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Gratitude uring times of transition, I think it’s important to step Catholic university. back and reflect. I’ve discovered that continuity and change are not mutually We teach our students to change and adapt to exclusive at the University of Dayton. We embrace both. meet the needs of the times, but let’s face it, change Nothing illustrates that better than this photo showing is rarely easy for anyone. three presidents — Brother Ray Fitz, S.M., Dan and me — in a I have been so impressed by lighthearted moment. Its Dhow the University of Dayton has handled composition speaks vol- the presidential transition — from honor- umes: Three presidents, ing the legacy of outgoing president Dan three eras, one university. Curran to welcoming me and my family As I pause to reflect with open arms and open minds. on this smooth presiden- I’m particularly grateful to Presi- tial transition, I know I’ve CLICK dent Curran, who worked selflessly to landed at a university that’s to watch make the transition seamless. Before a model for higher educa- I became president, he supported my tion. This is a strong campus Dr. Spina’s first working with him and others to fill community that supports day on campus four important administrative roles one another and looks to (YouTube). with outstanding leaders who will the future with confidence put their mark on our curriculum, and faith. I believe, work- diversity, student profile, and funding together in the Catholic, raising and alumni engagement efforts well into the future. Marianist spirit, we can reach higher than what we have With a smile and with grace, Dan made room for a new imagined possible. president. Together, we appeared at alumni community gath- As we start a new chapter in the University of Dayton’s erings and followed the NCAA-bound Flyers to St. Louis. We history, I am committed to listening to a diversity of voices, jumped on a plane headed to Washington, D.C., to promote and I will strive to communicate in an open, transparent regional economic development at the annual Dayton fashion. For a behind-the-scenes glimpse of campus life, Development Coalition’s Community Leader Fly-In. subscribe to my blog at udayton.edu/blogs/president, We drove to Cincinnati to meet Archbishop Dennis and follow me on Twitter or take a look at my daily Schnurr and talk about faith and identity, the soul of any Instagram photos @DaytonPrezSpina.

President: Eric F. Spina Staff Contributors: Jessica Barga, Website: magazine.udayton.edu CLICK Thomas M. Columbus, Michael Email: [email protected] to watch Vice President for Enrollment Dunekacke, Michaela Eames, Gina Gray, Send class notes to: a video on UD’s Management and Marketing: Mike Kurtz, Shannon Shelton Miller, [email protected] future visioning. Jason Reinoehl Brian Mills, Meagan Pant, Jeaneen Records changes only to: Parsons, Shelby Quinlivan, Teri Rizvi, [email protected] Editor Emeritus: Thomas M. Columbus Shawn Robinson, Cilla Shindell or 888-253-2383 Editor: Michelle Tedford Student Staff: Maddie Beban, Karina Managing Editor: Gita Balakrishnan Cabrera, Merani Cosme, Danielle Blog: udquickly.udayton.edu Art Director: Frank Pauer Damon, Kristin Davis, Erin Frey, Twitter: twitter.com/daymag Photographer: Larry Burgess Joey Gardner III, Bridget Lally, Facebook: facebook.udayton.edu Courtney Mocklow ......

University of Dayton Magazine (Autumn 2016, Vol. 9, No. 1, ISSN 2152-3673) is published quarterly by the University of Dayton, University Communications, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469-1323. Periodicals postage paid at Dayton, Ohio. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to University of Dayton Magazine, Records Office, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469-7051. 4 I UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Autumn 2016 LETTERS

The miracles we do receive are true gifts that have incredible potential to change us. —Linda Cole

Have thoughts about what MANY MIRACLES he has opened our world.” who hold them in our thoughts you read this issue? From the editors: We re- KATHY CRIPPEN ’88 of and prayers.” Centerville, Ohio, also offered We’ve shared these wishes SEND YOUR LETTERS TO: ceived many calls and com- University of Dayton Magazine ments regarding the cover fea- resources to the family that she and more with the family. The 300 College Park ture of the Summer 2016 issue. learned during the last several Flamands responded with appre- Dayton, OH 45469-1303 The story of Coral Flamand ’13, years of caring for her son. “My ciation. Writes LUIS FLAMAND EMAIL US AT: her traumatic brain injury af- son also had a severe traumatic in an email, “Is there such a [email protected] ter a car accident, and the faith brain injury with a Glascow thing as a cybernetic hug? TWEET TO: that sustains her family and Coma Scale score of 3. This Because that is what I want to @daymag friends touched many. This in- happened in March 2013. ... give you now. God bless all of cluded at least two alumni who Conor is actually trying a class you.” Please include your city and are doctors — one who offered to at UD in the summer session state. Indicate whether you connect the Flamands with re- next week to see how he does FAITH wish your email address printed. Letters should not exceed 300 habilitation services in Puerto with school work. But he began The story of Coral Flamand words. University of Dayton Rico and another who offered very much like Coral.” and her battle for life against Magazine may edit for clarity advice on an assistive device to Wrote DEB DENNIS ’75 overwhelming odds touched and brevity. Not all letters from Avon Lake, Ohio, “I was me in a never-before-experi- are printed because of space. help Coral communicate. Opinions expressed are those LINDA COLE of Cincinnati, incredibly touched by the ar- enced way. Her mother’s faith of the letter writers and not the mother of a 2013 gradu- ticle about Coral Flamand and that God can work a miracle and necessarily of this publication ate, shared her personal story am carrying the Prayer for make her daughter whole again nor the University of Dayton. of caring for her brain-injured Coral with me. I look forward moved me to tears. As a Catho- son. She also offered the book to reading about the miracle.” lic, I know that anything is pos- she and her husband wrote PEGGY TIEMAN, who reads sible with God’s help. When I about their journey, Resur- the magazine delivered to the read Diana Flamand saying that recting Anthony, as a resource St. Leonard retirement commu- “they have kept faith and found for how a family can deal with nity in Centerville, Ohio, wrote the strength to accept what has crisis and move toward healing. her thanks for the article. “I happened rather than struggle “The miracles we ask for aren’t will be praying daily to Father to make sense of it,” my heart necessarily those we receive,” Chaminade until, God willing, joins with hers as I have tried she writes. “But the miracles she walks and talks again,” she to do the same. My husband has we do receive are true gifts said. “I have also been motivat- had horrific health issues over that have incredible potential ed to learn more about Father the past year. Luckily, we don’t to change us. Our son, Antho- Chaminade, and it seems he need a miracle to make Paul ny, is a sweet, happy, funny guy and Coral are very like-mind- whole again, just time. But as who is loved by everyone he ed. Reassure [her parents] that his caregiver, I understand the touches. He is our miracle, and there are many of us out here hard work and frustrations that Autumn 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE I 5 the Flamand family now face. When days determination to rebuild is admirable, as is other people’s money. The Wright brothers are hard, it’s easy to give in to the demons of Leslie’s UD footprint. could not fail given what they personally had despair, depression and impatience. I pray JOSEPH KUNKEL at stake. for the Flamands, too, that they keep being PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF PHILOSOPHY MATT A. MAYER ’93 strong. DAYTON DUBLIN, OHIO I have never prayed for a miracle before, not even on Paul’s worst days, but I pray TOO MUCH AT STAKE TO FAIL ENDURING INTRAMURALS nightly for the intercession of our Lord and I really enjoyed the section in the latest When I was freshman, I had the pleasure Blessed William Joseph Chaminade to give University of Dayton Magazine on the what of being in the first group of work study folks Coral the miracle she needs. students learned from the Wright broth- who were student supervisors at the PAC, BARBARA KALO SMITH ’72 ers. The answers show how UD is teaching the precursor to RecPlex [“Home Sweet Rec- LAKE HAVASU CITY, ARIZONA students to read critically and tie what has Plex,” June 13, 2016]. I worked for some great happened in the past to what can happen in folks like Bill Mayo and Charlie Snoots, and PRAYER, AMEND we were there to assist the folks I love the Marianist So- for intramurals and other ac- ciety but feel that the prayer tivities. ... 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[“Prayer for Coral,” Summer By Jillian Marron ’16 the UD family, one of the many n 2016] needs to read, “that My mom told me to aspects of campus life were the through the intercession of Je- write a thank you note activities that were afforded the for any graduation sus Christ and the power of the gifts, so here you go, students on campus. With Rec- Holy Spirit, you will restore to University of Dayton: Plex, the level of facilities was Thank you for the last 1,359 days. Thank you for making my 18-year-old self feel at home. full health, your servant, Cor- Thank you for Stuart Hall and conversations on the walk up that hill. enhanced for the newer gen- Thank you for helping me through days of grief. Thank you for celebrating my accomplishments. Thank you for the nights in Roesch when I wanted to give up. al.” The Lord is the only inter- Thank you for the friends and professors who reminded me that I can do it. eration of UD students. I would Thank you for Sunday Mass. Thank you for Dayton basketball. Thank you for snow days. cessor, as the Bible states. Thank you for my friends and for the moments that are the once-in-a-lifetime kind. love to see an article about what Thank you for my service fraternity and dance team. Thank you for Daytona. LAURA KRAUSE ’83 Thank you for Highlander Grogg. was done with intramurals in Thank you for fueling my passions and encouraging my leadership skills. Thank you for keeping the library open for 24 hours during finals. MONROE, OHIO Thank you for introducing me to sushi. Thank you for giving me somewhere to call home for the past 1,359 days. the earlier days: Baujan Field

More from graduation: for softball, PAC for racquetball How four years at UD turned into four decades for Bill Pugh ’16 to earn his degree bit.ly/UDM_Pugh16 Caroline McCormack ’16 now knows there’s no place like “home” bit.ly/UDM_McCormack16 ROMERO COMMUNITY Physical therapy graduates enjoy 100 percent placement rate bit.ly/UDM_DPT16 and basketball, and the Field- The essay on Archbishop 14 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Summer 2016 Summer 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 15 house (now the Frericks Cen- I I Oscar Romero in the spring ter) for intramural volleyball. issue of the UD Magazine ALWAYS A FLYER JIM HORTSMAN ’79 [“Romero Rises Again”] brings As a graduate in 1962 and a 30-year veteran of the U.S. Army, POSTED TO UDQUICKLY back fond memories of mul- I know how hard it is to say goodbye, but I know you will always tiple trips I have taken to El be connected to one of the finest universities in the world. I know MAKING A DIFFERENCE Salvador. The UD Center for in my heart I always will be a Dayton Flyer, and I know you will Being a UD chemical engi- Social Concern has also taken be also. neering grad, a contributor to groups of students there over CLINTON A. HODDER ’62 ETHOS, and the mom of a son the years. San Salvador has PRINCE GEORGE, VIRGINIA with special needs, I can only been the place for many mar- try to imagine the challenges tyrs in addition to the newly these families must have in beatified archbishop, such as Jesuit teach- the future. That said, I was a bit let down that Nicaragua [“An ETHOS of Service,” June 9, ers, priests, nuns and faithful Salvadorans. not one student noted what I thought was 2016]. Fantastic that you too are making a I have monitored elections in El Salvador a major lesson taught by the Wright broth- difference! as the country slowly moves back from the ers. Though Nicolette Dahdah alluded to the PAIGE GIANNETTI brink. And I admire the work done by UD competition the Wright brothers had with POSTED TO UDQUICKLY alumna Leslie Schuld. Peace takes time and Samuel Langley, your story failed to note a lot of work on the ground. For 22 years she the key difference between the two groups: FAITHFUL, FRIENDS been our exemplary peacemaker. Langley’s effort was funded by government, Great story [“Meet Us In St. Louis,” May I was present in the first group Leslie cost substantially more and failed miserably, 20, 2016]. It is so true that the Flyer Faithful took to hear the stories of the emerging whereas the Wright brothers funded their ef- travel very well, and it is a great experience Romero Community. The community, mis- fort using profits from their bike shop, cost a to be on the road with friends and fellow Fly- placed wanderers from years of war, was fraction of Langley’s effort and succeeded. In ers to support their team. Not just the NCAA trying to build new lives together, in shacks an era of increasingly corporate cronyism, it Tournament, but it is fun to be a fan at any of and tents, on unused government land. Over is important to understand that pure entre- the tournaments that they are participating the years, Leslie has been instrumental in preneurship forces efficiencies and results in or any road game even during the season. securing property deeds for these people in a manner a government-funded endeavor TRIP DEGROFF to remain and build modest homes. Their does not. Langley could afford to fail with POSTED TO UDQUICKLY 6 I UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Autumn 2016 MEANS MEMORIES “Voters like vice-presidential candidates Tony Macklin got it right [Letters, Sum- mer 2016]: Mike Means (except when he who come from the same home state or called his favorite devilish poker game) was demographic group, but it doesn’t change a decent man. With that one exception, I always enjoyed my colleague in the halls, in their votes for president.” meetings, at his and Joanne’s parties. One —ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE CHRISTOPHER DEVINE AND KYLE KOPKO IN AN OPINION PIECE ABOUT VOTER TRENDS, IN THE WASHINGTON POST of a generation of bright humanities teachers, Mike served as English chair. And served IN THE NEWS all with his sly wit and the positive attitude about life and others his wit humorously masked. Telling was his affection for old- “He wants to remain relevant to the party, fashioned circus wagons. For Mike, life was not just for this election but in the future.” to be lived, family was to be enjoyed, and the —POLITICAL SCIENCE LECTURER DAN BIRDSONG ON WCPO-TV ABOUT OHIO circus might always be on its way. Faculty GOV. JOHN KASICH’S MESSAGE TO DELEGATES LEADING UP TO THE REPUBLICAN FRANK HENNINGER NATIONAL CONVENTION PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ENGLISH AKRON, OHIO

MORE MEMORIES English professor Mike Means [1932- 2015] has been described as a warm, sensitive “We know that if we’re going person with a calm and equitable bearing. He was all of that and also very courageous. to impact change, we need to When he was a young untenured faculty member, he participated in writing the docu- be one unified community and ment “Conditions of Service Affecting the Life of the Mind.” The document was critical pray together.” of the then-intellectual life at the university. —CRYSTAL SULLIVAN, CAMPUS MINISTRY, SPEAKING TO WHIO-TV JULY 8 AFTER A CAMPUS It marked a historical change in a faculty con- PRAYER SERVICE TO ADDRESS VIOLENCE IN THE U.S. AND AROUND THE WORLD cerned with more than basketball and piety. Don Frericks [1935-2016], assistant dean in the School of Education, courageously bat- tled illness through the eight decades of his life. As an administrator dedicated to the Mar- “Renewable energy will be much ianist tradition, he was well known for answer- more stable in the long term.” ing his many calls by saying, “How can I help —PROFESSOR BOB BRECHA OF UD’S HANLEY SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE IN AN you?” He cemented the School of Education’s OCCUPY.COM STORY ABOUT WIND ENERGY relationship with the National Catholic Edu- cation Association by organizing NCEA’s many summer workshops for thousands of Catholic teachers. He was the backbone of the Mari- anist Education Consortium of schools. The “It’s going to be an authentic consortium provided the resources and support for Catholic high schools with a Marianist process. I don’t have a cheat sheet.” —PRESIDENT ERIC F. SPINA ON THE PUBLIC VISIONING PROCESS TO DEVELOP THE presence. These schools would never have had UNIVERSITY’S NEXT STRATEGIC PLAN, IN THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS renewal opportunities for their administra- tors and teachers but for his work. Dr. Frericks was honored by Catholic educators nationally, and he honored them locally by initiating “He calls on Christians to participate in a culture war. Catholic Teacher of the Year awards. These are He says, if you’re really going to be a Christian, you’re in but a few examples of how he made the words of the Marianist tradition correspond to real- this war against the atheistic, humanistic enemy.” ity. He lived UD every day of his life. —WILLIAM TROLLINGER, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND CO-AUTHOR OF RIGHTING AMERICA AT THE CREATION MUSEUM, ON KEN HAM, FOUNDER OF THE CREATION ELLIS JOSEPH MUSEUM, IN THE NEW YORK TIMES JUNE 27 DEAN EMERITUS, SCHOOL OF EDUCATION BEAVERCREEK, OHIO Autumn 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE I 7 “I am full of Advocate app Victims of crime in Ohio now have access to an entire community of help in the palm of their hands with AVIATOR, a new kashi and free mobile app developed by Family Services of Dayton and the UD Research Institute. UDRI takara.” researchers developed the app —SENIOR KATIE WILLARD ON FINDING “HAPPINESS” AND “PEACE” IN INDIA DURING A technology and Family Services 10-WEEK ETHOS SERVICE-IMMERSION TRIP created the database of statewide resources, which allows the community to quickly connect with law enforcement, medical services, counselors, justice information, “One of the biggest community resources and other hurdles to maintaining professionals and organizations legacy aircraft is securing that can provide support to a victim after a crime. Said Bonnie out-of-production spare Parish, executive director of Family Services, “This project allows us to provide additional means to support people who are parts.” feeling vulnerable and need assistance but don’t always know —BRIAN RICE, UD RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ON THE where to find it.” $8 MILLION AWARD TO HELP THE AIR FORCE SUSTAIN AGING AIRCRAFT ...... CONVERSATION PIECES

Life-saving, award-winning “Catholic UD’s student rescue squad received a standing ovation CLICK and the Ohio EMS Agency of the Year award in May from a education remains to watch a video partnership of Ohio emergency services personnel and physician tour with the organizations. In August, University of Dayton EMS moved a beacon of hope student EMS their award into their new home at 214 Lawnview Ave., thanks for many.” squad. to $270,000 in donations from 27 individuals and organizations. —SUSAN FERGUSON ’76, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, An additional $130,000 is being raised to complete funding for UD’S CENTER FOR CATHOLIC EDUCATION, AT ITS the headquarters, which includes dedicated office and study 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION JUNE 24 spaces for students on call, plus three bedrooms, three baths, a locker room and full kitchen. Last year, the all-volunteer squad responded to 315 calls, including 39 recreational sports-related injuries and six possible heart attacks. “He’s a good company man.” —BROTHER TOM REDMOND, S.M., ABOUT FATHER LARRY MANN, S.M. ’36, WHO TURNED 100 AUG. 1; READ MORE, PAGE 52

