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Regis College David M. Clarke, S.f. Perspective ...... 3 President

Robert L. Schmitz Vice President for Development and Public Affairs

Persons for Others ...... 4 Paul Brocker Director of Public Affairs

Lisa C. Rogers Editor On Campus ...... 7 Jeff Sheppard Director of Publications

Becky Zachmeier Production Assistant

REGIS COLLEGE MAGAZINE is Development ...... 9 published four times a year by the Office of Public Affairs at Regis Col­ lege, W. 50th Avenue and Lowell Boulevard, Denver, Colorado 80221. It is the official news magazine of Regis College. AlumNews ...... 11 Regis College is one of 28 Jesuit institutions of higher education in the United States. The College serves more than 1,100 students in its four­ year program on the main Denver campus, while its undergraduate and 13 graduate degree programs for adults ClassNotes serve more than 6,000 students in Boulder, Denver, Loveland, Colorado Springs and Sterling, Colorado and Gillette and Cheyenne, WY.

About the cover: Whatever Happened to ...... 16 The oil painting of St. Ignatius hangs in Loyola Hall on Regis' Lowell campus.

2 PERSPECTIVE

Some Thoughts on the Ignatian Anniversmy John F. Kane

nlike many Catholic laymen ian Matteo Ricci who lead the late this was not their intention. They of my generation, I wasn't 16th Century Jesuit mission to China. were named after Jesus of Nazareth "trained by the Jesuits". He trained in Italy as a scientist, and called to bring His message of U Thus I didn't bring with me then studied Chinese language and radical love into the rich diversity of to Regis a great knowledge of the Confucian thought. He gained ac- new worlds and cultures. spirituality and vision inspired by cess to the highest levels of the Chi- Nor is it difficult to find contem­ Ignatius of Loyola. Yet the history of nese court in part because of his porary examples of that same vi­ accomplishment flowing from that command of those new technical sian. I know of a young Jesuit in vision is so vast that I could hardly skills whereby fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~iiiiiiiiiiiiir=====t~ Australia who avoid some acquaintance with "the Europe was pur- passed up a Jesuit tradition". They've often been suing its mastery promising aca- praised, and perhaps just as often ofthe globe. Yet demic career to vilified. For my part, as I've come to he was mainly live for years know more during my years at Re­ concerned to unnoticed in "the gis, I've tended increasingly to praise. leave Europe outback" among Even more, though, I've tended to behind. He took the Aboriginal wonder at finding myself a partici­ on thegarbofthe people. His goal? pant in the Ignatian enterprise, and C o n f u c i a n To learn slowly to wonder as well about its fnture. scholar, wrote their ancient Perhaps because I'm not par­ philosophical wisdom and to ticularly adventurous, I'm awed by and religious share their pov- the daring of much early Jesuit his­ treatises for the erty and margin- tory. The opening scenes of Roland Chinese elites, ality in the face Joffe's recent film, The Mission, and initiated the of a dynamic provide one very dramatic image for development of a modern Austra- that era. The Spanish Jesuit Fr. Gabriel form of Christi- lia. Closer to (played wonderfully by Jeremy Irons) anity adapted to home, many of scales the treacherous falls down thespiritofChi- the Jesuits of which a brother Jesuit had just been nese life. Sadly, the fears of Euro- Central and South America have hurled, tied to a wooden cross, a pean churchmen (and probably the adopted a radical "option for the victim of the native people's fear of greed of European princes) put an poor". They use the skills of critical European conquest. As the camera end to this experiment in Chinese analysis to shape an understanding pulls back, we see him as little more Christianity. (And we today can of Christianity which might mean than a speck flattened against the only speculate about what might be not oppression but liberation for the massive cliff face of these magnifi­ the shape of our world had it been vast majority of their people. (And cent falls. Yet his quiet courage and allowed to continue.) they have their counterparts work- gentle integrity soon plant the be­ As I think today about the Igna- ing with the less visible poor in our ginnings of a native-Christian civili­ tian heritage, these early missionary northern cities.) Not surprisingly, zation beyond those falls, and at adventurers come to mind because their efforts, like Ricci's in China, least for a time beyond the destruc­ of the complexity and the ambiguity have evoked harsh judgments from tive reach of colonial greed. (See the of the roles they played. Sons of fearful churchmen and corporate video if you missed this film at the Ignatius, they were as well bearers princes (often very harsh judgments, theater. It's a brilliant production, of the spirit of their age -- at once as the growing list of recent Jesuit historically quite accurate, yet very preachers of the Gospel and early martyrs in countries like El Salva­ much a parable for our times.) heralds of "the age of progress". dar indicates). Such Jesuits from Spain and Riding the expanding tides of the See Ignatian Anniversary on page 6 France, and later from Ireland and empire they sought, in their best Germany and Italy, played a major moments, to bridge cultures, to pro­ role in the making of the "New World" tect those most vulnerable to "the fohn F. Kane, Ph.D., professor of Reli­ in North as well as South America. march of progress", and to infuse gious Studies at Regis College, received And they were also central figures "the new world" with the leaven of his doctorate from McMaster University in European expansion towards the God's justice and love. Of course, in Canada. Recognized for his expertise Far East during that first period of not all moments were their best. on modern day Catholicism, Kane has modern colonial "internationalism." And their missionary work partici­ been active in the analysis and interpre­ Among them, one is a figure of pated in, at times opening the way tation of the Bishops' letters on the econ­ special fascination for me-- the Ital- for conquest and oppression. Yet omy and peace.

