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EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS Look for the Christian Anderson Online Extras (LAS MA ’16) symbol throughout this Andrea Bainbridge issue to enjoy exclusive, Kris Gallagher FEATURES online-only content. Jacob Sabolo (LAS ’12) Bob Sakamoto 16 Kelsey Schagemann 9 Blue Demons Abroad Every year, DePaul’s study abroad program DESIGN sends students, faculty and sta all over the Francis Paola Lea world to learn  rsthand about other cultures Why I Chose DePaul Claire Keating and have experiences that increase their New Hampshire native understanding, empathy and appreciation Brooke Jackson, a senior DePaul Magazine is for their host countries. studying public relations published for DePaul and advertising, shares her alumni and friends by the 16 The Curious Case of top three reasons for

O ce of Advancement. Oliver Ward 20 Crosstown Classic Nic Coury by Photo enrolling at DePaul. Inquiries, comments and University Archivist Andrea Bainbridge The Windy City is a baseball city with a letters are welcome and discovered a legacy family in DePaul’s rivalry like none other. But what’s it really should be addressed past whose compelling World War I story like to work for two of the most famous 27 Feel the Heat to Marilyn Ferdinand, formed the basis of the exhibit “Glimpses organizations in Chicago? DePaul Magazine Alumni  remen Dave DuVall (BUS ’92), Editor-in-Chief, DePaul of the Great War,” now on display at the went to the source—alumni employed by Brian Dempsey (SNL ’08) and Joseph

University, O ce of Richardson Library. and Archives Special Collections University DePaul the Chicago Cubs and the White Sox—for Moore (EDU ’89, LAS MS ’08) recount, Advancement, 1 E. this insider’s guide to Major League Baseball. step by step, what it’s like to battle a blaze. Cultivating Mindfulness in Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 9 Children IL 60604-5112 or A College of Education [email protected]. program teaches children DEPARTMENTS 2 the basics of meditation ADDRESS CHANGES: and mindfulness, Log in to the DePaul encouraging curiosity and Alumni Community 2 Around Campus decreasing anxiety in the at alumni.depaul.edu . 2017 Commencement process. Having trouble? Dark Money Symposium Send an email to Neoliberalism’s Mixed Legacy JOIN THE DISCUSSION [email protected], Athletics ON SOCIAL MEDIA: or call (800) 437-1898 Battling Fake News for assistance. Author Je VanderMeer Lecture facebook.com/ depaulalumni You can also visit 7 From the President alumni. depaul. edu to @depaulalumni register for upcoming 8 Tip Sheet: How to Learn a events, fi nd volunteer Language Fast linkd.in/1uXj3a5 opportunities, make a gift, and learn about alumni 30 Class Notes @depaulalumni

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Neoliberalism’s Bright Beginnings Mixed Legacy DePaul family celebrates 2017 commencement Conference explores the ideology of rational self-interest

“Given recent events in both the U.S. and Europe, together with the challenges faced by many Joan Hackett people throughout the world Current and former state supreme court justices join other legal experts to explore the challenges created by dark-money contributions to election campaigns. … no dialogue is more pressing and urgent today than one that reflects upon our forms of gov- ernment and our traditions of Shining a Light on liberalism and social democracy, our history and provenance, our contemporary challenges and other Dark Money possible future directions,” said Will McNeill, professor and chair of the philosophy department at DePaul. Photo by DePaul University/Je Carrion University/Je DePaul by Photo Hidden contributions undermine confi dence With this introduction, the two-day A graduate of the School for New Learning Neoliberalism and Social Democ- Photo by DePaul University/Jamie Moncrief University/Jamie DePaul by Photo celebrates the achievement of a life goal. ark money—political contributions Dark money tends to  ow to candidates with racy conference began. DePaul’s A graduate of the College of Communication shares her joy with friends and family as she receives her degree from Dean Salma Ghanem (right). Dthat cannot easily be traced back strong partisan views, “because if you’re going philosophy department and the them that their DePaul experience uniquely to their source—is surging into judicial to spend millions and millions of dollars, you Whitlam Institute at Western Syd- prepared them to be civic activists. elections, calling into question the legit- want a bankable vote,” said James Sample, ney University collaborated to bring he ranks of DePaul alumni swelled by international terminal of the San Francisco “Cities are by far the most environmentally imacy and fairness of the court system, professor of law at Maurice A. Deane School the conference to DePaul on April Tmore than 6,000 during the weekend of International Airport. In addition to his sustainable form of human settlement,” argued experts at the 23rd annual Cli ord of Law at Hofstra University. 7-8. Kingston University in London June 10-11, when nine colleges and schools architectural work, Hartman is recognized Hartman said. More people now live in Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy, Dark money special interest groups usu- and the journal Philosophy Today held commencement ceremonies. A few weeks as a world authority on how to design urban cities than in rural areas, a shift that correlates held in April 2017. More than 130 people ally disguise their true focus—corporate or co-sponsored the conference. earlier, the College of Law graduated 240 neighborhoods to address environmental deg- with declining poverty and malnutrition attended the two-day event and another 50 controversial issues—by attacking candidates Several academics delivered schol- students during its ceremony on May 14. radation, climate change and social inequity. and increasing life expectancy and access to tuned in via webcast to listen to experts, based on their handling of highly emotional arly papers during the conference. Commencement speakers and honorary Hartman drew laughter and applause when education. Yet cities still face challenges. researchers and judges whose campaigns criminal cases.  is can a ect future decisions, Edward Nik-Khah, associate profes- degree recipients included labor attorney and he told graduates that “the Cubbies won the “Environmental degradation, climate were in uenced by dark money. Bannon said. “Justices are going to be feeling sor at Roanoke College in Salem, Va., diversity advocate Paulette Brown (DHL World Series in your senior year, and that is a change, social inequity and especially poverty “Embedded in this debate about power and pressure to decide cases not based on their presented his paper “The Ascendancy ’17), composer John Corigliano (DHL ’17), good omen.” On a more serious note, he told seem intractable, but they are not laws of money is a profound fear for the integrity of understanding of the law, but because they’re of Chicago Neoliberalism.” Nik-Khah educator and children’s author Sharon Draper [science]. Political constructs, not the limits of the judicial system,” said Stephan Landsman, afraid they’re going to be targeted for being traced the historical connection (DHL ’17), poet and ction writer Stuart science and our imaginations, are the biggest professor emeritus of law at DePaul and the soft on crime.” between Chicago neoliberalism and Dybek (DHL ’17), vice chairman of the barriers to solving these challenges,” he said. director of the conference. Even dark money spent on a candidate’s corporations, specifi cally Compass consumer analytics rm Nielsen Rick Kash Civic leaders are stepping up to address People will no longer be willing to follow behalf is dangerous, said the Hon. Louis But- Lexecon, an economic consulting (LAS ’68, DHL ’17), and broadcast executive social and environmental issues while national the rule of law if they believe the courts are ler, former justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court, fi rm. “Lexecon o ered an opportunity Marty Wilke (CMN ’86, DHL ’17) of CBS 2 governments lag behind, he asserted. “It is the slanted by political ideology, said Tom Tyler, who believes he lost public support because for the relationship between Chicago Chicago/WBBM-TV. Sister Margaret Mary leadership of global cities that is truly shaping professor of law and psychology at Yale Law of dark money ads attacking his opponent. and corporations to deepen. Over Fitzpatrick, S.C. (DHL ’17), president of the world’s destiny,” he said. School. “ is idea that politicians and judges “When you’re dealing with the question of time, Lexecon’s activities moved St.  omas Aquinas College and a DePaul Having studied at a university that are the same … is an important problem in dark money, if you are a candidate—whether beyond the scope of the antitrust Trustee, also received an honorary degree values human empathy, social justice and our society. We need to ask not just about dark you’re an incumbent or whether you’re an and governmental control projects from the College of Education. civic engagement, DePaul graduates are both money, but about all of the di erent ways in incoming candidate—you lose control over as it entered the fi elds of corporate Architect Craig Hartman (DHL ’17) of prepared and motivated to shape the cities which people might be coming to have that the messaging of a campaign,” he said. fi nance and securities,” said Nik-Khah. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill was the keynote where they live. impression.”  e solution is not simply to ban dark Philip Mirowski, professor and speaker for the combined commencement “Cities work because we learn how to Wealthy special interest groups are having money, argued the Hon. Alan Scheinkman, director of the Reilly Center for ceremonies for the College of Liberal Arts build powerful and important relationships,” a disproportionate impact on who is elected administrative judge, Ninth Judicial District, Science, Technology, and Values and Social Sciences and the College of Science Moncrief University/Jamie DePaul by Photo Hartman said. “You have the power to help to the courts and, ultimately, on the decisions New York. “I think we all have to be very at the University of Notre Dame, and Health. His renowned projects include Keynote speaker and architect Craig change that world.” those courts are making, argued Alicia Ban- careful about efforts to drive money out, and Cristina Lafont, professor at Hartman (DHL ’17) encourages new the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, graduates to travel and then bring Webcasts of all the commencement cere- non, senior counsel of the Brennan Center for because if you drive it out, creative people Northwestern University, presented Calif., the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and the their talents home to Chicago. monies are available at depaul.origindev.com. Justice at New York University School of Law. will nd a way to drive it under,” he said. keynote addresses.

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peated as triple jump champion. Honored as the BIG EAST Stellar Athletes Recognized Coaching Sta of the Year for Outdoor Track and Field were in Title-laden Year Coach Dave Dopek (EDU ’96), Brandon Murer, Steph- dynamic convergence of unprece- that DePaul Athletics had a stellar year. Award Winners anie Townsend (CMN ’09, Adented success and heartfelt gratitude Women’s soccer, women’s basketball, Rev. John R. Cortelyou, C.M., Award: Peter Ryck- MA ’11) and Derrick Peterson. enlivened DePaul’s annual Athletics softball, women’s tennis and men’s indoor bosch (CSH ’17), men’s basketball; Paige Skorseth Seventeen student-athletes were banquet in June.  e six BIG EAST titles and outdoor track and eld brought home (CSH ’17), women’s cross country. named to the BIG EAST Men’s in 2016-17 are the most in Blue Demon regular-season or tournament titles. Wom- Rev. Edward F. Riley, C.M., Memorial Award: and Women’s Indoor Track and history, and a major factor in this run of en’s basketball, softball and women’s tennis Kevin Beyer (BUS ’17), men’s soccer; Tim Corwin Field All-Conference Team. champions was DePaul’s former president, advanced to NCAA tournaments, and (CSH ’17), men’s tennis; Trevor Kintyhtt, men’s Men’s track and eld doubled the Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M. Trevor Kintyhtt quali ed for the NCAA track and eld. its tally on May 13 by winning “It’s no wonder we had our greatest year Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Jean Nordberg Memorial Award: Meri the BIG EAST outdoor meet, with someone like Father Dennis champi- DePaul student-athletes posted a col- Bennett-Swanson (LAS ’17), women’s basketball; outscoring runner-up Marquette oning the student-athletes. He went to great lective 3.5 grade-point average and won Elizabeth Endy, women’s soccer; Shayna Nwokenk- 204-183. Feyersinger was named lengths to support our department through 17 major BIG EAST postseason awards. wo (CSH ’17), women’s track and eld; Nicole Pihl Co-Most Outstanding Track facility improvements, coaching upgrades Four were All-Americans, and ve were (CSH ’17), softball. Performer and Kintyhtt was and overall academic support,” said Athletics Academic All-Americans. Michael Flynn Hie Memorial Award: Ann Gardiner DePaul’s championship softball team members revel in their victory. the unanimous choice for Most Director Jean Lenti Ponsetto (EDU ’78). At the banquet, Athletics bid farewell (CMN ’17), James Gatziolis (BUS ’17), Veronica Outstanding Field Performer. “It was always Jeanne coming to me to Betty Kaufman, who retired as golf Layng, Mona Novikas (CMN ’17). BIG EAST track champions with bold new ideas,” Fr. Holtschneider said. coach after 19 years, and to Kathryn Statz, Sports Performance Award: Joe Hanel, Seven Minutes, Six Titles, included Feyersinger (200 m, “Over and over again, her vision inspired me.” senior associate athletics director, after a men’s basketball; Jessica January (CMN ’17), 400 m) and Decker (110-m Whatever the source, there’s no doubt 15-year career. women’s basketball. One Legendary Season hurdles), while the eld champions included Hedge Most Outstanding Performer (shot put), Mada (triple jump) Golf—Jonathan Hewett (BUS ’17); Softball—Nicole wo near-simultaneous Leading the way were third-team Women’s tennis won the and Kintyhtt (discus, hammer). Pihl (CSH ’17); Volleyball—Brittany Maxwell; Men’s Ttriumphs May 13 propelled All-American Alexa Ben and BIG EAST tournament title Kintyhtt quali ed for the NCAA Basketball—Billy Garrett Jr. (BUS ’17); Women’s DePaul Athletics to its fth and BIG EAST O ensive Player of as All-BIG EAST performers Championships in the discus. Basketball—Jessica January (CMN ’17) and Brooke sixth BIG EAST titles of the year, the Year Abby Reed (CSH ’17). Yuliya Shupenia, Keisha Clous- Behind some clutch hitting, Schulte (CSH ’17); Men’s Cross Country—Alex a jaw-dropping record of success. Women’s basketball followed ing and Patricia Lancranjan led DePaul won its third BIG EAST Campanella (BUS ’17); Women’s Cross Country—  e Blue Demon softball with a regular-season conference DePaul to its fourth appearance softball tournament title and Courtney Tedeschi; Men’s Indoor Track and Field—Se- team won the BIG EAST title behind the outstanding in the NCAA tournament. earned a berth to the NCAA bastian Feyersinger; Men’s Outdoor Track and Field— tournament at  e Ballpark play of honorable-mention Mark Ardizzone was honored tournament. With the Blue Trevor Kintyhtt; Women’s Indoor Track and Field—Alexia at Rosemont, Ill., with an 8-3 All-Americans Jessica January as BIG EAST Coach of the Demons trailing 2-1, Haydn Harvey; Women’s Outdoor Track and Field— victory over St. John’s. Seven (CMN ’17) and Brooke Year for the third time. Christensen delivered a two-out, Gabrielle Howard (CSH ’17); Men’s Soccer—Simon minutes later at Villanova Sta- Schulte (CSH ’17), who also Men’s track and eld had a two-run single to highlight a Megally (CSH ’17); Women’s Soccer—Alexa Ben; dium, the DePaul men’s track was named BIG EAST Player breakout season, winning both three-run fth inning. After St. Athletes, students, alumni and friends give the Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., Men’s Tennis—Nathan de Veer (BUS ’17); Women’s and eld team was o cially of the Year.  e Blue Demons the BIG EAST Indoor Cham- John’s narrowed DePaul’s lead to former president of DePaul, a standing ovation. Tennis—Ana Vladutu (BUS ’17). crowned BIG EAST champion. competed in their 15th consec- pionship and the Outdoor 4-3, Alysia Rodriguez’s two-run  ose victories gave DePaul six utive NCAA tournament—one Championship for the rst time. triple in the sixth ignited a BIG EAST regular-season or of only ve teams in the nation At the indoor conference meet four-run outburst that clinched conference-tournament titles in who can make that claim. Feb. 24-25 at the Ocean Breeze the game. the 2016-17 season. Jacqui Grant was voted Athletic Complex in Staten Jessica Cothern was named “It is stunning for one school Co-Defensive Player of the Island, N.Y., DePaul outscored BIG EAST Freshman of Step Right Up! Ticket Sales & Operations Marty Murphy (BUS ’06). “You can … to have this many wins in Year, and Tanita Allen won the Marquette 146-135 to claim the the Year and selected to the feel the excitement as the Blue Demons return to the city.” one year,” said the Rev. Dennis Sixth Woman award. Schulte title. Trevor Kintyhtt was named All-BIG EAST First Team Wintrust Arena Tickets Are Selling Fast Single-game tickets, mini-plans and group sales are now H. Holtschneider, C.M., then was voted Co-Most Improved the Men’s Most Outstanding along with teammates Micah Blue Demon fans are getting excited about opening night, Nov. available, and Murphy predicts sales will be equally vigorous. president of DePaul. “It must Player of the Year and joined Field Performer after winning Fitzgerald, Nicole Pihl (CSH 11, when the men’s basketball team takes on rival Notre Dame “There’s a buzz about DePaul basketball being back in be one of our best athletic Grant on the All-BIG EAST the weight throw, and Kyle ’17) and Missy Zoch. to inaugurate its new home in Wintrust Arena at McCormick the city. Social media has been lighting up with fans posting showings in DePaul history.” First Team. Kelly Campbell was Hedge won the shot put. Tournament MVP Dylan Square. On Dec. 8, DePaul’s women’s basketball debuts at their seat locations and their friends wanting to get in on the  e women’s soccer team selected to the All-Freshman Sebastian Feyersinger won Christensen, Pihl, Haydn the Wintrust Arena, playing 11-time NCAA champion UConn action,” he says. launched the championship Team, and Doug Bruno (LAS the men’s 400-meter race, and Christensen and Zoch were in a showdown that will attract national attention. To get your seats, contact the DePaul ticket office at run last fall after claiming a ’73, LAS MA ’88) was named Kyle Decker came in rst in the selected to the All-Tourna- “Every day, more season ticket holders are coming through, (773) 325-7526 or visit the online ticket center at BIG EAST regular-season title. BIG EAST Coach of the Year. 60-meter race. Brian Mada re- ment Team. and seats are going fast,” says Associate Athletic Director for depaulbluedemons.com/tickets.