“For giving a classic modern dance powerful new life.” —CITATION FOR THE DAYTON CONTEMPORARY DANCE CO., WHICH RECEIVED THE 2016 BESSIE AWARD FOR ITS REVIVAL OF “RAINBOW ’ROUND MY SHOULDER”; DCDC IS UD’S ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 8 I UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Autumn 2016 Fair trade The University signed a resolution this summer to promote “sustained, inclusive and sustain- CLICK able economic growth, to watch full and productive the video employment and decent work for all” and (YouTube). ensure “sustainable consumption and productive patterns.” The resolution is UD’s final step toward Prairie, fire being designated a fair trade university with Fair Trade Campaigns, “Spirituality enables you to appreciate the gift of the earth and its potential.” a national grassroots movement. Brother Don Geiger, S.M. ’55, shares these words in the new documentary Fire, “This aligns our practices with our Rain, Wind, Snow, and Fire: The Story of a Prairie. Created by associate profes- Catholic, Marianist principles, and sor of visual arts Suki Kwon through a faculty grant from UD’s Hanley Sustain- affirms our dedication to deepening these practices,” ability Institute, the film uncovers the importance of preserved and restored Provost Paul Benson said. “We will have fair trade goods natural environments. Kwon described the documentary as her act of bringing in our retail outlets and bookstore, promote education art and spirituality together in a form of Wabi-Sabi, a manifestation of Zen Bud- about fair trade on campus, and ensure dhist thought. She said, “I wish to produce in this documentary a meditation the goods we purchase as a on the beautiful in nature and on those moments when that nature becomes University are ethically sourced.” CLICK potentially an imperfect and precarious context for the ambitions of humans.” to read the whole story

...... (link)...... Aloha, ...... archives . . © Disney. All rights reserved . . UD said “aloha” . . . . to the Marian- . . ist Archives in . . . . June as the last . . . . of the collec- . . tion, housed . . . since 1977 on . . . the Roesch . . Princess in the paper . . Library third . . bit.ly/UDM_PrincessinthePaper . floor, shipped . . . to its new The princess in pink conversing with her animated . . . . home in San animal friends may have more contemporary power . . . Antonio. than you may guess, writes Alexandria Irene Lueke ’14 . . . The seven in her honors thesis, “The Disney Evolution: Prin- . . . truckloads cesses as Positive Role Models.” Since being made . . . . of materials available in the University’s institutional repository, . . . — such as glass eCommons, in April 2015, it has become UD’s most . . . photo plates taken by Brother Gabriel Bertram Bellinghausen, S.M., in downloaded paper — more than 2,000 times from . . . . Hawaii in the 1800s — document the history of the Society of Mary in the 67 countries. Writes Lueke, “Interactions between . . . United States. The new National Archives of the Marianist Province of the female protagonists and animals in the stories . . . the United States has more than 10,265 square feet of storage, exhibit and showcase the princesses’ progressive qualities and . . . office space. It will consolidate all provincial collections — once spread highlight the ways in which these individuals may be . . . . across the Cincinnati, St. Louis, Pacific and New York provinces — under seen as reputable women who set a worthy example for . . . . one roof on the campus of St. Mary’s University. young girls. In fact, one may argue that these women . . are model citizens of their respective time periods who . . . . advocate for gender equality, while promoting healthy, . . . functional relationships and pursuing happiness.” ...... Autumn 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE 9 ...... I FLIGHT DECK

JOIN US Leadership in diversity, advancement STORYTIME CENSORED n Through Nov. 13 The University of Dayton announced appoint- tives for faculty and staff, and support of enrollment Children’s, teen and young- ments to two vice presidential positions, completing management and student affairs in recruiting and adult books challenged or the search process for administrative leadership un- supporting students of color and other underrepre- banned from libraries or der President Eric Spina. sented groups.” schools, from the Rose Rare Lawrence A. Q. Burn- Jennifer Howe has joined UD as Book Collection. On display in ley is the University’s first the vice president of advancement. She the Roesch Library first-floor vice president for diversity helped lead a $1.93 billion fundraising gallery. and inclusion. campaign for Vanderbilt University. Burnley was chief “Her experience and wisdom will be JAMES BALOG diversity officer and -as crucial,” said Spina, “as we begin conver- n 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17 sociate vice president for sations about our aspirations as a Uni- The photographer, moun- Burnley Howe taineer and climate change diversity, equity and in- versity and how we can increase external researcher speaks on “When clusion at Whitworth University in Spokane, Wash- support for our outstanding students, faculty and Mountains Move” in Kennedy ington, a private liberal arts college affiliated with programs.” Union ballroom as part of the the Presbyterian Church. Burnley will oversee the Howe is responsible for managing the develop- UD Speaker Series. University’s efforts to create a more equitable and ment, alumni relations, corporate and foundation inclusive campus community and workplace. relations, and relationship management offices. Her ISLAM AND SOCIAL JUSTICE: Said Spina, “The breadth and depth of his experi- experience includes planning and implementing FROM PHILOSOPHY TO ence is particularly impressive, including collabora- successful campaigns, personally bringing in prin- PRACTICE tive strategic planning for enhancing diversity, work cipal and major gifts totaling more than $20 million n Saturday, Oct. 22 with faculty on curriculum and pedagogical develop- in the last four years, significantly increasing annual Speakers discuss and answer questions on authority, democ- ment, collaboration on diversity recruitment initia- giving and supporting athletics’ capital needs...... racy and gender equality in Islam. Sessions from 9 a.m. to Human rights leader noon in Sears Recital Hall. Camilo Pérez-Bustillo, also holds the position of New view(book) CROSSROADS AND INTER- a former adviser to the professor of human rights There’s a lot to keep the next generation of SECTING IDENTITIES United Nations and co- and law. Flyers busy and exploring, thanks to the new Uni- n Saturday, Oct. 22 ordinator of a project on In June, the University versity of Dayton Viewbook app launched in July. Discussion-based workshops human rights announced $600,000 Once inside, students scroll addressing diversity, cultural along the in commitments from through and click on interactive competency and multicultural- U.S.-Mexico alumni and friends to storytelling about Flyer commu- ism, 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. in Jesse border, is the help endow the new nity and history, academics and Philips Humanities Center. first execu- Human Rights Center. affordability, sports and student tive director The gifts will support life. Students learn what makes DAYTON JAZZ ENSEMBLE of the Univer- faculty and student UD distinctive and how their AND UNIVERSITY JAZZ BAND sity of Dayton Pérez-Bustillo research, advocacy education can result in a better n 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24 world for us all. Embedded fea- An evening of jazz enter- Human Rights Center. and education initiatives. tainment directed by Willie Pérez-Bustillo said he The gifts are in honor tures include videos, links and Morris III in Kennedy Union hopes to further enrich the of outgoing President a zoomable campus map to orient prospective ballroom. work of the human rights Daniel J. Curran, whom students before they even step foot on campus. studies program, build on Mark Ensalaco, Human While intended for prospective students — More events at udayton.edu/ successful Human Rights Rights Center director the app links students directly to the online ap- calendar. Center initiatives in Malawi of research, praised as a plication — Flyers of all ages will see something and Brazil, and forge close champion for the center’s that resonates. To view and share, visit the App ties with the University of mission to be “a voice for Store or Google Play. Dayton School of Law. He the voiceless.” 10 I UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Autumn 2016

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to hear from our.

Election 2016.

faculty experts. .

(YouTube). .

. Media, circus .

. Outside, there were protesters on stilts. Police mounted on horses. Entire

. city blocks blockaded. People snapped up political buttons, shirts, hats, socks and

. bobbleheads. Someone walked a rabbit on a leash. And musicians gave it all a

. high-energy soundtrack.

. As 50,000 people — including 15,000 from the media — came together in .

. Ohio for the 2016 Republican National Convention, .

. two political science faculty members were there

. to help explain the significance of the historic

Green .

. event happening inside Quicken Loans Arena.

. Lecturer Dan Birdsong (photo at right, top)

revolving fund . .

. and assistant professor Christopher Devine (right, .

. botom) spoke to reporters from around the world .

A 2012 student-led research project suggest- .

. about the tone of the convention, the

ing the University establish a green revolving .

. speakers and the delegates. They in-

fund is promising a big payoff to the University in .

. terviewed with Voice of America, the

cost savings, innovation, learning opportunities .

. largest U.S. international broadcaster;

and creating a greener campus. . CTV, Canada’s most-watched televi- .

The University is investing $1 million to seed .

. sion network; Dayton and Cincinnati

the new Green Revolving Fund, designed to en- .

. television stations; and others.

courage the community to look at the entire cam- . “Traveling to Cleveland for the

pus as a laboratory, classroom and testing ground . RNC was a wonderful opportunity .

for energy-saving ideas. . . to observe democracy in action,”

The funds accelerate investments in energy- . Birdsong said. “Most people view the

saving improvements to campus operations and . spectacle from a distance and the

at the same time foster sustainability-related re- . . experience is filtered through some sort of media, either the news media or

search and hands-on learning opportunities for . social media.

students. . “Not only did I get the chance to witness the convention hoopla, I was also

“There are positive economic returns to the . able to share why Ohio is the key battleground state in presidential elections.” .

University while also being true to our mission . Devine added that, as a political junkie, he found it fascinating to be surround-

as a Catholic, Marianist university,” said Andy . ed by people so engaged in the electoral process and to share the streets with

Horner, vice president for finance and adminis- . protesters and top-tier political insiders. .

trative services. “We expect that over time the . “Also, as a scholar, I enjoyed the opportunity to share thoughts on the elec-

cost savings will be significant and will enable . tion with journalists from around the nation and around the world,” he said. “It’s

us to continue to invest in ideas that save money . rare to have such a concentration of politically minded people in one place at one

. time. For this to happen in Cleveland, and for me to be there representing UD, was and protect the environment.” .

Here’s how it works: . just remarkable.”

The University started the fund with $1 mil- . —Meagan Pant .

lion — primarily from rebates the University re- .

ceived from the Dayton Power and Light Co. and .

other organizations for already-implemented . .

measures to save electricity. . Living water

Ideas for projects can come from anyone on .

. “We all have a moral duty to ensure everyone has equal and fair access to safe water,” said

campus — students, faculty, staff, researchers — .

. Tanner Rolfe, senior mechanical engineering major, whose essay this summer won a national

who work with facilities management to identify .

. prize from the American Association for the Advancement of Science sci- .

opportunities and develop the projects. . ence and human rights coalition. He shared his perspective on Catholic Social .

Projects are given the green light based on .

. Teaching, human rights and clean water as it relates to chemicals commonly

projected savings in operational costs and are en- .

. found in Teflon and fire-resistant materials that have polluted drinking water

couraged to include an educational component. . for years. .

When the project is up and running, energy . Rolfe “Only by working cooperatively within a society that values humanity’s .

savings are tracked and those savings are credit- . . dignity can the logistics of such a task be achieved,” he said.

ed back to the Green Revolving Fund to build the . The paper grew from a group project for professor Brad Kallenberg’s course Ethics

fund’s balance to fund the next project. . by Design. The association will publish Rolfe’s essay in its quarterly Professional Ethics

. —Cilla Shindell . Report later this year. Autumn 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE I 11 hours open Tech-savvy lawyers 61,360 The University of Dayton School of tors Law is offering what is believed to be the visi

nation’s first technology competencies 3,588

52 swim

credential to help newly minted lawyers 3,

taught

facing 21st-century practices — from

of of treadmill Used by virtual court rooms to automated case miles

management.

hours lessons

The tech credential is an elective stu- intramural

dents can add to their J.D. degrees. Students 2 %

T-shirt winners T-shirt 90 will complete assessments and receive in- 15,000 7,030 of students structor verification of competencies in champions sports at least 10 legal tech areas and 10 general tech areas, which they can acquire through workshops and law school courses. “This credential enables students to become adept in using the technologies law firms, courts and other legal organizations Happy birthday, RecPlex 10 years, by the numbers routinely use in today’s practice,” School of Law Dean Andrew Strauss said. Take a break with ... Laura Gentner ’06 This summer, Laura Gentner became UD’s tion and gender identity, we discover more faith-based institution. It would be difficult first coordinator of LGBTQ+ Support Services identities. We chose LBGTQ+ (lesbian, gay, for me to do this work without being able in the Office of Student Development. bisexual, transgender, queer and question- to talk about faith because it’s my faith that ing) to recognize the most common identi- motivates me to do this work. What does it mean for an institution like the University What are the needs of today’s LGBTQ+ of Dayton to create a position students in an era that’s more welcoming than focused on LGBTQ+ student any time in history? support? Each student who comes to the Univer- It comes down to our Cath- sity of Dayton has their own journey and olic and Marianist values of the story, as do our LGBTQ+ identifying stu- dignity of each human being. dents, so each student has individual needs. It’s a call to reach out to those Those needs could be leadership oppor- who’ve been most marginal- tunities, a group of peers that share some ized by our society, and that of their experiences, safe space free from includes LGBTQ+ identifying discrimination, or counseling support for students and those students anxiety or depression. The role of LGBTQ+ who have intersecting margin- Support Services is to meet those students alized identities, such as our where they are, connect students with the LGBTQ+ students of color. In appropriate resources, and to make cam- June Pope Francis said in re- pus a more welcoming and inclusive place sponse to the Pulse nightclub through education. shooting, “I repeat what the Catechism of ties, but with the “plus” to note that there the Catholic Church says: that [gay people] are more. We support students with all And that, again, fits with your emphasis on must not be discriminated against, that they gender identities and sexual orientations faith-based support. must be respected and accompanied pasto- in this office. Our program tagline is “community rally.” Scripture calls on us to love our neigh- means everyone,” and the vision of LBGTQ+ bor as ourselves. What attracted you to this position? Support Services is that we create an envi- I’ve always had an affinity for the ronment on this campus where each person How did the University select the position LGBTQ+ community and really found my is called to the Marianist table as full and title? passion for working with LGBTQ+ students equal and true members of our community. As we learn more about sexual orienta- as a UD graduate assistant, especially in a —Shannon Shelton Miller 12 I UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Autumn 2016 mainStream What you said.

marissa rs @rissssaa_ sito Emily Lazar love my roomie, love my residence 8 vi hall, so excited for August 19 3, 523,58 @EmilyLazar1 Always a great day on anna beyerle UD campus, everyone @annabeyerle always throwing smiles. Michael Becker @udaytonflyer Soaking in the #TGIF #goflyers I love sending out these greatness that is @univofdayton Welcome cards to #UDRW tonight. Alison Krause new students from MA. #GoFlyers! @sourkrausee Glad to be a part of I feel like a little kid at Sarah the most passionate Disney world #UDRW @sjhannibal alum group around I miss you @univofdayton @UDaytonAlumni

Kathy Sales Hailee Rennels Eric F. Spina @KathySales2 @HaileeRennels @DaytonPrezSpina Student worker When you wear a @univofdayton Coming soon to a shirt to work as an intern and the when Dr. Spina @univofdayton first thing someone says to you new student worked out in is #GoFlyers >>>> #ILoveUD convocation near Meg Maloney Recplex, “I changed #FlyerSummer16 @meggmaloney you! music to 70s & 80s Farming in India is amazing! Plain ol’ Xavier Proudly representing River music. Hope he likes @SexyRexy8Lover Stewards (@RiversInstitute) and it!” #UDnewprez The homily today was all the EVB program! (@mcewanlab) about “community”, miss u @DaytonPrezSpina @univofdayton

Katie G Jake Murray @katemarie_2014 @jakemurray8 I live and die for the cinnamon Any freshman that chips that come with UD’s got Stuart y’all are taco bar. gonna make the Sharon C. best friends and be @SunnyNShar Katyy Garcia @univofdayton UD just @egan008 in the best shape on went to the top of his list! reunion weekend just campus Great visit today! #visitUD reassures me that Chris Hollow Schramm @mystuey I went to the best What a great way Maitlan Sullivan college in America to start the day! @MaitlanSullivan @univofdayton LGBTQ+ support Yup just cried watching the dorm tours on services first day of a @univofdayton Snapchat. Good luck #Dayton2020 lifetime @univofdayton it’s the best time of your life Autumn 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE I 13 CLICK A conversation with to read the entire Q&A with UD’s 19th president President Spina His first day as the 19th president of the University of Dayton was (link). full of that familiar UD word — “community.” On July 1, Eric F. Spina toured Kettering Labs, where students showed their research to restore the environment or repair our bodies with nanotechnology. He and his wife, Karen, attended Mass and lunch with the Marianists. He shook hands with international students and community partners. He met with faculty leaders. And he took selfies with all excited to meet the #UDNewPrez. Spina, who served Syracuse University for 28 years, including nearly nine as vice chancellor and provost, emphasized his commitment to Catholic, Marianist traditions, engagement with the greater community, support for students and faculty, and research excellence. He’ll be carrying those themes with him as he talks with campus, community and alumni groups during the next six months on his listening tour. What he hears will help shape the University’s strategic

