy Editors adults with children in the house have inevitably repeated while guiding their own sons Susan Marquardt Blystone ’84, M.S. ’03 Steven Barcus ’06, M.S. ’09 and daughters toward maturity. lead Designers The adage holds for institutions as well, which is why I am exceptionally pleased to Dave Jorgensen, M.S. ’03 Michael Mahle report that Illinois State University has once again been ranked with prestigious schools

Designers such as the College of William and Mary, Jeff Higgerson ’92 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carol Jalowiec ’08 Jon Robinson University of Florida, and the University of WEB EDITOR Virginia. Brian Huonker ’92 For the seventh consecutive year ISU PHOTOGRAPHER Lyndsie Schlink ’04 has been identified by Kiplinger’s Personal PRODUCTION coordinator Finance as one of the 100 best values in Mary (Mulhall) Cowdery ’80 public colleges across the country. As you writers Kate Arthur will read in this issue’s news section, the Cassie Monroe Tom Nugent criteria is a combination of quality and cost

EDITORIAL INTERNS components. Sean Kelly The fact we have maintained excel- Sean McGowan Lisa Shelton lence in the classroom while overcoming Illinois State (USPS 019606) is published quarterly severe budget issues within the state is a for members of the Illinois State University Alumni Association at Alumni Center, 1101 N. Main Street, testimony to the dedication and foresight of Normal, Illinois 61790-3100. Periodicals postage paid the campus community. State support has at Normal, Illinois, and at additional mailing offices. not only dwindled, but been increasingly Magazine editorial offices are located at 1101 North Main Street, Normal, Illinois 61790-3100; telephone slow to arrive. As we approach the end of (309) 438-2586; facsimile (309) 438-8057; e-mail [email protected]; Website IllinoisState.edu/ this fiscal year, the University is still awaiting payment of approximately $75 million. alumni. Postmaster: Send address changes to Illinois Despite such budget challenges, Illinois State stands firm in resisting the temptation State, Illinois State University, Campus Box 8000, Normal, IL 61790-8000. to save money by curtailing educational opportunities provided to our students. Voluntary subscriptions of $25 per year are greatly We could follow the pattern of making larger classrooms the norm, but I prefer to appreciated. Checks payable to the Illinois State Foundation can be sent to Alumni Relations, maintain our 19:1 student-faculty ratio. Doing so ensures our students gain personally and Campus Box 3100, Normal, IL 61790-3100. academically from a small-college experience that is not just advertised but delivered. Material may be reprinted with prior approval, provided no commercial endorsement is implied And while other institutions have cut costs by employing graduate students to teach in- and credit is given to the author, to Illinois State University, and to Illinois State. troductory courses, ISU still places faculty members at the front of the classroom. Website: IllinoisState.edu These decisions cost more, but I firmly believe any savings that come as a result An equal opportunity/affirmative action university of shortchanging the educational experience are in reality too much of an expense—to encouraging diversity 11-0005. This document is available in alternative formats upon request by students and the University. contacting Alumni Relations at (309) 438-2586. Because we will not compromise our academic standards, Illinois State attracts high- achieving students who are committed to excellence. Their stellar performance results in higher retention and graduation rates, which lifts the University’s reputation even higher. This mode of operation defines who we are and explains why it is that Illinois State Let us hear from you! Your feedback is appreciated. Send comments or suggestions, Class Notes, Letters to consistently ranks among the best universities in the country. the Editor, How We Met and Legacy stories, as well as Where Are They Now and Reggie Reads submissions to Susan Blystone at [email protected], or mail to 1101 N. Main Street, Normal, IL 61790.

Al Bowman President, Illinois State University Illinois STATEVolume 11, Number 4, May 2011

FEATURES 8 Jane’s journey Long before capturing an Emmy and Golden Globe for portraying coach Sue Sylvester on Fox’s series Glee, Jane Lynch ’82 honed her theatrical skills at ISU. She remains grateful to faculty who prepared her for a career that has taken her from Chicago’s stages to the top of Hollywood.

12 Inspiring student fitness It took student passage of a referendum, campus partnerships, and years of patience to replace the makeshift Student Recreation Building. The wait ended this year with the opening of the $50 million Student Fitness Center and McCormick Hall, which immediately became one of the most 12 popular campus spots.

18 Old Main’s mystique 26 For nearly 100 years Old Main stood on campus. Some still remember its grandeur, including Eugene Hunter, who holds the longest service record of any Illinois State employee. Hunter worked in what was the first classroom building. He and others are sharing their memories with a team researching the building through oral histo- ries and artifacts removed from where Old Main

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26 Act one Terry Kinney ’76 and Jeff Perry ’78 connected 8 as two undergraduates passionate about act- ing. Their friendship and talent resulted in the creation of Chicago’s Steppenwolf, the nation’s premier ensemble theater.

DEPARTMENTS 2 University News 6 Redbird Athletics 28 Alumni Connections 18 30 Class Notes Illinois State on your iPad? On the cover: Lynch’s character is personified through a Take Illinois State with you anywhere you go. Just go to trademark look of sweats and bullhorn in hand. IllinoisState.edu/magazine on your mobile device. ©2009 Fox Broadcasting Co. CR: Patrick Ecclesine/FOX UniversityNews

Lincoln legacy lives on at Milner Campus library extends collection of presidential comments

n a 1930 letter, President Herbert Current Milner librarian Mau- “I was so excited to receive Presi- Hoover referred to the qualities reen Brunsdale followed the tradition dent Obama’s letter for the Sage Collec- of Abraham Lincoln’s leader- and wrote to the White House, hoping tion,” Brunsdale said. “It so eloquently ship as “touchstones of democ- Obama would share his thoughts about brings a president of the past into con- racyI and of practical government.” In Lincoln’s legacy. Obama obliged, writ- temporary times in a very substantial more recent correspondence, President ing that Lincoln is one of his personal way.” Barack Obama called Lincoln the presi- heroes. Words of admiration for Lincoln dent “whose moral compass pointed firm Obama reflects on Lincoln’s address penned by Calvin Coolidge and Dwight and true.” at Gettysburg during the Civil War. Eisenhower are also part of the collec- The personally signed letters on “Because of the sacrifice of the soldiers tion, which now has nearly 6,000 items. White House stationery extolling Amer- resting there, and that of our beloved Students and scholars researching Lin- ica’s 16th president are part of Milner Lincoln, our Union stands indivisible coln may view the items in Milner’s Spe- Library’s Harold K. Sage Lincoln Collec- since the time the Great Emancipator cial Collections. For more information tion. Sage donated nearly 2,600 Lincoln said it was so,” Obama wrote. He then call (309) 438-3527. items to Milner in 1979. The Hoover let- flashes forward to modern terrorism, ter was among them, obtained as a result recession, climate change, nuclear prolif- Learn about Lincoln of a request Sage sent. eration and other challenges that threat- More information about Milner en the nation. and this special collection is online at IllinoisState.edu/magazine.

2 Illinois State May 2011 University’s excellence Riley, and Sarah Steffen. They earned recognized by Kiplinger’s the World Finals invitation after a fourth place finish out of 142 teams in the Illinois State is one of 100 best values in regional competition last fall. Four other public colleges in the country, according ISU teams placed in the top 50 in the to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance maga- regionals. zine. The report was released in January, Worldwide more than 7,000 marking the seventh consecutive year teams entered this year’s region- the University has been lauded by Kip- al contest, including 1,113 teams from linger’s. North America. Other U.S. teams at the Illinois State is one of only two Illi- finals were from Princeton, MIT, and nois schools named, with the University Duke. Teams had five hours, one com- of Illinois the other. ISU ranked 95th on puter, and between seven and 10 pro- the list, which includes the University of gramming problems to solve. North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Florida, University of Virginia, and College of William and Mary. Physicist honored with “The University’s combination of University Professor title high quality academics at an affordable Campus mourns loss Physics Professor Q. Charles Su has been price has earned it a spot with some very of beloved chemistry named University Professor, which is a prestigious universities around the coun- professor and chair rank that honors faculty members who try,” President Al Bowman said. “The are nationally recognized scholars and Chemistry Professor Emeritus Sol Shul- strategic plan, Educating Illinois, will teachers. man died in December at the age of 81. continue to guide our efforts to attract Su is a computational and theoreti- A memorial service was held on campus and retain the highest quality students, cal physicist specializing in laser-atom in January. faculty, and staff.” interactions. The codirector of ISU’s Shulman was born and raised in Rankings are based on ACT scores, Intense Laser Physics research group, Su the Soviet Union. As a Russian partisan admission and retention rates, student- has obtained external funding of more fighting the Nazis, he was awarded the faculty ratios, the percentage of fac- than $1 million and shared the 2006 Partisan Warfare Medal for heroism. He ulty with the highest degree in their Prize for Faculty Research in an Under- immigrated to the United States, earn- field, how much each school spends on graduate Institution given by the Ameri- ing a Ph.D. in chemistry at North Dakota instruction for each student, how much can Physics Society. State before joining ISU as Chemistry each school spends on library facilities, Su and Distinguished Professor Department chair in 1969. and graduation rates. Rankings are based Rainer Grobe discovered a new form of He retired in 1992 yet stayed on quality and cost components, with atom called cycloatoms. Su’s research involved, serving on the Foundation greater overall weight on quality. group has expanded into theoretical and Board of Directors. He worked as a con- experimental study of laser scattering sultant on the design and construction of Student team finalist in biological materials. The work has Illinois State’s Science Laboratory Build- in global competition potential for application to noninvasive ing. Shulman designed and developed a medical imaging of tumors. fume hood for the building’s labs, with A team of Illinois State student com- Su has more than 120 refereed arti- the caveat that the company refer to the puter programmers competed this year cles with many in the flagship physics design as the “ISU Fume Hood.” in the World Finals of the 35th annual journal, the . He referees Shulman’s dedication to ISU was Association for Computer Machinery’s Physical Review for eight major journals and three agen- recognized in 2008 with the dedication International Collegiate Programming cies. He has presented at international of the Dr. Sol Shulman Atrium in the Sci- Contest (ACM ICPC) in Egypt. Coached conferences and research institutes in 16 ence Laboratory Building. A scholarship by School of Information Technology countries. His students have coauthored in the Department of Chemistry bears faculty member Mary Goodwin, the team more than 50 refereed journal articles, his name. Donations can be made online was one of 100 from across the globe and presented at national and interna- at IllinoisState.edu/giving. For more invited to the World Finals and one of tional conferences. information call (309) 438-8041, or send only 20 North American teams. an e-mail to [email protected]. ISU’s Onward and Upward team included seniors Ryan Newman, Clint

May 2011 Illinois State 3 Where are they now? I decided to become a teacher because when I was a senior at Pekin Com- munity High School, I received a tuition-free scholarship to enter the teaching profession. I chose to attend Illinois State Normal University (ISNU) upon the recommendation of my high school teachers. I have never regretted either decision, as ISNU was the premiere place to become a professional educator. The University still is in 2011. I finished a degree in social sciences education in 1958 and went on to teach speech, debate, drama, American history, American government, and sociology in Chicago suburban public high schools for 13 years. After complet- ing my Ph.D. at the University of Illinois in Urbana, I taught at Eastern Illinois University. In 1976 I came to ISU, where I taught a variety of communication courses. Teaching was my full-time profession for 36 years and part time-effort for four additional years. I had roles in the classroom, in administration, and in governance. It was the classroom which provided the most satisfaction. Sometimes when I attend alumni events I get my hats mixed up. Do I wear my alumni hat or my retiree hat? At those events I see former class- mates from ISNU. We enjoy remembering the days when the campus was 3,300 students. I also see former students. I enjoy hearing where they are and what they have been doing. I met my wife, Joann (Swanson) ’68, M.S. ’73, while we were both undergraduates. We live in Bloomington, but winter each year in Florida. Our retirement hobbies are ballroom dancing, consumption of classical symphony Communication Professor Emeritus George Tuttle and wife, Joann music, reading, and walking, while Joann enjoys quilting. I have published four books of fiction and enjoy the creative process of fiction. Ties to the campus remain strong. Our three children all have one or Web extra more degrees from ISU, so between the five of us we have received eight Go online toIllinoisState.edu/magazine to learn degrees from the University. more about George Tuttle’s career and read the Contact us by e-mail at [email protected]. story of how he and Joann met as undergraduates.

