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Spring For Alumni and Friends of UMD 1984 Cover Photo/Progress in Cancer Fight/Page 1 Rolf Peterson/A Real Wolfman?/Page 3 MBA Degree/A Ticket to Success/Pages 6-7 Ralph Romano/A Legend/Page 10 CANCER RESEARCH ThelJniversityof.Minnesota-Duluth-Bridge Page 1 UMD Professor is Making Progress

'1t'• In tile back of Increased the relapse-free scientists didn't look at the re- But more may not be too toxic for use In hu- oar ala&, that If we survival rate of the women by sults, Initially, for five years. necessarily be better, John- mans, this drug appears to 24 percent--even though the "We now have eight-year son cautions. be neither toxic to mice nor lnueaae tile dose of the drug administered results and the findings are "The effectiveness of any human beings, Johnson said. ia•-• was very low. still the same, with the best drug Is best represented by Like most scientific pro- we aap be able to What the drug appears to results occurring In patients a bell-shaped curve. There gress, the events that led to ia•-ltp do ls halt metastasis, the with positive lymph nodes," Is an optimum, effective the discovery of this com- agalnetcaacer." spread of cancer from one site he said. dose. Too little may not be pound did not occur overnight to another. Because of the extensive effective enough; too much but spanned several decades. "What we think happens 10-year animal documen- may also be Ineffective," he WhUe conducting research ls that, In cancer, the tumor tation of the drug already said. Into endotoxlns of bacteria load normally overwhelms the conducted by Johnson and The problem ls, If you at Walter Reed Hospital In by Carole Jaworski Immune system," Johnson the French, the U.S. National activate the Immune system Washington, D.C., In the Some 500 years after said. "But If we remove most Cancer Institute ls expected to too much, you may stimulate 1950s, Johnson noted a Ponce de Leon searched of the tumor load through begin a trial of the drug soon cancers of the Immune cells strange phenomenon--the unsuccessfully for the Fountain surgery and then stimulate the on humans at Fort Detrick, themselves, or glomerulone- endotoxlns, themselves very of Youth, a UMD researcher Immune system to respond, Maryland, In what Is known phrltis, which ls an Inflam- toxic, seemed to be Inducing may be on the right track. It might eliminate the tumor as the Biological Response mation of the kidneys, he and Increasing an Immune And It Isn't water that's caus- cells that are left." Modifier's Program. points out. response. ing the stir this time, but a It appears the drug aids Johnson has already sup- "I can name a haH-dozen "This offered an explana- new synthetic, non-toxic com- In a "mopping up" of any plied them with the com- things the Food and Drug tion for the finding that, when pound with the unwieldy cancerous cells left following pound. Administration would want to you mix the three vaccines name of polyadenylic-poly- surgery. It ls these cells, which Use of the drug Is con- see dealt with before of dlptherta, pertussis and uridylic acid complex. may escape and spread to tinuing, as well, In more hos- this compound became tetanus together In the DPT As a person grows older, other sites, that can cause pitals In France under the routinely avaUable," he said. vaccine, you get a much the body's Immune system problems for a patient. direction of physicians Jean Nevertheless, unlike some greater Immunity to all three deteriorates and the body The trial of the drug In and Fanny Lacour and this earlier drugs that showed diseases than by just using becomes more susceptible France was very well con- time, the dose of the drug promise In the fight against vaccines of each alone," to disease. For the past 10 ducted, Johnson said. The Is being doubled. cancer and then turned out to Johnson said. years,ArthurJohnson, head In the case of the DPT of the Department of Medical vaccine, an endotoxln present Microbiology and Immunology In pertussis was probably at UMD's School of Medi- enhancing the Immunity to cine, along with his students, the diptherla and tetanus tox- has been studying the break- olds, he pointed out. down of the Immune system But even with the know- with age and the effect that ledge that endotoxlns were this drug has on It. somehow assoclatecl with an In experiments with mice-- Increased Immune response, In human equivalents, about Isolated endotoxlns were too 60 to 80 years old--Johnson toxic for use In humans. and his students were able Searching for the means as to reverse the breakdown of to how endotoxlns stimulated Immunity with age. this Immunity, Johnson made By the use of this com- another discovery--the endo- pound, which stimulates toxlns were serving merely as the Immune system, Johnson a catalyst. What was really and his students were able to happening was that the endo- generate about a 60 percent toxlns were Inducing the increase In Immunity among liberation of nucleic acids from older mice. the cells. And It was the The Implications of John- nucleic aclds--not the endo- son's findings may be signifi- toxlns--whlch were acting as cant, particularly In the fields the Immune stimulus. of infectious diseases, cancer "We reasoned that and Immunodeficiency dis- these nucleic acids, alone, eases. might work. And they did," Take cancer as an examp- he said. ple. Today, the synthetic Like other degenerative form of the nucleic acid diseases, the Incidence of compound Is used--prtmartly cancer rises dramatically with because It Is purer and easier age. "It's In the back of our to obtain. minds that If we can Increase Johnson, soft-spoken and the Immune response, we may not given to overstatement, be able to increase Immunity Is able to keep all this In against cancer, " Johnson perspective. "li only I can said. find a cure for baldness, I'll Research along those have It made," he said. lines has already taken place--with positive results. In an eight-year study In France from 1972-81, this same drug, along with tradi- Carole Jaworski, a writer tional chemotherapy treat- in UMD's Campus Relations ment, was given to 155 Office, specializes in the women afflicted with mam- UMD researcher Arthur Johnson and his students h ve used mice In their study of Immune systems. School of Medicine and the mary tumors. After five years, By Increasing the body's Immune response, they hope to Increase Immunity against dis Natural Resources Research like cancer. the drug was shown to have Institute. Page 2

