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Flavors of the Day The past, present and future of food

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16 26 34 From Scratch Eat, Drink and Be Merry A Farm in the Family Chef Rick Martin believes A tour of Lawrence restaurants Could one family’s journey simple, homegrown fare is the downtown and beyond through Kansas’ agricultural recipe for xing our troubled showcases how our college history produce a new global food system—and for serving burg’s food scene is thriving model for the future of up the best pizza in town. like never before. farming?

By Steven Hill By Frank and Jayni Carey By Julie Mettenburg Food art by Susan Younger and Valerie Spicher 24 32 Video features online include Commencement Cover photograph Food for Thought Ghosts of Gastronomy coverage at kualumni.org/ by Steve Puppe commencement and an A new emphasis on open A trip down memory lane is a reminder that, sometimes, you interview with chef Rick Martin kitchens and adventurous at kualumni.org/martin. menus is remaking campus just have to stop and smell the doughnuts. Download the KU Alumni dining. Association app for iPhone and Android at kualumni.org/app. By Chris Lazzarino By Chris Lazzarino

Established in 1902 as e Graduate Magazine Volume 114, No. 4, 2016 ISSUE 4, 2016 | 1 Lift the Chorus Your even here in London, I always now had stepped up when our opinion counts like to read the magazine. children’s theatre program was Please email us a note Some articles are very interest- under attack, the Lied would at [email protected] ing; those and the photos take simply be icing on the cake. We to tell us what you think of me back to fond memories of should remember that there your alumni magazine. what was actually just one was a time when KU had a year for me at KU, March 1983 functioning—and top-notch— to April 1984. Seems a long children’s theatre program. time ago! I am glad the Lied is Game(ly) worn Simon Mills, ’85 stepping up to ll a terrible gap Ware, England in arts education in Kansas, but A    let us not forget that we used to letter by Rocky Entriken Lest we forget have that covered rather [“Back in style,” Li the Friend and foe beautifully. Chorus, issue No. 3] I thought H     W  I   Constance Bixby Tanis, d’66 I, also, could say a bit about alumni association world for to read Kansas Alumni and Hermann, Missouri the old-time uniforms. 10 years, I read many alumni appreciate the excellent When I joined the KU band Editor’s Note: According to magazines. Most are good, but articles, I was more than a little as a freshman in 1954, I was Katherine Pryor, c’93, g’08, some are truly outstanding, disturbed by “Command managing director and budget measured and tted for a new and I would put Kansas Alumni performances” [Hilltopics, ocer for the department of uniform. Dr. Wiley, director of in the outstanding category. issue No. 3]. I am glad the Lied theatre, and Jeanne Klein, PhD’87, bands, told us that the uniform In fact, when we recently Center serves young audiences, associate professor of theatre, the was, in fact, returning to the changed the format of the but it would have been good to KU Theatre for Young People original colors, maize and dark University of South Florida mention that the KU depart- (KUTYP) thrived for more than blue. To most of us it was alumni magazine, we looked at ment of theatre used to serve 50 years, taking children’s black. It was, of course, wool, two publications as the children all across the state. productions throughout the state. worn cold or hot, wet or dry. If standard to which we should Jed Davis developed and ran KUTYP tours were funded by one caught the uniform in the aspire—Kansas Alumni and a wonderful children’s theatre the Kansas Arts Commission right light it did appear dark (now defunct), which eventually Mizzou. program at KU. e University blue. I think Dr. Wiley called it stopped providing grants to state Yes, longtime rivals Kansas abolished the program before universities, ending the tours. royal blue. University and University of Dr. Davis even passed away. I Local children’s programming We always played on the Missouri continue to produce, do not know all the politics of then became the central mission Saturday of the KU Relays. It in my humble opinion, two of this loss, but I know we used to of KUTYP, which produced two always rained that aernoon. the best publications in the travel across the state and bring shows a year for elementary e spring band concert was business. Keep up the great live theatre to children schoolchildren from the Lawrence the next day, and we sat in wet, work: You are doing a stellar throughout Kansas. Public Schools and surrounding stinky wool uniforms for that job communicating the is program also gave areas. School districts paid for concert. I also played in the wonderful aspects of your great excellent experience to many busing to Murphy Hall, and basketball pep band. No university to your alumni, as students majoring in all facets students paid $1—except for T-shirts! We wore our wool those receiving free or reduced well as to longtime friends of of live theatre. We also uniforms, in Hoch Auditorium lunches, who attended free. KU, like me. produced plays on the main As school budgets declined, for a year or so, then in Allen Bill McCausland stage of Murphy Hall for area KUTYP in 2000 became an Field House. Neither was cool! Executive Director children. optional field trip and individual How things have changed. University of South Florida I know the state has shown I always enjoy your maga- Alumni Association teachers or schools chose whether itself to be anti-education at all zine, although I rarely see a Tampa, Florida to attend on a play-by-play basis. levels, but the least we could do Attendance rates began to name I recognize other than in our alumni magazine is decline. University Theatre those in the last few pages. I Across the pond mention our excellent chil- produced its last play for children guess that is what happens dren’s theatre history. If half in December 2011, and a majority when one lasts a bit. W  I ’  the people contributing funds of faculty voted to discontinue Dick Ohmart, c’58, m’62 children’s productions in 2012. involved in alumni activities, to the Lied Center programs Oakley

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Publisher Heath Peterson, d’04, g’09 Editor Jennifer Jackson Sanner, j’81 Creative Director Susan Younger, f’91 2 Lift the Chorus Letters from our readers Associate Editors Chris Lazzarino, j’86 Steven Hill Photographers Steve Puppe, j’98 5 First Word e editor’s turn Dan Storey Graphic Designer Valerie Spicher, j’94 Sta Writer Heather Biele 6 On the Boulevard KU & Alumni Association events

Advertising Sales Representative Teri Harris 8 Jayhawk Walk Gamers on scholarship, Marlins Man about town, Editorial and Advertising Oce hall-razers have their day and more KU Alumni Association 1266 Oread Avenue Lawrence, KS 66045-3169 10 Hilltopics 785-864-4760 News and notes: Bendapudi brings Jayhawk pride 800-584-2957 to provost oce; Dyche gets much-needed TLC. www.kualumni.org [email protected] 14 Sports KANSAS ALUMNI MAGAZINE (ISSN 0745-3345) is published by the Lokedi achieves KU rst with track triumph; KU Alumni Association six times a year in January, March, May, July, September and November. $55 annual subscription includes member- spring game provides football preview. ship in the Alumni Association. O¡ce of Publication: 1266 Oread Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045-3169. Periodicals postage paid at Lawrence, KS. 42 Association News Stalwart Jayhawks to receive Ellsworth Medallion; POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Kansas Alumni Magazine, 1266 Oread Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045-3169 © 2016 by Kansas Alumni national Board welcomes new leadership. Magazine. Non-member issue price: $7 48 Class Notes Proles of a cra brewer, a fruitful partnership, a fermentation crusader and more

Letters to the Editor: 68 In Memory Deaths in the KU family Kansas Alumni welcomes letters to the editor. Our address is Kansas Alumni magazine, 1266 Oread Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045-3169. Email responses may be sent to 72 Rock Chalk Review the Alumni Association, [email protected]. Small farmers in focus, Kansas City foodways and Letters appearing in the magazine may be edited for space the food-environment connection and clarity. For letters published, we’ll send a free gift of KU Campus Playing Cards, a $5 value. 76 KU 150 Scenes from the sesquicentennial

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by Jennifer Jackson Sanner First Word

A fluy dessert called Air and Dirt— he college feasts of our youth a concoction of Cool Whip, bananas were rarely fussy, but we recall T and crushed Oreos—was a staple them fondly for the simple cravings YOUNGER SUSAN they satised—and the friends with at some sororities in earlier college whom we shared the fries. years. Fresh ingredients take center Fries were curly, crinkled or stage in today’s cuisine, and Jayhawk smooth, but mostly of uniform hue. chefs, farmers, entrepreneurs and (e sweet potato variety had not yet enthusiasts are transforming the made its debut.) dining scene in Lawrence and on Friday-night dates with my future the Hill. husband oen meant walks from Emery Road down Ninth Street to the Hole in the Wall deli, tucked into a convenience store. We toted sandwiches, deviled eggs and Boston to creating simple, a ordable cream pie (his favorite) back to his dishes has guided him as a chef, West Hills apartment to watch reruns restaurateur, teacher and commu- of M*A*S*H. For Sunday dinners, he nity advocate. Steve Hill shares and his roommates poured Camp- Martin’s story and describes how bell’s cream of mushroom soup over he inspires local residents to chicken in a Crock-Pot. prepare healthy meals, even on Campbell’s tomato, usually paired lean budgets. with grilled cheese sandwiches, On the Hill, dining has provided a lunch staple for my expanded to o er a cornucopia sorority sisters. We also bonded over of choices at 15 locations. As a synthetic dessert concoction Chris Lazzarino, j’86, discovered known as Air and Dirt: Cool Whip, when he interviewed Mark pulverized Oreo cookies and sliced Petrino, KU’s new dining bananas—at least we boosted our potassium along with our blood director, campus food has ascended from the doldrums of merely sugar. Years later, as grownups, we take turns cooking monthly decent to the loy realm of home-cooking, even for students from dinners in our homes, serving vibrant displays of fruits and other continents. vegetables grown in real air and dirt. Farmers who produce our food are exploring di erent ways of Fresh ingredients take center stage in today’s cuisine and on managing land and livestock, and Julie Mettenburg, j’91, and her the cover of this issue, a special tribute to food, glorious food. For family are among the innovators. She explains how their genera- our colorful cover, Susan Younger, f’91; Valerie Spicher, j’94; and tions-old farm in Franklin County near Princeton has become a Steve Puppe, j’98, played with food to construct a distinctive hub for a new agricultural movement that began in Zimbabwe. bouquet. ey also artfully arranged the bu et of photos through- For nostalgia that nourishes, we ventured to 23rd Street, where out these pages (Air and Dirt never looked so good). burrito purveyor Mark Arndt, ’76, keeps a long list of Lawrence Our stories highlight the creativity that abounds among restaurants that have closed their doors. You’ll recognize many Jayhawk chefs, farmers, entrepreneurs and enthusiasts who have favorite haunts among our “Ghosts of Gastronomy” and no doubt transformed Lawrence into a destination for dining and a bastion crave avors from your past. of the farm-to-table movement. Accompanying these feature stories are other tidbits, including If you haven’t strolled down Mass Street lately, cookbook proles of Jayhawks who pursue culinary careers or study food authors Frank, c’75, and Jayni Carey o er a tantalizing tour of our history. Of course, these limited pages o er only a sampling of the town’s restaurants, including beloved landmarks and popular ideas we stirred into the roux as we ruminated over this issue. newcomers. Many more food stories await. One Mass Street mainstay is Rick Martin, ’97, whose dedication ank goodness we never tire of taste testing.

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University Theatre FEBRUARY Academic Calendar Sunny skies and near- 2016-’17 9-12 “Seminar,” William perfect temperatures set Inge Memorial eatre JULY the stage May 15 for the SEPTEMBER 16-17 Special performances 29 Summer classes end University’s 144th 30, Oct. 1-2, 5-6 “Picnic,” by e Acting Company, Commencement, featuring directed by Jack Wright, Cra on-Preyer eatre AUGUST the joyous walk down the Cra on-Preyer eatre 20 Hawk Fest, Traditions MARCH Hill into Memorial Stadium. Night OCTOBER 3-5, 10-12 “C omp any,” Rick Putnam, c’77, l’80, the 22 Fall classes begin 21-23, 25-27 “Late, A directed by Leslie Bennett, Alumni Association’s Cowboy Song,” directed by Cra on-Preyer eatre 2015-’16 national chair, Jane Barnette, William Inge 31, April 1-2, 4-6 Kansas Honors Memorial eatre “Anon(ymous),” directed by Program congratulated the new Jason Bohon, William Inge graduates and welcomed NOVEMBER Memorial eatre SEPTEMBER them into a prestigious 11-13, 17, 19-20 “Pooter 21 Wellington group as KU alumni. McGraw Is Not Dead Party,” APRIL 21 Leavenworth directed by Peter Zazzali, 21, 23, 27, 29 “Don Stage Too! Giovanni,” directed by John 21 McPherson Stephens, Cra on-Preyer 26 Sedgwick DECEMBER eatre 28 Hutchinson 2-4, 5, 7-8 “R.U.R.,” directed by Blair Lawrence Yates, 28 Lawrence William Inge Memorial 28 Dodge City eatre

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Alumni Events

JULY 20 Houston: Networking breakfast 21 Denver: Networking breakfast 21 KU Alumni online networking 23 Phoenix Jayhawks Community Service 28 Wichita Ladies Night: Football 101 30 KU Night at Globe Life Park, Texas Rangers vs. KC Royals, Arlington, Texas

AUGUST See more at kualumni.org/commencement 5 Milwaukee River Cruise, Pere Marquette Park, Milwaukee 7 KU Day with the Portland Timbers, Portland, Oregon 9 Kansas City TopGolf, Overland Park 10 Denver: Networking breakfast 21 KU Day at the K, Kansas City 23 Trivia Night, New York City 26 KU Kicko at Corinth Square, Prairie Village 27 Walking Tour and Beer Tasting, Colorado Springs, Colorado

SEPTEMBER 15 Denver: Networking breakfast

18 KU Day at Sporting KC, Events listed here are high- Kansas City lights from the Association’s 24 KU Night with the San busy calendar. For complete Jose Earthquakes, San Jose, listings of all events, watch for California emails about programs in your area, visit kualumni.org or call 800-584-2957.

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Dynamite work, team

L  N,  of alumni and Lawrence community members gathered to witness the demolition of KU’s mighty McCollum Hall, and thousands more viewed the blast live on the Alumni Association’s website. e 10-story, 220,000-square-foot structure collapsed in just 18 seconds, thanks to 750 pounds of strategically placed explosives. But good blasting technique wasn’t the only reason McCollum fell awlessly: A crew of 18 KU employees, known as the Implosion Team, ensured the hall’s last hurrah went o without a hitch. On May 4, at the University’s employee recognition ceremony, the group received

LARRY LEROY PEARSON LEROY LARRY the 2015-’16 Team Award. “It was the most fun thing I’ve ever done,” says Laura Gagliano, g’98, project manager at KU’s Oce of Design & Game on Construction Management. “We’ve taken down buildings before, but usually it’s with re video games wrecking your kid’s college options? Nah. Junior’s joystick is a a bulldozer and a claw.” Aticket to a free ride, not a flunk-out. Not so with McCollum, which required A team of KU graduate students recently presented a study at the College Sport the coordination of several University, city Research Institute conference examining the experience of “e-sports” participants at and state entities, including student five U.S. colleges that o„er athletic scholarships for gamers. They interviewed 33 housing, parking, public aairs, and local e-sport scholarship recipients to find out how they see themselves and how they’re re and police departments. seen by others. “Amazingly enough,” she says, “every- Claire Schaeperkoetter, g’14; Brent Oja; Jon Mays, g’14; Kyle Krueger, d’02, g’04; thing fell into place.” Sean Hyland, d’12, g’14; Ron Christian and Zach Wilkerson, g’14, found that gamers Pun intended? consider themselves athletes (e-thletes?) because they practice long hours, work with coaches and develop specialized skills to compete at a high level in strategy-based games like Halo, League of Legends and Heroes of the Storm. Not only do they earn college degrees with a game controller, but many also hope to earn a living. “One thing we were surprised by is that a lot of them said they wanted to go pro,” says faculty adviser Jordan Bass, assistant professor of sport manage- COURTESY KU MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS KU COURTESY ment. “In that sense they’re just like many other college athletes.” Researchers did discover one di„erence: Gamers don’t get the same enhanced social capital that jocks enjoy. Not yet the day of the BMOC (Big Minecrafter On Campus).

8 | KANSAS ALUMNI Orange is the new blue

N  ’    , but South Florida attorney Laurence Leavy isn’t famous for his courtroom prowess.

It’s his alter ego—Marlins Man, con- EVANS TIM GRIFFITH/GOULD stantly captured by TV cameras at games across the country while clad in orange Miami Marlins gear—that made Leavy famous for being famous. His latest passions—Kansas City, and, more recently, KU—inspired Leavy to join the ock. Library lauded

he Lawrence Public Library earned one of seven Library Building Awards Tgiven this spring by the American Institutes of Architects and the American Library Association. Judges praised the recently remodeled library’s “wonderful perimeter reading space” and “great civic presence” created by outdoor reading and performance COURTESY LAURENCE LEAVY LAURENCE COURTESY areas, noting that the 2014 renovation by Lawrence firm Gould Evans (led by Tony Rohr, a’85, and John Wilkins, a’86) transformed the library into a “21st century civic place: from book repository to multimedia community hub.” “We really hope that people see the library as a coming-together space,” says library director Brad Allen, c’97, who helped oversee the $19-million, 20,000- square-foot expansion. “I love that it’s a local architect and that so much of the project was locally grown. It really reflects the originality and creativity and the At the urging of freshman Matt Gilman, heart, really, of the great town that we live in.” who grew up in Leavy’s Fort Lauderdale neighborhood, and Gilman’s basketball buds Wayne Selden Jr. and Brannen Greene, Leavy came to KU for the ‘Sharks’ bite Jayhawks’ overtime victory over Kentucky. “I couldn’t believe it,” Leavy says of the P B,  A, T, potentially pro table pitches. Allen Field House experience. “So during company that markets customizable When “Shark Tank” producers accepted the next timeout, I put up a video that got products to proud pet parents, was well their second application video, Steven 536,000 views on Facebook. ere’s a lot funded, buoyed with a strong social-media Blustein, b’09, g’11, and his fellow of KU fans out there I didn’t know about.” presence and poised for a successful surge. co-founders Sean Knecht, Sam Lampe, Leavy says fame forges friendships. He Even so, its four co-founders, three of c’12, and Ting Liu, g’11, began doing what hands out tickets to games he attends, the whom met at KU, had long dreamed of they do best: prepare, a skill that Blustein only condition being that his companions diving into the hit ABC show “Shark says was hammered into them by account- can’t bring their own family or friends. Tank,” where celebrities and prominent ing professor Allen Ford. By the end of most events, Leavy says, investors hear, and sometimes accept, “You never thought you were prepared they all have a dozen or enough for his class,” Blustein recalls. more new pals. PrideBites won deals on the April 8 “e catalyst that episode with two investors, and is now changed my life was seeking deals for kiosks in big retailers and being told by doctors last expanded oerings at PrideBites.com. March that I had liver “We stayed exible and found our path,” cancer and had four to six Blustein says. “You have the ability to think COURTESY ABC/SHARK TANK COURTESY months to live. Wow. All smart now and use tools that a lot of of a sudden, all the amazing people have provided. Just make money I had, everything sure the preparation is there. e only way I’d been waiting for, didn’t exibility works is if you’re prepared.” matter. I’m on the clock. Always good advice—especially when So I stopped waiting.” swimming with sharks.

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For love of University KU’s bottom line. Early departures also mean wasted money, depleted enthusiasm Second-generation Jayhawk named provost and limited opportunities for students, especially those most at risk: rst-genera- tion college attendees, those on nancial n her ve years as dean of the School of aid and minority students. IBusiness, Provost Neeli Bendapudi has “e worst thing that can happen is that never been shy about wearing her Jayhawk they stay for a year and leave, so they’ve loyalty on her sleeve. Or on her lapel, a PUPPE STEVE incurred all the costs and have nothing to good-luck pendant, or, as during her April show for it,” Bendapudi says. “ere’s no 11 provost candidate presentation, a scarf. question we’ve got to tackle retention.” Gesturing to her crimson-and-blue Other issues demanding her attention Jayhawk scarf, Bendapudi told a standing- are faculty and sta development and room-only audience in the Adams Alumni telling KU’s story, especially to Kansans. Center, “I am not pandering by wearing Noting that KU faces “a particularly this. You know that for ve years you have tough time nancially,” she says it’s never seen me without a KU something on imperative that leaders “ nd ways to build me. I do that as a reminder. Truly, to me, I morale. When times are tough is when represent KU. It’s a reminder that whatever you really need to all work together. We I do says something about KU as well.” don’t have the luxury of silos anymore.” Bendapudi, PhD’95, was a child in India Spreading good news about KU has long when her father, Ramesh ippavajjala, been Bendapudi’s trademark, but she notes g’72, PhD’74, le for a faraway place called that it’s a ceaseless task that all Jayhawks Kansas to earn graduate degrees in Bendapudi must embrace with her. English. When he returned, Bendapudi’s Gray-Little said in a campus email “KU in my mind is truly this jewel father regaled the family with stories of his announcing Bendapudi as provost and whose story needs to be told,” she says. wonderful experiences, both at the executive vice chancellor of the Lawrence “Whether it is the breadth of our oerings, University and in Lawrence. campus. “A true Jayhawk, Dr. Bendapudi’s whether it is the depth into which some- “I was 5 or 6,” Bendapudi told Lawrence enthusiasm for KU, her creativity and her one can go if they want to study a particu- Business Magazine when she was named academic and leadership experience will lar topic, whether it is the sense of dean,“and already enamored with KU.” help us to elevate our stature as a national community that we have here, there are so Says search committee chair Steve research university.” many levels. How do we tell that academic Warren, c’74, g’75, PhD’77, professor of A specialist in understanding how story? How do we make sure that kids in speech-language-hearing, “Her passion for customers evaluate and eventually Kansas stay here?” the University was something we embrace long-term relationships with Although none involved in the transi- appreciated.” service providers, Bendapudi says her tion touted the fact that KU’s Lawrence In her ve years as dean, Bendapudi’s expertise will help her guide the University leaders are now both minority women, it is revitalization of the School of Business toward reaching its goal of delivering the not lost on Bendapudi. She sees it as culminated in the opening of Capitol best and most successful learning environ- another chance to praise her alma mater. Federal Hall, the school’s gleaming new ments for students. “From our very foundation, we are an home on Naismith Drive. Before returning She says improved student retention institution that’s committed to allowing to KU, she was a professor at Ohio State, could help alleviate most, if not all, of KU’s and helping and encouraging every assistant professor at Texas A&M, execu- pressing budget shortfalls: 80 percent of individual to reach their full potential,” tive vice president of Huntington National fall 2014 freshmen returned in 2015, and Bendapudi says. “I honestly believe there Bank and served numerous businesses as a Gray-Little hopes to boost that to 90 are a million ways in which we are all consultant or director. percent. dierent, but there’s one overarching thing “I know Neeli’s deep commitment to our Plugging the drain of resources that are that we all have in common. university will help make it a better place wasted when students leave before “We are Jayhawks.” for all of us,” Chancellor Bernadette completing their degrees boosts more than —Chris Lazzarino

10 | KANSAS ALUMNI everyone knows that the external vapor Milestones, money Dyche’s dire needs barrier, this beautiful stone, needs a terri c amount of attention to start functioning as and other matters ‘Grotesques’ could come down as an external barrier.” decay assessed before renovation Preliminary assessments by architects and engineers con rmed the urgent need n A $3.7 million grant from the Nation- he decorative elements adorning one for repair and renovation to the southern al Institute of Mental Health will allow Tof Mount Oread’s iconic buildings are half of Dyche Hall’s topmost oor, an area Yo Jackson, professor of clinical child not, as they are popularly known, “gar- reserved for specimen collections, faculty psychology and director of the KU child goyles.” Because they do not serve as water oces and research space. (e northern and family services clinic, to study how spouts directing rainfall away from half of the seventh oor is part of Dyche’s children deal with trauma. The five-year exterior walls, the eight mythical beasts 1963 addition and is in good condition.) study will focus on hundreds of children perched high above Jayhawk Boulevard e recently completed assessment aged 3 to 5 who are clients of social are “grotesques.” caused early estimates to rise from $1.3 service agencies in Kansas City, with a Whatever the nomenclature, the fanciful million for repairs to mechanical and goal of developing protocols to help kids gures are badly deteriorated and might air-handling systems to $3.7 million for an deal with trauma such as maltreatment, soon be removed from their aeries. Far outside-in renovation and remodel. Even chronic stress caused by poverty, more troubling, their sorrowful state is at nearly $4 million, it’s anticipated that exposure to violence, or a parent merely the most visible aspect of Dyche administrators will still be forced to su†ering from alcohol, drug or psycho- Hall’s deteriorated upper levels, where prioritize and make do the best they can. logical problems. Among Jackson’s unchecked humidity, temperature swings “e project that we currently have co-investigators on the multi-institution and the general decay expected of a approved and funded is for a partial project is Lesa Ho†man, g’01, PhD’04, 113-year-old limestone structure con- remodel of the seventh-oor south area, of KU’s child language program at the spired to force the University to launch a on the interior,” says Steve Scannell, a’78, Life Span Institute. $3.7 million overhaul. a’81, assistant director of KU’s Oce of “Anybody who visits the seventh oor Design and Construction Management, n Interim deans have been named for has known for a long time that it has “and the rst phase of what we anticipate two schools. James Guthrie, associate suered from a great deal of moisture to be a multiphase, multiyear project to dean of academic a†airs, will head the invasion that has greatly deteriorated the restore the exterior of Dyche.” School of Business, and Stephen Kapp, internal walls,” says Leonard Krishtalka, e Kansas City architecture rm associate dean of academic programs, director of the KU Biodiversity Institute GastingerWalker is now working with will lead the School of Social Welfare. and Natural History Museum. “And preservationists and engineers to complete n Steeples Service to Kansas Awards went to three professors this fall: Paul Atchley, professor of psychology; Shannon Criss, associate professor in the School of Architecture, Design & CHRIS LAZZARINO (2) Planning; and Heather Getha-Taylor, associate professor of public a†airs and administration. Established in 1997 by Don Steeples, professor emeritus of geology, and his wife, Tammy, PhD’00, to honor his parents, Wally and Marie Steeples, the award recognizes faculty contributions to the people of Kansas. Atchley is known for research on distracted driving, Criss for her work to build partnerships with faculty and students to improve access to healthy food and promote active lifestyles, and Even though they spent nearly half of their existence indoors, three of the four grotesques Getha-Taylor for sharing her expertise in removed from Dyche Hall in 1963 (r) show signs of erosion; those still perched in their original collaboration and leadership. locales (l) are eroded nearly beyond recognition. Exterior decay (p. 12) is evident from every seventh-floor window, and the once-splendid research space of room 713 is all but abandoned.