Grant creates opportunity The program will be offered tuition- ciation to Advance Collegiate Schools of for educators of deaf free to accepted students. Preference Business International. will be given to bilingual applicants from Rankings are based on several fac- A $1.07 million grant from the U.S. underrepresented populations or within tors, including placement success of Department of Education will empower high-need geographic areas. Classes will graduates and mean starting salary. Illinois State to prepare professionals be offered in Chicago and on campus. Details can be found online at http:// for work with infants and toddlers with For more information go to www. grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandre- hearing loss, and their family members. SpecialEducation.ilstu.edu, e-mail Spe- views.com/best-graduate-schools/top- The grant will fund a graduate cial Education Professor Maribeth Lartz business-schools. course to prepare early intervention pro- at [email protected], or call her The magazine’s listing adds to the fessionals with current degrees in deaf at (309) 438-8988. national recognition that the college education, speech and language patholo- has received. has ranked gy or audiology to work with infants and BusinessWeek the college as one of the country’s best toddlers who are deaf and hard of hear- College of Business stays undergraduate business schools. The ing. The year-long sequence is aimed in national spotlight college is currently listed among the at enhancing the auditory and spoken The College of Business has been includ- top 100 schools nationwide, and among language skills in the child with hearing ed in maga- the top three undergraduate business loss; and developing the competencies U.S. News & World Report zine’s 2011 Best Business Schools listing. schools in Illinois. specific to working with infants, tod- The publication recognizes schools with dlers, and their families. M.B.A. programs accredited by the Asso-

4 Illinois State May 2011 State University fol- lowing the resig- nation of Sheahon Zenger, who accept- Mail ed a similar position at Kansas. To the Editor, Lyons, who is in As I read the alumni memories (“Dining Haul,” his 24th year at Illi- February 2011), I was immediately brought nois State, had been back in time to one of my fondest memo- serving as executive ries—1967 at Hamilton Hall and 1968-1970 at Student Affairs VP associate director in Athletics. In addi- ends long ISU career Hewitt Hall when I worked in the dorm caf- tion to business operations, his duties eterias as everything from dishwasher to line After serving Illinois State University for have included facility operations and server to the very-desired position of “condi- 35 years—the last five as vice president the Weibring Golf Club, while supervis- ment girl!” for Student Affairs—Steve Adams will ing athletic training, athletic equipment, While our food was good then (we espe- retire in June. A national search has and strength and conditioning. He also cially loved the cheese sauce for veggies), it begun. provides administrative leadership for wasn’t the food that made my remembrances During his tenure the division led men’s and women’s golf and baseball, so treasured. What made it so special was construction of the Student Fitness Cen- while working with men’s basketball and the camaraderie of all the workers, students ter and McCormick Hall, renovated resi- football. like myself. We became a huge group of good dence halls and dining centers, enhanced Lyons will continue to oversee the friends, many of whom remain close still. This the Bone Student Center, and paved the business operations while serving as the special group—probably more than 100 people way for the ISU’s first-ever public and interim director, during which time a by senior year—were there for each other. We private student housing initiative. The national search will be conducted. dated, we cried on each other’s shoulders, we division also implemented an emergency played cards on rainy days, and we partied texting system and added a security force heartily! to augment campus police patrols. Biology faculty named Distinguished Professor After graduation we attended weddings, a Adams previously served as assis- couple funerals, and reunions around the state. tant vice president for Enrollment Man- Biological Sciences Professor Paul Garris Even 40 years later, I cherish those bonds of agement and Academic Services, director has been named a Distinguished Profes- friendship, all created in a college cafeteria. of Admissions, and interim director of sor, which is ISU’s highest faculty honor. Thank you for the article that brought it back to Financial Aid, among other leadership Garris came to Illinois State in 1996 life for me! positions. During his 11 years as director after earning his Ph.D. in the Department Judith M. Henzel ’71 of Admissions, Adams helped raise the of Physiology and Biophysics at Indiana new student academic profile to record University School of Medicine, and com- To the Editor, levels. pleting postdoctoral research at the Uni- I read with interest your comments about Paul He has held many professional state versity of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Rosene (February 2011, Where are they now?). positions and been given many honors, His research focuses on dopamine He was a leader for the exceptional child but I including the Lifetime Achievement neurons. He questions the view that remember him as a Chenoa High School band Award from the Illinois Association for dopamine is a “pleasure chemical” in the director who was an exceptional teacher and College Admission Counseling. He is a brain, exploring that it may instead be human being. He made a difference in and member of the Illinois Basketball Hall a learning signal associating rewards to touched so many lives. of Fame and the Illinois State University predictive cues. He has also established Athletic Hall of Fame. He has served for research programs on Parkinson’s dis- Marcia Baker ’63 35 years as the “Voice of the Redbirds,” ease. Jay brought the Stanley Cup to ISU Homecom- and will continue those duties for Red- Garris has gained international rec- ing 2010. What a thrill for Central Illinois to bird Athletics. ognition, with his work published in share in that stellar Blackhawk winning season! . He has garnered more than $3 Nature I am so glad our ISU magazine staff chronicled million in external funding from such his career. Thanks and job well done! Interim director named agencies as the National Institutes of during Athletics’ search Health. He has also been instrumental in Facebook comment Larry Lyons ’86 has been named the teaching and mentoring students during Patty Jarrell ’75 interim director of Athletics at Illinois his career.

May 2011 Illinois State 5 RedbirdAthletics

Recruits ready for Redbird football Season tickets are now available

he spring semester is a busy men, tight ends, and defensive backs; have that winning attitude in our play- time for the Redbird foot- two defensive linemen and wide receiv- ers. I think they will mesh well with the ball program. From National ers; and a quarterback, linebacker, and success and attitude we are developing at Signing Day in February to running back. Within the mix are 14 Illinois State.” practicesT in March and the annual Red- high school seniors and six junior college Beyond new players, Spack has add- White spring game in April, the coaches transfers. They come from each coast ed to his coaching staff as well by naming and team members have been working and across Illinois, with eight from the Steve Szabo as defensive coordinator and hard for the upcoming season. Chicago area. linebackers coach. Szabo has coached the The schedule is set, with six home “Our goal is to continue to broad- defensive line, linebackers, and defensive games slated. The action begins Septem- en our recruiting base each year and backs at both the college and NFL levels. ber 1 against Eastern Illinois University. improve each class from the previous He coached in the Super Bowl and twice The entire schedule is available online at one,” Spack said. “Our last two classes in Rose Bowl games that decided the GoRedbirds.com. Season tickets are also have been very good, and several of those national collegiate champion. now available. Get yours on the website players have made immediate contribu- Spack has already tallied two win- or by calling Illinois State’s Athletics tions to the team on the field. I expect ning years at Illinois State, and is eager Ticket Office at (309) 438-8000. several of this year’s signees to do the to take the field this fall. Be there for the Head coach Brock Spack has added same.” action and show your Redbird pride by 20 new Redbird recruits to the team. Several of the new recruits are joining other fans in cheering the team The group includes three offensive line- “from programs that are used to winning to a strong season! on a yearly basis,” Spack said. “We like to

6 Illinois State May 2011 Honor given to family of faithful supporters

It’s hard to find anyone more loyal to Redbird Athletics showed appre- Illinois State coach chosen Redbird Athletics than Parker Kemp ciation for the Kemp family’s support for national hall of fame and his family members, who have been by naming them the 2011 recipient of Head softball coach Melinda Fischer ’72, actively involved with the University’s the Joseph F. Warner Golden Redbird M.S. ’75, has been inducted into the National program for nearly three decades. Award. The highest honor bestowed by Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) For more than 27 years, the Kemps the Illinois State Athletics Department, Hall of Fame. This is the second association have been faithful in cheering on stu- the award recognizes individuals for award for Fischer, who was the first recipient dent-athletes at numerous ISU athletics dedication and loyal support of the Weis- of the NFCA Distinguished Service Award events. Three children—Tony Jenkins, becker Fund and Illinois State Athletics in 2002. Rene Shafer, and Nick Kemp—enjoyed through exemplary service, leadership, Fischer is in her 26th season at the helm of the ISU softball program. Prior to the start following the Redbirds while each was and financial support. It was renamed in of the 2011 season, she had amassed 849 on campus completing a degree. 2003 after the death of Joe, a Weisbecker career victories, which ranked 40th on the Scholarship Fund leader who died in a The Kemps have also been consis- all-time Division I softball coaching wins list. tent in supporting the Weisbecker Schol- plane crash. She has directed Illinois State to seven arship Fund, which provides for student- Illinois State Interim Athletics postseason appearances, including an NCAA athlete scholarships and promotes the Director Larry Lyons and Rose Stadel, Regional berth last season. ISU has won nine development of Intercollegiate Athletics Joe’s widow, presented the award to the regular-season Missouri Valley Conference at Illinois State. Their contributions over family at halftime of an Illinois State and (MVC), championships, three MVC tourna- time have made a very significant and Bradley University basketball game in ment titles, and two Gateway regular-season positive impact in the lives of numerous February. championships under her guidance. student-athletes. Six MVC Coach of the Year awards, two regional coach of the year citations, 17 All- Americans, five College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-Americans, and countless other honors have been captured under Fischer.

Two golf classics set for summer months Two annual golf events are slated at Illinois State. Plan now for the Redbird Golf Classic, which will be held Friday, June 10, at the Weibring Golf Club at Illinois State Univer- sity. Reservation forms can be printed online at GoRedbirds.com. The Kilborn Classic returns August 24- 25, with proceeds benefiting the men’s and women’s golf programs at Illinois State. Harland Kilborn coached three ISU Missouri Valley Conference Championship teams, produced 30 all-conference golfers, and was a four-time MVC Coach of the Year before retiring in 2004. Register online at www.isugolf.com. Want more Redbird football news? For more information about either event Get full details on all of the football recruits at GoRedbirds.com, contact Annie Campbell at (309) 438-3803. as well as the complete schedule for the 2011 season.

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“Knock it

8 Illinois State May 2011 Ecclesine/FOX Broadcasting Co. Cr: Patrick ©2010 Fox “Get the picture?” The dweeb stares forlornly at her. “I think you missed a piece,” he finally says woodenly. She glowers. “Did I?” Grabbing one of the larger apple fragments from the desk, she slowly and triumphantly eats it. Welcome to the hilariously entertain- ing world of Lynch—the former Illinois State Knock itSchool of Theatre undergrad who went on to “ become one of the funniest and most success- ful TV and movie performers in the world of contemporary showbiz. off!”After starring in half a dozen smash-hit motion pictures, including 2000’s Best in Glee’s bruiser Jane Show and the 2008 blockbuster comedy Role Models, the 50-year-old Lynch now ranks as Lynch got started one of the most accomplished screen stars in Hollywood. at Illinois State Having nailed down a shelf full of act- ing awards—including a coveted 2010 Emmy by Tom Nugent and a Golden Globe earlier this year for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for the It could be the funniest scene ever pre- Fox chart-buster Glee—Lynch has become an sented on television. entertainment supernova. But she’s a star who In this classic screamer from the current remains singularly unimpressed by her own TV mega-hit series Glee, superstar actress-co- success. median Jane Lynch ’82 (while playing a tyran- Although she’s deadly serious about her nical high school cheerleading coach named acting, Lynch maintains a refreshingly light- Sue Sylvester) confronts her nemesis—actor hearted outlook on the subject of her own Matthew Morrison (playing a dweeby Spanish achievements, while frequently guffawing out teacher who’s just agreed to serve as director loud at the thought of her own undeniable of the school’s glee club). stardom. “So you’re starting a glee club?” barks the Take that thrilling moment in Los Angeles six-foot-tall Lynch, looking thoroughly pugna- last August, for example, when they handed cious in her gleaming, cobalt-blue sweatshirt. Lynch one of television’s most striking sym- The dweeb nods uneasily. bols: the gleaming silver trophy with the word “Let me demonstrate something for you,” Emmy carved across its glittering surface. says Sylvester. A moment later, she’s placing The euphoric Lady Jane told a worldwide TV an apple on her desk. Then, while glaring audience, “I’m an actor, and we do it because fiercely at the dweeb: “This is the self-esteem we’re compelled to do it. We have no other of your average glee-clubber. choice—or marketable skills.” “And this…[while lifting a huge trophy Just before thanking “my wife Lara”— from a nearby shelf ] is me—the international- she’s very proud of her same-sex marriage to ly ranked cheerleading coach, Sue Sylvester.” Florida psychologist Lara Embry last year— Using her trophy as a hammer, she crush- Lynch triggered roars of laughter by also es the defenseless apple into fragments. thanking the Illinois folks who brought her up.

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“I want to thank my parents on the South 30 years. When remembering her, Lynch ad- Side of Chicago for raising us,” she clamored mits to some very mixed feelings: “She was a to surging applause. “Yeah, South Side! I scary presence, but you wanted her attention, want to thank my parents for raising us to the and you wanted her to approve of your acting. sounds of musical theater, and for being so Sometimes, when people ask me today if I’m unintentionally funny.” ‘channeling’ somebody from my past [while Lynch was born and raised in Dolton, just playing tyrannical characters such as Sue Syl- south of Chicago, as the daughter of a hard- vester in Glee], I think of the Dragon Lady and working banker and a homemaker. They gave I wonder if that might be true.” her a keen appreciation for Broadway musical Another major influence at ISU was long- comedy and the joys of unbridled laughter at time directing professor Don LaCasse, who Illinois State productions the dinner table. remembers Lynch as having “a lot of talent are among Jane Lynch’s earliest acting credits. A born entertainer with a knack for and a lot of presence” in his theatre classes. Scenes from two, below, breaking her friends up with zany one-liners, “Even back then, Jane was a really funny gal,” are from Lysistrata and Lynch descended onto Illinois State’s campus he said, “as well as a very hard-working stu- The House of Bernarda Alba. in 1978. It wasn’t long before she fell under dent. I wasn’t at all surprised later when her the sway of legendary acting career really took off.” ISU theatre professor Having departed Normal in the summer Jean Scharfenberg. of 1982, Lynch went on to earn a master’s “She was wonder- degree in theatre at Cornell. What followed ful,” Lynch recalled in a were several years of struggle in which she recent interview, while earned her “chops” as an actress with a natu- describing the terror ral talent for comedy. An imposing presence, that the ISU “Dragon Lynch radiated fearlessness and soon proved Lady” inspired in her acting to be enormously effective in roles that called students. “She wore layers for an aggressive, in-your-face female with a and layers of clothing, and redwood-sized chip on her shoulder. she had a big voice. When By the late 1980s Lynch had already this woman walked down debuted on the silver screen with a mini-role the hall, the kids would in a “body-switching” comedy entitled Vice part like the Red Sea!” Versa. She did stage work in the Windy City, The late Scharfenberg remains an iconic including a scintillating 1991 performance figure who taught drama at ISU for more than as Carol Brady in the Chicago Annoyance

