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Cover art: “Urban Landscape, 2010” Oil on canvas

Hamline alumna Aubrey Hendry ’10 painted our cover art while a student at Hamline. The view is looking out over Klas Field from the Klas Center. Hendry says of the piece: Hamline Art I think of the landscape as imagined, concrete, and ever-chang- ing. As I worked on this painting, the days were sunny, the days A curatorial look at campus, were foggy, the snow was melting, and spring was coming. I had highlighting Hamline works of art. to consolidate those many changes to create a painting that worked within itself. It was amazing to study this view because I began to see things I had never noticed before. 12

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Wisecracker Funny man K. P. Anderson ‘91, head writer and executive producer of E!’s The Soup, picks apart pop culture and the “ laugh” to earn our greatest praise: “That was pretty 4 good.” Find out more about this stand-up guy on page 24. Features 12 Oil Slick by Michelle Bruch Hamline experts weigh in on the long-term effects of mixing oil and water. 20 18 Out of the Fog by Elizabeth Kephart Reisinger What do you get when you combine Guinness with spiritual awakening? “The Guinness Sutra.” 20 Hamline Art Hamline means something different to everybody. It apparently looks different to everybody, too. 24 Just Add Laughter by Monica Wright You’re not that messed up: life on the funny side of the street. 26 Robb Prince Remembered Hamline mourns the loss of a beloved board member and longtime trustee. Departments 4 Happenings on Hewitt 27 Alumni News 27 Associations of Hamline Alumni 28 Class Notes 33 In Memoriam

FALL 2010 1 FALL 2010 1 From the Editor From the President

Surely it’s a throwback to my elementary school days, but I always equate fall with the smell of new crayons. For me, the 24-pack of Crayolas was the prized necessity on the back-to- school shopping list. My mother would often make me use up paste and notebooks from the year before, but she always relented for a fresh pack of crayons. There’s just something about them that says possibility—especially in the fall, when the air is crisp, the school year commences, and the time seems right for a new perspective. This issue of Hamline magazine is all about new perspec- tives. We feature Ed Jopling MALS ’09, who turned a series of traumatic events into a journey of self-discovery in Galway, Volume 107 / Number 2 / fall 2010 Ireland—a move that would forever change his life. We also hear from Hamline experts on the Gulf Coast oil spill and lighten the mood with a profile on comedic writer K. P. Hamline Anderson ’91. And while no one uses crayon as their medium, The magazine of Hamline University This message comes to you just after the close of Hamline’s That evening, I recounted the story of another young woman we showcase the works of several local artists who offer their Alumni Weekend, which started with the President’s Circle named Carol V. Beggs who received a degree in chemistry from perspectives on Hamline. The results are colorful, diverse, and Editor Phoebe Larson Dinner and concluded with a worship service hosted by Hamline in 1966. Carol worked for many years as a chemist, unexpected, which is to say: totally Hamline. Contributing editors Hamline . In between, we witnessed and lived modestly. Even though she could not belong to the Tony Grundhauser, Breanne Hanson Hegg MNM ’04 reunions of classmates celebrating their golden anniversaries all-male investment club at her workplace, she managed to

Contributing writers Michelle Bruch, and special affinity reunions for the arts and the Greek societies overhear their stock picks while sitting at a table nearby when Elizabeth Kephart Reisinger, Monica Wright from years gone by. On a glorious fall day, the football team they met over lunch. Carol never married nor had children. Phoebe Larson won its game against Macalester (49–30). Children wandered Upon her death from cancer at 62 years of age, she left her Contributing photographers Rob Greer, Andy King, Bill Raaum, Cory Ryan, Dawn Villella around campus with their parents, carrying balloons and entire estate, valued at $2.5 million, to Hamline to support wearing face paint and “I love Hamline” buttons. The chimes chemistry scholarships and research. Her hope was that some- Designers Allison Long, Kelly Christ sounded as each name of someone who had passed in the last day a Hamline student would find a cure for cancer.

On The Cover “Urban Landscape, 2010” year was read at the memorial service. Awards were given out Carol Beggs’s generosity will make a difference for Hamline by Aubrey Hendry ’10 to distinguished alumni and several were inducted into the students in perpetuity through her endowment gift. Jaclyn Athletic Hall of Fame. Johnson will make a difference in whatever pathway she POSTMASTER Change service requested to: Hamline Magazine, MS-C1916, 1536 Hewitt Avenue, As president, I had the privilege of participating in all of chooses. Both women acknowledged that those who made a Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104-1284 it. (Well, maybe not the football game!) Of course much felt difference for them as students were the professors who encour- familiar, yet this year there was a sense of connection and aged them and challenged them to recognize that, indeed, one Questions/letters Hamline Magazine, MS-C1916, 1536 Hewitt Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104-1284, community that poignantly expressed our theme: “Make a person can make a difference. 651-523-2755, [email protected] Difference.” One example of how the Hamline experience I like the name President’s Circle of Donors because it impacts students was the speech of senior Jaclyn Johnson at the invokes this sense of community, which sustains our growing President’s Circle Dinner about why she chose Hamline. She circle of students who benefit from their generosity. Carol and Hamline University first published an alumni periodical in said, “What made Hamline different from the other universities Jaclyn graduated from Hamline 45 years apart, and yet their 1904, called the Alumni Quarterly of Hamline University. Now simply titled Hamline, the magazine is published to me was its sense of acceptance, closeness among peers, com- stories are amazingly similar. Both see the difference a Hamline periodically each year. munity, and a feeling of being at home…because of that differ- education makes. So, as the memories of Alumni Weekend Hamline University does not discriminate on the basis of ence, I wanted to be a part of this school and community.” 2010 linger, I want to assure you that your gifts and support race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, disability, religion, enable us to keep doing what we do best: make a difference. age, sexual orientation, or veteran status in its education or employment programs or activities.

Linda N. Hanson President

2 Hamline Magazine FALL 2010 3 Happenings on Hewitt For the Love of Leadership

Some people enjoy knitting—Jozie Nummi ’11 enjoys leadership training. “I like personal development—striving to reach the next step,” says the junior global studies major and social justice and legal studies double minor. “Leadership training is collaborative and constructive.” U.S.News & World Report Last summer, Nummi was one of 50 students in the world selected to attend the prestigious Hesselbein Student Leadership Summit at the University of Pittsburgh. Throughout the four-day summit, students learned how to be effective, ethical, and innovative leaders and worked alongside distinguished mentors, including several corporate CEOs, nonprofit directors, and heads of government and the military. Nummi picked up lots of tips, including these five basic questions through which leaders can effect change within their company:

1. What is the mission? “Every business should have a mission. It should be one sentence long that you can put on a T-shirt.”

2. Who is the customer? “Think about primary customers and supporting customers. In the case of Big Brothers/Big Sisters, the primary customers would be the children, and the supporting customers would be their parents and family members.”

3. What do our customers value? “Know what your customer wants and provide the best service Forbes possible. One of our speakers was a recovering alcoholic who started an organization for the children of alcoholics. When she surveyed the children, she learned that what they valued most, despite field trips and playground equipment, were the counselors—being able to talk to someone.”

4. Are we giving our customers what they want? “Take customer surveys. Look at the results. The results will tell you what corrections you need to make—what programs to continue and what to abandon.” PrincetonDust off the Trophy Case 5. What is our plan? “Change is spurred by asking these questions. Determine three to five goals. If you have too Hamline has never been one to toot its own horn, so it helps when other organizations do it for many, your focus is too widespread. Narrow it down and us. University rankings were recently released, putting Hamline in the spotlight. Here’s a rundown know exactly what you’re doing.” of the university’s recent accolades.

For the tenth consecutive year, Hamline remains The Princeton Review named Hamline one of the the top-ranked Minnesota university in itsReview class in best colleges and universities in the Midwest in its the 2011 rankings of “America’s Best Colleges,” by PrincetonReview.com feature, “2011 Best Colleges U.S.News & World Report magazine. Region by Region.”

U.S.News & World Report also named the School of Hamline is again among the nation’s “best colleges Law second in the nation in dispute resolution and and universities” according to the latest rankings by named its Health Law Institute among the top 20 Forbes.com. Hamline ranked 262 out of 610 American institutes on the country. colleges and universities (out of a possible 6,600) that had the distinction of making the “best” list. Hamline ranks fourth in the nation of schools its size in Washington Monthly’s new rankings of service- oriented colleges and universities.

4 Hamline Magazine FALL 2010 5 Happenings On Hewitt Legal Advice

“You can’t go to Hamline law school without graduating with some sense of the idea that the law is a vehicle to help people,” says Timothy Purdon JD ’94. President Obama recently nominated Purdon as the U.S. Attorney for North Dakota. As Purdon settles into his new role (he was sworn in last August) we talked to him about his advice to young lawyers and his desire to do good.

