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Profiles in Service 1 Profiles in Service 2 Profiles in Service 1905–2005 Written & Edited by: Rebecca Blair ’80 Michael G. Cartwright A. James Fuller Layout & Design: Jeannine Allen 2006 University of Indianapolis 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction V. Mentors & TeacHERS Michael G. Cartwright .....................................................................5 Robert McBride .............................................................................88 Fred Hill ........................................................................................92 I. FOUNDERS & Parents Alice Friman ...................................................................................96 J. T. Roberts ...................................................................................11 Charlie Guthrie ...........................................................................100 Alva Button Roberts ......................................................................14 JoAnn Domb ...............................................................................104 “The Genesis of the College” by J. T. Roberts ................................17 Matt Brock ...................................................................................106 Laura Steed ..................................................................................107 II BrotHERS & SISTERS Kristina Russell.............................................................................108 The Hilton Brothers .......................................................................21 David Hilton ..........................................................................22 VI. CAREGIVERS & Professionals Bruce Hilton ..........................................................................26 Cheryl Larson ..............................................................................110 Don “Sam” Hilton .................................................................30 Toni Peabody ...............................................................................114 The Sisters of Our Lady of Grace Monastery Jennifer Fogo ................................................................................118 Mary Luke Jones O.S.B. .........................................................34 Sam Kegerreis ...............................................................................124 Jennifer Horner O.S.B. ..........................................................38 Diouheratou Traore ......................................................................128 III. GREYHOUNDS & AMBASSADORS VII. Stewards & Trustees Paul & Lucy Brown Alexander .......................................................42 Donald Carmony .........................................................................130 Moses Musa Mahoi & Henry Martinez ..........................................50 Harold & Ann Cory Bretz ............................................................134 Ray Crowe .....................................................................................54 Robert Brooker ............................................................................138 Elias Chacour .................................................................................58 William Kiesel ..............................................................................142 Flora Valentine ..............................................................................62 Mike Watkins ...............................................................................146 Nancy Meyer ..................................................................................66 Evan Hill ......................................................................................150 Laurel Curts ...................................................................................67 Phoebe Daroyanni ..........................................................................68 Exemplars of Service .....................................................................152 Symbols of Service ........................................................................154 IV. Servants & LEADERS Acknowledgments ........................................................................155 Roy Turley ......................................................................................70 Index ............................................................................................157 Gene Lausch ..................................................................................74 Notes ...........................................................................................165 Patricia Poehler ...............................................................................78 Frances Kantner .............................................................................81 Peter Buck ......................................................................................82 Marylynne Winslow .......................................................................83 4 Celebrating “Education FOR Service”— A TRADITION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS Michael G. Cartwright Dean of Ecumenical & Interfaith Programs & Executive Director, The Crossings Project How do you tell the story of a set of As readers of this volume will see for that we sometimes disagree with one an- practices that has endured for a century at a themselves, some alumni are so committed other about how to think about a particular church-related comprehensive university? As to service that they think the motto should proposal, project or endeavor. Like other the co-authors of this book, Rebecca Blair be changed to “Service because of Educa- living traditions, not all of the arguments ’80, James Fuller (History Dept.) and I have tion.” And others, including some faculty, are explicit, nor is it the case that all voices chosen to narrate the tradition of “Educa- believe that teaching is the highest form in the argument necessarily are articulated tion for Service” through seven sets of of service, and aspire to lead students into as powerfully at any given moment in the “profiles,” each of which displays a different critical engagement with the world around history of the University. Make no mistake dimension of the kinds of service associated them. Some faculty and staff are commit- about it, however, this tradition embodies with the history of Indiana Central College ted to voluntary service, and still others some central convictions associated with the and the University of Indianapolis. We are approach service as a form of Christian moral, intellectual, and spiritual formation pleased that we have been able to gather discipleship, believing that “faith without of students at this University, and in retro- more stories than could be collected in this works is empty.” We also have some skep- spect, it is possible to see ways in which this book, and we encourage readers to explore tics and dissenters who challenge those who motto has served as a basis of continuity in more than a dozen other profiles that are are advocates of “Education for Service” to the midst of a century of remarkable changes available in the Profiles in Service Online at think critically about what they mean when on this campus. http://eip.uindy.edu/profiles/ they speak passionately about the impor- If you listen carefully to the way stories In the simplest sense, the motto tance of the relationship between education about “Education for Service” are told at “Education for Service” names one of and service. the University of Indianapolis, though, you the central convictions that shapes our That is as it should be. As the moral will discover that this is a tradition shaped University’s sense of purpose: namely, that philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre has observed by virtues like generosity of spirit, giving the pursuit of education and activities of in his book After Virtue, “when an institu- and receiving hospitality, selfless devotion, service belong together. That does not mean tion—a university, say, or a farm, or a hospi- intellectual clarity in the pursuit of truth, that we all agree about how to characterize tal—is the bearer of a tradition of practice or Christian unity, and a commitment to the such a conjunction. Indeed, as President practices, its common life will be partly, but pursuit of reconciliation and unity in rela- Beverley Pitts has observed in a letter to in a centrally important way, constituted by tionships. These are some of the most signifi- first-year students of the University: “Some a continuous argument as to what a univer- cant forms of excellence that are embodied of our faculty, staff and students are very sity is and ought to be or what good farming in the exemplars of service that have lived passionate advocates of service, and their is or what good medicine is. Traditions, when during the course of the past century. The involvements are central to their career and vital, embody continuities of conflict.” 2 As persons whose lives are narrated in this book professional identity; others, equally com- MacIntyre goes on to observe, traditions that do not comprise the whole story; they are, mitted to service, volunteer in community no longer have the capacity to engage internal however, some of the most striking examples service projects or religious activities outside or external challenges are traditions that are of “Education for Service” that have shaped the context of their careers. You will discover dying or dead. 3 this institution in the past and who display strong and articulate advocates for both We are pleased