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New Beginnings A president, a passion, a plan The Class of 2013 Celebrating the 164th Commencement Rekindling Friendships Reunion 2013 Lawrence From the president 2 New Beginnings Summer 2013 Vol. 93, Number 3 4 New Beginnings for New Students 6 New Faces New Places

The Class of 2013 Art Director 8 Liz Boutelle 12 Getting Connected Associate Vice President of communications Craig Gagnon ’76 14 Looking at Life through the Filmmaker’s Lens Editor Marti Gillespie Dear Lawrentians, 16 Re-imagining Liberal Education Graphic Designer Hitting an Historic High Note Tammy Wagner 20 Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho once wrote, “If you’re brave talents and perspectives that Vice president for Alumni, enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” will be a wonderful addition Cultural Immersion Garnished with Opera: Development and Communications 22 to the fabric of the Lawrence Studying Abroad in Vienna Cal Husmann This has been an especially fitting statement as I make my community. Joining eight transition to Lawrence. As poignant as it was to say goodbye newly tenured faculty are Photography Reunion 2013 24 to friends and colleagues at Princeton University, the welcome two new tenure-track faculty Myat Lin Aung, Liz Boutelle, Adam Breseman ’14, I have received from members of the Lawrence community members in the biology and Ken Cobb Photography, Rachel Crowl, Empire Photography, 34 A Fond Farewell Austin Federa ’13, Kathrine Handford, William Kapinski, M.C. has been truly heartwarming. New beginnings are the norm chemistry departments, as for me these days as I travel to meet alumni and friends of well as a pair of Lawrence Kinney Photography, Dolores Howse, Emma Moss ’14, Battling His Brain Barbara J. Stack, Thompson Photo Imagery, Joe Vanden Acker, 44 the college, walk the campus, and find my way around the Fellows in ceramics and John von Dorn, Paul Wilke Fox Valley. philosophy. Lawrence also Remembering Professor Chaney 52 welcomed Warnaco executive Writers This issue of Lawrence is filled with examples of new beginnings Martha Olson ’77 to the Ken Anselment, Adam Breseman ’14, Dave Burrows, Mark Burstein, Marti Gillespie, Camilla Grove ’13, as well. It was not that long ago that the members of the Class board of trustees at its Jared Marchant ’13, Rick Peterson, Christopher R. Skinner ’13, Departments of 2013 gathered on Main Hall Green for Commencement. I am spring meeting. Joe Vanden Acker confident that you join me in wishing these graduates success 1 From the President as they begin their careers, graduate school or other phases Before closing I want to take For change of address of their lives. Commencement also provided one of many a moment to pay tribute to Alumni and Constituency Engagement 36 Inside Lawrence opportunities to celebrate an honorary member of this class, Curtis Tarr, our 12th president, 711 E Boldt Way Jill Beck, and I join the Lawrence community in wishing her well. who died a few weeks ago, Appleton WI 54911-5626 Faculty Achievements 42 as well as Professor William 920-832-6549 [email protected] 46 Locker Room Notes These young graduates will always treasure the lasting bonds Chaney, both of whom are they have forged with classmates and their professors. As eulogized within. Lately, there has been much debate about To submit ideas 48 LUAA I participated in my first Lawrence and Milwaukee-Downer the impact of a liberal arts education on the individual and on Lawrence alumni magazine Reunion it was clear how important these relationships are the world. President Tarr’s accomplishments in the academy, Communications 50 Distinguished Alumni both for the alumni—whether one was celebrating a 10th or government and business clearly illustrate the vibrancy of our 711 E Boldt Way a 50th Reunion—and for the faculty invited by these classes. enterprise. Professor Chaney’s original mind and dedication Class Notes Appleton WI 54911-5626 54 It is always moving to hear the stories alumni share about to teaching have enriched the culture of this university and 920-832-6593 64 The Big Picture “their” Lawrence. It was a weekend filled with reconnections, changed the lives of countless Lawrentians. I hope you will join [email protected] reminiscences and the making of new memories. For me, me in celebrating their lives and the lasting impact they have Opinions expressed in this magazine do not necessarily Reunion provided an opportunity to meet a thousand members had on our university. represent Lawrence University policy. On the Cover: President Mark Burstein enjoys Reunion 2013. of our wonderful community. Lawrence, as you would expect, has always been an innovator Lawrence alumni magazine (USPS 012-683) is published At Reunion we also celebrated Tom ’61 and Julie Hurvis’ ’62 when it comes to a liberal arts education. This was one of the three times a year by the Lawrence University Office of generous investment in film studies with the opening of the many reasons I was drawn to the college. I am honored to be Communications. Non-profit postage paid atA ppleton, A Responsible Choice Hurvis Center. The event allowed us all to learn more about the leading Lawrence as its 16th president and I look forward to Wis., and additional mailing offices. Being a good steward of the environment is the responsibility of all Civic Life project, under the direction of Catherine Tatge ’72, continuing this tradition of excellence. Lawrentians, including the Office of Communications. This issue of Lawrence which provides students an opportunity to use the medium of POSTMASTER Alumni Magazine was printed on FSC™-certified paper. The ForestS tewardship Send address changes to: Council™ guarantees that the trees used to manufacture the paper were film to tell powerful stories about issues facing the Fox Cities, I also look forward to meeting you in person in your Lawrence University harvested from responsibly managed forests. Our printing partner, Royle, thus opening eyes and encouraging change. hometown, in Appleton or at Björklunden. 711 E Boldt Way Sun Prairie, Wis., is an FSC™-certified printer, adhering to the highest social Appleton, WI 54911-5626 and environmental standards in the market. You can do your part to help the The summer months at Lawrence are a time of other new Yours, environment, too, by recycling this magazine when you are through reading it. beginnings revitalizing our campus community. In just a few short weeks Lawrence will welcome members of the Class of 2017 to campus. Each of our 400 freshmen brings unique Mark Burstein President

Lawrence 1 New Beginnings A president, a passion, a plan

By Mark Burstein

Over the past six months I have had the pleasure of meeting the learning opportunities we provide within and outside of the The transformative impact we have on our students is very From the stories you have told me and from my own Lawrentians on campus and across the country. Judging classroom. The challenge for us is: how can we enhance this heartening, but institutions cannot stand still in this rapidly experience as a liberal arts college student I know that the from my interactions with the presidential search committee, transformative experience we already offer? changing world. This is even more the case in higher education second issue—providing a range of learning opportunities I assumed the predominant theme I would hear from you, where technology and the growth of a world educational outside the classroom—is an important part of the Lawrence Lawrence and Milwaukee-Downer alumni, would be the When he originally composed Colleges That Change Lives, market have catalyzed a revolution across the sector. Our experience. Students learn about themselves, discover their strong bonds you have with your alma mater. That sentiment Loren Pope affirmed the transformative nature of our mission—the cultivation of critical young minds—also requires leadership potential and develop ways to work with others has certainly been present in our conversations. But what has university: “If an omniscient being were to describe the us to innovate constantly. To stay relevant and competitive on the playing field, in student government and through struck me more is what I have begun to call the “Lawrence vital difference between Lawrence University in Appleton, we must find ways to enhance this already rich, life-changing extracurricular activities. We need to continue to invest in story.” Almost to a person, you have offered compelling stories Wisconsin, and one of the Ivies ... she or he would say that experience we provide. these offerings as we have begun to do with athletics through of how your time at Lawrence has significantly altered your Lawrence is a growth hormone that raises kids’ trajectories our new outdoor track and our plan to renovate the Banta Bowl. personal trajectory. and instills the power to soar. The Ivies take in fast-track kids I believe we must continue to focus on three areas if we are Lawrence’s student population has also become much more and turn out fast-track graduates who are not much changed.” to thrive for the next 167 years: we must sustain our rigorous, diverse. The entering freshman class hails from 30 states Each narrative has offered inspiration as I begin my work here; Arriving at Lawrence after 19 years at Princeton and Columbia, individualized academic offerings; enhance the learning options and 22 countries. To keep up with this diversity we need to your stories have also increased my already high opinion of in general I agree with these statements. we provide outside the classroom; and connect more closely continue to respond to the range of student program and the time at Lawrence to the larger world. activity interests.

The Lawrence faculty, dedicated to keeping our curriculum Strengthening our connection to the Fox Valley, the nation vibrant and relevant, is already at work on the first issue. and the world will also enhance our relevance and learning Recent curricular innovations on campus include teaching, opportunities. Recent efforts to rethink Career Services at scholarship and co-curricular activity that shape “cultural, Lawrence, to increase research and internship offerings, and economic and political systems to harmonize with other to create more student service opportunities in the Fox Valley processes in the natural world, in order to maintain the have increased our connections significantly. Our faculty also vigor and resilience of both.” We call this the “Green continues to engage the world through their scholarship and Roots initiative.” Faculty from the Conservatory and the artistic expression, which often broaden syllabi and classroom College are developing a program to study innovation and discussion. To truly provide a relevant and transformative entrepreneurship by creating new courses, integrating experience we need to continue to improve in these and other themes in existing offerings and fostering opportunities areas that connect our students to the world. outside the classroom. The now mandatory Senior Experience for all of our students provides an intellectually challenging So we begin this new phase of our history with much to and integrative capstone to the Lawrence experience. accomplish, but also with the knowledge that our university We must continue to invest in these initiatives and has never been stronger, has never offered a more engaging others as we reinvigorate our efforts to evaluate our and rigorous education and has never provided a more relevant core academic offerings. experience. Thank you for your exceptionally warm welcome. I look forward to hearing your Lawrence stories and exploring the opportunities that face the University over the months and years to come. ■

Far Left: President Mark Burstein at Reunion 2013 above Left: José Encarnación, instructor of jazz studies, with jazz ensemble musicians above Right: Pre-game football activities at the Banta Bowl LEFT: Jeff Clark, associate professor of geology, and SLUG summer gardeners Corinne Kocher ’14, Annica Mandeltort ’15, Martha Allen ’14 and Polly Dalton ’14

2 Summer 2013 Lawrence 3 Paige Witter Denver, Colorado George Washington High School At the age of 16, shortly after New Beginnings for New Students she started competing in modern pentathlon (fencing, swimming, By Ken Anselment, dean of admissions and financial aid show jumping, and a biathlon of pistol shooting and cross-country running), Paige qualified for the U.S. Youth Nationals Competition and took fourth place. The next year, she finished with a silver medal and “We are the music-makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.” accepted; we rejoiced. (And, much like it is for our students, this is qualified for the 2013 Modern Pentathlon Youth yet another great match between an individual and an institution.) —Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka World Cup. During her senior year she represented (himself quoting poet Arthur O’Shaughnessy) Team USA in Hungary, competing against athletes Joining our Freshman-in-Chief this fall will be (at the time of from 30 different countries. Through high school this writing) about 450 new students. Here are some high-level she trained in fencing, cross-country, shooting and Every so often, when people learn what I do, they will respond highlights. (For a closer look at a few of them, we’ve included swimming, where she qualified for state three out with a mix of admiration, envy, fascination and relief. The some profiles of our new students in the sidebar.) of four years. At Lawrence she plans to continue proportion of ingredients in their responses varies with the parts of her training while balancing her excellent time of year. • Our 400 freshmen come from nearly 375 high schools. The academic performance. largest group of students (nine) will be coming from St. Paul Fall recruiting season? Heavier on the admiration and envy: (Minn.) Central. However, about 250 are the only ones from “You get to travel all over the world to talk to people about their high school. how great Lawrence is? How fun!” Steven Swanson • Our 15 transfer students come from as near as Wisconsin and Mequon, Wisconsin as far as South Korea. Winter application-reading season? A little more fascination: University School of Milwaukee “Learning all those students’ stories and what makes them • 20 students will be here for one year as part of our exchange With a father who graduated from tick must be so interesting.” with Waseda University in Japan. Lawrence in 1976, Steven is continuing • 5 other exchange students will be visiting for the year from China, a family legacy at Lawrence after being Springtime, when the students we have admitted are making the Russian Federation and Spain. a “lifer” at the University School of their final decisions and we’re eagerly (anxiously) awaiting the Milwaukee since kindergarten. He results? Hold the envy, pass the relief. This is best illustrated Academically, this class is as strong as previous years’ classes, and made his mark on the USM community by one of my colleagues, who occasionally will tell me, “Of the it’s filled with talented musicians, athletes, leaders and joiners.A nd through service and guitar and piano top 10 jobs I’d most like not to have, yours is near the top.” while identifying a “typical Lawrentian” is a challenging task in any performances (both instruments he year, it might be even more difficult with this year’s class, which is taught himself). My job, even in those moments that elicit responses like my one of the most geographically and culturally diverse classes we colleague’s, is a joy, and having the privilege of doing it for have seen in a very long time. Lawrence comes with special joys that are unique to this Helen Barton place, which brings me to the best season of all. • While most students still call Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota Austin, Texas home, only about half—our smallest percentage in decades— It’s the time I get to be Willy Wonka (the Gene Wilder kind): Gonzalo Garza Independence will do so, which is largely the result of national population shifts High School New Student Convocation during Welcome Week. in the college-bound population (combined with Lawrence’s Traveling to five continents by the age strong national reputation among those who know what they’re of 6, Helen learned to appreciate other After working for months—with the help of our faculty, staff looking for). and students who understand that, much like it takes a village cultures and beliefs early in life. Since to raise a child, it takes a university to enroll a student—the • California, New York, Colorado, Michigan and Washington state then, she has kept touch with her 20 admissions and financial aid team gets to gather in Memorial are the next largest sources of freshmen this year. different pen pals from around the Chapel to witness the entire class in one place, together for • Nearly 13% of our new students come from 22 countries beyond world and spends three days each the first time at the beginning of their lives as Lawrentians— the United States. week teaching English to immigrants eager, happy, nervous, giddy, wonderful Lawrentians. As and refugees. Helen will study international the dean of admissions and financial aid, I have the singular • U.S. students of color compose about a fifth of the class, relations and political science at Lawrence, pleasure and honor of taking the Chapel stage at this continuing a seven-year increase in domestic diversity. and then go on to law school to become an Convocation to welcome these music-makers and dreamers immigration lawyer. Perhaps someday you’ll hear of dreams into our world of pure imagination. New beginnings are exciting at Lawrence. This year’s class of new about a new U.N. ambassador who happens to be students, joined by their fellow first-year president, will mark an a Lawrence alumna! This year’s Convocation will be even more special as it marks exceptionally sweet new beginning. not only a new beginning for our students, but also a new beginning for our president, Mark Burstein, whose own Even the snozzberries will taste like snozzberries. presidential search mirrored that of the class of new students he joins in this, his first academic year: Burstein visited us in The author apologizes for his abundant employment of ■ the fall; we deliberated in the winter; we made our offer; he Willy Wonka-isms. Sometimes he can’t help himself. Know somebody who’d make a great Lawrentian? Let the admissions office know at go.lawrence.edu/wonka

4 Summer 2013 Lawrence 5 Olson Joins Board of Trustees Olson will serve on three board committees: academic affairs, finance, and recruitment and retention. She said she is also Martha Olson ’77, group looking forward to using her experience to help Lawrence New Faces president of Calvin Klein realize enhanced national recognition. Underwear Global & Heritage Brands at New York City–based In addition, during the past two years the board has welcomed Warnaco, has been elected to the following new trustees: the Lawrence University Board New Places of Trustees. 2012 Kurt Albertine ’75, professor, University of Utah School President Burstein and members of the Class of 2017 aren’t the Olson said she is grateful for Allison Fleshman, the opportunity to give time and of Medicine only newcomers to the Lawrence campus. The college is also assistant professor of welcoming two tenure-track faculty members, two new Lawrence talent back to her alma mater and Joanna de Plas ’94, supervisory manager (foreign financial Fellows and a new member of the board of trustees. chemistry to assist President Mark Burstein in realizing his vision institution), Federal Reserve Bank of New York for Lawrence’s next stage. Allison Fleshman comes to Lan Huang ’93, CEO, Beyond ML Groups Lawrence from the University of Oklahoma, where she was “This is an exciting time for Lawrence, but also a critical one” Peter Musser ’78, principal, Rainier Investment Management Brian Piasecki, Olson said. “Like all liberal arts colleges today, Lawrence is assistant professor an instructor in the Department KK Tse ’81, senior advisor, State Street of Chemistry and Biochemistry. facing some meaty challenges. My marketing and business of biology experience complement the many talents of the current OU is also her alma mater. She 2011 The new tenure-track professor received a Ph.D. in chemistry, an board and management team. It is my goal to leverage my in the Department of Biology is a M.S. in chemistry and a B.S. in background and what I have learned during the course of Louis Butler ’73, partner, Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan very familiar face. Brian Piasecki physics there. my career to help shape the solutions and better position Scott Myers ’79, executive director, World Sport Chicago first came to Lawrence in 2011 Lawrence for the future.” as a postdoctoral fellow. He Her specialty is physical chemistry, with a specific interest in stayed on as a visiting assistant studying fundamental electrochemistry and how it can be professor of biology during the used to improve the conductivity of battery systems. Students 2012–13 academic year. can also expect to learn about the stories of the men and women behind the equations, as Fleshman has a passion He received a Ph.D. in plant for the history of science, and integrates it into her teaching biology from the University of Minnesota, an M.A. in biology as much as possible. from the University of Texas at Austin and a B.S. in geography A New Look from the University of North Texas. In addition he was a She cited Lawrence’s size and the opportunity for interdisciplinary postdoctoral fellow at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. teaching and learning among the reasons she was drawn The Office of Communications recently developed a In addition to the logo, new to Appleton. comprehensive plan to enhance Lawrence’s reputation design standards were applied to Trained as a molecular and cellular biologist, Piasecki is over the next several years. Among the first issues to be the alumni magazine, eliminating interested in linking basic cellular mechanisms to broader “I love science but I also have a passion for the arts. Lawrence addressed is the consistent expression of Lawrence’s visual the color bar and wordmark on evolutionary and developmentally relevant processes. A firm embraces both in a beautiful way,” she said. “In addition to identity. Working with an advisory committee, the Office of the bottom and using the new believer that science is best learned by doing, his students will developing better battery systems, another lifelong career goal Communications created graphic guidelines that were approved typeface in the masthead. To be exposed to an environment where research and teaching of mine is to combine science and art by doing spectroscopic by faculty governance, President Burstein and members of underscore our new look, we are interconnected. measurements on fine-art pieces to contribute a ‘scientific his cabinet. also dropped “Today” from the name, twist’ to their stories. Lawrence seems like the perfect place providing greater emphasis to Lawrence itself. “Having been here for a couple of years, I can say that I am to begin that adventure, and I look forward to the journey. ” One important outcome was the creation of a master downright amazed by the intellect, drive, and curiosity of many university logo that met several important criteria. It builds Following the launch of an updated website, our new look sets Lawrentians,” he said. “I have always found doing science “I am also excited about Freshman Studies,” she added. upon LU’s strong heritage rather than attempting to recreate the stage for many initiatives in the coming months— including remarkably enjoyable, so it is really satisfying to work at a “Math is my second language, but it’s hard to ignite it. It addresses the confusion that sometimes exists between a Lawrence alumni magazine app for iPads, an interactive place where this type of enthusiasm is contagious across philosophical debates when solving Newton’s equations. Lawrence and other institutions of similar names. And it’s a campus tour, an updated weekly video series, an expanded disciplines. Watching students connect with a subject or I look forward to natural evolution of previous logos. social media effort and much, much more. experiment is such a rewarding experience, not to mention all expanding my of the phenomenal musicians and artists that we have here.” repertoire of New Fellows The updated logo expresses the Lawrence name in a strong subjects by jumping traditional type face while including our Appleton home in a Piasecki will teach upper-level courses in cell biology and into the world of The Lawrence Fellows in the Liberal more contemporary type face. It also adds our founding year to microbiology and will co-lead the Lawrence University Plato’s Republic.” Arts and Sciences program is the shield while reducing the amount of detail in the antelope Marine Term. welcoming two new faces to campus design. The subtle change will be implemented as new Fleshman will teach with two-year appointments: materials are developed—eventually appearing consistently introductory • Ingrid Albrecht, fellow of philosophy in all university correspondence, signage, literature, etc. chemistry, physical and Uihlein Fellow of Ethics chemistry and • Sarah Gross, Uihlein Fellow of Studio Art quantum chemistry courses.