What does your new role entail? The U.S. Attorney’s Office represents the in federal court and handles all criminal prosecution in federal court. There are 93 U.S. Attorney’s offices across the country. My office handles the North Dakota caseload. Some of our issues are crime rates on Indian reservations and our international border with Canada.

Why did you strive for your position at U.S. Attorney? I was in private practice for 16 years. I was able to help people who were battling significant personal problems, but working at the U.S. Attorney’s office allows me to take that public service The Big 2-0 element to a higher level. I’ve been lucky in my life, and I feel like public service is something I can do to give back. In elementary school, if it’s your birthday, you bring in What advice do you have for young lawyers? behave as adversaries. Many young lawyers come out of law treats. No one knows this better than Hamline School My advice is simple: as a lawyer, your most important asset school ready to fight. Yes, you need to fight for your client, of Education, which celebrated the 20th anniversary of is your reputation. It takes a long time to build a good but you don’t need to fight with each other. Disagree without its Summer Literacy Institute (with cupcakes) last July. reputation, but one phone call can ruin it. The law is an being disagreeable, and you’re on your way to building a good Since 1990, the institute has brought area teachers adversarial business, but there’s no reason for counsel to reputation with the bar and with the bench. together for one week in the summer to learn from renowned national educators. Reenie Goepfrich, a fifth grade teacher in the Public School District, has attended all 20 Summer Literacy Institutes. Here’s what she has to say The Art of Storytelling about making learning fun, writing thank-you notes, and why she continues to teach. In July, students in Hamline’s master of fine arts in writing for children and young adults program gathered on campus for an 11-day residency with faculty members and award-winning authors, sharing I tell the kids straight up there’s no fun in the one week in the summer immersed in literacy and inspiration and techniques and simply telling tales from these and other notable books: fifth grade. But we end up having a lot of fun. looking for better ways to teach our children. I I make sure we have a field trip every month— think the public should write a thank-you note to to the zoo, to the Walker Art Center, to the Mill every teacher who’s attended this workshop. “I lay there and I thought how life was like a Litmus Lozenge, City Museum…We visit Richardson County Park You need to push the boundaries in how the sweet and the sad were all mixed up together every season. We work with a photographer to see life through a different lens. We do a lot of teaching. Trust your intuition, take and how hard it was to separate it out.” writing. We’re busy all the time. risks, and accept failure as part of the — Kate DiCamillo, Because of Winn-Dixie The Summer Literacy Institute is special—it’s process. It’s never the same—each class, each on the cutting edge. It gives me think time with day, each hour. I do everything day-by-day now, people who are exploring the future of education. but my plan is to come back to the institute next “The wind drove Irene along so rudely she had to We might all be learning something different summer and to continue to teach. It gives me because we’re all at different points in our enormous satisfaction. hop, skip and go helter-skeltering over the knobby ground.” careers, but we’re all committed to spending — William Steig, Brave Irene

6 Hamline Magazine FALL 2010 7 Happenings On Hewitt Guiding Lights

In this economy, career guidance is a hot commodity. Through “The mentor program is a great exam- Hamline School of Business’ Public Service Mentor Program, students connect one-on-one with practitioners in their fields. ple of how Hamline helps students More than 30 students are enrolled in the program, which was

founded last year by School of Business Executive-in-Residence prepare for a job upon graduation,” Susie Brown and Jim Scheibel. Students meet with their mentors says Soren who mentored Kris Jensen ’11 (no relation), volun- once a month to talk about their Hamline classes, get advice teer coordinator for Minnesota Reading Corps. “By matching on their resumes, and learn more about their fields of interest. them with professionals from the sector, students see how “Mentors open the door for informational interviews and help theory is turned into practice, complete with the challenges students network,” says Scheibel. and the triumphs.” Soren Jensen MNM ’07 jumped at the chance to mentor Kris says Soren helped her realize the importance of strategy students from his alma mater. Jensen currently serves as director when building a career, including capitalizing on strengths, of development for Project Pathfinder, a nonprofit organization practicing the skills one finds difficult, and seeing the value that works to end sexual violence and abuse, and as chairman of of networking. “In the world of nonprofits, individuals must the board for HandsOn Twin Cities, which connects volunteers wear many hats,” says Kris. “Soren has helped me see the with volunteer opportunities. importance of diverse work experiences and reminds me to not sell myself short.”

Commencement by the Numbers

Through rain and shine, Hamline awarded degrees to more than 939 graduates from all five schools in May. Monumental Move

Thirty-five tons of history made its way across campus last sum- participating mer. The Bridgman Court monument, which rested on the corner graduates of Snelling and Englewood Avenues for more than 50 years, now 2 speakers sits next to Bush Memorial Library and Hamline School of Law. 939 Polar explorer Will Steger and Bud Philbrook JD ’83, The monument moved to make room for the new University former deputy under secretary of agriculture for Center, which is anticipated to break ground in 2011. faculty marching: farm and foreign agricultural services The move was a challenge for facilities staff members and 175 contractors. Bridgman Court consists of 30 stone blocks, each weighing roughly 1,800 pounds, and a base made up of five 3,000-pound blocks. rain The structure commemorates Hamline’s first 100 years and storms 1 serves as a memorial to George Bridgman, Hamline President from 7,000 guests 1883 to 1912, and his wife, Mary. It was commissioned by their children, Donald and Dorothy. 4 bleachers with seats Dorothy’s husband, John Rood, was the sculptor. The piece staff member and student volunteers 1,104 took him nearly three years to finish. Upon its completion he said: We are happy with the result. However, we realize that the wall will be here long after those who conceived of it are 77 gallons gone, and we can only hope that it will stand the test of of water weather and changing tastes… Now that the physical part 95 is finished, Bridgman Court needs only your enjoyment to outdoor make it a complete success. 1 ceremony folding chairs Rood would be happy to note that the impressive sculpture still 2indoor 2,650 stands at Hamline. We invite you to visit campus to see it in its ceremonies countless people wiping down wet chairs and setting them up in Hutton Arena new home and view other Hamline art (see page 20).

8 Hamline Magazine FALL 2010 9 Right on Track

Men’s Head and Women’s Assistant Track & Field Coach Paul Schmaedeke misses the old Hamline All teams fought hard this spring, but the season brought glory especially to the women’s tennis and uniforms. In recent years the team went from an eye-popping crimson red to a more sophisticated men’s baseball teams. Women’s tennis was named an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) all-academic team burgundy. “I want them to stand out so I can see them,” he says. Schmaedeke needn’t worry—his and had several individual ITA scholar-athlete awards. On the baseball diamond, Matt Eickman ’13 was named athletes are catching everyone’s eye, on the track and in the classroom. Both teams were named U.S. MIAC Baseball Rookie of the Year, and Tony Rogers ’11 was awarded the distinction of Gold Glove All-American. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) all-academic teams with several He is one of only three Division III outfielders in the entire nation to earn the honor. members also earning individual all-academic honors. On the track, the men’s team placed second to St. Thomas at both the indoor and outdoor Minnesota Here are the 2009–10 overall results from Hamline’s spring athletic teams. Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) championships. They were edged out by only seven points Visit www.hamline.edu/athletics for individual stats and detailed information. at the indoor meet—the closest indoor finish in conference history. They posted 155.0 points at the outdoor meet—the best finish at an outdoor championship in Schmaedeke’s tenure. Tennis Baseball Athletes on both teams scored all-American honors last year, including Derall King ’11 (indoor: shot put Men: 9–9, 1–8 MIAC 16–24, 9–11 MIAC and weight throw, outdoor: shot put) and Becky Culp ’13 (discus throw). Women: 5–13, 1–9 MIAC Softball But behind every great athlete is a great coach. Schmaedeke swept the 2009–10 MIAC coaches 19¬–19, 13–9 MIAC awards, being named Men’s Cross Country and Men’s Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Track and Field Year. Women’s Track and Field Head Coach Shawn Johnson-Hipp also was honored with a Breaking Men: 2/11 teams Barriers award at Minnesota’s National Girls and Women in Sports Day celebration that honors coaches Women: 6/12 teams who provide athletic opportunities for girls and women of all races, ages, and levels of ability.