14 I UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Autumn 2016 vision for the next 20 years. remember UD started as a prima- What will help your children, colors my decisions of what we do, We sat down with Spina to ry boarding school for 14 boys in Kaitlyn and Emery, both students the directions we take and money hear what he had to say about his 1850? at Skidmore College, feel at home that we spend. So I feel a paternal first day, his family and his plans You said 1850 — it’s a long time in Dayton? or at least avuncular responsibility for the presidency. ago. We’re an institution with an in- Karen has done it — she has for our students. credible history that we have every created some warm, inviting, wel- Two days before you started, you reason to be proud of. Those 14 boys, coming places in their new rooms If you could sign up for one UD joined Dan Curran and Brother Ray the graduating class we had last May with some old and some new. class this semester, what would Fitz for a photo shoot. What do of 2,108 and all those in between People here are so welcoming and it be? three presidents talk about when — there’s a web of connectivity and supportive, so meeting them and Presidency 101. But if it has to they get together? impact not only in Dayton, not only creating those connections will be be a real class, I would choose art Dan I’ve worked with closely, and in Ohio, but in the country and the exactly what they need. And my history. he has been so gracious, warm and world. I’ve read enough and learned daughter needs to find a restaurant supportive. Brother Ray is an icon enough about how Blessed Wil- with really good steak. What do you want to accomplish here, and to have him part of that liam Chaminade was wise enough in your first 100 days as president, day for me was very special. The to know that this world is always Name one way being a Catholic both professionally and person- conversation was light, and primarily changing. As a Marianist founder, he colors the way you see the world? ally? we talked about their support for me didn’t look back but forward. That The values I have around social Professionally, the only thing and their love for the institution. transformation from boys’ school to justice come from my mom, who I want to accomplish is listening. I college, from college to research uni- was a huge devotee of Dorothy come here with an agenda to make Why are you on social media versity, and from commuter to resi- Day and Thomas Merton; I have the place better and an agenda @DaytonPrezSpina on Twitter and dential, those are big changes, every The Seven Storey Mountain on around diversity of all kinds. But Instagram? one of which has been absolutely my bookshelf at home. What can beyond that I don’t know what we It’s fun, and so much of what we right for the institution, for the re- Catholicism do in terms of rolling should do as a university, so I want do is heavy and serious. It’s where gion, for the country, for society. We up its sleeves and making a differ- to listen. Personally, it’s connecting our students and increasingly our have modeled in the past what we ence in the world? In small ways with people. You could say it’s the alumni are, so I want to find ways to need to continue to do. We like who and large ways this has colored same as listening, but I’m a person be accessible. I like Instagram, which we are and we want who draws energy from I frame as “a day in the life.” I’m going to be better, but our relationships. Both Karen to try to make it diverse enough so call from our history and I want to get to know followers understand what a presi- is to be the disrupter. people and people get to dent is trying to do to make the uni- Where really do we know us, what our values versity better. need to be in 20 to 35 are, what we think about years? the University, what we What emoji describes your first want for the University. day? What activities do The one with the huge smile. you and your wife, Coming from America’s And the one I’d put next to it is the Karen, like to do Snowiest City, will you one with the hearts in your eyes. together while ex- miss the snow or will ploring Dayton? you bring it with you? On your first day, the students We like to bike to- I hope I’m not bring- working at RecPlex changed the gether, so we’re looking it with me. I won’t tell music to help welcome you. What ing forward to hitting the trails. We my view. At Syracuse, my focus on you that when I was in Pittsburgh music do you like? like to hike. We love art, museums, diversifying the student body and for four years, in New Jersey for five On my phone I have a mix with history. We went to the Dayton Art hiring deans of color and female years, or in Washington, D.C., for a everything imaginable, from mod- Institute but also spent a few hours deans was central to my frame of year, they all set records for snow. ern to some Italian tunes, but my with Willis Bing Davis and his wife, Catholicism. Once upon a time, I actually went favorites right now are Dave Mat- Audrey, in their art studio in West to the record books and counted thews, Rolling Stones and Amos Lee. Dayton. They are obviously talented Name one way being a university how much snow I had lived through. It needs to be heavy with a good artists but also humanitarians, givers president colors the way you see It was an astonishing amount. So I rhythm, especially when you’re get- and leaders with a humility and dig- the world? hope I’m not bringing the snow with ting tired at the end of the elliptical. nity they bring to art education and It’s still a new coat that I’m me. The Rolling Stones work especially supporting youth. Art is a passion for wearing. I’m very cognizant of the well. Karen and me, and communities are fact that there are a lot of us work- Click to read President Eric important, so that was really a great ing together, but ultimately I’m re- Spina’s blog or the news story from Why is it important that we two hours. sponsible for all these students. It his first day. Autumn 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE I 15 Where are you reading University of Dayton Magazine? Send us a photograph — at home or abroad — to [email protected]. View more photos on Facebook at facebook.udayton.edu.

Jill Bilz Heink ’80 and her Liz Johnston Clark ’99 and Casey Clark husband, Phil Heink ’77, took their ’99 recently returned to Arlington, UD Magazine on a trip for their Virginia, from a trip to Patagonia, 35th wedding anniversary. They Argentina , where they kayaked write, “We traveled to England and around icebergs, hiked glaciers and read UD Magazine on the Prime found themselves in an ice bar. They Meridian at the Royal Observatory write, “We met in our first class at UD in Greenwich .” in 1995, Introductory to the University Experience, and have been traveling Benjamin Hall ’93 and Judith Madell the world together ever since.” Hall ’92 read their UD Magazine at Lake Atitlan in Guatemala . They Four friends pose in Kinderdjik, the write, “We enjoyed visiting Guate- Netherlands , with UD Magazine mala with our three children: Jacob, while touring the windmills on shore 14, Christopher, 11, and Elizabeth, leave from a Rhine River cruise. Mary 8. We hiked the Pacaya volcano Ann Moore ’73 — joined by Elaine where our children were able to Kenworthy ’84, Becky Horan ’78 and roast marshmallows from the heat Sandy Freeman ’85 — writes, “It was a of the rocks on the volcano, visited great trip, and we just couldn’t get over Semuc Champey for a cave hike and all the quaint towns we were in.” swim in the natural limestone pools, and visited Lake Atitlan, surrounded Annie Kelley ’09 writes, “I read my by three volcanoes.” UD Magazine at the start of the 2016 Iditarod in Alaska . I attended a Anna Bennett writes from Quito, teacher conference there in March Ecuador , during the Campus and was selected as the 2017 Iditarod Ministry January breakout: “It was a Teacher on the Trail. I will be sure to life-changing opportunity.” bring my UD Magazine along the trail next winter!” Brother Michael Amakyi, C.S.C. ’10, poses with his UD Magazine Scott Itzel stands in front of the in Ghana , where he is a senior Singapore Merlion with his UD Maga- lecturer at the University of Cape UNIVERSITY DAYTON OF MAGAZINE zine in Singapore , before retiring Coast. He hosted guests from UD from Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. — Jon Hess, Malcolm Daniels, Julius after 35 years. He writes, “It was a Amin and Amy Anderson — for great career culminating in a great lunch at his community during their trip. Thanks, UD!” visit to Ghana last February. Brothers Frank Chorba ’71 and Tom Joan Poland ’13 (center) and her Chorba ’74, along with their wives friends Emily McCaulay ’13 (left) Sharon Chorba and Barb Cigoy Chorba and Katie Smith ’13 (right) brought ’74, traveled to Europe in September their UD Magazine to Ireland while 2015. Barb writes, “We had an amazing enjoying the majestic view from vacation visiting Paris, Amsterdam, Mu- atop the Cliffs of Moher . nich, Salzburg, Venice , Florence and Rome. Tom and I were celebrating our Kathryn Kinsel ’14 enjoyed a life- recent retirement with this amazing changing trip with her mother in five-week whirlwind trip to Europe.” April 2015. She writes, “My mom and I traveled to Nepal for two TJ Nelson ’70 brought his UD Maga- weeks where we first spent time in zine through Drake Passage while Kathmandu learning about the rich rounding Cape Horn in March culture and history. We then went on 2016. He wrote, “Our sailing began in a challenging nine-day trek to Valparaiso, Chili, and ended in Buenos Gokyo in the Everest region, Aires. Luckily, we were able to avoid where we were surrounded by the worst part of the season’s biggest

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Autumn 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE I 17 ASK A MARIANIST Peace What can we do? it reminds me to remember the sufferings and trials of people We asked that of Caitlin Cipolla-McCulloch, nF.M.I. ’12, and around the world and to live my life in a way that can, I hope, Gabrielle Bibeau, nF.M.I. ’11, two novices of the Daughters of have a positive impact.” Mary Immaculate, the Marianist sisters. “It is disheartening,” Cipolla-McCulloch said, “to see the many acts of violence occurring in the human family. The found- “‘A peacemaker prays,’ said the spiritual writer Father ers of the Marianist family, however, also lived in violent times. Henri Nouwen,” according to Bibeau. “Part of the novitiate is The founders responded by forming small communities of faith. focusing intensely on your prayer life, which includes an hour Our communities, our families, are our first places where we can a day in silent prayer practice nonviolence. as well as studying the “We can be people of prayer who seek charism and doing spiri- to understand the differences among tual reading. ourselves. We can be people of hospi- “In these times of tality welcoming all kinds of people to political turmoil and our tables and homes. We can fol- fear of the ‘other,’ I am low Mary’s example of pondering in reminded of how im- our hearts. We can strive to be on the portant prayer is for us margins, advocating for those who are to be people of peace. persecuted. Spending time each day “We can form ourselves in faith and with God is where I gain hope so that we can share this faith and the energy to speak the hope with our church and our world. truth in humility and to “Our communities can help us share, love those with whom I help us gain perspective and challenge strongly disagree. And us to think about new, exciting ways to my prayer is best when Cipolla-McCulloch, nF.M.I. ’12, and Bibeau, nF.M.I. ’11 be people of peace.” 7 metal songs you must have Heavy metal and academics for rock and metal,” she sings. to bringing people together. “Their is about a conversation between a go together like guitars and am- n “War Pigs” by Black Sabbath whole perspective is there’s enough poet and a spirit. plifiers — just ask Bryan Bardine, As the first metal band, Black negative and bad things in the world, n “Angel of Death” by Slayer associate professor of English, Sabbath set the stage for other we want there to be a more positive This is probably the most con- who has been researching metal bands, Bardine says. Written as a image,” says troversial song in metal, Bardine music and culture since 2009. In response to the Vietnam War, “War Bardine. says. It talks about the Holocaust, October, Bardine will be host- Pigs” stood out among popular “Sapari” Dr. Josef Mengele and the atroci- ing the metal studies confer- “flower power” music. ties he committed. ence Metal in Strange Places. He n “Master of Puppets” by n “Roots Bloody Roots” by recommends we turn up these Metallica Sepultura seven songs to hear what the It discusses themes common Members of this Brazilian rage is all about. throughout the genre. “A good bit band love extreme music, which n “Crazy Train” by Ozzy Osbourne of [metal] deals with politics they’ve infused with instruments It’s a good place to start listen- and freedom,” Bardine from their culture including drums, ing to metal music. “You hear it at says, “being able to Bardine says. This song expresses sporting events,” says Bardine of control your own anger at Brazil’s military and gov- the 1980 metal song that broke into life and not be op- ernment. pop culture. pressed.” —Sarah Spech ’16 n “Celebrate” by Doro n “Sapari” by Learn more about the Doro is known as the first wom- Orphaned Land October conference at an to have her own metal band, Bar- This Israeli www.facebook.com/ dine says. “We celebrate our love band is dedicated Metalinstrangeplaces. 18 I UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Autumn 2016 SPORTS

Faculty remembered

JOHN J. ROWE 7-22-16 Professor emeritus of biology “Dr. Rowe encouraged us to stretch our intellects. Though he was academically demanding, he was also warm and hospitable.” —Kaitlin Moredock DiNapoli ’08

JOHN F. QUINN 7-13-16 Professor emeritus of philosophy

“John was Members of the 1964-65 University hockey team pose for a yearbook photo. effusive and outgoing, and loved teaching, food, drink Powder-blue jerseys and and friends. He will be missed.” dental plates —Rebecca Whisnant, associate professor of philosophy It was about more than hockey

JOSEPH L. WATRAS 6-5-16 By Doug Harris ’79 players that have only grown stronger with time. Professor of teacher education Walt DeAnna ’62 didn’t expect many perks “I tell people all the time, ‘If you don’t have a “He had a for the fledgling hockey program at Dayton when Walt, you don’t have a hockey program,’” said Bill way of making he became coach in 1963-64. But he believed the Bommarito ’77, a four-year captain. “You need every student school could at least provide the bare essentials, people like Walt DeAnna to make that happen.” feel as bright and he wasn’t afraid to push for them. The program had an unlikely pioneer. Al- and unique as Instead of having the Flyers wearing second- though DeAnna was from Windsor, Ontario, he one of his bow hand uniforms donated by a local pro club, DeAn- wasn’t a hockey buff like most native Canadians, ties.” —Michael na sought out Harry Baujan, the athletic director playing only sporadically at the youth level. Fletcher Skelton ’12 then, to see about getting jerseys in the tradition- But he picked it up again when he attended al UD colors of Columbia blue and red. college, choosing Dayton after hearing about K. MICHAEL GEARY 4-6-16 “I asked him, ‘Do you have any old football it through his high school vice principal, Paul Retired professor of accounting jerseys?’” DeAnna recalled. “He took me down to Donoher, who was the brother of UD Hall of “Dr. Geary the stadium, and there was a bunch of old jerseys: Fame basketball coach Don Donoher ’54. didn’t simply powder blue, red numbers, and red-and-blue Playing in the school’s first hockey games as teach what the stripes on the sleeves. But they were the kind a freshman in 1958, DeAnna would become the textbook said, with the tails that you buttoned underneath you team’s leading scorer each of his four years. One but instead to keep the jersey in. year after he graduated, the team needed a coach, taught by pro- “I got all the tackle and guard jerseys I could, and he was urged by younger brother Mario ’65 viding real-life and we cut off the tails. Those were our jerseys and other players to take the job. situations that made the topics the first couple years.” “I told them, ‘If we could ever get it to be both interesting and relatable.” The Flyers often had to make do without top- a varsity team, I’ll spend some time with it,’” —Anita Shankar ’11 of-the-line gear, even after transitioning from DeAnna said. a club team to the non-scholarship varsity level That wasn’t an easy sell. Before securing Read more remembrances in 1964-65. But DeAnna still managed to build varsity status, DeAnna had to get the blessing of and add your own at bit.ly/ a winning program by providing structure, at- Baujan’s successor, Tom Frericks ’53. UDM_facultyremembered. tracting top talent and developing bonds with his “I told him the guys were scrounging around Autumn 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE I 19 for $10 or $25 to rent The program is the ice and pay the still going strong referees,” DeAnna re- though it reverted to called. “He said, ‘I tell the club level again in you what, you run it 1990 when UD joined one year the way you’re the Midwestern Colle- running it, and you giate Conference. report back with your The news of the financials and all the program being de-em- things you’re doing. If Above, Walt (left) and brother Mario phasized was a sad day I think it’s worthwhile, DeAnna in the early 1960s. Right, for the varsity alumni, Coach DeAnna (back center in striped I’ll take it to the athletic shirt) at an October 2015 UD hockey but they still take great board.’” reunion in Fort Myers, Florida. pride in having been One year later, Flyers and are grateful DeAnna and the Fly- for DeAnna’s lasting ers did enough to win impact. They affectionately Frericks’ support. The call him “The Mentor.” board was also swayed, Since many are now too approving a $1,500 old to suit up for the annual budget. alumni game in Dayton, they “Frericks never have begun a fall tradition asked how many wins of spending a weekend play- or losses I had. He just ing golf and swapping stories knew we were taking with the 76-year-old DeAnna care of 25 to 30 kids near his home in Port Char- who wanted to play lotte, Florida. hockey,” DeAnna said. “Walt was all the things “And we had some in- you’d want in a father without terest on campus from coming down super hard on people who wanted to Players representing more than three decades gather for an alumni game in 2008. you,” King said. “He was the see us play.” kind of guy you could talk to DeAnna had a career record 19 games and keep your interest weren’t scholarship players in when you made a mistake. He of 211-107-16 in his 22 varsity sea- — rather than playing 60 games any way, shape or form,” said stood up for his guys. He made it sons with four conference cham- and practicing every day for a Bommarito, a St. Louis resident. fun, but he never put up with our pionships while playing mostly couple hours,” he said. “But I think the thing we always juvenile behavior.” against other college programs “Surprisingly, a lot of the kids had on our mind was that our DeAnna, whose annual around the state. decided to come to the school be- jerseys said, ‘The University of coaching salary topped out at He routinely corralled sea- cause of that.” Dayton.’ We had a chance, maybe $150, worked full time as a sales- soned players from hockey-mad They certainly didn’t come not with the brightest of lights, of man for E.F McDonald in Day- cities such as Boston, Detroit for the amenities. UD paid for representing the University with ton and stayed with the company and Chicago as well as about a the ice time for twice-a-week the something we loved doing.” after it was sold. He and his wife, half-dozen prospects each year practices and home games at Though the opposition was Marilou, raised three children who had Division-I scholarship Troy Arena or wherever a rink also of the non-scholarship vari- (all UD grads). offers. could be found, while also po- ety, games were fierce. The Fly- He traveled for work, but The recruits fell in love with nying up for uniforms, refs and ers embraced physical contact he always made time for his UD and liked DeAnna’s balanced a modest $3.50 per diem on the and sometimes even initiated it. players. approach. road. “I’ve got a (dental) plate. I “When I think of the Marian- “I’d say, ‘If you come here, The players had to shell out lost a couple choppers,” said for- ists — because I was fortunate to your big game each year is go- for their skates and padding. mer player Peter King ’77, a Phil- go to a Marianist high school and ing to be Oberlin. But if you And they were careful not to adelphia product. “Some guy put then a Marianist university — I want to be a doctor or lawyer, if break their hockey sticks be- the butt end of his stick down my always think of how their No. 1 your parents want some grades cause those came out of their throat.” asset is an ability to create com- from you, you can’t say hockey pockets, too. Under DeAnna, the Flyers munity and make people feel is going to interfere with your “We knew we weren’t foot- were tough. They finished under part of something very special,” school. You’ll graduate with a ball players. We knew we weren’t .500 only twice and went 18-1-1 Bommarito said. 3.2 instead of a 2.1 and play 18 to basketball players. We knew we in his last season in 1985-86. “That’s what Walt did.”

