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FIELD OF DREAMS

The Banta Bowl might not sound like the most romantic of venues, but for onetime offensive lineman John Bachhuber ’94 and student athletic trainer Mary Dercks Bachhuber ’92 it worked wonders. There began an LU courtship that resulted in the couple’s wedding just weeks following John’s graduation. After Lawrence, John established a successful career at Thrivent Financial and now Medtronic, Inc. while Mary earned a master’s degree in library science and is a steady public elementary school volunteer. The couple resides in Apple Valley, Minnesota.

“We appreciate our education more and more every year. The small class sizes and individual attention from outstanding faculty were what made the difference for us,” refl ect John and Mary. “Our lives would not be what they are today if not for Lawrence and the outstanding friendships we made there, which is why we included The Bachhuber family our alma mater in our will.” Mary and John are now raising their own team — sons Years from now when John and Mary are gone, a Owen (10) and Daniel (8) — and they’d be delighted if percentage of their remaining estate will pass to their boys’ educational dreams someday take them to Lawrence. “It was really simple to do,” said Mary. “We Lawrence. just asked our lawyer to list ‘Lawrence University of Wisconsin’ as a benefi ciary of a portion of whatever What will your Lawrence legacy be? Please contact is left.” The Bachhubers have asked that their eventual the Lawrence University Offi ce of Development gift be directed to the college’s endowment in order at 1-800-283-8320 or visit morelight.lawrence.edu to support faculty salaries and perpetuate the close to plan yours. collaboration they experienced as students.

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UNLOCKING THE MYSTERY OF RIBOSOMES Tom Steitz ’62 receives a Nobel Prize SUMMER SCIENCE RESEARCH Faculty and students collaborate on powerful projects BREAKING BARRIERS Women at Lawrence lead a trend

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WRENCETODAY 1 From the President WINTER 2010 VOL 90, Number 2 2 Nobel Effort EDITOR Marti Gillespie 8 The Power of Discovery

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Welcome 2010!

Twelve months ago, in the depths of the economic crisis, Lawrence In December, we announced that film producer and philanthropist trustees, administration and faculty were keenly focused on Abigail Disney has been chosen to receive an honorary doctor of developing plans to reduce expenses and, at the same time, humane letters degree from Lawrence University on January 28, preserving the vibrant academic and artistic core of the college 2010. Disney’s 2008 award-winning film “Pray the Devil Back to and conservatory. We were successful in that regard. Navigating Hell” chronicles the inspirational story of the courageous women through these difficult challenges made the positive news that of Liberia, whose efforts played a critical role in bringing an end to came in the second half of the year all the more gratifying. a long and bloody civil war. Beginning with the opening of the magnificent Warch Campus Center in September, Lawrence University news has been very good. The film will be shown on campus several times in January, culminating with Disney’s convocation address and the In October, Lawrence and the rest of the world learned that presentation of her honorary degree. (More about this in the Thomas Steitz ’62 had been chosen to receive the 2009 Nobel spring issue of Lawrence Today.) Prize in chemistry. We are delighted for Dr. Steitz and believe this international acclaim is also deserved recognition for the college In addition to her film-making, Disney founded and serves as and its chemistry department. Our current and future students, president of the New York City-based Daphne Foundation, faculty, and alumni will be inspired by Dr. Steitz’ story. (See page 2.) which supports grassroots and emerging organizations that deal with the causes and consequences of poverty, focusing We are honored that Dr. Steitz has decided to arrange his on the creation and implementation of long-term solutions to demanding international schedule in order to deliver Lawrence intractable social problems. University’s commencement address in June. The Class of 2010 will experience a memorable commencement ceremony. Lawrence students have now returned to campus from the winter break, and 2010 is getting started with a lively energy on which In November, we received word that the new Warch Campus we have every intention of building. My heartfelt thanks go to Center achieved LEED Gold certification, the second highest faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends of the college for their possible rating from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). strong support of Lawrence’s mission, our collaborative approach After an extensive review, the USGBC determined that the to problem-solving, creative initiatives and indomitable spirit campus center earned 43 points on its certification scale. throughout the past year Thirty-nine points are required to reach Gold certification. Wishing you all the best in the New Year, The Warch Campus Center is tangible evidence of Lawrence’s ongoing commitment to environmental sustainability. Responsible citizenship is one of the goals of a liberal education, and by reducing our use of non-renewable resources and developing Jill Beck creative approaches to building and operating the university we set an example for our students and our region.

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Photo by Michael Marsland, Yale University

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LT Winter 10.indd 2 12/17/09 9:53 AM Right: Thomas Steitz received his Nobel Prize December 10 from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Each prize consists of a medal, personal diploma and a cash award.

As a chemistry major at Lawrence University working in the rudimentary labs of Stephenson Hall, Thomas Steitz ’62 had never even heard of a protein structure.

It was beyond his imagination that one day he would be world- renowned in the field of molecular biology and win the world’s most prestigious science award — the Nobel Prize. His decades- long, groundbreaking research revealed the structure and function of the large subunit of the ribosome, which transforms encoded DNA information into proteins central to virtually every life function.

In the predawn dark of October 7, a 5:20 a.m. phone call awoke Steitz at his Branford, Conn., home before his alarm clock could. While most calls at odd hours bring bad news, this particular one brought a celebratory, life-altering message, courtesy of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm: Steitz had been named one of three recipients of the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009 | Photo: Frida Westholm “He apologized for calling me so early and I said, ‘Well, that’s alright. I was going to get up in 20 minutes and go to the gym anyhow,’” said Steitz, who in turn received congratulations from While the structure of thousands of molecules is known, Assistant each member of the Nobel Committee. “He said, ‘I don’t think you Professor of Chemistry Kimberly Dickson said the size of the should do it today, you’re going to be too busy. In 20 minutes, your molecule Steitz mapped is on a completely different scale. phone is going to ring off the hook.’ Boy, was he right!” “If for comparison purposes we said most known structures were Since 1970, Steitz has taught at Yale University, where he is the the size of a typical car, the structure Dr. Steitz solved would be of Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and a molecule the equivalent size of Youngchild Hall,” Dickson explained. professor of chemistry and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. He shares the 2009 Nobel honor — and its $1.4 Steitz likened his investigation of the ribosome to scaling Mount million prize — with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan of the Medical Everest: “We knew it was doable in principle but we did not know Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, if we would ever get there.” England and Ada E. Yonath of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. But in true dedicated-scientist fashion, Steitz said the thrill of finally seeing that long elusive ribosome trumped winning the Working independently, all three were cited for their fundamental Nobel Prize. “That’s what I really wanted to do,” he said. research on the crucial role of ribosomes, which serve as protein factories inside all living cells. “Seeing the structure of the ribosome and seeing how it is put together after pursuing it was extraordinarily exciting,” said Steitz. The award recognized more than 30 years of bulldog determination “I wish I had taken notes of the journey so I could remember to solve a mystery at the core of basic biology. Using X-ray everything better. I never saw anything so exciting. The Nobel Prize crystallography to determine the three-dimensional structure is exciting, but in a different way.” of biological molecules, Steitz was able to map the position of each of the more than 100,000 individual atoms that make up President Jill Beck hailed Steitz’ achievement as “a tremendous the ribosome, a massive complex of proteins and RNA material. affirmation for the quality of education that our faculty offer our His research has found that a step in the synthesis of bacterial students and the research relationships that develop between proteins is a reaction initiated by RNA that many antibiotics faculty and students, during their time with us.” typically inhibit. An understanding of the structural basis of the function provides possibilities for the development of If not for the suggestion of the mother of his high school friend new antibiotics. and eventual Lawrence classmate, Alex Wilde ’62, Steitz might never had found his way to Lawrence in the fall of 1958. Her

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Thomas Steitz can add “building name” and “commencement speaker” to the list of accolades bestowed by his alma mater. At its fall meeting, the Lawrence University Board of Trustees voted unanimously to rename Science Hall “Thomas Steitz Science Hall” in honor of the 1962 Lawrence graduate and 2009 Nobel Prize winner.

“It’s an astonishing surprise,” said suggestion to apply for a scholarship at Lawrence turned his attention away from the Steitz, who delivered the keynote University of Wisconsin system campuses. He not only applied for a scholarship, but address when the building was received one that covered his full tuition. originally dedicated in October 2000. “This is, indeed, a great honor from “As soon as I visited, I realized that’s where I wanted to go,” recalled Steitz, a Milwaukee a university to which I owe so much. native who graduated from Wauwatosa High School. “All I had to do was visit. And after I am almost left speechless.” I got there, I never thought anything except this was the place to be.”

The largest academic building on Lawrence Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Robert Rosenberg, who campus, the 78,000-square-foot served as Steitz’ academic advisor and mentor, said his prize pupil arrived science facility is home to Lawrence’s on campus with an extra active inquisitive gene. molecular science programs. “Tom was very inquiring. He was a curious person, much more so than “A fi tting way for Lawrence to most students, always questioning and always eager to learn,” said recognize one of our most Rosenberg, who retired from Lawrence in 1991 and now serves as an distinguished graduates is by naming adjunct professor of chemistry at Northwestern University. “I am very the facility in which our current proud of Tom and very lucky to have had him for a student. I was walking students are learning cutting-edge on air when I learned he had won the Nobel Prize.” science for Dr. Steitz,” said President Robert Rosenberg Jill Beck. “His dedication and Steitz’ journey to scientifi c celebrity started humbly enough in Stephenson accomplishments serve as inspiration Hall, where the fl oor in the analytic lab creaked and the balances shook whenever to all of our young, aspiring scientists. someone walked in the room. Before then-Lawrence President Douglas Knight ordered Having the building they learn and a broom closet turned into a lab, there was only one small room for student research. conduct research in bear his name will motivate them to consider all “That may be why Tom made the decision to do his undergraduate research at Argonne,” that is possible in their own careers.” said Rosenberg, who regularly returns to campus for Reunion Weekend. President Beck also announced Steitz spent the fall term of his senior year on the Associated Colleges of the Midwest- Steitz had agreed to deliver the sponsored off-campus study program at the Argonne National Laboratory in suburban 2010 commencement address at Chicago. the college’s graduation ceremonies June 13. Today, with its state-of-the-art facilities, including the renamed Steitz Hall (see sidebar “We are delighted and honored that on left), Lawrence boasts a vibrant student research program of its own, including our distinguished alumnus is making a independent study projects during the academic year and a burgeoning summer visit to Lawrence part of his extremely program supported in part by the Excellence in Science Fund and a variety of grants busy schedule,” said Beck. “The from public and private funding agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, seniors in the Class of 2010 should National Science Foundation, Research Corp. and the Merck-AAAS Undergraduate have a very exciting commencement Science Research Program. ceremony.” What Stephenson Hall may have lacked in amenities in its day, it more than made up Steitz was awarded an honorary doctor for with devoted faculty, none more so than Rosenberg. of science degree at Lawrence’s 1981 commencememt and was recognized “He was the one who really inspired me to pursue science and chemistry and with the college’s Lucia R. Briggs biochemistry. It’s not that others didn’t have infl uence, but he was really the pivotal Distinguished Achievement Award person,” Steitz said of Rosenberg. “He talked about bonding; I’d never heard of bonding; in 2002. orbital, I’d never heard of orbital or how one could use this to understand light absorption and color.

“He had a style — if you asked him a question, he would ask you a question, to make you think about how to answer questions,” he added. “And so that style of teaching not only got the information across, which he did very effectively, but it also taught you how to think.”

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The origin of life remains one of man’s most basic and puzzling questions. One theory, the RNA World Hypothesis, developed in 1968 by Nobel Prize winner Walter Gilbert, posits that ribonucleic acid (RNA), a cousin of DNA, was the catalytic engine responsible for the initiation of life. Several Nobel prizes have been awarded to scientists for contributing Since Steitz’ undergraduate days at Lawrence, the complexity of the knowledge base to this theory. of the biochemistry fi eld has exploded exponentially, along with sweeping advances in technology and instrumentation. When he began his research, there was only one known Thomas Steitz’ research on the protein structure and he read every single paper in the entire fi eld. three-dimensional structure of the ribosome was a revolution “Now I can’t even read the table of contents of a journal that’s talking about structures,” of the RNA World Hypothesis, Steitz said. “And the topics are so incredibly diverse that it’s very hard, even for me to demonstrating that RNA was indeed comprehend them.” responsible for assembling proteins.

What hasn’t changed is the kind of close, personal mentoring that Rosenberg provided. “Francis Crick suggested in 1968, It remains a fundamental component of the Lawrence teaching model today. Dickson, a that maybe the ribosome should biochemist who includes the structures Steitz discovered as part of her own classes, sees be all RNA. This was long before anybody knew much of anything Steitz’ Nobel Prize as a validation of Lawrence’s mission. about it,” Steitz explained. “The reason being, how could you have “As a scientist, you don’t get anything more prestigious than a Nobel Prize,” said Dickson, ‘a machine’ that makes proteins be whose own research involves trying to understand the biological activity of proteins made out of proteins if, as a cell, you that are involved in cancer and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). “An honor like that haven’t learned how to make proteins demonstrates that the investment we make in our students through individualized learning yet? It is the chicken and the egg can really pay off. Our philosophy, our actions and our hearts are in the right place to help problem. How do you have proteins our students succeed.” made by proteins? You can’t have that. If you have RNA make proteins, In his article “Science at Liberal Arts Colleges: A Better Education?” Nobel Laureate then that works. and former president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Tom Cech noted that small liberal arts colleges produce approximately twice as many doctoral graduates “What we were able to see was that as baccalaureate institutions and the top liberal arts colleges vie with the nation’s very indeed, the essential components of best research universities in their effi ciency of production of eventual science Ph.D.s., what the ribosome has to achieve are accounting for three of the top six and 11 of the top 25 institutions in the United States in facilitated by the RNA. That means terms of producing undergraduates who complete doctorates in science and engineering. the original ancestral ribosome was probably, almost certainly, all RNA. David Hall, an associate professor of chemistry specializing in the ways rhinoviruses The ribosome has been a very good activate immune cells and exacerbate asthma, points to the long Lawrence tradition of topic for understanding evolution faculty establishing personal relationships with students as one of the reasons behind because it goes way back to the numbers like those cited by Cech and the ultimate recognition earned by Steitz. beginning.”

“The kind of close, mentoring relationships Lawrence is known for allow the faculty member and student to motivate and challenge each other to learn, understand, ask Artwork courtesy of Nenad Ban questions and solve problems at a high level,” said Hall. “As our knowledge base grows, the ability to think critically and synthesis information becomes all the more important.”

Steitz credits those critical thinking skills imparted by Rosenberg and others and his exposure to the interdisciplinary approach of Freshman Studies during his undergraduate days at Lawrence for providing a broad and solid foundation for his future endeavors.

“Life is one step after another step and it is hard to ask how important the roots are, except they got you on the right path,” he said of his time at Lawrence. “I took an anthropology course, a philosophy course, and certainly I wouldn’t have taken a religion course if it wasn’t required. I could understand the scholarship of religion and anthropology and philosophy and put those all together and understand how people’s understanding of the world developed.

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LT Winter 10.indd 5 12/17/09 9:53 AM Left: Thomas Steitz at Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill. Steitz was completing a semester of study, work and research as one of a group of 11 outstanding seniors from Associated Colleges of the Midwest who came to Argonne in the fall of 1961. Here he is shown in a chemistry laboratory operating apparatus designed for making oxides of the element thorium.

“Those courses transformed the way I think about the world,” he added. “It gave me an appreciation about how to think about answering questions. I found as a graduate student at Harvard, I didn’t know about things as well as my fellow students who had been to large universities — our courses were not as detailed, so I didn’t know as many facts as they did — but in retrospect, I was able to think about things perhaps a little better than they were, because that’s what I was taught how to do, how to put things together, how to integrate information. I think that has been an important contributor all along.”

The magnitude of Steitz’ Nobel achievement is manifesting itself in interesting ways on campus. On a recent take-home exam for her molecular biology class, Dickson included a structural model of a ribosome that included a caricature of Steitz embedded in it (image on right). She asked her students to describe the work of art with respect to its molecular significance and its far-reaching accomplishments in science.

“Our students recognize we have many very successful alumni, but I think they were a little stunned to find out we have one on this level of success,” said Dickson. “At the very least, Dr. Steitz’ Nobel Prize has planted the seed and they’re starting to realize that this could happen to them at some point in the future. They recognize that Lawrence is providing them with the tools to be successful in any career, not just the sciences, because we teach them how to think.”

In his research laboratory at Yale, Steitz annually oversees a team of approximately 20: five or six graduate students, one or two undergraduates, as many as a dozen post-doctoral fellows and several technicians. While still awaiting his first graduate student from Lawrence, he doesn’t expect his new-found fame to

Photo courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory significantly raise his popularity.

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LT Winter 10.indd 6 12/17/09 9:53 AM “Obviously it puts me on the ‘I want to check this person out’ “I think that’s extraordinarily unfortunate for them and for the list, but there are so many things that are important for a student country because they do things that frankly are boring, but they to evaluate,” said Steitz, an old-school professor who still prefers make a lot of money. I think they should be doing things that chalk and blackboard in the classroom. “There’s too much excite them. I think it’s unfortunate that so many students these information, not enough thinking when PowerPoint is involved.” days are motivated by money, rather than pursuing things that interest them and stimulate their curiosity.” During his graduate days at Harvard University, and later as research fellow at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of A “retired” saxophonist who as an undergraduate took advantage Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England, there were Nobel of Lawrence’s Conservatory of Music to play in the band and the Laureates in his midst who were inspiring figures to him long orchestra — “The music school was extraordinarily important to before they received their recognition. me. I crossed over College Avenue all the time” — Steitz once considered music as his career choice before settling on science. “They were inspirational individuals who happened to have a Nobel Prize, rather than I was inspired because they had a Nobel “I thought, well I can do science and do music on the side, but I Prize,” said Steitz. can’t do music and do science on the side,” he said. “To make a living in music is very difficult, you have to be the top of the top As for his own stature as a potential role model for future scientists, of the top. Science has the great advantage in that there are lots Steitz sees his work, not his reward, as the best inspiration. of opportunities in it. Students should go into science because it excites them and then take courses that excite them with faculty “People who do good science and interact with students can be who excite them.” inspirational,” he said. “I might inspire somebody else. I hope so.” Whether by premonition or sheer good fortune, Steitz is on For Hall, one of the most inspiring aspects of Steitz’ Nobel Prize sabbatical from his teaching responsibilities for the 2009-10 was the mutual admiration expressed between student and academic year. In recent years, he routinely has traveled 100,000 professor. miles or more annually to deliver lectures. This year, he luckily had the foresight to keep his appointment schedule to a minimum “I was thrilled, as I am sure all faculty were, to hear Professor in November and December. Rosenberg speak with pride about an advisee who had graduated 47 years earlier,” said Hall. “That kind of long-term connection with A good thing, too. Once his prize was announced, there was a a student is why many of us become teachers. His comments steady stream of interview requests from journalists and writers reminded me of one of my favorite movies, “Mr. Holland’s Opus.” around the world, a visit to his Yale office by a public television film Fifteen years after I started teaching undergraduates, I have crew from Sweden, a December reception at the White House already shared deep moments of pride myself as former students with President Obama and other Nobel laureates and of course have matriculated from graduate schools. In this age of social the grandiose Nobel Prize medal-awarding ceremony in Stockholm. networking, I am extraordinarily fortunate to be able to share in their successes years after they have left the safety of the “The most fun part is having contact with people whom I haven’t Lawrence bubble. Their success after Lawrence is a tremendous had contact with for years to decades, old friends, former source of pride and inspiration to keep up my own research roommates. It’s been very nice,” he said. “I run into people in town and teaching.” and at the gym, all over the place, that come up and talk to me.

For today’s students who are contemplating careers in the sciences, “I feel uncomfortable being a celebrity, to tell you the truth,” the fundamental motivation, in Steitz’ view, comes down to something he added. “It’s not something I would seek for itself, but it has as basic as genuinely wanting to ask and answer questions. its giggles.” ■

“They should be doing things that excite them, taking courses or interacting with faculty who address questions and issues that they’re interested in,” said Steitz. “What I see happening, certainly with Yale graduates and I think it is nationwide, is that bright students are being motivated by Wall Street and money.