From left: Tyson Molitor ’11, all-American sprinter; Kameron Argiannis ’11, 2008 conference champion–400 hurdles; Derall King ’11, four-time all-American thrower; Shaise Schuette ’13 two-time MIAC champion–pole vault; Becky Culp ’13, all-American thrower; Robyn Wernberg ’11, all-conference thrower; Coach Paul Schmaedeke

10 Hamline Magazine FALL 2010 11 oil slick

The Gulf Coast oil spill has been called the greatest natural disaster in United States history. Eleven workers were killed in the blast, which ultimately leaked nearly 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The leak is capped, but the disaster wages on. In the spirit of “do all that you can,” the Hamline community aims to understand and take action against the devastating ramifications of this deadly tragedy.

by Michelle Bruch

12 Hamline Magazine FALL 2010 13 John Downing ’73, a biology professor at Iowa State University and president-elect of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), has researched the Gulf’s “dead zones,” where oxygen levels are so low most organisms can’t survive. He worries about the 1.8 million gallons of dispersants that were The economic impact Taylor Fredin ’14 experienced anything but a typical beach vacation sprayed into the water to disperse the oil. Attorney Brian Toder ’86 worked as part of when she visited the Alabama coast last June with her father, Tracy Fredin, Dispersants, which are made with the same the trial team that prosecuted the Exxon case in chemicals found in skin creams and household 1994. Toder helped establish that the director of Hamline’s Center for Global Environmental Education. Hazmat work- cleaners, break down the oil. Tiny organisms captain was drinking double scotches on the then eat it and naturally eliminate it from the ers replaced swimmers. Oily hermit crabs skittered along the beach, and sticky rocks before he crashed the oil tanker into a reef ecosystem. No one has ever sprayed this much in the middle of the night. He also investigated tar balls the consistency of silly putty melted into blobs on the shore. “There was dispersant, however, and the long-term biological Exxon’s policy of working its people “to death.” sheen on the water,” she recalls. “Like rainbow puddles you see on the street.” impact is unknown. “Many people are as con- “The mate on watch had been up for 20-some But unlike rainbow puddles, the vision was unnatural and deadly—to wildlife, to cerned about the dispersants as they are about petroleum damage,” says Downing. hours,” Toder says. “He was totally burned out.” the environment, and to the livelihood of thousands of people. Toder still gets together with other lawyers who worked on the case, including Brian O’Neill, an attorney at Faegre & Benson in Minneapolis, who has spent his career prosecut- “We could feel the constant ing Exxon. O’Neill recently told Congress that if you walk into a rural bar in Alaska today, people flow of oil—every day, talk as though the spill happened last week. On the night of April 20, the Deepwater Horizon all but disappeared. “Disease may have killed the every minute. You realize Some fishing communities are half the size that fish,” Ploger says. “But the reason the disease rig that was drilling an exploration well for British that this is people’s liveli- they once were. The price of fish from oiled had such a big impact could be that the fish Petroleum (BP) exploded and caught fire 45 miles areas plummeted, boats and fishing permits lost were weakened by oil in their environment. In hood. It’s tied to the whole southeast of Venice, Louisiana. Days later, it sank value, and the herring at Prince William Sound one study, herring that were exposed to crude oil and began gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico—an economy of the area.” never recovered. Hard feelings have been exac- were more vulnerable to viral infection because estimated 4.9 million barrels in 87 days. BP suc- erbated by Exxon’s repeated court appeals that the oil suppressed their immune systems.” cessfully capped the broken well in September, reduced punitive damages to a fraction of their Ploger, who added a case study on but the extent of the damage is unknown. original size. the Gulf Coast spill to her “Biodiversity and Hamline law professor Steven Swanson Conservation Biology” course, worries about its ASLO, which has a policy office in has taught on the topic of oil pollution in interna- consequences on Brown Pelicans—the same bird Washington D.C., is helping to connect the gov- tional waters. He says it can be difficult to predict colonies she lived with for months at a time while ernment with expert scientists. Downing hopes The environmental impact and prove future economic damages caused conducting her doctoral research on the Gulf. The that Congress will provide funding for further by an oil spill. After the Exxon Valdez spill, for The same week BP cemented the well shut, the birds spend years perfecting the art of plunge research. “We don’t know enough about the example, Japanese consumers were hesitant to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration diving—taking down fast-moving prey by diving effects of massive pollution on marine ecosys- buy salmon from the United States, and the into the water from flight. In the event of an oil tems,” he says. announced that all but 26% of the leaked oil had drop-off in spending lasted for years. “Some spill, however, they could dive to their deaths. “All Closer to the ground were the Fredins, evaporated, dispersed, or been removed from the attribute it to a glut in the international market, of their feathers get oiled,” she says. “They lose who surveyed the damage with the Alabama water. The remaining oil amounted to 1.2 million but I think a good argument can be made that their buoyancy and are in danger of drowning.” Clean Water Partnership. “In our visit, the big- barrels, a volume nearly five times the size of they avoided the Alaskan market because of the Migratory birds also are at risk. “Oil below gest anxiety was that of the unknown,” says the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William oil,” says Swanson. “Certainly that was the plain- the surface could kill the organisms that many Tracy Fredin. “We could feel the constant flow Sound, Alaska. tiffs’ argument.” birds eat, creating a food shortage,” says Ploger. of oil—every day, every minute. You realize that Hamline biology professor Bonnie Ploger Claimants should have an easier time col- “Even if food is available, toxic compounds from this is people’s livelihood. It’s tied to the whole says Prince William Sound is still affected by the lecting damages this time around, thanks to a oil may get into the food supply, which could economy of the area.” Exxon Valdez spill. Oil remains evident under $20 billion trust set up by BP. The fund will com- cause immediate harm or deteriorate the birds’ rocks along its beaches, and the amazing num- pensate claimants for property damage, clean-up bers of herring that used to swarm the area have health over time.”

14 Hamline Magazine FALL 2010 15 costs, and lost earnings. Fisherman should be enough at the end of all this,” says Jenkins. able to recover damages. “But if somebody owns “Is it down there lurking, just “They may have to excavate six to eight feet of Do All That You Can a resort 10 miles off the coast, then I don’t know,” waiting to come in with the sand at the waterline.” The Gulf Coast oil spill presents another says Swanson. next big storm? Or has it been Tourism in the area has dropped expo- slippery slope into political turmoil, economic BP has demonstrated deep pockets thus broken down? There are so nentially, despite celebrity efforts such as a July far, according to Hamline business professor Jimmy Buffet concert to attract people to the downfall, and environmental destruction. In many questions. I don’t think Fahima Aziz. BP reports that it has paid approxi- area. People aren’t willing to chance a vacation short: it’s a big, oily mess. But we’re Pipers— mately $6.1 billion to cap the well, clean up the anybody really knows.” on an oil-ridden beach. “Not all of the oil has we’re not afraid to get our hands greasy. spill, and pay compensation claims—an amount washed in, but nobody knows where it’s gone,” Here are some ways you can help: on par with its first quarter profits of about $6 says Jenkins. “Is it down there lurking, just wait- billion. “Right now, this has not made much of ing to come in with the next big storm? Or has a [financial] dent in the company,” says Aziz. it been broken down? There are so many ques- 1. Volunteer with organizations such as the Though she qualifies that the dent could become affects them—seafood will cost more, there are tions. I don’t think anybody really knows.” National Wildlife Fund (www.nwf.org) or the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana more substantial if BP’s stock price stays down transportation issues, and there are numerous Recent Congressional testimony noted (www.crcl.org). You can become part of a and profitability figures dip. connections to the global economy. that Alaskans experienced a host of social surveillance team to monitor the impact of During their June survey of the Alabama aftershocks from the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill. coast, the Fredins met with Allison Jenkins, the the spill on wildlife and habitat and/or help O’Neill, the longtime attorney on the Exxon case, with clean-up efforts. statewide coordinator of the Alabama Clean reported that fishing-based communities saw The Hamline impact Water Partnership. Jenkins uses an educational an increase in divorces, bankruptcies, alcoholism, 2. Take action. Ask your senator to support program on Alabama waterways that was and depression. clean energy legislation, ride your bike Hamline law students could become involved in developed by Tracy and the Center for Global That’s no surprise to Hamline sociology instead of driving your car, and save energy Gulf Coast litigation through practicum course Environmental Education. The interactive pro- professor Melissa Embser-Herbert who taught at home by using wind, solar, or geothermal placements. Law professor Cathryn Deal has sent gram features videos, virtual tours, and computer the course, “Applied Sociology: The Social energy technologies (for more information, visit www.renewableenergyworld.com). students to work in the Orleans Public Defenders games, and staff members are adding a new Dimensions of Disaster,” after Hurricane Katrina. Office in Louisiana where oil spill litigation is now module on the oil spill. It will appear at public Embser-Herbert says the trickle-down effects 3. Many of the birds affected by the Gulf Coast consolidated. information kiosks on the Gulf Coast beachfront of environmental disasters are not always spill are migratory. Give them a place to Students could receive as much as a and will connect to the Internet. obvious, such as the stress they can cause on stay—provide wildlife habitat in your own Jenkins has presented the program at semester’s worth of academic credit for their individual families. backyard. work in a New Orleans law office, nonprofit, or Alabama teacher workshops, water festivals, Nevertheless, she says people are power- government entity. “Students might help unem- and zoning board meetings. “I fell in love with fully connected to their land—no matter how 4. Buy Gulf seafood. About one-third of ployed fishermen and others with claims for dam- it,” she says. “It’s a perfect piece for students, disaster-prone it might be. “You look at entire the Gulf remains open to commercial ages, assist in the administration of relief pay- but also for legislators and municipal officials. towns destroyed by a tornado,” she says. “And fishermen, according to thedailygreen.com, a consumers’ guide to the green industry. Gulf ments, represent wildlife organizations in seeking We want to send the message that the decisions they say, ‘no, we’re going to rebuild. We’re not fishermen are doing their best to provide coastal restoration assistance, and similar tasks,” we make matter. This is an easy way to help abandoning it,’ even though they know that says Deal. them understand.” safe, uncontaminated freshwater fish from there is a risk. People find a way to get through these waters. The prices may be high, but Hamline is getting involved in other ways what may seem insurmountable.” your purchase will bolster the local economy as well. Faculty members are looking for spring and provide work for Gulf fishermen. break volunteer trips for students and service- learning opportunities for practicing K–12 teach- The social impact 5. Raise awareness. Pass along these tips and ers. Professors are incorporating the spill into spread the word about how to help. Jenkins’ husband, Steve, is in charge of field their curriculum to analyze its environmental, operations for the Alabama Department of economic, and social ramifications. The Center for Global Environmental Environmental . His team members Education will deepen its partnership with the are exhausted as they coordinate the Gulf Dauphin Island Sea Lab, a marine laboratory in response around the warehouse fires and fuel Alabama. “People feel empathy for the problem spills that normally occupy their time. “Right now and want to help,” says Tracy Fredin. “And it they’re trying to figure out how clean is clean