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Singers Present Active UMD Faculty MPAC Celebrates Waferboard Plant Elizabethan Dinners George Rapp Jr., professor of geology 10th Anniversary Topic of Study and archaeology, and dean of the UMD UMD's University Singers pre- UMD's Marshall Performing Arts ·"The Potential Impact from New will College of Letters and Science, recently sent the annual Feast of Spring "Eliza- Center celebrated Its 10th anniversary Waferboard Plant Development In North- received the first national award by the bethan Dinners" at 7 p.m. March 23, In February. To mark the event, MPAC eastern Minnesota" Is the subject of a re- Geological Society of America for pio- port recendy completed by Richard W. 24, 30, 31, and at 4 p.m. March 25 neering research In archaeological geol- was the site of an auction and music and and April 1 at the Kirby Student Center theatre performances Feb. 12. Other Lichty, professor of economics; David ogy. John W. Newstrom, professor of J. McMillan, research fellow at UMD; Ballroom. This year's dinners will feature business administration at UMD, has been events will continue through the year. a new menu. Tickets are $12.50 per and Peter Stenberg, computer research elected to the board of directors of the assistant, University of Minnesota, St. person and are avallable at the MPAC American Society for Training and De- Box Office, 218-726-8561. Paul. The study shows that expansion of velopment, which Is headquartered In the waferboard industry will have a Washington, D.C., and provides leader- strong, positive effect on the region's ship and extensive services to more than economy •· boosting employment, out- 20,000 members nationwide. put, exports and earnings. Committees Are Busy Award to Honor A review committee, chaired by Good Teaching Jeanne Lupton, dean of the General The Jean G. Blehart Distinguished College on the Twin Cities campus, has Teaching Award, committed to the tradi- been appointed by University President C. tion of teaching excellence, has been Peter Magrath to conduct a review of established at UMD. The first recipient will UMD Provost Robert Heller, who has be announced at spring commencement. been In that position since 1977. In accordance with UMD's constitution, he Researchers Study now Is due for review. Reviews of cer- Acidity History Popular Professor Winning Teams Mean tain collegiate deans also will be up- coming this year, according to officials. Two UMD researchers are part of a Dies in December .. Popular Activities On related staff matters, search commit• three-year coordinated effort to study the Lewis "Ace" Levang, 62, an English tees choosing heads for the new Depart- history of acidity In various lakes through- professor for 27 years at UMD, died In There seems to be a direct correla- ment of Computer Engineering and the out the U.S. and Canada In an attempt December In Duluth. Levang, who at the tion between the success of the Bulldog Natural Resources Research Institute, as to understand the relationship between time of his death sports teams and the attendance at well as a new vice provost for academic acid rain and lake acidity. A number of was a full profes- Alumni Association activities! Over 250 administration, have either made or are independent studies linking acid rain and sor of English, UMD and Morris football fans gathered expected to make their recommendations the history of lake acidity have been was an extreme- at Maggio's In Minneapolis on Nov. 20 soon to Heller. A search committee to done, but this Is the first time a coor- ly popular In• to toast the first annual "Metrodome select a new athletic director to replace dinated nationwide study Is being con- structor with stu- Classic." Forty-seven Milwaukee-area the late Ralph Romano (see related story) ducted, according to John Kingston, a dents. Accord- alumni and parents attended a recep• Is expected to be named after the winter research. associate In the Department of ingly, this past tlon and later watched the Bulldog hoop- sports season. Geology at UMD who will be examining year he received sters defeat UWM on Dec. 19. On samples from 35 lakes In Minnesota, the Distinguished Jan. 21, 68 Colorado alumni met In Wisconsin and Michigan, along with Faculty Award Colorado Springs at a reception before Tweed Tours Set Robert Cook, a research associate In the from UMD's Student Association. Levang a UMD/Colorado College hockey game. Lake Superior Basin Studies Center at also was a former head of the English The Friends of Tweed sponsor free And on Feb. 11, over 125 Bulldog UMD. The research Is being funded by Department and specialized In the litera- hockey fans met at Stub & Herb's In guided tours of the Tweed Museum of the Electric Power Research Institute In ture of Shakespeare, although he taught Minneapolis before the Bulldog/Gopher Art each Tuesday, Wednesday and Palo Alto, Cahfornla--whlch wants to find a number of different hterature courses. hockey game. Thursday at 1:30 p.m. In the photo out If there Is a hnk between power Surviving are his wife, Helen, and two below, Vicki Gullion, a Tweed docent company emissions during the past 50 sons, Mark of Duluth and Rex of Minnea- from Cloquet, explains the history years and lake acidification, Cook said. polis. A memorial service for Levang was Bush Foundation behind the Museum's collection of Will held In Duluth In January. Barnett silkscreens. Funds Program ThelJni:versityof.Minnesota-Duluth The Supportive Services Program at SSD Dean Is Author UMD has received a $208,000 grant Burt Galaway, acting dean of the from the Bush Foundation to set up a UMD School of Social Development, Is program to assist UMD faculty members co-author of a recently published biblio- BRIDGE and other academic In "becoming staff graphy on restitution and community ser- more effective educators thus maximizing vice . Other co-authors of Restitution and the Impact of the Instructor on the learn- Community Service: An Annotated Voha•• 1. Na•ber 2 Ing process." The program, to be called Bibliography, are Joe Hudson, Office of the Instructional Development Service, Editor the Auditor General of Canada, and for- ,- will help faculty members In such areas Darryl mer UMD student Steve Novack. Saepaaald as examining course goals, evaluating Wrlten Instructional styles, exploring alternative Aa_.aoGeatlle Instructional processes and looking at Changes i~ WCHA Computer Is Used Carol• .Jawo.-ld ways to adapt to the needs of students. s...... Staff members working on the program The WCHA made two Important In Jobs Service will be Allen Greenbaum, director of the decisions 1n recent months that have a ftot.,....••• Supportive Services Program and Linda major Impact on the UMD hockey pro- UMD students are taking advantage of K.. Noraa Hllsen and Bob Flagler, two Instructors gram. The league has aligned Itself with a a new computer-assisted jobs and career Ardat In the program. new eastern hockey league called planning service started In January which Rolaad Dahlqlllet "Hockey East." Its members are Boston Is the only one of Its kind In the Twin Stadeat Editor College, Boston University, Lowell; Ports area. UMD's Counsehng, Career Coll... Al»rahaaeoa NRRI Begins Work Maine, New Hampshire, Northeastern Development and Placement Office has and Providence. UMD will play a week- Implemented a microcomputer career- The Natural Resources Research lnstl· end series with each of the eastern The UMD Bridge Is a quarterly planning package called Discover II which publication of the Alumni tute (NRRI), awarded Its first construc- schools during the 1984-85 season and will give students "comprehensive, up- tion contract In December. The $300,000 the results will count In both league's to-date Information about careers, occu- and Campus Relations renovation contract was awarded to standings. The Bulldogs wlll travel to Bos- pations and other higher education Offices at the University Northwest Roofing Contractors, Inc., a ton University on Nov. 2-3, New Hamp- schools," according to Dean Kjolhaug, a of Minnesota, Duluth. All Duluth contracting firm, for re-roofing, shire on Nov. 23-24, Northeastern on staff member In the office. Students questions, suggestions, and insulating and levehng both the four- Dec. 14-15 and Boston College on Jan. receive detailed Information on hundreds address changes should story and one-story sections of the NRRI 11-12. They play the three remallng eas- of occupations and thousands of colleges be directed to Room 315, building (formerly, the Duluth Air Force tern schools In Duluth. The WCHA also through this program, Kjolhaug said . Darland Administration Base SAGE building) . The re-roofing pro- admitted Michigan Tech and Northern Building, UMD, Duluth 55812. ject Is only the first phase In NRRI's Michigan to the league. UMD will play renovation. Still to come are demolish- home and away series with both the ing, renovation and remodehng )obs to Huskies and the Wildcats next year. KUMD Fund Drive The University of Minnesota the Interior of the building with plans for One casualty of the new eastern align- About $13,000 was pledged by some Is an equal opportunity laboratories, office space and a general ment and additional league teams Is the 400 area residents for the operation of educator and employer. pilot project area. Renovation of the Bulldog/Gopher rivalry. The two teams UMD's publlc radio station, KUMD-FM. building Is expected to be completed by will meet only once In 1984-85, a week· The money was raised during the sta• ______. September. end series Jan. 18-19 in Duluth. tlon's annual fall fund drive In October. .,.__ A REAL WOLFMAN? ThelJniversityof.Minnesota-Duluth-Bridge Page 3 Isle Royale is His Laboratory

bit ripe. I guess I should take with researcher Durwood observation work ls com- finding money has always care of them soon." Allen were to change the rest pleted. And his findings may been time consuming," he by Darryl Sczepanskl Anyone who works or of hls llf e. "Allen had been aid in the re-introduction of said. "But In recent years It teaches with Peterson at researching the predator/ prey wolves In other t>arts of the has taken up nearly half of You know there's some- Michigan Technologlcal Uni- relationship on Isle Royale country. my time. The publicity helps thing dlff erent about Rolf versity would not be surprised since the late 1950s," Peter- In the past two or three a little ." Peterson's office the minute by the contents of the boxes. son explained. "He usually years, Peterson's research has Peterson's 1983 report you walk In. He looks like A 1970 UMD graduate, Peter- had graduate students working caught the eye of several out- showed that 23 wolves a casual biology professor son is often ref erred i o as with him and I happened to door writers. At first , Peter- lived on Isle Royale last win- In hls flannel shirt and reddish the "wolfman of Isle Royale" be the last one before he de- son felt like a hermit be- ter, down from a high of 50 beard, nothing wrong there. for hls research on the preda- cided to retire. When I fin- cause he was very hesitant to animals in 1980 but an The office ls cluttered with tor / prey relationship between ished my doctorate in wild- take non-researchers with increase from the 1982 total of books and papers, nothing the wolves and moose on Isle life ecology in 1974, Allen him to Isle Royale--especially 14. He also reported that unusual there. Royale. turned the project over to me. In the winter. But the cre- Isle Royale's moose popula- Then you realize that Although he grew up In "Michigan Tech was in- dentials of the writers tion had Increased from about the strange odor you noticed Minneapolis, Peterson has terested in the research and Involved surprised him. 725 in 1982 to approximately Isn't coming from the animal spent the last 13 years of hls offered me a teaching posi- Audubon magazine did a 900 in 1983. labs down the hall, but life In the "wild" studying tion, so my work has been long feature on his work. He predicted the wolf num- from the large stack of boxes wolves and moose. "I based here since 1975." National Geographic has a bers will stabalize at 20-30 In the comer of Peterson's attended UMD because I was In his early years at MTU, story in the works. And he animals over the next few office. Interested in the outdoors," Peterson's work was long and appeared on the front page of years and the moose popula- "Anything special ln the Peterson said. "I had been to tiring, and did not attract the Wall Street Journal! tion should continue to In- boxes?," you ask. "Not Isle Royale and knew a much media attention. He Peterson admitted the crease. really," Peterson said, "just little about the wolf research spent three months each sum- publicity helped In one area , a lot of moose skulls and going on there, but It wasn't mer on the Island and three it makes his job of finding Darryl Sczepanskl, editor bones sent to me by some until I began my doctoral pro- long, Isolated months on the funding sources for hls of The UMD Bridge, ls colleagues In Alaska." As gram at Purdue University island each winter. research a little easier. "Writ- director of alumni relations lf he was reading your that I came Into close con- "During the early years of ing grant applications and at UMD. mind, Peterson admitted, "I tact with the research." the project, we were just know It's been several months Peterson's studies at Pur- gathering data and did not now and they are getting a due and hls close friendship understand what a lot of It meant," Peterson said. "The first wolves came across the Lake Superior ice to Isle Roy- ale from Canada in 1949. No one had any Idea of the- Impact on the island's moose population. Because we spent time on the island in the win- ter and could make accurate counts of both wolves and moose by the use of a plane on skis, we began to accu- mulate some good data." The researchers quickly realized that the wolves would not "eat their way" across the Island and eliminate the moose population. To begin with, moose are tough anlmals--even with a hun- gry wolf! They found that the 1 wolves were successful only I j In killing the old or sick 1 moose. They found that the 1 wolf numbers also depended 1 on the abundance of their 1 l summer food, the beaver. I And they also found a strict 1 social order within the , wolf packs, which limits repro- I duction to the dominant male t and female In each pack. , So why study a predator/ I prey relationship on an I 1 island In Lake Superior? For 1 Peterson, It's Ideal because he has a captive "audience" on the Island. Seldom does Lake Superior freeze ,to the Canadian shore. A wolf or two has been known to make the Ice crossing, but a moose just Isn't buUt for Icy lake crossings. He also Is able UMD graduate Roll Peterson has spent the last 13 years studying to control access by humans, the predator/ prey relationship of the wolf and moose on Isle because Isle Royale ls closed Royale. The national park makes a perfect laboratory, because It to the public In the winter-- Is closed to the public In the winter and he has a .. captive when much of Peterson's audience" for his research. VIRGINIA KATZ Page4 ThelJniversityof.Minnesota-Duluth-Bridge She Provides Strong Union Leadership