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LT Winter 10.indd 7 12/17/09 9:53 AM The Power of Discovery By Marti Gillespie

Ask most students to craft an essay expounding on “what I That larger-than-life thinking is exactly the hallmark of a Lawrence did during my summer vacation” and you would likely receive education. Whether in the lab, classroom, studio or rehearsal anecdotes about new places to which they have traveled, former room, Lawrence uses its liberal arts platform to prepare its acquaintances they’ve reconnected with and probably more than students for a lifetime of learning. a few laments about a ho-hum summer job. “Lawrence starts early and strong about learning across disciplines But pose that same question to Lawrence students Alex Winter ’10 using Freshman Studies as a basis,” said David Hall, associate and Mei Xian Gong ’11 and the answer will be refreshingly professor of chemistry. “It exposes freshmen to a variety of different different. Winter and Gong spent their summer on campus doing topics and gets them involved in exploring their interests in college research with proteins — research aimed at laying the groundwork instead of being focused on a single major. The sciences at Lawrence for what, years from now, could eventually lead to a cure for cancer. are quite interdisciplinary where professors and their students work with each other on projects that cut across several disciplinary areas. The pair’s advisor for the project was Kimberly Dickson, assistant Liberal learners like these are very flexible in what they can do in life.” professor of chemistry and a specialist in protein structure and function. Dickson had initiated this particular research project An unlikely duo years earlier, as a member of the faculty at Macalester College For Mei Gong, spending a summer doing scientific research is in St. Paul, Minn., and she was eager to try to take it to the next something she never imagined having the opportunity to do. level with the help of students at Lawrence. At the age of nine she and her family immigrated to the United States from China. Once settled, Gong relied, in part, on American “I am pursuing this project because the questions we are asking television shows to help her learn English. are rooted in basic science and require students to understand fundamental principles of biochemistry as well as the broad As a middle and high school student in New York City, Gong said applications of those concepts,” said Dickson. “By designing she was fascinated with anything having to do with medicine. proteins with novel functions, we are exploring some important While the lab work she did as part of her chemistry and biology principles of protein structure and stability. However, we can classes continued to pique her interest, she admits that she use those new proteins to better understand biological systems, didn’t fully understand what the term “going to college” meant, and, eventually, manipulate those proteins to achieve a specific the opportunities it could provide and whether it was something biological outcome. This summer, we worked on producing she wanted to pursue after her high school graduation. All that and purifying mutant proteins that I created at Macalester. Our changed when one of her high school teachers encouraged her goal was to see if these mutant proteins would be stable and to apply for a Posse scholarship. As Gong was contemplating her biochemically active in the harsh environment outside of a cell future, Lawrence was putting the finishing touches on a unique — something that has not been achieved before. We expect that partnership with the Posse Foundation, Inc., to be part of a the mutant proteins may not function normally anymore, but we program that prepares students from New York City for enrollment hope that they can serve as a generic scaffold upon which we at Lawrence and other top-tier universities nationwide. Gong can construct sticky regions that bind only to selected proteins. decided to apply, breezed through the interview process and was Through this binding action, new proteins would be created that selected as one of 10 members of Lawrence’s first Posse cohort, might possibly have some therapeutic benefits, like being able to becoming the first member of her family to enroll in college. “I block blood vessel growth to tumors.” wanted to go to a small school where the teachers would get to know me, and Lawrence was my first choice,” Gong said. “My Dickson is quick to point out that the perceived end result is parents were so proud of me.” quite a challenging goal, and it is one that would take years, if not decades of work to achieve. “I’m very honest with my students Being a first-generation college student also made Gong eligible and say, ‘Sure, it’s motivating to think of this research as having a for the McNair Scholars program. The federally funded program, therapeutic context and it’s exciting, but the reality of it is pretty named after Challenger astronaut Ronald McNair, provides slim. Designing new cancer chemotherapeutics is a tricky business students who are often underrepresented in graduate programs with a lot of competition.’ However, where we can find success with the resources to pursue doctoral degrees. With help from is in providing the scientific community with new information Nancy Wall, associate dean of the faculty and associate professor about how much you can modify these proteins; how much you of biology, Gong submitted a successful application. At the end of can mold them into what you want them to be without destroying her sophomore year, the chemistry major received the necessary them altogether. And that is probably going to have a bigger and funding to pursue a summer research project. It wasn’t long more immediate impact scientifically than the therapeutic part of it.” before she went knocking on professor Dickson’s door.

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Below: Professor Kimberly Dickson, Alex Winter and Mei Xian Gong in the biochemistry laboratory in Steitz Hall (formerly Science Hall). Gong is pipetting plasmids onto an Agarose gel to do electrophoresis. Winter is beginning to prepare plasmids from the bacteria colonies in the Erlenmeyer flasks.

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LT Winter 10.indd 9 12/17/09 9:53 AM For Alex Winter, a biology and English major, the seeds for finding project. “They have to be thoughtful, careful and critical in the lab. a summer research project were planted after spending time It’s a bit of a sink or swim environment because they are doing overseas. “After returning from Fall Term in London, I decided that it without the guidance of graduate students. They have to make an internship would be beneficial in getting experience in the lab good decisions, or they end up doing things over again.” before going to graduate school. But it was hard to find anything that was available. Most programs wanted you to apply in the fall, In addition to Gong and Winter, a number of other students were and I hadn’t thought about it because I was in Europe. I talked on campus this past summer doing other independent study to Beth De Stasio (professor of biology and Raymond H. Herzog research projects in physics, biochemistry, chemistry and biology. Professor of Science) and she mentioned that Professor Dickson Lawrence has received grants from several public and private was doing some really interesting research, so I went and talked agencies to help support these endeavors. Gifts to the college’s to her, and we went from there.” Excellence in Science Fund, an endowed fund, also help cover the costs of supplies, student stipends and travel to regional and A Fruitful partnership national conferences. In October, Winter attended the Midstates Undergraduate Research Symposium at Washington University It wasn’t long before Gong and Winter were introduced to each in St. Louis, where he presented his research to students and other and their summer research project began. With his biology faculty scholars from St. Olaf, Grinnell, Hope College and other background, Winter served as a mentor to Gong, helping to make member institutions of the Midstates Consortium for Math and her transition into the lab a smooth one. It was a move that at one Science. Dickson and Gong are making plans to attend the national point even caused him to rethink his career aspirations. “It was conference for the American Chemical Society next fall, where a great opportunity for me,” said Winter. “Because in addition to Gong will present the research. helping Mei, it really introduced me to a career that I hadn’t really thought about. I always considered science writing, but after working with Mei, I discovered that teaching might be something Building for the future that I would be interested in doing. It was a lot of fun.” As for the potential of her pet summer research project producing another Lawrence Nobel Prize winner, Dickson said it’s not likely. Summer research projects like this one are a key part of Dickson’s However, she said Lawrence absolutely has the facilities and scholarship at Lawrence. “The laboratory work is much too the programs to train undergraduates to be the best of the best. intricate, much too involved and too time consuming to make “We are very proud of our students — they are talented and great strides during the academic year,” Dickson said. “Summer hard-working — but we train them in the laboratory, and just as research is when 90 percent of the work gets done. Students and they are beginning to see the fruits of their work, they graduate. I have the time to really focus on these projects, so we can make The kind of research that Tom Steitz is doing certainly requires progress and see some results. Of course, the summer flies by, but graduate students and post-docs.” it’s satisfying to look back and see how far we’ve come in 10 weeks.” While the amount of time one must devote to research of the For Gong and Winter the lessons learned in the lab were invaluable. magnitude Tom Steitz is doing is staggering, being connected to “What was great about the opportunity I had with professor the college where Steitz earned his undergraduate degree has Dickson,” said Winter, “was having the time to go in depth for been inspiring to students and faculty. the protocols I chose. It allowed me to dig into the reasons for what we were doing. As far as being an undergraduate, it was For Winter, one of the most beneficial takeaways from the just the type of experience I needed as I set my sights on summer was being comfortable with the trial and error aspect of graduate school.” any type of scientific research. “Although I didn’t see the concrete results that I was expecting, a bigger part of the experience was “It changed me,” said Gong. “Before I was only interested in learning that it’s more common to fail, and if you’re expecting to chemistry; now I’m taking biology and chemistry classes. Before get something every time you’re going to be disappointed. It’s much I wasn’t looking into research, but now I know that it can be a job more valuable to learn how to pick yourself up and start over again.” that I’ll never be bored with. It really helped me understand more about myself.” Gong’s experience caused her to become more open-minded to the sciences in general. “Just as chemistry is not pure chemistry, While Dickson says that the project the pair worked on was typical we still have to understand some biology and some physics to of an undergraduate research project, what makes it special at understand the whole picture. In a sense, it helped me see that Lawrence is that Gong and Winter were in charge of their own everything is connected.” ■

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LT Winter 10.indd 11 12/17/09 9:53 AM Barrier Breakers lAWReNce leAds A tReNd oF WomeN iN leAdeRshiP By sheree Rogers

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LT Winter 10.indd 12 12/17/09 9:54 AM Left to Right: Annie Sullivan ’11, Alex Ajayi ’12, President Jill Beck, Breanna Skeets ’12 and Jem Herron ’09

When she attended opening convocations at the University of The barrier breaker list accompanied an article titled “Women California, Irvine during the late 1990s, Jill Beck contemplated College Presidents’ Tough Test,” which cited a scarcity of women the unintended message new female students were receiving. in leadership positions in higher education. According to the The convocations were revealing, she recalls, as almost all of American Council on Education, just 23 percent of the nation’s the convocation speakers were senior administrators and, most college presidents are women. The majority of the women on notably, they were all men. With a 10:1 ratio of men to women Forbes’ list, including Beck, are the fi rst woman president hired to on the faculty, Beck says she remembers few female faculty lead the college. A few lead women’s colleges where a female at members or administrators taking the podium for convocation the helm has been the norm. remarks during her seven years as dean of The School of the Arts at UCI. A leGAcy oF WomeN leAdeRs A decade later, Beck is the president of Lawrence University, and Its roots entwined with those of Milwaukee- she and other women who have arrived at the highest levels of Downer College, a case might be made that professional achievement in academia are still somewhat rare. Lawrence’s fi rst woman president isn’t Beck. Two women, Ellen Sabin and Lucia Briggs, Forbes.com, which ranked Lawrence University 41st among led Milwaukee-Downer for a span of 56 years the nation’s top colleges in 2009, recently included Beck and from 1895-1951 and paved the way for future 14 other women college presidents on a list of “barrier breakers” generations of women in leadership roles in — women who have broken through higher education’s glass higher education. College life for American Ellen Sabin ceiling. The list is impressive. Princeton. Harvard. MIT. Lawrence. women in the early 20th century was All colleges led by women. narrowly defi ned, with both Sabin and Briggs emphasizing the importance of preparation “This is great company,” Beck said. “Alumni often say to me, ‘if for the “intelligent handling of home Lawrence were only perceived as it is, it would be ranked more responsibilities and possible professional highly and it would have a stronger reputation across the country.’ life.” A liberal arts education to improve the caliber of the mind, not just the acquisition “This is a very nice in-road for us to appear in an echelon of of technical skills, was the best path to that schools where we feel our work is comparable, but our notoriety goal, according to Sabin and Briggs. While the has not been.” educational and professional opportunities for Lucia Briggs women have grown considerably since their presidencies, Sabin and Briggs’ affi rmation of a liberal arts education lives on at Lawrence.

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LT Winter 10.indd 13 12/17/09 9:54 AM “The strong women faculty ARe WomeN leAdeRs diFFeReNt? and alumnae from Milwaukee- Downer are in our collective According to several of the women in consciousness at Lawrence,” leadership roles at Lawrence, women do lead said Marcia Bjørnerud, professor differently than men, but not only because they of geology and Walter Schober are women. Nancy Wall, associate dean of the Professor of Environmental faculty at Lawrence University and associate Studies. “It’s just expected that professor of biology, is convinced gender is women will excel.” one of many factors infl uencing the way she leads, and that there are many variables, her Examples of strong women background as a scientist among them. “It is in leadership at Lawrence are diffi cult to separate them and to think how my abundant. style might be different if all the other things being the same, I was simply a male rather than In the spring of 2009, Bjørnerud a female.” was chosen as the fi rst recipient of Lawrence’s new Faculty Convocation Award, honoring a member of the faculty for The same holds true for the Lawrence president. According to professional excellence. Her 2009 convocation presentation, Beck, every president comes to the job with a background that “Geomimicry: Good Design from Good Earth,” made a strong infl uences his or her style of leadership and decision-making. case for following the time-honored traditions of the Earth Socioeconomic, disciplinary backgrounds and other factors are just when seeking to solve environmental, social and economic as important, or, perhaps even more important, than gender. problems. (Video of the presentation is on Lawrence’s Web site: www.lawrence.edu/go?rtng) “I think being a fi rst-generation college student impacts the way I’m leading,” Beck said. “It has made me more sympathetic to Now a leader in the male-dominated geology discipline, as a diversity, perhaps, than some of my colleagues across the country, student Bjørnerud felt like an outsider in the classroom, which and to the need for more advising and support for fi rst generation hindered her development as a scientist. “Because I remember college students so they succeed. that feeling, I try to make my own classrooms inclusive and open to all kinds of thinkers,” she said. “Coming from an arts background infl uenced me because I believe in the expressivity of the arts and the cognitive traits Nancy Truesdell, vice president that the arts develop in people that provide them with the skill for student affairs and dean set for leadership.” of students, did not seek out leadership at Lawrence but, after For some, being a woman nearly 20 years at the college, opened doors to opportunities believes her determination to “go in higher education. Beth above and beyond expectations” De Stasio, professor of biology led her to greater responsibility. and Raymond H. Herzog Early in her career, Truesdell Professor of Science, said gender served on the Wisconsin brought opportunities her way. Governor’s Commission on “When I was hired, there was the Glass Ceiling and visited only one other woman in the companies and organizations sciences (Mary Blackwell) and that were led by women or not so many women elsewhere were known for policies that on campus, so we were asked encouraged the development of women. “I was struck by the to do a lot of service when fact that when women were empowered to seek the highest gender balance was desired,” levels of achievement, goals were accomplished in a caring work De Stasio said. “I was put on environment, other women more freely expressed their desire to big committees right away and had the opportunity to observe up succeed and all employees were more likely to be acknowledged close the leadership style of many different campus leaders.” for their contributions.”

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LT Winter 10.indd 14 12/17/09 9:54 AM lAWReNtiAN leAdeR At otteRBeiN colleGe After 26 years as an administrator at Indiana University and Ohio University, Kathy Krendl ’72 knew plenty about leading large, public colleges. She rose through the ranks: professor, department chair, dean, provost and, in 2007, she was named executive vice president and provost at OHIO. But when it was time to consider the next logical step on the higher education career ladder — a college presidency — Krendl looked in another direction. the PAth to leAdeRshiP She remembered her days as an undergraduate at a small, private If the women in leadership positions at Lawrence liberal arts college named Lawrence University. have something in common, it’s that aspirations of college leadership developed naturally over time “If I were going to consider a presidency, I wanted it to be at an — there was no single moment of declaration: “I institution that was small enough that I could know the students and work with the students, as well as knowing and working with the want to be a (insert college leadership position.)” faculty,” Krendl said. “I wanted to be part of an integrated community. For some, however, there were early inklings that a It wasn’t the fact that there was a presidency that interested me, it was career in higher education could be on the horizon. fi nding a community that I wanted to be a part of.” Beck recalls feeling pride when her parents pointed In October, 2009, Krendl was inaugurated as the 20th president of out that one of her distant male ancestors was a Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio, a private liberal arts college college president, even though her parents didn’t with some similarities to Lawrence. Founded in 1847, the same year have the advantage of the education they wanted as Lawrence, Otterbein was among the fi rst colleges to be founded as for their children. “There had been many teachers coeducational and to admit women to the same programs of study as in the extended family and leadership in education male students. Notably, Otterbein employed female faculty members was something the family was proud of,” Beck said. from the day it opened and was one of the fi rst three colleges in the “But I can’t say I set a goal to be a college president. United States to be open to students of color. I think that careers evolve and that people follow opportunities mindful of doing the best they can in Today, Otterbein is a college where the relationships between students each position and wanting to have as much infl uence and faculty are very strong, another similarity with Lawrence. and positive impact as one can have.” Almost 40 years ago, Krendl’s academic advisor was Professor Herbert Kathy Privatt, associate professor Tjossem, a mentor who became a lifelong friend to his student. During of theatre arts and James G. Krendl’s years at Lawrence there were many visits to Tjossem’s home and Ethel M. Barber Professor of for talks and dinners. Since then there have been occasional letters, Theatre and Drama, also credits phone calls and brief visits with the Tjossem family. “At my inauguration a family member for helping I received a bouquet of fl owers from them. I graduated in ’72. It’s been to shape her career plans and a long time but he’s still thinking of me and monitoring my career and inspiring her to pursue greater staying connected.” professional achievement in higher education. “My papa was It’s the same at Otterbein. In doing her research about the college Krendl discovered Otterbein faculty were “looking for ways to help a tenured professor of cello. As students realize their potential, looking for special talents and looking I got older and more curious, for ways to help students build the foundation that can lead to success.” he talked about tenure and his position at the university,” Like Jill Beck, Krendl is the fi rst woman president at Otterbein but Privatt said. “He taught me that being fi rst is far from a new experience. She was the fi rst female dean tenure was a privilege, but most on the Bloomington campus at Indiana University, the fi rst female importantly, a responsibility to speak for what ought dean of the Scripps College at OHIO University and the fi rst female to happen, particularly if expressing that position executive vice president at OU. might make someone without tenure vulnerable.” Born in the 1960s, Privatt said she grew up seeing Which isn’t to say Krendl doesn’t appreciate the signifi cance of being women and men both doing everything, and never fi rst. She knows the female students at Otterbein have taken note. considered that gender would affect her career “For them to have a female president is much more symbolic and much choice. “I certainly encountered people that told me more important than I had anticipated. In some respects, the transition — implicitly or explicitly — that ‘girls do this and boys was probably bigger for the community than it was for me.” do that’, but I really just thought they were ignorant and ill-informed.”

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LT Winter 10.indd 15 12/17/09 9:54 AM Kim Tatro, head softball coach Milwaukee-Downer College and and senior woman administrator, College Endowment Association knew she had a passion for Professor. coaching but knew little about the potential for leadership in college At the time this article was administration. “My move into written, near the end of the 2009 administration at Lawrence was Fall Term, there were 104 women really a more natural progression and 140 men in full and part-time and less planned.” faculty positions at Lawrence; 13 women and 33 men serving A proponent of the concept as department or program chairs. that people will evaluate a There were 13 women and person based on what they do, 10 men holding director-level or Tatro doesn’t think much about higher administrative positions. how her gender infl uences her role. “The liberal philosophy at Lawrence certainly supports this While the number of women leaders has grown considerably concept. I don’t feel the need as a female to be ‘something more’ since the early 90s, questions remain about whether Lawrence is to prove that I belong in a leadership position. When you enter a free of gender bias. situation with that mentality, it can be distracting and you become less effective. I’m thankful to work in an environment where that According to Hoft-March, “It requires that colleagues — male and mindset isn’t necessary.” female — work to understand some of the obstacles to career advancement that still exist, most of them subtle but palpable. I don’t think we can downplay gender until we’re sure it’s not We’ve come A loNG WAy affecting our judgment and actions negatively.” If Lawrence is a gender-blind community today, it has not always been that way. In spite of being heralded as one of the fi rst co- The challenge today is to be inclusive and supportive of everyone, educational institutions in the country, Lawrence historians note including women. “I fi rmly believe this kind of gender defi nition that in the college’s early days, female students cleaned the rooms is equally constraining to males,” said Privatt. “I absolutely try to and did the laundry for male students. The Milwaukee-Downer mentor, suggest and reveal an examination of those defi nitions legacy notwithstanding, there were few women faculty and no and boundaries for all my students. I was gifted with a social women administrators at Lawrence until the 1990s. “If we want situation that allowed me to follow my passion; I want that for to see Lawrence’s history as fl owing in part from Milwaukee- each of them — male and female.” ■ Downer, we have to admit that women have had to recover a lot of lost ground,” said Eilene Hoft-March, professor of French and

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LT Winter 10.indd 16 12/17/09 9:54 AM inside Lawrence

Warch Gets Gold • low-flow plumbing fixtures to reduce water consumption by more than 30 percent by standards mandated by the Lawrence University’s newly opened Richard and Margot Warch Environmental Protection Agency. Campus Center is so green it’s gold. • heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems designed to The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC awarded the 107,000 be 21 percent more energy efficient than industry standards square-foot building LEED®-certified Gold status. require. “This is the news we were hoping for,” said Lawrence • wood certified by the Forestry Stewardship Council that University President Jill Beck. “Lawrence is committed to has been harvested with environmentally and socially the goal of sustainability and this building is evidence responsible forest management practices. of that commitment. Responsible citizenship is one of • more than 20 percent of all materials used in the the goals of a liberal education and in reducing our building were extracted regionally (within a 500-mile impact on the planet we are setting an example for radius) our campus and our community.” • adoption of a Green Cleaning program which LEED is the nation’s preeminent program for involves the use of LEED-certified cleaning products the design, construction and operation of high and recyclable paper products performance green buildings and offers four levels of • formaldehyde-free interior building materials to ensure certification for new construction: Certified, Silver, Gold healthful indoor air quality. and Platinum. In addition, more than 96 percent of construction waste for the After an extensive review, USGBC determined the Warch Campus building — seven million pounds worth — was recycled and saved Center earned 43 points or credits on its certification scale. A from being deposited in a landfill. minimum of 39 points is required to reach Gold certification. KSS Architects of Princeton, N.J. was the design architect of the The building’s environmentally friendly features include: campus center and Uihlein-Wilson Architects, Inc., the architect • a partially vegetated roof system of soil and green plants to of record. The Boldt Company of Appleton served as the project’s absorb rainfall and decrease storm water runoff. general contractor.

