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S 2 o 1 c . ia p C l e - m re k e a m o d t a in n o ia s b g t e a g e c s e g a n g F V a e in e P m t d r ic il o B u f s in r b e n o i e b e ll s s w d p in tr e e e o g y a N t g e t rc c n r o h e i r o n ld e n i t l u ir - o b e p c s g R . n R 1 i I 6 y - ta A S P Creating connections Charlie and Naoma Henkelmann o i r a z a N

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fter raising cattle for 30 years Charles ’56 and Naoma ’54 Henkelmann knew it was time to sell some of their 250 acres of land, but they discovered it made more sense to A give the land as a gift to Union College. Managing 250 acres is not an easy task. Add in the responsibility of caring for a herd of cattle and you end up working a lot of very long days. When Charlie had worked enough of those long days and decided it was time to retire, he knew he would have to part with at least some of his land. He also knew he would need a steady stream of income, one that would be guaranteed and worry free. Over the years Charlie and Naoma maintained a close connection to Union College and felt the need to give back to the college they loved; especially since Naoma had received a scholar - ship which allowed her to attend and graduate from Union. “We wanted to establish two scholarships; one to help nursing students and one to help music majors,” Charlie said. Charlie had heard about charitable gift annuities and thought setting one up would be the perfect solution for them. But Charlie quickly realized that if he sold his land to fund a charitable gift annuity, they would be left with a hefty tax bill. The Henkelmanns hoped to downsize their ranch, receive a steady stream of income, endow two separate scholarships, and avoid paying a lot in taxes. Were they asking too much?

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Editorial by John Wagner, Union. You’ll read specific examples of how Union College president we are building connectedness, such as: • Providing hands-on assistance to those s I write this, I am looking forward to in need hAaving a wonderful time with friends and • Traveling abroad to gain new colleagues at our annual employee perspectives Christmas party. Events like this are an • Studying students’ own genes to o

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tional requirement for cities. between ideas and each other doesn’t stop h The connections we make spending time at graduation. I am continually inspired and p together in ordinary ways build the bonds re-created by the connections I make and we rely on in extraordinary times. Think of renew each day. I am grateful for the ways your true friends. How did you meet? It was this school—and the lasting friendships I’ve probably unremarkable. It may be so ordi - made here over the last thirty years—con - nary you don’t even remember it exactly— tributed much to who I am. perhaps sitting next to each other in class, I am equally impressed by the many playing baseball, or maybe asking for a recipe after potluck. Little ways Union alumni show loyalty to each other and their school moments that formed lifelong bonds. long after leaving campus. My wife recently traveled to the west I am continually amazed at the countless ways my colleagues coast and met with several Union alumni. She immediately felt at Union College intentionally create a community for our stu - connected to these friends whom she had never met—enriched dents. Studying together, working together, playing together, vol - by the rapport of those who shared a common experience—a unteering together, worshiping together, and, yes, inviting stu - highly valued experience—the Union experience. dents to their homes to eat together—connecting in unity. I truly believe Union College provides the environment, les - Like the triple-braided cord in Ecclesiastes 4:12, our strength is sons and support our students need to create the syllogism they owed to the diversity of connections we make, and with whom are meant to become. Please pray that Union College will contin - we make them. Constructive connections are at the heart of a ue to be a place where young adults grow and thrive and change Union College experience, and this issue of CORDmagazine is all the world, one little corner at a time. C about connections made at Union, with Union, or because of

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Enrollment increases by five percent by Joellyn Sheehy

his fall Union College welcomed 291 population, anticipating a deficit for the the process of enrolling and getting ready Tnew enrollees, helping the college begin 2013-2014 school year. “The influx of stu - for school. “I stayed in touch with incom - the academic year with the largest student dents has allowed us to now budget a ing students,” explained Lelis “Yary” population since 2007. small operating gain,” said Gary Bollinger, Jimenez, sophomore communications New students comprise 178 first-time recently retired vice president for Financial major, who worked through the summer to freshmen, seven transfer freshmen, 30 re - Administration. “However, the gain is facilitate communication between aca - turning students and 76 transfers, brought being reserved, per board guidelines, to demic divisions, enrollment and incoming the college’s fall headcount to 911, with a continue to build the college’s financial sta - students. “I could then contact their advi - full-time equivalency of 843.5—an increase bility.” sors to set up meetings over the phone or of five percent over last fall. Credited at least in part for the in - in person. But I always kept in contact with After reaching 1,015 (909 FTE) in 2007, creased student population, Enrollment them in case they needed anything.” Union’s enrollment has mirrored national Services has implemented strategies to be “Our goal is to make the path to regis - trends of decline in the last several years, more intentional about communicating tration as seamless as possible,” explained but the recent increase brings optimism for with potential students. “We’ve been doing Daniel. “Whenever someone hits an obsta - a new antonymous trend. “The hard work a few things differently that I think really cle or can’t get information they can get and strategies put in place by the team led helped tip the balance,” said Becky Daniel, discouraged or feel as though God is shut - by Nadine Nelson, vice president for En - director of campus visits. “Aside from fol - ting the door. By streamlining several rollment Services, is really bearing fruit,” lowing up on every lead and doing every - processes we made everything more effi - said John Wagner, president. “FTE enroll - thing in our power to give great preview cient and improved customer service for ment is up by about five percent, and this day experiences, this year is the first that the student.” increase enabled us to present a balanced we’ve had online payment options, earlier “This is a great way to start a school budget to the Board of Trustees in Octo - confirmation deadlines and a strong com - year as we see many exciting develop - ber.” munication plan.” ments—including the opening of two new In consideration of the national trend, Part of that plan included hiring student facilities,” said Wagner. “Please pray that Union budgeted for a decrease in student workers to help incoming students with God continues to bless Union College. C

Gymnaire reunion planned for 2015 by Joellyn Sheehy

“ really like our theme: one the team as ever. “You don’t see t“eaIm, one focus,” said Cindy a lot of people my age on the Spaulding ’92, assistant coach of mats,” she said. “But if a kid the Union College gymnastics doesn’t show up I’ll take their team since 1988. “To me, we’re spot so we can keep practicing. always going to be one team no I feel as though I was called to matter which year it is. If we’re do this.” s w e all one team and always keep Throughout the years r C

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everything is going to be fine.” maraderie that keeps going. : o t o Alumni who participated in “We see a lot of former team - h p the Union College gymnastics mates and they always tell us team will be honored during what good memories they Homecoming 2015. Long-stand - have,” she said. “There’s a lot of ing gymnaires are encouraged trust involved, and we really get to come visit their past team - to know each other. mates, view the current pro - If you were involved with gram and celebrate their connection with niche. “I love health and fitness, and for the gymnastics team, please contact the Union and each other. me gymnastics is a way to share what God Union College Alumni office at Spaulding developed her passion for has done for me by using it as a healthy [email protected], 402.486.2503 or gymnastics during her time at Andrews’ lifestyle,” she said. “This is my mission write to Alumni Office, Union College, University, when a roommate suggested field: to teach these kids about Christ 3800 S. 48th St., Lincoln, NE 68506. Come they try out together. Her petite build and through gymnastics.” reconnect with your former teammates in athletic abilities soon secured her a posi - Despite being hassled by her family, 16 months at Homecoming Weekend, tion on the team and she discovered her Spaulding is still as active and dedicated to April 2-5, 2015. C

CORD magazine 5 _C__A__M___P__U__S ___N___E__W___S ______Union College Red Cross Club responds to Nebraska tornadoes by Joellyn Sheehy

his was the first time I had actually nado had hit Wayne and Macy, Nebraska,” help with the November tornadoes in Illi - “doTne damage assessment,” said Connor said Rick Young, director of the IRR pro - nois,” said Young. Kraegel, junior international rescue and gram, referring to a small town and Indian New to campus, the Red Cross Club relief (IRR) major. “It was very good expe - reservation two hours north of Lincoln. began recruiting student participants this rience for me to be there with a veteran of “The Omaha Red Cross was going to fall to assist in its local responses. “Disas - the American Red Cross who walked us cover the Wayne area and asked if we ters are going to become part of my life,” through the whole process. By the end we could open a shelter at the high school in said Kraegel. “Joining the club was a way were doing it all ourselves.” Macy. I called for some students and got to gain real-world experience before grad - Kraegel, Jeremy Howard, senior IRR four responses immediately. We packed uation.” major, and Tyler Anderson, administrative the Red Cross trailer that’s stored at the A transfer student, Kraegal came to assistant for the IRR program, responded college and headed on our way.” Union to study IRR after discovering the with the Lincoln chapter of the American Young and students Emilian Grigore, program through Google search results. Red Cross to the towns of Bennet and Amy Matsuda, Nate Ingersol and Jonatan “Union is the only place in the nation that Hickman after a tornado passed through Rojas arrived around midnight that night has this degree,” he explained. “I had al - the area on the evening of October 3. Ac - and set up a small shelter for a handful of ready earned a degree in business man - tive members of Union’s new Red Cross people needing housing. The next morn - agement in Maryland, but I didn’t like Club, the group left early in the morning ing they fed breakfast to their clients and spending so much time on a computer in on October 4 to help in the an office. I wanted some - recovery efforts just 15 thing where I could travel miles outside of Lincoln. and work in disaster man - “The experience cer - agement, so I typed those in tainly highlighted the role the search and it came back that recovery takes after a with IRR.” m a

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on their feet.” humanitarian relief. Certified p A total of six volunteers as emergency medical tech - traveled with the Red Cross nicians during their first year, to conduct damage assess - each student must also com - ments on homes and prop - Tyler Anderson ’11 with IRR students Jeremy Howard and Connor Kraegel, plete training in wilderness erties in the area. Evaluating part of Union’s new Red Cross Club, assisted a Red Cross assessment team survival, search and rescue, destruction ranging from after a tornado touched down near Lincoln in October 2013. swift water rescue, high displaced shingles to flat - angle rescue and other disas - tened homes, the group visited some 13 the local Emergency Operations Center ter response skills. Students can choose an houses, working from 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 (EOC) workers, before performing a emphasis in pre-professional or public p.m. “Each assessment takes a while, and “windshield assessment” of damage in the safety. we also distributed food and water to the neighborhood as they drove though. “We Now settling into the program, Kraegal other volunteers helping,” explained reported our findings to the national Red loves the opportunities on his horizon. Kraegel. “We put people up in shelters or Cross and then helped a team talk to the “Union College has a great response pro - hotels if they couldn’t live in their homes families and do in-depth assessment,” said gram,” he said. “Anyone who is interested any longer, and I bandaged an individual’s Young. Arriving back in Lincoln on Satur - in international anything should consider arm who had cut himself on a nail.” day evening, the team had been gone just IRR as a major.” More commonly expected in the over 23 hours. Though complementary to an IRR de - spring and summer, the tornado was one In recent weeks, IRR faculty and stu - gree, volunteering with the Red Cross is of several that touched down in Nebraska dents have started handling other local available to everyone. “I’m very glad to during the first week of October, and a Red Cross relief tasks such as helping vic - have joined the club,” said Kraegel. “I second group from Union was dispatched tims of house fires with immediate needs. would encourage other students and pri - the night of October 4. “We received a call “We will probably take on more of those vate citizens to do so; you don’t have to about 8 p.m. on Friday saying a major tor - duties as Red Cross volunteers are sent to study disaster management to help.” C 6 FALL 2013 ______C___A__M__P__U__S___N___E__W___S _ Bollinger retires, Leeper new financial vice president by Ryan Teller ’98 After 22 years as a Union College admin - cial vice president, he successfully guided Leeper joins administrative istrator, Gary Bollinger, Union’s vice presi - Union through numerous new initiatives team dent for Financial Administration, retired in including the renovation of the Student Jeff Leeper joins Union College with a October and turned the financial reins of Center and Woods Auditorium, the devel - wealth of business and educational experi - the college over to Jeff Leeper, who for the opment of the Union Scholars Honors Pro - ence. In his most recent role as an assistant past 13 years has been the assistant dean gram and the Career Center, and Spiritual dean for Loma Linda University School of for Financial Affairs at Loma Linda Univer - Journey program, the launch of the physi - Nursing, he led out in the financial man - sity School of Nursing. cian assistant studies program and the inter - agement of the school as well as managing Bollinger became the Union College national rescue and relief program, the human resources, informational technol - business manager in 1989, and has held the completion of the campus facilities master ogy, the physical plant and other tasks typi - position of financial VP since 1991. His dili - plan, the establishment of the office of cal of a financial administrator. gent work helped lead the college out of fi - Human Resources, a new investment strat - The School of Nursing faced a loss of $1 nancial difficulty in the early 1990s and he egy, the rebuilding and renovation of the million over four years before Leeper took oversaw an array of new academic pro - Ortner Center, and the building of the new over, and was in danger of being absorbed grams and building projects. science and mathematics complex and the by another school on campus. But during While Leeper took over as vice presi - PA and IRR facilities. his tenure, the school not only posted a dent in October, Bollinger has agreed to profit every year, but also added several stay on as construction manager for the graduate programs including a Ph.D. in next few months to oversee the final nursing and a Certified Registered Nurse touches on the PA and IRR facility renova - Anesthetist program. tion and the completion of the new science But more than all those accomplish - and mathematics complex. ments, he remembers the people. “Making students comfortable, helping faculty with Bollinger’s legacy of service personal issues and making their jobs eas - A 1971 Union College graduate, ier—that to me was better than profitably Bollinger earned an undergraduate degree running the school,” he said. “It was mak - in business education and obtained a mas - ing the difference for people.” ter’s in school business administration from A native of Southern California, Leeper Seattle University. He worked in academy graduated with a degree in accounting and elementary school business administra - from La Sierra University, at that time a tion for several years, joining College View branch of Loma Linda University. He began Academy as principal in 1979. o i his career as a corporate accountant, then r a Gary Bollinger retired in October after 22 z When he returned to his alma mater in a an auditor and CPA. But in the late 1980s, N

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h years teaching graduate and undergraduate p served as assistant dean for Financial struction of Larson Lifestyle Center and the accounting courses at La Sierra University. Affairs at Loma Linda University School renovation of the Don Love Building, com - In 1997, Leeper took an auditing posi - of Nursing. bined with a decline in enrollment. Despite tion in the Loma Linda University system, such obstacles, Bollinger has been instru - then after teaching for a year in the School mental in securing operating gains at the of Health Sciences, he joined the School of college in all but two of the past 16 years. Nursing as assistant dean for Financial Af - “Gary worked tirelessly then as he has fairs in 2000. throughout his tenure to ensure college “We are thankful that Jeff and his family goals could be accomplished while main - have chosen to join the Union College fam - taining fiscally sound and sustainable tra - ily,” said Wagner. “I believe his unique jectories,” said John Wagner, president of combination of experience and his passion Union College both now and through the for Adventist higher education will serve late 1980s and early 1990s, a time of finan - Union well in the years to come.” cial hardship. Leeper and his wife, Julie, have two Despite the budgetary and financial children: Stefani, who will attend Union challenges facing the college at the begin - College in the spring, and Jeffrey James, a ning of Bollinger’s 22-year tenure as finan - junior in high school. C

CORD magazine 7 _C__A__M___P__U__S ___N___E__W___S ______Union announces a name for the new science and mathematics facility as fundraising campaign goes “over the top” by Ryan Teller ’98

For Sue Krueger, Union College runs in building aesthetics. “The extra money will across the street owned by the Dunlap the family. “It seems like we’ve had family help pay for equipment and technology family, longtime supporters of Union Col - attending there forever,” said the 1954 desired by the faculty, and fund artwork, lege who were among the first donors to alumnus who now has two grandchildren outdoor seating areas, gardens and other the project. enrolled. “I got my husband, Calvin, at things to make the building really look The DeCamp Reception Commons Union. My son, Rick, found his wife, and feel polished,” said Davis. (221) , which includes a welcoming lobby Valeree, there. Valeree taught nursing at as well as offices for the division chair, of - Union for 35 years. My sister-in-law, Mari - fice assistant, faculty/staff lounge and lyn McArthur, was chair of the nursing workroom in the Krueger Center, is named program for many years. All my children for Cary ’85 and Pamela Gilbert ’86 De - attended. We have a long history at Camp, Kansas City business owners Union.” whose mid-campaign gift gave a signifi - Now, thanks to her lead gift to the Our cant boost to the campaign. Promising Future campaign, the new sci - Leadership donors of $500,000 have o ence and mathematics facility will be also been instrumental to the realization of i r a z named the Krueger Center for Science and these new facilities. a N