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Jessica Alverson, librarian and assistant Battling Fake News coordinator for instruction for e-learning at DePaul, said that resources such as libraries Communications panel discusses always have played a key role in gatekeeping misinformation in the media and curating reliable information. She claimed that the internet changed the way we obtain and assess information. “If you ePaul journalism students, as well as other journalist, argued that one of the reasons think about your results when you do a Dmembers of the university community, why the Hillary Clinton email controversy Google search, everything looks the same. learned how to combat the “fake news” phe- during the 2016 presidential election gained  ere’s no imposed priority. I think part nomenon at a seminar on April 4. A panel traction in the media was that the public is of the issue that allows fake news to exist moderated by Jill Hopke, assistant professor inherently suspicious of the government. “I in our information ecology today is the of journalism at DePaul, discussed issues of do think that there needs to be a complete idea that information has lost its value,” trust in the government and media, credible rethinking of the opaqueness of our govern- Alverson said. information and civic responsibility. ment because that opaqueness directly breeds During a Q&A with the audience, Carol Frank LoMonte, a lawyer at the Student paranoia that foments conspiracy theories,” Marin, director of the Center for Journalism Press Law Center and former investigative said LoMonte. Integrity and Excellence at DePaul, said, “One Ben Epstein, assistant of the things we encounter in the teaching of professor of political science journalism is that our students no longer know at DePaul, discussed the civics …  ere has been an erosion on the importance of di erentiating educational level of what the government is. between credible and non- We’ve seen school districts across the country credible sources. “So much that don’t teach [civics] or are not trying to of the complexity of political restore some of that teaching.” information and misinforma- In closing, Epstein said, “We have ac- tion ultimately comes down to complished students who are learning about the consumer,” he said. Ep- and producing journalism and are focused stein added that tools should on getting facts right and spreading good be developed for consumers so information.  at’s ultimately what is going they can better recognize and to continue to improve trust, along with the counteract fake news. fact that we’re speaking truth to power.”

Nature Tells the Truth VanderMeer, who has lived in Florida for more than 25 years, says he conceived the concept of Area X—an area untouched hen my family and I lived in Arkansas more members of the DePaul family during know what it is like to leave your homeland Award-winning author talks about using  ction to by humans—after seeing the lands and wildlife a ected by the several years ago, we often traveled Alumni Weekend in October. And in only a and begin a new life in another. By earning confront the future 2010 Gulf Coast oil spill. The spill also prompted VanderMeer up to Chicago on long weekends. I especially couple of weeks, our men’s basketball team scholarships to complete our studies in the to consider how human-made disasters leave a lasting impact enjoyed the city in the fall. From fall menus will tip o its  rst game in the brand-new United States, we experienced firsthand “It may seem optimistic to think that better storytelling can not only on the planet, but also on those concerned about in restaurants to sporting events to festivals, Wintrust Arena at McCormick Square. the transformational quality of higher have a noticeable impact,” said author Je VanderMeer in his the environment. there is something special about Chicago this DePaul will o cially hold home court in education. I feel blessed to lead a university lecture on environmental storytelling. VanderMeer was invited The author explained that while storytelling can be used time of year. It’s particularly special for my Chicago once again after a more than 30-year that is committed to o ering students the to speak by the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, to examine the physical state of the world, there are ways wife, Jo, and me this year, because we get to absence. Fall is a great season all around. same opportunity that higher education the College of Science and Health, the DePaul Humanities to make it more powerful. He encouraged writers to discuss call ourselves Chicago residents. We’re even As I meet alumni, students, faculty provided for me, and I am honored to serve Center and the DePaul Institute for Nature and Culture during issues of ecological devastation, diversify characters, push prouder to be Blue Demons. and sta , I am constantly reminded of the as DePaul’s 12th president. DePaul’s celebration of Earth Day on April 19. back against perceived ideas and show the importance of ese past months, I have enjoyed getting dedication of our university community to I look forward to seeing you around VanderMeer is largely known for his “Southern Reach animal life. “Even as we must come to accept our condition to to know the DePaul community. e sum- DePaul’s mission and values. Jo and I chose Chicago this fall. Trilogy.” The series explores environmental issues through the solve it, we also by our engagement express hope. Fiction, at mer allowed me to become better acquainted to join the DePaul community because of mysterious land of Area X, a wilderness separated from the its best, shows us how to accept and gives us hope,” he said. with the university’s administrative units and its Catholic and Vincentian mission. rest of the world by an invisible border, and what happens The fi rst novel in the trilogy, “Annihilation,” will be released to plan for the year ahead. In September, I DePaul’s mission to serve the margin- when scientists attempt to infi ltrate the region. During his next year as a fi lm adaptation starring Natalie Portman and had the pleasure of welcoming new students alized, including  rst-generation students, lecture, VanderMeer spoke about his inspiration for the series directed by Alex Garland (“Ex Machina”). VanderMeer also on campus and witnessed them quickly adapt immigrants and the poor, spoke to us. and the importance of writing about the environment. recently published a new novel, “Borne.” to university life. I also enjoyed meeting even Having grown up in the Philippines, we A. Gabriel Esteban, PhD

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ime away from work or school is precious make reading easier. Listen to one of the many organization like the Alliance Française that to us all, and we want to make the most free podcasts for language learners. We often is designed to promote a country’s language of it. For some of us, the adventure of interna- suggest News in Slow Spanish or News in Slow and culture. Check your library or community tional travel awaits—that solo trip to France, French, which deliver the news at a slower centers for a meetup or conversation group a family vacation in Mexico or even revisiting pace for better comprehension. for learners of your target language. Some- that study abroad trip to Morocco with our If you have higher-level skills,  nd media times these groups bring together native and college roommates. is kind of travel might that you’d be interested in consuming anyway. nonnative speakers for a language exchange. also provoke a little anxiety: Why didn’t I keep If you like comic books and are traveling to Phone apps and online tools are also a practicing my Spanish?! I should’ve taken that Japan, read some manga for beginners like good option. e free Duolingo app is worth French class I kept thinking about! How do よつばと (“Yotsuba!”). If you like TV and plan checking out. It’s not perfect, but because it’s Graham Kilpatrick (LAS ’17) at the Cli s of Moher in Ireland. I say “How do I get to my hotel?” in Arabic? to visit Peru, watch a telenovela; Net ix has designed as a fun game, it can keep you coming Tranquilos … relax. My colleagues and I in every episode of “María la del Barrio” available back every day. Rosetta Stone is also a  ne way the Department of Modern Languages o er for streaming. Choose subtitles in the target to go, but it is more expensive. e main thing he study abroad program sensitively and with purpose,” year. While some students encouraging students to study various levels of intensive language courses language. at way you can read and hear at is to get more input in a way that is sustainable. at DePaul University says Martha McGivern, participate in traditional abroad their freshman year that can get you from “hello” to “Bonjour, the same time, which may make the input always has been about em- director of the study abroad programs—a semesterlong or makes it easier for them to comment allez-vous?” in just a few weeks. more comprehensible. If you prefer music to bracing di erences. Students, program at DePaul. “Students yearlong program at another plan ahead academically and But the trip is next week? No worries! We’re inspire your Italian adventure, check out Lele’s Once you arrive at the destination, refuse to faculty and sta embark on come back with the context university—nearly 70 percent  nancially for additional study sharing a few of our most e ective tips for new video “L’ho voluto io” on YouTube. e speak in English. Use body language, polite journeys in foreign countries, of the world in mind.  ey’re of students study abroad with abroad trips. boosting your second-language skills for your key is  nding something you’re interested in. gestures and the phrase “how do you say … ?” study or teach at di erent able to interact with people faculty and sta members. “ ese experiences change next international trip. Hang out at local places where your target in the target language rather than turning to universities, encounter new who are di erent from them in Students study with a professor students’ lives,” says McGivern. language is spoken. Restaurants and ethnic English. Challenge yourself to interact with cultures and have experiences school, work and community for a quarter and then travel “Students come back and say, festivals are great not only for language input the locals at their favorite spots. ¡Buen viaje! they never would have received settings.  ey understand that abroad during the winter, ‘I interact with my family and Anything you can do to increase the quantity but also for getting a handle on culinary in Chicago. Understanding the rest of the world a ects spring or summer break. friends di erently. I changed of input you receive is great, but it has to be specialties. TripAdvisor or rillist can help Jacqueline Lazú is an associate professor in the those di erences is perhaps us, and they understand that DePaul also o ers First my major. I added a minor. I comprehensible input. Here are some easy ways you plan your at-home activities and your Department of Modern Languages and associate more relevant than ever. their actions a ect the world Year Abroad (FY@broad), have new ideas on what I want to get more input. destination to-do list. dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sci- “If we want our students to as well.” a short-term program that to do professionally.’  ey Consume media in the target language. If you crave the discipline of books and a ences. Lazú helped found Intercambio, DePaul’s be world-ready, then we need DePaul sends more than combines  rst-year coursework realize how they  t into the You’ll probably know the context of news- classroom or are starting from scratch, you rst language exchange program with Chicago to teach them how to interact 1,000 students abroad to with a travel abroad opportu- rest of the world.” paper and magazine articles, which can help might consider working with a tutor or an community partners. with the world, e ectively, more than 35 countries every nity. According to McGivern,

8 DEPAUL MAGAZINE FALL 2017 FALL 2017 DEPAUL MAGAZINE 9 When Eliza Talaga started her freshman year at DePaul, she knew right away that she wanted to study abroad. A daughter of Polish immi- grants, Talaga has traveled through most of Europe, but when she discovered an opportunity to spend spring break in Asia, she knew she had to go. Talaga, now a junior majoring in international studies, enrolled in Associate Professor of Political Science Phillip Stalley’s FY@broad class on China’s environmental challenges. During the 2016 spring break, the class explored Beijing, where they toured the city and visited Hanergy’s Renewable Energy Exhibition Center, the Great Wall and the Beijing Olympic Village. After Talaga came back from Beijing, she imme- diately signed up to study abroad for a longer duration. Olivia Skummer (second from right) practices with her University of She eld teammates. She spent the 2017 winter quarter in Leuven, Belgium, interning for European From an early age, Olivia leaving the country was to get Skummer discovered that Union (EU) Parliament Skummer was fascinated with away from American students the university was not that member and Hungarian other countries. When it came and to see something new. di erent from DePaul. “I politician Benedek Jávor. time to decide on a college to … I liked the idea of having a would call the University of “It worked out in my favor attend, she considered going to fresh start, knowing nothing She eld the DePaul of the because for the internship, school abroad but ultimately and nobody, and just building United Kingdom. DePaul they looked at what I learned picked DePaul. “I absolutely from there,” she says. is accepting of everyone. about the environment in love DePaul—what it stands Skummer, now a junior She eld has a huge LGBTQ China. Jávor is the vice-chair Eliza Talaga stands outside of the Espace Léopold in Brussels, for and its city vibe,” she says. studying public relations and society.  ey respect all of the Committee on the Belgium, where the EU holds most of its meetings. Although Skummer ended up advertising, spent her sopho- religions and di erent Environment, Public Health in Chicago, her love for foreign more year at the University of cultures.  ere’s an inclusive and Food Safety, so it was countries has not wavered. She eld. She recalls that the attitude and everybody is a good transition to do up for women and equal pay. countries, including France, As soon as she began her  rst week was very similar to welcome. We were all there something more,” she says. “I went to her o ce after the Portugal and Sweden. freshman year, Skummer her  rst week at DePaul. “ e to learn and to become better Aside from day-to-day du- meeting and thanked her,” Talaga strongly advocates started researching di erent week was just for international and grow,” she says. ties like answering phones and says Talaga. for study abroad programs. study abroad programs at students, so I was meeting According to Skummer, responding to email, Talaga When she was not working, “[ e U.S.] is very diverse, but DePaul. “I thought Australia people from everywhere that her time abroad gave her a attended several committee Talaga was taking  ve classes I feel like people stick to what sounded cool, but I wanted you could possibly think of,” sense of independence. “I had and primary meetings with at the Catholic University they’re familiar with and what the ability to explore Europe,” she says. Although she admits to put a lot of responsibility Jávor. It was during those of Leuven with three other they know,” she says. “If you’re she says. She picked the that it was overwhelming at on myself. I feel like it’s made meetings that Talaga was able DePaul students and four put into a country where She eld, England, program times, she adjusted quickly me grow up a lot,” she says. to observe European politics students from Saint Joseph’s people’s customs, language because of its yearlong to She eld as she made new Skummer hopes to return in action. She was present University in Philadelphia. and traditions are di erent, duration and because she friends. Skummer also joined to England for her master’s during the meeting where Talaga and the group spent you’re forced to be a part of did not know anyone else the rowing team—she rows for degree. “I de nitely would Iratxe García Pérez, a Spanish most of their free time that. You mold yourself into who had done or was doing DePaul as well—and bonded like to have an international member of Parliament, stood traveling to di erent European that culture.” it. “ e whole point of me with her teammates. education and career.”

10 DEPAUL MAGAZINE FALL 2017 FALL 2017 DEPAUL MAGAZINE 11 Since the early 2000s, Shailja took students to Morocco to henna party to interact with Sharma, associate professor study immigration. women whom she otherwise of international studies, has While students spend the would not have encountered. taught several courses with fall quarter leading up to the In Morocco, Sharma and study abroad components. “It trip focused on coursework, her students attended lectures really opens [students’] minds Sharma also ensures they are and language classes at academic up to the way in which we are ready to travel with each other. institutions and toured di erent part of a very complex society,” “ e interactive activities sites. She remembers visiting she says. “You can’t learn from allow me more insight into Volubilis, an ancient Roman just reading about it. You have them that I wouldn’t normally archaeological site, where her to experience the diversity and have in a conventional class,” students became fascinated with the di erent viewpoints that she says. Learning about her a baby monkey. “ e students exist in the world.” students’ interests and hobbies had not dealt with a live monkey She led her  rst group of helps Sharma plan speci c before.  e monkey stole the aisles.  ey weren’t Americans students to Delhi, India, in activities that enrich their glasses of one of our students,” anymore.  ey were travelers,” 2004. Students spent two experiences abroad. In Fez, she laughs. “I o ered the monkey she recalls. weeks visiting historical sites Morocco, one student studying a chocolate bar if he would hand Markley also leads students and one week interning with education was able to observe back the glasses.  e student got on the Scandinavia trip. “I nongovernmental organiza- a few classes at a small school. his glasses back, and the monkey thought, why don’t we run tions. More recently, Sharma Another student went to a ate the chocolate bar.” a program on the business of sustainable energy?” she says. Markley and students Associate Professor Shailja Sharma’s students pose for a group photo in Morocco. meet with companies in Associate Professor Melissa Markley (far left) and her the sustainable energy  eld students brave the cold in hopes of spotting some whales. and businesses who excel at utilizing sustainable practices, including the organizational Melissa Markley, associate her close friends quit his job body that oversees all of the professor in the Driehaus at a luxury eyewear company environmental sustainability College of Business, keeps to pursue a career in the activities in Denmark and busy. Not only is she chair of nonpro t sector. A couple of engineers who design wind the Chicago Quarter Com- years after he moved to Swit- and trash programs.  ey also mittee, as well as chair of the zerland, he started working for visit the Crowne Plaza Hotel, college’s International Business UNICEF. He called Markley which is the most sustainable Committee, she also leads one day and said, “You need hotel in the world. three study abroad classes per to teach a course about how Markley remembers whale academic year. “My favorite business is done in a nonpro t watching with students in classes I teach are Discover because it’s very di erent from Iceland. “It was about 1 a.m., Chicago and study abroad, a for-pro t company.” Markley and it was freezing cold in because I think they really established connections with June.  e students were on touch students.  ey impact nonpro ts in Switzerland to a boat, wearing these huge, their thinking and their views allow students to learn more bright-red, thermal onesies, of the world,” she says. about the industry. looking for whales,” she says. After co-leading a group of During the trip, students Despite her busy schedule students in Germany in 2011 visit nonpro ts two to three and the amount of work that with Stephen Koernig (MBA times a day.  ey also visit goes into planning her study ’94), chair of the Department the Alps and travel to Zurich abroad courses, Markley is of Marketing, Markley created for chocolate-making classes. thankful for the opportunities. two study abroad courses: one One of Markley’s favorite “I feel like I’m changing in Switzerland that launched memories was a  nal night in lives with study abroad,” she in 2012 and another in Switzerland. “We went to this says. “I’m changing students’ Denmark, Finland, Iceland beer hall that had live music. worldview, changing what and Sweden, known as the All the songs were in German. they’re going to do with Scandinavia trip.  e students had no idea what their careers and how they’re Markley got the idea for the was going on, but they were going to view the rest of Switzerland course after one of dancing with people in the their education.”