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LT Winter 10.indd 17 12/17/09 9:54 AM Reducing Use of paper

As new technology makes it easier and less expensive to communicate, the Office of Communications is continuing to explore ways to reduce the amount of paper used by Lawrence University. In 2009, several publications shifted from print to electronic communications including the 2009-10 Lawrence University Course Catalog. Posting the catalog online saved the college more than $11,000 in printing costs and nearly a ton of paper.

“As students, faculty, alumni and friends of the college embrace the internet we are able to communicate with them much more efficiently online and via e-mail,” said Sheree Rogers, director of communications. “The Green Class of 2013: Students More Ethnically, Roots™ initiative has inspired new thinking when it comes Geographically Diverse to communicating with important Lawrence audiences.” At the start of the college’s 161st year of classes, Lawrence welcomed 392 new students — 356 freshmen and 36 transfers. The “This is Lawrence” weekly video series is one of the latest examples of that new thinking. Throughout the past The students arrived with increased ethnic and geographic year, alumni, friends and prospective students received diversity. Fifteen percent of this year’s freshmen class are weekly e-mails from the college, sharing a link to one- domestic students of color, up from 11 percent last year and the minute videos about what’s happening on campus. highest level since Lawrence has tracked such numbers, going (See www.youtube.com/user/lawrenceuniversity for back several decades. examples of these and other Lawrence videos.) Technology makes video sharing easy and affordable, and provides “As our student body becomes more diverse, Lawrence becomes the college with another communication option when still more attractive to students from diverse backgrounds,” said Ken photos aren’t enough. Anselment, director of admissions.

In December, holiday cards that were previously printed The freshmen are drawn from 36 states — up from 31 last year — and mailed only to a fraction of Lawrence alumni and and 15 foreign countries. friends were replaced by a holiday video that was e-mailed to more than 40,000 e-mail addresses. Academically, slightly more than 21 percent of the freshmen (See www.lawrence.edu/holiday.html.) ranked in the top five percent of their high school graduating class, while nearly 40 percent graduated in the top 10 percent of their “Not only is there opportunity to save natural resources, class. This year’s freshmen carry an average high school grade we can connect with many more people more affordably point average of 3.61 with ACT and SAT score averages of 28.7 using newer technology,” Rogers said. “Part of our and 1,291, respectively. continuing effort to shift to electronic communications will be an effort to collect more e-mail addresses. Money that is saved on printing and postage can be redirected Pianist Earns First-Place Honors to Lawrence students and faculty and the important work they do.” in State Music Competition Michael Smith ’10 earned first-place honors at the Wisconsin New ideas for connecting with the Lawrence community Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Young Artists Piano have been well received. In September, Lawrence Competition held Saturday, October 24 at Maranatha Baptist Bible launched a new Facebook social networking page College in Watertown. that quickly attracted more than 1,800 fans. (See www.facebook.com/lawrenceuniversity.) Rachel Crowl, Smith, a senior piano-performance major from Davis, Calif., Lawrence’s new media and Web content coordinator, is advances to the MTNA’s five-state East Central Division regional continually testing and implementing ideas to improve competition January 15-17 at the UW-Stevens Point. Lawrence’s Web site. “The beauty of the Web,” she said, “is that there is very little cost to trying something new. If we don’t like how an idea works, we can change it quickly and move on. We’re excited by the opportunity to communicate in new and different ways.”

Does Lawrence have your e-mail address? As we shift to less expensive, green communications we want to be sure to stay in touch. Log onto: lawrence.edu/signup.

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LT Winter 10.indd 18 12/17/09 9:54 AM left: Jazz Celebration weekend master class with Steve March Tormé and students from the Lawrence Hybrid Ensemble

Lawrence Singers Take First The grant will fund the purchase of a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer, which will be housed in the Lawrence Lawrence students captured first-place honors in four categories chemistry department. Similar to a hospital MRI machine, a at the 2009 Wisconsin chapter of the National Association nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer is used by chemists of Teachers of Singing (NATS) competition held November 6-7 at and biochemists to determine the molecular structures of a wide UW-Eau Claire. variety of compounds, ranging from proteins to drugs. Winning their respective divisions were Erin Bryan ’12, Appleton, Stefan Debbert, assistant professor of chemistry and the principal sophomore women; Sara Brannon ’11, Houston, Texas, junior investigator on the grant proposal, expects the machine will women; Patrick MacDevitt ’11, Marquette, Mich., junior men; receive a nearly round-the-clock workload from students and and Evan Bravos ’10, St. Charles, Ill., senior men. faculty across the physical and biological sciences. “My research students and I will use it to identify and characterize the many new compounds we make in the lab as part of our ongoing efforts Saxophonist wins Lakeshore Wind Ensemble to develop new treatments for cancer, inflammation and septic Young Artist Competition shock,” he said. David Davis ’11 won the Lakeshore Wind Ensemble Young Artist Solo Scholarship Competition held Saturday, November 8 in Manitowoc, Wis. Crossword Quiz touts LU In the Sunday, August 2 edition of The New York Times crossword A junior saxophone performance major from Sussex, Wis. Davis puzzle, the clue for 80 down was: Wisconsin home of Lawrence will be the featured soloist during the Lakeshore Wind Ensemble’s University. The answer, of course, was Appleton. March 6, 2010 concert at the Manitowoc Capitol Civic Centre.

Student Pianist Shines in Seattle G.I. Jobs Magazine Cites Lawrence University Music Competition as Military Friendly Institution Lawrence University has been designated a Military Friendly Marshall Cuffe ’12, from Salem, Ore., was awarded the School for 2010 by G.I. Jobs magazine. Mendelssohn and Audience Favorite prizes following an October performance in the final round of the collegiate division of the Earlier this year, Lawrence agreed to participate in the Yellow 2009 Seattle International Piano Festival and Competition. Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program. The program allows degree-granting institutions in the United States to enter into Cuffe, who studies in the piano studio of Associate Professor an agreement with the Veterans Administration to fund tuition of Music Anthony Padilla, was one of six finalists who advanced expenses that exceed the highest public in-state undergraduate to the finals from a pool of applicants from Canada, China, tuition rate. Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. “The Yellow Ribbon program offers military veterans an amazing — and financially viable — opportunity to earn a college degree,” said Sara Holman, director of financial aid at Lawrence. “As a NSF Grant Supports Cooperative Research university participating in the program, Lawrence has found a way Between Lawrence University, UW-Fox to say thank you to the veterans who have done so much for our A $435,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Major country.” Research Instrumentation program will support a wide range of Chris Schmidt ’13, from Menomonee Falls, Wis., is Lawrence’s research by Lawrence University and University of Wisconsin-Fox first Yellow Ribbon Program participant. After graduating from Valley scientists and students. high school in 2005, Schmidt spent four years in the U.S. Army, including a 15-month tour of duty in Iraq.

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LT Winter 10.indd 19 12/17/09 9:54 AM Last Chapter for Students Awarded Scholarships for Conkey’s Bookstore Study-Abroad Programs Conkey’s Bookstore, a fixture on Four Lawrence University students have been awarded $5,000 the downtown Appleton landscape scholarships by the Washington, D.C.-based Benjamin A. Gilman for 113 years, closed its doors at International Scholarship Program for off-campus study during the the end of August. Over the years, generations of Lawrentians 2009-10 academic year. flocked to the little neighborhood bookstore for college textbooks, Dario LaPoma 10, Eugene, Ore., will participate in the greeting cards, Lawrence apparel and to order their caps and International Studies Abroad program at the University of gowns for commencement. John Zimmerman, who owned El Salvador in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Roy Wimer ’11, Delavan, Conkey’s for 30 years, said a tough economy and an increase in Wis., will study at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. Jennifer book purchases over the Internet were partly to blame for the Grogan ’10, Pepper Pike, Ohio, and Drift Martinez ’11, South store’s closing. Lawrence University President Jill Beck said the Richmond Hill, N.Y., will study at the American University in college’s relationship with the bookstore was not so much one Cairo, Egypt. between a merchant and customer, but one of friends. “Our students, staff, faculty, alumni and the local community will miss Grogan also was awarded an additional $3,000 scholarship through the smiling faces of John and his friendly staff of employees,” the Gilman program’s Critical Need Language funds to support Beck said. “It’s hard to imagine downtown Appleton without this her Arabic language study at American University. The funding rare jewel.” comes through the U.S. Department of State for students studying languages deemed important to U.S. diplomacy. Conkey’s was the oldest independent bookstore in the state of Wisconsin. LaPoma and Grogan spent the fall semester abroad, while Wimer and Martinez are participating in programs covering the full 2009-10 academic year. Death Risk: Lawrence University Researcher Helps Develop Novel Tool To Calculate the Odds Lawrence Awarded Luce Grant to Study Water Resource Management in China Whether by illness or accident, have you ever wondered what the odds are you could die Ten students and two faculty members from Lawrence University within the next year? traveled to China for two weeks in December 2009, to study water resource management. David Gerard, who recently joined the Lawrence University faculty as an associate A $30,000 Luce Foundation grant enabled students to see first- professor of economics, worked with the Center for the Study & hand examples of the tremendous opportunities and challenges Improvement of Regulation at Carnegie Mellon University in facing China as they visited the Pearl and Yangtze Rivers, the latter Pittsburgh, Pa., to develop a Web site that allows users to easily being the third-longest river in the world. access publicly-available data and compare mortality risks based The study trip was a natural extension of Lawrence’s innovative on several different categories, such as age, gender and where multidisciplinary symposium titled “Water Wars: Local and Global,” you live. which brings environmental, economics and public policy issues The site, www.DeathRiskRankings.org, not only determines the into focus as students seek to understand the increasing scarcity risk of dying within the next year, but it also ranks possible causes of clean, fresh water and the need for a more efficient and of death, providing quick side-by-side comparisons between groups. equitable allocation of fresh water. “There is an old saying that if you spend too much time watching The trip served to develop relationships that began in July 2008 for squirrels, you might just get trampled by an elephant,” says when Lawrence co-hosted the China-U.S. Water Symposium, Gerard. “A lot of things can kill you.” which attracted Chinese engineers and policy advisors as well as Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials, members of The Web site is a treasure trove of interesting statistics. When the NEW North economic development consortium, community it comes to dying within the year, there are dramatic differences leaders, legislators, policy experts and academic experts. between men and women, blacks and whites, and Americans and Europeans, Gerard said.

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LT Winter 10.indd 20 12/17/09 9:54 AM Left: In October, Lawrence students observed International Day of Climate Action. They gathered on the tennis courts to send global leaders an important climate justice message: negotiate a binding international agreement to

return the atmospheric concentration of CO2 back to 350 ppm as soon as possible. The group of 70 concerned students spelled 350 with their bodies, took a photograph and submitted it to the 350.org campaign, where it joined thousands of other photos of similar actions from around the world. The photos were delivered to global leaders in advance of the climate negotiations held this past December in Copenhagen.

LSB Scholars Named $300,000 Grant Will Support Suicide Risk The Lawrence Scholars in Business program has awarded two Prevention Initiative $5,000 scholarships for the 2009-10 academic year. Katelin Lawrence University has been awarded a three-year, $300,000 Richter ’11, from Watertown, Minn., is a junior double-degree grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services student pursuing a B.Mus. in oboe performance, a B.A. in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration German and a minor in economics. Richter plans to apply for to implement a comprehensive approach to preventing suicide. an arts management internship at the Kennedy Center in Under the direction of Kathleen Fuchs, director of counseling Washington, D.C. Richter said she is interested in a career in services at Lawrence and adjunct associate professor of orchestra management and wants to “combine her passion for psychology, the college will launch the Lawrence University music with her business, organizational and creative skills.” Campus Suicide Prevention Project, an initiative designed to lower suicide risk factors and enhance protective factors, including life Syed Abbas ’11 is a mathematics and economics double major skills and social networking among Lawrence students. ”Our from Lahore, Pakistan. He is currently applying for internships and primary goal is to be sure students who need help get help,” said is also considering applying for admission to one of the summer Fuchs. “One of the principal keys to that is lowering stigma about business programs offered at the nation’s top colleges. Abbas said asking for help.” his career aspiration is to work as a management consultant or as a research analyst at an investment bank. Abbas said he was Fuchs says the Lawrence University Campus Suicide Prevention “honored to receive this distinctive recognition, which will give Project has multiple objectives, including developing new and me the opportunity to learn from distinguished alumni who have enhancing existing training programs to better recognize, respond succeeded on the path before me.” to and refer distressed students and strengthen internal and external networking infrastructures. It also aims to develop appropriate educational outreach approaches that are tailored to Below: Caroline Mandler ’10 and Conner Lewis ’10 in a scene from the the unique needs of the Lawrence campus, which is known for Fall Term play “Romeo and Juliet” its intense academics and extreme involvement in extracurricular activities. The SAMHSA grant will support comprehensive training for key gatekeepers among faculty, staff and athletic coaches to help them recognize and reach out to students in distress as well as help promote healthy habits and social connectedness.

Lawr ence Conference Examined Assessment Methods in Tutorial Education Lawrence University faculty members joined representatives from Williams College and College of Wooster in making presentations at the “Researching Assessment Methods in Tutorial Education” conference held at the Warch Campus Center in August.

The conference, part of an ongoing two-year project scheduled for completion in fall 2010, was funded by a $95,000 grant from the Teagle Foundation. Participants examined the results of a shared assessment model (SAM) that was developed in a workshop last fall and discussed its usefulness as an assessment tool. During the past winter and spring terms, instructors from Lawrence, Williams and College of Wooster used the SAM to score students on a five-point scale for 20 different traits within three broad learning outcomes: independent thinking, intellectual maturity and creativity.

The conference was an outgrowth of the “Tutorial Education: History, Pedagogy, and Evolution” conference Lawrence hosted in the spring of 2007. ■

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Scott Corry, assistant professor of mathematics, published his Brent Peterson, professor of German, and professor Robert paper “Galois Covers of the Open P-Adic Disc” in the journal Shandley of Texas A&M University received a $141,320 grant from Manuscripta Mathematica. the National Endowment for the Humanities. They will co-direct a seminar, “Germany’s Cosmopolitan Capital: Berlin and the Myth of James H. DeCorsey, associate professor of music, served as German Monoculturalism,” for 16 American high school teachers visiting faculty at the Lawrence London Centre during fall term. in Berlin, Germany, for five weeks during the summer of 2010. He attended meetings of the Elgar Society and the British The premise behind the seminar is that Berlin is not now, and has Horn Society and performed with the Kensington Symphony never been, a city composed exclusively of ethnic Germans. Orchestra at St. John’s Smith Square in programs that included the original version of Stravinsky’s “Petroushka” and Shostakovich’s Megan Pickett, associate professor of physics, chaired the Disk “Symphony No. 5.” Theory panel for NASA’s Origins of Solar Systems program in September 2009. This was the second consecutive year she has Beth De Stasio ‘83, professor of biology and Raymond H. Herzog done this. Professor of Science, has been elected by the membership of the Genetics Society of America to serve a three-year term Jerald Podair, professor of history and Robert S. French Professor on the board of directors. The society seeks to foster genetic of American Studies, organized the Robert S. French Lectures on research, communication of discoveries through conferences the Civil War Era, which brought eminent Civil War scholars James and publications (such as the flagship publication Genetics), and McPherson and Vernon Burton to Lawrence. Podair delivered a integration of recent advances in the understanding of genetics lecture entitled “Lincoln’s Road to the Emancipation Proclamation: in the K-12 curriculum. De Stasio has been asked to co-chair an Understanding Freedom’s Ambiguities” to the Wisconsin Academy education workshop at a society meeting “Model Organisms to for the Study of American History. He published a review of the Human Biology” in Boston in June 2010. museum exhibit “Black Thursday Remembered” in the Journal of American History. He coordinated a meeting at Lawrence of the David E. McGlynn, assistant professor of English, was awarded American Studies Working Group, which brings together American the 2009 Utah Book Award for fiction for his collection of stories, Studies scholars from around the region to discuss works of “The End of the Straight and Narrow.” His essay, “Rough Water,” mutual interest. appeared in the 2009 Best American Sports Writing and another essay, “Hydrophobia,” was named a Notable Essay in the Benjamin Rinehart, assistant professor of art, had three solo 2009 Best American Essays. New work is forthcoming in exhibitions of his prints, paintings and books in fall of 2009: The Southwest Review. “Veneer” in the Bonsack Gallery at John Burroughs School, St. Louis, Mo.; “Method to Mockup” in the Annex Gallery at Joanne Metcalf, associate professor of music, had her UW-Oshkosh; and “Accepted” in the Lewis Art Gallery at Millsaps compositions “Kyria Christifera, Il Nome del bel Fior” and “Ego College, Jackson, Miss. He will have a fourth solo exhibition in Dilecto Meo” performed in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. spring of 2010 at UW-Manitowoc. For examples of Rinehart’s Mike Truesdell ’07 performed “Floating and Grooving” at current work go to his Web site at www.benrinehart.com. the opening concert of the 2009 Zeltsman Marimba Festival. “O Shining Light,” a new work for four women’s voices, was Julia Stringfellow, university archivist and assistant professor, commissioned by Canty, one of Scotland’s premiere choral presented a session at the annual Wisconsin Federation of ensembles. It received its world premiere performance at Museums conference titled, “Archives 101: Basic Procedures for St. Machar’s Cathedral in Aberdeen, Scotland and will be released Working with Archival Materials.” on the Linn Records label in 2010. “O Shining Light” was written in memory of Lawrence Postdoctoral Fellow Jennifer Fitzgerald. Rosa Tapia, associate professor of Spanish, presented “Immigrant Women in Contemporary Spanish Film” at the Mid-America Chantal Norrgard, Lawrence Postdoctoral Fellow of history and Conference on Hispanic Literature at the University of Kansas, ethnic studies, accepted an advance contract with the University November 5-7, 2009. of North Carolina Press for her book manuscript, “Seasons of Change: Labor, Treaty Rights, and Memories of Historical Transformation among Lake Superior Ojibwe, 1870-1942.” She also presented a paper, “Rethinking ‘Subsistence’ and ‘Labor’ in the Context of Ojibwe Treaty Rights,” at the American Society for Ethnohistory conference in New Orleans, La.

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LT Winter 10.indd 22 12/17/09 9:54 AM Left: Assistant Professor of Art Rob Neilson, who specializes in site-specific public art, recently unveiled his latest creation at the Pico-Aliso light rail station in Los Angeles. “About Place, About Face” features 54 metal portraits, cast from the faces of people who live in the rail station’s neighborhood. “I tried to create a work of art that speaks of the area’s past, present and future inhabitants,” said Neilson. “My goal was to have something that encouraged a sense of ownership and involvement within this community. I think these portraits accomplish that.” The Los Angeles Metro Transit Authority commissioned Neilson’s project.