was head of the secondary It Is hard to find two tenured as an officer (secretary)," she ters," she admitted. "A lot education program (now positions In one place," she said. of what we do with reporters by Angelo Gentile retired), came over to my explained. With her professional back- Is Just educate them and make house to offer me a Job, I In addition, Katz added, ground In communication, them aware of what Is going had never met him face to "We both come from big Katz quickly became a on. Collective bargaining In When Virginia Katz started face . I was expecting the cities, Al Is from New York valuable asset for the union education Is so new and It work as a faculty member plumber so naturally I and I'm from Cleveland and because she was able to write can be confusing with things at UMD In 1966, she be- thought John was the Duluth Is smaller, nicer and and send out news releases such as 'Intent to strike' came well-known around plumber," Katz recalled peaceful. It Is less stress- as well as Internal newsletters. votes and the Public Employee campus. with a smile. Then, on the ful and the area Is beauti- She also knew a number of Labor Relations Act." Why? subject of the TV show, she ful. And of course, It's a the news people In the area. Currently, the union and She was the first fem ale rolled her eyes. "I was great place to raise kids." Media relations remains one the university are In the faculty member to remain pregnant at the time and we The Katzes have two of her responsibilities with middle of negotiating a new on the Job while pregnant. had to do six shows and daughters--Rachel, 16, who the union. contract for 1983-85 and "In those days that was they were all excessively Is a junior at Duluth East In addition to news re- things are at a standstill. The unheard of and you especially boring. It was awful." High School, and Rebecca, leases and public statements, latest development occurred did not walk Into the Cam- She and her husband had 14, a freshman at Wood- Katz also plans and coordin- In January when the union's pus Club If you were preg- planned to stay In the area land Junior High School. ates news conferences. She request for arbitration was nant," Katz, now an for only two or three "Rachel is Interested in has a special knack for the turned down. assistant professor In the years, but when Albert theatre and the arts and dramatic. In the middle of In the two years since Department of Communi- received tenure at UWS Rebecca Is Into dance and negotiations on the union's the faculty formed ,r cation, recalled. "Back then and when Virginia accepted dances with the Duluth Bal- first contract, Katz called a a union, has It helped? Katz It was even unheard of to a tenure track position In let," she said, adding with a news conference which was believes It has. "Particularly bring your kids to the cam- UMD's Department of smile, "They are both over- held during a break in the in the area of grievances," she pus." Communication (back then it achievers like their parents." bargaining session. The news said. "We now have a legally- These days Katz Is well- was Speech-Communlca- Katz became interested In reporters showed up and binding grievance procedure known at UMD and In the tlon) --they decided to union activities In 1979, found the uolon's bargain- with specific deadlines. area for a much different stay. "It really was a prag- about two years before the Ing council on one side of the We never had that before." reason--she's president- matic decision. We had facuity actually voted for table and empty chairs on The union will remain elect of the University Educa- two tenured positions unionization. "I always had a the other, representing absent a prime force In Katz's life . tion Association (UEA), a and one of the problems lot of respect for people administration officials. Being the UEA president union that represents 182 for women In academic life who were Involved In union For the most part, though, Is a six-year commitment-- faculty members at UMD Is that they are married to activities and so eventually Katz plays It straight. "I do two years as president-elect, (plus 50 fair share members) . men In academic life and joined the association try to be straight with repor- two years as president and Katz was elected president two years as past president. because, some of her col- Any other future plans? leagues say, she has a proven In research, Katz plans to pur- track record of working hard sue the area of the needs on the union's behalf and and problems of older-than- her outspoken nature makes average college students. She her unafraid of controversy-- researched the subject for her In fact almost seemingly doctoral degree, which she attracted to controversy recently received (Dec. 1983) at times. In these days of from Kent State University. tough and often difficult labor "Older-than-average stu- relations, her outspoken dents have different needs," nature Is almost a prerequi- she said. "And I've observed site for her union position. that it's different for a woman She also has an ability to than a man. Women get see a problem and "work lots of support when going very hard to get It solved," back to school or trying col- said Richard Lichty, who is lege for the first time at a the current UEA president. later age. When men do It, It "She's great at making Is almost a negative thing. - good decisions quickly and They are viewed as 'what's getting problems solved the matter, couldn't you make quickly . Virginia Katz is It In the real world?' It Is an an extremely intelligent interesting phenomenon and lady." I'd like to work on changing Katz, 45, moved to the it. II Twin Ports area In 1966 How about personal future because her husband, Albert, plans? For now, the Katzes, accepted a Job at the Uni- who live In the Hunter's versity of Wisconsin-Superior-- Park area, are building a new where he currently works as home on the north shore of a faculty member In the Lake Superior. "We've lived Department of Communica- here enough years, I think ting Arts. it's time we live In a place Her first UMD assign- where we can see the lake," ment was In the Department she said. of Secondary Education. She also worked with UMD's Campus Relations Office producing six weekly television shows dealing with Angelo Gentile, a writer in UMD programs and people. Virginia Katz Is at home In her communication classroom and In the spotlight as president-elect UMD's Campus Relations: She has less than positive of the University Education Association. Her leadership abilities complement her dual role as Office, covers a wide range memories of both. "Well, educator and union leader. of campus departments aryd_ when John Verrill, who activities. - ORWELL'S 1984 ThelJniversityof.Minnesota-Duluth-Bridge Page 5 Not a Prophecy, But a Warning