16 Hamline Magazine FALL 2010 17 At age 40, after a series of traumatic events, including a nasty divorce and the suffocating, of the regretful grief of his father’s death, Ed Jopling MALS ’09 found himself in Ireland. To get there, he divested everything he had, quit his lucrative job, and bought a one-way ticket to Galway for an unexpected spiritual transformation.

In his master’s thesis, “The Guinness Sutra,” Ed Jopling writes, Into the fog Out “Deeper we rode into the Connemara. My excitement was “Here I am, sitting on the floor with a peat fire burning in growing with a tingle in my stomach and I felt closeness different this cold house and I’m thinking ‘what have I done?’” says than any I had felt before … Connemara, this was where my old Jopling. “Rather than feeling mystical, I was pretty darn lonely, ones dwelled, where my father’s spirit no doubt had gone in his sad, and depressed.” passing … I was going home to them.” His spirit eventually warmed and Jopling began meeting people—even dating—and traveling. His most transformative An improbable traveler moment, he says, was meeting an old man named Peadar at Born on Saint Paul’s east side into a blue-collar family, Jopling pub in the Connemara, a rugged region northwest of Galway. Fog quietly excelled in school. After graduating from Irondale High Unexpectedly, Peadar took Jopling on a journey in his old, red School in New Brighton, he considered college, but “nobody from truck around the backcountry of the foggy Connemara. by Elizabeth Kephart Reisinger my family had an education beyond high school,” he says. Jopling writes, “It was like I had chewed peyote with a shaman Societal pressures got the best of him and, foregoing college, he and was now traversing some spirit realm … ‘Aye, ya feel it now found work as a mechanic. He eventually became a technician at do ya not?’ Peadar spoke softly. ‘Do ya remember now? You a wastewater treatment plant in Saint Paul, a job he would hold belonged to the Connemara once, long ago. Ya wouldn’t be here for more than 20 years and one that would afford him a large if she didn’t invite ya home.’” home in the suburbs, a Corvette, and vacations to Europe and “It was suddenly like I was talking to my own father,” says elsewhere abroad. Jopling. “I didn’t tell him anything about myself, but he About a year into his wastewater treatment job, he got the urge knew what I was there for. It was the most wonderful and to go to college. “Then a really bad thing happened,” says Jopling. amazing thing.” “I met my first wife.” Jopling writes, “Peadar had been the spirit guide Virgil to my His tumultuous marriage would last 15 years before divorce. Dante, leading me along to my epiphany. I felt I had reached the During the final, painful years of his marriage, Jopling’s father turning point in my quest and no longer sought answers; rather, died—a loss that filled him with the regret of the unsaid and time I began to let it come to me and I merely accepted.” not spent. It was then that Jopling began to look for something more meaningful in his life. Back home After four months in Galway, Jopling’s visa ran out and he A new chapter reluctantly returned home. “I didn’t want to leave, but it was First, he completed a bachelor’s degree in writing and com- meant that way,” says Jopling. “I was supposed to go to Ireland, munications at Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul. But have my experiences and then it sent me home.” that wasn’t enough. It was a visit to Albuquerque, New Mexico, Jopling returned to Saint Paul and took a job supervising immi- investigating a master’s degree program and staying at a hostel on grant workers in a factory. After a few years, he bought a house historic Route 66 that led him to Ireland. on Saint Paul’s east side and got a job with the State of Minnesota “I started thinking about my dad and different things came working with Minnesota Care. He completed Hamline’s master’s back to me,” he says. “Then I had this weird feeling—I suddenly in liberal studies program in 2009. He also is happily remarried to knew what I had to do. It was like Galway was calling me.” his second wife, Susan. While Jopling’s family claims a 100-plus-year history in Saint Now 51, Jopling describes himself as “profoundly different.” Paul, Galway is the Jopling family ancestral home. Jopling’s father “I spent the first 40 years of life acquiring stuff and was more con- would spin tales about how their family was one of the founding cerned with how I was supposed to live,” he says. “After Galway, tribes of Galway and the Connemara region of Ireland. I started viewing life more as—it just comes to us. I stopped strug- Jopling sold everything he could, boarded a plane, and rented a gling with life, stopped worrying about it.” room in an old house just a few blocks from Galway Bay. He hesitates in giving advice to anyone, but does say “don’t swallow everything everybody tells you because they are in author- ity. Believe and trust in your own self.”

18 Hamline Magazine FALL 2010 19 hamline ART

1 Such works are unique to the university. They convey a strong sense of place for students and faculty and staff members and serve as an instant reminder to alumni of happy days spent on campus. They make rom the iconic Bishop statue to the Blue Garden waterfall to the “Heech” Hamline memorable for visitors and for prospective students. F Last spring, new works of art by local artists, staff members, and an alumna were installed in campus sculpture adjacent to Bush Student Center—art abounds at Hamline. classrooms, helping to make them as distinctive as Hamline. The new works all represent the university, yet their perspectives vary greatly. Seeing Hamline through these artists’ eyes, we can’t help but wonder: how do you see Hamline?

20 Hamline Magazine FALL 2010 21 Collage artist Andrée Tracey (“Letters Home” and “Valedictorian”) is drawn to retro To gather inspiration for his painting, “The Bishop and the Piper” designs and historical data. “I love a good story and vintage artifacts seem to be infused (previous spread), Eddie Hamilton took a walk on campus with his one- with tales—imagined or otherwise,” she says. With more than 150 years of history, she year-old daughter. “She was fascinated by the steps at the School of found Hamline “a perfect fit for my artistic inclination.” Law, so I made sure to include them,” he says. “The experience gave me different perspectives to use in the painting and time to reflect on what my daughter’s college experience may hold.”

The “Heech” sculpture 2 is the work of Iranian- born , who served as a visiting artist at Hamline in 1971. This piece is part of Tanavoli’s famous sculpture series based on the Persion word “heech,” which means “nothing.” “Heech” sculptures are found in prestigious museums and galleries throughout the world.

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A favorite spot on campus for quiet reflection or chats with friends, the Blue Garden was created in 2004 in honor of Sue Osnes, wife of former president Larry Osnes, and in memory of their daughter, Tami Sue (1966–1972). Named for Tami Sue’s favorite color, it is planted with 6 perennial flowers in shades of blue.

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1. “The Bishop and the Piper—Hamline University” by Eddie Hamilton 2. Old Main print by Adam Turman 3. “Walking the the Campus” by Michael Schmidt 4. “Heech” by Parviz Tanavoli 5. “Letters Home” and “Valedictorian” by Andrée Tracey 6. Statue of Bishop Hamline by Michael Price 7. Blue Garden wall by Oslund and Associates 4 Table of Contents, page 1: “Campus in Winter” by Allison Long For more information about the art and to read artist statements visit www.hamline.edu/classroomart.