10 Illinois State May 2011 “She’s actually the sweetest woman you could ever meet.”

©2009 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: FOX Broadcasting Co. Cr: ©2009 Fox ©2009 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Michael Yarish/FOX Michael Cr: Co. Broadcasting Fox ©2009 A high school is the Theatre presentation of The Real Live Brady setting for Glee, which Bunch. Lynch also spent several years win- dipsticks, and dweebs in the school’s “show stars Lynch as Sue ning major laughs and making some impor- chorus.” As such, Glee is the perfect vehicle Sylvester and Matthew Morrison as Will, left. tant showbiz connections with Chicago’s for the scowling, sneering, maniacally bellig- Second City improvisational comedy acting erent persona created by Lynch. Music is a staple of the show, as members troupe. Morrison, Lynch’s costar on the show, of the glee club “New Next came a minor role with Harrison says she’s not at all like the gruff, butt-kicking Directions,” center, Ford in the 1993 film The Fugitive, followed by Sue Sylvester that Glee fans have come to perform in each episode. what most Hollywood historians now clearly loathe and adore. “She’s actually the sweet- Lynch has captured describe as her breakthrough picture, Best in est woman you could ever meet,” he said in a many accolades for her performance, including Show, for which Lynch played an outrageously recent interview. “She’s so great…I crack up an Emmy, right, and a pushy personal dog handler. in her face a lot [during rehearsals]. When I Golden Globe. After that 2000 triumph on the big heard that we were going to improvise [during screen, Lynch’s career took off. By 2006 she taping of the show], I was terrified. But over would be starring opposite Will Ferrell and the last year, she’s raised the expectations I with fellow Redbird Gary Cole in the side- have for myself.” splitting parody of the NASCAR world, Ask Lynch to reflect on her astonishing Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. success in showbiz and the laughter-loving Her comic star had reached its zenith. Nobody comic actor will reply by pointing out that in Tinseltown was very surprised when she she’s managed to succeed as the coach of the wound up double-billed in 2009 with film leg- Glee “Cheerios” cheerleading squad almost in end Meryl Streep in Nora Ephron’s cinematic spite of herself given she “can’t sing or dance” paean to master chef Julia Child, Julie & Julia. a lick and never could. The next step was to parlay Lynch’s soar- “I have to start 10 rehearsals earlier ing comic stature into a TV series that would than everyone else,” she says with a jab of decimate the Nielsen ratings, which is pre- typically self-deprecating humor, “because cisely what happened with Glee. The show is I’m no dancer, for sure. But I do enjoy it. It built around a fictional, small-town Ohio high really is the most wonderful job—even if I school where the football players—and their have to work harder than everyone else at the viciously aggressive cheerleading coach Sue dancing!” Sylvester—do their best to terrorize the dorks,

May 2011 Illinois State 11 Junior chemistry major Dan Groves finds the 47-foot climbing wall a fun challenge. gem a gym of a Student-funded fitness center enriches collegiate experience

By Susan Marquardt Blystone

Dawn Sanner, M.S. ’87, understands how campus recreation programs impact a college student’s life. There’s the obvious health benefit, as well as social and networking aspects. But involve- ment in Illinois State’s program did even more for Sanner—creating leadership opportunities that resulted in a career-changing epiphany. Sanner worked with campus recreation as a graduate assistant while completing a mas- ter’s degree in health physical education and recreation. She had already diverted from her undergraduate plan to work as a computer pro- grammer, thinking she’d prefer an athletic di- rector’s position. As she rose to the rank of leisure lifestyle coordinator during the 1980s, Sanner embraced the challenge of opening the University’s Stu- dent Recreation Building. The work convinced her to change professional directions again.

May 2011 Illinois State 13 “I knew then that Student Af- for the 170,000-square-foot interior rooms, exercise rooms, classrooms, fairs was my calling,” said Sanner, nearly finalized. What remained was and a 47-foot climbing wall. who built a career in the field with the monumental task of blending All fee-paying ISU students can positions at the University of Ten- part of Student Affairs’ offerings and use the facility by showing their ID, nessee, University of Missouri, and the academic programs within the which gets them free entry. Equip- North Carolina State. School of Kinesiology and Recre- ment has been carefully selected Those years prepared her for a ation into one facility. so that the facility is accessible to return to Illinois State in 2009 for The work culminated in Janu- everyone regardless of ability. her dream job as the executive direc- ary of this year with the opening Memberships are available to tor of Campus Recreation. Among of the Student Fitness Center and faculty, staff, retirees, and graduates.

With plenty of sunlight streaming in, the pool area is inviting Students are thrilled to have expansive open space, ample equipment with individual television screens, for serious lap swimmers and recreational activities. above left, and a popular Jamba Juice in the Bob and Julie Dobski Welcome Center, above right.

her many duties was the enormous McCormick Hall. The Kinesiology Partners or spouses of individu- task of overseeing completion of the and Recreation program is largely als within these groups are able to University’s Student Fitness Center housed in the extensively renovated purchase a membership as well, at and McCormick Hall. The chance to McCormick Hall. The University’s rates that are comparable to local help her alma mater reach a long- Health Promotion and Wellness health clubs. held goal of creating a fitness center Program now lives there as well. With a Jamba Juice in the lobby, on campus to replace the off-campus McCormick Hall is attached by a plenty of natural lighting, inviting facility she worked to open 23 years walkway to the fitness center space, open space, Internet access, and ago was a thrill for Sanner, who man- which is where Campus Recreation proximity to the Quad, the building ages the new building. offices are located. is one many on campus predict will By the time she arrived two The majority of space is allo- become a favorite student hangout— years ago, the $50-million facility cated for use by students as a rec- and all agree is long overdue. was under construction on the site reation center that includes a pool, “This building is something this where Dunn-Barton and Walker basketball courts, an indoor track, campus has needed for many years,” residence halls once stood. The ex- an indoor dual floor hockey and soc- Sanner said, noting that the previ- terior was completed, and planning cer rink, group fitness space, weight ous recreation facility was actually

14 Illinois State May 2011 The wall is a “wow” factor Technology Dean Jeff Wood said the decision to do so at ISU made that was important to the students. sense, as there is “a natural affinity” between kinesiology and recreation an abandoned ice rink converted to a referendum to increase fees, in programs and campus fitness pro- serve as a temporary solution. essence taxing themselves to create grams. Sanner agreed. “It was makeshift because the the building fund. To avoid collecting “There is an easy collaboration University couldn’t afford anything from students who would gradu- with the School of Kinesiology and else,” said Facilities Planning and ate before the facility opened, the Recreation, as we have a similar Construction Director Dick Run- increase was not implemented until mission and many of their students

Campus history was preserved during renovation of McCormick Hall, which is now home to high-tech laboratories and classrooms.

Dawn Sanner, M.S. ’87, has witnessed an overwhelming positive response from the campus A floor-length installation in McCormick Hall relates the history community, which has waited years for a facility designed to handle the entire student population. of the building and the School of Kinesiology and Recreation.

ner. He has meeting notes about planning began in 2006, and then in work in our programs,” she said. the need for a rec center going back increments depending on class year. “We can each exist without the to the 1990s, and confirms that the Construction began in 2008 other, but why would we not pool new facility as it stands today was based on plans created through a our resources and build something conceived “at least 10 or 12 years committee that included represen- that helps both programs?” ago” but stalled due to financial tatives from the academic side of The benefits are numerous for constraints. campus as well as Student Affairs, the school, which Runner noted ex- “The University was originally and of course student leaders. Mem- isted in some of the worst academic contemplating a building funded bers toured campus and community spaces on campus. Beyond being by the state and student fees, but facilities in Illinois and other states scattered in various buildings, many the state stopped allocating capital for ideas. faculty struggled in laboratories money the last six to eight years. So The team faced unique plan- created from “the innards of Horton it became a question of how can we ning challenges because it is the Field House.” move this forward,” Runner said. exception to blend recreation with As one of the largest academic The students provided the academics on university campuses. programs with about 1,000 majors, answer in 2002 when they approved College of Applied Science and the space constraints were limiting

May 2011 Illinois State 15 RUNNING TRACK “When I took this job one of the things I wanted was to see this

OPEN TO FIRST FLOOR building to its completion,” Adams

FREE said. He echoed the thoughts of WEIGHTS MAIN FITNESS FLOOR CLASSROOMS LAB others involved in the project when FITNESS noting it is a unique career oppor- STUDIOS CLASSROOM POOL SPORT COURTS tunity to have helped create what is CLIMBING INSTRUCTIONAL LOCKER WALL FITNESS FLOOR GYM now the largest building on campus. ROOMS CLASSROOMS “It has occupied a lot of time and discussion, and has not been without LABS its challenges. But if I had a vision of what I would want to see happen A rough layout of floors 1–3, from bottom to top. in the future, this is it,” Adams said. “Blending the academic side into the excellence. Now exercise science The decision was made early building made all the sense in the and athletic training laboratories on by the University to preserve world. We now have a university gem have been significantly upgraded, McCormick Hall. The exterior of that will be beneficial in retaining and a sports psychology laboratory the historic building is primarily un- both students and faculty.” created. The total lab space is four changed. Although the interior has Adams is especially grateful for times what existed previously. been extensively renovated, pieces the student support that made the “We couldn’t be happier,” Wood of history remain. building a reality. “I couldn’t be hap- said. “We are one of the best under- Doorways from Dunn-Barton pier for our students, as they deserve graduate programs in kinesiology and Walker halls were restored and this,” he said, reflecting on their long and recreation in the country, and used in McCormick. Columns that wait for a facility that will greatly we have a strong master’s program. stood in front of Walker Hall were enrich the collegiate experience. We are now better equipped with made into limestone benches placed Student enthusiasm was pal- everything in place to recruit a around the facility, and a time cap- pable as the doors opened in Janu- whole new cadre of talented faculty sule from the residence halls went ary. David Marquis, student body and students.” into the fitness center area. president, joined Reggie Redbird Wood is pleased that the “There are a lot of alumni with in cutting a red ribbon at a grand program is under one roof, which a strong connection to Dunn-Barton opening event that gave students the enables faculty to not only connect more easily with students but col- laborate on research endeavors. This building is something this “My hope is that all this com- bined helps faculty be even more pro- campus has needed for many years. ductive than they are. Our scholar- ship is high, but this new facility will and Walker halls. They had good opportunity to tour the building the serve as a springboard in expanding experiences in those residence evening before the spring semester our graduate program,” said Wood, halls. The University needed to go began. The event included a game of who now sees the addition of a doc- forward in a respectful manner to tag with hundreds participating, and toral sequence as a realistic goal. preserve the past,” Student Affairs a simultaneous climb up the rock “We have elevated the space to Vice President Steve Adams said. wall by President Al Bowman and match the quality of the academic With more than 30 years of ser- Marquis, who is a junior studying program,” Runner said. He praised vice at ISU, Adams has been keenly political science. the committee for achieving such aware of the need for this facility. The wall is a “wow” factor that progress while protecting a signifi- The project has been on his desk was important to the students, who cant campus landmark with strong the entire five years he has served as were an integral part of the entire ties to the School of Kinesiology and vice president. process. “We have one of the most Recreation. See what’s so exciting! Plan to take a tour of the building during your next campus visit. Until then check out 16 Illinois State May 2011 video coverage and more photos online at IllinoisState.edu/magazine. STUDENT FITNESS CENTER AND MCCORMICK HALL influential student groups in the na- tion because of the way our admin- building stands as a bridge istration always treats us,” Marquis said. “They allow us to be really in- between past and present volved, and when there is a problem or a concern they really listen.” The commitment and determination Athletics as a program sponsor long required to make the Student Fit- before Bob was appointed to the It was the students who said ness Center and McCormick Hall a Board of Trustees three years ago. they wanted such a building years reality were lauded during a dedica- In addition to the Student Fitness ago, and who worked to pass the tion ceremony held in February. Center and McCormick Hall gift, referendum that made it possible. “The first recognition, the first they have established the Edmund “It was something we were lack- congratulations, and most impor- and Jane Endowed Scholarship Fund ing compared to other campuses,” tantly the first thank you must go in support of College of Business Marquis said. to the students of Illinois State students. The fund honors Bob’s And while the students didn’t University,” President Al Bowman parents, who started a grocery busi- get all they had on their wish said. “With state resources unavail- ness in Chicago. It was from his par- able, it was members of our student ents that Bob gained a strong work list—racquetball courts were, for body who stated their passion for a ethic and business savvy. He and Ju- example, cut from the budget—the first-class fitness center by voting to lie both carry on the family legacy to building truly is a dream come true. raise their own fees to help pay for work hard and help others. “It’s something really spectacular,” this magnificent facility.” “We are very blessed and fortu- Marquis said. Bowman noted the prolonged ef- nate, having had help to create our The fact his peers agree is obvi- fort to see the building completed, own opportunities. We want to do ous by usage numbers, which has sharing the old adage of “dream big the same for others,” Julie said, ex- exceeded 5,000 individuals a day dreams, then put on your overalls. At plaining the motivation for their gifts during peak times. The excitement Illinois State University, we have done to Illinois State. both to make this dream come true.” Bob agreed. “We have been very is apparent from student expres- The building is a testament to col- successful through the support of sions, especially those who see the laboration within the campus com- the community and we just want to facility for the first time. Sanner has munity, as well as strong partnerships give back.” witnessed jaws dropping repeat- with many beyond the University’s Doing so is just one way the edly during tours, which are now borders. Bowman thanked the litany Dobskis bridge their past to the included as part of any prospective of architects, consultants, engineers present, which was an important el- student visit. and contractors involved from plan- ement of the entire Student Fitness “When students pick an in- ning through construction. He also Center and McCormick Hall project. stitution, the student rec facility is expressed sincere gratitude to indi- As Bowman noted in his dedication viduals who are loyal friends to Illinois three to five in the order of what remarks, pieces of Dunn-Barton State, including Board of Trustee Rob- and Walker halls were retained in they care about,” Sanner said. She is ert Dobski and his wife, Julie. the construction and McCormick confident Illinois State now has yet The welcome center has been Hall was preserved. Doing so cre- another competitive advantage with named in honor of the Dobskis, who ates another shining example of a building that is “a gorgeous place made a very generous gift to the how “Illinois State is a university of energy and activity.” building. “That’s not so everyone will where vision meets heritage.” With Sanner in charge there see our name and talk about us, but will also undoubtedly be unexpect- to show a local business is involved,” Editor’s note: Several naming opportu- ed opportunities for students. Some Bob said. nities are still available. Each provides may even follow in her footsteps The couple owns nine McDon- a chance to create a family legacy, ald’s franchises in Central Illinois and honor a mentor, or remember a friend. and find their lifelong passion while two Little Jewels Learning Centers. To find out how you can write your pursuing all that is now available at Both were staunch supporters of the name into this new chapter of Illinois the Student Fitness Center and Mc- University and actively involved in State’s history, call (309) 438-8184. Cormick Hall. DEDICATED ON FEBRUARY 18, 2011

May 2011 Illinois State 17 By Cassie Monroe and Kate Arthur act Artis f &

18 Illinois State May 2011 RIES MEStoriesMO of Illinois State’s history There are certain aspects of the University’s past that have been shared over so many generations that they are now legendary. It is, for example, hard to find a graduate who hasn’t heard about the ghost of librarian Angeline Milner. And who doesn’t know that the school started as a place to train teachers? Artifacts Old Main is another romanticized piece of the campus fabric. For the majority of students, knowledge of the building comes from a plaque placed on the Quad adjacent to the bell from the clock tower. ISU researchers know there is much more to learn. Through their efforts precious memories of that first and grand structure on & campus are now being preserved.

