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4 Editor's Note 5 From the Desk of Eric Kaler 8 About Campus Call of the Loons, four decades of lessons learned, and all hail the apple corps 13 Discoveries The subtleties of smile 18 By Deane Morrison

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4 MINNESOTA ALUMNI Fall 2017 FROM THE DESK OF ERIC KALER

Moving Forward AS THE 2017-2018 academic year begins and I clinical enterprise and provides adequate training opportunities enter my seventh year as President, I see lots and funding to drive medical school success. to tackle and many accomplishments to build I also want to complete a system-wide strategic plan that on. My primary goals remain maintaining and examines all we do on all of our campuses and discerns what we elevating the University’s excellence; increasing no longer can, or should, do. diversity among our students and staff; keeping Even as we face those and other challenges, I strongly reject the U affordable and accessible to Minnesota’s, the misconception that the only news you hear about the U is bad the nation’s, and the world’s most qualified news. Far more times than not, we are the subjects of—and the rea- students; and operating our $3.9 billion budget sons for—good news. A recent report compiled by our University as efficiently as possiblez.umn.edu/budgetumn ( ). As always, I’m com- Relations team indicated that there were 28,000 media mentions mitted to our philanthropic efforts, which support all of our goals. of the U, from tweets to scientific journal references, over a three- In St. Paul and Washington we must be realistic and open month period, and more than 3,000 important stories. Of those minded in making our case to our partners in state and federal stories, 95 percent were determined to be positive. That’s a good government for investments. Our UMAA-supported UMN Advo- number to remember. cates coalition has been successful in urging our friends in the Those sorts of stories include: Legislature on both sides of the aisle to support key investments in The remarkable work by our doctors and nurses at Masonic University infrastructure and in some operating priorities. Children’s Hospital to separate conjoined twins; Meanwhile, reflecting our national impact on the research The discovery by chemical engineering and materials science and technology transfer fronts, I was among a handful of higher researchers of a new way to produce car tires from renewable education leaders invited to the White House this summer to resources; meet with President Trump’s domestic policy team. There, I argued The Humphrey School and Extension partnership helping com- strenuously for the importance of federal funding for research to munities in rural Minnesota attract more residents and workers; preserve America’s and Minnesota’s innovative cultures. And more. Among my specific priorities for the coming year is laying the Believe it or not, autumn will soon be upon us. That’s when the groundwork to restore our medical school to a top 20 ranking. That leaves turn a very convenient maroon and gold and when we means achieving our vision for an integrated academic medicine gather for Homecoming festivities from October 15 to 21. I hope to partnership: one that values research and its relationship to our see you on campus. Go Gophers!

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Sarah Bacon, diving coach Wenbo Chen, Lexi Tenenbaum, and Yu Zhou at the 2017 NCAA Championships in March

CORRECTION · Lexi Tenenbaum (B.A. ’17) was A Real Belly Flop named College Swimming A dedicated reader Coaches Association of America and Gopher fan rightly Diver of the Year. chastised us for failing to · Wenbo Chen was named include women’s swim- NCAA and Big Ten Diving ming and diving in our Coach of the Year. article “Ski-U-Ma’am!” · Minnesota earned 14 women’s [Summer 2017]. The team · 5 Big Ten Team titles in the last two athletes to earn multiple (11 individual, 3 relay) All- was more than deserving 10 years titles. She was named Big Ten America honors at this year’s of being included and we Diver of the Year and Big Ten · 4 consecutive Big Ten Team titles NCAA Championships. regret not doing so. Here Diver of the Championships all are a few of the team’s · In 2016-17, Yu Zhou (B.A. ’17) won three of her years at Minnesota · The team tied for its second- achievements: her second NCAA champion- in addition to being a two-time best finish in program his- ship in 3-meter diving, becoming Academic All-Big Ten honoree, tory, placing 10th at the NCAA

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8 MINNESOTA ALUMNI Fall 2017 Raeanne Phoenix (B.S. ‘12) plays on the St. Paul campus bull statues with her 4-year- old daughter Kazzy. Photo by Jayme Halbritter ABOUT CAMPUS

Call of the Loons

Major League YNDRA DE ST. AUBIN (B.A. ’03) takes Networks, as well as for Fox Sports. She contin- a seat at a coffee shop in Blaine, ued to cover a gamut of sports including soccer, Soccer’s only female about half a mile away from the and for Fox Sports she workedEddie Hoey a dozen and Zachary matches Doffing color commentator National Sports Center complex at the 2015 Women’s World Cup in Canada. Kthat has been a focal point for much of her At that tournament in Vancouver, de St. has found her soccer-centered life. On this afternoon de St. Aubin had a chance encounter with Ben sweet spot calling Aubin—ebullient even without the caffeine—is Grossman, a minority owner of the Loons. Last games at TCF recapping her professional odyssey and the August, Grossman unexpectedly told her he Bank Stadium. offer that brought her home to Minnesota to wanted her to join the Loons’ broadcast team. join the broadcast team for the Minnesota “I almost fell off my chair,” she says. And with United FC Loons, the state’s new Major League that, de St. Aubin became the only female color Soccer franchise. commentator in Major League Soccer, working Fourteen years ago, after playing soccer for alongside play-by-play announcer Callum Wil- the Golden Gophers and graduating with a liams and sideline reporter Jamie Watson. The degree in broadcast journalism, de St. Aubin icing on the cake? The Loons’ home this season Above: Kyndra de St. Aubin (nee Hesse) landed her first job at an ESPN radio is TCF Bank Stadium. and Callum Williams call a affiliate in Milwaukee. She put in 100-hour weeks “It’s been everything I hoped it would be, and game at TCF Bank Stadium. at $6.50 an hour covering the Brewers, Bucks, more,” says de St. Aubin. “For a long time I’ve Badgers, and Packers while doing sales. She gotten to cover what I love, but then to come then migrated west to Arizona and California, home to Minnesota to do it, it’s like a double

adding stints for the nascent Big Ten and Pac-12 whammy—in a good way.” Rubinstein Sara