3 500 Years of Jesuit Tradition

ive some romance novels to help him hundred pass the time but all they had to offer years ago a were a Life of Christ and a Lives of man the Saints. He read these over and named over and he began to dream of imi­ Inigo de tating the saints. He became as Loyola y obsessed with the saints as he had Onaz was been with chivalry. born. He lived in a time of great As soon as Ignatius was well change, peopled by such individu­ enough to travel he set off on a pil­ als as Martin Luther, John Calvin, grimage to the Holy Land. Along the and Henry VIII. Currents were shift­ way, exuberant in his imitation of ing on a grand scale in his time, not the saints, he clothed himself in sack­ unlike they are today. Out of this cloth and did severe penances con­ tumult, this Inigo, who later changed sidering these acts to make him most his name to Ignatius, developed a holy. But, during this journey, while quiet spirituality of doing for others in the town of Manresa, Spain " ...he and soon found a following of "per­ received marvelous divine revela­ sons for others" who are still active tions," according to Fr. Callahan. in 1990. As Ignatius states in his Autobiogra­ As a young man of minor Span­ phy, " ... the eyes of his understand­ ish nobility, Ignatius dreamed of ro­ ing were open; not that he saw any mance and glory. According to John vision, but he understood and learned J. Callahan, S.J., Assistant to the Presi­ many things, both spiritual matters dent, "Until he was 26, he was a and matters of faith and scholar­ typical courtier of the time: an ob­ ship, and this with so great an en­ server of rigid ceremonial and man­ lightenment that everything seemed ners, an avid reader ofthe chivalric new to him. He experienced a great romances of the day (so well paro­ clarity in his understanding. This died by Cervantes), a vain and fancy was such that in the whole course of dresser, an expert dancer, a swords­ his life, even if he gathered up all the man who acted like a brawler, a various helps he may have had from pursuer of women, a man obsessed God and all the various things he has with 'honor' and sensitive to any known, even adding them all to­ 'insult,' and a young gallant who gether, he does not think he had got used influence to escape trial for as much as at that one time." 'grave crimes committed by night From that time on Ignatius was during carnival."' imbued with his mission. During A four year stint as a soldier his time at Manresa he developed ended with Ignatius seriously his Spiritual Exercises which he gave wounded by cannonball injuries to freely to all who listened. Fr. Cal­ both of his legs. While recuperating lahan points out that while at the at his brother's estate, he asked for university in Alcala, Spain, "His preaching and teaching -- as a lay­ especially the education community. person -- attracted the Spanish In­ Rather than a negative reaction quisition. Inquisitors from Toledo to the decrease in Jesuit numbers, held an elaborate inquiry but could this is a positive trend toward a new find nothing wrong other than that Persons way of thinking. By educating and his clothes looked like a religious encouraging the faculty and staff of habit." Fr. Callahan continues, "later, for others. Jesuit institutions in the Ignatian he was arrested again and impris­ traditions and values of faith through oned for six weeks. Though pro­ justice, they in turn will be able to nounced innocent, he was forbid­ Easy to say. guide to the freedom to discern how den to teach anything at all. So he best it is to live. left Alcala for the university in Sala­ But the Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S.J., Su­ manca, Spain. Within two weeks of perior General of the Society of Je­ his arrival he was in prison again, phrase is, of sus, in addressing the followers of bound foot to foot with other prison­ Ignatius, reports, "This is not the ers and fastened to a stake in the course, case of too few Jesuits needing to middle of the cell. Again, his text of seduce the laity into acting like Jesu­ the Spiritual Exercises was exam­ its. That thinking is not worthy of ined. His credentials were more dynamite. us. Rather, the many views of all suspect than his doctrine. Finally, members of the higher education he was set free and told he could community who follow Ignatius with preach." their own perspective must come During his studies at the uni ver­ together to affect the university's life sities in Alcala, Salamanca and Paris, and the developing Ignatian tradi­ Ignatius was joined by followers who Vincent f. OFlaherty, S.f., tion." possessed the same goals. Together Hector of the Hegis This "trickle-down theory" is they set out for the Holy Land but Community, often heard of within the realms of were delayed in Italy because ofthe management and economics and is wars in the area. While there they on the cutting edge of modern think­ preached, worked in hospitals for ing. The Jesuits are positioned to be the incurable, and gave the Exer­ brate the rich heritage of the Igna­ in service to their faculty and staff, cises. There, they decided to be­ tian tradition, to retell the story. But facilitating the understanding and come priests and asked for assign­ it is also a time for self-reflection sharing of the Ignatian tradition. The ments from Rome. Ignatius worked and taking stock. This is a sober faculty and staffin turn are incorpo­ especially among the poor and the moment but it's okay to celebrate." rating that tradition in their own prostitutes. And so the Regis community is lives and serving their students, as Finally, Ignatius and his follow­ celebrating, along with all 28 Jesuit well as the community around them, ers decided to become a formal reli­ colleges and universities in the United and spreading the challenge oflgna­ gious order. Fr. Callahan reflects, States and the others throughout the tian spirituality. If that challenge is "Never had a group wanted to be an world, as the number of religious seized, those being served will go order yet not wanted formal reli­ and religious orders rapidly subside. forth in service to their own commu­ gious dress. Neither did they wish Amidst this confusion the Jesuits nity of choice as "persons for oth­ to chant the Office (ceremonial ob­ are focusing on the future oflgnatian ers." servance) in choir as all other orders spirituality while commemorating To expedite this process, the did. And to call themselves "Jesus' its history. And they are realizing Superior General has appointed rep­ Society" was near blasphemy. Their the future of this tradition may lie resentatives in each institution to apostolate was almost too simple: to with the lay community. develop ways to infuse faculty and go where they were most needed." As David Thomas, Director of students with the spiritual values the MAACCD program, points out, and purpose of Ignatius. These This anniversary summons us to "There is nothing inherent in Jesuit representatives are not out to ex­ examine the significance oflgnatius