a dozen books and hundreds managers and the develop- and to Big Brother. When like Oceania and Eurasia," he by Angelo Gentile of reviews, essays, letters and ment of power blocs Inter- Smith commits a thought- explained. "Now, we have newspaper and magazine nationally." crime by thinking the world powers like the U.S. In the past two months, as articles. Indeed Orwell (which was unthinkable, "down with and the Soviet Union." people have written dates on "1984 was completed In a pen name--hls given name Big Brother," and begins The "decay" of language Is checks or entered appoint- 1948, and during that period was Eric Blair) likely did keeping a diary, he finds him- another example that Kress ments on personal calendars, of time In Great Britain not mean 1984 as truly the self at odds with the party. points to. "In the book many cannot help but think (where Orwell worked and year 1984. He originally But It doesn't stop at the 1984, the language of News- of the book 1984 and per- lived) there were a number of titled the book "The Last Man diary. Smith begins a peak perverted communica- haps mutter something things going on that Orwell In Europe" and ended up love affair with Julia, a co- tion so that the slogans 'war like, "It's finally here." was disturbed about," Kress with the final title by reversing worker--another major ls peace,' 'freedom ls slavery' Tens of millions have explained. "Such things as the last two digits of the crime. The Junior Anti-Sex and 'ignorance ls strength' read 1984 and most have increasing governmental inter- year the manuscript was League Indoctrinates the vir- came to be accepted In viewed George Orwell's vention and a trend away finished, 1948. A year later-- tue of celibacy and reports Oceania," Kress said. book as a dire, prophetic from lndlvldualslm toward col- 1949--and we may well have that procreation will soon "Orwell made his point. In the message predicting life under lectivism In society were trends been waiting In anticipation be carried on solely through 1984 of today you see this total governmental control-- Orwell wanted to warn peo- for 1994. artificial Insemination or manipulation of language a world of totalitarianism. ple about. He was saying In The so-called "last man In "artsem" In Newspeak. everywhere; In commercial And In fact Orwell (who 1984 that 'we need to be Europe" In the story ls Win- Smith ls tortured for his advertising and political died In 1949) acknowledged careful or this could happen ston Smith, a bureaucrat In crimes at the Ministry of Love campaigns and rhetoric. For his opposition to centralized to us.' He was not predicting the totalitarian state of (Julia ls taken there too) and example, the Incident In Gre- government rule: "Every line or seeing the future as a Oceania, who works for as a caged rat ls thrust to- nada. It first was called by of serious work that I have political analyst. He was see- the Ministry of Truth. He ward his face, Smith begs that President Reagan 'the Inva- written since 1936 has ing and reacting as a pro- re-writes old newspaper stories his punishment be Inflicted sion of Grenada' but then been written, directly or fessional writer to the dark to make them flt the current on Julia Instead. Integrity later he changed It to 'a Party phUosophy, using the gone, Smith ls once again a indirectly, against totalitarian- side of 1948." rescue mission In Grenada.' " Ism and for democratic so- Kress believes Orwell's official language, Newspeak-- loyal party member. Kress plans to cover the cialism as I understand It..." book was meant as a critique a version of English that Despite Kress's warning llf e and politics of Orwell But a professor at UMD of centralism and collectivism makes unorthodox or subver- theory, he does admit that through a course to be refutes the idea that 1984 as seen through "real life ex- sive opinions Impossible to some of the aspects of Or- offered spring quarter at UMD, was a forecast. "It was not periences which Influenced conceive. well's book have come true-- "Special Topics: George meant to be prophecy but him, such as Nazism and Sta- Privacy ls a thing of the though not to the extent that Orwell and the Politics of 1984.'' rather simply a warning to llnism. Orwell was In favor past with posters every- Orwell envisioned. Kress society," claimed John of preserving the traditional where proclaiming "Big points to such things as the Kress, head of UMD's Depart- British values of Individualism Brother Is Watching You." Cold War In the 1950s and ment of Political Science, who and 1984 was an Indictment Two-way telesaeens keep an 1960s and the arms buildup has read the bulk of Orwell's of the trends he could see--the eye on all party members. as one prime example. "In the works--includlng more than the rise of bureaucracies and Loyalty belongs to the party book you had power blocs MBA: TICKET TO SUCCESS Page 6 The-Universityof-Minnesota-Duluth-Bridge Page 7 MBA Degree Program is Developing Leaders

.,. ___... _orth line of work, but who want to academic program Is to look at knew the First Bank system Is Betsy Murphy Is an asso- approach. I was tired of the job market after St. Thomas some supervisory and man- by Darryl Saepanskl do their job better or per- the success of its graduates. very aware of the value of the ciate marketing manager In theoretical, I wanted to be and worked for a year, she nay doDar I •peat." agement skills," she·sa1d. "I haps move up In the com- Since the MBA program be- MBA degree, so I went down flour milling for the Pillsbury prepared for the real world. Interviewed for positions as had a bachelor's d~ee In For many years, a large pa'1y. We have other students gan In 1976, 46 students have to the Cities In 1982. I worked Company In Minneapolis. A So I became very Involved a bachelor's graduate and English and a master's In Insurance company has bUled who are Interested In bet- received their degrees. Al- In marketing and personnel business and marketing grad- studying real situations from later with a master's degree. library science, so I needed ltseH as the "quiet" company. ter mobility, either within though most of the 46 are with an assistant to a regional uate of St. Thomas, she the business world. "It was like night and to pick up several prerequisite It built Its reputation on a their current company or to leading successful careers, director. In 1983, I was pro- looked at several MBA pro- "The MBA program pre- day," she laughed. "With the courses. I attended part-time, quaUty product and good ser- another part of the country. Chris Mahal, Betsy Murphy moted and moved back up to grams before selecting UMD's. pared me well to make de- bachelor's degree, people because I had a job and vice, and did not rely on And we also have students and Nancy Norman are good Duluth as a vice president "In the beginning, I liked It cisions on an everyday basis. asked about things like my family. "making a lot of noise." who simply want to make examples of MBA graduates. of First Bank Duluth for because It was small and had I don't hesitate at all in mak- typing and shorthand skills. "To me, one of the best UMD has Its own version of a total career switch, perhaps marketing and as an assistant a strong faculty," she said. ing decisions, because I Even though I was not apply- parts of the program was the the quiet company. Although Into a more management- to a managing director for the "As I took more courses, I teamed what goes Into making ing for a secretarial job, that interaction with other people It does not receive a lot of related career. All three types regional First Bank system." began to appreciate other a sound decision." seemed Important to Inter- who were working. They had attention, this academic pro- of students have done Mahal said her MBA strengths--like Its practical Since Murphy tested the viewers. a great deal of experience gram Is turning out some well in the program." "It opened •v ev- courses opened her eyes to "When I Interviewed with to draw from, and I found of th~ region's top business To be considered for to the broad plctare the business world. "You can an MBA, they suddenly for- that very valuable. We de- leaders and has a long list admission Into the MBA pro- ofba•ID-." get a very narrow focus of got about typing and wanted Norman pended on that Interaction a of success stories to tell. gram, an applicant must have things on the job, but the to know about my skUls Nancy Norman Is a good great deal. UMD's quiet progam Is Its a bachelor's degree from a MBA program opens your and my MBA program. It example of the "complete "Unlike many students, I mast~ of business administra- recognized college or univer- eyes to the much broader was totally different." career switch" student In the found a great deal of value in tion (MBA) degree program In sity, must take the Graduate picture," she stressed. Today, Murphy puts program. When she started the research project," she the School of Business and Management Admission Test her research background on working on her MBA In said. "The research pro- Economics. (GMAT) and must complete the food system In Minnesota 1977, she was a reference and cess taught me how to or- According to MBA pro- an application to the Gradu- to good use at Pillsbury. She reader service librarian at the ganize and how to motivate gram director Hyung K. Kim, ate School of the University Is responsible for the whole- Duluth Public Library. Today, myself. Properly managed, the his program draws Its strength of Minnesota. The bachelor's "It prepared •e .... sale marketing of Pillsbury she Is Internal audit super- research project can be a from Its small size, out- degree may be In any sub- to •ake dedalon•." flours to food service dis- visor at Norwest Mortgage, great management tool." standing faculty members and ject field. tributors and for coordinating Inc., In Minneapolis. Norman recently defended diverse student body. "When Students who have had the shipment of her sales "I knew I wanted to pro- her research and made a long, prospective students look little or no background In busi- around the country. gress on the job, so I needed tiring drive home after several at our MBA program, they ness administration or mathe- years of work on her degree. are very impressed with the matics may be required to "I guess I expected some- high quality of our faculty," complete some prerequisite thing special when I reached Kim explained. "We are very courses. A minimum of 45 Mahal home," she admitted. "But fortut1ate to have an excellent quarter credits of graduate Chris Mahal was working the dinner waiting for me was PHOTOS (top) Students In the have School of Business and Eco- for a small Twin Ports area MBA degree program macaroni and cheese and courses Is required to com- access to the excellent computer facilities in the School of Busi- nomics to draw from. plete the program. Nine of bank when she decided she ness and Economics. (center) Betsy Murphy, a marketing hot dogs. When I asked my "Students know we are these credits center on re- needed more management manager at Pillsbury, works with food service distributors around family why they didn't fix very selective and we keep search and a research project, coursework. "I had an eco- the country. (bottom, left to right) Hyung K. Kim, who also serves anything special, they said, the number of students active- which Is related to a stu- nomics degree from the Uni- as associate dean of the School of Business and Economics, pro- 'This Is what we have been ly involved In the program dent's job. versity of Wisconsin-Superior vides leadership for the MBA degree program. Chris Mahal, a eating for several years.' They dowrl to 80-90. That means Kim said some MBA pro- and really did not Intend to First Bank Duluth vice president, has moved quickly up the bank- were right!" • classes will be small and each grams heavily emphasize enroll In a graduate program," Ing "ladder." .Nancy Norman, an internal audit supervisor at stud6nt wUI receive a great theory, but the UMD ver- she explained. "I knew man- Norwest Mortgage, had been a Ubrarlan In Duluth. deal of attention. And we sion has a practical empha- agement experience was Murphy pride ourselves on the diverse sis. "Of course, we realize Important to advance In my backgrounds of our students. that you can't be practi- career, so 1 took a cou- Sine, most are highly moti- cal without knowing principle ple of classes. Pretty soon, I vated, they are quick to share and theory," he said. "But we took the entrance exam and their experiences with other do stress the practical Mpects became one of the first wo- stud,nts." of management. We use a lot men In the program. Kim said three types of stu- of case examples In all our "About the time I was Management Laboratory Provides dents are attracted to the MBA courses." finishing my program, First program. "We have students One of the best methods Bank asked me to who are comfortable in their of judging the success of an transfer to Minneapolis. I Realistic Business Experience