10 MINNESOTA ALUMNI Fall 2017 Apple Corps The response to de St. Aubin’s work on Manzana. Pomme. Omena. Apfel. Epli. However you say it, fall Minnesota United’s broadcasts has been is apple season. The University of Minnesota’s renowned apple overwhelmingly positive, she says, which is breeding program has produced nearly 27 hardy varieties, many remarkable given the strong feelings fans— of them enduring favorites, since the U began releasing apples in the 1920s. Just to get your mouth watering, here are some not to mention internet trolls—tend to have U-born-and-bred varieties to watch for this season. for announcers. She grins. “Not that Twitter is the end-all, be-all, but [Callum, Jamie, and I] ZESTAR! Early season with a sweet were saying, ‘Is something wrong with Twitter, but tart flavor that has a hint of because we haven’t gotten ripped yet.’” brown sugar. Introduced 1999; She’s part of a wave of female announcers excellent for eating and cooking. landing larger roles in sports broadcasting, moving from the sidelines to the studio and SNOWSWEET Late season with a more savory than sweet flavor. Introduced the booth. Hers is another step forward in 2006; excellent for slicing with flesh the sometimes-glacial progress for women in that’s slow to oxidize and turn brown. broadcasting. “It’s cool to be recognized, but I’ll be glad when it’s no longer a topic,” she says. FROSTBITE Late-season novelty apple Eventually she’d love to do more broadcast- 2 inches in diameter. Tolerates extreme ing on the international stage, like for the 2018 cold; introduced 2008; flavor often compared to molasses and sugarcane, Men’s World Cup in Russia or the Olympics. making it great for cider and desserts. But it can be hard to think much bigger when you’re hoping no one will shake you awake SWEETANGO A cross between from the dream you’re already living. Honeycrisp (mom) and Zestar! “When you get to do what you love and (dad). Crisp, tart, and sweet early [what] you’re passionate about, and you get season apple introduced in 2009. paid for it, and you get to call it your job . . . HONEYCRISP Mid- to late-season not a lot of people get to do that in their pleaser. Super crisp, sweet, juicy, lifetime,” she says. and frankly close to perfect. —Rick Moore Introduced 1991. Eat with abandon.

Lessons Learned By Student Regents

FORTY YEARS AGO, Minnesota became one of the islation gave a student regent full voting authority first states in the nation to pass legislation requiring and a six-year term. Though controversial early student representation on the governing body of a on, over time the practice has proven valuable public university. Since then, the University of Min- not just for the Board of Regents and the student nesota Board of Regents has included a member body, but also for the students who have served. who was a student at the time of his or her election. Michael Unger (B.E.S. ’77, J.D. ’81), an injury attor- “The regents then and now are decades ney and founder of Unger Law Office in Minneapolis, removed from college,” says Mike Sieben (J.D. ’72), became the first student regent in 1976. The Legis- who championed the legislation when he was in lature wasn’t due to elect the first student regent the state House of Representatives in 1980. “I felt until the following year, but Unger got a jump on the that it would enhance the board to have input, position when Governor Wendell Anderson (B.A. Mike Unger, the first student regent commentary, and observation from someone who ’54, J.D. ’60) appointed him to complete the term of is walking or biking to class and knows all the issues Regent George Latimer (B.A. ’87), who resigned to that students face.” run for St. Paul mayor. Unger served until 1983. Students did—and still do—have an advisory During his term, one of the memorable issues was role through the representation of eight students a First Amendment lawsuit involving the Minnesota who are appointed to one-year terms. But the leg- Daily. Regents voted to eliminate funding for the

Fall 2017 MINNESOTA ALUMNI 11 U Honors an Electrifying Alumnus THE UNIVERSITY of Minnesota has renamed two health centers in newspaper after its humor edition offended some honor of Earl Bakken (B.E.E. ’48) in recognition of his support of readers. Unger and two other regents opposed the the University and his field-shaping legacy. The centers will now be measure. The Daily sued in federal court and won. called the Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center and the Earl E. Unger also contributed to debate and decision- Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing. making about a University hospital expansion. Bakken founded Medtronic, Inc., one of the world’s largest medical Unger believes that student regents have device development companies, shortly after graduating from the U contributed significantly to the University’s gover- in electrical engineering in 1948. Among his many significant innova- nance during the past 40 years. “They have helped tions was his work with University of Minnesota heart surgeon C. create a culture where students and students’ con- Walton Lillehei (B.S. ’39, M.D. ’41) to create the first battery-operated, cerns are more carefully respected wearable pacemaker. Bakken also founded the Bakken Museum, a and not easily dismissed as being ill Smithsonian affiliate in Minneapolis that offers dynamic exhibit expe- informed or parochial,” says Unger, riences and industry-leading STEM-focused education programs. who is also past president of the The Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center is a program under the Alumni Association. Institute for Engineering in Medicine that combines research, educa- Lakeesha Ransom (M.A. ’03, Ph.D. tion, and training focused on medical devices. The center supports ’07), vice provost and dean of the researchers through the process of moving devices from concept to honors college at the University of market and also trains the next generation of innovators. Akron, served as a graduate student Bakken, 93, has a unique appreciation for both the art and science representative for one year on the of health care, as demonstrated by his longstanding support for nonvoting student advisory body Lakeesha the University’s Center for Spirituality & Healing, a center focused Ransom while earning a doctorate in human resources and on research, outreach and education of integrative health and well- strategic management. She was elected the student being. He was an early mentor for the center’s founder and director, regent in 2001 for a six-year term. Mary Jo Kreitzer (Ph.D. ’90) and he continues to be a strong advocate Ransom found the difference between being a for integrative approaches to health and healing. regent and a student representative striking. As “Mr. Bakken has inspired us to think bigger, to try to fulfill the a regent, she observed that her views were taken immense potential we have to improve the health and well-being of more seriously, something that came into play early people and communities around the world,” says Kreitzer. on during her term when she was thrust into heated deliberations over whether the University should join a University of Arizona astronomy research Earl Bakken at his project on Mount Graham, a sacred site for Apache home in Hawaii people. Despite sit-ins and other protests, the board, including Ransom, ultimately voted yes. “It was a very difficult decision for everyone involved,” she says. “Everyone was perplexed in how to man- age it. It helped me see myself as just another mem- ber of the board.” Ransom’s experience as a regent, where she helped govern a complex institution with varied stakeholders, perspectives, and missions, got her interested in higher education. “As a dean, I think those experiences helped me understand the value of different constituent voices,” Ransom says. “Having the ability to think openly and broadly about grand challenges and opportunities, collect information and data from dis- parate areas on campus, and aggregate it to a more strategic level—much of that I attribute to my time on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents.”