Mark Urness, assistant professor of music, released the CD Valerie Zimany, visiting assistant professor of art and Uihlein “Foreground”in the summer of 2009. He has recently performed Fellow of Studio Art, presented the poster “Asian Craft & Design: with Lyle Mays, Kim Richmond, JC Sanford, Steve March Tormé Cross-listing a Ceramics Studio with East Asian Studies” at the and many other Jazz artists. He served as principal bass in the Asian Studies Colloquium on Bringing Asian Arts and Material Water City Chamber Orchestra and performed with the Green Bay Culture into the Undergraduate Curriculum at Beloit College, Symphony Orchestra. He performed his composition “Swordfight, Beloit, Wis. Following her summer artist residency at the Archie Flashback” on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Live from the Chazen” Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Helena, Montana, her broadcast in Madison Wis., and on campus. Several of his reviews work was exhibited in “Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent of recent compact disc releases were published in the fall issue Collection” in the North Gallery at Archie Bray from Sept. 24 of Bass World. to Nov. 7 and “2009 Artists in Residence” at the Kolva Sullivan Gallery in Spokane, Wash., from October 2 to 30, 2009. Ernestine Whitman, professor of music, had several of her flute studio students take first place in Lawrence University music competitions during the 2008-09 academic year. Sheri Muneno ’09 was the orchestra concerto competition winner; Shannon Donegan ’09 was the wind ensemble concerto competition winner; and the senior flute quartet comprised ofSarah Davies ’09, Daniel Schirmer ’09, Donegan and Muneno was the commencement concert winner.

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LT Winter 10.indd 23 12/17/09 9:54 AM Q & A A Fond Farewell

Executive Director of Alumni Relations LT: You have said that being executive director of alumni relations Jan Daniels Quinlan ’74 left was your “dream job.” How so? Lawrence on November 30 after more than 14 years of service to JQ: Beyond the opportunities to meet all of the wonderful people her alma mater. President Jill Beck I’ve already described, I thoroughly enjoyed planning reunions and praised Jan for her diverse and other special events. One of my special privileges was working meaningful contributions to the with the alumni board and finding ways for those volunteer college, saying “She has enabled leaders to support Lawrence in meaningful ways. I’ve always generations of Lawrentians to known that our alumni could and want to be a real workforce for reconnect with their alma mater Lawrence; they want to do meaningful things such as supporting because of her enthusiasm and her our admissions and recruitment efforts, supporting students and advocacy for the virtues of a liberal young alumni who have questions about what we affectionately arts education. Her manner is endlessly cordial and reaffirming call “Life after Lawrence,” and of course, supporting us financially. for people and I’ve seen evidence of her success with alumni I think the numerous contacts we make with alumni are simply throughout my six years of traveling around the country.” because we want to keep people connected with their alma mater. It ultimately pays off in huge support for Lawrence through Lawrence Today sat down with Jan to talk about her years of volunteer time and gifts as well. exemplary service and to find out what’s next on the horizon. LT: How has the Office of Alumni Relations changed in the time LT: After graduating in 1974, did you ever imagine yourself back you’ve been here? at Lawrence? JQ: I would say communication has changed immensely. It is JQ: If I saw myself as anything it would be a lifetime teacher. unbelievable for me to think I had never really done e-mail before I taught 7th, 8th and 9th grade English — literature, grammar, I started at Lawrence in 1995. I had dabbled at it a little bit, but oh usage and speaking. In 1980, a year after having my first son, my goodness did I get into e-mail fast here. It’s also unbelievable my husband Dennis ’74 and I decided to move up to Appleton to remember that one of the first meetings I observed with the where he opened a dental practice. We loved the city when we Board of Trustees was to see that Lawrence now has a Web site. were students, and we thought it would be a great place to raise Lawrence University is on the Internet! A public Web site that our family. During my first years in Appleton I was a community pushed out timely information to alumni and our other constituents volunteer, became president of the Appleton League of Women was a brand new thing when I started. And now we’re into all Voters and was the first Leadership Fox Cities director. I stepped sorts of new media including Facebook and LinkedIn and videos away from that to get balance back in my life and did some on YouTube. It’s all very exciting but it changes very quickly. I do consulting, and that’s what I was doing when I got a call from think Lawrence Today continues to be an essential communication Greg Volk, who was the Vice President of development and alumni tool for us; it’s important to have a magazine that sits on your relations. He invited me to submit an application for this job. I had coffee table and that you have an opportunity to pick up and read been a volunteer at Lawrence, I had worked on my reunion, my at your leisure. Just as I see books continuing on to be a vital husband and I had been class agents and had worked on regional part of our communication in general, I see Lawrence Today and events here in Appleton, so I went through the application process some of the old-fashioned ways of communicating being truly an and decided it would be a job I would love and I took the offer. important part of our future, too.

LT: What kept you energized for 14 years? LT: Are there any accomplishments of which you are especially proud?

JQ: In my mind it all comes down to the people, and that was one JQ: One of the first things that come to mind is Lawrence’s of those consistently energizing parts of my work was that every Sesquicentennial in 1996 and 1997. That was just a potpourri of project that I worked with had these amazing people — great wonderful events — everything from a student jazz quartet that volunteers, intelligent, good thinkers, fun, laughter — you know, traveled to our three alumni clubs on the west coast, to record just terrific friendships that I have developed. I would go out to breaking alumni events in the Midwest with the Lawrence various parts of the nation and visit with alumni I never met before Symphony Orchestra and Lawrence University Jazz Ensemble, to and find the same qualities in those people as well. It was a never- history events in Boston and more. It was fabulous. That fall we ending delight for me to meet more alumni throughout my years initiated the first Intercollegiate Athletic Hall of Fame and inducted at Lawrence.

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LT Winter 10.indd 24 12/17/09 9:54 AM Just as Lawrence Today was going to press, we learned that Mark Breseman ’78 has been named associate vice president of alumni and constituency engagement at Lawrence. Mark has served as director of Björklunden since 1996. In his new role, Mark will work with the Lawrence University Alumni Association and in tandem with members of the faculty, staff and student body in ongoing programs and new initiatives that engage Lawrence University and Milwaukee-Downer alumni and alumnae, parents and friends, and promote Lawrence University in ways that are mutually beneficial to the college and alumni. Mark also will continue to serve as our first athletes and coaches at the Blue & White dinner. In the the leader of Björklunden and will hire an assistant director spring we had a huge campus party at the Buchanan-Kiewit Center and secure additional help to ensure that Lawrence’s northern with this gigantic cake celebrating our 150th birthday. This was campus continues to thrive. followed up by, I think, our largest reunion ever; we probably had more than 1,200 alumni from both Lawrence and Milwaukee- Downer who gathered in June 1997 to celebrate the end of that sesquicentennial year.

One of the other things I really enjoyed and it was an unexpected LT: What are some of your fondest memories of your time delight for me was working with Milwaukee-Downer alumnae. at Lawrence? This group of women have made me so appreciative of the value of institutions which offered women higher education in separate JQ: I would say that one of the things that has been delightful to settings. It is truly unique that Lawrence yolks together come is having watched so many young people come to Lawrence as education dating to our founding in 1847 with women’s education freshmen and experience the kind of transformation I experienced from M-DC’s founding in 1851 into our common heritage. myself when I was at Lawrence and then become volunteer leaders and even colleagues. To have been the person that The third thing that I remember very fondly is the great work presented students with their class color on day one and to that we’ve done on the LUAA Board of Directors which supports now know them as friends and colleagues has been wonderful. and enhances Lawrence in big ways like creating the Lawrence E-News, Voyager for Alumni, identifies alumni leaders and reaches As I leave here, the thing that I am focusing on is that most of my out in a variety of different ways to find meaningful connections friendships with alumni will continue. Although I won’t have some between students and alumni. of the ongoing opportunities I’ve had being alumni director, to travel to our different regions and so on, I know the friends that I Looking to the future, I’m very pleased to have started have made here will continue on even as I go back to being simply partnerships with our admissions office and career center in an alumna. bringing together alumni who want to volunteer. These will accomplish truly important services for prospective students, LT: What’s next for Jan Quinlan? current students and young alumni in life before, during and after Lawrence. I look forward to seeing those initiatives and JQ: I have done much in Appleton and the Fox Cities so I would partnerships continue in ways which have purpose for alumni love to go back and continue working on community initiatives. and the entire Lawrence community. I feel this region is one of the hidden gems of the United States and I would enjoy giving back to a community that has been such a good home for us. It may be that I work with a nonprofit as a LT: What is it about Lawrence’s Reunion Weekend that makes it volunteer or as a staff member or find another way to help in the event of the summer for many of the college’s alumni? this area. Of course Lawrence is forever where my heart is, and I JQ: The magic of reunions begins for alumni when they’re will definitely be a goodwill ambassador for Lawrence wherever students. It is because the relationships they build here are I may go. lifelong relationships. I think I am in the majority of Lawrence (and Downer) alumni who would say that my very best friends LT: Anything else you’d like to add? are the ones I made in college. For many of us, this includes faculty members and coaches and the person who was your hall JQ: I’ve said this a number of times, but I honestly feel this: director or RLA and perhaps the person who took your card at Whatever I’ve done for Lawrence, it’s done far more for me. the cafeteria. These are relationships that have a special meaning The memories, the opportunities, the laughter, the friendships — to you as you look back on your life. I think this is why people those are just precious. I feel I’ve received so much more than I come back and why in alumni relations we always set out to make have given. To call it a labor of love or a dream job just doesn’t say reunion weekend a lovely event. The rest of the magic happened enough about how much joy I have taken away from being here. ■ on its own.

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LT Winter 10.indd 25 12/17/09 9:54 AM M ORE L IGHT ! More Light! Campaign news

Lawrence’s More Light! campaign continues its upward momentum. Student research projects will benefi t for the fi rst time from the Despite a diffi cult economic climate last year, alumni and friends Chester J. Hill, Jr. Memorial Fund. “The number of students of the college added an impressive $21 million to More Light! seeking summer research collaborations with our faculty has bringing its total to $125 million. increased in recent years,” said Nancy Wall, associate dean of the faculty and associate professor of biology. “The Chester Now, as the More Light! campaign offi cially enters the second J. Hill, Jr. Memorial Fund will support outstanding students year of its public phase, its focus is shifting from very tangible conducting summer research, an important and successful form aspects (such as the Warch Campus Center, Memorial Hall of individualized learning at Lawrence.” Disbursements from this renovation and other capital projects) to one that focuses on endowed fund will also support Lawrence’s Senior Experience people — namely professorships, scholarships, Lawrence Fellows and Honors projects. The fund was established through a gift from and other ways that promote Lawrence’s people and programs. the estate of John W. Mitchell. Mitchell married Virginia Hill Jacobs in 1976. Virginia was the widow of Chester James Hill, Jr., who NeW iNitiAtives was a professor of psychology at Lawrence.

This fall Lawrence welcomed its third group of Posse Scholars to The excitement continues to build for Game, Set, Match! a campus. As Lawrence continues its efforts to diversify further its new initiative from the Lawrence Trustees to provide a dollar student body, these multicultural cohorts of students from New for dollar match for up to $3 million in new or increased donations York City serve to enrich the student body and bring new energy to The Lawrence Fund. and enthusiasm to campus. So far nearly 1,400 alumni, parents and friends have participated Trustee Harold Jordan ’72 and wife Mary Donn Jordan ’73 utilizing more than $318,000 of the challenge. This includes 1,014 presented the college with $250,000 specifi cally earmarked for donors who did not give last year. If you haven’t yet gotten into the Posse Program. This generosity, in keeping with the college’s the game, please use the envelope in this magazine to make a mission, is creating a life-changing experience for these young and gift or pledge now. ambitious students.

The generosity of Tom ’60 and Julie Esch Hurvis ’61 continued with a $160,000 gift for expendable scholarships. These dollars will be used to provide scholarships for underrepresented students — with the fi rst students receiving their awards next year.

The Hurvises also provided the college with a $1 million pledge to create an endowed fellowship. “Tom and Julie clearly understand the benefi ts of the Lawrence Fellows program, which has brought exciting new ideas to Lawrence through courses such as Theatre for Young Audiences, allowed us to explore new disciplinary areas such as Balinese gamelan music, added collaborative colleagues for our professors in areas such as plasma physics, and allowed us to add to curricular areas such as Film Studies and Native American History,” said Lawrence President Jill Beck. “I am deeply appreciative of the Hurvises’ generosity, but equally of their advocacy for the value that this program brings to our university.”

Right: Tom Hurvis and Julie Esch Hurvis with Lawrence Posse scholars

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LT Winter 10.indd 26 12/17/09 9:54 AM Scottsdale Paradise Valley Country Club More Light! Save the date! Sunday, February 21, 2010 San Francisco 2010 More Light! Regional Campaign Events St. Francis Yacht Club (luncheon) San Francisco International Airport (evening reception) Campaign news Thursday, March 18, 2010 More Light! is a commitment to build on the success of this great university and to establish Lawrence as a Los Angeles national liberal arts education leader — the very best at Huntington Library providing the individualized learning experiences that our Sunday, March 21, 2010 students and alumni know are powerfully transformative. Madison We’re bringing the details to cities across the country Contemporary Museum of Art and hope you’ll join us. Thursday, May 6, 2010

For additional information about More Light! events, contact Lori Vosters at 800-283-8320 ext. 7019 or e-mail [email protected]

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Who All Lawrence Alumni, Parents and Friends What Make a gift to The Lawrence Fund Why Lawrence trustees will double your money How Get in the game! • If you did not give in fiscal year 2009, your gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar • If you gave in fiscal year 2009, increase your gift this fiscal year to reach the next Giving Club level and your increase will be matched • M agnify your donation by making a three year pledge — and all three years will be matched

Lawrence trustees have pledged a $3 million match. Together, we can generate $6 million for The Lawrence Fund. To give, use the envelope in this magazine, visit morelight.lawrence.edu or call 800-283-8320.

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LT Winter 10.indd 27 12/17/09 9:54 AM Hall of Fame Inductees By Joe Vanden Acker

Five former Lawrence University athletes and one coach were Pat Kenney ’68 inducted into the Intercollegiate Athletic Hall of Fame on Oct. 16. Dave Novickis, Al Zupek ’44, Pat Kenney ’68, Doug Gilbert ’72, Pat Kenney is one of the finest tennis players ever to take the Kristi Jahn ’92 and Scott Sprtel ’97 were honored at the court for Lawrence. Blue and White Dinner at the Warch Campus Center and then introduced at Lawrence’s 17-13 win over Knox College at the A Menasha, Wis., native, Kenney put together an impressive Fall Festival football game the following afternoon. personal record and helped Lawrence win a Midwest Conference team championship. Kenney is one of only four players in Lawrence history to win a No. 1 singles title at the Midwest Al Zupek ’44 Conference Championships, taking the top singles crown in 1968. Al Zupek was one of Lawrence’s gridiron stars of the early 1940s and helped make the Vikings the dominant football team of the era. Kenney capped a perfect 14-0 season in 1968 by beating Carleton College’s Kit Young 6-2, 6-2, in the No. 1 singles title match at the A native of Racine, Wis., Zupek was a two-time first-team MWC Championships. The Vikings won the 1968 MWC team title All-Midwest Conference running back in 1941 and 1942 (all- and were invited to play in the NCAA Championships. conference teams were not selected from 1943-45). A star in coach Bernie Heselton’s single-wing attack, Zupek led the Vikings Kenney was the career victories leader when he graduated, to a 12-4-1 record during his three seasons (freshmen weren’t and his 36 singles wins still ranks him eighth on the school eligible back then). Lawrence posted a perfect 6-0 mark in 1942 list. Kenney’s 36-4 career record translates to a .900 winning and won the Midwest Conference championship. That team, percentage and still stands as the mark to beat today. Kenney’s considered one of the best in Lawrence history, allowed only 13 14-0 record in 1968 continues to be the school record for season points all season and posted four consecutive shutouts to finish winning percentage at 1.000. the campaign. As a sophomore in 1966, Kenney posted an 11-1 record in singles, As was typical for the time, Zupek played on both sides of the ball. with his only loss coming in the No. 1 singles title match at the A halfback and fullback on offense, Zupek was a powerful runner, MWC Championships. Kenney went 11-3 at No. 1 singles in tremendous lead blocker and an efficient passer. He also was a 1967 and also placed second at the MWC Championships that standout in the defensive backfield. Zupek set the school game season. Also an impressive doubles player, Kenney teamed with record when he ran for four touchdowns versus Knox College in Bob Bletzinger ’67 and Dave Holzworth ’69 during his career. 1942. That mark, which has been tied by fellow Hall of Famers Kenney placed second three times at No. 1 doubles at the MWC Dave Mulford ’59 in 1957 and Brad Olson ’96 in 1995, still stands Championships. today. After his days at Lawrence and the end of World War II, Zupek saw action in the National Football League, playing for the Kenney, who also played basketball for the Vikings as a freshman Green Bay Packers in 1946. and a sophomore, won the top singles title in the first two years of the Lawrence Invitational (1967 and 1968). Zupek also played three years of basketball and was thrower for the track and field team for three years. A reserve on the Kenney and his wife, Beverly, live in Lakewood, Wash., where he basketball team, Zupek helped the Vikings win the 1943 Midwest works as the budget and finance director for Pierce County. Conference championship. Zupek threw the javelin, discus and shot for the track team and helped the Vikings win the 1943 conference championship.

Zupek, who earned a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University, was a successful businessman and founded Bonewitz Laboratories and Supply. Zupek and his wife, Appleton native Janet Jones ’45, had three children and lived in Burlington, Iowa. Janet Zupek died in 1972 and Al Zupek passed away in 1980.

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Doug Gilbert ’72 Kristi Jahn ’92 Doug Gilbert was a dominant pole vaulter at Lawrence and starred Kristi Jahn starred both in the pool and on the diamond for the in all three sports seasons for the Vikings. A defensive back on the Vikings. A native of Oconomowoc, Wis., Jahn was a Midwest football team, Gilbert spent his winters wrestling for the Vikings. Conference champion in swimming and an all-conference outfielder/shortstop for the softball team. A native of Sturgeon Bay, Wis., Gilbert was the Midwest Conference champion in the pole vault in 1972 and set the school and Jahn was a three-time conference champion in the pool and was conference record at 14 feet, 6.5 inches. Gilbert’s school record named the team’s Most Valuable Swimmer three times. She won still stands today and is the third-oldest track and field record the 50-yard freestyle at the 1990 MWC Championships and took on the Lawrence books. Gilbert, the team captain, was virtually first in the 50 and 100 freestyle in 1991. unbeatable in his specialty during his senior season and won the prestigious Beloit College Relays title during the spring of 1972. Jahn broke the school record on her way to winning the 50 freestyle at 1991 MWC Championships with a time of 25.24 Gilbert also placed in the pole vault at the MWC Championships seconds. Jahn also set the school record in the 200 individual during his sophomore and junior seasons (second in 1970 and medley at the 1989 MWC Championships with a time of 2:26.20. fourth in 1971) and picked up the event crown at nearly every She would go on to place in four individual events and three relays meet during those two years. at the 1989 conference meet. In addition to her three conference titles, she would place in seven other individual events and 14 Gilbert quickly transitioned from being a Lawrence track star relays in the MWC Championships during her career. to being a Lawrence track coach. He served on the Lawrence coaching staff for two decades, working as an assistant coach Jahn, a two-time team captain, also won five individual titles at the from 1973 to 1991 and serving as the head women’s coach in Wisconsin Private College Championships, taking the 50 freestyle 1992 and 1993. During his two decades coaching with the Vikings, in 1990, 1991 and 1992. She set the meet record of 26.33 seconds Lawrence won 38 men’s and 33 women’s individual or relay titles at the 1990 Private College Championships. Jahn, who helped at the MWC Championships. Lawrence to the 1990 Private College team title, also won the 100 freestyle in 1990 and 1991. Gilbert spent the majority of his wrestling career at 150 pounds and also saw action at 142. Gilbert helped the Vikings win the Jahn was a four-year starter for the softball team and a career .295 team championship at the Lawrence Invitational in 1970 and hitter. A first-team All-MWC selection in 1992, Jahn started for two record a second-place finish in 1971. The team captain for the seasons at shortstop and two seasons in center field. In her senior 1972 season, Gilbert saw his wrestling career cut short with a season, Jahn earned all-conference honors after hitting .444 in dislocated elbow at the start of the campaign. league play and batting a career-high .415 on the season.