Many graduates of the culture and personality. It Is a Is a public Interest group, MBA program praise its prac- simulation In which you're which has some questions tical aspects and cite the dealing with real people and about the quality of the acqui- ease of applying the real decisions." sition's products. coursework to their jobs. Students assume the role Lab participants care- A good example of this of a principal character In a fully studied the situation In "hands-on" teaching style Is an business situation and must advance and each took a role experimental session of the also assume that person's In a weekend session In Lut- "Strategic Management personality. Students then sen. Knudsen said the atmos- and Organization Laboratory." learn how the differences In phere In the lab's first run It was offered for the first - Individual personalities can was "very serious" and the time this fall to members of affect business decisions and group was unanimous In its Kjell R. Knudsen's graduate- strategies. praise for the weekend level business policy class. It In a typical exercise, a experience. was developed by Knudsen; company Is the target for The October session In Lut- Donald G . McTavlsh, acquisition by a holding sen was the lab's first run In a sociology professor from company. The holding com- the.United States. Since then, the Twin Cities campus; pany employs a consulting It has been run at the Nor- and Johan Aamodt, director firm to do a work-up of the wegian Center for Organiza- of the Norwegian Center for potential acquisition as a tional Leaming and Is sche- Organizational Leaming potential member of Its stable duled for two more runs there In Oslo. of companies. The work-up this spring. Knudsen said the lab Is a involves talking to officers of a The lab Is under considera- "large-scale simulation bank which does business with tion for regular Inclusion In which puts emphasis on stra- both the holding company and the MBA program. tegic analysis and decision- the potential acquisition. making within organization Watching the process closely WOODSWOMEN Page8 ThelJniversityof.Minnesota-Duluth-Bridge Women Gain Confidence Outdoors

"We give women a chance to have confl• dence-building ex• periences."

Niemi

by Darryl Sczepanskl of three founders of Woods- exploring their own poten- from Harvard and doctoral trip In May, a one-day tour women--a Minneapolis- tial In a stereotype-free work at McGill University In and western tour In June, When you think of out- based organization that gives environment. Montreal. During this period, the Upper Peninsula In door activities--llke back- women an opportunity to "We give adult women she taught literature and August and a Wisconsin week- packing, rock climbing, wilder- develop their own styles a chance to learn outdoor writingcoursesforl0years end In September. ness canoeing and building of leadership. skills and to have confidence- at UMD and McGill. She also Three canoeing programs a log cabln--you tend to How does that happen In building experiences," Niemi spent seven months In 1969 are scheduled this spring, think of tough, bearded men. the woods? According to explained. "Many women did and 1971 In the Canadian followed by three "Learn to Let's face It, we have a very Niemi, women need to de- not learn about the outdoors high arctic as an assistant Canoe" weekends this sum- "macho" Image of the out- velop their leadership styles from childhood, like their glaciologist for the McGill mer. Three whitewater trips doors. free of traditional gender roles male counterparts did. They University Axel Helberg Expe- are coming up In May, Judith Niemi ls out to and expectations. Research on have little confidence and dition. Caught between five Boundary Waters canoe change that Image! women's outdoor programs In- share that macho view of the the classroom and the out- trips are scheduled through- leml, a 1963 English dicates that women often outdoors. doors, she joined with two out the summer, July 4 week- graduate of UMD, Is one enroll with expectations of "We're not Into 'proving other women In 1977 to form end will feature a kayaking anything' and want no Woodswomen. clinic and several longer part of that kind of ex- Working with Niemi In the canoe adventures are perience. We start slow and early years (and still on the planned. build confidence, because staff today) were Elizabeth Woodswomen has sched- that confidence will continue Barnard and Denise Mit- uled five special programs on Into everyday life. When ten. An anthropology gradu- for women with children. you leave on a trip, you can ate of Stanford University, They Include a "Minnesota leave aU your fears behind Barnard had lived and tra- River Canoe Holiday," In the clty--because you feel veled throughout the U.S. May 26-28; "Kids' Rock very 'unafraid' In the woods. and South America. Mitten Climbing," July 5; "Kids' Day Already you have learned was a professional forester, on the Mississippi River," how to leave your fears be- with degrees In forest science Aug. 11; and "Weekend hind, which ls positive." from the University of Wash- Camping with Children," Niemi stressed that ington and Yale University. Aug. 18-19. Woodswomen programs are She has been an active Other Woodswomen for eveyone, from beginners forestry researcher and has programs In 1984 include to the experienced outdoors- conducted training pro- eight rockcllmblng programs, woman. "We have a special grams In climbing, moun- horsepacklng trips, out- focus on teaching begin- taineering, minimum-Impact door leadership training ners," she said. "Our goal camping, rafting, canoeing programs and a series of Is to provide experiences that and kayaking. monthly workshops In the will encourage beginners to A recent addition to the Twin Cities. live safely, comfortably and leadership of Woodswomen Is To join the Woodswomen happily In the outdoors. We Kristen Frisch, who specializes organization or for more range from young women In kayaking but guides canoe, Information on Its news- with children to women In bike, hiking, skiing and paper and programs, con- their 70s. horse trips. tact Niemi at Woodswomen, "On the more-experienced This broad mixture of 2550 Pillsbury Ave. S., end of the scale, our 1984 talents and Interests has led Minneapolis 55404 or call calendar features trekking In Woodswomen to set an (612) 870-8291. Nepal, arctic canoeing on the ambitious schedule for 1984. Noatak River In Alaska and Cross country skiing and canoeing In the Canadian camping trips are scheduled wilderness." In November and In Febru- So how did a UMD and ary and March of 1985. "Ne- Harvard graduate become so pal Trekking" Is on the Involved with outdoor activi- calendar In October and No- ties? "I spent the first summer vember. of my life up In the woods," Backpacking programs In- Niemi said. "My parents had clude July In Colorado, Isle a cabin on Lake Vermilion Royale In September and the near Cook. I started skiing North Shore of Lake Superior as a child and grew up loving In late September. Bicycling the outdoors." workshops are scheduled In Helen Smith of Minneapolis proved that Woodswomen programs Nleml's college days In- April and May, followed by are for everyone, as she enjoyed a canoe trip Into the Boundary cluded an English degree "up bike trips to the Missouri Waters. Her adult daughter al o went on the trip. north" at UMD, a master's Ozarks In April, a weekend PAUL WEBSTER The-University-of.Minnesota-Duluth-Bridge Page9 From Spiderman to Chimney Sweep