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12 MINNESOTA ALUMNI Fall 2017 DISCOVERIES

E ALL KNOW a pleasing smile when we see one, but how to build one step by step? Every day, surgeons try to do just that as they reconstruct the facial anatomy of people who have suffered accidents, strokes, and other conditions. Robbed of their ability toW express emotion by smiling, these patients run an elevated risk of depression. But “facial reanimation” surgeons have had no rigorous criteria to guide them in giving patients a sociably pleasing smile. The Until now. In a study published June 28 in the journal PLoS One, a team of University of Minnesota researchers plumbed the preferences of Minnesota State Fairgoers and parsed out several elements of successful smiles. They Subtleties discovered how factors like the shape of a smile and its degree of “toothiness” can work together to produce a pleasing result. They also found that timing counts. “The time it takes to develop a smile is important,” says team member of Smile Nathaniel Helwig, an assistant professor of psychology. “For example, if a person smiles too slowly, it could be misinterpreted.” Is it a grin, a smirk, or The researchers, including facial reconstructive surgeon Sofia Lyford-Pike a bona fide smile? and Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Stephen Guy, expect the findings will guide surgeons and rehabilitative medicine practitio- By Deane Morrison ners as they help patients relearn how to smile, not smirk. Surgeons reconstructing a smile often focus on how far the corners of the mouth can move—that is, on making the patient’s smile as broad as possible. But Lyford-Pike suspected that optimizing that feature alone wouldn’t be enough to make a socially pleasing smile. To find out what criteria matter most, she contacted Guy and Helwig. The three, along with graduate student Nick Sohre (M.S. ’17) and undergrad Mark Ruprecht, designed a 3-D computer-animated face that could turn a neutral expression into any of 27 different smiles in a quarter second. Each had a unique combination of three criteria: smile “extent,” a measure

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Fall 2017 MINNESOTA ALUMNI 13 lips; and smile angle, which describes how A clear example of this interplay turned pronounced a V-shape the mouth makes. up in the different responses to two smiles Angle increases as the corners of the mouth with either a larger or a smaller extent/angle turn up and/or the lower lip moves down. combination. When the amount of dental “This was a first attempt to define what show was expanded, the smile with more lim- we as human beings do intuitively every day ited extent and angle rated worse while the when we interact with each other,” Lyford- broader, more V-shaped smile rated higher. Pike explains. “This suggests that people with limited The researchers tested all 27 smiles on mouth motion—who don’t have a broad adult members of the public in the U’s Driven smile—might do better with limited dental ONE PLoS courtesy Illustration to Discover building at the 2015 Minnesota Expanding the amount of dental show show,” says Helwig. “[Overall] there’s a State Fair. A total of 802 volunteers rated (toothiness) lowered ratings for a smile with Goldilocks position, or sweet spot, where how effective, genuine, and pleasant each less width and angle (A) and enhanced ratings all the criteria work best together. The very appeared. for a broader, more V-shaped smile (B). best smiles are where the extent and angle If you’re thinking that crinkling of the are medium to high. With that, there’s an eyes is also important, you’re right. But in The data revealed that none of the three optimal range of dental show.” this early study the team focused on mouth criteria should necessarily be high, medium, However, if a smile had too much extent/ movements because they are easier to or low; it’s the combination that counts. angle—that is, was extremely broad and restore surgically and because evidence The best smiles display an optimal—not upturned—showing more teeth lowered the suggests they may be the single strongest extreme—smile angle and width, and, given smile quality. factor in conveyingJessenCo_ad4.75sq_prod.pdf the meaning of a smile.1 7/31/17that, 8:45 an appropriateAM amount of dental show. “The main take-home for surgeons is that the extent isn’t the sole outcome measure to use,” says Helwig. “Given the diversity in human faces and smiles, the finding that many smiles are interpreted as pleasant is encouraging for the applicability of our results,” Lyford-Pike says. Also important was whether the smile developed at the same speed on both sides of the mouth. As long as neither side lagged the other by more than 125 milliseconds (an eighth of a second), the smile lost none of its quality. But in one test, a short lag—between 25 and 50 milliseconds—was preferred over absolute synchrony. That wasn’t surprising, says Helwig, because “some dental literature suggests that perfect symmetry might look robotic.” “That is an important lesson for computer PRINT REIMAGINED graphics in general,” says Guy. “Too often, A full service graphics company we are tempted to make digital animations specializing in: mathematically perfect. However, the real world is full of interesting and wonderful > Publications/Literature imperfections . . . it was nice to see that > Direct Mail reflected in our data.” > Graphic Displays Among the researchers’ forthcoming studies are ratings of smiles on patients with > Fulfillment partial facial paralysis. They also have per- JESSEN~- formed 3-D studies of real people smiling. The scientists also hope to study the role of ST. LOUIS PARK • 952.929.0346 • JESSENPRESS.COM other facial features, such as eye crinkling. And that’s something to smile about.