Gilbert was a reserve early in his football career and then emerged Jahn is an emergency room physician and works at several as a starter in the defensive backfield. After playing the 1969 hospitals in Park City, Utah, where she lives with her husband, season, Gilbert missed the 1970 season due to surgery. He Mark Saurer. started in the secondary as a senior in 1971 and then returned to play his final season of eligibility in 1972. Gilbert’s final season was cut short after he suffered a season-ending knee injury midway through the campaign.

Gilbert is semi-retired and most recently was employed by Outlook Group as vice-president of business development and integration. Gilbert and his wife, Becky, live in Appleton and have two adult daughters.

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LT Winter 10.indd 29 12/17/09 9:54 AM Scott Sprtel ’97 Dave Novickis Scott Sprtel was a dominant distance runner during his time at Head wrestling coach Dave Novickis, who was inducted into the Lawrence, winning Midwest Conference championships and Division III Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2009, setting school records along the way. guided the team for 16 seasons (1993-2009) and was the architect of Lawrence’s rise to national prominence in the 1990s. A native of Whitefish Bay, Wis., Sprtel was a four-time conference champion in track and winner of numerous cross country events Novickis coached three Midwest Conference champions and 27 during his career. Sprtel continues to hold a pair of Lawrence track conference place-winners from 1994 until the league discontinued records, the indoor marks in the 3,000 meters (8:53.58) and the the sport in 1997. The Vikings also established themselves on the 5,000 (15:11.24). national stage during this time. Lawrence started a string in 1994 of nine consecutive seasons with at least one national qualifier. Sprtel won his first MWC title when he took the crown in the Of Lawrence’s 31 national qualifiers, 19 came during Novickis’ 3,000 at the conference’s 1996 indoor championships. He then 16 seasons. won the 10,000 at the 1996 MWC outdoor championships. Sprtel capped his track career by winning the 5,000 and 10,000 at the Leading that contingent of national qualifiers was 2002 national 1997 MWC outdoor championships. champion and two-time All-American Andy Kazik ’02, two-time All-American Ross Mueller ’01, and four-time national qualifier and Sprtel was a champion at numerous track meets during his career, Lawrence’s first All-American, Mike Hoskins ’98. including winning three titles in everything from the 1,500 to the 10,000 at the Private College Championships. The Vikings also achieved their first national ranking during the 1998-99 season, and Lawrence would be ranked as high as ninth A two-time all-conference honoree in cross country, Sprtel finished during the 2000-01 season. Lawrence also posted its highest as high as second at the MWC Championships. A team captain finish at the NCAA Championships, 10th place, in 2001. in cross country, Sprtel took the runner-up spot in 1994 and also finished fifth in 1996. Sprtel won his first of eight cross country Novickis oversaw Lawrence’s move to the Wisconsin Intercollegiate meet titles when he won the St. Norbert College Invitational Athletic Conference for the 2002-03 season. Even with the move as a freshman in 1993. He would go on to win the St. Norbert to the WIAC, Lawrence maintained its close ties to the state’s Invitational all four years of his career. other private colleges and won the Private College Championships six times. Lawrence took the team title at the inaugural Northern In addition to his victory at the St. Norbert meet in 1994, Wrestling Association Tournament in 2007. Sprtel also won the Lawrence Invitational that fall. He won the St. Norbert meet title again in 1995 and grabbed seconds at the Novickis, who began his coaching career in 1978, has received Carthage College Invitational, the Private College Championships, numerous individual awards. He was the Division III District 9 and the Lawrence Invitational but wasn’t able to compete at the Coach of the Year in 1997, 1999 and 2000. He was the 1998 NCAA MWC Championships. He dominated many of the meets in which Great Lakes Regional Coach of the Year and also won the Northern he competed in during his senior season of 1996. Sprtel won the Wrestling Association Coach of the Year award in 2007. St. Norbert Invitational, UW-Sheboygan Invitational, Carthage Invitational, Private College Championships and Lawrence The Vikings also have flexed their muscle in the classroom during Invitational that season. Novickis’ tenure. Lawrence has had 19 Scholar All-Americans during the past 16 years, and the Vikings had at least one wrestler Sprtel was the chief resident in internal medicine at Gundersen chosen for 14 consecutive years. Lutheran Memorial Hospital in La Crosse, Wis. In September of 2003, while training for the Boston Marathon, he was struck and Novickis is the district manager for McJunkin Corporation. He and killed by a car. his wife, Dawn, live in Appleton and have two adult daughters. ■

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Left: Lawrence forward Mallory Koula ‘12 fires a shot against Lakeland College on Sept. 24. Koula scored two goals and picked up an assist in Lawrence’s 5-0 victory over the Muskies.

second-team selection, and defensive end Mike Gostisha ’10, safety Brian Janssen ’10, rover Jeff Nichols ’11 and wide receiver Nate Nelson ’13 all received honorable mention.

Frelich, who was named to the D3football.com Team of the Week and received two MWC Player of the Week honors this season, led all defensive linemen in the conference with 74 tackles. He had 14.5 tackles for loss, six sacks, two interceptions and two blocked kicks. Frelich finished his career as Lawrence’s career leader in Women’s Soccer tackles for loss and blocked kicks. The Vikings earned a trip to the Midwest Conference Tournament for the first time since 2002 and took league champion Carroll Men’s soccer University to the wire before falling 2-1 in the tournament semifinals. Lawrence finished eighth in the Midwest Conference with three of their four league losses coming by one goal. Lawrence put together an 11-7-0 record on the season, and that is the most wins the Vikings have had since going 13-6-1 in 2001. The Vikings, who were 1-4-4 in the league and 3-9-5 overall, had two players chosen for the All-MWC team. Defenders Forward Mallory Koula ’12 was a first-team All-MWC selection Nico Walker ’10 and Colin Vize ’11 were both named to and forward Sarah Ehlinger ’11 and defender Jordan Holmes ’11 the second team. Walker was chosen for the all-conference were both chosen for the second team. team for the third consecutive season, and this was Vize’s first all-conference selection. Koula, who was a three-time MWC Offensive Player of the Week, finished the season with 24 goals and seven assists for 55 points. Volleyball The 24 goals is the second-highest season total in Lawrence history, ranking behind the 30-goal season Libby Mullin ’90 had in The Vikings rebounded from a rough 2007 season to post a 14-18 1986. Koula’s 55 points also ranks as the second-highest season record in 2008. total in school history. Mullin holds the record with 67 in 1986. The Vikings matched the school record with a seven-match win Ehlinger, who was named a MWC Offensive Player of the Week, streak during the season and began Midwest Conference play was chosen for the all-conference team for the third consecutive with a 3-0 record for the first time in school history. season. She was a second-team pick in 2007 and 2008. She finished the season with 10 goals and six assists for 26 points. Lawrence also picked up a 3-1 victory over the 14-ranked Holmes was named to the all-conference team for the first time in University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire — the Vikings’ first victory her career. Holmes, who was named a MWC Defensive Player of ever against a ranked opponent. the Week during the season, finished the season with two goals and four assists. Setter Laura Aerts ’10 was named the MWC Player of the Week in the wake of the win over UW-Eau Claire, and middle hitter Clare Bohrer ’12 was chosen for the UW-Eau Claire Invitational Football all-tournament team. Lawrence finished the season on a high note with a thrilling 21-17 victory at the University of Minnesota-Morris in the campaign Outside hitter Melissa Schnettler ’11 was chosen for the finale. The Vikings also won the Fall Festival game against All-MWC team for a second consecutive season. A second-team Knox College 17-13. selection, Schnettler led the team with 338 kills and averaged 3.25 per set. She compiled a .147 hitting percentage. Schnettler Five Vikings, led by defensive end Matt Frelich ’10, were averaged 2.81 digs per set and finished with 292 on the season. chosen for the All-Midwest Conference team. Frelich was a

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LT Winter 10.indd 31 12/17/09 9:54 AM WomeN’s teNNis Lawrence standout Beth Larson ’12 fell short in her bid to repeat as the Midwest Conference No. 1 singles champion, and it was Lake Forest College’s Melika Celebic who stood in her way.

Larson, who lost to Celebic earlier in the season, fell to the Lake Forest player 6-2, 6-4 in the semifi nals of the MWC Championships. Larson was attempting to be the fi rst player in Lawrence history to repeat as the conference’s No. 1 singles champion. Lawrence fi nished sixth in the team standings with 32 points at the championships.

Katherine Valde ’12 took the consolation title at No. 4 singles, and Larson and Jennifer Roesch ’13 also won the consolation title at No. 1 doubles. cRoss couNtRy Emily Muhs ’12 and Sam Stevens ’13 both took home All-Midwest Conference honors for the Vikings at the league championships.

Muhs fi nished 12th to lead the Lawrence women to seventh place Save the Date! in the team standings. She covered the diffi cult 6,000-meter course in 25:20.83 to post the highest fi nish by the Vikings since Colleen Detjens ’07 took 11th in 2005. Viking Bench Golf Outing Stevens placed 18th and ran the 8,000-meter course in 28:18.77. Led by Stevens, the Lawrence men placed sixth, just one point behind fi fth- Monday, June 7, 2010 place Beloit College. Stevens is the fi rst Lawrence male runner to earn Royal St. Patrick’s Golf Links all-conference honors since Paul Schonfeld ’05 placed 14th in 2003. Wrightstown, Wis. GolF The Vikings took part in three tournaments during the fall season, and • 18 holes Tom Vyskocil ’10 won his fi rst career tournament. • dinner

Vyskocil carded a 2-over par 74 to win the Lawrence Fall Classic at • rafﬂ e Eagle Creek Golf Club and teammate Adam Ferguson ’10 grabbed • silent auction sixth place. The Vikings took third place in the team standings. Lawrence also placed third at the Ripon College Invitational and were led by Ferguson’s seventh-place fi nish. The funds secured through the golf outing are used to support the 22 intercollegiate athletic teams sponsored by the university.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Class Notes Julie Moore Rapacki ’86, president Catherine A. Statz C’96, vice president Stephen M. Rodriguez C’02 and Sarah E. Schott ’97 co-chairs, admissions The following notes include news received by Lawrence Today before Carol L. Korda ’71, capital campaign liaison November 4, 2009. It includes only items that have been submitted for Bonnie Maas McClellan M-D’62, chair, networking publication to Lawrence Today, Voyager or a class secretary. Seth B. Harris C’01, chair, nominations and awards Joseph Green III ’86, chair, community engagement Add your news to Class Notes or stay in touch with your Mark E. Smrecek ’00, chair, student relations classmates online at www.lawrence.edu/alumni/voyager or e-mail [email protected] MEMBERS Susan Buesing Donnelly ’69 Maura E. Cook ’10 James M. Cornelius ’81 Elissa Davis Hoffman ’99 June Goldschmid Thiesen M-D’60 Golden REUNION: JUNE 18-20, 2010 45 Barbara Goodman Holtz ’74 Billie Kolb Knolle, San Marino, Calif., is a trustee of the Crowell Public Suzanne M. Griffith ’97 Library. She is also a volunteer at the Huntington Gardens and Library. Christine Grupe Knutson C’68 Jennifer B. Hair ’08 Betty Heistad Barrett M-D’55 50 Golden reunion: June 18-20, 2010 Karl A. Hickerson ’70 Christine Jones Benedict ’99 Muriel Jensen Patterson, Indianapolis, Ind., spends two weeks on the Walter E. Karst ’56 chain of lakes in Waupaca every summer. Two years ago she attended a family reunion in Hilton Head. She also enjoys an annual Cubs game with Theodore M. Katzoff ’65 four friends who grew up together in Glencoe, Ill Thomas C. Larsen ’58 Barbara M. Lom ’89 George W. Steed, Jr., Lodz, Poland, wrote, “My tutoring now includes Michael R. McCain ’10 preparation for Cambridge certification exams. Practice questions are Chuck Merry ’57 exacting. Late as the hour I keep learning.” Emily A.Mohr ’10 Leigh Newland O’Donnell ’92 J. Samuel Ray ’70 Brent J. Schwert ’07 Golden reunion: June 18-20, 2010 52 Michael S. Sigman ’78 Roberta Gillotte Anderson and Ralph R. Anderson, Rancho Mirage, Timothy S. Stenger ’88 Calif. Roberta is active in a Panhellenic group of 250 members and recently Paul R. Stevens ’10 participated in a benefit honoring Betty Ford with a $55,000 scholarship in Hayley A. Vatch ’09 her name. Ralph has been a volunteer at the Boys & Girls Club for 18 years, Zhibin Wang ’95 and a board member for 13. He is also on the club’s building committee. Gwynn Williams Wardwell ’61

Barbara Lucas Scholtz, Jacksonville, Fla., plays on a senior women’s EX-OFFICIO tennis team and recently competed in a regional tournament in Daytona, Mark Breseman ’78 Fla. She is married to Francis N. Scholtz ’49. Associate Vice President of Alumni and Constituency Engagement Lyndsay Sund ’01 56 Golden reunion: June 18-20, 2010 Associate Director of Alumni Relations Jessica M. Dukelow ’02 Joan Timmermann Anderson, Muncie, Ind., recently spent nine weeks Assistant Director of Alumni Relations in Door County. She wrote, “Steve and I are attempting to learn how to be Linda Fuerst more retired than in the first 10 years of retirement.” Alumni Volunteer Coordinator

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• Locate Classmates 57 Golden reunion: June 18-20, 2010 • Read and Post Class Notes Theodore A. Beranis, Bonita Springs, Fla., wrote, “The newspaper • Find or Become a Career Contact crisis led to my column being dropped by the Bonita Banner after a several-year run (including cartoons). I miss the weekly challenge, but have turned from my writing relaxation to other pursuits.” This is a secure site available only to Lawrence or Milwaukee-Downer alumni Frank W. Cole, Barrington, Ill., is enjoying retirement and has and faculty members taken mission trips to Romania and the Dominican Republic, and enjoyed travel to Holland, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Greece, Cypress, Ireland, Mexico, England, Wales and France. He also plays and studies the recorder.

Leolyn Lentz Jones, Fish Creek, Wis., is enjoying life in Door County where she paints and teaches weekly classes on watercolor techniques and knitting. To receive a Voyager login ID: e-mail [email protected] Robert L. VanDale, New Wilmington, Pa., and his wife Carla or call 800-283-8320 celebrated their 50th anniversary in October. They continue to engage in interfaith peacemaking efforts as a couple.

Joseph K. Ziemann, Bessemer, Mich., enjoys the outdoor life in upper Michigan. Favorite activities include boating and skiing. Jane McGrew McBride, DeKalb, Ill., wrote that she “enjoys living in the country surrounded by corn fields.” She has taken classes at Northern Illinois University. Recently Pete Davy, Helen 58 Golden reunion: June 18-20, 2010 Lofquist Zimmermann ’58, Huffy Hoffman and Shirley Carter Mary Runte Bossert, Kaukauna, Wis., is in her 11th year as part DeLorme ’58 joined her for a tour of the Art Institute and an of the STEP program for the Kaukauna School District where she exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. works at the Tanner Early Childhood Center with 4K students and teachers. For the past 10 years she has also worked at the Monte Carol Davy McConnell, Oconomowoc, Wis., traveled to Turkey Alverno Retreat Spirituality Center. She and her son Todd sing and in September with Helen Lofquist Zimmermann ’58. She and play guitar and flute as part of the Green Apple Folk Music Society. her husband John ’56 visited Judy Bayorgeon Prange ’59 in She is also a flutist with the Little Chute Community Band. August. She wrote, “Helen Lofquist Zimmermann ’58, Judy Huffman Sutherland ’58, Shirley Carter DeLorme ’58 G. Russell Clapp, Knoxville, Tenn., spent a weekend in Nashville and I descended upon Jane McCrew McBride ’58 for days of visiting his daughter and revisiting many of the sites of his high fun and frolick in August.” school days. He also attended a Saturday night performance of Grand Old Opry. He and his wife Carol have season tickets for the Carol Hoffmann Wood Schwantes, Two Rivers, Wis., retired University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball games. after teaching secondary education for 35 years. She enjoys spending time with her grandchild, volunteering and traveling. J. Robert Martin, Clarendon Hills, Ill., works part time, delivering meals one day per week. He is taking classes at College of Joan Bower Skedd, Stuart, Fla., is a certified healing touch DuPage. He and his wife, Pat Twohig Martin ’60, traveled in practitioner, a certified pastoral minister and a grief counselor. Last April and saw the Kennedy Library, the Baseball Hall of Fame year she went on a pilgrimage to Medjugorje (in Croatia). She has and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He went on a fishing trip in been going to Argentina annually for more than 20 years to visit Canada this past July with Bob Thurow ’58. friends and adopted family.

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“the typewriter satyr” Dwight Allen ’74 A novel fl ush with colorful characters and an ensuing romance that leads to comic and tragic consequences.

“calderon de la Barca: Four Great Plays of the caRoL hagedoRn stocKing, Nairobi, Kenya, recently moved from Golden Age” Rick Davis ’80 an apartment to a house in Nairobi with banana trees in the front New translations of “Life is A Dream,” “The yard. She wrote, “My work with The Association of People with Phantom Lady,” “The Constant Prince” and AIDS in Kenya is on hold until cash fl ow recovers.” “The Great Theatre of the World” that bring Calderon’s work to life for English-speaking Judy huffMan sutheRLand, Evanston, Ill., joined her oldest audiences. granddaughter and 36 other 13-year-olds and the group leaders on a 10-day trip to France this past June. Stops included Camargue in the South of France and Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. “The trip was “meadowlark economics: collected a dream come true,” she wrote. She is married to Edmond R. essays on ecology, community, Sutherland ’58. and spirituality” James Eggert ’67 eLisaBeth s. wiLton, McLean, Va., recently visited her brother Alarmed by the disappearance of and his family in England and spent a week in Romania. Her son, meadowlarks from the fi elds near his Bart, got married in October, adding a new daughter, Alaleh, and home, Eggert embarked on a close study grandson, Paska, to the family. She is still working part-time, of the economic and ecological factors enjoying regular sessions of water aerobics, reading, writing and behind the loss. His inquiry led him to making occasional trips to a casino in West Virginia. conclude that the meadowlark’s survival is a metaphor for ours — that our future is intimately linked to the same Rowan schMidt zeiss, Harrisonburg, Va., took a two week trip interplay of economics, culture, technology and spirituality. to the Czech Republic in June with her daughter, Laurel, who is a professor at Baylor University in Texas. She also attended the Mozart Conference and Baroque Theatre conference at Baylor. “literature and the child” She continues to teach at Blue Ridge Community College in Lee Galda ’67, co-author Harrisonburg and to do volunteer work. This book covers the genres of children’s literature (picture books, folklore, etc.) and the use of children’s literature in the neXt reunion: June 18-20, 2010 classroom. It features discussions of 60 the latest works of children’s literature, Kay KRaeft, Conway, Ariz., is the executive director of Songs coverage of the growing importance of Unlimited, Inc., a nonprofi t corporation devoted to the promotion young adult literature, as well as expanded emphasis on of the art of song worldwide. The corporation presents Songs upper-level children’s and adolescent literature. Across the Americas Festivals held in various parts of the Americas hemisphere in varied years. Future festivals will be held in Conway, Ark., and in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.Visit “museums in a troubled World” www.songsunlimited.org. Robert R. Janes ’70 Janes explores the meaning and role of museums as key intellectual and civic resources in a time of profound social 63 neXt reunion: 2013 and environmental change. A constructive eLizaBeth coLe, Nehalem, Ore., wrote, “My work as actor examination of what is wrong with in healthcare venues continues apace, with recent visits to contemporary museums, written from an Galveston, Houston, Chapel Hill N.C., Columbia S.C., Wichita, insider’s perspective that is grounded in Seattle and Boston. I also continue with stage and TV acting. both hope and pragmatism. Health and family are also very fi ne!”

