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MAGAZINE

A PUBLICATION OF THE MINER ALUMNI ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING ALUMNI OF MSM, UMR AND MISSOURI S&T

unusual finds Miner Alumni Association Representing more than 50,000 alumni worldwide

PRESIDENT AREA DIRECTORS RAVI AKELLA, Graduate Student President PERRIN R. ROLLER ’80, Spring, Texas Area 1: PAUL G. BALDETTI ’81, Skaneateles, N.Y. ([email protected]) ([email protected]) ([email protected]) LEYLA GARDNER, Student Union Board President Area 2: CHRISTOPHER MAYBERRY ’98, Alexandria, Va. ([email protected]) PRESIDENTELECT ([email protected]) member SUSAN HADLEY ROTHSCHILD ’74, St. Louis Area 3: BRIAN TENHOLDER ’97, Charlotte, N.C. COMMITTEE CHAIRS ([email protected]) ([email protected]) GARY W. HINES ’95, Owensboro, Ky. Area 4: JOHN KEATING ’73, Lakeland, Fla. ([email protected]) VICE PRESIDENTS ([email protected]) RONALD W. JAGELS ’86, St. Louis benefi ts ([email protected]) ERNEST K. BANKS ’81, St. Louis Area 5: HENRY E. BROWN ’68, Cincinnati ([email protected]) ([email protected]) ED MIDDEN III ’69, Springfi eld, Ill. JOHN F. EASH ’79, Weldon Spring, Mo. Area 6: ART GIESLER ’77, Colleyville, Texas ([email protected]) ([email protected]) ([email protected]) As a graduate of MSM, UMR or RICHARD W. EIMER JR. ’71, Spring, Texas Area 7: GREGORY K. ARDREY ’89, Janesville, Wis. PAST PRESIDENTS ([email protected]) ([email protected]) ARTHUR G. BAEBLER ’55, St. Louis Missouri S&T, you are automatically JOHN R. FRERKING ’87, Kansas City, Mo. Area 8: TOM FEGER ’69, Springfi eld, Ill. ROBERT D. BAY ’49, Chesterfi eld, Mo. a member of the Miner Alumni ([email protected]) ([email protected]) ([email protected]) ROBERT J. SCANLON ’73, Brookeville, Md. Area 9: NATHAN RUES ’02, Fischers, Ind. ROBERT T. BERRY ’72, St. Louis Association and are entitled to: ([email protected]) ([email protected]) ([email protected]) JON VANINGER ’63, Manchester, Mo. Areas 10-18: SHAWNNA L. ERTER ’00, St. Charles, Mo. JAMES E. BERTELSMEYER ’66, Tulsa, Okla. ([email protected]) ([email protected]) ([email protected]) Areas 10-18: DANIEL FRISBEE ’72, Ballwin, Mo. ROBERT M. BRACKBILL ’42, Dallas Career Assistance: TREASURER ([email protected]) ([email protected]) Missouri S&T’s Career Opportunities JERRY R. BAYLESS ’59, Rolla, Mo. Areas 10-18: RHONDA GALASKE ’79, Collinsville, Ill. MATTEO A. COCO ’66, Aff ton, Mo. ([email protected]) ([email protected]) ([email protected]) Center will help you in your job search. Areas 10-18: JARROD R. GRANT ’98, O’Fallon, Mo. PAUL T. DOWLING ’40, St. Louis ASSISTANT TREASURER ([email protected]) LARRY L. HENDREN ’73, Columbia, Mo. For information, call 573-341-4343. RICHARD L. ELGIN ’74, Rolla, Mo. Areas 10-18: POLLY HENDREN ’73, Columbia, Mo. ([email protected]) ([email protected]) ([email protected]) ZEBULUN NASH ’72, Houston, Texas Areas 10-18: MARYLOU LEGSDIN ’90, Springfi eld, Mo. ([email protected]) Services: SECRETARY ([email protected]) JAMES R. PATTERSON ’54, Sikeston, Mo. W. KEITH WEDGE ’70, Rolla, Mo. Areas 10-18: CHRIS RAMSAY ’83, Rolla, Mo. ([email protected]) Online Community, including ([email protected]) ([email protected]) DARLENE MELOY RAMSAY ’84, Rolla, Mo. Areas 10-18: ANDREW M. SINGLETON ’00, Ballwin, Mo. ([email protected]) searchable directory ASSISTANT SECRETARY ([email protected]) GERALD L. STEVENSON ’59, Highland City, Fla. Access to alumni offi ce via email RANDALL G. DREILING ’81, St. Louis Areas 10-18: BRECK WASHAM ’90, Ballwin, Mo. ([email protected]) ([email protected]) ([email protected]) JOHN B. TOOMEY ’49, Vero Beach, Fla. ([email protected]) Area 19: JASON BRIDGES ’00, Lenexa, Kan. ([email protected]) Address update service so you DIRECTORSATLARGE ([email protected]) HELENE HARDY PIERCE ’83, Sparta, N.J. Area 20: DELORES J. HINKLE ’75, Sugar Land, Texas STAFF don’t miss your Missouri S&T mail ([email protected]) ([email protected]) TIFFANY DAVIS, Administrative Assistant STEPHEN W. RECTOR ’72, Greenwood Village, Colo. Area 21: DANIEL JACKSON ‘90, San Diego, Calif. ([email protected]) Insurance discounts and offers ([email protected]) ([email protected]) ELAINE L. RUSSELL, Manager of External Alumni Relations Travel opportunities JOHN M. REMMERS ’84, Hudson, Ohio Area 22: DAVID BUFALO ’66, Denver ([email protected]) (john.remmers@ttifl oorcare.com) ([email protected]) RENEE D. STONE, Accountant ([email protected]) GREGORY SKANNAL ’85, Yorba Linda, Calif. Area 23: TOM HARRISON ’74, Danville, Calif. MARIANNE A. WARD, Executive Vice President, ([email protected]) ([email protected]) Miner Alumni Association ([email protected]) Miner Merchandise: DALE A. SPENCE ’97, State College, Pa. Area 24: PETER MALSCH ’62, Enumclaw, Wash. Chairs, lamps, watches, pendants, ([email protected]) ([email protected]) DAVID M. TEPEN ’90, Bettendorf, Iowa Joe Miner credit card, license plates ([email protected]) STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES STEPHANIE ROSTAD, Student Council President for Missouri residents, and the offi cial ([email protected]) Missouri S&T ring.

To take advantage of these offers, or for more information, contact Miner Alumni Association Mission and Goals the alumni offi ce: MISSION Miner Alumni Association The association proactively strives to create an environment – embodying communication with and participation by Miner alumni and friends – to foster strong loyalty to the university and growth of the association. The association increases its fi nancial strength Missouri S&T and provides aid and support to deserving students, faculty and alumni. 107 Castleman Hall 400 W. 10th St. GOALS Rolla, MO 65409-0650 • Increase alumni pride in their association with Missouri S&T and the Miner Alumni Association. • Increase alumni involvement, especially that of young alumni. Phone: 573-341-4145 • Increase alumni contributions, both in the number of alumni making a fi nancial commitment and in the dollars raised to benefi t Fax: 573-341-4706 Missouri S&T and the Miner Alumni Association. Email: [email protected] • Strengthen relationships with faculty, staff and students on behalf of the alumni association. Web: alumni.mst.edu The offi cers and other members of the association’s board of directors provide leadership and personal participation to achieve these goals and fulfi ll this mission. For their efforts to be a success, they need YOUR active participation as well, in whatever alumni activities you choose. contents SUMMER 2010

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U — Hall of Fame Room basketball N — North on Stonehenge U — McNutt Hall bike rack S — Havener Center walkway Correction U — Curtis Laws Wilson Library handrail A — Butler-Carlton Hall interior Wind power provided L — Miner statue in McNutt Hall .51 percent of the energy generated in the United States F — McNutt Hall Tool Shop in 2008. Net electricity imports I — Missouri S&T Stonehenge accounted for .11 percent. N — Curtis Laws Wilson Library books These percentages were D — McNutt Hall Tool Shop incorrectly reported as 8.45 S — Straumanis-James Hall and .02 in the graphic on page 9 of the Spring 2010 issue. The corrected graphic is available online at magazine.mst.edu. Class ring comes home page 6 Stay connected , Visit Missouri S&T Magazine online at http://magazine.mst.edu For David Deatherage for more interactive features. And stay connected to your the past is always present alma mater through these page 8 online resources: The Miner Alumni Association: John Harris: alumni.mst.edu Strange things Campus news: Winging it in the Archives news.mst.edu Missouri S&T in the news: over Kitty Hawk page 10 delicious.com/MissouriSandT page 11

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Photos from campus: fl ickr.com/MissouriSandT Snakeasaurus: Follow Missouri S&T on Twitter: twitter.com/MissouriSandT S&T grad makes a BIG discovery page 12 Departments

campaign update 14-15 association news 24-29

15 Miner Pride Weekend wrap-up st. pat’s sections 30-34 around campus 16-18 section news 35 16 Innovation Park takes shape research 19-21 alumni notes 36-43

19 Wiimote manufacturing 41 Weddings 21 Blue gem, greener fuel 43 Future Miners sports 22-23 memorials 44-48

22 Terry Robinson: dual threat 47 Richard H. Bauer 47 Norman Tucker

Th e Miner Alumni Association publishes Missouri S&T Magazine to communicate and refl ect the past, current and future interests of the alumni of the Missouri School of Mines, the University of Missouri-Rolla and Missouri University of Science and Technology.

MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITORS Missouri S&T Magazine (USPS 323-500) (ISSN 1084-6948) SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Andrew Careaga is issued four times per year (March, June, September, December) CHANCELLOR JOHN F. CARNEY III Lance Feyh in the interest of the graduates and former students of the Linda Fulps Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, the University of MAGAZINE MINER ALUMNI ASSOCIATION John Kean Missouri-Rolla and Missouri University of Science and PRESIDENT PERRIN R. ROLLER, ’80 Mindy Limback Technology. Missouri S&T Magazine is published by the SEND LETTERS TO: Luke Rinne Miner Alumni Association, 107 Castleman Hall, 400 W. 10th St., Marianne Ward, Alumni Editor, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Rolla, MO 65409-0650. Periodicals postage paid at Rolla, Mo., Miner Alumni Association, MARIANNE WARD ASSOCIATE ALUMNI EDITORS and additional mailing offi ces. 107 Castleman Hall, 400 W. 10th St., Linda Fulps Rolla MO 65409-0650 Missouri S&T Magazine is written, Elaine Russell Missouri S&T Magazine is printed by R.R. Donnelley, Phone: 573-341-4145 edited and designed by the staff of the Kansas City, Mo. Covers are printed on Fax: 573-341-4706 Missouri S&T Communications Department DESIGN & PRODUCTION 7 pt. cover #2 Matte Sterling; interior pages Email: [email protected] and the Miner Alumni Association. Megan Kean-O’Brien are printed on 70 lb. text #2 Matte Sterling. Melpo Mankin NEWS & FEATURES CONTACT: EDITORS Missouri S&T Magazine is printed using soy-based ink. Phone: 573-341-4328 Joann Stiritz (Design & Production) STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Fax: 573-341-6157 Mary Helen Stoltz, ’95 (News & Features) B.A. Rupert POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Email: [email protected] Marianne Ward (Alumni) Missouri S&T Magazine, 107 Castleman Hall, PO Box 249, Rolla, MO 65402-0249. http://magazine.mst.edu

2 MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 From the editor Every summer when I was a child, my grandmother and I hunted four-leaf clovers. We would spend hours searching her front yard for those elusive plants. I can’t describe that exhilarating moment when we would fi nally come across such a rare fi nd. In many ways, creating the cover for this issue has given me that same feeling. We explored campus, scanning the grounds and buildings for unique shapes that created letters, and then preserved the memories by snapping these unexpected photos. Th is issue, much like a four-leaf clover, is also an anomaly. It is a departure from our norm and includes some unexpected and exhilarating fi nds. Th ese “unusual fi nds” include a long-lost class ring that vanished and reappeared more than 20 years later; unique pieces of vintage furniture and the celebrities who bought them; a hydrographer who took to fl ight; and newly discovered fossils of the world’s largest snake. Joann Stiritz I think this issue is certainly the most random we’ve produced to date, but I’m Art and Production Editor hoping (with a little bit of luck) that you fi nd it enjoyable.

Letters to the Editor

Joan Woodard really hit the target As you point out in the Spring issue, energy is an all-important on her comments about the will to issue to our future. For electricity production, I think you may have advance (“Th e Great Power Play,” sold short our most important production method. According to a Spring 2010). We know, or at least used report by the Rand Corp., the geothermal deposit in the Imperial to know, how to reprocess nuclear fuel. Valley of California, alone, can supply ALL the electricity for the New reprocessing plants were built at western half of the country, essentially free. Th e USGS reports on Columbia, S.C., and at Morris, Ill. Gulf Coast geothermal deposits show they could provide much of the Th ese plants were never allowed to East’s requirements, as well as producing enough methane for all our

operate, thanks to Jimmy Carter, the needs. Th is is clean energy, no CO2 , no Hg or SO2 in the air, no ash self-proclaimed nuclear engineer from piles, nothing! Why aren’t we using this bonanza? the nuclear Navy. Th ree Mile Island is always cited as an example of what can Chuck Dohogne, MetE’61 happen with a nuclear plant. It is, but in a diff erent sense, if you Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. know what really happened. Th ere was no release of radioactive material to the environs. Th e operators made some very bad I want to commend you all on publishing those energy articles decisions, but despite that, the vessel remained intact and there (Spring 2010 issue). I was hoping you guys did that artwork on was no release to the environment. Chernobyl was a serious page 9, but I see Lawrence Livermore Labs probably originated it. problem. Unlike other reactor designs, it had no containment to Th at graphic illustration should be in every school, home, business, prevent the release of nuclear material. art museum and government offi ce in America and the world. It is My point is that we know, or at least knew, how to ship nuclear so to-the-point and clear to understand. You may want to copy that fuel, how to reprocess fuel, how to safely store the waste. We have a and send it out to alumni and caring individuals to educate more place to store the waste. We know how to use reprocessed fuel in people about our energy needs. It could be the best talking point of the current nuclear plants and how to build breeder reactors. reference for the entire nation. Th e problem for the last 35 years has been the politicians. Other Th e other illustration that is so to-the-point is on page 10, countries in the world have moved ahead of the U.S. showing the massive coal quantity we have to burn to light up I understand there are some nuclear stations in the design and the world. licensing process. Th e reactors and designs that some friends are working on are from Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy. Bob Faenger, ME’62 Springfi eld, Mo. Larry Th ompson, EE’63, MS NucE’66 Glen Ellyn, Ill.

MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 3 4 CLAIM TO FAME •MissouriS&T Woman ofthe Year in2008 hydrogen. Inthemeantime,Mormilesamplesmid-Missourilakes. ethanoland Enzymes intheacid-loving bacteria could helpbreakdownplantmaterialtoformthingslike She alsohopestofigure outiftheorganisms haveanyinbioremediationorbiofuelproduction. applieduses–like onMars. Knowing detailsoftheirmetabolismwillhelpresearchers themetabolism requiredtosurvive understand might fi whattheyeatandhow produceenergy.nd. Oncesheknowswhatisthere,canlearn thingslike PLAN •Mormilehopestoreturn Australia toisolate andcharacterize thebacteriatoseewhat newspeciesshe could handletheunusualenvironment. (simpleorganismswater Mormile foundthatprokaryotes lack mimics conditionsfoundonMars. anucleus) researchers studyingorganisms found inthesalt-waterofwestern lakes Australia. The saltsandacidicpHofthe Mormileisoneofagroup WHY SHE’SCOOL•Shehelpedprove thetheorythatlifecouldexistonMars. support morecomplexlifeforms. HER PASSION •Bacteria. Specifically those organismsinextremeenvironments thatcanlive –placesdon’t COMMON JUNCTURE•MelanieMormile,MissouriS&Tmicrobiologist Mars. Salt. Biofuels. faculty profi le MISSOURI S&T

MAGAZINE |SUMMER 2010 Say What by the numbers 112 Employers attending the Spring ? Career Fair at Missouri S&T. “Th ey can teach you about it in the classroom, 21 but until you see it fi rst-hand you’re kind of Fortune 500 employers at the Spring Career Fair. oblivious as to how a company functions in the real world. As part of my internship, I got to see 150 how the system really worked. I went to meetings, Costumes worn by the 62 members of the Miner League participated in projects and learned a lot from my Th eatre Players for the spring production of Disney’s Beauty boss, who was also my mentor.” and the Beast.

– Christina Els, a junior in business and management systems, discussing how her co-op job helped her learn about supply-chain management in a March 18 St. Louis Post-Dispatch story. 2,247 Trees on the S&T campus as inventoried by landscaping services as part of the university’s “Th e companies will try “ Every job interview I’ve TRIM grant from the Missouri to negotiate with data had so far was centered Department of Conservation. with NHTSA to say on the Formula car. 5 this is the level that’s Th ey want to know New trees planted on campus as appropriate. Th ey about design teams.” a result of TRIM grant fi ndings.

want it to be confi ned – Adam Hardin, a senior in mechanical engineering and member of the Formula 21 at the lower levels, a Car Team, in an S&T news release about Number of S&T students prospective employers. spending their summer in mechanical issue that Bolivia, working with Engineers Without Borders to doesn’t have a serious bring sustainable, clean water safety implication.” to rural regions.

– Engineering management professor Ken Ragsdell, ME’66, MS ME’67, discussing the Toyota recalls on the American Public Media program Marketplace, which is heard on National Public Radio stations nationally.

MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 5 FULL CIRCLE: Class ring comes home by Mary Helen Stoltz ([email protected]) photos by B.A. Rupert

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Pictured in front: Andy Schelin’s class ring, lost in the 1980s. In back, its replacement.

6 MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District employees Joe Anselmo and Kim Rumpsa, an S&T graduate student, worked together to identify the lost ring’s owner.

In the fall of 1986, Joe Anselmo was performing a routine maintenance sweep of the sewers in the North St. Louis County city of Normandy, Mo., for UMR, so he enlisted the help of Kim Rumpsa, who is the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District. Anselmo working toward a master’s degree from Missouri S&T. was inspecting and cleaning a sanitary manhole near Rumpsa, an associate engineer for the St. Louis Bermuda Road, removing debris from a basket that Metropolitan Sewer District, accepted the challenge. collects waste, when he found a ring. Determined to fi nd the ring’s owner, Rumpsa tried contacting the company that manufactured the Anselmo put the ring in his pocket and continued his work. ring, but found that the company had been sold years ago. She then contacted Renee Stone, the accountant “Oftentimes, sewer workers fi nd interesting items both in storm and sanitary collection sewers,” Anselmo in the Miner Alumni Association, hoping that the says. “Rings slip off initials “JAS” and the year 1976 would be enough fi ngers and fall into kitchen or bathroom sinks or toilet bowls. Th information to go on. Stone narrowed it down to system, ultimately to a treatment facility.”ey flow through the three alumni and called each to inquire about a missing class ring. Later, while cleaning the ring, he tried it on. “I realized the signifi cance and honor associated “On Aug. 19, 2009, at 11:34 a.m., John Andrew with a class ring,” Anselmo says. “Th e owner must “Andy” Schelin, MetE’76, called me, leaving messages have been devastated to lose such a priceless object.” on both my desk phone and my work cell phone,” Rumpsa says. She immediately returned the call. Th e more he thought about that class ring, the more he was reminded of his parents’ wish that at least “I told him who I was and asked him to describe one of their three children would go to college. Nearly the ring,” Rumpsa says. “I actually already fi 20 years later, that ring inspired Anselmo to enroll in was probably the owner, but unintentionally gured tortured he Concordia University, where he earned a degree in him for a few minutes during the description process.” liberal arts with a minor in human resources in 2006. Th e two made plans to meet in Carthage, Mo., He is the fi rst college graduate in his family. a few days later. Schelin would travel to the town near his hometown to meet Rumpsa, who would be When Anselmo’s proud parents bought him his own college class ring, he remembered the ring he had traveling through on her way to a horse show. Rumpsa found two decades earlier and began his search for its photographed Anselmo holding the ring so Schelin owner. could see the man who found it. Anselmo could tell by the engraving on the ring Sadly, the meeting never took place. that it had come from Missouri S&T, then known as On Friday, Aug. 21, the day before his scheduled meeting with Rumpsa, Schelin had a stroke on a Kansas golf course.

(continued on page 9)

MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 7 For David Deatherage, the past is always present

by Lance Feyh ([email protected]) photos by Emily Rasinksi, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

David Deatherage, EMgt’92, is a professional shopper. He goes to estate sales, auctions and antique shows, always on the lookout for vintage furniture. It was a passion that startede shag back in Rolla after he rented an apartment in an old house that had been divided. Th carpet and window shades were turquoise. He says the interior of the place looked like it was out of House and Garden in 1952. “In my 20s, I think I lived my life as an anachronism,” Deatherage says. “I had vintage everything. I would wear a vintage Salvador Dali tie and a sharkskin suit to go to the grocery store.” Deatherage started buying 1940s and 1950s items for his apartment in Rolla. After graduating, he started collecting French Art Deco furniture and then became fascinated by Machine Age/Streamline American design from the 1930s. Today, he’s probably most associated with buying and selling glamorous Hollywood Moderne furniture from the 1940s. Th e celebrity clients he’s sold pieces to include Courtney Cox, Kate Spade, Jillian Michaels and Annie Leibovitz. Deatherage’s business is called Century Design Ltd. He is based in St. Louis, where he has a spacious loft. “When I put the loft together, I had the idea of it being like ecta 1940s its movie set,” he says. “I threw out the well-traveled concept that a loft should refl industrial past. I wanted the space to be more formal and elegant. In the 1930s and 1940s, movie sets were designed to have an element of fantasy and luxury that was a form of escapism from the Great Depression and World War II.” Among the pieces in his loft are a custom Dorothy Draper cabinet originally designed for the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco in the 1940s, a Lucite Grosfeld House chair from 1939 and a pair of Tommi Parzinger sconces. Some of these items aren’t for sale, but almost

8 MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 everything else is. Deatherage has a warehouse space full of vintage furniture that’s awaiting the right buyer. He says one of his most memorable fi nds was a pink lacquer Tommi Parzinger sideboard that had porcelain nail heads. It was purchased in New York and is currently in Malibu, Calif. For a while, Deatherage was involved with a public gallery called Circa in the Central West End of St. Louis, but most of his business is done online through clients in other cities. “My head in many ways is in New York,” he says. “Most of my clients are there.” Life in the art world is a long way from Missouri S&T, where Deatherage fi nished his engineering degree because, he says, he excelled at math and didn’t know what else to do. He did manage to take an art history class during one of his last semesters, though. “I was more interested in painting when Rumpsa returned the ring to Jennie Schelin, mother I graduated than getting a job,” he confesses. of the late John Andrew “Andy” Schelin, MetE’76, “But I think my degree was an exercise in last fall. Jennie lives on a Missouri Century Farm discipline. I do think my studies have benefi that has been in the Schelin family since 1874. ted me in the process of dissecting problems in all aspects of life.” Th ese days, Deatherage is less likely to break out the sharkskin suit. While gaining Class ring comes home (continued) ... experience and success as a dealer of vintage modern furnishings, his tastes became more refi ned. “As I get older,” he says, “I hope He died two days later at the age of 57. others don’t describe me as ‘Retro.’ I appreciate “Andy was so looking forward to meeting Ms. Rumpsa the design, the quality and the history of and getting his ring back,” says Jennie Schelin, Schelin’s mom. vintage furnishing. I take the best of the past “It meant so much to him.” with me, but I am more interested in living Although Schelin never saw it again, his class ring made it in the present.” safely home. In October, Rumpsa met Jennie Schelin and her daughter, Ingrid, at the Flying J truck stop in Carthage, Mo., to deliver the ring. Jennie keeps it at the Schelin family farm, a Missouri Century Farm in Verona, Mo. Th e farm has been in her husband’s family since 1874. Schelin’s dad, Albert Schelin, began writing the history of the homestead. Since his death, Jennie updates the story frequently to add family milestones. Milestones like the story of Andy’s ring — and the people who helped return it. For Anselmo, the story is bittersweet. In November, Jennie Schelin sent him a letter of thanks for returning her son’s ring. “Th e letter shared some details of Andy’s life,” Anselmo says. “Its message was full of a mother’s love. It reminded me of the love my mother always off ered, the kind of love only a mom can provide.” Although he and Mrs. Schelin have never met in person, there is a bond between the two. “We have built a certain connection through the ring,” Anselmo says. “A circle of life and friendship has been formed.”

MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 9 7. Strange things in Established in 1978, the Missouri S&T Archives houses the historical, legal and cultural records of the university. In many cases these are documents and photographs, but the archives also preserves interesting the Archives campus artifacts. Here are a few of the more unusual fi nds.

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5. 1. 3. 5. 7. Th e Th omas W. Kelly, MinE’40, William Quinn of St. Louis Th e song “Th e Mining Engineer” Th e archives houses an impressive collection includes his metal made six ceramic Joe Miner was found in the collection of collection of slide rules, essential MSM diploma, the fl ag that was fi gurines for the 1951Rollamo . Arthur W.J. Retzel NDD’41. tools to engineers in the days draped over his coffi n after he was Th ey depict Joe at diff erent before calculators. killed in France during World stages of college life. War II and a photo of him with Winston Churchill in France. 6. Th e Quadrangle’s Kelly Hall Th e extensive Claire V. Mann 8. was named after him. 4. collection includes many Robert Brickner, son of Arthur Shrubsall MetE’33, historical items from the Hugo Brickner, CE’30, and wrote about an incident on the surrounding area, including Larraine Love, the Queen MSM Swim Team when he was an original 1858 map of Rolla of Love and Beauty 1927, 2. 92 years old. on tracing paper. donated this vintage camera Brass rails like this one were in addition to photos, building used to enclose the MSM exhibit plans, hand-carved items from at the 1904 World’s Fair 6. the Far East and money from in St. Louis. Th ere are every country in that area. six in the archives Th e younger Brickner collection. Until graduated from the Virginia recently, they were Military Institute and Stanford, used to enclose spent time in the military as a the St. Pat statue civil engineer and then worked for in the Curtis Laws civilian companies building roads Wilson Library. and bridges in the Far East during and after the Vietnam War.

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10 MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 John Harris: Winging it over Kitty Hawk by Linda Fulps ([email protected])

Photo by James Seal

“We ran up and down the dunes like crazy people, trying to would want to do it,” he says. “I expected to sell lots of fi gure it out,” saysJohn Harris, GeoE’70, of his fi rst hang gliding equipment, but found only a small percentage of the population attempts in 1973. do it as a lifetime sport.” Th e company’s most lucrative area turned For his maiden fl ight, Harris picked what he thought was the out to be its retail sales of kites and T-shirts. ideal location — the sand dunes of Jockey’s Ridge State Park near In addition to the 17 stores, the company has expanded its Nags Head, N.C., about 5 miles south of Kitty Hawk, where the outdoor recreation activities to include kiteboarding, parasailing Wright brothers made their historic fl ight. and kayak eco-tours. His reviews of the 8 mm fi lm showing “ The students’ In the company’s early days, a visitor take-off and landing techniques proved fruitful: excitement and stopped by and introduced himself. Harris One fl ight and Harris was hooked. eTh the expressions was stunned to discover the man was Francis hydrographer who had spent his days surveying Rogallo, who, along with his wife Gertrude, and mapping the ocean fl oor decided to give up on their faces invented the Rogallo wing, a self-infl ating his day job to pursue a career in hang gliding. are priceless ... fl exible wing — the precursor to the modern Coworkers and family members thought he They may be only hang glider, paraglider and kiteboarding kites. was crazy, but Harris was unfazed. “Th e concept A former NASA scientist, Rogallo had retired to was so exciting,” he says. “I thought this was the 5-10 feet above the area, and the pair became close friends. right time to try it.” He felt secure that, being a the ground, on Rogallo was 62 when he fi rst learned to recent grad, he could easily fi nd another job if the dunes, but hang glide, and took his last fl ight when he was the venture failed. 80. He died last year at age 97. “Francis was a Fortunately, he never had to test his theory. they’re flying.” gentleman who was incredibly generous with his When Harris fi rst formed Kitty Hawk Kites — John Harris time,” says Harris. “He had an amazing mind in 1974, it was housed in a garage, with an for fi nding simple solutions to complex actual outhouse. Five years later a new structure problems.” was built for the hang gliding school, and now Kitty Hawk Kites Harris credits the skills he learned at Missouri S&T with operates the largest hang gliding school in the world, teaching helping him muster the discipline needed to run his business, and about 8,000 students annually. For Harris, teaching hang gliding to analyze and solve problems he encounters. He says the words is the best job in the company. of biologist Th omas H. Huxley sum up his time in Rolla best: “Th e students’ excitement and the expressions on their “Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to faces are priceless,” he says. “Th eir gratitude is tremendously make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be rewarding, especially for the short period of time it takes.” done, whether you like it or not; it is the fi rst lesson that ought to Students can fl y solo within an hour. “Th ey may be only be learned; and however early a man’s training begins, it is 5-10 feet above the ground, on the dunes, but they’re fl ying.” probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly.” Harris knew Kitty Hawk Kites would do well, but he He’s pulling back some now after being “hands on” for years. miscalculated which area would be most successful. “Hang gliding He still hang glides, though, just not as often. Or as high. “Th ese was such a great experience for me; I thought so many people days,” he says, “I usually stay on the dunes at Jockey’s Ridge.”

MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 11 illustration by Jason Bourque, University of Florida Snakeasaurus: S&T grad makes a BIG discovery by Lance Feyh ([email protected])

12 MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 Carlos Jaramillo, MS GGph’95, found the fossils of Titanoboa in an open coal pit in Colombia.

The hefty vertebrae of Titanoboa (right) dwarfs that of a modern anaconda.

photo by Jason Head and John Bloch, University of Florida

As miners dig deeper and deeper into an open coal pit in Colombia, millions of years 32 feet. Th e anaconda is bulkier, but maxes out of history are displaced. On a fossil-hunting at 25 feet. expedition to one of these pits in 2006, Open coal pits like the one in Colombia Carlos Jaramillo’s team found some big bones are excellent places to fi nd evidence from the that belonged to a super-sized creature. past because they preserve organic matter well. Jaramillo has found pollen, fl Sixty million years ago, not long after the owers, seeds, dinosaurs died out, the tropics were warmer than fruits, crocodiles, turtles, lizards, fresh water they are today. And the creatures, though not barracudas, crabs, bivalves, gastropods, dinosaurs, were bigger. Jaramillo, MS GGph’95, echinoids, brachiopods, you name it. One a scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research common denominator among a lot of the Institute in Panama, fi gured the vertebrae he bones and fossils dating back to approximately found belonged to a massive crocodile. 60 million years ago is their size. Th e generous proportions can be attributed to climate. “Two years later, a student compared the vertebrae to the skeleton of a modern anaconda,” Cold-blooded animals that depend on size says Jaramillo. “Th en we thought, ‘ah, yes, we to maintain metabolism grow bigger in warmer have a big snake!’” environments. According to Jaramillo, plants and animals like Titanoboa were living at Th is constrictor, now considered to be the largest snake to have ever slithered the Earth, temperatures that were 7 to 10 degrees higher would have made a modern day anaconda look than they are now. Carbon dioxide levels were like a glorifi ed earthworm. Jaramillo says his also found to be elevated. Th at means tropical team actually ended up fi nding the fossils of 28 rainforests had the potential to thrive during diff erent snakes, ranging in size from 40 to 50 past periods of global warming. feet long with a weight in the neighborhood of Jaramillo’s scientifi c studies have taken him 2,500-pounds. to Panama, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Costa Rica and Nigeria; and he goes back to Jaramillo and co-researchers named the constrictor Titanoboa. Th ey published their Colombia often. In his line of work, Jaramillo fi ndings in the journalNature in February 2009. says he sees plenty of snakes that are still very much alive: “Big ones, small ones, ones with In addition to being the biggest snake, Titanoboa is the largest non-marine vertebrate poison, without poison … it’s a common animal ever discovered. It fed on crocodiles and giant we fi nd in the fi eld. You have to learn to live turtles by squeezing them to death and with them.” swallowing them whole. Previously, the largest But, fortunately, none of us has to learn to known snake was Gigantophis, which was at live with a snake as large as Titanoboa. least 33 feet long and lived in Egypt about “Oh, I wouldn’t want to meet up with 39 million years ago. Today, the longest snake Titanoboa,” Jaramillo says quickly, thinking is the reticulated python, which grows up to about the consequences of such an encounter. “My God!”

MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 13 14 campaign update MISSOURI S&T team tolove.”team tochampionships,andaneasier it comes when team historical more “We second-best be Cardinals, like the Iguess, the would Michigan New York —the Yankees carracing,” of solar Hirtz says. play playing onamore fi level gift. “Th Hirtz’s have hearing appreciated would reactions estate totheir CarTeam, Solar lot of the probably joyoutof following they so in 2009. a speech pathologist. Pat passed away in2006andAlan died Transportation. of Missourilighting systems forthe andsignals Department for aircraft. He remainder career of the spent his designing andcircuits wiring designing graduation, after (now Boeing) during World War II.He Douglas wenttowork forMcDonnell andinnovations.Heproducts fl nearly team’s of 25percent the team, support forthe budget. $35,000inannual generate should Hirtz endowment says the to impossible.” have next been would topteams Center. the with “Competing director Learning of S&T’s StudentandExperiential Design interim says EMgt’02, Paul PhD MSEMgt’97, Hirtz, EMgt’95, ataneffi expensiveto useless cells percent,”lessciency than20 of summer. 2010race this the employedare during being cells) junctiongallium (triple that cells purchase high-endsolar Patricia Family Goodding Trust, to team $145,000wasusedby the already makingadiff tooffi asasurprise came which diff CarTeam Solar $845,000 estate gifttothe goingtomake abig is big donorstoAlan’s were they living; buttheir while almamater aff could traded upasthey then Th working, people. frugal Unexpected giftgives solarracersabigboost erence future. farintothe Both of the Gooddings enjoyed sports andapparently enjoyed sports ofGooddings the Both gota and andwasateacher Patricia a Ph.D. held Goodding wasalways Alan electrical Goodding interested innew Th of having wasfacingadecision team gift,the this “Without Th Alan e remaining $700,000 has been placed in an endowment. inanendowment. eremaining placed $700,000hasbeen specifi egiftwasdesignated is gift is going to make it possible for the S&T team to S&Tteam goingtomake forthe it giftis possible is , EE’50,and

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Miner Pride weekend brought breaking ceremony for the new together hundreds of alumni, Hasselmann Alumni House, friends, faculty and staff to a Campaign Celebration event celebrate the success of thanking the 22,000 Advancing Missouri S&T’s most ambitious Excellence Campaign donors, capital campaign, refl ect upon the a casual and interactive dinner ways private gifts have changed honoring S&T’s scholarship donors the lives of current and future and recipients, and the university’s students, and inspire others to annual Order of the Golden follow their lead. This historic Shillelagh (OGS) donor weekend included a ground- society event.

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1. Alumni scholarship recipients 2. Marianne Ward of the Miner Alumni Association 3. Chancellor John F. Carney III speaking during the celebration 4. Micah Weber, CpEng’10, Robert 1 3 Bay, CE’49, Perrin Roller, GeoE’80, Carney, Rolla Mayor Bill Jenks, Darlene Ramsay, MetE’84, Matt Coco, CE’66, and Joe Miner 5. Barbi Wheelden, ChE’10, discussing her EWB experience 6. Paula McBurnett, development offi cer, and Hugh, EMgt’72, and Linda Cole 7. Ted Weise, EE’67, and Gary 5 Forsee, CE’72 8. Newly inducted OGS members 6 9. Fred Kummer, CE’55, Forsee, and new OGS members Ken and Marian Clark at the OGS banquet 9

MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 15 8 7 Students inTransition. Center fortheFirst-Year Experienceand Student AdvocatesbytheNationalResource educators namedOutstandingFirst-Year undergraduate studies,wasoneof10U.S. Briefl y 16 around campus MISSOURI S&T Harvest Collier,viceprovostfor golf course’s driving range. The buildingwillsitonwhatwasthe Innovation Parkoffice building.(Atright) (Above) Anartist’s renderingofthefirst offi roughlyprovide 18,500square feet of contract. construction design-build Chesterfi of campus. Brinkmann Constructors research Missouri park onthe S&T of Innovationbuilding Park, aplanned Missouri S&T’s fi Course.It the Golf is of corner northeast onthe building on a22,750-square-foot general offi October 2010. October in expected is Completion for tenants. Innovation Parktakesshape ce suites andsharedce suites offi When completed, the building will will building the completed, When spring this began Construction eld, Mo., wasawardedeld, the

MAGAZINE |SUMMER 2010 ce space ce rst Associations andExtension. the UniversityofMissouriAllianceAlumni 2010 OutstandingAlumniServiceAward from emeritus ofceramicengineering,receivedthe Delbert Day,CerE’58,Curators’Professor in Rome,N.Y. and 2009.Madriawillworkinthe laboratory He wasawardedsimilarfellowships in2008 Society forEngineeringEducation(ASEE). summer facultyfellowshipbytheAmerican Force ResearchLaboratories(AFRL)visiting computer science,wasawardedhisthirdAir Sanjay Madria,associateprofessorof St. Pat’s 2010 Follies, street painting, the court, parade and after-parade parties kept the “best ever” tradition alive in Rolla. St. Pat’s royalty

Stephanie Rostad, a senior in civil engineering from Waynesville, Mo., and immediate past Student Council president, was crowned the Queen of Love and Beauty. Michael Schwartz, a senior in civil engineering and newly elected Student Council President from Foley, Mo., portrayed St. Patrick.

Also during St. Pat’s 2010, the St. Pat’s Celebration Committee awarded the following eight faculty, staff, alumni and community leaders the title Honorary Knight of St. Patrick: Robert Brinkmann, CE’71, of St. Albans, Mo., president of Brinkmann Constructors of Chesterfi eld, Mo. Jim Duncan of Rolla, manager of custodial and landscape services at Missouri S&T Jay W. Goff of Rolla, vice provost and dean of enrollment management Michael Gross, MetE’88, MS MetE’94, of Owensboro, Ky., vice president of quality, environment, health and safety at Daicel Safety System America/Daicel Safety Technologies America Kurt Kosbar of Rolla, associate chair for laboratory development in electrical and computer engineering and head of the International Foundation for Telemetering’s Telemetry Learning Center at Missouri S&T John Slowensky of Rolla, head director of instrumental music for the Rolla Public School District Paul Worsey of Rolla, professor of mining and nuclear engineering and explosives expert at Missouri S&T Letha Young of Rolla, university police sergeant at Missouri S&T.

MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 17 18 http://minerchallenge.wordpress.com. Miner onthe blogat photos Challenge and view Challenge. Habitat’s Collegiate of aspart inMobile, homes Ala., to build Habitat with worked students Miner Challenge for Humanity year, Last onaproject inBoone. Youth Network N.C., Inc. andHabitat of Boone, Western worked the with team years ago,the Minerproject the banner. under Challenge Two spring break inanalternative have participated in thatcity. Th organization thatrepairs homes andrenovates Together service New avolunteer Orleans, university’sby the student lifedepartment. alternative spring break program sponsored of Miner2005 aspart the 2010,an Challenge hit byrebuild Hurricane homes Katrinain spring their spent break inNew helping Orleans Building intheBigEasy around campus MISSOURI S&T Read more about the students’Read more the about experiences Th A group of 28Missouri S&Tstudents estudents worked Rebuilding with their partners in Amsterdam via video conferencing. Th inAmsterdam video partners via their face-to-facewith Studentscomparable met group atHES. by Missouri anda S&T’s Center Communications Video U.S.in the globally onsuch aproject. tocollaborate U.S. fi the andthe program, inthe toparticipate University Alliance. Missouri in of S&Twasone 190schools Studies)Economische Amsterdam of SAP waspart the technology atMissouri S&T.technology professor of andinformation business , associate Lea Bih-Ru instructor says course America, for acasecompany inSouth forecasting fi while experience team a working Th continent. thaninMissouri. hourslater seven class begins where fromAmsterdam, course studentshalf of the the took class mayhalf the have wearingpajamas. Th been Systems Management last semester, course Strategic Enterprise abroadLearning … from Rolla Th Th Th When fi is partnership with students from HES (Hogeschool voor students with (Hogeschool voor partnership from HES is is is the third the year S&Tstudents is is e logistics of the collaboration were coordinated were coordinated collaboration of elogistics the e S&T students teamed with a class from another aclass from with eS&Tstudents another teamed

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MAGAZINE rst responders may have soon abetter way |SUMMER 2010 objects and provide objectsandprovide Norbert Maerz Norbert , “Geological evolutionisfundamentally all oddstoexist,”saysAbdelSalam. than 15years. research inNorthEastAfricaformore Missouri S&T. Hehasbeenconducting geological sciencesandengineeringat Abdel Salam,associateprofessorof county whileengagedinscientifi cresearch. the academicandsocialcultureoftheirhost opportunity totravelabroadandexperience Engineering. Theprogramgivesstudentsan and theOffi ceofInternationalScienceand funded bytheNationalScienceFoundation Research ExperienceforStudentsprogram, 6 millionyears. the evolutionaryhistoryofpast the EgyptianNile,paintingapictureof study geologicformationssurrounding students andfacultytraveledtoEgypt Geology oftheNile “The NileRivercontinuestobeat Leading theprojectisMohamed The projectispartoftheInternational In January, agroupofMissouriS&T Maerz says. caveshiding,” inside mightbe terrorists where technology this Markthe Twain National Forest. deploy “In theory, could you inS&T’s Minechambers andcave Experimental passages in of inside houses,businesses,the Missouri S&Tbuildings, A Rollabarbershop,asseenthroughtheLIDAR. Maerz and his studentsMaerz and his have prototype usedtheir tomap up toonekilometerdeep. and magneticpropertiesofthesubsurface deep. Otherteamsmeasuredgravitational through rocklayersseveralhundredmeters seismic readings,measuringshockwaves river channel,whilegeophysicsteamstook to understandthetopographiccontrolof mapped faultsandrocklayersalongtheNile during their20daysoffi eldwork.Some Egypt. Studentseachworkedonsub-projects portion oftheNilenearAswaninsouthern Missouri S&Tstudentsfocusedonasmall activities today,” saysAbdelSalam. resources andfertilesoilforagricultural is importantforfi ndingcleangroundwater of theregionisnotpurelyacademic.“It path.” Earth movementaffecttheirevolutionary rivers evolveandhowclimatechange important tounderstandinghowlong-lasting In Egypt,AbdelSalamandthefi ve Interest intheevolutionaryhistory Blue gem, greener fuel