FALL 2010 23 Just Add Laughter by Monica Wright

Emmy-winner K. P. Anderson ’91 It’s been more than a decade since K. P. Anderson ’91 A career in comedy gives The Soup its comic bite. called the Twin Cities home, but he can still describe every It’s been 13 years since Anderson took his first writing job, nuance of a Minnesota laugh. “It’s not overly ironic— and he can boil that timeline down in a quick summary of Minnesotans like the things they like. If you get the laugh career moves: Politically Incorrect on ABC (“Bill Maher fired then you’ve really earned it, and it’s a genuine, natural laugh,” me. Twice.”), Mohr Sports on ESPN (“I am passionate about he explains. “You might get easier laughs somewhere else, but sports, this Favre thing is agony.”), the Wayne Brady Show on they’re less true.” ABC (“I won an Emmy for that show.”) and finally his current As head writer and executive producer of E!’s The Soup, spot on The Soup. Anderson cultivates laughs for a living (the show offers recaps After writing about politics and sports, entertainment—and of ridiculous television show clips accompanied by snarky com- the gaffes that go along with it—is a natural resting place mentary from comedian Joel McHale) and credits a Hamline for Anderson. As head writer, he and his staff comb through professor for identifying comedy as his career path. “I was in roughly 250 television show clips each week (these range from a public speaking class and Professor Lapakko pulled me aside programs like The View and Good Day L.A. to Yo Gabba Gabba and told me I was naturally funny when I did my speeches. and American Idol). The top 25 are then eviscerated in jokes. He suggested I try an open mic night to see where it might According to Anderson, the weekly program maintains its take me.” popularity thanks to age-old schadenfreude. “The things celeb- Armed with Lapakko’s confidence, Anderson traded campus rities put themselves through to get notoriety are so ridiculous, life for comedy clubs as he circulated through local venues like and people enjoy the visceral look at all this outlandish behav- Knuckleheads and Acme. By the time graduation rolled around, ior,” explains Anderson. “They take a little relief in knowing Anderson was already booked for a summer comedy tour. A they’re not that messed up.” move to Los Angeles quickly followed, but the comedian spent When he isn’t ravaging The Real World or poking fun at more time serving at Johnny Rockets burger joint than slinging Project Runway, Anderson will occasionally hit the stand-up jokes, so he headed back on the road (crashing in Minnesota circuit with McHale. Last year the duo played the State Theater with family when necessary) to become what L.A. needed: in Minneapolis, and Anderson said the Minnesota-style feed- “more funny.” back he received let him know the show went well. While stuck in a hotel in Madison, , Anderson “There’s this stoicism about Minnesotans that if you really wrote a comedy sketch that he forwarded to friend and writer put on a great performance, you really nail it down, then you for The Keenan Ivory Wayans Show. Wayans, who bought the will get the highest compliment ever, which is: ‘That was sketch, hired Anderson as one of the show’s writers. “The burn pretty good.’” of having not succeeded bothered me quite a bit,” Anderson Anderson has also recently revived old Hamline connections says of redoubling his efforts on the road after his initial experi- via the social networking site Facebook. “I did standup in col- ence in L.A. “Writer and comedian Rich Hall of Saturday Night lege and basically disappeared for the last two years of school,” Live told me that my writing was more layered than the average explains Anderson. “Now with Facebook I can get in touch comic, and that I should put down more on the page. That led with old friends from that part of my life.” me to writing for TV shows.” But his true Hamline pipeline operates the old fashioned way: “My mom lives down the street from Professor Palmerton. If Pat tells my mom some Hamline news, I get an email almost immediately.”

“There’s this stoicism about Minnesotans that if you really put on a great performance, you really nail it down, then you will get the highest compliment ever, which is: ‘That was pretty good.’”

24 Hamline Magazine FALL 2010 25 alumni news 27 Associations of Hamline Alumni News 28 Class notes 33 In Memoriam

Give to the Max on November 16, 2010!

As Hamline alumni, there are many ways to participate in the life of the university. You can attend events (reunions, sporting events, theatre and music performances, and faculty- led seminars); you can volunteer as an alumni board member, a class agent, or a mentor; and you can give to the university so that we can continue to provide an exceptional academic and cocurricular experience for our students. Last year, GiveMN.org was launched as an innovative online resource for Minnesota nonprofits and their donors, enabling the sharing of information and an easy format for online giving. On Give to the Max Day 2009 more than 38,000 donors logged onto GiveMN.org and gave $14 million to 3,434 Minnesota nonprofits— the single-day record for online philanthropic giving. This year, on November 16, 2010, the goal is to engage more than 40,000 donors to give to their favorite Minnesota charities like Hamline, in just 24 hours. GiveMN.org will award the two Twin Cities nonprofits with the largest number of individual donors $20,000 and $10,000 respectively. Additionally, throughout the 24-hour event, an individual donor will be randomly chosen every hour to have $1,000 added to their donation. Hamline needs your help! Rally your friends, fellow classmates, and family members to Robb Prince Remembered make a gift to Hamline on November 16. Gifts of any size count, as do gifts from alumni, parents, and friends of Hamline. Information and details about how to make your gift will Hamline mourns the loss of board chair and longtime trustee be coming soon. We are also recruiting a team of volunteers for Give to the Max Day. Whether you can help for one hour or all day, please consider volunteering to help Hamline get the word out about Robb Prince, a member of Hamline’s Board of available the life-enriching benefits of a liberal this exciting program. If you have questions, or if would like to volunteer for Hamline’s Give Trustees since 1996 and chair for the last year, arts education to deserving students. In 2002, the to the Max Day efforts, call Michael McCue at 651-523-2787. passed away peacefully on August 24. couple designated a portion of the Prince Family Prince was a financial consultant and retired vice Endowed Fund to support Hamline’s John Wesley Thank you for all you do for Hamline! president and treasurer of Jostens, Inc. He held a Trustee Award for Faculty, which honors an out- BA in economics from and an standing faculty member each year. MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the By providing a leadership gift for the construction University of Pennsylvania. of Hamline’s University Center, the Princes recog- “Robb Prince was an exceptional Hamline nized the project’s importance in sustaining student Betsy Brenden Radtke ’89 trustee. He was a person we all respected, admired, learning and engagement. Associate Vice President and trusted to guide the governance of this great Prince leaves behind his wife, Jackie, their son Alumni Relations university,” says President Linda Hanson. “Robb and daughter, and their grandchildren. An avid cared deeply about the student experience and we sailor, Prince enjoyed regaling his fellow trustees often discussed the importance of taking care of our with stories of his adventures on Lake Superior and people at Hamline. He always championed invest- the high seas. He was approachable on any topic, ing in our most precious resource—the faculty and well-versed in current events, and well-educated on staff of Hamline.” the critical importance of the liberal arts. He will be In 2001, Prince and his wife, Jackie, established greatly missed. the Prince Family Scholarship out of a desire to The family has requested that memorials be support Hamline’s diversity efforts and to make sent to Hamline University and directed to the University Center Fund.

26 Hamline Magazine FALL 2010 27 Hello! My name is Camille Davis. I am a junior at Hamline Univer- sity and a student worker at the Call Center. My work at the Call Center has strengthened my communication with others—a skill that will help me as I prepare for law school. Besides working, I am active on campus in other ways: I study American law and legal studies. I play on the women’s lacrosse team. I am a member of the Hamline dance team. I am a cadet in the army ROTC program.

My Call Center coworkers and I want to hear your stories! Answer our calls this fall and share your Hamline experience!

1992 Erik Larson was granted tenure by , where he is a professor of sociology. Erik specializes in economic and political sociology and the sociology of law. He joined the Macalester faculty in 2004. 2002 Brian Hart has served as a federal scientist for the Department of the Army, Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command for more than a year. He bought a home in Huntsville, Alabama, last spring and is pursuing a second PhD at the University Editor’s Note: Class notes are submitted by alumni and are not verified by the editors. of Alabama–Huntsville in the field of electrical engineering. Brian is pictured (back row, third from right) with coworkers and Lieutenant While we welcome alumni news, Hamline Magazine is not responsible for information General Kevin T. Campbell (center, white-haired soldier), a commander and three-star general. contained in class notes.