May 2011 Illinois State 19 PIECING TOGETHER

Hessica GriffinIST sits in what looks like a closet inO Schroeder Hall,R steadily siftingY through a cardboard box filled with pieces of broken glass bottles. The work is typical for Griffin on a JFriday afternoon. An archaeology master’s student, she has teamed with archaeology pro- fessor Jim Skibo and cultural anthropology professor Gina Hunter on a quest to reveal the campus of yesteryear by examining artifacts from the University’s first building. What once stood as grand Old Main has been reduced to bits and pieces lying beneath flower- beds on the Quad. Nearly 100 boxes of artifacts are now all that remain of the first classroom and administrative building to open on the Illinois State Normal University (ISNU) campus. The materials were unearthed in a 1981 dig on campus by then graduate student Keith Barr, M.S. ’83. Along with a team of excavators, Barr tore up a good deal of the Quad nearly 30 years ago to remove what was left behind from Old Main’s demolition in 1958. Now Griffin is picking up where Barr left off, going through 40 boxes of glass, 11 boxes of ceramics, five boxes of metal, and one box of faunal remains uncovered in Barr’s dig. “This is mostly a process of ‘work with what you have,’” Griffin explained as she pulled shards of broken glass from one of the boxes. Once she pieces together the remains, she will be able to statistically calculate how many objects have been uncovered. The results of her research will be revealed in her thesis, In the Shadow of Old Main: Consumer Behavior at Illinois State University from 1917 to 1932.

20 Illinois State May 2011 Graduate student Jessica Griffin, above, patiently works to reconstruct glass bottles removed as shards during a 1981 campus dig. One key artifact at the site on the Quad was the Old Main cistern, right, which was located underneath the building’s front porch.

The timeframe was pinpointed ISU he worked for the Midwestern from items thrown into a cistern Archaeological Research Center uncovered by Barr. At the bottom (MARC) as a historical archaeologist was a lamp, patented in 1917. Several and principal investigator. MARC objects were piled on the lamp, but at director Edward B. Jelks initiated the am very glad that professors Skibo the very top of the heap was a glass Old Main archaeological explorations and Hunter and others have become prescription bottle made in 1932. and involved Barr in the project. interested in the Old Main site,” Barr The opportunity as a gradu- “The building itself was an icon said. “I believe it is an important part ate student to engage in research so when it was still there and is a grand of the ISU campus.” meaningful to the school is a thrill for memory for anyone who ever saw Skibo and Hunter agree and are Griffin, who is especially pleased to it,” Barr said. “It would be difficult confident more can be learned about be building on the work of an earlier to decide what building, if any, still Old Main from the boxes of frag- graduate student. standing on campus holds the same mented items that now line Griffin’s “It’s funny, I feel like I’m work- place in the hearts of the ISU family.” office wall. Studying the excavated ing with Keith Barr even though I Now working as a historian with materials is the best way to learn have never met him,” Griffin said. the Air Force Reserve Command His- about the real history of the building, Barr completed his master’s tory Office at Robins Air Force Base which is discussed at length in the degree in history with an emphasis in Georgia, Barr is pleased to know University’s official records yet re- in historical archaeology. While at the Old Main project continues. “I mains a bit mysterious to generations

May 2011 Illinois State 21 who never had the opportunity to set foot in the campus landmark. “There has been a great deal written about Old Main, but we don’t really know the whole story,” Skibo an explained. “There is always an of- beyond ficial story, one people want to tell, but there is always another story too. d It will always be the official story un- less we find another one.” To gain a more complete under- bricks standing, the research team is also working to tap into the memories of alumni and community individu- als who had campus ties during the mortar years that Old Main still stood. he facts and figures recorded in the University’s ar- Oral histories have been gath- chives about Old Main give a good sense of the building’s ered from graduates who attended T grandeur, but they can’t convey the emotion tied to such between 1933 and 1942, which puts a significant campus landmark. For that it takes personal experi- ence and memories, such as those still cherished by Eugene A. Hunter. Hunter holds the employee service record at Illinois State University, starting at 20 and changing his last fluorescent light at 72. He worked under nine presidents and knew the people several buildings are named for, including Arthur Watterson, Nelson Smith, Ruth Stroud, Pop Horton, Howard Hancock, Dean Schroeder, and Clyde Hudelson. He met Carter Harris, the beloved building service worker who was employed at ISU for 48 years. Harris is honored to this day with a physical plant building that bears his name. Only 11 at the time they met, Hunter didn’t say anything to Harris but smiles at the thought of having broken his service record. One the most unique finds was a hand grenade When Hunter started, a street ran through the Quad. Hovey fire extinguisher, above, which was filled with fire retardant liquid and thrown into a flame to Hall, Milner Library, and Hancock Stadium didn’t exist. Neither squelch a blaze. did the towering residence halls. “The campus you’re looking at now is the second campus,” he said. some of them close to reaching the Now 80, Hunter still has a vivid mental picture of Illinois century mark. Griffin has also inter- State Normal University, and especially Old Main. He worked in viewed some of the faculty and staff the building and remembers it as his most difficult assignment. members who worked in the building There were no elevators or air conditioning. At night he had to up until the late 1950s. close all the windows on three floors, a task that took two hours. Speaking with people who Yet Hunter never gave a thought to working anyplace else, walked Old Main’s halls has brought grateful for a job that paid well and offered security. He was par- life to the project. “It’s exciting and ticularly pleased to keep his strong campus ties, which go back to interesting to hear people talk about his youth. Old Main,” Skibo said. “The alumni Hunter attended Thomas Metcalf School and University are a rich data source, and time is High School when they were still housed in Moulton Hall on the ticking by.” Quad. He rode his bike home for lunch because the restaurants that ringed the campus wouldn’t serve him as an African-Ameri- Continued on page 24 can student.

22 Illinois State May 2011 An athlete at U-High, he can still remember he ran “Gene taught them humility, grace, and what it the 100-yard dash in 10.3 seconds, and the name of the meant to be a man. He taught students more about life boy who ran faster. His dream was to run track and play than they learned in the classroom,” Lewis said. “For football at Illinois State while studying industrial arts. many of those students, their first encounter with an The campus already felt like home as his father, Eugene African-American was Gene. He worked on some of the beyond F. Hunter, worked at ISU as a foreman for 29 years and toughest floors in Manchester but students kept them until his death in 1971. up because of their respect for Gene. He was the most Eugene began his 52 years of service under Presi- popular guy on the floor.” dent Raymond Fairchild, who When Hunter reached 50 hired him for second shift main- years of service, there was a bricks tenance in 1950. There were celebration. President Vic Bos- only 1,500 students at that time. chini presented him with an Hunter cleaned residence halls Illinois State letter jacket and that African-Americans weren’t a University High School class mortar allowed to live in. ring, which replaced the one “It was rough, very segre- that was stolen when his home gated,” he said. “It hurt me, it was robbed. hurt my family.” He was honored with the But he was treated well Distinguished Service Award on campus and loved his job, in 1981, which is the highest which was interrupted by a draft accolade given to staff. “It notice only four months into it. meant that I accomplished all Fairchild promised Hunter if he the good deeds at ISU that I returned safely from the Korean could,” Hunter said. “I thank War, where he served in Ans- ISU and the students and the bach, Germany, he’d have a job faculty and my coworkers for for life. Two years later Hunter that.” was home, injured but healthy Hunter retired in 2003 enough to work. and now lives in Bloomington He swept floors and emp- only a couple of blocks from tied trash in Smith Hall, which where he grew up, along a was filled with 52 men, many of them veterans. And brick street with modest homes that have wrought-iron he built relationships, including one with Dean of Men railings, screen doors, and scattered gardens. He still Ralph Linkins, who often asked Hunter for advice. goes to First Christian Church, where he started serv- “I’d tell him to do what he thought he should, but do ing as a deacon when he was only 12. And he still enjoys it in the right way,” said Hunter, who gained respect of visits to the campus that he has watched evolve as con- the campus community throughout his years of service. struction projects over time have changed the landscape. He is remembered by former coworkers, students and Perhaps the biggest change was the loss of Old faculty as loyal, private, quiet, steady, and able to get Main. A memorial marks where the building once along with everyone. proudly stood on the Quad. The bell also remains on Never married, Hunter cared deeply about the stu- the Quad and is rung on special occasions. Hunter was dents. He chose to work in Manchester Hall for so long chosen as a bell ringer during a past Founders Day bell that he watched a second generation of students move ceremony—a celebration with special meaning for the in. He stayed because he thought he could make a differ- man who gladly served the University, including in the ence to students, Rick Lewis said. halls of Old Main. Now associate dean of students, Lewis met Hunter while serving as a residence hall coordinator in Man- Eugene Hunter interview chester. He remembers and appreciates Hunter’s in- Listen to Eugene Hunter share his vivid campus memories. Video from his interview can be found volvement in the lives of students. at IllinoisState.edu/magazine.

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Hunter explained how joyous she felt to find alumni eager to help the historical project. “I think we have a lot to learn from the alumni,” she said. “The one theme that we kept hearing over and over again was ‘we were so lucky to go to school.’” Alumni inter- viewed have talked less about what they learned in Old Main’s classrooms and more about the Once a stately structure, Old Main, above, was constructed at a cost of $200,000. hallways, stairways, It stood for nearly 100 years. Demolition was necessary in 1958, left, as the building became a hazard. clock tower, and friendships they University, as well as sparked ideas women. Both are intrigued by ISU’s made with people from differing for other areas of Illinois State they integration of minority students over backgrounds. would like to examine. Hunter is the years, given Illinois State was one The stories and overall project interested in studying domestic life of the first universities to open its have increased the sense of pride on campus and the history of ISNU doors without regard to race. Hunter and Skibo have for the W IT H

BEGOL INNING subscriptions from various people and sold real estate. McLean County D residents pledged $70,000 of the $150,000 needed for construction. Ground was broken in September of 1857 and the hortly after the University was established in cornerstone laid that same year, signaling that the 1857,MA plans for construction began on propertyI projectN was ready to move forward. The situation S located in what was then Bloomington. The changed within months, however, with a financial panic site was chosen for its proximity to the crossing of the similar to the Great Depression. Enthusiasm for the Illinois Central and the Chicago and Alton railroads. building died down. People who had made promises to The first building planned was Old Main. To pay could not or would not provide the funding. For 16 fund the project, Illinois State administrators secured months, nothing was done on the building.

24 Illinois State May 2011 another excavation, there are hands-on research, which is the best no plans as of now. The re- way to learn. The topic is a great one, sponsible thing to do is to go and it’s right here at our fingertips.” through the information Barr Griffin knows from experience found first, Skibo said, noting how a project such as the Old Main he would be thrilled with the dig would serve as a great learning opportunity to gather more tool for future students. “It would artifacts from the Quad. remind people of what’s buried just “It would be good to below the surface,” she said, while show we have research to do sipping from a glass bottle of ice tea on campus about our cam- she had purchased before beginning pus,” Skibo said. Another dig work that afternoon. would also bring an opportu- “It’s amazing to think that I’m Old Main’s foundation was exposed during the 1981 dig, above. nity to engage more students just drinking this on an average Fri- The bell from the clock tower remains on the Quad on the site where the building once stood. in the project, which is some- day,” she said holding up the bottle thing both Skibo and Hunter to examine it closer, “but in 70 years Even Barr came up with another would welcome. someone like me could be agonizing research project. “Perhaps Cook “Students always need projects over the manufacturer’s label on the Hall,” he suggested. “I nominated and research experience,” Hunter bottom to figure out something about Cook Hall for the National Register said. “This is an opportunity for the past.” of Historic Places and it was accept- ed about the same time I was doing the Old Main work.” Get involved in the project. Do you have an Old Main memory or story to share? Go online to As for the possibility of con- Old Main. IllinoisState.edu/involved, call (309) 438-7397, or send tinuing the Old Main project with an e-mail to [email protected].