What happened in Vegas …

While organized crime weaves its way into Hollywood’s versions of Las Vegas, the extent of the mob’s actual involvement in the conception and development of the city is debatable. Larry Gragg, chair and Curators’ Teaching Professor of history and political science at Missouri S&T, and Amanda Kamps, Hai Xiao says sapphires can take the heat when it comes to making clean coal. Hist’09, presented papers on their Vegas-based research at the Far West Popular Culture Sapphire, a brilliant blue gemstone most familiar in jewelry, may soon play an and American Culture Associations’ annual important part in making coal a cleaner fuel source. conference, held in March in Las Vegas. Missouri S&T researchers are investigating sapphire’s suitability as sensors that “I have spent the last two years writing could survive the harsh, hot environment of coal-gasifi cation plants. Th ese plants about mobsters in Las Vegas,” Kamps says. produce synthesis gas (syngas), a synthetic form of natural gas that can be used for “This was my fi rst chance to actually visit power generation and transportation. ‘Sin City’ and see the places I’ve detailed in Sapphire is also a tough mineral and, when grown as single-crystal sapphire, is able my work.” to withstand extreme temperatures. Th at’s why the Missouri S&T researchers think it Gragg has had a longtime interest in the could handle the heat of coal gasifi cation. connections between organized crime and “It’s a very harsh environment,” Hai Xiao, associate professor of electrical and Las Vegas. “My paper, ‘Film Depictions of computer engineering at Missouri S&T, says of the systems that turn coal into syngas. Organized Crime in Las Vegas,’ deals with Th ose environments also require precise temperature and pressure controls to make the ways motion pictures contributed to the syngas as cleanly as possible. general beliefs Americans had about the mob’s “Th e high temperature ensures the effi cient transformation of coal to syngas, role in the development of Las Vegas after creating less waste and sustaining a better environment,” Xiao says. World War II,” he says. He is also writing a One roadblock to the coal gasifi cation technology is the lack of process control book on the subject. instrumentation that can handle the harsh environment. “Th ere’s a huge technology Kamps’ paper focuses on the notorious gap for sensing and monitoring in harsh environments in general,” Xiao says. mobster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel and the Xiao and his colleagues believe sapphire can take the heat. But they still have to way he was able to use his various personae fi gure out how to turn the crystal into a sensor that is only about 100 microns in to open his Flamingo Hotel and Casino in diameter — about the thickness of a human hair. Th e sensors will take the form of fi bers. 1946-1947, says Gragg. Th e researchers’ fi rst task is to design and build the sensors with the ability to Kamps says her study of Siegel offers measure temperature as well as gas pressure. If laboratory tests prove successful, they great insight into the interactions between will then explore the possibility of testing the sensors in actual production facilities, post-war Las Vegas and the mobsters who working with AmerenUE, a utility company based in St. Louis, to fi eld-test the sensors. descended upon the frontier town. “My paper Th e three-year research project began last October and is funded by the U.S. focuses on Siegel’s use of his reputation as a Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory. Working with Xiao brutal killer to accomplish his business goals,” on the project are H.L. Tsai, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at she says. “This not only demonstrates Bugsy’s Missouri S&T, and Junhang Dong, associate professor of chemical and materials own deviousness, but also sheds light on how engineering at the University of Cincinnati. AmerenUE staff are assisting the researchers. the perception of mobsters was perpetuated.”

MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 21 photo byB.A.Rupert story byJohnKean([email protected]) 22 Terry Robinson: dualthreat sports MISSOURI S&T

MAGAZINE |SUMMER 2010 starter.” what Idoonthefi eld,”Robinsonsays.“SoIwill keep mymouthclosedandshowwhyIamthe a coachwithstrongdefensive background. be playingundernewheadcoachDavidBrown,whowasadefensive backinhisplayingdaysand apparentlystuck.” hurdles–somethingIwasworkingonwithCoach(Kyle)Rutledge, butheputitintermsthat ashesaid,”Robinsonsays.“Ialsohadsomeproblems standingtallapproachingthe Fosterwasintowntowatchhisson,Bryce,playbasketball fortheMiners. silvermedalistinthe110-meterhurdlesat1984Los AngelesOlympicGames,while inthe400-metersandanchorof4x400-meterrelay team. personal-besttimeof8.02seconds.HewasalsotheGreatLakesValley Conferencechampion earned All-AmericahonorsintrackMarchbyplacingfi fthinthe60-meterhurdleswitha rest oftheyearcompetingintrackasahurdlerandsprinter. made amarkontheathleticfi eld.Inthefall,heisacornerbackonfootballteamandspends the future.” to homeandisagreatengineeringinstitutionthatIfeelwillgrantmemultiplejobopportunitiesin home andhasfoundanicheintheMissouriS&Tathleticprogramthosetwosports. college attheU.S.AirForceAcademy. HespentayearinColorado,thenreturnedtohisSt.Louis “I cantalktoCoachBrownabout mycredentialsalldaybutintheenditwillcomedownto This fall,Robinsonislookingforwardtothefootballseason–his “fi rstlove”–wherehewill “ThemostimportantthingIgainedfromthatexperience was thatIhavetorun‘cocky’ Robinsonpickedupacoupleofpiecesadviceearlyintheseason fromGregFoster, a After earningfi rst-teamall-leaguehonorsinfootballfollowingthe2009season,Robinson While Robinson,asophomoreincivilengineering,islookingtowardhisfuture,healsohas “I justdidnotfeelthatthemilitarywasafi tforme,”Robinsonsays.“MissouriS&Tisclose After astandouthighschoolcareerinfootballandtrackfi eld,Terry Robinsonstarted Sometimes, it’s justamatterofthingsfallingintoplace. David Brown named Miners’ head football coach

David Brown, an assistant coach who worked with one of the defense and leading the nation with nation’s top defenses at Ohio University for the past four seasons, is 38 turnovers gained in the 2009 season. now head of the Missouri S&T football program. Th at same year, the Bobcats won the Brown takes over for Kirby Cannon, who stepped down to join Mid-America Conference’s Eastern the staff at Central Michigan University. He is the 14th head coach Division title and earned a berth to in the history of the Miner program. the Little Caesar’s Pizza Bowl to face “Our team will play with great eff ort and lots of enthusiasm,” Marshall University, the Bobcats’ Brown says. “We will place a high level of importance on special second bowl berth during Brown’s teams play. We’ll use an aggressive, attacking style of defense and time at the school. will get the ball in the hands of our playmakers on off ense.” Prior to joining the staff at Ohio, Brown was the defensive backs coach at Ohio and he has also Brown spent fi ve seasons on the staff worked with aspects of the special teams. He was in charge of the at Cal Polytechnic State University in Brown punt return unit and also assisted with the punt and kickoff teams. San Luis Obispo, Calif., serving as the During his stint at Ohio, the Bobcat defense was one of the team’s defensive coordinator in the 2004 and 2005 seasons. In the best in the nation, ranking among the top 20 at the NCAA two years as defensive coordinator at his alma mater, Brown headed Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level in pass effi ciency one of the top units in Division I-AA .

Miner swimmers place eighth at nationals; two from track team earn All-America honors

Missouri S&T’s swimming team Hamzic, Schranck and fi nished eighth at the NCAA Division II Sanchez-Turner; and the Swimming and Diving Championships, 200-yard medley relay team with four individuals and three relay teams of Schranck, Hamzic, fi nishing among the top eight in their Paul Reinisch, a senior events in the meet held in Canton, Ohio. in aerospace engineering, Th e Miners’ highest individual fi nish and Vernon. came from mathematics junior Zlatan Th e men’s track Hamzic, who came in fi fth place in the team had two individual 200-yard breaststroke, while Zach Lemons, All-America eff orts at the Anders Lemons Schranck a junior in aerospace engineering, placed NCAA Division II Indoor sixth in that event and also had an eighth Championships in Albuquerque, N.M., championships. Robinson was also a place showing in the 400-yard individual getting a fi fth-place fi nish from civil conference champion in the 400-meters medley. Andrew Schranck, a sophomore engineering sophomore Terry Robinson and anchored the winning 4x400-meter in architectural engineering, recorded a in the 60-meter hurdles with his best relay team along with Brendan Smith, sixth-place fi nish in the 200-yard butterfl y. time of the season of 8.02 seconds and a junior in environmental engineering, Th e relay teams that fi nished among an eighth place showing from mechanical Bryan Kluge, a junior in chemical the top eight were the 400-yard freestyle engineering senior Jared Anders in the engineering, and Brandon Etzold, a junior relay quartet of Hamilton Vernon, pole vault. (Read more about Robinson in metallurgical engineering. Th e Miners, a sophomore in chemistry, David on page 22.) who fi nished a close second to Indianapolis Sanchez-Turner, a senior in engineering Anders was named the Great Lakes at the GLVC meet, also got a league title management, Sean Deegan, a freshman Valley Conference’s “Field Athlete of the from civil engineering freshman triple in aerospace engineering and Schranck; Year” after winning the pole vault and jumper Joe Smith. the 400-yard medley relay team of Deegan, heptathlon at the conference’s indoor

MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 23 Minersof the Caribbean hosted by the Miner Alumni Association X Homecoming Weekend October 1-3, 2010 Avast me maties, a high- sea adventure be settin’ sail at Missouri University of Science and Technology on Oct. 1, jus’ in time fer Homecomin’. Drop anchor, and grab ye a mug and a keg to sit on. Thar be free booty, grub, shanties, an’ great fun fer all as the swashbuckling Miner-r-r-rs face the Ranger-r-r-rs from Northwestern Oklahoma State University. Argh! It’ll be a weekend to treasure. Don’t be a scallywag! Plunder all this and more at alumni.mst.edu/events/ homecoming.html.

24 MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 Awardees to be celebrated

Alumni Achievement Award Distinguished Young Alumni Award

Presented in recognition of outstanding personal achievements by Presented to alumni 40 years of age or younger who have demonstrated alumni in fi elds of academia or business, professional or civic endeavors. leadership ability, commitment to the service of others and a high level of achievement in their chosen careers or professions. Dean I. Lindstrom, Elizabeth A. Parry, EE’79, president of EMgt’83, coordinator Ryan Howell, Jeffrey Vesley Rooks, Novar, a Honeywell of K-20 STEM partnership ME’97, ChE’95, vice president company development for the PhD MetE’09, of quality excellence at College of Engineering major, U.S. Army the Freedom Group at North Carolina State University Steve C. Sullivan, EE’89, director of Patricia R. Spence, research and EMgt’94, MS IST’05, development at PhD candidate in Industrial Light and Magic information sciences

and technology and researcher at Penn State University Robert V. Wolf Alumni Service Award Outstanding Student Advisor Award

This award is presented in memory of Robert V. Wolf, ME’51, The Miner Alumni Association will honor current advisors and MS ME’52, one of the university’s most dedicated alumni. It recognizes recognize their efforts in assisting students with academic and the dedicated service of alumni and friends to the university and to the career decisions. Miner Alumni Association. Matt Buechler, Ronaldo Luna, William F. William F. Oberbeck Jr., CSci’03, MS CSci’05, associate professor Oberbeck Sr., MetE’39, MetE’72, MS EMgt’76, lecturer in computer of civil, architectural retired business owner, MS NucE’76, president science and environmental sales and consulting of control products and engineering engineer vice president of Advance Valve

Stephen A. Raper, Jon Carl Schneider, EMgt’85, MS EMgt’87, AE’87, director of PhD EMgt’89, associate technical and professional professor of engineering development for The management and systems Boeing Co. engineering

Frank H. Mackaman Alumni Alumni Merit Award Honorary Life Member Volunteer Service Award Presented to faculty, friends of the campus An honorary life membership is awarded to friends of the university in appreciation of Presented to an alumnus or alumna in or alumni for outstanding achievement or important services to the campus and the recognition of his or her volunteer service service to the campus or to the Miner alumni association. to the Miner Alumni Association, the Alumni Association. community and the alumni sections.

Richard T. Berning, CE’69, Hansraj J. Patel, PetE’64, Chancellor John F. Carney III, retired director of public works MS PetE’65, entrepreneur in current chancellor of Missouri S&T for Springfi eld, Ill. the oil and gas industry

MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 25 Homecoming Schedule of Events 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. X Thursday, Sept. 30 Homecoming Registration 107 Castleman Hall 9 a.m. – noon Geology and Geophysics Advisory Board Meeting 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. Havener Center Academy of Mines and Metallurgy Meeting Havener Center 5 – 11:30 p.m. Breakfast will be followed by 9 a.m. meeting. Academy of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineers Induction Ceremony 9 a.m. Havener Center Order of the Golden Shillelagh Executive Meeting Reception begins at 5 p.m., dinner served at 7 p.m. 216 Parker Hall

6 – 9 p.m. 3 – 4 p.m. Geology and Geophysics Banquet Department Open Houses and Student Awards The following departments will host open houses: Havener Center • Business and Information Technology Cost is $25 • Chemistry Send RSVP to Katherine Mattison ([email protected]) • Economics or call 573-341-4616 and indicate if a vegetarian meal • Electrical Engineering will be desired. Celebrate department chair Robert • Engineering Management Laudon’s retirement and the renaming of the student • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering awards to the “Jeffrey Spooner Student Awards” in memory of Jeffrey Spooner, the fi rst secretary of the 3:30 – 4 p.m. Geology and Geophysics Advisory Board. Screening of The Millennium Arch documentary and announcement of the photography contest winners Leach Theatre, Castleman Hall X Friday, Oct. 1 For more information call James Bogan at 573-368-1910. 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. 4 – 8 p.m. Academy of Mechanical and Aerospace Alumni Silver and Gold Gathering Engineers Membership Meeting Alumni Lounge Castleman Hall Havener Center Social hour 4 p.m. Breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m., meeting begins at 8 a.m. Dinner 5:30 – 7 p.m. Social time continues until 8 p.m. 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Tickets for event: Academy of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineers • $20 for adults Spouse and Guest Event • $8 for children ages 6 to 12, under 6 are free Location TBA • Golden Alumni who graduated in 1960 or before may purchase a maximum of two tickets 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. for half price Miner Alumni Association Committee Meetings • Dinner will include barbecued chicken Castleman Hall and brisket • $1 beer and limited cash bar will be available. 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Missouri S&T Archives “Memories” Display 4 – 8 p.m. Curtis Laws Wilson Library 13th Annual Jackling Jocks Reunion Castleman Hall For information call 816-373-5978 or 979-690-3650.