14 MINNESOTA ALUMNI Fall 2017 A “significant and meaningful What people believe about Studying cancer cells with relationship” exists between free will helps determine an engineer’s perspective a community’s rate of military their attitudes toward has provided new insight sacrifice and its support for unethical behavior, crime, into how the cells move, President Donald Trump, and punishment, according potentially impacting current according to a recent study to a study coauthored by therapies aimed at prevent- by U law professor Francis Kathleen Vohs of the Carlson ing cancer’s spread. Shen. School of Management. David Odde (B.S. ’88), a After analyzing election Researchers used data U biomedical engineer and data at the county and state from the World Values Survey Masonic Cancer Center levels, Shen and Boston to analyze more than 65,000 researcher, led the study, University political scientist residents in 46 countries. which found that cells are Douglas Kriner found that They found that the way a able to sense the stiffness of Robots could one day support for Trump was country is governed makes the environment they are in— possess a sense of touch, significantly higher in parts of a difference in how people’s bone is stiff, for example, while thanks to stretchable the country that suffered dis- beliefs about free will apply muscle has medium stiffness electronic fabric developed proportionately high casualty to their views of unethical and fatty tissue is soft. Cells at the University of Min- rates in Iraq and Afghanistan. behavior. are a little like the storybook nesota. The discovery could Those same regions also For example, in countries character Goldilocks: They also be a major step forward tended to have populations with transparent govern- don’t like their environment in printing electronics on that were less educated ments and low levels of too hard or too soft—it needs human skin that would and lower income. “If just corruption, people believed to be just right or they won’t be capable of monitoring three states—Pennsylvania, more strongly that destiny is move, explains Odde. “If we health conditions or helping Wisconsin, and Michigan—had tied to choices and personal can trick cancer cells into soldiers detect dangerous experienced moderately responsibility; they were less believing it is not a good chemicals or explosives lower casualty rates, each tolerant of unethical behavior. environment for migration, we while out in the field. might have switched from They also had a greater desire can prevent the cancer cells The study’s lead author, red to blue and sent Hillary to see criminals punished. In from spreading.” Michael McAlpine of the U’s Clinton to the White House,” countries with weak govern- Odde and his colleagues Department of Mechanical the authors wrote. ments or corrupt leaders, conducted five different Engineering, is known for In addition to helping con- beliefs about free will were experiments using environ- combining electronics and struct an understanding of the not predictive of people’s ments with six varying 3-D-printed nano materials past, the study’s findings may views on unethical behavior degrees of stiffness for the to create a bionic ear in 2013. also be an indicator of what is but they still predicted a study, which compared cells He and his team created the to come. “Trump’s electoral fate desire for criminals to be from human brain cancer bionic skin using a one-of-a- in 2020 may well rest on the punished. “Your country’s gov- to mobile, but normal, cells kind 3-D printer they built in administration’s approach to ernance makes a difference from embryonic chick brains. the lab. The multifunctional the human costs of war,” Shen in whether your beliefs about The cancer cells preferred printer can print several says. “Politicians from both free will get applied to your medium stiffness and the layers to make the flexible parties would do well to more views of unethical behavior,” scientists reasoned that this sensory devices. McAlpine directly recognize and address Vohs explains. was because, like cars using says the next step is to move the needs of those communi- The study was published in a clutch, brain cancer cells toward semiconductor inks ties whose young women and the June issue of the Proceed- generate traction force to and printing on a real body. men are making the ultimate ings of the National Academy grip and move along tissue. The study was published sacrifice for the country.” of Sciences. The study was published in the May issue of Advanced The Social Science in the May issue of Nature Materials.

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U of M Day of Service Homecoming Parade October 14 October 20, 6:30 p.m. This annual day of service engages alumni and University Ave. friends internationlly. More than 477,000 alumni Parking available in the 4th Street ramp. from around the world, students, and others have Limited access to the University Avenue the opportunity to display their school pride and ramp due to the parade route. serve their communities at various volunteer sites. Confirmed locations as of press time include Homecoming Game Tokyo, the Twin Cities, Denver, the Bay Area, October 21, time TBA Charlotte, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and New York. Gophers v. University of Illinois Fighting Illini To register and see new locations, go to umnalumni. Purchase tickets at mygophersports.com org/dayofservice #DayofServiceUMN Ski-U-Mania Alumni Leader Summit October 21, 11:30 a.m. October 20, 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. McNamara Alumni Center Johnson Room, McNamara Alumni Center 200 Oak Street SE $10 for Alumni Association members; $15 for Annual Awards Affair nonmembers October 19 Celebrate Homecoming at the premier Check-in 5:30 p.m., dinner 6:15 p.m., program 7 p.m. pregame party for alumni and fans. Hear Commons Hotel, 615 Washington Ave. SE from Athletics Director Mark Coyle, Alumni For full schedule and details Meet Homecoming Grand Marshals Dave and Association President and CEO Lisa Lewis, about other events, visit Linda Mona and celebrate with the Alumni and University President Eric Kaler. Stay homecoming.umn.edu Association and Student Union and Activities for the coronation of Homecoming Royalty, as we honor exceptional alumni and students. an appearance by Goldy Gopher, the Spirit Reception, dinner, and presentation of the Squads, and the alumni band. Tickets include Alumni Association Awards, Alumni Service $15 to spend at food stands at the event, plus Awards, and President’s Student Leadership and a swag bag to ensure you’re fully prepared Service Awards. Registration required. $45. Go to to cheer the Gophers to victory. Registration UMNalumni.org required. Go to UMNalumni.org/SUM17