Charles Hovey, Illinois State’s first president, The basement held laboratories for the science decided to take action. He created a building committee department on one side, and the janitor’s living quarters with the goal of seeing Old Main completed. Members on the other. of the committee signed personal financial notes and The first floor had classrooms for the University’s made compromises with earlier subscribers to secure model school and offices for the education department. funding. Hovey purchased $30,000 of “swamp land” in The 270-seat lecture hall was in the middle of the Illinois, helping to create a land boom in the area. second floor with 10 classrooms around it. The third Construction began in 1859, with the building first floor housed a museum, the library, Normal Hall, and used for commencement in 1860. The building was rooms for the Philadelphian and Wrightonian speech completed by 1861 at a cost of $200,000. societies. Old Main was 160 feet long and 100 feet wide. It In 1946 the clock tower was declared unsafe reached a height of 140 feet and included a clock tower and was removed. That summer the third floor was that could be seen for miles. A three-story building, it also removed. The building fell into such a state of contained a large lecture hall and several classrooms. deterioration that it was torn down in 1958.

May 2011 Illinois State 25 ISU’s theatre program prepared Steppenwolf founders

hat is now lauded as the nation’s premier ensemble theater had W Jeff Perry, left, and humble beginnings with two Terry Kinney shared Illinois State alums. Terry Kinney their appreciation for ’76 and Jeff Perry ’78 partnered ISU’s theatre faculty during a campus with Gary Sinise to create Chicago’s conversation. Steppenwolf Theatre Company in the mid-1970s. They did so out of a resolve to continue developing as actors, never anticipating they would ultimately change the face of American theatre. “Our beginnings were just an extension of the kind of work we did here” at Illinois State, Kinney said during a panel discussion with Perry. The two returned to campus in February to receive honorary doctorate degrees at Founders Day. Both have also been added to the newly created College of Fine Arts Hall of Fame. Reflecting on Steppenwolf’s start, the two praised Illinois State faculty for creating the opportu- As undergraduates the two were nity to learn what it means to be an empowered to write, cast, design, artist. “We had this permission and and direct productions. Kinney still inspiration of that gift that the fondly remembers playing a sloth for department gave us in its curricu- an entire semester in Jean Scharf- lum, which was basically saying enberg’s class. He still invokes the ‘Go learn how to fish,’” Perry said. advice of professor Don LaCasse, who preached “Don’t just do something, stand there” when teaching the art of creating a character that listens on stage. And both remain grateful for the wisdom of John Kirk, who emphasized that characters are formed in the space be- tween actors. Such teaching instilled “this crucial expectation to fig- ure out what it meant to be an artist,” Perry said. He and Si- Photo by Lisa Howe-Ebright nise, who was a Chicago high Jeff Perry and John Malkovich in True West, April 1982.

Photo by Robert L. Segal

26 Illinois State May 2011 ISU’s theatre program prepared Steppenwolf founders

around the room. And we didn’t stage violence. We hit each other,” Kinney said. Such raw emotion was fun- neled into four plays initially, two of which were eventually staged by invitation at St. Nicholas Theatre in Chicago. Critics gave good re- views, cementing the foundation Steppenwolf needed to build a strong future. That was 35 years ago. Perry and Kinney have since established remarkable careers as actors and directors. Step- penwolf has grown to 43 mem- bers who still stage ground- breaking productions that capture national acclaim and accolades, includ- ing nine Tony Awards. ISU’s Steppenwolf ties are strong, as this photo of the The success is sweet Chicago theatre’s 1981 troupe reveals. Clockwise from left are John Malkovich ’76; Francis Guinan Jr. ‘74, M.S. ’76; for Perry and Kinney be- Moira Harris ’76; Jeff Perry ’78; Gary Sinise; Laurie Metcalf cause the company remains ’76; Rondi Reed ’77; Alan Wilder ’76; Terry Kinney ’76; Joan true to the trio’s initial vision, Allen; John Mahoney; Tom Irwin ‘79; and Glenne Headly. school classmate, enlisted Kinney in which was “to tear down the fourth conversation about how they could wall” and “be hyper-real” in repre- continue that quest after graduation. senting aberrant society. “We were They found the answer by start- good at portraying those people that ing their own theatre company in broke our hearts. That’s the kind of the basement of a Catholic church work we chose,” Kinney said. in Highland Park. Eventually nine “I think there is something other ISU peers were involved in the incredibly uplifting about doing effort, including John Malkovich ’76 a play about desperate characters and Laurie Metcalf ’76. The name who don’t know what to do next,” Steppenwolf surfaced because one Kinney explained. “The importance of Perry’s friends was reading the of art for me is to go to the theatre, Hermann Hesse book by the same turn off the lights, and see our lives title at the time. reflected back in metaphor and “We started our own theatre storytelling. It helps to make sense company by throwing ourselves at of the things we suffer through ev- each other. We never did readings ery day. That was our mission from of first plays. We flung ourselves the beginning.”

The journey from Allen Theatre. Photo by Lisa Howe-Ebright Hear Terry Kinney and Jeff Perry discuss their ISU years and their rise to star status. Video from their panel discussion is online at IllinoisState.edu/magazine. Terry Kinney and Laurie Metcalf in Glass Menagerie, May 1979.

May 2011 Illinois State 27 AlumniConnections

Summer time and Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet slated for annual alumni night

he annual Alumni Night at you will also get the “inside scoop” from Relations at (309) 438-2586. Tickets are the Illinois Shakespeare Fes- festival personnel, including a backstage available at Alumni.IllinoisState.edu/ tival has been scheduled for tour and a photo opportunity with some shakespeare. Friday, July 29. The theatre of the actors. Individuals unable to attend the willT be reserved for alumni and their The cocktail hour and theatre tours alumni event may still wish to catch guests, who will enjoy a performance of begin at 5:30 p.m. A buffet dinner will a show during the 2011 season, which Romeo and Juliet. One of the most well- be served on the lawn of Ewing Cultural includes productions of The Complete known of Shakespeare’s works, Romeo Center. A program will follow at 6:30 Works of Shakespeare (Abridged) and The and Juliet focuses on the story of two p.m., with remarks by President Al Bow- Winter’s Tale. The season runs from June young and reckless lovers torn apart by man. The show begins at 8 p.m. 23 through August 6. A special fund- rival families. They sacrifice everything The Alumni Relations office has raising night for WGLT with music and a for their love—family, friends, and even negotiated discounted prices for alumni meal is slated for August 7. their lives. for this special evening. Tickets for the In addition to the plays, the festival If you have never experienced the show range from $25 to $35 depend- will once again include preshow enter- Illinois Shakespeare Festival, this is the ing on seat preference. Tickets for the tainment and activities, including jazz in perfect opportunity to enjoy theater buffet dinner only are available for $16. the courtyard and picnic dinners in the under the stars! Not only will you see To reserve tickets or request additional beautiful Genevieve Green Gardens. one of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays, Alumni Night information, call Alumni

28 Illinois State May 2011 Transcript orders available online Illinois State offers an online transcript There is a $2.25 online processing ordering service through the National Stu- fee per mailing address, in addition to dent Clearinghouse. To order visit www. the $6 fee per ISU transcript. Requests registrar.ilstu.edu/transcripts. Select the are generally processed within two busi- link that says ‘login to Clearinghouse ness days. Expedited shipping is also secure site’ and follow the ordering steps. available. The necessary form that will be provided Call Clearinghouse at (703) 742- can be sent directly to the Clearinghouse 7791, or contact ISU’s Registrar’s Office as an e-mail attachment. You can also at (309) 438-2188 or email registrar@ print it out and either mail or fax it. IllinoisState.edu with questions.

Alumni Association awards program Nominations sought for now seeking nominations Homecoming royalty Do you know of an alumnus who deserves Day in February of 2012. Nominations Nominations for the alumni king and to be recognized? Nominate the indi- are due by May 31. queen, prince and princess for the 2011 Homecoming court are being sought. vidual for an award! Details and an online nomination Applications are available at IllinoisState- The Alumni Association awards pro- form are available at www.Alumni.ilstu. Homecoming.com/royalty or by contacting gram recognizes professional and ser- edu/awards. Contact Gina Bianchi at [email protected]. Nominations vice accomplishments of alumni. Award [email protected] or by calling are due by July 1. recipients will be honored on Founders (309) 438-7380 with questions. The alumni king and queen will be crowned at a luncheon on October 14. They will reign over events throughout Homecoming weekend. Alumni who have celebrated their 50th class reunion, have a strong ISU connection, and are able to at- tend Homecoming events throughout the full weekend are eligible. The Homecoming prince and princess will help lead off the annual parade and other events on Saturday. Children of ISU graduates between the ages of four and seven at the time of Homecoming 2011 are eligible. Nominees must display Redbird spirit, pride, and enthusiasm.

Begin planning summer and Homecoming reunions The Alumni Relations office has compiled a planning guide to assist alumni who are interested in coordinating a reunion. Whether the intent is to get together with former classmates or club members, this guide will make reunion planning easier. Simply visit www.Alumni.ilstu.edu/ reunion for more information or contact [email protected]. Hard copies IllinoisStateHomecoming.com of the reunion planning guide are also available at the Alumni Relations office on campus.

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May 2011 Illinois State 29 ClassNotes

One very scary fish story that’s all too real Geology alum out to stop dangerous invasion

he Asian carp is destroying the He rose through the agency to “I’m primarily responsible for plan- Midwest rivers’ ecosystem, become a senior advisor and regular cor- ning, coordinating, budgeting, tracking, threatening the Great Lakes, respondent with the White House. He and monitoring operational implantation sparking lawsuits between obtained one of the highest profile posi- activities for all Asian carp activities for governmentalT agencies, and injuring fish- tions in his regional office—emergency local, state, and federal agencies,” Bolen ermen by knocking them out of boats. response program manager—before tran- explained. Geology alum Bill Bolen ’80 is work- sitioning to the Great Lakes National The Army Corps of Engineers has ing to tackle the species. After graduating, Program Office. constructed electric barriers between Bolen worked as an oil exploration geolo- “I wanted to apply my rapid the Mississippi River basin and Lake gist in Texas before moving to Chicago response training to help stop invasive Michigan. Construction on the third bar- and beginning an environmental career species,” he said. That’s exactly his goal rier began last fall with hopes of adding as a private firm consultant. with the Asian carp, which has already another engineering barrier to stop the “I conducted mostly hazardous devastated the ecosystem in several river carps’ progress. waste investigations, landfill investiga- ways. Breeding rapidly, the fish eats all Commercial fishermen are helping as tions, and a lot of property assessments the native species’ food sources in sight. well. They are employed by Illinois to use for contamination,” said Bolen, who If it were to enter the Great Lakes, the nets to pull Asian carp out from beneath joined the U.S. Environmental Protection damage could be irreversible. the barriers. A Chinese company imports Agency’s Superfund Program in 1987. 50 million pounds of carp fillets annually. A scoop for ISU student Bill Bolen helped senior Cassie Monroe write about his work for a class assignment. 30 Illinois State May 2011 Go to IllinoisState.edu/magazine and read how she beat the national media with his help. Taylor Vaughn ’58 completed a mas- 30s ter’s degree in guidance from Gov- Elizabeth “Bette” A. Burchfield Bates ernors State University. He taught ’34 worked as a Girl Scout camp for 45 years, specializing in math Pause for applause director and trained leaders for and English. He also taught social the program before retiring after studies to middle school students. Satiric sweets 20 years. She also worked as a During summers he worked in After completing his business degree, Jordan naturalist for Ore Dunes Recreation steel mills. He has been recognized Zweigoron ’87 headed to a Silicon Valley career that National Park. An avid hiker until by Cambridge Who’s Who Among ended with his decision to reinvent the corner dough- she reached 90, she has visited all American Teachers for demonstrat- nut shop. In 2009 he opened Psycho Donuts in the San U.S. national parks and has trav- ing dedication, leadership, and Francisco Bay area. “We’re the world’s most unusual donut eled internationally. Now a widow, excellence in education. He resides shop, with lines out the door and international media attention,” said she had four foster children. She in Chicago. Zweigoron, who has since opened a second store in San Jose. Themed resides in River Bend, Oregon. as a light-hearted asylum complete with a padded cell, the business 60s ranks among the Top 10 Donuts Coast to Coast according to Maxim 40s Magazine. The menu, online at www.psycho-donuts.com, includes Judith L. (Meyer) Maxwell ’60 is a such unusual offerings as the hamburger donut. Catherine Cole Di Paolo ’41 is a retired retired educator. She received the teacher. She is widowed and resides 2010 American Cancer Society Vol- Fight for freedom in Morris. unteer of the Year Hope Award for Citrus County, Florida. She and her International student Fatemeh Masjedi, M.S. ’05, husband, Donald, reside in Citrus returned to her homeland of Iran after complet- 50s Springs, Florida. ing a graduate degree in history at Illinois State. Determined to make a difference throughout her Phyllis Lockwood Foster ’61 has Barbara Ray Tyler ’50 is retired and country, Masjedi became a campaign and women’s retired and is volunteering as a enjoying international travel. She rights activist in Qom. She worked with the One Million Signatures court appointed special advocate has toured Italy and Ireland. She is Campaign, which was launched to persuade lawmakers to vote for with children in the St. Louis widowed and lives in Decatur. change. She was arrested while working on the project and charged County court system. She and her with spreading propaganda against the state. Initially sentenced to one Dorothy L. (Edwards) Moore ’53 is husband, Darrell, reside in Kirk- year of prison, Masjedi has been fined $200 and given a six-month retired and writing her memoirs. wood, Missouri. She appeared as an extra in the suspended imprisonment. Iran uses suspended sentences to silence movie Patch Adams. She resides in Heather Hanlon ’61 retired in 2006 critics of the government. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. after 43 years of teaching K-12 art, music, and art education. She One farmer’s fame JimAnn Smith Oliver ’54 is a retired resides in Boise, Idaho. supervisor of education research Farming in Illinois is not unique, but the way Marsha Turner Hill ’62 with the U.S. Department of Edu- is a theatre agribusiness-horticulture alum Mac Condill ’99 director and board member with cation. She created a program goes about it is unusual. Condill is a nationally Country Theatre Workshop in for the mentally disabled for the recognized cucurbit expert, specializing in mel- Cissna Park. She and her husband, Cherokee Nation in the 1950s and ons, gourds, pumpkin, and squash. Continuing a Virl, reside in Bourbonnais. was the first teacher in Oklahoma family tradition of more than 150 years on 200 with a degree in special education. Larry K. Krannich ’63, M.S. ’64, is pro- acres in Arthur, Condill does more than entertain tourists at his annual A widow, she has 10 grandchil- fessor emeritus in the Department Great Pumpkin Patch, Homestead Bakery, and Homestead Seeds. He dren and one great-grandchild. of Chemistry at the University of is often a featured guest of Martha Stewart, most recently appearing A daughter, Lanette, has been Alabama. He is executive director on her Hallmark Channel program last October. That same month he chosen as one of the Pathfinder 7, of the Alabama Academy of Sci- was invited to the decorate the White House lawn, joining President which will take the first team of ence. He is also an elected member Obama’s family in handing out Halloween treats. teachers into space. She resides in of the American Chemical Soci- Temple, Texas. ety Board of Directors, serving a Drawn to music Leo Kiesewetter ’58, M.S. ’63, has three-year term as the District IV An artist known for her amazing ink-on-paper authored two novels. The first is director. He resides in Birmingham, drawings, Jessica Benjamin ’99 could not imag- The Story of Love and the Missing Alabama. ine her work would one day inspire an album Lara. The second is a sequel titled Allen Pickering ’64 is a former mem- cover. After completing her degree in studio art The Murder of George. He resides in ber of the Redbird basketball team and printmaking, she relocated to Colorado and Bloomington. and is a member of the Illinois ultimately New York. There she honed her skill and showcased her work State Athletics Percy Family Hall in numerous exhibits. One significant work was the American Series, which involved painting a portrait of the United States by painting com- Reggie Reads posite portraits of its residents. Jazz great Wynton Marsalis used the Check out a column dedicated to book reviews of work by paintings to illustrate his album From the Plantation to the Penitentiary. alums. Go online to IllinoisState.edu/magazine and click on The two collaborated for a second album, He and She. Reggie Reads. A scoop for ISU student Bill Bolen helped senior Cassie Monroe write about his work for a class assignment. Go to IllinoisState.edu/magazine and read how she beat the national media with his help. May 2011 Illinois State 31 How we met When Emily Kabbes ’06 met Josh Kauten ’06 walking to class one day from Wright Hall, she didn’t know he would share her passion and steal her heart. Emily was an elementary education major, while Josh was in the exercise science and fitness program. Although they had no classes in common, they eventually did an assignment together. “Emily was working on a paper at the Karin Bone Athletic Study Center and she somehow lost the computer copy,” Josh said. “I stayed at the study center with her for a few hours helping retype the eight-page paper.” They came to find that they both shared a love and aptitude for sports. Emily played volleyball and Josh played baseball for Illinois State. They began dating. They cheered each other on at games. Their relation- ship became stronger with time. “We dated for six years before we got engaged, so we got to know each other very well,” Emily said. “After college Josh played professional baseball, so the time we spent in a long distance relationship made us realize how important our relationship was.” The two married in July of 2010. Many of their Illinois State comrades were there to support them. Reggie Redbird even made an appearance. They now reside in Normal and are never far from the field of sports. Emily teaches kindergarten in Unit 5 and is also the head volleyball coach at Central Catholic High School in Bloomington. Josh is the pitching coach and fitness and recreation center coordinator at Heartland Community College. Illinois State remains significant to Emily and Josh because they found not only a wealth of friends but each other. “We wouldn’t have met if it weren’t for ISU, especially ISU athletics.”