spirituality that is different from what pand the ranks of the Jesuits. Ac­ today in the Regis community and it means to be a Christian in the cording to Fr. Callahan, who is ful­ the role of the Jesuits 450 years later. world. The Jesuit community is a filling this role at Regis, "Lay people "At this point in the history of Igna­ primary deposit of Ignatian tradi­ are encouraged to accept Ignatius' tius, we are in an interesting posi­ tion but there is an intrinsic need to view and follow it in their own way tion: Jesuit numbers are declining, share that tradition through a lay/ as the Jesuits accept Ignatius' view there is a sense of questioning, there Jesuit partnership." According to and follow it in their own way. The are uncontrollable shifts in the world Thomas, there has been a rediscov­ school is not going to stay Jesuit that are bigger than us," Kevin Burke, ery of the Ignatian tradition in the because of the number of Jesuits but S.J., Associate Campus Minister, last 20 to 25 years which has led to because the people working here contemplates, "We are challenged an official attempt to share Jesuit want it to be a Jesuit institution." to celebrate. This is a time to cele- spirituality with the community, And it seems the people here at Regis do want it to be. From the within the Regis community. Tradition, passed on from gen­ initiation of a campus community This is certainly the new wave eration to generation through the service program to the large number of thinking in this age of global aware­ studies of the humanities, is more of alumni who have continued to be ness. Following the era of greed than the acceptance of what has been, of service after graduation through there seems to be a return to those "it is living what has been proved to such programs as the Jesuit Interna­ values last seen in the sixties and be worthwhile." The love Fr. Pad­ tional Volunteer Program, one can seventies: social and ecological berg speaks of finds itself in "per­ see that the Ignatian tradition is ali v~ consciousness and activism. Regis sonal worth and responsibility for and well. may be right in step with the needs others." Social concern leads to a Lynne Montrose, Director ofEx­ of the current generation facing the life of service to others. Jesuit edu­ periential Education, has developed new concept of globalization feeling cational tradition argues that "those a campus community service pro­ the need for a foundation of tradi­ on whom talent, opportunity, and gram that involves students, faculty, lion. In an address to his colleagues grace have been bestowed have a and staff in serving the community at Lciyola College, John W. Padberg, responsibility to work for a society of Denver through work with such S.J., historian and Director of the and a world both more faithful and programs as the Volunteers of Institute of Jesuit Sources and for­ more just, for a true social ecology. " America, the Salvation Army and mer member of the Regis Board of "Persons for others." muses Vin­ Habitat for Humanity. These are but Trustees, summarized, "In an age of cent]. O'Flaherty, S.J., Rectoroftbe a few of the programs students and increasing secularity and religious Regis Community, "Easy to say. But faculty are involved in to help with indifference, Ignatian Spirituality the phrase is, of course, dynamite. It such problems as homelessness, il­ speaks to us Americans of realities could, indeed, if Jesuit students literacy, troubled youth and neglected we can cherish enough to hand on to around the world were presented elderly. succeeding generations. I believe with the challenge, if they took it This program also coordinates that the Exercises represent three seriously, if they based their life Winter and Spring Break "Plunges" important realities for those engaged choices and used their education to outside locations -- sometimes in in the continuing education and and their gifts according to this simple other countries. Last year they went formation of the American mind and ideal of being for others-- this ideal, to the small rural village of Nuevo heart: (1) the need to experience a lived out by Jesuit students could, Rosita, Mexico to help build a com­ tradition; (2) the meaning and expe­ indeed, go some distance." munity center. rience of love; (3) the call to a social Montrose calls these programs concern." "service learning" and works with faculty to incorporate the students' experience into courses. "Our hope lgnatian Anniversary Frompage3 is for understanding of the histori­ For me, at least, it's easy to viously geographic than cultural cal, sociological, cultural, and po­ see in such men, and in the women and spiritual. litical contexts of the need or issue who are their collaborators, the For those concerned about being addressed." heirs of the early Jesuits. The the Ignatian heritage, the chal­ On another tack, academic and work we do at Regis often seems lenge is once again to infuse this administrative departments are team­ pale and unadventurous by com­ new world with the leaven of ing up on programs and forums fo­ parison. Yet arguably our situ­ God's justice and love. Some cusing on community, national, and ation also parallels that of Matteo will focus on the difficulty of international issues. These programs Ricci and the other early explor­ this challenge while others, are opening up lines of communica­ ers of new worlds. The stunning tion in hopes of fostering action. perhaps the more adventurous, growth of Career Programs and will emphasize the opportunity. These forums include The Faith and - d,evelopments at Loretto Heights/ Justice Institute on Children's Issues, What is cleat, at least for me, is Teikyo only emphasize what is that we cannot simply be swept the Single Parent Institute, The Whole inevitable. For we, too, are being Language Institute, The Regis Col­ forward, enchanted by the mere swept along by the powerful cur­ momentum of growth. Nor will lege Institute on the Nuclear Age, rents of a new imperial impulse and the Forum on the U.S. the occasional evocation of an­ whose complexity and ambigu­ niversarial pieties suffice. The Constitution. ity we only partially comprehend. Regis alumni also show a char­ present celebration of Ignatius' We attempt to chart the new ter­ life and vision should, rather, acteristic proclivity toward involve­ rain with talk about "seculariza­ ment. Many alumni extend their remind us of the far deeper re­ tion" and "globalization", a "post­ covery of roots which is needed services to the Jesuit Volunteer Corps industrial economy" and a "new or the Jesuit International Volun­ lest his heritage be simply en­ technical civilization". What gulfed by the tides of a new teers, as well as other service organi­ seems certain is that we, too, are zations at home and abroad. Regis technical barbarism. Now, as standing on the frontiers of a new always, memory is our greatest alumni are continually being recog­ world, frontiers that are less ob- nized for their high involvement resource. within their own communities and