16 MINNESOTA ALUMNI Fall 2017 Grand Marshals Dave and Linda Mona have lived their ents of the U of M Outstanding Achievement passion for the University of Minnesota Award. An accomplished journalist and pio- with generosity and enthusiasm for nearly neer in the PR industry who got his start at half a century. This year, the couple will the Minnesota Daily, Dave currently cohosts serve as Grand with Sid Hartman WCCO radio’s Sports Marshals for the Huddle and was a color analyst on Gopher University of football broadcasts for 13 years. He has won Stay connected throughout Minnesota’s 2017 awards from the Associated Press as well as Homecoming. Share on Facebook, Homecoming Eric Sevareid and Edward R. Murrow Awards Instagram, and Twitter how you’re parade on for his writing and broadcasting. celebrating by tagging @UMNAlumni October 20. Linda, a successful entrepreneur who has and using #UMNHC “We are made numerous civic contributions, was the thrilled to national president of the UMAA in 1995-96 celebrate Dave when the decision was made to design and and Linda build the McNamara Alumni Center. She Mona as our has also chaired the UMAA Nominating 2017 Homecoming Grand Marshals,” says Committee, the University Gateway Com- Alumni Association President and CEO Lisa munications Committee, and the College of Lewis. “Their generosity to the University Human Ecology Alumni Board. In 1995, she and the community is inspirational, and their cochaired the Women’s Final Four basketball steadfast leadership is helping to keep the U championship in Minneapolis, and she’s strong in the 21st century.” served on the board of Fairview Southdale Dave (B.A. ’65), the founder and recently Hospital. She has provided leadership to the retired chair of Weber Shandwick, received U of M Foundation, the Goldstein Gallery, a degree in journalism from the U, and Linda and the Women’s Athletic Advisory Council, (B.S. ’67), founder and owner of Creative along with many other civic and philan- Environments—a full-service interior design thropic organizations such as the Girl Scouts firm—received a degree in home economics River Valleys Council, which named her a education. They each served a term as chair Community Champion. Linda and Dave were of the UMAA Board of Directors, the only cochairs of the 2008 U.S. Women’s Open husband/wife duo to do so. They also each Golf Championship at Interlachen Country chaired their respective collegiate alumni Club in Edina and Linda was subsequently societies and together worked as captains elected to be the first woman board chair in on the fundraising drive to bring Gopher the Club’s 100-year history. football back to campus. In 2016, Linda and Dave received the In addition to his term as UMAA board Friend of the Foundation Award from the chair, Dave has led legislative advocacy Minnesota/Dakotas Chapter of the Cystic efforts for the U, chaired the UMAA nominat- Fibrosis Foundation for their fundraising ing/board development committee, and achievements and volunteer contributions 17 been a trustee of the Minnesota Medical in conjunction with Camden’s Concert, an Foundation. He and Linda are both recipi- annual event they originated eight years ago.

Fall 2017 MINNESOTA ALUMNI 17 WELCOME TO CAMPUS A photo tour of your University

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A Green Line light rail train winds its way from downtown Minneapolis across the Washington Avenue Bridge and onto the East Bank. Weisman Art Museum is to the left and Robert H. Bruininks Hall and Kolthoff Hall are to the right. _, -- - ~ -==:a I I -· •

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The bronze Goldy outside of Coffman Union never wants for company and always inspires pride. GATHER

Northrop is a shining venue not only for performance, but for a variety of classes and lectures. Chris Cooper Chris Patrick O’Leary Patrick SHOP

The bookstore in Coffman -Union attracts a steady stream of students, faculty, staff, and alumni throughout the day.

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Members of the University community enjoy a noontime concert on Northrop Plaza. Patrick O’Leary Patrick

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A skateboarder -soars in the walkway of the Washington Avenue Bridge.

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Peering down an hypnotic staircase- in Robert H. Bruininks Hall.

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Students hit the books in Walter Library.

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Students enjoy the snowfall -on the footbridge across Washington Avenue. Coffman Union is in the background. Patrick O’Leary Patrick Patrick O’Leary Patrick DISCOVER

A top-to-bottom renovation of the historic Tate building, on Northrop Mall, features FLAUNT a new auditorium and state- of-the-art labs for astronomy, You never know who will earth sciences, and physics. show up in maroon and gold. Taken in a work area in the Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center, located in

Mark Luinenburg Mark the Mayo Building. Fall 2017 MINNESOTA ALUMNI 27 EXCEL

The new Athletes Village takes shape near the northern edge of the Twin Cities campus. The Center for Excellence, just east of the Bierman building, will serve as a hub for the entire athletics department. This photo was taken from the north side of the project looking southwest, toward downtown Minneapolis. In the near distance, we see some of the many off-campus student Basketball practice center apartment buildings and Center for Excellence that have sprung up in recent years.

Football Performance Center

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Gibson-Nagurski Football Practice Facility

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The historic Pioneer Hall, located on the Super Block, has been home to generations of first-year students. Patrick O’Leary Patrick

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Fresh snow makes for a contemplative walk near Burton Hall on the East Bank. Patrick O’Leary Patrick Chris Cooper Chris

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Students enjoy conversation in one of the residence halls.

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Easton / Green the Barbara Barker Center.

Student Jordan Steger shows her senior photo project at the Nash Gallery. Patrick O’Leary Patrick Fall 2017 MINNESOTA ALUMNI 31 IMMERSE

Studying in the St. Paul Student Center

REVEL

The beauty of the St. Paul Campus bursts forth in late summer.

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The St. Paul Campus, originally called the Farm Campus. Crop fields are shown at lower left. Steven Bergerson Steven Patrick O’Leary Patrick

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A veterinarian examines- a police dog at the Veterinary Medical Center.

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Students aim for new heights on the climbing wall in the Recreation and Wellness Center. Minnesota Minnesota Daily

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In six prolific decades at the U, Izaak Kolthoff became known as the Father of Modern Analytical Chemistry. The Dutch immigrant was as unassuming as he was influential.