6 Summer 2013 Lawrence 7 The Class of 2013 Celebrating their New Beginnings By Jared Marchant, Class of 2013

Voice performance many familiar faces major Cayla around to say hi to Rosché will be on my morning walk traveling to Italy to get my coffee.” for five weeks And yet, her time in the Emerging at Lawrence helped Artists Division shape her goals of Oberlin in Italy for public health. before returning to “I think over the student-teach in Appleton and apply for last four years we have all managed to graduate studies in vocal performance. become a more open and accepting “I’m excited to experience new things class. We are incredibly tolerant people,” and catch up on all of the things that I and those perspectives speak to the have been neglecting,” she says. “I am broad variety of post-graduation plans so excited and ready to move on, but I that many graduates have. will really miss this place.” “I am considerably Many of our new more easygoing graduates will and confident than certainly miss the I was when I was community and the in high school, or close contact with even a freshman fellow Lawrentians. at Lawrence,” said “I think the alumni Addie Atkins, network is a lot who plans to larger and more attend Oxford University next year resourceful than many of us think,” for a master’s in Latin and/or Greek said article author Jared Marchant, languages and literature, followed by who will be pursuing a career in public pursuing a Ph.D. in classical studies They converged on this campus as As with any Each member of relations and corporate communications at the University of Pennsylvania. “I bright-eyed freshmen with uncertain graduation day, the Class of 2013 in the Chicago or Milwaukee area. “I’m think this happened because I know futures, bearing dreams of one day Sunday was a is destined to do looking forward to involving myself my strengths and weaknesses better, making a difference in the world. day of sadness wonderful things in alumni events to stay connected take my abilities seriously, and am more With each week this eclectic mix of and celebration post-graduation, with Lawrence, while also starting my comfortable with myself. I have gained friendly and unique individuals forged as graduates and one of them is own career with all of the support we this self-awareness and confidence connections, asked questions, studied said their good- government major have available to us. There is a lot of because the community here is and found ways to have fun. They byes to each Zach Kulig, who possibility, and it’s fun to think about supportive and open.” bonded through studying abroad, coffee, other while will be teaching what I could be doing a year from now.” student organizations, creating their acknowledging what lies ahead. conversational English in China next Wherever the remaining members of own clubs and seeking internships. “I am more nervous than anything. year through the Ameson Year in The experiences that many graduates the Class of 2013 are headed, they will Over the course of their years and many Going out into the workforce after China program. “I am looking forward shared at Lawrence have helped venture forward well-prepared and eager nights with little sleep, 289 graduates being in classrooms your whole to seeing a part of the world that is shape their perspectives of the world, to take on the challenges they face. ■ Did you know? from the Class of 2013 quietly became life is going to be a huge shift, but I completely alien to me,” said Kulig. “I preparing them for their respective A recent report from the National passionate, thoughtful and inspired cannot help but be simultaneously have never been outside the country, futures. Samantha Schilsky will be Science Foundation ranked Lawrence leaders, eager to learn and be curious excited as I know that I can do and the prospect of living and working pursuing a Masters in Public Health at 28th in the nation among all colleges about the world that lies beyond anything I want—there are so abroad is both terrifying and exciting. Columbia University next year. “I am and universities producing the most Appleton. Sunday, June 9, 2013, was many possibilities to succeed,” said But I am ready to see just how far my going to miss the comfort of being science and engineering Ph.D.s per 100 their day to pay tribute to their collective Camilla Grove, who will move to Lawrence education will take me and a big fish in a small pond,” she says. bachelor’s degrees awarded? Lawrence achievements and usher in the next step New York City to pursue a career in guide me through my challenges abroad.” “It is going to be weird not having so ranked higher than Duke, Dartmouth, in their lives. film production. Columbia and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, among others.

8 Summer 2013 Lawrence 9 President Beck Recognized Retiring president Jill Beck presided over her final Commencement at Lawrence and before the end of the festivities she had a new title—President Emerita.

Board of Trustees chair Terry Franke ’68 conferred the new title upon Beck and expressed the board’s appreciation for her devoted and generous service to Lawrence.

“President Beck’s solid leadership and innovative ideas have raised the college’s national profile and have made a Faculty Awards long-standing positive impact on Lawrence University and the entire community,” said Franke. “Her presidency has Four members of the Lawrence reflected a deep appreciation for Lawrence University’s rich faculty were recognized at history, as well as a commitment to advancing the college’s Commencement for teaching educational philosophy and traditions with innovative ideas excellence, scholarship and for the 21st century.” creative activity.

Peter Thomas, assistant professor of Russian studies, received the Young Teacher Award. Besides teaching Russian, Thomas leads classes in 20th-century Russian literature. He joined the Lawrence faculty in 2006.

Marcia Bjørnerud, professor of geology and Walter Shober Professor of Environmental Nussbaum Receives Studies, received Lawrence’s Honorary Degree Award for Excellence in Teaching. Bjørnerud joined the Martha Nussbaum, the Ernst Freund Lawrence faculty in 1995 and Distinguished Service Professor of was instrumental in creating the Law and Ethics at the University environmental studies program. of Chicago, received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at Claudena Skran, professor of Lawrence’s commencement. government and Edwin and Ruth West Professor in Economics In her charge to the graduates, and Social Science, received the Nussbaum urged them to become Award for Excellence in Scholarship. Skran is a specialist in advocates for a liberal arts education international relations. She has been at Lawrence since 1990. because keeping institutions like Lawrence strong is critically Michael Mizrahi, assistant professor of music, received the important for producing democratic Award for Excellence in Creative Activity. Mizrahi, a pianist, citizens. joined the Conservatory of Music faculty in 2009. “Lobby with your local school board, your state and national representatives, for more attention to the liberal arts in public education at all levels,” Nussbaum said. “And above all, just talk a lot about what matters to you about the education you’ve had here. Spread the word that what happens on this campus is not useless, but crucially relevant to the future of democracy in this nation and in the wider world.”

To listen to an interview with Martha Nussbaum, conducted before her Commencement address, visit: http://go.lawrence.edu/znjt Above: Senior speaker Yagmur Esemen

10 Summer 2013 Lawrence 11 we need to sustain that distinctiveness. I would also say that there and many other parts of higher education. How much is a revolution out there where technology is being used more and respect there is for Lawrence and what we provide made me more as a pedagogical tool: use of technology in the classroom. think about the institution in a very different way, just from One of the interesting things that I’ve done at Princeton was to those conversations. I have also been very impressed with engage a reverse mentor, a junior at Princeton, who is teaching me how dedicated our faculty are in terms of connecting with how he uses technology. And it’s completely different for someone students—as we call it, individualized education—an effort who is 52 years old. by every faculty member to really connect with freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors, and make sure that We need to harness this in our classrooms, figure out ways of they’re getting the most out of their Lawrence education. using technology to improve learning at college. And finally, a But a college experience is more than what happens in the Getting particular challenge for Lawrence is demographics: the high school classroom and a lot of fun also happens on this campus: some population is decreasing across the Midwest. We must reach out of it connected to music and the conservatory, and some of to larger populations. So I think that there are challenges ahead it just flat-out fun. I think that sometimes you learn through but I also believe we are in a very strong position to meet them. those experiences as much as you learn from what happens in the classroom. I would suggest you consider your options. Connected Q: What do you think the role of young alumni could be in the I am a firm believer that the best institution is out there for Lawrence community? every student. Lawrence is sometimes the best choice and sometimes it isn’t. For me, it was absolutely the right choice. A: [Students] that graduated more recently know what the transition between Lawrence and the outside world is like. The Q: What are your plans, intentions or thoughts on reaching advice and counsel alumni can give these fellow Lawrentians alumni scattered far from Wisconsin? sometimes can be invaluable as they think about the choices they need to make and the opportunities they have. So being A: This is one of the challenges of a presidency … it is engaged with Career Services, keeping connected with the extremely important to be connected to campus and for me campus, would really enrich the Lawrence experience. And to learn what Lawrence is, but it’s also very important for I know that it’s great to have folks back on campus. me to travel and connect to the wonderful Lawrence alumni community spread across the United States and across the Q: I’m considering Lawrence and one other school at the moment. world. I expect to start traveling, probably starting in the Why should I come to Lawrence? second term; I will obviously start in areas where our alumni are most congregated, but I hope to get to [other areas]. ■ A: I was very surprised in the fall when I was in the interview process talking to colleagues about Lawrence—how many of them said, “Wow, that is a great place academically.” The education that’s provided by Lawrence is of a very high quality. And these Listen to the entire phonecast at: are colleagues at Princeton, former colleagues from Columbia http://go.lawrence.edu/wbln

On April 24, 2013, as president-elect, Mark that I believe in a residential experience for undergraduates, Burstein placed a live call to Lawrence alumni and the community on this campus is second to none. People are very engaged, enthusiastic about Lawrence—but I’d say and all admitted students to introduce himself even more importantly, they are connected to each other and and address questions. At one point in the caring for each other. The third issue that attracted me was conversation, more than 4,000 people were music and the conservatory. The combination of the liberal arts listening in. What follows are some excerpts experience with the conservatory is unique, and provides a wonderful opportunity for a student experience. from his phonecast. Q: What do you think the greatest challenges over the next five to 10 years are going to be and can you outline your approach Q: What about Lawrence attracted you and what do you feel to meeting those challenges? distinguishes Lawrence from other private colleges? A: As you know, we’re in a world that has many challenges A: There are many things that attracted me to Lawrence. I ahead of us, and higher education is not immune to that. The would say the first is the academic quality of the institution. higher-education sector is in turmoil right now. Specifically When I talked to many colleagues in higher education, the for Lawrence, we are in a very good position, a very strong first thing they talked about when they mentioned Lawrence position, but there are things that are particularly impactful for was how strong our academics are and what a wonderful us as a university. We need to continue efforts to enhance our experience we provide students on campus. The second is academic quality. It’s what is distinctive about Lawrence and

12 Summer 2013 Lawrence 13 Left: (From front row, left to right): Nathan Lawrence ’15, It was at that moment that I realized I Vincent Tran ’15, Catherine Tatge ’72, Camilla Grove ’13 was no longer making this documentary for a class grade, but for Ka Houa and Middle: Kate Siakpere ’14 (wearing red), Austin Rohaly ’15 her family. My classmate and I had a (white and red hat) responsibility to them, to tell their story, Back: Finn Bjørnerud ’16, Zach Ben-Amots ’16, because no one had helped them tell it Alex Babbitt ’15, Alfredo Duque ’14 before. Our final documentary,Rooted, looked at the challenges the Hmong face assimilating into American culture while trying to keep their Hmong Ka Houa’s home is darkly lit, with culture intact. few window blinds open. Her mother welcomes my classmate Alex Babbitt '15 On the first day of class all 15 of us and me with a huge smile.“ She says gathered around the Hulbert Film House that she hopes you are ready to help living room and listened to Tatge and make traditional Hmong food,” Ka Lasseur, executive director of the Civic Houa says, translating for her mother. Life Project, tell us what the term would I hand Ka Houa a bouquet of spring be like. “Ten weeks is not a lot of time,” flowers and say, “Tell her we are very Tatge told us, “but I know all of you honored to be in her home.” can do it.” When Tatge and Lasseur started the Civic Life Project they Alex and I first met Ka Houa when we envisioned it as a unique educational The Civic Life Project | Community Screening visited her classroom at Appleton North initiative that would challenge students High School to interview her and her to connect with the fundamentals of The five student videos created for The Civic Life Project were screened at Hmong classmates for our documentary. our democracy and Constitution in Lawrence for some 250 community leaders and they will be shown to the broader As we were packing up tripods and cameras an exciting way. We learned that this community at Fox Valley Technical College on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2013, at 7 p.m. at the school, Ka Houa came up to me and class was not just about making a Tatge said that the screening will “provide a catalyst for opening an ongoing asked, “My family would like to invite you documentary, but understanding the discussion aimed at enhancing the quality of life in our community.” over for lunch. When are you free?” Alex, power that comes with knowledge of Austin Rohaly ’15 and I jumped at the chance to local and federal government. videotape Ka Houa and her family at ease in their own home. We never expected such generosity when we first After talking to Appleton leaders such as set out to make our documentary on the Hmong community Mayor Tim Hanna and Appleton Diversity “People are going to be surprised that the story she needed to help tell. The in Appleton, Wisconsin. Coordinator Kathy Flores, students this type of thing is happening here,” facilitator stressed the importance of picked important issues affecting the one student said. “Even after you make our own personal stories, asking us to Making this documentary was part of a new class that was Fox Valley. Maisha Rahman ’14, Pat this documentary you should really just map them out on paper and explain introduced to Lawrence University this year, The Civic Life Project. Commins ’15 and Alexcia Jellum ’16 show people her raw interview. Her them to the rest of the group. It had not There were 15 of us in the class, ranging from freshmen to focused their documentary on sex words are enough to call anyone to occurred to me that if I wanted to tell seniors, all with different academic majors and interests. Five trafficking, a topic Rahman said she action.” We all became invested in each someone else’s story I would need to groups of three students shared roles of writer, editor, producer “had no idea existed in Appleton.” other’s work and wanted each other understand my own. Looking and videographer to create nine-minute videos. The video topics She admitted, “It made me completely to succeed, because every group had focused on sex trafficking, homeless war veterans, LGBT suicides, change my idea about prostitution, found a story that was bound to call The Civic Life Project showed us how Latino youth, and Hmong culture. In 2009 Catherine Tatge ’72 and about what the victims have to go every viewer into action. important these stories were to the Dominique Lasseur took their love of documentary filmmaking and through. And it really hurts to know that people we were interviewing. We were at Life shared it with high school students across Connecticut, creating there are girls like me out there who Nancy Corona ’15 said of her not only documenting these stories for a the Civic Life Project. With support from the Hurvis Foundation, have to go through hell every day.” documentary, which looked at class, but for the people whose stories Tatge then brought the program to Lawrence University. undocumented Latino youth, “It felt they were, as well as their community. Our class met every week and viewed like I was finally able to tell a story that We gained a better understanding of the through the Alex and I shuffle into the family’s living room, where they each other’s rough-cut videos, giving for me personally was very important.” impact we can have and the change we are watching a Thai movie. Ka Houa’s cousins, brothers, aunt, critiques and asking questions. Early on Nancy has a deep connection to Latino can create within this community we grandmother and father look up at us in wonder as we set our in the process Rahman’s group showed heritage because much of her family became a part of when we enrolled at video gear down on the carpeted floor. Ka Houa’s father gets the interview that they had taken with lives in Mexico, so her documentary Lawrence. Once Rooted was complete Filmmaker’s up and ushers us into their kitchen where he and Ka Houa’s the sex trafficking victim who had took a more personal turn. Initially I had a better understanding of the grandmother start taking food out of the refrigerator. A bowl of agreed to tell her story on video. Once Corona did not want to make a Hmong culture, as well as the chance to fish, eyes still intact, is taken out first. Big bags of flour are cut it was time for critiques our classroom documentary on a topic close to her, taste delicious homemade Hmong food. open, reminding me of the bags of mulch my mother uses for fell silent. Hearing this young woman but through the weekend retreat with a While that was my personal experience, our backyard garden at home. “Thank you, again,” Alex and I say tell her story was painful, because none facilitator from Parker Palmer’s Center the importance it holds for me is not Lens to Ka Houa’s father and grandmother. The grandmother, born in of us could fathom what her life had for Courage and Renewal that Tatge much different from the importance my By Camilla Grove ’13 Laos, moves toward me, clasping my hands in hers and speaks been like. orchestrated, she realized that this was classmates’ experiences hold for them. ■ in a language I cannot understand. “She says that she is happy someone is helping tell her story,” Ka Houa translates.

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TEDx LawrenceU Speakers In yet another view of collaboration, Daphne Koller described (via digital Re-imagining Liberal Education connection) how learning based on Brad Bateman, president-elect, Randolph College digital technology can be integrated with What’s Advising Got To Do With It? face-to-face learning. Professor Koller, The TEDx Conference at Lawrence a well-known advocate of MOOCs Jill Beck, president, Lawrence University (Massive Open Online Courses) and Creative Synergies for Liberal Arts Colleges and R1s By Dave Burrows, provost and dean of the faculty their ability to reach large audiences of learners, acknowledged that many Andy Chan, vice president for personal and Liberal education has existed for 2,500 discussion. The energy generated by the those below and elevate the mind to of the goals of higher education career development, Wake Forest University years. Its remarkable survival lies in its sessions was extraordinarily high, with new heights. In short, we must honor may require the highly interactive Career Services Must Die continued power to set free the human several new ideas emerging from the the learning of basic knowledge and conversations and small-group mind—to enable us to realize our full presentations and discussion. intellectual skill, but go beyond them instruction that are characteristic of Rick Davis ’80, professor of theater, associate dean CVPA, and executive director humanity by cultivating reasoning, to achieve a transformation of each liberal education. The combination of of the Hylton Performing Arts Center, George Mason University creativity and the ability to act effectively Although the topics varied widely, three student’s ability to think, create and act. distance-oriented techniques and close, A Midsummer Night’s Dreamliner, or, Shakespeare Saves the 787 and ethically. Liberal education also main themes emerged: individualized techniques, often referred The themes were presented in a variety Jennifer Herek ’90, dean of ATLAS, the Academy for Technology and Liberal Arts survives because it is constantly • Liberal education can be enhanced to as blended course learning, may reinventing itself. While a focus on of ways. hold promise for extending educational & Sciences, University of Twente, The Netherlands by new learning approaches that Lifting the World: Introducing Liberal Education to a Dutch University of Technology the development of the mind remains include collaborations of various types. opportunities in an effective fashion. a transcendent goal, advances in Collaborative Approaches Institutions collaborate either by Jenny Kehl, director of the Center for Water Policy, School of knowledge, changes in the technology merging pedagogies or by connecting to Learning Rik Warch’s paper stressed the need of learning, and the emergence of new, to temper new approaches with a Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee the goals of liberal education with Jill Beck, president of Lawrence, An Interdisciplinary Approach to Problem-Solving often unprecedented, social issues have other goals. consideration of the strengths of led to periodic reconsideration of what began the conference by describing traditional liberal-arts pedagogy. should be the core content of liberal • Liberal education can be enriched several examples of learning through Daphne Koller, co-founder of Coursera and professor education. The contemporary focus by a holistic perspective that takes collaboration between liberal arts In her presentation, Jenny Kehl argued of computer science, Stanford University on learning marketable skills and the into account the needs, interests and colleges and research oriented (R1) for interdisciplinary approaches to The Online Revolution: Education for Everyone claim that digital technology will make preparation of the individual student. institutions. Her presentation included problem-solving. She described the learning cheaper and easier to deliver Learning must include comprehensive a description of a collaborative program global problems of water use, and Bob Perille ’80, managing partner, Shamrock Capital, and are two forces that have led to a period academic advising that goes beyond called LU-R1, through which Lawrence argued that these problems almost founder, Lawrence Scholars in Business Program of reexamination and reinvention. specific course choices, holistic career students intern with R1 scholars at certainly cannot be solved without Liberal Arts Scholars in Business counseling and the integration of other research institutions, and the R1 interdisciplinary studies that combine Concern for the future of liberal college life with planning for life after faculty benefit from the perspectives of scientific analyses with considerations Brian Pertl ’86, dean of the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music education stimulated a group of college. the Lawrence students. of the political, economic and cultural Music Education, Improvisational Play, and Dancing Between Disciplines: Re-imagining a Liberal Arts Education for the 21st Century Lawrence faculty and staff to organize • The major goals of education often lie issues that affect how we regard and Brian Pertl ’86, dean of the Conservatory an exciting conference in May beyond the specifics of what happens treat the environment. Her analysis is a of Music at Lawrence, described Jeff Selingo, vice president and editorial director, 2013 entitled “Re-imagining Liberal in the classroom, laboratory or studio, prime example of using a pressing world collaborations across disciplines. The Chronicle of Higher Education Education.” The conference brought and we must focus on ways to achieve problem as a vehicle for developing skill He argued that the performing arts, What is College? together several leading thinkers in those goals through the tangible at integrating different knowledge bases especially music, can infuse other higher education, using the format activities that do take place in those and problem-solving perspectives. disciplines with new energy and lead to Rik Warch, president emeritus, Lawrence University of TED conferences. Each presenter formal learning spaces. We must new ways of thinking and learning. MOOCs, Yahoo and Liberal Education gave a 12-minute presentation, which think of learning as a layered affair, Jennifer Herek ’90 reported on her (Presentation given by Timothy X. Troy, professor of theatre arts and J. Thomas was followed by five minutes of where the highest layers build on work in creating a liberal-education component in a Dutch university of and Julie Esch Hurvis Professor of Theatre and Drama)

16 Summer 2013 Lawrence 17 technology. Her work illustrates the contribution of these approaches is generate new ideas. The concern for education must transcend the details of value of creating stronger ties between to bridge the divide between liberal creativity led Pertl to emphasize the contemporary issues but simultaneously liberal learning and technical education. education and the active pursuit of a need to instill courage in our students. be embedded in contemporary All of these presentations shared career. This will almost certainly be an We should teach them not to fear trying life. One of the presenters, Jeffrey an emphasis on connecting learning issue that leaders in higher education out ideas that may lead to failure. The Selingo, characterized the fundamental activities, either across institutions, will have to address; given the concerns connection, Pertl said, is direct: Without challenge of liberal education as one of across disciplines or across modes about preserving the value of liberal the courage to make mistakes, there remaining relevant to the intellectual of instruction. The concept of making education on the one hand and ensuring cannot be creativity. and creative needs of today’s students. connections among previously unrelated its “relevance” on the other, bridging That challenge—to create a flexible elements may hold great promise for the divide will be a difficult one. Rick Davis emphasized the need for set of experiences within a scaffold the future of education. critical analysis as a core component that retains the basic core of liberal Beyond the Knowledge Given of liberal education. Using as a case learning—was the ultimate theme study the troubled Boeing Dreamliner, of the exciting and innovative Holistic Approaches Several presenters spoke of creativity he described the pitfalls of trying to presentations at the TEDxLawrence Brad Bateman argued that we should as a capacity that must be nurtured break problems down into components University conference. ■ think of academic advising as an carefully. Sir Ken Robinson, in a without considering how the opportunity to help students explore a previously recorded TED video viewed components (and, in Dreamliner’s case, comprehensive view of their interests as part of the conference, pointed out the airplane parts) will fit together. and the elements of a successful and the need to encourage creativity by fulfilling life.A ndy Chan advocated trying out new ideas and giving students At the conclusion of the conference, a view of career planning that starts the courage to make mistakes. Elizabeth attendees discussed the idea that early and integrates academic choices Coleman of Bennington College (whose creativity, courage and critical analysis with career planning. Bob Perille ’80 presentation was also a previous TED are core capacities that can be joined emphasized the need to connect life in video) argued for a curriculum that with collaboration: these “four C’s” college with life after college. is not based on existing disciplines will help define future imaginings of but stresses the use of imaginative liberal learning. In each of these talks, the presenters and intellectual powers to attack called for better integration of the contemporary issues of concern The conference presentations all various aspects of a student’s with new solutions. connected, either explicitly or implicitly, development. Rather than view to an important idea about liberal undergraduate education as a discrete Brian Pertl’s presentation also education. Although it started two and set of experiences that later give way addressed the enhancement of one-half millennia ago as an activity to a set of post-graduation activities, creativity by integrating the arts with for a very small elite, its value rests we should encourage students from other disciplines. Creativity--the ability on its ability to affect a broad, diverse the beginning of their undergraduate to create what did not exist before-- segment of our population. It is critical careers to see these activities as is a critical ability. It cannot be taught that the ability to unlock the power of parts of a unified whole, to be viewed in a single course or even a series of the human mind be diffused throughout comprehensively and used to consider courses, but emerges over a long period our society. For that reason, liberal a meaningful life agenda. One important of time, using knowledge and skill to

Videos of each TEDx talk are available at www.tedxlawrenceu.com

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The trip was Lawrence Will Always Be First equally exhilarating In the wake of Lawrence having the distinction of being Hitting an Historic Note for Straw, an the first to have its students perform on Holy Trinity’s famed High anthropology major By Rick Peterson Bach Vespers series, organ professors at The Juilliard School who got hooked and Eastman School of Music have contacted the church to on the organ while inquire about their organ students playing on the series. pursuing a minor in music. “I don’t think we can say they are jealous, but as a result of Lawrence’s students playing on the series, they are certainly “This was something that as a secondary student I never looking at this as a unique opportunity for their students to expected to be able to do,” said Straw. “It was very exciting to play and to raise the profile of their organ departments,” said be able to play on such a beautiful instrument. It felt great to university organist Kathrine Handford. have that as one of my culminating experiences at Lawrence.”