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Flyers take all-sports Michael Deyhle ’12. Younger broth- first in A-10 er Mitch Deyhle (athletic trainer for UD men’s soccer) is also on For the second consecutive the team along with players Aidan year, Dayton finished first among all Bean, Oliver Hansen and Elijah Atlantic 10 Conference schools in Redman. the Learfield Sports Directors Cup (all-sport) final standings. The cup was developed as a joint effort of Volleyball has one of the National Association of Colle- New boathouse best incoming classes giate Directors of Athletics and USA With seven newcomers to the Fundraising is underway for a boathouse that will give the Flyer women’s Today. program for the 2016 season, the rowing program a larger, more secure space by the Great Miami River for its Four Flyer programs won con- entering volleyball recruiting class boats, equipment and workouts. ference titles during 2015-16. has been rated 17th in the nation The 10,800-square-foot structure, costing an estimated $500,000, will Volleyball took the regular sea- by PrepVolleyball.com. That’s the replace the fabric-covered hangar the Dayton Boat Club has shared with son and tournament titles. Men’s highest rating in school history. UD for the past 10 years. soccer won the A-10 tournament “Rowers will have space to stretch before and after practice,” said Mike title. Football won the Pioneer Not quite two in a row Wenker, UD’s head coach, “and we can have indoor workouts there when Football League championship. Chantae McMillan, volunteer weather keeps us off the water.” Men’s basketball shared the regular assistant track coach, competed With a 14-foot door on each end of the bay, he said, the team will be able season title. in the heptathlon in the 2012 to load and unload the boat trailer under lights and safely out of the elements. Also, women’s soccer and Olympics. She came up a bit short “Right now,” said team member Rosie Perez, a senior psychology and softball finished second in A-10 this year, finishing fifth in the U.S. criminal justice major, “if the weather gets bad and we have to derig boats regular season while men’s golf Olympic Track and Field Trials. The indoors, it’s a tight squeeze.” She added that the new space will bring Dayton’s was third at the A-10 championship top three finishers compete in the facilities in line with most Atlantic 10 rowing programs. tournament. Olympics. The boathouse will be named for Mike and Trish Miles, founders of the Golf shows well in UD rowing program in 1991. To make a gift, see alumnicommunity.udayton.edu/wrowing. A top goalkeeper is state new assistant coach ...... At the Ohio Golf Association Tyler Kettering led the nation Amateur Championship in July, largely amateur soccer teams have and Kennedy Nwabia. Playing for in saves twice when he played for Ryan Flick finished 12th, Brendan a decidedly Dayton Flyer flavor. the women’s team: Meghan Blank Gardner-Webb University. After a Keating 16th and Nick Paxson 22nd. Playing for the men’s team and Alexis and Kaitlynn Kiehl. professional career including a year of the Dayton Dutch Lions of the Playing for the Dayton Dynamo with the Chicago Fire, he was asso- While not playing as Premiere Development League are of the National Premiere Soccer ciate head coach at his alma mater. Flyers … Michael Brezovsky, Michael Frasca League are Maik Schoonderwo- He joins the Dayton men’s soccer Dayton’s two minor-league, ’16, Rafael Gamboa, Tommy Harr erd ’16, Andres Acevedo ’14 and staff as an assistant coach...... Basketball signs big man of 12,942 fans was the second best in school his- Other A-10 teams the Flyers will play home- Kostas Antetokounmpo (COAST-us Ah-day- tory. In 1969-70, the first season the Arena was and-home are Duquesne, Rhode Island and Saint toe-KOON-boe), right, a 6-foot- open, the Flyers drew 40 more fans per game. Louis. They will also host George Mason, La Salle, 10, 190-pound forward, has Nationally, this past year’s attendance ranked Richmond and Saint Joseph’s and travel to David- signed to play basketball at UD. 25th. son, Fordham, George Washington and UMass. A native of Athens, Greece, The Flyers have sold more than 10,000 tick- he graduated this year from Do- ets each season for seven years in a row. For Thanksgiving tournaments minican High School in White- information on 2016-17 season tickets, call 937- The women’s basketball team will play Geor- fish Bay, Wisconsin, a Milwaukee 229-4433 or visit DaytonFlyers.com. gia Tech, 1 p.m. EST, Nov. 25, in the Junkanoo Jam suburb. Dominican has won five straight Wisconsin in Freeport, Bahamas. For tournament informa- Division 4 state championships. Men Flyers home-and-home tion and accommodations at the Grand Lucayan He was highly ranked by scouting services, 89 with two co-titleholders Resort, see junkanoojam.com. according to Rivals, 98 by Scout. His brother Gi- Last season, Dayton shared the A-10 regular The men’s basketball team will face Nebraska annis plays for the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks. season title with two other teams, St. Bonaven- on Thanksgiving evening, Nov. 24, in the Direct TV ture and VCU. The Flyers will be playing home- Wooden Legacy in southern California. Games will Basketball attendance up and-home games this coming season against be televised on the ESPN networks. For more in- The men’s basketball team’s average crowd both. formation, call the ticket office at 937-229-4433. Autumn 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE I 21 Citizens are reclaiming their neighborhood, and UD is nourishing the partnership. Grow on MKSK

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The Twin Towers neighborhood in East Dayton was once a thriving residential community with a prominent business district. That all changed in 1962 with the construction of U.S. Route 35 through Dayton, which forced thousands of Twin Towers families to relocate and many of its businesses and industries to close. “It was a very traumatic time in the ...... neighborhood,” said Leslie Sheward, vacant 5-acre site, dubbed Lincoln Hill president of the Twin Towers Neighbor- Gardens, to feature greenhouses, com- hood Association, who has lived in the munity garden plots, natural playscapes, community for all of her 60 years. “They a wetland restoration area, a commu- tore down over 5,000 homes and dis- nity education kitchen and performance placed over 20,000 residents — that was pavilion. just in this neighborhood alone.” “What it means to the community Sheward, a plain-spoken woman with is a chance to, for once, be given back to, a shock of gray hair, recalled her child- instead of taken from,” Sheward said. hood home being among those taken by the highway project. LINCOLN HILL GARDENS IS THE FIRST But, finally, someone is giving back. high-profile project for the University’s TA partnership among the Univer- Hanley Sustainability Institute. sity of Dayton, East End Community Established in 2014 with a $12.5 mil- Services and Mission of Mary Coop- lion gift from the George and Amanda Terative is working to transform the for- Hanley Foundation, the institute aims mer Lincoln Elementary School site at to extend the University’s sustainability 401 Nassau St. into an urban farm and efforts across campus and into the greenspace. Dayton community. Its goals include cre- Long-term plans call for the mostly ating an urban agriculture demonstration

24 I UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Autumn 2016 LESLIE SHEWARD President, Twin Towers Neighborhood Association

DON PAIR College of Arts and Sciences associate dean and acting head of the University’s Hanley Sustainability Institute Autumn 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE I 25 A B

Some of the D Lincoln Hill Gardens proposals include:

A The forest path C B Canopy classroom E C Community raised beds D Urban agriculture education N M G F facility E Orchard H F Natural playscapes G Kitchen building/gardens H Performance pavilion I The event lawn J Amphitheater I K Sculpture hill/public art L Restoration and L K experimentation plots J M Wetland exploration classroom N Terrace gardens MKSK Courtesy

project in the community that can be boarded-up homes. sity a leader in the regional food conver- sustained and reproduced elsewhere in In recent years, Twin Towers has sations, which are really prevalent with Dayton and beyond. worked with area partners to address former Congressman Tony Hall’s new Lincoln Hill Gardens will help those issues by tearing down vacant initiatives to reduce hunger in Dayton,” achieve that goal, said Don Pair, College homes, building more affordable hous- she said. of Arts and Sciences associate dean and ing, increasing police patrols and open- Keener began working on the Lin- acting head of the institute. ing an outreach addiction center. coln Hill Gardens project in summer “It’s an opportunity for UD to learn The Hanley Institute hopes to in- 2015 as the Hanley Institute’s first un- and benefit from the important conver- crease food accessibility in that area dergraduate fellow. She continued to sations we are having with crucial com- through Lincoln Hill Gardens, said coordinate the project after graduating munity partners,” Pair said. Tess Keener ’15, who served as project in December, and then left in May to Downtown Dayton and its surround- coordinator through May. take a full-time position at Homefull, ing areas is considered a “food desert” by “It is building on partnerships that a Dayton nonprofit that works to end the U.S. Department of Agriculture be- we already have in making the Univer- homelessness. cause there is limited access to healthy and affordable food within a half-mile radius — particularly for low-income residents. Lincoln Hill Gardens Goals Located less than 2 miles from the n Provide an educational and research space for all to learn about sustainable land and food University’s campus, Twin Towers is a community where 63 percent of the chil- practices. n dren live below the poverty level, more Create a community greenspace for outdoor recreation and the experience of nature. n than double the statewide average. Incorporate sustainable design principles that integrate ecosystem services for the benefit The neighborhood’s population of the urban environment and community and educate students and the public. boomed during World War II, when n Create an urban farm that produces nourishing foods and has job training and thousands of people flocked from Appa- income-producing opportunities for the community. lachia to work in its war-time factories. n Use the open space as a cornerstone to developing a sustainability-oriented community But the U.S. 35 construction contin- and place to live and to adopting a district-wide approach to green living and ued for nearly 10 years, until 1971. Dur- neighborhood design. ing that time, Twin Towers began its n Develop a resilient, community-backed, inclusive design that brings together the decline from a prosperous, self-con- surrounding community and is built on the skills, wants and needs of that community. tained community to a deteriorating neighborhood blighted by crime and 26 I UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Autumn 2016 Autumn 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE I 27 The Hanley Institute funded a site gage in urban agriculture in the region in tion’s director of community develop- development plan by MKSK, a Colum- a general sense,” McEwan said. “I think ment and a 2006 graduate of the Univer- bus, Ohio-based landscape architecture that was really the first step in the whole sity’s Master of Public Administration and urban design firm whose projects thing.” program. also include RiverScape MetroPark in Meanwhile, East End Community “A lot of neighbors were afraid when Dayton. Services was eyeing the former Lin- the school was torn down a few years ago The institute also paid for construc- coln School site. Dayton Public Schools that something would be developed that tion of three greenhouse-like hoop hous- closed the school in 2006 and demol- wouldn’t be a community asset,” Ervin es at Lincoln Hill Gardens and is cover- ished the structure in January 2012, said. “East End really wanted to ensure ing maintenance and utilities fees for scraping the surrounding turf down to that we got the land and it would serve the site. the glacial till. neighborhood purposes.” In addition to urban food produc- In 2015, East End purchased the site tion, Lincoln Hill Gardens will provide from the city of Dayton for $35,000 with research opportunities for University funding from an Ohio Housing Finance faculty and students and show what can ‘The purpose of it Agency grant. be achieved through community part- was to think about nerships. how the University CONVERSATIONS ABOUT USING THE “We would like other communities site for urban agriculture started well be- to see what has been done on the Lin- of Dayton could fore East End acquired the property, said coln Hill Gardens site — the site of a engage in urban Stephen Mackell ’13, urban farm manag- former Dayton Public Schools elemen- er for Mission of Mary Cooperative. tary school — and say: ‘Gosh. We have agriculture in the “We spoke with them several years some vacant land in our area; we’d like region in a general ago about the 5-acre site — what could to do something similar in our neighbor- sense. I think that happen up there and how we could make hood,’” Pair said. urban farming a little enterprise to even- was really the first tually employ people in the neighbor- THE LINCOLN HILL PROJECT step in the whole hood,” he said. officially launched in January with a site Founded in the spirit of Mary in 2010 assessment, information gathering and thing.’ by Michael Schulz ’07 and a group of lay goal setting by MKSK and the project Marianists, Mission of Mary is a faith- partners. In February, the first public based nonprofit organization focused on meeting was held to solicit campus and The resulting 5-acre lot — bordered food and economic social justice issues, community input. by Nassau and Dover streets, and Harper especially healthy food access and af- But the garden’s roots go much and Demphle avenues — offers a com- fordability. University faculty, staff and deeper, stretching back several years. manding view of the Dayton city skyline. students often work alongside Mission In fall 2013, the University became It also overlooks St. Mary’s Catho- of Mary staff on service learning projects partners with Growing Power, an urban lic Church, a Romanesque-style church in the community. agriculture training and growing site in built in 1906. Twin Towers takes its name Mission of Mary operates three ur- Milwaukee. Will Allen, Growing Pow- from the church’s two matching spires. ban agriculture plots in the Twin Towers er’s founder and chief executive, visited Sheward said area residents gather neighborhood, totaling about 2.5 acres Dayton to speak on campus. at the top of the hill to watch the city of of land. Lincoln Hill Garden will be the George Hanley ’77 and Amanda Han- Dayton’s Fourth of July fireworks display fourth and largest, as well as the first to ley were interested in using Growing and to shoot off their own firecrackers have large-production hoop houses. Power as a model for Dayton, said Ryan and rockets. People also use the site for Pair said Marianist urban gardening McEwan, associate professor of biology. sledding and four-wheeling, as evidenced dates back nearly a century. In January 2014, McEwan and other by the visible ruts from truck and all- “Urban gardening is not a new idea faculty and community members trav- terrain vehicle tires. for the Marianists,” he explained. “Mis- eled to Milwaukee to learn how to imple- To the north, the former school site sion of Mary is the latest rediscovery and ment an urban agriculture project with slopes down to a densely wooded area. exploration of that central concept of community support. Additional fac- The ground to the west drops sharply community building.” ulty and community members attended down a 25-foot grade to an existing, man- A native of Findlay, Ohio, Mackell Growing Power workshops in subse- made rain garden for storm water runoff. started volunteering for Mission of Mary quent months. East End Community Services was as an undergraduate and joined the staff “The purpose of it was to think about concerned about development at the site, full time after completing his bachelor’s how the University of Dayton could en- said Kate Ervin, the nonprofit organiza- degree in economics and philosophy. 28 I UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Autumn 2016 Autumn 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE I 29 As with Mission of Mary, the Univer- Another meeting that evening for MKSK principal Darren Meyer and sity has enjoyed a longstanding relation- Twin Towers residents was even more designer Brett Kordenbrock took notes ship with East End Community Services. heated. on the feedback at these meetings for After the launch of the Hanley Institute, The nearly three dozen community consideration in preparing the final site East End and Mission of Mary looked to members who gathered were a mix of plan. the University as an essential partner in ages and races and included both long- “Fundamentally, when you come full- the project. They asked if UD wanted to time residents and recent arrivals to the circle, what an amazing educational op- be involved in a formal way. neighborhood. portunity for students, staff, faculty and Mackell noted faculty and staff were Residents wanted a youth basketball graduate students to see the nature of becoming more engaged with the issue court, park-style barbecue grills and a these conversations as they unfold with of food access, especially as it relates to traditional playground, none of which our community partners,” Pair said. urban social justice and service learning. Lincoln Hill Gardens will allow stu- In early 2014, Mackell made five dents to work on projects that meet both University-sponsored trips to Grow- learning goals and community needs, ing Power in Milwaukee to see if Allen’s ‘Our hope is that said Kelly Bohrer ’96 and ’01, director urban agriculture techniques could be the implementation of community-engaged learning in the applied to the Lincoln Hill project. He of each piece of University’s Fitz Center for Leadership accompanied McEwan on the first trip. in Community. “I’d say that’s when things got serious the design that the For example, students in Bohrer’s about the partnership among the three landscape architect sustainability research classes designed organizations: Mission of Mary, East End possible site elements, including aqua- Community Services and UD,” he said. ultimately gives ponics and composting facilities, that us has community were presented to MKSK. In addition, THE PARTNERS’ GOALS FOR THE members fully students in associate professor Suki project were outlined in MKSK’s public Kwon’s art and design course worked presentations. They include providing involved and with Niels Braam, MKSK’s environmen- an educational and research space for students fully tal graphic designer, to develop branding learning about sustainable land and food and signage proposals for Lincoln Hill practices; creating a community green involved.’ Gardens. space for outdoor recreation and expe- “Our hope is that the implementation riencing nature; and creating an urban of each piece of the design that the land- farm that produces healthy food and were included in MKSK’s site plan. scape architect ultimately gives us has provides job training and income for the “An urban farm doesn’t make sense community members fully involved and community. to me; an urban park does,” said Liz Hop- students fully involved,” Bohrer said. Aligning those goals with the wants kins ’12, a Brooklyn, New York, gallery and needs of both residents and faculty director who was working with artists ON AN UNSEASONABLY HOT DAY IN hasn’t always been an easy process. In at the nearby Davis-Linden Building in late April, Lincoln Hill Gardens was alive early April, workshop discussions about East Dayton. with activity during one of several volun- MKSK’s conceptual plans at both East Sheward stood and countered that teer days to build three hoop houses on End’s community center and a campus Twin Towers is in a food desert. Devot- the site for food production. ArtStreet gallery turned contentious. ing 1 acre for food production would Mackell stood atop a tall ladder di- At ArtStreet, McEwan expressed still leave another 4 for development. recting construction of the metal tubing fears that Lincoln Hill Gardens would “It is crucial to the future of the frame that will support the plastic cover- become an overly landscaped park with community,” Sheward said. ing of the first greenhouse-like structure. well-manicured lawns, as opposed to a Glenda Lamb-Wilson, a Demphle Nearby, dozens of students pounded more natural setting where he could en- Avenue resident, said she was looking metal stakes for the second hoop house gage his environmental biology students forward to having a garden plot at the into the rock-hard turf with sledgeham- in research projects involving native Lincoln Hill site. Her property sits at a mers. plans and ecological restoration. 45-degree angle and is covered by shade, A large pile of dark compost was “Where do UD students fit in?” he making it difficult to grow vegetables in poised to enrich the garden beds. asked. her own yard. Less expensive than a traditional Concerns also were raised about Other residents voiced concerns glass greenhouse, a hoop house warms striking a balance between public spaces about the possibility of light pollution, plants and soil by retaining incoming and semi-private zones such as Mission and public art displays becoming hazards of Mary’s garden plots. on the sledding hill. See Grow On, Page 37 30 I UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Autumn 2016 Autumn 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE I 31 TravelingOur increasingly mobile lifestyle makes it easy for us to dispose of our stuff, Light but is the same true for our relationships?