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BY THE TIME Izaak Maurits Kolthoff passed from life in his 100th year in 1993, he had built a career as distin- guished as any professor who donned a cap and gown at the University of Minnesota. Beginning in 1927, when he first arrived in Minneapolis to assume a research post in the chemistry department, Kolthoff published By Tim Brady • Photo courtesy University Archives almost a thousand scientific papers, textbooks that became standards in analytic chemistry, and wrote and edited a monumental treatise—30 volumes—on the same subject. He was the taproot of a magnificent former students, fellow professors, and other visitors over family tree of chemists that branched out across the long lunches that would drift deep into the afternoon country. He advised 50 Ph.D.s-in-training in his years at and were only terminated, according to U of M chemistry Minnesota, who in turned spawned some 1,100 other professor Peter Carr, so Kolthoff could catch 4:30 reruns chemistry teachers. of Hogan’s Heroes on the television in his apartment. In addition, Kolthoff received honors and accolades Born in Holland in 1894, Kolthoff showed an early by the fistfuls. He was inducted into the National proclivity for chemistry. When he was a teenage boy, Academy of Sciences, one of just two U of M professors his mother mistakenly added sodium carbonate to the so honored at the time. He was dubbed a knight by chicken soup she was cooking. Izaak neutralized the his home country of the Netherlands. He received the soda by adding hydrochloric acid until, after testing prestigious William H. Nichols Medal of the American with a strip of handy litmus paper, the soup read pink, Chemical Society and the Robert Boyle Medal from whereupon dinner was served. the Royal Society of Chemistry in Great Britain. He was At Utrecht University, Kolthoff initially studied the first recipient of the American Chemical Society’s pharmacy to avoid strict classical language require- excellence in teaching award, an honor that thrilled him ments demanded of doctoral students in chemistry. His as much or more than any of his awards for scientific teacher was Nicholas Schoorl, a skilled professor who research. He held honorary doctorates from a half-doz- emphasized both the fundamental principles of chemis- en different universities around the world. In 1972, the try and the need to confirm them by experiment. From University of Minnesota named a brand new chemistry these years, Kolthoff developed a maxim that became building for him across from Coffman Memorial Union. his oft-repeated motto and would guide his research Just about the only honor that eluded him was a Nobel and teaching throughout his long life: Theory guides, Prize—and many griped that he should have received experiment decides. one. Instead, he would have to settle for an unofficial He began his professional career teaching and title: the Father of Modern Analytical Chemistry. researching at Utrecht University, publishing his first For all his acclaim, Kolthoff was by all accounts a paper in 1915. Over the next dozen years, Kolthoff remarkably humble and gracious man, a fixture and an published more than 200 more research articles with institution on campus. He kept an office adjacent to the an emphasis on various forms of titration—a technique Campus Club in Coffman and an apartment on the upper where a solution of known concentration is used to floors of the Union. There he entertained and instructed determine the concentration of an unknown solution. In 1924, with his career already well established in Hol- land, he was asked to go on a lecture tour in the United States. While on that trip, he made the acquaintance of a number of American chemists at universities in Michigan,

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A lifelong bachelor, slight and bald, wearing wire-rimmed glasses and speaking with lingering evidence of his Dutch upbringing, Kolthoff remained a fixture on campus for 30 years after his retirement. SKI-U-MAH Proud supporters of University of Minnesota Ohio, and New York, and three years later, scientists who were being persecuted for their for more than 24 years! when the University of Minnesota chemistry faith or work. During World War II, Kolthoff department sent out feelers in search of was recruited for the war effort to help with a researcher to strengthen its graduate a vexing problem. The United States was cut program, Kolthoff’s name came up. Chemistry off from its greatest source of natural rubber, Enjoy all of the comforts of our department head S.C. Lind sent Kolthoff a which primarily came from Southeast Asia and cable asking if he might be interested in a was a much-needed tool of industrial and mili- well-appointed guestrooms, yearlong appointment. Kolthoff agreed, and in tary production and transport. Scientists were suites and meeting space, the fall of 1927 began his long career at the U. given the urgent task of either finding new The Beacon Public House, The subsequent 35-year span of his teach- sources of rubber in the Western Hemisphere special U of M Alumni rates, ing was far from preordained. Though the or creating synthetic rubber. Kolthoff, working and complimentary WiFi, University was trying to build its graduate pro- in collaboration with researchers at Minnesota shuttleservice, fitness center grams and had immense respect for European and across the country, is credited with helping and business center. doctoral education—most of the department develop one of the crucial chemical processes, had Ph.D.s from European universities, includ- known as “cold process,” that made large-scale ing Lind, who earned his doctorate in Paris— production of synthetic rubber possible. the number of actual Europeans teaching at “During the war it was quite evident (espe- Reserve alumni rates the U of M was minimal. “They had had bad cially in the latter stages) that we were engaged at commonshotel.com/ experiences with a Scandinavian professor in in a very scientific war,” Kolthoff would later tell UALU the medical school, who couldn’t get used, I an interviewer. “The country that lagged behind suppose, to the fact that the people who did in research would certainly come out second the common work [at the University] would best. This point of view was equally true after be treated politely, as human beings and not the war, and various branches of the armed in a haughty way,” Kolthoff explained in a 1983 forces started to make funds available for what interview. “Anyhow the President [Lotus Coff- we might call ‘pure research.’” man] didn’t want another European coming.” Kolthoff applauded the funding that came Kolthoff hedged his bet by maintaining ties from this governmental interest in science and with the University of Utrecht after accepting research and made concerted postwar efforts the post in Minneapolis. He quickly came to to boost science education in the U.S. He also the conclusion, however, that as far as his encouraged educational exchange programs research was concerned, “Minnesota was an between Moscow State University and the El Dorado.” Teaching loads were relatively University of Minnesota and made a couple of light and the school seemed to be teeming trips to the Soviet Union at the height of Cold with able and eager grad students. War to promote such endeavors, which he felt During the tumultuous 1930s, when Euro- could not help but foster the sort of scientific pean scientists were fleeing the oppressions collaborations that would ultimately cool ten- of Nazi Germany, Kolthoff worked with the sions in this new and highly volatile nuclear age. Rockefeller Foundation and Ross Gortner, a U A lifelong pacifist who joined in several high- of M professor in agricultural biochemistry, to profile protests against right-wing causes, 615 Washington Avenue S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55414 assist and help relocate a number of European Kolthoff ran afoul of Senator Joe McCarthy commonshotel.com | 800.822.6757