26 MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 5:30 – 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2 Jackling Jocks Banquet X Zeno’s Steak House 8 – 11 a.m. Social begins at 5:30 p.m. with dinner following. Alumni Association Board of Directors Meeting For more information call 816-373-5978 or 979-690-3650. Havener Center 6 – 9 p.m. 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Alumni Association Miner Legends Banquet Missouri S&T Archives “Memories” Display Havener Center Curtis Laws Wilson Library Reception begins at 6 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m. Some of our most distinguished alumni will receive 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. prestigious Miner Alumni Association awards. The Homecoming Registration association’s annual meeting will be held during this event. Alumni tent outside Allgood-Bailey Stadium Tickets for event: • $30 for buffet dinner with cash bar available 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Kick-off Tailgate Party Alumni tent outside Allgood-Bailey Stadium Sunday, Oct. 3 Tickets for event: X • $10 for adults 1 p.m. • $5 for children ages 6 to 12 Missouri S&T Advisory Committee for • Children under age 6 are admitted free African-American Recruitment and Retention Meeting • Golden Alumni who graduated in 1960 or before Location TBA may purchase a maximum of two tickets for half price • Hot dogs, brats, $1 beer and other tailgate goodies will be served. Special celebrations during Homecoming

11 a.m. – 1 p.m. X 13th Annual Jackling Jocks Reunion Missouri S&T Athletic Hall of Fame open to visitors For information call 816-373-5978 or 979-690-3650. Gale Bullman Multi-Purpose Building X 60th Anniversary of Corn Bowl Football Team 1 p.m. Football Game Miners vs. Northwestern Oklahoma X The Millennium Arch 10th Anniversary Tickets for event: Photography Contest • $8 for adults and Golden Alumni To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the installation • $5 for students ages 6 through high school of Edwina Sandys’ The Millennium Arch, the • Free for children under age 6 and S&T students Campus Art Committee is sponsoring a photography with a valid student ID. contest. For more information, contact James Bogan at 573-368-1910.

Register online at alumni.mst.edu or call 800-JOMINER

X All alumni who return to Rolla should register for Homecoming festivities at one of the following locations: — Alumni Lounge, Castleman Hall, 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1 — Alumni Tent, outside Allgood-Bailey Stadium, 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2

MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 27 28 association news MISSOURI S&T State oftheState alumniassociation number onepriority.number much more.so and reunions often come first to is mind,but ourassociation ofthe alumniassociation focus Main committed than ever before inourhistory. to more be alumniwillneed erodes, involvedsupport and this andthis –andat association campus state the idealtime. As the alumnistaff Th is place to homefor provide call alumniwillalso offi • theiropen homesto student design teams they as travel • return at leadership to duringclasses, to campus speak • provide opportunities for alumnito create endowments • partner with fraternities andsororities for their special • organize reunions special for our25th and50th • fundsraise for departments, inaddition to the $500,000 • advise andaidthe variousdepartments viathe oncampus • andnetwork withconnect each other andthe alumni • advise the administration viathe alumniassociation When many think events ofthe Miner AlumniAssociation, around the country. events andto student organizations studentsto support giftannuities andestablish charitable events andreunions classes anniversary weprovidein scholarships to students singleyear every committeesindustry advisory Board ofDirectors, department academies andnumerous throughout the country andoncampus Connection onlinecommunity events andsection association throughassociation ofDirectorsBoard andthe university’s ofTrustees Board

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alumni offi me orourexecutive vice president, Ward, Marianne through the ANDyouralmamater,association donothesitate please to contact If youhave any questions help howyou can about the alumni is well managed. the Miner AlumniAssociation andthe university.the association Th 60 graduates whovolunteer their time andenergy to strengthen opportunities than adegree from S&T. Missouri better education that givesthe graduate many potential so someone’s life than through education. Andthere agood is no incurred debt viastudent loans. had agreat dealoffinancial aid,worked yourway through or school diff no makes It institution. prestigious our from obligation to help future generations ofstudents seeking adegree from ouralmamater meant to Irealized me, that weallhadan afterassociation Igraduated. After taking stock ofwhat adegree Personal givingthoughts perspective. personal a most combination Iunderstand of allofthese. issues allofthese from funding andanuncertain future. are Some struggling with a others have hadto re-start careers. Others struggle with retirement diffi Tough times economic ourleadersas at this critical time inoureconomy. CE’72. We have fortune hadthe good to individuals have two these IIIandUniversityCarney System ofMissouri President Forsee, Gary extraordinaryof leadership andinsight from F. Chancellor John of Missouri president of Missouri Great the leadershipfrom cha cult have for form. almost lost allofusinsome Some jobsand President, Miner AlumniAssociation Perrin Roller, R. GeoE’80 Sincerely, alwaysAs weappreciate ofboth time yoursupport and money. We are fi avery conservativescally group, governed by Th yearstoIt meseveral took reconnect with the alumni During the recent fi global nancial crisis, times have been Th ere is nobetter orquicker way to fundamentally change roughout these past few years, wehave roughout few years, hadthe past benefi these t ce. . ncellor and the University ncellor andthe University emoneythat is donated via erence whether you Calendar of events Alumni Association For a listing of section events go to: hosts May 2010 alumni.mst.edu/events/sectionevents.html graduation celebrations SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT August More than 140 seniors celebrated their 6: Alumni Association Executive graduation at Grad Finale gatherings hosted by the 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 Committee Meeting Miner Alumni Association in May. Alex Fetters won 16: Convocation an Apple iPad that was generously donated by 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 18-26: Miner Alumni Association Susan Watson-Hajjar, CSci’83. scholarship luncheons 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 and dinners 23: Classes begin 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Missouri Legislative 29 30 31 Day 2010

On March 1-2, Missouri S&T alumni September and friends visited with lawmakers in Jeff erson City 18: Board of Trustees meeting 01 02 03 04 to garner support for the UM System as part of Old-fashioned French Country Legislative Day at the Capitol. Picnic event to benefi t S&T 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 Delbert Day, CerE’58, Curators’ Professor 20: Society of Petroleum Engineers emeritus of ceramic engineering at Missouri S&T, (SPE) Reception, Florence, Italy 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 received the Presidential Citation Award from UM 21: Career Fair System President Gary Forsee, CE’72, for his 50 years 30: Geology and Geophysics: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 of service through teaching and research to the Advisory Board Meeting, campus. Day holds 45 patents. Th e March 1 Banquet and Student Awards banquet was organized by the UM Alliance, led AMAE Induction Ceremony 26 27 28 29 30 by Larry Hendren, MinE’73. Th e next day, Gov. Jay Nixon spoke about the importance of higher education to the state at a rally October for the UM System, and alumni visited with legislators 1-2: Homecoming 01 02 focusing on Access Missouri scholarship equalization. • Alumni Association Researchers from Missouri S&T showcased their Committee Meetings 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 cutting-edge projects on the third fl oor of the Capitol, • Alumni Association drawing an audience with legislators and visiting with Board Meeting 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 school children and the public. • Section Leaders Meeting • Legends Banquet Th ose in attendance during the two days 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 included Day and his wife, Shirley; Robert, CE’49, and Peggy Bay; Chancellor John F. Carney III; John Eash, AE’79, MS EMgt’90; Lister, CE’95, MS IST’06, CSci’07, 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 and Caleb Florence; James Foil, CE’74, MS CE’75; Hendren and his wife, Polly, EMgt’73; Michael 31 McMenus, LSci’81; Chris, MetE’83, MS MetE’85, and Darlene, MetE’84 Ramsay; Susan Rothschild, Future dates to save CSci’74; and Marianne Ward. NOV 5 Founders’ Day

For more information on any of these events contact the alumni offi ce at [email protected] or call 573-341-4145.

MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 29 30 Jose,San Calif. March 14 Bay Area residence, Anchorage, Alaska March 17 Alaska st. pat’s events MISSOURI S&T – Rosie McCann’s –Rosie Irish Pub, – Von ’78andJan Cawvey Miner AlumniAssociationsectionsaround theworldbroke outtheirgreen topartyforSt.Pat’s.

MAGAZINE Check outthefollowingpagestoseehowyourfellowMinerscelebrated2010’s BestEver. Names ofattendeesforeachsection’s eventare availableonlineatmagazine.mst.edu. |SUMMER 2010 IndicatesthesectionhasaFacebookpage. Mason, Ohio Mason, March 20 Cincinnati-Dayton March 6 Carolinas Piedmont – Tra’ N.C. LiIrish Pub,Raleigh, – Claddagh Irish Pub, –Claddagh Indianapolis March 19 Indianapolis March 20 Dallas-Ft. Worth – Claddagh Irish Pub, – Claddagh – Willhoites, Grapevine, Texas Central Ozarks March 13 – Miner Alumni Association, Rolla, Mo.

MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 31 32 residence, Springfi March 14 Lincolnland Park,Overland Kan. March 10 Kansas City st. pat’s events MISSOURI S&T – Ed’69andAnne Midden – Fox Hound, andthe eld, Ill.

MAGAZINE |SUMMER 2010 residence, Md. Brookeville, March 20 MD-VA-DC Farmington Mich. Hills, March 20 Motor City Osage Beach, Mo. March 6 Mid-Missouri – Stockton’s PubandGrill, – Ginopolis’ on the Grill, –Ginopolis’ Grill, onthe – Bob ’73andJanet Scanlon – Bob Papillion, Neb. March 20 NE-IA Riley Pierce residence, Pierce Andover,Riley N.J. March 21 NY-NJ-CT residence,Cook Huntsville, Ala. March 27 Alabama Northern – Christian ’95 andChristina ’95 –Christian – Helene Hardy ’83and Pierce – Nebraska Brewing Co., Portland Springfi eld St. Louis March 13 – Paddy’s, Portland, Ore. March 13 – Trolley’s Bar and Grille, March 3 – Hotshots Sports Bar and Grill, Springfi eld, Mo. St. Charles, Mo.

Houston Section Scholarship Golf Tournament March 18 – Scholarship golf tournament, silent auction and dinner Bay Oaks Country Club Pictured below: Houston Section fi rst-place team members Jeff Fitzgerald, Eric Potts ’73, Wendell “Buddy” Barnes ’73 and Matt Barnes.

Rocky Mountain March 13 – Giggling Grizzly, Denver

Black and Gold sponsors: ESPA Corp.; McDonough Engineering Corp.; Montgomery and Barnes Inc.; Traffi c Engineers Inc.; Tudor; Pickering; Holt and Co. Securities Inc. Southern California Hole sponsors: March 13 – K.C. Branaghan’s Irish Pub, Long Russ Herring ’59; Landtech Consultants; Eric Potts ’73; Terracon Consultants Inc.; and Beach, Calif. Herman Vacca ’60 Beverage sponsor: KBR

MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 33 st. pat’s events st. pat’s

St. Louis March 20 – Bruno’s Grill, St. Louis

The following sections also gathered to celebrate St. Pat’s 102nd Best Ever

SW Florida Air Capital Mid-Tennessee March 20 – Tony ’98 and Laura ’99 March 16 – Blackstone Brewery, McLaughlin residence, Wichita, Kan. Nashville, Tenn.

Austin-San Antonio Miner Music March 17 – Mother Egan’s Irish Pub, March 13 – Band Room, Missouri S&T, Austin, Texas Rolla, Mo.

Chicago Oklahoma March 21 – Elephant and Castle Pub, March 11 – Kilkenny’s Irish Pub, Tulsa, Okla. Chicago March 13 – TapWerks Ale House, Oklahoma City Coastal SC-GA March 29 – Katie O’Donald’s Irish Pub, Pacifi c NW Bluff ton, S.C. March 17 – McCormick & Schmicks, March 20 – Islamorada Fish Co., Bellevue, Wash. Fort Myers, Fla. Driftless March 13 – Whistle Binkie’s on the Lake, Peoria Rochester, Minn. March 9 – Kelleher’s Irish Pub, Peoria, Ill.

Enchanted Phoenix March 20 – ABQ Brewpub, Albuquerque, N.M. March 3 – Rúla Búla, Tempe, Ariz.

Falls of the Ohio Rocky Mountain March 11 and 13 – O’Shea’s Irish Pub March 20 – White Fence Farm, and Molly Malone’s, Louisville, Ky. Lakewood, Colo.

Flint Hills Twin Cities March 18 – Tailgators Sports Pub, March 29 – Claddagh Irish Pub, Topeka, Kan. Maple Grove, Minn.

March 27 – Tampa Bay Brewing Co., Heartland Tampa, Fla. March 17 – Beef O’Brady’s, Owensboro, Ky.

34 MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 Ingle andTrudy Pischer. representatives: John F. III;Patty Carney and Tom ’78.Missouri Zuiss S&T and guests; Greg ’76andKathy Williams; Norton Doug Villhard ’85;Robert Mohan; ’85 and EleanorMike Langsdorf; ’83andAngela LloydBrittany ’67 Jedrzejewski children; with Nik ’98and Dorf; ’65andSandy Roger Clark ’65,’67,’71; Allen S. Attendees included Sandy residence –Austin, Dorf Texas –Roger’65and March 6–Barbecue