32 I UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Autumn 2016 Lucas Keefer didn’t take his toaster with him when he moved from Dayton to Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Our increasingly mobile lifestyle makes it easy for us to dispose of our stuff, but is the same true for our relationships? Keefer, a post-doctoral research fellow in psychology at UD from August 2014 to Traveling Light June 2016, left to accept a tenure-track RANDY PALMER RANDY Autumn 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE I 33 position at the University of BY KRISTEN also from being in a military group of friends they’ve had since they Southern Mississippi. He also WICKER ’98 family. I work hard to cultivate graduated from college and moved into left behind the state where he my friendships because I’ve their house,” Blake said. “We don’t have has family, including a 1-year- needed them. I had a baby while that. We have friends all over the place. old niece, within a three-hour drive. my husband was in Iraq, and it was the We’ve never had family near us so we can’t Yet Keefer, who’s lived in four states military connection that made it easier. be like, ‘Let’s go to my parents’ house on during the past 10 years, is used to being Military families really rely on each other Sunday.’ in transit — and has studied the impact of and create a very special bond.” “This is part of why I treasure my true just this type of mobility. While he was at While a romantic relationship led to friends so much,” she added. “My Dayton UD, he co-wrote a paper with Omri Gillath, Blake’s move-a-lot lifestyle, Keefer and roommates and I just had our 20-year re- associate professor of psychology at the Gillath found romance may be a casualty union. I love those girls. It means a lot to University of Kansas, that suggests high- for other highly mobile folks. me that we can get together and hang out ly mobile people are more likely to view UD alumnus Paul Sozio ’15 agrees: “I as if no time has gone by.” possessions as disposable — and, in turn, was dating a girl when I was in Argentina friendships and romantic partners as well. and, while it was exciting at the time, we Places Keefer and Gillath outlined the find- went back to our respective countries Kaitlyn Ridel ’13 wanted to live in ings from their four studies in the paper, when we left Argentina,” said Sozio, who Washington, D.C. — and she does, although published in the April 2016 journal Per- has lived in Honduras, Nicaragua and Ar- it’s taken some moves back and forth be- sonal Relationships. Together, they sug- gentina during study abroad programs and tween there and her hometown of Cleve- gest that people who are more mobile while working for nongovernmental orga- land, as well as between Boston and Day- think of their belongings as disposable, nizations. “Going into it, you think, ‘This ton, to make it happen. Now, Ridel is a which perhaps is what also leads them to probably isn’t a permanent thing’ in the brand and communications specialist for think of their relationships as disposable. back of your head. FiscalNote. “When you put it all together, mobility “But for me, you can’t put up a wall and “My family is very close, and they’re is indirectly affecting our commitment to think, ‘I don’t want to get close to anyone,’ all in the Cleveland area,” she said. “I’m our relationships because it changes how because it’s more important to cherish the the only one who’s kind of stayed away we feel about our material possessions time you do have together so I feel like an oddball and, likewise, how we feel about relation- and be present,” he added. sometimes, but I’ve al- ships,” said Keefer, who’s seen the study “You have to know that ‘A real relationship ways loved politics and results play out somewhat in his own life. the people you really click takes a lot of work, policy so D.C. seems like “I definitely ascribe to that first part of with, you’re going to stay and that becomes the right place for that. the process, that people who move often in touch.” My career, for now, is go- are more willing to throw things away,” Jake Muniak ’14 has more so when ing to come first, and my he said. “I would throw away all my be- moved between Ohio, you don’t see that family understands that. longings except my computer, books and Nicaragua, Denver and “I do love Ohio, but I guitar (when I move). Seattle since graduation person every day.’ need to see if I can make “But I don’t know if that’s affected my and is now a travel service D.C. work,” she added. “I relationships,” he continued. “My data consultant for South America Travel. He have a really great set of friends here and would suggest that it has, but if so I’m not agrees that many friendships fade with a great job and want to see where it goes.” aware of it.” frequent moves, but others remain solid. In their paper, Keefer and Gillath note “A real relationship takes a lot of work, that mobility can have two effects. Moves People and that becomes more so when you don’t within the same community are unlikely Molly Blake ’96 still mails friends see that person every day,” he said. “I visit- to have much impact on social networks. and family handwritten birthday cards ed my college roommate in Chicago when Long-distance moves, on the other hand, — despite the fact that, as the wife of a I was traveling from Ohio to Seattle and it are likely to result in both geographical recently retired Marine, she has moved was like, ‘Wow, I don’t know the next time and social network changes. 11 times since college graduation. Her I’ll see you.’ We made plans to meet up on Today, young people such as Ridel and seventh-grade daughter has attended St. Patrick’s Day 2017. He might have to Muniak often focus on the places where seven schools. come to Brazil to make that happen. they want to live, and then find jobs. “There have definitely been people “Making plans is one thing. Following “Having a job where I can be mobile and who I’ve been great friends with and have through is another ball game.” make enough to pay off my student loans is lost touch with, not for any malicious rea- After many years of a highly mobile a goal, and this job provides that,” Muniak son but because some people just are not lifestyle, Blake also has found certain said. “I’m at that stage in life where I can great at keeping in touch,” Blake said. friends — particularly those from her UD stay in a hostel with 30 people and sleep on “I happen to be really good at keeping in days — stand the test of time. the floor. One day, I will want to lay low and touch. I learned that from my mom, but “Most people at the age of 42 have their settle down, and I want to know I squeezed 34 I UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Autumn 2016 everything out of that time when I could be transient.” Disposable tendencies Sozio grew up in Cleveland, where his What we keep, and what we leave behind: parents planned trips that helped him catch the travel bug. Findings from the residential mobility research “I’ve been stateside for two weeks and The paper published in the April 2016 Studies two and three tested whether I’m already wondering where my next trip journal Personal Relationships by Lucas high residential mobility makes people more will be to,” he said after returning from Keefer and Omri Gillath was a merger of their likely to dispose of objects, which in turn re- Nicaragua. “I need something to plan and interests. sults in an increased willingness to cut cer- look forward to.” Keefer’s research focuses on attachment tain social ties. The studies demonstrated For Blake, after all her moving about, to objects, and Gillath’s on attachment to that a history of residential mobility (study she’s ready to settle down in her new home friends and romantic partners. After working two) and increasing residential mobility in Littleton, Colorado — a place she and together in a University of Kansas lab, they (study three) likewise increase the willing- her husband selected for their love of the decided to join forces to examine the ques- ness to dispose of objects and, through that, mountains and skiing and the fact that her tion of how mobility relates to our mate- dispose of social ties. family has a vacation home nearby. rial possessions and how we relate to close Study four compared the geographic “We bought a house that’s a bit of a others. and relationship aspects of residential mo- renovation project,” she said. “We’ve nev- They also looked to past research con- bility and tested whether changes in social er had a clean slate to make our own and ducted by Jewish German psychologist Kurt networks have a direct effect on what the build that dream deck and fire pit.” Lewin, who wrote in a 1936 paper about researchers called “relational disposability.” Americans’ penchant to quickly make — and This study showed that the relationship as- Things discard — friends. They also examined more pect of residential mobility is crucial in affect- Settling down also means Blake can recent research by Shigehiro Oishi of the ing relational disposability. add some color to her home’s style. University of Virginia and others. “The more a person has moved or relo- “Now we have this huge house, and we “We had this idea about how mobility cated, the more he or she had to dispose of don’t have any furniture,” she said. “Be- relates to material possessions and human his or her possessions (at least some),” Keef- fore, everything we owned was beige or relationships, and we found that research er and Gillath write in their paper. “The more brown so if we lived in a historical charmer from 80 years ago is still very applicable,” he or she disposed of possessions, the more or a new hacienda house, it would fit.” Keefer said. likely he or she is to see possessions or ob- Yet Blake isn’t used to having much in To build on the work of Lewin and oth- jects as disposable. Once such a disposable the way of stuff. ers, Keefer and Gillath conducted studies approach was adopted, it may be extended “We’re lean and mean and ready to in which participants completed question- or generalized to social ties, coloring the move at a moment’s notice,” she said. “If naires, including a “Willingness to Dispose perception of people or social ties as more we can’t get both our cars in our garage Inventory” designed to assess people’s will- ephemeral and easily ‘disposed.’ because there’s too much crap in there, ingness to dispose of objects and close re- “Taken together, the four studies provide we almost lose our minds. We have draw- lationships (friends and romantic partners). consistent support for the idea that higher ers that are completely empty and closets Participants also were asked residential with one thing in them.” about their history of moving. mobility re- “We’ve had houses we’ve rented and Studies were held starting ‘The more he or sults in higher sold and it was the same situation,” she in 2009 at the University of she disposed of willingness added. “Even big stuff like a house — I still Kansas, where Keefer did his and tendency had no connection to it.” graduate work before coming possessions, the more to dispose of Indeed, Keefer and Gillath found this to UD. Another three studies likely he or she is to social ties,” the to be typical of highly mobile people. were held every year or two paper reads. Their paper also notes one practical as Keefer and Gillath tweaked see possessions or “Our studies aspect of moving has received little atten- and added to their body of objects as disposable.’ provide sup- tion in existing residential mobility re- work and research findings. port not only search: When moving, people must decide Four studies were part of for an associa- what possessions are worth moving and the research presented in their paper, “Gen- tion between attitudes toward objects and what can be left behind. eralizing Disposability: Residential Mobility people but also provide evidence that this “If we were to time travel to a place and the Willingness to Dissolve Social Ties.” perspective has important implications for when everything we owned was a fam- Study one examined whether the per- the study of close relationships. Pressure to ily heirloom, perhaps we wouldn’t throw ception of objects as disposable is associ- act in specific ways toward material objects things out,” Keefer said. “So potentially ated with perceiving friends in a similar way. — in this case, to dispose of them — may in places high in residential mobility, we It showed people’s tendencies to dispose of have subtle yet important implications for also have a culture of easily replaceable objects and social ties are related. how people act toward other humans.” Autumn 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE I 35 consumer goods. But those and other im- have a willingness to throw things away people’s moves and mobility, and we need plications are still open questions.” and a willingness to get rid of relation- to think about the ease of moving and the Ridel, Muniak and Sozio are with Blake ships. In a way, we’re treating people as ease of getting rid of things and of ties, be- when it comes to traveling light. Ridel has objects, and that’s what draws this cause it might result in various relational moved photo albums and a good Italian together.” difficulties down the line. cooking pan from place to place but other- But finding the big picture would re- “There is a connection between how wise rents furnished apartments. Muniak quire additional research. we view our lives and and Sozio move functional things, such “Whatever connects ‘The connection to our physical surround- as solid boots and a good rain jacket and, mobility to whether or ings and how we per- in Sozio’s case, a guitar. not we keep relationships moving and keeping ceive our social ties,” “I’m not a very good interior decorator is more complicated than relationships is he added. “And we pay because everything I have is secondhand,” we have the data to tell,” a price for the ease of Muniak said. Keefer said. “The connec- complex. The human mobility and the ten- For Sozio, living and working in places tion to moving and keep- story and why this dency of people to dis- such as Honduras and Nicaragua where ing relationships is com- pose of things in their many people are impoverished also caused plex. The human story and is important is a lives.” him to look at his belongings in a different why this is important is a question that is still For Keefer, “Main- way. “You look at your own material pos- question that is still a bit taining old ties seems sessions and reconsider what you really open.” a bit open.’ like a double-edged need and what is really valuable,” he said. And with this study, he sword. It can meet “There are some things you should cher- added, no conclusions can be drawn about some social needs to stay in touch, but it ish, but generally speaking it makes you whether or not this willingness to dispose can be stifling to forming new social cir- less attached to stuff.” of belongings, and therefore relationships, cles in the new location. There is some ad- is healthy or unhealthy. Nor does the study vantage to knowing someone nearby who Meaning take into account the ever-growing influ- can feed your cat when you’re out of town. So what does this research say about ence of technology and social media on Ultimately, we are social beings.” the human experience? our relationships and ability to maintain Beings who, when settling in a new “The conceptual thread connecting them. home, have a much easier time getting a these is the similarities between our re- Gillath noted the research findings new toaster than finding new friends to lationships and objects,” Keefer said. “We show “we need to pay more attention to feed that cat — and so much more. UD

36 I UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Autumn 2016 Grow On, from Page 30 the richness of the community,” she said. bers gathered around the drawings and Local lore includes St. Mary’s Church, commented favorably about the plans. solar radiation from the sun through which was placed on the National Reg- “This is a long way from when I went plastic sheeting. “We can grow year- ister of Historic Places in 1983. During to school here,” said Anthony Stanford, of round in it just by passive solar heating; World War II, the church was a high point Dayton, whose mother still lives nearby not actively heating it,” Mackell said. in Dayton and the lights in its towers on Beaumont Avenue. He has watched One hoop house is a fixed structure for were used to help U.S. military aircraft the site’s transformation from a vacant growing seedlings, plant propagation and land at what is now Wright-Patterson lot, and he hopes progress continues. year-round production. It also includes Air Force Base. MKSK’s plan calls for the project to be space for student research projects. “The nuns and the priests used to go implemented in five phases, contingent The other two are on wheels, so they up there and they would change the colors on fundraising and additional commu- can be rolled to cover adjacent garden of the lights,” Sheward said. “My grand- nity partnerships. plots. This allows for both indoor and mother and my mother lived here through Already, the first phase — construc- outdoor production, depending on the the war, so they knew that the lights in tion of an urban agriculture education crops and time of year. the towers had different meanings.” facility — is nearly complete. Though not “It essentially allows yet covered, the hoop houses us to grow twice as much are home to crops of toma- food on the same amount of toes, peppers, beets, summer square footage because we squash and eggplant. are able to stretch the grow- The second phase ing season on the front and will add community gar- back ends of the season by den plots. The partners moving the greenhouse back hope over time the na- and forth,” Mackell said. ture playscape, a sculpture He expects to have the hill with walking paths, a hoop houses covered by fall, wetland exploration area, so they can grow produce the education kitchen and throughout the winter. a performance pavilion will One of the student vol- follow. unteers was Léa Dolimier Ervin called the plan ’16, a Maryland native who a road map that offers the graduated in May with a partners professional guid- bachelor’s degree in en- ance on how to move the vironmental biology and project forward and realize a minor in sustainability. their vision. Mackell agreed. She was a Mission of Mary “It is all very exciting,” intern during the spring said Mackell, who brought semester. She said her goal is to Sheward said her dream is to per- his wife and infant daughter to the fire- work on a nonprofit farm in a city. form the play Stone Soup at the pavilion. works event. “The way the project will “The University of Dayton really The folk tale, in which a hungry traveler be implemented in stages allows commu- stresses being part of your community manipulates villagers into sharing their nity members, students and faculty to be and the service aspect and working to- food by contributing ingredients to a involved in different stages and to see it gether,” Dolimier said. “I think a lot of pot of soup, shows how people can make develop over time.” people embrace that idea and want to something significant through many Sheward stood by the display with come out and help.” small contributions. fellow residents, discussing how the proj- Sheward, who received the Fitz “Stone Soup is a very good story to use ect might improve their quality of life. Center’s 2015 Mattie Davis and Joe for community telling,” she said. She is excited by the possibilities but Kanak Community Builders Award, sounded a note of caution — perhaps born watched the hoop house installation THE FINAL SITE PLAN WAS from the hardship of Twin Towers itself and talked about her hopes for Lincoln revealed to residents July 3, as neigh- — about bringing Lincoln Hill Gardens Hill Gardens. She is eager for the per- bors gathered at Lincoln Hill for a cook- to fruition. formance pavilion, which would bring out before watching the city’s fireworks “I know it will be a reality, but like people out of their homes for movies and display. every good plan it takes money and time,” storytelling. Artist renderings and schematic de- Sheward said. “I just want everybody to “When we were an Appalachian com- signs were arrayed on a large kiosk made realize that no dream is achieved munity, the storytelling is what continued from wooden pallets. Community mem- overnight.” UD Autumn 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE I 37 38 I UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Autumn 2016 CLICK for alumni photos from National Park adventures.

