The Magazine of the University of Oregon Spring 2008 A HECK OF A LOT OF FUN THE SECOND CAREER OF LORRY LOKEY The Legacy of Ally Zapp • Roy Paul Nelson on Deans • James Ivory SEEKING FUTURE DUCKS 4HEª/FlCEªOFª!DMISSIONSªINVITESªYOUªTOªTELLªUSª ABOUTªYOURªCHILDREN ªGRANDCHILDREN ªFRIENDS ªANDª OTHERSªWHOªAREªSEARCHINGªFORªTHEªRIGHTªCOLLEGE FORªTHEM 2ECOMMENDªFUTUREªDUCKSªAT ADMISSIONSUOREGONEDUALUMNI /FkCEôOFô!DMISSIONS ô5NIVERSITYôOFô/REGON %UGENEô/2ô ô"% ! $5#+ ô The Magazine of the University of Oregon Spring 2008 • Volume 87 Number 3 30 Lessons in Letting Go FEATURES DEPARTMENTS 30 2 EDITOR‘S NOTE LAST RITES 6 LETTERS by Alice Tallmadge A dog and a friend leave a valuable lesson. 10 UPFrONT | Excerpts, Exhibits, Explorations, Ephemera Quiet Crusaders 32 Kahn Game 32 by Jeff Porter AllY'S WAY Amped Up by Kimber Williams by Tom Wheeler Alexandra Zapp was brutally murdered, Kansas in Korea but her passion for life fuels the dedication by Mark Gillem of Andrea Casanova and Steven Stiles to find better ways to deal with sex offenders. Words to Live By I Majored in Sloth ELSON N 38 20 UPFrONT | News, Notables, AUL AUL P Innovations A LIFE STORY IN THREE ACTS OY OY R Giving It All Away by Todd Schwartz Sun Power | Marines Suit Up 38 | Tracking Newspaper Errors OGRAHY / / OGRAHY Lorry Lokey enjoyed his work as he T HO | Eugene 08 Guide | Condon P amassed a fortune. Now, he’s having a ball giving it away. Collection Turns 100 | OVEALL OVEALL L PROFile: Marian Smith OVEALL, OVEALL, L Old OrEGON D 43 46 MY FIRST TWELVE DEANS Learning from James Ivory | ION / DAVI / ION T A Another Chapa Runs | The D by Roy Paul Nelson Duck Store | A Long Walk for A former journalism school professor sur- LLY FOUN LLY a Good Cause | Class Notes | A veys the school’s history through its deans. HE HE Decades T F Deaneology ESY ESY O 43 T duCK TALES COVER | Lorry Lokey during a visit to the 64 A / COUR / A UO last fall. Photo by David Loveall, Loveall D Pav Six EGO Photography. by Michele Taylor, M.S. ’03 P FROM TOP: DAN DAN TOP: FROM THE MAGAZINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON 1 Editor’sNote | Guy Maynard, Editor The MagaziNe of The UNiVerSiTy of oregoN SpriNg 2008 • Volume 87 Number 3 EDITOR Changes Guy Maynard MANAGING EDITOR Ross West We recently said goodbye to the longest-serving member of our magazine ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Susan Thelen team. Richard Bunker of Times Litho in Forest Grove won the contract to print ART DIRECTION Old Oregon in 1977 and for twenty-eight of the next thirty years, that’s where Tim Jordan the magazine was printed. And Richard was our man. CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER Bunker started in the printing industry in 1947, as a “printer’s devil,” sweep- Jack Liu OFFICE MANAGER ing floors and pouring “pigs.” He remelted lead recycled from the killed type of Shelly Cooper old jobs and poured it into heavy molds—the pigs—that then fed the linotype PROOFREADERS machines where it would form the type for the next issue of the News-Times. He John Crosiar, Scott Skelton retired at the end of last year, after moving on from his floor-sweeping appren- INTERN Teresa Stanonik ticeship to do basically every job in the Times Litho plant, then going “outside” EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD into sales, and eventually becoming CEO of the company. He watched the Jennifer Casey, David Funk, Cathy Hamilton, Kathleen Holt, Mark Johnson, Ann Mack, Alexandra Mock, world of printing change, and change, and change again—saw whole depart- Michael Redding, Barbara West, Tom Wheeler ments and skill sets and classes of massive machinery come and go. WEBSITE But his fascination with and love for the amazing alchemy that happens OregonQuarterly.com when ink is pressed into paper only got stronger as the tools changed. OFFICE ADDRESS 130 Chapman Hall In 1977, Old Oregon was a fine magazine: forty-eight pages, black and 5228 University of Oregon Eugene OR 97403-5228 white, a blend of strong feature stories, campus news, and a lot of class notes. Phone (541) 346-5045 Evolved from a digest-sized alumni bulletin founded in 1919, Old Oregon had Fax (541) 346-5571 changed as generations of editors had rethought and redefined what a univer- EDITORIAL (541) 346-5047 sity magazine could be and advancing printing technology made new formats ADVERTISING possible. (541) 346-5046 The changes continued: the name became Oregon Quarterly (in 1994— SUBSCRIPTIONS $30 per year domestic though some readers have still not quite accepted that yet), color inched its $40 per year international way in until we now can print full-color from cover to cover, and the editorial E-MAIL focus expanded to better reflect the UO’s growing role as an intellectual and [email protected] oregon Quarterly is published by the UO in cultural center for the Northwest and worlds beyond. March, June, August, and November and distributed As you may notice, with this issue, we’ve changed again. As we were free to alumni. Printed in the USA on recycled paper. Copyright 2008 University of Oregon. All rights embarking on this latest change, I heard a talk by a New York designer who had reserved. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect redesigned such venerable magazines as Scientific American and Brides. She the views of the UO administration. relayed what became the guiding principle for our redesign: “People think they CHANGE OF ADDRESS Alumni Records, 1204 University want change—but what they really want is what they know—but better.” of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1204 (541) 346-3178, [email protected] Change that casts away history and lineage creates a transient flash that ADMINISTRATION fades when the next bright thing comes along. As Richard Bunker’s printing President: Dave Frohnmayer plant moved into the age of computerized printing and took us along with it, Senior Vice President and Provost: Linda Brady; Vice President for University Advancement: Allan Price; Vice we relied on the old linotype-operator’s keen sense of how printing works to President for Finance and Administration: Frances Dyke; help get us over that hump. Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies: Richard Linton; Vice President for Student Affairs: Robin Holmes; Our tools have changed. You—our readers—have changed. The way people Associate Vice President for Public and Government get into and make use of this arrangement of ink on paper called Oregon Quar- Affairs: Michael Redding; Executive Director of the UO Alumni Association: Daniel Rodriguez terly has changed. But it all still builds on what we’ve been and what we know. UO Information This redesign rests on the foundation of eighty-nine years of our predecessors (541) 346-1000 using the tools available to them to tell the remarkable stories of the University of Oregon—and, we think you’ll agree, it’s better. The University of Oregon is an equal-opportunity, affirmative-action institution committed to cultural diversity and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. This publication will be made available in accessible formats upon request: (541) 346-5048. 2 OREGON QUARTERLY | SPRING 2008 Li OR Quarterly 1/8/07 11:34 AM Page 1 Our Next Ambassador To China. China’s economic boom is transforming millions of lives in America, too. That’s why Christina Li, a 4.0 student and valedictorian at Portland’s Lincoln High, said no to seven other universities that accepted her, and yes to the University of Oregon. In partnership with the Portland Public Schools, the UO has the first national Chinese Flagship Program geared to create more linguistically and culturally adept Oregonians. “My ultimate goal,” Christina says, “is to do business on a large scale between the United States and China.” We’re proud that her spirit of lizhengshangyou (“strive to be your best”) found a home right here. © 2006 University of Oregon www.uoregon.edu THE MAGAZINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON 3 5NIVERSITYªOFª/REGON "IGªRETURNªFROMªAª SMALLªIªNVESTMENT G Tac r Smr! &OUR WEEKªCOURSES ªSHORTERªWORKSHOPS ªSEMINARS ª ANDªINSTITUTESªAREªOFFEREDªTHROUGHOUTªTHEªSUMMERªTOª lTªYOURªPLANSª&ORMALªADMISSIONªISªNOTªREQUIRED )NVESTªJUSTªFOURªWEEKS ªANDªCOMPLETEª LANGUAGES ªENVIRONMENTALªSTUDIES ª AªCOURSEªTHATªADVANCESªYOURªPROFES COMPUTERªSCIENCE ªJOURNALISM ªª SIONALªGOALSª/RªTAKEªAª MARINEªBIOLOGY ªORªª WEEKLONGªSEMINARªJUSTª MUSIC BECAUSEªTHEªSUBJECTª FASCINATESªYOUª%VENªAª 4AKEôADVANTAGEªOFªIN TWO DAYªWORKSHOPªCANª NOVATIVE ªSUMMER ONLYª CHANGEªTHEªWAYªYOUªSEEª COURSESª%ARNªCREDITªFORª THEªWORLD ANªARCHAEOLOGICALªDIGªORª AªPHOTOGRAPHYªWORKSHOPª )MMERSEªYOURSELFªINªARTª WHILEªENJOYINGªTHEªGREATª WORKSHOPS ªFOREIGNªª /REGONªSUMMER )MPORTANTôINFORMATIONôABOUTôCOURSES ôINCLUDINGôCOURSEôDESCRIPTIONS ôSPECIALôPROGRAMS ô HOUSING ôREGISTRATION ôANDôFEESôCANôBEôFOUNDôONôTHEô3UMMERô3ESSIONôWEBSITEôINôEARLYô -ARCHôORôINôTHEôô3UMMERô3ESSIONô#ATALOG ôWHICHôISôAVAILABLEôINôEARLYô!PRIL 2EGISTRATIONôBEGINSô-AYô 2008 SUMMER SCHEDULE &IRSTªFOUR WEEKªSESSIONª*UNEªn*ULYª 3ECONDªFOUR WEEKªSESSIONª*ULYªn!UGUSTª %IGHT WEEKªSESSIONª*UNEªn!UGUSTª *UNEªn!UGUSTª ª %LEVEN WEEKªSESSIONª*UNEªn3EPTEMBERª UOSUMMERUOREGONEDU 5NIVERSITYªOFª/REGON "IGªRETURNªFROMªAª SMALLªIªNVESTMENT G Tac r Smr! &OUR WEEKªCOURSES ªSHORTERªWORKSHOPS ªSEMINARS ª ANDªINSTITUTESªAREªOFFEREDªTHROUGHOUTªTHEªSUMMERªTOª lTªYOURªPLANSª&ORMALªADMISSIONªISªNOTªREQUIRED )NVESTªJUSTªFOURªWEEKS ªANDªCOMPLETEª LANGUAGES ªENVIRONMENTALªSTUDIES ª AªCOURSEªTHATªADVANCESªYOURªPROFES COMPUTERªSCIENCE ªJOURNALISM ªª SIONALªGOALSª/RªTAKEªAª MARINEªBIOLOGY ªORªª WEEKLONGªSEMINARªJUSTª MUSIC BECAUSEªTHEªSUBJECTª FASCINATESªYOUª%VENªAª 4AKEôADVANTAGEªOFªIN TWO DAYªWORKSHOPªCANª