of Fame. He served as the men’s in the Center for Teaching and Bruce Darnall ’68 writes with his Club. She and her husband, Terry, basketball coach and director of Learning. She continues to teach in son and current graduate student, reside in Bloomington. athletics at Lincoln College for 31 the university’s teacher certifica- Mark Darnall. The two authored William M. “Mike” Orrison ’68, M.S. years. He has been inducted into tion program as an adjunct assistant an article about Adam Wainwright ’78, has retired after a 42-year the National Junior College Athletic professor. She and her husband, titled “Cardinals Right-Hander is teaching career. He taught 32 and Association Hall of Fame. He and Ron, reside in Canton. Thriving in His Work and Calling.” one-half years at Mid-County/ his wife, Jeannine Kiesling, M.S. ’97, Wainwright is a pitcher for the William H. Matens ’67 worked for Midland High School in Varna reside in Lincoln. St. Louis Cardinals and 2010 NL 28 years with the FBI before retir- before retiring in 2000. He then Cy Young runner-up. The article Lester A. Davis ’65, M.S. ’70, taught ing in 1997. He worked terrorism taught nine and one-half years appeared in Athletes In Action, at Rich Central High School in cases for 18 of those years, forming at Kernersville Middle School in which is an online publication Olympia Fields prior to becoming a and coordinating the Denver Ter- Kernersville, North Carolina. He of Campus Crusade for Christ. special agent with the FBI. He com- rorist Force and later the Fugitive resides there with his wife, Linda The article can be found at www. pleted 25 years of service before Task Force. He was a SWAT team Jeanne (Jungels) ’71. She retired athletesinaction.org/news. Bruce retiring in 1994. As an agent he member, bomb technician, firearms from Mid-County/Midlan in 2000 resides in Lake Mills, Wisconsin. investigated criminal, internal secu- and defensive tactics instructor, after 30 years of teaching service. rity, and civil rights cases. Beyond and hostage negotiator. He is now Janet (Moore) Huff ’68, ’92, enjoys They have two daughters who are teaching professional courses vice president of Chicago-based writing during her retirement also graduates: Susan Piotrowski ’89 to new agents and state and law Quest Consultants, which is an years. Her work was included in and Julie Setlak ’96. enforcement, Davis was an adjunct investigative group made up of the Upper Room publication in Bob Rush ’68, M.S. ’79, has retired faculty member at the University of retired FBI special agents and other the fall of 2010. She has also had from COUNTRY Financial after Virginia. He is national president law enforcement officers. Matens poetry published in a vocal therapy serving the organization for 12 of the Society of Former Special serves as North Central Regional textbook for an organization called years. He started at the company Agents of the FBI. He resides in Vice President of the Society of For- Songshine. Included in the textbook as executive vice president of the Jeffersonton, Virginia. mer Special Agents of the FBI. He was music she composed for the IAA Trust Company. He retired as resides in St. Charles. published poem. She was named Cheryl L (Grater) Bielema ’67 has senior vice president of COUN- 2010 Photographer of the Year by retired from the University of Mis- TRY Trust Bank. He and his wife, the Sun City Palm Desert Camera souri-St. Louis, where she worked

32 Illinois State May 2011 Annette (Bateman) ’69, M.S. ’91, Thomas Tegtmeyer ’70 has retired as both languages and became avail- Allen has built the biggest specialty reside in Bloomington. They are the vice president of sales for Anixter able in the U.S. this year. retail program in the industry, parents of three sons and have five International. His wife, Betty (Wil- taking his department from 12 to Diane (Wegner) Miller ’72 retired in grandchildren. son) ’69, died in 2002. He resides 80 specialty leasing reps, and has 2009 after 35 years of teaching deaf in Ottawa. grown the program from a few Susan (Fellhauer) Savion ’69 has and hard of hearing students. For 31 hundred cart tenants into a robust retired after 41 years of teaching. Larry Watters ’70 retired from State years she taught at Escanaba High 3,485 cart locations. He resides in She taught in Illinois for more Farm Insurance Companies in 2010 School in Escanaba, Michigan. She Carmel, Indiana. than 12 years, in Pennsylvania after 41 years of service as an agent. resides in Rock, Michigan. for five years, and in New York He and his wife, Diane, reside in Marc Loro ’74 is a graduate of the Steven Burgauer ’73, M.S. ’74, is a sci- for 20 years. She has published Naperville. They are the parents of School of Law at Washington Uni- ence fiction author. His most recent four teacher resource books titled five children. versity in St. Louis. He is the senior book is The Grandfather Paradox. Quotes to Start the Day, Quotes to legal adviser with the Department Carol Chase ’72 is a mystery novelist He resides in Peoria. Stretch Your Mind, Quotes to Spark of Administrative Hearings within who writes under the pen name of Discussion, and Quotes to Make Michael Saul ’73, M.M.E. ’80, is the the Illinois Office of the Secretary Kate Charles. She has been induct- History Come Alive. She resides in director of middle school bands for of State. He represents the office in ed into The Detection Club, which Syracuse, New York. the Hannibal Public Schools in Mis- driver’s license hearings and coor- is the oldest crime fiction organiza- tion in the world. It was founded by the Golden Age luminaries in 70s 1930. Founding members include Diana (Leapley) DeWees ’70 com- Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, pleted a doctorate in physical and Arthur Morrison. Membership education at the University of Iowa. is by election and is considered She taught and coached for many a great honor. Chase resides in years before working in human England. resources. She is the parent of two Lawrence R. Johnson ’72 has retired sons and resides in Ladera Ranch, from the Hewlett-Packard Compa- California. ny. He and his wife, Cathy Davies, John W. Foltz ’70 is actively practic- are on a celebratory adventure. ing law in Monticello, where he They are traveling 29 countries resides with his wife, Jean. They and 40,000 miles on motorcycles are the parents of two daughters. over an eight-month period. Their adventures are shared online at Linda C. Vincent Grzyb ’70, M.S. ’76, www.2by2Wheels4theWorld.com. worked as an elementary education teacher and reading specialist in Darlene A. Kluka ’72, M.A. ’76, has 40 years of friendship completed two doctorates, one Mississippi, Illinois, and Wiscon- In 1970 three women met at Pi Beta Coop as undergraduate education earned at the University of Preto- sin before retiring in 2010 with students, beginning a friendship that has now spanned 40 years. Mar- ria in South Africa. She is interim 40 years of service. She received riages, careers, children, and miles later, the women still see each other the Pat Bricker Research Award dean of the School of Human Per- annually—despite the fact one lives abroad. They remain grateful for the from the Wisconsin State Reading formance and Leisure Sciences at friendship built at Illinois State. Their most recent reunion was held in Association, and has published in Barry University. She was inducted late 2010 in Chicago. They are, from left, Joy (Vandoske) Croker ’73 of their journal. She was also named into ISU’s College of Applied Australia; and Kathy (Winke) Drews ’72 and Rosemary (Bak) Troxel ’72, the Ann Baum Teacher of the Year Science and Technology Hall of both of Chicago suburbs. Joy’s daughter, Nikki, also attended. while at Foster Elementary School Fame in 2010. She resides in Davie, in Appleton, Wisconsin. She and Florida. her husband, Gerry, reside in Neen- Michael Lockett ’72, M.S. ’75, Ed.D. ah, Wisconsin. ’92, retired after 33 years in pub- souri. He is also the conductor of dinates legislation for the depart- Michael Latta ’70 completed a doc- lic school education. He was in the Quincy University Symphonic ment. Loro is a charter member of torate in psychology from Iowa the classroom for 21 years and an Band and an applied instructor the ISBA Committee on Govern- State University. He is the William administrator for 12 years. He is of horn. He lives in Quincy with ment Lawyers. He is also a charter J. Baxley Jr. applied business pro- now a full-time professional sto- Randi, his wife of 32 years. They are member of Illinois State Univer- fessor at Coastal Carolina Univer- ryteller, and has given more than the parents of two daughters. sity’s Attorney Advisory Board, cur- sity. He has been named associate 3,000 programs across the country Jim Allen ’74 is the executive vice rently serving as its vice chair. He dean of the E. Craig Wall Sr. Col- as well as overseas. He has complet- president of local leasing with resides in Springfield. lege of Business Administration at ed six tours of Taiwan, two of Hong Simon Property Group. He is the Mary (Pronoitis) Pels ’74 is an inde- the university. Prior to joining the Kong, two of China, and two of recipient of the Specialty Retail pendent contractor who provides university in 2005 he owned and South Korea. Lockett has authored Report Lifetime Achievement professional development for K-12 operated YTMBA Research, which six children’s books. Originally pub- Award for his outstanding leader- general and special education staff specialized in predictive analytics. lished in Taiwan, they have English ship in the specialty retail industry. in multiple school districts. She He resides in Myrtle Beach, South on one side and Mandarin on the He is the first to receive the honor. taught for several years in alterna- Carolina. other. All come with an audio CD in

May 2011 Illinois State 33 Redbird legacy The Goodwin family ties are made stronger by the fact 17 relatives share an Illinois State experience. Recreation management graduate Dan Goodwin ’07, now a graduate student in Kinesiology and Recre- ation, is continuing an ISU tradition that started with his late father, Tom Goodwin ’75. Tom met his wife, Anne (Kitchen) ’77, working at a Burger King on Main Street. Neither one could have predicted the Illinois State legacy their family would create. Tom’s brothers followed in his footsteps. Jim Goodwin ’82 and Mark Goodwin ’84 both met their wives at ISU as well. Jim and Lauri (Meents) ’82 re- side in Woodridge, while Mark and Jana (Mayberry) ’84 are now in Danville. Anne’s siblings, Art and Kathy Kitchen, also Members of the Goodwin family who are also Redbirds include, from left, John Wons, Melissa attended, as did the children of Anne and Tom. (Wons) Goodwin, Bryan Goodwin, Dan Goodwin, Matt Godwin, Anne (Kitchen-Goodwin) Kinate, Beyond Dan, two other sons enrolled. Matt Goodwin Cliff Kinate, Lauri (Meents) Goodwin, and Jim Goodwin. ’01, M.S. ’03, is now living in New Hampshire. Bryan Goodwin ’04, M.S. ’07, is living in Plainfield with his wife, Melissa (Wons) ’05. They also met at ISU. Melissa’s younger brother, John Wons, is now enrolled. Patrick Goodwin, the son of Mark and Jana, is also a current student. “When you grow up and hear so much about Illinois State, you know it’s where you want to go,” said Dan, who has yet another cousin graduate. Darren McEvilly finished a marketing degree in 2007 and resides in Channahon. Dan’s mother has remarried and her current husband, Cliff Kinate, is a 1966 alum. They reside in Danville. The family’s unique ISU heritage is enriched by the fact many have ties to Campus Recreation. Bryan, Matt, and Melissa, all worked there, as do Dan and Patrick currently. Dan is hopeful even more family will attend the University. “It would be nice to build that family tree even more,” he said. “The Plenty of memories foundation started here. Illinois State is very unique to us. It connects us all Read more about the Goodwin family legacy online together.” at IllinoisState/edu/magazine.