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Celebrating 100 years of National Parks with stories from alumni who serve its wild wonder, history and visitors. t’s a warm, sunny night, the sun is hanging on the mountain range in the distance, and Molly McKinley ’01 is rolling down the tundra. Tundra rolling may be a time-honored tradition more often carried out by children and the resident grizzly bears, but it’s also how McKinley likes to celebrate a warm summer night in Alaska: going side-over-side down the alpine biome. Throw in a handful of wild blueberries and she might just be in heaven. Welcome to 99-year-old Denali National Park, one of the amazing American places protected by the National Park Service. I It has been 100 years since the National Park Service Autumn 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE I 39 was founded, and in that time 412 wilder- ness areas and historic sites, natural won- ders and national monuments have been created, recognized and protected. The oldest, the National Mall, was designated 226 years ago and grandfathered into the MONICA MAGARI Park Service; the newest, Stonewall Na- tional Monument, was inducted June 24 of this year. Dubbed “America’s best idea” by writer Wallace Stegner, the National Parks model has been exported to countries around the world. While the National Parks are full of monuments and glaciers, endangered species and civil rights memorials, perhaps their most important assets are their stories. Stories that celebrate natural won- ders, such as the bristled trees of Joshua Tree National Park, and stories that reveal devastating human histories, such as the slaughter of 300 people in Sand Creek, South Dakota, and the internment of 117,000 Japanese Americans during World War II. Molly McKinley’01 Those stories are at the core of the Na- DENALI NATIONAL PARK, ALASKA tional Park Service mission: to preserve, “unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the National Park then went to the Gateway Arch — formally the nation’s most important Civil War bat- System for the enjoyment, education, and the Jefferson National Expansion Memo- tle sites. The Army had already done much inspiration of this and future generations.” rial — where she oversaw for nearly six years of the heavy lifting, identifying 10,500 Civil As the National Park Service prepared the history, museum and ranger programs. War battles, and Floyd and colleagues used for its centennial celebration in August, Today, she’s the deputy superintendent of that documentation as a jumping off point. University of Dayton alumni reflected on Capitol Parks East in D.C. and the adminis- They narrowed the list to about 500 sites of the important roles our parks play in soci- trator for roughly 15 parks east of the Capi- import and set out to investigate. ety today and regaled us with their own sto- tol, including the historic home of Freder- With U.S. Geological Survey maps in ries of the National Parks and its mission. ick Douglass and Kenilworth Park and hand, Floyd walked the sites, inspecting Aquatic Gardens. fields and pastures, determining the sig- DISCOVER HISTORY: PRESERVING “I’ve always been interested in telling nificance of the battles waged, and the con- CULTURAL RESOURCES stories, and the National Park Service gives dition of the land and any remaining arti- Perhaps it’s natural that history major an opportunity to tell those stories where facts. He evaluated what threats existed Ann Honious ’00 ended up working for the they happened,” says Honious. That’s the to the sites, and what might in the future. National Park Service, a leader in historic National Parks’ purpose: “They help you Some of the battlefields were mostly gone, preservation and responsible for preserv- find or get to know your country — whether developed or encroached upon. Artifacts at ing everything from the stories of Paleo-In- that be on a hike in the Grand Canyon or a others had been mined by individuals. dians in North America 12,000 years ago to visit to Independence Hall.” In the end, Floyd and his co-authors the Chesapeake Bay landscape associated Or on a tour of one of the nation’s 11 drew up an argument for preservation of with both the beginning and end of slavery National Battlefields. many of the sites. Without it, the report said, in the United States to the Wright brothers When Dale Floyd ’68 walked the parks the nation stood to lose fully two-thirds of bicycle shop. and fields of the American South back in its major Civil War battlefields. Soon, the Honious began at the Park Service in the mid-1990s, he wasn’t looking at the American Battlefield Protection Program 1992, surveying historic buildings and trees or the animals, he was mapping Civil was established and, in 1996, Congress parks and cataloguing historic structures. War battlefields in his mind’s eye. And on signed into law the American Battlefield She worked at the Chesapeake & Ohio Ca- paper. Protection Act. Under the National Park nal National Historical Park before becom- For nearly five years the historian Service, the ABPP “promotes the preserva- ing the second employee at the Dayton Avi- served on the Park Service’s Civil War sites tion of significant historic battlefields asso- ation Heritage National Historic Park. She advisory commission, helping determine ciated with wars on American soil.” 40 I UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Autumn 2016 Today, the Park Service oversees 11 Na- ers, for example, were such innovative tional Battlefields, four National Battle- men, and they never even graduated from The National field Parks and one National Battlefield high school. That’s a testament to that time Park Service Site. While not all of the nation’s Civil period.” War and Revolutionary battle sites are While some sites celebrate innovation encompassed within the National Parks, and American spirit, others serve as tes- National many are. Antietam National Battlefield, tament to American ingenuity gone un- Monuments for example, commemorates the bloodiest checked, including the Johnstown Flood ...... one-day battle in American history, a day Memorial. 3 where 23,000 soldiers were declared dead, In the late 1800s, the wealthy citizens 8 wounded or missing after 12 hours of bat- of Pittsburgh bought a reservoir, convert- National tle. Preserving such Historic Sites

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...... 3...... that changed America is critical. civilians below. The Great Flood, as it’s “Each site you go to you learn some- known, also led to the creation of the Army thing new. It’s important to know where Corps of Engineers. And yet, says Juhnke — you came from, and what happened in our who worked at Johnstown, Allegheny Por- plus 187 other country,” says Juhnke. “The Wright broth- tage Railroad National Site and the Flight designated locations Autumn 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE I 41 93 Memorial for a year after graduation — few would really know about that flood, or that devastation, were it not for the National Parks preserved memorial.

EDUCATION, FOSSILIZED Preserving cultural and natural places may be core aspects of the Parks’ mission, but education is paramount. Education — about wild plants and animals or about historic events — inspires people to protect the parks for the future. It also shapes dreams. Steven Roberts ’97 knows this first- , NPS Staff Photographer,Yellowstone National Park hand. It was a balmy Florida evening in 1997

when Roberts, alongside Greg Leingang JIM PEACO ’97 and Brian Boynton ’98, first discovered the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. The classmates had mapped their spring break by National Parks, ar- riving seven parks later at the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine. Studying history growing up, Roberts Melissa McAdam ’83 had learned about Jamestown and about YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING the Mayflower, but no one had ever taught him about the influence of the Spanish. As the lights burned below the walls of the of sharing something important about spent the summers of 2009 and 2010 at Castillo, turning it into a glowing castle, America’s past with visitors from around Fossil Butte National Monument, work- Roberts knew he’d be back someday. the world — is ingrained in Roberts. “We ing as an interpretive officer, doing every- “The Castillo, built more than 300 help people care about their national thing from leading tours to managing in- years ago, isn’t just an old building, it tells parks, and about these national stories, vasive species. The most exciting part of special stories about freedom, about de- and about these special resources. We the job, however, was providing environ- fending family, about sacrifice,” says Rob- hope they will get excited about them mental education and especially fossil erts. “Creating those experiences in real and also want to share these stories and education. places has a huge power to help people become stewards of their own national Fossil Butte is home to 50-million- find their own values, to find their own parks. These are the people’s parks.” year-old fossils — among the best pre- meanings in America’s special places.” Now, 20 years after that initial visit, served in the world — and as such, it’s a Roberts has spent the 20 years since Roberts is back at the Castillo where he destination for many families. One trail that visit sharing the stories of America’s serves as chief of interpretation and edu- leads to an active resource quarry where past through National Parks, beginning cation. researchers dig for fossilized fish. Visi- at the Dayton Aviation Heritage National If the Spanish arrival to America and tors can watch the dig and, perhaps more Historic Park where he worked as a sea- their influence on the United States seems important, rangers and researchers let sonal park ranger. Later, at Perry’s Vic- like ancient history, try donning Jeff kids lift up slabs of rock, look for fish and tory & International Peace Memorial, he Malik’s ranger hat. measure the fossils found. revealed the lives of those who fought in In the high, cold desert of Kemmerer, To Malik, that kind of firsthand edu- the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of Wyoming, there’s neither cactus nor bare cation is what makes the National Parks 1812. He worked at James A. Garfield Na- earth in sight. Instead, sagebrush and so important. They’re an opportunity for tional Historic Site and Cuyahoga Valley mesquite and hardy vegetation clings to people to directly connect with nature, National Park. the earth, and prairie dogs run wild. A rock and with some of the most important parts “I found specialness in the places,” outcropping, Fossil Butte, hangs above the of America. says Roberts. “These were authentic remains of an ancient lake. In that ancient “I mean that both in a natural envi- places that had real stories of America for lake are the fossilized remains of palm ronment setting and in a historic setting. people to experience and actually become trees and alligators. It lets people experience these places a part of during their visit.” Malik, who is currently completing his firsthand, in a way that there’s no other That Parks mission of education — and master’s in public administration at UD, chance for them to otherwise,” says Malik. 42 I UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Autumn 2016 “There’s just nothing that can compare to this huge beautiful cat, with tufts of fur country, such as the lava tubes at Craters a kid going camping for the first time or coming out of its ears, and huge paws that of the Moon National Monument in Idaho; seeing herds of bison in Yellowstone or allow it to walk on the snow in the winter, and the star-filled skies over the buttes viewing the Grand Canyon. and to be that close to such a different, of Canyonlands National Park. And then “That’s where the power is; that po- beautiful, amazing creature is really spe- there’s Old Faithful. tential for a transformative experience.” cial. I feel really blessed by those opportu- Yellowstone National Park, home to Which perhaps explains why the nities.” Old Faithful, became the world’s first na- National Park Service is celebrating its Coming to Alaska is striking and some- tional park in 1872, decades before the cre- centennial. times hard to wrap our heads around, she ation of the National Park Service. In Au- says, but that’s part of the enjoyment: “Ev- gust 1916, the Department of the Interior EXPLORE NATURE: PRESERVING erything here is so darn big. The mountains was overseeing 21 national monuments, NATURAL RESOURCES are big, the landscape is big, the mammals 14 national parks and two national reser- Today, 480 threatened and endan- are big. I think for some people it creates a vations, with no umbrella organization to gered plant and animal species exist baseline shift in how the world around us run or manage them. With support from within the areas protected by the Nation- can feel. And, when the world around us journalists, the National Geographic So- al Parks, and the Park Service is charged feels really big, it can make you feel really ciety and more, Congress passed the Or- with reducing the risk of their extinction small. Or, it can make you feel awed and ganic Act, establishing the National Park while simultaneously telling the stories of inspired.” Service, and placing the 37 parks under its these places, plants and animals to those responsible for preventing that extinction — the public. McKinley, outdoor recreation planner at Denali National Park and resident tundra roller, has countless tales about the National Parks and run-ins with endangered species. The view from her office window in the woods offers spruce and alder and, quite routinely, a moose, but a short drive or hike leads to a world covered in tundra. Denali is green in summer, white in winter, and brown during spring HISTORICAL PARK NATIONAL SARATOGA — or mud season. Then, for a short time in autumn, there’s an explosion of color Courtesy as the tundra comes alive in a way most people don’t expect. There’s a fabric to the place, says McKinley, a carpet of purples and reds and oranges. During her Park Service career McKinley has spent a day perched on a glacier using a battery-operated chainsaw disassembling a decades-old plane crash for recycling. She has come upon a moose kill and a bear dining on that kill, and Jason Huarte ’02 SARATOGA NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, NEW YORK she has learned, midway through a river crossing, that caribou huff through their nostrils at humans. And, there was the day that, while surveying a new trail location, Which is what the Parks are after: protection. Chief among those was Yellow- she looked up to discover one of those preserving natural places for education, stone. Today, Yellowstone encompasses endangered species the Parks seek to enjoyment and inspiration. In fact, the 3,472 square miles, 500 active geysers, 900 protect — a lynx — just 15 feet away. National Parks stewards, and celebrates, historic buildings, 1,800 known archeolog- “One of our goals is to not interrupt some of the most spectacular scenic places ical sites and two endangered species: the the activity of the wildlife if no one’s in in the United States. There’s the wind- Canada lynx and the grizzly bear. danger, so I was just hanging out with this swept Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lake- Melissa McAdam ’83 has seen much of lynx,” she says. “Me and a lynx, for kind of shore in Michigan, one of the of the 88 this and more. Some of it from her office a long time, and the lynx wasn’t scared of coastal and ocean parks in the system; the window, which on this day offers a view me and I wasn’t scared of it. But there’s 4,700 caves and karsts scattered across the of a grazing female elk framed against a Autumn 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE I 43 backdrop of historic buildings. Nearby, a tree bears the weight of a giant owl condo. The nests there have produced multiple Inspiration, on the clock flocks, and a parliament of owlets is flut- Working for the National Parks isn’t all backcountry encounters, hands-on historic tering among the branches. Tourists stand preservation or public education. Someone has to maintain the mainframes, too. below, cameras trained on the baby birds, Back in the days of enormous mainframes, in the prehistoric era before email, oblivious to the elk grazing nearby. Bob O’Brien ’76 joined the Park Service as a computer programmer and network McAdam landed at the world’s first administrator. Soon, a new product — CCmail — appeared on his to-do list, and O’Brien national park in the early 1980s on a lark. became the email administrator, too. A friend had returned to UD raving about CCmail gave way to Lotus Notes, and Lotus Notes to modern email, and before her summer working at Yellowstone, and O’Brien’s eyes the world’s technology changed from telecom to networks to robust data so McAdam followed suit. In 1982, be- centers. All while he was working for the National Parks. tween her junior and senior years, she The job sent him traveling. He went from D.C. to the Grand Canyon to Seattle fixing spent the summer working in reservations PCs and loading email accounts, and reading ranger reports on wildfires, hikers falling at Yellowstone. She returned in 1983 (and from cliffs, lightning strikes and more along the way. met her now husband, Rick), then left for At a computer meeting at the south rim of the Grand Canyon, in the Horace Albright a while to “try to do the real job thing.” Training Center, O’Brien experienced the canyon as most in the public never do: He But Yellowstone beckoned. By 1985 went out with rangers on planned burns — the ones that prevent massive unplanned they had returned for good. fires — and he traipsed a narrow path that juts way, way out into the canyon’s ether. The “For us it’s the scenery, the feeling 5-foot-wide path drops 600 to 1,000 feet on either side; its terminus is the site of many of openness, of spaciousness. When you a ranger wedding. grow up in the suburbs of the east, as I did, “It was almost like you were standing on a little jetty of nature-made rock,” he says. this is a different experience. It’s a feeling “At the end, you’re standing on a circle, and it’s like you’re standing in the air. You can see you can breathe,” she says of her decision everything, especially at sunset. The views are amazing. All the colors of the canyon — to make Yellowstone home. reds and grays and pastels. McAdam began her career as an ac- “And then I had to walk back. I think I started crawling.” counting technician, then volunteered in the public affairs office before landing a job in the emergency communications center. She’s been working full time for pened at other historic sites. Saratoga has years he spent as an engineer with the Yellowstone National Park ever since and one big looping road that encompasses National Park Service in Alaska, flying today holds the title of supervisory budget much of where the fighting happened in on four-seat floatplanes to the wilds for a analyst. Her staff handles everything from 1777. There are 10 places you can stop to project, or helicoptering into the middle human resources to procurement to bud- see significant battle sites, and trails — of nowhere to oversee construction. get management for the resource man- paved and unpaved — jut out from each. “You see bears fishing in rivers, hear agement and science branches of Yellow- It looks much as it would have in the wolves at night. ... And you’re on the clock. stone. Or the animal, vegetable, mineral 1700s, says Jason Huarte ’02, and that People save their entire lives to go see the branch, as she calls it. means this park has given him an appre- things I saw while on the job,” he says. “I like the idea of being part of a com- ciation for the American Revolution and Such wildlife may be why Huarte’s munity — such a tight knit community — how difficult life was. veneration extends beyond Saratoga and that’s also tied to a mission,” she says. “I’m “It makes you pretty grateful for what to the Parks in general. still amazed by the wildlife. And the fea- we have now,” says Huarte. “Just a couple “It makes you appreciate how rich of a tures — I don’t spend enough time at Old hundred years ago there were guys cut- country we are in natural resources. You Faithful, but the features are unlike any ting down trees and building walls so lead have Alaska with glaciers, and then you other in the world.” balls didn’t go through their bellies.” have Death Valley — all in one country.” And then, there is the intersection of Huarte, an engineer and the supervi- The proud holder of a National Parks exploring nature and discovering history; sory facilities operation specialist at Sara- Passport — a little booklet filled with of cultural and environmental preserva- toga, has seen his share of National Parks. stamps that track every check-in at ev- tion. Saratoga National Historical Park — He was sent to the Statue of Liberty after ery National Park, Monument or Site — one of the nation’s 50 National Historic Hurricane Sandy and helped the National Huarte has already been to 112 of the 412 Parks — melds cultural preservation and Park Service design a whole new docking National Parks. Like many alumni, wheth- natural exploration. The park, in upstate system at Ellis and Liberty Islands. He er they work for the Park Service or not, New York, is rural, and the Revolutionary has seen the massive red sandstone cliffs his life goal is to visit them all. War battlefield that comprises the major- and narrow slot canyons of Zion National “They call the National Parks Amer- ity of the park has been protected from Park and most of the monuments in Wash- ica’s greatest idea,” he says. “I think it’s much of the encroachment that has hap- ington, D.C. And of course, there were the true.” UD 44 I UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Autumn 2016 Aaron Berry ’12 and Alyson Meyer ’12 write THIS “We met at UD in the student neighborhood ISSUE our sophomore year, and the rest is history.” 18 weddings THE 11 alumni whose names

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. . third age like this alumna? Autumn 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE I 45 CLICK to watch a BACK PORCH video from the 321 Kiefaber women. ALUMNI IN ACTION Life lessons from a single bathroom PLAY BALL Friendships endure, but few are endowed. ment. “If you are friends after this year, you’ll be The Nashville alumni commu- The women of 321 Kiefaber St. celebrated friends for life,” she told her daughter. nity came together June 24 to both this June. How true. celebrate summer. Thirty-nine alumni and family members “That year living off campus was life-chang- In recent years, the women have reunited at gathered for a picnic before the ing,” said Ann Rice Mullen ’66 of 1965-66, when the Jersey Shore and in Florida. At the reunion in Nashville Sounds baseball game. nine women lived and grew together. Last year, Dayton they remembered housemate Ellen Mc- the friends awarded the first 321 Scholarship to Garvey Sodnicar ’66, who died in 1990, through BREAKING BREAD a UD student in acknowledgment of the impact sharing stories. Pat Wetzel Kuss ’66 recollected Sara Marks ’08 competed on the UD had on their how Sodnicar Food Network reality cooking lives. talked a Marian- show Chopped! alongside a The women ist brother with priest, rabbi and pastor and was all lived in Mary- an airplane into given biblical ingredients to work crest the first flying the two with – fish, bread, wine and figs. year it opened, women home to She works with the Sisters of and they found Indianapolis — St. Francis of Philadelphia. one another and then into al- through housing lowing her to take LEADING FLYERS assignments and the controls. The UD Alumni Leadership friendships. “We all grew Conference took place When it up together, from Sept. 9-11 on campus. More than came to their innocent little 80 alumni volunteers gathered senior year, they girls,” Karen Sikor- for a weekend of training. For discovered a ski Guszkowski the second year, a networking cute white house ’66 said, throwing event for alumni and students in with a wide front porch and a land- a sideways glance to conjunction with Career Services kicked off the weekend. lord willing to rent it — advertised for her friends, “into fine five or six women — to all nine friends young women.” WELCOME COMMITTEE who couldn’t bear to live apart. And Housemates Dayton-area alumni gathered to he charged them the advertised price: Lexie Shanley Jump- welcome incoming first-year $45 per month per woman. er ’66 and Janice students with water and direc- “How did the nine of us live in one Maezer Norton ’66 tions during move-in weekend, house with one bathroom?” asked nodded in agree- Aug. 20. Students with alumni Jessica Prendergast Krueger ’66 when ment. family members also received the women reunited on campus during While the wom- visits to their residence halls. Reunion Weekend 2016. en and their husbands reminisced, senior Abbey Alumni have been welcoming It was a learning experience for them all. Saurine was 8,000 miles away in Zambia, benefit- new students to the Flyer family There was the old wringer washing machine in the ing from their friendship. At the suggestion of one for almost 20 years. basement, a fourth bedroom that was really just a of the husbands, the housemates endowed the closet, and Friday night house meetings for div- 321 Scholarship fund through cash donations and Discover more: vying up the chores. For senior prom, they made charitable gift annuities to honor their friendship alumnicommunity.udayton.edu a schedule that gave every woman 15 minutes in and support the education of a female student the bathroom. committed to service. “Somebody was ready two hours early and Saurine was the scholarship’s first recipi- someone was ready at the last minute, and it all ent. She is a Catholic religion education major, a worked out,” said Ann Hurley Testa ’66. Chaminade Scholar, a Campus Ministry volunteer Mullen’s mom could not believe the arrange- and an assistant in the Fitz Center for Leadership 46 I UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Autumn 2016

. Give me a R-E-U-N-I-O-N

. Time to practice your Flyer cheers. UD cheerleading will be

. hosting a reunion during the 2016-17 basketball season. Organizer

. Shannon McDonough Chawk ’94 and her sister, fellow cheerleader .