6

d ONCAMPUS

Four New Masters Programs Added

This year four new masters pro­ grams will be launched. Recep II has added a Master of Science in Management and a Master of Sci­ ence in Computer Information Sys­ tems, The Center for Nonprofit Or­ ganization Leadership will offer a Master of Nonprofit Management, and the nursing program will offer a Master of Science in Nursing.

Recep II's addition of these two masters programs continues its commitment to the adult commu­ nity and their needs. The Master of Science in Management is offered on the same pace as the Recep II bachelor programs. This program focuses more on the communica­ Professor ofPsychology Eugene Delay, Faculty Lecturer of the Year, tion aspects of management and less presented"The Brain: A Consumer Report" during the Fall Faculty on the technical financial aspects Conference. found in the traditional MBA. The Master of Science in Computer In­ formation Systems is a strictly tech­ nical program. Center for Nonprofit The Master of Nonprofit Manage­ Organization Leadership ment will be offered by the new Center for Nonprofit Organization Leadership. This program is de­ Regis College has established the Nonprofits own more than 10 per­ signed to meet the needs of the fifth Rocky Mountain Region's only spe­ cent of the nation's property and the largest industry in the country, the cialized Center for Nonprofit Organ­ assets of nonprofit organizations are nonprofit industry. There are no ization Leadership. The Center in excess of $327 billion. The an­ other programs of this sort in the will be headed by Roger Kahn, for­ nual expenditures of nonprofits Rocky Mountain region. mer director of the Community Serv­ exceed $261 billion, which repre­ ice Development Program at Metro­ sents 5.55 percent of the United States' The Master of Science in Nursing politan State College of Denver. Ini­ Gross National Product. Nationally, will consist of a major in Nursing tially, the Center will offer a Mas­ there are more than 1.2 million Administration and an optional ter's Degree in Nonprofit Manage­ nonprofit organizations. minor in Business Administration, ment as well as a Certificate Pro­ Colorado alone has more than and will focus on either Acute Care gram. The Center's ongoing efforts 6,000 nonprofit organizations and or Community Health/Home Health. will include workshops and semi­ two-thirds operate along the Front This program will be offered with nars along with research activities Range. The focus of nonprofit or­ every-other-weekend classes to make in the area of nonprofit management. ganizations varies, ranging from arts it more accessible to working RNs. Today, nonprofit organizations and culture, to community centers, are the nation's fifth largest "indus­ to health, education, and religious try." As of 1987, the industry em­ organizations. These groups address ployed more than 7.4 million people the needs of a diverse population, and received a commitment of vol­ but most significantly impact the unteer time that would have added lives of women, children, minori­ 5.1 million additional employees. ties, the elderly, and the poor.

7 The Faith and Justice Institute on Children's Issues The Religious Studies Department and the Offices of Campus Ministry and Campus Life have teamed up to sponsor the first annual Regis Col­ lege Faith and Justice Institute. Coordinated by Tom Reynolds, Vice President of Student Life, and John Kane, Professor of Religious Stud­ ies, this program grew out of last year's Jesuit Lecture Series on Communication and Contemporary Culture. The institute will launch its inau­ gural program focusing on Children's Issues with the theme "Children in Adult Learning Center Open an Age of Uncertainty." The focus Upon Regis Jesuit High School's Program and The Center for Busi­ on Children's Issues coincides with departure from Main Campus, Regis ness Forecasting, The Center for the United Nations' World Summit College acquired its building. Now NonProfit Organizational Leadership, for Children this fall, and the begin­ renamed the Adult Learning Center, University Without Walls, the Chris­ ning of the Decade of the Child in the building has been remodeled and tian Community Development Pro­ Colorado established by the Colo­ is now home to those programs geared grams, and the ELS English Lan­ rado Children's Campaign and Gov­ towards adults. guage School. This building also ernor Roy Romer. In its halls you will find the adds more classroom space to the This Institute is designed to bring Adult Learner Services, the MBA campus. issues to the attention ofthe College and the Denver community through courses, speakers, films, art exhib­ Campus Improvements teams. Two parallel regulation soc­ its, and musical presentations. Co­ cer fields are in the process ofbeing inciding courses including commu­ Many new improvements and reno­ constructed and should be ready nity service programs have been vations are going on around the Regis for use in the Spring of 1991. The offered in a variety of academic dis­ campus. Everything from the com­ baseball field has also been im­ ciplines. puter labs to the dorm rooms are proved with several new additions being changed. Especially exciting including a four-foot brick retain­ ate the renovations of the sports fields. ing wall containing enclosed dug­ Regis' Wyoming Through substantial donations, the outs along with a ten-by-twenty foot Campuses Open Athletic Department, under Tom press box. The former high school Dedin, Direc­ baseball practice The Regis College Career Services tor of Athlet­ field has been con­ Program recently added two new ics, is able to verted into a campuses in Cheyenne and Gillette, take on the women's colle­ Wyoming through a joint effort with enormous giate softball field Laramie County Community Col­ project of re­ for the use of the lege. This program was developed constructing new womens soft­ for the two year community college and redevel­ ball team. Dedin students who wish to continue to oping the expects that all of study for a Bachelor of Science athletic fields the facilities degree. The LCCC staff heard of the to best suit should be in­ program at Regis through the Ster­ the Regis check by the end ling campus and has set up the pro­ community. of the year and gram in Gillette and. Already next summer they The program consists of a Bache­ the tennis will concentrate lor's of Science in Business Ad­ courts have on developing ministration with a split minor in been resur­ intramural fields. Computer Science and Communi­ faced and re­ cation Arts, with plans for a sociol­ finished for ogy minor and eventually a Mas­ our tennis ter's program for the future.