12 DEPAUL MAGAZINE FALL 2017 FALL 2017 DEPAUL MAGAZINE 13 Ani Kasparian (LAS ’16) while taking Spanish and the central area of Mérida, loves languages. Her passion service-learning courses at the spend time at cafes and see for them led her to DePaul. Universidad Autónoma de movies at the local cinema. “I wanted to be in a place Yucatán and Universidad Kasparian also enjoyed visiting where I could practice Marista. As part of her service- Chiapas, a state in Mexico. di erent languages, and in learning course, Kasparian “We were in a valley in the hills a city like Chicago, I had so participated in community with mountains all around us. many opportunities to do so,” outreach, such as teaching It was as if we were in another she says. “I decided to go to languages and computer skills world. We were not allowed DePaul because I wanted to to children. “We were learning to take pictures because the major in Arabic, and there Mayan, speaking Spanish people there believe that once are not many schools that and teaching English. To me, you take a picture, your soul is o er it as a major.” Kasparian Mayan represents their past. found in the photo,” she recalls. graduated with degrees in Spanish represents their present. Kasparian’s fondest memories Arabic and Spanish and If they were to go abroad, during her three-month stay are a minor in French. She is English could represent their of the people with whom she currently teaching English future. I thought it was cool interacted, from the children in Jordan as part of the that we could use those three she taught to the locals she Fulbright Program. languages to help them discover interviewed for her research During her junior year at their roots, appreciate who they project. “It was just so profound DePaul, Kasparian studied in are and give them tools for their to see how, essentially, we are Mérida, Mexico. “When you futures,” she recalls. all human. We all love to talk, are working with languages, Her living arrangement also laugh and have fun. When you one of the most important helped Kasparian understand have the opportunity to meet things is to experience the Méridian culture. Her host people coming from a variety culture of the people who mom taught her about the area of socioeconomic classes, it is speak that language,” she says. and local cuisine. In her spare then when you can say you have She lived with a host family time, Kasparian would explore truly experienced the diversity of a country. It was a beautiful experience to connect with Ani Kasparian (LAS ’16) and her students in Mérida, Mexico. such a truly diverse group of Méridians,” she says. Kasparian returned to Mérida the follow- ing year to visit the friends she met during her time abroad. “If you are going to make a di erence in the world, it is important that you have lived abroad and have felt the pain that other citizens have felt,” she says. “ e more experiences you have in that way, the more empathetic and better equipped you will be to serve those people. With that empathy you can do so much good.”

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14 DEPAUL MAGAZINE FALL 2017 FALL 2017 DEPAUL MAGAZINE 15 niversity Archivist Andrea Bainbridge discovered.  ey co-founded one of DePaul’s “ e corps was a way to combine class- discovered a mystery while paging  rst fraternities, the now-defunct Alpha Chi, room and physical training and for the war through a 1922 volume of the Minerval, and period yearbooks and newspapers made department to utilize college facilities across an early DePaul student newspaper. She frequent references to “inscrutable fraternity the country,” Geiger says. Soldiers drilled spotted the text of a Mass recited by the Rev. in-jokes,” she says. Several brothers, especially on the open field south of St. Vincent de Ferdinand “Joe” Ward, C.M. (AB ’15), at Joe, were standout members of the football Paul Church, and the College  eater was the funeral of his brother, Oliver. (In DePaul’s team, while William (AB ’12) was the team converted into barracks. early days, a bachelor’s degree was called an manager. At a time when enrollment was  e Rev. Francis McCabe, C.M., DePaul’s AB, the abbreviation for the Latin phrase about 300 students, the Wards were hard to third president, encouraged young men to “artium baccalaureus.”) miss on campus. enlist “for the glory of God” and promised that “It was really interesting that they were They and their classmates were among the university would remain open during the having the funeral in 1921 when [Oliver] the  rst to enjoy a mixed-student life and war. His predecessor, the Rev. John Martin, was killed in 1918,” she recalls. “I entered the social events at DePaul.  e university began C.M., already was posted in France as a chap- surname ‘Ward’ into our digital database, the admitting women in 1911, and the College lain. Overall, 584 students, faculty members Heritage Collections, and hits started popping  eater was the  rst place big enough to hold and alumni of DePaul served in the war. up all over the place.” a dance. Says Bainbridge, “ e co-ed culture The bimonthly Minerval kept track of She turned to census records and really blossomed in that period.” them through a “roll of honor” telling where Ancestry, an online genealogical database. She But life at DePaul was about to change.  e individuals were deployed, which would have discovered an entire family of Wards: eight Great War—World War I—was underway. been impossible in later eras when DePaul brothers, seven of whom graduated from was larger, Bainbridge says. “Because of DePaul; a sister, Marguerite, who worked all the personal connections and the small for the dean of the College of Commerce; scale of the school in the 1910s, we can get their mother, also named Marguerite, who In addition to Oliver, who enlisted before a comprehensive look at who was serving.” sponsored social events for the parish and he enrolled at DePaul, four of the Ward It also was easier keeping track of neighborhood; and their father, whose brothers—Harold, Cyril (AB ’14), Albert DePaulians abroad because the United States’ company supplied construction materials to (AB ’15) and Robert (AB ’18)—signed up. participation in the Great War was relatively the edgling institution. Not only were they Meanwhile, DePaul agreed to host a federal brief—just 17 months. But not brief enough all related, but they  gured prominently in Student Army Training Corps. for some. DePaul’s early history. Bainbridge realized that the Ward family provided a unique framework to tell the story of DePaul before, during and after the Great War 100 years ago. Two years in the making, the “Glimpses of the Great War” exhibit was underway. Library assistant Lisa Geiger quickly found a paper trail. Patriarch Albert J. Ward was  rst co-owner and later sole owner of Edwards & Ward Stone and Granite Works, located just west of DePaul “at the Fullerton Avenue Bridge,” as described in newspaper ads. “ e Ward family had a stone masonry business. We have receipts and work orders for them contributing material to the College Theater [better known as the Barn] and the Lyceum in 1907,” Geiger says. Those buildings are now gone, but the Wards also supplied stone for one structure that’s still standing—Peter V. Byrne Hall, home to the departments of Philosophy and Physics. It’s possible that oldest sons Harold (AB ’10) and Eugene (AB ’10) worked on these buildings, Geiger says: “ is family physically DePaul University Special Collections and Archives Special Collections University DePaul built the university.” Cyril (AB ’14) and Albert (AB ’15) Ward are seated at the far left, center row, in this The Ward brothers had an equally photo of the 1912 varsity football team. In the front row center is Ferdinand “Joe” Ward outsized impact on campus life, Bainbridge (AB ’15), who went on to become a member of the Congregation of the Mission.

16 DEPAUL MAGAZINE FALL 2017 FALL 2017 DEPAUL MAGAZINE 17 Oliver Ward was interred three times.  e  rst burial was near where he died during the Battle of Argonne Forest, killed at the headquarters of the 108th Ammunition Train when an explosive shell struck it on Oct. 8, 1918.  e next year, his remains were In 1918, companies of soldiers were sent a moved to the Meuse-Argonne American live cow, pig or goat every few days. “ eir A century ago, American soldiers received Cemetery in France.  e exhibit includes manual describes how to kill, prepare and about $35 a year to maintain their uniforms an image of the cemetery that Bainbridge cook it. For us, they just give us a box of food,” and shoes, compared to about $500 a year found on the Library of Congress website. Lopez says. But modern soldiers receive one today.  e allowance has changed, but one  en, in the National Archives, she found a The more military item with every meal that AEF forces didn’t thing hasn’t, says Lopez with a laugh—“those copy of Albert Ward’s telegram asking that fi eld manuals change, have—a little bottle of hot sauce. guys who take the check and go spend it on his son’s remains be sent home. something useless, then can’t a ord to replace “How does a family in Lincoln Park, the more they stay the same their uniform when it rips.” especially a very religious family, grieve when somebody in their family is killed thousands of miles away?” Bainbridge asks. he Ward brothers who fought in World For the Wards, it was just as important that War I all carried an American Expedi- Oliver’s body be brought home for burial tionary Forces (AEF) Field Service Pocket in Calvary Cemetery in Evanston, Ill., as Book like the one displayed in “Glimpses of it was that their sons did their sacred duty the Great War.” by enlisting.  e 100-year-old book is both surprisingly  e religious underpinnings of military similar to and strikingly di erent from the

service also explain the letter that Oliver’s and Archives Special Collections University DePaul  eld manual used by Jordan Lopez (LAS Map reading. Acronyms and abbreviations. Foot brother Albert sent to one of his professors. The Rev. Ferdinand “Joe” Ward, C.M., front row center, spent his career at DePaul as a ’17), when he was deployed in Afghanistan. washing. Marching. Weapon cleaning. First aid. “Wasn’t it glorious news about Oliver?” professor and alumni coordinator. University Archivist Andrea Bainbridge invit- Bunk making. Putting on your pants starting Albert wrote from his posting. “I wish I were ed Lopez, then a liaison in Veteran Student with your left leg. Doing everything to the left in his place. Just think, Father, a saint as Services at DePaul, to compare the fragile old  rst. Some entries are identical, Lopez says.  e well as a soldier!” Albert himself was killed Harold, Cyril and Robert survived the provides veterans with tuition assistance and manual with the digital version he used. Here logic behind the detailed directions for mundane June 22, 1919. war and returned to Chicago, where Harold support services, including those o ered are some of their favorite entries: tasks? “When you’re under  re, you need instinct became a prominent judge. Eugene entered through Veteran Student Services. and muscle memory to take over,” he says. the family business, while Cyril became a salesman. Both William and Joe joined the Congregation of the Mission. They spent the war in the Vincentian seminary “Glimpses of the Great War” is on display in Perryville, Mo., and were ordained in on the  rst oor of the John T. Richard- time to preside over their brothers’ funerals. son Library on the Lincoln Park Campus Fr. William became principal of DePaul through the end of 2017. Like the story Academy, the high school a liated with of the Ward family, the exhibit is full of the university that all eight Ward brothers detail because Fr. William’s and Fr. Joe’s attended, before being transferred to Los personal papers are in the DeAndreis-Rosati Both Bainbridge and Lopez chuckled over the Angeles. Fr. Joe became an English profes- Memorial Archives, the Vincentian archives During the Great War, soldiers used homing printed “unwritten rules” in the AEF manual, sor at DePaul and later served as alumni housed at DePaul. pigeons to get information across the battle- but that section is important, Lopez says. coordinator until he retired in the 1960s. “One of my favorite things about this  eld—in fact, a pigeon named Cher Ami is Communicating with people back home “ ese aren’t rules that can be enforced, but DePaul flourished after the war. exhibit is that we pulled from university credited with saving nearly 200 men.  e boosts morale, then and now, Lopez says. they tell soldiers how to conduct themselves Enrollment doubled within a few years. records, we pulled from Vincentian records, AEF manual details the care, feeding and Some World War I combatants might never in the fog of war,” he explains. For example, Although the government didn’t provide we pulled from [Lincoln Park] community use of the birds. Modern forces don’t use have sent a letter before, let alone from a one rule says soldiers should be chivalrous. any educational bene ts to veterans, DePaul records, we pulled from our rare books and I homing pigeons, but they do describe the use foreign country, so they needed directions. “When you’ve captured a prisoner, you chose to sponsor at least one veteran every used databases available through the library. of another no-tech option: a runner. All mail had to go through Army censors, assume that they’re these evil people, but year—a precursor to the university’s current My archivist geek heart is really excited about “If the technology fails, which it does, Bainbridge adds. One of Oliver Ward’s after they sit there for a while, you realize … The Library of Congress Library The status as a Yellow Ribbon university. As that,” Bainbridge says. “That’s the fun of especially in mountainous areas with little letters in the exhibit was censored by his they’re just as scared as you would be in that This cross marks where Oliver Ward was buried in Meuse-Argonne Cemetery in a participant in the Yellow Ribbon GI detective work. Look what you can discover satellite coverage, this guy is going to have to older brother and superior o cer, Harold situation.  e unwritten rules help you make France, the second time he was interred. Education Enhancement Program, DePaul when you really dig in!” run to the next post,” says Lopez. (AB ’10). moral judgments,” he says.

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hen the Chicago Cubs won the World Series last year for the rst time since 1908, DePaul alumni were part of the celebration.  ey rode in trolleys during the parade, clutched the trophy at the party and toasted each other with champagne.  is exclusive access wasn’t the result of a lottery or golden ticket—rather, it was the outcome of their dedicated behind-the-scenes e orts to ensure the Cubs operation runs smoothly. By our count, there are at least a dozen alumni employed by the Cubs, working in areas as diverse as technology, safety and security, ticket sales, accounting and human resources.  eir degrees run the gamut from communication and business to English, computer science and more. DePaul alumni can also be found in the upper ranks of the White Sox organization, overseeing nance, sales and marketing, and legal a airs. What’s it like to work for a Major League Baseball (MLB) team? Our alumni opened up about family loyalty, employee perks, getting into the industry and, of course, witnessing history. We think they hit it out of the park. Photo by DePaul University/Je Carrion University/Je DePaul by Photo

Cubs fans fi lled the streets to celebrate their 2016 World Series Champions.

20 DEPAUL MAGAZINE FALL 2017 FALL 2017 DEPAUL MAGAZINE 21 For some Cubs and Sox employees, baseball is in their blood. “My dad had a Tom Dambra (CDM ’13), software engineer for the Cubs, claims he lost a few connection to great seats and would pull me out of school at least once a year years of his life watching game 7 of the 2016 World Series in Cleveland. “ e whole so we could drive down,” recalls Dino Stiris (CMN ’05), manager of risk front o ce sat together in suspense,” he recalls. “It would be an understatement management for the Cubs. “Looking at it now that I’m older, the Cubs and to say that being part of the Cubs’ historic win was the most exciting experience baseball played a big role in the connection that I have with my dad.” Stiris’ I’ve had in my life so far.” dad wasn’t the only parent encouraging his child to play hooky. “One of my  e owners of the Cubs, the Ricketts family, chartered  ights to Cleveland fondest childhood memories is of my dad sneaking me out of ballet class early for the front o ce sta for the entire World Series run. “Not many people can From dealing with know-it-all fans to go to a Sox game,” says Alexa Vaicaitis (BUS ’08), senior account executive, say they saw every pitch, home and away, during the 2016 World Series,” Dino to quirks of the industry to encoun- premium sales, for the White Sox. “And I could always count on my mom to Stiris notes. “I really felt like a player during those trips—it was the experience ters with players, alumni share the call me in ‘sick’ on opening day.” of a lifetime.”  e Ricketts’ generosity extended to a “plus one” for each sta er, scoop on some of the unique aspects  en there’s the epic “Ferris Bueller”-esque escapade of Joel Guth’s (CDM which meant Stiris was able to bring his 16-year-old nephew to the post-parade of their chosen professions. ’14, MS ’15) father. When he was in high school in 1985, Guth’s father scored celebrations. “ at was an amazing moment,” he says with a smile. $10 tickets for a weekday Cubs game. “As they were walking toward the ballpark, Annie Begalke (BUS ’13), human resources specialist, echoes her colleagues, my father and grandfather were approached by Yosh Kawano, the clubhouse calling games 6 and 7 “the most heart-wrenching moments of my life.”  ere manager at the time,” recounts Guth, a systems engineer for the Cubs. “He asked were cheers, there were tears and the subsequent weeks were surreal. “From being my dad if he would like to be the batboy for the day, and after some confusion in the parade to the rally, it was such a rewarding experience to be part of such about whether or not it was a joke, my father agreed.”  ey put him in a full a big celebration,” she says. uniform, paid him $10, gave him the game ball and asked if he could come If Bill Waters’ experience is any indication, those memories won’t fade over back the next day. Alas, Guth’s father had a math test that he couldn’t miss. “ e time. Waters was working for the White Sox when they won the World Series in best part of it is that he would have gotten away with skipping school that day 2005. “It’s a feeling I will never forget,” he asserts. “Many people have worked if he hadn’t ended up on the front page of the Freeport (Ill.) Journal Standard, here a long time, and to celebrate a World Series victory with those I had worked When I was general resulting in a stern letter from his assistant principal,” Guth shares with a laugh. next to for many years was extra special.” counsel for a machine tool company, I wasn’t the center of discussion at cocktail parties. Now everyone knows my employer, and sometimes people want to pass along their knowledge on how to x the team’s performance.” John Corvino (MST ’82, JD ’85) General counsel, White Sox

Bill Waters (BUS ’83, MAC ’83), vice president of nance for the White Sox, who is currently in his 29th season with the team, attended his very rst game at age six. “I also remember watching Sox games at my grandparents’, Last year, we had a front who lived three blocks away from the old Comiskey Park,” he says. “If a White o ce eld day, where we had Sox player hit a home run, I would dash outside to see the reworks go o .” the opportunity to spend All these years later, Waters still can’t believe it when he walks into the ballpark an afternoon taking batting each morning for work. “It’s honestly a dream come true.” practice, shagging  y balls But what if you’re suiting up each day for your rival?  at was initially a and just running around on concern for John Corvino (MST ’82, JD ’85), general counsel for the White Sox. the grass. It was a blast.” “I was a Cubs fan all my life, and I still don’t root against the Cubs,” he admits. Alexa Vaicaitis (BUS ’08) Corvino even mentioned this potential red  ag to his now-boss, Jerry Reinsdorf, Senior account executive, the owner of the White Sox, during the interview process. “He said, ‘As long as premium sales, White Sox you can practice law, we will work on the rest,’” Corvino remembers. Turns out Images ©G. N. Lowrance/Getty by Photo Reinsdorf was right. “I drank the Kool-Aid and am now 100 percent a Sox fan!” The White Sox celebrate clinching the World Series in 2005.