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Krueger, who has worked in the land de - of Adventist Health System’s Rocky Moun - o h velopment business in Lincoln for nearly tain Region and Shawnee Mission Health, p 30 years. “But we wanted to do something the Adventist hospitals in the Denver and for Lincoln because Lincoln has been very Kansas City areas that lent significant sup - good to us.” port to the building project. But more than that, Krueger feels this A second lab (243) within the Chem - investment will be one with exponential istry Suite will recognize Dr. Rè nè Evard, returns. “We wanted to create a facility that Naming new spaces professor of chemistry from 1958 to 1971. could help educate more students who Several rooms and other areas of the A group of his students have contributed could in turn go out and make a difference building have been named for the paceset - collectively to leave a legacy in memory of in the world. And besides, we are now ting donors who gave $1 million or more their esteemed teacher. into great-grandchildren. The oldest is in to the building campaign. The Periodic Table in memory of seventh grade, and they will be coming to The Mid-America Union Confer - Beverly Troyer Gifford will be a feature Union soon.” ence Classroom (130) —one of the flexi - wall just outside the main doors of the The $14.5 million Our Promising ?Fu ble classroom spaces in the Krueger Lang Amphitheater. This project provided turecampaign helped fund the construc - Center—is named in honor of the Mid- donors an opportunity to select an ele - tion of the new 57,000 square-foot America Union Conference of Seventh-day ment on the periodic table for commemo - building that will house the Division of Adventists, Union College’s parent organi - ration. Science and Mathematics. The campaign zation, which has also helped fund numer - “Union College is deeply humbled by will conclude in May and plans call for the ous campus infrastructure improvements the transformational gifts provided by building to be completed in early 2014. and renovations. these donors,” said John Wagner, presi - The Lang Amphitheater (200) , a dent of Union College. “We set forth an Going “over the top” 126-seat high-tech lecture space, is named ambitious vision for the future of science In early November, the campaign had for Jerome ’65 and Ramona Larsen (’65) and mathematics on our campus and these topped the $14.5 million mark by nearly Lang, longtime Lincoln business owners, individuals and organizations helped us $70,000. “The generosity of our donors has whose lead gift was in addition to their launch and complete a very successful put the Our Promising Future campaign support for many other Union College capital campaign. I share my deepest grati - over the top,” said LuAnn Davis, vice pres - projects—including driving his private tude to each and every donor who has ident for Advancement. “The money given coach bus half-a-million miles over 46 chosen to help write this newest chapter now will help add needed extras to the years to transport school groups for aca - in Union College’s 123-year history.” new building.” demic and extra-curricular events. It’s not too late to help the Our Prom - The college plans to keep the cam - The Union Bank Classroom (230) , ising Future campaign to continue going paign open to help pay for things like ad - another flexible classroom and lecture over the top. Find out how you can be a ditional technology, equipment and space, will be named for the bank right part of the finishing touches at www.ucol - 8 FALL 2013 ______C___A__M__P__U__S___N___E__W___S _

Named spaces in the Krueger Center for Science and Mathematics (201) Terrace—with appreciation to Pinnacle (250) Faculty office—with appreciation to Dr. (140) Faculty office—with appreciation to Jim Bank Jay and Andrea Miller and Darleen Boyle

(219) Herber Hall of Recognition—with appre - (251) Advanced chemistry lab—with apprecia - (142) Faculty office—with appreciation to Dr. James and Beth Wells Carlson ciation to Dr. Leo and Claudine Herber and tion to Mardian and Joan Blair Drs. Ray and Marilyn Herber (143) Biology stockroom—in memory of (252) Chemistry research lab—with apprecia - Gilbert McMillen, professor of biology from (232) Demonstration Prep area—with appreci - tion to Dean and Trudy Johnson 1967-1991 ation to Derald and Shirley Goetz (253) Advanced instrumentation—with appre - (145) Advanced biology lab—with apprecia - (233A) Balance Room—in memory of Edwin J. ciation to Roy Haines and Susan Reiswig- tion to Kent and Sara Thompson Elvins, Information Systems from 1966-1975 Haines (146) Study area—with appreciation to Dr. Lowell and Elaine Hagele (235) Student employee work area—in honor (255) Chemistry research lab—with apprecia - tion to Loma Linda University Health of Dr. Ward Hill, professor and administrator (147) Biology research—in memory of Mary from 1971-1991 (101) Cellular research lab—in memory of Dr. Kay Humann Christensen by Tammy Chris - Glenn and Helen Wiltse tensen Morris (240) Mathematics classroom—with apprecia - tion to Margaret L. Seacrest, Mark L. and Mar - (109) Seminar room—with appreciation to (149) Biology research—with appreciation to gorie Seacrest, and the Mark T. and Margaret L. Abel Foundation Rick and Valeree Krueger Seacrest Family Foundation (119) Study area—with appreciation to As - (150) Study area—with appreciation to Jerome (242) Seminar room—with appreciation to surity Life Insurance Company and Jane Thayer Ken and DeAnna Bacon (123) Engineering classroom—with apprecia - tion to Harold and Betty Koch and family (151) Microbiology lab—with appreciation to (244) Faculty office—with appreciation to Dr. Rich and Lynnet Reiner Merlin and Chere Wehling (132) Office—with appreciation to Drs. David and Janna Chacko (152) Biology research—in memory of Dr. (245) Chemistry stockroom—in memory of Bernard and Eunice Owen Bob and Wanda Bell (133) Physics classroom—in memory of David Show, professor of physics from 1978-2002 (153) Advanced anatomy—in honor of profes - (246) Faculty office—with appreciation to Dr. sors of biology Barbara Goyne from 1976- (134) Faculty office—in honor of LaVern and Andrew Boskind 1988; and Walter Page from 1948-1980 Dorothy Huenergardt

(248) Faculty office—with appreciation to (135) General biology classroom—with appre - (155) Student employee work area—with ap - Bruce and Graciela Bacon ciation to Dr. Dalrie and Joan Berg preciation to Jack and Edna Harris

(249) Chemistry research lab—in memory of (136) Faculty office —with appreciation to to (157) Anatomy and physiology—with appreci - Dr. Charles Freidline with appreciation to Jeff the Reid-Lockhart families ation to ForeSight member estate gifts and Shelly Peterson (138) Faculty office—with appreciation to Dr. Dennis and Jolene Lang Hilliard

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CORD magazine 9 _C__A__M___P__U__S ___N___E__W___S ______Union opens new PA and IRR facility by Joellyn Sheehy his fall, Union College’s two newest pro - found jobs within three months of gradua - Tgrams began the school year in a newly tion. renovated section of the Don Love Build - Third year PA students do clinical rota - ing. On Oct. 7, Union held a grand opening tions in many clinics in Lincoln and for the new facility that now houses the throughout Nebraska and more than 100 Master of Physician Assistant Studies pro - medical professionals in the community gram and the International Rescue and Re - provide guest lectures for a variety of lief program. classes in the program. “These two academic programs are very involved in the Lincoln community in many A growing program with ways,” said John Wagner, president of unique needs o

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the program require storage for a lot of h p premium, Union’s two newest programs equipment, the program had to make due had been forced to use smaller spaces that with a converted day-care center in a small did not provide adequate facilities for what corner on the first floor of Rees Hall, the quickly became two of Union’s largest pro - women’s residence hall. grams—both usually have 90 to 100 stu - “One of the most important changes is dents any given year. that we can actually have all our classes in one location,” said Rick Young, director of Training health care the IRR program and chair of the Division providers for a growing field of Emergency Management and Exercise Started in 1998 as a baccalaureate pro - Science. “This will bring us together as a di - gram, physician assistant studies graduated vision and place us closer to the rest of The renovated facility for the Master of its first master’s level class in 2007. PA campus. The program has been around for Physician Assistant Studies and Interna - shared space with the nursing program in nine years now and this facility symbolizes tional Rescue and Relief Programs provides the upper level of Larson Lifestyle Center its proven viability. It will further help legit - a variety of unique learning spaces—such and also used classrooms elsewhere on imize and professionalize the department.” as this classroom with a built-in campus. “Being in PA school is daunting With a decommissioned ambulance set ambulance box. and the students form quite a cohesive up in the classroom and technical rope group,” said Michelle Buller, director of the equipment on hand, IRR students will now immediate response and recovery efforts program. “Being together in one building be able to practice their skills indoors dur - following a variety of natural disasters in - will be wonderful and the improved tech - ing winter months. “The old facilities were cluding the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the nology will help them become better clini - worn out and we had no place to store tornado outbreak in Alabama in 2011, and cians.” equipment,” said Young. “Our new offices Hurricane Sandy in 2012. The increased lab space enables stu - and classrooms look more professional, “This updated facility will help take two dents to practice their skills in a more realis - and we’ll have everything in one place so of our newest, yet strongest programs to tic setting. “We have five new clinical areas we can be ready to deploy in the event of a the next level,” said President Wagner. “And that can accommodate ten students at a crisis.” that will lead to a better educational experi - time,” said Buller. “In the past we shared The International Rescue and Relief ence for not only students in those pro - lab space with the nursing program. They program is a unique baccalaureate degree grams, but all of campus.” were great to work with, but it was that prepares students for careers in emer - The renovation brings a visible change cramped and hard to coordinate. I think gency management, public safety, the med - to the campus as well. The tile exterior of this move will be good for all of us.” ical field or project development. It the facility, formerly occupied by ministry One of only three PA programs in Ne - includes training in disaster management, resource supplier Advent Source , has been - braska, Union College accepts 30 new stu - and all students spend a summer in Col - replaced by brick that matches the rest of dents each year into the 33-month orado learning wilderness survival and res - the Don Love Building, the Ortner Center program. Forbes Magazine consistently cue and a semester in Central America and the new science and mathematics com - names physician assistant studies as one of learning jungle survival and medical treat - plex. The entry to the facility also features a the best master’s degrees for jobs in the ment techniques. smaller glass arch matching the large glass country, and nearly all Union PAs have IRR students have also assisted with the arch over the atrium. C 10 FALL 2013 by Mindy Leibelt ’12 CNurosinng pnroefescsortsi dnid gwh att hit tarkoes uto hgelhp o nte rinajurgede studdey nt field of tall grass. A tree. An indescribably peaceful feeling. A meaningful it was to have a strong, supportive connection with his bAright light flashed in the sky. Suddenly, an EMT is holding his nursing instructors. It meant a great deal to have Jackie Halley, his head, shouting his name. Spinning red strobes. Rough asphalt cra - clinical instructor, and Theresa Stimson, director and chair of the Di - dled him in an unforgiving embrace. Blood. His connection to life vision of Nursing visit him in the hospital. “So many staff at Union tenuous, he slipped back and forth between consciousness and un - College went above and beyond to help me emotionally, physically consciousness. and personally,” he said. “All of them played a huge role in my re - Andrew Corbin decided to check out Union College’s nursing covery.” program when his brother shared how much he had loved being a Corbin remains especially grateful to Nicole Orian, assistant pro - part of Union’s Master of Physician’s Assistant Studies degree pro - fessor of nursing, who provided continual support throughout each gram. After two years of attending a large, impersonal university, step of his recuperation; including his stay in the hospital, the Corbin was immediately impressed process of reorienting his memory with the personal connections that with a speech pathologist, his physi - Union instructors made with their cal therapy, and his return to classes students. while still on crutches. “Before, I felt more like a number “Nicole lives on the opposite side

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dividual when he visited. “For me was on crutches and she would carry : o t o this was extremely comforting. . . . I my books for me. She had students h p knew Union College was my choice help me out. She always opened the in colleges for my nursing degree.” door for me.” Her dedication in help - Corbin began classes in fall 2011. ing him and his family throughout One year later on September 11, this critical time has had a profound 2012, as he was driving away from effect on him. “I have NEVER, EVER When nursing student Andrew Corbin suffered serious in - the Nebraska Heart Institute and seen such a loving and caring person juries in a car accident, he discovered his teachers’ commit - Heart Hospital, a failure to yield led in my life,” he said. ment to his success extended far beyond the classroom. Here to a head-on collision with another Now more than a year after the he participates in a simulation exercise with instructor car traveling 60 mph. In the space of accident, Corbin takes nothing for Debbie Eno and fellow student Luciana Sufficool Dale ’12. a heartbeat, Corbin’s life suddenly granted. “I do still have neck and hung in the balance. knee pain as well as no feeling in the back of my head, but honestly “Upon impact I do not remember what occurred. I was com - having another chance at life is worth any amount of pain and suf - pletely unconscious if not gone from this earth. . .” he recalled. fering,” he said. What followed would be a surreal blur between a peace-drenched This experience has strengthened his relationship with God, out-of-body reality where he sat by a tree in a field of tall grass, and reaffirmed his desire to live each day to the fullest, and taught him a blood-drenched in-body reality where he was lying on the side of the kind of nurse he wants to be. Throughout his hospital stay he the road instructing the EMT to squeeze his gushing head even experienced both the good and bad in nursing care. This firsthand tighter. knowledge confirmed to him the incredible impact a nurse can Suffering from cuts to his face, a serious laceration to the back of have on a patient’s recovery. his head from which he lost over a liter of blood, a torn meniscus, In 2014 Corbin will graduate. In a full circle kind of synchronic - and a broken spinous process from his T1 vertebrae, Corbin could ity, he plans to return to Nebraska Heart Institute and Heart Hospital not recall his own name when asked. to work as a nurse. “I want to help others through their recovery But incredibly, despite never having been in a car accident or both physically and emotionally like I was helped,” he says. “After crisis before and repeatedly losing consciousness, Corbin’s training two years of intensive care unit experience, I plan on moving for - from Union College kicked in. He continued to calmly state nursing ward to graduate school and becoming a certified nurse anes - interventions whenever he regained consciousness, both to the thetist.” EMTs and later to his emergency room nurse. Today, Corbin is just thankful to be alive and for the strong con - “The most emotional part in the whole situation was when, at nections that enabled him to recuperate after the crash while still the hospital I realized what had happened and I was afraid I had keeping up with his class work. “It’s not your typical college that hurt someone,” he said. He was extremely relieved to discover that you attend; it’s more like a family who wants to see you succeed,” the other driver had escaped the crash without a scratch. he said. “I have never seen teachers go more out of their way for Once his condition stabilized, he quickly realized just how you than at Union College.” C CORD magazine 11 Staying connected before Facebook How two groups of students chose to stay connected long after graduation by Joellyn Sheehy 14

or many Unionites, the In what was later deemed the friendships formed during “laundry letter,” the friends circu - Ftheir time in Lincoln turned lated a communal letter among out to be something worth them. Whenever someone received y r