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“Richard dyer-Bennet: the last minstrel” Paul O. Jenkins ’83 Jenkins’ second book tells the story of a once-famous folk singer who has largely been forgotten.

“the upper Peninsula — Bus service in the land of iron, copper and timber” Loring M. Lawrence ’63 64 neXt reunion: 2014 The story of city and intercity bus caRoLe zinn BadgeR, Madison, Wis., enjoyed a long career as a operations on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula CEO of regional, national and international nonprofi t organizations, from the earliest days to the present. and 11 years as a consultant to those same nonprofi ts. Today, she is winding down her consulting practice to devote more time to “the Past lives: embracing the volunteer service, grandchildren and travel. Younger son Jonathan is an assistant professor of microbial and environmental genomics Wisdom and healing Power of at the J. Craig Venter Institute in San Diego. Older son Rick, your soul” with whom Carole graduated from law school, is following in his Jean R. Linder ’71 mother’s footsteps. He currently serves as Executive Director of An inspiring book that presents past-life AFSCME, Council 40, Wisconsin’s largest employee labor union. therapy as a powerful tool for healing mental, emotional, and physical wounds caRRoLL westfaLL PeteRson, Wausau, Wis., is involved in a in this lifetime. number of volunteer activities. She is a docent at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, an usher for student performances at “darkness calls” the Grand Theater and a volunteer in the library at Horace Mann Marjorie M. Liu ’00 Middle School. She is also on the Wausau School Foundation Demon hunter Maxine Kiss, inked with living board. tattoos, is on a mission to rescue the man she loves from a bloodthirsty army. To save gene Redding cLaRK, Mission, Texas, has been retired since May him, Maxine has only one choice: to lose 1999. She enjoys golf and came back to Lawrence last fall for the control — and release her own powers of kickoff of the More Light! campaign. darkness. susan M. swinehaRt, APO, AE, wrote, “I moved myself and my children plus one dog and two cats to Italy in September 2009 “the Past is Never dead: the trial of to work for the Army as a psychotherapist. We are enjoying this James Ford seale and mississippi’s adventure. What an opportunity to see another part of the world! struggle for Redemption” I think I am squeezing every bit I can out of this life!” Harry MacLean ’64 A dramatic courtroom thriller that tests the J. dennis waLsh and daRLene VeRBRicK waLsh, Roswell, Ga., bounds of redemption for the racial sins of returned to Lawrence this past June for Reunion Weekend 2009. the American South.

“connections: 65 neXt reunion: 2015 A visual Journal” RoBeRt c. duncan, Concord, Mass., is retired and has begun Ford Robbins ’64 writing a book. He also enjoys sailing in Boothbay Harbor in Maine. Robbins, a Santa Fe photographer, He is married to Lucinda Steven Duncan ’66. showcases 25 years of black-and- white images that showcase his love geRaLdine otani gRine, Oshkosh, Wis., is retired but keeping busy of the land. with the WCCO/OSO and the Oshkosh Youth Symphony Orchestra (OYSO). She will be teaching a course at Lawrence this spring term called String Pedagogy for String Educators. She recently completed a two-year term as president of the Wisconsin Chapter for the Hawaii ASTA “Parade of Orchestras” and their middle school level orchestra festival. Twelve years ago she co-founded an orchestra program on Maui sponsored by the Arts Education for Children Group. She wrote, “The program still fl ourishes with a youth symphony rehearsing and performing on Maui.”

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“Nirvana for sale?: Buddhism, Wealth, and the dhammakaya temple in contemporary thailand” Rachelle Jacobs Scott ’92 Scott looks at the proper relationship between religion and prosperity in a Thai Buddhist context, asking when the relationship between Buddhist piety and wealth is viewed in favorable terms and when it is viewed in terms of confl ict and tension. 66 neXt reunion: 2012 t. MichaeL angeR, Chicago, has a new granddaughter, Maya “Racial and cultural dynamics in Isabelle Anger, born on March 12, 2009. He is still playing guitar, Group and organizational life” singing, song writing and recording. He frequently plays with Ellen L. Short ’80, co-author his brother Jim at the Green Apple Folk Music Society in This book presents a theoretical framework New London, Wis. for understanding leadership and authority in group and organizational life. Using stePhen a. BeRnsten, Middleton, Wis., has a grandson, relational psychoanalytic and systems Max Zlevor ’13, attending Lawrence. theory, the authors examine conscious and unconscious processes as they relate thoMas K. countRyMan, Elmhurst, Ill., continues to enjoy the to racial and cultural issues in the formation Lyrio Opera, the Chicago Symphony and Shakespeare Theatre and maintenance of groups. outings. He is also working at the Elmhurst Public Library. “Blue Bells of scotland” Lucinda steVen duncan ’66 and Robert C. Duncan ’65, Concord, Laura Vosika Stack ’90 Mass., have two new grandchildren. Son Ritch and his wife Shawn Kleiner, self-centered, womanizing Rachel, have a new baby, Annabelle Ellen Duncan. Son Roger ’94, modern musical phenomenon, and has a new baby daughter, Julianna. Niall Campbell, devout medieval Highland warrior, switch places in time and fi nd BRuce a. McgRegoR, Mill Valley, Calif., spends the winter in themselves caught in each others’ lives. Rumah Cahaya, Penestanan and Ubud in Bali, Indonesia. A historic adventure, focused on Scotland’s greatest moment, the RoBeRt a. noRdLand, Chaska, Minn., and his wife, Candy, spend Battle of Bannockburn, and a deeper half of the year in Naples, Fla. From May to November he works as tale of redemption. an OB/GYN in Minnesota.

MaRcia gLidden PaRKeR, Stevens Point, Wis., wrote, “I loved “harvard mBA Navigates WWii” my career and I am loving retirement!” She is married to David Walling ’38 Thomas D. Parker ’65. The story of Walling’s unusual, funny, crazy and different experiences while PatRicia Busch PeteRson, Canton, Ga., and her husband, Richard, traveling from the United States to enjoyed a 23 day trip to Australia and New Zealand. In October England, France, Italy, Greece and 2009 they took their fourth European river cruise. Next July they Germany during World War II. have planned a river trip on the Seine river in France. “uranium” BaRBaRa dancey RidgeLy and daVid K. RidgeLy Grafton, Wis. Tom Zoellner ’91 Barbara has spent nearly 18 years at the metro (southwest An arresting journey through the life of this Wisconsin) regional offi ce of the United Methodist Church. She strange substance, from the slave camps enjoys Facebook, Spanish, things celtic, refl exology sessions, in Africa to desert mesas, war councils, farming and politics. David retired in 2006 and has resumed smugglers routes, doomsday cults, jungle playing the trumpet. He plays regularly in three ensembles — mines and enrichment plants over fi ve the Lakeshore Symphonic Band, Milwaukee Festival Brass and continents. ■ the Wisconsin 1st Brigade Band (Civil War Re-enactors). He was recently elected to membership in the Heritage Military Music Foundation, which owns and sponsors the 1st Brigade Band. Barbara and David have three daughters living near them and a son living in Henderson, Nevada.

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LT Winter 10.indd 37 12/17/09 9:55 AM LEFT: Frederick S. Voss ’65, Alexandria, Va., traveled to France as part of a Provence/Paris tour led by Jane Tibbetts Schulenburg ’65. Also on the tour were Marcia Glidden Parker ’66, her sister Bonnie Glidden Buchanan ’62, Glending Olson ’64, Steve Werner ’64 and Heidi Wilde Hagenbuckle M-D’65.

78 Next reunion: 2013 Basil D. Georgiadis, Richmond, Va., recently left a high school history/Spanish language teaching job for a logistics analyst position in Stafford with SAIC, a consulting firm. His job involves the ordering, assembling and shipping of field medical equipment to Marine Corps units. He and his wife have two children, Dimitri and Sophia.

Jane E. Sherman, Westport, Conn., wrote, “The family sold the aerospace manufacturing company in 2006, but I kept the 79 Next reunion: 2013 business and I’m managing those five commercial buildings. I’m Richard J. Faust, Richmond, Texas, enjoys a career in information also working on my M.F.A. in creative writing and loving it!” systems, currently in an area of web security called identity and access management. He wrote, “My main hobby is aviation. I have an instrument rating and am working toward a commercial 68 Next reunion: 2012 license as the next step to eventually becoming a flight instructor. My wife Nancy and I are planning a motorcycle tour to Yellowstone Dorothy Rowe Kinnun is retired. She and her husband, Paul, in the summer of 2010.” spend the winters in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas, and the summers in upper Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula.

Karen Swan Naftzger, Emerald Isle, N.C., retired in June, 2008 80 Next reunion: 2011 and moved with her husband, Tom, to the beach in Emerald Isle, Rick Davis, Warrenton, Va., is finishing his second year as N.C. She is a volunteer at the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine associate provost for undergraduate education at George Mason Knoll Shores and at the book cottage at the local public library. She University. He is active as a director of opera and theatre both wrote, “Tom and I happily give our time to the sea turtle protection on and off campus, most recently with a production of “Orpheus program, watching for new nests, then babysitting nests ready to in the Underworld” at the Atlast Performing Arts Center in hatch to make sure the hatchlings make it safely to the ocean.” Washington, D.C. In January, his volume of translations and commentaries entitled “Calderon de la Barca: Four Great Plays of the Golden Age” was published by Smith and Kraus. He is 76 Next reunion: June 18-20, 2010 married to Julie E. Thompson ’81. Jerry M. Percak, Jr., Hooper Bay, Alaska, teaches English, Catherine Barlow Garrison, Mountain Lakes, N.J., is a social studies and guitar to Yup’ik Eskimo high school students freelance flutist and teacher in northern New Jersey, playing in in Hooper Bay. the Baroque Orchestra of North Jersey and the flute ensemble “Flutatious!” She lives in a Victorian farmhouse with her husband Mary Susanne Reeves, Houston, Texas, is living in Doha, Qatar, John, daughters Cindy (23), and Leslie (20). where she is communications manager for RasGas Company Ltd., a joint venture between ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum.

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LT Winter 10.indd 38 12/17/09 9:55 AM Right: For more than 20 years, these alumni have held their own mini-reunion. This photo was taken at the 2009 get-together in Traverse City, Mich. Other sites have included Chicago, Denver, Seattle, Carmel, Santa Fe, Austin and Charleston. In 2006 the group’s reunion took them to Seville, Granada and Madrid, Spain. Front, left to right: Sara Rendall, Judy Wagner, Sandy McDonald Spofford ’66, Sherrie Walkovitz, Betsy Wrobke Remley ’66, Lee Eastman, Dinny Barshell Nemacheck ’67. Back: Dave Rendall ’66, Bill Spofford ’66, Dan Walkovitz ’66, Dave Remley ’66, Jack Eastman ’66, Ned Nemacheck ’66.

82 Next reunion: 2011 87 Next reunion: 2012 S. Donovan Essen, Palm City, Fla., is an implant dentist in Anne Rupert Lamps, Champlin, Minn., wrote, “We’ve called Palm City, Fla. He is the CEO of SECG, Inc., a diversified Minnesota home for one year now, still unpacking and organizing. investment group involved in commercial and industrial real We live in a really pretty area and have enjoyed many outdoor estate, land and timber and construction. He resides with his activities. My oldest child became a teenager in September!” wife and family in Stuart, Fla.

Carter Wills McKenzie, Dexter, Ore., co-founded the poetry Next reunion: 2013 collective Airlie Press. Airlie Press is a shared-work, consensus- 88 based collective dedicated to the publication of fine books of G. Michael Halfenger and Melissa Wagner Halfenger, poetry by writers in the Willamette Valley region of Oregon. Whitefish Bay, Wis., were married in 1992 and have two children, This spring Airlie Press published its first two books of poetry, Matt (12) and Kyleigh (9). Mike is a partner with Foley and Lardner “The Eddy Fence” by Donna Henderson and “Last Apples of and specializes in antitrust litigation. Melissa is a school volunteer, Late Empires” by Jessica Lamb. For more information, visit soccer coach and is involved in community service through the www.airliepress.org. North Shore Junior Women’s Club. The Halfenger’s love to travel as a family and spent ten days in Alaska in June 2008.

Elizabeth A. Lehfeldt, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, is professor and 83 Next reunion: 2014 chair of the history department at Cleveland State University in Robert J. Greene, Hudson, N.H., works at Raytheon Corporation Cleveland, Ohio. She recently took up running and has completed in Billerica Mass., as an web/flash designer. This followed a 20-year several 5Ks and is training for a 10K. She and her husband, Dave, career as a bass trombonist in the Air Force Band program with enjoy traveling and taking care of their 90-year-old house. assignments in Illinois, Germany and Massachusetts. The highlight of his career was three years with the United States Air Forces in Lisa A. Shirah-Hiers, Austin, Texas, earned a master’s degree in Europe Band at Sembach/Ramstein Air Base, where his work and composition from the University of Texas at Austin in 1992. She is personal travels took him to 19 countries in Europe and Asia. He is a piano teacher and freelance writer in Austin, Texas. She and her still musically active, performing as a freelancer in the Boston area. husband, Scott, have a daughter, Sarah (10). Her essay, “Spinning For more information, visit www.robertgreenedesign.com. Water Into Gold” was published in “What Wildness Is This: Women Write About the Southwest” (UT Press, 2007). Paul O. Jenkins, Cincinnati, Ohio, published his second book in October, 2009. “Richard Dyer-Bennet: The Last Minstrel” tells the Lori Kraft Zalewski and John W. Zalewski ’87, Chicago. Lori is story of a once-famous folk singer who has largely been forgotten. employed at Alibi Books. John is an actuary. They have two sons, Alexander and Austin. Alex is a junior at St. Patrick High School, and is beginning his college search with a visit to Lawrence. Lori Next reunion: 2014 wrote, “Now that my son is looking at colleges, I’ve really come to 84 appreciate the wonderful time that I had at Lawrence.” Daniel P. Gustafson, Middleton, Wis., was recently elected to the board of directors of the energy and telecommunications section of the State Bar of Wisconsin. Dan is a partner at Stafford Rosenbaum LLP, in Madison, Wis., and practices energy, public 89 Next reunion: 2014 utility and environmental law. He is married to Anne Strass Ama y At lla Hill, Madison, Wis., wrote, “Lots of things are the Gustafson ’85. same for me. Fourteen wonderful years with Rowan S. Atalla ’92, nine challenging years as a stay-at-home mom, nine comfortable Guocun Yang, Storrs, Conn., is professor of history at Manchester years in our little old house in central Madison, eight life altering Community College. He has been elected president of the years embracing alternative medicine, eight educational years Association for the Study of Connecticut History (ASCH), heading my book club. New this past year, inspiring anusara yoga which promotes dissemination of knowledge of area history classes and an enlightening position on the advisory board for through biannual conferences and the publication of its journal Wildwood Institute of Herbal Medicine. As for the future, both of “Connecticut History.” our girls headed to Franklin Elementary this fall. As for me, I have already reopened my photography business, Shine Photografx.”

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LT Winter 10.indd 39 12/17/09 9:55 AM David A. Faber and Tiffany A. Mullen, Milwaukee. Tiffany is a family physician in the Milwaukee area and also practices 93 Next reunion: 2012 integrative medicine. She is currently completing fellowship Barbara J. Zabawa, Madison, Wis., is an attorney in the Madison training with Dr. Andrew Weil. In 2005 she completed acupuncture office ofWhyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., where she practices training at UCLA. David works as a software developer for the health law, business and intellectual property litigation. In June, United Way of Greater Milwaukee. He is working toward a black 2009, she became a fellow of the American College of Healthcare belt in Tae Kwon Do. They have three children: Theo (6), and twins Executives, the nation’s leading professional society for healthcare Gillian and Meriel (3). leaders. Zabawa also chairs the State Bar of Wisconsin’s health law section board. Lynda Sachs Nicholas, Olivenhain, Calif., and her husband, Blair, celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary in June. They have four children: Kenall (9), Austin (7), Avery (5) and Reese (2). She recently retired after 22 years at Bally Total Fitness. 95 Next reunion: June 18-20, 2010 Jessamyn T. Hope, Long Island City, N.Y., had stories appear in the Summer 2009 issue of Canada’s “Descant,” and the fall 2009 90 Next reunion: 2015 issue of “Ploughshares.” John A. Curtis, Macomb, Ill., wrote, “I have given up public school teaching for the time being and run a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) growing vegetables, herbs and flowers for over 200 97 Next reunion: 2013 people. When I was at Lawrence I never dreamed I’d become a Rahul C. Oka, South Bend, Ind., is an assistant professor at the professional gardener! I am happily married to Karen for 14 years Department of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame. now and have three great kids, Ana (11), Daniel (9) and Alej (7).” In May 2008 he completed his Ph.D. in anthropology at the joint program of the Field Museum and the University of Illinois at Karl A. Kaliebe, Tampa, Fla., is back in the United States after Chicago. Since summer 2007, he has been working on modeling spending 12 years in Asia. He and his wife, Alison, are enjoy conflict and war economies in Northern Kenya and Southern a “more comfortable (and considerably slower) lifestyle in Sudan. His research focuses on studying adaptation and resilience sunny Florida.” in conflict trade and applying this to aid and development activities. He is married to Vania Smith-Oka ’98. Kimberly Foell Schneider, Watertown, Wis., is a German teacher, director of Women’s Ministries at Watertown Community Church Christopher L. Schatz, Milwaukee, is a veterinarian practicing in and a volunteer for Amani Ya Juu, an African women’s ministry. the Milwaukee area. She and her husband, Kurt, are awaiting the finalization of the adoption of their first son, Hezekiah.

Laura Vosika Stack, Brooklyn Park, Minn., teaches music lessons 98 Next reunion: 2013 on piano, harpsichord and wind instruments. She and her husband Peter C. Kolkay, Columbia, S.C., played bassoon in a concert with have three children, the oldest two children are in college and the the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York City youngest just started pre-school. She recently published her first on December 4, 2008. Gabriel Shuford ’97 played piano and novel, “Blue Bells of Scotland,” the first book of the Blue Bells harpsichord. The concert featured works of Zelenka and Stravinsky. Trilogy. It is the historic time-travel adventures of two men, polar opposites in all but their looks and love of music. More information Matthew A. Kuchta, Menomonie, Wis., completed his Ph.D. in can be found at: www.bluebellstrilogy.com. paleontology on May, 2009. He is currently an adjunct lecturer in physics at UW-Stout teaching soil mechanics, introductory geology and a discussion/lab section of second semester physics. 92 Next reunion: 2012 Judith Hayes Nugent and Michael E. Nugent, Waukegan, Ill. Judy was recently nominated for an Emmy Award for her work on the TV show “Outdoor Wisconsin.” It was an episode on the Wisconsin black bear project.

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LT Winter 10.indd 40 12/17/09 9:55 AM Left: Three Lawrentians are pictured at the Illusion Theatre in Minneapolis. Bonnie Morris ’72 is Illusion’s producing director, Shannon Buchda ’02 is the communications director and Nate Peterson ’11 recently completed an internship there where he worked on the FreshInk Series new play festival.