22 DEPAUL MAGAZINE FALL 2017 FALL 2017 DEPAUL MAGAZINE 23 A peculiar little blurb in the Sept. 29, 1932, issue of  e DePaulia newspaper exposed excessive support for the New York Yankees among DePaul faculty. “After much investigation, the stooges found the reason why so many members of the faculty On a stressful day, I will often- are cheering for the Yankees,” College of Law student Johnny Mallon stated in his times walk over to the ballpark and “After the Ball” column. “ is may seem funny to you, since the Cubs are neighbors just sit in the stands. Something to the school, but the fact is that Joe McCarthy, shrewd manager of the Yanks, is a Robert Daniels (LAS ’14, MA ’17) about being in an empty Wrigley product of the Vincentian Order, having attended Niagara University.” Goodbye knows Wrigley Field inside and out. As was hit into the crowd, it was ruled Field while the sun is shining and hometown pride, hello Vincentian loyalty. a tour guide for the past three seasons, Former players and family members a double. “Legend has it that when just taking a few moments to Daniels has led hundreds of people of former players sometimes show the Cubs were at bat, the rope would myself really relaxes me. It helps through the second-oldest ballpark up for a stroll down memory lane. sometimes move up a few feet,” me to recharge my batteries.” in the major leagues. Whether fans “You know the movie ‘A League of Daniels says.  is was because the Dino Stiris (CMN ’05) hail from Chicago, Chattanooga or  eir Own’? Well, we’ve had a couple fans often surged forward in their Manager, risk management, Cubs Copenhagen, they expect to be wowed. of descendants of the All-American eagerness, forcing the ushers to take a “ ey’ve waited all these years for this Girls Professional Baseball League few steps forward as well. Of course, one moment,” Daniels says. Sounds a on the tour because they wanted to in so doing, the crowd also increased bit like a certain team we know. see where grandma played,” Daniels the likelihood of a ball going into the If you can’t make the pilgrimage says. As depicted in the lm, the crowd for a double. Not surprisingly, in person, you can still enjoy these All-American Girls Professional Base- the crowd supposedly moved back tour-guide-certi ed stories. ball League held tryouts at Wrigley when the opposing team was at bat. Field in 1943. Later that year, the ballpark hosted the league’s All-Star Game, and a four-team doubleheader “ e Cubs have gone by several played at Wrigley in 1944. Sign up for a tour of Wrigley Field at Working for an organization di erent names,” Daniels notes. www.cubs.com/tours. Pro tip: Visit with such an incredible history is “ ey’ve been the Orphans, the Colts on a nongame day if you want to see amazing. I’ll occasionally take a and the Chicago White Stockings— the press box, the Cubs’ dugout and moment and view the items we so in a way, they were the White Before the current brick bleachers the visitors’ clubhouse—the same have on display in our o ces or ‘Sox’ before the White Sox.” In 1902, were built in 1937, fans sometimes clubhouse frequented by Babe Ruth, the archives. I must remind myself the team was stocked with several sat on the out eld grass behind a Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig, Roberto when I see a hat or jersey that I’m young and relatively inexperienced rope held taut by ushers. If a ball Clemente and Jackie Robinson. looking at the real thing—like players, causing a local newspaper to Ernie Banks’ uniform.” refer to them as the Cubs. Over time, Michael J. Papa (CDM ’03, MS ’15) the nickname stuck, and it became Assistant director, technology Breaking into the MLB isn’t as di cult as pitching a 100-mph fastball, but the o cial team name in 1907. infrastructure, Cubs it’s also not as easy as putting on your team colors and declaring your undying devotion. “ e Cubs didn’t hire me because I was a fan,” Dino Stiris points out. “ ey hired me because they felt I could do the job.” Marisol Widmayer (SNL ’05), coordinator of Total Rewards and HR “Before [Cubs pitcher] Jake Arrieta operations for the Cubs, tells interested applicants to look out for internships, was a household name, he was as well as seasonal and part-time positions, all of which can be a great way to waiting to get into the ballpark, get your foot in the door.  at worked for Stiris, who left his career as a sports and we had a tour group nearby,” reporter to become an intern in the media relations department, as well as current Daniels recalls. “ e funny thing full-time employees Joel Guth, who started as a part-time service desk technician is that he was standing under a while pursuing his undergraduate degree at DePaul, and Annie Begalke, who 10-foot-tall poster of himself. I accepted a part-time position during her senior year. could see the tour group look up at Opening day is essentially Other types of internships and jobs helped prepare DePaul alumni for the the poster, then down at him, then our Jan. 1, and people will ups and downs of working in professional sports. Before she joined the Cubs, up at the poster, trying to gure often say they’ve been here for Begalke sold hot dogs and interned for the Kane County Cougars, a Minor out if it was him.  en someone in ‘X’ number of seasons versus League Baseball team based in Geneva, Ill. Brooks Boyer (MBA ’01), senior the concourse yelled his name, and stating how many years they have vice president of sales and marketing for the White Sox, spent a decade with the the tour group realized, ‘It is Jake been with the organization.” Chicago Bulls before joining the Sox. His colleague Bill Waters put in six years at Arrieta!’ He signed autographs for Annie Begalke (BUS ’13) Ernst & Whinney (now Ernst & Young), where the Sox were among his clients. the tour group for who knows how Human resources specialist, Cubs “Most professional sports teams have the luxury of nding someone with sports long after that, but he was really nice experience, so being in that group of applicants is an advantage,” he explains. about it.”

24 DEPAUL MAGAZINE FALL 2017 FALL 2017 DEPAUL MAGAZINE 25 I got mad when the Houston Astros tied up game 2 of the 2005 World Series and left my seat to go to the o ce because I was certain we were headed to extra innings. I did not see Scott Podsednik’s walk-o homer live. I saw it on the TV in my o ce! It worked out ne. I have since apologized to Pods for my lack of faith.” Brooks Boyer (MBA ’01) Senior vice president, sales and marketing, White Sox

Sports are big business. According to an Oct. 10, 2016, article in Forbes, the North American sports market is on target to grow by $11.8 billion from 2015 to 2020, topping out at $75.7 billion.  is upward curve is good news for the undergraduates and MBA students pursuing concentrations in sports management at the Driehaus College of Business and Kellstadt Graduate School of Business.  e 8-year-old program introduces students to the nuts and bolts of the sports industry, including how to achieve a career in the eld. Courses cover topics such as sponsorship marketing, sales, journalism and media, management, and economics. Site visits and classroom speakers enhance the real-world component of the During my rst year with the program. For example, during the winter intersession course “Behind the Scenes White Sox, I was put on a golf with Chicago Sports Organizations,” students tour 16 professional teams, sports outing foursome with Bill Melton, agencies and athletic-focused companies, such as Gatorade, in ve jam-packed days. who played for the Sox from 1968 “Chicago is our classroom,” explains Andy Clark (MBA ’87), director of DePaul’s to 1975. Melton was my sports sports management programs and the instructor for the “Behind the Scenes” course. hero when I was growing up, and “As a result, you name a Chicago team, and I can tell you alumni who work there.” when you meet someone whom Many of these more recent alumni, such as Diego Chahda (BUS ’12), premier you admired growing up, it tends account executive for the Cubs, are products of the sports management track. to bring back those childhood “My classes at DePaul taught me that you’re selling more than space,” he says. feelings. On the second hole, I “You’re selling experience, and service is how you do that. So that’s my emphasis: told Melton I couldn’t golf with serving our customers and making sure they’re more than satis ed with us.” Park, Ill. “Blacker smoke usually means it is him because he was my sports It’s not just the customers who are satis ed. Clark notes that employers often Even before their trucks stop rolling, re ght- plastics and the contents of the building.  e hero and I was simply too nervous. comment on the diligence of DePaul alumni and the attentiveness of visiting ers focus on the smoke. building itself might not be burning yet.” But Melton put me at ease, and students, praising their hardworking nature, smart questions and passion for the eld. “You look at the color of the smoke and Smoke is also a good predictor of where we made it through the day. “People are aware of our programs now,” Clark says. “And they like what they see.” the force with which it is coming out of the the fire is, says DuVall, a lieutenant in Now I have a signed Bill Melton building.  at tells you how much energy Dolton, Ill. “If smoke’s coming out of the uniform hanging in my o ce.” is building up inside and how fast the re is chimney, that usually means the re’s in the Bill Waters (BUS ’83, MAC ’83) burning,” says Brian Dempsey (SNL ’08), basement. If you see it through the windows Vice president of nance, White Sox Read about other sports management alumni working for the re chief in Seaside, Calif. or coming out the door, it’s higher up.  e Cubs at depaulmagazine.com. “A pillar of darker brown smoke usually location of the smoke is giving you all kinds Learn how being a student at DePaul is similar to working for means the structure itself is burning or the re of clues.” a major league baseball team at depaulmagazine.com. is inside the walls,” says Joseph Moore (EDU Those clues disappear once firefighters ’89, LAS MS ’08), a lieutenant in Orland enter the building. Unless they come upon

26 DEPAUL MAGAZINE FALL 2017 FALL 2017 DEPAUL MAGAZINE 27 the orange of the actual re, the only thing they can see through their air mask is smoke. “Especially if you’re inside, you’re not seeing anything, so you’ve got to use your other senses to nd your way,” says DuVall. “You’re mainly crawling and feeling.  e guy in front of you, you’re hitting his boot to make sure he’s with you.”

 e air masks that provide air and protect like an enormous crackling campfire. The re ghters from toxic fumes also eliminate A car re is distinctive for its sounds: tires re ghters follow the sound to nd the re. their sense of smell, so they use their noses bursting and windows blowing out from the In very hot fires, metal objects such before they go in. heat. In a house re, there are all kinds of as heating ducts creak and groan as they Fires involving electrical components— noises, says Dempsey, who worked for the distort. Windows and lightbulbs shatter. If motors, wires,  uorescent lights—have a dis- re department in Rolling Meadows, Ill., for their gear didn’t block the sound, re ghters tinctive odor, as do stovetop res, says DuVall, 31 years before moving west. would hear water hissing into steam.  ere’s who started working as a part-time re ghter “You’ve got engines pulling up.  eir sirens constant chatter on the walkie-talkies and while attending DePaul. “Eventually, you get are [powering] down.  e engineer has got shouted instructions. experienced enough with that smell that you the pump going.  e RPMs on the engine Nevertheless, there are occasional  ashes know it’s a food re before you even go inside.” are going up to supply the water. You might of stillness. “You can smell if it is wood burning or have somebody cutting a hole in the roof, so “Somewhere in all the chaos there can be if it has a di erent odor, like gasoline or a you’ve got the saw going. Somebody might be very quiet, almost peaceful moments, which petroleum product,” says Moore, who also forcing the door in the back, so there’s some you need if you’re trying to nd someone started as a part-time re ghter and turned pounding,” he says. or listen if you can hear fire anywhere,” it into a career. “A car fire definitely has All of that is mu ed inside the house, Moore says. its own type of odor because of plastics.” where the primary sound is burning wood,

Dempsey says that when he started ghting res in 1979, re ghters might remove a glove to feel whether re was heating a wall or door from the other side. “ e beauty of today’s technology is that we have thermal imaging cameras, which allow you to not only see the re—see the heat—but also to get a temperature,” he says.

“Knowing that may change your tactic.” For Nic Coury by Photo example, if there’s smoke but no heat, the Brian Dempsey (SNL ’08), fi re chief in Seaside, Calif., says tactics problem may be as simple as a scorched pot change based on clues fi refi ghters sense about the fi re. on the stove. Fire ghters work in temperatures as high as 1,600° F.  eir gear—boots, pants, coats, re. Moore says, “It’s like an egg timer on putting it out in ve, and we’ll hopefully have hoods, gloves, helmets and masks—are de- All three agree that time distorts inside your back.” it all under control within 10 minutes.  en signed to insulate them from the heat. Still, a burning building, but they experience it’s another hour or so of cleanup,” he says. “when you get close to the re, you de nitely it di erently. “You have to put that vehicle back in service, can feel it,” says DuVall. “It goes very quick. You might have been “ ose rst ve to 15 minutes, setting every- you have things to clean, you have to clean Of course, body heat is trapped inside their on the scene for 20 or 30 minutes, and it thing up, or going inside and trying to get yourself up, you have to clean your gear up, gear, along with the sweat that is soon pouring just seems like ve minutes,” says Dempsey. at the re, it’s just basically pure adrenaline,” you have to make sure everything is okay and down their backs. It’s especially brutal in the “You lose your sense of time,” says Moore. says DuVall. Fire ghters make good use of healthy and ready to go for the next call.” summer.  at’s why re ghters have to take “You think it was an hour, and it was only it, Dempsey adds. “Physically, you can do a break every 20 to 30 minutes to rehydrate 15 minutes.” a little bit more than you normally would if and change their air bottles, says Moore. “Everything’s moving fast, but you yourself you didn’t have that excitement.” Adds DuVall, “If you’ve been there for a are moving slowly,” says DuVall.  e adrenaline disappears in a hurry when Discover how these alumni use while, your air pack’s going to start cutting That’s why firefighters wear timers and the re is out, Moore says, and there is still their degrees to lead their teams Photo by Thomas Burns Thomas by Photo into your shoulders. Your gear is getting carry air bottles that last about 20 minutes, a lot to power through. “If we’re doing our at depaulmagazine.com. Dave DuVall (BUS ’92) says the roar of chainsaws adds to the din during a fi re. waterlogged. Everything is feeling heavier.” so that they know when to rotate out of the job, we’re getting there in ve [minutes], we’re