austin-san antonio section news world. Here is a glimpse world. Here isa glimpse 55 sections around the 55 sections and Alumni, family of their activities. friends gather in gather friends Submit your section Submit yoursection for inclusion inthefor inclusion Winter 2010issue. news by Aug. 9to news byAug. [email protected] [email protected] and Marianne Ward. Luke Rinne John Kean; Joey Goodson; Glash; representatives: ’08;Jim Tyrone Davidson and Taurence Townsel. Missouri S&T EliSteinbeck; DeJon Slaughter; Skouby; andJan Jernsen ’82,’96 Aaron Redecker; Noll ’55andTommie ’09;Bob RuthOetting; Curtis MosleyMedlock; Jr.; Mosely; Amy Casey Th Mike Malat; A.J. Mandani; Meghan McKinnon; Korloev; Anton Knollmeyer; Adam Tyler Kean; Hays; Marquis Jones; George Karr’92;Lisa and Giff Aaron Hank ord;Harris; JordanGoodson; Brian Foster; Bryce ’66 andJoyce Fiebelman; Edwards; Gene HaroldCourtney Campbell; Byron Bundy; LeeBuhr; Nancy Brackhahn; and Don Natalie Bozeka; Attendees included Mo. –Rolla, andGrill Barbecue Basketball team – Randy’s Roadkilll Feb. with S&T 12–AlumniNight Marianne Ward. HoffDavid man’65,’67; Jim Packard and Greg Harris; representatives: Judy Cavender; Missouri S&T and Barbi Wheelden. Webb ’89;Keith Wedge; ’70,’71,’73andBobbie Mike andKatherineStockdale; Alicia Schultz; Matt Ruppert; Ellen ’61, ’65,’85Patterson; ’60,’66andBarbara Packard;’94; Sheila Gary Lambropoulos; Tom Mills ’73,’75;Kim Morgan Brooke Honeycutt; Tony Ryan Huber; HoffRobert ’87,’89and ’91 Joanne Holmes; man; Grannemann ’61;CindyHarris; Jennifer Ken Neal Foster; Foster; ’79andLiz Amanda ’94;MikeBuschjost ’81,’91; Calandro Bradley Bales; Dustin Brookshire; Ryan ’78andSueAlbee; Ed Attendees included Mo.Rolla, Alumni Tomorrow – –AlumniLounge Without Today, andS&TStudents Borders withS&TEngineers Social Jan. 29–Dinner and Britt Washausen. O’Brien Jr.;O’Brien ’54;Bob ’83 andDarren Maag; ’69;Bob Maag Morfeld Ray ’50;Bob Karen Hamilton; ’71andEllen Gary Gowin; Dirk ’91,’98andNickieAttendees included University Ky.Bellarmine –Louisville, Feb. – anddinner game 4–S&TBasketball omas McKinnon; Rex ’71andNancy Rex McKinnon; omas central ozarks falls oftheohio David andPatricia ’00,’02Rohan. David ’70andKathyMasters; and ’06;Steve Lozier ’06;Andy ’09;Collette Galaske Clint Galaske Mike Carlson ’99;OscarCastellanos; Carlson; Luciano ’08;Bob Bodero Attendees included Civic Neb. AuditoriumOmaha –Omaha, – game hockey Lancers Jan. 16–Omaha Missouri S&Trepresentative: Marianne Ward. andJessica Ward. ’98Squibb; ’98 andAmie Noah Koontz; John ’68andAliceMunns; Steve Matthew ’09,Jennifer,Linda Henry; Trinity and John Faenger; ’62andJacquie Bob ’66and Ball; ’85andRobin Dick Attendees included Springfi University –Drury – dinner and game Jan. 16–S&TBasketball andMandy’03, ’06Rule; Zheng’07. MelsheimerRob ’00, ’05;Ryan ’01andCarrie Leonard; Paul Leonard Leone ’00; ’06;Larry HawleyScott ’98,’00;JeffBarb ’04and ’04 Toniand Erin’01Chamberlain; Chang’08; ’08Braatz;’02, ’05,’08andEmilie Brian ’01 ’04;B.J. Abrudan Adrian Attendees included Tap Wash. House –Bellevue, Grill Jan. 29–Young AlumniHappy Hour – MISSOURI S&T ne-ia springfi pacifi eld, eld, Mo. c nw c eld

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Henry Pat Duvall, Math: Kenneth D. Pohlig, ME, MS T. Michael McMillen, CE, MS Snooping around “Enjoyed a month in Hawaii and EMgt’69, MS CE’74, joined DOTec CE’69, is president-elect of the a cruise to Mexico in 2009. My Engineering as the senior vice Academy of Geo-Professionals. His fourth grandchild was born to my president of marketing. DOTec is a term will begin in October 2010. For 30 years, daughter, Kim, in April 2009. I’m product design, development and Robert E. Turner Sr., MetE: Carl Carver was a still tutoring math and physics at a forensic engineering fi rm based in “Nicki and I are both retired local community college.” St. Charles, Mo. and thoroughly enjoying our professional snoop. Bhalchandra T. Dave, ChE, time together and our seven Carver, PetE’59, MS ChE’64: “I retired as director grandchildren. We are fortunate spent the majority of engineering at Chemtura Inc. that our three children and their of his career I enjoy retirement with extensive families are near.” investigating travels and watching four insurance claims grandkids grow up and participate in school activities.” for Shelter Insurance (continued on page 38) Co. in Columbia, Mo. “Insurance companies like to pay claims they owe,” Carver says. “Th ey just don’t like to be taken.” Carver has investigated disability claims, car wrecks and life insurance cases. In one case, he tracked down a “dead” man who had fallen off a tow boat 11 years earlier. As it turned out, the man hadn’t drowned – he had amnesia. “Th e family didn’t want him back and the insurance company didn’t get the money back,” Carver says. “But it was successful from my point of view because I found a man who had been ‘dead’ for 11 years.” In another case, Carver tracked down a man in Louisiana who was allegedly disabled from a severe back injury. He found the man actively Front (left to right): Tom Green, Bruce Berwick, John Borthwick, Steve Kerr, Mark Clauss, Kara Kimmel, Steve Young, Tim Swinfard, Kurt Schauwecker. Back (left to right): Gary Black, Paul Roland, Brett Agee, umpiring a girl’s softball game. “He was Bob Etien, Matt Russell, Dan Bailey, Chris Th ielker, Tyler Montileone, Charles Hawkins. supposed to be completely disabled,” Carver says. “I photographed him sweeping off home plate.” Alumni return for 5K Carver conducted his searches in the days long before Google. In order to get Nineteen alumni competitors raced the alumni 5K on the S&T golf course information, he had to go fi nd the public Saturday, Oct. 10. Chris Th ielker, EE’08, was this year’s men’s winner in 17:40, followed records himself. He says the county seat by Kurt Schauwecker, a senior in mechanical engineering in 18:37, and Steve Kerr, EE’03, was always his fi rst stop. in 19:16. Kerr earned bragging rights as the top 5K fi nisher who also competed in the Carver recently self-published previous day’s 1-mile tune-up race. Kara Kimmel, ME’92, MS ME’99, was the top women’s a book about his adventures called alumni fi nisher in the 5K. Dave “Willie” Vonarx, CE’89, was the top master’s alumni team Professional Snoop. Th e book is available fi nisher in the 5K with a clock time of 19:07 (age-adjusted 18:09). For their victories, Chris, from online bookseller amazon.com. Willie, and Kara each had $120 donated in their names to the Friends of Cross Country Endowed scholarship fund. “Even using age-adjusted times for the older alumni, the ‘under 30’ alumni team still defeated the ‘over 34’ alumni team by a score of 25 to 34,” says John Borthwick, PetE’85.

MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 37 38 and Ascoli, and CindyAscoli. Doug Don and Dale Annie Ascoli,Anneto right: and a great time reminiscing. the awards banquet that evening andhad the Miners win.see Th wives to the 2009Homecoming gameto , CE’84,broughtCE’77, andDale their Ascoli Don reunionfamily Homecoming alumni notes MISSOURI S&T , EE, andhis brothers,, EE,

MAGAZINE ey also attended attended also ey Pictured from left |SUMMER 2010 Doug , “boy band” at band” his“boy church. gospelbluegrass/contemporary and plays the mandolinina bass-baritone andsings grandson Agency. Heis raising his 5-year-old offi and aretired intelligence senior retired Army lieutenant colonel Corp. inChantilly, Va., Evans is a systems architect at Th University. Currently aspace research from George Mason 1970 cer for the Defense Intelligence Samuel Frimpong; Greg Galecki; Mao Chen Barbara Ge; Elaine Robertson; Russell Tien and Jerry ’88. Dorothy Walters. Missouri S&Trepresentatives: Kwame Awuah-Offei ’06;Nancy Corcoran ’07; Th ’80,’87,’03;David Smith Seeger Cheryl ’79;Greg Sutton ’88;Han Tang ’07;Richard Terry ’65;Jack ’98;Mi Jacob Schillie Scherer ’05;John Scanlan; Paul Ridlen Ripp ’89,’91;Bryan ’84;Brian Sandhaus ’09;Lee Saperstein; Jim’67,’69and Diana Bill Orr ’77;Jason Ovanic ’87,’90;Dustin Penn ’02;Gene ’62and JudyRand; Hank Rawlins ’91,’92,’08; Martikainen; ClayMcNail ’98;Michael Moats ’92,’95;Greg Moellering ’88;Kurt ’85 and Oakes; Joan JimKvitkovich;Tina Kliebert; Lewis Hai ’08; Adam Lan ’04;Braden Lusk ’00,’06;Anu and Verna Harris; Joshua Hoffman ’07;Carolyn Gordon Jennings; ’59and Loretta Tristan Johnson; ’08; Jones Gronlund ’66;Jack ’50and Denise Guth; Bill Hallett ’55;Randal Hanning ’87;Stan Hansen ’67;Marcia ’76, ’80;Garrett Frey; Fio Giana ’05;Scott Glitner Grau ’84,’86;Ben ’06;Jill Groeblinghoff; Fred Vanessa ’02and’51; Brianna Jami Don Drury; ’03Dwyer; Eckhoff ’06;Angelique Ernst; Elifrits Dale ’75; Jere Jason ’02;Joshua Cadoret; Carter Randy Dowling Dietrich ’06and ’70;Don JaxxonChlopek; Beck ’00;Frank Benavides ’70;Fred Brost ’63;Karl Brown ’62;Rich Budinger ’96;Dick Bullock ’51,’55, engineering andminingnuclear engineering programs. Th staff faculty, 2–Sheraton,March Phoenix (SME) Reception andExploration Metallurgy of Mining, Society rower ’77;Manuel Tueros; Tom Wetteroth ’79,’85;Daniel Vidt’08;Tanya Walkenbach ’08;and ank you to our co-sponsors: Barrick, Th Barrick, ankyouto our co-sponsors: Attendees included EricAchepohl Ascoli ’69;Bill ’97,’01;Don Tim ’73and Lee Ann Beck; ThSection hosted andAssociation the a Phoenix eMinerreception Alumni for alumni, operations engineering and in systems his Ph.D.earned part-time study, after 13yearsof John Evans Math, , andstudents inconjunction with the Annual Meeting inPhoenix. andExhibit e Aerospace for 16yearsandcounting.” inLouisvilleand Ihave (Ky.) been Control District in2007.Denise Louisville Metro AirPollution positions. Istarted working for management contract and after 22yearsofonsite engineering Robert J. Wesely initiatives. and director ofcorporate Versar vice senior president as Inc. Tyler Joseph J. joined has , ME, retirement remains for the future.” president ofJordan Co., Oil so I have accepted the position as and external relations. However, president ofoperating compliance Energy, Iretired the as vice “AfterGeoE’71: 22yearsat Swift Th Kan. Marcella,wife, liveinLawrence, and still enjoys his job. Heandhis currently director ofengineering Heis for 38years. ONEOK, adivision of Service, Gas Kansas Rob Green omas E. Schmidt omasE. e Doe Run Co., eDoe sciences andthe S&Tgeological and , ME, has worked for has , ME, chael ’98,’01,’06; ’85;MarkSchmidt Schlumpberger , CE:“IleftFluor , GeoE, MS , GeoE, me at [email protected].” the Houston email area, Cathy and Computer Ifyou’re Engineers. in the Academy ofElectrical and and Miner AlumniAssociation continue active to be with the but Iplantoyears, golf, travel and that Ihave worked with over the will miss my friends andcolleagues me always smiling!I to seem be whohaveall those gone before world of‘retirement’ why to see October. Iamexploringthe scary the industry, power Iretired in to Dynegy, and its predecessors, “After nearly 38yearsofservice W.Richard “Rich” EimerJr. 1971 , EE: Rich Starke, MetE: “My son, James V. Leonard, MS EE, PDD Ron Krusie, CE, Matt, works for ITSI and recently EE’84, was named an IEEE Fellow, MS CE’86, joined passed the LEED AP test. My wife, Class of 2010, for his contributions Burns & McDonnell Pagamas, and I went back east to the integration of military to direct the fi rm’s Th e changing war in May 2009 to get her caught avionics. St. Louis water up in ‘been t’all states’ with and wastewater in Iraq me. She had 34 and I had 49. practice. After visiting friends in D.C., Jim 1977 Capt. John Lynn Beck Jr., MS Hellwege, ChE’71, gave us a ride EMgmt’05, is in Iraq for the third time and to Dulles. In November we fl ew to has noticed a signifi cant change since his Hawaii to visit our 50th state. Now Doug Ascoli, CE, see note under 1980 how many territories are there?” Don Ascoli, EE’69. fi rst tour of duty in 2003. Paul Eloe, MS Math, PhD Math’80: Eric Stassevitch, “When we fi rst came here, we “My son, Nathan, plans to begin CE, joined Gannett came to win a war, so our posture was graduate studies at S&T in Fleming as a senior really aggressive,” Beck recently told the 1972 computer science after he project manager in graduates in May of this year.” its San Francisco St. Clair (Ala.) Times. “Now we have far Richard Dickinson, PhD Chem, L.G. Loos II, CE, MS CE’82, and his offi ce. less combat agendas, which translates to was named lead consultant to wife, Cathy, live in Kirkwood, Mo. Betty Ellsworth Ungerman, PetE: other missions.” Kevin Kennedy Associates. L.G. is the engineering manager for “All is well here in Dallas, though Beck commands a combat the city of Maryland Heights and the politics can get a little scary. engineering company in the Diyala Cathy is a professional artist with a Our kids, Meyer, 15, and Megan, 11, gallery in Kirkwood. Province in Iraq. Th e company previously 1974 are having fun and enjoy school. spent its time in combat, enabling other Gary K. Warren, ME: “I live Steve and I still practice law. I’m in Denver now and work for chief IP counsel with Lennox troops to move freely on the battlefi eld. John W. Gibson, EMgt, was Halliburton in oil fi eld services. elected president of ONEOK International Inc. and Steve runs his Th ey used berming techniques to defend My offi ce is three blocks from own practice.” equipment and searched for improvised Inc. He also serves as CEO of the Coors Field – how much better company and is chair of its board does it get? I plan to retire in a few explosive devices (IEDs). of directors. years because this is the best place Beck’s company is currently involved I have found after 30 years of 1981 in site work needed for construction jobs. moving around the U.S.” Th ey help build the basic infrastructures 1975 Ron Jones, EMgt, of society, like utilities, trash services joined Burns & and water storage facilities, as well as McDonnell to George M. Dolson, EE, spoke putting in place the necessary support on the cardiovascular eff ects of 1978 direct the fi rm’s dietary potassium at the World Process and for academics. Michael J. Busby, CE, see note Hypertension Conference 2009 Industrial Group “Everything we do allows us to start under Barbara E. Busby, MinE’79. in Beijing, China, last fall. in St. Louis. Danny C. Vance, PetE: “All is working on giving the country back to Michael Hillhouse, CSci, reports well in Lexington, Va. Lauren the Iraqi people,” Beck says. his oldest son, David, married graduated from Princeton and Lisa Herbst in November in works for Credit Suisse in New York 1983 Downer’s Grover, Ill. City. Sarah is a senior at Princeton Daniel M. Wilson, MS EMgt: and is captain of the Lacrosse Gabriele F. D’Alleva, MS EMgt, “I’m a retired Army engineer Team. Michael is a sophomore at celebrated the birth of his still working as an engineering Episcopal High School. Kathleen granddaughter, Samantha, consultant, a building keeps us organized.” on Dec. 14, 2009. commissioner and a teacher Jack Preston Taylor, ME, joined at both the graduate and Heneghan and Associates P.C. undergraduate levels. Life is good.” in March 2009, as a senior mechanical engineer and project manager. 1976 1979 Darren Lee Washausen, MetE: “I will soon celebrate my 10th Barbara E. Busby, MinE: “Still year with Samtec Inc. as vice David Dillard, EMch, MS EMch’78, selling coal for Peabody. Our received the 2010 Award for president of global quality and middle son, Jeff rey Busby, Excellence in Adhesion Science, engineering support. Our family EMgt’08, works for ABB. Our has been blessed in many ways sponsored by 3M. He holds the youngest son, Andrew, is a Virginia Tech Adhesive and Sealant and our focus is on the fatherless sophomore in mechanical children of this country.” Science Professorship. engineering at S&T and is a Pike.” (continued on page 40)

MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 39 40 Jupiter, Fla.?” steak sandwiches for JonSmith’s Subsin really to take job, need asecond plugging James Howe spare time. moonlightingspotted inhis doingsome Joe sighting Joe alumni notes MISSOURI S&T “I know the economy is bad,” says Miner was Joe S&Tmascot Missouri , ME’89,but “did Miner Joe

MAGAZINE |SUMMER 2010 2009.” child inOctober had oursecond with Invensys. My wife andIjust operatorpower training simulators “I amnowengineering manager for Wilbers Daniel Matthew Help. skills at ofPerpetual OurLady andteachesByteworks, computer departmentsupport and at at ofHope’s Wings computer the company. Henowvolunteers 2008,afterOctober 34yearswith retired Louis St. from in Boeing Dillard E. Douglas 1986 Ascoli Don Dale Ascoli 1984 CEO ofTYRXInc. presidentappointed and White S. Robert live in Wildwood, Mo.”live inWildwood, Heidi, andchildren, Jake andSarah, waste industry.solid My wife, and construction to services the that provides engineering design WasteSolid Group acompany Inc., “In August Genesis 2009Ibought Edward Anthony Shepard Jr. board.science advisory member ofS&T’s computer Europeanits team. Heis a also engineer for software senior as ofSTLtd., Electronics, asubsidiary Simulation Antycip joined CSci’91, Curtis Schroeder 1988 , EE’69. , CE, see note under see , CE, , AE, was was , AE, , CSci, MS , CSci, , MS EMgt, , MSEMgt, , ChE: , CE: fi [email protected].” skiing:join usfor some City, Lake near Salt Utah. Come are stationed at HillAirForce Base , AE:“WeTimothy Dickinson J. after 20years ofhonorableservice. commander from the U.S. Navy, retired inAugust a 2009as WayneJason Carter 1990 Wash.Richland, in Dade Moeller &Associates for scientist protection radiation atBoard S&T. Missouri Sheis a Nuclear Engineering Development onthe selected towas serve Ali Simpkins 1989 project manager.project Inc.’s Mo., offi Columbia, SKW joined , CE, Steven Schultz 1994 consulting business.” develop my aluminumextrusion better Ican area so inSeptember tomoved the Youngstown, Ohio, Lea,MetE: “We George Gregory 1993 Tessaro’s.Hallsville, Mo., called Italian-themed restaurant in his Annette, wife, an opened TessaroMichael 1991 , NucE, MSNucE’91, , NucE, engineer. processsenior a McDonnell as Burnsjoined & Steve Myers, ChE, , Econ, and , MetE, , MetE, ce as a in St. Louis. Louis. in St. Inc. for Geotechnology works University ofIllinois. received his Ph.D. from the He engineering. of mechanical University anassistant as professor at the faculty Cornelljoined MSME’03, Brandon Hencey,ME, 2001 live inStoughton, Wis. Jonathan Shank University. State post-doctoral fellows at Oregon Oregon where they are both Pettijohn Cory Trish, GGph, and Gregg 2000 1999 U.S. Army Engineers. Corps of in the NewYork district ofthe promoted to lieutenant colonel Clancy N. Michael 1997 1995 in Missouri. She in Missouri. geologist registered certification a as stateearned PhD GeoE’04, MSGeoE’01, GeoE, Anna Saindon engineer. processsenior a McDonnell as Burns & III Hormell Robert , GeoE, livein , GeoE, , EE, andhis family , EE, , ChE, joined joined , ChE, , EMgt, was was , EMgt, , weddings Distilling chaos Jake Emerson, MS EnvE’01, earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical Brian David Bloodworth, CE’06, and Miles C. Propp, MetE’99, married engineering at West Point and spent eight Pamela Sue Herberholz, ArchE’07, CE’07, Samantha Lynn Mender on May 25, 2008. years in the Army Corps of Engineers. In were married on Aug. 15, 2009, in Th e couple lives in Bowling Green, Ky. 13 years of engineering work that took Union, Mo. Th e couple lives in Fenton, Mo. Devin Simms, EE’08, and Tori Ratliff , EE’09, him around the world, Emerson learned Steven W. Griffi n, AE’07, married were married on Aug. 8, 2009. Th e couple a lot about the art of distilling chaos into Lisa Dashnaw on Sept. 19, 2009. Th e lives in Huntsville, Ala. something manageable. couple lives in Ridgecrest, Calif. Currently, he is working on a Ph.D. Chris Smith, Phys’94, married Pam Owens in spatial information science and Robert L. Nagel, MS ME’06, and on Oct. 24, 2009. Th e couple lives in Jacquelyn K. Stroble, EE’05, MS MfgE’07, O’Fallon, Mo. engineering at the University of Maine. were married on Nov. 18, 2009, in Philomath, Emerson is developing ways to help the Ore. Th e couple lives in Corvallis, Ore. Sean Zuckerman, ChE’03, married state put together systems that would Andrea Tuma on July 25, 2009. Th e enable towns and counties to share Garrett Prestegard, EnvE’07, and couple lives in Cleveland, Ohio. information “so they can make decisions Meagan Boyd, EnvE’06, were married instead of waiting for others to make on Oct. 3, 2009. Th e couple lives in Ashland, Mo. them.” Researchers at Maine like Emerson are using wireless technology to produce real-time information that would make responding to disasters more effi cient. “It’s important for the Maine National Guard and the Maine Emergency Management Agency to understand what the diff erent technologies can bring them, and help them fi gure out when technology is useful and when it’s not,” Emerson says.

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MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 41 42 to employ others. “green”good job–he’s inaposition also effi homeowners make their more houses and sells do-it-yourself kits to help technicians, performs energy audits, trains energy auditors andweatherization which is already starting to turn aprofi t, Energy Cornerstone, Solutions inRolla. business planandstarted Cornerstone employing himself. moreHe was interested, it as turns in out, forlooking jobswasn’t really his thing. David Pollack himself hires grad Recent

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MAGAZINE |SUMMER 2010 2002 [email protected].” emailupdate, usat please Tothe Japanese. joinourprayer language andministering among in December. We are learningthe to 1,andImoved TakasakiElyssa, met in2003.Tara, Eden, 2,and inJapan, which is whereserve we to Convention Baptist Southern International Mission ofthe Board and Iwere bythe appointed In September, my Tara, wife, inWakeSeminary Forest, N.C. fromof divinity Southeastern In May, Igraduated with amaster’s Alabama. in Mobile North Baptist ordainedIn April,Iwas at First Graduate Degrees GraduateCertificatesProfessional Development Working Professionals Distance Educationfor • Relaxed admissionsrequirements (noGRE) • Only 4core courses(12credit hours) • collegecredit towardEarn agraduatedegree Why AGraduateCertificate? dce.mst.edu |[email protected] Jones Jared transitions. and milestones manyhad CerE: “2009 Education thatfits. Distance andContinuingEducation Education thatfits. Distance andContinuingEducation , Jeremiah David King Mo. Louis, to SheisSaint married stabilizationbank project inLake stream a for District Conservation Water and Soil County Charles St. of the Year Award from the Conservationist Urban the (Conte)Maria King 2005 2003 youtube.com/mstvcc View samplevideosofourdistanceprograms manager. Inc. as a project Co. Construction ARCOjoined Dan Larson , CE, received , CE, , CE’06. , CE, , CE, engineering company. Kan., where for alocal heworks Tickoo livesinIndependence, 7876. 888-795-4274,ext. by calling or available at onlinebooksellers titled onhis life experiences based published an anthology ofessays Deepak Tickoo is everyone doingwell.”Hope Moynihan (Loesch) Kristen Louise 2007 Golden Words , CSci: “Igot married! , CSci: , MS EMgt, , MSEMgt, . Thbook is e future miners

Nathan Bland, Lee Dust, MetE’03, CE’07, and Cory Pettijohn, GeoE’00, and MinE’07, and Angie (Schmitz) Dust, ChE’03, Trish Gregg, GGph’00, had a girl, Katie (Boring) Bland, had a girl, Kaylee Jaiden, on Liona Noel, on Nov. 9, 2009. CE’03, had twin boys, Jan. 26, 2010. Owen Randall and Abram Richard, on Aug. 20, 2009.

Charles Cook, CE’95, and Christina (Duker) Cook, Timothy Findley, MinE’01, and his wife, Sarah, had a CE’95, had a girl, Rachel boy, Cole, on Oct. 8, 2009. Miles C. Propp, MetE’99, and his wife, Samantha, had a Alexis, on Dec. 9, 2009. boy, Ethan Dennis, on Dec. 7, 2009. She joins sister Sarah, 2. Lucas Hillis, ME’03, and Brooke (Antolak) Hillis, EE’03, Dave Redfearn, ME’02, and had a girl, Adalyn Nicole, on Sheri (Lentz) Redfearn, Aug. 25, 2009. MetE’01, had a girl, Moriah Joy, on Oct. 5, 2009. She joins brothers Josiah, 4, and Elijah, 2.

Chad Cornwell, MinE’00, and his wife, Jamie, had a girl, Madeline Claire, on April 3, Jonathan Shank, EE’00, and 2009. Keith Kreitler, MetE’99, and his wife, Debbie, had a girl, his wife, Lisette, had a girl, Elliana Avaline, on Aug. 28, Mena Sofi a, on Oct. 10, 2009. 2009.

Tiago Darocha, ME’02, and Claudia P. (Mojica) Joshua Sneller, CpEng’05, and Darocha, ME’03, had Tony McLaughlin, Erin (Miller) Sneller, Math’05, a girl, Mariana Itzel, ME’98, and Laura had a girl, Kaelin Amethy, on on Dec. 2, 2009. She (Bandy) McLaughlin, Aug. 16, 2009. joins sister Isabel, 2. EE’99, had a boy, Bennett Her grandfather is Anthony, on Dec. 27, Juan F. Mojica, MetE’74, MS Phys’74, PhD Phys’75. 2008. He joins sisters Annabelle, 5 1/2, and Brandon Dudley, CE’01, and Lillian, 3. his wife, Olivia, had a boy, Jared R. Wigger, Andrew Michael, on Aug. Laura (Brave) Odicino, CSci’98, CE’99, and Lisa M. 20, 2009. He joins brother and her husband, Carlo, had a (Duncan) Wigger, Nathan, 2. boy, Roman Alexander, on Hist’04, had a Sept. 20, 2009. His grandfather is boy, Andrew, Phillip Brave, ME’67, MS EMgt’72. on Dec. 10, 2009. He joins siblings Hannah, 4, and Caleb, 2. His uncle is Joshua Wigger, ME’04.

Chris Dunnaway, CE’06, and Cindy (Mulnik) Dunnaway, ArchE’05, had a boy, Wyatt Christopher, If you have a birth announcement, or a photo of on Sept. 22, 2008. His uncle is David Wilson, AE’98. your new little Miner, send it to us and we’ll publish it in an upcoming issue. Email: [email protected]

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MAGAZINE willannouncedeaths, |SUMMER 2010 golfer. in the communityanavid andwas active member ofhis church and four diff into S&T’s Athletic HallofFame in company. Mr. Pfeifer inducted was after more than 40yearswith the He retired from Union Carbide 1936 1934 1941 1940 (Dec. 28,2009) (Dec. erent an Hewas sports. basketball teams. and on the football fraternity andwas Alpha Kappa member ofPi Jr. Pfeifer J. Herman 14,2009) (Dec. , ME MacDonnell A. Frederic (Dec. 26,2009) (Dec. Stockton R. Herbert 9,2010) EE (Jan. WhiteCharles C. ChE (Nov. 12,2009) Johnson R. Lee , MetE, was a was , MetE, , CE , , (June 14,2009) (June that machines. inMRI is used superconducting magnet wire held patents several on and Supercon Corp., where he area with the NuclearMetals Corp. Boston inthe primarily was career Technology. His professional of Institute Massachusetts degrees inmetallurgy from the master’searned anddoctorate duringWorldNavy War II.He served as an offi Warren Leroy Larson (Nov. 10,2009) Hopper Harold Z. 1944 1942 1947 cer inthe U.S. (March 26,2009) Hicks William D. 10,2010) ME (Jan. Neubert L. Ralph (Nov. 28, 2009) McDonald H. Malcolm 3,2009) ChE (Dec. W.Alfred Th , NDD , NDD , ME , MetE, , MetE, , MinE iele , , (Nov. 25, 2009) cookinghunting, andtravel. interests, including golf, fi shing, in his church andhad many civic organizations. active Hewas roles for many professional and inleadershipawards andserved Illinois. Mr. Berger wonmultiple in and alicensed landsurveyor engineer inIllinois andMissouri aprofessionalin 1984.Hewas retirement his until Construction Highways’ Bureau and ofDesign for the Illinois Division of adesignworked as engineer inthe U.S. Armyserved and Berger “Blackie” Laurel 1950 1948 (Dec. 5,2009) MinE (Dec. “Alex” Baldo H. Alexander 15,2010) (Jan. Chaffi “Jim” James E. CerE (Nov. 6,2009) Phillips S. Robert n , CE , CE, , CE, , , Roy T. Clayton, PetE, served in the 1954 1957 Aaron J. Greenberg U.S. Army as a staff sergeant prior to Eugene W. Ellis, EE John W. Rollins, attending college. (Nov. 17, 2009) ME (Jan. 13, 2010) Aaron J. For 35 years he Greenberg, worked for CE’50, died on Halliburton Services where he was Oct. 26, 2009. respectfully called “Cowboy” by A recipient of his co-workers. Mr. Clayton was a the university’s professional engineer in Oklahoma Herbert P. “Herb” Carl F. Wiemken, and Texas and held many Pillisch, ME, was a CE (Nov. 13, 2009) Alumni professional memberships. He member of Merit Award, had a deep appreciation of nature Lambda Chi Alpha Mr. Greenberg and enjoyed spending time in his fraternity and had a long history of supporting cabin by the Big Piney River. served in the Missouri S&T through the Miner (Jan. 9, 2010) U.S. Army during the Korean War. He retired from Alumni Association. He was Karlheinz Prestolite Electric Inc. in 1997. Robert L. “Bob” instrumental in establishing the “Karl” Eissinger, (Aug. 26, 2009) Wright, MetE, Class of 1950 Scholarship Fund and GGph, CE’51 MS MetE’62, PhD also supported future engineers (Nov. 29, 2009) MetE’66 through his Engineers Club of St. Louis 1956 (Dec. 7, 2009) Scholarship. David E. Upon his retirement from Irvin J. Hawkins, Th ompson, CE engineering, Mr. Greenberg received CE (Jan. 27, 2010) (Oct. 17, 2009) an Apple computer. He graciously donated that computer to Sherman 1958 School in St. Louis, where he was a Th omas W. Eaker, faithful and dedicated volunteer from EE (March 26, 2009) 1984 until the day of his death, helping students with science projects and spelling bee preparation.