Joey Arkfeld ’15, a piano performance major, has taken organ lessons with Handford and accompanied the three seniors on the trip. He didn’t perform on the Vespers series, but did get an “Organ music is so diverse, and there are many different styles opportunity to put Holy Trinity’s Fritts organ through its paces. of organ building,” she added. “Everything we play, everything we work on comes from a unique time and place — that was “I knew this trip would be a hands-on way to learn more about something this trip reinforced. I will be studying music in its how organs work, from tone shaping to tuning and general historical cultural contexts in grad school, and this trip provided organ building,” said Arkfeld. “At Lawrence, organ students are a unique way to do that as I played many original instruments, lucky to have the instruments to practice on that they do, but located in historic spaces, and as I studied the connections trying out different instruments in different spaces teaches American classic organ music has to the broader culture of its things about adjusting and touch one can’t learn by playing on time. I just think that’s fascinating.” only one or two organs. ” “It was nice to see the organ performed at a really, really high The historic performance was only one part of the nearly level,” said O’Connor, a double degree graduate with majors two-week immersion in all things organ. The trip, which in organ performance and economics who is attending Yale took a year to organize, also included up-close-and-personal University this fall. “Not that what we do here isn’t at a high Humbling … fulfilling … proud. on this series,” said Handford, who has “This was humbling,” O’Connor said of study experiences with the organ at New York City’s St. John level, but to see professional music in New York City got me performed on the Holy Trinity Vespers his Holy Trinity experience. “Knowing the the Divine, the largest Episcopal cathedral in the world; the really excited about my own future and maybe, hopefully, Those were the reactions of three series herself. “I was very impressed by history of the Vespers series, the performers famous 28,604-pipe seeing myself in a position like what we saw.” Lawrence University students to the students’ level of musicianship and who have played there and the long tradition Wanamaker organ the ultimate experiential learning very proud of their performance. They of really great music that’s been part of in Philadelphia, The impact of an opportunity to travel and incorporate experience—a March spring break had a complete understanding of the that church for such a long time, it was the world’s largest multiple disciplines into a learning experience cannot be trip from the Little Apple(ton) to the repertoire, the baroque style, and they humbling.” operational pipe underestimated, said Handford. Big Apple. quickly adapted to the instrument and organ originally built the acoustical space of Holy Trinity. They The unique opportunity served as a for the 1904 “These trips the past two years have given these students Historic would be appropriate as well. made quite a musical statement!” benchmark for VanZalen, who graduated St. Louis World’s an exceptional understanding of the history of organ building summa cum laude in June with both Fair; as well as and design. They have played and studied some of the most A brainstorming session between A statement indeed. The audience Bachelor of Music (organ performance) and instruments historically significant organs in France and the United States. Lawrence organist Kathrine Handford of approximately 250 rewarded the Bachelor of Arts (history) degrees. constructed by They have literally climbed inside the organs and to the top and Rick Erickson, cantor at Holy performance with a standing ovation. renowned organ of the cases on high ladders. They have observed the inner Trinity Lutheran Church in the heart of “Looking back to builder Ernest M. workings of the instruments and have had demonstrations by Manhattan, resulted in the opportunity This was the second Lawrence- see how much I Skinner at Yale University and Philadelphia’s Girard College, some of the most knowledgeable craftsmen working today. for Dan O’Connor ’13, Marika Straw ’13 sponsored trip for O’Connor, VanZalen have grown as an which is mounted 90-feet above the floor in the ceiling. They understand the importance of the acoustics of a building and Alexis VanZalen ’13 to make and Straw, all of whom traveled with organist over my and how that influences the sound of the organ, and how they history. They became the first studio of Handford to Paris in the spring of 2012 time at Lawrence, For VanZalen and O’Connor, both of whom are pursuing music as the organist use that to musical advantage. undergraduate organists in its 45-year for an in-depth study of French baroque all the musical studies in graduate school this fall, the trip provided several history to perform on Holy Trinity’s and romantic organs. and technical take-away moments. “Most importantly,” Handford added, “they have the sounds renowned Bach Vespers series. development,” said of these organs in their mind and ears so they have an idea of VanZalen, “it was “What was great about this trip was learning about the organ how to replicate the sounds when they play different organs.” ■ Collectively, the trio performed J.S. Bach’s very fulfilling to see culture that was in America at the turn of the century,” said complete Orgelbuchelein (Little Organ that I have come to VanZalen, who is in a Ph.D. program in musicology at the Book) —a series of 46 short choral a place where I am Eastman School of Music. “The opportunity to think about the preludes—on St. Patrick’s Day on an capable of putting on such a performance. It difference in culture between the early 1900s and now was organ built and voiced in the tradition was also encouraging to know that people interesting for me, especially as an historian.” of 17th-century German instruments in New York trusted us to pull that off and to Applause! by Paul Fritts. do well.” Dan O’Connor ’13 and Alexis VanZalen ’13 have enjoyed tremendous success on the organ during their Lawrence careers. “It is a tremendous honor to be invited “It also was very personal,” she added. “We Above Left: Dan O’Connor ’13, Marika Straw ’13, to perform in such an important church spent a lot of time with Rick Erickson and it Kathrine Handford, Joey Arkfeld ’15 and Alexis VanZalen ’13 Learn more at: was inspiring to see how we were part of www.lawrence.edu/info/news/lawrence_today such a long-standing musical tradition.” 20 Summer 2013 Lawrence 21 Cultural Immersion Garnished

Left: Christopher Skinner standing in front of the Wiener Staatsoper at night, seen from the with Opera: Studying Abroad balcony of the Albertina Museum of Modern Art. RIGHT: Skinner at his customary spot in the parterre standing room area at the Wiener in Vienna By Christopher R. Skinner ’13 Staatsoper.

I chose to study abroad with the Wachau Valley, the Alps, Berlin, Munich, Nuremberg, Venice IES Abroad Vienna Music program and Salzburg. I often traveled on my own, planning my own because it, like Lawrence, provides itineraries, taking cheap but fatiguing overnight trains and both music and liberal arts courses. hunting for small hotels. My favorite place was Salzburg; My program included voice lessons I even took a second trip there to revel in the autumnal and government classes in Vienna’s glory of the historic city, which is surrounded by the Alps, historic first district. intersected by the Salzach River and topped by the Fortress Hohenfestungsalzburg. Another experience had me sipping After a three-day orientation in the peppermint hot chocolate while sitting in Piazza San Marco bucolic Austrian town of Mariazell, in Venice as midnight approached. The band played Italian settling into my apartment in operatic standards and, when a bystander started singing Vienna’s sixth district, and taking the the lyrics with abandon, the band actually followed him three-hour-long intensive German as though he were a soloist. This night, so indicative of classes intended to jumpstart the role music plays in Italian culture, is a symbolic bridge students in Austria’s native language, between my cultural exploration, both in Vienna and I was already integrating into life throughout Europe, and opera, the other major component abroad after just three weeks. While of my study-abroad experience. my classes were important to my It was the depth, variety, and gravity of the productions that experience, I learned vast amounts As a student of voice at Lawrence and an opera enthusiast, drew me back again and again despite the countless hours outside of the classroom. Living the opportunity to go to the Wiener Staatsoper’s 2011–12 of standing, waiting, cold, heat, tiredness and solitude. on my own in Vienna and traveling season-opening performance of Verdi’s Simone Boccanegra I learned to notice things such as whether singers were well independently throughout Europe with Plácido Domingo in the title role, supported by Ferruccio cast or whether the design fit the mood of the opera. I am a helped me grow as an individual, but Furlanetto and Barbara Frittoli, was the kind of experience traditionalist by nature, but increasingly I found my biases in that growth was enriched by the 27 I had previously only known through DVDs. Subsequently, style and even repertoire evaporating. Some productions were evenings I spent at the opera, which seeing a total of 27 operas over one third of my nights abroad naturalistic. Others shaded the setting slightly, transforming helped build a foundation for my love and touring the Staatsoper building during its annual Tag der Verdi’s La Traviata into a landscape of shifting curtains or of the art form. offenen Tür (Day of Open Doors) helped my love for the art Beethoven’s Fidelio into an almost fantastical prison. Still form blossom. I immersed myself in a range of repertoire and others abstracted the ideas entirely, painting Tchaikovsky’s Describing what makes an learned to pick apart what made performances successful, Eugene Onegin against a backdrop of stark dancers in experience like studying abroad so leaving me still chuckling or unable to hold back tears as I left continuous snowfall or contextualizing Janácek’s Z mrtvého powerful is difficult. Certain things, the opera house. domu (From the House of the Dead) in a chic white-tie party. like the walk through Vienna’s I could even accept a version of Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, oldest streets just to get to class, Standing-room spaces (or parterre tickets) are sold only on the one opera I saw at the Wiener Volksoper, in which the deliciousness of würst with the day of a performance and allow guests to stand at the the eponymous character rejected suicide, completely mustard eaten at sunset or the back of the orchestra section with a full view of the stage, and changing the finale. Not all of the productions I saw taste of specialty hot chocolate on perhaps the finest acoustics in the house.A t only €4, these were equally successful, but they all helped me to better a crisp November morning cannot tickets are possibly the best bargain for live opera in the world. understand the underpinnings of the art form and grow be fully captured in text. By actually To get parterre tickets one has to stand in line for at least 90 as an audience member. living in Vienna, however, impressive minutes inside the opera house and as many as four hours sights like Vienna’s Stephansdom outside for operas by composers like Wagner or Strauss, or My experiences in Vienna and throughout Europe helped me cathedral, Schonbrünn and Hofburg those starring big international names. Once inside I proudly become more self-reliant and resourceful, but it was my hours palaces, and opulent museums felt collected a 50- to 100-page color-photo program from each at the opera that changed me most profoundly. I now have a less like places to check off of a list opera I attended. I then followed the tradition of tying a scarf background upon which I can build that is truly commensurate and more like they and I belonged around the railing to mark my standing-room spot. Dinner was with the level of passion I have for the art form, which I know to each other as I became more delectable käsekrainer (Viennese sausage) and black bread will be lifelong. This personal cultural revolution galvanized my symbiotically incorporated into at the würstelstand directly between the Staatsoper and development from living abroad in Vienna and from traveling. life abroad. the Albertina Museum of Modern Art. Soon I was an expert, Inspired by the spirit of this art, I seized what Europe had to instructing tourists from Britain, Germany, Russia, the United offer, growing not only as a lover of opera, but holistically as Vienna’s central location in States, Spain and elsewhere on the standing-room process. an international citizen and as a person. ■ Europe afforded me the exciting opportunity of easy travel by train to Prague, Budapest, Krakow, the 22 Summer 2013 Lawrence 23 Reunion 2013

Appreciating the Past and Welcoming in the New

Nearly 1,000 Lawrence University and Milwaukee-Downer experience first-hand how theACE staff put together such an College alumni and guests made the return to campus June incredible event. Alumni and friends from all class years from 12–16 for Reunion. Aside from rekindling old friendships and both Lawrence and Milwaukee-Downer were able to build reliving past memories, Lawrence alumni had a multitude of memories that will last a lifetime.” other events to keep them busy. Highlights included: 50-Year Connection discussions, Alumni College courses, Reunion Welcoming Katie Convocation, class receptions and dinners, live entertainment, In addition to an influx of alumni, Reunion also brought to and the opportunity to meet president-elect Mark Burstein at Lawrence a treasured piece of Milwaukee-Downer History. various events. The Katie, an eight-person shell used in the MDC rowing program from 1938 to 1964, now has a permanent home in “I really think this Reunion was the best we have had,” the Mudd Library. said Marilyn Alexander ’63. “Everyone has been so complimentary; the weekend was intimate, loving and more The shell was discovered in a Manitowoc, Wis., barn by connecting than any past reunions.” Will Evans ’13, a member of Lawrence’s club rowing team. The generosity of Downer alumnae allowed Lawrence to Mark Breseman ’78, associate vice president of alumni acquire the boat, refurbish it and put it on display. A dedication and constituency engagement (ACE), also added, “This year for the Katie was held during Reunion. I attended Reunion not only as a Lawrence staff member, but as part of the 35th Cluster Reunion. It was wonderful to

Read more about Evans’ journey to find the Katie at http://go.lawrence.edu/kgfs 24 Summer 2013 Lawrence 25 Javier Arau ’98 Harry Jansen Elizabeth Kortenhof overton B. Parrish ’55 sara Quandt ’73 José Luis Marlene Crupi Widen M-D’55 Kraemer ’77 Kumbalek ’78 Romero Hicks ’79 Seven Honored with Alumni Awards

Javier Arau ’98 foundation for the More Light! campaign. In addition, he has graciously hosted many Lawrence-related events in the Chicago area. He is among Lawrence’s most loyal George B. Walter ’36 Service to Society Award donors. A successful entrepreneur, Parrish was honored in March 2013 when the Arau was honored for sharing his love of jazz with people of all ages and abilities, Motley Fool named one of his companies, the Female Health Company, among The by inspiring them to pursue their passions in music or to begin playing their 25 Best Companies in America. instruments again. Arau founded the New York Jazz Academy and in a few short years it has grown to become the largest jazz school in New York City. Realizing how difficult it was for school music programs to acquire new music,A rau started Sara Quandt ’73 The Commissioning Project. It allows multiple ensembles to commission a piece Lucia Russell Briggs Distinguished Achievement Award of music jointly, making it affordable for all involved. Quandt, a professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention at Wake Forest School of Medicine, is an applied medical anthropologist who has devoted Harry Jansen Kraemer ’77 much of her career to correcting health disparities experienced by rural and minority populations. She is the co-founder of the NC Field Coalition, a nonprofit Gertrude Breithaupt Jupp M-D’18 Outstanding Service Award organization dedicated to increasing awareness of the plight of the farmworker. She Kraemer was recognized for his passionate service to Lawrence. Kraemer was a has conducted extensive research on the occupational and environmental health member of the Lawrence University Board of Trustees from 1999 to 2011, serving of immigrant farm workers. An author of more than 275 scientific papers, she has as chair of the board from 2008 to 2010. He has shared his talents with numerous shared her expertise with Lawrence student researchers as a mentor in the LU-R1 university committees, including as co-chair of the More Light! campaign. He program. has been a participant in the Lawrence Scholars in Business Program, a Career Conference panelist and a Convocation speaker. He also served as an admissions volunteer and as a director of the Lawrence University Alumni Association José Luis Romero Hicks ’79 from 1991 to 1994. Lucia Russell Briggs Distinguished Achievement Award Romero Hicks is an attorney and the founder and managing partner of Romero Elizabeth Kortenhof Kumbalek ’78 Hicks & Galindo, a legal and consulting firm based in Mexico City. His professional accomplishments have earned him recognition as one of the 100 best CEOs and one Gertrude Breithaupt Jupp M-D’18 Outstanding Service Award of the 300 most influential leaders in Mexico. He was the director general for housing Kumbalek has a devotion to Lawrence that knows no bounds. Since the late policy at the ministry for social development under Mexican President Carlos Salinas. 1980s she has been an admissions volunteer—attending and hosting admissions Under President Vicente Fox he co-chaired the National Housing Policy Committee. receptions—and has represented Lawrence at numerous college fairs in the As governor, Fox appointed him Minister of Planning and Finance for the Guanajuato Houston area. She has been a member of several Reunion steering and gift State Government. He has also served in various positions at the Universidad de committees for the Class of 1978. She was a member of the Lawrence University Guanajuato. Alumni Association Board of Directors, serving as president from 2007 to 2009. As a More Light! campaign volunteer, she and her husband hosted a campaign event in Houston in 2011. She is currently a member of Lawrence’s Parents Committee. Marlene Crupi Widen M-D’55 The Presidential Award Overton B. Parrish ’55 Widen was honored for her dedicated service to Milwaukee-Downer College and Lawrence University. As president of the Milwaukee-Downer alumnae association The Presidential Award she helped assure a smooth transition during the school’s consolidation with Parrish was honored for his longtime service to the college as a member of the Lawrence College. The spirit of Milwaukee-Downer and its proud traditions are ever present in Appleton thanks to her efforts. She has graciously served as a longtime To view or download photos Lawrence University Board of Trustees. In the 30 years he has been on the board, class secretary, class agent, and on the LUAA Board of Directors. As co-chair of the from Reunion Weekend visit Parrish has served on numerous committees, including finance, investment and Legacy Circle National Council she has been an event host and inspired others to http://lawrenceuniversity.smugmug.com academic affairs. As a member of the campaign working group he helped lay the make planned gifts. ■

26 Summer 2013 Lawrence 27 1st Reunion (2012) Row 1: Left to right: Lin Zhao Kerkman, Kate Allison, Csilla Megyeri, Christine Lyn Seeley, Erin K. Bryan Row 2: Nicholas Kerkman, Breanna Skeets, Samantha Smith, Hannah Kennedy, Susannah Dee Row 3: Maggie Lupton, TJ Clark, Maggie Schmidt