. Kaitlin McDonough ’97, .

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. MY OLD HOUSE .

. wonderful memories.” To be added to the reunion update list,

. contact Amy Vukcevic Williams ’01 in alumni relations at

. [email protected]. .

. Enterprising event

. Call it a weekend of continued education. On Sept. 23-24,

. more than 230 past and current employees of the student-run n early August 2009, six forming arts students. .

. Flyer Enterprises will gather on campus to reconnect and partici- women moved into the They may have logged .

. powder blue house at 219 countless hours playing John

. pate in interactive workshops. “We celebrated 25 years of Flyer

. Kiefaber St. The women Philip Sousa together, but Meis-

. Enterprises — including Rudy’s Fly-by and other projects — last

. year, and the alumni engagement has been at a high level since. said they enjoyed their early ter said, laughing, “we definitely

. I .

. We have a reunion every year, but this will be the largest yet,” said arrival with a quiet street to bonded over the Spice Girls — .

. themselves, thanks to marching that was our favorite.”

. Flyer Enterprises alumni association lead organizer Tony Blank-

. band camp. “We practiced marching

. meyer ’08. Flyer Enterprises now runs seven businesses on UD’s

. campus. To RSVP and learn more, visit bit.ly/UDM_feweekend. The house is one of the few band music a lot together espe- .

. in the student neighborhood cially since we all had different

. that has both a front and back parts,” said Meister. “We occa-

. Bandcoming

. porch. It has a great backyard, sionally had to dance in march-

. Adam Hayslett ’14, president of UD Band Alumni, invites all

. alumni back to campus for the annual Bandcoming Oct. 7-9. too, full of tall, luscious maple ing band, and we practiced

. The gathering will begin 7 p.m. trees and plenty of space to re- together. For our Halloween

. lax, which Kiersten Noble Meis- show that year, we practiced the . Friday at Holy Angels Gym.

. ter ’10 and Jen Blessing ’10 re- Thriller dance. I think we have

. Saturday rehearsal begins at

. 8 a.m. at the UD Arena, fol- visited during 2016. that on tape somewhere.”

. lowed by a performance at the 219 Kiefaber St. — also The first floor of the house

. home to Maryanne Dietrich has two living rooms, where

. 1 p.m. UD football game and a

. Dorn ’11, Brooke Lovely ’11, Dani- they hosted “marching band

. postgame get-together at 1651

. Brown St. starting at 6 p.m. “Golf will be reserved Sunday elle Budde DiMatteo ’10 and family” gatherings, such as the

. morning if you would like to join,” he said. For details, email Lauren Perl ’10 — served these spaghetti dinner at the begin-

. musical, creative and hospitable ning of August 2009 or a girls’

. [email protected].

. ladies well. All six women were night for the six housemates...... in the marching band and, if you But the fun didn’t stop at in Community. Last summer, women; this fall, she’s living with stopped by, you could hear the graduation. In addition to the she joined a service-immersion 10 women in the Marianist faith sounds of either a trumpet, sax- Reunion Weekend backyard trip visiting the Marianist broth- community at 1903 Trinity Ave. ophone, flute, trombone, bari- merriment, the women try to ers in Lusaka and the Sisters of The women of 321 say that tone or drums. see one another at least once a Charity in Lubwe. In Lubwe, she while friendships endure, so The house was a convenient year. Living in Cincinnati, Colum- and her fellow Flyers presented do the lessons they learned at location for them because it bus and Michigan, they usually scholarships to students and UD. The women continue to was close to the Music/Theatre achieve that goal. money to their teachers to repair give back in their communities Building, a longtime hub for per- —Bridget Lally ’17 and equip the schools. through their churches, groups Take a tour at udquickly.udayton.edu. “We built relationships and and mission projects. learned about the power of rela- Said Jean Gilles Fredericks And suggest we take a tour of your old house. tionships,” Saurine said. ’66, “We just value our friend- Email us at She said she was especially ship so much. We are who we are [email protected]. excited to receive the scholar- because of our time together.” ship from a household of nine —Michelle Tedford Autumn 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE I 47 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARD SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Fred C. Tenover ’76 Allen Hill ’67 Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering With pride and Biology and Chemistry Master of Business Administration ’72 as a reflection of the excellence of The summer after his freshman year at Allen Hill’s life journey didn’t take a University of the University of Dayton, Fred C. Tenover him far from his roots. Dayton education, completed a three-month theological A Dayton native, Hill attended UD the Alumni study tour at eight European universities. and began working at Dayton Power & Association At the time, he was considering a life of Light during his engineering co-op. He recognizes alumni religious service, but the experience remained with the company until his re- accomplishments helped him understand that his faith tirement as president and chief executive through an annual could coexist with his other significant officer in 2002. awards program. area of interest — science. Since then, he’s continued the com- “My Catholic faith is fundamental to munity service he started at UD and Profiles by my science,” Tenover said. “I see the two DP&L, serving on organizational boards Shannon Shelton as interconnected — the integration of and the UD board of trustees for 18 years. Miller faith and science makes sense to me.” He’s also been a member of the advisory A board-certified clinical microbiolo- councils for the School of Engineering gist, Tenover has more than 30 years of ex- and the School of Business Administra- perience directing diagnostic laboratories tion. and working in academic, governmental Although part of his decision to enroll and corporate settings. He earned mas- at UD related to his need for an affordable ter’s and doctoral degrees in microbiol- education and the ability to live at home,

2016 ogy from the University of Rochester, and Hill, a Chaminade High graduate, also his work has taken him from the Seattle felt comfortable with the Marianists and Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the their philosophy. University of Washington to the Centers “UD is unique because it’s a Marian- for Disease Control and Prevention in At- ist university,” he said. “It has a different lanta. He’s now vice president for scientif- flavor than other Catholic institutions. ic affairs with Cepheid, a molecular diag- Even as it’s grown, it’s maintained its rich nostics company in Sunnyvale, California, tradition and is still very Marianist.” and consulting professor of pathology at It’s that familiarity with the city of Stanford University School of Medicine. Dayton and its heritage — combined with Tenover’s studies of how bacteria be- values he learned from the Marianists — come resistant to antibiotics, including that’s helped Hill remain committed to the discovery of the first real “superbug helping UD and Dayton thrive. resistance gene” in the United States in 2001, place him among the top five experts in the world on the topic. Alumni Awards 48 I UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Autumn 2016 SPECIAL SERVICE AWARD CHRISTIAN SERVICE AWARD JOE BELLE MEMORIAL YOUNG ALUMNI AWARD Dennis Marx ’68 Toni Moore ’68 Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Arts Matt Maroon ’06 Accounting Economics Bachelor of Arts Master of Science Political Science Dennis Marx had never seen the Inter-Disciplinary Studies in Education ’87 University of Dayton before his parents Doctorate After graduating from UD, Matt Educational Leadership ’99 dropped him off on campus at the start of Maroon decided to spend a year in the his freshman year. East African nation of Malawi working As a student studying economics at UD, It was a life-changing decision, one with the Marianists before heading to Louise “Toni” Moore had no intentions of that began a lifetime of family involve- law school. pursuing education as a career. ment. His sister, Christine, would gradu- Ten years later, he’s still there, and Even though she took a classroom job ate from UD five years later, and Marx’s Malawi has become home. after graduation, Moore considered it a three children are UD alumni, along with “That wasn’t originally the plan,” stopover on the path to a different goal — two of their spouses. Maroon said. “Law school was the plan. teaching was simply something she felt His time at UD also helped him cul- But once I got here, I was hooked.” comfortable doing in the meantime since tivate a spirit of servant-leadership. He’s Maroon turned a year of service into she’d grown up the eldest of six. a member of the board of trustees and a a vocation. After working with the Mari- “I feel like I was always a reluctant former president of the UD Alumni As- anists, Maroon returned to the United disciple,” she said. “I never dreamed of sociation board. He worked on Reunion States for an anthropology master’s de- being a teacher.” Weekend committees, the advisory gree at the University of Cincinnati. Upon That short-term position turned into council for the School of Business Admin- graduation, Maroon came back to Malawi a life’s work, and Moore became a national istration, and alumni and new-student and founded a nongovernmental orga- leader in Catholic education during the four programming in Chicago, where he now nization, Determined to Develop (D2D), decades she worked as an educator, much lives. designed to empower Malawian citizens of it as principal of Holy Angels School in Marx also established an international to create sustainable, community-driv- Dayton. The National Catholic Education- collaboration between UD and Radboud en solutions to issues facing their com- al Association honored her in 2001 with University Nijmegen, a Catholic univer- munities. A nonprofit, D2D focuses on its Distinguished Principal Award. sity in the Netherlands. Close to 30 Dutch education and youth support, women’s She credits former UD education Dean students have visited UD to participate empowerment, health and nutrition, and Ellis Joseph for encouraging her to pursue in conferences, classes and semester- environmental needs. leadership opportunities, and she found long study, and UD students will study at As a home base for these operations, her calling in recognizing the need for re- Radboud this fall. Maroon built a lodge, Maji Zuwa, which ligious and spiritual support for Catholic “I’ve earned psychic income from my hosts visitors from around the globe. school teachers. involvement with UD,” Marx said. “UD That number has included many UD stu- In 2006, Moore developed the St. Remy has given me so much, I can’t put it all dents during the past few years, notably Initiative, a collaboration between UD and into words.” the Malawi Practicum on Rights and De- the Archdiocese of Cincinnati to provide velopment out of the College of Arts and such support. She also created and serves Sciences and the ETHOS program out of as the director of the Catholic Leader- the School of Engineering. ship Institute Project for Catholic school leaders.

Autumn 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE I 49 The city of Philadelphia is the How do you show your UD love birthplace of the nation, where the in the city of brotherly love? Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were written, de- n “I love UD, and I show my love bated and signed at Independence by watching the UD games and

Philadelphia Hall. All the major U.S. professional wearing my Dayton Flyer attire to work on sports are represented, including game days. I also attend events for prospec- their own Flyers. “You can’t tive students and tell them my experiences just say ‘I went to UD,’ or people and give them advice on what to expect.” might be confused with the oth- Aidan Curran ’13 er UD in the area, University of Delaware,” said alumni com- n “Not many people in the Philly area munity leader Kris McCarthy are familiar with UD, so I show my love McNicholas ’86. for the Flyers by spreading the word. Having schools in the area I do this in little ways like having a that are part of the A-10 con- UD license plate border on my car, ference brings fellow UD Fly- bringing a UD water bottle to work, ers to the region often, with and having UD stickers on my computer. gamewatches being the most Sometimes, these little things make great well-attended events this chapter conversation starters. Even if they don’t, I holds. There are more than 25 uni- find myself referencing my experiences at UD quite often in versities in the geographic region, but conversation.” Christine Cirillo ’14

ALUMNI COMMUNITY PROFILE COMMUNITY ALUMNI clearly this chapter has its favorite.

Philadelphia Alumni Graduation Classes Academic Area By the Numbers Male 1,001 All 1940s-2010s Arts & Sciences 726 Education & Female 691 Most 1980s with 528 Business 342 Health Sciences 244

Total Alumni 1,692 Flyer fusions 259 . . Engineering 257 Law 123

NowREADSEEHEARThis THE LYRICS OF IRISH FREEDOM Flammer experimented with marketing plans — including selling the John O’Brien Jr. ’88 book at the games of the San Diego Gulls, then co-coached by MacPher- The luck of the Irish has surrounded John O’Brien his whole life, son. But the franchise folded and the book was put on hold until the Ana- with his father establishing the Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival heim Ducks reinvigorated the local market for in 1982 and O’Brien starting the Ohio Irish hockey storytelling. While self-publishing wasn’t American News in 2006. Now O’Brien, a the original plan, Flammer released the book in first-generation Irish-American, is deputy October 2015 and hopes to write a screenplay director of the festival and has positioned his about MacPherson. The true story can be found interest in Irish culture into a fourth book, on Amazon at bit.ly/UDM_realitycheck. The Lyrics of Irish Freedom. It celebrates the music of freedom — especially timely with PODCAST411 2016 as the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rob Walch ’88 Rising, Ireland’s revolution. “We can only What started as a hobby has turned into a hall know ourselves in the seminal songs and sto- of fame induction for Rob Walch. Walch is vice ries of our past,” O’Brien said. Capturing the president for podcaster relations stories behind the songs sung in Irish pubs for Libsyn and is host and producer and festivals, the book features the background of 80 songs. of several podcasts, including the All of O’Brien’s books can be found at songsandstories.net. award-winning “podCast411,” an informative interview session for podcasters, which he started in 2004. In July, Walch was named to the REALITY CHECK: THE CHALLENGES AND TRIUMPHS Podcaster Hall of Fame in Chicago. Utilizing the skills he learned in OF B.J. MACPHERSON’S LIFE AND LAST DAY ON ICE speech class at UD, Walch has spoken about podcasting at more than Richard Flammer ’85 100 events. “The professor said the first day of class that it would be the The story of publishing Reality Check is filled with challenges and most important class we would take at UD. I didn’t believe him then, triumphs, as is the story of B.J. MacPherson, a popular professional but he could not have been more right,” Walch said. Listen to all of hockey player in the ’90s whose career was cut short by a cheap shot Walch’s podcasts at podcast411.libsyn.com/about. in a championship game that would leave him paralyzed. Richard —Shelby Quinlivan ’06 50 I UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Autumn 2016 CLASS NOTES

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Send us all your news: births and deaths; and difficult transitions; random Court Judge in Kings Country, New York, until her retire- Flyer encounters; weddings and graduations; new jobs and divorces; revelations and revelry; ment in 2016, Henry has worked in the Integrated Domestic retirements; fabulous vacations, and simple notes of hello. Your Violence (IDV) Court. While working as counsel for the dep- service excursions and classmate Flyer family is with you for life. uty chief administrative judge for court operations for the reunions; health crises, job losses and difficult transitions. Your Flyer Photos of alumni are welcomed state of New York, Henry helped her boss develop the IDV family is with you for life. and published as space permits. Be courts. kind to our art director and please “You don’t always get a chance to see things through from send images that are in focus. vision to program,” says Henry, who studied psychology at UD. 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Shelton Miller Include maiden name and spouse’s name (if 1986 applicable), and if you've If it's important gotten divorced, please to you, it's 54 I UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Autumn 2016 IN MEMORIAM ALUMNI 1956 1966 1981 Mary M. Osterday Kolasinski — Stephen P. “Steve” Scovic — April 21, Phillip E. Ennis — April 14, 2016 1941 March 26, 2016 2016 Mary V. “Ginny” Ferron-Borth — Charles J. “Charlie” McBride — 1957 1967 May 7, 2016 May 6, 2016 Russell J. “Russ” Bouchez — Gregg R. Hauser — March 23, 2016 James E. “Jim” Otte — March 23, 2016 1943 April 24, 2016 Thomas E. “Tom” Tischer — Cameron A. “Cam” Riepenhoff — Richard J. “Mr. Fantastic” Loges — James E. “Jim” Gerstner — April 23, March 11, 2016 May 6, 2016 March 15, 2016 2016 1968 1982 1944 Mary “Gladys” Smith Scheidler— John R. Henry — March 4, 2016 Julia L. Ragsdale Lovorn — April 15, Jennie-Belle Campbell Coppus — April 29, 2016 1969 2016 May 30, 2016 1959 Thomas S. “Tom” Hornbach — 1983 Richard F. 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FRIENDS 2016; retired University account- Jean K. Shank — May 2, 2016; Univer- daughters Margaret Trick Bell ’81 ing professor, survived by daughter sity benefactor. and Rita Trick-Canty ’82. Julius W. Ahrns — March 30, 2016; Elizabeth Geary Brodeur ’01. Andrew J. Shine — April 25, 2016; Wilma J. Cavey Van Horn — April 7, survived by son James Ahrns ’88. Ruby M. Linville — June 2, 2016; former mechanical engineering fac- 2016; retired University department Esther J. Baker — March 27, 2016; former University housing staff. ulty, survived by daughter Rosemary supervisor and secretary. University benefactor. George T. McEuen — May 3, 2016; Shine Memering ’87. Larrell B. Walters — April 17, 2016; Steven Brawley — May 22, 2016; survived by daughter Kathy McEuen Maureen A. Tilley — April 3, 2016; UD Research Institute staff. former student, survived by friend Harmon, retired University admission former University associate profes- Joseph P. Watras — June 4, 2016; Brenda Shimman Farrell ’74 and staff member. sor of religious studies, survived by professor of teacher education, sur- other friends from the Class of 1974. Howard W. Polley — April 7, 2016; daughter Christine Tilley Dyer ’99. vived by wife Christina Ferman Wa- Virgil C. Brown — March 30, 2016; for- retired UD Research Institute staff. Herman J. Trick Sr. — May 2, 2016; tras ’88, sons Isaac Watras ’94 and mer University electrician, survived Tom Reichert — Feb. 26, 2016; survived by sons Herman Trick Jr. Langston Watras ’89, and daughters by son Russell Brown ’94. survived by wife Gayle Schwain ’80, Francis J. Trick ’80, Peter J. Alicia Watras ’02 and Sophie Watras K. Michael “Mike” Geary — April 6, Reichert ’63. Trick ’83 and Robert J. Trick ’85, and O’Brien ’06.