8 Development

Regis Announces New Trustees

J. PATRICK BUTLER MR. SHERMAN HAMILTON MR. }AMES B. WALLACE has been President and CEO of Coast is President and CEO of Hamilton is the President of BWAB Incorpo­ to Coast Re­ Sweeney Ad­ rated. He re­ sorts since vertising, Inc., ceived a September, a Denver based Bachelor's 1 9 8 5 marketing and degree in Busi­ Throughout advertising ness Admini­ his career, Pat company. In stration from has been dedi­ May of 1990, the University cated to the Mr. Hamil­ of Southern hospitality ton's agency, California. industry. Be­ Hamilton & After serving fore joining Coast to Coast, he was Associates Advertising, merged with in the United States Marine Corps President and co-owner of Potomac the second oldest agency in the Den­ during the Korean War, he entered Food Systems, Inc., a restaurant fran­ ver area, Fox, Sweeney & True, to the oil business in West Texas. He chise company which he started and become one ofthe region's largest ad­ resided in Abilene, Texas for the next sold. Prior to that he spent 10 years at vertising and public relations firms. seventeen years and worked as an in­ the Marriott Corporation where he Mr. Hamilton has a fourteen-year dependent oil operator in partnership was Vice President of Marketing for background in marketing, advertising with Mr. Ray Brownlie and Mr. Jerry the Food service Management divi­ and public relations. His experience Armstrong. sion and then Vice president and Di­ includes serving as a Director of New Mr. Wallace currently serves on visional Manager of the Airport Ter­ Market Development at ATC and Times the Board of Directors of the First minal Restaurant division. Mirror Corporation. He was also af­ Interstate Bank of Denver, the Ameri­ His educational background in­ filiated with KUSA Channel 9 in Den­ can Petroleum Institute, the Rocky cludes an undergraduate degree in ver and IBM. In addition, Mr. Hamil­ Mountain Oil and Gas Association, Economics from Allegheny College ton, while employed with ATC, helped the Denver Club, the Boy Scouts of and an MBA from Loyola College in establish and develop Mile Hi Ca­ America, the Denver Art Museun, the Baltimore. blevision in 1981. Independent Petroleum Association Since joining Coast to Coast, Pat Mr. Hamilton graduated from Met­ of Mountain States (IP AMS) and the has been a major force in uniting all ropolitan State College with a Bache­ Colorado Business Alliance for the segments of the campresort industry. lor's degree in Mass Communications. Arts. In addition to his corporate responsi­ He also completed an intensive ad­ He previously was recognized as bilities, he is a Trustee and member of vertising management training pro­ Man of the Year by the Denver Petro­ the Board of Directors of the Ameri­ gram at Emerson College in Boston leum Club in 1981. In addition, Mr. can Resort and Residential Develop­ and completed an Executive Manage­ Wallace received the 1986 Wildcatter ment Association (ARRDA) . ARRDA ment program at Dartmouth College. of the Year award from IP AMS in rec­ is the trade association for the Vaca­ Active in many areas of the com­ ognition of his thirty years of active tion Ownership Industry which in­ munity, Mr. Hamilton presently serves participation in oil and gas explora­ cludes timesharing, second homes, on the Boards of the Greater Denver tion throughout the western half of and campresort purchasers. Chamber of Commerce, The Denver the United States and the mid-conti­ Pat has most recently been in­ Partnership, the Colorado I Have a nent region. He was recently invited volved with the acquisition and man­ Dream Foundation, and the Colorado to become a member of the All-Ameri­ agement of the American Ski Asso­ Ballet. He also serves on the CEO can Wildcatters group. ciation (ASA). ASA is a membership Advisory Board for the Kempe Na­ Jim and his wife, Lucy, live in organization comprised of 300 moun­ tional Center Hope for the Children Littleton, Colorado and have 4 grown tain operators and 150,000 member and the United Negro College Fund sons. Jim is a member of Castle Pines families. In June 1990, Coast to Coast advisory board. He was honored as a Golf Club and Cherry Hills Country Resorts, previously based in Wash­ recipient of the Martin Luther King, Club. ington, DC, and the American Ski Jr., Social Responsibility Award in Association moved into their new 1990, the Urban League Lifetime headquarters in Colorado. Ach,evement Award in 1989, and his Pat and his wife, Kathy, have 5 business was named the Minority children. They are team leaders for Business of the Year, MEI, in 1987. Loyola Baltimore's Evergreen Fund, the active parents' association.