10th Reunion (2003) Row 1: Left to right: Maria Woodbury, Valeska Okragly, Gustavo Setrini, Clara Muggli-Toyloy, Miriam Lara-Meloy, Malika Chatterji, Stephanie Draheim, Laura Clements Row 2: 15th Reunion (1997, 1998 and 1999) Steve Kohlmann, Susan Stellmacher, Row 1: Left to right: Jeff Billings, Andy Hackbarth, Sam Garber, Karen Ruckman Lindsay ’97, Trina Grieshaber ’98, Sara Juni Vacek ’98, Liz Godfrey VanDenzen ’98, Heather Humbert ’98, Sarah Johnson Campbell ’97, Jason Hanna, Courtney Hanna-McNamara, Benjamin Campbell ’97, Ben Longlet ’97, Brian Bartel ’97, Nilmini Senanayake Hecox ’98, Eric Hecox ’98, Jolie Graf ’97, Leslie Marquardt-Vidas ’99 Trish O’Donnell, Paige Whitney Row 2: Row 3: Alison Hurwitz ’97, Charlie Holst ’97, Dave Bauman ’97, Andrew Jelen ’97, Michael Donnelly ’98, Chris Schmidt ’97, David Pippen ’99, Eric Traband ’99, Katie Reimer, Alex Revoal, Eric Seidel, Josh Whelan ’99, Susie Woelm Patch ’98, Elena Derzhavina ’99, Kelley Stare Arau ’99, Javier Arau ’98, Beth Ann Teigen Monsen ’99, Noah Monsen ’97 Josh Graham, Jennifer Dieter, Becca Neubauer, Row 3: Beth Mensing, Natalie Nickolas, Ryan Petersen ’98, Jason Weyers ’97, Jeremy Carvell ’99, Eric Halverson ’97, Regan Reinerth ’98, Andrew Schmidt ’98, Shelby Bowser McCulley ’98, Amelia Grounds, Jessica Spicer Katy Weiland Guerra ’98, Jeff Feist ’97, Jessy Josetti Feist ’97, Lori Hilt ’97, Alice Randolph Pattison ’97, Mari Michalkiewicz-Nelson ’97, Row 4: Melissa Munch Thompson ’97 Andrew Cashner, Sarah Krile Rademacher, Row 4: Sayeed Chowdhury, Jonathan Edewards, Kathleen Callaghan ’99, Suzanne Murphy ’99, Sarah Fallt Merten ’97, Paul Speiser ’98, Zack French ’97, Dan Herrick ’98, Catherine Walby ’97, David Drewek, Amber Zuhlke, Akinjide Kolade, Robb Asklof ’98, Milada Rice ’98, Cari Collar Gregerson ’97, Daniel Gregerson ’97, Alexander Paul ’97, Carolyn Lussow Paul ’97 Matt Grounds Row 5: Row 5: Charley Shaw ’98, Ian McLellan ’98, Matthew Cromheecke ’99, Eric Benedict ’99, Christine Jones Benedict ’99, Alissa Clark ’98, Louis Clark ’98, Autumn Quinn, John Gale. Mandy Halpin, Avery Sundling ’98, Natalee Hartwig ’97, Ben Kessler ’97, Trent Lunder, Cynthia Lunder ’99, Ben Tilghman ’99 David Marin, Jennifer Mathews Lowery, Patricia Lindquist, Tim Schmidt, Elaine Gajewski Row 6: Sheveland, Joseph Brooks Lara Weber McLellan ’99, Laurie Schwelitz Steines ’99, Sylvie Manaster ’99, Sarah Schott ’97, Sara Wegmann ’97, Allison Walter Volkman ’97, Nate Volkman ’97, Andy Holst ’99, Bob Seiser ’96, Tricia Toledo ’97, Paul Lamb ’98, Jonathan Judge ’98 Row 7: Sarah Malia ’98, Laura Duprey ’98, Mary McNamara Bernsten ’98, Ben Bernsten ’97, David Vander Ploeg Jr. ’98, Jeremy Bakken ’99

28 Summer 2013 Lawrence 29 25th Reunion (1988) Row 1: Left to right: Mary Louise Knutson, Liz Woodworth, Sarah Ruf Spencer, Susan Blaha O’Byrne, Megan Isaac, Katherine Green Schultz, Kimberly Hogan, Jeanine Perella McConaghy, Constance Dahl, Laura Wirtz Jenkins, Chris Korbel Row 2 Angela Bauer, Lora Hainy, Kristi Vap, Kristine Lappen Thune, Ireta Gasner, Jenny Benton Cravens, Claire Fennell Dunnett, Lisa Shirah-Hiers, Elizabeth Dvorak Stevens, David Lightfoot Row 3 Jerry Davis, Bob Countryman, Melissa Wagner Halfenger, Liz Lehfeldt, Lori Zalewski, Elizabeth Keggi, Mike Halfenger, Ann Roe, Andy Scott, Basil Godellas Row 4 Tom Detienne, Larry Torbenson, Tim Micheau, Tony Grade, Michael Wysocki, Kevin McCary, Mark Hanson, Jay Bullard, Dale Curtiss, Tim Duff

40th Reunion Row 1: Left to right: Margie Allen Carroll, Joanne McQuaid Hinderaker, Linda Laarman, Ann Carrott, Anne Skinner Glad, Annette Archambeau Brower, Alice Ralph, Nancy Johnson Russell, Kyle Handtmann Pinta, John Kufus, Debbie Dickison Whidden, Jeanne Fischer, Nancy Boston, Trudy Toft, Jeanne Larscheid Braun, Duffie Adelson Row 2 Nancy Freeman Wallace, Debby Burns Fox, Kristen Olson Lahner, Faffie Siekman de Romero, Cindy Percak Serikaku, Jean McWethy Smith, Marilyn Broome Matelski, James Pinta, Dan Toycen, Bill Gruetzmacher, Cindy Libbey Gilpin, Lee De Wolski, Stan Kingsley Day, William Sharp, Bonnie DeVore Row 3 Susan Crawford, Linda Rosenbauer Hau, Thomas Cutler, Greg Schneider, Stanley Smith, Barb Day Pinekenstein, Michael Breitzman, Laura Mueller Just, Deborah Anderson, Ginger Bevis Littleton, Dan Wiessner, Tom Kinnealey, Marcy Mittelstadt Row 4 Phyllis Peter-Mallard, George Wyeth, Benjamin Mann, Joe Rota, Brock Woods, Ron Lahner, Karen Griswold, Anne Sturgeon Frenchick, Sara Quandt, Louis Butler, David Rogers, Sue Running, David Spear 35th Reunion (1977, 1978 and 1979) Row 5 Row 1: Left to right: Mary Donn Jordan, Rob Lindquist, Todd Thurwachter, Rex Richardson, David Haugland, Steve Obaid, Professor Dick Yatzeck, Anne Brouwer Connie Smith ’80, Dorothy Fischer ’77, Mike Fogel ’79, Michael Sigman ’78, Jim Tobin ’78, Keith Runquist ’78, Anne Duncan-Welke ’79, Grace Jones ’79, Row 6 Charles Lobeck ’77, John Chandler ’77, Nancy Wood ’78, Peggy Zola-Schmidt ’78, Patty Nelson Held ’79 Gerald Wentland, Steve Swets, Tad Brockie, Jack Pohl, Richard Fritsch, Mark Cebulski, Ken Melchert, Paul Chicos, Scott Wenzlau, Joe Yount, Row 2 Joe Michel, Anne Brouwer Amy Bell ’78, Charles Kron ’78, Jose Luis Romero Hicks ’79, Paul Berghoff ’78, Jeff Edwards ’78, Tom Lindfors ’78, Shelly Mahn ’79, Betsy Kortenhof Kumbalek ’78, Melinda Young ’77, Mary Thome Marshall ’79, Jim Murphy ’77, Gregg Dawley ’77, Karen Sweet ’77, Peter Musser ’78, Molly Teas ’79 Row 3 Brett Cochrane ’77, Bruno Browning ’77, Jerry Kerkman ’79, Jim Rand ’77, Justo Fernandez ’78, Steve ’78, Julie Sasman Dixon ’79, Julia Pingry Fraser ’80, Steve Kumbalek ’78, Deb Howland ’77, August Geise ’79, Scott Matsumoto ’79, Jim McCracken ’77, Jo Howarth Noonan ’78, Paul Schmidt ’78 Row 4 Tom Hughes ’77, Robert Graveen ’77, Lea Sitton Stanley ’78, Mark Breseman ’78, Dave Hill ’78, Linda Hill ’77, Mark Cieslewicz ’77, Debra Eberhard-Mohnen ’79, Jim Werley ’79, Karen Sorenson ’77, Rob Stevens ’79 Row 5 Tom Schwartz ’78, Penn Ritter ’78, David Klaeser ’78, Paul Grench ’79, Carol Grench ’78, Daniel Pannebaker ’79, Bill Edminster ’77, Walter Deutsch ’78, Doug Marshall ’78, Bob Morava ’79, Jon Aries ’78

30 Summer 2013 Lawrence 31 Lawrence 50th Reunion Golden Reunion Row 1: Left to right: Row 1: Left to right: Julie Davis Dennis, Muriel Merbach, Barbara Amend Van Metre, Lois Lammers McNamara, Lois Holmwall Moseley, Skip Moseley, Challoner Morse Brown, Wayne Boshka ’53, Mel Strom ’70, Mary White Stroebe ’40, Lynn Semple Hagee ’58, Lee Wolf ’58 Roxane McLean, Karen Murphy, Barb Larsen, Carey Wickland, Betsy White, Tom Pearl Lawrence, Jean Bezoier Hanson, Doug Wright Row 2 Row 2 Midge Lott Abrams ’47, Chuck Merry ’57, Brian Beck ’59, Bob French ’48, Bill Laycock ’58, Tom Kayser ’58 Liz Cole, Susan Schulson, Marilyn Alexander, Karen Hamilton West, Paula Presba Krambeer, Hayward Sumner, Erlan Bliss, Bill Pomerantz, Janis White Dees, Row 3 Al Dees, Julie Hutchison Bolton, Jacquey Brown Yocum, Mark Thomas, Vicki Groser, Tom Barton Richard Olson ’53, Bob Martin ’58, Jim Cook ’62, Jim Richards ’48, Ebie Van Horne Richards ’48, Susan Trimble ’67 Row 3 Karon Winzenz, Cinny Reff, Chris Vogel, Austin Boncher, William Stone, Robert Zimmerman, Ken Lindberg, Robert Mac West, Joan Werness Martin, Margaret Snyder Schumann, Lorelei Viscariello Gould, Nancy VanScoy Duffrin, Linda Burch Eiserloh, Bronson R. Hall Row 4 Donald Kersemeier, Ken Mueller, Virginia Montgomery Melin, Mary Heller Fairbanks, Bob Petters, Dan Taylor, Al Gephart, Al Bjornson, Loring Lawrence, Susan Stratton, Dave Black

60th Milwaukee-Downer Reunion Reunion Row 1: Left to right: Left to right: Peggy Muhs Crawford M-D’55, Richard Olson, Marlene Crupi Widen M-D’55, Wayne Boshka Boggie Schroeder Wandt M-D’54, Patti Nell Curtis M-D’63, Betsy Grausnick Sonnemann M-D’48, Jean Parteka M-D’63, Bonita Cheesebrough Colber M-D’63 Row 2: Anita Beltran Moore M-D’63, Ruth Legler Qualich M-D’55, Janice Kuckuk Minardi M-D’63, Betty Heistad Barrett M-D’55, Nancy Habetler Kaliebe M-D’63, Ann Polek Neumann M-D’63, Mary Abrams Roberson M-D’63, Julie Juan Keller M-D’63

Milwaukee-Downer 50th Reunion Row 1: Left to right: Julie Juan Keller, Patti Curtis, Jean Parteka, Bonita Cheesebrough Colber Row 2 Anita Beltran Moore, Janice Minardi, Nancy Kaliebe, Ann Neumann, Mary Roberson 32 Summer 2013 Lawrence 33 A Fond Farewell A New Beginning for Jill Beck as President Emerita

On May 17 nearly 400 people bid a fond farewell to retiring Lawrence President Jill Beck at a grand ball held in the Warch Campus Center.

The event featured live music from Lawrence musicians and a choreographed scene from Der Rosenkavalier, a beautifully written piece of German opera. In addition to a bouquet of fresh roses, Beck was presented with a handcrafted rose created by studio art and history major Olav Bjørnerud ’14.

“It was a once-in-a-lifetime party,” said Beck. “Rob and I were blown away. I cannot imagine a more beautifully orchestrated, executed and enjoyable event.”

A highlight of the ball was the announcement by Terry Franke ’68, chair of the board, that Beck’s legacy will be honored through new endowed support for Lawrence academics and faculty. The Jill Beck NEH Humanities Institute and the Jill Beck NEH Fellow in the Humanities are new endowed funds established with a prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities challenge grant and matching gifts from Lawrence alumni, parents and friends. These new endowed funds celebrate the Lawrence Fellows program, one of Beck’s signature achievements, and invest in the excellence of the Lawrence faculty.

“The named gift in the humanities was quite a surprise,” said Beck. “It is a wonderful honor and one that I will greatly value as I see the work of the humanities faculty, students and Fellows appear in Lawrence news over the coming years.”

In recognition of President Beck’s accomplishments during her nine-year-tenure at Lawrence, Appleton Mayor Tim Hanna proclaimed June 9, 2013, as President Jill Beck Day.

34 Summer 2013 Lawrence 35 Inside Lawrence Faculty Promotions and Tenure Eight members of the Lawrence faculty have been granted tenure by the Lawrence Board of Trustees.

Garth Bond, Dominica Chang, Scott Corry, Stefan Debbert, Adam Galambos, Doug Martin and Peter Thomas have been granted tenure and promoted to associate professor. David Gerard, associate professor of economics, also has been granted tenure.

Bond joined the English department in 2004. Watson Winner His scholarly interests include Shakespeare; Two Earn Fulbrights Renaissance literature, poetry and drama; Daniel Miller ’13 received a prestigious Thomas Matusiak ’13 and Mary Kate manuscript studies; and the history of the 2013 Watson Fellowship that will allow Smith ’13 have each been awarded book and film. him to travel the globe to explore how high-tech electronic music composers a Fulbright U.S. Student Program Scholarship. Chang has been in the French department interact with, and are inspired by, their since 2007. Her interests include 19th-century natural surroundings. Miller, a composition Matusiak will spend the 2013–14 academic French studies, revolutionary studies, literary and music theory major, plans to visit Japan, year as an English teacher and unofficial history and historiography, media studies and Australia, Ecuador and Iceland over the next 12 months, goodwill ambassador at a still-to-be- print culture. where he will immerse himself in the local communities of composers and performers who are working outside the determined university in Columbia. It will also allow him to continue his research on Corry joined the mathematics department in 2007. traditional boundaries of classical art music. youth and disenchantment as depicted in His research interests include analogies between Latin American films. Riemann surfaces and finite graphs. He spent part “During my Watson year, I want to explore the unusual of 2009 as a visiting fellow at the Isaac Newton synthesis of the ancient and the high-tech, the natural and “I’m interested in teaching, especially teaching Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge, the synthesized in the form of modern computer music,” said language, so this award is almost perfect since I’ll be able to England. Miller. “I want to visit unique environments in each of those countries and explore how I, as a classically trained composer, do both,” said Matusiak, a linguistics and Spanish major. “I believe in teaching language through culture, and using film is Debbert joined the chemistry can channel the experience of nature into my music.” a perfect way to give students a visual idea of what culture is department in 2007. His interest in organic like.” synthesis includes research on the medicinal properties of organometallic cobalt-like Smith’s Fulbright will take her to Germany as a teaching compounds. He was instrumental in the Udall Scholar assistant at either a middle or high school in a city still to establishment of the biochemistry major at A passion for the environment has earned be determined. Lawrence in 2009. Chelsea Johnson ’14 a national Udall Scholarship. In August she will travel to “Teaching has been my main focus for as long as I can Galambos came to Lawrence as one of its post- Tucson, Ariz., to meet with environmental remember,” said Smith, a German, violin performance and On the Move doctoral fellows in 2006. He was offered a tenure- policymakers and community leaders as music education triple major. “I’ve always thought about track position in the economics department The transformation of the former Downer Commons into well as other scholarship winners. teaching math or German or music. I’ve just always wanted following his two-year fellowship appointment. Hurvis Center created space for the centralization of several key to teach.” He is a specialist in game theory and played a Lawrence departments. Career Services, Admissions, Alumni “I’m interested in the connections between people and the leading role in launching Lawrence’s Innovation and Constituency Engagement (ACE) and the Pieper chair have environment and how to make that connection healthier,” and Entrepreneurship program. relocated to Hurvis Center. The lower level of the building is home said Johnson, who is majoring in environmental studies Fulbright-Hays Winner to Hurvis Center Film Studies. The center is a state-of-the-art digital and English. “It’s not just about taking care of the planet, Martin joined the physics department in 2007. video production facility that will link cutting-edge video production but also about taking care of the people who live in it. The Katie Blackburn ’14 is spending the A biophysicist, his scholarly interests focus with Lawrence’s strong liberal arts tradition of film studies. environmental movement has to work on both sides of summer in China thanks to a Fulbright- on the mechanics and dynamics of cellular the equation.” Hays Scholarship for the 2013 Associated processes—transport, motility, division and In addition: Colleges in China Summer Field Studies signaling—that explain how life works. • Wilson House, the former home of admissions, now houses Program. Blackburn, a linguistics and offices for the Major and Planned Giving (MPG) staff and Chinese language and literature major, will take Thomas joined the Russian LU-R1 Cal Husmann, vice president for alumni, development and classes at Beijing’s Minzu University before working with third- studies department in 2006. His scholarly communications. Lawrence’s LU-R1 program, now in its fourth year, placed and fourth-grade students in rural Henan and Hunan provinces interests include Russian poetry, translation and 22 students at R1 institutions this summer. The students are at academic-based day camps. • The area in the Landis Peabody building formerly occupied by contemporary composers. assisting Lawrence alumni and other mentors in a wide range ACE, MPG and Husmann will be renovated to create a new of scientific research projects. “I’m looking forward to gaining a better understanding of Colman Hall residence hall wing with 26 additional student beds. Gerard joined the economics the Chinese educational system as a whole, especially the • The Diversity Center has relocated from Meade Street to the department in 2009. He is a rural system, which I’m sure differs greatly from the urban To see the list of LU-R1 scholars and their research lower level of Memorial Hall. The move makes Diversity Center specialist in risk regulation educational environment,” said Blackburn. “I hope to improve partner pairings, visit http://go.lawrence.edu/whnd. services more centrally located and easier to access. and public policy. He was instrumental in my Chinese language skills as well. As China increasingly developing two websites that allow users to becomes a global power, especially economically, I think it explore various dimensions of fatality risks: will be all the more important to be able to communicate in TrafficSTATS and Death Risk Rankings. their language.”

36 Summer 2013 Lawrence 37 You are invited to the Inauguration of Mark Burstein 16th President of Lawrence University

Gilman Scholarship Winners Friday, October 25, 2013 Tammy Tran ’14 and Zach Meunier ’15 have been awarded the prestigious Panel Discussions Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, sponsored by the U.S. Professor of Music Cathy Kautsky recently reunited with her former Music-Drama Center, Stansbury Theatre Department of State’s Bureau of colleague, Professor Emeritus of Music Theodore Rehl. The two Speakers announced online later this fall. Educational and Cultural Affairs. performed at a concert and alumni gathering in Longboat Key, Fla. 1:30 p.m. Civil Communities in an Age of Incivility Tran, an English and Chinese languages and literature major, will study abroad 3:30 p.m. The Issue of Difference and the Liberal Arts A Salute to Service for three months beginning this fall at Minzu University in Beijing. More than 16,650 hours devoted to community volunteer and She will attend the Associated service-learning programs by 989 students helped Lawrence Lawrence Performs Colleges in China Intensive Chinese University earn a spot on the 2013 President’s Higher Education 8 p.m. • Throughout campus Language program, which will allow Community Service Honor Roll for the seventh consecutive year. her to continue learning Mandarin and Experience a diverse array of musical and artistic performances. A complete immerse herself in Chinese culture. Lawrence is one of only two Wisconsin institutions to be cited every year by the Washington, D.C.–based Corporation for guide will be shared online and be available in Music-Drama Center Lobby. Meunier, a biology and environmental studies major, will National and Community Service since it launched the honor spend 11 weeks in Madagascar on a study-abroad program roll program in 2006. based at Centre ValBio, a research station in Ranomafana Saturday, October 26, 2013 National Park. He will study Madagascar’s biodiversity, Among the initiatives for which Lawrence was cited: Martin participate in conservation initiatives and conduct an Luther King Jr. Day of Service, Relay for Life, and After-School Installation Ceremony independent research project on plant-insect interactions. Enrichment for Young Children in the Fox Cities. 9:30 a.m. • Memorial Chapel / Stansbury Theatre

Inauguration Reception Cabaret “Uncover Secrets of the World” was the theme for the 36th annual Lawrence International Cabaret. More than 100 Lawrence students shared To follow • Shattuck Hall of Music and Music-Drama Center traditional music, dance and fashion from their native countries including Japan, Mexico, Tanzania, Pakistan, West Africa, India, Brazil, Israel, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Cuba and Korea. Sunday, October 27, 2013 Lawrence Volunteers 11–3 p.m. Riverview Gardens Join the Lawrence Community for an afternoon of fall gardening at Appleton’s urban garden. Busses depart from Wriston turnaround at 10:45 a.m. or meet at Riverview Gardens Community Center, 1101 South Oneida Street, Appleton.

To RSVP for the Friday panel discussions and Saturday Installation Ceremony, please contact the Lawrence University Box Office starting on September 18 by calling 920-832-6749 or visiting the ticket window in Music-Drama Center Lobby.

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38 Summer 2013 Lawrence 39 New Adventures After interacting with thousands of Lawrentians during their combined 60 years of service to the college through their work in Counseling Services, Kathleen Fuchs (left) and Jerri Kahl (right) are enjoying well- deserved retirements.