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COLLEGE AND the National Association He also serves as president Dale Stinton (MBA ’82) Valerie Go (LAS ’84) Maureen Burke (MBA the end of 2017. He is CLASS NOTES SCHOOL of Collegiate Directors of of the Morton College received the inaugural is community involvement ’86) was hired as CFO of the president, CEO and abbreviation key Athletics during its annual Foundation and is president Visionary Award from the liaison for the Dorchester Account Control Technology chairman of the board, and Log in to alumni.depaul.edu to read additional class convention in June 2017. of the CBS Food Pantry. Swanepoel T3 Group for County Public Schools Holdings Inc. Her career has been with the company » BUS Driehaus his impact on the real estate in Maryland. spans more than 25 years of for 37 years. Anne Schwab (BUS ’78, Ruth Brinkley (CSH ’81, notes and to discover the many ways to connect College of Business industry. He is CEO of the comprehensive business and MBA ’81) was awarded MS ’84), president and CEO Lorraine Holland (BUS Steven Covey (JD ’77), » CDM College of National Association of  nancial services experience, an “IPPY” Gold Medal for of KentuckyOne Health, was ’84), managing director with other alumni and the DePaul community. senior vice president and Computing and Realtors and its strategic including the last 17 years her book, “Money Matters named one of the 2017 Top at Neuberger Berman, general counsel, retired Digital Media investment arm, Second in CFO and major  nancial Made Simple: A Woman’s 25 Women in Healthcare by was elected vice chair of from Navistar Internation- » CMN College of Century Ventures. project leadership positions. Guide to Financial Health Modern Healthcare. DePaul University’s Board 1950s Samuel Skinner (JD ’66, 1970s al. He joined the company Communication and Wealth.” of Trustees. She joined the Timothy Condon (MBA LLD ’90, DHL ’06) was Terrence Benshoof (JD in 1981. » CSH College of board in 2011. ’86) joined Ygrene Energy one of 17 former White ’71, LLM ’80) was elected Science and Health David Black (JD ’79) John Schoen (BUS ’77) Fund of Petaluma, Calif., House chiefs of staff in- to the board of directors » EDU College of retired from the UAW Carol Wooding (BUS ’84) is senior vice president and as chief  nancial o cer terviewed by documentary of the Midwest Shelter Education Legal Services Plan after was appointed vice president chief  nancial o cer for in May 2017. Previously, filmmaker Chris Whipple for Homeless Veterans in » GSD Goodman 37 years. He is currently and general counsel of the PCTEL Inc., a telecommu- Condon was the co-founder for “The Gatekeepers: Wheaton, Ill. School of Drama volunteering with Prairie National Futures Associa- nications company based in and chief  nancial o cer How the White House » JD College of Law State Legal Services, where tion (NFA) and secretary Kathleen Owens (LAS Bloomingdale, Ill. of Paci c Point Services. Chiefs of Staff Define » LAS College of he provides representation of its board of directors in MEd ’71) received a He also founded LEAP Every Presidency.” Mark Steinho (BUS ’77) Liberal Arts and for individuals seeking February 2017. Wooding Women of Excellence Financial, a startup focused became operations controller Social Sciences to expunge or seal their began her legal career Joseph Sugrue (CSH Award at the second on the auto loan industry. of Fieldwood Energy LLC in » MUS School of criminal records. in 1991 as an NFA sta ’67) co-authored annual PennSuburban November 2016. Music » Stephan Blandin attorney and was promoted Diane Pearse (MBA ’86) two papers that were Chamber of Commerce » Sr. Marie J. Fecher » SNL School for (LAS ’83, JD ’86) was to assistant general counsel was honored as one of the accepted to the 2015 IEEE Women’s Conference. Zachary Gordon (JD 1980s » Ann Dowd (THE (MUS ’59, MM ’64) is New Learning reappointed to the in 1998 and to associate Top 15 Business Women in International Geoscience  e award recognizes ’78), chairman and CEO Michael English (BUS MS MFA ’82) won a 2017 celebrating 75 years » THE The Theatre Illinois Supreme Court general counsel in 2010. Illinois at the eighth annual and Remote Sensing women in Southeastern of Arcadia Investment ’80) was appointed CFO Emmy Award as Best as an Ursuline Sister School Registration and Illinois Women’s Confer- Symposium and a third Pennsylvania who have Corporation, a research of Alternate Health Corp., Supporting Actress in James Yong (JD ’84) was of Mount Saint Disciplinary Commis- ence, an event focusing on paper that was published in made an in uential impact boutique that pioneered a diversi ed health care a Drama Series for her named partner at Kaufman Joseph, Maple Mount, sion in March 2017. He professional development, the International Archives in the region. analytics in the interactive company based in Vancouver, role as Aunt Lydia in Dolowich & Voluck LLP. Ky. She ministered as also was named a community, networking, of the Photogrammetry, entertainment industry, Canada. He has more than 30 the Hulu production He counsels self-regulatory a music instructor for Tom Hartmann (EDU Share your news 2017 Illinois Super entrepreneurship and Remote Sensing & Spatial retired March 31 after 23 years’ experience working in “The Handmaid’s Tale,” organizations, broker- nearly 50 years. She ’72) retired after a 26-year with the DePaul Lawyer for the 13th women’s health. She is CEO Information Sciences, years helming the company. diverse industries, including based on the novel by dealers, investment advisers, is now engaged in career as a librarian. He community! We consecutive year. of Hickory Farms. vol. 41. Previously, Gordon was a data security and encryption Margaret Atwood. She hedge funds, futures the Powerhouse of most recently worked for want to hear about Blandin is a founding senior corporate vice pres- software, telecommunica- was also nominated as commission merchants Curt Schubert (BUS Prayer at the Ursuline Rev. Ronald Gollatz the Alsip-Merrionette Park your promotion, partner and principal ident of Drexel Burnham tions, and heavy industrial Guest Actress in a and others in the  nancial ’86) was appointed CFO Motherhouse. (CSH ’68), a priest of the Public Library. career move, at Romanucci & Lambert, a prominent electric motors and controls. Drama Series for services industry. He also of Marian Catholic High Archdiocese of Chicago for wedding, birth Blandin LLC. Diane Jagielnik (EDU investment bank. He is now playing Patti Levin in litigates securities matters School in Chicago Heights, 44 years, recently retired. announcement Robert Ross (JD ’80) ’73) retired from St. Bruno working on two novels. HBO’s “The Leftovers.” before industry arbitrators Ill. He previously served as 1960s and other incorporated his law practice  omas Marvinac James Faron (EDU School in Chicago. She and the federal court. CFO for 10 years at  e Paul Greig (MBA ’78) accomplishments in April 2017 to establish (MBA ’83) was appointed ’69) was appointed to a taught at St. Bruno, also Children’s Place Association, was appointed to the board and milestones. Ross Law Firm Ltd. with his Randall Erler (JD ’82) executive vice president Isiaah Crawford (CSH five-year term as a trustee her alma mater, since 1973. a child welfare organization of directors of Opus Bank. sons, Patrick Ross (JD ’08) was recently invited to and chief credit o cer of MA ’85, PhD ’87) was of the Champaign-Urbana Jagielnik was a  rst-grade in Chicago. He is president and CEO Please include your name and Daniel Ross (JD ’15). join the American Law Inland Bank and Trust, inaugurated as president Mass Transit District, teacher and was assistant of FirstMerit Corporation. (and maiden name if  ey practice primarily in Society. For 11 consecutive based in Oak Brook, Ill. of the University of Puget Lisa Slattum-Muys (CSH the third largest transit principal from 1996 His philanthropic and applicable), along with the areas of wills, trusts and years, he has earned the Marvinac brings more than Sound, Tacoma, Wash., on ’86), a standout volleyball system in Illinois. Faron is to 2006. board activities include your email, mailing business law. Martindale-Hubbell AV 30 years of diverse banking March 24. He is a licensed player for the Blue Demons as a retired optometrist and Michael Tardy (LAS serving as a member of the address, degree(s) and Distinguished Award for experience to his position, clinical psychologist. an undergraduate, was hired owns a real estate company, Deborah Simpson (LAS ’73), director of the executive committee for the year(s) of graduation. Legal Ability and Ethical including credit admin- as the girls’ volleyball coach Faron Properties LLC. ’80) has been appointed Daniel Petrisko (BUS administrative o ce of the Mid-Size Bank Coalition Standards. Jackson Magazine istration, due diligence, at Providence Catholic High commissioner on the Illinois ’85) is now serving as Joe Mantegna (GSD Illinois Courts, retired on of America, board member Mail to: just named him one of allowance for loan and lease School in New Lenox, Ill. Workers’ Compensation executive managing director CER ’69, DHL ’89) Aug. 1, following more of the American Bankers DePaul University O ce of Northeast Florida’s Top loss reserve, special assets, Commission by Gov. Bruce and senior portfolio » Eugene Lee (GSD accepted a street named in than 40 years with the Association and the Cleveland Alumni Relations Rated Lawyers. and commercial lending. Rauner. She currently serves manager at Du & Phelps CER ’64, DHL ’94) his honor at Armitage and judicial branch. Orchestra’s Musical Arts ATTN: Class Notes as an arbitrator for the board, Brian Nigohosian (LAS Marvin Miller (LAS ’83) Investment Management won a 2017 Emmy Hudson avenues. Chicago Association, and trustee and 1 E. Jackson Blvd. George Mahoney (JD where she reviews, approves ’82) and Michelle Dahlquist joined the board of direc- Co. He is responsible for Award for outstand- Ald. Michele Smith (43rd) executive committee member Chicago, IL 60604 ’74), a founding member and sends corrections have opened Nigohosian tors at AmbiCom Holdings oversight and management ing production presented Mantegna with a for the Greater Cleveland of the Will County  rm contracts between injured & Dahlquist PC, a  rm Inc., which provides of institutional and design for his work on city resolution as well after Sports Commission. Email: Mahoney, Silverman & workers and employers. o ering family legal services. wireless products to the retail  xed income and “Saturday Night Live.” sponsoring the honorary dpalumni@depaul. edu Cross LLC, was recently Jean Lenti Ponsetto Nigohosian is a member technology, industrial, and passive equity products, This is his second street sign—one of the last Fax: Richard Vavra (BUS ’80, inducted into the Academy (EDU ’78), director of of the DuPage County health care sectors. in addition to leverage win—the fi rst was in given to a living person 312.362.5112 JD ’83) joined the board of Illinois Lawyers Class athletics at DePaul, was Bar Association, where he  nancing for the Du & 2013—of a total of 13 after the city council Online submissions: of directors of Central David Carlson (JD ’84) of Laureates. Mahoney presented with the 2017 received a 2010 Pro Bono Phelps closed-end funds. Emmy nominations, changed the rules for the alumni.depaul.edu Federal Savings and Loan, in is of counsel at Kaufman focuses on zoning and land Women’s Basketball Service Award. He has all for “SNL.” signs in February 2017. Chicago. He is an insurance Dolowich & Voluck. He Sarah Vega (LAS ’85, JD development, government Coaches Association presented continuing legal » Michael Zonsius Class notes will be posted litigation consultant and an concentrates his practice ’88) was appointed chief of Jay Stieber (BUS ’69) and municipal law, litigation, (WBCA) President’s Award education for the Family (MBA ’86) has joined Nicholas Motherway (JD on the Alumni & Friends arbitrator for Cook County in commercial litigation, sta of the National Credit is now vice chairman of and appellate practice. by WBCA. Earlier this Law Committee and is a the Naples (Fla.) ’65) was named a laureate website and will be and the American Arbitrator including professional Union Administration. the National Resource year, Lenti Ponsetto was fellow of the DuPage County Airport Authority as of the Illinois State Bar Joseph Chlapaty (MBA considered for inclusion in Association. He worked malpractice, corporate di- She was previously senior Association. He is a also selected as the 2017 Bar Association Academy of director of fi nance Association for a career ’76) announced that he DePaul Magazine. DePaul for Allstate Insurance for rectors’ and o cers’ liability, policy advisor to J. Mark board member of the WBCA Administrator of Bar Leaders. Nigohosian is and administration. dedicated to service to clients will retire from Advance reserves the right to edit 30 years and retired as the attorneys’ malpractice, and McWatters, the administra- Chicagoland Chamber the Year. She also became also an active member of the He is a licensed CPA and the legal profession. Drainage Systems Inc. at class notes. company’s corporate counsel. insurance agents’ liability. tion’s acting chairman. of Commerce. the third vice president of Illinois State Bar Association. and commercial pilot.

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Nancy Krejsa (MBA ’87) Brian Vandenberg (JD keynote speaker at the with nearly 300 stores. Prior based Hirtle Callaghan as of several publications on company. Catalano Spotlight was elected to the board of ’87) is the senior vice Energy Star Partner of the to that, Kessler was senior director of its portfolio cosmetic chemistry, he is recently founded Eastlake directors of Six Flags Enter- president and general Year Awards in 2017. She vice president, products tech- management group. He will vice president of the board Solutions, a company tainment Corp. Krejsa has counsel at the American is the CEO of ComEd, nology, at GSI Commerce, focus on growing the  rm’s of directors for the Society that provides consulting spent seven years as senior Medical Association. which was named a 2017 a global provider of client base in northern of Cosmetic Chemists and and training to nonprofit vice president of investor Vandenberg has previously Energy Star Partner of the e-commerce and interactive California. teaches several introductory organizations in the areas relations and corporate worked for Livongo Health Year–Sustained Excellence marketing services. classes for that organization. of project management, Amy Pietz (THE ’91) communications for the Inc., Origin Healthcare Award winner. organizational development Timothy Knight (JD stars in the independent Nancy Shalowitz (JD corporation, where she led Solutions, Allscripts and change management. Robyn Radomski ’90) was hired as president  lm “Halfway” as a ’92) was named general investor relations, public Healthcare Solutions and (MBA ’89) is chief of TroncX, the digital widowed mother struggling counsel and assistant dean Roger Dickerson Jr. relations and international uBid. He began his career business development content and commerce to manage her Wisconsin for human resources of (BUS ’93) was hired as business development. in private practice. and marketing o cer for division of Tronc Inc., a dairy farm with the help Chicago’s John Marshall president of VeriComply, She was also actively Bingham Greenebaum Doll media company. of an African-American Law School in May 2017. which automates the veri - involved in re-establishing LLP in Cincinnati. ex-convict (Quinton She also serves as secretary cation of marketplace loans the company’s strategy, Marcia Meis (JD ’90), Aaron of “ e Blind Side”) to the law school’s board and is based in Newport mission, vision and deputy director of the trying to rebuild his life. of trustees. Previously, Beach, Calif. Previously, values following its debt 1990s administrative o ce “Halfway” opened the 2017 she served as director of he was vice president of restructuring in 2010. Brian Caputo (BUS ’90) of the Illinois Courts, Midwest Independent Film the Health Law Institute  nance operations and was named the new vice was appointed director Deborah McNabb (JD Festival in Chicago on and graduate programs at oversaw investor operations president of administration following the retirement of ’87) is a judge of the 17th Feb. 7. DePaul’s College of Law. at LendingClub. and treasurer at the College Michael Tardy (LAS ’73) Circuit Court Family of DuPage, in DuPage on Aug. 1. James Popp (MBA ’91) Todd Sheldon (JD Eric Elvekrog (BUS ’93) Division in Grand Rapids, County, Ill. Caputo previ- is the new president of ’92) joined PulteGroup is now serving as senior Mich. Previously she served Cary Musser (MBA ’90) ously served for nearly 20 Johnson Bank and executive Inc. as executive vice portfolio manager at Du as a friend of the court was appointed head of years as CFO/city treasurer vice president of its parent president, general & Phelps Investment domestic relations referee. » James Martin (LAS strategic asset management of the city of Aurora, Ill. company, Johnson Financial counsel and corporate Management Co. Elvekrog MA ’88) won a Gold at Rosenthal Collins Group James Ryan (MBA Group. Popp most recently secretary in March 2017. concentrates his research on Mary Miner (right) and her business partner, Kate Woska-Sirtori, cut Medal “IPPY” for his Sam Choy (MBA LLC. He joined the  rm ’87) was elected as the was market president in  e Atlanta-based company the global telecommunica- the red tape for microloan applicants in Africa. novel “The Boy Who ’90) was hired as chief with more than 30 years new chairman of DePaul Wisconsin and Minnesota is one of the nation’s largest tions industry. Wanted Wings.” He marketing o cer for of investment and security University’s Board of for JPMorgan Chase. homebuilding companies. has published a total Moody Global Ministries lending experience, and was Stanley Gorom (JD ’93) Trustees. Ryan, who is Previously he was executive hen Mary Miner (LAS ’09, MS ’13) arrived in Ghana to of fi ve novels. in Chicago in March 2017. most recently employed Anthony Abear (JD ’92) was appointed the partner- chairman of the industrial vice president and general Previously he was director at Wells Fargo Asset was recognized as a 2017 in-charge of the Cleveland Wwork with a microfi nance program for her senior capstone supply company W.W. counsel at Americold. Nancy Wagner (BUS ’88) of global marketing for Management. Elite Lawyer. He founded o ce of Hahn Loeser & project, she found a paper storm. Loan officers worked in Grainger, succeeds William was appointed superin- the building technology Abear Law O ces in Dan Taube (THE ’92) Parks LLP. Gorom has been Bennett, who will continue Donald H. Rumsfeld cramped rooms surrounded by towers of paper. Applications tendent of River Trails division of Siemens. He DuPage County, Ill. is in charge of the theatre a member of Hahn Loeser’s to serve on the board. Ryan (LLD ’90) was one of 17 were always getting lost. Clients rarely received the fi nancial Elementary School District has served as an advisor program at the Hammond board of directors for more has been a member of former White House chiefs Marc Ginsberg (LLM 26 in Mount Prospect, Ill. and coach to nonpro t (Ind.) Academy for the than 10 years and serves as literacy training they were promised. The ine ciencies meant DePaul’s Board of Trustees of sta interviewed by ’92) was awarded tenure Wagner previously served organizations and startups. Performing Arts. He administrative chair of the many would-be borrowers wouldn’t get loans. since 2007. documentary  lmmaker by the John Marshall Law as superintendent of Beach He also served as head recently was honored  rm’s business practice area. Chris Whipple for “ e School Board of Trustees. “There are a lot of struggles the banks face, and that means Kenneth Stout (LAS ’87) Park (Ill.) School District 3. women’s volleyball coach at for his contributions to Gatekeepers: How the Ginsberg has taught Jessica Hanna (THE ’93) it’s harder for the clients as well,” she says. is president of the Goose Moody Bible Institute from the community by the Anne Pramaggiore (JD White House Chiefs evidence, civil procedure directed the Los Angeles Island Beer Co. in Chicago. 2012 to 2015. Sylvan Learning Center in She returned to the United States mulling over ideas for a ’89, DHL ’11) was the of Sta De ne Every and medical negligence at premiere of “I Carry Your Valparaiso, Ind. technological solution. Her aunt fanned the fl ames by giving Elton Crim Jr. (CSH ’90, Presidency.” John Marshall since 2009 Heart,” which ran at MS ’98) was chosen to  ll and helms the law school’s Scott Baeseman (MUS Bootleg  eater in May and Miner “The Blue Sweater,” a memoir about combating global William Williams (JD a vacancy on the board of trial advocacy program. MM ’93) received a Golden June 2017. poverty. The book inspired Miner to get her master’s degree and ’90) was hired as CFO of trustees of Madison (Wis.) Ginsberg has coached John Apple Award for Excellence American Tire Distributors Kayvan Malek (LAS change her focus to microfi nance. Then, the aunt introduced College and will serve Marshall’s moot court in Teaching in March 2017. Inc., of Charlotte, N.C. ’93) was appointed senior Miner to a co-worker, Kate Woska-Sirtori. ENGAGEMENTS & MARRIAGES through June 2020. Crim is teams and helped establish He is a music educator and portfolio manager of the a clinical professor of edu- Michelle Christie (BUS and direct the school’s choral conductor for the “Kate always said it was love at first Skype,” says Miner. multi-asset solutions team » Bethany Butson (EDU is working on a Master of cational leadership & policy ’91) was named a CNN health certi cate program. Lake Forest Country Day Despite living on opposite ends of the continent—Miner in for Wells Fargo Asset MA ’09) is engaged to Arts in journalism degree analysis at the University of Hero for 2017 for her School in Lake Forest, Ill. Anita Glencoe (MBA Management. He is based Anchorage, Alaska, and Woska-Sirtori in New York—the pair Gunnar Mark Crowell. from DePaul’s College Wisconsin-Madison. work changing the lives of ’92) is senior vice Anthony Calandriello in San Francisco.  eir wedding ceremony of Communication, low-income deaf children founded Atikus, which creates tools to transform the relationship Marlene Grandinetti president/senior portfolio (BUS ’93, LLM ’01) is a will take place in Platteville, and Hamood is earning and their families. In 1996, Dennis Olis (MBA ’93) that microfi nance organizations have with their clients. Borrowers (SNL ’90) was installed as manager of Bank of shareholder with Gensburg Wis., at Whig Church, a Master of Science in Christie founded No Lim- was named interim CFO pastor of Falls Community America’s Chicago o ces. Calandriello & Kanter PC, get loans faster because banks can digitize, track and analyze with a reception to follow e-commerce technology its, which combines theatre for Allscripts Healthcare Church in Sheboygan She mentors young women of Chicago. He has more loan applications. Through their loan o cer, they also have easy at the Potosi Brewery in degree from DePaul’s and after-school educational Solutions Inc. in May Falls, Wis., on April 9. through the Chicago Area than 20 years of experience Potosi, Wis.  ey will College of Computing and centers to help underserved 2017. After joining the access to fi nancial literacy and business development training She has also served as a Mentoring Program under in tax and business law. honeymoon in Hawaii and Digital Media. children with hearing loss company in 2012, he to help them succeed. pastoral intern at Oakbrook the LEAD for Women reside in Salt Lake City. learn to speak and gain life Donna Catalano (LAS served as senior vice Community Church in Group at Bank of America. “For example, we’re working with a bakery in Rwanda that » Sarah Gorecki (CMN skills. Her show “Silent ’93) joined MediSked president for strategic Sheboygan Falls. helps women learn to bake, start their own bakeries and expand ’14) and Aaron Konieczny NO MORE” has been Perry Romanowski (CSH LLC’s corporate advisor initiatives until November were married Sept. 2, 2016, Scott Kessler (CDM MS performed at Carnegie Hall ’92) is the vice president of council. She adds 30 2016, when he was named into their own neighborhoods and districts,” Miner says. “This is at Holy Name Cathedral in ’90) was named executive and the John F. Kennedy Brains Publishing, which years of experience in senior vice president for something that can be used in a lot of developing markets and Chicago. vice president and CIO of Center for Performing Arts creates websites, traditional nonprofit management operations. Prior to joining even as a data collection tool for domestic microfi nance,” she » Jessica Williams (LAS BJ’s Wholesale Club. He books, e-books, audio to the strategic body Allscripts, Olis worked for and also has been published says. “To see Atikus grow into markets throughout east Africa ’14) and Hamood Rehman was previously executive vice as a book. and video focusing on that provides industry more than 25 years were married March 25, president and CIO of Belk, science and its application insight and guidance to in various finance roles and then globally would be long-term success for us.” Daniel Eagan III (MBA 2017, in Chicago. Jessica a department store chain to the real world. Author the technology solutions at Motorola. ’91) joined San Francisco- Find out more at www.atik.us.