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Air quality on the seventh-oor south is so compromised that only one faculty STEVE PUPPE STEVE member continues to maintain a small,

CHRIS LAZZARINO (2) enclosed oce there. e airy space of room 713 has otherwise been abandoned. Ocials expect the current assessment to last two to three months. Next comes project prioritizing, followed by a design stage that will require months to complete. As for the grotesques, it seems assured that the only question remaining is how a “historical structures assessment,” which they might be replaced. (When an architect is required because of Dyche Hall’s 1973 hoisted in a scissor li conducted a thump inclusion on the National Register of test on a grotesque near Dyche’s southwest Historic Places. ( ough that status could corner, an 11-inch chuck of limestone Cathcart-Rake limit exterior renovation options, it also crumbled and fell to the ground.) Scannell MEDICINE provides for tax credits on qualifying oers the possibility that masons and construction costs, which could amount to sculptors might recreate them in stone or a Salina medical school seeks about $400,000 in rebates.) more durable material, while Krishtalka is room to grow in downtown move Even a brief visit oers ample evidence intrigued by the possibility of unleashing of the chore facing inspectors. 3D printing technology to make copies. T      Large dehumidiers chug noisily in the e eight grotesques currently perched change that calls for more active learning specimen storage space. Although outside Dyche Hall were part of a set of 12 and small group activities at all three KU specimens in modern Delta Design cases carved in 1901 and ’02 by sculptor Joseph medical school campuses, the School of are safe from humidity and temperature Robaldo Frazee and his son, Vitruvius. Medicine-Salina is renovating a former variances, they are at risk when a case is Four were removed from Dyche’s north downtown bank to serve as its new opened by researchers. Because of the cost wall when the addition was built in 1963; classroom building. of state-of-the-art cases, other specimens one of those was lost, or perhaps stolen, Interior demolition and renovation are in less-than-ideal cabinets. and the remaining three squat heavily in started this summer at the 41,000-square- Windows lining exterior walls ood the the Biodiversity Institute’s oce. ey will foot Planter’s State Bank building at 138 N. room with natural light, but they are in likely one day rejoin their herd on display Santa Fe. e building was purchased by such bad condition that upper sashes are inside Dyche Hall, while artists and the Salina Regional Health Foundation, screwed shut to prevent them from architects gure out how to best fashion which will lease it without charge to the slipping open, and the joy of their magni- facsimiles. KU School of Medicine. A $6.5 million cent campus views is tempered by the “ e building would not be the same capital campaign is underway to renovate, specter of deterioration that is obvious without the grotesques,” Krishtalka says. furnish and equip the building and to from every perspective. “ ey’re part and parcel of the building’s create an endowment for its maintenance. Wood sots, overhangs and trusses are unique iconography and the historical Plans are to move in by July 2018. badly rotted. Metal columns are rusted, architecture of Dyche Hall. We’ll certainly e move will give the school, which and paint is cracked and spalling. e clay try and do everything possible to get the graduated its second eight-student class in tile roof, now a patchwork of emergency grotesques back up there.” May, room to grow. repairs, also demands attention—as do —Chris Lazzarino “Even with small classes, we are at sites across the Lawrence campus, whose capacity now,” says Dean William Cath- buildings await an estimated $325 million cart-Rake, m’74, of the school’s current (and growing) in deferred maintenance. 16,000-square-foot home at Salina “When Dyche was built, they didn’t have Regional Health Center. “ e new nearly the understanding of the need for curriculum, which starts a year from now, insulation, vapor barriers and air barriers,” places new demands on us in terms of Scannell says. “Current wall technology is space for simulations and small discussion far more advanced, but we’re challenged rooms and so on. e new building will because you can’t use all of the most denitely give us greater exibility and modern technologies or you risk trapping provide more study space and relaxation moisture in the middle of the wall and space for students.” possibly even making it worse.” It also provides space the school could

12 | KANSAS ALUMNI use if the University ever decides to semester by 20 architecture students in the Milestones, money expand the program, Cathcart-Rake says. Dirt Works Studio of the School of “ ere’s no promise that we’ll do that, Architecture, Design & Planning. and other matters but I think it’s a hope of everyone, of the More than 100 people attended the local community and the governor, that pavilion’s May 13 dedication ceremony, Salina increase the class size to produce including Randy Austin, c’63, l’67, and his n Jennifer Hamer has more primary care physicians for rural sister, Colinda Austin Stailey, c’61. e been named the first Kan s a s .” siblings helped fund the project, which associate dean for Launched in 2011 to help address a was built in memory of their uncle, Dr. diversity, equity and shortage of doctors in small cities and Johnny P. Austin. inclusion at the rural areas of the state, the School of Austin, a 30-year Audio-Reader College of Liberal Arts Medicine-Salina has already received volunteer and chair of its development & Sciences. The KU MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS KU commitments from some graduates to committee, didn’t hesitate to help when he professor and chair of Hamer return to Western Kansas, Cathcart-Rake heard the garden’s old gazebo needed a the department of says, and he expects more to follow as replacement. “I thought we’d go over to American Studies and professor of recent graduates nish their residencies. Lowe’s and maybe pick out the 10-footer,” African & African-American studies will “We’ve certainly been extraordinarily he joked. work to strengthen retention of successful in educating young physicians,” e garden got something much underrepresented students, clarify he says. “ eir performance has been better. Chad Kraus, associate professor University strategies for recruiting extraordinary, their ability to secure of architecture who teaches the Dirt underrepresented faculty and sta, and residencies in the disciplines of their Works Studio, enlisted his third-year work within the College to address choice has been there, and the majority students to cra a distinctive pavilion issues of campus environment. are seeking primary care residencies. I made of rammed earth, steel and charred think the majority of them will return to timber. Rammed earth is a signature n A $4 million estate gift from a Kan s a s .” component of all the studio’s structures Kansas City attorney who attended KU —Steven Hill and is created by combining locally on scholarship will benefit students harvested clay, cement and water and who show academic excellence and financial need. Irving Kuraner, c’40, ARCHITECTURE compacting the mixture using pneumatic ramming tools. who died in 2014, earned his under- Audio-Reader’s new pavilion “ is pavilion will be a signature part graduate degree with the help of a a sensory delight of this garden for many, many years to Summerfield Scholarship, KU’s first come,” said Dan Skinner, ’79, director of merit scholarship, and later graduated T  S G  KU’s Baehr Kansas Public Radio and Audio-Reader. from Columbia Law School. The gift is Audio-Reader Center is a feast of stunning “It not only is the students’ good work, from the estate of he and his wife, sights, sounds, smells and textures. Now but it would not have been possible Leona, who died in 1996. visitors to the richly landscaped grounds without the nancial support of can experience the new Sensory Pavilion, Randy and Colinda.” n A five-year, $2.4 million grant from a structure designed and built last —Heather Biele the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development will fund research on how parenting aects the development and

DAN STOREY DAN behavior of adolescents with Fragile X syndrome, a single-gene disorder that is the most common cause of inherited developmental disability and the leading genetic cause of autism. The The Sensory Garden is one grant continues a 10-year study by of KU’s hidden gems, University Distinguished Professor tucked away on the Steve Warren, c’74, g’75, PhD’77, and grounds of Audio-Reader, Nancy Brady, PhD’94, associate just o­ 11th Street professor of speech-language-hearing. northwest of Memorial Stadium.

ISSUE 4, 2016 | 13 Sports by Chris Lazzarino three years. e team included freshman Ivan Henry, sophomores Jason Hartley and Tre Daniels, and junior anchor Strymar Livingston. Livingston also rallied in the nal 100 meters to place second in the men’s 800 with a personal-best time of 1:48.42. LAURA JACOBSEN LAURA “I’m obviously very excited with the performance of our men’s team this weekend,” said coach Stanley Redwine, named Men’s Big 12 Coach of the Year by his fellow coaches for the fourth time in his 16-year KU career. “We had many dierent athletes contribute, so it was de nitely a total team eort.” Other event winners at the Big 12 meet were senior Daina Levy in the hammer throw, junior Jake Albright in the pole vault and Lokedi in the 10,000 meters. Senior Evan Landes was the men’s team’s top scorer, running second in the 10,000 meters and third in the 5,000. Junior Zainab Sanni, who ran second in the 100 and fourth in the 200, led the scoring for the women’s team, which Lokedi placed fourth, marking the rst time since 1995 that both KU squads nished in the The All-American top four at the conference championships. Sanni also joined KU squads that placed Lokedi sweeps season honors in track and cross country, a KU first third in the 4x100 and 4x400 relays.

ophomore distance runner Sharon shattered her own school record by more SLokedi capped one of the best seasons than 20 seconds and would have been New top target in the long history of KU track and eld good enough to win three of the event’s by running the nal two laps of the NCAA last ve renewals. Receiver Gonzalez shines championship meet’s 10,000-meter run in Men’s track and eld took silver at the in spring scrimmage 2 minutes, 29.79 seconds—her fastest Big 12 Outdoor Championships May half-mile split of the grueling race—to 13-15 in Fort Worth, Texas, the program’s ophomore slinger Ryan Willis is nish sixth in a eld of 24. highest nish at the conference meet since Scoming o a wrist injury sustained in Her performance June 9 at Oregon’s 1983. a pickup basketball game, which kept him Hayward Field earned Lokedi a triple Junior Mitch Cooper won his rst Big out of spring practice. Swi Montell sweep unprecedented by a KU track and 12 discus title with a throw of 192 feet, Cozart, again a junior aer being eld athlete: All-America honors in 7 inches, and sophomore awarded a medical hardship outdoor track, indoor track and cross Nicolai Ceban placed second following the season-ending country in the same academic year. at 188 feet, 7 inches. e shoulder injury he “I ended my season exactly the way I men’s 4x400-meter relay sustained in the fourth wanted and I couldn’t be more thankful team rallied to beat game of KU’s winless for everyone who helped me and moti- Baylor, event winners 2015 season, impressed vated me this year,” Lokedi said. “It gives in 14 of 19 Big 12 coaches during spring me motivation for the next two years, to championships, with a drills, then threw three

S know I’m close to getting that national winning time of 3 T E V E t it l e .” minutes, 5.73 seconds, P U P P Lokedi’s sixth-place time of 32:49.43 the best by a KU squad in E Beaty

14 | KANSAS ALUMNI interceptions in the April 9 scrimmage, a performance that coach David Beaty termed Cozart’s “toughest day that he’s had throughout spring.” “I ended my season exactly the way I wanted. ... Beaty, who will coach quarterbacks and call plays this season, will need fall camp I’m close to getting that national title.” —Sharon Lokedi to sort through his options at quarterback, but there is no question about who the {} quarterback—any quarterback—will look to for star-power explosiveness: junior wide receiver LaQuvionte Gonzalez, a Texas A&M transfer who followed Beaty 1,600 yards and 12 touchdowns in leading to KU and is eligible a er sitting out 2015. Olathe South to the 2011 Kansas Class 6A As a freshman at A&M, Gonzalez state title. A er throwing for more than JEFF JACOBSEN caught 21 passes from Heisman Trophy 1,100 yards and 10 touchdowns at winner Johnny Manziel, including a Hutchinson Community College and 40-yarder against Alabama. In his KU redshirting at KU in 2014, Seurer last year debut in the spring scrimmage, Gonzalez moved to safety but did not see any game caught six passes for 115 yards and a action. He appears poised to change that 61-yard touchdown. this season a er leading all defenders with “at dude looked like a kid in a candy eight tackles in the spring scrimmage. store this morning,” Beaty said a erward. KU opens Beaty’s second season at 6 “I think he was here at 6 [a.m.] because he p.m. Sept. 3 against Rhode Island. e hadn’t played football in forever. He was so Sept. 10 game against Ohio is set for a 1:30 excited to get on that eld, and he loves kicko. KU closes the nonconference the game, so it was fun to see.” season Sept. 17 at Memphis and opens Big One athlete not in the mix at quarter- 12 play Sept. 29 at Texas Tech. Homecom- back is Frank Seurer Jr., who threw for ing is Oct. 22 against Oklahoma State. Gonzalez

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Tayler Soucie in June was named Big 12 PUPPE STEVE Brannen Greene (Memphis) found NBA Sportsperson of the Year. Along with helping summer-league teams. As of Kansas Alumni lead KU volleyball to its first Final Four press time, Wayne Selden Jr. was still appearance, the two-time Academic All-Big weighing his options. Late Night in the Phog 12 honoree completed 140 hours of is set for Oct. 1, and the KU-Kentucky rivalry community service during the academic year, renews Jan. 28 in Lexington. ... including a holiday toy drive for a pediatric Senior shortstop Chaley Brickey was hospital. “She proves that you can be a named to softball’s All-Big 12 team for the champion in all areas of your life,” says coach second year in a row. ... Junior catcher Ray Bechard. ... Michael Tinsley, who led the Big 12 in Soucie’s All-Big 12 teammate Kelsie average (.377) and hits (80), was chosen in Payne, a junior, was named to USA the seventh round of Major League Baseball’s Volleyball’s women’s national team for this draft by the Cleveland Indians. ... Brian summer’s Pan American Cup in the Soucie Hanni, j’02, was named play-by-play voice Dominican Republic. ... Rowing scored a for football and men’s basketball on the third-place finish at the Big 12 Rowing Championship, May 15 in Jayhawk/IMG Radio Network. Hanni replaces Bob Davis, who Oak Ridge, Tennessee. ... Anastasiya Rychagova was named retired after 32 seasons. ... KU varsity athletes posted a record- first-team All-Big 12 and was the Big 12 tennis coaches’ unanimous best cumulative GPA of 3.04, and more than half of the athletes choice for Freshman of the Year. ... Undrafted ‘Hawks Perry Ellis posted GPA’s better than 3.0.

ISSUE 4, 2016 | 15 Chef Rick Martin crafted a life, aggie is hungry. She’s got a re in her belly, and chef Rick Martin—manning the pizza station a career and a restaurant at Limestone Pizza Kitchen and Bar in downtown Lawrence—isM working hard to feed it. from humble beginnings. At 5:45 on a Friday night, Limestone’s 15 tables and booths Now he's helping build a local are already packed, the 15 stools that line the bar and pizza station are occupied, and the sidewalk tables out on Mass food community in Lawrence. Street also are lling up, despite the 92-degree June heat. Standing before the hedge- red French Panyol oven that Martin and his co-owners have named aer his late friend Maggie Backus, the chef is a calm presence amid the din of by Steven Hill happy supper-time chatter. He tells a visitor—one of a steady stream who lean over the counter to share a hug or a warm Photographs by Steve Puppe word—that he expects to do 100 to 150 pies in the next hour.

16 | KANSAS ALUMNI ISSUE 4, 2016 | 17 On a busy-scale of 1 to 10, Martin says, wanted to buy local, knew we wanted to The Margherita this is a 9. But there are no signs of stress make stu from scratch,” Martin says of Kansas wheat, tomato in the compact kitchen, no titanic erup- the thinking behind the restaurant. “So sauce, house-made tions of temper or ego. Rick Martin is not how could we do that at an a ordable mozzarella and basil oil that kind of chef. price? It all came down to pizza.” In an era when celebrity chefs have “Truly exceptional” pizza, according to he concept for Limestone Pizza become rock stars—frontmen for media e Pitch. e Kansas City newsweekly TKitchen and Bar grew out of Rick empires built on TV shows, cookbooks named Limestone Best New Restaurant in Martin’s stint as director of culinary arts and multiple restaurants known as much its 2014 Best of Kansas City awards, at the Eudora-De Soto Technical for their volatile temperaments and praising the inventive menu, attention to Education Center. trademarked catchphrases as for their detail and modest prices while anointing it “I learned so much teaching, because I cooking—Martin, ’97, is more like the “a place where smart restaurant trends knew I had to keep it simple or they would principled singer-songwriter who quietly have been considered and, in many cases, lose interest. So I went with french fries, follows his muse at the local pub, then transcended.” Limestone earned the Best mayonnaise. Let’s can tomatoes. Let’s wakes one morning to nd he’s become an Pizza award in the Journal-World’s Best of sear chicken breasts in a pan and see indie darling. Lawrence 2015, and in the 2016 vote, what happens. It really started me Martin landed in Lawrence in 1991, a announced in June, defended its Best Pizza thinking, ‘God, you could open a couple of years aer Free State Brewing title and won Best Restaurant Dish for its restaurant based on real simple Co. opened, and he spent 20 years there, signature Margherita pie. Martin himself elementary dishes. And that’s what I did working his way up from line cook to head took home Best Chef honors. Limestone’s at Limestone.” chef, helping owner Chuck Magerl, ’78, menu features other delectables (a great It doesn’t get more elemental than The build the cra brewpub into one of the burger and steak; a sh-and-chips that Margherita, Martin’s take on the classic city’s most iconic, beloved eateries. In rivals Free State’s), but pizza is the star. As Neapolitan-style pizza that tops an airy April 2014, he opened Limestone, which Pitch reviewer Charles Ferruzza enthused, crust with mozzarella cheese and basil. immediately became one of the hottest “e pies—12-inch circles of light, pu y, Eschewing the traditional presentation of meal tickets in town. In a Lawrence food slightly scorched Neapolitan-style crusts ... whole basil leaves, Martin developed an scene brimming with restaurants featuring topped with simple elegance—are as close infused basil oil to complement his local, seasonal menus, Limestone o ers to perfect as I’ve ever tasted.” house-made mozzarella and Kansas one of the more a ordable takes on the Martin’s belief in the value of local food wheat dough. The chef calls the Italian- trend, elevating the humble pizza to is broad and substantial: It extends far meets-Midwest pizza “Neoprairie.” Diners artisan status by showcasing fresh ingredi- beyond using a few local tomatoes to dress call it delicious, voting it the Best ents from local farms. “We knew we up a pizza. Limestone makes its own Restaurant Dish in the 2016 Best of mozzarella and basil oil, its own sausage Lawrence awards. —S.H. and ketchup and chili oil. An impressive 54 percent of the restaurant’s food and beverage purchases comes from local sources. e highest-volume ingredient, the our for the crust, uses wheat from Heartland Mill in Marienthal for a Western Kansas take on Double-O Italian our. His dedication to the freshest, most nutritious ingredients also extends far beyond his restaurant kitchen, reaching into the community’s food pantry and its food co-op, into the gardens and kitchens and class- rooms of the county’s schools and onto the banquet tables of its charity circuit. His ethos seeks to unite Lawrence’s chefs and farmers, its lunch ladies and hip foodies, behind a simple idea: Eating well doesn’t have to be complicated—or expensive.

18 | KANSAS ALUMNI Appetizer More to the point, perhaps, it meant A sprig of cilantro cooking. “Used to be if you didn’t have a lot of money, you knew one thing: You knew ick Martin grew up—literally—on the how to cook. You knew how to garden. Rwrong side of the tracks. Walking to You probably knew how to can food. But school meant crossing a busy rail line that we’ve seen a big ip in our society in the rumbled dozens of freight trains daily last 40 or 50 years. Now a lot of low- through his Wichita Midtown neighbor- income people don’t know how to cook, hood. Dodging trains was only part of the because they didn’t learn it from their peril. “ ere was a lot of bullying, a lot of parents.” intimidation, a lot of hierarchy within the When his mother was home—and when dierent groups at school,” Martin recalls. there was ample food—they cooked “Just walking home was threatening in a together. Beef strogano. Gumbo. Ham lot of ways. But it taught me a lot, and I and beans. Martin cherished the kitchen wouldn’t change it for the world.” time with her, even if it did mean grilling e same multi-ethnic mix that created their own hamburgers instead of eating at a volatile school environment also McDonald’s, like other kids, or shaving contributed to his early food education. meat from a bone-in ham instead of “Tasting and experiencing new foods packing deli sandwiches to school. Giant was always such an adventure for me,” he paper sacks of dirt-crusted vegetables from says. “I’m sure part of it was growing up his uncle’s huge garden punctuated poor and growing up in a Hispanic summertime meals. Homemade pickles neighborhood with lots of Asian cultures, and canned green tomatoes brightened Vietnamese and Cambodian kids living their winters. And even though he was the in the neighborhood. Tasting the new youngest, Rick became the one who things my friends introduced me to just cooked dinner when his mother was at blew me away.” work: He mastered the family recipe for e rst time he tried cilantro is still one lasagna while still in grade school. of his most vivid food memories. He still remembers the rst compliment “Out of this world. It was just this kind he earned from his brother and sister. of goosebumpy, ‘I didn’t know things “ at was the reward; that was what could taste like that’ kind of feeling.” made me want to be a chef. When I nally Martin’s single mom worked 9-to-5 but made that plate of food that was good and also pulled a lot of second shis to make it was praised, that was the spark.” ends meet. He and his sister and brother He still savors that reaction today. were oen on their own for dinner. In lean “I built an open kitchen at Limestone,” times that might mean corn, beans or tuna Martin says, “just so I could see that straight from a can. Ramen noodles. moment with my customers.” Peanut butter sandwiches. “I grew up in a low-income home; I was hungry a lot,” Martin tells the two dozen BLT Salad people gathered at e Merc Co-Op for Parsley, garden tomatoes, his class, “How to Cook Like a Chef on a bacon, house-made mayonnaise Budget,” which he originally taught to and toasted day-old bread low-income families at Just Food, the Lawrence food pantry. He stands behind a ut now our food system is broken, he gleaming kitchen counter, trim in smart Btells his Merc class. And the way to chef’s whites, lean face tanned, hair repair it is to teach people to cook. cropped close, mise en place just so. For the next two hours, he does exactly Organic Kansas wheat flour makes Limestone “I wasn’t malnourished, but it meant we that. With humor and humility, he pizza unique, Martin says. “When I taste crusts had to make do with what we had. It methodically demysties the process, around the country that do what we do, I meant being creative. And it certainly sharing tips on knife skills, stock-making, always think, ‘It’s good, but ours is better.’” meant not wasting food.” plate presentation. He demonstrates how

ISSUE 4, 2016 | 19 to keep herbs fresh for weeks, how to rescue a day-old baguette, how to convert vegetable scraps and chicken bones and stale bread from trash to culinary treasure. Using canned kidney beans and a home- made Cajun seasoning, he whips up a dish of red beans and rice that’s hearty and—at 82 cents a serving—eminently a ordable. Not once does he shout “Bam!” He wows, but the sense of wonder comes not only from chey creativity and inventiveness, which are on display in abundance. (Who knew a salad of parsley, made-from-scratch mayonnaise and fresh tomato topped with bacon could rival a BLT for deliciousness?) It also comes from the realization that simple food, simple ingredients, prepared and presented with the obvious care that Martin applies—to everything he does, by all accounts—can produce delightful meals that nourish body and soul. Martin often visits local growers, like Scott Thellman (r) of Juniper Hill Farms, to select seasonal “He’s not a showman,” says Nancy produce for the Limestone menu. A late-June harvest of beets inspired the warm beet salad O’Connor, g’95, director of education and (opposite page).