Fuchs, Lifeline coordinator, began her Lawrence career in 1977. Kahl, associate director of counseling services and lecturer in psychology, joined Lawrence in 1989. Both said Outstanding Educators Wind Ensemble Shines Student Playwrights they’ll miss spending time with students but are looking forward to Kenny Bosch, a social studies teacher at Muskego High School The Lawrence University Wind Ensemble was in the national Series Honors Gaines traveling and spending more time and Kelly O’Keefe-Boettcher, an American literature teacher spotlight during a March performance at the 2013 National Three original one-act plays were with their families. at Rufus King International School in Milwaukee, were the Conference of the College Band Directors National Association presented in Lawrence’s first biennial recipients of Lawrence’s annual Outstanding Teaching in at the University of North Carolina–Greensboro. The Fred Gaines Student Playwrights Series. Wisconsin Award. The pair was feted at a brunch at the home 58-member ensemble was one of only nine from around the The series honors former theatre of President Jill Beck, which also included their nominating country chosen to perform at this year’s convention. As a tune professor and department chair students, Kaye Harranen ’13 and Jarad Marchant ’13. up for the conference, the Wind Ensemble performed twice on Fred Gaines, who passed away in 2010. the way to North Carolina: at Worthington Kilbourn High School The three plays were written by Emma A Closer Look at Core Curricula in Columbus, Ohio, and at Athens High School in Raleigh, N.C. Brayndick ’14, Zachary Cooper ’14 and Supported by a $243,000 grant from the New York City–based Teagle Foundation, Reena Novotnak ’12. Watch a video of Lawrence’s performance at www.cbdna.org Lawrence will partner with Pennsylvania’s Ursinus College, Tennessee’s Rhodes College and The College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts to examine how core courses help students develop the judgment needed in their careers and in their lives. The 30-month-long project—“Gateways to Liberal Education”—aims to Musicians honored invigorate core curricula in American colleges. Research Wins Awards • Pianist Julian Delfino ’13 received first-place honors at the 2013 Music Beginning this summer, a series of four conferences will be conducted, with Biology major David Cordie ’13 was recognized for the Ancient Coin Petting Zoo Teachers Association’s annual Badger faculty from each of the four schools, to discuss ways in which a common course best undergraduate presentation at the Annual Midwestern In honor of Classics Week, a portion of the Ottilia Buerger Collegiate Piano Competition held at or syllabus identifies essential texts, skills and experiences that prepare students Conference of Parasitologists (AMCOP) held at Purdue Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins was put on UW–Stevens Point. for fulfilling careers and lives as responsible citizens. Lawrence will be sharing the University. Cordie received the Raymond Cable Award for interactive display at the Wriston Art Galleries’ Print Viewing • Flutist Sam Golter ’13 earned first- successes of its Freshman Studies program. his presentation,“Testing alternate hypotheses of parasitic Room. Visitors could get an up close look at 15 coins, place honors in the Mann Orchestral communities and aquatic invasive species interaction in including a Medallion of Constantius II, 347–350 A.D. Excerpt Competition in Reston, Va., Green Bay, Lake Michigan.” Specifically, Cordie investigated (inv. 01.103). In addition, gallery staff, art history faculty the Flute Society of Kentucky whether round gobies, an invasive fish species, carry non- member Carol Lawton, and classics major Adrienne Atkins ’13 Collegiate Competition, and the native parasites that could potentially be transmitted to were on hand to answer questions about the coins. Neale-Silva Young Artists competition native fish populations. Briana Harter ’14 and Samantha Puppy Love held in Madison, Wis. Luebke ’14 joined Cordie at the conference as poster • Flutist Leo Sussman ’15 took home The end of the academic presenters. first-place honors in theW isconsin year was filled with Flute Festival Young Artist Collegiate unconditional love as the Competition held in Madison, Wis. Mudd Library hosted its Brynley Nadziejka ’14 • Trevor Litsey ’14, tuba, and the annual canine therapy received the Best Student saxophone-marimba duo of Joe event. Library and other Poster Award at the annual Connor ’15 and Gregory Riss ’14 Lawrence staff and faculty Institute on Lake Superior shared top honors in the Neale-Silva members brought several Geology conference. Young Artists competition. four-legged friends to Nadziejka’s presentation • Kinsey Fournier ’12 and Tess campus to interact with was based on an analysis of Vogel ’15 earned first-place honors students and provide some minerals found in metamorphic in the clarinet and piano divisions, much-needed stress relief rocks and what the minerals respectively, in the 2013 Wisconsin as they prepared for end- reveal about the development National Federation of Music of-term projects, papers of the Penokee Range, a Clubs’ Biennial Student/Collegiate and final exams.A ll had a mountain belt that existed in Competition. doggone good time. Wisconsin 1.8 billion years ago.

40 Summer 2013 Lawrence 41 Faculty Achievements

Eilene Hoft-March, professor of French Octavio MÁs-Arocas, assistant and Milwaukee-Downer College and professor of music and director College Endowment Association of orchestral studies Fred Sturm ’73, Kimberly-Clark Professor of Liberal Studies Más-Arocas was named artist-in-residence Professor of Music and Director of Hoft-March organized a session at the Midwest with the Orquestra Sinfonica da Unicamp. Jazz Studies Modern Language Association Convention in Sturm conducted a concert of his works with Cincinnati titled “Faire grâce des dettes/Forgiving the University of Miami Studio Jazz Band at Peter Blitstein, associate Debts” at which she also gave a paper, “Pay(ing) Back: Kathy Privatt, associate professor of theatre Festival Miami last fall and with the University professor of history Filial Indebtedness in Le Clézio’s L’Africain. She presented arts and James G. and Ethel M. Barber of Minnesota Jazz Ensemble in February. In Blitstein has been named an American “Hélène Cixous and The Paraphenomena of Revirements,” at Professor of Theatre and Drama April he served as guest artist at Yavapai College Council on Education (ACE) Fellow. the Northeastern MLA-Boston. Her article “Being at a Loss: Privatt has accepted an invitation to serve (Prescott, Ariz.) and Phoenix College Jazz Fest, and conducted The ACE Fellows Program is the country’s Death, Mourning and Ethics in Cixous’s Benjamin à Montaigne” on the Community Foundation for the his works with the Superstition Jazz Orchestra. His music was premier higher education leadership appeared in Women in French (Vol. 20, 2012). Her book reviews Fox Valley Region’s Arts & Culture Grants featured with the Swiss Jazz Orchestra at the Internationale development program. of Capron’s Match retour, David’s Le Roman de Thomas Lilienstein Committee. It is a new grants program Jazz Festival Bern in Switzerland and played by an all-star and Sévigny’s Intimité appeared in The French Review in Oct. 12, with an objective to enhance opportunities New York City band at St. Peter’s (The Jazz Church) in March 13 and May 13 respectively. for appreciation of and participation in Manhattan. Brazilian director Ribamar Nascimento has John Daniel, associate professor visual, musical, performing and literary arts, chosen Sturm’s Abstraktes Bild as the sound track for the of music and teacher of trumpet history and other cultural experiences. 2013 filmMomentos Roubados. Daniel published Special Studies Catherine Kautsky, professor of music for Trumpet. It is available at Kautsky recently published “Ruminations on johndanielstrumpet.com Musicality” in Clavier Companion and “Masks, Carl Rath ’75, instructor of music Timothy X. Troy, professor of Minstrels and Mosques” in International Piano. In The professional double reed ensemble, Theatre Arts and J. Thomas and addition, she was an invited guest at the Kansas City Bocal Adrenaline, performed several of Julie Esch Hurvis Professor of Elizabeth De Stasio ’83, professor Conservatory, judging their annual concerto competition Rath’s arrangements at Southwestern Theatre and Drama of biology and Raymond H. and performing a lecture recital. Louisiana State University and the Texas The Great Plains Theatre Conference in Omaha Herzog Professor of Science Music Educators Association annual selected Troy’s new play, For the Life of Me, for De Stasio’s article, “The Genetics Society conference. As an invited performer, its PlayLabs Series. It was one of 12 plays featured of America Elizabeth W. Jones Award David McGlynn, associate professor he attended the International Double Reed at the group’s annual conference in May. for Excellence in Education: A. Malcolm of English Conference annual convention at the University of Redlands. Campbell,” was published in Genetics. McGlynn received the Council for Wisconsin Writers’ Imagine Music has published his arrangement of 2012 Kenneth Kingery/August Derleth Nonfiction The Nutcracker Suite for bassoon ensemble. Matt Turner, lecturer of music Book Award for his memoir A Door in the Ocean. The Strad called Turner’s recent recording, David Gerard, associate The Sweet Volcano, “an eruption of improvisatory professor of economics Monica Rico, associate resourcefulness.” Strings called it “edgy and Gerard presented “The Capitalists’ Jesse Palmer, assistant professor professor of history and angular … but surprisingly lyrical … imaginatively Cooperative: The Economics of of Japanese Pieper Family Professor of captures the boundless creative spirit of Organization and Its Implications of Palmer received a Great Lakes College Association Servant LeadershiP improvisational cello in the hands of a gifted artist.” Corporate Social Responsibility” at the grant to travel to Japan to conduct research on Rico presented “Music and Travel in Grinnell College Symposium on Corporate sacred mountains and national parks. Europe and the Americas, 1500–1800,” at the Bob Williams, associate professor Social Responsibility. He also presented National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute, of education “Waiting for Godot and for Corporate Social held at the Newberry Library in Chicago. Yale University Press With assistance from the Assessment Responsibility” at the Lawrence Economics Colloquium. Brian Piasecki, visiting assistant recently published her book, Nature’s Noblemen: Transatlantic professor of biology Masculinities and the Nineteenth- Committee, Williams organized and led an Piasecki co-authored the publication “Finding Ciliary Century American West. Associated Colleges of the Midwest workshop Lori Hilt ’97, assistant professor Genes: A Computational Approach” with colleagues on “Assessing Student Learning in the Liberal of psychology from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. Arts: Sharing Best Practices,” held in October at Björklunden. Hilt published “Characterizing The article was published in Methods in Enzymology. John Shimon and Julie Participants included representatives from Beloit, Carleton, the Ruminative Process in Young Lindemann, associate Colorado, Cornell, Grinnell, Knox, Lake Forest, Luther, Adolescents” in the Journal of Clinical professors of art Macalester, Ripon and St. Olaf Colleges. Child & Adolescent Psychology (JCCAP), Jerry Podair, Professor of History Shimon and Lindemann had and Robert S. French Professor of one of their ambrotypes where she is a consulting editor. She Faculty Fulbright delivered a talk at the Society for Research in American Studies included in the inaugural Child Development biennial meeting titled “Can’t Podair authored reviews of Zaprudered: The Kennedy exhibition at the new Museum Terry Gottfried, professor of psychology, has Take My Eyes Off of You: Eyetracking Reveals How Ruminators Assassination Film in Visual Culture for Film & History of Wisconsin Art in West Bend. been awarded a Fulbright research fellowship May Get Stuck” and presented a poster with co-author Emily and Reds at the Blackboard: Communism, Civil Rights The duo is also enjoying a to Canada. In January 2014 Gottfried will spend Hamm ’13, “Nonsuicidal Self-Injury, Relational Victimization and and the New York City Teachers Union for American yearlong residency at the John five months at McGill University in Montreal, Rumination: A Mediation Model.” In addition, she gave an invited Communist History. He spoke at a panel on “Lincoln, Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wis., which includes Quebec, Canada. talk at the Association for Psychological Science conference, the Constitution and the Civil War” as part of Lawrence’s workshops, artist talks, projects and preparation for the fall “Cognitive Control in High- vs. Low-Ruminating Youth.” commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation premiere of their Wisconsin Darkness & Picturesque installation During his fellowship appointment, Gottfried will continue Proclamation. Along with research librarian Gretchen Revie, of photographs, objects and ephemera exploring the meaning his ongoing research into the relationship between music he presented “Bringing Out the Best in Everyone: The Senior of place and the identity that comes with choosing to live and and speech processing. Research Seminar for History Majors at Lawrence University” work in an obscure place over a long period of time. at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research in 42 Summer 2013 La Crosse, Wis. Lawrence 43 Battling His Brain By Joe Vanden Acker

It is the day that changed Davis Ogilvie ’15. Changed his life. motor tics, and his verbal tics don’t involve shouting or profane “We dropped him off early and put him in a room by himself in “When that pitcher is in the windup, if I tic, I’m not going to be Changed who he was. Changed everything. speech that many would associate with the disorder. Trever (Hall) and it was like, cross your fingers,” Doug Ogilvie able to hit the pitch so I suppress the tics,” Davis said. “When said. “I remember the three-hour drive back. There wasn’t a lot I’m in the [batter’s] box or in the field, I don’t do it. I seem to The Lawrence University baseball standout was a sixth grader Davis was a stellar young athlete in baseball, basketball and of communication between my wife and me because we were be able to differentiate when I can do it and when I can’t. in fall 2004 when his family was on vacation in Walt Disney football, but playing those sports became more difficult after both kind of numb.” World. Davis was experiencing one of those brutal Florida the onset of Tourette syndrome. Learning in the classroom also “It has affected me; especially when I get run down, they get days where the heat and humidity can get the best of you. became tougher. He said his brain will tell him to do something Doug and Debbie began to feel a sense of satisfaction that worse. If I’ve been doing it all day, I can’t practice,” Davis said. Davis thought he was just feeling the effects of the stifling and he feels compelled to do it. The Tourette Syndrome Davis had made it to the start of his college career. “It’s been difficult, but it’s also been an outlet. Being an athlete temperatures. Association would describe that as a premonitory urge, which has helped.” is the urge to perform a motor activity. “That actually made us feel good. We were Before Davis knew it, his hands were clenched and his arms not just dropping him off and he starts A career .327 hitter, Davis was the team’s starting were pressed to his chest. “I was in and out of realizing what “I’ll be walking down the hallway and I will stop what I’m school in two days. He was able to build up “Dropping our son third baseman in 2013 after pitching extensively was going on,” he said. doing and do whatever the urge is until it feels exactly perfect” to that,” Doug Ogilvie said. “Dropping our off at school was a as a rookie in 2012. Davis said. “When it’s really bad, it might take five minutes.” son off at school was a positive step. There Understandably alarmed, Doug and Debbie Ogilvie took their were times when we weren’t sure we would positive step. There “I don’t think anybody realizes what he has to son to a local hospital. After extensive tests with no clear However, Davis added that he doesn’t consider his version of get to this point.” were times when go through to be a student and to be an athlete,” answer, the Ogilvies returned home to Libertyville, Ill., a few Tourette syndrome an extreme case. “My tics are not bad at Doug Ogilvie said. “I see him make these plays days later. all,” Davis said. Davis admitted his freshman academic year we weren’t sure at third and … it amazes me every time he does was difficult, but added that the second year we would get to because I don’t know how he does it. More doctors and more tests and a trip to the neurologist The tics get worse and the disorder becomes more severe went well. An economics major, Davis is led to the diagnosis of Tourette syndrome. For more than when Davis is worn down physically or really stressed. In other working hard toward his degree. In fact, he is this point.” “The pride and the respect of what he’s been eight years, Davis has lived with Tourette syndrome and has words, it gets worse when he’s being a typical college student. probably working harder and longer than just able to do is off the charts for me. What he been able to learn and play at a very high level despite the Davis said he chose Lawrence in part because he knew it about any other student at Lawrence. goes through, I wouldn’t be able to get up challenges. would be a challenge and in part because of the learning every day and do it.” environment. “We expected struggles. I’m not a top-notch student. I need a Tourette syndrome is a neurological disorder that manifests lot of studying to remember all of this stuff,” Davis said with a While Davis continues to grow and thrive, the thought of an itself during childhood. According to the Tourette Syndrome “I knew I wanted a small school that would definitely help smile. “Homework takes me two or three times longer than it end to the Tourette syndrome and a return to a more normal Association website, the disorder is defined by multiple motor me out with Tourette’s and the attention deficit hyperactivity takes everyone else. After this year, I’ve done a hundred times existence is never far from his thoughts. and vocal tics. Davis’ disorder was at its extreme when it first disorder,” Davis said. “I knew I wanted the small classes and better. Right now, it’s going well.” appeared. teachers that could help me.” “I try to imagine how I would be different if I wasn’t Davis’ brain still gets in the way of filling itself with knowledge. diagnosed,” Davis said. “I take being diagnosed as a blessing “Not only was it there, but it was there so bad, no one at the Davis arrived with the football players in August 2011 to take The tics sidetrack him to finish a task his brain tells him he has and a curse. After going through it, I have a whole different time could tell us what it was,” Doug Ogilvie said. on the role of team manager. When Doug and Debbie Ogilvie to complete before he can go back to feeding that same brain perspective on life. I’m a lot stronger.” dropped their son off at Lawrence, Davis knew his parents with information. “We have these tall kitchen stools, and if you weren’t watching were concerned. Davis thinks the standard thoughts of a young man. He him, you would turn around and he would be standing on top On the baseball field, Davis finds some refuge from the ponders finding a girlfriend, having a career, starting a family. of a stool. And he wouldn’t know how he got there. … Through “How is he going to cope? How is this change going to affect disorder, but it is always with him. Watch Davis on the field the years, it’s still been there, but not to the magnitude of him? Going into it, they were worried a lot,” Davis said. “I was and you will see him step from the batter’s box or stand on the “I always wonder, will I ever wake up one day and will it go when it first came about.” here three weeks early for football, and as the term went on, pitching rubber and shake his head. To the uninitiated, you may away?” Davis asked. they saw me doing better and the worries went away.” think he is simply shaking off a sign from the catcher. To those The doctors tell Davis that he is not a typical Tourette- who know Davis, they realize he is dealing with a tic at that And now he waits, and dreams, of the next day that will syndrome patient. He doesn’t have some of the extreme But there were worries. moment. The interesting thing is that the tics truly disappear change his life. ■ in the moment of action on the field—when he’s throwing a pitch, taking a swing or fielding a ball.

44 Summer 2013 Lawrence 45 Locker Room Notes

LEFT: Shannon Murray ’13 (9) jumps onto home plate after belting a solo homer in Lawrence’s 3-2 victory over Lake Forest College in the Vikings’ opening game of the Midwest Conference Tournament at Whiting Field.

Coach of the Year honors. Murray also was named to the Jason Dunn ’13 finished his career with 55 singles victories, All-Great Lakes Region team for the third time. and that places him second on Lawrence’s career list. Dunn’s older brother, Ryan ’10, holds the record with 60 victories. Murray’s pitching honor was her first, while she was named to the all-conference team for the second consecutive season. Tatro’s honor was her seventh in 20 seasons at Lawrence. Track and Field Tatro, who has more wins (321 in softball, 412 overall) than Sam Stevens ’13 won the title in the 3,000-meter any coach in Lawrence history, led the team to 21 victories steeplechase to lead Lawrence at the Midwest Conference this season. Lawrence’s win total and second-place finish in Championships, which were held at Beloit College’s the conference were bests since 1999. Strong Stadium. Both Kaye, the team’s center fielder, and third baseman Stevens won the title with a time of 9:34.42 to beat Carroll Anna Wawiorka ’16 also were named to the all-conference University’s Dakota Pruitt by nearly three seconds and win his team. Kaye was named to the all-conference team for the fourth individual conference track title. Stevens also finished third time in four seasons, and Wawiorka is the first Lawrence third in the 5,000 meters and fifth in the 1,500. freshman to be on the all-conference team since Kaye was selected in 2010. The Lawrence men finished seventh with 54 points, and Monmouth College won the title with 201. The Lawrence women also placed seventh with 39 points, and the Scots also Baseball won that team title with 244.5 points. Lawrence’s bats went cold during the middle portion of the season and the Vikings finished with an 11-24 record.A fter The other top finisher on the men’s side was J.P. Ranumas ’16, hitting .355 in its first nine games of the season in Florida, who grabbed second in the 110 hurdles in 15.49 seconds. the Vikings hit just .225 over the next 21 games. Karston Anderson of Monmouth edged Ranumas by .18 seconds for the title. Lawrence’s pitching remained solid throughout the season, and starter Alex Brewer ’13 was chosen for the All-Midwest Rose Tepper ’13 took second place in the high jump to Conference team. Brewer posted a 4-1 record on the season pace the Lawrence women. Tepper, a former conference with a 3.52 earned run average. Brewer struck out 21 in champion in the high jump, was the runner-up with a jump 46 innings and opponents hit just .264 against him. of 5 feet, 5 inches. Monmouth College’s Emily Tysma won the event with a jump of 5-7.25. Sofie Yang ’16 placed in three events, taking fourth in the pole vault with a height of 10-0.75, Men’s Tennis sixth in the 100 hurdles in 1:08.88 and sixth in the 400 hurdles in 16.46 seconds. Photo credit: Paul Wilke The Vikings finished second in the Midwest Conference Championships, for Lawrence’s best showing at the league tournament since taking the runner-up spot back in 2003. Softball Shannon Murray ’13 then retired the next two hitters to Golf secure the win. Lawrence qualified for the four-team tournament as the top Rudi Pino ’16 earned all-conference honors and led The Vikings finished second in the Midwest Conference seed from the North Division after posting a 4-0 record against Lawrence to a fourth-place finish at the Midwest Conference Tournament after a late-season run and some dramatics in the After a 6-2 loss to Cornell College in the next game, Lawrence divisional opponents. The Vikings beat Monmouth College Championships at Aldeen Golf Club in Rockford, Ill. league tourney. got a dramatic 5-4 win over St. Norbert with a walk-off homer 5-3 (the teams play until one squad reaches five points) in the in the bottom of the seventh. The Vikings trailed 4-2, but Geipel tournament semifinals, but fell 5-0 to Grinnell College in the Lawrence made up nine shots in the final round to card a Lawrence (21-15) won its last six games of the regular season, reached on an error to start the rally. Cory Paquette ’14 then championship match. 45-hole score of 824 and tie Grinnell College for fourth including four must-win league games against Carroll and laced a double to right field, and the Vikings had runners at (one round was cut to nine holes due to weather). It was Ripon, to qualify as the No. 2 seed from the North Division. second and third with no outs. Kaye then smacked the first Lawrence finished with a 14-7 record, the second-highest Lawrence’s best finish since the Vikings took fourth in 2008. pitch from Morgan Rusch over the center field fence to win it season win total in school history. The 2010 team set the The Vikings then opened the four-team conference for Lawrence. record with a 16-9 mark. Pino shot a final-round 77 and finished with a score of 198 to tournament, which was played at Lawrence due to a wet tie for eighth place. By virtue of his top-10 finish, Pino earned field at St. Norbert College, with a stirring 3-2, nine-inning win Cornell topped the Vikings 9-0 in the championship game. Craig Sherwood ’15 was Lawrence’s top finisher in the a spot on the all-conference team. over Lake Forest College. After Alissa Geipel ’14 scored on singles portion of the conference championships. Playing No. a sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth, Kayla Borgra led off the Murray and head coach Kim Tatro took home top honors on 4 singles, Sherwood advanced to the title match but dropped bottom half of the inning with a single but was thrown out by the All-Midwest Conference North Division team. Murray was a 6-3, 6-3 decision to Grinnell’s C.J. Ray. In doubles, Lawrence Cathy Kaye ’13 while trying to stretch it into a double. Pitcher named North Division Pitcher of the Year, and Tatro earned saw its No. 2 and 3 teams reach the championship semifinals.