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Lt. Mary Saikin (BUS Development Excellence Timothy DeLisle (MBA a subsidiary of Attorneys’ William Betts (CSH MA Larry Cannon (JD ’99) Circle Award, an honor the central district of the as an assistant principal, focuses her practice ’93), a 20-year veteran of the Award. She is a professor ’95) joined Black Box Title Guaranty Fund Inc. ’98, PhD ’05) was named joined the American Heart recognizing excellence in U.S. Attorney’s O ce for and was named the district’s on construction law. Glencoe (Ill.) Public Safety of English at the College Corporation, a leading Owens serves on three director of Counseling Association (AHA) as chief teaching at the University California. In 2016, he was technology coordinator the She represents Department, was promoted of DuPage in DuPage digital solutions provider, ATG Trust committees: and Health Services for administrative o cer at of Illinois at Chicago. recognized with the Attorney following year. owners and design to deputy chief of  re/ County, Ill. as vice president of sales trust, trust audit, and trust Ball State University in the organization’s national General’s Distinguished Kathryn Weitz (MEd Dimitri Eliopoulos professionals in both emergency medical services for its North American and investment. Muncie, Ind. He will headquarters in Dallas. Service Award from the U.S. Edmund McAlister ’99) joined the board of (BUS ’01) was promoted litigation and trans- operations. Saikin was commercial services oversee the Health Center, In addition to overseeing Department of Justice. (JD ’94) is of counsel at Edward May Jr. (MBA directors at College of to managing director of the actional matters, o cially sworn in at the April business unit. DeLisle the Counseling Center, the all  nancial management, Kaufman Dolowich & ’97) joined Evoqua Saint Mary. She is the Tery Gonsalves (JD Central Midwest region at including contract 20 village board meeting. brings more than 25 Testing Center, the O ce Cannon is also responsible Voluck. He focuses his Water Technologies LLC, executive director of the ’00) joined Steptoe & RMP Capital. Eliopoulos drafting and negotia- years of experience in the of Victim Services and the for the AHA’s technology, Gerald Beeson (BUS practice on insurance of Warrendale, Penn., as Weitz Family Foundation. Johnson LLP as a litigation started his career in 2002 tion, contract admin- technology industry and a O ce of Health Alcohol human resources, facilities ’94), chief operating coverage disputes under chief supply chain o cer in Weitz served as the director partner. He previously was as an intern under RMB’s istration, alternative deep knowledge of leading and Drug Education. Pre- and other strategic business o cer at Citadel LLC, general liability, directors’ February 2017. He has more of education initiatives a partner at Katten Muchin founding partner and dispute resolution, sales organizations within viously he was an assistant investments and operations. was named a 2017 Henry and o cers’ liability, and than 20 years of successful and, later, the director of LLP in the litigation de- CEO. He was promoted to and litigation. the sector. professor and the associate Crown Fellow.  e Crown all-risk insurance policies, operations and supply chain Lourdes Duarte (CMN research and evaluation for partment. Before attending partner in 2013. director for behavioral Fellowship mobilizes as well as general commer- Kerilyn Johnson (JD leadership experience. ’99) is now anchoring the the Sherwood Foundation, law school, Gonsalves Hershel Henry (EDU health policy at the Kempe Daniel Farris (BUS ’01, leaders under the age of 45 cial litigation. ’95) was promoted to new 4 p.m. newscast at as well as a research worked for the Prospect ’02) now serves as a police Sherman Neal (MBA Center for the Prevention CDM MS ’02) joined Fox to tackle the world’s most vice president, general WGN-TV in Chicago. associate at the Foley Heights Police Department officer for the City of Greg McCarthy (MBA ’97) is the founder and and Treatment of Child Rothschild LLP as co-chair intractable problems. counsel and secretary at Previously she anchored the Center for the Study of in Illinois for seven years, Killeen, Texas. ’94) was selected by owner of Aspire Ventures Abuse and Neglect at the of its data and technology Ace Hardware Corporation. 4-6 a.m. slot. Lives in Evanston, Ill. first as an officer and then Nicole Bissonnette (LAS Denver Health and LLC, which provides con- University of Colorado practice group. Farris was Jill Jene (MBA ’02) She joined the company in as a detective. ’94) and her husband, Gary Hospital Authority to serve struction and renovation School of Medicine. previously co-chair of was named senior vice 2013 as senior corporate Sanders, are the founders as CEO of Denver Health services in metropolitan 2000s Melissa Hae ner (LAS both the privacy and data president for business counsel and was promoted Linda Boasmond (CSH and chefs of Bartlett’s Medical Plan. Chicago. Prior to running Lisa Beggs (JD ’00) ’00, MA ’04) recently security and the data center development for twoXAR to assistant general counsel ’98) is president and CEO Gourmet Grill and Tavern his own business, he received the 2017 returned from the  rst and infrastructure teams at Inc., an artificial intelli- Marek Ciszewski (BUS in 2015. of Cedar Concepts, an in Beverly Shores, Ind. had a prosperous career 13th Judicial Circuit all-female expedition Polsinelli PC. gence-driven biopharma- ’95) was named managing environmentally conscious Previously, she owned Bistro Michael P. King (MBA in corporate and invest- Outstanding Pro Bono to Antarctica. She is a ceutical company based in director of Liolios Group chemical manufacturer in Stacey Kalamaras (MBA 157 in Valparaiso, Ind., for ’95) joined the Chicago ment banking. Service by a Lawyer postdoctoral researcher Palo Alto, Calif. Inc., a strategic  nancial Chicago. She is the  rst and ’01) joined the Chicago 14 years.  e couple has o ce of Hancock Capital award for exceptional for Innovative Urban communications and capital John Samaan (BUS only African American to o ce of McDonald Hopkins Matthew Mikulcik two children. Management as part of service to the Tampa Bay Transitions and Aridregion markets advisory  rm based ’97, MBA ’04) was own a chemical plant in the LLC. She will serve as coun- (CSH MS ’02) was its leveraged senior credit community. Lisa volunteers Hydro-sustainability Joseph Davoli Jr. (EDU in Newport Beach, Calif. He appointed senior vice nation. sel in the  rm’s intellectual promoted to vice president leadership team. for Crossroads for (iUTAH), a National ’94) is a member of Ceili will lead the  rm’s expanding president, head of human property department. of product marketing Daniel Braun (CSH Florida Kids, a nonpro t Science Foundation-funded Rain, a Celtic-pop band that life sciences practice. Miguela Advento (SNL resources, at Millennium for CNO Financial MS ’98) was named a » Andrew Stoltmann organization dedicated to program dedicated to Robson Kuster (MBA the  ddle player joined in MA ’96) was appointed Trust Company, a major Group Inc. in May 2017. John Crosson (MBA vice president in the (JD ’99) has assumed providing trained attorneys maintaining and improving ’01) is president and chief 2006. He and bandmate Bab corresponding secretary of provider of specialized Mikulcik joined CNO in ’95), founder and wealth advisory division of the presidency of the to represent children in water sustainability in Utah, operating o cer at Invesco Halligan recently performed Chicago’s Philippine Inde- custody solutions for advis- 2012 as director of direct president of MainStreet Wisconsin Bank & Trust, Public Investor the dependency system. at Utah State University. Mortgage Capital Inc. He at the Steeple Co ee House pendence Week Committee. ers, financial institutions, marketing and analytics, Advisors and Cambium based in Madison. Arbitration Bar Lisa is an attorney with the She also teaches several has been with the company in Syracuse, N.Y. businesses and individual and most recently held Asset Management, joined Alexander Bokich (MBA Association, an Tampa o ce of Zuckerman sociology courses. since 2002. investors. Aaron Krupp (LLM the position of senior Danica Hubbard (LAS Cedar Hill as president. ’96) was named vice international bar Spaeder LLP. ’98) was named director Nick McKeehan (BUS Michael Mastin (MBA director of marketing and MA ’94) was the recipient Crosson will continue as president and area manager Barry Schneider (MBA association of of therapeutic area policy/ William Daley (DHL ’00) was promoted to ’01) was awarded the enterprise data analytics. of a National Institute for a managing director for of Inland Home Mortgage. ’97), CEO of Galesburg attorneys who sue corporate a airs at Astellas ’00) was one of 17 former managing director of Outstanding Project Prior to joining CNO, he Staff and Organizational MainStreet and Cambium. In his position, Bokich will (Ill.) Cottage Hospital, banks and brokerage in Northbrook, Ill. He will White House chiefs of internal audit and  nancial Manager Award by the spent more than six years be responsible for growing retired, e ective May 3. fi rms that are alleged lead policy management sta interviewed by advisory at Protiviti, a glob- Chicago chapter of the at BMO Financial Group mortgage loan origination Schneider has previously to have defrauded and analysis and set policy documentary  lmmaker al consulting  rm. He is a Association of Subcon- in various leadership in the Chicagoland served as CEO at hospitals investors. His autobi- strategy and priorities for Chris Whipple for “ e certi ed public accountant, tractors and A liates in positions, most recently area. Prior to joining in Chicago, St. Louis ography, “Waging entitlement reform, quality, Gatekeepers: How the a certi ed internal auditor May 2017. A 22-year as vice president for Inland, Bokich served as a and Arizona. War on Wall Street,” BIRTHS & ADOPTIONS health care policies and White House Chiefs and a certi ed information construction industry marketing strategy and managing director at  e was published in Heather Simonsen (MBA regulations, and health of Sta De ne Every systems auditor. veteran, he works for campaign management. Private Bank. October 2017. Lynn Prindes (CSH ’92, ’97) joined the board of technology assessment. Presidency.” Leopardo and was honored David Otte (MBA Christopher Miller (JD MS ’03) welcomed her Becky Graham (SNL directors at Sanarus Tech- for the  rm’s work on the Jan Marino (CMN ’98) Rebecca Tomala (CMN Justin Faull (LAS ’00) was appointed chief ’02), who is managing daughter, Emily Ivy Anne, ’96) published “Faithful: nologies Inc., a company Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. joined AllTranstek LLC as ’99, MA ’07) was selected ’00) became director operating o cer at Bond, partner of the Chicago on April 25, 2016. An Unexpected Journey dedicated to improving the headquarters project. manager of business devel- as a judge for Pet Age’s of marketing for Local Schoeneck & King LLC. office of the law firm Kelly to Motherhood,” which treatment experience for opment. She will leverage 2017 Women of In uence Marketing Solutions Group He was formerly the chief Kronenberg, was named chronicles her experience women with early-stage more than 20 years of Awards, given to female Inc., based in Rolling administrative o cer and to the 2017 Illinois Super with infertility treatments breast cancer. Simonsen commercial railcar industry leaders in the pet care Meadows, Ill. He will be chief information o cer Lawyers list. in the context of her faith. currently serves as vice experience to identify new manufacturing or service responsible for managing at Bingham Greenebaum president of global marketing Jaime J. Olson (JD ’02) Je rey Mitchell (JD client growth opportunities industry. Tomala is vice and creating awareness Doll LLP. Patricio Aguilar (CDM MS and therapy development at has been the labor relations ’96) joined Dinsmore & and current client needs, as president and account of LMSG’s portfolio of ’09) and his wife, Jeannette, PQ Bypass Inc. Kevin Ryan (MEd ’00) officer for Region 5 of Shohl LLP in the  rm’s well as drive marketing and supervisor at Matrix marketing solutions across welcomed their son, Isaac was hired as the assistant the U.S. General Services Washington, D.C., o ce. Gina Beall (MBA ’98) communications e orts. Partners, a Chicago-based all divisions and brands. Lucas, on July 29, 2016. superintendent of teaching Administration for the past He will practice out of the was promoted to manager brand strategy and commu- Michael Petras (BUS Brandon Fox (JD ’00) and learning for North two years. She previously corporate department with of investment research at nications  rm specializing ’98) recently opened the joined Jenner & Block as a Shore (Ill.) School District worked as a labor law a speci c focus on real Savant Capital LLC in in pet product advertising, Kathleen Clair (BUS MS Antique Textile Museum in partner in its Los Angeles 112. For the past  ve years, specialist for the Federal estate matters. April 2017. She also chairs public relations, design and ’08) and her husband, Ron, Gulfport, Fla., which show- o ce, where he is part of the Ryan has served as director Aviation Administration the Savant Investment strategy. In 2015, Tomala » Diana Bowman welcomed their son, Luke Patrick Owens (JD ’96), cases his vast collection of investigations, compliance of 21st-century learning, and then served as a Committee. A certi ed received Pet Age’s 40 Under (LAS ’02) was Asher, on May 9, 2017. a partner at Di Monte & textiles, including antique and defense practice. curriculum and instruction human resources manager investment management 40 award. promoted to partner Luke joins big brothers Lizak LLC, was appointed rugs, artifacts, photos and Previously, he was chief in Kildeer Countryside for the Chicago Air Route analyst, she joined Savant at Schi Hardin LLP Tyler, Andrew and Dylan. to the board of directors vintage clothing from his Marla Weeg (MEd ’99) of the public corruption School District 96. Ryan Traffic Control Center in in April 2010. in the fi rm’s Chicago of ATG Trust Company, travels. received the 2017 Silver and civil rights section of joined that district in 2007 o ce. Bowman Aurora, Ill.