20 | KANSAS ALUMNI outreach at e Merc, who asked Martin A leader not only on the Lawrence classroom at Deer eld Elementary School. to teach the class to counter the popular restaurant scene, but also in the city’s He became an advocate for more parental notion that only the rich can aord to burgeoning local food community, an involvement in the classroom, organizing shop the co-op’s local, organic oerings. expanding web of small farms that grow a Deer eld school garden, which he “He’s just this genuine person standing up meats and vegetables, the grocery stores managed for two years, and co-founding a in front of you creating food, and you just and farmers markets that sell to locavores nonpro t called Homegrown Lawrence to love him for it.” seeking the freshest food they can nd, raise startup money for gardens at other “Exquisitely simple” is how she sums up and the chefs who feature this evolving schools. e fund—now administered by Martin’s food philosophy. “It’s never ‘foofy,’ seasonal rotation on their menus. the Lawrence Schools Foundation—will never inaccessible or mysterious. It tastes “You read stories all the time about the get a boost this fall from the Savor like magic, but it’s not complicated. It’s movers and shakers in our community, Lawrence food truck festival, which really about using the best possible and they’re very high visibility,” O’Connor organizers estimate could raise $40,000 ingredients, which he just honors.” says. “Rick Martin in a more quiet way is for gardens now in place or planned for Douglas County Commissioner Nancy transforming our community, but he’s not every middle and elementary school in ellman, n’80, believes Martin’s food on the front page of the newspaper every Lawrence. philosophy “is a lot like him, actually. He week. He’s transforming the way this at involvement led to a seat on the can take humble ingredients and make community eats, and he’s not just doing it advisory board for Lawrence Public something deep and rich and beautiful.” in his restaurant, feeding people who can Schools’ Farm-to-School Program, and ellman has called on Martin to prepare aord to eat his food. He’s taking the food Martin worked with student gardeners to special farm dinners she hosts at her to the people, regardless of where they are. design recipes and give cafeteria presenta- Juniper Hill Farm north of Lawrence to at is a true changer.” tions. He mentored middle-school and raise money for charity, and she says he high-school students in the culinary arts, has a talent for helping others see what lies earning the Kansas Restaurant and “beyond the plate.” Coconut Curry Hospitality Association’s 2009 Mentor of “He’ll come out before every course and Chicken thighs and fresh the Year Award. Aer leaving Free State in talk about what it means,” ellman says. garden vegetables in a 2011, he taught full time for two years as “Not just the food, but the meaning of the coconut-milk curry the culinary arts director at the Eudora-De food and who is behind it. He paints this Soto Technical Education Center, winning beautiful picture that compels people to the 2012 Horizon Award for new teachers; not just enjoy the meal, but to care. at’s t Free State, where he led the embrace he has also trained school food-service a real gi.” Aof local ingredients, Martin is workers in Lawrence and across Kansas on en there’s the big at-screen TV that remembered as a chef with a restless mind cooking techniques and farm-to-school hangs above the bar at Limestone, tuned and a no-fear attitude. initiatives. not to sports channels (except during the “Rick had a great curiosity for all aspects When Commissioner ellman Royals’ 2015 World Series run) but instead of food and avor, from the agricultural established the Douglas County Food showing a list of local farmers who sell perspective through the nal plating and Policy Council in 2010 to identify the meat, vegetables and cheese to the presentation,” says Chuck Magerl. “ere bene ts, challenges and opportunities for a restaurant. “at’s important because it seemed to be nothing about food that he helps people recognize the produce is was afraid of, and he continued to grown by your neighbors,” says Jen seek out new ideas, new Humphrey, j’96, c’02, g’10, co-owner of insights. Rick is not Red Tractor Farm, a regular Limestone somebody who accepts supplier. “It helps people see that there are the stasis of ‘good real people behind the food that’s being enough.’ ere are provided to the restaurant, and those always new insights farms are located in the area.” to be gathered.” “He understands and he helps everyone He’s also else understand that everything on that remembered for plate represents people who put every- organizing the thing they have into growing it and getting sta’s adopt-a- it to the restaurant or store,” ellman family project each says. “He’s seen the big picture and Christmas, and for embraced it and brought it to life in our spending his Mondays o community. He’s absolutely a leader.” volunteering in his son’s

ISSUE 4, 2016 | 21 sustainable local food system in the “He understands that everything on that plate county, she enlisted Martin as a founding member. He started the Lawrence Area represents people who put everything they have Farmer-Chef Alliance to make it easier for into growing it and getting it to the restaurant chefs and farmers to do business with each other, opening doors to more local food in or store. He's seen the big picture and embraced local restaurants. And he founded Chef’s it and brought it to life in our community. Table, which enlists some of Lawrence’s best chefs to prepare special fundraising He's absolutely a leader." —Nancy Thellman dinners for charitable causes. In 2015 the Lawrence-Douglas County items disappeared quickly, Martin Vegetables that Martin taught at one of his Health Department named Martin a proposed a series of cooking classes that Just Cook classes. Douglas County Health Champion, citing would teach low-income clients to make “I loved that, because it really encour- these many projects he has undertaken meals at home from scratch for $2 per aged our clients to eat outside the box,” over the years to model, encourage and serving or less. Called Just Cook, the Keever says. e recipe calls for coconut promote health in Douglas County. program has graduated more than 1,000 milk—a food pantry staple that many “In his world he is a rock star,” ellman people and is credited with completely Kansans have little experience with—and says. “People have come to see him as the transforming the pantry’s approach to curry powder, which lends an exotic go-to guy in local food circles. For dealing with food insecurity in Douglas touch. But it also uses an aordable cut of speaking. For judging. But he’s the guy County. Last fall Just Food awarded chicken that also happens to be one of the who will always credit everybody else rst. Martin the Ann Weick Leadership Prize most avorful, and Martin’s recipe calls for He’s very humble, but it’s a very honorable (ttingly at a dinner for which he donated whatever garden vegetables are in season. and ambitious thing he’s aer.” food and worked in the kitchen), named “We have a lot of meat-and-potato people,” Ambitious goal, simple idea: Reducing in honor of the late KU School of Social Keever says, “and this taught that ethnic the distance between people and their Welfare dean who founded Just Food. foods are cost-eective, easy and healthy.” food leads to healthier diets, healthier “We realized that we were doing a lot to Martin draws great satisfaction from local economies and a healthier planet. help the problem,” says Elizabeth Keever, feeding people, whether in his restaurant, e prescription might not always be easy c’10, executive director of Just Food, “but a school cafeteria or a charity dinner. Food to put into practice, but neither is it we weren’t doing a lot to solve the prob- is powerful, he says. He can control a complicated to understand. e best thing lem. What Rick allowed us to do was oer room. He can make people like him. you can do is grow your own food, Martin a solution to a lot of families.” But clearly the Just Cook classes mean believes, and the best meals are those you Teaching low-income clients to cook, even more. cook yourself. Keever notes, improves nutrition, benets “It’s a moving experience,” Martin says. “I would like to see people respect food health and saves money: long-term “ ese are real people with real struggles more,” Martin says. “If everybody cooked solutions, not stopgap measures. Rather and real issues. And they are walking out we would be a much dierent society. than measuring success by the quantity of with full bellies and great stories and Being a chef, and a teacher, and all the food it distributes to families in need, Just coming back next time and saying, ‘Hey, I other things I want to do, I see all the road Food now looks at quality. made that dish.’ at’s just fantastic.” signs pointing to that. How do we get out “I think Rick played a huge role in of this rut we’re in, these food-system changing how we serve people, and I think issues we have with big ag and obesity and he changed the community perception of Bread Pudding all the other things? I think it’s just people how we treat low-income individuals who Custard, bread cubes and local need to cook at home with real are in need of food assistance. e cherries topped with creme ingredients.” conversation used to be, ‘Let’s just throw Anglaise Martin tries to avoid sounding preachy ramen noodles at the problem.’ I think he when talking about food. It’s a personal, helped create a conversation where there’s oen sensitive topic, aer all, and hardly dignity around the food we’re oering. ook at home. Ironic advice from a anyone welcomes unsolicited dietary “When we’re asking the community to Cman who co-owns a restaurant, advice. But at Just Food he saw an urgent feed families in need,” Keever says, “I think perhaps. But Rick Martin is not your need for this message. Aer observing that it’s important to ask the community to typical restaurateur. many of the healthy food options oered feed families in need like they would feed “When it’s all said and done and you by the Lawrence food pantry were their own family. Giving that level of think about what you want to hang your languishing on the shelves, while less respect and dignity is so important.” hat on,” he muses, “I have to say, for me, nutritious but more convenient processed Take the Coconut Curry Chicken and it’s not going to be a bunch of successful

22 | KANSAS ALUMNI See more at kualumni.org/martin SUSAN YOUNGER SUSAN

Limestone Pizza Kitchen and Bar, 814 Massachusetts St., Lawrence restaurants or a big house or anything like but I want to see other kids, especially in from soil to plate to economy to environ- that. It’s going to be, how many people did those situations of being low-income, ment. He has an amazing palate and a love I aect and did I change things for the raised well. of great food, for sure, but I think it’s the better?” “You can be poor and happy. When tool that he uses to get much, much deeper Aer his Merc class concludes, with a you’re poor and you’re hungry and dealing and to be really a change agent, someone rich bread pudding that again balances with abuse or neglect, that’s the real who makes a mark on a community and humble ingredients (stale bread) and deep heartbreaking moment for me. Certainly makes it better.” care (fresh cherries Martin picked himself that makes me want to do this.” It’s most likely food, not philosophy, that from a friend’s tree), a woman approaches Part of building a local food community has the Friday night crowd buzzing at the chef—who’s wrapping up a 12-hour is ensuring the entire community has Limestone. e ripping hot oven can turn day in the kitchen—to ask why. You give access to good food—not only those with out a pizza in about 90 seconds, and the so much of your time to the community, the income and inclination to shell out $5 friendly wait sta keeps the pies moving. she says. What makes you want to do it? for an heirloom tomato. Martin sneaks his peek as diners marvel, “I really couldn’t answer that,” Martin What motivates Martin’s community snap photos or pounce on their prize like says later. “I think it’s just simply work and his approach to food, ellman hounds at a feast. Some come seeking experience.” believes, is a desire for “a world that makes local food and some are simply reeled in Martin is thankful for what he had sense, in the deepest ways.” o Mass Street by the delightful smells. growing up. But although he had a loving Local ingredients oen turn out to be And if a few stop by a little less oen mother and father, there were times he cheaper, more nutritious and less harmful because they’re cooking at home, that’s struggled with a lack of parenting. At 16, to the environment. Spending our food ne, too. he le home for California, where he lived dollars closer to home supports local and “I know people are always going to eat with a friend for six months while his regional economies while investing in our out,” Martin says. “Especially at restaurants parents let him fare for himself. He saw farming neighbors rather than multina- that try to do the right thing and oer other kids who had it much worse, with tional corporations and their stockholders. good choices. I’m not worried about that. parents who were abusive or absent. But as at’s a story Martin is telling with every “It’s all about doing the right thing. I’ve he got older and became a father of two class, every recipe, every Neoprairie pizza always thought you do everything the boys he realized things could have been— he serves. right way. Even if it might not be the best could still be—much better. “It’s like food is only one part of this,” business for you today, it could be great “You can raise kids really, really well. I ellman says. “It’s an avenue to a deeper business for you down the line.” not only want to raise my own kids well, message, I think, connecting all the dots Rick Martin is that kind of chef.

ISSUE 4, 2016 | 23 by Chris Lazzarino Food for Thought

Campus dining fuels student needs with savory flair

onsidering the mouth-watering variety represented in the 1.8 STEVE PUPPE STEVE Cmillion meals KU Dining Services dishes annually in its three residential dining centers, three retail sites and nine satellite grab-and-go locations, the biggest hit with students might come as a bit of a deating surprise. “When we put out chicken tenders,” dining services director Mark Petrino says with a resigned chuckle, “it’s by far the most popular thing on the menu.” In Daisy Hill’s Ekdahl Dining Com- mons, known to all as Mrs. E’s, the rst food station students will bypass on their way to the chicken tenders o ers entrées free of the eight major allergens, including gluten, nuts, shellsh, eggs and dairy. Next in line is a barbecue station featuring an authentic meat smoker in plain view of the patrons. ere are platforms for world cuisine, homestyle meals, a colorful salad bar, house-made pizza, panini, platforms are interactive, so you get to How often does Mark Petrino sample the food cereal, so-serve ice cream and an array pick the ingredients that you’d like and we served by KU Dining Services? “Every day. I run of beverages, including fruit-infused cook it right in front of you. And the 5 miles every night at the gym just to make ice water. platforms are scattered around so you can sure I can come in the next day and taste Although their daily menus di er and go wherever you like.” everything.” each locale features unique twists, con- None of the residential dining centers— cepts guiding the dining experience in please don’t call them cafeterias—o er Mrs. E’s are typical of the other two corporate kiosks, and the end is near for residential dining centers, North College many brand-name o erings in KU’s retail exciting food scene happening downtown, Café, at Corbin-GSP, and Oliver Hall. food-service sites, such as Pizza Hut at e he adds, “We’re not just doing cheese and “We’ve made a conscious e ort to move Market in the Kansas Union and e pepperoni. We’re doing our own artisan the kitchen from the back of the house Underground in Wescoe Hall. pizzas, we’re making our own crust, and into the front of the house, so that all the “We’re getting rid of them,” Petrino says, we make it front of the students in a wood food is prepared in front of you,” says “I think we make pizza better than Pizza oven. We’re trying to make the experience Petrino, who this spring came to KU from Hut can.” Explaining that KU Dining as pleasant for them as possible.” Colorado State University. “Most of our Services chefs nd inspiration from the (Corporate concepts won’t be eliminated

24 | KANSAS ALUMNI entirely. If he does away with e Under- and 30 minutes, at most, during lunch. ground’s Chick-l-A, Petrino concedes, “But at dinner they’ll stay for an hour, he’d be next to go: “ at’s one thing that’s an hour and 15 minutes,” Petrino says. CHRIS LAZZARINO kind of a sacred cow.”) “ ey’ll get caught up and unwind from KU Dining Services has 140 full-time the day by talking to their friends.” employees and about 500 part-timers, 90 ough plastic trays are still oered at percent of whom are students. Petrino says e Market, e Underground and the they’re the highest-paying student jobs on DeBruce Center’s sparkling new Courtside “We will take you around the campus, and he boasts of exible work Café, they’re gone from residential dining schedules that can be altered for academic centers. Meal plans allow students to enter world in 15 days. One day that priorities—“You’re here to learn,” he says, up to eight times a day, and on each visit area will be nothing but Bulgar- “not to work for us”—and a vendor-sup- they can have as much as they care to eat. ported scholarship program that last year Without trays to haul plates of food, ian food. The next day, Cuban. awarded more than $22,000. though, they are discouraged from Then Thai. We want students not About 40 percent of student employees overloading on that rst hungry lap. at who join KU Dining Services during their helps prevent overeating, reduces food to stop learning when they get freshman year will keep their jobs waste and even saves KU Dining Services out of class.” —Mark Petrino throughout their time at the University, $100,000 a year for tray-washing water. and they rotate through tasks as varied as Petrino says 23 to 24 percent of all food cleaning tables or washing dishes one day purchases are local and/or organic. Dairy Center City, returned to Harvard and to working at the salad bar or training in and bread are all locally sourced, as is completed his degree, but again steered the pizza station the next. much of the coee, meat, root vegetables into an unexpected detour when he hired is fall KU Dining Services will launch and granola. A rooop herb garden atop on with Harvard University Dining a student committee, with representatives the Kansas Union even supplies Services: “ at’s when I fell in love with from each residence hall recruited to share Impromptu Café, which Petrino touts as the institutional aspect of the job.” fellow students’ likes and dislikes with Lawrence’s best full-service dining value. His career took him from Harvard to managers and chefs. Industrial-scale food service had never Williams College, and Petrino came west “ ey see a guy wearing a tie who could been Petrino’s intended career. He studied as associate director of dining services at be their father coming around and asking political science at Harvard University, Colorado State University. Now that he’s in them what they want, they’re not going to thinking he’d become a lawyer; a college charge at KU, he intends to make the most tell me,” Petrino says. “But they’re going to job at a cousin’s restaurant changed his life. of the opportunity. tell their peers what they want.” “I fell in love with the business,” he says. “We had the bones that we needed to Except for standard grill and pizza fare, “So I le school, went back to Philadel- build upon my vision for the next level. I menus at each dining site are on ve-week phia, where I’m from, opened my own thought we had a very good dining cycles, ensuring daily variety. International restaurants and stayed there for about services; I think we can become a great stations feature cuisines from around the three years. But I was always antsy because dining services, and I think we have the world, with tips sought from international I never nished my education.” team, the facilities and resources to do it.” students (“How did your mom cook this He sold his deli and catering businesses Just don’t skimp on the chicken back in Peru?”) and authentic ingredients near the convention center in Philly’s strips. acquired on shopping trips to Kansas City. “Does it cost a little more? Yeah, of course, but it’s worth it,” Petrino says. “We will take you around the world in 15 days. One day that area will be nothing but CHRIS LAZZARINO Bulgarian food. e next day, Cuban. en ai. We want students not to stop learning when they get out of class.” Takeout is available for students in a rush to get to class, but the option is not encouraged. Given the stress of college life, sharing daily meals with friends is, in KU Dining Services’ estimation, critical to student well-being. ey typically sit for between 15 and 20 minutes at breakfast

ISSUE 4, 2016 | 25 Kansas cookbook Eat, drink authors and Lawrence dining aficionados and be offer personal highlights of merry downtown’s delights

26 | KANSAS ALUMNI by Frank and Jayni Carey Photographs by Steve Puppe

 L      awrence’s vibrant modern dining Lscene—boosted in 1987 when Kansas   ,    . T   approved liquor by the drink—features -  L      many restaurants that are owned and     , ’         operated by talented chefs who embrace the farm-to-table movement and o er the D         . B, ,  best locally grown produce, organic ,  , -- , - Kansas meats and fresh sh. Some even embellish their menus with house-made -     , -    pastas and breads, and their own pickled,       . fermented or cured products. “Most of these guys have worked As alumni and Lawrencians of a certain We met in the early 1980s over cashew shoulder to shoulder as line cooks,” says age remember well, a downtown date butter BLTs at Sgt. Preston’s of the North, Michael Beard, former chef at the restau- night in the 1950s oen meant the hushed then a bustling New Hampshire Street bar rant 715 who now owns a business called atmosphere of a little Italian restaurant on and restaurant. Frank’s restaurant experi- Meat, LLC. “at bonding experience has the edge of South Park called the Campus ence began to percolate with Jayni’s love of been carried forward and they continue to Hideaway. Each table, topped with a French cuisine, and voila, a couple of encourage one another to try new things.” checkered tablecloth, was appointed with a published cookbooks and a weekly local Try new things? Excellent advice. candle mounted in a wine bottle covered TV cooking show for Jayni launched us on We like to browse the downtown food in wax drippings. e food scene pro- a quest for good food and drink. We knew scene unbiased and open for suggestions, gressed slowly over the next decade or so, it was love when we both set out to hoping to be inuenced by what we see but the 1970s brought change, resetting purchase our very own pasta machine but, and smell. Although we read posted the table for a trend that catered to the instead, settled on buying one together. menus, we also sneak glimpses of what’s burgeoning interest in casual dining. In 1970, restaurateur Bob Schumm, j’68, opened e Bull and Boar, his rst among several trendy downtown eateries designed to t the student budget. e last of Schumm’s restaurants, Bu alo Bob’s Smokehouse, remained open until 2014, 37 years in business. Farther down Massachusetts Street, past South Park, Cornucopia Cafe opened in 1974 and brought us whole-grain bread to accom- pany a grand soup and salad bar main- tained by a laid-back, hippie-sandaled sta . In 1976, e Harvest—where Frank worked, and which he helped open— awakened taste buds with an eclectic mix of sandwiches, salads and pan-sautéed dishes. e following decade brought the wildly popular Paradise Cafe with its traditional diner-style service and tasty, fresh sh entrees. Tuna Poke appetizer, RND Corner Grille

ISSUE 4, 2016 | 27 on the plates of the outdoor diners. Another good way to work up an appetite is to rst visit one of the many skilled mixologists who stir up tasty mixed drinks and serve quality wines and beer. Looking for a premium cocktail or glass of wine to start the evening? Try John Brown’s Underground, so named because it’s a few steps below sidewalk level and has no sign to indicate the “speakeasy” fun hidden within. To rub shoulders with folks who help make Lawrence unique, belly up to the bar at the Bourgeois Pig and indulge in beverages high in octane, whether it’s alcohol or caeine, along with insanely good French macaroons supplied by Parisian chef Claude Aoun, who moved to Lawrence in 2015. For cra brew enthusi- asts, e Free State Brewing Co., owned by Chuck Magerl, ’78, opened in 1989 and became the rst brewery in Kansas since Prohibition. If you’re seeking a restaurant with ambience for a special dinner, there are Estado Libre Lager, Wheat State Golden and Oatmeal Stout craft brews, Free State Brewing Co. several great choices. A newcomer to downtown, RND Corner Grille, housed in the old Round Corner Drugstore, dishes up sumptuous delights such as pig wings, steaks and duck con t, along with top-shelf drinks and ne wines. We fall for the avorful lump-meat crab cake every time. Chef T. K. Peterson, ’04, owner of Merchants Pub & Plate, located in the former Merchants National Bank building, oers burgers, sandwiches, pasta, vegetar- ian options, plus lunch and dinner specials, along with a large selection of cra beers, cocktails and wines. At the moment, we can’t resist the warm meatloaf sandwich on crispy rosemary bread, the rich bison bolognese or the sh special. e restaurant 715 focuses on seasonally appropriate dishes, using organic and free-range products whenever possible. Chef Zach ompson says the restaurant has a strong tie to Italian fare, and all of the pasta is made in-house. He says some of 715’s most popular dishes are the Duroc pork chop, lasagna and garlic shrimp. e menu at 10 Restaurant in e Eldridge Hotel oers something for Seafood pasta, Genovese everyone—including hand-cut steaks, fresh seafood, pasta and vegetarian

28 | KANSAS ALUMNI Beef shish kabob and Greek salad, Aladdin Cafe

here are several popular Asian cuisine downtown, Trestaurants downtown. At the always including Cielito Lindo, bustling Zen Zero, vegetarians and meat popular for its traditional Mexican eaters will delight in a Pan Asian menu dishes and a spacious outdoor patio, and featuring cuisines of Nepal, Tibet, ai- the new Port Fonda, which delivers on its land, Vietnam and Japan. We can’t resist promise of a “modern cantina with a the green papaya-cured ank steak, thinly hipster vibe.” Step into La Parrilla for a sliced and draped over wasabi mashed great margarita while considering a Latin potatoes with braised baby bok choy on American menu that extends from Mexico the side. Or, “get your slurp on” at Ramen to Central and South America. Locals Bowls on East 10th Street, where noodles adore the homestyle Mexican comfort made fresh daily are served in bowls of dishes of La Familia Café and Cantina. seductively spiced broth topped with No college town could exist without tender meats and fresh vegetables. pizza, but forget the franchise fare and e magical Cafe Beautiful, nested one elevate your taste to some ner pies story above the sidewalk in the 700 block enhanced by the subtle smoke of a of Mass, oers a truly special dining wood- red pizza oven. Limestone, 715, experience. Chef Melinda Roeder, c’05, Genovese and Ingredient all bake tradi- serves Asian fusion dishes, beautifully tional and non-traditional pizzas, and oer Chicago dog, Leeway Franks presented with an artistic air in a other inspired, wood- red specialties. peaceful, intimate setting. e chef WheatFields Bakery—the award-winning questions each patron about food allergies, artisan bakery, cafe and pastry shop— dishes—in a beautifully restored historic dietary restrictions and sensitivities, then dedicates its wood- red oven to artisanal dining room. e hotel also houses e prepares a seven-course menu accordingly. breads. Jayhawker, one of the most popular Her cozy restaurant is open by reservation For a straight-up American breakfast watering holes downtown, especially for only, so plan ahead. and lunch, try Milton’s or e Roost, or, watching sporting events. ere’s no shortage of Latin-inuenced for retro-inspired favorites, perch at

ISSUE 4, 2016 | 29 Fried chicken, tomato salad with goat cheese and specialty meats at Hank Charcuterie