9 Directors Dinner 1990

Clockwise from top left: Janice Meier, Frank Blatter, and Ed Meier enjoy a toast before dinner; Peter Coors, Chairman of the Board, treats din­ ner guests to his own special phi­ losophy on Regis College; Fr. Ger­ ald Sheahan, S.f. and Fr. Vince O'Flaherty, S.f. share a laugh with Hanna and Tom Nevin.

Regis College Annual Fund Donors Goal 4,401 Dollar Goal $1 ,320,000

Donors ,..------Alumni ...... 2, 700 ...... 61 .34% .------Jesuits ...... 1 ...... 0227 % Foundations .... 25 ...... 57% Corporations .. 325 ...... 74% Friends . . ... 400 ...... 9.08% Parents ...... 950 ...... 21.58%

Dollars Alumni ...... $360,000 ......

Friends ...... $120,000 ...... 9.09% ------tt

Corporations .. 375,000

Foundations .. $200,000...... 15.15%

10 ------AlumNews

Members of the Class of 1950 celebrate their 40th Reunion

Jeff, Barbara, Mary Anne and Tom Farley with Father Harry '57 and Betty Quadracci hosted a dinner party at Clarke in their Madison, Wisconsin home. The Farleys, their Pine Lake home for Milwaukee area alumni, par­ parents of fohn '92, entertained alumni, parents and ents and friends. Over 100 Regis family attended. friends at a recent reception.

Father Clarke joins guests Donna Salis '86, Dan Holley Ruth Jerman, Assistant Alumni Director, distributes '85, Bob Schmitz '73 and fohn Gehrke '70 at a reception prizes to children of alumni at the family picnic during held at the Country Club of Detroit. Gehrke heads the Alumni Weekend. Detroit Regis Club.

11 The Regis College Bookstore A. T-Shirt with Regis College Seal, 50% Cotton, 50% Polyester, available in Royal Blue, Youth sizes: S, M, L $8.25 B. 100% Cotton Knit Crew, Off-White with Regis Seal in Brown and Gold, Adult sizes: S, M, L, XL $36.00 C. 100% Cotton Knit Cardigan, Off-White with Regis Seal in Brown and Gold, Adult sizes: S, M, L, XL $40.50 D. Ceramic Stien, Black with Regis Seal in Gold, $13.75 E. Teddy Bear, Brown with WhitelY ell ow T -Shirt, $10.45 F. Embroidered Corduroy Cap, Brown on Gold, White on Black, White on Navy, Gold on Brown, Adjustable strap, $9.35 G. Stocking Hat, Gold with Brown, one size fits all, $5.85 H. White Regis Sweatshirt with Brown/Gold Appliqued Letters, 50% Cotton, 50% Polyester, Adult Size: L, XL $34.25 I. Sweatshirt, 50% Cotton, 50% Polyester, Colors: Slate, Maroon. Royal Blue, White, Navy, Adult Sizes: S, M, L, XL $22.50 J. Sweatpants, 50% Cotton, 50% Polyester, Colors: Slate, Maroon, Royal Blue, White, Navy, Adult sizes: S, M, L, $22.50 K. Twill Cap with Embroidered Letters, Brown on Tan, Gold on Brown, Brown on Gold, Adjustable, $9.35 L. Pennant, Brown on Gold or Gold on Brown, $7.75 M. Wall Clock, Wood with Laser-Cut Regis Seal and Letters, $38.50 N. Stationery with Regis Seal, Grey or Buff, 20 sheets/envelopes, $7.00