46 Summer 2013 Lawrence 47 Honor our alumni Please help us find deserving candidates for the LUAA alumni awards that are presented at Reunion each summer. Awards are given in the categories of service to society, distinguished achievement, and service to Lawrence University and Milwaukee-Downer College. Be sure to include some description of your nominee’s accomplishments and why you think he or she is deserving. Nominations can be made online at http://go.lawrence.edu/fqsb.

Left: President Jill Beck with 2013 LUAA alumni award recipients

LUAA Board Members Q&A with the Development Committee are or where they are from, all have one thing in common: a passion for Lawrence. These legacy gifts, such as retirement The mission of the Lawrence University Alumni Association board of directors Kent Allen ’83 (Olate, Kan.) is to support, perpetuate and enhance the college by providing opportunities Q: When is the best time to give to Lawrence? assets, life insurance and bequests, will provide a significant Bradford Aspgren ’84 (Dallas, Texas) impact in what Lawrence University will accomplish in the for Lawrence and Milwaukee-Downer alumni to maintain connections and Paul Beck ’04, Connecting to Alumni serve as stewards of the university. The vision of the LUAA board of directors A: Anytime, although it actually does benefit the college to future by contributing toward scholarships, professorships committee co-chair (Appleton, Wis.) make your gift as soon as possible after July 1, which is the or any variety of programs. By joining the Lawrence-Downer is a Lawrence community with a lifetime commitment to the university, the Christine Jones Benedict ’99, president liberal arts and service to others. start of our fiscal year. If it works better for you to give later in Legacy Circle and telling us of your estate plans, it allows (Madison, Wis.) the calendar or fiscal year, we suggest making a pledge to let Lawrence to plan ahead (hopefully way ahead!) for gifts that Elizabeth Benson ’69 (Falls Church, Va.) The LUAA board of directors is a group of alumni elected to serve one four- us know when you intend to give. Not only does this help us will eventually be coming to the college, as well as to thank Suzy Steele Born ’78 (Highland Park, Ill.) determine the amount of Lawrence Fund gifts we can expect, you for your generosity. year term as a result of their high level of volunteer leadership on Lawrence’s Will Burrington ’84, Development behalf. The board meets twice a year on campus to plan and review programs but it also saves on production costs because once you make Committee co-chair (Washington, D.C.) a gift or pledge, we don’t mail you any more solicitation letters For more information: that involve alumni in support of the university. Board members are the Ann Carrott ’73, Nominations and Awards leadership body of the Lawrence University Alumni Association—they or call you. Please respond favorably when you receive the 800-283-8320 committee chair (Alexandria, Minn.) mailing in early July. [email protected] represent the alumni constituency and work with the Lawrence faculty Susan Chandler ’79 (Edina, Minn.) and administration to advance the mission and purposes of the university. go.lawrence.edu/giving Gene Redding Clark ’64 (Windom, Minn.) Q: Why is it important to make a gift to Lawrence every year? Gail Page Cordry M-D’58 (Inman, S.C.) Rick Davis ’80 (Warrenton, Va.) A: Lawrence is committed to providing a strong liberal arts Cynthia Estlund ’78 (New York, N.Y.) education for every student, no matter their financial ability.A t Dear Lawrentians, Jeffrey Fox ’72, vice president and LU, students are given the opportunity not just to learn, but to Kudos, volunteers! Development Committee co-chair research, innovate, build relationships and grow in ways that Thank you to all the alumni who helped recruit the It’s happened so many times that I feel like I shouldn’t be surprised anymore when (Dahlonega, Ga.) prepare them for the rapidly evolving world that awaits them Class of 2017! The class has an exciting mix of ethnically, I learn that some fabulous person doing brilliant work is also a Lawrentian. And Monita Mohammadian Gray ’92 after graduation. We need your help to do that every year. Not geographically and intellectually diverse students with a increasingly, I’ve been meeting them in my own backyard! Following an LUAA (St. Paul, Minn.) only do we need your financial support each year, but also wide range of extracurricular interests. regional social in Madison this spring (where I was surprised to meet two other James Harper ’83 (Westwood, Mass.) it is critical to increase our alumni donor participation rate. LU alumni who also live in Stoughton, Wis., a small town about 20 miles south Karl Hochkammer ’92, secretary Currently about 40 percent of alumni give back to Lawrence Alumni contributed to recruiting this class by: of Madison), I was inspired to find out how many other folks who now live in (Birmingham, Mich.) each year. If everyone who gave at least once in the past three • attending 136 college fairs during the 2012–13 Stoughton also spent time in Appleton. I logged into Voyager and found out that Marie Anne Jeruc ’15 (New Berlin, Wis.) years donated to the college every year our participation rate academic year, generating 630 inquiries the answer is 30! Who knew? Well, actually, I guess the LUAA has known all along. Richard King ’70 (Great Falls, Va.) would be more than 60 percent. This key figure is used in • Visiting 63 high schools through the Adopt-a-School Andrew Kraemer ’13 (Wilmette, Ill.) compiling the rankings for publications like U.S. News. Please program, exposing students and counselors to Lawrence The Lawrence University Alumni Association and its board of directors exist to help Cameron Kramlich ’02 (San Francisco, Calif.) consider making an impact on today’s Lawrence students by • sending letters to every admitted student you get connected to fellow alumni and engaged with the campus community and Rousang Li ’14 (Chengdu, China) making your gift every year. • referring Lawrence to students and students to Lawrence current students. We’ve been hard at work developing a series of regional events Gregory Linnemanstons ’80 (Appleton, Wis.) • Providing alumni application-fee waivers to students designed specifically to help you connect with Lawrence alumni in your area. Collin McCanna ’11, Connecting to Alumni Q: Why should I make a planned gift to Lawrence through And who knows, if you participate, perhaps you’ll discover that you have more in committee co-chair (Madison, Wis.) my estate? Why should I officially join the Lawrence-Downer We couldn’t have done it without you! common with your next-door neighbor than you may have thought. Joanna Messer ’01, Connecting to Campus Legacy Circle? committee co-chair (Madison, Wis.) Of course, that will be true for the Class of 2018, too. We I hope to meet you soon at an LUAA event! Yoriko Morita ’93 (Louisville, Colo.) A: Planned giving is an important and often easy way to encourage you to get involved in recruiting for Lawrence. Colin Potts ’13 (Berkeley Lake, Ga.) make a gift to Lawrence. By including Lawrence in your Sara Quandt ’73 (Winston Salem, N.C.) estate plans you can ensure that your legacy will live on. For information on fee waivers or any of the admissions Thomas Boya Quill ’82, Connecting to Our leadership in providing a quality liberal arts education volunteer programs, please contact Linda Fuerst at Christine Jones Benedict ’99 campus Committee co-chair depends on the generosity of alumni, parents and friends. [email protected] or 920-832-6853. President, LUAA board of directors (Los Angeles, Calif.) Our planned giving donors are of every age, from all walks of James Reiskytl ’59 (Mequon, Wis.) life, and their gifts are of every amount. No matter who they P.S. If you are interested in hosting an alumni event in your area, please contact C. Paul Snyder ’99 (Wauwatosa, Wis.) Stephanie Kramer at [email protected] or 920-832-6916. Cathy Statz ’96, past president (Chippewa Falls, Wis.) For a list of current alumni events visit www.lawrence.edu/alumni/events. Carolyn Tomecek ’12 (Riverside, Ill.) Perrin Tourangeau ’16 (Denver, Colo.) J.R. Vanko ’13 (East Dundee, Ill.) Marianne Varney ’71 (Naples, Fla.) 48 Summer 2013 Bill Zoellner ’93 (Seattle, Wash.) Lawrence 49 Distinguished Alumni

may be a good device for delivering a Bill Baer ’72 body of knowledge, just as a textbook Susan Medak ’76 About individualized learning was the content-delivery medium in my I took off a term to accept a job at the day, but the core of intellectual growth Assistant attorney Managing director, Guthrie Theatre and during that time I comes from learning how to analyze, was able to stay connected to Lawrence discuss and critique. That happens best general for the Berkeley Repertory through two very kind faculty members. at a place like Lawrence. Lawrence felt One simply corresponded with me right from the day I visited as a high Antitrust Division, Theatre throughout that time away, giving me a school senior. And I left four years later way to be reflective about what I was absolutely convinced I had made the United States Major: Theatre Arts learning in that job and providing a kind right choice. Department of Justice of just plain human support that was Susan Medak has helped transform so meaningful for me. The other faculty Berkeley Rep into an internationally member eventually helped me turn the Major: Government Lawrence’s evolution respected cultural resource. She has work I was doing at the Guthrie into a The essence of the Lawrence ushered in dramatic growth at Berkeley tutorial, which meant that I didn’t fall Bill Baer is recognized as one of the best experience—four years in a residential Rep and has seen several of its original quite so far behind in academic credits. antitrust lawyers in the country. He served college being taught and encouraged by musicals make their way from Berkeley as partner and head of Arnold & Porter’s an engaged faculty and surrounded by to Broadway, including American Idiot, antitrust practice group in Washington, smart colleagues—endures. But I have Passing Strange and Wishful Drinking, to The rewards of a Lawrence D.C., and held several positions at the also seen that brick and mortar matter. name a few. Medak was recently honored liberal arts education Federal Trade Commission, including The Warch Campus Center created a with the Service Council of Berkeley’s director of the Bureau of Competition and Benjamin Ide Wheeler Medal for The current state of our country shows new gravity for the campus. Openness touch with them all. And that was before My defining assistant general counsel for legislation significant, long-term contributions to the that we need a generation of well- to new ideas like those Jill Beck Facebook made it easy. Lawrence itself and congressional relations. In 2010, the Berkeley community. She is also a lecturer educated, liberally educated adults Lawrence moment embraced—Posse Program, Lawrence helped in so many ways. The financial National Law Journal named him one of in theater management at the Yale School who are capable of critical thinking and Fellows and Senior Experience—has aid package, the emphasis on clear, Celebrate! That was probably my The Decade’s Most Influential Lawyers. of Drama. empathy, and who possess a broad- kept Lawrence vibrant. I was privileged concise writing, the accessibility of defining Lawrence moment. It was a He is a former member of the Lawrence to be on the Search Committee that based education. project I undertook without having any Board of Trustees, including service as faculty, the opportunity to travel abroad, chose Mark Burstein and am confident the distribution requirements and the idea how long-lasting an effect it vice chair of the board. that our committee will be thanked for A Lawrence education would have on me or on Lawrence. challenge of independent study all made A professor who had many years to come. a difference. The culture at Lawrence required Established to breakdown town/gown an impact barriers, and made possible through a A Lawrence education that you become, over time, a self- starter. It encouraged self-sufficiency, Mark Malinauskis demanded that collaborative process that drew on There is something about a small liberal Professors who had an impact The importance of giving back broad-based knowledge and an ability I stretch myself academically. He the strengths of so many of my fellow students, Celebrate! was the testing arts, residential college experience that I was blessed with many mentors, to Lawrence to identify and solve problems. The wouldn’t let me treat a Lawrence ground for almost everything that I take was unique in my day and today remains including Professors Hah, Adenwalla, students who were happiest, I think, education as vocational training. Being part of the Lawrence community pride in as an arts manager today. a terrific value proposition. The faculty at Povolny and Longley from the took advantage of opportunities to Although he wasn’t granted tenure, I am has always meant for me a sense of Lawrence, then and now, are committed government department, Professors create their own programs, and shape still in touch with him 35 years later. social and civic responsibility. But, I also to working with students—in and out Goldgar (English) and Alfieri (Spanish), experiences in new and different ways. feel a special obligation in that without of the classroom—day in and day out. Academic Dean Tom Headrick and This certainly set a pattern for my LU’s financial aid package I would never That includes small-sized classes and Dean of Students Chuck Lauter, to professional life. have had that life-changing opportunity. one-on-one learning. Online classes name just a few. I stayed in occasional

50 Summer 2013 Lawrence 51 Remembering Professor Chaney

An iconic figure in Lawrence’s history, Professor Emeritus of History William Chaney passed away in March at the age of 90. Third is All Saints Episcopal Church, I have long felt that the measure of a Despite my focus on the sciences and In my life after Lawrence, whenever I He joined the Lawrence history department in 1952. Although Bill’s spiritual home for the past many great teacher is not how she/he inspires omnipresence in Youngchild Hall, I often have needed confidence, I have invoked he retired in 1999 after 47 years on the faculty, Chaney remained decades. Bill was one of the first great students but how a teacher found myself in Main Hall, where in the his kind words and his example. I can’t closely engaged with the college, continuing to teach one class people I ever met that was really motivates those average kids who so early 1980s I took two classes from imagine the number of those who have devoted to orthodox theology. Seeing often fall through the cracks. Scared, Dr. Chaney, both in medieval history. been given the same gift. Reflecting on Fall and Spring Terms, including one this past fall. His 61-year- him debate at Oxford with a Roman nervous, and immature, I was a member I loved his classes. First, for the audacity the difference that he made in my life, I teaching tenure is the second longest in the college’s history. Catholic theologian and an Orthodox of the latter group in 1965. I was not a of having a class that meant attending at am awed to consider how many people metropolitan as to whether the Holy member of the distinguished Salon nor 9 a.m. on a Saturday morning, and, more he inspired over his career of 61 years, A memorial service for Professor Chaney was held May 19 Spirit proceeded from the Father and was I smart. I was conscientious; and importantly, for the flair and panache in how many lives he changed. He counted in Memorial Chapel. the Son or just the Father was definitely this fast-talking, engaging professor which he taught the history of medieval the measure of his career not by the a lunch to remember. enthused me about a history I knew Europe as it emerged from the fall of amount of knowledge he accumulated, —Scott Sandersfeld ’07 nothing about, authors I had never the Roman Empire until the era of the but in how much he passed along. What follows are excerpts of comments shared by some heard of, and an era that was not dark Crusades. It was with great interest that —Brendan U. Dunning ’91 of his friends and former students. but rather a rich tapestry of people I learned about kings, conquests and the His enthusiasm for history was and events artfully woven by Chaney quirks of fate that shaped the emergence infectious, and it remains one of my himself. Thank you, Dr. Chaney, for of pre-modern governments, law and the Bill Chaney was a beloved mentor and favorite fields of study. I owe him a lot, inspiring me and all of those like me to worship of a single deity. His love of the friend throughout my Lawrence years and I am especially glad that my class continue to love the annals of medieval subject was absolutely contagious, to the and through all the years that followed. If I had to use only one word to describe Things that you can’t neglect to mention had a reunion last year and I was able to history and classical literature. point where I felt like I was actually in the In addition to kindling a lifelong passion Bill’s conversation, it would be the word if you are talking about Professor William visit with him, never dreaming it would —Mary Jean Vaubel Montgomery ’69 court of Justinian, when he signed into law for the study of history, he taught “energizing.” What was his secret? A. Chaney: First and foremost is certainly be the last time I would see him. I his famous codes of law in A.D. 529. me through example, through great Partly his breadth of knowledge, his life’s devotion, Lawrence University. thought he was immortal! —Stuart S. Winter ’83 personal generosity, and of course relevantly deployed. More important, If Lawrence could take the form of a —Mary Hamilton Burns ’62 The class of 1956 has always considered through the Salon what it meant to however, was his generosity, not only human bride, Bill not only would have Dr. Chaney as part of our class as he live an educated and civilized life, a materially, but also his generosity of married her but it would have been one arrived on campus the fall of 1952 with us I loved his lectures more than any other life where free-flowing ideas; political, spirit—generosity in his judgments of of those indecent marriages where When I learned there would be a as freshmen. He was the quintessential experience in college. He brought aesthetic, and moral arguments; art; the work and the character of others. the partners still act like they just met William A. Chaney Fund for Excellence professor, scholar, author and dedicated the past to life in a way few others music; wit and wine all mingled naturally It was only human that a man of his yesterday and are freshly in love for the in History I hastened to contribute. teacher who inspired all who knew him. have done. He stripped away the and joyously in the company of spirited gifts should seek to make an impact first time even though they’ve been Within days I received a note of Dr. Chaney brought history to life, even in centuries separating our world and friends. in conversation; equally observable, at married for over 60 years. acknowledgement, hand-written on a his 8 a.m. Ancient History class. A class the Middle Ages and made the men —Carter J. Eckert ’67 the same time, was his willingness to Monet water lilies card from the Met. … with him was fun. and women of that age tangible and, allow others to make an impact on him. Second is the Salon, that group of At the top, before “Dear Virginia (if I may —Waneta Esch Araneo ’56 often, heartbreakingly compelling. Lawrence has lost in Bill a loyal servant, students who were closest to Bill and be so informal after all these years),” he The class hung on his every word, Dr. Chaney would say, “History is a superb teacher, a wonderful friend, a some of his greatest friends throughout had written “Monday, 24th November, frantically writing as fast as possible in everything.” He would then demonstrate highly intelligent and cultured person, his life. There are dozens and dozens of 2010: Death of Philip IV (‘le Bel’), 1314.” When I think of Bill Chaney, as I often do, our notebooks. The end of class found it by bringing to class art, music and and a human being with a quality of them, now spread all over the world, and —Virginia Allen ’64 I am drawn to the human integrity with us flexing our tired hands but also literature from the period. I became a greatness about him. that world was formed in no small part which he celebrated the limits of intellect. desperate for more. medieval history major and attended —Henry Mayr-Harting, Emeritus Fellow, by this remarkable and beloved man. I see and feel his bubbling, laughing, —Elizabeth C. Spoden ’05 the seminars at his home for two years St. Peter’s College, Oxford He was the finest professor and teacher wicked courage to embrace boundless running. I was the only woman and we I ever had! curiosity and boundlessly liberating studied Beowulf and the Song of Roland. —Kristine Strom Erickson ’68 self-limitation. I remember the time when he signed the —David Rees ’01 slip to get me back into the dorm with a medieval date, much to the surprise of the To read other remembrances of professor Chaney, dorm mother. or add one of your own, please visit: —Ann Margret Cerny Clark ’66 http://go.lawrence.edu/rdbq

52 Summer 2013 Lawrence 53 Evan Bravos ’10, baritone, recently sang at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., as part of the Conservatory Project. The Conservatory Project is a semi-annual event that presents the best young musical artists in classical, jazz, musical theatre and opera from the leading undergraduate and graduate conservatories, colleges and universities. Bravos sang The Dodger from Copland’s Old American Songs, Ravel’s Cinq melodies populaires grecques and Tanzlied from Korngold’s Die tote Stadt.

Bravos is currently pursuing a Master of Music in voice and opera at the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University.