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The Laundry Letter years and years with that letter.” o h Ann Gruzensky Bauer ’36 The letter circulated around the p came to Union in 1935 for her group for many years, recording pre-nursing requirements and important life-changing events. “At got a job in the college’s laun - first everyone was getting a job, dry to pay for school. “I loved my two years at Union,” she re - then getting married and then having babies,” Bauer recalled. called. “I have great memories and I wish I could have gone back “We’d put in pictures of the babies and just keep in touch like to finish my degree, but I didn’t have the money. The first year my that.” parents gave me $100 for college and only $50 the second. I Bauer finished nursing school in Colorado and married Albert worked a lot, but I got through without owing any money.” Bauer, a theology major and one of the laundry delivery drivers The summer between her freshman and sophomore years she worked with over the summer. “He finished college at Union Bauer stayed at school to make money for the next academic year. while I took nursing,” she explained. “We’d write letters and see Under the direction of Vernon Dunn, the laundry supervisor, she each other about every six months. I had a happy marriage for 65 and six other students processed laundry from local businesses in years and enjoyed the work we did together.” Lincoln. The friendships that developed between them carried on The Bauer family would often write to the others about their through the year and the rest ministry and various travels. “My of their lives. “We worked to - husband was a pastor for five years gether closely for long hours and then worked in the conference every single day,” she said. office as head of the Sabbath “We really got acquainted; it school and lay activities depart - was more like a family.” ment,” Bauer said. “It was interest - After two years at Union, ing to write about because every Bauer was accepted into a Sabbath we went to a different nursing program in Boulder, church.” Colo., and the group of Bauer stayed in contact with friends began to disperse. Be - everyone for many years through fore they parted ways, they the Laundry Letter. “Whenever we determined to stay in touch could, all through the years, we and devised a plan to keep knew where everybody lived,” she connected. “We decided that said. “My roommate also worked in wherever anyone went, we the laundry and settled in Colorado. would just keep writing to Seven or eight years after I got mar - each other,” she said. “We A group of students who worked in the Union College laundry in ried we happened to be nearby for made an alphabetical list of the summer of 1936 decided to stay in contact by circulating a a convention and stayed with her. I everyone’s name and sent it to letter for several decades. Ann Bauer lost track of the letter and never did get to everyone’s homes, each person.” wonders if she is the last one of the group still alive. but whenever we could we would 12 FALL 2013 stop and see each other. The 26 nursing gradu - We kept in touch for ates started what they years and years with that called The Mile letter.” Squeezer to stay in - The letter took a cou - formed about each ple months to reach other’s lives. The an - each member, but was nual letter compiled delayed even longer if the latest news from someone forgot or mis - the participants and placed it. “As we got was sent to everyone older, we moved to dif - in their nursing class to ferent places and had shorten the distance different jobs,” Bauer ex - between them. “We all plained. “I wish I would went so far away, and have kept track of when this brought us back it completely stopped, Ann Gruzensky Bauer met her husband, Albert Bauer, when the two worked to - together,” said Coleen but we had it going for gether at the Union College laundry in 1936. He was a delivery driver that summer. Bieber Harner ’63. more than twenty years. “I guess we were just We were a pretty dedicated bunch.” interested in what everyone was doing,” said Werth. “I saw my The letter eventually petered out and Bauer wonders if she roommate every once in a while, but didn’t see much of my other may be the only surviving participant. “Somebody would forget to classmates.” send it and then we would hear that a member of our class passed Each year a different person acted as editor to collect the infor - away; it just deteriorated,” she said. “I really don’t know who got mation and compile it into a letter. “Originally somebody would the last one. We were waiting for it and waiting for it, but it never type it up and photocopy it,” said Joan Krause Denny ’63. “Some - came.” times it would be just a few pages, but then other times it could get Bauer looks back with fondness at her time at Union and the rather lengthy. Sometimes we even included pictures.” friends she made there. She hopes to visit the campus again soon, “Some girls would send in a full page and others would just though the old laundry and familiar buildings now no longer exist. write a half page or paragraph,” explained Heim. “It depended on “I will always have a soft spot in my heart for Union College,” she what they wanted to say and what they did. You kind of just did a said. “I just hope that everybody who attends enjoys it as much as I catch-up of what happened since the last letter.” did; it was two wonderful years of my life. I’m glad I had a chance Contents and methods for sending the letter have changed to be there.” throughout the years. “We’ve sent it by email maybe the last three or four years,” said Loella Reile Johnson ’63. “There are a couple The 50-year newsletter people who never did get computerized, so we still print it off and “The newsletter is the one thing that has really bonded us send it to them by mail.” through the years,” said Joyce Hagele Heim ’63. “Whenever we get In the letter, the class shared news about their lives and coordi - together it’s like we just pick up from the day we graduated.” nated reunions. “When we first started out it was all about the Until 1955, nursing students at Union College traveled to Boul - weddings,” said Heim. “Then it was the babies, then their wed - der, Colo., for their last two years of classes at Boulder Sanitarium; dings and then the babies from those weddings. So what was in - and after that a Union College Nursing Department building was volved in the newsletter kind of went in cycles and changed with built at Porter Memorial Hospital in Denver. As a small group on the times.” an isolated campus, students grew close to each other throughout “We always put in the newsletter if we were going to class re - their intensive coursework. unions,” said Werth. “Some of us Fifty years later, the nurs - would also call one another and ing graduates of 1963 still just keep in contact that way.” maintain their special bond After fifty years of sending out thanks to a newsletter begun The Mile Squeezer , the retired when they graduated fifty nurses have decided to let it rest. o i r years ago. Despite the dis - “Fifty years is long enough,” said a z a tances between them they Heim. “Being the editor is a lot of N e v e continue to keep in touch and work. We never even thought that t S

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p “None of us wanted to “If we continued on then we lose contact with one another, could send it via iPad,” joked so we decided to have a Johnson. newsletter,” said Lenora Wag - “I’m going to leave that for the ner Werth, a Walla Walla trans - young and energetic here,” re - fer student originally from The Union College nursing class of 1963 —pictured at their 50 torted Heim. “It’s been fun and North Dakota. “Then it just year reunion last April at Union—stayed in touch for 50 years by we’ll probably continue to keep in kept going.” publishing a yearly newletter. Each class member took turns or - touch via email.” C ganizing the publication.

CORD magazine 13 The connections you make in college often shape the rest of your life. Union Col - lege alumnus Jeff Peterson is proof of that. Thanks in part to the educational and per - sonal bonds he formed while attending Building Lifelong Union, the 1987 graduate is now a share - by Lauren Bongard Schwarz 04 holder and executive manager in a number of companies supplying chemicals, metals, equipment and logistical services starting from a base outside Nashville, Tenn. After graduating from Union College and then earning a Juris Doctorate from Connections the University of Nebraska, Peterson prac - ticed law for five years in Colorado and then seven years in Tennessee before join - Graduate finds lifelong relationships, ing Palm Commodities International, a pri - vately held supplier of specialty chemicals a personalized career path and and metals used in the electronics, battery manufacturing, catalyst materials and sur - business connections at Union face finishing industries. “We don’t make iPhones, build satellite batteries or refine petroleum, but we pro - duce and sell a number of specialized ma - terials that are used to produce these products and many others,” explained Pe - terson. Peterson, his longtime business partner and their management team have acquired other related companies in Chicago, New Jersey and Tennessee, including Novamet Specialty Products, Apex Material Tech -

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He started out working toward a business degree with an emphasis in accounting, and added math and science courses in - “I am a product of Union’s science and business programs, and cluding calculus, general chemistry, general biology and organic what I learned in those classes fits my job perfectly,” he said. “I’m chemistry in the mix. running commercial enterprises that are scientifically-based and It was through Union’s guidance services in his second year of heavily regulated. My education at Union helped me put those college that Peterson discovered he had an interest and aptitude in areas together, and it prepared me for what I do every day.” law. Union’s handbook offered him the flexibility to connect The connections Peterson made with Union’s faculty and staff Building Lifelong seemingly unrelated fields to create a personalized degree that al - inspired and influenced him as a student, helping to create the lowed him to earn a Bachelor of Science degree from Union that person he is today. “We had so many good teachers at Union, but I uniquely fit his career path and enabled him to move across town was especially influenced by Grover and Joy Barker, Drs. John and to complete a Juris Doctorate at the University of Nebraska. Lilya Wagner, and Dr. Chuck Freidline,” he says. “They were great Even during this new phase of his education, Peterson lived instructors and teachers, took extra time with students, shared their close to Union’s campus and stayed affiliated with the school and personal lives, and were solid Christian examples,” he said. his college friends. It was during law school that he met his future Like other science majors, many of the memories that Peterson Connections wife, Shelly Johnson, who was attending Union at the time. still holds dear from his college days happened in Jorgensen Hall. After graduation, he and Shelly married and moved to Col - “Taking chemistry from Dr. Freidline was the highlight of my sci - orado, where Peterson practiced law in Fort ence studies,” he said. “He had just started at Collins and then Denver. Five years later, he Union and was overcoming a serious med - accepted a job offer at a law firm in ical problem, yet he was a wonderful teacher Nashville, Shelly’s hometown. Shortly after with a strong sense of humor. His work ethic his arrival in Nashville in 1993, Peterson met and kind disposition were inspiring to many Bill Fields at the Boulevard Seventh-day Ad - of us, and he will be missed.” ventist Church in Madison, a suburb of Peterson laughs when he remembers his Nashville, and began providing legal services reaction when Dr. Freidline encouraged him as an outside attorney for Fields’ growing to continue taking science classes despite Pe - chemical business, Palm Commodities Inter - terson’s evolving interest in business and national. law. “He told me to work on a chemistry Peterson liked the combination of busi - minor because I may want to work for a ness, science and law involved in the opera - chemical company one day. I remember ask - tions, and he joined with Fields in 2000 on a ing him, ‘Why would I want to do that?’” Pe - full-time basis as an officer of Palm and a terson recalled. “Now here I am, working in shareholder in a new venture they founded, an industry that deals with chemicals and Sulfuric.com, selling metals and chemicals metals, and I’m so glad I have the back - over the Internet. ground I do. I probably should have pursued Eventually they merged the online busi - the extra classes as he suggested.” ness with Palm Commodities International Recently, Peterson’s Union connection and grew that business together. From its helped him find the ideal candidate for a job base, they made acquisitions of other indus - Jeff Peterson, with his wife Shelly and their opening at one of his companies. On a trip trial operations in Tennessee, California, two children, found that connections back to Union, Peterson was introduced to New Jersey and Illinois. Ryan Peters, who is married to Taleah Valles made at Union helped build a successful In his current position, Peterson travels Peters ’10, a recruiter for Union. “I had been business. extensively to see business contacts and looking and praying for the right person for work with his team. He travels across the United States, Asia and the job, and it seemed God put him right in my path,” he said. “A Europe, and admits that traveling is a mixed blessing. “Spending so few weeks later, Ryan and Taleah were moving to New Jersey so much time in airports and away from family is a sacrifice,” he said, he could start his career as an engineer at Novamet.” “but it’s also very rewarding to be with our customers, suppliers Peterson still keeps alive his connections to Union College. He and team members and gain the perspective of seeing how the rest maintains a relationship with Dr. Lilya Wagner and his close friends of world lives and how the materials our companies create are from college. From time to time, he has stopped by the campus to used across the planet.” see the changes over the years. “I’m always amazed by how the Still, family connections keep Peterson rooted, despite his hec - campus has grown and developed in the years since I’ve gradu - tic schedule. Peterson and his wife, Shelly, are parents to 16 year- ated,” Peterson said. “The school’s commitment to investing in im - old twins, Austin and Ashley, who attend Madison Academy in the proving their capabilities is obvious to everyone who sees the Nashville area. Peterson, who fondly remembers his own academy changes.” and college days, is grateful his children have a chance to get their He adds that he’s especially excited about the investment in the start with the loving staff offered in the Adventist school system. “I future the school and its supporters are making through building appreciated how my education grounded me, opened doors and the new science and math facility. “As a former student for whom set the stage for lifelong relationships. I hope my children have a the science program at Union helped lay some critical blocks in similar experience,” he says. the foundation for my career, I want to support the continued in - vestment in that area to better equip future students with an im - Connected to the past, building the future proved learning environment,” he shared. Peterson says the foundation for his career was laid in both the For Jeff Peterson, like many other graduates, the decision to science building and Division of Business at Union, and he credits enroll in Union College continues to impact daily life long after the hours he spent in both areas for opening doors to a career graduation. The personal relationships, career decisions and busi - where he could pursue his interests and give vent to his entrepre - ness connections made while at Union help alumni shape their neurial spirit. lives and their world. C CORD magazine 15 Social media ministry How a new youth pastor discovered the importance of staying connected—not just on Sabbath

by Joellyn Sheehy 14 e spend so little time together on Sabbath, it doesn’t feel “likWe enough time for me to disciple and mentor the youth I work with,” said Anna Romuald ’12, assistant pastor at the Southview Adventist Church in Minneapolis and assistant young adult min - God asked me to do something else, it would be very difficult. I istries director for the Minnesota Conference of Seventh-day Ad - know I could have been happy on another path, but I could never ventists. “Using social media, I can spend quality time have been as happy as I am now, following what He intended communicating one-on-one to help spiritually disciple them.” from the beginning.” From the beginning, Anna Romuald struggled to answer God’s Primarily a youth pastor, Romuald strives to build relationships call into ministry. As a senior in high school, she knew she wanted with young adults and involve them with the church. Interacting to study architecture and asked God to bless her well-formulated with a generation that has grown up with social media, she quickly plans. So when she preached realized the importance of for the first time at her home connecting with the youth on church and the congregation their terms. “It caught them off suggested she study theology, guard at first that I was ‘tech she simply laughed it off. “I advanced,’” she said. “I don’t knew Jesus was calling me, but think I am at all, but they I didn’t want that,” she said. “I thought it was so cool to have kind of ran away with my own a pastor who can connect in d l ideas.” the avenues they usually use.” a u m

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The youth can up - when I stopped running that I date prayer requests, text one heard His voice,” she ex - another, pray for each other plained. “I said ‘I’ve tried my and take part in our weekly way and it didn’t work, so I’ll challenges; we have very high try Yours, but I need You to Anna Romuald ’12, went home to Minnesota after graduation to be participation.” clearly tell me.’ As soon as I a youth pastor for the Southview Church in Minneapolis and assis - The platform created by so - said ‘yes’ to Union, I knew ex - tant young adult ministries director for Minnesota Conference. cial media has enabled the actly what He wanted from me. groups’ relationships and pur - He put the perfect people in my path, gave me the right opportu - pose to advance. “When I use it consistently, they know it’s a way nities and even crafted this amazing pastoring position.” to get a hold of me,” said Romuald. “So a lot of youth will call, text Although facing numerous challenges and much work, Ro - or Facebook seeking help or counsel in an emergency situation. muald loves her job. “I wouldn’t do anything else,” she said. “If When I’m faithful in communicating with them, they’re faithful in 16 FALL 2013 Anna Romuald has discovered that social media is an essential tool to connect with the youth and young adults both in her own youth group and across Minnesota—a connection that often leads to a stonger bond to the church through baptism. communicating back, and I get more of a handle on what’s going tive in youth ministry and Pathfinders, has had to be taught how to on in their lives.” use social media, but she’s very accepting of it,” said Romuald. But the connection doesn’t exist only on screens or via cellular “She’s taken a stand not to be irrelevant. She’s asked the kids to devices. “Social media has only enhanced our face-to-face commu - teach her, and the more she learns, the stronger her relationships nications,” said Romuald. “Since we’re connected all week, when with them are. Accepting the progression lays a good foundation we come to that hour on Sabbath we’ve already heard what’s hap - for establishing good relationships.” pening in each other’s lives and can follow up on it. We can pray When people question her on the connection between social more urgently or just pick up where we left off.” media and the church, Romuald draws from her own journey. The new interactions have also opened up leadership positions “Whenever God tells me to use something in a way I haven’t for youth to be involved. “They communicate with each other all thought of, I try to be open,” she said. “I don’t want to limit av - week long without my participation: asking for prayer requests, enues for Him to reach others, especially youth. As a church, if we giving updates on Pathfinders, sharing Bible verses, responding to continue to turn our backs on social media, we’ll lose a lot of questions, etc.,” said Romuald. “It’s become a platform for them to adults. Knowing how to use it isn’t becoming the world; it’s fol - be leaders. We have several who maintain, manage and adminis - lowing Christ’s example to be in the world and use its resources trate some of our pages, and I only post and approve members. for Him.” We actually use their technical skills and put them to work.” In response to the changing ministerial demands facing the In an age of swift technological development, church leaders church, Union College began its new Social Media Ministry major everywhere are struggling to reconcile the communication divide at the beginning of this school year. Incorporating elements of reli - between younger and older generations. “It’s as though the youth gion, graphic design and emerging media communication classes, have a culture of their the major will equip pastors own, and there’s not a “Social media has only enhanced our face-to-face and future church workers great bridge to the for online evangelism. adults,” said Romuald. communications. Since we are connected all week, “Everywhere I go I tell peo - “There’s a distance, es - when we come to that hour on Sabbath we’ve already ple: ‘if you want to know pecially with older peo - heard what’s happening in each other’s lives and can how to use social media and ple who have minimal follow up on it. We can pray more urgently or just ministry, check out Union,’” or little acceptance for she said. “I’m so proud to be social media. If they pick up where we left off.” an alumna of a school that don’t accept how cul - has explored opportunities to ture is changing, they become more standoffish and hesitant to use these programs and see what they can offer the church. I wish have meaningful relationships with youth.” I could take some of the classes.” With modes of communication changing, young people also Romuald encourages the church to see the vast potential of find it challenging to reach out to older adults. “Email is almost using social media to spread God’s Word. “I grew up with parents passé to the kids I work with,” she said. “They feel further away devoted to Christianity who modeled the importance of com - because they don’t communicate through email, snail mail or tele - muning with Christ,” she said. “Now we have tools that help us phone, perhaps because they’re untrained in how to. A big part of spread what we’ve been given with others, why not use them? I’m what I do is to be the bridge between youth and the larger congre - not saying there isn’t also a lot of junk, but it’s His mission field as gation.” well. It’s about time we start claiming back what He has given us, Age by itself is no excuse for the divide. “My mom, who is ac - instead of handing it off to the devil.” C