College of Liberal Arts Hack McCall and his wife live part time 1964 1974 1980 Gregoire in 2007, is charged with leading in Edina and part time in Green Valley, the effort to restore the Puget Sound eco- Bruce McKinnon is the 2010 president Holly Simms spends her time writing Debra Olson Korluka was one of 15 1940 Arizona. When in Minnesota, Hack system to health by 2020. of the Snohomish County (Washington) and editing her second book, Singing with artists chosen from a competitive field of Ken Covey writes that he “misses his old teaches driving classes in Minneapolis and Camano Association of Realtors and serves Womansong, and critiquing the works of more than 500 applicants for a 2010 Bush Phi Delta fraternity house at 1500 Capitol the western suburbs to people ages 55 and 1985 on the board of directors of Washington other writers. Her first short story won a Artist Fellowship. Debra is a Byzantine Avenue” (now Englewood Avenue). older for the Minnesota Highway Safety Tammy Hoganson sold an urban fantasy Realtors. Bruce also is a managing broker national award, and she continues to pub- iconographer who creates icons for the and Research Center. trilogy to Sourcebooks. Her debut novel, with Windermere Real Estate in Puget lish short stories and essays. She writes that Orthodox Church and private collections. 1941 Taste Me, will be released in March 2011. Arnold Nelson had an article published in 1958 Sound/Mukilteo, Washington. she cannot believe it’s been so long since She has exhibited her work internation- graduation day and has “nothing but fond ally and was the first American to exhibit the Alaska Quarterly Review titled, “How Denise Verbrugghen McFarland is 1991 1967 memories of Hamline.” iconography in the former Soviet Union. to Write a Good Sentence: A Manual for happy to announce that her grandfa- Patrick J. Gallagher, an attorney in Laura Summers is assisting the Ministry With the support of the $50,000 Bush Writers Who Know How to Write Correct ther’s composition, “Under the Southern Fulbright and Jaworski’s Minneapolis of Education and the Documentation 1975 grant, Debra intends to study in Greece, Sentences.” Arnold was an English profes- Cross,” was performed by the Great Falls location, was recently elevated to join the Center of Cambodia in a three-year, high Gordon Erspamer won California Lawyer travel to Rome, and establish a school of sor for 40 years, beginning at Hamline in Symphony Orchestra on October 2. The firm’s global partnership spanning 16 cities school history teacher training program. magazine’s “California Lawyer of the Year” iconography at St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox 1941–42. The article makes several refer- suite was composed by Henri Verbrugghen worldwide. Patrick concentrates on trade- Laura visited Cambodia three times in award in the public interest law category Church in Minneapolis. ences to Thomas Beyer, who hired Arnold and was reconstructed by Peter McKenzie, mark and copyright issues as well as other 2009 to launch the project, which sup- for establishing due process rights of veter- upon his graduation from Hamline. composer/copyist, using Maestro intellectual property matters. ports more than 3,000 teachers who are ans in Cushman v. Shineski (Federal Court Roberta Foster Stephenson graduated in Verbrugghen’s extant materials. May from the University of North Dakota 1957 reintroducing classes on the history of of Appeals). Patricia Stotzheim (also JD ’06) and with a master’s degree in physician assis- 1962 the 1970s. Jack Roberts JD ’06 announce the open- Ronald Gower published his first book Mary Kate Wold was appointed to the tant studies and is board certified. ing of the law firm, Roberts & Stotzheim. of poetry, On the Farm, Down the Road Karen Rodenkirchen Phelps Margolis, a 1972 board of directors at Unilife Corporation, (Blueroad Press, 2010). Ronald was a freelance photo stylist for the Twin Cities’ 1982 The firm’s areas of practice include family, Joneen Gaylord Richards was named a United States-based medical device professor of English and department advertising industry, married Stephen estate planning, criminal, mediation, and Shoreline School District (Washington) company. Mary Kate spent 17 years with Rachele Barnier Kreuser (also chair at Minnesota State University– Goodfriend Margolis on February 27. corporate. It is located in Saint Paul’s 2010 Teacher of the Year. Joneen has Shearman & Sterling, an international MAESL ’09) completed the Hamline Mankato. Ronald and his wife, Anne, Steve is retired director of undergradu- Energy Park. taught Spanish in Minnesota and North law firm based in New York. She currently master’s degree in ESL program and live on a hobby farm near Good Thunder, ate studies and professor of electrical and Dakota and has been in her current posi- serves as senior vice president of Wyeth, graduated in November. 1992 Minnesota, and have two sons and computer engineering at SUNY–Buffalo one of the largest research-based pharma- tion at Einstein Middle School, north of David Dahlmeier is a shareholder in two grandsons. and recently completed his thirteenth ceutical companies in the world prior to its 1984 Seattle, since 1992. the law firm of Bassford Remele in year as a volunteer math teacher in the recent acquisition by Pfizer. Gerry O’Keefe was appointed deputy Minneapolis. Minneapolis Public Schools. The couple director of the Puget Sound Partnership. lives in Mendota Heights. The agency, created by Governor Christine Erik Larson. See photo, above.

28 Hamline Magazine FALL 2010 29 1998 Carrie Loftus Astin and her husband, Than, welcomed their twin daughters, Betty June and Charley Elizabeth, on June 26, 2009. 2002 Crisha Haugen Pugh and her husband, Gavin, welcomed their daughter, Katalina, on August 16, 2009. 2005 Danielle Kranz Joseph and her husband, Mark, welcomed their daughter, Ella Lorraine, on December 14, 2009. 2003 Tami Schultz Kurtzweil was promoted to senior advisor with CresaPartners, an international corporate real estate advisory firm. 2005 Abby Grodin Heuckendorf and her husband, Carl, welcomed their daughter, Gwen Ivy, on December 16, 2009. They live in 1998 Loretta Bebeau MALS was one of 55 artists chosen to exhibit work in “Revealing Culture,” an exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution’s Rochester, New York. International Gallery. The exhibition showcases groundbreaking work on disability. Four of Loretta’s works visually document how hearing loss affects communication. Loretta is a full-time artist with a studio in the arts district of Minneapolis. Her research at Hamline focused on the sociological aspects of art.

Terry Seppala is the director of food 1996 he litigates constitutional law, including and beverage at the Radisson Hotel economic liberty, property rights, and Annalyssa Gypsy Helgeland Murphy Bloomington and Water Park of America. free speech. (also MALS ’00) and her husband, Nate, Abby Grodin Heuckendorf. See photo, School of Education School of Law 1993 welcomed their daughter, Lily Emerson, 1999 page 30. 2005 1976 on November 20, 2009. Lily joins sisters, Kim Peuse Salitros and her husband, Jon, Mary Braun was awarded a Fox 9 News Danielle Kranz Joseph. See photo, Rhiannon, age 16, and Molly, age 4. The Kari Smalkoski MAESL, a PhD student Terence G. Haglund relocated his firm, welcomed their daughter, Olivia Rose, on “Top Teacher Award” last March. Chosen page 30. family splits their time between homes in in the ’s College Aviation Law Center, to Williamsburg, September 18, 2009. from thousands of nominees, Mary was of Education and Human Development, Virginia. The firm specializes in aviation Boston and Nova Scotia. Erin Parrish was chosen to represent featured among nine winners in a televised was named a Hmong Studies Fellow for regulatory and transactional matters and 1994 Minnesota at Vision 2020, a national 1997 special that aired last summer. 2010–11. She also was recently awarded has a worldwide client base. Terry is a part- Stacie Pierce is a pastry chef at Chez leadership project aiming to advance Ann Slanga opened her own business, a thesis research grant from the Henry ner at Aviation Recovery, a collection bou- Panisse, an influential Berkeley, California, JoLynn Sovell Lavin and her husband, gender equality and women’s leader- Fresh Face Loftique Skincare Salon and Luce Foundation. tique that specializes in asset recovery and restaurant founded by acclaimed chef and Tom, welcomed their daughter, Maeve ship. The national search for delegates Boutique, in the Avalon Mall in White debt collection in the aviation industry. local foods proponent Alice Waters. Stacie Emma, on December 18, 2009. Maeve focused on finding women who have 2009 Bear Lake, Minnesota. joins brother, Patrick, and sister, Olivia. demonstrated a commitment to helping was recently featured in an article, “Stacie Rachele Barnier Kreuser MAESL (also 1993 women and girls. Delegates will convene Pierce, Pastry Co-Chef at Chez Panisse,” Jessica Thenograduated magna cum BA ’82) completed the Hamline master’s John Jorgensen was elected as a circuit Jake Sundberg was presented with the at the National Constitution Center in on the popular Minnesota food website, laude from Medical University of South degree in ESL program and graduated court judge in Winnebago County, Minnesota Chiropractic Association 2010 Philadelphia in October for the organiza- The Heavy Table. Carolina with a bachelor’s degree in nurs- in November. Wisconsin. He formerly was a prosecu- Young Practitioner Distinguished Service tion’s first public event to launch an action ing. She is working as a nurse resident at tor in the district attorney’s office and is a 1995 Award and the President’s Award for agenda to move America toward equality Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Nicholle Berg Schuelke EdD was pro- major in the United States Army Reserves exemplary service and dedication to the by 2020, the centennial celebration of the Daniel J. Koes (also JD ’97) was named Worth, Texas. moted to associate professor of English JAG Corps. John lives in Oshkosh with his chiropractic profession. 19th Amendment. a 2010 Southern California Super Lawyer. at the University of Sioux Falls, South wife, Jenni, and their four children. Dan has been certified (and recertified) 1998 2002 2006 Dakota, where she also serves as the chair of the humanities. Elliot Kula was recognized by the Florida as an appellate law specialist by the Carrie Loftus Astin. See photo, above. Brian Hart. See photo, page 29. California State Bar Board of Legal Angela Johnson welcomed her daughter, Bar as board certified in appellate practice. Specialization since 2002. His primary Anthony Sanders and his wife, Amy, 2005 Alexis Rose, on December 1, 2009. He is a shareholder and member of the area of practice is class actions on behalf welcomed their daughter, Geneva Roslyn, appellate practice group in the Greenberg Leah Stang Chamberlain completed of consumers. in September 2009, which inspired a Traurig law firm, working in the firm’s a master’s degree in education at return to Minnesota from Chicago, where Miami office. , specializing in Anthony worked as a labor lawyer for higher education administration and pol- five years. He now works at the Institute icy. Leah and her husband also welcomed for Justice–Minnesota Chapter, where their daughter, Autumn, on February 22.