Webster ls a young "For a time, we even had chers, helped him finance the like to go to Australia and man who wears many hats. two-storied web--whlch pro- operation and set him up the Upper Amazon and catch by Shah/a Rahman a He Is a UMD sophomore who vided private quarters," In the chimney sweeping a few exotic diseases." Some- runs his own chimney sweep- he said. A "winter model" business. day, he said he also hopes to Paul Webster hangs up his Ing business In Duluth. In his had quilts woven Into the Webster said he sweeps teach English or be an hat In a rather unusual place-- spare time he crawls around web, but proved "too stuffy" 20-30 chimneys per month. environmental writer. In a web! What Is even more In his own handmade webs. for sleeping. "Business Is good, even In the meantime, he hopes unusual Is that his hat Is UMD's own version of And a sound sleep Is what though there Is a lot of to keep building webs. Web- that of a chimney sweep! "Splderman" sleeps and a web provides him with, competition," he says. "How- ster said he hopes to build entertains his friends In a Webster claims. Sleeping bags ever," as he puts It, "chim- an outdoor web and has his web In the house he shares on the web are permitted, ney sweeping beats flipping eye on another spot on In Duluth with six other peo- but mattresses are not accept- burgers." campus for a second UMD ple. This winter he also built able. "I consider that to be In the midst of all this web. himself a small web attached cheating," he noted. A con- activity Webster Is a full-time "Even though I am absorb- to the celling of UMD's Tweed ventional bed Is "very resbic- UMD student majoring In Ing some of the big city's Museum of Art. "Those tive and boring," he added. English and communication. chemical Impurities, I am pillars have always Inspired The comment he says he "It's a painful existence," basically an Individual who en- me," he explained. hears the most Is, "Aren't he admitted. joys nature and art, and In Webster said he has you afraid you are going to However Webster, who ls general tries to enjoy life ," been making webs since he fall?" However, Webster a committed environmentalist he noted. was approximately 13 years claims he has never broken and nature lover, also admits His philosophy on life : old, while growing up with any bones on his webs. "My to enjoying school. "I like col- "Eveyone should have some his two brothers and two webs are very strong and lege a lot because you fun In life and try not to sisters at his parents' farm safe," he said. However he can be your own Individual," become an 'average normal' In Tamarack--just west of does urge caution after he said. He added that person." Duluth. seven beers. "Then It Is very "even though I am probably Most people will agree "I had been reading a lot easy to Inadvertently slip not as serious as I should that Paul Webster Is following of 'Spiderman' comic books, out the 'door' of the web," be, I feel I am getting a good his own advice. and on a rainy day I de- he warned. education at UMD." His cided to build a small web For the past two years, choice to attend UMD was In my parents' hay barn," he Webster also has been Du- Influenced, he said, by the said. luth's Village Chimney Sweep. school's good programs In The following year, the He said he always cleaned both his major fields, Its Shah/a Rahman, a writer Webster boys built a more his parents' chimney and picturesque setting and a In UMD's Campus Relations ambitious web (40' x 40') in decided this was a good way "good karate program." Office, has a wide range of the family pole barn. It served to pay some bills while he was As for his future, Web- writing responsibilities on the as a summer bedroom and In school. When he moved ster said, "One of my more UMD campus. was the site of family "web to Duluth to attend UMD, his normal tendencies Is to tra- wars" and many parties. parents, both school tea- vel." As he said, "I would RALPH ROMANO Page 10 The·University·of·Minnesota·Duluth·Bridge He Put UMD Athletics on the Map

Duluth Arena and Into na- fiddle at Public Schools stands as testimony to his "No way can we replace tional limelight. Stadium In West Duluth. The efforts. Griggs Field Is filled him with one person," said by Bruce Bennett After stepping out from be- hockey program was treading on fall Saturdays, the Arena UMD Provost Robert Heller. hind the bench after nine water, taunting MIAC rivals on winter weekends, women's "There were times when he Ralph Romano always seasons, he became a ranking but haunted by an Inability volleyball and softball teams was over-worked and things fought a good fight. He didn't and respected hockey leader to escape to a higher league. win titles. There Is work un- would bother him, just as they relish one, but he didn't back In the growth of the sport, No wrestling. No baseball. done, but Isn't there always? would any of us. But he had down, either. And he never both within his beloved If there were track and field "We feel we have good the right personality for the carried the battle out of the Western Collegiate Hockey or cross country teams they people and solid programs," job. The thing that bothers ring. Association and the National were so obscure few knew of he said two years ago, as me Is that Ralph was Just When the gloves came off Collegiate Athletic Associa- them. the fruits of his labors began beginning to become recog- and the tape was stripped tion, where his voice carried And no women's athletics to unfold. "We think success nized nationally for his talents away, the cuts stitched and clout. at all. breeds success. A lot of It has and abilities." the contusions treated, he'd "He lived Duluth hockey," UMD had a basketball team to do with the kind of people-- "I think his forte, as peo- smile and put a friendly arm said his old rival and collea- and that was about It. Coach coaches and athletes--we've ple who worked with him over around my shoulder and gue, John Marlucci, with Norm Olson had taken the got. They've worked hard. a period of time came to say, "You know, we have our whom he fostered the Go- Bulldogs to the NAIA tourna- You never know exactly why realize, was his fairness," differences, but we'll probably pher-Bulldog rivalry when ment In Kansas City twice and you start having as much suc- added Dennis L. Nelson, both go to each other's retire- "Maroosh" coached at "the people spoke In awe of that cess as we have enjoyed. It's assistant provost. "He was ment party." main U." "The welfare of Du- grand guard tandem, John probably a combination of a honest, diligent and, more- I went to his on a cold luth hockey meant more to Sampson and Bob Monson, or lot of things. over, very fair with people-- December morning. And I'll him than anything except per- the acrobatic scoring antics of "We haven't changed In his dealings with coaches, miss him at mine, because haps his family . And he built Dave Baker, tones that were coaches often, for one. Our his employees, other insti- he won't be there. There It Into one of the finest pro- to be reserved later for hockey football coach, Jim Malosky, tutions, the public, everyone." must be a greater game some- grams In the country." performers such as "Huffer" has been here longer than I "Very simply, he WAS the where and he was needed to With all due respect to the Christiansen and Bob Mason. have. That lends a semblance athletic program," said Bull- straighten things out, whether venerable Marlucci, I'd Indeed, a conflict between of stablllty to our programs. dog hockey coach Mike Ser- by friendly persuasion or change two words In that the two men's winter sports We've kept the men's and wo- tlch. "Everything that's a little arm-twisting. He could statement. Make It, "He loved raged during the Romano men's programs under one here he fought for. Every- do both. UMD athletics. The welfare of years, but he steered a steady, umbrella In the athletic depart- thing. It was his dream to put I can see him now, perhaps UMD athletics meant more to If uncharted, course. As the ment, for another. l was UMD on the map, not just wrlnglng his hands, glancing him ... " The growth of the hockey program struggled blessed with someone like In hockey, but In all sports, nervously at the clock, not overall Bulldog program, and, ultimately In the '80s, Linda Larson as women's and that dream was gaining saying much but definitely Into men and women, Is doubtless gained an Identity, so did the coordinator. We've circum- fulflllment the past few years." the game. And getting a job Ralph Romano's finest legacy. basketball program under the vented many of the problems Through the years he done. You have to think back to coaching of the remarkable other schools have (Integrat- brought a sense of Wartl)th Oh, we had our battles. what It was when he arrived George Fisher, a Romano ing women's athletics Into the and sincerity to his job, to- Mostly over hockey coaches. on campus--for the second hireling. Inter-collegiate scene) ." gether with Integrity and Their hiring and firing . time, Inasmuch as he was a Moreover, the entire pro- That was Romano, always honestly and the fairness It was never easy. Usuc.lly student there In the mld-50s. gram flourished under his di- deflecting the credit from that has been mentioned. "He messy. A no-win situation The beginnings were meager, rection. Today a balanced, hlmseH to others. But his took a lot of abuse some- either way. The decision was the outlook dim. The football successful 15-sport men's and talents couldn't always be hid- times for the decisions he had usually a draw and we team played Its games second women's athletic program den. He was a tireless worker. to make (running the athletic both would come away battle- program)," mentioned Chris- scarred and maybe wiser. Or tiansen, one of the very best maybe not. Because we tra- athletes ever at UMD. "But veled the same path several he took It all, never came out times. against anyone or held any Our careers were Inter- grudges. That says a lot twined. He was a sports re- about his character." porter for the Duluth News- Indeed. Tribune and Herald before Oh, how he would have taking the hockey coaching enjoyed riding out just one job at his alma mater, UMD, more hockey season, given In the fall of 1959. There the success the Bulldogs were two staff openings have attained this year. He simultaneously on the sports died Dec. 16 with his boots staff and I filled one of them on, doing what he enjoyed and followed his career as a and what he did best, enjoy- collegiate coach and athletic Ing what he loved: a UMD administrator. We were both game. Typically, the team young, we both made mis- dedicated the season to Its takes, but we grew In our fallen leader, and each jobs. succeeding week the Intensity Romano's dual roles com- and purpose with which It plimented each other. He has undertaken Its mission nurtured a hockey program makes the gesture more through a difficult adolescence significant. Into full bloom, much as a It would have made Ralph youngster grows from child- Romano proud. Somewhere, hood naivete to the aware- he has to be smiling. ness and Inquisitiveness of a well-rounded adulthood. He brought hockey from the out- door rink of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Con- Ralph Romano will be remembered for his devotion to the UMD campus and Its athletic programs. Bruce Bennett Is associate ference and the dank reaches Although he missed the Feb. 18 hockey game that clinched the WCHA title, everyone ls convinced sports editor of the Duluth of the old Curling Club to that "he knows." News-Tribune and Herald. the gleaming venues of the umdenodadan