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Kelly Ree Fernandez ’11 was able to observe the importance of this connection almost immediately after landing her first job “Mrs. Mac, I’m not from America. I’m from teaching fifth grade at Everett Elementary School in Lincoln, Neb. Nebraska! Just wanted to let you know.” She noticed a major difference between herself and her fellow first-year coworkers. Though she had a year of substitute teaching under her belt to equip her with teaching experience, she also ourtney McCrain McLachlan’s ’12 job was cut out for her. found out that her total undergrad hours of classroom observation CThese adorable and amusing youngsters in McLachlan’s K-2 class - and participation were significantly higher (and experienced much room at Wichita Adventist Christian Academy needed not only a sooner) than those of her colleagues. geography lesson, but also a well-rounded education in all sub - “The biggest difference I’ve seen between Union’s education jects, demonstrated through a Christ-like example of leadership program and [other colleges and universities] is the number of and compassion. And all 17 kids in this multi-grade classroom hours spent in actual classrooms, even before your senior year,” needed to be kept in line while she simultaneously instructed Fernandez explained. “I found out that most of my coworkers had them in reading, writing and arithmetic. Easy, right? not seen the inside of a classroom until their third year, while Becoming a teacher requires a courageous leap in role rever - Union’s program has you in a classroom during the second semes - sal. As a college graduate transitions from behind the desk to the ter of your first year. And I didn’t just sit there and watch. They front of the classroom, a whole new world unfolds. And despite eventually had us prepare educational activities for the class and the abundance of observation, practicum and student-teaching spend some time up front. Being in the classroom early on helped hours, taking ownership of one’s own classroom will always be a make me confident that I chose the right major.” daunting task. Fortunately, Union’s education faculty and staff real - Fernandez noted how much more comfortable she was with ize that it’s a multifaceted road to quality education and hold fast her current classroom management because of that fact—and also to the idea of connection. This connection involves a process that because Union’s education curriculum includes a required class spans throughout a student’s college career and extends beyond dealing with special education. graduation. And it starts with connecting college students to the “Most of my coworkers weren’t required to take a course in classroom almost immediately after they select education as their special education before they graduated,” she continued. “And I major. used that information a lot, especially when I was working as a 18 FALL 2012 photos: Steve Nazario w p n y W w w a p s t t y p i a S t n t k m f e p t e “ t e h g m c U p e s n i i a h e i r W t u o g n t e e d x x r r o m o e e e e a r e l r o a n a n a e h i g o u r a s e a o e b e a a m p p t d p r s s u r r n n f o m r , c i b i h t i . d

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hen students in Frankie Rose’s biology classes are a break from medical school to marry his wife Rachel, a second- asked to finish all of their Brussels sprouts, they can say year PA student at Union College, and oversee much of the foot - Wwith scientific certainty why they dislike them, thanks to new work and literature review for the project. “I have to give a lot of teaching methods developed by Rose and a team of Union Col - credit to James,” said Rose. “He took a year out of medical school lege students and alumni. for a very modest stipend and has essentially been my right hand Dr. Rose, graduate assistant James Fernando ’11 and students man in running the project. He orchestrates the students’ work, Brad Carlson, Tim LeBard, Michael McCarthy and Fini Umali ’13 and it’s been spectacular.” spent the last school year conducting original research in Jor - The journey began in spring semester 2012, when Rose de - gensen Hall. Their work integrates biology and pedagogy, estab - cided to create a lab exercise to demonstrate key principles of lishing an effective laboratory experiment for small colleges to genetics for his small developmental biology class. “We isolated teach basic principles of genetics. DNA and actually sent it to a company to sequence,” he ex - “A lot of people are predicting an oncoming tsunami of ge - plained. “The class loved it and said ‘why aren’t we doing this for netic information that will inundate all of us,” explained Rose. more students?’” The test was very similar to Rose’s current proj - “With that knowledge in mind, I think about how I need to equip ect, only more expensive and took longer to process. Using the my students for their careers working with this information.” new method is much cheaper and gets results back in an after - Rose could not find an existing student lab exercise that noon. demonstrated messages about genetics well, so he embarked on The test looks at two genes from participants’ DNA. “One a journey to establish one. “Genetics and genetic information are codes for a protein that is part of taste buds on your tongue,” ex - becoming more important in our society,” said James Fernando, plained Fernando. “We can take DNA from cheek cells and look a 2011 Union College graduate. “There’s a lot of new technology, for a single base pair change in that gene. Depending on what and the cost of sequencing a genome has plummeted. It’s not that one base pair is will determine if you can taste a certain bit - just science students who need to be aware of all the emerging ter substance. Those with a change in their sequence can’t taste it information, but everyone should have some genetic literacy.” and so are more likely to enjoy some foods like Brussels Fernando, a second-year medical student at Loma Linda, took sprouts.” The test is 80 percent predictive, mean - ing that a person with this change is highly unlikely to taste the bitterness. “It shows a fatalistic side of genetics,” said Fernando. “‘I have the genes, so I am a certain way.’” The group wanted to contrast this mes - sage with another gene that codes for a pro - tein in fast twitch muscle fibers. A single change within the gene will determine

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20 FALL 2012 Students research new ways to teach geneticby Jos ellyn Sheehy ’14

The second test demonstrates a completely different lesson Not only does the experience help students’ resumes, but it from genetics: that the course of one’s life is not determined aids them in their present college goals. “It’s expanded on a lot of solely by genes. “Basically, for this protein it doesn’t matter,” said information from classes,” said Brad Carlson, sophomore biology Fernando. “You may or may not have it; it’s training that gets you major. “It took what I knew about genetics and then blew it out to the Olympics. Genes alone don’t determine how athletic you of the water. There are also a lot of applications to this stuff in bi - are, it’s partly your choice.” ology, which has definitely tied over into other classes.” The tests display the range of importance that genes play in Rose hopes to continue expanding research opportunities for physical traits and scientists’ difficulties in understanding why. students at Union College. “I’d like to have as many undergradu - “Perhaps there’s another gene that turns it on, we don’t know,” ates participating as possible,” he said. “Someone asked me why said Fernando. “Contrasting the genes together shows students we do any research at all and not just focus on teaching, but sci - the complexity of genetics and gives them a glimpse at the spec - ence textbooks aren’t eternal like the Ten Commandments. Sci - trum of diversity.” ence isn’t just facts, it’s a process of discovering knowledge. I Genetic testing has the potential to reveal insights about a think it’s imperative to show students that process.” person’s predisposition to certain medical conditions, informa - “This experience definitely expanded my ability to think criti - tion that could be dangerous without proper medical counsel. cally and communicate with other people,” said Carlson. “We Determined to avoid such difficult situations, Rose and Fernando continually have to take a situation, look at it and try to figure out were careful to choose traits to study that tell participants infor - what might have caused the problem. It’s been great, and I’ve mation about their own genome, but are not medically signifi - learned a lot.” cant. “This is a safe genetic experiment, and you don’t learn “I’m actually doing something new and not just going anything dangerous about yourself,” said Fernando. “Genetic pri - through labs that others have done over and over again and that vacy is very important, and it’s something that people are very we know should work,” said McCarthy. “With any research, bad about. However, the results of this test have no medical bear - you’ll have disappointments, but you also get excited when ing that the literature indicates.” things actually work out. It’s the real deal.” C The students involved in researching the tests have benefited greatly from the lesson on genetics as well as the research experience. “I have gained a lot of knowledge about the inner working of DNA and single nucleotide poly - morphisms (the single base pair changes that these tests assess) and also a huge respect for science,” said Fini Umali, a 2013 international rescue and relief graduate. “Learning how much time and effort goes into doing research

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o ing research into my future now.” h p “I really enjoyed the research actually,” said Michael McCarthy, senior chemistry major. “It’s probably my favorite thing to do, and I do it too much. I went to work when I should have been studying, but I don’t regret it in the least.” Sophomore Brad Carlson learned key prob - lem solving skills while particpating in a ge - netic research project at Union last school year.

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ment. Lois worked in various Jakarta Indonesia where he 195109s 50s offices at AMC, as secretary of taught second grade. As Sabbath Keep in touch the Sunnyside Church in Port - issues arose, the Lord provided a CORDmagazine wants to Al ’52 and Arlea Lippincott land, and to finish her career, in job at the Singapore American hear from you. You have told Stern ’52 celebrated their 65th the administrative offices at School in Singapore where he us this is your favorite sec - wedding anniversary on July AMC. has been teaching grade two tion. Tell us where you are, 14, 2012, in Estacada, Ore., with since December 1998. It is the what you’re doing or just a festive gathering of sisters, largest K-12 American school in send greetings. aunts, uncles, cousins and 197109s 70s the world with just under 4000 friends. Al Stern met Arlea Lip - students. He met Doresa Jane Direct your letters to: pincott at Union College. Al re - Carol Barker Huenergardt Balambao at the Jurong SDA Class-ifieds members the pretty girl with Alumni Office ’70 is the new administrator at church, and they were married brown eyes and red hair. Arlea Tabitha’s GracePointe Assisted in June 2011. She is a civil engi - Union College remembers shyly smiling back 3800 South 48th Street Living & Memory Care Suites in neer by training but is now at the returning WWII vet. The Lincoln, NE 68506 Lincoln, Neb. She comes to busily engaged in homemaking. e-mail: [email protected] rest is 65 years of family history. Tabitha with extensive experi - make changes online at After they were married, they ence in elder care and health Jeanie Drake ’93 and David returned to college and lived in p www.ucollege.edu/ care administration. Previously Valdenegro were married in cordmagazine married student housing—the she was administrator at Her - Whittier, Calif., on June 6, 2012. trailer park. After Al graduated itage Estates, a nursing and in - After honeymooning in San ’67 denotes graduation year with a degree in religion, he dependent living community in Diego, the couple moved to Ala - (’67) denotes last year attended served as a colporteur, pastor, Gering, Neb. In addition to re - bama where Jeanie teaches at or preferred class year Bible worker, and ordained ceiving her certification in as - Montgomery Adventist School. minister in Nebraska, California sisted living and skilled nursing and Washington. Arlea earned a administration, she is a certified 194109s 40s nursing degree and worked dementia practitioner, a skill ap - until retiring. Now she helps plied through GracePointe’s Andrew (’47) and Julia manage the Estacada Commu - memory care suites. “Judy” Thomson (’47) Sny - nity Center. Both are active der celebrated their 65th wed - members of the Estacada ding anniversary on June 8, Church, and Al pens the “Ask 199109s 90s 2013, with a reception hosted Al” Bible question-and-answer by their children, grandchildren column in the local newspaper. John Larson ’90 and his wife and great-grandchildren at the DJ welcomed Zara Janelle Lar - Pioneer Memorial Church Com - son on Sept. 4, 2013. She was mons in Berrien Springs, Mich. 196109s 60s born at Mount Elizabeth Hospital They have been members of in Singapore and weighed 7 lbs the Pioneer Memorial Church Charles ’66 and Lois Resler 13 oz. Zara joins brother Johan for 26 years. Andrew Snyder Smith ’64 celebrated their 50th Lucas, 18 months, at home. Since Jeanie and David Valdenegro and Julia Thomson were mar - wedding anniversary on July graduating from Union, John has Tanya Spilovoy ’97 , has ried May 30, 1948, in Beatrice, 22, 2012, with a sit-down din - worked at Springs Adventist begun a new job as executive Neb., by Pastor Dan Venden. ner for 135 friends and family at Academy in Colorado Springs, director of educational technol - Andrew has been a cement the Lents Activity Center in teaching grades one and two. ogy, distance education and K- contractor, and has poured ce - Portland, Ore. In 1960 Charles Then in 1994 he took an oppor - 12 initiatives for the North ment floors, driveways, etc., all met Lois Resler in Sterling, tunity to work at a non-denomi - Dakota University System. She around the world. Judy has Colo., where she was attending national Christian school in will graduate with an Ed.D. de - been a teacher in Benton Har - college and he was working in gree in higher educational lead - bor and Berrien Springs, Mich. the oil fields. He was baptized ership and organizational They are active in their church that fall, and they both attended change this fall. She has also and have participated in more Union College in Lincoln, Neb. been appointed to the Emerg - than 100 volunteer projects in They were married on July 22, ing Leaders in Online Educa - the U.S. and abroad. The Sny - 1962, and returned to Union tion Institute. der family includes Denise and College to finish their degrees. Seigfreid Grentz of Dou - Charles spent his entire work - Ramona Rose Air Fike was born glasville, Ga.; David and Renate ing career as a specialist in in - to Toby (’98) and Allison Snyder of Stephenville, Texas; formation systems, first at Rosette Fike ’03 on Oct. 15, Rebecca and Mark Becker Hinsdale Hospital in Hinsdale, 2012. Allison works at Parker ’77 ; Rachel Snyder-Kroncke of Ill., and then at Adventist Med - Hospital in Parker, Colo., as an Douglasville, Ga.; eight grand - ical Center (AMC) in Portland, advanced practice nurse in car - children; and five great-grand - Ore. From 1978 until his retire - diac diagnostics. Toby teaches children. ment in 2000, he was with the art for Rocky Mountain College North Pacific Union Conference of Art and Design. He is also a information systems depart - Zara and John Larson freelance graphic designer. 22 FALL 2013 ______C___L_A__S__S _-__I_F__I_E__D__S _

cember 2013. Frankie and Ellen 2002 0000s s are both employed at Union College, where Frankie is assis - Becky van den Hoven tant professor of biology and Krueger (’00) and Kelly Ellen is a nursing instructor. Krueger (’01) welcomed Kel - lan Alexander on August 5, Shane ’02 and Kate Rea 2011. He joins big brother, Flowers ’04 welcomed Mark Kent, age six, and big sister, Zoey Quinn Daivs Steven Leslie Flowers on Oct. 8, Keara, age three. Becky is a 2012. He joins his sister, Mara the photo of Zoey. dentist in Lincoln, Neb., and Bonnie, who is two years old. owns Krueger Family Dentistry. Shane works as the Don and Christine Pfeiffer Kelly is the owner of Rainwood systems/network manager for Allison ’02 are excited to wel - Ramona Rose Air Fike Interiors, a flooring and coun - Information Systems at Union come Hannah Christina Allison College. Kate is a certified K-12 Jon (’98) and Rachel Taber into their family. Hannah was art teacher but stays at home McElvain (’99) welcomed born December 20, 2011, and Kaitlyn Michelle on Dec. 21, weighed 8 lb 3 oz. The Allisons 2012. She joins Simon Paul, live in southwest Washington who is two years old. Jon is an state and in their free time engineer at Puget Sound Naval enjoy outdoor activities, espe - Shipyard in Bremerton, Wash. cially hiking and snowboard - Rachel is a physician assistant at ing, and being involved in their North Kitsap Family Practice in Keara, Kent and Kellan local church--and now spend - Poulsbo, Wash. Krueger ing time with their daughter. Don is a family physician in a tertop store. local rural health clinic, and Arianna Love Rumsey Poblete Christine works part-time as a was born to Allen ’01 and family physician assistant at an - Laura Rumsey Poblete ’03 Mark Steven Leslie Flowers on Feb. 3, 2013. She weighed 7 lb 4 oz and was 20 inches long. full-time with Mark and Mara. She joins big brother, Isaac, Arya Jade Moses was born to who is four years old. Laura is a Jason Moses ’03 and registered nurse in oncology at Michelle Singh-Moses ’03 on Florida Hospital-Altamonte, and Sept 3, 2013, weighing 7 lb 1 Allen is an art director at Embry oz. After Michelle completed a Riddle Aeronautical University master’s degree and Jason com - The McElvain family pleted a doctorate degree at Loma Linda, they returned to Kim Hill Cole ’99 and Daryl Burleson, Texas, where Jason Cole (former staff) are grew up. Michelle is a physician pleased to announce the birth assistant, and she works at of Kyla Faith, born Jan. 14, Don, Hannah and Christine CareNow, which is an urgent 2013. She weighed 6 lb 3 oz Allison care clinic in Arlington Texas. Jason is a physical therapist and and was 19 inches long. Kim other nearby rural health clinic. works at his own practice, Sum - was the accounting manager for Frankie ’02 and Ellen mit Peak Physical Therapy in Pointe General Contractors be - Broseghini Rose ’02 wel - fore Kyla was born. Now she is comed Emma Lucille Rose on a stay-at-home mom. Daryl is Isaac and Arianna Poblete July 21, 2011. They are also ex - the strategic communications cited to announce Emma will in Daytona. manager at Hamilton Health be getting a little brother in De - Care System. Zoey Quinn Davis was born to Tyson ’05 and Jenny Stricker Davis ’01 on May 13, 2013. She weighed 7 lb 10 oz and was 19.5 inches long. She joins big sister, Lexi, who is two Arya Jade Moses years old. Tyson is director of Arlington, Texas. finance for the Florida Region of Adventist Health Systems, Michelle Mohr Williams ’03 and Jenny stays at home with and her husband, Bob, are Lexi and Zoey. Credit to pleased to announce the arrival Daryl, Kyla and Kim Cole Heather Rice Photography for Emma Lucille Rose of Emma Hope, born Jan. 16, CORD magazine 23 _C__L__A__S_S__-_I_F__I_E__D__S______