tive schools for emotionally dis- ning Commission and won a city- sions to the country of Slovakia to manages a team of Web developers turbed and behavior disordered stu- wide adult essay contest on the sub- help with teacher’s organizations. on an automotive multi-million dol- dents. She has also tutored learning ject of “If I were to write a book.” He and his wife, Maria, have been lar account for Maritz. He worked disabled children and adults at a He has served as commander of married 20 years. They reside in for McDonnell-Douglas before privately owned learning clinic. She Post 168 American Legion in Ham- Westchester. going to Maritz. He resides in St. resides in Flossmoor. mond, Indiana. He resides there Charles, Missouri. James Taphorn ’76 retired in 2010 with his wife, Jeanne. Dan Cummins ’75 is sports director after 33 years of service with the Paul W. Jung ’77, M.M.E. ’82, complet- for WTOL News 11 in Toledo, Ohio. Kathleen (Beningo) Mattingly ’76 is Rockton School District. He began ed an advanced certificate of study He hosts the Tsports Report, Press a state vocational director with in the district as a teacher and in school business administration Pass, and Slam on BCSN. He is also the Illinois Department of Correc- retired as an assistant principal. He through ISU’s College of Educa- the voice of the Toledo Rockets tions. She oversees the vocational resides in Rockton. tion. He has taught music in Illinois basketball. He and his wife, Barb, programs in 27 facilities. She also public schools since 1978. He com- Cathy Crawford Wiggers, M.S. ’76, reside in Maumee, Ohio. serves on the state Adult Education pleted his 25th year of teaching at retired from Peoria Public Schools Advisory Board and the Illinois Morris Community High School Stan Pasiewicz ’75 has retired from as a principal. She is working part- Community College Advisory this year. He is the choral music his teaching position at Libertyville time as an interventionist with Board. She and her husband, Don- director and the director of stu- District 70. He and his wife, Pattie, Peoria’s District 150. She resides in ald, reside in Greenville. dent activities at the school. Jung reside in Ingleside. Peoria. received the Distinguished Service Mark S. Novak ’76 retired as a fifth William Emerson Sr. ’76 is a student Steve Dersch ’77 is a senior IT man- Award from the Illinois Music grade teacher with Lyons District services resource officer with ager with Maritz Inc., in Fenton, Educators Association in 2011. He #103 after 34 years of service. He Hammond schools. He has been Missouri. He has worked for the resides in Morris. has traveled on numerous occa- appointed to the Hammond Plan- company for 20 years and now

34 Illinois State May 2011 Sandra (Ashley) Stringham ’77 Daniel Kobina Koomson ’83 is the Happy Hour Guidebook, which Christopher Catani ’86 is the director teaches first grade at Lowrie Ele- employed by the Ministry of Local highlights the top happy hours in of sales, marketing and customer mentary, which is part of the Elgin Government and Rural Develop- Portland, Oregon. The book also service with Hardy Diagnostics School District Unit 46. She earned ment in West Africa. He holds the includes objective ratings of 400 in Santa Maria, California. He is National Board Certification in ear- position of principal secretary in restaurants, as well as maps and a medical technologist and a reg- ly/middle childhood literacy in the the Ghana Civil Service. He resides coupons. She also produces the istered microbiologist. He is also fall of 2010. She and her husband, in Ghana, West Africa. Oregon Wine Country Guidebook, a black belt in karate. He and his Wayne, reside in Carol Stream. which is a reference to 200 winer- wife, Catherine, reside in Solvany, Brigitte M. (Hill) Smith ’83 is the ies in the state. California. Sandy (Gorman) Amato ’78 retired confidential assistant to the acting in 2010 after teaching 30 years. For director of the Illinois Department Scott A. Carr ’85 is a financial rep- Glenn Greenberg ’86 spent 12 years 27 years she was in Fort Lupton, of Corrections. She is the mother of resentative with Northwestern working with Southern Company Colorado, with the remaining years two sons. Her husband, Richmond Mutual, which helps clients achieve in Atlanta, Georgia. He is now an at the Academy of Our Lady/Spald- “Jeff” attended ISU in 1983. He died financial security. He received the associate with Booz Allen Ham- ing Institute. She taught French in October of 2010. She resides in 2011 Central Region Managing ilton, which provides learning and some English in both schools, Springfield. Director Leader Award. He resides solutions to the U.S. government. taking students to New Orleans in Long Grove. He and his partner, Will, reside in Debra D. (Beck) Bush ’84 received and France several times. She and Washington, D.C. her International Public Manage- Bob Border ’86 completed an M.B.A. her husband, Lee, reside in Fort ment Association for Human at Northwestern University’s Kel- Dennis R. Clodi ’87 is a doctoral fac- Lupton. Resources Certified Professional/ logg School of Management. He has ulty member with the University Kuburat O. Olaniran ’78 is a social Specialist Certification. She is a been named senior vice president, of Phoenix, which provides online worker with the Lagos state gov- human resources coordinator for chief information officer with Law- leadership classes and on-site resi- ernment. She resides in Chesa- dency classes around the country. peake, Virginia. He and his wife, Connie, reside in Bryan Bloodworth ’79 is vice presi- Bourbonnias. dent of business operations for Paul D. Held ’87 has been at Tay- Arizona Sundogs of the Central lorville High School for 22 years, Hockey League. He resides in with the past six spent working as Prescott, Arizona. the dean of students and athletic director. He has been recognized by the IADA as the Division 6 80s Athletic Director of the Year. He and his wife, Sylvia Dee, reside in Robert L. Bruce ’83 is a certified Taylorville. project management professional, employed with Frost Brown Todd, Tammy (Poole) Palmer ’87 is a senior LLC, which is a leading Midwest manager with Moss Adams, LLP, in corporate law firm with 1,000 Scottsdale, Arizona. She resides in employees located in 10 offices. He Anthem, Arizona. and his wife, Claudia, reside in Gos- Steven B. Shivak ’87 is executive hen, Kentucky. Alternative Spring Break director of the American Diabetes Mychal Coleman ’83 completed a Association of Western Pennsylva- doctorate in organization develop- Spring break memories are still fresh in the minds of students, especially nia. He took the position due to a ment and has published research those who took their week from classes to participate in Alternative family history of the disease. on cooperative learning, mergers Spring Break. More than 1,000 students have been involved in the pro- His father was lost to a stroke and acquisitions, self reflection and gram since it began in 2000. There were 225 this year helping communi- caused by his diabetes. Shivak change, and continuous improve- ties in Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and New Jersey. A resides in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. group from a 2010 trip to Mullens, West Virginia, above, benefited from ment. He is the vice president of Marilyn Dorn Jirjis Griffith, M.S. ’88, the experience that takes students beyond their comfort zone. human resources and senior lec- has retired from Pekin Community turer for the College of Business High School. She and her husband, at the University of Idaho. Prior to Bill, reside in Las Vegas, Nevada. accepting the position he was the the City of Peoria. She conducts son Products, Inc. Beyond oversee- director of the HRIR program at Jeff Archbold ’89 has been promoted interviews and hires for all City of ing the company’s information the Carlson School of Management to the position of regional criminal Peoria positions, as well as devel- technology organization, his prima- at the University of Minnesota. coordinator within the U.S. Depart- ops and implements policies and ry responsibility involves creating a ment of Labor-Employee Benefit Linda Perkins Gonsoulin ’83 has pub- procedures. She and her husband, sustainable competitive advantage Security Administration. He and his lished her first novel, titled Drama- Michael, reside in Peoria. for Lawson Products. Border has wife, Monica, reside in Geneva. In-Law. She resides in Houston, more than 25 years of technology Cindy Anderson ’85 has worked as a Teresa B. Henning ’89 has been Texas. expertise in various industries. He freelance graphic designer for the promoted to associate professor of resides in Naperville. past 20 years and a publisher for English at Southwest Minnesota the past five years. She produces

May 2011 Illinois State 35 State University. She has been a and Children’s Literature. He and faculty member there since 2006, his wife, LuAnn (Aiello) ’93, reside in teaching a range of courses from St. Joseph, Missouri. first-year and advanced composi- David Paoletti ’96 completed a mas- tion to teaching writing for high ter’s degree in ecology at Oregon school teachers. She has also served State University, where he is now as director of the professional an instructor of online courses in writing and communication major. the Department of Fisheries and Henning has presented at the Con- Wildlife. He and his wife, Tiffany, ference on College Composition are the parents of a son. Greyson and Communication, the Interna- was born in February of 2010. They tional Writing Center Association reside in Corvallis, Oregon. Conference, and the Great Plains Computers and Writing Confer- Daniel Richter ’97, M.S. ’99, is a senior ence. She has published in the Eng- scientist in oncology and a site lish Journal, Teaching English at the green chemistry leader with Pfizer Two-Year College, and the Journal in La Jolla, California. He resides in of Effective Teaching. She has also Backing the Redbirds San Diego, California. authored book chapters in Writing Fans of all ages enjoyed the annual Alumni Slam Dunk event held in James H. Alstrum-Acevedo ’98 com- and the iGeneration and What are January. Prior to the men’s basketball team taking to Doug Collins Court pleted a doctorate in inorganic We Becoming. She resides in Mar- in Redbird Arena for a game against Wichita State, families headed to chemistry from the University of shall, Minnesota. Horton Field House for a meal. The kids appreciated a visit with a bal- North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He Robert Plank ’89 owns Chicago Com- loon artist, time spent playing in inflatables, and of course the chance for works at the USPTO as a patent puters. The business has grown a photo with Reggie. examiner. He is also a part-time during the past eight years, helping law student at George Washington hundreds of individuals and small University Law School in Washing- businesses in the DuPage County Julie A. (Fuery) Jones ’90 ended 15 Donna Lee Swanson ’93 is an office ton, D.C. He resides in Annandale, area. He and his wife, Lisa, reside years in corporate America in 2010 professional, legal secretary, and Virginia. and joined the law firm of Protect- transcriptionist with Express Per- in Lisle. Heather Marcom ’98 is a manager ing Legacies, LLC. She is a legacy- sonnel Services. She resides in Spo- Lew Sauder ’89 is a project manager of talent acquisition for eBay, Inc. designing attorney, working with kane Valley, Washington. II with the American Medical Asso- She oversees global recruiting for individuals to create their legacy by ciation. He has authored the book Larry Vanmersbergen ’93 is the the company’s PayPal division. She planning their estate and building Consulting 101: 101 Tips for Success author of Guitar Chord Changes resides in Chandler, Arizona. their wealth. She and her husband, in Consulting. He and his wife, Made Easy, which is in its third Tracy, reside in Chicago. Steven Brandstedt ’99 is an associ- year of publication. He and his wife, Heather, reside in Plainfield. ate attorney with the law firm of Marcie (May) Zinn, M.S. ’90, is a Jamie Kramer ’94, reside in Aurora. Litchfield Cavo, LLP, in Chicago. neuropsychologist with the Depart- Leslie (Hagel) Brozovich ’95 com- He specializes in complex litiga- ment of Infectious Diseases and 90s pleted a master’s degree in elemen- tion. He and his wife, Nicolette, are Geographic Medicine at Stanford tary education at the University of the parents of two children. Their Rafaela Faly (Burmeister) Colaizzi ’90 University Medical Center. She is New Mexico. She is the only special daughter, Ella, was born in Febru- is a sales manager for Catron. She the founder and executive direc- education teacher at Beclabito Day ary of 2011. They reside in Chicago. has authored the book Haunted tor of the Society for Psychology School in Shiprock, New Mexico. Nights at Drumheller Castle: A St. in the Performing Arts, and also Beth Mayfield-House ’99 worked as She works on the Navajo Indian Charles Tall Tale. She and her hus- founded the Attainment Center for an archivist at Gallery of History Reservation with Navajo children. band, Steve, reside in Bartlett. NeuroEducation. She is a mem- in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was also She and her husband, Mark, were ber of the National Association of a volunteer and then a docent at Margaret (Kidwell) Ethridge ’90 has married in July of 2010. They reside Professional Women. She and her Guggenheim Hermitage Museum in written her first novel, titled Par- in Cortez, Colorado. amour. A paranormal romance, it husband, Mark, reside in Palo Alto, Las Vegas. She is now a fine art auc- Tina M. (Ashman) Beebe ’96 was released in January of 2011 California. is a tion lister with the Seattle Goodwill registered nurse at OSF St. James online department in Washington. by Turquoise Morning Press. She Heather Neaveill ’93 joined the Law Hospital in Pontiac. She and her She resides in Bothell, Washington. resides in Arkansas. Offices of Wayne & Jemilo as an husband, Pete, are the parents of associate attorney. The Chicago Emily Miller Kimmey ’99, M.S. ’01, Jennifer Jendras ’90 is a safety and a son. Tyler Anthony Dennis was firm’s practice concentrates in fam- and her husband, James “Jay,” are occupational health specialist with born in June of 2010. They reside ily law. the parents of two sons. Spencer OSHA. She works as an instructor in Pontiac. Lawrence was born in July of 2010. of the OSHA training institute out Steven Peck ’93 is a financial repre- Michael Cadden, D.A. ’96, is a profes- They reside in Glen Carbon. of Arlington Heights. Her husband, sentative for COUNTRY Insurance sor and chair of the English Depart- Rich Graham ’85, is a corporate sales and Financial Services in the Chi- Kevin Moran ’99 is regional sales ment at Missouri Western State director with Now Foods. They are cago area. He and his wife, Sylvia, manager with Follett Educational University. He has authored Telling the parents of three children and are the parents of two sons. They Services in Woodridge. He and Children’s Stories: Narrative Theory reside in Lombard. reside in Vernon Hills. his wife, Danielle, reside in Carol Stream.