Ladybird Diner’s counter for a hot roast good choices: India Palace and a new outh of downtown, Hank Charcuterie, beef sandwich and a slice of one of Meg arrival, Bayleaf Indian Restaurant & Bar. Sat 19th and Mass, is the place to go for Heriford’s heavenly pies. We go loco for e spicy aromas waing o their lunch house-made Italian sausage, sliced and Ladybird’s huevos bravos, with a generous bu ets are bound to draw you in. served on a plank of hearty cornbread portion of seasoned black beans topped Amble through the downtown Lawrence drizzled with honey; a huge, brined pork with a Cotija cheese quesadilla, chorizo Farmers Market on Saturday morning and chop; or a superb bone-in steak. We show and a fried egg. Sliced radishes and chow down on a smoky pork burger from up at lunchtime for the burger, made with avocado garnish the dish with the ag Flory Family Farms, a breakfast burrito fresh-ground Kansas beef and topped with colors of Mexico. Hit a favorite student from Chef Alejandro Lule, or sample treats house-cured bacon, house-made ketchup hangout, Je erson’s Restaurant, for oysters, o ered up by Lawrence’s burgeoning food and a crunchy dill pickle on top. Chef burgers and wings. Ingredient is the place truck scene. Other market vendors o er a Vaughn Good o ers innovative dinners on for big salads, soups, sandwiches, along wide selection of pastries, pies, breads and Friday and Saturday nights, and his with a bar and live music next door at Five baked goods. Sunday brunch is noted for the biscuits Bar & Tables. and gravy. We may be in Kansas, but we love “New Just over the bridge in north Awlins”! Tiny Terrebonne Café on Lawrence is the original Johnny’s Vermont Street specializes in Cajun and Tavern, a legendary hangout Creole favorites. Order a shrimp po’ boy to with burgers, pizza, music and go, or savor your sandwich outside at a beer. Locals wishing to eat picnic table. When it comes to international avors, blockmates Jerusalem Cafe and Aladdin Cafe o er up the best of the Middle East and the Mediterranean, and Mad Greek Green papaya flank has long been appreciated for its Greek steak, Zen Zero specialties, and of all things, Italian dishes. Moving on to India, downtown o ers two

30 | KANSAS ALUMNI food-truck hub with a restaurant owned by Eric and Julia Ireland. e Irelands also own the Torched Goodness food truck, which specializes in crème brülée.

e are reminded every time we walk Wdown Massachusetts Street how far our wonderful city has come and how fortunate we are to have this beautiful, historic downtown with so many great dining options—far too many to mention in one article. We’ve shared the places we love to frequent, but follow your own nose down Massachusetts Street, including a side-street detour (and beyond) to nd more eateries, cafes, coee shops and bars oering good eats and drinks. Wherever you choose to dine, Lawrence will not disappoint. —Frank, c’75, and Jayni Carey are the authors of e Kansas Cookbook: Recipes From e Heartland, and its eagerly anticipated follow-up, e New Kansas Cherry pie, Ladybird Diner Cookbook: Rural Roots, Modern Table, both from University Press of Kansas. e New Kansas Cookbook ($29.95), with south-of-the-border stay north of the river just about groceries. It also features a illustrations by Louis Copt, ’96, will be and head down Locust Street to visit two lavish soup and salad bar, a hot bar with published in October. popular, family-owned Mexican restau- daily specials, and prepared foods to go. rants, El Matador and La Tropicana, which O Cafe Korean restaurant on Sixth both oer delicious homestyle Mexican Street prepares compelling Korean cuisine, food. In addition, La Tropicana has a and comes alive with karaoke at night. beautiful patio, perfect for dining in the We’re fans of the kimchi, as well as the warm months. bulgogi, in which marinated beef, pork or 1900 Barker, a neighborhood bakery chicken is seared in a skillet and served and cafe south of downtown, uses freshly with rice and lettuce for wrapping. On milled grains to bake up its breads, West 23rd Street, Fork To Fender is a new pastries and savory treats. Buy a loaf of the rustic raisin bread or try a ham-and- cheese croissant. e Basil Leaf on Ninth Street is a casual eatery featuring Italian food. At Ninth and Iowa, Biemer’s BBQ makes our favorite pulled pork sandwich; be sure to ask for the special vinegar sauce to splash over it. Neighboring Leeway Franks, in the Hillcrest Shopping Center, serves Chicago-style hot dogs, bratwurst, patty melts and a gigantic breakfast burrito. Owner-butcher Lee Meisel buys Frank and Jayni Carey his ingredients locally, cuts his own meat, enjoy outdoor dining at and sells hand-craed franks, brats and RND Corner Grille specialty sausages. Hillcrest’s anchor, e Merc Co-op, isn’t

ISSUE 4, 2016 | 31 Memories of favored restaurants spark hunger pangs for the past

By Chris Lazzarino

he big-as-a-plate Texas burrito is inside Border Bandido, which is just east old-time favorites. We argue about what his top seller, and the taco bar, of the old Gri ’s location. was where when, and who did this, that or Tintroduced in 1983, has proven a “eir burgers were good,” Arndt says. the other thing rst, best or worst. strong draw, but tasty Mexican food isn’t “ey didn’t need to change their burgers Whenever she has the itch make her the only attraction at Border Bandido on so much as they needed to change their public Facebook group “You Know You’re 23rd Street. Since owner Mark Arndt in surroundings. ey had an old A-frame From LAWRENCE, KS if…” light up like a 2005 rst posted a list titled “Restaurants building, they didn’t have any sit-down giggly slot machine, site administrator We’ve Outlasted,” the bittersweet roster dining, and they had a lot of competition Carol Guy posts a grainy image of an old regularly sparks customer comments. from McDonald’s and Burger King.” restaurant or faded menu, then watches “It wasn’t an idea about bragging,” As did Sandy’s, Bucky’s, Burger Chef, comments ood the group. explains Arndt, ’76. “I wanted to give Vista Drive-In and Henry’s Hamburgers. Encountering dusty photographs of people an idea of what a lot of the old-time Even Jenning’s Daylight Donut Shop— restaurants, cafes, dance halls and even restaurants were and let them kind of which Lawrencians Claire and Bill dearly departed drive-thrus “is equal to reminisce a little bit. ey love that.” Jennings launched in 1965 at the corner of hearing an old song from your youth, From A&W Drive-In to Z-Teca, the 23rd and Louisiana before opening a instantly triggering memories of our past, Border’s current list, last updated in 2015, second location in the 700 block of Mass remembering friends we met or accompa- runs 250 deep. e next update will sadly Street—grilled up memorably tasty nied at those fun-lled places,” Guy says. include the beloved Panda Garden, along cheeseburgers that in the 1970s and ’80s Restaurants of years gone by spark with once-popular joints such as Steak ’n were a favored takeaway lunch for clerks passionate discussion because many young Shake, Spangles and El Mezcal. in downtown shops. people who landed rst jobs as servers or Whenever Arndt gets around to ring Campus Hideaway did much to intro- dishwashers are now retirees who patched up his computer again—he says he updates duce Lawrence to pizza and Italian food, over the loss of, say, their Jenning’s co ee the list every couple of years—it’s certain but the rst modern-style e ort at creating klatch with Facebook chats. Many of the that even more will be added. Some will be seriously good pizza probably came in the places were owned by local families who doomed-from-the-start mistakes; others 1970s at Green Pepper Pizza, at or near were well known at the time, and they could be longtime locales that housed 600 W. 23rd, now the site of a Pizza Hut hosted important life events, from rst precious memories. WingStreet outlet. Shakey’s Pizza had been dates to weddings to anniversary parties. One joint on the list is Gri ’s Burger nearby, but it was more animatronics than “I call it ‘sweet nostalgia,’” Guy says. “It’s Bar, where Arndt went to work shortly gastronomics. a bit of each of our own personal stories.” aer he came to KU, in 1972, to study As is the case everywhere, especially in Random roll call: Drake’s Bakery. business. He found an original Gri ’s high-turnover college towns, longtime Woolworth’s lunch counter. Russell’s East. menu board in his basement and posted it Lawrencians love to talk about their Taco Grande. Cornucopia. Tin Pan Alley.

32 | KANSAS ALUMNI Don’s Steakhouse. Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips. Peking Restaurant. Bob’s Big Boy. e Glass Onion. e Learned Club. Joe’s Bakery. Vermont Street BBQ. Mr. Steak. Pachamamas. e Cheese & Salami Shoppe at Round Corner Drug. Teller’s. Village Inn. Each with its own story of why it succeeded and then failed, its own tale of (4) LIBRARY SPENCER RESEARCH COURTESY hopes and dreams, some realized, some dashed. Mark Arndt concedes that he nearly made his own list. When Border Bandido hit a rough spot aer the latest recession and took longer than he’d hoped to recover, he wasn’t sure it was still worth his trouble. Border Bandido opened in 1970 as a Don Chilito’s, then a small Kansas City- based chain of Mexican restaurants. Arndt came over from Gri’s Burger Bar When Joe Smith (above) opened his namesake Ninth Street bakery in 1952, he had no idea that in 1976 as a manager trainee. Aer legal “Hot Donuts Now” would become a beloved student tradition—especially because it was the issues involved in the chain’s expansion late-night smells of hot bread, not doughnuts, that lured students in the bakery’s early years. Joe’s forced a name change for two outlets, in Bakery closed in 2007, joining an ever-growing list of lost Lawrence deliciousness, including Lawrence and Johnson County, Arndt in 1984 bought the Border Bandidos in (below) Paradise Cafe, on Mass Street; the Glass Onion, at the crest of 12th Street; and Gri˜’s Lawrence and at West 79th Street and Burger Bar, near 23rd and Iowa streets. Quivira Road, in Overland Park, which he later closed. He long ago stopped courting college students with daily specials and the costly advertising required to continually introduce his restaurant to newcomers, and instead focused on loyal locals and visiting alumni by locking in a menu that rarely changes. “I’m so stubborn,” Arndt says. “When we hit our lull, my feeling was that I thought people should know us. I shouldn’t have to bring them in.” He saved Border Bandido, Arndt says, by forcing himself to embrace an innova- tion that wasn’t available to most of the others on his roster of the doomed: paying for targeted advertising on Facebook, which sparked a much-needed renewal. “When I decide to close up, which will happen,” he says, “I will put my own self on that list.” But not quite yet. Our beloved Texas burritos are still lunch, and a decade or so aer the last one is served, they'll be the best burritos we ever ate.

ISSUE 4, 2016 | 33 34 | KANSAS ALUMNI A Farm in the Fami y Economics forced a Kansas family o the traditional agriculture path and into a growing global movement

BY JULIE METTENBURG Photographs by Steve Puppe

ISSUE 4, 2016 | 35 t a 1978 luncheon in Ottawa, Now we stand at a crossroads, facing the U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, ’45, same dilemma many farm families face: outlined a farming future that Come back to the farm or exit for good? entailed consolidation and As politicians like to say about their Aexpansion for the biggest and best farmers. parties: We didn’t leave farming; farming American farming would become the le us. A er a series of decisions that powerhouse food producer of the world. cascaded from my parents’ fateful rejec- My dad, Alfred Mettenburg, puzzled tion of prevailing farm policy, we nd over that idea, and approached Sen. Dole ourselves in the vanguard of a global food for clarication. and farming revolution, one that dees “Are you telling me that if you were me, conventional wisdom, economists, experts you would leave this lunch and go straight and what we “know for sure” about down to the John Deere dealer, and take farming and food. out the biggest loan you could for the Our path prepared us for a new journey: biggest equipment you can buy?” as leaders of the Tallgrass Network Savory “Yes sir, that’s exactly what I’m saying,” Hub, a regional outpost in a global was the unwavering reply. network of sites that demonstrate and Perhaps it was my dad’s Missouri train others how to farm in a new way. skepticism, or an issue requiring deeper psychological study than this story, but he walked away determined to do the Deep Roots in Farming opposite. My dad’s debt hang-up (and my at we come into this story as farming parents’ day jobs) are reasons we still have outsiders seems absurd, for our family has a farm today. farmed here since 1852, when our Sen. Dole’s advice echoed farm policy of ancestors became the rst white settlers of the 1970s, famously summed up by U.S. what would become Eudora. Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz as “get Andrew Taylor Still, my mother’s big or get out.” American farmers com- great-great-grandfather, rst plowed 90 plied, but higher production led to lower acres of rich Kaw River Valley prairie in prices. Interest rates soared and land 1853. e original family renegade, Dr. prices dropped. ose who borrowed Still went on to found the eld of osteo- money to nance bigger farms and bigger pathic or “holistic” medicine. uncle’s farm. I grew up across the road on machines could not stay aoat, and by the e Still brothers and their father came land purchased by my great-grandparents early 1980s, the Farm Crisis led to a to Kansas to minister to the Shawnee. in 1949. signicant rise in farmer bankruptcies and ey settled on Blue Mound, railed against is is the farm on a rocky ledge of the suicides, an exodus from Midwestern slavery, helped found the City of Baldwin Osage Cuestas that my mother, Roxanne farms, and the devastation of whole and Baker University, hoisted ags to warn Mettenburg, g’94, g’00, visited as a child, families and communities in the name of Lawrence of approaching armies and helping hand-whip meringues and angel agricultural production, “food security” watched it burn, tended to ill families, food cakes from eggs laid by her grand- and “eciency.” battled rattlesnakes in babies’ cribs, and mother’s beloved hens. Today, my children My parents’ decision to follow a rode with John Brown. and their cousins play on that farm, where dierent path led us away from farming And they farmed, “tediously breaking they have raised chickens, built fence, but not the farm. My siblings and I the prairie sod” according to Dr. Still’s pruned fruit trees, endured the wind, and enjoyed bucolic childhoods on land that biography, and generated patents for helped their grandma whip meringues had been in our family for generations. agricultural tools. His daughter Marusha, from fresh eggs. But in the wake of the Farm Crisis, we my great-great-grandmother, settled on a Aren’t we as entitled to the label were discouraged from farming, and thus Franklin County homestead in about “farmer” as any combine-driving, wheat- my sisters, my brother and I le the family 1874; it remains in the family to this day, harvesting, cattle-raising Kansan? land with no plans to return. my grandfather’s birthplace and now my e fact is, by following our own path

36 | KANSAS ALUMNI and bypassing the industrial agriculture grandmother and their infant daughter to Above: Julie Mettenburg and her daughter, promoted by so many, including our state’s live in Germany with the occupation Chloe Burns, push a mixed herd of sheep and land grant university, we became discon- forces. ey returned to Franklin County young cattle to their next grazing pasture on nected from farming, from the old boy and purchased their own farm, which is the family farm near Princeton. clubs and coee klatches in Kansas cafes. still in the family, too. Another likely reason for our outsider As Kansans, farming is central to our Pages 34-35: Chloe, a KU junior in film, status: Our family is mostly KU stock. identity. Agriculture is the foundation prepares to move the main herd of mature In attending KU, we long ago ceded upon which the state’s culture and cattle, horses and donkeys to fresh pasture. “expert status” in farming. People serious economy formed. It’s no small thing to about agriculture steer toward Kansas own a piece of Kansas farmland today. State. But my grandfather, Dean Martin, My sisters—Jo Mettenburg, c’96, l’99, a e’42, began our KU legacy in the late commodities attorney in Kansas City, and 1930s. ere, he met my grandmother A Broken Food System Leslie Mettenburg Moore, c’00, a marketer Dorothy Harkness Martin, ’40, earned a “People want what you have,” I told my in St. Louis—agreed. My family was degree in mechanical engineering, and parents nearly 10 years ago, aer reading raising good food, and we knew friends played baseball for Phog Allen. an article about New York celebrity chef who would buy it for their families too. Serving in World War II, he earned a and local-food pioneer Mario Batali, who With the farm not a sole means of master’s in meteorology, then took my was touting the superiority of local meats. support, my parents set a course that took

ISSUE 4, 2016 | 37 38 | KANSAS ALUMNI us further from professional economic sovereignty. Not only has farming. First came the decision to farming depleted our soils by stop using industry-recommended exporting those nutrients, but it has treatments on our animals. My also depleted our food system by mother, a microbiologist with exporting economic opportunity in public health training, never farming and by exporting the food accepted the industry’s overuse of itself. antibiotics or its reliance on Ninety-seven of 105 Kansas hormone injections to boost counties contain areas considered production. My father read Michael Opposite page: Julie and her mother, Roxanne, by the USDA to be “food insecure,” either Pollan’s e Omnivore’s Dilemma and feed the farm’s small flock of pastured hens, because residents must drive so far to realized that our true product was grass which supplies eggs for the family and for reach a grocery store or because they lack and, ergo, sunlight, and that animals were Mettenburg Farm customers. Above: Roxanne the money to purchase food. According to the means to transform those energy and grandson William Burns take their position the Kansas Health Institute, a public policy sources into human nutrition—no corn research entity, parents of 1 in 5 Kansas for moving the main herd. needed. households lack access to enough nutri- As Batali, Pollan and others encouraged, tious food to sustain a healthy lifestyle. we started selling grass-fed beef directly to at’s hard to reconcile with the public customers, exiting the commodity ture’s Sustainable Agriculture Research relations message telling Kansans that our economy and joining our region’s local and Extension (SARE) of portable poultry farmers “feed the world.” How do we feed food movement. My sister Leslie broad- coops that could withstand the Kansas the world when we cannot feed ourselves? ened our reach, developing Farmer Girl wind. We learned that Kansas State had a Are the commodities we grow providing Meats in St. Louis, a farm-to-table food part-time SARE administrator, and one nourishment to the world, or raw materi- hub that markets meat raised by our sustainable ag professor, a horticulturalist als that get transformed into products like family and others online. We realized that who since le. Otherwise, we were on our ethanol, high-sugar beverages and Big my parents, sitting on that heap of Kansas own. Macs, for which most of the money is rocks that could grow only grasses, So we learned about protably grass- captured by the manufacturer? perched on the forefront of a global food nishing cattle from Anibal Pordomingo, Such questions place our whole food movement. a professor in Argentina. We began to and farming paradigm in doubt. For those ere was one roadblock: Everyone wonder, do those of us who live on the of us who existed outside the mainstream knows small farms can’t be protable. great grasslands of the world perhaps have model, the question was this: Are we Agriculture requires economies of scale. more in common with one another than outsiders, or is our way of farming the We also recognized that the quest for with our neighbors in the U.S. whose future? scale is what got farmers evicted from agricultural choices are so very dierent farming in the rst place. from ours? Our “small” farm of some 500 acres was Agronomist Ricardo Salvador, lead A New Mentor, A New Way about the same size as that of the iconic scientist for food and the environment at In August 2014 our journey led us to a local foods farmer Joel Salatin, featured in the Center for Science in the Public fresh-owing stream deep in the heart of the Omnivore’s Dilemma and the 2008 Interest, came to Kansas and talked about Africa, to Zimbabwe and Dimbangombe documentary “Food Inc.” and himself the how worldwide, agriculture and its Ranch, the home of Allan Savory. is author of many books on sustainable “eciencies” are made possible by stream had been a dry creek bed a few farming. So we visited his farm in Virginia systemic exploitation of people and years before, anked by parched red earth and came home with ideas. Here on the environment. e modern food system that’s now covered with abundant grasses hot, dry prairie of Kansas, some worked, extracts our natural resources without taller than both cattle and humans. but many didn’t. paying their true cost and exploits human Here on these banks, we found our We looked for local help and teamed up resources, as do most extractive industries. home in agriculture, and the opportunity with the Bauman family of Garnett, who So, we began to admit, agriculture in to join a global band of renegades with a were leading promising projects, like a Kansas is the business of mining: our soils shared guide for the journey: Allan Savory, trial with the U.S. Department of Agricul- of their nutrients and our people of their a pariah, a heretic, a man whose theories

ISSUE 4, 2016 | 39 and practices are only now gaining interest proven successful on tens of thousands of Family members and leaders of the Tallgrass and respect among academics. acres and on 10 acres. Network: Al Mettenburg, Julie Mettenburg, Our new mentor was in fact a wildlife Central to Holistic Management is the William Burns, Roxanne Mettenburg, Chloe biologist, an elephant-lover and former local context, the notion that each family, Burns. Opposite page: With the herd relocated, cattle-hater, an “outsider” himself. In a each community, each piece of land and Chloe will release her horse, Thunder, to graze. lifetime working with ranchers in south- each part of the world has its own unique ern Africa, ghting for survival through set of circumstances that must be tended times of intense drought, war, and for the successful management of the economic turmoil, Savory borrowed from ecology, economy and society therein. removing carbon from the earth’s past thinkers to piece together Holistic Holistic Management helps us adapt our atmosphere. Management, a decision-making process agriculture to the environment we live in. More than 2,500 proposals were for managing natural and human It uses nature’s eciencies, rather than submitted in 2007; rigorous vetting by resources. imposing industry’s. It deals in the reality teams of researchers has narrowed the Savory showed us how grazing animals of complexity, which describes both eld to 11. Savory’s is the only proposal regenerate soil, a claim that counters the natural and human systems, and thus may among the nalists to work with Earth’s conventional wisdom that grazers—cattle provide a real path to “feeding the world.” ecosystem; the rest propose technological in particular—are the problem. But Holistic Management’s promise is xes, like air scrubbing machines. Chal- In more than 40 years of practice, greater than that: It also oers a signi cant lenge scientists con rm that Savory’s Savory’s methods have yielded remarkably opportunity to mitigate climate change. solution can work. e soils, aided by uniform results worldwide: abundant is outlandish claim, which Savory properly managed livestock, can sequester grasslands that were once degrading to expressed in his 2013 TED talk, at rst the carbon. e question is whether bare soil and desert, restored streams and branded him a lunatic in some circles, but humans can really change their agricul- water cycles, 400 percent increases in the claim is bearing itself out. e Savory tural paradigm with the speed and scale productivity, improved biodiversity and Institute is a nalist in the Virgin Earth needed to make a global climate impact. stabilized grassland succession, healed Challenge, a $25 million prize to be at’s where we come in. As one of 19 social structures, nancial self-suciency awarded by Virgin Group founder Richard accredited Savory Hubs, the Tallgrass and more. Holistic Management has Branson for the most credible proposal for Network’s regional mandate is to spread

40 | KANSAS ALUMNI the use of Holistic Management across a 25 million-acre region of eastern Kansas and western Missouri. By 2025, the Savory Network will number 100 locations worldwide, a critical mass projected to aect the climate. Hubs serve as a proxy for Savory himself by advancing the knowledge and practice of Holistic Management, training new holistic managers, auditing and certifying farms, building a global data platform for sharing with other practitioners and scientists, and ensuring that Holistic Management is not only executed with quality control, but also evolves and improves. Michigan State University hosts a new hub that will help spearhead the science, and Arizona State University leads a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional team that documentary lmmakers have dubbed the Soil Carbon Cowboys. As the America. Jane Gibson, associate professor ceived notions. Paradigm change requires movement progresses and more science of sociocultural anthropology, studies the not just new ideas, but a little bit of bears out Savory’s claims, he is looking less challenges for beginning farmers, such as a ignorance to “the way things are.” like a heretic and more like a hero. higher death rate due to lack of safety e new farmers we know look like When our family learned that we had knowledge. Paul Stock, assistant professor German Baptists in bonnets, nuns in blue been chosen as a hub, we faced a soul- of sociology and environmental studies, jeans, youths of all types, women couples, searching decision. Were we up to this researches alternative agriculture and leads young couples, non-couples, urban level of commitment, to not only stay on the University’s multidisciplinary Food shepherdesses, retirees, veterans, second- this road-less-traveled, but to lead others Utopias project. Kelly Kindscher, c’79, career back-to-the-landers, young along it too? My sister Jo cast the deciding PhD’92, senior scientist at the Kansas Jamaican families, Asian refugees, vote. “We have to do this,” she said. “It’s Biological Survey and a Food Utopias Montessori students, returning Gen Xers the best t for who we are.” collaborator, leads an interdisciplinary like my siblings and me, old farmers research team in a partnership between who’ve had enough with the old ways, and KU’s environmental studies program and more. Who Will Farm? the Land Institute, the Salina alternative ey are growing honeybees, fruits and To meet the future, Kansans are having agriculture organization led by Wes vegetables, poultry, small livestock. ings to open ourselves to new ideas about not Jackson, c’60, whose scientists focus on that require very little land or money to only what a globalized, sustainable food breeding a perennial polyculture grain start. ings that sound a lot like food. system looks like, but also what it means crop. We call many of these new farmers to be a farmer. is is the niche in which And, nally, the only sustainable friends, colleagues and students of Holistic the Tallgrass Network nds itself. agricultural training program in the state Management with us. Together we are It is perhaps the most challenging issue does not exist at a state university: It is farming in collaborative teams and for our state, intersecting with our down the road at Johnson County community networks. ese new stewards economics and politics: the advanced age Community College, led by professor Stu are nding permission in regenerative of our current farmers, the exodus of my Shafer, g’85, whose students seeking to agriculture, in places like our little farm generation of farmers long ago, and the continue their training oen end up at KU. and the Tallgrass Network, where doing disenfranchisement of aspiring farmers It makes sense that the future of things dierently feels like the best t for who lack access to land and resources. agriculture may reside at KU and other who we are. And this, to us longtime As it turns out, KU scholars are on the places not traditionally associated with Kansas farmers, feels like progress. forefront of this important research. Don farming. In his book Fields of Farmers: —Mettenburg, j’91, is leader of the Stull, professor emeritus of sociocultural Interning, Mentoring, Partnering, Germi- Tallgrass Network Savory Hub and former anthropology, wrote the seminal book on nating, Joel Salatin says he’ll welcome kids director of the Kansas Rural Center, a exploitation, Slaughterhouse Blues: e from the streets of Brooklyn on his farm sustainable farming organization. She lives Meat and Poultry Industry in North any day. ey don’t come with precon- in Lawrence.