30 Hamline Magazine FALL 2010 31 1997 2006 Cynthia Marsh Orange MALS is the author of a new book, Shock Waves: A Daniel J. Koes (also BA ’95) was named Sarah Carlson-Wallrath and her hus- In Memoriam Practical Guide to Living With a Loved a 2010 Southern California Super Lawyer. band, Curt, welcomed their son, Jackson One’s PTSD (Hazelden, 2010). In addi- Since 2002, Dan has been certified (and Wallrath, on June 8. He joins big sister, his wife, Karen Forsberg Malmstrom ’63; to 1982, retiring as senior vice president tion to telling the story of her husband, College of Liberal Arts recertified) as an appellate law specialist Addison, age 2. and Linda Malmstrom Fistere ’63, as well and chairman of corporate structure. He Michael, a combat veteran of the Vietnam 1934 by the California State Bar Board of Legal as his great-nephew Dean Keenan ’86 was mayor of Dellwood, Minnesota, from War, Cynthia collected the stories of others Specialization. Dan’s primary area of prac- Patricia Stotzheim (also BA ’91) and Merlyn Lindert died May 9, 2010. and his great-niece Jennifer Malmstrom 1973 to 1980. He is survived by his sons affected by trauma, including 9/11, the tice is class actions on behalf of consumers. Jack Roberts are pleased to announce Merlyn served in active duty as a U.S. Schirg ’90. Donald and Tim; daughters, Linda and Oklahoma City bombing, sudden death the opening of the law firm, Roberts & naval officer for two years and later served Barbara; six grandchildren; and eleven and serious illness, rape, and child abuse, 2000 Stotzheim. The firm’s areas of practice as a senior medical officer. He is survived 1937 great-grandchildren. as well as advice from experts. The result is Candice Roark Ciresi include family, estate planning, criminal, by wife, Lynn; sons, Henry, Thomas, Alma Sparrow died June 12, 2009. Alma was hired as senior a practical guide for those who love some- mediation, and corporate. It is located in John, and Stephan; daughters, Ann, majored in chemistry and earned a mas- 1942 corporate counsel for Digital River in one suffering from PTSD or trauma. Eden Prairie. Saint Paul’s Energy Park. Cynthia, and Lisa; nine grandchildren; ter’s degree in science from the University Eunice Fisher Glaede died August 14, and four great-grandchildren. Jessica White, founder and CEO of 1998 of Minnesota. She was the director of 2009. She taught elementary school 2002 the University of Minnesota’s Public and music in private schools and was a JW HR Services, was featured on the Loretta Bebeau MALS. See photo, Lisa Bachmeier 1936 Health Nursing Program and received homemaker. Eunice was preceded in death joined Maple Grove law cover of the May edition of New Business page 31. Warren Glaede ’42 firm Henningson & Snoxell in January Minnesota magazine. She also wrote an Carl Malmstrom died on June 16, 2010. the Distinguished Career Award from by her husband, and where she practices family law. Lisa article for the magazine and presented Kathleen Cassen Mickelson MFA A physics and mathematics major at the American Public Health Association’s survived by her son, Warren; daughters, formerly worked as a family law attorney at its June seminar, “Hiring Your became an editor at the online poetry Hamline, Carl received a master’s degree in Public Health Nursing Section. Marcia and Becky; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. and as a law clerk to the Honorable Judge First Employee.” journal, Every Day Poets. She also writes physics from . He later 1938 James T. Swenson, former presiding judge a blog, One Minnesota Writer. One of her pursued a career in physics after serving 1943 of Hennepin County Family Court. 2009 poems appeared in the spring 2010 issue as a decorated naval fighter pilot during Walter Frajola died September 17, 2009. Greg Bachmeier William Keye Lisa and her husband, Eric Levenhagen is an adjunct professor of Boston Literary Magazine. World War II. Among his many accom- He majored in chemistry and history. died on May 1, 2010. JD ’99, live in Maple Grove with their He received a PhD in chemistry at the William earned a bachelor’s degree in of business law and ethics at Belhaven 2000 plishments, Carl worked with Edward daughters, Sophie and Phoebe. University in Houston. He resides in Katy, Teller on the H-bomb and was project University of . Walter served in the electrical engineering from Hamline and Annalyssa Gypsy Helgeland Murphy manager for the United States Atomic army during World War II and was sta- the University of Minnesota in 1943. He Crisha Haugen Pugh. See photo, Texas, with his wife and two dogs. MALS (also BA ’96) and her husband, Energy Commission in developing the tioned in the Philippines. He worked on had a distinguished career in business and page 31. Nate, welcomed their daughter, Lily first nuclear reactor in space. Additionally, Hodgkin’s disease research at Ohio State technology, including cofounding Control University and researched astronaut “space Data Corporation where he served as Jamie Sandler Sather and her husband, Emerson, on November 20, 2009. Lily he served as the AEC representative to foods” for North American Aviation. executive vice president. In 1982 he Christopher, welcomed their son, Brandon Graduate School of joins sisters, Rhiannon, age 16, and Molly, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Walter is survived by his wife, Rhoda; received Hamline’s Outstanding Alumni Ari, on November 19, 2009. He joins age 4. The family splits their time between Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Carl gener- Liberal Studies daughter, Barbara; son, Richard; step- Award. He also served on Hamline’s sister, Mia Josephine, 3. homes in Boston and Nova Scotia. ously supported Hamline throughout his 1994 life, most notably establishing the Emma children, Carol and F. James; a grandson; Board of Trustees. William is predeceased 2003 Patricia Bauer MALS released her first Kay and Carl R. N. Malmstrom Chair and two great-grandsons. by his wife, Jane Snell Keye ’43, and son, Stephen. He is survived by his son, Danielle Brandstetter Boccio and her book, B is for Battle Cry: A Civil War in Physics in memory of his wife. The 1939 William; daughter, Linda; three grandchil- husband, Robert, welcomed their son, Alphabet, in May 2009 with the Sleeping fund supports scholarships, the physics Owen Buscho ’39 died November 10, dren; and three great-grandchildren. Bryce Robert, on January 15. He joins Bear Press. It is illustrated by her husband, department, and the annual Malmstrom 2009. Owen majored in business admin- sister, Brooke. Danielle is a prosecutor David Geister. Pat, a teacher of 32 years, Lecture. In 1990 the Malmstrom fam- istration and economics at Hamline and 1944 for the New York City Law Department– teaches American history at Black Hawk ily was celebrated as the Hamline Family played for the men’s football and hockey Francis Reamer died August 20, 2009. He Queens Family Court in the sex crimes Middle School in Eagan, Minnesota, and of the Year, with 17 members having teams. He also was a member of Beta majored in philosophy and religion, stud- and major case units. is an adjunct instructor at Hamline. attended Hamline. In 1991, Carl was pre- sented with an honorary from Kappa fraternity. Owen worked as a sales ied music and social work, and was active Tami Schultz Kurtzweil. See photo, Kirsten Dierking MALS was awarded the university. Carl is preceded in death manager for Fairmont Railway Motors in A Cappella Choir and Pi Theta Chi. He page 31. a 2010 McKnight Artists Fellowship for by his wife, Emma, and his nine brothers of Fairmont, Minnesota. He remained attended Garrett Theological Seminary Writers from the Loft Literary Center. and sisters, including Homer Malmstrom active at Hamline as a CLA class agent and at Northwestern University, Montana 2004 Kirsten is the author of two books of ’29 and his former wife, Hilda Iseli helped establish the Class of ’39 Endowed State University, and Eastern Washington Dan Gregerson was voted in as a share- poetry, Northern Oracle and One Red Malmstrom ’29; Grace Malmstrom Scholarship. He is survived by his wife, University, where he earned a master’s holder with the law firm of Gregerson, Eye. Her poems have been heard on The Hanson ’30; Joseph Malmstrom ’35 and Jayne Kollitz Buscho ’39. degree in school administration. Francis Writer’s Almanac and have appeared in served the Spokane Public School System Rosow, Johnson & Nilan. Dan practices his wife, Myrtle Anderson Malmstrom 1940 in the areas of surety, fidelity, insurance numerous journals and anthologies. She ’35; and Bertil Malmstrom ’37, as well for 28 years as an assistant principal and defense, mechanic’s lien, and business law. teaches humanities courses at Anoka- as his great-niece Kirsten Malmstrom ’94. Donald Levin died October 19, 2009. principal. He made music until age 85. Ramsey Community College. He is followed in death by his nephew Donald received a JD in 1946. He Francis is survived by wife, Ann; sons, Jim, Douglas Malmstrom ’63. He is survived served in the naval reserves from 1941 to John, Paul, and David; seven grandchil- by several nieces and nephews, includ- 1945 during WWII and was honorably dren; and two great-grandchildren. ing Karen Malmstrom Moore ’58; Jerry discharged at the rank of lieutenant com- Keenan ’59; Duane Malmstrom ’63 and mander. He worked for Cargill from 1946