Page 11 '30. ployed by Grande Industrial In '78 was a caseworker for Support Aebjor Fa--. '34, Is retired Virginia. He and Vldl L Ball. and Outreach Services for a from his job as a cartographer '79, recently were married In Vir- year .. . HeWI Koretad. '80 MD, for Pan American World Airways. ginia. Vicki Is employed by the has joined the staff of the North- Fause worked for Pan Am for 32 Mt. Iron School District. land Medical Clinic In Blgfork . years. He was also an Instructor Her practice Includes service at at Hun College and an associ- '74 the Northland Medical Clinic, Big ate engineer for the U.S . War Robert L Rla... lal. '74, has Falls Clinic, Northern Itasca Hos- Oept...llenalc:e been named superintendent- pital and Nursing Home and Nleal. '39, Is retired from teach- Corporation's International divi- human resources at Inland emergency room coverage ing. She had worked for 20 years sion In St. Paul...Davld Aa- Steel Mining Company's Mlnorca In the Babbitt School District. Dur- etett. '64, Is assistant director of Mine In Virginia. He has been Gnao.,, A. Bowle.---· '78, Is audit '81 Ing her career, she was also a the ENCORE! program at the Col- an Inland employee since 1976. supervisor at Touche Ross & Co. lqrld L N...__.., '81, is clerk at J . C . Penney and a lege of St. Scholastlca. Anstett Ringdahl also has a master's de- In the Twin Cities. He serves a a third-year medical student work- reporter for the Ely Miner. had been director of research and gree In Industrial safety from variety of clients with primary In- Ing with the Rural Physician Asso- development and assistant to the Central Missouri State ... Paala volvement In the areas of finance ciate Program. She Is working '40• president for special projects at Je- hdolpla. '74 MA, is assis- -- Including leasing, mortgage with Dr. Lyle Munneke of the htla '42, Is a retired no's, Inc .. . Hllletro•• '64, tant dean of the Graduate School banking and venture capital ... Family Practice Medical Center school teacher. During her teach- Is teaching seventh and eighth at the Unlver lty of California, Kri9tl '78, works In WUlmar ...Tito ... Natt. '81, Ing years she taught In Isabella, grade English at the Moose Lake Santa Barbara. as an Insurance underwriter In the serves as director of tourism and Goodland and Grand Rapids. She School. He taught In Moose Lake Twin C!tles ... Dlaae Ocepek, recreation In Bayfield County, also did substitute teaching In Du- from 1964-66 and moved to Clo- '76 '78, has been employed the last Wlsconsln ....lalle (Aao.. -) luth for 13 years .. . Mlclaael '°9 quet for two years before return- three years by St. Louis County ... '81, Is a CPA em- eepla Toaan. '43, Is controller Ing to Moose Lake In 1968. Social Services as a social worker. ployed by Honeywell In the Twin and director of administration of Hillstrom has directed school and Prior to this Ocepek worked as a Cities. one of the largest non-profit com- community plays for several psychiatric technician for the munity organizations In Santa years ....i.u. (Bndfonl) .lolaa- Virginia Regional Medical Cen- '82 Clara County, California. He had '64, Is working part-time ter .. . OU..b....-. retired several years ago, after 33 as a health educator for Koochi- '78, Is the first female member years with the Postal Service. ching County Public Health Nur- of the South St. Louis County When he retired, he was general sing Service In International Sheriffs Rescue Squad. Ollen- manager of the Systems and Pro- Falls ... Dr. Earl R. burger Is a teaching specialist at gramming Division at the Postal '65, Is an associate professor of Jluy Sclt•lta. '76, has been UMD ... llnd '78, named head swimming coach for Data Center In San Bruno -- one English at Cleveland State Univer- was awarded third place In the of five regional postal data pro- sity. His most recent publication the 1984 USA Wheelchair Ath- spot news category for outstate lectic Team by the National cessing centers. His division was Is "Cynewulf, Structure, Style and daily newspapers by the Associa- Wheelchair Athletic Association. responsible for the design, pro- Theme In His Poetry," published ted Press. Swenson, polltcal edl- She coach the 30 swimmers '82, Is an gramming and maintenance of ad- Farleigh Dickinson University will of the Bemidji Pioneer, recei- Elva Mule Kade. selected by the Association to apprentice with Broadway lighting vanced teleprocessing computer Press. He has a PhD from the ved the award for his story about represent the U.S. In the Vllth designer Tom Skelton. She has systems for the western region of University of Oregon, where he a young boy who disappeared World Wheelchair Games this stage managed for Opera Colum- the U.S . -- which Included most was a National Defense Education from his rural Bemidji home. He summer. About 2,500 represen- bus and will soon receive her of the western states, Hawaii and Act Fellow and a Woodrow Wil- also received an "Instant Citation" tatives from 60 countries will com- equity card. She also worked with Alaska ... WUlafll '46, son Dissertation Fellow ... No~ from AP for work on another Kave. pete. Schmitz Is supervisor of "A ChUd's Chrtstm In Wales" supervises dlnlca/ chemistry at A. '66, has wire service story. Now In his sports, physical education and at the Great Lakes Shakespeare Pacific Hospital In Long Beach, been awarded a doctor of chiro- fourth year with the Pioneer, recreation at Courage Center Ser- Festival. Kaz.le Is a grad student at California. Before entering the practic degree from the North- Swenson has served as county western College of Chiropractic. vices-Duluth. reporter, sports desk, news editor, Ohio University and expects to re- medical field five years ago, he ceive her master's degree Ir! worked as a math teacher ...Allaa He was among the first group special project coordinator, of students to graduate from '77 general assignment reporter and May ... Ta--,, L '82, NI ..... '47, recently retired from a second lieutenant In the U.S. the position of vice president of the college's new Bloomington .,__e (lllaor) llaftla. '77, now political editor and Sunday Air Force, has graduated from Air student affairs at Northern Michi- campus. It had been located In works as a clerk and typist In edltor ... Sla...W (Koell) WU- Force pilot training and has gan University. He enjoys the win- St. Paul...Tito... ,. Bua- the St. Scholastlca Library. She u.... '78, served on the Presi- received her silver wings at Wil- ters In Green Valley, Arizona, rtcla. '68, Is teaching emotionally Is actively Involved In the Minne- dential National Commission for liams Air Force Base In Arizona. and the summers at a cottage disabled students In Sioux City, sota and Arrowhead Epilepsy the International Year of the ChUd She has been assigned to the near Marquette, Mlchlgan ... Dele lowa ... Katlay FNdrlcbea. Leagues and the American Dia- from 1979-81. Presently, Williams 1st Space Wing at Peterson Air R. '49, has embarked '69, has taught elementary and betes Association .. .Victoria serves as the national director of Force In Colorado ... Karl on a career In real estate after secondary physical education In {Laadbelw) Gon1ck. '77, Is youth volunteers for the March of Base o.etnkla. '82, Is the sports retiring from Burroughs Corp. Moose Lake for 12 years. She self-employed as a piano/organ Dimes Birth Defects Foundation -- editor of the International Falls Nelson was a Burroughs branch has taken her volleyball team to teacher. She Is also a church a national non-profit organlza- Dolly Journal. While at UMD, manager for 32 years. state competition In 1975, 1979, organist ... David 1.aa91ey, '77, tlon .. .S.... (R-dqlllet) 1980, 1981 and 1982. They has been employed as a graduate Wood. '78, received an outstan- Oestreich served as assistant were state champs three times teaching assistant at Purdue Uni- ding award for "peer review" sports editor and editor-In-chief ·so. of the Statesman. He also worked Robert L leeeta•per. '52, and runners-up once. versity for the last five years ... from the Minnesota Association of at the Hermantown Star .. Is Interim vice president for aca- Stn-. '77, and Sipe (Hel- Health Care Facilities. Wood is Wlalt• ,. Paalv. '82, has gradu- demic affairs at Emporia State '70 .-o•) 111m. '79, MBA, are liv- the director of social services and University. He reports that Em- .,.__ Godaey. '70, is deputy ing In Austin. He recently gradu- volunteer coordinator at Lake ated from the Los Angeles Police poria State was led for 11 years director of the Rochester Public ated from the University of Minne- Haven Manor Nursing Home In Academy In the top 10 of his class. He Is working In a patrol by Dr. John King, who was Library. He had been director of sota Law School and joined the Duluth. car on the streets of Los Angeles. UMD's provost from 1950-53, be- the Huntington (Indiana) Public law firm of Alderson, Ondov, fore Dr. Raymond Darland. Dr. Library. Godsey has a master's Leonard & Sween, PA. She Is '79 King recently retired from Sou- degree In library and Information supervisor of accounting at Wood- .,.__ '79, recently '83 science from Indiana University. vale Management Services, Inc. received his medical degree and thern Illinois University. Lee- '83 A CPA, Signe has taught accoun- Is a psychiatry resident In Iowa Ewa Lva Alam Carlaoa. stamper said he often meets peo- MBA, Is a counselor In the Cook ple on the Emporia campus who '71 ting on the Twin Cities campus ... City ... (A.qelo) Ell- County School's special education know King ... _,...., Saad. '77, Is a Juvenile root. '79, Is working as a den- Dr. Vloa.t (Carl- program ... Is a probation officer for Delaware tal hygienist for the U.S . Army. CIINlp FON. '83, Tabb. '56, Is retired from computer programmer at St. Paul teaching duties at Circle County In Pennsylvania. Before Her husband, Vincent, Is an Ramsey Medical Center ... Clarw- Plnes--where she taught for 10 this job, Sund worked as a ROTC cadet and will be commis- tlae A. '83, an Army years. She also has taught In counselor for Bethany ChUdren's sioned In May 1984 .. .Mara JUa. Goap. Reserve private first class, has public schools In Richfield and Home In Duluth for four years ... •..... '79, Is a private first completed basic training at Fort Denver and at Northwestern Col- Jlupret R. T.... '77 MA, class with the U.S . Army working Jackson, South Carolina ... lege. She has written a book currently teaches In Minneapolis. at the Defense Language Institute .a. Is a sales repre- entitled Get To Know Your Bible She has worked as a counselor In the Foreign Language Center. Kellelt•• '83, sentative for Land O'Lakes, Inc. and Is working on teaching Moac:laUo Vac:ealc:la. '71, has and taught on the Twin Cities ao...a.,, (Matlu) ..... '79, materials for Sunday school tea- been named first vice president campus. The Minnesota Person- has worked as a learning disabili- .. .Robert C. Maney. b .• '83, has joined Reach-All Manufactur- chers. She also has a master's by the board of directors of Pi- nel and Guidance Association ties teacher In the Duluth area ing and Engineering Company, a degree In religious education from per, Jaffray & Hopwood, Inc. Newsletter, which she edited for for the past eight years. She Duluth-based manufacturer of Denver Seminary. He has been branch manager and five years, received a first-place also has been an elementary tea- registered representative of the award for publications from the cher .. . RelHtcca Paaaala. '79, utility and construction equip- ment. Murray, as production firm's Milwaukee office since American Personnel and Gui- Is a substitute teacher In the '60e planner, Is responsible for de- Utt..... '63, Is the chief June. He had been manager of dance Association ... Gnao.,, Twin Cities area. Previously, she fffff veloping production schedules executive officer of Duluth Growth Piper Jaffray's Duluth office for Vitae. '77, will receive his medi- was a mathematics teacher. and coordinating Inventory de- Co. The company was funded five years, a registered represen- cal degree from Chicago Medi- In 1983 by a public stock offering tative with Paine Webber and a cal School In June. He was mands to meet those schedules. '80 He also assists In further develop- and will buy small, growing com- Duluth police officer. recently elected to Alpha Omega ftdltla (Patdoll) eo...... panies and move them to Duluth. Alpha, a national honor medical '80, Is a student at Loyola Uni- ment of Reach-All's computerized manufacturing system. Udesen had been vice president '73 society. Vltas hopes to return to versity In Chicago working on her and general manager of Onan lllclaanl JI. Gloral. '73, Is em- Minneapolis for surgical residency. master's In social work. Converse Spring 1984