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Reunion Year for the 11m ties for employees and applicants in Class of '51 July 12-14, r;::l;homasH.Clapper, TU, was named employment and personnel opera­ ------=--~.__.!11. chairman of the Stone Awards Se- tions of the State Department,which ll! lection Committee of the Section on includes the Foreign Service. Audrey Joe Ridgeway, TU, was recently Intergovernmental Administration was recently on campus to speak awarded the Minoru Yasui Commu- and Management (SIAM) of the with students. nity Volunteer Award. When asked American Society for Public Admini­ why he volunteers, Joe said, "It's as strati on (ASPA).- In this capacity, he II simple as the Golden Rule, the Ten will lead the committee in selecting Michael J. Hanagan, TU, was re­ Commandments and the Sermon on the outstanding practitioner and cently elected to the Board of Direc­ the Mount." Joe devotes thousands academician in the field ofintergov­ tors of the Illinois Trial Lawyers ofhours to the Arthritis Foundation, ernmental relations. Association. ITLA is an organiza­ the Denver Zoo, the Wildlife Fed- tion of over 2,300 Illinois attorneys eration, Denver Catholic Commu­ who protect the rights of injury vic­ nity Services, and, during the holi­ tims. days , acting as Santa Claus for a Mass and Brunch variety of organizations. Reunion Year for tliti-­ for Chicago area, Class of '76 July 12-14, !J II Alumni, Parents Russ Beirich, TU, is this year's winner ill of the California Society of CPA's and Friends Christina LaGreca, TU, is currently Public Service A ward. The award is touring with the National Company presented each year to a Society November 11, of Les Miserables. member whose contributions, often 1990 made over many years, have bene­ II fitted the community at large. Russ Leslie (Sherman) Jackson, TU, and first got involved in the Palm Springs her husband, Karl, proudly announce community in 1963, was elected to Thomas E. Roche, TU, is the new the birth of triplets, two boys and a the Palm Springs City Council in head of the Kansas State University girl. Kody Sherman, Grayson Lee, 1973 and served as mayor of Palm department of biochemistry. Tom and Madison (Maddie) Louise ar­ Springs from 1977 to 1980. Russ has has been a member of the K-State rived on July 2, 1990. The family also served as president of the Palm faculty since 1974. resides in Dallas, Texas. Springs Chamber of Commerce, president of the Rotary Club, VP of m Kim (Franke) Lemar, TU, and Ronald the Little League, director of the Tim Marchand, TU, met his wife, Lemar (82, TU), announce the birth United Way, VP of the Jaycees, a Rosemary (Loretto Heights, 70) at of Michael Francis Lemar, born May member of the Parks and Recreation the first Regis/Loretto mixer in the 22, 1990 in Chicago, lllj~i. s,_. __..__ Commission and various other com­ Fall of 1966. They now reside in mittees. Russ has worked at the Topeka, Kansas where Rosemary is Reunion Year for the '­ CPA firm of Lund & Guttry in Palm Executive Director of the KAW Val­ Class of '81]u1y 12-14,1 Springs for the past 2 7 years and is ley Girl Scout Council and Tim sells currently managing partner. copiers and fax machines. They II have two daughters, Ann (13) and Joey Gomes, TU, recently completed Reunion Year for flie\ Mary (10). .____ a two-year term in Micronesia work­ ing as a Jesuit International Volun­ Class o~' '56 Ju1yl12-14, 7. R · v fi th---+-- teer. He taught 4th, 5th, and 8th ---'J------'"--~1\_~ ci::';/~j ,;1/~1;~2-fr.~:,.,·· rfl'i'£dlfll ::45rade English and Religion at St. liS '"Cecilia's School. James Hartmann, TU, has been ap­ II pointed President and Chief Execu­ Audrey Farrar Morton, TU, works Zackary C. Kaliher, TU, would like tive Officer of the Colorado Historic for the U.S.Department of State as to correct an error previously re­ Society. James has been with this Deputy Assistant Secretary for Equal porting he was "an attorney in Chi­ one-hundred-eleven year old state Employment Opportunity and Civil cago." Although, he was employed educational institute for 23 years. Rights (EEOCR). Audrey is respon­ by a Chicago law firm for over two sible for ensuring equal opportuni- years, he was not nor does he wish

13 to be a member of the Bar. Zackary Brigade at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. Shan Foti, TU, is currently working recently moved to Maine with his in advertising at McDonald, Davis & wife, Mary Ann. He is employed by Associates in Milwaukee, Wiscon­ the state of Maine as a child protec­ Pamela K. Hahler, R2, an employee sin. tive worker. of The Gates Rubber Company in Denver, Colorado, was awarded pro­ Liz Oberreiter, TU, is working on Ronald Lemar, TU, and Kim (Franke) fessional recognition as a Certified her Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Lemar (80, TU), announce the birth Employee Services and Recreation Literature at UCLA. She is also work­ of Michael Francis Lemar, born May Administrator by the National ing as a teaching associate in the 22, 1990 in Chicago, Illinois. Employee Services and Recreation Spanish Department. 1"- , -. - Association. Reunion Yearforthev--s .. ~ Erin O'Neil, TU, recently announced Class of'86 July 12-14, 1ft90' \"~'?.:,,, her engagement to Robert Bosselli of ~~~~~~~~ Vail, Colorado. Both are currently Ill living in Vail. Linda Cohoon, HR, has been selected Alumni the national recipient of the Out­ Basketball Night Mary (McCullough) and John standing New Professional A ward Saeman, TU, announce the birth of for American Medical Record Asso­ January 26, 1991 Brittany Lee in the spring 1990. ciation (AMRA). This prestigious award is to honor AMRA members II who, in the initial seven years of Alexis Swoboda, MB-Den, is on the Mary Hoge, TU, was married to Bill their careers in the medical record Board of Directors of the Society of Sloan on June 9, 1990. The wedding profession, demonstrated outstand­ Women Engineers (SWE). She rep­ was in Los Angeles, California. ing administrative capability, lead­ resents SWE members in Arkansas, ership, and creativity. Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Robert Matherne, TU, and his wife Alexis is Senior Productions Engi­ Debbie happily announce the arri­ Virginia Mullen, RRA, HR, has been neer for Maxus Exploration Com­ val of their son Caylor Ryan on named Outstanding New Professional pany in Dallas, Texas. September 8, 1990. They live in by the American Medical Record Baytown, Texas. Bob is employed Association. Virginia recently ac­ II with Sysco Corp. in Houston. cepted the Regional Manager's posi­ Roseann Casey, TU, is currently tion with Mediqual Systems. Prior residing in Vail, Colorado and work­ 11m to this Virginia worked at St. Jo­ ing for East-West Marketing a sports Kurtis Kelly, TU, has a prize-win­ seph's Hospital as a Utilization and event marketing firm and hav­ ning article on America's future Manager specifically with the Me­ ing tons of fun. appearing in the August 1990 edi­ diquals Severity of Illness system. tion of The World and I magazine (pages 604-17). Kurtis is a librarian II at the public library in Estes Park, Jim Adams, TU, and his wife Nancy Colorado. are proud to announce the birth of Winter their first child Peter Edwin on May Ronald J. Stinson, TU, was commis­ 18, 1990. Commencement sioned Navy Ensign upon comple­ December 15, tion of Aviation Officer Candidate Mary Ellen O'Dea, O.P., MA, a School on June 20, 1990 at Naval Dominican sister, operates her own 1990 Aviation Schools Command, Naval independent business in faith de­ Air Station Pensacola, Florida. He velopment through scriptures stud­ joined the Navy in January 1990. ies. Mary Ellen lives in Palos Hills, Catherine Cashman, TU, is finish­ Illinois. ing her law degree at Creighton Uni­ II versity this year. Richard F. Wiest, MB-ST, assistant Ill administrator of Sterling Regional Ted Mackel, TU, and Cathy Cathy Chapman, TU, and Ted MedCenter, Sterling, Colorado, was Chapman, 87, TU, were married June Mackel, 85 , TU, were married June admitted to Nominee Status in the 30, 1990 in Pasadena, California. A 30, 1990 in Pasadena, California. A American College ofHealthcare Ex­ large group of Regis alumni attended large group of Regis alumni attended ecutives in June. the wedding. the wedding. Deaths Donald E. Stickfort, Rl, accepted pro­ Doug Donahue, TU, is completing a motion to Sergeant First Class (SFC) graduate degree in international de­ Joseph Zahar, night school teacher effective May 1990. SFC Stickfort is velopment at American University. at Regis College in the late SO's passed stationed with the 194th Armor away in July, 1989.