2013. Emma weighed 7 lb 8 oz. works at Nebraska Internal taking time off to raise Hank. Talus, who is two years old. She joins big sisters, Hannah, Medicine and Bryan Health in Randi Beck Wolf ’06 and her Mindy is the associate director age five, and Olivia, age three. Lincoln, Neb., and Nick works husband Michael are pleased to of continuing medical educa - Michelle is a stay-at-home at Sutter Place Interiors in Lin - announce the arrival of Char - tion at Loma Linda University mom, and Bob is a heavy coln, Neb., and Tammy Lin lotte Leann Wolf, born April 9, School of Medicine. Travis is a equipment operator for Kissick 2013. She weighed 7 lb 6 oz family and preventive medicine Construction. They live in Ams - and was 20.5 inches long. resident physician at Loma Randi is a registered nurse at Saint Elizabeth Regional Med - ical Center in Lincoln, Neb., and Michael is a machinist with

Kalinin Crixus Eliason Fisheries in Alaska. Emma Hope Williams terdam, Mo. Lori Gibbs Brown ’06 and her husband Eddie welcomed June Iona Leeker was born to Edward Nehemiah Brown III Josh ’04 and Aubrey Goble (“Eddie”) on February 18, 2013. Leeker ’05 on Nov. 30, 2012. He weighed 8 lb 15 oz. Lori is a Both Josh and Aubrey are pho - technical illustrator for L-3 tographers for their photogra - Communications in Salt Lake phy business, The Leekers. City, Utah. Eddie is a graphic The Morrell family Their website is Linda University Medical Cen - Charlotte Leann Wolf ter. BNSF Railway. Landon Michael Liebelt was Andrea Faith Miller was born to born to Michael ’07 and Jared ’06 and Katie Kaiser Rachel Lehman Liebelt (’09) Miller ’06 July 12, 2012. She on Dec. 22, 2012. He weighed 7 weighed 7 lbs 11 oz and was lb 3 oz and was 19.5 inches 19.75 inches long. She joins long. Rachel is a registered two-year-old sister Angela nurse on a surgical unit at Grace at home. Jared is a pastor Kadlec Regional Medical Center June Iona Leeker Edward Nehemiah Brown III in the Iowa-Missouri confer - in Richland, WA. Although she theleekers.com. designer for iPrint & Design. ence, and Katie is a stay-at- works full time on the night shift, she enjoys her days off Brad ’04 and Asheley Henry O’Neil Fraser was born when she works as a full-time Quirindongo Woodruff ’06 to Robbie (’08) and Lauren mom. Michael has a mental have moved from Idaho to Carrico Fraser ’06 on March health counselor’s license and Maryland. Brad has accepted a 5, 2013. He weighed 8 lb 14 oz position at Adventist Risk Man - and was 21.5 inches long. Rob - agement as database adminis - bie is a bill of work clerk at trator in Silver Spring, Md. American Airlines. Lauren has Asheley is a professor of psy - worked as an educational sign chology, licensed counselor, language interpreter, but she is and published writer. Besides spending time with their three children, Brad is finishing a master’s degree in computer se - Landon Michael Liebelt curity. They are looking for - ward to exploring the is a mental health counselor at Washington, D.C., area. Andrea and Angela Miller Coyote Ridge Corrections Cen - home mom. ter. Nick ’05 and Megan Ahrens Eliason ’10 are pleased to an - Travis ’06 and Mindy Mekel - Jocelyn Collett Aalborg ’08 nounce the arrival of Kalinin burg Morrell ’06 are pleased and her husband Chase wel - Crixus “Crixy” on April 13, to announce the arrival of Ze - comed Charlotte “Charlee” Col - 2013. She weighed 4 lb 5 oz Henry O’Neil Fraser bulun William, born Jan. 26, lett Aalborg on August 25, 2012. and was 18 inches long. Megan 2013. He joins big brother She was born 11 weeks early 24 FALL 2013 ______C___L_A__S__S _-__I_F__I_E__D__S _ and weighed 2 lbs 7 oz and was watch?v=uGot2sYvgk0 to see Ashley Groeneweg ’10 and June 7, 2013, at Camp Round 15 inches long. She spent 62 his winning application video). J.C. Lynch were married on Oct. Meadow in Southern California. days in the NICU and came The Google Teacher Academy 7, 2012. J.C. attends Loma Linda They live in Loma Linda where home weighing 5 lb 14 oz. Joce - is a two-day intensive program medical school, and Ashley is Justin has started his third year lyn is a stay-at-home mom, and that recognizes educators who finishing a master’s degree in bi - are doing innovative and excit - ology. She also teaches math to ing things in their classrooms grades 7 and 8 at La Sierra Acad - with technology. Fifty partici - emy junior high. pants will get hands-on experi - ence with Google’s products Luis ’10 and Crystal Cannon and technologies, learn about Torres ’10 , are pleased to an - innovative instructional strate - nounce the birth of Noah gies, and receive resources to Daniel on Sept. 24, 2012. He Justin and Betsy Woods share with colleagues. Upon weighed 6 lb .5 oz and was completion, Academy partici - 19.25 inches long. Crystal is a of medical school, and Betsy pants become Google Certified registered nurse while Luis workPs aes ao nuprsel ate Lo ma Linda Teachers who share what they University Medical Center. learn with other K-12 educators Placements in their local regions and be - People yond. Chris, the senior English teacher and Technology Coordi - Placements nator at The Primacy Collegiate Academy, an Adventist high Sarah Fredregill ’10 is the Charlotte Collett Aalborg school in Taipei, Taiwan, was new office manager for the Di - honored to be among the few vision of Nursing. Originally Chase is director of finance at selected. “This was actually the from Lincoln, she graduated Littleton Adventist Hospital in fifth time I’ve applied, and I al - from Union in 2010 with a de - Littleton, Colo. most considered not throwing gree in elementary education. Lisa Kemper ’09 and Bryan my hat in the ring,” he said, “but She is married to Aaron and Venteicher ’04 were married I decided to give it one last shot, most recently worked at a pedi - on June 9, 2013, in Lyons, Colo. atrician’s office. Lisa in the science teacher for Noah Daniel Torres grades 7-12 at Mile High Acad - works in patient financial serv - Scott McIntosh is the new ices at Valley View Hospital in painter for Plant Services. Born Glenwood Springs, Colo. and raised in Missouri, he moved to Lincoln when he mar - Jaxson Michael Brawner was ried his wife, Misty ’02 . He has born to Angela Newman worked in construction for a Brawner ’11 and her husband, number of years and also spent Bryant, on July 12, 2012. Angela time doing factory work. Al - is a cashier at Sam’s Club in Lin - though an avid sports fan, his fa - vorite pastime is spending time with his wife and four children: Hailey, Olivia, Adelyn and Eli.

Chris Webb Tyler Anderson ’11 is the new administrative assistant for and I was thrilled to be chosen the international rescue and re - lief program. Born in Sacra - Bryan and Lisa Venteicher to repr2010sesent my school and my emy in Denver, Colo. Bryan church.” mento, Calif., he moved to works as a Java developer at Idaho when he was two. Hav - Elavon in Denver. Colo. 2010s ing spent most of his life explor - ing the outdoors, he pursued a Google tm has selected Chris degree in IRR and graduated in Webb ’09 as an attendee at the 2011. Excited to return to cam - next Google Teacher Academy, pus, he will also assist the pro - gram in coordinating the to be held in Chicago, Ill., on Jaxson Michael Brawner July 24, 2013. Webb is one of disaster response team, manag - only 50 educators from around coln, Neb., and Bryant works in ing the summer program and the world selected for their pas - shipping and receiving at Stan - certifying students in CPR and sion for using innovative tools ley Medical. as EMTs. to improve teaching and learn - Betsy Norton ’12 and Justin ing. (Go to www.youtube.com/ J.C. and Ashley Lynch Woods ’11 were married on Chris Johnson ’08 is the new CORD magazine 25 _P__E__O__P__L__E ___P__L__A__C__E__M__E__N_ TS annual giving director for the combine both interests in his Development as the teacher for Union College. She met her Advancement Office. While new position with IRR. He and grades five through eight at husband, Torrey ’00 , upon re - new to his post, he fulfilled his wife have two children, George Stone Elementary turning to Union and they have many of the duties in his Scarlett and Truman, and a dog School. Raised in upstate New a three-year-old son, Zeke. previous position as special and cat. York, she graduated from At - projects coordinator. Originally Kalie Saunders ’13 is the new lantic Union College and began LeAnn Merth ’86 has transi - from Eau Claire, Wis., he gradu - assistant director for guest serv - her teaching career with her tioned to assistant dean of ated from Union in 2008 with a ices. Born in Minnesota, she husband, John, in Anchorage, women for Rees Hall. A 1986 degree in business and an em - grew up in Illinois where her Ala. After working in schools graduate of Union College, she phasis in marketing. parents worked for 3ABN and throughout the North Pacific earned a master’s degree in so - she was a regular face on their Union Conference and earning cial work from the University of Shawntae Horst ’07 is the programs. A 2013 international her master’s in curriculum and Nebraska—Omaha. She re - new assistant professor of rescue and relief graduate with a instruction, she came to Union turned to Union in 1992 to work health and human performance. minor in religion, she is pursu - to teach in the English as a Sec - as the assistant dean of women Born in North Dakota, she ing her master’s in international ond Language program (since and had been head dean for the earned an associate degree in development with her husband, renamed English for Academic past eight years. pre-allied health from Union Andrew ’12 , through Andrews Purposes) four years ago. College before moving to Loma University. Jonathan Rickard has transi - Linda University to ontain a Peggy Wahlen ’70 is now an tioned from being student ac - doctor of physical therapy in Kurt Miyashiro is the new as - associate professor of English in counts manager to assistant 2011. She returned to Lincoln sociate professor of music in the the Division of Humanities. For - director of Student Financial after graduation and most re - Division of Fine Arts. Raised in merly the director of the English Services. A native of California, cently worked at Midwest Phys - California, he earned a bache - for Academic Purposes pro - he obtained his B.S. from Pacific ical Therapy and Sports Center. lor’s degree at Pacific Union Col - gram, she has worked at Union Union College and an M.B.A. in lege and then taught at Mile College for 16 years. A Union management from the Univer - Corraine McNeill is the new High Adventist Academy, where graduate, she obtained her mas - sity of California. He came to assistant professor of biology in he met and married his wife ter’s in English from Loma Linda the Division of Science and Beth Welch ’89 —who now University (now La Sierra Uni - Mathematics. Born in Clarendon, works in the Teaching Learning versity) and has taught at vari - IN MEMORY Jamaica, she moved to the U.S. Center. Since completing his ous Adventist schools and Death dates and/or obituar - to study biology at Randolph- Ph.D. in composition at the Uni - colleges across the country. Her ies have been received for Macon Woman’s College in Vir - versity of Minnesota, he has husband and children are also the following individuals. ginia. Originally torn between worked at Southeastern Illinois all Union alumni. pursuing medicine and teaching, College in Harrisburg, Ill. Desir - she eventually found her calling ing to share his Christian faith Julie Escobar ’08 is the new in entomology and obtained her more openly, he is pleased to director of special projects for Union College in 2010 after master’s from the University of come to Union College and feels the Physician Assistant Studies working for the U.S. Census Bu - Florida. She continued her stud - strongly led here by God. Program. Born and raised in reau and loves exploring nature ies in entomology and urban Cleveland, Tenn., she graduated with his five-year-old son, Ben. pest control, earning a Ph.D. in with a B.A. in biology from December of 2012. She met her Transitioned: Southern Adventist University Lester Trubey (’27) , Union husband, Seth, while studying in and came to Union to pursue City, Mich., died Dec. 11, 2012, Florida and the two were mar - Taryn Rouse is the new direc - physician assistant studies. Hav - at age 104. He was born Jan. 18, ried in May 2009. tor of Student Financial Serv - ing completed the program in 1908, in Glen Elder, Kan. Lester ices. Born and raised in 2008, she returned as the in - was member of the Burlington, Gary Walter is the new emer - southern California, she gradu - terim clinical director in 2012 Mich., church. Survivors include gency services coordinator for ated from William Penn Univer - until transitioning into her new his sons, Charles and Edward; the international rescue and re - sity in Iowa with a degree in position last December. She and daughters, Eva Badger and lief program. He spent most of social work. Married to Tony her husband, Raúl, have a Great Jeanette Bissell; 13 grandchil - his young adult life as a para - ’03 she has worked at Union for Dane, Dixie. dren and 25 great-grandchildren. medic in his home state of Ore - eight years. Their children are gon until he returned to college Carson and Connor. Donene Braithwaite ’00 has Albert Eisenman (’32) , Re - in 1995 to complete a bachelor’s transitioned to her new role as public, Wash., died Dec. 15, degree at La Sierra Adventist Richard Henriques has transi - dean of women for Rees Hall. 2012, at age 99. He was born University. He attended semi - tioned from the network man - Born and raised in upstate New May 31, 1913, in Glenham, S.D., nary at Andrews University ager to director of Information York, she graduated from Union and was a member of the Love - where he met his wife, Jen - Systems. Originally coming to College in 2000 with a degree in land church. Survivors include nifer Mix ’92 , and the two Union as a student, he has psychology and religion. Hav - his wife, Bertha; daughters, began a church plant in Col - worked in the department for ing task forced at an academy Donna Hartenstein, Crystal orado Springs, Colo. After sev - 30 years. during college, she knew she Konner ’62, DeEtta Burr eral years in ministry, Walter wanted to work as a dean and (’62), Lititia Coleman ’66, Al - returned to emergency medi - Jenienne Kriegelstein has accepted several academy posi - dine Klein ’70, Joanne Rea cine and is now pleased to joined the Division of Human tions before coming back to (’71) , and Robin Howard ’78 ; 26 FALL 2013 ______I__N___M____E_M___O___R_Y__ one sister; 21 grandchildren six months later. He served held vegetarian cooking and 45 great-grandchildren. overseas for three years, return - Sharon Waggoner (’40) , St. classes, and teamed with a ing to study dentistry at the Uni - Joseph, Mo., died Mar. 15, 2013, group in founding the Black Daniel Cornforth ’38 , Ukiah, versity of Nebraska. He worked at age 91. He was born Oct. 23, Hills Health and Education Calif., died June 26, 2013, at age as a dentist in Loveland, Colo., 1921, to Everett and Reva Center in South Dakota. Glenn 97. He was born December 29, for 35 years, before retiring and Campbell Waggoner in Dairy - 1915, in Didsbury, Alberta, moving to Ukiah, Calif., in land, Wisc. He married Marion Canada. Daniel served in World 1984. He was an artist, photog - Francis Kantz in 1941. Dr. Wag - War II for two years. He spent rapher and avid reader and was goner served in the medical most of his working life as known for his humor, kindness corps and was in officer candi - owner of Silver State Plastics in and intelligence. He volun - date school during World War Colorado. For the past 25 years, teered at his church and hospi - II. He served in the European he has resided in the Ukiah tal for many years. He was theatre and flew 71 missions area. He will be remembered preceded in death by Mavis, his over Italy, Germany and the for his volunteer work at the wife of 65 years. Survivors in - Baltics. Sharon finished as a Ukiah Valley Medical Center, clude his daughters, Judy major after active duty and rose his sense of humor, positive Beckner Hindman ’73 , and to the rank of lieutenant colonel outlook on life, friendliness, Jan Beckner Woesner (’73) ; in the army air corps. He gradu - and of course, his famous bow sisters, Carolyn Beckner Raff ated from Loma Linda Univer - ties. Dan is survived by his ’48 and Eileen Beckner Dirk - sity and began his career as a daughter, Ruth DeBooy (’69) ; sen (’43) ; and four grandchil - general practitioner and sur - sons, Don (’62) and James; dren. geon in St. Joseph, Mo., in 1951 brother, Joe Deters; eight and retired in 1998. Survivors Glenn Wiltse grandchildren, 17 great-grand - Ralph Juhl (’40) , Drayton, include his wife, Marion; enjoyed gardening, woodwork - children, and 4 great-great- N.D., died Oct. 1, 2013, at age daughter, Marcella Hassen; son, ing, history and archeology, pi - grandchildren. 95. He was the third of nine Ken; brother, Lee; and three loting his own airplane, children born to Henry and grandchildren. photography, water skiing and Chester Martin (’38) , Port Christina Juhl in Bowesmont, boating. He is survived by his Charlotte, Fla., died Oct. 28, N.D. He graduated from Glenn Wiltse ’43 , Albu - daughter, Charlene Zeelau 2012, at age 94. He was born Sheyenne River Academy in querque, N.M., died June 15, ’67 ; sons, Curtis ’70 and Sept. 5, 1918, in Veblen, S.D. 1939 and was drafted in 1942 2013, at age 93. He was born Doug (’84) , six grandchildren Chester was a member of the while a student at Union Col - near Modale, Ia., to David and and eight great-grandchildren. Port Charlotte church for 28 lege. After WWII, Ralph re - Grady Lea Wiltse the oldest of years. He retired in 1983 after turned to Lincoln where he met three children. As an eighth- Albert Hehn (’43) , Cheney, 25 years in the printing busi - and married Betty Fischer grader, he did a presentation on Neb., died Aug. 27, 2013, at age ness at Washington Adventist (’45) . Ralph farmed in the Red what he wanted to be—a 92. He was born July 21, 1921 University (Columbia Union River Valley all his life. The cou - physician like his grandfather, in Jordan, Mont., to Carl and College) in Takoma Park, Md., ple worked on 30 projects con - Dr. Edward W. Wiltse. As a re - Caroline Haas Hehn. His family and the Review & Herald Pub - structing churches and schools. sult, he was nicknamed “Doc” remembers his telling of when lishing Association in Hager - during his high school years. he helped build the gymnasium stown, Md. He is survived by After graduating from Modale building while a student at his wife of 72 years, Camilla High School in 1937 as valedic - Union. He taught school in Bochek Martin; one daughter, torian of his class, he graduated North Dakota and was a tile Sharon Dickson-Kadel; three from Union College in 1943. He and carpet installer for floors in grandsons and six great-grand - married Helen Johnson ’43 Lincoln, Neb. He was a mem - children. on June 14, 1943. After studying ber and deacon at Piedmont medicine at College of Medical Park Seventh-day Adventist Martha Cook Wasemiller Evangelists (now Loma Linda church in Lincoln, Neb. Sur - (’38) , Loma Linda, Calif., died University), he served in the vivors include his wife, Violet; May 2, 2013, at age 97. Survivors U.S. Army spending a little over sons, Randy, Bruce ’78, Daryl include her sister, Dorothy a year in Germany in a field (’79) ; daughter, Lisa Truax Hauser; and daughters, Shirley hospital in Wurzburg. In July ’90 ; ten grandchildren, two Field and Janet McKeehan 1950, he and his family moved great-grandchildren; nieces and ’63 . Ralph Juhl to Wahpeton, N.D., where he nephews. Ralph was a devoted man who joined Drs. Elmer Wasemiller Joseph Beckner ’40 , Ukiah, loved his God, family, church ’41 and Melvin Beltz ’43 , Raymond Weikum (’44) , Calif., died Nov. 17, 2012, at and country. He is survived by forming the Wahpeton Clinic, Harvey, N.D., died Aug. 6, age 93. Born in Iola, Kan., Joe his wife of 67 years, Betty; son, where he practiced medicine 2013, at age 86. He was born to graduated from Union College Jerry ’70 ; daughters, Caren for 42 years until June 1992. Jacob and Katherine Opp with a degree in math and Davis ’71 and Charlene Glenn conducted programs to Weikum on August 30, 1926. physics. He married, Mavis Hansen (’75) ; five grandchil - stop smoking in the U.S., Iran, Ray attended Elbowoods High Ching ’44 , on May, 29, 1942, dren and five great-grandchil - Qatar, Lebanon, and Russia. He School where he was a starter and was drafted into the army dren. and Helen gave health lectures, on the 1942 State Class B CORD magazine 27 _I_N___M____E__M__O___R__Y ______