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and the House Un-American Activities In 1951, HUAC listed him as being a member upbringing, Kolthoff remained a fixture on Committee (HUAC) in the 1950s. Though of one of 31 subversive organizations in campus for 30 years after his retirement. never called to Washington or brought an article in American Mercury magazine In 2014, just over 20 years after his death, before HUAC to testify, he was one of a entitled “Reds in American Universities.” His the American Chemical Society dedicated group of humanists and scientists whose sole companion on the list from the state of a plaque in his honor at Smith Hall on the activities fighting the McCarran Internal Minnesota was the president of the Ameri- campus of the University of Minnesota. Security Act put them under scrutiny. Also can Presbyterian Church. Kolthoff also sup- It reads in part: “Izaak Maurits Kolthoff known as the Subversive Activities Control ported efforts to pardon Morton Sobell, the (1894-1993) is widely regarded as the father Act, it strengthened laws against espionage, only scientist from the Manhattan Project of modern analytical chemistry. His research allowed investigation and deportation of convicted of espionage in the famed Ethel transformed the ways by which scientists immigrants who were suspected of subver- and Julius Rosenberg case of 1951. separate, identify, and quantify chemical sive activities or of promoting communism A University-mandated age requirement substances and built the field upon solid or fascism, and allowed the limitation of forced Kolthoff’s retirement in 1962, but he theoretical principles and experimental free speech for national security reasons. continued to do research, write articles, techniques. Today, analytical chemistry is (In 1993, the United States Supreme Court work on that ever-expanding Treatise on an essential branch of chemistry used in ruled sections of the act unconstitutional.) Analytical Chemistry, and entertain with disciplines ranging from clinical medicine to Kolthoff and others especially objected grace and charisma a stream of former environmental studies, forensics, food and to provisions in the law that would allow students and their students who would drug safety, and other fields.” the government to establish concentration come to glean the pearls of his still cogent Not a bad legacy for the unassuming man camps, severely restrict immigration to this thinking. A lifelong bachelor, slight and bald, who can still be imagined holding court in country, and deport foreign-born citizens wearing wire-rimmed glasses and speak- the Campus Club dining room before rush- who had dabbled in communist activities. ing with lingering evidence of his Dutch ing off to watchHogan’s Heroes.

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Stay connected. 2017 REPORT TO ALUMNI

THE STATE OF THE

ALUMNI IS STRONG Dear Members, As we begin the new academic year, we are proud to report on the Alumni Association’s achievements during the last year. Past UMAA Board Chair Dan McDonald, current Chair Sandy Wiese, and I were honored to present the annual UMAA report to the Board of Regents at their meeting July 12. Our report was well received and the UMAA was commended for accomplishing so much on a lean budget. We present the report to you on the following pages. The numbers are impressive, but numbers are just a part of the story. The bigger story is one we are writing together as the University of Minnesota meets the challenges of the 21st century. Whether it’s supporting scholarships, mentoring a student, advo- cating for the University of Minnesota with the Legislature, or cheering for the maroon and gold, alumni involvement helps make the institution better. As we told the Regents, the state of the alumni is strong! Your time, talent, philanthropy, loyalty, and passion help shape the Universi- ty’s future. We are proud to play a critical role in driving alumni engagement. All that we have accomplished is possible because of you and your steadfast commitment to our mission and to the University of Minnesota. Thank you, and I look forward to more success in the coming year.

Warmly, Lisa Lewis, Life Member President and CEO

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MEMBER ADVANTAGES A SPECIAL WELCOME Thank you for being a member! Don’t forget to make the most of your member to our newest fully paid Life Members!* advantages. Here are just a few: As a Life Member, you join more than 18,000 loyal and enthusiastic alumni supporting the U’s important work. Dues are invested in a fund that provides PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT a stable support for key Alumni Association programs. u Take part in a quarterly roster of Christian Albano Miki Horie Noah Retka noncredit courses (save 10 percent Richard Allen Donna Horne Tamara Retka on continuing education). Craig Amundsen Richard Horne Evan Roberts u Invest in yourself with a course in Karen Amundsen Michelle Hueller Annemarie Robertson the Carlson Executive Education Nancy Balto James Irvine Mark Robertson program (save 10 percent). Lucas Behrends Kathryn Irvine Jason Rohloff Arlene Berg Michael Judge A Dean Schieve David Berg Ronald Kalin Mary Schieve EXPLORE CAMPUS Linda Berg Denise Klinkner Chase Seubert u Visit the Weisman Art Museum and Stephen Berg Nathan Knutson Jessica Seubert Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Orrin Broberg Rebecca Knutson Richard Shannon (discounted membership rates). Joseph Budenske Adam LaFleur Dai Hyun Song Kathleen Casserly Daniel Lagermeier Robert Stein u See the finest Northrop Dance, U of Nora Dahlgren Nancy Lagermeier Robert Thompson M Theatre Arts, and School of Music Geetha Damodaran Kathleen Lanfear Lindsey Tischer performances (member ticket rates). Sundar Damodaran John Lorentz Mary Tjosvold u Dine with a view from the Campus Brandon Dexter Jennifer Lynch Julie Tydrich Club (local and non-Twin Cities John Dunn Gerald Maher Daniel Ullyot Julie Dunn Ellis Mannon Mark Van Sloun membership discounts). Debra Enestvedt Christopher Moses Roger Waage u Tour the Raptor Center for a Catherine Fitch Jesse Nease Richard Walters beak-to-nose educational experience Kirk Fjellman Bailey Nebgen Sandra Walters (weekend program discounts, save LaRae Fjellman Nancy Nebgen Yan Wang 20 percent on birthday parties). Michael Ganley Robert Nustad Christopher Wetzell Alfredo Gonzalez Cambero Susan Nustad Stephanie Wetzell Edward Gubman Cheryl Orcutt Thomas Wright MEMBERS-ONLY ACCESS Keri Hager Arlen Overvig Chenzhong Wu u Advance notice and special pricing of Anthony Hausladen Daniel Patton exclusive events. Keep an eye on your inbox! Gail Hegeman Susan Patton *Reflects March 14-July 15 u Online access to U of M Libraries William Hegeman Lori Peterson Mark Heinlein Amudhan Pugalenthi (subset of student access). Christine Hoaglund Alberto Ramon Navarro u Continue reading this award- winning magazine! Membership Join this list of Life Members by upgrading your membership today! includes a subscription. UMNAlumni.org/join | 800-862-5867 SPECIAL SAVINGS u 20 percent savings on U of M Bookstores apparel and gifts in store and online. STAY CONNECTED u Academic pricing on select Apple products at the U of M Bookstores. IA .UMNAlumni.org ~ /UMNAlumni u 10 percent discount at Goldy’s Locker Ii /MinnesotaAlumni @ /UMNAlumni Room locations in the Twin Cities. UMAA /UMNAlumni UPDATE u Show your member card for alumni rates Im. C YOUR INFO at the Commons Hotel on campus. @UMNAlumni #UMNAlumni update.umn.edu a # #UMNProud UMNAlumni.org/advantages