36 Illinois State May 2011 Graham Hospital. She and her hus- Christina M. VanDeVelde ’02, ’04, Lisa (Bielaga) Davis ’06 completed 00s band, Jason, are the parents of two is director of Farnsworth Group’s a master’s degree in education at Amber J. (Klinefelter) Simons ’00 is sons. Drayton Pax was born in April interior design department and Northern Illinois University. She a work life wellness specialist at of 2010. They reside in Pekin. a certified interior design and is a teacher with Francis Howell Purdue University. She and her facilities management specialist. A School District in Weldon Springs, Aubrey (Howie) Carpenter ’02 is a husband, Eric, are the parents of a LEED accredited professional, she Missouri. She runs a program for middle school mathematics teacher daughter. Addison Kaylee was born has been published in the Inter- children with visual impairments with Danville District 118. She and in October of 2010. They reside in national Journal of Construction in St. Louis. She and her husband, her husband, Brian, are the parents Lafayette, Indiana. Education and Research. She was John ’05, married in October of of four children. They reside in awarded the National Ultron DOC 2010. He is a financial analyst with Cheryl Wisniewski ’00 is the deputy Danville. Award for the interior design of the Save-A-Lot. He completed his director of development with Shelley Dexter-Thomas ’02, M.B.A. Citizenship and Immigration Ser- M.B.A. at Lewis University. They Mujeres Latinas En Accion. She ’08, is a project manager with State vices building in Denver, Colorado. reside in St. Charles, Missouri. writes grants, plans events, raises Farm Insurance Companies in A volunteer for the Juvenile Diabe- funds, and helps create strategic Rodney Knuppel ’06 is the athletic Bloomington. She and her husband, tes Research Foundation, she was partnerships for the agency. She director for the junior high and Jon, are the parents of a daugh- included in the Class of 2010 Forty resides in Oak Park. high school in Hartsburg. He and ter. Brooklyn Marie was born in Leaders Under 40 in Peoria, where his wife, Carlye, were married in Thomas Brock Jr. ’01 has been named December of 2010. They reside in she resides. July of 2010. They reside in Pekin. a branch supervisor by Heartland LeRoy. Sarah (Hosken) Scott ’03, M.S. ’09, Bank and Trust Company. He over- Zach Koutsky ’06 is a graduate stu- Daniel Lopez ’02 is dean of academic and her husband, Dylan, were mar- sees the branch in Washington. He dent in the College of Urban Plan- development at Northeastern Illi- ried in October of 2010. They reside and his wife, Kerry, are the parents ning and Policy at the University of nois University. He provides lead- in Bloomington. of two children. They reside in Illinois. He resides in Chicago. ership, supervision, and support A.D. Jameson, M.S. ’04, who is also Metamora. Jennifer Newman-Marks ’06 is a known as Adam Jones, has pub- human resources consultant with lished his first collection of short MetLife. She completed a master’s fictions titled Amazing Adult Fan- degree in human resources man- tasy, with Mutable Sound. His first agement in 2010. She and her hus- novel, Giant Slugs, will be released band, Nick, reside in Richmond. this year. He resides in Chicago. Hillary N. Specketer-Barrett ’06 Jennifer (Chancellor) Beals ’05, M.S. has completed a master’s degree in ’06, has obtained her CPA. She is human services at the University an audit supervisor with BKD, LLP. of Illinois-Springfield. She is a She and her husband, Andy, reside juvenile probation officer with the in Decatur. Mason County Probation Depart- Stephanie (Ridings) Ferguson ’05 is a ment. She and her husband, Jim- second vice president at Northern mie, were married in June of 2010. Trust. She and her husband, Bran- They reside in Havanna. don, were married in October of Carolyn Buglio ’07 works as coordi- 2010. They reside in Chicago. nator at Silver Chalice Ventures, Katie L. Henry ’05 is an account man- Chicago alumni groups cheer on the Redbirds focusing her time on business ager with Fishman Public Relations, operations, marketing digital assets, Redbird fans continue to show their support for the team after gradu- which is the nation’s largest public and client support. She resides in ation by gathering with other alumni to watch televised games. The relations firm specializing in fran- Orland Park. Chicago Young Alumni Network and Illinois State Alumni in Finance chising. She resides in Wheeling. Ricia A. Chansky, Graduate Certificate (ISAF) Network cohosted a Watch Party for a men’s basketball game in Sean R. Merchant ’05 is an art direc- ’07, Ph.D. ’09, is the associate direc- January. Among those attending were, from left, Mark Whitaker ’08 and tor with Jacksonville Art Glass in tor of the Department of English Alec Lance ’08, both of Chicago, and Ben Stickley ’08 of Buffalo Grove. Jacksonville, where he resides. at the University of Puerto Rico All three are ISAF officers. Scott R. Sanders ’05 is project man- at Mayaguez. She is the coeditor ager and energy assessor at CEDA of the scholarly journal a/b: Auto/ Weatherization. His work involves Biography Studies. She and her Alieta (Smith) Guntly ’01 is a patient to the university’s comprehensive implementing energy saving strate- husband, Eric D. Lamore, M.A. ’04, access representative with Aurora academic support programs and gies for low-income, multi-family Ph.D. ’07, were married in Decem- Health Care. She and her husband, services. He resides in Chicago. residential buildings. He is also ber of 2010. He is a professor in the Tim, are the parents of a son. Marcus Skjervem, M.S. ’02, is the involved in coordinating the con- Department of English at the same Michael Allen was born in Octo- director of brand experience devel- struction planning and documen- university in Puerto Rico. He has ber of 2010. They reside in Union opment in the Division of Enroll- tation side of DuPage Habitat for authored two books: New Essays on Grove, Wisconsin. ment and Marketing at Hamline Humanity’s first LEED-H, Energy Phillis Wheatley and Teaching the Jennifer (Curto) Barker ’02 is a reg- University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Star Indoor Air Plus, and Building Interesting Narrative of Olaudah istered nurse. She is the MDS/CP He resides in Elk River, Minnesota. America certified home. He and his Equiano. They reside in Rincon, coordinator and charge nurse at wife, Allison, reside in Brookfield. Puerto Rico.

May 2011 Illinois State 37 Matthew Damschroder, M.S. ’07, is completing a doctorate at Illinois Our troops State in the Department of Educa- Maj. Christine J. Queen ’74 retired tional Administration and Founda- from the U.S. Air Force in 1998. She tions. He is involved with Kiva.org, has been appointed chair of the which enables individuals to con- Air Force Public Affairs Alumni tribute micro-loans for people in Association. The international developing countries. He resides association has more than 600 in Bloomington. members, including officers and Shelly Dobbins ’07, M.S.W. ’09, is a enlisted, retired and active duty. residential counselor at Youth Vil- They have covered numerous lages in Bartlett, Tennessee. She wars as journalists, photographers, resides in Cordova, Tennessee. and cameramen. They have also brought music to those stateside Elizabeth Hart ’07 is a senior proj- and overseas. Queen has more than ect specialist with the American 30 years of experience as a public Osteopathic Association in Chicago, relations consultant, including with where she resides. Alum helps stage Super Bowl halftime show the Air Force, Northrop Grumman, Brandon P. Joyce ’07 is a former Super Bowl XLV was especially memorable for Brian Skelton ’79, M.B.A. and private clients. She resides in ISU offensive lineman who played ’85, of Coppell, Texas. He volunteered to work the game and was chosen East Peoria. with the Minnesota Vikings before for the halftime show. Beyond moving stage pieces needed for the Black Chase Crabtree ’03 served in Opera- joining the practice squad of the Eyed Peas performance, Skelton worked the pregame show setup and tion Enduring Freedom. He is an Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian post game show presentation. “It was a fascinating experience to see ROTC advisor and training officer Football League. He spent the 2009 and be involved in learning all the backstage preparation for a show of at the University of Portland in season with the Las Vegas Locomo- that magnitude,” Skelton said. “The post game show was equally thrilling Oregon. His wife, Sarah Bucher- tives of the United Football League. due to the experience of meeting Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rogers Crabtree ’03, is a stay-at-home mom. He signed a free-agent contract on the field. It doesn’t get much better than that.” They are the parents of two chil- with the St. Louis Rams of the dren. Their daughter, Makayla, was National Football League in 2010. born in December of 2009. They Mark A. Cassata ’08 is a commer- ployed veterans in the Chicago area is a member of the Bloomington- reside in Vancouver, Washington. find jobs. He also works with com- Normal Alumnae Chapter of Sigma cial real estate broker. In his first Brian J. Willey ’07 graduated from panies that are looking to hire vet- Alpha Iota music fraternity chapter year with NAI MLG Commercial, the U.S. Army Aviation Center of erans and helps them find qualified for women. She is also co-vice he was named Rookie of the Year Excellence as an CH-47D Chinook candidates. He resides in Chicago. president of communication for the Broker. The company is the larg- pilot. He is an aviation platoon Bloomington-Normal Association est commercial real estate firm in Martin S. Coopwood ’09 has complet- leader with the Illinois Army for Women in Communication. She Wisconsin. At age 24 he was named ed a master’s degree in gerontology National Guard. He has been pro- resides in Normal. in Business Magazine “40 under 40” at the University of Missouri in St. moted to assistant trainmaster with within Madison, Wisconsin, where Louis. He will be enrolling in a doc- Norfolk Southern Railway. He and he resides. toral program at Kansas University 10s his wife, Sarah, reside in Enterprise, Bernard Heine ’08 is a third-year in Lawrence, Kansas. He and his Alabama. associate with Price Waterhouse partner, Greg Vanover, reside in Susan Beuth ’10 is an English teacher Coopers LLC in Peoria. He and his Granite City. at Orion High School. She resides wife, Kaylee (Egan) ’09, were mar- Kymberly A. Forsythe ’09 is an assis- in Galesburg. In memory ried in September of 2010. She is a tant branch manager with JP Mor- Chad Scheiman ’10 is an information Faculty/Staff mental health associate with Meth- gan Chase. She performed in the technology support associate at odist Medical Center in Peoria. top 20 percent nationally in 2010, Illinois State University. He was a Margaret I. Curry, Physical Plant, They reside in Germantown Hills. earning her way to the National student worker at the University 2/11 Melissa Hoebbel ’08 is a communi- Sales Conference. She participated for two years prior to securing the Jeanette (Mitchell) Duzan, Dining cations development and Smiles in the 2010 Beta Gamma Sigma position. He and his wife, Crystal, Services; 1/11 Across America coordinator with Student Leadership Form as a men- reside in Bloomington. Helen I. Evans, Dining Services; 11/10 tor, helping students approaching Oral Health America. She resides Jena Sprau ’10 moved to South Vera M. (Maurer) Foster, Building graduation work through career in Chicago. Korea after graduating from Services; 1/11 concerns. She resides in Lakemoor. Nicole Nalls ’08 is a self-employed Illinois State. She is teaching Charles G. Kearfott, Dining Ser- writer and the social media man- Sarah Lance ’09 teaches first grade English, thrilled to interact with vices; 12/10 with the Glen Ellyn CCSD 89. She ager for VenusZine magazine. She children every day. She is enjoying Douglas J. Litwiller ’74, Comptrol- resides in Wheaton. resides in South Holland. the chance to explore the country ler; 12/10 and meet people from around James Arvidson ’09 works at Catho- Kelly Snyder ’09 is a communication Elizabeth McMahan, English, 2/11 analyst with State Farm Insurance the world while living in Busan, lic Charities Veterans Employment Mary A. Richmond ’39, Laboratory Companies in Bloomington. She South Korea. Program, where he helps unem- Schools; 11/10

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May 2011 Illinois State 39 Support your passion

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40 Illinois State May 2011 Thanks to you

As the first teacher in Amanda Losch’s social work major, Patty Berndt’s passion for her field opened Amanda’s eyes to her future career. A graduate herself in the School of Social Work, Berndt ’98 returned to campus to teach in 2001. Despite Berndt’s untimely death in May of 2010, she continues to inspire her students. She has had an especially positive influence on Losch, who received financial assistance through the Patty Berndt Memorial Scholarship. A first generation college student, Losch knew affording school would be difficult. She not only managed to complete her undergraduate degree at ISU in social work this spring, but is set to begin her master’s study this fall at the school of her choice—George Williams College of Aurora University. Without Berndt’s scholarship and inspiration, Losch never would have had such an opportunity. “I probably wouldn’t be where I am without her in that very first So- cial Work 170 class, telling each and every one of us that we can do it and we just had to put our minds to it.” Losch said. “I know that she was right.”

You can make a difference by providing financial support to deserving students such as Amanda. Make a contribution online at Advancement.ilstu.edu/support, call (309) 438-8041, or send an e-mail [email protected]. Donor and Information Services Campus Box 8000 Normal, IL 61790-8000

Turning the tassel It’s a subtle gesture but moving the tassel from right to left during the commencement ceremony carries huge significance, as it marks the transition from student to graduate. Approximately 5,000 will join the ranks of the Alumni Association this year. Welcome to the next chapter of Redbird life!