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Christine Parks (JD of New York, located in opment, with expertise leasing and tax credit Michael Greco (BUS Maria Rubino (BUS team, she previously was Spotlight ’02) was named senior Long Island City. She has in restructuring and transactions, primarily ’06) was named vice ’06) opened Luxe Bridal assistant volleyball coach vice president and chief worked in postsecondary performance improvement. in the renewable president and principal of Rack in Chicago’s Logan and recruiting coordinator operating office of education for more than energy sector. Slayton Search Partners, Square neighborhood. for the University of fter years as a fan of clas- Jake Wall (LAS MA ’04) Attorneys’ Title Guaranty a decade. an international executive Rubino’s shop features Illinois at Chicago. While sic Hollywood movies, was selected as one of the Juan Rodriguez (SNL A (ATG) Fund Inc. She has search company. Previous- high-end wedding gowns there, Yopchick received a Candice-Marie Savino San Francisco Business ’05) was recently hired as Margaret Redlich (CMN MA obtained the designations ly, he worked for executive at discount prices. 30 Under 30 Award from (CDM ’03) joined Trunk Times’ 40 Under 40. Wall a residential loan officer ’15) found the cinematic love of Illinois title professional search firms Crist|Kolder the American Volleyball Club as its new vice is the co-founder and in the Glendale, Wis., Jonathan Shore (BUS from the Illinois Land Associates and Korn Ferry Coaches Association. of her life—Shah Rukh Khan, president of engineering. creative lead for his JAKE office of Bank Mutual. He ’06) joined Wells Fargo Title Association and International. He began his star of the fi rst Hindi fi lm that She has more than 14 fashion brand. He also has more than 28 years of Advisors of Ocala, Fla., Renita Young (CMN national title professional career at Aon Corporation, years of experience across serves as an instructor in experience in the banking as a financial advisor. ’07), a fellow of the made a powerful impression from the American Land where he played a key a variety of industries the fashion department of and mortgage industry. Previously he was a Reuters-National Associ- on her, “Dilwale Dulhania Le Title Association. Sparks role in implementing and companies, including the Fashion Institute of financial advisor with ation of Black Journalists is a frequent speaker for Claudio Sgobba (BUS an internal executive Jayenge” (1995). It wasn’t Groupon, WMS Gaming Design & Merchandising Edward Jones Investments. (NABJ) program, joined ATG legal education ’05, MBA ’08) joined recruitment function. love at fi rst sight, however. and IBM. in San Francisco and the Chicago bureau of Re- and other groups within Holliday Fenoglio Fowler Robert Ciura (BUS ’07), advocates for bringing Christopher Hackett uters. Previously she was a In her new book, “Don’t Call the real estate and title Glenn Davis (THE ’04) LP as a director focused on an equity analyst, joined clothing manufacturing (JD ’06) was promoted web producer for WBBM’s It Bollywood: An Introduction insurance industries. joined Chicago’s Step- debt and equity placements Wyatt Investment Research back to the city. to senior director at the combined TV and radio penwolf Theatre in May for transactions in the in April 2015. He writes to the Hindi Film Universe” Iris Chavira (CSH Property Casualty Insurers website, CBSChicago.com. as a permanent ensemble Lisa Bucciarelli-Carlos United Kingdom and articles about dividend (Annorlunda Books, 2016), ’03, JD ’07) received the Association of America. She is secretary of her local member. He previously (EdD ’05) was appointed Western Europe. During stocks in various sectors Hispanic National Bar Hackett serves as a public NABJ chapter. Redlich writes that she was very disappointed in Khan’s fi rst appeared there in “The principal of Abraham his career, Sgobba has for investment research Association Top Lawyers policy expert on property appearance. “He is coming out of a rugby scrum, in the rain, and Christians” and “The Lincoln Elementary held senior positions at companies, including Jamie Carlstone (LAS Under 40 Award in insurance issues. He Brother/Sister Plays.” School, Oak Park, Ill., Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.,  e Motley Fool and ’08) received the 2017 he looks terrible!” All that changed later in the fi lm: “There is this 2017. She is an assistant recently appeared on ABC effective July 1, 2017. Standard Chartered Bank Seeking Alpha. First Step Award, a Wiley corporation counsel Mustafa Duzdag (LAS Miami to discuss travel moment where his face changes, he shakes his head and he walks and the property arm of Professional Development with the City of Chicago MA ’04) is now working Will Davis (THE ’05) insurance and was quoted Kelly Cruse (SNL ’07) away. … I was sitting in my seat, in tears, feeling everything at once.” Sovereign Wealth Funds of Grant presented by the Department of Law, where at John Carroll University is now the artistic director in a New York Times story is managing director Dubai, Nakheel. Association for Library From then on, Redlich was a Hindi fi lm junkie. “Indian fi lms she defends city employees in Cleveland as a visiting of Chicago’s American on insurance coverage for and analyst at Collections & Technical made me go back to college,” she laughs. “I thought that if I and the City of Chicago in scholar/professor in the Theater Company (ATC). Ryan Taylor (JD ’05) drones. McDonnell Investment Services at the American civil rights lawsuits in state English department. The first ATC show under was promoted to partner at Management LLC. went to grad school, I could learn how to watch and learn about Library Association’s and federal court. She also his direction, “Men on Tressler LLP. movies.” The title of her book also came from her experiences as Suzae K. Johnson (BUS John R. Terpstra III (JD annual conference in is treasurer for the Hispanic Boats,” ran Jan. 6-Feb. 12. MS ’04) is the director Jennifer Bunker (LAS ’07) was named chair of the June. Carlstone is an a DePaul media and cinema studies student. “One other person Lawyers Association of He also directed William of accounting at WBEZ ’06) joined Reilly Law new business law section of e-serials bibliographic was studying Indian fi lm, and most other people didn’t know Illinois (HLAI), serves on Inge’s Pulitzer Prize- Chicago. In her role, she Office. She has worked the Lake County Bar Associ- control specialist at the the board of directors for winning play “Picnic,” which much about it,” she says. “Most of the Indian fi lm industry goes leads the accounting and in the Illinois Valley legal ation. He is a partner in the University of Illinois at HLAI Charities and was ran March 17-April 23. back more than 100 years, and the Bombay fi lms in Hindi are the financial reporting of community for the past Schererville, Ind., o ce of Urbana-Champaign. just appointed to DePaul’s Chicago Public Media. Zachary Hillard (MBA seven years handling many Hinshaw & Culbertson. national fi lm industry. The term ‘Bollywood’ relates Hindi fi lms to Alumni Engagement Board. James Dudek (MBA ’08) She was previously with ’05) was promoted litigation-related matters Hollywood movies, but as somehow lesser.” Susan Trieschmann was named vice president Christina Podraza the National Restaurant to chief investment including contests, (SNL ’07) was honored of asset revitalization and Redlich enjoys being part of the enormous community of (MEd ’03) is the assistant Association as its director officer for Busey Wealth property tax appeals, as a distinguished alumna manufacturing excellence people who love Hindi fi lms. “I’ve introduced dozens of people principal at the Hawthorne of financial reporting and Management. Hillard breach of contract and » Porschia Nkansa by Oakton Community at the United States Steel and Lincoln elementary assistant controller. has worked for Busey for personal injury claims. to Indian movies, and I’m trying to re-create that experience in (BUS ’06) earned a College in May 2017. Corporation. Dudek has schools in the Elmhurst nearly a decade, serving She also clerked for book form,” she says. “My hope is that reading this book will help Katherine Layton PhD in accounting She founded Curt’s Cafe been with the company (Ill.) School District 205. as managing director of Justice Robert Carter (CMN ’04, MA ’06) from the University in Evanston, Ill., where for 20 years and most people become more open-minded and watch them.” fixed income and most of the Third District Lesly Marban (MBA was promoted to senior of Memphis in 2016. she provides workforce recently served as manag- recently as interim CIO. Appellate Court. ’03) was promoted from community liaison of the Her dissertation was and life-skills training for ing director of strategic He is a Chartered Financial senior vice president to Oakland County (Mich.) Nate Collins (MST ’06) awarded the Michael at-risk youth. Previously, planning and support Analyst charterholder and chief marketing officer of board of commissioners. joined Armanino LLP as a J. Barrett Doctoral she was head of catering with responsibility for The a member of the CFA Trish McGill (JD ’08) Medline, a medical supply She will be responsible consulting partner to lead Dissertation Grant at Chicago’s Pump Room Carnegie Way transfor- professor of public Society of Chicago. Hillard was promoted to counsel company. Marban joined for managing the media the  rm’s CFO advisory from the Institute of and founder of Food for mation and engineering, relations and network- was also among the 40 and director, government the company in 2011 relations, communications services practice. He joins Internal Auditors. She Thought, the third-largest as well as support for ing for Grand Canyon Under 40 in Champaign affairs for United Airlines. and developed customer and community outreach Armanino after 12 years at is an assistant caterer in Chicagoland. the company’s corporate University's Colangelo County named by The She also is the chair of engagement strategies that efforts of the board of BDO, most recently serving professor of account- strategy activities. College of Business. News-Gazette’s Central Barbi Trout Chisholm the Illinois Access to Civil helped Medline grow by commissioners and its as the lead partner for ing at California Illinois Business magazine. (MEd ’07) was named Mae Jemison (DHL ’08) Justice Council. more than 11 percent. members. Layton joined BDO’s transaction advisory State University in Christopher Mannelli assistant principal of is one of the judges for the the board of commis- Patrick Jessee (CSH ’05) services practice for the Los Angeles. Tom Willerer (LAS MA (THE ’09) is executive John Mueller (JD ’03) Humphrey Middle School Bayer-Big Ten Alka-Rocket sioners in March 2015 as was hired as the hazardous Western United States. ’08) is chief product o cer director of Geva  eatre recently joined Lippes in Bolingbrook, Ill. She Challenge, an out-of- community liaison. materials training manager Courtney O’Neill at Coursera, the world’s Center in Boston. Mathias Wexler Friedman Ryann Fretschel (CMN previously served as an this-world competition for the Northeastern Illi- (THE ’06) received the largest online learning LLP, a law firm based in Sally Szumlas (CSH ’06) recently released two educator and administrator to design and launch an Rita Mannelli (CMN nois Public Safety Training 2017 Michael Maggio platform. He previously Buffalo, N.Y., as a partner. MS ’04) was named chief singles, “Don’t Make Me at a junior high school in Alka-Rocket that will » Monique Joseph ’09) is executive director Academy in Glenview, Ill. Emerging Designer Award served as the vice president His third son Broderick operating officer of the Choose” and “Welcome to Riverside, Ill. attempt to set the first-ever (CMN ’09, LAS MS ’16) at Nazareth College Arts for her ingenious scenic of innovation at Net ix, (“Brock”) was born on American Osteopathic Katarzyna Levecke Reality.” Her first record, Guinness World Records wrote “I Did It, I Did Center in Boston. designs for the city’s tiniest Ellen Yopchick (EDU where he was responsible May 30. Association. Szumlas is (LAS ’05, JD ’08) joined “The Detours EP,” was title for highest launch It,” the fi rst in a series storefront stages as well ’07) was named head var- for setting the vision and a board-certified clinical the Chicago office of released two years ago by of an Alka-Rocket. The of children’s picture Aqueelah Muhammad as its most prestigious sity girls volleyball coach managing the teams respon- 2010s nurse executive with more Sheppard, Mullin, Richter nonprofit recording studio challenge is open to teams books that incorpo- (CSH ’03) is a senior regional houses. She for St. Laurence High sible for product marketing, Lauren Chibe (JD ’10) than 20+ of experience & Hampton LLP. She Idle Tuesdays. She and of students from each of rates cultural diversity academic advisor at teaches at DePaul and at School in Burbank, Ill. messaging, and social and is an associate at Conni in management and concentrates her practice her husband, Mat, live in the 14 universities in the to enrich growth and LaGuardia Community Northwestern University. Three-time captain of the individual pro les. Law O ces in Chicago. She organizational devel- on commercial lending, Los Angeles. Big Ten Conference. development. She is College, City University DePaul women’s volleyball now an adjunct represents clients on divorce,