Much April 25 Sonny Rollins, "World's May Greatest Jazz Saxo- S California Alumni Recep- 1 Elizabethan Dinner, Kirby phonist," and Tom 1 UMD Jazz Ensemble I, tion, Oakland, 6:30 p.m. Ballroom, 4 p.m. Deluca, Hypnotist, Kirby MPAC, Sp.m. Ballroom, 10 a.m. 11 Feculty Recital, Ronald 4-7 Spring Dance Concert, Softball, UMD vs. St. Gauger, First United MPAC, Sp.m. 26-29 UMD Opera Theatre, Cloud St.ate, 3 p.m. Methodist Church, 4 p.m. "The Old Maid and the 8 Feculty Recital, Donna Thief'' by Gian Carlo S Freshman Chorus/ IS UMD Chamber Orchestra Pegon, Raymond Com- Menotti and "D Tabarro" University Chorale, Concert, BohH 90, 8 p.m. stock and Patricia Laliberte by Gracomo Puc:ctni, Gloria Del Lutheran BohH 90, 4 p.m. MPAC, Sp.m. Church, 8 p.m. 14 Chris Carlson, "Cults-- Appeals vs. Dangers," Kir- 11 Baseball, UMD vs. Carle- 2 7•28 Baseball, UMD vs. Softball, UMD vs. UW- by Ballroom, 8 p.m. ton, Wade Stadium, 2 Northern State, Wade Supertor, 3 p.m. p.m. Stadium, Friday at 2 p.m. 16 The Wolverines "Big Band and Saturday at noon 4-5 Baseball, UMD vs. South- Sound" Dance, Greysolon John Stoc:kweU, "Foreign west State, Wade Sta- Plaza Ballroom , 8:30 p.m. Polley In Central 27•29 Model UN , Kirby Student dium , Friday at 2 p.m. America," Kirby Ballroom, Center and Saturday at noon 8p.m. 18 Feculty Recital, Patricia 28 Annual Student 6 Suzuki Festival, BohH 90, Laliberte, BohH 90, 4 P-m. Inger Grudln Harptichord Exhibition, Tweed 3p.m. Workshop and Concert, Museum, Main Gallery, Lecture and Demonstra- MPAC, Sp.m. Allee Tweed Tuohy Room University Singers Con- tion, Meg Harper, MPAC, and Balcony (runs through cert, MPAC, 8 p.m. Sp.m lS-14 Jazz Festival, MPAC, May 13) 8p.m. 8 Concert Band/ Jazz Pubbc Schools Art Exhbtt, 29 Photographs and Paint- Ensemble 0, MPAC, Tweed Museum, Main 14 Softball, UMD vs. ings, Loran Pietila, Tweed Sp.m. Gallery, (runs through Winona, 1 p.m. Museum, Lecture Gallety Aprtl 22) (runs through May 20) 11 UMD Wind Ensemble 15 Feculty Recital, Gordon Concert, MPAC, 8 p.m. 21 Mike Lewis, T ed Mu- Jecob, BohH 90, 4 p.m. Paintings, Amy Berg seum, Lecture Gallery Rigby, Tweed Museum, 16 Karen Monson, Tweed (runs through April 1) 17 Softball, UMD vs. UW- Court Gallery, (runs Museum, Studio Gallery Superlor, 3 p.m. through May 20) (runs through May 27) 22 UMD Wind Ensemble Concert, MPAC, 8 p.m. 19 Softball, UMD vs. Morris, UMD Chamber Orchestra, 19 Spring Quarter Com- 2p.m. &hH 90, 3 p.m. mencement and Recep- 22•25 UMD Theatre, "Antigone" tion, Gymnasium, 2 p.m by Sophocles, Dudley Ex- 24 Tom Deluca, Hypnotist, Feast of Nations, Exhibits, perimental Theatre, 8 p.m. Kirby Ballroom, 8 p.m. noon, Campus Club; 21 Sculpture, Boyd Christen- Stage Performance, 2:30 sen, Tweed Museum, Bal- Baseball, UMD vs. p.m. BuU Pub; Dinner, cony (runs through June 23-24 Elizabethan Dinner, Kirby Bemidji, Wade Stadium, 4 p.m , Cafeteria 24) Ballroom, 7 p.m 2 p.m. 25 Photography Exhibition, "Our Land/ Our People," Tweed Museum, Balcony (runs through Aprl) 22) UMD Bridge Non Pruit Organ1u11on Elizabethan Dinner, Kirby University of Minnesota, Duluth Ballroom, 4 p.m. U.S. Postage 2400 Oakland Avenue PAID Abers, Alyce Coker, Duluth, MN 55812 PERMTT NO. 67 Tweed Museum, Court Duluth. M- Gallety (runs through Aprtl 15) 28-Sl UMD Theatre, "Antigone" by Sophocles, Dudley Ex- perimental Theatre, 8 pm.

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