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Wichita and the Rock Chalk Ball in Kansas City. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate in history, Docking was honored in 2003 by the COURTESY ALLYN RISLEY ALLYN COURTESY COURTESY JILL DOCKING COURTESY College of Liberal Arts & Sciences for distinguished achievement, and in 2010 she was recognized as a distinguished alumna of the School of Business, where she earned her master’s in business administration. She served on the business school’s Board of Advisors for ve years in the early ’90s. For KU Endowment, she is a trustee, KU First donor and Chancellors Club member, and she and Tom helped lead the Far Above campaign as co-chairs. She served on the Women Philanthropists for KU advisory board as well as the KU Docking Risley Medical Center and 4-Wichita advance- ment boards. e Dockings also were funding partners of the KU Cancer Center in the University’s successful quest for Trusted service National Cancer Institute designation Ellsworth honorees commit time, talent and resources to KU in 2012. For Kansas Athletics, they are members of the Williams Education Fund. he Association will present the 2016 on the Kansas Board of Regents from 2007 “Jill’s involvement with KU is long-term, TFred Ellsworth Medallion Sept. 9 to to ’13 and acted as chair during her last consistent and deep,” says KU Endowment two exceptional Jayhawks, Jill Sadowsky four years of service. She has consistently President Dale Seuferling, j’77, who Docking, c’78, g’84, and Allyn Risley, e’72. supported KU as a member of Jayhawks nominated Docking for the honor. “e Each year the Association presents for Higher Education. Ellsworth Medallion criteria of ‘individu- medallions to KU volunteers who have Her commitment to the Alumni als who have provided unique and displayed outstanding service, a Association has been unwavering, as signi cant service to the University’ tradition that began in 1975 in evidenced by her ve-year appoint- sounds like it was written to describe Jill’s memory of Fred Ellsworth, ment to the national Board of contributions.” c’22, the Association’s Directors and her service on Risley, e’72, Houston, has shown longest-serving chief its Executive Committee outstanding dedication to KU on executive. e recipi- from 2004 to ’06. She has national and local levels. He served on ents are honored in the contributed to the Kansas the Association’s national Board of fall during a meeting Honors Program as a Directors from 2002 to ’07, and he was a of the Association’s donor and keynote volunteer and ocer for the Association’s national Board of speaker, and she has helped Houston Network for several years. Directors and will be guide the Wichita Network. His KU service in Texas earned him introduced during the Docking and her husband, the Mildred Clodfelter Alumni Award home football game omas, c’76, l’80, g’80, are in 2010. Sept. 10. longtime Life Members and Presi- He has recruited KU students in Texas Docking, c’78, g’84, Wichita, has been a dents Club donors and regularly partici- as a HAWK (Helpful Alumni Working for steadfast advocate for the University and pate in local alumni events and fundrais- KU) volunteer and served as a ’Hawk to for higher education in Kansas. She served ers, including the Jayhawk Roundup in ’Hawk mentor. He hosted and participated

42 | KANSAS ALUMNI in numerous alumni and athletic events in A NOTE FROM HEATH Houston and attended the Rock Chalk Ball

in Kansas City. Advocate for KU with your vote STOREY DAN Risley and his wife, Jill Bogan Risley, assoc., are Life Members and contribute ne of the most important roles of annually to the Presidents Club. ey also Othe Association and its members is have provided $50,000 to establish the to advocate for the University. I urge our Risley Family Texas Programs Endowment members in Kansas to support KU and for the Alumni Association. higher education by voting in the As a student, Risley belonged to the primary elections Tuesday, Aug. 2, and Society of Petroleum Engineers, and he the general elections Nov. 8. This year, has continued his leadership of the School every seat in the Kansas House and of Engineering since graduating. He is a Senate is up for election—so if you want member of the school’s advisory board to make your voice heard, this is the and was inducted in the Chemical and perfect time to do it. Peterson Petroleum Engineering Hall of Fame in In recent years, state financial 2002. He was part of the SELF Engineering support for higher education has Fellows speaker series in 2011 and served decreased dramatically. From fiscal year pay 58.8 percent of the cost, and state as a keynote speaker for the KU Energy 2000 to fiscal year 2016, state funding funds will provide 41.2 percent. Conference. e School honored him with for KU fell by $182 million. And though I hope you will make support of its Distinguished Engineering Service the total per-student cost of education higher education a key consideration as Award in 2011. has decreased from $22,478 to you evaluate the candidates and cast “As you look at Allyn’s commitment to $22,034, students and families now your vote on Aug. 2. Please also urge the University of Kansas, you will see a bear most of the burden. Sixteen years your fellow Kansans to register to vote person who truly loves the University,” ago, state funds provided 71.4 percent and support candidates who are says Frank Becker, e’58, who has known of the total cost per student, while proponents of higher education. Risley for more than 20 years and nomi- tuition dollars paid 28.6 percent. In fall If you cannot vote Aug. 2, you can nated him for the award. “His activities are 2016, students and their families will vote early or mail an absentee ballot exemplary in every way.” through Aug. 1. The last day to request For KU Endowment, Risley is a an absentee ballot by mail is July 29, Chancellors Club and Mount Oread and all absentee ballots must be Society Life Member and a member received by noon on Aug. 2. of the School of Engineering Dean’s Club. PUPPE STEVE If you would like to become more He has served as a longtime fundraiser involved in legislative advocacy for KU, and contributor to the school through the Association also coordinates a Campaign Kansas and KU First, and he statewide network, Jayhawks for Higher chaired the Far Above engineering Education. More than 1,700 alumni and campaign committee. He helped fund friends are JHE members. They receive the renovation of the undergraduate emails highlighting KU’s legislative petroleum engineering laboratory and priorities, and they take action on KU’s has provided support to help hire key behalf at critical points throughout the faculty members and enhance the SELF legislative session. If you live in Kansas Engineering Fellows’ international and would like to add your voice to our experience. He also contributed to the advocacy eŠorts, please join JHE at construction of the new Earth, Energy kualumni.org/jhe. and Environment Center on campus. Thanks for your Jayhawk loyalty— For Kansas Athletics, he helped organize and Rock Chalk! KU’s participation in the Bear Bryant Coach of the Year Awards, and the Risleys —Heath Peterson, d’04, g’09 contribute to the Williams Education KU Alumni Association president Fund. ey also are Friends of the KU Libraries.

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as president and has hosted numerous events to support the Association and DAN STOREY DAN student recruitment. He received the Dick Wintermote Award for his leadership. He and his wife, Erinn Schaiberger Colaianni, b’07, g’08, are Life Members and Presi- dents Club donors. Jay Kerutis, c’82, of Mesa, Arizona, devoted his career to computer so ware, rising through the ranks at Digital River Inc. to become president of the so ware and digital commerce services division. Now retired, he is president of the Las Sendas Golf Club. He competed for KU as a swimmer and, as captain, led the team to two conference championships. He organized a 25-year reunion of his teammates. He is a Life Member and Presidents Club donor. He earned his KU degree in personnel administration. He is married to Pat Caldwell. Janet Murn, d’75, of Wichita, helped create the annual Jayhawk Roundup in Putnam, Carroll, Seyfarth Wichita and with her husband, David, b’75, has hosted the event every year at Murn Stables. She is a member of the National leaders Board as immediate past chair. Wichita Network board and has volun- Carroll, assoc., joined the Board in 2012. teered for numerous programs, serving as Board of Directors selects A graduate of the Culinary Institute of an ardent KU advocate. e Murns are ocers, new directors America in Hyde Park, New York, he Life Members and Presidents Club donors. became a Jayhawk in 1983, when he was She earned her KU degree in elementary hired as the rst director of the Adams education. cott Seyfarth of Chicago and Kevin Alumni Center and manager of e Portia Kibble Smith, c’78, Overland SCarroll of Atlanta will guide the Learned Club for the Association. As a Park, owns PKS Executive Search & Association as chair and chair-elect during volunteer, he has served on the Executive Consulting and has served on the Kansas the 2016-’17 year, following elections Committee, the Alumni Programs City Network board for several years. She during the national Board of Directors’ Committee and the Communications, has participated in numerous events, meeting May 6-7. e Board also chose Marketing and Records Committee. including the Rock Chalk Ball and ’Hawks, four new directors, who began their He currently leads the Association’s Task Helmets and Handlebars. She personally ve-year terms July 1. Force on Strategic Facility Planning for recruits students to KU through her Seyfarth, b’83, began his national service the Alumni Center. He and his wife, involvement in the local KU network as to the Association in 2010 a er a long stint Lisa, assoc., have hosted KU student well as the Black Alumni Network. She as a volunteer for the Chicago Network. recruitment events in Atlanta and earned her KU degree in personnel He has chaired the Finance and Audit Florida. Carroll is chief operating ocer administration. Committees of the Board and served on and general manager of the Atlanta Six directors retired from the Board the Executive Committee as well as the Athletic Club. June 30: Communications, Marketing and Records e four new directors on the Board James Bredfeldt, c’70, m’74, Bellevue, Committee. He owns Hipskind Seyfarth include: Washington; Risk Solutions LLC in Chicago. He and his Ryan Colaianni, c’07, j’07, of Arlington, John Jeter, c’77, m’81, Hays; wife, Eileen, live in Hinsdale and are Virginia, is a senior account supervisor Shelle Hook McCoy, d’73, Topeka; Presidents Club donors; he is a Life with Edelman public relations in Washing- Lori Anderson Piening, b’92, Austin, Member. ton, D.C., and graduated from KU with Texas; Seyfarth succeeds Richard Putnam, c’77, degrees in journalism and political Mark Randall, j’03, Englewood, l’80, of Omaha, who will remain on the science. He leads the Washington Network Colorado; and

44 | KANSAS ALUMNI Camille Bribiesca Nyberg, c’96, g’98, of group: John Ballard III, b’73, Overland March 1, 2017. e Nominating Wichita, who led the Board as national Park; Cory Lagerstrom, c’94, g’98, l’98, Committee meets in April to review all chair during 2014-’15. Prairie Village; and Jill Simpson Miller, nominees and select a slate for individual e retirements of Nyberg, Bredfeldt d’01, Webb City, Missouri. consideration and election by the and McCoy le three open positions on Each year the Association invites Board at its May meeting. e Board the Executive Committee, and the nominations for new directors. Nomina- meets three times annually in Board chose three directors to join the tions will be accepted from Jan. 1 through Lawrence.

’Hawks, Helmets and Handlebars

icycle safety and healthy outdoor Bliving were on display June 4 at the

KU Cancer Center’s Westwood campus (4) STOREY DAN during the annual ‘Hawks, Helmets and Handlebars event, which featured a bicycle safety course, Johnson County firefighters and Baby Jay. The Kansas City Network, along with the Healthy Hawks program of KU Medical Center’s pediatrics department, distributed donated bikes and tricycles, and the first 150 kids received free helmets. “It was amazing to see the kids excited to get their ‘new’ bikes,” said Jessica Nelson, j’11, community awareness chair for the alumni network. “Everyone loved the bike safety course, climbing on the fire truck and meeting Baby Jay.”

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Life Members DAN STOREY (4) STOREY DAN he Association thanks these Jayhawks, who began their Life Tmemberships May 1 through June 30. For information, visit kualumni.org or call 800-584-2957. Logan M. Abbott Jennifer A. Drake Bill & Mary Lou Brewer Capt. William R. Drury Akright Shirley Grounds Duncan Shirley A. Algiene D. Haynes Dunn Alex D. & Pamela Clancy Robert P. Edwards Ammar Robert C. Everhart Christopher G. Andrist Julie Ferrell Christopher Avila Sara A. Fevurly Carolyn P. Bandle Roseann Munoz Flagg KU Alumni Association Invitational Jacques D. Barbera Amanda M. Floerchinger ore than 80 Jayhawks teed it high and let it fly at Prairie James N. Barton Deborah A. Florido MDunes Country Club in Hutchinson during the seventh- Curtis A. & Margaret G. Sloan Emma L. Flynn annual KU Alumni Association Invitational. Ken Eland, c’81, Trey Beall Charles E. Franzke Herman, Markus Hilger and Tom O’Kee—e captured this year’s Aaron Beaver Elaine L. Frisbie tournament and will head to the Acura College Alumni Team Philip R. Bennett Aaron M. Garcia Championship at the legendary Pinehurst Resort Oct. 27-30. Julia J. Berk Chester D. George Daniel L. Bjornson Jeannene T. Glenn Taylor L. Bonello Eric B. Gold Paul K. Bossert Christine Gorrell Steven Bower Kathleen A. Graham Emma L. Bowles Joseph M. & Shanna Benjamin W. Brittenham Shoemaker Grant Kaitlyn S. Brown William A. Greenwood Kevin M. & Kindra Estes Sarah C. Hamilton Browne Diana Hall Harvey Gregory J. Buehne & Molly M. Hayes Constance Cowley Mary C. & Justin D. Healy Sean T. Cameron Thomas A. & Mary Lee Jessica A. Campbell Hedrick A. Michelle Canter Bradley D. & Lindsey Morse Kelly Belden Carney Heinz Joel G. Carter Barbara L. Hicks Tamara K. Castor Andrew M. Hiett Michelle L. Cheung Kathleen Hilgers Richard D. Clark Jr. Kirsten A. Himle Kyle R. Clay Cortnee L. Hosler Kenneth M. Cochran Stacy A. Howell Lori Collins Christine M. Hruska Holly A. Colson Christie L. Humphries Brian R. & Amanda Radovich Andrew R. Johnson Cordes Monica I. Johnson John A. Curran & J J Michael L. Jones O’Toole-Curran Bridget Kane Ilana N. Cypes Emily E. Kane Kimberly M. Davidson Jason J. Kane Curtis C. & Ann Renfro Dorn Emily N. Keesling Molly Dougan Christopher F. Kemp

46 | KANSAS ALUMNI Board of Directors Jay Kerutis, c’82, Mesa, Arizona Nicholas & Jennifer Booth Luke E. Reber Janet Lusk Murfin, d’75, Wichita n CHAIR Kemp Joey D. Richmeier Portia Kibble Smith, c’78, Scott R. Seyfarth, b’83, Hinsdale, Jennifer D. Kittlaus George A. Roberts Overland Park Stephen A. Korte Remington Robinson Illinois Samuel A. Lamb Amanda J. Rodriguez n CHAIR-ELECT Robert A. Langer Douglas H. Rofheart Kevin E. Carroll, assoc., Atlanta, Georgia Senior Sta Members n PRESIDENT James T. Large S. David Ross II n EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Heath Peterson, d’04, g’09 David S. & Margaret Ortega David B. Ruisch John W. Ballard III, b’73, Overland Park Lewis Michael E. Ryan Kevin E. Carroll, assoc., Atlanta, Georgia n ADMINISTRATION Brianna J. Leyden Jarett W. Sauer Marci K. Deuth, e’05, Washington, D.C. Heather Hawkins, j’06, Executive Darrell E. & Frances R. Lile Spencer T. Scheve Cory L. Lagerstrom, c’94, g’98, l’98, Assistant & Coordinator, Donor Celine M. Long John F. Schwaller Prairie Village Relations Jill Simpson Miller, d’01, Webb City, Jessica A. Luber Kenneth L. Seise n ALUMNI & STUDENT Missouri Garrett J. Lust Nicholas Shaw MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMS Brenna Long Malmberg Ronda L. Sheldon Richard E. Putnam, c’77, l’80, Brad Eland, b’09, g’11, Vice Nathan E. & Cheyenne Rochelle D. Shoemaker Omaha, Nebraska President, Alumni & Student Hansen Marlow Scott M. & Kelly Cochran Scott R. Seyfarth, b’83, Hinsdale, Programs Craig A. & Megan Younger Shorten Illinois n COMMUNICATIONS Mason Laurence E. Showalter n DIRECTORS TO 2017 Jennifer Sanner, j’81, Senior Vice Michael B. Mason II & Leah Katherine G. Sloan Donald R. Brada, c’61, m’65, Lawrence President, Strategic Communica- M. Mason Michael L. & Julia A. Luke B. Bobo, e’82, Shawnee tions & Advocacy; Secretary Karen Nichols McAbee Smallwood Kevin E. Carroll, assoc., Atlanta, Georgia n Lamont J. McCray-King Debra Kruger Smith Marci K. Deuth, e’05, Chicago, Illinois DEVELOPMENT Calvin McConnell, j’11, Barbara Artinger McHugh Laura J. Spatz Gregory E. Ek, b’76, Wichita Associate Development Director James F. & Brigitte Wren Connor Stanton n DIRECTORS TO 2018 McKinney Duncan A. Stanton John W. Ballard III, b’73, Overland Park n DONOR RELATIONS Lee & Cathy L. Messinger Joanie Wilhite Stephens Aaron R. Brinkman, j’98, Dallas, Texas Angela Storey, b’04, g’07, James B. Miller Sara Skopec Stettler Debi Dennis Duckworth, d’80, Houston, Vice President Scott L. Mitchell Kristy Straub Texas n FINANCE Adam C. Moon Andrew M. & Stephanie Jill Simpson Miller, d’01, Webb City, Dwight Parman, Senior Vice William P. Moore II Settle Taylor Missouri President, Finance and Human Ryan D. Morfin Elizabeth A. Theno Jerry D Skillett, b’81, New York, New Resources; Treasurer York William L. Murfin Edward D. Tilly n HOSPITALITY SERVICES Madeline J. Nave John M. Vanatta Jr. n DIRECTORS TO 2019 Bryan Greve, Senior Vice President, Jesse R. Newcomb Bruce E. Vaughn Carrie W. Coulson, b’02, l’05, New York, Hospitality Robert W. Newsom Lucas A. Wallace New York n MARKETING & DIGITAL John T. Nguyen Nicolette K. Warnke Cory L. Lagerstrom, c’94, g’98, l’98, Prairie Village MEDIA Zachary J. Nicolay Robert H. Weaver David Johnston, j’94, g’06, Vice Cindy Emig Penzler, c’81, m’85, Barbara Gelb Novorr Aaron C. Wellman President, Marketing & Digital Lawrence William M. Nye James A. Wharton-Hess & Media Abby Ogden Kara L. Hall Timothy T. Trump, b’80, l’83, Tulsa, Oklahoma n MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMS Alyson O. Oliver David J. Wiesner Albert I. Shank Jr., b’77, Liberal Teri Harris, Vice President, Hannah K. Oliver Stephen M. Wolk Membership & Business n DIRECTORS TO 2020 Jorge A. Sosa Ortiz Janie Hursh Wright Development Lia A. Palazzolo Kim P. Young Missy Hodge McCarthy, c’86, s’88, Vanessa K. Panagakos Rancho Mirage, California n RECORDS Taber L. Patee Ellen O. Remsing, c’00, Manhattan, Bill Green, Senior Vice President, Scott W. Pauls Kansas Information Services Stefanie Shackelford, Vice President, Connor A. Peck Dave B. Roland, e’80, Excelsior, Minnesota Alumni Records Brendan M. & Aaron M. Pfeifer n DIRECTORS TO 2021 Blake G. Phipps Ryan Colaianni, c’07, j’07, Arlington, Marcha Sawyers Pipes Virginia James L. Potter

ISSUE 4, 2016 | 47 Class Notes by Heather Biele Tidewater Community College. He’s currently vice president for special projects at Hampton Roads Community Foundation in Norfolk, Virginia. Frank and his wife, Myra, live in Virginia Beach. Stuart Knutson, e’55, is retired from career achievement. He and Sonja Marsha Miller Farley, f’70, is a real 55 Knutson Construction. He contin- Hampton Burke, ’64, make their home in estate agent at Reece and Nichols. She and ues to make his home in Kansas City. Dodge City. Frank, c’71, live in Belton, Missouri. David Edgell Sr., b’61, professor of Bob Hartley, j’58, wrote e tourism, trade and economic development Peggy Grant Cobb, c’71, l’75, is an 58 Dealmakers of Downstate Illinois, at East Carolina University in Greenville, 71 attorney at Cobb Legal Services in which was published in April by Southern North Carolina, recently published an Kansas City, where she makes her home Illinois University Press. It is his 12th article in e Brown Journal of World with her husband, John. book. Aairs. His latest book, Managing Sustain- William Orrison Jr., c’71, m’75, is chief able Tourism: A Legacy for the Future, was of neuroradiology at SimonMed Las Joan Staord, b’59, retired as released in March. Vegas. He lives in Las Vegas with his wife, 59 human resources manager at John Filbert, e’61, g’62, retired aer Heather. Schneider Electric in California. She lives more than 50 years with CH2M in Dale Raymond, f’71, owns Design Li. in Pasadena. Corvallis, Oregon, where he lives. He and his wife, Ileana, make their home in Tampa, Florida. Larry Burke, c’61, retired professor of Harriet Kagay Coppoc, d’62, lives in 61 history and division chair at Dodge 62 West Lafayette, Indiana, where she Patricia Laerty Ballard, c’72, City Community College, was inducted in teaches ute. 72 graduated this spring from Santa Fe the DCCC Hall of Fame for outstanding University of Art and Design in Santa Fe, John DuBois, b’65, is a media New Mexico, where she and David, c’71, 65 consultant at 4PRIMA in San Jose, make their home. California, where he makes his home. John Robinson Jr., e’72, g’74, is founder School Codes Letters that follow names and chairman of Hamilton Ventures in indicate the school from which alumni earned Thomas Billings, m’66, is a physi- Kansas City, where he lives. degrees. Numbers show their class years. 66 cian at the Hutchinson Clinic a School of Architecture, Walk-In Care. He lives in McPherson. Harry Bontrager, c’73, is vice Design and Planning Franklin Scamman, e’66, m’70, retired 73 president of corporate accounts at b School of Business aer a 36-year career at the University of Healthcare Links in Westmont, Illinois, c College of Liberal Arts Iowa Carver College of Medicine in Iowa where he lives with his wife, Louise. and Sciences City, where he makes his home with Mary Emily Cameron Shattil, l’73, is a retired d School of Education Braum Scamman, d’65. judge and lives in Lincoln, Nebraska. e School of Engineering Susan Krehbiel William, c’73, b’81, l’90, f School of Fine Arts Thomas Edgar, e’67, is professor of retired aer a 26-year career practicing g Master’s Degree chemical engineering and George T. law. She makes her home in Topeka with h School of Health Professions 67 j School of Journalism and Gladys H. Abell chair at the University her husband, Larry. l School of Law of Texas in Austin, where he lives. m School of Medicine Janet Miller Steury, d’67, is on the Sarah Harrison Jackson, f’74, lives n School of Nursing board of trustees of the P.E.O. STAR 74 in Santa Ana, California, where she’s p School of Pharmacy Scholarship. She and Jack, c’67, a retired the weaving editor for Handwoven PharmD School of Pharmacy American Airlines pilot, make their home magazine. s School of Social Welfare in St. Joseph, Missouri. Mandy Patinkin, ’74, a Tony and Emmy u School of Music award-winning actor, received the 2016 DE Doctor of Engineering Bill Coates, c’69, l’72, is an adjunct Common Wealth Award of Distinguished DMA Doctor of Musical Arts professor of trial advocacy at KU’s Service. DPT Doctor of Physical Therapy 69 School of Law. Barbara Rosel, d’74, attended graduate EdD Doctor of Education PhD Doctor of Philosophy school at the University of Central (no letter) Former student Frank Dunn, c’70, a retired Navy Oklahoma in Edmond. She lives in Gilmer, assoc Associate member of the 70 captain, was named executive vice Texas. Alumni Association president emeritus aer retiring from Kent Sundgren, c’74, l’78, g’78, lives in

48 | KANSAS ALUMNI Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he’s ocer at Pixius Communications in Management in Surprise, Arizona. He and semiretired aer more than 25 years in the Wichita. He and his wife, Jarene, make Linda, assoc., live in Buckeye. nancial industry. He’s also a certied their home in Valley Center. motorcycle safety coach. Steve Smith, c’75, is a senior associate Joe Baba, c’77, owns TMJ & Sleep Mike Tackett, c’74, is the Midwest attorney at Gates Shields Ferguson 77 erapy Centre in Wichita, where account executive at Mid America Hammond in Overland Park. He lives in he lives with Jae Pierce-Baba, f’76. Mortgage. He makes his home in Shawnee. Gary Davis Jr., c’77, is an attorney at McCordsville, Indiana. Butler Snow in Austin, Texas, where he Howard Cohen, p’76, lives in makes his home. Melissa Damron Davis, c’75, g’78, is 76 Marlton, New Jersey, where he’s Rae Lynne Devilbiss-Baker, d’77, lives in 75 an adjunct instructor and academic president of Safe Medication Management Wineld, where she’s the Community adviser at Leavenworth Pioneer Career Associates. Developmental Disability Organization Center in Leavenworth, where she makes Barbara Haman, f’76, is a project director for Cowley County. her home. manager for facilities and real estate at Barton Goering, d’77, g’80, retired aer Ronald Farrin, e’75, is vice president and Burns & McDonnell in Kansas City. She 23 years as superintendent of schools in AE design principal at the Haskell lives in Leawood. the Spring Hill school district. He’s now a Company in Jacksonville, Florida, where Debbie Kempston, f’76, is director of real estate agent in the Goering Group of he lives. occupational therapy at Home Grown OT Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate in Jacques Fluker, c’75, is chief technology 4 Kids in Murrieta, California, where she Kansas City. Bart and Cindy, assoc., make lives with her husband, Christopher. their home in Olathe. Rick McConn, l’76, is chief of facilities Alison Gwinn, j’77, lives in Denver, development for Tahoe Forest Hospital where she’s a freelance writer and editor. District in Truckee, California, where he Carolie Vossman Meade, n’77, is clinic makes his home with his wife, Phyllis. manager at Laser Spine Institute in Brad Williams, b’76, is CEO of Toby Cincinnati. She and her husband,

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Already a Life Jayhawk Society member? You may make an additional Jayhawk Society contribution by July 31 to receive the set of glasses. Thank you for your membership! Upgrade at kualumni.org/lifejhsupgrade Everard, live in Loveland, Ohio. manager at SternMaid in Aurora, Illinois. Joan Hillgardner, h’79, is an EMS Ross Weaver, p’77, is managing director He lives in Ho man Estates. lieutenant for the New York City Fire of Clinical SCORE in Chadds Ford, Department. Pennsylvania. He lives in Kennett Square Ann Ardis, c’79, is senior vice with his wife, Anne. 79 provost for graduate and profes- Christopher Culver, b’80, is director sional education at the University of 80 of natural gas and safety at Valero R. Kent Allingham, b’78, manages Delaware in Newark. Energy Corporation in San Antonio, 78 accounting at Verizon in Lake Mary, Leslie Russo Bayer, j’79, g’86, ’96, where he makes his home with Ingrid Florida, where he lives. retired from ScriptPro. She makes her Winblad Culver, b’81. Anne Burke, c’78, l’81, is partner at home in Kansas City. Bernie Homan, e’80, is a petroleum Burke McClasky Stevens in Overland Park. Angela Price Chammas, e’79, lives in engineer and biofuel consultant at K-Coe She lives in Leawood. Hawthorn Woods, Illinois. She recently Isom in Wichita, where he makes his Avilio Liscano, c’78, e’78, is plant retired from Sprint. home.