32 Hamline Magazine FALL 2010 33 Mary Jo Beimer Suttie died June 12, Clemmet Peterson died July 31, 2009. 1954 1991 School of Law moving to St. Petersburg, Florida. He 2009. Mary Jo majored in music and was Clem was active in A Cappella Choir and is survived by his wife, Joan; daughters, Merilyn Oliver Ames died June 18, Georgia Barnes died April 24, 2010. active in Alpha Rho Delta. She earned National Collegiate Players. He earned a 1983 Kathy and Margaret; sons, Lee, Tom, and 2009. She earned a nursing diploma from Before attending Hamline, where she a master’s degree at Smith College. She master’s of divinity degree and a doctor- Terry Race died June 24, 2009. He Rob; and 10 grandchildren. Hamline and was a Mounds-Midway received a BA in psychology, Georgia taught piano, music history, and theory ate of ministry from . He attended the University of Wisconsin, nursing student. She is survived by her served in the . at Grinnell College in Iowa, at Western served as a United Methodist minister for Madison. Terry practiced law in Jonathan May died February 22, 2010. husband, Sid; her children, Greg, Brad, She also attended Seattle University and Carolina College in North Carolina, more than 40 years. Clem is survived by Whitewater, Wisconsin, and served in the Jonathan was an orchestra conductor at and Kim; and six grandchildren. worked for many years as a paralegal for and at Bethel College in Kansas. Mary his wife, Cindy; sons, David and Kevin; U.S. Marine Corps Reserve for 20 years. Hamline from 1985 to 1989. A skilled Microsoft. Additionally, she was a talented Jo was a church organist, a private piano daughter, Karen; and seven grandchildren. He served with the Gulf Company in musician, he learned to play the cello in 1957 artist. Georgia is survived by special friend, teacher, president of the United Methodist Desert Storm and Iraq and was a volunteer elementary school while growing up in James Kagermeier Bruce Willette, her parents, brothers, Women, and an active volunteer in her 1951 died May 20, 2010. ombudsman for the Employer Support of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He earned a James was active in track and field and a sisters, and many nieces, nephews, aunts, community. She is survived by her sons, Paul Fenske died February 7, 2010. Paul the Guard and Reserve. Terry is survived bachelor’s degree from Augustana College member of Alpha Phi Omega. He gradu- and uncles. James and Mark, and two grandchildren. majored in business administration and by his wife, Peggy, and mother, Betty. in Sioux Falls and a master’s degree from ated from the University of Minnesota economics at Hamline after serving in the Colorado State University. Jonathan School of Architecture in 1959. He is 1992 1948 United States Army during the Korean 2004 was the musical director of the Florida survived by his wife, Sandra; sons, Jeff Jordan Kagermeier died July 1, 2009. Mariflo Driver Lee died May 3, 2010. War. In 1951 he married his wife, Anne Katy Bowen McCampbell died on Symphony Youth Orchestra from 1994 and Jim, and his grandchildren. James Jordan, a Hamline Leadership Scholar, Mariflo received a BS in biology and Miller Fenske ’49, and the couple moved August 14, 2009. She practiced law at to 1998 and the artistic director of the is preceded in death by his son, Jordan was a musician, artist, and lifelong scholar. chemistry and was a member of Alpha to Rapid City, South Dakota. In 1957 Ross, Earle, and Bonan in Stuart, Florida, Florida Young Artists Orchestra since its Kagermeier ’92. After attending Hamline and Minnesota Phi Theta. She was a member of the Paul started a printing business, which and was a member of the Florida Bar and inception in 1998. State University, Mankato, he co-owned Class of 1948 Reunion Committee. grew to become Fenske Media, now run the Martin County Bar Association. Katy 1960 Earthly Remains Antiques for many years. Angela McCaffrey died January 27, 2010. She was predeceased by her brother, by his four sons, Dave, Brian, Tom, and was an active member of the Junior League James Thomas An antique expert, Jordan was in demand Angie served Hamline School of Law for Donn Driver ’35; and followed in death John. Paul is survived by his wife, Anne; died September 27, 2008. and an avid reader. She enjoyed tennis, as the cohost of KMSQ-TV’s Vintage 25 years as clinical director since 1987 by her niece, Trudy Driver ’69. Mariflo his sons, and 14 grandchildren. James majored in economics and was pilates, traveling, and fine wine. She is Connections in 2007. Jordan is survived and as a full clinical professor since 2006. is survived by her grandchildren, active on the swimming and diving team survived by her husband, Gregory; stepson by his wife, Jessica; daughter, Ruth; and She led the School of Law’s professional Jason and Jamie, and her nephew, Roger Nelson died September 11, 2009. and Alpha Phi Omega. James earned a Austin; parents Gary and Jeanette Bowen, mother, Sandra. He is followed in death by skills instruction program and supervised Donn Driver Jr. ’64. Roger majored in business administration bachelor’s of science degree from St. Cloud and grandmother, Mary Olafson. and economics and was active in hockey, State University and taught high school his father, James Kagermeier ’57. students’ representation of clients in 1949 track and field, and men’s cross country. chemistry for 30 years. He was active with Hamline’s 10 legal clinics. Angie’s passion Eagle Scouts throughout his life. James for volunteerism and practice in the public Edward Abas died August 26, 2009. He retired from a career as a federal IRS was preceded in death by his wife, sector remained central to her teach- Edward majored in economics. He was a agent. He is survived by his wife, Delphin, Friends Marian. He is survived by his sons, David School of Business ing and is recognized by the Angela M. chief United States probation officer for and his son. Madelon Cassavant died February 10, and James. 2002 McCaffrey Public Law Scholarship. Angela the federal courts and a member of the 1952 2010. Madelon was a former staff member is survived by her husband, Mark, and Joan Regal MAPA fugitive task force. He is survived by his 1967 died August 31, for the College of Liberal Arts. She had sons, Mike and Charlie. wife, Joyce; daughters, Ann, Lisa, and Thomas Doolittle died August 7, 2009. 2009. She is survived by her husband, many interests including gardening, bird Jack Carty died on April 29, 2010. Jack Amy; and three grandchildren. He majored in business administration Charles, and daughter, Elizabeth Klatt watching, and a wide variety of volunteer Donald Rice died on March 19, 2010. majored in psychology and sociology and economics. Thomas served in the U.S. BA ’97, and was preceded in death by activities. She is preceded in death by Don taught French language and French from Hamline. A Lutheran pastor, he Donald Larson died on November 2, Army during the Korean Conflict from her first husband, Michael. her husband, Harry, and her son, Joseph. and English literature at Hamline from touched the lives of many people through- 2009. He was a history major at Hamline. 1952 to 1956. He was stationed in Sendai, She is survived by her daughters, Mary 1969 until his retirement in 2004. He out his life, working especially with those He is preceded in death by his wife, Japan, and earned the rank of sergeant. Rose, Katherine, Margaret, Elizabeth, and was the author and coauthor of numerous in the Ramsey County and Hennepin Audrey, and survived by his sister, Thomas is survived by his wife, Patricia; Sandra; sons Terence and Thomas; and articles and books, including Allons-y! and County jails. nephews, and nieces. daughter, Pamela; sons, Tim, Brad, and many grandchildren. Je veux bien!, which set the national stan- Brian; and eight grandchildren. dard for helping students communicate in 1950 1969 Keith Irwin died July 22, 2009. He practical situations. Don was a dedicated Beverly Sunderman Pedersen died Trudy Driver died on May 4, 2010. Trudy Marlys Melin Lopez died August 2, attended , Northwestern and passionate teacher, a literary scholar, September 2, 2009. She earned a nurs- received a BA in elementary education, 2009. Marlys received a BSN in nursing University, the University of Minnesota, a gourmet cook, an amateur thespian, a ing diploma from Hamline and in 1952 speech, and theatre from Hamline and from Hamline and worked at Riverview and Garrett Theological Seminary, where skilled tennis player, and an avid golfer. became the first full-time nurse for the Le a master of fine arts in theatre from the Memorial Hospital for 25 years. She is he earned a master’s of divinity. Keith He is survived by his wife, Mary Callahan; Sueur Public School District. Later she University of Iowa. Trudy was active in survived by her husband, Tomas; sons, was an assistant professor and chaplain at and his children, Alexander and Hilary. Thomas and Robert; daughters, Joyce, worked as a nurse at Minnesota Valley church and choir. She was predeceased Hamline University and a minister for the Jeanine, Jacqueline, and Jennifer; and Memorial Hospital. She was active in the by her father, Donn Driver ’35, and her Methodist Church in Wisconsin before many grandchildren. hospital auxiliary and served as its presi- aunt, Mariflo Driver Lee ’48. She is dent. She also served as secretary for the survived by brothers, Donn Driver Jr. ’64, hospital’s board of directors for six years. Bill, and Fred; nephews and a niece.

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