The following notes include items that have been submitted for publication to Lawrence, Voyager or a class secretary before May 28, 2013.

Joan, recently enjoyed a vacation in Hawaii. 44 They also welcomed two new grandchildren 80 Next Reunion: June 19–22, 2014 to the family. Next Reunion: 2016 92 01 04 Marilyn Schoenig Perry and Robert M. James I. Scheuer, Owen, Wis., is serving Next Reunion: June 2017 Next Reunion: June 2016 Next Reunion: June 19–22, 2014 Perry ’42, Fort Myers, Fla., just celebrated Thomas N. Findlay, St. Paul, Minn., retired a two-year term as president-elect of the Gerald W. Gabbard, Estes Park, Colo., is a Cara Peterson Riek, Anthem, Ariz., Kevin M. Peters, Willseyville, N.Y., recently their 69th anniversary. Peg recently had a June 30 as a counselor with the Wisconsin Wisconsin Music Educators Association central office director in Estes Park School completed a Bachelor of Science in Nursing graduated from Ithaca College with a hole-in-one and Bob rides his trike six miles Indianhead Technical College, and is now (WMEA), the state chapter of the National District R-3 in Estes Park, Colorado. He through Arizona State University and Master of Music in Conducting. He works every day. doing part-time consulting work. He and Association for Music Education (NAfME). also works part-time as a member of the will start the Doctor of Nursing Practice as the artist manager for the Dallas Brass. his wife, Missy O’Neil, have four children, He will then serve two years as president online adjunct faculty in teacher education program at Arizona State University in fall He is married to Erin Smith Peters ’03. including Matt Findlay ’92, who lives and another two as past-president. WMEA 50 and extended studies for Adams State 2013. She received an Associate of Science Next Reunion: June 19–22, 2014 and teaches at the International School of membership includes about 2,500 music Prague, and Luke Findlay ’97, who lives University in Alamosa, Colo. He graduated in Nursing through Cochise College. 06 Bill Thompson, Neenah, Wis., was recently teachers at all levels throughout the state. and teaches in the Atlanta area. from Capella University in July 2012 Next Reunion: June 2016 honored with the Tom Prosser Award from Emily A. Rohm-Gilmore, Bolingbrook, Ill., with a Ph.D. in leadership in educational Bonnie E. Alger, Abu Dhabi, United the Neenah-Menasha YMCA. He was Lawrence T. Hickey Jr., North Augusta, 83 starred as Alice in Alice in Wonderland at administration (K–12). Arab Emirates, was recently one of 12 cited for his decades-long involvement S.C., is enjoying retirement in sunny South Next reunion: June 19–22, 2014 the Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences in conductors selected for the International with the Y and his passionate leadership. Carolina. John M. Wiesman, Vancouver, Wash., Lincolnshire this past March. 94 Masterclasses Berlin for Orchestral He has served as a YMCA board member, is secretary of health for the state of Elizabeth Mahon Nichols, Iowa City, Iowa, Next Reunion: June 2015 Conductors, led by renowned conductor a member of the Budget and Finance Washington. He completed his Doctor of 03 invests in real estate and is studying for Kathleen Metzger Newmyer, Mosca, and pedagogue Kenneth Kiesler. The class Committee, and on the Membership and Public Health from the University of North Next Reunion: June 2016 her real estate license to facilitate her own Colo., is finishing her seventh year was held in Berlin, Germany, and focused Marketing Committee. In addition, he Carolina-Chapel Hill in December 2012. David A. Chidsey, Rock Hill, N.Y., is buying and selling. Recent travels include teaching instrumental music at Center on repertoire of the Viennese School. is a loyal volunteer with the Strong Kids state chair of the classroom music visits to Florida, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Schools in Center, Colo. This year she Among the other participants was fellow Campaign. committee for the New York State School a solo road trip through North and South 84 also started teaching as an adjunct in the Lawrentian Rodrigo Ruiz ’11. Carolina. Next Reunion: June 19–22, 2014 Music Association. He gave a session Adams State University art department presentation at the 2012 Winter NYSSMA Christopher W. Bowman, St. Paul, Minn., 69 Harold N. Pomainville, Madison, Wis., is John Huber, New York, N.Y., has been and started coursework at Adams for a Next Reunion: June 2015 elected to the American Academy of Arts Conference and presented a research works as an associate attorney at Yaeger, working on a new book, Henry Hathaway: Master of Music Education with emphasis poster at the American String Teachers Jungbauer & Barczak, a national railroad Pamela Bolotin Joseph, Seattle, Wash., The Lives of a Hollywood Director. and Sciences, one of the nation’s most in performance. On March 30 she gave her was elected chair of the General Faculty prestigious honor societies. Huber is a Association National Conference. He firm headquartered in St. Paul. He focuses Scarecrow Press will publish it later graduate oboe recital, accompanied on one received a Master of Education from his practice on dispositive motions and Organization at University of Washington this year. professor of political science at Columbia piece by her mother, Margery Homfeld Bothell for the 2012–13 academic year. She University. Teachers College, Columbia University. appeals. Margaret Stalick Sanders and John A. Metzger ’67, on cello. She and her father, recently received the American Association Philip Metzger ’66, participated in the Sarah Slivinski Hanson and Bjorn A. of University Professors (AAUP) University Sanders ’68, Winter Park, Fla., enjoyed two 91 Hanson ’00, Centennial, Colo., recently 07 Björklunden seminars last summer: “Julius Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Summer Next Reunion: June 2017 of Washington Chapter Award for Courage Next reunion: June 2016 Academy in June. moved to the Denver area and are enjoying in Pursuit of Excellence in Washington Caesar” with Dan Taylor ’63 and “Russian Steven A. Houghton, Astoria, N.Y., is the climate and mountains there. Sarah is Elena Flores Houck, Long Beach, Calif., State Higher Education. Short Stories” with Peter Thomas. They also senior program manager at the Institute of teaching Latin to students in Minocqua, is attending graduate school for costume went on the Björklunden-sponsored trip to 99 design at California State University, Long International Education (IIE). He oversees Next Reunion: 2018 Wis., via Skype. Greece in April 2012. Beach. 70 a global team of outreach officers who Paula M. Gudmundson, Vadnais Heights, Jonathan B. Hinke, Jacksonville, Fla., Next Reunion: June 2015 Walter B. Stitt III, East Providence, R.I., are working on a special educational Minn., is visiting assistant professor of flute is a school-based math coach in Duval Gabriela A. Szteinberg, Somerville, Mass., Lee R. Atterbury, Cross Plains, Wis., is still and his wife, Karen Stitt, celebrated their opportunity through New York University at the University of Minnesota–Duluth. County Public Schools. The experience has graduated with a Ph.D. in chemistry from working full time and living with horses. He retirements with a trip to London. Abu Dhabi. She recently received a Minnesota State provided him with opportunities to lead Purdue University in December 2012. She has two novels out: Solitude Showdown Susan Grote Tittle ’69, Lancaster, Calif., is Karen Park, Appleton, Wis., received Arts Board Community Partnership Grant professional development, mentor new has accepted a two-year postdoctoral and Meeteetse Massacre. enjoying retirement. She and her husband, tenure at St. Norbert College as a professor for 2013–14 to record her first full-length teachers and lead school reform initiatives. research position in chemistry education Chris A. Bowers, Naperville, Ill., is a Jonathan, play golf twice a week, and they of religious studies in February 2013. CD, ¡Viv! La Flauta! featuring works of He earned a Masters in Educational at the University of Massachusetts Boston. consultant and enjoys working with enjoy visiting their grandson, Parker, in Latin America for flute. Previously she was Leadership from the University of North nonprofit organizations. He and his wife, San Diego. recipient of a 2011–12 Artist Initiative Grant Florida this past December. After passing 09 from the Minnesota State Arts Board where his certification exam he is now a certified Next Reunion: June 19–22, 2014 she traveled to Buenos Aires, Argentina principal. The next step in his career is Felicia M. Behm, Littleton, Colo., owns in search of neglected early 20th century becoming an assistant principal. Slap Happy Music Studio, a teaching Eric Schacht ’90, Champaign, Ill., is the recipient of the 2013 Stanley Malless Award from music. She was also recently featured Timothy W. Schmidt, Fox Point, Wis., is studio for students K–adult that offers the U.S. Tennis Association Midwest Section. The award honors a volunteer who has on Minnesota Public Radio’s Regional a corporate attorney with KapStone Paper percussion, piano, flute, violin, viola, guitar, contributed to the development of grassroots tennis programs. Schacht was recognized Spotlight. www.paulagudmundson.com and Packaging Corporation in Northbrook, voice, clarinet, saxophone and composition for the instrumental role he played in forming the Mahomet Community Tennis Ill. Previously he practiced corporate law lessons (private and group), body music, Association. Since its inception in 2009, more than 30 junior high and high school girls at a Fortune 500 company in Milwaukee. flute choir, percussion ensemble, Brazilian have participated in a team concept program. Last summer more than 60 children age He also sings with the Florentine Opera drumming, West African drum and dance, jazz choir, jazz combo and mixed chamber 10 and younger participated in its Midwest Youth Team Tennis program. Company, Bel Canto Chorus and Milwaukee Find us on Facebook! Symphony Chorus. ensembles. In addition to coaching girls’ tennis and high school tennis, Schacht has served as a www.facebook.com/lawrencealumni volunteer54 coachSummer for the2013 University of Illinois women’s tennis team. Lawrence 55 Marriages and Unions Births ALUMNI AUTHORS

Valerie J. Dryer ’70 and Bruce McIntosh, Citra, Fla., April 18, 2012 Emily Buzicky Swanson ’05 and Noah Swanson, Salt Lake City, and Adoptions Utah, August 25, 2012 Karen Park ’91 and Martyn Smith, Appleton, Wis., December 14, 2012 Jana Gibson Cartier ’97 and Megan Cartier, Meeteetse Massacre Rachel Long Pauli ’06 and Benjamin P. Pauli ’06, Lafayette, Ind., Appleton, Wis., a daughter, Malin Joel, Lee Atterbury ’70 Jennifer L. Mallory ’00 and John McHugh, Chicago, Ill., April 6, 2013 October 13, 2012 December 21, 2012 A serial killer lurks in the Wyoming wilderness. Campers Megan M. Walsh ’00 and Christopher Soper, Minneapolis, Minn., Mollie Bodin Claar ’08 and Dru M. Claar ’07, May 27, 2012 Sarah Johnson Campbell ’97 and Benjamin ’97, October 13, 2012 and fishermen are murdered with an axe. Jim Taylor and Menasha, Wis., a daughter, Maggie Catherine, his horse, Buck, become reluctant participants in the hunt Benjamin G. Welden ’08 and Laura Welden, Shorewood, Wis., December 1, 2011 Seth Harris ’01 and Kate Riordan Harris, St. Paul, Minn., August 6, 2011 January 25, 2013 for the killer. They struggle through a blizzard to rescue a Shelby Bowser McCulley ’98 and Brian, wounded FBI agent. Will the killer escape the hunters to Sarah Krile Rademacher ’03 and Jonathon Radermacher, Akina K. Schatzke ’09 and Tashfique Mirza ’11, February 8, 2013 September 1, 2012 Sun Prairie, Wis., a son, Declan James, claim more lives? Man and horse must find a way to stop Sarah Marheine Anderson ’09 and Erik K. Anderson ’09, December 20, 2012 the slaughter. Jordan L. Webster ’03 and Enrique Romero, Palo Alto, Calif., Berkeley, Calif., June 20, 2012 June 9, 2012 Jordan J. Hanson ’98 and Susan, Las Vegas, Nev., Meghan Cochrane Schliepp ’09 and Paul Schliepp, Weston, Wis., a son, Vail William John, March 7, 2013 Timothy W. Schmidt ’03 and Molly Marie Pappas, Minneapolis, October 1, 2011 The Idea of America: How Values Shaped Our Minn., January 7, 2012 Rebecca Troup Lenthe ’98 and Jason, Matthew W. Hintz ’10 and Miranda M. Hintz, Sherwood, Wis., Eagleville, Pa., a daughter, Megan, Republic and Hold the Key to Our Future Caitlin Monnens ’04 and Jeff Turriff ’02, Minneapolis, Minn., September 8, 2012 February 21, 2013 May 18, 2013 H. Michael Hartoonian ’60, co-author Amy Meyerhofer Richie ’10 and Joshua J. Richie ’07, July 9, 2011 Laura D. DiGiorgio ’99 and David W. Scott ’99, Americans embrace values that are often in tension. Milwaukee, Wis., a daughter, Evelyn Joy, These tensions—law vs. ethics, freedom vs. equality, August 25, 2011 unity vs. diversity, commonwealth vs. private wealth— Sara Racine Vandenbush ’00 and Terry, are at the heart of a great debate that began with the Milwaukee, Wis., a son, Cale, March 11, 2013 Founding Fathers and continues today. By examining Lisa M. Baumann Kreuziger ’01 and Travis J. how these value tensions played out throughout history, Kreuziger, Inver Grove Heights, Minn., a son, this book demonstrates the continuing relevance of our August Robert, May 7, 2013 founding ideals. Cara Peterson Riek ’01 and Brian, Anthem, Will you answer when Sarah calls? Ariz., a daughter, Lillian, February 9, 2012 Found on the Bottom Megan A. Marsh-McGlone ’02 and Montgomery, Lawrence Leporte ’83 Madison, Wis., a daughter, Morgan Annabelle, An endearing tale of the hapless and the clueless. November 4, 2012 “I love the opportunity to connect with people who directly Orton Spotswood’s splendid suburban isolation is rudely impact my experience here at Lawrence. I would love to Craig J. Garvey ’04 and Jessalyn, Chicago, Ill., disturbed by news of a homicide. Although by nature a son, Ford Parker, March 19, 2013 a man of “decorous and genteel prevarication when it talk to you about your Lawrence experience and how you Erin McCarthy Bowman ’06 and Christopher ’06, comes to matters of heroism,” Spotswood is goaded into can help students like me. Through your generosity, state- St. Paul, Minn., a daughter, Ellery Kathleen, action by his long-serving (and long-suffering) girlfriend. of-the-art equipment is available to conduct experiments February 27, 2013 Events unfold, some of which threaten to spoil his appetite. A tech-sector billionaire, a corrupt politician, Megan Meyerhofer Fitzsimmons ’06 and in my biology labs and I have learned how to administer precocious college students, the California Highway Patrol Kevin ’06, Appleton, Wis., a son, Alexander clinical interviews to screen for mental illness for my John, January 10, 2013 and the DA’s hatchet man nip at his heels. Tormented by highway hallucinations, but grounded in televised sports and truck-stop epiphanies, he soldiers on with psychology minor.” Katie Smith Borland ’07 and Kyle ’08, unbroken spirit. Greenville, N.C., a daughter, Madelyn —Sarah Bonner, biology major Josephine, December 2, 2012 Ellen Frisbie Woodsbie ’08 and Gregory ’08, Esperanza and the New School Sarah’s voice is just one of many you may hear asking Mansfield, Mass., a son,A ugust Gregory, Sara Donnelly ’63 February 4, 2013 about your Lawrence story. The student callers want This is a heartwarming, bilingual children’s story that grew Katie N. Peacock-Frielund ’08 and Arthur out of the author’s years of service in Seeds of Learning you to know their Lawrence stories wouldn’t be possible R. Frielund ’06, Appleton, Wis., a daughter, (SOL), a nonprofit organization (www.seedsoflearning.org). without your gifts to The Lawrence Fund. Every dollar Charlie Annabelle Raven, May 25, 2012 For the past 20 years, SOL has conducted “working goes directly to support Sarah and her classmates as they Jeanelle Adams Salm ’09 and Timothy ’08, vacations” in Nicaragua and El Salvador. Every year teams Appleton, Wis., a daughter, Sarah Grace, of volunteers travel to work together in solidarity with prepare for their futures. March 9, 2012 remote communities of these countries to build schools. Esperanza depicts this experience as seen through the Sarah M. Koenigs ’09 and Jonathan, Mauston, eyes of one little girl. Thanks for taking our call! Wis., a son, Matthias David, June 2, 2012 Akina K. Schatzke ’09 and Tashfique Mirza ’11, If you would like to give before phonathon calls you, please call us at 1-800-283-8320 or give online at go.lawrence.edu/give-online. a son, Nadav, April 20, 2013 If you want to ensure we have your correct contact information, please update us by phone, or email [email protected]. 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56 Summer 2013 Lawrence 57 Alumni AUTHORS, continued Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/LawrenceUni Active profiles include: • Lawrence University (@LawrenceUni) Uprising • Career Services (@LUCareerCenter) Philip R. McKenna ’99 In an attempt to go green, governments around the world are shunning coal and embracing a supposedly greener alternative: natural gas. It’s a decision that will shape the Janet Brophy Burton M-D’44, Tucson, Ariz., Jean Bennis Hudson ’41, Lincoln, Neb., future of our planet—but it may not be the right one. In In Memoriam Lawrence University September 17, 2012 December 18, 2011 his first e-book, McKenna explores the science behind our Elsie Nichols Czehno M-D’45, Eliot Marcellus ’41, Pulaski, Va., energy future. Sun Prairie, Wis., November 5, 2012 20s January 8, 2013 Dorothy Neil Sohner ’28, Waterloo, Iowa, Milwaukee-Downer Mary Beckman McKie M-D’45, Marjorie Mansfield Phillips ’41, December 20, 2012 Fit for a Frankenstein Beloit, Wis., May 17, 2013 San Rafael, Calif., February 17, 2013. 30s Survivors include a sister, Ruth L. Melsheimer M-D’45, Elizabeth Paul McComas ’83, co-author Mansfield Rehder ’44 Lenore Koegler Hutton M-D’33, New Auburn, Memphis, Tenn., September 19, 2012 30s While en route to the alpine town of Vasaria, the diabolical Wis., March 17, 2013. Survivors include a Ruth Fidler Rudolph ’41, Helen Croell Ohm M-D’46, Rachel Erbe Berg ’32, La Crosse, Wis., Oshkosh, Wis., body snatcher Ygor stops in the village of Kotstadt grandson, Jeffrey A. Snow ’85 July 27, 2012 Wauwatosa, Wis., January 10, 2013 February 1, 2013 to obtain a custom-made suit for his friend, the ever- Gertrude Foster Sierk M-D’35, Minneapolis, Mary Graner Ricker M-D’46, Bernice Embs Kaven ’32, Kingsford, Mich., William A. Siekman ’41, Appleton, Wis./ menacing Frankenstein Monster. The unholy duo’s visit Minn., August 25, 2011 Coconut Grove, Fla./Sister Bay, Wis., Mequon, Wis., February 18, 2013 December 20, 2011 endangers fastidious tailor Klaus Hauptschmidt and his Jane Gurda Stecher M-D’35, West Allis, February 26, 2013. Survivors include a effervescent teenage daughter, Gretl … and prompts Wis., February 21, 2013 Elizabeth Adams Ezell M-D’47, Helen Carlson Krell ’36, Pasadena, Calif., son, Charles B. Siekman ’72; a daughter, hijinks of monstrous proportions. Chapel Hill, Tenn., December 6, 2011 January 27, 2013 Frances Siekman de Romero ’74; Jane Haker Van Dale M-D’35, New Berlin, grandsons Charles Alexander Siekman ’12 Wis., July 27, 2012 Sally Lange Glasener M-D’47, Gertrude Clark O’Connor ’36, Ladysmith, Chippewa Falls, Wis., December 25, 2012 Wis., January 24, 2013 and David Eduardo Romero Siekman ’15; How to Succeed in Advertising When All You Miriam Moe Sperry M-D’36, Whitewater, and a granddaughter, Francesca Patricia Wis., January 31, 2012 Elizabeth Levy Joseph M-D’48, John B. Raprager ’36, Wisconsin Rapids, Romero Siekman ’11. Have is Talent Mequon, Wis., April 16, 2013 Wis., February 10, 2012 Laurence Minsky ’84 Harriet Williams Edwards M-D’37, Bruce B. Burrows ’42, Hollywood, Fla., Reedsburg, Wis., November 1, 2011 Joan Loeb Sexton M-D’48, Edina, Minn., Ruth Beck Miller ’37, Jenkintown, Pa., December 24, 2011 Minsky presents life lessons from 18 of advertising’s most March 19, 2012 November 9, 2012 Ruth Padway Weinshel M-D’37, important talents. From in-depth conversations filled with Cynthia Meyer Green ’42, Ooltewah, Tenn., Milwaukee, Wis., December 13, 2012 Joyce Lewis Laabs M-D’49, Elise Griffith Metzler ’38, Charlotte, N.C., November 12, 2011 good advice, amazing examples and practical lessons, Hazelhurst, Wis., September 13, 2011 July 3, 2011 learn what it takes to be truly exceptional in the fast-paced Dorothy Weber Fant M-D’38, Cedarburg, John H. Thomas ’42, Wheeling, Ill., Gail Cook Meissner M-D’49, Martha Lyon Lambiotte ’39, Green Bay, world of advertising. Wis., December 10, 2012 January 17, 2013 Mequon, Wis., September 25, 2012 Wis., February 27, 2013 Laura Cox Hyde M-D’38, Island Lake, Ill., Marguerite Blixt Zilisch ’42, January 29, 2013 Joan Schultz Zimmerman M-D’49, Barbara Lester Smith ’39, Madison, Wis., New Berlin, Wis., October 2, 2012 The Get a Job Workshop: How to Find Your Way Milwaukee, Wis., February 6, 2013 December 16, 2012 Gertrude Diefenbach Black M-D’39, Polley Hartquist Cosgrove ’43, Richardson, to a Creative Career in Advertising, Branding, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 28, 2011 Texas, September 30, 2011. Survivors Collateral, Digital, Experiential & More Doris Martin Stephan M-D’39, 50s 40s include her husband David F. Cosgrove ’43 Edited by Laurence Minsky ’84 Westboro, Wis., February 6, 2013 Joan May McGaughey M-D’50, Marian L. Davis ’40, Denver, Colo., Marian Pietsch Holm ’43, Madison, Wis., March 26, 2013 Featuring contributions from more than 35 expert Virginia Field St. Eve M-D’39, Clayton, Mo., Oro Valley, Ariz., September 29, 2012 October 20, 2011 practitioners and educators, this book serves as a road March 25, 2012 Barbara Brooker M-D’51, Lancaster, Wis., Robert H. Leverenz ’40, Sheboygan, Wis., Carolyn Leland Ramstad ’43, Saratoga, map for getting a full-time creative job. From organizing Marjorie Tancig Van Ouwerkerk M-D’39, April 14, 2013 February 18, 2013. Survivors include a Calif., March 24, 2013 daughter, Ann Leverenz Keckonen ’64; a your career gear to identifying the best opportunities in Tucson, Ariz., February 2, 2013 Ann Becker Crockett M-D’55, Barbara Swett Brooks ’44, Greeley, Colo., granddaughter, Elizabeth Keckonen Hejl ’91; your market, this book provides what it takes to help those Scarborough, Maine, May 7, 2013 September 14, 2012 who have what it takes. a great granddaughter, Stephanie Ann 40s Anne Bernhardt Oweis M-D’56, Vahlsing ’15; a sister, Phyllis Leverenz Willis C. Buboltz ’44, Aurora, Colo., Falls Church, Va., March 5, 2013 Younger ’48; a niece, Martha Esch Schott ’70; September 18, 2012 Clarissa Hanson Watson M-D’40, and a great-niece, Sarah E. Schott ’97. Elizabeth Richter Dunbar ’44, The Story Behind “In Broad Daylight” Glen Cove, N.Y., March 17, 2012 Kit Kalmbach Mahnke M-D’59, Carmichael, Calif., March 27, 2013 A. James Whitford ’40, Menominee, Mich., Hingham, Mass., April 11, 2013 Harry MacLean ’64 Charlotte Graner Falk M-D’41, March 28, 2013. Survivors include a sister, Lois Whelan Grady ’44, Amherst, Mass., Milwaukee, Wis., September 23, 2011 MacLean shares the story of how he came to write his Marjorie Jane Denzin ’44. July 17, 2011. Survivors include a Edgar Award-winning book, In Broad Daylight, the true Rita Campbell Best M-D’42, Willow River, 60s Keith W. Downey ’41, Green Bay, Wis., sister-in-law, Vivian Grady Albertson ’49 story of an unsolved murder in Skidmore, Mo. He also Minn., November 3, 2011 Joan Tomarkin Lucht M-D’61, April 5, 2012 Shirley L. Miller ’44, West Chicago, Ill., updates the original story and answers many questions Jeanne Wurtz Corrigan M-D’43, Sun City West, Ariz., December 9, 2012. Martha Carman Fink ’41, Buena Vista, October 16, 2011 about the killing. In addition, a classic print edition of St. Petersburg, Fla., June 2, 2011 Survivors include an aunt, Ruth-Marie Colo., April 19, 2013. Survivors include a In Broad Daylight is now available that includes Dewald Lucht ’46. Frances Russell Sellinger ’44, Carlola Weschcke McRobbie M-D’43, daughter, Suzanne Fink MacDonald ’68 Downers Grove, Ill., January 12, 2013 The Story Behind “In Broad Daylight.” Portland, Ore., May 29, 2012 Katherine Tyler Grey ’41, Indianapolis, Ind., Jane K. Mees M-D’43, Marina Del Rey, March 31, 2013 Calif., June 13, 2012