PROFILE by Chris Lazzarino STEVE PUPPE STEVE Brewmaster Bradt crafts “It’s not like there unexpected beer career was ever a ceremo- nial ‘and now you teve Bradt’s exposure to the American are bestowed the Scra beer revolution reaches back to title of …’” Bradt the movement’s early days, in the 1980s, recalls with a laugh. when an older brother returning to “So at some point or Lawrence from jobs in the Pacic North- another I started west would sh from his travel bags saying, ‘I guess I’m now-legendary gems like Grant’s Imperial kind of the head Stout, by Yakima Brewing, and Redhook brewer here.’” Brewery’s Ballard Bitter IPA. Today Bradt, an Steve Bradt says Free State’s success is in “relationships that we build. “I thought that was pretty cool, and I amiable American It’s people understanding the story of who we are and why people want enjoyed it, but I was never a home brewer,” history major who to enjoy what we make.” says Bradt, c’88, director of brewing serves as announcer operations at Free State Brewing Co. “I’m for the Lawrence kind of unusual in cra brewing that way.” City Band’s Summer Concert Series in tion, Free State has always touted its Excited by the revitalization of the north South Park, oversees Free State’s wholesale connection to the histories of both state end of downtown—which by the late operation at an East 19th Street brewing and beverage, which suits Bradt ne. 1980s had seen overhauls of Liberty Hall, and bottling site. at’s where the brewery “All this appeals to my American history where Bradt worked on the construction dispatches four year-round beers and an background from KU,” he says. “We try to team, and the Eldridge Hotel—Bradt equal number of seasonal varieties to tie a lot of history into a lot of things at sought a job at Free State and was tending outlets in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri Free State, whether it’s our beer names or bar when the now-iconic brewpub opened and Iowa. the insights we put into things that come on Feb. 23, 1989. A dozen or so creative beers on tap out of the history of Kansas. As Free State prospered, business at the brewery are still brewed in tanks “Beer was the rst recorded recipe, more demands pulled founder, owner and visible behind a glass wall near the than 5,000 years ago, so there’s plenty of original head brewer Chuck Magerl, ’78, main bar, a task now overseen by history to be plumbed, and to be made, in away from his beloved beer tanks. at’s Geo Deman, c’95. the brewing world.” when Bradt, a self-professed “process “I still throw my two cents in here and And that suits Free State patrons ne, geek” with lifelong interests in science and there,” Bradt says, “and now and then they too, “because”—in the heralded words of cooking, slid out from behind the bar and humor me.” Brother Epp—“without beer, things do not headed back to make beer. e rst Kansas brewery since Prohibi- seem to go as well.”

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Mindi Strange McKenna, c’80, directs Sarah Smull Hatfield, b’81, g’83, Beach, Alabama, where he owns Attitude continuing medical education at the 81 directs human resources at Habitat Sailing. American Academy of Family Physicians for Humanity of Metro Denver. She lives in Leawood. She lives in Kansas City with in Aurora, Colorado, with her partner, Philip Cedeño, m’82, is a surgeon at her husband, Joseph. Victoria McVicker. 82 Northwest Hospital in Bentonville, James Obermeyer, j’80, is vice president Janet Houser, g’81, is provost of Regis Arkansas. He makes his home in Rogers of Hamilton Exhibits in Downers Grove, University in Denver. She makes her home with his wife, Melissa. Illinois. in Arvada, Colorado. Ron Henderson, e’82, g’92, is retired vice Vicki Stuckwisch, b’80, is chief nancial Linda Jassmann-Lane, b’81, manages president at Black & Veatch. He and his ocer at Tickets for Less in Kansas City. contracts, logistics and procurement at wife, Betsy, live in Walnut Creek, Rick Taylor, b’80, is executive ocer of Abacus Technology Corporation at California. Konica Minolta and president and CEO of Kennedy Space Center in Florida. She lives Scott Landgraf, j’82, is assistant director Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA. in Titusville with her husband, Douglas. of human resources at the University of He lives in Mission Viejo, California. Jenny Triebel LaPointe, b’81, is a real Oklahoma in Oklahoma City. He lives in estate broker at RE/MAX Suburban in Moore, Oklahoma. Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Timothy Peters, e’82, is an engineering Robert Oppici, c’81, is president and manager at Spirit Aerosystems in Wichita, CEO of Utitec in Watertown, Connecticut. where he makes his home. He and Julee Dickerson Oppici, n’81, live in Woodbury. Sheryl Stevenin Chavez-Wright, Wooden Jayhawks Jama Smith Rice, g’81, is executive 83 s’83, s’92, is a social worker in the by Connie Patterson are director and CEO at the Museum Store Lansing school district. She and Greg from the collection at the Association in Denver. She and Carl Wright, assoc., live in Wellsville. Adams Alumni Center. Budke, c’79, live in Arvada, Colorado. Barry Dull, e’83, is an investor at the Randy Smith, b’81, lives in Orange Foundry Club in Dallas, where he lives.

52 | KANSAS ALUMNI David Eland, e’83, manages projects at Theresa Gordzica, b’85, g’89, retired in Pamela Dorn Soltis, g’86, PhD’86, a Edgewater Technology. He and Allene March as KU’s chief nancial ocer, a distinguished professor and curator at the Hough Eland, d’83, g’91, make their home position she held for nearly 20 years. She Florida Museum of Natural History at the in Lenexa. lives in Lenexa. University of Florida in Gainesville, in Michael Jones, m’83, is a physician at Anne Benfer Hesse, f’85, is a real estate May was elected to the National Academy Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach, agent at Hawks Real Estate Professionals of Sciences. Missouri. He lives in Sunrise Beach with in Topeka, where she lives with her Ann Duboc Sweeney, c’86, directs his wife, Jeannie. husband, William. community engagement at Gordon Parks Susan Dressler Martin, c’83, is the Julie Lenhart, g’85, is retired and lives in Elementary School in Kansas City. She director of agile technology solutions at Albuquerque, New Mexico. lives in Mission Woods. KU’s Achievement & Assessment Institute. Peter Miene, c’85, is dean of the College Debbie Ensz Mishler, p’83, manages the of Liberal Arts at Winona State University Craig “Tony” Arnold, c’87, professor pharmacy at Omnicare in Lawrence, in Winona, Minnesota, where he lives. 87 of law at the University of Louisville where she lives. in Kentucky, will be a visiting scholar at Mandy Rickart Pilla, ’83, is a retired Keith Paden, c’86, is state manager UCLA’s School of Law in fall 2016. registered nurse. She lives in Wichita with 86 at Kobrand Corporation in Over- Michael Brown, c’87, is a veterinary John, e’81, senior vice president and chief land Park, where he makes his home with ophthalmologist at Veterinary Ophthal- technology ocer at Spirit Aerosystems. Christy Hanson Paden, ’95. mology Services in Montclair, New Jersey, Marla Higley Row, n’83, is a critical care Paul Rabinovitz, j’86, is president of where he lives with his wife, Renee charge nurse at Children’s Mercy Hospitals PMRI in Omaha, where he lives with his Alsarraf. and Clinic. She and Daniel, c’79, live in wife, Amy. Tiger Craig, c’87, directs human Merriam. Kenton Sanders, m’86, is a hospice and resources at Wesley Woodlawn Hospital & Andrea Warren, g’83, an award-winning palliative care physician at Lower Cape ER in Wichita. He and his wife, Marilyn, non ction author, was a guest speaker at Fear Hospice in Wilmington, North make their home in Cheney. KU’s Gertrude Way Strong Literature Carolina. Kathy Tawadros Gaumer, c’87, m’91, is a Lecture Series in April.

Helen Neuringer Benefiel, c’84, ’12, 84 is a registered nurse at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, where she lives with Gregory, c’03, l’06. Callie Sue Morris Candee, c’84, s’90, is chaplain at St. Luke’s Hospital in Houston. She and her husband, Brian, live in Montgomery, Texas. James Congdon, d’84, is an associate broker at Santa Fe Properties in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He lives in Glorieta. Sherlyn Wyatt Manson, d’84, is director of global public relations and communica- tions at Lexmark International in Lenexa. She and her husband, William, make their home in Lake Quivira. Jim Swanson, m’84, a retired U.S. Army colonel, is a surgeon at DCH Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine in Lawrence- burg, Indiana. Yuko Takahashi, g’84, PhD’90, is president of Tsuda College in Tokyo, where she makes her home.

Randy Baker, c’85, lives in Louis- 85 ville, Kentucky, where he’s an aviation meteorologist at UPS Airlines.

ISSUE 4, 2016 | 53 physician at Aestheticare in Lawrence, Christian Hirsch, c’87, is assistant where she lives with Douglas, g’10. professor of surgery at NYU Langone Becky Surber Gonzales, c’87, is senior Medical Center in New York City. He lives manager of human resources at Golf in Glen Head with his wife, Antonia. Course Superintendents Association of Robert Howard, c’87, g’89, is partner at America in Lawrence, where she lives. Kurt Salmon in Boston. He and Cheryl media center of excellence at Information Jose “Tony” Gutierrez, e’87, is manag- Triola Howard, c’88, g’91, make their home Resources Inc. He and his wife, Aileen, live ing director of business development at in Lenexa. in Ridge eld, Connecticut. Nexeo Solutions in Columbus, Ohio. Sue Coleman Rozanski, e’87, ’16, is a Jennifer Causey Schwendemann, c’87, Daphne Hearn, b’87, lives in Las Vegas, senior engineer at Honeywell Federal j’87, in April received the Enterprise where she’s vice president and deputy Manufacturing & Technologies. She lives Award from Missouri Lawyers Weekly. She global chief compliance ocer for the Las in Kansas City with her husband, Charles. directs risk management and pro bono Vegas Sands Corporation. Eric Scheck, b’87, j’87, is principal of the services at Husch Blackwell in St. Louis,

PROFILE by Heather Biele

Linns savor success after they had acquired years of fruitful labor another 32-acre plot and a 30-foot trailer to JOHN AND RENEE LINN(2) COURTESY hen John and Renee Linn reect on live in. eir dreams Whow far they’ve come in the past were within reach, but four decades, one word comes to mind: they still had to develop astounded. e couple, who arrived in the land, a process Cambria, California, with three small neither John nor Renee “We never really thought it would children in tow, once had no jobs, no knew much about. grow into something like this,” Renee prospects for work and a whole lot of debt. “e idea was to Linn says of the business she and Today, the Linns are successful entrepre- farm it,” John says. “I her husband, John, created nearly neurs who own a handful of restaurants didn’t know anything 40 years ago. and shops that bear their name. about farming, but I “We were hardworking people and we had greenhouse knew we wanted to do something as a experience. I did know something about markets, and eventually moved their family,” says John, c’69. “at was our growing things.” production facilities o the farm. In 1989, biggest motive.” e Linns planted thousands of fruit they opened a full-service restaurant in the In 1971, the Linns loaded their belong- trees and berry plants. eir crops were heart of Cambria. ings in a ’64 Volkswagen bug and le bountiful, and they opened their farm to Today, the Linns manage 100 employees Lawrence for Denver, hoping to nd work locals who wanted to pick their own and ve retail locations, including the despite a dismal economy. With jobs in produce. Before long, customers requested agship restaurant, a cafe, a gourmet goods short supply, John borrowed money to buy homemade goods from the Linns’ harvest. store, a gi shop and the original farm a service station and devised a plan: ey “It became kind of a hit,” says Renee, ’70, store, Linn’s Fruit Bin. eir wholesale would stay for ve years, save some cash who started making preserves and pies in distribution continues to grow, and in the and eventually move farther west. her kitchen from raspberries, boysenber- past few years they began making preserves When John and Renee visited Cambria ries and olallieberries (a variety of and syrups for their largest commercial in 1975 for a friend’s wedding, they blackberry) they grew on the farm. “We account, Knott’s Berry Farms. spotted a plot of land for sale. “We just fell had hundreds of people coming to our Despite their overwhelming success, the in love with it,” John recalls. “It was so farm for pies and preserves, so we devel- Linns have no plans to expand their beautiful.” oped a little market.” family-run business outside of Cambria. ey returned to Colorado and bought By the mid-’80s, the Linns’ business was “Bigger is not always better,” says Renee. the 23-acre parcel over the phone. By the booming. ey sold their packaged goods “We’re happy with what we’re doing right time they moved to the coast a year later, at local grocery stores and gourmet n ow.”

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where she’s also vice president of the Bar live in Davis, California. Liz Grigg Felsen, c’89, is vice Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. Cynthia Guerrera Kuhn, c’88, wrote e 89 president of marketing at R Hahn James Secor, PhD’87, wrote Oedipus’ Semester of Our Discontent, which was Holdings in Greensboro, North Carolina, Blame and Justice is Mine, which were published in April by Henery Press. She where she lives with her husband, Michael. published in 2015 and 2016, respectively. teaches literature and writing at Metro- Kay Thompson Moore, n’89, is a charge His short story “A Hero Comes to Town” politan State University of Denver. nurse and trauma team leader at Rady appears in e Nettle Tree, which was Patrick Meacham, c’88, is partner at Children’s Hospital in San Diego, where released in June. McGuireWoods in Raleigh, North she lives with her husband, Ed. Carolina, where he makes his home with Angela Helmer Spielman, c’89, ’99, Elizabeth Bergman, c’88, lives in his wife, Sharmane. teaches in the Baldwin school district. She 88 Los Angeles, where she’s senior vice Scott Nellis, c’88, j’88, is a managing and Michael, d’89, ’93, make their home in president of marketing and brand strategy member at Nellis Family Investments in Baldwin City. at NBCUniversal TV Distribution. Topeka, where he lives with Gina, assoc. John “Hans” Carttar, c’88, b’88, is senior Jean Nuernberger, s’88, is professor and Alice Craig, b’90, l’95, a sta distribution director at Target in Topeka. department chair of communication 90 attorney for KU’s Project for He commutes from Lawrence, where he disorders and social work at the University Innocence & Post-Conviction Remedies, lives with Jennifer McLaury Carttar, c’90. of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. She received the Sean O’Brien Freedom Award Ervin Cash, e’88, is president and CEO and Jerry Noernberg, ’89, live in Lee’s from the Midwest Innocence Project for of SloanLED in Ventura, California. He Summit, Missouri. winning the exoneration of Floyd Bledsoe lives in Santa Barbara. Richard Page, a’88, lives in Austin, [“Proven Innocent,” issue No. 1]. Dale Crandell, e’88, is associate profes- Texas, where he’s a facility specialist at Alan Mills, c’90, d’94, g’01, teaches at the sor of practice in the School of Engineer- State Farm Insurance. Prairie School in Racine, Wisconsin. He ing at KU’s Edwards Campus. Deborah Wiliker Schmidt, b’88, is makes his home in Mount Pleasant with James Davis, e’88, is division chief at controller at Keais Records Service in Melissa, d’95, g’03. the California Department of Transporta- Houston. She and Curtis, b’85, live in Jean Gilles Phillips, l’90, a KU law tion in Sacramento. He and his wife, Lori, Spring, Texas. professor and director of the Project for

56 | KANSAS ALUMNI Innocence & Post-Conviction Remedies, sota, with her husband, Dean. Vicki Kubota, c’92, lives in Kansas City, received the Sean O’Brien Freedom Award Keith Unekis, c’91, is a QA and testing where she’s an account supervisor at from the Midwest Innocence Project for manager at Harley-Davidson in Milwau- MMGY Global. winning the exoneration of Floyd Bledsoe kee. He and his wife, Jodi, make their Curtis Marsh, j’92, is director of KU [“Proven Innocent,” issue No. 1]. home in Antioch, Illinois. Info and the DeBruce Center. He lives in Eric Thompson, c’90, is aircrew course Vincent Vecchiarelli, c’91, is vice Lawrence. director for the Missouri Air National president of government practice at Tracey Throop, c’92, is production Guard. He lives in Parkville, Missouri. Lexmark Enterprise So ware in Lenexa. manager at Alliance Mortgage Group in John White, c’90, is an editor and He lives in Overland Park with his wife, Centennial, Colorado. She makes her proofreader at American Voice on Paper. Kelly, and their son, Joey. home in Greenwood Village. He and his wife, Jennifer, live in Lakin. Christine Walton Waldschmidt, c’91, James Welch, d’92, is a registered nurse l’94, lives in Leawood, where she’s an at Walter Reed National Military Medical Elizabeth O’Leary Albers, j’91, attorney. Center in Bethesda, Maryland. 91 directs events at the Lenexa Cham- ber of Commerce. She lives in Overland Ted Contag, c’92, is a wealth adviser Sean Sherman, b’93, lives in Bothell, Park with Bradley, a’92. 92 at rivent Financial in Edina, 93 Washington, where he’s technology Nancy Petrick Almasi, g’91, is a speech- Minnesota, where he lives with his wife, program manager at Getty Images. language pathologist at Grant Wood AEA Karen. Mindy Patton Short, n’93, is a registered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She lives in Robins Holly Hirschbach George, j’92, owns By nurse at Associates in Women’s Health in with her husband, Michael. George Marketing in Ashland, Wisconsin, Wichita, where she makes her home with Rich Cornell, j’91, is president of Cornell where she makes her home with her her husband, Patrick. Benet Solutions in Lawrence, where he husband, David. lives with Wendy Poindexter Cornell, c’91. Derek Goad, e’92, is vice president of Brian Billings, m’94, is a physician Molly Wanstall Reichard, c’91, is a AerCap in Los Angeles. He lives in 94 at the Hutchinson Clinic Walk-In senior user experience consultant at Valere Newbury Park, California, with Randee, Care. He lives in McPherson. Consulting. She lives in St. Paul, Minne- assoc. Elizabeth Seale Cateforis, l’94, a KU law

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professor and supervising attorney for the Chad Girard, j’95, president of Richardson, Texas. He lives in Dallas with Project for Innocence & Post-Conviction 95 APAC-Kansas, was named to the his wife, Angie. Remedies, received the Sean O’Brien Kansas Contractors Association’s board of Andreas Huhmer, g’97, PhD’97, directs Freedom Award from the Midwest directors. He lives in Wichita with his wife, marketing at ermo Fisher Scientic in Innocence Project for winning the Tessa. San Jose, California. He and Jana, assoc., exoneration of Floyd Bledsoe [“Proven Jace McClasky, c’95, l’02, is partner at live in Mountain View. Innocent,” issue No. 1]. Burke McClasky Stevens in Overland Park. Kristee Scherich Metts, c’97, is a Wayne Klawier, l’94, is a trust ocer at Arthur Townsend IV, m’95, is president chiropractor at Haysville Family Chiro- BB&T Bank in Louisville, Kentucky, where of Associates: Obstetrics and Gynecology practic. She makes her home in Wichita he lives with his wife, Patricia. in Cordova, Tennessee, where he lives with with Josh, assoc. Jamar Pickreign, g’94, PhD’97, is his wife, Deborah. Troy Nolte, c’97, is in congestion associate dean at the State University of management and commitment analysis at New York in Plattsburgh. He and Kelley, Julie Faust, j’96, is marketing MISO. He lives in Noblesville, Indiana, g’00, live in Fredonia, New York. 96 coordinator at KU’s Watkins Health with his wife, Yuliya. Janice Ste­en, g’94, is senior manager Services. She lives in Lawrence. of human resources at McKinsey & Lynn Harrod, g’96, assistant principal at Shawn Collins, e’98, is vice presi- Company. She and her husband, Craig, South Middle School in Lawrence, retired 98 dent of manufacturing at the make their home aer 31 years in the city’s public schools. Ritedose Corporation in Columbia, South in Olathe. Max Myers, b’96, g’98, is co-founder Carolina, where he makes his home with Kevin Vollrath, and CFO of Tall Oak Midstream in Cindy Cluck Collins, c’97, owner of Next e’94, owns Certus Edmond, Oklahoma, where he lives with Step Pediatric erapy. Structural Mary Manhart Myers, c’96. Aric Pozez, c’98, lives in Fort Worth, Engineers in Texas, where he manages accounts at Topeka. Je­rey Brown, b’97, is president and Lundbeck. 97 chief legal ocer at StoneEagle in Joel Wright, c’98, is president and

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co-founder of #Hasho. He lives in Dallas services at Syracuse Media Group in Jana Craig-Hare, g’02, PhD’11, with his wife, Panteha. Syracuse, New York, where he lives. 02 assistant research professor at KU’s Center for Research on Learning, in BORN TO: Alan Block, g’01, manages opera- March received the Making IT Happen Nathan Benjamin, e’98, ’05, and 01 tions at Pural in Doraville, Georgia. Award from the International Society for Margaret Perkins-McGuinness, s’05, g’11, He makes his home in Atlanta. Technology in Education. daughter, Genevieve Lorraine, Feb. 16 in Matt Kovich, e’01, is a senior reservoir Jeremy Early, g’02, EdD’14, is a compli- Kansas City, where she joins a brother, engineer at Neweld Exploration Com- ance manager at the U.S. Department of Lucas, 2. Nathan manages programs at pany. He and Wendy Wyman Kovich, j’00, Education in Washington, D.C. He lives in Burns & McDonnell in Kansas City, and live in e Woodlands, Texas. Alexandria, Virginia. Margaret is director of external aairs at Marianne Soon, e’01, is vice president of Carolyn Ley Thomas, c’02, m’06, is a KU’s Spencer Museum of Art. Moelis & Company in Houston. She and physician at Texas Breast Specialists in Karen Polaschek, d’98, son, Jacob her husband, Kyle Wray, live in Tomball, Dallas, where she makes her home with Adams, Feb. 22 in Scottsboro, Alabama. Texas. James “Jake,” j’02. Allen Xi, g’01, is senior vice president at Grant Wittenborn, e’02, is a ight test Angella Unruh Teates, e’99, is Burns & McDonnell in Houston. pilot at Garmin International. He lives in 99 senior vice president of marketing Olathe. at Advantia Health in Arlington, Virginia. BORN TO: She lives in McLean. Eric, c’01, m’05, and Kari Sperber Rush, Sasha n’03, daughter, Lucy, Jan. 14 in Omaha, 03 Barnett, Brian Allers, c’00, is vice president Nebraska, where she joins a brother, Noah, c’03, lives in 00 of local division at Television 7, and a sister, Anna, 3. Eric and Kari work New York City, Bureau of Advertising. He and Leslie Sevy at the University of Nebraska Medical where she’s a Allers, d’00, live in Overland Park. Center, where he’s a physician and she’s a freelance tutor. Christopher Chelko, d’00, directs event nurse.