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We still losses and style and content; all Flyer spirit is love mail, and If it's important to you, it's difficult the intent of the author. letters with important to us your notes transitions; Class Notes are found in the print are always random edition only. Think of them as 184 welcome Flyer encounters; weddings and notecards from your Flyer friends, 1988 (address divorces; revelations and revelry; checking in and saying hello every Class Notes are found in the print and simple notes of hello. Your found on Page 51). Be sure edition only. Think of them as 184 Flyer family is with you for life. notecards from your Flyer friends, checking in and saying hello every quarter. REUNION WEEKEND June 9-11, 2017 YVONNE BURNS THEVENOT ’92 reunion.udayton.edu To submit a Class Note, email 1987 [email protected]. We Reinvention revolution still love mail, and letters with Class Notes are found in the print your notes are always welcome edition only. Think of them as 184 Had it not been for cancer, divorce and the loss of a loved (address found on Page 51). Be notecards from your Flyer friends, one, all devastatingly crammed into two years, Yvonne Burns sure to include your name, year checking in and saying hello every Thevenot may have never reinvented herself. of graduation and major. For the quarter. But reinvent she did, and she hasn’t looked back. records office, please include cell phone number. Please also include To submit a Class Note, email Triumphing over adversity allowed Thevenot the courage [email protected]. We email address; if you wish it to be still love mail, and letters with to leave a high-paying position at JPMorgan in 2013 to return printed in Class Notes so your long- your notes are always welcome to school and pursue her dream of becoming an educator. lost friends can find you, just say so. (address found on Page 51). Be The New York resident is now founder and executive di- Oh, how quickly life changes! sure to include your name, year rector of STEM Kids NYC, a nonprofit organization created in Include maiden name and spouse’s of graduation and major. For the 2015 to help bridge the gap between inner-city schools and name (if applicable), and if you've records office, please include cell gotten divorced, please tell us phone number. Please also include STEM opportunities for at-risk, underrepresented youth. since we have yet to complete the email address; if you wish it to be “I started to look inward, and I relied on faith and my rela- prototype for our mindreading printed in Class Notes so your long- tionship with God. And, I discovered that it didn’t matter how machine. (When that happens, lost friends can find you, much money I made. I started to look at what made me happy,” Class Notes will be 1,356 pages just say so. she said. long.) 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Send us all set limits by self-defined stereo- your news: births and deaths; types. Photos of alumni are welcomed and graduations; new jobs and published as space permits. Please retirements; fabulous vacations, “My dream is to generate send images that are in focus. service excursions and classmate interest within these kids so they reunions; health crises, job losses see themselves differently — as sci- and difficult transitions; random entists, engineers, mathemati- 1989 Flyer encounters; To submit a Class Note, email weddings cians,” she said. “I want them classnotes@udayton. and divorces; to create a STEM identify for edu. We still love revelations and themselves.” mail, and letters with revelry; and simple —Gita Balakrishnan your notes are always notes of hello. Your welcome (address Flyer family is with found on Page 51). you for life. 56 I UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Autumn 2016 Photos of alumni are welcomed notecards from your Flyer friends, and published as space permits. Be checking in and saying hello every kind to our art director and please quarter. JONATHAN SAWYER send images that are in focus. Be To submit a Class Note, email sure to include your name, year [email protected]. We of graduation and major. For the Cleveland’s top chef records office, please include cell In the nine years since returning to his hometown of phone number. Cleveland, Jonathon Sawyer has emerged as one of the na- Notes may take up to two issues tion’s most renowned chefs and a dynamic force in Cleve- to publish, so your patience is land’s swelling 21st century renaissance. appreciated. All notes are edited for style and content; all Flyer spirit Sawyer’s Greenhouse Tavern and Trentina have both is the intent of the author. still love mail, and letters with earned “Best New Restaurant” nods from Bon Appétit and your notes are always welcome Esquire, respectively, while Sawyer himself captured the REUNION WEEKEND June 9-11, 2017 (address found on Page 51). Be 2015 Best Chef: Great Lakes award from the James Beard reunion.udayton.edu sure to include your name, year Foundation, the Oscars of the food world. 1992 of graduation and major. For the records office, please include cell It’s a spirited journey that began during Sawyer’s junior Class Notes are found in the print phone number. Please also include year at the University of Dayton. edition only. Think of them as 184 email address; if you wish it to An industrial engineering major, Sawyer recalls sitting notecards be printed in Class Notes so your in an engineering course in 2000 entering coordinates into from your long-lost friends can find you, just Flyer friends, say so. 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We Think of still love mail, and letters with KRISTEN BECKER ’03 them as 184 your notes are always welcome notecards (address found on Page 51). Be from your sure to include your name, year Creative catalyst Flyer friends, of graduation and major. For the checking in records office, please include cell With recent accolades from Martha Stewart Weddings, and saying hello every quarter. phone number. Please also include Style Me Pretty and the Huffington Post, Kristen Becker is To submit a Class Note, email email address; if you wish it to be living the design life she never imagined. [email protected]. We printed in Class Notes so your long- The visual communication design alumna is owner and still love mail, and letters with lost friends can find you, just say so. your notes are always welcome designer of Five Dot Design, a boutique design studio in New- (address found on Page 51). 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By Sinita Scott ’06 n August 2002, I entered UD as a pregnant, angry, irritated freshman. My anger was intensified by everyone constantly imply- ing that I should major in anything but Ieducation. “Are you SURE that you want to teach? You are so smart. Be a lawyer or a judge or something; you are great at arguing!” I wanted to be a teacher. I wanted to make a difference in the lives of future mayors, con- gressmen, doctors and even lawyers. I wanted to be a great teacher who not only taught English but who taught students about life and how to navigate through it. I wanted to make an impact. I remember class with Susan Ferguson, one of the best teachers to ever teach teachers. She showed us a documentary about Erin Gruwell. Erin was a superstar. Erin worked in an urban school, just as I aspired, and she made a difference in the lives of her students. Ann Johnson ’85 She demanded excellence in their academ- annjohnsonfineart.com ics; she helped them see that they, minority students written off by society, could achieve great things. ery one of them, and I wanted them to allow now, but the letters and the memories of the And they did. They were always great, but the rest of the world to see the greatness they gifts would for years to come whisper, “I’m she helped them grow and learn and flourish. displayed in my classroom. I wanted them to great because Ms. Scott told me so. I must do I wanted to be Erin Gruwell. know that if further hardships came their way, great things.” Fourteen years later I was in my own high they would overcome them because overcom- The whisper is what I wanted to accom- school English classroom at Cincinnati Taft ing is what they do. I wanted to write every one plish. The tiny, small Ms. Scott voice … who am High School. of them an individual letter for they are indi- I kidding? I meant to say the loud, demanding, “Go to class, Nijha’i!” I scolded for the vidual people. I wanted them to know that I I-only-push-you-so-hard-because-you-have- millionth time. And Nijha’i came to my class know them, too. more-in-you Ms. Scott voice. That voice must every single day last year, all my classes, not I convinced others to donate money so I motivate them to remember their past, that just his. could give each of my 87 students individual they give their best efforts at all times because I had taught Nijha’i, as well as the majority gifts with their letters. I knew that these gifts they promised Ms. Scott they would. Years af- of the 2016 senior class as sophomores, and I would make them feel special. I knew that they ter I have gone to glory, these students should taught a handful as juniors. They were special would appreciate them. I knew that every time use that same voice to motivate their children, — strong-willed, dedicated students working that they made use of their gifts, it would re- nieces, nephews and possibly even students. diligently to do their best. mind them of my class. It would remind them That was my goal. This class was great, but they doubted of their sophomore year when they were ter- A few weeks after graduation, I was ap- their greatness. This class was special, but rified of failing the infamous Ms. Scott’s Eng- proached by Khamaya. Khamaya entered they thought they were normal. This class lish class because they heard it was insanely her senior year with one of the largest credit was amazing, but they believed that they were hard, and of how they ended up passing my deficits of the senior class. She overcame that. mediocre. This class was phenomenal, but class not once, but twice. It would remind She did what guidance counselors predicted they always felt they were failing. them of the times when they lost parents to she could not in one school year. I asked her if And this awesome class was leaving. violence or sickness, were homeless, hungry she read my letter. I wanted this class to remember they had and depressed but came to my class, talked to “Yeah, it made me cry, Ms. Scott. overcome much and done what many of them me about their issues and still did their best. It “I read it every day.” once thought was impossible, make it to grad- would remind them they overcame many ob- I made an impact on 87 individuals. I did uation. I wanted to encourage them to see the stacles in the past, and they could do the same what I set out to do as a teacher. I am living greatness deep down inside of each and ev- in the future. They could enjoy these gifts the dream. Autumn 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE I 61 The mess we’re in

By Phil Aaron, S.M. ’54 ed, gigantic problem, one that never would tions that humans have organized. Ferree sees hen I was a secondary school be completely solved. He preached, however, this work of humans, this mess, as an image of principal, I dreaded the visit of humans are continually finding new tools God, the means God has chosen through us to my provincial, Father William with which to address the complexity of the deliver his grace. These institutions — from Ferree, S.M. He had elaborate problem and that our responsibility was to the UN to the church to the family — are im- Wsolutions to all my problems. I thought he manage change and reorganize continually. perfect. We need to accept them in their im- didn’t understand the reality of the situation. One of his “laws” — Cooperation, not perfection and to continually reorganize them. He was, however, a genius. Conflict — presents particular problems for As a young principal, I was trying to solve True, an absent-minded one: He once social activists who see a duty to protest an particular problems. Father Ferree was try- came out to celebrate Mass without a cha- unjust situation without understanding its ing to alleviate their causes; he was trying to suble; the server had to remind him to com- complexity and the good that may exist along- change the world. plete his vestments. He was intense, whether side the injustice in a complex organization. he was giving a tennis lesson or tackling large Ferree did not advocate destructive revolu- Clink to read Introduction CLICK social problems, classifying Marianist his- tion but creative collaboration. to Social Justice by William to read about the torical documents or clearing a road with The “mess we’re in” is made up of institu- Ferree, S.M. Library Olympics heavy equipment. in Smithsonian He never met a situation that was too big (Link). or too difficult to address. He addressed not Fun and games in the library individual problems but the big picture. He expected the same from others. By Maureen Schlangen They saw journals flying through the air And he did not like whiners. work in the University Libraries. We’re in the journal toss and falling to the ground That is evident in his influential book, a serious lot, devoted almost religiously in journal Jenga. Lest passersby worry that Introduction to Social Justice. He did not see to helping students, faculty and the com- we were damaging books, someone thought complaining about institutions as a good munity access the information they need to produce a large poster that read, “Jour- beginning to changing them. To him, social to be successful in their studies and scholarly nals used for this event have been marked for charity requires us to give unconditional love I pursuits. recycling.” to the institutions that we have created just But my colleagues have an especially fun We quickly sorted a shelf of books by as we would to another person, whether or not that person is perfect. This “mess we’re side, too — many with an affinity for clever Library of Congress call numbers, then bal- in” (as he phrased it) is our global reality, the puzzles and games. Two fell in love over a anced bound journals on our heads for as far imperfect, untidy and developing gift from daily lunchtime crossword puzzle in the staff as we could walk. In our cryptic scavenger God through which we achieve ever higher lounge. One grew tired of waiting for Mat- hunt, each team had about 20 minutes to and higher levels of human flourishing. tel to come out with new trivia cards for each look up 25 call numbers in the 41 volumes of The mess is a gift from God. Our first task book in a popular Harry Potter trivia game, Library of Congress classification listings, find is to accept it as a gift of love. so he wrote his own. Another keeps a stash of an object on campus that represented each According to Ferree, the act of social jus- brain-teasing puzzles in his desk to help him one, photograph it, then Tweet it with the tice, that is, what one does to practice virtue, think, and in the spring, a running chess game hashtag #udlibpic. requires us to join with others to reconstruct started on the first floor. Games last several My team didn’t take gold, but we held our all institutions from the family to global or- weeks at a time. own. Our engineered approach in Jenga didn’t ganizations like the United Nations. Drawing The staff picnic on June 9 followed suit: work out as planned, but the cataloguer on our on the social encyclicals of popes, he taught our own Library Olympics. team was even speedier at cart racing than that all virtues have a social dimension be- Our teams, competitive that day in a genial he was at sorting, winning that event handily. cause humans were made to be in relation- rather than cutthroat way, faced off in games The director of the Marian Library, deft at ship. They are wired to work together. that challenged us not just physically, but men- Twitter, saved us in the scavenger hunt, and Our obligations will vary, he taught, based tally: journal Jenga, journal toss, cart racing, the life and health sciences librarian and a on our relationship to the institution, our book balancing, speed sorting and the hardest curatorial assistant made some impressive family being our first obligation. He stressed scavenger hunt I’ve ever participated in. leaps in logic to creatively connect obscure the need for competence and profession- Clusters of prospective students and their objects to call numbers. It was thrilling. alism in working to reconstruct the social parents on their way to the admission office The next day, we were all on the same team order. got to see the lighter side of the library as we again, providing excellent research and schol- To merely protest that an institution is raced carts on the bumpy brick-paver walk- arly collections, quality service, integrated not perfect, according to Ferree, alienates ways, occasionally careening into the grass curricular support and dynamic learning one from efforts to reconstruct it. He admit- until we had a feel for how the swiveling rear environments. ted that social reconstruction is a complicat- wheels maneuver at such speeds. That’s just as medalworthy in my book. 62 I UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Autumn 2016 Why are we here?

As we sat on the couch sounding out a new word sort of society is one that uses its collective intelli- from her reading textbook, my foster daughter looked gence. V. Denise James, associate professor of phi- up at me and crinkled her nose. My brain hurts, she losophy, cited Dewey in her convocation address moaned. that also asked students to answer one of her favorite Ah, the joys of a new school year. questions: “Why am I here?” As an adult, I have conveniently forgotten all those “I know that real education has a way of chipping times when as a child I struggled and wriggled before away at rigidity and certainty,” she said after reveal- understanding gave way to exuber- ance. This year’s new student convocation at RecPlex also reminded me of how certain I was of my major

PARTING WORDS PARTING when I started at UD so many years ago, only to have my sail buffeted by every new professor. Become instead a geologist hammering fossils in an ancient sea bed? Why not. A sociologist researching the human connection to place? I’m there. And I’m not alone. Maggie Schaller, a senior political science and human rights major, told the incoming class during her convocation address that she changed her major four times, dropped classes and quit clubs all on her way to excelling at the most important homework as- signment: experiencing as much as she could. ing her own unexpected trajectory toward professor. “Above all, don’t be scared to learn,” she told the “Education makes your world larger, multiplies your sea of students in their pastel shirts and Sunday experiences, deepens your connection to others and dresses. “This includes in your classes, outside of lets you see new opportunities that you didn’t even them and, most importantly, about yourself.” know existed.” At convocation, speakers inspire students to And why are we here? Today’s answer should be dream and act and not freak out over the enormous different from tomorrow’s, as we ponder and grow. changes and choices before them. Father James Fitz, As James told the incoming class, “That’s my favor- S.M. ’68, offered words from the Book of Sirach. Its ite compliment, when a student leaves class and writer, he said, reminds us that if you wish, you can be- says, ‘You made my head hurt.’” come. If you are willing to listen, you will learn. If you The process may hurt a little, but we should re- see a person of prudence, seek that person out. “Let fuse to be scared to learn. That’s wisdom for us all for your feet wear away that person’s doorstep,” he read. the new school year and beyond. It’s advice appropriate at a University where friendship and welcome invite us all to learn as a community, to embrace the messiness and the challenges not alone but in concert with those who will support —Michelle Tedford ’94 and learn with us. Editor, University of Dayton Magazine Philosopher John Dewey believed that the best [email protected] Autumn 2016 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE I 63 CONNECTIONS Go fund us Research drives innovation and knowledge — and at the University of Dayton, we have a history of pushing the knowledge envelope with funding from the National Science Foundation, part of our $117.6 million in sponsored research in fiscal year 2016. Here’s our array of NSF grants as of July 2016. Brain-inspired computer chips

Undergraduate Therapeutic education in advanced devices for manufacturing & patients with materials research limited mobility

Lasers for Teacher-scholars materials development award processing to Tarek Taha

Multispectral Engineering imaging sensors

. Uses: . . . . Uses: . . Lower radiation Manufacture of . Sensors to sniff medical imaging; plastic parts out explosives or Low-light photos;

cancer . . . Food & water . . . . National . safety How insects smell Science Foundation

Geologic funding understanding of Arts and climate change impact 14 projects, on marine life Sciences

Ecosystem $4 million impact by introduced Grants support: Sustainability & the environment organisms Manufacturing EAGER award for exploratory research UD CAREER award Research Health & wellness Institute

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Morphing High- building performance materials research network . . . . . Uses: . . Material . Researchers manipulation can remotely control electron Uses: microscopes ...... Affordable solar power; Cleaner water; Read more: bit.ly/UDM_NSFJuly2016 Effective medicine 64 I UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON MAGAZINE Autumn 2016 Your gifts make a difference. thank you! A gift from you to the University of Dayton does so much more than show your support. It makes dreams come true.

Your generous heart and belief in the very real difference UD makes in the world is what instills in me a sense of curiosity, a desire to grow, and a mission to serve and love God’s people. Thank I thank you for the hand you for making it possible Thank you for giving me you have had in making my for me to have countless the chance to find out who I am, time at UD an incredibly special opportunities for my growth figure out what I stand for and one filled with unimaginable as a teacher as well as a never stop attempting to make blessings and experiences. daughter of Christ. a difference in the world.

—Kieran Campbell ’17 —Caroline Herrmann ’17 —Mary Morimoto ’18

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Presidents oversee many milestones. Here, president No. 12 Father Walter Tredtin, S.M. (in mortarboard), and No. 11 Father Joseph Tetzlaff, S.M. ’05 (right), congratulate the Very Rev. Francis J. Jung (second from right), who received an honorary Doctor of Letters in 1936. Under Tetzlaff, St. Mary’s College was incorporated as the University of Dayton. Tredtin was a pioneer in admitting women. Also pictured is Brother Sauer. To read more about UD’s 19th president, Eric Spina, see Page 14.

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