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paternity and other family law Milwaukee Area Science operations of Compass Dakarai Turner (CMN Symphony Orchestra, the ville and general manager has been a linchpin of the than 15 years’ experience American Song Contest.  e matters, including custody Advocates. Schroeder Lexecon, a global economic ’13) joined Fox 32 in program prepares young at CTI Cleveland. Chicago theatre community. working in diverse trio’s progressive original and visitation disputes, child also published the consulting  rm providing Chicago in May as a general musicians for a career in a Artists such as Hannibal industries, including  nance, music draws on old-time, Robin Wagner (JD ’14) support, maintenance, prop- memoir “atheoryof.me,” an expert analysis to law station reporter. He was professional orchestra. Buress and T.J. Miller have consulting and private bluegrass and folk elements. joined the law  rm Pitt erty division and extensive all-digital release available  rms, corporations and most recently a reporter performed at the theatre. higher education. Kevin Powers (MEd ’14) McGehee Palmer & Rivers Anthony Galanti asset valuation, orders of on Amazon Kindle. government clients. at WMAR-TV, the ABC is the new superintendent in Royal Oak, Mich., in Kevin Kasjanski (LAS ’15) Rachel Werner (JD ’15) (BUS ’16) joined Live protection, legal separation, a liate in Baltimore, Rahel Williams (LAS MS Jacquelyn Santo (BUS for Catholic Community June 2017. is now lead CDO analyst of is an associate attorney at Marketing, a trade show grandparent visitation, and and WLTX-TV, the CBS ’11) and her sister founded ’12) is a travel adviser and Schools in St. Cloud, the global corporate trust Hymson Goldstein Pantiliat and event creative agency postdivorce issues. a liate in Columbia, S.C. Gianluca Buttice (SNL ILAVA, which means “it can franchise owner of Cruise Minn. Previously he was services department of US & Lohr PLLC in Phoenix. based in Evanston, Ill., as a ’15) founded Madrelingua Christopher Cook be done” in Hindi, in 2016. Planners/American Express Anthony Zediker (MUS principal of St. Margaret of Bank in Chicago. relationship manager. Italiana, a language learning Jim Alexander (CMN MA (JD ’10) joined the  e online clothing company in Chicago. Santo works ’13) is a faculty member, a Scotland School in Chicago and travel service based Michael Noll (JD ’15) ’16) is one of the founders Stephanie Wade (CMN Hawley Troxell law  rm employs women in Tanzania with clients all over the pianist and music director for four years. » Jeannie Andresen in Chicago, in 2017. is chief of operations and of the Chicago Independent ’16) joined the Good in Boise, Idaho. and Kenya, providing them country with travel needs, at the Colburn School, the (CMN ’11) is the Rebekah Roller (CMN Previously, he taught Italian garage manager at Gearhead Film Critics Circle. He Morning Indiana team. with income for education, such as air, hotel, transporta- American Musical and Dra- Max Elliott (JD ’10) director of internship ’14) joined Washington at Language Loop and Workspace, a do-it-yourself has been a sta writer at She previously reported for uniforms and transportation. tion and travel protection. matic Arts Academy, Loyola was named a 2017 Rising development for University in St. Louis Berlitz and interpreted for maintenance shop and  eMovieBlog.com since WNWO in Toledo, Ohio. She was inspired to create Marymount University Star by Super Lawyers and Northwestern Mutual- Dana Smith (EdD ’12) as the full-time assistant business clients. educational center for car 2014 and at  e Young the company during her and the Glorya Kaufman Danielle Church (CMN admitted to the National Chicago. In her role, was appointed superin- women’s soccer coach. enthusiasts that opened Folks since 2016. He is the graduate study-abroad School of Dance, and is Jack Gu ey (CDM ’15) ’17) has joined the news Black Lawyers Top 100 Andresen expands tendent of Flossmoor May 17, 2017, in Chicago’s U.S.  lm and entertainment program in Kenya. a visiting accompanist at Sean Vietti (MBA has published “Ärynnhart,” team at KVRR-TV in organization. In addition, the company’s (Ill.) School District 161, Bridgeport neighborhood. reporter for BBC’s 5 Live the Los Angeles Opera. He ’14) was named general his  rst novel.  e work Fargo, N.D., as a multime- she was appointed as an presence on Chicago- Keisha Hampton (CMN e ective July 1, 2017. radio show. was the musical director manager of the Romeoville, was released in June 2017 Tramaine Wells (SNL dia journalist. American Bar Foundation area campuses, ’12), who played forward Previously she was assistant for “Cabaret” at the Lex Ill., location of Chicago as an e-book. ’15) was appointed systems Elias Broxham (MUS Fellow and to the Chicago recruits and develops for the Blue Demons’ superintendent for early Jessica January (CMN  eatre in Los Angeles Tube & Iron (CTI). Vietti analyst of Northwestern ’16), Elizabeth Weitnauer Bar Association’s Trust Law program participants, women’s basketball team, childhood and elementary Samuel Haines (THE ’15) ’17), an outstanding through June 2017. has held various positions University’s human resources (MUS ’16) and Owen Executive Committee. and manages a team was acquired by the education for Woodstock joined the Gorilla Tango member of DePaul’s women’s at CTI, including inside information technology Burton (MUS ’16), who DePaul Law Career Services of campus recruiters Chicago Sky from the (Ill.) Community Unit Imtenan Almubarak  eatre last summer as the basketball team, was drafted and outside sales, sales group, where he develops formed the acoustic band also recognized her for and adviser leaders. Minnesota Lynx. School District 200. (CDM ’14) was granted a production and operations in the third round of the manager, assistant general and builds enterprise Ask Your Folks in 2013, were her pro bono work with method and device patent manager. For more than 2017 WNBA Draft by the Becca Heitz (CMN ’12)  omas Vitogiannis (BUS manager at CTI Romeo- applications. He has more  nalists in the 2016 Great law students. Her law for instant ice usage. a decade, Gorilla Tango Connecticut Sun. was in the ensemble and ’12, JD ’16) has joined the o ce provides estate and understudied for two roles Chicago-based law  rm Nicolas Colombat business planning services in  e Cuckoo’s  eater Sarno & Baccash, where (MUS ’14) was a featured to the LGBTQ community, Project’s “Language of he will focus his practice performer at the April 23 African-American profes- Angels” at Redtwist  eatre on obtaining favorable ad Springtime Musicale in sionals and female small in Chicago.  e show ran valorem real estate taxes for Arlington, Mass. Colombat, IN MEMORIAM S. Dadas (BUS ’52) » John (BUS ’60) »  omas P. (JD ’71) » Stephen A. Ladd Martha A. Naber (BUS ’88) business owners. Feb. 15-March 26. properties located in and a pianist, completed his B. Gragnola (BUS ’52) » Tahany (LAS ’60) » Helen Jr. (BUS ’71) » Lascelles A. » Maria M. Perez-Laubhan Eric Iberri (LAS MA outside of Illinois. master’s degree from the Lord, we commend Stanley A. Kropen (BUS ’52) C. Buoscio (MEd ’61) » I. Mitchell Sr. (CSH ’71) » (LAS ’88) » Peggy Stevens Katelyn Kormann (CMN ’10) was promoted to New England Conservatory to you the souls of » Jeanne E. McDonough Robert W. Dudley (JD ’62) » Rosemary B. Vogt (CSH MS (SNL MA ’92) » Melissa MA ’12) is now a morning Miguel Ayala (LAS senior technical writer at in May 2017. our dearly departed. (CSH ’52) » Louise G. Joan M. Raymond (LAS ’62) ’71) » David M. Borus (LAS Bradley (LAS ’93) » Paula reporter for Fox 2 News in ’13) is now director of SpaceX (Space Exploration In your mercy and Miller (BUS ’52) » Camille » Godfrey R. Vlach (BUS MA ’72) » Kiernan Hayes L. Bilton (LAS ’94, JD ’98) St. Louis, Mo. She joined communications for Erica Hale (MAC ’14) Technologies Corp.). He love, grant them Oliver-Ho mann (JD ’52) ’62, MBA ’66, MST ’74) » (BUS ’72) » Rev.  omas » Anna Chapman (LAS » Ashley Brazil (LAS the station in September Excelencia in Education was hired as forensic has been at the company for eternal peace. » Harry D. Serantoni (BUS Romona H. Bonner (CSH C. Anslow, C.M. (LAS MA MA ’96, JD ’05) » Annetta ’11) is one of the recip- 2014 as a producer and in Washington, D.C. analyst and investigative about three years and works ’52) » Charles F. Veselits ’63) » Peter J. Sobel (CSH ’73, LAS MA ’76) » Gerald Fountain (BUS ’99) » Ilona ients of the Windy backpack reporter. In Excelencia is a nonpro t accountant for Forensic with the manufacturing en- Alumni (BUS ’52, MBA ’58) » Mary ’63, MS ’65) » Fr. Kurt A. D. Grimmonpre (BUS ’73) A. Monashevich-Goodman City Times 30 Under January 2016, Kormann think tank focused on Strategic Solutions, based gineering group for launch Lillian M. Stan (BUS CER E. McKeown (LAS MS ’53) Spengler (LAS ’63) » Richard » Vernon W. Meier (BUS (CDM ’00) » Matthew M. 30 Awards, which was promoted to supervis- Latino student success in in Birmingham, Ala. She vehicle assembly. SpaceX ’40) » Mary G. Norman » Charles J. Pentis (JD ’53) C. Dunsay (JD ’64) » ’73) » E. Lawrence Old eld Chraca (BUS ’06) » Daniel J. honor LGBT individu- ing producer and launched higher education. works with litigation designs, manufactures and (BUS CER ’42) » Nancy » Albert Rus (BUS ’53) » Charles J. Sindelar Jr. (JD ’64) (JD ’73) » Robert D. Powell Palumbo (LAS ’09) » Alvin als and allies for the 11 p.m. newscast. consulting  rms and launches advanced rockets Brad Eidmann (BUS ’13) R. Prange (LAS ’43) » Alice James T. Ryan (BUS ’53) » » Peter J. Sgarbossa (CSH (BUS ’73) » Arthur D. James Golin (DHL ’12) » Lauren substantial contribu- national businesses in and spacecraft. Anna Lozoya (JD ’12) has been selected into the M. Tondryk Jr. (LAS ’43) » Vincent T. Brand (CSH ’54) ’65) » Rev. Joseph J. Paradiso (LAS MA ’75) » Joan I. A. Schlueter (LAS MA ’12) » tions to the Chicago- the areas of dispute and received the Hispanic inaugural class of Wells Far- Gloria I. Clark (LAS ’44) » » William T. Dibella Sr. (JD (MEd ’66) » Patricia A. Soma Norek (JD ’75) »  omas Kevin Yndestad (SNL ’14) » Anthony Molino (MEd land LGBT communi- litigation consulting. Hale National Bar Association go Wealth Management’s Lillian Marcus (JD ’44) » ’54) » Dorine L. Stefani Geary (EDU ’66) » Sr. Elaine H. McNichols Jr. (BUS ’76) Tyler J. Wilcosky (LAS ’15) ’10) is regional director ty. Brazil is the senior earned her fraud examiner (HNBA) Top Lawyers Private Banker program. Frances M. Murphy (MUS (BUS CER ’54) » John J. Wojcik, B.V.M. (LAS ’66) » » Richard L. Gunden (LAS of sales for the City of career specialist of certi cation in 2004. Under 40 Award for 2017. Brad works to develop ’45) » Mary E. Smego (BUS Klob (BUS ’55) » Raymond Carl R. Frey (CSH MA ’67) MS ’77) » Elena J. Shapiro Friends Baltimore. He is responsible Chicago House, where She is in-house counsel custom credit solutions for Andrew Janak (MM CER ’46) » Jacquelyn D. J. Lessner (LAS ’55) » Emil » William J. L’Orange (CSH Hill (CSH ’77) » Paul M. Irfan I. Badr » Susan F. for booking convention she works with HIV- for a real estate investment high net worth families ’14) is a graduate teaching Berger (LAS ’47) » Anne J. Dorcak (BUS ’56) » James ’67) » Michael R. Gorski Sr. Ward (LAS ’77) » Ronald Bennett » Drotha Bruno sales business and handling a ected, transgender  rm in Chicago and also and individuals, and full assistant at the University F. Pawlowski (LAS ’47) » Porzio (BUS ’56) » Helen M. (BUS ’68) » William J. Healy J. Goebel (BUS ’78) » Paul » Sr. Josephine Cusimano, solicitation of citywide and and gender noncon- recently became of counsel balance sheet solutions for of Nebraska-Lincoln, Edward S. Szmyd (LAS ’47) » Hennessy (MEd ’57) » Leo (LAS ’68) » George J. Lykos R. Nylander (MBA ’78) » D.C. » Charles P. Doyle in-house convention groups forming people, and to Michael V. Favia & family o ces. responsible for hands-on Ralph L. Konze (LAS ’49) » E. Hennessy (MEd ’57) » (LAS ’68, JD ’70) » Rev. Martin M. Auz (SNL ’79) » » Kristine O. Garrigan for Visit Baltimore. those with disabilities Associates. Lozoya is the teaching of undergraduate Eileen M. Milch (LAS ’49) » Howard Witt (GSD CER ’57, William B. Moriarty, C.M. Susan A. Macak (CSH ’79) » Kathleen Jarzab » to enhance their Kristen Geil (LAS MA Marissa Pellegrini (CMN recording secretary of music groups and helping Charles J. Mueller (LAS ’49, GSD CER ’67) »  e Hon. (LAS MA ’68) » Edward J. » Timothy J. Murphy (JD Ronald Koziel » Rev. Barry economic self- ’13) is a digital content ’10) joined KIP, a multifam- the Hispanic Lawyers to coordinate events put on MS ’50) » Helen L. Plachek Roger A. Benson (JD ’58) » Roman Jr. (LAS ’68) » Leslie ’79) » Gerald E. Sikora (SNL Moriarty, C.M. » J. Irwin su ciency and writer and blogger at ily brokerage  rm based in Association of Illinois, by the Glenn Kor School (LAS ’49) » A. Raymond Sr. Ellen P. Cotone (MUS ’58, A. Sass (BUS ’68) » Dianne ’80) » Maryjane L. Liang Peters » Milton D. Shulman improve their Digital  ird Coast. Chicago, as sales director. health outcomes. Region IX deputy president of Music. Schwaller (BUS ’49) » Joseph MM ’58) » Robert W. Smith M. Finnegan Wilson (MUS (LAS MA ’81) » William J. » Jimmy L. Sorensen » of HNBA, and a council Jason Gullett (JD ’13) J. Lach Jr. (BUS ’50) » James (LAS MA ’58) » Roy J. ’69) » Sr. Susanne Kullowitch Deevy (JD ’82) » Anthony Marilyn K. Wolf Moriah Stephenson (LAS Joshua Jones (MUS member of the Health Law joined Frontier Title & J. Louvar (CSH ’50, MS ’55) Hammond (JD ’59) » Ralph (EDU ’69) » Betty J. Latham J. Bruno Jr. (LAS MS ’83) » ’10), who performs under Casey Schroeder (CDM ’14), a percussionist, was Committee of the Illinois Closing Service as in-house » Jack P. Prybylski (BUS ’50) W. Heinze (LAS MA ’59) (EDU ’69) » Harold G. Patricia M. Morrey (LAS ’83) Editor’s Note: Due to space the stage name Sun Riah, MS ’11) recently discussed named a fellow of the EQT State Bar Association. counsel. He provides guid- » Robert J. Schafer (BUS ’50) » Daniel A. Leo (CSH ’59) Goldsmith (LAS ’70) » John » Aliette Nunez (BUS ’85) limitations, this memorial list gave a harp performance how his diagnosis of Orchestra Training Program ance with real estate title » Henry J. Gransee (BUS » Diane McDermott (LAS D. McGrath (MBA ’70) » » James A. Hubbard (MBA includes only those alumni and at Resonator Arts Space in schizoa ective disorder Robert Paul (JD ’12) for African American search and examination to ’51) » Sr. Madeline Portner, ’59) » Patricia E. Mullin  omas P. O’Reilly (BUS ’70) ’86) » Margery A. Shinners friends our o ces have con rmed Norman, Okla., on Feb. informs his scienti c was promoted to executive Musicians. Created in ensure smooth transactions S.C.C. (LAS ’51) » Rosemary (JD ’59) » Gilberta M. Trani » Scott J. Richardson (BUS (CMN ’87) » Patricia have passed away since the 21, 2017. thought process with the director,  nance and 2007 by the Pittsburgh of property sales. Wyatt (LAS ’51) » Donald (CSH ’59) » Paul J. Reibman ’70, JD ’74) » John S. Hayes I. Fischer (MBA ’88) » previous issue was printed.

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» Summer Boat Cruises tours of the in eld, dugouts and press Special University DePaul and Archives Collections Alumni hit the water on two di erent box.  e Lincoln Park Conservatory boat cruises this summer. A few served as the setting for another private weeks after graduating, the Class of tour, where alumni explored the Alfred 2017 joined fellow alumni on the Caldwell Lily Pool and learned about Young Alumni Fireworks Cruise, the behind-the-scenes botanical work where they took in great views of the that keeps a conservatory running. skyline and a magni cent  reworks Katherine Boukidis (BUS ’16) and Maia McBurney (BUS ’16) in Stockholm display. In August, alumni learned Gospel Brunch » At the House how Chicago became the city it is of Blues in September, alumni today on the Architecture Boat Tour. came together for the world-famous Gospel Brunch. Prominent Chicago The Summer Tours » In July 2016, the musicians performed traditional World Series Champion Chicago Cubs gospel classics and contemporary hosted DePaul alumni for a special tour songs, while alumni enjoyed an all- of Wrigley Field. Alumni experienced you-can-eat brunch bu et and joined Mission exclusive on- eld access, as well as in with the interactive performance. Continues Photo by DePaul University/Maria Toscano University/Maria DePaul by Photo

enerous gifts from members of the DePaul Board of DePaul’s Vincentian legacy to new generations of students. She or Trustees have created an endowed chair in honor of the he will contribute to the Vincentian Studies Institute’s scholarship, Diana Susanto (SNL ’12) on the island Jen Bruno (BUS ’95) hiking in Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., who stepped down programming, scholarly publications and international outreach. of Bora Bora in French Polynesia Snowmass, Colo. G Upcoming Events from the presidency of DePaul in June and assumed the role of Finally, the scholar will continue his or her own Vincentian research university chancellor. e Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider Chair in and publications. e Rev. Edward Udovic, C.M. (LAS ’76), senior NOVEMBER Vincentian Studies solidi es the university’s place as the premier executive for university mission, secretary of the university and 9 New York City Alumni 1 Faculty Speaking Chapter Holiday Brunch » international center for the study of St. Vincent de Paul and the vice president for teaching and learning resources, says, “No other Engagement: How to New York City worldwide impact of the charism he created. Fr. Holtschneider Vincentian university has such an endowed chair.” Develop Strong, Valuable 9 Southern California Alumni promoted the ongoing integration of Vincentian and Catholic e campaign to establish the chair was led by university Trustee Relationships in the Chapter Holiday Brunch » identity and values into the university’s mission during his presidency. Gerald Beeson (BUS ’94). Other members of the committee were Workplace » Oak Brook, Ill. Long Beach, Calif . Trustees Jim Jenness (BUS ’69, MBA ’71), Karen Atwood (MBA 4 Cycling Class at The Ray » Registration dates vary. Please ’82) and Jack Greenberg (BUS ’64, JD ’68, DHL ’99). e campaign Chicago visit alumni.depaul.edu/events 7 Margarita & Sangria Tasting The Holtschneider chair was begun with a $1 million gift from the Western Province of for more information. at Latinicity » Chicago the Vincentians. will help shape DePaul’s Over the past 20 years, DePaul has become the premier international DECEMBER center for Vincentian studies. During that time, DePaul’s O ce of SAVE THE DATE leadership in Vincentian studies 9 Washington, D.C., Alumni Mission and Values and its Vincentian Studies Institute have built Chapter Holiday Brunch » for decades to come. Washington, D.C. BLUE DEMON DAY unparalleled library, archives and special collections resources. e 9 Arizona Alumni Chapter February 24, 2018 university has invested heavily in these e orts. e Holtschneider Sta member Kelsey Schagemann Terrence Hayden (MBA ’75) and Holiday Brunch » e Holtschneider chair will help develop the Vincentian studies chair will help shape DePaul’s leadership in Vincentian studies for at Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro Thomas Briatico (MBA ’75) in Las Vegas Scottsdale, Ariz. curriculum within the Catholic studies department, extending decades to come.

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Looking Back DePaul Record Club

DePaul University Photographs: “Organizations—Record Club, 1949,” DePaul University Special Collections and Archives

In 1949, DePaul’s new Record Club had big plans for holding bop concerts, developing discographies and expanding their international group of recorded music afi cionados (one member resided in Adelaide, Australia). Despite their strong start, it was not meant to be. By February 1950, the DePaulia was asking, “Whatever happened to the Record Club?”