14 II Kansas where Rosemary is Execu­ Ill Charles (Chuck) Carter, TU, died tive Director of the KAW Valley Girl Jeffrey LaGreca is currently perform­ on July 23, 1990. Scout Council and Tim sells copiers ing in "Up On the Roof" at StageW­ and fax machines. They have two est in Denver, Colorado. He was daughters, Ann (13) and Mary (10) . nominated Best Actor/Musical by the Denver critics. Jeffrey also at­ Loretto Heights II tended Regis College his freshman Zepha (Dooley) Grant, UW, recently year (82-83). m received an AARP Senior Citizen's Angeline (Guerin) Kramer writes Award and was recently honored as Tina Snapp is a nursing supervisor that after forty plus years "at home," a Channel 9 Nine Who Care Volun­ at Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital for the last ten years she has been teer Award recipient. in Denver, Colorado. employed as Insurance Coordinator with Computer Billing for the Eye Ill Stephanie Taggart married John Mar­ Surgery Center and Eye Clinic of Barbara Graham-Meier and her hus­ tin on September 15, 1990. They re­ Riverside California (formerly Cata­ band, Dr. Craig Meier, welcomed side in Denver, Colorado where ract Surgery Center). She has three baby #2, Monica Ryan Meier on June Stephanie is working at University married daughters (two graduated 22, 1990. Sister Bianca Lynn is 3 Hospital. from USF and one from Nebraska years old. Barbara owns a dance College ofMedicine) and four grand­ and gymnastics school in Conifer Deaths children. and Littleton and Craig is an op­ tometrist practicing in the Denver II II area. Guildee (Dulmaine) Lehrer died July Mary F. (Ames) Gadarowski served 15, 1990. She was 93. in the WACs after attending the Brother Louis S. Morrone, O.P., pro­ Heights. She then went on to the fessed his solemn vows as a Domini­ II Lamont School of Music at the Uni­ can Friar on September 1, 1990 in Edith (Reidy) Brittan died on Sep­ versity of Denver. Mary and her St. Louis, Missouri. He is currently tember 7, 1990. Edith was student husband, Paul, reside in Connecti­ pursuing a Master of Divinity de­ body president and Miss Loretto her cut where she teaches piano. gree at Aquinas Institute of Theol­ senior year. ogy in St. Louis in preparation for Em priesthood. He anticipates ordina­ Willa J. (Alie) Neuwirth and Eugene tion in May 1992. A. Neuwirth write that their daugh­ ter Beth Neuwirth is currently en­ 19-21, rolled as a sophomore at Regis Col­ Loretto Heights Reunion Weekend ful~ _ lege. 1991 For Classe_s ending in 1 and 6. To-_!!~l'p::,d your reun1on please call (303) 458-409BJ Em Loretta (Reyes) Montgomery recently received an excellence award for her work as a nurse in Colorado Springs. Loretta is school nurse at Sierra High School and head nurse of the Harrison School District 2 Health Program. lim Jeanne (Zahar) Johnson received her second Master's Degree in English as a Second Language from the Uni­ versity of Texas, San Antonio this summer. Her first Master's Degree is in Spanish and French from Mis­ sissippi State University. m Rosemary (Kutz) Marchand writes that she met her husband, Tim Marchand (Regis, 70, TU) at the first Regis/Loretto mixer in the Fall of Members of the Class of 1960 celebrate their 30th Reunion during Loretto 1966. They now reside in Topeka, Heights Reunion Weekend

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