Championship basketball team. brother. Keene, Texas, where she met Mowry ’70 and Kathy Bricker; Following his high school grad - Howard Birch ’47 . They were eleven grandchildren, four uation in 1943, he attended John Herr ’46 , Keene, Texas, married on July 13, 1946 in great-grandchildren; two broth - Union College in Lincoln, Neb. died July 17, 2013, at age 92. Stanley, N.M., and continued ers, Ted and Ken; sister, June In 1947, while visiting his Pastor Herr was born in Mc - their studies at Union College. Thompson brother Albert in Des Moines, Clusky, N.D., on March 27, After both graduated in 1947, Iowa, Ray met Phyllis Greene. 1921. He worked 41 years for they taught elementary school Faye Hendrick Brun ’48, As his wife tells it, he took one the Seventh-day Adventist in Texas and Missouri. Through Shreveport, La., died July 31, look and stayed. The following church as a pastor in South the years, Effie worked in the 2012, at age 85. She graduated year on July 13, they were Dakota, Missouri, and Indiana; cafeteria and taught home eco - from a college preparatory united in marriage in Des and in 1973, he served as field nomics, typing and shorthand at school in Boston before coming Moines. Making their home in representative for the wills and Sunnydale Academy in Cen - to Union. Faye married her col - Walla Walla, Wash., Ray en - trusts department of the Texas tralia, Mo., Maplewood Acad - lege sweetheart, Edwin Brun rolled in college and studied conference. The last job took emy in Hutchinson, Minn., and ’49 , after being tardy to a col - theology. In 1958 they returned him to churches all over Texas, Georgia Cumberland Academy lege class and forced to take the to North Dakota and settled on where he preached and made in Calhoun, Ga. After retiring in last available seat in the lecture a farm near Harvey in 1963. Ray many acquaintances. After retir - 1982, they moved to a home in hall—next to him. After gradua - and Phyllis moved into Harvey ing in 1988, he found part-time the country near Sedan, Kan., tion, she earned a master’s de - in 2009. He was a member of work at Rubbermaid for 12 which had been her parent’s gree in education and an Ed.D. the Manfred Seventh-day Ad - years. Pastor Herr was preceded home. She may have been best Faye taught history and served ventist church and often in death by his wife of 66 years, known for her wheat bread, as a guidance counselor in high preached in churches through - Arleen VandeVere Herr gooey cinnamon rolls, or a school for 25 years. A lifetime out North Dakota. He was a tal - (’46) , who died June 18, 2012. handmade blanket. Effie is sur - lover of nature, she could name ented artist, painting and Survivors include his son Gary; vived by sister, Reba Mooney; all the species of wildflowers drawing landscapes from all daughter, Deanna Herr; five daughters, Linda Lynch and native to Maine by early child - over the country. Ray and Phyl - granddaughters; five great- Beverly Tasche; two grandchil - hood. She often recounted lis were once avid snowbirds, grandchildren; brothers, Ben, dren and two great-grandchil - memories of the wonders of taking their camper down south Lloyd ’52 , and Jim ’57 ; sisters, dren. growing up in New England to for the winter. They enjoyed Elsie Lehmann (’53), Helen her children and grandchildren. bird watching, hiking and Rice (’49) , Lenora Copsey, Douglas K. Brown ’48, Faye also loved travel and scenery. Survivors include his Darlene Rouse ’57 and Shirley Columbus, Wis., died June 7, spoke fondly of several trips— wife, Phyllis; daughters, Roberta Anderson; and dozens of nieces 2013, at age 88. He was born on to Italy, the Galapagos, Kenya, Evans and Dessa Kreiter ’73 ; and nephews. Dec. 21, 1924, in Selma, Ala., to China, the Amazon, and the for - son, Marlin; and four grandchil - Harry and Mary “Tiny” Davis mer Soviet Union. She is sur - dren. R. Lee Kretz ’46 , Temple, Brown. Doug served in the U.S. vived by her husband; two Texas, died Feb. 2, 2013, at age Army during WW II. He was children, Roy and Sylvia; three Arlene Boyko Zabolotney 88. Lee was born June 4, 1924, married to Ardys Bodtker grandchildren and two great- (’45) , Ogden, Utah, died Feb. in Shattuck, Okla., to Jake and (’40) on Sept. 30, 1945 in grandchildren. 20, 2013, at age 85. She was Clara Ehrlich Kretz. He married Fletcher, N.C. His career as a born to Harry and Mary Boyko Bertha Rodgers in 1944. After college science professor and Edwin Brun ’49 , Shreveport, on Feb. 14, 1928, in Ruso, N.D. graduating from Southwestern administrator spanned forty La., died Feb. 2, 2013, at age 88. She began a teaching career at Junior College in 1944 and years of service to Seventh-day After graduating from Fair Park age 18, and then married Paul Union College in 1946, he spent Adventist colleges—in the U.S. High School in Shreveport, La., Zabolotney. They started a farm 40 years in ministry working for for 24 years and overseas in in 1944, he joined the army. He and family while she continued the church as a pastor, boys’ East Asia and the Caribbean for served in the Solomon Islands, with teaching and her educa - dean, Bible teacher, and various 16 years. Doug was a lifelong Guadalcanal and Bougainville, tion—eventually earning a conference positions. He was a member of the Seventh-day Ad - caring for the sick and Ph.D. Arlene enjoyed mis - conference ministerial director ventist church. He and Ardys wounded amid fierce combat in sions—participating in several at the time of his retirement in looked forward with eager an - the area. After the war, he re - extended volunteer mission 1986. After his retirement, he ticipation to the soon return of turned to complete a bachelor’s projects to Africa, Finland, Rus - was an active public speaker. Jesus. He enjoyed spending degree in biology from Union sia, Mexico, and various U.S. Survivors include his sons, Ken - time with his children, grand - College. He met Faye Hen - states. The majority of her edu - neth and Lawrence; and one children and great-grandchil - drick ’48 one day when she cation career was in Adventist grandson. dren, and would brag about was running late to class and schools. Her last position was as their accomplishments to any - had to take the last available principal in the Texas Confer - Effie Fisher Birch ’47 , one who would listen. He was a seat, which was beside him. ence. After retiring and moving Chanute, Kan., died July 6, master gardener and loved Shortly after graduation, they to Ogden, Utah, she volun - 2013, at age 89. She was born growing anything from fruits were married. He continued his teered for Deamude Christian March 10, 1924, in Stanley, and vegetables to nuts and education at Northwestern State School. She is survived by her N.M., to Chester and Rebecca flowers all the while battling the University with a master’s de - children; Arla, Terry, and Desta; Fisher, who traveled by wagon local critters for his crops. Sur - gree in education. He spent four grandchildren, one great- from Oklahoma. Effie attended vivors include two sons, Doug many years in the pharmaceuti - grandchild, two sisters and one school in Stanley, N.M., and in and Steve; two daughters, Julie cal industry and later joined 28 FALL 2013 ______I__N___M____E_M___O___R_Y__