58 Summer 2013 Lawrence 59 Rose Dowling Spalding ’44, Bogart, Ga., George W. Timmer ’48, Payson, Ariz., George D. Oetting ’54, Montgomery, Ala., William H. Isenberg ’65, Camarillo, Calif., Willard Hess, Milwaukee, Wis., December March 18, 2013 January 2, 2013 February 19, 2013. Survivors include a February 6, 2013. Survivors include a Family Members 7, 2012, father of Nicholas James Hess ’90. sister, brother, Mildred Zelenka Topinka ’44, Norma Klema West ’48, Waukegan, Ill., Judith Oetting ’62; and a cousin, John F. Isenberg ’75; and a sister- James E. Hirsch, Wauwatosa, Wis., J. Dennis Walsh ’64. in-law, Deborah Herndon Isenberg ’75. Verna L. Adrian, Elm Grove, Wis., May 5, Burnsville, Minn., June 2, 2012 September 27, 2011 2013, grandmother of Colleen S. Conley ’97. November 7, 2012, husband of Janet Janet Evans Ortlieb ’54, Stenson Schaleger-Hirsch M-D’58 Betty Goodrick Friday ’45, Englewood, Joan Miller Williamson ’48, Quincy, Fla., Colorado Springs, Joseph A. Bronstad ’66, Little Compton, . Colo., March 6, 2013. Survivors include R.I., March 19, 2013 Edward J. Andrew, Naples, Fla./Orland Colo., February 9, 2013. Survivors include December 30, 2012 John M. Hunt, Saint Paul, Minn., June 25, her husband, Park, Ill., March 8, 2013, father of a niece, David W. Ortlieb ’55; and a 2012, father of Bonnie MacArthur Eastman ’63. Arlyle Yana Barr ’49, Cincinnati, Ohio, John G. Chesney ’69, Riviera Beach, Fla., Kathryn Andrew Willett ’88; grandfather Sarah A. Hunt ’99. sister-in-law, Mary Ortlieb Pickert ’55. July 22, 2012 Verona Monfils Heyrman ’45, May 18, 2012. Survivors include her of Caitlin E. Andrew ’10. Roy A. Jacobsen, Appleton, Wis., April 27, Ronald G. Taylor ’54, Dousman, Wis., April 30, 2012 husband, William A. Barr ’49. Hurricane, Utah, 2013, father of Margaret Jacobsen Lane ’82. October 27, 2012 Walmer Baehman, Neenah, Wis., January 7, James M. Klatt ’45, Plymouth, Wis., Dorothy Knuth Mostosky ’49, 70s 2013, father of Paul A. Baehman ’90. Terry J. Maschman, Prairie du Sac, Wis., April 4, 2012 Land O Lakes, Wis., July 10, 2011. Caryl Stitzman Wolff ’54, Union Springs, April 10, 2013, father of Tracy Maschman N.Y., December 3, 2012 Thomas W. Buesing ’72, Wilmette, Ill., Daniel Belonger, New Lenox, Ill., March 26, Survivors include a sister, Morrissey ’97 and Jeremy T. Maschman ’00. Marilyn Davis Person ’45, February 23, 2012. Survivors include his 2012, father of Joseph William Belonger ’15. Mildred Knuth Mendlik ’51. James S. Bray ’56, Highland, Ind., Golf, Ill., September 5, 2012 wife, Debra Johnston Buesing ’72; and an Christopher Obst, St. Paul, Minn., January December 14, 2012. Survivors include a Charles F. Berryman, Schaumburg, Ill., Joy Kozeluh Reynolds ’49, aunt, JoAnn Buesing DuVall ’57. 9, 2012, father of William G. Obst ’12. Joan Green Radtke ’45, Appleton, Wis., a brother, January 8, 2013, father of Beth Berryman Santa Rosa, Calif., June 2, 2011 David A. Bray ’62; and a niece, March 29, 2013 Jennifer Bray Thompson ’90. Jay S. Barnard ’73, Plymouth, Wis., Arps ’89; father-in-law of James H. Arps ’89. Gerald L. Olive, Milwaukee, Wis., November March 6, 2013. Survivors include his 6, 2012, father of Cahmlo Olive ’01. Vernon A. Wilk ’45, West Bend, Wis., Gloria Utschig Bego ’57, Grand Rapids, Paul L. Birling, Iola, Wis., March 1, 2013, father, Dale R. Barnard ’51; and an aunt, November 27, 2012 50s Mich., May 18, 2013 father of Abigail Birling Wylie ’05. Julio Parra, Clintonville, Wis., February 18, Mary Barnard Larson ’57. 2013, husband of Rebecca Schultz Parra ’03; Harold J. Luedeman ’46, Milwaukee, Wis., John H. Ryf ’50, Winneconne, Wis., Nancy Buckreus Oleson ’57, Highland, Alvin C. Bothwell, St. Helena, Calif., Priscilla Campbell Brown ’76, brother-in-law of Sarah R. Schultz ’10 and March 25, 2013. Survivors include his wife, February 27, 2013 Chicago, Ill., March 29, 2013, husband of Martha Evans Wis., January 9, 2013 Johanna Schultz ’00. Elaine Johnson Luedeman ’47; a daughter, February 28, 2013. Survivors include a Bothwell ’65. Robert R. Worchesek ’50, Bonita, Calif., Christine Luedeman Fenner ’72; and a son, Richard H. Hughes ’58, Cape Canaveral, daughter, Caroline S. Brown ’12; and an Bernice Plesser, Clintonville, Wis., January January 3, 2013 Fla., September 6, 2012 aunt, Helen Sterling Martin ’41. Charles Bouc, Manitowoc, Wis., Mark H. Luedeman ’85. September 12, 2012, father of David C. 24, 2013, grandmother of Kristin Hoffmann David M. Boehm ’51, Findlay, Ohio, Lanari ’02. Louise Framberg Magnuson ’46, Edmond R. Sutherland ’58, Wilmette, Ill., Elizabeth Mack Cheval ’78, Lake Forest, Bouc ’78. October 1, 2012 February 9, 2013. Survivors include his Nashville, Tenn., January 26, 2012 Ill., March 9, 2013. Survivors include a Donald B. Powell, College Station, Texas, wife, Richard A. Brayton, Bridgeport, Conn., John P. Gebert ’51, Merrill, Wis., Judy Huffman Sutherland ’58; a son, sister, Susan Mack Hans ’77. October 18, 2011, husband of Mary Jo Mildred Casler Walker ’46, Edmond R. Sutherland ’88; a brother-in-law, April 5, 2013, father of Roy S. Brayton ’72. January 11, 2013 Margaret A. Colgate ’74, Altamonte Hibbert Powell ’75. Orange, Va., September 14, 2012 Leonard G. Hall ’60; a sister-in-law, Gene Britton, Appleton, Wis., November 10, John P. Hendrickson ’51, Port Angeles, Springs, Fla., January 7, 2012 Linda Schwendler, Elizabeth Lindsay Smith ’47, Sally Huffman Hall ’61; and nephews 2011, husband of Mitzi Wulk Britton ’54. Green Bay, Wis., Wash., April 3, 2013 Leonard W. Hall ’84 and Andrew J. Hall ’88. March 22, 2013, wife of Carl G. Manawa, Wis., January 30, 2012 Joseph R. Cannizzo, Milwaukee, Wis., Gloria Piper Petersen ’51, Schwendler ’59; mother of Carl M. Jean Hillberg Alvis ’48, Wheaton, Ill., Judith Milz Rekett ’59, Bradenton, Fla., 80s February 14, 2012, father of Roseanna M. Longmont, Colo., December 23, 2012 Carter-Schwendler ’91. November 22, 2012 January 12, 2013 Darlene C. Wahl ’83, Friday Harbor, Wash., Cannizzo ’96. Mary Whitaker Mullen ’52, Rudolph J. Scrimenti, Mequon, Wis., Roy J. Griesbach ’48, Appleton, Wis., November 4, 2011 Harry L. Carrico, Richmond, Va., January 27, Scottsdale, Ariz., March 8, 2013 March 22, 2013, husband of Annerose May 11, 2013 60s Cheryl L. Chisnell ’86, Takoma Park, Md., 2013, husband of Lynn Brackenridge ’78. Huget Scrimenti M-D’59; father of Lee W. Traven ’52, Sister Bay, Wis., George H. Gundersen ’48, March 4, 2012. Survivors include her Frances Crumpton, Middleton, Wis., Linda A. Scrimenti ’84. April 22, 2013 Mary Bartels Dorchester ’62, Green Bay, Princeton, Mass., March 18, 2013 Wis., December 7, 2012. Survivors include partner, Kathel Dunn. February 25, 2013, grandmother of Mary Sramek, September 22, 2012, James V. Guilfoyle ’53, Port Edwards, Wis., Bradley L. Manning ’00 and Stuart W. Barbara Albright Hinze ’48, Fort Pierce, her husband, Philip S. Dorchester ’59. mother of Archan Jane Sramek ’72. December 17, 2012 Manning ’02. Fla., April 23, 2012. Survivors include her Elizabeth Pestrui Sparks ’62, Louis M. Tornow, Neenah, Wis., January 1, husband, William H. Hinze ’49. Carol Duthie Holbrook ’53, Mundelein, Ill., Marinette, Wis., March 13, 2013 George F. Diehl, Appleton, Wis., April 5, 2013, father of Gail A. Tornow ’77. February 1, 2013. Survivors include great- 2013, husband of Charlotte Darling-Diehl ’56. Marilyn Craig Jones ’48, Racine, Wis., Barbara Hauptli Wright ’63, Placerville, Robert J. White, Appleton, Wis., February nieces Megan Meyerhofer Fitzsimmons ’06 Irene Exner, Beaver Dam, Wis., August 14, November 5, 2011 Calif., January 9, 2013. Survivors include ERRATA 12, 2013, mother of Timothy J. White ’81, and Amy Meyerhofer Richie ’10. 2012, wife of Donald L. Exner ’51. Elaine Wilmoth Mercill ’48, a brother, Bruce W. Hauptli ’70; and a and Jeffery J. White ’82. Joseph J. Schroeder ’53, Glenview, Ill., The spring issue of Lawrence Today Cheyenne, Wyo., March 2, 2013 sister-in-law, Laurie Vaile Hauptli ’68. R. W. Fischer, Cedar Falls, Iowa, August Ewald R. Zimmerman, Saint Charles, Ill., April 30, 2013 contained an incorrect listing. 13, 2011, mother of Dorothy E. Fischer ’77. Barbara Tylicki Paquette ’48, Peter J. Peterson ’64, Wilmington, Del., October 29, 2012, father of R. Scott Mary Hrobsky Wadding ’53, Riverside, The corrected version appears below: Long Beach, Calif., September 11, 2011 November 22, 2012 James P. Hanley, Spring Branch, Texas, Zimmerman ’86. Calif., May 21, 2012 Esther S. Weinberger, Milwaukee, Wis., April 2, 2013, husband of Nancy Perkins Joan Hansen Pettijohn ’48, Naples, Fla., Robert G. Bridgeford ’65, Sisters, Ore., Ruth Baldwin Barker ’54, Ephraim, Wis./ December 20, 2013, mother of Hanley M-D’54. February 7, 2013 April 11, 2013 Milwaukee, Wis., April 14, 2013. Survivors Marc Weinberger ’77; mother-in-law include a niece, Anna Catherine Shea ’13. of Leslie Bellows Weinberger ’78. Lawrence regrets the error.

60 Summer 2013 Lawrence 61 Former Lawrence University President worked closely with faculty and students to keep the campus Curtis Tarr passed away on June 21 at functioning. He helped broaden academic opportunities during his home in Walnut Creek, Calif. He his presidency, guiding the establishment of an overseas study “Lawrence has a was 88. center in Germany and an association with the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome. He also dedicated many rich extracurricular Tarr served as Lawrence’s 12th new campus buildings, including Trever Hall, Youngchild Hall, president from 1963 to 1969, coming the Lawrence Bowl (which later was renamed the Banta Bowl), environment, and it from Stanford University where he had the health center and Kohler Hall, among others. been the assistant dean of the humanities is within this that I and director of the summer school. During his He is survived by his wife Kay (Katherine), Walnut Creek, tenure he led one of the most significant events in Lawrence’s Calif., two daughters, Pamela Tarr of Los Angeles and Cynthia have found my home.” history—the consolidation with Milwaukee-Downer College in Tarr (Cliff Hugo) of Sonoma, Calif., a grandson, Ace Buckley, 1964. It was during his presidency that Lawrence acquired the Sonoma, and two sisters, Muriel Kurtz of Eugene, Ore., and Björklunden Estate in Door County that eventually became the Marian Schreiter, Sacramento, Calif. Escaping through college’s northern campus. music as a member of President Tarr had the difficult task of presiding over the Read more about President Tarr at: college during the turbulent 1960s, when student protests go.lawrence.edu/fgnw Cantala, fostering human against the Vietnam War rocked many college campuses. He rights through Amnesty International, reveling in the Greenfire community and sharing her talents with the Volunteer and Community Friends Barbara Wriston passed away July 2 at the age of 96 in New Service Center are just a Virginia Hobbs Rosenberg, Evanston, Ill., York, N.Y. She was the daughter February 27, 2013. Survivors include her of Lawrence’s eighth president, husband, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry few of the ways that Robert Rosenberg. Henry Merritt Wriston. She grew up on the Lawrence campus before Marika Straw has found Charlotte Bernard Schwartz, Elgin, S.C., moving with her parents to Rhode February 16, 2013. Charlotte and her her place at Lawrence. husband, Charles ’37 (dec.), established Island in 1937 when Henry Wriston became the Charlotte B. and Charles A. Schwartz the president of Brown University. Thanks to The Lawrence Scholarship in 1983. Wriston enjoyed a distinguished career in the Margaret Van den Akker, Hartford, Wis., arts with the Museum of Arts at the Rhode Fund, she has the support February 22, 2013. Margaret established Island School of Design; the Museum of Fine the Johannes and Margaret Van den Akker Arts, Boston; and the Art Institute of Chicago. that allows her not only Scholarship in 2001 and the Johannes and Following her retirement, she was actively Margaret Van den Akker Endowment for involved with the Metropolitan Museum of to dream big, but to find Björklunden in 2003. Survivors include a nephew, John Van den Akker ’64. Art in New York City. success and become a

Through her generous support, Wriston difference-maker for the helped create and fund the Henry M. and Ruth B. Wriston Art Center, named in honor Lawrence community of her parents. and beyond. In 1977, she was honored by Lawrence University with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.

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62 Summer 2013 Meet Marika Lawrence 63 http://youtu.be/Yaajp9Snr-o The Big Picture

Picture-perfect weather greeted more than 825 alumni from the classes of 2012 through 1940 and their family members at the annual Reunion picnic held on Main Hall Green Saturday, June 15.

Along with reconnecting with old friends and sharing stories about their years at Lawrence, picnic participants also enjoyed the following:

• 500 brats • 150 pounds of watermelon • 350 hot dogs • 48 dozen brownies • 110 black bean burgers • 983 assorted canned beverages • 71 dozen hot dog buns • 100 bottles of ketchup and mustard • 40 pounds of potato chips • 1,168 plates • 9 gallons of onion dip

Mark your calendar. Reunion 2014 is June 19–22.

Lawrence 65 Getting the Maximum for the Minimum

Gifts to Lawrence are at the top of our individuals age 70½ and older to make list for two reasons. First, we know that IRA distributions up to $100,000, to one without alumni giving, Lawrence could or more qualified charitable organizations. not keep providing a quality liberal arts You receive no charitable deduction for any education for future generations. Also, such distributions, but you are not required we realize how fortunate we were to to include the distributions as part of your have received a liberal arts education. taxable income. That education played a huge part in shaping and enriching our lives, as well It is possible this extension will not be renewed as providing us with lifelong friendships. for 2014, so it makes sense for us and others in our financial situation to make our charitable Like many people of our generation, we gifts from our IRAs this year. What are you started contributing to our IRAs years planning on doing with your required minimum ago, and over time, these contributions distribution—or possibly more? Could Lawrence have greatly increased in value. Unfortunately, IRA money be the recipient? withdrawn or left to one’s heirs is subject to income tax—both federal and state, and possibly estate taxes. That is why we Join us in making a difference for future Lawrence students by made the decision to contribute to Lawrence through an calling your financial planner today and finding out if utilizing an IRA IRA rollover. rollover is right for you. Carol Adams Svoboda ’57 Frank A. Svoboda ’55 There is great news for this year thanks to The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. The IRA Charitable Rollover For more information on directing your gift to Lawrence, call or has been extended until December 31, 2013. This allows email Susan Stellmacher ’03, director of major and planned giving, at 920-832-6551, [email protected].