60 | KANSAS ALUMNI Anita Csoma, PhD’03, manages shared Summit. She and her husband, Jordan, Bradley Heinz, b’05, manages sales at services at ConocoPhillips in Houston, make their home in Overland Park. Phoenix Metals in Kansas City. where she lives with her husband, Gianni Cote Smith, c’05, g’09, wrote his debut Mallarino. Nicholas Bunnell, l’04, is partner at novel, Hurt People, which was published in Brett Koons, c’03, is an optometrist and 04 Foley & Mans eld in Leawood. March by FSG Originals. co-owns Lens Mart Optical in Camden- Crystal Hudson, j’04, lives in New York ton, Missouri, where he makes his home City, where she directs consumer market- Thomas Morrow, c’06, a U.S. with Angela, ’04. ing at Time Inc. 06 Marine Corps captain, in May Stacey Schneider Lee, b’03, g’04, is received the Corps’ Lewich Award for project nance manager at Burns & Andrew Ford, c’05, directs opera- outstanding leadership during a six-month McDonnell. She lives in Shawnee. 05 tions and sales at Business Instru- deployment to the Asia-Paci c region in Jenni Jones Miller, j’03, directs market- ments. He and Briana Thiessen Ford, c’05, 2015. ing at Viracor-IBT Laboratories in Lee’s live in Louisburg. Amy Alfredson Ogden, j’06, is assistant

PROFILE by John Watson ETHAN HARRISON Hayes finds artistry in where I always want to be working.” vegetable fermentation In addition to a passion and profession, Hayes discovered a platform to advance a here some may see a jar of spicy fermentation movement dedicated to Wsauerkraut, Brooklyn food preser- sustainability. She helped organize a group vationist and chef Michaela Hayes instead of more than 1,000 members and even sees a palette with potential for delicious started a 3-acre farm with her wife and beauty. two friends. Hayes’ organically grown excitement for “It’s incredibly critical that there are four preserving foods forms the roots of her of us,” she says. “We help each other stay vegetable fermentation business, Crock & on track and dream big, and also scale it Jar, founded in 2011. Foodies throughout back when we need to.” the nation, especially at New York City Crock & Jar (crockandjar.com) encour- farmers markets, can enjoy Crock & Jar’s ages anyone interested in the ancient locally farmed, homemade, avorful process of fermentation to also dream big ferments. and create their own masterpieces. e company’s most popular pickled Hayes teaches food preservation veggies? Zesty, crunchy Caraway Kraut. courses, primarily in New York. Whether “It’s a classic for a reason,” says Hayes, it’s a hands-on, “make your own kraut” Chef Michaela Hayes had just turned 30 when f’95. “It can go on anything—on a course for 16 students or a conference sandwich, potato salad, or any classic brat demonstration for hundreds, the fer- she left commercial photography to attend The or sausage.” mented-cuisine crusader and her col- French Culinary Institute. Pickled fresh produce was not always leagues are popularizing pickling in a Hayes’ favored medium. Her photography fertile East Coast market. career drew Hayes to her true calling while Hayes loves it when students can return kraut juice provides an invigorating start shooting advertising images for a local home and successfully preserve their own to her day. restaurant in New York City. She knew healthfully scrumptious recipes. e “I think it can be a very transformative then that she belonged on the food fermentation possibilities are endless, thing, when people realize food can be creation side of the business. from sauerkraut to sourdough to the more artistic and that it is a place to get creative. “at’s when I went back to school to common American ferments such beer, at is the joy in teaching about food.” get my culinary degree,” Hayes says. “Since cheese, coee and even chocolate. —Watson is a Lawrence freelance writer I have been in the world of food I realized e fermentation front-runner even and a member of the Association’s Adams this is my arena, this is my home, this is discovered that a shot of concentrated Alumni Center hospitality sta .

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director of alumni relations at Northern MARRIED manager at Epiq Systems in Kansas City. Illinois University Alumni Association in Andrea Wolf, c’07, ’08, to Ryan McLin, He lives in Overland Park with Tiany DeKalb, Illinois. She and her husband, March 11 in McKinney, Texas. She’s an Relph Mullen, c’08, n’09. Ryan, live in Chicago. emergency-room physician assistant at Amy Preece Stucky, PhD’06, manages Plano Presbyterian Hospital in Plano, J. Tyler Schwenk, c’09, g’14, is a projects at Mead Johnson Nutrition. She Texas. ey live in Addison. 09 senior research geophysicist at lives in Newburgh, Indiana. Primal Innovation. He lives in Lenexa. BORN TO: BORN TO: Kevin, d’07, and Melissa Malone Veltri, MARRIED Nora Nemchock Hawley, f’06, and c’10, daughter, Mackenzie Ann, March 26 Lindsay Shoemaker, f’09, to Niels David, f’09, son, Lucian Wilder, April 7 in in Richmond, Texas, where they make Meewis, Sept. 13 in Allenspark, Colorado. Lawrence, where he joins brothers Jack, 7; their home. ey live in Arvada, where she’s a speech- Rowan, 5; and Skye, 2. Nora manages language pathologist at Jeerson County product development at Payless Shoe- Samantha Hamilton, c’08, is a public schools. Source in Topeka, and David owns Papa 08 travel specialist at Ultimate Cruise Keno’s Pizzeria in Lawrence. He’s also a & Vacation in Lenexa. Angelique McNaughton, c’10, j’12, a project manager at Architectural Matthew Kincaid, c’08, g’12, l’12, is an 10 sta writer at the Park Record in Titanium. attorney and owns Kincaid Business & Park City, Utah, won rst prize for Best Entrepreneurial Law in Leawood. He lives General News Story, Group 3, in the Utah Jessica Babcock Wood, b’07, is chief in Kansas City. Press Association’s 2015 Better Newspaper 07 nancial ocer at Cottonwood in Cara Montgomery, d’08, g’10, is a Contest. Lawrence, where she lives with her registered nurse at the University of Robert Stracener, c’10, ’16, lives in husband, Curtis, and their daughter, Kansas Hospital. She makes her home in Kansas City, where he’s an engineering Everly Regina, who’s nearly 1. Overland Park. trainee at Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating John Mullen, b’08, g’09, is senior nance Corporation.

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Tell us why you are a PROUD MEMBER! Thank you for your loyalty. kualumni.org/proudmember Adam Dees, l’11, is an attorney at an applied behavioral analysis therapist at to development o cer for major gis at 11 Vignery, Mason & Dees in Goodland, Summit Center for Child Development in KU Endowment. She lives in Lawrence. where he lives with his wife, Alyssa. Kansas City. ey make their home in Daniel Shay, b’12, is a managing Brenna Long Malmberg, c’11, j’11, is an Shawnee. nancial planning associate at Stepp & editorial associate at Kiwi Crate in Hannah Gillaspie, j’11, to Perry Gross, Rothwell in Overland Park. Mountain View, California. Jan. 9 in Kansas City. Hannah is a fashion Donald Sykes, c’11, is a senior RMD photo shoot coordinator at Neiman Bradley Brooks, a’13, lives in San and beneciary consultant at Empower Marcus in Dallas, where they live. 13 Diego, where he’s a designer at Retirement. He lives in Olathe. Grizzly. Timothy Miller, l’12, lives in Austin, MARRIED 12 Texas, where he’s an associate at MARRIED Katherine Carter, c’11, ’16, to Marcus Kennedy Sutherland. Benjamin Wilson, d’13, g’15, and Leslie Lytle, Sept. 12 in Overland Park. Katie is Whitney Schieber, j’12, was promoted Queen, d’14, Sept. 5 in Lawrence, where

PROFILE by Chris Lazzarino

Prohibition book reveals Although Rowley rmly established DOUGLAS DALAY secret recipes, lost history Lyon as the notebook’s author, he still can only speculate about why Lyon created a uthor Matthew Rowley, a specialist in secret “compounder’s formulary.” Atales of “illicit beverages,” was visiting Our modern impression that Prohibi- his late friend Fritz Blank, a Philadelphia tion banned alcohol is incorrect, Rowley chef who boasted a cookbook collection notes. e 1920 Volstead Act oered 10,000 strong, when Blank slid a slim numerous loopholes, including alcohol volume across the table and said, “Here. prescribed by physicians for medicinal is is more your eld than mine.” Consid- purposes. Juniper in gin, for instance, had ering their shared interests and the breadth long been prescribed for kidney ailments, of Blank’s collection, Rowley sensed it could and mint and ginger be intriguing. were thought to quell He had no idea. upset stomachs. e book’s spine proclaimed it to be a “He wasn’t running a volume of poetry. It was not. Inside, blank speakeasy,” Rowley says pages were lled with unattributed, of Lyon. “I think he saw Beyond “esoteric knowledge about handwritten recipes and notes for Prohibi- the medicinal value history and booze,” Matthew Rowley tion-era alcoholic concoctions. in them.” says, Lost Recipes of Prohibition also Rowley, g’96, author of the authoritative And Rowley, as is his ponders “a sense that we’ve lost part and still popular 2008 book Moonshine!, speciality, saw the value of our history.” embarked on an adventure that resulted in in Lyon’s secret formulas Lost Recipes of Prohibition, a James Beard for illuminating an Award-nominated book that tells the story important and misunderstood chapter in Now enthusiasts embrace bold cocktails of Victor Lyon, a New York City physician American history. from earlier eras. anks to Lost Recipes, whom Rowley identied through painstak- “What does it say about where we came they can have a better idea of how alcohol ing research into ephemera found within from and where we are now? It’s really the ourished even while banned. the book’s pages, including a New York City only book that deals with Prohibition with “Now we know more about food and Public Library call slip. this kind of material.” drinks in general, and alcohol is not, to my “It was me getting to be a proper histo- Rowley argues that Prohibition inicted mind, something that is special and rian, a detective, a sleuth,” Rowley says “profound damage to the beverage arts in unique. It ts into that idea that we like from his San Diego home. “A lot of things America” long aer its 1933 repeal. With bigger tastes, so we’re going back to some we think we know about Prohibition turn vodka’s rise in popularity in the 1950s and of those old spirits and cordials and mixers out to be only a piece of the picture.” ’60s, American tastes continued to thin. that we’ve lost.”

ISSUE 4, 2016 | 65 Class Notes they make their home. Ben is director of Adam Miller, c’16, is the Silver Lake student-athlete development for Kansas neighborhood advocate for Los Angeles Athletics, and Leslie is a policy assistant at City Council District 4. He lives in KC Healthy Kids in Kansas City. Pomona, California.

Joshua DeBoer, c’14, ’16, is an Hanumantha Rao, g’15, is a bioinforma- ASSOCIATES 14 academic adviser for KU’s College of tician at University of Pennsylvania’s Kevin Boatright, assoc., retired as Liberal Arts & Sciences. He lives in Perelman School of Medicine in Philadel- director of communications for KU Lawrence. phia. He lives in Narberth. research and graduate studies a er 14 Brandon Kuzara, b’14, lives in Kansas Sarah Taylor, e’15, is a systems engineer years on the Hill. He lives in Lawrence. City, where he’s a project analyst at Service at Boeing Defense, Space & Security in Ross McKinney, assoc., NT Veatch Management Group. Oklahoma City, where she lives. Distinguished Professor Emeritus of civil Andrew Locke, c’14, is a recruitment Breyawna Washington, b’15, is an engineering at KU, in May received the manager at Teach Across America in infrastructure support analyst at Textron Distinguished Engineering Service Award. Oklahoma City. Systems in Hunt Valley, Maryland. She He is retired and lives in Chapel Hill, makes her home in Aberdeen. North Carolina, with his wife, Margaret, Robert Langer, l’15, lives in Valpara- Dustin Wolfe, c’15, j’15, is partnership assoc. 15 iso, Indiana, where he’s an attorney at development manager at Visit KC. He lives Jan Roskam, assoc., professor emeritus Langer & Langer. in Kansas City. of aerospace engineering at KU, in May Hugo Macias, g’15, is an admissions was honored with the Distinguished recruiter at Texas A&M University in Elaine Huspeni, g’16, lives in Engineering Service Award. He and Jan College Station. 16 Wichita, where she’s a senior analyst Barron, ’79, live in Lawrence. Justin O’Guinn, m’15, is a physician at at Koch Ag & Energy Solutions. Cynthia Yulich, assoc., is market Presbyterian Healthcare Services in Max McBride, j’16, owns Max Produc- president at Emprise Bank in Lawrence, Albuquerque, New Mexico. tions. He lives in Lenexa. where she makes her home.

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For additional information, and answers to some often asked questions, visit kualumni.org/license or call 800-584-2957. In Memory great-grandchildren survive. Edgar Rickel, e’48, 90, April 23 in Prairie Village. He was president of Rickel Inc. Surviving are his wife, Virginia Otis James Jr., c’39, m’42, 98, Hubert, c’49, established KU’s Hall Nature Peete Rickel, f’48; three daughters; and a 30sMay 5 in Olathe, where he was a Reserve in Lecompton and endowed the granddaughter. retired orthopedic surgeon. He is survived Hubert H. and Kathleen M. Hall Profes- Jenila Adkins Schneider, d’47, 94, April by two sons, one of whom is Robert, g’78; sorship of Geology. She is survived by a 15 in St. Joseph, Missouri. A daughter a daughter; a stepdaughter; a stepson; six brother, John, c’53, l’55; and a sister, Nancy survives. grandchildren; and eight great- McBride Stewart, ’60. William Shinkle, m’46, 94, March 1 in grandchildren. Beverly Pyke Howard, d’49, 88, April 30 Mound City, where he was a retired urolo- James Owens, c’37, 100, March 7 in in Lawrence. She was a teacher. Surviv- gist and owned a cattle ranch. Surviving Lawrence, where he founded Owens ing are two daughters, Kathryn Howard are two sons, W. Michael, ’68, and David, Flower Shop. He served as mayor from Pike, d’72, p’97, and Kristine Howard c’72; a daughter, Margaret Shinkle Goodi- 1964 to ’65, chaired the Chamber of Com- White, b’76; seven grandchildren; and ve son, g’08; ve grandchildren; and ve merce and was school board president. great-grandchildren. great-grandchildren. In 2011 he was inducted in the Lawrence Harlan Lill, ’48, 91, April 1 in Lawrence. James Shive, e’49, 94, March 23 in Business Hall of Fame. Survivors include a Survivors include a son, Jon, b’73, g’80; Sarasota, Florida, where was a retired son, Martin, ’67; a daughter, Laura Owens two daughters, JoAnn Lill Wempe, d’75, pilot. He is survived by his wife, Patcharee; Schulte, d’72; and several grandchildren and Jeanette Lill Davis, b’81; eight grand- two daughters; three sons; a sister, Jessica and great-grandchildren. children; and 11 great-grandchildren. Shive Gatz, d’48; 16 grandchildren; and 13 Evelyn Worden Varah, c’33, g’34, 102, William Martin, m’44, 96, March 8 great-grandchildren. April 4 in Liberal, where she was a retired in Topeka, where he was a retired anes- Mary Bovaird Stark, c’49, 88, March 15 English teacher. Surviving are two daugh- thesiologist. He is survived by his wife, in Prairie Village. She was a deacon and ters, Elinor Varah Bowman, c’62, and Virginia Shimer Reinking-Martin, c’48; also taught Sunday school. A son, a daugh- Virginia Varah Minturn, ’64; a son; three two sons, one of whom is John, n’78, h’81; ter and two granchildren survive. grandchildren; and a great-grandson. a sister; four grandchildren; and eight Louise Schiesser Stockton, j’47, 90, great-grandchildren. April 27 in Kingsville, Texas, where she Paul Briley, b’47, g’48, 92, Feb. 11 Leone Lentz Monroe, c’40, 97, April 4 taught English for 23 years. A son, three 40sin Millbrae, California, where he in Stillwater, Oklahoma. She published daughters, four grandchildren and a great- managed sales for Procter & Gamble. He is children’s poetry and short stories and grandson survive. survived by two sons, Jerey, d’74, and also tutored GED students. Surviving Vincent Tharp, e’42, 96, March 29 in John, c’76; a daughter, Jane Briley Shiller, are a son, Terry, b’67, g’71; a daughter, Atchison. He worked for the Social Secu- d’79; eight grandchildren; and four Sherry, d’69; a granddaughter; and a rity Administration. Survivors include great-grandchildren. great-granddaughter. three sons, two of whom are Stephen, ’71, Maxine Patterson Bruner, c’41, 97, Robert Mosser, c’48, m’52, 89, April 29 and Eric, c’75; a daughter; a grandson; and March 31 in Olathe. She was a volun- in Bakers eld, California, where he was a great-grandson. teer in her community. Surviving are a retired physician. He is survived by his Sarah “Sadie” Wilkinson Vaughn, n’47, two daughters, Nancy Bruner Mohler, wife, Wanda, two sons, a daughter, a step- 89, March 26 in Lawrence, where she was c’64, and Mary Bruner Graham, h’71; a son, a stepdaughter, a sister, seven grand- a nurse and medical oce manager. A son, Sam, e’79; 12 grandchildren; and 24 children and several great-grandchildren memorial has been established with KU great-grandchildren. and step-grandchildren. Endowment. A son, Bruce, e’75, survives. Albert “Deck” Decker, c’42, m’44, Virginia Larsen Nicolet, ’48, 90, March Christine Mann Zeidner, c’49, 87, Dec. 94, June 28, 2015, in Lawrence, where he 3 in Cimarron, where she co-owned 23 in St. George, Utah. She was a librarian retired aer practicing medicine for nearly Nicolet Clothing Store. She is survived at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. 40 years. A daughter, a son, a grandson by three sons, two of whom are Gregory, She is survived by her husband, Robert, a and two great-granddaughters survive. ’70, and Marc, ’72; a daughter, Suzanne, daughter, three sons, a sister, four grand- Carl Griswold Jr., ’49, 89, March 22 in d’79, s’83; six grandchildren; and 11 children and a great-grandson. Tampa, Florida. Survivors include a son, great-grandchildren. a daughter, three grandchildren and three James Oram, e’49, 90, March 13 in Shirley Jarrett Bennett, d’53, 84, great-grandchildren. Plantsville, Connecticut, where he 50s March 17 in Prairie Village. She Kathleen McBride Hall, d’49, 88, April retired aer a 38-year career with General was active in Daughters of the American 27 in Lecompton. She was a teacher and Electric. His wife, Dorothy, three daugh- Revolution and the Kansas Historical homemaker. She and her late husband, ters, a sister, nine grandchildren and 11 Society. Survivors include a son, Paul, e’78,

68 | KANSAS ALUMNI b’79; two daughters; six grandchildren; stepson, a stepdaughter and a grandson. Corps. ree sons, four grandchildren and and ve great-grandchildren. Richard Lance, b’52, 85, April 21 in two great-grandsons survive. Harry Bond Jr., e’53, 89, March 7 in Overland Park, where he was a retired Air Leo Smith, d’50, 92, April 18 in Law- Kansas City. He is survived by his wife, Force colonel. Survivors include his wife, rence. He helped construct KU’s Campa- Mary Jane; four sons, one of whom is Janice McFarland Lance, ’54; three daugh- nile and was one of the rst graduates to Richard, e’70, g’77; and ve grandchildren. ters, one of whom is Melissa Lance Meng, walk through it. He also was a purchasing Georganne Brown, c’57, 80, March 25 in j’87; a sister; and eight grandchildren. agent, a farmer and a cattle rancher. Survi- Prairie Village. She was a music instructor Susan Montgomery Morrison, d’56, vors include his wife, Margo Pierce Smith, and legal secretary. Surviving are two sons, g’57, 82, March 17 in Prairie Village, d’50; a daughter; a son; four grandchil- one of whom is Kenneth Jones, b’88; a where she served on several nonpro t dren; and 10 great-grandchildren. sister, Dorothy Brown Childers, d’54; and boards and committees. Surviving are Charles Whitham, c’52, 87, April 25 ve grandchildren. her husband, Richard, m’60; two sons, in Leoti, where he owned Western Seed Kenneth “Buzz” Burdette, f’56, 82, David, ’84, and Steven, ’89; a daughter, & Supply. He is survived by his wife, April 28 in Prairie Village, where he had a Mary Morrison Stiles, ’86; a sister, Sally Waneta; three daughters, two of whom 50-year career as an illustrator. He is sur- Montgomery Horn, c’60, g’64; and four are Julie Whitham Diehl, h’79, and Shawn vived by his wife, Cheryl Frazee Burdette, grandchildren. Whitham Peters, c’01; a son, Bradley, ’83; f’61; a daughter, Evin Burdette Wood, c’93; Robert Nash, c’51, m’55, 85, April 13 in and 11 grandchildren. two brothers; and two step-grandchildren. Olathe. He was a psychiatrist and medi- Jane Figge Yerxa, f’55, 82, March 12 in Lavina Horkman Gresham, c’50, 88, cal director at Wyoming State Hospital Yelm, Washington. She was a homemaker Jan. 18 in Williamsburg, Virginia. She was in Evanston for 18 years. He received the and was active in the art community. a physical therapist and Meals on Wheels Pioneer in Mental Health Award from ree sons, six grandchildren and two volunteer. ree daughters, a son and six Lawrence’s Bert Nash Center, a nonpro t great-grandchildren survive. grandchildren survive. mental-health organization founded in Wendell Yockey, d’50, g’51, l’60, 91, Grace Whitenack Hayden, n’55, 85, memory of his father. He is survived by March 19 in Topeka, where he was an April 4 in Parkville, Missouri, where she his wife, Barbara Clarke Nash, f’67; two attorney for the State of Kansas. Surviv- was a retired nurse. She is survived by a sons, one of whom is Robert Nash Jr., ing are his wife, Pauline; a son, Paul, ’93; a daughter, Jill Hayden Hagel, n’87, g’91; two ’77; a daughter; a sister, Barbara Nash daughter; and two grandchildren. sons; and four grandchildren. Mills, d’51; two stepsons, Aaron Walker, Marilyn Perkins Karns, n’52, 86, March d’95, and Justin Walker, ’95; and three Robert Burton, f’64, g’68, 74, 8 in Draper, Utah. She was a homemaker. grandchildren. 60sMarch 1 in Wichita, where he A memorial has been established with KU Don Peete Jr., b’52, 85, Feb. 23 in Prai- owned Burton Design. Surviving are ve Endowment. Surviving are a son, a daugh- rie Village, where he was president of Don sons, four of whom are Blair, f’96, Mark, ter and four grandchildren. Peete & Associates. Survivors include his ’98, Brad, b’99, and Ryan, a’05; three Charles Kimbell, b’54, 83, April 21 in wife, Jean Embree Peete, j’52; a daughter, sisters, one of whom is Susie Burton Hutchinson, where he was an insurance Nanette Peete Wooten, ’80; a son; two Parrent, c’69; and 12 grandchildren. agent. He and his family supported Kansas sisters, Virginia Peete Rickel, f’48, and Paul Cacioppo, c’61, g’65, l’65, 76, April Athletics and established the Kimbell Sammy Peete Scott-Stark, f’50; ve grand- 23 in Parkville, Missouri, where he retired Family Scholarship at KU. Surviving are children; and a great-granddaughter. aer practicing law for more than 50 his wife, Sharon Lynch Kimbell, d’58; a Donald Roberts, d’50, 88, March 10 years, including serving as chief counsel son, Michael, b’87, g’91; a daughter, Kath- in Prairie Village, where he owned Don for the U.S. Department of Health and erine Kimbell Almanza, c’88; and three Roberts & Associates. Surviving are Human Services. He is survived by his grandchildren. two sons, John, j’77, and David, assoc.; wife, Betsy O’Hara Cacioppo, d’62; two Janice Fosha Kirkpatrick, n’56, 82, a daughter, Kay Roberts Findlay, h’81; sons, Christopher, ’89, and David, ’93; his Feb. 25 in Denver. She was head nurse in a sister, Barbara, c’47, c’48; a brother, mother; a sister, Elaine Cacioppo Keling, pediatrics at KU Medical Center and later Ronald, d’50; 10 grandchildren; and ve d’69; a brother, Michael, j’75; and ve worked in hospice. She is survived by her great-grandchildren. grandchildren. husband, Charles “Chuck,” c’54, m’58; two Frank Robl Jr., e’57, 82, March 14 in Frank Colaw, EdD’68, 88, April 5 in Las sons, one of whom is Brian, ’92; a daugh- Fairview, Texas. He had a longtime career Vegas, where he was a retired teacher and ter; and six grandchildren. with Mobil Oil. He is survived by his wife, superintendent of several school districts Daniel Kubat, g’57, 87, March 30 in Leanna Pearce Robl, ’64; two daughters; in the Midwest. Two sons, three grandchil- Waterloo, Ontario, where he was professor and ve grandchildren. dren and two great-grandchildren survive. and chair of the sociology department at Jackie Smith, b’57, l’59, 82, April 27 Jay Cooper, j’68, 69, April 6 in Tampa, the University of Waterloo. He is survived in Boise, Idaho, where he was a retired Florida. He had a long career in radio by his wife, Marnie McNally, a brother, a mediator and volunteered in the Peace broadcasting and communications and