Caddo Parish Schools as a sci - organization that produces and Andrews University until Guiana from 1955 to 1966 and ence teacher, a career he loved Bible stories as well as charac - he retired after 46 years of serv - then returned to Lincoln, Neb., and cherished. He retired as a ter-building radio drama pro - ice. After retirement he had to raise their family. For many counselor in 1986. He had a vi - grams for boys and girls. more time to enjoy his various years she was the bookkeeper brant personality and many in - Gordon is survived by two hobbies—model railroading, for the Piedmont Park church terests, including music, sons, Eric and Del; a half-sister, raising daylilies, photography, and ran school fundraising proj - barbershop quartets, travel, bird Beverly Olson; and two grand - stamp collecting, classical music ects. From 1981 to 1985 she watching and astronomy. Sur - children. and golfing for exercise. He is taught remedial math and tu - vivors include his children, Roy survived by a niece. tored in the Teaching Learning and Sylvia; three grandchildren Florence Oss Doss ’49 , St. Center at Union College. In and three great-grandchildren. Joseph, Mich., died Oct. 16, Ruth Hanson Ledington ’49 , 1987 she earned a master’s de - 2012, at age 89. She was a Paradise, Calif., died May 23, gree in education from the Uni - Gordon Engen ’49 , Hamburg, member of the Pioneer Memo - 2013, at age 85. She lived to versity of Nebraska in Lincoln. Pa., died Oct. 20, 2012, at age rial Church in Berrien Springs, serve others. She worked as a In 1988 she and Oliver once 85. He was the husband of the Mich. Survivors include her nurse for many years and had a again answered the call and late Blossom Church Engen husband, Norman Doss ’51 ; very active life raising her chil - went as missionaries to Korea ’48 . They had been married 61 son Gorden Doss (’71) ; two dren. She is survived by her five where she taught at Sahmyook years when she passed away in grandchildren and four great- children; ten grandchildren; University until 1991. From 2010. Born in Thief River Falls, grandchildren. two great-grandchildren; and 1991 to 1993, she again taught Minn., Gordon was the son of her black lab, Thor. Ole Benoni “Benny” Engen and Harold Heidtke ’49 , Berrien Serena Larson Engen. He grad - Springs, Mich., died Jan. 1, Donald Kirkwood ’50 , uated from Maplewood Acad - 2013, at age 88. The only son of Powhatan, Va., died March 28, emy, from Union College with a Lily and Ernest Heidtke, he was 2013, at age 91. He is survived degree in theology and from born May 27, 1924, in by his wife, Dorothy and two Michigan State University with a Rochester, Minn., at the Mayo daughters. master’s degree in journalism. Clinic. After graduating from Working as an educator and ad - Rochester Senior High School John Parobek ’50 , Lodi, ministrator in the Seventh-day in 1942, he enrolled at Pacific Calif., died Dec. 14, 2012, at age Adventist Church for most of Union College. His education 91. He was born in Cleveland, his life, he served as the boys’ was interrupted when he was Ohio, and lived there for many dean and teacher at Adelphian drafted into the U.S. Army in years. Twenty-five of those Academy, public relations di - 1943. While in service he was years he was principal of in rector at Emmanuel Missionary introduced to Dorothy Cushing, inner-city schools in Cleveland. College (now Andrews Univer - and they were married in Au - John and his wife, Mary Sue sity), and editor of the Lake gust 1944. After his honorable Jones ’49 , served as missionar - Barbara Pogue Union Herald. Before his retire - discharge from the army in ies at Spicer College in India ment, he worked for 17 years in April 1946, Harold enrolled at from 1952-1957. For the past math at Union College. In 1993 the General Conference. Gor - Boston University. But when he few years, he has lived in Lodi, Barbara and Oliver made their don loved to travel. Freelance encountered Sabbath difficul - Calif., to be near his family. In last mission trip, spending three photojournalism assignments ties, he transferred to Union 2006, he married Ethel months in Rwanda. That year took him to India, Nepal, the College. In 1949, he earned a Reynolds Cole (’65) . He they retired to Arizona where Azores, South America and ex - bachelor’s degree in biology raised and loved horses. He she continued to be active in tensively throughout North from Union. In 1951, he earned also loved the outdoors and education and volunteered her America. In the late 1960s, he a master’s degree in biology had a landscaping business on assistance to many causes. She produced a multi-media pro - with an emphasis in parasitol - the side. In Ohio, he always is survived by her sister, Wanda gram involving 11 screens, 27 had a large garden. He loved Krein ’59 ; sons, Maynard slide and movie projectors, and music and played the musical (’74) and Roy (’84) ; daugh - a narrated sound track, all con - saw beautifully. He is survived ters, Carol Pogue ’77 and trolled by two computers built by his wife, Ethel; daughter, Pamela Emerson ’84 ; six for this purpose. Gordon was Sharon Bowen and three grand - grandchildren and three great- also a commercial pilot and children. grandchildren. used his expertise to support and guide the missionary work Barbara Versaw Pogue ’50 , Max Torkelsen ’50 , Portland, of the church throughout the Prescott, Ariz., died July 29, Ore., died Dec. 8, 2012, at age world. He was instrumental in 2013, at age 85. Barbara gradu - 86. Born in Nebraska to farm - helping build an airport at An - ated from Union College Acad - ers, he served as a medic in drews University, which today emy in 1946 and from Union Germany during World War II. offers degrees in aviation tech - Harold Heidtke College in 1950 with a mathe - Following the war, he began his nology and aviation mainte - matics degree and an account - ministry career in North Dakota nance. During his time in ogy from the University of Ne - ing minor. She married Oliver pastoring a five-church district. Michigan, he provided leader - braska. Harold then taught at Pogue ’49 in 1950. They He later moved into educa - ship for Your Story Hour, an Emmanuel Missionary College served as missionaries to British tional work as a principal and CORD magazine 29 _I_N___M____E__M__O___R__Y ______superintendent, and continued cousins. grandchildren. vived by two daughers, Rachel in conference administrative “Ruth” Kibble and Donna Sea - posts. He served as president of Royce Williams ’51 , Lenoir Bobby Roberts ’52 , Granbury, man; son, Gerald; two sisters, the North Pacific Union Confer - City, Tenn., died May 28, 2013, Texas, died Sept. 27, 2013, at Ruth Bookhardt and Jeanne ence from 1976-1980. This long - at age 85. Pastor Williams was a age 85. Bobby was born Jan. 23, “Tiny” Hartsfield; eight grand - time church administrator and longtime evangelist who 1928, in Fort Worth, Texas, to children and twelve great- educator also served as vice throughout his career served as Percy and Lillie Belle Kincannon grandchildren. president of the Seventh-day manager, global evangelism co - Roberts. He graduated from Adventist church. In retirement, ordinator, director of field serv - Trimble Tech High School in Marlene Stevens Behr ’54 , he worked as a visitation pastor ices, and special projects Fort Worth and from Union Col - Kailua, Hawaii, died May 16, for the college church at Walla coordinator for the It Is Written lege in Lincoln, Neb. He be - 2013, at age 81. She was born to Walla University. He is survived television ministry, and also came a minister, missionary and Eunice and Fred Stevens on by his wife Ardis Carle ’47 ; worked extensively in the Far evangelist to Colombia, Nov. 21, 1931, in Oswego, Kan. sons, Max and Monte; daughter, Eastern Division. Royce was Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Mexico She graduated from Altamont Myrna Smith; seven grandchil - born on a farm northeast of and Central America for more High School in 1949 and at - dren and three great-grandchil - Greeley, Colo., on Feb. 15, than 50 years. Survivors include tended Union College, where dren. 1928, the youngest of four his wife, Bettye; children, Lindy she earned a two-year degree in Billie Ann Wright Case (’51) , brothers. When he was four, his Thomason ’76 , John, Randy, teaching. While teaching at the Sonora, Calif., died July 10, family moved to Nebraska, Mary Ellen Winegardner; eleven junior academy in Hutchinson, 2013, at age 81. She was born in where he grew up on a cattle grandchildren and one great- Kan., she met Bob Behr ’49 , Mullen, Neb., to Billy and Mil - ranch. In 1946, he was drafted granddaughter. who was the principal there. dred Wright. In 1951, Billie into the Navy, and was dis - After one year, she returned to moved from Nebraska to Cali - charged a little more than six Peggy Gordon Crandall Union College to complete a fornia. She was a career nurse months later when World War II (’53) , Potsdam, N.Y., died July bachelor’s degree. In the mean - with acute care training and cer - ended. But that was enough for 7, 2013, at age 80. She was born time, Bob had been drafted into tification. She also worked in him to qualify for the GI Bill, en - May 12, 1933, in Mountain the service during the Korean nursing administration after abling him to attend college. In Grove, Mo., to Lew and Thelma War and served for two years. earning a master’s degree in 1947, after a few months at Gordon. After attending Fair - On June 16, 1954, they were business administration from Union College, and after falling grove High School in Missouri, married in Lincoln, Neb. Mar - Sacramento State University. Bil - she studied nursing at Union lene spent 51 years teaching in lie settled in Sonora twenty College. As a young teenage one public and six different Ad - years ago to work at Sonora girl, she raced stock cars, which ventist academies, as well as Community Hospital. Although was a rare sport for girls at the teaching early childhood devel - she retired in 2010, she contin - time. She taught one year of opment courses for both La ued to volunteer until March school in Cassville, Mo., and Sierra University and Pacific 2012. She also volunteered at later in Canton, N.Y., to teach at Union College. She served vari - the Seventh-day Adventist the Adventist school. There ous capacities in those years in - church where she was a mem - Peggy met Donald Crandall, and cluding registrar, secretary, and ber. She enjoyed reading, learn - they were married on June 9, girls’ dean. She taught P.E., his - ing and gardening. Survivors 1955. Peggy also worked as a tory, English as a second lan - include her husband of 61 home health aide for a number years, Marvin; her children, of years. She is survived by her Carol Moses, Cynthia Acker - six children; Mark, Ralph, Kris - man, Steve, and Pam Railsback; ten Benson, Alan, Terry, Sean; brother, Wayne Wright; sister, eleven grandchildren; brothers, Royce Williams Susie De Shon; eleven grand - Pat and Gary; and sister, Vivian children and seven great-grand - in love with soon-to-be wife, Ludolph (’60) . children Frances Sundeen (’47) , he decided to be a minister. After Donna Goins Kibble (’53) , Martha Benson Laffoon graduating in 1951, Royce Albany, Mo., died Sept 27, 2013, (’51) , Vivian, La., died Jan. 11, served as a pastor in Missouri at age 81. She was born Aug. 1, 2013, at age 85. Martha worked for two years before accepting a 1932, in Pocatello, Idaho, to Ed - as a bookkeeper until her par - call to the Philippines. During ward and Ethel Steward Goins. ents became ill. She then cared the next 23 years, he served as a Donna attended Union College for them and other elderly mission director, union evangel - and graduated from Pacific friends. She was a lifelong mem - ist and Far Eastern Division min - Union College in Angwin, Calif., ber of the Adventist church. She isterial secretary, before with a degree in nursing. She Marlene Behr spent many happy hours with returning to the United States to worked as a registered nurse in guage, child development, her family and with her hob - work with “It Is Written.” He is several locations. She married family relations, and home eco - bies—sewing, knitting and survived by his wife of 66 years, Harvey W. Kibble, Jr. in 1953 nomics. She impacted thou - painting porcelain dolls. Sur - Frances; his children Marlin, Sh - and had a family of four chil - sands of students over the years vivors include four nieces and eryl, Terry and Darlene; ten dren. She has resided in Albany in the following schools: Oak nephews and numerous grandchildren and two great- the last few years. She is sur - Park Academy, Campion Acad - 30 FALL 2013 ______I__N___M____E_M___O___R_Y__ emy, Golden Gate Academy, the 1950s. During Howard’s daughter, Candi Kreyer; step- 2013, at age 80. He was born Orangewood Academy, and nursing career, he spent 22 son, Doug Lanz; sister, Fonda May 9, 1933, in Floodwood, Hawaiian Mission Academy. She years as a health and safety co - Johnson; four grandsons, two Minn., to Einar and Anna Lind - formally retired in 1994, but she ordinator for Tri-County Head step-grandsons, four step- strom Stenbergh. He worked for continued teaching for Pacific Start Program in southwestern granddaughters; and great- many years in the parts/service Union College and did substi - Colorado, officially retiring grandchildren, nieces and department at Gottfredson’s Mo - tute teaching at both Adventist there. After full retirement, he nephews. tors and Russwood in Lincoln, and Presbyterian schools on became the caregiver for then Neb. Rodger was a member of Oahu for many more years. She two-year-old Allan Howells, Edward Lee Haffner, Sr. College View Church. Survivors is survived by her husband, who is the grandson of his (’57) , Lodi, Calif., died April 20, include his wife, Verla and son, Bob; daughter, Cindy Nylen; friend, Steve Howells. Howard 2013, at age 77. Edward was Jon; nieces and nephews. one grandson and one great- dedicated his last eleven years born in Hitchcock, Okla., on grandson. to making Allan’s life with May 23, 1935. He attended James W. Carlson ’59 , Ard - autism as rich and full as possi - Southwestern Junior College more, Okla., died Aug. 25, 2013, Patricia Rushold Davis ’54 , ble. Survivors include his broth - and Union College before com - at age 75. He was born Dec. 6, Dayton Ohio, died Sept. 7, 2013, ers, Rodney and Merle; sister, pleting his post-graduate work 1937, in Lompoc, Calif., to at age 82. She was born on June Joyce Bates (’59) ; and his in physical therapy at Loma George and Dorris Cloninger 20, 1931 in Minneapolis to Iona good friends Steve and Allan Linda University. He served on Carlson. He attended boarding and Willie Rushold. She gradu - Howells. the board of United Cerebral school in Keene, Texas. One of ated from Maplewood Academy Palsy and the Lodi Academy his favorite classes was wood - in 1949 and from Union College school board. He retired as su - working. At Union he met Beth in 1954 with a bachelor’s degree Marieda Blehm ’55 , Welling - pervising therapist at San Wells ’61 and they were mar - in nursing. After working at vari - ton, Kan., died April 2, 2013, at Joaquin County Public Health ried on Dec, 23, 1962 in Hem - ous health care institutions in age 93. She was born in Cash - Services in 2005. He was known ingford, Neb. After graduating California and Minnesota, she ion, Okla., to Henry and Kather - for his gentle kindness and lov - from medical school at Loma moved to Dayton, Ohio, in 1964 ine Bernhardt Blehm. Marieda ing spirit. He enjoyed traveling, Linda University, he completed with her young family. She was graduated from Cashion High being with friends and family, an orthopedic surgery residency a founding employee of Ketter - School and served as a mission - and spending time in the gar - in 1968 at the Los Angeles ing Memorial Hospital, working ary for several years in both the den. Ed is survived by his wife, County Hospital. He practiced on the pediatric unit. After a Philippines and Indonesia. She Carol; brother, Harold ’61 ; sis - in Bangkok, Thailand, for three time she transferred to the sur - taught elementary schools for ters, Erma Webb ’57 , and years and in Provo, Utah, for gery department and completed many years in Iowa, Illinois and Carol Hayes ’64 ; sons: Eddie, one year. The family then her career many years later in Kansas. She was very involved Rick, and Jon; daughters, Heidi moved to the Ardmore commu - that department at Sycamore in her local church. Survivors in - Nieuwenhuis and Lisa Kooren; nity, where he worked for more Hospital. Pat was a longtime clude her sister, Elota Watts; and seven grandchildren. than 30 years, retiring in 2005. member of the Seventh-day Ad - nephews, Steven, Richard and He is survived by his wife, Beth; ventist church in Kettering. She Darryl Watts; and niece Susan Barry Siebenlist ’57, Killeen, son, Jay; daughter, Jill Carlson enjoyed years of volunteering Watts Dunn ’70 . Texas, died July 16, 2013, at age ’89 ; two grandchildren; brother, for the Good Neighbor House 78. Barry was the eldest of five George (’58) ; sister, Janet; and in Dayton and was involved Cecil Conquest, Jr. (’57) , boys born in Shattuck, Okla., to several nieces and nephews. with the Montgomery County Walla Walla, Wash., died May 1, parents Carl and Eloreen literacy program for adults. Pat 2013, at age 83. He was born Siebenlist. During his life, he Ernie Clifton ’59 , Clovis, is survived by her son, Bill; Feb. 4, 1930, in Ketchum, Okla., was an OB/GYN physician and Calif., died Sept. 20, 2012, at age daughter, Barbara Guenterberg; to Cecil Lee (’26) and Mildred provided health care services 84. He taught for 55 years in the three grandchildren, three great- Hubbard Conquest (’26) . He for women at Hillandale Hospi - Adventist school system. He grandchildren; sister Iva Dawn graduated from Maplewood tal and Metroplex Health System was awarded the Zapara Award Perry; and brother, Warren Academy and attended college in Central Texas. He enjoyed the for excellence in teaching. Ernie Rushold. in Keene, Texas, and then at outdoors as a cattle rancher and is survived by his wife, Louise Union College. On June 17, horseman at JBS ranches. He Chavan Clifton ’56 ; sons, Howard Runck ’54 , Deary, 1956, he and Jennifer was honored to serve his coun - Ryan and Craig; and four grand - Idaho, died July 26, 2013, at age Butherus ’58 married in try as a physician in the U.S. children. 80. He was born Dec. 8, 1932, in Hutchinson, Minn. She passed Army stationed at Fort Hood, Dolores, Colo., to Bill and away in December 1988. In Texas. He is survived by his Genevieve Dickerson, ’60 , Lorena Schlegel Runck. He June 1993, he married Donna wife, Joan; daughter, Shelly Vil - Collegedale, Tenn., died June graduated from high school at Kohetek Lanz Swandby in St. lanueva; son, John Barry; broth - 23, 2013, at age 94. Born July Campion Academy in Loveland, Paul, Minn. She passed away in ers, Bud ’58 , Don, Dick ’69 , 31, 1918 in Fort Scott, Kan., to Colo., and earned a degree in January 2009. His interests in - and Lou; aunt Josephine Stein - Lloyd and Nina Bell Dickerson, nursing at Union College. Later cluded family, music, fast cars, ert; and many other dear rela - she was the fifth child in a fam - he earned a master’s degree in airplanes and watching televi - tives, friends, colleagues, and ily of eleven. Genevieve gradu - public health education. sion. He had served as a medic patients. ated from Enterprise Academy Howard was the first male nurse during the Korean conflict. He is in Kansas and spent her whole commissioned (lieutenant) in survived by two daughters, Terri David “Rodger” Stenbergh life working for the church. She the United States Air Force in Bleth and Carri Balk; step- ’58 , Lincoln, Neb., died July 8, served as a Bible worker in CORD magazine 31 _I_N___M____E__M__O___R__Y ______

Kansas and taught elementary served in the U.S. Army where New York, Massachusetts, Illi - medical technologist involved school for four years. She he participated in Operation nois, Washington and Nebraska. work in clinics and hospitals in worked as a dean of women for Whitecoat while in Washington, Although Joanne had always each community where she both Enterprise Academy and D.C. Duane was an Adventist wanted to be a nurse, she de - lived. She retired from Mayo Campion Academy. In 1957, she book store manager for most of cided after two years of college Clinic in 2009 after 15 years in became the assistant dean of his career. He lived in Washing - to major in elementary educa - the transfusion medicine labora - women at Union College—a ton, D.C., Lincoln, Neb., Madi - tion. On June 2, 1963, she grad - tories. Kit was an accomplished position she would hold for 17 son, Wis., and Seattle, Wash., uated from Union College in the pianist who played for pleasure years. While at Union she fin - before moving to the Portland, morning and was married to most days throughout her life. ished her degree and graduated Ore., area. Survivors include his Jimmy Ray Rasco (’62) in the Kit was a choir musician in sev - in 1960 with a Bachelor of Arts loving wife, Angie; son, Kevin; afternoon. Together she and her eral large churches and sang for in Religion. She is survived by daughter, Tracey; four grand - husband started their teaching 13 years with the Choral Arts her sister, Eva Nordgren ’49 ; children; sister, Delores Gedrose careers in Arlington and San An - Ensemble of Rochester. She is brother, Robert; and a host of and brother, Larry Krueger. tonio, Texas. They also taught in survived by her husband, Kent; nieces, nephews and friends. Washington, Oregon and Idaho two daughters, Lee and Ann; Erling Schroeder ’62 , Fall - during their 40 years of service five grandchildren; and sister, Glen Farnsworth ’60, brook, Calif., died Jan. 19, 2013, in Christian education. She is Kathleen Taylor ’68 . Cookeville, Tenn., died July 16, at age 76. He was born Sept. 15, survived by her twin sons, Ron 2013, at age 86. He was born 1936, in Gackle, N.D., the son of and Don; brother, David Car - Ruth Johnson Rankin ’67 , March 7, 1927 in Noble, Okla., Alice Heinrich and Carl cich; three grandchildren and Lincoln, Neb., died Jan. 15, to Velmer and Odessa Schroeder. He attended numerous nieces and nephews. 2013, at age 85. She was born Farnsworth. Glen’s higher edu - Sheyenne River Academy in on April 3, 1927, in rural Phelps cation at Southwestern Junior Harvey, N.D., and graduated County, Neb. She graduated College in Keene, Texas, was in - from Union College in 1962. Er - from Platte Valley Academy be - terrupted while he served in the ling made his home in Califor - Kristine “Kit” Swanson Selt - fore going to Union College. army stationed in South Korea. nia until 1974 when he returned man ’65 , Rochester, Minn., died After taking some time off from He then completed his educa - to Lincoln and took over owen - Aug. 29, 2013, , at age 69. She her studies to teach elementary tion at Union College and mar - ership of the family owned was born Nov. 7, 1943, in Saska - school in Fort Lupton, Colo., ried Charlene Ewing (’60) . Alice’s Restaurant until 1987. toon, Sask., to C. H. J. Swan - she then returned to Union Col - Charlene died in 2004 after 49 The restaurant was originally son ’39 and Eleanor Abbey lege. It was there she met and years of marriage. He pastored founded by his mother, Alice Swanson. She graduated from married William I. Rankin several churches across the na - Schroeder, in 1958. He is sur - Maplewood Academy in ’48 . Together, they worked at tion in his 46 years in ministry. vived by his sister, Bernice Hutchinson, Minn., and then Maplewood Academy, Sunny - After taking “early retirement” at Bryant; brother, Cordell studied science and mathemat - dale Academy, Oak Park Acad - age 72, Glen was called back Schroeder; and fiancée, Deloris ics at Union College, graduating emy and Wisconsin Academy into action to pastor the little Brooks. in 1965. In the following year, before returning to Union Col - Chapel Valley Church in the she completed training in med - lege for Ruth to finish her de - woods of southwest Arkansas Don Maples (’63) , Morganton, ical technology at Washington gree, and continuing at the until he finally retired in 2009. N.C., died Feb. 15, 2012, at age Adventist Hospital in Maryland. University of Nebraska to obtain In 2005, Glen married Blanche 92. Don honorably served his In 1965, she married Kent Selt - a master’s degree in business. Orser. He has been an active country in the army as an en - She joined the Union College member of the Cookeville gine lathe operator, mechanic faculty and taught business and Church since moving back to and driver. He spent many years secretarial science classes from Tennessee in 2009, and was still as a painter and carpenter be - 1969 to 1978. Next, they an - teaching a Sabbath School class, fore teaching industrial arts and swered a call to serve in the greeting visitors. He is survived Bible classes for fourteen years. ministry for the region around by his wife of eight years, In retirement he continued with Hemingford, Neb. After a year, Blanche; children, G. Randall painting and carpentry, and was they were invited to Platte Val - and Cynthia Higgins; and two a master at creating special ley Academy, where she fin - grandchildren. order furniture for family and ished out her career teaching at friends. He is survived by three her beloved PVA. Upon their re - Duane Krueger ’61 , Clacka - daughters: Gwendolyn Maples, tirement in 1989, Ruth and mas, Ore., died June 14, 2013, at Joyce Maples, and Donna Duke; William returned to Lincoln. age 76. He was born on March three granddaughters and five After Bill’s death, Ruth volun - 9, 1937 in Heaton, N.D., to great-grandchildren. teered in the community and Gideon and Olga Askim cared for her father until his Krueger. He graduated from Joanne Carcich Rasco ’63, Kristine Seltman death. She could always be Sheyenne River Academy in Albion, Wash., died Jan. 13, man ’64 in Wayzata, Minn. found cutting out felts for the 1956 and from Union College 2013, at age 72. She was born They lived in Takoma Park, Md., mission field or piecing quilts with a bachelor’s degree in busi - Sept. 13, 1940, to Pastor Angwin, Calif., Orlando, Fla., that she made to donate to the ness administration in 1961. Theodore Carcich Sr. and Louise and Redlands, Calif., before Good Neighbor Center. She is Duane married Angie Vietz Carcich in Syracuse, N.Y. Her moving to Rochester, Minn., in survived by her son, William R. (’57) on June 6, 1960. He childhood years were spent in 1992. Kit’s 43-year career as a ’83 ; daughters, Fauna Dean 32 FALL 2013 ______I__N___M____E_M___O___R_Y__