99 Next reunion: 2013 02 Next reunion: 2012 Bilge Oncul, Selamigesme, Turkey, completed her B.A. in Beth A. Achille, Fairfield, Maine, graduated in June from the economics and moved back to her hometown of Istanbul. In 2004 Harvard Graduate School of Education with a Master’s of she earned an M.B.A. degree from Bogazici University in Istanbul. Education in school leadership. She is currently working as a marketing manager in a United States-based firm in Istanbul. She and her husband, Ercan, are Cameron D. Kramlich, San Francisco, is enrolled in the MBA planning to move back to the U.S. this winter so he can pursue program at the Thunderbird School of Global Management in a clinical fellowship in reproductive medicine. Arizona. He spent the summer with Rhomobile, a Silicon Valley startup, through the internship program run by venture capital firm Joshua A. Szarke, Oakland, Calif., wrote, “After nearly 10 years Spring Capital. After graduating next May, he plans to return to in Minneapolis playing and recording music, I moved to Oakland, California. Calif., where I accepted a position teaching at a music school.” Anna Quick Loney, Madison, Wis., recently graduated with a doctorate in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.) from the Chicago School Next reunion: June 18-20, 2010 of Professional Psychology. She is working for a mental health 00 center and studying for licensure. She and her husband, Patrick, Erin Haight Chudacoff, Appleton, Wis., works at Lawrence in the moved back to Madison this summer. development office. Her husband, Joshua Chudacoff ’99, is an associate principal at Kaukauna High School. Jonathan C. Nigh, Brooklyn, N.Y., served as the moderator for the first session, “Audition Advice for Singers,” of OPERA America’s Shandra Feldthouse Helman, Pocatello, Idaho, completed the 2009-10 Making Connections series. Panelists included: Joyce Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Wisconsin- DiDonato, mezzo-soprano; Gayletha Nichols, director of National Madison in July 2008 with a major in clarinet performance and a Council Auditions, Metropolitan Opera; and Bill Palant, vice minor in musicology. Since August 2008, she has been employed president, artist manager, IMG Artists. Nigh is currently the grants at Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho and currently teaches and development manager for OPERA America in New York City. clarinet, saxophone, chamber music, instrumental pedagogy, aural He also serves on the NEC in NYC Committee for New England skills and various musicology courses, in addition to serving as the Conservatory and is a volunteer at iMentor, a New York-based woodwind area coordinator. nonprofit organization that connects young professionals and high school students from low-income and underserved communities. Jeremy T. Maschman, Seattle, received a Master’s Degree in Teaching on June 14, 2009, from Seattle University with endorsements in social studies and special education. He is teaching special education at Bellevue High School in Bellevue, 03 Next reunion: 2013 Wash. Mandy C. Halpin, San Francisco, started the Masters Entry Program in Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco Jeffrey T. Ramsey, South Milwaukee, Wis., recently moved back in June 2007 and received her RN license in August 2008. She is to Wisconsin with his wife, Christina. He is a doctoral student in continuing her studies to earn a Master of Science in nursing and history at Marquette University. to train as an adult nurse practitioner with a focus on integrative medicine. She is a volunteer nurse at the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic and a needle exchange staffer with the HIV Next reunion: 2011 Prevention Project of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. She 01 recently spent a month in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. Della K. Schroeder, Appleton, Wis., works with at-risk freshmen and coaches cross country and track at Appleton West High School.

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LT Winter 10.indd 41 12/17/09 9:55 AM Jessica K. Pahnke, Waunakee, Wis., finished an additional teaching license program in general music (#515), and received her 06 Next reunion: 2011 Kodály Certificate from Silver Lake College in Manitowoc, Wis. James B. Hall, Wien, Austria has begun a year-long fellowship at the Trinity Forum Academy studying composition, aesthetics Timothy W. Schmidt, Mequon, Wis., received his J.D. from the and theology. He also received an ASCAPLUS award from the University of Minnesota in May 2009. He was co-author of an American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers for a article on corporate deferred prosecution agreements in Update body of work he composed for his European jazz quintet. magazine and a piece on transnational bribery in the Minnesota Law Review, where he served as managing editor. He is still Anna J. Kiel, Milwaukee, is in her third year as a graduate student involved in music and serves as music director of the TORT: in clinical psychology at Marquette University. This year she will be Theatre of the Relatively Talentless. After taking the Wisconsin bar, seeing children, adults and families at Marquette’s ADHD clinic, he plans to practice in the Milwaukee area. as well as working part-time with children with autism at Autism Intervention Milwaukee. She wrote, “I should finish my master’s this year and begin working on my Ph.D. immediately after.” 04 Next reunion: 2014 Carrie A. Brown, Honolulu, Hawaii, completed her Master of Matthew A. Murphy, Chapel Hill, N.C., was selected for A Guthrie Arts in anthropology with an emphasis in forensic anthropology Experience for Actors in Training this past summer in Minneapolis, from California State University, Chico in May 2009. She moved where he appeared in “Chain of Fools,” at the Guthrie Theater. It back to Hawaii in July 2009 to work for the JPAC/CIL on Oah’u. was an original work conceived and written by the company. He This position involves the search, recovery and identification of is in his final year of graduate training in Chapel Hill. Upcoming Americans lost as a result of our nation’s past conflicts. projects include directing Jim Leonard’s “Anatomy of Gray” with the undergraduate company at the University of North Carolina Jennifer K. Burns, Eagan, Minn., works for the Jacobs School and appearing in both parts of David Edgar’s adaptation of of Music in Bloomington, Ind. She just spent the summer working “Nicholas Nickelby” with PlayMakers Repertory Company. at the Ohio Light Opera with fellow alum, Jacob Allen ‘04. Joseph M. Ross, Neenah, Wis., lives in Budapest, Hungary Nicholas L. Mills, Burnsville, Minn., is a choir director in with his wife, Dora. He is a candidate for the Master of Piano Lakeville, Minn. Accompaniment and Repetiteur degree at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. Caitlin A. Monnens, Richfield, Minn., moved to the Twin Cities to start work as a doctor of audiology extern at the Paparella Lauren K. Roznowski, East Troy, Wis., is the director of orchestras Ear Head & Neck Institute. for Kettle Moraine High School. She recently completed her first summer in the Northwestern University four-summer master’s degree program in music education.

05 Next reunion: 2011 Peter E. Snyder, Flossmoor, Ill., is a freelance web designer. Peter T. Gillette, Iowa City, Iowa received his master’s degree Recent projects he’s developed include StimulusWatch.org and in trumpet from the University of Iowa this past May and is OpenRegs.com. He wrote, “StimulusWatch.org is a crowdsourcing continuing on in the Ph.D. program for historical musicology. application designed to aggregate public knowledge about proposed federal stimulus spending projects. OpenRegs.com is designed Ian M. Love, Ann Arbor, Mich., is in his first year at the to make the regulations published in the Federal Register easy to University of Michigan Law School. find and discuss, so that citizens can become better informed and more involved in the regulatory process.”

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LT Winter 10.indd 42 12/17/09 9:55 AM Anthony C. Nickel ’00 and Heather Nickel, Geneva, Ill., 07 Next reunion: 2011 August 9, 2008 Amber Dreher Reynolds and Nathanael H. Reynolds, Andi Raabe Stelpflug ’00 and Jeff Stelpflug, Big Bend, Wis., Middleton, Wis. Amber is a physician assistant in general surgery May 16, 2009 at St. Mary’s Hospital. Nathanael works at Reynolds Transfer and Storage. Curien J. Kurrien ’01 and Antara Mali, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, June 12, 2009

08 Next reunion: 2014 Della Roll Schroeder ’01 and Travis Schroeder, Appleton, Wis., Mary D. Gilling, Arlington Heights, Ill., works in the Community June 13, 2009 Consolidated School District 15 (CCSD15) in Palatine, Ill., as a beginning string teacher. Katherine A. Hansen ’02 and Daniel O’Brien, Golden Valley, Minn., September 26, 2009 Andrew C. Ryan, Burlington, Wis., began his master’s degree in student affairs at Concordia University-Wisconsin January 2009 Ericka Sorensen Loffredo ’03 and John Loffredo, Madison, Wis., and will complete it August 2010. In July 2009 he started working October 18, 2008 as a residence hall director at Cardinal Stitch University where he enjoys working with his residence assistance staff and residents. Andrea J. Hendrickson ’04 and Ben Love, Aloha, Ore., August 16, 2008

Meaghan Harvey Swanson ’04 and Michael R. Swanson ’04, M arriages and Unions Anacortes, Wash., May 23, 2009

Sharon F. Malone ’60 and Wayne L. Ward, Florence, Ore., Alison Vandenberg Newcomb ’05 and William Newcomb, May 9, 2009 Milwaukee, September 5, 2009

Laura Mueller Just ’73 and Donald R. Just, Blowing Rock, N.C., Mary C. Born ’06 and Evan D. Thornton ’07, Schaumburg, Ill., May 3, 2009 August 1, 2009

Ellen A. Meyers ’80 and Elena M. Yatzeck, Chicago, May 4, 2008 Arhia Kohlmoos ’06 and Peter M. Nore ’06, Allston, Mass., August 21, 2009 Martin G. Gross ’85 and Nada Johnson, Shorewood, Wis., June 30, 2008 Amanda Carwile Lanser ’06 and Eric W. Lanser ’06, Minneapolis, June 29, 2009 Andrea Powers Robertson ’94 and John Barron Robertson, Chicago, October 3, 2009 Ruth C. Bergman ’07 and Benjamin J. Klein ’05, West Hartford, Conn., July 25, 2009 Jessica E. Seematter ’94 and Jeff Jones, Mobile, Ala., May 16, 2008 Heidi Jastram Crossley ’07 and Robert W. Crossley ’08, Gurnee, Ill., May 24, 2009 David B. Gottesman ’96 and Rochelle Gottesman, Chanhassen, Minn., July 25, 2009 Elizabeth Bird Fritsch ’07 and Adam T. Fritsch ’08, Wauwatosa, Wis., August 08, 2009 Jonathan G. Reynolds ’96 and Jennifer Reynolds, Portland, Ore., August 24, 2008 Burcu Goker ’07 and Eric M. Jenkins ’07, Istanbul, Turkey, August 1, 2009 Bilge Oncul ’99 and Ercan Bastu, Selamigesme, Istanbul, Turkey, July 19, 2009 Amber Dreher Reynolds ’07 and Nathanael H. Reynolds ’07, Middleton, Wis., February 14, 2009 Carrie Stoffel Glimm ’00 and Tilmann Glimm, Bellingham, Wash., November 17, 2007

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LT Winter 10.indd 43 12/17/09 9:55 AM Laura Berger Geisthardt ’08 and Russell M. Geisthardt ’08, Sanjukta Mukherjee ’95, a son, Justin, December 16, 2008 Fort Collins, Colo., May 2, 2009 Jeanine Peters Mele ’95 and Mario, Cartersville, Ga., a son, Elaine Kathryn Beckett Tipping ’09 and Bradley J. Tipping ’06, Nicholas Blake, June 11, 2009 Aptos, Calif., August 16, 2009 Brice Semmens ’95 and Christy, Seattle, a son, Emery Xavier, March 24, 2008

Births and Adoptions Jai Uttam ’95 and Jaisy Prem, Atlanta, a daughter, Jiya, June 28, 2008 Laurie T. Hines-Ackermann ’90 and Timothy G. Ackermann, Arlington, Texas, a daughter, Liesl G., January 13, 2009 Heather Varga Davis ’95 and Graham, Chippewa Falls, Wis., a son, Benjamin Daniel, March 5, 2009 Renee Mutchler King ’90 and Martin, Fort Worth, Texas, a daughter, Kathryn Renee, February 4, 2009 Lynn M. Azuma ’96 and Brian T. Hall, Georgetown, Texas, a son, Maddox Dean, June 17, 2008 Jennifer L. Baumgardner ’92, New York City, a son, Magnus Snowfield, July 24, 2009 Tove Dahlberg ’96 and Caroline Svensson, Stockholm, Sweden, a daughter, Kajsa Greta, September 03, 2008 Kendra Boettcher Craven ’94 and Robert, Alexandria, Va., a son, Benjamin Robert, December 6, 2007, and a daughter, Elizabeth A. Frankman ’96 and Scott Wissink, Pittsburgh, Pa., Claudia Jane, January 24, 2009 a daughter, Lucinda Eleanor, February 5, 2009 Philip B. Gaskill ’94 and Elisa, Clackamas, Ore., a daughter, Katie Geenen Niemi ’96 and Kirk, Arlington, Va., a son, Andrew, Megan Elizabeth, May 24, 2009 February 26, 2008 Karyn Huth Laursen ’94 and Tobin Laursen ’95, Onalaska, Wis., Amy Hasegawa McCullough ’96 and Kevin, McFarland, Wis., a daughter, Danielle, May 14, 2008 a daughter, Arisa Eva, June 7, 2008 Emily Murray Kallemeyn ’94 and Lance, La Grange, Ill., Nicole Huibregtse Martens ’96 and Peter Martens ’96, a daughter, Louise Katelyn, March 25, 2009 Lubbock, Texas, a son, Isaac Andrew, May 21, 2008 Jennifer Palmer Veenstra ’94 and Matthew, Oakland, Calif., Audrey Johnivan Wright ’96 and Eric, Leonard, Mich., a son, a daughter, Madeline, November 14, 2008 Elijah Paul, June 19, 2009 Erika Pape Biemann ’94 and John, Wauwatosa, Wis., a son, Andrew H. Motiwalla ’96 and Sandra, San Diego, Calif., Elliot Christopher, April 30, 2009 a daughter, Kira Yazmin, June 26, 2008 Elizabeth Pepper Lahti ’94 and Jeff, Portland, Ore., a son, Charlie, Jennifer Needham Hawkins ’96 and Chris, Parker, Colo., a son, November 20, 2008 Eliah Christopher, May 12, 2009 Sanjeev D. Shetty ’94 and Ahana, Chantilly, Va., a son, Seth, Jonathan G. Reynolds ’96 and Jennifer, Portland, Ore., a son, December 31, 2008 Henry W., April 21, 2008 Rebecca Wadsworth Blythe ’94 and Rudolph Blythe ’94, Claudia Riechelmann Malik ’96 and Amarkosh, Chicago, a son, Saint Paul, Minn., a son, Rudolph Hamma, March 29, 2009 Lucas Riechelmann, January 17, 2008 Tammy Wiedenfeld Johnson ’94 and Cameron, Gainesville, Fla., Rebecca A. Wagenaar-Miller ’96 and Timothy M. a daughter, Adele, March 21, 2008 Miller ’97, Silver Spring, Md., twin daughters, Isabelle Ann and Margaret Montgomery, April 15, 2009 Carey Cook Petersen ’95 and Greg, Chicago, twins, a daughter, Penelope Frances, and a son, Henry Irving, March 6, 2009

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LT Winter 10.indd 44 12/17/09 9:55 AM Elizabeth D. Windsor-Engnell ’96 and Bret, Madison, Mark E. Smrecek ’00 and Lela R. Hutchinson, Chicago, a daughter, Wis., a son, Samuel, December 20, 2008 Rosemary Jane, June 26, 2009

Anastasia Burkham Rattray ’97 and Graeme, Appleton, S. Jaimee Tsim Tassio ’00 and Lee, San Ramon, Calif., a daughter, Wis., triplet daughters, Evangelina, Juliana and Vivienne, Juliet, July 10, 2008 December 29, 2008 Amy Haegele Bowers ’01 and Reid Bowers ’00, Madison, Wis., Alison C. Hurwitz ’97 and Charles R. Holst ’97, a daughter, Julian Sophia, September 13, 2008 San Francisco, a son, Jorian Shea Hurwitz, March 16, 2009 Jamie Lemerand Bartels ’01 and Ned, Appleton, Wis., a son, Jason J. Valerius ’97 and Amy C. Payne, Madison, Wis., Jacob Martin, March 10, 2009 a son, Rhys Cooper, July 10, 2009 Amy Shea Dye ’03 and Jaime, Platteville, Wis., a daughter, Annee Pope Ingala ’98 and Michael Ingala ’96, Portland, Caralyn, February 26, 2009 Ore., a son, River, January 19, 2009

Leta S. Steffen ’99 and Thomas B. Aquino, Madison, Wis., a son, Joseph, June 5, 2008 I n Memoriam

Eric D. Boehmer ’00 and Heidi, Huntington, W.V., a son, Justice, December 20, 2008 20s

Rebecca J. Buell-Gutbrod ’00 and David Gutbrod, a son, Erna Wimpfheimer Adler M-D’29, Hoboken, N.J., Adler, December 22, 2008 August 16, 2009

Lisa Caveney Hoel ’00 and Nikolas Hoel ’99, a daughter, Iola Langer Burchinal ’29, February 17, 2008 Nora, April 19, 2008 Marion Campbell Lay ’29, Sequim, Wash., Gina M. Collins ’00 and Philip Millhouse, Edgerton, Wis., January 13, 2009 a daughter, Kiara, February 19, 2009 Nichole Cook Abbott ’00 and Barry Abbott ’00, Berlin, s Wis., a son, Steven Luse, November 16, 2008 30 F erol Tate Jensen ’30, Stoughton, Wis., February 28, 2009 Daniel A. Freiberg ’00 and Erin, Madison, Wis., a son, Isaac Logan, May 11, 2009 Marion O’Neill Connelly M-D’31, Chelsea, Mich., July 3, 2009. Survivors include a niece, Martha Anderson Elizabeth Geery Karre ’00 and Andrew Karre ’02, Smithback ’75, and a nephew, Christopher J. Anderson ’68. Saint Paul, Minn., a son, Henry, February 23, 2008 Cachel Dregne Fredlund M-D’31, Bloomington, Minn., Michelle M. Hinchcliff ’00, a son, Ayden Emiliano, December 10, 2007 May 20, 2009 Marion Dunker Luick M-D’31, Milwaukee, February 11, 2008 Christopher G. Meadows ’00 and Sara, Whitefish Bay, Wis., a daughter, Charlotte, August 2, 2009 Thelma Berner Rusch ’31, Shaker Heights, Ohio, February 11, 2009

Amy Schmitting White ’00 and Anthony White ’00, Arline Luecker Wileman ’31, Whitewater, Wis., Wauwatosa, Wis., a son, Oliver Earl, June 16, 2009 August 4, 2009

Sarah Skeen Schnell ’00 and Aaron Schnell ’97, Hildegarde Wetzeler Irion ’32, Oshkosh, Wis., June 24, 2009. Minneapolis, a daughter, Harper, April 15, 2009 Survivors include her husband, Theodore H. Irion.