(continued on page 46) Marvin L. Patton

Marvin L. Patton, director of Irvin C. Spotte physical facilities at Missouri S&T, passed away Jan. 17, 2010. Prior to becoming director of physical Irvin C. Spotte, MetE’33, died on Nov. 5, 2009, at the age facilities in 1993, Mr. Patton was of 99. As a student, Mr. Spotte played on the MSM football team, director of facilities planning and was active in the Prospector’s Club and was a founding member construction at West Texas State of the Alpha Iota chapter of the Sigma Pi fraternity in Rolla. University in Canyon, Texas. He Mr. Spotte worked as a mining engineer in the Philippines also worked for Northern Arizona at the start of World War II. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in University and the University of 1941, he enlisted in the U.S. Army in the Philippines. He and his wife, Oklahoma. He held a bachelor’s Flora, were captured in April 1942. Flora was interned in Manila; degree in electrical engineering from Irvin spent the next 39 months as a prisoner of war in Japan. Oklahoma State University and was a Upon his release, Mr. Spotte returned to the coal industry and licensed professional engineer. spent more than 50 years working his way through the ranks to serve as president and chair of Pittston Co. Coal Group, and president of Sun Glo Coal Co. He and his brother, the late Elmer Spotte, MinE’35, were featured in the Fall 2008 issue of this magazine as the oldest living Miner brothers.

MISSOURI S&T MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2010 45 46 in Higher Education. Fostering United Methodist Ministries 1996Francis Awardthe Asbury for University. Louis from Saint hadaPh.D. He also Th and Eden Vanderbiltof Alabama, University had degrees University from the Rev. DePauw. joined Lamar He now Missouri S&Tfrom 1965-1974, Wesleythe Foundation is atwhat DePauw University. assistant professor of educationat and aschaplain position from his Jan. 13,2010.Rev. wasretired Lamar Missouri S&T, passed away on at campuschaplain a former William F. Jr. “Fred” Lamar memorials MISSOURI S&T Rev. recipient of wasthe Lamar of aschaplain After serving Rev. F. William “Fred” Jr. Lamar , eological eological Seminary.

MAGAZINE |SUMMER 2010 (November 2009) manager. sales regional the retired from Metaullics in2008as 1962 30,2009) (Oct. Swartz Glenn I. 1960 1963 St. PatSt. in1961.He portrayingBoard, Pat’sand the St. fraternityAlpha member ofKappa a was MetE, , Martin G. Harvey 24,2009) ME (Dec. Sr. Delp L. Robert (Nov. 17,2009) White James W. “Jim” 12,2010) EE (Jan. Albrecht Paul N. MetE (Nov. 7,2009) Powell J. , Garland , MetE , ME , , (Nov. 8,2009) James M.“Jim” Phillips, PhD Phys 27,2010) (Jan. andsailing. woodworking skiing, trapshooting, enjoyed community andchurch, and active was Scout, inhis Eagle international an Hewas sales. until retiring vice as president of Oregon Steel Mills for 16years Steel Corp., then worked for Texas for 14yearswith Armco Mr. Kasten worked inOhioand yearsinthe Army. bytwo followed from OhioState University, amaster’searned degree in1967 after graduation,Reserves then lieutenantsecond inthe Army a as Heserved honor societies. 1966 1964 1968 ROTC andseveral Army Knights, Intercollegiate fraternity,Alpha member ofKappa a was MetE, Kasten, Joe R. 16,2009) (Dec. GGph “Chuck” Stack Charles E. (July 27, 2009) (July MetE Schumacher R.A. Arthur , , Math W.Michael Barnicle “Mike” 1975 1973 22,2009) (Jan. Pingel Leslie L. 1972 Mayo, MinE’93. is His Harold son Association. Pavementthe Asphalt Missouri engineer president andapast of death. aprofessional Hewas manageruntilhis construction where Mr. Mayo a worked as Co., Construction Pace by company purchased was Co.Asphalt In2007,the Ozark/Jeff manager of there general until hebecame superintendent general was He Co. Asphalt in1978. joining Ozark at Van Buren Construction before the bridge design department and Department ofTransportation in He worked for the Missouri in the U.S. Army inVietnam. Howard served D. Mayo , CE, 1971 (Jan. 21,2010) (Jan. , MS EMgt , MSEMgt (July 2,2009) ME (July Miller William L. 3,2009) EE (Dec. Fischer Ludwig J. (Dec. 9,2009) (Dec. erson erson , , , Norman Tucker

1979 Norman Tucker, a longtime supporter of the university, passed away John H. McNally, MS EMgt April 27, 2010. Mr. Tucker, MinE’40, was born and raised in Rolla. He graduated (Dec. 22, 2009) from Rolla High School in 1936. After graduating from MSM, he began a long career with the U.S. Air Force, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel. During World War II, Mr. Tucker was an aircraft maintenance offi cer. He helped keep B-24s fl ying over German-occupied Europe. During the Korean War, he instructed Air Force ROTC cadets at Rutgers University, where he also 1984 earned an MBA degree. In 1966-67, he went to Vietnam as a civilian to work as Jerry M. Shanahan, Econ an air base construction engineer. (Dec. 11, 2009) In retirement, Mr. Tucker and his twin brother Armin Tucker, also MinE’40, were among the biggest supporters of Miner athletics. Th e twins established the Armin and Norman Tucker Scholarship and funded the renovation that moved the coaches offi ces for men’s and women’s basketball closer to Billy Key Court. Armin Tucker passed away in 2006. 1986 As students, the Tucker twins played collegiate basketball and ran track. Th ey were both Honorary Knights of St. Patrick, members of the Miner Athletics Hall of Fame, and members of the Order of Phyllis J. Manes, NDD, was a the Golden Shillelagh. Th e family suggests that memorial gifts go to the Armin and Norman Tucker member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority and was a tax administrator for Scholarship Fund at Missouri S&T. Centerre Bancorp. (July 20, 2008)

Warren E. Sumpter, ME (Sept. 24, 2009) Richard H. Bauer

Richard H. Bauer, ChE’51, passed away on Feb. 14, 2010, at the 2002 age of 79. Mr. Bauer was well known on campus for his many years of Jeff rey D. Spooner, PhD GGph, service to the Miner Alumni Association. He was a past president of had been an adjunct faculty the association, past president of the St. Louis Section, an Honorary member in the history and political Knight of St. Patrick, and a member of the university’s Academy of science department at S&T Chemical Engineers. He was awarded the Presidential Citation from since 2003. He worked at the the University of Missouri for volunteer service in 1984. Mr. Bauer U.S. Geological Survey since and his wife Shirley became members of the Order of the Golden 1985 and had served as chief of its geographic research and Shillelagh in 1987. applications section since 2001. Mr. Bauer was also a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. (Jan. 19, 2010) His son, Paul Bauer, delivered the eulogy for his father. “I have never known anyone who loved his college or his fraternity the way dad loved Rolla and the Miners and PiKA,” said Paul Bauer. Richard Bauer later earned a master of business administration 2003 degree from Washington University. He served in the Army from 1952-54 and in the Army Reserve from 1954-60. In 1969, he started his own business, Missouri Electrochem. Th e Aff ton, Mo., fi rm Deepak John Rasquinha, MS produces specialty chemicals for metal fi nishing. MfgE, was a process and foundry engineer with M.E. Global Inc. In addition to the Miner Alumni Association, Mr. Bauer was a volunteer with the St. Louis County He passed away after an accident Planning Commission and other organizations. “We always laughed that, if dad joined an organization, during a fi shing trip in his favorite any organization, it would usually be about six months before he’d be elected president,” Paul Bauer spot at Fremantle Harbour, near wrote in the eulogy. Perth, Australia. (Jan. 2, 2010) Marianne Ward, executive vice president of the Miner Alumni Association, says Mr. Bauer remained very active in these organizations throughout his life. “He actively participated in the alumni association board of directors and executive committee meetings, annually participated in our section events, including the St. Louis Section golf tournament, and attended Homecoming nearly every year,” Ward says. In his spare time, Mr. Bauer loved to build furniture and listen to jazz music.

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MAGAZINE , anative , a |SUMMER 2010 friends Isabell M.Durrenberger Isabell Decker Adolph E. ME’61 Cook, J. Robert Grace M.Cook, CoadWilliam “Don” 2010) (January engineering at S&Tfrom 1948-78. and former professor ofmining F.Robert Bruzewski, MinE’47,MSMinE’49, Ann M.Bruzewski Brownlee Marlys Brown A. Margo Bain(Nov.Shannon S. 28,2009) MetE’41 1,2009) (Aug. Jaff Bena Happel L. Maurice 18,2009) at S&T(Dec. statistics and mathematics of professor Dr. Gaoxiong Gan 16,2009) (Aug. the late WilliamH.Gammon Sr., ChE’49 Gammon “Dottie” Dorothy L. “Edyie”Gable Edythe employee atservice S&T Freeman G. Ida “Jackie” custodian at S&T retired , Ettleman Fred Dempsey (Feb. 17,2009) late W. Joseph Durrenberger, MinE’51 e , wife ofNathan D. Jaff wife ofthe late (Jan. 10,2010) (Jan. (Jan. 4,2010) (Jan. (Oct. 13,2009) (Oct. , retired assistant (Dec. 9,2009) (Dec. , wife ofthe late (June 20,2009) (June (Dec. 9,2009) (Dec. (Nov. 29,2009) (Jan. 8,2010) (Jan. (Dec. 26,2009) (Dec. , former food , former food , wife ofthe e, , wife of

Aaron P.Aaron Satterfi Sands Lee ofMary , husband Sands C. Donald M. Kent Sanborn M.Russell Donald 13,2010) at S&T(Jan. Elizabeth G. MacConnell G. Elizabeth 18,2009) Kenneth Loy(Dec. B. 7,2009) ME’64(Aug. Limberg, Elvera “Evie” Limberg Johnson, Hist’89 (James) L. Johnson A. Victor Janaske Paul C. (Oct. 25,2009) Woods (Oct. R. Sam “Bill”WeberWilliam B. Rueff Frederick P.Charles CE’58 Ringenberg, Eunice Ringenberg 2,2009) CE’55 (Dec. M.Redel Bonnie 2,2009) ME’59(Jan. Moses, Marilyn Moses Martin Clarence H. (Nov. Markworth A. Donald 16,2009) 19,2009) (July late Frederic MacConnell, ME’34 A. (Jan. 16,2010) (Jan. el III , wife ofWilliamJ.“Bill” (Sept. 20,2009) (Sept. el , wife ofPeter O. Redel, (Jan. 17,2010) (Jan. , husband of Christina Christina of husband , (Dec. 2,2009) (Dec. d , wife ofthe late (Nov. 19,2009) (Nov. 5,2009) , retired custodian custodian retired , , wife ofJohnF. (Jan. 7,2010) (Jan. (Jan. 22,2010) (Jan. , wife ofthe (Jan. 26,2010) (Jan. DONOR PROFILE The Riess Family: Building a pipeline to S&T

College wasn’t on Rob Riess Sr.’s radar after high school, not until their sons to attend. “Fortunately, our sons were academically blessed; his older brother challenged him to give it a try. He attended community they both received fi nancial assistance with tuition.” college for two years, did well, and decided to complete his degree at Rob Jr. is a construction engineer for Chevron North America in the Rolla – a decision that led to an outstanding career in the energy Deepwater Projects Group in Houston. Allison also works for Chevron as transportation fi eld. a petroleum engineer. Riess, CE’79, is now president and chief operating offi cer of Sheehan Ryan, like his father, works for Sheehan Pipe Line Construction Co., Pipe Line Construction Co. in Tulsa, Okla. as a project manager/estimator. Abigail is a secondary social studies “You can get a good education anywhere,” says Riess, “but what’s educator and athletics coach. important is you can get a job by going to Missouri S&T. It’s all about the Rob Sr. and Becky enjoy hosting alumni events in their home and job.” have been responsible for a number of out-of-state students coming to He and his wife, Becky, recently established a $100,000 scholarship Rolla. Rob Sr. serves as an S&T admissions ambassador at Tulsa schools. for civil engineering students at Missouri S&T. Also contributing to the The couple joined the Order of the Golden Shillelagh donor society at S&T endowment are his two sons and their families: Rob Riess Jr., CE’04, his in 2008. wife, Allison, and their daughter, Taylor; and his son Ryan Riess, CE’06, “The main thing I want students to know is that you get out of and his wife, Abigail, Hist’05. college what you put into it,” says Rob Sr. “A lot of people are having a “Missouri S&T has been a big part of our family and has provided tough time fi nding a job these days. Missouri S&T’s reputation is well opportunities for us to succeed in engineering and in life,” says Riess. known; and students don’t have to go looking for opportunities – “This scholarship fund represents our appreciation and gives others a companies look for them.” chance to share in the same opportunities we were afforded.” Originally from Belleville, Ill., Riess paid his own out-of-state tuition Pictured, front row: Rob Jr., Taylor, Allison. Back row (left to right): to go to school in Rolla. He and Becky also paid out-of-state tuition for Becky, Rob Sr., Abigail, Ryan. Miner Alumni Association 107 Castleman Hall, 400 W. 10th St. Rolla, MO 65409-0650

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