’76, and Paula Tompkin ’82 ; and six grandchildren. Palau Mission Academy in 1974. and guns, among other inter - four grandchildren, one great- She then moved to Lincoln, ests. He looked forward to tak - granddaughter; sister, Verla Kelly Stolz ’74 , Bismarck, Neb., where she attended Union ing his fifth-wheel to the river Stenbergh; four grandchildren N.D., died Aug. 1, 2013, at age and on trips with his family to and two great-grandchildren. 61. She is survived by her his favorite vacation destina - mother, Viola Voth Stolz ’45 ; tion—the Oregon coast. Many Judith Brodersen Page, ’70 , brother, Larry ’84 ; and nieces trips were made over the moun - Florence, Mo., died Dec. 24, and nephews: Desiree Got - tains to Seattle to see his 2012, at age 64. She was born tfried ’04, Darin Gottfried beloved Mariners and Sea - Nov. 26, 1948, in Sedalia, Mo., ’05 , Michael Stolz and Jordan hawks. Dave is survived by his the daughter of the late Leo and Stolz, a current student. father David Avila, Sr. and Lucille Brodersen, of Florence, mother Sara Avila; his honey, Mo. On July 9, 1972, in Sedalia, Esther Beck Flemmer (’75) , Megan Gilbertson and her son, Mo., she was united in marriage Brighton, Colo., died May 26, Eric Gilbertson; three sisters, to Robert Page. She passed 2013, at age 81. She was born Carol Elder, Diana Ghaffari, and away following a brave battle Sept. 24, 1931 in Tenvik, N.D. to Nina Carter; two brothers, with cancer. She is survived by Jacob and Rosa Beck. Esther Solomon and Gabriel; and many her husband Robert (’67) ; son, graduated from Valley City State Bernice Solomon-Redd nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles Brent ’00 ; daughter, Lindy College in Valley City, N.D., and College. While there, she mar - and cousins. Liepke ’02 ; and brother Gary spent most of her career as a ried Anghenio “Andy” Ngir - Brodersen, (’73) . teacher. She retired in Lincoln, choimei and raised their three Nicole Johnson-Hamling Neb., and subsequently moved children. Bernice moved to St. ’95 , Columbus, Neb., died Feb. to Brighton, Colo., the home of Louis where she worked in the 21, 2013, at age 40. She was two of her daughters. Survivors medical field. In 2009, she mar - born April 1, 1972 in Columbus, include her siblings, Lydia Beck ried Jesse Redd. She was a Neb., to Dale and Shirley Wil - Roy Nelson ’74 , Louisville, Brekke and Daniel Beck (’52) ; member of the Capitol View Ad - halm Johnson. She graduated Colo., died of a stroke Dec. 24, four daughters, Jacqueline ventist Church in Lincoln, Neb., from Platte Valley Academy in 2012, at age 61. He was born “Jackie” Dunkin ’74 , Janice and the New Jerusalem Adven - 1991. On July 3, 1994, Nicole Nov. 9, 1951, to Gunnar and In - Rasmussen ’77 , Arleen Opp, tist Church in East St. Louis, Ill. married Randy Hamling in a grid Nelson in Hinsdale, Ill. Roy and Ardyce Flemmer; six grand - She became a travel agent. Ber - garden wedding at her parents’ graduated from Campion Acad - children and one great-grand - nice loved traveling, camping, home. She was a real estate emy in 1970. While attending child. fishing, gardening, and was fa - agent and also the office man - Union College, Roy married his mous for cooking fried rice and ager for Dale R. Johnson Enter - high school sweetheart, Nancy Alexander “Ron” Achtziger egg rolls. Survivors include her prises. Nicole was very active in Brackett ’73 . After completing ’76, Sundance, Wyo., died husband Jesse Redd; children, the church and held many dif - a bachelor’s degree in chemistry March 26, 2013, at age 63. Ron Jed Ngirchoimei, Jennifer Fis - ferent positions including from Union College, he com - was born May 15, 1949 in Belle cher, and Pearlene Foreman; founding the Pathfinder Club in pleted a medical degree, with a Fourche, S.D., to Alexander and eight grandchildren; father, Pas - Columbus. Her traditional specialty in pediatrics, from Beatrice Andersen Achtziger. He tor Mokokil Solomon of Airai, Christmas solo was, “Mary Did Loma Linda University in 1977. served in the U.S. Army in the Palau; two brothers, Dunton You Know.” Nicole loved Roy and Nancy started their medic unit during Vietnam and and Amos; two sisters, Smyna singing, cooking, going on fam - lives together in Louisville, continued in the medical field as Ngotel and Sulisang Solomon; ily vacations and spending time Colo., where Roy began a pri - a registered nurse after being and numerous other relatives. with family and friends. She vate practice, Flatirons Pedi - honorably discharged. Ron and worked alongside Randy build - atrics. As a lifelong Seventh-day his wife, Anna, moved to Sun - David Avila, Jr. (’79) , Dayton, ing spec homes at Perfections Adventist, Roy was a church dance, Wyo., in 2005, and Ron Wash., died Mar. 26, 2013, at age Builders. She loved horses and elder and he was actively in - began the life he always 55. Dave was born April 16, was a life member of the Ne - volved in a church plant and in wanted—a life on the range 1957, in Scottsbluff, Neb., to braska Quarter Horse Associa - assisting with several evangelis - with horses and other animals David and Sara Escamilla Avila. tion. Nicole is survived by her tic series. After Nancy’s death in to care for. Survivors include his He graduated from Campion husband, Randy; daughter, Ash - 2002, Roy married a fellow wife, Anna; daughter, Kelly Pol - Academy in Loveland, Colo., in ley; son Zachary; father, Dale; Unionite, Heidi White ston; grandsons, Evertt, Aidian, 1975. After attending Union Col - mother, Shirley; brother, Avery; Steinkraus ’73 . He loved chil - Rhys and Cary; sisters, Becky lege for three years, he took a and numerous relatives. dren, music, singing, reading Bowen and Vicky Buchholz. job as a correctional officer at “Spirit of Prophecy” books, and the Nebraska State Penitentiary. Mildred “Millie” Moline, being young at heart. He is sur - Bernice Solomon-Redd He worked there for three years (Former Employee) , Greeley, vived by his mother, Ingrid; wife (’78) , St. Louis, Mo., died June before relocating to Walla Walla Colo., died March 29, 2013, at Heidi White Nelson ’73 ; sib - 13, 2013, at age 54. She was to be near his family. Dave was age 98. She is survived by lings, Eric and Roseanne; chil - born Oct. 25, 1958, in Peleliu forced to retire due to declining daughters, Suzanne Johns ’69 dren, Lisa Evenson ’03, Julie Palau, Micronesia to Pastor health on Nov. 1, 2012, and died and Nancy Oster; nine grand - Ramirez ’06, and Kevin Nel - Mokokil and Sadami (Koshiba) of complications from diabetes. children and seven great-grand - son ’07 ; stepchildren, Rashell Solomon. She grew up in the He was an avid fisherman and children. Rogers and Ryan Steinkraus; Philippines and graduated from collector of coins, sports cards CORD magazine 33 _I_N___M____E__M__O___R__Y ______

Nov. 29, 2012, at age 99. Notice of the following deaths has been received: JanFnioe Bremlz Kerarf t U’57 n, ion president Otis Orchards, Wash., died Gladys Cross Will, (’37) , AugR. 1o1, b201e3.rt Brown dies Loma Linda, Calif., died March 24, 2013, at age 96. Vivian “Jean” GoRrdonob Merot sBerloewy nL u’4d0o, pHhuntington, W.V., died Feb. Rodney Dale ’49, (’6012) ,, 2013, at age 97. He was born Aug. 27, 1915, in Redmond, Ore., died DeaStisovuilxle F, aAllsa,. ,S d.Die.d, the eldest child of Harry and Is - Feb. 11, 2013, at age 90. Sepatb 2e8l,l e2 0R1o3s,s a Bt raogwe n7.2 H. e worked in a broom factory while earning a degree in physics from Union Col - Ray Frederickson ’49 , Leoleng eS.a Luantedre hres c’6o6m, pleted a master’s degree from Valle de Angeles, Honduras, Lomthae L Uinndiav,e Crsaitlyif .o, df iNeedb raska and a Ph.D. in physics died June 10, 2013, at age 87. Janf.r 4o,m 2 0t1h3e, Uatn aivger 6si9ty. of Washington. During World War II, Bob was employed by the Sylvania Electric John Parobek ’50 , Vance Bouchard ’74, Co. to do research on proximity-fused artillery, Lodi Calif., died Dickson, Tenn., died Dec. 14, 2012, at age 91. Octr.a 3d1a,r 2a0n1d2 ,s aetc augre r6a7d. io communication. He also worked for the U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Naomi Rohde Hill (’51) , EstLhaebro Praotowrye,l lw Lhitetrree hlle ( ’r8e0ce) ,i ved a Superior Accom - plishment Award while developing a precursor to Saint Helena, Calif., died Norwood, Mo., died Robert Brown, president of Union March 11, 2013, at age 81. Jans. o2n0a, r2.0 F1r1o,m at 1a9g4e5 8 t0o. 1960, he worked as a physics College from 1970-73 professor at Canadian Union College and Walla Joan Rasplica Wilson ’51, Walla College. After 12 years as a physics department chairman, he moved into college adminis - Hendersonville, N.C., died tration and served as dean of administration, vice-president and acting president of Walla Walla March 8, 2012. College. He became president of Union College in 1970 and served until 1973 when he became the director of the Geoscience Research Institute for the Seventh-day Adventist Church. After re - Samuel Elie ’52 , Brush Prairie, Wash., died tirement in 1980, he continued for eight years as a GRI senior research scientist. He was trained Feb. 21, 2013, at age 93. in radioisotope techniques at the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies; and is the author of over 20 published articles and technical papers on radiometric dating, as well as many other ar - Roger Adair ’53, ticles. Bob met his wife, Frances Miler ’40 , at Union College, and they married on May 26, Denison, Iowa, died 1942. He is survived by his wife; his daughter, Judith Silver; four grandchildren and five great- March 21, 2005, at age 74. grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his siblings and by his daughter, Becky Morrison.

Marvin Stephens ’55 , Dallas, Texas, died Sept. 15, 2012. BUecnkyi Moenlh osfft Buecdk (e’5n7) t, s need your unused Adventist study books Loma Linda, Calif., died by Joellyn Sheehy know there are many people down - dances or used Ellen White sets to stu - “sizIing or reorganizing their libraries,” said dents through Carlson and the Campus Rich Carlson, vice president for Spiritual Ministries team. “I’ve already handed out Life. “Sometimes they don’t know what to three sets just by word of mouth, and have do with the large concordances or Ellen about eight students on the waiting list,” White collections. My dream is to connect he said. “You can get many of them on them with students who need those books your phone or other electronic device, but for ministry.” when you’re studying, there’s something Carlson is encouraging anyone with about holding it in your hand.” extra sets of Adventist concordances or Alumni or friends of the college can Ellen White books to pass them on to give their copies to the college at any time Campus Ministries to distribute to stu - or bring them for Homecoming weekend. dents. “These books are practically essen - “I have have seen interest on the part of tial for theology majors or others entering the students, and I’m guessing there are ministry, but can cost hundreds of dollars many resources on the part of the alumni,” to buy new,” he said. “It’s like passing on said Carlson. “So if you’re coming to our Adventist heritage.” alumni weekend, just bring them along Anyone can donate their old concor - with you.” C

34 FALL 2013 harles ’56 and Naoma ’54 Henkelmann wanted to downsize their ranch and use the sale proceeds Cto endow scholarships at Union College, while cre - ating a steady stream of income for their retirement and avoiding any unnecessary taxes. Was this asking too much? After talking with the development staff at Union College, Charlie realized he could have everything he was asking for and more by setting up a charitable remainder unitrust. With the help of Union’s development staff and Charlie’s attorney, the Henkelmanns established a charitable remain - der unitrust which allowed them to gift their land to Union College, who then sold the property and paid Charlie and Naoma (now deceased) a quarterly distribution ever since. “I really like the quarterly payments,” Charlie said, “I don’t have to think about the income; it just comes on its own.” The added bonus to this gift is Charlie could now focus his time on serving the Lord, “Now I can in - volve myself in volunteer mission projects with Maranatha and the local City Mission,” Char - lie said. Plus, it provides a level of comfort and peace of mind that he wouldn’t have otherwise. “I don’t lay awake nights o i r checking the stock market.” a z a N In the end it will be the students e v e t S

: at Union who benefit from the trust. s o t o h Upon Charlie’s death, the remaining p balance in their trust will go to Union College to further fund the Henkel - manns’ two scholarships. He liked the charitable remainder unitrust so much Charlie set up another one the following year and gave Union a second piece of property. “The Lord has been my real estate agent,” Charlie exclaimed, “It saves on commission!” Charlie believes others could benefit like he has from giving back to Union College. “If people have some extra farmland or prop - erty, just give it away and get some income,” Charlie said.

If you would like to take Charlie’s advice, please call Scot Coppock in the Union College office of Advancement at 402.486.2503 or email him at [email protected]. Scot will help you evaluate your situation and see if Union It tak es College can make your wishes become reality as well. For eSight ... CORD magazine 35 Non-profit Org. CORDmagazine U.S. Postage News from Union College Vol. 77, No. 2 Fall 2013 PAID Lincoln, NE Published by the Permit No. 62 Union College Advancement Office 3800 South 48th Street, Lincoln, NE 68506 Address service requested