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2017 REPORT TO ALUMNI

Participation is key, and our More than 40,000 alumni ALUMNI alumni delivered in a big way. contributed 49 % $171.2 STRONG of contactable alumni connected with the U through at least one million activity in the past fiscal year. to the University last fiscal year, Thanks to the phenomenal efforts accounting for more than half of 571,000 of our alumni leaders, volunteers, all donations. LIVING ALUMNI WORLD WIDE campus partners, and staff, UMAA provided 263 in-person Alumni raised their voices for the and virtual alumni events. That’s University at the Capitol, combining about five UMAA events every with faculty, staff, and students to week of the year. make more than 20,000 contacts Show your loyalty & with lawmakers in 2017. spirit with an official

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Matthew W. Beach Whitney E. & Justin B. Buck THANK YOU, ALUMNI LEADERSHIP CIRCLE Frederick D. Becchetti Lisa D. Buetow We would like to thank and recognize the following alumni and friends James M. Becker Joyce E. Buettner David C. Beert Ann W. Bundgaard who have given philanthropic support to the Alumni Association Charlene H. Behne Milton L. & Barbara R. above and beyond membership dues. Their generosity provides Thomas & Julia G. Bushey Behrenbeck Mark R. & Michelle A. additional funding support for our programs and services that enrich Kathy P. Belgea Bussmann the alumni community experience, support student success, and Frederick C. Bereswill Jon H. & Roxanne D. Butler advance the University of Minnesota. Gifts directed to the Alumni J Steven Bergerson Richard S. Butryn John E. Berglund Joshua E. Byrne Association are annually recognized in the Alumni Leadership Circle Gregg C. Bergman Bridget M. Callaghan and count toward total University-wide giving. THANK YOU! George W. 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By Maureen Vance IN MY SENIOR YEAR of high school, my Donald Walsch: “Life begins at the end creative writing teacher had us keep a of your comfort zone.” I wrote very little commonplace book as an assignment. The during the semester I spent in Germany, idea was to collect interesting quotations but I’ve got a line from Mae West that says: from our everyday lives that we could use “You only live once, but if you do it right, later in our writing. As usual, I attacked my once is enough.” homework with enthusiasm. I enjoyed the Of all that I’d assembled, there was one project so much that I kept it up through passage that pulled me with particular the rest of high school and most of college. force. Reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir Three years post university, when I returned Eat, Pray, Love, I’d copied a lengthy section to my parents’ house after a stint teaching toward the end of the book about how a English in South Korea, I was sorting sapling is encouraged to grow by the tree it through some old school things when I will become, “which wants so badly to exist found my commonplace books. Rereading that it pulls the acorn into being.” What I them was like watching a highlight reel from heard Gilbert suggesting is that we all have my undergraduate experience. a destiny—a great person we are already The thing about keeping a commonplace meant to become—so long as we choose book is that, like most writing, it’s often the paths that lead us there. a reflection of the author’s immediate Looking through my commonplace books, place in time. In my case, just before my I felt as if I could see the strands of my current Shakespeare course, I’d been so swept up self weaving together. Who can say, really, in a sudden and inexplicable infatuation what gets us to be the people we become? that I blushed when Theseus asserted in Is it our education? Our experiences? Or is A Midsummer Night’s Dream that: “The there someone within us who knows who lunatic, the lover, and the poet/ Are of she wants to be, and, once she’s been made imagination all compact.” When I was aware of it, decides to become herself? grappling privately with perfectionism, my Caroline McHugh says that “When you’re advanced drawing instructor told the class young, you’re great at being yourself [and] Maureen Vance (B.A. ’13) just to “Do [the project] wrong and move when you’re old, you’re great at being is completing a master’s on.” In a single offhand remark, she’d given yourself,” because on the early end of life degree in creative writing me a reason to ignore my anxieties about we don’t know how to be anyone else, and at Newcastle University in failing to do my best work on the first try. in the later part we haven’t got time to the United Kingdom. Some quotations appear more than once. pretend. But the middle is a continuous pro- Illustration by One line, from the filmLost in Translation, cess of reconnecting—of turning one’s ears Miguel Gallardo was repeated three times over seven years: outward to hear the reverberation of our

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