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LT Winter 10.indd 45 12/17/09 9:55 AM Loretta B. Kreuz M-D’32, Amery, Wis., January 6, 2009

Bertrand Goldgar | 1928-2009 Florence Sarasy Hall ’33, August 17, 2009

Professor of English and John N. Bergstrom Professor of Humanities Lois Hauger Wolff ’33, Seattle, March 17, 2008 Bertrand A. Goldgar, the longest-serving full-time member of the faculty in Lawrence history, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 14. He was 81. Monica Cooney ’34, Appleton, Wis., September 5, 2009

Born in Macon, Georgia, Goldgar joined the Lawrence English department Florence Ford Dart M-D’34, Catonsville, Md., May 21, 2008 in 1957. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University. Over the course of his Mildred Lepisto Miles ’34, Schaumburg, Ill., 52-year teaching career, he established himself as one of Lawrence’s September 28, 2008 greatest scholars. Known for his reverence for the written word, he was admired as a literary historian and editor. Clark F. Norton ’34, Bowie, Md., July 22, 2009. Survivors include his wife, Mary E. Norton. His expertise focused on 18th-century literature, including Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift, and he was considered one of the world’s Elizabeth S. Williams M-D’34, Mukwonago, Wis., leading scholars of Henry Fielding. He was a key participant in the June 25, 2008 authoritative Wesleyan edition of Fielding’s works, editing several volumes to great acclaim. His 1976 book, “Walpole and the Wits: The Relation of Politics to Literature, 1722-1742,” remains a standard work Helen Cornell Cartwright ’35, Dixon, Ill., June 16, 2009. for historians and literary scholars alike. His scholarship was recognized Survivors include a son, Thomas B. Cartwright ’75. with fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Mildred Adler Frank M-D’35, South Bend, Ind., July 5, 2009

Last October, Goldgar was among the guests of honor at a major Clare Patterson Hutto ’35, San Gabriel, Calif., May 28, 2009 conference in Dublin to celebrate the inauguration of the 15-volume Cambridge University Press edition of the complete works of Swift, for Elizabeth Coleman Johnson ’35, Gunnison, Colo., which he served as co-editor of the first volume, “English Political Writings June 12, 2009 1711-1714: The Conduct of the Allies and Other Works.” He was nearly finished with a second volume for the edition at the time of his death. Catherine V. Vince M-D’35, Duluth, Minn., August 25, 2008

He was widely regarded as one of Lawrence’s most dedicated teachers Jane Heath Cochrane ’36, Winter Park, Fla., June 1, 2009 and was much beloved by several generations of students, both for his classroom style and for his near round-the-clock availability to students. Rolita Druse M-D’36, West Allis, Wis., December 15, 2008. He remained in regular contact with scores of former students after Survivors include a sister, Lois Druse Harvey M-D’38. their graduation. Maxine French McI ntosh ’36, Sarasota, Fla., June 5, 2009 At the 2008 commencement, Goldgar was presented the college’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship in recognition of his sustained William E. Bauer ’37, Portland, Ore., July 14, 2009. scholarly excellence and for exemplifying the ideals of the teacher- Survivors include his wife, Verniece E. Bauer, and a niece, scholar. He also was the recipient of Lawrence’s Award for Excellence Marguerite Landis Saecker ’57. in Teaching in 1976. He was appointed to the endowed John N. Bergstrom Professor of Humanities chair in 1981. Marjorie Hathaway Briggs ’37, Sarasota, Fla., November 12, 2008 He is survived by his wife, Corinne, two children, Ben, 52, Chicago, and Anne, 50, London, and two grandchildren, Sarah, 21, and Leah, 17. Elizabeth Frye Carr ’37, Sarasota, Fla., June 14, 2008. Survivors include her husband, Frank C. Carr, and a sister, An endowed fund in professor Goldgar’s name has been established Jane Frye Ferguson ’37. by a group of his former students. Gifts in professor Goldgar’s memory can be sent to: Lawrence University Office of Development, Janet Stiefel Hess M-D’37, Wilmette, Ill., November 18, 711 E. Boldt Way SPC 18, Appleton, WI 54911-5699. 2008

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LT Winter 10.indd 46 12/17/09 9:55 AM Goldye Brossell Mullen M-D’37, Washington, D.C., June 5, 2009 Bette Valentine Bell ’42, Attleboro, Mass., July 26, 2009. Survivors include sisters-in-law Lois Bell Miller ’28, Jean Bell Katherine Brokaw Ottman ’37, Lees Summit, Mo., October 9, Burrall ’29, and Barbara Simonds Valentine M-D’45. 2009. Survivors include nephews Norman B. Morris ’64 and Jack H. Morris ’60, and a cousin, Kathleen MacDonald Wolgast ’51. Mabel Currer Hohnbach ’42, Mukwonago, Wis., September 22, 2009 Jean Steffen Smith ’37, Evanston, Ill., November 9, 2007. Survivors include her husband, Clarence W. Smith, and a cousin, Jane Mitchell Jensen M-D’43, Ann Arbor, Mich., Patricia Ewen Foley M-D’48. September 5, 2009

Betty Lockwood Stewart M-D’37, Ocala, Fla., August 13, 2009. Roberta Neill Krieg ’43, Evanston, Ill., June 14, 2009 Survivors include her husband, Gordon Stewart. Jack W. Lally ’43, Appleton, Wis., March 14, 2009 Leone Diny Van Zummeren ’37, Appleton, Wis., July 7, 2009. Survivors include her husband, Lawrence P. Van Zummeren. Ruth Shields Perot ’44, Daphne, Ala., June 13, 2008

Florence Ziehms Carpiaux ’38, Green Bay, Wis., Maggie Rogers ’45, Wiscasset, Maine, August 26, 2009 December 18, 2007 Robert F. Stevenson ’46, Marshfield, Wis., August 7, 2009 Marjorie Hall Fease ’38, Kaukauna, Wis., June 30, 2009. Survivors include a son, John R. Fease ’70, a grandson, Doris Klug Berg M-D’47, Wheeling, Ill., May 17, 2009. Daniel J. Fease ’99; and cousins, Sidney R. Ottman ’40 and Survivors include her husband, Byron A. Berg. Helen Fease Conner M-D’42. Helen Harvey Johnson M-D’47, Omaha, Neb., August 23, 2008 Carol Cheney Swett ’38, Hilton Head Island, S.C., May 20, 2008. Survivors include her husband, Robert W. Swett. Marilyn Kallen Peterson ’47, Glen Ellyn, Ill., September 1, 2009. Survivors include her husband, Lambert Peterson ’47, and a Arnella Klug Turner M-D’38, Potomac, Md., October 9, 2008 daughter, Kimberly Peterson Krueger ’82.

Rayna DeCosta Loewy M-D’39, Chicago, May 29, 2008 Corene Wilcox Thorsen M-D’48, Oconomowoc, Wis., August 13, 2009. Survivors include her husband, Duane W. Thorsen. Kenneth E. Sannes ’39, North Augusta, S.C., May 25, 2009. Survivors include a daughter, Valerie Sannes McAuliffe ’68, Alfred C. De Soto ’49, Pittsford, N.Y., June 25, 2009 and a nephew, Andrew R. Behm ’96. Mary Smith Hudson ’49, Point Clear, Ala., May 6, 2009 James Scharringhausen Scharren ’39, Alamogordo, N.M., February 18, 2009 Vernon J. Kramer ’49, Costa Mesa, Calif., June 19, 2009. Survivors include a cousin, Jo Ann Nelson Church ’61. s Spencer R. Payne ’49, Appleton, Wis., August 9, 2009. 40 Survivors include his wife, Jeanne C. Payne. Margaret Graner Schumaker M-D’40, Milwaukee, May 31, 2009. Rhoda Cook Riggins ’49, Milwaukee, September 8, 2009. Survivors include a sister, Charlotte Graner Falk M-D’41. Survivors include her husband, William J. Riggins ’50. Frances Stakel Nelson M-D’41, Bloomington, Ind., June 16, 2009. Carla Schuh Schuhman M-D’49, Muskego, Wis., August 20, 2009. Survivors include her husband, Bruce K. Nelson. Survivors include her husband, Jack Schuhman. Jean Bennie Parker ’41, Orlando, Fla., May 27, 2009 Alice Hammer Smith ’49, Janesville, Wis., July 12, 2009. Survivors include her husband, David Smith, and a brother, Fred M. Atkinson ’42, Leland, Mich, July 18, 2009. Frank J. Hammer ’42. Survivors include his wife, June Hartley Atkinson ’46.

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LT Winter 10.indd 47 12/17/09 9:55 AM Fantastic France — A Björklunden-sponsored adventure May 14 -25, 2010 English Channel • Normandy • Loire Valley • Paris Normandy Paris $2,985 per person, double occupancy plus $710 airfare per person Loire Valley Tour leader: Tim Crain, adjunct assistant professor in the Center for Jewish Studies and the Center for Celtic Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Atlantic Crain is a frequent seminar presenter Ocean at Björklunden. For more information, contact Mark Breseman, director of Björklunden. Phone: 920-839-2216 E-mail: [email protected] Deadline for registration: 2/12/2010 www.lawrence.edu/dept/bjork/France.pdf Mediterranean Sea

Joan Olson Graves ’52, North Palm Beach, Fla., September 12, 50s 2009. Survivors include her husband, Richard Graves.

Fred O. Guenther ’50, Appleton, Wis., May 8, 2009 Richard S. Hague ’52, Las Vegas, April 25, 2009. Survivors include his wife, Penny L. Hague. Fred W. Harker ’50, Frazee, Minn., September 22, 2009. Survivors include his wife, Susan Edwards Harker ’51; a daughter, Jane Cole Hallock ’52, Columbine Valley, Colo., July 22, 2009. Polly P. Harker-Smith ’84; a son-in-law, Paul H. Smith ’83; a Survivors include her husband, Allan R. Hallock ’51. granddaughter, Anna E. Hainze ’09; and a niece, Mary Tharinger Kokernot ’64. Arden W. Horstman ’52, Cullowhee, N.C., August 24, 2009. Survivors include his wife, Sally Horstman; a sister-in-law, Jane Marilyn Farley Hartzheim ’50, Stevens Point, Wis., September 11, Shonts Horstman ’54; and great-niece, Caitlin Michelle Hofert ’12. 2009. Survivors include her husband, Wayne A. Hartzheim. Lyla Keeling ’52, Boulder, Colo., September 1, 2009 C. William Herold ’50, Sylacauga, Ala., June 17, 2009. Survivors include his wife, Joanne Hamilton Herold ’50, Robert G. Krueger ’52, Freeport, Ill., May 15, 2008 and a cousin, Jonathan R. Herold ’84. Nancy Szeremeta Mansfield M-D’52, Wilmette, Ill., May 26, 2009 Margaret Smith Killworth ’50, Sheridan, Wyo., April 3, 2009. Survivors include her husband, Roger P. Killworth. Kelton G. Packard ’52, Tulsa, Okla., May 4, 2009. Survivors include a sister, Betsey L. Packard ’54. Karl H. Krause ’50, Wausaukee, Wis., January 29, 2009 Barbara Garrison Peterson ’52, Santa Rosa, Calif., July 27, 2009 Richard M. Mattern ’50, Appleton, Wis., September 19, 2009. Survivors include brothers Gerald Mattern ’57, James C. Paula Rendenbach Schmidt ’54, Wausau, Wis., July 31, 2009. Mattern ’60, and Martin B. Mattern ’64. Survivors include her husband, Peter K. Schmidt ’50; daughters, Lisa Schmidt Mierzwa ’85 and Sara Schmidt Agritelley ’83; and Elizabeth Ackerman Walecka ’51, Sterling, Va., June 22, 2009 a son-in-law, Peter V. Mierzwa ’87.

Joseph M. Zoeller ’51, Watertown, Wis., June 5, 2009

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LT Winter 10.indd 48 12/17/09 9:55 AM Shirley Lewis Churchill ’55, Northbrook, Ill., March 28, 2009 70s Joseph C. Cuccio ’55, Racine, Wis., August 15, 2009. Survivors include his wife, Kathy Cuccio. James G. Fradrich ’73, Union City, N.J., August 27, 2009. Survivors include his partner Kevin McMullan. Ronald W. Kivell ’55, Hamilton, Ohio, August 24, 2009 Ralph I. Turner ’75, Chicago, January 30, 2009 Thomas B. Roberts ’55, Loudon, Tenn., May 27, 2009. Survivors include his wife, Arlene Keller Roberts ’55. Elliot A. Berlin ’77, McLean, Va., August 31, 2009. Survivors include his wife, Leslie A. Harlin. Patricia Petersen M-D’57, Grayslake, Ill., July 13, 2009 Katherine S. Flom ’79, Minneapolis, May 8, 2009. Survivors include John T. Leatham ’58, Anderson, S.C., June 19, 2009. Survivors her parents Gerald T. Flom ’52 and Martha Benton Flom ’52; a include his wife Sheila Andersen Leatham ’59; brothers, Jerry sister, Sarah Flom Kiecker ’82; aunts Betty Flom Tripp ’49 and H. Leatham ’65 and James C. Leatham ’60; sisters-in-law, Mary Marijean Meisner Flom ’50; uncles, William H. Tripp ’51 and Karen Andersen-Moore ’58, Ann Peterson Andersen ’63, and Fredric R. Flom ’63; cousins Richard C. Flom, Jr., ’75, David W. Kate Walsh Leatham ’72; brothers-in-law, Robert A. Andersen ’62, Flom ’83 and Eric Peter Bohling ’12. Jon R. Andersen ’68, and John W. Andersen ’60; a niece, Laura J. Andersen’96; and a nephew, Frederick J. Andersen ’93.

Joseph F. Belanger ’59, Sheboygan, Wis., September 14, 2009. 80s Survivors include his wife, Ruth A. Belanger. Roberta J. Maurice ’80, Brookfield, Wis., June 1, 2009. Survivors include her husband Dan Maurice; daughters, Denise Maurice Jean Adomeit Jamsa ’59, Indianapolis, Ind., May 25, 2009. Pannebaker ’79 and Rene Maurice Domask ’81; and a son-in-law, Survivors include her husband, Kenneth E. Jamsa. Daniel W. Pannebaker ’79. Julia Guhr Jenkins ’59, Southwest Harbor, Maine, August 24, Elizabeth W. Kirkpatrick ’87, Washington, D.C., April 24, 2009. 2009. Survivors include her husband, William W. Jenkins ’59, and Survivors include her mother, Elizabeth Singleton. cousins, Grace Iten Vickerstaff ’54 and Margaret Iten Murphy ’60.

60s 90s Malcolm Pettingell Hyman ’93, Providence, R.I., September 4, Margaret Ruf Kalsched ’61, Bedford, N.Y., April 20, 2009. 2009. Survivors include his wife, Ludmila. Survivors include a brother, J. Frederic Ruf ’59, and nieces, Jean Douglas Weinshel ’78, Barbara Douglas Good ’79 and Kristin Brainard Addington ’94, San Francisco, August 4, 2009. Sarah Ruf Spencer ’88. Survivors include her husband David Addington; her parents David F. Brainard ’64 and Patricia Brainard; a brother, Barry N. Horn ’63, Trenton, N.J., September 5, 2009. Erik D. Brainard ’90; a sister, Jessica A. Brainard ’00. Survivors include his wife, Barbara M. Horn. Kimberli R. Arft ’99, Chicago, June 21, 2009. Audrey Gratz Evers ’64, Brookfield, Wis., June 21, 2009. Survivors include her mother Roxanne R. Arft. Survivors include her husband, Thomas C. Evers.

Ken White ’64, Las Vegas, March 6, 2009 00s

Kolin J. Golchert ’01, Greenfield, Wis., October 24, 2009. Survivors include his parents Cindy L. Shilling and Kurt A. Golchert.

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LT Winter 10.indd 49 12/17/09 9:55 AM Ronald L. Ravneberg, Columbus, Ohio, January 31, 2009, Fami m ly Me bers husband of Janet Huehl Ravneberg ’71.

Lester J. Brooks Jr., New Canaan, Conn., June 1, 2009, William Reckmeyer, Milwaukee, May 3, 2009, father of L. James Brooks ’77. husband of Jane Kaiser Reckmeyer ’57.

Ralph H. Brown, Lake Forest, Ill., December 18, 2008, Maurice Rice, Issaquah, Wash., February 11, 2009, father of Nathaniel W. Brown ’82, father-in-law of husband of Mary Benson Rice M-D’60. Anne Speerschneider Brown ’81. Sarah S. Roll, Summit Lake, Wis., May 1, 2009, mother of Bill Cassin, Oak Park, Ill., June 30, 2009, Della Roll Schroeder ’01, sister of Lucy Staack Perez ’59, husband of Virginia Robie Cassin ’45. aunt of Hilary Staack Armstrong ’90.

Erwin L. Chambers, Carlsbad, N.M., May 6, 2009, Lawrence Schmitt, West Saint Paul, Minn., August 16, 2008, husband of Colleen Schmechel Chambers M-D’51. father of Laura Schmitt LaRose ’05.

Barbara A. Christensen, Scottsdale, Ariz., August 16, 2009, Reinhold Schultz, Appleton, Wis., May 26, 2009, mother of G. Craig Christensen ’71. father of Jeffrey M. Schultz ’90.

John J. Claassen, Tampa, Fla., June 27, 2009, Roger L. Schultz, Manawa, Wis., August 22, 2009, husband of Dolores Schalbe Claassen M-D’48. father of Melody R. Schultz ’99.

Earl A. Crouchley, Roseville, Calif., May 17, 2008, Stephen W. Schultz, Saint Paul, Minn., October 18, 2009, husband of Sheila O’Leary Crouchley ’76. husband of Marcia Grimm Schultz ’57.

Mark H. Gegenhuber, Pasadena, Calif., May 21, 2009, William G. Skedd, Stuart, Fla., August 17, 2009, husband of Susan Koch ’76. husband of Joan Bower Skedd ’58.

Pauline C. Gilbert, Appleton, Wis., July 16, 2009, Helen V. Snyder, Asheville, N.C., October 7, 2009, mother of Mary Gilbert Levendoski ’84. mother of C. Paul Snyder ’99.

Richard Grissman, Kaukauna, Wis., May 7, 2009, James Stepanski, Menasha, Wis., May 18, 2009, father of Vicki Grissman Lamers ’90. father of Scott P. Stepanski ’87.

Bruce A. Heyl, Menasha, Wis., August 22, 2009, father of Phyllis A. Stevenson, Appleton, Wis., May 1, 2009, Bruce A. Heyl ’84 and Erica Dowd Heyl ’86, father-in-law of grandmother of Tara Stevenson White ’00. Mary Swenson Heyl ’83. Raleigh Wilson, Elmhurst, Ill., October 26, 2009, Nelson O. Howarth, Springfield, Ill., May 30, 2009, mother of father of Cheryl Wilson Kopecky ’72. Jo Howarth Noonan ’78, and Lydia A. Howarth ’75.

William R. Johnson, Middleburg, Fla., May 30, 2009, husband of Nancy Preston Johnson ’54. Friend

Eriks G. Klavins, Mequon, Wis., August 21, 2009, Marilee Minahan, Appleton, Wis., June 14, 2009 father of Robert W. Klavins ’02. Bob Littleton, Colorado Springs, Colo., July 04, 2008, Saft f husband of Ginger Bevis Littleton ’73. Joan L. Jansen, Appleton, Wis., July 20, 2009. Charles E. Munat, Bainbridge Island, Wash., June 6, 2009, husband of Florence Howe Munat ’69. Stephen R. Redemann, Appleton, Wis., August 16, 2009. Stephen worked as a catering assistant. Ted J. Nortman, Oshkosh, Wis., August 18, 2009, husband of Mary Gibbon Nortman M-D’64. Michael O. Stewart, Knoxville, Tenn., June 15, 2009. Michael was a former vice president for business affairs and treasurer.

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LT Winter 10.indd 50 12/17/09 9:55 AM 2010 BJÖrkLunden seminars

June 13-18 August 1-7 September 12-17 Jay Brickman Helen Klebesadel Marge Meyers Graham I and Thou Watercolor: The Expressive Medium Feminism in Our Time: Is it Really the New “F” Word? Marcia Bjørnerud Dan Taylor ’63 Chronosophy: Developing a Sense for The Comic Genius of Aristophanes Paul McComas ’83 Deep Time Phil Krejcarek Writing Our Lives Through Fact and Fiction Jim Grine Creating Better Photographs With Your Marilyn Taylor Exploring Midsummer’s Music Digital Camera Nuts, Bolts and Jackhammers: A Poetry June 20-25 August 8-13 Workshop Monica Rico Faith Barrett September 19-24 American Environmental Writers Reading the Ridges: Lorine Niedecker Bela Sandor and the Natural Worlds of Wisconsin June 27-July 2 Tutankhamun’s Horsepower in Religion, David Stokes and Chet Celenza Bill Urbrock Politics and Sport The Natural World through Music, Movement Angels, Bird-Droppings, & Fish Liver: Helen Klebesadel and Science (Grandparent/Grandchild/ The Book of Tobit Watercolor: A Fresh Start Family Week) Liz Cole ’63 Kevin McMullin July 11-17 The Craft of Compassion: Being Helpful That’s My Story… Fred Sturm ’73 Without Going Nuts Tritone Jazz Fantasy Camp September 26-October 1 August 15-20 Russell Keune July 18-23 Tim Crain Historic Preservation in America Catherine Kautsky The United States and the Cold War, 1957-72 Musical Postcards from Paris Christina Keune Eilene Hoft-March and Judy Sarnecki Rosemaling in Denmark, Norway and Sweden Jon Greenwald and Todd Becker Prize winning French Films: Envelope, Please! Berlin Up Close and Personal Carolyn Kimbell Peter Thomas Improve Your Bridge Doug Waller Beauty will Save the World: Dostoevsky’s The Media in Washington “The Idiot” October 3-8 Don Quintenz July 25-30 August 29-September 3 The Wildlife Communities of Door County Tim Crain Rosa Tapia The United States and the Greatest Wines and Cultural Readings from Spain, Mike Hoover Generation, 1929-1945 Argentina and Chile The Landscape of Your Vacation (photography) Michael Orr Jack Rhodes October 10-15 Early Renaissance Art in Florence The Code of the West: Duty, Honor and Norma Hammerberg Responsibility in the Classic American Play Better Bridge: Lessons for the Annie Dude ’99 Western Films Intermediate and Advancing Bridge Player Health Policy and Health Reform in the U.S. Tony Padilla Marilyn Taylor Jim Hilger The Early Romantic Pianists: Celebrating the Nuts, Bolts and Jackhammers: A Poetry Basic Crossword Construction (p.m. class) 200th Birthdays of Chopin and Schumann Workshop October 17-22 Henry Timm Emily and Walt To register please call 920-839-2216 or e-mail [email protected] Steve Landfried ’66 www.lawrence.edu/dept/bjork/bjorkseminars The Fight to Save the Cranes of India, Pakistan & Russia: An Insider’s Adventure

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LT Winter 10.indd 51 12/17/09 9:55 AM Lawrence yesterday

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