ISSUE 4, 2016 | 69 In Memory owned Florida Snow Removal Inc. Surviv- children; and a great-grandson. d’82; a sister; and a grandson. ing are his wife, Valerie; two daughters, Robert Protzman, m’68, 76, March 16 Barbara Fields Brantner, d’71, 67, April one of whom is Jenifer, c’13; two brothers, in Fort Worth, Texas, where he was an 21 in Austin, Texas. She was a physical Mark, ’72, and David, d’74; and a sister. orthopedic surgeon. Surviving are a son; a education teacher for 36 years. Surviv- William Fox, b’60, 81, April 3 in Mount daughter; a brother, Ronald, ’66; and four ing are her husband, Ted; a daughter; a Pleasant, South Carolina, where he owned grandchildren. son; two sisters, one of whom is Patri- a construction company. A son and two Thomas Pugh, c’64, 74, August 25, cia Fields Findlay, d’67, g’75; and four daughters survive. 2015, in Vancouver, Washington, where he grandchildren. Duane Ginavan, m’62, 80, April 28 in was a pilot for Delta Airlines. A memorial Henry Bretthauer, c’72, 70, April 8 in Emporia, where he was a physician. He is has been established with KU Endow- Eugene, Oregon. He worked internation- survived by his wife, Mary Root Ginavan, ment. Survivors include his wife, Carolyn ally for Chevron Oil and later was a private n’60; a daughter, Dana Ginavan Witten, Hendricks Pugh, p’64; a daughter; a son; consultant. He is survived by his wife, ’85; two sons, one of whom is Dan, ’98; two brothers; and two grandchildren. Ardith, assoc.; two daughters; a son; two three brothers; eight grandchildren; and a Jan Engstrand Redfearn, d’63, 74, April sisters, Mary Bretthauer Rounds, d’65, great-granddaughter. 3 in Aiken, South Carolina. She was a and Ruth Bretthauer Wickey, d’78; four James Gordon, c’61, PhD’68, 82, March teacher and homemaker. Surviving are her brothers, three of whom are Franklin, c’76, 31 in Topeka. He had a longtime career husband, James, b’61; two daughters, one Jerry, c’77, and Donald, c’83, g’87; and two with Los Alamos National Laboratory in of whom is Rebecca Redfearn Halterman, grandchildren. New Mexico. Two daughters, a son and s’90; a sister, Mary Lee Engstrand Cooksey, Evelyn Driscoll Dallman, n’71, 89, three grandchildren survive. d’61; and six grandchildren. March 23 in Seattle. She was a nursing Leslie Freeze Johnson, c’63, g’64, Donna Stearns Swall, s’69, 86, April instructor at several community colleges. 74, March 22 in Topeka. She worked for 3 in Lawrence, where she was a social Two sons, a daughter, eight grandchildren, several animal rescue groups and started worker for 24 years. Surviving are two two step-grandchildren and seven great- Friends of Felines in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A daughters, Tara, d’85, and Maria, c’86; grandchildren survive. brother and several nieces survive. a son, Ronald, g’90, ’98; a sister; and a Gayle Trigg Hoshour, j’72, 67, April Keith Kinyon, c’67, g’74, 70, March 23 grandson. 23 in Orange Park, Florida, where she in Louisville, Colorado. He worked for Edward Tatge, b’60, 78, Feb. 20 in led community Bible studies and tutored Ford Motor Company. A brother and Plano, Texas, where he was a U.S. Army students. She is survived by her hus- sister survive. veteran. His wife, Carimonde, a son and a band, Richard; a son, omas Trigg, Cathy Speer Klaver, d’67, 71, March 13 grandson survive. c’89; a daughter; four sisters; and four in Wichita. She was a French teacher and Robert “Ben” Whitacre, b’66, 73, March grandchildren. homemaker. Surviving are a daughter, 12 in Spring eld, Missouri. He worked for Carol Lilgendahl Jones, d’71, 66, May 4 Kelly Klaver Pecheux, e’92; a son, William, Western Auto Supply Company for more in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she c’97; a brother, Gregory, ’71; a sister; and than 40 years and also coached tennis. was a retired elementary-school counselor. four grandchildren. Survivors include his wife, Mary, two Surviving are her husband, Ron, a daugh- Michael “Tony” Morrow, j’60, l’63, daughters, a sister and two grandchildren. ter, four sons and six grandchildren. 78, March 20 in San Antonio, where he Tom Wobker, j’67, l’74, 71, April 23 in Margaret “Peggy” Morrison, g’72, 67, was a security representative for the San Spokane, Washington, where he was a Nov. 11 in Conway, Arkansas, where she Antonio Spurs basketball team. He is retired attorney. He also published more worked in the library at Hendrix Col- survived by his wife, Virginia; a son; a than 600 poems under the pen name, lege. Her husband, Ralph “Steve” Butcher, daughter; a brother, John, c’70; and four “e Bard of Sherman Avenue.” His wife, PhD’73; a daughter; her mother; and three grandchildren. Sharon, two sons, a daughter, a brother sisters survive. Janet Faye Hoagland Nichols, d’68, 79, and three grandchildren survive. Bruce Myers, g’70, 73, April 25 in March 11 in Olathe. She taught second Topeka, where he was a CPA and co- grade for 30 years. Surviving are a daugh- Bernard Albina, m’71, 76, March founded Myers and Stauer. He is sur- ter, Karen Nichols McAbee, a’85, e’85; and 70s24 in Houston, where he was a vived by his wife, Jane; three daughters, two grandsons. retired orthopedic surgeon. He is survived two of whom are Amy, c’96, and Heather, Sallie Little Norton, ’60, 77, April 20 by his wife, Corliss “Cindi” Kelder Albina, ’99; a brother; and ve grandchildren. in Overland Park, where she was an avid n’71; a son; two daughters; his mother; a Richard Newberg, c’71, 66, April 25 in golfer and a member of the Women’s sister; a brother; and four grandchildren. Fairfax, Virginia. He worked for the U.S. Golf Association of Kansas City. Diana Erdman Bennett, g’79, 87, March Agency for International Development. A memorial has been established with 28 in Shawnee, where she was a retired Survivors include his wife, Virginia; a son; KU Endowment. She is survived by a elementary-school teacher. She is survived a daughter; three brothers, one of whom is daughter, Heather, ’87; a son; four grand- by a daughter, Dorothy Bennett Hiatt, Eric, c’70; and three sisters.

70 | KANSAS ALUMNI Ronald Plemons, m’77, 68, March 1 in She is survived by her husband, Jack, is survived by his wife, Marilyn, c’73; two Granite Bay, California, where he was an b’57; a son, David, b’88; a stepdaughter; daughters; and a sister. orthopedic surgeon. His wife, Melody, a stepson; four grandchildren; and two Marilyn Stokstad, assoc., 87, March a daughter, two sons, a brother and ve great-grandchildren. 4 in Lawrence, where she was the Judith grandchildren survive. Harris Distinguished Professor of Art Suzanne Wedel, m’79, 60, March 30 in Patrick Prewitt, b’03, 38, April 4 History, department chair and director Boston, where she was CEO and medi- 00s in Pleasant Ridge, Michigan, of the Spencer Museum of Art. She wrote cal director of Boston MedFlight. She is where he was a salesman at Midland Tools a best-selling textbook, Art History, and survived by her husband, Alasdair Conn; and Supply. He is survived by his parents; is a member of the KU Women’s Hall of a daughter; two sons; her father, Arnold his grandmother; three brothers, one of Fame. In 2012 she established the Marilyn Wedel, g’48; her mother; a brother, whom is Timothy, c’10; and a sister, Stokstad Directorship at the museum, Edward, l’89; and a sister. Elizabeth, c’09. and she supported the Spencer Research Paul Womble, e’71, 67, April 19 in Library renovation. A memorial has been Folsom, California. He was an electri- UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY established with KU Endowment. A sister cal engineer for the Army Corps of D. Kay Clawson, 88, March 11 in Palm and niece survive. Engineers. He is survived by his wife, Springs, California. He was an orthopedic Thomas Taylor, 78, April 28 in Law- Carol; a son; three daughters; two broth- surgeon and executive vice chancellor rence, where he was the Roy A. Roberts ers, one of whom is Jerry, e’68; and two at KU Medical Center. His wife, Janet, a Distinguished Professor of Ecology and grandchildren. daughter, a son and ve grandchildren Evolutionary Biology and curator of survive. paleobotany for the Biodiversity Institute Brenda Worley Billings, ’83, 57, Alice Downs, 79, April 30 in Lawrence, and the Natural History Museum. He 80sApril 13 in Golden, Colorado, where she was an associate professor of is survived by his wife, Edith, two sons, where she was co-artistic director at piano. A memorial has been established four daughters, a sister, a brother and 14 Miners Alley Playhouse and president of with KU Endowment. Surviving are her grandchildren. the Denver Actors Fund. She also served husband, Cal; a daughter, Allyson Downs on the board of the Colorado Children’s Adrian, g’92; a son, Kevin, e’94, g’96; a ASSOCIATES Chorale. Surviving are her husband, Jim, brother; and four granddaughters. Barbara Meyer Abercrombie, assoc., 86, b’80, g’82; three daughters; a son; her Suzanne Thompson Knowles, c’55, 84, April 30 in Lawrence. Surviving are two mother, Ruth Taggart Barker, d’57; a Feb. 22 in Kansas City. She was a medi- sons, Clemeth, a’75, and John, b’79; two brother, Paul Worley, c’82; her stepfather; cal technologist and supervised several grandchildren; and a great-grandson. and a grandson. laboratories at the University of Kansas Ann Kroh, assoc., 96, March 8 in Sherry Angle Rein, g’83, 68, March 5 Hospital. A brother survives. Leawood. Survivors include three daugh- in Overland Park. She was a scal ocer Stephen Parker, 76, March 14 in Law- ters, one of whom is Sue Paenbach for the State of Kansas. Survivors include rence, where he was a professor of Russian Callahan, c’70; ve grandchildren; and a her husband, Marlin, g’63; a daughter; and literature and chaired the department of great-granddaughter. three grandchildren. Slavic languages and literature. A memo- Jean Courter Lemesany, assoc., 90, Thomas Simmons, m’82, 70, March 22 rial has been established with KU Endow- April 16 in Lawrence. She is survived by in Mission Hills, where he was a physi- ment. Surviving are his wife, Marie-Luce two daughters, Sheryl, ’72, and Beverly cian and co-founded Hospital Inpatient Monferran Parker, g’73, PhD’84; a daugh- Lemesany Hebbert, d’74, d’78; three Management Services. He is survived by ter, Sandra Parker McGill, c’88; a son, sons, William, ’76, Glen, j’78, and Leland, his wife, Wanda Smith Simmons, ’86; two Richard, c’93; and ve grandchildren. b’85, g’88; seven grandchildren; and nine sons, one of whom is omas Jr., ’09; two R. Neil Schimke, c’57, m’62, 81, April great-grandchildren. daughters, one of whom is Elizabeth, ’09; 28 in Leavenworth. He was a profes- Leah Ashe McBride Puckett, assoc., and two granddaughters. sor of internal medicine and pediatrics 91, April 10 in Lawrence. A memorial has at KU Medical Center. A memorial has been established with KU Endowment. Phyllis Budin, g’90, 70, April 2 in been established with KU Endowment. Surviving are her husband, Gene, ’55; a 90s Overland Park. She was a special- He is survived by his wife, Loretta; three stepdaughter, Jana Puckett Smith, ’87; a education instructor. Surviving are a son, sons, two of whom are Doug, p’83, and stepson, Randall, g’92; a grandson; and David, ’95; a daughter, Sara Budin Stokle, Todd, c’85; six grandchildren; and three four step-grandchildren. f’95; a sister; and a granddaughter. great-grandchildren. George Stretton, assoc., 77, Feb. 4 Sharon Rush Williams, ’97, 74, March Val Smith, c’73, 65, April 2 in Lawrence, in Spring eld, Missouri, where he was 20 in Kansas City, where she was super- where he was a professor of ecology and a retired re ghter. His wife, Kathleen intendent of recreation for Johnson evolutionary biology. A memorial has McNaughton Stretton, d’73; a son; County Parks & Recreation District. been established with KU Endowment. He and two grandchildren survive.

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traditionally come to mind when people Growing pains think of Kansas agriculture. e more than 20 farmers featured in an Professors’ collaboration exhibition at e Commons last fall are chronicles struggles, triumphs growing food, to be sure. (“My rule of of small farmers thumb is that I don’t want to grow anything out here that I don’t like to eat,” one says.) But they are also growing rowth is at the heart of a collabora- families, growing communities, and—in Gtion by three KU professors that the case of “new” farmers who’ve been at it examines the proliferation of small-scale for decades—growing the roots of a local farmers who are taking a nontraditional food system that’s now beginning to approach to agriculture. ourish thanks to the burgeoning farm-to- “New Farmers: An Observation of table movement. Today’s Independent Kansas Farmer,” “Sustainable in this instance means graphed dozens of farmers on eld trips combines the photography of Bryon Darby working toward building a food system throughout the region, and Hossler helped and the graphic design of Tim Hossler, that works for a lot of dierent things, not them present the material they gathered. both assistant professors of design, and just for nancial gain,” says Stock, an Inspired by the Farm Security Administra- interviews conducted by Paul Stock, agrifood sociologist. “at means it works tion photo surveys of the 1930s, which assistant professor of sociology and for the soil, the animals, the family that produced iconic work by Dorothea Lange, environmental studies. Together they tell lives on the land, the neighbors, the Walker Evans and Kansas native Gordon the stories of independent northeast customers. Here in Lawrence it works for Parks, and drawing on propaganda posters Kansas farmers who are trying to break the local food co-op, restaurants, and and Depression-era typefaces, Hossler into farming by practicing sustainable regional distribution. It’s aspirational: designed poster-size broadsides with text agriculture on acreages a mere fraction of Here’s what we’re building towards.” and photography for the exhibition at e the size of large ranches and farms that Stock interviewed and Darby photo- Commons. He also designed a newspaper

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to distribute at the Spirit of Sustainable it’s a good thing, because without it we’re and don’t have backgrounds in farming,” Agriculture Conference at Harvard not growing.” Stock says. “Some are not beginners Divinity School, where the researchers Among the farmers featured are alumni anymore, but they entered into farming presented their work this spring. e Tom, c’99, and Jennifer Welch Buller, c’99, not from an ag background; they didn’t get collaboration has also produced a video of Buller Family Farm; and Bob, c’71, d’74, an agricultural degree and don’t have a soil and a website, newfarmersproject.com. and Joy Fellows Lominska, d’75, g’85, of background. at’s what we mean by new.” “I think it’s really important to give a Hoyland Farm. Interviews tell of the Some of their techniques and attitudes face to movements, that we really under- idealism that underlay their decision to hark back to an old way of farming, the stand who people are,” Hossler says. embrace farming, the frustration that researchers allow, reminding us that paths Even the unique interdisciplinary nature grows out of the long odds they face, and other than conventional, mechanized of the collaboration, supported by a starter the sheer immensity of the work it takes to large-scale farming exist. “We know we grant from e Commons, with funds raise food on a small farm. ere’s joy and have a future food problem, we know we from the KU Oce of Research, and a pain in taking on an enterprise one farmer have a water problem and we know we Collaborative Research Seed Grant from describes as both “unceasing grind” and have an aging-farmer problem,” says the Hall Center for the Humanities, is “constant wonder.” Darby, citing statistics that estimate the growth-oriented, Darby notes. e portraits of farmers at work or average age of farmers today in the late 50s “Because of the collaboration, the work posed with family bring home the notion or early 60s. “I feel like these people are we put together as a group is not what any that farming is more than a job; it’s part of experimenting and putting forward of us would have done as individuals. their identity. potential solutions, and, for me, the more ere’s all a level of compromise there, “For the most part, these are people who options the better.” which is a scary thing, right? But I think did not grow up on conventional farms —Steven Hill

Small growers featured in the New Farmers collaboration include (from l to r) the Bauman family, Bauman Cedar Valley Farms; Amy Saunders, Amy’s Meats at the Homestead; Phil Holman-Hebert, SweetLove Farm; the Buller Family, Buller Family Farm; and Joy and Bob Lominska, Hoyland Farm.

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explains native cultures’ expansion of barbecue, what had traditionally been hunting, cooking and farming across o ered up for free, and make a substantial centuries, as well as taste trends. Osage living selling it,” Broomeld writes. Texas Kansas City: and Kansa preferred bison, deer and bear, brothers Charlie and Arthur Bryant A Food Biography Broomeld notes, and tended to view sh, learned the slow-roasting arts as appren- by Andrea small game and fowl as little more than tices in Perry’s many barbecue outlets, and Broomfield emergency rations. Because “these animals went on to become iconic gures who did ‘not feel good in the mouth,’” they helped launch local barbecue. Rowman & were avoided if at all possible. Kansas City closes with savory explora- Littlefield, $38 e 1822 establishment of a fur-trading tions of signature dishes—some with post on the north bank of the Missouri recipes—including burnt ends, strip River was shortly followed by steamboat steaks, cheese enchiladas and fried landings in what became Independence, chicken. Missouri, and, 20 miles west, John Calvin Kansas City is hardly unique in boasting McCoy’s founding of “West Port.” a rich and proud culinary heritage. But Beyond barbecue e selling of provisions and foodstu s Broomeld’s brilliant mix of food’s rich expanded with the post-Civil War push to narrative and the region’s historical stages New ‘food biography’ details steer European settlers and former slaves makes us feel especially blessed to dine KC’s culinary delights toward farming in Kansas. en came within a crossroads where rich resources railroads, which heralded rapid expansion and creative people combined forces to ven before it was a city, the region we in grain milling and brewing and, notably, create so much good food. Enow know as Kansas City was always meatpacking, which attracted African- —Chris Lazzarino a crossroads. It’s where Eastern woodlands American, European, Mexican and Asian meld into what once was boundless newcomers. Industrial success could be tallgrass prairie. It is a conuence of two replicated at smaller scales, many laborers important rivers and a geographical nexus foresaw, and traditions took root. Eat well, live well where people searching for fresh starts on “Kansas City’s culinary richness the American frontier relished abundant emanated,” Broomeld writes, “from many Nonprofit engages community fresh water, big game, fruits, nuts, wood immigrants going into the catering and with local food programs for cook res and magnicent soil for provisions business for themselves, crops that feed both humans and livestock. creating restaurants, bakeries, grocery mily Hampton and Melissa Freiburger It’s where provisioners set up shop to stores, butcher shops, and small food Ewant Lawrence residents to feel outt wagon trains, railroads hauled in manufacturing businesses, many of which excited about what they put on their cattle and wheat, barbecue became a survive today.” plates. at’s why they founded the Sunrise secular rite, ethnic foods ourished among When Broomeld’s story arrives at the Project, a local nonprot organization that waves of immigration, and booze and beer, origins of Kansas City’s barbecue heritage, aims to raise awareness about food and the legal and otherwise, owed unabated. it o ers a historical precision sorely environment. But even more, they want to With Kansas City: A Food Biography, lacking in tales of our most famous food. inspire individuals to be catalysts for a culinary historian Andrea Broomeld, As far back as 1858, Fourth of July festivals healthier community. c’87, g’89, digs deep into the unexpectedly and political rallies “inevitably featured “We do everything through food and bountiful story of Kansas City foodways. barbecue,” including bison roasts. the environment,” says Hampton, c’07, With a longtime local’s wealth of Former slaves—who once were forced to executive director of the Sunrise Project, experience and an academic’s depth of provide the hard labor of digging trenches, “but it’s really about engaging new voices interests, Broomeld, professor of English chopping wood, tending res and serving and getting people connected to the at Johnson County Community College, food—now lived free in neighborhoods community.” opens with a vivid description of the “hazy with hickory smoke on weekends.” Hampton and Freiburger worked plentiful food and hospitality that have Wood was plentiful and free, and neigh- together at the Douglas County Child become trademarks of pregame tailgate bors oen shared the cost of tough cuts of Development Association, where they ran parties outside Arrowhead Stadium. She meat and o al. Healthy Sprouts, a farm to preschool then detours clear of our now-famous African-American restaurateur and program that educates young children tailgate culture and barbecue fame to former steamboat cook Henry Perry, a about the benets of eating healthy, local examine how local inhabitants fed 1907 arrival who learned to barbecue as a foods. When the program’s funding was themselves here across millennia. boy in Tennessee, “is credited with being discontinued in 2014, the two friends With welcome detail, Broomeld the rst man in Kansas City to take decided to create an organization that

74 | KANSAS ALUMNI could support Healthy Sprouts and similar Italy, One Heart Farm and Lawrence bins on-site,” Hampton says, explaining community programs. Organics. that students will learn about the process ey joined forces with the Lawrence “We’re already gardening and planting in class. “We’ll take food waste from the Fruit Tree Project, a group that was ling fruit trees on the grounds, but we still have schools and the worms will break it down.” for its own nonprot status at the time, to get all the money and go through the Construction at the garden center and established the Sunrise Project, building permits to get going on the should be underway within the next six drawing inspiration for the name from the renovations,” Hampton says. months, and Hampton says they hope to recently closed Sunrise Garden Center at Over the past year, the Sunrise Project be in the new location this winter. 1501 Learnard Ave. has received more than $100,000 through “ ere are so many things we can do “ at was always where we wanted to donations and grants from the Kriz once we get there,” says Freiburger. “We’ll locate,” says Freiburger, PhD’10, who Charitable Fund, Douglas County have something for everyone.” directs programs for the organization. Community Foundation and LiveWell For more information on the Sunrise e 3.5-acre site, which includes two Lawrence. Hampton and Freiburger also Project, visit sunriseprojectks.org. buildings, greenhouses and ample plots for have hosted several community fundrais- —Heather Biele gardens, had been vacant for about a year ers, including two Chef’s Table events and when Hampton and Freiburger set their a pie auction, and many local businesses sights on it. “ e only way we were going and community members have raised

to do it was to partner with other busi- money for the project as well. Hampton COODY RYAN nesses that wanted to be on the site and estimates the organization needs another aligned with our mission,” Hampton $90,000 to reach its renovation and recalls. operating goals this year. She contacted Dave Millstein, ’80, a In the meantime, she and Freiburger longtime Lawrence businessman and continue to focus on creating new owner of Central Soyfoods, a local tofu programs and expanding existing ones. In and tempeh manufacturing company. addition to Healthy Sprouts and the Millstein had expressed interest in Lawrence Fruit Tree Project, which is relocating the company’s production responsible for the city’s community facility to the vacant site and teamed up orchard in East Lawrence, the Sunrise with the Sunrise Project to purchase the Project operates Food Rocket, a hands-on EMILY HAMPTON EMILY property. cooking and gardening program for Hampton and Freiburger plan to children ages 5 to 12, and Summer of convert the garden center’s former retail Service, which oers volunteer opportuni- space into a community center for ties for youth ages 12 to 18. aer-school workshops and classes and A new endeavor for Sunrise Project is use one of the greenhouses for gardening vermicomposting—using worms to turn programs. ey will share the rest of the organic waste into high-quality compost— site with Central Soyfoods, Seeds from at four local schools. “We’ll have worm STEVE PUPPE STEVE BYRON WILEY BYRON

Through programs focused on local food and sustainability, Sunrise Project co-founders Hampton and Freiburger (left) aim to connect Lawrence residents of all ages and backgrounds to their community.

ISSUE 4, 2016 | 75 KU 150 Historical notes in celebration of the University’s sesquicentennial

or decades Watkins and Miller Fscholarship halls have provided young women with more than a low-cost cooperative housing alternative. As the University Daily Kansan noted years ago, these students received “a triple educa- tion,” combining “housework, schoolwork, an d p l ay.” “Watkins girls” shared domestic (2) LIBRARY SPENCER RESEARCH COURTESY responsibilities in the halls, which were equipped with seven kitchens in each basement. Groups of six or seven residents were assigned to a kitchen, and the women shared the responsibilities of buying and ordering food, paying the bills and cooking meals—skills Elizabeth Miller Watkins, who donated the funds to build the halls, deemed important for young women to acquire. “It is surprising,” wrote the Graduate Magazine in July 1937, “how soon those who have done no more than make an occasional pan of fudge before they came to the Hall learn to wield a frying pan and a roaster. Most of the girls by the end of a year in the Hall are able to prepare meals that are real culinary triumphs.” Cooking wasn’t the only skill the young women mastered. “ e housemother taught us etiquette, the ocers taught us cleaning,” Gayle Barry Matchett, ’59, a Watkins resident from 1955 to ’57, recalled, according to kuhistory.com. “But the memories were made in the small kitchens of Watkins Hall, learning to cook together. is cemented our friendships far more than any social life.” Sunday dinners were formal, requiring the women to wear dresses or skirts, nylons and heels. Oen they set an additional place at their tables for Mrs. Watkins, who would occasionally visit from her residence at the Outlook. Although dining formalities gave way to more relaxed meals over the years, today’s Watkins and Miller residents enjoy the ceremonial New Women Dinner, hosted each fall by Kitchen 8, the aec- tionate name given to alumnae of the halls. —Heather Biele

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